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FEATURES THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL LOGO AND THE TEXT.GARLAND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION.
THREE OFFICIALS SIT AT THE COUNCIL DESK.
TEXT MICHAEL J BETS CITY MANAGER.
TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR, TEXT MARGARET LUT, DISTRICT FIVE.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026, REGULAR MEETING OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS THE TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE AN INVOCATION AND RECITAL OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, LED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
YOU'RE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE, BUT YOUR DECISION IS STRICTLY A MATTER OF YOUR OWN CHOICE AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ANY MATTER.
TONIGHT'S PRAYER AND, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
SIR, JOIN WITH ME NOW IN THE WORD OF PRAYER TEXT.
WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE EARTH IS THE LORDS AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF, THE WORLD AND ALL OF US WHO DWELL THEREIN.
NOTHING HAPPENS BEYOND YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
GOD, ETERNAL AND ALL WISE, YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR CARE, IT'S ALL IN YOUR HAND.
COUNCIL MEMBERS REMAIN WITH HEADS BOWED.
AND YET, FATHER, IN THESE PAST TWO WEEKS, TWO OF OUR MOST PROMINENT AND BELOVED LEADERS HAVE ENTERED INTO YOUR ETERNAL KINGDOM.
WE CONFESS TONIGHT THAT WE'RE DISAPPOINTED, WE'RE HEARTBROKEN.
THEIR ABSENCE LEAVES A SPACE AMONG US THAT IS NOT EASILY FULFILLED, BUT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF OUR SORROW, WE'RE GRATEFUL, WE'RE THANKFUL.
JOYFUL BECAUSE YOU ALLOWED US TO SHARE IN THEIR LIVES, THEIR LEADERSHIP, THEIR WISDOM AND THEIR GIFTS.
THESE PRECIOUS MOMENTS OF TIME THAT YOU ALLOW THEM TO SHARE WITH US.
BEFORE THEY WERE OURS, THEY WERE YOURS.
BEFORE WE KNEW THEIR NAME, YOU KNEW THEM BEFORE THEY SERVED AMONG US, YOU HAD ALREADY PLACED PURPOSE WITHIN THEM.
AND NOW FROM YOUR HANDS, THEY CAME AND INTO YOUR HANDS, THEY HAVE RETURNED.
SO FATHER, WE MISS TONIGHT, LINDA GRIFFIN.
WE MISS TONIGHT, BJ WILLIAMS. BUT WE WILL NOT FORGET.
BUT WE WILL NOT FORGET, WE WILL NOT FORGET TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO SEEK JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
WE WILL NOT FORGET THE CHARGE TO ALWAYS BENEFIT CHILDREN.
WE WILL NOT FORGET THAT TRUE LEADERSHIP IS FOUND IN SERVING ONE ANOTHER.
WE WILL NOT FORGET TO LISTEN EVEN TO THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US.
WE WILL NOT FORGET THE LESSONS THEY TAUGHT, THE LIVES THEY TOUCHED, THE CAUSES THEY CHAMPIONED ARE THE DIFFERENCES THEY MADE.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PHYSICAL, WITHOUT THEIR PHYSICAL PRESENCE AMONG US, REMIND US THAT THE GREATEST TRIBUTE THAT WE CAN OFFER IS NOT SIMPLY TO SPEAK THEIR NAMES, BUT TO CONTINUE THE WORK.
NOW WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US THE COURAGE WHERE WE MAY HAVE BECOME HESITANT, COMPASSION OR WE MAY HAVE GROWN HESITANT.
HUMILITY WHERE PRIDE IS ENTERED AND WISDOM WHEN THE WAY FORWARD IS UNCLEAR, REMIND US THAT WE TOO ARE STILL BECOMING, WE'RE STILL GROWING.
WE'RE STILL BEING SHAPED INTO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE OF US TO BE.
WE ARE LIKE PLAY IN THE POTTER'S HAND THE FLAG BEHIND THE DESK.
WE ASK YOU TO HELP US TO USE THE TIME THAT WE HAVE WISELY.
MAY WE SERVE FAITHFULLY LOVE, GENEROUSLY, LEAD COURAGEOUSLY, AND LEAVE BEHIND SOMETHING WORTHY FOR THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER US.
AND WHEN THAT TIME DOES COME, THAT WE HAVE TO DEPART THIS PLACE.
WE PRAY WILL GOD, THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SAY AS YOU HAVE DONE IN THEIR LIVES.
WELL DONE BY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.
JOIN ME NOW AND PLEDGE TO THE ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ON THE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE PHYSICAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR A WHILE, THE MAN IN A SUIT STANDS AT THE PODIUM TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TEXT CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026.
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ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MOORE FOR THAT PRAYER.AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO HONOR LINDA REE GRIFFIN WITH A PROCLAMATION.
WE LOST A CHAMPION OF EDUCATION HERE IN OUR CITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION IN HER HONOR, IN THE HONOR OF THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE HONORABLE LINDA REED GRIFFIN.
WHEREAS IN MAY, 1998, MS. GRIFFIN MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THE GARLAND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
FOR MORE THAN TWO THAN TWO DECADES, SHE SERVED THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF GARLAND, ETTE AND SAXE, INCLUDING THREE TERMS AS BOARD PRESIDENT, LEAVING A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND DEDICATION TO EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS A LIFELONG LEARNER AND ACCOMPLISHED PROFESSIONAL, MS. GRIFFIN EARNED MULTIPLE DEGREES, INCLUDING A MASTER OF ARTS FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND ENJOYED A DISTINGUISHED CAREER SPENDING MORE THAN 40 YEARS IN TECHNOLOGY, CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
AND WHEREAS GUIDED BY HER FAITH, MS. GRIFFIN AND HER LATE HUSBAND, REVEREND DR.
ROOSEVELT, A GRIFFIN CO-FOUNDED ST.
MARK INSTITUTIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH IN GARLAND, WHERE HER DEDICATION TO CHRISTIAN SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP TOUCHED GENERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS MS. GRIFFIN WAS A DEVOTED MOTHER, MENTOR AND SERVANT LEADER WHOSE, WHOSE LIFE REFLECTED HER DEEP COMMITMENT TO FAITH, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY.
SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, AND INSPIRED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.
HER PERSONAL MOTTO, ALWAYS BENEFITING CHILDREN EMBODY THE LEGACY SHE LEAVES BEHIND.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND AND THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL EXTEND THEIR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE GRIFFIN FAMILY AND EXPRESS THEIR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR LINDA REED GRIFFIN'S EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER COMMUNITY, HER LEGACY OF FAITH, EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
NOW THEREFORE, I DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR PROPER IN THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE FAMILY OF THE HONORABLE LINDA REED GRIFFIN.
ON THIS 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026, TEXT CARISSA DUTTON, DEPUTY MAYOR, PRO TEM, DISTRICT SIX TEXT JOE THOMAS JR.
DISTRICT SEVEN, A MAN IN A TAN SUIT, WALKS TOWARD THE PODIUM, MUCH THE MAN IN THE TAN SUIT WAITS AT ODIUM.
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS RUBEN LAYO GRIFFIN.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE SON OF HONORABLE LINDA LORRAINE RE GRIFFIN.
I THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR PRAYERS.
I THANK EVERYONE FOR, UH, THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND THEIR SUPPORT, UH, DURING THIS TIME.
UM, ONE THING I JUST, I JUST CAN SAY IS, YAY, LINDA.
AND EVEN THOUGH I'M GOING TO MISS HER, I'M SO HAPPY FOR HER, UM, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH PHYSICALLY I MAY BE SEARCHING FOR HER STILL SPIRITUALLY, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SHE'S SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU.
THE SPEAKER STEPS AWAY FROM THE PODIUM AND SHAKES HANDS WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER.
BEFORE LEAVING, MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICK STANDS AT THE PODIUM REVIEWING HIS NOTES.
NOW WE HAVE A RECOGNITION RECOGNIZING THE BOB DAY TENNIS COMPLEX, RECEIVING THE 2026 USTA OUTSTANDING FACILITY AWARD.
SO HONORABLE DAY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP HERE AND JOIN US, MAYOR DYLAN HENDRICK STANDS AT THE PODIUM.
THE MAYOR GLANCES DOWN AT THE DOCUMENT ON HIS PODIUM SPEAKING TO HIM BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND THIS IS THE TOP AWARD THAT THE USTA GIVES OUT FOR FACILITIES.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THIS AWARD HERE IN GARLAND.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, AND ENCOURAGE ACTIVE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES.
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WHEREAS THE BOB DAY TENNIS COMPLEX OPEN TO THE GARLAND COMMUNITY IN MARCH, 2026 AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR TENNIS, FEATURING 12 STATE-OF-THE-ART COURTS, INCLUDING TWO PREMIER COURTS WITH TERRORIST SPECTATOR SEATING, A 3,700 SQUARE FOOT PRO SHOP AND CLUBHOUSE SPECTATOR AMENITIES AND SPACES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT TOURNAMENTS, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY GATHERING.AND WHEREAS THE COMPLEX PROUDLY HONORS DR.
BOB DAY, FORMER MAYOR AND LONGTIME GARLAND CIVIC LEADER, WHOSE YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND WHEREAS IN 2026, THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZED THE BOB DAY TENNIS COMPLEX WITH A-U-S-T-A OUTSTANDING FACILITY AWARD IN THE PUBLIC COURTS LARGE TENNIS CENTERS CATEGORY PLACING GARLAND AMONG A SELECT GROUP OF OUTSTANDING TENNIS FACILITIES FROM ACROSS THE NATION.
AND WHEREAS THE USTA OUTSTANDING FACILITY AWARDS RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN TENNIS FACILITY DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND RENOVATION, INCLUDING OVERALL LAYOUT, COURT SURFACES AND LIGHTING PLAYER AND SPECTATOR ACCOMMODATIONS, AESTHETICS, AMENITIES AND SUPPORT FOR THE GROWTH OF TENNIS.
AND WHEREAS THIS NATIONAL RECOGNITION REFLECTS THE CITY OF GARLAND'S, CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN HIGH QUALITY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF CITY LEADERS, STAFF, PROJECT PARTNERS, AND THE TENNIS COMMUNITY TO HELP BRING BOB DAY TENNIS COMPLEX TO LIFE.
NOW THEREFORE, I DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE BOB DAY TENNIS COMPLEX FOR RECEIVING A 2026 USTA OUTSTANDING FACILITY AWARD AND ENCOURAGE ALL GARLAND RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THIS OUTSTANDING NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND THE CONTINUED ADVANCEMENT OF RECREATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MAYOR HENDRICK SHAKES HANDS WITH BOB DAY, THE MAYOR AND BOB DAY HOLD UP THE AWARD CERTIFICATE TEXT 2026 OUTSTANDING FACILITY AWARD.
THE MAYOR HANDS THE RED FOLDER TO BOB DAY WHO THEN APPROACHES THE PODIUM.
SIR CHRIS THE CENTER BEARS MY NAME, BUT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE MUCH MORE INFLUENTIAL IN GETTING IT WHERE WE WANNA BE IN GETTING CONSENT INTO THE FUTURE.
AND I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR THE EFFORTS THEY'VE TAKEN BECAUSE THE CITY DID IT RIGHT.
THEY DIDN'T, UH, CUT CORNERS, THEY DIDN'T DO THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
AND THE USTA HAS RECOGNIZED THAT FACT.
NOW, I WANNA CORRECT ONE THING.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AT THE CENTER THAT'S A PART OF THE JUDGING IS WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS WE HAVE AT THE CENTER.
WE HAVE JUNIOR PROGRAMS, WE HAVE SENIOR PROGRAMS, BEGINNER PROGRAMS, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
AND ALEX IS IN IN CHARGE OF THAT.
ALEX, CAN YOU TELL US A FEW THINGS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE? YEAH, OF COURSE.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST HONOR FOR US AND ONE OF OUR MOST SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
AS, UH, DR. DAY HAS MENTIONED, WE ALREADY PROVIDE AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM BOARD, BUT IT'S ONLY GROWING.
THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE HOSTING, UH, LEVEL THREE NATIONALS JUNIOR TOURNAMENT AGAIN, UH, MAY 1ST, SECOND, AND THIRD WHERE SATELLITE FACILITY, WE'RE NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO BE THE MAIN FACILITY.
WE NEED TO HAVE 25 COURTS, BUT THEY ARE USING US AS A SATELLITE AND BRINGING THE BEST JUNIORS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO PLAY IN GARLAND, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
ADDITIONAL TO THAT, WE'RE HOSTING SIX OH CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR ADULTS NEXT YEAR.
THAT MEANS THAT THE BEST STATE ADULT 18 PLUS 55 PLUS AND 60 PLUS WILL ALSO PLAY HERE IN GARLAND, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE AND IT'S ONLY GROWN UP FROM THERE.
THE USDA HAS A SERIOUS INTEREST IN SEEING GARLAND AS ONE OF THE MAIN HUBS FOR TENNIS IN ENTIRE COUNTRY.
SO IF, AND HOPEFULLY WHEN THE FACILITY IS 25 COURTS BIG, WE WILL BE THE CITY FOR TENANTS IN THE COUNTRY.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TEXT.
CHRISTINA ANO DISTRICT FOUR, A WOMAN IN A SHIRT THAT READS DEAN BARLAND HANDS THE AWARD PLAQUE TO THE MAN OF THE DAYS LATER.
THE MAYOR PLAYFULLY PLACES A CAP ON THE HEAD OF THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE THE GROUP POSES FOR A PHOTO MAYOR.
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OH CHRIST.I THINK WE CAN FIND A SPACE ON THE WALL AT THE TENNIS COMPLEX FOR THIS AWARD.
THE MAN IN THE WHITE CAP TAKES HIS SEAT IN THE FRONT ROW.
I HAVE TO TAKE THIS OFF NOW FOR NEXT ONE.
OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS HONOR OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
TWO INDIVIDUALS WALK TO THE PODIUM TO JOIN THE MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, PEOPLE STAND NEXT TO THE MAYOR, WHEREAS THE HISTORY OF HISPANICS IN TEXAS DATES BACK TO THE EPIC JOURNEY MADE ACROSS TEXAS BY CSA DEBACA IN 1532.
AND WHEREAS HISPANIC CULTURE HAS BECOME A VIBRANT PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ESPECIALLY IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.
AND WHEREAS AMERICANS OF HISPANIC HERITAGE HAVE CARRIED ON TRADITIONS OF MILITARY SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.
AND WHEREAS HISPANIC AMERICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPIRIT OF GARLAND, TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEREAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2026, WE HONOR AND SALUTE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS AND HEREBY PROVIDE LOCAL RECOGNITION OF THEIR DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW THEREFORE, I DI HEDRICK MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2026 IN GARLAND AS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH MAYOR STANDS WITH GUESTS A DESK.
AUDIENCE MEMBERS WATCH FROM THEIR SEATS.
HANDS A RED FOLDER TO A GUEST AND THEY POSE TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, AGAIN, A EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY HERE IN GARLAND OF WHICH THE LATINOS MAKE UP A GOOD PERCENTAGE.
AND, UM, ALSO, AGAIN, THINKING BACK IT'S 500 YEARS.
THE SPEAKER GESTURES TO THE COUNCIL TO BE HERE IN TEXAS.
AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT, READING A BOOK, UH, A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
BUT, UH, CORONADO AND HIS QUEST FOR GOLD, UH, THE, THE GOLDEN CITIES, UH, BACK ALSO AROUND 15 40, 15 41.
SO LOT, A LOT OF HISTORY HERE.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, NO, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THE SPEAKER GLANCES AT HIS NOTES TELL YOU, OF COURSE THEY WILL, YOU WILL NOT WANT FOR CELEBRATIONS ABOUT, UH, THE MAN TO THE RIGHT ADJUSTS HIS GLASSES, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, RANGING FROM, UH, HAPPY HOUR MARGARITAS TO YOU NAME IT.
THERE'LL BE ALL KINDS OF CELEBRATIONS GOING ON, SO YOU'LL HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT I WANTED TO, UH, REMIND YOU, UH, OF SOME OF THE, UH, OBSERVATIONS WE'LL BE HAVING HERE IN, IN GARLAND.
THE TWO MEN STAND BESIDE THE SPEAKER.
2000 BELAY FOLK WILL BE PERFORM AT, UH, THE PAC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE MARIACHI'S DANCERS, ALL THAT, UM, I WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND THAT.
UH, ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM IS DOING THIS HERE.
ALL FOUR LOCATIONS WILL BE HAVING ACTIVITIES.
UH, I THINK THEY STARTED TODAY ON THE 15TH, UH, AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
AND, UH, MOST OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY WITH FAMILY, ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS.
UH, CENTRAL, UH, LIBRARY WILL BE HAVING A FAMILY LAB, UH, PINATA MAKING LESSONS.
