[1. Call to order. ]
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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT'S 05:30 PM AND AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, MY NAME IS SHAWN MCCASKILL. I'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER FOR JUNE 16, 2026. WELCOME. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE A FULL AUDIENCE.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING THAT GOES UNTIL ABOUT 11 O' CLOCK TONIGHT, SO SETTLE IN.
BUT WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO CELEBRATE SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT WILL BE GIVING PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS TO TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
FIRST ITEM UNDER OUR WORK SESSION IS TO INVITE PASTOR CLAYTON REED, OUR OFFICIAL CITY CHAPLAIN FROM SOUTH LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH, TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. AND THEN IF YOU WOULD, AND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO TEXAS. PASTOR REED.
DEAR LORD, WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS EVENING AND THE TIME THAT WE MEET TOGETHER AS A CITY TO DELIBERATE THE IMPORTANT AFFAIRS OF THIS TOWN. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THOSE IN FRONT OF ME AND THOSE WHO SPEAK BEHIND THIS MIC HUMILITY AND WISDOM.
WE PRAY BLESSING UPON THEIR DELIBERATIONS, THEIR THINKING.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD FILL THEM WITH HOPE ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. LORD, WE GIVE THANKS TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY FOR PASTOR JORDAN AND ST.
LAWRENCE CHURCH AND ALL THAT THEY'RE CELEBRATING.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR THEIR LONG INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR THEIR CARE OF THIS CITY, THEIR LOVE OF THIS CITY, AND MOST ESPECIALLY THEIR LOVE OF YOU. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEIR CHURCH, BLESS THEIR PASTORS, AND WE PRAY THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE THROUGH THAT CHURCH IN THIS CITY.
LORD, WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERS HERE SERVING TONIGHT, FOR PEOPLE BEING HONORED, FOR SERVING OUR CITY WELL, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE BEHIND ME WHO ARE SERVING THIS ARMY OF KIDS. WE PRAY BLESSING OVER THEM.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM STRENGTH, THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO FILL THIS TOWN WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE OTHER PEOPLE. AND, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US GRACE TO BE PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE FOR US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[3. Honors & Recognition: The Southlake Odyssey of the Mind Program Achievements at the World Finals]
NUMBER THREE. WE HAVE HONORS AND RECOGNITION FOR THE SOUTH LAKE ODYSSEY OF THE MIND PROGRAM AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE WORLD FINALS. HIMANI KRISHNAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GROUP, IS HERE. YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN? LAST CHANCE FOR A SPEECH. NO, NO SPEECH.THAT'S OKAY. WELL, WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE, Y'.
WE'LL GET RIGHT DOWN TO BUSINESS. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE AND OUR CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE COACHES AND ALL THE STUDENTS WHO REALLY HAVE SOME REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS THIS YEAR AT THE THE WORLD FINALS, I THINK, IN IOWA. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW IT'S THE SUMMER MONTHS, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US TONIGHT. SO I'LL GET RIGHT INTO THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AND THEN I'LL INVITE YOU ALL TO COME DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DAIS. WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, AND I'LL HAND YOU A COPY OF THE PROCLAMATION.
THE ODYSSEY OF THE MIND PROGRAM IS AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL COMPETITION THAT FOSTERS CREATIVITY, TEAMWORK AND INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS AMONG STUDENTS. AND WHEREAS. THE CARROLL ISD ODYSSEY OF THE MIND PROGRAM CONTINUES ITS LONG STANDING TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE SUPPORTED BY DEDICATED STUDENTS, COACHES AND PARENT VOLUNTEERS OF SOUTH LAKE ODYSSEY OF THE MIND BOOSTER CLUB BOOSTER BOARD AND WHEREAS. DURING THE 2025-2026 PROGRAM YEAR, 20 CARROLL ISD TEAMS COMPETED AT THE NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL TOURNAMENT WITH 16 TEAMS ADVANCING TO THE STATE FINALS AND SEVEN TEAMS WHICH EARNED STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES, THEREBY QUALIFYING FOR THE ODYSSEY OF THE MIND WORLD FINALS. AND WHEREAS. FROM MAY 27 THROUGH MAY 30, 2026 AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, APPROXIMATELY 700 TEAMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD COMPETED IN THE ODYSSEY OF THE MIND WORLD FINALS, REPRESENTING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND ACHIEVEMENT. AND WHEREAS.
SEVEN CARROLL ISD TEAMS COMPRISED OF 47 EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS PROUDLY REPRESENTED
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CARROLL ISD AND THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE AND DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE INGENUITY, COLLABORATION AND PERSEVERANCE.AND WHEREAS. THESE TEAMS EARNED OUTSTANDING RESULTS INCLUDING A SECOND PLACE FINISH IN PROBLEM ONE VEHICULAR DIVISION TWO BY EUBANKS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, A FIFTH PLACE FINISH IN PROBLEM THREE CLASSICS DIVISION ONE BY ROCKINBAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL TOP PLACEMENTS ACROSS DIVISIONS. AND WHEREAS.
PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD FINALS REPRESENTS MONTHS OF DEDICATION, CRITICAL THINKING AND TEAMWORK AND IS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT WORTHY OF COMMUNITY RECOGNITION, CELEBRATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SHAWN MCCASKILL, AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 16, 2026 AS SOUTH LAKE ODYSSEY OF THE MIND DAY FOR THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE 2026 ODYSSEY OF THE MIND WORLD FINALS. AND WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, COACHES, AND SUPPORTERS BRINGING THIS HONOR AND DISTINCTION TO THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE. CONGRATULATIONS, Y'ALL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING THE TEAM DOWN? AND WE'LL GO IN FRONT OF THE DAIS COUNCIL.
SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO STAY UP ON THE DAIS KIND OF ON THIS SIDE BY ERIC AND CHUCK AND AUSTIN. WE'LL KIND OF BE BEHIND THE GROUP, BUT EVERYONE WEARING THOSE RED SHIRTS, COME ON DOWN.
OKAY, SO JOSH RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO BE OUR PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE CITY.
SO YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE JOSH. MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT A WINDOW THAT YOU CAN SEE HIM IN.
OKAY? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO, EVERYBODY.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE. ONE MORE PHOTO. HERE WE GO. THREE, TWO, ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ODYSSEY THE MIND.
[4. Honors & Recognition: Proclamation for St. Laurence Church]
AGAIN NEXT YEAR. NEXT IS WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR.AGAIN, HONORS AND RECOGNITION AND A PROCLAMATION FOR ST.
LAWRENCE CHURCH ON THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW PARISH HALL.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE FATHER JOHN, JORDAN AND ANYONE ELSE FROM ST. LAWRENCE TO COME ON DOWN AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THEIR CELEBRATION RECENTLY AND THE NEW ADDITION TO THE CHURCH FAMILY. FATHER JOHN, THE MICROPHONE IS YOURS UP HERE AT THE PODIUM. I DON'T SEE A SPEECH IN HAND.
YEAH. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BESTOWING THIS HONOR ON OUR CHURCH.
IT'S A GREAT, GREAT PLEASURE FOR US, AND WE'RE VERY HUMBLED BY IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO BE PART OF IT. I WAS THERE FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS FOR Y'.
AND IT'S WORTH IT. IT LOOKS GREAT. I KNOW THE CHURCH FAMILY IS VERY HAPPY. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT TO CUT THE RIBBON. YOU DID A GREAT JOB, OF COURSE, AND IT WAS JUST A VERY HAPPY
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OCCASION. SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME, AND I APPRECIATE IT BEING THERE.THANK YOU. WELL, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU AND ST.
LAWRENCE CHURCH, SO IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT, I'LL READ IT OUT LOUD, AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT IT TO YOU. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING UP ANYONE ELSE FROM ST. LAWRENCE FOR A PICTURE, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THAT RATHER BIG GROUP.
WHEREAS ST LAWRENCE CHURCH, FOUNDED IN 1951, HAS LONG BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF THE SOUTH LAKE COMMUNITY, SERVING GENERATIONS THROUGH WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND SERVICE. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, THE CHURCH HAS GROWN ALONGSIDE THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, ENRICHING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND A STRONG COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND THOSE IN NEED. AND WHEREAS THE CHURCH'S DEDICATION AND FAITH OF ITS PARISHIONERS, PARISHIONERS AND LEADERS HAVE BUILT A VIBRANT AND ENDURING CONGREGATION OVER MANY YEARS.
AND WHEREAS THE OPENING OF THE NEW CHURCH BUILDING PARISH HALL MARKS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE, PROVIDING A WELCOMING SPACE FOR CONTINUED WORSHIP, MINISTRY AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE RECOGNIZES AND APPRECIATES THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND LASTING IMPACTS OF ST.
LAWRENCE CHURCH ON THE SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR SHAWN MCCASKILL, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AND OUR CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 16, 2026, AS ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH CELEBRATION DAY IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE. IN HONOR OF THE OPENING OF YOUR NEW BUILDING, PARISH HALL, AND YOUR LONG STANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOUTH LAKE COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS. NOW, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THAT PROCLAMATION AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. BUT JUST AS AN ASIDE FOR THE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, FATHER JOHN IS ONE OF THE GREAT PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE. HE'S INVOLVED IN MANY THINGS. HE SERVES ON OUR CITY COMMITTEE FOR CHURCH LEADERS THAT HELPS US WITH EVERYTHING FROM EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS TO COMMUNITY EVENTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A HIGH PROFILE, HIGH PUBLICITY JOB, BUT HE'S ALWAYS THERE. ALSO HELPS US WITH NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. I THINK THE LAST TWO YEARS HE PRAYED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERS, AND WE DO NEED THOSE PRAYERS.
SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND DOING THAT FOR US. SO APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. ALL RIGHT, ANYONE FROM ST.
LAWRENCE CHURCH WHO'D LIKE TO JOIN US, COME ON DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, HERE WE GO. THREE, TWO, ONE.
AND ONE MORE. THREE, TWO, ONE. THANK YOU.
[5. Presentation of Volunteer Service Awards]
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ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PRESENTATION OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS.AND JULIE KLECK, OUR CITY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, WILL LEAD THAT PRESENTATION. I THINK BORIS ULAWARI IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE HANDING OUT OF THE AWARDS, BUT GO AHEAD.
I'M SORRY, DO I NEED TO HIT A FORWARD ARROW? NO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. THIS EVENING WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR INAUGURAL VOLUNTEER SOUTHLAKE SERVICE AWARDS. IT IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW AWARD, PINS. IN THE SAME YEAR, WE CELEBRATE SOUTH LAKE'S 70TH BIRTHDAY AS WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE IMPACT OF VOLUNTEERS CAN BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN MANY OF SOUTH LAKE'S VARIED PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. LAST YEAR, WE HAD JUST OVER 700 VOLUNTEERS SERVE GRACIOUSLY GIVING MORE THAN 21,000 HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO THE CITY. AND THOSE SERVICE HOURS ARE VALUED OVER $790,000 BY INDEPENDENT SECTOR. THIS EVENING, WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE ACHIEVED AWARDS, AND BORA WILL BE HELPING ME WITH THAT. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST AWARD CATEGORY THIS EVENING IS VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD, AND WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE 37 RECIPIENTS IN THE BRONZE, SILVER AND GOLD CATEGORIES. WE HAVE 19 VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE EARNED THE BRONZE AWARD. TEENS MUST SERVE A MINIMUM OF 50 HOURS, YOUNG ADULTS AND ADULTS HAVE TO SERVE 100 HOURS. IF YOU ARE A RECIPIENT OF THE BRONZE AWARD THIS EVENING, PLEASE AND I CALL YOUR NAME.
WAYNE BERRYMAN. VASHIN. DAVE TANJI. GADOK GADAKOTA.
MAGGIE. GEORGE. QUENTIN GORDON. CHRISTOPHER GODDAGE.
AVIAN CALVA, RANA KISSISI, JOSEPH CILOTTI, NAOMI CILOTTI, DORA LEE. ANNABELLE NICHOLS, ANDREA OCAMPO, SAMIRA PANDEY, DIETJA. PARVATAM, ANAD SATANI, NOGA SHAPIRA, JARED WHINING AND JADEN SINGH. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE SEVEN SOUTHLAKE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE EARNED A SILVER AWARD. TO EARN THE SILVER AWARD, TEEN VOLUNTEERS SERVE A MINIMUM OF 75 HOURS, YOUNG ADULTS 175.
AND THE ADULTS ARE SERVING 250 HOURS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT AWARD. IF YOU ARE A SILVER AWARD RECIPIENT, PLEASE STAND AS I CALL YOUR NAME.
SCOTT KENNEDY. PRANAK VENKAPALI, ALISON LEE, EVA MENEZES, ARAV MISHRA, MAHIKA MISHRA, AND ETHAN TAHIRI.
LET'S PLEASE CONGRATULATE. AND 11 OF OUR SOUTH LAKE VOLUNTEERS ARE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR EARNING A GOLD AWARD.
TO EARN A GOLD AWARD, TEENS HAVE SERVED A MINIMUM OF 100 HOURS, YOUNG ADULTS 250 HOURS AND ADULTS 500, WHICH IS.
THAT'S A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEER HOURS. AND SO PLEASE STAND AS I CALL YOUR NAME. ERIN CHANG, YAHAN GAJEMNYAKA, ISABEL GAVIN, MEHER KAUSHIK, NIYA KRISHNAN, PRITAM CONRETTI, SOPHIA LEE, JUHI PATEL, KEN STEWART, VAYAS VISHNUKUMAR, AND DEREK ZOLLER. PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE THEM. NOW WE'VE GOT SOME MILESTONE SERVICE AWARDS. AND SO IF YOU WERE THINKING THAT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS WERE KIND OF HIGH TO GET, WELL, THESE MILESTONE AWARDS ARE COLLECTED OVER THE LIFETIME. AND WE HAVE A 500 MILESTONE SERVICE AWARD WINNER, CHRISTOPHER GROTTAGE.
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HE IS NOT ABLE TO COME TONIGHT, BUT HE HAS SERVED AS THE CITIZENS ON PATROL PROGRAM AND OVER THREE YEARS. THAT'S PRETTY GREAT. FOR 500 HOUR MILESTONE, NEXT WE HAVE WAYNE BERRYMAN. WAYNE BERRYMAN, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO ACCEPT YOUR AWARD. WAYNE HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH CITIZENS ON PATROL FOR OVER 15 YEARS. NOT ONLY DOES HE ACT AS THE EYES AND EARS OF THE POLICE OFFICERS BY SERVING ON PATROL, BUT HE ALSO ASSISTS THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT.PRETTY COOL. OKAY. AND WAYNE, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE YOU COME BACK UP IN JUST A MOMENT.
YEAH, WE'LL DO A PICTURE IN A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU TO HOLD.
AND OUR LAST MILESTONE AWARD WINNER THIS EVENING IS IN RECOGNITION OF SERVING 08,500 HOURS TO THE VOLUNTEER SOUTH LAKE PROGRAM. COULD YOU PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO RECEIVE THE KEY? AND. KEN'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE IS SUPPORTING CORPORAL BEDRIDGE SOUTH LAKE GUN RANGE. HE'S GOT SOME SPECIALIZED TASKS IN THE RANGE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH MAKES HIM A PERFECT VOLUNTEER FOR THIS SITUATION. AND HOPEFULLY IT FULFILLS YOU AS MUCH AS IT HELPS US.
LET'S GIVE THESE GENTLEMEN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU.
WE HONOR VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOURS IN A JUNIOR CATEGORY AND AN ADULT CATEGORY. AND SADLY, BOTH OF THEM ARE NOT ABLE TO COME.
BUT I DO WANT TO BRAG ON THEM A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE MEJICA MISHRA HAS REPRESENTED HERSELF AND HER FAMILY IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY WITH BEING A JUNIOR SERVICE AWARD WINNER. SHE EARNED 217 HOURS LAST YEAR, DEDICATING MOST OF HER TIME TO THE LIBRARY. I REMEMBER TALKING TO HER LAST YEAR AFTER THE VOLUNTEER AWARDS, AND SHE SAID, HOW DO I GET MORE HOURS? AND I JUST TOLD HER, I SAID, YOU GOTTA HAVE A PLAN. AND SO SHE CERTAINLY DID IT THIS YEAR.
AND I'M SAD THAT SHE'S OUT OF TOWN, BUT SHE'S DOING OTHER VOLUNTEER SERVICE, SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND MEHER KAUSHIK IS OUR ADULT SERVICE AWARD WINNER. SHE WORKED WITH MS. SOLARI LAST YEAR AS AN INTERN FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND LEARNING ABOUT THE CITY AND OF COURSE, GIVING HER YOUTHFUL PERSPECTIVE TO EVERYONE AS WELL, AND SERVED, OF COURSE, 300 HOURS AS IN THAT. IN THAT POSITION. SO WE CAN GIVE BOTH OF THEM A ONE WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS TIME IN FRONT OF YOU TO SHARE THE GOOD THINGS THAT VOLUNTEER SOUTHLAKE HAS GOING ON AND THE MANY WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. AND THEY JUST ARE ALWAYS SIGNING UP TO HELP US IN SOMETHING. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS. PLEASE GIVE ONE MORE FINAL ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WE RECOGNIZE THEIR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION. VOLUNTEERS, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO ALL 711 VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATED 22,000 HOURS, ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF THEIR TIME. THAT'S WHAT MAKES SOUTH LAKE SPECIAL, IT'S THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT, THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE BACK AND POUR INTO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES SOUTH LAKE DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL. AND YOU'VE BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT THIS YEAR. AND FOR MANY OF YOU, IT'S BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T ACCUMULATE THOSE THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN ONE YEAR. SO THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH OVER SO MANY YEARS. SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH Y', ALL,
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LET'S GET A PICTURE WITH EVERYONE WHOSE NAME WAS CALLED WHO'S HERE TONIGHT. WE'LL DO THE SAME SORT OF THING. I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY ALL FIT DOWN THERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO LET'S.[6. Southlake Tourism Public Improvement District ]
NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE SOUTH LAKE TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. AND I'LL RECOGNIZE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM DANIEL CORTEZ TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF A POTENTIAL SOUTH LAKE TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. STPID, DIRECTOR CORTES, IT'S ALL YOURS.MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME COMING, AND SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AS IT PERTAINS SPECIFICALLY TO TOURISM, DOES AND HOW IT COULD ENHANCE THE MARKETING AND VISIBILITY OF SOUTHLAKE TO HELP OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ACROSS SOUTH LAKE IN THE FUTURE. SO, AS I MENTIONED, I'LL PROVIDE THE COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW, SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF WHAT A TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DOES, HOW IT'S EFFECTIVELY FUNDED, AND WHAT IS SOME OF THE FRAMEWORK AND PROCESS FOR AN ADOPTION OF SUCH A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN A GOOD TIME COMING FOR US. WE INITIALLY RECEIVED SOME INTEREST FROM OUR HOTEL PARTNERS LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF US GOING AHEAD AND FORMING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AS IT PERTAINS TO TOURISM. AND SO WE RECEIVED A LETTER SPEARHEADED BY PAUL BARHAM WITH THE WESTIN, AND WE RECEIVED SIGNATURES FROM THE OWNERSHIP OF ALL FOUR HOTELS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SOUTH LAKE. SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT HERE TO THE COUNCIL IS ESSENTIALLY A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE FRAMEWORK ON WHAT THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CAN BE AND TO GAIN SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION YOU WOULD LIKE US TO GO INTO.
SO THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 372 IS WHAT ESTABLISHES THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. INITIALLY, BACK IN 2011, THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS INTERESTED IN THE EFFECTIVELY BECOMING MORE COMPETITIVE ACROSS THE STATE AND REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND SO A LOT OF THE HOTEL GROUPS GOT TOGETHER AND THEY EFFECTIVELY ESTABLISHED SOME LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT SPECIFIC TO THE HOTELS THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN THEIR CITY BOUNDARY.
NOW, THE SPECIFIC THING ABOUT THIS KIND OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS IT ONLY APPLIED SPECIFICALLY TO OVERNIGHT STAYS WITHIN THE HOTEL. SO IF YOU STAY TONIGHT AND ONE OF THOSE HOTELS, THEY WOULD ESSENTIALLY CHARGE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE HOTEL OR WHAT THE CITY WAS ALREADY CHARGING IN TERMS OF A TAX THAT WAS FURTHER EXPANDED IN 2015 TO ADD A FEW MORE ADDITIONAL CITIES. AND REALLY BACK IN 2019 IS WHEN ESSENTIALLY ALL ELIGIBILITY FOR ALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WANTED TO FORM ONE THAT HAD HOTELS WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARY ARE ABLE TO FORM ONE. AND YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF CITIES THERE JUST THERE ON THE MAP AND THERE ON THE BOTTOM, PFLUGERVILLE IS ONE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT, AT THIS POINT, MAY HAVE ADOPTED THEIR PIT FOR TOURISM.
