Planning and Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting

The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Arlington. I hereby call this regularly notice meeting of the City of Arlington's Planning and Zoning Commission regular session to order for September the 2nd, 2026. Commissioner Johnson, our newest commissioner, would you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Please rise.

and invisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you very much. This time I'll ask our administrator to read the speaker guidelines and general decorum for tonight's meeting.

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Thank you very much. Our first item of business is approval of the minutes of the August 19th, 2026 planning and zoning regular session minutes. A copy was sent to all of the commissioners in advance. Were there any changes or corrections needed to these minutes? Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve? I have a motion to approve by Commissioner Finley and a second by Commissioner Blake. Please cast your vote. Motion passes eight to nothing.

Okay.

Our second item of business are consent agenda items. First we have plats to be approved with conditions. Tonight we have four plats on the consent agenda under plats to be approved with conditions. First one is a replat, Fielder Road Baptist slash John Stevens addition. Second, a minor plat, Strawberry Court. Preliminary plat, West Harris Edition. Preliminary plat, Yardley Loretta Day Edition. These incentives and items were all reviewed by the commissioners. Do we have any speakers on these items?

Hey, Chair, I'd just like to make a note for the record that I'm abstaining from the Loretta Day Edition plat.

Thank you very much. If whoever's taking minutes will note that.

Now I have here in my hand, let me make sure that I've got this correct.

Cullen Ederhold, you're here in support of the West Harris addition. Would you raise your hand? Thank you, did you want to speak? All right, thank you very much. In addition, I have Preston Harrell here, non-speaker in support. Would you please, there you are. Thank you very much for being here. There being no questions, do I have a motion to approve these plats? I do, by Commissioner Blake. I have a second by Commissioner Semter. To approve the items on the consent agenda, cast your vote. The vote is eight to nothing. I have to approve with conditions those four items. Tonight we have two plats on the consent agenda under plats to be disapproved. First one is replat Bobo Link's addition. Second, an amending plat to the Murray Estates addition. Do we have any speakers on these items? I see none. Do I have a motion to approve the plats on the consent agenda on plats to be disapproved? Therefore, a vote is to disapprove. We have a motion by Commissioner Blake and a second by Commissioner Johnson. Cast your vote. Motion passes 8-0. Those two plats are disapproved. Next on the agenda, we have four zoning cases tonight. The first one is SUP 26-02, addressed at approximately 2401 Havenwood Drive. This is an application for approval of a specific use permit for a secondary living unit on a property that is zoned residential single family, 7.2, on approximately .215 acres. At this time, I'll ask staff to present this case.

Good evening, Commissioners. For the record, Alex Van Amburg, Planner with Planning and Development. As Commissioner Nunez stated, we do have a case before you today. They are requesting a specific use permit for a secondary living unit. The address is 2401 Havenwood Drive. Here we have a location map. It is in the middle of a residential single-family neighborhood. Here are some images of the subject site. So this is the house. The secondary living unit would be attached to the rear of the house, so seen from that side street. And the site plan. There is a correction from the staff report. The staff report stated that the addition would be set back 25 feet from the street side property line. It will be set back 15 feet. That 15 feet does meet the UDC standards for residential single family 7.2. Any accessory or primary dwelling additions would need to be set back 15 feet and they will meet that. Here is the floor plan. It has one bedroom, living area, a kitchen, a bathroom. They do intend to incorporate the primary bathroom shower into the secondary living unit, leaving the primary bedroom with a half bath attached to it. and the elevations. The west side elevation is the one that faces the street. That elevation will be clad in brick to match the primary residence. The back of the addition would be siding, which matches some of the accents seen on the house currently. Staff did have a few recommendations if the commission were so inclined. They will be creating a half bath in the primary bedroom, if possible, to keep that a full bath and add a full bath into the secondary living unit. It may just suit the house better. And then to revise the window design in the rear of the addition to lower those windows down to first floor height. There was opposition. Four letters of opposition received from three different addresses. and I'm available for any questions.

Thank you very much. Do the commissioners have any questions for our staff at this time? Seeing none, thank you. This time I will open the public hearing and call the first speaker. Pedro Ramirez, I believe you are the applicant. Would you please come forward? We promise to be nice. We are nice. So you have a clock that you'll be able to see once it gets started up there. But go ahead and start. Tell us your name and the city that you live in. We do not need your address. And begin.

My name is Pedro Ramirez, and I live in Arlington, Texas. I'd like to start by... Thank you for the opportunity of bringing my case to you guys. And thank you to Alexis for all the patience and guidance. Okay, like I said, my name is Pedro Ramirez. I'd like to give you a little context of who we are as a family and why we are applying for this permit. I'm the general manager at Mercado Juarez Restaurant in Arlington. I've been in Mercado Warriors for 33 years. We've been proud Arlington residents for 33 years as well. Me and my wife, we've been married for 33 years. It's everything, 33 years we met here and we've been living here for that long. We have three kids, all of them born and raised here in Arlington. All of them UTA graduates. Two of them still live with us. And this is my mom. My mom is on the far end in the wheelchair. She's 85 years old. She's been struggling with diabetes for over 25 years. Last year, her liver function decreased, so she is on dialysis three times a week. And last month, she had a peacemaker implanted. So this comes with age. All of these conditions, sadly, have made her less and less dependable. She used to be an oak. She's the root of our family. I'm lucky enough to have five brothers and three sisters, five of them living here in the Metroplex. And we all are very grateful to still have our mom with us. And we take turns on our days off. Since she doesn't have a house, she comes to each one of us every, in my case, it's Sunday and Monday. So she comes to me and she spends the day or two days in my house. And the same with all my brothers and sisters that are able to By spending one day and one night, we make sure that she is, first of all, with somebody at all times. A couple years ago, she fell and she had some hip injury, so we try to prevent that from happening. We help her to go to the restroom, we feed her, we take her to the clinic and stuff like that. So all this moving from home to home is causing distress and mostly for her. So my application is to give her a more permanent, Better quality of life so she could have a home of her own and we can come to her instead of she coming to us. It would be more convenient. She has four living brothers and four that already passed. So as you can imagine, we have a big family. And a lot of uncles, nieces, nephews, and all of that. So they will be able to visit more often if she had a permanent place, rather than moving from one house to another. So I believe if approved, this project will give her, make her better time while she's with us. And her quality of life will improve a lot. That's the main reason why I'm applying for this project. I'm not looking for financial benefit. I know my property taxes will increase, but the benefit of having my mom in a better environment, it will be priceless to us. I know that I was told by several contractors that I could apply for a regular permit and not have to go through, but I'd rather do it the right way and under the supervision of the city of Arlington that we love so much. So thank you for your time.

All right, don't go away. Do any of the commissioners have questions of the applicant at this time? Commissioner Finley?

Thank you Mr. Ramirez for doing things the right way. I know we have some people in the neighborhood that start their projects and then they get shut down because they didn't go through the proper channels to get permits and that sort of thing. As a baby boomer myself, it's so important that that we have some place to take care of our parents if they're not able to take care of themselves. And I do see that more and more as people are living longer lives. And so you're very fortunate to still have your mother here. Thank you. I do not have my mother or my father still around. But I do understand the necessity that older generations are having now as far as not being able to care for themselves and and we prefer to have them with family if possible. So one of the things that I did want to ask you about is the backside of the addition that you're thinking of putting on is all siding. Would you be amenable to matching the backside of that addition with all siding? the current house as far as, do you have like brick that goes halfway up your house and then you have siding?

Yes.

Yeah, would you be amenable to doing that so that it matches both sides? Yes. Okay, that was my biggest concern is that I wanted it to match and not just be all siding where it just stuck out.

No, yeah.

Okay, all right, so you'd be okay with that? Yes. All right, thank you.

Any other questions?

Mr. Blake. So first of all, thank you for being a longtime resident. And I love McCarter where it is. Just throw that out there. Thank you. So I have a lot of concerns with this. But listening to you talk may have scored several points in there. Because I'm concerned about what happens later on when you sell your house and what that is. But just to make sure I understand this right, Your goal is that mom lives there. Yes. And then various family members come stay with and visit, so to speak. Brothers and sisters. Brothers and sisters. So you're making that as her central point. Is that correct? That's correct. Okay. That kind of clears up everything in my head, and you got my vote.

Any other questions? Commissioner Johnson.

Yeah, thank you for being here. That's a great thing you're doing, and we're all very, very supportive of that. So we're on board with you for all this. You've seen the staff recommendations. Yes. They recommended two items. Are you amenable to doing those? Yes. One thing I do see about the removal of the shower from the master bath, and I I asked about, well, how big is the main house? And I think it's around 1,800-something feet. And it does seem to me that it's a better construction development if you leave that master bathroom area with a full bathroom. And are you able and amenable to adding a full bath and leaving the master bath full?

I don't have a problem with it. The issue is that the roof pitch, they're coming down like this, if approved. So that leaves like a hallway where the water for the rain will come down. And if I extend the, well, there's actually two things. If I extend the bathroom to include a shower, it will be a difficult, I'm not sure how would I make the roof of the extended bathroom. And I'm gonna be honest with you, we're not planning on moving anywhere. And for us, my wife uses that secondary bathroom as a closet anyways. So it wouldn't be important to lose that three feet.

So you're saying it's a net gain for you?

And another thing is that the wall in the existing house that we have that will be next to the wall, we use it as a family room. It's got three beautiful windows, and that brings a lot of light into that room. So I wouldn't want to block him. But if that has to be done, I mean, I guess we'll find a way.

