[4. SPIN2021-13 - The City of Southlake is proposing the adoption of the Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan, an element of the Southlake 2035 Comprehensive Plan.]

THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE IS PROPOSING THE ADOPTION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AN OPEN HOUSE OPEN SPACE MASTERPLAN AS AN ELEMENT OF THE SOUTHLAKE 2035 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND HERE WE HAVE JEROD PRESENTING IT.

TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS JEROD POTTS AND I AM WITH THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

I WORK IN OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE SOUTHLAKE 2035 PARKS RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN TO ALL OF YOU.

I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO ENJOY SOME OF THE THE PLAN DOCUMENTS AND OTHER MAPS OUT THERE BEFORE THIS SPIN TOWNHALL FORM.

SO JUST AS A QUICK TIMELINE FOR THIS, THIS PLAN ELEMENT, WE STARTED WITH THE COMMITTEE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD WAS APPOINTED TO DEVELOP THIS MASTER PLAN ELEMENT BACK IN AUGUST OF 2019.

SO WE BEGAN MEETING WITH THAT COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.

GOT OFF TO A GREAT START. AND OF COURSE, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THE WORLD KIND OF CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. AND SO WE TOOK A BRIEF PAUSE AND THAT KIND OF DELAYED THE PLAN A FEW MONTHS.

AND SO, BUT HERE WE ARE TODAY, MAY 2021.

THE THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT PLAN ELEMENT.

AND SO THAT KIND OF KICKED OFF THE LEGISLATIVE ADOPTION PROCESS FOR THIS PLAN.

AND SO PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FIRST AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE TOOK THIS TO THEM THURSDAY AT THEIR PREVIOUS MEETING AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF

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THIS PLAN. AND THEN HERE WE ARE THIS EVENING, SPIN TOWN HALL FORUM AND AN OPEN, OPEN HOUSE. SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES.

IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS BOARD SAW THIS THIS PLAN AND DISCUSSED IT. FIFTEEN OF THEIR MEETINGS.

AND SO THESE WERE ALL POSTED AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SO 15 PARK BOARD MEETINGS, ONE SOUTHLAKE YOUTH ACTION COMMISSION MEETING, ONE SOUTHLAKE.

I'M SORRY TWO SOUTHLAKE KIDS INTERESTED IN LEADERSHIP MEETINGS, ONE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING. AND THEN AGAIN, WE WE TOOK THE PLAN TO THE CARROL ISD SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL JUST TO KIND OF GET THEM IN THE LOOP AND PROVIDE SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THAT GROUP.

SO THEY KIND OF KNEW FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE WERE AT.

SO, AGAIN, ALL IN ALL, 20 BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEETINGS WERE HELD TO DISCUSS THIS PLAN ELEMENT. JUST QUICKLY, THE PUBLIC PARKS INVENTORY, IT'S JUST WORTH NOTING THAT YOU KNOW AS AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARKS IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE IN THIS SPECIFIC FOCUS, THE PLAN THAT WE'RE HERE DISCUSSING THIS EVENING WAS THE PUBLIC PARKS.

AND SO YOU VERY WELL MAY LIVE IN A SUBDIVISION THAT HAS A PARK AND IT MIGHT BE PRIVATE.

AND SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE DISCUSSED THAT AS PART OF THIS EFFORT.

BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE SORT OF THE RUNDOWN OF THE PUBLIC PARKS IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHERE WE WHERE WE STARTED AND HOW WE ENDED UP WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE KICKED OFF WITH KIND OF A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WE WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING PARKS IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AND WE HAD SURVEYS THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL KIND OF GET INTO IN A LITTLE BIT.

WE WALKED THROUGH OUR OTHER ADOPTED MASTER PLAN ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE YOUTH PLAN, HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN, AND THOSE INFORMED A LOT OF THE DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHERE WE WOULD GO IN TERMS OF OUR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PARK SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT DEVELOP PARKS, UNDEVELOPED PARKS, LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO FILL IN GAPS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE IN TERMS OF A LACK OF PUBLIC PARK FACILITIES.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE ON THESE TWO MAPS, THE LEFT SPECIFICALLY SHOWS THERE IS A STANDARD KIND OF A NATIONAL STANDARD OUT THERE THAT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK TO A PUBLIC PARK.

AND SO WE TOOK THAT CREATED THIS MAP TO ESSENTIALLY BUFFER HALF A MILE, WHICH WOULD ROUGHLY BE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE WALK TO SHOW WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME GAPS IN THE SYSTEM.

AND SO THERE YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW ON THE LEFT AGAIN, WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME GAPS.

AND SO KIND OF SKIPPING HAD A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WHEN WE GET INTO OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, WE SORT OF TARGET THESE AREAS AS WHEN THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH AND DOING FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND AND UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

LOOK AT THESE AREAS SPECIFICALLY TO IDENTIFY IF SOMETHING COULD BE POTENTIALLY TRANSITIONED INTO A PARK OR AN OPEN SPACE TYPE OF USE.

AND THEN THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SAME CONCEPT, EXCEPT IT'S HIGHLIGHTING THE PRIVATE PARKS AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACES.

TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, BUT JUST TO SORT OF REITERATE, WE TOOK THIS MEETING SO THE SOUTHLAKE KIDS INTERESTED IN LEADERSHIP SOUTHLAKE YOUTH ACTION COMMISSION TAKING IT TO THOSE CITY GROUPS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED AS PART OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE GETTING THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE WHEN DEVELOPING OUR OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN.

AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IF YOU READ THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS YOU'LL ACTUALLY KIND OF SEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIFIC AMENITIES SUCH AS AGE FRIENDLY EXERCISE STATIONS, VARIOUS AMENITIES LIKE THAT.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY CAN USE.

YOU KNOW, ANOTHER KIND OF GUIDING PRINCIPLE GOING BACK TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN WAS THIS STATEMENT THAT IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT'S GOOD FOR AN EIGHT YEAR OLD OR FOR AN 80 YEAR OLD, YOU HAVE A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.

AND SO WE'VE KIND OF CONTEMPLATED HOW WE CAN MEET THOSE GOALS IN OUR OUR CITY.

COMMUNITY SURVEY. AGAIN, THIS WAS OPENED IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, GOT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE RESPONSES TO THAT SURVEY, WHICH INFORMED THE PLAN ELEMENT.

