Jul 18, 2023 City Council

[Call to Order]

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WELL GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JULY 18TH 2023 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A CUSTOMER TRADITION OF THIS CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INDICATION RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO OUR MEETING LED BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THE DECISION YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE. THE DECISION YOU MAKE IS PURELY YEARS AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON FROM DISTRICT SIX. DID YOU CUT OFF MY PRAYERS? DID YOU COULD HAVE DONE FOR YEARS? SO YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. OKAY SO WE ALSO USUALLY DO A PRAYER. I'M NOT A PUBLIC PRAYER. SO, UM BE READY. YOU READY? OKAY? HEAVENLY FATHER . WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO REMIND YOU THAT WHATEVER YOU'RE BAKING IN THE OVEN IS DONE. OKAY UM, ALSO, GOD IS GREAT. GOD IS GOOD. LET US THANK HIM FOR THIS HOOD. AMEN YOU'RE WELCOME. PUT THE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. OLD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE WRONG. THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT? HMM.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE DO HAVE I DO HAVE A RECOGNITION. WORD TONIGHT. THIS IS USUALLY

[MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

ECHO EVERYTHING THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN. LINE UP ACROSS HERE. DON'T BE SHY. KEEP GOING.

THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. IS THIS EVERYBODY? EVERYBODY THAT YOU REMEMBER THERE BEING ALL RIGHT. WELL VERY GOOD. WELL WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND, UH CELEBRATE OUR INTERNS, AND IT IS NATIONAL INTERN DAY. SO I HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE FOR THAT. SO WE'RE AS INTERNSHIPS ARE AN EXCELLENT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO GAIN REAL WORLD PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES. AND WHEREAS INTERNSHIPS ARE A PATHWAY TO LEARNING AND OFTEN CREATE A PIPELINE FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT INTENT. THE CITY OF GARLAND ESTABLISHED THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IN 2019 TO ATTRACT AND RECRUIT QUALIFIED INTERNS EACH YEAR. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE CITY ALSO RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES NATIONAL INTERN DAY. CELEBRATED EACH JULY SINCE 2017 . NATIONAL INTERN DAY SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYERS TO COMMEMORATE AND THANK THEIR HARDWORKING INTERNS. IT HAS INSPIRED INVESTMENT IN INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS AND INTERNS THEMSELVES AND PLANTS, THE SEEDS OF EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE. AND NOW THEREFORE I SCOTLAND MADE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 27 2023 NATIONAL INTERN DAY. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING . AND I DO HOPE THAT AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH YOUR INTERNSHIP , AND YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEDAY LOOKING FOR A REAL JOB. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME BACK. SO PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR INTERN. OH, ME. SHE'S POINTING. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S POINTING AT HIM. VERY GOOD.

WELL. THAT WAS PRETTY PAINLESS. WASN'T EASIER THAN PROBABLY BEING AN INTERN. WELL THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

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ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE SOME THAT HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE BEFORE WE GET STARTED. FIRST UP IS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MOORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE WILL HAVE A DISTRICT THREE TOWN HALL MEETING THIS COMING THURSDAY, JULY THE 20TH AT 7 P.M. AT THE DALLAS COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE OFFICE AT 7 15 ROLL IT ROAD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF DISTRICT THREE. AND ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT OF ME WITH US. THANK YOU, SIR. VERY GOOD AND NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO, UM, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN DISTRICT FOUR. BUT IF YOU'RE OVER IN THREE AND WANT TO COME AND HANG OUT, COME ON, ANYWAY, WE WILL BE HAVING A COMMUNITY MEET AND GREET AT THE SOUTH GARDEN LIBRARY. ALSO THIS THURSDAY FROM FOUR UNTIL SEVEN. WE'VE GOT A PROPOSED PROJECT COMING IN AT 6 13 AND 6 15 RALLY AT ROAD. IT'S A I WANNA A OWNER OCCUPIED TOWN HOME PROJECT. SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, YOU WANT TO SIGN OFF. I WOULDN'T HEAR FROM YOU. SO PLEASE STOP BY THE LIBRARY IS TO COME AND GO BEAUTY IN FOUR AND SEVEN. THIS COMING THURSDAY EVENING. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VERY GOOD, SIR. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD DUELING TOWN HALLS IN ADJACENT DISTRICTS, NO LESS VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET UNDERWAY WITH OUR AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? SAYING NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON, LOOK TO YOU FOR EMOTION. UM I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. UM, AS IS UM. STOPPING THINGS PRESENTED. HOW ABOUT THAT ? MY VIBES WITH THIS ARE YOU? YEAH. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEDRICK. TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED MADAM SECRETARY TO COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE.

COUNCIL. AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BRINGS US NOW TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. MADAM SECRETARY IF YOU COULD REVIEW THE SPEAKER REGULATIONS, PLEASE. YES SIR. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF, THE CHAIRMAN, COLLEAGUES SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY

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[7a. Consider a request by Dos Banderas for a "Major Waiver" to the Downtown Sign Standards to replace the existing awning and install a new storefront awning with signage. The site is located at 614 Main Street in District 2. ]

THE NEW PROPOSAL WILL, UM, EXPOSED THE BUILDING A LITTLE BIT MORE AND ITS HISTORIC NATURE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL WITH AN 8 TO 0 VOTE. AND MAYOR JUST TO GO OVER JUST BRIEFLY. THE CRITERIA FOR MAJOR WAIVERS. THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM THE GDC. MAJOR WAIVERS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

FOLLOWING A RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE PLAN COMMISSION IN ORDER TO PROVE A MAJOR WAY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FINDINGS ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS, MEETS THE GENERAL INTENT OF THIS DISTRICT AND WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED PROJECT WHICH WILL BE AN ATTRACTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. AND WITH THAT MAYOR, WE MAILED OUT 72 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE, AND WE RECEIVED FIVE RESPONSES. THOSE WERE ALL IN FAVOR AND WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. NO

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[Items 7b & 7c]

[7d. Consider a Detail Plan request by DDC, Inc. for twelve (12) single-family detached homes. The site is located at 2675 East Brand Road in District 1.]

AS YOU STATED, THIS IS A DETAILED PLAN REQUEST FOR 12 12 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES LOCATED 26 75 EAST BRAND ROAD, THE OVERALL ACREAGE OF THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY IS ABOUT 28.62 ACRES, ALTHOUGH, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE SITE PLAN HERE A LITTLE BIT. ONLY ABOUT FIVE ACRES OF THAT IS REALLY DEVELOPABLE. MUCH OF IT IS FLOODPLAIN AND HEAVILY TREED LITTLE BACKGROUND. THIS INITIAL ZONING, ENTITLEMENT PD AND CONCEPT PLAN WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2016, WHICH ALLOWED THIS USE AND IT CALLED OUT 12 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BASED IN THE SF 10 DISTRICTS OF THE MINIMUM SIZE IS 10,000 SQUARE FEET, AND THE APPLICANT ADHERES TO THAT, SO THE PD DOES REQUIRE DETAILED PLAN TO COME FORWARD. AT THAT TIME. IT WAS A PD AND CONCEPT PLAN ONLY. SO THIS IS A GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED IN NORTH GARLAND. JUST SOUTH OF THE RICHARDSON CITY LIMITS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, CITY OF RICHARDSON. BRACKENRIDGE PARK IS JUST TO THE NORTH. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, OF COURSE, JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF BRAND ROAD. THERE IS OTHER SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. OF COURSE. THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN DESIGNATES THIS TRACT AS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THIS PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH THAT . AND IN FACT, THE NET DENSITY ONCE YOU TAKE OUT THE FLOODPLAIN IS STILL ABOUT TO JUST OVER TWO UNITS PER ACRE, SO VERY LOW DENSITY. HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA SUBJECT PROPERTY JUST KIND OF LOOKING FROM BRAND ROAD . OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF TREES ON THE PROPERTY. AND JUST ANOTHER PHOTO LOOKING EAST ACROSS BRAND ROAD. AND SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS. OF THE AREA. HERE'S THE SITE PLAN. THE OVERALL SUBJECT PROPERTY IS KIND OF OUTLINE HERE IF YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS BRAND ROAD OVER HERE, BUT REALLY THE ONLY AREA BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE 12 HOMES AS SHOWN HERE THERE'LL BE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS AGAIN. THERE'LL BE 12 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES, ALL IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT SIZE. THEY RANGE GENERALLY FROM ABOUT 11,002. AROUND 17,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE. THE REST OF THE PROPERTY IS, UM, FLOODPLAIN AND THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER DOES NOT, UM UM, I INTEND TO DEVELOP THAT. AND LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT COMPLIES WITH THE G. D. C. REGULATIONS THERE, ACTUALLY, NO DEVIATIONS BEING REQUESTED. BY THE APPLICANT ON THIS REQUEST, AND HERE'S A SAMPLE ELEVATION. JUST A BIT HOUSE OF WITNESS.

