Aug 17, 2021 City Council

GOOD EVENING.

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WELCOME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR OUR TUESDAY, AUGUST 17TH MEETING.

MY NAME IS MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE EVERYBODY.

I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE FOR.

THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO TO HAVE GROUPS OF CITIZENS OUT TO RECOGNIZE AND TO TO CELEBRATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

[1. Call to order]

FIRST, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL START WITH OUR CITY CHAPLAIN, PASTOR CLAYTON REED, FOR OUR INVOCATION.

PLEASE STAND WITH ME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

LET'S PRAY, LORD WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING AND FOR THE JOY OF COMING TOGETHER AND CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF OUR CITY.

WE PRAY BLESSING UPON EVERY DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENS TONIGHT.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE OUR MAYOR AND EVERY COUNCIL PERSON, EVERY CITY STAFF MEMBER AND EVERY CITIZEN WHO WILL SPEAK GRACE AND MERCY AND PEACE AS THEY ADDRESS EACH OTHER.

LORD WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AS OUR KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL, WE PRAY FOR SAFETY FOR THEM AROUND THE SCHOOLS, ON THE ROADWAYS.

WE PRAY FOR OUR SRO'S WHO ARE PATROLLING THE HALLS.

WE JUST PRAY FOR MERCY AND PROTECTION FROM EVIL, FROM PEOPLE THAT WOULD HURT OUR KIDS.

WE PRAY FOR KIDS WHO ARE FEELING ISOLATED AND ALONE.

WE ASK LORD THAT YOU WOULD CONNECT THEM TO THOUGHTFUL, GREAT KIDS AND THAT THIS WOULD BE A BEGINNING OF A NEW HOPEFUL SEMESTER FOR THEM.

WE PRAY FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFFS AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM.

WE PRAY THAT SHE WOULD BLESS THEM, GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY WORK AND LEAD OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

LORD WE ALSO STOP AND ACKNOWLEDGE HOW GOOD YOU'VE BEEN TO US WITH THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

TONIGHT, WE CONSIDER THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN.

WE PRAY FOR MERCY AND BLESSING ON THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T FEEL SAFE FOR A COUNTRY AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE CRUMBLING, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE OUR LEADERS WISDOM AS THEY INTERACT WITH THOSE PEOPLE.

WE PRAY FOR BLESSING AND PROTECTION FROM THOSE WHO FEEL HELPLESS.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP AND GIVE MERCY AND HELP TO THEM.

LORD WE GIVE THANKS TONIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE SAFE HERE AND WE ARE FREE TO WORSHIP AND FREE AS AMERICANS TO SPEAK OUR MINDS.

WE GIVE THANKS FOR THAT.

WE PRAY BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING AND WE ASK THIS ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

AMEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH PASTOR REED, JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR REED.

[Additional Item]

WE HAVE ACTUALLY AN ARTS COUNCIL REPORT AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY TALLEY.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE TAMARA MCMILLAN AND TERRY MESSING, BOTH MEMBERS OF OUR ARTS COUNCIL UP TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON SOME OF YOUR RECENT ACTIVITIES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR HUFFMAN CITY COUNCIL STAFF.

IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR A SUMMER REEMERGENCE OF OUR PROGRAMING.

WE'VE HAD A LULL OF A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO WHERE WE REALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO VERY MANY THINGS, JUST SOME OUTDOOR PROGRAMS. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ARTS.

I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT ANY OF THIS AT A LATER TIME.

I WANTED TO START WITH A SLIDE ABOUT GDP AND ABOUT FINANCES.

THE ARTS DO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON IN THE ECONOMY AND ON THE ECONOMY OF WHERE THE CITIES AND STATES AND WHERE THEY TAKE PLACE.

THESE ARE FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

YOU CAN READ THESE, BUT IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE DOLLARS THAT COME FROM ARTS PROGRAMING AND THE POSITIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON COMMUNITIES.

ALSO, THE FACT THAT THE ARTS MAKES NEIGHBORHOODS LIVABLE, COMMUNITY IDENTITY, SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT ANY COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO THINK ITSELF PREMIER NEEDS TO HAVE A PREMIER ARTS PROGRAMING.

WE ARE TRYING FOR THAT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 20 SOME YEARS.

THIS IS OUR MOTHERSHIP, OUR FLAGSHIP OF PROGRAMING, 21 YEARS OF ART IN THE SQUARE, THANKS TO OUR CHAIRMAN, KATHY TALLEY FOR LEADING US TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING PROGRAMING.

WE ARE PLANNED TO HAVE ART IN THE SQUARE TO BE SEPTEMBER 24TH THROUGH THE

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I WILL POINT OUT, AND I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS HOPE SO THAT THAT ART IN THE SQUARE IS RANKED NUMBER ONE BY SOURCEBOOK AS THE NUMBER ONE ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE COUNTRY.

WE WERE RANKED THIS IN NINETEEN AND THEN THEY GAVE IT TO US AGAIN IN TWENTY BECAUSE THERE WASN'T REALLY ANY ART SHOWS TO COMPARE IT TO.

THERE IS A FINANCIAL IMPACT TO ART IN THE SQUARE.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE THE ARTISTS DO PAY THEIR TAXES INDIVIDUALLY.

BUT IT'D BE INTERESTING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS SOME TIME AND SEE WHAT THE IMPACT OF ART IN THE SQUARE IS ON THE FINANCES OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE DOING ART IN THE SQUARE IN APRIL, SO APRIL 2022, IT'S ALWAYS THE LAST WEEKEND OF APRIL.

PEOPLE ASK US, ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP IT IN THE FALL? NO WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE SPRING WHERE WE BELONG AND WHERE WE'RE THE HAPPIEST.

BUT WE ARE PLANNING ON A SHOW, OUR APPLICATIONS FOR ARTISTS ARE ACTUALLY OPEN.

THEY OPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST.

SO WE ANTICIPATE AND HOPE TO HAVE 800 APPLICATIONS FOR ARTISTS AND WE ALL DO A SELECTION PROCESS IN NOVEMBER AND MOV FORWARD WITH THAT.

WE'VE NEVER RUN TWO SHOWS AT ONE TIME.

IT'S INTERESTING AND A CHALLENGE, BUT HEY, WE CAN DO IT.

SO OUT OF ART IN THE SQUARE GREW APEX ARTS LEAGUE AND WAS BASICALLY STARTED BY THE SAME PEOPLE.

WE WERE WORKING ON THIS BIG SHOW THAT HAPPENED FOR A WEEKEND AND IT TOOK US ALL YEAR AND WE'RE LIKE, IF WE'RE GOING TO WORK ALL YEAR, LET'S MAKE OUR PROGRAMING GO ALL YEAR LONG.

SO APEX NOW RUNS PROGRAMS A TWO TO THREE A MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER TO MAY, AND THIS IS THE PROGRAMING IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THERE, YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES.

WE TRY TO HAVE A VARIETY OF SHOWCASES OF PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS. WE WORK WITH THE FORT WORTH SYMPHONY AND THE DALLAS SYMPHONY AND THE UNT ONE O'CLOCK LAB BAND, WE PARTNER WITH CIT GROUPS LIKE THE LIBRARY AND CISD AND THE HISTORIC SOCIETY ARTS COUNCIL, ART IN THE SQUARE AND PARTNERING MAKES US ALL STRONGER.

WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS LAID OUT HERE AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF COUNSELING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO A WHOLE LOT AND WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE THINGS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY ADD TO THIS IN THE SPRING.

BUT A VARIETY OF ARTS PROGRAMS FROM THEATER TO DANCE TO FILM AND MUSIC, OF COURSE.

WANT TO TALK JUST A MINUTE ABOUT THE FACILITY VISION, APEX AND THE ARTS COUNCIL HAVE TALKED ABOUT A FACILITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, PROBABLY 15 YEARS, IF I CAN REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK AND SOMEBODY IN NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY IS GOING TO BUILD A THEATER.

THERE'S A NEED FOR A THEATER.

THE COMMUNITY THEATERS DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PERFORM, APEX IS SUPER LUCKY AND BLESSED TO HAVE WHITE CHAPEL AS THE MAIN PLACE THAT WE DO OUR BIG PROGRAM.

SO OUR BIG PROBLEMS DO TAKE PLACE IN WHITE CHAPEL.

BUT FOR SMALLER PROGRAMS AND FOR COMMUNITY ARTS, THERE REALLY IS NOT ANYWHERE FOR THEM TO PERFORM.

SO THAT FACILITY VISION THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN LOOKING AT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS A MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM WITHIN THE LIBRARY.

IT NEEDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

IT NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED FOR THEATER BECAUSE THEATER IS WHERE ANYBODY CAN PERFORM IN THEATER, IN THE THEATER, IS WHAT IS MORE SPECIFIC AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MEET.

IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE, IT JUST HAS TO HAVE EGRESS AND GETTING IN AND GETTING OUT AND MOVEMENT BEHIND STAGE.

IT NEEDS TO BE USABLE FOR ALL.

THIS IS KIND OF FUNNY, BUT THE AUDIENCE HAS TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND HEAR.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THE AUDIENCE CAN'T SEE AND HEAR, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

VISION WISE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 300 SEATS, SO NOT A HUGE HALL.

JUST SOMETHING THAT'S SMALL THAT CAN BE USED FOR MULTI-PURPOSES, ARTS, BUT ALSO NON ARTS THINGS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ARTS, BUT ALSO AS REVENUE GENERATING POTENTIAL.

NOW, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS, LIKE I SAID, FOR A LONG TIME.

WE HAVE USER GROUPS THAT WILL COME IN AND ASSIST THE CITY FREE OF CHARGE TO BUILD A FACILITY THAT'S FLEXIBLE AND USABLE AND WE HAVE PEOPLE ON APEX BOARD AND ALL DIFFERENT FACETS OF OF OF THE ARTS TO ASSIST WITH THIS PLANNING SHOULD THIS HAPPEN AND AGAIN, SOMEONE'S GOING TO DO IT I SURE THINK IT MIGHT AS WELL BE US.

I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER NOW TO TAMARA MCMILLAN.

SHE IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF ARTS COUNCIL.

SHE'S GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS AND CLOSE AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR ALLOWING US THIS BRIEF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTS AND ANY QUESTIONS.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYBODY AT ANY TIME ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, TERRY.

THANK YOU, TERRY.

GOOD EVENING.

WE DON'T GET TO SEE YOU ALL VERY OFTEN BECAUSE WE USUALLY MEET THE SAME NIGHT YOU MEET.

SO WE THOUGHT IT'D BE NICE TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADS UP ON WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE AND WHAT WE REALLY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE YEARS.

SINCE 2008, THE PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM HAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT US APPROXIMATELY

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EVERYBODY ASSUMES THAT IT'S THE ROUNDABOUT'S AND THAT'S REALLY ALL THEY THINK ABOUT.

BUT THE ARTS COUNCIL IS INVOLVED IN MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

WE'VE GOT THE SCULPTURE OVER AT THE MARK, AND THIS FALL WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE BRINGING THE JONES SCULPTURE OVER TO THE PARK AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE WE'VE KNOWN THE JONES FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.

IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH ART IN THE SQUARE AND HELPING PROMOTE ALL THAT, WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE VERY FIRST EXHIBIT THAT WE REALLY DID AT TOWN HALL THAT WASN'T RELATED TO ART IN THE SQUARE, AND THAT WAS THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOING PHOTOGRAPHS.

FROM THAT, WE'VE GONE GRADUALLY INTO ACTUALLY HAVING YEAR-ROUND EXHIBITS IN TOWN HALL, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE IN THE FUTURE.

WE'VE CREATED PARTNERSHIPS, AS YOU KNOW, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH APEX.

SEVERAL OF US ARE ON THE APEX BOARD.

WE'VE DONE WORK WITH THE LIBRARY AND WITH APEX.

WE'VE ALL PARTNERED TO BRING FILM PROGRAMS HERE.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS AND OF COURSE, THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY FOR THE THIRD OF JULY AND WE DID AN ARTS BOOTH.

WE ARE HOPING TO EXPAND ON THAT AND HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE BACK FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND COME UP WITH SOME MORE IDEAS.

WHAT DO WE PLAN IN THE FUTURE? WE ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY SCULPTURES SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'VE MADE US AWARE OF.

SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US IS PROMOTING THE ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY MORE.

WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE MORE OF A PRESENCE IN THE CITY EVENTS.

ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A TOUR, A PUBLIC ARTS TOUR OF THE ART IN THE COMMUNITY, WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OUT AND FROM OUT OF TOWN AND MAY BE LOOKING TO MOVE HERE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE REALLY NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH.

WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS WITH CITY STAFF AND WITH SOME STAKEHOLDERS TO GET SOME ENHANCEMENTS INTO THE ARIA STAGE SO THAT WE CAN BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT THERE BECAUSE PERFORMERS HAVE GIVEN US FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE NEED, AND THE CITY'S BEEN VERY GRACIOUS IN LETTING US PUT TOGETHER SOME OPTIONS FOR THERE AND ANOTHER THING AND THANK YOU, KATHY TALLEY FOR THIS THAT WILL BE DOING NEXT YEAR IS WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEARHEAD OUR VERY FIRST ART EXHIBIT.

THAT IS GOING TO BE A FEATURE SOUTHLAKE TALENT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOUTHLAKE ARTIST.

SO WE'LL BE HAVING AN EXHIBIT, I BELIEVE, NEXT FALL FOR THAT.

WE ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS OPEN FOR ANY IDEAS IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT US TO COVER SINCE WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER THAT MUCH.

EMAIL STAFF OR EMAIL US OR CATCH US IN THE HALLWAY OR SOMETHING.

WE'RE JUST ALWAYS HAPPY TO GET IDEAS FROM THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE ELSE.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND GLAD TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AND YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TAMARA.

THANKS, TERRY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SEPTEMBER 24TH TO 26TH.

IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

ART IN THE SQUARE IS BACK.

ART IN THE SQUARE IS BACK, YEAH.

WELL, TERRY AND TERRY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ALL OF THOSE EVENTS YOU HAVE LISTED ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC IS THAT CORRECT OR SOME DO YOU CHARGE AT ALL FOR THOSE? OK, BUT A LOT ARE FREE, RIGHT? YEAH.

YOU KNOW, YOU WERE ASKING FOR IDEAS.

I JUST SPIT BALLING COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON IS A SINGER, QUITE ACCOMPLISHED SINGER.

I'M JUST SAYING HE MIGHT WANT TO DO A SOLO PERFORMANCE OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T I'M JUST THROWING STUFF OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL ASK HIM AFTER, ONLY THE JOHN DANCES.

DON'T GET ME STARTED.

OK, WELL, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

WE LOVE THE PUBLIC ART AND WE LOVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING SO MUCH OF THAT PROGRAMING TO SOUTHLAKE.

ONE THING WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT AND KEEP OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, IS THAT A ROBUST ARTS PROGRAM TO NOT ONLY PARTICIPATE IN BUT GIVE BACK TO IS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO FOR US.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

[4. Recognition of Southlake Sister Cities students for participation in International Leadership Academy]

SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE KATIE HEINTZ.

KATIE, ARE YOU HERE? YES, YOU ARE.

TO WHO WILL RECOGNIZE YOUR STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACADEMY AND THEN TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON AND WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

SO WE'RE SOUTHLAKE SISTER CITIES AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO TRIPS THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO DO INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SOME OF THEM THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS FOR TONIGHT.

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SO EXCUSE ME.

SO OLIVIA LEBLANC AND CONNOR AND CAMERON CHAN AND BRICE [INAUDIBLE], ARE OF THIS OF THE SEVEN THAT WENT THERE ARE HERE.

WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, NICOLE BEARS, SHE WAS A PART OF THE EXPERIMENTAL DIGITAL.

THIS IS A STATE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED PROGRAM ND IT WAS FOR FOUR HOURS A WEEK FOR EIGHT WEEKS, NICOLE INTERACTED WITH STUDENTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.

THESE ARE COUNTRIES THAT WE USUALLY CAN'T TRAVEL TO AS A TYPICAL RULE.

SO THEY TRY TO HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.

THESE THIS STUDENT, NICOLE, WAS ABLE TO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS FROM IRAQ, YEMEN, ALGERIA, TUNISIA, BAHRAIN, LIBYA, ISRAEL, JORDAN AND OTHER PLACES LIKE THAT.

SO WITH THAT ONE, IT'S AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM AND IT JUST FINISHED THIS WEEK AND IT'S A VIRTUAL, COMPLETELY VIRTUAL, AND IT TEACHES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT SERVICE PROJECTS IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

SO I WAS REALLY PLEASED THAT ALL OF THESE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO DO ALL THESE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S IT.

PHENOMENAL! SO I HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR EVERYONE AS WELL.

YES, PLEASE.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? SO HOW CAN YOU TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW A STUDENT WOULD GET INVOLVED IN SOUTHLAKE SISTER CITIES AND, OH ABSOLUTELY, WHAT PROGRAMS YOU HAVE COMING UP? YEAH, WE ARE USUALLY MOSTLY FOCUSED ON YOUTH.

SO STUDENTS ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH.

WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THESE THAT WERE INTERNATIONAL FOCUS.

WE ALSO HAVE TRIPS NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR WE SEND STUDENTS AND WE ACCEPT STUDENTS FROM OUR SISTER CITIES, ONES IN JAPAN AND ONES IN CHINA AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WHERE WE WE WORK WITH THE LIBRARY.

WE WORK WITH THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.

WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES.

WE CLEAN THE STREETS.

WE KEEP SOUTHLAKE BEAUTIFUL.

SO WE HAVE SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO AND IT'S OPEN TO ANY STUDENTS.

WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP THAT STARTS AT TEN DOLLARS PER STUDENT OR FAMILY IS FIFTY DOLLARS.

AND IT'S A I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

SO SO OK, 64000 DOLLAR QUESTION.

DO YOU THINK WE'LL BE TAKING INTERNATIONAL TRIPS NEXT YEAR? YES.

IN 2022, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE A TRIP TO JAPAN.

WE'RE TAKING ELEVEN, 10 TO 11 STUDENTS AND THEN WE'RE EXPECTING TO ALSO HAVE STUDENTS FROM JAPAN COME AND VISIT US.

AND WE'RE ALSO HOPING THAT THE MAYOR FROM SOUTHLAKE WILL VISIT OUR JAPAN MAYOR AND, IS HE INVITED? HE IS INVITED, SWEET AND THE JAPAN THE MAYOR FROM JAPAN IS ALSO HOPING TO COME HERE.

SO WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE QUITE AN EXCHANGE NEXT YEAR.

KNOCK ON WOOD.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, MAYOR, I WOULD JUST ADD A COMMENT TO BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A TON OF KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE AND PARENTS AND FOLKS WATCHING ON TV TOO, REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM.

I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TRIP TO TOMÉ REPRESENTING THE CITY.

AND IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

IT'S JUST IT'S THE MIDDLE OF JAPAN.

IT'S IT'S WHICH I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU CALL IT THE SUBURBS, IT'S KIND OF RURAL SUBURBIA AND THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO TRULY SEE ANOTHER CULTURE, IT'S FANTASTIC, IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL ON THE KIDS, TAKE IT TO GET INVOLVED AND DO IT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, AND NOT TO MENTION IT'S GREAT FOR LIKE COLLEGE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON A RESUME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER CULTURES, INTERACT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT OR YOU'RE LISTENING TO IT, READ ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S WORTH IT.

IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY, IS A VERY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

THE STUDENTS STAY WITH THE FAMILY AND THEY STAY FOR A WEEK.

IT'S JUST A WEEK.

SO IT'S A KIND OF A TASTE.

BUT THEY DO GET TO LIVE WITH THE FAMILY IN JAPAN AND THEY LEARN ALL THE LOCAL CULTURES AND EVERYTHING IN CHINA IS KIND OF ON HOLD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SISTER CITY WITH THEM.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LATER.

YEAH, SURE AND WHEN THE STUDENTS COME FROM JAPAN, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO HOST AS WELL.

SO IF A FAMILY WANTED TO HAVE A STUDENT STAY WITH THEM, THEY CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AMERICA FROM A, FROM A HOST FAMILY, THAT'S SO GREAT.

WELL, VERY COOL.

SO YOU WANT TO PASS UP THE CERTIFICATES AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH EVERYBODY, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, CAN WE COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE? OH.

ALMOST EVERYBODY YOU GUYS READY?

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[5. Honors & Recognition: Southlake Carroll Target Team National Championship Proclamation]

TOM, I THINK ABOUT YOU GUYS THAT THAT SONG ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN COMES TO MIND BECAUSE THE SOUTHLAKE CARROLL TARGET TEAM, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.

ALL YOU GUYS DO IS WIN IS REALLY, REALLY FUN TO WATCH.

SO WE ARE GOING TO, I GUESS, COACH MITCH HAGGY, IS MITCH HERE? AH, COME ON DOWN.

AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE WHO MIGHT BE SPEAKING.

COME ON DOWN.

I WANT TO WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS.

SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE TEAM AND WHAT YOU GUYS ALL ACCOMPLISHED LAST MONTH.

WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF YOU, AND WE'LL WE'LL READ A PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL COME DOWN AND GET A PHOTO OP.

THAT'S OK, ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YES SIR.

MY NAME IS NATHANIEL HIGGIE.

I AM THIS YEAR'S TEAM CAPTAIN.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AND TO RECOGNIZE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SO THE SOUTHLAKE CARROLL TARGET TEAM IS A FIFTY EIGHT MEMBER STUDENT ORGANIZATION STUDENT CLUB CONSISTING OF SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE DRAGONS.

ON BEHALF OF MY TEAMMATES, PARENTS AND SCTT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE MEMBERS OF OUR STATE AND NATIONAL TEAM, EXCUSE ME.

THESE DRAGONS COMPETED IN FIVE FORMS OF SHOOTING DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING AMERICANS TRAP AND SKEET, SKEET DOUBLES, SPORTING CLAYS AND SUPER SPORTING CLAYS .

ADDITIONALLY, A NUMBER OF OUR DRAGONS COMPETED IN INTERNATIONAL TRAP AND SKEET.

DURING OUR SEASON, WE COMPETED IN FOUR STATE AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS.

OUR SUCCESS WAS MEASURED BY BOTH TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENTS.

MR. MAYOR, I AM PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED MULTIPLE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD STATE AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLACEMENTS.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT SEASON THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN YEARS PAST.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M GOING TO GIVE COUNCIL A CHANCE TO SAY SAY SOME WORDS AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO RECOGNIZE YOU.

BUT I WE'RE GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION.

I WANT TO READ IT IN DETAIL BECAUSE IT KIND OF LISTS OUT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DID.

BUT IT'S JUST THE UPSHOT IS YOU ALL ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, YOU BEAT EVERYBODY RIGHT? SO TELL ME ABOUT THE COMPETITION.

SURE, SO WE ATTEND THERE'S TWO SANCTIONING BODIES AND THOSE SANCTIONING BODIES IS THE TEXAS YES, UNDER THE USA YES ORGANIZATION AND THEN THE SETP, WHICH I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT STANDS FOR, BUT SCHOLASTIC BASED.

SO WE LOCALLY SHOOT BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, THE YES ORGANIZATIONS AND THE SETP AGAINST I BELIEVE IT'S CLOSE TO I THINK IT'S OVER THIRTY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN A SHOOTING PROGRAM THAT WE PARTICIPATE AGAINST AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT WE GO TO THE LOCAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT DFW CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEN IT MOVES TO STATE WITH BOTH THE USA YES AND TEXAS SETP DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEN FROM THERE WE HAVE A USA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH SEES TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING ALASKA, COME IN AND WE SHOOT AGAINST THEM AND THEN REALLY THE THE CULMINATING THE BIG ONE OF THE OF THE SHOOTS IS THE SETP NATIONALS, WHICH SEES OVER 3500 STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S A SIGHT TO BEHOLD, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IN OTHER EASTERN STATES, THE TERROR THEY WOULD SEE SEEING 3500 KIDS WITH A SHOTGUN IN THEIR HAND LINED UP DOWN A ROW OF TRAP STATIONS.

