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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JANUARY 7TH, 2025.
MY NAME IS SHAWN MCCASKILL AND AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, I'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
WELCOME BACK. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP SOME CUB SCOUTS TO HELP US WITH THE PLEDGES, BUT PASTOR REED.
GOOD EVENING. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS, THIS EVENING, THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR A NEW YEAR.
AND WITH EVERY NEW YEAR, WE'RE REMINDED WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF US.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM AS THEY KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS.
WE PRAY FOR BLESSING AND PROTECTION FOR OUR TOWN.
THANK YOU FOR OUR TEAM, OUR CITY COUNCIL.
WE PRAY BLESSING OVER THEIR DECISION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS TO US AND WE GIVE THANKS MOST OF ALL FOR JESUS.
IF WE CAN HAVE THE CUB SCOUTS COME UP FROM PACK 928, COME ON DOWN.
ELLEN, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE GROUP BEFORE INTRODUCE THEM OR ANYTHING BEFORE WE GET STARTED? WELL THANK YOU. WELL, GUYS, IF YOU WANT TO TURN AROUND, WE'RE GOING TO FACE THE FLAG THIS WAY.
AND IF YOU'LL HELP US, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU GUYS.
AND PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO COME DOWN IF THEY WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OR BE IN THE PICTURE.
[3. Discuss all items on tonight's agenda. No action will be taken and each item will be considered during the Regular Session.]
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS WORK SESSION, ITEM NUMBER THREE.AND WE'RE GOING RIGHT INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM FOUR A, APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 3RD, 2024 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
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ITEM 4C, RATIFY EXPENDITURES WITH MILLER PRO AUDIO, LLC, DBA EAGLE AVL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, IN EXCESS OF $50,000. ITEM FOUR D APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT SERVICES AND HOSTING FROM DATA TRANSFER SOLUTIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $57,000.ITEM FOUR E APPROVE AN ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO PROVIDE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR EAST HIGHLAND REALIGNMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $175,000.
ITEM 4F, APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR A PAVED PRIVATE DRIVE AND CAR WASH LANE, CONCRETE CURB AND SCREENING WALL WITHIN THE UTILITY EASEMENT BEING LOCATED AT 3230 WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.
AND ITEM 4I, EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS DANIEL KUBIAK AND MIKE FOREMAN FROM THE JANUARY 9TH, 2025 REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATIONS NEEDED ON ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. WE WILL TAKE THAT UP DURING OUR REGULAR SESSION.
[1. Call to order.]
NEXT UP, I'LL CALL OUR REGULAR SESSION TO ORDER.[2. A. Executive Session]
AND AS ALWAYS, OUR FIRST ITEM IN THE REGULAR SESSION IS TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.AS MAYOR, I HEREBY ADVISE YOU THAT WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071, TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND SECTION 551.087 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
AND I'LL LOOK TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR AN ESTIMATE ON WHEN WE'LL BE BACK.
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
WE'LL SAY AN HOUR SO 6:38 ISH.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU ALL IN AN HOUR.
[2.B. Reconvene]
I'LL CALL OUR REGULAR MEETING BACK TO ORDER.IS THERE ANY ACTION NECESSARY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TALLEY.
NEXT UP IS THE MAYOR'S REPORT.
[3.A. Mayor’s Report]
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE SOME WINTER WEATHER COMING.THE WEATHER REPORT SEEMED TO BE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHEN AND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE ON TOP OF IT.
THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER HAS BEEN ACTIVATED, AND WE'RE MAKING ALL KINDS OF CONTINGENCY PLANS.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S POWER OUTAGES, ROAD ISSUES, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WE'LL JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY BRING US.
BUT WE'RE ON IT AND WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED.
SO JUST STAY SAFE AND WE'LL STAY INFORMED AND KEEP THAT INFORMATION FLOWING.
THAT'S IT FOR THE MAYOR'S REPORT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALISON ORTOWSKI FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
[3.B. City Manager's Report]
YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR.AND WHAT A TIMELY DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE ENTERING INTO A WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
YES. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M CHAD MINTER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF H.R.
AND CO-CHAIR OF THE EMPLOYEE SAFETY COMMITTEE.
I'M THE PURCHASING MANAGER HERE, AND I'M THE OTHER CO-CHAIR.
AND TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S INTERNAL SAFETY PROGRAM.
OUR COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN 2016 AND IT'S A DEDICATED GROUP OF EMPLOYEES FOCUSED ON CULTURE OF, OF WORKPLACE SAFETY.
THE PRIMARY ROLE IS TO PROMOTE A SAFE WORKPLACE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF NINE EMPLOYEES, ALL FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
AND WE MEET MONTHLY TO REVIEW CITY VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, EMPLOYEE INJURIES, ANALYZE TRENDS.
RECOMMEND TRAINING, DEVELOP INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND PERFORM BUILDING SAFETY AUDITS, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO HELP KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE.
SO SHORTLY AFTER OUR COMMITTEE WAS FORMED BACK IN 2016, WE DEVELOPED OUR MISSION.
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AND THESE 12 GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT YOU SEE HERE ON OUR SCREEN.IN SHORT, OUR GOAL IS VERY SIMPLE.
WE WANT EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE AS THEY ARRIVED.
EACH MONTH, THE COMMITTEE PHYSICALLY WALKS ONE OF OUR CITY FACILITIES, AND IN THAT WALK OF THAT BUILDING, WE LOOK FOR SAFETY CONCERNS AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS, AND THEN WE WORK WITH THAT DEPARTMENT TO CORRECT THOSE ISSUES AND TRY TO PREVENT THOSE INJURIES FROM EVER HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IN ADDITION TO BUILDING AUDITS, WE ALSO REVIEW EMPLOYEE INJURIES AND VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PROVIDE TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE WRITE A MONTHLY SAFETY ARTICLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
THIS COULD BE THIS COULD STEM FROM A QUESTION THAT WE GET, OR AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING, OR JUST A HOT TOPIC IN THE INDUSTRY THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS PRIOR TO AN ISSUE OCCURRING. FINALLY, WE HAVE A SMALL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND WE USE THIS TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT ARISE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE PURCHASED IN THE PAST KEVLAR GLOVES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRST AID KITS FOR CITY VEHICLES AND SPIKE SHOES THAT WE'LL BE USING PROBABLY HERE SHORTLY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS SO EMPLOYEES DON'T SLIP ON THE ICE.
OKAY. EACH YEAR, THE COMMITTEE WORKS TO COMPLETE AN ANNUAL SAFETY REPORT, AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE SAFETY STATISTICS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THERE'S WE MET TEN TIMES THIS YEAR.
WE REVIEWED 37 INJURY REVIEWS AND THEN 21 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER SPECIFICATIONS THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE REVIEWED THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DURING OUR WORK SESSION.I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER UP FOR APPROVAL ITEMS 4A THROUGH I ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTES.
AND THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TALLEY.
NEXT UP WOULD BE OUR PUBLIC FORUM.
BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT BY STATE LAW UNTIL 7:00 FOR THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM SIX B, ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-826.
[6.B. Ordinance No. 480-826, ZA24-0064, 2nd Reading, Zoning Change and Concept Plan for Dakota’s on property described as Lot 1R1R2, Block 1, Sabre Group Campus Addition, and located at 1901 W. Kirkwood Blvd., Southlake, Texas. Current Zoning: “NRPUD” Non-Residential Planned Unit Development. Requested Zoning: “S-P-2” Generalized Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #1. PUBLIC HEARING]
CASE NUMBER ZA 24-006 FOR SECOND READING.ZONING CHANGE IN CONCEPT PLAN FOR DAKOTAS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING THAT CHANGE.
SO, DIRECTOR KILLOUGH, IT'S ALL YOURS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE ZONING ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1909 WEST KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD.
AND I'LL BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH WHAT THE CONCEPT PLAN PROPOSES.
IT PROPOSES A ROUGHLY 9000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT SITE AND ROUGHLY 8100 SQUARE FOOT EVENT SPACE, ALONG WITH UP TO FIVE SPECIALTY NICHE RETAIL.
BUILDINGS TOTALING ROUGHLY 11,700FT².
THESE ARE SOME RENDERINGS OF THE PROPOSAL, AND THESE WOULD BE USED AS GUIDES FOR FUTURE SITE PLAN CONSIDERATION, WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OR SUBMISSION OF BUILDING PERMITS.
THESE ARE SOME EXHIBITS OF THE PROPOSED RETAIL HERE AND HERE, AND NIGHTTIME RENDERING
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OF THE TYPE OF EFFECT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ON THE SITE.AS I MENTIONED, CURRENT ZONINGS IN OUR PUD AND.
I WILL JUMP TO THE END AND REFER BACK TO ANY OF THESE THAT YOU'D LIKE.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES ON THIS ITEM AS OF THIS DATE, AND IT WAS APPROVED AT FIRST READING DECEMBER 3RD SUBJECT TO GRANTING VARIANCE TO DEFER TRAFFIC IMPACT UNTIL SITE PLAN AND THEN GRANTING VARIANCE TO THE STACKING DEBT. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.
APPLICANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR ADD TO THAT YOU MADE THE DRIVE, SO COME ON DOWN. AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE EXCITED TO COME OVER HERE AND WE WILL CLOSE ON THIS PROPERTY NEXT WEEK.
IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL TONIGHT, AND THEN YOU'LL START TO SEE US SUBMIT PERMITTING THE NEXT TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IS EXCITED AS I AM ABOUT IT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TASK AND I KNOW MY WAY AROUND YOU GUYS NOW BECAUSE WE'VE DONE TWO PROPERTIES, SO.
WE LIKE IT AND WE LIKE SOUTHLAKE AND WE LIKE THE PROXIMITY TO WESTLAKE AND TROPHY CLUB.
BUT THE LAND IS IN SOUTHLAKE SO THE TAX DOLLARS WILL BE HERE.
YEAH. WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
AND I KNOW THAT OTHER DEAL FELL APART AND WE APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT A PLAN B.
AND I THINK I THINK WE'VE ALL SHARED WITH YOU AT THE LAST MEETING.
THIS IS PROBABLY A BETTER SITE.
IT'LL PROBABLY WORK BETTER. AND I THINK YOUR PLANS LOOK GREAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH IT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT HAPPENS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DETAILS YOU CAN GIVE ON THE TIMELINE? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PAPER.
IT STILL NEEDS TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO WE? IT'S FUNNY, WE HAD A WE WERE GOING TO WALK THE PROPERTY ON THURSDAY, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD DAY ACCORDING TO DALE AND ALL THE REST OF THEM OR THE METEOROLOGIST, BUT.
BUT WE'LL BY TUESDAY WE'RE GOING TO WALK IT.
WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS WITH THIS ONE FIRM OVER IN DALLAS CALLED COBOL STUDIOS, AND THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE, INCLUDING THE DAKOTAS, IT'S THERE AND TWEAKED IT.
BUT DUANE AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS AND HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, SO ONE OF THE TWO OF THEM ARE GOING TO GET THE TASK, AND IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE THEM OR 4 MONTHS TO PUT THE PEN TO THE PAPER AND WHATNOT AND GET IT OVER HERE.
BUT MY GOAL IS TO GET CONCRETE AND WHATNOT, AND LAND POURED BY SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
IT'S NOT GOOD TO POUR CONCRETE IN THE SUMMERTIME.
IT'LL CRACK AND WE'LL GET GOING.
BUT I BUILT I BUILT A RESTAURANT IN NORTH PARK IN 70 DAYS.
SO WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON BUILDING STUFF ONCE WE GET IT GOING.
THE HARD PART IS I HAVEN'T WENT FROM THE GROUND UP, BUT WE GET THE SLAB AND THE SIDES UP.
WE'LL GET THE INSIDE DONE WITHIN 3 TO 4 MONTHS.
IT'LL BE READY FOR CHRISTMAS, BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER PROBABLY SOUNDS GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, JUST A COMMENT.
I'VE SEEN SEVERAL PROPOSALS FOR THAT SPOT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL IN 2019.
THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST LOOKING ONE, SO THANK YOU.
WELL THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M GLAD WE PERHAPS SAID NO TO OTHERS TO GET TO YOURS.
MAYBE IT WAS GOOD TO PASS AND LET IT GO.
BUT WE REALLY FELT BEING THERE ON THIS CORNER WAS THE SPOT TO BE IN.
SO WE LIKE I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, I GREW UP IN EULESS, SO I'M NOT FAR AWAY FROM HOME.
SO I WENT TO TRINITY AND SO IT'S KIND OF A HOMECOMING COMING BACK OVER HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR PATIENCE AND GETTING THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, SO.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
THIS ITEM IS A SECOND READING.
SO IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
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SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM SIX B.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ITEM SIX B AND DAKOTAS? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM SIX B, ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL? I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION.
YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.
ITEM SIX B, ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-826ZA24-0064, SECOND READING, ZONING CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR DAKOTAS ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE, R1, R2 BLOCK ONE, SABIR GROUP CAMPUS ADDITION AND LOCATED AT 1901 WEST KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.
SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, IN THE CONCEPT PLAN SUMMARY REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER THREE DATED NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024, AND NOTING THAT WE ARE APPROVING A ZONING CHANGE FROM NRPUD NONRESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO SP TWO GENERAL SITE PLAN DISTRICT AS PRESENTED, GRANTING THE REQUESTED DRIVEWAY STACKING DEPTH VARIANCES AND DEFERRING THE REQUIRED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS UNTIL SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
AND THAT MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE APPROVED.
GOOD LUCK. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
NEXT WE WILL GO TO ITEM 6A, ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-825.
[6.A. Ordinance No. 480-825, ZA24-0059, 2nd Reading, Zoning Change and Development Plan for Carroll Crossing on property described as Tracts 3D and 3C02, W. R. Eaves Survey Abstract No. 500, and located at 1963 W Southlake Blvd., and 200 S. Peytonville Ave. Current Zoning: “S-P-1” Detailed Site Plan District and “O-1” Office District. Requested Zoning: “TZD” Transition Zoning District. SPIN Neighborhood #10. PUBLIC HEARING]
CASE NUMBER ZA24-0059.SECOND READING ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CAROL CROSSING.
AND BEFORE DIRECTOR KILLOUGH GET STARTED.
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER LEPP.
BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE SECOND READING ON THIS ZONING REQUEST, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC.
SINCE THE FIRST READING, I'VE BECOME AWARE OF A LEGAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST RELATED TO THIS MATTER.
FOR THIS REASON, I WILL STEP AWAY FROM THE DAIS DURING THIS DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LEPPARD.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ZONED SP1 DETAILED SITE PLAN DISTRICT AND ZONE OFFICE DISTRICT TO A TRANSITION DISTRICT. THIS IS THE AERIAL PHOTO OF THE SITE AND THIS IS THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED OR PRESENTED PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING YOUR FIRST READING.
AND THIS IS A REVISED PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AT SECOND READING HELD ON DECEMBER 3RD.
AND THIS WAS THE PLAN PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING.
THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A 30 LOT RESIDENTIAL TO 25 AND TO 22 LOTS.
THE NON-RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT HAS ESSENTIALLY REMAINED THE SAME THROUGH THE APPEARANCES TO COUNCIL.
THERE'S FOUR OFFICE BUILDINGS PROPOSED AND ONE RETAIL RESTAURANT BUILDING WITH A DRIVE THRU OPTION.
THIS IS A DETAIL OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT OF THAT.
AND I'M BLOWN UP DETAIL OF THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN THIS PROPOSAL IS APPROXIMATELY 10,050FT².
THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE IS 11,248FT², AND THE LARGEST LOT IS ROUGHLY 16,500FT². THIS IS A TREE CONSERVATION PLAN.
AND ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 7TH FOR TWO, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT AND REVIEW SUMMARY, NOTING THE APPLICANT'S WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE AN OPTION WITH NO GATE, AND NOTING NOTING THAT THE PREFERENCE OF THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE BOTH EAST
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AND WEST ACCESS FOR THE RESIDENTS.THE INITIAL PLAN FOR THIS INDICATED THE WESTERN ACCESS POINT THROUGH THE COMMON ACCESS EASEMENT.
CONNECTING TO PLAYER CIRCLE WAS AN EMERGENCY ACCESS, AND THAT THAT WAS CHANGED TO A GATED FULL USE ACCESS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
THE FIRST READING AT CITY COUNCIL WAS APPROVED NOVEMBER 19TH, AND NOTING THAT AT SECOND READING, THE APPLICANT WOULD BRING FORWARD A 25 LOT PLAN WITH ROUGHLY 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND THE APPLICANT AGREEING TO REMOVE THAT CENTRAL LINEAR OPEN SPACE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE BLOCK.
AND THE ITEM WAS TABLED AT YOUR SECOND READING, HELD ON DECEMBER 3RD UNTIL THIS EVENING, AND RESPONSES RECEIVED WITHIN THE 300 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA.
WE'VE RECEIVED TWO IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED, AND OUTSIDE THAT 300 FOOT.
TO DATE, WE'VE RECEIVED NINE IN FAVOR AND 46 PROPOSED OR OPPOSED.
EXCUSE ME. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR KILLOUGH, I THINK THERE'S SOME QUESTION.
BUT I THINK THAT'S AN OLD NOTATION.
AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT CURRENT AND IT'S NOT PLANNED TO BE EMERGENCY ACCESS.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT. AND WE'LL ALSO ASK THE APPLICANT FOR CLARIFICATION.
THE INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS THAT IT BE EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY, AND THAT WAS CHANGED AT THE P&Z HEARING, AND THERE ARE SOME SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT MAY STILL HAVE AN INCORRECT NOTATION.
DIRECTOR KILLOUGH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? GO AHEAD DENNIS.
ON A TRANSITIONAL ZONING, ARE DRIVE-THROUGH PERMITTED ON TRANSITIONAL ZONINGS? THE STANDARD IN THE TZD DISTRICT IS NO. THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED.
THE APPLICANT'S ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THAT TO ALLOW THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
AND ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT TRANSITIONAL ZONING.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GARAGE SHALL NOT EXCEED 30% OF THE FRONT FACADE.
IS THAT ACCURATE AS WELL? THAT IS CORRECT AS WELL.
AND I BELIEVE THERE IS AN EXCEPTION ASKED FOR IN THEIR ZONING FOR THAT AS WELL.
OKAY. SO THERE ARE GARAGE FRONTAGE DOES EXCEED THE 30%.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH AT THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.
NEXT UP, WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.