UH, NORTH GARLAND WILL BE HAVING A, UH, LAIA IMAGE, UH, PAINTING.
IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE OF YOU KNOW WHAT A LAIA IS.
IT'S LIKE, LIKE A SPANISH BINGO, BUT THEY'VE GOT FIGURES, DIFFERENT FIGURES.
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO PAINT YOUR FAVORITE FIGURE, WHATEVER THERE MIGHT BE, AND RACHO, KARINE, ET CETERA.
SO AGAIN, THIS, THESE ARE HANDS ON OPPORTUNITIES, SO YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND, UH, TRY YOUR HAND AT IT.
UM, THEY'LL ALSO BE, UH, THE SPEAKER GRIPS THE PODIUM, UH, ON THE, ON 17TH, UH, AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, UH, TEE GESTURES WITH BOTH HANDS SPREAD WIDE, UH, TAPE PASTRY.
IN OTHER WORDS, HOW TO WEAVE THIS AND THAT.
UH, THERE, THERE'S, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO TRAVELED, UH, CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, UH, THE STUFF THEY DO OVER THERE WITH THE DRESSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THEY WEAR IS, IS JUST PHENOMENAL.
SO YOU, AGAIN, YOU'LL GET SOME HANDS ON EXPERIENCE, UH, SOUTH GARLAND, OCTOBER THE THIRD, IT'LL BE A JUNIOR ART STUDIO AGAIN.
THEY'LL HAVE A, HE DIRECTS HIS GAZE DOWNWARD TO HIS NOTES, ARTIST SHARING LESSONS ON, UH, FOR THE KIDS ON, ON PAINTING.
AND THEN ON OCTOBER, THE, UH, UH, THIRD ALSO WEST GARLAND.
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A TRAVEL AND EXPERIENCE COFFEE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF LATIN AMERICA, COLUMBIA, GUATEMALA, ET CETERA.THEY WILL BE HAVING A SAMPLING COFFEE, UH, EXPERIENCE THERE AT THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY.
AGAIN, I WOULD URGE YOU TO CHECK THE WEBSITES FOR THE LIBRARY, AND SOME OF THESE REQUIRE REGISTRATION, SO MIGHT BE IN, IN YOUR INTEREST TO SIGN UP EARLY AND, AND SIGN UP FOR THE WHATEVER LESSONS.
BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO, UH, REACH OUT AND, AND THANK, UH, THE CITY ESPECIALLY, UH, MISS ARCHIBALD, THE LIBRARY FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
'CAUSE THEY'VE REALLY, THEY'VE REALLY PUT ON A, UH, A GOOD, UH, EFFORT FOR THIS MONTH.
AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
GENTLEMEN, ANYTHING YOU Y'ALL WANNA SAY? THE MAYOR SHAKES HANDS WITH TWO, TWO MEN.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? THE MAYOR WALKS AWAY FROM THE PODIUM TOWARD THE AUDIENCE SEATING.
YEAH, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YEAH, THE MAYOR WALKS INTO THE AUDIENCE SEATING AREA AND SHAKES HANDS WITH A WOMAN IN THE FRONT ROW.
TONY, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE HISPANIC AMERICANS HAVE MADE AS WELL.
THE MAN RETURNS TO THE PODIUM AND OPENS A FOLDER.
OUR LAST PROCLAMATION OF THE NIGHT IS A, A SPECIAL ONE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME UP HERE.
THE MAYOR STANDS AT THE PODIUM.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ELSIE WAKEFIELD IN EARNING THE GO GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD AND THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD AWARD.
THE YOUNG WOMAN IN A FLORAL DRESS STANDS BESIDE THE MAYOR AT THE PODIUM.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF GARLAND IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ELSIE L WAKEFIELD FOR HER EX EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL GROWTH, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT.
AND WHEREAS L EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD, THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT IN GIRL SCOUTING THROUGH A SERVICE PROJECT, BENEFITING THE NEXUS WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER IN TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS PART OF HER GOLD AWARD PROJECT EL CONTRIBUTED 91 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE TO DESIGN AND ESTABLISH A LIBRARY OF MORE THAN 1000 BOOKS, CREATING A CHILDREN'S LIBRARY WITHIN THE CHILDCARE FACILITY, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CENTER'S, RESIDENTIAL AND DORMITORY AREAS.
AND WHEREAS EL INDEPENDENTLY SOURCED THE BOOKS THROUGH DONATIONS AND DEVELOPED A BOOK OF THE MONTH CURRICULUM TO FURTHER SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE CHILDREN SERVED BY THE CENTER.
AND WHEREAS EL ALSO EARNED THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD GOLD MEDAL AFTER COMPLETING AN EXTENSIVE TWO AND A HALF YEAR PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED 400 HOURS OF VOLUNTARY PUBLIC SERVICE, 200 HOURS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, 200 HOURS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS ACTIVITIES, AND A FIVE DAY, FOUR NIGHT EXPEDITION.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH HER DEDICATION INITIATIVE AND COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, ELLE HAS DEMONSTRATED THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES AND INSPIRE OTHERS TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE.
NOW THEREFORE, I DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE L WAKEFIELD FOR EARNING THE GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD AND THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD GOLD MEDAL AND COMMEND HER FOR HER OUTSTANDING SERVICE, PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR HENDRICK SHAKES HANDS WITH THE YOUNG WOMAN, THEN THEY HOLD OPEN AN AWARD CERTIFICATE TOGETHER.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF PUBLIC SPEAKING WAS PART OF YOUR GIRL SCOUT, UM, AWARDS AND, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU'RE MORE THAN THAN WELCOME.
I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK, UM, MY GIRL SCOUTS LEADERS, MY PARENTS FOR THEIR HELP IN ME EARNING THIS AWARD.
I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES I'VE BEEN GIVEN, AND I REALLY HOPE I CAN FURTHER MY CAREER THROUGH GIVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO OTHERS AND ENSURING THAT, UM, EVERYONE GETS THE OPPORTUNITIES I GOT.
TEXT MICHAEL J BETS CITY MANAGER.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST RUN OFF WITH THAT.
WE HAVE TO SHOW OFF THE HARDWARE THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
THE MAYOR STANDS BESIDE THE WOMAN, THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD, GOLD AWARD.
THE MAYOR PLACES THE MEDAL AROUND A YOUNG WOMAN'S NECK.
THE MAYOR AND THE WOMAN POSE FOR A PHOTO.
TEXT MARGARET LUCKED, DISTRICT FIVE.
THE RECIPIENT LEAVES THE PODIUM.
YES, THE MAYOR ORGANIZES HIS PAPERS.
MAYOR HENDRICK STANDS WITH RUBEN AT THE PODIUM FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.
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WE GO.MAYOR RUBEN, IF YOU GOT A MOMENT, THEY SAID, COME ON BACK UP HERE FOR A MOMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT A PICTURE WITH YOU OR NOT.
SO THE CHURCH WON'T LET US OFF IF WE DON'T GET A PICTURE TOGETHER.
SO MAYOR RETURNS TO HIS SEAT BEHIND ACE.
ASK IF HE WOULD COME AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE BUTTON UP.
MAYOR HENDRICK AND RUBEN SHAKE HANDS.
THE MAYOR PUTS ON A WHITE CAP WITH THE WORD GARLAND ON IT AND ADJUSTS THE LAPTOP ON THE BASE.
A WIDE SHOT SHOWS THE KD CITY COUNCIL BASE WITH THE WORD GARLAND AND A LOGO ON THE WALL BEHIND
ALL RIGHT, WELL WELCOME AGAIN TO OUR MEETING AND WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR ORDER.
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL ITEMS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE RE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AS A SINGLE MOTION OF COUNCIL.
WITHOUT DISCUSSION, COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH OF THESE ITEMS AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE EACH ITEM.
I WILL ANNOUNCE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TO REQUEST THAT ANY ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON HAS ALREADY REQUESTED ITEM THREE A BE PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND ALSO ITEM FOUR WILL BE PULLED AND DISCUSSED AT A LATER DATE.
TEXT CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 15TH.
MAYOR HEDRICK ADJUSTS A PAPER ON HIS DESK.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026, REGULAR MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BIDS.
A PURCHASE OF A HYDRO EXCAVATOR FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
TWO B AVAYA TELEPHONE SYSTEM SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT 2D GPNL MILLER TO NEWMAN TRANSMISSION LINE MATERIAL TWO E-G-P-N-L DISCONNECT.
SWITCHES TWO F-G-P-N-L WILEY SWITCH STATION TERMINAL TESTING AND COMMISSIONING.
TWO G-G-P-N-L BEN DAVIS SUBSTATION TESTING AND COMMISSIONING TWO H-G-P-N-L KEEN CREEK SUBSTATION CIRCUIT SWITCHES TWO I-G-P-N-L SQUARE TOP SWITCH STATION CABLE TRENCH.
MAYOR HEDRICK REVIEWS DOCUMENTS TWO J TWO J-G-P-N-L SUBSTATION CAPACITOR VOLTAGE TRANSFORMERS.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASES.
COUNSEL APPROVED THE ZONING REQUESTS AND INSTRUCTED STAFF TO BRING FORTH THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES.
THREE A IS BEING PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
MAYOR HEDRICK TURNS TO HIS LEFT AND SMILES AT A COLLEAGUE OFF SCREEN.
AND IF YOU JUST DEPUTY MAYOR PROTO, UM, I RETRACT MY PULLING OF THREE A.
UM, THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY WHAT WE WERE OKAY.
WE WILL PUT IT BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN.
ITEM THREE A IS CASE Z 26 19 GLAMOR BY JESSICA IN DISTRICT FIVE.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS BEING PULLED.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION INCORPORATED, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, REVENUE BUDGET, SUB-GRANT RECIPIENTS AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
ITEM SIX IS AT MS. MID TEXT 2026.
RATE REVIEW MECHANISM SETTLEMENT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WISH TO HAVE PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT THE CURVE BASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE TEXT JUSTIN CARAWAY, DISTRICT TWO TEXT ED MOORE.
HERE I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN, ALL WITH THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS MADAM
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SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE FOR US.THE VOTING RESULTS TABLE APPEARS ON SCREEN TEXT MOTION BY JOE THOMAS JR.
AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE VOTING RESULTS TABLE DISPLAYS NINE YES VOTES ZERO, NO VOTES, AND ZERO EXTENSIONS.
NOW MOVE ON TO OUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES FOR US? YES, SIR.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RATHER THAN TO QUESTION THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF.
THE CHAIR MAY CALL A SPEAKER OUT OF ORDER IF THE SPEAKER PRESENTS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL UNDULY DELAY THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETING.
SPEAKERS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A FIRST COME FIRST TO SPEAK BASIS AS DETERMINED BY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVES THE SPEAKER'S INFORMATION.
APPLICANTS ARE ALLOWED 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND ALL OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED.
THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN THE PODIUM BUZZER SOUNDS.
SPEAKER MUST END THEIR COMMENTS.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK PLEASE AND HAS NOT SIGNED UP? PLEASE GO FILL OUT ONE OF THESE CARDS OVER BY THE CITY SECRETARY.
FIRST ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS ITEM SEVEN.
HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONING CASE SEVEN A IS CONSIDERED A REQUEST BY LONE STAR GREEN HOMES REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ONE AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 2267 TO CHANGE THE BASE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM MAYOR HEDRICK READS HIS DOCUMENTS, DISTRICT SINGLE FAMILY FIVE DISTRICT TO ALLOW A DWELLING SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DEVELOPMENT AND AMENDS CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND TWO, A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 2000 AND 2050 EAST MILLER ROAD.
THEATER CHAIRS BEHIND THE SPEAKER.
THAT IS CURRENTLY, UM, ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, 22 DASH 67 FOR TOWN HOMES SINGLE FAMILY.
ATTACHED IS THE BAY ZONING AND THE PROPOSED, UM, ZONING IS A PD WITH SINGLE FAMILY FIVE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UH, FIVE ZONING DISTRICT, AND TO AMEND CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR THAT, UH, GENERAL INFORMATION.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE, UH, 11.16 ACRES.
UH, AND AS MENTIONED, IT WAS REZONED, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, FOR, UH, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED HOMES, TEXT OWNER, UH, THAT PD ALLOWED 90 DUELING UNITS NINE ZERO.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE AREA, UH, SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN TEAL.
UM, IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF MILLER AND CENTERVILLE.
UM, IT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL, UM, DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING, BUT ALSO HAS SOME COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.
THERE'S A LITTLE RESTAURANT, UM, MONTESSORI, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IT, IT, IT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING, UH, INTERSECTION.
SO NOW THE REQUEST IS TO GO FROM SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED TO SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED ESSENTIALLY.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS THIS AREA OUT FOR TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CURRENTLY FOUND THROUGHOUT GARLAND AND PROVIDE AREAS FOR LOW TO MODERATE DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
SO THIS, UM, PROPOSAL BEING FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, IT MEETS THAT CRITERIA.
AND ALSO BECAUSE IT CHANGES THE CURRENT ENTITLEMENT FROM ATTACHED TO DETACHED, WE THINK IT'S, IT MOVES THE NEEDLE FURTHER TOWARD MEETING THE COMPLIANCE OBJECTIVES.
UM, HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS UNDEVELOPED.
UM, SO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ANGLES FROM MILLER AND CENTERVILLE.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THE CONCEPT PLAN.
SO YOU SEE ORANGES AND, UH, PURPLE.
SO WITH THIS, UH, PD, THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UM, LOT SIZES AND, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO IT HERE IN A MINUTE.
BUT ORANGES TYPE A LOTS, UH, WHICH ARE, UM, 4,100 SQUARE FOOT.
AND TYPE B IS, UM, 3,600 SQUARE FOOT.
AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE DETAIL, BUT IT HAS SOME DEDICATED OPEN SPACES, UM, IN TWO AREAS.
CIRCULATIONS MOSTLY COMING FROM, UH, IT'S COMING FROM, UM, MILLER.
AND THEY'RE PROVIDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS HERE IN A, IN A MINUTE.
SO THERE'S A LOT TO GO OVER BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KIND OF COMPARE WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THE PD, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.
THEN WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE SF FIVE BASE ZONING DISTRICT PER THE GDC.
AND THEN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS PD FOR, UH, WITH THE BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY FIVE.
SO, UM, THE CURRENT PD HAS EIGHT DUELING UNITS PER ACRE.
SF FIVE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE A DENSITY.
UH, IT'S JUST 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, UH, BUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DOES DECREASE, UM, THE DENSITY FROM EIGHT TO SIX.
UM, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING 63 TO 68 DWELLING UNITS.
UH, MINIMUM LOT AREA BECAUSE IT'S ATTACHED, UH, IN THE, UH, IT'S, IT'S FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.
IN THE CURRENT PD, IT'S 1500 SQUARE FOOT.
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OBVIOUSLY SF FIVE HAS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 5,000 SQUARE FOOT.AND, UM, THE PROPOSED HAS TWO DIFFERENT TYPES.
UH, TYPE A, AS I MENTIONED, 4,100 SQUARE FOOT AND TYPE B, 3,600 SQUARE FOOT.
NONE OF THOSE MEET THE SF FIVE STANDARD.
HOWEVER, IT, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FROM, UM, THE CURRENT PD, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE THE CURRENT PD IS FOR ATTACHED, UM, LOCKED WIDTH.
UM, AGAIN, CURRENT PD 20 FEET AND 30 FEET, UH, FOR, UM, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, UH, SF FIVE REQUIRES 55 FOOT FOR INTERIOR AND 60 FOOT FOR EXTERIOR.
UM, THE PROPOSAL IS DE DEVIATING FROM STANDARD SF FIVE STANDARDS, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING 40 FOOT FOR INTERIOR AND 50 FOOT FOR EXTERIOR LOT DEPTH.
CURRENTLY, 65 FOOT IS ALLOWED.
THE PROPOSED, UH, ACTUALLY MEETS OR EXCEEDS, UH, THAT REQUIREMENT
HOWEVER, DURING THE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS A PROVISION, UM, FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS.
WE WE'RE GONNA GET INTO IT HERE IN A BIT.
UH, THE CURRENT PD ALLOWED 77% SF FIVE ALLOWS 50% AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 65.
SO AGAIN, THE IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED.
HOWEVER, NOT QUITE MEETING SF FIVE TEXT PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENTS, SIDE YARDS, SIDE YARD SETBACK, UM, 10 FOOT SETBACK.
UM, KEY CORNER LOT APPLIES, WHICH IS IN KEY CORNER LOTS WHEN THERE ARE TWO FRONTAGES, BOTH FRONTAGE IS SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.