Well, I understand the explanation, and I accept the explanation. So it's fine by me.

Thank you, sir.

Commissioner Maddox?

I, too, am a fan of Mercado YS.

Thank you, sir.

Probably will go there sometime this week. I'm glad that you're amenable to the staff recommendation. I was kind of ambivalent about it. To me, it wasn't necessary, but if you're amenable to do it, that's fine. I will raise the point that my concern is that there's no secondary means of egress, that loft bedroom, you know what I mean?

I think that Alexander mentioned it, and we added a window, a big window, so that there would be a...

In the bedroom area.

Yes, yes.

Outstanding. Yes, sir.

That's the only problem I have. Yeah, she suggested that, and we made the change to make it right. All right. Thank you, sir.

Very good.

Any other comments, questions? Thank you, sir. Are there any other speakers here in support of this project? Mr. Ramirez, if you'll have a seat for just a moment. I have two additional cards that are in opposition. I have Jane Lynn in opposition. If you would please come to the microphone. Yes, I see. He's hiding back there. So Jane, if you'll just give him a, is he still there? Yes. Yeah. Okay. We'll be patient.

Do you mind pulling up? You don't have to pull up a presentation, but just hit right screen.

Can you do show annotation?

Jane, thank you. Just your name and city of residence. We no longer request address.

Well, actually, I'd like to get my address, Jane Lynn, because I share a fence line with the Ramirez family. We have known them for about 20 years. We've been on good terms. Our children grew up together. Yet, even though we share that fence line, they failed to communicate to us their plans to do a zoning change. So I feel like that's not really a neighborly thing to do. I think they should have come to us to discuss it. First, not that they legally had to do that, but it would have been a nice courtesy because the zoning change is a big deal. This isn't just adding on like a room or expanding their house or anything. This is a huge deal because this could set a precedent for the entire neighborhood. I think it's problematic that the government allows that legal mechanism so to speak to change the zoning because in a lot of cases it pits neighbor against neighbor and it diminishes the community we witnessed that with the gas drilling when they got those sups and we know how that went to drill underneath our homes so that to say i'm against a zoning change well it's an honorable thing to care for an aging parent We can clearly establish that this additional dwelling unit is not intended for Pedro's mom since an 85 year old woman in a wheelchair would not be able to access a loft bedroom upstairs. So I'm, I guess I'm a little confused about the design of this structure. Um, in addition, the zoning permitting construction phases takes a considerable, considerable amount of time. So I don't see a justification for a permanent zoning change for a temporary living situation. Trying to make this make sense, but it does not. Again, this is something that impacts the entire community. I understand their need, what they're wanting, there may be a better way to do this and I did have a discussion with Lupe his wife and I know she told me they had another house in Mexico that they were planning to retire to this worries me because if they end up selling at some point in the near future what are we going to be left with because in essence it's like a duplex because it's a separate entrance it's a separate living unit I'm worried that in the future they might rent it out for Airbnbs, you know, whoever moves in here and or rent it out for long term. And I understand according to the ordinance or whatever, you're not allowed to do that. You're not allowed to rent it out. How do we manage that in the future going forward? How do we control that code? We have a hard time with them now. We've got so many issues in the neighborhood that we've been trying over and over to rectify and we're not seeing a lot of progress in some areas. Um, now I do know that Ramirez has also own other rental properties. Is there a way, like, cause I know in that documentation that he sent to the city that the, his adult children would be interested in possibly living in that accessory unit. I mean, maybe they can live in one of the rental houses. I just think there's other options besides doing a complete zoning change. and I think this needs to be brought to the community. Usually applicants will have town hall meetings with the neighbors and have discussions. Again, we didn't even know about it until a few days before this is coming before you. Also, I wasn't sure on the windows. I know there's one to the south and to the west. Is there another window planned for this structure? Because I'm just concerned about it being intrusive into our yard. I don't know if there's going to be a window facing our yard or not.

Alex, do you want to come up and address it?

There's no window on the, because you're on the east side of the property. Yeah, there's no window on that. There are three windows to the north, and there's one window on the west elevation. Okay.

Yeah, I know that they'll be good stewards of this but nothing is forever eventually this family will move on probably as the wife told me they are planning to retire in Mexico and What's going to happen to that property after that we may not be able to control Who does what with that accessory unit? it's in essence like a duplex and I bought into a single-family neighborhood and I'm really upset about the city coming in and trying to change zoning and after the fact. Oh, and there is a plumbing issue at the curb. I don't know if that's going to be addressed. It's been going on for years. There's considerable subsidence. The leak's been going on for a very long time. You could actually measure how much it's sunk. So I don't know if that's going to be something required to be fixed before they propose any new construction. And then parking. And I know the city does not allow, doesn't specify the need for extra parking but if you're going to increase the population density that's something the city may think about putting into the ordinance because you're going to be increasing population density if you're adding living units um so that's all i i have for right now thank you do we commissioners have any questions or commissioner blake

I wanted to reference your pothole or problem with the sewer. Have you used Ask Arlington app and placed that as a request?

No, but Pedro is aware that my husband and I walk by there a lot, and we've talked to him about it, and he's always trying to fix it.

If you would, either go on the Ask Arlington site or if you'll download it to your phone, you can take a picture and send it to them, and they will respond. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you.

Are you aware that this really isn't a zoning change? It's just an addition. It's called a special use permit. Special use permit. Just want to make sure you knew that.

For something that's not already allowed under the current single family zoning, correct?

It is allowed if the city council passes an SUP.

Mm-hmm.

And let me address the elephant in the room. Every time one of these cases comes up, and it used to not be as often. I've been on this body off and on, I don't know how many years, quite a while. But it used to be not very often. But with the economy being what it is, we've seen a lot more of these come through, not just your neighborhood, but a lot of neighborhoods within the city limits of Arlington. And, yeah, we sit up here and we know that the person that's going to live in this unit has to be a relative. So when the mom passes away, and I'm a physician, as you well know, and I heard all the diagnoses and I know what the near future brings. So a son could live in there, a daughter, but you can't rent it out to anybody else. But your point is well taken. What happens if they rent it out to anybody, not a relative? You have to report it using the Ask Arlington app and the city will come out and enforce the ordinance. They're not supposed to do that. They're also not located in the area. Airbnb is not allowed at all in your neighborhood because it's not in the entertainment zone. Again, if any neighbor in your vicinity is doing short-term rentals, report them. The city will come out and enforce the ordinance and fine them. uh the def the difficulty that you have is how do you access code enforcement how do you get people to come out and actually do something and i'm going to reference what he just said again because i do it all the time I love my neighborhood. I'm in central Arlington. I don't live in one of the newer homes. I live in a 1950s home. How do I keep my neighbors from parking cars in their yard, and how do I keep their fence from leaning over? I report, report, report, and report. And eventually code compliance comes out, and eventually things get done. But I gotta be like a dog with a bone. I can't let go. Because if I do, then this neighborhood goes downhill. So I'm going to ask you as a neighbor, if this passes a city council, you have got to be vigilant, you and your neighbors. You cannot allow them to do what you just described. And I'm willing to listen to your reply if you'd like.

Well, yeah, and I do do that. You could actually walk around our neighborhood and find 100 code violence. You can make your full-time job. I'm just going to say that.

Sure.

Okay.

Me too.

So you pick and choose your battles. But I know talking to Nikki Hunter, she was telling me there was a discussion, I guess about a week ago, about boarding houses. People are renting out rooms in their homes. The city can't get a handle on that. So while I'm on board with a mother-in-law corridor, I don't have an issue with that. I have an issue with the big picture going forward. How is the city, how in the world are they going to regulate this? I just don't see any way for them, because it's difficult at best now to manage the renting out of individual rooms in single-family homes. And here, listening to the city manager, they're cutting code enforcement. Well, that doesn't make any logic. If you're going to increase the population density, we need to increase code officers. We need more hands on deck. And I feel like until the city can manage what it has, we need to put a full stop on some of this stuff.

I hear you. Unfortunately, this body doesn't have that authority.

well and even if you like deny it city council could come and approve it i understand that too so well thank you so i just wanted to give my input because i do share a fence line and they have been good neighbors um i just am concerned with what happens five years out i'm looking at further out than just the here and now good points thank you very much thank you seneca dickerson

Ms. Dickerson, please state your name and your city of residence.

Sineke Dickerson, Arlington, Texas. Let me start by saying that I am a little disturbed that several of the members already indicated their support before hearing any of the rebuttals. Second, I agree with what Jane had already said. This is not about here and now. This is about what happens tomorrow and what the intended use for this property is going to be. I have a really, really big problem approving this because sooner or later there's going to be more traffic, there's going to be more parking needed, and there's already not adhering to ordinances as far as parking goes from this corner property. I, for one, have been turning in code complaints because their car is continually parked at the stop sign. I took a picture yesterday going home. Nine times out of ten, when I go home, because I live in the same neighborhood, I go home, there's a car at the stop sign. That's against the rule. So then that leads me to ask, what else is against the rule? If you're not adhering to Arlington Ordinance on that, what else are you not adhering to? Third, there's a whole lot of traffic in our neighborhood because of the two schools. Bryant Elementary is down within a walking distance from this house. We have bus traffic. We have, obviously, before and after school traffic. We don't need parking issues at this property. Finally, I do not trust the process that the city would be in any way involved with the future use of this property if it turns out to be a rental. Because Arlington does not operate on a proactive basis, everything is a complaint basis, so that puts a burden on the citizen. I already turn in countless code violations in this neighborhood, and this is one of my target homes for parking. I respectfully ask that you consider my comments and deny. Thank you.

