Good. I'm going to start with the I have the money. You're looking to hire a technical person right? I believe in the music. I'd rather run on RRQ. I'd rather run on RRQ. Okay. I miss boys. Can we get a quick mic check, please? I think we can do that weekly. I can't even know to find a point. Really wrong. We just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm just calling. I'm going to go to the beach and do a little bit of the snow. I'm going to go to the beach and do a little bit of the snow. I'm going to go to the beach and do a little bit of the snow. Yeah. We have a lot of hate and not to have such a church. Mr. Yeilverton, can we get a quick mic check please? I'm sorry about that. Are you on now? Yes, ma'am. We can hear you loud and clear. All right. Thank you. I'm sorry. Yes, ma'am. We can hear you loud and clear. All right. Thank you. I miss Woolridge. Can we get a quick mic check, please? Miss Woolridge, can you hear us? I can hear you. I'm just trying to get my mic up. Okay, we can hear you. Okay, then all right. That's my mic check. Dr. Vinyan's mic check. We can hear you, sir. Thank you. Dr. Odom Wesley, can we get a mic check for you, please? Good evening, everybody. Thank you, ma'am. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. Thank you. you Okay. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to go to the next room. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to do a little bit of the same thing. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to put it on the top. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there. I'm going to go, Mayor. Thank you. I'll now call the audience and city council meeting to order and ask Mr. Alex Buskin, our city secretary, to please call the roll. Thank you, Mayor Williams. Alex Buskin, city secretary. I'll now call the roll. Thank you Mayor Williams Alex buskins City Secretary I'll now call the roll Mayor Williams. Present. Council Member Moeys. Present. Council Member Gonzalez. Present. Council Member Sutton. Present. Council Member Peale. Present. Council Member Nunez. Present. Councilmember Woolridge. Present. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem for our mayors. Present. Councilmember Odom Wesley. Present. Thank you, Alex. And before we begin, we're going to ask Alex to explain the format we're using and to lay out some housekeeping rules. Thank you, Mayor Williams, Alex Buskin, City Secretary. I will be assisting with the technical aspects of this meeting. I'd like to mention a few items before we begin. This meeting is being held by video conference so that we can advance the public health goal of minimizing face-to-face meetings, also known as social distancing, slow spread of COVID-19. Governor Abbott has suspended some of the requirements of the Texas Open Meetings Act, which allows us to meet in this manner. The link to the online location where video of this meeting is available can be found by going to the city's webpage at www.arlingtonTX.gov and clicking on Watch Meetings on the City Hall drop-down menu. This meeting can also be watched on AT&T Uverse Channel 99 and Spectrum Channel 16 and 15.1. The agenda packet containing materials to be discussed during the meeting can be found by going to the city's webpage at www.arlingtontx.gov and clicking on Agendas. Here are some pieces of basic information we want you to know about this meeting. This meeting is being recorded and this recording will be posted on the city of Arlington's webpage. The council will be voting during this meeting. This meeting is being recorded and this recording will be posted on the City of Arlington's webpage. The council will be voting during this meeting and there will be an opportunity for public comment during the meeting. I will indicate when that time occurs and you will be allowed three minutes to make your comments. If you would like to comment on an item on this agenda, please call the number at the bottom of your screen, 833-268-8354, conference ID 323-746-485-pound. Tell the operator which item you would like to speak about your name, address, and a callback number. City staff will call you back at the appropriate time for the item that you have registered to speak on. If you do not wish to speak but want to show a supporter opposition for an item, please dial the same number 833-268-8354, conference ID 323-746-485-pound, and let the operator know that you don't wish to speak but would like your name read out for showing support or opposition. You will not be kept on hold on the phone call and your name will be read out at the appropriate time when the item is being discussed. All speakers must identify themselves by name every time they speak. We will remind speakers if they forget so that we can have a full record of this meeting and so that the public may have a full understanding of the discussion. For the members of the council, please ensure that you are in a quiet place where you will not be disturbed during this call. Background noise can be very challenging in a meeting like this. If you can have your own device on mute when you are not talking, that would be helpful. If any member of the council has to leave the meeting, you're requested to identify yourself at the time that you leave the meeting as well as at the time that you return. We will use the red, green, and white cards that we have given you for the following functions. The white card will be used when you want to be recognized to speak or make a motion. The red and green cards will be used to vote. Green for yes and red for no. When using the cards, please keep them held up until you have been recognized to speak. Your motion has been acknowledged by the mayor or the vote has been announced. Do the members of the council have any questions? Please hold up your white card if you do so that the mayor may recognize you. Thank you, Mr. Buskin. Well, now begin the meeting. As a reminder to the public, anyone who wishes to speak on an item on the agenda agenda please dial 833-268-8354 conference ID 323-746-485 pound then please indicate which item you wish to speak on and you will be registered to speak well we are honored tonight to have Stephen Hammond, the lead pastor from the Mosaic Church of Orlington, who will give our invocation and pastor Hammond I just want to thank you so much for what you do here in our community and the many contributions that your church makes and then a personal note I really have enjoyed your devotional that you put on Facebook. And so thank you for being a valued member of our community. And he will now lead us in our invocation and plunge of allegiance if we now rise. Thank you. Thank you Mayor, thank you City Council for having us back. It's been an eventful year to say the least. But we're thankful to get to celebrate the holidays with our family. Let me pray. Father God in heaven, we do recognize the suffering with our family. Let me pray. Father God in heaven, we do recognize the suffering and the struggle and the pain, the burdens that so many of our amazing citizens are feeling, whether it be through the situation with COVID or whether it be through the empty chair at the table because a family member can't be there or won't be there. And God, we ask that during this season that you would remind us just as you sent Jesus into the mess to bring peace, we ask for the spirit of Christ to be on all those who are hurting this season. I got to pray specifically tonight for the council members. It's going to be exciting time tonight as we again, commissioned Victoria, to be the servant leader she already is. We as you continue to not just use her but use all of her colleagues to be filled with the faith of Abraham the courage of Deborah the wisdom of Solomon the passion of Paul most of all the love of Jesus Christ. I got to pray that what you desire for this city is what we desire for this city. And truly if we want to be the dream city, we would pursue your dreams for us. And we pray together, the prayer that Jesus taught us how to pray when he said, our father who art in heaven, how would be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the glory and the power forever. Amen. All the end. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic of which it stands, one nation under one and indivisible. Thank you pastor. Next we'll move to consideration of canvassing resolution and that is for one canvassing runoff election results of December 8th, 2020. And I'll call upon Mr. Mr. Busky. Thank you Mayor Williams 4.1 is a resolution canvassing the election returns and declaring election results in the runoff election held in the city of Arlington on December 8, 2020 for the purpose of electing a council member for district 7. Mayor and council as indicated in the staff report, the final election totals were not available from the Tarant County Elections Administration at the time of posting the agenda. You should have received a copy of the resolution this afternoon with the final totals for your consideration this evening. Be happy to take any questions from council at this time. Any questions for Mr. Buskin? Okay, seeing none, Mr. Buskin, do we have any speakers on this? No, sir, we do not. Okay, so we have any speakers on this? No, sir, we do not. Okay. Then the election results, there we now need a motion from the Council to take action. And we have a motion for approval from Dr. Nunez and a second from council member Sutton. So with that, we will now cast your votes. Okay, motion passes and I will sign the, well, let's see if I can get it up there. I will now sign. Get it in the right place here Mr. Burskin there we go. Okay and I'll sign this. And Mr. Mayor this is Terry Solis. If you would, there are two statements. I believe on your script that we need you to read to be in compliance with the change in the law. The first one is about the now. The election results will be included in official meeting minutes. That's correct. And then the statement that the final canvas is complete. Okay. The final canvas is complete. Thank you sir. My official and incompliance and I have just signed our certification of election. So we have that done. So now are we able to move to our office for Dr. Myers. So with that, I'll call upon City Secretary Alex Buskin, who will minister the oath of office for our council member, Victoria, for our Myers. And so I would now like to call on our newly elected council member, Victoria for our Myers and congratulations. for our Myers and congratulations. I will basically execute. I'm going to do this. Thank you all so much. I have... Text and emails, so I know there's a lot of virtual support out there tonight. I want to say thank you so much to all of you. First and foremost, I must say thank you to my son, Kyle Myers, and my husband Jason Myers, who without them, this family business wouldn't continue I want to say say thank you to the To Arlington citizens for returning me to office. I appreciate not only Everyone who came out November but I even more so appreciate the folks in December and a runoff to come out in such large numbers I am privileged and honored to continue my service here with the city appreciate the folks in December and a runoff to come out in such large numbers. I am privileged and honored to continue my service here with the city. I want to thank staff. I want to thank my fellow council members. I look forward to continuing our work together and ensuring that our city is well protected in the days ahead. Thank you very much. Thank you council member Victoria for our mires. Congratulations. Give her time to get back there to the podium. Okay. Next we'll move to appointments to boards and commissions, Mr. Buskin. Thank you Mayor. We have no appointments to boards and commissions. Next we'll move to speaker guidelines and General DeCora, Mr. Buskin. Thank you Mayor. We ask that the citizens and others participating in the City Council meeting assist in preserving the order and decorum of this meeting. We ask that all participants refrain from making personal, profane, slanderous or threatening remarks and refrain from being disruptive while addressing the mayor and the City Council or while participating in the City Council meeting. For speakers tonight, when your name is called, please clearly state your name and address for the record before providing your comments. If you have the occasion to speak again following another speaker, please clearly state your name each time before providing your comments. If you have the occasion to speak again following another speaker, please clearly state your name each time before providing your comments. During public hearings for zoning cases, the applicant will be asked to speak first and will be given five minutes to make a presentation. Speakers in supporter opposition of the item will be given three minutes each to make their statements. The applicant will then be given three minutes for any rebuttal. For all other items on the agenda and during citizen participation, speakers then be given three minutes for any rebuttal. For all other items on the agenda during citizen participation, speakers will be given three minutes to speak. If multiple speakers plan to provide the same or similar public testimony, those speakers may, if they so desire, designate one or more individuals to provide public testimony on behalf of the group. A bell will signal the end of each speaker's time. In consideration of other speakers, please conclude your comments promptly when you hear the bell. We ask that you address your comments to the mayor and council. Mr. Baskin, do we have any items from executive session? No, sir. We do not. They won't move to consideration in minutes, Mr. Baskin. Thank you, Mayor Minutes, for consideration this evening or the afternoon and evening meetings from December 1st 2020 Do any council members have any additions or corrections council member Gonzalez? Okay, all right then I see we're doing Mr. Busskin. Is there any speakers on this? No sir there are not Now I'll call for a motion and we have a motion for approval from Councilmember Gonzales and a second there from Councilmember Odom Wesley. So I'll now call Motion passes. Next, we'll move to consideration of consent agenda, Mr. Musking. Thank you, Mayor. The consent agenda this evening contains 23 minute orders and 13 resolutions. The minute orders seek to authorize 1 through 7 renewal of annual requirements contract for auto body shop repair services, for pump maintenance and repair, for liquid aluminum sulfate, for pavement leveling services, for the purchase and installation of pavement markings, for grounds maintenance of interstate highway 30 from field or road to ballpark way, and for grounds maintenance of the entertainment district. Eight renewal and modification of two-year requirements contract for grounds maintenance of neighborhood and community parks. Nine sole source renewal of the body, worn cameras, maintenance and software subscription contract for the police department. Ten through 12 annual requirements contract for irrigation relocation and grass replacement and other landscaping services for the purchase and delivery of gasoline and diesel fuel and for food for incarcerated persons. 13 Engineering Services Contract for the John F. Kubala Water Treatment Plant, West High Service Pump Station, Pump's 4 and 5 edition, 14 and 15 Construction Contract for the John F. Kubala Water Treatment Plant, West High Service Pump Station, Pump 3 edition, and for Avenue E, State Highway 360 to Great Southwest Parkway. 16 2019 concrete panel and sidewalk replacement program. 17 reject all bids for the annual requirements contract for street light poles lights and accessories. 18 sole source purchase and installation of the Liberty Star Voice Communication Control System at Arlington Municipal Airport. 19 and 20 sole source annual Contract for the current virtual crime center online services for the Arlington Police Department and for software support and maintenance for eBuilder software, 21 Seoul Source Renewal of Software Licensing and Maintenance of the Records Management Solution for the Police Department, 22 and 23 Renewal of Consultant Services Agreement for Sales Tax Compliance Review and of two years software support, maintenance and licensing agreement for GovMax budget software. The resolutions seek to authorize 24 modification number one to the professional services contract for legal services. 25 authorization to retain Katie Anderson and law firm Clark Hill PLC, DBA Clark Hill Strasberger relative to the Commonwealth Development and Corporated Complaint to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 26 tree point sanitary sewer main emergency repair, 27 and 28 fiscal year 2022 text.step commercial motor vehicle grant and comprehensive step grant, 29 A and B contract for emergency physicians advisory board medical director and B contract for emergency physicians advisory board medical director and adoption of the emergency physicians advisory board fiscal year 2021 operating budget. 30 Texas emergency rental assistance program grant from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs 31 2019 2020 consolidated annual performance and evaluation report for HUD grants. 32 City of Arlington Local Marker Program nomination for 204 East Second Street. 33 Development Plan PD 07-5R4-DP14 Collins East Phase 1L. 34 and 35 Agreements with Tarrant County for COVID Testing Services and with American medical response for testing services. Thank you Mayor, this concludes a consent agenda for this evening. Okay, Mr. Busskin, are there any speakers on the side? Yes, sir. We do have one speaker in support of item 10.33. That's Chris Connors. I believe we have Mr. Connors in the Zoom call. I am on yes and in support no need to speak just project manager for a variant and support for the developer. Okay and I'll call upon Dr. Nenez Near muted Mr. Dr. Nenez Sorry Unless things have changed during the work session we discussed taking item 10.29 of the consent agenda to Consider how we want to work that so I'd like to request that to be taken off Absolutely, we'll take be taken off. Absolutely. We'll take 10, 29 off and Mr. Peel. I would like to have the record show that I'm abstaining on items 10.5 and 10.15, please. And I'll go ahead. I'm abstaining from 10.33. I'll go ahead. I'm in staining from 10.33. Okay, and then Dr. Myers, I think you have an abstention also. Yes, thank you, Mayor. Could you send me a staining from 10.33 as well, Mr. Baskin? Thank you, Mayor. Okay. So with that there and that number number Dr. Nunez that we pulled off can you state that number again? 10.29. Okay so now we'll ask for a motion or approval of Consent Agenda minus 10.1029. I have a motion from Council Member Sutton and a second from Council Member Nunez. Please get the votes. Okay, motion passes and then I'll move back to 10.29. Dr. Noonius. Thank you, Mayor. For our attorney, we need to take these two in a different order. The City Council needs to prove first item B, resolution approving and adopting the operating budget amount of 105. That was a $600 from the emergency physicians advisory group from fiscal year 2021. And then we need to do a after that. Okay, so Dr. Nenea, so you're making a motion for approval of 10.2 and I am B. That's correct. And we have a second Dr. Odom Wesley. So please cast your votes. Motion passes. Okay. And Dr. Nenius, do you want to make the next motion? Sure. I'll prove a approval item 10.29A. Okay. We have a second from Dr. Odom Wesley. Please catch your votes. Dr. Odom Westley, please cast your votes. Motion passes. Next, we move to public hearings, consideration of ordinances first and our final reading. And we have specific use permit, SEP 20.5, 20-5. Tommy's Express Car Wash, 4442, and 4462 South Collins Street. And I'll call upon Ms. Jindsay Thoble, Director of Planning and Development Services. Thank you, Mayor. Item 13.1, SUP 20-5. The applicant requests approval of a specific use permit for an automated car wash on 1.53 acres of land, zoned, airport overlay, general commercial. Addressed at 4442 and 4462 South Collins Street, and generally located north of East Barden Road and west of South Collins Street. The applicant initially submitted a planned development PD20-3 for consideration of an automated car wash at this location. Part of the UDC's tacking lanes are prohibited between a structure and public right of way. The initial proposal included this major deviation with the stacking lanes located between the proposed structure and South Collins Street. This case was unanimously denied by City Council. The applicant has now submitted this new request for a specific use permit with no deviations and a redesigned site plan. The site has one primary access point from South Collins Street which is existing and shared with the property to the south and other lots of the Collins South Edition. As proposed, patrons will access this site to the shared access drive and enter the property from the rear side of the lot. Entry and exit will be from the same drive. The proposed structure will be Fronting South Collins Street just behind a proposed 35-foot wide landscape buffer. The stacking lanes, vacuum bays, and parking spaces will all be located behind the structure, thus allowing the structure to serve as a buffer for them from South Collins Street. There are other car washes in Arlington located within a three mile radius of the subject site, as referenced in the saturation map in the packet. This evening, we have applicant Tanner Brand from Paces Lodging Corporation presenting the case for us. Hello, Mr. Manager of Council members. I'm Miss Tanner Brand, Paces Lodging, as you said. We're looking to hold Tommy's express car wash. And I just wanna thank you all for allowing us to present here today, and I know some of you have learned to see the conversion of this presentation so I'll respect your time to try and do that on the main points. Go ahead and go to the next slide please. So this is Tommy's express car wash. And what we really think sets us apart is our state of the art technology, our conveyor belt system that we had, the car can just drive right on to this conveyor belt. Pulls the car right in through without having to be cut from the tire or the rim less chance of any damage to the car. You can stack more cars to be more efficient as you drive through. We've got the license plate-graded technology as you drive up if you have the Tommy Club membership through the mobile app. You can drive right up through the Tommy Club, the third lane, the Tommy Club lane. So the license plate reader reads the license plate, allows you to go right through and express the lanes. We are environmentally friendly car wash, we water reclamation system, no get into a little later here. We think we're