AND OF COURSE, PUBLIC MEETINGS, SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS SLIDE KIND OF INDICATES THE MY SOUTHLAKE NEWS ARTICLES AND FACEBOOK YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IF YOU LIVE NEAR ONE OF THESE PARKS, PERHAPS JOHNSON PARK OR WINDING CREEK PARK, IF YOU WERE ENTERING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU VERY WELL MAY HAVE SEEN ONE OF THESE SIGNS PROMOTING THESE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS.

AND THEN WE HAD ARTICLES KIND OF COME OUT ALONG THE WAY THAT PEOPLE COULD READ AND FIND OUT MORE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAD A FEEDBACK FORM ON THE WEB PAGE THAT PEOPLE COULD

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DIGITALLY SUBMIT FEEDBACK, WHICH WE WOULD THEN TURN AROUND PROVIDE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. THIS IS KIND OF JUST A FUN SLIDE SHOWING A TABLETOP EXERCISE WE DID WITH THE SOUTHLAKE KIDS INTERESTED IN LEADERSHIP.

YOU KNOW, WE DUG IN TO THE SURVEY A LITTLE BIT, GOT THEM TO PROVIDE A BIT MORE CONTEXT TO WHY THEY MIGHT HAVE ANSWERED QUESTIONS THE WAY THAT THEY DID.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A COUPLE OF IMAGES.

WE DID A BASICALLY A HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT.

WE WE ASSIGNED THE GROUPS TO COME UP WITH PUBLIC ART INSTALLMENTS IN EITHER SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX OR NORTH PARK.

AND SO THERE ON THE RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE TOP RIGHT.

YOU SEE LIFE SIZE CHESS PIECE AND THEN A DECORATIVE CROSSWALK WITH AN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE INTO SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX, A CHALKBOARD WHERE PEOPLE COULD WRITE MESSAGES AND THINGS. AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THIS WAS A SKETCH THAT SOMEBODY DID, I BELIEVE, BY HAND FOR AN ART INSTALLMENT IN NORTH PARK THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY YOU'D WALK INTO IT IN THE MIDDLE. YOU'D HAVE A MURAL, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE STUFF.

AND THESE THESE KIDS ACTUALLY USED AUTOCAD TO DESIGN THESE PROJECTS, WHICH WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND SO THOSE ITEMS MADE IT INTO THE MASTER PLAN AS A RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE YOUTH GROUPS WHEN INSTALLING PUBLIC ART IN EITHER SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX OR NORTH PARK.

AGAIN, THE PARK SURVEY, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES WE GOT 105 TOTAL RESPONSES FOR THAT THREE WEEK WINDOW THAT THE SURVEY WAS OPEN.

AND HERE'S JUST SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED.

AND THIS IS CUSTOMARY FOR OUR PARKS.

I'M SORRY FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS.

SO WHAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON YOU USE PARKS? IN YOUR OPINION WHAT STRENGTHS EXISTS WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES? THOSE SORTS OF OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS THAT ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THE VERBATIM FEEDBACK WHICH WE THEN ANALYZED.

YOU CAN SEE THESE THESE WORD CLOUDS.

I PULLED JUST A COUPLE OF THEM TO SORT OF INDICATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE KEYWORDS WERE IN THOSE ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE RESPONSES.

AND WE TURN THIS AROUND IN THE PARKS BOARD HAD KIND OF A STRATEGIC WORKSHOP WHERE WE LOOKED INTO SOME OF THESE SURVEY RESULTS.

TAKING KIND OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT FUNNELS INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT PLANS AND THE PARKS BOARD USES THEIR INSIGHT, THEIR COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE THEN DEVELOP THESE CONCEPT PLANS FOR THESE PARKS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ON ON THIS SLIDE.

THERE'S AN IMAGE OF THIS WAS THE PARK'S WEB PAGE, AND WE WOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHICH PARKS WOULD BE DISCUSSED AND WIN SO THAT PEOPLE COULD COULD PLAN ON ATTENDING THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND, OF COURSE, DEVELOPING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO AS FAR AS IF YOU IF YOU WERE TO THUMB THROUGH THE COUPLE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, YOU COULD SEE THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN FOR THESE VARIOUS PARKS. AND THOSE ALL WILL GUIDE FUTURE DECISION MAKING AS IT PERTAINS TO THINGS LIKE BUDGETING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMING.

AND SO IN SOUTHLAKE, WE TAKE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VERY SERIOUSLY.

IF YOU'VE SEEN THE BICENTENNIAL PARK PROJECT, THE VISION FOR THAT STARTED IN 2006.

AND HERE WE ARE, 2021.

AND YOU'VE NOW SEEN THE REALIZATION OF THAT BEAUTIFUL PARK, KIND OF THE CORNERSTONE OF SOUTHLAKE IN SOME WAYS.

AND SO THAT'S EVIDENCE OF THIS PROCESS WORKING AND US BEING ABLE TO TIE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO AS FAR AS HOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE STRUCTURED, YOU IN THIS PLAN, WE HAVE THREE KIND OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

SO YOU HAVE CITY WIDE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, CAPITAL PARKS PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS AND NONCAPITAL PARKS PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND SO ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THE BOTTOM MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARD TO READ FROM WHERE YOU'RE SITTING, BUT A CITY WIDE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE THOSE BROADER SORT OF POLICY STATEMENTS ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THE PARK SYSTEM AS A WHOLE RATHER THAN DIGGING INTO A SPECIFIC PARK AREA.

SO THESE MIGHT VERY WELL APPLY TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARK AREAS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO HOAS REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF DEDICATED PUBLIC PARK LAND THAT IS MAINTAINED BY THOSE HOAS TO HELP ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARE IN THE CITY CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION UP FRONT.

FROM A COMMUNITY I'M SORRY, FROM A COMMITTEE FORCED RANKING SURVEY PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS GETS INTO THE THE CAPITOL PARKS PROJECTS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 14 PARKS THAT ARE WERE PRIORITIZED BY THE COMMITTEE.

THEY TOOK A SURVEY AND THEY THEY DISCUSSED KIND OF THE RESULTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER NUMBER ONE, HIGHEST PRIORITIES PARK WAS SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX. NUMBER TWO, BOB JONES AND SO FORTH.