SOME OF THESE MIGHT LOOK LIKE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. AND WITH THE DETAILED PLAN, REALLY MEETING ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE P D AND THE G D. C STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS

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IT USED TO BE ONE DRIVEWAY, SO THE CHANGES WERE MADE BASED ON THE RECENT CITY CRITERIA, SO WE ARE COMPLYING ALL THE PREVIOUS PD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEN I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. THAT WAS ABOUT 45 SECONDS, BY THE WAY. IT'S A VERY IMPRESSIVE RIGHT MANGO COUNCILOR WILLIAMS, HOLD ON A SECOND QUESTION. GO AHEAD, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. I'LL TRY NOT TO WASTE YOUR TIME, EITHER. UM NO, IT'S IN THE RESPONSES. THERE WAS ONE RESPONSE AND AN OPPOSITION AND THE OTHER ONE WAS IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF NOTIFICATION ISSUE WITH WHICH YOU REALLY HAVE LITTLE TO DO WITH CAN YOU SHARE WITH DO YOU KNOW THE NATURE WAS BEHIND THE OPPOSITION? THE ONE THAT WAS RECEIVED IN THE PACKAGE . DO YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WAS? WHAT WAS THE ISSUE? IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE DO YOU KNOW I IF I IF I'M BRIGHT, THERE WAS OPPOSITION FROM ONE OF THE HOUSE ON THE EAST SIDE ON THE GARLAND AREA. AH! IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT WAS HIS OPINION BECAUSE HE DID NOT EXPLAIN MUCH IT JUST WHAT IS HAPPENING. I'M CONCERNED. SO I THINK IF HE IF HE CAME TO THE MEETING SUCH SAW THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING, THEN IT COULD BE EASIER. SO I BELIEVE IT WAS A GENERAL SOMETHING THAT I'M CONCERNED WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? OKAY THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. I SEE. NO, THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE SIDE? I THINK YOU JUST SAID ONE. NO SIR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOPE. CIRCUIT. YES. UM, I WILL NEED YOU TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD BEFORE YOU LEAVE. AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES , OKAY. MY NAME IS KEITH. HANG ON. HANG ON. LET'S GET THE TIMER GOING HERE. MY NAME IS KEITH BLACK. MY ADDRESS IS SIX KILL CHURN. I LIVE IN THE HILLS OF BRECKENRIDGE AREA. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THIS IS, BY THE WAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THAT PLAN , SO WE WERE TOLD THERE'S 12 HOUSES AND WE WERE TOLD BASIC DENSITY SF 10. WE KNEW THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN ANY PLAN. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THE PLAN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BACKS OF THE HOUSES OR TOWARDS BRAND IS THAT CORRECT? IT. SO YOU HAVE SOME YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THEN I'LL OKAY, SO MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE A LONG BRAND OR THE BACKS OF THE HOUSES. THE BACKYARD IS GOING TO BE EXPOSED TO BRAND. IS THERE A WALL AND THAT WOULD BE JUST REALLY MY ONLY CONCERN. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER AND I WILL HAVE THE APPLICANT ADDRESS THE QUESTION. VERY GOOD, SIR. THANK YOU. SIR. YOU HEARD THE QUESTION. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. I KNOW THE QUESTION. SO THE ANSWER IS YES, THERE IS A 15 FT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE FENCE AND THE PROPERTY LINE AND WE ARE PLANTING LARGE TREES OVER THERE

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VERY GOOD, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM BASS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FIRST ADDRESS THE OPPOSITION RESPONSES THAT WERE RECEIVED THAT IDENTIFIED AND ISSUE THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO NOTIFICATION . IT WASN'T RELATED TO ANYTHING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND STAFF HAS ALREADY ADDRESSED THOSE WITH THE WITH THE PEOPLE PUT IN OPPOSITION. THAT BEING SAID I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DETAILED PLAN 70 AS PRESENTED HAVE EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM BASS AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MORE TO APPROVE ITEM 70 AS PRESENTED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. SECRETARY OF THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. AND DISPLAYS WITH. AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT. THE NEXT CASE WE HAVE HAS TO, UH TWO SEPARATE PIECES. ITEM SEVEN. E CONSIDERS OWNER

[7e.Consider a Zoning request by Homeyer Engineering proposing twenty (20) townhouses and open space. The site is located at 1306 and 1314 Rowlett Road in District 3.]

[7f.Consider a Detail Plan request by Homeyer Engineering proposing twenty (20) townhouses and open space. The site is located 1306 & 1314 Rowlett Road in District 3.]

AGAIN. THERE ARE. TO ZONING DISTRICTS, SF SEVEN AND AG. THERE ARE TWO HOUSE, UH, STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY OF THOSE, OF COURSE, WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND MAKE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. IF THIS IS TO BE APPROVED, UM, MOSTLY SURROUNDING THE DEVELOPMENT AS OTHER SINGLE FAMILY ZONING SF SEVEN TO THE SOUTH, THERE'S A PD KIND OF SURROUNDING IT TO THE EAST AND SOUTH SOUTHEAST KIND OF THAT'S BASED IN SF SEVEN ZONING ACROSS THE STREET ACROSS ROULETTE IS A MORE OF A ZERO LOT KIND OF PATIOS, PATIO HOME STYLE DEVELOPMENT. OTHER SINGLE FAMILY IN THE AREA OF A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE WEST OVER HERE IS A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY AND A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE WEST OF THAT AS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. HMM. THE COMFORTS OF PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AROUND THIS INTERSECTION IS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHICH IS GENERALLY CORRESPONDS WITH SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. UM OF COURSE DENSITIES IN THE AREA OF ARI. THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR TOWNHOUSES, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MID DENSITY DENSITY IS IN THE AREA. VERY. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST AND SOUTH IS APPROXIMATELY 3.8 UNITS PER ACRE . THE PATIO HOME SLASH ZERO LOT. MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH AS APPROXIMATELY 6.8. UNITS PER ACRE. THE APARTMENT COMPLEX FURTHER TO THE WEST IS APPROXIMATELY 12 UNITS PER ACRE , AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE MAXIMUM DENSITY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT OF 11.6 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND THE MAXIMUM UNITS PER ACRE PER SF ATTACHED.

SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHES 12 UNITS PER ACRES THEY WOULD COMPLY WITH THAT S F A REQUIREMENT. I WANTED TO POINT OUT AS FAR AS KIND OF COMPATIBILITY OR MITIGATING FACTORS THAT THE APPLICANTS PROVIDING. OF COURSE, I'LL PULL UP THE SITE PLAN AND WHICH WILL ILLUSTRATE THESE LITTLE FURTHER, BUT UM, THE SITE PLAN PROVIDES OPEN SPACE LOTS ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN BOUNDARY, AS WELL AS A PROPOSED STREET AND SIDEWALK, WHICH PROVIDE BUFFERING FROM THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OR THE TOWNHOUSE BACKYARDS, AND THERE'S AN EXISTING ALLEY, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL BUFFERING FOR THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE ARE TWO LOTS LOTS X ONE AND X TWO ARE OPEN SPACE AMENITY AREAS, WHICH ACTUALLY, AMENITIES ARE NOT. WE'RE NOT EVEN TRIGGERED AS A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S FEWER THAN 25 TOWNHOUSE LOTS. IT'S 20 SO, BUT HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING TO AMENITY OPEN SPACE AREAS THAT WILL HAVE SOME SHADE TREES AND PICNIC TABLES. AND FURTHERMORE, THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO PRESERVE AS MANY EXISTING TREES AS POSSIBLE ALONG THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES. HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA,

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THE PHOTO TO THE TO THE EAST. EXCUSE ME. I WAS TRYING TO ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT. UM HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS LOOKING SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS LOOKING NORTH. AND HERE'S THE SITE PLAN, UM, PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT, SO THERE ARE TWO DRIVEWAYS IN AND OUT OF THE SITE, ONE ALONG COUNTRY CLUB ROAD AND ONE ALONG THAT ROAD AGAIN. IT IS 20 TOWNHOUSES. AND THERE'S A COMBINATION OF FRONT ENTRY AND REAR ENTRY. SO THESE EIGHT HOMES HERE WOULD BE FRONT ENTRY TOWNHOUSES WHERE THE GARAGE WOULD BE IN THE FRONT. AND THEN THE OTHER 12 TOWNHOUSES OVER HERE WOULD BE ALI LOADED. SO ACTUALLY THESE THREE TOWN HOMES HERE AND THEN THE FIVE TOWN HOMES HERE ALL FACING THE EXISTING PUBLIC ROADWAYS WILL FACE THE PUBLIC ROADWAYS AND KIND OF HAVE A SIDEWALK CONNECTION OUT TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK ALONG THOSE ROADWAYS WITH KIND OF A PRIVATE, UM, FENCE OR PEDESTRIAN GATE. THERE AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE ALLEY HERE WHERE THE GARAGE IS WOULD BE ALLEY LOADED. THE SITE PLAN MEETS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE GDC FOR TOWNHOUSES. AND JUST KIND OF WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER. THERE'S EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS HERE AND HERE, LITTLE BIT OF BUFFERING THAT THAT HAS PROVIDED INSIGHT PLANNING THIS PROPOSAL. AS YOU CAN SEE SOME LITTLE BIT OF OPEN SPACE. OF COURSE. THE TREES UM AND SOME DEEPER BACK YARDS EXISTING ALLEY OVER HERE TO THE NORTH. SO UM, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY KIND OF A BACKYARD TO BACKYARD. UM PROPOSAL HERE. AND THEN THESE. THAT LANDSCAPE PLAN PROBABLY SHOWS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT THE AMENITY AREAS ARE SHOWN HERE ONE AT THE CORNER OF REALITY AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD AND ANOTHER HERE. AGAIN IT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING THOSE AMENITY AREAS WITH SOME PICNIC AREAS AND SHADE TREES. AND HERE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THIS SHOWS THE UH, KIND OF GARAGE ENTRY FRONT ENTRY PRODUCT. AND SOME ADDITIONAL ELEVATIONS. UM, SHOWING SHOWING THE OTHER PRODUCT. WERE YOU LOADED? AND SO THERE ARE A FEW DEVIATIONS BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS. THIS APPLICATION. THE MINIMUM LOT AREA PER SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED IS 2000 SQUARE FEET. THE APPLICANTS PROPOSING IN THE PD A MINIMUM OF 1650 SQUARE FEET, ALTHOUGH THAT ONLY APPLIES TO FOUR LOTS. THE OTHER 16 LOTS WOULD MEET OR EXCEED THE MINIMUM 2000 SQUARE FEET. THE APPLICANTS. JUSTIFICATION PROVIDED WAS THE MINIMUM LOT AREAS BEING REDUCED TO THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION ALONG RALLY ROAD AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE GDC MINIMUM LOSS EXCUSE ME DWELLING SIZE OF 1400 SQUARE FEET WILL BE MET. ONE INTERESTING THING. MAYOR IS ACTUALLY THE PATIO HOME DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET ACTUALLY HAS A PD MINIMUM OF 1300 SQUARE FEET AND THEIR DWELLING SIZE AND THEN THE PD TO THE EAST. THAT'S BASED IN SF. SEVEN HAS A MINIMUM OF 1800 SQUARE FEET FOR THEIR DWELLING SIZE. DWELLING SIZES PROPOSED OR NOT ENTIRELY FAR OFF FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA. LOT DEPTH. THE MINIMUM IS 90 FT AND PROPOSED IS A MINIMUM OF 60 FT. NOT ALL LOTS WOULD BE THAT SHALLOW, BUT THEY REQUESTED THE LOT DEPTH. UM FOR ABOUT HALF THE HALF THE LODGE THEY THE APPLICANT CONTENDS THAT THE REDUCED LOT DEPTH IS NECESSARY DUE TO THE RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION. SCREENING THERE PROVIDING SCREENING PER THE GDC , ALTHOUGH IT'S JUST REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE LOCATION WITH DUE TO THE, UM RIGHT OF WAY. DEDICATION THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO DESIGNATE THE 5 FT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT THE G D C WOULD NORMALLY CONTEMPLATE.