AND AS YOU'LL RECALL, IF WE COULD GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND THEN IT'S YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BEFORE YOU AHEAD AGAIN ON THIS.
WE HAVE, WE THINK, TAKEN TO HEART WHAT WE HEARD LAST MONTH AT THE SECOND READING AND BROUGHT A PROPOSAL WHICH WE THINK ADDRESSES THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD THEN AND ALSO ADDRESSES SOME OF THE OTHER CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC AND OTHER THINGS.
AND I'D LIKE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH HOW WE GOT HERE.
AS DENNIS SAID, THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WITH THE 30 LOTS THAT WAS APPROVED BY P AND Z.
JUST TO NOTE THAT THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE HERE WAS 6832FT².
PRIOR TO EVEN THE FIRST READING, WE MET AND HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF YOU WHO AND GOT THE INPUT THAT YOU WANTED THE LOTS TO BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THAT.
AND AT THE FIRST READING I SHOWED AN ALTERNATE CONCEPT THAT INSTEAD OF 30 LOTS, WAS 25 LOTS AND GOT THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER, UP TO 9238FT².
AT THAT FIRST READING WE WERE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
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AND SOME OF YOU WANTED MINIMUM SIZE OF 10,000FT².WE CAME BACK WITH AT THE SECOND READING WAS THIS PROPOSAL WHERE THE AVERAGE WAS OVER 10,000FT², BUT MANY OF THE LOTS WERE LESS THAN 10,000FT².
AND THAT'S OUR FAULT FOR NOT, I GUESS, UNDERSTANDING THE DRIFT OF WHAT YOUR COMMENTS WERE THERE.
BUT AT THAT SECOND READING, WE ALSO GOT OTHER COMMENTS, INCLUDING THE THOUGHT THAT WE WANTED THE GREENBELT BETWEEN THE INTERNAL LOTS REPLACED THE PLAN.
SO SINCE THAT SECOND READING, WE HAVE PREPARED ANOTHER PLAN, WHICH WE THINK HITS THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO LAST TIME.
THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PRESENTING FOR YOU TONIGHT.
EVERY EACH AND EVERY LOT HERE EXCEEDS 10,000FT².
THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE IS NOW OVER 11,000FT².
11,248FT². AND WE HAVE THE OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR PUT BACK IN FRONT OF THE IN BETWEEN THOSE LOTS THERE.
WHAT IT DID TO OUR LOT COUNT, OF COURSE, IS REDUCE IT SIGNIFICANTLY.
OF COURSE, WHEN WE START ANY PROJECT, WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THAT IS, THAT IS PART OF THAT.
AND WE FEEL THAT THIS PROPOSAL MEETS THE LETTER OF THE LAW FROM THE FIRST THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN HERE AND IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA. THE ACCESS COMES OFF OF 1709, AND PLAYERS CIRCLE FOR THE COMMERCIAL AREA, AND BOTH PEYTONVILLE AND PLAYERS CIRCLE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OF THIS.
THE TDZ ZONING, OF COURSE, IS AS IT'S WRITTEN, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT LAND USES.
I THINK THIS THIS MEETS THAT REQUIREMENT.
AND IN EFFECT, THIS ACTS AS A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE ACTIVITY OF SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND THE COMMERCIAL USE UP THERE AND THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH OF US.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS RAISED AT THE LAST MEETING AND PREVIOUS MEETINGS BY SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WAS THE ISSUE OF TRAFFIC ON PEYTONVILLE DURING THE MORNING RUSH, WHEN THE STUDENTS THERE ARE DRIVING AND TRYING TO GET INTO THOSE PARKING LOTS, AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE LAST MEETING THAT THERE COULD BE A NO U-TURN TO KEEP PEOPLE LEAVING HERE AND NO U-TURN SIGN PUT IN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS MEETING HERE, WHICH IS A LEFT TURN LANE TO GO INTO THE SOUTHERN ENTRY TO THE PARKING LOT AT CARROLL SENIOR HIGH.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT, WELL, IF PEOPLE DON'T U-TURN THERE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO SOUTHLAKE WOODS IN THAT ENTRY AND GO AROUND. WE FEEL THAT BECAUSE WE'RE REQUESTING THIS TO BE A GATED NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE NEW AUTOMATED GATES AND HOW YOU CAN PROGRAM EVERYTHING IS THAT TO THE EXTENT THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME IN THE MORNING WHEN IT'S DANGEROUS TO ADD ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO PEYTONVILLE AVENUE, THAT WE CAN JUST HAVE OUR GATE NOT ALLOW PEOPLE OUT.
AT THAT TIME, PEOPLE FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE.
OF COURSE, OVER TO PLAYERS CIRCLE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS.
BUT LET'S SAY IT'S 730 TO 9:00.
THAT MIGHT BE THE TIME WHEN NO U-TURN IS ALLOWED THERE, BUT THAT MIGHT ALSO BE THE TIME WHERE OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T GO OUT TO PEYTONVILLE AND THE GATES DON'T OPEN.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AN EXISTING TRAFFIC ISSUE ON PEYTONVILLE.
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO FIX THAT, BUT WE CAN BY DOING AND PLUGGING THAT IN, WE CAN AVOID ADDING TO THOSE ISSUES.
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EFFECT, GOING FORWARD.RESIDENTIAL, 22 LOTS TOTAL OF THE FOUR OFFICE BUILDINGS OUT FRONT IS 30, A LITTLE OVER 30,000FT².
AND THEN THE DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.
BUT WE THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR IT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
BUT AGAIN THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT STAND ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
HERE IS KIND OF A BLOW UP OF THE COMMERCIAL AREA.
AND THEN THIS IS WHERE THE PROPOSED DRIVE THROUGH WOULD BE.
AND OF COURSE, THE RESIDENTIAL WILL HAVE YOU KNOW, ALL THE NICEST LANDSCAPE STANDARDS, INCLUDING A PATH AND LANDSCAPING THROUGH THE CENTER AREA HERE, SIDEWALKS ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS DETENTION POND WILL HAVE WATER IN IT AND BE A NICE PARK AREA WITH A AMENITY SHADE STRUCTURE IN THIS LOCATION HERE.
AND WE THINK THIS WILL BE A REALLY NICE PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND AGAIN, THE OFFICE BUILDINGS, WE SHOW THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS OUR CONCEPT FOR HOW THE OFFICE BUILDINGS WOULD LOOK.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HERE.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING ABOUT THE FEWER LOTS IS THE LOTS HAVE GOTTEN A LOT WIDER.
SOME OF THESE ARE OVER 70FT WIDE.
SO, THE PERCENTAGE OF GARAGE FRONTAGE, IF YOU WILL, TO THE TOTAL, AS HAS GOTTEN MUCH, MUCH LESS WITH THESE CHANGES.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE APPROACH THIS AND HOW WE FEEL THAT IT'S AN APPROPRIATE AND DESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE? THIS PLAN REFLECTS, WE THINK, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN THAT THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE HAS FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND SPECIFICALLY THIS AREA.
THE ZONING, THE TRANSITION ZONING DISTRICT WAS DEVELOPED ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS ADDED TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS AN OPTION THEN.
AND WE BELIEVE THIS PLAN IS AS CLOSE AS ANY, IF NOT MORE SO, TO REFLECT THE PURPOSE AND REASONING BEHIND THE TRANSITION ZONING.
THIS IS A TEXTBOOK TRANSITION SITE.
IT'S GOT RESIDENTIAL ONLY BEHIND IT HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S WHY A I WANT TO CALL THEM SMALLER LOT FOR SOUTHLAKE.
THESE ARE SMALLER LOTS, BUT FOR MOST CITIES THEY'RE, THEY'RE FAIRLY LARGE LOTS.
BUT THAT'S HOW THIS WOULD WORK HERE.
IT WOULD TRANSITION THE COMMERCIAL WOULD BE ALONG SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.
THIS WOULD TRANSITION TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BACK HERE.
SO I THINK THIS REALLY MEETS THE LETTER AND THE INTENT OF THE TRANSITION ZONING ORDINANCE.
HERE'S A CHART THAT THE STAFF PUT TOGETHER, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM A DENSITY STANDPOINT, MANY OF THESE ARE IN THE TWO PLUS RANGE. SOME OF THEM ARE UP TO FIVE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
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OUR GROSS DENSITY NOW IS 1.45 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.AND THE LOT SIZES ARE AVERAGE IS 11248, MINIMUM IS OVER TEN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE LOT SIZES OF ALL THE OTHERS.
OUR AVERAGE LOT SIZE IS LARGER THAN ALL OF THEM EXCEPT METAIRIE IN THIS LOCATION HERE.
SO, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN MOVED LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE INPUT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU TO A POSITION WHERE IT REALLY IS A LOWER DENSITY VERSION OF THESE TYPE OF SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS.
YES. THIS IS A NEWER DEVELOPER THAT IS THAT MANY OF YOU IN SOUTHLAKE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
BUT THE INTENT FROM THE BEGINNING WAS TO BRING IN AND REACH OUT TO THE EXISTING CUSTOM HOME BUILDING COMMUNITY AND BRING THEM IN AS A PART OF THIS TO BUILD MOST OF THE HOMES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
SO AS FAR AS THE QUALITY OF THE HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT IN HERE, I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY SHOULD NOT BE A CONCERN, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT YOU DO HAVE THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WITH A LOT OF THESE, THERE IS SOME OPPOSITION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON PROJECTS IN SOUTHLAKE FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND OF THE 50 PLUS PROJECTS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, I WILL SAY THERE'S BEEN OPPOSITION TO ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
YET THEY'VE HAPPENED, THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPED, AND THEY ARE PART OF THE FABRIC OF SOUTHLAKE NOW.
