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YOU KNOW. GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6 P.M. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO TONIGHT'S CITY OF MCKINNEY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2026. THE COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU SEE SEATED BEFORE YOU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL. WE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL. SOME ITEMS. THE ITEM YOU'LL BE HEARING THIS EVENING MAY BE FORWARDED ON TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT I WILL ADVISE YOU IF THERE'S ANY ITEM THAT.
PLANNING AND ZONING WILL MAKE THE RULING ON, AND IF IT WILL NOT BE FORWARDED ON TO PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT AND YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AND TURN THAT IN TO THE CITY STAFF MEMBER PRIOR TO THE AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED. WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, KINDLY, STATE YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, KINDLY LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES AND YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK ONE TIME ON EACH AGENDA ITEM. THE COMMISSIONERS ALSO REQUEST THAT WE ALL TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT, THAT WE'RE CONCISE IN OUR COMMENTS AND THAT WE FOCUS ON THE ISSUE. WE DO WANT TO STRESS TO YOU THAT YOUR OPINION IS IMPORTANT TO TO US, AND IT DOES BECOME PART OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC RECORD. WE ALL WANT TO ACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY. SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE NONPUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS, MADAM CHAIR? DO WE NEED TO FILL CHARLES POSITION WITH THE ALTERNATE? I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT. NO, WE ARE ACTUALLY FULLY STAFFED. WE SHOULD BE GOOD. WE DON'T WANT TO OFFER HIM TO COME. EXCUSE ME.
ACTUALLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE ITEM. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. SEEING AS THERE ARE NO
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OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON CONSENT ITEMS? AND THIS INCLUDES ITEM 20 602 36 MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 10TH, 2026. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CRAIG TO APPROVE? YES, MA'AM. I SECOND. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KASIM. KINDLY CAST YOUR VOTES. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 7 TO 0. WE'LL NOW[26-0011SP Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Design Exception to a Site Plan for an Office, Located at 225 E Virginia Street]
MOVE TO THE REGULAR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. SO THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM 26-0011SP. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A DESIGN EXCEPTION TO A SITE PLAN FOR AN OFFICE LOCATED AT 225 EAST VIRGINIA STREET. AND WE'LL HAVE. WE'LL HEAR FROM MISS ROBINSON.GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. IT'S JUST ME TODAY. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS FOR MULTIPLE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS FOR THE REUSE AND EXPANSION OF AN OF AN OFFICE BUILDING. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.92 ACRES AND LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE DISTRICT OF THE MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER. THE PROPERTY IS LINED BY HERNDON STREET, A SERVICE STREET TO THE NORTH, CHESTNUT STREET, A PEDESTRIAN B STREET TO THE EAST VIRGINIA STREET, A PEDESTRIAN, A STREET TO THE SOUTH AND NORTH JOHNSON STREET. A SERVICE STREET TO THE WEST. TYPICALLY, SITE PLANS ARE APPROVED AT THE STAFF LEVEL, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED MULTIPLE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS, WHICH REQUIRE CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. THE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS OUTLINED IN YOUR PACKET INCLUDE SEVEN DESIGN EXCEPTIONS. THE EXCEPTIONS ARE FOR GENERALLY TO BUILDING FORM, FACADE COMPOSITION AND TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS. ALL DESIGN EXCEPTIONS SUPPORT EFFORTS TO EXTEND THE CURRENT OFFICE USE AND REHABILITATE THE BUILDING. AND THAT'S IT. THESE ARE THE FACADES HERE. AND THEN THIS IS THE RENDERING THE MOST UP TO DATE RENDERING. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. KIRA.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE EXCEPTIONS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING? GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
SORRY. SO, GENERALLY, IF YOU LOOK ALONG THE ELEVATIONS LAID OUT IN YOUR PACKET, SOME OF THEM REGARDING BUILDING FORM, HAVE TO DO WITH FACADE RHYTHM. AND SO TYPICALLY WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN CORE, WE HAVE FACADE RHYTHM OF 20 TO 30FT, WHICH JUST MEANS THAT KIND OF STAND
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OUT PARTS OF THE, OF EACH FACADE WOULD HAVE A 20 TO 30 FOOT, 20 TO 30 FOOT PATTERN.THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST FOR THE STOREFRONT AND GROUND LEVEL HEIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE FIRST ONE OUTLINED IN THE PACKET. TYPICALLY, WE USUALLY REQUEST A STOREFRONT STYLE WINDOW, AND THAT WOULD THAT WOULD LEAD TO PEDESTRIAN PASSAGE ON THE FRONT LEVEL TO BE AT STREET LEVEL. BUT SINCE THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OFFICE USE OR REQUESTING TO NOT HAVE THAT STOREFRONT AND TRANSOM DISPLAY, THERE'S ALSO A DESIGN EXCEPTION TO KEEP THE MANSARD ROOF. SO TYPICALLY MANSARD ROOFS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE AROUND THAT ARE THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT. BUT SEEING THAT THIS BUILDING IS REMAINING ONE STORY, THAT ROOF STYLE WILL REMAIN. ANYTHING ELSE TO GO THROUGH? AND JUST TO CLARIFY, STAFF IS WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAID THAT THE FIRST TIME. YOU NEED.
I'M HARD OF HEARING SOMETIMES. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS ROBINSON? THANK YOU. IS OUR APPLICANT HERE? YES, MA'AM. THE APPLICANT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOHN TEDESCO KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, 260 EAST DAVIS STREET, SUITE 100, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AS STAFF JUST MENTIONED, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OFFICE USE. CURRENTLY, KIMLEY-HORN IS LOCATED AT 260 STATE STREET. THIS WOULD BE FOR OUR OFFICE TO RELOCATE OVER HERE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT STAFF DID A GREAT JOB. YOU KNOW, GOING OVER THE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS. WERE VERY EAGER TO BE A LOT CLOSER TO SQUARE.
CONTINUE TO BE HERE DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, GO TO THE BAKERY AND JUST CONTINUE TO USE DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY TO ITS FULLEST. AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR APPLICANT? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SO SORRY, MA'AM. WE HAVE NOT OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING QUITE YET. I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S OKAY. SORRY. THAT'S THE SECOND TIME I'VE DONE THAT. NOW YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED TO IT.
IF YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING AND WISH TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS ITEM, KINDLY APPROACH. SEEING AS THERE ARE NONE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CRAIG TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND THAT AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LEBO. KINDLY CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. AND ITEM 26-0011 SP PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7 TO 0. THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL VOTING BY COUNCIL. SO AT THIS TIME ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA? DO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AND OR STAFF HAVE ANY COMMENTS? VERY QUIET GROUP TODAY. I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I KNOW. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? MOTION TO ADJOURN. OKAY. COMMISSIONER HAMMOCK HAS MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. I SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KASIM. CAST YOUR VOTES. AND VOTE IS UNANIMOUS 7 TO 0. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.