HOWEVER, THE H O A WILL STILL MAINTAIN ANY FENCING AND TREES THAT ARE PROVIDED SO WE WILL JUST WORK WITH THE APPLICANT WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING IF THIS IS APPROVED ON MAKING SURE THERE'S SOME TYPE OF MAINTENANCE EASEMENT PROVIDED THERE AND THEN FINALLY, ALLEYS. ALLEYS ARE A GENERAL REQUIREMENT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING TOWN HOUSES UNLESS OTHERWISE AN ALLEY. WEAVER IS APPROVED BY THE PLAN, COMMISSION AND ALLIES ARE NOT PROVIDED FOR EIGHT LOTS I MENTIONED EARLIER, HOWEVER, THE REST OF THE TOWNHOUSES WILL BE, UM REAR ENTRY AND ALLIES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR 12 OUT OF OUT OF THE 20. TOWNHOUSE LOTS. AND AS AS WRITTEN HERE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A COMBINATION OF FRONT LOADED AND RELOADED LOTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVAL. AND PLAYING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL THAT I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME GET JUMPING AHEAD OF MYSELF. THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE AND THEY VOTED ON THAT. UM UM, ON THAT APPROVAL MOTION, HOWEVER , THE VOTE WAS 4 TO 4. SO BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT THEY DIDN'T REACH THAT SIMPLE MAJORITY OF FIVE VOTES. IT FELL SHORT OF THE FORMAL APPROVAL

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DENIAL. SO WITH THAT MIRROR, UM . THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MAILED OUT 121 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN FAVOR, BUT WE RECEIVED 16 AGAINST THE REQUEST WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND THREE AGAINST THE REQUEST OUTSIDE THE NOTIFICATION AREA. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS SIDE OF. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. WELL. THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME TO ME HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF THIS AREA'S ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD OR TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IN YOUR OPINION, HOW IS THAT'S GOING TO POVERTY OR ADVERSELY AFFECT THE TRANSITION? AH OF A SINGLE OR MULTI FAMILY ATTACHED. HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE TRADITIONAL VERSUS THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT IS INTRODUCING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MID DENSITY, UM, PRODUCT INTO A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AREA. THIS WOULD BE OF COURSE, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. UM YEAH, RIGHT . IT'S NOT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC. IT IS NOT MULTI FAMILY. THESE ARE INDIVIDUALLY PLANTED LARGE TOWNHOUSES. YES, SIR. UM THE AREA IS PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY , ALTHOUGH AS YOU VENTURE OUT A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG WELL, IT ROAD, OF COURSE TO THE WEST.

THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND SOME OTHER USES AS WELL. UM THE PROPOSAL IS ACTUALLY NOT UNLIKE SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. NOT TOO FAR FROM THIS AREA. THERE ACTUALLY IS A TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT OF 43 UNITS FURTHER TO THE EAST AT RHONE AND ROLL IT VERY CLOSE TO THE SITE ABOUT THINK ABOUT 3000 FT AWAY. SO LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. NOT TOO UNLIKE THIS PROPOSAL, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS 43 UNITS. OF COURSE, THIS IS 20 BUT SIMILAR SITUATION THAT IT WAS KIND OF AT THE CORNER OF AN INTERSECTION AND MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY AREA AS WELL. SO UM, SO THERE ARE ALREADY RIGHT THERE. THERE'S A SIMILAR TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY. A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AT ROSE HILL AND BOB TOWN. I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS. UM, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT AS FAR ABOUT 3000 FT. OR SO MAYBE A LITTLE LESS FROM THIS SITE, SO IT'S NOT WHILE IT IS A LITTLE BIT, INTRODUCING A SLIGHTLY HIGHER DENSITY TO THE IMMEDIATE AREA AS YOU VENTURE OUT A LITTLE BIT. THERE ARE SOME SIMILAR TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE KIND OF DEVELOPING IN THESE POCKETS AND SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS. SO IN YOUR OPINION, IT'S NOT GOING TO ADVERSELY AFFECT I THINK THE APPLICANT HAS AND A LITTLE BACKGROUND. OF COURSE, THE THIS INITIALLY CAME THROUGH AS A STRAIGHT ZONING CASE AND WENT TO PLAYING COMMISSION IS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER OF 21 2021.

IT WAS VOTED DOWN AT PLAYING COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT DECIDED RATHER THAN MOVE FORWARD TO COUNSEL TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, COME BACK WITH A PD AND A DETAILED PLAN.

TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT WERE MENTIONED BECAUSE THERE WERE THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS UM BE INTRODUCED IN RELATION TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND AS I KIND OF SHOWED IN THE SITE PLAN EARLIER, THE APPLICANT IS, UM, REALLY WORK TO MITIGATE A LOT OF THE KIND OF THE BUFFERING AND WHATNOT AND PROVIDED SOME SOME ADDITIONAL FEATURES THAT WERE NOT REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THE AMENITY AREAS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO AH, SO I THINK, UM, I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF KIND OF SITE, PLANNING IT AND MITIGATING THOSE CONCERNS AND THOSE FACTORS AND OF COURSE WITH IT BEING 20 UNITS, IT DID NOT MEET THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD FOR TRAFFIC STUDY, SO I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPPOSITION RESPONSE THAT CITED TRAFFIC IS A CONCERN BUT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THE TRANSPORTATION LOOKED AT AS WELL.

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THANK YOU, MR BEAR. VERY GOOD COUNSELOR, DUTTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO TRANSPORTATION IS NOT LOOKED AT THIS YET BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT THEY HAVE. I'M SORRY TO CLARIFY. I KNOW THAT, UM, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DOES LOOK AT ALL ALL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, ALL ZONING CASES. THAT'S PART OF OUR USUAL PROCESS. WE TAKE THEM IN.

WE ROUTED OUT AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THAT, SO THEY DID REVIEW IT. MR. LUKIN, HIS TEAM ARE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER IS THAT DID NOT TRIGGER THE REQUIREMENT FOR A FULL ON TRAFFIC STUDY THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MAY REQUIRE. BUT EVEN WHEN I TRANSPORT EXCUSE ME, A TRAFFIC STUDY IS NOT REQUIRED. THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF WILL STILL REVIEW THE PLANS. THERE'S STILL OTHER THINGS THEY TYPICALLY COMMENT ON. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE DRIVEWAY LOCATIONS ON REALITY ROAD AND COUNTRY CLUB, THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE MINIMUM. DISTANCE FROM THE INTERSECTIONS JUST TO MAKE THAT A SAFE, SAFEST POSSIBLE GETTING OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, SO IT'S NOT BLOCKED BY AN INTERSECTION OR VICE VERSA

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VERY GOOD. PROTEIN BASS. I THINK IT WILL. CAN YOU ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION? CAN YOU IDENTIFY ANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD? I THINK IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO LAND USE WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

JUST THE, UM I THINK PROBABLY THE DESIRE WAS TO KEEP IT A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED. IT WAS REALLY KIND OF INTRODUCING THE TOWNHOUSES WAS REALLY MY IMPRESSION FOR THE REASON FOR THE 44 VOTES AGAINST OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AND THE CONCERN THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND HOW IT FITTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND EVEN CLOSER THAN THAT AS A TRAILER PARK, SO AS FAR AS HAVING YOU KNOW, ATTACHED HOUSING BEING ADVERSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I JUST I DON'T SEE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. BECAUSE HER WILLIAMS THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CONCURRENT COUNSELORS. BEST BEST COMMENT, UM CIGARETTE AND STAFF REPORT. REMEMBER, NANA, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED. CAN YOU CLEAR IT UP FOR ME? ONE OF THE DEVIATIONS HAS TO DO WITH THE ALLEY ALLEY WAIVER AND THE REPORT. IT'S DOWN IN THE REPORT. IT SAYS THAT, UH, UM YEAH. ALEX AND I PROPOSED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. THEN THERE'S A REQUEST FOR EARLY WHERE WE WERE FOR EIGHT LOTS THAT YOU DESCRIBED EARLIER. CAN YOU CLEAR FOR THAT FOR ME? ON THE ALLEYS.

