Aug 02, 2022 City Council

ALL RIGHT.

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[1. Call to order]

I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE AUGUST 2ND, 2022 MEETING OF THE SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL.

WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, FROM A LONG AND FUN SUMMER BREAK AND HOT SUMMER BREAK.

HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY SOUTHLAKE WILL SEE RAIN AGAIN.

NOT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THOUGH, BUT EVERYONE, WELCOME BACK.

WE WILL START TONIGHT LIKE WE START EVERY NIGHT WITH AN INVOCATION FROM PASTOR CLAY REED.

AND THEN WE WILL DO THE PLEDGES.

SO PLEASE RISE FOR OUR INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGES.

LET'S PRAY. LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN THIS ROOM.

WE PRAY BLESSING UPON EVERYTHING THAT GETS SAID AND DECIDED TONIGHT.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WISDOM AND HELP AND EACH CITY STAFF PERSON AS THEY SPEAK WISDOM.

I PRAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND DEVELOPERS AND WHOEVER STANDS UP BEHIND THIS MIC.

I PRAY FOR PEACE IN THIS ROOM AND PEACE IN OUR CITY.

LORD WE PRAY ALSO BLESSING OVER OUR KIDS AS THEY GET READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

WE PRAY FOR SAFETY AS THEY TRANSITION BACK INTO DRIVING BACK AND FORTH AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS, BUT WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE, OUR SCHOOL SAFE.

WE PRAY THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE IN OUR CITY.

WE GIVE THANKS THAT YOU'RE A GOOD AND LOVING GOD.

IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE'LL MOVE INTO WORK SESSION, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE NOW, WHICH IS OUR SOUTHLAKE BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.

[3. Southlake Business Spotlight - Buff City Soap]

MR. CORTEZ, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT TONIGHT'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.

IT'S A FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED FRANCHISE BUSINESS HERE ACROSS THE STREET IN THE SHOPS OF SOUTHLAKE.

SO NOW YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM DORVAN, LEIGH ELLEN AND LINDSAY.

HI. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR SOUTHLAKE STORE.

MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH BUFF CITY SO MUCH SINCE THE FALL OF LAST YEAR.

WE HEARD ABOUT BUFF CITY SOAP, SO ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.

WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE PRODUCT, FACT THAT IT'S ALL PLANT BASED AND GOOD FOR YOU.

IT REALLY PIQUED OUR INTEREST IN WANTING TO BRING IT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER TEN YEARS NOW AND THERE'S NO PRODUCT LIKE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE FELT LIKE BEING ABLE TO FIND A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE STORE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR TODAY.

PEOPLE WANT TO BE MORE HEALTHY WITH WHAT THEY EAT, WHAT THEY PUT ON THEIR SKIN, ETC.

SO THAT WAS WHAT REALLY GOT OUR INTEREST IN RUNNING THE BUFF CITY STORE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE PUT IN OUR BODIES THAN WHAT WE PUT ON OUR BODIES.

AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO BOTH.

AND ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS ARE PLANT BASED, AND EVEN THE COLORING THAT GOES IN OUR BATH BOMBS, OUR SOAPS. IT'S ALL MINERAL BASED, SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT SHOULD HARM YOUR SKIN.

ALL OF OUR FRAGRANCES ALSO ARE PLANT BASED, BUT WHAT WE TRY TO PROVIDE OURSELVES AND FOR OUR STAFF IS THAT WE MAKE ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS IN THE STORE.

SO ANY GIVEN DAY YOU CAN WALK IN AND WATCH SOAPING [INAUDIBLE] WATCH BODY BUTTER BEING MADE.

AND IT GIVES US A SENSE OF PRIDE THAT WE'RE MAKING IT SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU, BUT IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF PRIDE KNOWING THAT SOMEONE IN THE STORE YOU GAIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH IS THE PERSON THAT IS HANDING IT TO YOU THAT MADE IT FOR YOU.

EVERYTHING IN THE STORE IS PREDOMINANTLY OLIVE OIL BASED, VERY NURTURING TO YOUR SKIN, VERY GENTLE ON YOUR SKIN.

SO OUR SOAPS ARE A COMPLIMENT, AND ALL OF THE SPLINT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE SOURCE IN OUR STORE FROM THE RAW INGREDIENTS PERSPECTIVE IS ALL ETHICALLY SOURCED.

OUR FAVORITE PRODUCT IS THE LAUNDRY SOAP.

IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN AWAY FROM USING HARSH CHEMICALS, DETERGENTS, PARABENS, DYES AS LEIGH ANN WAS MENTIONING OUR LAUNDRY SOAP IS IS PERFECT FOR YOU

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AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT'S WONDERFUL, UNIQUE ABOUT US IS THAT WE ARE CUSTOMIZABLE.

SO IF YOU CAME INTO THE STORE AND YOU DIDN'T SEE A PRODUCT IN THE SCENT THAT YOU WANTED, OR IF YOU WANTED TO GET FUNKY AND MAKE SENSE TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU THINK ISLAND NECTAR AND COCONUT IS GOING TO SMELL AMAZING AS IT DOES, WE CAN MAKE THAT FOR YOU IN ALMOST ANY PRODUCT, BUT OUR LAUNDRY SOAP IS BY FAR SOMETHING THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR HOME, CHANGE HOW YOUR SKIN FEELS WITH YOUR CLOTHING SITTING RIGHT ON IT, AS WELL AS IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE LONGEVITY FOR THE CLOTHING THAT YOU INVEST IN OVERALL. NO.

THE FOURTH IS FUN, AS WE ALSO DO BACK HOME PARTIES.

AND SO WE HAVE A TIME FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO COME INTO THE STORE.

THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN [INAUDIBLE], THEIR OWN FAVORITE FRAGRANCE INTO THE BATHTUB.

SO IT'S KIND OF A FUN EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY TO BE.

SO WE OFFER THOSE AS WELL.

SO COME ON IN AND ASK US ABOUT DOING PARTIES LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN FIND US IN THE SHOPS OF SOUTHLAKE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM NORDSTROM RACK AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEW WALK IN PIG AND PALM BEACH TAN.

YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT US BY PHONE.

AND WE HAVE OUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK.

THAT'S RIGHT THROUGH FACEBOOK.

THANKS. THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD, MAYOR, FOR COUNCIL AND ANYONE WATCHING.

IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T CATCH IT, MAYOR HUFFMAN AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, ELIZABETH, HAVE SPECIFIC SOAPS OF THEIR OWN, SO BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT.

I SAW ONE OF THE BUFF CITY FOLKS LAST NIGHT AT A CHAMBER EVENT AND THEY SAID, MY WIFE'S SCENT IS THEIR TOP SELLER.

MINE IS NOT.

AND WHATEVER.

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I'M ACTUALLY FINE WITH THAT.

THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. I LIKE IT.

I DON'T CARE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR SPOTLIGHTING THAT BUSINESS AND YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE, GO BY AND CHECK THEM OUT.

AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY COOL. AND AND THEY DO A LOT OF GROUP PARTIES.

AND YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND MAKE SOAP WITH AND PICK YOUR SCENTS AND MAKE SOAPS.

IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL. SO.

ABSOLUTELY. YOU GUYS GO CHECK THEM OUT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DANIEL. AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ARE THERE ANY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS FROM SOUTHLAKE SISTER CITIES IN THE AUDIENCE?

[4. Southlake Sister Cities College Scholarships]

SO LET'S WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUSH THAT ONE TO POTENTIALLY TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.

RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MUSTANG DRIVE, INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL SUB AREA.

[5. Technical Recommendations for the Mustang Drive Industrial Subarea]

TAKE IT AWAY, SIR. YES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

SO, WE'LL BE GOING OVER SOME OF THE TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MUSTANG INDUSTRIAL SUB AREA.

SO I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE REAL QUICK ON THE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE PROPOSED OR IF THERE ARE SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

SO HISTORICALLY, THOUGH, JUNE 1ST OF 2021, THERE WAS A SITE PLAN FOR MUSTANG PARK WAS PRESENTED AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.

THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND EMERGENCY EGRESS FROM THE SUB AREA.

ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS WAS STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD AFFORD SOME TYPE OF INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THAT AREA.

AND ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER, IN JANUARY OF 18TH OF 2022, STATE STAFF CAME BACK.

WE PROVIDED A FEW OF THE STUDY OPTIONS.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THEIR FINDINGS, WHICH ARE OFF TO THE RIGHT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT MAY BE PRESENTED.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE TO THE REVIEW.

SO SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED INITIALLY THAT STILL STAND TODAY, YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE ACTUALLY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

SIGNAL THE RETIMING AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS TO THE SITE.

SOME OF THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE WIDENING BRUMLOW, WHICH ACTUALLY IS PART OF OUR MOBILITY MASTERPLAN.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WIDENING THE SOUTHBOUND APPROACH TO MUSTANG DRIVE AND SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS TURN LANES AT KEY ACCESS POINTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT RETIMING THE SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF MUSTANG AND 26 AND IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN BECAUSE GRAPEVINE HAS DONE COUNTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

I THINK IT'S FROM JOHN MCCAIN ALL THE WAY TO 114.

THEY ARE BUILDING THE MODEL NOW AND THEY SAID ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO JOIN THEM AND TALK ABOUT SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR EFFICIENCIES.