There being no questions of you, thank you very much. Now, Mr. Ramirez, you have an opportunity to reply to the opposition. If you'd like to come forward and make any additional statements, you certainly may do so.

I just wanted to apologize to Jane. We've been neighbors for as long as we've been in the same house, 24 years. The kids grew together. We love Eva, her daughter. And I guess I should have. We should have come to you and tell you what our plans were. We just didn't think it would be necessary for us to go all around the neighborhood and tell everybody. But just wanted to apologize on that end. And the situation with the home in Mexico, that we bought a piece of land over there and we're not planning on retiring in mexico i mean once we get 65 or 67 probably we'll be spending some time over there sometime over here we got three kids here so we're we're stuck in arlington we're cowboy fans forever so we stay here we're not going anywhere okay any additional questions commissioner finley thank you mr ramirez is

I'm just going by what Ms. Dickerson said as far as the parking around your house. I know you have a corner lot, and so you are on Havenwood and Marquette. That's correct. So there should be plenty of room for you to park there without being close to a stop sign.

Yeah, we weren't aware. Like I said, we have two kids living still with us. That's two cars, and my wife's and I, that's four cars. Right. There's one that parks in front of our mailbox. We thought it was far enough from the spot stop sign. We don't park under the stop sign, but if that's an issue, we'll make it a point to park on the other side. I was going to say, it might be better for you to park on the Marquette side. We don't have a problem with that. This has just never come up. Nobody's ever said anything. I'm sorry.

all right hey no problem maybe you know sometimes education does us a lot of good right and that's i mean and they got all the right to to say what they think and and that's what this is for right to express that's right thank you thank you uh commissioner blake it's maybe for you or maybe for alex but just want to verify proper notice did go out on the ccp correct that's correct so

Yeah, just as staff, I can answer. We did send out property owner notifications, were mailed, and then a sign was placed at the property in time to adhere to state laws.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Ramirez. Is there anyone in the audience who wished to speak on this item and did not have an opportunity to do so? Not seeing anyone. Sir? Sure. Please come up, state your name, the city that you live in, and if you did not fill out a blue card similar to this, if you'll do so after you finish.

Remember your name and the city that you live in only. Randy Washington, and I live in Arlington, Texas. Thank you. This is something I wouldn't do at all, but the truth is about the corner lot, there's plenty of parking there. It's a corner lot. It has the front and all down the side. His side is very long. So him and his family could park there. I have sympathy for his mother because I lost my mother a couple of weeks ago and a stepmother a month before then. So I understand the situation of him making sure they have a proper place and somebody there to look after them. But as far as the Kona lot and the parking, I know Jan. I hope I don't offend her, but that's a big corner. A lot of people can park there. Thank you for your attention.

Sorry for your loss, sir, and thank you very much for speaking. Any other questions or comments? Seeing none, seeing no other speakers, at this time I'm going to close the public hearing and ask the commission for any questions, comments, or a motion. Do the commissioners have any statements they'd like to make?

I just want to say something. I know we as neighbors all want to be good stewards of our neighborhood, right? And one of our commissioners lives in your neighborhood, and I know she's very active in the neighborhood and spends a lot of time communicating, attending town council meetings and things like that. And so I would encourage you all as neighbors, if you're having issues with parking and things like that, please address those with your council person. Please bring that up on Ask Arlington App. That also has an option to report that. Street parking is handled by the city police department, not actually code. So there's two variances there that you kind of have to deal with. But I do suggest that you take those to light and encourage people to do that. I also think that it might be a good idea for y'all to work with your council person and maybe Create some neighborhood community meetings where y'all can help educate each other and other neighbors on those things because I think that does make a successful society in where we live where all of y'all can get along and have improvements. SCUs are not going away. Single dwelling unit permits are not going to go away. We're going to see more and more of those. And so being able to address the needs of the community as well as the resident is very important. So I do appreciate you all coming forward and talking when it's not your thing. because that's important.

Very well said. Thank you. I have a motion to approve by Commissioner Blake. I have a second by Commissioner Winkles. Commissioner Blake, would you state your motion? I will try.

Someone may need to clarify a couple things on it, but I'd like to approve a motion to approve SUP 26-02-2401, Haywood Wood Drive, with the following additions of brick on the facade on the rear and sides of the dwelling. to match the existing front of the home, as well as the addition of the staff recommendations. And my question is on clarification. What did we decide on the bathroom?

It's going to be left alone as a plan. So they're going to have a half bath in the main house, a full bath in the new unit. Per staff recommendation? No. Staff recommendation was that they remove the, that they keep the full bath in the main room and a full bath in the addition. That was what staff recommendation. All right. Right now, as it stands, there will be a half bath left and a full bath in the new unit.

That's how it stands right now. So with a half bath in the home and a full bath in the new unit. Right. As well, we're going to take the windows and move them down.

No? No, we're moving them.

Going up, window up. They're going to add a window. Okay. I think I got that right. All right. So brick, full bath in the new unit, a half bath in the other, and the adjustment of the windows as discussed.

So we're not making any adjustments to any windows. Okay. Scratch windows. But the applicant is amenable and has said he would do it with staff to add a window as a fire exit area. for whoever sleeps in the loft. Thank you. Is that correct? Is that gonna be a friendly amendment? It's a motion in progress. That's okay. So that's the motion, okay? All right. Commissioner Winkles, is that your second?

In a simpler term, we are going to approve the SUP 2602 as applied with the amenable second floor window being added and the brick facade along the rear of the home.

That is correct. That is a nice way to state it. And the minutes will show that, I'm sure. So with that, cast your vote, please. Motion passes eight to nothing. Thank you very much. We'll move on to the next case. PD 26-087204 Mitchell Parkway. This is application for approval of a change in zoning from residential estate. to plan development for residential estate, plus an electric utility substation with a development plan on approximately 10 and 1 half acres. At this time, I call on staff to present its report.

Good evening, Commissioners. For the record, Kevin Charles, Principal Planner, Planning and Development Services. This evening we're looking at a parcel of land, a piece of property that's approximately 10 acres in size, currently zoned residential estate. And as mentioned before, the request is for a planned development for residential estate plus an electric utility substation with a development plan. In the past five years, there's only been one zoning case, that's PD 24-15. That was for the installation of a cell tower greater than 75 feet in height at the high school there, Timberview High School. It is the adopted plans that are going now, provide public utilities and infrastructure that accommodate the continued growth and demand of the area. I think really that's all we need to say about that. Again, the South State Highway 360 corridor development strategy is to promote the history of the area, use history to create an identity for the corridor, and leverage city investments to serve as a catalyst and leverage area schools as community assets. Here you see a layout of the site as it is proposed. The proposition is for the construction of a new on-core electric utility station and all of the affiliated equipment boxes and other equipment that are required as well as a screening fence. No other permanent structures are being proposed for the location. Nor is the site actually encompassing the entire location. This also would be a secure site per the applicant. Per the UDC, all non-residential developments shall achieve a positive preservation plan. However, there are stipulations that are currently in the Unified Development Code that exempt public utilities when they're performing maintenance, new installations, or improving sites. However, with this stated, their intention is to basically just generally address those trees that are located within the potential building footprint and to preserve all of the trees that are not gonna be caught up in any easements or any areas where grading needs to take place in order for them to prepare the pad site. A level three buffer, excuse me, yeah, a level three buffer is required which would be 30 feet. The site exceeds this on all four sides, north, west, north, east, south, and west. where the commercial property is adjacent to a residential development, as well as one tree per 300 square feet of area. The applicant is proposing to install a new six-foot-tall masonry wall around the entire site. They're exceeding the 30-foot buffer, as I mentioned before, with the smallest area to the north being 50 feet from the property line and the furthest area to the south being over 500 feet from the property line. These are photographs of the site. As you can see, it's a heavily vegetated site. You can barely see, I guess you just barely see the peak of a roof of a house right there. So I mean, they have a significant amount of vegetation that is currently on the site. Here you get a peak of maybe another residence there. That one is to the north. However, the property lines are very, very heavily screened by the existing vegetation that is located on the property. As I mentioned before, they do have one deviation. That deviation is the installation of the required trees that would be required in the buffer. Generally speaking, if this was a treeless site that did not have any trees, they would be required to install 224 trees along the east, west, and south property lines in two rows. What they are doing is they're preserving 138 trees outside of the building footprint and trying to preserve those trees along the proposed, as well as those right outside of the masonry screening wall. This creates a significant buffer, as you saw from the the photographs of the site as staff feels that this meets the intent of that buffer as hopefully they won't even be able to see the site besides the equipment that exceeds the six foot tall fence from any of those property lines. Staff does feel that this request will fulfill a need due to a significant growth in both residential and commercial uses in the southeast sector of the city of Arlington. The applicant is Kimberly Horne, owner of Arncourt Electrical Delivery Company, LLC. Staff did not receive any letters of opposition or support. Staff did receive inquiries about what was happening at the site. The site is currently unplanted. If this request is approved, then when they do get ready to come in with their plant, we will look at any type of drainage, street access, things of those natures during that process. Staff is available if there are any questions or comments.

Thank you, Mr. Charles. We do have a question. Commissioner September.

