May 04, 2021 City Council

OK, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MAY 4TH TO

[1. Call to order]

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JUST A QUICK REMINDER, THURSDAY NIGHT IS OUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, AT THE TOWN SQUARE RUSTIN PAVILION, SOMETHING REALLY SWEET IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE OUR PREVIOUS MAYOR, JOHN TERRELL, GOING TO COME PRAY WITH OUR OUTGOING MAYOR, LAURA HILL. AND THAT'LL BE SWEET.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PRAYER OVER OUR NEW MAYOR AND THE SAME THING WITH OUR PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT.

SO IT'LL BE A SWEET NIGHT WHERE WE GIVE THANKS FOR GOOD LEADERS FROM OUR PAST AND SET OUR NEW LEADERS OFF ON A COURSE OF PRAYER.

SO I INVITE EVERYBODY HERE TO COME AND BE A PART OF THAT IT'LL BE ONE HOUR.

IT'LL BE QUICK AND THEY'LL BE RIGHT THERE IN RUSTIN PAVILION.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.

[INVOCATION] LORD JESUS. WE GIVE THANKS JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE GOOD AND YOU LOVE US.

AND BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THIS CITY WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU AND CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER LIVE. LORD WE ALSO STOP TONIGHT AND JUST GIVE THANKS FOR MAYOR HILL.

WHERE WE JUST PRAY BLESSING AND PEACE AND MERCY AND OPEN DOORS AND WISDOM ABOUT FUTURE FOR HER, I PRAY WHATEVER PATH YOU LEAD HER DOWN THAT YOU WOULD GIVE HER COMFORT AND CLARITY, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS HER FAMILY, BE WITH HER CHILDREN, HER HUSBAND.

I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THE ENDEAVORS.

LORD, REMEMBER HER SERVICE FOR SO MANY YEARS NOW, SERVING THIS CITY WEEK AFTER WEEK THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT MOMENTS AND PROVIDING JOY AND CANDOR AND SWEETNESS.

WE JUST PRAY, BLESSING AND PEACE AND MERCY ON HER AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY.

AND WE GIVE THANKS FOR SENDING US A GOOD LEADER.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS MEETING TONIGHT AS SHE LEADS IT.

WE PRAY, GOD, THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE IN OUR HEARTS, THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO SERVE THIS CITY WELL AND TO LOVE EACH OTHER WELL.

IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY, AMEN.

AMEN. JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT SINCE THIS IS MY LAST MEETING, I GET TO TALK AS MUCH AS I WANT AND I HAVE NOWHERE TO GO TONIGHT.

AND TEMPTATION ISLAND IS OVER.

AND SO, NO, I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU, PASTOR REED, AND ALSO YOUR WONDERFUL WIFE, HEATHER.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR SUPPORT OF ME, UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF ME. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'LL TELL THE COUNCIL THIS AND THE CITIZENS HOW MANY TIMES OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS WHEN THINGS WERE NOT WHERE I WANTED THEM TO BE.

AND THE TELEPHONE RANG AND IT WAS PASTOR REED AND HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, HEY, JUST CHECKING ON YOU, HOW ARE YOU DOING? IT WAS LIKE, WELL, I GUESS YOU DO KNOW GOD'S TALKING TO YOU AND, YOU KNOW, IMAGINE THAT.

SO BUT IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US.

IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME THAT YOU PRAYED WITH US BEFORE EVERY MEETING.

IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME THAT YOU'VE PRAYED WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR CITIZENS THAT HAVE SUFFERED IMMENSELY OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.

I'VE BEEN PRETTY AS MAYOR TO UNFORTUNATELY TO A LOT OF PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT'S GONE ON IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

BUT YOU WERE THERE FOR THOSE FAMILIES.

YOU WERE THERE TO SHORE THEM UP AND TO GIVE THEM HOPE AND TO GIVE THEM FAITH.

AND I HAVE FRIENDS THAT STILL TO THIS DAY TALK ABOUT YOU AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU MADE ON THEIR FAMILY IN THEIR ABSOLUTELY DARKEST HOUR.

SO AND HEATHER, I KNOW YOU SUPPORT HIM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

YOUR CHURCH THAT YOU'VE BUILT TOGETHER IS JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I AM BLESSED BY GOD FOR HAVING HAD YOU IN MY LIFE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. OK, NEXT ON THE AGENDA.

[3. Landscaping impacts resulting from the winter storm]

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YOU CAN SEE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS HERE ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES OF HERE IN TOWN SQUARE.

I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT KIND OF WHAT OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN.

WE'RE ALREADY WELL ON THE WAY TO REMOVING AND TAKING CARE OF THESE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE IMAGES HERE IN TOWN SQUARE, AT SOME OF OUR MEDIANS, SOME OF THE ROUNDABOUTS AROUND TOWN TAKING QUITE A TOLL.

EVEN IN BICENTENNIAL PARK THIS WEEK, WE HAD TO TAKE DOWN SEVEN PRETTY LARGE TREES, MAINLY ASH IN AND AROUND THE TENNIS CENTER.

WE DID AN ASSESSMENT SHORTLY AFTER.

ONCE WE SAW KIND OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WE PRIORITIZE THE AREAS OF TOWN SQUARE, OF COURSE, OUR 1709 MEDIANS AND THEN THE AREA IN BICENTENNIAL PARK, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE MARQ.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT AND THOUGHT BASED ON THE IMPACT WE'RE SEEING, THE WORST PART WOULD BE IF WE HAD TO REPLACE EVERYTHING, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT JUST OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF PLANT REMOVAL AND THEN NEW PLANT MATERIAL, ET CETERA.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT BAD.

A LOT OF IT IS COMING BACK.

WE WERE WELL ON OUR WAY TO REMOVING WE'VE REMOVED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HERE IN TOWN SQUARE BY LATER ON THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK.

THE MAJORITY OF IT WILL BE REPLACED HERE IN TOWN SQUARE AS WELL AS AROUND THE MARQ.

WE'RE HOLDING OFF ON FM 1709, PARTICULARLY THE LOWER PENDULUMS, THE KIND OF THE PURPLE COLOR ALONG THE BOULEVARD THERE.

THOSE APPEAR TO BE COMING BACK.

WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LOOK THAT GREAT THIS YEAR, BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE BACK IN BUSINESS.

BUT JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IMPACT OF THESE KIND OF THREE PRIORITY AREAS OF WHAT WE MAY BE LOOKING AT.

AS I MENTIONED, THAT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT IS WELL UNDERWAY AND THOSE AREAS WE'LL BE WRAPPING MOST OF THEM UP BY THE END OF THIS WEEK INTO THE NEXT.

WE DID REPRIORITIZE SOME OF THE FUNDING WE HAD AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR TOWN SQUARE ENHANCEMENTS, FUNDING THAT WE HAVE HERE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT IN TOWN SQUARE LOOKING, LOOKING GREAT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

ALSO, SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FOR THE MEDIAN AREAS AND THEN SPDC FOR OUR PARK AREAS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO ASSESSMENTS OF THE PARKS.

WE DO HAVE SOME TREES AND CERTAIN SPECIES, OBVIOUSLY SOME SHRUBS THAT YOU SAW IN THESE IMAGES THAT HAVE TAKEN AN IMPACT.

AND WE'LL START WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AS TO WHAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF NEED FOR FY22 BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO TO GET THOSE PLANTS ALL REPLACED. I WILL TELL YOU, THE LARGEST PROBLEM IS JUST ACCESS TO THE PLANT MATERIAL.

WE CAN GET IT OUT AND GET IT BACK IN FASTER THAN WE CAN EVEN GET A HOLD OF THE INVENTORY.

AND SO BEAR WITH US.

WE'LL KEEP PLUGGING AWAY ON IT.

BUT I THINK WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE THESE AREAS AND THEN WE'LL SLOWLY START MOVING INTO THE OTHER MEDIANS AROUND TOWN, OUR OTHER PARKS, AREAS, ET CETERA, AND ALL OF OUR OTHER MUNICIPAL SITES. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S PLANT AND LANDSCAPE AND TREE INVENTORY HAVE TO TAKE THOSE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MR. BAKER. ANY QUESTIONS OF DIRECTOR TRIBBLE? NOW, I WAS TRIBBLE. I KNOW I HAD ASKED FOR SOME OF THIS INFORMATION A WHILE BACK.

AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A PRETTY BIG EXERCISE ON YOUR TEAM'S PART TO GO THROUGH THIS.

AND THANK YOU. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE FOR SURE.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON PRICING.

ARE WE SEEING THAT THE PRICING FOR THE REPLACEMENTS IS TYPICALLY HIGH? FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE CONTRACT PRICING, SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

IT'S JUST GETTING THE INVENTORY RIGHT.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GIVING THE PLANTS A CHANCE TO COME BACK.

SOME ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOT LONGER THAN OTHERS.

BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THE TAXPAYERS UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A ONCE IN A LIFE, LET'S HOPE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT, CERTAINLY ONCE IN MY LIFETIME OF SERVICE ON COUNCIL. AND IT'S REALLY IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GET AS MUCH TO COME BACK AS POSSIBLE, EVEN IF IT TAKES A WHILE.

SO WE'RE BABYING SOME OF THESE TREES.

THERE ARE A COUPLE HERE IN TOWN SQUARE ONE IN PARTICULAR.

I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO LOSE, MAY ALREADY HAVE OVER IN FRANK CORNISH PARK, ONE OF THOSE LARGE ONES. BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO KEEP THEM ALIVE AND GETTING BACK TO BEING HEALTHY. I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

SO WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

ONE OF THE PLANTS THAT GOT HIT REALLY HARD WAS THE INDIAN HAWTHORNE'S WILL BE GOING BACK WITH THOSE I LOST SEVENTEEN IN MY YARD.

BACK. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISEASE WITHIN THOSE.

AND SO WE REALLY MOVED AWAY FROM THAT AS A PARTICULAR PLANT SPECIES THAT WE UTILIZE.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE LEARNED.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT DROUGHT TOLERANT TYPE PLANT MATERIAL AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND THOSE LIKE INDIAN HAWTHORNE, WE PROBABLY WON'T GO BACK WITH THAT VERY MUCH AT ALL, IF ANY.

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AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THAT TYPE OF PLANT MATERIAL.

OK, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR BAKER.

MAYOR COUNCIL, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON CHRIS'S COMMENTS, THE ECONOMIC TASK FORCE RECOVERY THAT WAS [INAUDIBLE] UP BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM HUFFMAN AND MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] MCCASKILL AND COUNCILMAN PATTON CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF REGULATIONS, TEMPORARY REGULATIONS TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES GET THROUGH THE COVID PERIOD.

ONE OF THOSE WAS THE RELIEF FROM LANDSCAPING.

EVEN PRIOR TO THE WINTER STORM, WE HAD A DATE OF MAY 15TH TO ALLOW BUSINESSES A LONGER TIME TO REPLANT ANY DEFICIENT LANDSCAPING.

THE CITY MANAGER EXTENDED THAT TO JUNE 15TH.

WE ARE SCHEDULED TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL ACTUALLY AT YOUR NEXT MEETING ABOUT WHAT REGULATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THESE COVID REGULATIONS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CODIFY PERMANENTLY.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF, I THINK, GOOD REGULATIONS THAT HELP OUR BUSINESSES THAT THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO LOOK AT CARRYING FORWARD AND MAKING PERMANENT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE OUTDOOR SEATING AND PATIO.

BUT THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO ALSO CONSIDER CODIFYING MOVING FORWARD.

YOU ALSO WILL BE LOOKING AGAIN AT THE REGULATIONS IN JUNE AND EXTENDING THOSE AT YOUR JUNE 15TH MEETING.

SO THIS LANDSCAPING WILL BE SOMETHING WE RECOMMEND MAYBE CARRYING INTO THE FALL SEASON TO KIND OF HELP OUR BUSINESSES GET PAST THIS RECENT WINTER STORM.

SO THAT'S OUR GENERAL PLAN.

BUT WE'LL DISCUSS MORE OF THAT WITH COUNCIL AT YOUR NEXT ME.

RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OF DIRECTOR BAKER? YEAH. ONLY THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT WE DID WITH THE SIGNAGE AND THE BANNERS AND THE FLAGS.

I THINK IF I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN.

WELL, I SAY THAT I GUESS THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WERE THAT I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT SOME BUSINESSES DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE, THAT THEIR SIGNS LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE SOME KIDS HERE, WEREN'T THERE, YOU KNOW, THE C R WORD.

AND THEY WERE FALLING DOWN AND THEY WEREN'T MADE OF A GOOD, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF A GOOD PRODUCT. AND IT WAS LIKE, HOW CAN YOU DRIVE INTO YOUR WORK EVERY DAY AND SEE YOUR SIGN LIKE THIS AND NOT GET OUT AND FIX IT? SO I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING BUSINESS OWNERS DIDN'T HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS.

WELL, THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE BUSINESS INTO YOUR BUSINESS, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE OPEN. SO MAKE SURE THEY CAN READ YOUR SIGN.

RIGHT. AND I THINK PROBABLY THE TEMPORARY SIGN REGULATIONS ARE SOMETHING YOU'LL WANT TO END OR SET AN END DATE, POSSIBLY.

AND SO WE DO WANT TO HAVE A MONTH OR SO TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO OUR BUSINESSES THAT, HEY, THESE TEMPORARY REGULATIONS ARE COMING IN.

BUT AGAIN, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AT YOUR NEXT MOVE.

RIGHT. RIGHT.

I THINK PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATED IT.

AND I DON'T SEE MANY UP NOW AND THEY'RE STARTING TO COME DOWN JUST MORE FLAG SIGNS.

WHAT DO THEY CALL THOSE? THE ONES THAT WAVE OF THOSE GOING UP.

PEOPLE ARE, IT'S LIKE PEOPLE SAID, OH, WOW.

OK, LET ME ORDER ONE OF THOSE AND IT TOOK THEM A MONTH TO GET IT.

AND SO NOW THEY'RE JUST PUTTING IT UP.

BUT ARE SIGN ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN VERY UP FRONT WITH BUSINESSES THAT THESE ARE VERY TEMPORARY NATURE.

SO HOPEFULLY NOBODY WILL BE SURPRISED WHEN WE STOP THOSE TEMPORARY REGULATIONS.

YEAH. ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ADD TO DIRECTOR BAKER, I KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE GOING WITH THE IDEA OF PERHAPS EXTENDING THE TIME INTO THE FALL SIMPLY BECAUSE IF YOU THINK OF TIME OF YEAR, IF THEY DON'T REPLANT PRETTY MUCH RIGHT NOW, ONCE WE GET TO SUMMER, ALL WE'RE DOING IS SET THEM UP FOR FAILURE ANYWAY.

SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM TIME TO GET TO A COOLER SEASON.

YEAH. OK, GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE FOR THE FORETHOUGHT.

OK, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

[4. Announcement of the Run4Elise event to be held on May 15, 2021]

[LAUGHTER] I'LL BE RETIRED.

I GOT TO GO SLOW.

FIRST, HAVE TO THANK [INAUDIBLE] FOR WORKING HER MAGIC TO COME UP HERE AND MAKE SURE THE POWERPOINT WORKED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS LORI AND I'M HERE WITH MY SWIM4ELISE BOARD MEMBER, DR.

MARYBETH CRANE. ALONG WITH OUR FAMILY.

WE STARTED THE SWIM4ELISE FOUNDATION ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF

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WE HOST THE RUN4ELISE TO FURTHER THOSE EFFORTS OF THE SWIM4ELISE FOUNDATION, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE COMMUNITY FOR ITS CONTINUED SUPPORT IN THIS EVENT.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR TITLE SPONSOR THIS YEAR, CORNERSTONE WEALTH MANAGEMENT.

AND WITHOUT EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTIONS, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO WHAT WE DO FOR THIS FOUNDATION. IN THE LAST YEAR, WE ADDED ELISE'S STORY TO THE COLLECTION KNOWN AS NOT ONE MORE. IT STANDS FOR NOT ONE MORE DROWNING.

OUR VOICE STANDS WITH THE OTHER FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LOVED ONE TO DROWNING.

WE SHARE ELISE'S STORY AS A WAY TO RELAY WATER SAFETY IN A MORE MEANINGFUL MESSAGE.

AND I'LL SHARE THAT STORY WITH YOU.

ELISE WAS A HEALTHY 13 YEAR OLD COMPETITIVE SWIMMER NAMED THE VARSITY HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM AS AN INCOMING FRESHMAN.

YET ON JUNE 20TH, 2016, 15 MINUTES INTO HER CLUB PRACTICE, ELISE WAS PULLED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL, UNRESPONSIVE BY HER TEAMMATES.

SHE HAD BEEN THERE FOR OVER SIX MINUTES.

NO ONE SAW ELISE DROWN AS NO ONE WAS ACTIVELY SCANNING THE WATER.

ELISE FATALLY DROWNED EIGHT FEET FROM AN EMPTY LIFEGUARD CHAIR.

THE CERAMI FAMILY, THAT'S MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND AND MY SON THROUGH THE SWIM4ELISE FOUNDATION, OUR FAMILY WORK TO HONOR OUR DAUGHTER, ELISE.

SHE WAS A SEVEN YEAR COMPETITIVE SWIMMER AND SHE COULD SWIM A MILE IN UNDER 20 MINUTES.

HENCE, DROWNING NEVER CROSSED OUR MINDS.

WE ADVOCATE FOR LIFEGUARDS IN A POSITION OF SURVEILLANCE, ALONG WITH IN WATER EMERGENCY DRILLS FOR SWIM TEAMS. FURTHERMORE, WE ENCOURAGE ACTIVE SUPERVISION AROUND WATER, REGARDLESS OF A CHILD'S AGE OR SWIMMING ABILITY. WHEN WE FOUND OUT JUST HOW TERRIFYING IT WAS FOR MY DAUGHTER'S TEAMMATES TO PULL HER OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY SWIMMER SHOULD HAVE IN WATER RESCUE SKILLS.

SO WE STARTED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SWIMMERS TO GET LIFEGUARD CERTIFIED.

A LOT OF THESE KIDS SPEND TWO TO FOUR HOURS A DAY, FIVE, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, MAYBE EVEN UP TO FIFTEEN YEARS IN THE WATER.

AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE WATER SAFETY SURVEYS THAT WE RECEIVE, I ASKED THEM HOW MANY TIMES THEY DO AN IN WATER EMERGENCY ACTION DRILL WHERE THEY IDENTIFY SOMEONE IN TROUBLE AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME, THE ANSWER IS THAT THEY NEVER PRACTICE AN IN WATER EMERGENCY DRILL.

SO WE SEND OUR KIDS OFF TO PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THEY PRACTICE FIRE DRILLS ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FIRES WE'VE HAD IN OUR SCHOOLS.

BUT THESE DRILLS ARE THINGS THAT THE KIDS SAY THEY WISH THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN.

AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT WATER SAFETY.

GOSH, I COULD TALK FOR HOURS ABOUT ALL THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED ABOUT WATER SAFETY.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY SHOOK ME WAS THE FACT THAT DROWNING IS THE NUMBER ONE ACCIDENTAL CAUSE OF INJURY DEATH FOR KIDS AGES ONE TO FOUR.

I REMEMBER BEING AT THE COOK'S CHILDREN'S MEETING WHEN THEY WENT OVER THAT STATISTIC, AND I JUST REMEMBER CRYING, REALIZING THAT IT WASN'T JUST MY FAMILY.

THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN NORTH TEXAS THAT WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION, HAVING LOST THEIR CHILD TO DROWNING.

SO I FELT REALLY COMPELLED AT THAT POINT TO START FREE WATER SAFETY CLASSROOM EDUCATION FOR KIDS IN NORTH TEXAS DAYCARES.

AND EVERY SUMMER WE EDUCATE OVER FORTY FIVE HUNDRED KIDS RIGHT HERE IN OUR LOCAL DAYCARES. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE DROWNING SO FAR THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR.

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICES HAVE REPORTED ELEVEN FATAL DROWNINGS SINCE JANUARY.

NINE OF THOSE WERE POOLS.

ONE WAS A HOT TUB AND ONE WAS A BATHTUB.

FOR EVERY ONE FATAL DROWNING, THERE ARE FIVE NON-FATAL DROWNINGS WITH VARYING LEVELS OF NEUROLOGICAL IMPACT OF THESE ELEVEN ALL WERE FIVE AND UNDER.

TO FUND THE SWIM4ELISE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AND GATEWAY CHURCH TO HOST THE RUN4ELISE THIS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 15TH, WHICH THIS YEAR COINCIDES WITH INTERNATIONAL WATER SAFETY DAY.