AND WHAT THIS ESSENTIALLY MEANS IS ALL OF THESE PARKS COME WITH ESSENTIALLY A BUCKET OF

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RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO WHENEVER CITY STAFF GOES TO IMPLEMENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE PRIORITY RANKINGS TO HELP INFORM WHAT THEY NEED TO START WITH AND SO FORTH. AND THEN FROM A FORCED RANKING SURVEY, RESULTS FOR THE AMENITIES YOU CAN SEE BELOW THE SMALLER TABLE, THESE ITEMS KEPT COMING UP VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION OF THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN.

AND SO, OF COURSE, PICKLEBALL WAS ONE THAT WE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES.

DOG PARK CAME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES, WHEEL FRIENDLY PARK.

AND SO IN SOME INSTANCES, THESE AMENITIES WERE RECOMMENDED IN A SPECIFIC PARK AND THEN IN OTHER INSTANCES THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY RECOMMENDED IN A SPECIFIC PLACE.

BUT WHAT THE POINT OF THIS PRIORITIZATION WAS, IS IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE SPDC FUNDS AND OR MATCHING FUNDS REQUESTS TO SORT OF GOVERN HOW WE WOULD PRIORITIZE IMPLEMENTING THOSE THOSE KIND OF STANDALONE AMENITIES.

SO IN THE CASE OF PICKLEBALL, IT IS SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDED IN THE SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX. IT'S CONTEMPLATED IN BOB JONES PARK AS WELL, AND I BELIEVE IN CHESAPEAKE PARK AS WELL. THERE'S A NOTE ABOUT STRIPING SOME POTENTIAL TENNIS COURTS THERE FOR PICKLEBALL AS WELL. AND THEN A DOG PARK IS RECOMMENDED SOUTH OF 114 IS A FUTURE RECOMMENDATION.

SO IN TERMS OF SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO WALK THROUGH LINE BY LINE ALL OF THESE, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE RECOMMENDATION STRUCTURE AND WHAT STAFF AND THE COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING AT, AS YOU SEE THE RECOMMENDATION KIND OF POLICY STATEMENT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE THESE IMPLEMENTATION METRICS THAT DETERMINE WHAT SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS.

SO FOR SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE HERE ADDING BATTING CAGES AND ENTRY FEATURE [INAUDIBLE] LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION ENHANCEMENTS, ADDITIONAL TREE AND LANDSCAPING, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE CONCEPT PLAN SORT OF TAKES A NUMBER OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNNELS THEM INTO SORT OF A GRAPHIC THAT THAT STAFF CAN LOOK AT.

AND SO HERE IS AND THIS WAS OUTSIDE AS WELL.

BUT THE THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX, AND THIS MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIGGER THAN YOU RECALL, AND THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

AND SO THE SORT OF PIECE HERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, THIS IS THE CURRENT PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS BUILDING IN 1950, EAST CONTINENTAL.

AND SO THAT FACILITY IS ACTUALLY, IN THE FUTURE, GOING TO BE MOVING TO SOUTH ON [INAUDIBLE]. AND SO WHAT STAFF IS DONE IS KIND OF CONTEMPLATED THAT AREA AS PARK SPACE.

AND SO WITHIN THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX, YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF THINGS. AND OF COURSE, DOWN HERE SPECIFICALLY WILL NOTE THAT'S WHERE THE PICKLEBALL IS, IS CALLED OUT FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THAT THAT SPORT.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NONCAPITAL PARKS, SO WE, THE PARKS BOARD DID NOT GO THROUGH AND CONDUCT A FORCED RANKING FOR THE PARKS THAT DIDN'T HAVE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUESTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

SO IN MANY CASES, THOSE REQUESTS COULD BE DONE AS PART OF OPERATIONAL WORK PLANS, ANNUAL WORK PLANS. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE, AS INTERESTING AS IT IS TO SAY OUT LOUD, BICENTENNIAL PARK WASN'T ACTUALLY FORCED RANKED AS A PRIORITIZED PARK BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETED.

AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT SOME OF THOSE NONCAPITAL RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO WORKING WITH BUSINESSES TO ENHANCE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE PARK, TO IMPROVE SCREENING, TO ENHANCE VIEWS FROM MARQ FACILITY, LOOKING AT POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS TO THE ARIA AMPHITHEATER, LOOKING TO ADD SOME PARKING SPACES TO MAKE ACCESSIBILITY TO LIBERTY GARDEN IN THOSE TENNIS COURTS A BIT SIMPLER.

SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF NONCAPITAL PARKS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED WITHIN THIS PLAN AS WELL.

SO, I MEAN, AS FAR AS AS FAR AS THE PLANNED ADOPTION PROCESS HERE, YOU CAN SEE DISCUSSED A BIT AGO, THE COMMITTEE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ON MAY 10TH, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ON THE 20TH.

AND HERE WE ARE AT SPIN TONIGHT.

BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAS ANY AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE THIS UP AT THEIR JUNE MEETING.

SO JUNE 1ST AND THEN JUNE 15TH, THEY'LL HAVE A FIRST READING AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THIS PLAN ELEMENT WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY REQUIRE THEIR APPROVAL.

THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMATION OF THE PLAN, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE MAY HAVE.

LISTENING AT HOME CAN ACTUALLY HEAR YOU SPEAK.

CURIOUS AS TO WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONAL PARKS FOR EXISTING EXISTING AREAS WITHIN SOUTHLAKE?

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SO JUST COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M TRACKING.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO TO PROPOSE OR TO SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDING ADDITIONAL PARK AREAS TO WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF SOUTHLAKE? YEAH. SO IF, YOU KNOW, I PUT A SLIDE UP TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION WITH SOME WELL, I DON'T WANT TO.

OUTSIDE AND THERE'S THIS FORM HERE YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE.

SO CITYOFSOUTHLAKE.COM/PARKS2035.

THERE'S A FORM THERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE AND SUBMIT FEEDBACK ABOUT PARKS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE PROVIDE THEIR INPUT.

AND THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED FOR THE PARKS COMMITTEE.

AND GIVEN WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW, WE WOULD TURN THAT FEEDBACK AROUND TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND SO IF IT IS A PUBLIC PARK WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT IN PROCESS.

WE JUST SUBMIT A FEEDBACK FORM.

OK, VERY GOOD. [INAUDIBLE] QUESTION.

TAKE CARE. RIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM? HI, I'M A PICKLEBALL GUY AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS I LOVE THE NEW FACILITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

THE QUESTION IS, IS WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TENNIS CENTER.