Apologies, Kevin. I forgot to ask this question at work session. The screen wall, there's an image on the development plan. It looks like it's a brick thin wall, but then the detail shows like it's a prefabricated screen wall. Which one are they using?

It'll be the prefabricated style screen wall masonry, but the long panels that slide into place. I asked them to provide an image so that you could also see the equipment, the transformers and things of that nature. We really don't have an elevation drawing for us. Yeah, okay. Makes sense. So I asked them to put that on there.

Thank you. Commissioner Greer.

Sorry, I forgot to ask this too, but when they get into platting and go through all those studies, is there any kind of required sound study or anything they'd have to do as part of the platting process to make sure there's not some kind of impact?

During the platting process, we... If it is recommended heavily by my engineer, then so be it. Or by fire or any of that, we will ask them questions in reference to any type of sound attenuation type of issues they may have. I know that mostly there will be low hums and clicks. Maybe a little bit of the crackling that you hear. Outside of that, I think the only thing they have mechanical that would make a difference Maybe a little bit of noises. I know they have fans for the cooling of the equipment boxes, but absolutely.

But if staff had a concern, they could ask for that? Yes, sir.

Absolutely.

Thanks.

Any other questions? Thank you, Mr. Charles. Thank you, sir. This time I'll open up the public hearing and call for the first speaker. I'll ask the applicant to come forward. I have a card from Mr. Rob Myers. Thank you, Mr. Myers. Name and city only.

Good evening, Commission. My name is Ashton Miller. I am a project manager in our right-of-way group involved in the permitting and zoning aspect of this new substation. I appreciate the opportunity to present before you all tonight. So just kind of going into high level, the need for this station. Currently Encore operates and owns 15 substations and switching stations. We have two in the pipeline. one of which being this is our Thelma, so we're calling it substation. And really the need for this station is we have our Century sub just north of Interstate 30, Cortland substation, which is west of this site, east of South Cooper Street, and Webb substation just west of Highway 360. Those are all operating at a level of capacity that takes us, we take a look at it, we're estimating that within the next five years that those substations will reach what we allow for their amount of capacity. So we were taking a look from a siting perspective of where can we where can we operate a new substation to pick up the additional load that's required in this particular area. So we landed on this site. We have to be, for a new substation, we look at where our existing transmission lines are and this site is directly north of our existing 345 kV transmission line. i mean it provides an adequate amount of space for us to operate and construct a just under three acre substation um being that this site is uh is about just over 10 acres um i don't know can i share their the site plan on here Perfect. So this is our Thelma substation. Like I said, it's just under three acres. It's an ultimate four transformer substation with two control cabinets there on the west side. One point of correction is that this substation will be screened with an eight foot masonry screening wall as opposed to the six foot that staff mentioned. We do have our single point of access, uh the road currently um ends at our property so we'll be picking that back up using utilizing that existing road to access our station and typically whenever i say access this is unmanned station however our crews go out to our our sites twice a month it's your typical f-150 to do regular maintenance and Take reads off of the off of the station and any kind of Maintenance things that are required and you see here from a I think Commissioner Finley you had mentioned that there is a In the work session that there is a need in the area, which we definitely see that what this substation does is it transforms to 345 kV and electricity, it steps it down to the distribution level, which is where you see our wood poles, our distribution poles, and goes into directly serving the residents and the businesses within the city of Arlington. And we're estimating, typically with this substation, It can handle a load of about 10,000 customers that it directly serves. So hopefully we can provide an increase and continue to provide reliable services to the area. And with that, I also have our engineer with Kimley Horne, Mr. Rob Myers, as well as our area manager, Ms. Tiffany Richmond, here to help address any questions that the commission may have. Thank you for your time.

Thank you very much. Do the commissioners have questions at this time? Commissioner Semter.

Question. Can you explain to the reason why the placement of the substation was at that location and how you actually connect to the transmission? And what's that look like? Is it underground, above ground?

Yes, sir. So we do have our existing 345 KV transmission line that's just along the south side here. So we will be connecting via overhead transmission line into this substation that'll get dispersed to the distribution level. And so whenever we looked at properties, I mentioned earlier we have our three different substations that we're estimating are going to be at a higher level than what we find acceptable. And so how we like to place these is, one, along an existing transmission line, and, two, that those substations are evenly spaced amongst the city to adequately serve the different residents and businesses in the various areas.

Maybe to clarify, how did you place it on the property?

On the property?

Yeah. Why did you not put it closer to the transmission lines?

So we do have, let me see here, we do have a floodplain that basically cuts off this corner as well as there's a branch of a stream that traverses kind of through this property as well. And also to minimize the amount of impervious coverage that we are having. By extending a driveway further down, we're increasing the amount of runoff onto the site that we've got to drain away from the station. So this provides a quick in and out for us and also minimizes the impact. From a east to west standpoint, we've placed it right in the middle of the property so that we're not one side closer to residents than the other.

Thank you.

Any other questions? Seeing none, thank you. Are there any other speakers in support? Seeing none, let's see. Mr. Richard Swain, you'd like to be a speaker, but it says you're interested in hearing the opinions. So please come forward and tell us what side you fall on. Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. Your name and the city that you live in.

Got a few.

Mr. Swain, I need your name. Yes, sir. State your name and the city that you live in.

Yeah, I live on Mitchell Parkway. I also own property on Mitchell Parkway. I'd like for the setback to be the maximum physical amount of property that's required by the city code. and I would like for that. They're talking about a screening fence. I'd also like for the, to restrict the noise. The maximum height of a solid acoustic sound, with solid acoustic sound walls and plant mature evergreen screening trees around the property lines. end to address the drainage. I talked to, I emailed Mr. Charles here at the city and he said the drainage would be addressed in the plat when the plat was approved but I'm talking about the drainage of the street. That street runs north and south. On the north end there's a public storage and a gas company. Gas company has asphalt, public storage has concrete. All of that water dumps to Mitchell Parkway and grindstone court, half of grindstone. And it runs down, right now it runs down to an empty field and it's not a problem. It goes into the field, dissipates, good. But when that substation hits down there, they can't dam that up. They can't build something in there that's gonna stop that. It's gotta flow. And they can leave the street like it is. Encore can come out there and put bigger culverts in it to get it down the street. But some way, it's gotta get around that substation to Bowman Creek, Bowman Springs to run into Opal Lake. Thank you.

Any questions? Commissioners?

No question, but it's just a statement. So Mr. Charles was correct. During the plotting phase, the design engineer would submit plans for utilities.

I can't understand you. I'm sorry. Can I walk over there? Then I'll walk back.

You can't walk? You can't hear me? Can you hear me?

I can't understand.

You can't understand?

It's like it's mumbling. My hearing. They can probably understand you. It's just me.

I'll come talk to you afterwards. How about that?

OK. All right. Any other questions? Thank you, sir. Any other speakers in opposition? Seeing none, the applicant has an opportunity, if they so choose, to speak in rebuttal. Mr. Miller, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Related to the gentleman's comment about drainage, Kimley Horn is currently preparing a drainage study that will be submitted along with our plot. And we fully intend to meet all of the city of Arlington's codes and requirements along with our development of this site. And as related to the setbacks, maximum setbacks away, There's the 30-foot setback along our eastern and western sides, as well as the 20-foot along the front yard and 10-foot along our back. We are exceeding all of the maximum amount or the code requirement of setback requirements.

Thank you very much. Commissioner Winkles. One question.

You are not going to come in and totally clear the lot and then build your substation and then build your exterior. You're going to try to maintain the existing greenage along the property lines if I understood Charles correct? So the landscaping, it's not landscaping, it's growth, natural growth that has developed over the years that is along the property lines on either side of the property and to the rear of the property. You're hoping to maintain as much of that as possible with giving your overhead access line from the main line to the substation.

Yes, Commissioner Winkle, that's correct. We would be, for the new transmission line connection from our existing transmission line into the station, We are intending we can't have any trees or any kind of growth underneath there because if we need to fix those lines, we need an easy way for our crews to get in there to restore power to our customers. And, yes, our on-course goal is to be as minimally invasive as possible to allow us to be able to provide safe, reliable electricity.

Okay.

Thank you.

Commissioner Blake. Thank you. So I'm assuming y'all don't build these just because y'all want to build them. You do it because we need them. So that's a good thing. That's a yes? Yes, sir. But more importantly, my question is really centered around the stormwater that comes through that street that washes over into that. Because the more impervious stuff we put on the ground, the more stormwater we have. And it has to go someplace. So can you commit on the record that your engineers are going to design a plan that does not back that up and does not cause more damage pooling downstream from you so that it's actually dealt with at that property. Cause right now it's being dealt with is what it sounds like to me. And it, it goes into that point. So I don't want us to build something that causes more problems for the people upstream or downstream from that runoff. Yes, sir. That will be y'all's problem if it creates more problem. So the residents can come back to the city and say, they said they would fix it. That,

Yes, sir. Commissioner Villegas, I can commit that we'll meet all of the city of Arlington's requirements and standards related to drainage. And I can allow Rob to kind of speak more towards drainage. I know they're working on their drainage study, but...

