[1. Call To Order]
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[2. Work Session (Open to the Public) a. Discussion of agenda items.]
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CONVENE INTO OUR WORK SESSION.AFTER THAT, WE'LL RECONVENE INTO OUR GENERAL SESSION AT 6:30.
WITH THAT, WE'LL CONVENE INTO THE WORK SESSION.
WE'LL START WITH I'M EDMUND HAAS, CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
WE'LL START WITH OUR REMOTE PARTICIPANT COMMISSIONER BISHOP.
HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? HEY, CINDY. GOOD. OKAY. COMMISSION MEMBERS VICE CHAIR SUE BLANKENSHIP.
PRESENT. ED MAURER. PRESENT. AND WE HAVE SAMIT PATEL PRESENT, ALONG WITH WITH CINDY BISHOP.
SO WE'RE MISSING JOHN AND KENT TONIGHT OR ARE THEY JUST LATE? I BELIEVE THEY WERE COMING. OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE THE.
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING DIFFERENT. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL START WITH FIVE. KAMI WOULD KNOW.
OKAY. SHE'S THE GATEKEEPER. ARE THE OTHER TWO.
EVERYONE SAID YES. OH, OKAY. WELL FULL HOUSE.
GOOD. ALL RIGHT, YOU INTRODUCE STAFF AND WE GO WITH IT.
YEAH. SO YOU KNOW WHO I AM. MARY PARON-BOSWELL SENIOR PLANNER.
GOT MATT STEER, SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, MR. COLE BAKER.
VERY NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR. CIVIL ENGINEER. BOB IS NOT COMING TONIGHT.
AND WE HAVE KAMI MCGEE, OUR BOARD SECRETARY. SO ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM SIX IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SAINT CONSTANTINE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
YOU GUYS SAW THEM LAST YEAR. THEY CAME IN TO USE THE CHURCH AT MACARTHUR AND STARLEAF THERE.
AND THEY ARE IN OPERATION. THEY HAD PERMISSION TO DO UP TO 100 STUDENTS, I BELIEVE.
THEY HAVE 69 STUDENTS CURRENTLY. THEY'VE COME BACK IN TO REQUEST TO GO UP TO 130 STUDENTS.
THEY'VE PROVIDED US WITH SOME DATA. SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE COMING BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE DID GET A LETTER FROM THEM REQUESTING THAT THIS BE THE PUBLIC HEARING BE TABLED TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS MAY 21ST. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO IS OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, BASICALLY READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE IT.
OKAY. DOES THAT REQUIRE A MOTION. YES. OKAY. WHY ARE WE TABLING IT? SO WE HAVE TO BUTTON UP SOME ISSUES. SO WE JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO TO DO THAT.
ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT THE CASE OR NO. I WAS NOT GOING TO PRESENT IT TONIGHT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT TWICE. THANK YOU.
AND I'LL DO A FULL PRESENTATION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
OKAY. YES. SO IF SOMEONE CAN MAKE IT FOR MAY 21ST I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY. AND THEN THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM REALLY ON THE AGENDA.
AND SO I GET MY CHEAT SHEET. SO ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ON TUESDAY THREE ORDINANCES WERE APPROVED. THE OFFICE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT POINT WEST AND DIVIDEND FOR FRONTERA.
THE ORDINANCE FOR THE TRU HOTEL AT NORTHWESTERN DRIVE AND FREEPORT.
AND THEN THE ORDINANCE FOR LOST CREEK. THE LIVE WORK WAS ALSO APPROVED.
ALSO ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE HAD THE PD FOR 767 WEST MAIN STREET.
SO DOWN IN OLD TOWN, IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE ASKING TO ALLOW FOR OFFICE AND MEDICAL OFFICE.
AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, THAT MOTION OR THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED.
IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS REQUIRED A SUPERMAJORITY FROM COUNCIL.
THAT ONE WAS ULTIMATELY DENIED. WHAT WAS THE VOTE ON THAT? WAS IT CLOSE OR? IT WAS LIKE FIVE TWO? 4,3. FOUR THREE.
OH, MAYBE IT WAS FIVE TWO. IT WAS DENIED. IT WAS DENIED.
OKAY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR OR IT WAS. YEAH.
YEAH. BECAUSE IT WAS THREE THREE HERE. IT WAS A TIE HERE.
THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH IT WAS. I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS FIVE TWO.
OKAY. AND THEN WE HAD THE SHOPS AT SANDY LAKE.