ONE OF THE OTHER FINDINGS ALSO WAS TALK ABOUT SIGNAL INSULATION AT PROSPECTIVE INTERSECTION POINTS WITH THE PREVIOUS SCENARIOS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN ALSO, NEW ACCESS POINTS FOR TRUCK TURNING MOVEMENTS.

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SO THE NUMBER ONE ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED IS ACTUALLY ON THE BOTTOM LIST, ACTUALLY REQUIRES TRAVERSING THE FLOODPLAIN.

AND WHATEVER OPTION WE LOOKED AT WOULD REQUIRE US FROM EGRESSING TO THE SITE TO THE WEST.

IT ACTUALLY REQUIRED GOING ACROSS THE FLOODPLAIN.

ONE OF THE OPTIONS, AS YOU RECALL, WAS ACTUALLY CONTINUING WEST AND PUNCHING THROUGH BRUMLOW, WHICH ACTUALLY WOULD CROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FUTURE SERVICE CENTER SITE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE OR POINT NUMBER THREE WAS RATHER THAN PROGRESSING ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST, YOU WOULD TRANSVERSE THE FLOODPLAIN, HEAD NORTH, AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY EXIT ONTO HART AVENUE, WHICH ACTUALLY WOULD DUMP RIGHT ACROSS DO [INAUDIBLE] WAY, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN THAT WE HAD AND ALSO EXPRESSED BY COUNCIL.

AND THEN THE LAST OPTION, RATHER THAN MOVING OUT TO THE WEST, YOU ACTUALLY SAW A POSSIBILITY TO TAKE THE ROADWAY AND INTERSECT INTO CONTINENTAL.

SO THAT WAS THE LAST OPTION.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE OPTIONS AND THEN STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO GO BACK AND REEVALUATE SOME OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

SO WE WENT BACK, WE TALKED WITH OUR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT AND THE MOST RECENT OPTION NOW THAT WE HAVE IS WE LOOKED AT IT AGAIN.

AND SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EXPEDITIOUS WAY, IF WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE CONS THAT YOU SEE AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS IN A MINUTE, WOULD BE TO EXTEND SOUTHWESTERN DRIVE.

AND SO RELATIVE TO THE ENTIRE SITE, SOUTHWESTERN DRIVE IS REALLY MUCH THIS AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW THAT GOES JUST NORTH OF THE FUEL FARM AND JUST SOUTH OF THE SERVICE CENTER'S FUTURE SITE, AS WELL AS SOME PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED.

THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER GIVES YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT CONNECTION WOULD LOOK LIKE AS WE'RE CONNECTING THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN AND THEN RATHER IT COMING DOWN TO THE SOUTH, WE WOULD LOOK AT GOING STRAIGHT TO THE WEST AND THEN INTERSECTING BRUMLOW THERE.

SOME OF THE PROS FROM THIS OPTION INCLUDE GAINING A SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS.

SO IT BASICALLY FACILITATES AND MEETS THE NEED FOR A WESTERN EGRESS TO THE SITE.

IT DOES SIMILAR TO EMERGENCY EGRESS AS WELL.

AND THEN ONE THING IT ALSO DOES IS IT PROVIDES AN ALIGNMENT WITH A POSSIBLE APPROACH OR OUTLET FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.

SO YOU CAN HAVE DRIVEWAYS ALIGN.

SO THAT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MEDIAN CUTS AND PROMOTE EXPEDITIOUS MOVEMENTS FOR ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING OUT TRYING TO HIT BRUMLOW AND GO NORTH OR SOUTH.

OBVIOUSLY, THOUGH, WITH EVERY ALTERNATIVE WE LOOKED AT, THERE ARE SOME SOME CONS ARE SOME CHALLENGES, AND PART OF THAT WOULD BE STAKEHOLDER BUY IN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME RIGHT AWAY ISSUES.

THERE ARE SOME ALIGNMENT ISSUES FOR NOT ONLY RIGHT OF WAY THOUGH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CERTAIN STANDOFF DISTANCE BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE THAT REQUIRES US TO STAY SO FAR BACK OR AWAY FROM THE FUEL TANKS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, IT'S BASED ON SIZE, WHAT THEY HAVE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND SO WE'LL LOOK AT HAVING TO PRESS IN A LITTLE FURTHER IF THIS IS AN OPTION COUNSEL DESIRES US TO PURSUE.

SO THE NEXT STEPS REALLY ARE SHOULD WE BE GIVEN DIRECTION TO PURSUE THIS OPTION? WE WOULD LOOK AT ENGAGING AND WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ROAD ALIGNMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD LOOK AT ADOPTING THIS AS PART OF THE MOBILITY MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS, DIRECTOR COHEN. YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST KIND OF FIRST STEP AS FAR AS FUTURE PLANNING FOR THAT, FOR THE FLOW OF THAT SITE? YES, SIR. WE'VE LOOKED AT IT.

WE'VE WORKED WITH PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OUR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS FOR THE FUTURE MASTER PLAN.

WE DO MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE CROSS CONNECTION TO THE FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS NOT IMPACTING TRAFFIC OFF OF HART AND CONTINENTAL, WHICH WAS, I THINK, ALTERNATIVE TWO AND THREE OF THE PREVIOUS OPTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT.

SO YES, SIR. IN NEXT STEPS IS STARTING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND YES, SIR, FIGURING OUT HOW TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT WAY.

YES, SIR. OR WHETHER WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT.

AND WE ALSO BE LOOKING AT SURVEYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE STAND OFF DISTANCE FROM THE TANKS.

BUT YES, SIR, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.

SHOULD WE GIVEN THAT DIRECTION TO PROCEED? IT'S PART OF THE STUDY GOING TO BE EVALUATING COST AND ALL THAT? YES, SIR, IT WOULD BE CORRECT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. COHEN? I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME IF THIS IS WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO TARRY, YOU GUYS.

SO. YES, SIR. OKAY.

PLEASE PROCEED. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR STUDYING THAT.

ABSOLUTELY SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.

OK, WITH THAT WORK SESSION, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX IS NEXT.

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

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SO WE'RE GOING TO READ THROUGH THESE AND ASK IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO PUT ON CONSENT.

SO ON CONSENT TONIGHT, ITEM FOUR A IS APPROVED THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 21ST 2022 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM 4B, APPROVED THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 27, 2022 CITY COUNCIL SUMMER WORKSHOP ITEM FAUCI APPROVED CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR MARQUEE EVENT GROUP INC ITEM FOUR D APPROVE A CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH CIGNA FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR PLAN YEAR OCTOBER 1ST, 22 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 23. ITEM 4E, APPROVE A CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE LONG TERM DISABILITY, LIFE INSURANCE AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE FOR THE PLAN YEAR OCTOBER 1ST, 22 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 23 ITEM 4 F IS APPROVED CONTRACT WITH FORD AV TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL EQUIPMENT UPGRADES FOR THE ARIA AMPHITHEATER AV SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $304,140.

ITEM FOUR G APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 22-022 DISSOLVING THE MAYOR'S ALLIANCE FOR UNITY AND CULTURE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

ITEM 4 H, APPROVED ORDINANCE NUMBER 1263, FIRST READING AMENDING DIVISION TWO, ARTICLE FIVE, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REMOVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND CREATE THE ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

ITEM FOUR I IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1228A, FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ARTICLES AND PARTS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE AS LISTED . OK AND COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO PUT ON CONSENT? YES MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WOULD SUGGEST WE CONSIDER MOVING FROM OUR REGULAR AGENDA TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN A AND APPROVING THAT ITEM SEVEN A IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1261, FIRST READING ESTABLISHING A NEW SPEED LIMIT ON A PORTION OF NORTH WHITE CHAPEL BOULEVARD.

ALSO, I WOULD SUGGEST WE MOVE FROM OUR REGULAR AGENDA TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 8A, WHICH INVOLVES RESOLUTION NUMBER 22-019, APPOINTING A MEMBER TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ALTERNATE PLACE FOUR AND I WOULD SUGGEST WE CONSIDER APPOINTING AL CARMELI WHO HAS APPLIED FOR THAT POSITION.

I'M GOOD WITH BOTH OF THOSE. I WOULD LIKE JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT 7A AND KIND OF THE THOUGHT BEHIND GOING TO THAT SPEED LIMIT.

DIRECTOR COHEN.

DO YOU HAVE A VISUAL OF WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS GOING TO BE AND KIND OF YOUR THOUGHTS BEHIND THE 35? YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL IT UP REAL QUICK.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE REQUESTED ACTION SIR IS THE FIRST READING FOR ESTABLISHING THE NEW SPEED LIMIT ON NORTH WHITE CHAPEL FROM 1709 UP TO JUST SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 114.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR, IS THAT WE BASICALLY MOVED FROM A TWO LANE RURAL SECTION TO A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ARTERIAL WITH THE PROJECT LIMITS, BASICALLY FROM EMERALD UP TO HIGHLAND STREET.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS BECAUSE OF THERE SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT REVISING THE SPEED LIMIT, SIR.

THE FIRST ONE. BASICALLY, IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ENGINEER ENGINEER OF RECORD AND SUPPORTED BY A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT.

WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A CONGESTED AREA, WE HAVE A DIVIDED ARTERIAL AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET AS MUCH RIGHT AWAY AS WE NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE NARROW LANES AND HOW NARROW THE ROADWAY IS AND ITS FINAL DISPOSITION.