Yes, sir. I just want to add to that. I'm going to interrupt for just a moment. Please state your name and the city that you live in. Yes, sir. Rob Myers out of Frisco. Thank you. When we do our drainage study, we also do a timing analysis. We analyze the entire watershed. So it's not just our site. we make sure that we cover everything within the watershed which goes beyond that site so everything that is determined based on the uh the runoff coefficient all the storm water maintenance uh manual from the city of arlington we will use to determine any impacts that our site would cause and how to mitigate

So is it a fair assessment that since y'all are working with electricity that y'all kind of care about where that water goes? Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. Any other questions? Thank you. Is there anyone here who wanted to speak that did not have an opportunity to speak? Please come forward. State your name and city. Did you fill out one of these cards? No, I did not. After you finish, if you'll walk over there and fill this card out. Yes, sir. State your name and the city that you live in, please.

Omar Rocha, and I live in Arlington. Thank you. I actually live in Grindstone Court, 7200. I'm going to be actually right next to the house. And I am worried the same thing Richard is because there is a flood issue on both sides of the street. when it rains, the water can almost get inside the house when it's heavy. So that was my concern. Everything else that they talked about was addressed and Whenever you say a 133 trees are we talking about five 10 year old trees are we talking about one or two year old trees I would like for them to plant more trees if they're going to. I guess use whenever they build everything but that's my only concern because the flood issue is my main concern.

And the reason you want them to build the trees?

Well, because if they're going to tear down trees, I mean, just replace the ones that you're going to use.

Okay.

That's it.

And be more... so the water is coming from the north moving south on your street so it might understand that the if it during heavy rain the water comes up comes over the curb there's not a curve there there's no curve there's bar ditches is that right okay that's correct so the water rises and it almost gets to how close to your house does it get water it can reach a step Okay.

And whenever the water comes down, the cover can't handle it, so the water rises, and it goes to the house, and it goes to the backyard, and actually where our property lines from Mitchell and Grindstone, the water runs through all the trees and through all the electric poles, and it floods on both sides. So obviously it's an issue.

Okay.

Mr. Charles.

i have a question are you are you aware of what was just told it does our engineering group is aware of what what was just talked about uh we know the status of the street as being a rural type bar ditch road we also understand uh the the issues that they have right now however the applicant is is responsible for the water that is coming on to their property and potentially dispersing from their property To be frank, they are not responsible for existing conditions that are not being created by their property to the north.

I'm going to interrupt you. They're only responsible for making sure that they don't make the problem worse.

Correct. They cannot create a situation where they're dumping more water off of their site than what is currently taking place. So, you know, at that point, that's just where we are.

one of my concerns would be that during the actual construction phase that when it rains that could be a real problem during the construction but they would have erosion control in place we require that we require swept storm water pollution prevention out there that is our standard practice

okay all right does staff aware of if and when there might be any improvements to that street in order to change the drainage to the best of my knowledge neither of those streets grindstone or Mitchell are currently on any type of bond program or thoroughfare development program for improvements at this time okay thank you you're welcome sir mr. Ochoa anything else you want to say

Sir, anything else you wanted to say?

No, sir. Questions?

Comments? Thank you, sir, very much. Are there any other questions, comments of anybody? Commissioner Maddox?

Yeah, I have a question, not necessarily related to that. The issue that's in front of us, but the comments from the people here about flooding concerns me, and it just seems like we just said not really what we're addressing here today, and that's correct, but it doesn't seem like we're addressing it in the future. What avenues may they have to pursue a problem? This sounds like it's genuine. This may not be the proper venue to discuss that, but it came up here, and it concerns me.

so i'll take a stab at answering that question because it's been asked before over the many years i've served up here unfortunately the only thing that we can ever tell a new developer is you cannot make the problem worse they do not have to and are not required by city ordinance to improve a neighboring neighborhood They just can't make the flooding any worse. So the solution to this is if, for example, we were to approve this, because council can say, you know what? As much as we need the electricity, and I'm not saying they're going to do this, but council could say, as much as we need the electricity, we may choose to not do this until this problem is fixed. Otherwise, we're going to flood our neighbors out. That's where the rubber meets the road, and that's where that decision has to be made. We here can only decide, is this the appropriate use for this piece of land? We could vote no, and that can appeal to city council. If we are concerned that, based on our knowledge and our personal experience up here, if we think that they're really going to flood our citizens, we could say no. But that's, unfortunately, all they're required to do is to not make it worse.

Yeah. And I get that. I do. It's not the real source of my question here. My question was, what can we tell them? Do we have any advice to give them since we can't address it in this body to address a problem that seems like it's very real to them that needs to be addressed?

Are you talking about what can we tell the neighbors or what can we tell council? Neighbors. Okay.

How do we guide them? How do we guide them to solve a problem that's not related to the issue that's in front of us but sounds like a real problem?

I'll let staff answer that.

Well, one thing I would definitely advise them to reach out to our stormwater division and public works. And every stormwater concern is logged in our records so that people are aware of it because, quite frankly, it doesn't really help telling us. It helps telling the actual engineers who are doing all of the planning for the future. And they will know there are a number of plans that are in the pipeline to fix certain areas that they've known. traditionally have been issues so i would i would advise folks that are concerned about stormwater issues to contact public works let them know that they are there are issues on mitchell parkway and let them know to include that in their additional studies for the future i'm not saying it's something that would be fixed next year i'm not saying that it's something that would be fixed in five years but at least it would start the process and mr achawa where are you

Mr. Ochoa, I have a question for you. Sorry. Ochoa, not Charles. Omar, okay, Omar. Thank you. Omar, have you ever reported anything to the city regarding the amount of water?

No.

Okay. Before you leave tonight, please talk to staff. Let them give you the phone numbers of the people that you can contact so that you can report the issue that you have. If no one ever reports it, nothing will ever happen. Okay? I'm sorry. You've had your opportunity. All right. Thank you, Omar. Sure. Mr. Johnson. Go ahead.

I just want to add one more thing. If this is approved tonight, it's going to council. And if you and any of your neighbors wish to show up at council and state as eloquently as you did tonight that the water comes up to your steps... While they'll correctly say the same thing that Dr. Nunez said, that tonight we're talking about this one project that's desperately needed.

I understand.

But you're going to have council members there listening, including your council member. And I think that's probably the quickest way to make this wheel squeak a little bit more. So I just want to alert you to that, that there will be another chance with a council. On the 28th, correct?

28th.

I don't know the date.

Unfortunately, I won't be here.

Well, maybe some of your neighbors can show up and you've got an opportunity to let them know about this problem.

Yes, but even whenever they're planning on it, wouldn't that just be common sense to just fix it? I mean, because I feel like we're going to wait until they build it, and then if it floods or if it does, and then we're going to try to fix the problem. I figured it would just be logic engineering to, hey, let's fix this flood before it even creates a problem.

You state the perspective well, and I just really encourage you to state it one more time.

Say it one more time?

Yeah, say it one more time before council. Oh, okay. Not to us.

So since I haven't closed the public session, one more. Thank you. I'll ask the encore representative to come forward, please. I have no authority to do anything. I can't make you do anything. That's not what I'm asking. But having heard what you just heard, how do you anticipate responding to city council when this concern about almost flooding neighbors up there, what do you think your response could possibly be? And if you don't have an answer or can't give an answer, please state that as well.

So your question is, what does Encore intend to do with drainage issues outside of Encore's property?

I call it being a good neighbor.

Right. One thing that if I'm in front of council and they ask that question, I would say that Encore, by constructing our electrical substation, we will not make it any worse.

Okay. And I thought that might be the answer you might give. Okay. Commissioner Finley.

Thank you. I would like to just elaborate a little bit on what Chairman Nunez talked about as far as calling in to the stormwater management team. Do it every single time it floods, not just once. Because they need to know, depending on how much rain we get, and how much flooding you're seeing. So they can document it, and it's not just one call. They can document how many times it's actually happening. And that's really important for them as far as you guys getting taken care of, the flooding issue because they'll look at your situation and okay, they're flooding every single time as compared to somebody else who only floods maybe once every six times it rains. So it's really important. I know it's a pain, but it's really important to call in every single time you're flooding. so that they can document that and keep that on record. Okay? Thanks.

Mr. Miller, thank you. Commissioner Winkles, sorry.

Mr. Omar, even if you can't be at City Council, you can write a letter. can be presented to the case before city council so it's documented with every representative that you do have some concerns about the flooding so please do that via email it's on the website how to do that you can just email it to them and that way they have that documentation to support that you understand we need this but you have some concerns thank you very much at this time i'm going to close the public hearing

Commissioners, do you have any comments amongst ourselves or a motion? All right, Commissioner Winkles, I see you have a motion. MR. SEMPTER, COMMISSIONER SEMPTER.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. THE APPLICANT MADE A STATEMENT THAT THEY WANTED AN 8-FOOT MASONRY SCREEN WALL. WE'RE PROPOSING AN 8-FOOT MASONRY SCREEN WALL. THE APPLICATION HAS SIX FEET. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DO. SO WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION, IF Y'ALL ARE AGREEABLE TO 8-FOOT, PLEASE MAKE THE MOTION.

VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONER WINKLES, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR MOTION, PLEASE?

YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. for PD 26-08, 7204 Mitchell Parkway for approval of change in zoning from residential estate to plan development for residential estate plus an electric utility substation with a development plan, including the recommended change from a six-foot fence to an eight-foot masonry fence.

Commissioner Johnson, is that your second? Second. all right cast your vote motion passes eight to nothing Thank you all for coming. Moving on, our next case, PD26-092245, Carter Drive. Application for approval of a plan development for residential multifamily RMF22 uses with a development plan on approximately 5.89 acres. At this time, I'll call on staff to make its presentation. Mr. Colson.