WAS THAT A TIE OR WAS THE DOGGY THING A TIE? NO THE DOGGY WAS A DENIAL.
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YEAH. THE DOGGY WAS A DENIAL. OKAY. I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT WAS DENIED BY TIE, I THINK.YEAH, THE DOGGY WAS DENIED BY TIE. I READ IN THE MINUTES THAT IT WAS A TIE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS DENIED BY TIE.
WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? I JUST HAVE THE AGENDA.
TO MEDICAL OFFICE. OKAY. FIVE ONE. YEAH. IT WAS FIVE ONE DENIED.
I'VE SLEPT SINCE THEN, I CAN'T REMEMBER. I JUST KNOW IT WAS THAT IT WAS DENIED.
AND THEN SHOPS AT SANDY LAKE THAT WAS A LONG HEARING.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THEY CONTINUED IT TO THE APRIL 28TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL ON THE 28TH AND. WELL CONTINUED WHAT? JUST TO HEAR MORE, TO HEAR MORE, MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT.
WE MADE THE SAME SUGGESTION. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH.
DO SOMETHING. WERE THERE MORE ISSUES RAISED OR WAS IT.
THE SAME? SAME ONE? PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. YEAH.
I THINK IT'S THAT U-TURN. I THINK YOU CAN FIX THAT.
IT'S THE TRAFFIC. IF YOU FIX THAT, GO ACROSS AND MAKE A U-TURN ISSUE I THINK.
YEAH. SO THERE'S A LOT I THINK A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE.
I THINK THEY HAD LIKE 22 PEOPLE SIGNED UP. WOW.
YEAH. SO IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR OF PEOPLE. PUBLIC INPUT.
PUBLIC INPUT. CORRECT? YES. SO THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK ON THE 28TH.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AND THEN SAMARITAN'S PURSE WAS THE LAST ITEM FROM US ON THE AGENDA.
THAT WAS APPROVED IN TERMS OF THE PD TO ALLOW FOR THE NEW BUILDING AND THE PARKING.
THE WAIVER FOR THE TREE MITIGATION FEES WAS DENIED.
SO THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY THE TREE MITIGATION FEES.
AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SO I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A COUPLE MINUTES LATE. SO THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OFF IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA. CORRECT? YES. OKAY, GREAT. SO IT SHOULD BE QUICK.
YEAH. YEAH. SORRY. AND WE'VE GOT COOKIES FOR EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP TONIGHT.
WE REALLY DID DIVERT ATTENTION. COOKIES DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE COOKIES.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT TURNED INTO A GREAT MEETING. WOW. YEAH.
THAT'S DEFINITELY A WIN ON A MEETING. AND THEY'VE GOT SPRINKLES.
THEY WERE GOOD. THEY WERE GOOD SUGAR. IT HELPS TO REDIRECT THE CONCERN.
AND WE GOT FIVE SUBMISSIONS. THE FIRST ONE YOU ONLY GET ONE SUBMISSION? ONLY GOT ONE SUBMISSION. THEY WANTED MORE? OKAY. YEAH. AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF IT WAS JUST LIKE JUST AFTER NEW YEAR'S. AND THEN THERE WAS LIKE THE BIG STORM.
AND I THINK THERE WAS LIKE ENOUGH TIME. SO WE WENT OUT AGAIN.
DO YOU KNOW WHO THE APPLICANTS WERE. YEAH. I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT THEM LISTED RIGHT HERE.
ABLE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP, WESTWOOD KIMLEY-HORN AND PLANNING NEXT LLC.
PLANNING NEXT. LLC. LLC. SO THE SHORTLIST PROCESS OR WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SELECTION AND GO, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO READ THROUGH THEM AND SEE WHO.
ANY OF THOSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SELECTION.
FROM THE ORIGINAL. YEAH. YEP. DID THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
YEAH IT WAS DESIGN WORKSHOP WAS IT. FROM THE FIRST SUBMITTAL FROM THE.
FROM THE ORIGINAL COMP PLAN FOR THE LAST COMP PLAN.
LAST COMP PLAN WAS BWR OR. YEAH. AND THEY DIDN'T THEY'RE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.
OKAY. SO FROM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE, YOU KNOW, A COMPANY AND THEN WE'LL HAVE CREATE SOME LIKE FOCUS GROUPS AND STEERING COMMITTEES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WHEN'S THE TARGETED START DATE FOR ANY COMMITTEE WORK OR ANY WORK WE NEED TO DO AS PART OF THAT.