AND MY CLIENTS AND I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE OTHERS COME TELL US AFTERWARDS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY WORKED OUT WELL. YOU KNOW, THE OPPOSITION WAS OVERBLOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED, PERHAPS TO CHANGE AND ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS THEIR HOME SITE.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US ALL AND ANYTHING THAT PERHAPS WILL AFFECT YOUR HOME, THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH THAT AND YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL THESE CONCERNS IN OUR PROPOSAL, AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL REALLY BE A NICE DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTHLAKE.
YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO SOUTHLAKE WOODS MANY TIMES THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
INVITED THEM TO THE SPIN MEETING, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF THE FOLKS OVER THERE.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE STOOD IN THE BACKYARD OF A COUPLE OF THE HOMES HERE, INCLUDING TWO OF THE FOUR THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO US THERE, TALKED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THEM, ADDRESSED ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD, AND THOSE TWO HOMEOWNERS WROTE LETTERS OF SUPPORT COMING IN.
SO, I THINK THAT THAT WE'VE DONE AS MUCH OUTREACH AS POSSIBLE, AND I'VE BEEN WILLING TO TALK TO ANYONE THAT THAT HAS REACHED OUT ON THIS AS WELL.
SO, FINALLY, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE AND VERY DESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTHLAKE.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTES OF APPROVAL TONIGHT.
AND SO WE CAN WE CAN GET THIS GOING AND ADD ANOTHER GREAT DEVELOPMENT TO SOUTHLAKE.
SO HERE'S OUR PROPOSAL, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF YOU HAVE.
IF YOU COULD CONFIRM OR CLARIFY THAT ONE FOR US.
YES. WHAT HE SAID IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT WE AGREED AT THE P&Z MEETING TO MAKE THAT A FULL RESIDENT IN AND OUT ACCESS AND SO IT IS NOT EMERGENCY ONLY.
IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR VISITORS, I GUESS, TO COME IN AND OUT AT ANY TIME.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? GO AHEAD. 15.13 ACRES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
IS THAT INCLUDING THE COMMERCIAL? IT DOES DOESN'T IT? IT IS.
YES. HOW MUCH? HOW MANY ACRES ARE IN THE COMMERCIAL ALONE?
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YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY ABOUT.OKAY. AND THEN THE COMMENT ABOUT THE GARAGE DOORS.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR OR WITH THIS WIDENING OF THE LOTS, ARE YOU REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT SO THAT YOU ARE INSIDE THAT 30%, OR WHAT'S THE STORY WITH THAT? WELL, IT MAY STILL BE ABOVE 30%.
SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY DOING THAT.
BUT WHAT I WAS JUST MENTIONING IS AS THE LOTS GOT WIDER, THEN THAT PERCENTAGE GETS SMALLER.
SO IS THE REQUEST SPECIFIC LIKE 35, 40 OR IS IT OR IS IT JUST ANYTHING OVER 30? I THINK WE'D BE HAPPY WITH NO MORE THAN 40%.
OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST ONE IS YOU SAY MOST OF THE LOTS WILL BE BUILT BY LOCAL BUILDERS, JUST TO KIND OF NAIL DOWN SOME OF THE SPECIFICS, LIKE WHEN YOU SAY MOST, ARE WE TALKING 15 OF THE 22 YOU THINK OR DO YOU THINK 11 OF THE 22? AND THEN CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF MAYBE SOME OF THE BUILDERS YOU'VE SPOKEN TO POTENTIALLY? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS INTERESTED IN BUILDING 5 TO 7 HOMES, AND THE REST OF THEM WOULD BE BY THE LOCAL BUILDERS THAT WERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THOSE THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN TO ARE? WILLOW TREE HAS, IS PART OF THIS.
HE'S HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH JOHN ATTWOOD AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT ARE INTERESTED.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. WE MAY HAVE SOME LATER, BUT THANK YOU.
THIS IS A SECOND READING ON ITEM SIX A.
SO IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND WE'LL OPEN THAT UP IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT THIS IS REALLY OUR THIRD MEETING ON THIS.
SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR COUNCIL TO, IF THEY WANT TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE CHANGES AND OR REITERATE AND RESTATE WHAT WE'VE SAID IN THE PAST.
AS FAR AS MY POSITION, I THINK I WAS CLEAR AT THE LAST HEARING ON WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS THE RESIDENTIAL LOT SIZES MATCHING UP WITH SOUTHLAKE WOODS TO THE SOUTH AND THE HOMES ON INDIAN PAINTBRUSH.
I THINK THERE'S THE TRAFFIC ISSUES ON PEYTONVILLE AND COULD USE SOME ACCESS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PART TO 1709 DIRECTLY. WHERE OR HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE.
BUT THOSE WERE MY CONCERNS BACK IN DECEMBER, AND THEY'RE STILL MY CONCERNS TONIGHT.
BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN WE'LL INVITE EVERYONE TO COME UP WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK, BUT GO AHEAD COUNCIL, ANYONE.
AS FAR AS EXCUSE ME, LOT SIZE, LIKE YOU MAYOR, I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT DRIVERS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS, AND THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS THE WISEST DRIVERS AND MAKE FOOLISH ERRORS THAT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE KIDS INVOLVED.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE GARAGES BEING IN FRONT.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? GO AHEAD. SURE.
BUT I AM ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THIS THAN YOU GUYS ARE.
GOING FROM 30. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 22.
AND ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS WAS WITH REGARDS TO PEYTONVILLE AS WELL.
I THINK EVERYBODY HAS SHARED THAT CONCERN.
BUT WITH THE PROGRAMED GATE, THAT VIRTUALLY ELIMINATES ANY CONCERN IN THE MORNING DURING THE SCHOOL RUSH HOUR, BECAUSE YOU CAN ALIGN THAT TO, TO SCHOOL ZONE TIMES AND ELIMINATE TRAFFIC COMPLETELY ON PEYTONVILLE COMING OUT DURING THOSE TIMES BOTH IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON.
SO I'M STILL IN THE SAME PLACE ON THIS, I THINK ON THE, ON THE PEYTONVILLE ACCESS IN THE MORNING.
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MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE KIDS WOULD GO TO CARROLL ELEMENTARY DOWN SOUTH ON PEYTONVILLE TO THE INTERSECTION OF CONTINENTAL AND PEYTONVILLE.SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE BLOCKED OFF PEYTONVILLE ACCESS IN THE MORNING.
ARE WE MAKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS? WHETHER IT'S THE BUS OR PARENTS DROPPING THEM OFF, GO WEST THROUGH THE PLAYER CIRCLE ACCESS AND ON TO 1709 AND THEN DOWN PEYTONVILLE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF WANTING TO BLOCK THE U-TURN TRAFFIC.
I GET THAT, BUT AT THE AT THE EXPENSE OF MAKING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUS OR PARENTS DROPPING OFF.
BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A FIX THERE FOR THIS, FOR THIS ISSUE.
BUT YEAH, NO, IT'S A FAIR POINT YOU MAKE.
AND SO, SO, YEAH, YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL OF, YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5 FAMILIES MAYBE MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE A SLIGHTLY LONGER WAY TO THE SCHOOL, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE, YOU KNOW, OF THE GREATER POPULATION.
YEAH. WE AND WE DON'T KNOW YET.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW. BUT THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE? GO AHEAD. YEAH, I'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT AS WELL.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE LOT SIZES MATCH UP BETTER WITH SOUTHLAKE WOODS.
I'VE WATCHED ALL THOSE NEWER HOMES DOWN ON PEYTONVILLE BE BUILT.
PRETTY MUCH. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EXPECTING ACRE LOT.
CERTAINLY. WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF THOSE ARE THAT ARE FARTHER SOUTH.
BUT YOU'VE GOT A FAIRLY LARGE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AN AVERAGE OF HALF ACRE LOTS.
AND I TRY TO LOOK AT THE I DON'T TRY.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BETTER MATCHED WITH WHAT'S SURROUNDING IT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH IN THERE.
I THINK EVEN THOUGH I KNOW OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO LEAVE CAMPUS, THEY DO ALL THE TIME.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE FINE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'LL TRY PROBABLY.
BUT I LIKE THAT THAT WHOLE PIECE THAT BUTTS UP AGAINST 1709.
I JUST, I HAVE TOO MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOT SIZE AND THE TRAFFIC.
IT IS ONLY REALLY ONE TIME OF DAY MORE THAN ANY OTHER.
IT IS. IT IS QUITE THE NIGHTMARE.
THANKFULLY, I DON'T HAVE TO NAVIGATE THAT ANYMORE.
BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO AND WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF US, IT'S IT'S SOMETHING AND IT'S SOMETHING NOT JUST IN THE MORNING, BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS A COUPLE OTHER LEAVE TIMES. THE SENIOR HIGH WHERE? TRAFFIC. I MEAN, IT'S A SPEEDWAY OVER THERE, SO I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
AND SO I'M REALLY NOT CHANGED FROM WHERE I HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY.
