>> IT'S TIME TO GET THIS MEETING STARTED.
[1. Call to Order: Video Introduction of SPIN Program by Southlake Mayor John Huffman ]
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WE ARE ON CAMERA, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEN I WOULD ASK THAT YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE OR IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A STATEMENT OR ANYTHING, IF YOU COULD JUST COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.MY NAME IS SHERI BERMAN AND I'M CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
OUR PRIMARY JOB IS O HOST SPIN MEETINGS AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF MEETINGS ON DEVELOPMENT.
YOU MAY HAVE COME TO THE APARTMENT MEETING THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE HOSTED THAT.
IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE DO, THAT IS THE BEGINNING PART OF THE PROCESS.
THIS IS A VERY INFORMAL MEETING.
WE JUST ASK THE DEVELOPER, JD TO COME IN AND JUST PRESENT WHAT HE WANTS AND IT'S THE FIRST STEP THAT GOES ON.
IT STARTS TO SPIN AND THEN GOES ON TO PNC AND THEN DOWN TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A VIDEO FROM THE MAYOR THAT EXPLAINS THE PROCESS, SO MADELINE IS GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT ON AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK ON AND GET STARTED.
>> GOOD EVENING. I'M SOUTHLAKE MAYOR JOHN HUFFMAN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT SPIN TOWN HALL FORUM.
THE ITEMS PRESENTED IT'S BEEN REPRESENT IDEAS OFTEN IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
NOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THAT THIS CONVERSATION STARTS HERE, FIRST WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BY THE DEVELOPER.
THERE ARE NO VOTES TAKEN AT SPIN, AND NO DECISIONS ARE MADE.
SPIN IS SIMPLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE.
ONCE THE MEETING IS OVER, BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE PROVIDED WITH THE SPIN MEETING REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE DISCUSSION FROM TONIGHT.
WE TAKE YOUR IMPRESSIONS AND QUESTIONS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CONSIDERING ANY ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE US FURTHER ALONG IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO HELPING MAKE SOUTHLAKE A BETTER PLACE.
>> AS I SAID EARLIER, WE ARE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND.
IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THIS PROCESS, THEN YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AND I'LL GIVE A NUMBER IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW ON THIS.
[2. SPIN2022-16 - An applicant is proposing to re-plat a property from 1-acre into two 0.5-acre plots and make neighborhood improvements located at 1100 Raven Bend Ct. within SPIN Neighborhood #6. ]
JD CARNEY IS HERE TO PRESENT THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, WHICH IS SPIN 2022-16.IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW IT, IT'S SPIN 2022-16.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RE-PLAT PROPERTY FROM ONE ACRE INTO TWO, AND IT'S 0.5 ACRES PLOT TO MAKE A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT LOCATED AT 1100 RAVEN BEND COURT. JD.
>> EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? GOOD. HELLO. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
I AM THE RESIDENT AT 1100 RAVEN BEND COURT, ALONG WITH MY LOVELY WIFE JJ, AND TWO KIDS THAT ARE IN THE CARROLL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YES, VERY EARLY STAGES LOOKING AT RE-PLANNING OUR PROPERTY.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2014.
HERE IS JD'S INTERPRETATION OF THE PROCESS.
DENNIS KEOUGH FROM PLANNING AND ZONING HAS SPENT HOURS WITH ME TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
BUT JUST TO REITERATE, WE'RE SUPER EARLY IN THIS, I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER, I'M A CITIZEN OF SOUTHLAKE, SO I AM COMING EARLY AND OFTEN TO SHOW AND BE AS COMMUNICATIVE AND TRANSPARENT ON WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
FROM HERE WE ARE IN SPIN NUMBER 1.
WE STILL ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT, YOU'LL SEE I HAVE SOME PRETTY POWERPOINT SLIDES, BUT NOT PROFESSIONAL, TOPOGRAPHIC OR SURVEYOR STUFF AT THIS POINT.
WELL, GO DO THE SURVEYS, WILL COME AGAIN TO A SPIN, THEN GO THROUGH DRC FOR THE LAND-USE PLANNING ZONING, LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING WITH P&Z.