Chair, commissioners, for the record, Clifford Colston, principal planner, planning and development services. Again, we have for you PD 26-9, addressed at 2245 Carter Drive. This is currently zoned RMF 22, residential multifamily 22, with a request for a planned development for residential multifamily 22 uses with a development plan. And this is just the existing location site just showing existing cases across Carter Drive from this site. PD 22-6 was approved in October of 2023. It is for a multifamily and multifamily plan development with a commercial component as well. And with the comprehensive plan, this is a development creating housing choices in the area that does align with the goals outlined in the comprehensive plan and is compatible with the existing surrounding uses. In this site, 5.899 acre site, proposed 36 unit multifamily development at six units per acre as compared to the maximum for RMF 22 is 22 units per acre. It will consist of nine two-story structures. All units will have two bedrooms. The units will be 1,816 square feet in size, with primary access being off of Carter Drive. There's also a portion of the site is within the FEMA floodplain area along the northern and eastern property lines. That's 20% of the site. That area will be maintained as a recreational area with With our walking trails, there would also be a dog park in the area as well. All of the tree preservation, the site meets the requirements as far as landscape buffers, the setbacks. It will meet all of those requirements. All of the trees within that floodplain area will be preserved as it create along, actually along both buffers. You have commercial zoning to the north, commercial zoning and uses to the north and east. Both on those property lines, the existing trees create a natural buffer to where if you're actually on the site, you really can't see, if you're on either one of those other sites, looking between those trees, you really can't see the site. And these are the floor plans, as provided to you earlier. These are the floor plans. It's going to consist, again, of two bedrooms, a two and a half bath. And these are the elevations. Again, this elevation shown here, there are going to be two units that face Carter Drive. They're going to consist of additional brick as compared to those facing internal to the site. So it's going to be a multifamily development, but it's going to give the appearance of townhomes. Again, these are just other elevations. And these are site photos. Again, this is looking west onto the site, or east, I'm sorry, onto the site. And then the next photo, you have the commercial retail centers. You can see some of the trees. It's only this, basically a small portion from this site that you can actually see this site. But if you actually interior to the site, you can see all this tree line that you see here extends down that entire line. And this is an existing multifamily development just south of this site. And then across, this is a site across Carter Drive from the site. And again, that's where the PD22-06 will be. And again, there are two deviations for this site. The first of which is it requires level two screening and buffering as it abuts commercial properties on the eastern and northern property line. So they have the actual buffers. Again, that's gonna be all floodplain area. They aren't touching anything in that area. So it provides the required 15 foot landscape setback on both sides, which it meets. And again, all of the trees within those areas, there's going to be a combination of protected species and of non-protected species. But again, it creates a natural buffer. And what they're doing again is they're meeting the setback requirements, but they just aren't providing the fencing along that, which again, you have the trees which create a natural buffer there. And again, the site is accessed off of Carter Drive, which is a minor arterial per the Unified Development Code. This is a multifamily development with less than 100 units, so it should access off of a major collector. Again, Carter is classified as a minor collector. But again, that's the only access point to the site, so they really can't avoid that deviation. Again, this is a notification mail. We mailed out 11 notices. We did not receive any letters of support or opposition. Again, this is a 36-unit development, multifamily development, a suggestion to a 616-unit development, and it generally conforms with the surrounding uses. If the Planning and Zoning Commission is inclined to recommend approval to City Council, Staff has the following recommendations to improve the project, add additional parking on the site, and here I've identified just some locations for potential additional parking. The applicant, in speaking with the applicant, and they'll speak more to it in their presentation, they are amenable to providing some parking in this general area. The porches and columns along Carter Drive side be designed such that it creates some variation amongst the homes. And wrought iron fencing be installed along Carter Drive, providing a sense of security for the residents. Again, in speaking with the applicant, they are amenable to that as well. And speaking, it was mentioned, and the applicant will speak more to this as well, I was mentioning about, because the amenities will be, they're going to provide a dog park. They're going to provide, in the flood plain area, just going to keep that as an open natural recreation area with trails and benches. Speaking to the applicant, it was mentioned upstairs in work session about possibly creating a pavilion, maybe with some grills, things of that nature. And the applicant, speaking with them, they are amenable to doing that. They will speak more to that in their presentation. And staff is available for any questions.

Thank you, Mr. Golsan. Commissioner Semter?

Apologies. I should have asked this at work session. The site's roughly a little over five acres, right? Five, eight, nine. But it's encumbered with a lot of floodplain, gas pipelines. Do you know off the top of your head what the developable area is?

That, I can't tell you. I can't say off the top of my head. But 20%, roughly what, 51,000 square feet is in the floodplain.

Is in the floodplain. But then you've got the gas pipeline, the valve side.

On the south and along Carter as well, you have those.

So more than half, you would think, is undeveloped.

I would say if not more than, at least close to. Somewhere in the neighborhood, give or take.

And this is not gated? No. Not gated. Okay. Thank you.

Any other questions at this time? Seeing none, thank you very much, Mr. Golsan. At this time, I will open the public hearing and call the first speaker, the applicant.

Sir, your name and city that you live in. Good evening. My name is Jeff Hamilton. I'm with Able Engineering, and I live in Diana, Texas. I'd like to say this is my first time to stand at a podium in front of City of Arlington commissioners. And I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity. But I've had the opportunity to watch your work session and then be a part of this. It's very impressive, and I appreciate the effort that you put into these. I certainly respect what you do. And with this project, we've had a fantastic experience so far as far as working with staff and just trying to put together a project to get in front of you for consideration. So just thank you for the opportunity. And I don't want to make a big presentation because I believe you had a lot of questions that were brought up in the work session. If it's OK, I would like to do more of a conversation with you, if we could, just to address the concerns that you had. and and during the conversation if there are more things that pop up and then I would work to address those as well if just high level on and and also forgive me because this I've never run this system before this is this my presentation that I shared with you so if I were to slide okay

Excellent.

All right. So this site plan that is on the screen at the moment, we did, at staff's request, we added two parking spaces at that location. And then in the work session, it seemed like it was asked if we could add a couple of parking spaces over here between Buildings 1 and 2. And that's certainly something that... that we could add as well what we were trying to do was because the parking that has been provided exceeds what was required by the city also knowing that you know there's a reason those minimums are established but we also want to be good neighbors and we don't want to create an issue on the site for the tenants that live here so adding more parking is good we tried to limit the amount of parking because we were trying to maximize the amount of green space that could be provided on the site so if staff asks for additional parking or if it's the pleasure of the commissioners for us to add some more parking then most certainly we're gonna work to add that parking. Two spaces, or two locations that were requested for parking that I would ask that, I'll give you the reasons why we didn't consider it. It's here at the end of our first drive and then over here next to this surface lease area. Those two spaces, as far as adding parking, the first one right here, we would be wiping out a tree to put the parking spaces so we were trying to preserve trees and and and not put any parking there, but if if it's a pleasure of the the Commission and staff for us to put parking there that that to me is a is a reasonable place to add the parking spaces it's in a good good location relative to the walking trail that's out there and it could provide there's a there's a benefit there down here though the reason that I haven't put any parking in that area or reason we weren't developing it it's it's not easily accessible it's a great space to pull into but it's a hard space to try to back out of and turn around and then leave So that's why we didn't have them. We do have the two spaces right here that are easier to get into and then kind of three point turn maneuver to come and go. I'm gonna clear all this. So in providing parking spaces or the conversation of that, certainly providing a couple of parking spaces there, We were already agreeing to the parking spaces there. If it comes that we need to put parking there, happy to do that, and I think those parking spaces would be very usable. In terms of amenities for the site, again, we were trying to keep the spaces green as possible. Dog parks seem to be a pretty useful area, outdoor space. We have a very large walking trail and just natural space in that floodplain area for the residents to enjoy as well. In terms of putting a pavilion and a grilling space, there's 50 feet in between those units. There may be space on there to add one. Perhaps we could find somewhere here. I'd like to have it a little more centrally located, but if we can get something worked in that area, our client, the owner of the property, is amenable to that, and that's something that we would certainly be willing to work into this plan. Speaking to the variances that we had as far as fences are concerned, I don't know how big of an issue that is with the commissioners. If you'd like me to speak about that more, I would be happy to. If it's not an issue, then I'd like to respect your time and talk about other parts of the project.

Commissioner Sanford.

I would like to hear the reasoning by not gating the community, because the other communities around you, the built ones and the planned ones in the future, are gated communities. So what's the reason for not doing it here?

So the first reason for not gating it is, which is also the reason why we don't have a fence along Carter. I'm going to clear all of this. The reason we hadn't shown a fence along Carter is, to the staff's report, staff... Point in their report the property is encumbered with several gas pipelines and rights-of-way that go with that the entirety of our frontage I'm going to draw this line. It's shown on the plan, but it's roughly right through here Is everything over here is in fact? a right of way for a pipeline. So we have coordinated with Summit Midstream about this development in terms of their surface lease that's right here and all of their pipelines. They have no objections to what we're proposing as far as how we're building around them, how we're going to screen their surface space, which I'll speak about what that gravel space is. If we can get permission from them to put the gate or put the the fence along Carter Then we'd love to put the wrought iron fence there. It would look nice. It would give the sense of security we just because we don't have a lot of space on the north side of this site along that floodplain to have Have gates and and truly have everything fenced and secured. We just weren't proposing haven't fenced or have it gated and I would be willing to believe that if, and I did not have a chance to have this conversation with my client, but if it came back that it was the pleasure of the commission and staff for this to be truly gated, and if we were able to get permission from Summit Midstream to actually place that, because it would be located in their right-of-way, then I believe that's something that would be incorporated into this project.

going to continue along those lines you know parking thank you for attending the work session upstairs parking is a concern but commissioner scepter's hit on a really important point even if there were no fence anywhere having that gated controls the number of cars that get into this neighborhood And so I just wonder if, as we think through this process, if it's gated, maybe the parking isn't that big of an issue anymore. Commissioner Semptor, what do you think of that thought?