SO IF IT'S A CORNER LOT, BOTH OF IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE FRONT YARD SETBACK, WHICH IS 20 FOOT.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING 50 15 FOOT, BUT THEY'RE JUST REQUESTING THAT THE KEY CORNER LOT REQUIREMENTS DO NOT APPLY SO THAT THEY ONLY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK JUST IN THE FRONT.
AND THE OTHER WOULD BE, UM, SIDE YARD ARE BACK TABLE COMPARES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR CURRENT STANDARD PROPOSED ZONING.
ARCHITECTURAL, UM, ELEMENTS IN THE CURRENT PD, FLAT WALLS MAY NOT EXCEED 30 FEET IN LENGTH.
SF FIVE, UM, REQUIRES THAT FLAT WALL LENGTH LIMITED TO ARE LIMITED TO 20% OF THE WHOLE FACADE TABLE OF ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'RE REQUESTING TO UP IT A LITTLE BIT AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO ALLOW 40%, UM, OF THE FACADE TO BE ALLOWED TO BE FLAT.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED THAT ARE IN ADDITION.
SO THAT SHOULD HELP, UM, MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THAT PROPOSED DEVIATION.
UM, MINIMUM 25% OF THE FRONT FACADE IS REQUIRED.
SF FIVE IS THE SAME TEXT ARCHITECTURAL RELIEF REQUESTING THEY'RE PROVIDING MORE THAN THAT, THEY'RE PROVIDING 30%, BUT, UM, THEY'RE ASKING THAT THE GARAGE DOOR IS INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION.
THE GDC IS NOT QUITE CLEAR ON WHETHER OR NOT IT INCLUDES GARAGE DOOR.
UM, DESIGN ELEMENTS, CURRENT PD REQUIRES MINIMUM THREE.
SF FIVE REQUIRES MINIMUM THREE.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A MINIMUM OF FIVE WITH AN EXPANDED MENU.
SO ALL THESE CONDITIONS, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT, UH, HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD ON TRYING TO EXPAND AS MUCH POSSIBLE, IMPLEMENT AS MANY ELEMENTS AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ENDED UP BEING, LIKE HAVING AN EXPANDED MENU, UM, OF ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT THEY CAN PICK FROM, BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO DO MINIMUM OF FIVE.
UM, CURRENT PD AT LEAST NOT REQUIRED.
SF UH, LIKE ACROSS THE CITY AT LEAST ARE REQUIRED, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT MAJORITY OF OUR NEAR SUBDIVISIONS DON'T HAVE ALLEYS.
UM, SO THIS ONE, THERE'LL BE FRONT LOADED GARAGES IN THE FRONT.
SO, UM, ALLEYS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
UH, IF YOU SEE HERE, THERE IS AN ALLEY THAT SERVES THESE HOMES HERE.
SO IT'S JUST EXPLICITLY SAID IN THE PD THAT, UM, THE TYPE B LOTS CANNOT ACCESS THE ALLEY.
THIS IS, THEY'LL HAVE TO MAINTAIN A 10 FOOT SETBACK FROM THAT ALLEY.
SO THAT'S JUST THE, UM, CLARIFICATION THAT WE HAVE THERE.
GARAGE PLACEMENT, UM, TABLE SHOWS CURRENT AND PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WELL, THE GDC REQUIRES 20 FEET SETBACK.
THE, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE STREET AND FROM THE FRONT BUILDING FACADE, THE GARAGE HAS TO BE SET BACK AT LEAST FIVE FOOT.
OF COURSE, THE REASON BEING, WE DON'T WANT THE GARAGE TO BE THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE FRONT FACADE.
PROPOSED COLUMN LIST, GARAGE AND SCREENING.
WELL, THE CURRENT PD DIDN'T HAVE ANY OFFSET IN THE FRONT.
HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED IS 20 FEET, UH, SETBACK FROM THE STREET.
HOWEVER, SIX INCHES FROM THE FRONT FACADE, GARAGE SETBACK, AND PLANT MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THE PROPOSED COLUMN.
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YES, SIX INCHES FROM THE, UH, FRONT BUILDING FACE.AND, UH, IN NO SITUATION THE GARAGE COULD BE PROTRUDE FORWARD.
IT CANNOT GO BEYOND THE FRONT FACADE.
ON THE THOROUGHFARE SCREENING, UH, MASONRY WALLS REQUIRED ALONG, UH, MILLER AND CENTERVILLE WITH CANOPY TREES EVERY 50 FOOT, UM, BOTH IN THE PD AND IN THE SF FIVE STANDARDS.
UH, WITH THIS BEING AGAINST SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UM, PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO THE SOUTH.
UM, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OKAY TO HAVE, UM, 20% SOLID MASONRY, UH, SCREENING COMBINED WITH ORNAMENTAL METAL FENCING WHERE MASONRY COLUMNS WILL BE PLACED, UH, EVERY 50 FOOT.
AND TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT OPAQUE SCREENING, UH, SCREENING SHRUBS WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG THE METAL SECTIONS.
UM, THE GDC CURRENTLY DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY, LIKE, IT ENCOURAGES STRAT RESISTANT LANDSCAPING, BUT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE, HOWEVER, DURING THE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING, IT WAS TRANS PLANNED COMMISSION'S DESIRE THAT, UM, DROUGHT RESISTANT LANDSCAPING, UM, WOULD BE REQUIRED.
WERE FEASIBLE USING THE GDC APPROVED MATERIALS.
UM, ENTRY MONUMENT, UH, THE CURRENT PD DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY.
SF FIVE, IT'S PERMITTED, OBVIOUSLY NOT REQUIRED.
WITH THIS PD WE'RE REQUIRING ONE ENTRY MONUMENT SIGN, UM, SIDEWALKS.
UM, CURRENTLY THE CURRENT PD DOES SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG CENTERVILLE AND MILLER SF.
FIVE, SAME, SIMILAR HERE, BUT, UM, A SIX FOOT MINIMUM, SIX FOOT WIDE MEANDERING SIDEWALK.
UH, WE ARE REQUIRING THAT ALONG MILLER, SO THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT AS WELL.
UM, THE NEITHER THE CURRENT PD OR SF FIVE REQUIRES ANY OF YOUR FURNITURE, BUT WE ARE REQUIRING ONE BENCH AND ONE TRASH RECEPTACLE ALONG MILLER ROAD AND ALONG CENTERVILLE JUST TO, JUST TO MAKE THE, MAKE THE AREA LOOK A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE'RE PROVIDING MEANDERING SIDEWALKS, WE WANT THE WANTED TO MAKE, UM, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WHERE PEOPLE CAN REST A LITTLE BIT.
UH, AMENITIES CURRENTLY IN THE ATTACHED, UH, IN THE CURRENT PD THREE, UH, AMENITIES ARE REQUIRED.
UM, SF FIVE DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY AMENITIES, UM, BUT THE PROPOSED BEING SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, THEY'RE STILL, UH, PROVIDING TWO INSTEAD OF THREE.
UM, AND THEY CAN PICK FROM A MENU OF PLAYGROUND, GAZEBOS, SPORTS COURT, OR DOG PARK.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE INCLUDED, UM, MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EACH OF THOSE SO THAT WHICHEVER THEY PICK, THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THOSE.
HERE'S SOME REFERENCE ELEVATIONS OF HOW THE HOMES WOULD LOOK LIKE.
TEXT REFERENCE ELEVATIONS, TEXT RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVAL WITH THE REQUESTED AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED.
UH, PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, REQUESTED AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED.
ONE THING I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED QUITE IS WHEN THE 15 FOOT FRONT SETBACK WOULD BE ALLOWED.
IT IS TO, IF THEY ARE ABLE TO PUT THE GARAGE BACK FIVE FOOT FROM THE FRONT FACADE IN THAT INSTANCE TO ENCOURAGE THAT ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENT, 15 FOOT SETBACK COULD BE ALLOWED.
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT, IF THEY'RE KEEPING JUST THE SIX INCHES, THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED, UH, ALLOWED TO DO THE 15 FOOT FRONT SETBACK.
WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR, TWO IN OPPOSITION, TOTAL THREE TABLE FOR Z 2 6 2 2, THE ONE THAT HAD COMMENTS IN THERE.
IT TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC TABLE COLUMNS, SHOW RESPONSES BY AREA AND OPINION AND JUST GENERALLY THINGS THAT WOULD NOT APPLY IN THESE TYPE ZONING CHANGES GIVEN THAT THE ENTITLEMENT'S ALREADY THERE FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.
UH, BUT THE LETTERS WERE, UM, SENT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY.
WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, I SEE NONE.
SO FROM WHAT I, I SEE THAT THERE ARE THE PLAN COMMISSIONS AND STAFF, UM, SUGGEST FOR APPROVAL WITH THE REQUEST PROPOSED, UM, WITH ALL THESE CONDITIONS WITHOUT CONDITION.
UM, IS THIS A LIE WITHOUT GARLAND ON THE RIGHT 10 YEARS PLAN? SO THIS IS NOT QUITE IN, UH, IN AN ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, IT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF THE HOMES.
IT IMPROVES THE LOT SIZE, IT, LOT SIZES.
IT IMPROVES THE, THE HOUSING TYPE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO STAFF? TEXT L JAY, BETS MANAGER.
MAYOR HEDRICK SITS AT DAS STAY THERE.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUN NALA.
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SORRY, I, UM, CANNOT MULTI THE TEST SO I COULD NOT READ WHILE YOU WERE ALSO TALKING.UM, THE, UM, PROPOSED AMENITY LOCATION RIGHT THERE AT THAT MAIN INTERSECTION.
YEAH, THAT ONE ARE, IS THAT WHERE THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT IT OR WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING IT'S THIS ONE AND THAT ONE, THOSE TWO AREAS.
UM, SO WE WANT IT TO BE KIND OF DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UH, DURING THE SITE PERMIT PROCESS, THEY WILL SUGGEST WHAT PARTICULAR AMENITIES GO AND WHERE, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S AN AMENITY THAT'S TEXT MILLER STATES, THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE ALONG MILLER.
I I JUST WOULD HATE TO SEE A CHILD'S PLAYGROUND ON, UH, A MAJOR STREET RIGHT THERE.
UM, UNLESS THERE'S A SIX FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL THERE, THAT'S GONNA BE 20%.
SO IF THAT'S THERE, OR IF YOU DON'T, WE CAN JUST PUT IT IN THE CONDITION THAT THE PLAYGROUND WOULD BE IN THE, IN THE REAR SIDE.
YEAH, I MEAN AT THE END OF THE DAY, GIVING CHILDREN EASY ACCESS TO A MAJOR ROAD.
FULLY UNDERSTOOD ON MY, UM, PRO LIST, SO, OKAY.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? TEXT MARGARET LUCK.
ALRIGHT, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL UP THE APPLICANT? YES, SIR.
SIR, GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR PRESENTATION.
COLTON SMITH, 7 65 CUSTER ROAD, PLANO, TEXAS.
UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THIS EVENING.
UM, THANK YOU TO BILL FOR THAT DETAILED PRESENTATION.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE THINK IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITY WITH, UH, THE REDUCTION IN DENSITY, UM, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF EXTENSIVELY ON THESE ARCHITECTURAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT, UM, TO ENSURE QUALITY HOMES, UM, WILL BE BUILT HERE WITH SOME ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST.
UM, SPEAK TO, UH, THE PLAYGROUND QUESTION.
I THINK WE'RE FINE IF, IF WE WANNA LIMIT THAT TO JUST THE SOUTHERN AMENITY LOCATION AWAY FROM MILLER ROAD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH THAT.
UM, WE'D WORKED WITH, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION A FEW WEEKS BACK AND WORKED THROUGH QUITE A FEW CONDITIONS WITH BOTH THEM AND STAFF AND OR, OR IN, UM, PERFORMANCE OF WHAT, WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE TONIGHT.
AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS? YES, SIR.
SO THE, UM, SECTION IN PURPLE THERE, IF YOU SEE THAT MAP, UM, THERE'S AN ALLEY THAT RUNS ALONG THERE ALREADY.
IS THERE SOME REASON THAT WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO USE THIS ALLEY? AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF OR EITHER WHERE THE GARAGE IN THE, IN THE DRIVEWAYS WOULD BE IN THE BACK.
UM, I THINK THERE AN ENGINEERING ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE GRADES THERE, GETTING IT TO WORK TO CONNECT TO THE ALLEY.
UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THOSE LOTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, IS TO ACCOMMODATE A WALL BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THIS PROPERTY.
I KNOW IT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN FROM RESIDENTS OF THE ADJOINING COMMUNITY, UM, OF HAVING NEW TRAFFIC IN THEIR ALLEY.
COLTON SMITH STANDS AT THE PODIUM.
THAT'S, I'M JUST, JUST CURIOUS WHY WE DIDN'T USE EXISTING, BUT I CAN, YOU CAN'T TELL FROM THIS MAP WHAT THE GRADE IS SO THAT, THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, SIR.
AND SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
IS THERE ANYONE, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THE WIDE SHOT SHOWS THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER WITH THE WORD TEXT GARLAND DISPLAYED ON THE BACK WALL, LIKE THE SPEAKER.
SIR, IF I NEED YOU TO, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, PLEASE, UH, SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU FILL OUT HIS SPEAKER CARD.
SHA ALTA STANDS AT THE PODIUM.
UH, MY NAME IS, UH, SHAHA ALTA
I JUST WANNA ADD, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE JOB.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ESSENTIALLY THANK THE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS TIME, ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
HE TURNS TO JESTER TOWARD THE AUDIENCE.
I TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND STAFF AND GROUP, UH, FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION AND WORKING WITH THE STAFF.
UH, DID THE PROCESS INVOLVE, UH, ANY DISCUSSIONS, UH, REVISIONS AND COORDINATIONS? AND I'M GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO HAVE WORKED.
UH, HE WRITES ON PAPERS AT THE PODIUM, UH, WITH US AND THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR VISION AND HELP US, UH, WITH THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
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AS YOU ALL KNOW, GALIN IS, IS A DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL, AND I'M PROUD TO BE INVESTING IN ITS FUTURE.UH, MY GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CREATE A QUALITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT ADDS VALUE TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE CITY OF CALGARY.
I APPRECIATE, UM, I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONALISM AND WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, ENGINEERING TEAM, AND EVERYONE INVOLVED TO WORK THROUGH THE CHALLENGES AND
THANK YOU MAYOR AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP SERVICES AND COMMITMENT.
TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE.
AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE UNLESS ANYONE ELSE, UH, ANYONE ELSE LIKES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE, SIR.
WE, UH, EXCITED ABOUT HAVING YOU, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE INVESTMENT IS, UH, CERTAINLY GOING TO NOT ONLY BE WELL WORTH YOUR WHILE, BUT CERTAINLY WE BELIEVE WORTH OUR OWN.
SEEMS THAT IT'S BEEN, UH, FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT OF THE DAYS.
IT SEEMS THAT YOU'VE MADE THE APPLICATION WITH THIS ONE.
HOW LONG WAS IT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REMAIN SEATED AT THE BASE? YEAH, IT'S BEEN LIKE TWO, THREE YEARS.
LAST, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, UM, UH, WE GOT APPROVAL, PREMIER APPROVAL FOR OUR CIVIL PLANS FOR THE 90 TOWN HOMES, UH, PROJECT.
AND, UH, DIGGING OF THIS YEAR, THAT'S WHERE WE WANTED TO LOWER THE DENSITY FROM TON THE LAPTOP SITS ON THE PODIUM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HANGING IN THERE AND, UH, BRINGING US A VERY GOOD PRODUCT.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PRO UH, PROJECT, UH, WITH THE PROPOSAL MINUTES, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE TO APPROVE, AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TEXT? JUSTIN CARAWAY, DISTRICT TWO, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE WIDE SHOT OF THE CITY COUNCIL BASE AND ATTENDEES IS APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY THE ISSUE OF SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT CITY LOGO WITH A FLORAL DESIGN IN THE WORD GARLAND.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM SEVEN B.
CONSIDER A REQUEST BY ZONE DEV REQUESTING APPROVAL OF ONE, A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH A BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY FIVE TO ALLOW A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS.
AND TWO, A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 47, 12 47 18, 48 0 2, AND 49 0 2 BOB TOWN ROAD ON PROPERTIES ZONED AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND SINGLE FAMILY 10 DISTRICT MAYOR HEDRICK REVIEWS HIS NOTES AT THE TODAY.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UM, ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND SINGLE FAMILY 10.
UM, THERE WAS A SIMILAR REQUEST, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THAT ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH PLAN COMMISSION.
THE PLAN COMMISSION HAD RECOMMENDED DENIAL AND THEY HAD WITHDRAWN THAT, UM, THAT CASE.
UM, HOWEVER, SINCE THEN THEY HAVE ADDED MORE PARCELS TO THE REQUEST AND WORK WITH STAFF TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE THE PROJECT.