IT WILL BE HELD ON THE GATEWAY PREMISES, INTERNATIONAL WATER SAFETY DAY IS A DAY SET

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THERE WILL BE WATER SAFETY MESSAGING AT OUR EVENT AND WE DO OFFER A CERTIFIED 5K COURSE FOR ANY OF YOU DIE HARD RUNNERS.

BUT WE ALSO OFFER A FRIENDLY ONE MILE FUN RUN OR WALK FOR ANY OF YOU EXCITED TO VENTURE OUT. EACH YEAR THE RACE SHIRT OFFERS SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE OUR DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE SAID OR THAT SHE HAD ALREADY SAID.

AND THIS YEAR'S MESSAGE IS THAT YOU BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

IT IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT AWARDS, WE HAVE AN AWARD FOR EVERY AGE GROUP AND WE ALSO HAVE AWARDS FOR GUYS.

NOT TO SAY THAT THESE ARE ALL LADIES WON THESE AWARDS, BUT ALONG WITH THE AGE GROUP AWARDS, WE DO HAVE FINISHER MEDALS.

AND THEY WILL LOOK LIKE THESE FANCY LITTLE GUYS HERE AND THERE WILL BE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE EVENT, AND I'VE ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MOTHER NATURE TO LET HER KNOW THAT WE EXPECT A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY.

AND THERE WILL BE ALSO SORRY YOU CAN SIGN UP BY GOING TO RUN4ELISE.COM.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE YEARS.

THANK YOU. DON'T WE HAVE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER ALREADY SIGNED UP.

YES, THERE IS A TEAM FOR THE COUNCIL AND I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ARE ALL SIGNED UP. SO I THINK YOU WERE [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, YEAH. WE GOT WE GOT IT.

WE GOT THE EMAIL. YES.

TO CLARIFY. IT'S THE ONE MILE, RIGHT.

IT IS. IT IS THE ONE MILE.

I WILL BIKE ALONGSIDE YOU MARYBETH.

THAT'S AS MUCH AS YOU'LL GET OUT OF ME. AND THAT IS THE SHORTEST OPTION.

[LAUGHTER] IT IS. IT IS THE SHORTEST OPTION.

YES. THOUGH I THINK SOMEONE TOOK A WRONG TURN LAST YEAR AND THEY TURNED IT INTO A HALF MILE. WE WILL HAVE THAT CONED OFF THIS YEAR.

SO I KNOW THAT I DON'T EVER ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE DO AS A FOUNDATION OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I KNOW WE ALL DO GET CHOKED UP EVERY TIME WE HEAR YOU SPEAK AND HEAR YOUR STORY.

BUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR DAUGHTER FROM THERE TO NOW IS SO INCREDIBLE AND SO WONDERFUL.

AND JUST KNOWING THAT YOU ARE SAVING LIVES, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SURE YOU COULD EXPRESS TO US WHAT THAT MEANS.

BUT FOR ME, THAT'S JUST IT'S HARD TO FIND WORDS.

IT REALLY IS. IT'S TRULY SPECIAL.

AND YOU'RE A BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I DO HAVE AMAZING STORIES THAT COME FROM PARENTS THAT KIDS ARE IN THE DAY CARE PROGRAMS. I CAN REMEMBER A LADY SAYING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAID TO MY THREE YEAR OLD, BUT SHE CAME HOME AND TOLD US ALL ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE WATER SAFETY MESSAGE MEANS MORE WHEN YOU CAN TRULY CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY WHO THIS TRAGEDY HAS HAPPENED TO, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, I THINK THE MESSAGE OFTEN GOES PAST PEOPLE, AND I KNOW IT DID FOR US.

THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MY CHILD.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

AND I'LL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO.

THIS WAS ELISE'S DROWNING WAS THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE I WAS MAYOR THAT WAS EARTH SHATTERING, THAT WAS BIGGER THAN ANYONE AND NO ONE KNEW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE ON THE JOURNEY.

AND I KNOW MANY OF THE COUNCIL ARE STILL HERE.

AND THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME THAT STEPPED UP TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN WHATEVER WAY WE COULD.

BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU, YOU KNOW, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT OUR JOB IS TO LEAVE THIS EARTH BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT AND SOMETIMES WERE DEALT A REALLY HORRIBLE HAND.

BUT YOU'VE TURNED IT INTO THE WAY THAT YOU COULD LEAVE THIS WORLD BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT AND TO SEE THE CHANGE THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH.

AND I'VE SO ENJOYED OUR TEXT MESSAGES BACK AND FORTH OVER THE YEARS AND JUST SHARING ELISE AND TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HER AND TO SAY HER NAME.

AND SHE WOULD BE AND SHE IS, I'M SURE, INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HER FAMILY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS I'M SORRY IT CAME OUT OF SUCH TRAGEDY, BUT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING THAT NO ONE CAN MATCH.

AND YOU FOUGHT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IN THE BEGINNING.

NOW YOU ARE REAPING THE BENEFITS OF WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH IN THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND I JUST GIVE ALL THE GLORY TO YOU.

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AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A DEAR FRIEND THERE WITH YOU, WHOSE BEEN WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. YEAH. YEAH.

SO SHE'S HOLDING ONE OF THESE GIANT POSTERS.

ARE WE ALLOWED TO GET YOU GUYS ALL DOWN HERE FOR A PICTURE? ABSOLUTELY. HEY, IT'S MY LAST ONE WITH LAURA HILL, AND I DO LOVE THAT THE FIRST TIME I EVER BROUGHT MY KIDS TO THE ELECTION WAS ACTUALLY TO VOTE FOR YOU.

THAT'S RIGHT, I REMEMBER.

YES, THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

MIC] OH, WONDERFUL.

OK, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA WE'LL VOTE ON THESE ITEMS LATER ON THIS

[5. Discuss all items on tonight's agenda. No action will be taken and each item will be considered during the Regular Session. ]

ITEM A APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 20TH, 2021 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND ITEM B, WITHDRAW ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-780, ALSO KNOWN AS ZA21-0007.

FIRST READING, ZONING, CHANGE AND SIGHT PLAN FOR THE MUSTANG BUSINESS PARK.

AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM.

SO THERE'S NO OTHER [INAUDIBLE] OR NO THERE'S NO OTHER.

IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CONSENT? THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM. YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER MOVING ITEM 9A FROM OUR REGULAR AGENDA TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVING THAT ITEM.

ITEM 9A IS CASE NUMBER ZA21-0032 A PLAT SHOWING FOR 3525 BURNEY LANE.

I'M FINE WITH THAT. ANYONE ELSE OK, ANY OTHER ITEMS OK WITH THAT WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE

[2.A. Executive Session]

OK, THANK YOU.

OK, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REGULAR MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

[1. Call to order]

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE PUBLIC FORUM.

AND WE'D LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT TO COME FORWARD SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM.

WHAT DID I FORGET? THE MAYOR'S REPORT.

OKAY THIS IS MY LAST MEETING AND I'M JUST, LIKE, TOTALLY CHECKED OUT.

SO LET ME GO BACK.

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[3. REPORTS]

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELECTING 12 YOUTHS, JUNIORS, SPECIFICALLY FROM CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THIS YEAR DID LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM YEARS PAST FOR THE STUDENTS, THEY DID LEARN A LOT.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SHOW THE COUNCIL A SHORT VIDEO THAT THE STUDENTS PUT TOGETHER ABOUT THE STUFF THAT THEY LEARNED THIS YEAR.

[VIDEO] GREAT.

HI, MY NAME IS OLIVIA [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M A CURRENT JUNIOR INVOLVED IN THE SKILL OF SOUTHLAKE KIDS INTERESTED IN LEADERSHIP.

PROGRAM SKILL HAS BEEN AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO ME AND MANY OTHER JUNIORS ALIKE.

IT HAS ALLOWED US NOT ONLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE COMPANY OF TD AMERITRADE, BUT ALSO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE ITSELF.

SKILL HAS TAUGHT ME ABOUT CITY BUDGETING, CITY MARKETING, GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND MY OWN PERSONAL FINANCES.

AND TO BE HONEST, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GIVEN TO ME, AND ME AND MY FELLOW JURORS JUST WANT TO TEACH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SKILL.

HI I'M [INAUDIBLE] ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXPERIENCE WITH SKILL HAVE BEEN THE INTERNSHIP WITH TD AMERITRADE. HI, I'M [INAUDIBLE] AND MY FAVORITE PART OF THE SKILL PROGRAM WITH THE TD AMERITRADE INTERNSHIP.

HI, I'M MARTIN [INAUDIBLE] AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT SCHOOL WAS THE INTERNSHIP WE DID WITH TD AMERITRADE.

PRIOR TO THE INTERNSHIP. I DIDN'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY, STOCKS, TRADING, ETC. AND IT LEFT ME FEELING REALLY UNPREPARED FOR THE FUTURE [INAUDIBLE] TO MY MENTOR AND LOOKING THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE, I FELT A LOT BETTER AT IT, TAUGHT ME A LOT.

TD AMERITRADE PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GREAT CURRICULUM FOR US AND THEY ALSO FOUND US ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE PROJECTS I'VE BEEN ON.

IN THE MAIN PART OF THE PROGRAM, WE WERE TASKED WITH FINDING A WAY TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ON THE TDA WEBSITE.

I LOVED FINDING UNIQUE PROBLEMS AND FINDING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS. I ALSO LOVE BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE I ORIGINALLY DIDN'T KNOW VERY WELL TO HELP SOMETHING GREAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FINAL PRESENTATION.

WORKING WITH MY TEAM TO BRAINSTORM AND BUILD A COHESIVE PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE CLIENT EXPERIENCE FOR SUCH A MASSIVE COMPANY WAS INITIALLY PRETTY DAUNTING.

BUT THROUGH OUR COLLABORATION OF IDEAS AND ADVICE FROM OUR OLDER MENTORS, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING WE WERE ALL PROUD OF BEING RELATIVELY NEW TO THE ECONOMIC FIELD MYSELF.

THE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS I GAINED FROM THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY WERE EXTREMELY REWARDING, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE FEELS THE SAME WAY TOO.

THAT PROJECT, WHERE WE IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH THE TD AMERITRADE INVESTMENT SOFTWARE AND PROPOSED A SOLUTION, TAUGHT ME SO MANY THINGS.

AND I JUST TOOK AWAY SO MUCH WITH THIS TD AMERITRADE INTERNSHIP IN PARTICULAR, AND SO MANY SKILLS I STILL USE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

HI, MY NAME IS SERINA, ALONG WITH THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED TO US BY TD AMERITRADE. WE WERE ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A WORKSHOP CALLED I AM REMARKABLE. HERE WE WORK WITH TD AMERITRADE LEADERS ON HAVING CONFIDENCE IN OURSELVES AS LEADERS AND ALSO WORKING ON EMPHASIZING OUR UNIQUENESS AND THINGS THAT MAKE US REMARKABLE. SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD WORKING WITH TD AMERITRADE.

PICTURED IS OUR TEAM MASCOT CLUCKY [INAUDIBLE].

ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM SILLY, TD AMERITRADE ALWAYS TOOK THE TIME TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND HAVING FUN IN THE WORKPLACE.

EVERY MORNING OF OUR INTERNSHIP, WE WOULD PLAY A FUN TEAM BUILDING GAME, WHICH LED TO US WORKING MORE EFFECTIVELY AS A TEAM WHILE ALSO GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE TASKED WITH A CITY BUDGETING PROJECT HERE, WE WERE GIVEN A LIST OF ITEMS WITHIN A CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET AND PRIORITIZE THEM BY REORGANIZING THEM IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE AS A WHOLE.

BY DOING THIS, WE WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING TRACK OF PAST EXPENDITURES AND FUTURE GOALS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR BUDGETING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS. I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE SOME PRETTY COOL SKILLS WHEN IT CAME TO THE CITY BUDGET PROJECT. NOT ONLY WAS IT FUN TAPPING INTO MY CREATIVE SIDE AND COMING UP WITH A COOL NAME FOR OUR TOWN, BUT ALSO A LOT ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING, SPECIFICALLY HOW TO ACCOMMODATE FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE UNDER A BUDGET.

THE CITY BUDGETING DAY WAS A FAIRLY UNIQUE PROJECT THAT I ENJOYED IT PERSONALLY AND TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF BUDGETING AND PLANNING, AS WELL AS ACCOUNTING FOR UNPRECEDENTED EXPENSES THAT COULD SHOW UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I USED THE KNOWLEDGE I LEARNED FROM THIS BUDGETING PROCESS IN MY OWN LIFE AND JOB.

THANK YOU FOR THIS UNIQUE PROJECT AND THE UNIQUE PROGRAM OF SKILL.

HI, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] FISHER AND I WAS A PART OF THE 2020-2021 SKILL GROUP THIS

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I LOVED IT AND I LEARNED SO MUCH AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THIS GROUP. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS WAS THE CITY BUDGET AND BUSINESS DAY.

I LOVED THIS EVENT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING SEEING WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ACTUALLY GO, AND WE GOT TO SEE THE WHOLE PERCENTAGES OF HOW MUCH GOES TO THINGS SUCH AS THE ACTUAL CITY GOVERNMENT AND THEN HOW MUCH GOES TO CARROLL ISD AND HOW MUCH GOES TO TARRANT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

IT WAS ALSO REALLY COOL TO SEE, LIKE, HOW THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN ACTUALLY PLANNING THE BUDGET. I ALSO REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THINGS LIKE HOW MUCH THE FIREWORKS COST AND LIKE HOW THAT'S SUCH A BIG TRADEMARK OF SOUTHLAKE.

BUT IT REALLY DOES HAVE A COST AND WHERE OTHER THINGS HAVE TO BE CUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE FUN THINGS. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS DAY.

AND I LOOK BACK AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT I REALLY REMEMBERED AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I GOT TO LEARN EVERYTHING THAT I DID FROM SKILL.

SO THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE SKILL PROGRAM WAS OUR CITY ART PROPOSAL PROJECT, WHERE MY TEAM AND I WORKED TOGETHER TO MESH SOUTHLAKE'S VALUES WITH A STRATEGIC ART PIECE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

WE LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF BUDGETING AND THE WAY STRATEGIC USE OF ART COULD AFFECT A CITY'S LOOK AND FEEL.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT CITY SAFETY AND SECURITY, ALTHOUGH OUR VISIT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE BIG SNOWSTORM.

WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE HEAD OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT AFTER THAT AND LEARN THEIR SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO THAT CRISIS, ALONG WITH LEARNING HOW THEY GENERALLY COMMUNICATE WITH CITIZENS IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO GET A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT AN EVENT THAT HAD JUST SO RECENTLY HAPPENED, ALONG WITH LEARNING ABOUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED BEFORE. HEY, IT'S DAN [INAUDIBLE] AND MY EXPERIENCE AT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY DAY WAS VERY INTERESTING.

I LEARNED HOW TO SAVE AND INVEST MY MONEY IN A SMART WAY FOR MY FUTURE.

AND IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE MEMBERS OF CORNERSTONE AND WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY FOR US.

WE ALSO HAD A DAY ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY, WHERE WE LEARNED EVERYTHING ABOUT ECONOMICS TO PREPARE US FOR THE FUTURE, FROM LEARNING ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET AND THE STOCK SYSTEM, TO LEARNING ABOUT TAXES AND HOW TO STRUCTURE OUR FINANCES.

HI THERE. MY NAME'S JAMIE, AND I THOUGHT THAT FINANCIAL LITERACY DAY WAS THE PERFECT END TO THE SKILL PROGRAM.

AT FIRST I WAS EXTREMELY OVERWHELMED BY THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT I HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY KNOWN.

BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY, I FELT MORE CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITIES AND MY FUTURE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FINANCE.

OVERALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT WAS SUPER ENGAGING AND REALLY USEFUL FOR ME AND MY PEERS. MY NAME IS SLOAN MILLER AND THE FINANCIAL LITERACY EVENT THAT SKILL PUT ON THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS WE DID.

I WAS ABLE TO FURTHER MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL WORLD AND ALSO LEARN ABOUT THINGS I NEED TO BE DOING IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

CORNERSTONE PUT ON A GREAT PRESENTATION AND IT WAS A BLAST GOING TO SEE MY FELLOW SCHOOL MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

HI, MY NAME IS ANDREW [INAUDIBLE] AND MY FAVORITE PART OF SKILL WAS THE FINANCIAL LITERACY CORNERSTONE, DID A GREAT JOB OF GIVING US THE BASICS OF FINANCES IN A SHORT, CONDENSED FORM. ALSO, THEY PROVIDED US WITH TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT SHOWED US HOW SHORT TERM SPENDING DURING OUR TEENAGE YEARS AND EVEN OUR EARLY 20S CAN HAVE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES. THIS REALLY ALLOWED US SEE THE VARIOUS AVENUES OF SUCCESS AND GAVE US GREAT INSIGHT DURING THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD IN OUR LIVES.

IN CONCLUSION, WE ALL HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AS THE SKILL CLASS OF 2021.

DANIEL, MAYOR HILL, CORNERSTONE AND TD AMERITRADE MADE THIS PROCESS AMAZING, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.

WE NOW HAVE SO MANY TOOLS AND SKILLS TO BE THE BEST LEADERS IN THE WORLD, AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I'LL JUST ADD TO FINISH UP, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE BEST SKILL GROUP AND THAT PARTICULAR YEAR, BUT I WILL SAY THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN THROWN A LOT IN THE LAST YEAR, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED FROM 2020 TO 2021.

AND THEY WORKED A LOT AND REALLY HARD.

TEACHING THROUGH A VIRTUAL SETTING IS NOT EASY, MUCH LESS LEARNING AND HAVING PROJECTS DUE WORKING WITH WITH MYSELF, THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TD AMERITRADE.

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AND THEIR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AND THE ENTHUSIASM REALLY SHOWED.

THE LAST THING I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION IS WE ALSO HAVE A SKILL STUDENT HERE PRESENT, CLARK [INAUDIBLE] THAT JUST WANTED TO BE PRESENT AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW HIS SUPPORT FOR THE SKILL PROGRAM. SO WITH THAT MAYOR, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU.

AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

SURE. COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM? GOOD. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD A GREAT YEAR.

I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, I HONESTLY MISSED ALL THE EVENTS AND BEING WITH THE STUDENTS AND GOING TO AUSTIN BUT I THINK THAT NONE OF THESE STUDENTS WILL EVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE IN PARTICULAR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK YOU SHOWED THEM THAT OUR BUSINESS OF THE CITY STILL GOES ON.

AND WHETHER IT IS COVID, WHETHER IT IS HORRENDOUS WEATHER WE STILL HAVE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR OUR CITIZENS, WE HAVE THINGS THAT I MEAN, THEY'RE DEPENDING ON US FOR.

AND I LOVE THAT THE STUDENTS GOT TO EXPERIENCE THAT.

I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T THANK CORNERSTONE AND TD AMERITRADE ENOUGH FOR INVESTING IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND GIVING THEM A TASTE OF BEING REMARKABLE.

I THINK THAT WAS LOVELY.

I MEAN, AND I HOPE ALL OF THE STUDENTS STEP ON CAMPUS THEIR FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE AND THEY ARE READY TO LEAD FROM DAY ONE.

SO I FEEL THAT IT WAS A GREAT INVESTMENT IN THESE KIDS AND I KNOW THAT THEY LEARNED A LOT. SO THANK YOU, DANIEL.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

OK, ONE OTHER THING ON THE MAYOR'S REPORT, I WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE THIS EVENING BECAUSE THE CALENDAR IS A LITTLE STRANGE.

AND SO WHILE THIS IS MY LAST MEETING, WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE A NEW MAYOR AND TWO NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE. SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE IF INSTEAD OF ME GIVING MY NORMAL MAYOR'S REPORT, IF I HANDED THE MICROPHONE OVER TO THE NEW MAYOR OF SOUTHLAKE AND LET HIM MAKE SOME COMMENTS. SO, MAYOR HUFFMAN, IT'S ALL YOURS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

VERY SURREAL TO BE IN THIS POSITION I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

FIRST, THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS OF SOUTHLAKE.

OF COURSE. THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO THE CITY AND PREPARING THE CITY FOR THIS COMING TRANSITION, AS DIFFICULT AS IT WILL BE.

AND ALTHOUGH YOU GUYS TRIED TO THROW ME A GOODBYE PARTY, LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE BACK SO AFTER A FEW DAYS OF REFLECTION, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL VERY DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE THE EMOTIONS OF THIS RACE IN WORDS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SURREAL. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN POURING THROUGH FACEBOOK AND LOOKING AT ALL THESE AMAZING PICTURES FROM THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF PARTIES AND EVENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE GAVE THEIR BLOOD AND SWEAT AND TEARS AND TIME TO THESE RACES. BOTH MINE AND THE CITY COUNCIL RACES, THE SCHOOL BOARD RACES, AND IT'S JUST THE LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS THAT WE MADE, THE UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY MEANINGFUL TO ALL OF US.