IT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

BUT SO LET ME HOLD ON.

WE SKIPPED OVER SOMETHING.

YOU BEAT THE ALASKAN'S? THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, BECAUSE ALASKANS SEEMED LIKE A HARDY BUNCH.

I BET THEY KNOW TO SHOOT.

THEY ARE, THEY ARE.

TEXAS IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN THOUGH.

THERE YOU GO AND WE DO HAVE A LOCAL RIVAL SCHOOL THAT WE'RE ALWAYS BATTLING THEIR UP NORTH STARTS WITH AN A.

I WON'T MENTION IT HERE.

BUT, NO, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, WE WON THE USAA YES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

WOW, AND THEN WE WON A USAA STATE AND A SETP STATE SKEET CHAMPIONSHIP OVERALL, WHICH IS IT LOOKS AT TRAPS, SPORTING CLAYS, SKEET AND DOUBLES.

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AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT THREE STUDENTS, BEN MARTIN, LIZZIE GARCIA AND OUR YOUNGEST GUNNAR REID.

THEY WON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, IN FACT, GUNNER REED WON THE BIG ONE FOR ENTRY LEVEL AND INTERMEDIATE AT THAT SETP NATIONALS AGAINST, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OTHER KIDS.

SO LOT OF SUCCESS ON THIS TEAM.

THEY'RE VERY MATURE YOUNG MEN AND LADIES, AND WE COULDN'T BE ANY MORE PROUDER.

INCREDIBLE, YOU GUYS BROUGHT HOME A LOT OF HARDWARE.

WE ARE SO PROUD, COUNCIL GUYS WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON, SURE, YEAH, I'LL KICK IT OFF.

I'M DOING FIGURES IN MY HEAD AND WITH THE COST OF AMMUNITION, I HAVE TO BELIEVE YOUR BUDGET IS HIGHER THAN OUR CITY BUDGET AT THIS POINT.

I CAN'T IMAGINE SO.

BUT NO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, CONGRATULATIONS.

I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES.

I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE UP HERE FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AND EVERY YEAR WE SEE CHAMPION CARROLL DRAGONS COME THROUGH HERE AND IT'S AMAZING THIS COMMUNITY, WHETHER YOU'RE WINNING ROBOTICS, WHETHER YOU'RE WINNING CHESS CLUB, WHETHER IT'S THE FOOTBALL TEAM, THE BASEBALL TEAM, AN OLYMPIC DIVER, THE SHOOTING TEAM, WHETHER IT'S ARTS CHORUS.

I MEAN, OF COURSE, I'M LEAVING SOMETHING OUT HERE.

THEATER, WE ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST ACROSS THE BOARD AND WE'RE SO HONORED TO HAVE YOU GUYS BE HERE TONIGHT WITH US, ALL OF YOU AND OUR KIDS ARE WHAT ARE WHAT MAKES SOUTHLAKE, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE PHENOMENAL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON SAID.

I THINK IT'S SO COOL TO WATCH TEAM AFTER TEAM COME IN AND BEING A LITTLE BIT SELFISH, I'M HOPING THAT MY HUSBAND AND MY THIRTEEN YEAR OLD ARE WATCHING THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN BEGGING MY THIRTEEN YEAR OLD TO JOIN THE TEAM.

SO MAYBE WE'LL GET ANOTHER ONE TO JOIN AND PUT SOME HARDWARE ON THAT GUY.

BUT I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE A BUNCH OF LADIES IN THE CLUB.

SO HATS OFF TO THE LADIES WHO WHO STEPPED UP WITH THOSE SHOTGUNS AND AND WE'RE OUT THERE COMPETING.

I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY.

WELL, FIRST THING I'D SAY IS, WOW, AS A RESIDENT GUN NUT ON THE COUNCIL, I'D IMAGINE THAT I'M PROBABLY THE BIGGEST GUN NUT THAT UP HERE, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ME.

I THINK THAT'S A COMPLIMENT.

LAST WEEK AND ME AND MY WIFE GOT IN A CONVERSATION.

WE'RE LOOKING, BUT I DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE JUST THINKING ABOUT THE KIDS AND PARENTS AND WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOUTHLAKE HAVING THE BEST KIDS AND PARENTS AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

MY WIFE WAS KIND OF STEALING MY THUNDER ABOUT THAT.

BUT DURING THE HAYLEY HERNANDEZ EVENT, THAT TOOK PLACE FROM ONE OF THREE THINGS TO MAYOR HUFFMAN AND HIS TEAM FOR SETTING THAT UP.

I ENDED UP BEING IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING TEAM AND THIS GUY'S GOING ON AND ON FOR 30 MINUTES AND JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW PROUD WE ARE OF YOU GUYS AND HE MENTIONS GUNNAR, AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S THAT'S MY FRIENDS, KID AND YOU KNOW I KNOW HIM AND I HAVE ALWAYS ENVIED GUNNAR, HE'S THE COOLEST NAME AND GETS TO SHOOT ALL THE TIME.

I'M LIKE, YOU HAVE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TO BE NAMED GUNNAR AND GET TO SHOOT ALL THE TIME.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL AS COUNCILMAN WILLIAMSON HAS SAID AND COUNCILMAN LEPP AS WELL.

WE HAVE THE BEST COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE, OF KIDS AND OF PARENTS, AND YOU GUYS JUST EXHIBIT THAT CONTINUALLY.

I LOOK AT ALL OF THE SPORTS AND I JUST SAY THIS IS JUST A TRIBUTE TO THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US.

YEAH, I GREW UP IN HEREFORD, YOU KNOW, AS RANDY LIKES TO HEAR ME SAY ALL THE TIME, AND I GREW UP IN THE 4H SHOOTING FOR SHOOT AND TRAP, AND I LOVE DOING IT.

IT WAS BUT IT WAS NEVER AT THIS LEVEL THAT I REMEMBER THE LONG NIGHTS OF RELOADING IN THE BASEMENT AND I'M SURE MY PARENTS ARE STILL FINDING, YOU KNOW, GUNPOWDER AND BUCKSHOT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO THE COMMITMENTS AMAZING.

I JUST THINK THAT IT'S I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE COMPETING, AND I LOVE LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE IN TEXAS.

WE LOVE OUR GUNS AND WE LOVE OUR KIDS.

AND SO WE LOVE OUR KIDS WITH GUNS, WINNING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WELL SAID, WELL, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAID.

WE'RE ALL SUPER PROUD OF YOU.

IT IS, AS AMY SAID, REALLY COOL TO SEE SOME YOUNG LADIES ON THE TEAM AND THE JUST THE SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE TEAM AND I KNOW I TRIED THIS ONCE AT ONE POINT AND JUST HANDED THE SHOTGUN BACK TO MR. TALLEY AND SAID, YEAH, I'M GOOD.

I HE'S A LIFELONG HUNTER AND LIKE, YOU CAN DO IT.

SO I HAVE EVERY EVERY AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR ALL OF YOU.

I KNOW WE HAVE A HUGE, AMAZING PARENT SUPPORT TEAM BEHIND ALL YOU GUYS.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND WE ARE VERY BLESSED AND

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IT'S JUST IT'S JUST WONDERFUL YEAH.

YEAH GREAT JOB! ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS WHOLE PROCLAMATION BECAUSE IT'S GOT EVERYBODY'S NAMES IN IT AND ALL OF WHAT YOU DID.

SO YA'LL BEAR WITH ME HERE.

OK, SO WHEREAS THE SOUTHLAKE CARROLL TARGET TEAM COMPETED AT THE SETP STATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS YES STATE USA YES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DURING THE TWENTY TWENTY TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE SCHOOL YEAR ND WHEREAS THE TEAM WON A FIRST PLACE AND TO THIRD PLACE TEAM AWARDS IN AMERICAN SKEET AS WELL AS FIVE INDIVIDUAL STATE AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AS SCTT ALSO ACHIEVED A SECOND PLACE ALL AROUND HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AND A TEXAS YES STATE AND A TOP TEN ALL AROUND HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AT THE SETP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH OVER 3500 ATHLETES COMPETING FROM THIRTY THREE DIFFERENT STATES AND WHEREAS THE 2020-2021 SCTT REPRESENTATIVES INCLUDED CAPTAIN SIDNEY NICHOL, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL HAGGY, CAPTAIN BEN MARTIN, CAPTAIN MATTHEW MURDAY, CONNOR DAILEY, LIZZIE GARCIA, CHASE GREEN, DANIEL KAIDA, HUNTER MORRISON, COLLIN GRAY, JAKE FARAND, ALEXANDER CONING, BRADEN PATTERSON, MEGAN SNECKY, RILEY FRANKS, GARRETT BRIGGS, NATALIE BRIGGS, GUNNER REED, PRESTON MOHAN, DOMINIC MUROTA, LUCAS STUBBS, GAVIN TRIPP, GARRETT HAMILL AND NED GARIK AND WHEREAS THE SCTT PROGRAM IS A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN WHICH ADULT COACHES AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS USE SHOOTING SPORTS TO TEACH AND DEMONSTRATE SPORTSMANSHIP, RESPONSIBILITY, HONESTY, ETHICS, INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK AND OTHER POSITIVE LIFE SKILLS AND WHEREAS WE ARE PLEASED TO EXTEND THIS EXPRESSION OF OUR PRIDE IN YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE FINE RECORD THAT YOU HAVE EARNED FOR YOUR TEAM, COACHES AND SOUTHLAKE CARROLL ISD.

NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 17TH TWENTY TWENTY ONE AS SOUTHLAKE CARROLL TARGET TEAM DAY IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, WELL DONE! WITH THAT WE LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE WHOLE TEAM.

IF THAT'S ALRIGHT, COME ON DOWN.

ALL RIGHT.

TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT, YEAH .

SURE, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

YES, THANK YOU, THOUGH.

OH, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, NOW YOU ALL CAN SEE THE CAMERA.

MAKE SURE WE CAN SEE WHAT THE CAMERA SEES YOU.

ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS READY? THREE, TWO, ONE.

OK, I'M GOING TO DO ANOTHER THREE, TWO, ONE.

THANK YOU.

HOLD ON JUST A SECOND HERE.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME DOWN AND GRAB SOME PHOTOS FOR [INAUDIBLE]

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[3. FY 2022 Proposed Budget - Strategic Investments and Capital Improvements Program]

I SHOULD PROBABLY ADDRESS THIS.

OKAY I AM IN A KELLAR INDIANS BASEBALL JERSEY BECAUSE A BET IS A BET AND I MADE A BET WITH MY DEAR FRIEND, MAYOR ARMIN MASANI OF THE CITY OF KELLER THAT THAT THE CARROLL DRAGONS WOULD EMERGE VICTORIOUS FROM THE REGIONAL FINAL TOURNAMENT FOR THE BASEBALL TEAM AND THEY WERE SO CLOSE.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY KELLAR HAD THE FIX IN' WITH THE UMPS, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD OR IN A RECORDING.

BUT I MEAN, ANYWAY, A BET'S A BET SO HERE I AM.

BUT I'VE ALREADY TOLD ARMAN THE SAME BET APPLIES IN FOOTBALL AND I'M GONNA FORCE HIM TO MAKE IT TO WEAR CARROLL DRAGONS HELMET, THE ENTIRETY OF ONE OF HIS COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHICH I THINK IS FAIR.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON WITH BUSINESS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD ITEM HERE.

FY2022 PROPOSED BUDGET AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE CITY MANAGER SHANA YELVERTON TO TELL US ALL THE WONDERFUL NEWS WE HAVE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

RIGHT, SHANA, I FEEL A LITTLE BAD BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO EXCITING TONIGHT AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING IT DOWN BUDGET AND NUMBERS.

BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AND THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET.

WHAT OUR GOAL IS FOR THE EVENING IS TO GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THIS BUDGET.

WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE WORKING ON IT BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF SEPTEMBER BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS IN OCTOBER.

SO THERE WILL BE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER AND THERE'LL BE A LOT OF TIME TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND ASK QUESTIONS AND WHATNOT.

BUT THIS EVENING, WE WANT TO JUST WALK YOU THROUGH SOME BASIC THINGS ABOUT THIS BUDGET SO THAT YOU AND THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED.

OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS, OF COURSE, TO ACHIEVE THE RESULTS THAT COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES.

SO THIS BUDGET IS STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED AND YOU'LL SEE REFERENCES TO THAT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT.

NOT ONLY HAVE WE ALLOCATED RESOURCE TO ALIGN WITH THOSE GOALS, BUT WITH THIS BUDGET, WE'RE COMMITTING TO PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR CITY VALUES.

AND WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO WITH THE BUDGET IS BALANCE OUR NEEDS AND THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH GOOD FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND MANAGEMENT.

AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU HOW WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR TRIPLE-A BOND RATING AND THE REPUTATION THAT WE HAVE IN MUNICIPAL FINANCE FIELDS.

AND HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'LL AGREE THAT THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE IS WORKING HARD TO DO THINGS RIGHT WITH THEIR BUDGET.

AS I MENTIONED, THIS WILL BE AN OVERVIEW THIS EVENING, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO COVER ALL OF THE DETAILS, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE QUITE A FEW IN THE PRESENTATION.

THE BUDGET IS ON OUR WEBSITE AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND WE'VE ALSO PLACED A HARD COPY IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SO STAFF WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS ABOUT IT.

ONE OF THE KEY POINTS FOR THIS EVENING IS THAT GUIDING PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND THESE WERE PUT INTO PLACE MANY YEARS AGO AS A FRAMEWORK.

NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A BUDGET GUIDING PRINCIPLES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AS PART OF SOUTHLAKE TWENTY THIRTY FIVE THAT SETS THE PARAMETERS AND GOALS FOR THE STAFF AND REALLY CREATES WHAT I LIKE TO CALL A BUDGET CULTURE WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN OUR BUDGET GETS PUT INTO PLACE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SHARON JACKSON, OUR CFO, WHO'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE TAXATION ISSUES AND FINANCIALS.

DIRECTOR JACKSON, GIVE US A GOOD NEWS.

LOVE TO, SO, AS CITY MANAGER SAID, WE HAVE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND ONE BEING TAXPAYER RELIEF, AND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER RELIEF WITH THE REDUCED TAX RATE OF ONE AND A HALF CENTS TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE DOWN TO THIRTY NINE CENTS, DOWN FROM THE POINT FOUR ZERO FIVE.

AS WELL WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE TWENTY PERCENT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AS WELL AS THE OTHER SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND EXEMPTIONS FOR DISABLED AND OVER 65 AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE SENIOR TAX FREEZE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE IN THE EARLY 2000S.

AS I MENTIONED, THE TAX RATE REDUCTION OF ONE POINT FIVE CENTS, WHICH REDUCES THE ANNUAL SAVINGS FOR AN AVERAGE TAXPAYER AVERAGE HOME OF NINETY SIX DOLLARS AND REDUCES OUR REVENUE OVERALL IN THE GENERAL AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND OF ONE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS, REDUCTION OF LESS REVENUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE COLLECTED.

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THAT WAS ON THE ROLL IN TWENTY TWENTY.

SO JUST IF I CAN INTERJECT, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW WE HAVE REDUCED THE RATE BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

YES, I CAN'T DO A SURVEY OF EVERY CITY IN TEXAS BUT DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHERS THAT HAVE DONE THREE YEARS IN A ROW A RATE REDUCTION THAT'S SO DEEP? I KNOW THERE'S OTHER CITIES PROBABLY IN THEIR SECOND YEAR FOR SURE, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE HOW MANY THAT THIS WOULD BE THEIR THIRD YEAR TO BE BELOW THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.

I MEAN, THREE YEARS IN A ROW.

AND THAT'S WITH MAINTAINING A 20 PERCENT MAXIMUM HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

THAT'S CORRECT.

A LOT OF GOOD NEWS, THANK YOU.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE TARGETED TAX RELIEF FOR THE HOMEOWNERS WITH THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND THEN ONCE YOU APPLY THE TAX EQUIVALENT OF THE 20 PERCENT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THAT REDUCES THE TAX RATE EQUIVALENT TO JUST OVER 30 CENTS TO POINT THIRTY ONE TWO, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL TAX BILL BASED ON THE AVERAGE VALUE HOME OF JUST OVER TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED, AND I THINK TO NOTE HERE, THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE AVERAGE TAX BILL FOR THE CITY, TAXES IS JUST OVER TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED.

SO WE'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE LAST 10 TO LAST 10 YEARS.

AS I MENTIONED, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT FOR THE AVERAGE PRICE HOME, THAT'S REDUCING THEIR TAXABLE VALUE BY JUST UNDER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH REDUCES THE OVERALL CITY REVENUE JUST UNDER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.

THIS IS THIS SLIDE GIVES A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR TAXPAYER RELIEF OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THAT WE WORK WE WERE VERY DILIGENT IN GETTING TO THAT MAXIMUM HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF 20 PERCENT IN 2018 AND THEN STARTING IN 2019, IS THAT THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TARGETING THE TAX RATE TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE ONCE WE HIT THE MAXIMUM 20 PERCENT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

AND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AS I STATED, WE'RE PROPOSING 39 CENTS AS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR 2022.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A FUND BALANCED POLICY THAT WE WOULD MAINTAIN AT THE WELL A FUND BALANCED POLICY THAT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT IS THE OPTIMUM LEVEL OF FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET, WE'RE HITTING THAT TARGET JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THE 25 PERCENT AND LESS IMPORTANT WITH THIS KEY ELEMENT IS THAT THE BOND RATING AGENCIES LOOK VERY FAVORABLY AT OUR FUND BALANCED POLICY WHEN WE'RE HITTING THAT OPTIMUM LEVEL AND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE'RE HITTING THAT LEVEL FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET JUST UNDER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE MILLION FOR ALL FUNDS AND THEIR OPERATING BUDGET, INCLUDES MULTIPLE CIVIL FUNDS, IT'S INCORPORATED TO DEVELOP THEIR OPERATING BUDGET TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY AND DELIVER SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

THIS, THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR POINT SIX MILLION, IS JUST UNDER A HALF A PERCENT REDUCTION WHEN COMPARED TO THE 2021 BUDGET AND THE TWO LARGEST FUNDS, OF COURSE, IT'S THE GENERAL FUND AND THE UTILITY FUND ARE INCORPORATED IN THAT HUNDRED AND JUST UNDER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE MILLION.

PART OF OUR STRATEGY WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETING IS WE HAVE OUR COST CONTAINMENT THAT WE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING OUR COSTS AND WE ARE NOT, WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE DFW CPI AVERAGE FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS IS TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT AND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S RIGHT UNDER THAT AT TWO POINT FOUR PERCENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE INCREASE IN JUST THE ONGOING SERVICES, AS WELL AS SOME SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT TARGET, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF UNFUNDED MANDATES.

NEXT TO TRANSITION TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE ARE GOING TO FUND OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL FUND CFP WITH CASH.

AND THE OTHER PORTION WILL BE WE WILL ISSUE SOME CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, BUT IT WILL BE SHORT AMORTIZATION PERIODS FOR THAT PORTION THAT WE WILL ISSUE DEBT FOR.

ALSO, IF WE STAY, AS WE STATED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THAT IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS, CLOSER TO SEVEN YEARS, 100 PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY TAX DEBT WILL BE PAID OFF.

NOT TO SAY THAT WE WILL NOT INCURRED THAT OVER THE YEARS.

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BUT BASED ON THE EXISTING DEBT THAT WE HAVE TODAY, IT WOULD PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTED DEBT WILL BE PAID OFF IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS.

THE MAIN THING I WOULD NOTE THAT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AS RELATES TO OUR EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES, IT'S ALL TIED TO THE VERY WELL CRAFTED STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE CITY AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, AS IT IS, SHOWED THE HOW WE SUPPORT THE CITY'S STRATEGIC GOALS AND NOW LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER, SHANA YELVERTON, THANK YOU, SHARON.

THE FIRST FOCUS AREA WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IS SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THIS IS, OF COURSE, ON TOP OF EVERYONE'S MIND.

YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE AND SECURE CITY, AND SO PART OF OUR STRATEGY HAS BEEN TO PUT SOME THINGS INTO PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, FEELING SAFE AND SECURE IN THEIR DAY TO DAY.

FOR FY 2022 ONE PRIORITY FOCUS IS THE CONTINUATION OF SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVES AND ONGOING FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.

EACH YEAR WE ALSO PREPARE OUR BUDGET WITH THE IDEA THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS NEED THE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS NECESSARY TO DO THE JOB PROPERLY.

AND WE'RE FORTUNATE IN SOUTHLAKE THAT THE VOTERS HAVE APPROVED A ONE EIGHT CENT CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT THAT HELPS US FUND THESE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY NEEDS, AS WELL AS THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.

WE ALSO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE FIRE PROTECTIVE GEAR, LIKE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF KELLAR AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THIS AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE VERY BEST PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

WE HAVE ALSO PROPOSED THIS YEAR THAT WE, THE COUNCIL, CONSIDER PURCHASING I'M SORRY, PURCHASING A FIRE DEPARTMENT TANKER TRUCK.

THIS WILL HELP US IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS AND WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.

WE WERE ABLE TO USE A TANKER TRUCK DURING THE WINTER STORM THAT WE ACTUALLY BORROWED FROM THE CITY OF FLOWER MOUND AND ACTUALLY WORK STRUCTURE FIRES USING IT AND SO THAT IS PROPOSED AS PART OF YOUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FUND.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER SAFETY AND SECURITY INVESTMENTS ON THE SLIDE, EVERYTHING FROM NOT ONLY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE AND FIRE OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO IT WITH OUR CAMERA PROGRAM AND SOME OF OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RISK ASSESSMENT IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN THE COMING YEAR AND THEN ALSO TRAFFIC RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT BATTERY BACKUPS FOR SOME OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO ENHANCE SAFETY ON OUR QUARTER SCHOOL FLASHER COMPONENTS AND OTHER INTERSECTIONS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

ANOTHER OF OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS IS QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.

WE WORK ON THIS ALL THE TIME.

EVERY TIME A DEVELOPMENT CASE COMES THROUGH THE PROCESS, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

BUT THE BUDGET ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE INVESTMENTS INTO QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE SLIDE.

IT'S A TOP PRIORITY AND WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS PRIORITY IN MANY WAYS AS SHOWN, OF COURSE, WE THINK A LOT ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTING IN THE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE USING TO EXPAND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT FUND AND THEN ALSO SOME DOLLARS FOR TARGET INDUSTRY MARKETING.

BUT WE'RE, AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE CITY COUNCIL'S WINTER WORKSHOP AND THEN IN THE JUNE RETREAT, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT GRANTS TO HELP OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES OVERCOME THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TOWN SQUARE PUBLIC SPACE ENHANCEMENTS, AS WE ALWAYS DO AND THEN, AS NOTED IN THE WORK SESSION, PUBLIC ART IS ALSO PART OF WHAT WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE CONSIDER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.

THE CITY OPERATES WITH A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS ALSO ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS.

THIS IS A WAY OF LEVERAGING THROUGH COOPERATION SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE CARROLL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ONE WE HAVE JOINT USE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES FOR OUR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH MAINTENANCE ON THOSE FACILITIES.

WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF KELLAR AND OTHER PARTNERS ON A JOINT JAIL AND DISPATCH.

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AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN KINDS OF SERVICES, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT PARTNERS FOR US, AND THEN JOINT MARKETING INITIATIVES MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH LOCAL HOTELS ON.

SO THIS BUDGET DEFINITELY LOOKS TO HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES BY WORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS, THIS TIME I'LL HAND IT OFF TO ALISON ORTOWSKI, WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YES, THANK YOU, SHANA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

WE'LL TURN OUR ATTENTION NOW TO INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE GOALS RELATED TO YOUR MOBILITY FOCUS AREA.

WE'LL START OFF BY LOOKING AT INVESTMENTS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THE COMING YEAR AND INVESTMENTS HERE TOTALED JUST OVER SIX POINT TWO MILLION ACROSS SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT INCLUDE THE GENERAL FUND, THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE FUND AND THE STORM WATER UTILITY SYSTEM.