BUT THEY ARE IN THAT PROCESS, THE LAST THAT WE CHECKED.
SO WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A TOURISM PIT HERE
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IN SOUTH LAKE? SOME OF THE BENEFITS HERE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT EXPANDS THE TOURISM MARKETING CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SOUTH LAKE. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE HOTEL PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SOUTH BAKER HAVE EXPRESSED A LOT OF INTEREST IN BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. THE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE TO THE COUNCIL AND HOW YOU SHOULD LOOK AT IT IS, SO WE ALREADY CHARGE A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND THE CITY DOES A LOT OF MARKETING AND ADVERTISEMENT, NOT JUST FOR THE HOTELS, BUT EVERYTHING FROM EVENTS AND ANYTHING THAT DRAWS TOURISM, PARTICULARLY DAY TRIPS, HERE TO SOUTHLAKE, WITH THE INTENT BEING THAT WE WANT PEOPLE, PEOPLE TO SPEND AND GENERATE SALES TAX DOLLARS HERE LOCALLY IN THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE. SO WITH THE TPIT BEING FORMED, WHAT EFFECTIVELY WE WOULD BE DOING IS EXPANDING THAT CAPACITY HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.NOW, I'LL GET INTO THE SPECIFICS IN TERMS OF HOW THESE FUNDS COULD BE SPENT, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF EVEN INCREASE IN OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. HOW DO I KNOW THIS? ALL THE OTHER TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HAD YEARS OF ASSISTANCE ESTABLISHMENT, THE TREND PATTERNS THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THOSE CITIES IS THAT THEIR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE HAS EFFECTIVELY INCREASED. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO CREATE A TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THAT WE ARE STIMULATING A LOT OF THAT LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND EXPANDING OUR HOSPITALITY OFFERINGS TO THOSE THAT, WHETHER THAT BE FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES OR FOR LEISURE, COMING HERE TO VISIT THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE. NOW, AS I MENTIONED, THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THIS IS THAT IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM. AND I PUT ON THERE 1%.
BUT THE MINIMUM THAT WE'VE SEEN OUT THERE IS 1%.
BUT IT COULD GO AS HIGH AS 2%.
AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE 7% ASSESSMENT THAT'S ALREADY DONE THROUGH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT THIS TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THAT 1 TO 2% WOULD BE IN ITS OWN BUCKET AND USED ONLY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS NO COST TO CITY RESIDENT TAXPAYERS ON THIS UNLESS THEY FUNDAMENTALLY STAY IN ONE OF OUR HOTELS HERE IN THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE. SO THIS IS PURELY PERFORMANCE BASED. AS MANY PEOPLE AS THE HOTELS ATTRACT IS ESSENTIALLY HOW MUCH WOULD BE FUNDED WITHIN THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. AND IT'S ALL BASED, OF COURSE, AS YOU SEE THERE ON THE SLIDE, BASED ON THE LOCAL RO SALES ONLY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SOUTH LAKE. AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC USES THAT STATE STATUTE SAYS THAT WE CAN ONLY USE IT. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THINK OF THIS AS AN AUGMENTATION OF WHAT WE HAVE EXISTING AND TO BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE FURTHER. SO IT IS LIMITED TO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES THAT YOU SEE ON THERE, ADVERTISING, PROMOTION AND BUSINESS RECRUITMENT. AND SO THE CITY WOULD WORK WITH THE HOTEL PARTNERS TO EFFECTIVELY DETERMINE HOW THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT, DEPENDING ON WHATEVER AMOUNT IS COLLECTED WITHIN THAT GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME. AND ALL OF THESE EXPENDITURES WOULD COME TO THE COUNCIL IN THE FORM OF A SERVICE PLAN THAT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL THROUGH THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS EACH YEAR. SO YOU WOULD SEE THAT IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WOULD SEE OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BUDGET BROUGHT TO YOU FORWARD DURING THE SAME BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS. IT'S EFFECTIVELY THE SAME THING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD SEE, BUT SPECIFIC TO THIS TPED. SO THE. IN ORDER TO FORM ONE OF THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, THERE DOES NEED TO BE A PETITION BY THE OWNERS. NOW, WHILE WE RECEIVED A REQUEST LAST YEAR, IT DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A FORMAL PETITION. SO STAFF WOULD BE GETTING TOGETHER A FORMAL PETITION AND WORKING WITH OUR HOTEL PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DOES NOT NEED TO BE CONTIGUOUS, MEANING THAT IT CAN BE FOUR SEPARATE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN SOUTH LAKE IN TERMS OF THE FOUR HOTELS THAT WE HAVE.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS A SERVICE PLAN THAT WOULD BE ADOPTED ANNUALLY AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS. AND ALTOGETHER THE COUNCIL DOES NEED TO APPROVE NOT DISTRICT, BUT ALSO THE RATE THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE DISTRICT.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, HALF A PERCENT ALL THE WAY UP TO 2%. WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE BOARD, ACROSS OTHER CITIES IS MOST OF THEM HAVE EITHER ADOPTED A 2%, WHICH IS THE VAST MAJORITY, WHICH IS THE CAP.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF CITIES THAT HAVE OPTED FOR ABOUT ONE AND A HALF PERCENT IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS TO GET THIS TFID ADOPTED. WE ARE LOOKING TO FINISH THE ADOPTION PROCESS IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES STAFF TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO THIS SUMMER, STAFF WOULD WORK TO GET THE PETITION SUBMITTED, ALONG WITH OUR HOTEL PARTNERS. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE DISTRICT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WOULD COME FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL AT ONE OF YOUR AGENDA MEETINGS, LIKE WE HAVE TODAY. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, AN ADVISORY BOARD WOULD NEED TO BE FORMED AND THE CITY WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS A TPIT ADMINISTRATOR, EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE FUNDS DOES NEED TO HAPPEN.
RIGHT? AUDITING STILL OCCURS. WE WOULD STILL NEED LEGAL COUNSEL.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS STILL ARE TRUE
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OF THE TPIT. AND SO THE CITY WOULD EFFECTIVELY BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THOSE FUNDS AND ALSO WORK WITH THIS BOARD BECAUSE IT WOULD FUNCTION JUST AS ANY OTHER BOARD WOULD WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE. THERE WOULD BE MINUTES, THERE WOULD BE MEETINGS THAT NEED TO BE SCHEDULED AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THE PPID WOOD ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED THERE BY THE COUNCIL AT A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING, WITH THE IDEA BEING FOR STAFF, THAT ASSESSMENTS WOULD BEGIN STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY OUR FISCAL YEAR FY 2027, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. SO AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DOES. AND SO I'LL OPEN UP TO DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. AND I WOULD ASK FOR CONSIDERATION TO DIRECT STAFF TO EITHER BEGIN THE STEPS FOR THE FORMATION OF THIS TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR ESSENTIALLY DECLINE CONSIDERATION FOR THAT TPID.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE TPID? GO AHEAD.
I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS COME OUT OF WHAT'S COLLECTED? YES, MA'AM.
AND THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE STATUTE DOES ALLOW IS FOR A PERCENTAGE TO BE ALLOCATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE COST COST.
SO THAT'S WHERE EFFECTIVELY THE CITY WOULD BE PAID OR ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE COST WOULD COME FROM. AND THAT'S AT A PERCENTAGE TO BE DETERMINED, AND IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE PLACED INTO THE SERVICE PLAN.
SO THE CITY'S NOT OUT OF POCKET. GOOD QUESTION. ALL RIGHT, I SEE PAUL BARHAM HERE FROM THE WESTIN HOTEL HERE IN SOUTH LAKE. PAUL, DID YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS? I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER CITIES.
BOTH AS AN OBSERVER AND FROM YOUR OTHER PROPERTIES.
BUT IF YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE US COUPLE MINUTES ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND HOW WE GOT TODAY, IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND GO AHEAD.
SO, PAUL BARHAM, 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF SOUTH LAKE, 1354 CROSS TIMBER DRIVE. SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DANIEL, AS DANIEL MENTIONED ON THIS AND GREAT PRESENTATION.
WE GOT EXPERIENCE OF ONE OR TWO OF THESE IN OTHER CITIES THAT WE HAVE HOTELS, THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE FUNDS. THE TWO THINGS, AS DANIEL MENTIONED, THE LEVY ITSELF IS SUBJECT TO HOT TAX. SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF INCREASES THE HOT TAX FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS BY INCREASED VISITATION FOLKS STAYING IN THE HOTELS.
THAT OBVIOUSLY INCREASES HOT TAX COLLECTIONS AS WELL. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S TYPICALLY COLLECTED FROM THE LOCAL RESIDENTS UNLESS LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND THERE ARE SOME, THEY SAY IN STAY IN LOCAL HOTELS. THE BEAUTY OF A TEEPID THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES IS TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE THE CITY COLLECTIVELY WITH THOSE FUNDS IN WAYS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HOTELS TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO.
SO YOU'LL SEE WITHIN THE SERVICE PLAN DRAFTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HERE AND IN PFLUGERVILLE AND DOWN IN GALVESTON, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSES OUTLINED IN THE STATUTE, SOME OF WHICH MIGHT INCLUDE TV ADVERTISING, RADIO ADVERTISING OR OTHER FORMS OF PROMOTION OF THE CITY.
THAT BENEFIT THAT CAN COME OUT OF THE FUNDS AND THEREFORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT WITHOUT OBVIOUS RECOGNITION OF THE FACT OF THE KNOCK ON EFFECT OF ADDITIONAL PEOPLE COMING AND STAYING IN THE HOTELS AND BEING IN THE CITY. THE OBJECTIVE OVERALL IS OBVIOUSLY TO GET OCCUPIED FOR THE HOTELS, BUT THERE'S AN OBVIOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DOING THAT. SO WE'VE SEEN IT AND WACO IS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THAT FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
AND I JUST ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONSIDER THIS THING POSITIVELY BECAUSE AS WE OFTEN SAY, A LOT OF OTHER CITIES WANT WHAT WE HAVE. AND THIS WILL BE ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT SOUTHLAKE.
ALL FOUR HOTELS HAVE SIGNED ON AND AGREED TO THIS AS UNANIMOUS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARHAM? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, DANIEL. ANYTHING ELSE? YOU JUST NEED DIRECTION FROM US. I SAY A YES. LET'S KEEP WORKING AT IT AND GET IT GOING OVER THE SUMMER AND THEN PUT A TARGET TO START WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST. COUNCIL, ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEEDED FROM US ON THAT, ALLISON? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR CORTEZ. NEXT UP IS WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNOLDS TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'LL INVITE DIRECTOR CORTEZ TO COME BACK UP. WE'RE GOING TO PULL OUT ITEM 4.0, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, MDA WITH TRADEMARK RETAIL HOLDINGS LLC FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 1900 NORTH WHITE CHAPEL BOULEVARD. THIS IS A
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LITTLE DIFFERENT, SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT REALLY SEEN BEFORE.SO BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, WHETHER TOM CONSENT OR THE REGULAR AGENDA, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE DIRECTOR CORTEZ WALK US THROUGH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF WITH THE MDA, WHAT WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING OR CONTEMPLATING APPROVING TONIGHT, THINGS THAT MAY COME AT A LATER DATE AND ALSO TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AND SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON WHAT THE NEXT STEPS MAY BE AFTER TONIGHT. SO, DIRECTOR CORTEZ, IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL, AGAIN, LETTING ME BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS PROJECT HERE IN SOUTH LAKE. SO, AS THE COUNCIL IS WELL FAMILIAR, TRADEMARK WAS APPROVED LATE LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER. AND SO WITH THAT ENTITLEMENT, WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER DUE TO AN APPLICATION THAT THEY SUBMITTED FOR AN INCENTIVE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM EFFECTIVELY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO TRY TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE EFFECTIVELY WE'RE AT TODAY. WE DID SIGN AN MOU BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR WHICH EFFECTIVELY OUTLINED THE MECHANISMS OR THE COMPONENTS OF WHAT POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE FOR AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.
AND SO WHAT THIS MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EFFECTIVELY DOES IS IT ADDS SOME STRUCTURE AND SOME FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT THE COUNCIL IS WILLING TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD FOR THIS PROJECT IN TERMS OF AN INCENTIVE. THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT IS COUNCIL IS IS ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT, BUT USUALLY IT REALLY ONLY PERTAINS TO THE VERY SPECIFIC PUBLIC PURPOSE CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS WITHIN A PROJECT.
THIS, SINCE THERE IS AN INCENTIVE ELEMENT TO IT AND WE FOUND IT IMPORTANT TO KIND OF MELD THE TWO SO THAT EVERYTHING IS COHESIVE IN ONE DOCUMENT. AND SO THAT'S EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO COUNCIL THIS EVENING. AS YOU SEE THERE ON THE SLIDE. THIS DEFINES EFFECTIVELY WHAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHERE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS WELL, INCLUDING TIMELINES OF COMPLETION. THIS DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT, IT HELPS US ENSURE THAT THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXECUTED MOU THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH THEM IT ESTABLISHES STANDARDS, THE FRAMEWORK AS I MENTIONED, FOR PERFORMANCE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE TERS AND THE PIDS AND ALSO HELPS US NOT COMMIT THE CITY TO ANY FUTURE REQUEST OR CONSIDERATIONS. AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS SIMPLY JUST THE FRAMEWORK AS IT PERTAINS TO THE TIRS, THE PID AND EVEN THE CHAPTER 380. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS THREE COMPONENTS WITH THIS INCENTIVE REQUEST AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT'S LOCATED WITHIN THIS MDA ADDRESSES ALL THREE OF THEM. I WILL NOTE JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT, ALL OF IT IS CUMULATIVELY IS CAPPED AT THE 18.8 MILLION. SO IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE INCENTIVIZED MORE FROM ONE OF THESE ELEMENTS VERSUS THE OTHER, IT'S STILL ALTOGETHER CAPPED AT THAT 18.8 MILLION. AND SO I'LL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH SOME OF THESE. IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, IT DOES REQUIRE, AS IT'S CUSTOMARY WITH ANY OF OUR INCENTIVES TO HAVE MINIMUM LEVEL OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT, MINIMUM TAXABLE VALUE AND OF COURSE JOB PLACEMENT, INCLUDING SOME LEVEL OF PENALTY IF THERE'S A SHORTFALL WITHIN THOSE EMPLOYMENT. AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ALSO THIS IS A DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT. SO WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HERE, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON THAT INCLUDES WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINES THAT YOU SEE THERE, IN ADDITION TO THE FULL BUILD OUT OF KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD, IN ADDITION TO A SMALL LITTLE ROUNDABOUT THAT GIVES SOME ACCESS THERE TO THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
IN TERMS OF SOME KEY DEADLINES AND REALLY KIND OF THE CITY SAFEGUARDS IS THAT WHAT WE INCLUDE IN THIS MDA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS FULL ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO AUDIT AND VERIFY THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING THE TWO YEAR MAINTENANCE BONDS ON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND RECAPTURE PROVISIONS, WHICH IS VERY TYPICAL OF ALL OF OUR INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SOME OF THE SO WHAT EFFECTIVELY, TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, WHAT DOES THIS MDA EFFECTIVELY MEAN? IT DOESN'T. THE ADOPTION ALONE OF THIS MDA DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY TO CREATE THE PIT OF THE TSRS.
THOSE WOULD BE FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. IT ALSO DOESN'T APPROVE ANY OF THE FUTURE CHAPTER 380 GRANT REIMBURSEMENTS SINCE THOSE ARE EMBEDDED EFFECTIVELY WITHIN THE TRS. IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE CITY EITHER TO ISSUE ANY DEBT. EACH MECHANISM WOULD REQUIRE A SEPARATE APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL SMALL NUANCE THERE IS THAT CHAPTER 380, SINCE IT IS BEING PART OF THE TRS, IT WOULD COME FORWARD AS A PART OF THE TRS APPROVAL.
THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN THAT WOULD COME SUBSEQUENT TO THIS MEETING. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS SIMPLY JUST THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN COUNCIL CONSIDERS IT. ALL OF THESE ARE PERFORMANCE BASED.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT UP FRONT
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SO THAT THE DEVELOPER INHERENTLY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE STANDARD THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELD TO.REIMBURSEMENTS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ARE LIMITED TO THAT 18.8 MILLION. THEY'RE SUBORDINATE TO CITY AUTHORITY IN ALL OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AND WE CAN DISCONTINUE ANY OF THE INCENTIVES AT THE AGREEMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF THE CONDITIONS WARRANT. SO THERE IS SOME DEFAULT PROVISIONS AS WELL WITHIN THE MDA, WHICH AGAIN IS FAIRLY TYPICAL OF ANY INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND OF EVEN OF THIS DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT AS A WHOLE. SO I TRIED TO DO A VERY ABRIDGED VERSION OF THAT. IT'S A LENGTHY MDA.
SO IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, THE DEVELOPER IS HERE AS WELL, IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFICS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK THEM.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR CORTEZ, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE APPROVAL IS THE MDA MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AS THIS SLIDE INDICATES, WE'RE NOT BEING, WE'RE NOT GETTING OBLIGATED TO CREATE A PID OR A TSRS. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS, BUT I'LL BE CANDID. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. I'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR 11 YEARS AND THIS STRUCTURE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE HAVE A TURS, OBVIOUSLY INVOLVING TOWN SQUARE AND OTHER AREAS, BUT THE RESIDENTIAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE PID PART, WHERE JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE WONDERING WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WOULD ALLOW AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST.
THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL, SOME HOMES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST THOSE HOMES. AND THE WAY THAT WOULD WORK IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ASSESSMENT SHOWS UP ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ANOTHER TAX FROM THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, WHICH I GET THAT IT ISN'T, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT. AND SO LOOKING AHEAD A FEW YEARS FROM NOW AND PEOPLE GET AN EXTRA $6,000 OR $18,000 OR WHATEVER THE ASSESSMENT MAY BE, DEPENDING ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR HOME AND THEN WHO DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ABOUT THAT EXTRA ASSESSMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL? SO I'LL BE REAL CANDID. I KNOW TRADEMARK IS HERE. I WOULDN'T COUNT ON THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR OUT IN COMMITTING MYSELF OR ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL AND OTHERS WILL GET TO SPEAK YOUR IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT THIS IS JUST, IT'S BEYOND HEARTBURN FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PID. AND SO I WOULD LOOK DURING OUR BREAK IN JULY AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR HOW YOU GUYS CAN MAKE THE SAUSAGE, BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THAT PID, JUST TO BE HONEST. COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION ON ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MDA OR THE PID OR THE TURS OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TRADEMARK DEAL? YEAH, I THINK THESE GUYS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AS FAR AS WHAT THEY BROUGHT FORWARD AND EVERYTHING, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT THE PID, JUST WITH OUR KIND OF UNFAMILIARITY WITH IT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE CREATIVE ENOUGH, THEY'VE GOT SOME OPTIONS THAT ARE THERE FOR THEM THAT THEY CAN DO WITH OR WITHOUT THAT PID THAT'LL STILL GIVE THEM THE INCENTIVES THEY NEED AND GIVE THEM SOME OPTIONS TO REALLY, HOPEFULLY MAKE THAT RESIDENTIAL PIECE EXTREMELY DESIRABLE AND EXTREMELY HIGH END FOR THE DEVELOPERS AND FOR THE BUILDERS IN THERE AND FOR THE FUTURE, FOR THE FUTURE CITIZENS AND HOPEFULLY WITHOUT THE PID. BUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHERE I UNDERSTAND THE PID, AND FOR ME, IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL TO ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT US DOING IT AND PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN THERE WOULD HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'VE GOT THAT COMING TO THEM. SO. BUT I THINK THE DEVELOPERS UNDERSTAND THE POSITION AND GET WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, HOPEFULLY. RIGHT.
FRANCIS, I AGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT. I WON'T BELABOR IT.
BEYOND THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DIRECTOR SHARON, WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH US YESTERDAY AND EXPLAINING HOW PIDS WORK. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SHARON.