WE DO HAVE SOME SIDE ISSUES AND SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THE SITE DISTANCE AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE FROM THE INTERSECTION STREETS.

WE HAD TO DO TWO THINGS.

ONE IS REDUCE THE SPEED TO 35 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH STILL ALIGNS WITH THE MOBILITY MASTER PLAN, AS YOU SEE HERE, IS AN A DIVIDED ARTERIAL.

THE SECOND THING THAT WE'RE DOING ALSO IS BECAUSE OF THE OUTSIDE LANES ARE WIDER THAN THE INNER LANES.

WE'RE GOING TO BE STRIPING TO PUSH CARS FARTHER AWAY FROM THE CURVE BY ABOUT 18 INCHES TO TWO FEET.

THIS WOULD ALLOW CARS THAT ARE WAITING TO CROSS INTO NORTH WHITE CHAPEL A LITTLE BETTER SIGHT LINE TO SEE THE CARS ONCOMING.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT SETTING THE NEW SPEED LIMIT.

AND THEN ACTUALLY THE LIMIT WOULD BE THE SECTION ONLY FROM 1709 OR SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD NORTH TO WHERE YOU SEE THIS ORANGE LINE RIGHT HERE, JUST NORTH OF WHERE THE DELTA HOTEL IS.

AND THEN EVERYTHING NORTH OF THAT WILL CONTINUE ON TO B 40 PER THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.

DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I'M COMFORTABLE ADVANCING IN FIRST READING.

WE ARE DOWN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THEY MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU ON SECOND READING.

YES, SIR, BUT THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HEAR IT ON THE RECORD, SO THAT'S CERTAINLY PERFECT.

OKAY. LET'S PUT THAT ON CONSENT AS WELL.

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[1. Call to order. ]

[2.A. Executive Session]

AND I'M GUESSING WE'LL BE BACK BY SEVEN ISH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEE YOU THEN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

7:22 AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REGULAR SESSION BACK INTO ORDER.

ARE THERE ANY ACTION ITEMS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO MAYOR. THANK YOU, SIR.

[3.A. Mayor's Report]

DO WE HAVE A SLIDE, MISS AMY? SO FOR MAYOR'S REPORT, I WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF GETTING TO DO THIS JOB IS WE GET TO GO TELL THE STORY OF SOUTHLAKE, AND WE GET TO GO TELL IT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. AND I SAY WE, ME AS MAYOR AND ALSO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE TALKED TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE TALKED TO THE EXECUTIVE FORUM.

WE TALKED TO THE KIWANIS CLUB AND ROTARY CLUB.

AND AND HOA THAT'LL HAVE US AND WE TELL THE STORY OF THIS GREAT AND AMAZING CITY.

AND WE WERE THINKING THAT WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME ANNUALLY TO TELL THE STORY ON A LITTLE BIT OF A BROADER BASIS.

SO WE'RE ANNOUNCING AN INVITATION, AN OPEN INVITATION TO JOIN US FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.

I'LL BE SPEAKING ALONG WITH MY MAYOR, PRO TEM RANDY WILLIAMSON, AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SEAN MACASKILL AND DELIVERING A STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, TALKING ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE'VE BEEN A PART OF OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

SO THE STATE OF THE CITY IS GOING TO BE AUGUST 10TH AT 5:30.

INVITATIONS WILL BE GOING OUT, BUT IT IS AN OPEN FORUM AND WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY JOINS US AND HAS THE CHANCE TO JOIN US.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE MARK IN LEGENDS HALL IN THE GRAND BALLROOM.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND THANK STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THE WORK YOU WILL DO THIS WEEK TO GET ALL SET UP FOR IT.

AND WE HOPE WE SEE YOU ON AUGUST 10TH.

[3.B. City Manager's Report]

MISS YELVERTON MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN THERE ARE MONTHS DEDICATED TO HONORING PROFESSIONS BECAUSE IT PROMPTS US TO THINK ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR STAFF IS DOING.

AND JULY WAS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

AND SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN WE DID A LOT OF POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE HIGHLIGHTED THIS TEAM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, BUT TONIGHT I JUST WANTED TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME AS WE WRAPPED UP THE MONTH AND I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THIS GREAT TEAM DOES AS WE KNOW, THEY OFFER THINGS LIKE CAMP MANIA, CLUB METRO SWIM LESSONS, ALL KINDS OF RECREATION PROGRAMS. AND THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 4500 PARTICIPANTS HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, IT'S ABOUT 4600.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF LEAGUES, ATHLETIC LEAGUES THAT THEY MANAGE AND HELP WITH.

AND SO THEY ARE CREATING FUN IN OUR COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MARK AND CHAMPIONS CLUB, THAT'S A REAL SUCCESS STORY AS WELL.

SINCE OCTOBER ONE, WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 232,900 CHECK INS TO CHAMPIONS CLUB, AND THE MEMBERSHIPS ARE GROWING FROM 2400 MEMBERS IN OCTOBER TO ABOUT 3100 RIGHT NOW.

SO WE CONTINUE TO SIGN PEOPLE UP TO BE A PART OF THAT AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

THEY ALSO WORK WITH OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT ABOUT 667 SENIORS WHO COME AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM.

THERE'S A VERY QUICK LITTLE VIDEO THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU ABOUT OUR TEAM.

JUST VERY QUICK PILLAR, IF YOU CAN GET GOING FOR US.

IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE DETAILS, IN THE GRASS BEING LEVEL, IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FIELD, IN THE OPERATION OF OUR EQUIPMENT AND THE BEAUTY OF OUR GREENSPACES.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING SOUTHLAKE A SAFE SPACE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO OR HOW YOU PLAY.

WE CARE ABOUT THE DETAILS SO YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST.

FOR THE CELEBRATION.

MAYOR HUFFMAN CAME OUT AND VISITED WITH OUR TEAM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S IT'S AS YOU CAN SEE, LOTS OF SMILING FACES THERE.

THIS IS THE FUN GROUP.

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SO LET'S GIVE THE PARKS AND REC TEAM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, GEORGE, FOR TRAVEL FOR AND TO YOUR TEAM FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

IT OCCURS TO ME THAT YOU HAVE YOUR TEAM IS ONE OF THE MOST VARIED DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES INSIDE A CITY STAFF.

AND YOU GUYS REALLY HAVE TO BE VERY GOOD AT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS.

AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.

COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS? I'M FOREVER THANKFUL FOR DIRECTOR TRIBBLE.

WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY PARKS WE HAD, AND I WAS MAINLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH PARKS HAD PONDS AND HAD BASS IN THEM.

BUT IT'S SO COOL NOW THAT I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT DRIVES AND SHE'LL TAKE HER AND HER FRIENDS AND WE'LL TAKE OUR DOG AND THE OTHER DOGS AS LONG AS IT'S A SOUTHLAKE DOG.

MY DOG ONLY PLAYS WITH SOUTHLAKE DOGS, BUT IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY AND THEY'LL VISIT ONE OF THE MANY PARKS AROUND TOWN.

SO THANKS FOR DOING ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

YEAH, I'LL ADD IN.

I MEAN, I'VE WORKED WITH DIRECTOR TRIBBLE FOR A DECADE NOW.

LET ME JUST BACK TO PARKS BOARD AND PNZ AND NOW COUNCIL, BUT HE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB LEADING THIS GROUP AND IT'S BEEN GREAT WATCHING HIM LIKE YOU HOPE FOR EVERYBODY PROFESSIONALLY, JUST WATCHING HIM GROW AND GET BETTER EVERY DAY AT WHAT HE DOES AND REALLY SET THE BAR FOR WHAT A GREAT PARKS SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE IN A CITY.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE AS ALL OF US ARE, AND FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M ON CITY COUNCIL OR NOT.

I'M JUST A REGULAR RESIDENT AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER COME ACROSS AN EMPLOYEE IN THIS DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S PROBABLY NOT IN ANY DEPARTMENT, BUT ABSOLUTELY IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT HAS NOT BEEN LESS THAN POLITE AND CHEERFUL AND WANTING TO SERVICE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST AN OUTSTANDING BUNCH.

SO WELL-DESERVED.

YEAH. AND I'LL CHIME IN, TOO.

AND TO PIGGYBACK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMSON SAYING, YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY LOVE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF THE RESULT AND THE PRODUCT RIGHT.

LIKE ANY TIME YOU GO TO ONE OF OUR PARKS, EVERYTHING, THEY ARE MOWING THE GRASS TO PERFECTION AND THE FIELDS ARE WELL-KEPT AND THERE'S NO POTHOLES IN THE SOCCER FIELD, NO TWISTING THEIR ANKLE. SO YOUR TEAM DOES AN AMAZING JOB AND LED BY YOU AND IT STARTS AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERSHIP.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEDICATED TEAM MEMBERS.

GREAT JOB. AND I'LL FINISH UP THE NEW PROGRAMING OR FAIRLY NEW PROGRAMING THAT YOU'VE ADDED AND YOUR TEAM HAS ADDED FOR KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS HAS BEEN SO WELL RECEIVED AND THE NUMBERS ARE GROWING AS FAR AS PEOPLE SIGNING UP TO PARTICIPATE AND THE PARENTS AND EVEN THE KIDS ARE ASKING FOR MORE AND MORE AND MORE BECAUSE THEY ENJOY IT SO MUCH. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DOING THAT AND COORDINATING ALL THAT.