SO THIS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS ELECTION BROKE ALL TURNOUT RECORDS IN SOUTHLAKE OVER NINETY THREE HUNDRED VOTES WERE CAST IN THE MAYOR'S RACE.

AND I'M VERY HUMBLED TO SAY THAT 71 PERCENT OF YOU CAST A BALLOT IN SUPPORT OF OUR POSITIVE VISION FOR SOUTHLAKE.

THAT WAS NOT ONLY ABOUT MYSELF OR THE OTHER CANDIDATES.

IT WAS ALSO A RINGING ENDORSEMENT OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS LED BY MAYOR HILL. SO WE'VE CONDUCTED CITY BUSINESS WITH INTEGRITY, HONOR AND HONESTY.

AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHLAKE SAID ON SATURDAY THEY TRUST US TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER ON THAT GOOD WORK IN THE FUTURE. SO SOUTHLAKE HAS SPOKEN.

THE TIME FOR CAMPAIGNING HAS ENDED AND THE TIME FOR GOVERNING HAS BEGUN.

WE PROMISED TAX CUTS AND I INTEND TO KEEP THAT PROMISE.

WE PROMISE THOUGHTFUL, LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT AND I INTEND TO KEEP THAT PROMISE.

WE PROMISE TO BE READY FOR THE NEXT CRISIS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND I INTEND TO KEEP THAT PROMISE. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS WAS THE CITIZEN'S VICTORY.

THIS WAS YOUR VICTORY.

YOU GAVE US AN UNDENIABLE MANDATE TO LEAD PURSUANT TO THE VISION WE SET FORTH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE AMAZING THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY.

IN MY SIX YEARS ON COUNCIL, MY HEART AND MY ACTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FOR UNITY.

AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE WORK TO DO AS A CITY, I KNOW WE CAN GET THERE AGAIN.

I WILL LEAD AS YOUR MAYOR WITH INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

I WILL STRIVE EVERY DAY TO EARN THE TRUST YOU HAVE PLACED IN US.

I WILL BE A MAYOR FOR ALL OF SOUTHLAKE.

NO MATTER WHO YOU VOTED FOR OR WHO YOU SUPPORTED.

I WILL GO FORWARD WITH THIS MANDATE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME TO DEFEND THE CITY AND ITS FAMILIES FROM THE NEGATIVE VOICES THAT WANT TO TEAR US DOWN AND TEAR US APART.

NOW, I WANT TO TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LEAD FOR ALL OF SOUTHLAKE.

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WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN TO BE A MAYOR FOR ALL OF SOUTHLAKE? SO HERE'S WHAT IT MEANS TO ME.

IT MEANS THAT I WILL ALWAYS LISTEN, NO MATTER YOUR POINT OF VIEW, IT MEANS THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE WILLING TO LEND A HELPING HAND IF YOU NEED ONE.

IT MEANS THAT I WILL COMMUNICATE HONESTLY TO COUNCIL AND TO STAFF AND TO THE CITIZENS.

AND YOU WILL ALWAYS KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE US.

AND IT MEANS [INAUDIBLE] THINKING ABOUT HOW I CAN MAKE YOUR LIFE IN SOUTHLAKE BETTER.

NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE FRANKLY, THERE ARE SOME IN TOWN WHO DON'T ENGAGE THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN GOOD FAITH.

THERE ARE SOME WHO WANT NOTHING LESS THAN DOMINANCE OF THEIR WORLD VIEW.

COMPROMISE IS NOT A CONCEPT THEY WILL CONSIDER.

THEY DRAG BODY BAGS TO TOWN SQUARE.

THEY TEAR DOWN OUR CITIZENS AND CITY STAFF.

THEY TRY TO CANCEL US AND SHUT US UP AND SHOUT US DOWN UNLESS WE ACCEPT THEIR VIEW OF THE WORLD. AND THESE VOICES, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE CONSPIRED WITH THE OUTSIDE MEDIA TO ADVANCE A NARRATIVE OF SOUTHLAKE THAT IS DESTRUCTIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE ALL LISTENING MORE INTENTLY THAN WE REALIZE.

SO LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.

I WILL NOT, AS YOUR MAYOR, ENTERTAIN FOR A MINUTE THE FALSE IDEA THAT SOUTHLAKE IS A BROKEN AND RACIST COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT TRUE. I WON'T STAND FOR IT.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MAYOR THAT IS BUYING INTO THAT PERNICIOUS LIE, I AM NOT HIM.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO BUY INTO THAT NASTY POLITICS IS VERY FEW.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, THE THOUSANDS THAT WE TALKED TO ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICS OR THEIR BELIEFS OR THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION, WANT THE SAME THINGS. THEY WANT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THEIR FAMILIES, THEY WANT FISCAL DISCIPLINE FROM THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY WANT A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT IN THEIR SCHOOLS, AND THEY WANT POSITIVITY AND HOPE FROM THEIR LEADERS.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ENGAGE IN THIS POLITICAL PROCESS.

WE ARE BETTER AS A COUNCIL WHEN YOU AS CITIZENS ARE ENGAGED.

SO IF YOUR HEART IS FOR CIVIL DISCOURSE AND POSITIVE CHANGE, NO MATTER YOUR PERSPECTIVE OR YOUR BACKGROUND, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SEAT AT MY TABLE.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER AND AS MAYOR I WILL DO EVERYTHING TO STRENGTHEN THOSE BONDS OF COMMUNITY SO THAT WHEN WE FACE TOUGH TIMES AND WE WILL FACE TOUGH TIMES AGAIN, WE WILL BE READY AND WE WILL GET THROUGH THEM TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN THE ARENA WITH US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GET THIS BACK ON, I THINK THE CITY IS IN VERY GOOD HANDS, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING GREAT THINGS FROM NOT ONLY MAYOR HUFFMAN BUT ALSO FROM THE COUNCIL. AND I THINK I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THE REFERENDUM FOR THE CITY IN THIS LAST ELECTION WAS A DIFFERENT REFERENDUM THAN THE ONE THAT WAS VOTED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY, OUR CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THEY BELIEVE IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DONE THINGS, THE TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT, THE COMMUNICATION, THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, PUTTING OUR CITIZENS FIRST AND MAKING SURE OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE AND HOW WE PLAN TO MEET THOSE AND TO OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WHO'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF SOUTHLAKE KNOWING THAT WE WILL LISTEN, WE WILL WORK WITH YOU, STAFF WILL WORK WITH YOU, AND WE ALL TOGETHER WANT THE BEST OF SOUTHLAKE.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OUR 2035 PLAN, SO WE HAVE MANY, MANY GOOD HOPES AND DREAMS FOR WHAT THE FUTURE OF SOUTHLAKE LOOKS LIKE.

AND I'LL ENJOY SITTING AT HOME AND WATCHING THE GREAT THINGS THAT THIS NEXT COUNCIL ACCOMPLISHES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT, WE WENT OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA EARLIER THIS EVENING.

OH, I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU.

I'M LIKE, LOST MY MIND.

IS THERE ANYTHING TODAY FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? WE DO. WE HAVE TWO THINGS.

AND WE WANT TO START BY TALKING ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO DO A GREAT JOB ON THAT FRONT.

AND KEN AND MADELINE ARE GOING TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND IT'S A MONTH THAT WE TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR BUILDING SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE GREAT SERVICES THAT THEY DO OFFER THE COMMUNITY AND HIGHLIGHT THOSE.

AND MADELINE OUJESKY FROM MY STAFF GOING COME UP AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

BUT BEFORE SHE DOES THAT, I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK.

OVER THE PAST YEAR THEY'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES, HAVE BEEN VERY ADAPTABLE, VERY

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AND THEN WE HAD THE WINTER STORM AND ABLE TO ADJUST SO QUICKLY WITH A NUMBER OF PERMITS NOW COMING IN BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE OF THE WINTER STORM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME NEW THINGS WE'LL BE KICKING OFF HERE THIS SUMMER TO HOPEFULLY IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVEL, MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR PERMITS AND TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS AS EFFICIENTLY, AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO GET THOSE PERMITS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON A SAFE MANNER.

BUT WHEN WE CAN GET PERMITS OUT QUICK, WE WIN, THEY WIN.

AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MADELINE OUJESKY FROM THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND SHE'S GOING TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE DIVISION HAS BEEN TAKING ON THIS PAST YEAR.

SO, MADELINE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.

CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACK STORY ABOUT THIS MONTH LONG CAMPAIGN THAT WE HAVE, AND IT RECOGNIZES ALL ASPECTS OF BUILDING SAFETY AND REINFORCES THE NEED FOR ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MODERN, REGULARLY UPDATED BUILDING CODES.

THESE CODES HELP INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES BY CREATING SAFE, SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED IN A MANNER THAT MINIMIZES RISK OF INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.

THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL IDENTIFIED FOUR CORE THEMES THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY. SO WEEK ONE AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, WILL BE ENERGY AND INNOVATION. WEEK TWO WILL BE TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION.

WEEK THREE WILL BE ABOUT WATER SAFETY AND WEEK FOUR WILL BE ABOUT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

OUR DEPARTMENT UPDATES AND ADOPTS BUILDING CODES.

WE HAVE OUR RECENT ADOPTED BUILDING CODES ARE FROM 2018 AND THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL CODE.

ADOPTION FOR THE 2021 CODES IS GOING TO BE SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS YEAR.

ALL COMMUNITIES NEED BUILDING CODES TO PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS.

MODEL BUILDING CODES ADOPTED AND ENFORCED BY WELL-TRAINED PROFESSIONAL OFFICIALS ARE SOCIETY'S BEST WAY OF PROTECTING HOMES, OFFICES, SCHOOLS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES.

OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS AND PLAN EXAMINERS UTILIZE THESE INTERNATIONAL CODES DAILY WHEN REVIEWING BUILDING PLANS.

OUR DEPARTMENT CONSISTENTLY ADOPTS UPDATED BUILDING CODES TO ENSURE THAT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES ARE SAFE AND SECURE FOR TENANTS AND RESIDENCE. ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, WE OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED A DASHBOARD MECHANISM TO DISPLAY MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, DAILY AND YEARLY DATA FOR BOTH BUILDING INSPECTIONS, PLAN REVIEWS AND PERMITTING. OUR DEPARTMENT UTILIZES THIS DASHBOARD DAILY TO TRACK OUR KAI METRICS, WHICH ARE KEY ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATORS, AND IT REPORTS REAL TIME DATA ON INSPECTIONS AND PERMIT REVIEWS. THIS DASHBOARD HAS HELPED OUR DEPARTMENT ENSURE WE PROVIDE THOROUGH AND TIMELY BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND PLAN REVIEWS TO DELIVER EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE SERVICES TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND RESIDENTS.

IN ADDITION TO OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DASHBOARD, WE ALSO HAVE A PERMITTING DASHBOARD AS WELL. AND THIS ALSO CAPTURES OUR KAI METRICS AND REPORTS REAL TIME DATA FOR PERMIT ISSUANCE. THIS DASHBOARD HELPS OUR DEPARTMENT STAY ON TRACK BY NOTIFYING BUILDING AND PLANNING STAFF ON UPCOMING PERMIT DATES AND DEADLINES TO ENSURE WE COMPLETE EACH PLAN REVIEW ON TIME. RECENTLY, WE HAVE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT PERCENT AND THE PERCENTAGES OF PERMITS BEING ISSUED.

AS KEN MENTIONED EARLIER, WE THINK THIS IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES APPLYING FOR PERMITS FOLLOWING THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM AND THE RECENT STORM DAMAGE THAT SOUTHLAKE HAS EXPERIENCED FROM OUR SPRING STORMS. HOWEVER, WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THESE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

AS PART OF OUR E-SERVICES DURING 2020, OUR DEPARTMENT CREATED A PROCESS TO PROVIDE VIRTUAL BUILDING INSPECTIONS TO RESIDENTS AND CONTRACTORS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF INSPECTIONS. THE VIRTUAL INSPECTION PROCESS ALLOWS PHOTOS AND VIDEOS TO BE SENT TO THE CITY IN LIEU OF AN INSPECTOR PHYSICALLY VISITING A HOME OR A SITE TO PERFORM AN INSPECTION. THIS RESULTS IN ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A HOMEOWNER OR CONTRACTOR TO STAY AT HOME OR ON SITE IN ORDER TO MEET THE INSPECTOR.

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ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE ANOTHER E-SERVICE, WHICH IS THROUGH INTER GOVT CUSTOMER SELF-SERVICE. THIS IS A MULTIFACETED SITE USED FOR PERMITTING AND SCHEDULING OF INSPECTIONS. THE SITE ALSO ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO PAY FEES, CHECK INSPECTION RESULTS, APPLY FOR ALL BUILDING PERMITS AND UPLOAD PLANS BY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS ONLINE.

OUR DEPARTMENT HAS REDUCED PAPER WASTE AND CONTINUES TO STREAMLINE OUR SUBMITTAL PROCESS.

EXPECTED SUMMER OR FALL OF 2021.

WE DO PLAN TO UPDATE OUR UPDATE OUR ENERGOV SERVICE AND OUR DEPARTMENT PLANS TO PROVIDE TUTORIALS AND TRAINING TO INTERNAL STAFF AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE MODIFICATIONS AND UNDERSTANDS HOW TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM.

ON THIS LAST SLIDE THAT I PREPARED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OUR DEPARTMENT MADE A GOAL TO PRODUCE AND PUBLISH MORE COMMUNICATION ITEMS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO READ.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE PUBLISHED ABOUT 20 ARTICLES WITH MATERIAL FOCUSED ON CODE ENFORCEMENT, PERMITTING, ORDINANCE CHANGES, INSPECTIONS, COMP PLANNING AND WINTER STORM RECOVERY.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR RECENT ARTICLES THAT WE PUBLISHED.

IT WAS MAINTAINING FREEZE DAMAGE LANDSCAPING.

THIS HAS RECEIVED ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE UNIQUE PAGE VIEWS AND HAS LANDED THE NUMBER ONE SPOT AMONG THE TOP FIVE, MY SOUTHLAKE NEWS ARTICLES BASED ON PAGE VIEWS ALONE.

OUR DEPARTMENT ALSO JUST PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ONLINE ABOUT ROOF REPLACEMENT PERMITTING FOLLOWING THE RECENT SPRING STORM THAT WE HAD.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE. GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? YES, PLEASE.

AS A HEAVY USER OF Y'ALL SERVICES, I GOT TO TELL YOU, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE CITY IN THIS AREA THAT HAS BETTER I.T., BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE, BETTER TURNAROUND TIMES, MORE FLEXIBLE, NOT FLEXIBLE IN A BAD WAY, BUT LIKE THE INSPECTORS ARE REASONABLE AND THAT WORK WITH HOMEOWNERS AND CONTRACTORS.

AND THERE'S EVERYONE'S IN IT FOR THE HOMEOWNER, LIKE TRULY AS OPPOSED TO BE IN IT, BEING IN IT FOR THE RULES OR FOR THE BUREAUCRACY.

SO IT'S SOUTHLAKE IS SECOND TO NONE.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT ABOUT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

BUT FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SECOND TO NONE, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

WOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S THE NEW MAYOR JUST SAID THAT, YEAH, THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD.

[LAUGHTER] BUT YOU CAN ONLY GO DOWN FROM HERE, THOUGH, JOHN.

BOY, OH, BOY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ALSO INTRODUCE DANIEL CORTEZ AND CAMBRIA JONES.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

OF COURSE, MAYOR, I DIDN'T, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, AS OUTGOING MAYOR, HAD THE MOST PROCLAMATIONS UNDER YOUR BELT.

SO. I THINK I SORT OF PASSED THAT ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

SO I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDED AT LEAST ONE MORE.

BUT THIS ONE THIS ONE, I FELT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THIS YEAR, BECAUSE AS I'VE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL AND I'VE SPOKEN TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY IS GOING ON AS A WHOLE, I'D BE REMISS TO OBVIOUSLY THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE THAT THIS HAS SPECIFICALLY TO SOUTHLAKE.

AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, CLOSE BETWEEN 60 TO 70 PERCENT OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE COMES FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

WE TEND TO THINK OF TOURISM AS JUST THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, PLACES THAT YOU GO VISIT FROM AFAR, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES FOLKS THAT JUST COME HERE FOR THE DAY.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE OUR TOURISM GURU THAT WE HAVE HERE WITH THE CITY, CAMBRIA JONES, THAT JOINED OUR TEAM ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HILL, MAYOR HUFFMAN AND CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK, HOSTED BY THE U.S.

TRAVEL ASSOCIATION, AND WE CELEBRATE THIS ANNUALLY, THE FIRST OF ALL WEEK IN MAY.

IT WAS CREATED BY CONGRESS IN 1983 TO ELEVATE THE ECONOMIC POWER OF TRAVEL IN THE U.S.

SO LAST YEAR WE HIGHLIGHTED THE SPIRIT OF TRAVEL IN RECOGNITION OF OUR INDUSTRY'S RESILIENCY. THIS YEAR, WE'RE IN A NEW CHAPTER WHERE THE POWER OF TRAVEL WILL HELP US DRIVE RECOVERY. SO LOCALLY, TOURISM HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SOUTHLAKE'S RECOVERY.

WE HAD THE SOUTHLAKE SAFE INITIATIVE WITH THE RIGHT MEASURES IN PLACE IN THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND OTHER BUSINESSES WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE MOVING AGAIN IN A SAFE AND HEALTHY WAY.

THE NEXT THING IS THE RETURN OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS.

A ROBUST RECOVERY REQUIRES THE RETURN OF LEISURE AND BUSINESS TRAVEL MEETINGS AND EVENTS,

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ECONOMIC IMPACT.

ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE, THERE WAS A DECLINE, SOUTHLAKE STILL HAD FIFTY ONE MILLION IN DIRECT TRAVEL SPENDING IN 2020.

AND AS FAR AS OUR HOTELS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE HOTELS OPEN.

ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY OPENED IN 2020, WHICH IS AN ACHIEVEMENT IN ITSELF, AND WE'LL HAVE FOUR BY THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THE WESTIN OPENING LATER THIS FALL.

THIS WEEK WE'LL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR HOTEL PARTNERS AND OF COURSE, HELP ENCOURAGE THEIR RECOVERY. AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, HERE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR THE PROCLAMATION TONIGHT AND OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS OF CAMBRIA? WELL, I'LL SAY THE FIRST TIME I MET CAMBRIA WAS AT THE CAMBRIA HOTEL.

RIGHT? AND YOU HAD A WONDERFUL IDEA TO JOIN THE MANAGER OF THE CAMBRIA.

AND WE DID A VIDEO AND TALKED ABOUT TRAVEL AND GETTING SOME PEOPLE TO VISIT THEIR HOTEL.

AND I KNOW THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA.

AND THEN SINCE THEN, YOU AND I HAVE DONE TONS OF VIDEOS.

YOU'VE BEEN TO MY HOME.

WE'VE VIDEOED IN EVERY SINGLE ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

BUT I LOVE THE WAY YOU THINK.

YOU HAVE GREAT IDEAS.

AND SO I THINK THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR TOURISM IN SOUTHLAKE AND RATHER THAN ME READ ALL THROUGH THE WHEREAS AND THE WHO AS, AS I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH COVID THE IMPACT THAT LACK OF TRAVEL HAS ON NOT ONLY OUR SALES TAX, BUT ON OUR HOT TAX.

AND JUST REALLY THE LOOK AND FEEL OF SOUTHLAKE OFTEN TOWN SQUARE IS FULL BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING HERE TO VISIT FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THERE'S A HUSTLE AND BUSTLE THAT MAKES US FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE A FABULOUS JOB IN BRANDING TRAVEL.

I THINK YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF REACHING OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH BOTH SELECT SOUTHLAKE AND VISIT SOUTHLAKE.

IT'S JUST I THINK IT'S THE WHOLE PACKAGE THAT REMINDS PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HERE AND NEW STORES ARE OPENING ALL THE TIME AND WE INVITE PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY THOSE.

AND HONESTLY, MY FRIENDS, WHEN I ALWAYS SAY WHEN THEY SAY, LET'S GO TO DINNER FRIDAY NIGHT, AND MY HUSBAND ALWAYS SAYS, OH, I DON'T WANT TO EAT DINNER IN SOUTHLAKE BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL COME BY THE TABLE AND TALK.

AND I'M LIKE, TOO BAD.

WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS IN SOUTHLAKE.