the best quality wash on the market and we really invest in the community in a lot of ways. There's smart examples about later as well. Quality jobs, you know opportunities for advancement, advancements in the company and in our company and within Tommy's fast-and-fishing and we're here to stay. As you can see up on the top left corner of the slide here, there are, you know, these are all the all the Tommy locations that are either in the process or operating for this time. So we are a large company, I think it would be really, really nice stuff. We may run things. You know the next slide please. Here's just kind of how we start up with other franchise. That's another advantage of our business models. It is franchise. We have franchise, Thomas Express looking at us and making sure that we have the best training and the best top of the keep. And the best,, the best top of the keep, and the best, all the best. So they really make sure that we have daily, hourly, monthly, upkeep and training. You're the next slide there. Here this show is some environmentally friendly and kind of the training world class operations that we have. We use 60% less water than you would if you were washing your car at home in the garage, keep the water out of the storm system and we reuse a good percentage of the water and other parts of the wash. last slide please. Here, you know, we have a bit of a pervapiel. Here's just some examples of photos of some other washes that we've built from the country. You know the next slide, yep. Thank you. Thank you. We are looking to build out some more locations in Texas. If you have that Tommy app, you can go to any of the Tommy locations so people can, as we build out, we want people to be able to go wherever they're going, if they're driving around the Dallas, February, or they can stop in it anymore of our washes. And this really gives us an opportunity to have regional operations, jobs, maintenance, regional maintenance. So as we build out more, it's the market. We'll go to the next slide, please. So I think we just have a very Amazon proof and COVID proof business model. People will talk about some other uses going into this space, but a lot of retail big boxes and other types of retail uses that don't want to go into certain spaces and open up right now because of Amazon, how it's really hurting brick and mortar stores. And then with COVID, with our car wash, you don't ever have to talk to anybody you don't have to ever have to have any contact with anybody you can drive right through, get your car washed on. It takes about three minutes to get through the wash. We've got multiple washes on the belt at the same time. As I said with the franchise, they really work out making sure that we're staying to the highest standards. There's been mention of certain car washes coming in strong, looking nice in the kind of falling part in later years. That's kind of the benefit of having a franchise. They're always looking at us making sure that we are keeping things clean and, you know, having very good upkeep. Partnering the community and these job opportunities really help. I think, I'll be good, really good partners with CityBot. Go to the next slide, please. So, a competition was something that was brought up. Here we have on the right side of the screen here, just under the interstate where that star is, that's our location. And then down southeast into a Cosmonsund district, district, we would establish a service area, you know, population of 30,000 people that are in that area that can be well in the car wash. And you have the barrier of the interstate as well as the barrier of the airport there on the west side of our service area. So these are the self-service car washes. You can go ahead and go to the next slide. And then the next slide as well, those are just the and then here we have the actual express washes. The thing is there is a difference between car washes kind of like a, you know, Chick-fil-A or KFC or a pop-line. They offer different products and there's different clientele going to be on the different different washes. So here you have a wash and a loop that has a little surface. If you go to the next slide here too They have just your detailing services and loop services there a little bit different than just additional Presser And all of these washes are at least 10 minute drive up or at least 10 minute drive away without traffic to get from that service area over to and drive away without traffic to get from that service area over two, you know, over two of those washes. So we think that we'd be a really good, we have a really good opportunity to be successful, you know, kind of for that service area and people going out across the interstated, get around the airport number to get there. So you can go to the next slide, please. Here we just have the setup, you see you have multiple chicken shops multiple gas stations multiple Burger joints on the you know south side and the north side of the interstate you can go to the next slide please Here is just kind of a circulation map that itself columns the red there We come down to the south that is the lit intersection where we would be entering. Take a right into there, you can go back, enter into the wash, come back out, and then you have private entrances all off the back of there. So you can, there's a really easy way to, you know, circulation of people getting in and out, and we won't have the issues there. You can go to the next slide. And then this is our landscaping plan. It is in compliance with everything with the planning staff. You move on one more slide, please. And this is just a better look at our site plan. We have worked with staff with their recommendations and what they kind of wanted to have the building in front of the stacking lanes that are in the middle. And then the vacuum's on the backside along that private drive. So we're really made sure that we have a good buffer and nothing to be seen from cell columns or from our one-in-one great equipment building it. We can go to the next slide. You can just kind of click through these and keep going and walk two more. These are just views, renderings of what it would look like. We do have a nice natural wall there to kind of good landscaping around our sign that we added, perched out in Kinsey. And then here, this is really just the time of a difference, kind of everything that I've hit on here. Now if you move on to the next two slides, these are just examples of how Tommy is the best in the community and really really work together with the communities they live in. So they have people that in the community partnered with a football team. They have the kids from the football team working at the car wash. They really grow up and get trained in and have good career opportunities. Also have this teacher scholarship to help people who work at the wash to get up and help pay for college. And then job opportunities and that's not true as I mentioned, between the Paces and Tommy. I think we have a really good product here that can work really well with city rural town. So if you have any questions, please let me know. I'll be happy to answer them. Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Brandt? Okay, Mr. Sutton. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Brandt. And I appreciate the presentation. Thank you for wanting. Thank you, Mr. Brent, and I appreciate the presentation. Thank you for wanting to do business in Arlington. In District 3, I guess the city as a whole commercial property is really limited. And having car washes, we were building Q Wash just on the north side of 20. It's almost completed. I can't see having another car wash and the location you're using is in zip code 76018 and the reason I say that is one of the hottest markets in Tarant County 76018. So I have no doubt that that area will be fully developed but out that that area will be fully developed. But my question would be, we do have other car washes that could use a face flare. What are the opportunities of you redeveloping in those particular car washes? Yeah, well, we really look into an entire market. I'm sure we've been up and down all this road. I actually was up and down some of those roads last week. She's looking through, you know, looking for redevelopment opportunities, but you know, you can't always pick and choose exactly what land you come cross and what land you purchase. So this was a, you know, this ended up being an amazing lot for us that we think would do really well for our product, but you know, we can't just say I'm not going to go with this land, I've been in with this land instead, it's kind of kind of have to take your opportunity where you get it. But we just think it would be you know with that with that q wash that there is that that barrier there of the interstate so what you know that could serve the north side you know better and we could serve the south side of that interstate a little a little more effectively. We think and then it kind of goes back to the Amazon proof, COVID proof. You know, if you think about it, retail, you know, retail possibilities, they will be going into that place, you know, sit down restaurant might not want to be opening right now with, you know, COVID, those types of issues that a lot of people have had or, you know, another restaurant they already own has not been doing well So they're not going to open over over on another piece of land. So I think this is a really good opportunity You know kind of put this this car wash there could you know sparks more development there where you have in traffic going through and could create you know There is a few lots right around next to us. There's a hotel going in just so the north, but it could really spark more development along that along that road along that court. Any other miss Moeys? This is just a real quick question. So I want to clarify that on the Q wash that is just across the highway to the door that is in construction. That one is full services that right? Jensie, do you know? Yes, it is. It's a full service car wash. Can't hear you, Jensi. It is all. It is a full service car wash. Still not. Now we still can't hear you. Mayor, this is Victoria. Can you hear me? Mayor Council, can you hear us? Mayor Council, can you hear me now? Yes. Okay. We could not hear a ginseng. We had an issue on our side. I think we've rectified it. Mr. Opel, go ahead. It is a full service car wash. Can you hear me? Go ahead. Yes. Yes. The north one is a full service car wash And it's like it's in construction and slated to open soon. Yes Then Do you know Do we have anything planned for I know there's a hotel that's just up a little bit further and on the highway But doesn't have and my correct doesn't have directed Jace to this padside is that correct that is correct. Do we know of anything else going in right now around this pad site? No, nothing else. Okay, but but all the other land is resale and and this may be a question for the applicant. Have you already closed on this site? Do I ever call that? Because I remember looking at this before. Yes, we have. We do. We do all this. Okay. All right. Then I've got everything clear in my mind. Thank you. Dr. Odom Wesley and then Mr. Gonzalez. Thank you. And thank you for bringing your business to Arlington as well. I just have one question. Is your car wash brushless? Nope, it is not right. It does the brushes. And the spinach you do touch the touch the car. Okay, I do you say it, I'm sorry, go ahead. I just said it's not a touchless car wash. Okay, I know you said it's environmentally friendly. Could you explain a little bit more about that? So yeah, the water that is used in the car wash, we have reclamation tanks, take all the water filter filter it out and then take use that water And then that water is used I think I believe it's 40% that's reclaimed For on every wash so that water is used on the lower portions of the wash The tires and the other carriage and all that so it's it's constantly reusing and cutting down on water We also have kind of open light systems where rarely using any energy to light the building which we mostly use on, you know, during operation hours, it's mostly used up just natural. Thank you very much. Mr. Gonzalez. Yes, thank you, Mayor. I, first, want to thank you all for bringing business to potentially trying to bring some business to Arlington. I'm a big user of car washes. And I've seen many car washes come in through many years here in South Arlington. And one of the things that I've been real disappointed with all of them is they start off really, really well. They clean well. The vacuum's work well. Everything, you know, you have a strong vacuum, everything else, it's clean. And then after a certain couple of years, it just really goes down drastically. Either they change owners, they sell out, or whatever the case is, they just go down dramatically. In fact, of all the ones that I've seen, you know, from colonial car wash all the way to, you know, the white water wash and all these ones are around the corner. I just see that they go down quite a bit. So what makes yours different than than than than those? So that kind of goes back to the to being part of a franchise. A lot of those are one-off washes. They have, you know, one or two car washes that they're running in their respective locations. But here we have Tommy's Express where we're, you know, it's just like if, you know, if it was a subway, you have the subway using all their logos and all that and someone is, you know, independently running it. So we're running that with a car wash where we've got the, I believe one of the Tommy's Express guys will be speaking a little later here. So we run the car wash and with all their training, they have the packets and they have a checklist of what we have to go through. We are employees, we'll have to check things off. Our cleanliness upkeep fixing the vacuums, make sure they're all running. So our daily monthly weekly that need to be all checked off. And it's all on schedule. It's not just us making it up. We're getting all of our information from the Tommy Express car wash group who's been doing it for 60 years. I really have seen all of those issues with upkeep. And I'm sure as they're going along, they have certain ones that have issues too, and they've figured those, you know, worked out those kinks and figured them all out. And so that's really just like a helpful, you know, they have over 50 locations that they're working on right now, and I think these are really built to stay, built to last, and they're not gonna work with some of those run down ones that, you know, just kind of die off after a few years. And I, I truly believe it in, in, in that, but after a point, I mean, if you all decide to sell, that's when it usually happens, you know, for some reason you guys want to give up that franchise and sell it out, that's what happens. And as a matter of fact, that map that showed the car washes, there's some really close that are on three seats, which are Grand Prairie, but they're really close to that area Like I said, I'm an expert on these car washes. I know where they're at and like I said, they're there's some very close on the border of Grand Prairie and Arlington They're on that map Yeah, we were really working with you know kind of what's that? I do for I guess I will just hit on that on that point there just hit on that point there. Sorry, I was kind of, maybe what I was gonna say, but just, oh, sorry. So if we were to sell, or if we were to not be keeping up with this car wash, Tommy would come in and they would either say, you guys can't do this anymore, or we're gonna take over, we're gonna run this until it's up to our standards and then they'll sell it or let somebody else come in and buy it. So they're really involved in that sense and if we were to sell the car wash, Tommy is just involved with the people that we sell it to because they're still part of the franchise. So they're just involved with those people that we were to sell it to, then if they are with us. So they're keeping no matter what happens, they're keeping that standard of the Tommy, you know, the Tommy upkeep standard. And you know, it doesn't waver. And if it starts to, then they step in and make correct action by the way. All right. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. You might be muted. And there you go. Thank you. Sir, how long has your company been a business? Paces has been a business. I believe about 30 years now. Okay. So you've got a track record. The next question is, I think every council member here is fairly familiar with the city, but you're a target area. In order for me to get to you, I don't see any problems. But if I go across the freeway and have to take a left hand turn on Embarcadero, we're on that corner where this new car wash is being constructed. The only way for me to get back to where I live, if I'm to the east of the airport, is to drive all the way down because there's no access. So yeah, I have to go down to Matlock, hit that terrible intersection, then come back on the access route and go pass the airport to get back to where I live. So I see your point about the airport being a barrier. I also see your point about the freeway being a barrier because if I go across the freeway to wash my car, I'm going to have a very hard time getting back to the southeast section of the city. So that for me is a very good point. I'm trying to be a business friendly. I also worry like several cast members have already mentioned. Car washes in our minds have just... We're so afraid we're going to let you build something and it's gonna go downhill. But when I think of franchises and I think about Chick-fil-I, which was an example it was used earlier and I think about Popeyes or I think about KFC. The franchise is only as good as the ownership of the main company. So if you behave like Chick-fil-A and maintain the quality of the service and the facility, then who knows to you? I think you're gonna be very successful across the nation. But if you're like some franchise companies, I'll use KFC, there's some KFCs in town that I don't wanna walk into because they're dirty and they're not maintained and there are others that are. So speak to me, why you think your quality is better than somebody else's? Yeah, we have, you know, paces has been in the business for I believe around 30 years now. We've been, we've done all kinds of development between different types of retail, other franchises, multi-family. You know, we do a lot of development kind of all across the country, hotels. And, you know, just as far as I know, we have a very good track record of just having successful successful ventures and successful property management, successful management of our businesses. You know, I really think we have a few that we've opened in the past couple of car watches that we've opened in the past couple years and they're all doing really well. They all have, you know, have been getting great reviews in the markets that they're in right now. And I really think that that's not going to change in Arlington. We're really going to put our best foot forward and hire, I think we really focus on hiring good people and combined with the Tommy group and being able to do the best training, I think that's really going to push us forward into being, you know, one of the best of the best wash in the market. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Ms. Woolridge. I want to thank the presenter for checking out Arlington for potential business. I love the responses. I particularly like to part about reusing the water. So that's recycling, which is a good thing. My question is, has he received input from surrounding merchants and the community in his area that he plans to locate this car wash? We have not, not that I know that I don't believe we've reached out. A whole lot of it had really much of an option for public forum. We are based out of North Dakota, so we don't, we aren't as intact with the community yet. That's something obviously we would like to get more involved with as we can build and move forward. We are lucky enough to be improved for this project, but that's definitely something we'd definitely like to be more involved with as we can build and move forward. We are lucky enough to be improved for this project, but that's definitely something we'd definitely like to be more involved in the community as we move forward. Hey, Dr. Nanny-S. This is question for staff. Just says a point of clarification. Jensi, could you get to the microphone? Some of the, would you, would you refresh our memories about what types of businesses that come to Arlington are required to have public hearings? Only if they're coming in for a zoning change or a development plan that does not meet all the standards. Is this applicant required to have a public hearing? Yes. This is similar to a zoning change. It's a specific use permit requirement that requires a public hearing. And so the public hearing is consistent what specifically? Is this considered a public hearing? Yes, this is the public hearing. The first reading will be. And it's planning and zoning when they present the planning and zoning. That is also a public hearing. That is correct. That is a public hearing. Thank you very much. Any other questions for Mr. Brand. Okay. We do have one Ms. Moe who says another question. Well, and I don't know if this is for Mr. Brant or for Gen C. So I don't think the mic Gen C. You know, I think Dr. Nenez raises a good question in that why does this particular use require an SUP? And I thought we might have Jensi go back and review the current zoning. And the typical, what's included in the zoning that wouldn't require an SUP? I think as far as I do remember, is I think that would be interesting to point out so that we know, because what we're asking for is a deviation from what is accepted in the current zoning. So I think it may helpful if Gen. C covered briefly don't you have to get the lit just another list is long because of the overview of what kind of businesses are included in the zoning that's on this land uh that and that does not include car washes. Sure I can try to do that. So first thing, it's important to understand as a why is a specific use permit requirement there at all. So many times this specific use may be a, maybe totally appropriate in that location. A specific use permit is really to figure out if that use is appropriate at that location. Because car wash as a use in a general commercial zoning district is totally okay. However, whether that car wash at this location is appropriate, that's the purpose of the specific use permit. So general commercial GC zoning district allows for various uses as, so there's a whole itemized use list, so it includes all the retail establishments, it even includes package liquor store as allowed use. But car. But there was a requirement place for car wash and many other auto-related uses to have a specific use permit requirement. Somewhere maybe four or five years ago that's when we did that. And so that's specifically written because we want to make sure is that order-related specific use appropriate at that location. Does that help? Okay. So I think that clears it up nicely. Thank you, Jancey. Thank you. I just mentioned one thing just to put you back on that. So when we first went through with this concept, we had PV that had a few different deviations that we wanted to do, you know, with the way that our typical site plan is. And as we, you know, obviously, we were denied the first time around and as we've gone through the process, again, we have pretty responsive with staff and with P&Z and just tried to make sure we did not have any of those deviations this time around. This is not a typical site plan of how Tommy's normally, normally habit, but we really wanted to make sure that we can fly with everything with the planners, with the planning staff and just to make sure that we can. The best we could for this issue. Thank you, Mr. Brandt. Mr. Burskin, do we have any speakers on this? Yes, sir. We have three speakers in support of this item and one speaker in opposition. Our first speaker is Kyle Friar. I believe we have Mr. Friar on the line. I believe we have Mr. Fryer on the line. Yes. Hello. Hello. This is Kyle Fryer. 