I'VE REALLY GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE CHANGES AND TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE THAT WE CAN HAVE APPROVAL.
SO I WOULD SAY I'M IN THE SAME CAMP AS COUNCILMAN WILLIAMSON.
WE'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT ON THIS DEAL.
I THINK THAT THESE GUYS HAVE WORKED TO GET TO A SPOT HERE.
I THINK I TRY TO APPROACH EACH ONE OF THESE WITH A CRITICAL THOUGHT PROCESS, AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY LIKE, IF WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT DIRT SIZE, THAT'S ONE PIECE OF THE EQUATION. BUT TO ME THERE'S MULTIPLE PIECES OF THIS.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A HALF ACRE LOT WITH A HOUSE, THAT'S X AMOUNT TO PUT THE SAME SIZE DIRT NOW 15, 20 YEARS LATER IS A THREE, FOUR, FIVE X, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF HOME THERE.
AND THESE HOUSES ARE SURROUNDED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BY COMMERCIAL AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER HOUSES THAT ARE TYPICALLY BACKING UP TO OTHER RESIDENTIAL ACROSS THE BOARD. SO I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AT A QUARTER ACRE LOTS YOU KNOW, NONE OF THEM ARE LESS THAN, LESS THAN TEN.
I THINK THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MAKES SENSE.
YOU KNOW, DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS WHEN WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING'S GOING TO GO HERE.
AND I MEAN, IF THIS GOES COMMERCIAL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GATE AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
I JUST I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH FROM, FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT, THAT AT THIS POINT I'M THE SAME.
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THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.THERE ARE NO SOLUTIONS, ONLY TRADE OFFS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HONEST, THIS IS MY MISSISSIPPI MATH.
BUT 15 ACRES, 22 HOMES ON TEN PLUS ACRES, THAT DOESN'T GIVE ME INDIGESTION.
THE TRAFFIC, I MEAN, THAT THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK WHATEVER THEY DO, IT'S GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY AN ISSUE BECAUSE MANY OF THESE STREETS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL TOWN, THEY'RE ALREADY CONGESTED.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK A DEVELOPER TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
BUT TO USE THE WORD EVERYBODY ELSE'S USE, I MEAN, I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF I FEEL LIKE IT'S CONSISTENT, BUT THE SIZE I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NECESSARILY.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, NEXT WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 6A.
6A IS A SECOND READING, SO IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I'LL INVITE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.
WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENT CARDS.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL START WITH THE COMMENTS AND THE RESIDENTS WHO INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK BUT DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ANYMORE, THAT'S FINE OR VICE VERSA.
IF YOU INDICATED THAT YOU DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT WANT TO SPEAK.
WE'LL GET TO YOU HERE MOMENTARILY.
BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE COMMENT CARDS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
WE HAVE A LIGHTING SYSTEM TO THE RIGHT OF THE MONITOR.
YELLOW MEANS YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT AND RED MEANS STOP.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE SPEAKERS.
FIRST UP IS JOSIE YEAGER AT 1402 VINO ROSSA COURT HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.
WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM SIX A.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS JOSIE YEAGER.
I CAN SPEAK FIRST HAND ON THE DANGER THAT THIS PEYTONVILLE EXIT FOR CARROLL CROSSING FACES.
I DROVE SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD ON THE WAY TO GO TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING AND IT'S A DOUBLE TURN LANE.
YOU HAVE A U LANE AND A LEFT TURN LANE ONTO PEYTONVILLE FROM SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD.
IT WOULD BE STALLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A CONCERN OR A COMMENT ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD JUST BE DURING SCHOOL HOURS, OR IN THE MORNINGS OR IN THE AFTERNOONS, AND THIS WOULD NOT JUST BE IN THE MORNINGS OR THE AFTERNOONS.
I KNOW I HAD A TOUGH TIME, I ALMOST GOT T-BONED A COUPLE TIMES.
NOT FUN, AND THE LOT SIZES ALSO QUITE CONCERNING.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM SRIKANTA GADDAM AT 608 INDIAN PAINTBRUSH.
WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 6A.
I APOLOGIZE ON THE NAME PRONUNCIATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I LIVE AT 608 INDIAN PAINTBRUSH WAY.
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SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.I WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON THE BOTTLENECK THAT IS HAPPENING THERE.
WHERE THE ONE WAY PEYTONVILLE AVENUE IS BECOMING TWO WAY THERE, BUT IT IS STILL PRACTICALLY A ONE WAY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THERE THAT ARE HAVING TO WAIT SO MUCH TIME TO GET IN AND OUT OF WALGREENS.
I GO THROUGH THAT ROUTE EVERY DAY, BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 22 HOMES BEING BUILT THERE, AND THEN YOU ARE TRYING TO EXIT THAT ONTO PEYTONVILLE AND SAY YOU WANT TO PUT A PROGRAMED GATE. WHO MANAGES THAT GATE? THAT IS ALSO A CONCERN.
AND A FEW OTHER THINGS I WROTE DOWN IS DID WE AT ALL CONSIDER AN EXIT FROM THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT IS BEING BUILT TOWARDS THE DAVIS BOULEVARD? SEE IF WITH THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CAN EXIT DIRECTLY ONTO DAVIS BOULEVARD, WHICH COULD BE A SOLUTION WITHOUT HAVING THEM COME ON TO PEYTONVILLE.
AND I WANTED YOU TO LOOK INTO THE SATELLITE IMAGE THERE, HOW THE SURROUNDING HOUSES ARE LIKE.
SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THE LOT SIZES ARE LOT SMALLER, AND WE ARE SQUEEZING THEM INTO A BOTTLENECK AREA, LIKE ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE RECENTLY MENTIONED THAT THAT IS A BAD WAY TO EXIT THE TRAFFIC ONTO.
SO I WANT YOU TO LOOK INTO THAT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ACT ON THIS PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
I'VE BEEN A SOUTHLAKE CITIZEN FOR SIX YEARS NOW.
AND SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR DOING THIS.
AND THAT HAPPENS WHEN I'M IN SAN ANTONIO.
THAT HAPPENS WHEN I'M IN NEW JERSEY.
THAT HAPPENS WHEN I'M IN IN CELINA, IN PLANO.
THAT'S NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO FOR $1 MILLION HOME.
THERE ARE A LOT OF MILLION DOLLAR HOMES EVERYWHERE ELSE.
IT IS SPECIAL BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING HERE AND PEOPLE BEFORE YOU HAVE BEEN DOING HERE.
RIGHT? AND THAT IS TO STAY TRUE TO WHAT THE CITY SHOULD REPRESENT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, RIGHT? NOW, THAT BEING SAID, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO CHANGE.
WE'RE ALL IN HERE TO BE CAPITALISTIC, SO WE HAVE TO GO FOR GROWTH.
AND IT'S NOT JUST DURING THE SCHOOL I'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR SIX YEARS.
I'VE WORKED FROM HOME, I WORK, I GO TO OFFICE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSSES COMING THERE BECAUSE BAND COMES IN OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO CONTROL A GATE, ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY KIDS COMING OVER THERE.
AND YOU CAN'T REALLY KNOW WELL IN FALL SEASON.
STOP IT. THIS TIME IN SUMMER SEASON, KEEP IT OPEN.
LIKE, WHO'S GOING TO CONTROL ALL THAT? RIGHT. THE SECOND THING IS THE ENTRANCE FOR PEYTONVILLE, LIKE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE BEFORE ME HAVE SAID HAS BEEN A CHOKING POINT FOR SOME TIME NOW, EVEN FOR THE RESIDENTS.
IT'S AN EXISTING PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD SOLVE THAT.
AND I HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KID, AND IT'S POINT TWO MILES FROM MY POINT SIX MILES FROM MY HOME.
I STILL PAY $500 TO SEND HER TO THE SCHOOL BUS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY WE COULD MAKE THAT IN TIME.
NOW, GIVEN THAT YOU'RE ADDING 20 MORE HOUSES, IT'S NOT REASONABLE.
IS THERE A TRADE OFF? YES. BUT IS THIS THE TRADE OFF WE WANT TO MAKE? I DON'T KNOW, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I NOTICED YOU SUBMITTED ONE COMMENT CARD IN WRITING AND THEN ONE ELECTRONICALLY, SO WE'VE GOT BOTH.
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NEXT UP IS SANJAY VERA BATHINA AT 1921 BIG BEND HERE IN SOUTHLAKE WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO SIX A ITEM.THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AS YOU SAID, I CAME TO OPPOSE THIS PROPOSED SUBDIVISION.
LET ME LAY OUT THE REASONS FIRST.
THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION HAS A RIGHT TURN ONLY EXIT ONTO PEYTONVILLE, WHEN PEYTONVILLE IS ALREADY DEALING WITH LONG LINES OF SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC FLOWING IN AND OUT OF CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AND IT WILL FORCE THE DRIVERS WANTING TO WANTING TO GET ONTO THE SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD TO ENTER THE SOUTHLAKE WOODS SUBDIVISION, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE FIRST ONE RIGHT AFTER THEY TURN RIGHT TO CIRCLE AROUND THE ENTRANCE ISLAND.