THANK YOU, SHARON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GARY, GO AHEAD.
I ONLY WANTED TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DEVELOPER, THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY REAL INTEREST IN THE RESIDENTIAL PIT. I'M NOT READY TO SPEAK YET TO THE BALANCE OF IT. BUT I DID WANT TO HEAR THE POINT THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT OBLIGATED TO THIS RIGHT NOW.
IT'LL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. SO THIS, ALL THIS DOES IS PUT THE MECHANISM INTO MOTION, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. SO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR CORTEZ, FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, GARY. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, I WANTED TO ECHO THAT AS WELL. I'M NOT SUPER OPPOSED.
FIRST OFF, I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THIS, ON THIS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. I'M NOT SUPER OPPOSED TO THE PID, BUT I DON'T LOVE IT.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO, TO FRONT LOAD THAT PID AT A SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNT TO WHAT IT WOULD BE OVER PER YEAR FOR 30 YEARS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, UP
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HERE. BUT SPEAKING WITH THEM, IT SOUNDED REASONABLE. I UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF IT.AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ECHO THAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OPTIONS OF WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAYBE GET AWAY FROM THAT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD IS, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST US AGREEING TO THE IDEA OF IT. SO I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW BEING TOLD THAT YOU GUYS AGREE TO IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AGREEING TO ANYTHING. SO I JUST WANTED TO RESTATE THAT.
SO ESSENTIALLY, IT'S THE FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION, AND WE'LL GET MORE GRANULAR IN TERMS OF WHAT'S ON GOING, BEING FUNDED AND SO FORTH.
SO WITH ALL THAT, COUNSEL, ARE WE COMFORTABLE LEAVING THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, OR DO YOU WANT IT PULLED AND PUT IN THE REGULAR AGENDA TO BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY? GARY. OKAY, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WITH
[7. Discuss all items on tonight's agenda. No action will be taken and each item will be considered during the Regular Session. ]
THAT WORK SESSION ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT. THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNOLDS TO WALK US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDING 4.0.MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE PROCEED, I MIGHT RECOMMEND WE CONSIDER ITEMS 9A AND 9B AS POTENTIAL ADDITIONS TO CONSENT.
ITEM 9A IS THE CHURCH RESTORATION CHURCH SIGN PACKAGE. I AGREE WITH THAT.
AND 9B IS 2150 EAST DOVE ROAD, DRIVEWAY ISSUE. I'M FINE WITH THAT AS WELL. COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION ON INCLUDING 9A AND 9B ON THE CONSENT AGENDA RATHER THAN THE REGULAR AGENDA? MR. MAYOR, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE 9B ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
OKAY, WE'LL PUT 9A ON CONSENT AND 9B WILL STAY ON REGULAR. ALL RIGHT, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNOLDS, IF YOU'LL TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, ADDING 9A.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION.
APPROVED MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 02, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
4B. APPROVE A CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH SIGNET FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR THE PLAN YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2026, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2027. 4D. APPROVE A FACILITIES UTILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH DRAGON YOUTH FOOTBALL.
APPROVE A FACILITIES UTILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH GRAPEVINE SOUTH LAKE SOCCER ASSOCIATION.
APPROVE A FACILITIES UTILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH LAKE CARROLL LACROSSE ASSOCIATION. 4G. APPROVE A FACILITIES UTILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH LADY DRAGON LACROSSE ASSOCIATION.
APPROVE A FACILITIES UTILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH DRAGON YOUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION.
APPROVE A FACILITY UTILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH LAKE RURAL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION. 4J APPROVE A FACILITY UTILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SOUTH LAKE 4K APPROVE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE CARROLL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2400 N.
CARROLL AVE 4M APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AIMED FOR EVALUATION OF THE CRETE CORRIDOR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED STABILIZATION UPGRADES FOR THE JONES BRANCH SEWER PROTECTION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 FOR N RESOLUTION NUMBER 26024 REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR A WATER SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FOR O CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TRADEMARK RETAIL HOLDINGS LLC FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 1900 N. WHITECHAPEL BLVD.4P APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD FOR CITY BANKING SERVICES WITH FROST BANK.4Q EXCUSED THE ABSENCE OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER DAVID CUNNINGHAM FROM THE JUNE 4, 2026 REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR R EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS DAN KUBIAK AND DAVID CUNNINGHAM FROM THE JUNE 18, 2026 REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING 4S TABLE ORDINANCE NUMBER 480 843ZA 2600143 FIRST READING ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BEAR HOLLOW PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 1A, 1B2 AND 3 PARKER'S CORNER AND TRACK 2A02. JESSE G. ALLEN SURVEY ABSTRACT 18 LOCATED AT 300 500, 504, 600 AND 684 DAVIS BOULEVARD, SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS.
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FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND RE5 RESIDENTIAL ESTATE DISTRICT REQUESTED ZONING RPUD RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DISTRICT SPIN NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 11. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE AUGUST 4, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND ITEM NUMBER 9A SV26 0007 SIGN VARIANCES FOR RESTORATION CHURCH LOCATED AT 1280 E HIGHLAND ST COUNCIL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, WE WILL VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA DURING OUR REGULAR SESSION.[1. Call to order. ]
[2.A. Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)]
WITH THAT I WILL CALL THE REGULAR SESSION TO ORDER AND THE 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 OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AND SECTION 5.5 1.074 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS.
AND I'LL CHECK WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON HOW LONG WE'LL BE IN EXEC SESSION AN HOUR, SO WE'LL BE BACK AROUND 7:30.
[2.B. Reconvene: Action necessary on items discussed in Executive Session. (Part 1 of 2)]
I'LL CALL OUR REGULAR MEETING BACK TO ORDER. IS THERE ANY ACTION NECESSARY FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO.[3.A. Mayor’s Report]
3A, THE MAYOR'S REPORT.WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT JUST AS A SPOILER ALERT, STARS AND STRIPES IS COMING UP IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS NOW.
FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY RIGHT HERE IN TOWN S SQUARE. FRIDAY, JULY 3RD STARTING AT GOES UNTIL CLOCK ISH. FIREWORKS AS ALWAYS. AT THE WEATHER WILL BE PERFECT AS ALWAYS. AND THIS YEAR, SOMETHING A LITTLE SPECIAL.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH AMERICA 250 AND SOUTH LAKE'S 70TH BIRTHDAY, MAYOR RICK STACY, FORMER MAYOR RICK STACEY, WHO WAS THE MAYOR THAT HELPED BUILD THE TOWN SQUARE THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE, WILL BE SORT OF THE CO HOST OF THAT EVENT.
HE'LL BE HERE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT HOW TOWN SQUARE BECAME A THING AND THE FIRST STARS AND STRIPES THAT WAS HOSTED RIGHT HERE ON THIS VERY PROPERTY. SO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL FOR A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION.
STARS AND STRIPES AGAIN, FRIDAY, JULY 3 STARTING AT 5PM
[3.B. City Manager’s Report ]
WITH FIREWORKS AT 9:30. AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT WHICH WILL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT STARS AND STRIPES, I GUESS.YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. WHAT A GREAT INTRO. I'M GOING TO ASK LAUREN KIMBERLY TO COME FORWARD. SHE'S OUR FESTIVALS AND EVENTS COORDINATOR OR AS I LIKE TO CALL HER, CHIEF FUN OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
SO SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR 27TH ANNUAL SARS AND STRIPES. LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS FUN FILLED COMMUNITY COMMUNITY EVENT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND ESPECIALLY TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH AND SOUTH LAKE'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY. SO WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND LOVE ABOUT STARS AND STRIPES AND EVEN MORE TO CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT 250 YEARS.
ATTENDEES WILL MAKE LASTING MEMORIES WITH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS THROUGH OUR ACTIVITIES, PHOTO OPS AND OF COURSE OUR SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS SHOW TO END THE NIGHT. WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN IN STORE INCLUDING SOME NEW ADDITIONS. I WILL TALK ABOUT MORE AND SOME OF OUR PAST FAVORITES COMING BACK LIKE OUR DONUT EATING CONTEST SPONSORED BY PARLOR DONUTS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SIGNING UP, THEY WILL HAVE SIGNUPS AT THEIR TENT. AND SO WITH THAT I'LL GET INTO MORE EVENT INFORMATION.
LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE EVENT ON FRIDAY, JULY 3 THIS YEAR FROM 5 TO 11PM IN SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE, STARTING RIGHT OUT FRONT IN RUSTON PARK, ALL THE WAY BACK TO CORNISH PARK AND EVEN SOME VIEWING AREAS IN MCPHERSON PARK. THE FIREWORKS SHOW WILL START PROMPTLY AT FOLLOWING OUR GREAT STAGE PERFORMANCES AND OUR PATRIOTIC CEREMONY, WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF FUN FREE ACTIVITIES, FOOD VENDORS AND TWO BEER AND WINE BOOTH OPTIONS. AND THEN FOR PARKING INSTRUCTIONS IN TOWN SQUARE, THERE WILL BE PARKING AVAILABLE AT OUR GRANITE BUILDING GARAGE AS WELL AS THE EAST PARKING GARAGE AS THE WEST GARAGE WILL BE CLOSED THAT DAY. IF YOU ARE ARRIVING A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE EVENING OR YOU WANT TO AVOID SEARCHING FOR A PARKING SPOT THEN WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND TAKING OUR FREE
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SHUTTLE FROM WHITE'S CHAPEL AND GATEWAY CHURCH AT 4PM STARTING AT 4PM I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS NOW SOME OF THE NEW ADD ONS AND ENHANCEMENTS WE THINK OUR ATTENDEES WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR. OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH ACPD OVER THE SPRING TO ADD NEW ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS THAT SOME OF OUR FESTIVAL FRIENDS MAY NEED THAT DAY. I'VE LISTED SOME OF THOSE MAIN ITEMS HERE.WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE HILTON TO PROVIDE A ROOM AT THE HOTEL WHICH WILL BE JUST NORTH OF CORNISH PARK WHERE OUR MAIN KIDS ZONE WILL BE AND THIS ROOM IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO MAY BE WANTING TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT OR OUT OF THE LOUD ENVIRONMENT.
SPEAKING OF GETTING OUT OF THE HEAT, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH COOK CHILDREN'S TO PROVIDE A CHILLER EXPERIENCE IN OUR COOLING ZONE. SO THAT WILL BE AN ENCLOSED SPACE WITH MISTING FANS AND PLENTY OF WATER TO GIVE OUT RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOTPRINT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A DESIGNATED ACCESSIBLE VIEWING AREA IN FRONT OF OUR MAIN STAGE AND ATTENDEES WILL KNOW THIS INFORMATION FROM OUR DEDICATED WEBPAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON SITE INFORMATION ON OUR INFORMATION BOOTH. SO YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT ELSE IS NEW. THIS YEAR WE HAVE AN EXCITING GRAND FINALE AT THE FIREWORKS SHOW THAT YOU CAN ONLY FULLY EXPERIENCE IN PERSON AND WE RECOMMEND WATCHING IN FAMILY PARK BY THE FOUNTAIN OR THE MAIN STAGE. WE'VE INCORPORATED SOME NEW ACTIVITIES AS WELL WITH SOME OF OUR OLD FAVORITES WITH PICKLEBALL WE HAVE GAGA BALL.
THIS YEAR WE ALSO HAVE SOME FUN ACTIVITIES INCLUDING OUR INFLATABLES, GAMES AND A NEW CHALK ART ZONE AND PLENTY OF PHOTO OPS. I THINK THIS YEAR MIGHT BE SOME OF THE THE MOST PHOTO OPS WE HAVE. THIS INCLUDES SOME INFLATABLE PHOTO OPS, BALLOON PHOTO OPS AND SOME BACKDROPS. WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEW ENTERTAINMENT ON OUR MAIN STAGE AND OUR CORNISH STAGE IN THE KIDS ZONE. ALL OF THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE AMAZING SUPPORT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR EVENT PARTNERS I MENTIONED A FEW OF THEM THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY MORE CONTRIBUTIONS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON EVENT DAY.
MOST OF THESE SPONSORS WILL ALSO HAVE A BOOTH AT THE EVENT, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY AND SAY HI. WHILE YOU'RE ENJOYING ALL THE FESTIVITIES, I HOPE YOU ALL ARE EVEN MORE EXCITED FOR THE 27TH ANNUAL STARS AND STRIPES. JOIN US FOR SOME GREAT GIVEAWAYS LIKE OUR T SHIRTS AND OUR COMMEMORATIVE PIN, FREE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, AND, OF COURSE, FIREWORKS. OUR EVENT TEAM, MADE UP OF SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNERS, ARE, OF COURSE, EXCITED TO PUT ON AN EXCITING EVENT AND ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH AND SOUTH LAKE 70TH. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL ON JULY 3RD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. IT'S A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOUR TEAM. I KNOW THAT'S A LONG PROCESS. I MEAN, WE SHOW UP THE DAY OF AND EVERYTHING'S PERFECT, BUT IT'S A. IT'S A LONG RUNWAY TO GET THERE. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM AND ALL OF OUR POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL WHO MAKE SURE IT'S A VERY SAFE EVENT AS WELL, AND EVERYONE'S TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT STARS AND STRIPES.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.NEXT, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL REVIEWED THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DURING OUR WORK SESSION, INCLUDING MOVING ITEM 9A FROM OUR REGULAR AGENDA TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION FROM DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNOLDS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA PLUS 9A.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 4A THROUGH 4S, NOTING THAT ITEM 9A HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE REGULAR AGENDA WORK SESSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT MOTION CARRIES 7, 0. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED
[5. Public Forum.]
WITH 9A ON IT. NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE PUBLIC FORUM. THE PUBLIC FORUM ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO BRING FORWARD ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC FORUM ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? I SEE WE HAVE SOME COMMENT CARDS. MAYBE I'LL START WITH CALLING THOSE FOLKS.PUBLIC COMMENT FORM FROM KATHY STUKEL. 445 EAST BOB JONES ROAD. WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING THE CELESTE DEVELOPMENT.
HI, KATHY. WELCOME. HEY, NICE TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT MY OPPOSITION TO THE CELESTE DEVELOPMENT. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT I REALLY AM DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU GUYS ARE EVEN CONSIDERING THIS BECAUSE
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IT FEELS TO ME AND A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT THIS IS JUST BEEN A SLIPPERY SLOPE, THAT WE JUST GRADUALLY KEEP DEGRADING OUR STANDARDS HERE IN SOUTH LAKE. AND IF YOU START APPROVING SOMETHING LIKE A 350 PERSON OR UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX AND WHERE DOES THAT END? WHERE IS IT GOING? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS.SOUTHLAKE HAS ALWAYS SAID THERE EVER NEVER GOING TO BE APARTMENTS.
AND MY FEELING IS IF YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO SAYS THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK, THEN THAT'S FINE, MOVE ON, FIND A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER WHO CAN DO THIS TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE AS A CITY OF SOUTH LAKE HAVE STATED IS OUR STANDARD. AND THEN I GUESS THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS I'M ALSO PRETTY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I HEARD THAT SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL SPENT MY TAX DOLLARS TO GO TO ATLANTA TO WOO THIS DEVELOPER WITHOUT ANYBODY KNOWING ABOUT IT. AND THE IDEA THAT I'M PAYING FOR YOU TO GO WOO A DEVELOPER WHO IS THEN GOING TO COME IN AND SAY, I HAVE TO HAVE THIS.
CHANGE THE ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK.
AND NOW YOU'RE DEGRADING WHAT THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE SAYS THAT WE WANT IN TERMS OF DENSITY AND THE TYPE OF UNITS THAT WE FEEL ARE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR CITY. I JUST FEEL THAT. I FEEL THAT'S VERY DECEIVING AND I'M PRETTY OUTRAGED BY IT. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. I'LL JUST NOTE THAT AS FAR AS APPLICATIONS COMING FORWARD, WE CAN'T RESTRICT CASES FROM COMING FORWARD JUST LIKE A COURTHOUSE. SO AS FAR AS ALLOWING IT TO COME FORWARD, THAT'S REALLY NOT OUR CALL.
NOTHING'S BEEN FILED YET ON THE MATTER THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT WE CAN'T STOP IT FROM GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.
I AGREE WITH THAT. YOU HAVE A PROCESS. BUT I GUESS MY THING IS THE FACT THAT YOU WENT OUT AND SOUGHT THEM OUT AND SPENT MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO DO THAT.
THEY SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU TO WOUND YOU AND TO HAVE YOU, YOU DECIDE AND TO CONVINCE YOU ABOUT WHY THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS. AND YOU WENT OUT AND SOUGHT THEM OUT. I THINK THAT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NEXT COMMENT CARD IN PUBLIC FORUM. DANA DABBS WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC FORUM REGARDING CELESTE DEVELOPMENT. DANA DABS, ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S A PUBLIC FORUM AND I'M BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CELESTE PROJECT.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED IN SOUTH LAKE FOR MANY YEARS, LIKE ALL OF YOU HAVE, I'M SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS.
BUT I KIND OF LIVE IN THE RURAL PART OF SOUTH LAKE AND WE'VE SEEN SO MANY CHANGES OUT THERE AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. THE GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THESE 5, 10 ACRE PLOTS OF LAND, THEY'RE GETTING OLDER LIKE I AM AND THEY'RE SELLING OUT.
THAT'S THEIR PERFECT RIGHT TO DO IT. BUT IT REALLY HAS CHANGED THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THAT AREA.
AND WE USED TO BE REALLY PROUD IN SOUTH LAKE THAT WE HAD THAT RURAL DEAL.
WE'RE LOSING AND I GET IT ONCE AGAIN, BUT WE JUST KEEP GOING DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY COOL THINGS IN THIS. WE HAVE THE CORE PROPERTY THAT PROTECTS A LITTLE DEBT. BUT LIKE TODAY I WAS GOING DOWN NORTH WHITECHAPEL AND YOU KNOW, YOU GOT RAINEY'S COURT, YOU GOT ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS, YOU GOT THESE DEVELOPERS THAT EVERY TIME I LOOK AT A NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN, IT'S A ROAD GOING DOWN, A 5 OR 10 ACRE PIECE OF LAND THAT USED TO BE A HORSE FARM OR MAYBE SOME COWS AND THE CUL DE SAC AT THE END AND THEY BUILD THESE FIVE, SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT HOMES.
I GET IT. DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, BUT IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT EVERY TIME. I WENT DOWN BY RAINEY'S COURT TODAY AND SOMEBODY WHO BOUGHT THE LOT JUST ADJACENT TO RAINEY'S COURT HAVE CLEAR CUT THE TREES AGAIN.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE CROSS TIMBERS AREA, WHICH IS KIND OF A UNIQUE PART OF TEXAS, AND WE HAVE A SMALL SLIVER OF THAT IN SOUTH LAKE AND I JUST SEE ALL THESE CHANGES AND MY HOUSE WAS BUILT THE SAME WAY, RIGHT.
PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO, 25 YEARS AGO.
SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I JUST FEEL YOU GUYS ARE GOING SO FAST AND THIS THING WAS CELESTE, IT'S JUST MORE AND MORE AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT TAKES ME 25 MINUTES TO GET TO 114 FROM NORTH WHITE CHAPEL. NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SCHOOL, WE HAVE THE ROUNDABOUTS, IT GETS BLOCKED UP.
SO WE TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND I HAVE GOOD WATER PRESSURE, I HAVE GOOD ELECTRIC.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, WE'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH IT.
AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO ME. AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED BY LAWS AND.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE CHANGE IT CONSTANTLY AND IT'S GOING AWFUL FAST.
THANK YOU. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT FORM IS FROM COLLEEN GOLESTAN, 708 BRYSON WAY HERE IN SOUTH LAKE, ADDRESSING STARS AND STRIPES.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.TO BE PRECISE, I'M TALKING ABOUT STARS AND STRIPES AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND WELCOME TO THE TO DO COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO, AS STATED, MY NAME IS COLLEEN GOLISTAN. I'M A RESIDENT TAXPAYER AND VOTER IN THIS CITY. I'M STANDING HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE AFFLICTION, RELATIONSHIP AND SHARED CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN OUR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD. WE ARE JUST THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM OUR CITY'S MASSIVE STARS AND STRIPES CELEBRATION IN TOWN SQUARE. IT IS EVENT MEANT TO HONOR FREEDOM, INDEPENDENCE AND COMMUNITY UNITY. BUT I CANNOT HELP BUT LOOK BACK TO LAST YEAR'S CELEBRATION WHEN SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT CAM BRYAN STOOD ON STAGE WITH MAYOR MCPASKEL AND MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL.