THEN WE'LL DO THE LAND-USE CITY COUNCIL NUMBER 1, LAND USE AND ZONING CITY COUNCIL 2, THEN WE CIRCLE BACK FOR RE-PLAT WITH DRC REPLY WITH P&Z REPLAT THE CITY COUNCIL NUMBER 1 AND REPLAT WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER 2.
JUST TO SAY, WE'RE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.
FOR THOSE, I THINK PREDOMINANTLY MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HERE, BUT FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING ONLINE, SO THIS IS RAVEN BEND COURT.
IT'S LOCATED ON NORTH PEYTONVILLE, BETWEEN THE SENIOR HIGH AND DOVE ROAD, RIGHT AT THAT INTERSECTION WHERE IT TAKES A HARD RIGHT HAND TURN.
I AM SURE MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY NOT TAKEN THE HARD RIGHT-HAND TURN AND TAKING
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A LITTLE DETOUR DOWN INTO RAVEN BEND AND TAKING A LITTLE VISIT INTO OUR LOVELY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.FOUR OR FIVE OF YOU THAT MAY BE LISTENING, HAVE APPROACHED ME IN THE LAST YEAR TO SEE IF THAT, ''PIECE OF LAND'' ON THE WEST SIDE OF MY PROPERTY IS FOR SALE.
THAT'S THE LOT. THAT'S MY LOT.
THAT'S THE LOT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
JUST FOR OVER BIRD'S EYE VIEW, SO OUR PROPERTY IS ROUGHLY THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD, SO IT'S ABOUT 40 YARDS DEEP AND 120 YARDS WIDE.
OUR HOUSE IS SITUATED ON THE FAR EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THAT WHOLE WESTERN PART WHERE IT'S LABELED LOT 1, THE WHOLE THING IS LOT 1, BUT WHERE THE LABELING LOT 1 IS, THAT'S THE PART THAT WE WOULD BE REPLATTING INTO FROM A WHOLE OF JUST OVER AN ACRE INTO APPROXIMATELY 2.5 ACRE PROPERTIES.
THAT'S THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN 2014, I THINK ALMOST EXACTLY EIGHT YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, AND WITH THE PLAN TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME, BUT SOME COMBINATION OF APPROXIMATELY SIX THINGS.
REPLATTING IT TO BREAK IT UP INTO TWO PROPERTIES, RENOVATING THE ORIGINAL HOUSE HERE IN NUMBER 2, DOING SOME BACKYARD IMPROVEMENTS, CONNECTING UP TO SEWER, SIDEWALKS AND THE MONUMENTS AND HOA WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOA.
THE MONUMENTS ARE TECHNICALLY ON MY PROPERTY, SO DOING SOME REHABILITATION ON THE MONUMENTS IN ENTRY WAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF US, ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF OUR PROPERTY, WAS BEING DEVELOPED.
THE DEVELOPER BROUGHT IN APPROXIMATELY 6-8 FEET OF DIRT, SO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE ELEVATION OF THOSE PROPERTIES AND THEY DIDN'T PUT INSUFFICIENT EROSION CONTROL.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THIS SEDIMENT.
THIS IS ALMOST 12 INCHES DEEP OF SEDIMENT FILLED IN THE EAST-WEST SWALE. LET ME GO BACK HERE.
THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS LITTLE DOTTED RED LINE IS THE DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT, HAD A NICE LITTLE SWALE THAT WOULD JUST CARRY ANY OF THE WATER OUT TO PEYTONVILLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THIS AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT THAT CAME OVER, THEY COMPLETELY FILLED IN THAT SWALE.
THEN YOU CAN SEE AFTER THE WALL WAS BUILT, IT BECAME A BIT OF A POND OVER THERE.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS IS PART OF THE BUSINESS CASE FOR WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLAT IT AND DEVELOP IT, SO TO REHABILITATE IT TO PRE-DEVELOPMENT CONDITION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT STILL PERSISTS TO THIS DAY.
WE FOUGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS.