SO YES, WE LOVE SOUTHLAKE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'LL COME DOWN WITH THE PROCLAMATION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY 2ND THROUGH MAY THE 8TH 2021 AS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK AND SOUTHLAKE AND URGE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS OF SOUTHLAKE TO JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT THIS INDUSTRY PLAYS TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, URGING THEM TO COME OUT AND SPEND THEIR DOLLARS HERE IN THEIR OWN TOWN.

AND LET'S GET SOUTHLAKE BACK TO ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT.

SO WITH THAT WE'LL COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE, COUNCIL INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME.

I'M SURE I HEARD I'M SURE I READ THAT SOMEWHERE.

[LAUGHTER] OK, AND I DID DO A PUBLIC FORUM EARLIER THIS EVENING, BUT I'LL ASK AGAIN ABOUT IT IN JUST A MINUTE. WE HAVE CONSENT ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THAT'S ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-780 CASE NUMBER ZA21-007 ZONING CHANGE AND SITE PLAN FOR

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ALSO NOTING THAT WE'RE MOVING ITEM NINE A FROM OUR REGULAR AGENDA TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

AND WE'RE APPROVING ITEM NINE, WHICH IS CASE NUMBER ZA21-0032 A PLAT SHOWING FOR 3525 BURNEY LANE IN SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO OUR REVISED STAFF REPORT DATED MAY 4TH, 2021 AND REVISED PLAT REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER TWO DATED MAY 4TH, 2021.

NOTING THAT WE'RE GRANTING THE FOLLOWING VARIANCES.

FIRST. THAT'S A SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE FOUR EIGHT THREE AS AMENDED SECTIONS 8.01.A.

AND SECTION 5.04 THAT STATES THAT ALL LOTS MUST FRONT ON A STREET AND FOR RESIDENTIAL MUST FRONT ON A PUBLIC STREET.

SECOND, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NUMBER FOUR EIGHT THREE AS AMENDED SECTIONS 2.04.B AND 5.02.A, WHICH STATES THAT RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION EQUAL TO ONE HALF OF THE REQUIRED 50 FOOT OF RIGHT AWAY FOR LOCAL STREET, WHICH IS TWENTY FIVE FEET AND CONSTRUCTION OF A CITY APPROVED STREET SECTION IS REQUIRED.

THE CITY STAFF DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE DRIVE ACCESS TO THE SUBJECT LOT AS A CITY STREET.

AND THIRD AND FINALLY, SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NUMBER FOUR EIGHT THREE AS AMENDED SECTION 5.06 GRANTING A VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OK, THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER REAL QUICKLY HERE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER SIX C AND WHICH IS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF TAX NOTES AND ITEM SIX

[Items 6C & 6D]

OK, WE INVITE YOU TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US THE GREAT NEWS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITIZENS OF SOUTHLAKE.

I DO HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU ON THE CITY'S BEHALF.

YESTERDAY, WE RECEIVED BIDS FOR THE TAX NOTES, VERY SUCCESSFUL SALE AS WE ANTICIPATED.

THE CITY SOLD THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX NOTES WITH A FIVE YEAR AMORTIZATION. IT'LL BE FUNDING ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

WE RECEIVED THIRTEEN BIDS, VERY COMPETITIVE BIDS, AND THE LOW BID WAS PROVIDED BY A KEY GOVERNMENT FINANCE.

FIVE YEARS OF THIS TRANSACTION, THERE WILL ONLY BE SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF INTEREST EXPENSE.

TOTAL COSTS WILL BE THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PAY IN BACK . THE BOND. THIS DEBT WAS STRUCTURED TO HELP MANAGE THE CITY'S TAX RATE.

IT'S FRONT LOADED WITH ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PAID IN THE FIRST YEAR 682,000 PAID IN APPROXIMATELY EACH OF THE OTHER FOUR YEAR BIDS.

IN GENERAL, A VERY SUCCESSFUL BID.

WHO'S WHO OF ALL THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT COMPETE ON THESE BID, OUR LOW BID WAS POINT EIGHT THREE.

THE COVER BID WAS POINT EIGHT FIVE.

TOTAL DEBT SERVICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOW AND THE COVER BID WAS TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OVER THAT FIVE YEAR AMORTIZATION.

WOW. FINANCIAL ADVISER.

APPRECIATE THE WORTH SHANA, SHARON DO FOR THE CITY AS USUAL AND HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN IN MY INVOLVEMENT. THE CITY'S TRIPLE-A BOND RATING DOESN'T ACTUALLY FULLY INDICATE HOW CREDITWORTHY AND HOW EXCELLENCE IS IN FINANCIAL, STRATEGIC AND EVERY ASPECT OF THE CITY.

THIS WAS HARD FOUGHT.

WE RECEIVED TREMENDOUS INTEREST.

WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS TRANSACTION.

MAYOR, IF YOU WANT, I'LL COVER THE REFUNDING TRANSACTION ALSO.

YEAH. THEN I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. THE CITY, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING A NUMBER OF ISSUES AS WE DO ALWAYS.

THERE ARE TWO ISSUES FUNDED IN 2011, THE 2011 B CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION AND THE 2011 C CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION THAT BECAME CURRENTLY CALLABLE THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS WE COULD DO A TAX EXEMPT REFUNDING OF THAT.

WE ARE TARGETED DOING THIS.

AT THE SAME TIME WE DID THE NEW MONEY AGAIN, SYNERGIES OF SCALE AND MAKE IT EFFICIENT PROCESS.

THE TOTAL REFUNDING DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS WAS THREE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE RECEIVED ELEVEN BIDS.

THE LOW BID WAS ONE POINT TWO ONE PERCENT BY FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS.

THIS TRANSACTION, AGAIN, TO GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR HOW LONG THE AMORTIZATION IS, IT MATURES IN TEN YEARS. SO WE BORROWED MONEY IN TEN YEARS AT ONE POINT TWO PERCENT INTEREST RATE.

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ONE OF THE STATISTICS WE USE TRY TO JUDGE EFFICIENCIES OF REFUNDING HAS PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS. THE SAVINGS AND PRESENT VALUE BASIS IS ABOUT THIRTEEN PERCENT OF THE PRINCIPAL REFUNDED, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN EXCELLENT ECONOMIC REFUNDING.

IT AND ANY CONDITIONS, NO EXTENSION OF THE DEBT.

IT'S REALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THESE TWO ISSUES.

ONE ISSUE FUNDED WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY.

THE OTHER WAS THE CITY ISSUING ON BEHALF OF THE SPDC CREDIT ISSUED BONDS PAID BACK BY A CONTRACT HE HAS WITH THE SALES TAX CORPORATION.

BASED ON FUTURE BUDGETS OF THE MULTI-YEAR PLAN THE CITY HAS, THE WATER AND SEWER SAVINGS WILL BE TAKEN OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS EQUALLY.

AND ON THE SALES TAX BONDS, IT WILL BE LEVEL SAVINGS OVER THE REMAINDER AND THE ISSUE.

AGAIN, OUTSTANDING PARTICIPATION, ELEVEN INSTITUTIONS, AS I INDICATED, SHARED WHEN WE WENT OVER THE BID RESULTS WERE THERE.

IT TOTALLY REPRESENTS THE TREMENDOUS INTEREST AND EXPECTATION THAT INVESTORS HAVE OF THE CREDIT QUALITY OF THE CITY.

I LEARNED EARLY IN MY CAREER, MY MENTOR TOLD ME WHEN I FIRST STARTED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO THAT WHEN INTEREST RATES WERE LOW AND RISING, PEOPLE WEREN'T AS CONCERNED ABOUT YIELD. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

THEY EXPECTED RATES OVER TIME TO GO UP.

AND THERE'S BEEN A FLIGHT TO QUALITY AND BONDS.

YOUR CITY, AGAIN, ITS REPUTATION PRECEDES ITSELF.

AND THESE INVESTORS FOUGHT INVESTORS, THESE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS WERE ALL ACROSS COUNTRY, KEY BANKERS LOCATED IN COLORADO, FIRST CENTRAL BANK HERE IN TEXAS.

BUT VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY POINT.

MY FORMAL PRESENTATION [INAUDIBLE] ADVISER, WE'RE THANKFUL AND PROUD TO REPRESENT THE CITY. WE BELIEVE THIS EXCEEDED EVERY BENCHMARK WE INDICATED.

I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

GREAT. WELL, WHEN I SAY GOOD NEWS, YOU CAME, YOU DELIVERED.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S EXCELLENT NEWS FOR THE CITY.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND CONTINUE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE OFF THIS TOPIC, JUST COMPLIMENTS AGAIN TO SHARON JACKSON WITH THE CONTINUED GREAT STEWARDSHIP OF OUR CITY BUDGET.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A GREAT RECORD OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS OF PAYING DOWN DEBT AND CASH FUNDING PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE'VE HAD TO ACCELERATE DEBT REPAYMENT OR REFINANCE FROM LOWER INTEREST RATES OR FROM HIGHER TO LOWER INTEREST RATES.

SHARON'S BEEN ALL OVER IT. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PRUDENT CONSERVATIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. AND THANK YOU, SHARON, FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US.

YES, WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU ALL. THEIR A GOOD TEAM.

GOOD TEAM. OK, I THINK YOU'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS BOTH OF THESE ITEMS, C AND D ARE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE ITEMS. WE INVITE YOU TO DO SO, SEEING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM SIX C? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6C ORDINANCE NUMBER 1240 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE TAX NOTES SERIES 2021.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THAT ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT ITEM D? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX D ORDINANCE NUMBER 1241 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2021.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AND THAT ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

TAXPAYERS REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

OK, WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM SIX A.

[6.A. ZA21-0016, Site Plan for Methodist Southlake Hospital Detention Pond, on property described as Lots 1R and 2R, Block 1, Southlake Medical District, an addition to the City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, and located at 421, 441 and 451 E. S.H. 114, Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "S-P-2" Generalized Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #7. PUBLIC HEARING]

THE PROPOSALS FOR DETENTION POND, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.

PROPERTY'S LOCATED ON STATE HIGHWAY 114 ON ADDRESS AS INDICATED.

THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SITE.

THE AERIAL SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED DETENTION FACILITY.

THE FACILITY IS LOCATED IN THE FEMA 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN.

AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION, KIMLEY HORN SUBMITTED A FLOOD STORAGE MODIFICATION ANALYSIS, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DETENTION FACILITY WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE STORAGE CAPACITY OF THE FLOODPLAIN AND WOULD INCREASE THE STORAGE CAPACITY BY ONE POINT THREE SEVEN ACRE PER FEET.

ZONING IS SP2.

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THE SITE PLAN INITIALLY HAD THE FIRST PHASE FOR THE HOSPITAL.

THERE WAS A SURFACE DRAINAGE ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE INDICATED BY THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHT. A SITE PLAN CAME IN FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE HOSPITAL FACILITY TO INCLUDE THE PHASE ONE PARKING GARAGE, AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE, RELOCATING THAT AND A SERVICE YARD. AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2011.

AS PART OF THAT SITE PLAN AMENDMENT THE HOSPITAL PLACED THE DETENTION FACILITY UNDERGROUND WHERE EXISTS TODAY UNDER THE FIRE LANE AREA.

AGAIN ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE.

THIS IS AN APPLICANT, EXHIBIT PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING UNDERGROUND DETENTION SYSTEM.

BEDS THREE AND FOUR HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME DAMAGE THAT INCLUDES SETTLEMENT AND CRACKING.

FROM THE FIRE LANE SOME OF THE SOIL ISSUES HAVE DIMINISHED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY.

THE APPLICANT DID INDICATE IN THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY'VE DONE A STUDY AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GO TO A SURFACE DETENTION SYSTEM AS THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION THAT NECESSITATED A SITE PLAN BE SUBMITTED AS SUCH, THAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

THIS IS, AGAIN, A SLIDE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT , WHICH SHOWS THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM, THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION AROUND 2011.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING SOME OF THE BREACHING AND THE SETTLING THAT'S OCCURRING TO THE SYSTEM.

TODAY, THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, AS MENTIONED, IT'S IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION.

THE CONCEPT PLAN IS ON THE LEFT.

IT'S NEARLY A MILLION SQUARE FEET ONCE UNDER BUILD OUT.

BUT THE YOU HAVE THE HOSPITAL, THE CAMPUS, SIX MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS AND TWO PARKING GARAGES AS DEPICTED ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.

A LOT OF THE DRAINAGE FLOWS TO THIS CORNER, WHICH IS THEN GOES INTO AN INLET AND GOES TO THE NORTH TOWARDS THE LAKE.

THIS IS THE TREE PROTECTION PLAN.

THE AREA IS AN OPEN FIELD AREA.

THERE ARE NO TREES TO BE REMOVED.

THIS IS A STREET VIEW OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION LOOKING BACK TO THE SOUTH FROM 114 FRONTAGE ROAD. THERE ARE SOME LIVE OAK TREES AND SHRUBBERY ALONG THE THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY. MIKE'S LANDSCAPING IS JUST TO THE EAST.

JASON NEIGHBOR. THESE TREES HERE ARE TREES THAT ARE FOR SALE AS PART OF THE RETAIL OPERATION. THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING BACK TO THE WEST FROM THE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

AGAIN, THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE WITH THE PROPOSED DETENTION SPOT IS LOCATED.

IT DOES SLOPE DOWN TOWARD THIS CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.

SOME OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE CORRIDOR PLANNING COMMITTEE WAS THE VISIBILITY FROM 114 AND THE APPEARANCE FROM THE HIGHWAY.

THE APPLICANT HAS RESPONDED WITH ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING OF THE FACILITY.

THE FACILITY WILL BE ABOUT 10 FOOT DEEP AND THE WALLS BE STONE THERE WILL BE GRASS BOTTOM WITH THE PILOT CHANNEL AND HAS DONE SOME SITE ANALYSIS, WHICH I'LL GO OVER QUICKLY.

BUT TYPICALLY IN THIS AREA, GRASSES, SMALL SHRUBS AND TREES TO SCREEN IT.

AND THERE'S A RENDERING BUFFERING TO THE RETAIL TO THE EAST, AND THEN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DETENTION BASE AND THE DETENTION BASE AND WILL SLOPE TO ALLOW MAINTENANCE BE IT GRASS, AS MENTIONED, BE GRASS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PILOT CHANNEL.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE MATERIALS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AND CAN GO OVER THE LANDSCAPING PLAN IN MORE DETAIL IF DESIRED.

AND THIS IS SOME RENDERINGS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDED SHOWING THE SCREENING OF VIEW FROM 114 LOOKING BACK TO THE SOUTH.

THESE ARE SOME SIDE ANALYSIS STUDIES THAT THE APPLICANT DID PERFORM.

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THE FIRST IS FROM THE MAINE STATE HIGHWAY, TRAVELING TO THE EAST.

THIS IS ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND THREE FEET FROM THE BASE AND THE ELEVATION IS ABOUT 620.

THE RIM OR THE TOP OF THE BANK IS AT SIX SEVENTEEN AND A QUARTER.

SO YOU SITTING SLIGHTLY HIGHER HERE AT THE FRONTAGE ROAD.

YOU'RE ABOUT 618.

SO YOU'RE SITTING BASICALLY THE SAME ELEVATION AS A BANK.

AS YOU MOVE EAST, THE ROADWAY SURFACE, IT'S SLIGHTLY BELOW THE TOP OF THE BANK.

YOU'RE AT 615, 252 FEET FROM THE BANK AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD 613.

AND YOU'RE SITTING ABOUT 115 FROM THE BANK.

SO YOU'RE AT EYE LEVEL OR LOOKING UP THERE.

AND THEN AS YOU GET TO FURTHER EAST, 614, AGAIN, 617 AT THE BANK.

AND SO THEY PROVIDED THIS EXHIBIT TO SHOW WHAT THE DRIVER'S VIEW WOULD LOOK LIKE AS THEY PASS THE DETENTION BASIN.

THEY ALSO PROVIDED SOME SITE ANALYSIS.

AND WHAT THIS DEPICTS IS THE LINE OF SIGHT FROM A VEHICLE ABOUT THREE FEET AND WHAT THEY WOULD SEE, THERE'S A CROSS SECTION.

YOU CAN SEE THE THE ANGLE THAT'S TAKEN AT.

BUT AGAIN, THE PEDESTRIAN, WHAT YOU SEE FROM ALONG THE SIDEWALK, THESE ARE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET, THAT DEMONSTRATE THE LINE OF SIGHT THAT THE DRIVER OR THE WALKER WOULD SEE AS THEY CROSS IN FRONT OF THE PROPOSED DETENTION BASIN FROM 114.

IN TERMS OF THE STONEWORK, THIS THIS ASHLAR PATTERN IS WHAT IS PROPOSED.

THERE'LL BE A METAL GATE SIMILAR OR FENCE SIMILAR TO WHAT IS SHOWN IN THIS THESE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY REASONS.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE VIEW FROM 114.

LOOKING BACK AT THE PROPOSED SITE.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY OWNERS RESPONSE, TWO OPPOSE IN THE CHELSEA NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS TO THE SOUTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHLAND, WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER AREA.

AND THOSE RESPONSES ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

THE P&Z DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOUR ZERO.

THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, AS STAFF, DO YOU SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS? I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE OPTION IS.

THE THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE DRAINAGE AGAIN, THE AT THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE, THE MOST OF THE COMMENTS WERE REGARDS TO THE SCREENING AND THE VISUAL APPEARANCE OF A DETENTION FACILITY ON 114, WHERE THE MAIN CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE.

SO [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN, CURRENTLY, HOW ARE THEY MOVING WATER? JUST MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. WELL, THEY'RE UTILIZING THE THE UNDERGROUND DETENTION, BUT THE STUDY, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET INDICATES FAILURE OF THAT SYSTEM AND THE LONGEVITY OF THAT IS LIMITED.

SO THEY NEED TO REPLACE THAT AND CREATE A FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM.

THEIR WATER DRAINS INTO THAT POND, AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] ACROSS INTO A 114 INLET INTO THE NORTH, INTO THE GATEWAY PONDS.

THE [INAUDIBLE] PONDS. CAN BE UNDERWATER SYSTEM BE REPAIRED? IT PROBABLY CAN WITH A AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COST EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

BUT YES, IT COULD BE ENGINEERED, I WOULD ASSUME.

BUT THAT'LL BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO JUST TO MAKE SURE TOO, THIS WOULD MORE OFTEN THAN NOT BE A WET DETENTION POND OR A DRY DETENTION POND. NO, IT WOULD DRAIN THERE IS A PILOT CHANNEL, SO IT WOULD BE DRY FOR THE MOST PART. IT IS ABOUT TEN FEET BELOW.

SO IT'S RATHER LARGE.

BUT IN THE CONCEPT PLAN, YOU SAW THE DRAINAGE AREA AND THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN, PARTICULARLY UNDER MORE OF A BUILD OUT.

OK. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR BAKER, DID YOU LOOK AT ANY CONCEPTS THAT INCLUDED IT IN THE PROPOSAL AS A RETENTION POND VERSUS A DETENTION? WE DID NOT SEE ANY OF YOU MAY RECALL AT THE AT THE DISCUSSION, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FREEBOARD OF THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM.

IT IS IT IS TEN FEET DEEP.

AND I RECALL AT THE APPLICANT INDICATED THAT IF IT WAS A RETENTION POND, THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE WATER BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU KIND OF AT EYE LEVEL.

AND THEN THE WATER WOULD SIT DOWN AND YOU HAVE TO CREATE THAT CAPACITY ABOVE THAT WATER LEVEL. I HAD TO LEAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, BEFORE THAT PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN, BUT IT WAS ON THE AGENDA ITEM. SO I DID MISS THAT.

BUT IT'S NOT IN THE NOTES, I JUST.

BUT NO, WE DID NOT SEE ANY PROPOSED CONCEPT, THAT WAS MY RECOLLECTION, DISCUSSED AT THAT

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? IF THEY'LL COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF COUNCIL SO YOU CAN WEAVE THOSE INTO YOUR PRESENTATION.

YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL DAVID RANSOM FOR THE APPLICANT METHODIST SOUTHLAKE HOSPITAL, 693 GULF SHORES DRIVE, FRISCO, TEXAS.

THE PRESENTATION I HAVE TONIGHT BASICALLY MIRRORS THE PRESENTATION YOU GOT FROM STAFF.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE EXHAUSTIVE PRESENTATION.

I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP TO THE CONCLUSIONS AND KIND OF REINFORCE THAT AND THEN OPEN UP.

OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SO PARDON ME WHILE I GET THROUGH THE.