YOU'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM AND I KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE IT'S REALLY MADE AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

WELL DONE, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ON THAT, SEAN, IS THAT IT FOR YOU? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

AND FINALLY, AS IT RELATES TO 4I, APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1228A, FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE FIVE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION IN ARTICLE 12, BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS OF CHAPTER 4.5 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS AND DIVISION TWO, PARK AND RECREATION BOARD OF ARTICLE THREE BOARDS OF CHAPTER 12 PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE SOUTHLAKE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THAT'S LIKE READING A CHAPTER FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.

I MEAN, THAT LAST PART, THAT SAID, ALSO ADDING ITEM, LET'S SEE, ITEMS SEVEN, WE'RE GOING TO ADD ITEM 7A TO CONSENT AND THEN ALSO ADD ITEM 8A, RESOLUTION NUMBER 22.019, APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE VACANCY OF ALTERNATE 4 AND A ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

AND WE'LL BE APPOINTING AL CARMEL.

YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. A CONSENT AGENDA PASSES 5 TO 0 WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS PUBLIC FORUM.

[5. Public Forum.]

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JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO COUNCIL BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE 3 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC FORUM COMMENTS AND IT'S DESIGNED FOR FOLKS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA.

AND I KNOW I THINK THERE ARE A FEW AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DISCUSS AS WELL.

SO 3 MINUTES.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU COME UP, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN THAT LIGHT WILL BLINK ON GREEN.

WHEN YOU START, IT'LL GO TO YELLOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE AND IT'LL GO TO RED WHEN I START CUTTING THE MIC OFF.

SO JUST FYI, 3 MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.

SO ALWAYS ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO COUNCIL AND MAYOR, NOT TO STAFF, NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.

WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE AUDIENCE, BUT YOU JUST KEEP YOUR COMMENTS GOING THIS DIRECTION AND THEN TYPICALLY WE DON'T RESPOND.

IF THERE'S ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, SOMETIMES WE CAN ASK CITY STAFF AND DISCUSS, BUT IN GENERAL, BECAUSE WE ONLY TAKE ACTION PURSUANT TO OPEN MEETINGS AND AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA, THAT WAS ANNOUNCED 72 HOURS AGO PURSUANT TO STATE LAW.

WE DON'T WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON WHAT YOU GUYS BRING UP.

BUT IF WE NEED TO, WE'LL PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND TALK THROUGH IT.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTER JOE KENITZ FROM 1518 MAIN STREET.

COME ON DOWN, SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS JOE KENITZ.

YOU GOT THE NAME, RIGHT? MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. I'M IN MY 30TH YEAR HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, OWN THREE HOUSES HERE RIGHT NOW.

I LIVE RIGHT IN TOWN SQUARE 1518.

SO I GET A CHANCE TO VIEW A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOLKS.

THE DEDICATION YOU MAKE TO PULL THIS JOB OFF, THE HOURS THAT YOU PUT IN.

IT'S NOT EASY.

I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

SO BELIEVE ME, I MAY NOT AGREE WITH EVERY ONE OF YOUR DECISIONS, BUT THAT'S UNIMPORTANT.

WHAT I DO AGREE WITH IS YOUR COMMITMENT.

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON REAL QUICKLY IS CAR RALLIES.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF CAR RALLIES IN SOUTHLAKE, AND I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THEM.

THE FIRST ONE DIDN'T COME OFF SO WELL, BUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT RAN THAT SENT A NICE LETTER OUT.

I GET A CHANCE TO READ IT ALONG WITH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I THOUGHT HE WORDED THE LETTER QUITE WELL AND THAT WAS HOPEFUL.

ON THE SECOND EFFORT, IT WOULD GET BETTER AND THE SECOND EFFORT ROLLED AROUND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT ACTUALLY GOT MUCH WORSE.

AS I UNDERSTAND, WE HAD OVER 40 CITATIONS WRITTEN.

WE HAD SO MUCH DISRUPTION THAT IT JUST WAS NOT CONDUCIVE TO WHAT I THINK WE ARE HERE IN TOWN SQUARE IN SOUTHLAKE AND I GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO THE GROUP THEMSELVES.

I'M SURE THEY DIDN'T WANT WHAT HAPPENED TO HAPPEN, BUT WHEN THEY ANNOUNCE A RALLY AND IT GOES OUT ON FACEBOOK, THEY GET A LOT OF HANGER ONS THAT COME OUT AND TURNED INTO SOMETHING ELSE BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE A SITUATION THAT WE'RE NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE THINK THAT WENT THROUGH REAL CLEARLY.

THERE'S A REASON WHY THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET, GATEWAY, ALLOWED THEM ONE ATTEMPT, AND THAT WAS DONE.

WE ALLOWED THEM TWO AND HOPEFULLY WE GET OVER THAT.

THE SECOND COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE ON IS MY FAVORITE GROUP IN ALL OF SOUTHLAKE HAS BEEN FOR 30 YEARS, AND THAT'S OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP.

THEY DO A FABULOUS JOB.

I KNOW SEVERAL OF THEM OVER THE YEARS.

PEOPLE AREN'T WITH US TODAY, PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL WITH US.

AND THEY TO ME ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS WHY THIS TOWN CLICKS.

I LEARNED NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT AND THIS IS SORT OF A SIGN OF THE TIMES THAT WE HAD EIGHT OPENINGS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE HAVE CLOSED.

AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT A GREAT REPUTATION HERE.

SO THAT IS A BIG PLUS FOR US TRYING TO GET NEW TALENT.

THIS IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF THINGS.

I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY OF IT.

AND IF WE HAVE TO TAKE MONEY FROM OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH.

I LOVE THE NEW LIBRARY, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST RECENT.

IF WE HAD TO TAKE LIBRARY MONEY, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

WE NEED A FULL POLICE ENFORCEMENT GROUP, AND I THINK THAT WOULD SHOW EVEN FURTHER OUR COMMITMENT TO WHAT THEY DO FOR US ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PEOPLE, MR. MAYOR, AND TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, WE LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. WELL SAID.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER, MS..

TIANA KENITZ, COME ON DOWN.

THANK YOU AND AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.

WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY HOURS GO INTO THIS LIVE IN TOWN SQUARE.

LOVE IT.

I'M SO STAYING.

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IT'S KIND OF LIKE MAYBERRY DOWN THERE.

HOWEVER, THE CAR SHOW IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.

IN FACT, I DON'T THINK IT BELONGS IN SOUTHLAKE, PERIOD.

WE NEED OUR OFFICERS DOING SOMETHING MUCH MORE WORTHWHILE THAN GOING AFTER THE CARS.

AND THE SECOND THING I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION THE MURAL THAT'S PROPOSED.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT MURALS, CERTAINLY OF THAT SCALE AND COLOR VARIETY BELONG IN TOWN SQUARE.

IT ENDS UP BEING A SIGN, AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT FITS WHAT WE WANT THAT FIELD TO BE IN OUR CITY.

THAT'S IT. AND THANK ALL OF YOU SINCERELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT.

OUR THIRD AND FINAL COMMENTER, MR. ANTHONY SARRIS, FROM 201 BABA LINK DRIVE.

HELLO, ANTHONY SARRIS 201 BABA LINK DRIVE.

APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK.

I'D EMAILED THE COUNCIL AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH TXDOT AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR BEEN DEALING WITH TXDOT AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR OVER TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED. I EMAILED YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO REGARDING THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING WITH HOLDING TXDOT ACCOUNTABLE.

I'D APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD GET A RESPONSE BECAUSE THEY'RE NEEDING SOME ASSISTANCE WITH HOLDING TXDOT ACCOUNTABLE.

WE HAD A I'M NOT SURE IF ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE STONE IS FALLING OFF OF THE WALL THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED AND IT'S FALLING INTO THE BACKYARDS OF RESIDENTS OF SOUTHLAKE.

WE'VE ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS.

THEY'RE REQUIRING THAT A RELEASE OF LIABILITY BE SIGNED.

THE RESIDENTS WON'T DO THAT UNTIL A GAME PLAN IS PROVIDED.

WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS TO BE DONE? BECAUSE THIS OCCURRED ON MARCH 30TH.

WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET A MEETING WITH TXDOT IN THE CITY UNTIL 4/21, A TEAMS MEETING.

WE'VE TOLD THEM THAT THEY CAN'T SIGN IT UNTIL THEY KNOW WHAT THE GAME PLAN IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE AS OF NOW, NOTHING'S BEEN DONE.

SO IF WE WOULD IF THEY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE CITY TO COME INTO THEIR BACKYARDS AND PUT UP CONSTRUCTION FENCE, IT WOULD STILL BE THERE AND NOTHING WOULD BE DONE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TELL US WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN, WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE AS OF FRIDAY.

JACK THOMPSON HAS INFORMED US THAT TEXT.

IT'S BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER SIX WEEKS.

WE MET WITH THEM ON 421 AND THEY HAD FIVE THINGS, FIVE ITEMS THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDING TO US.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY OF IT.

THEY CANNOT PROVIDE STAMPED AS BUILT OF THE PROJECT THAT THEY'VE COMPLETED.

SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE IN WHATEVER WAY Y'ALL CAN SUPPORT ROB AND HIS TEAM TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE TXDOT IS NOT RESPONDING AT ALL AND THEY'RE NOT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE.

SO IT'S BEEN, I THINK, ABOUT 125 DAYS SINCE THAT STONE HAS FALLEN.

I MEAN, THESE ARE 14 FOOT COLUMNS, TWO FOOT WIDE, NATURAL STONE, FIVE INCHES THICK THAT IS FALLING AND THAT NOTHING'S BEEN DONE.

AND WE'VE TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE HOMEOWNERS TO DISCUSS HAVING ACCESS TO THE LOTS, THEY NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OF THE HOMEOWNERS WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS ARE ASKING, WELL, WHAT'S THE PLAN? I DON'T KNOW. WELL, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE IT DONE? I DON'T KNOW. BUT FOR US TO BE EXPECTING THEM TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION FENCE UP IN THEIR BACKYARD FOR AN UNDISCLOSED PERIOD OF TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S REASONABLE.

AND TXDOT IS NOT RESPONDING.

AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL THAT I'VE GOT FOR THIS EVENING.

SO I JUST HOPE THAT Y'ALL COULD RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL AND LET US KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE GAME PLAN IS AND HOW Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AND HOLD TXDOT ACCOUNTABLE TO FINISH THIS PROJECT THAT'S NEVER BEEN WALKED OR SIGNED OFF ON.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

GEORGE COHEN. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN KNEE DEEP IN THIS.

DO YOU MIND JUST GIVING US AN UPDATE ON WHERE YOUR CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. SARRIS. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO WRANGLE THE BEAR, THAT IS TXDOT, BUT.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

SO. MR. SARRIS IS REFERRING TO THE SCREENING WALL THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE 1938 WIDENING PROJECT.

PART OF THE EFFORT WAS ONCE THE WALL WAS CONSTRUCTED, IT WAS GOING TO BE TURNED OVER IF HOA FOR THE MAINTENANCE, RESPONSIBILITY AND OWNERSHIP.

AND SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET.

WE'VE NOTICED AND IDENTIFIED AREAS IN WHICH THERE'S CONSTRUCTABILITY ISSUES, WORKMANSHIP ISSUES THAT ARE OF CONCERN.

WE HAVE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH THE DISTRICT ENGINEER.

PRESENTLY, THE NEW DISTRICT ENGINEER HAS SEEMED TO BE MORE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM.

WE'VE HAD ALSO SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR ENGINEER OF RECORD TO FIND OUT SOME ISSUES REGARDING THE DRAWINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

SO IT'S REALLY IT'S NOT GOING AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE.

TXDOT HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH AND IS REACHING OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT LATENT DEFECTS AND SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT UNFORTUNATELY TAKE A WHILE TO PROVE

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AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, WE MET WITH TXDOT.

THE GAME PLAN WAS THAT TXDOT WOULD CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE SUBCONTRACTOR THAT PLACED THE STONES.

IN THE MEANTIME, THAT THE CITY HAS REACHED OUT TO OUR ENGINEER OF RECORD WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING SOME OF THE DETAILS ON THE DRAWINGS AND WHY SOME OF THE STONES FELL AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE INDUSTRY STANDARD DETAILS THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE DRAWING PACKAGE.

SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE.

TXDOT'S TAKING CARE OF THEIR ISSUE.

IN THE MEANTIME, ALSO, THE CITY WAS GOING TO GET A CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE TO TAKE THE STONES OFF OF THE COLUMNS THAT ARE FACING THE RESIDENTS HOMES AS WELL AS ON THE ROAD SIDE.

THE 1938 SIDE TAKE STONES DOWN ABOUT TWO FEET DOWN FROM THE COLUMNS AS WELL.

WE WERE THEN GOING TO GET BACK WITH TXDOT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE, WHETHER WE WANT TO LOOK AT REMOVING THE STONES, REPLACING IN KIND, OR JUST PAINTING THE COLUMNS. AND SO THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION.

AND SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR MORE WEEKS TO TRY TO LET THEM DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, FOUR WEEKS FOR THE ENGINEER OF RECORD TO GET RESPONSE BACK TO US SO WE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S AN ENGINEERING ISSUE OR A PART OF AN ERROR OMISSIONS, WHETHER IT'S ALL A CONTRACTOR ISSUE OR PART.

AND WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S TWO PARTS THAT MAY BE SOME CULPABILITY ON BOTH PARTS.

AND SO THEN WE WOULD COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW WE COULD GO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

IT'S TAKEN A WHILE. WE APOLOGIZE.

WE KNOW IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME, BUT WE SEEM TO BE GAINING SOME MOMENTUM WITH TXDOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO. WELL, ANY MOMENTUM WITH TXDOT IS IMPRESSIVE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT AND YOUR DILIGENCE AND I ASSUME YOU'LL BE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH [INAUDIBLE] FOLKS AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS. YES, THEY'RE CERTAINLY MR. JACK THOMPSON. AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE THE DRUMBEAT IS TO AT LEAST PROVIDE AN UPDATE EVERY FRIDAY.

AND SO THAT'S THE INTENT AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE.

WHETHER ANYTHING IS CHANGE OR NOT, THAT'S WHAT WE COMMITTED TO.

IT SOUNDS REASONABLE TO ME.

YES, SIR. THANKS, DIRECTOR COHEN.

APPRECIATE YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM AND WE ARE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER TONIGHT AND WE ARE GOING TO CALL ITEM 9A FIRST.

[9.A. SV22-0007, Consideration of a Visual Art Wall Mural for Lululemon located at 233 Grand Avenue, Southlake. ]

DIRECTOR BAKER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE CONSIDERATION IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS THE VISUAL ART WALL MURAL FOR LULULEMON.

AS PART OF YOUR TOWN SQUARE MASTER SIGN PLAN.

IT REQUIRES THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER AND APPROVE ANY ART MURALS IN THE TOWN SQUARE ENVIRONMENT.

YOU MAY RECALL THAT TOWN SQUARE IS UNDER ITS OWN SPECIAL SIGN PLAN OR SIGN PACKAGE, AND THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THIS MURAL UNDER THAT PARTICULAR PACKAGE, THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED MURALS 233 GRAND AVENUE, WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LULULEMON TENNIS FACE, JUST TO EXHIBIT SHOWING THE LOCATION IT'S IN THE PRIVATE DRIVE OR ALLEYWAY BETWEEN THE STORES.

THIS WAS THE OPTION ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION BACK IN JUNE.

THE PLANNING I'M SORRY, THE SIGN BOARD, WHICH IS PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FOR TWO.

THEY DID RECOMMEND THAT IT ALSO GO TO THE ART COUNCIL FOR SOME INPUT, WHICH OCCURRED LATER THAT MONTH.

THIS IS JUST A LARGE PROPOSED WALL MURAL, AND AT THE ART COUNCIL THEY PRESENTED A SECOND MURAL OPTION WHICH THE ARTS COUNCIL MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON, WHICH IS IN YOUR PACKET.

AGAIN, THE THAT'S THE ONE THEY RECOMMENDED.

YES, SIR. OH, MY.

OK. CONTINUE.

SO THIS IS THE THIS WOULD BE THE THE STOREFRONT WHERE THE MURAL IS PROPOSED ON THE NORTH ELEVATION.

I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE REPRESENTATIVES AND I CAN GO INTO SOME DETAILS IF YOU'D LIKE, MAYOR, OR WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM.

I WOULD SAY MOVE ON. SIR, AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST A VOTE ON COUNCIL RIGHT THERE.

THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ANY FEEDBACK IF IF DESIRED AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S IF A MURAL IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS LOCATION.

THE IF A DIFFERENT STYLE OR DIFFERENT LOOK IS POSSIBLY WANT TO COUNCIL WANTS TO CONSIDER THAT, THAT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY CONSIDER BUT.

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I DON'T KNOW THAT VISUAL ESTHETIC IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR IN TOWN SQUARE.

I PERSONALLY DON'T MIND A MURAL.

I REALLY DON'T. I THINK THERE ARE EXAMPLES AROUND TOWN OF BEAUTIFUL MURALS THAT PULL IN THEMES FROM SOUTHLAKE OR TEXAS OR KIND OF MORE IN THE VIBE OF WHAT TOWN SQUARE IS.

I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY THAT ESTHETIC DOES NOT FIT.

MAYBE. STRONGLY THINK THAT.

SO COUNCIL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER? I COMPLETELY AGREE.

I THINK YEARS AGO WE LOOKED AT THE MURAL FOR BJ'S RESTAURANT AND I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF THERE WAS SOME DESIGNS AND THEN WE KIND OF CAME BACK WITH, LET'S TIE IT MORE TO THE AREA OF TEXAS.

AND AND SO I DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY WHAT'S THERE NOW, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TYING IT TO THE AREA.

AND AND WE APPROVED IT.

AND I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.

AND SO THAT WALL, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A MURAL ON IT.

JUST THE TWO OPTIONS WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO SOUTHLAKE OR TEXAS OR REALLY ANYTHING TO DO WITH TOWN SQUARE.

SO I THINK WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO THE EXTENT THE APPLICANT WANT SOME FEEDBACK.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ABOUT DRAGONS HERE OR SOUTHLAKE OR TEXAS.