4265 45th Street South in Fargo, North Dakota. Yes, thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to add some additional comments tonight. I work with Tanner, but also I'm one of the owners on the operating side of the car washes and I've had a chance to speak with many of the council members, so I thank you for providing that opportunity over the previous months. I would just like to again ask for your support for this project. We're excited about the opportunity. We're excited about giving the citizens of Arlington an alternative and option. We think they would really like the Tommy's Express car wash and would utilize it. As was mentioned previously and some of the other comments. I think the franchise difference, there is a difference there from the outkeep of the wash to continue to keep it as a first-class facility. There are standards there, brand standards that will continue to be met and required. In addition to that, it's just good business for us. We should make more money if we keep the car wash operating at a clean, optimal first-class environment and circumstances. So we're motivated to do that and that's our expectations and that's how we run all the businesses we're involved in. So we're excited again to be part of our LinkedIn. We ask for your support and I spent a couple days watching traffic there lately again and would be excited to be watching some of the cars that are heading south on Collins there. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Blake Patterson. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Peterson. Mr. Peterson. Yes, thank you. I'd like to thank you. Thank you. I'd like to thank you. So I'd like to say your comments. Blake Peterson. 527. Bernard Glenn. Blake Peterson, 527, Burr and Glenn, Loha California. Please provide your comments. I just wanted to thank the council members and considering the timing express car wash I worked for. Time is expressed corporate and really wanted to show my support for vote of confidence with the council members being from the corporate side and actually growing up and working in the wash. A first-year experience I've seen that besides a new business opportunity for our guests and our customers to serve, it's also an opportunity to bring up young leaders in your city. We have 51 years of experience in the car wash industry. A lot of the council members comments tonight addressed quality concerns and setting ourselves apart and we definitely do that with our 51 years. We fine tune our processes upkeep on our wash and make sure that we're providing exactly that advice about in the community. Community involvement is one of our core values and beliefs. So we seek to not only serve the community through car wash operations, but also to get involved locally, fundraisers, events for the kids. Most of our staff are young, individual young professionals, and we seek to get back, support the local high school. So again, wanted to thank everyone and council members and just wanted to make sure that I showed my support tonight and really are excited to do business in the city of Arlington. Thank you. Our next speaker is Erica Conner. Mr. O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor. Yes. I'm Commissioner O'Connor. I'm sorry. Yes. If you could just please provide your name, address and comments please. Eric O'Connor. 4027. Morris Drive. Don't not miss again. I am with Tom. Go ahead sir. Always speak now. Yes. Don't thank you. My name is Eric O'Connor. I am with the Equalcript Team of Tomies Express. I head up to development. Franchise Development for Tomies Express. I would like to address a few of the comments earlier brought up by our council people. First is that one of the reasons that we started the franchise was because of the experience the Esmeralda family has in the car watching industry. As Blake mentioned previously, 51 years of retail experience and the franchise were actually read out of the necessity for the issues that these members brought up earlier today, including washes deteriorating lack of standards. So the franchise is done over the course of time, is put together a very uniform way to run a business, including an insurance account cover the capital investment. So one of the best parts of our brand is that we use the best of class when it comes to technology including our ability to have contact less pay systems which has been critical to the COVID time. And we're seeing right now that we actually were able to adapt in a very changing market and create this what we call a pay for wash, individual wash for our guests. We can continue to use the washes. And in the counties that we are being defential because we cleaned a lot of this quality vehicles, it was essential for us to be open to help wash those public service vehicles. It's very excited about the opportunity to bring these services to our victim. In addition, as I have the franchising division of Tommy's, we're very excited about the opportunity to bring these services to Auditon. In addition, as I have the franchising division of Tommies, we're very careful about the people we bring in our system and Kevin Christian, 715 at the Paces and this is the Dolls Carle Fire, our Carle Fire, at the then some of the top franchise partners in our system. We looked at the businesses prior and we're extremely excited about having them in our system. So I thank you for considering the business and with the pieces group you'll have great students in the community. Thank you. Thank you. Our speaker in opposition is Jane Lynn. Hello. Hi, if you could just provide the name address. Just leave it on your name and address for the record and then give your test to money. Yes, hello. My name is Jane Lynn. I live at 2403 Havenwood Drive. I just wanted to say, we'll comment,man Raul Gonzales made some excellent points. We need a car wash expert, Ms. Counsel. Thank you. I too worry about car washes, particularly as they age, because they sometimes become magnets for crime, as we saw in South Dallas, with the ones that was shut down. Now, I don't live in North Dakota or Michigan, like the previous speakers who were in support. I actually live in the code 7018. And I see an urgent need to tamp down on the types of businesses that make Arlington an uninviting place. It is not equitable to zone a saturation of car washes in Southeast Arlington an un-inviting place. It is not equitable to zone a saturation of car washes in Southeast Arlington. There are needs to be equitable distribution of certain types of businesses throughout our city. Let me make a suggestion. The city to our West, Fort Worth, created in ordinance in response to the saturation of dollar stores. Car washes, in my opinion, can be categorized in a similar category as the dollar stores. Don't we want Arlington to be an inviting place? Why haven't we created a saturation ordinance like our neighboring city? Currently, there are 10 car washes within a three mile radius and one under construction. How many car watches do we need? And finally, how will traffic be impacted in this already congested corridor? I hope tonight when you vote, you'll look at how this will impact the community versus just, you know, on pro-business. I'm going to vote pro-business because voting pro-business isn't always the best thing for the residents who live in that particular community. So I just thank you for your time. And I guess that's all I have to say for now. Thank you. Thank you. So Mr. Buskin, that concludes the speakers. Yes, sir. that concludes the speakers. Yes sir, that concludes our speakers. Okay go ahead there Mr. Brant. Yeah I just want to reiterate some of the things we've said about just to keep in training. I think Tommy's Express car wash really looks like an inviting and inviting you know bread bread and the fun colors And then you know just really solid product. I think kind of becomes very inviting look to it I think there is a stigma around car washers that were built in the 80s that you know kind of look more run down I think what we the product we have here is is really an inviting product and We think it really kind of Kind of helps the aesthetic of the of the corridor that it's in and then could really kick off some more development right along there and as far as traffic perspective, we don't have the issues with the congestion, people will be coming in and out and you know the same cars that would be driving up down that corner as this. So that's all I have to say. Thank you. Thank you. Dr. Nanias. I have a question for Jensy. So while she's walking up to the microphone, if I should, Jensy, what you said a little while ago, the land that is immediately to the north of the proposed site is part of the airport overlays. Is that correct? That is correct. Can't hear you, Jens, I'm sorry. Her response is that is correct. She's working on her microphone right now. This is Victoria. Council Mayor, can you hear me? Yes. Speak closer to the microphone please. Okay. Okay. Ms. Opal is going to go to the main line. There you go. Ms. Opal? Yes. That is correct. It is in the airport overlay. So, do you have knowledge where they are located and at Lannond's north One type of businesses are not allowed to be constructed in this particular piece of property because I'm looking at the UDC online And I am trying to figure out is this APO one or airport Overlike two or three depending on the noise exposure so for example The one that seems to be the best, you can't build hospitals, you can't build schools, you can't build nursing homes, you can't build churches, you can't build any day centers. Is that a correct statement? That is correct. And the other things that you cannot build are recreation indoors, outdoor music shelves, you can't build sports arenas. Most of the... You can't build apartments, you can't build sports arenas. Most of the you can build apartments, you can't build hotels, and you can't build manufacturing wholesale retail, flight training, and airport support facilities. Is that also a crud statement? No, the multi-family is only allowed in multi-family zoning district. So many of the public assembly spaces will not be allowed because it is in that airport overlay. So general, that's right. This is general commercial within airport overlay. Correct, correct. So can you give me any other examples of what could go in this area, just to name a few? So gasoline sales, which is very, I mean, just south of that side, it's not allowed Bank with hall Billio Parlor those kinds of things will again require a specific use permit There is a wedding chapel There's just plenty of uses that is allowed that's just plenty of uses that is allowed. But as I said, because of that airport overlay zoning, it will restrict public assembly uses, bigger public assembly uses, like schools. And yeah. Thank you very much, Tennessee. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Ms. Moise. So this begs the question. So if someone wanted to build a small office building, could they build it? Yes, they can. A more of a retail strip center. Yes, they can. Can they build any kind of industrial use, or is that limited or office warehouse? Industrial, there are certain type, where you could have that office, warehouse component together, where still the office is the primary, that would be allowed. They could have accessory warehouse portion to it. Okay, here's where I'm going with it. So the last speaker mentioned the idea that you know we're talking about pro business. So I'm thinking pro business can also mean thinking what else is the rest of that land going to be used for if we put a car wash in that location. And I think it limits what else might go there. In other words, I'm just thinking what is is this gonna look like when it's all built up? Because what we want in our Arlington are good jobs. We wanna create jobs, but we wanna create higher paying jobs. And jobs, even if there's 20 people higher, working at a car wash, does not do that for us. I just think that there's got to be a bigger and better opportunity for that piece of land, and for many other pieces of land that are in Arlington. So that's my only comment is I still can't envision that particular site with so many car washes in the area, resounding that or gives a loud, especially used permit for a car wash. That's a final comment. I'll start with the rest one. Yes, I just had one additional question. With your proximity to the to the freeway interstate twiny there have you considered including charging stations for elected vehicles at your car wash? I don't know that that's something that Tony says down in the past or have done some there I know we don't have done them at the ones that you've built. I don't know if that's something they might be getting into at some point, but yeah, I can't really answer that question. Question? Okay. Just to get back to the use real quick that Councilman Moisey brought up is that, you know, we have car washes that are next to all kinds of different uses between hotels, restaurants near office buildings, industrial areas. I think we found that we do find a good neighbor for those, especially with a hotel here. There's a lot of people that are driving across for soccer games, or for anything like that, or sports for their kids, and then they drive across the state, and then they end up staying there, and they want to get the car wash there. They just, that type of thing. So we have found that we are a good neighbor compared to that. We came in here and purchased this land. I don't know exactly how long we've been ready to develop, or what, but we chose the piece of land and this is, you know, we really wanted to, we've been working on these car washes and this is the perfect kind of site that we find for it. So we really can't pick and choose every piece of land, but I guess that's why we're here. So really hope we can get support here and you can hopefully report as well. Okay, we have Council Member Gonzalez and then Council Member Nanny is after that. Thank you, Mayor. I don't know how the boat's gonna go, but I saw one thing on your little schematic that you had. This is Texas and when you wash your cars and you're vacuuming your car, it gets really, really hot and so you need to have plenty of shade because I noticed the car wash that was just built off the Cooper, they do not have shade and that car wash on that side is always empty and it's a brand new car wash so if you know whatever the boat goes if it gets approved, I definitely recommend that you fix that. Second, with regards to what you said about hotels, you are correct. When I travel, like I said, I'm a big car wash above wherever I'm at, I always look for a car wash and sometimes I have to drive miles to find one. There's rarely a car wash next to a hotel. So I would be one of those people that would do that. So thank you again. Councilmember Neneous. Thank you mayor. I'm ready to make a motion if no one else is. Okay, well let me close the public hearing and go ahead and document. Yes. My motion for the following reasons is to deny this and I'm a little surprised even at myself but the part of the other things that I have to do as a council member is to is to remember everything that Helen said, we who've been here for a while know that on the other side of the airport that South Collins is going to be extended. Also, some of us who've been here for a while know that there's going to be an expansion of the business section on the other side of the airport. There's going to be a lot of industry coming into this area. And this land that's on the west side of the airport is extremely valuable to our airport overlay. And it's extremely valuable, I think, to the overall citizens of Marlington, because I think that land can be used for businesses that will bring higher paying jobs, better paying jobs, better benefits in the city. And so for that reason, it's the fact that I am pro business. And it's the bigger picture as Helen has reminded me. And so for that reason, I move to deny. Thank you. Hey, we have a second from Council Member Sutton. Any other discussion? Okay, Miss Alas, you wanna give your speech about as we are voting for denial. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mayor and Council, because this has been phrased as a motion to deny, if you hold up your green card, you are voting to deny the motion, or to deny the zoning case. So if you want to deny the SUP zoning, then hold up your green card. If you want to vote in opposition to that hold up the red card, that will not approve the case. If the motion to deny does not carry, we will have to talk some more because we will not have an approval. So we'll let you vote on the motion to deny and take it from there. Okay. Thank you. Any other discussion? Okay, seeing none, please cast your votes. Okay, the motion is approved for denial. And thank you for your time and we hope that Tommy's will look for other locations there here in our community and thank you very much here for the time that you spent. Next we moved to 13.2 zoning case PD 20-20, the town 5900 US 287 highway, a call poem is stopped. Thank you Mayor. Item 13.2. The applicant's request to change the zoning on approximately 9 acres of land addressed at 5900 US 287 highway, generally located east of US-287 Highway and north of West Sublitt Road. The site is currently zoned General Commercial and the applicant requests to re-zone it to a plan, plan development for residential multi-family 22 users with a development plan. The proposed 135 unit multi-family project results in a density of approximately 15 dwelling units per acre. This development proposes an appearance of townhomes. However, it is subject to all applicable multi-family regulations since it will not be planted as individual lots and will be owned and managed by one entity. The development proposes two gated access points, both from the shared access easement to the south, extending from to US 287 highway. The proposal is for two and three bedroom apartment dwelling units in 27 separate buildings with two car garages for each unit. Approximately 17 post oak trees are being proposed to remove with caliper inches ranging from 8 to 15 inches. 