WAIT IN THE SUBDIVISION TO TURN LEFT ONTO PEYTONVILLE AND HEAD BACK NORTH ONTO SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND GET INTO THE TOWN OR 114, RIGHT? SO THIS NOT ONLY INCREASES THE TRAFFIC ON THE ALREADY CONGESTED PEYTONVILLE, BUT IT ALSO POSES A GREAT SAFETY RISK TO DRIVERS AND CHILDREN BIKING IN SOUTHLAKE WOODS, EVEN IF THE EXIT IS BLOCKED DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
LIKE THE BUILDER IS PROPOSING, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS DURING NON-SCHOOL HOURS.
OKAY, A BAD PROBLEM AT ONE TIME IS NOT GOING TO BECOME A GOOD PROBLEM AT ANOTHER TIME.
SO IT'S NOT A TIME DEPENDENT AND TIME CONSTRAINT PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, TO CONVERT ONE SUBDIVISION INTO A PERMANENT LOCATION.
SECONDLY, THE DENSITY OF THIS PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS ALSO VERY TROUBLING.
THERE ARE ONLY 22 HOMES SITTING ON AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT A QUARTER ACRE, AND WITH FRONT FACING GARAGES, IT DOESN'T BLEND INTO THE LARGER SIZE LOTS IN SOUTHLAKE WOODS AND ON THE SOUTH PEYTONVILLE, WHICH HAS LARGER ESTATES.
AND I THINK THIS ONE ALSO HAS YOU KNOW FRONTS, YOU KNOW, FRONT FACING GARAGES.
NEXT WE HAVE RENE ENRIQUEZ AT ONE 401 PARK PLACE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM SIX, A RENE ENRIQUEZ. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOTE THE OPPOSITION TO ITEM SIX A.
I'M HERE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSAL.
FIRST OF ALL, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS PROPOSAL IS A SERIES OF EXCEPTIONS.
THE GARAGES ARE, YOU KNOW, DON'T FACE THE RIGHT WAY.
YOU HAVE A DRIVE THRU WHERE THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A DRIVE THRU OF THE COMMERCIAL PORTION.
THE OFFICE BUILDINGS LOOK GREAT THOUGH.
I THINK IT'S WAY TOO MUCH DENSITY FOR THIS TYPE OF AREA.
WHAT'S TO SAY OR WHO'S TO SAY THAT THE HOA AT SOME POINT WON'T LEAVE THE GATE OPEN? THEY SAY WE DON'T WANT THE GATE CLOSED, AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING MORNING HOURS AND THE EVENING HOURS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE LIVE RIGHT OFF PEYTONVILLE AND YOU TRY TO MAKE A RIGHT, AND IT'S GRIDLOCKED.
SAME THING. SO IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE THE WAY THEY WANT TO.
JUST PACK THE PEOPLE IN ON THIS, ON THESE SMALL LOTS.
IT'S JUST GOING TO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM THAT GOES AWAY IN THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, AND ALSO WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD OR READ ABOUT THE DEVELOPER IS THAT WE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ENGAGING IN WHAT COULD BE A RISKY PROPOSITION, AS APPARENTLY THIS DEVELOPER HAS NOT ALWAYS HAD THE BEST REPUTATION OF BEING, SAY, A STRAIGHT SHOOTER WITH AN IMPECCABLE BACKGROUND.
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IT SHOULD JUST BE SEALED UP.MAYOR MCCASKILL, CITY COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR GREAT CITY OF SOUTHLAKE.
TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE CARILLON CROSSING DEVELOPMENT.
WHILE GROWTH AND EXPANSION ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ANY CITY, THIS PROPOSAL IS FUNDAMENTALLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH SOUTHLAKE CHARACTER, SAFETY AND VALUES. THE PROPOSED HOMES ON LESS THAN QUARTER ACRE LOTS ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S TRADITION OF LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
IN FACT, IT IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO NORMALIZING THE UNDEFINED MEDIUM DENSITY, WHICH COMPROMISES THE UNIQUE CHARM THAT ATTRACTS RESIDENTS TO SOUTHLAKE. MORE CONCERNING IS THE LOCATION DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE CAMPS. THEY HAVE FOOTBALL PRACTICES.
AT ANY GIVEN DAY YOU DRIVE BY, THERE'S KIDS PRACTICING THERE ON THE TRACK AND FIELD.
WE CAN'T SACRIFICE THE SAFETY OF ONE CHILD, NOT ONE FOR THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF SOMEONE ELSE.
DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD EVEN GO NEAR THERE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S NOT OUR BIGGEST CONCERN.
I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO REJECT THE CARILLON CROSSING PROPOSAL.
I LIVE IN MONTICELLO ESTATES AND I.
WHEN WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT.
YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE LAWN SERVICE GUYS IN THE MORNING.
THEY HAVE TRAILERS BEHIND THEM, AND THEN THEY HAVE TRAILERS BEHIND THEM.
AND THE CITY DISPOSAL COMPANIES TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST CLOSING THE GATE FOR A FEW HOURS AT THE EXIT.
THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
ANYWAY, I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO TO THIS PROPOSITION TONIGHT.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
NEXT IS MELISSA PARROTT AT 1901 WHITE OAK CLEARING HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.
WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM SIX A.
I LIVE AT 1901 WHITE OAK CLEARING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MCCASKILL AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT COULD GO WRONG.
WHEN YOU ADD FOUR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THRU, AND 22 HOMES BASICALLY STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER TO AN ALREADY OVERLY BUSY INTERSECTION.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS TO BE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL? WHAT COULD GO WRONG WHEN YOU ADD A GATED ENTRANCE EXIT WITH A RIGHT TURN ONLY ONTO PEYTONVILLE BECAUSE THERE IS A MEDIAN IN THE ROAD BECAUSE THE HIGH SCHOOL IS RIGHT THERE. WHAT COULD GO WRONG WHEN 63% OF THE TREES COULD POSSIBLY BE REMOVED, RATHER THAN THE TYPICAL 30%? WHAT COULD GO WRONG WHEN THE PROPOSED HOUSES ARE ON LOTS ONE HALF THE SIZE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY ABUT? WHAT COULD GO WRONG WHEN YOU MAKE TRAFFIC WORSE IN AN AREA FULL OF YOUNG, INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS? WELL, IN MY OPINION A LOT COULD GO WRONG AND I'M NOT SURE I'D WANT TO BE TIED TO THAT.
I REALIZE THAT THIS LAND WILL BE DEVELOPED.
I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT SOUTHLAKE CANNOT DO BETTER.
SOUTHLAKE PRIDES ITSELF AT BEING THE BEST AT EVERYTHING.
HASHTAG PROTECT THE TRADITION.
THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS RECENTLY, THEY WEREN'T BY A HIGH SCHOOL.
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OUR DRAGONS DESERVE BETTER.OUR SOUTHLAKE CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER.
PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO KEEP SOUTHLAKE, SOUTHLAKE.
AS ALL OF YOU HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
IS IT EVEN LEGAL TO LIKE LOCK UP A GATE DURING PROPOSED HOURS? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY CONCERN TO ME.
PERHAPS YOU WOULD KNOW THAT'S.
CAN SOMEONE ANSWER THAT LATER FOR ME.
WE'LL TAKE THAT UP LATER. YEAH.
THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE HILLARY RABLER AT 602 STONEBERRY DRIVE HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM SIX A.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS.
I SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING, SHARING MY CONCERNS AS TO WHY THIS DEVELOPED DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GOOD FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD, CARROLL SENIOR HIGH, THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG PEYTONVILLE, AND THE GREATER SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY.
I SPOKE ABOUT THE DENSITY AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT PLAGUE THIS PROPOSAL.
AS YOU KNOW, SOUTH PEYTONVILLE IS HOME TO OUR DISTINGUISHED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ACREAGE AND LOVELY NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING SOUTHLAKE WOODS, PARK PLACE AND CHIMNEY HILL. SCATTERED IN BETWEEN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES THAT ADD TO THE CHARM AND AMBIANCE OF SOUTH PEYTONVILLE.
MY HUSBAND, WHO'S AN ENGINEER AND WAY BETTER AT NUMBERS THAN I AM, CALCULATED A ROUGH NUMBER, A ROUGH AVERAGE OF LOT SIZES ALONG SOUTH PEYTONVILLE.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE SIZE WAS.
1.85 ACRES PER LOT ON AVERAGE FOR HOMES THAT SIT ALONG SOUTH PEYTONVILLE.
FRONT FACING GARAGES THAT LACK THE APPEAL AND STANDARDS THAT SOUTHLAKE CITIZENS EXPECT, AND NUMEROUS SAFETY CONCERNS THAT PUT ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON THE SCHOOL AND NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTH.
THIS DOESN'T BELONG ON SOUTH PEYTONVILLE.
MY FRIEND MELISSA AND I WALKED THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES LOCATED WITH WITHIN 300FT OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING SOUTHLAKE WOODS, MYERS MEADOWS AND PLAYERS CIRCLE. WE SPOKE WITH HOMEOWNERS, MANY OF WHOM HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL AT ALL.
THE DEVELOPER OBTAINED FOUR RESPONSES, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, TWO IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED.
30 ADDRESSES SHOW IN R, MEANING NO RESPONSE.
I WANT TO READ INTO THE MINUTES TONIGHT THAT SEVEN OF THESE NO RESPONSES ARE IN FACT OPPOSED.
JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE THOSE NAMES.
SO I HAVE TO SAY SOME I CAN'T READ.
WE CAN I READ THE ADDRESSES OR THE NAMES, WHICH WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE US.