HE SENT A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE TO EVERYONE WATCHING. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE COMPLETELY UNIFIED, SHARING THE EXACT SAME BELIEFS, AGENDAS AND VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IF THAT PUBLIC DECLARATION REMAINS TRUE, THEN THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS OFFICIALLY CO SIGNED THE SYSTEMATIC ERASURE AND TARGETING OF OUR LGBTQ AND TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
BY EXPLICITLY LINKING YOURSELVES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD'S ACTIONS, YOU HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOXIC CULTURE WARS AND TURNED THEM INTO OFFICIAL CITY POLICY. AS A CITY COUNCIL, YOUR CHARTER IS THE ECONOMIC STABILITY, SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE OF THIS MUNICIPALITY. YOU WANT TO ATTRACT TOP TIER BUSINESSES, PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES AND FOSTER A THRIVING LOCAL COMMUNITY.
BUT MAJOR CORPORATIONS, SKILLED PROFESSIONALS AND YOUNG FAMILIES DO NOT WANT TO RELOCATE TO A CITY THAT IS INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FOR ITS HOSTILITY, CENSORSHIP AND THE ISOLATION OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN.
EXTREME AGENDAS TURN OFF PROSPEROUS TOWN INTO A REPUTATIONAL CAUTIONARY TALE.
WHEN YOU STAND ON THE STARS AND STRIPES STAGE THIS YEAR TO TALK ABOUT FREEDOM, I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT REAL FREEDOM APPLIES TO EVERY RESIDENT, NOT JUST THE ONES WHO MATCH YOUR POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY.
REJECTION AND HOSTILITY DO NOT CHANGE A CHILD'S IDENTITY.
THEY ONLY BREAK THEIR SPIRIT AND ALIENATE TAXPAYER FAMILIES WHO LOVE THE CITY BUT NO LONGER FEEL SAFE UNDER ITS LEADERSHIP. POWERFUL PACS DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE DIVISION THEY SOW IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE DO. I URGE THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL TO USE UPCOMING INDEPENDENT CELEBRATION TO REASSERT YOUR INDEPENDENCE.
PROVE TO YOUR CONSIDERANTS THAT YOU REPRESENT ALL RESIDENTS AND NOT AN IDEOLOGICAL FACTION.
STEP BACK FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD'S EXTREME AGENDA AND ENSURE OUR CITY REMAINS SAFE, WELCOMING AND PROSPEROUS PLACE FOR EVERY SINGLE FAMILY. THANK YOU. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH AND HAPPY JUNETEENTH. I HOPE YOU WILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT THIS YEAR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC FORUM ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT
[6.A. Resolution No. 26-016, adopting a tax abatement policy; establishing guidelines and criteria for tax abatement agreements, and electing to continue eligibility to participate in tax abatement. PUBLIC HEARING ]
ON OUR AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM.WE'LL GET INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA FIRST UP IS ITEM 6A, RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 016, ADOPTING A TAX ABATEMENT POLICY, ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS, AND ELECTING TO CONTINUE ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX. AND BACK AT THE PODIUM, DIRECTOR CORTEZ.
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT TIRED OF SEEING ME TODAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING, THIS IS A ROUTINE PROCESS HERE FOR THE CITY AS A PART OF OUR PUBLIC INVESTMENT POLICY STATEMENT. ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE USE WITHIN THERE FOR ECONOMIC INCENTIVES IS A TAX ABATEMENT.
IT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WE ADOPT OR REAFFIRM THE TAX ABATEMENT POLICY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IN A PERIOD OF EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO THE LAST TIME THAT THE COUNCIL DID SEE THIS WAS BACK IN 2024. JUST TO GIVE THE COUNCIL SOME PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF HOW THIS TAX ABATEMENT POLICY IS BROKEN DOWN, ANYTIME WE LOOK AT POTENTIAL INCENTIVES, THERE IS SOME STANDARDS OR MINIMUM QUALIFYING FACTORS THERE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON YOUR.
ON YOUR SCREEN, THE TWO SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE THIS YEAR REALLY TO KEEP TRACK WHEN THE CFO AND I TOOK A LOOK AT THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL COMPENSATION, WHICH REALLY HADN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE FIRST ADOPTION OF THIS TAX ABATEMENT POLICY BACK IN 2016. SO WE FELT IT WAS TIME TO KEEP UP WITH CPI. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED FROM THE 70,000 THAT YOU SEE ON THERE FROM WHAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY OF 60,000, AND AS WELL THAT YOU SEE THERE ON FOR THE EXPANSION, MODERNIZATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES TO
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60,000 FROM THE PREVIOUS 50,000 THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.EVERYTHING ELSE WITHIN THE TAX ABATEMENT POLICY REMAINS CONSISTENT AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. WE DO HAVE TWO ACTIVE TAX ABATEMENTS, WHICH AT THIS POINT, NEITHER ONE OF THESE TAX ABATEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WILL BEEN ABLE TO REBATE BACK DUE TO NOT MEETING CERTAIN THRESHOLDS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, SUCH AS THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND OR AVERAGE COMPENSATION THERE FOR THOSE BUSINESSES.
IN ANY CASE, THIS IS PART OF ALWAYS LINKED BACK TO THE CITY STRATEGY MAP IN TERMS OF SAFEGUARDING THE PUBLIC TRUST THROUGH A COMMITMENT OF THOUGHTFUL PLANNING, RESPONSIBLE, CONSERVATIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR CORTEZ.
ANY QUESTIONS ON TAX ABATEMENT? VERY GOOD.
WE'LL JUMP RIGHT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 6A.
I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON 6A. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK REGARDING 6A? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 6A. ANY COMMENT CARDS ON 6A? ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 6A BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION? I GUESS WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE MOTION. MAYOR FOR TIM ROBBINS YES, MR. MAYOR.
MOTION. WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 6A. RESOLUTION NUMBER 26016.
ADOPTING A TAX ABATEMENT POLICY, ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS.
EXCUSE ME. AND ELECTING TO CONTINUE ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENT. NOTING APPROVAL OF TAX ABATEMENT POLICY, ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES, CRITERIA FOR TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT AND ELECTING TO CONTINUE ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX AMENDMENT FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON 6A. AND THAT
[6.B. Ordinance No. 1300, 2nd Reading, appointing Carol Montgomery as the Judge of the Municipal Court of Record and authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the Municipal Judge. PUBLIC HEARING]
MOTION CARRIES. 7, 0. ITEM 6A IS APPROVED. NEXT UP IS ITEM 6B. ORDINANCE NUMBER 1300.SECOND READING. APPOINTING CAROL MONTGOMERY.
REAPPOINTING CAROL MONTGOMERY AS THE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT COURT OF RECORD AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
COUNSEL. IT'S A SECOND READING.
DO WE NEED A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS OR DO YOU WANT TO JUMP RIGHT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? PUBLIC HEARING, I THINK.
6B REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON 6B. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK REGARDING ITEMS 6B? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE HEARING. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 6B.
COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 6B IN JUDGE MONTGOMERY? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON 6B.
YES, MR. MAYOR. MOTION WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 6B, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1300. SECOND READING. APPOINTING CAROL MONTGOMERY AS THE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
NOTING APPROVAL OF APPOINTING CAROL MONTGOMERY AS DETECT MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON 6B. THAT MOTION
[6.C. Ordinance No. 480-798a, ZA26-0030, 2nd Reading, Zoning Change and Site Plan for 8850 Davis Boulevard on property described as Lot 1, Block 1, By Faith Addition and located at 8850 Davis Boulevard. Current Zoning: “S-P-1” Detailed Site Plan District. Requested Zoning: “S-P-1” Detailed Site Plan District. SPIN Neighborhood #10. PUBLIC HEARING ]
CARRIES.7,0. ITEM 6B IS APPROVED. NEXT IS ITEM 6C, ORDINANCE NUMBER 480 798A, CASE NUMBER ZA26 0030. SECOND READING. ZONING CHANGE OF SITE PLAN FOR 8850 DAVIS BOULEVARD ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 01, BLOCK 1 BY FAITH EDITION, LOCATED AT 8850 DAVIS BOULEVARD. DIRECTOR KILLO, HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING? THE APPLICANT DID UPDATE THEIR ZONING REQUESTS AND REGULATIONS TO JUST INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL.01 USES THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED AS WELL AS THE C2 USES RELATED TO HEALTH SERVICES WITH SOME SPECIFIED USES LISTED UNDER EACH OF THOSE. THERE'S NO SITE CHANGES PROPOSED WITH THIS APPLICATION. IT'S JUST A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO THE FIRST READING CONDITIONS.ALL RIGHT, SO THEY DID WHAT WE ASKED, SO EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH ON WHAT WE SEE HERE ON SECOND READING. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
THANK YOU, DENNIS. 6C REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 6C. I'LL INVITE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON 6C. BUT FIRST I'LL READ INTO THE RECORD. 10 PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE NO RESPONSES. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING 6C? I GUESS I SHOULD ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY WANTED TO COME DOWN TOO, BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 6C. APPLICANT, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. COUNCIL, ANY
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DISCUSSION ON 6C? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL FOR A MOTION ON 6C.WE APPROVE ITEM 6C OVER DECEMBER 4, 480 79A.ZA 260030.
SECOND READING. ZONING CHANGE AND SITE PLAN FOR 8850 DAVIS BOULEVARD ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 01, BLOCK 1 BY FAITH EDITION AND LOCATED 8850 DAVIS BOULEVARD SUBJECT TO STAFF REPORT DATED JUNE 8, 2026 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER 3 DATED JUNE 8, 2026 DURING THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. THE ZONING CHANGE FIRST, SB DETAILED SITE PLAN, DISTRICT ZONING, REMOVING THE CS DISTRICT USES, ART STUDIO WITH INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSES AND OUTDOOR MARKET PARK RELATED SALES, RETAINING THE CS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND ALLOWING THE O1 OFFICE DISTRICT USES AND LIMITED C2 USES AS PRESENTED IN THE SP1 ZONING REGULATIONS AND LIMITING THE UTILIZATION OF THE BUILDING TO A SINGLE TENANT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6C. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON 6C. THAT MOTION CARRIES.7 0. ITEM 6C IS APPROVED. CONGRATULATIONS.
[6.D. Ordinance No. 480-847, ZA26-0027, 2nd Reading, Zoning Change and Development Plan for 1360 N. Carroll Avenue on property described as Tract 4A, A.H. Chivers Survey, Abstract No. 299 and located at 1360 N. Carroll Avenue. Current Zoning: “AG” Agricultural District. Requested Zoning: “R-PUD” Residential Planned Unit Development District. SPIN Neighborhood #3. PUBLIC HEARING]
NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 6D, ORDINANCE NUMBER 480 847, CASE NUMBER ZA26 0027. SECOND READING. ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 1360 N.CARROLL AVE. ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS TRACK 4A SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 299 AND LOCATED AT 1360 N. CARROLL AVE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL JUST DO A QUICK RUN THROUGH FOR THE PRECEDING SLIDES OF PROPERTIES MIXED USE ON THE LAND USE DESIGNATION WITH OVERLAY OF 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN AGRICULTURALLY ZONED. THIS IS A VIEW FROM CARROLL AVENUE ACROSS FROM JOHNSON ELEMENTARY. THIS IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH HAS BEEN REVISED ALONG WITH THEIR REGULATIONS TO INCORPORATE THE FIRST READING CONDITIONS WHICH ALLOWED FOR 10 FOOT SETBACKS ON LOT 1, 15 FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACKS ON LOT 2 AND A 10 FOOT ON THE NORTHBOUND BOUNDARY, 20 FOOT SIDE YARD ON THE SOUTH BOUNDARY. THE APPLICANTS STILL INCORPORATED THE SLIP DRIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A DETAIL OF THOSE SETBACKS.
PROPOSED. SITE DATA SUMMARY UNCHANGED FROM FIRST READING AND COMPARISON OF RPUD ZONING WITH SF20 NOTING THE SETBACK DIFFERENCES AS REPRESENTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN UNDER THE PUD AND AS PRESENTED WITH FIRST READING, A COMPARISON OF SOME OF THE OTHER CLOSELY RELATED STANDARD ZONING DISTRICTS THE FENCE DIAGRAM WHICH THE APPLICANTS AGREED TO RETAIN OR REPAIR THE EXISTING WOOD FENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIMETER BOUNDARY AND THE IRON SIX FOOT IRON FENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY AND ONCE AGAIN DRIVEWAY EXHIBIT, TREE PRESERVATION PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN AND EXISTING DRAINAGE AND THEIR PROPOSED DRAINAGE UTILITY PLAN. PLAINS ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL NOTING REDUCTION TO THREE LOTS WITH MINIMUM HUNDRED FOOT LOT WIDTH AND ALLOWING AND RECOMMENDING A TWO ENTRANCE SLIP DRIVEWAY AT LEAST 18 TO 20FT IN WIDTH WITH TWO LANES AND CITY COUNCIL'S FIRST READING APPROVAL PASS FOUR THREE NOTING THE THE CHANGE IN SETBACKS THAT HAVE BEEN SO INCORPORATED ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND REGULATIONS AND THIS IS OPPOSITION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN PROXIMITY THERE'S ONE WITHIN 200 FOOT, ONE WITHIN THE 300 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA AND THEN SIX RESPONSES IN OPPOSITION JUST OUTSIDE THE 300 FOOT AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. APPLICANT ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH ANY INFORMATION WITH THEM ON THEIR PRESENTATION.
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SLIDES AGO ABOUT SF1 ACRE LOTS.I KNOW THEY'RE DOING PROPOSING AN ARPA. SO WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE IF THIS WAS AN SF1A CASE, A STRAIGHT SF1A CASE, WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENT RIGHTS WOULD THEY HAVE? HOW WOULD THE I KNOW THESE ARE MORE THAN ONE ACRE LOTS. THEY'RE SUBSTANTIALLY BIGGER THAN ONE ACRE LOTS. BUT WHAT WOULD THE ANALYSIS BE IF IT WAS AN SF1 A APPLICATION FOR 3? THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THE SETBACKS REQUIRED ON THE SIDE YARDS AND THE FRONT YARD.
FRONT YARD WOULD NEED TO GO TO A MINIMUM 30 FOOT OR EXCUSE ME, 40 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK FROM THE DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND THE SIDE YARDS WOULD ALL GO TO MINIMUM 20 AND IN THEIR REGULATIONS HERE THEY ARE PROPOSING 30% LOT COVERAGE.
SF1A GOES TO 20% MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE AND LOT COVERAGE IS THE AMOUNT OF AREA COVERED BY THE PERIMETER WALLS OF A BUILDING AS THEY REST ON THE SURFACE OF THE LOT.
SO THE BUILDING ENVELOPE OR FOOTPRINT, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THE FOOTPRINT EXCLUDES ANY OPEN PATIOS OR PORCHES THAT MAY BE PART OF THE HOME.
THAT INCLUDES GARAGE AREA AND THE MAIN FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING AS IT RESTS ON THE SOIL.
I GUESS THE APPLICANT CAN ADDRESS I THINK THERE WAS SOME HOMEWORK AS FAR AS TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING ENVELOPE OR THE FOOTPRINT AND ALSO DRAINAGE. THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH? THANK YOU, DENNIS.
ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, THEN GO AHEAD AND QUICKLY GET TO THE HOMEWORK FROM LAST TIME.
SURE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS CURTIS YOUNG, 550 SILICON DRIVE HERE IN SOUTH LAKE. LET ME GET RIGHT TOO.
YOU SAW THE REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH RESPONDED TO THE MOTION ON THE SETBACKS AND EVERYTHING.
SO EVERYTHING COMPLIES WITH THAT MOTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKED FOR BY COUNCILMAN FAWKS WAS TO LOOK AT HOW A HOME WOULD, HOW BIG A HOME WOULD TYPICALLY HOME WOULD BE ON HERE. THIS IS ABOUT A 05,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME THAT HAS BEEN BUILT IN SOUTH LAKE. WE USED THAT AS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE. AND IT'S GOT A THREE CAR GARAGE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ON LOT ONE, WHICH IS I THINK THE LOT THAT WAS OF MOST CONCERN. YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS 5,000 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY HOME WITH A THREE CAR GARAGE. THIS INDICATES THE TWO CAR SIDE FACING GARAGE AND THEN THE ONE CAR FRONT FACING GARAGE BEHIND THE SIDE FACING GARAGE WHICH ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE FIRST READING MOTION.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN A TYPICAL SOUTH LAKE HOME EASILY FITS ON HERE NORTH OF THE FLOODPLAIN WITH A REASONABLE SIZED BACKYARD AND NOT ONLY OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN, BUT BEYOND THE FLOODPLAIN TO HERE, WHICH IS OUT OF THE CREEK AND CAN BE USED AS BACKYARD. JUST NOT ANY STRUCTURES CAN BE BUILT IN THAT. YOU CAN EVEN PUT A POOL IN THE FLOODPLAIN, ALTHOUGH IT'S PROBABLY NOT RECOMMENDED ANYWAY. SO THIS SHOWS HOW THREE HOMES, WE JUST USED THE SAME FOOTPRINT BUT HOW THEY WOULD FIT ON THE PROPERTY RESPONDING TO YOUR REQUEST. AND I THINK IT SHOWS THAT TYPICAL HOME THAT MIGHT BE BUILT HERE CAN FIT COMFORTABLY ON THESE LOGS WITH THE SETBACKS THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE GOES, I'LL. I WANT TO BRING UP CIVIL ENGINEER CLAYTON REDDINGER TO DISCUSS ALL THAT.
IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD THEN GO AHEAD.
CLAYTON REDDINGER, 550 SILICON DRIVE, SOUTH LAKE. I GUESS IN THE LAST MEETING WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SUBMITTED A STUDY FOR THE EARLIER CASES AND THIS IS A DRAINAGE AREA MAP FOR THAT.
AND I GUESS MAYBE WANTED TO POINT OUT CAN'T SEE MY
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CURSOR WHEN I DO THAT. THIS IS THE TOTAL WATERSHED THAT DRAINS DOWN TO THIS SITE. THIS LITTLE AREA RIGHT HERE IS OUR SITE.THIS BLUE AND RED IS FLOODWAY FLOODPLAIN. YOU CAN SEE THIS EXTENDS ALMOST ALL THE WAY OUT TO 17 OH, NINE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. THIS UPPER AREA B IS THE AREA WHICH DRAINS INTO THE ACTUAL CARILLON DETENTION POND. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE DRAINAGE AREA DOES NOT GO THROUGH THAT POND. IT GOES PAST IT. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE FLOODPLAIN AND FLOODWAY ENCUMBERS MOST OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
BUT THE METHOD WE USE FOR A DRAINAGE STUDY IS THERE'S AN I SWIM IS THE MANUAL THAT IS USED BY MEMBER CITIES ALL THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX AS THE GUIDE FOR THEIR DRAINAGE STANDARDS FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY. THE MUNICIPALITIES THEN TAKE THOSE STANDARDS AND THEN THEY ALTER THEM FOR THEIR OWN WAYS AS THEY SEE FIT FOR THEIR LOCAL USE.
THE METHOD USED FOR THIS TYPE OF STUDY, IT'S A TIMING STUDY, IS CALLED THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE METHOD.
IT'S AN STS METHOD. IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SOILS, AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE SOILS AND LAND USE AND THEN TIMING. SO THIS IS LIKE A LAND USE MAP FOR EACH OF THE WATERSHEDS. SO YOU DO WEIGHTED AVERAGES FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USES, AND THEN YOU OVERLAY THAT WITH WEIGHTED AVERAGES FOR THE DIFFERENT SOILS THAT COME FROM THE CONSERVATION SERVICE. SO THEN YOU BUILD A MODEL FOR THAT, ALL THOSE TIMING. AND THEN WE BASICALLY TAKE OUR SITE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY SMALL. WE CHANGE OUR SITE FROM UNDEVELOPED TO DEVELOP AND SEE WHAT IMPACT IT HAS AT THE DESIGN POINT, WHICH IS LABELED HERE AS DESIGN POINT 1, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE CROSSING WHERE DOVE CREEK CROSSES CARROLL.