THE OPERATING BUDGET ALSO PROVIDES FOR MOBILITY INVESTMENTS RELATED TO ADA AND CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS, SOME TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY MANAGER TOUCHED ON PREVIOUSLY, AND THEN ALSO SOME SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

MOVING ON TO INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS HERE ARE PROVIDED TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROPERLY SIZED, THAT WE MEET MASTER PLAN REQUIREMENTS, THAT WE INVEST TO MAKE SURE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT IN THE BUDGET, THERE ARE FUNDS ALLOCATED IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, MANY OF WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON THIS SCREEN, AND THESE PROJECTS ARE SELECTED TO EITHER ADVANCE A MASTER PLAN GOAL TO HELP ACCOMMODATE CHANGING CONDITIONS OR TO MEET RULES AND REGULATIONS TO OPERATE WITHIN BEST PRACTICES OR REALLY TO SIMPLY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS FUNDING SOURCES THAT SUPPORT THE PROJECTS HERE, EVERYTHING FROM FUNDING IN THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FUND TO THE UTILITY FUND AND ALSO IN THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE DISTRICT FUND.

THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE COMPLIMENTARY OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU ACROSS THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH INVESTMENTS IN WATER, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT TOTALS JUST OVER 2.5 MILLION FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN, AND THE FUNDING COMES FROM FOUR DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.

WE'RE USING FUNDING FROM THE UTILITY FUND, THE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER IMPACT FEE FUNDS, AS WELL AS THE STORM WATER UTILITY SYSTEM.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT WASTE WATER, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND THESE ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED FROM THE SANITARY SEWER IMPACT FEE FUND.

DRAINAGE AND STORMWATER IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED A LOT RECENTLY, PARTICULARLY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET PROPOSES JUST OVER TWO POINT EIGHT MILLION IN INVESTMENTS HERE ACROSS FIVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT INCLUDES THE CRITICAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY OF THE CITY'S STORMWATER SYSTEM.

AND AGAIN, THE FUNDING COMES PRIMARILY FROM THE STORM WATER UTILITY SYSTEM DISTRICT FUND, WITH A SMALL PORTION ALLOCATED FROM PARK DEDICATION FOR THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT RELATED TO THE GATEWAY LAKES PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

AND NEXT, WE ARE PROPOSING A FOUR MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN PARKS.

THIS IS ACROSS THESE THREE PROJECTS RELATED TO LAND ACQUISITION.

THE PICKLEBALL COMPLEX IS INCLUDED AS PROPOSED FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE ULTIMATE BUILDOUT OF THE SOUTHLAKE SPORTS COMPLEX.

FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS COMES STRICTLY FROM THE SOUTHLAKE PARKS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS PLANNED FOR COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS, WE PROVIDE ANNUAL FUNDING RELATED TO PUBLIC ART, MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS IS TO ENSURE WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SOUTHLAKE TWENTY THIRTY FIVE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS SOME FUNDING ALLOCATED RELATED TO OUR ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS FOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, THIS YEAR WILL BE EVALUATING SOME PARKS AND IDENTIFYING WHAT IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE

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AND THEN THE FINAL CATEGORY OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IS RELATED TO FACILITIES, AND IT'S THE LARGEST CATEGORY YOU CAN SEE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET THIS YEAR, IT INCLUDES THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE CENTER AND PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING TOWER PROJECT, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY.

IT ALSO ALLOCATES SOME FUNDING FOR THE RELOCATION OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE DPS HEADQUARTERS BUILDING THAT'S MORE SUITABLE FOR THAT FUNCTION.

IT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING RELATED TO THE BOB JONES NATURE CENTER AND PRESERVE BARN, AS WELL AS SOME FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO FINALIZE SOME THINGS RELATED TO CHAMPIONS CLUB.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING SOURCES ACROSS THE GENERAL FUND, UTILITY FUND, CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT FUNDS, THE CDCD FUND, AS WELL AS PARK DEDICATION.

SO LOTS OF FUNDING SOURCES COMING TOGETHER HERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF THE OVERALL CAPITAL BUDGET, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY INVESTMENTS, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY IS ALLOCATED TO FACILITIES, BUT THEN FOLLOWED BY ROADS, PARKS, STORM WATER AND WATER PROJECTS.

SO WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, I'D LIKE TO ASK DIRECTOR STACY BLACK TO STEP FORWARD.

SHE'S GOING TO COVER OUR INVESTMENTS IN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEERISM.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, ANOTHER FOCUS AREA I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENING IS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE DELIVERY.

OUR ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE AND IN FACT, IT'S ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES.

WE TRY AND LIVE THAT OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO PERFORM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO MEET THE NEEDS AND THE DESIRES OF OUR SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS.

SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES SEVERAL INVESTMENTS RELATED TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE DELIVERY, AND THESE INVESTMENTS ARE FOCUSED BOTH ON OPTIMIZING TECHNOLOGY AND ENSURING OUR PROCESSES ARE ALIGNED FOR EFFICIENCY, WHILE ALSO MEETING SERVICE DEMANDS.

THE BUDGET INCLUDES INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT.

IT ALSO INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PROGRAMS, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION AND DATA COLLECTION.

ANOTHER FOCUS AREA TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENING IS VOLUNTEERISM, OF COURSE, VOLUNTEERS ARE SO IMPORTANT, EVERYTHING WE DO HERE AT THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, THEY SERVE IN SO MANY WAYS ON BOARD, THEIR BOARD MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OF COURSE, INDIVIDUALS WHO GIVE BACK SO SELFLESSLY TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.

SO JUST AS THE H.R.

DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS OUR EMPLOYEES, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE BUDGET ALSO SUPPORT OUR MANY VOLUNTEERS.

JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEER INVESTMENTS FOR OUR AWARD PERIOD THIS LAST YEAR, FROM APRIL 1ST OF 2020 THRU MARCH 31ST OF 2021, WE HAD FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS SERVE OVER 9000 HOURS, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 250000 DOLLARS IN SERVICE VALUE TO US.

BUT MORE EXCITING SINCE MARCH, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE OUR VOLUNTEERS RETURN POST COVID WITH SOME ENTHUSIASM.

AND WE'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, COME BACK AND SERVE IN THE LIBRARY AND AT THE MARK.

AND THIS SUMMER WE HAD VOLUNTEERS SERVE MORE THAN FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED HOURS JUST THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

SO WE'RE STARTING THIS YEAR AS VOLUNTEERISM PICK BACK UP AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BACK.

I'D NOW LIKE TO SWITCH GEARS JUST A LITTLE BIT AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF OUR WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AS A SERVICE ORGANIZATION LABOR COSTS ARE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE BUDGET FOR FY 2022 ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE PLANNED GENERAL FUND EXPENSES RELATE BACK DIRECTLY TO PERSONNEL COSTS.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR CULTURE BY FUNDING, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TASKED WITH CARRYING OUT THE MISSION OF THE CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE ARE ALWAYS EVALUATING OUR STAFFING STRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SIZED APPROPRIATELY FOR AN ORGANIZATION OF OUR SIZE.

IN THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR THE BUDGET PROPOSES UPGRADING AND RECLASSIFYING FIVE POSITIONS.

THIS INCLUDES ADDING ADDITIONAL HOURS FOR PART TIME SECURITY COURT OFFICERS, CONVERTING A PART TIME POSITION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO A FULL TIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, CONVERTING A PART TIME INTERN TO A FULL TIME APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER, AND RECLASSIFYING TWO POSITIONS ONE POSITION IN H.R.

AND HR BUSINESS PARTNER AND THE OTHER POSITION IN THE LIBRARY FROM A LIBRARIAN TO A LIBRARY MANAGER.

THESE CHANGES ALLOW THE CITY TO ADDRESS CHANGING OPERATIONAL NEEDS WITH EXISTING STAFF.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONTINUE TO BE AN IMPORTANT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TOOL FOR US.

PROPOSES TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES THE BENEFITS YOU WOULD EXPECT, SUCH AS PAID LEAVE FOR RETIREMENT AND HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE.

THE BUDGET ALSO PROPOSES THE CITY INCREASE ITS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS EMPLOYEE DEPENDENT HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS. THE COSTS OF HEALTH INSURANCE IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS EMPLOYEES PAY SUPER

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IT'S ALSO AN ITEM THAT OUR CANDIDATES WHO ARE LOOKING TO HIRE PAY ATTENTION TO AS WELL.

WE'D LIKE TO DECREASE THOSE RATES JUST A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR AND BY DOING SO ALLOWS US TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH OUR LABOR MARKET.

FINALLY, THE BUDGET FUNDS THE CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM, WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TOP TALENT AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT, ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY DOES IS TRY TO OFFER A FAIR PAY PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITIES ADOPTED A COMPENSATION SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2013 FOR FY 2022 THE BUDGET PROPOSES A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

THIS BASE ADJUSTMENT IS ALIGNED WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE DFW AREA.

IT ALSO PROPOSES A MERIT INCREASE OF ZERO PERCENT TO TWO PERCENT DEPENDING UPON EMPLOYEE'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.

AND THEN FINALLY, IT PROPOSES TO BRING OUR PAY PLANS TO THE SIXTIETH PERCENTILE OF OUR LABOR MARKET.

EACH YEAR, WE CONDUCT A MARKET STATE TO DETERMINE THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF OUR PAY PLAN AND THIS YEAR WE FOUND THAT WE HAVE FALLEN SLIGHTLY BELOW THE SIXTIETH PERCENTILE AND THE BUDGET PROPOSES TO BRING OUR PAY PLANS UP TO MEET THAT STATED GOAL.

IN ORDER TO CALCULATE EMPLOYEES PAY RAISE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WILL FIRST APPLY THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, THEN APPLY THEIR MERIT INCREASE, AND THEN WE'LL FILL IN ANY GAP THAT THE MARKET MAY LEAVE BEHIND.

HOWEVER, AS ONE CAN IMAGINE, RECRUITING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US, AS DOES ACROSS THE METROPLEX, AND IT'S BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND THOSE REALLY GOOD QUALITY CANDIDATES TO COME WORK FOR US.

IN 2017 THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO MONITOR THE 80TH PERCENTILE FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY COMPENSATION, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT THIS YEAR.

SHOULD COUNSEL DESIRE, WE CAN ADJUST THE PUBLIC SAFETY PAY PLAN TO THE 80TH PERCENTILE AS A STRATEGIC ADD BACK TO THE BUDGET.

THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A COMPETITIVE WAGE, STARTING WAGE FOR ATTRACTING NEW EMPLOYEES AND ALSO THEN RETAINING OUR CURRENT STAFF.

THIS RESULT IN AN ADJUSTMENT OF A SEVEN POINT THREE PERCENT TO THE STARTING WAGE FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND WOULD COST AN APPROXIMATE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE GENERAL BUDGET.

FINALLY, ONE OF THE WAYS WE MEASURE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PROGRAM IS TO REVIEW THE COST OF BENEFITS AS A PERCENTAGE OF PAYROLL.

WE TAKE THIS APPROACH BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO COMPARE BENEFITS PLANS FROM EMPLOYER TO EMPLOYER, AND THIS IS ONE WAY FOR US TO GET A FEEL FOR HOW WE COMPARE TO THE MARKET.

AT THE CITY, WE LOOK AT DATA PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FOR THE CIVILIAN PRIVATE SECTOR AS THE BENCHMARK OF WHERE WE STAND, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS THERE ON THE SCREEN.

FOR FY2022 WE'RE PROJECTING A BENEFITS RATIO OF AROUND TWENTY NINE POINT ONE PERCENT, AND HISTORICALLY THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN AROUND 30 PERCENT OF THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO.

THIS NUMBER DOES INCLUDE THE ENHANCEMENTS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO RETURN THE PRESENTATION TO CITY MANAGER YELVERTON FOR SOME FINAL THOUGHTS.

I'M SORRY, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS BUDGET PLAN HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO MEET STRATEGIC GOALS WITH INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED BASED ON CITIZEN SURVEY INPUT, CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION, OUR MASTER PLAN, SEVERAL ITEMS HAVE GONE INTO THE THOUGHT PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, STRATEGY PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.

WE'RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO PROVIDE THAT ONGOING AND CONTINUED TAX RELIEF AND THEN CONTINUING TO WORK TO REDUCE OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS.

AND FINALLY, OF COURSE, CONTAINING OUR COSTS THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SELF-IMPOSED EXPENDITURE CAP AND THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN ALSO BY ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AN OPTIMAL FUND BALANCE ANY TIME WE FILE A BUDGET.

SO THIS IS A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW.

THE BUDGET MATERIALS THAT YOU WERE PROVIDED GO INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL AND WE, AS I SAID, WILL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO HOLD OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC OR THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU.

THANK YOU, SEAN, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET.

IT REFLECTS NOT ONLY THE THE STRONG FISCAL RESPONSE SENSE OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, BUT ALSO A WHOLE LOT OF HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF YOU FOR MEETING THE STRATEGIC GOALS, WE APPRECIATE IT.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE DONE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS TO COUNCIL BUT I'D OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DRILL DOWN ON ANYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.

IF NOT, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE AS WE GET INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE HAVE FIRST READING, FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, SECOND READING IN THE SECOND

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CORRECT.

OK, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO DELIVERING ONCE AGAIN ON TARGETED TAX RELIEF FOR TAX RELIEF ACROSS THE BOARD AND ALL KINDS OF GREAT, GREAT STEPS THAT WE TAKE WITH THIS BUDGET ONCE AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER SIX.

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

SO I WILL READ THROUGH THESE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE ADDING.

SO ITEM 4A IS APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 3RD, 2021 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM 4B, RESOLUTION 21-003, APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEE AND ATMOS ENERGY CORP.

REGARDING THE 2021 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM, FILING.

ITEM 4C APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF CISCO ROUTERS, FIREWALLS AND LICENSES FROM PRESIDIO IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 92000 ITEM 4D APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR FORD AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEMS LLC, DESIGNED TO OVERHAUL AND EXPAND THE CAMERA COVERAGE OF BOB JONES PARK IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FOR APPROVED SUPPLIANT AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO WITH 1/2 ASSOCIATES INC TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION FAZE SERVICES FOR STORM DRAIN AND WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH PEYTONVILLE AVENUE AND RAVEN BEND COURT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.

ITEM FOUR F AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES WITH CONSOLIDATED TRAFFIC CONTROLS INC FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ITEM 4G AWARD, THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOVE ROAD AND KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND VARIOUS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ALONG NORTH CARROLL TO E.A.

RTC AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ITEM 4H ZA TWENTY-ONE ZERO ZERO FIVE ONE PLOT REVISIONS FOR LOTS 1R1 AND 1R2 BLOCK ONE, GATEWAY CHURCH 114 CAMPUS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S IN CONNECTION WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] MEETING, IS THAT RIGHT? OK, ITEM 4I APPROVE A ONE YEAR EXTENSION TO THE VALIDITY OF CASE ZA20-0037 FINAL PLOT FOR THE CANOPY PROPERTY YOU DESCRIBED AS TRACK 2A02 SAMUEL FREEMAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT 525 SOUTHLAKE TEXAS LOCATED AT 395 SHADY LANE.

ITEM 4J.

WE ARE TABLING ITEM NUMBER 7A21-2017, SITE PLAN FOR CENTRAL MARKET GENERATORS.

AND THEN I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE PUT ON CONSENT THE LET'S SEE, ITEM 7A.

WHICH IS ORDINANCE 480-671C.

THE FIRST READING OF ZONING CHANGE AND THE SITE PLAN FOR PETER ANDRIES JEWELER, ITEM 9C AND ITEM 9D AS WELL, WHICH ARE TWO SIGN CASES.

AND WAS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS WE CAN PUT THOSE ON? UNCONSENT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR BAKER OR ANYBODY ELSE FOR ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT AT THIS TIME? ANYBODY WANT TO DISCUSS? OK, WELL, WITH THAT, WE WILL WE WILL MOVE ON FROM THE WORK SESSION AND I'LL CALL

[1. Call to order.]

[2. A. Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)]

AND SO, AS MAYOR, I HEREBY ADVISE YOU THAT WE ARE GOING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN ONE TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO EIGHT SEVEN TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

AND WE WILL BE OUT IN, NO LATER THAN 7:30, SEE YOU THEN.

OK, WITH THAT, WE WILL RECONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION OF TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE AND STICKING WITH US.

ARE THERE ANY ACTION NECESSARY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION? ANY ACTION NECESSARY? NO, THANK YOU SIR.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3A MAYOR'S REPORT.

NOTHING SCHEDULED AS WELL AS ITEM 3B, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, NOTHING SCHEDULED.

ACTUALLY, I'LL GO BACK TO 3A, THE MAYOR'S REPORT.

[3. REPORTS]

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT IN THE WORK SESSION, I DID LOSE A BET TO MY DEAR FRIEND ARMIN MASANI, WHO IS THE MAYOR OF KELLAR, THOUGHT THE CARROLL DRAGONS WERE GOING TO PULL OUT THE REGIONAL FINALS IN GAME THREE.

ALL RIGHT, WE BET, WE MADE A GENTLEMAN'S WAGER, AND SO I ENDED UP IN A KELLER INDIANS BASEBALL JERSEY FOR THE NIGHT, AND THAT'S OK, BECAUSE AS I STATED IN WORK SESSION, WHEN WE BEAT THEM IN FOOTBALL, HE'S GOING TO WEAR A CARROLL DRAGONS FOOTBALL HELMET

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HE, NOT SURE HE UNDERSTANDS THE TERMS OF THAT BET, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SAY NOW THAT IT'S PUBLIC RECORD.

OK, WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THAT'S ITEMS 4A THROUGH 4J AND WE ARE ADDING ITEMS WHAT DID WE SAY ? 7A9C AND 9D2, CONSENT FOR APPROVAL AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANY CONSENT ITEM AGENDA? OK, WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT CARD FOR A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

SO I CALL CASEY HADSELL.

IS CASEY IN THE AUDIENCE? WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4H.

IS CASEY IN THE AUDIENCE? OK, WELL, I'M SORRY, THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT RECORD MY SUPPORT.

OK, SO SUPPORT FOR ITEM 4H FOR CONSENT .

SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON CONSENT? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS 4A THROUGH 4J OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

NOTING THE FOLLOWING WE'RE TABLING ITEM 4JZA, 21-0017 SITE PLAN FOR CENTRAL MARKET GENERATORS ON A PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 3R BLOCK ONE SHOPS OF SOUTHLAKE ALSO THAT WE ARE MOVING AND APPROVING ITEM 7A, ORDER NUMBERS FOUR EIGHT ZERO, DASH SIX SEVEN ONE C ZA21-0045.

FIRST READING, ZONING, CHANGE AND SITE PLAN FOR PETER ANDRIES JEWELER ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS A LOT 3R1 BLOCK ONE OF THE GEORGETOWN PARK ADDITION CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED 2525 EAST SOUTHLAKE BLVD., SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

ALSO MOVING TO CONSENT AND APPROVING ITEM 9C ITEM NUMBER MSP21-0004 MASTER SIGN PLANNED AMENDMENT FOR MEDICAL VILLAS AT TUSCAN CREEK LOCATED 311 AND 321 WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, WHICH ALLOWS ALL NEW ATTATCHED BUILDING SIGNS TO BE REGULATED BY SIGN ORDINANCE 704 AS AMENDED AND ALL THE MONUMENT SIGN AND ALL EXISTING TO AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PREVIOUS MASTER PLANS, MASTER SIGNED PLANS THE APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10TH, 2021, AND FINALLY MOVING TO CONSENT AND APPROVING ITEM 9DZA21-0055 PLAT SHOWING FOR LOT SIXTY SEVEN F THROUGH NUMBER FIFTEEN ELEVEN ADDITION ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS TRACK ONE CC FRANCIS THRUPP SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER FIFTEEN ELEVEN CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT TWENTY FIFTY SIX NORTH CAMPBELL AVENUE, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS AND NOTING THE APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCES REQUESTED AND OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10TH, 2021, ALSO NOTING THAT FIRE AND EMERGENCY ACCESS TO THE NEW LOT MUST BE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY'S FIRE MARSHAL.

THANK YOU WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT ITEM PASS SIX TO ZERO, AND I WOULD KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON, YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT THOSE MOTIONS, ALMOST LIKE YOU'VE DONE THEM A FEW TIMES BEFORE IN THE PAST.

IT'S LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE.

OK, WELL, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC FORUM.

[5. Public Forum]

WE DO HAVE A COMMENT CARD FROM MR. DANIEL BENNETT AT 408 PEMBERTON, IS MR. BENNETT IN THE AUDIENCE? WELL NO ONE WANTS TO TALK TONIGHT, OK, SO IF HE COMES AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO SPEAK AT A LATER MEETING, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ABOUT AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME? OK, SEEING NONE, WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6B,

[6.B. ZA21-0064, Site Plan for Mesero on property described as Lot 5, Block 1, Shops of Southlake, an addition to the City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas and located at 1451 E. Southlake Blvd. (restaurant addressed as]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL SITE PLAN TO ENCLOSE THE EXISTING 900 SQUARE FOOT PATIO ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FORMER HOWARD WING'S RESTAURANT BUILDING AND TO GAIN APPROVAL OF A FUTURE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT PATIO ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS BUILDING FOR MESERO.

PROPERTY IS LOCATED ONE FOUR FIVE ONE EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD IN THE SHOPS OF SOUTHLAKE DEVELOPMENT, THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION AS TOWN CENTER SB2 ZONING.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY IT'S LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE SHOPS OF SOUTHLAKE.

THE DRIVE TO THE HOSPITAL JUST TO THE EAST OF IT.

DRIVE INTO THE SHOPS.

THIS IS A CLOSE IN VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

JUST TO THE WEST OF THE PRIVATE DRIVE THAT SERVES THE SHOPS, SOUTHLAKE AND THE TEXAS HEALTH HARRIS METHODIST HOSPITAL, THE PROPOSAL IS TO MODIFY SLIGHTLY THE EXISTING PATIO ON THE WEST SIDE AND THEN CREATE A NEW PATIO AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THIS NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE RESTAURANT.

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THIS IS LOOKING BACK TOWARDS 1709.

THIS IS LOOKING FROM 1709 BACK TO THE SOUTH WITH EXISTING WEST PATIO.

THIS IS THE EAST SIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BELOW GRADE ELEVATION, SO MUCH OF THE PATIO WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE 1709 SIDE EXCEPT MAYBE THE ROOF STRUCTURE AND THEN THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING FROM 1709 BACK TOWARD THE PROPOSED GENERAL LOCATION OF THE EAST PATIO.

THIS IS JUST A FEW MORE PHOTOS.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN SHOWING THE LOCATION, THE EXISTING PATIO ON THE WEST SIDE AND THEN THE NEW PATIO, WHICH WOULD BE A WOOD, A COMPOSITE DECKING.

THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS PRESENTED TO STAFF FROM THE APPLICANT THE ON THE WEST SIDE, THERE'LL BE A NEW INFO WALL TO MATCH THE EXISTING BRICK ON THE BUILDING, THE EXISTING CEDAR BEAM POSTS, WILL REMAIN, EXISTING COLUMNS WILL BE PAINTED.

THE METAL ROOF WILL REMAIN.

THESE ARE THE NORTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS, THE EAST PATIO WITH STEEL FRAME AND STAINED WOOD SLATS AND JUST A FLOOR PLAN SHOWING POTENTIAL TABLE CONFIGURATION.

THESE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT ON WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THE LOOK ON THE NEW PATIO AREA.

P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FIVE ZERO, THAT INCLUDES STASS PRESENTATION, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BAKER, ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEN AT THIS TIME? OK, WHY DON'T WE INVITE THE APPLICANT UP TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION? MR. PALMER PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.

YOU KNOW THE DRILL.

HI, DAVID PALMER, 3102 MAPLE AVENUE, DALLAS, FOR SHOPS OF SOUTHLAKE.

HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH TREY DYER, THE CEO OF MESERO RESTAURANTS AND MESERO SOUTHLAKE WILL BE THE SEVENTH.

YES IT WILL, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET THEM OPEN HOPEFULLY BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND HOPEFULLY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.

WELL, WE'LL SEE.

THE MESERO IS GENERALLY A LARGER RESTAURANT.

THE HOWARD WANG'S BUILDING WAS 6000 FEET AND WE HAVE THE PARKING.

THE PD PARKING IS FIVE PER 1000.

WHATEVER USED FOR ABOUT 50 PARKS OVER WE'RE TREY IS ENCLOSING THE PATIO, ADDING THE NINE HUNDRED FEET.

BUT THEY'LL BE SLIDER WINDOWS ABOVE THE WING WALL.

SO TO KEEP IT OPEN AND AS TO THE EAST SIDE WHEN WE GET TO THAT'S A SIXTEEN FOOT TEXT [INAUDIBLE] PORT IN PLACE WALL IN THE HARD CORNER THERE AND WE ALWAYS LIKE THE LITTLE KIND OF COURTYARD THAT THAT CREATED.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE A PATIO OVER THERE.

I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD EVENT, SPACE KIND OF THING.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ENGINEERING WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH AN EASEMENT AND THERE'S A STORM SEWER THERE, BUT WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PALMER AT THIS TIME? I JUST SO I GUESS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ENCLOSED? BECAUSE THE PICTURES KIND OF LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT COULD LOOK SIMILAR TO THE NOW GONE RESTAURANT THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.

BUT DO YOU MEAN, LIKE, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED IS IT STILL GOING TO BE A SLANTED ROOF OR I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A PICTURE TO LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO RETAIN THAT SAME, YOU KNOW, SLANTED METAL ROOF THAT'S BEING RETAINED AND AS ARE THE CEDAR COLUMNS.

BUT THEY'LL BE SLIDER WINDOWS ABOVE THE WANG'S COAT THAT WE DO UP TO THE TOP OF THE ROOF BECAUSE IT WILL BE SEALED.

IT'S GOING TO BE HVAC INSIDE.

BUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE NICE IS THAT FROM THE VAULT BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE PATIO, THEY'RE DOING NANO WALL AND THEN THE SLIDING GLASS OF THE PATIO REALLY OPENS IT UP.

I TOOK DOWN MOST OF THE EVERGREEN WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ANIMATE THERE.

WE SIGNED A RESTAURANT THAT WILL GO IN THE FORMER HERENCIA.

WE'RE NOT YET ANNOUNCING IT.

HE ASKED ME AT P&Z, WE'RE GOING TO ON THAT.

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THAT IS EXCITING YEAH, SO WELCOME.

YEAH.

YEAH, IT'LL BE USABLE YEAR ROUND.

GO AHEAD SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

TREY DYER, 3204 MILTON AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 75205.

WE'VE ALWAYS INCORPORATED THE INSIDE OUTSIDE FIELDS FOR MOST OF OUR RESTAURANTS STARTING WITH OUR INWOOD VILLAGE LOCATION THAT HAS FULL SLIDERS AT THE FRONT OF OUR STOREFRONT AND IT JUST KIND OF ALLOWS YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AT THE SAME TIME AND SO GIVEN EVERYTHING IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, PATIOS, NOT A BAD IDEA AND THAT OPEN AIR FEELING IS MUCH, MUCH MORE APPRECIATED.

SO WE'RE WE WANTED TO JUST KIND OF BRING THAT IN.

OK, AWESOME, THANK YOU.

MR. DYER, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR RESTAURANT, KIND OF THE CONCEPT IN GENERAL, SORT OF FOOD? AND, YEAH, SO THE CONCEPT IS WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN MEXICAN, TEX MEX AND AMERICAN.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE.

I ORIGINALLY STARTED THE CONCEPT WITH MICO RODRIGUEZ, WHO FOUNDED MI COCINA.

OBVIOUSLY, HE'S UNFORTUNATELY NO LONGER WITH OUR GROUP ANYMORE.

BUT WE'VE KIND OF WE'VE ELEVATED EVERYTHING.

I LIKE TO CALL MYSELF THE HILLSTONE OF MEXICAN FOOD.

SO IF YOU WANT TO COME IN FOR A SALAD WE HAVE A SALAD, YOU WANT TO COME IN FOR AN ENCHILADA PLATE WE HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE SEARED TUNA.

WE HAVE RED FISH.

WE HAVE SOMETHING ALMOST FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING WE'RE VERY KID FRIENDLY.

I MEAN, LAST NIGHT WE DID A DEAL FOR BRADFIELD ELEMENTARY OVER AT HIGHLAND PARK AT OUR INWOOD VILLAGE LOCATION FOR MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT AND I WAS KIND OF EXPECTING A SMALL BUMP IN SALES, AND ABOUT SIX THIRTY I GOT A CALL FROM MY GM ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE KIDS BOUNCING FROM TABLE TO TABLE TO TABLE AND EVERYONE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME.

SO WE WANT TO BRING THAT FAMILY ELEMENT, ALSO THE UPSCALE ELEMENT TO SOUTHLAKE.

VERY GOOD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT GUYS? HOW'S THE MARGARITA? DON'T HAVE MORE THAN THREE.

PERFECT, THANK YOU FOR THAT TIP.

SO I'VE BEEN TO THE ONE AND I PROMISED THE DRINK THAT'S CALLED MR. TREY.

I DIDN'T NAME IT, MY FORMER PARTNER DID, BUT I DON'T HAVE MORE THAN TOO AND THE FROZE' LIKELY THE SAME THING.

IT'S GOOD, TIPS TO LIVE BY RIGHT THERE.

YEAH, THEY'VE GOT ONE AT THE SHOPS OF LEGACY AND ONE IN CLEARFORK, BOTH.

WE HAVE ONE AT CLEAR FORK.

WE HAVE ONE AT THE LEGACY WEST, THE NEW SHOP, LEGACY WEST, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

WE HAVE ONE ON BELTLINE AND A FORMER JAKE SPACE RIGHT IN THE PATIO OVERLOOKS PRESTONWOOD GOLF COURSE.

WE HAVE ONE IN INWOOD VILLAGE, WE HAVE ONE IN VICTORY PARK.

THOSE ARE LIKE TWO I'VE BEEN TO THEM AND THEY'RE BOTH GOOD AND IT IS A DIFFERENT NICHE.

I THINK IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NICHE THAT WE'VE GOT HERE IN TOWN, VERY GOOD.

THE FOOD IS DESIGNED TO BE VERY APPROACHABLE FROM ALL WALKS, POINTS OF LIFE AND THE DESIGN IS DESIGNED TO BE REALLY HIGH END.

SO YOU WALK IN THINKING YOU'RE GOING INTO A HIGH END RESTAURANT, BUT YOU'RE SITTING DOWN AND THE FOOD'S VERY APPROACHABLE.

VERY GOOD THEIR [INAUDIBLE] OKAY, ALL RIGHT WE JUST HAD DINNER WE GOT TO MOVE ON.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, MR. PALMER? IT'S JUST THAT ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS HERE IN THAT 7 TO 8000 NUMBER, SO THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THIS.

GREAT WELL, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH, HAVE A SEAT, WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

IT'S LIKE A GREAT USE OF THE SPACE.

I'M HAPPY SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE IN THERE.

I THINK THAT PATIO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE NOW, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT MORE USABLE, MAKING IT MORE CUTE FOR ME.

I LOVE THE IDEA.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

WELL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IF THERE IS ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM 6B, NOW'S THE CHANCE, SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WITHOUT COUNSEL, IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, I TAKE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6B ZA21-0064.

SITE PLAN FOR MESERO ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 5 BLOCK ONE SHOPS OF SOUTHLAKE, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS AND LOCATED AT 1451 EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND THE RESTAURANT ADDRESS WILL BE 1471 EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, SOUTHLAKE TEXAS SUBJECT TO STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10TH, 2021 SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER 1 DATED JULY 27TH, 2021.

THERE'S A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES SIX TO ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS, WELCOME TO SOUTHLAKE MESERO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU, WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON

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[6.C. Resolution No. 21-020, (ZA21-0040), Specific Use Permit for a Mass Gathering Event for Diwalifest on property described as Phase I, Southlake Town Square Addition, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas and located between E. Southlake Blvd., Main Street, State Street, and Grand Avenue, Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "DT" Downtown District. SPIN Neighborhood #8. PUBLIC HEARING]

HOLD UP.

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LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET TO THE.

SORRY FOR THE DELAY MAYOR.

THE SOUTHLAKE FOUNDATION IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN PERPETUITY TO HOLD THE SOUTHLAKE DIWALIFEST AT TOWN SQUARE TO BE HELD IN THE RUSTON PARK AND FAMILY PARK AREA.

THE DIWALIFEST EVENT WILL OFFER CULTURAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE MAIN STAGE, FEW FOOD STATIONS, FOOD TRUCKS, A VARIETY OF HANDICRAFTS, ARTS, JEWELRY AND A FIREWORKS SHOW.

THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DRAW APPROXIMATELY FOUR THOUSAND ATTENDEES THROUGH THE DAY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR FOR THE EVENT, AND SOUTHLAKE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY HELD AT BICENTENNIAL PARK LAST YEAR AND THEN IN TOWN SQUARE DUE TO THE EVENT GROWING IN POPULARITY.

IT'S NOW DRAWING ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT IT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL GIVEN THE EXPECTED ATTENDANCE.

THE TOWN SQUARE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS TOWN SQUARE.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS DT, AN AERIAL VIEW SHOWING THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE EVENT.

THIS IS A JUST A SCOPE OF THE WORK.

AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS FOR PERPETUITY.

THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 30TH, 2021.

THERE'S NO INTEREST FEES, ONLY TICKETS FOR FOODS AND VENDORS.

SOME OF THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE ARE LISTED THERE AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE SHOWN ON THE ON THE SLIDE.

THE INTENT IS TO HAVE A FIREWORKS DISPLAY.

RIGHT NOW, THE APPLICANT IS WORKING WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A SUITABLE LOCATION IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THE FIREWORKS SHOW.

THE WAY THAT P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL IS THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL COULD APPROVE THE LOCATION.

IT COULD BE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE AS IDENTIFIED HERE, BUT WOULD REQUIRE FIRE MARSHAL APPROVAL TO TAKE PLACE.

JUST A COUPLE EVENT PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

AGAIN, THE P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FIVE ZERO.

THEY RECOMMENDED GRANTING THE SUP FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD AS LONG AS THE PROPOSED FESTIVAL REMAINED IN SIMILAR SCOPE AS PRESENTED.

AND THEN THE LOCATION OF FIREWORK LAUNCH WOULD BE ALLOWED IF APPROVED AT A LOCATION APPROVED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL THAT INCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR BAKER? OK, THANK YOU, SIR.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I SAW THAT APPLICANT BACK THERE.

COME ON, GENTS.

HE'S GOT TO HOBNOB WITH EVERYONE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE AISLE.

OK, ALL RIGHT, SHAKE YOUR HANDS.

LET'S GO, KUSH.

GENTLEMEN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND TELL US ABOUT THIS YEAR'S DIWALIFEST? [INAUDIBLE] 717 HEMSLEY PLACE, SOUTHLAKE [INAUDIBLE] SOUTHLAKE.

WELCOME.

TAKE IT AWAY, SIR.

ALSO, WE HAVE DONE THE DIWALIFEST NOW FOR A FEW YEARS.

THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE EVENT AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AN APPROVAL FOR EVENT VERY SIMILAR LIKE LAST YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SKIP IT, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE THE ONLY GOOD PART WAS THE FIREWORKS WE'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD IT THIS YEAR.

AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, IF YOU CAN GET THE THE PERMISSION FOR FIVE YEARS, WE'D WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE AND IF THE EVENT GOES BEYOND THE SCOPE THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED, THEN WE'LL COME

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SOUNDS GREAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TO DIWALIFEST DESCRIBE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON FOR US.

SURE.

YEAH.

SO DIWALIFEST, IT'S AN EVENT WHERE THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATES.

IT'S WE TRY AND LIMIT IT TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTHLAKE.

MOST OF THE MOST OF THE EVENTS FOCUS IS ON THE CULTURAL ASPECT OF IT.

SO THEY'RE ABOUT LAST YEAR, THAT IS IN 2019, WHEN WE DID DIWALIFEST IN TOWNS SQUARE, WE HAD OVER 450 KIDS AND ABOUT 50 PLUS OR SO ADULTS PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURAL EVENT THAT WAS THERE.

WE USE THE STAGE THAT'S THERE FRONT OF THE CITY HALL AND THE EVENT STARTS AT 4 O'CLOCK AND GOES UP TILL MIDNIGHT.

APART FROM THE CULTURAL AND THE CULTURAL EVENTS, WHAT WE HAVE IS CHILDREN PERFORMING THREE MINUTES TO FIVE MINUTES DANCE PERFORMANCES THAT THEY HAVE EITHER CHOREOGRAPHED OR YOU KNOW, LEARNED AT HOME IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND APART FROM THAT, WE HAD A LAST TIME WE HAD FOUR FOOD STALLS.

THEY WERE A BIG HIT.

THEY WERE FOUR FOOD VENDORS.

THIS YEAR WE PLAN TO HAVE FOUR TO FIVE AGAIN.

WE DON'T WANT TOO MANY OF THEM.

SO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME CONCEPT, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FOOD, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE RAN OUT AND THE FOOD IS THERE.

IT'S THERE'S, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN.

IT'S A FREE EVENT FREE FOR ALL.

EVERYBODY CAN COME IN AND PARTICIPATE AND WATCH THE CULTURAL PROGRAM AND WATCH THE SHOWS AND PARTICIPATE AND GO TO THE ALL THESE VENDORS, ALL THESE FOOD STALLS TO BUY THE FOOD.

THERE WERE LAST YEAR WE HAD FOUR FOOD BOOTHS REPRESENTING THE INDIAN, INDIAN, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF INDIA, AND WE ALSO HAD LIQUOR.

AND THERE WAS ONE MORE OTHER CUISINE THERE.

THIS YEAR WE WILL TRY AND ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVERSITY TO IT.

APART FROM THAT, WE HAVE DIFFERENT VENDORS OR DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESSES, MANY FROM SOUTHLAKE AND NEIGHBORING CITIES AND MANY MORE REGIONAL INDIAN VENDORS THAT CAME DOWN THERE AND HAD A SMALL STALL SHOWCASING THE PRODUCTS THAT THEY SELL OR THE SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT, AGAIN, WAS A BIG HIT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR AGAIN THIS YEAR.

SO DIWALIFEST, IT'S A ONE DAY EVENT ONLY.

IT STARTS AT 3 O'CLOCK.

WE START THE PREPARATIONS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME AND FINISHES BY MIDNIGHT THIS YEAR.

WE'RE TRYING TO ADD FIREWORKS TO IT.

FIREWORKS WILL, IF YOU GET THE PERMISSIONS FROM THE MARSHAL AND WE HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA WHERE WE CAN DO THE FIREWORKS, I'D LOVE TO DO IT.

AND IT WOULD BE AN ADDED FEATURE FOR DIWALIFEST.

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A FREE EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY IN SOUTHLAKE IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE AND COME AND JOIN.

GREAT.

GREAT.

WELL, I MEAN, IT'S I'VE BEEN A FEW YEARS IN A ROW OR HOWEVER LONG YOU GUYS HAVE STARTED UP AND SINCE THEN AND IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT, TONS OF GREAT FOOD.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION? [INAUDIBLE] KUSH YOU CAN'T BE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD, I MEAN [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE MORE VENDERS.

OK, GO PERFECT.

AND ALSO GARY FORGOT TO MENTION THIS YEAR WE ARE PLANNING ONE DANCE PROGRAM EXCLUSIVELY WITH YOU GUYS.

[LAUGHTER] OK, MOVE TO DENY, WE HAVEN'T MADE THE MOTION YET.

CLEARLY THIS COUNCIL HAS LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD AND DRINKS SPEAKERS] I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT OUTFIT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE MAYOR FOR THAT DANCE.

JUST SURPRISE ME, OK WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S OK IT'S 2021.

IT'LL BE AN ADVENTURE.

IT'LL BE BETTER THAN WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY WEARING FOR SURE.

AT LEAST IT'S BLUE.

I WISH IT WAS GREEN.

OK, THANKS GUYS.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR US AT THIS POINT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION OR.

I MEAN MOST OF YOU HAVE.

OH SURE.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION, BUT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

BRING IT.

SO THE AGENDA ON THE SLIDE, WHAT IS FOUNDATION, DIWALIFEST THIS YEAR'S EXPECTATION AND HOW CAN YOU HELP, AND IMPORTANT DATES.

THIS IS WHAT FOUNDATION MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.

IN FACT, ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FOUNDATION.

IT DOES DIFFERENT EVENTS AND AND WEBINARS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE THAT ARE ORIENTED AROUND THE PUBLIC SERVICES OR USPS OR CISD OR THE FORUMS THAT WE HAVE DONE THE

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BUT WE AS A COMMUNITY, AS SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS, VOLUNTEER TO CLEAN THE ROADS, SCHOOL, PARKING LOTS AND WELL, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER AT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT PLACES.

SO THAT'S WHAT FOUNDATION IS ALL ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT THE CITY.

IT'S ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE CITY AND SELFLESSLY WITHOUT EXPECTING ANY RETURNS.

ALL RIGHT, HERE'S SOME OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE.

THIS IS SORT OF A COLLAGE OF THE PHOTOS AND THIS IS THIS SUMMER.

THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE THIS SUMMER.

AND I PROMISE I WAS THERE I CAN'T FIND MYSELF IN THESE PHOTOS.

YOU WERE TAKING ALL THE PICTURES, GARY, POSSIBLY YES.

DIWALIFEST IT'S A KEY EVENT FOR US.

I MEAN, THE CULTURAL ASPECT OF IT, THE PERFORMANCES THAT THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS PUT TOGETHER, THE KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

THE ADULTS LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

WE KEEP GETTING ASKED FOR IT EVERY YEAR, A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT.

AND THEN BEING FREE, EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.

WE SEE WE SAW LAST YEAR A GREAT PRESENCE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE THERE.

AND WE EXPECT THE SAME THIS YEAR.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MARKET THE EVENT HEAVILY ANYWHERE OUTSIDE SOUTHLAKE.

SO IT'S MAINLY WORD OF MOUTH.

SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD WITHIN THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THE FIREWORKS, WILL BE WILL BE AN ADDED BONUS FOR EVERYBODY, THERE'S STALLS IN THERE THE VENDER BOOTHS IN THERE THAT SELL HANDICRAFTS, JEWELRY SERVICES, YOU KNOW, THEIR DOCTORS, CHIROPRACTORS, ATTORNEYS, ALSO THE THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, THE KARATE, THE THE YOGA, THE VENDORS THAT SHOWCASE THEIR BUSINESSES.

SO IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THOSE BUSINESSES TO PROMOTE WHAT THEY DO WITHIN WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOOD, BEER AND WINE.

AND THAT'S A BIG HIGHLIGHT FOR EVERYBODY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT, TOO, ESPECIALLY AFTER IT WINDS DOWN AND WE CAN GET WHAT IS LEFT.

WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S LEFT OVER AND PICK FROM THERE.

AND THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR, WE DID A SMALL FASHION SHOW.

THIS YEAR WE'RE PLANNING A BIGGER FASHION SHOW.

WE EXPECT THE COUNCIL WILL PARTICIPATE IN IT, TOO.

BUT IT'S BEEN CHOREOGRAPHED FASHION SHOW.

THAT'S PROBABLY BEST.

IT'S, BEEN CHOREOGRAPHED BY SOMEBODY WHO IS A RESIDENT OF SOUTHLAKE AS WELL.

AND EVERYBODY IS VERY EXCITED.

OF COURSE, FIREWORKS IS AGAIN ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD.

SO, OF COURSE, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE VENUE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING SO FAR AND ALL THE SUPPORT.

SO WE REALLY CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND HELP US SPREAD THE WORD, PARTICIPATE, BE THERE BE PRESENT AGAIN FASHION SHOW, DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES.

THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN PARTICIPATE.

AND WE ALWAYS REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE INVOLVEMENT.

SO OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS A KEY, KEY PART OF DIWALIFEST.

THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA, TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TO CELEBRATE SOUTHLAKE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT? I JUST WANT TO THANK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS AND THE FOUNDATION, YOU DO DO A LOT FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

YOU GUYS GIVE BACK A LOT JUST WITH TIME, WITH SERVICES, WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AND I THINK THAT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FESTIVAL.

SO THANK YOU.

I ECHO THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS.

THANK YOU, KUSH, FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

I'VE BEEN TO THE LAST TWO, AND I CAN TELL YOU IS A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE FOR ME PERSONALLY AS THIS COUNTRY BOY FROM MISSISSIPPI TO SEE, DESPITE HOW WE GET BEAT UP IN THE MEDIA ALL THE TIME FOR NOT BEING DIVERSE AND NOT BEING INCLUSIVE, IT MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD TO SEE SO MANY CULTURES IN SOUTHLAKE THAT ARE SO INTERWOVEN, SO INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WHO ARE SO PROUD TO BE SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK PEOPLE GLOSS OVER AND JUST DON'T REALIZE.

AND IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES, FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHO HAD JUST EATEN UP WITH THE SOUTHLAKE SPIRIT AND SOUTHLAKE PRIDE.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO.

YEAH, WELL SAID, ALRIGHT YOU GUYS YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A SEAT , WITHOUT QUESTION, OF COURSE, KUSH MOTIVATES A LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND THIS, SO.

MOTIVATES ALL OF US TOO, THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

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SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYBODY IN THE CROWD WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 6C AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION OR COMMENT, JUST ONE QUESTION YES, SIR, ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH FIVE YEARS? IS THAT WE WANT TO DO? SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT KEN, IS THERE IS THERE PRECEDENT FOR MULTIYEAR SUP'S? IS THAT, WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE DO WITH, LIKE, OCTOBER FEST, ART IN THE SQUARE AND ALL THAT? SOME OF OUR EVENTS DO HAVE ARE IN PERPETUITY, TYPICALLY, THEY START OFF WITH A TIME PERIOD AND YEAH, THE EVENT WENT ON.

WE MOVED THEM INTO PERPETUITY, ART AND SQUARE BEING AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT'S IN THE NEW LOCATION RIGHT? SO DIDN'T THEY USED TO HAVE, WAS IN 19 THEN I GUESS BECAUSE OF COVID, MOVED INTO, COVID IT WAS TWICE [INAUDIBLE] JUST TO TO LIMIT IT, IT HAS BEEN HELD HERE.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S GROWING IN POPULARITY, IT'S NOW HIT THE THRESHOLD WHERE IT NEEDS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

THEY WERE JUST UNDER A MASS GATHERING APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY, AND SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THEY'VE APPROVED FOR AN SUV.

SO IN THAT CASE, I DON'T MIND A FIVE YEAR TERM, YEAH, IT'S VERY WELL ORGANIZED.

WE DO A FIVE YEAR TERM.

WE REEVALUATE IF WE NEED TO IF THIS THING EXPLODES AND WE NEED TO HAVE YOU GUYS BACK TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT, WE CAN I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BE AN ISSUE.

ANY OPPOSITION TO FIVE YEARS AT THIS POINT AND THEN FIREWORKS WHAT ACTION DO YOU NEED FROM US ON THE FIREWORKS? JUST THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU JUST INCLUDE IN THE MOTION THAT THE YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED PENDING FIRE MARSHAL APPROVAL.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO EVERYBODY? BUT I THINK YOU SAID THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THAT HAS TO BE OFF RPII, RPAI PROPERTY, NOT CITY PROPERTY, CORRECT? THE CITY THEY BE WILL NOT BE OFF THIS BUILDING, BUT IT IF THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH RPAI AND THAT THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE TAKING PLACE.

BUT IF IT PROVED THE FIRE MARSHAL APPROVES IT, THEN THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, YES, SIR.