I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF GENERIC, BUT THAT'S, I THINK, GOOD ADVICE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF GETTING THAT APPROVED? WELL, I PERSONALLY, FOR ME, LIKE WE WALK THROUGH TOWN SQUARE, IT'S A PLACE OF THAT EVOKES SOMETHING FROM THE PAST RIGHT.

FEELINGS FROM THE ARCHITECTURE IS VERY TRADITIONAL.

IT'S VERY IT'S NOT IMPRESSIONISTIC.

IT'S NOT GAUDY. IT'S NOT IN YOUR FACE.

THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN THAT MURAL THAT MAY FIT SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT NOT IN SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE.

TO ME, I MEAN, BRING SOMETHING CLASSIC, BRING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

I MEAN, IT'S WALK AROUND THE FEELING OF TOWN SQUARE AND IT'S NOT THAT.

SO AND I'LL REITERATE WHAT THE OTHER TWO HAVE SAID.

THE BRIGHT, VIVID COLORS, THE ABSTRACT JUST DOESN'T GO WITH THE FEEL OF OUR CITY.

I ACTUALLY WAS KIND OF I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT EVERYBODY KIND OF FEELS THE SAME WAY BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T LIKE IT.

BUT WE I ABSOLUTELY WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING THERE MURAL WISE, BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK IT GOES WITH THE VIBE.

AND LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, OUR BUILDINGS ARE TRADITIONAL AND AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'RE NOT CUTTING EDGE, BUT WE'RE A VERY TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY.

WE JUST ARE. AND WE'RE FULL OF TRADITION HERE.

AND AND WE I LOVE THE THEME OF MOVE AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER AND THE COLORS CHOSEN ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY PARTICULAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT TO SCREAM, I GUESS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO WORD IT, BUT I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT DESIGNS FOR THAT SPACE.

YEAH, I'LL LET GO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, ALL THOSE THINGS, LOTS OF OPTIONS THAT ARE MUCH MORE LOCALIZED AND IDENTIFIABLE BY FOLKS LOCALLY.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY AS FAR AS MY ASK WOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS OPTION, THERE'S 14 INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS ON HERE OR PICTURES OR PAINTINGS, RIGHT? THERE'S 14 OF THEM CLEARLY DIFFERENT FOR ME TO APPROVE SOMETHING.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE 14 THINGS ARE THAT I'M APPROVING.

AND THERE'S SOME THINGS ON HERE THAT SAY PLAY MORE, OK COOL.

I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BE ACTIVE AND PLAY MORE OR CONNECTED.

BE CONNECTED. THAT'S AWESOME.

BUT THERE'S 12 MORE THAT I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT A HAND COMING OUT OF ANOTHER HAND IS LIKE.

HIEROGLYPHS. YEAH, I MEAN, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL COLORS AND THOSE THINGS.

I DON'T THINK IT FITS THERE, BUT IF I'M GOING TO PROVE IT, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

WHAT AM I PROVING? YEAH, YEAH. WELL, SO.

SO I'LL BE THE ONLY OUTLIER.

I'M NOT A FAN OF MURALS.

MY SISTER LIVES IN A BEAUTIFUL, SIMILAR COMMUNITY IN PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA.

LOTS OF THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THERE HAVE MURALS.

PEACHTREE CITY IS VERY TRADITIONAL, TO MAYOR'S HUFFMAN POINT, WHEN I WALK THROUGH TOWN SQUARE, I WANT IT TO LOOK THE WAY IT LOOKS.

I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A CLASSIC LOOK ABOUT IT.

I THINK THERE'S A CLASSINESS.

I'M A BIG TRADITIONAL FAN.

I KNOW THERE'S MURALS THAT WORK.

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AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO KEEP SOUTHLAKE SOUTHLAKE.

AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT I'M HIDEBOUND TO ANY TO THE DRABNESS OR ANY SPECIFIC BUILDING, BUT I THINK THIS WORKS.

AND I CAN'T SAY I'D NEVER BE OPEN TO A MURAL, BUT I'M NOT A MURAL FAN.

YEAH, THAT'S FAIR. I MEAN, I THINK GIVE IT ITS FAIR SHOT.

LET LULULEMON GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND TRY, TRY TO BRING SOMETHING BACK THAT'S BOTH CONSISTENT WITH THEIR BRAND ESTHETIC AND ALSO NICE LOOKING. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY I'M SORRY, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE.

SO HOW DO WE DO THIS? DO WE NEED TO TABLE THIS AND GIVE THEM A TABLE THAT IN? UNTIL THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO BRING BACK.

DO WE DENY IT AND LET THEM COME BACK? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE IT? I THINK I WOULD RECOMMEND TABLING AND IF THEY CAN, INPUT COUNCIL PROVIDED, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THEY DO HIRE LOCAL ARTISTS THERE.

SURE. WHAT THEY'RE TRYING THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER STORES, A VARIETY OF OTHER DIFFERENT STYLES THEIR THEME IS PHYSICAL MOVEMENT.

AND THAT CAN MEAN A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THEY CAN TAKE THIS INPUT AND TO MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION WHETHER THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT.

YOU COULD DO A MURAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON PUMPING IRON OVER THEIR BENCHING 315 POUNDS OR WHATEVER THE HECK HE DOES.

YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO POSE FOR IT.

I'M SAYING THAT'S MOVEMENT.

JUST A SUGGESTION. TRUST ME WE CAN RULE THAT ONE OUT.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BAKER, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENT CARDS.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO TALK.

SO FIRST WE HAVE MS. MARY HUFFMAN FROM 350 CENTRAL AVENUE.

NO RELATION THAT WE KNOW OF, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.

WE HUFFMAN'S ARE A TIGHT BUNCH WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN ALL YOURS.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MARY HUFFMAN.

NO RELATION. AND WE LIVE HERE IN PARK VIEW RESIDENCES HERE AT TOWN SQUARE.

VERY HAPPY TO BE RESIDENTS HERE.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT ART.

AND AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO CHOOSE YOUR WORDS BECAUSE I DO OWE RESPECT TO THE ARTISTS AND EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW, BUT. OOPS.

ARE WE GOING TO DO THE OVERHEAD? THERE WE GO.

SO THAT AGAIN, IS THE ART THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND I TO FEEL AS YOU DO THE COLORS DON'T WORK THE COLORS ON THE BUILDING BOTH IN THE FRONT AND ON THE SIDES IS MORE OF AN ORANGEY TERRACOTTA.

AND THESE THESE COLORS TO ME SPEAK MORE OF THE SEVENTIES AND, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BOLDER, AS YOU HAVE SAID, THAN THAN OUR AESTHETIC HERE.

ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS IS THE VIEW OF THAT SPOT FROM OUR WINDOW IN OUR HOME HERE IN TOWN SQUARE.

WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

NOW, I AM NOT 100% OPPOSED TO MURALS.

I THINK THAT THEY HAVE MERIT IN CERTAIN SPACES.

AND I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THAT'S ALREADY A COMMITMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE.

BUT I FEEL THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MURAL, IT NEEDS TO LOOK GOOD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO LIKE IT.

SO I BROUGHT A FEW EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT APPEAL TO ME.

THIS IS OVER AT KNOX HENDERSON.

SIMPLE. I FEEL THAT WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PROPOSAL IS SOMETHING THAT IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE ARTIST HAS NOT BEEN HERE.

IT FEELS MORE INNER-CITY, URBAN AND NOT SUBURBAN URBAN, WHICH IS WHAT I LOVE TO CALL OUR HOME HERE IN TOWN SQUARE.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BOLDER, BUT IT HAS A UNIQUENESS AND AN APPEAL IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

IT'S NOT RUN OF THE MILL.

AND HERE'S A FAVORITE OF MINE.

I WAS IN CINCINNATI RECENTLY.

I TOOK THIS PICTURE.

I JUST THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

SO THERE IS ROOM TO HAVE BEAUTY THERE.

AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT MIGHT LIKE THAT, ALLEY TO COME ALIVE.

I CAN SEE THOSE REASONS.

IT JUST NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING WELL CONSIDERED.

IT NEEDS TO BE THIS IS THE HOME OF ART IN THE SQUARE.

IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT RISES TO THAT LEVEL.

AND IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS APPROVED BY PEOPLE THAT KNOW THEIR ART.

I'M NOT THE PERSON, BUT THESE ARE MY OPINIONS AND I FEEL THAT IT EQUALS SOME OF YOURS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE IT. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. NEXT PERSON IN PUBLIC COMMENTS IS MR. JIM MANSKY WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S MY FIRST FORAY UP HERE IN RETIREMENT.

I SPENT MANY A NIGHT UP HERE WITH MR.

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SO I'M GLAD TO BE BACK.

YES, SIR. I TOO LIVE IN PARK VIEW 350 CENTRAL NUMBER 308.

BEEN THERE FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.

WE WERE IN NUMBER TWO IN THE BUILDING.

THE LIFESTYLE IS EVERYTHING I'D HOPED FOR AND MORE.

AND WE'VE WALKED EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THIS PLACE MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT IN THAT YEAR AND A HALF AND INTEND TO DO IT FOR MANY, MANY MORE YEARS.

I AM IN OPPOSITION.

I'M NOT HERE TO CRITIQUE THAT PARTICULAR ART APPROACH.