SYSTEM IS IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE USE OF A SURFACE DETENTION SYSTEM, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, IS NOT PROHIBITED BY THE CURRENT ZONING SB TWO.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT BASED ON WHAT WE ARE DOING, THIS PROPOSING THAT IS GOING TO BE THE EXISTING AREA WILL BE IMPROVED AND ENHANCED FROM THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN.

WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, WE BELIEVE THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING WILL IMPROVE THE VIEWS FROM HIGHWAY 114 IN THE FRONTAGE ROAD TO AN AREA THAT DOESN'T LOOK ALL THAT WELL, GIVEN TODAY'S CURRENT STATUS.

AND WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS OF THE CORRIDOR PLANNING COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO VIEWS TOWARDS THE BASIN, THROUGH THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPE USE AND OBSTRUCTING THE VIEWS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO TO RESPECTFULLY REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT METHODIST SOUTHLAKE HOSPITAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR DOING WHAT'S RIGHT IN SOUTHLAKE AND THAT BASED ON THAT, WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU COULD FIND YOUR WAY CLEAR TO SUPPORT OUR REQUEST HERE THIS EVENING AND THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

OK, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ASK? YOU HEARD MY EARLIER QUESTION.

THE OPTION TO REPAIR.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO THE OPTION TO REPAIR ESSENTIALLY PLACES US IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE WERE IN WHEN WE SUFFERED THE FAILURE OF THIS PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM, THE BEDS THAT HAVE FAILED ARE UNDER THE FIRE LANE THAT HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO LOADS OF TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT IS NOT PRUDENT FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE TO GO BACK WITH A SIMILAR SYSTEM OR GO BACK WITH ANOTHER UNDERGROUND SYSTEM THAT WILL BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME IMPACTS AND SAME FORCES OF THAT CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THIS SYSTEM.

BEDS ONE AND TWO, BECAUSE THEY ARE SLATED TO BE DEVELOPED OVER THE TOP OF AS BEDS THREE AND FOUR ARE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO SUFFER OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME FORCES THAT CAUSED THE FAILURES OF BEDS THREE AND FOUR.

SO BY THAT LOGIC, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM RECOMMENDED THAT WE COMPLETELY PULL OUT THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM AND GO BACK WITH A SURFACE DETENTION SYSTEM.

OK, BUT PRESUMABLY, THOUGH, I MEAN, IT CAN BE REPAIRED, JUST NOT DOING IT THE SAME WAY BUT YOU KNOW. SIMPLE EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A FRENCH DRAIN IN YOUR YARD AND YOU FIND OUT IT'S FAILING FOR A PARTICULAR REASON, YOU REENGINEER THE FRENCH DRAIN.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

BUT I MEAN, THAT'S POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE COSTS, THEY'RE EXORBITANT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

IT IS POSSIBLE, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD LIKE TO NOT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE FEEL LIKE IS KIND OF TAKE A GAMBLE THAT ANOTHER SYSTEM IS NOT GOING TO SUFFER SOME SORT OF A FAILURE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED ON THIS SYSTEM.

THANK YOU. SO WERE THESE KNOWN ISSUES AT THE TIME THE ORIGINAL UNDERGROUND SYSTEM WAS ENGINEERED? I GUESS I'M JUST CONFUSED IF THIS IS IF THIS SYSTEM IS SO BAD THAT YOU WANT TO PREEMPTIVELY DIG UP NUMBER ONE AND TWO, BEDS ONE AND TWO? WE WANT TO DIG UP ALL, ALL FOUR OF THEM.

SO YOU WANT TO PREEMPTIVELY DIG UP THE BEDS THAT THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN? I MEAN, WHAT WAS IT? JUST BAD ENGINEERING OR BAD PLAN LIKE WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF A PERFECT STORM, IT'S BAD ENGINEERING, BAD PRODUCT SELECTION AND SOME BAD INSTALLATION ISSUES.

IT WAS A TWO AND A HALF YEAR EFFORT TO TRY TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE.

AND IT WAS KIND OF THIS PERFECT STORM OF ALL OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, COLLIDING AT THE SAME TIME THAT CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM AND THE EXPERTS THAT WE HAD ENGAGED IN THIS IN THIS EFFORT TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSES.

ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE DECIDE, RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO NOT GO BACK WITH AN UNDERGROUND SYSTEM SINCE THEY WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME CAUSES.

THIS WAS NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME.

THE SYSTEM WAS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT KNOWN? LIKE IN THE MARKETPLACE? IT WAS NOT KNOWN THAT THIS.

NO, SIR IT WAS NOT. OK. I MEAN, THIS THIS WOUND UP THIS IS A LITIGATION ISSUE, WOUND UP IN SOME EXTENSIVE SOME EXTENSIVE LITIGATION WITH ANY NUMBER OF PARTIES.

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THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE WAS PRESENTED THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM FROM THE MANUFACTURER IS A VIABLE UNDERGROUND ALTERNATIVE.

AND ALL OF US WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD WITH THE FAILURE OF THIS SYSTEM.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. IT HAPPENS, OTHER QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

SO I'VE SEEN THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SPACE, WHERE THIS CURRENTLY SITS. HOW WOULD THIS INTERRUPT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE IF THEORETICALLY THE THIS WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE WATER UNDERGROUND, THIS IS NOW GOING TO BE DETAINING WATER AND THEN MOVING IT OUT.

SO IN THEORY, CONCEPTUALLY, YOU WOULDN'T REALLY EVER BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT SPACE.

YES SIR. THE DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM TAKES THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SLIDE EARLIER ON WHICH SHOWS THE ROADWAY IN THE ADDITIONAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SIDE OF THE SITE.

SO EVERYTHING THIS DESIGN TAKES THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

SO THEN WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING THIS AS A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

YES SIR. OK. WELL, LET'S GO BACK TO THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAD A MONTH OR SO AGO, AND I THINK, FRANKLY, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY ADDRESSED THE ISSUES OR THE TOPICS WE DISCUSSED BACK THEN.

WHAT I SEE IS JUST SOME ORNAMENTAL GRASSES THAT ARE PUT AROUND THE POND.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S BEEN NO DISCUSSION WITH STAFF ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS AS FAR AS A HYBRID OF LESS STONEWALL AND MORE NATURAL GRASS.

I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE SLOPED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT THIS IS REALLY BASICALLY WHAT WE SAW A MONTH AGO.

AND SO MY COMMENTS THEN THAT I WASN'T GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS THEN I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT NOW. IT'S I UNDERSTAND THE COST ISSUE.

I THINK Y'ALL EXPLAIN THAT TO US BACK THEN.

BUT FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY SO PROMINENTLY LOCATED ON 114 ON ONE OF OUR CORRIDORS, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, IN MY OPINION, ON THIS, BECAUSE THE SAME COMMENTS WE MADE, NOT JUST ME, I THINK OTHER CORRIDOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS MADE OR QUESTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THIS PLAN.

SO I'M DISAPPOINTED, BUT I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE THING FAILED AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE, BUT THIS CAN BE DONE BETTER, FRANKLY.

SO WHAT WERE THE REQUESTS MADE BY THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING HERE? OTHER THAN YOU SAID THE WALL, LESS WALL, MORE GRASS.

YEAH, WE SUGGESTED TO GO WITH A NATURAL LOOK, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SLOPED RATHER THAN STRAIGHT UP CONCRETE WALLS.

THEY COULD DO A SLOPE WITH GRASS.

THEY EXPLAINED THAT WOULD TAKE UP MORE LAND TO DO IT THAT WAY.

YEAH. WE ALSO SUGGESTED A HYBRID WHERE YOU START MAYBE AT THE BOTTOM YOU HAVE, SAY, FIVE FEET OF OF CONCRETE OR STONE AND THEN GRASS SLOPE ON THE TOP.

SO THERE'D BE LESS LAND WOULD BE NEEDED.

BUT I MEAN, NONE OF THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED AND IT'S NOT BEEN DISCUSSED WITH STAFF.

I MEAN, WE THREW OUT SOME IDEAS AND AND MADE THE MADE THEM AWARE OF STAFF BEING OPEN TO WORKING WITH THEM. BUT NONE OF THAT'S BEEN DONE.

WELL, NOT ONLY THAT, I BELIEVE THERE IS A SLIDE AT THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE THAT I'VE NOT SEEN TONIGHT. RIGHT.

THAT MADE THIS THING LOOK LIKE KIND OF AN INVERTED BATTLESHIP, LIKE IT WAS I MEAN, IT WAS AN ACTUAL RENDERING OF THIS.

I HAVE NOT I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS TONIGHT.

BUT IT WAS IT WAS A PRETTY STRIKING.

OH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.

WELL, THE RENDERINGS THAT SHE SAW WERE FROM A PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS AT LEAST 30 FEET IN THE AIR. SO THOSE RENDERINGS WERE CONVEYING THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, BUT THEY WERE NOT ACCURATELY CONVEYING THE VIEW THAT YOU WOULD SEE AS EITHER A PEDESTRIAN OR A PASSER BY ON 114.

THOSE PERSPECTIVES WERE BIRD'S EYE PERSPECTIVES.

AND THAT'S WHAT UNFORTUNATELY COMMUNICATED ILL, YOU KNOW, IN A BAD WAY COMMUNICATED TO YOU WHAT THE THING WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE 30 OR 40 FEET IN THE AIR.

I HAVE TO I APOLOGIZE.

I WAS I WAS AT THE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE MEETING THEN I HAD TO STEP AWAY SO I WASN'T ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PRESENTATION.

I DID REVIEW SOME OF THE NOTES.

BUT LET ME JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE THAT I THINK IS RELEVANT FOR THIS DISCUSSION. WHENEVER WE CONSIDER AN APPLICANT THAT IS PUTTING SOMETHING OR CONSIDERING SOMETHING ALONG OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS, WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO WHAT THAT FINISH OUT LOOKS LIKE, IN PARTICULAR, LANDSCAPING, WATER FEATURES.

AND WE CONSIDER THIS PART OF A PROMINENT POINT OF VIEW AS YOU'RE ENTERING AND EXITING SOUTHLAKE, RATHER WHETHER YOU CAN SEE IT FROM 114 OR AS A PEDESTRIAN WALKING BY OR IF YOU'RE UNFORTUNATE OR FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN YOUR INSTITUTION FOR A PROCEDURE LOOKING DOWN ONTO IT. AND SO I'M SENSITIVE TO AND I ALWAYS SPEAK TO THIS, YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH FILM. I'M NOT A FAN IN GENERAL OF DETENTION PONDS OR DETENTION BASINS.

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I UNDERSTAND THE USE FOR THEM.

I'M MUCH MORE OF A FAN OF RETAINING WATER AND TURNING IT INTO MORE OF A FEATURE.

AND I THINK EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S KIND OF AT GRADE AND IT MIGHT TAKE UP MORE SPACE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT TYPE OF PROPOSAL.

I KIND OF INDICATED WHEN I WAS ASKING DIRECTOR BAKER.

SO I WOULD LIKE SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU AS TO WHY THAT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED HERE OTHER THAN PEDESTRIANS CAN'T SEE IT WHEN UNLESS THEY'RE RIGHT ON TOP OF IT OR RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

WELL, IT WILL NOT BE SEEN.

I MEAN, PART OF THE EXPLANATION AT THE CORRIDOR PLANNING COMMITTEE AND PART OF THE RESPONSE I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU TONIGHT IS DUE TO THE OUTFALL ELEVATION FROM THE TXDOT ELEVATION, WHICH IS 606.60, OK? AND IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF A RETAINED WATER CONDITION, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BELOW 606.

BUT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN APPROXIMATELY TEN FOOT OF WATER ABOVE THAT TO HANDLE THE STORM EVENT.

SO THAT WOULD PUT THE ELEVATION AT SIX SEVENTEEN, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, SO YOU'RE BASICALLY YOU ANY RETAINED WATER WOULD BE 10 FEET DOWN, IT WOULD NOT BE VISIBLE UNLESS YOU WERE STANDING OVER AND STANDING NEXT TO THE FENCE.

BUT THAT IS A I MEAN, THAT IS A PERSPECTIVE THAT PLENTY OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE ONCE THE SITE IS DEVELOPED. RIGHT? AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO SEE INTO THE INTO THE POND? CERTAINLY FROM YOUR SITE, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ON SITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

YES, SIR. YES.

SO IT WILL BE. IT WILL BE.

IT WILL BE LANDSCAPED IN AN ATTRACTIVE MANNER.

WE HAVE AN ATTRACTIVE STONE WALL.

IT'S NOT A CONCRETE WALL.

IT'S IT'S THE RANDOM ASHLAR PATTERN, THE SANDSTONE THAT WE SAID.

SO WE PUT THOUGHT INTO WHAT THE VISUAL IMPACT IS TO ANYBODY THAT MAY BE LOOKING AT OR LOOKING DOWN INTO THE BASIN.

RIGHT. DIRECTOR BAKER, ARE THERE LIKE FLOAT SYSTEMS OR ANYTHING THAT ALLOW FOR WATER LEVELS TO ADJUST AS WATER COMES IN? DIFFERENT TYPES OF MECHANICS THAT CAN ALLOW FOR WATER LEVELS TO CHANGE OR DIRECTOR COHAN, I MEAN, ARE THEY CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS HERE? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND TEN FEET CAN BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE SIGNIFICANT TO RETAIN WATER. BUT I MEAN, WE COULD WE COULD CONSIDER OTHER THINGS, I WOULD IMAGINE, THAT COULD HELP PUMP OR CIRCULATE WATER THAT CAN FLOW WATER OUT.

I MEAN, THERE'S GOT TO BE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

THIS ISN'T THE ONLY SITUATION LIKE THIS.

I WOULD IMAGINE.

THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT SIR. THERE ARE OPTIONS [INAUDIBLE].

OK. FEASIBLE.

FEASIBLE OPTIONS.

YES, SIR. DEFINITELY THERE'S A VARIETY OF THEM.

OK, ALL RIGHT.

SO I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I STILL LAND.

THEN I WOULD BE REALLY CURIOUS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO CONCEPTUALLY HOW WE COULD RETAIN WATER, TURN THIS INTO SOMETHING MORE VISIBLE.

SO REGARDLESS WHO'S SEEN IT, WHENEVER THEY'RE SEEN, IT CAN APPRECIATE WHAT IT IS VERSUS JUST SOMETHING THAT GETS MOWED EVERY WEEK.

OR MAYBE IT DOESN'T BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY GET WATERED OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND THE ONLY PLACE WE REALLY HAVE DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE REALLY ACCEPT, DETENTION BASINS WHERE I FIND THEM ACCEPTABLE ARE KIND OF IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS BEHIND THE SCENES WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE THEM UNLESS THEY'RE PICKING UP THE GARBAGE OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO THAT'S KIND OF MY GENERAL TAKE ON IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD TOO IS, IS THIS IS A NATURAL BOTTOM? I'M SORRY. BE NATURAL BOTTOM.

YES. EXCEPT FOR THE PILOT [INAUDIBLE]. OK.

YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CONCERN WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS JUST I MEAN, DURING RAINY SEASONS, I MEAN, THESE GET NASTY NATURAL BOTTOMS, WATER STANDS.

I MEAN, IT JUST DOES, IT RUNS OUT, BUT THEN IT'S MUDDY AND IT'S MUCKY AND IT'S MOSQUITOES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE EVEN HAD ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT THAT IT'S A VALID POINT.

YOU KNOW, THESE TURN GROSS AND MUCKY AND BUGGY.

I REALIZE THE PREDICAMENT YOU'RE IN AND WE NEED TO HELP FIX THAT.

BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE THIS IS THE WAY.

YEAH, WELL, TO ANSWER YOUR COMMENT, I WOULD SUBMIT THAT THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF SURFACE DETENTION BASES WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE THAT ARE ALL SUBJECTED TO THE SAME ISSUES THAT YOU TALK ABOUT.

THE BASIN IS DESIGNED TO DRAIN OUT, HENCE THE PILOT CHANNEL SO THAT IT DOES NOT RETAIN ANY WATER. IT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED AS ANY DETENTION BASIN IS.

AND SO WE FEEL THAT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT A DETRACTION TO OUR SOLUTION.

THE. NO, THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S ON 114.

RIGHT. RIGHT.

AND THERE IS A RETAIL SPOT NEXT TO YOU.

BUT IN FIVE, 10, 15, 20 YEARS, IT MIGHT NOT BE A RETAIL SPOT.

IT MIGHT BE RESIDENCE OR IT COULD BE A, YOU KNOW, AN INDUSTRIAL CAMPUS OR PARDON ME, A

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AND AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD RESPOND TO THAT BY SAYING THAT THAT PARTICULAR AREA, MIKE'S GARDEN CENTER [INAUDIBLE] OR YOU TALK ABOUT ARE ALL WITHIN A FLOODPLAIN THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD ANY STRUCTURES IN THERE ONCE THOSE FACILITIES DECIDE TO RELOCATE ELSEWHERE, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A STRUCTURE IN THERE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RECLAMATION OF THE FLOODPLAIN.

WHICH DOES HAPPEN. WE CAN WE CAN SITE THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 114.

OK, SO HERE'S THE DEAL, IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS, I MEAN, I'M JUST SITTING HERE COUNTING THE NUMBERS. SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS MAYBE TALK TO STAFF AND COME UP WITH SOME OTHER OPTIONS AND BRING BACK A VISUAL OR IF YOU'RE REALLY SOLD ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BRING BACK SOME BETTER VISUALS THAT SHOW THE COUNCIL THAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK AS GOOD AS YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO LOOK.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, I MEAN, WE CAN VOTE ON IT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS OR YOU COULD JUST ASK US TO TABLE IT AND THEN YOU CAN GET BACK ON THE CALENDAR AND BRING IT BACK ONCE YOU'VE TWEAKED IT.

OK, WELL, AT THIS POINT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE TABLE.

YEAH, THAT'S THE BEST WAY.

AND THEN YOU CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT BACK ON SCHEDULE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO GET TIED UP.

SO, OK, THAT'S FINE.

NOW, LET ME ASK YOU, AS YOU LEAVE THE MEETING THEN DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM THE COUNCIL SO THAT YOU CAN PREPARE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU COME BACK? YES. I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT CORRIDOR PLANNING COMMITTEE WITH A COUPLE OF EXTRA CAVEATS TO IT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF, OK, THROUGH PREVIOUS INTERACTION.

SO THANK YOU. OK, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT GUY DOWN THERE'S THE NEW MAYOR SO YOU CAN CALL HIM. DON'T BE CALLING ME BECAUSE I WANT TO ANSWER.

NO, I'LL ANSWER FOR YOUR HOSPITAL ALWAYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

SO THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO TABLE.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION, DIRECTOR BAKER, WHAT DATE DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD PUT FOR A MEETING OR.

I CAN DO THAT. YEAH.

OK, BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

WAS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OK, SURE.

THIS IS THE ENGINEER, BY THE WAY.

SURE, SURE. SURE. OF COURSE.

WELL, YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY.

HI, CAITLIN FLAHERTY WITH KIMLEY-HORN.

I'M THE ENGINEER OF RECORD ON THIS DESIGN RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT RETENTION PONDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE.

BUT JUST WITH THE SPACE AND THE CONSTRAINTS, I KNOW THAT THE TALK OF WHAT THE ULTIMATE SITE PLAN IS, WE'RE REALLY LIMITED ON SPACE.

SO WHAT YOU, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RETENTION PONDS AND WANTING TO SEE THE WATER, THAT'S TYPICALLY DUE TO THE OUTFALL BEING ON THE OPPOSITE END.

SO IF WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUR WATER OUT COMING, YOU KNOW, PLAN SOUTH WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN, THEN MAYBE WE COULD WORK IN, LIKE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF RETENTION SYSTEM WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE WATER.

BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THAT WHERE WE ARE SENDING OUR WATER IS INTO THE HIGHWAY, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE HARD.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VOLUME THAT WE HAVE TO GET FOR THIS SYSTEM.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS.

BUT JUST DUE TO THAT FACT IN ITSELF OF WHERE WE'RE OUTFLOWING, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT, IF EVEN IMPOSSIBLE, TO WE COULD DIG DEEPER LIKE THEY WERE SAYING, AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE SOMETHING 10 FEET DEEP.

AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING IN, POSSIBLY LOOK.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, JUST TO BE WALKING BY TO SEE SOME KIND OF RETENTION SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE.

SO FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH.

SO IN TWO WEEKS, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE THE SAME PLAN.

YOU KNOW IT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH.

I BET YOU'RE PRETTY SHARP AND YOU KNOW WHAT I AM.

I AM. BUT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO DOUBT THIS IS A CHALLENGE AND THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING THIS RESOLVED.