OK, WITH THAT IS THEIR A MOTION? YES, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, WE APPROVE ITEM 6C, OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-020ZA21-0040.

SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MASS GATHERING EVENT FOR DIWALI FEST ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS PHASE ONE SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE ADDITIONS CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, AND LOCATED BETWEEN EAST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, MAIN STREET, STATE STREET AND GRAND AVENUE.

SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10TH, 2021 AND SPECIFIC USE PERMANENT REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER TWO DATED MAY 28TH, 2021, NOTING THE FOLLOWING WERE PROVEN THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AS LONG AS THE SCOPE AND LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED EVENT REMAINS AS DESCRIBED, NOTING THAT THE LOCATION OF THE FIREWORKS LAUNCH MUST BE APPROVED BY OUR FIRE MARSHAL AND CAN FALL OUTSIDE THE FESTIVAL LOCATION AS DEPICTED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

GREAT, THERE'S A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, THERE'S A SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES SIX ZERO CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN OCTOBER.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

OK, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6DZA21-0046 SITE PLAN FOR KIRKWOOD OAK'S

[6.D. ZA21-0046, Site Plan for Kirkwood Oaks Vestibule on property described as Lot 1R2, Block 1, Sabre Group Campus, an addition to the City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas and located at 3150 Sabre Dr., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "NR-PUD" Non-Residential Planned Unit Development District. SPIN Neighborhood #1. PUBLIC HEARING]

DIRECTOR BAKER, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING APPROVAL SITE PLAN TO ADD A TWO STORY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR SQUARE FOOT VESTIBULE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, LOCATED THREE ONE FIVE ZERO SABRE DRIVE AND ALSO TO ADD TWO DRIVEWAY CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING SURFACE PARKING LOT THAT'S LOCATED OFF OF WEST KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD.

THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION IS MIXED USE, THE ZONING IS NONRESIDENTIAL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW SHOWING THE ARROW, SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE VESTIBULE.

THIS IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION.

JUST QUICK BACKGROUND ON THIS.

THESE TWO BUILDINGS WERE OCCUPIED BY SABRE.

THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP, AND ACCORDING TO APPLICANT, ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR THE SITE PLAN MODIFICATION IS TO CREATE AN ENTRANCE TO THIS BUILDING.

THE VESTIBULE WILL FOCUS ON ENTRY POINT TO THE BUILDING.

IT WILL BE, AS MENTIONED, UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND SABRE WILL NOT BE OCCUPYING

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SO ONE OF THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS IS TO MAKE A CONNECTION POINT.

YOU DRIVE AROUND ON THIS DRIVE AND THERE'S A 10 TO 15 FOOT GAP DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE FROM THE THE DRIVE TO THE PARKING SURFACE PARKING AREA, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO ACCESS THAT.

THE PROPOSED DRIVE LOCATED ON THE NORTH PART OF THE SURFACE PARKING LOT IS WHEN WHEN A VISITOR ENTERS INTO THE PARKING LOT, THEY WILL SEE THAT ENTRY POINT INTO THE BUILDING AND SO IT PROVIDES A A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT AND PROVIDES SOME DIRECTIONAL SENSE AS YOU VISIT THE BUILDING AND THE CAMPUS.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN WHICH PROVIDES THE DETAILS, THE LOCATION OF THE VESTIBULE, THE PROPOSED DRIVE LOCATIONS, THESE ARE A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE SURFACE PARKING LOT.

THERE IS A PARKING GARAGE JUST TO THE NORTH.

THE VESTIBULE DOES CONNECT TO THE WALKWAY IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CAMPUS, PROVIDES CONNECTION TO IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION.

THIS IS JUST A STREET VIEW OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS TODAY, THERE WILL BE A FEW TREES REMOVED WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, THIS CAMPUS IS FAR EXCEEDS ITS INTERIOR LANDSCAPING AND THE APPLICANT IS ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL CANOPY TREES AND UNDERSTORY TYPE TREES IN ADDITION, THEY ARE PLANNING SOME NEW TREES.

SO ALL THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET.

THIS IS JUST, AGAIN, EXISTING CONDITION AND THE VESTIBULE WILL BE IN THIS GENERAL AREA WHERE THE ARROWS INDICATED.

THESE ARE SOME RENDERINGS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

IT GLASS STILL STRUCTURE THE MASONRY, CONCRETE MATCHES THE EXISTING CONCRETE ON THE CAMPUS.

THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

THIS IS THE BRIDGE CONNECTION TO THE WALKWAY.

ELEVATIONS, THE STRUCTURE'S ABOUT 33 FEET HIGH, IT'S HIGHEST POINT THERE'S GRAYED AS YOU HEAD BACK TO THE WEST AND THIS JUST SHOWS THE MATERIALS PRIMARY [INAUDIBLE], THE GLASS CURTAIN TYPE WALL.

THIS IS EXISTING CONCRETE THAT THE BUILDINGS AND THE WALKWAY CONSIST OF, AS MENTIONED, THE LANDSCAPING PLAN FAR EXCEEDS ALL REQUIREMENTS, BUT THERE'LL BE SOME TRANSPLANTING AND SOME NEW TREES BEING PLANTED.

MEETS THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

THIS JUST SHOWS THE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION INTERNAL.

DID MENTION THE TWO DRIVEWAYS, THERE WILL BE THE NEED TO GRANT A VARIANCE FOR THE NEW DRIVEWAY OFF OF KIRKWOOD, ONE IS THE STACKING DEPTH THE DRIVE OR MIMICKED THE OTHER TWO DRIVEWAYS TO THE SOUTH.

THERE IS A MEDIAN HERE SO THIS WILL FUNCTION AS A RIDE IN RIDE OUT THE FULL OPENING IS TO THE SOUTH.

AND WITH THE NEW DRIVEWAY, THE 250 IS A REQUIREMENT OF SPACING 246 BACK TO THE NORTH AND 123.

BUT AGAIN, THESE WILL BE RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS, AT LEAST ON THE SOUTHBOUND APPROACH FOR THE FIRST TWO DRIVES.

THESE ARE THE VARIANCES WHICH ARE DETAILED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.

P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FIVE ZERO.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SIR, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR BAKER AT THIS TIME? OK, [INAUDIBLE] COME ON DOWN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO FOLLOW UP ON DIRECTOR BAKER'S PRESENTATION, FEEL FREE.

OK GREAT, NICHOLAS FERRAND, 7081 SIENNA PLACE THE COLONY, TEXAS SEVEN FIVE ZERO FIVE SIX.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR HEARING US OUT ON THIS REPOSITIONING PROJECT OF THE SABRE BUILDING B AND REALLY IT'S JUST A WAY TO CREATE A NEW SENSE OF WELCOME INTO THIS BUILDING FOR FUTURE TENANTS AND JUST CREATE A LITTLE MORE FORMALITY OUT OF A CAMPUS THAT USED TO BE ONE BIG COMPANY NOW BEING SEPARATED INTO TWO BUILDINGS.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

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OK WELL YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT, THIS SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL, I IN COUNCIL ANY DISCUSSION, I MEAN, I THINK I KNOW IT'S GOT A FEW VARIANCES.

IT LOOKS GOOD, I THINK IT'S A GOOD ADDITION TO THE BUILDING.

I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC.

I MEAN, I THINK IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I MEAN, I AGREE IT CREATES A MORE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, I GUESS.

GOOD MODERNIZATION FOR THE PLACE, I THINK, OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR DISCUSSION? OK, WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION, TIMEOUT, PUBLI HEARINGS.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM 60 IS A PUBLIC HEARING IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE CROWD WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60? SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AGAIN, CALL FOR A MOTION? YES, MAYOR COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM SIX D OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS ZA21-0046 SITE PLAN FOR KIRKWOOD OAK'S VESTIBULE ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT1R2, BLOCK ONE SABRE GROUP CAMPUS, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, AND LOCATED AT THIRTY ONE FIFTY SABRE DRIVE SOUTHLAKE TEXAS, THIS IS SUBJECT TO STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10TH, 2021, AND THE SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER TWO DATED JULY 29TH, 2021.

ALSO NOTING THAT WE ARE GRANTING THE FOLLOWING VARIANCES.

FIRST, THE MINIMUM REQUIRED STACKING DEPTH FOR DRIVEWAY'S ON WEST KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD IS ONE HUNDRED FEET AND WE'RE ALLOWING A STACKING DEPTH VARIANCE OF THIRTY FOUR FEET FOR THE PROPOSED NORTH NEW NORTH DRIVEWAY AT THE SURFACE PARKING, WHICH WILL MATCH THE EXISTING STACKING CONDITION OF THE TWO CURRENT EXISTING DRIVEWAYS.

NEXT, THE MINIMUM REQUIRED CENTER LINE SPACING BETWEEN DRIVEWAYS ON WEST KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD IS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FEET.

WE'RE ALLOWING THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY TO BE LOCATED PLUS OR MINUS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE FEET FROM THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY TO THE SOUTH AND PLUS OR MINUS TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIX POINT SEVEN FEET FROM THE DRIVEWAY TO THE NORTH, AND THEN FINALLY ALLOWING A VARIANCE TO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED DISTANCE OF TEN FEET TO A CURB AND LENGTH FOR THE NEW PROPOSED DRIVEWAY.

OK, GREAT, THERE'S A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

AND THAT ITEM PASSES SIX TO ZERO, CONGRATULATIONS.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6EZA21-0050.

[6.E. ZA21-0050, Site Plan for Methodist Southlake Hospital Emergency Department and Nuclear Medicine Expansion on property described as Lot 1R, Block 1, Southlake Medical District, an addition to the City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, and located at 421 and 441 E. S.H. 114, Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "S-P-2" Generalized Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #7. PUBLIC HEARING]

SO IN THE INTEREST OF KEEPING BOTH OF THOSE TOGETHER, WE WILL BE TAKING THOSE BACK TO BACK.

SO WITH THAT, DIRECTOR BAKER, MAYOR, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF SITE PLAN TO ADD A ONE STORY, 6000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO THE EXISTING HOSPITAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDE A NEW NUCLEAR MEDICINE FACILITIES, PROPERTIES LOCATED 421,441 EAST STATE HIGHWAY 114 MIXED-USE LAND USE SP2 ZONING, THE AERIAL SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE EXPANSION.

IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE EXISTING E.R.

IS, IT'S JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT BUILDING.

CLOSER VIEW RIGHT NOW IT'S A LITTLE GREEN SPACE THAT HAS A FEW TREES AND SOME SOME BUSHES THAT WILL BE RELOCATED AS PART OF THE EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING.

THIS IS APPROXIMATE LOCATION LOOKING FROM HIGHLAND AVENUE BACK TOWARDS 114 ON THE GENERAL LOCATION.

THIS IS JUST A CLOSE IN VIEW OF WHERE THE EXPANSION WILL TAKE PLACE.

AS MENTIONED, THERE'LL BE TRANSPLANTING ALL THE EXISTING VEGETATION, AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE.

CONCEPT PLAN, APPROVE RENDERING.

THIS IS THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED 6000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION, AND THIS IS THE JUST A MASSING EXHIBIT SHOWING THAT ADDITION, IT'LL TAKE THE [INAUDIBLE] 10 NEW E.R.

BEDS AND THE EXPANSION OF THE CARDIAC OPERATIONS, THE NUCLEAR GAMMA IMAGING CAMERA AND FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING AREA.

RENDERING, EAST ELEVATION, THE MATERIALS WILL MATCH THE EXISTING HOSPITAL.

AS MENTIONED, THE TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE RELOCATED TOWARDS THE HIGHLAND DRIVE,

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CURRENTLY, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITIONS ON THIS PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 5-0, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BAKER, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR BAKER AT THIS TIME? DIRECTOR BAKER, HOW LONG ARE THEY EXPECTING CONSTRUCTION TO TAKE? I BELIEVE THEY HOPED, HAVE INDICATED JUNE HOPEFULLY OPEN NEXT SUMMER AND I BELIEVE JUNE 2022 IS WHAT THEY INDICATED MAYBE AT THE P&Z MEETING.

BUT THE APPLICANT CAN CLARIFY ABOUT A YEAR.

AWESOME, I THINK THIS IS EXCITING NEWS FOR SOUTHLAKE.

I'M EXCITED, VERY MUCH SO.

IT'S GREAT.

OK, THANK YOU, SIR.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? COME ON DOWN.

AND IF YOU GENTLEMEN COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOR THE RECORD AND THEN.

GOOD EVENING, JOHN MCGREAVY, PRESIDENT OF METHODIST SOUTHLAKE MEDICAL CENTER, 1912 STONE CASTLE DRIVE, KELLER, TEXAS.

MARK, THE BLUE LOOKS GOOD ALL RIGHT COME ON.

ALL RIGHT, I'M MARK ROAN WITH PERKINS AND WILL THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD.

BUSINESS ADDRESS, I'LL GIVE 2218 BRIAN STREET IN DALLAS.

THANKS, GOOD TAKE IT AWAY, GENTS.

WELL, MAYOR HUFFMAN AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME AND PRESENT TO YOU WHAT'S GOING TO BECOME SOON ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY BASED HOSPITALS IN SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT THIS USED TO BE A FORMER PHYSICIAN OWNED HOSPITAL THAT WE METHODIST ACQUIRED.

BUT ALL THE PHYSICIANS BACK IN APRIL 2020 IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC AND WENT AHEAD AND CLOSED THE DEAL.

ON JUNE 1ST, WE BECAME WHOLLY OWNED BY METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH IS A TWO BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION OUT OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

IT'S A NOT FOR PROFIT 501 C3.

THIS IS THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF ANOTHER ONE IN MANSFIELD THAT METHODIST OWNS IN TARRANT COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT MANSFIELD, BUT IT'S THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS AND IT TOOK OFF AND BLOOMED WITHIN ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

IT'S A 250 BED HOSPITAL TODAY.

WE JUST RECENTLY OPENED UP A BRAND NEW HOSPITAL IN MIDLOTHIAN, AND WE ALSO OWN THE BIGGEST HOSPITALS IN DALLAS, RICHARDSON AND CHARLTON.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE OF THE FLAGSHIP HOSPITALS FOR METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THIS COMMUNITY.

WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THIS.

WE DON'T JUST SERVE SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

WE ALSO SERVE FIVE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN OUR AREA.

THAT INCLUDES KELLAR, COLLEYVILLE, TROPHY CLUB, WESTLAKE, PARTS OF GRAPEVINE AND ALSO FURTHER WEST INTO ARGYLE AND JUSTIN.

WE SEE THIS AS ONE OF THE MAJOR EXPANSION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO KELLAR.

AH, SORRY, SOUTHLAKE WE PUSH SOUTHLAKE I'M PUSHING IT AREN'T I? SOUTHLAKE TEXAS, IT'S A NINE MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION.

BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU DON'T SEE UP HERE IS THAT METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM HAS ALREADY INVESTED 25 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THIS FACILITY.

WE ACQUIRED THE REMAINING 15 ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT WAS ADJACENT TO THE HOTEL BACK IN 2020 AND THEN WE FINALIZED THE CLOSING OF FIVE ACRES OF PROPERTY ON WHITE CHAPEL BOULEVARD AND HIGHLAND, WHICH IS BY THE NEW ROUNDABOUT, BY THE WAY, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL, I DRIVE THROUGH THAT ALL THE TIME.

SO WE ARE OPPOSED HERE AS METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM TO EXPAND THIS HOSPITAL.

LITERALLY, THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS HOSPITAL TODAY IS 54 BEDS, 54 LICENSED BEDS WITH SIX ICU'S.

BUT WE CAN GROW THIS FACILITY TWO MORE STORIES UP AND CAN HAVE A 150 BED FACILITY MAYBE WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE JUST OPENED UP A BRAND NEW CARDIAC CATH LAB.

IT'S THE FIRST ONE FOR THIS HOSPITAL.

WE'VE GOT CARDIOLOGISTS THERE NOW PRACTICING AT THIS FACILITY AND THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE AS PART OF A CARDIOLOGY PROGRAM.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ROOM THAT CAN BE STAGED TO SYSTEMIC PATIENTS, HEART ATTACK PATIENTS, CHEST PAIN PATIENTS, ANY PULMONARY PATIENTS.

TODAY, THAT E.R.

IS THREE EXAM ROOMS, IT'S VERY TINY.

WE SEE ABOUT 3000 E.R.

VISITS A YEAR.

WHEN THIS THIRTEEN EXAM ROOMS HAVE COMPLETED, WE WILL SEE THIS GO TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND VISITS A YEAR.

SO IT'S SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT HERE TO YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GET ALL OF THE DETAILS.

I WAS THINKING AFTER THE FIRST TWO PRESENTATIONS, WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FOOD, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SIT UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT HEALTH CARE, BUT WE WILL BE ADDING NUCLEAR GAMMA CAMERA INTO THE IMAGING CENTER, WILL BE DOING STRESS ECHO AND THIS IS JUST THE START OF WHERE YOU SEE METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM BRINGING THIS HOSPITAL TO AN ENTITY THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

EXCELLENT, WELL SAID, WE WERE NOT GOING TO GET INTO ANY DETAILS OF THE PLAN

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DOES ANYBODY WANT TO HEAR DETAILS ABOUT THE EXPANSION? SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FEET YOU SAID, E.R.

AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE? AND YOU'RE CORRECT.

IT WILL BE OPEN IN JUNE OF 2022.

THAT'S THE PLANNED OPENING DATE, BARRING ANY DISRUPTIONS IN SUPPLY CHAIN.

OH, NO, IT'S SUPER SMOOTH IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? NOT A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT, ACTUALLY, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THRILLED TO SEE THIS COMING FORWARD.

AS DR. ROBBINS COUNCILMAN ROBBINS KNOWS, MY DAUGHTER HAD AN EMERGENT EXPERIENCE A FEW MONTHS BACK WITH HER APPENDIX AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO NECESSARILY GO TO GRAPEVINE NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH THE WAIT GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHERE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE QUEUE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT METHODIST OFFERED, BUT WE KNEW HAD AN E.R.

AND SO WE WENT AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WAS THREE EXAM ROOMS. IT'S VERY SMALL.

THAT SAID, THE CARE WAS EXCEPTIONAL.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HER UPSTAIRS.

YOUR CENSUS WAS SEVEN.

YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY WITH A CENSUS OF SEVEN IN A BUILDING LIKE THAT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND I LEARNED IN TALKING TO THE ADMINISTRATOR WHILE WE WERE THERE THAT OF THE PLANS FOR THE CARDIAC CENTER, FOR THE E.R.

AND SO FORTH, AND I THOUGHT, MAN, THIS IS FANTASTIC.

BUT THE LEVEL OF CARE ACTUALLY DR.

ROBBINS WAS WHO PUT HER TO SLEEP FOR SURGERY.

BUT THE LEVEL OF CARE, THOUGH, IN THE WAY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE RIGHT SURGEON THERE AND SO FORTH WAS EXCEPTIONAL AND SO I HAVE HUGE HOPES FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BECOME BECAUSE I DO WANT US TO BE A, I WANT A HOSPITAL IN SOUTHLAKE WHERE OUR PEOPLE THAT'S WHERE THEY GO, YOU KNOW AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BED HOSPITAL WITH A LARGE E.R.

AND CATH AND SO FORTH.

SO IT WAS FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'LL GAVE YOU A FREE HOUR VISIT NEXT TIME.

HOPEFULLY I WON'T NEED ONE, APPRECIATE IT.

VALUED OVER FIFTY BUCKS, I THINK IT PROBABLY IS.

THAT'S GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I THINK THIS IS LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO CREATING A MEDICAL DESTINATION FOR SOUTHLAKE, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HEARD CITIZENS ALL SPRING THEY WANT.

THEY'RE TIRED OF GOING TO OTHER PLACES FOR THEIR MEDICAL CARE AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.

I MEAN, THE CARDIOLOGISTS THEY RECRUITED ARE YOUNG AND THEY'RE HUNGRY AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT A CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON ON BOARD.

I MEAN, THIS WILL GROW QUICKLY, JOHN KNOWS I'VE CHALLENGED HIM.

I WANT THEM TO BE DELIVERING BABIES [INAUDIBLE] FOR IT ALL AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT THE SPOT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN AN EXCITING, THANKS RANDY, YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE ME UP HERE PRESENTING A LOT MORE, GOOD WE HOPE SO, AS THESE PROGRAMS START TO LAY OUT.

YEAH, WE HOPE SO.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROBBINS IS THIS YOUR SECOND CAMPAIGN PROMISE THAT'S ALREADY COME? HE'S GOT THE MOVIE THEATER, HE'S GOT THE MEDICAL DESTINATION.

I ACTUALLY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT BOTH OF OUR DAUGHTERS WERE PUT TO SLEEP AT METHODIST SOUTHLAKE BY DR. ROBBINS IN APRIL.

MY DAUGHTER ALSO WAS IN THE IN THE CARE OF METHODIST AND IT WAS EXCEPTIONAL.

I PIGGYBACK EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON SAID.

I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE PLEASED.

WE GOT IN AND OUT AND THE STAFF WAS AMAZING AND AND TRULY CARED.

AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE FROM A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL IN A DIFFERENT CITY THAT WE TRANSFERRED HER OUT OF.

SO I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A GREAT LEVEL OF CARE HERE FOR NOT JUST MYSELF PERSONALLY, BUT RESIDENTS IN SOUTHLAKE.

HOPEFULLY I'M NOT DELIVERING ANY BABIES OR HAVING ANY GRANDBABIES OR ANYTHING, BUT WHEN THE TIME COMES, IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE MOMS BE ABLE TO BE RIGHT HERE, TOO SO REALLY COOL.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, GREAT VISION.

ALL RIGHT WELL, THANKS GUYS.

YOU ALL HAVE A SEAT, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

SO ONCE AGAIN YES OK, SO 6C IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO LET ME OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE CROWD WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? OK, SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS EXPANSION? I HEAR A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS.

I TOTALLY SHARE THAT.

I THINK THE VISION HERE OF THE EXPANSION AND AND THE FOOTPRINT THAT METHODIST WANTS TO HAVE HERE IS NOTHING BUT POSITIVE.

SO UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, THEN I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR A MOTION.

OK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6E OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS ZA21-0050 SITE PLAN FOR METHODIST SOUTHLAKE HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE EXPANSION PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 1R BLOCK ONE SOUTHLAKE MEDICAL DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, AND LOCATED AT FOUR TWENTY ONE AND 441 EAST STATE HIGHWAY 114 SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10, 2021 AND THE SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER THREE DATED JULY 30, 2021.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND I HEARD IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SECONDS SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

WHO'S ABSTAINING? OH, MY GOSH.

OK GOOD, AND IT PASSES SIX ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS, OK WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL ITEM 9A.

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[9.A. SV21 -0013, Sign Variance for Methodist Southlake Medical Center located at 421 E. SH 114, Southlake, Texas.]

DIRECTOR BAKER, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO SIGN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FIVE LIGHT POLE BANNERS LOCATED IN THE PARKING LOT.

THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL.

THESE ARE BANNER SIGNS TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM FACILITY.

THESE BLUE DOTS REPRESENT THE 114, THE TOP OF THE SLIDE, THE BLUE DOTS INDICATE THE POLES WHERE THE BANNERS ARE CURRENTLY INSTALLED.

THESE ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BANNERS.

THERE IS MASTER OF SIGN PLAN, I WON'T GO INTO THOSE DETAILS, THIS IS SOME DETAILS ON THE POLE BANNER DIMENSIONS, 30 INCHES BY 67 INCHES, 14 SQUARE FEET.

THIS IS NOT A PERMITTED SIGN TYPE.

HENCE, THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, GEORGE BAKER, SO THAT'S WE DON'T PERMIT THOSE ANYWHERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

NO, SIR AND I'M SORRY ME LET ME JUST SHOW YOU THE SIGN BOARD RECOMMEND DENIAL (3-2) OK, DO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THOSE INSTALLED? ARE THOSE RENDERINGS? OH, THEY'RE ALREADY UP, THEY'RE ALREADY UP, YES SIR.