UM YES, SIR. I'LL PULL UP THE SITE PLAN. IT'S KIND OF A PARTIAL NOT REQUIRED, AND THEN IT SAYS IT IS REQUIRED FOR WERE THEY WILL THE. ELLIE WEBER FOR THE EIGHT LAPS AND THEN FURTHER DOWN AND REPORTED, SAYS ALICE AND NOT REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO CAN YOU CLEAR THAT UP FOR ME A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED? ABSOLUTELY. LOOK AT THAT. UM. LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT YES, THAT WHAT'S THE ALLEY WAIVER IS UM, IT IS AN ALLEY WAIVER FOR EIGHT LOT, SPECIFICALLY THE SITE PLAN HERE . UM SO IT'S THESE EIGHT LOTS OVER HERE TO THE EASTERN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPOSAL, OSE WOULD BE FRONT ENTRY GARAGES, SO THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE ALLEYS. HOWEVER THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT THESE 12 WILL HAVE ALICE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. BUT AS I WAS READING THE REPORT, I'M LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE IT'S ALICE WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. YEAH SORRY ABOUT THAT. IF THERE'S ANY MISS, OKAY, LOOK AT THAT. OKAY THE LAST STATEMENT DOWN THERE.

CAN YOU CLARIFY JUST ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS VIEWED TO PLAYING AND HAS INDICATED THE LAYOUT IS CONDUCIVE TO PROVIDING ADEQUATE DRAINAGE. WAS THAT AN ISSUE? IT WAS NOT JUST A PART OF THE PROCESS LANGUAGE PART OF THEIR PROCESS. ANYTIME THERE'S AN ALLEY WAIVER BECAUSE ALI'S ARE PART OF ENGINEERING'S SPECS, I GUESS FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS FOR DRAINAGE. SO WHEN THERE'S NOT AN ALLEY, PROVIDED THEY JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT, UM A PARTICULAR REVIEW AND MAKE SURE DRAINAGES ACCOUNTED FOR SO THEY HAVE REVIEWED THAT AND THAT IS, UM THAT'S UM THEY THEY'VE APPROVED THAT AS FAR AS THAT MEETING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ONE SECOND. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MORE. THANK YOU, SIR. IF IT'S A TIME THAT I MAY SHOULD, UH AS UH , COUNCIL QUESTIONS RELATE TO STAFF. SURE. AND THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. I'VE ALSO READ THROUGH THE RESPONSES THAT WERE RECEIVED AND WHEN YOU SEND OUT 121 YOU GET BACK 16 AND THREE THAT DOES GIVE YOU CONCERN TO READ THROUGH AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE. AND SO I'M WANTING TO ASK COUNSEL. UH, IT'S COUNCIL. ALLOWED. TO CONSIDER SUCH THINGS AS THERE ARE THREE OF THEM. NORWAY'S THAT MIGHT BE CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT.

ACCIDENTS THAT MIGHT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT. LOW INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A

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YES, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY LOW DENSITY USE. SO UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WOULD FACTOR IN. BUT YES, IN GENERAL, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONSIDER NOISE AND TRAFFIC. I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW THEY WOULD FACTOR IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. OKAY MADAM SECRETARY . I BELIEVE WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. WE DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, GREG. GAREN. HMM AND MR UM HERBERT GEARS. SIR IF I CAN GET YOU TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS. UM FROM THE PUBLIC AND WILL ALLOW SOME TIME FOR REBUTTAL AFTERWARDS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT MAYOR AND MY NAME IS HERBERT GEARS AT 555 PROMINENT PARKWAY IN IRVING, TEXAS. I WON'T TAKE 10 MINUTES, ALTHOUGH I WILL TELL YOU AH SERVED AS MAYOR IN IRVING FOR A LONG TIME, AND EVERY YEAR WE MADE A STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH AND THE OVER AND UNDER. ON HOW LONG I WAS GOING TO TALK WAS TWO HOURS. AND SO USUALLY UH, WE WENT UNDER. BUT NOT ALWAYS. BUT PROMISE WE WON'T. IT'S ALL ABOUT STAYING ON SCRIPT I'VE LEARNED IT IS AND SO HAS THE STAFF. AND WHEN YOU TALK THAT LONG YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE A SCRIPT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WAS A BLESSING IN MY LIFE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL OR PLANNING ZONING COMMISSIONER. UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY DID TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THE ROLE. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH WORK, BUT I PROMISE YOU AS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR LIVES, YOU APPRECIATE THESE GOOD TIMES. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN IN, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET A LOT DONE, EVEN WHEN IT HURTS. SOMETIMES WE'D ARGUE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE ALWAYS MAINTAINED A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. AND SO WE SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMON BOND. OF COURSE, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. AT FIRST LIKE TO COMPLIMENT YOUR STAFF, YOU KNOW , UH, I LEARNED THE VALUE OF CITY STAFF SERVING AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND NOW WHAT I DO IS WORK WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS. UM ALL AROUND TEXAS. AND SO I GET TO EXPERIENCE A LOT OF STAFF. AND IN THIS CASE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO HAVE THIS DEVELOPMENT COME TO BE IN ITS BEST SHAPE. YOU KNOW, THEY CAME IN WITH 27 UNITS AND HAD A SINGLE ENTRY, UM AND REALLY DIDN'T THINK IT THROUGH AS WELL. UM BUT THE STAFF SHOWED HIM HOW TO REDUCE IT DOWN TO 20. THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. IT WORKS FOR THE ECONOMICS, AND IT ALSO GIVES THE DEVELOPER THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AN UPSCALE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. THESE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE ON THE TAX ROLLS FOR PROBABLY MORE THAN EVERY HOME THAT SURROUNDS IT, UM, FROM MY RESEARCH, THE DONE EVERYTHING THEY COULD DO TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORS WHAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IN THEIR CHOICE TO BUY THEIR HOMES WHERE THEY HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT PRESERVING AS MANY TREES AS WE CAN THERE BE NO TREE REMOVED. THAT SEPARATES US FROM AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. SO THERE'LL BE LOTS OF SCREENING WITH LARGE CANOPY TREES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. UM YOU KNOW, THEY GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HAVE THIS PROJECT APPEARED.

BEAUTIFULLY I LIKE THE SITE PLANS TO SHOW THE COLOR OF THE BLACK AND WHITE DOESN'T REALLY SHOW SHOW THAT MUCH, BUT THEY'RE BUT THEY'RE PRESERVING A LOT OF GREEN SPACE. THIS IS A SITE THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE REDEVELOPED. THERE'S A VERY OLD HOUSE THERE THAT COULD STAND TO BE REPLACED. AND THEN ANOTHER HOUSE IS GOING TO BE REMOVED AS WELL. SO WE'VE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW FROM THE COMMUNITY. UM QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VERY VERY ATIONS OF CONFUSION. THIS IS NOT A MULTI FAMILY PROJECT AS WAS MENTIONED. UM AND THIS IS NOT APARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING WE DON'T WANT APARTMENTS THERE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DID HAVE A OFFER A PUBLIC FORUM ONLINE. UM TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE INPUT. WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH PARTICIPATION IN THE FORUM . BUT WE DID RECEIVE THREE EMAILS THAT WERE POSITIVE, AND TWO OF THEM MENTIONED THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW THEY DON'T WANT APARTMENTS. UM THE TRAFFIC ISSUE IS A NEGLIGIBLE IMPACT. PART OF

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ELEVATIONS SECONDS. YOU KNOW, I WENT TO COLLEGE. I WANTED TO BE AN ENGINEER, YOU KNOW, BUT IT STARTED OUT BUT IT WAS JUST SO HARD AND I WAS I WAS KIND OF LAZY, SO I HAD TO. I HAD I WENT OFF AND BECAME A MAYOR WORK TONIGHT SHIFT. EXACTLY YEAH, I THINK I KNOW IT'S NO A CHAPTER OF THAT STORY MYSELF. SIR GOOD EVENING. IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME, PLEASE . MY NAME IS GREG GARREN. I'M AN ARCHITECT 2000, RUSSIAN CREEK DRIVE HEARTLAND. FORNEY, TEXAS. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AS HERB SAID, WE REDUCE THE DENSITY. WE ADDED, UM ALLEYS AND WE. THAT IS, UH MORE SETBACKS.

