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Home My WebLink About2009-05-06 Regular Meeting - AGENDA CITY OF GRAPEVINE - SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009 AT 3:00 P.M. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR'S OFFICE 200 SOUTH MAIN STREET GRAPEVINE, TEXAS I. CALL TO ORDER II. NEW BUSINESS A. Site Plan Review Committee to consider a public hearing relative to Conditional Use Request CU08-01 and CU08-17 addressed as 1500 Gaylord Trail, and consideration of same. B. Site Plan Review Committee to consider a public hearing relative to Conditional Use Request CU09-12 addressed as 401 East State Highway 114, and consideration of same. III. MINUTES A. Site Plan Review Committee to consider the minutes of the March 25, 2009, regular meeting. IV. ADJOURNMENT IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU HAVE A DISABILITY THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT (817) 410-3155 AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE MADE TO ASSIST YOUR NEEDS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551.001 et seq. ACTS OF THE 1993 TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THE SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 1 ST DAY OF MAY, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M. � \ � ALBERT L. TRIPLETT, J PLANNER II '`"`"� DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ` SITE PI..AN REVIEW COMMITTEE MAY 6, 2009 STATE QF TEXAS " COUNTY OF TARRANT ClTY OF GRAPEVINE The Site Plan Review Cammittee of the City ofi �rapevine, Texas me# in Session, on this the 6th day of May 2009, in the Development Services Directar's Office, 200 South Main Street, First Floor, Grapevine, Texas with the folfowing members present-to-wi#: Larry Oliver Chairman Dariene Freed Member constituting a quorum with Scott Williams absent and the following City Staff: Ron Stombaugh . Planning and Development Manager Albert Triplett Jr: Planner Susan Batte Planning Technician CALL TO ORDER Chairman Larry Oliver called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. NEW BUSINESS CONDITIONA� USE APPLICATION CU08-01 & CU08-17 GAYLORD TEXAN ;:,,.:� � First for the Committee to consider was conditional use application CU08-01 (Ord. 08- 12} and CU08-17 (08-�8} for a planned commercia! center in conjunction with a hoteE and convention center, specifically to consider an alternative to the 30-foot screening wall associafed with the cooling towers. On March 25, 2008 Council approved an expansion to the Gaylord Hotel which included a 492 room guest tower and in excess af 600,000 square feet of additional conference center space and parking structure (CU08-0'i). On September 16, 20t18, Cour�cil approved an outdoor pool expansion and an events pad site (CUp8-17). This conditional use permif a(so included a 30-foot tall visual and acoustical screening wall for the cooling #owers. At an April 7, 2009 Council worksession, a presentation was made by representatives af #he Gaylord Texan relative to an alternative screening option rather than the screening wall for the praposed coaling towers associated with the hotel and convention center expansion. This option which includes landscape screening �Leyland Cypress trees, ten feet in height at the #ime of planting) and the utilization of new fan and motor technology was viewed favorably by the Council as an appropriate substitution for the 34-foat screening wall. ososas 1 SITE P�AN REVIEW C4[VlMITTEE � MAY 6, 2009 On February 3, 2009, Mr. Bennett Westbrook, Senior Vice President of Design, Deuelopment and Canstru�tion for Gaylord, spoke to Council in executive session abou# ;v . possible alternative designs to mitigate the noise and screen the view of the cao(ing towers. Mr: Westbrook stated that he believed mator and fan technology had been developed tha# could significantly reduce the naise level from the tawers, and that landscape screening could be utilized that would provide a preferable screening solution to a 30 foot tali masonry wa(I. Mr. Westbrook as(ced that he be allawed to study passibie alternatives, and agresd to came back with a propr�sal in approximately 60 days. On March 19, 2409, staff received documents #rom Mr. Westbrook regarding the results of the s#udy. Gaylord emp(oyed acoustical consultants Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon and Williams (WJH1N� to research the possible benefits of replacing fans and motars for the cooling towers. WJHW determined that the replacement of the existing fans with Low Sound fans with a variable frequency drive {VFD} system would provide a noise reduction equal to or exceeding fhat which wouid be realized from a 30 foot tall screensng wall. Specifically, the following conclusians were found: • Existing CooEing Tower Maximum Naise 4evel (per manufacturers specifications) to Center of !{aties Woads F�oad - 71 dBA * 30 Foot Tall Accaustical Screening Wall Noise Level Reduction - 5-6 dBA, resulting in E5 or 6fi dBA at Katie's Woods#�oad • Naise Level Reduction €rom tmplementation of Low �ound fans afld �� Variable Frequency Drive - 6 dBA, resulting in f5 dBA a# l�atie's Woods �Road Additionally, as Gaylord is no longer planning ta place the EC.E! and ev�nt pavilion along Katie's Woods Road, Mr. W�estbrook propases to replace the previously approv�d landscaping and masonry screening wall with taller, more dense landscaping only to provide a visual screening element for the�cooling equipment. After a brief discussion, Larry Oliver moved to approve conditional use application CU08-01 & CU08-17. Darlene Freed seconded t#�e motion which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver and Freed Nays: Nane CQNDITI{�NA� USE APPLICATIQN GU09-12 - EAVA RESTAURANT Next for the Committee to cansider vtiras canditionaE use applicatian CU8-'f 9 �Urd. 2008- 49) approved at the September 16, 2008 meeting for the possession, storage, retail sale and an-premise consumption of alcahalic bevet�ages {beer, wine, and mixed beverages) in conjunction with a restaurant specifically to revise the floar plan and exterior elevati4ns. � 050605 2 ' SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE MAY 6, 2009 After a brief discussion, Darlene Freed moved to approve conditional use application CU09-12. Larry Oliver seconded the motion which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver and Freed Nays: None CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES Next for the Gommittee to consider were the Site Plan Review Committee minutes of March 25, 2009. Darlene Freed moved to approve Site Plan Review Committee minutes of March 25, 2009 as written. Larry Oliver seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver and Freed Nays: None ADJOURNMENT � With no further�business to discuss, Larry Oliver adjourned the meeting at 3:06 p.m. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS ON THIS THE 27TH DAY OF MAY 2009. APPROVED: CHAIR AN ATTEST: S RETARY 050609 3