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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO[Board of Adjustments: Panel A on August 19, 2025.]
THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.MY NAME IS DAVID NEWMAN AND I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FULL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER OF TODAY'S PANEL A HEARING.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2025.
THE TIME IS 1:00 PM AND I HEREBY CALL THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PANEL A, UH, TO ORDER FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR BOTH IN-PERSON AND HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCE.
A QUORUM OF FOUR OF OUR FIVE MEMBERS IS PRESENT AND THEREFORE WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE MEETING.
FIRST, ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE PANEL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS DAVID NEWMAN AND I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
TO MY IMMEDIATE LEFT IS KATHLEEN DAVIS, RACHEL HAYDEN, AND MICHAEL OVITZ.
TO MY RIGHT IS THERESA CARLISLE, OUR BOARD ATTORNEY AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, DR.
CAMIKA MILLER HOSKINS, BOARD ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF PLANNER, AND MARY WILLIAMS, OUR BOARD SECRETARY AND MEETING MODERATOR.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE RECORD ABOUT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND THE WAY THE HEARING TODAY WILL BE CONDUCTED.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE GIVE OUR TIME FREELY AND RECEIVE NO FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR THAT TIME OTHER THAN COFFEE IN THE MORNING, ICED TEA AND JASON'S DELI FOR LUNCH.
THAT IS IT AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
YOU TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR IT, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT WE OPERATE UNDER CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RULES OF PROCEDURE, WHICH ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
NO ACTION OR DECISION ON A CASE SETS A PRECEDENT.
I WILL SAY AGAIN, NO ACTION OR DECISION ON A CASE SETS A PRECEDENT THAT'S ACCORDING TO CITY CODE.
EACH CASE IS DECIDED UPON ITS OWN MERITS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED EACH USE IS PRESUMED TO BE A LEGAL USE.
WE HAVE BEEN FULLY BRIEFED BY OUR STAFF PRIOR TO THE HEARING AND HAVE ALSO REVIEWED A DETAILED PUBLIC DOCKET, WHICH EXPLAINS THE CASES AND WAS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THIS HEARING.
ANY EVIDENCE YOU WISH TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION ON ANY OF THE CASES THAT WE HEAR TODAY SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD SECRETARY WHEN YOUR CASE IS CALLED.
THE EVIDENCE MUST BE RETAINED IN THE BOARD'S OFFICE AS PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD FOR EACH CASE.
OUR BOARD SECRETARY IS MARY WILLIAMS. SHE'S AT THE FAR RIGHT SIDE OF, OF THE PODIUM UP HERE, AND SHE'S THE PERSON THAT YOU'LL TURN YOUR BLUE SPEAKING INFORMATION TO AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU GIVE TO THE BOARD.
AND THAT IS PERMANENT CITY RECORD.
UM, APPROVALS OF A VARIANCE, SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR REVERSAL OF A BUILDING OFFICIAL REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES OF THE PANEL.
ALL, ALL, ALL OTHER MOTIONS REQUIRES SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
APPROVALS OF A VARIANCE, SPECIAL EXCEPTION, OR REVERSAL OF A BUILDING OR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL DECISION REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
LETTERS OF THE BOARD'S ACTION TODAY WILL BE ISSUED BY OUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR SHORTLY AFTER TODAY'S HEARING AND BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
LASTLY, ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK TODAY MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE OF THEIR BOARD SECRETARY.
OUR RULES STATE THAT THE, TO SPEAK ONLINE, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER 24 HOURS BEFORE THE HEARING.
IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ALL YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO DO IS REGISTER IN ADVANCE OR FILL OUT ONE OF THESE BLUE SHEETS OF PAPER.
ONE MORE TIME, MARY, LAST TIME, BLUE SHEETS OF PAPER.
UM, EACH REGISTER SPEAKER WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY FOR A MAXIMUM OF OUR RULES.
I'M GONNA LET YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'M GONNA TRY TO BE TIGHT ABOUT IT.
I WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, I WILL BE GRACIOUS, BUT I'M GONNA BE STERN THE WAY I CONDUCT THE MEETING.
UM, SO EACH, EACH DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY, WHICH IS THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES, UH, WILL BE ALLOWED.
UH, AND THEN WHEN EACH SPECIFIC CASE IS CALLED, YOU'RE ALLOWED UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
BUT THERE'S A CAVEAT THAT I WILL SPEAK TO WHEN I'M FINISHED IN A MINUTE.
ALL REGISTERED ONLINE SPEAKERS MUST BE PRESENT ON VIDEO, BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
NO TELECONFERENCE MAY BE ALLOWED VIA WEBEX.
ALL COMMENTS AND I REPEAT ALL COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED TO MYSELF AS THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER, AND I MAY MODIFY SPEAKING TIMES EQUALLY AT ANY TIME IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ORDER.
UM, I THINK I'M GUESSING THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY ARE TO SPEAK ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL APPEAL, WHICH IS, UH, BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 0.
DID I GET MY ZERO OR ONE MORE? YEAH.
UM, WHICH IS AT 1 7 7 7 6 DALLAS PARKWAY.
I'M GONNA REPEAT THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT CASE WHEN IT COMES UP, BUT I WANT TO INFORM
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YOU NOW SO I CAN CALIBRATE YOUR EXPECTATIONS.HEARINGS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ARE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO SPEAK PRO OR CON ON A LAND USE CASE.
HEARINGS FOR AN APPEAL OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL ARE DIFFERENT.
THERE'S A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES AS IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE AND THAT IS WHERE IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SPEAK, YOU SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY, NOT DURING THE CASE.
DURING THE CASE, THE APPLICANT AND OR HIS OR HER ATTORNEYS WILL SPEAK IN, IN SPECIFIC TIME AND THEN THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND HIS OR HER, UH, ATTORNEYS WILL SPEAK AND IT WILL GO BACK AND FORTH.
YOU WILL EV YOU WILL SEE EVIDENCE THAT THE BOARD WILL ASK QUESTIONS ALONG THE, ALONG THE WAY DURING THAT IT'S REALLY A TRIAL EXPERIENCE.
THE PUBLIC IS NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE DURING THAT HEARING THAT TRIAL DURING AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL.
I DON'T WANT TO GET ANYONE'S EXPECTATION THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK DURING THAT HEARING.
THE TIME TO SPEAK IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE IS DURING THIS PUBLIC TESTIMONY OF WHICH WE'RE GOING TO MOMENTARILY ALL THE OTHER CASES.
WE HAVE SIX OTHER CASES YOU CAN SPEAK YOU DURING THE ACTUAL CASE 'CAUSE THAT'S A ZONING CASE AND THAT'S CONSIDERED A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S CALLED ALRIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS.
LET ME PREVIEW THE AGENDA FOR TODAY AND THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
THIS MORNING WE HAD, UM, A PRESENTATION OF OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UPDATE BY MYSELF AND THE BOARD ADMINISTRATOR.
WE HAD OUR STAFF BRIEFING AT 10:00 AM UH, WE ARE HEADED TO THE PUBLIC BRIEFING NOW WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN A MOMENT WE'LL BE REVIEWING OUR, UH, PANEL A MINUTES FROM JULY 15TH AND THEN WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 CASES.
THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FIRST TWO CASES THAT ARE ON THE UNCONTESTED DOCKET, WHICH IS BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 AT REMINGTON LANE AND BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 AT ON LIVE OAK STREET.
THOSE, THOSE WERE BRIEFED THIS MORNING AND THE CONSENSUS WAS THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION AND THEREFORE THE, THE BOARD WAS WOULD CONSIDER THEM AS A WHOLE.
AFTER THAT, WE WILL THEN HEAR BONITA 5 3 1 5 BONITA AVENUE.
AFTER BONITA, WE WILL HEAR BELGRADE 5 9 1 7 BELGRADE AFTERNOON.
AFTER BELGRADE WE'LL HEAR MILLER 5 3 0 2 MILLER.
AFTER, AFTER MILLER WE'LL HEAR 1 7 7 6 DALLAS PARKWAY, WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL APPEAL THEN WILL BE HER LAST ONE.
THAT IS THE INTENDED, THAT IS THE INTENDED AGENDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALRIGHT, WE WILL PROCEED TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
UH, THE BOARD SECRETARY HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE, WE HAVE WHAT? 40, 45 SPEAKERS DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? 35.
SHE WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR THREE MINUTE INCREMENT 'CAUSE WE WANNA GET THROUGH EVERYONE.
SHE'S GOT OUR BOARD SECRETARY'S GONNA CALL PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT INCREMENTS OF FIVE.
SO THE PERSON COMES UP AND SPEAK AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR OTHER PEOPLE QUEUING.
MS. BOARD SECRETARY, MR. GERALD MECCA, MICHAEL CRUZ, KATHLEEN KY, CHRISTINA MUNOZ, AND KARA HUNTER, IF YOU COME FORWARD IN THAT ORDER, PLEASE.
WHAT WE ASK YOU TO DO, UH, WHEN PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS NOT SWORN TESTIMONY, PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS YOU JUST GIVING YOUR OPINION, UM, WE ASK FOR YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS 'CAUSE IT WILL GO IN OUR MINUTES THAT YOU AS A PERSON WITH AN ADDRESS CAME AND SPOKE.
UH, THIS IS ALL LIVE AND RECORDED, SO WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT WE SAY IS ALL ON THE RECORD.
THE FIRST SPEAKER, MS. BOARD SECRETARY GERALD MECCA.
NOW I WILL MENTION TO EVERYONE AGAIN, THE STAND GOES UP AND DOWN.
I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW IT DOES, UH, BUT IT DOES GO UP AND DOWN.
THE MICROPHONE WILL JUST KEEP LIVE.
SO IS THE GREEN LIGHT ON? YEAH, SO IT OPEN.
SO WE WANNA LEAVE THE MICROPHONE LIVE, SO DON'T TOUCH THE MICROPHONE.
I'M JUST DOING THIS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS FLOW AND DON'T BE INTIMIDATED.
WE'RE FELLOW CITIZENS OF DALLAS TOO, ARE YOU? SO YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO US FROM YOUR HEART.
I LIVE AT, UH, 54 20 HILTON HEAD DRIVE IN VENTRY NORTH.
MOST OF MY, UH, UH, ADULT LIFE, NO, I'M KIDDING.
UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OR ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, BUT FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR, UH,
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THE CHAMPIONS, UH, RESTAURANT AND SOCIAL CLUB.UM, MY REASON FOR WANTING TO STAND UP AND SPECIFICALLY SAY SOMETHING IS, I HAVE READ SO MUCH ON THIS SUBJECT, SO MUCH TRUE, SO MUCH FALSE, BUT IN MOST CASES, FOLKS THAT DON'T WANT ILLEGAL ACTIVITY I AGREE.
I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB PUTTING TOGETHER THE LAWS THAT PRE PREVENT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND THAT PREVENTING A BUSINESS FROM TAKING OVER A BUILDING THAT WAS LITERALLY DESTROYED FROM THE INSIDE OUT THROUGH COVID WHILE THAT RESTAURANT SOUND THERE, SAT THERE BY ITSELF, TO ME IS A, IS NOT GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN, IN GENERAL.
AND HAVING THIS BUSINESS COME IN, MAKE THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT, AND THEN ASK FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND HAVE IT BE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER SORT OF PITCHFORK AND TORCH CREWS COMING OUT THE CLAIM, THERE'S GONNA BE DISASTER.
I'VE BEEN TO PLENTY OF RESTAURANTS THAT ARE PLENTY DISASTROUS ON THEIR OWN.
THEY GET SHUT DOWN, WE MOVE ON.
THIS BUSINESS NEEDS A CHANCE TO DO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST LIKE ROOTS CHRIS AND THE OTHER NEW RESTAURANT DOWN THE STREET.
SO YOU'RE IN, IN FAVOR OF THE, OF THE APPLICANT? YES.
IN FAVOR OF GIVING THEM THE CO.
NEXT SPEAKER, MR. MICHAEL CRUZ.
GOOD EVENING OR GOOD AFTERNOON, OR RATHER.
I LIVE AT 5 3 4 KIRKWOOD IN DISTRICT NINE.
UM, A STRONGLY SUPPORT CHAMPIONS CLUB.
A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE.
I WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF CHAMPIONS CLUB.
UM, A LITTLE, A LITTLE ABOUT ME.
I'M, UH, A VETERAN OF THE US ARMY.
I FOUGHT IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.
I WAS ALSO, UH, UH, ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO I RETIRED FROM THE ATLANTA METRO AREA.
I, UH, SPECIALIZE IN, UH, NARCOTICS VICE TYPE OPERATIONS.
UM, AND, UH, SO I THINK I I I BRING UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THIS, UH, SITUATION.
I THINK, UH, I THINK THE CONCERN AROUND, UM, UH, THE OCCUPANCY IS, UH, NOT THERE.
THE, IT SHOULDN'T BE CONCERNED.
UH, SO DURING MY TIME AS AN UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE, I WORKED WITH, UH, THE G-B-I-F-B-I-D-E-A, ALL THOSE TYPES.
UM, AND I, UH, UM, INVESTIGATED HIGH LEVEL CAR TIRE NARCOTICS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, LEGAL GAMBLING, AND OTHER ILLICIT ACTIVITIES THAT CONSTITUTE, LIKE I SAID, VICE OPERATIONS.
THIS EXPERIENCE, I FEEL, UH, GIVES ME, UM, SORT OF, UH, GIVES ME, UH, CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CONSTITUTES LIKE A CD UNDERGROUND OPERATION.
AND I, I FEEL THE CHAMPIONS CLUB IS, UH, UH, THE FURTHEST THING FROM IT.
UH, I SEE, I'VE SEEN THEIR FACILITY IN HOUSTON AND LIKE THAT CLUB.
THIS IS, THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL, LUXURIOUS VENUE DESIGNED TO HOST POKER IN A SAFE, REGULATED AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT.
UH, THE RESTAURANT I'VE EATEN THERE IS TOP NOTCH.
UH, THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL CHEF.
UM, AS SOMEONE WHO CONSIDERS, UH, THE OWNER OF FAMILY, I CAN ATTEST TO THE COMMUNITY, I CAN ATTEST TO THEIR COMMITMENT TO INTEGRITY AND THE OWNER, THE AND AND EXCELLENCE.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE CHAMPIONS CLUB AND GIVE THEM A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO EXIST AND COMPETE AS A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS.
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME'S KATHLEEN WALORSKI AND I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR CHAMPION SOCIAL CLUB.
I LIVE AT 7,000 STINT DRIVE IN PLANO, TEXAS, AND I AM A BUSINESS OWNER ALSO IN NORTH DALLAS AREA.
CHAMPIONS IS MORE THAN JUST A RESTAURANT.
IT'S A VIBRANT, WELCOMING SPACE.
IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL FOOD, WARM HOSPITALITY, AND A BEAUTIFULLY UPGRADED ENVIRONMENT.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF DINING THERE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, ENJOYING BIRTHDAY PARTIES, CELEBRATIONS, AND RELAXED EVENINGS WITH FRIENDS.
EACH OF THESE EXPERIENCES HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN MEMORABLE AND OUTSTANDING.
THE RESTAURANT OFFERS A HIGH QUALITY STEAKHOUSE EXPERIENCE.
IT'S LED BY CHEF CONNIE, THE ORIGINAL CHEF FROM THREE FORKS, CONTINUING THE TRADITION OF EXCELLENT FOOD THAT GETS APPRECIATE THE MENU'S, THOUGHTFUL.
THE FLAVORS ARE BOLD AND THE QUALITY IS UNMATCHED.
THE BUILDING HAS SEEN IMPRESSIVE RENOVATIONS THAT ENHANCE BOTH ITS VISUAL APPEAL AND ITS OVERALL FUNCTIONALITY.
FROM THE MOMENT YOU WALK IN, YOU CAN FEEL THE CARE AND INVESTMENT THAT HAS GONE INTO MAKING CHAMPION SOCIAL CLUB A DESTINATION WORTH VISITING.
THE STAFF ARE FRIENDLY, PROFESSIONAL, AND
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GENUINE CARE, GENUINELY CARE ABOUT THE GUESTS EXPERIENCE.IT'S CLEAR THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT IS COMMITTED TO BEING A POSITIVE PART OF THE NORTH DALLAS COMMUNITY.
I RESPECTFULLY URGE THIS BOARD TO APPROVE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
IT'S A VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I BELIEVE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
CHRISTINA MUNOZ AND MS. WILLIAMS, WHY DON'T YOU CALL YOUR NEXT FIVE HOLD ONE SECOND.
PATEL DIPAK OR DIPAK PATEL, I'M SORRY.
UH, MIRANDA LOPEZ, GREG PIERCE, KYLE BIGMAN, BIGHAM, AND MICHAEL STROM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THANK YOU FOR LENDING ME EARS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MOMENTS.
ON PAPER, I'M A BARTENDER AT CHAMPIONS CLUB, BUT IN MY OWN WORDS, MY ROLE AT CHAMPIONS CANNOT BE DEFINED AS WE ARE NOT JUST IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, BUT WE ARE IN THE PEOPLE INDUSTRY.
I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO WORK ALONGSIDE MICHELIN STARRED CHEFS, CELEBRITY MIXOLOGISTS AND MASTERS IN OUR INDUSTRY.
BUT ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR, IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INSIDE THAT MAKE THE SPACE MATTER.
OUR TAF IS OUR STAFF IS VERY TIGHT KNIT, 36 MEMBERS AND ALL.
I CAN SPEAK PERSONALLY ON THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT, BUT WE ARE ALL DRIVEN TO SERVE EVERY PERSON THAT WALKS THROUGH OUR DOORS IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
MY TIME WITH THE TEAM HAS BEEN SHORTER THAN MOST.
I JOINED THE TEAM OFFICIALLY THIS JUNE, BUT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THE MOST ENRICHING.
I'M GRANTED THE FREEDOM TO LET MY UNUSUAL FLAVOR PALETTE PLAY ON THE TONGUES OF OTHERS HANDED A BOOM.
MY, THAT I CAN FINALLY LET MY VOICE BE HEARD AND PUSHED INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AT A TIME WHEN I HAD LITTLE FAITH IN MYSELF.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THEY HAD FAITH IN ME.
OUR COMPANY PROVED TO THE STAFF THAT THEY'RE INVESTED IN US, NOT JUST AS EMPLOYEES, BUT AS HUMAN BEINGS.
OUR MINIMUM WAGE SKYROCKETED TO A LIFE-CHANGING AMOUNT, AND WITH THAT, I CAN COMFORTABLY PAY MY RENT, CAR NOTE, AND INSURANCE AND SAVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN.
IF THE COMPANY WASN'T AS SUPPORTIVE, I WOULD NOT MAKE A LIVABLE INCOME.
I THANKFULLY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE MY NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM.
THANKS TO CHAMPIONS HEARING OF BACKLASH THAT PEOPLE SPEAK AGAINST US AND HEARING HOW THEY'VE MISJUDGED US AND THE CULTURE WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO CREATE IS DISHEARTENING.
I KNOW OUR STORY AND THE ENERGY WE POUR INTO OUR SPACE, AND I ALSO HAVE COME TO KNOW THE HEART HEARTS THAT MAKE UP OUR STAFF AS WELL AS OUR OWNERSHIP.
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BIG DOGS IS A LOVE AND TENDERNESS FOR THOSE AROUND US.
I BELIEVE THAT THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ON US IS ILL-INFORMED AND COMPLETELY MISALIGNED FROM OUR TRUE VALUES AS A COMPANY.
THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS NEW MEMBER NIGHTS WHERE FACES WE HAVE AND HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE HAVE COME AND COME IN TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG, BUT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, WE'VE WON THEM OVER BECAUSE A NARRATIVE ABOUT CHAMPIONS DOES NOT MATCH WHO WE ARE.
WE'RE A TEAM THAT LOVES AND SUPPORTS EACH OTHER AND WANTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE THINK OF THE, THINK OF PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO NEED THIS JOB WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DELI DELIBERATIONS TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, KARA HUNTER, GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS KARA HUNTER AND I LIVE AT 26 20 CAMDEN COURT IN SALINA, TEXAS.
I AM HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY.
I'M HERE IN THAT CAPACITY TO CONVEY OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE CHAMPIONS CLUB APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CHAMPIONS CLUB HAS BEEN A DEDICATED PARTNER TO US SINCE 2021.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY ACTUALLY SERVED AS OUR TITLE SPONSOR OF OUR ANNUAL POKER TOURNAMENT AND HOSTED THE EVENT AT THEIR FACILITY.
THANK YOU TO THEIR GENEROSITY.
WE RAISED NEARLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE CHILDREN AND THE TEENS THAT WE SERVE.
EACH YEAR, NEARLY 14,000 YOUNG PEOPLE WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS WITH MORE THAN HALF COMING FROM FAMILIES IN NEED.
DEDICATED COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE CHAMPIONS CLUB ALLOW US TO DELIVER THOSE CRITICAL PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP, AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES THAT CAN CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUNG LIVES.
WHAT SETS THEM APART IS NOT ONLY THROUGH THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT THEIR HEART FORGIVING.
THE LEADERSHIP TEAM MADE UP OF ROY CHOI.
ISAAC TRUMBO AND TANYA CLARKE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO GIVING BACK AND TO SERVING CHILDREN IN MEANINGFUL WAYS.
WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING TO HOST OUR 2026 POKER TOURNAMENT AT CHAMPIONS CLUB AND KNOW THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY PARTNER, NOT JUST FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT FOR MANY OTHERS.
FOR THESE REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO APPROVE THEIR APPLICATION CHAMPIONS CLUB'S A TRUE ASSET TO DALLAS AND THEIR IMPACT IS FELT FAR BEYOND THEIR WALLS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, DEEPAK PATEL.
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I LIVE AT 4 7 0 7 INTERLOCHEN CIRCLE IN VENTRY NORTH, WHICH IS MY HOU.MY HOME IS 655 FEET AWAY FROM CHAMPIONS CLUB AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF IN FAVOR OF THE CLUB AS A MEMBER AND A A VISITOR.
I'VE TAKEN MY, MY WIFE AND KIDS THERE, CHEF CONNIE HAS PROMISED TO TEACH MY SON HOW TO, HOW TO COOK.
THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT SOME CD ESTABLISHMENT.
THE OWNERS AND THE OWNER AND HIS WIFE WOULD NOT BRING THEIR, I THINK 9-YEAR-OLD OR 10-YEAR-OLD, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT YOUNG CHILD ALONG WITH HER SCHOOLMATES AND COUSINS TO PLAY UPSTAIRS.
IF THIS WAS A CD ESTABLISHMENT, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE JUDGMENT ON THE UNKNOWN.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISITED THERE I KNOW FOR A FACT HAVE SWITCHED THEIR OPINION AND I URGE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO DO THE SAME AND, AND BE IN SUPPORT OF IT AND ASK YOURSELF, WHAT'S BETTER? A LEGALLY ENTITLED BUSINESS, THE OWNERS OF WHICH HAVE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO RENOVATE, UPGRADE A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY WITH SECURITY, OFFICIAL SECURITY, BY THE WAY, AS AS AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE OR AN EMPTY BUILDING WHERE NOBODY'S WATCHING IT, WHO'S GONNA COME THERE? NUISANCE.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MS. MIRANDA LOPEZ, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND TAKE YOUR TIME TODAY.
I LIVE AT 19 7 1 9 EAGLE CANYON WAY IN KATY, TEXAS.
I AM THE GUEST SERVICES MANAGER AT CHAMPIONS CLUB HOTEL AND SOCIAL CLUB IN HOUSTON.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK FOR CHAMPIONS.
MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER IS THREE YEARS OLD, THREE AND A HALF, OH, THREE AND A HALF YEARS OLD, AND SHE IS MY EVERYTHING.
UM, I BEGAN WORKING AT CHAMPIONS, UH, WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS OH, SO YOUNG
UM, I STARTED IN A SUPPORTING ROLE AT THE CLUB, JUST HELPING OUT WITH THEIR TOURNAMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS, AND I RECENTLY WAS PROMOTED TO A MANAGEMENT POSITION WHERE I'M LEARNING MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY ABOUT THE HOTEL AND BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS.
I WAS, THIS WAS A ROLE HONESTLY, THAT I WAS UNSURE OF AND, UH, NOT SURE IF I COULD DO IT, BUT I AM FULLY SUPPORTED BY THIS CLUB, BY THIS MANAGEMENT TEAM, BY THE OWNERSHIP AND EVERYTHING.
AND I WAKE UP EVERY DAY INSPIRED TO GO TO WORK, AND I AM ECSTATIC THAT I GET TO BRING THAT HOME TO MY CHILD.
WORKING AT CHAMPIONS IS HONESTLY LIKE BEING PART OF A FAMILY.
IT'S A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THE LEADERSHIP ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT YOU, ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THE PRODUCT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT AND ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
I AM RESPECTED, I AM CARED FOR.
I I'M ENCOURAGED AND CHAMPION HOLDS AN INCREDIBLY HIGH STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE.