UM, SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THAT.
SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UM, 14.68 ACRES, UM, LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE.
UM, THIS IS, YOU SEE THE SITE OUTLINED IN IN TEAL.
UM, THE, THE DARKER GREEN PART IS AGRICULTURAL AND THE YELLOW PART IS SF 10.
THERE'S ONE, I THINK TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES CURRENTLY.
OF COURSE, IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED, THOSE WILL, UM, WE DEMOLISHED AND THEN REPLACED BY THE NEW, NEW PROJECT.
UM, SURROUNDING IS MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, GENERALLY SIMILAR IN NATURE.
UH, THE PLAN CALLS THIS AREA OUT FOR TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AGAIN, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FOR, UH, LOW TO MODERATE DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
AND JUST IN THIS CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFY THAT, UH, THE COMP PLAN ALSO, UM, SUGGESTS THAT THAT SHOULD BE ONE HOUSING DENSITY REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN ONE AND SIX DUALING UNITS PER ACRE.
AND THIS IS 5.4 WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
SO THEY'RE PROPOSING 77, UM, HOMES AND 14.68 ACRES, WHICH IS, UM, FIVE POINT SOMETHING.
SO IT, IT, IT, IT MEETS THE TECHNICAL DEFINITION IN THE, IN THE COMP PLAN AS WELL.
HERE, THE SIDE PHOTOS, AS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF YOUR MAJORITY OF THE AREAS IN UNDEVELOPED, BUT THERE'S ALSO STRUCTURES, UH, ON SOME OF THE LOTS.
UM, JUST SOME SIDE PHOTOS FROM OTHER ANGLES.
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PLAN.UM, ACCESS TWO, TWO ACCESS POINTS FROM, UM, BOP TOWN DETENTION POND ALONG BOP TOWN.
UM, THERE ARE TWO KIND OF AMENITY AREA.
ONE IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND ONE IS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SOME OF THE CORNER LOTS ARE BIGGER, UM, BUT, UM, THERE ARE SOME INTERIOR ACCESS, UM, ROADS THAT WILL ALSO MAKE CIRCULATION OKAY, WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS LONG TABLE, UH, WE KIND OF WANNA KIND OF GO OVER, THERE'S JUST A LOT TO UNPACK.
UM, SO GO OVER ON WHAT'S REQUIRED, UM, AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND AGAIN, WHAT'S REQUIRED IS BASED ON SF FIVE BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE BASE ZONING THAT IS BEING, BEING PROPOSED.
SO, UM, 50% IS THE ALLOWED LOT COVERAGE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.
IT EXCEEDS, UH, IT IS A DEVIATION, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR, UM, BIGGER, BIGGER FOOTPRINT OF THE HOME.
UM, THE GDC ACQUIRES 55 FOOT, UM, FOR REGULAR AND 60 FEET FOR CORNER LOTS APPLICANT'S PROPOSING 45 FEET, UH, FOR REGULAR LOTS AND 55 FEET FOR CORNER LOTS.
AGAIN, SLIDE DEVIATION FROM, UH, WHAT'S ALLOWED FOR THE GDC.
UM, SIMILAR TO THE LAST CASE, UM, OUR GDC DOES REQUIRE THE GARAGE DOOR TO BE SET BACK AT LEAST FIVE FEET.
UH, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IS 75% OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES SHALL HAVE THE GARAGE DOOR RECESSED BACKWARDS SIX INCHES.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN THEY PROTRUDE OUT OF THE FRONT FACADE.
HOWEVER, THE REST OF IT, 25% CAN BE ALIGNED WITH THE FRONT FACADE TO, TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT, THE ARCHITECTURAL IMPACT THAT MAY HAVE.
THEY HAVE, UH, PROPOSED CARROT STYLE GARAGE DOOR, UH, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS THAT MAY MAKE THE GARAGE THE APPEARANCE OF THE GARAGE DOOR JUST A LITTLE LESS.
UM, DOMINATING, UM, ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS.
AGAIN, THE GDC REQUIRES THREE.
THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING THREE, BUT FROM A, FROM A WIDER MENU.
UM, SO WHAT THAT DOES IS, UM, THAT CAN CREATE MORE ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST.
SO THAT HOMES DON LOOK SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE DIFFERENT.
FACADES ARE ARTICULATED WITH DIFFERENT DESIGN ELEMENTS.
TEXT ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS, TEXT WALLS AND WINDOWS.
COVERAGE INCREASED TO 30%, UH, SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE.
UH, THE FLAT, FLAT WALL CANNOT BE PER THE GDC CANNOT BE MORE THAN 20%.
UH, THEY'RE UPPING THAT THAT TO BE 40%.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THEY HAVE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS THAT CAN HELP OFFSET THAT SUM, UH, WINDOWS AND DOORS.
UM, THE GDC REQUIRES 25% MINIMUM.
UM, AGAIN, UM, THE GDC IS NOT QUITE EXPLICIT ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT INCLUDES GARAGE DOOR, BUT, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO BE SURE WHETHER OR NOT THAT 30% INCLUDES OR EXCLUDES THE GARAGE DOOR AND THE APPLICANT SUGGESTING IT WOULD INCLUDE IT.
UM, LANDSCAPING MODIFICATION REQUESTS TABLE, UM, TWO LARGE CANOPY TREES ARE REQUIRED ON, UH, ALL LOTS AND AT LEAST ONE MAY BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE GDC STANDARDS, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON, UPDATING OUR APPROVED PLANT LIST, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE NON-INVASIVE, UM, TREES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO REQUIRING, UH, LANDSCAPE BEDS AROUND THE BASE OF THE FRONT FACADE, UM, TO, UM, HELP IT HELP MAKE IT LOOK BETTER.
UH, SCREENING WALL, UM, EIGHT FOOT TALL BREAKER STONE MASONRY WALL IS REQUIRED ALONG, UH, WITH LARGE CANOPY TREE PLANTED AT MAXIMUM 50 FOOT CENTERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT BECAME SO SMALL, BUT, UM, BUT, UM, PERIMETERS SCREENING ALONG B TOWN, UM, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING MASONRY WALL.
WE ARE REQUIRING THEM TO DO, UM, A COMBINATION OF TREES WITH SEVEN SHRUBS AND OR ORNAMENTAL GRASSES PLANTED PER TREE DESIGNED TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE VEGETATIVE SCREEN.
SO IT'LL STILL ACHIEVE THE SAME, SIMILAR OPAQUE COVER, BUT NOT, UM, NOT A MASONRY WALL.
UH, AND ORNAMENTAL FIVE FOOT TALL TEXT AMENITIES.
THREE, UH, FIVE FOOT TALL FENCE WITH MASONRY COLUMNS WILL BE PLACED.
AND THEN MAINSTREAM COLUMNS WILL BE EVERY 50 FEET SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE.
UM, AND THEN THE HOMES THAT HAVE FRONT OR SIDE ALONG POP TOWN WILL HAVE, UM, SIX FOOT TALL BOARD ON BOARD, UH, FENCES.
UM, JUST SO IT, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T LOOK DILAPIDATED.
UM, SCREENING ROW WALL AND TREE
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SCREENING PROPOSED, UH, AMENITIES, NONE IS REQUIRED.THE, THEY'RE PROPOSING A PLAYGROUND AND SMALL SHADE STRUCTURE WITH THE TABLE AND CHAIRS IN THE COMMON AREA NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
AND A BOCCE BALL COURT ARE COMPARABLE AMENITY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN COMMON AREA.
UH, MOST OF IT IS CURRENTLY FOUR FEET.
THEY'LL BE REQUIRED, UH, TO UPDATE IT TO OUR CURRENT TSM STANDARD, WHICH IS SIX FOOT, UH, WIDE SIDEWALK.
AND WE'RE REQUIRING THEM TO, FOR IT TO BE MEANDERING.
UH, THAT DID, UM, THAT MEANDERING, UH, SUGGESTION CAME FROM PLAN COMMISSION AND THE APPLICANT AGREED TO IT.
HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS, JUST GENERAL EXAMPLES OF HOW THE HOMES WILL LOOK LIKE.
TEXT JULIANA, A MONUMENT SIGN SITS AT THE ENTRANCE, UM, THE RENDERINGS OF HOW THE GARAGE DOORS MAY LOOK LIKE WITH SOME FAUX WINDOWS AND THE ENTRY ENTRY FEATURE ENTRY ELEMENT.
WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST PLAN COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UH, BUT, UH, THEY HAD SOME ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS.
UM, I THINK WE, I'VE ALREADY COVERED IT, BUT JUST TO, IT'S MEANDERING.
SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK ORNAMENTAL FIVE FOOT TALL FENCE WITH MASONRY COLUMNS, UH, ALONG B TOWN, UM, SIX FOOT TALL BOARD ON BOARD, FENCE ON SIDES AND REARS OF THE LOTS THAT ARE ALONG B TOWN.
AND SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE, IF THEY CAN ACHIEVE, IF THEY CAN ADD A PORCH OR SOME KIND OF ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT ON THE FRONT FACADE THAT WILL HAVE THE GARAGE SETBACK FIVE FOOT FROM THE FRONT FACADE, UH, ONLY IN THAT SITUATION THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO DO 15 FOOT, UH, FRONT SETBACK, UM, WHICH 20 FOOT IS REQUIRED.
OTHERWISE, WE SENT OUT 100 AND THE RESPONSE LETTERS TABLE FOR ZONE DEAF 38 LETTERS.
AND, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, 50, UH, FROM WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND OPPOSITION.
AND, UH, TWO, UH, FROM OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND OPPOSITION.
UM, THE LETTERS, UH, WERE SENT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY.
MOSTLY THERE WERE HUGE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
AND WE HAVE OUR, UM, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, THERE WERE HUGE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, CHILD SAFETY, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABLE CAPACITY, UM, LOSS OF OPEN SPACE.
OBVIOUSLY THE, UM, RESIDENTS HAVE ENJOYED THIS.
UM, THIS, THESE PARCELS TO BE OPEN FOR SO LONG.
SO THE THOUGHT OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAS MADE THEM UNEASY.
SO THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT IN THE, IN THE LETTERS, UM, AND ROWS OF AUDITORIUM SEATS BEHIND THE PRESENTER AT THE PODIUM GENERALLY.
THOSE ARE, THOSE WERE THE CONCERNS.
UM, WHICH I MEAN AS WE EXPLAINED IT, IT DOES MEET THE COMPLIANCE, UM, COMPLIANCE DESIGNATION.
HOWEVER, THE RESIDENTS DID FEEL LIKE THE DENSITY, UH, WAS NOT RIGHT FOR THAT AREA.
WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, WAS THERE A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY DONE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT? THERE WAS NOT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DONE.
UH, BECAUSE THIS, UM, DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS 77 HOMES, THEY DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD, UH, THAT TRIGGERS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
HOWEVER, STAFF HAD ASKED THEM FOR A, NOT A FULL ANALYSIS, BUT A MEMO THAT WILL SHOW, UM, SOME OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
AND IF PAUL LUKI, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING IN AND EXPLAINING THE RESULTS OF THAT, THE FEMALE PRESENTER CLOSES HER LAPTOP AND LEAVES THE PODIUM AS A MAN APPROACHES.
YEAH, WE ASKED FOR, THE MAN RESTS HIS HANDS ON THE PODIUM FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY'LL, THEY'RE SMALLER LIKE THIS ONE AND THEY'LL PRODUCE ENOUGH TRIPS TO WARN A FULL EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS THAT, THAT THE TIA TYPICALLY IS.
UH, WE ASKED FOR A, WHAT WE CALL A MEMO, A TRAFFIC MEMO, AND THEY DID THAT AND IT'S, UH, IT REALLY JUST LOOKS AT THE DRIVEWAYS PRIMARILY.
AND, AND THE, THE RESULTS OF THAT WERE THAT IT, IT WAS, IT WORKS.
SO, SO ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT IS SO SMALL, THE IMPACT THAT A DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SIZE WOULD HAVE ON LOCAL TRAFFIC IS NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO TRIGGER A TRAFFIC STUDY.
TEXT CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026.
UM, MS. N UM, UH, WHY NOT REQUIRE A MASONRY WALL? WE JUST THOUGHT B TOWN IS NOT TOO WIDE ANYWAY, TOO TO US.
MASONRY WILL BLOCK OFF THE VIEW OF THE CORRIDOR EVEN MORE PRESENTER OF PODIUM.
UM, SO WE THOUGHT VEGETATION, UH, WOULD, UH, MAKE THE CORRIDOR LOOK
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MORE SOFT AND AND IMPROVED.UM, AND ALSO THE APPLICANT HAD SHARED THAT IF THE COST OF THE MASONRY WALL WASN'T INCLUDED, THEY COULD AFFORD SOME OF THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, AGREED TO.
WISH WE COULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT COLOR.
'CAUSE IT'S AN AWFULLY BROWN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN AESTHETIC CHOICE THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS.
SO THANK YOU MS. THANK YOU MA'AM.
SO, UM, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE 'CAUSE YEAH, I DROVE THE AREA AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED AS NEURO TRAFFIC.
I THINK IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE AREA, SO I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BY THAT.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
IT SEEMED LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF UNPREPARED MODIFICATIONS.
IS THAT, IS THAT NORMAL? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SAYING HOWEVER, TO EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE ASKING.
WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, HOWEVER, IS, THAT IS DEFINITELY A PATTERN WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE.
UM, AS WE TALK TO BUILDERS, AS WE TALK TO DEVELOPERS, WE'RE SEEING THAT MORE AND MORE THAT, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GDC ARE NOT QUITE MEETING OR THE MARKET IS NOT QUITE MEETING THE GDC REQUIREMENTS.
IS THAT, BUT THIS, THIS GUY SITTING RIGHT HERE, IT'S LIKE, WHAT? I DIDN'T GET THAT APPROVED.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, I NOTICE THERE'S NO ALLEY.
ARE WE GONNA BE CONCERNED ABOUT ON STREET PARKING? IT'S A REALLY BUSY AREA.
ARE THEY JUST GONNA GO INSIDE THE SUBDIVISION OR, BECAUSE THE WAY THE LAND IS STRUCTURED ON THAT CORNER, THE SCREEN DISPLAYS, TECHNICAL SITE PLAN DRAWINGS.
I, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE ALREADY TAKING UP A LOT OF SPACE AND HOW NARROW THOSE, 'CAUSE IT'S A FRONT ENTRY HOME, NOT A REAR ENTRY HOME.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT REQUIRING ALLEYS, IS THAT CORRECT? THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IS SHOWN? YES.
SO FRONT ENTRY, UM, FRONT GARAGE, UH, THEY'RE NOT, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S WHY ALI'S NOT BEING PROVIDED.
BUT, UH, IT STILL HAS A 20 FOOT, UH, DRIVEWAY.
SO GENERALLY THEY CAN HAVE TWO CARS IN THE GARAGE AND TWO CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY.
I'M BLANKING ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES PROPOSED.
I KNOW THE FIRST, FIRST, UH, ONE HAD, BUT I THINK THIS ONE ALSO HAS SOME RIGHT.
APPLICANT BASE SPEAK TO THAT, BUT, OKAY.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, SORRY MAYOR, IS THERE A STRUCTURE ALREADY ON THERE? I THOUGHT WHEN I, I SAW BIG HOME.
THEY, SO IS HE SELLING, I GUESS ALL THAT LAND TOGETHER? YES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA DEMOLISH THAT HUGE HOUSE IN A BARN LOOKING LIKE THING.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF THIS IS APPROVED AND THIS MOVES FORWARD, YES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME.
ONE THING I DID WANNA MENTION, UM, ALONG THE LINES OF WHY THERE ARE SOME DEVIATIONS THAT IS OFTEN HOW A PD LOOKS, BUT IT'S STAFF'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THE PD DOESN'T JUST BECOME A TOOL FOR THE DEVELOPER TO ASK FOR DEVIATIONS.
THAT'S WHY WE ALSO ASK FOR A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEYOND THE GDC AND THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS, WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO WHAT WE CAN SUGGEST.
SOME OF THIS, YOU'LL SEE THE DEVELOPERS AGREED TO SOME, BUT WE STILL DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS OBSTACLE.
ADD THOSE TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO THAT'S JUST GENERALLY HOW WE APPROACH THIS.
THANK YOU FOR BREAKING THAT DOWN FOR ME.
MR. MAYOR, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
EARLIER YOU MENTIONED THAT THE, THE AREA IS, IS PART DESIGNATE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT CONDUCT DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, IF WE, UM, CONSIDER THOSE GENERAL RULES, IT IS ADDING, UM, HOMES THAT RECONSIDER QUALITY.
UH, IT IS ADDING HOUSING CHOICES.