WE ACTUALLY WENT TO COURT, HAD A JURY TRIAL BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, BASED ON TWO CODES AND ORDINANCES, THE TEXAS WATER CODE AND THE SOUTHLAKE CODE OF ORDINANCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE JURY CHARGE THERE ABOUT THE DEFENDANT DIVERTING WATER ONTO HER PROPERTY, AND WHETHER IT WAS INTENTIONAL.
I THINK ON BOTH OF THESE, IT WAS EITHER UNANIMOUS OR NEAR-UNANIMOUS ON THESE VERDICTS SO THE JURY FOUND IN OUR FAVOR ON THIS AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT AS OF TODAY, THERE'S A WHOLE APPEALS PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FOUND IN OUR FAVOR, WE HAVE SETTLED AND RELEASED THE DEFENDANT FROM ANY FUTURE LIABILITY ON THIS.
WE HAVE HELPED TO PUT THAT STAGE BEHIND US.
BUT TO BE SAID, SO POINT 1 THERE IN THE GREEN BOX.
A PORTION OF THE VERY WEIRD SITUATION, WE WERE PLANNING TO GO TO COURT, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL OF 2020 AND THEN, UNFORTUNATELY, COVID HAPPENED AND THE COURTS GOT SHUT DOWN.
ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION BIDS WERE FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020 TIMEFRAME.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO UPDATE THEM BEFORE GOING TO COURT IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
UNFORTUNATE, THERE'S BEEN SOME PRETTY MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, PRICE INFLATION SINCE THEN.
EVEN THOUGH THE JURY DID OVERWHELMINGLY, RIGHT BY US, THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN THE COST OF THE SOVIET PORTION OF THE RE-PLOT FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO OFFSET, WHAT I CALL THE INFLATION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SINCE THE LAWSUIT BIDS WERE CREATED BACK IN EARLY 2020.
THAT'S POINT 1 ON HOW WE'RE USING FUNDS AND I'LL HAVE A SUMMARY HERE IN THIS SLIDE.
THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS TIMELY.
THIS CITY IS IN WORK ON A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT CAN PARTIALLY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING.
I WON'T GO INTO THIS IN SUBSTANTIAL DETAIL JUST TO SAY WE HAD A MEETING OF ALL THE RAVEN BEND NEIGHBORS.
WE IDENTIFIED, I BELIEVE IT'S UP TO ABOUT 13 THINGS BETWEEN ME PERSONALLY AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE TAKING IT BACK TO THE ENGINEER TO INCORPORATE WHAT THEY CAN INTO THE DESIGN,
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TO SAY, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT BY US SO I WON'T SPEND ANY TIME ON THOSE 13 THINGS.I'LL RESERVE ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE TO PERHAPS IF THOSE THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN RESOLVED, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE IN WORK TO BE RESOLVED.
BUT THIS WASN'T WHAT WAS IN THE INITIAL PLAN TO FIX THE FLOODING THAT WAS COMING OVER OUR TRIAL PROPERTY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO CONNECT UP TO THIS CAPITAL PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO OUR NEIGHBORS OVER HERE IN CROSS TIMBERS.
IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT UP TO IT, BUT IT WASN'T A COST THAT WAS IN OUR INITIAL DESIGN TO REMEDIATE THE FLOODING.
AGAIN, JUST POINT 2, A PORTION OF THE REPLANT FUNDS WILL BE USED TO TIE IN TO THE ENGINEERED SOLUTION IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROJECT.
THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF ALL THE POINTS.
I WON'T GO INTO EVERY SINGLE ONE IN DETAIL.
OFFSETTING THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS INFLATION SINCE WE PUT IN OUR INITIAL BID.
NUMBER 2 IS TO TIE THE NUMBER 1, JUST MEANING TIE THE FLOOD REMEDIATION ENGINEERED SOLUTION INTO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE CAPITAL PROJECT.
NUMBER 3 IS SIDEWALKS IN ALL PUBLIC-FACING SIZE OF THE NEW AND EXISTING PROPERTY.