SO I HAVE LARRY AT 260 SOUTH PEYTONVILLE, LEE AT 407 INDIAN PAINTBRUSH WAY.
I WANT TO SAY MARK AT 405 INDIAN PAINTBRUSH WAY.
ROBERTA, 515 INDIAN PAINTBRUSH WAY.
YANO AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING.
AND I DO NOT KNOW THE NAME AT 101 STERLING COURT.
I CAN GIVE THIS TO YOU OR WHOEVER.
YEAH. IF YOU COULD BRING THAT UP AND GIVE THAT TO OUR CITY SECRETARY, THAT'D BE GREAT.
THANK YOU. SO, IN CONCLUSION, I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL.
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AND LET'S KEEP PEYTONVILLE, PEYTONVILLE.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENT CARDS INDICATING WISHING TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE COMMENT CARDS FROM PEOPLE WHO INDICATED THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
BUT IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, JUST GRAB MY ATTENTION AND COME ON DOWN.
PATTY YEAGER AT 1402 VENAROSA COURT HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT RECORDS OPPOSITION TO 6A. JEN VELASCO AT 822 LONGHORN HOLLOW HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT RECORDS OPPOSITION TO ITEM 6A.
LEE WAMBSGANS AT POB 94017 HERE IN SOUTHLAKE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT RECORDS OPPOSITION TO ITEM 6A.
A THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENT CARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT I MISSED OR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK OR SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD? COME ON DOWN. AND IF YOU COULD STATE IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.
I'M ROSANNE SWECKER, 605 STONEBERRY.
MY CONCERN I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO LOT SIZES OR ANYTHING IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE EXIT GOING OUT ONTO PEYTONVILLE AND IT BEING BLOCKED OFF DURING THAT TIME IN THE MORNING IT GETS REALLY BAD.
AND ALSO BEING A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, EMERGENCY EXITS ARE CRUCIAL TO US.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE GETTING IN OUR WAY.
WE WANT TO GET THAT DOOR OPEN AND GET PEOPLE OUT.
HOW DO YOU GET AN AMBULANCE IN IF THAT GATE IS LOCKED? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME.
PEYTONVILLE HAS BECOME A DRAG RACE.
MY NEW NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES BEHIND ME IN HOGWOOD.
THE ONLY ONE THAT KEPT THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE.
BY THE WAY, RANDY, WE YOU WANTED US TO MAKE A DECISION ON.
THE FENCES THAT NIGHT. WE HAVE THREE FENCES NOW.
WE HAVE WOOD, CATTLE AND IRON.
BACKED UP TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
YEAH. AND THE HOUSES ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN THE DEVELOPER SAID HE WAS GOING TO BUILD THEM.
SO THE GREEN SPACES ARE OUT THE WINDOW THERE.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SAME THING WITH THE GREEN SPACES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY ALSO CUT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO PEOPLE ARE USING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW TO CUT THROUGH.
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PICTURE. YOU'RE SEEING THE LITTLE PICTURE.I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT, I'M REALLY NOT.
THIS IS LIKE YOU GIVE AN INCH, YOU TAKE A YARD, YOU KNOW? WHEN I MOVED HERE, WE'RE ON THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE, AND I BACK UP TO PEYTONVILLE.
BETWEEN THE DRAG RACING AND THE AMBULANCE WE HEAR IT ALL NIGHT LONG, AND I JUST.
I'M JUST LIKE. I'M JUST KIND OF IN SHOCK THAT THIS IS WHAT SOUTHLAKE HAS TURNED INTO.
AND IF YOU ALL THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS, CAN'T SEE THAT, WHY DON'T YOU COME LIVE BY US FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT? AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
YOU ALWAYS DO. BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO THE WAY THE DEVELOPER SAYS IT'S GOING TO GO.
IT DIDN'T WITH HAWKWOOD, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
COME ON DOWN. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK OR SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD.
AGAIN, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GEORGIA LITTLE.
I LIVE AT 908 EDGEMERE LANE, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TEXAS.
OF SOUTHLAKE SINCE 1994, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, SOMEHOW THE LOT SIZES KEEP GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER.
THE QUALITY OF THE HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT IS NOT AT ALL WHAT IT USED TO BE.
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT SOUTHLAKE IS, HAS BEEN OR SHOULD BE.
AND AGAIN, IF THE BUILDER PERHAPS COULD MAKE HAVE FEWER HOMES BUT MAKE THEM OF HIGHER QUALITY, AND THEN THEY COULD HAVE THE SAME PROFIT MARGIN, POTENTIALLY BECAUSE THEY COULD CHARGE MORE FOR THOSE HOMES AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THE QUALITY OF LIFE UP AS IT SHOULD BE FOR US RESIDENTS OF SOUTHLAKE.
AGAIN, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON OVER ON CARILLON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 114.
AND IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SO I'VE BEEN JUST KIND OF WATCHING TO SEE HOW THIS WAS GOING TO GO.
I THINK A COUPLE LESS LOTS WOULD BE NICE.
THE WHOLE GREENBELT SITUATION.
I KNOW THE RESIDENT THAT IS ACROSS FROM THE POND.
THAT AREA WAS A LOT BIGGER ON THE PREVIOUS PLAN AS FAR AS THE COMMON SPACE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S A WOOD FENCE ALONG THERE, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH A COUPLE OF THOSE RESIDENTS ON REPLACING THAT, BUT WE NEED THE ENTIRE FENCE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
SO IF THIS DOES GO THROUGH, I WOULD ASK THAT THE ENTIRE WOOD FENCE IS REPLACED.
ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAS REPLACED PART OF THEIRS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE FENCING, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REQUEST.
AND IF A COUPLE MORE LOTS COULD LEAVE, THAT WOULD ALSO HELP WITH SOME MORE GREEN SPACE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD? ALL RIGHT. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 6A.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AGAIN AND PARTICIPATING IN OUR PROCESS.
COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE INTO A MOTION? MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION.
ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT.
AND I'LL STAND TO BE CORRECTED BY THE DEVELOPER IF I'M WRONG ON ANY OF THIS.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AS IT RELATES TO THE GATES CLOSING DURING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS, THIS WOULD JUST BE THE EXIT GATE.
OKAY. SO THIS IS ONLY THE EXIT GATE.
THAT GATE WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY TO COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.WE CAN EASILY CRAFT INTO A MOTION THAT THEY INSTALL AN OPTICON RESPONSE ON THAT GATE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER GATE IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE WHERE EVERY DPS UNIT, POLICE AND FIRE CLICKS A BUTTON AND IT OVERRIDES ANY GATE.
WE ALSO HAVE THAT ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN OUR CITY SO THAT THEY CAN OVERRIDE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
SO THAT'S A VERY EASY FIX IF WE CHOSE TO DO THAT.
NEXT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IF THE HOA DECIDES, WELL, WE'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT OPEN.
THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF AN ORDINANCE.
THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE'RE PASSING TONIGHT AS PART OF THIS ZONING.
CAN THEY DO THAT ON A GIVEN DAY? OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE GUARDS STANDING THERE FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
BUT AT THE MOMENT THAT OCCURS AND WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT, THAT WOULD BE REINFORCED.
AND IT MUST BE IT MUST BE MEETING THE STANDARDS OF THE MOTION.
SO AN HOA CAN NEVER OVERRIDE WHAT THE APPROVAL IS.
AND THEN FINALLY, I DON'T HAVE PERFECT FACTS ON THIS, BUT I JUST DID A LITTLE RESEARCH.
ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER LEAVES THEIR HOME TWO AND A HALF TIMES A DAY.
IF YOU HAVE TWO HOMEOWNERS, TWO PEOPLE THERE.
SO LET'S CALL THAT FIVE TIMES A DAY, 22 HOMES.
YOU DO THAT AND DIVIDE THAT INTO 14 HOURS OF TIME, WHICH IS GENERALLY I THINK IT'S FAIR.
THAT COMES UP TO, ON AVERAGE, ONE.
IF YOU GO WITH THE FIVE TIMES A DAY SOMEONE LEAVES A HOME, THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF ONE CAR EXITING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY EIGHT MINUTES. IF YOU DOUBLE THAT TO 16 EXITS PER DAY FROM THAT CAR, FROM THAT HOME.
THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF ONE EVERY FOUR MINUTES FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND EVEN IF IT DID NOT, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING OUT OF 22 HOMES IS MINIMAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
I WAS COMING AND GOING A LOT MORE FROM MY HOUSE THAN THAT.
THEY AT HOME, THEY WERE BOTH DRIVING.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHARLI. AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I, WHEN I DOUBLED IT TO SAY TEN EXITS A DAY PER ADDRESS.
AND THAT CAME DOWN TO ONE CAR LEAVING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY FOUR MINUTES.
SO LET'S DOUBLE IT TO YOUR POINT.
NOW IT'S ONE CAR EVERY TWO MINUTES.
LET'S QUADRUPLE IT. IT'S ONE CAR EVERY MINUTE.
MY POINT IS, IS THAT 22 HOMES DOES NOT CREATE MASSIVE TRAFFIC.
AND WITH THE GATED PIECE OF THIS GOING IN, IT CAN'T.
THEY CAN'T COME OUT DURING THE BUSY TIMES.