OK, SO CART WAS SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE HORSE ON THIS ONE? FAIR ENOUGH, OK, AND YOU SAID THE SIGN BOARD RECOMMENDED DENIAL.

YES, SIR, OK, ARE THOSE THE ONLY ONES WITH VARIANCES? YES SIR IT BE, IT'S JUST NOT A PERMITTED SIGN TYPE AND THAT'S THE REASON IT'S BEFORE YOU.

OK, GOTCHA.

GOTCHA.

OK, WELL, HANG ON, I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

DIRECTOR BAKER, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ADVERTISING SIGNAGE RIGHT IT'S NOT DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE? I'M SORRY, THIS IS ADVERTISING SIGNAGE, NOT DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE? IT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE CONTENT IS HERE, RIGHT.

IT'S NOT WAYFINDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

OK, WHAT WAS THE DISCUSSION OF THE SIGN BOARD? IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE PRECEDENCE SETTING, IF IT WAS ALLOWED HERE WOULD IT BE ALLOWED AT OTHER BUSINESS LOCATIONS WAS THE I THINK THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.

HAVE WE APPROVED ANYTHING LIKE THIS? THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, THE IT'S ALLOWED FOR CITY FUNCTIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE DO OUR FESTIVALS AND TOWN SQUARE ON OUR LIGHT POLE BANNERS OR SCHOOL RELATED FUNCTIONS ARE ALLOWED, BUT NOT ANY BUSINESS BANNERS THAT I CAN RECALL.

OK, ARE THEY REQUESTING A TIMED LIKE IS THERE A FINITE TIME? YES SIR, THEY'RE LOOKING TO COINCIDE WITH THE OPENING OF THE E.R., WHICH IS SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT.

YES, JUNE OF 2022.

AND THEN SINCE THEY'RE CURRENTLY ONLY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, I WOULD ASSUME THEY KIND OF GO UP, COME BACK DOWN.

SO THE BANNERS REMAIN IN DECENT SHAPE.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WHEN THESE GET APPROVED AND THEY START TEARING IN THE WIND AND I MEAN IS THERE A TIME.

I JUST, I'M KIND OF THINKING AHEAD BUT YEAH, THE AS COUNCILMAN ROB HAS POINTED OUT THERE IS, THE ARE REQUESTING THAT THEY STAY UP UNTIL JUNE ABOUT NINE, NINE MORE MONTHS.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY IF THEY ARE, ALLOWED THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR NINE MONTHS.

BUT THE STAFF DOES HAVE THE ABILITY, IF THEY BECOME TETHERED OR WINDBLOWN, THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM REMOVED, THEY HAVE TO STAY, INTO A CERTAIN CONDITION, AND IF APPROVED, YOU CAN ALWAYS INCLUDE THAT INTO THE MOTION.

OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEN.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN, LONG WALK ON THIS ONE.

NOW YOU HEARD WE LOVE YOU, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO ON THIS.

AND IT'S ON PUBLIC RECORD, DO YOU WANT ME GIVEN MY ADDRESS AGAIN.

YES, SIR.

MR. KELLER, GO AHEAD, NO YOU WANT TO SKIP THAT ONE OVER RIGHT NOW.

SO KNOW, WE CERTAINLY RESPECT THE SIGN ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE HERE AND APOLOGIZE.

WE PUT THESE UP IN ADVANCE.

GOT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL RESPECT WHATEVER YOUR DECISION IS HERE TODAY.

PART OF THIS, TOO, THAT WE FAILED TO PUT IN THE APPLICANT IS WE DID THIS IN AND ABOUT THE TIME THAT COVID-19 TOOK OFF.

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WHO HAD COVID-19, WHO NEEDED TO BE TO AN ER TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S THE PLACE TO GO IF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH COVID-19.

SO THAT CAME UP IN AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

BUT AS MR. BAKER STATED, WE ALSO PUT THESE UP TO START COORDINATING WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE E.R.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

UNDERSTAND, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I GUESS I'M CONFUSED WHY YOU'RE PUTTING THEM UP NOW WHEN IT'S NOT OPEN AND WHY YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM DOWN ONCE YOU OPEN, TO ME, YOU'RE NOT READY FOR A 15 MINUTE OR LESS E.R.

VISIT BY THE WHOLE CITY.

WELL WE ARE, AND TO ME IT WOULD BE LIKE YOU WOULD WANT THESE STARTING WHEN YOU OPEN BUT I DON'T.

GOOD QUESTION, THAT BANNER ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

IT'S ABOUT A 15 MINUTE WAIT TO GET INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

I HOPE MAYOR PRO TEM CAN ATTEST TO THAT.

IT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE PURPOSE BEHIND IT.

IT IS A FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND SIT FOR AN HOUR TO TWO HOURS TO GET IN.

SO THAT WAS ONE PURPOSE BEHIND IT AND IT HAS WORKED WELL FOR US.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IS THAT THERE'S A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING ADJACENT TO THIS HOSPITAL.

WE HAVE PATIENTS NEEDING TO GET TO THE E.R.

GOING INTO THIS M.O.B..

WE WERE INFORMED OF THAT BY THE M.O.B.

OWNER, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT VERY NICE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS THAT MEET ALL THE CODE REQUIREMENTS.

FOR WHATEVER REASON, PATIENTS DON'T LOOK AT THOSE AND THEY END UP COMING TO THAT.

M.O.B.

SO AS A FORM OF TRYING TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY GET TO THAT M .

O.B.

TIMELY.

YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WE ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT A CHEST PAIN PATIENT NOT GETTING IN THERE OR SOMEBODY HAVING A STROKE.

SO THAT WAS MORE OF THE PURPOSE BEHIND IT WAS JUST TO DO RIGHT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEM TO THE E.R.

OK, MAKES SENSE.

OK, WELL, I THINK YOU COULD HAVE A SEAT.

WE'LL DISCUSS IT.

IS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING KEN, NOT A PUBLIC HEARING? OK, SO COUNSEL, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THIS? SO I'LL TELL YOU, JUST FROM EXPERIENCE AND DOING THESE THINGS ACROSS THE METROPLEX, FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, THE ISSUE YOU HAVE WITH A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT THIS PIECE OF THAT OR ANYTHING, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THESE PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN E.R.

.

IT LITERALLY AT SOMETIMES WAS A CLOSET.

I MEAN, THEY DID NOT WANT E.R.

PATIENTS.

THEY WANTED THEIR PRIVATE PAY PATIENTS IN THERE AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT, WHEN THESE SYSTEMS CAME IN AND STARTED, YOU KNOW, BUYING THESE PHYSICIANS OUT OF THE STUFF, THEY DO WANT TO PROVIDE THAT E.R.

SERVICE.

SO THEY DO HAVE TO START MARKETING AND TO YOUR POINT, THEY HAVE TO MARKET NOW WHILE IT IS 15 MINUTES, ONCE THEY GOT 13 BEDS AND A CATH LAB AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT MAY NOT BE 15 MINUTES ANYMORE.

I MEAN, SO I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO START BUILDING THAT E.R.

CLIENTELE.

I MEAN, I KNOW HERE SOUTHLAKE DID THE SAME THING SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND THEY'VE GOT YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A FULL SERVICE E.R.

THERE, TOO, NOW.

SO I THINK AND WHEN I ACTUALLY FIRST SAW THIS, I WENT ASSUMING IT WAS LIKE A BIG SIGN ON 114 OR SOMETHING AND AND I DROVE AROUND, LOOKING FOR IT, AND I FINALLY CALLED HIM, AND I WAS LIKE, WHERE'S THIS SIGN THAT WE'RE IN TROUBLE, THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU GOT IN TROUBLE FOR AND EVERYTHING? AND HE SAID, WELL IT'S THE ONES ON THE POLES? AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OK, AND I GET LIKE I GET THE PRECEDENT.

I GUESS IF WE HAVE ANOTHER FULL SERVICE HOSPITAL THAT OPENS UP AND DOES CATHS AND EVERYTHING AND WANTS TO PUT UP AN E.R.

SIGN, I'M FINE SETTING THAT PRECEDENT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, BUY YOUR BURGER HERE KIND OF THING.

OF COURSE BUY YOUR BURGER, YOU MAY END UP HERE I GUESS I'LL BE THE FIRST.

WHAT DID HE SAY? HE'S HATING ON HAMBURGERS, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE GOT TO GO THERE.

I THINK THE PRECEDENT REALLY WOULD BE YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY LIKE CENTRAL MARKET PUTS HIM ON EVERY POLE WITH, YOU KNOW, PICK UP YOUR GROCERIES HERE.

I WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED WITH THAT.

BUT TO THE SIGNBOARDS RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THEY DIDN'T SEE THEM AS NECESSARY.

AND I GUESS I ALMOST AGREE, IF YOU CAN'T SEE HIM FROM THE FREEWAY AND YOU'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY SEEKING OUT AN EMERGENCY ROOM, I DON'T KNOW BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE, I'M NOT SUPER OPPOSED, BUT I SEE THEIR POINT THERE, TOO.

SO I GUESS I, I FEEL LIKE I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SETTING PRECEDENT, IF WE'RE GOING TO START ALLOWING THESE, THEY ARE GOING TO START POPPING UP.

WE RELAXED ALL SORTS OF RESTRICTIONS AND CODES DURING COVID FOR A REASON AND THAT'S SO BUSINESSES COULD ADVERTISE THAT THEY WERE OPEN, WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ORDINANCE OR THE CURRENT PERMIT SAYS IT'S FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO THEY GO UP AT FOR FOR A CERTAIN SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF TIME.

THEY COME BACK DOWN.

WE DO THAT FOR AT THE SQUARE.

THE POLE BANNERS IN TOWN SQUARE GO UP FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND COME BACK DOWN.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF I'M THINKING OF SO I AM THRILLED AT THE EXPANSION AND THAT WE WILL HAVE A FULL SERVICE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC AND SO I'M THINKING OF ANOTHER HOSPITAL NOT IN SOUTHLAKE

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AND SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THAT OR LOOK AT DOING THAT WHERE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING IN, IT BECOMES FAIRLY CLEAR WHERE THAT EMERGENCY ROOM IS.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR YOU GUYS TO MAYBE LOOK IN THAT DIRECTION.

I'M JUST I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SETTING A PRECEDENT.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THESE POPPING UP ALL OVER TOWN.

I LIKE THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THEM AND THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN.

SO IT'S NOTHING AGAINST, OF COURSE, THE HOSPITAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I JUST FEEL LIKE FOR ME, I WANT TO KEEP THESE FOR THEIR PURPOSE, THEIR EXPRESS PURPOSE.

SO, MAYOR, COULD WE GET A QUICK COMMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AS FAR AS HIS THOUGHTS ON THIS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE WE FACE AN UNUSUALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRECEDENTS WITH SIGNS OR SIGN TYPES.

THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT NOW ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO GAVE US A GIFT IN AN OPINION CALLED GILBERT VERSUS REED, IN WHICH THEY SAID, "OUR SIGN REGULATIONS CANNOT DISCRIMINATE BASED UPON THE MESSAGE THAT WE CAN REGULATE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER, BUT IT HAS TO BE CONTENT NEUTRAL", AND A LOT OF US IN THE CITY ATTORNEY WORLD ASK EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE CONFERENCES? AND THE JUSTICES SAID THAT SIMPLE ANSWER IS IF YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS TO READ THE SIGN TO KNOW IF IT'S LEGAL, YOUR ORDINANCE IS VOID.

IT'S TIME, PLACE AND MANNER, AND THE DIFFICULTY HERE IS, AS COUNCILMAN TALLEY POINTED OUT.

I MEAN, THE DIFFICULTY WE RUN INTO IS IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO DO IT FOR A HOSPITAL FOR AN EMERGENCY PURPOSE.

BUT WE CAN'T BASE IT ON THE MESSAGE BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT IS IMPERMISSIBLE.

SO IF ALBERTSON'S IS RUNNING A SALE ON ROAST BEEF AND THAT SIGN SAYS WE'RE HAVING ROAST BEEF TODAY, IT HAS THE SAME PROTECTED STATUS AS THE EMERGENCY SIGN EMERGENCY SERVICE SIGN AT A HOSPITAL.

THE ONE THING THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER DOING IS IF IT FELT LIKE IT WANTED TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS IS TO MAKE A DECISION TO ALLOW THIS TYPE OF SIGN IT AT MEDICAL FACILITIES IF IT IS ADVERTISING OR PROVIDING DIRECTION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, BECAUSE THERE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT TO DOING THAT AND WE WOULD PROBABLY WITHSTAND SCRUTINY WITH THAT KIND OF LIMITATION.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE COULD KEEP THE GROCERY STORES AND THE RETAIL STORES FROM HAVING THE SAME OPTION.

BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ORDINANCE CHANGE? YES, SIR.

WE WOULD GO THROUGH THEM IN THE ORDINANCE.

BUT IF THE COUNCIL COULD APPROVE, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE HERE, YOU COULD DO IT WITH DIRECTION TO THE CITY STAFF TO BRING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT TO THE SIGNED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD THEN RATIFY IT.

WOULD A SIGN LIKE THIS, THAT'S FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, MORE ADVERTISING ORIENTED AS FAR AS THE WAIT TIME MEET, THOSE QUALIFICATIONS OR WOULD IT NEED TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, ER SERVICES HERE.

IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WAS A LITTLE MORE EXPLICIT.

BUT I THINK WE COULD MAKE THE GOOD FAITH ARGUMENT THAT IT'S TELLING THE PUBLIC THAT ER SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE HERE ON THIS CAMPUS.

CRITICAL THING IS THOSE SIGNS COULD NOT BE LOCATED AWAY FROM THE CAMPUS.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THE CAMPUS IN ORDER TO MEET THAT KIND OF CRITERIA.

SO AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IF THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF E.R.

SERVICES BEING AVAILABLE NEARBY TO A SOUTHLAKE RESIDENT IS LACKING AND THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT THIS WOULD INCREASE THAT EDUCATION AND THEREFORE PERHAPS ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, WE COULD APPROVE THAT.

THAT WOULD BE THE ARGUMENT I WOULD BE MAKING TO THE COURT IF WE GOT CHALLENGED, RIGHT.

GOT YOU.

BUT WOULD THAT APPLY TO ALL MEDICAL FACILITIES IN TOWN? EVERY HOSPITAL, I THINK IT WOULD EVERY HOSPITAL, SOMETHING IT WOULD PROVIDE AN ENTITY THAT WOULD PROVIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. BAKER.

HAVE WE IN YOUR RECOLLECTION, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS LONGER THAN MOST OF US, HAVE WE CONSIDERED THIS BEFORE? HAVE WE HAVE WE HAVE COUNCILS PAST THOUGHT THROUGH THE IDEA OF CALLSIGNS.

AND I'D LIKE TO YOUR RECOLLECTION.

THEY'VE MOSTLY BEEN SO, FOR INSTANCE, GATEWAY CHURCH HAS THE PARKING LOT MARKERS

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RIGHT, COUNCIL HAS APPROVED BANNERS TYPE SIGNS ON BUILDINGS.

CENTRAL MARKET IS ONE EXAMPLE, THEY WILL CHANGE OUT CONTENT EVERY, BUT THEY'RE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING.

NOT REALLY BANNER PER SAY THESE TYPES OF SIGNS HAVE NOT BEEN I CAN RECALL THAT APPROVED.

REALLY CONSIDER, YEAH, OK.

AND THEN IN THE ORDINANCE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE.

IS THERE A WAY TO SPECIFY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ONLY AND FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME? I JUST, I REALLY AM JUST NOT SURE THAT I WOULD WANT FLYING BANNERS YEAR ROUND NECESSARILY TO BE MULTIPLIED AND HAVE NO LIMIT.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

SO TOWN SQUARE JUST BROUGHT IN THAT FULL SIGNED PACKAGE AMENDMENT AND WE TALKED THROUGH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SIGNS THEY HAD I MEAN THE LATEST AND GREATEST OF ALL KINDS OF SIGNS WAS, WAS THIS A PART OF ANY OF WHAT THEY ASKED FOR? DO YOU REMEMBER? THERE MAY I'D HAVE TO GO BACK, BUT I THINK IT WAS MORE BUILDING, I THINK IT WOULD, I THINK IT WAS BUILDING ATTACHED, IT WASN'T IT WASN'T ON THE STREET LIGHT POLES.

THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DO HAVE IN THE ORDINANCE ON CERTAIN TYPE OF SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE YOU CAN DO IT UP TO A NUMBER FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR HAS BEEN PUT IN TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE.

FOR INSTANCE, IF IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT, YOU CAN HAVE FIVE OFFSITE SIGNS FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS.

AND BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD STRUCTURE SOMETHING IF A TIME PERIOD IS SOMETHING OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

SO WE'D BE CHANGING OUT COPIES, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE CONSTANT.

BUT I THINK WHERE ALLEN SAID IT IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE HEALTH AND SAFETY.

SO YOU'D ALMOST WANT IT UP THERE 24/7, 365.

I THINK MY ISSUE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARGUMENT IS REALLY THAT'S VALID TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S REACHING A LOT OF SOUTHLAKE EYEBALLS, RIGHT AND SO ON HOSPITAL PREMISES, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY SOUTHLAKE EYEBALLS IT'S REALLY REACHING.

AND THEN I FEEL LIKE IT LOSES ITS EFFECT, TOO IF YOU KEEP IT UP FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT SAYS THE SAME THING FOR FIVE YEARS, I FEEL LIKE IT LOSES ITS MESSAGE.

SO IT DILUTES THE MESSAGE, SURE.

AND ALAN, I'M ASSUMING THAT IF EVEN IF YOU DID THIS TO SOMEONE'S POINT, THAT IF YOU ASK ABOUT IN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL, YOU GOT TWO HOSPITALS BUT I'M ASSUMING YOU COULD RUN INTO URGENT CARE CENTERS OR A FREESTANDING, QUOTE UNQUOTE, E.R.

WANTING TO DO THE SAME THING.

AND THEN THAT'S THAT'S AN OBVIOUS NEXT STEP IS ANYTHING THAT'S A FREESTANDING E.R.

OR URGENT CARE CENTER WOULD BE ABLE TO VOICE THE SAME JUSTIFICATION.

YEAH, THAT'S I MEAN, AS MUCH AS I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, AS MUCH AS I LOVE THIS EXPANSION, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS LIKE I'M PERSONALLY I'M NOT PREPARED TO LAUNCH INTO AN ORDINANCE CHANGE WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE RAMIFICATIONS, I GUESS.

AND I DON'T MIND ASKING STAFF TO MAYBE LOOK THROUGH THAT AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND A FUTURE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO PURSUE.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO.

FEEL LIKE THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG IF WE APPROVE THIS TO TRY TO GET TO AN ORDINANCE CHANGE, WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE WE WANT OR NEED.

THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHT.

OK, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OK WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION.

OK MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE DENY ITEM 9ASP21-0013 SIGN VARIANCE FOR METHODIST SOUTHLAKE MEDICAL CENTER LOCATED AT 421 EAST STATE HIGHWAY 114, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10, 2021.

YOUR MOTIONS IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION DID NOT CARRY SIX ZERO, SO THAT'S NINE, BUT WE WILL FOCUS ON 6E.

WELCOME TO SOUTHLAKE FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

OK, WITH THAT, LET'S TURN MY MIKE OFF RIGHT NOW YOU'RE RUBBING OFF ON ME, MAN.

COME ON WHAT'S GOING ON? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 7A, ORDINANCE 480-671 , WHICH IS I'M SORRY THAT'S ON CONSENT.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.

OK, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, B, ORDINANCE NUMBER

[7.B. Ordinance No. 480-784 (ZA21-0048), 1st Reading, Zoning Change and Concept Plan for Ridgecrest Property on property described as Tracts 1C01E1, 1C01E1A, 1C1E1A1, 1C01E1B, and 1C1E1C, Joel W. Chivers Addition, Abstract No. 350, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, located at 2645 - 2745 Ridgecrest Drive, Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "AG" Agricultural District. Proposed Zoning: "SF-1A" Single Family Residential District. SPIN Neighborhood #2. (If approved at 1st reading, the public hearing will be held at the September 7, 2021 City Council meeting).]

DR. BAKER, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO FOR A ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT S.F.

ONE, A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT FOR NINE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON TEN POINT FOUR ACRES.

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THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ABOUT TWELVE HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF THE DOVE RIDGECREST INTERSECTION.

THE CURRENT LAND USE PLAN IS LOW DENSITY AND THE CURRENT ZONING IS AG, THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY AND THIS IS A ZOOMED IN VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

THE APPLICANT PRESENTED ONE CONCEPT, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO REFER TO THIS CONCEPT, A, AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED TWO ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS, WHICH WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS DEVICE CONCEPT, B, AND CONCEPT C AS ALTERNATE PLANS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

PART OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MOTION WAS THAT THE APPLICANT MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF THERE'S COULD BE SOME POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN THAT WOULD BE MORE COMPATIBLE TO THE NEIGHBORS DESIRES.

I'LL FIRST PRESENT WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND THEN MOVE TO THE OPTION B, AND OPTION C.

THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

RIDGECREST RUNS NORTH SOUTH.

THE FIRST PROPOSAL OPTION, A PROPOSAL, DID SHOW THREE LOTS TO THE NORTH BEING ACCESSED OFF A PRIVATE DRIVE.

THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 12 FOOT DRIVE THAT RUNS EAST WEST.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A RIGHT AWAY THAT WAS DEDICATED WHEN THESE LOTS TO THE NORTH WERE PLATTED IN 1962, A RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION WAS MADE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SOUTH AND COMBINING THOSE TWO DEDICATION'S THERE'S A 50 FOOT OF PUBLIC OFFERING THROUGH THIS AREA.

THE ROAD LIES WITHIN THAT FIFTY FEET, BUT IT MEANDERS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO DEDICATIONS.

THIS IS RIDGECREST DRIVE, HAS A RIBBON CURB.

I THINK MOST COUNCILS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION OF PROPERTY AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE, THE PRIVATE STREET, OUR CURRENT DRIVE THAT ALLOWS ACCESSES TO THE PROPERTIES BEHIND THIS PROPERTY.

WHAT YOU SAW IN THE AERIAL, THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, NINE LOTS, ALL IN EXCESS OF ONE ACRE, THE LOTS SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE WOULD HAVE ACCESS OR FRONT TO THE ONTO THIS PRIVATE STREET.

THE REMAINING SIX ONE THRU SIX WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE CUL DE SAC, AT THE P&Z THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT LIMITING ACCESS TO RIDGECREST FOR LOT SEVEN AND DOING CIRCULAR TYPE DRIVES IN ORDER TO ALLOW TURNAROUND'S AS PART OF THIS PLAN ALSO, THE APPLICANT DID MENTION THEY WOULD DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF ASPHALTING THE LANE AND THEN WIDEN OUT THE PRIVACY SUCH THAT THE IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO RESPOND, THAT THE TRUCK, THE OUTRIGGERS COULD BE PLACED SAFELY ALONG THIS PRIVATE DRIVE IS THE CONCEPT OVER AN AERIAL.

IT DID INCLUDE AN ORNAMENTAL FENCE.

THERE WAS DISCUSSION BY THE P&Z THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE A SOLID OR AN OPAQUE TYPE WALL STRUCTURE ALONG RIDGECREST DRIVE.

JUST GIVEN THE KIND OF RURAL NATURE OF THAT PART OF THE CITY, I'D RATHER SEE MORE OF AN OPEN WROUGHT IRON TYPE FENCING WHICH THE APPLICANT AGREED TO.

THIS IS A TREE PRESERVATION PLAN.

THE 70 PERCENT IS REQUIRED.

THE PLAN HAS 73 PLUS 10 PERCENT MARGINAL, SO EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENTS.

THESE ARE THE SITE DATA SUMMARY FOR THIS OPTION A PROPOSAL UNDER ONE LOTS PER ACRE AND THEN THE LOT RANGES WITH AN AVERAGE LOT AREA CLOSE TO 46000 SQUARE FEET.