AND IF WE PUT PICKLEBALL COURSE NEAR THAT, IT WILL GIVE US THAT CAPABILITY OF ACTUALLY HAVING WORLD CLASS EVENTS HERE.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TYPICALLY IS IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF DEDICATED PICKLEBALL COURTS, IF YOU HAVE THEM NEARBY, A REGULAR TENNIS COURTS, THEY CAN BE STRIPED WITH TAPES.

YOU CAN BRING IN ADDITIONAL PORTABLE NETS.

AND I'VE BEEN GOING TO TOURNAMENTS AROUND TEXAS LATELY.

AND THE IDEA IS IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY FUN THING FOR THE CITIES MAYBE POSSIBLY GET INVOLVED IN. BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE DON'T PUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS IN THE RIGHT SPOT. SO ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO GO PLAY RIGHT NOW AT SEVEN.

BUT THE IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WONDERFUL.

A LOT OF US THAT PLAY PICKLEBALL HERE AT THE MARQ.

WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN THINKING, OH, WOW, WE HAVE A TENNIS CENTER OVER BY CENTRAL PARK, RIGHT BEHIND RITAS, THAT BIG FLAT PIECE OF LAND RIGHT THERE.

MOST PEOPLE THAT PLAY PICKLEBALL ARE PRETTY MUCH UP OLDER IN AGE, CLOSE TO RETIREMENT.

SO OUR TIMES THAT WE PLAY IS NOT QUITE EXACTLY THE SAME TIME AS BASEBALL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS OVER THERE.

SO I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO RECONSIDER POSSIBLY ADDING THAT AS A POSSIBLE SPACE FOR PICKLEBALL, SINCE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO SOUTHLAKE RIGHT NOW TO PLAY PICKLEBALL ARE DOING IT RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT THE MARQ.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S EXCELLENT FEEDBACK.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTEMPLATED LOOKING AT THIS, THIS PLAN ELEMENT WAS IN BICENTENNIAL PARK WAS ONE WHERE IT WAS LIKE THIS WOULD PROBABLY MAKE SENSE TO PUT PICKLEBALL HERE. THE CONCERN WAS OVER PROGRAMMING IN THAT PARK.

AND SO YOU PROBABLY SEEN IT ON DAYS WHERE THERE'S EVENTS HAPPENING.

AND SO BUT CERTAINLY I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT COMMENT.

AND I'VE TAKEN NOTE HERE AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO HEAR THAT COMMENT WILL CERTAINLY HEAR IT AND WE'LL PASS THAT ALONG.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IF WE WANT TO MAKE SOUTHLAKE A DESTINATION, WE CAN MAKE IT A PICKLEBALL DESTINATION, TOO.

BUT IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO PUT THE COURTS IN THE RIGHT SPOT WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO ACTUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL COURTS.

AND SOUTHLAKE ALREADY HAS A LOT OF TENNIS COURTS AND A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM? OK, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ONLINE QUESTIONS SUBMITTED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTER, JOHN ROSS IS HERE TO PRESENT THE SECOND ONE.

[2. SPIN2021-06 - An applicant is proposing the addition of three (3) generators at the rear of the existing building to supply emergency power to Central Market located 1425 E. Southlake Blvd. within SPIN Neighborhood #8.]

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE ADDITION OF THREE GENERATORS AND THE REAR OF THE EXISTING BUILDING TO SUPPLY EMERGENCY POWER TO CENTRAL MARKET, LOCATED AT 1425 EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, WITHIN THE SHOPS OF SOUTHLAKE DEVELOPMENT.

SO LET'S HEAR FROM JOHN.

GOOD EVENING. AS YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE, THIS IS OUR OUR LOCATION AGAIN, DRAWING.

I THINK MOST EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS WE'RE SOUTH OF WHERE WE ARE.

THESE ARE THREE GENERATORS.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SEE A LOT FROM THIS DRAWING, BUT I THINK WHAT WE WE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN FEET FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

AND THIS IS KIND OF A PICTURE OF IT BEING SCREENED FROM VIEW.

AND IT'S A 15 FOOT WALL.

IT'S ALSO AN ACOUSTICAL WALL.

AND ANOTHER VIEW AND ANOTHER VIEW.

AND THAT'S THE AERIAL VIEW OF IT.

I WANTED TO PUT THIS UP FOR JUST A SECOND.

WE'VE HIRED AN ACOUSTICAL ENGINEER TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NOISE LEVEL WOULD BE AT THE PROPERTY LINE. THE NOISE LEVEL WILL BE AT 50 DB JUST FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES.

I TOOK OUT MY DECIBEL METER WHILE I WAS HERE.

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AND WE'RE WE'RE RUNNING AT ABOUT 60 DB IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS. SO IT'S A VERY QUIET ITEM.

WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT ONE LOOKS LIKE IN REALITY.

THIS IS OUR [INAUDIBLE] IN PLANO AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GENERATORS, THE GENERATOR IN PLANO, OUR LOCATION MIDWAY AND NORTHWEST HIGHWAY.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, AND THIS IS ONE THAT'S FULLY SCREENED TO MATCH THE EXISTING BUILDING.

THIS IS SO THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING HERE.

THE REASON FOR THIS IS IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMPANY OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, WE HAVE DONE THINGS THAT WE THINK BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND WHAT THIS DOES IS EFFECTIVELY TAKES OUR STORE OFF OF THE GRID IN A HIGH POWER SITUATION WHERE THE THE GRID IS BEING TAXED.

SO WHEN WE WE WOULD NORMALLY THINK ABOUT MAYBE A BROWNOUT OR A BLACKOUT THAT WOULD OCCUR, OUR STORE GOES OFF THE THE GRID AND MAKES THAT POWER AVAILABLE TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE, AT THE SAME TIME.

IT DOES THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

AS WE ALL FOUND OUT ABOUT DURING SNOW-VID, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR STORES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHLAKE, ARE OPERATED DURING SNOW-VID.

AND WE DIDN'T OPERATE HERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A GENERATOR HERE.

AND JUST TO THAT POINT, LET ME SHOW YOU AN ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE PAPER.

IF I GET THIS. THIS WAS IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

I GUESS THEY DON'T CALL IT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ANYMORE.

IT'S CALLED THE DALLAS NEWS.

SO MY APOLOGIES. I GUESS I'M SHOWING MY AGE HERE.

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT SOUTHLAKE CENTRAL MARKET STORE DOESN'T HAVE A GENERATOR AND LOST ELECTRICITY WAS CLOSED DURING THAT FEBRUARY POWER OUTAGE.