IT'S WHERE THE OVERALL WATERSHED MEETS WITH THE CARILLON DISCHARGE, ALONG WITH THE FLOODPLAIN DISCHARGE. I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW IT HAS COME UP BEFORE. THIS IS A FRONT DI SWIM. IT BASICALLY REFERS TO ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE DOWN STREAM FLOODING PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE, IS THAT THE TIMING OF VARIOUS WATERSHEDS IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN THEY DO DETENTION IN SORT OF A. YOU KNOW, IT REFERS TO SORT OF. I THINK IT SAYS INDISCRIMINATELY. IF YOU DO DETENTION INDISCRIMINATELY ALL OVER TOWN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE THE FLOODING TO BE WORSE IN THE MAJOR CREEKS. THIS CHART BASICALLY REFERRING THIS IS THIS TOP LINE RIGHT HERE IS LIKE A LARGE STORM. AND THEN THESE LINES DOWN HERE REPRESENT A SMALLER WATERSHED THAT IS PART OF THE LARGER ONE THAT IS EITHER DETAINED OR NOT DETAINED. WHEN YOU DETAIN WATER, YOU BASICALLY HOLD ONTO IT AND RELEASE IT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU. THAT YOU'RE RELEASING WATER LATER IN TIME AT A HIGHER RATE. THEN EVEN THOUGH THE PEAK DISCHARGE IS LOWER, IF YOU DON'T DETAIN, YOU BASICALLY RELEASE IT AT A HIGHER RATE, BUT FOR A VERY SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS DASHED LINE UP HERE IS BASICALLY LIKE A SUM OF THIS STORM ALONG ALONG WITH THE DETAINED FLOW. SO IF YOU. THERE ARE POINTS ON THE WATERSHED WHERE YOU CAN DETAIN AND HOLD YOUR WATER BACK AND RELEASE IT WHILE THE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE RISING LIMB OF THE MAJOR WATERSHED AND YOU ACTUALLY CAN HAVE AN INCREASE ON THE MAJOR WATERSHED BY DOING DETENTION. SO YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY INCREASE FLOW IN THE RECEIVING STREAM BY DOING DETENTION.
BUT IT'S JUST A POINT TO BE MADE. THAT'S WHY WE DO THE TIMING STUDIES. WE USE THE METHOD TO DO IT, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED BY ISWIN. THE CITY HAS ADOPTED, ACCEPTS THAT KIND OF STUDY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE.
AND BASICALLY WE DID THE TIMING STUDY AND IT JUST SHOWS THERE'S NO INCREASE FROM OUR SITE.
WE'RE JUST. THERE'S A RULE OF THUMB THAT IF YOUR WATERSHED IS 10 OR LESS THAN THE PLACE YOU'RE DISCHARGING TO THAT YOU REALLY HAVE EITHER NO EFFECT OR POTENTIALLY HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT BY DOING DETENTION. SO WHEN YOU'RE SMALLER THAN 10% YOU GENERALLY STILL NEED TO STUDY IT. BUT GENERALLY YOU CAN ASSUME THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CAUSE AN ADVERSE IMPACT DOWNSTREAM
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BY NOT DOING DETENTION. IN THIS CASE WE'RE SO WE'RE WAY SMALLER THAN 1%, WHICH MAKES THAT ARGUMENT EVEN MORE OBVIOUS. I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT. I KNOW IT WASN'T COME UP. I THINK YOU'D MENTIONED THE CARILLON POND AND FREEBORD IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT AN ANSWER TO THAT, BUT IT JUST ALL WORKS TOGETHER.AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S KIND OF COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE METHOD WORKS AND IT'S THE RULES THAT THE CITIES HAVE AND WE TRY TO FOLLOW THEM. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE. GO AHEAD, CURTIS. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE READY AND ABLE TO ADDRESS. THANK YOU, SIR.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK COUNCILMEMBER FAWKS HAD SOME HANGING QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST ONE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR THE APPLICANT OR APPLICANTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR.
ITEM 6D IS THE SECOND READING AND REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON 6D. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK REGARDING 6D? I'VE GOT SOME PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
YES, SIR. CHRIS NEEDENHOFER, 1200 BAY MEADOWS DRIVE HERE IN SOUTH LAKE WILL SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 6D.
EVEN GOT MY LAST NAME NAME RIGHT ON THE SECOND TRY.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I'VE LIVED IN SOUTH LAKE FOR 43 YEARS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE NORTH CAROL SEGMENT. I DON'T SAY THIS TO IMPRESS YOU. I THINK IT'S RELEVANT. I'M KIND OF SURPRISED TO BEEN HERE THIS LONG TOO. I ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL WITH RICK STACY'S CHILDREN DORIAN AND LIZ, SO I HOPE HE'S DOING GOOD. WE CALLED HIM BURNING MONEY BECAUSE HE WAS COMMERCIALS.
I'VE PASSED THIS PROPERTY IN QUESTION THOUSANDS OF TIMES AND ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE MAN WHO OWNED IT ONE SUMMER MOWING LAWNS. I KNOW WHAT SOUTH LAKE USED TO BE AND FEEL LIKE IN THE NORTH SECTOR AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO OPPOSED TO THIS CURRENT APPLICATION. I DON'T THINK IT'S A FIT. THE FACTS ARE OVER A DOZEN CITIZENS HAVE PROPOSED OR PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS PROPERTY. OPPOSITION BEGAN AT THE FIRST BEND MEETING AND PLANNING AND ZONING FROM THE FIRST COUNCIL READING TWO WEEKS AGO AND NOW TONIGHT.
NOBODY HAS SPOKEN IN FAVOR OF THIS. NOT ONE. THIS WOULD ADD MORE HOMES DIRECTLY INSIDE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZONE WITH SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED TRAFFIC IN CONSTRUCTION FROM OCCUPANTS AND GUESTS, MAINTENANCE AND DELIVERY VEHICLES. AND SCHOOL ZONES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE ZONES.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SCHOOL ZONES. THE MAJORITY OF THIS LAND IS FLOODED AND THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS WITH DRAINAGE AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN PROVE WHAT WATER IS GOING TO DO. I THINK WE SAW THAT THIS WEEK WITH SOUTHBOUND I35 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARROLL AVENUE, NOT A MAJOR ARTERY OF TEXAS.
THE CURRENT OWNER IS TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF THIS LAND, BUT AT WHAT AND WHOSE COST? THE WHAT IS THE LOSS OF THE RURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND LOW DENSITY TRADITION OF THE NORTH QUARTER SIDE SETBACK SHOULD BE 20FT 2025 FOR AGRICULTURAL. THE EAST SIDE FACING CARROLL IS WHAT WE SEE AND THERE JUST ISN'T WIDTH TO MAKE THIS A GOOD FIT FOR THIS SECTOR. WE'RE ALSO LIMITED ON THE FRONT SETBACKS DUE TO THE FLOODPLAIN IN THE WEST, FURTHER ADDING TO A COMPRESSED LOOK. THE WHO IS BIGGER THING I THINK IS THE LOSS OF SAFETY ISSUE FOR BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC DIRECTLY IN THE SCHOOL ZONE. E BIKES, SCOOTERS WHICH ARE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND GOLF CARTS ARE EXTREMELY PREVALENT AND THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO SEE.
SCHOOL ZONES SHOULD BE SAFE ZONES. AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE LAND FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN AND ALSO HOMEOWNERS CONCERNED WITH DRAINAGE FROM DOVE CREEK AND PAST FLOODING. WHERE DOVE CREEK CROSSES CARROLL, THERE'S A SOLID WOODEN FENCE ON THE EAST SIDE. IT'S RECENTLY BUILT. IF WE'RE 94% BUILT OUT, REMAINING AGRICULTURAL LAND HAS TO BE HANDLED CAREFULLY AND WITH GREAT STEWARDSHIP AND THAT'S WHAT CITIZENS EXPECT FROM THE COUNCIL. AND MANY OF YOU HAVE PROMISED A LOW DENSITY TRADITION FOR SOUTH LAKE. WE NEED YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS.
WE CAN AND SHOULD DO BETTER WITH A BETTER APPLICATION.
AT EVERY MEETING, EVERY MEETING, TWO HOMES CAME UP.
MAXIMUM ONE MEETING OR ONE HOME MAYBE. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A MORE CONSERVATIVE AND PRUDENT APPLICATION FOR THIS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT FORM IS FROM WILLIAM QUINN AT 1330 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE. WE'LL SPEAK IN OPPOSITION AT THIS ITEM. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. EVEN THOUGH I DID IT, SIR.
WILLIAM QUINN, 1330 NORTH CAROL AVENUE.
OBVIOUSLY THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR SON A OF MOST AFFECTED BY THIS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK LIKE KEITH SAID, TWO HOMES I THINK IS MORE REASONABLE. AND EVEN ADDING IN.
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SPACE SO IT'S MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES.LEAVING OPEN SPACE IN THE BACK JUST SEEMS LIKE A NIGHTMARE WAIT TO HAPPEN ON THERE.
IF WE COULD GET, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMEBODY WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO GET THREE AND A HALF ACRES, TWO THREE AND A HALF ACRE LOTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE TECHNICALLY NOT THREE AND A HALF USABLE ACRES AT A DISCOUNTED RATE. I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THE LOT VALUE A LOT BETTER, LOOK A LOT BETTER GOING DOWN THE NORTH CAROL.
KIND OF KEEP UP WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT OVER THERE INSTEAD OF SMALLER CONDENSED LOTS OVER THERE WITH BETTER SETBACKS.
SO I THINK I COULD GET ON BOARD WITH TWO, TWO LOTS DOWN THERE, MAKE IT ONE SOLID ALL THE WAY BACK CLEARING THAT OPEN SPACE, CONTAINING IT SO THAT OWNER HAS TO MAINTAIN IT.
BUT AND GET RID OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU HAVE GET RID OF THAT SLIP DRIVEWAY. EACH INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY THEY CAN MAINTAIN.
WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN HOA PER SE TO FIX THAT DRIVEWAY WHEN IT DOES COME UP AND SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN OVER THERE. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE ALSO HAVE 15 PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS AS OF TODAY'S DATE. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES. KAREN NIEDENHOFER AT 1200 BAY MEADOWS IS OPPOSED. CHRIS NEEDENHOFER AT 1200 BAY MEADOWS, OPPOSED. LISA QUINN AT 1036 DIAMOND BOULEVARD IS OPPOSED TO FRED MANLEY AT 1204 WHISPERING LANE IS OPPOSED.
NANCY HARTZELL AT 1200 POWDER RIVER TRAIL IS OPPOSED.
CANDICE CAPERTIN MANLEY AT 1204 WHISPERING LANE IS OPPOSED. WILLIAM QUINN AT 1330 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE IS OPPOSED. JEFF MCCOURT AT 1510 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE IS OPPOSED. ELIZABETH RUMPLER AT 2405 NORTH CAROL AVENUE IS OPPOSED. AND LISA THOMPSON AT 1659 CREEKSIDE DRIVE IS OPPOSED. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ITEM 6B? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
OKAY, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 6D. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH OR THE APPLICANT OR THE ENGINEER? AS A PROJECT ON THREE LOTS, IS AN HOA GOING TO BE REQUIRED? DO WE KNOW? YES, THEY HAVE A OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THERE WILL NEED TO BE AN HOA ESTABLISHED TO ENFORCE ANY MAINTENANCE THAT'S NECESSARY ON THAT OPEN SPACE.
I VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS ON THE FIRST.
I MIGHT ADD THAT LOOP ROAD TOO.
YEAH, ON THE FIRST READING I VOTED TO APPROVE IT. THE THREE LOTS DOES LOOK BETTER THAN THE FOUR LOTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE 51,000 SQUARE FEET EACH. THREE LOTS ON SEVEN ACRES. SEVEN PLUS ACRES. YOU KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT IS LOW DENSITY BY DEFINITION. SO I THINK THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID A GOOD JOB AS FAR AS COMING UP WITH SOME CHANGES ON THE DRIVEWAY OR THE ACCESS OFF OF CARROLL. I THINK THE CHANGES WE MADE TO THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS, COUNCILMEMBER FAWKS AND COUNCILMEMBER ROBBINS LAST TIME, THOSE SETBACKS, SIDE YARD SETBACKS IMPROVED IT.
SO I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF THIS AGAIN ON SECOND READING FOR THE THREE LOTS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? YEAH, I KNOW IN THE FIRST READING I VOTED AGAINST IT. AND I GUESS ONE COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IS EVEN WITH THE THREE LOTS WITH THE INNER SLIP, I THINK TRAFFIC IS ALREADY A CHALLENGE.
CURRENT STATE TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL LOTS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS A CHALLENGE BASED ON THE NATURE OF WHERE IT IS.
RIGHT ACROSS FROM JOHNSON ELEMENTARY, TWO LANES UNDIVIDED. SO I THINK WITH THREE LOTS, IT STILL WOULD BE A CHALLENGE. I THINK ONE BIG POINT THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER IS SINCE IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THERE. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE VOTE FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS HAVE SAFETY FIRST IN MIND. FEEL FREE, CHUCK. NO, NO, FIRST. I VOTED FOR THIS ON FIRST READING AND I DID MAKE THE COMMENT AT THAT POINT. I WASN'T GOING TO GUARANTEE YOU. SECOND READING. I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THIS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I'VE BEEN BACK OUT AND VISITED THE SITE AGAIN.
I'VE STUDIED OVER THE MAP AND THERE ARE ENOUGH ISSUES IN MY MIND WITH THE THREE LOCK CONFIGURATION THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. THE BIGGIES WOULD BE. I'VE SPOKEN UP HERE BEFORE ABOUT MY LACK OF SUPPORT FOR A PRIVATE ROADWAY.
ESSENTIALLY, WE FORCED THEM TO MAKE A PRIVATE ROADWAY WHICH NOW HAS TO BE MAINTAINED BY THREE HOUSES YOU CAN. THE
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SIZE SETBACKS. I'M STILL NOT HAPPY WITH THEM BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR LOW DENSITY SF1A WOULD CALL FOR. AND AS I LOOK AT DRIVING ON TO THAT FAR NORTHERN LOT, THERE'S VERY LITTLE USABLE SPACE THERE. I MEAN, HE'S BASICALLY GOT A QUARTER ACRE LOT FLOODPLAIN. AND I HAVE A DEGREE WITH THE NEIGHBOR, MR. QUINN, THAT I THINK I PREFER TO SEE. NOT A PUD, NOT A COMMON OPEN SPACE THAT NOBODY'S GOING TO USE, BUT EACH OF THESE LOTS JUST MADE ALL THE WAY DEEPER WHERE THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH OF THAT. GET AWAY FROM THE HOA, HAVE TWO RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS, PUT TWO NICE SIZED LOTS. I KNOW THEY CAN DO IT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE JUST APPROVED TWO LOTS ON SHADY OAKS ON A VERY SIMILAR SIZE PIECE OF PROPERTY, ACTUALLY A LITTLE LARGER. SO I KNOW THAT SOUTH LAKE WILL SUPPORT THAT LARGER LOT. THIS ONE? YEAH. IT'S A DIFFICULT PIECE. YES. IT'S INFILL. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO FIT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY.FIND A REASONABLE USE, YES, BUT TO SQUEEZE IT IN. IF YOU GO BACK TO LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT THAT THE DEVELOPER BROUGHT US, THE DRIVEWAYS BASICALLY ARE ALMOST TOUCHING EACH OTHER.
THESE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER CONCRETE.
THEY'RE NOT SET THAT FAR ENOUGH FROM THE ROAD TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. MAKING IT TWO LOTS FIXES ALL THAT.
YOU CAN MAKE IT TWO SF2A, SF2 LOTS. AND I BELIEVE THEY COULD COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES AND CALL IT A DAY. AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT THE THREE LOT CONFIGURATION AS IT'S PRESENTED. AND THAT INCLUDES THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT JUST SAVED ME A TON OF TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S WHY I LET YOU GO FIRST.
SO WHAT I SEE HERE, I SAID LAST TIME THAT I SUPPORT TWO LOTS.
WHAT I SEE HERE IS THE ATTEMPT TO SQUEEZE ORIGINALLY FOUR HOUSES ON A VERY THIN PIECE OF PROPERTY, VERY LONG, BUT FOUR AND THEN THREE AND AGAIN WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT SETBACKS THAT AREN'T CONSISTENT WITH, IN REALITY, WHAT THESE ARE, ARE ONE ACRE PLUS LOTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN OUR PUD SO WE CAN GET AROUND THE SETBACKS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR THE HOUSES SO WE SQUEEZE MORE ON THE FRONT.
TO ME, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ULTIMATELY ENDS UP CHANGING THE, THE ACTUAL OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF THE MASTER LOT ITSELF TO ME TO BE A MUCH SMALLER LOT. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER FAULK SAID, THAT NORTH LOT ONE REALLY IS QUITE SMALL. I WAS UP THERE AGAIN TODAY AS WELL AND IT ENDS ABRUPTLY. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A 0.2% FLOOD CLAIM THAT GOES RIGHT UP TO THE STREET THERE.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MOST CURRENT FEMA MAP FOR 2023, TWO LOTS FIT GREAT WITH DRIVEWAYS, NOT AN ISSUE.
DON'T NEED A SLIP ROAD, POOLS WILL FIT GREAT. THE WHOLE THING JUST WORKS A LOT BETTER.
AND THE SETBACKS SHOULD MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. SO I'M GOING TO BE AGAINST THIS ON THREE LOTS.
SO I'VE HAD IT FOR THIS LAST TIME. AND I STILL THINK THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY CAME WITH FOUR LOTS, THEY LISTENED TO EVERYTHING.
THEY GOT BACK TO THREE LOTS OF. WE CAN SIT HERE AND DEBATE WHETHER A ONE ACRE LOT'S A ONE ACRE LOT OR IT'S NOT A ONE ACRE LOT, BUT IT'S A ONE ACRE LOT. THE BUILDING ENVELOPE MAY NOT BE AN ACRE, BUT IT'S STILL AN ACRE LOT.
AND I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM LIMITING A LANDOWNER TO ONE ACRE IS NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH IN SOUTH LAKE. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOUR FRUSTRATION. I THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED FOR, NOT WHAT IT'S ZONED FOR, WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY LAND USED FOR.
WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT MIXED USE? CORRECT. SO IT COULD BE COMMERCIAL. CORRECT. COULD BE SOME KIND OF BUSINESS.
THE MIXED USE WOULD SUPPORT THAT. BUT GENERALLY, WHEN YOU CONSIDER MIXED USE AND ZONING WITHIN THAT LAND USE CATEGORY, YOU LOOK AT THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE ZONING THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR, GIVEN THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS OR DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRED IN PROXIMITY TO IT.
SO THERE'D BE A FACTUAL STATEMENT, THOUGH THERE IS COMMERCIAL.
ONE TRACK SOUTH, YOU'VE GOT A PLACE OF WORSHIP AND THEN SOME OFFICE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH, SOUTH. BUT AS YOU MOVE NORTH, YOU GOT OPEN SPACE AND RESIDENTIAL.
IT WOULD BE A FACTUAL STATEMENT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A MARKEDLY LESS USE OF THE LAND AS FAR AS INTENSE.
A LESS INTENSE USE OF THE LAND
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THAN ANYTHING COMMERCIAL WOULD BE CONSIDERED ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING THAT LESSENS TRAFFIC, MAKES IT THE MOST APPROACHABLE AND THE MOST DESIRABLE OPTION ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL FROM A TRAFFIC AND FROM A CHILD SAFETY STANDPOINT VERSUS THE OTHER USES THAT IT'S CURRENTLY LAND PLANNED FOR. SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE A DIFFERENT PLAN TONIGHT. DO YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK? DO YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TALK? I MEAN, DOES THE APPLICANT WANT TO COME UP AND YOU WANT TO CONSIDER TABLING AND COMING BACK WITH A. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MAY BE NOT GUARANTEEING ANYTHING. MAYBE SUPPORT FOR A TWO LOT PROJECT IF YOU WANT AT THE TABLE.AND OF COURSE, WE DON'T MEET IN JULY, SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT AUGUST, BUT GO AHEAD.