146 caliper inch post oak tree is being proposed to be preserved attributing to 21% tree preservation. The development is proposing to provide 32% of the site as open space and includes a swimming pool, some benches, grilling area and pet area. On December 7, 2020 staff received a petition of opposition from Canada ISD which owns the undeveloped property immediately to the north of the site. It is 52 acres in size and is zoned RMF-22. Per section 211.006 of the Texas local government code, if a written protest is signed by the owners of at least 20% of the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the area covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from that area, then the proposed change must receive in order to take effect an affirmative vote of at least three votes of all members of the governing body. The KISD property makes 42.66% of the opposition within the 200-foot buffer area. Hence, a supermajority vote will be required for the approval of this case. We have the applicant Douglas Cooper from McCosky and Associates Inc presenting the case this evening. Thank you, Jensi. Can everyone hear me? OK. Great. Well, thank you, Mayor. Members of the Council Douglas Cooper Cooper 519 East Border Street, Arlington, Texas. Here tonight representing family development and United Commercial Development for PD20-20 the town. Next slide, please. Just going to walk you through a brief presentation, and then we have our team available to answer questions here at the end of the presentation. So the developer's vision for the town is to create a unique and vibrant community. Again 135 luxury lease town homes which puts us right at 15 units in acre well under the RMF 22 density. The development will have an extensive internal trail system with sidewalks connecting units to the open space, amenity areas, central Greenbelt. They're in the community as well as a one-year park along the US27 front-end road to give us a nice buffer and also to create a great street presence as you travel south along the corridor. We have a lot of pedestrian connections to the adjacent retail to ourselves. We're targeting a mix of tenants such as baby boomers, millennials alike. And we're really excited to increase that consumer spending there at several marketplace. Again, we have mostly two bedrooms. We have no amenities, really targeting families with playgrounds or similar amenities so we will have minimal impact to the local school system. Next slide please. So this slide here really represents the long-term plan for the 48-curred track which goes back to about 2016 when Crowder came online with phase one. More recently in phase two, our firm was involved with the Ellie Fitness and Retail Center as well as some of the additional pad sites along Subla Road. And then you see there at the top of the screen, phase three, which we're talking about this evening, which again is that residential following the commercial retail there at that US27 sublet quadrant. Next slide please. Here's a closer view of the proposed site plan. Again, we're a private gated community. Each unit will have attached to car garages with direct access to the units. We have ample guest parking, which is located strategic locations throughout the community. Each unit has a private patio that opens up to a Paseo open space, Greenbelt. Again the connections to the retail just south of us. They're on the left to see some of the proposed amenities. Jindsey mentioned the preservation of 46 inch post-o. We were preserving another seven inch post-o. They're closer to 287. So again we're really excited about the community and this spring, this product, Harle, to next slide please. These next few images will be the perspective renderings of different locations throughout the town. This is a view that you would see as you come into our main entrance. There on the center or top of the screen is the clubhouse leasing area. Next slide please. Here's a view of looking east throughout the central location of the community with that central green bell. Again, just you can you can see all the internal sidewalks and how those units are connected to really promote kind of that healthy lifestyle and social interaction amongst the the tenants here next slide please. And this slide represents the view as you would see coming south along 287. Again, we pulled the development off of the frontage road to give a nice buffer as well as a great street street street skate presence. And programming some seating areas. There's a pet area, really open it up with the ornamental iron fencing, but very complimentary the prairie style, craftsman style, and modern farmhouse art architecture. Next slide please. Well something that's very important to us when we look at these land development proposals or how these projects really align with the cities relevant plans and we see two that are really applicable here. The city's comprehensive plan nine on square miles, as well as the more recently adopted focus to a seven the corridor study which was done for 280 seven. So here we just have a few areas where the town, the amenities, that product type, the open space, the connectivity are really aligned with those state of goals and objectives. Next slide please. And just in summary, again we're excited to be part of the US-27 corridor to activate this 9-A4 parcel. You might recognize the photo there on the right from the recent ribocutting. It's a great gateway sign to do to really announce the interest to Arlington. And we feel this is a great community for folks to be able to stay in Arlington. And here we just have some added benefits that we see the town will promote. So with that, just conclude the formal presentation. We have our development to online and we'll be happy to speak to any questions the council may have. Okay, any questions? Okay. Seeing no questions, then we'll go. Do we have any speak? Mayor. Miss Louise. Okay. Miss Mo Louise. Okay. Miss Moeys. Well, I have you here. I just wanted to clarify something. We got a letter from the Kennedy School District requesting that we deny this. A bit concerned because they're letter. I like to see these letters tell us what schools would schools these students that live in this project would be attending and what their capacity is and what their leftover capacity is. So they didn't really give me a lot of information. I think looking at it from your side, what is the mix of these units? Is it for your two bedrooms and three bedrooms? So we have 108 two bedroom units and 27 three bedroom units. Do you have kind of a formula because I've had that given to me before, where a developer has had a formula for calculating out of their history, kind of what they might expect. Like if you have mostly three bedrooms, would there be two students per unit or three or how do you figure that? Sure. So I'll maybe answer the first portion of that and then I might have Vince Prabato with Family Development chime in. Family Development provided a letter in response to the KISD petition to really speak to that point and there's a mix of historical data based on similar projects that have been done throughout the country with this type of unit mix to show that they do not have a lot of school-aged children that live in these communities just surely from the fact of who they're targeting. Again, mention the millennials, the baby boomers, empty nesters, and how these communities are programmed to be more attractive to those types of demographics versus folks who are wanting to move in here and be a renter in the townhouse community. So these are renter by choice folks who certainly could afford a mortgage. The rents are around 165, 170 is square foot, so that smaller units gonna start out at just under, you know, $1,900 a month. Okay. And then just independent studies that have been done with this type of product would also allude to the limited number of students they would anticipate. So I believe that was some of those analytics were covered in that brief letter provided in the packet, but again, I made deferred events to add any more to that. Well, I do know in the past, when I've asked these questions of developers, one thing I learned is that part of what drives this is that even when you have young families who want to live in town homes, it's usually when their children are younger and by the time they really reach, you know, they can afford this by the time they're a school age or older, they tend to buy home. So I do agree with you there. I just was concerned because Kennedell clearly opposed it and I just want to respect them as a school district. So if you have more information on this, through the course of the evening's discussion, I would appreciate it. That's it for now. Thank you. I do think. Any other questions? Councilmember Gonzalez. Yes, thank you, Mayor. I was writing notes for you. Councilwoman Moe is my early- asses question. How many bedrooms? And if she did I apologize? How many bedrooms do you anticipate being in each of these units? So we have 135 total units 100 of eight of which are two bedroom and 27 are three bedroom Okay, and the reason I have that question, if you have three bedrooms, I mean, it's unlikely going to be, you know, three adults. It's gonna be an adult with a child. And so with regards to the numbers on, you know, and I know what you're saying about people with, paying this much for a unit would probably not have their children there. But you've got to keep in mind nowadays people are not, I don't think many people are going to be able to afford a home like we see today because the rise and cost of homes. So I think this is really like, you know, the beginning first, a startup family. So my concern is with regards to Kennedy LISD, I was really shocked as a former school board member that they wrote a letter like that. Because I know as a former trustee, it was our responsibility to teach the kids that came to our schools no matter what. And we have to figure a way to teach them. With regards to we don't know what's going to be in the future. I know that's one of the things I think the school district mentioned. They don't know what their future is with regards to growth and everything else. But I think that's one of the things that the school district has to do on their own. I know as a former trustee as I mentioned,, we looked at as we had to teach the kids, and then it was up to the, we let the city know how we felt about it, but we did not step, get in the way, a progress for the city. We just did what we had to do and go on from there. So I understand that people have concerns with Kennedale ISD's letter, but I can just tell you as a former trustee, the priority is kids for school districts. So with regards to the green space, I noticed there was a lot of concrete. Is there anything that we can do that, where does that want, when it rains, where would that water go down to? Correct. I believe the requirement for us is 8% open space and we're coming in right at 30%. So we do have a significant amount. And then, in regards to the stormwater, that central green bill will actually co-function as underground detention to mitigate our stormwater. So our water is actually going traveling to the east, it'll be captured underground, and then ultimately go underneath 287 into the tech.system. So we were able to maximize open space, green space, and still have it be very functional, but then also address any stormwater mitigation measures that we have to take. Okay. And then with regards to the crowbar, is there any concern with regards to the trash dumps being back there and I mean, being living close to a crowbar off a Cooper? It's rarely, rarely, rarely clean back there. It smells and there's, you know, cats and dogs go in there and take out garbage and then the people that work there don't throw all the garbage in there. There's people going through it trying to find, you know, food that they can eat. So what are, what are the thoughts of that with the cropper there? Sure. So our buildings are just over 80 feet away from that loading area. We have a 25 to 35 foot landscape buffer with double row of trees, ornamental iron vencing. So there's a physical separation aspect as well as landscaping. And the city has some very strong commercial design standards that the CROGAR had to adhere to, and some of those relate to screening of refuge facilities and loading docs. So, if you're not familiar with that particular CROGAR or been in that corridor, they have, I believe, anywhere from a 10 to 12 foot screen wall that screens the loading docks. And then their dumpsters are within the separating closure. So it's a very well designed and with brick and masonry on that north facing wall. We have a few units that side to it. And we're just really glad to be have that proximity in terms of the walkability or coming to and from whether on your way to work or whatnot to access that sub-align marketplace. So we as a development don't have the concerns of having that proximity to the fact in the program. Okay, and I have one more question, Mayor. This is for Jimtie, are you out there? Yes. Yes sir. Jimtie, with regards to the best use of that property, I know there's been some issues with regards to drainage, and then there's no really any entrance from 287. Can you tell us what the likelihood of something else being able to go in there better use than multi-family units? So this this property is also zone general commercial just like the other case that we just had and in a general commercial zoning district, several commercial and office uses are allowed. The problem that is stated with this site is the access directly from 287 frontage road. It looks like a text dot was willing to look at an access point from the north side of the site because at least more than half of the south portion of the frontage road It has a drainage structure so they cannot allow for any access point there So with one access point from access point there. So with one access point from 287 frontage road, that's what we understood from the applicant side that that posed a concern to them about having a commercial establishment there. However, commercial establishments could be of two different types. One that could require that kind of visibility that it is for the drive-in population. So a restaurant really looks for the drive-in population, people driving along the frontage road, they see the sign, they get in. But there could be other commercial facilities, offices that are more destination oriented that you will actually put in your map that this is where I want to go and your phone navigates you there. So there are two different types of commercial facilities that could go in a general commercial zoning district. The applicant, I'm not sure which of those two types they have looked at, but they did mention and it is stated in the staff report their reasons for why they thought this was not a viable site for commercial use. Thank you, Jensie. And Councilmember, if I might just add to that beyond the, the, the, basically prohibition of access from TechStyle and just making use of an existing drive, you would already be passed the development before you would then turn into any commercial development there along the front edge. The visibility is not great coming along to a Southbound 27. You essentially would be putting a commercial development behind a crore which no one in the retail business does. The developer of the sub-market place, you know, any commercial development is also there on the call. We helped them with some conceptual planning of this area and they took this concept plan to the International Council of Shopping Centers Convention, which has held them in Vegas and Fort Worth and that's the time where folks such as UCD meet with other major retailers, franchisees, and there was no interest in this site for any type of commercial development, provided those, it's pretty significant limitations. So again, the residential community, as we see it is very complimentary, and there's over 200,000 square feet of existing retail there already. So just wanted to add some additional points. Dr. Farah Mars. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a point of clarification, Mr. Cooper. I thought I heard some amenities mentioned during the presentation that I didn't remember seeing on the staff report. So could you just for clarity sake point out some of the amenities that go along with this site development? Sure, I'm not sure if we can pull up the site plan again that kind of correlates where those amenities are located, but within the clubhouse leasing office, workout facility, pool, courtyard with dining seating areas, the central green bell program with benches and walking trails, the linear park along the street frontage, the pet area, and really just the way the homes open up to what we call Muse or Paseo's, which is more of a pocket park, like setting where you can really get to know your neighbor and engage them. So there you have them on the left side of the screen. So you go along the other grilling areas. Yes, Mr. Mr. Giber, I am familiar with the list of 10. I was referring to perhaps it was the rendering you were showing of the seating off the roadside. There was a slide with seating. Is that what you're considering, a pocket park outdoor seating next to the railed fence wall? all. Right so this is the view on the what eastern side of the property which is that linear park seating area of head area that opens up to the front edge road. Okay I just this was a new slide that I had seen in prior to a presentation so thank you very much appreciate the clarification on that. Okay any other questions there okay we have council member Sutton and then council member Woolrich. Thank you Mayor thank you Mr Cooper for presentation I like the product you're offering however I do have concerns about the letter from the school board I think it's important to an elect body of seven that represents Kennedy L. Students Elementary, Junior High School, and high school, and the concern that the board has of the impact of their ability to deliver a quality education really concerns me. You and I talked last week about this particular product and the question I asked you was the conversation you had with the superintendent, how did you thought it went? Was there support you thought you had support? And a day later you called into Haymar, and they've somehow something has changed. And the board itself was opposed to the particular project. Since that conversation, have you had a chance to reach out to that body elected officials? Yes, so our original outreach was with the Superintendent of KISD, again, to introduce the development of the project and what we were planning on bringing forward. They submitted the original position statement expressing some more of the questions about the drainage and potential impacts. Again, followed up to again, just kind of put their concerns at ease based again on the unit mix, historic data, and then similar projects that family development has done where they have very few school age children living in these communities. We had that discussion prior to P&Z, and then we had unanimous approval at the Planning Zoning Commission. So at that point, yes, we were under the understanding that we'd answered the questions, and there wasn't a hard and fast opposition to it. And then I received an email, post PNZ, that the board had met, and then decided to submit the petition. We would have loved the opportunity to have gone before the KISD board to give a similar presentation and walk them through the ins and outs of the proposal and have that one on one. We didn't have that opportunity. I've since talked to the superintendent again to just engage them and are willing this to participate, educate and just continue that dialogue. So yes, there's been multiple conversations with KISD. And back to the development post development. So you have 135 units, which are combination of two and three bedrooms. That's correct. And we will, I guess we can assume that there will be families with kids. And looking at the proposed development, you and I talked about the possibility of a playground. The walkability and connectability to a summer of cities, parks, and linear trails. Because you're almost a mile and half to two miles from Stovall Park, and you're a little bit away from the Martin Luther King complex. We've just had the open space and the trails. Do you see a need for a playground where kids can interact and play since we are such a distance away from city parks but then there's no real walkability or connectivity for that particular development. No, we don't see a need for a playground again. That's counter to again, excuse me, why it's went out here. Would be counter to again, the target, tenant that we anticipate coming to live here at the town. Our suspicion is if families come to the community to tour it and they do have young children, they would most likely see the fact that we don't have those amenities that are targeted to them such as a playground. But if they choose to live there, then we still have the Green Belt and Swing Pool and outdoor facilities. But if they want a larger area to explore or have bigger gatherings, then yeah, we're very close proximity to larger parks such as Stovall or MLK just down the street. Right, and all the reason I asked that is because if the position of the board from Pineda-L and Pina Scoo district is that the kids from that development will impact our school district, then to me that means there will be kids that will be on the property that may make good use of a playground facility. And that's all of these not as that. But I thank you for the presentation. And I appreciate what you're doing to see everyone as far as housing development and mirror housing needs. Thank you, Council Member Walrich. Well, Council Member Sudden has the question that I wanted to pose, which was about the playground. But I looked at the renderings and it appears that a great portion of those apartments are facing 287 on the access road. Is that correct? We have three units, three buildings at front the front edge road. So we have 27 and total three of which only front 287 so most are completely internalized and pulled off of the front edge road. So the renderings are not exactly as it will be because it looked like there were more than three facing 287 and the access room which would I mean I've been on apartment dweller and that would be a noisy factor for me and I don't see any sound mitigation in your plan. Sure so there's there's three buildings and within those buildings there are five units so that's what you you're seeing. So there'd be 15 individual townhome units that are comprised of the actual three buildings. We're over 80 feet away from the frontage road and with just the design standards that are in place for these types of developments and international building codes. There's a lot of sound attenuation that gets put in just by the sheer fact of construction materials, windows that are used, insulation, and those sorts of things. So that's not something that will ordinarily show up and maybe our packet from a sound attenuation aspect. But I can certainly attest to those things or being considered once we get into the permitting and the architecture of the buildings. Well, I like your renderings, I particularly like the garages being attached to the town homes, which is very pleasing and appealing. It just, you know, it questions is that the highest and best use for this piece of property is the question that I'm asking with right now. Okay, thank you. Any other questions here for Mr Cooper? Okay, Mr. Buskin, do we have any speakers? Yes, sir. We have five speakers in support and one speaker in opposition the first speaker in support is Vince Barbata You're muted Mr. Roberto Okay good evening honorable Mayor and councilmembers thank you for the opportunity I'm Vincent Barbado 781, Fredwari Drive from Desert, California. I'm one of the principles of family development, and we're really excited about bringing our community to you and to the city of Arlington. I wanted to address a couple of the concerns. Number one, as a father of five children, I am very, very, very sensitive to children and public school system, like, but all my kids who are the public school system, and I'm honored to say that I put them all through college too, so that's a nice thing. But I will say that we have positioned this community as Douglas mentioned to you. There are two primary demographics that a luxury lease community appeal to. One is an older millennial, which is probably ages 28 to 34, which I have a couple of them. They're not yet married. If they are married, as one of the council members pointed out, they probably might be thinking about starting a family, and if they have, their child is certainly not school aged yet. So they will not have children. The other key demographic will be the young empty nester, which I'm one of, shockingly. The young empty nesters do not have kids. they're empty nesters So their kids have left the building left the nest So the reason why we don't have playgrounds and what have used because We have built similarly position communities in Arizona and California and we have less than 10% of our buyers or renters having children. We built 46 homes in Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, of those 46 units. Three of the units had children. We built another 35 units in Arizona of which three of those units had children. And we built 112 units in California of which 10 of those units had children. And we built 112 units in California of which 10 of those units had children. So less than 10% is our experience. What I did do and I put in a letter to you all was, I looked up some research knowing that what the school bird said and what I said are certainly something you should consider, but according to the US Census, which