I DID DO A LITTLE PICTURE THIS MORNING.
HERE'S THE THING WITH THE SIDEWALK.
I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS SEEN IT, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THERE.
WE HAVE KIDS DRIVING UP ON BICYCLES COMING UP FROM SOUTHLAKE, OR COMING DOWN FROM NORTH OF US, AND ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THEM CUT ACROSS THE GRASS, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY DON'T MIND AND WOULD PREFER.
BUT ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THEM JUST STAY IN THE STREET AND CUT OVER TO THE SIDEWALK, WHICH PUTS THEM INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO TRAFFIC.
THIS SIDEWALK AT LEAST IT'S PART OF MY PLAN, IT'S PART OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROJECTS SO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ONE TO ALLEVIATE THE SAFETY CONCERN.
NUMBER 4 IS TO UPGRADE WHAT I CALL THIS FORM.
UPGRADE COMMUNAL RAVEN BEND COURT ENTRYWAY AND MONUMENT.
THIS IS THE ENTRYWAY AND MONUMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS I MENTIONED, PLEASE DON'T JUDGE, I AM THE LANDSCAPE OR A HARDSCAPE OF PART OF THIS SINCE IT FALLS ON OUR PROPERTY AND IN RATHER A WAY THAT WE MANAGE.
I'M NOT THE BEST AT EITHER OF THOSE THINGS, BUT I'M TRYING IT, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE INSIDE IS TO USE SOME OF THESE FUNDS AND COORDINATION.
THERE'S A MONUMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE ON OUR NEIGHBORS' PROPERTY, ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD DO WOULD BE IN COMBINATION AND FULLY ALIGNED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO ANY UPGRADES ON THE MONUMENT ENTRYWAY.
NUMBER 5, LITTLE FURTHER OUT THERE, BUT JUST TO SAY, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO INVEST IN ANY OTHER JOINTLY DERIVED COMMUNAL RAVEN BEND COURT UPGRADES.
JUST TO SAY, WE'RE INVESTING ALL OF THIS IN RAVEN BEND AND PUTTING IT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD VOTE ON THROUGH OUR PROCESS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK ON THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
SOME OF YOU MAY BE SAYING, COOL, THAT'S ALL FINE AND DANDY JD, BUT THAT'S SHOWING ME THE DOLLARS AND CENTS.
FOR THE HARD DOLLARS AND CENTS VERSUS THE MAYBE EMOTIONALLY INFLUENCED, HERE YOU GO.
HERE'S THE BUSINESS CASE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THE CURRENT STATE IS WE HAVE STORM DRAINAGE ISSUES ON OUR PROPERTY.
CASE NUMBER 2 IS COORDINATED STORM DRAIN AND SOLUTION, MEANING WE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WE TIE INTO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE'S CAPITAL PROJECT AND THEN CASE NUMBER 3 AND COLUMN 3 IS WE HAVE A COORDINATED DRAINAGE SOLUTION PLUS THE RE-PLOT.
TODAY, OUR TAD ASSESSMENT IS 435,000, IT IS BEING ARTIFICIALLY HELD AT OUR PURCHASE PRICE IN 2014.
I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HOUSES HAVE APPRECIATED A LITTLE BIT SINCE 2014, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING ISSUES, I GO AND I SHOW THE TENDER APPRAISAL BOARD AND THEY AGREE AND THEY KEEP THE VALUE ASSESSMENT AT 435.
IT SHOULD BE AT SOMETHING BASED ON THEIR ASSESSMENT SOMETHING LIKE 840,000, WHICH IS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS BASED ON MY CALCULATIONS OF HOW MUCH MONEY ACTUALLY CLOSE TO THE TARRANT COUNTY VERSUS TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE IN CARROLL ISD.
WE WOULD LOSE OUT ON ABOUT $100,000 IN FUNDS.
EVEN BETTER IF WE RE-PLOT AND THAT IS EVENTUALLY APPROVED THAT WOULD BE OVER $700,000 INCREASE.
THAT'S JUST IN THE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE INTO THE CARROLL ISD.