WELL, I GOTTA ADMIT, I'M ASTONISHED. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MIXED USE ON YOUR LAND USE PLAN. WE WERE FOLLOWING THE LAND USE PLAN WITH OUR ORIGINAL COMMERCIAL, NON RESIDENTIAL PLAN. WE PULLED THE NEIGHBORS AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD THEN WAS COME BACK WITH ONE ACRE LOTS AND WE'LL SUPPORT THAT. SO WE CAME BACK WITH ONE ACRE LOTS. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A TALK ABOUT A SLIPPERY SLOPE HERE.
EVERY TIME WE BRING SOMETHING, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE WANTS MORE.
SOMEONE WANTS THE LANDOWNER TO GIVE MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
THIS IS LOW DENSITY. NEIGHBOR SAYS THAT THIS SHOULD BE LOW DENSITY. IT IS LOW DENSITY BY EVERY MEASURE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE SLIP ROAD TO ADDRESS ANY AND ALL OF THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT THESE LOTS TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK AND NOT HAVE THE OPEN SPACE, FINE, LET'S DO IT. I THOUGHT THAT HAVING OPEN SPACE BACK THERE MIGHT HAVE SOME OPTIONS BECAUSE THE CITY OWNS SOME PROPERTY NEXT TO IT.
BUT IF WE WANT THOSE ALL IN THE LOTS, FINE. BUT I THINK WE'RE PENALIZING SOMEONE HERE BY NITPICKING ON THE NUMBER OF LOTS, TRAFFIC BETWEEN TWO AND THREE LOTS. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SO LITTLE THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN, WON'T EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
I MEAN, UNLESS, I MEAN, I GUESS WE GOT FOUR VOTES AGAINST IT. SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO JUST TABLE AND SO I CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TALK TO SOME OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND TRY AND FIND OUT A COMPROMISE HERE.
CURTIS, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SURE. AND I WANT YOU TO, I HOPE THAT YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE POINTS I BROUGHT UP.
BECAUSE THE POINTS YOU JUST BROUGHT UP ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ISSUES I SAID I HAVE.
I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT DENSITY. I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE. I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC. I TALKED ABOUT OTHER ISSUES THAT EXIST WITH THIS PROPOSAL. NOW MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN SEEING THIS PASS AS A 2 ACRE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY TONIGHT? I MEAN, A 2 LOT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY TONIGHT? WELL, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT IT. I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR. I WOULD NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH THE LANDOWNER. SO.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE. DIRECTOR TILO, IS THAT SOMETHING, IF WE WANTED TO ON THE FLY PAST THIS WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ZONING LIKE AN SF2 AND PROVEN TWO LOTS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THIS EVENING TO SAVE THEM FROM WAITING TILL AUGUST, YES, IF IT'S LESS INTENSE AND IN SOME MEANS EITHER THE SAME OR MORE RESTRICTIVE IN ITS CHARACTERISTICS IN THE CURRENT ZONING PLAN.
THAT'S BEFORE YOU. THEN, YES, YOU, YOU COULD CONSIDER THAT AN ON THE FLY CHANGE AND ADDRESS THROUGH CONDITIONS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE ON YOUR MOTION.
SO BEING SENSITIVE TO THE FACT WE DON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST, I PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AND FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT OR DISCUSS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING, ASK TONIGHT. PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
SO THERE'S THAT OPTION OR TABLING TO AUGUST OR. I THINK YOU'VE SEEN WHAT THE VOTE MAY BE FOR AGAIN. SO DO YOU NEED A MINUTE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL OR TALK TO SOMEBODY? BECAUSE WE CAN GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
I THINK THAT THIS IS A LARGE ENOUGH CHANGE THAT MAKING A HASTY DECISION HERE WOULD BE MORE RADICAL THAN WAITING TO AUGUST 4. SO I WOULD PREFER TO WAIT TILL AUGUST 4 TO HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY
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UNDERSTAND WHAT MY CLIENT WANTS TO DO ON THIS AND PROCEED FROM THERE. OKAY. SO I WILL PASS THE WEEK TABLE AUGUST 4TH.OKAY. WELL, WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE A MOTION TO TABLE PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO AUGUST 4TH ON 6D.
YES, MR. MAYO. MOTION WE TABLE ITEM 60, ORDINANCE NUMBER 480, 847 CA 260027.
SECOND READING. ZONING CHANGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 1360 NORTH CAROL AVENUE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS TRACK 4A. AH.
LOCATED AT 1360 NORTH CAROL AVENUE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON TABLING 6D.
MAYOR, CAN WE JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE'RE TAILING THAT TO AUGUST 4TH? YEP. AS WE NOTED, AUGUST 4TH, 2026. AND THERE'S THE VOTES.
[6.E. ZA26-0040, Revised Concept Plan for Bridlegate on property described as Lot 2R, R. D. Price No. 992 Addition and located at 4000 N. White Chapel Blvd. Current Zoning: “SF-1A” Single Family Residential District. SPIN Neighborhood #1. PUBLIC HEARING ]
ITEM 6B IS TABLED TO OUR AUGUST 4TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM 6E, CASE NUMBER ZA26 0040.REVISED CONCEPT PLAN ON BRIDAL DATE ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 2RD, PRICE NUMBER 992 EDITION.
LOCATED AT 4000 NORTH WHITECHAPEL. DIRECTOR KILLO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. IT'S CURRENTLY PLATTED AS A SINGLE LOT AND ZONED SF1 A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
CURRENT ZONING, AS I MENTIONED, IS SF1 A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. IT HAS AN EXISTING HOME ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IF THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLANS APPROVED, WOULD BE REMOVED AS PART OF THAT SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION AND THIS IS PHOTO FROM WES BOB JONES AT THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY AND APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF PROPOSED STREET ENTRANCE AND AS PART OF THE CONCEPT PLANKTON'S PROPOSING AN INDIVIDUAL DRIVE EXTENDING FROM LOT 6 THAT'S PROPOSED FACING WEST. BOB JONES THIS IS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF WHERE THAT DRIVEWAY IS PROPOSED. THIS IS THE EXISTING CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE ZONING CHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE PROPERTY. THE PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY THAT DIRECTLY ABUTS WEST BOB JONES AND WAS REPLATTED AND INCORPORATED INTO WHAT WAS PLATTED LOT 2 ALSO ZONED SF1 A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS THE PROPOSED REVISED CONCEPT PLAN.
THERE ARE TWO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED. THE APPKIN IS REQUESTING TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH THE PRIVATE STREET UNDER VARIANCE APPROVAL AS PART OF THE CONCEPT PLAN AND AS ADDRESSED IN THE CITY'S SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. ALSO GIVEN THE FACT THAT LOT 6 DOES HAVE ACCESS TO A LOCAL STREET BEING PROPOSED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT, THE DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER RESTRICTION OF ACCESS POINTS ONTO COLLECTORS COLLECTOR DESIGNATED STREETS.
WE HAVE NOTATED THAT WE WOULD PREFER THE LOT TO ACCESS THE BOW STREET AND SO COMMENT IS IN OUR REVIEW SUMMARY AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR VARIANCE FROM THAT REGULATION. THIS IS THE OVERALL SITE DATA SUMMARY.
EIGHT LOTS ARE BEING PROPOSED.
ALL LOTS AVERAGE JUST OVER ONE ACRE IN SIZE. THE GROSS LAND AREAS 9.56 ACRES THAT RESULTS IN A GROSS DENSITY OF 0.84 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND THE NETTING OUT OF THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY BE IT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE THAT NETS OUT TO NET DENSITY OF 0.92 FLOWING UNITS PER ACRE ACRE AS MENTIONED, APPLICANTS REQUEST VARIANCE FROM REGULATION OR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE THAT ALL RESIDENTIAL STREETS BE DEVELOPED AS PUBLIC STREETS AND IF DESIRED TO GO PRIVATE GO THROUGH A CONVERSION PROCESS AND THEY'RE ALSO ASKING RELIEF OF THE DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE THAT DOES ALLOW RESTRICTION
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OF DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS UNLESS THERE IS NO OTHER ACCESS AVAILABLE TO THE LOT. THIS IS THE OVERALL DRAINAGE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT UTILITY PLAN TREE CONSERVATION PLAN THIS IS A STANDARD ZONING AND AS REDEVELOPMENT IS BEING PROPOSED GIVEN THE EXISTING TREE COVER, 70% OF THAT EXISTING TREE COVER IS REQUIRED TO BE PRESERVED AND THEY ARE SHOWING AT LEAST 75% OF THAT ULTIMATELY BE PRESERVED. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 50 AT THEIR MAY 21 MEETING AND NOTED THAT THEY WERE NOT APPROVING THE REQUESTED VARIANCES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DRIVE ONTO THE COLLECTOR NOR THE PRIVATE STREET THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICES WITHIN THE WELL, I'M SHOWING ONE NOTICE IN FAVOR WITHIN 300FT AND ONE RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED IN FAVOR BUT DID NOT IDENTIFY AN ADDRESS. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AFCA ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH WITH COUNCIL AS WELL.SO WE ALREADY HAVE ZONING SF1A1 ACRE. SO WE'RE REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TWO VARIANCE REQUESTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIVATE STREET GATE ACCESS AND THE LOT SIX FRONTING BOB JONES ROAD.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILO? DIRECTOR KILO JUST WANTED TO RECONFIRM THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT.
IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THAT WAS PRESENTED AT PMD.
SO THOSE TWO VARIANCES AND THEY BASICALLY APPROVED IT CONDITIONALLY THAT WE DON'T INCLUDE THOSE VARIANCES.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S REPORT TO THE COUNCIL WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN AS PROPOSED BUT NOT GRANT APPROVAL TO THE REQUESTED VARIANCES.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT SAME REQUEST TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THE COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY HAVE THE COUNCIL'S INPUT ON THAT REQUEST.
GOT IT. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DENNIS? ALL RIGHT, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YOU'LL COME ON DOWN. YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YES, MY NAME IS FRANK VIOLA. I LIVE ON 192 SAM BASS RIDGE ROAD IN SOUTH LAKE.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THANKS FOR MEETING ME ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AND DISCUSSING THIS.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR SUBDIVISION IS BRIDAL GATE. AND HERE'S A LOCATION MAP SHOWING WHAT WERE THE SUBDIVISIONS AROUND. SOME OF THE NICE THINGS IN THE AREA LIKE THE EQUESTRIAN CIRCLE.
SO BRIDAL GATE WAS SO FITTING FOR THE NAME. HERE'S THE FRONT ENTRY OF OUR SUBDIVISION THAT MIRRORS SADDLEBACK, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD. SO IT WILL BE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE ROW FROM THEM. HERE IS A SUGGESTED IDEA FROM SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SAID THAT GATED, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE A GATED COMMUNITY, THAT MAYBE A GUARD SHACK WITH AN ARM BAR, MAYBE WITH A MANNED GUARD SHACK. AND THIS ONE IS ONE WITH THE GATE WITH A GUARD SHACK. AND THAT ONE COULD BE MANNED OR NOT MANNED. WE WANTED TO KEEP THE SUBDIVISION REALLY OPEN IN THE CORRIDORS AND HAVING LIKE NO WALLS EXCEPT FOR THE DECORATIVE WALLS FROM WHEN YOU ENTER THE SUBDIVISION.
SO OUR PROPOSAL IS TO DO ALL RYAN ALL AROUND THE SUBDIVISION AND KEEP THAT OPEN CORRIDOR FEEL. WE HAVE TWO OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE FRONT FACING, INCLUDING LOT 6. THESE ARE THE SAME KIND
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OF THE SAME FEEL FOR THE EXISTING HOUSE THAT'S THERE THAT EVERYBODY'S USED TO DRIVING DOWN WHITECHAPEL.SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT SAME SIMILARITY BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE MORE GORGEOUS CORRIDORS BECAUSE YOU HAVE BOB JONES PARK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO FRONT FACING ESTATE FEELING LOTS.
HERE'S SOME OF THE JUST RENDERINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING SOME REALLY CUSTOM HOMES THAT ARE SUPER LUXURIOUS AND REALLY FITTING FOR THAT SUBDIVISION. HERE'S THE SUBDIVISION. YOU CAN SEE THE TWO FRONT LOTS, 7 AND 8 AND THEN 6 BEING A. VERY OBVIOUSLY EVERY LOT IN HERE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE DESIRABLE. SO ON THE VARIANCE ON LOT 6, THE REASON WHY WE WERE TRYING TO GET THAT TO WORK IS THE TOPO ELEVATION AND LET ME RUN TO THIS ELEVATION HERE. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT LOT SITS ON THIS TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY.
AND IF YOU SEE ON THE LEVEL OF 613 WOULD BE THE LEVEL OF THAT LOT WHERE IT WOULD BE GRADED AND IT ACTUALLY RUNS DOWN REALLY FAST. IF YOU SEE TOWARDS THE, IN THE 600 AND THAT'S WHERE THAT HOUSE WILL ACTUALLY LAND IF WE HAVE TO TURN IT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 13 FOOT RETAINER WALL WHICH WOULD BE JUST ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK TO YOUR FRONT DOOR BECAUSE AT THE POINT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO RETAINER A WALL THERE. AND I CAN SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
DID I LOSE IT HERE? SO LOT SIX VARIANTS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
THIS IS A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT THIS HOUSE WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE FRONTAGE ACCESS AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE POOL TO THE BACK AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SLOPE DOWN AND BUILD RETAINER WALLS TO WHERE IT'S MORE DESIRABLE TO WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY FACING THE POND. YOU KNOW, EVERY LOT IN HERE WE WANT IT TO BE DESIRABLE AND WE DON'T WANT AN ODD OUT LOT BECAUSE OF IT NOT FITTING TO A, YOU KNOW, IN A VERY ODD LOT THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, ZONING HAD SUGGESTED LIKE A BASEMENT GARAGE RIGHT AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN THROUGH THE THING OR IF YOU HAD TO MAKE A U TURN AFTER YOU GO INTO THE SUBDIVISION AND ACTUALLY MAKING A U TURN TO GET TO THE, TO YOUR GARAGE OR THE FRONT OF YOUR HOME. SO WE DON'T WANT A STAGNANT LOT TO BE ON THE SUBDIVISION. WE WANT ALL OF THEM TO BE PROSPEROUS.
AND THE OTHER VARIANCE IS A PRIVATE STREET WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LOOKING TO GATE. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SO LOT 6, THE FRONTAGE ONTO BOB JONES ROAD, THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY. IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T WORK TURNING THAT HOUSE TO FACE THE NEW STREET. I GUESS BECAUSE OF THE DRIVEWAY, YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE DRIVEWAY FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE ENTRANCE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YEAH, AND THEN WE ALSO LOSE THE ENTRY. THAT ENTRANCE.
LOOK, WE'RE TRYING TO MIRROR SADDLEBACK AND TO GET THE TYPE OF CUSTOM HOMES THAT WE WANT TO BUILD IN HERE AND TO GRAB THE VALUE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO.
OUR GOALS ARE IN MAKING THIS A VERY HIGHER END NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ALL FITTED FOR. AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT PASS THROUGH TRAFFIC. SO ON GOOGLE MAPS, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING IN FROM ROANOKE OR ANY ON THAT COMING IN FROM THE WEST ON 114, IT IMMEDIATELY TAKES YOU TO GET TO BOB JONES PARK,
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WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF OUTSIDE CITY TRAFFIC. AND THAT'S HOW IT TAKES YOU. IS EAST BOB JONES ACROSS THAT STREET AND FROM TWKING. SO YOU'RE GOING DOWN TW KING FROM 114 AND THEN YOU GO TO EAST BOB JONES. SO THERE'S 10 PROPERTIES ON EAST BOB JONES, NINE OF THEM GATED, SOME ARE INDIVIDUAL LOTS AND OBVIOUSLY ONE IS GATED FROM SADDLEBACK AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE OPEN FEEL. WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THE POND REALLY CLOSE TO THE ROAD SO IT STILL FEELS INVITING. BUT IN THAT SUBDIVISION YOU HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT PONDS. AND SO TO GET THE VALUE TO MAINTAIN THAT PRIVATE ROAD, IT'S GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE OF THAT ENTRY AND THE PONDS AND THE DESIRABLE LOTS. AND SO IF WE CAN GET BOTH VARIANCES, THE STREET WILL EASILY BE MAINTAINED FINANCIALLY BY THE HOA AND CONSTRUCTED THE WAY THAT THE CITY CONSTRUCTS THEIR STREETS. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE THIS AS SOUND STREET AS YOU WOULD IN YOUR OWN. AS WE WOULD IN THEIR OWN CITY.IS THAT POND IN THE MIDDLE BY THE CUL DE SAC, IS THAT ALREADY THERE? NO, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE HUT.
THERE'S A VERY LIKE 20 BY 20 TANK THERE FOR THE HORSES.
SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE ENLARGED. AND IF YOU LOOK INTO THERE'S A FLUME THAT RUNS INTO THAT OTHER SUBDIVISION.
THERE'S A FLUME THAT RUNS INTO THAT OTHER CUL DE SAC ON THE RAINY COURSE AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT POND WILL GO. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME RIFF RAFF THERE.
SO IT'S A DETENTION RETENTION POND AND SO IT WILL ACTUALLY ACT INTO THAT FLUME. AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE IS MAKING THAT POND REALLY GRAND AND LIKE BEAUTIFUL AND GETTING THAT IT MAY BE.
IT MAY BE FLOURISHED WITH FISH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WILL BE THE HOA'S CHOICES TO EITHER TO MAKE IT.
YOU KNOW WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FISHING POND.
THAT'S WHY THAT LOT 6 HOUSE CAN'T BE MOVED OVER TO WHERE THAT WATER IS. THAT POND IS GOING TO BE. OR ALREADY IS, I GUESS.
THERE'S A NATURAL POND THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND THE CIVIL HAS TO HAVE IT THERE. SO YOU CANNOT PUT THE HOUSE DOWN THERE BECAUSE THAT IS AT THE LOWEST POINT OF THAT PROPERTY. IT ACTUALLY EVEN GOES DOWN TO 500 AND I THINK IT'S LIKE 590 SOMETHING.
SO IT GOES LIKE ALMOST 20FT FROM THE TOP OF THE ROAD. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT LOT IS JUST.
IT'S SUPER STEEP. THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCIL.
YEAH, THE FIRST OFF ON YOUR CONCEPTUAL HOUSE THAT YOU HAD ON YOUR AERIAL VIEW A MINUTE AGO.
DO YOU WANT ME TO PULL IT UP REAL FAST? SURE.
THIS ONE? NOPE, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. THE ONE. THE OVERALL.
AND THIS WILL HELP FOR WHAT I'M ASKING AS WELL.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. I IMAGINE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO THERE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO FRONTAGE.
I MEAN, MY CHAPEL. SO I THOUGHT.
AM I RECALLING INCORRECTLY THAT YOU INITIALLY HAD FOUR RETENTION PONDS ON HERE? SO WE DO.
WE HAVE THE TWO THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE WHITECHAPEL.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE MAIN ONE AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE OFF AT EAST BOB JONES. THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY FIX FOR THE CITY IN THE BAR DITCH OFF OF EAST BOB JONES. WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF BACKUP INTO MY NEIGHBOR DAN'S PROPERTY, WHICH IS TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY. AND HE'S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF ISSUES AND THE CITY COMES OUT AND THEY MOW IT FOR HIM EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF CLEARING IT OUT.
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TO DO IS I'M GOING TO TAKE THE MANHOLE THAT'S THERE. THAT'S CREATING THE ISSUE BECAUSE HOWEVER IT WAS SET, IT WASN'T SET PROPERLY FOR THE RIGHT DRAINAGE. SO WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE TOP OFF OF THE. OFF OF THE MANHOLE AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A GRATE TO ACTUALLY LOWER IT SO IT ACTUALLY DOES ITS JOB BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT DOING ITS JOB. SO THAT RETENTION POND WILL ACTUALLY HELP THAT ISSUE. AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT BAR DITCH AREA SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY HELP IMPROVE DRAINAGE IN THIS AREA AND POTENTIALLY RETAIN MOST, IF NOT ALL, THE DRAINAGE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING HERE ON SITE.YEAH. SO THE ONE CONCERN, SLASH JUST, AND I THINK THIS WILL BE HANDLED IN YOUR SITE PLAN, IS LOOKING AT YOUR DRAINAGE ELEVATION THAT YOU HAD. I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED FOR YOU. AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'LL HANDLE THIS WITH YOUR CIVIL ENGINEERS LATER, BUT THAT THE DRAINAGE THAT YOU HAVE IS GOING TO BE FLOWING EAST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. YOU'RE GOING TO BE DIRECTING THAT INTO THE TWO RETENTION PONDS IN FRONT OF THE TWO LARGE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES ON LOT 7 AND 8. SO OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST SAYING YOU WILL PROBABLY HANDLE THIS IN SITE PLAN, BUT I WOULD JUST BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WATER IS GOING TO GET THERE.
RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE THAT ACTUALLY DIRECT THE WATER AROUND THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
RIGHT AROUND THE STRUCTURE ON 07, 8. THE STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. HOW DO YOU GET THE WATER AROUND IT? ANYWAY, JUST A SUGGESTION ON THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS AS FAR AS YOUR GATED AREA, THREE OF THE HOUSES AREN'T GOING TO BE GATED ALREADY.
SO YOU'RE REALLY ONLY ASKING TO GATE FIVE HOUSES.
BUT LOT SIX IS STILL GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MAINTAINED THAT HOA FEE.
BUT IT MEANS AS FAR AS GATING WISE.
FOR GATED WISE, IT'LL BE FIVE, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND I THINK THAT SIX WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT FOR PRIVACY, FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR SIDE AND BACK OF THEIR HOME. SO I THINK THEY WILL BENEFIT FROM IT IN SOME WAY FOR SURE, BUT JUST NOT IN THE FRONTAGE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WANTING TO GIVE THEM ACCESS AND THE ABILITY TO DO THAT TOO. FIRST OF ALL, GREAT JOB ON THESE RENDERINGS.
IT JUST BRINGS IT TO LIFE AND IT'S SO, SO HELPFUL TO SEE HOW THESE, HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. SO GOOD JOB ON THAT.
I THINK ME PERSONALLY, THE VARIANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAY, IT'S BEYOND 200FT, MINIMUM IS SUPPOSED TO BE 150.
SO I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HEARTBURN OVER THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THE GRADE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH BECAUSE EVEN IF THE HOUSE IS FACING WEST, YOU'RE DOING A HARD. WHAT WOULD THEN BE A LEFT TO GET INTO THAT DRIVEWAY FOR THAT HOUSE? SO I LIKE THE ORIENTATION OF IT THAT WAY.
AND THEN FROM A GUARD SHACK STANDPOINT, I THINK IF YOU HAVE IT MANNED, IT INCREASES THE NEED FOR STACKING DEPTH BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO SLOWER IN MY OPINION. NOT A SCIENTIFIC OPINION, JUST AN OPINION. SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE NO GUARD AND NOT JUST A SINGLE BAR. I THINK WITH A SINGLE BAR YOU NEED A GUARD. WITHOUT A GUARD YOU NEED MORE GAIT. IF WE GO DOWN THAT ROAD OF PRIVATIZING THE STREET, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
AND THEN LASTLY, AND MAYBE PIGGYBACKING ON THAT DRAINAGE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT D1 AND THE DETENTION IS DUE SOUTH OF IT, THE GRADE DROPS OFF CONSIDERABLY JUST EAST.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU'RE COLLECTING THAT BEFORE IT GOES INTO ALL THESE HOMES.
JUST EAST IT RIGHT INTO RAMI QUARTZ.
YEAH. RIGHT, YEAH. SO HOW DOES IT COLLECT AND THEN GET TO THIS DETENTION JUST SOUTH? BECAUSE IT'S DROPPING FAST.
RIGHT? IT'S DROPPING REALLY FAST. THE IDEA ON THE PROPERTY LINE IS TO ACTUALLY BUILD A SWELL AND TO GET IT INTO THE POND. AND THAT'S WHY WE MADE IT.
ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE CIVIL ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S WHY THAT POND ACTUALLY EXTENDS LIKE REALLY FAR TOWARDS THE HOUSE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ORIENTATING THE HOUSE ON EASTBOB JONES RIGHT TO LEFT. BECAUSE IF YOU TURN THE HOUSE THEN THAT POND, YOU START GETTING CLOSER TO THAT POND BECAUSE NOW YOUR WIDTH OF YOUR HOME IS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN TOWARDS THE POND. AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO FIT THAT. MAKING THAT LOT DESIRABLE IS BECAUSE. AND DRAINAGE PURPOSES, THAT'S HOW WE HAD TO EXTEND THE POND AS HIGH AS WE COULD TO THAT 600 MARK. AS WE WERE SHOWING. AS WE. I WAS SHOWING YOU HERE, THAT 600 MARK IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.
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HERE IT IS. SO YOU'RE AT. SO WE HAVE TO GET. WE GOT TO GET THAT POND TO HIT THAT 600 MARK BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT STARTS RAPIDLY GOING DOWN.HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF WATER GOING TO THE RIGHT? BUT IT'S RIPPING OFF THE STREET AND COMING SOUTH TO RIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S A LOWER POINT.
SO I'M CURIOUS IF THE POND ON THAT SOUTH SIDE NEEDS TO BE LARGER LENGTHWISE GOING NORTH OR IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT IS THE COLLECTOR. IT CAN'T BE JUST LIKE A BARDISH.
RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE RACING OFF THIS ROAD COMING DOWN.
WHAT'S THE COLLECTOR THAT GETS IT INTO THIS POND? SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING STORM DRAINS IN THAT. IN THAT CUL DE SAC.
AND SO THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DROPPED DRAMATICALLY TO GET THE STREET TO. NOT IN THE CUL DE SAC ON BOB JONES ROAD.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS NORTHEAST CORNER. OH YOU'RE OKAY, SORRY. YOU'RE NORTHEAST. YEAH.
SO SEPARATE. GO BACK TO THAT ARIEL. SO SEE HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LEFT SIDE.
LEFT SIDE RETAINING WALL IS AND IT'S DROPPING FAST AND IT'S RACING TOWARDS THE EAST TOWARDS THESE HOMES. AND SO WHAT'S CAPTURING THAT TO GET IT TO THAT POND THAT WE ALSO SEE IN THE BACKGROUND.
SO LET ME LOOK AT THE TOPOGRAPHIC HERE.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING FROM RIGHT WHERE THAT POND IS GOING TO HIT WHERE THAT, YOU SEE THAT LINEAR LINE OF AND THEN IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S AT ON THE LEVEL OF THE STREET. SO IT'S ONLY A THREE FOOT DROP RIGHT THERE. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. I HAVE MY CIVIL HERE TO TALK. SO HE IS, HE IS HERE. YOU CAN GIVE SOME FEEDBACK INTO THAT OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF REGULATION ABOUT HOW THAT'S DIVERTED? BECAUSE YOU KNOW THESE HOMES ARE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS TREVOR TRUSS. 8241 MID CITIES BOULEVARD, NORTH TEXAS 76180. I'M SORRY, 76182. LET ME GO TO OUR DRAINAGE AREA MAPS AND WE CAN KIND OF GO.
OKAY, YOU ARE WONDERING ABOUT AREA D1, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
JUST COMING AROUND THAT RETENTION WALL FROM BOB JONES ROAD. OKAY, THIS, THIS MAP WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY YOUR EXISTING PRE DEVELOPED DRAINAGE AREA MAP.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT D1 WE REALLY REFERENCED THE PLANS FOR RAINY PORT WHEN WE WERE PRODUCING THESE MAPS. SO YOU KNOW WE LOOK AND BUILD OUR DRAINAGE AREA MAPS AND THEN WE KIND OF REFERENCE WHAT WAS DESIGNED WHEN RAINY COURT WAS PUT IN AND HOW RAINEY COURT WAS DESIGNED TO TAKE THIS OFF SITE WATER THROUGH THEM.
SO THAT RAINY COURT WHEN IT'S BEING DEVELOPED, IT'S THINKING OF THE CONTEXT OF THE WAY THE LAND IS TO THE WEST OF IT TODAY AND WHAT THE COVERAGE OF THE HOME THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT ON RAINY CORD.
BUT MY CONCERN IS THESE RAINY HOMES ARE BUILT AND THEN ALL THAT WATER RUSHING OFF OF D1 IS GOING TO FLOOD THOSE HOMES BECAUSE IT'S NOT CAPTURED IN DETENTION FIRST.
MY POINT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SOLUTION THAT CAPTURES IT WHERE AT THE BASE OF THAT REFLECTION PAINTING WALL TO GET IT TO THAT DETENTION POND.
THAT'S. WELL THOSE, THOSE HOMES ON, ON RAINY COURT TO OUR EAST, YOU KNOW THEY, THEY WERE DESIGNED AND PLANNED FOR THIS OFFSET WATER, IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF YOU CAN GO TO. I UNDERSTAND WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO IF YOU CAN RUN OVER TO THAT AERIAL AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO SEE THE AREA VIEW THAT COUNCILMEMBER REYNOLDS HAD RESPONDED TO RIGHT HERE. SO LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS THAT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE EXISTING DRAINAGE THAT'S THERE NOW NATURALLY FLOWS TOWARDS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S JUST EAST.
AND SO THAT PART REALLY, THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU NEED TO HAVE TO DO BECAUSE THERE'S
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ALREADY EXISTING DRAINAGE THAT'S GOING THAT DIRECTION.IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, HOWEVER, WHEN YOU PUT THAT IMPERVIOUS SURFACE UP HIGH IN THE ROOF LINE, IF YOU HAVE WATER THAT'S COMING OVER THAT WALL, THAT RETENTION WALL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADDING TO WATER THAT COMES DOWN THAT SIDE. SO A SUGGESTION WOULD BE, CAN YOU DIRECT. YOU GET A STORM DRAIN IN THAT DRIVEWAY AND THEN RUNOFF FROM THE ROOF, CAN YOU BRING THAT DOWN AND DIRECT IT INTO THAT RECEPTION RETENTION POND? DOES THAT HELP? OH, DEFINITELY, YEAH.
BASICALLY SOME SORT OF COLLECTOR AT THE CORNER OF THAT RETENTION WALL SEEMS APPROPRIATE. THEN FUNNELS IT INTO THAT RETENTION.
I MEAN THERE'S A 40 FOOT BUILDING LINE THAT WE HAVE TO STUDY. SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT. ABOUT 20 FOOT.
CAN WE BUILD SOMETHING WITHIN THAT 20 FOOT? RIGHT.
OR YOU BUILD FROM THE RETENTION WALL TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE JUST SAW SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS RECENTLY. IT'S JUST REALLY A MATTER OF IF YOU CAN DIRECT ALL THE WATER OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY AS AN EXAMPLE, AND FROM THE ROOF STRUCTURE AWAY AND DOWN INTO THE RETENTION POND, YOU'RE ACTUALLY LESSENING THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WOULD FLOW INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST ON THAT SIDE.
MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IN THE SECOND READING COME BACK WITH A SOLUTION TO THAT.
WHILE WE HAVE THE CIVIL ENGINEER, A REAL QUICK QUESTION IS ONE, UNDERSTAND THE DRAINAGE PLANT COMING OUT OF THE CUL DE SAC AND GOING TO THE TWO DETENTION PONDS, IS THAT GOING TO BE SEARCHES DRAINAGE, WHERE YOU GO PUT IN SWALES AND AN EASEMENT, OR ARE YOU GOING SUBTERRANEAN WITH A STORM SEWER PIPE? EITHER OR ALL THE ABOVE. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING YOUR DRAINAGE PLAN, THE ARROWS CLEARLY SHOW IT FLOWING TOWARDS THOSE TWO HOUSES AND INTO THOSE PONDS, RIGHT? YES. SO HOW'S IT GOING TO GET THERE? I GUESS THAT'S THE EASY QUESTION. THERE WE GO.
HOW'S IT GOING TO GET THERE? IS IT GOING TO BE AN. AN EASEMENT OR IS IT GOING TO BE. OR ARE YOU GOING TO CONSTRUCT A STORM SEWER THAT WILL CARRY IT? BEING YOU'RE TAKING WATER FROM LOTS RIGHT HERE. THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY SOME KIND OF EASEMENT AND YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON. WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY DESIGN ON THE FLOWS.
YOU PUT PROBABLY SOME SORT OF SURFACE TYPE DRAINAGE WOULD BE MY. MY FIRST GUESS. SO YOU WOULD INDICATE A DRAINAGE EASEMENT FLOWING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND THEN TO THE EAST. IS THAT WHAT I'M.
A SURFACE DRAINAGE EASEMENT WHERE YOU PUT A SWALE IN AND IS THAT THE PLAN OR IS THERE NO PLAN? ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT IN BETWEEN LOT 7 AND 8? NO, I THINK I ASKING ABOUT IN BETWEEN LOTS 4 AND 5 AND THEN GOING INTO LOT 7. REALLY GOING INTO LOT 8. OKAY, SO ONE RIGHT HERE. SEE 4, 5. RIGHT. WE'RE SHOWING, I MEAN, WE'RE SHOWING A INLET WITH PIPE RUNNING BETWEEN LOTS 4 AND 5 AND A PROPOSED DRAINAGE EASEMENT. AND THEN INSIDE THAT EASEMENT, THAT EASEMENT WOULD GO SOUTH ALONG THE, I GUESS THE OUTSIDE OF LOT 8. AND THEN THE PIPE WOULD TURN INTO THE ATTENTION BOWL. SAY IT'S A PIPE. YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, GUYS. STICK AROUND. ITEM 6E REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 6E. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING 6E? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 6E AND THE ISSUES ON. I GUESS THERE'S THREE ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THE WATER IN AND AROUND LOT SIX AND LOT SIX FRONTING BOB JONES AND THEN THE GATE VERSUS NO GATE.
MR. FAWKS, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS LOOKS REALLY NICE. I WON'T SUPPORT THE GATE AND THE PRIVATE STREET PHILOSOPHICALLY.
I'D LIKE TO SEE GET AWAY FROM THAT. I VOICE MY REASONS FOR THAT. I CAN SUPPORT THE DRIVEWAY VARIANTS THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED. AFTER LOOKING AT IT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET A DRIVEWAY UP THERE.
IT'S GOT A VERY SIGNIFICANT GRADE CHANGE. SO I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT HE'S SAYING ABOUT THE 13 FOOT WALL. BUT RAINEY DOESN'T HAVE A GATE.
SADDLEBROOKS. AT LEAST THERE'S WIDE OPEN. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THAT AREA OR WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE PART OF IT, MOST OF IT IS OPEN AND THEN THERE'S A SECTION HAS A GATE TO GO UP A HILL TO WYNDHAM HILL. SO THE GATE VERSUS NO
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GATE.I MEAN, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU UP THERE.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A FAIR COMPROMISE TO GET RID OF THE GATE TO GIVE THE ACCESS FOR LOT SIX ONTO BOBJEN.
THAT'S WHAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH. I LIKE THE. I THINK THE ENTRY OFF OF BOB JONES FOR LOT 6 IS GREAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GATE HIS COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH THE DRIVEWAY OFF LOT 6 AS WELL. I DROVE OUT THERE TODAY AND LOOKED AT IT. I COULD DEFINITELY CONCUR WITH THAT. I'M NOT A FAN OF THE GATE MYSELF AND JUST FRANKLY, I FEEL THAT THE. THEY'RE NOT REALLY PREPARED ON REALLY ANSWERING SOME OF THE DRAINAGE STUFF. SO I'M OKAY WITH APPROVING IT TO GO TO THE SECOND READING, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER DETAIL ON HOW THAT WATER'S GOING TO LOOK.
YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ADVISE COUNCIL. THIS DOES NOT HAVE A SECOND READING.
THIS IS A REVISED CONCEPT PLAN AND THE ZONING IS IN PLACE.
IF YOU WANT THE PATH PASS THIS FORWARD THIS EVENING. ANY CONDITIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS, I RECOMMEND YOU PUT THAT AS A CONDITION OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT. THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE.
NO SITE PLAN. BUT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WOULD INCLUDE A MORE DETAILED DRAINAGE PLAN AND STUDY. AND THOSE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU HAD COULD BE ADDRESSED WITH THOSE PLANS WHEN SUBMITTED WITH THE PLUMBER.
PLATILLO, IF YOU COULD MAYBE RESTATE SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE FOR AIR PRO 10 ROBINS TO HANDLE THAT ON A PLAT NEXT TIME WE WOULD SEE IT.
ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE OF LOT 6 AND HOW THAT WOULD BE HANDLED.
AND GETTING TO THE DETENTION STRUCTURE WITH THE SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMITTED PRELIMINARY PLAT, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YEP, LOT SIX IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND HOW THAT DRAINAGE IS HANDLED.
DRIVEWAY, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE VARIANCE THERE. AND THE GATE, I'M KIND OF INDIFFERENT TO. IT SEEMS LIKE THE MAJORITY ARE AGAINST IT AND I'M FINE WITH BY THAT AS WELL.
YEAH, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER FAULKNER, THAT COUNCILMAN FAWKS WAS ASKING ABOUT WAS IF THEY MAINTAIN THIS TYPE OF ENTRY OR THE MEDIAN PIECE HAS TO BECOME BASICALLY PUBLIC PROPERTY UNLESS THEY MAINTAIN THAT. BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED PRIVATE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MAINTAIN IT.
IT'S NOT A PUBLIC. YEAH, IT'S NOT. YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAINTAIN THEIR OWN.
I'M ASSUMING WE WON'T MAKE IT A PRIVATE STREET. YOU HAVE TO ASK THE APPLICANT ABOUT THE FRONTAGE ON. ON BOB JONES, IS THAT, IS THAT GOING TO BELONG TO THE INDIVIDUAL LOT OR IS THAT. I GUESS MAYBE IT DOES. THAT LANDSCAPE FRONTAGE, IS THAT GOING TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA OR THE PROPERTY? AND THEY'VE GOT, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A, THIS DETENTION POND IS ON A OPEN SPACE LOT. SO THE HOA HAVE OPEN SPACE LOTS. RIGHT.
SORRY, CAN YOU, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE QUESTION WHILE MORE TIME.
THE FRONTAGE ON BOB JONES, LOOKING AT THIS, AT THIS GRAPHIC RIGHT HERE.
YES. IS THAT GOING TO BE A PART OF THE, OF THOSE TWO LOTS OR IS THAT GOING TO BE A PART OF THE HOA? OPEN SPACE OR OPEN.
SO THE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ISLAND AND THE GUARD SHACK THAT.
AND THE FRONTAGE ON THE RIGHT.
SO TO, FOR THE, FOR THAT COMMENT.
THAT, THAT HAS TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, OBVIOUSLY. AND TO MAKE THAT WORK.
AND TO GET THE VALUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN HERE. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE NOT FOR THE GATE, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE THE VALUE OF BRINGING UP THESE HOA FEES TO SUPPORT THIS ENTRANCE AND SO AND THE PONDS, BECAUSE ONCE WE REMOVE THOSE, ONCE WE REMOVE THAT ABILITY TO CHARGE FOR A HIGHER HOA, IT KIND OF STARTS TAKING AWAY FROM LIKE THE GRAND ENTRY AND HOW BIG WE CAN MAKE THESE PONDS OR RIGHT. WHERE IT'S NOT JUST MINIMAL LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THIS MORE OF A HIGHER END COMMUNITY AND TO MAINTAIN THOSE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA. SO IT'S, IT'S,
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I THINK IT'S VOLATILE TO. IF WE DON'T GET THE GATED, THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST AFFORD THAT ENTRY THE WAY IT IS? AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT. I MEAN IT'S A HUGE ENTRY. I MEAN THAT ISLAND IS 50 FOOT. THE GUARD SHACK IS 10 BY 8. I MEAN JUST THE LANDSCAPING ALONE IN FRONT OF THOSE, THE BRIDAL GATE WALLS, I MEAN IT'S A, IT'S A BIG IMPACT INTO SOUTH LAKE. I THINK, I THINK IT'S A.I HOPE I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
SEE, I THINK YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION. I THINK YOU MAY NEED TO TABLE THIS THEN BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE SUPPORT FOR A PRIVATE ROAD AND A GATE UP HERE, PERIOD. AND IF YOU THINK YOU NEED THAT, IF THAT'S A NO GO FOR YOU, THEN YOU NEED TO TABLE THIS.
OR IT SOUNDS LIKE TAKE A VOTE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. NOW OBVIOUSLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GATE, YOU DON'T NEED A GUARD CHECK.
SO. RIGHT. THAT TAKES THAT AWAY.
SO WOULD I BE. SO IF THIS GETS SUBMITTED RIGHT. THE WAY IT IS.