just updated their statistics as of 2020 for a community of this size, over 50 units, multi-family, they anticipate that 11.3% of our units will have children. So at 135 units, if you use the unbiased third-party statistics, that would suggest that 15 to 16 children, school age children, might be at this community and that certainly is in a significant number. It is a luxury-lease product so it will be our reds will be anywhere from fire. Should I stop now? To comment also on the Council member who talked about sublet. The other there is noise but we tried to mitigate that by having such a big setback but the other thing that we did consciously was we put that nice green belt area along sublet to not only create a buffer but to also be a compensating factor for those residents that live along sublet. So those residents they might have to endure some more noise than than than the residents on the inside but that will be offset by the fact that they've got a beautiful green park right outside their front door which I think will be offset by the fact that they've got a beautiful green park right outside their front door, which I think will be a real nice compensating factor for them. So we put a lot of thought into this. We put a lot of effort. This is a luxury lease community that we plan on maintaining at the highest standards and getting great rents for. We're investing as you probably know millions and millions of of our dollars into this community because we believe in your city. We believe in the product and we know that we have can create a community that will attract those buyers. I mean those renters the walkability is a key factor for us. They'll be able to walk not have to jump in their cars. They'll be able to walk to all the restaurants, the grocery store, and all the services. We have internal community amenities, such as the pool and the walking for sales that will really attract the upwardly mobile professionals, as well as the empty nesters. And we look for your support tonight in getting this community off the ground and getting going. I want to thank you for your consideration. Thank you, Mr. Monskin. Our next speaker is Rudy Herrera. Well, I thought we had Mr. Herrera on the Zoom call, but it appears that we do not. Our next speaker is Elizabeth Cross. Yes. Okay, everybody can hear me. Thank you very much, Mayor and Arlington City Council. I am one of the owners of the property that we are speaking of, Sublet. I might address a 1703 North Peco Drive. I grew up in Arlington. I graduated from Arlington High School and I even taught at Arlington High School for a few years. This property has been in our family for at least 50 years. In fact, 1973, I helped organize my senior class who had an outdoor party on this property. And this was before I-20 ever went in. We've had it for a long time. We've had some interest over the years. Crogr was even interested about 20, 25, 30 years ago, and that did not work. When uh, Kroger came back to us approximately 10 years ago, uh, there was a lot of discussion on their site plan. Uh, we knew if we agreed to what they wanted, we would have these nine acres behind Kroger. We worked for several years with Kroger and the city of Arlington. And meantime we worked with TextDoc because it was very important to us that we always had access to this northern nine acres if Croger did go ahead and take the site that they did. And it was wonderful working with the staff, the City of Arlington. Kroger did close, UCD, part of that planning with the original 20 acres, then the other 10 acres was sold and that is also commercial. This remaining nine acres does not have access because text.has changed what they originally told us they would allow without the direct access opportunity seven. It is hard for commercial as I think Douglas has brought up. We've had a sign there since Kroger started working on this property in around 2012. We've had no interest in commercial going into this property. So we have these nine acres that even after Kruger has opened up and all their pad sites are going and after UCD has developed the other 10 acres, we've had zero interest in commercial. We as a family feel that this development is a plus to the remaining planned development. It is not apartments. We like that they are appealing to empty nesters and to millennials. We think that this is a niche that this part of Arlington does not have. We like the design of it. We like the amenities. And we think that it is an asset to the entire 40 acres that we have had. I appreciate that we're considering this and I thank you very much. Thank you, Ms. Cross. Mr. Buskin. Our next speaker is Jim Maybach. Any evening, Councilor, can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you, Mr. Maybach. Okay, I'm going to stay on video because I had surgery on my face in two places where I left the skin cancer get out of control. So I'm hanging in there tonight. James Maybach, Peko Southwest Realty, 1703, North Peko, Arlington, Texas for 47 years. I'm a resident of Southwest Arlington to Israel for close to 40 years. The highest in Bayes' use for this property is and has become residential. And that's because of the, exactly with the loss of the access off the access road, due to the tech stock and the drainage there. When you exit that, that off ramp that we took five years to get approved, working with text. So we could put Krugger in on the choice 20 acres of this 40 acres that we had to move it back almost a mile. So that had to be all worked out with the city and text. We did that. So there's three entrances that turn into the Krugger development and the entrance, the northern entrance is if you turn in there and then turn right, that's the secondary entrance to the townhome development. So that was one of the two entrances that we provided off the plat for the 20 acres for CROG. So looking at highest and best use, if you can't pull right in and get right to your facility for retail uses, they're not going to make the sales. They're not going to survive in a lot of business. So we've been marketing this property, like Ms. Cross says. I've been marketing and working this property for close to 40 years. And we were just thrilled that CROB came back 10 years ago. We got the plant worked out. We've been very good to do its best property. We have not just taken the first deal that came to us. We took the best deal for the 20 acres. And then the 10 acres developed very nicely. UCD is a very knowledgeable commercial developer. And they are the ones that have brought us the town of developers here that have made the presentation. So bring those to light. The letter that you receive from the developer is right on. We're only talking about potentially 15 students and more like probably 10 students. The tax money, the Canadian and the Penn and School District is gonna get will far exceed the cost of getting an education to 10 or 15 students that might be living in this complex. So that letter of opposition, in my opinion, is not well thought out. When you just come up, you're saying him out that family don't want it. That hurts my feelings is what it does. The facts of the matter is this is a very nice quality development. Town homes, quality town homes, and Southwest Arlington, there's none in that product. It's not out there, folks. This is going to hit a niche that's going to be very desirable for the community to have. Thank you for the access. Can I wrap it up here? I sure will. Thank you for all the access. Can you wrap it up here? I sure will. Thank you Mayor. They provided good access for walkability. These are, again, they're probably looking development. It is the highest and best use in my opinion. I am a certified real estate appraiser. And I don't have a problem saying that. They have great talk. I'm to Barrage's. There are only two stories. It's gated and it's security. It's heavily landscaped. And the UCD requires us to build quality and knowledge in these days. And I thank you for your time very much. Good evening. Thank you. That's the highest free of your vote for approval, please. Thank you. You, Mr. Baskin. Our next speaker is Robert Dorosil. Mr. Dorosil, if you can state your name and address the record and give your testimony. Can everybody hear me? Yes, we can. Hi, I'm Robert Dorosil,ell, the president of United Commercial Development. We were the master developer for the Silver Marketplace. We have over the last 10 years or so, we've been probably the most active grocery-engrossed shopping center developer in DFW. We had the presentation shown that showed the phase one and the phase two and the phase three. And I, you know, from, in my opinion, and, you know, I'm not going to, you know, others might have their own opinion, but in my opinion, this is the perfect icing on the cake for this development. And we've got a croreure store there to croreure marketplace, which, if any of y'all have not been there, it's not just your normal grocery store. It's a grocery store combined as a home store. And I wish I could pull up some pictures of the back of the property because it's really pristine. I mean, it's not dirty at all. I can't speak to some of the other crovers. I can tell you the crovers in my shopping centers are clean. And we have an RIA with crobertger that guarantees that. I even have the right to go clean their property if they do not adhere to that. The building is really nice looking from the rear. It has the wing walls that protect the docks and also the trash areas. So I mean the concerns that I heard, I'm trying to address some of the concerns that I heard about trash and smelly and rats and things. You're not going to see that with this building. You're not. And we're not, we're planning to be a long-term owner of the shopping center. So, you know, I've got rights when it comes to, you know, what's going to, if it's going to be clean or not. As far as the highest and best use, I can tell you that I got to know Councilwoman K. Park very well over the years and we were working on the CROGER. I spoke to her about multi-family from time to time and I know this is her first meeting since she had to term out, but she encouraged us to come forward. And she said, Robert, this is a type of product that really is not in Southern Arlington, especially with some of the things that have happened with COVID and so forth. We just feel like this is going to be a really good option for people to have a rent, a town home for rent, time unit. And so we did. And when we put the property back under contract and we look for a partner, I mean, we had many developers and one partner with us on this townhome development, we decided to go with family development because we felt like they were the best. The market says that these should be townhomes. That's not my opinion. I've had a lot of people that would like to be here and to do that. The development itself has really turned out to be, surpassed my expectations really. We knew it was gonna be a nice program. We brought the pads, but then with Ellie, this come in with the building. And we just got a water burger to move forward on that last pad. Having the entrance through the shopping center there and having the town of some of the back. It's really a heck of a deal. And, you know, I don't know if it's appropriate or not to say this, but I just, I don't want to leave anything off the table. But, you know, there was a apartment complex that was just approved in the city of Canada on the south side of Southwood for Garden style, which is much more apropos when it comes to having school-aged children and it was approved by the the Canada LISD. So, you know, I'm not by the IISD by the city council and so, you know, this is not the type of units development in my opinion, for what I've learned, and in my experience, that's going to be attractive to a lot of families and school-aged kids. And you are a Zoom. Thank you to you guys for the, thank you very much, great development, great finishing touch for the development. We think we're real proud what we're down down there. They're going to start working on that property. There were people that didn't think it could be what it is. And you know, in talking to every one of the users out there, Kruger and all of them, they said that exactly what they need is residents right there that can help them with their sales and bring more density to the area. But this is not a dense product. Anyway, I appreciate it. And I really enjoy working with the council and helping you guys approve this item. Thank you very much. Thank you Mr. Doerzel. Okay, Mr. Muskie. All right, speaker and opposition is Chad Guy. Mr. Guy, if you can state your name and address to the record, please give your testimony. Yes, can you hear me? Yes, I can. I think I'm getting in for it's feedback from my computer, so I'm trying to watch online. So am I on now? Yes, you're coming through. Okay, so my name is Chad G and I live at 627, Breyer Court, here in Canada. I'm a superintendent in Canada ISD. And I would appreciate or want to thank everyone for having me on. I would like to be on video. I did realize I could get on a video tonight. I apologize for not being on the video. But when I want to clarify a few things that have stood out, one Mr. Dorisale just spoke to the fact that we approved a unit shelter on South Sublet Road. That was approved by the City Council. And I did speak out against that one as well. But the reality of that one is those are one-bedroom units, where these are two-and-three-bedroom units, which is our district's biggest issue with the proposed development. One, you know, another clarification is that I did not receive anything about this or hear about this until Nabila Nure sent me an email request in early November basically asking our physician on it. And I sent the letter and that was right before the planning and zoning commission met. And we really didn't have time to research a whole lot of stuff about this because we didn't know anything about it until that time. The second clarification I want to make is that there's only been two phone conversations between me and Mr. Cooper. The second one happened tonight at approximately 5.30 this evening and we basically were just telling him that we were going to be an opposition of it. There's never been any request on the part of the developers for any part to ask for a meeting with myself or our order directors. So, order trustee, sorry. So I don't know where that's, you know, information, no one declared by that information, that we really have not had a whole lot of contact with them. The one contact that I did have right after I sent my letter to Mr. Near was with Mr. Cooper and at that time he thought of the fact that this was going to be geared towards impingestors and millennials as one of the journalists spoke to earlier. But the reality is, is why would there need to be two and three bedrooms for impingestors and millennials? This is going to be a family development. You know they're reporting it like town homes but these are going to be apartments with multi-families and lots of bedrooms and that is our districts concern and we have no care no controller guarantees from the developer that one that's not going to be the case they mentioned that it's going to be 15 students impact on us how do they know that's not going to be the case. They mentioned that it's going to be 15 students impact on us. How do they know? That's our question. Well, guarantee that we have that. We have no data from them to support that. The other thing is I was listening to the conversation previous to this one about the car wash and you know, I kept hearing about Chick-fil chic play and the whole thing with them being able to ensure what they were building and I think that's the biggest concern we have here. What guarantees we have that they're not going to sell this development off and those turns with bedroom, that's the fact that lots of students that is our concern. We have an apartment very close to there that we received 230 students from that one apartment complex. When you have apartments, students are going to follow. And that is our biggest concern is that we are not prepared for that with our district at this time. We are doing study with the UTA and another company to sit there and try to find out what we, our capacities are in our district at this time. And we have not had time to discuss that. That was coming up in our December 4 meeting. I apologize. I'm trying to talk on the phone and I can't really see you guys because I'm having a step away from my computer. So I don't know how that's going to cross. But that would be our position. And it's really because we have no guarantees and no knowledge at this time. Okay. Thank you for your testimony. You're coming across very loud and clear and we appreciate that. Okay, Mr. Buskin, any other speakers? Mayor, that concludes our speakers on this item. We did have nine nonspeakers in support and one nonspeaker in opposition. The nonspeakers in support are Cliff McCoskey, Rob Cronin, Lisa Gage, Barrett Barbado, Keaton Herrera, Gerald Sappington, Vanessa Pena, Chelsea Piper, and Ryan Turner. And the non-speaker in opposition was Richard Weber. Okay, Mr. Cooper, do you have any rebuttal here before I close the public hearing? Mayor, thank you for that. Yes, go ahead, Dr. Cooper. Do you have any rebuttal here before I close the public hearing? Mayor, may I interrupt for a minute? Yes, go ahead, Dr. Nidalee. Mr. Bousken, is here You can only report what people call it. I hope council got the email Sent us from Juicy Thoppel. The other member in support is the chairman of the president of the Arlington greater Arlington Ch and champion commerce and he's in favor of this project as well. Okay Mr. Cooper. Yes and thank you for reporting that out Dr. Nunez that was something I was going to mention here is in addition to the letter of support we received from President CEO of the Greater Chamber of Commerce, Farlington. We have several letters of support from the retailers there at Sub-Aid Marketplace. And, you know, the additional letters provided from family development as well as UCD to further reiterate the points we've tried to make in regards to the school district's concerns. You know end of the day, we feel we have a very, very nice class A institutional grade development that will be very supportive and complimentary of the outstanding performing sub-market place. There has not been a lot of residential development if any in this corridor. So we're happy to be one of the first here, specifically next to the to Crobert. We really appreciate all of the bugs and consideration of the council members and we would just really appreciate your support this evening. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Cooper. Any questions from Mr. Cooper? Mr. Gonzales. I just have one final comment. I really believe this is the best use for this property. I wish, you know, where there could be last units, but I know, you know, that they've looked at and they think this is the best way to get it done. But I really am disappointed with the superintendent from Kennendale ISD said I just really hope there was communication between the two because I think that's just important because I think that's how you know it's important that we have communication that we all work together whether it's a school district another city whatever it is but you know it was real disappointed to hear what he said so I don't know if anybody has any comments to what he said, Mr. Cooper, but that was kind of just kind of disappointing. Thank you. Sure. No, I mean, the conversations were had between myself and the superintendent. Guess one of those was this evening. We played several rounds of phone tag. I think he was out of the office for a day. Yes, one of those was this evening. We played several rounds of phone tag. I believe he was out of the office for a day. So it's a very busy day being a council day. And so every effort was made to have that outreach to answer the questions. So we've always incorporated that into any development project that we bring forward to to the city. Whether that be with immediate residences or or or or neighbors, you know, we're the first to get in front of them and let them know who we are and what we're doing. So we've always been an open book and we'll continue to do so. Okay, any questions for Mr. Cooper before I close the public hearing, Ms. Moise? This is kind of a question. I don't know, Mr. Gea is still on or not, but Mr. Cooper may have the information. So, it's something he said really, you know, it concerned me that he's not feeling like communication was there. But more than that, I just looked up the population of the schools in Canada, in the most recent record. It was so low, we're 3,000 students. So, it's far different than Mansfield or Arlington. So if one apartment house or unit or building has 230 students enrolled, that's somewhere close to about 6 to 8% of their total student population from one lot, one site. And I think a small, this is where I'm going with this, which the Councilmember Not New Niesby, Gonzales, I worry that what they're trying to say to us is that if their schools are at capacity and they're such a small school district building another elementary or junior high to respond to a big jump in student population, it's not as doable are readjusting lines. I noticed they have two elementary's, a junior high and high school. So I think we ought to realize that they're a different kind of school district than some of the larger ones. I just want to caution everybody that I like the project. wish there had been more communication. I think probably in my mind, the 16 is low in terms of number of students. 