THERE'S A PRETTY STRONG ECONOMIC BOON GOING BACK TO SOUTHLAKE WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY WEIRD FOR A PERSON TO MY DEVELOPER STATE TO SAY,
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"HEY, HERE'S CONCERNS" BUT HEY, I'M A CITIZEN OF SOUTHLAKE.I WANT TO BE SUPER TRANSPARENT AND ELEVATE ANY AND ALL CONCERNS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
I HAD A QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE, WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE OR SEE, I HAVE ON THE LAST SLIDE, IF FOLKS ARE WATCHING THIS REMOTELY.
AFTER THE FACT, I HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION WHICH WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR SPAM BUT PLEASE CONTACT ME.
MY WHOLE INTENT IS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY AND ANY CONCERNS THAT I CAN POSSIBLY ADDRESS THROUGH A MORE INTELLIGENT, ENGINEERED SOLUTION, I ABSOLUTELY WILL.
BUT HERE'S SOME OF THEM TODAY.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S THE CONCERN.
THE CONCERN IS THE CURRENT RAVEN BEND NEIGHBORHOOD IS ZONED LOW IN DENSITY AND BY RE-PLATTING 1100 RBC, IT WOULD CREATE DISCONTINUITY IN NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARANCE.
QUICK ANALYSIS. THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO DO IT.
JUST TO SAY, THIS IS ONE WAY AND THERE COULD BE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
BUT WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK ALL THE HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I DID A CORNER-TO-CORNER MEASUREMENT ON THEM EXCLUDING MY OWN HOUSE.
I MEASURED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE HOUSE IN RAVEN BEND, AND SAY, WHAT'S THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THAT HOUSE AND THE NEXT HOUSE NEXT TO IT? ON AVERAGE, IT'S 79 FEET ACCORDING TO MY MEASURING ON GOOGLE MAPS.
THEN I PUT IN THE APPROXIMATE, THAT'S ALL IN MAROON OR [INAUDIBLE] HERE.
THEN IN ORANGE, I SAID, WHERE WOULD THE APPROXIMATE BUILD AREA BE? AND WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THAT NEW HOUSE THAT WOULD BE BUILT AND THE CURRENT EXISTING STRUCTURE, AND IT'S 87 FEET.
SO JUST TO SAY, FROM A VISIBLE AESTHETIC AS YOU'RE DRIVING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S ACTUALLY EIGHT FEET MORE SPACING THAN THE AVERAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TODAY.
THAT'S JUST IS TO PROVIDE ONE VIEW ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY.
SO YES, IT MAY GO FROM LOW DENSITY TO MEDIUM-DENSITY.
AESTHETICALLY, IT WOULD MAINTAIN AND WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF THE CURRENT VISIBILITY AND DENSITY.
NUMBER 2, NEIGHBORHOOD COVENANTS.
THE CONCERN IS THAT COVENANTS DON'T ALLOW FOR RE-PLATTING.
THE COVENANTS ACTUALLY DO A PRETTY EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF SAYING HERE IS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
JUST TO SAY THAT RE-PLATTING, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW THAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AS OUTLINED IN THE COVENANTS AND ABIDE BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AGREEMENTS FOR THAT PROCESS.
NUMBER 3, ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY SIMILAR.
THE CONCERN WOULD BE ALLOWING A MOVE FROM LOW-DENSITY TO MEDIUM-DENSITY WILL CREATE A MISMATCH WITH ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AGAIN, I HAVE A DETAILED SLIDE, LAST DETAIL SLIDE.
THIS IS RAVEN BEND RIGHT HERE IN YELLOW, THIS IS MY PROPERTY 1100.
TO THE SOUTH IS SOUTHRIDGE LAKES, WHICH IS YELLOW, IT'S SF1A BUT THAT IS A FORM OF LOW-DENSITY.
THEN THERE'S TWO OTHER ONES, THIS LIGHT BROWN AND THEN A SLIGHTLY DARKER BROWN.
THOSE ARE BOTH VERSIONS OF MEDIUM-DENSITY.