I KNOW THERE ARE PASSING PERIODS, I GET IT, I HAVE KIDS ALL GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL, I GET THAT, BUT THE PRIMARY TIMES ARE STARTING OF SCHOOL AND END OF SCHOOL IS WHEN IT GETS CRAZY BUSY AND THAT GATE DOES SOLVE FOR THAT.
SO EVERYBODY MAY NOT AGREE WITH ME, BUT THAT'S JUST MY SPOT, MY POSITION ON THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO A MOTION? I THINK IT'S THAT TIME.
OKAY. I DID WANT TO RAISE ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE I TO THE COUNCIL, BEFORE I WOULD MAKE A MOTION.
AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT U-TURN SIGN BEFORE WE HAD THE CONSIDERATION OF A GATE WITH SET HOURS WHEN PEYTONVILLE IS NOT BUSY DUE TO SCHOOL.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC ON PEYTONVILLE.
BUT IF WE PUT THE GATE MOTION IN WITH THE RESTRICTED HOURS, IS THERE EVEN A NEED FOR A U-TURN SIGN, OR IS THAT THEN CREATE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SOUTH WHEN PEYTONVILLE HAS NO TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENINGS, ON THE WEEKENDS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO DO WE REALLY NEED THAT U-TURN SIGN THERE? I PROPOSE WE DON'T.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION, SO IT'S OKAY.
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WHY DON'T YOU CRAFT IT THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO CRAFT IT, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON IT.AND THIS MAY JUST BE MY IGNORANCE PIECE WITH THIS ZONING CHANGE.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GARAGES AND EVERYTHING.
DO WE HAVE TO DELINEATE ANY OF THAT IN THIS, OR IS THIS IS THAT PURELY.
DOES THAT COME LATER ON? I MEAN, WE CAN PUT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT IN 35, 40, WHATEVER YOU WANT AS FAR AS A MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE RATIO OF THE LOT WIDTH.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO ZONING AND THAT WOULD, WOULD THAT COME IN LATER.
I MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE ANY VARIANCES TONIGHT.
IS THAT CORRECT OR WOULD WE BE APPROVING THAT TONIGHT.
NO. THE PROPOSED AS I UNDERSTAND IT, STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M IF I'M WRONG.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE 30%.
OKAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
SO I MEAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT, WE CAN.
NO, I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH IT. I MEAN, THAT LOOKS LIKE 30% TO ME.
THE PROPOSAL IN THE ZONING IS TO NOT RESTRICT IT TO THE 30%.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT A CAP ON THAT, THIS WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THAT.
30 IS REQUIRED AND YOU COULD KEEP THAT INTACT IF THAT'S YOUR.
DESIRE. BUT IF YOU DON'T, IF HE DOESN'T DELINEATE THE EXCEPTION THAT IT COULD GO ANYTHING ABOVE 30.
CORRECT. IF WE DON'T PUT A CAP ON IT OF NO MORE THAN 40 OR SOMETHING LIKE OR.
YEAH, BUT NOT IF YOU JUST APPROVED.
NOT IF WE JUST APPROVED TRANSITION ZONING.
THEY THEY'VE SUBMITTED EXAMPLES THAT EXCEED THAT 30%.
AND SO THEY'VE ASKED TO BE RELIEVED OF THAT RESTRICTION.
SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT INTACT, I WOULD INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR MOTION THAT THEY'LL ABIDE BY THE 30% MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF HOME FRONTAGE.
OR IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT 40 OR 30, PUT THAT AT 40% THAT YOU'D BE SPECIFIC IN YOUR MOTION FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
YOU DON'T WANT 40% OR MORE OF A HOME BEING GARAGE FRONT.
OKAY. I'M FINE WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH.
YEAH. I MEAN, YOU GOT TO DRIVE THROUGH RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THE COMMERCIAL WITH THE WALGREENS.
ALRIGHTY. SO, I MEAN, SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES.
YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE.
ITEM 6A, ORDINANCE NUMBER 480-825ZA24-0059, SECOND READING, ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR CARROLL CROSSING A PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOTS THREE D AND THREE CO2 WRE SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 500 AND LOCATED AT 1963 WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND 200 SOUTH PEYTONVILLE AVENUE.
SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER FOUR DATED TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, NOTING THAT WE ARE APPROVING A ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FROM SP1 DETAILED SITE PLAN DISTRICT AND 01 OFFICE DISTRICT TO TRANSITION ZONING DISTRICT AS PRESENTED AND NOTING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.
WITH REGARDS TO TRAFFIC CONCERNS, WE'RE ACCEPTING THE APPLICANT'S WILLINGNESS TO PROHIBIT RESIDENTS FROM EXITING ONTO SOUTH PEYTONVILLE AVENUE DURING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS. THROUGH DEED RESTRICTIONS, SIGNAGE AND GATE OPERATIONS, AND FURTHER REQUIRING INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY ACCESS CONTROLS.
MEETING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY NOTING THAT THE APPLICANT MUST ABIDE BY A MAXIMUM 35% GARAGE WIDTH RATIO TO LOT WIDTH. IS THAT RIGHT, DENNIS? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, I THINK THAT'S IT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX A, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT, CAST YOUR VOTES ON A MOTION TO APPROVE 60.
WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THIS LIKE A COURTROOM.
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IN SOUTHLAKE JUST TO EXPLAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE WEIRD, WHERE WE HAVE A TIE VOTE IN SOUTHLAKE TO HAVE SOMETHING APPROVED, IT REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES TO APPROVE IT, AND THIS CASE DOES NOT.I'LL ASK THE CITY MANAGER IF THERE'S ANY CLARIFICATION WE NEED TO MAKE IN THAT REGARD.
YOU'RE WITH THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WITHOUT THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF FOUR HERE, THIS THIS MATTER DID NOT PASS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION ON ITEM SIX.
A, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACKWARDS TO PUBLIC FORUM, WHICH WAS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[9.A. $V24-0012, Sign Variances for The Residences at Southlake located in Southlake Town Square.]
ITEM 9A, CASE NUMBER SB 24 0012 SIGN VARIANCES.THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR SIGN VARIANCES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1651 EAST STATE HIGHWAY 114 AND 1530 MEETING STREET.
THIS IS FOR THE RESIDENCES AT SOUTHLAKE RELATED TO THEIR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.
THE FIRST ONE ON 114 FRONTAGE IS A REQUEST FOR AN OFF SITE DEVELOPMENT SIGN ADVERTISING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, AND THE SECOND IS A BANNER SIGNS BEING APPLIED TO THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING ALONG THE SITE.
THE REQUEST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SIGN IS TO PERMIT AN OFF SITE SIGN FOR THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION OR JULY 31ST, 2025.
AND THIS IS AN ELEVATION OR EXHIBIT OF THAT PROPOSED SIGN.
IT DOES CONFORM WITH ALL ASPECTS OF A DEVELOPMENT SON, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NOT BEING DIRECTLY ON SITE, AND IT WOULD BE ON THE 114 FRONTAGE UNDER A DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP.
IT CONSISTS OF TWO BANNERS WHICH IS NOT A PERMITTED SIGN TYPE IN THIS SCENARIO AND THESE ARE THE DIMENSIONS IDENTIFYING THAT.
NOW THIS IS A DETAIL OF THE OFF SITE SIGN AND BETTER LOOK AND DETAIL OF THE BANNER SIGN. AS PHOTOS OF THE SITE.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER OFF SITE SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST FOR THIS PORTION OF TOWN SQUARE AND THIS PARTICULAR CORNER, AND SOME OTHER BANNER SIGNAGE THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED.
THE SIGN BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS AT THEIR NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING, FIVE ZERO, RECOMMENDING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SIGN BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIZE AND HEIGHT CRITERIA OF THE ORDINANCE, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE FOLLOWING WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE SIGN BOARD, AS WELL AS REMOVING SOME OF THE BANNER SIGNAGE THAT WAS PROPOSED ON THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING, THEY HAD ANOTHER SECTION OF BANNER THAT ADDED TO THE AREA BEING CONSUMED ON THAT FENCE AND THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED.
AND WHAT IS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING IS REFLECTED OF THE SOUND BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DIRECTOR KILLOUGH, ANY QUESTIONS ON NINE A.
DOES ANYONE REALLY HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SIGN BOARD RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS NOW THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US? ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT.
APPLICANT. HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
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I SEE NO OPPOSITION.I'M NOT GOING TO TALK US OUT OF IT.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 9A? CODY? NO.
ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 9A.
ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIAMSON, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM NINE A.
YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 9A, SB 24-0012, SIGNED VARIANCES FOR THE RESIDENCES AT SOUTHLAKE, LOCATED IN SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE, SUBJECT TO THE STAFF REPORT DATED DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
NOTING THAT WE'RE APPROVING VARIANCES FOR THREE SIGNS ONE OFF SITE DEVELOPMENT SIGN LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CENTRAL AVENUE AND THE EAST STATE HIGHWAY 114 FRONTAGE ROAD AND TWO FIVE FOOT BY 25 FOOT BANNERS ON THE WEST ELEVATION CONSTRUCTION FENCE LOCATED AT 1530 MEETING STREET AND NOTING THAT WE ARE APPROVING A DURATION OF ALL SIGNS TO BE ALLOWED UNTIL JULY 31ST, 2025, OR UNTIL CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE IF THIS ONE'S UNANIMOUS.
SEVEN ZERO. THAT MOTION CARRIES.
SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING THE LAST ITEM TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.