WE DON'T EVER WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL OUR CUSTOMERS WE CAN'T OPEN FOR YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE POWER. IT ALSO HAS THE BENEFIT OF HELPING THE NEIGHBORS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE IF WE GO IN A BROWNOUT, ALL OF US ARE GOING TO SUFFER FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

AND FOR THE NEIGHBORS AROUND US IN THAT PORTION OF THE GRID, THEY DON'T HAVE US ON LOADING ON THAT GRID. SO WE GO COMPLETELY OFF THAT GRID.

WE MAKE THAT POWER AVAILABLE TO THE NEIGHBORS AROUND US.

WE THINK THAT'S PART OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, LIKE WE'VE BEEN IN TEXAS FOR YEARS.

AND IT GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH WITH THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE DO AS FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, WHETHER IT'S BRINGING OUT OUR MOBILE KITCHEN DURING DISASTERS OR ANYTHING ELSE. WE WANT TO BE THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY DURING A DISASTER.

AND THIS IS WHAT THIS DOES.

SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR Y'ALL.

AND I HOPE Y'ALL WILL UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS NOT JUST FOR HEB, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN. YES, MA'AM.

OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JANE CRAVENS 304 LAKESIDE COURT, SOUTHLAKE BEEN HERE 24 YEARS, PRIOR TO CENTRAL MARKET.

I'M NOT OPPOSED SO MUCH AS TO THE IDEA OF GENERATORS.

MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

I PERSONALLY HAVE A GENERATOR.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE LEVEL AND I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT GENERATORS HAVE TO BE TESTED WEEKLY.

NOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST PROVIDE OR USE YOUR GENERATOR WHEN WE HAVE A BROWNOUT OR WE HAVE A SHORTAGE.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE TESTING WEEKLY NOW.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG THAT TEST IS GOING TO LAST.

I ALSO AM CONCERNED I DIDN'T CATCH THE NUMBERS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND A TEST THAT YOUR YOU HAD HOW LOUD IT WOULD BE.

I'M JUST CONCERNED AS A NEIGHBOR.

SURE. NO I UNDERSTAND THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE WE WILL BE AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

FIFTY DECIBELS, OK.

FIFTY DECIBELS RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT FIFTY FIVE.

FIFTY SEVEN DECIBELS.

YOU AND I ARE TALKING RIGHT NOW.

OK, IT'S A VERY LOW NOISE LEVEL.

PART OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH THAT WITHOUT SOUNDING TOO MUCH LIKE AN ENGINEER, WE BASICALLY VIBRATION IS CAPTURED BY MASS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THE SCREEN WE PUT AROUND THIS IS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE.

AND SO IT CAPTURES THAT MASS ANY NOISE THERE AND PREVENTS IT FROM GOING BEYOND THAT POINT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE SCREEN AND ON THAT PARTICULAR UNIT IS DESIGNED SO THAT WE DON'T WE DON'T SEND NOISE INTO OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE HAVE AN ACOUSTICAL ENGINEER DESIGN THAT FOR US. SO WE DID SO WE NOT JUST MET BUT EXCEEDED THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS FOR NOISE LEVELS. CITY HAS A REQUIREMENT OF FIFTY FIVE DB AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

WE'RE AT FIFTY DB.

OK, I NOTICED ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES IT SAID THAT IT WAS FULLY SURROUNDED.

IT SURROUNDED [INAUDIBLE] ONE SIDE THAT WASN'T.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? IT'S OPEN, IT'S OPEN ON ONE SIDE THAT IS AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS.

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IT HAS TO HAVE SOME AIR TO BREATHE.

SO IT'S AWAY FROM THERE AND I CAN KIND OF SHOW YOU THAT.

HOLD ON. LET ME SEE IF I GO BACK SOME, YOU KNOW, OPERATOR ERROR HERE.

DOES IT NOT BREATHE FROM THE TOP? IT CAN, BUT IT STILL NEEDS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AERIAL HERE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS IS OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OR THIS IS THE WALL THAT'S PARALLEL TO THE RESIDENTS RIGHT HERE.

OK, SO IT'S OK, IT'S OPEN SOMEWHAT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A WALL HERE AND STILL HAVE A WALL HERE, IT DOESN'T THE 15 FEET DOESN'T COVER ALL THE WAY UP ON THE I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE WEST SIDE OF THE ENCLOSURE.

AND THAT NOISE WILL RADIATE IN THAT DIRECTION.

IT WILL RADIATE AWAY FROM THE FROM THE RESIDENTS.

WELL, WE DO HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE WEST OF CENTRAL MARKET.

LET'S LET ME GO BACK TO THE LET ME LET ME RUN BACK HERE JUST ONE SECOND.

SO IT'LL RADIATE IN THIS DIRECTION, IT GOES THIS WAY, SO IT'S GOING TO THE WEST IN THAT DIRECTION, AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT'S BUILT THE WAY IT IS, IS TO RADIATE AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS. OK, JUST TODAY I SPOKE WITH ZAK ALI, WHO LIVES IN 300 LAKESIDE COURT, AND HIS IS THE CLOSEST TO THE DRIVE GOING IN TO CENTRAL MARKET.

AND HE SAID HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE FREQUENTLY AWAKENED PRIOR TO 6:00 A.M..

THEN THERE'S NO SUPPOSE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY DELIVERIES PRIOR TO 6:00 AM.

AND SO WE STILL HAVE OCCASIONAL NOT EVERY DAY, BUT OCCASIONAL TRUCK THAT TRIES TO GET IN THERE AND BE THE EARLY ONE.

AND SO I GUESS WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MORE NOISE.

THE THE WE'VE GOT THE WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE STORES THAT HAVE GENERATORS.

AND WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE NOISE FROM THE GENERATORS IN ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE STORES THAT HAVE IT.

IN THE 11 STORES OR TEN STORES.

TEN CENTRAL MARKETS WE HAVE WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED A COMPLAINT.

DO YOU ACTUALLY WORK FOR CENTRAL MARKET.

I WORK FOR I ACTUALLY WORK FOR HEB AND CENTRAL MARKET BOTH.

OK. AND.

CAN YOU TELL ME THE SIZE OF EACH UNIT? NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A TECHNICAL QUESTION THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.

MA'AM, I CAN PROBABLY GET THAT FOR YOU, BUT I.

I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT SIZE.

IT'S DESIGNED TO RUN THE ENTIRE STORE.