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OKAY. WE'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU APPRIZED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.THANK YOU. IT'S VERY WE'RE IN THE VERY INITIAL STAGES.
SO PROBABLY. THE EARLIEST I CAN SEE IS JULY. I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH SELECTION RIGHT NOW.
YEAH. OH, YEAH. AND THEN BY THE TIME CONTRACTING AN AWARD AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, ACTIVATE.
SO PROBABLY EARLIEST IS JULY. IT'S DEFINITELY A PROCESS.
SO. YEAH, IT'LL BE FUN. LOTS OF FUN COMING UP.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CINDY ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? NOTHING HERE. NOTHING THERE. OKAY. TOUGH NIGHT TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. STILL WORKING. YAY! YEAH. AND WE'LL START RIGHT AT 6:30 SO WE CAN BE OUT BY 06:31.
[LAUGHTER] WORKS FOR ME. MAYBE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MOTIONS TO MAKE.
YES WE DO. OKAY. YEAH. IT'D BE IMPRESSIVE IF WE COULD START AT 6:30 AND END AT 6:30.
HAS IT EVER BEEN DONE? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE.
YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT INCLUDED A PRESENTATION TOO.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, I'LL ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION AT 6:14 AND WE'LL RECONVENE AT 6:30.
[3. Regular Session (Open to the Public)]
OKAY. THE TIME IS 6:30. AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION IS RECONVENING INTO GENERAL SESSION.OUR FIRST ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS I'M SORRY, COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, EXCEPT KENT HAFEMANN.
FOR THE RECORD THERE. ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS APPEARANCE.
KAMI, HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM THERE.
[5. 2026-0182 Consider approval of the March 19, 2026, Planning and Zoning meeting minutes.]
IT'S ITEM FIVE APPROVAL OF OUR MARCH 19TH MEETING MINUTES.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION OR A MOTION BY THE COMMISSION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH 19TH MINUTES.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DOBMEIER. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
AYE. COMMISSIONER PATEL. AYE. VICE CHAIR BLANKENSHIP.
AYE. CHAIRMAN HAAS. AYE. COMMISSIONER MAURER.
ABSTAIN. AND COMMISSIONER BISHOP. AYE. ALL APPROVED.
NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM SIX ON THE AGENDA IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
[6. 2026-0181 PUBLIC HEARING: Consider approval of S-1113R3-SF-7, Saint Constantine School, Lot 1, Block A Corp of Episcopal Diocese Dallas, a special use permit revision to increase the allowable maximum enrollment from 100 students to 130 students at the Church of the Apostles located at 322 S. MacArthur Boulevard, at the southeast corner of Starleaf Street and MacArthur Boulevard, at the request of Catharine Clayton of the Saint Constantine School. STAFF REP.: Mary Paron-Boswell]
THIS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF S-1113R3-SF-7.THAT BEING THE SAINT CONSTANTINE SCHOOL, LOT ONE, BLOCK A, LOT, BLOCK A CORPORATION OR CORP OF EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF DALLAS. A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REVISION TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT FROM 100 STUDENTS TO 130 STUDENTS AT THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES, LOCATED AT 322 SOUTH MACARTHUR BOULEVARD AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF STARLEAF STREET AND MACARTHUR BOULEVARD, AT THE REQUEST OF CATHARINE CLAYTON OF THE SAINT CONSTANTINE SCHOOL.
WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES STILL OUTSTANDING ON THIS ITEM.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAAS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PARDON? WAIT. CAN WE.
I'M SORRY TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. TABLE IT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO. OH WE'RE GOING TO. YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN BLANKENSHIP. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM SO THAT ON OUR MAY 21ST MEETING, WE'LL HEAR THE STAFF PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION, AND THEN DELIBERATION.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM SIX ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND. DO YOU WANT TO TABLE IT TO DATE SPECIFIC.
MAY 21ST. MAY 21ST. THANK YOU. TABLE TO MAY 21ST.
SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAAS. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLANKENSHIP.
CHAIRMAN HAAS. AYE. COMMISSIONER MAURER. AYE.
COMMISSIONER BISHOP. AYE. ALL APPROVED NONE OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM SEVEN ON THE AGENDA IS UPDATE ON CITY COUNCIL ITEMS. WE HEARD THOSE IN OUR WORK SESSION. SO I'LL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT AND WITH NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE AT THE TIME IS 6:32 AND I'LL ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.