IT IS ADDING AMENITIES FOR THOSE RESIDENTS.
THE COUNCIL BASE SPANS THE FRONT OF THE ROOM IMPROVEMENTS.
A, THE SIDEWALK WILL BE IMPROVED ALONG B TOWN.
SO GENERALLY ALIGNED WITH GARLAND ON THE RISE, BUT IT IS NOT IN AN ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE SEND OUT 138 LETTERS AND, UH, 52 OPPOSITION, UH,
THE, HAS THE APPLICA APPLICANTS THAT MET THE RESIDENT BEFORE AND AFTER THE LETTER.
DO WE KNOW THAT IF THE APPLICANT'S, WOULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? WELL, UH, SOON WE SENT OUT THE LETTERS, RIGHT? YOU HAD A 52 OPPOSITION, UH, LETTERS.
UH, SINCE THEN, HAS, DO WE KNOW THAT THE APPLICANTS MEET THE RESIDENTS? UH, BEFORE AND AFTER.
I, WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE A MR. MAYOR ABOUT THEM.
THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE COUNCIL.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE GDC THAT REQUIRES THAT.
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NOTHING THAT WE COULD REQUIRE AS A CITY FOR THAT.SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU DECIDE THAT, WHEN THEY DECIDE THIS CASE TO.
TEXT CHRISTINA AVIANO, DISTRICT FOUR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO STAFF? TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK.
MR. LUCKY, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE FOR YOU QUICK, SIR.
UM, THIS PROJECT GOES FORWARD DURING PLATTING WILL BE PLATING BE CONSISTENT WITH A THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO SHOW A, A WIDER BOB TOWN ROAD.
SO THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT THOROUGHFARE PLAN CALLS FOR FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED.
UM, WE HAVE SOME STUDIES THAT SUGGEST THAT MAY, MAY NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT'S ON THIRD PLAN RIGHT NOW? THE MAN STANDS AT THE PODIUM DURING THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
ALL SITE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE MET THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS? YES.
THE MAN WALKS AWAY FROM THE PODIUM.
PAUL, WOULD YOU COME COMPLY, PLEASE? MR. COUNCIL MEMBER ED MOORE SITS AT THE BASE.
ARE THERE ANY PLANS PRESENTLY, UH, FOR FUNDING IN THE WAY OF, UH, MAYOR JUST ASKED THAT.
IT'S IN THE WAY OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE, THE ROADS.
UH, SO THERE'S NOT ANY FUNDING, UH, UH, THAT'S DESIGNATED TO THAT ROAD AS OF RIGHT NOW.
IN ORDER FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE, UH, WHAT WILL WE NEED IN PLACE FOR THE FUNDING TO TAKE PLACE? TEXT JIMMY TRAN.
THE A BOND OR MAYBE A YEAH, WE, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOME, SOME BONDS SOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WATCH THE PRESENTER THROUGH THE COUNCIL OR THROUGH THE ELECTION.
AT THIS POINT, YOU'VE HEARD THERE WERE 50 LETTERS THAT CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION.
AND SO FAR WE'RE HEARING THAT THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
ARE THERE VERY MANY, NABIL, YOU MAY HAVE TO ANSWER THIS FOR ME.
ARE THERE VERY MANY OF THOSE LETTERS THAT TALK ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITION ITSELF OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC COUNCIL MEMBERS? LISTEN TO THE CITY OFFICIAL AT THE PODIUM.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY BECAUSE THE TERMINOLOGY, THE TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGIES MAY NOT MATCH, UH, THE SENTIMENT.
UH, BUT WHEN I REVIEWED ALL THE LETTERS, TRAFFIC STOOD OUT TO ME MORE THAN ACTUAL, WELL, ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ALSO A CONCERN, BUT I THINK TRAFFIC STOOD OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT APPROVING OR DISAPPROVING A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS AND MAYBE A LEGAL MAY HAVE TO HELP US WITH THIS ALSO, UH, CAN WE TAKE TRAFFIC INTO CONSIDERATION AS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE, THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS TEXT, ED MOORE, DISTRICT THREE, IT'S DIFFICULT, UM, FOR A CITY LIKE GARLAND WHERE, UM, WE HAVE OVER THE DECADES BEEN BECOMING MORE AND MORE URBAN.
AND AS WE'VE BECOME MORE AND MORE URBAN, ESPECIALLY ON THE EDGES OF THE SEA LIMITS LIKE THIS, UM, PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION IS LOCATED SOME OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICITS.
UM, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS SOME OF THE LAST PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED OVER, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CITY, UM, THOSE DEFICITS, UM, IMPACT THE, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND THE NEIGHBORING SUBDIVISIONS.
AND CITY SEAL IS ABOVE TEXT GARLAND.
IT'S NOT PROPER TO ATTRIBUTE THOSE DEFICITS, UM, TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER WHO WANTS TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN CREATED OVER DECADES, POSSIBLY BEFORE, AND MOST LIKELY BEFORE THEY'VE EVEN OWNED THIS PROPERTY.
SO, NO, WE SHOULD NOT TAKE THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD IN CONSIDERATION THAT WAS, THAT'S CURRENTLY, UM, PRESENT.
UM, BECAUSE THEIR, UM, PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GONNA IMPACT THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD FROM WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.
IT WILL IMPACT IT GOING FORWARD.
SO THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY THEIR ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY OF THAT IMPACT.
AND THAT GETS DONE THROUGH IMPACT FEES AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SO THAT'S, UM, HOW THE CITY ADDRESSES, UM, THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD IN THESE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO THAT'S CORRECT.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT THE DAYS AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS DISTRICT, FOR DISTRICT THREE, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME TO LISTEN TO OUR CONSTITUENCY.
SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
I'M GOING TO BACK UP ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MAY HAVE OF ALLOW THEM OPPORTUNITY AND THEN I'LL COME BACK WITH FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU MR. LUKI.
UM, IS THERE ON ONSITE ON STREET PARKING
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ALLOWED ON BOB TOWN? NO.SO I WAS LOOKING AT SOME GOOGLE MAPS PHOTOS AND, AND IT DOES SHOW SOME CARS PARKED ON THAT STREET.
THERE ARE HOUSES THAT FRONT, UH, FURTHER DOWN FROM HERE, SO MM-HMM
I GUESS THAT THERE'D BE SOME OKAY OFF THE ROAD, BUT NOT IN THIS SECTION.
MIGHT HELP WITH SOME TRAFFIC IF THOSE ARE NOT THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO STAFF? TEXT LJ BETZ MANAGER.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE APPLICANT? YES, SIR.
SIR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, DO YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATION? YEAH.
START BY THE SCREEN ON THE RIGHT DISPLAYS THE SMC LOGO IN THE TEXT MI HOMES.
CAN YOU GO BACK REAL QUICK? CAN YOU HAVE YOU EXIT BACK TO WHERE I JUST CLICKED? I WANNA CLICK ON THE ONE THAT I CAN SEE THE WHOLE SCREEN.
OKAY, MAYOR COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MAXWELL FISHER WITH ZONE DEV 25 0 2 GRAND VIEW DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 0.
I'M REPRESENTING SMC DEVELOPMENT AND MI HOMES.
THE PRESENTER INTERACTS WITH A LAPTOP AT THE PODIUM.
MI HOMES IS A, AN EXCELLENT BUILDER.
THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING HOMES OVER FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
UM, THEY HAVE OVER 170 FAMILIES SERVED.
UM, THEY ARE SIX TIME BUILDER OF THE YEAR, UH, AWARD BY THE DALLAS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
THEY ALSO HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN DALLAS FORT WORTH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN VERY, UM, HIGH GROWTH AREAS TO THE NORTH.
UH, TEXT YM, I QUALITY CARE AND DESIGN IN MY HOMES, UH, HAS AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION.
UM, THEY HAVE A HOME, A HOME BUILDING STANDARD.
THEY BUILD EN ENERGY EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT'S, THAT MEETS SEVERAL CERTIFICATIONS.
UM, THEY ALSO, UH, HAVE EXCELLENT RATINGS, 4.6 OUTTA FIVE STARS, UH, ONLINE.
UH, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A CURATED DESIGN, UH, CENTER, SO THAT WAY IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME, THERE'S A SUITE OF DESIGN, UH, OPTIONS YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM TO CREATE YOUR DREAM HOME.
HERE'S SOME OF THE REVIEWS FROM HAPPY CUSTOMERS ON THE LEFT AND THEN ON THE RIGHT.
THEIR, UM, THEIR EMPLOYEES ALSO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN SEVERAL WAYS BY FEEDING THE HUNGRY, UM, CANCER FREE DRIVES AND, AND ALSO PICKING UP TRASH, ET CETERA.
HERE'S SOME OF THEIR COMPLETED PROJECTS IN THE AREA.
AND FROM SALINA, MESQUITE, PRINCETON.
SO, UM, THE EXURBAN AREA TO, TO THE FIRST RING SUBURB THROUGHOUT.
THEY DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE DALLAS FORT FORT WORTH.
AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE 77 LOTS ON 14.6 ACRES.
IT FALLS IN THE, THE LOWER DENSITY CATEGORY.
THESE WOULD BE ONE AND TWO STORY HOMES.
ALL FRONT ENTRY HOMES WILL RANGE FROM 1500 TO 2,900 SQUARE FEET.
IT WOULD BE MARKET RATE HOMES, UM, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS, TWO AND A HALF PLUS BATH.
UM, AS MENTIONED ON 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND LARGER.
IT WOULD BE TWO POCKET PARKS, UH, ONE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER FOR A PLAYGROUND AND SHADE STRUCTURE, AND THEN A BOCCE BALL COURT, UM, AND A LINEAR, UH, POCKET PARK.
UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, WE WILL HAVE A LANDSCAPE FRONT, FRONT DOOR.
AS MENTIONED, STAFF HAD A, A GOOD IDEA ABOUT LAND PROVIDING MORE LANDSCAPING ALONG THAT, THAT DEEPER FRONTAGE AREA, UM, THAT WE HAVE ON OUR PROPERTY, UH, AS WELL AS SOME ORNAMENTAL FENCING.
TEXT REQUIRED ELEMENT, WORKING WITH STAFF OVER SEVERAL MONTHS, AND, UM, AGREEING TO EITHER CARRIED STYLE DOORS.
UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR SOME DEVIATIONS FROM THE CODE.
HOWEVER, A LOT OF OUR, OUR UNITS WILL HAVE A FRONT PORCH ON IT, SO YOU'LL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF ARCHITECTURAL VARIETY.
UM, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANE COMMISSION, UH, HAD A GREAT IDEA OF ALLOWING US TO REDUCE OUR, OUR FRONT SETBACK TO 15 FEET FOR THE FRONT PORCH.
THAT WAY OUR FRONT PORCH CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THAT SPACE.
UM, TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE ROOM FOR OUR PAD, AS YOU KNOW, HE'S AN EXPERT ON RESIDENTIAL DESIGN, SO CAME IN HANDY.
UM, HERE'S, UH, HERE'S OUR, UH, SOME RENDERINGS THAT SHOW THE PRODUCT THAT WE PLAN TO DELIVER DARK AND LIGHT BRICK
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HOME VIEWS.THESE DON'T SHOW THE, THE CARRIAGE STYLE DOOR.
THAT'S WHY WE GAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD USE MASH, THOSE TWO TOGETHER SHOW HOW THE CARRY STYLE DOOR WOULD, UM, WOULD LOOK.
WE WOULD HAVE AN ENTRY FEATURE SIGN THAT WOULD BE ENHANCED.
UM, SOME ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, SOME MATERIALS THAT WOULD TIE IN WITH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
MED LEON ASSIGNED NEAR STONE PILLAR.
THERE'S SOME INTERIORS OF, OF A PRO OF PRODUCT THAT WOULD BE MOST COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE PLAN ON DELIVERING.
THE COLLAGES SHOWS A LIVING ROOM, A CHILD'S BEDROOM, AND A PRIMARY BEDROOM.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WITH AN OPEN CONCEPT LOOKING TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE LOT AS MENTIONED BY STAFF.
THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT DOES ADHERE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UH, WE FALL IN THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY OF UNDER SIX UNITS AN ACRE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THIS DOESN'T DEVELOP HERE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HERE IS THE QUESTION I WOULD ASK THE THE COUNCIL.
IT EXPANDS THE HOUSING OPTIONS.
IT RAISES, RAISES THE NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY, UH, WITH THE HIGHER, UH, PRICE, PRICE POINT, UM, FROM COMPARED TO THE ADJACENT HOMES.
TEXT TRAFFIC STUDY, BOB TOWN BUILD CONDITIONS TRAFFIC STUDY IS MENTIONED, UM, BY PAUL TEXT, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING, THE BUILD, WE DID A LITTLE TRAFFIC STUDY EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T WARRANTED.
UM, WE HAVE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS.
SO THAT'S, THAT ALONE'S GONNA ALLEVIATE AT LEAST TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT, AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DISSIPATION OF THAT TRAFFIC BY HAVING TWO DIFFERENT STREETS, THAT SORT OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WAS A, WAS APPROPRIATE, UH, AT OUR PROPOSED STREETS.
UM, SOMEDAY IF THERE'S MONEY, THE ROAD ROB TOWN FOR THE SECTION WOULD BE EXPANDED TO A FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROAD, WHICH WOULD HELP WITH, WITH TRAFFIC.
AND I KNOW IT'S IN THE DISTANT FUTURE, BUT FUTURE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH WOULD EXTEND ON OUR EAST SIDE, NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THERE'LL LIKELY BE, UH, A CONNECTION OF BARNES BRIDGE.
SO A LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC FROM SUNNYVALE TO THE SOUTH THAT COMES UP TO THE NORTH AND BURDENS, UM, GARLAND STREETS, THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE AT LEAST SOME OR A LOT OF THAT, UM, THAT TRAFFIC.
UM, AS MENTIONED, EVEN AT PEAK HOUR, YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE CHART.
WE HAVE A ROUGHLY 45 VEHICLES THAT PEAK HOUR, SO THAT'S OVER A 60 MINUTE PERIOD.
WE HAVE LESS THAN ONE VEHICLE COMING INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT THE FACT THAT IT'S SPREAD OUT BETWEEN TWO STREETS.
WE THINK IT DOES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN A A DIRECT ECONOMIC FOCUS AREA.
IT, WE THINK THAT THAT DOES COMPLY WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT IT, IT IS DEVELOPING A, A, A NICE H HOUSING PRODUCT WHERE HOUSING MAKES SENSE.
YOU WOULDN'T PUT MULTIFAMILY HERE OR YOU WOULDN'T PUT COMMERCIAL HERE.
IT'D BE EITHER TOO MUCH BURDEN ON THE STREETS, UM, OR IT WOULD JUST NOT BE APPROPRIATE WITH SINGLE FAMILY ADJACENCIES AROUND IT.
SO WE THINK THIS IS A PERFECT BALANCE OF DENSITY, UM, WHILE ALSO ADDING HOMES THAT WOULD SUPPORT RETAIL ELSEWHERE IN THE CORRIDOR.
UM, THE SAME DEVELOPERS WORKING ON A HIGH PROFILE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, NOT THAT FAR FROM HERE.
UM, THIS WOULD, HOMES HERE WOULD, WOULD SERVE SUPPORT THAT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
FIVE SPEECH BUBBLES SHOW COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND SOME OF YOU WEREN'T ON THE COUNCIL WHEN THIS CAME THROUGH THE LAST TIME.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE YOU THAT WERE ON THE COUNCIL, YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET TO HEAR IT BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO PULL THE REQUEST WHEN PLANNING AND ZONING SAW, UH, THE, THE PROJECT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DID AND DENIED IT NINE TO ZERO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SUMMARIZE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A DEVELOPER, UH, FROM THAT OR ORIGINAL REQUEST.
UH, UH, IN THAT WE HAVE A 50% INCREASE IN, UH, THE LAND AREA.
WE ADDED A, YOU KNOW, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE DIDN'T NOT JUST DEVELOP THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS BUT ACTUALLY GRABBED THE PROPERTY OF THE SOUTH.
THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO DO A LOT OF TIMES.
UH, UM, SO KUDOS TO THE DEVELOPER OR FOR, FOR BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO THAT ALLOWED, BASICALLY, BASICALLY ALLOWED US TO DO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU SEE ON THERE, WHICH IS TO DECREASE THE UNIT SIZE.
UM, INCREASE THE LOT SIZE, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING UP TO 5,000 PLUS, UM, AND THEN INCREASE THE HOME SIZE AND THE HIGH END, AND THEN DECREASE THE DENSITY BY 40, 40% TO 5.2 UNITS PER ACRE.
TEXT CONCLUSION, I'LL SUM UP, WE'D ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST.