MY CONCERN IS REALLY MORE IN THE PARTICULARS OF THE PROCESS.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT PROCESS OPPORTUNITIES IN TOWN SQUARE, BECAUSE I THINK ART HAS A PLACE IN TOWN SQUARE.

I THINK TOWN SQUARE HOSTS ONE OF THE TOP ARTS FESTIVALS IN THE COUNTRY WE HAVE.

I BOUGHT ART AT ONE OF THOSE FESTIVALS EVERY YEAR, PRACTICALLY SINCE THEY'VE BEEN HERE, AND I GUARANTEE YOU PEOPLE WOULD COME IN OUR PLACE AND LOVE SOME OF IT AND HATE OTHER.

AND IT'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.

ALWAYS IS. THAT'S ART.

SO THERE'S A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH TO CREATE A CONSENSUS.

AND I THINK OUR TOWN SQUARE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ART INTEGRATED INTO IT THOUGHTFULLY AND NOT TRANSACTIONALLY.

THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE A PROPERTY MANAGER KITE AND A TENANT LULULEMON NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT AND THEN TRIED TO GET IT THROUGH ON A SIGN ORDINANCE ISSUE.

IS IT ART OR IS IT SIGNAGE? SO I WANT TO SHARE JUST A FEW THOUGHTS.

AND THIS IS FIRST, OBVIOUSLY THE TENANT BELIEVES IT'S ART.

THAT'S THEIR WORDS ON THEIR EXHIBIT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT.

I'LL PUT DOWN WHY IS THAT QUESTION WHETHER IT'S ART OR SCIENCE IMPORTANT? WHAT RULES AND REQUIREMENTS WILL APPLY IF WE WANT ART AND ART IN TOWN SQUARE? IS IT GOING TO BE A SIGN ORDINANCE THAT STARTS TO GOVERN ART? I THINK THAT'S A BOLD MISTAKE OR CAN IT BE UNIQUELY TAILORED, ESTHETIC GUIDELINES FOR TOWN SQUARE AND FOR ART DOWNTOWN? WHAT CONSTITUENCIES MATTER IN MAKING THESE DECISIONS? WE CAN GO DOWN RESPECTFULLY EACH OF YOU AND EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION AS YOU'VE SOMEWHAT SHOWN TONIGHT.

THAT'S ART. SO HOW DO YOU DEVELOP A PROCESS TO GET CONSENSUS? I THINK THE ADJACENT COMMERCIAL TENANT AND THEIR MARKET IS NOT WHO SHOULD DRIVE WHAT IS THERE TO GET APPEAL TO WALKERS AND BYSTANDERS THAT COME BY.

I THINK ALL OF THE ABOVE, PLUS ALL THE SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS AND ALL THE TENANTS OF TOWN SQUARE MATTER.

SO HOW DO YOU DEVELOP A PROCESS TO ENGAGE THEM? AND THEN WHAT OUTCOMES MIGHT EACH OF THOSE PROVIDE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND ULTIMATELY A COORDINATED, COMPATIBLE AESTHETIC WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH A PUBLIC ART PROCESS? SO ONE THING I MENTIONED REAL QUICKLY WITH A FEW IMAGES.

I'LL PULL THIS ONE DOWN.

SOME OF YOU MAY, SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE IS ONE OF THE BEST WALKABLE, MIXED USE CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY.

SIR, YOUR TIME IS GOING OFF.

OH, OK. I WILL WRAP UP IN 2 SECONDS.

YOU GOT IT. EASTON TOWN CENTER, I BROUGHT THIS AS A SLIDE SHOW, SO THIS IS.

I CAN PROVIDE IT, BUT EASTON TOWN CENTER HAS A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.

I WOULD PROPOSE A PROCESS WHERE WE DEVELOP WHERE THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE, FOR EXAMPLE, A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, A PROJECT MANAGER REPRESENTATIVE FOR TOWN SQUARE AND PERHAPS A TENANT.

IF IT'S AN ADJACENCY, WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE PRECEDENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD FOLLOW THIS AROUND TOWN SQUARE THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED, AND THEN THERE'S A JURIED PROCESS.

I'VE PARTICIPATED IN MANY OF THOSE IN THE CENTERS WE'VE PLANNED AND DESIGNED.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL WITH THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THE REST OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

SHOOT ME AN EMAIL WITH THIS STUFF AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW BACK UP.

AND IF YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE'LL FIND A PLACE FOR YOU, THAT'S FOR SURE.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, I'M VOLUNTEERING TO CARE A LOT SINCE I LIVE HERE.

I MEAN THAT SINCERELY.

WE WILL GET YOU, WE'D LOVE TO GET YOU INVOLVED.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. I WON'T BE SO CUMBERSOME WITH THIS NEXT TIME.

OH, NO, NOT AT ALL.

IT'S AN ART. WELL DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. KEENEST YOU WERE ON THE LIST AS WELL? SIR. ANYBODY ELSE? COME ON DOWN, MR. KEENEST.

COUNCILMAN SMITH.

I WAS A BIG FAN BEFORE.

I'M A BIGGER FAN NOW.

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH YOU THAT MURALS CAN BE BEAUTIFUL, NOT IN A TOWN SQUARE.

DAVID SCHWARTZ PUT THIS THING TOGETHER WITH A LOT OF DESIGN FEATURES IN MIND, A LOT OF TRADITION IN MIND, A LOT OF GROWTH IN MIND.

HE DIDN'T PUT TOGETHER WALLS FOR MURALS.

YOU HAVE ONE, WE'LL HAVE TWO, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THREE AND WE'LL HAVE FOUR AND THE TRADITION IS GONE.

THE FEEL IS GONE.

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SO I'M STAYING OPPOSED TO A MURAL.

WELL INTENDED.

I LOVE ART MORE THAN ANYBODY.

LIVE WITH ARTISTS THEY HAVE A LOT OF ART, BUT THIS ISN'T THE TIME AND PLACE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE WANTING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OK. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND DIRECTOR BAKER YOU SAID MAYBE A MOTION TO TABLE INDEFINITELY UNTIL THE APPLICANT BRINGS BACK ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

YES SIR I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

YEAH. DIRECTOR BAKER, BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

AS WE ALL KNOW, AS TIME GOES BY ISSUES ARISE THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

SO HERE'S ONE THE MURALS.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE IN OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES AND STANDARDS AND SO FORTH THAT WE ARE TIGHT AROUND HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE MURALS GOING FORWARD? IS THERE IS THERE ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE A BUSINESS WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A MURAL UP WITHOUT COMING TO COUNCIL OR THAT WOULD BE A CLEAN APPLICATION THAT WOULDN'T REQUIRE THAT WOULD HANDCUFF US? NO. THE WAY THE TOWN SQUARE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN IS THAT THE ART MURALS ARE ONLY PERMITTED WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL FOLLOWING A SIGN BOARD RECOMMENDATION. AND COUNCIL HAS FULL FINAL AUTHORITY.

AUTHORITY, YES SIR. AND WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF SOUTHLAKE? WHAT ABOUT JUST IN TOWN IN GENERAL? IF A BUSINESS WANTED TO PUT A MURAL ON A SIDE WALL, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE THE PROCESS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT EVEN A LISTED PERMITTED TYPE, EVEN OUTSIDE OF TOWN SQUARE.

OKAY. AND SO IF THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO ALLOW IT.

SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE AIR TIGHT ON IT BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY REQUEST IS PERHAPS JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK AND ENSURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE AIRTIGHT.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF THING ART BECOMES A BIGGER TREND THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WE DON'T END UP GETTING BACKED INTO A CORNER ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO WORK WITH. RIGHT. I MEAN, THE COMMENTS ARE VERY GOOD.

I MEAN, THE GENTLEMAN WAS CORRECT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOT A TRUE ART PROCESS.

AND THERE'S SOMETIMES THAT THIN LINE BETWEEN A SIGN AND ART AND WHEN WHEN DID THE TWO CROSS AND WHEN.

AND SO I AGREE TOTALLY WITH THAT COMMENT, BUT I CAN SAY WITH 100% THAT A MURAL CANNOT BE, IS NOT PERMITTED ANYWHERE IN THE CITY WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. THANKS A LOT.

OKAY. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE? YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM 9A OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS SV 22-0007 CONSIDERATION OF A VISUAL ART WALL MURAL FOR LULULEMON LOCATED AT 233 GRAND AVENUE, SOUTHLAKE.

AND THAT AND SUBJECT OF THE STAFF REPORT DATED JULY 26, 2022, AND THAT THIS TABLING WILL BE INDEFINITE.

THIS IS A MOTION TO TABLE IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR BAKER.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL JUMP BACK AND TAKE UP THE LAST TWO ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHICH ARE ITEMS 6A AND 6B TO ZA22-0025 SITE PLAN FOR LOT 2 BLOCK 16

[Items 6A & 6B]

AND 6B APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT AND JOINT USE AGREEMENT FOR SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE BLOCK 16 LOT 2 OUTDOOR PATIO WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY OF DIVISION STREET AND RESERVE STREET . DIRECTOR BAKER. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT CAME FROM OUR LAST AGENDA IN JUNE, CORRECT? YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT. AND I RECALL THE APPLICANT HAD SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS HE WAS CONSIDERING, BUT I BELIEVE HE SORTED THROUGH THOSE AND GIVING US AN ACTUAL SITE PLAN TONIGHT. YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, WONDERFUL. TAKE IT AWAY, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS MENTIONED, WE'RE PRESENTING BOTH 6A AND 6B A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED ON 6A.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF SITE PLAN TO DEVELOP A 6,185 SQUARE FOOT ONE STORY RESTAURANT BUILDING ON 0.28 ACRES.