THE VARIANCES UNDER THIS OPTION A WOULD BE A VARIANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE FOR LOTS FRONTING ON TO A PRIVATE STREET OR STREET FRONTAGE ORDINANCE AND THEN THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.

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AND THESE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS, CHARACTER THERE, THE PRIVATE STREET IN RIDGECREST.

SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT DAY, WHICH WAS PRESENTED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON MONDAY.

THE STAFF WAS PRESENTED WITH TWO ADDITIONAL OPTIONS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

P&Z'S RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE DEVELOPER AND THE APPLICANT GO OUT AND VISIT WITH NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER.

SO THIS OPTION, CONCEPT B, WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN, THIS OPTION TAKES THE PRIVATE DRIVE AND WITH THE TWENTY FIVE FOOT DEDICATION FROM THE SOUTH, 25 FOOT DEDICATION FROM THE NORTH CREATES A PUBLIC STREET WITH A IT LOOKS LIKE A TURN AROUND FOR TRASH TRUCKS, FOR FIRE TRUCKS.

THIS IS BEING PROPOSED AS A PUBLIC STREET.

IT WOULD BE A 50 FOOT RIDE AWAY.

IT WOULD BE A 31 FOOT BACK TO BACK OR CURB THE CURB SO IT'D BE A STANDARD RESIDENTIAL STREET, WHICH WOULD BE ACTUALLY WIDER THAN RIDGECREST.

THIS WOULD ALLOW ACCESS TO THESE THREE LOTS AND THEN THE OTHER SIX LOTS WITH ACCESS OFF THE CUL DE SAC SHOWN TO THE SOUTH, THE, I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS, BUT THE APPLICANT DID INDICATE TO ME THAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE NOT TOO FAVORABLE.

THIS OPTION, DUE TO THE PREVIOUS PICTURES, YOU SAW SOME OF THE TREE COVER AND THE TREES ALONG THIS PRIVATE STREET AND THE DISRUPTION AND THE CHARACTER, I THINK, WERE SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

BUT I THINK SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE HERE AND THEY COULD ARTICULATE THAT MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN.

THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN C SHOWS NOT HAVING ANY ACCESS TO THIS PRIVATE DRIVE, ALL THE LOTS ACCESS ON TO INTERNAL CUL DE SAC EXCEPT FOR A LOT, ONE WHICH WOULD HAVE ACCESS OUT TO RIDGECREST.

THESE LOTS DO ALL EXCEED ONE ACRE IN SIZE.

SO THEY COULD REMAIN UNDER THE FS1A ZONING CATEGORY REQUEST.

THE TO THE NORTH, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER THIS OPTION IS THAT THE 10 FEET OF THAT PUBLIC DEDICATION BACK IN 62 WOULD BE BECOME PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, AS PART OF THE PLAT, AND THEN THE 15 FEET, WHICH IS SHOWN IN GREEN, WOULD BECOME A TREE PRESERVATION AREA WHICH WOULD MAINTAIN THOSE TREES.

THE APPLICANT HAS NOT INDICATED IN TERMS OF FENCING AND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK IF IT WOULD BE SOUTH OF THE TREE PRESERVATION AREA OR NORTH OR THE TYPE OF FENCING THAT WOULD OCCUR ON THESE LOTS, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE.

BUT THAT COULD BE A DISCUSSION THAT COULD BE HAD.

THIS IS THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSES, THE RED IS THOSE OWNERS HAVE FILED OPPOSITION AND THE BLUE INDICATES UNDECIDED.

THIS IS THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THEY DID AGREE TO ALLOWING THE ESCROW OF THE FUNDS FOR FUTURE SIDEWALKS, IF NOT CONSTRUCTED, SPOKE IT.

THIS WAS THEY ONLY LOOKED AT OPTION A, BUT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY ACCESS IN THE PRIVATE LOTS THAT WOULD BE ON THE PRIVATE DRIVE VERSUS ON RIDGECREST AND LOTS 1 THRU 6 WOULD NOT BE ON RIDGECREST.

THEY SPOKE TO THE CIRCLE DRIVES TO ALLOW DELIVERIES AND VEHICLES TO MANEUVER EASIER, AND BUT THEY DID ASK THAT THE DEVELOPER OF THE APPLICANT HAVE DIALOG WITH THE RESIDENTS, AND THOSE OPTIONS, B AND C, ARE BASED ON THAT DIALOG THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK.

THEY DID MENTION ADDING RIBBON CURVES AND THE PRIVATE DRIVE AND SPOKE TO THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE AND DIDN'T WANT THE MASONRY OR OPAQUE FENCE ALONG RIDGECREST DRIVE TO KEEP THAT OPEN LOOK.

THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT.

THANKS, KEN.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR BAKER AT THIS TIME? OK, THANK YOU, SIR.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE? COME ON DOWN, MR. AND IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS CURTIS YOUNG WITH THE SAGE GROUP OF 1130 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF [INAUDIBLE] AND HAT CREEK DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS.

[INAUDIBLE] SENTS HIS REGRETS, HE'S IN GRAPEVINE CURRENTLY AT THE THE GRAPEVINE PORTION OF THE NEXT CASE WE HAVE UP HERE.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT, TO BE SURE.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT GOT US TO WHERE WE ARE NOW QUICKLY BUT EXPLAIN WHY, WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AND WHY WE'RE PRESENTING THESE OPTIONS.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE RIDGECREST NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS DO IS THINK ABOUT WHAT IS SURROUNDING US AND HOW WE BEST FIT IN WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE JUST TO GO TO THE END OF RIDGECREST.

BUT YOU KIND OF GET THE IDEA HERE.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY A BEAUTIFUL PART OF TOWN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL NOTICE ALL UP AND DOWN RIDGECREST IS THAT IT IS FRONTED BY HOMES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THERE.

THERE ARE NO HOMES BACKING TO RIDGECREST.

THEY ALL FRONT TO RIDGECREST.

THEY ALL HAVE DRIVES, MOST OF THEM CIRCULAR DRIVES ONTO RIDGECREST.

IT'S PART OF IT'S THE CENTRAL SPINE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE HOMES ALONG RIDGECREST FRONT ONTO IT.

WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT THING AND VERY DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF OTHER COLLECTOR TYPE STREETS, IF YOU WILL, IN TOWN THAT HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BACK TO THEM.

SO WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT BACK TO THIS AND PUT UP A

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THE OTHER THING IS ACROSS THE STREET, [INAUDIBLE] DID YOU KNOW 0 POINT YEARS AGO AS THE PUDR WITH SMALLER THAN ONE ACRE LOTS AND THEN SOME OPEN SPACE.

WE DIDN'T THINK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WAS THE BEST THING TO DO HERE EITHER.

SO WE DECIDED TO STAY WITH THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THEME AND NOT DO THAT.

SOME OTHER FACTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.

RIDGECREST DRIVE IS FLANKED BY TWO PARKS AS YOU GO IN, IT'S VERY PARK CENTRAL HERE, AND THEN THOSE THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT PARKS HERE ON EITHER SIDE THESE ARE ALL HOMES THAT FRONT ON RIDGECREST, EVEN EVEN THE OLD POINT NEIGHBORHOOD IS HAS A LOT OF PARK AREA WITHIN AS WELL.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PARK AREA IN UP AND DOWN RIDGECREST AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL, WE BELIEVE.

BUT EVEN AS YOU GO FURTHER NORTH, THE HOMES IN THE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED THE SOUTHLAKE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD FRONT ON RIDGECREST AND THEN THE LOCK MEADOW ESTATES IS BACK BEHIND THOSE AND SO THOSE DON'T BACK TO RIDGECREST EITHER, SO THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT, AS WE CALL IT, AND THIS WE FELT WAS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANNING THIS PROJECT.

NEXT THING WE LOOKED AT, OK, HERE'S THE PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW, THE SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY SAYS WE HAVE TEN POINT FOUR ACRES AND WE HAVE RIDGECREST DRIVE, A TWO LANE ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE AND THIS PRIVATE WE'VE BEEN CALLING A PRIVATE DRIVE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF IT.

FIRST THING WE THINK OF IS, OK, WHERE'S THE RIDE AWAYS? RIDGECREST IS UP HERE.

A LITTLE DEDICATION ON THIS PROPERTY MAKES RIDGECREST THE FULL SIDE OF THE STREET THERE AND KIND OF TO OUR SURPRISE, WE REALIZED THAT NORTH OF OUR PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY A DEDICATED RIDE AWAY THAT WAS DEDICATED WITH THE PLAT THAT WENT TO THE NORTH OF US.

IT WAS NEVER ACCEPTED BY THE CITY BECAUSE A STREET WASN'T BUILT, IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.

BUT IT IS A DEDICATED RIDE AWAY.

ON OUR SIDE, IT'S A DEDICATED EASEMENT AS OPPOSED TO RIDE AWAY.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEDICATED RIDE AWAY AND A EASEMENT OF 25 FEET.

BUT IF YOU PUT THOSE TOGETHER, OF COURSE, THE NORMAL THING THAT ONE MIGHT DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS IS SAY, OK, WE'LL DEDICATE ANOTHER 25 FEET THERE AND HAVE A FULL 50 FOOT RIDE AWAY AND THAT WE BUILD A STREET THERE.

LIKE THIS, A REGULATION STREET, IF WE NEEDED TO, THAT WOULD BE THE NORMAL THING YOU WOULD DO IN THIS SITUATION AND IF WE DO THAT, WE HAVE THREE LOTS RUNNING ON A NORMAL PUBLIC STREET AND A CUL-DE-SAC BELOW WITH SIX LOTS AROUND IT.

STILL LOTS, ONE, SIX AND SEVEN OR CORNER LOTS THAT CAN FACE A FRONT TOWARDS RIDGECREST.

SO THE STREETSCAPE IS IS CONSIDERED VERY GOOD.

EASY PEASY.

YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS A VERY NORMAL TYPE OF THING.

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HOWEVER, YOU GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE PROPERTY AND YOU LOOK IN DETAIL AT THIS LANE THAT IS BUILT ALONG THE NORTH SIDE HERE, IT KIND OF STRADDLES THE PROPERTY LINE.

AND YOU LOOK DOWN IT.

LOOK AT ALL THE TREES ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS.

THIS IS FROM RIDGECREST LOOKING DOWN IT.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN.

THERE'S TREES ON BOTH SIDES, MOSTLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT.

EVEN IF YOU GO TO THE FAR OTHER END, THAT POLE ON THE LEFT WITH THE ORANGE FLAG ON IT.

THAT'S OUR NORTH EAST PROPERTY CORNER.

THERE'S TREES ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS LANE.

AND IT JUST STRUCK US IS WHAT A SHAME IT WOULD BE TO COME IN HERE AND KNOCK ALL THESE DOWN AND PUT A PUBLIC STREET IN HERE.

SO WE THOUGHT, HOW CAN WE AVOID DOING THIS? SO WE GOT TOGETHER.

HERE'S HERE'S A MIDDLE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE SECTION.

SO WE WENT TO WORK.

WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE CITY STAFF, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ALSO WITH THE FIRE MARSHALS AND SAID, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS A SAFE ROAD WITHOUT TEARING DOWN ALL THESE TREES? AND SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION AND CAME UP WITH THIS PLAN TOGETHER WITH STAFF.

WE WOULD FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED US TO GO IN AND REPAIR THE ROAD AND MAKE IT WORK FOR THE KIND OF STANDARDS THAT THEY NEED TO BRING THEIR BIG TRUCK DOWN THERE, FIX THE POTHOLES AND AND BRING IT UP TO THE STANDARDS, BUT NOT ENLARGE IT ANY LARGER.

THEY WERE OK WITH THE WIDTH.

THEY JUST WANTED IT IMPROVED SO THAT IT WOULD HOLD THEIR TRUCKS AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT.

THAT WAS NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED WIDTH, THEY WANTED A STAGING AREA TO BE ABLE TO SET UP THEIR TRUCKS AND PUT THEIR OUTRIGGERS OUT, WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND THE AREA WE AGREED UPON WAS RIGHT HERE.

JUST SO HAPPENS, THERE'S A GAP IN THE TREES ON THE SOUTH SIDE HERE.

SO WHAT THEY REQUESTED WAS A 50 FOOT LENGTH THAT 12 FOOT LANE COULD BE EXPANDED TO 24 FEET SO THEY CAN SET UP THEIR TRUCK THERE AND AND USE IT AS A STAGING AREA TO FIGHT A POTENTIAL FIRE EITHER ON ONE OF OUR HOUSES OR THE TWO HOUSES THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN.

SO WE FOUND A GOOD LOCATION FOR THAT.

THE OTHER CONCERN THEY HAD HERE, HERE'S WHERE THE FIRE TRUCK PARKING WOULD BE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S KIND OF A GAP IN THE TREES THERE WHERE IT'S JUST KIND OF VINE COVERED.

THE OTHER CONCERN THEY HAD IS THE WATERLINE ALONG HERE IS JUST AN INCH AND A HALF WATERLINE, INSUFFICIENT FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO FIGHT FIRES.

SO THEY REQUESTED WAS THAT WE REPLACE THAT WITH AN EIGHT INCH WATER LINE THAT WE WOULD DO KIND OF ON OUR SIDE OF THE TREES.

SO IT DOESN'T GO UNDERNEATH THEM.

AND MAYBE JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, LOCATE TWO FIRE HYDRANTS, ONE ON THE CORNER OF RIDGECREST AND THIS DRIVE AND THE SECOND ONE JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS STAGING AREA WHERE THEY COULD BRING THEIR TRUCK UP AND HOOK IN RIGHT WITH THE FIRE HYDRANT AND IT WOULD WORK WELL AND AND SAVE A LOT OF TIME.

SO WE AGREED WITH ALL THAT.

WE THOUGHT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE THOUGHT THAT, OK, WE'LL TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE OF THIS ROAD HERE IN PERPETUITY.

THE HOA WOULD BE, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A THIS WAS A HOME RUN ANSWER THAT WE'D WORKED HARD ON WITH STAFF THAT ALLOWED US TO SAVE ALL THOSE TREES AND MAKE IT WORK AND BE SAFE FOR NOT ONLY US, BUT THE NEIGHBORS.

SO THAT'S THE PLAN THAT WE TOOK TO P&Z AND THEY APPROVED US, AS KEN MENTIONED HERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING PLAN A.

IT REMAINS OUR PREFERRED PLAN, BUT AFTER AT THE P&Z MEETING, WE HEARD AND WERE DIRECTED TO GO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS, BUT WE HEARD THAT THEY HAD RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY THE TO AT THE FURTHER END THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN DRIVE ALL THIS TIME.

THEY'VE MAINTAINED IT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IT.

THEY DON'T WANT ANY OTHER HOMES TO ACCESS ON IT.

SO WE WANT TO TALK TO THEM TO SEE WHAT THAT WAS AND WE KIND OF WORKED OUT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS, WHICH IS WHAT'S LED TO SCHEME C AND JUST KIND OF A DETAIL ON THIS.

HERE'S THE EXISTING RIGHT AWAY THAT EXISTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS 25 FEET FROM HERE TO HERE IS THE EXISTING EASEMENT.

THE PROPOSAL IS TO DEDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 10 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY.

SO THERE WOULD BE A TOTAL OF THIRTY FIVE FEET TO RIGHT AWAY HERE, WHICH WOULD CONTAIN THE ROAD AS IT EXISTS TODAY AND WOULD NEED TO BE IMPROVED.

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AND OF COURSE, NONE OF THE LOTS NOW WOULD GET ACCESS FROM THAT ROAD.

THAT WOULD BE THE BACK FENCE, IF YOU WILL, OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT BECAME WHAT WE'RE CALLING SCHEME C IN THIS LOCATION HERE.

WE HAD TO PUSH AND PULL AND MAKE IT WORK AND KEEP ALL THESE LOTS ABOVE AN ACRE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY IS YOU ALL YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO.

WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THIS SCHEME IS THAT LOTS ONE, SIX AND SEVEN CAN STILL PROVIDE A FRONT TOWARD RIDGECREST THAT KEEPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEELING THE SAME AND, YOU KNOW, SIX AND SEVEN COULD ONLY GET THEIR ACCESS OFF OF THE CUL DE SAC, IF THAT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, LOOK ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW, EVERY HOUSE HAS A CIRCULAR DRIVE.

IT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE IN IN THIS PART OF THE THE CITY.

SO WE LIKE WE THINK THAT ONE SIX AND SEVEN WILL PRESENT A BEAUTIFUL FACADE, FRONT FACADE TOWARD RIDGECREST, AND THEN THE REMAINDER WILL FRONT ONTO THIS STREET HERE.

WE'VE COME TO INCLUSION THAT THIS IS A WORKABLE PLAN FOR US.

WE LIKE IT AS WELL.

AND SO BASICALLY, WE'RE HERE AT FIRST READING FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.

OPTION A IS THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED AT PNZ.

OPTION B IS THE ONE THAT BUILDS A PUBLIC STREET THERE.

AND I WILL SAY NEITHER US NOR THE NEIGHBORS WHO I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR FROM WANT OPTION B, BUT WE JUST FELT IT'S IT'S THE NORMAL WAY TO DO THESE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT AS AN OPTION TO YOU ALL.

OPTION C IS,I BELIEVE, THE PLAN THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO FORWARD WITH.

THAT IS THE ONE I JUST DESCRIBED IN DETAIL.

WE'RE HAPPY, FRANKLY, WITH EITHER OPTION A OR C, WE STILL, WE KIND OF LIKE THE LOT SHAPES AND EVERYTHING ON OPTION A BETTER BUT OPTION C WORKS FOR US TOO AND WE THINK IT'LL STILL LEAD TO A VERY, VERY HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE, NINE ONE ACRE PLUS CUSTOM HOMES, VERY VALUABLE.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS MR. YOUNG, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS POINT.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON OPTION C, IS FIRE STILL REQUIRING YOU TO INCREASE THE WATER LINE? NO WELL, WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM ABOUT OPTION C, BUT THE PLAN IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALL OUR UTILITIES ON THE CUL DE SAC THERE AND THAT THE NEIGHBORS WITH THE ROAD WOULD REMAIN THEIRS TO DO WITH AND REPAIR AS THEY WISH.

YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT APPEARS.

THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING.

BUT THAT MAKES SENSE SINCE IT'S A NEW OPTION SINCE P&Z.

SO OK, SO, FROM THE FIRE SIDE OF THINGS CHIEF, BASICALLY LOT ONE WOULD BE THE ONLY LOT THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE FAULT FROM RIDGECREST CORRECT.

YOU FEEL LIKE THE ACCESS THROUGH THE CUL DE SAC GIVES YOU ACCESS TO EVERYTHING YOU NEED OTHER THAN LOT ONE? I'M SORRY, REPEAT YOUR QUESTION.

WELL, IN OPTION C, OBVIOUSLY, LOT ONE, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT A FIRE FROM RIDGECREST FOR THAT.

ASIDE FROM THAT LOT, EVERY OTHER LOT, YOU'D HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO FIGHT A FIRE FROM THE CUL DE SAC OR FROM THE ROADWAY OFF OF RIDGECREST ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE CUL DE SAC.

YES SIR, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

IT WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE, NOW I WILL SAY ON THE FIRE HYDRANT QUESTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WE DON'T WANT A DEAD END MAIN.

AND I THINK PUBLIC WORKS WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY FOR MULTIPLE REASONS FOR WATER QUALITY AND SOME OTHER THINGS ALSO.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPER ABOUT THAT.

BUT FROM A FIRE PROTECTION STANDPOINT, BEING ABLE TO SERVICE THOSE RESIDENTS, THAT WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE.

YOU'D BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND ON OPTION C, YEAH, WE WOULD GO UP AND WE COULD STILL USE THAT CUL DE SAC TO TURN AROUND, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT DISTANCE IS.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL YOU RIGHT HERE, BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT FOR SURE AND MAKE SURE WE GOT ADEQUATE TURNAROUND ACCESS.

THANK YOU.

GREAT, JUST CLARIFICATION THAT IS A STANDARD SIZED CUL DE SAC IN SOUTHLAKE, AND IT'S LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM CUL DE SAC LINK.

OK, THANKS CURTIS, ANYTHING ELSE FOR US AT THIS POINT? OK, WELL, THIS IS I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HAVE WE HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD, AT LEAST FROM MR. STEPHEN COXY, A 27 57 RIDGECREST DRIVE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE HIS VIEWS ON ITEMS HUFFMAN BE IN SUPPORT OF CLANCY AND IN OPPOSITION TO PLAN A, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT.

COME ON UP AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

YES.

STEPHEN COXSEY, 2757, RIDGECREST DRIVE AND SOUTHLAKE, WHICH IS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OR TO THE EAST, DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR MIND SEES IT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY ONLY CONCERN WITH BEFORE I SAY CONCERN, I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS MINIMUM ONE ACRE PER LOT.

THAT'S THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF RIDGECREST DRIVE.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF SOUTHLAKE BACK IN 1990'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT SOUTHLAKE AND BOUGHT OUR PROPERTY.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN, SPACIOUS.

WE LOVE ALL OF THAT.

MY ONLY CONCERN HAS EVER BEEN THE ROAD.

IT'S A ONE LANE ROAD.

IT'S 10 FEET WIDE AT BEST BECAUSE IT'S THE WIDTH OF A PAVEMENT, LAYER, ONE LAYER.

AND SO WE MEET EACH OTHER COMING AND GOING.

IT'S OUR HOUSE AND CARRIE SMITH'S HOUSE AND WE STILL MEET EACH OTHER COMING AND GOING.

AND WITH A ONE LANE PRIVATE ROAD, IT BECOMES DANGEROUS.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT CURVES AND WITH TREES IT BECOMES DANGEROUS.

SO WE WERE OPPOSED TO THAT.

SO I AM OPPOSED TO HAVING A ONE LANE PRIVATE ROAD SHARED BY THREE MORE HOUSES.

I'M REALLY OPPOSED TO CLEAN CUTTING THE TREES TO PUT IN A ROAD.

I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE PLAN THAT DOES NOT TOUCH THE PRIVATE ROADWAY AND PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY THROUGH THE NEW ROAD OR OFF OF RIDGECREST.

AND THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN, YOU SEE THE PICTURES OF WHAT IT'S LIKE.

I DON'T THINK YOU COULD FIT A STANDARD STREET IN THERE WITHOUT CUTTING A LOT OF TREES.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.

OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

APPRECIATE YOU HAVE A SEAT, ANYBODY ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? COME ON UP.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PETER LANE 2787 RIDGECREST SIR, WE LIVE DIRECTLY NORTH OF THESE [INAUDIBLE], I FIRST WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE WHAT MY NEIGHBOR STEVE SAID, VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO OPTION B, THAT WOULD INVOLVE CHOPPING DOWN LIKE I ACTUALLY COUNTED 120 TREES, WHICH I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE WOULD BE A BAD OUTCOME.

OPTION A, I ALSO REALLY FEEL FOR MY NEIGHBORS IT WOULDN'T IMPACT US AS MUCH AS STEPHEN AND CAREY, BUT THAT IS A SINGLE TRACK ROAD, IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE, I'VE GOT AERIAL PHOTOS SINCE THE 50S AND THE CHANGES [INAUDIBLE] NOW AND TURN INTO A THOROUGHFARE

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SO IT'S A RARE I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD SIT BACK IN YOUR SEATS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THINK WE HAVE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEIGHBORS.

WANT TO THINK THE DEVELOPER FOR COMING TO TALK, WE MET ON THURSDAY NIGHT CONTENTIOUS AT FIRST BUT AFTER A FEW BEERS, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THERE WAS A WAY TO SOLVE THIS.

AND THEY CAME BACK TO US ON SATURDAY WITH SOMETHING LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO OPTION C.

NOW, SINCE WE FIND OUT IT EVEN LOOKS BETTER THEN WHAT THEY HAD ON SATURDAY HAD THOSE LOTS ON RIDGECREST FACING IN.

AND I WOULD AGREE WITH CURTIS IT'S A MUCH BETTER LOOK FOR THE STREET IF THEY FACE OUT.

SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THE NEIGHBORS ARE REALLY BEHIND OPTION C.

WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THIS THING IS GOING TO GET DEVELOPED.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT BEING DEVELOPED.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL VOTE FOR OPTION C.

OK, GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? OK, WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR THE DEVELOPER? I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR BAKER.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR THE ROADWAY, WHO OWNS THAT RIGHT NOW? AND IF IT EVER NEEDED TO BE MAINTAINED, WHO'S ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THAT? THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD QUESTION.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD HAVE TO IN TERMS OF THE DEDICATION, THE EASEMENT, WE'D HAVE TO DO A TITLE SEARCH AND SEE WHICH PROPERTIES WERE INVOLVED IN THAT DEDICATION OF A TWENTY FIVE FOOT TO THE HALF.

THE THE SOUTHERN HALF, THE THE NORTHERN HALF WAS PART OF A DEDICATION WITH THE PLATTING THE TWO LOTS.

THERE IS PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY BUT THE CITY HAS NOT ACCEPTED THE STREET OR THE ROAD.

SO ON THE PLAT IT SHOWS IT'S PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY FOR THE NORTH TWENTY FIVE FEET.

AND SO THE BUT YOU KNOW, WHOEVER I GUESS AND THAT'S MORE OF AN ALLEN QUESTION, WHOEVER ON THAT 62 DEDICATION WAS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND THE SUCCESSORS WOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS TO, WHERE AT THE END? YEAH, MAINTENANCE HELD UP GREAT, YOU KNOW? YES, IT'S KIND OF A ROAD.

GO FIND THAT CONTRACTOR.

WE NEED TO SEE THE GUY FROM 1962 TO SHOW UP PLEASE.

OK, THANKS, KEN.

SO ANY DISCUSSION, COUNCIL? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CONSENSUS BEHIND OPTION C.

THE DEVELOPER FEELS GOOD ABOUT IT.

NEIGHBORS FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.

I GUESS I WOULD I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER TALLEY TO MAYBE WEIGH IN ON THIS AS SHE IS A RIDGECREST RESIDENT.

THANK YOU AND FOR ALMOST 16 YEARS, 16 YEARS ON RIDGECREST.

SO I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST SAW THIS CORRIDOR, I, I WASN'T SO SURE ABOUT OPTION A MYSELF JUST IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT IT, IN TERMS OF THE HOUSES ALL FACING SORT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE SENSE.

AND SO THEN ONCE ONCE WE GOT DOWN TO BRASS TACKS, AS IT WERE, AND THEN I'VE MET WITH AND TALKED TO OUR NEIGHBORS A FEW TIMES, IT JUST FELT LIKE THERE HAD TO BE AT LEAST ONE OTHER OPTION.

AND CLEARLY, THERE THERE ARE TWO MORE OPTIONS.

ONE OF THE IF YOU COULD SEE A PICTURE OF LOOKING DOWN THE RIDGECREST, IT ACTUALLY MATCHES LOOKING UP AND DOWN THAT WAY, THE TREE COVERAGE OVER THE YEARS.

AND IT DOES HAVE THAT RURAL FEEL.

AND SO I THINK PRESERVING THAT IS IMPORTANT.

BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE, AS SOMEBODY SAID, A GREAT DEVELOPMENT.

AND I DO LIKE ON THIS OPTION C AS CURTIS POINTED OUT, AS YOU GO UP AND DOWN RIDGECREST, THE HOUSES ALL FRONT ON RIDGECREST, THOSE THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE ROAD.

SO I THINK THIS OPTION THAT WASN'T THE CASE IN OPTION A.

AND SO ON THIS OPTION C, THEY DO.

AND I THINK THAT REALLY COMPLETES THAT LOOK IN THAT AREA.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE LOOK.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM A FIRE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE ALL GOOD.

THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS STILL A RURAL AREA.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET TO PEOPLE'S HOMES.

AND I'M HAPPY THAT THAT MY NEIGHBORS AND THE DEVELOPER WERE ABLE TO MEET AND COME TO A GREAT AGREEMENT.

I THINK THAT'S POSITIVE AND FORWARD LOOKING.

SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, OPTION C MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR A LOT OF REASONS, NOT JUST FROM ESTHETICS AND THE LANE, BUT FROM THE WAY THE HOUSES FACE.

AND THEN IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE THAT THOSE INTERIOR HOUSES THEY ALL FACE INTO THE CUL DE SAC IN THAT ROAD.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I STAND.

OK, THANK YOU.

MAKES SENSE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I SUPPORT OPTION C.

I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS CAN WORK BETWEEN US DEVELOPERS AND NEIGHBORS WHEN PEOPLE WILL TALK AND BE REASONABLE.

ONE REQUEST I WOULD HAVE OF THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S VERY FEW OF YOU HERE THAT ARE.

BECAUSE THERE'S OPPOSITION ON THE BOOKS, WHICH REQUIRES SIX OUT OF SEVEN TO VOTE.

I THINK YOU CAN TELL THE PULSE HERE IS VERY POSITIVE, BUT IT WOULD BE A NICE STATEMENT IF IF YOU FELT INCLINED TO WITHDRAW YOUR OPPOSITION OR TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.

RIGHT.

YOU'D HAVE TO DO THAT WITH.

BUT IF YOU WITHDREW IT, JUST MAKE IT A SIMPLE VOTE.

I JUST THINK THAT'S A GREAT STATEMENT BY THE TIME WE GET THERE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND AMY MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU OR KEN, DO THEY HAVE TO WITHDRAW IN WRITING OR CAN THEY SAY ON THE PODIUM OR WHAT? YES, SIR.

YOU HAVE TO RESCIND YOUR OPPOSITION IN WRITING.

YOU CAN OPPOSE IN WRITING AND YOU CAN RESCIND IN WRITING.

OK.

I GUESS IF MR. [INAUDIBLE] TURNED IN A CARD AND HE'S IN FAVOR IN 7C THAT WOULD SUFFICE FOR HIS PROPERTY.

BUT I STILL THINK WITH THE OPPOSITION TO THE NORTH IT'LL BE CLOSE TO 20 PERCENT.

SO IF MR. LANE CHOOSES TO DO SO, IF HE COULD JUST SEND US SIGN A CARD BEFORE HE LEAVES THIS EVENING.

MR. LANE, DO YOU MIND DOING THAT? THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

GREAT.

THIS IS ALSO FIRST READING.

SO THEY ONLY NEED FOUR VOTES THIS READING, THEY CAN REMOVE EVERYTHING BEFORE THE SECOND READING.

PROBLEM.

FOR ME, IT'S MORE JUST ABOUT.

YEAH, IT SENDS A GREAT MESSAGE.

YEAH.

I'M SORRY [INAUDIBLE] HE'S TAKING CARE OF.

OH YEAH.

COME ON UP.

SORRY.

COMING UP TO THE PODIUM SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.

GOOD CATCH.

OK, SO MR. LANE HAS ALREADY FILLED OUT A COMMENT CARD SAYING.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].

SORRY.

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OK, GREAT.

WELL, IF YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS, I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT A GREAT.

I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.

I'VE LIVED THERE 34 YEARS AND IT WOULD REALLY BE A NIGHTMARE FOR US IF WE WENT ANY OTHER WAY.

OF COURSE.

OPTION C WORKS PERFECT.

IF YOU DON'T MIND FILLING OUT A BLUE COMMENT CARD AND DIRECTOR BAKER CAN GIVE YOU ONE BEFORE AND I THINK KIND OF CLEANING THINGS UP, THAT'LL BE GREAT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MRS. SMITH.

APPRECIATE YOU.

OK.

OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, I WOULD ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON SAID I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

THIS IS REALLY A GOOD PICTURE OF THE [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A POTENTIALLY CONTENTIOUS THING, THE NEIGHBORS GOT TOGETHER WITH THE DEVELOPERS, WHICH WE WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM CURTIS AND [INAUDIBLE], AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM OBVIOUSLY HELPED WITH THIS PROCESS.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING TOGETHER AND BRINGING US OPTIONS AND BRINGING US A PLAN THAT WE CAN ALL BE EXCITED ABOUT SO WE CAN MOVE ON WITH LIFE.

SO GREAT.

GREAT JOB, EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

DIRECTOR BAKER.

OR MAYBE, WELL, I'LL WAIT FOR KEN TO FINISH.

DIRECTOR BAKER.

ALL RIGHT, I WAS JUST GOING TO SIT THERE UNTIL IT GOT REALLY AWKWARD.

SO ONE QUICK QUESTION.

DO WE NEED TO NOTE IN THE MOTION THAT LOTS ONE SIX AND SEVEN ARE GOING TO FRONT TO RIDGECREST? IS THAT IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN THE MOTION OR IS THAT JUST A DEVELOPER THING? IF THAT'S WHAT YOU PREFER, YOU CAN INCLUDE IT.

WE WOULD ALLOW IT TO FRONT THE ONE SIX AND SEVEN IF THEY WANTED TO.

OK, IS THAT YOU GUYS AGREE TO THAT.

THAT'D BE FINE.

I MEAN, I THINK THEY PROBABLY SHOULD.

THE REST OF RIDGECREST, THE HOUSES ALL FRONT.

THEY ALL FACE RIDGECREST.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

I THINK IT WOULD BE WEIRD.

ONE HAS TO WITH OPTION C, SO IF WE LET SIX AND SEVEN FACE INWARD, I THINK IT WOULD BE ODD TO DRIVE BY THE SIDE OF A HOME WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS FRONT WITH CIRCULAR DRIVEWAYS.

WE'RE ALSO MEANING TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THAT PICTURE TO SHOW THE CIRCULAR DRIVES.

RIGHT.

WE'RE SAYING THAT THAT WOULD BE BUILDER AND OCCUPANTS PREROGATIVE TO HAVE ACCESS OFF OF RIDGECREST AS WELL AS CLEARLY FRONTING.

WE DEFINITELY THEY'RE GOING TO FRONT RIDGECREST, BUT ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE A DRIVE OFF OF RIDGECREST ALSO.

IF EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

IS THAT GOOD WITH YOU GUYS? GREAT.

OK, RANDY, ARE YOU READY FOR MOTION.

YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO WORK MY WAY THROUGH THIS ONE, BUT YEP.

OK, YEAH.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 7B OTHERWISE REFERED TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-784 ZA21-048 FIRST READING ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR RIDGECREST PROPERTY.

PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS TRACTS 1C01E1, 1C01E1A, 1C1E1A1, 1C01E1B, AND 1C1E1C.

JOEL W CHIVERS ADDITION.

ABSTRACT NUMBER 350, CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 2645 TO 2745 RIDGECREST DRIVE SOUTHLAKE TEXAS SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10TH, 2021 AND THE SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER 2 DATED JULY 30TH, 2021.

AND NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING OPTION C AS PRESENTED TONIGHT AND AND ALSO NOTING THAT LOTS ONE, SIX AND SEVEN WILL BE FRONTING TO RIDGECREST, ALSO NOTING THAT WE'RE GRANTING THE OPTION ON LOTS ONE SIX AND SEVEN TO HAVE A ACCESS OFF OF RIDGECREST.

IN FACT, LOT ONE MUST HAVE ACCESS OFF OF RIDGECREST THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION.

AND SIX AND SEVEN HAVE THE OPTION AS WELL TO DO THAT IF THEY WISH.

ALSO NOTING THAT WE'RE INSTRUCTION THE DEVELOPER TO SPEAK WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL TO ENSURE THAT REQUIREMENTS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE MET WITH THE WITH OPTION C IN TIME FOR SECOND READING.

SOUND GOOD? OK, OK, GREAT.

WE HAVE MOTION IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO, CONGRATULATIONS, THANKS TO EVERYBODY, APPRECIATE YOU.

AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ACTUALLY GOING TO SKIP ITEM 7C AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 9B, TAKE THESE SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER.

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9B IS THE MSP 21-0003 MASTER SIGN PLAN AMENDMENT FOR CHAPEL CROSSING, LOCATED AT 245 WEST SOUTHLAKE OR STATE HIGHWAY 114 SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

GO AHEAD.

MAYOR YOU MAY ASK TO SEE IF THERE'S AN APPLICANT HERE.

I DON'T, I'M DOING THE MATH.

I'M NOT SURE THERE'S AN.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 9B? WE SKIP 7C BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING ON POTENTIAL WORD FROM THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.

WHICH I'LL LET DIRECTOR BAKER EXPLAIN.

THANK YOU GUYS.

DO WE HAVE ANY APPLICANT FOR NINE B? DIRECTOR BAKER, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON WITH NINE B, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT THIS APPLICANT DID NOT SHOW UP FOR P&Z AS WELL.

THEY DID SHOW UP FOR SIGN BOARD.

OK, WHY ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER AN ITEM IF THE APPLICANT HAS NOT BOTHERED TO SHOW UP? IN THAT, WE MAY JUST WANT TO GO AND JUST TABLE IT TO THE SEVENTH OR YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE ACTION ON IT.

YEAH.

WELL, HERE'S MY POINT OF VIEW.

AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE A LOT IN THE PAST.

IF AN APPLICANT DOESN'T CARE ENOUGH TO SHOW UP TO CITY COUNCIL AND ASK US, I DON'T REALLY FOR ESPECIALLY FOR A SIGN VARIANCE, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY INTEREST IN GRANTING IT.

DID YOU SAY THEY DID OR DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR SIGN? THEY SHOWED UP FOR SIGNS.

THEY WERE PRESENT FOR THE SIGN BOARD.

BUT THE APPLICANT IT WAS THE HOSPITAL THAT WAS OK.

THE APPLICANT WAS HERE FOR SIGN BOARD, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT.

YES, BUT THIS PASSED BY P&Z THREE TO TWO ALSO.

IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS UNANIMOUS.

SO IT'S CONTROVERSIAL AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP.

SO DO WE TABLE FOR ONE MEETING.

I WOULD DENY IT.

BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TABLE IT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.

SOUNDS GOOD.

OK, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NINE B OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS MSP 21-0003 MASTER SIGN PLAN AMENDMENT FOUR CHAPEL CROSSING LOCATED AT 245 WEST STATE HIGHWAY 114 SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 10TH, 2021.

AND DO WE NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT STAFF CONTACTING THE APPLICANT TO LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO.

MAYBE SHOW UP NEXT TIME.

BE PRESENT AT THE NEXT MEETING? THAT WOULD BE THE SEPTEMBER 7TH MEETING.

WE'LL TABLE IT TO THERE.

GREAT.

THERE IS A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

MOTION TO TABLE PASSES SIX ZERO, AND SO WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL ITEM 7C.

AND THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-785 ZA21-0053.

FIRST, READING, ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR FERGUSON PLACE.

AND WE HAVE AN INTERESTING LITTLE WRINKLE HERE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE'RE WAITING ON

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YES, SIR.

SO MAYBE I'LL LET ME INVITE THE APPLICANT UP, WHICH IS CURTIS AGAIN.

AND YOU GUYS TALK THROUGH THIS BECAUSE WE IF WE CAN GET INTO A PRESENTATION, I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT GRAPEVINE ENDS UP DOING.

WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU THE STATUS OF GRAPEVINE.

OK, GREAT.

AND THERE'S A LITTLE CHICKEN OR THE EGG HERE BECAUSE THEY ALSO ASKED WHAT

[9.B. MSP21-0003, Master Sign Plan Amendment for Chapel Crossing located at 245 W. SH 114, Southlake, Texas]

REALLY.

FAIR ENOUGH.

I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE BOTH WAITING ON EACH OTHER.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, GRAPEVINE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

SURE.

THEY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR BOTH P&Z AND CITY COUNCIL AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THEN P&Z GOES OFF IN THEIR OWN SEPARATE MEETING AFTERWARDS AND CONSIDERS IT.

THE FERGUSON PLACE APPLICATION FOR GRAPEVINE WAS APPROVED BY THEIR P&Z.

THERE IS ANOTHER EVIDENTIALLY VERY CONTROVERSIAL CASE FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE GRAPEVINE DOCKET RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU GUYS ARE STUCK BEHIND IT.

WHAT I'M TOLD IS THAT P&Z IS WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW AND THAT MAY BE THE DELAY.

OK, SO UNTIL P&Z FINISHES THEIR WHOLE AGENDA.

RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR VOTE.

BUT ANYWAY, I'D BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANS HERE FOR SOUTHLAKE.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO TABLE THIS POTENTIALLY? WE'RE ONLY TWO LOTS IN THIS.

THEY ARE R75.

WOW.

PLAN THAT'S.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED R75? NO P&Z DID.

[7.C. Ordinance No. 480-785, (ZA21-0053), 1st Reading, Zoning Change and Development Plan for Ferguson Place on property described as 1B4E and 1B4H, Leonard Lincoln Survey, Abstract No. 981, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, located at 2589 and 2593 Lonesome Dove Rd., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "AG" Agricultural District. Proposed Zoning: "R-PUD" Residential Planned Unit Development District. SPIN Neighborhood #2. (If approved at 1st reading, the public hearing will be held at the September 7, 2021, City Council meeting). (Part 1 of 2)]

IN GRAPEVINE AND TABLING IS PROBLEMATIC.

WE HAVE TIME CONSTRAINTS HERE WHATEVER.

OK, I WISH I HAD AN ANSWER FOR YOU, YOU KNOW.

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WELL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOUR ACTION IS PRESUPPOSED BY WHAT GRAPEVINE DOES BECAUSE THE ROAD WOULD GO IN SOUTHLAKE FIRST IT YOU KNOW, THE ENTRY ROAD GOES THROUGH SOUTHLAKE AND THE TWO LOTS IN SOUTHLAKE AND THE ROADS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE IN SOUTHLAKE COULD BE A STANDALONE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT GRAPEVINE DOES IS MY POINT.

IT'S REALLY MORE GRAPEVINE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROAD IS APPROVED AND THE LOTS ARE APPROVED IN SOUTHLAKE BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH SOUTHLAKE TO GET TO GRAPEVINE.

RIGHT.

SO ALLEN, I MEAN, COULD WE ARE WE ABLE TO CONSIDER A CASE AND TAKE ACTION FULL OF CONTINGENCIES? CONTINGENT UPON THIS CONTINGENT ON THIS CONTINGENT ON THIS? IT IS FIRST READING.

SO, YES, YOU COULD DO IT YEAH, WE YEAH, YOU COULD YOU ALSO COULD APPROVE IT ON FIRST READING WITH THE APPLICANT, JUST KNOWING THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THE SECOND READING, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY IT COULD BE THAT IF THERE WERE ISSUES THAT COULD DELAY IT A MEETING, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE YOU NORMALLY WOULD FOR A FIRST READING.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE, BUT THAT KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TIMELINE ANYWAY.

RIGHT.

I THINK WE I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF COUNCIL BEING THE INITIAL APPROVAL ON THIS WITH THAT, BECAUSE, LIKE, IF THEY TELL US THAT US NOT APPROVING THIS PREVENTS THEM FROM GOING TO R75 AND LEAVES IT AT R20, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR SOUTHLAKE AND WHAT'S BEST FOR SOUTHLAKE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO JOHNSON ELEMENTARY AND IF WE KEEP IT AT R20, THEY AREN'T.

YOU'LL HAVE TO KEEP IT THAT BASICALLY HALF ACRE LOTS OR WHATEVER THAT IS, AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO THE QUARTER ACRE LOTS THAT ARE THAT ARE CURRENTLY APPLIED FOR.

SO I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

YOU KNOW.

WHAT'S YOUR TIME ISSUE, CURTIS, YOU SAID YOU'RE [INAUDIBLE] TIME.

WHAT'S THE ISSUE? CONTRACTS AND, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS EXPIRING.

YOU KNOW, BEING THAT ITS FIRST READING, AND IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, GRAPEVINE DOESN'T HAVE A SECOND READING.

IF IT GETS APPROVED TONIGHT, IT'S OVER.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER IT TONIGHT AT FIRST READING.

AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONTINGENT UPON A RESOLUTION OF GRAPEVINE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THEN THEN WE'D BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THAT.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT BINDS YOU TO APPROVING IT AT SECOND READING.

RIGHT.

CAN WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE LEGALITIES OF WHAT ALL THIS ENTAILS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

ALLEN YOU GOOD? COULD PERHAPS WE'LL KNOW BY THE TIME YOU GET OUT.

LET'S HOPE IT'S NOT THAT LONG.

OK, WELL, ON REQUEST, THE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBBINS.

WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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AND WE WILL RETURN WHEN WE RETURN.

OK, WELL, WITH THAT, I'LL CALL THE REGULAR SESSION BACK IN TO ORDER.

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[7.C. Ordinance No. 480-785, (ZA21-0053), 1st Reading, Zoning Change and Development Plan for Ferguson Place on property described as 1B4E and 1B4H, Leonard Lincoln Survey, Abstract No. 981, City of Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, located at 2589 and 2593 Lonesome Dove Rd., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: "AG" Agricultural District. Proposed Zoning: "R-PUD" Residential Planned Unit Development District. SPIN Neighborhood #2. (If approved at 1st reading, the public hearing will be held at the September 7, 2021, City Council meeting). (Part 2 of 2)]

AND WE HAVE TIMING ISSUES.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE TIMING ISSUES AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE AMENABLE TO THAT.

BUT I DON'T I DON'T.

I JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND I'D ASK THE REST OF COUNCIL TO CHIME IN HERE.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE PROCEEDING AND MAKING A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE ZONING ON THIS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I THINK IF WE DID, IT WOULD BE A MUCH, MUCH DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

WE MOVE ON.

WE MOVE ON WITH LIFE.

THAT'S MY FEELING.

WHAT IS YOUR FEELING? I AGREE.

I AGREE TOTALLY.

OK.

WELL, THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN, I GUESS, A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7TH.

YEAH, I MEAN, SEPTEMBER 7TH IS WHAT I MEAN.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE WANT TO WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW.

BUT THERE'S JUST I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO WORK WITH HERE.

YEAH, SO YOU READY? I MEAN, THIS IS MADDENING BECAUSE I'M TOLD THEY'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON IT AT CITY COUNCIL.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT HADN'T LEFT P&Z YET.

NO, IT'S APPROVED AT P&Z.

OK, BUT THEY'RE WAITING.

THEY WERE WAITING AFTER IT'S BEEN APPROVED AT P&Z FOR AN HOUR.

OK, THERE'S A THERE'S A APARTMENT CASE AFTER THEM THAT NEEDED TO BE FINISHED UP AT P&Z BEFORE THEY PICK UP THE ENTIRE AGENDA, GO BACK TO COUNCIL AND GO THROUGH IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I GUESS THE TABLE WOULDN'T BE HORRIBLE HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE END RESULT IS HE HAS TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY, OF COURSE.

AND AND BEING THAT THE BULK OF THIS IS IN GRAPEVINE, IF THE GRAPEVINE PART OF THE PROJECT IS APPROVED AND EVEN IF SOUTHLAKE IS NOT APPROVED, WE CAN STILL PUT A ROAD THROUGH THAT.

THERE'S NO NO REASON THAT SAYS WE CAN'T PUT A ROAD THROUGH THERE AND MAKE THE REST OF IT HAPPEN.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT ONE BIG COHESIVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE IT ALL WORK TOGETHER.

AND IT NEEDS TO ALL WORK TOGETHER.

THIS IS A WEIRD LITTLE CORNER OF KIND OF SOUTHLAKE MOSTLY GRAPEVINE.

WE JUST WANT TO IT WOULD MAKE US FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE PUSH THIS BY TWO WEEKS AND THEN GOT ON WHAT ONCE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT GRAPEVINE'S DOING.

JUST MAKES MORE SENSE FOR US.

I GUESS THAT'S THREE WEEKS, BUT IT'S A THREE WEEK MEETING, RIGHT? IT IS THREE.

YEAH.

OK, COUNCIL OK.

ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM 7C TO THE SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021 MEETING.

THERE'S A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

PASSES SIX ZERO.

WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

GOOD LUCK.

WITH THAT OUR REGULAR SESSION IS CONCLUDED AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.