IT'S A HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IT'S SUPERIOR TO THE PROPOSAL AS, AS I MENTIONED, THESE ARE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING HOMES.
IT'S A HIGH REPUTABLY, HIGH REPUTABLE BUILDER.
UM, IT ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN INDIRECTLY.
IT'S SUPPORTED BY STAFF AND PLAN COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND SUPPORT THIS TIME, WHEREAS LAST TIME THEY WERE TOTALLY AGAINST IT.
SO I'LL STOP THERE AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, FIRST QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER DUCK.
YOUR PICTURES DEFINITELY DO THE DEVELOPMENT MORE JUSTICE THAN STAFF'S PICTURES DID, SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING THOSE, UM, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WILL YOU DESCRIBE SOME OF THOSE PLEASE? I'M, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE, WITH THE WINDOWS AND JUST HAVING HIGHER QUALITY WINDOWS AND THEN DOORS, JUST AREAS WHERE THERE'D BE OPENINGS,
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WHERE YOU'D HAVE A HIGHER QUALITY TO WHERE, AND THEN, AND THEY DO TESTING TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT, THAT THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCY THERE.SO WE'RE NOT LOSING ENERGY, UM, FROM THOSE PLACES.
BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER EQUIPMENT LIKE THE HVAC SYSTEMS THAT WE USE.
UM, HIGHER QUALITY BUILDING MATERIALS, INSULATION LEVELS OF INSULATION.
SO THERE ARE A LOT, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A, A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT.
UM, AND HOW MANY 1500 SQUARE FOOT HOMES ARE YOU PROPOSING? THERE WON'T BE THAT MANY THAT LOW.
UM, THERE'S A, A COUPLE OF OUR POPULAR FLOOR PLANS ARE WELL OVER 2000, LIKE 2300, 2400, SOME 2,500.
SO THAT KIND OF RIGHT IN THE UPPER END OF THE MIDDLE, I'D SAY IN THE MEDIUM POINT, A LOT OF THEM WILL BE THAT, UM, JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUNG GROWING FAMILIES THAT'LL BE MOVING IN.
THEY NEED THE ADDITIONAL BEDROOM.
UM, THERE WON'T BE AS AS MANY ON THE LOW END.
CLOSE UP SHOT OF THE COUNCIL DAYS.
SO I HAVE BEEN READING THROUGH SOME OF THE, UM, OPPOSITION COMMENT FORMS. WIDE SHOT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FIRST, I'LL SAY IT, WHOEVER WALKED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GREAT JOB.
UM, I LOVE ANYONE THAT GETS OUT AND, UM, INTERACTS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, BUT I WILL SAY THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES ON THESE CARDS THAT I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UM, KIND OF DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING TO GO IN HERE.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SAFETY, UM, THEY, THEY FEEL LIKE THE SAFE, THEIR SAFETY IS NOW GONNA BE AT, UM, STAKE CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
UM, WE'RE NOT BUILDING A A A FELON NEIGHBORHOOD.
I, I DON'T, A LOT OF THESE COMMENTS ARE, THEY'RE VERY, UM, REPETITIVE.
SO TEXT MARGARET LUCKED, DISTRICT FIVE, TOO MUCH CONSTRUCTION, LOSS OF OPEN SPACE, PRIVACY CRIME, PEACEFUL, UM, THE LANE SH BE PRESERVED.
THE VISUAL IMPACT OF A GARAGE BEING THE FRONT, THE NOISE GARISSA DOESN'T USES HER HANDS.
HAS THE LANES ALREADY BEEN BOUGHT? HAVE YOU GUYS ALREADY PURCHASED IT? IT'S SET HER CONTRACT.
MARGARET LUCK LOOKS DOWN AT PAPERS ON THE DESK.
WE CANNOT TELL SOMEONE THAT THEY CANNOT DEVELOP THEIR LAND, RIGHT? IF, IF YOU BUY YOUR HOUSE, I CAN'T GO IN AND TELL YOU, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HANG UP PICTURES.
SO TEXT CHRIS OT MAYOR PRO TEM ATE LAND IS GONNA GET DEVELOPED IF SOMEONE SELLS IT TO SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO DEVELOP IT OR IF THEY WANT TO DEVELOP IT THEMSELVES.
CARISSA DUTTON GLANCES AROUND.
I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE FEELS LIKE CHILDREN'S SAFETY IS GONNA BE, UM, AT STAKE.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT CONNECT TO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
CARISSA DUTTON RESTS HER HAND ON THE DESK.
THE ISSUE WITH THE FRONT FACING GARAGES, IT HAS PROVEN FACT THAT PEOPLE WITH FRONT FACING GARAGES, UM, ARE MORE ACTIVE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY DON'T PULL INTO AN ALLEYWAY INTO THE GARAGE AND GO INSIDE AND STAY IN THEIR, IN THEIR LITTLE, THEIR HOUSE CAVE.
UM, I, I AM VERY PERPLEXED BY THEIR, BY THE RESPONSE CARDS, IF WE'RE JUST BEING HONEST.
UM, CARISSA DUTTON LEANS IN CLOSER.
YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE A MULTI-FAMILY, UH, EIGHT FOOT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT STORY, UH, MULTI-FAMILY THAT IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT UP IN SOMEONE'S YARD.
SO I, I'M A LITTLE, I'M A LITTLE DUMBFOUNDED BY THE, THE COMMENTS, BUT JOE DOMES JR.
MY ONLY CONCERN, AGAIN, IS THE PLAYGROUND AT THE FRONT.
ESPECIALLY, THERE'S NO FENCING.
I AM NOT A FAN OF MASONRY WALLS.
THEY FALL APART, THEY'RE UGLY.
UM, SO I, I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PLAYGROUND NOT UPRIGHT AT BOB TOWN, ESPECIALLY IF TRAFFIC IS A CONCERN.
UM, WE DON'T WANT KIDS PLAYING IN TRAFFIC, SO YEAH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THE ORNAMENTAL FENCE WITH SOME LANDSCAPING AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL PULL THE, THE PLAYGROUND BACK SO IT'S AS FAR AWAY AS WE CAN HAVE IT FROM THE OFFICIAL STANDS OF PODIUM FROM THE ROAD FOR SURE.
UM, THE OFFICIAL GESTURES WITH HIS HANDS, AND THEN, LET'S SEE, I THINK THAT'S, THAT WAS IT.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE SUPER CUTE HOUSES.
THEY REMIND ME A LOT OF, UM, THE RIVER SETS, UM, SUBDIVISION THAT WE'VE GOT IN DISTRICT SIX, WHICH, UM, MEMBERS OBSERVE FROM THEIR SEATS.
ACTUALLY THEIR LOT SIZES ARE, THEIR LOTS ARE MUCH SMALLER.
UM, THEY'RE BASICALLY A ZERO LOT LINE AND THEY JUST WON NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR.
SO TEXT CARISSA DUTTON, I, I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
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UM, YEAH, THE, THE PICTURES ARE REALLY GREAT.I, I DO AGREE TO THAT AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT THE, THE ARGUMENT IS THAT YOU'RE NOT A GOOD BUILDER.
I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS FANTASTIC.
I THINK THE CONCERNS ARE, UM, FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ON THAT STREET MANY TIMES AND HAD MY DAUGHTER OUT THERE, IT IS, THIS IS WHAT THE CONCERN IS.
THERE'S A BUS STOP THAT STOPS RIGHT THERE, AND THE KIDS, THEY RUN TO THE BUS STOP CONSTANTLY.
AND SO, AND THERE'S COM IT'S A, A DENSE AREA AND THERE'S THAT CURVE THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BLIND SPOT.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE CHILD'S SAFETY IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S, THERE'S APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND LIKE DEPUTY MAYOR PER, NOT PERTON, SORRY, YES, CARISSA SAID THAT, UM, THE PLAYGROUND IN THE FRONT THAT IS JUST GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHILD'S SAFETY.
SO I I I THINK THAT WHEN THEY SEE THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST OVERALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS.
UM, YOU ARE DEFINITELY PROVIDING A QUALITY OF LIFE TO THOSE THAT ARE MOVING IN THERE.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE EXISTING IN THERE, SO.
ALRIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD A QUESTION MAYBE.
MAYOR, THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER THAT JUST, I JUST THOUGHT OF, UM, LIKE WE COULD ANSWER REGARDING THE PARKING.
SO BEFORE, WHEN WE WERE DOING SMALLER LOTS AND FRONT ENTRY, THERE WAS LITERALLY, THERE WAS NO SPL SPACE ON THE STREET FOR PARKING.
BUT WHEN WE WENT TO 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY LOT WILL COURSE WILL HAVE THE, THE, THE FOUR SPACES, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO ROOM ON THE STREET FOR, ON STREET PARKING FOR GUESTS AND OVERFLOW.
SO THERE IS, WE ACTUALLY, UM, DID A SORT OF A SPACE PLAN THAT SHOWS HOW MANY PARKING SPACES.
THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS I THINK FROM THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT SOME ON, ON STREET PARKING ON BOB TOWN, SOME OF THE HOMES AS MENTIONED FRONT ON BOB TOWN.
AND SO I THINK SOME OF THAT TAR, THAT PARKING OVERFLOW IS BECAUSE OF THOSE HOMES FRONT ON BOB TOWN, WHEREAS WE'RE, WE'RE ALL SORT OF, UM, SELF-CONTAINED IN THAT WE HAVE STREETS, YOU KNOW, OFF THE BOB TOWN.
SO WE WOULDN'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT FROM A PARKING STANDPOINT ON BOB TOWN.
THE SPEAKER STANDS AT THE WOODEN PODIUM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST, UH, SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, THE WIDE SHOT OF THE COUNCIL MEETING ROOM? GEORGIA RAY, THE WORD GARLAND IS DISPLAYED ON THE WALL BEHIND THE ACE.
YOU GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
COUNCIL MEMBERS REMAIN SEATED.
HI, MY NAME IS GEORGIA RAY AND I LIVE AT 45 0 1 LAKEWAY DRIVE, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF BOB TOWN ROAD.
UH, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED OFF OF BOB TOWN FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
WE'VE RAISED FIVE CHILDREN THERE.
GEORGIA RAY GESTURES WITH HER HANDS HAS, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN THAT AREA IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.
GROWTH FROM TERRELL, FORNEY, SUNNYVILLE, MESQUITE GARLAND AND THE GEORGE BUSH WAS EXPANDED TO 30 COLLINS, WHICH IS WHICH COMES AT SUNNYVALE, TURNS INTO BOB TOWN IS THE CONNECTOR BETWEEN INTERSTATE 80 AND I 30.
BOB TOWN HAS BECOME A FREEWAY ON MONDAY EVENING.
TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP AS I WAS GOING TOWARDS, WAS BACKED UP GOING TOWARDS SUNNYVALE.
I NEEDED TO TURN LEFT ON BOB TOWN.
I KIND DRIVER LET ME OUT AS I WAS MAKING MY WAY OUT.
SOMEONE WAS BARRELING DOWN THE TURN LANE TO AVOID BEING IN THE BACKED UP TRAFFIC AND ALMOST HIT ME ON ANY GIVEN DAY IT CAN OR EVENING.
IT CAN TAKE AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES TO GET OUT OF OUR AREA ONTO BOB TOWN WHEN TRYING TO GET HOME IN THE EVENING.
TRA IN THE EVENING, TRAFFIC CAN BE BACKED UP PAST THE LIGHT AT ZION.
I CANNOT IMAGINE BRINGING IN MULTIPLE HOMES UNITS THAT MAY HAVE ONE TO THREE DRIVERS WITHIN THEIR FAMILY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRAFFIC ISN'T THEIR PROBLEM, HOWEVER, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES BEFORE WE BRING IN 77 NEW HOMES.
GEORGIA RAY STANDS AT THE WOODEN PODIUM AND GESTURES WITH HER HANDS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, SURVEYS WERE SENT OUT.
ONE OF THE SURVEYS WAS SENT OUT TO THE CRYSTAL LAKES AREA, WHICH IS BEHIND OUR AREA.
THEY DON'T EVEN USE BOB TOWN, THEY USE LIONS ROAD.
AND SO, UM, ANYWAY, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT WE'RE, THE RESIDENTS ARE GETTING A FULL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT IT'S TRULY LIKE OVER THERE WITH THE TRAFFIC.
UM, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE DO DO A FORMAL TRAFFIC STUDY IF THAT'S AN OPTION.
SHE GATHERS HER SMARTPHONE AND PAPERS FROM THE PODIUM AND SECRETARY.
PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER MATTHEW O TEXT
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LJ BETS MANAGER OFFICIALS SIT BEHIND A CURVED WOODEN DESK.IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MAYOR SITS AT THE HEAD OF THE DAYS, SIR, OUR THANK YOU.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND ASSOCIATED CHAIRPERSONS.
I'M LIVING IN 4, 5, 1 0 DOWN ROAD IN FRONT OF SIGN STARTING IN MY HOME.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE HOME TONY YEAR BACK IN MY OLD AGE.
I WANT TO LEAD A LIFE THAT MEANS PEACEFULLY TO LEAD THE LIFE, BUT NOWADAYS, IF I CAN STAND IN FRONT OF MY HOME AND CHILDREN, THERE IS NO SAFETY IN THAT AREA.
NOW ALSO SUNNYVALE SIDE, IF WE GO THROUGH THAT SIDE ROAD, MORNING OR EVENING, PEAK WAVES, IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO HALT THERE.
BEFORE THAT TWO MAJOR ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE NEXT TO MY HOME, HIT THE TRUCK INSIDE AND ROCK ON ONE WALL AND ENDED INTO THE HOUSE.
WE ALL SEEN WHAT CITY NOT TAKE ANY PREVENTIVE WALL OR ANYTHING THERE.
SO IN THAT POINT OF VIEW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PROTECTION WE MAY HAVE UNLESS BUILT A BRICK WALL THAT IS VERY NECESSARY FOR OUR SAFETY.
BEING A SENIOR CITIZEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN LEAD A LIFE OR STAY THERE MORE AND MORE.
NOT ONLY ME, THE SPEAKER GESTURES ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL FROM THE PODIUM AREA, KNOWING THAT AREA WAS VERY PEACEFUL 20 YEAR OR 15 YEAR BACK, ANY YEAR HISTORY, YOU CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT NOW CRIME AND ALL THE APARTMENTS THERE.
SO IF SOME OR OTHER WAY WE NEED PROTECTION, WE NEED SAFETY, WE NEED TO LEAD A LIFE, YOU KNOW, PEACEFULLY.
THE SPEAKER LEANS TOWARD THE MICROPHONE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT BEHIND THE CURVED DAYS.
AND SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER PAUL H. CROSS.
PAUL H. CROSS STANDS AT THE PODIUM.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS PAUL H. CROSS RESIDE AT 6 3 1 0 SUSAKI WAY, DARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 3, WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CRYSTAL LAKES SUBDIVISION.
AND I'M HERE INDIVIDUALLY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY WIFE, AND ALSO THE CRYSTAL LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF WHICH I'M VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY.
I'M JOINED FOR CRYSTAL LAKES BY MR. ALL, WHICH IS CLEAR.
UH, HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF HER HOA BECAUSE MY TIME IS LIMITED, I'LL SUMMARIZE THE MAJOR POINTS WHICH DEAL WITH, UH, WHAT'S BEEN VERY WELL STATED BY THE, UH, FIRST SPEAKER.
AND THAT IS THE HORRIBLE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE VOLUME THAT'S COMING FROM SUNNYVALE AND OTHER AREAS, BUT ALSO THE DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF BOB TOWN ROAD.
IT WAS THAT WAY BEFORE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT REALLY ENSUED WITH ALL THE TRACTED HOUSING THAT'S OCCURRED IN SUNNYVALE IN THE, UH, HOMES ACROSS WHEN THE DR. HORTON DEVELOPMENT.
BUT IT'S GOTTEN EVEN WORSE NOW IN MY SUBDIVISION, WE PRIMARILY USE LIONS ROAD, THAT'S AN EVEN WORSE SHAPE.
PROMISES WERE MADE IN THE LATE 1980S AND I MOVED TO MY HOUSE IN 1995.
PROMISES WERE MADE LONG AGO TO UPGRADE THOSE ROADS THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
PROMISES WERE MADE TO THE VOTERS WITH THE, IN 2019, UH, BOND ISSUE THAT BOB TO ROAD WOULD BE IMPROVED.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS NOT INDICATED ANY INTEREST IN, OR AT LEAST ANY WILLINGNESS TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO BOB TO ROAD BASED UPON THE UNIQUE PARTICULARITY IMPOSED BY THAT SUBDIVISION.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL REBUILD, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS DIRECTLY AND UNIQUELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THERE'S A, THE FIRST SPEAKER SAID THAT THIS ROAD DOES NOT, CANNOT ABSORB, UH, TRAFFIC FROM 77 HOMES.