YOU COUNCIL WILL RECALL IS AT THEIR LAST MEETING THERE WAS AN OPTION ONE, WHICH IS A 6,185 SQUARE FOOT OPTION, AND THERE WAS A SMALLER 5,100 SQUARE FOOT OPTION.

AN OPTION 2 THIS IS A SINGLE OPTION FOR THE 6,185 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING GRANITE PLACE ONE BUILDING TO THE NORTH AT 550 RESERVE STREET, AND THE GRANITE PHASE TWO BUILDING, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTED.

THE RESTAURANT ALSO PROPOSES A 1,295 SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR PATIO, WHICH 1,185 SQUARE FEET WILL ENCROACH INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY. AS SUCH, ITEM 6B IS ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH WILL REQUIRE FOR THAT PATIO TO BE BUILT THE APPROVAL OF THE ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT AND JOINT USE AGREEMENT BY CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS WHERE THE ARROWS INDICATED AT THE GRANITE 2 BUILDING A LARGE VIEW OF THE SITE.

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COUPLE MORE VIEWS LOOKING BACK TO THE WEST AND LOOKING DOWN SOUTH TOWARD DIVISION STREET AT THE INTERSECTION.

THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THE LAST TWO DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED THE LAST DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED WITH THE PHASE TWO GRANITE BUILDING, WHICH SHOWS A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING PLUS A PATIO.

THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN WAS ON THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

AGAIN, THE SITE LOCATION AND A ENLARGE VIEW OF THE SITE, THE PATIO OR THE SCORE PATTERN IS SHOWN. THE BRICK PATTERN SHOWS THE ENCROACHMENT AREA.

THESE ARE THE PROPOSED RENDERINGS.

WE WENT OVER THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS AND THE MATERIALS, BUT IT'S AN ART DECO DESIGN, EXTERIOR DESIGN, STANDARD GLASS FRONT, WHICH ALLOWS VIEWS FROM THE STREET INTO THE RESTAURANT.

THE ELEVATIONS FACING THE STREETS, BOTH STREETS ARE PRIMARILY BRICK.

THERE'LL BE A CANOPY THAT COVERS THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND WRAPS AROUND THE EAST PORTION OF THE BUILDING.

AND AS MENTIONED, THE PATIO IS JUST UNDER 1300 SQUARE FEET.

THESE ARE THE MORE TECHNICAL ELEVATIONS ON THE FOUR SIDES.

THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED SINCE YOUR MEETING IN JUNE, SHOWING A VIEW FROM RESERVE STREET LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARD DIVISION AT THE INTERSECTION IN THE PATIO.

AND THEN A VIEW FROM DIVISION STREET LOOKING NORTHWEST TOWARD RESERVE STREET.

THIS IS JUST THE ARCHITECTURAL PLAN WHICH SHOWS THE PATIO AREA, THE PLANTER BOXES.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE COLUMNS OR THE PILASTERS AND THE SHAPES THAT THEY WILL TAKE.

THEY'LL BE A DUMPSTER AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.

ALSO, THERE'LL BE SOME ENHANCEMENTS THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.

THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE GRANITE PHASE ONE AND THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT, WHICH WILL SHOW IN THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

THIS IS A TREE PRESERVATION PLAN.

SOME TREES WILL BE REMOVED.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING STREET TREE CONFIGURATION.

AND THESE WILL BE LACE BARK ELMS AND LIVE OAKS ALONG THE STREET.

BOXWOOD TYPE SHRUBS WILL BE PLANTERS ARE PROPOSED ALONG THE PATIO AREA, TALKED ABOUT THE ENHANCEMENT AREA IN THE BACK.

THAT'S BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS, SOME PLANTINGS AND MAYBE SOME TYPE OF FEATURE OR A FOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AREA.

THE INTERSECTION SITE ANALYSIS.

THERE IS A REPORT FROM PACHECO KOCH ENGINEERING FIRM IN YOUR PACKET WHERE THEY'VE DONE A SITE ANALYSIS. THE FINDINGS OF THAT APPLICANT PROVIDING ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE INTERSECTION LIGHT OF SITE ANALYSIS MEETS ALL AASHTO REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF VISIBILITIES FROM THE DRIVERS WHEN THEY STOP AT THE WHAT'S CALLED AN ALL STOP INTERSECTION.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ALSO TOOK THAT ANALYSIS AND HAD OUR THIRD PARTY ENGINEERING FIRM REVIEW IT, AND THEY AGREED WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY.

JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER PHOTOS.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND DOES HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU DIRECTOR BAKER. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY. SEEING NONE IS THE APPLICANT HERE? SIR, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

FRANK BLISS, 621 SHANNON COURT HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

KEN DID A GREAT JOB OF WALKING THROUGH THE REVISIONS TO THE PLAN.

WE'VE ELIMINATED THE SECOND BUILDING OPTION.

SO THERE'S A SINGLE SITE PLAN BUILDING OPTION.

WE'VE STUDIED THAT INTERSECTION FURTHER WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, CONFIRMED THAT, AS KEN MENTIONED, THAT THE SITE LINE VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

AND THEN WE HAD THE ARCHITECT, WHICH KEN INCLUDED IN HIS PRESENTATION, SHOW HOW THAT VISIBILITY WORKS.

SO THIS IS ON RESERVE STREET AS WE LOOK TOWARD MCPHERSON PARK.

THIS IS SHOT FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OF THE CAR SHOWING THAT THE DRIVER HAS CLEAR SIGHT LINE VISIBILITY TO TRAFFIC ON DIVISION.

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AND AGAIN, FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE GOT CLEAR VISIBILITY.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS BUILDING TO SOUTHLAKE.

WE THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT.

WE'LL CALL YOU UP IF WE NEED YOU.

SO ITEM 6A IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND WHILE 6B IS TECHNICALLY NOT, IF YOU ALL WANT TO TALK ON 6B, YOU CAN.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING ON 6A IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR FURTHER QUESTIONS? I BELIEVE THIS IS A CLEAN SITE PLAN.

I THINK WE DID THE RIGHT THING BY PAUSING THIS TO GET THE LINE OF SIGHT ANALYSIS AND CONFIRMING THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD IN THAT REGARD.

SO I THINK IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT TO GET THAT CLEARED UP BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. THE ONLY DOWNSIDE THAT'S GOING TO SCREW UP MY VIEW, MY ABILITY TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE DPS BUILDING FROM DOWN BY TRULUCK'S.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

AND I'M SURE ANY RESTAURANT WOULD WANT TO BE IN THAT.

SO IT LOOKS GOOD TO ME.

YEAH, I AGREE. I'M GLAD TO SEE THE SITE ANALYSIS AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE MOXIE'S CORNER AND IT FEELS SIMILAR TO THAT.

SO AND NOW WE KNOW THE SIZE AND SO IT'S JUST MUCH CLEANER.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT TO GIVE US A MORE EDUCATED DECISION, MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION FOR TOWN SQUARE AND FOR ALL OF SOUTHLAKE.

SO I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD.

NO COMMENT. ONE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT IF YOU CAN COME UP.

SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, CORRECT? YES. AND THE PLAN IS TO PUT A RESTAURANT IN THIS? YES. OKAY.

SO I WOULD EXPECT IF A CHANGE HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SIGN A LEASE, YOU'D COME BACK AND TALK TO US RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T APPRECIATE BAIT AND SWITCHES, ESPECIALLY ON SITE PLANS.

RIGHT. I FULLY EXPECT THIS WILL BE A RESTAURANT.

THAT'S THE ONLY USE THAT WE'VE CONTEMPLATED FOR THIS SITE.

GREAT. JUST MAKING SURE. THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU BET. OKAY.

WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON 6A FIRST.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6A OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS ZA222-0025 SITE PLAN FOR LOT 2 BLOCK 16 SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE EDITION PHASE 4 ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS A LOT 2 BLOCK 16 SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE EDITION PHASE 4 CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, AND LOCATED AT 500 RESERVE STREET, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

CURRENT ZONING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED JULY 26, 2022.

THE SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER TWO DATED JULY 26, 2022.

THERE'S A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND.

SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

6A PASSES FIVE ZERO.

IS THERE A MOTION ON 6B? MAYOR AND COUNCIL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6B OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS AN APPROVAL OF AN ENCROACHMENT AND JOINT USE AGREEMENT FOR SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE BLOCK 16 LOT 2 OUTDOOR PATIO WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY OF DIVISION STREET AND RESERVE STREET FOR THE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 500 RESERVE STREET.

SUBJECT TO A STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 2ND, 2022, NOTING THAT THIS APPROVAL OF THIS ENCROACHMENT AND JOINT USE AGREEMENT IS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN OUTDOOR PATIO AREA WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY OF RESERVE STREET.

WE HAVE A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ON 6B.

ITEM 6B PASSES FIVE ZERO.

AND THAT IS THE FINAL ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

SO WITH THAT, TONIGHT'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.