THERE'S A 20 FT. SETBACK FROM THE ALLEY TO THE FACE OF THE GARAGE. WE ALSO. MOVE THE TWO DRIVEWAYS DOWN FROM THE CORNERS AND I WAS ALSO LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, AND I REALIZED THAT THERE'S A FULL MEDIAN ON BOTH SIDES, SO THERE'S ONLY A RIGHT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAYS. SO THERE'S LIKE NO WAY. THERE'S NO WAY TO CROSS THE STREET ANYWAYS, SO THERE'S HARDLY ANY TRAFFIC IMPACT. THE DRIVEWAYS ARE THE FURTHEST THEY CAN BE FROM THE CORNERS. AND THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN LEFT OUT OF ANY OF THESE DRIVEWAYS. ALSO YES. ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. UM WE'RE PROPOSING TO KEEP EXISTING TREES IN WHICH IS POSSIBLE ON THE PERIMETER. AND, UM. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE AROUND THE PERIMETER AND ON THE CORNERS AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. I SEE. NO, THANK YOU. I BELIEVE WE . A OKAY? THANK YOU AND WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN I'LL ASK IF ANY OF UNIQUE AND COME BACK AND REBUTTAL FOR ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. YOU CAN SIGN UP TO SPEAK OR MR. HOOKER DOES HAVE A SPEAKER CARD. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THOSE PLEASE. UM JIMMY HOOKER. MANY. ONE OF MY QUESTION IS GOING TO NEED YOU TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HOOKER 51 21 SADDLE RIDGE COURT DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS PROPOSED ON AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE.

UNDERSTATEMENTS SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS FOR THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IS MY QUESTION TO THEM IS, IS THIS KIND OF LIKE A OPPORTUNITY OF JUST THIS BARREN LAND, OR IS THERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES? I MEAN, THIS LOOKS AMAZING, BUT IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO SQUARE PEG INTO A ROUND HOLE JUST AT THAT LOCATION . I'M LISTENING TO ALL THE NUANCE AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAD TO DO AND HOW TO TREES AND ALL THESE THINGS CAME INTO PLACE. SO THAT WAS MY BIGGEST BIGGEST QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. BUT SPEAKING AS A AS A RESIDENT, I ACTUALLY PURCHASED MY HOUSE IN 2000 AND UM, ON SOUTHBRIDGE COURT AND BEEN THERE SINCE 2023 YEARS. AND SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE AGAIN WE'VE GOT A SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT A CHURCH. WE GOT NEW APARTMENTS WE'VE GOT, UM TOWN HOUSES DOWN THE STREET. A NEW DEVELOPMENT OF 30. WHEN I'M HEARING THAT THE DENSITY IS NOT A BIG DEAL. IF YOU REALLY IS A BIG DEAL, IT'S HARD JUST TO GET TO ROLL. THAT ROAD ROAD IS I MADE I MEAN FOR, BUT IT IS HARD JUST TO GET OUT OF THE COMMUNITY TO RALLY ROADS. SO MY CONCERNS ARE TRAFFIC. CRIME AND I KNOW INITIALLY THE INVESTMENTS MAYBE YOU KNOW, AT SOME LEVEL, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF TIME I CONCERN IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A FLIP IN 10 YEARS OR 15 YEARS AND I THINK THE GENTLEMAN SAID, WE DON'T REALLY CONSIDER CANADA INCOME STUDIES. BUT THIS IS MY HOME, SO I HAVE TO CONSIDER THOSE THINGS SO JUST ENCOUNTERED HER IN THIS PROPOSAL AGAIN. IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND EVERYTHING. I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE AGAIN. WITH THE DENSITY. THE CRIME WE SEE ALREADY IS. WE'RE VERY COMPROMISING. IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST ADDING MORE ON TOP OF THE PILE, SO THAT'S I'D LOVE TO SAY SO VERY GOOD. AND ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE SPEAKERS, I'LL HAVE THE CHANCE FOR THE APPLICANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS. THANK YOU, SIR. OUR

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THIS IS NOT BACKYARD TO BACKYARD. I LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP THE MAP. MY BACKYARD.

THIS IS LITERALLY INSIDE OF MY BACKYARD AND THE ENTRY THAT YOU GUYS WERE PUTTING. ONE OF THE ENTRYWAYS THAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU CAN ONLY MAKE RIGHT IN RIGHT TURNS INTO THAT'S EVERY CAR DRIVING PAST MY HOUSE THAT WILL BE TURNING INTO THIS. AS JIMMY MENTIONED, TURNING, GETTING IN AND OUT RELIC ROAD IS, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE ALREADY. AND YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SANDWICH THIS IN THERE. IT JUST DOESN'T FIT THE TRADITIONAL ZONING HERE. EVEN THE ZONING PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT THIS TO BE MULTI FAMILY HOME. HE TRIED TO SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MULTI FAMILY HOME. WHY ARE YOU REZONING IT TO MULTI FAMILY HOME THEN? IT SHOULD BE A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UM, THERE IS NO BUFFERING. BETWEEN ME AND MY BACKYARD. THERE WERE DEVIATIONS THE STAFF MENTIONED, UH, YOU GOT IT DIDN'T MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR A LOT DEPTH LOT AREA. OR SCREENING. THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, GUYS. AH! SO ALL THE IMPACTS THAT I'M LOOKING AT IS INCREASED TRAFFIC, WHICH WE DIDN'T DO A TRAFFIC REPORT THAT NOISE AND THAT TRAFFIC IS LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD. WE HAVE EXISTING ISSUES WITH SOIL THAT HAVE WORSENED ALL AROUND US BECAUSE OF HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE LAKE, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THAT MUCH HEAVY STUFF THERE HAVE 30 BEAMS UNDERNEATH MY HOUSE FROM THE FOUNDATION, AND THIS IS THE SAME SOIL THAT THIS IS GOING INTO. WHO'S GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT MORE CONSTRUCTION, MORE CONSTRUCTION.

AH THE NOISE DISTURBANCE. SO IT'S JIMMY MITCH AND WE GOT SCHOOLS WERE RIGHT NEXT TO CENTENNIAL. WE GOT CHURCHES. I SEE THE KIDS WALK FROM CENTENNIAL THROUGH MICHAEL TO SACK AND CUT THROUGH. YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THEY'RE GETTING THEY'RE GONNA BE CUTTING THROUGH MY BACKYARD TO GET HOME. AND ONLY AN ORNAMENTAL 5 FT FENCE. THAT COMES UP TO ABOUT RIGHT HERE. LOSS OF PRIVACY. I HAVE MY BACK MY MASTER, UH, BATHROOM WINDOW IS GOING TO HAVE AN ORNAMENTAL 5 FT FENCE. IN BETWEEN IT AND A 20 FAMILY MULTI HOME. AH DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A GROSS MISCHARACTERIZATION GUYS. IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUE. YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN SOMETHING THAT HAS A LOWER UNIT PROPERTY VALUE. THEN ALL THESE OTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALL AROUND IT. IT'S GOING TO LOWER IT. IT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPACT. STRAIN ON INFRASTRUCTURE . YOU GUYS JUST REDID BOB TOWN WATER, SEWAGE UTILITIES, GARBAGE LIKE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A FREEZE. TOOK THROUGH FOUR WEEKS. FOR GARLIC UTILITIES TO CATCH UP. NOW WE'RE PUTTING 40 MORE 20 MORE. THANK YOU, SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? MADAM SECRETARY? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER. OKAY? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY? I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A MOMENT FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD. YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE CONCERNS. I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE THAT IS PURELY UP TO YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO THE NEIGHBORS.

UM I CAN'T SAY THAT I AGREE WITH WITH ALL THAT WAS SAID, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S THESE THESE HOMES ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND WITH WITH THE LAND COSTS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE DIFFICULT INFILL TYPE DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW IS CREATING A SALE PRICE. YOU KNOW THAT STARTS AT ABOUT 375,000 AND GOES UP TO 450,000. AND SO WE ANTICIPATE A STRONG VALUE ADD, YOU KNOW TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I HEARD THE TERM TRANSITION AREA.

UM WHICH WHICH CAN BE IMPORTANT. SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A TRANSITION THAT'S OCCURRING BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT MULTI FAMILY IN THE MOBILE HOME PARK DOWN THE ROAD. YOU CAN SEE HOW HOW THIS AREA THIS THIS PROJECT. FOR 20 HOMES IS A GOOD PRODUCT IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSITION.

SO, UM, WE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE RESIDENTS WILL WANT THEIR PRIVACY AS WELL WITH REGARDS TO

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YOU CAN SEE THE BACKYARD SEPARATION. AND HOW WE HAD TO DO THE L SHAPED STREET. THAT PUSHES THAT BUILDING WAY FAR AWAY FROM THOSE HOUSES. IF YOU SEE ON THE STREET TO THE EAST. OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SECOND HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK. UM SIR. YEAH YOU'RE TOO FAST WEIGHT.