RAVEN BEND IS LOW-DENSITY, SOUTHRIDGE LAKES ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS MEDIUM-DENSITY, SHADY OAKS ON THE NORTH SIDE IS MEDIUM-DENSITY, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A STRIP OF SHADY OAKS, THAT'S RPUD I FORGOT THAT IS RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MORE DENSE VERSIONS OF MEDIUM-DENSITY.
THE ONLY ONE CROSS TIMBERS IS LOW DENSITY.
BUT APPROXIMATELY ON WHAT I SAID HERE WAS ON 3.7 SIDES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MEDIUM-DENSITY SO IT ROUGHLY FITS WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEIR CONCERN, SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS [INAUDIBLE].
I'VE ATTENDED AND VIEWED A COUPLE OF THE SPIN MEETINGS AND THAT WAS THE NUMBER 1 THING THAT SEEMED TO KEEP COMING UP.
ABSOLUTELY, AS PART OF THE RE-PLAT REQUIREMENTS, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SIDEWALKS AND WE ABSOLUTELY PLAN FOR SIDEWALKS ON ALL OF THE PUBLIC-FACING SIDES OF THE RE-PLATTED PROPERTY.
NUMBER 5 [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, HOME DESIGN.
THE CONCERN THERE, THE NEW HOME WILL NOT MATCH THE CURRENT HOMES IN RAVEN BEND COURT.
WE WILL DESIGN THE NEW HOUSE AND UPDATE OUR CURRENT HOUSE, AND THE COMMITMENT IS TO USE THE TWO STYLES, THE COLONIAL STYLE, I THINK I PROBABLY MISSPOKE IN ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
OUR INTENT WOULD BE TO EITHER HAVE A COLONIAL STYLE OR RANCH STYLE HOUSE WHICH I THINK ALL OF THE HOUSES ARE CURRENTLY.
I THINK IT WOULD ROUGHLY BE ABOUT 4500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE TO FIT WITH THE CURRENT HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
FURTHERMORE, OUR COVENANTS, MAYBE SOMEONE HERE WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL ME.
I DON'T THINK THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMMITTEE AS OUTLINED IN OUR COVENANTS HAS EVER BEEN USED.
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BUT OUR ABSOLUTE ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD BE THAT WE FORM THAT AS A RAVEN BEND NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT WE WOULD SUBJECT THE NEW HOUSE TO THAT DESIGN PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT TRULY DOES MEET WITH THE AESTHETIC AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.THE CONCERN IS DEVELOPING NEW LOT WOULD REQUIRE REMOVAL OF TREES.
WE DO PLAN TO REPURPOSE APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF THE TREES AS LUMBER IN THE CONSTRUCTION, IF WE CAN.
I JUST THINK IT'S COOL TO TAKE THE BEAUTIFUL PINE TREES, A COUPLE OF THE PINE TREES AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT AS LUMBER IN THE BUILDING OF OUR HOME.
IF NOT, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T TAKE THEM DOWN.
BUT OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT ON THAT, JUST THAT HALF OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE RE-PLATTING, WE'VE ALREADY PLANTED MORE THAN 20 TREES.
ON THE RE-PLATTED LAND WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE WOULD PLANT 50 MORE TREES.
WE LOVE THE CURRENT TREES THAT ARE MATURE AND BEAUTIFUL, WE PLAN TO PLANT MANY MANY MORE TREES.
THEN YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM FOR ANYONE THAT'S NOT HERE AND CAN'T DISCUSS OPENLY TODAY, IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
I AGAIN WILL INCLUDE THEM IN FUTURE SPIN MEETINGS AND IN ALL OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE I'M SHOWING MY WORK ON HOW I'M DESIGNING AROUND AS I HOPE TO ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE. [OVERLAPPING] IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS.
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND IF YOU DO, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
NO? [BACKGROUND] QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON [OVERLAPPING].
>> YEAH. IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, THIS IS AN OPEN FORUM.
COME SELL EVERYTHING THAT YOU FEEL.
IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
>> SURE. I'M MARTA MCNEIL, 905 RAVEN BEND COURT, 29 1/2 YEAR RESIDENT OF RAVEN BEND COURT.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND JACK OVER HERE.
THE MAJOR FACTOR, WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE, WE WERE LOOKING FOR A LOW-DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT WE FOUND WAS RAVEN BEND, ONE HOUSE, ONE ACRE.
WE WERE RURAL BACK THEN AND WE LIKED THAT.
THE CITY HAS GROWN AROUND US BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ONE HOUSE, ONE ACRE, LOW-DENSITY.
I DO NOT WANT SIDEWALKS TO BE PUT IN.
WE DEFINITELY USE SUPPORT J J AND J D IN THE FLOODING ISSUE.
THE CITY'S WORKING ON THAT AFTER A LONG FIGHT.
BUT AS FAR AS THE RE-PLATTING, I DO OPPOSE THAT.
I LIKE TO KEEP IT ONE HOUSE, ONE ACRE. THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, STATEMENTS? HEY, JD.
>> HI, ZUO COURTNEY, 912 RAVEN COURT.
WHEN WE MOVED HERE IN 1987, 35 YEARS AGO, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING FOR THE TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT RAVEN BEND PROVIDES FOR ALL OF US VERY LOW DENSITY.
AS WE ALL KNOW IN THE LAST 35 YEARS, THERE'S BEEN NEIGHBORHOODS POPPED UP ALL AROUND US THAT ARE MUCH LESS THAN THAT.
OUR CHILDREN GRADUATED IN 2006.
THEY'RE GONE. WE COULD'VE MOVED.
BUT WHY DIDN'T WE MOVE? BECAUSE IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND A ONE-ACRE NEIGHBORHOOD ANYWHERE IN SOUTHLAKE OR REALLY ANYWHERE THAT'S AFFORDABLE.
SO WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY STAYED BECAUSE OF THE GREAT NEIGHBORS INCLUDING JJ, AND JD.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE ONE-ACRE LOTS, WE HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ACTUALLY PROHIBIT DIVIDING THE LOTS, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WILL BE DEALT WITH AND I DON'T KNOW I DON'T THINK YOU ADDRESSED THAT.
BUT THE BEAUTY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NOT BE THE SAME IF IT'S NOT ONE HOUSE, ONE ACRE.
I JUST REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.
>> YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, COME ON DOWN.
>> JASON DIVON, 914 RAVEN COURT.
MY WIFE AND I MOVED THERE IN 2002 AROUND MARCH SO WE'VE BEEN 20 PLUS YEARS.
WE MOVED THERE BECAUSE IT WAS MORE OF A RURAL FEEL, REMINDED MY WIFE OF AUSTIN, WHERE SHE CALLS HOME HER HOMETOWN.
BUT TORN WITH THE ISSUE BECAUSE I BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO DO
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WITH THEIR PROPERTY AS THEY WISH AND JD AND JJ ARE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS, GREAT KIDS.BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF HAS A FEEL THAT I'M SURE ATTRACTED JD AND JJ TO IT.
I TRULY FEEL FOR JD AND JJ ON THEIR FLOOD ISSUE.
I'VE SPOKEN TO JD ON MANY OCCASION.
I THINK THE CITY ENGINEER AND PLANNERS PROBABLY DIDN'T CHECK THE DEVELOPER SHADY OAKS.
I THINK THAT'S SQUARELY ON THEM FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE FACING.
BUT WE MOVED THERE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE SAME REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN VOICED BY MARTA AND ZUO.
WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AND MY ONE CONCERN IS THAT IF THERE IS AN AGREEMENT TO SUBDIVIDE THE LOT, WHAT PREVENTS THAT FROM HAPPENING WITH OTHER LOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? DOES IT SET A PRECEDENT FOR MORE LOTS TO BE TORN DOWN AND SUBDIVIDED? THAT IS THE ONE GENERAL CONCERN.
AS FAR AS SIDEWALKS, EVERYBODY LOVES SIDEWALKS, I AGREE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME AND GIVEN OUR PROXIMITY, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE LEAST IMPACTED AS FAR AS THE SIDEWALK.