OK, HOW FREQUENTLY ARE YOU GOING TO TEST THIS? LET ME PUT THIS IN, THIS IT'D BE EASIER TO SAY THIS.

THESE UNITS GO ON WHEN WHEN THERE'S WHEN THE GRID IS TAXED.

OK, SO IF YOU CAN TELL ME HOW MANY HOT DAYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN ANY GIVEN TIME OR HOW MANY REALLY COLD DAYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE GRID GETS TAXED, I CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] THAT WASN'T MY QUESTION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUT THAT THERE'S A FREQUENCY BASED ON WHAT HAPPENS TO THE THE ELECTRICAL GRID ITSELF.

SO WE DON'T GENERALLY HAVE TO TEST THESE.

I'VE BEEN I CAN SAY THIS FOR A FACT.

I'VE BEEN IN OUR STORES. I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OUR GENERATORS KICK ON.

AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY NOW FOR EIGHT AND HALF YEARS AS AN EMPLOYEE AND A YEAR AND A HALF AS A CONSULTANT.

I'VE NEVER HEARD IT KICK ON.

NOW I'M NOT I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT THE NOISE LOADS ARE AND AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T SEE THEM RUNNING THAT.

SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM SET AT A PARTICULAR DAY AND TIME? NO MA'AM. WEEKLY? NO, MA'AM.

THEY REALLY ARE DESIGNED TO KICK ON WHEN THAT GRID GETS STRESSED.

AND AS THE GRID GETS STRESSED IS WHEN IT CUTS OVER.

WHO IS THE MANUFACTURER OF YOUR GENERATORS? GOSH, I DON'T KNOW, MA'AM.

I CAN FIND OUT THAT AS WELL.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT NEED TO VISIT WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM. AND WHAT'S REQUIRED AS FAR AS TESTING BECAUSE MINE GOES ON EVERY WEEK, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, I UNDERSTAND, FROM [INAUDIBLE].

OK, AGAIN, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT, AND I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO JUST MAKE A GUESS IF THAT'S OK.

I DON'T WORK FOR HEB OR CENTRAL MARKET, SO MY PROFESSION IS BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT WITHIN LARGE BANKING OPERATIONS.

I'VE WORKED WITH MOST OF THE BIGGEST BANKS OUT THERE.

SO PART OF WHAT I DO WITH BUSINESS CONTINUITY IS CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS.

SO I PLAN I MITIGATE DISASTERS SO THAT THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS KEEP RUNNING.

AND I'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND A COUPLE OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT

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DO OPERATE THE GENERATORS.

TYPICALLY THE NOISE ON THESE LARGE BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY KVS IT IS? I DON'T. I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE KV IT MIGHT BE 100 KV, 500 KV.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS THIS SOUND IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THAN A TRACTOR TRAILER JUST SITTING THERE IDLING BECAUSE MOST OF THESE ARE DIESEL, SOME OF THEM ARE PROPANE.

BUT SOMETHING THIS LARGE.

THESE NATURAL GAS. NATURAL GAS.

WHICH IS SO QUIETER, QUIETER THAN.

YEAH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE QUIETER THAN AN 18 WHEELER JUST SITTING THERE IDLING.

THREE OF THEM. RIGHT. WELL, IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THREE STACKED ONE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, THEY'RE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

THEY'RE THEY'RE THREE DIFFERENT UNITS THAT ARE ALL STACKED TOGETHER.

RIGHT. SO A LOT OF THESE UNITS, I CAN SAY FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THEY'RE THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY QUIET.

AND AS FAR AS A MAINTENANCE, FROM A PM STANDPOINT, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, TYPICALLY THEY'RE THEY'RE EVALUATED LIKE ONCE A MONTH.

THAT'S THAT'S A TYPICAL SCHEDULE FOR THESE.

HOWEVER, THE SCHEDULES CAN VARY.

SO IF THEY'RE KICKED ON IN THE SUMMER DURING THE BROWNOUTS OR DURING A STORM OR WHAT HAVE YOU, TYPICALLY THEY'LL STILL COME INTO MAINTENANCE, BUT THEY WON'T RUN THEM FOR VERY LONG. IT'LL THEY'LL KICK THEM ON AND THEN KICK THEM OFF AT AT A PARTICULAR TIME OF DAY.

SO IT'S NEVER 6:00 IN THE MORNING OR 10:00 AT NIGHT.

IT'S USUALLY LIKE AT A NOON TIME WHEN THE PM PEOPLE COME OUT THERE.

BUT ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU IS, IS WE ARE ULTRA SENSITIVE TO NOISE BECAUSE WE LIVE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF CAROLINA STATES AND WE HAVE AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER US EVERY TWO MINUTES.

SO I AM ULTRA SENSITIVE TO NOISE.

BUT BUT THE GENERATORS, THERE COULD BE SOME UNIQUE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE SOME SOUND.

BUT MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT THE GENERATORS AREN'T OVERLY OBNOXIOUS AT ALL, ESPECIALLY THE THE PROPANE ONES.

BUT I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT WHEN AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS FROM A FINANCIAL INDUSTRY STANDPOINT, A NUMBER OF THE INSTITUTIONS THAT I'VE WORKED AT, WE'VE, MONITORING THESE.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE BROWNOUT SITUATIONS IN THE SUMMER, LIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD 114 DEGREES.

THIS IS WHEN THEY START THEY'RE FORCED TO DO THE ROLLING BLACKOUTS.

SO IF THEY HAVE TO SHUT DOWN FOR ANY TIME PERIOD, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE TO THROW OUT ALL THE MEAT AND THEY AND THE PERISHABLES.

I UNDERSTAND THE REASON.

YEAH, AND IT'S PRETTY SEVERE.

BUT THE FROM FROM EVERY EVERY TIME I'VE I'VE IN THE FINANCIAL, IT'S USUALLY MIDDAY UNLESS THERE'S A STORM. BUT THE SOUND IS IS PRETTY NEGLIGIBLE.

AND I CAN SAY THAT ESPECIALLY BEING ULTRA SENSITIVE TO THE AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER OUR HOUSE EVERY DAY. SO THESE AREN'T TOO BAD, BUT I'M SURE THEY COULD SET SOMETHING UP AS A AS A TEST. OK, THANK YOU.

YOU MENTIONED PROPANE.

THESE ARE NATURAL GAS, THESE NATURAL GAS.