I'M GIVEN ALL THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED, ALL THE RESOURCES TO DELIVER, AND BEING SOMEONE THAT HAS WORKED IN THE POKER INDUSTRY FOR MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE, IF THE RARITY TO FEEL TRULY VALUED IN THAT INDUSTRY IS UNPRECEDENTED, THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT I HAVE YET TO FIND UNTIL WORKING FOR THEM TO GET TO WORK, TO GET TO GO TO WORK AND FEEL THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST A COG IN THE MACHINE, BUT YOU ACTUALLY TRULY VALUED IS HUGE.
AND I AM SO HONORED THAT I GET TO RAISE MY CHILD PROUD TO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING I DO FOR A PAYCHECK, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM EXCITED TO DO.
THAT IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK FOR CHAMPIONS.
IT IS A GREAT BUSINESS, IT IS A GREAT COMPANY, IT IS GREAT LEADERSHIP AND THIS CITY WOULD BE LUCKY TO HAVE THEM AND PLEASE DON'T THROW THAT AWAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. GREG PIERCE.
I LIVE AT 5 8 2 6 COOL WATER COVE IN DALLAS, 7 5 2 5 2.
MY HOME IS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MILES JUST TO THE EAST OF THE, UH, CHAMPIONS BUILDING
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OR OF THE OLD THREE FORKS BUILDING.I AM A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER.
I WAS THE BROKER THAT REPRESENTED THE PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP OF THE THREE FORKS PROPERTY THAT WAS SOLD TO CHAMPIONS.
CHAMPIONS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY GOOD TO WORK WITH AND THEY'RE A FIRST CLASS GROUP AND HAVE BEEN VERY PROFESSIONAL FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
THE BUILDING WAS IN TERRIBLE, IN A TERRIBLE STATE OF DISREPAIR AND IT WAS GOING DOWNHILL FAST DUE TO THE HOMELESS, THE VACANT VAGRANCY AND THE DRUG USE WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A GOOD BUYER FOR THE PROPERTY.
WE WALKED INTO THE SPACE ONE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND FOUND HOMELESS FOLKS LIVING IN THE ATTIC SPACE AND THEY HAD DONE MUCH DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO ALL THE AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT UP, UP ON THE TOP OF THE BUILDING.
IT ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT 450 TO $500,000.
IF CHAMPIONS HAD NOT BEEN WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS PROJECT, THEN IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, I AM PRETTY CERTAIN THAT NO ONE WAS GOING TO TAKE ON THIS MASSIVE 21,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IN THE CONDITION IT WAS IN WHEN CHAMPIONS DECIDED TO BUY IT.
I'M A NATIVE DALLAS SITE AND I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AND COMMERCIAL BROKER FOR A FEW YEARS, LIKE 50 YEARS IN MY CAREER.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GROUP, ESPECIALLY AS CLASSY AS CHAMPIONS, BEEN MIS SO MISTREATED BY THE CITY THAT I RESIDE IN AND THAT I LOVE.
THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AND MORE, AND THEY HAVE TURNED THIS 30-YEAR-OLD FANTASTIC BUILDING INTO A SHOW PLACE BOTH INSIDE AND OUT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AND BUILT BY MY FRIEND DALE WAMS STAT, WHICH OPENED AS THREE FORKS.
ENTREPRENEURS HAVE TO EXPECT THAT THEY'LL BE TREATED EQUALLY AND FAIRLY.
THEY HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE THEY STARTED ON THIS PROJECT, AND THEN THEY INVESTED MANY, MANY MILLIONS, LIKE OVER 10 MILLION ON THIS PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND ON THE BUILDING ITSELF, BUSINESS IS HARD AND RISKY ENOUGH, AND IT IS NOT FAIR THE WAY THESE FOLKS ARE BEING TREATED AS A VERY LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DALLAS.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND I HOPE AS THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, YOU'LL ALSO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND YOU'LL BE FAIR AND HONORABLE IN YOUR DECISION TODAY.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR SENTENCE.
BUSINESSES LIKE CHAMPIONS HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF FAIRNESS AND I SINCERELY HOPE YOU ALL WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND SUPPORT THIS BUSINESS.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF ORGANIZATION THAT DALLAS SHOULD BE FIGHTING TO PROTECT.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS.
MY NAME IS KYLE BICKHAM AND I LIVE AT 9 9 2 3 CARNEGIE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS, AND I'M ALSO A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL.
I OWN THE MODERN TOP PRESCHOOL AND WE'VE, UH, BEEN OPEN SINCE 2018.
I CAME TO, UH, FULLY SUPPORT THE OPENING OF CHAMPIONS, UM, AND WITH RESPECT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE MY OPINION ON WHAT I THINK IS REALLY HAPPENING TODAY WITH THE BOARD.
I THINK A VOTE AGAINST CHAMPIONS TODAY IS A VOTE SAYING IT'S OKAY TO TREAT CITIZENS OF DALLAS DIFFERENTLY FROM EACH OTHER, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT, BUT BECAUSE OF POLITICAL PRESSURE AND LOBBYING.
A VOTE AGAINST CHAMPIONS IS SAYING THAT IT IS OKAY FOR YOU TO APPROVE A LAND USE FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT TO DENY IT TO OTHERS IN THE VERY SAME POSITION.
A VOTE AGAINST CHAMPIONS IS A VOTE, SAYING THAT IT'S OKAY FOR THE CITY TO IGNORE EVIDENCE BEFORE IT.
A VOTE AGAINST CHAMPIONS IS A VOTE SAYING IT'S OKAY FOR THIS BOARD TO PICK FAVORITES, TO PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS IN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
A VOTE AGAINST CHAMPIONS IS A VOTE SAYING DALLAS IS NOT ABOUT LIFTING ALL OF ITS CITIZENS UP, BUT ONLY THOSE WITH MONEY AND POWER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I URGE YOU TO APPLY YOUR JUDGMENT TODAY.
LET CHAMPIONS HAVE A CEO JUST LIKE YOU.
LET OTHER POKER OPERATIONS HAVE CEOS.
YOU WERE RIGHT THEN AND YOU WILL BE RIGHT TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND LET'S HOLD ONE SECOND, SIR.
UH, WHO'S THIS? WHO'S THIS SPEAKER? MS. MARY MICHAEL OSTROM.
IF YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE NEXT FIVE.
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ABBY GRAY.OKAY SIR, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, YOU CAN PROCEED.
I LIVE AT 2 0 4 LINKS COURT IN ALITO.
EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF DALLAS PROPER, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE GROWTH, REPUTATION, AND FAIRNESS OF OUR BROADER NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY.
CHAMPIONS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF BUSINESS WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTING.
ONE THAT OPERATES RESPONSIBLY, PROVIDES A SAFE AND PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
TEXAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT CHOICE FAMILIES AND FAIRNESS.
CHAMPIONS REPRESENTS THESE VALUES BY GIVING PEOPLE A SAFE PLACE TO GATHER BY OPERATING WITH INTEGRITY AND BY ADDING THIS TO THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, REVOKING THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
WHAT UNFAIRLY PENALIZE AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S WORKED TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY? I URGE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO STAND WITH CHOICE FAMILIES AND FAIRNESS, AND TO ALLOW CHAMPIONS TO CONTINUE OPERATING IN DALLAS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I LIVE AT 53 30 STONE FALLS LANE.
I MOVED TO DALLAS ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO AND I LIVE LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE, UH, CHAMPIONS LOCATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO VENTRY NORTH.
UM, I'M ALSO THE CFO FOR KNIGHT ADVENTURES, WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPANY THAT OWNS CHAMPIONS.
UM, I'M EXTRAORDINARILY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT I DO AND THAT MY TEAM DOES.
UH, MOST OF OUR DALLAS TEAM YOU'LL SEE SITTING BEHIND ME AND MANY OF THEM YOU'LL HEAR FROM TODAY.
THE CITY AND OTHERS OPPOSING CHAMPIONS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE BAD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
AS A LEADER AT CHAMPIONS, I SEE EVERY DAY THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT OUR TEAM DOES TO PROVIDE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCES FOR OUR MEMBERS, IMPROVE SAFETY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
SINCE 2021, CHAMPIONS HAS INVESTED OVER $5.8 MILLION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.
AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE, WE'VE SPENT MORE THAN $600,000 ON SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE PAID OVER $650,000 IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.
AS A NEIGHBOR, I SEE EVERY DAY THE IMPACT THAT VACANT BUILDINGS ARE HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITY.
MANY OF THEM ARE OWNED BY UNINTERESTED LANDOWNERS AND THESE IMPACT, THESE VACANCIES HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ALONG THIS STRETCH OF THE TOLLWAY.
AS OF YESTERDAY, MORE THAN 110,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS VACANT AND LISTED ON LOOPNET IN THE ONE MILE STRETCH BETWEEN TRINITY MILLS AND JUST NORTH OF FRANKFORD ROAD.
THESE VACANCIES ATTRACT VAGRANCY, LATE NIGHT PARKING LOTS, EPT LANDSCAPING AND LOITERING.
IT INVITES CRIME AND DEGRADES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MY NEIGHBORS AND AREA BUSINESSES.
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, CHAMPIONS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ELIMINATING THESE VERY IMPACTS AT THE VERY ENTRANCE TO BEN TREE NORTH THAT MOST OF THE OPPOSITION IS SEEKING TO PROTECT.
THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN A POKER GAME.
IT IS THE LOSS OF PROPERTY VALUES AND THE DECLINE OF PUBLIC SAFETY DUE TO BLIGHT OR IT'S THE ALTERNATIVE, AN INCREASE IN DENSITY AND TRAFFIC THAT WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE CREATED BY AN ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.
AT THIS LOCATION, CHAMPIONS WILL BE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE C CITY, A GATHERING PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE JUST NEED THE CHANCE YOU'RE GIVEN.
UH, THIS BOARD HAS GIVEN THIS EXACT SAME CHANCE TO OTHER BUSINESSES IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS, AND I ONLY ASK THAT YOU TREAT US FAIRLY.
LET US CONTRIBUTE OUR TIME, MONEY, AND PASSION TO SUSTAIN THIS LANDMARK PROPERTY.
I'M IN FAVOR OF, UH, REINSTATING THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UH, MS. WILLIAMS, WHY DON'T YOU CALL THE NEXT FIVE? HOLD ON ONE SECOND, SIR.
I'M GONNA LET THEM GET SITUATED SO WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO YOU, NOT ALL THE TRAFFIC.
IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED.
I LIVE AT 7,000 STINT, UH, IN PLANO, TEXAS, AND I WORK AS A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE NORTH DALLAS, UH, AREA.
I FULLY SUPPORT CHAMPION SOCIAL CLUB DALLAS RECEIVING ITS, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
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I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THE HOSPITALITY INTEGRITY AND FIVE STAR FINE DINING EXPERIENCE CHAMPION CHAMPIONS PROVIDES.THEY ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ENRICHING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, CREATING JOBS, SUPPORTING LOCAL VENDORS, AND PROVIDING A VIBRANT GATHERING SPACE THAT FOSTERS CONNECTION, CELEBRATION, AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT.
CHAMPION SOCIAL CLUB IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF BUSINESS THAT DALLAS SHOULD BE WORKING WITH.
IT'S PRESENCE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND VITALITY OF NORTH DALLAS.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT CHAMPIONS AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE, UM, TO SUPPORT AND CHAMPION CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
I LIVE AT 1705 SALVIA SPRINGS, UM, AND I SERVE AS THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR EVENTS AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY.
IN THIS ROLE, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRODUCING FUNDRAISING EVENTS THAT NOT ONLY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, BUT DIRECTLY FUEL OUR MISSION OF SERVING THOUSANDS OF KIDS ACROSS COLLIN COUNTY.
ONE OF THOSE EVENTS IS OUR ANNUAL POKER TOURNAMENT, A TRADITION WE'VE PROUDLY HOSTED FOR MORE THAN 13 YEARS.
THIS PAST YEAR MARKED AN EXCITING MILESTONE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WE HELD OUR TOURNAMENT AT CHAMPIONS SOCIAL CLUB.
AND I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT HESITATION, IT WAS THE MOST ELEVATED AND PROFESSIONAL EVENT WE'VE EVER PRODUCED.
THE VENUE WAS STUNNING, BUT WAS TRULY WHAT WAS TRULY WHAT TRULY MADE THE DIFFERENCE WAS.
CHAMPIONS CLUB TEAM THEIR ATTENTION TO DETAIL, RESPONSIVENESS, PROFESSIONALISM FROM THE VERY FIRST PLANNING CALL TO THE LAST GUEST LEAVING SET THEM APART.
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHAMPIONS ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO 2021.
SINCE THEN, THEY'VE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY IN WAYS THAT GO WAY BEYOND PROVIDING A BEAUTIFUL SPACE.
THEY'VE INVESTED IN OUR MISSION AND THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE.
OUR GUESTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE COWBOYS CLUB IN FRISCO, ARE USED TO FIND SOPHISTICATED EXPERIENCES.
THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS.
NOT ONLY MA MATCHED THE CALIBER OF THIS AUDIENCE, THEY ELEVATED IT CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE OF EXCELLENCE AND REFINEMENT THAT REFLECTED BOTH OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR SUPPORTERS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS WITH VENUES AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, CHAMPIONS CLUB ISN'T JUST BEAUTIFUL, IT'S EXCEPTIONAL.
THEY ELEVATE EVENTS, THEY UNDERSTAND SERVICE, AND THEY DELIVER RESULTS THAT LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT THEIR APPLICATION AND I'M CONFIDENT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UM, FOR I LIVE AT RIGHT BEHIND THERE, UH, ABOUT A HALF MILE IN VENTRY NORTH BEHIND THE NOW CHAMPIONS CLUB.
WHAT IS YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? 1 7 5 2 8 IVY HILL DRIVE.
I LITERALLY GO IN AND OUT OF THE ENTRANCE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THERE MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.
MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN DO THAT.
I'M ALSO A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER.
I HAVE 23 YEARS OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE, SPECIFICALLY IN RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS IN DALLAS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO AFFILIATION WITH CHAMPIONS.
I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU NEED MY COMMENTS.
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM SO MANY SUPPORTERS OF THIS BUILDING.
IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
I DID NOT ACTUALLY EXPECT THAT AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMMENTS, I'M GONNA PARSE MY, UH, MY COMMENTS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I AM TELLING YOU THAT AN OCCUPIED, LAWFUL BUILDING WITH A VIABLE BUSINESS IN IT RUNNING WELL IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN A VACANT BUILDING NOW APPROACHING, OR WHAT WAS APPROACHING ITS FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BEING CLOSED, THE COURT OF APPEALS LESS THAN A YEAR AGO SAID THAT CARDHOUSE SHOULD REMAIN OPEN.
BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO DEBATE THE LEGALITY OF THIS.
WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO IS HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS BY PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE AND SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE SO SUPPORTIVE.
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM TODAY THAT MAY NOT BE SO SUPPORTIVE, I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM THEM, BE NOT SO SUPPORTIVE OF BUSINESSES FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
IF THEY DON'T WANT THAT BUSINESS, THERE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH VALUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WANT OR DON'T WANT IN
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AN AREA THAT THEY PASS BY.THIS IS A VIABLE BUSINESS, GREAT ENTREPRENEURS, PEOPLE THAT GO IN AND OUT OF IT.
MY 84-YEAR-OLD FATHER, WHICH YOU MAY HAVE HEARD LAST TIME IN MY COMMENTS, GOES TO A SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT IN SAN ANTONIO ALMOST DAILY.
IT'S A SOCIAL ASPECT FOR HIM IS A SOCIAL ASPECT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
BUT REST ASSURED, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM SOME OPPOSITION PEOPLE OR WHAT YOU MAY HEAR LATER ON TODAY.
THIS IS CLEARLY A GREAT BUSINESS THAT HAS PUT A FANTASTIC USE IN AN AREA THAT NEEDED IT BADLY.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY, IT WOULD BE THE SAME COMMENTS FROM THE GROUP OF OPPOSITION IF IT WERE NOT THIS TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT, IF IT WERE A SMOKE AND VAPE STORE, IF IT WERE AN ADULT STORE, IF IT WERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THIS SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT.
THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HEAR FROM THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT BUSINESS IN THIS AREA THAT I LITERALLY PASS BY ALL OF THE TIME.
FINISH YOUR FAVOR OF GETTING THEIR OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE.
THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME SPEAK TODAY.
IN AUGUST OF 2021, I BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF OF SECURITY FOR CHAMPIONS.
PRIOR TO JOINING THE CHAMPIONS TEAM, I SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE.
I RETIRED AS THE CHIEF DEPUTY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, WHERE THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS OUR HEADQUARTERS, NEARLY 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.
MY ENTIRE CAREER WAS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN FLOWER MOUNTAIN, I CONSIDER DALLAS HOME.
I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THREAT ANALYSIS AND PROTECTION FACILITY SECURITY PROTOCOLS, INVESTIGATIVE AND PROTECTIVE OPERATIONS.
I'VE COMPLETED OVER 500 FEDERAL BUILDING AND JUDICIAL RESIDENTIAL SECURITY SURVEYS.
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I'VE CONDUCTED MORE THAN A THOUSAND FUGITIVE INVESTIGATIONS RESULTING IN THE APPREHENSION OF SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS, MANY OF THOSE DALLAS HOMICIDE SUSPECTS.
IN 2001, I WENT TO A YOUNG DAVID BROWN LIEUTENANT IN NORTHEAST SUBDIVISION, CONVINCED HIM TO PARTNER WITH MARSHAL SERVICES TO ESTABLISH THE DFW FUGITIVE APPREHEND STRIKE TEAM.
STILL IN AN OPERATION TODAY, WE WORK DAILY WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT ON APPREHENDING VIOLENT FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.
MANY OF THOSE WANTED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AS CHAMPIONS DIRECTOR OF SECURITY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT CHAMPIONS IS A COMPANY THAT CARES ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND IS WILLING TO INVEST IN IT.
TRUST ME, THEY'VE INVESTED IN IT.
THERE HAS BEEN A 50% CRIME REDUCTION IN OUR BUILDING AND OUR IMMEDIATE AREA SINCE WE TOOK CONTROL OF THE BUILDING.
AS THE RECORDS REFLECT THAT WE SUBMITTED TO YOU, MY GOAL IS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH ADJACENT BUS BUSINESSES TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS WEEK, TOMORROW I'LL BE WORKING WITH DP TO ESTABLISH A NEW CRIME WATCH GROUP FOR OUR AREA, PARTNERING WITH T-MOBILE FOR US, RUTH, CHRIS, THE GIBSON, AND HOPEFULLY VENT TREE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND ANY OTHER BUSINESSES WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
OUR SECURITY GUARDS CURRENTLY WORKING ARE CURRENTLY PATROLLING BEYOND THE BORDERS OF OUR FACILITY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WORKING TOGETHER AND CREATING A A WHOLE ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES A SAFER ENVIRONMENT THAN JUST LOOKING OUT FOR OURSELVES.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE, I HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN RELATIONSHIP WITH DPD.
THIS WILL CONTINUE AS MY ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF SECURITY.
I WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND MY EXPERTISE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND CHAMPIONS.
IN CLOSING, I'VE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION.
I WOULD NEVER GET ANYTHING, GET INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS SHADY.
AND THE RULE OF OF THE GREAT LAWS OF OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I'M PROUD OF MY LEGACY, MY SERVICE TO THE NATION, TO TEXAS, AND ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE CHAMPIONS ORGANIZATION THAT SHARES MY VALUES AND COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF CHAMPIONS.
I LIVE AT 55 31 TAMRON COURT IN THE VENTRY NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU, UH, YET AGAIN ON THIS TOPIC.
UH, UH, SINCE JUNE, UH, I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE VENTRY NORTH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD OF 640 HOMES, TWO CHURCHES, A PRESCHOOL, A CEMETERY, AND WE HAVE 1300 NAMES ON PETITIONS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO GAMBLING AND POKER AT CHAMPIONS.
SO I WOULDN'T SAY WE'RE A SMALL GROUP, AS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY, UH, STATED.
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AS MENTIONED THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE IN FAVOR OF A RESTAURANT.WE'RE IN FAVOR OF, UH, UH, AN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE.
WE JUST ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF GAMBLING AND POKER.
YOU'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR JOBS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, TEACH THEIR CHILDREN HOW TO COOK AND, AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, ALL THOSE THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN THAT SAME FACILITY WITHOUT POKER.
IF IT'S A RESTAURANT AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, ALL THOSE THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE ARE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF, OF A FUNCTIONAL, OPERATIONAL HIGH-END RESTAURANT ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.
WE'LL ALL BE GLAD TO GO EAT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S AT, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, ONE OF OUR BUSIEST, UH, AND MOST USED ENTRANCES TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL, YOU KNOW, GAMBLING DOESN'T NECESSARILY BRING THE BEST PEOPLE TO TOWN.
SO WE, WE THINK THAT, UH, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN DRIVING, WALKING, YOU KNOW, TO CHURCH, TO TO SCHOOL, WHICH IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD ON BRIAR GROVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOLLWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK TODAY, UH, OBVIOUSLY ON BOTH SIDES.
AND I'M NOT EVEN GONNA SAY THAT EVERYBODY IN VENTRY NORTH IS, YOU KNOW, IS A RESISTIVE.
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THREE AND, YOU KNOW, WE WELCOME THEIR INPUT, UM, AS WELL.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S SO GREAT IN HOUSTON.
WELL, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE CITY, UH, ATTORNEYS IN HOUSTON HAVE FILED AN AMICUS BRIEF TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT IN, IN SUPPORT OF DALLAS'S POSITION ON TEXAS COURTHOUSE.
SO NOT QUITE SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT HOUSTON HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, BUT, UH, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY'S IN, IN, IN HOUSTON IS IN FAVOR.
SO AGAIN, FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO OPPOSE, UH, REISSUING THE, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR CHAMPIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND IF YOU'D COME FORWARD AND HOLD FOR ONE SECOND.
AND MS. WILLIAMS, IF YOU'D CALL THE NEXT BATCH.
PATS RAJ NA HAN NAN PETERS AND JOSEPH ALLEN.
WE DON'T KNOW RAJ'S LAST NAME EITHER.
IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED.
I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 19 19 95.
AND, UM, TO PARAPHRASE WHAT, UH, DAVID JUST SAID, YES, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE AND SUPPORT A GREAT RESTAURANT AT THIS LOCATION.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ONE THERE AGAIN.
HOWEVER, NONE OF THE SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT HAVE MENTIONED ONE WORD AND THAT'S POKER.
UH, FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS VERY PANEL RULED TO ALLOW TEXAS COURTHOUSE TO REMAIN OPEN, STATING THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A COURT OF LAW, WE CANNOT RULE ON THE LEGALITY OF POKER CLUBS.
SO UNTIL A REAL JUDGE IN A REAL COURT ISSUES A RULING, WE HAVE TO VOTE TO ALLOW TEXAS CARDHOUSE TO REMAIN OPEN.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE A RULING BY A RULE JUDGE, IT SAYS OTHERWISE WE WILL RULE DIFFERENTLY.
AND IF THAT'S NOT THE EXACT WORDS, I APOLOGIZE.
THAT'S JUST HOW I REMEMBER 'EM.
SINCE THEN, JUDGE MOYE RULED IN DISTRICT COURT THAT POKER CLUBS DO VIOLATE TEXAS STATUTES AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.
THIS POSITION SUPPORTS OTHER LEGAL JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE HOUSTON CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE COLLIN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND OF COURSE, THE LEGAL OPINIONS OF TWO FORMER TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERALS, THE HONORABLE MADDOX AND ABBOTT, WHO BOTH WROTE OPINIONS ON POKER BEING ILLEGAL.
CHAMPIONS CLAIMS THAT HOUSTON LOVES 'EM, BUT FOR SOME REASON HOUSTON HAS FILED AN AMICUS BRIEF TO THE SUPREME COURT, UH, DIS GO DISCUSSING NOT ONLY THE REASONS WHY POKER IS ILLEGAL, BUT ALSO
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CITING STATISTICS ON CRIME THAT HAVE BEEN INCURRED BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF POKER CLUBS.SO IN SHORT, ALL LEGAL JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE OFFERED OPINIONS ON THE LEGALITY OF POKER CLUBS HAVE RULED AGAINST THEM, ONLY THE ATTORNEYS WHO ARE PAID TO SEE OTHERWISE HAVE DEFENDED THEM.
SO IT ONLY FOLLOWS THAT PANEL A WOULD FOLLOW THEIR OWN RATIONALE AND MOVE TO REVOKE CONT CONTAINERS APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
AS LONG AS POKER IS ENLISTED USE, WE WOULD PREFER THAT THEY NOT BE OPEN.
I LIVE AT, UH, 49 28 SEA PINES DRIVE, WHICH IS IN THE ENTRY NORTH SUBDIVISION.
UH, SO I'VE BEEN THERE AS LONG AS ANYBODY THAT'S IN THERE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO, UH, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
BEING VOLUNTEERS AS CITIZENS AND HELPING THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, I'M HERE THIS MORNING WITHOUT MY TORCH OR MY PITCHFORK
UH, I AM HERE TO EXPRESS, UH, OPPOSITION TO GAMBLING, WHICH WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
UH, WHEN I LIVED IN OR BOUGHT INTO, UH, VENTRY NORTH, THERE WERE RULES AND GUIDELINES AND RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT I COULD DO.