WE CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE HAVE IT EVEN IF IT WAS DEEPER? NOT EVEN.

YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN ADD ADDITIONAL WATER FEATURES TO IT TO ENHANCE SOMETHING

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I THINK YOU HAVE TO ENVISION THIS AS A BEAUTIFICATION OF THE SPACE.

AND HOW DO YOU USE A HOLE THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S GOT TO HOLD WATER AND THEN MOVE IT OUT AS A SOURCE OF BEAUTIFYING? OK. WHAT IS CURRENTLY JUST UNDER MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WATER WILL BE AT A CURRENT LEVEL, 10 FEET BELOW, YOU KNOW, THE TOP OF THE BASE AND POSSIBLY SOME OTHER KIND OF MAYBE ROCK FORMATION AT 10 AND BACK UP OR SOMETHING.

I'M JUST TRYING TO BE A VISIONARY.

I'M DEFINITELY NOT AN ENGINEER.

I DON'T PROFESS TO BE ONE.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO CHALLENGE YOU TO BE AS CREATIVE AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST SUPERSENSITIVE TO WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE WATER WILL NEVER BE AT THE TOP OF THE BASIN AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO WALK BY AND SEE IT.

OK, OK.

WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A GOOD DRAWING, WHATEVER YOU COME UP WITH, SO THE COUNCIL CAN VISUALIZE IT FROM THE HIGHWAY.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

IF THIS WAS ON CARROLL AVENUE, NO ONE WOULD BE ASKING YOU THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S ON 114. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE CAMPUS? BUT ALSO, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ON 114 AND GIVE US SOMETHING THAT LOOKS REAL AND NOT LIKE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT..

GIVE US AN ARTIST RENDERING.

GIVE US SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE CLOSE LIKE THIS IS IT.

THIS PARTICULAR RENDERING, ALTHOUGH VERY CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE, WAS TAKEN FROM A CAMERA PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEBODY STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK AND LOOKING AT EYE LEVEL BACK TOWARDS BACK TOWARDS. I MEAN, THAT'S THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT WAS USED TO GENERATE THE RENDERING THAT YOU SEE.

I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY WE WILL CERTAINLY DO SO.

WE WILL CERTAINLY BACK UP AND SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR.

A FOUR HUNDRED FEET AWAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DISTANT AS YOU SEE IT FROM THE CENTER.

WELL, WE SEE A LOT OF THESE.

I MEAN, WE SEE ALL KINDS OF PLANS AND ALL KINDS OF PLACES.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THE IDEA THAT WE'RE SEEING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ACCURATE DEPICTION OF THE VIEW YOU WOULD SEE DRIVING BY.

BUT THAT WAS THAT TOOK ME ABACK.

THE FACT THAT WE SAW SOMETHING THAT WAS MUCH I WOULD SAY IT'S MUCH MORE UNATTRACTIVE, BUT MAYBE MORE REALISTIC A CORRIDOR AND THAT WAS ABSENT HERE.

SO IT JUST GIVES ME PAUSE.

WE WANT JUST THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY.

SHOW US WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND LET US MAKE DECISIONS.

LIKE CHAD SAID, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN TRYING TO BE A ROADBLOCK FOR YOU GUYS.

WE WANT YOU TO GET THIS DONE.

WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION.

AND I TALKED TO DIRECTOR BAKER ABOUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

AND I CONCUR. I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO GET PAST WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, QUITE HONESTLY.

BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS TO I DON'T KNOW WHAT SAFETY CONCERNS WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.

IF WE HAVE IF WE GO TO A RETENTION POND THAT'S NOW A TEN FOOT DROP, LIKE IF PEOPLE CAN WALK BY, GO UP TO IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S.

YEAH, WE WE ACTUALLY HAVE RELATIVELY NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OFF OF DOVE THAT HAVE VERY DEEP RETENTION PONDS WITH LARGE STONE WALLS THAT HAVE WATER FEATURES THAT GIVE YOU ACCENT AS OPPOSED TO PAUSE GOING WHY? YOU KNOW, WHY IS THAT A DEEP WALL? AND OK, SO I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, BUT I THINK IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO JUST DETENTION BASIN.

RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH.

THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M LEANING, TOO, IS I MEAN, THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND.

I UNDERSTAND THE MOST DIRECT LINE TO SOLVING THIS IS WHAT'S PRESENTED.

I GET THAT. BUT I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT TWO YEARS AFTER THIS, RESIDENTS ARE GOING WHAT WAS COUNCIL THINK IN APPROVING THIS THING, WHEN THIS COULD WITH SOME CREATIVITY AND PERHAPS MORE COST.

IT COULD BE A FEATURE.

THIS COULD TURN TO A FEATURE THAT HAS WATER IN IT, IN ITS LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFULLY.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WALKING SIDEWALKS, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR IT AS THIS DEVELOPS OUT VERSUS IT ALWAYS BEING A DETENTION POND THAT DRAINS, EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE QUIRKY.

YEAH. EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE QUIRKY ON A CONCEPT.

RIGHT. EVEN IF IT'S QUIRKY, IT'S STILL BETTER.

JUST UNDERSTOOD THAT EVEN IF SOMETHING SHOOTING UP, YOU KNOW, VISIONARY, WHATEVER, TRICKLING DOWN. I'M NOT A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, SO I DON'T HAVE THE VISION LIKE.

AS YOU SAID, BUT EVEN WITH THAT, UNDERSTOOD THAT AT THIS LEVEL, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT THE WATER HAS TO SHOOT 10 FEET IN THE AIR, PLUS WHATEVER ELSE IT NEEDS TO BE. SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SEE THAT LITTLE BIT MORE LANDSCAPING OR SOMETHING YOU HAVE ABOVE GRADE THAT PUMPS UP BEHIND IT AND IT TRICKLES DOWN INTO I MEAN.

RIGHT. I'M JUST MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S LIKE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

AND SO WHEN WE DO COME BACK, YEAH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE.

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SO YOU MIGHT SEE A LITTLE BIT OF WATER KIND OF TRICKLING IN.

I'M DIRECTOR COHAN OR DIRECTOR BAKER.

MAYBE WE CAN REFERENCE SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN TOWN THAT HAVE A FEW CONCEPTS LIKE THIS TO GIVE THEM SOME GENERAL DIRECTION POTENTIALLY.

YEAH, AND WE'VE GOT SOME 114.

YOU CAN GO TAKE A LOOK. ABSOLUTELY.

AND IT'S THE SAME IDEA, KIND OF WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING BEFORE, WHERE THEY'RE OUTFALLS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. SO IT'S KIND OF EASIER TO SEE.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, YOU KNOW, AND COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS.

BUT EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.

RIGHT. SO JUST BECAUSE IT'S A RETENTION POND ON A CORRIDOR, IT'S THERE ALL.

OH, YEAH. YEAH, WE GET IT.

YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH AND GIVE US OPTIONS, GIVE US GOOD VISUALS AND WORK WITH STAFF ALONG THE WAY SO THAT YOU DON'T GO OFF ON A TANGENT.

THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO STAFF WILL BE HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH IF YOU COME UP WITH AN IDEA.

JUST I WANT YOU TO SPEND A TON OF TIME ON SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO SAY NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED.

SO PLEASE UTILIZE DIRECTOR COHAN AND DIRECTOR BAKER.

THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SEEING NO ONE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS IS THERE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 6A.

6A IS CASE NUMBER ZA21-0016 SITE PLAN FOR [INAUDIBLE] SOUTHLAKE HOSPITAL DETENTION POND LOCATED AT 421, 441 AND 451 EAST STATE HIGHWAY 114 SOUTHLAKE TEXAS PER THE APPLICANTS REQUEST AND DISCUSSION TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO OUR MAY 18TH, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OK, SEE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA ITEM B, THE CLARIDEN SCHOOL STEAM ADDITION.

[6.B. ZA21-0021, Site Plan for Clariden School STEAM Addition on property described as Lot 7, Block 1, Clariden Ranch Phase III, an addition to the City of Southlake, Denton County, Texas, and located at 100 Clariden Ranch Rd., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "S-P-2" Generalized Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #1. PUBLIC HEARING ]

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL SITE PLAN FOR A ONE STORY, NINE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ADDITION AT THE CLAIRTON SCHOOL.

THE ADDRESS IS 100 CLARIDEN RANCH ROAD.

THIS IS AN AERIAL SHOWING THE SCHOOL CAMPUS THERE POSING A NINE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IN THE GENERAL LOCATION WHERE THE ARROWS INDICATED THE BUILDING THE CAMPUS WAS APPROVED WITH 8 BUILDINGS STILL TO COME, ARE BUILDING TWO AND BUILDING EIGHT.

THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS BUILDING SEVEN WHEN THE ORIGINAL ZONING AND CONCEPT PLAN WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2001 AND THE SITE PLAN, IT SHOWED A TWO STOREY TWENTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING LOCATED AT THIS LOCATION.

THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS ONE STOREY, NINE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, SO IT'S LESS THAN THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2001.

IN ADDITION, THERE'S 25 PARKING SPACES THAT WILL BE ADDED AROUND THE CIRCLE DRIVE.

THE CONCEPT PLAN IS ONLY IN 2001 SHOWED THOSE PARKING SPACES IN ADDITION TO ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THIS INSIDE OF THE CIRCLE DRIVE AREA.

THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING TO THE NORTH.

AND JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BUILDING LOCATION AND THE 25 PARKING SPACES, A COUPLE OTHER GOOGLE STREET VIEWS OF THE LOCATION.

THE LAND USE IS PUBLIC SEMIPUBLIC.

SP2 THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING AND SITE PLAN.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM CLARIDEN RANCH ROAD, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTH.

AND THIS IS A VIEW FROM WHITE CHAPEL BOULEVARD, LOOKING BACK TO THE NORTHWEST DIRECTION.

THESE ARE SOME EXISTING BUILDINGS TO DEMONSTRATE THE ARCHITECTURE.

EXISTING PARKING THERE ARE SOME PARKING ALSO ALONG PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE DRIVE.

THIS IS THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN, AGAIN SHOWING THE TWENTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT TWO STOREY BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION.

AND THE SITE PLAN SHOWING THE SAME BUILDING IN 2001.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

IN ADDITION, THERE'LL BE SIDEWALKS, INTERIOR SIDEWALKS, PROVIDE LINKAGE TO THE OTHER CAMPUS BUILDINGS.

ALSO, THERE'LL BE SOME LANDSCAPING PROVIDED ALONG THE ENTRY DRIVE OFF OF WHITE CHAPEL AND THEN SOME REPLACEMENT LANDSCAPING IN THE BUFFER YARD TO THE NORTH.

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THESE ARE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS, AGAIN, MATCHING THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS, WEST ELEVATION NORTH ELEVATION, EAST ELEVATION.

THE DRAINAGE IS BASICALLY TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST.

THERE IS A COMMENT IN YOUR SITE REVIEW SUMMARY THAT THEY ALSO NEED TO PROVE THAT THE ADDITION WILL CAN BE HANDLED WITH THE EXISTING DRAINAGE IN PLACE.

AND THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR A RETENTION POND ONCE THE BUILDING PLANS AND ENGINEERING PLANS DO COME IN. THIS SHOWS THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S PROPOSED INCLUDES THE SOME STREET TREES ALONG THE DRIVE AND THEN SOME REPLACEMENT BUFFERING TO THE NORTH.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME PLANTINGS IN AND AROUND THE BUILDING.

THIS IS THE EXISTING CAMPUS OR GYMNASIUM BUILDING ONE.

THIS IS BUILDING THREE AND FOUR, WHICH IS THE FINE ARTS AND THE EARLY EDUCATION ELEMENTARY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

BUILDING SIX IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN BUILDING SEVEN WILL BE JUST TO THE JUST TO THE EAST NORTHEAST OF THAT.

THESE ARE THE RESPONSES WE DID RECEIVE TWO IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.

WHERE WHERE WAS THE OPPOSED? WHERE DO THEY LIVE? THEY LIVE TO THE NORTH SO THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET A. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE AREA.

SO THEY'D BE BACK IN THIS GENERAL DIRECTION TO THE NORTH.

WELL THE BUILDINGS WERE ALWAYS ON THE PLAN.

OK. THAT ON CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, P&Z DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOUR ZERO.

GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER.

I THINK THIS WAS GREAT.

I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.

I LOVE THE LOCATION AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THEM GROWING.

I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? WE DON'T. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN AND TALK ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL? WE DON'T NEED YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN, YOU CAN.

WHO ARE YOU? TELL ME WHO YOU ARE, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL.

YOU MIGHT BE THE ARCHITECT.

THIS IS THE ARCHITECT. I'M [INAUDIBLE].

I'M ON THE BOARD OF CLARIDEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS ABOUT THE CLARIDEN SCHOOL.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK.

HOW HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH ENROLLMENT? IT'S GREAT OUT THERE. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. SO WE ARE NEEDING SPACE TO GROW.

WE ARE HOLDING SOME UPPER SCHOOL CLASSROOMS IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND SOME OF THE ADMIN SPACES.

SO THIS BUILDING IS SORELY NEEDED AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING IT KICKED OFF.

OH, GOOD FOR YOU. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPTION.

SO IF YOU'RE THE ARCHITECT.

YES, MA'AM. I'M THE ARCHITECT, ROBERT RAMIREZ.

RAMIREZ, WURA , AND ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD ON THIS, TOO, THAT WASN'T IN THE PRESENTATION IS THAT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE A STORM SHELTER FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SCHOOL.

GOOD IDEA. SO THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

SO, OK, WELL, IF YOU WANT TO GO RELAX AND SIT DOWN, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

OH GOOD. OK, NO DETENTION AREA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE RUN OUR CALCULATIONS AND WE DO NOT.

WE NEED ONE. YEAH.

GO SIT DOWN QUICK.

THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

THANKS FOR COMING. OK, IF YOU GUYS ARE READY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR.

IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S NO ONE LEFT.

DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS.

SEE I KNOW, NO ONE.

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION.

YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6B CASE NUMBER ZA 21-0021 SITE PLAN FOR CLARIDEN SCHOOL STEAM ADDITION LOCATED AT 100 CLARIDEN RANCH ROAD IN SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO OUR STAFF REPORT DATED APRIL 26, 2021 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER THREE DATED APRIL 26, 2021.

NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING THE SITE PLAN AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OK, CONGRATULATIONS.

PASSES SEVEN ZERO. ALL THE BEST.

OK, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 7A.

[7.A. Ordinance No. 480-781, (ZA21-0020), 1st Reading, Zoning Change and Site Plan for Magnolia Southlake on property described as Tract 11 and a portion of Tract 11E, Thomas Easter Survey Abstract No. 474, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, and located at 320 S. Nolen Drive, Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "AG" Agricultural District and "S-P-2" Generalized Site Plan District. Requested Zoning: "S-P-1" Detailed Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #8. (If approved, the public hearing will be at the May 18, 2021 City Council meeting.)]

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THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S SOUTH OF THE NOLAN RETAIL.

THE NEW OFFICE DEVELOPMENT WHERE THERE IS FOUR OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS JUST TO THE NORTH VILLAGE CENTER IS PARTIALLY BUILT ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY AS IS THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

AND THEN THE FLEX INDUSTRIAL SPACES TO THE WEST.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT UPDATED PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY ON THE WAY.

AND THEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN AROUND THIS PROPOSAL.

THE NOLAN OFFICE PARK IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, NEARING COMPLETION, THAT IS FOUR SINGLE STOREY BUILDING, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR SQUARE FEET.

THE PINNACLE POINT, PHASE ONE AND TWO ARE TO THE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY AND HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THOSE LOTS, THOSE BUILDINGS RANGE FROM ABOUT TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, UP TO TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

YOU HAVE THE MOB TO THE EAST OF THIS AND THEN THE GMI BUILDING.

YOU REMEMBER THE HEADQUARTER BUILDING THAT WAS 80000 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT, TWO STORY BUILDING TO THE SOUTH.

AND THEN THE RECENT OF THESE, THE KIND OF FLEX OFFICE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED FOR FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND SQUARE FEET JUST TO THE EAST OF THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.

WHEN YOU SEE THIS PLAN, YOU MAY RECALL WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE GMI BUILDING BECAUSE WE WANTED TO CREATE CONNECTIVITY POINTS FOR TRAFFIC AND TO STAY OFF CROOKED, YOU'LL SEE SOME CONNECTION POINTS, PARTICULARLY THE ONE GOING FROM THE GMI HEADQUARTERS NORTH TO VILLAGE CENTER TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR VEHICLES TO GET OUT ON NOLAN.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE DRIVES FOR CONNECTION BACK TO THE WEST.

ALSO ARE SHOWING UP IN THE SITE PLAN, AND THAT'S DRIVING SOME OF THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE THAT'S BEING SHOWN ON THE ON THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

JUST A COUPLE OTHER PICTURES.

THIS IS GEORGETOWN PARK TO THE NORTH.

THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING THE SOUTH IN THE NEAR FUTURE VILLAGE CENTER WILL BE ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY.

IT DOES HAVE A MIXED USE LAND USE DESIGNATION.

SO IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT LAND USE.

YOUR SMALL AREA PLAN DOES SHOW IT IN THE THE AIRPORT OVERLAY.

YOU MAY RECALL SINGLE FAMILY IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS OVERLAY, HENCE THE CHANGE TO THE DESIGNATION BACK IN 2012 TO ALLOW FOR A MORE MIXED USE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT MASTER PLANNING IN THIS AREA IN A COORDINATED MANNER, AND COUNCILS WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CONNECTIVITY AND CONSISTENCY IN DESIGN AND SOME OF THE BUILDINGS AS THOSE GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE ZONING IS AG AND THE REQUEST IS AN SP 2 TO ALLOW THAT OFFICE DEVELOPMENT.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS YOUR MOBILITY PLAN, WHICH SHOWS YOUR VILLAGE CENTER CONNECTOR WITH THE OPENING OF THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.

YOU'RE THE ROAD WILL BE BUILT TO A POINT WHERE GEORGETOWN PARK STARTS.

THERE'LL BE A CONNECTION FROM THE SOUTH, ALLOW GMI TO ACCESS THE VILLAGE CENTER AND THAT THAT ROADWAY WILL BE OPEN, EXCEPT IT CAN OPEN SHORTLY.

THE WE DO HAVE RIGHT AWAY THE APPLICANT IS DEDICATING THE RIGHT AWAY FOR THEIR PORTION.

A SIDEWALK WILL BE BUILT ALONG THAT PORTION OF VILLAGE CENTER THAT IS BUILT TODAY.

AND THEN THERE IS GROWING FUNDS FOR SIDEWALKS FOR THE FUTURE.

THAT'LL BE A 60 FOOT CROSS SECTION.

THIS IS A PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR THE THREE OFFICE BUILDINGS.

THE PROPOSAL IS ON 1.87 ACRES.

AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS SP1 WITH 01 USES.

THE BUILDINGS ARE TWO STORIES.

THE TWO WESTERN BUILDINGS ARE EIGHTY SIX HUNDRED SQUARE FEET IN THE EASTERN BUILDING IS

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AND AS MENTIONED, THE GMI PROPOSAL, YOU MAY RECALL COUNCIL DISCUSSING AND WANTING THAT EXTENSION OF THAT DRIVE TO THE FUTURE VILLAGE CENTER.

AND SO THE THE PROJECTS ARE LINING UP NICELY AND COORDINATING.

SO THAT WILL BE THAT DRIVE ACCESS WILL BE BUILT IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED.

IN ADDITION, YOU MAY RECALL THIS DRIVE ON THE SOUTH TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY BACK TO THE WEST. THAT IS ALSO PART OF THIS PROJECT ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

THESE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS, IT IS A BRICK STRUCTURE, TWO STOREY STRUCTURE WITH THE BLACK METAL TRIM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO EITHER TO BE ALLOWED TO DO A COMPOSITE ASPHALT SHINGLE TYPE ROOF OR A ROOF OPTION OF BARREL TILE CLAY TYPE CONCRETE ROOF.

THIS IS THE BUILDING ONE ELEVATION, WHICH IS THE EASTERN BUILDING COUNCIL MEMBER TALLEY ASKED ME ABOUT SOME OF THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA AND WHETHER THAT THAT BARREL TILE ROOF WAS PREVALENT.

THESE ARE THE ON THE NOLAN DRIVE, THOSE OFFICE BUILDINGS TO THE NORTH.

THEY ARE USING SOME SOMETHING SIMILAR MAYBE THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT THIS IS PROPOSED ON THEIR SLOPE, PORTIONS OF THE ROOF.