BUT AS A TAXPAYER, I WANT TO KNOW WHO PAYS FOR THE SIDEWALKS IF THAT WAS TO BE GRANTED.
I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE WELL SUITED TO EXTEND THE WIDE SIDEWALKS THAT RUN ACROSS THE FRONT OF SHADY OAKS ALL THE WAY DOWN PEYTONVILLE IN SOME WAY TO PRESERVE THE TREES BUT YET ALLOW FOR A BIKE AND RAIN PATH THAT'S ACTUALLY SUBSTANTIAL, NOT THE LITTLE ITTY-BITTY THING THAT THEY GAVE US YEARS AGO.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S OUR CONCERN, IS THE SUBDIVISION, DOES IT SET A PRECEDENT? WHAT DOES IT DO? I AGREE THAT JD AND JJ, PROBABLY OF ALL THE LOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THE ONE EXCEPTION.
HOWEVER, I THINK HOW DO YOU PREVENT A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER LOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? I THINK ZUO ADDRESSED, WHICH I AM NOT AWARE.
I ADMIT I HAVE NOT READ THE COVENANTS THROUGH THOROUGHLY, ALTHOUGH I'VE DONE TITLED RESEARCH ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE APPRECIATE JD AND JJ TAKING THE TIME TO WELCOME US INTO THEIR HOME AND EXPLAIN AS WELL AS THE SPIN MEETING.
BUT THAT'S OUR CONCERN IS WE WANT TO PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COME ON DOWN.
THE WATER PROBLEM HAS GIVEN A COUPLE OF OUR RESIDENTS SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF CONCEPT OF THE ACTUAL WATER FLOW THAT IS GOING TO OCCUR AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE AT THE CORNER OF PEYTONVILLE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
[NOISE] AS TO THE SURROUNDING HOMES.
WHEN COURSE MAKERS PROPOSED SHADY OAKS, WHICH IS HE WAS THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER, HE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD SPACING REQUIRED ADJACENT TO LOW DENSITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOMES ADJACENT TO RAVEN BEND, YOU'LL FIND THAT THEY'RE LARGER, THE LOTS ARE LARGER.
THIS IS UP TO THE FOLKS IN RAY-BEND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
BUT CROSS TIMBER HILLS IS A MINIMUM ONE ACRE.
MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE TWO, I THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE WITH FIVE.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL LETS THIS RE-PLOT GO THROUGH FROM LOW DENSITY TO MEDIUM DENSITY.
I CAN FORESEE US HAVING GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY IN THE FUTURE MAINTAINING OUR ONE-ACRE ENVIRONMENT.
I HOPE THEY SOLVE THE WATER PROBLEM FOR YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE ONLY PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE.
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SO IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THIS, THERE'S A SPECIAL REPORT THAT'S BEING MADE UP AFTER THE MEETING AND IT WILL BE SUBMITTED IN THE SPIN QUESTION AND COMMENT FORM THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW, WHICH IS WHAT I HAD SAID EARLIER, WHICH IS THE SPIN 2022-16.THESE REPORTS ARE JUST GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE FORM.
THEY'RE NOT VERBATIM, BUT IT JUST RECORDS EVERYTHING THAT JD HAS SAID THAT YOU-ALL HAVE SAID.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW THIS AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS JD WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, HE SHOWED YOU THAT IT GOES TO SPIN AND IT'LL GO TO P&Z AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO SPIN AGAIN.
SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE INVOLVED THAT'S WHAT SPIN IS ALL ABOUT AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT DO THIS.
SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS FORUM TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
THIS IS ALSO A VIDEO-ON-DEMAND, AS I SAID EARLIER, AND THAT RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS LATER.
THERE IS A SURVEY IF YOU CAN GO ONLINE INTO THE SPIN, THERE'S A SPIN PAGE AND THERE'S A SURVEY THERE.
IF YOU CAN JUST FILL OUT YOUR COMMENTS ON WHAT YOU THINK OF THE PROCESS.
>> QUESTION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.