TO THINK THAT ONLY TWO VEHICLES WILL BE PER HOUSEHOLD IS SIMPLY UNREALISTIC.
AND THE ON STREET PARKING THAT THEY WILL HAVE, IT'S GONNA BE A HORRIBLE SITUATION BECAUSE OF
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THE NARROW LOT SIZES.NOT AS MUCH ON STREET PARKING.
BUT, UM, I WANTED, UM, TO ALSO SAY THAT TRAFFIC IS ABSOLUTELY A PARAMOUNT CONDITION EVEN IF IT DICTATES FROM THE ROAD CONDITION.
I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE IN SECTION 2.211 ALL H CROSS READS OF THE PODIUM ZERO FOUR A OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, IT PROVIDES THAT ZONING REGULATIONS MUST BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MUST BE DESIGNED TO LESSEN THE CONGESTION OF THE STREETS.
WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
PREVENT THE OVERCROWDING OF LAND.
WELL, WE HAVE A, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A HIGHER DENSITY.
THIS IS GONNA BE HIGHER THAN ANYTHING HERE.
THIS IS AN AGRICULTURE ZONE PROPERTY AND ALSO TO FACILITATE THE ADEQUATE PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
AND ALSO TO PAUL H. CROSS GESTURES AT HIS NOTES.
SECURE SAFETY FROM OTHER DANGERS.
SO WE'VE HEARD ABOUT DIFFICULTY WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.
I USED TO BE ABLE TO BICYCLE AND GO TO THE NORTH OF THERE TO GO OVER TOWARD WINDSURF PARK.
IT'S JUST THE ONE INTERSECTION THERE.
WE, IN TERMS OF FUND, WHAT'LL HAPPEN WITH BOB TOWN ROAD, I THINK THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.
NO FUNDING IS COMING BY THE WAY.
I THINK COUNCILMAN MOORE, UH, VERY ELOQUENTLY STATED THAT THERE'S JUST NOTHING THAT'S GONNA COME ALONG.
AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY TO THINK THAT THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS WILL SOMEHOW BE CURED BY SOME NON-EXISTENT FUNDING.
RED SEATS ARE BEHIND LECTERN OR SOME FUNDING THAT MAY SOMEHOW OCCUR AT SOME JUNCTURE IS JUST TOTALLY UNREALISTIC.
HE GLANCES FROM HIS NOTES TOWARD THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH TRANSPORTATION ISSUES BECOME SAFETY ISSUES.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT NEAR COLLISIONS AND THAT THERE HE ARREST HANDS ON THE LECTERN TRAFFIC IS JUST COMING AT A GREATER RATE AND THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT FOR THIS.
UH, THAT IS NOT, SIR, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SUM UP YOUR THREE MINUTES.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, UH, I'VE HAD TWO DIFFERENT REALTORS PINE, THAT THE, THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF MY HOUSE AND OTHER HOUSES IN THE AREA WILL DECREASE BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC AS, UH, REALTORS SAY LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
WELL, YOU CAN'T GET IN THERE AND OUT OF THERE.
AND FOR THOSE REASONS, PAUL H. CROSS STANDS AT THE PODIUM.
AND AGAIN, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE STANDARDS TRANSPORTATION IS A PARAMOUNT ASPECT AND IT'S THE HORRIFIC CONDITION OF THE ROAD AND THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.
THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE DENIED.
THE SPEAKER SAID, UH, ASKED WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE WANT LESS DENSITY AND FEWER CARS.
AUDIENCE MEMBERS SIT IN THE RED CHAIRS.
TEXT DYLAN HEDRICK, MAYOR SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
MR. THOMAS ADJUSTS HIS POSITION AT THE LECTERN AND LANCES AT HIS PAPERS.
SO IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER SHIFTS IN THEIR CHAIR.
MY NAME IS THOMAS AND I AM RESIDING AT THE 45 22 BOB TOWN ROAD.
UH, THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED ZONING PROPERTY.
AND, UH, I WE NEED A BRICK COMBINED WALL, AT LEAST MINIMUM EIGHT FEET HIGH.
THEN ANOTHER THING, THE
UH, IT TAKE MAYBE 30 TO 35 MINUTES BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC FROM, UH, EITHER WAY AND THE SAND ROAD, UH, FROM THE SAND RAIL.
SO THE, THE, OUR AREA IS TOO MUCH CONGESTED.
AND, UH, THE BUILDER HAS EXPLAINED EVERYTHING IS PART IT IS GOOD.
IF YOU ASK DR. HORTON, HE WILL TELL, ALSO TELL THEIR BUILDING THERE.
THEY WILL TELL, OH, MY TRAFFIC IS NOT HITTING THE ABOVE TOWN ROAD.
IF YOU ASK, ALL TILE IS ALSO MAKING HOMES THERE.
HE WILL ALSO TELL MY, MY, UH, CLIENT WILL NOT ENTER IN RIVER, MAKE ANY TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
ALLON, UH, APARTMENT IS NOW COME.
THEY ALSO TELL, SO THE BUILDER, HIS PART, HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO TRAFFIC IN THE, IN THE LOCKDOWN ROAD.
BUT WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE, UH, THE, WE ARE FINDING DIFFICULTY IN CROSSING, PASSING OR TRAVELING TO I 30 AND THE TRAFFIC IS TOO MUCH THERE.
SO WE HAVE TO WIDEN THE ROAD, WALK DOWN ROAD AND GIVE A SIGNAL BETWEEN, UM, BARN BRIDGE AND SUNNYVALE, THE, THE CURRENT, UH, BORDER SO THAT IT CAN BE, UH, RADIO, THE TRAFFIC CAN BE CONTROLLED.
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THING, 77 HOMES WILL THE SPEAKER FACES THE DAYS, YEAH.SO THE BUILT UP AREA OF THE HOUSE SHOULD BE INCREASED.
THAT IS MORE THAN 2000 SQUARE FEET.
HOUSES, UH, BUILT UP HOUSES CAN BE ALLOWED THERE SO THAT THE INTENSITY CAN BE REDUCED.
UH, IT IS VERY, UH, KIND CONSIDERATION AND UH, THAT IS ALL I HAVE, SIR.
MADAM SECRETARY, DO YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? MR. BOBIN? KAY.
MR. THANK YOU FIRST FOR ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST GIVE YOUR NAME PROSPECTIVE APRIL.
MR. BOB AND KAY ADDRESSES THE COUNCIL.
LET ME TELL YOU FIRST I ALLOW THE LORD AND ALLOW THE CITY.
OKAY? WHAT HAPPENED IS NOWADAYS MY LIFE OVER THERE IS NOT EASY.
I'M LIVING THERE AND THAT AREA LAST 45 YEARS, I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN.
THERE I SEE THE, THERE IS A SIGNAL IN FRONT OF THE BOB TOWN AND ZION ROAD.
THERE IS 22 TO 25 CARS BACKING UP ALL THE WAY UP TO ZION BRIDGE.
IT TAKE TWO TO THREE SIGNAL TO GET INTO MY HOME.
THE TRAFFIC, WE ARE CONSIDERING ONLY THE NEW DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THE DR. HORTON IS BUILDING ON THE LEFT SIDE AND UH, UH, THE OTHER SIDE THERE IS A HUGE APARTMENT CAME AND ALSO THE Q TRIP THERE, THERE IS LOT OF TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
AND ALSO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW IS NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC AND THINGS GOING OVER THERE.
SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ADDITIONAL HEADACHE TO US.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE.
THERE IS NO OPEN SPACE RIGHT NOW AND THERE IS A LOT OF ADDITIONS COMING.
AND ALSO THE PEOPLE USE, UM, I 30 TEXT CITY COUNCIL THAT THIS BOB TOWN ROAD TO ACCESS 80.
SO, UH, ALL THE WAY TO COLLINS ROAD AT THIS BOB TOWN GOES TO COLLINS ROAD AND THEN TO ONLY, SO ALL THIS TRAFFIC IS COMING THERE.
WE CAN JUSTIFY THE 77 HOMES OVER THERE, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THE REAL TRAFFIC IS LOT MORE THAN THAT.
AND THE NUISANCE IS MORE THAN THAT.
THE PEOPLE STOPPING YOU OVER THERE FOR TWO OR THREE SIGNAL AND THE CARS AND THE WHOLE, THE SPEAKER GESTURES.
WHEN I SIT IN FRONT OF MY HOU HOUSE, I'M LIVING IN 45, 18, BOB TOWN ROAD, I CAN HEAR THEIR SOUND AND THEIR ING AND THEIR FRUSTRATION.
OKAY? SO CONSIDER OUR LIFE OVER THERE.
A DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE LIMIT OR REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMES OVER THERE TO HAVE.
THE SPEAKER STANDS AT THE PODIUM, SO WE DON'T, WHEN THE Q TRIP COMES.
LOT OF PEOPLE AGAINST THAT AT THAT TIME.
THEY TOLD US THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT ANY CAR, ANY TRUCK OVERNIGHT.
BUT I SEE A LOT OF TRUCKS ARE IN THEIR PARKING LOT WAITING OVERNIGHT.
OF COURSE, I, OUR ALLOWED DRIVERS, THEY, THEY'RE BRINGING OUR FOOD, BUT MORE THAN THAT, THEY PUT THE, THEY TOLD US THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A HEIGHT BAR OVER THERE.
SO THIS ROAD CANNOT HANDLE IT.
AND OUR LIFE IS MISERABLE CITY.
THE, THE BEST ASSET OF THE CITY IS THE HAPPY CITIZEN.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER PC? MATTHEW, THE MAYOR IS SEATED AT THE COUNCIL BASE.
SIR, IF YOU PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
DO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? FOUR.
GOOD EVENING AND REST TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE SPEAKER SMILES AT THE COUNCIL.
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MARGARET, UH, THEN CARISSA JOE RESORT OF ATTORNEY AND CITY SECRETARY.I'M HERE BECAUSE THAT AREA IS VERY CLOSE TO ME.
I'M ALSO AN ELECTRIC PRESIDENT OF A NEARBY COMMUNITY WHERE OUR HOUSES THERE.
SO THIS INTERSECTION, WHAT MATTHEW WAS INITIALLY TALKING, THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED, WALKED DOWN UNDER SIDE THE CAR, GONE INSIDE THE HOUSE.
LUCKILY THAT, UH, HOUSE OWNER WAS INSIDE THE KITCHEN, SO HE SAVED HIS LIFE.
SO NOW
ALSO, I USED TO DRIVE THAT ROAD SO OFTEN BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER LIVE IN SUNNYVALE TO SEE GRANDKIDS.
MOST OF THE DAYS I DRIVE THERE SO THAT TRAFFIC IS CORRECT.
EVEN IF YOU GO, YOU HAD TO WAIT AT LEAST HANDS ABOVE THE LECTERN, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE INTERSECTION, MAYBE TWO FAR LONG AWAY.
YOU HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE SUNNYVALE STOP SIGN.
EVEN THE ROAD YOU SEE FROM THE SUNNYVALE BORDER.
THE ROAD IS VERY BEAUTIFUL, NICE.
SPEAKER GRIPS THE SIDES OF THE LECTERN.
AND SUNNYVALE, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE VERY CAREFULLY DRIVING 30, 35, YOUR PEOPLE DRIVE VERY FAST.
AND THE STREET, I MEAN ROAD MARKINGS ARE NOT THERE.
WHEN YOU COME BACK, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE LANES.
WE HAVE TWO LANES, MIDDLE SPACE THERE.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS MANY PEOPLE TRY TO OVERTAKE BECAUSE OF THE LANE, BECAUSE THERE IS A FIRST COMMUNITY, DR. HORTON, SECOND COMMUNITY, DR. HORTON, THE PEOPLE WHO WANNA GO DR. HORTON, THE FIRST COMMUNITY FROM HERE, THEY WILL TRY TO OVERTAKE.
AND I WAS ABOUT GUN IN ACCIDENT IN THAT SIGNAL.
SO LIKE, UH, CARISSA WAS NOTING ABOUT CHILD SAFETY.
WHEN PEOPLE SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
NO JOB IS IMPORTANT THAT IF SAFETY IS IN DANGER, I LAND IT.
WHEN I WORKED WITH THE S ARMY CORPS, CONSIDER THAT.
AND ALSO THIS MORE COMMUNITY, LIKE 78 HOUSES, I HAVE A NEARBY HOUSE.
TY HOMES, LAST TIME I MET THE BOARD MEMBERS, THEY SAID THERE IS NO ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY AND NO SPACE FOR ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE POOL, WE HAVE
THEY SAID, THEY ASKED ME, CAN WE MERGE? I SAID, WE CANNOT MERGE, WE CAN INVOLVE IN COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
SO THESE ARE THINGS JUST SMALL COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO ACTIVITY FOR THE CHILDREN.
SO THIS IS ALL WE HAD TO CONSIDER.
AND I HAVE KNOW IDEA IS DEVELOPMENT AND
I APPRECIATE, I AGREE WITH THAT ONE.
THERE IS OTHER IN MY HOMES, BUT THING IS WE HAVE TO PLAN SOMETHING FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE.
SO CONCERN CONCERNING THE PEOPLE'S.
I REQUEST MAYOR AND COUNCIL CONSIDER THAT, DO SOME, UH, VISIBLE ACTIONS.
MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL HER NEXT SPEAKER? YES SIR.
FINAL SPEAKER, CATHERINE SOSA.
KARE SOSA ORGANIZES HER NOTES AT THE PODIUM.
GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
THE PROPOSAL IS REQUESTING MANY THINGS.
THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE LOCK COVERAGE FROM 50% TO 60%.
THEY PLAN TO WAIVE THE REQUIRED ALLEYWAY.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR INDIVIDUALLY.
EACH EXCEPTION MIGHT SEEM MINOR, BUT TOGETHER THEY CREATE A MORE COMPACT DEVELOPMENT THAN WHAT IS STANDARDLY ALLOWED.
LASTLY, BOB TOWN ROAD HAS TRAFFIC.
I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC OUTCRY HAS MADE THIS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR.
SOMEONE ELSE TOUCHED UPON HOW A TRUCK WENT INTO SOMEONE'S LIVING ROOM.
I WAS IN THE BACKYARD OF MY HOME WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
IF ANOTHER SECOND WOULD'VE WENT BY, I ALWAYS THINK, WHAT IF INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE LIVING ROOM, HE LANDED IN MY BACKYARD.
I HAVE LIKE 30 FEET AWAY FROM MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, WHICH THIS OCCURRED IN.
I KNOW NOT AN OFFICIAL TRAFFIC REPORT IMPACT WAS REQUIRED, BUT I THINK ONE IS NEEDED.
I HOPE OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD AND I ASK THE COUNSEL TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER ALL OF THESE DEVIATIONS ARE TRULY WHAT'S BEST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? THE MAYOR REVIEWS HIS DOCUMENTS OF THE DAYS SEEING NONE.
COUNSEL THE MAYOR LOOKS UP FROM HIS DOCUMENTS AND GLANCES TO HIS LEFT.
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MOORE.THE MAYOR GESTURES TO HIS LEFT.
YES, THE MAYOR SITS AT THE BASE LOOKING FORWARD.
THANK YOU MAYOR, SIR, APPRECIATE, UH, THE NEIGHBORS COMING OUT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A STAKE IN THIS.
THEY LIVE NEXT TO THE, THE PROPERTY.
THE, THE TIMING OF, OF ADDRESSING THE, THE ROADS AND DEVELOPMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THINGS WORK IS YOU DEVELOP OR YOU, YOU PROPOSE APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT.
IT GETS APPROVED AND THEN THE COUNCIL REACTS TO THAT BY INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF ROADS, ET CETERA.
THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF OF, OF HOW IT, IT HAPPENS.
UM, AND SO MORE DEVELOPMENT MEANS, UM, BETTER OP AT LEAST BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE ROADS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
WE WILL HAVE TO PAY ROADWAY IMPACT FEES THAT ARE IN THE SIX FIGURES.
SO WE WILL BE PAYING OUR SHARE, UM, BASED ON THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE ORDINANCES WITH THE CITY.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER COMMENT MADE ABOUT INCREASING DENSITY, TWO THIRDS OF THE PROPERTY ZONE AG TODAY AND, AND THE OTHER PORTION ZONED SF 10.
AND SO BASICALLY ANYTHING PROPOSED WOULD BE INCREASING THE DENSITY OUTSIDE OF A, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING FARMS ON THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE ALIGNED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WE THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT.
THE MAN AT THE PODIUM LOOKS AT HIS NOTES.
I GUESS WE'D ASK THE COUNCIL NOT TO PENALIZE US FOR A LEGACY ISSUE WITH TRAFFIC.