A LOT OF THE STRUCTURES ARE FLAT ROOF WITH A COMBINATION OF A PARAPET OR AN ANGLE TYPE ROOF. THE SURGERY CENTER THAT'S LOCATED ADJACENT, DOES HAVE THAT MORE OF A TRADITIONAL BARREL TILE ROOF.

AND SO IT IS PREVALENT IN SOME OF THE BUILDINGS YOU GO TO THE WEST, THE THE PINNACLE POINT IS MORE TRADITIONAL STONE GLASS FRONTS AND METAL STEEL.

THESE PROPOSED BUILDING PLANS FOR ONE.

THE OTHER TWO BUILDINGS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE THE FIRST BUILDING IN TERMS OF THE ARCHITECTURE, JUST SOME RENDERINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

THIS IS A [INAUDIBLE] PERSPECTIVE.

LOOKING BACK TO THE EAST, YOU CAN SEE THE DUMPSTER AREA IN THE INTERIOR LANDSCAPING.

DIRECTOR BAKER, REAL QUICKLY, DID YOU REFERENCE ASPHALT SHINGLES AS A ROOF OPTION? NO THESE ARE, THEY CALL THEM COMPOSITION ASPHALT.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS AN SP1 DISTRICT, AND WE TRIED TO BRING YOU JUST A COMPARISON TO THE THE STANDARD 01 ONE AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, THE BUFFER YARDS, WHICH IS A PRETTY COMMON ASK, YOU KNOW, THE THE INTERIOR BUFFER YARDS IN THESE MULTIPLE OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A WAIVER THAT THE OLD ONE THIS REQUIRES A 15 FOOT SET BACK.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR SET TO BE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THAT BUILDING, TOO, AND BUILDING THREE.

THOSE SIDE LOTS IS WHERE THEY ARE SLIGHTLY UNDER 15 FEET.

THE MAXIMUM PERVIOUS COVERAGE IS 65 PERCENT.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR 75 PERCENT.

THE CONNECTION TO ALLOW THE GMI SITE TO CONNECT TO VILLAGE CENTER IS DRIVING SOME OF THAT IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, AS WELL AS THAT DRIVE TO THE SOUTH.

AND SO THEY ARE ASKING TO EXCEED THE OLD ONE, BUT THAT IS DRIVING SOME OF THAT NEED.

ALL PARKING IS TO BE LOCATED ON THE SAME LOT.

THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THERE WILL BE PARKING AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, ALLOWING IT TO BE PARK TO CODE THE WAY IT'S PARKED.

IT'LL BE GENERALLY A GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING.

THERE MAY BE SOME SMALL MEDICAL AND THEN THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT FOURTEEN POINT THREE PERCENT OF THE EXISTING CANOPY BE REMAIN.

THE SITE HAS TWENTY NINE POINT FOUR PERCENT.

THERE IS SOME FALL ACROSS THE SITE, PROBABLY ABOUT 10 TO 11 FEET.

SO THERE NEED TO BE SOME GRADING DONE.

A LOT OF THE TREE SPECIES ARE MESQUITE AND CEDAR.

THERE ARE A FEW OAK TREES IN THE MIX.

THE PRESERVATION BE GENERALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING.

THEY ARE EXCEEDING THE INTERIOR LANDSCAPING BY ALMOST THREE TIMES OF THE REQUIREMENT TO

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THIS IS THE PEDESTRIAN PLAN, WHICH SHOWS INTERIOR CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VARIANCE REQUESTS BECAUSE THE STREET VILLAGE CENTER IS ONLY BUILT TO THIS POINT HERE.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE TO LOT 2 TO BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ABUT ON A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREET. IT DOES A BUT ON A FUTURE RIGHT A WAY.

BUT BECAUSE THE STREET IS NOT BUILT, JUST GETTING A REQUEST IN VARIOUS REQUESTS FOR THAT LOT TOO, UNTIL THE STREET IS ONCE THAT'S BUILT, THAT VARIANCE WOULD NO LONGER REALLY BE VALID. LOT 3 BECAUSE THEY'RE SUBDIVIDING IT WOULD NEED A REQUEST TO LOT FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS. JUST A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS.

THERE IS ONE ADJACENT LANDOWNER IN OPPOSITION IN THE GEORGETOWN PARK AREA.

CAN YOU GO BACK? OH, OK.

THAT'S WHO'S IN OPPOSITION.

YES MA'AM.

P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOUR ZERO, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

OK, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? I HAVE A QUESTION? WHAT IS THE TIMING OF THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF VILLAGE CENTER? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA.

WELL, YES.

AND THERE ARE STILL SOME UNKNOWNS.

VILLAGE CENTER APPROACH IS MUCH LIKE [INAUDIBLE] ROAD WHERE IT IS DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN IN NATURE. AND SO WE'LL HAVE WITH THE NOLAN OFFICE IF IT'S BUILT TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF GEORGETOWN PARK TODAY.

SO THAT WILL BE OPEN, DEDICATED AND FUNCTIONING WHEN THIS REFER TO THIS AS THE CAR PROPERTY AS A FAMILY OWNED THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WE'VE HAD SOME PROPOSALS, BUT WHEN THIS IS DEVELOPED, WE'LL GET THIS SECTION OF THE ROADWAY BUILT ON THESE TWO LOTS ARE DEVELOPED MOST LIKE WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY THAT IS SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN PARK HERE.

IT PROBABLY WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH [INAUDIBLE] WHERE WE'LL GET TWO SIDES BUILT AND WILL NEED TO COME IN AND ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY ALONG GEORGETOWN PARK TO AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO BUILD THE SECTION TO MAKE THE CONNECTION.

WE CAN USE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE BEING COLLECTED TO APPLY TOWARD THIS ROAD IF NEEDED.

BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON THESE TWO PROPERTIES HERE WHEN THEY DEVELOP.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE ROAD COMPLETED AND THEN STAFF WILL MOVE FORWARD TO TALK TO COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT WE DO TO ACQUIRE THAT THAT ONE SECTION THAT WE'LL NEED ALONG GEORGETOWN TO MAKE THE CONNECTION.

SO HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS.

BUT IT'S REALLY DEPEND ON THAT THAT WESTERN PIECE MOVING AND BEING DEVELOPED, WHICH WILL TRIGGER. OK, SO WHEN THIS GETS BUILT, WELL, GEORGETOWN WILL HAVE ACCESS THEN THROUGH THE BACK OF GEORGETOWN TO GET OUT AND TO NOLAN.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I MEAN, I KNOW THERE MAY BE CONCERN WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER, BUT IT WAS THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE INTENTION TO HAVE ACCESS.

NO, NO. THAT'S WHY I ASKED WHO WAS AGAINST IT AND I WANTED TO JUST SEE THE MAP.

YEAH, THAT'S THE ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS THEY DON'T THEY SAID WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT, THEY DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A ROAD BACK THERE. BUT THE ROADS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE PLAN.

BUT WHEN THE ROAD GETS PUT IN THERE, YOU'LL I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF THIS BUILDING GETS BUILT AND THE ADDITIONAL THAT ADDITIONAL PART OF THAT THAT THE THROUGH FARE GOES THROUGH, WILL THERE BE ACCESS OPEN IN GEORGETOWN PARK RIGHT AWAY AT THAT TIME? THAT WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE, AS WE WOULD WANT TWO WAYS OUT.

BUT WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR INTENTION TO HAVE THAT ACCESS THERE.

YEAH, YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE, THE ONLY THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GO WEST IS TO GO CUT ACROSS THROUGH TO CHICK FIL A AND GO OUT CHICK FIL A AND TRY TO MAKE THEIR WAY BACK.

SO HAVING ACCESS ON TO NOLAN I THINK IS REALLY GOING TO HELP.

ALSO, BY THE WAY, HOW ALL THAT TRAFFIC JAM AT CHICK FIL A, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THE OFFICE PARK. THAT'S AS WE CONTINUE TO KEEP BUILDING AND BUILDING AND BUILDING IN THERE. THAT WHOLE BUSINESS PARK IS AND EVERYTHING TO THE WEST OF IT IS GOING OUT THROUGH CHICK FIL A. AND WE'VE GOT A HUGE TRAFFIC PROBLEM AT CHICK FIL A.

SO THE SOONER WE GET THIS DONE AND GET THAT TRAFFIC TO EMPTY OUT ONTO NOLAN, AND I THINK THE BETTER AND IT'S SAFER, MUCH SAFER.

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I KNOW THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, BUT I THINK I THINK AT LEAST THE STAFF, WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE IT MORE MARKETABLE, THOSE OFFICE BUILDINGS BACK THERE IF THEY HAD A SECONDARY ACCESS TO THE SITE.

OH, I WISH I'D HAD IT WHEN I HAD MY BUILDING.

SO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

DIRECTOR BAKER, THAT THE NEW PIECE OF VILLAGE CENTER DURING OUR PREP MEETING WITH DIRECTOR COHAN, WE FIGURED THAT WAS ABOUT 500 FEET OF NEW VILLAGE CENTER.

WE'D BE ADDING IN TO THE TO THE PUZZLE.

YES, SIR. THERE'D BE ROUGHLY FIVE HUNDRED FEET FROM THIS, THE TERMINUS OF THE EXISTING PORTION OF THE ROAD BACK TO THIS PORTION HERE ON THE THE WESTERN PORTION OF GEORGETOWN PARK. JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER 500 FEET.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S PART OF THE NOLAN OFFICE PHASE.

WE DID ACQUIRE ALL OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT RIGHT OF WAY TO THE TO THE SOUTH THERE.

AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE ROOF TYPE OF ROOF MATERIALS.

THE OPTIONS, THEY'RE BUILT INTO THE APPLICATION, RIGHT? TO COUNCIL MEMBER TALLEY'S POINT.

THE OPTIONS ARE WITH THE APPLICANT AS TO WHAT THEY USE.

SO IF WE WANT TO EXCLUDE SOMETHING, WE'LL HAVE TO EXCLUDE IT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, AS IT'S PRESENTED, THEY HAVE OPTIONS ON WHAT THEY USE FOR ROOF MATERIAL? YES SIR THAT'S CORRECT IF YOU DON'T SPEAK TO IT, THEN STAFF WILL JUST ASSUME THOSE TWO OPTIONS ARE VIABLE WITH THE ZONING IS APPROVED.

OK, THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

YES MA'AM. WAS THE GMI WAS THE MOST RECENTLY APPROVED THAT WE HAD JUST PRIOR? YOU WANT ME TO? YEAH, WELL, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE THE RENDERING THAT SHOWS THE LANDSCAPING, BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPING ON THIS JUST FEELS ESPECIALLY WITH RELATIVE TO THE TREES, IT FEELS A LITTLE SPARSE.

AND SO I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO TAKE OUT ALL THOSE TREES TO PUT THE TO PUT THE BUILDING IN AND THE PARKING. BUT I JUST WANTED TO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PULL THAT UP.

I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR THE GMI LANDSCAPING BUT I CAN BRING THAT AT SECOND READING.

I GUESS I JUST MAYBE, MAYBE PUT BACK IN SOME MORE IN PARTICULAR AROUND THE PERIMETER, MAYBE SOME, YOU KNOW, CEDAR TREES OR JUST SOME MORE TREES.

IT JUST I DON'T KNOW.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS A LOT LONGER THAN ME I AGREE. I THINK ALONG VILLAGE CENTER WILL BECOME VILLAGE CENTER.

YEAH. THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF TREES ON SITE, BUT I THINK THEY CAN ADD A FEW MORE ALONG VILLAGE CENTER AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AS FAR AS SCREENING, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING RIGHT THERE ON VILLAGE CENTER. I THINK A FEW MORE TREES MIGHT BE WELL TAKEN.

AND TO MAYBE ANSWER A QUESTION, THE GMI SITE ZONING, THERE WAS A LOT OF ENHANCEMENT ALONG CROOKED LANE BECAUSE THERE WAS A THOROUGHFARE.

AND SO YOU SPEAK TO THE APPLICANT WHETHER, THE ROOM, IF THEY CAN ADD SOME MORE CANOPIES OR LIVE OAKS OR SOME TYPE OF TREE ALONG THAT FUTURE THOROUGHFARE TO SOUTH VILLAGE CENTER WILL BE A COLLECTOR ROAD THROUGH THERE ONE DAY SO MY OTHER QUESTION, WHEN YOU AND I SPOKE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OVER PARKING. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE MORE LIKE? LIKE WHAT? WELL, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER PARK FOR GENERAL OFFICE.

SO THE DO HAVE THE ABILITY, OUR UNDERSTANDING THIS TO BE PRIMARY GENERAL OFFICE AND NOT MEDICAL, THEY'RE 10, 12 SPACES OVER.

BUT THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE FLEXIBILITY, MAYBE DO A SMALL MEDICAL IN THERE, WHICH PARKS AT ABOUT ONE TO ONE FIFTY RATIO.

SO DEPENDING ON THE ULTIMATE USES, THEY THEY'RE SLIGHTLY OVER PARKING 100 PERCENT GENERAL OFFICE. BUT I THINK THEY MAY WANT THE FLEXIBILITY, DO SMALL MEDICAL IN THERE.

AND SO THEY I THINK THEY'RE BUILDING THAT FLEXIBILITY.

OK, THANK YOU. OK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OK, YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YES, YES.

OK, IS APPLICANT PRESENT? AND IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, CLAY CHRISTY, CLAYMORE ENGINEERING, 1903 CENTRAL DRIVE.

THANK YOU, MR. BAKER, FOR GIVING A VERY LENGTHY, THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

I THINK HE COVERED THE MAJORITY OF OF KIND OF THE OVERVIEW I DID JUST THROUGH THE CONVERSATION, STARTED HEARING SOME CONCERNS AND THINGS.

WHAT I WHILE WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO LANDSCAPING IN REGARDS TO THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING, ASKING ABOUT TREES AND WHAT WE WERE DOING TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT. WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE ADDING 40 PERCENT MORE TREES THEN WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE SITE INTERNALLY RIGHT NOW.

SO ABOUT 13 TREES PER CODE OR WATER ADDED.

WE'RE ALREADY ADDING ADDITIONAL FIVE.

THE AREAS THAT WE DID NOT ADD ADDITIONAL TREES.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MR. [INAUDIBLE] UP THERE ALONG VILLAGE INNER DRIVE ARE TYPICALLY IN THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING TREES CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE AVOIDED ADDING A WHOLE LOT MORE TREES AROUND THERE JUST BECAUSE WE'D BE

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IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SHRUBS THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE PLANTINGS, WE WE'RE ABOUT 60 PERCENT ADDITIONAL REQUIRED AN ADDITIONAL SORRY, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PERCENT, I THINK.

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO PERCENT.

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO SHRUBS ARE REQUIRED ON SITE.

WE HAVE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT.

SO QUITE A BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE REQUIRED THERE ESPECIALLY.

AND THEN FOR OUR REQUIRED LANDSCAPING, TRYING TO KEEP THAT INTERIOR, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, WE HAVE ABOUT SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET REQUIRED AND WE'RE PROVIDING OVER SEVENTEEN THOUSAND.

SO WE DID, WE DO UNDERSTAND THE ASK FOR THE TREES, THE TREES, LIKE MR. BAKER MENTIONED, THAT WE ARE REMOVING OUR IN, AT LEAST IN OUR OPINION, A LITTLE LESS DESIRABLE IN THE FACT THAT THERE THE MESQUITES AND SOME OF THE CEDAR TREES, WE ARE COMING BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DESIRABLE ON OUR END OF YOUR OAKS AND CEDAR ELMS AND KIND OF HIGHER QUALITY TREES THAT WE FEEL FOR THE SITE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO JUSTIFY THE REMOVAL THAT.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE MENTIONED AND Y'ALL KIND OF BROUGHT UP THE WHICH IS KIND OF A LITTLE UNCOMMON IS THE ROOFING MATERIAL.

THE REASON WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW IS WE ARE IN KIND OF AN AWKWARD TIME FRAME WHERE WE'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT AND A SHORT OF SUPPLIES IN CONSTRUCTION.

MR. HUFFMAN MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL IN HIS BUSINESS OR UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE REASON FOR THOSE TWO IS WE DO WANT A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CHEAP OUT ON ANYTHING HERE.

BUT THE REASON FOR THAT OPTION IS, IS THAT THE MAGNOLIA PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVING IN HERE, THIS IS THEIR OFFICE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE IN.

THEY'RE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS, THEY ARE BUILDING OTHER FACILITIES AND OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX AND REALLY THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW. AND WITH THAT, THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME ON SOME OF THESE PRODUCTS.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE REASON FOR THE FOR THE TWO PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE THERE.

AS MR. BAKER DID SAY, WE ARE MAKING THE CONNECTIONS, AS WE'RE COMMUNICATED PREVIOUSLY THROUGH THE OTHER ZONING FOR THE CONNECTION OF VILLAGE CENTER, THROUGH THE GMI AND THROUGH PINNACLE POINT ALL THE WAY ON OUT TO NOLAN.

THOSE MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENTS ARE FILED OF RECORD.

THEY ARE IN PLACE. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STANDING HERE TELLING YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. IT IS A FILE OF RECORD.

WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.

QUESTIONS.

QUICK REMIND ME, THE PROPOSED BUILDING, I GUESS, ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT WAS GOING TO BE THEIR HEADQUARTER OFFICE.

IS THAT ACCURATE? WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE TWO WESTERN BUILDING.

TWO WESTERN BUILDING. OVER THERE ON THE SIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT THERE IS WHAT THEY'RE THEY'VE BEEN GROWING.

AND SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL KIND OF THOUGHT, IS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT THAT.

BUT AS THEY HAVE BEEN A GROWING BUSINESS, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THEY'LL BE NEEDING TWO OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE THERE FOR THEIR OWN PROPERTY, MAYBE EVEN POTENTIALLY THE THIRD.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD BE THE INTENTION.

I'M A LITTLE STUCK ON THE JUST THE THE LAYOUT HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE, A LOT OF PARKING, AND THEN IT'S JUST.

YEAH, WEIRD. YOU KNOW, FROM THE BIRD'S EYE VIEW HERE, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS THIS LOT.

IT JUST LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STUFFED TWO BUILDINGS ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF BUILDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND STUFF IN ALL THE PARKING IN THE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE.

WHAT AM I MISSING FROM? SO WE'VE ACTUALLY RECYCLING THIS.

I BET WE'VE PROBABLY GONE THROUGH ABOUT TEN ITERATIONS ON MY SIDE.

SO LET ME KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE HAVE, ONE OF WHICH WE WE WORKED AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES. WE LOOKED AT PUTTING THE ONES ON THE OUTSIDE LIKE YOU HAVE NOW.

WE'VE TRIED TO PUT MORE OF AN INLINE TYPE PRODUCT WHERE YOU HAVE THREE BUILDINGS KIND OF IN SPACE. IT GOT REAL KIND OF STEREOTYPICAL THERE.

AND EVERYTHING GOT PULLED TO THE BACK OF THE SITE.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE IS, IS THAT THERE'S GOT AND MR. BAKER IS VERY CLOSE TO ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET OF FALL FROM THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER WHERE WE'RE ON VILLAGE CENTER.

SO IF YOU MOVE THE BUILDINGS OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE STREET AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PARKING AND EVERYTHING AT GRADE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BUILDINGS SEVEN OR EIGHT FEET TALL, UP ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR VERSUS WHAT YOU'D HAVE.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR PARKING WAY UP HIGH AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE YOUR CONNECTIONS, YOUR ADA ACCESS, AND SO WHENEVER WE PUSH IT UP FRONT, IT RAISES UP AND IT MAKES THOSE THE BUILDINGS SEEM TOO VERTICAL.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALREADY YOU HAVE A TWO STORY BUILDING AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER HALF A STORY ON TOP OF THAT.

THAT'S A TWO AND A HALF STORY BUILDING AND THEY'RE FAIRLY SMALL.

WE PREFER TO KEEP THEM SMALL VERSUS COMBINING THEM INTO ONE BUILDING.

THAT'S JUST THE DESIRE THAT WE ARE WANTING THERE.

AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL IN TRYING TO KEEP THE SCALE SMALLER.

AND SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKED AT THAT THEN WE PULLED IT TO THE FRONT AND THEN DOING [INAUDIBLE] WHEN WE PUT IT IN LINE IN THE BACK AND IT WAS JUST [INAUDIBLE] KIND OF JUST WENT VERY STEREOTYPICAL.

THERE WAS NO THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT IT.

THE BUILDINGS WEREN'T TURNED DIFFERENT.

THEY WEREN'T ARTICULATED. THEY WERE JUST KIND OF IN LINE RIGHT THERE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PARKING BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD JUST HAVE A FRONT ROW OF PARKING THAT COMES IN RIGHT THERE OFF VILLAGE CENTER. AND THEN IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SEE TOO MANY OF THOSE RETAIL

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AND THEN YOU HAD THE BUILDINGS IN THE BACK.