Well, I think there's an opportunity to gate the community, whether it's a fence within the easement, which I probably think is not the best solution because they don't want it there. I know that for a fact. But you can put it outside their easement to where you do create a gated community that's secure for the residences. The density is way less than what is allowed in the current zoning, which we applaud you for doing that. And quite frankly, I'm glad you can make a deal work with that many units. So as Chairman mentioned in the work session, we want quality we want to create a sense of community that's with the amenities the gathering spaces for these people to to live socialize feeling secure safe and where they live so i think those are important elements that you know, need to be reflected on your design. So that's why we're bringing these up both in work session and now for you to kind of think about and digest.

All right. Understood. A little additional information as far as the The surface lease for the gas equipment, I heard in the work session, it's not a gas well, there's not working equipment there. This is actually, it's for the maintenance of the pipelines. If anybody's familiar with a pig launcher, that's what this is. It's where the pipeline actually comes out of the ground and it's a place where they can access it and then launch. they launch a pig in the thing and it's for testing the pipelines, keeping things clean, stuff like that. So that's what this is that our project is being developed around.

When you were discussing this case with staff, did anyone here in Arlington recommend that you speak to Sue Phillips?

Yes. Egg is on my face, and I've sent an email to Ms. Phillips apologizing. That one, it's a terrible, terrible mistake on our part to not have reached out to her. I have reached out to her now and most certainly want to sit down and apologize. Apologize in person for that of course, but but also get feedback from her as far as the development city staff certainly did their job I'll have to own it. I did not I missed that one.

Well, thank you for for saying that I appreciate you being forthcoming so Here's where I'm coming from. I said it upstairs. I'll say down here during the public session I Number one, I really think it ought to be gated. And I think that you need to find a way of putting gates internally a little bit further so that you don't encroach upon that gas pipeline easement. I think that can be done. The second thing is, because these are all going to be fire lanes, as we spoke upstairs, parking is going to be illegal anywhere on those streets. we're concerned that if there are family functions that occur here uh that uh parking could be an issue so i think you know you're gonna need to come back to us with a a a tweaked plan because i want this project to be built don't get me wrong this is a great project I applaud you for having to deal with all the easements and the floodplain. It needs to be tweaked just a little bit. And one of the tweaks is a gate. The second tweak is finding some additional parking. And the third tweak is you need one more amenity. And I don't care what it is. sue phillips might be able to help you with with that but whether it's a covered pavilion or whether it's something else but the concept that i want you to remember because we've said it here and they'll say it at council you're creating a community and if you're going to create a community there needs to be some way for these people to get together and a walking trail although i applaud you for that i applaud you for the dog park it's not enough there needs to be an evening gathering kind of place and it doesn't need to be expensive it doesn't need to be anything you know i looked at the rear elevations of of some of these things are those sliding glass doors i mean that lead to the back double doors like like friends all right but there's but there are doors that lead to the back and so if go back that slide before that the layout so I'll imagine any one of these buildings were especially towards the northern part where you've got all this green space which is fantastic you've got all these double doors opening up to a common space and uh and what can neighbors do inside of that common space uh and maybe it's a maybe it's a sidewalk that goes up and down through there maybe it's just a small little gazebo with shade people can sit out there and have a glass of wine it doesn't need to be high end but it needs to be solid so those that's my suggestion because Right now, the way I'm leaning, I'm leaning towards a continuance for you to come back, having tweaked this plan. But those are my thoughts. I will defer to the other commissioners. Maybe they don't feel the same way I do, but that's how I feel. Commissioner Blake. I was going to add one. Excuse me. Mr. Gatton wants to interject.

Real quick, a question for the applicant. Have you visited with the pipeline operator at this site?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Summit Midstream, who is responsible for all this.

Yes. And have they advised you whether or not they would sign off on a gate on that area between them and this pig launcher?

So the answer to that is no, because we didn't have a gate in our plan. I can go back to Justin and talk with them about that. It's been our experience in the past with gates on, because the pipeline... They were still maintaining access to all of their facilities. Yes. If we were to locate a gate and just just in the pipeline world and other projects that we work on, as long as they have a gate gate code where they can get in and out, I wouldn't expect that to be an issue. And certainly if we have it wide enough for them to be able to get their truck in, then I wouldn't expect that.

I was just I'm just concerned because you've you've. You've got a lot of location there between you and the property. So I want the commission to know that that may be something that's beyond the applicant's control. So obviously, I would advise you to get a sign off from them before you move forward. But just make sure that's clear. I didn't realize a gate discussion was coming up today, so I didn't brief on it.

I didn't either. Commissioner Blum. Yes, sir.

i also think you should do a continuance and make sure that you talk more with the community especially east harlington renewal and and miss phillips um but one of the things that needs to be added in there not only the facing towards uh the the main thoroughfare there but You've got the makings of a really cool apartment area. And if you made them more like individual townhomes where there was a lot of variance and not monotonous floor plan going across, or not floor plans, but the facing going across, and really vary that, you can make something really nice. And that's what we're looking for. Understood. Thank you.

I do not want to say but. It doesn't say understood but. But in this case, the low density that we have, and there is a price point that we have in terms of the cost of construction. I did speak with our architect on it, and as far as colors and things like that, making the buildings more interesting that way, there's certainly work that can be done there. in terms of, and the buildings are relatively small for what we're doing, so if we're already by right, we can do multifamily with none of the articulation that would really be required. We're trying to make something special here, and we want to make it as nice as possible, but we're limited to how far that nice can go. But point well taken, and I most certainly will take that back to our architect.

Well, you will probably get that same feedback from city council, and they'll be probably tougher than we are here.

I understand. Y'all have been very kind, by the way. I appreciate that.

Commissioner Johnson.

I just have a quick question, Mr. Hamilton. I want to understand your vision as well as possible. Who do you consider your target renter on this? Are you thinking empty nesters? Are you thinking families with children? Who are you going after here in your mind?

So we weren't targeting families with children or we would have put playground amenities, things like that in here. We were looking more for just an empty nester or a young professional, something of that nature that just They don't need a lot of space. They don't want a lot of room that they have to take care of. It's just a nice place. It feels like a home. It doesn't feel like an apartment or multifamily. So we're trying to make something just nice for a young professional or an empty nester.

Thank you.

Great question.

Thank you for asking that.

I think I'm in agreement that leaning towards the continuance just to give you a chance to talk with Sue Phillips and hear her thoughts but I think I would be okay if the gate falls through and you're not able to get that done I think it's still a good project and I think if you could make the changes with some amenities in there and tying it together with some sidewalks in those green spaces I think that would look great and Just wanted to say congratulations for finding an undeveloped piece of property that's owned RMF 22. I'm sure that's not very common in Huntington.

It'd be worth noting, so our client has owned this property for many, many years. So it wasn't a speculative thing. He's waited for this time.

That makes more sense. That if this was for sale, it would have gone a long time ago. Correct. Yeah, so I appreciate also that your density is so low and you're making this a quality project. But yeah, just want to let you know my thoughts.

I understand. So for the sake of conversation and just to help me understand, I'm hearing continuance is coming. Yes. Because if I ask for anything else, I have a feeling that I would get a recommendation.

You're hearing correctly, and let me make the process a little shorter. At any time that you're speaking, if you want to say to us, you know, I'd like to request a continuance, we'll be happy to give it to you. Understood. Okay.

We're not quite there yet.

Well, because we haven't had any other speakers yet. Got to go through that process. Anything else you wanted to say and any other questions? You're going to have an opportunity to come back, but... Are there any other speakers in support of this project that are here tonight? No. Are there any speakers in opposition? Is there anyone who hasn't had an opportunity to speak that would like to speak? Hearing none, sir, if you have any last comments, you're welcome to come up here and make your case.

I just have to go through all that legal mumbo-jumbo. I appreciate that. I've learned if I'm given an opportunity to speak, I better. So thank you for that. Again, if our only option moving forward is continuance, then I'm going to ask for the continuance. I wasn't sure if it would be the pleasure of this commission to approve with the comments or, hey, you go back to staff and you get it reconciled between now and city council. then I would have asked for that to happen to allow the project to move forward. But in all honesty, we've been working on this project for the better part of a year now. So I don't want to mess that up by trying to rush anything now or trying to keep something going for a couple more weeks. If the continuance is what I need to ask for, then that is what I will ask for.