230 might be high, and it's probably somewhere in between. But perhaps council member Gonzales could kind of respond to that given the different size of the school district, whether it's position that they should just be able to absorb whatever comes their way, is really a realistic assumption. Well, it's just, you know, if you do, you're hindered city. If a school district has that type of, you know, I mean, Ken and Dale has a lot of growth, okay? So they're eventually going to have to, so you're right. Percentage-wise, it's different than national, or it's in no question, but you've got to address that issue eventually. So that's my point, you know, it's like I understand, but it's gonna be for it. And that's gonna continue until it gets resolved. So I know they talked that they were gonna talk about it, but there it needs to be, you know, some type of planning for the school district because it's eventually gonna happen. So, but you're right. It's a different scenario percentage wise. It's big. I understand that, but I just, you know, it's it's big I understand that but I just you know it's just that's that's how I looked at it so I do have I do have sympathy for the school district it is hard for decision like that especially when you're a small school district right okay any other questions for mr. Cooper for closed public hearing okay well I'm gonna close well mr. Woolridge do you have a question for Mr. Cooper? No, I don't. I just had a statement as an educator, but I'll pass. Okay, then we'll close the public hearing and now have our discussion further with council members. Ms. Woolridge, would you like to make a statement there? Well, my statement is that I am a retired educator and I know the impact of having an overcrowded classroom and if you've got many of those, not for quality education, it's not going to call it. And that concerns me. I know we teach whoever we get, but we hinder them when we put them in there like a cattle call and I can understand the frustration of the superintendent. I love the complex, I love the design, but I think we're putting the car before the horse. We need to have collaboration and working through this before we vote and say yes, let's go ahead. Okay, Mr. Gil. Bill. I just have a motion. Okay, we had to go ahead and make your motion. I'd like to make a motion to approve. Mayor before the motion. Yeah, the second we have a second from Dr. Nignus. And at the same time, Dr. Oman Wesley, there is, they both jumped up. Okay, now we any further discussion. They both jumped up. Okay, now, we, any further discussion? Yes, Mayor Williams. This is Victoria from Myers. Okay, any, Mr. Sutton, do you have some further discussion? Yes, Mayor, but I'll like to yield Councilman Nunez. I thank you. Okay. Is my mic working? We're, we're going to get it. So I'm going to make a couple of compliments. There are some of us here who have circled planning in zones we always work in the picture. It's for our education. who have served on planning zones. We have. I was working with it for our education. A lot of caution, the educators. You're not wearing it in that school. You change it and it goes. You're wearing it in the represent. Every citizen, all 400,000 in the city want to. I can't tell you how many times I'll play his own in and I know that Helen will remember this and Andy you've been there. How many times did we get a level from either AISD or MISD with the following statement every time there was a multi-family unit that was being proposed and considered in Arlington. And they always objected. Always. The reason they did that is because of what our councilwoman Rubia Wilrich has said. There are sometimes, sometimes, playing catch-up. AISD and MISD are large enough and have the kind of staff to be able to do future replamping so that they can figure out when the past bottom-high can choose to build the kind of schools and the timing of when those schools are going to go. Canada L is playing catch-up. This particular piece of property, this is, in my opinion, with all my experience, this is the highest and best use this property is ever going to get. It's never going to be a store, a restaurant, an office building. It's not. Never. It's much better to put this money on the tax rolls and have it serve the citizens' borrowers and bringing income in. And so for that reason reason I'm going to support this project. We have to look at this from the perspective of Arlington. I feel sorry for Canada. I know people who live in Canada, they're having their own concerns and issues. Has there ever been a communication where a developer or city council sat down with a school board in a formal way to approve or disapprove the bill and the multifamily and they answered that question is no. Never. And we as our aunt and city council members should never be helped hostage by any school district. We have to do what's right for all of our 400,000 citizens. So I'm going to vote in favor of this. Thank you. Okay, Council Member Sutton and Dr. Owen Whistler. Thank you, Mayor. And I appreciate the comments from Council Member, Dr. Nunez. But we as a council do have a responsibility and play a role in educating our citizens. Councilmember Gonzales talks about the schools that seems going to be elected in Mansfield, IST, but service our citizens of Arlington. We play a major role in what we do in education because if we don't have a well educated society, we lose sight of what we're here for. With that being said, the communications that I had with Mr. Cooper gave me an impression that they had an interesting dialogue that there was no opposition, but that wasn't the case only when conversation and come to find out that in the elective body of a sad card who's tested and educated our future for generations. And we want to play a role in that. Matter of fact, we fund crossing guards. We fund the infrastructure for school crosswalks. And I think we have a responsibility to weigh in when it comes to educate. Does it hurt the school district? Does it affect their really the education? How do we play a role in that? And with that being said, I think it hurts to process. Yes, we're council members, but we do affect the outcome of education. And so I would be not in support of it, but actually opposing this moving forward because I believe it truly hurts the district in a time where they're trying to do the best they can with the resources they have available to educate our kids our future. And those kids are a part of Arlington City limits. And so Mayor, I'll be opposing or voting no on this ordinance. Thank you, Council Member. Dr. Odom Wesley and then Dr. Farah Meyers. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank all of the participants for your presentation and the information on this development. And I agree with my colleagues that this is well done. High quality, nice amenities, and the fact that there's no access off to 87. I see that as a plus because that makes it a nice private entrance for the town, for this development of town homes. And about the concern with the school district. I'm a retired educator as well. And I think at some point, the school district has to anticipate, expect, and plan for growth from their city. It sounds to me like the effort is to retard growth, because it might bring in some children. Well, is there a job to educate the children to move into that school district? And I think there's some planning that needs to go on there. But what I would ask of our development team here is that you do schedule some meetings, some opportunities to communicate with the school board, with the superintendent prior to the second reading of this ordinance. And I am in support of it. I think we need housing choices. And this is certainly a nice choice. It's a transition from people who no longer want to live in apartments, but they're not ready for that home ownership. They're not ready to purchase 300,000 out of house, which is what they probably would be settled with. So the channel home, I think, gives them a good option. And as I said, I think the school district needs to be more responsive and grow and but I would encourage you. In fact, I don't know if we can require it that you do get in contact with the school district before the second reading. And those are my comments. Thank you. Dr. Farah, myers and then and then councilmember Gonzalez. Thank you, Mary. Can you hear me now? Yes. Okay. Sorry. We're having some mic problems on this side and I was just really trying to get your attention. So thank you very much. You know, I've been more than outspoken on this council about the need to make sure that we treat our community commercial zone property appropriately to make sure that we continue to plan to bring in high-paying wage jobs. This in particular though project is unique in a sense that the commercial is already there. And I made this comment to them and I was very pleased to see that they also listened to my concerns about making this a unique, separate, highly developed portion of housing that has its own amenities. And that's why I asked Mr. Cooper and he looked at me kind of funny when I asked him to police, but that up again, because I think that's important for us to keep in mind that standing on its own it is highly amentatized but then there's also a walkable community throughout this and I do I think that is very important that we have now a nice mix of high quality residential that is tailored to millennials as well as empty nesters and that is also provides an opportunity for walkable to stores to other places. And I like Dr. Bode, Barbara Odom Wesley, do feel that not having some entrance off of 287 is a pro-positive thing for this particular development. My final statement in Dr. Barbara Odom Wesley sort of stole my thunder on this one, which was to ask that there be communication between the first and second reading. I do understand I, too, I'm a former educator, and I do actually, I'm current educator. I do feel that we should have greater communication between our ISDs and all developments in our city. So I would ask respectfully that there be not just a phone call, but an out meeting that happens between the first and second rating, so that all concerns can be held. But I do not believe that I believe this is a quality development. I believe this is an appropriate use for this space for Arlington. And that for that reason reason I highly support this and I do encourage though that we look to work with school districts more directly in the future to make sure that these types of instances can be rectified prior to this. Thank you Mayor appreciate the attention. Thank you and council member Woolrich. Well I just want to say this. I'm concerned that I'm feeling attacked by Dr. Nunez and Dr. Old Wesley about my education background. There's more to me than education. We want to talk about ministry. I don't want to sidebarrow, you know, while I was getting a bit offended. I've been many things. I'm more than just an educator. I've been in the city 36 years and I wanted to progress, but I'm not feeling like I want to vote for this when there's been a breakdown of communication between the school district and this developer. There is a better way to build this. I like the project. I've said that, but I do not appreciate being attacked by these two. And I want you to back off. Thank you, Miss Woolridge. Mr. Gonzalez. Mayor, I want to sincerely apologize to Ruby Woolridge if I offended her. It was never my attempt to insult. But as my wife tells me sometimes when I open up my mouth, sometimes I say things that offend people. my mouth, sometimes I say thank you, so thank people. Ms. Wilredan, should I help you? I admire you and I would never attack you. So my deepest apologies. I appreciate that. I know you. I respect you and I expect more from you. Thanks. Let me respond as well, please. Ruby and I have known each other for 30 plus years with friends. And I certainly would not insult my colleague, my friend, my sorority sister. And I didn't think my comments did. I think, as I said, the school district needs to be more responsive to the growth in community. However, I apologize if you took offense. And I'll just try to be more responsive to the growth in community. However, I apologize if you took offense and I'll just try to be more careful. Thank you. Well, my concern is that this is a small district and I think we need to take that into consideration as does the developer. I like the concept of the whole thing, but I don't like the way it's being presented when there's not proper communication between the two most affected depart Developments the the developer and the school district need to come together. I can't vote on our first reading until they come together Thank you Miss Walrich. Okay, Mr. Gonzalez Okay, just one final comment We've got to be careful as a city council. We have to keep the two entities apart. The reason Dallas and Fort Worth has those issues, everybody gets involved in each other's business. So with regards to that, we have to do with right-first citizens. There is has to be communication, but it's not between the elected officials. Those should be done between the city and the school district. And that's what you call, we don't want to micromanage either the school district or this, trustees should not micromanage the school district. That's not their job there to do governance. And our job as city council members are to not micromanage the city, but to also govern the city. So just keep, and I'm not accusing anybody but I'm just telling you we've got to be sure that we stay away from that because I've seen surrounding cities where they get involved like that and everything just starts going to chaos so I know we're going to have a lot more issues with school district everything else but I just want to say that one final time and I'll let go at that. Thank you. Okay, Dr. Fruymars. Thank you, Mayor. I just like to add a couple of things. One, you know, on the council, we're going to have very robust, very rancorist sometimes conversations. And I don't think that any of us sit up in this dius with anything but respect for those that sit alongside us. So I just, I would hope, Miss Bullridge, I hope that, you know, even my comment about being a former educator, this is certainly, this is not going to be the first or the last time that we will have very highly charged conversations on this council and I think all of us should start with a sense that we respect each other. And I think that, you know, all of us can nod our heads and say that is exactly what we do when we come to the table. But we do feel passionately about certain things. That I just wanted to get off my chest just to make sure that all of us are clear on that. But also, I want to go back to the zoning case itself, which is what is the highest and best use for this particular piece of parcel in Arlington, Texas? And asking that question, certainly there are other factors. We take design, we take what school districts think, what other people think, but ultimately as policymakers, when we sit in these seats, we have to determine what is the highest and best use for this city in its totality. And for that, I still believe that this is the highest and best use for this particular parcel, given the fact that it is a commercially developed area that fits into a townhouse property which is something that is not being offered at a high quality in this area and that does provide the things that we're looking for for our citizens. For that reason, I will continue to support this case at this time. Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate the time. Thank you, Dr. Rohram-Arce. Ms. Meys. So I'm almost sorry that I brought up the size of the school district, but I do wanna bring up something else that I think we should consider in all future cases. And in this case, one of the things I've always looked at when I'm presented with a challenge like this is, what's the hardship? And this is a hardship for the group that's in front of us, because they made a decision years ago to make a commitment to Kroger, knowing that it caused obstruction to the sale of the remaining nine acres of their tract. And they further compounded this by making the decision to do that knowing they did not yet have absolute control of the rights to an access point for the nine acres. All about a side where we are today, 10 years later, is when we ask ourselves, what's the highest and best use today? I do believe the highest and best use is a multi-family project. Then you get to the question of, is it a one- and efficiency multi use project or is it tail home and frankly we do need two and three bedroom units? I've said that for months to this council. I think so many developers are building one bedroom and efficiencies to kind of accommodate the fact that there's just a need for family housing that's growing and no one wants to deal with the issues it relates to schools. So I have to admit after all of this debate, I too am going to support this. I am going to ask the applicant to come back to us for second reading with at least a really sincere effort to talk to Kennedy. Because I think there's a, a, a kind of could have some issues, but you're probably two ways, two years away from opening this. And they give some time to deal with issues they might have. They are growing small city. They're almost rural. And so they're not sophisticated just we are in some ways. So they have to figure out how to do things in an image of what they may not have land bought to increase schools. And we don't we don't know but we do need to at least sit down with them and give them a sincere effort to understand their side of this. And that's all I'm asking that you do. I am going to vote to support you, but I do want a really sincere effort to talk to Kennedy all and try to understand the depth of their concerns because I heard Mr. Guy and I do think he's really deeply concerned about how they're going to take care of these students. But. Go ahead, Miss Foggles. That's right. That's all. Thank you. OK. Here to sum this up here. One is education is so important here in our community. And we have a history here of really good relationship with all of our school districts there all the way from Kennedale to Mansfield to Arlington to H.E.B. We want to continue that. And I want to say that thank you superintendentege for calling in and we certainly appreciate that and also appreciate the job that you're doing there in Kennedale, especially under the current pandemic and the challenges that you're doing there in Kennedy, especially under the current pandemic and the challenges that you have. And I think it was pretty much a theme there. And I know Mr. Cooper will. I think it's important that he and Mr. Borreto and so forth share, again, the information on the number of projected children from your other projects. And if you you have done that please do it again. And then let me share this with you there as a engineer here who is not a note taker but one who really has learned over the years also as a developer myself, it is a new day and a lot of these two and three bedrooms because people are looking for storage. They're looking for places to put their materials and so you end up many times with millennials and empty nesters not wanting to confine themselves to one bedroom with hardly any ability to store. And so it is a new market and a new day for two and three bedroom facilities, but also something that hasn't been mentioned, this is low density for what could be done on this. And then in addition to that, they had green space and quality. And that's something that we always cry out for is to have the green space and the quality and I thought it was a very good answer not to be putting playgrounds there into it because it also is how you market a piece of property as to who is there. And so in addition to that, you know all the council members picked up on the fact that this does not have the access nor the visibility for successful retail plus we're in a flux. And so we do need this kind of product therein. But we'll encourage Mr. Cooper and I'm sure he will. They're talked to the superintendent and superintendent, Guy. I want you to know that I hear you loud and clear. We will definitely be on the lookout for that, but I don't believe this one is going to be appreciably adding a lot of students to it. But with that, I would like to ask our council now to please cast your votes. the first reading. And Mr. Cooper, please get in touch with Superintendent Guy and please share with him the information there. And please try to come to some common ground here between now and the second reading. Appreciate all the discussion here. And again, I'm going to ask you to take a look at the first reading. Appreciate all the discussion here and again there we thank you for all the preparation, we thank you for all the speakers that have come. And also, Council, thank you for the robust discussion on a very important topic. So with that, we're going to move to 13.3 and I'm going to turn this over to Deputy Mayor Prokhtim for our Myers. Thank you, Mayor, very much. Our next public hearing ordinance is first and final reading is 13.3, zoning case PD 20-23-2500 North East Green Oaks Boulevard. I'll turn to Director of Planning and Development Miss Jensi-Selple. Thank you Mayor Brotem. Item 13.3, the applicant request to change the zoning on approximately 3.641 acres, addressed at 2500 North East Green Oak Spull of Art, generally located east of Hollybrook Lane and south of North East Green Oaks Boulevard. The current zoning of the site is community commercial and has a shopping center with seven tenant spaces developed in 2007. The applicant is requesting to rezone the site to a planned development for community commercial uses, plus a package liquor store. The use will be only in one of the spaces approximately 2,500 square feet in size. Package liquor stores are only permitted in general commercial GC, light industrial LI, and industrial manufacturing IM zoning districts by right. The development plan is for an approximately 2500 square foot interior renovation to the existing tanning salon space to be replaced by a package liquor store. There are no existing package liquor stores within the immediate area. If approved the package liquor store must comply with all applicable TABC regulations. There are no known schools or churches within the required 300-foot distance buffer required from properties with alcohol sales. This evening, we have the applicant and property owner, Moji Hadad presenting his case. Mr. Hadad? Yes. Moji Hadad, can you hear me? Yes, Mr. Hadad. If you disdate your name and address for the record, and please proceed with your presentation. Moji Hadad, 2500 northeast Greenox World War, Arlington, 7606. Thank you for the opportunity to allow me to speak tonight, and I know you're all tired, so I'll make my speech very sure. The bill is at Forest Hill is an existing mixed-use development built in 2007 with retail and restaurants on the first floor and offices on the second floor. The development is located on Northeast Greenock's Blobark, which is a major thoroughfare in the year 360, Highway 360. In fact, the development is surrounded by many businesses such as KFC, Quick Trip, Christian Brothers, Auto Repair, Dollar General, or Rylees out of part, 711 store, McDonald, Jack in the Box, and the list goes on. So, this mixed-use development was designed and built with unique architectural features, lush landscaping, lots of vegetation, large green open areas, and we're not with an urban look in mind by putting majority of the parking behind the building. As you know, the current global pandemic has caused many service-oriented businesses such as tanning salons, hair and nail salons, and restaurants close down permanently, or on the verge of closing as