UH, I COULD NOT GAMBLE IN 1986, NOR CAN I TODAY.
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO AS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY, UH, MENTIONED, THERE ARE SOMETIMES GRAY AREAS, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I CAN OPERATE MY HOUSE TO PROVIDE ACTIVITY THAT CREATES TRAFFIC, NOISE, POLLUTION, UH, DISRUPTION, UH, DISRUPTABLE PEOPLE, ET CETERA.
SO I AM OPPOSED, UH, TO THE OCCUPANCY WITH GAMBLING, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE AS AN OPERATING RESTAURANT, A GATHERING AREA.
UH, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND HOPE THAT, UH, YOU WILL VOTE IN OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR, AND YOUR LONG-TERM RESIDENCY.
WHO'S NEXT? MS. WILLIAMS? UM, MS. NATAL NATALIA, UM, HELLO.
CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU OR YOU CAN BEND IT DOWN TO YOU.
MY NAME IS NATALIA BECK AND I HAVE LIVED IN RY NORTH FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
WHAT, MA'AM, WHAT IS YOUR ADDRESS? OH, IT'S, UH, 51 23 SPY SPYGLASS DRIVE.
I AM A ABAN TREE NORTH, UM, RESIDENT.
I MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1996 FROM UKRAINE.
UH, WE HAVE OWNED OUR HOME ON SPYGLASS DRIVE FOR TWO DECADES.
RAISED TWO DAUGHTERS HERE AND MADE A LIFE AND IT'S PEACEFUL FAMILY ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I AM, UH, STRONGLY, UM, OPPOSING TO, UH, THE APPEAL BY CHAMPIONS TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR A POKER ROOM AT THE LITERALLY ENTRANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AS A MOTHER AND A HOMEOWNER, I FIND THIS PROPOSAL BOTH OUTRAGEOUS IN DEEPLY CONCERNING THE THOUGHT OF A POKER ROOM, AN UNREGULATED AND QUESTIONABLY LEGAL OPERATION BEING ALLOWED TO, UM, OPEN DIRECTLY AT THE GATEWAY TO A NEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF FAMILIES, CHURCHES, PARKS AND SCHOOLS IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE.
AND LET'S BE CLEAR, POKER ROOMS ARE JUST SIMPLY NOT LEGAL IN TEXAS.
UM, IT WAS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE FORMER TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL, INCLUDING KEN PAXTON AND GREG ABBOTT HAVE BOTH ISSUED, UH, OPINIONS AFFIRMING THAT POKER ROOMS OPERATING FOR PROFIT, UM, FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF PRIVATE GAMING AND ARE ILLEGAL.
I JUST HEARD ALL THESE, UH, OPINIONS OF THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE PRO CHAMPION CLUB AND I HEARD THEM.
UM, I, UM, I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, UM, UH, ABOUT THEM AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE, UM, PRESENT THIS BUSINESS AS, UH, YOU KNOW, CHARITABLE AND GOOD FOR COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, AND THEY ALL SOUNDS LIKE, UM, GOOD INGREDIENTS FOR THIS WONDERFUL, DELICIOUS SOUP, BUT THEY ARE LEAVING THIS
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ONE LITTLE DETAIL POKER AND IT'S LIKE POISON IN THAT SOUP AND IT'S NOT EDIBLE.IT JUST BECOMES, UM, UM, AN EDIBLE ALTOGETHER.
SO, UM, UM, SO, UH, BESIDES THE, YOU KNOW, UH, MORAL AND UM, COMMUNAL AND FINANCIAL, UM, ISSUES ABOUT THIS, UH, SITUATION, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST SIMPLY ILLEGAL AND I DON'T WANT THE ILLEGAL BUSINESS, UM, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IN MY HOME.
SO PLEASE, UH, DON'T LET CHAMPIONS OPEN THIS OPERATION AT THE REALLY OUTSIDE OF MY FRONT DOOR.
MR. PAT, SAVVY AND MS. WILLIAMS. I'M ALSO PETER ZABY ON THAT, UH, OH ZABY BLUE SHEET, SO THAT PERSON IS GONNA GET EQUAL TIME.
UM, MY NAME IS PAT ZABY AND MY WIFE SHARON.
UH, AND I HAVE LIVED AT FIVE ZERO.
OKAY, SO I'M CONFUSED FOR A SECOND.
ARE YOU PETER ZABY OR, UH, MY, I AM PETER ZABY ON MY DRIVER'S LICENSE PASSWORD.
THAT'S HOW IT'S LISTED ON OUR SPEAKER LIST.
OKAY, SO GO AHEAD AND GIVE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE WITH YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, I LIVE AT 5 0 2 3 SEA PINES.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 33 YEARS.
UM, WE ARE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE OUR 57TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND, UM, IT'S A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT REALLY IS, UH, TO RAISE A FAMILY TO GO TO CHURCH, TO GO TO SCHOOL, UH, BUILD A COMMUNITY.
BUT THOSE VALUES ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH GAMBLING.
THEY DON'T ALIGN, WHETHER YOU CALL IT CHAMPIONS OR THE PARENT COMPANY, UNITED INDUSTRIES OR UNITED VENTURES A CAL, IT'S A CALIFORNIA COMPANY AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
THEIR OWN WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTS, CARD CLUB, GAMING, NOT DINING.
AFTER FOUR YEARS OF FAILING TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THEY'RE NOW DISGUISING.
THE OPERATION IS A PRIVATE DINING CLUB THAT'S JUST WHITEWASH ALCOHOL, GAMBLING, POKER TOURNAMENTS AND LATE NIGHT HOURS ARE A VOLATILE MIX.
THE FLOODLIGHTS, THE CAMERAS AND THE SECURITY PATROLS ALREADY IN PLACE SAY THEY'RE MORE ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY HAVE RATHER THAN THEIR ADVERTISING DOES BECAUSE OF THE FREEWAY ACCESS.
IT'S LIKELY THAT THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS WOULD DRAW LARGE CROWDS FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX, CREATING SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS.
AND AS I'M GETTING READY TO STATE, UH, AN OPINION, AND I'VE HEARD EVERYBODY ELSE TELL THEIR QUALIFICATIONS ON THIS, I HAVE BEEN IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS FOR 56 YEARS, RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THIS PROJECT THREATENS OUR SAFETY, OUR PROPERTY VALUES, AND THE CHARACTER OF VENTRY NORTH.
AND WE URGE YOU TO PLEASE RESPECTFULLY DENY THIS, UH, APPEAL.
MR. RAJ, WE'LL TALK IN A MINUTE.
UH, I LIVE AT 1 7 5 1 5 RIVER HILL DRIVE, UH, DALLAS, TEXAS.
I LIVE WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, LIKE YOU, I SERVED ON THE DFW AIRPORT BOARD FOR SIX YEARS AND, UH, HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF OPERATIONAL AND ZONING DECISIONS ON LOGICAL PLACEMENT AND USE CASES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES.
AND, UH, LIKE WE WOULD NOT PUT A HOSPITAL AT THE END OF THE APPROACH END, UH, OF ONE SEVEN LEFT.
UH, THIS IS JUST A POOR LOCATION FOR A GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF GAMBLING.
IT'S A GAMBLING LOCATION USING A RESTAURANT AS A GUISE TO ALLOW GAMBLING.
IF THEY WERE A PURE RESTAURANT LOCATION, UM, I THINK THEY'D GET A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT FOR A DINING ESTABLISHMENT.
THAT LOCATION COULD CERTAINLY USE IT.
UM, BUT GAMBLING HAS NO PLACE IN, IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THIS COMMUNITY IN VENTRY NORTH IN THIS LOCATION NEXT TO SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND PEOPLE WALKING THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES EVERY NIGHT.
IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD USE LOCATION FOR A GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT THAT WANTS TO HAVE POKER, UH, AND ILLEGAL GAMBLING ACTIVITIES.
UM, I THINK THAT THE 1300 FOLKS THAT HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS, SENT EMAILS OR SENDING THIS BOARD A MESSAGE, UM, OF THAT USE CASE.
UH, AND I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO, TO DULY CONSIDER, UH, A LOGICAL LOCATION FOR THAT USE USE CASE.
THERE COULD PERHAPS BE ANOTHER LOCATION THAT WOULD BE MORE IDEAL FOR THIS TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT.
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UH, THAT'S PERHAPS, UH, LATER DOWN, UH, IN EVALUATION.BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT AT THE ENTRANCE TO BEN ENTRY NORTH JUST A STONES THROW AWAY FROM SCHOOLS, UH, AND FROM THESE CHURCHES.
UM, SO I WOULD SINCERELY ASK IN FOLLOWING SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES' RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDANCE ON THE LEGALITY DETERMINATION OF GAMBLING IN TEXAS AND ITS ILLEGALITY, UH, UH, IN TEXAS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND BECAUSE IN THEIR APPLICATION, THEY SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY ARE GOING TO HAVE, UM, POKER AND GAMBLING THAT YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THEIR CO FOR THIS USE CASE ISSUANCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR SERVICE ON THE DFW BOARD.
YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND HOLD FOR ONE SECOND, SIR.
MS. WILLIAMS. THE NEXT FIVE, MARY LOU REESE, SCOTT JONES, KATHY USHER, SCOTT SIMON, ERNEST JANNIK OR EJ JANNIK.
I LOVED HOW HE CORRALLED HER TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
OKAY, UM, SIR, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED.
I LIVE AT 17 5 20 RIVER HILL DRIVE IN DALLAS IN THE VENTRY NORTH SUBDIVISION.
I'M, UH, LESS THAN 200 FEET FROM THE, UH, CHAMPIONS FACILITY.
I STRONGLY PRO PROTEST THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THAT PROPERTY.
AND CONTENDERS, LLC PREVIOUSLY STATED AND CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT THEIR PLAN IS FOR A POKER CLUB INVOLVING ILLEGAL GAMING.
I BELIEVE THE OPERATION OF THE POKER CLUB IS IN VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS STATE LAW IS SUPPORTED BY AMONG OTHER RULINGS, MADDOX ABBOTT OPINIONS WHEN EACH WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THAT POKER GAMBLING IS AGAINST THE LAW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS A COURT.
AND ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE C THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DENIED BUT WAS SOMEHOW APPROVED UH, IN APRIL, ON APRIL THE NINTH, THEN REVOKED ON APRIL THE 15TH.
CONTENDERS CONTINUES TO HOST ACTIVITIES WHILE THEY APPEAL A CO BEING REVOKED.
I BELIEVE A POKER CLUB ADJACENT TO A RE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEXT TO CROSSWALK USED BY PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES, INCLUDING CHILDREN, COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
THERE'S A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH GAMBLING HOSTED AT THIS LOCATION.
IN ADDITION, LARGE POKER TOURNAMENTS COULD CREATE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SPILL OVER PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE USED TO WALK TO THREE FORKS.
I MEAN, PEOPLE CAN PARK RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE AND WALK TO THE, UH, WHICH, WHAT IS YOUR STREET ADDRESS AGAIN? 17 5 20 RIVER HILL DRIVE RIVER.
IT'S DIRECTLY BY, IN FRONT OF ROGER'S HOUSE AND BEHIND THE POKER CLUB.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MARY LOU REESE AND I LIVE AT 46 0 4 HONEY CREEK LANE, WHICH IS THE LITTLE TINY CUL-DE-SAC.
I'M THE ONLY ADDRESS ON IT ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND.
UM, BUT YOU, YOU SAID, UH, 4 6 0 4 HONEY CREEK LANE.
UM, I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE ON OUR REPORT HERE AS A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, JUST SO THANK YOU.
UM, WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE THREE YEARS AGO.
THIS, WE INTEND IT TO BE A RETIREMENT HOME.
I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A PICTURE FROM MY UPSTAIRS WINDOW IN YOUR, UM, GROUP THAT SHOWS THE PLACE SET THAT I HAVE FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN WITH THE GOLD DOME RIGHT ACROSS THE BRICK WALL OF THREE FORKS, WHAT USED TO BE THREE FORKS.
UM, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I, I RAN, OWNED AND RAN A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR 35 YEARS.
I'M CURRENTLY RETIRED, BUT I DO KNOW BUSINESS AND I ALSO KNOW THE LEGAL BUSINESS.
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I ALSO BELIEVE THAT GAMBLING IS NOT LEGAL IN TEXAS AND THAT THE CEO WAS ISSUED ERRONEOUSLY.AND THAT THE PART OF THE STRATEGY OF CHAMPIONS HAS BEEN TO DELAY THIS AND TO TRY TO GET IT, TO HAVE THE SO SOFT OPENING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE, UM, EMPLOYEES SPEAK TO YOU.
UM, I THINK THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE STRATEGY ALL ALONG.
AND SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE GOT PUT OFF BECAUSE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WERE HERE WHEN WE CAME IN JUNE AND TODAY WE HAVE SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE SCHOOLS RIGHT NEXT TO US AND WE HAVE CHURCHES AND UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE TO SPEAK TODAY THAT EVEN WERE HERE IN JUNE, AS YOU RECALL.
SO I DO BELIEVE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I UNDERSTAND WHAT A BIG EFFORT IT IS FOR YOU ALL TO, TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME FOR THIS PROBABLY THANKLESS COMMITTEE OR BOARD.
BUT, SO I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT A BUSINESS, I LEARNED IT EARLY IN MY CAREER, THAT A BUSINESS HAS A CENTRAL IDEA.
AND AS LONG AS YOU STICK WITH THAT CENTRAL IDEA AND GO WITH IT AND IT'S A GOOD ONE AND YOU, UM, PROMOTE IT, YOU'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND ROY CHO'S CENTRAL IDEA IS GAMBLING.
AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT, LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET.
KNIGHTED AND GAMBLING IS THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THIS COMPANY.
I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GAMBLING.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES.
I BELIEVE PEOPLE GET ADDICTED.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK OF THIS AS A CENTRAL IDEA OF THE COMPANY THAT YOU ARE POTENTIALLY ALLOWING INTO OUR CLOSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE AT 46 0 4 HONEY CREEK LANE WITH MY WIFE.
WE ABUT THE PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT DAVID WALTERS SAID ON BEHALF OF THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ABOUT OUR SUPPORT FOR A RESTAURANT, BUT OUR OPPOSITION TO A GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT GIVEN OUR HISTORY, IF CHAMPIONS HAS A HIGH CLASS POSITIVE ATTITUDE AT THE MOMENT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN? SOME OF US HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE.COM BUBBLE IN 99, LIVED THROUGH THE, UH, LEHMAN BROTHERS FINANCIAL DOWNTURN IN 2008 AND COVID, AND IF THERE'S AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, WILL THAT COMMITMENT TO HIGH CLASS QUALITY AND GOOD SECURITY STILL LAST OR WILL THERE BE A RACE TO THE BOTTOM? YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, ARE SETTING THE RULES GOVERNING THE OCCUPANCY OF THIS BUILDING.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, UH, DUE DILIGENCE ON YOUR PART, BUT I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT BREAKING THE RULES TO ALLOW FOR A POKER CLUB, UH, WILL SIMPLY OPEN THE DOOR AND THAT DURING THE NEXT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, WE CAN'T PREDICT HOW BAD THINGS WILL BE.
WE WILL LIVE WITH IT NEXT DOOR AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE OPPOSED TO, UH, GIVING THEM A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY RESTAURANTS.
AND IF YOU WOULD, HOLD ONE SECOND, MA'AM.
UH, MS. WILLIAMS, YOU'D CALL THE NEXT ROUND OF PEOPLE.
VIVIAN UNGER, AND I'M CALLING BACK RYAN FLYNN IF HE'S AVAILABLE.
IF YOU'D GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
I LIVE AT 48 43 STONY FORD DRIVE, DALLAS, 7 5 2 8 7.
I'M A RESIDENT OF VENTRY NORTH AND AN OFFICER ON THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'M HERE TO PROTEST THE APPROVAL FOR CHAMPIONS TO BE GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR POKER CLUBS.
CHAIRMAN NEWMAN, AT THE MEETING ON JUNE 17TH, YOU REFERENCED A VERY IMPORTANT OBSERVATION WHEN
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CHAMPIONS FIRST ORIGINALLY FILED FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, IT FILED UNDER THE NAME CHAMPIONS AND THE CERTIFICATE WAS ULTIMATELY REVOKED.THE MOST CURRENT REQUEST IS FILED UNDER THE NAME CONTENDER DALLAS.
WAS THIS DONE INTENTIONALLY TO DECEIVE THE CITY OF DALLAS TO APPEAR AS TWO SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS? AS WE KNOW, CONTENDER DALLAS AND CHAMPIONS ARE THE SAME ORGANIZATION OWNED BY THE KNIGHT CORPORATION.
COULD THIS BE WHY THEY WEREN'T FLAGGED BY THE CITY ON THEIR MOST RECENT APPLICATION? SO NOW LET'S DISCUSS THE REALITY OF APPROVING CHAMPIONS.
THE EXTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION AT THIS CLUB AT ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES TO BEN ENTRY NORTH WILL BRING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, LOITERING AND LITTER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE EXTENDED HOURS LEAD TO NOISE DISRUPTION AND INCREASED POPULATION FLOW TO OUR RESIDENTS IN AFTER HOURS TIME.
THERE ARE SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND MANY CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO A GAMBLING INSTITUTION OR THAT CLIENTELE.
CHAMPIONS HAVE STATED IT WILL BE ORGANIZING POKER TOURNAMENTS.
THE TRAFFIC WILL BE OUT OF CONTROL.
GAMBLING INSTITUTIONS CLOSE TO NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE A PROPENSITY TO REDUCE THE PROPERTY VALUE OF HOMES NEAR THEM.
GAMBLING INSTITUTIONS TEND TO ATTRACT ORGANIZED CRIME GANGS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ADDITIONAL POLICE PROTECTION WOULD BE NEEDED COSTING THE CITY OF DALLAS ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
HOUSTON'S EXPERIENCE WITH POKER CLUBS BACKS UP THIS DATA AS MENTIONED IN THEIR AMICUS BRIEF TO THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT.
THEY STATED THAT THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED THAT IN THE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY WITH POKER ROOMS THERE WERE 85,191 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2024 WITH 1004 OF THEM REFERENCING ACTIVITY WITHIN 250 FEET OF A POKER ROOM.
WE HAVE HOUSES WITHIN 250 FEET OF THE PROPOSED CHAMPIONS CLUB.
AS MANY ARE HERE, POKER CLUBS AND GAMBLING HAVE NO PLACE NEAR BEN TREE NORTH.
PLEASE VOTE TO DENY CHAMPIONS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO OPERATE AS A POKER CLUB AT THIS LOCATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OUR CONCERNS.
I LIVE AT 48 0 7 SEA PINES DRIVE IN BEN TREE NORTH.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE BEN TREE NORTH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'M ALSO HERE REPRESENTING MY WIFE, LISA SIMON, WHO UNFORTUNATELY WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS HEARING.
LISA IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PTA MITCHELL ELEMENTARY IS LOADED, JUST, UH, LOCATED JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM THIS LOCATION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO DENY THE CERTIFICATE OF O OCCUPANCY FOR THE POST POKER CLUB IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, A POKER CLUB.
POKER ROOMS HAVE NO PLACE IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
THEY POSE, POSE A SERIOUS RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
NUMEROUS RESEARCH, INCLUDING UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW AND THE JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES, AS WELL AS REAL WORLD EXAMPLES SHOW A CONSISTENT LINK BETWEEN GAMBLING AND INCREASED CRIME.
DALLAS'S OWN LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPEATEDLY WARNED THAT POKER VENUES INVITE CRIME INCLUDING ROBBERY, VIOLENCE, AND ORGANIZED CRIME.
CHAMPIONS INHERENTLY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS BY THEIR ACTIONS, HAVING AN ONSITE SECURITY PATROL, INCREASED LIGHTING AND SOPHISTICATED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS, UH, THIS PLAY OUT IN OUR TEXAS CITIES.
AT ONE POKER ROOM, A MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO ROB THE CLUB USING AN AR 15 WITH 10 TO 15 SHOTS FIRED AT ANOTHER THREE.
ARMED MASKED MAN ROBBED THE VENUE IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS VENUES BEING RATED FOR ORGANIZED CRIME AND MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITY CHAMPIONED HIS LOCATED JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A PRESCHOOL, A CHURCH.
WHAT IF A CHILD OR A CHURCH GROWER WAS WALKING BY WITH STRAY BULLETS FLYING AROUND? WOULD YOU WANT THAT NEAR YOUR CHILDREN, NEAR YOUR HOUSE? THESE ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL RISKS.
THESE ARE DOCUMENTED REALITIES BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERN.
AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SUPREME COURT, AS LAW CURRENTLY STANDS, POKER AND GAMBLING ARE ILLEGAL.
IF THE COURT CHANGES THAT IN THE FUTURE, THE CITY CAN EXAMINE AND APPLY APPROPRIATE ZONING RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS TO THIS AS THIS CLUB HAS NOT HAD TO ABIDE BY THAT GIVEN THE CURRENT STATUS AS OPERATING AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
THEY'RE ALSO, IN MY BELIEF, SHOWN A DISREGARD FOR THIS BODY.
AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THIS BODY MADE IT EXPLICITLY CLEAR THAT THE CO IS REVOKED, YET THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO OPEN AND OPERATE.
AND YOU'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE HERE SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN AT EVENTS.
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I BELIEVE THAT SHOWS THE DISRESPECT FOR THIS BOARD AND THEIR DECISION TO REMAIN THE CO IN, UH, IN, UH, REVOKED STATUS.I WANT TO REITERATE OUR SUPPORT FOR A RESTAURANT OR BUSINESS OPENING IN THAT LOCATION WE INVITED.
HOWEVER, IF CHAMP AND IF A CHAMPION WANTS TO OPEN AS A RESTAURANT OR A BUSINESS THAT ISN'T OPERATING A LEGAL ACTIVITY, WE WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT.
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS VENUE ENDANGERS OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOUR DECISION TODAY IS NOT JUST ABOUT ZONING OR WHETHER POKER IS LEGAL, IT'S ABOUT ABOUT PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR VALUES.
I URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING.
PLEASE DENY THIS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN BENCHY NORTH FOR 30 YEARS ON SPYGLASS 51 16 SPYGLASS DRIVE.
UM, WE ARE HERE TO OPPOSE A CERTIFICATE REGARDING GAMBLING AND POKER.
UM, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN TWO ANALOGIES.
NUMBER ONE, I'M A CPA OVER 50 YEARS.
FOR THE LAST 42 YEARS I'VE WORKED FULL TIME AS A FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT EXPERT WITNESS IN BUSINESS LITIGATION CASES.
AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THIS, WHY I'M BRINGING THAT UP.
I'VE TESTIFIED IN 60 TRIALS AND HEARINGS DESIGNATED IN OVER 90 MATTERS.
FIRST OF ALL, I ISSUED MY FIRST LETTER AND THEN I ISSUED THE SECOND LETTER RECENTLY WITH A SECURITY CAR CAR PARKED ON THE DALLAS PARKWAY AND THE ENTRANCE TO OUR SUBDIVISION.
WHAT ELSE IS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT IF NUMBER TWO, WE DON'T WANT SECURITY CARS, POLICE CARS AT THE FRONT OF OUR SUBDIVISION AT A VERY CRITICAL INTERSECTION AT BRIAR GROVE AND THE TOLL ROAD WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OTHER WRECKS.
WHAT WILL MORE TRAFFIC CAUSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS? AND I WONDER WHAT CONSEQUENCES THIS DECISION WOULD HAVE.
NOT TO THE EMPLOYEES, BUT WE'RE TALKING TO OUR FAMILIES, OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
I WORKED ON A CERTAIN LITIGATION MATTER INVOLVING A PO POKER HOUSE IN THE CITY OF TEXAS.
IT RELOCATED TO A LARGER FACILITY.
WHAT SHOCKED ME AS AN ACCOUNTANT, I GOT TO SEE THE NUMBERS AT THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SECURITY COSTS TO GO FROM A SMALLER TO A LARGER FACILITY.
THREE FORKS IS MANY TIMES LARGER THAN THE NEW FACILITY.
SO AGAIN, SECURITY COSTS WE HAVEN'T SEEN, BUT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT CRIME AND OTHER STATISTICS.
THAT'S SCARY TO ME, SCARY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ALSO KNOW DALE WAAD, WHEN HE BUILT THREE FORKS, HE PUT A SPECIAL ENTRANCE INTO BRIAR GROVE FROM HIS PARKING LOT AS A ACCOMMODATION FOR SOME OTHER THINGS.
THAT IS A SPECIAL, THAT IS AN UNOBSTRUCTED DRIVEWAY INTO OUR SUBDIVISION WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OF OUR SUBDIVISION THAT WILL ALLOW UNWANTED TRAFFIC, ODD HOURS, EARLY IN THE MORNING, LATE AT NIGHT, WHATEVER TO COME IN AND INVADE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S ALSO A BANK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, OAKWOOD BANK.
I WONDER WHAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CAUSED CRIME WOULD LOOK AT THAT FOR AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE LAST 35 YEARS, 40 YEARS I'VE HAD TO, UM, I HAD MADE AN INADVERTENT, UNINTENTIONAL MISTAKE IN A CALCULATION OF MY HOME, MY WORK FOR DAMAGES.