So what we've, just for your edification, at least for Arlington, what we've learned is that whenever a PD comes, a plan development, when a development plan comes in front of us, it has to be, it's got to be, we have to know exactly what we're voting on. And We've made the mistake in the past of trying to do active negotiation during a meeting, and we don't want to do that. And that's why I think a continuous works well in this situation. So when you come back, you're going to tell us exactly what you're going to do, because that's what a PD does for us. uh we don't want you to work with staff and then try to go to council because we don't know what's going to come out of that process and we can't advise council we're an advisory body we take that seriously so uh continuous is easier for us because when you come back and we can give you a nine to nothing vote hopefully next time council's gonna look at that and they're not gonna be it's very difficult to say no to a nine to nothing vote from this body okay

So I'm not saying it's impossible, but... Yeah, no, they can totally reverse you guys nine to zero, no problem. But real quick, and I'm sorry, I never got your name, sir. Jeff. Jeff Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton, yes, I just want to be clear for the record. You have two rights. No, you don't have... You don't have to request a continuous tonight. You can certainly ask for a vote tonight, but I think you've heard from the commission kind of their concerns, and you probably know which way the vote would go. If the vote is denied tonight, and they don't recommend you going forward, you can request a hearing before P&Z, but I would advise you- Before council? Before council, yes, before council, sorry. And, uh, but I do need to let you know that that time period would then be, uh, an additional two weeks waiting for that hearing to take place. And then staff would have to then post that notice, which would set you back quite a, you know, probably six weeks versus, I think the commission's been very clear with you. If you request a continuous tonight, then you control your own destiny and you know that, uh, believe when the staff recommending if there if there were continuous granted this and as soon as you all could could hear this and then have it something prepared I think realistically it'd be October 7th So you'd be looking at October 7, if it was continued date certain, which would definitely be, I mean, the only other option would literally be to put you, if you were denied tonight, it was appealed to council, you practically could get on the 29th of September for council. But then at that time, they would have to send a new notice, which means it would be after, the October date that he just referenced. So those are your two options, but I'll make sure it's clear that you have two options.

I appreciate that. So for the abundance of caution and for the sake of clarity, I would like to request a continuance to allow us to work with staff and Ms. Phillips to bring you a better product next month.

Thank you, sir. Very much appreciated. Therefore, at this time, I'm going to close the public session. Is there a motion? I have a motion from Commissioner Blake and a second from Commissioner Sumter. Commissioner Blake, would you state your motion, please?

I hope so. I'd like to make a motion to continue PD 26-09, 2245 Carter Drive, and continue it to October 7th. Commissioner Sumter, is that your second?

Yes, sir, that's my second.

Cast your votes, please. Motion passes eight to nothing. Jeff, we will see you here again. And I know Sue is anxious to meet you. All right. With that, I believe we have, oh, golly, we still have one more. Gosh. All right. PD 26-10, located at approximately 7201 US 287 Business Highway. This is an application for approval of a change in zoning from Village on the Green at Tierra Verde to plan development for light industrial uses plus auto repair garage major with a development plan on approximately 2.195 acres this time staff will present its report good evening commissioners for the record cecilia nelson senior planner planning and development services here to present uh plan development pd26-10

The property is generally located south of Eden Road and north of US Business 287. The property in purple, located on this map, was approved in 2023 for limited light industrial uses. The site is within the rural residential area of the comprehensive plan. The area should focus on very low-density single-family residential. While the proposed development does not align with the designated future development plans for this area, it is compatible with the existing surrounding land uses. Within the US 287 corridor strategic plan, this project does align with redeveloping underutilized areas and improving areas in decline. The proposed development consists of two commercial buildings. One building will house a vehicle powder coating business while the second building will accommodate a paintless dent repair business. Both uses are classified as auto repair garage major within the UDC. The proposed uses produce minimal noise and no external paint fumes. This is the proposed landscape plan. The applicant is providing or exceeding all required landscaping within the landscape setback as well as internal to the site. These are the applicant's elevations. They are providing multiple features on the front elevation. These are site photos of the subject site on the left, as well as the site to the west, which is in Kennedale, currently single family. The image on the left is the view south, also Kennedale, which has industrial uses. And the image on the right is Arlington, and it is also industrial uses. Five notices were sent. There were no letters of support or opposition received. The proposed development will complement the existing industrial uses in the area. The design and function align with the industrial character across the street in Kennedale. If the Planning and Zoning Commission is inclined to recommend approval, staff has the following recommendations. Either limit the use to auto repair garage major only or exclude the following uses. if those uses are approved to be excluded this shows which uses will be permitted on the left and which uses will be prohibited in the zoning district the applicant is texas surveying and engineering the owner is sterling adams staff is available for any questions thank you miss nelson are there any questions of staff at this time saying none thank you

This time I'll open up the public hearing and ask for the applicant to come forward and present their case. I have three cards in favor. Mr. Graham Stowe, Langdon Todd, Charlie McCollum. Who's speaking? All right. Please state your name and your city, sir.

My name is Graham Stowe. I'm going to be one of the owners of the property, and I'm from Grandview, Texas.

Thank you, sir.

So the Powder Works, just to kind of run through what those businesses look like, just a little bit of insight, the Powder Works is a metal finishing that we use sand to clean parts. Very safe, just so we can describe what that business looks like. And the Dent District is one of the other businesses, which is using hand tools and suction to pull out dents. We also purchased, is there a way I can go to that site plan on here?

Yes. Clicker right here. Okay. Oh, thank you.

Appreciate it. So we also purchased the building right here. So all these cars are clear and we've changed that. We're going to update this building, paint it and bring it up to the standard that we're going to do on the new buildings just to kind of update the area. um on the exclusions we're open to working with you guys however we need to work with on that it's not a huge deal um and i know that's probably the one concern so if that's if that's what we need to do we're definitely okay with adding those exclusions to it that's all i have all right thank you questions commissioner center you're first

No real questions, but I just wanted to thank you for investing in Arlington. I know this is a very difficult corridor to develop on, very unsightly. So I appreciate you investing here. I think your buildings look wonderful. The business will be successful, I hope. And again, cleaning up. what has been unsightly. I know it has nothing to do with this case, but you, again, investing in property, cleaning it up, redeveloping it. Just wanted to appreciate you doing that and thank you for being in Arlington.

Yeah, thank you. I appreciate that.

Commissioner Blake? I love getting up here and coming in with one mindset and changing it. And while you didn't give a big presentation, I really didn't like it whenever I read it. But the more I've learned about it, the better. But what are you planning on doing with that lot where you got rid of all those cars?

Um, we don't really know yet. Um, but we did get, we cleared it. It's already cleared. Um, we have other businesses. We might move into it. It's got a lot of space back there, a lot of potential. We're not really sure just yet, but, um, I think that part alone is another three acres. So it's got a lot of potential.

So, so are you kind of thinking that you're wanting to have a business park where you have

the businesses and making all the money there and that's increasing taxes yes sir yeah that's the idea fair enough we're also surrounding excuse me we're surrounding the property with a I think a six-foot privacy wooden fence I think the neighbors would appreciate that so that'll be helpful okay thank you yes sir any other questions the applicant Commissioner Scepter

If I remember our discussion upstairs you'd be willing to include a microbrewery distillery winery as You would you'd like to exclude that from the exclusions If the Commission is agreeable to that I'd appreciate So we'll see what happens to with the motion as we go forward any other questions any I guess not. And I echo, thank you for bringing this business here. All right, I have in addition, let's see, Langdon Todd, you're a non-speaker, are you here? Yes. And you're in support? Yes. All right. And Charlie McCollum? And you're also a non-speaker and you are in support as well, I see. Very good. Is there anyone else in support? Sir, you changed your mind, you wanna come say something? I would like to say. Please, come forward. Members, just state your name and the city that you're from. Or the city that you live in, excuse me.

My name's Lyndon Todd. I live in Fort Worth, but I grew up in Arlington, lived here for 26 years. Then I got married and my wife moved me to Fort Worth, so I lost that battle. Was it Cynthia or? Cecilia did a great job presenting that space, that area. Growing up in Southwest Arlington, I went to Martin, knew the area, went to Baylor, and started doing commercial real estate when I graduated from college. And with that, industrial real estate specifically, That was kind of my hometown. Moved back with my mom. And took over the, started working in Kennedale. Sold a bunch of buildings down there. And I'm the broker on this deal. And working with Graham and Jeremy with their business. And so with that, I just want to state that I think it's very clear that the highest and best use over here is industrial real estate. That's been clear with five other properties being rezoned from this current zoning to an industrial-type zoning. So that's really all I have to say. Not much.

Any questions?

Thank you, sir, very much.

All right. Are there any speakers in opposition? Seeing none. Mr. Stowe did you have anything else you wanted to say you're okay very good all right this time do the commissioners have any other comments or questions Commissioner Semptor you have made a motion to approve and Commissioner Johnson you've made a motion to second I'd love to do that if you post first technically the public's hearing is now closed All right. So with that, Commissioner Sumpter, would you state your motion?

Yes, sir, I would. I move to approve PD 26-10, addressed at 7201 US 287 Business Highway, an application for approval of a change in zoning from Village on the Green. at the Tierra Verde to plan development for light industrial uses plus auto repair garage major with a development plan on approximately 2.195 acres with the addition of staff recommendation number two, excluding a number of uses minus a micro distillery.

Slash winery.

Slash winery. That's my motion.

Commissioner Johnson, is that your second?

I think that's Wilson's. I think that's well stated, and I second it.

Thank you very much. Cast your votes. Motion passes eight to nothing. Thank you, sir, for bringing your business to Arlington. We look forward to you being successful. Thank you. With that, do we have any other reports from any commissions or boards or liaisons? The answer is no. Are there any reports from staff or any announcements that need to be made? I see none. Therefore, I want to remind everyone that our next regular session will be Wednesday, September the 19th at 5.30 p.m. With that, Planning and Zoning Commission is adjourned. Thank you so much.