AND SO THAT'S WHENEVER WE KIND OF START ROTATING AND TURNING AROUND.

WE ALSO DO HAVE THAT ACCESS ROAD.

WE DID TRY TO KEEP YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT ANY PARKING OR ANYTHING ON THE FAR EAST SIDE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THAT DEDICATED ACCESS WAS TO CONNECT THE GMI TRACT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE DIDN'T WANT PARKING ALONG THAT DRIVE BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A HIGHER VOLUME DRIVE. YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE BACKING OUT OR IF SOMETHING STACKS UP, THERE AT PEAK HOURS, PEOPLE TRYING TO PULL INTO THOSE SPOTS.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A QUICK RUNDOWN ON WHY WE LOOKED AT THAT KIND OF WHAT WE DID, WHENEVER WE DID THAT, BECAUSE WE DID, WE WENT THROUGH QUITE A DIFFERENT VERSIONS JUST BEFORE WE PRESENTED THAT TO YOU GUYS ON WHAT WE WERE DOING AND HOW THAT WOULD ALL WORK.

OK. OK, OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT, NOT A QUESTION ACTUALLY COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR ON YOUR LANDSCAPE PLAN.

OFTENTIMES WE'LL SEE AN OVERABUNDANCE OF A PARTICULAR SPECIES, LIKE A LIVE OAK, AND IT ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, CUE TIPS.

FIVE YEARS LATER, NOBODY LAYS THEM OUT CORRECTLY AND THEY JUST LIVE THEY'RE TERRIBLE.

I MEAN, YOU ONLY HAVE THREE IN YOUR ENTIRE PROJECT, BUT YOU WENT WITH RED OAKS AND MAGNOLIAS. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD.

SO THANKS FOR THE THOUGHT ON THAT.

THE OWNER, I WILL ASSURE YOU, IS QUITE PARTICULAR.

LIKE I SAID, THIS IS WHERE HE'S GOING TO PUT HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS AND HIS OWNERSHIP AND LANDSCAPING, AS I'VE LEARNED, WORKING WITH HIM OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS IS A VERY PARTICULAR AND HOW SOMETHING LOOKS.

BEAUTIFUL TREES THAT PEOPLE UNDERUTILIZED, BY THE WAY.

BUT THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MR. WILLIAMSON. WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IS IT? WHAT IS MAGNOLIA? WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY'RE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

ACTUALLY, THE OWNERS ARE HERE, IF YOU LIKE, LIKE THEM TO COME UP AND SPEAK.

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. GOOD.

OK, WELL, I CAN GIVE THIS SPILL I DON'T KNOW IF YOU [INAUDIBLE].

NO I WAS JUST INTERESTED IN WHAT KIND OF.

THEY LIKE I SAID THEY MAINLY WORK IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.

THEY WORK WITH APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND SO THEY CONSTRUCT MAINLY BOUTIQUE SMALL TYPE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THROUGHOUT THE DFW METROPLEX, MAINLY URBAN INFILL TYPE PLACES WHENEVER THEY HAVE THAT. SO PLEASE DON'T WE'RE NOT PROPOSING HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

NO. SO I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO GET OUT.

JUST MAINLY URBAN INFILL THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX AND ALL THE WAY ALL THE WAY INTO ARIZONA, SOUTH TEXAS, DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

OK, GREAT, GREAT.

MY ONLY COMMENT IS I APPRECIATE THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE.

SO MUCH OF WHAT WE SEE IN THESE ESPECIALLY SMALLER BUILDINGS ARE KIND OF THE TEXAS MODERN KIND OF JUST JUST TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOOK.

AND I LIKE TO SEE TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS.

YEAH. SO WELL DONE.

MAYOR HUFFMAN.

HE STOLE MY THUNDER THERE.

BUT I DO LIKE THE STYLE OF THE BUILDING.

I LIKE THE ROOF. IS THAT GRAY COLOR GOING TO.

CAN WE CONSIDER SOMETHING OTHER THAN, THAN THE COMPOSITE ROOF TILE THOUGH.

I MEAN I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT SEEMS KIND OF SHORTCHANGING THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT THAT YOU'RE BUILDING. I WILL I WILL ATTEST THAT ROOFING MATERIALS ARE HORRIBLE.

RIGHT? I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S HORRIBLE RIGHT NOW.

THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS A TOTAL MESS.

I WOULD WANT TO GIVE THEM FLEXIBILITY.

AS LONG AS KEN IS OK WITH THE LIKE, IT'S COMPARABLE.

YOU'VE GOT TO PUT A ROOF ON, I REALIZE.

BUT, MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE THE PROBABLY THE LEAST DESIRABLE ROOF I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE I THINK.

WOULDN'T BE MY CHOICE. MINE EITHER.

OK, WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE LANDSCAPING YOU'RE PUTTING BACK AND BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE TAKING OUT.

BUT I STILL DO WANT TO SEE MORE TREES ALONG VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE.

THAT WOULD CENTER. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE TREES ARE.

THE SMALLER GREEN CIRCLES, WHAT KIND OF TREES THOSE ARE.

TRUE CANOPY TREES OR WHATEVER.

SO I THINK BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING, I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO FLESH OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, MAYBE GO A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

SO ON THE ROOFING MATERIALS, WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT TO DO BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION ON COMPOSITE SHINGLES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF? YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT IN IS AN OPTION OR TAKE IT OUT? DO WE HAVE A COMPOSITE SHINGLES IN TOWN ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.

? MAYBE SOME OF THOSE SMALLER GARDEN OF TYPE OFFICES.

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SO THAT'S AS CLOSE TO A NO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET FROM KEN.

THAT'S WHERE [INAUDIBLE] THERE.

I REALIZE, YOU KNOW, MATERIALS ARE SHORT, BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE MY HEARTBURN.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE OPTIONS.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER OPTION IS IDEAL FOR WHAT YOUR CONCEPT LOOKS LIKE. I DON'T THINK THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND.

BUT YEAH.

I MEAN, WE COULD ASK FOR OPTIONS.

YEAH. LIKE THE FIRST READING, RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN, I MEAN, IF YOU COME BACK AND SAY THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE CAN DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT, THAT'S WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION.

BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IF THERE WERE OTHER OPTIONS.

I'M ASSUMING IF YOU WANTED THE BARREL TILE, IT'D BE A DARK BARREL TILE LIKE LIKE A DARK GRAY OR SOMETHING? I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MR. PATTON JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

MR. MCCASKILL, JUST ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY MAGNOLIA TREES, THE SMALL GREEN TREES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE. THEY'RE THE MAGNOLIA LITTLE GEMS IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT THERE.

SO WHILE THEY ARE SMALLER CIRCLES, THEY CAN STILL GROW TO BE SIZABLE TYPE TREES THAT ARE ALONG IN THAT AREA. OH, NAME. FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS RANDY PRIMROSE.

I'M 2435 E SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, ACTUALLY, IN GEORGETOWN PARK RIGHT BEHIND HERE.

WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.

WE ARE PLANTING THE MAGNOLIAS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE LIKE MAGNOLIAS.

WE ARE TRYING TO PLANT AS MANY AS WE CAN WITHOUT OVERCROWDING THEM.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PROPERTIES WHERE OVER TIME THESE TREES WILL GROW, ESPECIALLY BIG, LARGE CANOPY TREES WILL GROW INTO EACH OTHER AND START TO BECOME A BIG, TANGLED WEB, WHICH TO ME, THEY'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.

I'M HAPPY TO PLANT AS MANY TREES AS YOU WOULD LIKE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M BEHOLDEN TO THE REQUEST.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE'RE TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND NOT OVERGROWING IT, BUT STILL ALLOWING THEM TO THRIVE AND PLANT AS MANY AS WE CAN.

THE MAGNOLIA, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS IT'S OUR BRAND AND KIND OF STATELY SOUTHERN AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT.

AS FAR AS THE BUILDING MATERIALS, MOST OF THESE ARE TPO ROOFS, WHICH WE WILL HOUSE MOST OF THE CONDENSING UNITS UP ON THE ROOF, NOT ON THE GROUND, AND IT WILL SCREEN THOSE.

SO WITH THE ASPHALT SHINGLE, WE'VE USED IT IN OTHER ONES.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR HESITATION.

IT'S EITHER THAT OR A SLATERS SYNTHETIC TYPE ROOF.

IT'S REALLY JUST THE FRONT TO GET THE COLOR.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M HAPPY TO DO ANOTHER SLATE OR SHINGLE.

MOST OF THE SYNTHETICS WE'VE USED IN THE PAST, IF THEY HAVE ANY DAMAGE AND YOU TRY TO GET NEW ONES, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MATCH THOSE.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT THAT WILL LAST LONGER THAN MOST OF THE SYNTHETICS THAT WE'VE USED HISTORICALLY BECAUSE THEY LOOK GREAT WHEN YOU PUT THEM ON.

BUT ANY KIND OF DAMAGE WITH HAIL OR WIND OR IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

WE HAD TO REPLACE THEM ALL IF YOU WANT IT TO LOOK GOOD.

SO CONSISTENCY OVER TIME IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US FOR THE QUALITY.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY OVER TIME, IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LONGER LASTING PRODUCT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD.

GENERALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE BARREL ROOF, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO A WHITE WINDOW TO GO WITH MORE OF THAT SANTA BARBARA LOOK IN A TRADITIONAL WAY OR THE BLACK WINDOW WITH THE GRAY ROOFING MATERIAL.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO.

BUT AGAIN, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE WE GET TO.

WE'VE GOT A PROJECT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE THAT EXACT GRAY ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF AND OUR SUPPLIERS TELLING US THAT HE CANNOT GET IT.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEST SELLERS, AS YOU PROBABLY CAN ATTEST TO IN GAF'S LINE.

AND THEY ARE RUNNING OUT.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET IN THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS WHEN WE GET TO THIS PLACE OF TRYING TO PUT THE ROOF ON.

BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HAVE OPTIONS GIVEN EXTREME SHORTAGES IN MATERIALS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK AND I'LL JUST GO ON THE RECORD.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO OVER LANDSCAPE SOMETHING.

WE'VE SEEN THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FIVE YEARS OUT AND YOU END UP RIPPING STUFF OUT.

WE HAVE AN ISSUE AT PARK VILLAGE.

IT'S OVER LANDSCAPED, YOU KNOW, ALONG CARROLL AVENUE.

I THINK IT WAS TOTALLY OVER LANDSCAPED.

AND YEAH, IT LOOKS SILLY NOW.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW.

AND SO I CERTAINLY RESPECT COUNCIL MEMBER TALLEY'S POSITION, BUT I'M OK WITH BEING VERY COGNIZANT OF WHERE YOU PUT THINGS AND INTENTIONAL.

AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE CALLING THIS HOME.

SO IT MEANS SOMETHING MORE TO YOU AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO, YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU, I, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TALLEY.

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BUT YOU'RE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW YOU'RE DOING THIS.

AND THAT IS THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE CAN EVEN BE BETTER AS A COUNCIL IS OFTENTIMES DEVELOPERS BRING SOMETHING TO US TO CHECK THE BOX FOR A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TODAY.

BUT FIVE YEARS AND TEN YEARS FROM NOW, I MEAN, LIKE I LOOK AT THIS THIS RENDERING HERE, ALL OF THE PERIMETER WHERE THERE'S GRASS, IF YOU OVER PLACE TREES, IT'LL ALL DIE, THE GRASS WILL ALL BE DEAD, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DIRT BEDS IN SIX OR SIX YEARS.

AND EVERYBODY WILL GO THAT LOOKS REALLY CRAPPY.

IT'S A BIG TREE, BUT IT'S DIRT.

I MEAN, ON THE INTERIOR PARKING LOT, MAYBE THAT'S WHERE YOU PUT YOUR YOU KNOW, TO ME, THAT'S WHERE YOU PUT YOUR BIG YOUR.

BIG OAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE PERIMETER WHERE THE GRASS IS, IS YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SUNLIGHT. WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THAT, TOO.

I MEAN, I DON'T CHASE A RABBIT, BUT WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL, EXPENSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE EVERY OTHER HOUSE IS EITHER RESODDING OR JUST LETTING THEIR YARD TURN TO DIRT.

SO. WELL, I WOULD JUST CAUTION YOU, IF YOU PUT THOSE MAGNOLIAS TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, YOU COME TO MY HOUSE AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ROWS OF MAGNOLIAS AND THEY'RE PROBABLY AT THE BASE 10 OR 12 FEET APART. AND AFTER 15 YEARS, THEY'RE DOING OK.

WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE FAR APART FROM EACH OTHER THAT ARE HUGE.

SO I GUESS.

THESE ARE THE LITTLE GEMS, THOUGH, RIGHT? THE LITTLE ONES. THESE GO 20 FEET TALL, EIGHT FEET ACROSS.

AND THAT'S THAT'S IT. THEY'RE DONE.

THE OTHER ISSUE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS JUST THE SCREENING, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ALL THE TREES, BUT JUST THE SCREENING OF THAT PARKING LOT.

KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH, YOU KNOW, CROOKED LANE AND GMI.

SO IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF A MIX OF TREES AND SOME OTHER LANDSCAPING, JUST A SHIELD AND SCREEN THAT PARKING LOT BECAUSE IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF PARKING LOT ALONG VILLAGE CENTER, WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE DID WITH GMI, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR HERE. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

WE'RE TRYING TO SCREEN IT, BUT YET NOT HAVE BIG CANOPIES THAT GROW UP WHERE YOU SEE RIGHT THROUGH THE TRUNKS, BUT MORE KIND OF THAT 10 TO 15 FOOT WHERE IT IT GIVES KIND OF PEEK A BOO LOOKS, BUT STILL HAS THE BULK FACE OF SCREEN, ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH.

I KNOW GMI WE DIDN'T SEE A RENDERING, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A RATHER LARGE BUILDING.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SCREEN FROM THE SOUTH, FROM THAT INDUSTRIAL FIELD OF TRUTH TO TRULY CREATE MORE OF AN INTERNAL SPACE WITH THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT.

WE LITERALLY WENT THROUGH 15 ITERATIONS OF THIS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO WE HAVE WORKED IT AND WORKED IT AND WORKED AT IT.

PLEASE DO NOT THINK WE HAVEN'T TRIED VERY HARD TO PLACE IT.

OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. OK, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IS THERE ANY MORE CONVERSATION FROM COUNCIL? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN A ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-781 CASE NUMBER ZA TWENTY ONE, DASH ZERO ZERO TWO ZERO.

FIRST READING, ZONING CHANGE AND SITE PLAN FOR MAGNOLIA SOUTHLAKE LOCATED AT THREE TWO ZERO SOUTH NOLAN DRIVE SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO OUR STAFF REPORT DATED APRIL TWENTY SEVENTH 2021 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER FOUR DATED APRIL TWENTY SECOND 2021.

NOTING WE'RE APPROVING A VARIANCE TO SECTION 8.01.A OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, NUMBER FOUR EIGHT THREE AS AMENDED, WHICH REQUIRES THAT EVERY LOT SHALL ABUT ON A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREET.

BUILDINGS TWO AND THREE, WHICH ARE ON LOTS TWO AND THREE, ARE REQUIRED TO FRONT ON A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREET, BUILDING THREE ON LOT THREE FRONTS ON A COMMON ACCESS EASEMENT TO THE SOUTH AND BUILDING TO ON LOT TWO FRONTS ON THE FUTURE SOUTH VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE.

ALSO NOTING A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK IS REQUIRED ALONG THE CONSTRUCTED SOUTH VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE, THE APPLICANT HAS NOTED THAT FUNDS WILL BE ESCROWED FOR THE SIDEWALK ON THE FUTURE SOUTH VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE CONNECTION TO SOUTH KIMBALL AVENUE.

ALSO NOTING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE APPLICANT FOR SECOND READING PRESENT MORE OPTIONS ON ROOF MATERIALS AND TYPES AND ALSO NOTING FOR SECOND READING, THE COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL RENDERING OF THE LANDSCAPING ALONG VILLAGE CENTER WITH WITH RESPECT TO SCREENING THE PARKING LOT.

OK, KEN YOU GOOD? OK. IS THERE A SECOND.

SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

OK, THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO SEE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM SEVEN B.

[7.B. Ordinance No. 480-533B, (ZA21-0028), 1st Reading, Zoning Change and Site Plan for 3220 W. Southlake Blvd. on property described as Lot 14, J.G. Allen No. 18 Addition, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, and located at 3220 W. Southlake Blvd., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "S-P-1" Detailed Site Plan District Requested Zoning: "S-P-1" Detailed Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #11. (If approved, the public hearing will be at the May 18, 2021 City Council meeting.)]

THIS IS ALSO A FIRST READING APPROVAL OF ZONING CHANGE AND SITE PLAN TO ALLOW RETAIL SALES OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SQUARE FOOT LEASE SPACE OF THE EXISTING SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THIS IS THE SCHOOL ROCK BUILDING IS LOCATED 1709 NEAR PEARSON PROPERTIES, LOCATED THREE TWO TWO ZERO WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.

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THE ZONING IS SP ONE TO ALLOW 01 USES AND THE SCHOOL ROCK TO OPERATE THE SP1 ZONING.

THE STRUCTURE DOES SUCH ALLOW THAT FUNCTION OF THE BUILDING.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE YELLOW SQUARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF [INAUDIBLE] ACROSS FROM THE WATER TANKS.

THIS IS THE SCHOOL ROCK BUILDING BLEAK VIEW AND THIS IS LOOKING BACK TO THE NORTH FROM 1709. THERE ARE NO CHANGES BEING PROPOSED TO THE BUILDING OR THE PARKING.

THE PARKING IS RIGHT AT RETAIL PARKING AT 1 TO 204.

THE THIS IS A COUPLE OF VIEWS, GROUND VIEWS OF THE SITE.

I BELIEVE THIS DUMPSTER IS JUST FOR SOME INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, DO SOME DAMAGE.

THERE IS A DUMPSTER AT THE AT THE SOUTH EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

AGAIN, THERE IS NO CHANGES TO THE BUILDING OR PARKING LAYOUT BEING PROPOSED.

THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE ONLY TO ALLOW THIS PROPOSED USE.

SO THESE ARE THE EXISTING SP1 REGULATIONS.

SO ALL THE EXISTING USES WHICH INCLUDE OFFICE STUDIOS FOR THE PRACTICE, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DANCE OR MUSIC WILL STAY IN PLACE.

WHAT IS SHOWN IN RED WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL REGULATION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO ALLOW THE SALE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY SQUARE FEET OF THIS EXISTING BUILDING.

THIS IS A SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE TENANT SPACE THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE TO THE RETAIL PORTION AND A PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN SHOWING THE SALES ROOM, OR SALES AREA, THE TUNING ROOM AND THE RECEIVING AREA.

THIS IS A PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSE EXHIBIT.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO RESPONSES ON THIS PARTICULAR ZONING REQUEST.

P&Z COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOUR ZERO, THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

DIRECTOR BAKER, I THINK YOU ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT THE ONLY REASON THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE IS BECAUSE WE'RE APPROVING A CHANGE IN THE USE.

YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THE THE SP1 REGULATIONS WILL BE MODIFIED TO ALLOW RETAIL SALES FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE INDICATED ON THE SLIDE UP TO THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY SQUARE FEET OR APPROXIMATE THAT AMOUNT.

SO JUST ON THE USE, THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERS THE ZONING CHANGE IN THIS CASE? YES SIR THAT USE PROPOSED IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE BUILDING TODAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN COUNCIL HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH US? OK, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IS THERE A MOTION? YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN B, ORDINANCE NUMBER FOUR EIGHTY DASH FIVE THREE THREE B, CASE NUMBER ZA TWENTY ONE DASH ZERO ZERO TWO EIGHT.

FIRST READING ZONING CHANGE IN SITE PLAN FOR THREE TWO TWO ZERO WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

SUBJECT TO OUR STAFF REPORT DATED APRIL TWENTY SEVENTH, 2021 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER TWO DATED APRIL 16TH, 2021.

NOTING WE'RE ALLOWING RETAIL SALES OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY SQUARE FEET OF THE SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, AND NOTING THAT ALL OTHER EXISTING SP1 REGULATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY REMAIN IN PLACE AND NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING THE NEW USE WHICH REQUIRES THE ZONING CHANGE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OK, THAT PASSED SEVEN ZERO, AND SINCE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONES LEFT, CONGRATULATIONS, [LAUGHTER] I KNOW MY AUDIENCE.

OK, MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.