SO IT'S TWO SIGNIFICANTLY. WELL, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DIESEL REEFERS THAT HAVE RUN ALL NIGHT.

BUT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WHISPERS, WHISPER QUIET.

THERE'S THERE'S A CONCRETE SCREEN WALL AROUND IT.

AND IT BASICALLY. ROUND THREE QUARTERS OF IT.

WELL THREE QUARTERS OF. YES, MA'AM.

BUT IT DOES A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT JOB OF DROPPING ANY NOISE THAT'S GOING TO BE TRANSMITTED. OK.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED OTHER PLACEMENTS FOR THESE OTHER AREAS OF CENTRAL MARKET OTHER THAN THE BACK WHERE RESIDENCES ARE? MA'AM THERE REALLY IS NOT ANOTHER PLACE TO PLACE IT.

WE LOOK AT THIS VERY CAREFULLY.

WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO BE AN IMPOSITION TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT IT VERY CAREFULLY AS TO WHERE WE CAN.

AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE OPERATIONS THAT OCCUR ON THE BACK OF OUR STORES.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY JUDICIOUS IN WHERE WE PLACE THEM.

BUT THESE ARE THESE ARE FROM A NOISE STANDPOINT, THESE ARE VIRTUALLY WHERE WE'RE SPEAKING LOUDER THAN 50 DB RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST JUST THAT SIGNIFICANT A DIFFERENCE.

WELL, I KNOW WHEN IT'S EXTREMELY HOT OR EXTREMELY COLD AND WE DO HAVE BROWNOUTS, YOUR PLAYGROUND WOULD BE EMPTY.

IT WOULD NOT BE USED.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT PLACING THESE NEAR YOUR PLAYGROUND? NO, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT DO THAT, MA'AM.

WE WOULD PROBABLY DO THAT, TO US THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN A REFRIGERATION UNIT THAT GOES

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ALONG. IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE REFRIGERATORS IN THE STORES, WE HAVE CONDENSING UNITS THAT GO WITH THOSE IN TERMS OF NOISE LEVEL AND AND THEIR FUNCTION.

WE WE WOULD NOT PUT THAT OUT IN THE PLAY AREA.

WE CORRESPONDINGLY WON'T PUT THIS IN A PLAY AREA.

I LOOKED AT IT TODAY AND YOU DO HAVE SUFFICIENT AREA TO PUT THEM IN THE PLAYGROUND AREA AND STILL ENCLOSE THEM WITH AN ACOUSTICAL WALL.

SO FOR THAT REASON, IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO CONSIDER OTHER AREAS, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR REASONING, BUT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AFTER OUR NEIGHBORS.

YOU'RE CONSIDERING CENTRAL MARKET SOLE PURPOSE.

AND ORIGINALLY YOU SAID YOU WERE TRYING TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY.

YES, MA'AM, WE ARE, BECAUSE.

I DON'T SEE IT. BUT [INAUDIBLE].

I RESPECTFULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 50 DB.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF NOISE.

AND SO. WELL I HEARD A LOT OF PROMISES ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND ABOUT THESE WHISPER REEFERS AND. I STILL HAVE THE NUMBER OF THE NON-EMERGENCY POLICE NUMBER TO CALL WHEN THE TRUCKS COME THROUGH AT 3:00 A.M.

SO SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, I CAN'T TRUST YOUR WORD FOR JUST SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE REAL QUIET BECAUSE IN THE PAST IT HASN'T ALWAYS.

AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M AT.

I UNDERSTAND YOU I UNDERSTAND YOU. THANK YOU.

PLEASE. MY NAME'S TED DRAKE, AND WHEN YOU SHOWED THAT PICTURE WHERE THE GENERATORS WERE.

YES, SIR. THE HOUSE DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT IS MINE.

I HAVE TWO MAIN CONCERNS.

IF THESE GENERATORS WERE FOR USE ONLY WHEN THERE WAS A POWER OUTAGE, I COULD, UNDER MOST CONDITIONS, GO ALONG WITH THAT.

BUT ONE QUESTION IS, HOW DOES YOUR GENERATOR DETERMINE WHEN TO COME ON? IT'S BASED ON WHEN THERE IS A HEAVY LOAD ON THE.

SO IT DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY.

IT DOES. OK.

TEED UP GO ON WHEN THERE'S A HEAVY LOAD ON.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THAT THAT ONE STORE USES DURING STRESS ON THE SYSTEM IS INFINITESIMALLY SMALL.

IT'S LESS THAN A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP US NEIGHBORS AT ALL.

AND WHAT JANE WAS SAYING ABOUT THINGS OF CENTRAL MARKET BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, I DON'T SEE IT EITHER. WHAT AN ACOUSTICAL ENGINEER SAYS THE DECIBEL LEVEL WILL BE AND WHAT THE DECIBEL LEVEL ACTUALLY IS, ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AN 18 WHEELER.

THAT WAS WHAT THEY USE TO DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THAT WALL BACK BEHIND US.

BUT WE STILL HEAR THOSE 18 WHEELERS.

I MEAN, WHEN THEY PULL IN, WE HEAR THEIR ENGINES RUNNING [INAUDIBLE], WHEN THEY PUT ON THEIR BRAKES [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE BACKUP SIGNALS.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT GENERATOR ONE'S GOING TO BE 50 DECIBELS.

AND IF IT IS, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IT, PROBABLY.

I HOPE I'M WRONG, BUT OUR HISTORY WITH CENTRAL MARKET AND THE OTHER GUY THAT DID ALL THIS STUFF THAT SAID ONE THING TO SPIN AND PLANNING AND ZONING IN THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET THINGS APPROVED AND THEN WENT AND DID SOMETHING ELSE WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, MEANS I DON'T TRUST CENTRAL MARKET AT ALL.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS TO US.

SO AGAIN, I MEAN, IF IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE DURING A POWER OUTAGE AND NO OTHER TIME, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS SYSTEM CAN BE SET UP TO WHERE ANYTIME IT WANTS, THEY CAN JUST SAY, OH, THERE'S A STRESS ON THE SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE GENERATORS ONLINE AND WE'RE THE ONES ARE GOING TO LIVE WITH THAT. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT.

OK, THANK YOU, SIR. OK, WE HAD ONE QUESTION SUBMITTED ONLINE.

SURE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ THAT OUT, IT'S FROM ZACH.