DO I CORRECT IT? I'VE MADE THE DECISION TO CORRECT THAT INADVERTENT, UNINTENTIONAL MISTAKE AND ERROR DID NOT AFFECT THE DAMAGE NUMBER.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR SENTENCE, SIR.
I JUST PRAY AND I HOPE THAT YOU FIX THIS UNINTENTIONAL MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE PREVIOUSLY NOT KNOWING ABOUT IT BEING A POKER BUSINESS.
IF YOU WOULD JUST HOLD ONE SECOND SIR.
MS. WILLIAMS, YOU CAN CALL ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
NO, THE SPEAKERS ARE JUST, UH, REALLY? OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS.
TWO MORE SPEAKERS IN THE CHAMBER.
OKAY, SO BEFORE WE PROCEED, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBER THAT WANTS TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY? YOU MAY.
HAVE YOU SIGNED UP ON A BLUE SHEET? I NOT OH, REGISTER ONLINE.
SO, OH, THEN YOU WANNA SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
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OKAY, SO I'M GONNA ASK AGAIN.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY? 'CAUSE YOU CANNOT SPEAK DURING THIS CASE WHEN IT'S CALLED LATER TODAY.
IF YOU DO, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND WALK DOWN YONDER AND YOU'RE GONNA, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FILL OUT A, A BLUE SHEET OF PAPER MA'AM, UNLESS YOU'RE REGISTERED AT THE END, YOU NEED TO SIGN UP PLEASE.
WHAT IS THE NAME? JESSICA SULLIVAN.
YOU'RE A REPRESENTATIVE TOO? YES, MA'AM.
ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE REGISTERED.
YOU CAN SPEAK IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, THAT OKAY.
MY, I'M SORRY SIR, I'M BEING, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? THAT'S OKAY.
YOU CAN FILL OUT A BLUE SHEET.
MY WIFE SAYS I ALWAYS REPEAT MYSELF.
THIS IS THE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK OUTSIDE THE LITIGANTS IN THE CASE.
THE TIME TO SPEAK IS DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
THEN WE'LL MOVE ON WITH OUR OTHER HEARING.
FILL OUT AND THEN JUST, YOU CAN LEAVE IT THERE ON THE COUNTER, SIR.
UM, SIR, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED.
I RESIDE AT 5 1 4 3 QUAIL LAKE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
THAT IS LOCATED IN BEN TREE NORTH.
UM, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT I AM A VETERAN OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE FOR 34 YEARS AND MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY IN SEPTEMBER, 2004 AND WE'VE RESIDED THERE EVER SINCE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO INVOLUNTARILY MOBILIZATIONS THAT TOOK ME OUT OF THE COUNTRY A COUPLE TIMES.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT ALMOST 21 YEARS NOW AND I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF DALLAS'S DECISION TO REVOKE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE CONTENDERS AT 1 7 7 7 6 DALLAS PARKWAY.
THEY REVOKED IT BECAUSE CONTENDERS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE GONNA KEEP A, UM, GAMBLING PLACE, WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF TEXAS LAW AND IN FACT, IN THE CONTENDERS APPLICATION AMONG THE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES THAT THEY QUOTE IS, UH, OFFERING AT THIS LOCATION ARE POKER GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS.
AND SO IT'S MY, UH, OBJECTION TO THOSE THREE WORDS THAT I WANT THAT, UH, REVOCATION TO BE UPHELD.
IF CONTENDERS WOULD REMOVE THOSE WORDS AND REAPPLY FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT A RESTAURANT AND A SOCIAL CLUB AT THAT UH, LOCATION.
I WOULD ALSO ADD I'M THE, UH, TREASURER FOR OUR HOA THERE AT VENTRE NORTH.
I'VE SERVED THERE FOR 11 MONTHS NOW.
I'VE SPOKEN TO CLOSE TO ALMOST A HUNDRED DIFFERENT OWNERS OF, OR OWNERS OF ALMOST A HUNDRED DIFFERENT RESIDENCES NOW.
AND OF THAT ONLY THE OWNERS OF TWO RESIDENTS HAVE SAID THEY WERE FOR GAMBLING, NONE OF WHOM WERE HERE TODAY.
SO YOU CAN ADD THOSE TWO TO THE FOUR FOR THE GAMBLING ACTIVITIES THERE AT, UH, THE FORMER THREE FORKS LOCATION.
UH, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THAT ONE RESIDENCE, ONE SPOUSE WAS FOUR AND ONE SPOUSE WAS AGAINST.
HOWEVER, IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL THOSE OTHER HOMEOWNERS, NONE OF THEM OPPOSED A RESTAURANT AND OR SOCIAL CLUB OPERATING AT THAT LOCATION.
IT'S PURELY THE GAMBLING THAT IS THE OBJECTION.
SO THAT IS MY, UH, REASONING AND OPINION AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.
MY NAME IS VIVIAN UNGER AND I HAVE LIVED AT 5 1 1 5 SPYGLASS DRIVE FOR 20 YEARS.
THAT'S THE BENING NORTH, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE LIVED THERE WITH MY HUSBAND AND MY CHILDREN AND I AM HERE TO OPPOSE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR CHAMPIONS.
UM, THIS IS NOT A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S 640 HOMES.
WHEN THIS WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED IN 2021, WE PUT OUT A PETITION AND IN LESS THAN FIVE DAYS, 1300 PEOPLE SIGNED THE PETITION AGAINST OPPOSING A POKER ROOM.
THE CULTURE OF KNIGHT.COM AND CHAMPIONS, IT'S THE SAME THING, IT'S A FAMILY.
SO I JUST WANNA CONNECT THE DOTS WITH HOUSTON AMICUS ABBOTT'S OPINION AND COLLIN COUNTY DA REGARDING TEXAS LAW ON GAMBLING AND POKER IN 2005 THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT RENDERED AN OPINION THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED POKER CLUBS, PROPONENTS CALL POKER A GAME OF SKILL AND THEREFORE NOT GAMBLING.
THE TEXAS PENAL CODE SAYS SOLELY OR PARTIALLY BY CHANCE.
THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT'S OPINION WAS, ANY CHANCE
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IS SUFFICIENT TO MAKE GAME GAMBLING NOT 51% CHANCE OR SOME CHANCE, BUT PER ABBOTT, ANY CHANCE AND POKER IS GAMBLING PER THIS INTERPRETATION.PER GREG WILLIS, THE DA OF COLLIN COUNTY BOARD OF APPEALS LETTER OF OCTOBER 14TH, 2021, HE WROTE TO EMPHASIZE THAT GAMBLING IS ILLEGAL UNDER TEXAS LAW AND STATED THAT HIS OFFICE IS COMMITTED TO ENFORCING TEXAS LAW AND THEN CITING THE HOUSTON AMICUS.
HOUSTON IS AWARE OF APPROXIMATELY 32 POKER ROOMS AND AS KATHY USHER HAD MENTIONED IN 2024, THERE WERE OVER 85,121 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE HOUSTON DEPARTMENT AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.
AND 1004 OF THOSE CALLS REFERENCING ACTIVITY WITHIN 200 FEET OF A POKER ROOM, THAT 200 FEET WOULD BE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CITING TEXAS PENAL CODE 1.07, 2.02, 2.0 3, 47 0.02 B DASH C, AND THEN 47.04 B DASH, AND THEN 47.09.
THE RESPONDENT'S POKER ROOM IS NOT A PRIVATE PLACE BECAUSE IT'S OPEN TO PUBLIC 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
ALTHOUGH GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENTS IN HOUSTON AND DALLAS ATTEMPT TO QUALIFY AS A PRIVATE PLACE BY REQUIRING CUSTOMERS TO SIGN UP FOR A MEMBERSHIP TO GAMBLE UNDER TEXAS LAW, A MEMBERSHIP FEE DOES NOT CONVERT A PUBLIC POKER ROOM OPEN 24 7 INTO A PRIVATE PLACE.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO ABIDE BY THE LAW AND DENY THEM THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MALLORY MUSE, 27 28 NORTH HARWOOD STREET, AND I AM READING A STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS OF HOUSTON WITH RESPECT TO CHAMPIONS OPERATIONS IN THE GREAT CITY OF HOUSTON.
COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, YOU DIDN'T SAY THE GREAT CITY HOUSTON, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I DID.
SHE JUST SAID GREAT CITY OF HOUSTON.
A LITTLE BIT OF LEVEL 11 LEVITY AT 1.5 HOURS.
COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS STATES CHAMPION CLUB, TEXAS IS THE GOLD STANDARD.
WHILE THERE ARE SEVERAL PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP POKER CLUBS IN HOUSTON, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO COME ALONG THAT WE COULD POINT TO AND SAY THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE.
BY PRIORITIZING SAFETY, OFFERING CUSTOMERS A FIRST CLASS EXPERIENCE AND BEING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS HAS SET THE STANDARD FOR HOW TO DO IT RIGHT.
I'M GLAD TO HAVE CHAMPIONS IN MY DISTRICT SETTING THAT EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M THE RESTAURANT MANAGER AT CHAMPION SOCIAL CLUB WITH A TEAM OF 36 PEOPLE.
MY ADDRESS IS 1113 HIDDEN RIDGE, IRVING, TEXAS.
I WANT TO SHARE A PERSONAL STORY, ONE THAT SHAPES THE WAY THAT I WORK AND THE WAY THAT I LEAD.
I GREW UP IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM FACING MANY CHALLENGES THAT MANY ADULTS WOULD FACE.
SOME OF THOSE EXPERIENCES INCLUDED DISCRIMINATION AND SORRY, AND CLASSISM AMONGST, AMONGST THEM.
I SAW HOW PEOPLE JUDGED UNFAIRLY BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS AND PERSONAL BIAS.
OVER TIME, I LEARNED TO FACE THESE HARDSHIPS IN LEADERSHIP USING HARD WORK INTEGRITY AND USING THE GENUINE CARE OF PEOPLE.
THIS LED ME INTO THE UNFAMILIAR WORLD OF HOSPITALITY WHERE I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND I FOUND MORE MEANING IN MY LIFE.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE FOR WORKING FOR THREE LUXURY BRANDS BEFORE CHAMPIONS.
AS SOME OF US KNOW, HOSPITALITY IS VERY DEMANDING AND IT CAN BE CRUEL.
OFTEN BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE POLISHED IMAGE, THEIR PEOPLE ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY AND SOMETIMES UNRULY.
I LOOKED FOR A PLACE THAT WAS MORE AUTHENTIC IN WHICH I FOUND CHAMPIONS WHERE NOT ONLY DO THEY CARE ABOUT THE ART OF HOSPITALITY, BUT THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE.
I WANT YOU TO REALLY THINK, AND I ASK YOU, IS IT FAIR TO JUDGE CHAMPIONS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE AND JUDGE THE EMPLOYEES THE WAY THAT WE HAVE
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WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER BUSINESSES IN DALLAS THAT ARE ABLE TO OPERATE? I ASK YOU, IS IT HONEST AND IS IT TRUE TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OUR BUSINESS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE USING PERSONAL BIAS? IT REMINDS ME OF MY CHILDHOOD WHERE PEOPLE WOULD MAKE UN UNASSUMING ASSUMPTIONS BASED OFF THEIR OWN PERSONAL BIASES INSTEAD OF TRUTH.I ASK YOU TO REALLY LOOK, UM, IN YOURSELF AND REALLY THINK, IS THIS THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE TREATING DALLAS AND TAKING AWAY OPPORTUNITIES FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE COME ABOVE MORE? I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.
MY NAME IS KA TRUJILLO AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE CHEF OF CHAMPIONS.
I WAS THE 31ST EMPLOYEES AT THREE FOUR.
I I NEED YOU TO GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
39 0 1 ACCENT DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75 2 8 7.
I WAS A VERY FIRST EMPLOYEE AT THREE-FOURTHS.
THE SAME BUILDING THAT THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY KITCHEN SIGNS THE DAY OPEN IN 1997.
IF YOU ATE, ATE AT THREE-FOURTHS, IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO COOK FOR ALL OF YOU.
OVER THE YEARS THAT BUILDING FELL INTO THIS DESPAIR.
IT WAS IN A VERY BAD SHAPE AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE WHO HAD TAKE THE RISK TO FIX IT, MY HEART WAS BROKEN TO SEE IT DIE THIS WAY.
I'M SO HAPPY THE CHAMPIONS SAY THESE BUILDINGS, IT MEAN THE WORST TO ME.
I HAVE SPENT MY WHOLE CAREER COOKING FOR THIS CITY.
I CAME FROM NOTHING AND HAVE FOUGHT FOR FOOD FOR EVERYTHING VERY HARD IN MY LIFE.
ISAAC AND ROY AND CHAMPIONS HAVE TRULY HONORS ME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ME AND MY TEAM, THEY HAVE TREATED ME LIKE A FAMILY.
PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM ME.
THIS COMPANY TAKE CARE OF ME AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I CARE ABOUT.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT LIKE, LIKE ME WHO ARE IGNORED.
FEW PEOPLE HERE ASK WHEN WE SPEAK FOR SUPPORT, BUT MAYBE TODAY THE CITY OF DALLAS WHO I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE SERVING WILL LISTEN.
PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING TODAY AND I WILL BE GREAT.
PLEASURE FOR ME TO COOK WHEN YOU COME AND SEE ME.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
I'M MANAGING DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR 1 7 7 6 DALLAS PARKWAY CHAMPIONS BRINGING NEARLY 35 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED EXPERIENCE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WITH COMPREHENSIVE EXPERTISE ACROSS MULTIPLE AREAS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND HOTELS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND GAMING OPERATIONS, GROUND UP DEVELOPMENT, RENOVATIONS AND EXPANSIONS.
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RUN AND LED OPERATIONS IN CONCERT VENUES, DINING FACILITIES AND HOTELS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 60 TO 1,600 ROOMS GENERATING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, I'M SORRY, $100 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE.
I AM PROUD OF WHAT MY TEAM AND I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AT THE CHAMPION SITE.
WE REVITALIZED A NEGLECTED, DETERIORATED PROPERTY, RESTORING IT TO ITS ORIGINAL GRANDEUR, FOSTER STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES TO SUPPORT ENHANCEMENT OF THE TOLLWAY CORRIDOR.
OUR NEIGHBORS AT T-MOBILE SAID THE INVESTMENT THAT THE OWNERS OF CHAMPION SOCIAL CLUB HAVE MADE IN RESTORING THE BUILDING TO ITS ORIGINAL GRANDEUR IS EVIDENT AND IT HAS DIRECTLY HELPED IMPROVE THE VIBRANCY, SAFETY AND OVERALL CLEANLINESS OF OUR AREA.
AND THE MANAGER OF 12 CUTS DOWN THE ROAD FROM US SAID CHAMPIONS MAINTAINS A CONSISTENT PRESENCE OF UNIFORMED SECURITY OFFICERS WHO PATROL NOT ONLY THEIR OWN PROPERTY, BUT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD ROUTE ALONG OUR CORRIDOR OF THE TOLLWAY.
THIS HAS GREATLY HELPED DETER CRIME AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR AREA.
WE AS CHAMPIONS HAVE ESTABLISHED COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY WHERE WE ASSISTED RAISING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
GRATEFUL AMERICANS AIDING VETERANS WITH PTSD CONTRIBUTED RAISING OVER $64,000 AND CARRY THE LOAD, PARTICIPATED IN THE CLEANING OF HEADSTONES AT THE DFW NASHVILLE CEMETERY HONORING
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AMERICAN HEROES.I LEAVE WITH YOU TODAY THAT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER IN HOSPITALITY, I'VE WORKED WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT NONE AS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO BOTH THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS CHAMPIONS.
IT'S RARE TO SAY THAT YOU LOVE COMING TO WORK EACH DAY.
I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT EMBODIES MY VALUES WHERE I CAN FOSTER GROWTH WHILE CONTINUING TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE DALLAS COMMUNITY.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT IN APPROVING THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
MS. WILLIAMS, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE THAT'S REGISTERED? NO, SIR.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY IF YOU SAY SO? I'M, I'M I'M GIVING YOU THE WORD ON THAT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, UH, WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS. CORRECTION, WE HAVE EIGHT ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH OUR AGENDA.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF PANEL A MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 15TH.
UH, THE BOARD HAS THE MEETING MINUTES IN JULY 15TH IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING, THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANY CHANGES OR EDITS.
THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE JULY MEETING AS AS SUBMITTED.
JULY 15TH, 2025 MEETING AS SUBMITTED.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO REVIEW AND TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES AS PRESENTED FOR PANEL A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR JULY 15TH.
THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO ZERO.
THE AGENDA IS OUR UNCONTESTED AGENDA, UM, IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
IF AFTER THE BRIEFING THERE IS NO PUBLIC OPPOSITION OR STAFF RECOMMENDATION AGAINST DENIAL? NO.
OR A UH, INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER THAT WANTS TO PULL AN ITEM FOR A FULL HEARING.
THEY BECOME ON WHAT'S CALLED AN UNCONTESTED DOCKET.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE IS BO OA 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 AND BO OA 2 5 0 0 0.
WAS THAT 3 4 0 4 0 2 3 ARE BOTH ON THE UNCONTESTED DOCKET.
IF THE CHAIR WERE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MS. HAYDEN, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT GRANT THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS LISTED ON THE UNCONTESTED DOCKET BECAUSE IT APPEARS FROM OUR EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND ALL RELEVANT EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLICATION SATISFY ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE CODE AS APPLICABLE TO WIT BO A TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 1 5 APPLICATION OF GARRETT GIBBONS JR.
FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE SIDE YARD SETBACK REGULATIONS TO PRESERVE AN EXISTING TREE, A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE REAR YARD.
SETBACK REGULATIONS TO PRESERVE AN EXISTING TREE, A VARIANCE TO THE BUILDING HEIGHT REGULATIONS FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE STRUCTURE AND A VARIANCE TO THE FLOOR AREA FOR STRUCTURES ACCESSORY TO SINGLE FAMILY USE REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE IS GRANTED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
COMPLI COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF ALL SUBMITTED PLANS AS REQUIRED.
BO A 25 DASH 0 0 0 2 3 APPLICATION OF JUAN KIM OF TEXAS PRO SIGNS FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE SIGN REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE IS GRANTED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF ALL SUBMITTED PLANS IS REQUIRED.
BOARD MEMBER, UH, HAYDEN HAS MOVED TO APPROVE VIA THE CONSENT UN, THE UNCONTESTED DOCKET BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 AND BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 3.
IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MR. HOPKOS.
MS. HAYDEN? UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICATION FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK RE REGULATIONS IN REAR YARD FOR TO PRESERVE THE TREE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND THE TREE IS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION.
AND ON THE SECOND CASE WITH THE TEXAS PRO SIGNS, I BELIEVE THAT THE ADDITION OF THE TWO ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, WORDS ON THE SIGN
DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO GRANT MR. KOVI? I CONCUR WITH MS. HAYDEN'S COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE BO A 2 5 0 0 0 1 5 2 BO A 2 5 0 0 0 2 3.
HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL CALL THE VOTE.
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MS. HAYDEN.MR. CHAIRMAN IN A AYE, MOTION TO GRANT PASSES 4 2 0 IN THE MATTERS OF BAOA 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 AND BOA 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 3.
THE BOARD APPROVES UNANIMOUSLY ON A FOUR TO ZERO VOTE.
YOU'LL GET LETTERS FROM THE UH, BOARD ADMINISTRATOR IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
THE NEXT ITEM FOR THE BOARD IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON BO OA 25 DASH 0 0 0 2 2.
THIS IS AT 5 3 1 5 BONITA AVENUE.
MS. BOARD SECRETARY, WHAT SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE REGISTERED FOR? 5 3 1 5 BONITA.
UM, WE HAVE TWO IN FAVOR AND ONE ONLINE IN OPPOSITION.
BOARD MEMBERS, AS I MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING THIS MORNING, I HAVE FEEDBACK LETTERS THAT CAME TO OUR BOARD.
WE PASS THIS DOWN, WE'LL PASS IT DOWN AGAIN.
THAT'S ALL MATTER OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
UM, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS IN FAVOR.
I ASSUME THE APPLICANT IS ONE SPEAKER AND THE OTHER.
SO, UM, IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES PLUS OR MINUS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
THE NEXT WILL BE ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING IN FAVOR AND THEN ANYONE IN OPPOSITION.
THEN YOU HAVE A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
YOU'LL NEED TO BE SWORN IN BY A BOARD SECRETARY.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT PHASE THAT ANYONE THAT SPEAKS NOW HAS TO BE SWORN IN CONSISTENT WITH OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
MS. BOARD SECRETARY, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? I DO.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PROCEED.
UH, DANIEL LEE AT 6 5 3 1 VICTORIA AVENUE.
WELL THANKS AGAIN FOR, UM, UH, TAKING THIS MEETING.
UM, I AM HERE TODAY TO REQUEST A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR AN A DU AT FIVE, UH, 5 3 1 5 BONITA AVE.
THE FRONT BUILDING, THE PRI PRIMARY RESIDENCE IS ALREADY APPROVED.
UM, THE PROPOSED, THE, THE PROPOSED, UM, ACCELERATE DWELLING UNIT IS FOR THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
THE HEIGHT IS 29 FEET, 10, UH, 10 INCHES AND A HALF.
UH, IT IS 25% OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE OR LESS THAN 25% OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
AND THE MAIN HOUSE IS 29 FEET AND 11 INCHES.
SO THE MAIN HOUSE IS TALLER THAN THE, UM, ACCESSORY AND THE COM.
THE COM UH, THE FINISHES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE A DU.
UM, SO IN COMPARISON, UH, THE HEIGHT IS FIVE INCHES SHORTER.
UM, FOR THE ACCESSORY COMPARED TO THE MAIN DWELLING, THE, UM, SITE COVERAGE IS 44% OR 45% IS THE MAX.
UH, THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS 20, UH, SORRY.
THE ACCESSORY IS 24% OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND IN ORDINANCE, UH, 3 0 9 3 0.
UM, THERE'S THREE REQUIREMENTS.
ONE IS THE RENTAL, UM, IS FOR IT TO NOT TO BE, UM, A RENTAL ACCOMMODATION.
THE OWNER HAS AGREED, UM, THAT THIS WILL NOT BE USED FOR RENTAL UM, PURPOSES.
UM, IT WILL NOT AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
UM, FOR REASONS LATER I WILL EXPLAIN WHY I DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO IN GRANTING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THE OWNER AGREES TO ACCEPT A DEED RESTRICTION.
UH, AND ON THIS NEXT PAGE IS, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF IT APPLIES TO US OR NOT, BUT IT ALSO, UM, WE ALSO MEET EVERYTHING THAT IT REQUIRES.
UM, THE SPECIAL PARKING THAT'S OFF STREET, UM, THE D RESTRICTION, UM, AND THE A DU BEING A STANDALONE STRUCTURE.
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IS ALSO THE SAME.UM, THE HEIGHT DOES NOT EXCEED, EXCEED THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
THE FLOOR AREA RATIO DOES NOT EXCEED 25%.
THE TOTAL ACCESSORY FLOW AREA DOESN'T EXCEED 50%.
AND THE A DU IS COMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF FINISHES WITH THE MAIN HOUSE.
UM, IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT, UH, THE OWNERS DID WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY GOT 22 LETTERS OF SUPPORT AROUND THE AREA.
UM, THE MAP ON THE, FROM THE BRIEFING THIS MORNING IS A LITTLE OFF.
UM, THE HOUSE IS ACTUALLY THREE HOUSES TO THE LEFT AND THEN WE GOT MORE SIGNATURES THAN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY ON THAT LIST.
WHEN YOU SAY MAP, I WON'T USE IT.
THIS AGAINST MY QUESTION AGAINST YOUR TIME, WHAT MAP YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN, GREEN RED MAP, THE, UH, 200 FOOT RADIUS? YES.
SO THE HOUSE AT THE 5 3 1 5 BONITA IS ACTUALLY THREE HOUSES TO THE LEFT OF THAT.
SO THE RADIUS IS ACTUALLY SHIFTED OVER TO THE LEFT AND WE FOCUS OUR SIGNATURES ON THAT RADIUS ITSELF.
WELL, THE RADIUS IS A FUNCTION OF 200 FEET.
OR THE, OR THE DESIGNATION OF FOUR OR AGAINST, SO THE ACTUAL LOT IS THREE HOUSES TO THE LEFT AND THE CIRCLE SHOULD BE MOVED TO THREE HOUSES TO THE LEFT AS WELL.
SO I, UM, EMAILED, UH, DIANE AT THE, UM, AT THE OFFICE AND SHE CORRECTED IT BEFOREHAND AND SHE MAILED OUT ALL THE LETTERS BEFOREHAND.
MS. BOARD ADMINISTRATOR, IS THAT CORRECT? HE'S SAYING THAT THE NOTIFICATION MAP IS INCORRECT.
IT'S THE NOTIFICATION MAP THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR GI S TEAM.
I, I WOULD ADVISE NOT GETTING HUNG UP ON THAT.
GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE 14 POSITIVE RESPONSES AND ONLY ONE NEGATIVE THUS FAR, BUT, OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
SO, UM, IN THE OPINION OF THE BOARD, THE A DU WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
UM, I THINK ADVERSE IS A STRONG STATEMENT HERE.
UM, THE DEFINITION OF PREVENTING SUCCESS OR DEVELOPMENT HARMFUL OR UNFAVORABLE TO THE OTHER PROPERTIES? UM, I DON'T THINK THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO THE A DU IS NECESSARILY GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AFFECT ANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES ADVERSELY.
UM, THE OWNER, THEY'RE BUYING THIS PROPERTY.
THEY BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY TO LIVE IN.
UM, THEY'RE BUILDING IT NOT AS A FLIP, NOT AS A RENTAL, BUT THEY DO HAVE OLD PARENTS AND YOUNG KIDS AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE RENTING IT OUT.
UM, THERE'S NO PROPERTIES IN BACK THERE IN THAT, UM, GENERAL VICINITY WHERE THE HOUSE OR THE A DU WOULD CAST A SHADOW ON OR, UM, YOU KNOW, INVADE ON ANYBODY'S PRIVACY.
UM, ALL THE WINDOWS IN THE BACK OF THE A DU AND THERE'S ONLY ONE SIDE THAT HAS WINDOWS.
THEY'RE ALL TRANSOM WINDOWS AT THE TOP OF THE, UM, OF THE WALL.
SO THERE'S, YOU CAN'T LOOK OUT OF THEM.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING UP TO ALMOST 30 FEET, THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE A DU, THAT PARAPET WALL IS ONLY, UM, 24 FEET IN HEIGHT.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, TREES AROUND THE AREA.
IF YOU, YOU LOOK UP, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THE SKY ANYWAY 'CAUSE THE, THE CANOPY OF THOSE LARGER TREES KIND OF OVERCAST THAT.
UM, THE ONLY PART OF THE STRUCTURE THAT ACTUALLY STICKS ABOVE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE 24 FEET IS THAT THE STAIRCASE GOING UP.
AND THAT'S ONLY A 13 BY SEVEN FOOT, UM, BOX.
UM, IN TERMS OF AFFECTING OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND THE AREA, IF YOU DRIVE, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, I SAW THAT, UM, THE, THE DRIVE THROUGH THIS MORNING, UH, GOING DOWN THAT ALLEY, THERE'S AT LEAST SIX PROPERTIES THAT HAVE, UM, A, A GARAGE STRUCTURE OR AN A DU THAT IS OVER TWO STORIES TALL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S ABOUT 12, UH, SINGLE STORY GARAGES IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER SIX, UM, TWO STORY, UH, TWO OR THREE STORY UNITS.
UH, WE WILL, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE ONE OR TWO FOR YOU.
AND THEN IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL LET THE SECOND SPEAKER THAT'S IN FAVOR SPEAK AND THEN THE PERS THE PERSON THAT'S IN OPPOSED THE TREASURE TO SPEAK, THEN YOU CAN COME BACK.
UM, OUR UNDERSTANDING BASED ON WHAT YOU SUBMITTED TO THE STAFF, PLUS WHAT WE SAW IN OUR BRIEFING THIS MORNING IS INDEED YOU ARE NOT EXCEEDING THE AREA RATIO, NOT EXCEEDING THE LOT COVERAGE, UH, OR HEIGHT.
UH, WHICH I'M JUST KIND OF AMAZED YOU MADE IT ALL BY LESS THAN 1% ON EACH ONE, BUT HEY, YOU'RE GIVING, GETTING EVERY INCH OUT OF THE PROPERTY, THAT'S YOUR RIGHT AND UH, THAT SORT OF THING.
ARE YOU AN OWNER IN THIS OR ARE YOU REPRESENTING AN OWNER? I'M, I'M REPRESENTING AN OWNER IN.
BUT YOU'RE NOT AN OWNER IN THIS? I'M NOT THE OWNER AT ALL.
NUMBER TWO, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE, THERE'S GONNA BE AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT FROM THE ALLEY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
IS THAT GONNA BE TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE OR JUST TO THE PROPOSED, UM, ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT JUST TO THE PROPOSED.
IT'S GONNA BE A YARD IN BETWEEN A POOL IN BETWEEN, THERE'S THE TWO CAR GARAGE AND A DRIVEWAY FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THEN THE, HOLD
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ON.LET'S SPEAK WITH ONE IN THE BACK.
SO THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT FROM THE ALLEY IS ONLY FOR THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT? YES.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
SO THE MAIN STRUCTURE ENTERS FROM BONITA? YES.
I WOULD, UH, AND THIS IS, I I WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EGRESS AND AND INGRESS FROM, FROM YOUR PROPERTY, IF THIS IS APPROVED INTO THE ALLEYS.
'CAUSE I FEAR THAT'S A TIGHT CORNER.
THEY'RE ALL CONSISTENTLY PLATTED SMALL.
IT, I, I I'M ASSUMING OUR STAFF WOULD TELL US THAT THERE WAS A INTERSECTION SAFETY ISSUE, BUT I'M JUST CAUTION YOU TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.
THERE'S ABOUT A THREE FOOT, UM, APPROACH GOING FROM THE ALLEYWAY TO THE PROPERTY LOT LINE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A RADIUS TO BE ABLE TO TURN IN AND THERE'S ALSO A SLIDING GATE THAT OPENS AND CLOSES.
THE, ARE YOU PLANNING ARE PLANNING GATING IT WITH A SOLID GATE OR A UH, YES.
I'M JUST ENVISIONING IF THIS IS DONE, HOW PEOPLE, WHOEVER'S GONNA BE THERE NON-REAL.
IT'S MAKING THEIR WAY IN AND OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEE? I'VE GOT MS. DAVIS, THE MR. KOVI, MS. DAVIS, UM, YOU MENTIONED NOBODY'S MOVING IN.
ARE THEY JUST RESERVING THE SPACE FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN? YES.
I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA BE USING THAT AS A FLEX SPACE.
YOU KNOW, THE KIDS SWIM IN THE POOL, THEY CAN GO SHOWER IN THE POOL HOUSE.
UH, THEY, AND, AND THE PARENTS LATER ON IN LIFE, THEY DO WANT TO STAY THERE THEY CAN.
MR. MR. KOVI, COULD YOU GO BACK TO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD SLIDE OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YES.
IT WAS LISTING VARIOUS THINGS THAT THE OWNER WAS AGREEABLE TO.
UH, THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE SECOND, THE SECOND OF THOSE SLIDES.
UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UH, THE FOURTH ONE DOWN? WHY THE OWNER WOULD REGISTER ANNUALLY WITH THE CITY'S SINGLE FAMILY, NON-OWNER OCCUPIED RENTAL PROGRAM? THAT'S, IF WE WERE REQUIRED TO, WE WILL REGISTER, BUT IT'S NOT A RENTAL, SO WE SHOULDN'T NEED TO, UM, I READ ON LIKE THIS, THIS KIND OF CONFLICTING, BECAUSE IT SAYS REGARDLESS YOU HAVE TO REGISTER.
SO IF WE HAVE TO REGISTER, WE'LL REGISTER AS THE A DU, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE USED FOR RENTAL PURPOSES FOR ANY MEANS.
SO TAKING THAT QUESTION TO STAFF, IS THERE A REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER FOR AN A DU? IF IT'S NON-REAL, ONLY IF IT'S A RENTAL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER.
SO, SO THAT WON'T BE APPLICABLE THEN, RIGHT? SO, YEAH, SO I, I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SETUP OF THE DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IS ALL DESIGNED MM-HMM
AND HOW IT DOESN'T, UH, REALLY LEND ITSELF ALMOST REALLY NICELY TO BEING A INDEPENDENTLY RENTABLE PROPERTY.
SO I I REALLY, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE, THERE, THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE A DU AND THE MAIN HOME.
UH, I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THIS LINE ITEM AS WELL AS TO WHY IT HAS TO BE REGISTERED ANNUALLY.
BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE, UH, THE, THE ORDINANCE, THE, THE ITEM NUMBER TWO, IT SAYS WE HAVE TO ANNUALLY REGISTER AS A RENTAL PROPERTY.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M APPLYING FOR AN A DU, SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO SATISFY IN TERMS OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
WELL, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER FOR THAT IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RENTED, BUT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT THEN.
UM, I'M ASKING ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE TWO STRUCTURES TOGETHER.
THERE SEEMS TO BE VERY LITTLE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A PURPOSEFUL DISCONNECTION BETWEEN THE MAIN HOME AND THE A DU YES.
SUCH AS THEIR, THE SEPARATE, EVEN SEPARATE ENTRANCES TO THE PROPERTY, WHICH, UM, WOULD, WOULD SPEAK TOWARDS THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF, OF, OF THE PROPERTY BEING USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES THAN AS FOR FAMILY.
WELL, THE A DU IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SEPARATE STRUCTURE ANYWAY, SO THERE HAS TO BE AN ENTRANCE TO AN A DU.
UM, THERE, THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A SEPARATE PARKING AND SEPARATE STREET ENTRANCE.
THAT'S WHAT I FIND TO BE UNUSUAL.
I MEAN, UNDER SECTION BB, UM, UNDER
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TWO IT SAYS THERE, IF A MINIMUM, UH, IF A MINIMUM OF ONE ADDITIONAL OFF STREET PARKING SPACE IS NOT PROVIDED, THEN THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT, UM, IT WILL CREATE A TRAFFIC HAZARD.SO I DON'T KNOW IF LIKE THAT IT'S A COVERED PORT.
IT IT SERVES AS AN EXTRA PARKING SPOT IF NEEDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE DETACHED GARAGES IN THE AREA.
I'M GONNA, LET ME ASK MY QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY THEN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION PROCESS WHERE YOU HAVE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC MM-HMM
FOR THE REAR A DU THAN YOU DO FOR THE MAIN HOME, AND VERY LITTLE STRUCTURAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT SIT ON THE SAME LOT.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH OF, IF IT'S FOR FAMILY TO BE LIVING TOGETHER, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE VERY, IT'S VERY CONDUCIVE TO PEOPLE GOING BETWEEN THE TWO FACILITIES.
SO THE OWNERS CURRENTLY LIVE FOUR PROPERTIES DOWN FROM WHERE THIS, UH, FIVE THREE, UH, 5 3 1 5 BONITA IS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY HAVE A GARAGE IN THE FRONT.
THEY HAVE A DRIVEWAY IN THE MAIN HOUSE IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
THEY ALSO HAVE A, UM, DETACHED GARAGE, TWO CAR GARAGE WITH THE DRIVEWAY IN THE BACK THERE TOO.
EVERYBODY ON THAT STREET HAS TWO PARKINGS IN THE FRONT AND THE BACK.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED THE EXTRA PARKING SPOT IN THE BACK IN CASE SOMEBODY WERE, YOU KNOW, TO STAY OVER FRIENDS, FAMILY OR WHATEVER WERE TO COME OVER.
THEY HAVE A SPOT TO PARK BACK THERE AND ENTER WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO MOVE THEIR CARS ON THEIR DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT IS A SIX BEDROOM HOUSE IN THE FRONT.
AND WITH THE ONLY FOUR CAR GARAGE, I MEAN TWO CARS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, IF ANYBODY PARKS IN THE DRIVEWAY, THERE'S REALLY NO ACCESS IN AND OUT AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF PARKING SPACE OR AREAS TO, UM, TO PARK THEIR CARS ON THE STREET ON THAT ROAD.
UM, SO OUR SCOPE IS TO LOOK AT THE TWO CRITERIA THAT IT'S NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTING NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND IT'S NOT TO BE USED AS RENTAL.
SO LET'S STAY SCOPED RIGHT THERE.
AND WE ARE ACCEPTING THE DEED RESTRICTION THAT WE WON'T BE RENTING THE PROPERTY.
SO I'D LIKE, AGAIN, YOU TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HAVING, OF REGISTERING THE PROPERTY WITH THE RENTAL PROGRAM.
I THINK OUR BOARD ATTORNEY HAS A COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE THAT I AGREE.
THAT'S A INTERESTING QUESTION MARK.
SO I, I ASKED THE BOARD ATTORNEY TO ZERO IN ON THIS PAGE, AND MS. CARLISLE WILL, WILL GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK.
YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WRONG SECTION OF THE CODE.
WHAT YOU WERE REFERENCING ARE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FORM.
IF YOU LOOK ON THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS, FOR RENTABLE DWELLING UNITS, YOU SHOULD BE IN PAIR IN SUB ROMAN AT TWO, WHICH IS JUST, IT'S JUST THOSE THREE ITEMS. JUST THOSE, OKAY.
WHERE IT'S ADVERSELY AFFECTING NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DERESTRICT THE PROPERTY TO NOT BE USED FOR RENT.
SO I WAS GONNA COMPLIMENT YOU IN SAYING, WOW, THIS IS PRETTY ORGANIZED.
YOU REFERENCED THE CODE AND THEN YOUR RESPONSE, ED, THE CODE RESPONSE, BUT YOU REFERENCED THE WRONG SECTION OF THE CODE
OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS A LOT HARDER THAN THAN, YEAH.
I I'M STILL, I LIKE YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL, BUT AS THE BOARD ATTORNEY JUST REFERENCED, THE SECTION YOU HAVE HERE IS THREE AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN TWO.
AND YOU'RE MS. CARLISLE, YOU'RE SAYING THE SECTION IS RIGHT ABOVE IT IN THE CODE.
RIGHT? IT'S ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY.
UM, ROMAN AT ONE, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MAY GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT, ANY DISTRICT WHEN IN THE OPINION OF THE BOARD, THAT ADDITIONAL DRILLING UNIT WILL NOT ONE BE USED AS RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS OR TWO ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
SO ARE YOU FINISHED MR. YES, MR. HOPKOS, THEN MS. DAVIS.
SO, UM, IF YOU'D PLEASE GO BACK TO THE IT FLIP A, A SLIDE BACK.
THE PRESENTATION SLIPPED A SLIDE BACK FROM WHERE IT WAS THERE.
SO, UM, THE THIRD ONE UP FROM THE BOTTOM, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO HAVE, I I I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PHRASE SEPARATE UTILITY SERVICES MEANS, BUT, BUT TWO DOWN FROM THAT IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING ONE METER.
SO IS IS IT GOING TO BE SEPARATE UTILITIES OR IS IT GOING TO BE ALL ON ONE METER BECAUSE IT'S UNDER TWO PERMITS? I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS GONNA BE CONNECTED TO ONE SEWER LINE, IF IT WAS GONNA BE CONNECTED AT TWO POINTS IN THE SEWER LINE.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANT BY UTILITIES, I THOUGHT.
BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE ELECTRICITY, THE ELECTRICAL METER, I CAN'T, WE CAN'T GET TWO METERS UNLESS WE HAVE APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD.
SO, BUT IN THIS, UM, IN THIS CHAPTER IT SAYS THAT WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED ONE.
SO I JUST ASSUMED IT'S JUST ONE ELECTRICAL METER.
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GOING BACK TO THE BOARD ATTORNEY'S COMMENT, THIS WORKSHEET REFERENCES FOR RENTAL, WHICH THEN GOES INTO THE ELECTRIC SERVICE DUAL OR, OR, OR SEPARATE CORRECT.MS. CARLISLE, THAT IS CORRECT.
WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU IS THE PROVISIONS FOR THIS APPLICATION, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL DRILLING UNIT NOT FOR RENT.
SO REALLY I'M GONNA TRY TO HELP YOU HERE.
THIS PAGE HERE THAT'S IN FRONT OF US NOW IS APPLICABLE.
FLIP TO THE OTHER PAGE IS NOT APPLICABLE BECAUSE THIS IS EXPANDED TO BE RENTAL, WHICH GOES TO METER SOURCE REGISTRATION AND THAT.
SO REALLY YOU, YOU WOULD WANT US TO IGNORE THIS PAGE? YES, IGNORE IT, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS NOT USER CREATED CONTENT.
THIS IS, THESE ARE CITY, THESE ARE CITY CHECKLISTS.
BUT I THINK THE APPLICANT, IF I READ CORRECTLY, NO, IS FOR A DU NON FORREAL, NOT FOR RENTAL.
NOW TH THIS, THIS DOCUMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I KNOW HE PUT IT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT HE PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW THIS.
BUT HE SHOULD'T HAVE PUT IT IN THIS PAGE IS CORRECT.
OKAY, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THERE'S ONLY GONNA BE ONE ELECTRIC METER FOR BOTH BUILDINGS.
SO THAT WOULD JUST TO ADDRESS MR. HOP'S CONCERNS, THAT WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO RENT IF YOU ARE SHARING A METER BECAUSE WHOEVER IS IN THAT PROPERTY CAN'T GET A SEPARATE BILL.
IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST ADUS ARE DISCONNECTED AND THAT THEY ARE A SEPARATE SPACE.
AND, UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE OWNER WAS CREATING THIS SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND FOR PARENTS TO HAVE COMPLETELY SEPARATE SPACE? YES.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND IT'S CONSISTENT FOR ADUS TO HAVE A LOOK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE MAIN PROPERTY, BUT TO BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO THE SECOND SPEAKER REGISTERED.
MS. WILLIAMS, THE SECOND SPEAKER REGISTERED IN FAVOR.
MR. ANKI PATEL, DO I STAND NEAR HERE? CLOSE BY, OR YOU CAN STAND HERE WHERE YOU WANT, BUT STEP AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE.
SIR, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN YOU'LL BE SWORN IN.
FIVE THREE, THREE, ONE BONITA AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 6.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? I DO.
UM, SO, UH, BACK TO THE MICROPHONE.
OWNER, OWNER OF FIVE THREE ONE FIVE BONINE AVENUE.
WE'RE THE ONES BUILDING OUR PERSONAL HOUSE ON IT.
UM, MY WIFE AND I, TWO KIDS, UH, TWO KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
ONE STARTED KINDERGARTEN LAST WEEK.
ONE STARTED PRESCHOOL THIS WEEK.
SO, UH, WE GOT AT LEAST GOT A COUPLE HOURS OF PIECE AT THE HOUSE.
UH, OUR EXISTING HOUSE AT LEAST.
UM, SO THEY GROW UP, THEY'RE TEENAGERS, THEY COME BACK HOME.
YOU GOTTA HOPE TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE IT OUT AGAIN.
UM, WE'VE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SEVEN YEARS.
UH, WE HAVE, WE KIND OF FELL INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE BUILT A COMMUNITY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS SURROUNDED BY SOME GREAT NEIGHBORS THAT WE'VE, WE'RE ACTUALLY MO ONE OF THE MORE TENURED NEIGHBORS NOW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE LIVED THROUGH SOME CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING A MURDER, SUICIDE AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR, UH, WHICH HAVE QUESTIONED WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH OUR EXISTING HOUSING.
UH, MUCH LESS PURCHASE ANOTHER LOT AND CREATE, UH, CREATE A ONGOING COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, BUT WE'RE PROUD TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE CHANGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE, OUR OUR SON IS GOING TO GENEVA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL, AND THAT'S A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL, WHICH TO US IS BECOMING ANOTHER PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THE IDEA AND THE NOTION OF RENTING IS NOT IN THE CARDS AT ALL.
THIS IS FOR MY, MY KIDS, MY, MY WIFE AND I.
UH, MY IN-LAWS ARE 77, 70, 77 YEARS OLD, SOON TO BE IN TWO WEEKS AND 70 YEARS OLD.
MY MY PARENTS ARE 76 AND 70 SOMETHING.
I SHOULD REMEMBER MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY.
UH, SO IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO HELP, UH, TAKE CARE OF THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO GET OLDER.
SO THE IDEA OF THE, THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE TWO, UH, DIFFERENT UNITS IS TO PROVIDE THE FAMILY ENOUGH SPACE TO SUFFICIENTLY HAVE THE TEENAGERS EVENTUALLY AND THE PARENTS LIVE IN SAFE, UH, IN A SAFE AND ACCOMMODATING SPACE.
SAFE MEANING FOR ONE FLOOR, FIRST FLOOR.
SO THE, UH, A DU HAS A FIRST FLOOR.
UH, THE, THE MAIN HOUSE HAS A FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION FOR PARENT ELDERLY
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PARENTS.UH, THERE IS NO, UH, MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE A DU FROM THE BACK, UH, ASIDE FROM THE ONE THAT'S CONNECTED, THAT LOOKS OUT TO THE MAIN HOUSE.
UM, AND THE IDEA IS FOR US TO HAVE OUR EXTENDED FAMILY THERE, BOTH MY IN-LAWS AND, AND MY PARENTS EVENTUALLY, WHEN, WHEN THE TIME COMES WHERE THAT IS NEEDED, UH, AS THE KIDS GROW UP.
UM, I, I SPOKE TO THE COMMUNITY NATURE.
WE HAVE 14 IMMEDIATELY NA, IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE ENDORSED IT.
SOME OF WHICH, IF HAD WE KNOWN WE WERE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A, A EXCEPTION TODAY, WE WOULD'VE HAD SOME HERE, UH, AND 22 BROADLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHERS THAT WOULD, UH, GO, UH, ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT US IN THIS, UH, ADVENTURE.
THAT LOT THAT I'M REFERRING TO, FIVE THREE.
ONE FIVE HAS BEEN GRAZED FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
UH, WE WERE, UH, FORTUNATE AND ABLE TO, UH, PURCHASE THAT LOT, UH, IN THE LAST, UH, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
UM, UH, WITH FULL INTENTIONS OF DOING WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED, BUILDING OUR FOREVER HOME IN THE DALLAS AREA.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RETIRE IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WE CALLED, UH, UH, THAT BONITA AVENUE BLOCK, UH, AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM, FROM THE BOARD, BUT APPRECIATE THE TIME TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? HEARING NONE, UH, YOU COULD STEP BACK FOR A SECOND.
UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, ANYONE IN OPPOSITION, MS. MEGAN BOND? IF YOU CAN PROVIDE AUDIO AND VIDEO PLEASE.
MS. BOND, I THINK WE LOST HER.
WELL THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE COST OF DOING IT ELECTRONICALLY AS OPPOSED TO BEING HERE IN PERSON, BUT, OKAY.
SO, UM, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GIVE A UP TO A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
SO YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK MR. LEE.
AM I ALLOWED TO SAY ONE MORE THING? ALRIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE HIS REBUTTAL.
I'M JUST GONNA REITERATE, THERE IS NO RENTAL THOUGHT PROCESS OF THIS.
MY WIFE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE UNHAPPY IF THAT WERE A THOUGHT PROCESS WITH THE YOUNG KIDS.
SO THAT IS NOT HAPPENING HERE.
SHE'D BE MORE THAN UNHAPPY, BUT YOU'RE, WE'RE IN A PUBLIC.
JUST TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR ON THAT POINT, THAT WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATION AND YOUR TESTIMONY.
UM, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND REQUEST NUMBER, BO OA DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 22 ON APPLICATION OF DANIEL LEE GRANT THE REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN AN ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT NOT FOR RENT ON A SITE DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE SINGLE FAMILY USE REGULATIONS IN THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
BECAUSE OUR EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY IN THE TESTIMONY SHOWS THAT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITION BE IMPOSED TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF ALL SUBMITTED PLANS ARE REQUIRED, AND THE APPLICANT MUST DEED RESTRICT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO PREVENT THE USE OF THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT AS RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE MANNER BOA 2 5 0 0 0 2 2.
UH, A MOTION BY MS. DAVIS HAS BEEN MADE TO GRANT THE REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL, EXCUSE ME, AN ACCESSORY.
IS THIS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT? ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT.
BECAUSE THE CASE SAYS ACCESSORY, THIS SAYS ADDITIONAL, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED CLARITY 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN ITCH LATER.
A MOTION IS MADE, MADE BY MS. DAVIS IN THE MATTER OF BO 8 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 2, UH, TO GRANT THE REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT, NOT FOR RENT WITH CONDITIONS AS NOTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MS. DAVIS, I'M SUPPORTING THIS MOTION BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL NOT BE USED FOR RENTAL.
AND IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT, UM, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AFFECTING NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
YOU GOT A TON OF SUPPORT WITH ONLY ONE OPPOSITION.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
UM, I'M SUPPORTING IT FOR THE SAME REASONS AS MS. DAVIS.
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OTHER DISCUSSION IN THE MOTION.I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
I THINK YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING THIS OTHER THAN THAT ONE PAGE GLITCH.
BUT YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED TO THE BOARD ATTORNEY, SOMETIMES WE BAIL OUT APPLICANTS FOR THEIR OWN, BUT, UH, IGNORE THAT ONE PAGE GLITCH.
UH, I'M GLAD THAT THE OWNER'S HERE TO FURTHER TESTIFY THAT THIS IS NOT FOR REYNOLD, THAT IT'S FOR HIS FAMILY AND THAT SORT OF THING.
I CAUTION YOU AGAIN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT THROUGH THAT ALLEY.
UM, WE HAD A VIDEO SO FORTH, AND IT JUST LOOKS NARROW.
I MEAN, YOU'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A CONCRETE ALLEY.
UM, BUT I, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
AS MS. DAVIS HAS MENTIONED, UH, GETTING NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT, UH, DOESN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT HELPS THE PROCESS FOR US TO GO THROUGH TO SAY THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT A ADVERSELY AFFECTING AMRY PROPERTY.
SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? UH, MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 2.
THE MOTION IS TO GRANT THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL CALL THE VOTE.
MOTION TO GRANT PASSES 4 2 0 IN THE MANNER OF BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 2.
THE, THE BOARD GRANTS UNANIMOUSLY 40 ZERO YOUR REQUEST, YOU'LL GET A LETTER FROM OUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
OKAY, THE NEXT CASE BEFORE THE BOARD, UM, IS 5 9 1 7 BELGRADE AVENUE.
THIS IS BO OA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 2 9 IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
WHILE YOU'RE COMING FORWARD, LET ME ASK, UM, THE BOARD SECRETARY SPEAKERS, WHAT SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE REGISTERED FOR? 25 4 0 AND TWO NINE.
I HAVE THE APPLICANT AND SOMEBODY SIGNED AN OPPOSITION, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE.
MR. DANIEL BELTRAN IN PRESENT OR ONLINE? UH, SHOULD BE HERE IN PERSON.
BOARD MEMBERS, I'M GI PASSING DOWN THE FEEDBACK THAT WE PASSED OUT THIS MORNING.
UH, THERE ARE ONLY TWO, TWO FEEDBACKS WE GOT IN EMAILS.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD WITH HIM.
YOU'RE THINKING IT'S ONE IN ONE MS. WILLIAMS? YES.
MR. DANIEL, IF YOU ARE ONLINE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE VIDEO AND AUDIO AVAILABLE.
YOU, YOU WILL NEED TO PROVIDE VIDEO SHORTLY.
I WILL CALL YOUR NAME WHEN, WHEN WE'RE READY.
UM, YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN YOU'LL BE SWORN IN BY THE BOARD SECRETARY.
ADDRESS IS 5 9 1 7 BELGRADE AVENUE.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? YES.
OUR RULES OR PROCEDURES ARE THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES PLUS OR MINUS, IT'S FIVE.
BUT NOW GIVE OR TAKE TO PRESENT, THEN THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR CAN SPEAK THAT'S REGISTERED THAT ANYONE IN OPPOSITION, UH, CAN SPEAK.
THEN YOU'RE ALLOWED A REBUTTAL TO THAT.
UM, WELL THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BEING HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH, BUT I SUBMITTED ALL THE PAPERWORK.
UM, MAINLY I GUESS IT'S THAT VARIANCE LINE THAT, UM, WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH.
UM, FOR MOST OF THE PART, EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
UM, THE FENCE, I PULLED THE PERMIT LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, WE WENT THROUGH IT.
WE GOT APPROVED ON THE PERMIT FOR THE FENCE.
UM, IT WASN'T UNTIL I APPLIED FOR THE POOL PERMIT THAT, UM, THAT'S WHEN THEY CAUGHT THAT VARIANCE LINE AND THEY CAME BACK WITH THE, THAT I NEEDED TO GET A VARIANCE, UH, OR YEAH, VARIANCE FOR DEFENSE ON OPACITY AND, UM, HEIGHT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I, I'LL JUST MAKE A STATEMENT.
UM, WE WERE, WE GET BRIEFED ON EVERY CASE IN THE MORNING.
WE GET THE DOCKET, ALL THIS PAPER IN, IN ADVANCE AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO.
VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED AN ERROR AND THEN
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YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO AND THEN THE CITY STOPPED YOU.I'VE ALREADY MADE COMMENTS TO CITY STAFF ABOUT IT.
UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CITY TO APPROVE SOMETHING AND THEN STOP YOU WHEN THEY FIGURED OUT THEY SCREWED UP.
SO, UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN A MINUTE.
UH, IS THE, IS THE SPEAKER FOR THE IN OPPOSITION AVAILABLE? GO AHEAD.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? YES.
PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, MY NAME IS, UH, UH, DANIEL BELTRAN, AND I'M THE OWNER OF 59 0 9 BELGRADE AVENUE.
YOU KNOW, NEXT TO HOUSE OF 59 17.
THE, I I, I'M NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THIS PROJECT THAT, THAT THE NEIGHBORS DO AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT TO ME AT ALL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS REALLY.
SO IF IT DOES AFFECT LIKE MY HOUSE, 'CAUSE I'M THE NEXT, NEXT TO, TO THIS, THIS HOUSE, I'M, I'M OKAY.
THE ONLY THING I WAS CONCERNED IS THAT, UH, THE NEIGHBOR PUT A FENCE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE SAID, LIKE BEGINNING THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, AND IN MY THINKING IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MY LOT GOT SHORT.
UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW UNTIL I DO THE SURVEY.
SO I WAS THINKING JUST TO, YOU KNOW, IF THIS HELP ME TO, UH, WITH A BREAK OR HELP ME IF, IF EVERYTHING IS FINE, I DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL WITH HIS DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, HIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.
ALLOW ME TO ASK A QUESTION OR TWO.
UM, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOUR PROPERTY IS AT, LET ME LOOK, HERE, IS AT 5 9 0 9 BELGRADE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
WHICH MEANS YOUR PROPERTY IS TO THE WEST OR THE, TO THE FACING THE PROPERTIES.
IT'S TO THE WEST OR THE LEFT OF THIS GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTY, CORRECT? YES.
IT'S ON THE NEXT TO YET THE, WHAT'S OF QUESTION TO US IS THE FENCE THAT RUNS ALONG LAWN VIEW, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
SO YOU JUST SAID YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FENCE ALONG LAWN VIEW, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
'CAUSE WE DID GET YOUR EMAIL, UH, THAT YOU SENT TO US YES.
THAT'S YESTERDAY AT 9:57 PM LAST NIGHT WHERE YOU SAID YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THREE FEET OF FENCE ON YOUR SIDE OF HIS PROPERTY, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT THE EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED.
UM, I'M, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING THAT WAY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE WRONG UNTIL I DON'T DO THE SURVEY AND I FIND OUT.
BUT, UH, IF IT, YOU KNOW, DID THIS FINE, IF IT, IF IT DEFENSE, YOU KNOW, IS ON THE PLACE, YOU KNOW, I I'M OKAY WITH EVERYTHING.
MR. FUENTES, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, BEFORE I BUILD THE FENCE, I HAD IT SURVEYED, SO I STAYED IN, I THINK I'M LIKE TWO FEET IN FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
UM, AND I THINK HE HAD HIS PEOPLE SHOW UP TODAY TO SURVEY HIS HOUSE.
I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT FROM WHERE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FENCE IN QUESTION? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FENCE? NO, THE, THE ONE THAT HE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR? YEAH, THE ONE HE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT HE HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA, WHAT I'M GONNA ADVISE YOU IS WE'RE THIS HEARING IS NOT ABOUT THE FENCE NEXT, THEN THERE'S THE PROPERTY LINE NEXT DOOR, THEN THERE'S NOTHING.
THIS HEARING IS STRICTLY ABOUT THE PERMIT THAT WAS ISSUED IN THERE.
THE FENCE LINE, THE BLOCK FACE CONTINUITY, THE HEIGHT AND THE OPACITY, WHICH IS A LONG LAWN VIEW.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA STAY FOCUSED ON.
AND I HAVE, I APPLIED FOR EVERYTHING AND I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IT.
AND I DON'T THINK HE HAS AN ISSUE WITH THAT SIDE EITHER, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. KOVICH, THERE'S THREE MOTIONS ON THIS.
UH, UH, I MOVE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEAL NUMBER OF BO OA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 2 9 ON APPLICATION OF ABNER FUENTES GRANT, THE 16 FOOT SIX INCH VARIANCE TO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK REGULATIONS REQUESTED BY THIS APPLICANT BECAUSE OUR EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND TESTIMONY SHOWS THAT THE PHYSICAL
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CHARACTER OF THIS PROPERTY AS SUCH THAT A LITERAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE AS AMENDED WOULD RESULT IN UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP TO THIS APPLICANT.I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITION BE IMPOSED FURTHER.
THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF ALL SUBMITTED PLANS IS REQUIRED WIRED.
THANK YOU MR. UH, KOVI IN THE MATTER OF BO OA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 2 9.
MR HA, KOVI HAS MOVED TO GRANT THE 16 FOOT SIX INCH VARI OF THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MR. OVITZ? UM, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT YOU'RE UNDERTAKING, THE, UM, THINGS YOU'RE ASKING AS REGARDS TO THE SETBACK OF THE FENCE ARE VERY REASONABLE.
AND, UM, UH, I'D BE SURPRISED IF YOU WEREN'T ASKING FOR THIS.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY REASONABLE TO REQUEST.
THANK YOU MR. KOVICH DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
MS. HAYDEN? UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE TWO FRONT YARDS AND ONE REALLY ACTS AS A SIDE YARD.
SO THAT, UH, SETBACK THAT'S, THAT'S THERE ON THE, UM, PLAT RIGHT NOW IS EXCESSIVE IN MY OPINION.
AND, UM, THIS IS A REASONABLE REQUEST.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN THE MOTION? THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS BO OA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 2 9.
THE MOTION BY MR. HAITZ WAS TO GRANT THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL CALL THE VOTE.
MOTION TO GRANT PASSES FOUR TO ZERO IN THE MATTER OF BO A TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 2 9.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY IN A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO GRANTS, YOUR REQUEST FOR 16 FOOT SIX INCH VARIANCE MR. HOPKOS SECOND MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEAL NUMBER BO OA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 2 9 ON APPLICATION OF AVENUE FUENTES.
GRANT, THE REQUEST OF THIS APPLICANT TO CONSTRUCT AND OR MAINTAIN AN EIGHT FOOT HIGH FENCE AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR FENCES CONTAINED IN THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE AS AMENDED.
BECAUSE OUR EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY, THE TESTIMONY SHOWS THAT THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITION BE IMPOSED TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
COMPLIANCE WITH HEIGHT AND FENCE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS ILLUSTRATED IN THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF ALL SUBMITTED PLANS AS REQUIRED IN THE MATTER OF BO A TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 2 9.
MR. HOPKOS HAS MOVED TO GRANT THE MOTION TO PROVIDE AN EIGHT FOOT SPECIAL EXEMPTION TO THE FENCE HEIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MS. HAYDEN DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION.
MR. OVITZ? UM, NORMALLY I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF EIGHT FOOT FENCES, BUT GIVEN YOU'RE PUTTING UP A POOL, IT'S PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, UH, AND ALSO GIVEN THE CONSIDERATION THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A TWO FRONT YARD, NO DESIGNATED SITUATION.
UM, SO UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
THANK YOU MR. KOVI DISCUSSION IN THE MOTION.
MS. HAYDEN? UM, I, I AGREE WITH MR. KOVI ON THIS, UM, CASE.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS BO OA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 2 9.
THE MOTION IS TO GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR EIGHT FEET ON THE DEFENSE HEIGHT.
THE BOARD, UH, AT BOARD SECRETARY WILL CALL THE VOTE.
LET'S CALL THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE DAVIS.
UH, LET'S, LET'S CALL THE VOTE AGAIN.
WE'RE STARTING THE VOTE OVER ON 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 9.
EIGHT FOOT HIGH FENCE EXCEPTION.
THE BOARD SECRETARY, SECRETARY WILL CALL THE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ZERO IN THE MATTER 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 9.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES GRANTS BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO, YOUR REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE EIGHT FOOT HIGH SPECIAL EXCEPTION OFFENSE HEIGHT.
MR. OVITZ, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEAL NUMBER BOA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 2 9 ON APPLICATION OF ABNER FUENTES.
GRANT, THE REQUEST OF THIS APPLICANT
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TO CONSTRUCT AN OR AND OR MAINTAIN A FENCE WITH PANELS HAVING LESS THAN 50% OPEN SURFACE AREA LOCATED LESS THAN FIVE FEET FROM THE FRONT LOT LINE AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE SURFACE AREA OPENNESS REQUIREMENT FOR FENCES IN THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.BECAUSE OUR EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE TESTIMONY SHOWS THAT THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
I FURTHER IN THE MANNER, OH, I APOLOGIZE.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE FOLLOW FOLLOWING CONDITION BE IMPOSED TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
COMPLIANCE WITH OPACITY AND FENCE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS ILLUSTRATED IN THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF ALL SUBMITTED PLANS IS REQUIRED IN THE MATTER OF BO OA 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 4 ZEROS.
UH, AN APPLICATION OF MR. FUENTES.
THE MR. HOPKOS MOVED TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO MAINTAIN OFFENSE HAVING LESS THAN 50% OPEN SURFACE AREA.
MR. OVITZ? UH, AGAIN, MR. FUENTES IS GIVEN THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN A POOL, UM, HAVING OPACITY TO YOUR, OR UH, HAVING A FENCE THAT GIVES YOU PRIVACY IS, UH, PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE.
UH, I'M HESITANT ON THIS COMPONENT.
I'M HESITANT ON ALL FENCES THAT ARE SOLID JUST BECAUSE SOLID FENCES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS CREATE BARRIERS.
NOW THE DIFFERENCE ON THIS IS LAWNDALE.
LAWN VIEW IS, UH, FOUR LANES DIVIDED.
AND THEN IT HAS, UH, BIKE MEDIAN HAS A BIKE TRAILS ON SITE.
IT'S FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES.
IT'S ON THE SIDE YARD SO I CAN SEE THAT THAT'S, THAT IS REASONABLE.
BUT AS A GENERAL RULE, I'M HESITANT ON SOLID FENCES AND WE DEAL WITH SOLID FENCES ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S KINDA LIKE, WHY WOULD WE BE AGAINST SOLID FENCES? WELL, WE DON'T WANT A CITY WITH EVERYONE BEHIND A FENCE.
YOU COULD DO FOUR FEET AND YOU COULD BE SOLID UP TO THAT FOUR FEET.
BUT ANYTHING OVER FOUR FEET YOU HAVE TO COME HERE UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT I WILL SUPPORT THIS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I HESITATE SOLID FENCES.
THAT'S MY COMMENT FOR THE DAY HEARING.
NO OTHER, THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL CALL THE VOTE.
AYE DON'T GO ANYWHERE 'CAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT IN THE MATTER OF BO.
UM, THE MOTION TO GRANT IS APPROVED ON A FOUR TO ZERO UNANIMOUS REQUEST OR UNANIMOUS.
THIS IS FOR 50% LESS THAN 50% OPEN SURFACE AREA.
IT'S APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY YOU'LL GET THREE SEPARATE LETTERS FROM OUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR, UH, DOCUMENTING THIS, UM, GIVEN SO THAT THAT CASE IS CLOSED.
NOW GIVEN THAT, THAT YOU HAD TO COME HERE 'CAUSE OF A CITY MM-HMM
STAFF ERROR, I URGE YOU TO REQUEST A FEE REIMBURSEMENT.
THEY TOLD ME, I PRESUME YOU PAID 600 600 600, CORRECT? YES.
I'VE ASKED OUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR TO COME OVER AND FOR VISIT TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION.
WE CANNOT HANDLE IT HERE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
BUT IF YOU FILE A REQUEST, IT COMES BACK TO THIS PANEL.
IF YOU GET FOUR VOTES, YOU GET A FEE WAIVER ON THE, THE FEE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE THREE.
I URGE YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT.
YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO COME BACK.
YES? UM, I PROBABLY WAS KIND OF DEAF, BUT THE POOL PART THAT GOT, THAT'S IT'S APPROVED.
NO, HE SAID THE POOL, THE POOL'S.
POOL'S NOT PART OF WHAT WE DO.
THE FENCE, THE HEIGHT AND THE LOCATION OF THE FENCE HAD BEEN APPROVED.
I THOUGHT THE POOL WAS ALREADY PERMITTED.
SO TO ANSWER THE A THE APPLICANT'S QUESTION, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE PENDING IN HIM OR IS HE PERMITTED NOW? OR IS HE APPROVED NOW? MS. BOARD ADMINISTRATOR, WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT THROUGH YOUR STAFF OR WHATEVER? HE'S CONCERNED THAT HIS POOL IS NOT YET.
WELL, THE BOARD DOESN'T APPROVE POOL.
SO HIS, SO HIS QUESTION IS, RIGHT.
SO YOU WILL STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT HERE.
YOU JUST HEAR THE BOARD HANDLE THE FRONT YARD SETBACK ISSUE.
MY QUESTION IS, AND THE FENCE.
SO SINCE THE SETBACK GOT APPROVED, BECAUSE
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YOU STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH BUILDING INSPECTIONS.YES, BECAUSE WE, WE DID, WE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE PERMITS FOR THAT AND WE GOT CHARGED FOR THE PERMITS ALREADY ON THE POOL.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING ALL THIS HAPPENED.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NOW I CAN GO BACK TO THE CITY AND SAY, ALRIGHT, SO YOUR FRONT YARD SETBACK ISSUE HAS BEEN, UM, SATISFIED HERE TODAY.
SO NOW YOU HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
BUT I URGE YOU TO REQUEST THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THESE THREE WILL DO.
THAT'S A SEPARATE, BUT THESE THREE, YES.
SO TALK TO MISS, UH, OUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR AND SHE'LL FACILITATE THAT.
THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE YOU'RE GONNA GET IT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING TO YOU THAT OKAY.
OKAY, THE NEXT CASE FOR THE BOARD IS BO OA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 2 5.
THIS IS AT 5 3 0 2 MILLER AVENUE BO, A 2 5 0 0 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 MILLER AVENUE IS THE APPLICANT HERE, MS. JENNIFER GALEZ, YOU ARE ONLINE.
PLEASE PROVIDE AUDIO AND VIDEO.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
THEN OUR BOARD, UH, BOARD SECRETARY'S GONNA SWEAR YOU IN BEFORE YOU DO THAT, UH, MS. BOARD SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO, SIR.
MA'AM, IF YOU'D INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN OUR BOARD SECRETARY WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER GALEZ AND I AM HERE, UH, OR I LIVE AT 1600 PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY ROW AT TEXAS.
I AM REPRESENTING THE HOMEOWNER, JENNIFER PETERSON, WHO RESIDES AT 53 0 2 MILLER AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR CASE TO YOU TODAY.
UH, WE ARE HOPING FOR, UH, I'M SORRY, YOU NEED TO BE SWORN IN.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? YES.
WE BRING OUR CASE TO YOU TODAY.
UM, WE ARE REQUESTING JUST A VERY MINOR VARIANCE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A PATIO COVER FOR THE PETERSON FAMILY.
AND WE HAVE, WITH THE PROPOSED PATIO, EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM LOCK COVERAGE BY 1%.
UM, SO WE ARE HOPING TO GAIN A VARIANCE APPROVAL FOR EXTENDING THE LOT COVERAGE BY THAT 1%.
THAT WAY THE PETERSON FAMILY CAN BUILD THEIR PATIO COVER ACCORDING TO PLAN AND ENJOY THEIR BACKYARD WITH MANY FAMILY EVENTS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I I WILL TELL YOU, UH, YOUR, YOUR NAME IS GALDAMEZ GALDAMEZ? YES.
I WILL TELL YOU IN OUR DISCUSSION THIS MORNING IN THE BRIEFING, UH, IT WAS GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS BECAUSE AS WE READ THIS, WE SAID, OH MY GOODNESS, IT'S 57 SQUARE FEET.
AND AS I PRESSED MY PROFESSIONAL STAFF ABOUT THIS, I SAID, CERTAINLY THIS COULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD DO ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT WOULDN'T REQUIRE PAYING A FEE, PUTTING A SIGNING OUT, SENDING NOTIFICATIONS, GOING THROUGH ALL THIS OLE AND THE STAFF SAID, WELL, MR. NEWMAN, WOULD YOU, DO YOU REALLY WANT US TO GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF INTERPRETING, UM, 1% OR 57 FEET A SQUARE FEET? SO, UH, IT SEEMS VERY DI MINIMIS TO ME, BUT I GUESS WE'RE FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING THE RULE.
QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, MR. OVITZ? UH, MS. GALDAMEZ, UH, YOU'RE THE BUILDER OF THIS PROJECT.
IS THAT, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? YES.
SO, UH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, UH, ACTUALLY, I GUESS A, WITH AN A AND A B, UH, DID YOU, DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DID THE DESIGN THAT YOU WHAT THE, WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE LIMIT WAS GOING TO BE WITHIN THE, UM, WITHIN THE CODE? I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE MAXIMUM LOCK COVERAGE WHEN WE STARTED THE INITIAL DESIGN PROCESS.
AND SO THE, MY, THE B PART OF THAT IS, WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT THAT THAT WAS TOO LARGE? WHEN I HAD APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT, THEY LET ME KNOW THAT THE LOT COVERAGE WAS EXCEEDING BY 1% AND THE ONLY WAY TO
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MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGNED PLANS WAS TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE.QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, MS. HAYDEN? UM, AND JUST TO, JUST TO CONFIRM THE, UM, THE ADDITION IS JUST AN OPEN PATIO, RIGHT? WITH A, WITH A COVER.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY EXTENDING AN EXISTING ROOF LINE OUT TO COVER A PATIO AREA.
SO IT'S NOT TWO STORIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST AT THE CURRENT HEIGHT? YES, IT IS JUST THE EXTENDED ROOF LINE.
ALL OF THE EAVES AND FASCIA IS GOING TO MATCH THE EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? HEARING NONE, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION MS. DAVIS, A MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEAL NUMBER BO OA DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 2 5 ON APPLICATION OF JENNIFER PETERSON REPRESENTED BY JENNIFER GALEZ GRANT, THE 57 SQUARE FOOT VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM LOCK COVERAGE REGULATIONS REQUESTED BY THIS APPLICANT.
BECAUSE OUR VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND TESTIMONY SHOWS THAT THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF THIS PROPERTY IS SUCH THAT A LITERAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE AS AMENDED WOULD RESULT IN UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP TO THIS APPLICANT.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITION BE IMPOSED TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF ALL SUBMITTED PLANS ARE REQUIRED IN THE MATTER OF BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 5.
UH, MS. DAVIS HAS MOVED TO GRANT THE REQUEST FOR A 57 SQUARE FOOT VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECOND.
SECOND BY MR. OVITZ DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION.
MS. DAVIS, I'LL SUPPORT THIS MOTION BECAUSE THE VARIANCE IS REALLY NEGLIGIBLE.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I NEED TO COMMENT ON MR. OVITZ.
I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT.
I APPLAUD, I APPLAUD THE STAFF FOLLOWING THE RULES AS IT RELATES TO THIS 1% 57 SQUARE FEET.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
SO, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE REQUEST HEARING NO OTHER CO UH, COMMENTS.
THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL CALL THE VOTE ON BO A TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 2 5.
A MOTION TO GRANT 57 SQUARE FOOT VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE MS. HAYDEN.
SUCH ARTICULATION NOW? I LOVE IT.
MOTION TO GRANT PASSES FOUR TO ZERO IN THE MATTER OF BOA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 2 5.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY GRANTS THE REQUEST FOR A 57 SQUARE FOOT VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM LACK COVERAGE BY A VOTE OF 40 ZERO.
YOU'LL GET A LETTER FROM OUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR SHORTLY.
WE HAVE TWO REMAINING CASES ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BRIEF BREAK.
UH, THE NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD WILL BE 1 7 7 7 6 DALLAS PARKWAY AND IT IS AN APPEAL OF AN, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL'S DECISION.
UH, IT IS 3:38 PM ON THE 19TH OF AUGUST.
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, WE'RE GONNA RECESS UNTIL 3:50 PM THAT'S 11 MINUTES.
SO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PANEL IS IN RECESS UNTIL THREE FIVE 0:00 PM THANK YOU.
WE HAVE TWO REMAINING CASES ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
UH, THE NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS GONNA BE BO A 25 DASH 0 0 0 0.
THAT'S FIVE ZEROS FIVES MS. BOARD ATTORNEY FIVE ZEROS ONE AT 1 7 7 7 6 PARKWAY.
BEFORE WE CALL, UH, THE TWO PARTIES TOGETHER, UH, I'M GONNA READ A STATEMENT AND ASK THE BOARD ATTORNEY TO READ SOMETHING INTO THE RECORD AS IT A STATEMENT THAT WE ARE GIVEN AS PART OF OUR LEGAL SCRIPT WHENEVER WE MEET IS AS FOLLOWS.
AND I SAID THIS EARLIER TODAY, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE GIVE OUR TIME FREELY AND RECEIVE NO FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR THAT TIME.
WE OPERATE UNDER CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE AND APPROVE RULES OF PROCEDURE, WHICH ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
I'D LIKE THE BOARD ATTORNEY TO, UH, READ AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT REGARDING INDEMNIFICATION.
SECTION 31 A DASH FIVE OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE STATES THAT THE CITY SHALL INDEMNIFY AND DEFEND A PLAN MEMBER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PLAN AGAINST A LOSS ARISING OUT OF ANY
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CLAIM SUIT OR JUDGMENT RESULTING FROM AN ACT OR ADMISSION OF THE PLAN MEMBER DURING THE DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OR ASSIGNED VOLUNTEER WORK WITH THE CITY.AND PURSUANT TO THAT CHAPTER, A PLAN MEMBER MEANS A PERSON WHO IS A MEMBER OF A CITY BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE CREATED BY CHARTER ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF THE CITY, THAT THAT INCLUDES THIS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND ITS 21 MEMBERS PRIVATE CITIZENS.
UM, SO LET ME EXPLAIN FOR THE AUDIENCE AND FOR THOSE LISTENING AND THOSE HERE, UH, THIS, THIS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, UH, CONSISTENT WITH OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
UH, SECTION 11, SUBSECTION L SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR, UM, APPEALS OF DECISIONS OF A BUILDING OFFICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL ARE SET ASIDE IN A SPECIFIC HEARING ORDER.
UM, BASICALLY, AND I'LL TELL YOU BASICALLY, UH, BOTH OF THESE SIDES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT, UH, THE APPLICANT GOES FIRST.
THAT IS THE PERSON APPEALING TO THE DECISION.
THE APPLICANT IS GIVEN 20 MINUTES TIME TO MAKE A PRESENTATION THAT MAY INCLUDE AN OPENING STATEMENT, CALLING WITNESSES, OFFERING EV EVIDENCE.
IF THE APPLICANT CALLS A WITNESS, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ON THE OTHER SIDE IS ABLE TO CROSS EXAMINE THAT WITNESS FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
THAT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST THEIR TIME OR THEIR TIME.
AND THEN THE APPLICANT ON THIS SIDE CAN CONDUCT A REDIRECT OF THE WITNESS.
AND IF THE APPLICANT SUBMITS DOCUMENTS, IT ALL GOES TO OUR BOARD SECRETARY.
UH, THE DOCUMENTS ARE YAY, SO THICK THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ON THIS CASE.
IN ADDITION, I WILL LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF, I DON'T KNOW, MARY, HOW MANY PAGES IS THIS OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK? SO, UM, THAT IS ALL NOW PUBLIC.
UH, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL'S CASE IS NEXT.
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, UH, REPRESENTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS 20 MINUTES.
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL MAY GIVE AN OPENING STATEMENT, CALL WITNESSES OFFER EVIDENCE.
HOWEVER, IF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL CALLS A WITNESS, UH, THE APPLICANT ON THE OTHER SIDE IS ABLE TO CROSS EXAMINE THE WITNESS FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
THAT, AGAIN, DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST THEIR TIME OR THEIR TIME.
AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL CAN AGAIN, CONDUCT A CROSS, CONDUCT A REDIRECT OF THAT WITNESS.
ANY INFORMATION SU SUPPLIED BY THE BILL OF OFFICIAL, JUST LIKE THE APPLICANT.
IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC RECORD OR TO PUBLIC FILES WITH OUR BOARD SECRETARY.
THE BOARD CAN AND I WILL INSIST, ASK QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY.
IT'LL BE MORE THAN 20 MINUTES EAST SIDE.
I VERY MUCH BELIEVE IN MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR CASE.
JUST LIKE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY, EVERYONE GOT THEIR THREE MINUTES AND THE OTHER CASES.
SO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS DURING THE ENTIRE HEARING AND IT MAY INTERRUPT THE CADENCE OF ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, BUT THAT'S THE WAY WE RUN THIS RODEO.
UM, THOSE QUESTIONS ARE TO HELP US AS BOARD MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT'S CASE AND THE BUILDING OFFICIALS CASE.
AND THOSE QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE COUNTED AGAINST THAT TIME LIMITATION.
SO OUR BOARD SECRETARY WILL ASSIST ME IN TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT TIME AND ALONG THE WAY I WILL, I AND MS. WILLIAMS WILL TRY TO GIVE AN A NUMBER OF WHAT, WHAT IT MAY BE.
BUT I ASSURE YOU WE'RE GONNA GIVE AMPLE TIME TO BOTH SIDES TO MAKE THEIR CASE.
THE APPLICANT AT THE END WILL BE ALLOWED A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL CONSISTENT FROM OUR RULES OR PROCEDURE.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE ALLOWED A THREE MINUTE CLOSING STATEMENT, THEN THE BUILDING OFFICIAL HAS THE LAST WORD WITH A THREE MINUTE CLOSING STATEMENT.
IN ORDER TO WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF THE BOARD TODAY IS TO REVERSE THE DECISION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, CITY ORDINANCE, AND OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.
IN ORDER TO REVERSE THE BUILDING DECISION, BUILDING OFFICIALS DECISION, IT TAKES FOUR VOTES, A MINIMUM FOUR VOTES IN ORDER TO AFFIRM THE BUILDING OFFICIALS DECISION.
IT TAKES A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
IF THE BOARD REVERSES THE BUILDING OFFICIALS, UH, DECISION, IT CAN AMEND IT, IT CAN CHANGE IT, IT CAN MODIFY IT, IT CAN MAKE CONDITIONS ON IT.
ALL THOSE ARE CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 51 A 3 1 0 2 51, A 4, 7 0 3.
AS I REPEAT, THE BOARD MAY IN WHOLE OR IN PART AFFIRM REVERSE OR AMEND THE DECISION OF THE OFFICIAL.
THE BOARD MAY IMPOSE REASONABLE CONDITIONS IN ITS ORDER TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY THE APPLICANT IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS CHAPTER.
THAT'S RIGHT OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE CODE.
SO IF THE APPLICANT AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WOULD COME FORWARD, I'D LIKE YOU TO BE, I'D LIKE TO SWEAR EVERYONE IN WHO'S GONNA SPEAK TODAY FIRST.
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OKAY.SO CONSISTENT, RATHER RULES OF PROCEDURE.
ANYONE GIVING TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD OTHER THAN PUBLIC TESTIMONY HAS TO SWEAR IN.
SO IF YOU ALL GIVE YOU YOUR, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, WE'LL START DOWN THE LINE AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SWEARING IN PLEASE.
MY NAME IS, MY NAME IS STACY RODRIGUEZ.
I'M WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
MY BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 1500 MARILLA STREET SA, SUITE SEVEN DN.
AND YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE I'M REPRESENTING THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
TOMMY MANN 500 WINSTEAD BUILDING, UH, REPRESENTING THE APPELLANT.
AND THE APPELLANT IN THIS CASE IS PLEASE FOR THE RECORD CHAMPIONS COMING UP.
I'M ISAAC TRUMBO, 62 0 4 BELMONT AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE WITH THE APPLICANT? I AM.
NEXT KEISHA K MISSION RIDGE CONSULTANTS PO BOX 2 6 0 2 0 3 PLANO, TEXAS WITH THE APPLICANT.
NEXT MALLORY MUSE, 27 28 NORTH HARWOOD STREET WITH THE APPLICANT.
AND PLEASE, JENNIFER ALLGEIER ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, MY BUSINESS ADDRESS IS 1500 MARILLA STREET, SUITE FIVE BN.
AND WHAT IS YOUR TITLE OR RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE, UH, BUILDING OFFICIAL? I AM A ONE OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS, A MANAGER.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL OR THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH US TODAY.
I REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE ASSISTANT, UH, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO MR. ESKIN.
I'M SORRY, WHO DO YOU REPORT TO? I REPORT DIRECTLY TO MEGAN WEIMER, WHO IS THE, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE ZONING DIVISION.
ALRIGHT, SO IF YOU'D ALL GO AHEAD AND BE SWORN IN.
DO YOU ALL SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? YES.
UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UH, MAYBE I MAY I BE HEARD ON A MOTION, PLEASE.
UM, UH, THE, UH, BUILDING OFFICIAL MOVES TO POSTPONE THIS HEARING FOR ONE MONTH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FULL PANEL, UH, OF MEMBERS HERE.
UM, THERE ARE ONLY FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT, WHICH CHANGES THE BURDEN, UH, OF PROOF FOR, UH, BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
WE BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY HAVING A FULL PANEL.
IN ADDITION, AS THE CHAIR JUST POINTED OUT, WE DO NOT HAVE OUR WITNESS HERE TODAY WHO WAS INTENDED TO BE MEGAN WEIMER, THE ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL.
SHE IS SICK AND WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE.
MS. ALLGEIER IS GRACIOUSLY FILLING IN FOR HER.
UM, BUT WE WOULD PREFER TO GO FORWARD, UH, AT A, AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE WITH A FULL PANEL OF BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR WITNESS.
I DISCUSSED THIS WITH MR. MANN.
HE IS NOT OPPOSED, MR. MANN, YOU'RE RE YOU'RE OPINION FOR REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT AND 80% FOR US IS MEANINGFUL AND SUBSTANTIAL.
UM, I'M GONNA PONDER AND THEN I'M, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, ANYTHING WE DISCUSS IS PUBLIC.
SO YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
UM, IT IS THE GOAL OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO ALWAYS HAVE FIVE PERSON PANELS.
WE LITERALLY RAN OUT OF PEOPLE THIS MONTH IN ALTERNATES AND MEMBERS LITERALLY.
UM, SO, UM, IF IT WERE NOT FOR THAT STATED GOAL OF THE BOARD TO, TO STRIVE FOR FIVE MEMBER PANELS, I WOULD BE AGAINST IT.
NUMBER TWO, GIVEN THAT THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY ARE BOTH OF THAT OPINION, I PROBABLY WILL NOT OPPOSE IT.
I JUST HATE, HATE, HATE GUYS POSTPONING THAT.
AND YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC THAT COMES OUT, SPENDS THEIR AFTERNOON HERE AND, OH MY GOSH, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
SO, UH, I CAN'T ACCEPT EMOTION.
I CAN, I CAN ACCEPT YOUR SUGGESTION.
MOTIONS COME FROM THE FLOOR OF NOT FROM THE PODIUM.
SO, UM, UH, I'M SURE MY BOARD ATTORNEY'S GONNA SAY, IN ORDER FOR ME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, I HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
IS THAT WHEN IT IS? SEPTEMBER WHEN? SEPTEMBER 16TH.
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ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC ABOUT IT, I'M A, I MOVE I, DAVID NEWMAN, REMOVE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEAL BDA TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 0 0 0.UH, HOLD THIS MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION TO SECOND.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, UH, A SIMPLE MOTION FOR, UM, AFFIRMING THE BUILDING OFFICIALS DECISION OR POSTPONING IS JUST THE SIMPLE MAJORITY.
SO IT ALL REQUIRES JUST THREE VOTES.
I'LL SPEAK TO THE MOTION AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
I DON'T WANT TO DO, I DON'T WANNA POSTPONE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE FIVE MEMBERS.
NUMBER ONE, STATE LAW SAYS WE CAN SERVE WITH FOUR.
NOTHING UNDER THE LAW SAYS WE CAN'T OPERATE WITH FOUR.
SO YOU SAW OUR DAY TODAY, WE EFFECTIVELY HANDLED EVERYTHING CRO BOTH SIDES WITH FOUR.
UM, BUT BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE, UH, CITY ARE WILLING TO POSTPONE.
I THINK MS. WEER IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'M GONNA WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED.
WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF MS. WEER IS A HIGH ENOUGH OFFICIAL, MAYBE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, MR. ESKEN SHOULD BE HERE.
SO I I'M OF THE OPINION, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THIS DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
I, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS COMMENT, BUT WE HAD, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
SO I GUESS I'M, FOR EFFICIENCY'S SAKE, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT SAME HOUR AND A HALF AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
WE CAN, THE CITY, AS PART OF THE CITY CAN NEVER HAVE, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A MEETING WITHOUT PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
EVERY, ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
AND OUR RULES SAY THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY STARTS FIRST.
SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP US FOR NEXT MONTH AVENUE.
WHAT I MAY DO IS THE CHAIR JUST SAY THERE'S ONE MINUTE NEXT MONTH AND THAT'S ALL.
ANYONE CAN SPEAK, BUT YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ONE MINUTE.
'CAUSE THE PREVIOUS TIME YOU HAD THREE MINUTES.
THIS TIME YOU HAD THREE MINUTES.
SO THAT WOULD NARROW THAT I VALUE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, UH, RESPECTFULLY.
UH, HOW DO WE SAY THIS NICELY IN THIS LITIGATION? THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS TERTIARY.
IT'S EMOTIONALLY, IT'S HEARTFELT FOR THE EMPLOYEES, FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
BUT IN THE END IT COMES DOWN TO DID THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AIR AND THEIR DECISION.
SO WE HAVE TO SLICE AND DICE THAT QUESTION.
SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD HANDLE IT.
IT'D BE ONE MINUTE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
UM, I PROMISE YOU YOUR CHAIRMAN TRIES TO GET FIVE MEMBERS
AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP, I MEAN, JUST THE CONSIDERATION FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SHUT UP TODAY.
SO YES, IT'S NOT ONLY, I MEAN MY, I AM, I'M PUSHING BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S OUR TIME AND IT'S THEIR TIME.
I I COULD PROBABLY GO EITHER WAY, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT PUSHING IT BACK.
I'M NOT EITHER, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE FAIR TO THE APPLICANT AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAVE FOUR MEMBERS AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE WITNESSES PLURAL IN ORDER TO TRULY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.
SO I'M JUST DEALING WITH THE CARDS THAT ARE DEALT WITH ME, MS. HAYDEN, THEN MR. OVITZ, I, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THE SAME.
I HAVE A LOT OF EMPATHY FOR EVERYONE WHO SPENT THE TIME TO COME HERE TODAY AND ALSO LAST TIME.
UM, AND IT'S FRUSTRATING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE WITNESSES HERE, THAT WE NEED IT, UH, FRUSTRATING THAT WE DON'T HAVE FIVE MEMBERS ON OUR PANEL TODAY.
UM, BUT THE FACT THAT BOTH SIDES HAVE REQUESTED THIS, UM, MAKES ME LEAN TOWARD GRANTING IT AND, AND POSTPONING.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT CLEAR WHERE I, WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS.
I, I CONCERNED THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL INVOLVED WAS SICK AND NOT ABLE TO BE HERE.
IF THAT WERE NOT, IF THAT WERE NOT THE CASE, IF THAT PERSON WERE HERE, I WOULD BE OPPOSED TO EXTENDING THIS FURTHER.
UH, I WOULD MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH THERE WILL BE FIVE PEOPLE SITTING HERE.
UH, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF WE DO POSTPONE, IF THERE'S ONLY FOUR, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ALSO WOULD BE THE FIRST CASE THAT WE HANDLE.
SO IT WOULD BE RIGHT AT ONE O'CLOCK.
IT WOULDN'T BE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST CASE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE BOX.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PROMISE AND I WOULD ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS AS REGARDS TO ABBREVIATED COMMENT TIME IN THE PUBLIC
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HEARING.UM, I REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO ASK TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN HAVE ANY DISCUSSION AT ALL BEFORE VOTING ON POSTPONEMENT.
UH, WE COULD, BUT I PROBABLY THINK IT'S BEST NOT TO.
AND I'M SURE MY BOARD ATTORNEY LOOKING AT ME BEHIND ME IS SAYING THAT IT'S BEST TO COMPACT THE EVIDENCE ALL IN ONE HEARING.
AND THE HEARING HAS ALMOST STARTED, BUT IT HASN'T, AS SOON AS THE APPLICANT BEGINS THE HEARING BEGINS.
THIS IS ALL PREFACE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO I, I WOULD PREFER I'VE MADE CAZILLION OF NOTES AS WELL AND I HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WELL I WILL, I WILL SAY ONE THING.
I WON'T, I WON'T ASK A QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AS REGARDS TO WHAT'S IN THIS YOU CAN PACKET OF INFORMATION, BUT, BUT THAT THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
BUT YOU WANT MAKE THE COMMENT BEFORE THE MOTION? I, I, I DO.
LET ME FIND WHAT I WANTED TO REFERENCE THE YELLOW TAB, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE, UH, I, I I WOULD BE BRINGING UP SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO.
I MIGHT AS WELL BRING IT UP NOW SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE ASKING ABOUT THIS IN A MONTH.
UM, CAN'T PULL UP THE DOCUMENT, BUT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THAT'S UNDER DISCUSSION HERE.
I, I LOOKED AT IT, IT'S IN THE PACKET AND I WILL BE ASKING, IT ONLY REFERENCES.
A RESTAURANT DOESN'T REFERENCE ANY OCCUPANCY OTHER THAN A RESTAURANT.
AND IT ALSO SAYS THERE ARE NO LIQUOR, THERE'S NO LIQUOR INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE ESTABLISHMENT.
SO I'LL BE ASKING IF THAT IS ACTUALLY THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT WAS ISSUED AND REVOKED AND THERE IS NO OTHER.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WHY WAS THAT ISSUED? THAT THAT'LL BE WHAT I'LL BE ASKING.
AND I HOPE THERE'LL BE SOME ANSWERS TO THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, MR. KOVI, THAT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY DOESN'T REFERENCE INSIDE AMUSEMENT.
I MEAN, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND IT ALSO HAS CONDITIONS ON WHEN TELEVISIONS ARE ON AND OFF AND IT HAS EXTRANEOUS CONDITIONS.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU HEARD ME READ INTO THE RECORD, THE BOARD MAY IN WHOLE OR IN PART AFFIRM REVERSE OR AMENDED THE DECISION OF THE OFFICIAL, THE BOARD MAY IMPOSE REASONABLE CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE APPLICANT IN ORDER FOR THE FURTHER PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS CHAPTER.
SO I WANNA STOP THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A HEARING PER SE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EDGING TOWARDS.
UM, YES, MS. DAVIS, UH, JUST THIS, THE, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO POSTPONE TO SEPTEMBER 16TH, MS. DAVIS.
UM, SO I, I'M NOT FULLY SUPPORTING PUSHING THIS BACK.
I AM FLOORED THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WAS NOT PLANNING ON BEING HERE.
IF THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF, OF DALLAS, WHY WASN'T THE BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE? SO I WOULD HOPE TO SEE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, IF THIS IS AS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AS YOU SAY IT IS, TO BE AT THIS NEXT HEARING IN SEPTEMBER.
AND I NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT IN PERSON.
THIS ONLINE STUFF, NO IN PERSON.
AND MS. RODRIGUEZ, YOU REPRESENT THE CITY HERE.
NO DISRESPECT TO THIS YOUNG LADY HERE.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR WHAT POSITION YOU HELD.
I KNOW THE CITY ORGANIZATION WELL ENOUGH.
I KNOW WHERE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
DECISIONS ARE MADE AT THE DIRECTOR LEVEL AND JUST BARELY SOMETIMES DOWN TO THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
THERE'S A DEPUTY DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING INSPECTION, WHO IS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
WE DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE DOWN THE FOOD CHAIN THAT SAYS, WELL I DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I'M NOT ASKING FOR MS. LEW TO BE HERE AS THE DIRECTOR OR MR. ESKEN, BUT ALMOST, ALMOST.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE THREE YEARS AGO.
AND UNFORTUNATELY MS. WEER WAS THE PERSON MISSING IN ACTION THREE YEARS AGO.
SO IT KILLS ME THAT HERE WE GO AGAIN.
AND IF YOU PULLED THE TAPES, YOU'D SAY, WHY WASN'T THAT PERSON HERE THE FIRST DAY OF THE, BECAUSE IT WAS A TWO DAY HEARING AND THEN SHE SHOWED UP ON THE SECOND DAY ONLINE.
AND SO TO HEAR THIS, WE WANT TO BE FAIR, WE WANT TO BE JUST, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS.
DID THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AIR IN, IN THAT DECISION.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'VE GOTTA KNOW ALL THE FACTS
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AND WE GOTTA KNOW THE FACTS OF WHAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT, WHAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY, WHAT THE APPLICANT DID BETWEEN OCTOBER OF 24, ALL THE WAY THROUGH APRIL OF 25.AND WE'VE GOTTA KNOW THE STEPS INVOLVED IN THAT.
WHAT WAS ASKED FOR, WHAT WAS RESPONDED, WHAT WAS ASKED FOR, WHAT WAS RESPONDED, AND THEN WHAT TRIGGERED THE REV REVOCATION.
THAT IS HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT A DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS MADE OR NOT.
AND WE'RE PRIVATE CITIZENS VOLUNTEERS.
I URGE THE BOARD TO POSTPONE TO THE 16TH.
YOU'VE HEARD OUR REQUEST TO HAVE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE.
NO DISRESPECT MA'AM TO YOU BACK THERE.
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL THAT CAN SPEAK FOR THE CITY HERE, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANOTHER DISCUSSION? THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL CALL THE ROLE.
IN THE MATTER OF BDA BO OA 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1, THE BOARD ON A VOTE OF THREE TO TWO POSTPONE THIS SINCE SO SEP SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025.
IT'LL BE THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED, BUT I WILL FOREWARN YOU, IT'LL ONLY BE ONE MINUTE OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY FOR ANYONE THAT COMES.
WE SAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION.
I PROMISE YOU WE SAVE ALL OUR NOTES, I PROMISE YOU.
AND REST ASSURED, I HEARD YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT WANTING TO SEE, UH, AND HEAR FROM THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND THE ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL.
THERE'S ONLY ONE BUILDING OFFICIAL TOO.
KNOW THAT I, I'M I, YEAH, ONLY ONE.
NOW THERE'S A DIRECTOR ABOVE THAT PERSON AND THERE'S AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ABOVE THAT PERSON.
UH, LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.
THIS IS AT 1 1 3 2 2 EAST RICK'S CIRCLE.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES SIR.
IF YOU'LL HOLD ONE SECOND SO WE GET OUR PAPERWORK.
WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT.
BRIAN, IF YOU COULD PULL UP MY PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST ASKING TO PULL UP MY PRESENTATION.
YOU, THAT WAS FUN, WASN'T IT,
OKAY, LAST CASE FOR THE DAY, BO.
UH, THIS IS AT 1 1 3 2 2 EAST RICK CIRCLE.
THIS IS A PENNY THAT KEEPS COMING BACK.
WELL, WE DON'T KNOW MR. BALDWIN.
UH, THE BOARD SECRETARY WILL SWEAR YOU IN AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN YOUR TESTIMONY? YES, I DO.
OKAY, BOY, YOU CLEARED OUT THE HOUSE.
I KNOW
UH, ROB BALDWIN, 3 9 0 4 ELM STREET, SUITE B I'M HERE REPRESENTING MR. MARSHALL WHO'S STANDING BEHIND ME IN THIS CASE, UH, AT 1 1 3, 2 2.
UM, I DON'T THINK COMMISSIONER HAYDEN WAS HERE LAST TIME.
UH, BUT WHAT WE, THERE'S A HISTORY ON THIS CASE.
WE ORIGINALLY CAME IN ASKING FOR AN EIGHT FOOT TALL FENCE THAT WAS NOT RECEIVED WELL.
SO WE RE BUT IT WAS DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
SO WE CAME BACK AND ASKED FOR A SIX FOOT TALL FENCE, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
BRIAN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GO TO SLIDE.
UM, SO, UH, THE, THIS SHOWS AT THE LAST HEARING THERE WAS CONCERN THAT WE HAD NOT HAD ENOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH OR HAD, UH, RESPONSES FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO MR. MARSHALL WENT OUT AND STARTED KNOCKING ON DOORS AND EVERYTHING INSIDE S SO, UH, THE, THE LIGHT GREEN IS HIS PROPERTY ON EASTRIDGE CIRCLE.
EVERYTHING IN THE CYAN COLOR IS LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED.
THE DARKER GREEN, OUR PROPERTIES THAT MR. MARSHALL OWNS.
BUT WE DID NOT PUT DOWN, WE DID NOT WRITE IN LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR OUR OWN PROPERTY.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA LOOK LIKE WE'RE BEING CHEEKY.
BUT, UM, THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES HE OWNS THAT WE COULD HAVE GOT
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LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR, BUT WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS PROPER TO TRY TO SNEAK THOSE THROUGH.SO I HAVE A FULL, UH, PRESENTATION.
I GOT ANOTHER PRESENTATION SHOWING OTHER FENCES AND, UH, HEDGES AND EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALL BEEN AT IT A LONG TIME TODAY AND I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S GETTING PAID FOR BEING HERE.
BUT, UH, OH, WE, WE GET PAID IN IN ICE TEA AND ICE TEA AND A GREAT LUNCH THAT OUR BOARD SECRETARY GOT.
SO THERE IS ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION.
THE INTERESTING THING IS THE LETTER OF OPPOSITION DIDN'T COME IN THE, THE FIRST, FIRST, UH, APPLICATION DIDN'T COME IN LAST MONTH.
WE WERE HERE, CAME IN TODAY, UH, OR LATER, EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
AND THAT PERSON DOES HAVE A FENCE ALONG THE, THE SOUTHERN PART OF HIS PROPERTY THAT IS TALLER THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UH, AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION, MR. MARSHALL'S HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HOPE THAT WE DID WHAT THE BOARD ASKED US TO DO AND GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
AS YOU'LL SEE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HAVE WRITTEN IN SUPPORT.
UM, SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE A SWING AND THEN I'M SURE WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, SO WE DID A, UH, YOU WERE HERE THIS MORNING, MR. BALDWIN? YES.
UM, SO THE STAFF PROVIDES US WITH A, A VIDEO OF THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE STOPPED AT SEVERAL JUNCTURES.
WE NOTICED THAT THE ONE PROPERTY THAT'S IN OPPOSITION IS THE NEXT DOOR PROPERTY.
AND THEY HAD A FENCE IN THEIR SIDE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UM, BUT WHAT WAS EVIDENT WAS THERE NO OTHER FENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE KEPT LOOKING AND WE, MR. THOMPSON ORIGINALLY WASN'T GONNA FINISH, UH, THE VIDEO.
AND I SAID, NO, WE WANNA SEE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA, NOT JUST ON RICK'S CIRCLE, BUT THE WHOLE AREA TO GET A SENSE WHETHER THERE ARE FENCES OR NOT.
AND BOY THERE WERE SLIM PICKENS.
UM, AS YOU GO WEST, YOU KNOW, RICK'S CIRCLE MAKES A CIRCLE AS THE FARTHER WEST YOU GO.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FENCES, ONE OR TWO.
BUT IN THIS LITTLE QUADRANT WHERE MR. MARSHALL'S PROPERTY IS HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET HAS A FENCE HOUSE TO THE SOUTH OF US HAS A FENCE.
OTHER HOUSES IMMEDIATELY IN OUR VICINITY HAVE HARD, LARGE SHRUBS AND HEDGES THAT ACT AS FENCES.
BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW SHRUBS OR LANDSCAPES, WHAT WE'D ALWAYS A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WOULD ALWAYS RECOMMEND.
OFFENSE IS A PERMANENT BARRIER, ESPECIALLY IF IT BECOMES OPAQUE.
LANDSCAPING IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WE WOULD PREFER.
SO LANDSCAPING IS NOT OFFENSE
NO, BUT THAT IT, IT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERRUPTION OF THE, THE VISTA AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE STREET, THE LANDSCAPING DOES THE SAME THING THAT A FENCE WOULD DO.
AND KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS AN OPEN FENCE EXCEPT FOR THE COLUMNS AND PORTIONS OF THE GATE.
THIS IS OPEN DECORATIVE IRON PICKETS.
UH, MS. DAVIS JUST MADE A REQUEST TO ME AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD REQUEST.
ON THE RECORD, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH AND SHOW THE PHOTOS AGAIN.
AND JUST AS YOU'RE SHOWING EACH PHOTO OF THE FENCES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, JUST LET US KNOW.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUICK QUESTION IS THE FENCE ITSELF.
CHECK ONE, HOW YOU SAID, YOU SAID IT'S NOT COMPLETELY SOLID.
HOW FAR AWAY ARE THE THEY'RE METAL BARS, CORRECT? THE, THE METAL BARS ARE FOUR AND A HALF INCHES APART.
UH, MY OTHER PRESENTATION SHOWS OTHER FENCES IN THE AREA.
SO BRIAN, IF YOU CAN JUST KEEP GOING THROUGH THESE.
UH, UH, SO THIS MAP, IF IT HAS A GREEN STAR, IT'S GOT A LANDSCAPE HEDGE IN FRONT OF IT.
IF IT'S GOT A BLUE STAR, IT'S GOT SOME SORT OF FENCE ON.
I'M NOT COLORBLIND, BUT THESE COLORS BLEND INTO EACH OTHER.
MAYBE IT'S JUST 'CAUSE IT'S 4 31.
BUT, UM, SO WHERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY? SO YOU, UM, IF YOU LOOK, I, I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF IT.
IT'S THE, IF YOU LOOK ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF RICK'S CIRCLE, IT IS THE, THE ONE PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A STAR ON IT.
IS THAT YOU MR. THOMPSON? THAT THAT'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY? THAT'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, YES SIR.
SO WHY DOES THE ONE BELOW IT HAVE BLUE AND GREEN STAR? 'CAUSE IT'S GOT A HEDGE ON PART OF IT AND A FENCE ON ANOTHER PART OF IT.
SO TO FOLLOW MS. DAVIS'S COMMENT, GO POINT.
WELL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A FENCE.
THE NEXT ONE HAS JUST A GATE FENCE AT THE FRONT, NOT THE FULL LENGTH, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
AND AS YOU GO WEST ON UH, WICK CIRCLE AGAIN, WE GOT SOME FENCES.
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FENCES REALLY ARE EAST OF THE PROPERTY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FAR WEST OF THE PROPERTY.IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO ON NEITHER SIDE AND ACROSS THE STREET.
ONE, ONE IS, WELL, THERE'S ONLY TWO PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, AND ONE OF THEM HAS, UH, A FENCE.
SO I GOT 40 SOME ODD PICTURES OR 31 PICTURES.
YOU HAVE ACTUAL PHOTOS OF THE FENCES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE WILL GET TO ALL OF THEM THERE.
THERE'S A, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A MIXTURE, BUT, BUT KEEP IN MIND, SMALL LANDSCAPED, THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, YOU ASKED US TO GO GET SUPPORT FOR THE FENCE AND WE GOT SUPPORT FOR THE FENCE
AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE FICKLE, WE'RE CHANGING OUR MIND NOW.
OKAY, MS. HAYDEN HAS A QUESTION.
SO BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE FOR THE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION LAST TIME, UM, COULD YOU SHOW ME WHERE THE PROPOSED FENCE IS GOING AND DO YOU HAVE A, A PLAN OR A PROFILE VIEW THAT SHOWS THE FENCE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE YOU, YOU WANNA SEE THE, THE, OKAY.
UM, BRIAN, IF YOU COULD GO TO, UH, MY, THAT FIRST PRESENTATION I HAD.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE, THE FOURTH SLIDE PLEASE.
SO YEAH, SO JUST GO THROUGH THIS IS THE, THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSTRUCTION STOP THERE.
THE PROPERTY THAT HAS THE FENCE IS TO THE SOUTHWEST VIEW, RIGHT? CORRECT.
NEAR THAT TENNIS COURT? YES, SIR.
NOT THE ONE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM YOU TO THE DIRECTLY WEST, RIGHT? WELL, THEY, UH, THEY ROUGHLY ARE ABOUT HALF AND HALF.
THAT THE, YEAH, THIS ONE IN THE TOP LEFT DOESN'T HAVE A FENCE.
IT DOES NOT, BUT IT'S HIDDEN BY LANDSCAPING.
AND, AND THEY BOTH HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND THE ONE IN OPPOSITION IS DIRECTLY ON THE BOTTOM, JUST TO THE SOUTH OF US ON THE, OKAY.
COME IN AND, UH, MARSHALL PIERCE.
NO, THE, THE, UH, MR. B CAN SWEAR YOU IN, SIR.
6 4 2 5 BEME DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 3 0.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? YES, I DO.
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, MR. BALDWIN IS INCORRECT.
THE, UM, THE, THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY SOUTH DID OBJECT TO THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE, WHERE THE NEW OBJECTION IS FROM IS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CORNER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF, UH, EAST RICK CIRCLE.
HE'S, HE'S NOT WITHIN, HE'S NOT WITHIN A 200 FOOT, UH, RADIUS.
HE'S, HE'S ACTUALLY SEV, HE'S ACTUALLY A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY.
SO, SO THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO TO THIS PROPERTY DID NOT OBJECT? NO.
OH, THE ONE TO THE SOUTH DID TWO.
IT'S, I UNDERSTAND UNFORTUNATELY, HE, HE, HE INCORRECTLY CODED THAT THE, THE OPPOSITION IS ACTUALLY UP AROUND THE, THE OPPOSITION TO THE CURRENT SIX FOOT FENCE IN HERE IS ACTUALLY UP AROUND OPPOSITION THE TOP OF RICHARD.
YEAH, WE, WE NEED TO DO IT ON THE MICROPHONE AND HOLD FOR ONE SECOND.
SO WHO'S STEVEN? WHO'S STEVEN PLUS THAT IS, THAT IS THE ONLY OBJECTOR.
AND HE, HE ACTUALLY LIVES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RICKS CIRCLE.
IS HE EVEN? AND WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU, MR. HAYDEN.
I DON'T SEE HIM IN THE 200 FEET.
HE'S NOT OH MY GOSH, MR. BALDWIN.
I DIDN'T CODE, I DIDN'T CODE THAT.
OKAY, MISS BOARD ADMINISTRATOR, HOW DO WE MISCODE THIS? OH GOSH, I DIDN'T, OKAY GUYS, WHO DID THAT? I DID THIS, BUT I DIDN'T SHOW THE OPPOSITION.
SO ACCORDING TO WHAT WE HAVE, THE ONLY NEGATIVE IS THE STEVEN PLUS.
AND IN YOUR HONOR, PROPERTY OWNER NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THOMAS W. ERICKSON.
AND OUR DEADLINE'S 9:00 PM 9:00 AM OF THE HEARING.
YOUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH COMMUNICATED IS THERE, IS THAT AN EMAIL, MR. THOMPSON? DO WE HAVE A HARD COPY? IT'S NOT IN THE FOLDER OR
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IS IT IN THE FOLDER? COULD YOU FIND IT IN THE FOLDER NUMBER NINE? WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR IT AGAIN.IT'S NOT CODED OPPOSITION, BUT IT'S OPPOSITION.
DOES HE SAY HE'S AGAINST YES, FORMALLY EXPRESSED MY STRONG OPPOSITION DATED YESTERDAY.
HAVE YOU NOT RECEIVED THIS? I'VE NOT RECEIVED IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
AND IT SAYS WE RECEIVED IT, UH, AT 9:04 PM WHAT IS IT ABOUT THESE PEOPLE AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT? AND WHAT'S THE ADDRESS ON THAT ONE? THIS IS 6 7 0 1 NORTH HAVEN ROAD.
TOM ERICKSON AND NORTH HAVEN ROAD IS BEHIND US.
NO, WE'VE NEVER, WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT LETTER.
THOMAS ERICKSON, 6 0 6 7 0 1 NORTH HAVEN ROAD, PROPERTY OWNER NUMBER FOUR.
WELL IT CAME INTO THE CITY NINE O'CLOCK.
OUR RULES ARE 9:00 AM SO IT'S A LEGITIMATE FEEDBACK.
SO WE'RE JUST REACTING TO WHAT THE STAFF TOLD US IN THE BRIEFING THIS MORNING.
I WILL SAY TO YOU, I'VE SAID TO THE WORLD THAT DOES, THAT'S NOT CONTROLLING.
SO IT'S NOT CONTROLLING HIS RENT.
SO HENCE WHY I CHUCKLED ABOUT THE PROPERTY NEAR SOUTH OF YOU IS OPPOSED YET HAS PARTIAL FENCE AND PARTIAL KNOT.
AND I SAW THAT AT THE, THE BRIEFING THAT THERE, THAT HE WAS THERE, THERE WAS A LETTER OF OPPOSITION YEP.
UH, FROM THE SOUTH, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE GENTLEMAN.
OKAY, MR. AND WE ALSO NOTICED THAT HE HAD A FENCE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS IRONIC.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE OPPOSITION, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR PROPERTY, IS, UM, HE'S MENTIONING PRIVATE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE HO A'S LONG ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS.
AND I THINK WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING HERE TODAY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
NOT, NOT ONLY IS IT NOT RELEVANT, BUT IT'S THAT THAT WAS THE BASIS AGAIN, OF THE OPPOSITION WAS BASED ON A DEED RESTRICTION THAT IS LEGALLY NO LONGER ENFORCEABLE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T GET ANY OPPOSITION.
FROM MR. ERICKSON BACK ON THE PRIOR FIRST TIME WE HEARD ON THE SIX FOOT THING.
WELL THE STATE SAYS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, IF YOU HAVE A HEARING 10 DAYS PRIOR, SEND LETTERS OUT TO PROPERTY ORDERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND TELL 'EM YOU'RE HAVING HEARING IT DOESN'T TELL US WHAT TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR BOARD SECRETARY DID.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.
WHAT OTHER QUESTION MS. HAYDEN DIDN'T FINISH MS. HAYDEN, RIGHT? I I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT THE FENCE LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
UH, SORRY BRIAN, COULD YOU KEEP GOING WITH IT PLEASE? WE'RE GOING.
OKAY, SO THIS SHOWS THE LOCATION OF IT.
IT'S SET BACK APPROXIMATELY 22 TO 25 FEET OFF THE CURB.
WELL, THERE'S NO CURB HERE, BUT, UH, FROM THE PAVEMENT LINE AND THERE'S NO SITE VISIBILITY ISSUES.
WHERE ARE WE POSTING THIS? PROBABLY, SO THIS IS THE ONLY SOLID PART OF THE FENCE ARE, IT'S A GOOD LOOK PORTIONS OF THE GATE.
IT'S OPEN IN THE MIDDLE, BUT IT HAS SOME DECORATIVE IRON AROUND IT AND COLUMNS.
ONE MORE CLICK I'M, UH, ALRIGHT, WELL MAYBE THIS ONE.
HOW MANY FEET IS IT FROM THE STREET OR THE CENTER LINE? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONCE BEFORE.
WELL, FROM THE, FROM THE STREET, THEY DON'T, IT DOESN'T HAVE, WELL IT'S NOT A CURB STREET, SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THE STREET IS IT FROM THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT? EDGE OF PAVEMENT IS BETWEEN 22 AND 25 FEET, DEPENDING ON THE EXACT WHERE, HOW THE STREET CURBS.
SO MS. HAYDEN, WHERE'S THE STREET? IS IT EDGE OF PAVEMENT? UM, IN THIS CASE IT IS, IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IF HE'S SAYING EDGE OF PAVEMENT, IT'S JUST FROM THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT TO, OKAY.
SO, ALRIGHT, JUST WANNA HAVE A LITTLE VERIFICATION.
ALRIGHT, SO IT'S 20 FEET BACK FROM EDGE OF PAVEMENT.
WELL I WANTED, I'D RATHER SAY IT'S 20 AND B 22 THAN, OKAY, SAY IT'S 25.
WHAT, HOW MUCH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT? IS IT TO THE NEIGHBOR'S FENCE OR THE, I DUNNO.
I WOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT THE SAME.
I I, THE REASON WHY I TALK ABOUT IT IS THE CANYON EFFECT, THE JANERY, MEMORIAL CANYON EFFECT, RIGHT.
OF FENCES IN, BUT WITH A SIX FOOT FENCE, IT'S HARD TO GET A CANYON EFFECT.
IF FENCE IS AS TALL AS I AM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE HAVING AN EIGHT FOOT OR A 10 FOOT FENCE OR THE HEDGE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING.
BUT, AND WHAT'S THE SETBACK? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT IS THE SETBACK? HOW FAR DOES THIS ENCROACH INTO THE, THE SETBACK FOR, FOR THIS, WHAT'S THE FRONT YARD SETBACK? 35 FEET.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE 10 FEET INTO THIS HEAD BACK, BUT IT'S STILL 25 FEET.
NO, BUT KEEP IN MIND, EDGE OF PAVEMENT PROPERTY LINE ARE NOT ALWAYS THE SAME THING.
SO, AND THE NEXT GIVE A BETTER IDEA.
SO THESE PICKETS ARE ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF INCHES APART.
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THE, THE FENCE IS FIVE AND A HALF FEET TALL, SIX FOOT AT THE, UH, AT THE TOP OF THE COLUMNS.AND THOSE COLUMNS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPREAD, UH, THESE 22 TO 28 FEET APART.
SO IT'S, IT'S AN OPEN FENCE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSE, EXCEPT FOR AT THE GATES.
IS THERE A FENCE DOWN THE SIDE OF THE YARD TO AS WELL, ON BOTH SIDES ON THE SOUTH SIDE AS WELL AS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY? IT'S OPEN.
IT, IT, IT DOES RETURN BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE WAY DOWN HIS PRO, HIS PROPERTY LINE.
BUT WE, IT'S A, IT SECURED SECURE, BUT SECURED.
WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE A TOWER FENCE.
BUT I'M SAYING IS IT YOUR INTENTION TO FENCE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE? YES, SIR.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE NORTH SIDE.
THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE NEIGHBOR THAT'S AGAINST THIS
WELL, HE HAS A FENCE THERE TOO.
YEAH, BUT NOT ON HIS NORTH SIDE OR HIS WEST SIDE.
PEOPLE, PEOPLE FENCE THEIR PROPERTIES.
I I I I'M JUST IMAGINING WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE.
YEAH, MS. HAYDEN, YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MR. KOVICH QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENT AS THE DISCUSSION'S GOING ON, UM, AS RELATES TO THE OBJECTIONS AND THE REFERENCE TO DEED RESTRICTIONS AND SO FORTH.
I, I WOULD MAKE THE DISTINCTION LEGALLY, LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE.
LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE OR NOT IS ONE ASPECT.
UM, WHETHER IT'S, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE GIVEN CONSIDERATION IS, IS ANOTHER ASPECT.
SO JUST AS WE MAKE A DECISION, IF WE MAKE A DECISION THAT MR. MARSHALL CAN HAVE THE SIX FOOT FENCE, THAT DECISION EXTENDS BEYOND MR. MARSHALL.
MR. CHAIRMAN ALWAYS GOES TO THE PROPERTY.
SO, SO TWO PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD HOWEVER LONG AGO THAT HAD DEED RESTRICTIONS BOUGHT INTO THE PROPERTY, BELIEVING DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE FOREVER AS WERE FOREVER.
SO I WOULDN'T, IT MAY BE NOT ENFORCEABLE, BUT I WOULDN'T CONSIDER THEM TO BE IRRELEVANT.
IT'S, UM, THE, THE STATE LAW SAYS THAT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS CANNOT ENFORCE, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITING FENCES FOR SAFETY ISSUES.
THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS ALSO SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY HEDGES OR FENCES IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING LINE OF YOUR HOUSE OVER FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU SAW THAT MAP WITH ALL THOSE STARS.
THOSE ARE ALL VIOLATIONS OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AS THEY ARE TODAY.
WELL, WE'RE NOT HERE TO PROSECUTE THOSE.
I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST, I I'M JUST TRYING TO SPEAK TO MR. HII HEAR YOU.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS A FENCE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT GENERALLY DOESN'T HAVE FENCES.
THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES, DON'T HAVE FENCES.
WELL, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING MY OPINION.
UH, BUT AT IT'S 20 FEET FROM 20 PLUS FEET, YOU'RE SAYING FROM, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT, THE RIGHT OF THE PO THE SIDE EDGE OF PA.
EDGE OF PAVE AND YOU'RE SAYING IT'S, IT'S, AND AND IT'S, YOU SAID FOUR INCHES.
THE SEPARATION ON THE, ON THE, AS FAR AS THE OPACITY, CORRECT.
ABOUT FOUR INCHES AND IT'S SIX FEET HIGH AT THE TOP OF THE POST, TOP OF THE COLUMNS.
TOP OF THE COLUMNS SIX FEET HIGH, AND THEN THE FENCE IS SIX INCHES BEHIND LOWER THAN THAT.
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS FOR US? UM, I FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME, SIR BALDWIN.
MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THAT, ROB, I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THAT.
YOU THINK I'M THAT OLD? DID I FORGET YOUR NAME? DAY FOR, COME ON, STOP IT.
UM, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CRITERIA IS NOT SECURITY, IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOWHERE IN THE CODE.
IS ARE WE EMPOWERED TO AUTHORIZE AN EXCEPTION TO THE, TO, UH, LAND USE ON OFFENSE, HEIGHT, OPACITY, LOCATION FOR SECURITY? IT'S JUST NOT, UH, THAT'S JUST NOT IN THE CODE.
UM, OUR CRITERIA IS WILL NOT AFFECT, WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR CRITERIA.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE BOUNDARIES WE'RE IN.
AND, AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE, THE NEIGHBORS THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS EVERY DAY, THE TWO NEIGHBORS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME HAVE GIVEN ME LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, SO THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MS. DAVIS, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEAL NUMBER BO OA DASH 25
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DASH 0 0 0 0 9 ON APPLICATION OF ROBERT BALDWIN GRANT, THE REQUEST OF THIS APPLICANT TO CONSTRUCT AND OR MAINTAIN A SIX FOOT HIGH FENCE AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR FENCES CONTAINED IN THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE AS AMENDED.BECAUSE OUR EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE TESTIMONY SHOWS THAT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITION BE IMPOSED TO FURTHER THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE.
COMPLIANCE WITH HEIGHT AND FENCE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS ILLUSTRATED IN THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF ALL SUBMITTED PLANS ARE REQUIRED IN THE MANNER OF BO A 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.
MS. DAVIS HAS MADE THE MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, UM, FOR A SIX FOOT HEIGHT FENCE, UM, WHICH IS A TWO FOOT SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MS. HAYDEN.
MS. DAVIS? I'M SUPPORTING THIS MOTION BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT DOES NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY ONLY ASKING FOR, I MEAN, TECHNICALLY A ONE AND A HALF FOOT VARIANCE, SIX FEET.
IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PEDESTALS, IT'S UH, IT'S NOT A SOLID FENCE.
YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH IT.
IT'S THE MOST ATTRACTIVE FENCE THAT I'VE SEEN ON ANY OF THE VIDEOS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PROPERTIES WITH FENCES, WHETHER IT'S A HEDGE, WHETHER IT'S A, UM, I SAW A COUPLE CHAIN LINK FENCES OUT THERE, SO I, I ACTUALLY THINK IT'LL ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK IT LOOKS NICE AND, UM, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS, WHICH I THINK IS GOOD.
THE, THE ONE LETTER THAT WAS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION ZONE CITED SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY RELEVANT TO THIS CASE AND IT THAT JUST MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT THE NEIGHBOR JUST DOESN'T LIKE CHANGE.
SO, UM, PLUS THAT NEIGHBOR HAS OFFENSE OF THEIR OWN.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
MS. HAYDEN? I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.
I'LL PROBABLY BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
THERE ARE NOT MANY FENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AS MS. HAYDEN POINTED OUT, AND I ZEROED IN ON THIS, IS I'M SCREWING SCREWED.
WHAT'S THE PAVEMENT? WHAT'S THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? EDGE OF PAVEMENT.
IT'S 20 PLUS FEET FROM THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT.
SO I'M PUTTING MY EYES BACK INTO THE FEEL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WILL THIS FENCE CREATE A, WHAT? DID J ALWAYS SAY TUNNEL A TUNNEL EFFECT? PROBABLY NOT.
IT IS, UH, IT'S NOT, IT'S TRANSPARENT.
WE DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF EIGHT FEET.
THAT'S TOWERING, RIGHT, WRONG OR OTHERWISE.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAD DECIDED BEFORE.
I THINK IT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST.
UM, I AM GLAD YOU DID YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, YOUR WILL JUST LIKE, REMEMBER I SHAMED YOU ABOUT ONLINE.
I SAID YOU GET YOUR BUTTED CITY HALL.
WHAT IF YOU CAME ONLINE FOR ANYTHING, YOU'D BE TOAST.
I I, I GOT MY POUND OF FLESH ON THAT.
ANYWAY, I DO THINK IT'S REASONABLE REQUEST.
I DO NOT, OUR CRITERIA, AGAIN, IS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTING NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
AND IT'S MY JUDGMENT ONE MEMBER.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA ADVERSE REVERSE THE EFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE DONE TASTEFULLY.
I'M PROB I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU'RE PUTTING INTO YOUR PROPERTY.
I'M GUESSING THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT AND IT WOULD BE TASTEFUL.
I'M WE'RE INTERPRETING THAT THE OPPOSITION WAS BASED ON THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH REALLY AREN'T RELEVANT ANYMORE.
THE BOARD OF ATTORNEYS TOLD US THAT WE'RE NOT A PART OF IT.
SO THEREFORE IT'S SEPARATE AND ASIDE FROM OUR DECISION MAKING, SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE REQUEST DISCUSSION AND THE MOTION.
UM, I WILL BE RELUCTANTLY SUPPORTING THE REQUEST.
UM, THE BASIC NATURE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME FENCES, IS GENERALLY IT'S NOT A FENCED NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, IF I LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I PROBABLY WOULD OBJECT, UM, UNLESS I WAS ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT HAD THE FENCE.
BUT AS THE GRAY HAIR GENTLEMAN MENTIONED, WHATEVER,
BECAUSE OF THE, UM, LARGE AMOUNT OF THE SETBACK OF THE FENCE, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTING, UM, THE, THE PERCEPTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT.
SO I WILL, UH, BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF IT.
OKAY? THEN SHOULD WE HAVE FURTHER DEBATE OR GO TO A VOTE? WHAT'S HIS NAME? OKAY, MS. BOARD SECRETARY CALL THE VOTE.
WE'RE THIS IS BO, OA 2 5 0 0 0 0 9.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA ASK MOTION IS TO GRANT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA ASK ME WHAT'S MY NAME?
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WHAT, WHAT, WHAT? WHAT'D SHE SAY? MS. HAYDEN.RICK CIRCLE THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY 40 ZERO APPROVES YOUR REQUEST.
YOU'LL GET A LETTER FROM OUR BOARD ADMINISTRATOR.
ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, SO GUYS, UH, DO WE, DON'T WE REMEMBER IT'S SEPTEMBER 16TH, IS THAT WHEN IT IS? YES.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE 10 OR 10 30.
UH, IT WON'T BE EARLIER THAN 10, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE AND WE WILL HAVE FIVE MEMBERS.
AND, AND THAT LAST CASE WILL BE FIRST ON OUR, THE, UH, THREE FORKS OR WHATEVER WILL BE FIRST ON OUR AGENDA.
IN THAT AND THAT BEING THE CASE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PANEL A I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
AYE, THOSE OPPOSED BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PANEL A ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025 IS ADJOURNED AT 4:52 PM THANK YOU.