FROM. ARE THERE PEDESTRIAN GATES AT THE FENCE AREA OF THE NORTH NORTHEAST. TOP COUNTRY CLUB ROAD AND ON ROAD THAT ROAD. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE POSING FOR THOSE FIVE UNITS. COUNTRY CLUB TO HAVE PEDESTRIAN GATES WITH AN IRON FENCE. AND ALSO ON ROLL. IT RODE THE THREE UNITS. SO NONE OF THE AREAS THAT ARE ADJACENT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL. THOSE ARE PROPOSED TO ALL HAVE WOOD FENCE ALL AROUND THE BACK. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL BELIEVE WE HAVE WORKED OUR WAY SO MAYOR PRO TEM BASS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. QUESTION FOR STAFF WILL YEAH. THINKING WELL, IF WE COULD GO TO THE DEVIATIONS, TABLE SLIDE, THANK YOU. HMM. YEP OKAY. THANK YOU. AND UM ON HERE, IT SAYS THE GDC REQUIRES ORNAMENTAL FENCE WITH MASONRY COLUMNS, IS THERE WHAT'S THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT ON THAT? THE 5 5 FT FROM? OKAY SO THERE ARE MEETING THE REQUIRED HEIGHT OF THE ORNAMENTAL FENCE WHERE THEY ARE, AND I SHOULD NOTE THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS INVESTED UNDER THE GDC CHANGED FOR THE THOROUGHFARE SCREENING, BUT THEY WERE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE. OKAY THANK YOU. AND THEN THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WELL, LET'S UM DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE SITE? AS IS RIGHT NOW, CAN YOU SHOW ME THAT OVER YOU? WELL. I'VE GOT, UM. THAT KIND OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE AND THEN, UH, OKAY. WELL, LET'S GO TO JUST GO TO ANY SITE PLAN THE WHOLE THING FOR SURE. THAT'S PERFECT. OKAY SO I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT RIGHT NOW THERE IS A SIDEWALK ALONG COUNTRY CLUB ROAD. HOWEVER THERE IS NOT ONE ALONG RAIL THAT ROAD AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE PUTTING A SIDEWALK ON A ROAD. OKAY, WOULD NEED TO CONSTRUCT THAT. OKAY PERFECT. SO THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE ABILITY FOR PEDESTRIANS ACCESS THAT. OKAY UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS. THANK THANK THANK YOU, MAYRA. MR. KAREN WOULD YOU WOULD YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN? TALK ABOUT WHAT? THE CURRENT ZONING ON THIS SITE ? YES, SIR. AND HOW DOES THE ZONING IMPACT THIS PROPOSED REQUEST WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE. WOULD YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THAT PLACE, SO I'LL GO BACK TO THE LOCATION MAP, WHICH ILLUSTRATES IT FURTHER. IT HAS THE ZONING LAYER ON THERE, BUT UM, THE SUBJECT SITE HAS AG ZONING IT AGRICULTURAL ZONING AND SF SEVEN ON IT. CURRENTLY, THOSE WERE TWO PREVIOUS HOMES. OBVIOUSLY THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BUY BOTH TRACKS OR BELIEVE THEY ALREADY HAVE BUT REDEVELOP BOTH TRACKS, SO IT'S REZONING FROM AG AND SF SEVEN TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. FOUR TOWNHOUSES FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, SO THE

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YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. THANKS, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BECAUSE OF REMORSE. YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE AND THEN OUT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IT. DON'T MAKE SURE THAT WAS YOUR DECISION, NOT THE SYSTEM'S DECISION. ALRIGHT. CANCER REMORSE. THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, UM, ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS. BUT SINCE IT'S BEEN MISSPOKEN SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT, CALLING THIS PROPOSED PROJECT A MULTI FAMILY, WHICH IT'S NOT, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE. SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED MEANS, AS YOU JUST SAID, INDIVIDUALLY PLANTED OWNER OCCUPIED. THIS IS NOT LIKE MULTI FAMILY. THAT'S CORRECT TOWNHOUSES, AS OPPOSED TO MULTI FAMILY, SO IF THIS WERE A MULTI FAMILY REQUEST, IT WOULD TYPICALLY BE REMAIN UNDER ONE OWNERSHIP AND THERE WOULD BE UNITS MULTIPLE UNITS ON THE SINGLE OWNERSHIP TYPICALLY FOR RENT. THAT'S TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY LOOKS BUT SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED . WHICH IS THIS REQUEST? YES JUST LIKE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED EACH. UNIT IS ON AN INDIVIDUALLY PLANTED LOT, TYPICALLY ON A PUBLIC STREET FACING A PUBLIC STREET. UM SO YES, MA'AM, THAT IS CORRECT INDIVIDUALLY SOLD.

CORRECT YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT I THINK WE HAVE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THE Q A COUPLE OF TIMES COUNCIL MEMBER MORE. EXCUSE ME, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MORE SLIPPED. GO AHEAD, SIR. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. IT'S CASES LIKE THIS. THAT MAKES THEM VERY DIFFICULT AND THAT YOU GET 19 LETTERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND ALL 19 OF THOSE LETTERS ARE AGAINST AND THEN WHEN YOU READ THEM RECOGNIZING THAT THE OBJECTIVE HERE FOR A COUNCIL IS TO ALWAYS ATTEMPT TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE BEST USE OF THE LAND. THE BEST USE OF LAND. THAT'S NOT HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH IF THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THERE BEING MORE TRAFFIC IT HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH MUCH OF WHAT I READ AND THE RELATED TO THE LETTERS THAT CAME IN THE RESPONSES THAT CAME IN AND BY THE WAY, WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF LETTERS. WHAT WE REALLY GOT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE LETTERS. AND THE REST, IT SEEMED, WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE SAYING THINGS ONLINE THAT WERE AGAINST IT. I SPENT THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST TWO DAYS REVIEWING THIS AND BASED ON ALL THAT. I CAN SEE. I'M CANNOT COME UP WITH VERY MUCH IN THE WAY OF WHAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S THE REASON TONIGHT. I WANT TO COMMUNITY TO KNOW. I WANT YOU TO KNOW TONIGHT THAT WE HEAR YOU. I HEAR YOU. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT I ASKED OUR COUNCIL TONIGHT TO ANSWER THOSE THREE OR FOUR QUESTIONS FOR ME. BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE READ YOUR LETTERS, AND WE HEARD YOU. AT THE SAME TIME. MUCH OF WHAT IS WRITTEN IS VERY SUBJECTIVE. WE DON'T WANT AND THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO. WE JUST DON'T WANT IT. WE JUST DON'T WANT IT. AND WE CANNOT MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT WE ARE GROWING COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT GROWTH. THE TYPE OF PRODUCT THAT WE SEE HERE. CAN YOU PUT THAT PRODUCT BACK UP AGAIN? CAN YOU BRING IT BACK UP ONE OF THEM SCREEN. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRODUCT ITSELF, IT'S A GOOD PRODUCT. IT'S AND NOT ONLY IS THAT PRODUCT GOING IN, BUT THERE ARE PRODUCTS SIMILAR TO IT GOING IN RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, UH TWO OR THREE BLOCKS FROM IT AT THE CORNER OF ROMAN ROAD AND ROLL IT . THERE ARE ANOTHER ONE GOING IN AT COUNTRY CLUB AND BOB TOWN ROSE HILL. AND THE TRANSITION AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED WHEN I LOOK AT IT FROM THE SKY, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, YES, GO BACK AND ALL THE OTHER ONE. THE OTHER ONE. WHEN I LOOK AT IT, IT TRANSITIONS AS FAR AS I CAN SEE QUITE WELL. BUT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OF THAT FOR ME, I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF THE LAND. AND I DO BELIEVE AT THIS POINT THAT THIS IS THE BEST USE FOR THE LAND BECAUSE MOST OF THE HOMES HERE WERE BUILT IN THE EIGHTIES AND MAYBE 17 EIGHTIES AND MAYBE NINETIES, AND THEY DO HAVE VERY GOOD HOME VALUE. AND I BELIEVE THAT THESE HOMES BECAUSE THEY ARE SINGLE FAMILY, DARLING, THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT THAT THAT LAND VALUE UP. BUT I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING IN THERE AND PUTTING ONE OR TWO HOMES. IF I'M GOING TO PUT A HOME IN THERE, I JUST DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING, OKAY? SO WITH THAT, MR MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO

[01:10:05]

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THAT MOVES US TO OUR NEXT ZONING CASE. THIS ALSO HAS TWO PARTS AS

[7g.Consider a Zoning request by Manhard Consulting requesting approval to construct 63 multi-family dwelling units. The existing church building will be used as an amenity for the multi-family development. The site is located at 1214 and 1302 West Miller Road in District 5.]

[7h. Consider a Detail Plan request by Manhard Consulting requesting approval to construct 63 multi-family dwelling units. The existing church building will be used as an amenity for the multi-family development. The site is located at 1214 and 1302 West Miller Road in District 5.]

[01:15:01]

C. AND THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF THE CLUBHOUSE WILL LOOK LIKE AGAIN. IT'LL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REMODELING THE EXISTING CHURCH BUILDING. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS CASE, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THIS CASE WAS DENIED BY COUNCIL BACK IN MAY OF 2021 AT THAT TIME DURING THE HEARING, THERE WAS SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC KIND OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ALONG MILLER ROAD IN THAT REQUEST. ACTUALLY THIS IS PRIOR TO THE MF TWO DISTRICT BEING AVAILABLE IN THE G D. C BUT AT THE TIME THE APPLICANT WAS ASKING FOR A DEVIATION FOR DENSITY. STILL THE SAME AMOUNT OF UNITS, BUT IT WAS A DEVIATION AND TYING THAT WITH THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS WAS, AS I RECALL A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE DENIAL THAT WAS FOLLOWING A PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL IN APRIL 2021 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADD MORE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING BEHIND BUILDING B, WHICH IS THE ONE FURTHEST SELF AND NEAR THE AMENITY AREA. SO UM, SOME CHANGES SINCE 2021 OF THE APPLICANT HAS MADE JUST BASED ON UM, FEELING, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPERS FEELING TO MAKE THE PROJECT A LITTLE BETTER, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED. SO THIS SITE PLAN AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE IN 2021.