AS SHE MENTIONED, WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE THREE GENERATORS BEING INSTALLED BEHIND CENTRAL MARKET BECAUSE OF THE NOISE THEY WILL GENERATE, WILL PRODUCE ALL THIS TIME, EVEN WHEN THE 18 WHEELER WHEN PARKED IS THAT WAITING IS THAT WAITING FOR CENTRAL MARKET IS OPEN AS SO MUCH NOISE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO SLEEP.

PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS.

THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST A COMMENT, SO I GUESS.

OK. NOT A QUESTION, BUT IT'S A COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JOHN.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IN THE AGENDA, WE HAVE RAHUL MANDA HERE TO

[3. SPIN2021-07 - An applicant is proposing a zoning change to subdivide an existing approximately 2.8-acre lot into two (2) approximately 1.4-acre single-family lots at 1425 Randol Mill Ave. within SPIN Neighborhood #5.]

PRESENT. HE'S PROPOSING A ZONING CHANGE TO SUBDIVIDE AN EXISTING APPROXIMATELY 2.8 ACRES TRACT OF LAND INTO TWO, APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT FOUR ACRES SINGLE FAMILY, LOTS AT 1425

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RANDOL MILL AVENUE TO THE NORTH OF [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE NEAR [INAUDIBLE] HILLS RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. HERE IS RAHUL TO PRESENT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WE ARE I AM PRESENTING TO THIS SMALL DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE DOING IT AT 1425 RANDOL MILL AVENUE AND THIS THIS IS MY INFORMATION OVER HERE.

IF SOMEBODY HAVE QUESTIONS AND THEY CAN REACH OUT TO ME ON MY EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBER ANY TIME. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY THERE IS A TWO POINT EIGHT EIGHT LOT OVER ON OUR END OF 1425 RANDOL MILL AVENUE. WE ARE PROPOSING TO DIVIDE IT IN TWO LOTS.

EACH WOULD BE AROUND ONE POINT FOUR ACRE LOT.

AND WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD OVER THERE TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES EACH ON EACH LOT.

ALSO, WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS LIKE AGRICULTURE ZONE, THIS WHOLE TWO POINT EIGHT ACRE AND WE WANTED TO [INAUDIBLE].

THE LOTS ARE SUBDIVIDED.

WE WANTED THOSE TWO CONVERTED ADJOINING TO SF-1A WHICH IS ONE ACRE OR LESS.

AND THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR SF-1A.

SO HERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OVER HERE.

CURRENTLY, THIS PROPERTY IS FROM THIS CORNER TO OVER HERE AND THE FRONT.

THIS IS DAVIS BOULEVARD AND OVER HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE HAVE ANOTHER VACANT LOT.

AND OVER HERE IS THE RANDOL MILL AVENUE.

AND OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE, IF WE GO TOWARD SOUTH, THEN WE GO LIKE SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD SOMEWHERE. AND THIS IS THE 300 FOOT ON THE FRONT AND 400 FOOT DEEP.

SO EACH LOT WILL BE AROUND HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOOT ON THE DAVIS BOULEVARD AND FOUR HUNDRED FOOT DEEP. AND OVER HERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WHICH IS LOCATED ON ONE ACRE PLUS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

SO WE ARE DOING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.

WHAT WHAT THERE IS SOME EXISTING HOMES ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND HERE ARE THE TREE PRESERVATION PLAN, SO WE GOING TO PUT MORE PLANTS ON THE FRONT SIDE OVER HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MASONRY, LIKE AS PER THE CITY GUIDELINE, THE THE WALL IS ALLOWED AS PER TXDOT OR CITY OF SOUTHLAKE WILL [INAUDIBLE] THAT KIND OF MASONRY WALL.

THERE IS A TWO EXISTING APPROACH ALREADY OVER HERE ON THIS PROPERTY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE APPROACHES OVER HERE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE ANY OTHER APPROACH.

AND THE HOUSES WILL BE AROUND LIKE 7 TO 8000 EACH HOUSE WOULD BE.

AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PARKING SPACES BECAUSE ON THE DAVIS THERE IS NO PARKING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CREATE SOME PARKING SPACE INSIDE FOR THE RESIDENT AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESERVE WHAT THESE TREES ARE IN THE BACK.

AND SOME OF THESE YELLOW TREES MIGHT, DEPENDING ON THE FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE CITY, THE FLOOR PLAN AND EVERYTHING, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF SMALL DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE IT OVER THERE.

I LIKE A, YOU KNOW, CONCEPT PLAN WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, BUT DUE TO THE SIZE OF 24 BY 36, THIS IS A BIGGER SCALE.

SO WHAT WE CAN I CAN DO IT.

I CAN FORWARD THAT BIGGER PLAT OR THE CONCEPT PLAN TO THE TO THE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS OR OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE IT TO ME.

I CAN DEFINITELY FORWARD THAT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN DEFINITELY ANSWER THOSE.

YEAH. LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THAT'S ALL WE HAD FROM QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU RAHUL.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS AGAIN, JEROD IS HERE.

[5. SPIN2021-14 - The City of Southlake will present the new public hearing notification process and a proposed amendment to the City of Southlake zoning ordinance to revise the distance required when providing written notice of public hearings to surrounding property owners.]

THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE WILL PRESENT THE NEW PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION PROCESS AND A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CITY OF SOUTHLAKE ZONING ORDINANCE TO REVISE THE DISTANCE REQUIRED WHEN PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

AGAIN, I'M JEROD POTTS WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT HERE TO PRESENT THE IMPROVED PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATION PROCESS AND THEN A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT

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THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THAT.

HERE IS A PICTURE AND I'LL JUST SORT OF NOTE UPFRONT, WE HAVE TAKEN THIS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THEIR INPUT.

THIS WAS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK.

SO THIS IMAGE YOU CAN SEE AND IF ANYBODY'S EVER ENGAGED IN A LEAN SIX SIGMA PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, THIS IMAGE IS SORT OF AT THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN MAPPING OUT, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS AS IT EXISTS.

AND I'LL NOTE THAT WE ARE SENDING LETTERS AND SOME OF YOU HAVE PERHAPS RECEIVED A PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION IN THE MAIL BEFORE.

AND THERE'S A YOU KNOW, THE LETTER DESCRIBING THE REQUEST.

THERE IS EXHIBITS THAT ACCOMPANY THAT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THAT REQUEST IS IN MORE DETAIL, AND THAT REQUIRES MANUAL FOLDING OF LETTERS AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STEPS.

SO STAFF TOOK ON THIS THIS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT.