Item 4Q - 35 Corridor Committee Meeting Report - GMI Contractor Headquarters
Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee Meeting Report
Meeting 27 – June 24, 2020
MEETING
LOCATION: 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas 76092
Council Chambers, Town Hall
IN
ATTENDANCE:
• City Council Members: Chad Patton, Shawn McCaskill
• Planning & Zoning Commission Members: Scott Dyche, Gina Phalen
• Park Board Member: Frances Scharli (virtually)
• Zoning Board of Adjustment Member: Austin Reynolds
• City Staff: Ken Baker, Dennis Killough, Madeline Oujesky, Daniel Cortez
AGENDA
ITEMS:
1. Call to Order.
2. Administrative Comments.
3. Review, discuss and make recommendations on USPI All Star Medical
Office to revise the elevations of the previously approved Building 2 on
property located at 905 and 925 E. Southlake Blvd., generally located at the
southwest corner of E. Southlake Blvd. and Tower Blvd., north of Zena
Rucker Rd.
4. Review, discuss and make recommendations for a proposed two-phase
development of an approximately 13-acre site generally located west of the
intersection of Nolen Drive and Village Center Drive. Phase 1 is proposed
for GMI Contractors Headquarters on approximately 7.12 acres located on
the western side of the site and Phase 2 is proposed for flex office space
on the remaining acreage on the eastern side of the site. The property is
addressed as 2450 Crooked Lane.
5. Review, discuss and make recommendations proposed development of
Safe Spin Car Wash located at 190 Davis Blvd. being approximately 1.35
acres 625 feet south of W. Southlake Blvd. on the west side of Davis Blvd.,
just south of Sonic.
6. Adjournment.
MEETING
OVERVIEW:
On June 24, 2020 the Southlake 2035 Corridor Planning Committee held
their twenty-seventh meeting. The Committee was sent a packet of
materials prior to the meeting that were to be discussed during the
session. A meeting agenda was posted and the meeting time was
advertised on the City’s website. The following meeting report focuses on
discussion points made during the meeting by members of the
Committee, public and City staff. This report is neither verbatim nor does
it represent official meeting minutes; rather it serves to inform elected and
appointed officials, City staff, and the public of the issues and questions
raised by the Committee, City staff, and any attendees of the meeting.
Interested parties are strongly encouraged to follow development cases
through the process. Please visit CityofSouthlake.com/Planning for more
information.
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ITEM #4 DISCUSSION – Review, discuss and make recommendations for a
proposed two-phase development of an approximately 13-acre site generally
located west of the intersection of Nolen Drive and Village Center Drive. Phase 1 is
proposed for GMI Contractors Headquarters on approximately 7.12 acres located
on the western side of the site and Phase 2 is proposed for flex office space on the
remaining acreage on the eastern side of the site. The p roperty is addressed as
2450 Crooked Lane.
Staff presentation: Dennis Killough
• Aerial – Surrounding Properties
o Kimball Heights
o Pinnacle Point
o Nolen Office Park
o Professional Medical Offices
o Cornerstone Business Park
• Future Land Use - Mixed Use
• Zoning - AG
• Southlake 2030 Crooked/Kimball Small Area Plan
o Limited any commercial driveway access to the first 500’ from S. Nolen
Drive
• Site Plan
o Phase 1 = Headquarters and assembly center
o Phase 2 = Flex office space
• Proposing main access on Nolen, which would require a variance to the driveway
ordinance to have a driveway at that location. It would not meet special
requirements from the intersection of Crooked, nor would it meet the
requirements for the existing driveway just north of it
• Applicant is coordinating with owners of the property to the north of this -
Magnolia Properties Group
Questions for staff by the Committee:
Austin Reynolds: West side of phase 1, what is that by the parking lot?
Dennis Killough: Those are truck loading areas.
Applicant presentation:
• Total 13.2-acre development
• Two phases
o 1st – GMI Commercial Contractors Headquarters Facility
▪ 80,000 SF
▪ 7.1 +/- acres
▪ Include corporate offices and production line
▪ Proposed use will be S-P-1 with industrial
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o 2nd – Flex office space along Nolen
▪ 6.1 +/- acres
▪ Flex office space
▪ Architecture would be like GMI facility
• Proposed three access points
o Nolen Drive
o Village Center Drive
o Access to Kimball through Pinnacle Point access easements
Questions for applicant by the Committee:
Chad Patton: Regarding moving big-rigs in and out of facility, I am assuming there will
be a lot of flat bed / 18-wheeler trucks?
Applicant: It is not high volume, but they do have a couple of them. Access would be
onto Nolen, that is why it is critical there.
Chad Patton: Access easements from Village Center and Kimball, those are not set up
for the big rigs. So, you would design something specifically to allow trucks to enter and
exit?
Applicant: Both access points from Pinnacle Point and Village Center Drive are not
anticipated to control trucks through there. No physical barrier or anything. Those will be
designated as fire lanes.
Chad Patton: Can we add that to the request? (i.e. designate that portion as
ingress/egress)
Ken Baker: With SP zoning you have a lot of flexibility to add in regulation.
Chad Patton: Interest in seeing how Nolen entry is designed and see how vehicles
move in and out of there.
Applicant: Intent would for it to be fully screened (wall or screening fence). Not a
problem to add rendering of what the screen will look like.
Austin Reynolds: Concerned about circulation – especially the trucks coming in from
Nolen. They might not be able to turn around in that facility.
Applicant: The depth of the truck is approx. 120ft, and 120ft is large enough to be able
to maneuver the truck to turn around.
Austin Reynolds: Are there other things that would prevent the trucks from turning
around?
Applicant: It is a large area, but we can include sketch of how we access the truck
path.
Austin Reynolds: Architecture and elevations are great.
Shawn McCaskill: Is the front of the building going to face south toward the pond?
Applicant: Correct. The south side will be the office. We are trying to keep everything
on the north side and away from Crooked Lane. We are also trying to keep landscaping
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and buffer yards between Crooked Lane and our development feature. We have tried to
identify larger pockets of area from tree preservation. There is also a detention pond
with landscaping and buffer yards.
Chad Patton: Can you look at transforming the detention pond into a retention pond?
That would be an enhancement.
Applicant: I can talk to the owners and see if that would be desired.
Austin Reynolds: On the size of building, is this enough parking?
Applicant: There is quite a lot of parking, approx. 100 parking spaces on the south
side. This is sufficient for the parking ratio of 1 space per city code. There is also excess
parking on the north side for industrial (light manufacturing) employee area.
Gina Phalen: How close is driveway on Nolen to the property up north?
Dennis Killough: I believe about 150ft.
Applicant: 150ft - 200ft both from Crooked and the driveway to the north. There is
some common access that is through the medical office to the north that could promote
cross access, but we did not want to do that knowing we would have large vehicles
going through the area.
Shawn McCaskill: There will be questions regarding landscaping and tree preservation
along Crooked, so we’ll want to see pictures of what is already there, what you plan to
keep, and what you will place in there. Renderings would be helpful.
Frances Scharli: Will there be truck or traffic noise? And have you spoken with the
surrounding neighbors?
Applicant: We have not yet spoken to neighbors. We do not anticipate this to be a
trucking facility. Deliveries will come in and out, but it will be minimal. We are more than
happy to talk to other commercial properties. For where the trucks will be going, were
well over 1,000ft from most single-family residential areas, so we aren’t anticipating any
impact to them.
Chad Patton: I like the articulation on south side, it is creative.
Chad Patton: If this development is approved, would phase 1 happen quickly and
phase 2 sometime in the future?
Applicant: That is correct.
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STAFF PRESENTATION SHOWN TO COMMITTEE:
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