there are unable to pay rent, due to lack of customer base and multiple government mandated closures. Everyone is in agreement that this global pandemic is something that none of us has seen in our lifetime. With unprecedented and adverse economic impact on businesses including many vacancies in the shopping centers and mixed use of all of it. The purpose of our PD is to address the unique situation that has been created by this pandemic by replacing a non-performing and non-essential business such as attending so long with an essential business such as enough skilled package liquor store. As you may know, government regulations during the pandemic and during the shutdown classified packaged liquor stores as the essential business and therefore allowed to remain open. Aligning these essential units in this center will have substantial benefits to this city as another vacancy will be prevented. The approval of this application will allow property to remain with higher occupancy on the tax role. Therefore, avoiding lower property values, which causes lower property tax revenues for the city, schools and accounting. Furthermore, the city will benefit by added sales tax revenue generated from this package liquor store. Should they use be approved by the city council? This concludes my presentation. I'll be happy to answer any questions. Thank you, and advance for your consideration. Is there any questions from the council for Mr. Hadad? Ms. Moise? Yes, Mr. Hadad. I thoughtise? Yes, Mr. Hadad. I thought what you said was interesting and what you're really doing here is replacing one non-performing tenant with another. So, the lease was still an ongoing lease with the salon, is that correct? No, ma'am. The lease, well, it was ongoing, but he's in default because he has not been able to pay rent since March. Right. Well, by us working with you tonight, one of the things that accursed to me is we allow him, whoever the previous occupant is that's now out of business because of COVID, because I know that shop had been there for a while, this allows you to mitigate his obligations to you by putting someone in there sooner rather than later or by losing this lease. You're absolutely correct. That is correct. And that's my obligation to mitigate it to basically lower his financial losses, the tenants, the previous tenants. And I do understand that. I've been through several cycles in real estate and had to work with, particularly retail tenants at times like this who need you to help them mitigate their rent. So I think, and I have to say I learned something like that. I didn't know liquor stores were considered an essential service. Yes, ma'am. I can believe it. So, well. I just want you to know that I support it. I will leave it up to the rest of the council whether they support it and doing this in one reading or two, but I do understand now what you're doing better than I did earlier. And I think it's wonderful that you're mitigating for this prior agenda. Yes, thank you so much. Councilmember Gonzalez. Thank you. Mr. Hada, thank you for your presentation. You know, I fully understand the entire process and I'm you know, very happy that you found someone that wants to go in there. Obviously, we know that COVID has impacted many, many businesses the same way as the Tenon Salon. Like you mentioned, and it's going to affect a lot of other retail space and everything else. I mean, I'm for this for the change. My only concern is the first and final reading, because if we do this once, I mean, we're going to, I mean, if I don't know if I'm for this for the change. My only concern is the first and final reading because if we do this once, I mean, we're gonna, I mean, if I don't have a problem doing it, but we're gonna get a lot of people going to do this if we start doing this, especially during this COVID time because that's gonna affect a lot of people. So we're gonna see that more and more. And as a new council member, I just look back to the same time we've done it. We really haven't done that often. But if I remember currently none were done in 2020, this will be the first. So that's my only concern is that. So obviously, we want to get that back on the roles and everything else. There's a lot of positive sales tax and all that. But like I said, that's only concern I have is the first and final reading doing this and setting the president's for other Developers and owners of shops Understand I appreciate your comments councilmember and You know again, I'll I'll road an email earlier today and forward to Gen. C Was not intent might it was not my intention to create any pressure or do president for other developers. This was a situation that I was in and like, Chancellor, woman, most mentioned. I was trying to mitigate the loss of previous tenant and also fill it in. And I also had an obligation to deliver this product zone to this particular new tenant before certain days. and I also had an obligation to deliver this product zone to this particular new tenant before certain days. And again, it's yours, call, and I appreciate you very much. And I will respect whether decisions you all make tonight. So. Thank you, Mr. Hauden. Mr. Saden. Thank you. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem. Mr. Hauden, this is you decide to request an emergency first and final reading. Is this your first request for this type of hearing? First time ever, like I said in my email today, I don't know if you got a copy of it in 35 years, I've won development. This is the very first time that I've requested. And I'm quite frankly, I'm trying not to bring you all too many zoning cases. I respect your time and I don't like to create controversy. And I apologize if this has. It was not my intention, you know, like I said, I'm trying to mitigate certain losses for tenants and put this back on the payroll, but on the rent roll to get, you know, it's tenant opened to small businesses. I have helped a lot of my tenants, Janice Cove, but this is the only one I've helped restaurants that they're currently in this shopping center. So I'm being very proactive in helping in small businesses. But again, it's your call, Mr. Sutton, Council Member Sutton. So I will live with a consequence of what our decision is going to be all make. But this is my first time, yes sir. Yes, thank you. Mr. Hada is ironic a year ago December 17th 2018 we had a similar case come before the council which I was on for a first and final reading that was PD 19-20 there was a couple Tommy and Bobber Davis who had an hair swan that they were moving but they didn't realize they had to get a rezoning case and they had to meet a deadline. They had to meet a deadline. Right. The Council was sympathetic to their needs and the Council unanimously voted to approve the first and final reading. And in your cases a little similar, you're trying to meet a debt line. You don't want to have a financial setback. And so I understand what you're trying to do. And I understand that the council has a year ago today on the 17th, where a couple of days off, but my point is we did entertain and we did approve that based on those circumstances. Yes. One of those circumstances, and I've always been a defender of a process that treated people fairly regardless of your circumstance, regardless of your social economic status that we defend the process of equality. And in this case, we treated this couple equal looking at the circumstances. Your stance are similar in this case, and I just want you to know this occurred a year ago. And it's not unusual for the council to hear these particular cases. Thank you. Thank you, sir. I appreciate your comments. Dr. Hurt-O-Messley. Thank you very much and I'm not sure if this is for Mr. Hedad or if it's for Ms. Toggle. But my question is where is the nearest package liquor store to where you are planning this location? I'm not aware of one in this part of town at all. In fact, the homeowners at the Forest Hills neighborhood are excited about it. They're saying that we finally have something close so we don't have to drive to East Chase in Fort Ward to get something. So I'm not aware of any in our area, in the media area. Councilmember, I think the closest would be probably the one on Lemarble of Ward, closer to Arlington Commons area. Okay, thank you very much. And my commendation is, well, Mr. Haddad, for wanting to help your tenant in these COVID days. They have gone out of business, and I guess the longer they're unable to provide the services there, then the deeper their financial consequences. And so thank you for trying to help them out. And hopefully we can help you both out this evening. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Come. Other questions for Mr. Dogg? Not seeing any. Mr. Baskin, do we have any speakers on this item? Yes, ma'am. We have one speaker in opposition. Our speaker in opposition is Rachel Reynolds. I believe we have Miss Reynolds on the line. Miss Reynolds. Could you mute your name? Miss Reynolds, could you there? Yes, ma'am. Please go ahead and state your name and address for the record and proceed with your testimony. Okay. I can fairly hear you. If you can please provide your name, address and your comments, please. Yes, please. Yes, we will. In opposition. It's Rachel Reynolds. 6617 Saddle Ridge Road, Arlington, Texas. 76016. If you can please provide your comments. Okay, I have several issues with this being here. One is that there's a school less than a mile away and there are two ministries. Can you hear me? Yes, ma'am, we can. Okay. There are actually two churches about a quarter of a mile away from this location. Six six, what's that? Have you completed your TV? Oh, six. Sorry. There is a delay with the TV. Okay. Well, I'm actually on my computer, but yes. There's two churches, less than a quarter mile away. There's a school one mile away, and there's a liquor store. First of all, this is not forced hills. Forst hills is in Fort Worth. On the opposite side of the city. This is Northeast Arlington and there's a liquor store off of Lamar Street not too far away. And to have if people want liquor or alcohol, just alcohol, there's three convenience stores right down the street from it. Literally, less than a quarter of a mile away. You have a quick trip, you have 7-11 and you have a shell station. And I don't see how wide this area needs another alcohol store. This is a high crime area and don't tell me it isn't because I'm scared just to fill up my gas over there if I'm out driving. I'm actually, I actually get scared going into these apartments when I'm doing deliveries. And yes, right now because of COVID, the only job I can really do because nobody's really, they say they hire and then they don't hire at all, because I've been on food service for more than 20 years within the counting degree, go figure, that I get scared going into some of these departments because it is a high crime area. I worry that I'm gonna get robbed when I fill up my gas, because I had done that one time. I was scared because there were people who were just milling around outside of the gas station. I had no clue what was going to happen. It was not in the middle of the day or anything, it was like close to the evening time. And that people were scared when they come up through this section of 360 and green notes because of all the apartments because of the high crime. And it's easy access to get take off on a highway and your assaulty or assault person who assaults you is gone in minutes. You know, so I don't see why we need another liquor store right here. There's a one on the more. Thank you, Ms. Menace. Thank you, Ms. Menace. Thank you, Ms. Menace. For your comments, we appreciate them. Mr. Baskin, that is the only call that we have to sing that. Let me turn to the council for any questions miss Moise I saw your card I believe this This Reynolds lives in far South Arlington. I think she said she delivers to this area When the applicant referred to far Hills, he's referring to the large subdivision that runs across most of this section of greenoaks from at the entry of his retail center all the way over to the backside of the cell of entry. And I was going to ask, Jim, say, would you comment? Because I'm sure you took a look at proximity issues. What is required in terms of proximity to schools and churches and does this site meet that? Yes, it meets the distance requirements for the churches and schools because our requirement is 300 foot distance and it meets that there's none in that area. Thank you, Ms. Moise. Mr. Gonzalez. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem. I'm really having a tough time, but I think I'm gonna have the vote. No, only, I mean, I appreciate councilman's sudden bringing to light the last time we did this. I understand it's the same scenario. Oh Oh my concern is that was a year ago a lot has happened since then And I'm just concerned if we do it once now We're gonna have a lot more and then when we finally say no to one of them They're gonna say well why did this person or why did these other people get perforential treatment when we say no to one of them So I think it's for me it's easier to say no now and knowing that people are you know going to look at like well you know what they're going to turn it down. So but I think once you start saying yes I think we're going to see a lot more. So it has nothing to do with this particular case. I just think with the COVID environment that we're in we're going to see a lot of that. So like I said I'm having a tough time deciding what I'm going to do, but right now I'm going to vote against it. Thank you. Mr. Dodd, I felt to go back to you for a rebuttal. Would you like to care to have any words for the council at this point before you continue our conversation? Well, I appreciate it. I was wondering if I can get the chance, but obviously I couldn't respond to a lot of comments that came from the opposition because it didn't relate to this particular case. And in response to Council Member González, quite frankly, you keep saying that. And I can say that I respect your decision, whatever you go for, but you keep saying that during this COVID, if you do once we may have to do it again. So my question is what's wrong with helping small businesses during COVID. So maybe you should actually, and I said that in my email, at this point, this is a time that we all need to help small businesses to expedite their permits, expedite their zoning cases and whatever we can't get them back in the business as opposed to delay. So, but again, that's my comments, and I said that in my email earlier today as well. But again, thank you for your. Thank you, Mr. Adodd. I appreciate it, and thank you for the indulgence. I saw Mr. Gonzalez and then Councilman or Sutton. Thank you, Mr. Adodddd. And I, like I said, I agree with you. I mean, you're right. I mean, but like I said, I, I, we're always gonna say yes. I mean, you're right. This is different. We need to do it because the COVID, we need to help the small businesses. But, you know, I've seen it through other cities where they've made variances and then they don't do the one and you will, you look at it and say, why did they do it for this person? So if we're willing as a city council to when these come up that we're gonna say yes to all of them, I don't have a problem doing it, but I just don't wanna do it once and then say no to other people. So like I said, that's, I agree with you. This is a different time. We need to be saying yes to these, but I don't wanna cause an issue later down the road that we say no to somebody else and it looked like we gave preference or treatment to other people. So thank you. And I, No, sorry. Well, again, I would have not asked how did not been for COVID. I don't agree with you. But I really would not have been requested that because of the circumstances. And I can say, you know me, I've been doing business for 35 years as I mentioned to Councilman Sutton, I have never once asked for that. So it's not that that has been precedent prior to me. Many people have asked for it, but I didn't use that as a precedent or ask for a judgment. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry. Thank you, Mr. Gonzalez. Thank you, Mr. Haudod. I see Councilmember Sutton. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Pro Temp. I just want to reiterate each case that comes forward to casals is unique in its own. We evaluate based on merit. One size doesn't fit all. We don't rubber stamp cases. I say that everybody that files the first and final reading gets approval, it's about evaluating East Case on the merit. And looking at this case and looking at the previous case, the criteria in my mind meets the need for moving forward with this. I, for the public record, I have not received or accepted any donation from the owner or from the applicant. And so I'm basing this on the merits of it. And I would hate to think that every case coming forward to council should receive the same treatment. We all come from different frame of reference and different perspectives, and that's the way we should approach each case. This is an emergency case for first and final rating. And we were told earlier by our city attorney that it requires a unanimous vote in order to move forward. If it doesn't and receives majority, it goes to a second reading. And so, based on merit alone, and that's what I ask my colleagues to do, look at it and based on merit alone. Thank you, Mr. Sutton. I appreciate it. Council member, Dr. Nunez. Thank you. Deputy Mayor Procurem. I just have a quite procedural question. And I want to agree with Council Member Martin Sutton. I think his points are well-made. So, if it isn't passed, if it fails on the first vote, do we then have to make a second motion? Ms. Sully, is our city attorney could you answer that question? Ms. Sully, thank you. Dr. Nunez, if you take it on first and final reading and it does not pass with the unanimous vote, however, it has a majority vote. Then it would move on automatically for second reading. Thank you. That's, thank you. You've answered my question. And just for clarification, sake, second reading, would we schedule for the next council meeting, which would be January 12th. 12th. Thank you, Ms. Lopel. I appreciate that. Just for clarification sake, so everyone is aware. There are any other comments or questions from council? Is that a comment or question councilman Sutton? Okay. Does it question? Yes. Councilman Sutton? Okay. Yes, then proceed please if it's a question please proceed. What is the demographics of the surrounding apartment complex? The demographics of the surrounding complex Honestly, I don't know I haven't looked into it. I'm a shopping center. I'm a shopping center owner, so I don't quite frankly get into that for my involvement. So I don't know that. I can't answer that. Rince and I ask that sometime under serve communities, you find where there are legal stores and pawn shops in those particular areas. And that's why I asked that. Yeah, I can tell you that I don't know about apartment. We've got apartments surrounding area, my shopping center, but on the other hand, we have homes, you know, 400,000 to $2,3 million home. We have a really a mix of different type of developments. We do have some older apartments from Grand Prairie side quite frankly, you know, which is, I, by the way, right on the borderline of Arlington Grand Prairie, it's about located in Arlington. So a lot of these apartments that they're talking about are actually located in Grand Prairie, not Arlington. Thank you, Councilman Sutton. Any other questions from Council? Not seeing any cards. I will close the public hearing. I'll now ask Council to take action. Do I have a motion? Before we proceed, Ms. Olese, could you explain once again what it is we are about to do when we take this vote? The item is currently on for first and final reading. As a result of that, it will require unanimous vote of those present and voting. As a minor standing, we have two council members who are having to abstain because of a conflict, and therefore that leaves seven remaining council members. It would take all seven for this to pass on first and final. If we get five or more votes but not a full seven, five or more it would then move on for second reading at the meeting on January 12th. Thank you, Ms. Sully. So I just wanted to make sure that it was clarified. Do I have a motion? on January 12th. Thank you, Ms. Sully. So I just wanted to make sure that it was clarified. Do I have a motion? I see a motion from Dr. Councilwoman, Dr. Odom Wesley, and a second from Dr., it was a tie, so I'll say, I'll go, give it to the new person. Councilwoman Ruby Fable, Orange. So a motion in first and seconded of any other comments. Councilwoman Gonzalez, do you have comments? First statement. I want to appreciate, I want to thank my fellow council members for the banter. I do have an open mind, so I do appreciate what was said and I like to hear that so it's great working with you all. Thank you. Councilman M. Sutton. Thank you Mayor Pro Tem. And Mayor Pro Tem, I'll probably be supporting this particular request the fact that a year ago, the same circumstances were trying to hit deadlines, were trying to avoid financial setback, we were sympathetic then. Moving forward we have COVID that plays a complicated role and what we do and I can support this. I just want for public record again that I have not accepted any donations from Mr. Hadam or the African and the Baseless on Merit alone. Thank you, Mr. Sutton. I'll make my own comment now before we proceed to the vote. I just want to make clear, when we're making this decision for this first and final reading, we are always making our decision based on merit, regardless of what happens in election time. It doesn't matter about donations. It doesn't matter about who knows whom or what. As Mr. Sutton has so aptly pointed out, all of us are charged as policymakers on this dius to make a decision based on the merits of the case being brought to us. Currently, this case is being brought to us as a first and final because Mr. Hadad is attempting to rectify a financial ex-incese circumstance with one of his tenets and to make sure that small businesses can be helped and then the spot can be fulfilled. So on that I find on the merits that I will be supporting this and I just wanted to go on record though that this has nothing to do with whom or what or anything outside the auspices of what is being presented to Council in front of us. Thank you very much. With that we have a motion in a second. Will you Council cast your votes? I can't, yeah, I can't we can't see council council can you please hold your cards up for just a moment more we blanked out and went to only me voting so okay there's a we have a unanimous vote so it's unanimous vote first it's passed on its first and final reading thank you mr. Adodd very much for your caring concern about your small businesses and your work here to make sure retail survives in this COVID process. So thank you very much, sir, and thank you, Council, for your robust discussion. With that, we'll ask the Mayor to return to the meeting at this point. Okay, next we move to 14.1 speed limit revisions on FM 157 Cooper Street and I'll call upon Mr. Keith Brooks. Good evening Mayor and Council. Keith Brooks Director of Public Works and Transportation here to present the first reading of an ordinance amendment to revise the speed limit on FM 157 Cooper Street between the state highway 180 Division Street and state spur 303 Pirate Parkway. Textot, Arlington Police and Public Works have investigated this corridor to revise a speed limit from 30 miles an hour to 35 miles an hour. The speed limit was reduced in 2018 as a traffic calming measure. Since then, in 2019, TechStyle conducted a Cooper Street UTA pedestrian study, which provided recommendations for additional pedestrian safety enhancements, in which TechStyle City of Arlington and the UTA collaborated on the installation of enhancements, including installing more pedestrian signage, updating all the crosswalks in the corridor, updating intersections such as Abram Street, Netterman Drive, UTA Boulevard and Mitchell Street, with accessible pedestrian signals with countdown timers. Also, there were adjustments to traffic signal timing. Staff has a court has coordinated with text dot on the ideal of increasing the speed limit to 35 miles an hour, and they have indicated that they would support the speed limit revision. Based on the investigation, pedestrian safety enhancements and support from text dot. We are recommending the revision of the speed limit on FM 157 Cooper Street between State Highway 180 Division Street and State Spur 303 Pioneer Parkway to 35 miles an hour. At this time I'll answer any questions that you might have. Any questions from Mr. Brooks? Okay. With that Mr. Buskin do we have any speakers on the sign? Yes sir we have one speaker on this item Alicia Gray I believe we have Miss Gray on the line. Thank you. Thank you. My name is Alicia Gray. My address is 4K and Baylor Drive, 76010. Initially, I was opposed to the increase of the speed one that I'm still not supporting at this point, only because I don't think that I just expected that the way that it's going to go is it will be increased. What I'd like to ask is that in addition to some of the things that the suburbs in the area to provide safety in that area is that if we could get those radar signs and place them not just at the beginning of that 35 mile an hour school woman is known on either end, that place them throughout that area between A&M and Pioneer Parkway. 