THE APPLICANT DID ADD PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION FROM TWO YEARS AGO. ONE PARKING SPACE WAS ADDED THE APPLICANT TWO YEARS AGO. ACTUALLY WAS THAT ASKING FOR A, UH, PARKING DEVIATION OF ONE PARKING SPACE 100 SPACES REQUIRED 101 ARE REQUIRED RECEIVED 100 WERE PROVIDED 101 ARE REQUIRED. BUT WITH THIS PROPOSAL THAT MEETS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THE APPLICANT UPDATED THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS IN TERMS THAT IT'S A BIT MORE MODERN STYLE. UM, DENSITY PROPOSED IS THE SAME. IT'S ABOUT 22. EXCUSE ME 28 UNITS PER ACRE, BUT THAT IS NO LONGER A GDC DEVIATION REQUEST PER THE MF TWO DISTRICT. UM AND IN ADDITION, IF APPROVED, THE PD CONDITIONS FOR THIS WILL LIMIT IT TO 63 UNITS. IN ADDITION TO THAT BUILDING PLACEMENT, WHICH HAS GONE AWAY IN THE G D. C THAT THAT IS NO LONGER A CODE REQUIREMENT. OR A DEVIATION NEEDED AND SAME WITH COVERED PARKING THAT IS NO LONGER A CODE DEPARTMENT OR GDC DEVIATION. AND SO I JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT, UM, AS I SAID EARLIER, PENDING ZONING APPROVAL, NO GDC DEVIATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT AND A LITTLE BIT ALL THE DRESS KIND OF THE TRAFFIC CONVERSATION IS THAT WAS CAME ABOUT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS DONE. BUT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. AND THE PLANE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL ON THEIR JUNE 26TH MEETING LAST MONTH THAT WAS WITH AN 8 TO 0 VOTE. BUT IN ADDITION, UM THE PLANE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE APPLICANT WORK WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FURTHER TO MITIGATE CONCERNS ABOUT INGRESS AND EGRESS AND DRIVERS MAKING LEFT TURNS. REALLY, THE CORE OF THE CONCERNS SEEM TO BE NOT NECESSARILY TRAFFIC. 63 UNITS IS FAIRLY LOW. IT DID NOT EVEN TRY TO TRIGGER A T I A TRAFFIC STUDY REQUIREMENT , HOWEVER, THAT MAJOR CONCERN THAT THE PLAN COMMISSION HAD WAS FOLKS LIVING IN THE MULTI FAMILY COMPLEX TURNING LEFT ONTO MILLER ROAD, SO FINDING WAYS TO WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION TO PROHIBIT OR AT LEAST HIGHLY DISCOURAGED, TURNING LEFT, SO THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE WORKED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF, MR LOOKY AND HIS TEAM. TO ADD SOME CURB IMPROVEMENTS AND RIGHT TURN ONLY SIGNAGE ACCORDINGLY. TO HELP PREVENT LEFT TURNS OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, IT'S KIND OF SMALL TO SEE. BUT THERE THIS IS A REVISED SITE PLAN. THERE'S KIND OF A MEDIAN BREAK HERE AND JUST SOME ADDITIONAL KIND OF BOLD OUTS AND WHATNOT FROM THE FROM THE DRIVEWAY, ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO HELP. JUST KIND OF PREVENT THOSE LEFT. TURNS OUT, ENCOURAGE THE RIGHT TURN. IN ADDITION, THERE'S SIGNAGE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THAT SAYS , RIGHT TURN ONLY AT BOTH ENTRANCES. AND THIS ONE IS EXIT ONLY. BY THE WAY, THIS ONE A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE EAST. AND WITH THAT MIRROR, GO TO THE NOTIFICATIONS AND RESPONSES. WE MAILED OUT 45 NOTIFICATION LETTERS ON THIS CASE, AND WE RECEIVED FOUR RESPONSES AND THOSE WERE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? CASPER HEDRICK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UNDER THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS FOR THE PD PERMITTED USES, IT SAYS ONLY THOSE AND MF TWO OFFICE NOT ALLOWED THEM F TWO WILL THEY BE ALLOWED TO DO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES AS THEY WISH? SO THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD FOR THE

[01:20:03]

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. THANK YOU, SIR. DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE? DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THEM? YES, SIR. THE APPLICANTS HERE, OKAY? MR ROBBIE, MADAM. SIR. IF WE CAN GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR SIMPLY ANSWER QUESTIONS. IT'S UP TO YOU PERFECT. MY NAME IS ROBBIE META. I'M AT 1 25 EAST JOHN CARPENTER FREEWAY IN IRVING, TEXAS. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. UM. IT'S OKAY. YES, IT'S THIS ONE, RIGHT? THERE YOU GO. AND THEN IF YOU JUST WANT TO SCORE THAT JUST PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK WERE LONG TERM OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE STAY WITH WHICHEVER COMMUNITIES WE PURCHASE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE DON'T WE'RE NOT THE TYPE OF GUYS THAT COME IN AND BUY AND SELL AND FLIP PROPERTIES. UM WE WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON ESSENTIAL HOUSING FOR THE AREA'S DEMOGRAPHICS.

FILGOAL THAT'S AH, THAT'S NEEDED FOR THIS AREA. UM AS UM, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, THE RIGHT HAND TURNS WERE ONLY WERE ADDED TO ADD SECURITY FOR SAFETY FOR RIGHT. FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM. WE WERE ADDING, WE HAD A LOT OF MENUS TO THE PROPERTY, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU DOWN THE ROAD LATER AS WELL FOR DENTON'S PRESENTATION, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME CONCEPT DESIGNS AS WELL THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE OWN IN THE AREA. THE REASON I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS IS BECAUSE AS I WAS SAYING WE OWN AND MANAGE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA. UM WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST ONE IN 2011 AND WE'VE OWNED AND MANAGED THESE BY OURSELVES. SINCE THEN, WE OWN TWO IN THE CITY OF GARLAND. ONE IS THE MARISOL VILLAS. UH UM, WE GET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DIFFERENT CITIES AS WELL ON THE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND THE REASON I BROUGHT UP MY SOUL VILLAS IS BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY IN 2014. AND WHEN WE BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY UM, IN APRIL, AND WE BOUGHT IT IN MAY OF 2014, AND WE BOUGHT IT. THIS WAS THE LIST FROM CODE COMPLIANCE THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD HAD 51 CRITICAL ITEMS. OF 20 LIFE SAFETY ITEMS AND 131 NONCRITICAL ITEMS SO ALMOST 200 ITEMS ON THAT LIST. THIS WAS AN INSPECTION. WE JUST HAD YESTERDAY FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND. CODE COMPLIANCE FOR ITEMS, MINOR ITEMS, WHICH WE ALREADY TOOK CARE OF HIM SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF CARE WE TAKE. THAT'S THE TYPE OF CARE WE LIKE TO HAVE FOR OUR PROPERTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR PROPERTIES. UM AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAFE, UM WE LIKE TO LIGHT UP EACH PROPERTY LIKE A BALLPARK. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SECURITY IS THERE? WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR MPO, WHICH IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL OFFICER. SO WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT VERY CLOSELY. WE, UH WE HAVE A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY THAT MONITORS THE PROPERTY. THREE OR FOUR TIMES EVERY WEEK, MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS ARE OBEYING THE CURFEW. THERE'S NO EXTERIOR DRINKING THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND WE'RE ALSO ONE OF THE FEW RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA THAT ACTUALLY HAS A SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM. TO DETER ANY ADDITIONAL, UM CRIME AND THINGS THAT NATURE WITH LICENSE PLATES, SO WE KNOW EACH VEHICLE THAT'S GOING IN AND OUT OF EACH COMMUNITY. SO IN SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS A PROJECT. WE JUST RECENTLY FINISHED UP. IT WAS A 40 HOUSE SUBDIVISION OUT IN THE CITY OF PECOS, TEXAS. UM AND IT'S THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF THE CLASS A TYPE INTERIOR FINISHES THAT WE LIKE TO INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR FINISHES. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. I GOT A LETTER FROM THE CITY THERE AS WELL. MM. EVEN THOUGH A T I A WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS PROPERTY. WE WENT AHEAD AND DID IT. WE DID ONE AND THE CONCLUSION SHOWED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO ADD VERY MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE AREA. SO UM. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY FELT SECURE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO ADD TOO MUCH MORE MORE CONGESTION TO THE AREA. UM AND AS WE TALKED, SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER WE DID RIGHT TURNS ONLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SECURE THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TRAFFIC THE TRAFFIC

[01:25:02]

AND WE ARE ADDING CURBS ON BOTH EGRESS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT CURBS AND SIGNS ARE THERE TO COMPLETELY PREVENT THAT. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS THERE. SO IF WE DO SEE STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENING WE'VE JUST WE WATCH PEOPLE DO THAT ALL THE TIME, SO THAT ACTUALLY HAVING THEM HAVE TO JUMP A CURB TO GO WHERE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO. THAT AT LEAST HAS A CHANCE OF SLOWING DOWN THAT BEHAVIOR AFTER THEY DO IT THE FIRST TIME. ALRIGHT, UM I WILL TELL YOU ON THIS. I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT CHURCH BUILDING. UM I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE REDEVELOPMENT. I HATE UH, JUST HAVING THINGS THAT VACANT AND ALSO HATE TO SEE THEM JUST WASTED. SO I WAS PLEASED THAT YOU ARE RECYCLING IT AND PUTTING IT TO A POSITIVE PURPOSE WHEN IT'S BEEN VACANT. UM AND. I DO LIKE THE CHANGES. I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME THIS CAME TO US, AND, UH, REMEMBER THOSE CONVERSATIONS? I DO THINK MF TWO IS A IS A MUCH MORE SUITABLE ZONING. UM, AND YOU THINK QUITE NEATLY INTO IT. UM AND I DO LIKE A LOT OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED MAKING SENSE THAT FIRST ITERATION THAT EVEN THE BUILDING POSITIONING, I THINK IS MORE ATTRACTIVE. SO, UM, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT CANCER LOOK. MR META. UM HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU MEET WITH THE ORCHARD HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? WE MET WITH THEM TWICE, OKAY? AND YOU HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE OF THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL. UM WHAT WAS THEIR MAJOR CONCERN, AND HOW DO THEY GENERALLY GENERALLY FEEL ABOUT THE PROJECT? YEAH, THEY HAD THEIR HESITATIONS THE FIRST TIME AROUND, SO WE SAT DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE LISTEN TO THEM. THIS TIME SPOKE WITH THEM WENT TO THEIR MEETINGS. UM AND THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP TODAY.