UH, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO, TO EVALUATE THE MERIT FROM THIS REQUEST BASED ON THE, THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED IN THE CITY.
I'LL STOP THERE AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE SPEAKER ADJUST HIS PAPERS ON THE LECTERN.
COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT, THE MAYOR RESTS HIS HANDS ON THE DAYS.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, SIR, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL.
SIT TEXT JIMMY TRAN, DISTRICT ONE.
TEXT JUSTIN CARAWAY, DISTRICT TWO TEXT ED MOORE, DISTRICT THREE TEXT CHRISTINA CIANO, DISTRICT FOUR.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT I'VE HAD TO MAKE DURING THESE PAST SIX YEARS.
ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS ON THE PROJECTION SCREEN, AS YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD, THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HEAR COMING FROM MY CONSTITUENCY, FROM THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED, WHO ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT IS TAKING PLACE.
THE CURVE DESK FACES THE AUDIENCE.
THEY'RE COMING FROM THEIR HEARTS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SEATED AT THE CURVE DESK REVIEWING MATERIALS.
IT'S VERY EASY FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
US TO HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WHEN WE DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA.
CAN SELMA OR EDMORE IS SEATED.
THEY LIVE THERE AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY IMPACTED BY IT.
AND I THINK TONIGHT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW, CHRISTINA ANO LISTENS, IS THAT WE HEAR THEM.
THAT THEY'RE BEING HEARD CANEL OR JIMMY TRAN LOOKS TOWARD THE SCREEN.
AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU TONIGHT THAT YOU ARE INDEED BEING HEARD.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS EQUATION.
ED MOORE LOOKS TOWARD THE PROJECTION SCREEN AND THAT'S THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS SPENT THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY TO PUT FORTH A VISION TO, UH, PUT FORTH A PLAN THAT FE IS NOT GOING TO, THAT MORE TURNS TOWARD THE COUNCIL, ENHANCE THEMSELVES, BUT IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING TAX DOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING NEW NEIGHBORS, IS GOING TO REVITALIZE, IT'S GOING TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTEMPTING TO DO AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO FOR THAT REASON, MR. MAYOR, I, I HAVE A PREPARED STATEMENT THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE BECAUSE I THINK IT VERY IMPORTANT THAT I AM TRANSPARENT THIS EVENING, NOT ONLY TO MY CONSTITUENTS, BUT ALSO TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
FLAGS STANDS BEHIND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WANNA THROW IT OUT BY SAYING THAT, UH, CONSER REVIEWS PAPERS ON DESK, BOB TOWN ROAD IS, HAS BEEN A PROBLEM LONGER THAN THIS APPLICATION HAS EXISTED.
ANOTHER CONSER LOOKS DOWN AT HIS DESK.
THE ROAD WAS ALREADY AGING BEFORE ANY OF THIS CAME TO US TONIGHT.
THE CONDITIONS OF THAT ROAD IS NOT THE MAKING OF THE APPLICANT, HOWEVER, SO I WANNA START BY TALKING TO THE CONSTITUENTS CAN SO ARREST HER CHIN.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING TONIGHT.
FOR THAT REASON, I REVIEWED YOUR LETTERS.
I WENT OUT TO BOB TOWN ROAD MYSELF AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE EVENING.
EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF THEM.
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ALSO TO OUR CITY MANAGER.THIS IS NOT THE FIRST CITY MANAGER THAT I'VE TAKEN YOUR CONCERNS TO.
THE LAST TWO CITY MANAGERS I TOOK YOUR CONCERNS TO.
THE PROJECTION SCREEN IS ON THE WALL.
I PERSONALLY MET WITH THEM AND TOLD THEM WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH BOB TOWN ROAD.
AND BOTH TIMES I RECEIVED THE SAME ANSWER.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT AT THE BASE.
THERE IS NO MONEY, NO MONEY AVAILABLE WITHOUT A BOND MEASURE OR A TAX INCREASE BECAUSE HEAR ME HERE, OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT, THEIR OWN PRIORITY SCORING DOES NOT RANK BOB TOWN ROAD HIGH ENOUGH TO MOVE IT FORWARD PRESENTLY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A SYSTEM THAT WE UTILIZE NOT JUST FOR BOB TOWN ROAD, BUT A SYSTEM THAT WE UTILIZE TO REPAIR EVERY STREET IN THIS CITY.
AND BOB TOWN ROAD AT THIS POINT DOES NOT MEET THAT CRITERIA TO THE APPLICANT.
JIMMY T TRAM LOOKS DOWN WHEN THIS COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUNISHED, UH, PUSHED BACK ON YOUR ONGOING PROPOSAL.
YOU CAME BACK WITH A STRONGER, BROADER, LARGER LOTS.
YOUR HOMES, VOLUNTARY TRAFFIC STUDY MONTHS OF HOA MEETINGS, AMENITIES ON OUR OWN CODE NEVER REQUIRED YOU TO MAKE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWS YOUR REVISED PLAN AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
AND AFTER MY GOING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE STREETS THEMSELVES, YES, I SAW THAT THE TRAFFIC IS STILL HORRENDOUS THERE, IT'S JUST, BUT I DID NOT SEE BOTTLENECKS.
I SAW CONSTANTLY MOVING TRAFFIC.
I DIDN'T SEE SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE TURNS ONTO TRAFFIC WAS PRETTY MUCH, NOW THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I WENT, COUNSEL SITS WATCHING A PRESENTATION ON SCREEN.
BUT WHAT I DID SEE, I SAW THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH BOB TO ROAD.
AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OPPOSING, THE OPPOSITION IS RAISED TRAFFIC AS THIS PRIMARY CONCERN.
THIS IS WHAT I NEED YOU TO HEAR.
THOSE CONCERNS ARE LEGITIMATE, BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH THIS COUNCIL AND WITH THIS COMMUNITY ON THE TEXAS LAW AND OUR OWN CITY STANDARDS, GENERALIZED TRAFFIC CONCERNS WITHOUT A TECHNICAL FINDING THAT A PROJECT TRAFFIC GENERATION EXCEEDS APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS ARE NOT A LEGAL S SUFFICIENT BASIS TO DENY OR OTHERWISE NOT TO LEGALLY PASS A REZONING REQUEST.
OUR OWN TRAFFIC ENGINEERS REVIEWED THIS PROJECT AND CONFIRMED THAT IT GENERATES APPROXIMATELY SEVEN, SIX PEAK HOUR TRIPS ACROSS THE DRIVEWAYS BELOW THE THRESHOLD THAT TRIGGERS A MANDATORY STUDY WITH BOTH ACCESS POINTS PROJECTED TO OPERATE AT ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF SERVICE.
DENYING THIS APPLICATION ON THE TRAFFIC GROUNDS ALONE WITHOUT THAT TECHNICAL FINDING, IS A POSITION THAT PUTS THIS CITY AT HEAVY RISK.
FOUR OFFICIALS SIT AT TODAY'S.
AND SO WITH THAT, I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT THAT I AM GOING TO VOTE FOR NOW.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I THINK BJ WILLIAMS TAUGHT ME HOW TO COUNT LONG TIME AGO.
HE SAID, ED, IT TAKES FIVE OR MORE.
THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL HAS HEARD YOU TONIGHT.
BUT AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF THE ENTIRE CITY, OUR CBZ STUDY, OUR ENVISIONED GARLAND, OUR GARLAND ON THE RISE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I HAVE TO VOTE TONIGHT TO APPROVE THE PROJECT.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL BASE CURVES IN FRONT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE TO APPROVE AND A SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIMM DUTTON COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TEXT LJ BETTS MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE? I MUST, UH, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU ON YOUR POINTS THERE.
I THINK THAT MAYOR LOOKS AT DOCUMENTS.
THE APPLICANT HAS COME, THE MAYOR LOOKS FORWARD, SHOWED SOME FORTITUDE BY COMING BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS THE SECOND TIME AFTER GETTING A DENIAL FIRST ROUND AT THE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING AND COMING BACK WITH A BETTER PRODUCT THAT REALLY ALIGNS WITH OUR HOUSING STUDY, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR GARLAND FORD PLAN.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE AND CALL ON A WORK SESSION ITEM TO HAVE STAFF COME AND BRIEF US ON LIONS ROAD AND BOB TOWN ROAD IN THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT AND AS IT RELATES TO FIXES WITH SAFETY AND
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STRIPING AND SIGNAGE AND ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO WHERE IT STANDS IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN.SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AT OUR WORK SESSION IN THE FUTURE, BUT I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE THAT AS WELL, SIR.
IF WE COULD ALSO GET A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, UH, PROGRAM GOING THEREFORE BY WE'LL, UH, SEE, UH, LEGAL, IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WAYS BY WHICH THE PROJECT CAN GO FORWARD THAT WE CAN KIND OF, UH, UH, FINE TUNE WHEN TRUCKS ARE GOING TO COME IN.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING, COUNSEL SITS AT THE DA THAT MINIMIZES THAT TRAFFIC SITUATION, UH, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
IF IN FACT THIS PASSES, UH, CAN YOU HELP TO BE THERE? CERTAINLY I THINK THAT WHAT WE CAN DO BASED ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND OUR OWN TECHNICAL, UH, STANDARDS MANUAL, IS THAT WE CAN PUT A PROVISION IN HERE IF, IF, UH, COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO OR WE CAN COME UP WITH A THAT WHERE THE APPLICANT HAS TO MEET WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT REASONABLY ADDRESSES.
UH, MEMBERS LEAN TO MICROPHONES, UH, PAUL ROUTES OVER STREETS.
UH, UM, THE TIMING OF CONSTRUCTION AS FAR AS THE TIMING OF THE DAY, MAYBE THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO LOOK AT IN OUR TECHNICAL SANDERS MANUAL AND IN CHAPTER TWO 11, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
SO THE IMPACT OF THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF.
TEXT GARLAND, THE, A COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE END OF THE DAY'S GESTURES WON'T CREATE A DISTURBANCE AS MUCH OF A DISTURBANCE, UH, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WOULD AT LEAST MINIMIZE THAT THOSE EFFECTS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT AMEND YOUR MOTION.
AND THE SECOND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM, YOU AGREE? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE THAT AMENDED, UH, MOTION TO WORK WITH STAFF ON A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COUNCIL MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE.
THE CITY COUNCIL LOGO IS PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN AND THAT ITEM IS APPROVED SEVEN TO TWO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SANO AND TRAN IN OPPOSITION.
TEXT MOTION BY CARISSA DUTTON, SECONDED BY JUSTIN CARAWAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
IT'S CONSIDERING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE HAVE A CITYWIDE APPOINTMENT.
THE ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SIR, WHAT DO WE DO?
CITYWIDE APPOINTMENT, SIR, I HAVE ONE TEXT.
DYLAN HEDRICK MAYOR MAKE MOTION.
WE'LL LET THE, LET'S MAKE A MOTION WHITE ANGLE SHOT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, JOSH POLANDO TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE JOSH POLANDO.
AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK MAYOR AND MANAGER, A DESK MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FOCUSED ON THE MEETING AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, AGAIN, THE MAYOR LOOKS TOWARD THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M JUST, UH, STILL A LITTLE DISPO.
COUNCIL MEMBER TRAN TEXT VOTING RESULTS SHOWING THE MOTION IS APPROVED WITH NINE VOTES.
THAT ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE MOTION BY MARGARET LUCK AND JUSTIN CARAWAY PASSES WITH NINE VOTES IN FAVOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK, YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AS WELL? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE APPOINTEE CHRISTINA GODFREY.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARAWAY FOR CHRISTINA GODFREY TO THE ALL ABILITIES COMMITTEE, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE PREPARE THE VOTE.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REMAIN SEATED AT THE CURVE BASE.
MAD ITEMS YOU APPROVE FROM THAT ITEM'S APPROVED FROM UNANIMOUSLY.
FINAL ITEM, OUR AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON THE MEETING AGENDA.
HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
UM, SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT? YES SIR.
ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER, PAUL MAYER.
THE COUNCIL CONDUCTS THE MEETING FROM THE DAYS SEEING YOUR LEFT.
SIR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
PAUL MAYOR, 63 0 9, CHELSEA WADE GARLAND, TEXAS 7 5 0 4 4.
UH, HERE ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSING VOTE YES FOR GARLAND AS A 37 YEAR RESIDENT OF GARLAND AND
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37 YEAR CEO OF THE GARLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.UH, THAT SAYS WE'RE AT A INFLECTION POINT, VERY SIGNIFICANT INFLECTION POINT AND VERY SIGNIFICANT THAT THIS EVENING RECOGNIZED A LOT OF HEROES AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED THROUGH THESE LAST THREE DECADES, ALMOST FOUR DECADES THAT HAVE CHANGED THE NARRATIVE OF GARLAND.
WHEN I GOT HERE IN 89 90, UH, I WAS EXCITED AS A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPER COMING INTO TOWN, 4,000 EMPTY ACRES UP NORTH, BIG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX TRANSPORTATION LENGTHS, WORKFORCE, ALL THE INGREDIENTS NECESSARY TO BUILD A GREAT CITY.
BUT WHAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN WAS THE NARRATIVE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE GARLAND.
AT THAT TIME, I CHARACTERIZE IT AS LOW SELF-ESTEEM.
WE WERE LOOKING OVER THE FENCE AT OUR NEIGHBORS AND SAYING, WE WANT THAT, THAT NARRATIVE HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE NARRATIVE NOW IS PEOPLE LOOKING OVER AT OUR FENCE AND SAYING THEY WANT THIS TO MAINTAIN THIS, TO GROW THIS, TO, TO TAKE, TO CAPITALIZE ON ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU AND FORMER COUNCIL'S DONE, STAFF HAS DONE.
WE NEED THIS ELECTION TO PASS.
WE NEED TO PASS FOR THE FUTURE OF GARLAND.
UH, A YES VOTE MEANS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM.
WE WILL CONTINUE THAT NARRATIVE.
WE WILL CONTINUE THE GROWTH THAT HAS SPARKED THIS.
PAT MORE GESTURES AT THE PODIUM.
SUPPORT FOR WHAT GARLAND WANTS TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
UH, I REALIZE AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT, I'M SPEAKING TO THE, TO YOU, THE AUDIENCE THAT THE, UH, FOLKS THAT HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
SO I, ON ONE HAND I'M SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING, I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, UH, AT THE CHAMBER WITH THE COMMUNITIES.
I'M MEETING WITH THE PAC COMMITTEE, UH, FINDING OUT A STRATEGY TO TALK TO FOLKS.
WE'RE TALKING TO OUR BUSINESSES.
IT'S GONNA TAKE NEIGHBORS, TALKING TO NEIGHBORS.
ALL MORE STEPS AWAY FROM THE PODIUM, MA'AM.
SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER? WESLEY JOHNSON.
THE MAYOR LOOKS TOWARD THE SPEAKER.
WESLEY JOHNSON STANDS AT THE PODIUM.
SIR, IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL.
WESLEY JOHNSON, 3 0 0 7 BLUFF VIEW DRIVE, GARLAND 7 5 0 4 3.
SAVING THE BEST FOR THE LAST RIGHT
ANYWAY, I'M, I'M UP HERE TO SECOND WHAT PAUL SAID.
I'M UP HERE TO SUPPORT VERY MUCH ENTHUSIASTICALLY, UH, THE VOTE YES FOR GARLAND.
UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN GARLAND SINCE 19, OR EXCUSE ME, SINCE 1993.
WE HAVE PAID OUR PROPERTY TAXES SINCE THAT TIME.
I HAVE NEVER LIVED IN GARLAND WHEN IT'S MORE EXCITING THAN IT IS TODAY'S, THE CITY IS ALIVE AND YOU KNOW, I, I HEARD IT HERE TONIGHT IN THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO DISTRICT THREE.
UH, THAT'S EXCITING AND IT'S GONNA BRING IN THE FAMILIES THAT WE WANT TO BE LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AS I DROVE HERE TONIGHT, I DROVE BY OLD EASTERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVE.
AND SOON THERE'LL BE 300 HOMES THERE.
AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL LIVE THERE WILL BE ATTRACTED TO THIS COMMUNITY BY THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE THROUGH THE BONDS IN 2019 AND 2025.
AND THE PROPOSITION THAT'S ON THE BALLOT WILL HELP PROVIDE THE OPERATING EXPENSES THAT'LL MAINTAIN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S AS IF WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A ADDITION TO OUR HOUSE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
SO I'M UP HERE, UH, JUST LIKE PAUL AND SECOND, UH, THE, UH, PROPOSITION TO INCREASE THE OPERATING EXPENSES, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOKED TOWARD THE PODIUM.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? THE MAYOR SITS AT THE CURVE DESK.
THE SCREEN FADES TO A BLUE TINT.