35 mile an hour is not a problem. To people who live in the neighborhood, the problem is that the traffic, when this season, it was 35 miles an hour, the traffic moved at 40, 45 miles an hour. So when we went to 30, then we got 35 and 40 mile an hour traffic, which my roommate had. And others who live along in neighborhoods that are joined in the industry, there are four exits from my neighborhood that exit aren't that you can enter or exit to the industry. There are four exits from my neighborhood that exit aren't, that you can enter or exit from to the industry. The other way is off of Pine of Parkway. With this food limit at 35 and traffic traveling that's faster than that, there is no way to get out of my neighborhood except on one street where there was a traffic signal. So if you were going anywhere south from here or needed to get out onto Cooper. So I just asked that if we could get some radar signs that are spaced along that area there, that just reminds people that this big limit is 35, it's not 45, it's not 50. And for a longer than just a couple of weeks because there are number of people who are out as frequently and may not be along that corridor as often. But that would just be my request. Otherwise, I would reluctantly support the increased interest in this week on it. Thank you Ms. Gray. With that, any comments or questions here from council members? Okay, Mr. Sutton. Thank you, Mayor. The district I represent has a junior college center or community college I would say, and it does create problems with traffic because you have the college student driving. And because of the way my district laid out, I have high schools and junior high schools and elementary schools. But I do agree with the caller that signage would be the best way to mitigate. I think the speed limit along New York Avenue is about 40 miles an hour. We did experience a lot of crashes, but with some of the signage and flash and incase a curve ahead, we were able to mitigate some of that. So signs would be the way to go. And I'll be supporting this ordinance to increase the speed limit along Cooper. Okay. Do we have a motion then, Mr. Sutton? Mayor, I move for approval. Okay, we have a motion. We have a second from Dr. Nunez. Any other discussion? Okay, please catch your votes. Thank motion passes. Thank you. And thank you Mr. Brooks for all the information here from you and your department. It's very helpful here in our discussion and what we've had and thank you, Mr. Gray, and we'll certainly take your input into consideration. With that, we move to 15.2. Well, now we have 15.1, electing Mayor Pro Tem and deputy mayor pro tem. I'll turn to Mr. Buskin or city secretary. Thank you mayor Williams item 15.1 is two resolutions. One electing a city council member to serve as mayor pro tem until after the next city of Arlington general election until until a successor is duly elected and qualified and the second is a resolution electing a City Council member to serve as Deputy Mayor Pro Tem until after the next city of Arlington General Election until a successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. Baskin, do we have any speakers on this, Senator? No, sir, we do not. Okay, I'll call upon Dr. Nunez. Thank you Mayor. I'd like to make the motion that we as a council elect Dr. Victoria Foreromars as Mayor Pro Tem and that I would also like to nominate Helen Moisee, as Deputy Mayor Pro Temt. I'd like to second that. These are the two of our council members that are my senior here and our council and have certainly represented us very well. And with that there, I'd love to open it up for any discussion there. So we have an emotion from Dr. Nunez and I'm seconding. Seeing no discussion there, please cast your votes. Motion passes. Now we'll move to 15.2. We have appointments to the Economic Development Corporation. I'll call upon Mr. Jim Parishan, Deputy City Manager Economic Development and Community Investment. Yes, Mayor and Council. Before you tonight is a resolution that involves appointing seven members of seven board of directors for the Arlington Economic Development Corporation. In the November election, the citizens of Arlington voted to approve a quarter sales tax to help fund the Arin Economic Development Corporation. That corporation is a 4B authorized by state law and governed by state law. The state law does require that there be seven board members. Those seven board members are appointed by the city council. The seven board members must be residents of the city of R-Ointin. And during the series of previous discussions with the Economic Development Committee as well as with the full council, there are seven members that are on your resolution tonight. Those members include Michael Jacobson, who is the CEO of the Greater Chamber of Commerce for Arlington. Gerald Alley, the President of Conreal Construction. Dr. Jim Vesasquez, who is the former superintendent of the Mansfield Independent School District. John Whiteley, Senior Vice President of Texas Health Resources, one of our headquarters locations. Carmenza Moreno, a small business owner in the city of Arlington, Jolinda Mascuango, owner of and CEO of a carry management, and Mojia Dodd, president of CHS Architects Group. Mayor, after looking at the different talent pool that the city has, we are very fortunate we have hundreds of people who would be well qualified to serve on the economic development corporation and they will play valuable roles whether they are on the economic development corporation or in support of the city's economic development efforts in a variety of different forms, whether they're private citizens or corporate citizens, they may help us in recruitment or retain efforts, a business retaining efforts. So Mayor, I'd be happy to take any questions that the Mayor and Council have. Mr. Peale. I'd like to make a motion to approve. Here we have a motion for approval and Dr. Noonious. There are seconds. Any other discussion? Mr. Gonzalez. Mayor, Mr. Parijon, can you give us a brief summary on conflict of interest for the citizens that we're listening to? I know during the election in November there was a lot of talk about potentially having people on this boarded serving on this board that might have conflicts of interest. So can you address that for the public, please? Sure, I'd be happy to. So state law governs conflict of interest laws related to the economic development corporation as well as city policies and city procedures. So much like the city council, there are conflict of interest related to a variety of different business and personal arrangements that would prohibit a board member from taking action on certain things. So the conflict of interest provisions in the state law are very clear and very are very clear and very direct and we would absolutely expect the board of directors for the Arlington Economic Development Corporation to be able to successfully manage those conflicts of interest. Okay. Any other questions or discussion? Okay. Please cast your votes. Mayor, this is Mr. Boss. Can we do have one speaker on this item? Oh, do we? Yes, sir. All right. Let's hear the speaker. The speaker is Brian Roberts. We have Mr. Roberts on the line. I'm sorry. Are you there? We have Mr. Roberts on the line. I'm ready to arrive at different. Mr. Roberts, would you please move your device? Rangeman. Yes. I'm sorry. Are you there? Yes. All right. If you could please provide your name, address, and comments, please. Yes, this is Brian Roberts, 5-115, Racket Club Drive, 7-6-0-1-7. First, I'd like to thank the Mayor Williams City Council and the City staff for your efforts, commitment, leadership, and help them to run this city. I've owned a business in Arlington since 1986, and this has been a great community to raise my family to go to school and build quality relationships. I just like to say I understand and appreciate the direction of the city is trying to go with the economic development corporation. And the EDC makes good economic sense. Now there are some major revenue generating opportunities and initiatives that the city can capitalize on if we have the leverage to act on them and funding the EDC can give Arlington that leverage. Arlington is in a competition with every other city, not just in the metroplex, but the country for new business and talented people. I'm no expert in city affairs, but in my business, we've always known that investments in our business provided stability, continued development, and the ability to take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves. And that's exactly the way I look at the EDC. I also understand the more revenue a city can generate by attracting business and people. The better the services a city can deliver for a sustainable community. The Economic Development Corporation gives us equal footing with all the other cities that have already made this investment. They're using it to attract business, repurpose unused and underused properties, to melt demolish vacated properties, create jobs, and help build sustainable communities. That's my hope for our EDC. Right now, we've got tremendous momentum in the city. I'll admit, the pandemic has slowed that momentum a bit. But with smart use of the money and the EDC and our diverse and inclusive leadership, I believe we can experience great success and realize the full potential of the city. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Roberts. With that, any other speakers, Mr. Busskin? No, sir. There are no additional speakers. Then with that, please cast your votes. Motion passes. This is an historic night here in which economic development here, corporation, will put us on a on an even bigger trajectory. Here, as Arlington has become, one of the leaders in job creation without the EDC imagine what we can do with it. And I love the comments of Mr. Roberts who is one of those many there who could easily qualify to serve on this economic development corporation. There, but we only had seven spots there on it. He does serve on our economic recovery task force. I mean, it's been a faithful citizen and leader here with it, but could you hear the passion that is there and the opportunity that we see here in our community is we work to create jobs and we know that is we create jobs and we help our small businesses here along the way. We are helping to build a stronger city and to help our families be able to provide for themselves. And of course says we've often talked about creating jobs and growing our tourism, which also creates jobs, is our one opportunity for us to be able to keep taxes down and to be able to realize continuing to provide superior services here in our community for our citizens. And then the other part of this, we've had a lot of questions asked about the economic development corporation. Well, we have seen cities all over North Texas to very successfully implement economic development corporations. We are very late to the game here in having an economic development corporation, but I'm glad we took this step. It was very hard to get here, but I can tell you our neighboring city that Panthego does an incredible job with their EDC. Other smaller cities have it, and then of course cities across America that we are competing with for jobs also have this. And then even more importantly, when we are trying to keep our small businesses and help them to grow, this will be a very very useful tool for this. And there is not any other entity here in the city like this economic development corporation. This is a very unusual animal in which we need people that have different expertise and have plenty of talents and knowledge to bring to the table because we are counting on the CDC to be able to help our economy so that we can help all of the 400,000 people here in our community. And the other thing that I will say that I think is amazing is that I do not know of a more diverse EDC than the one that was just put together and I thank you for our economic development committee and their work on that But it also says a whole lot for Arlington to be able to have this kind of diversity But I can tell you there are a whole lot of our leaders that are very disappointed right now that they are not part of that set But we need it each and every one of you to help us in identifying companies that need help here within our community either in helping them to survive but also in helping them perhaps to expand we also need each of them perhaps to expand. We also need each of our leaders to be looking for those businesses that they may have a relationship that may want to move to a community like Arlington that has so much to offer there too of business. And of course there are many other things that we have also want to say thank you there to our chambers from the greater Orlington chamber to our black chamber to the Fort Worth Metropolitan, black chamber to our Latino Chamber. There along the way we're going to need each and every one of you. And we look forward to continuing to be a leader in job creation and then more importantly making a major difference here for our small businesses when many times we could not. So this has been 30 years coming here and it is a great milestone here for us to be able to have this. And now the other part of this is that this economic development corporation is going to go to work. And they're going to be looking for how to be able to use this money to be able to best improve our community. And that's why we wanted to create it now. The money will not be available until this summer. But yet, we have an opportunity for them to continue to be looking at how to use it, but also to go ahead and be talking about their the opportunities that exist for our community. So with that, I want to thank this council. I want to thank the ones that are serving and I want to thank all of the expertise and knowledge that is going to be helping the economic development corporation so that we can continue to be a national leader in economic development. So with that, we'll next move on to the next item of business, which is citizen participation, and Mr. Musking, go over speaker guidelines in the Court. Thank you, Mayor Williams. Citizen participation gives the public an opportunity to make comments or address concerns which are not posted on the evening's agenda. However, please understand that the Mayor and Council are not permitted by law to respond or address your concerns at this time as these items are not included on the Post-it Council agenda for this evening. The mayor and council may only ask clarifying questions and or direct staff to take appropriate action. Speakers will be given three minutes to make their comments. Mayor, we have two speakers for citizen participation this evening. Our first speaker is Grace McDermott. Quick Dermott. This is Jim Pointer. Okay. This McDermott. Hello. Yeah. Hi, if you could just please provide your name, address and comments please. Oh. My name is Grace McDermott at 2114 Franklin Dry, Arlington 76011. Please provide. And yes. You want me to go ahead? Yes please. Please provide. Yes. You want me to go ahead? Yes, please. Just start speaking. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Hello. Good evening. My name is Grace McDermott. I'm the president of the US Pan-Asian American Chamber Southwest. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to speak in front of the City Council. On October 21, this year, our Camber presented our 19th Annual Asian Business Expo, featuring US Transportation Secretary, Madame Elaine Chao, as our keynote speaker. At this regional Asian business expo, we presented our first diversity and inclusion champion award to the City of Arlington and Mayor Jeff Williams. The award was to celebrate and salute the city for its vision to form on-ings and first Unity Council building partnership and addressing racial relations in the city. To recognize this unity spirit of the city, our Chamber was proud to present this award and our Expo, which over 150 joining in the first hour is spent virtually. It was also on Facebook. So just wanted to give a very short report and let the other know that this was happening. Again, thank you for allowing our Chamber the honor to present this award to the City. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. McDermott. Our next speaker is Jim Pointer. Mr. Pointer. Yes, ma'am. You can just provide the name and address in comments please. Sure. My name is Jim Pointer and I live at 2307 Castle Rock Road in North Arlington with my wife Peggy. My comments are just to call and give a heartfelt thanks to our city leaders, starting with Jeff Williams and the City Council and the staff led by Craig for all the things accomplished over the last several years. And Jeff, I know you're 10 years going to come to a close mid-year next year and I just felt at this holiday season compelled to call you all. The only agenda item I have tonight is loving my heart coming from being a resident here since the mid 80s, owning and operating my commercial real estate company here since the early 90s and saying having developed office buildings and earring, grapevine, arlington, granpare probably leaving something out. I can tell you have never worked with more professional staff and drag you around for a lot of those years under your direction. But Jeff, I don't know how a city could have ever been more fortunate to have a mayor with your unique skill sets to lead it through what we've done in the last five or six years in terms of growth in this city. And every one of you council members are to be congratulated for working through this very difficult 2020 and getting us to where next year post vaccine our city will just take off again like a rocket ship. So Merry Christmas to each of you. Thank you for your hard hard work and Jeff God bless you. Thank you. Mr. Buskin. That concludes our speakers sir. Okay we'll move to announcements. Okay, we'll move to announcements. Mr. Sutton. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to take the opportunity to our viewing public. I know this is our last council meeting. The wish all our citizens a safe holiday season and a prosperous new year. Thank you, Mr. Sutton. Mayor. The other mayor of the speaker for our Mars. Thank you, Mr. Sudden. Mayor. The speaker for our Mars. Thank you, Mayor, very much. I just wanted to take a point of personal privilege and thank the, not only Dr. Nunez, but yourself for the motion to, or Mayor Pro Tem, but also to heartfelt thanks to my colleagues for showing support in putting me into that position, I very much respect each and every one of you. I thank you for the honor to serve in that position and I wholeheartedly will roll up my sleeves in the new year to make sure that we work hard to make 2021 an even better year to look forward to. And I also wish everyone a Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa and enjoy your safe holiday season together. Hopefully close to family. Thank you mayor appreciate the point of privilege. Thank you mayor pro temp. Next Mr. Busking. Thank you mayor I'd like to remind our residents Arlington City Council evening meetings are rebroadcast on Sundays at 6 p.m. and on Wednesday and Saturday mornings at 6.30 a.m. The Council's afternoon work sessions are rebroadcast on Sundays at 1 p.m. Wednesdays at 1.30 p.m. and on Saturdays at 6.00 p.m. You can also watch the meetings online anytime at www.arlingtontx.gov. Thank you, Mr. Busskin. And we wish all of our citizens the best here through the holidays. And of course, remember to work very hard to stay safe and use our masks, social distance, and our hygiene here to work to stay safe. Better days are ahead as we have vaccines coming and we very much appreciate the cooperation here in our community and working together. And remember to extend that hand of kindness because there are so many of your neighbors that need it. And so with that, let's stay on to strong and we stand adjourned. Thank you. Merry Christmas! you you you you you