THE RIGHT HURT RIGHT TURN ONLY AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION. SO, UM WITH THIS RIGHT TURN ONLY THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP ALLEVIATE. A LOT OF THEIR CONCERNS, SO THEY WERE HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING. AND I SPOKE TO THEM. EVEN, UH, YESTERDAY ON MONDAY IN TERMS OF THIS AND, UH AND YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM VERY INTIMATELY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? SPEAKER CARD FOR JASON LANE? SIR. IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR

[01:30:07]

MILLER IS A PRETTY CRAZY ROAD SOMETIMES. UM CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THE AGENDA ITEM WE APPROVED EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL IMPACT TRAFFIC AND HOW THIS PROJECT. UM WHAT THE TRAFFIC WILL BE LIKE COMING OUT OF THIS PROJECT. ONCE THE MILLER ROAD, WASTEWATER DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE AND PAVING IMPROVEMENTS ARE FINISHED. IT WAS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, OKAY? I WASN'T. I DIDN'T. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS ON THERE. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO UM, YEAH, IT'S RECOVERY CAUGHT ME OFF. GUARD UM, OUR COLOR ATTORNEY OFF GUARD, TOO. SO IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE IN GOOD COMPANY. SO UH, A COUPLE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT PROJECT ARE AT AT GLENBROOK AND MILLER. WE'RE ADDING A VERY SMALL, BUT I THINK SIGNIFICANT LEFT TURN LINE THERE. THAT'S BEEN ABSENT FOR FOREVER. UM. AND THEN, UH, THAT WILL COMPLETE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THAT WERE THE TEXT DOT HAD DONE OVER IT. SATURDAY, AND, UH GARLAND AVENUE. THERE'S YOU KNOW, IT'S DOESN'T LOOK FINISHED AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT RIGHT NOW. LITTLE FINISH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS . THOSE WILL HELP THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. ONCE THEY'RE DONE, SO I THINK THAT WILL HELP THE TRAFFIC ON MILLER. UM AS FAR AS THE SITE HERE WE DO THINK THAT THE RIGHT TURN OUT ONLY WILL ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE CONFLICTS THAT WILL HAPPEN THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THAT WAS ALLOWED SO I WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE TRAFFIC. PATTERN THAT WAY IT IS NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS. MR MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS 787 AND EIGHT. 78 G. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T EVEN READ MY WRITING. SEVEN G AND H AS PRESENTED. YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MOTION BY CUSTOMER EVER. LOOK WE'RE HAVING SECOND BY COUNCILOR DENTON TO APPROVE ITEMS SEVEN G AND SEVEN H, AS PRESENTED. SECRETARY IF YOU COMPARE THE VOTE FOR US, PLEASE. COUNCIL. DISPLAY THE VOTE. AND THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED

[01:35:01]

[Items 7i & 7j]

I SHOULD NOTE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND NOTE HERE AND FURTHER DESCRIBING THE DEVIATION REQUEST, BUT OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT MIRROR. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN 8 FT MASONRY SCREEN WALL. IN FRONT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING. THAT'S NOT A GDC REQUIREMENT, ALTHOUGH THE DEVIATION REQUEST IS TO ALLOW THE BASE SERVICE DOORS TO FACE A PUBLIC STREET IN THIS CASE, LBJ FREEWAY, HOWEVER, TO MITIGATE THAT DEVIATION, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED AN 8 FT SCREEN WALL SO WELL. KIND OF LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE FURTHER HERE ACTUALLY HEAR THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE PROPOSED BUILDING EVASION ELEVATION FACING SELF, UM, BUT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE WALL. BUT IF YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN HERE THAT IS THE SAME ELEVATION WITH THE 8 FT MASONRY SCREEN WALL, UM, THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT TO HELP SCREEN THOSE THOSE BAY DOORS. SO AS I MENTIONED THAT THAT IS THE ONE DEVIATION BE REQUEST BEING PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT. WHAT IS PROPOSED IS 10 AUTOMOTIVES AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BAY DOORS FACING LBJ FREEWAY, HOWEVER, AN 8 FT SCREENING WALLS PROVIDED, UM, WITH THE APPLICANT HAS CONTENDED AS THE CURRENT SITE

[01:40:03]

SEE NONE. THANK YOU, SIR. SECRETARY. WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS. I DO NOT HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FOR THE APPLICANT. I BELIEVE THE AFRICAN IS PRESENT. SIR. I WILL NEED A SPEAKER CARD FROM YOU. BUT IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS EVENING, BILL THOMAS WITH PETTY C D WERE THE CIVIL ENGINEERS ON THE PROJECT? UM, UM, BASICALLY I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. UM I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE HEATED. OF COURSE. UM I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE FANS IN THEIR SERVICE DOORS. THEY'RE THEY'RE PULLED THROUGH, SO THEY'LL BE OPEN A LOT. THEY PROBABLY WANT AIR CONDITIONING, BUT IT WILL BE HEATED. FIRE SPRINKLED, OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU MIGHT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? CANCER LOOK. UM SO WE HAVE BRAND NEW 6 35 GOING IN. WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO SEE OVER YOUR SCREENING WALL? ON 6 35 ON THE SERVICE ROAD. UM THERE IS THERE'S QUITE A FEW TREES ALONG THE FRONT OF THE DEALERSHIP AS WELL NEXT TO THE SERVICE ROAD. I THINK WITH THE COMBINATION OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE PUT OUT THERE WITH THE, UH WITH THE SCREEN WALL, WHICH IS GOING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING SCREEN. THAT'S THERE, WHICH IS, UH, CYCLONE FANS, AND IT'S GOT SOME I THINK THEY'RE RED TIPS OR SOMETHING PLANTED IN FRONT OF IT. SO, UM I THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE MORE OF THE TOP. MAYBE THE VERY TOP OF THE DOOR AND MOSTLY THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING. IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE OVER THAT SCREENING ONE. OKAY UM, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. THERE WERE, UM NEW LANDSCAPE THERE. THERE'S NEW LANDSCAPING GOING IN. IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? NO, THERE'S EXISTING LANDSCAPE. THAT WAS THERE THAT WAS SCREENING THE FRONT DOORS. IT'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND SOME LIVE SCREENING.

UM WHERE THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE PLACED IT IT WAS ALREADY THERE. OKAY IT'S BEING REMOVED AND WE'RE PUTTING THE SOLID SCREEN WALL IN ITS PLACE. OKAY UM, IT'S JUST THAT THE ONE DEVIATION YOU HAVE IS REALLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN. UM SO THANK YOU. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CEREMONIALLY COMMENT. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. BUT I WOULD YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'RE REPRESENTING JUICY CHEVROLET? UH, WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA. I THOUGHT ABOUT FREE AGENCY AND PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. YOU KNOW THEY CAN GO WHERE THEY WANT TO THIS. THIS GAVE ME HITTING A RELIEF WHEN I SAW IT. WITH WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOUR YOUR BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, AH, AND I SEE THIS REQUEST FOR EXPANSION OR APPROVAL. KIND OF MEANS THAT THE FREEDOM FREE AGENCY DECIDED TO STAY WITH THE TEAM. THEY'VE BEEN HERE. COMMENT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

SEE? NO, THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? CUSTOMER, ALO. IN YOUR DISTRICT. IN LIGHT OF WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. UM,

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OKAY, UM. I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY ITEMS. SEVEN I AND SEVEN J. AND I BELIEVE THAT MOTION. FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND, OKAY? COUNCILOR BASS. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE S PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM BASS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILOR WILLIAMS TO APPROVE ITEMS. SEVEN I AND J AS PRESENTED MADAM SECRETARY OF THE VOTE FORCE POLICE. AND COUNCIL.

AND DISPLAY THE VOTE. THAT ITEM IS APPROVED 8 TO 1. WITH COUNCILOR LUCK IN OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS OUR LAST ZONING CASE FOR THE EVENING. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM. EIGHT. CONSIDER

[8. Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions.]

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SO WHEN I HIT ADJOURN, I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO LEAVE. WE WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS IN BETWEEN, BUT THAT BEING SAID AT 8 50, WE'RE ADJOURNED. LET'S HAVE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT NINE O'CLOCK, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.