QUESTION FOR DENNIS. IF IT GETS SUBMITTED THE WAY IT IS, DOES THE GUARD SHACK. DO WE HAVE TO BUILD THE GUARD SHACK OR CAN I REMOVE THE GUARD SHACK? NO, IF. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PRIVATE STREET, THERE'S NO REAL PURPOSE FOR THE GUARD SHACK. AND IF YOU WANT TO RETAIN THE MEDIAN, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. AS LONG AS THAT MEDIAN AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THAT MEDIAN ARE PUT IN AN HOA LOT AND ARE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA.
BUT THE GUARD HOUSE WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED. IF YOU WANT NEIGHBORHOOD FENCING AND WALLS THAT WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE ASSOCIATION, YOU WOULD STILL NEED THE ASSOCIATION TO BE ORGANIZED TO RAISE FEES AND PROVIDE MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE. AND YOUR DETENTION STRUCTURES, EVEN IF THEY'RE IN EASEMENTS FOR WITHIN EACH OF THESE LOTS, WOULD NEED TO BE HOA MAINTAINED SINCE THEY ARE SUPPORTING DETENTION FOR THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION.
SO DURING. DURING SUBMITTAL FOR MY CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. IF I OPT THE ISLAND AND THE GUARD SHACK, IF IT GOT APPROVED TODAY, THAT I WOULD BE.
I CAN OPT OUT ON IT IF I WANTED TO DURING CONSTRUCTION AND NOT PUT THE ISLAND IN THERE, CORRECT? YEAH, IF YOU.
AND THE DISCUSSION HERE IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE PRIVATE STREET OR NOT.
IF IT IS NOT A PRIVATE STREET, THE CITY DOES NOT WANT TO MAINTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY LIKE THAT. AND SO THAT CAN EITHER BE REMOVED FROM THE REQUEST AND YOU HAVE A STANDARD STREET WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WALLS AND LANDSCAPE AND THE MEDIAN GOES AWAY, GUARD HOUSE GOES AWAY.
THAT COULD BE DONE WITH ADMINISTRATION AND NOT WITH COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES. IF COUNCIL ELIMINATES AND IF YOU CONCUR WITH THEIR ELIMINATION OF THE PRIVATE STREET, THEN AND SAY, I'M GOING TO REMOVE ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STREET, THAT'S THAT IS DONE.
WHAT'S THAT ACTION I GET AFTER THE VOTE? I CAN EITHER LEAVE IT THERE OR NOT, OR DO I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY? YEAH. AND I DO THINK THAT.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A DATE OR NOT.
BUT PLANNING HIS OWN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ELIMINATE THE PRIVATE STREAM. IF YOU WISH TO MAINTAIN THE MEDIAN, YOU MAY DO SO AND SHOW THAT ON THE PRELIMINARY PLOT WE WILL REQUIRE THAT IT BE DESIGNATED IN AN OPEN SPACE LOT AND THE RIGHT OF WAY BE CONFIGURED SUCH THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GOOD ON THE ACCESS IN AND OUT OF THAT SUBDIVISION AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS IS SATISFIED WITH HOW THAT'S ORIENTED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD MAINTAIN, MAINTAINED MEDIAN.
WE WOULD MAINTAIN IT, BUT WE CAN OPT OUT ON BUILDING.
WHEN YOU GET READY TO SIT, YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T WANT THAT, IT CAN BE REMOVED.
YES, I THINK IT WOULD BE MAINTAINED.
ONE POINT THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE. IF IT'S NOT YOUR INTENTION
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TO BUILD THE FRONTAGE ON BOB JONES THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, I THINK YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT TO COME FORWARD. YOU CAN'T OPT OUT OF THAT FENCE AND THAT LANDSCAPING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AS A PART OF THE CONCEPT PLAN.SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH BUILDING THAT? YEAH, THE ISLAND AND MAINTAINING IT.
I KNOW. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STREET FRONTAGE ON THE BOB JONES. THE STREET MANAGE ON BOB JONES FENCE AND THE LANDSCAPE.
LIKE WHERE THE NAME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ON THAT WALL. MASONRY WALL.
THAT WOULD STILL BE THERE FOR SURE.
YES, FOR SURE. THE SIDES WOULD BE THERE FOR SURE. IT WOULD JUST BE THE MIDDLE.
MEDIAN IS THE LIKE. DO WE NEED A HAMMERHEAD? WELL, WE DON'T NEED A HAMMERHEAD IF WE DON'T HAVE A GATE. SO THAT'S MY. MY QUESTION WAS FOR MORE THE HAMMERHEAD AND THE GUARD SHACK AND THE MEDIAN. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A GATE THEN WE DON'T NEED TO BUILD A 50 FOOT ISLAND WITH THE HAMMERHEAD TURNAROUND.
THAT WAS JUST MY. I WOULD BE OPTING OUT ON THAT. IF IT GOT BOATED DOWN THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO ABLE TO GATE, THEN I WOULD PROBABLY REMOVE THE MIDDLE BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED IT. WE DON'T NEED AN ISLAND OR HAMMERHEAD.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE I FORGOT TO NOTE THAT I'LL REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 6E THAT. WE SENT OUT 24 PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS WITH NO RESPONSES.
ONE'S FROM DERRICK BROWN AT 4525 SODA RIDGE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED GATED SUBDIVISION.
I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S IN FAVOR OR NOT.
LOOKS LIKE HE HAD AN ISSUE WITH SUBMITTING.
HE SAID THE IT WASN'T WORKING, BUT HE'S AT 4.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD LIKE A TECHNICAL GLITCH.
YEAH, HE HAD A TECHNICAL GLITCH.
OKAY, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 6E COUNCIL.
ANYTHING ELSE? OH, COME ON. WE'LL REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 6E.
YOU CAN JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SAM NOEL, 9728 KAMBOOI BOULEVARD. I OWN MONUMENT AND M BUILDERS, AND WE OWN THE THREE LOTS ON RAINEY COURT THAT BACK UP TO THIS SUBDIVISION. I'M PRO DEVELOPMENT. I LIKE DEVELOPMENT. THE RETENTION POND IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR ME BECAUSE OF THE OVERFLOW. IT'S GOT TO BE A RETENTION POND AND NOT A FISHING POND LIKE THE APPLICANT SAID. IT NEEDS TO BE DOWN. IT RISES AND GOES OUT AT A FLOOD BECAUSE THAT FLUME, IF IT HAS CONSTANT WATER, IS GOING TO BE MOSS PROBLEM ALL THROUGH RAINY COURT INTO THE CUL DE SAC AND ON TO BOB JONES. SO I ASKED THAT THEY. WE DIDN'T GET NOTICED BY THE CITY OF THE APPLICANT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE WRONG ADDRESS FOR US OR WHAT, BUT WE'RE BUILDING IN THE CITY, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DIDN'T GET NOTICED ON THAT OR.
AND THE APPLICANT DIDN'T APPROACH US ABOUT THAT RETENTION UPON OR THE.
SO I'D ASK YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RETENTION POND IS ADEQUATE AND DOES WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO FOR THE RAINY CORPS PEOPLE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF BEHIND LOT SIX. SO WE'RE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, TOP OF THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. THE ONE THAT'S BEHIND THAT HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
YES, THE RETAINING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUBDIVISION.
SO I'M ASSUMING IT'S DESIGNED TO OVERFLOW AND GO DOWN THE FLUME ON RAINY PORT BETWEEN LOTS TWO AND THREE.
AND THAT CAN'T BE A CONSTANT DRAINAGE. IT'S GOT TO BE ONLY DURING RAIN EVENTS AND IT'S OUT OF THERE AND IT'S GONE.
IF THAT'S THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED. FEELING LIKE THIS IS COMPLICATED FROM A DRAINAGE STANDPOINT.
AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SINCE HE'S PURCHASED THE PROPERTY ON BOB JONES, WHY CAN'T THE WATER GO TO BOB JONES UNDERGROUND OR DOWN THE. ON THE PROPERTY.
ON HIS PROPERTY AND STAY ON HIS PROPERTY TO NEXT TO THE WATERWAY OR TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IF WE COULD. YES. IF THERE'S NO SECOND REASON, THEN WE HAVE TO KIND OF NAIL IT DOWN.
CAN WE TALK TO THE ENGINEER AGAIN? YEP.
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OKAY, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTIONS? WELL, I GUESS PRIMARILY, WHERE'S ALL THE WATER GOING TO ACTUALLY GO? YOU WANT TO START FROM THE NORTH SIDE AND WORK YOUR WAY DOWN. BASED ON THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAD EARLIER, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MAIN RETENTION POND IN THE CENTER. AND THEN WHEN THAT GETS FULL, I ASSUME SO IF IT'S A RETENTION POND, IT'S GOING TO HAVE WATER IN IT ALL THE TIME.WELL, IT WOULD HAVE WATER IN IT ALL THE TIME. BUT THE OUTFALL STRUCTURE WOULD. WOULD BE DESIGNED THAT AS THE POND GETS STORM WHERE IT'S DESIGNED, IT WOULD RUN OUT ONCE THAT STORM IS OVER, IT WOULD GO BACK DOWN. SO AS HE WAS ASKING, THERE WOULD NOT BE WATER CONSTANTLY FLOWING DOWN THAT FLUME AND INTO RAINY COURT. IT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN DURING LARGE RAIN EVENTS. IT WOULD BE DESIGNED LIKE YOUR NORMAL DRY DETENTION POND.
OKAY. SO THERE'S NO. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE DIRECTING THE WATER FROM THAT RETENTION POND TOWARDS THE TWO ON THE EAST SIDE IN ANY WAY.
OKAY. HE'S ASKING ABOUT WHICH POND. LET'S TAKE THIS ONE POND AT A TIME.
SO YEAH, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE DETENTION POND. I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO. IF THAT OVERFLOWS AND JUST WE HAVE A HUGE RAIN EVENT, THEN WHERE'S THE WATER GOING TO GO? OKAY. THERE'S ACTUALLY A EXISTING DRAINAGE FLUME THAT RUNS IN, I BELIEVE IT'S IN BETWEEN LOTS TWO AND THREE ON THAT RAINY CORE SIDE. SO OUR, THAT DETENTION POND WOULD DISCHARGE INTO THAT EXISTING FLUME AND THAT WATER WOULD GO TO RAINY CORE AS IT'S DESIGNED TODAY.
SO IT'S GOING TO GO EAST INTO RAINY COURT.
YES, THROUGH THE EXISTING DRAINAGE FLUME THAT WAS BUILT WITH RAINY COURT.
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WATER THAT'S GOING TO BE? HAVE YOU DONE ANY TRAINING CALCULATIONS ON.
I GUESS WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.
OKAY, RIGHT HERE, THERE'S A NOTE RIGHT THERE FOR OUR PRE DEVELOPMENT DRAINAGE AREA MAP. YOU SEE THAT NOTE KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, IT SAYS FROM PLANS FROM RAINY COURT Q100 DESIGN HDFS. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT FLUME IS DESIGNED TO PICK UP FROM THIS SITE TODAY.
UNDEVELOPED. I'M JUST PERSONALLY NOT GETTING A GOOD FEEL THAT THIS IS REAL WELL THOUGHT THROUGH. YOU KNOW, LIKE I LOVE THE DEVELOPMENT, I LOVE THE DESIGN AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT I'M GETTING MORE CONCERNED RATHER THAN LESS CONCERNED. AND IT ALL STEMS FROM WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH BOB JONES AND THAT RETAINING WALL AND ALL THAT.
AND THEN WHERE, WHERE DOES THE WATER JUST, JUST WHERE DOES IT DISCHARGE FROM THAT POND? AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH BELOW THE EVE IS IT GOING TO BE KEPT? AND JUST LIKE I FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK ON YOU, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO THINK OF ANSWERS AS WE GO HERE. AND I WOULD RATHER TABLE THIS AND YOU COME BACK TO US WITH A FULLY LIKE YOU THOUGHT OUT ALL OF THIS AND GOT CLEAR ANSWERS TO ALL OF THIS. OKAY. I MEAN, YES, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. I MEAN, THIS IS VERY CONCEPTUAL BECAUSE THE CONCEPT PLANTS. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, YEAH, THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL LACKING. SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS AND YOUR QUESTIONS. WE CAN.
HCFS IS LIKE 60 GALLONS A SECOND, SO THAT'S NOT A HECK OF A LOT OF WATER. JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA GET ACROSS, OH, FIVE, SIX ACRES OF WATER IN A ROAD AND A GIANT HILL.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BIT MORE, POTENTIALLY WHEN THAT'S FULL, MORE THAN 60 GALLONS A SECOND.
SO I THINK I WOULD GO ALONG WITH TAILING IT.
SO ME AND THE ENGINEERS HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND THE ENGINEER ON THE STAMP HERE, ME AND HIM TALKED ABOUT HAVING IT THREE TO FOUR FEET DRY AND GOING DOWN TO THE CUL DE SAC WITH A STORM DRAIN. AND THAT STORM DRAIN IS GOING TO GO DOWN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR FEET INTO THAT DETENTION POND, AND IT'S GOING TO HOLD THAT WATER. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE IS A DRAINAGE, A DRAINAGE EASEMENT IN BETWEEN RANDY CORP AND SUBDIVISION RIGHT THERE. AND THAT IS DESIGNED. HE'S EXPLAINED IT TO ME HOW HE HAD AND ME TALKED
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ABOUT A CONSTRUCTION DESIGN POINT THAT THAT WATER WOULD ACTUALLY GO THROUGH OTHER RIFFRAFF TO GET TO THAT SPOT.BUT YOU'RE DIRECTING VIRTUALLY ALL WATER IN THAT ENTIRE SECTION INTO ONE NODE, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA PUSH RIGHT ONTO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
WE ALSO HAVE EASEMENT THAT RUNS ON RANDY COURT ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THAT PART OF THAT WATER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN TO THE OTHER DETENTION POND ON WHITECHAPEL. AND SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO TAKE ALL THE WATER FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. ME AND KEITH HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS IN DETAIL. SO ASSURE YOU THAT I HAVE ALREADY HAVE A CONSTRUCTION DESIGN IN MY HEAD THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE I NEED THIS TO LOOK RIGHT. AND I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WATER HERE. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT WATER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE, BECAUSE IT ONLY CAN TAKE 60 GALLONS. LIKE YOU SAID, THAT FLUME ONLY CAN TAKE SO MUCH.
SO IT HAS TO. IT CAN'T. IT CAN'T RELIEVE THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT. SO IT HAS TO TAKE IT DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RANDY COURT FROM THAT GOING TOWARDS THAT WHITECHAPEL DETENTION POND.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S ALSO A PIPE THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER WATER RELIEF THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING IN BETWEEN LOT 4 AND 5. AND THAT'S WHY THAT PIPE IS THERE.
YOU SEE THAT BLACK LINE WITH THOSE WITH THE ARROWS THAT GO DOWN FROM THE CUL DE SAC? YEAH. AND THE CUL DE SAC.
SO THAT'LL BE ANOTHER STORM DRAIN THAT GOES DOWN. THERE'LL BE A PIPE AND THAT'S WHAT THAT BLACK LINE. AND THEN YOU SEE IT KIND OF LIKE 45S UP INTO THE POND ON LOT 8. DO YOU SEE THAT? THAT'S A PIPE.
SO MOST OF THAT WATER IS GOING TO DISTRIBUTE BY THREE DIFFERENT STORM DRAINS. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT. BECAUSE AGAIN, I'VE TALKED TO KEITH AND WE WERE VERY DETAILED ON HOW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO JUST TO REASSURE YOU THAT I'VE BEEN SUPER INVOLVED WITH THE DRAINAGE.
AND LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THREE OR FOUR FEET BELOW STREET GRADE, AND THAT'S HOW THAT WILL BE.
AND I KNOW THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING LIKE A CONSTANT FLOW AND GETTING MOSS INTO HIS. INTO THE, INTO THE PLUME. IT'S ONLY DURING HEAVY RAINFLOW.
THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ON THAT END MIGHT BE ABLE TO READ BETTER THAN I DO BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THIS DRAINAGE EASEMENT FOR THIS. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT RAINY. IT APPEARS TO BE UPHILL FROM YOUR POND ON YOUR CONCEPT PLAN.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO BE THREE OR FOUR FEET BELOW GRADE. WHAT IS THE DETENTION POND.
HOW IS IT GOING TO GET TO THIS? HOW'S IT GOING TO RUN UPHILL TO GET INTO THIS GRADE? SO IT HAS TO BE GRADED.
I MEAN, I'M NOT. I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND THAT I CAN. THAT I'M READING THIS RIGHT.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN, THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT'S ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
DO WE HAVE THAT ON THIS MAP? I MEAN, LOOK AT THE CONCEPT. I NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR MY EYES, I THINK WHICH.
THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THIS HERE OR HERE? TALK ABOUT THE.
THE ONE THAT'S LABELED CONCEPT PLAN. THE ONE THAT'S LABELED CONCEPT GOT DUFFY'S STAMP ON IT. I'M GETTING DIZZY.
YOU WANT THIS ELEVATION ONE? NOPE.
THAT ONE? NOPE. THIS MIGHT HELP YOU.
MAYBE THAT'S NOT THEIR PRESENTATION.
NO, THIS IS A CONCEPT. THIS ONE. ONE MORE. THERE YOU GO.
THERE WE GO. SORRY. ALL RIGHT.
I SEE THE TENSION POND, WHICH ACTUALLY IS BIGGER ON TAP THAN IT IS ON HERE. BUT THE STAMPED WATERWAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT 8 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND DOWN APPEARS TO BE UPHILL FROM THE POND.
THAT ALSO SAYS THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE.
IS THAT RAINEY'S INTENTION TO HAVE A WOOD FENCE ALONG THOSE TWO PROPERTY LINES? YEAH, THAT'S NOT OUR.
YEAH, THAT'S RAINEY TORCH. YOU JUST PUT UP A DAM IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN IT GETS THIS CONFUSING, IT JUST DOESN'T.
MY ADVICE TO YOU IS TO TIGHTEN IT UP AND HAVE A FULL PLAN BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ON THE DICE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING SUPPORT FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. IT'S JUST WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND WE CAN DO THAT.
I JUST PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE FULL CONFIDENCE OF GOING TO TRUSTING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT PROCESS TO GET THERE. BECAUSE I HEAR
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THAT YOU HAVE A DETAILED PLAN, BUT THEN I HEAR YOU'RE ENGINEERS SAY THERE'S DRAINS THAT GOES SOUTHWEST BETWEEN LOT 2 AND 3, THEN IT'S BETWEEN 5 AND 4, AND THEN IT'S GOING ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE TO 7 AND 8. AND I'M JUST CONFUSED. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA REALLY GET THERE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU'RE THINKING AT A THREAD THAT THEN JUST UNRAVELS.AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. SO THAT'S MY ADVICE. I MEAN, THEN YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO KIND OF CLEAN THIS UP, TIGHTEN IT UP, GET YOUR STORY RIGHT, AND I THINK YOU'LL GET THERE. I THINK YOU NEED TO DEFINE IT CLEARER AND I'D LIKE TO AGREE WITH THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY ORIGINALLY I'M LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, I GUESS I COULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT THE MORE THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A SECOND READING ON THIS. BUT THAT'S WHY I MADE THE STATEMENT. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT REALLY, I DON'T MEAN ANY OFFENSE, BUT PREPARED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR THIS.
WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THIS, BUT LOT 6 IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DRAINAGE IN THAT RETENTION DETENTION POND. THE OTHER ONES ARE GOING TO THE PIPE AND THEN THROUGH THE.
THROUGH THAT NORTH SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE AND NORTH OF RANDY COURT. AND THAT'LL BE A RANDY G'S METHOD. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY ASSUMPTION, JUST BASED ON THE GRADING.
BUT WHAT YOU COULD DO IS YOU COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ORANGE LOT, THIS IS WHERE IT DRAINS INTO AND THIS IS THE EXIT.
ORANGE GOES THIS WAY, PURPLE IS THIS WAY, AND IT GOES THIS WAY, AND ON AND ON AND ON, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I THINK.
SO THE PLANS GOING FORWARD THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THE.
WITH SANDY THE CIVIL ENGINEER, IS THAT NOT SO? ARE WE ABLE TO GET A VOTE TODAY WITH THE.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME MORE EXPLANATION ON ALL THIS RANGE OF STUFF.
AND SO YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO TABLE IT. IT'S YOUR CALL.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE HEARING A STRONG SUGGESTION TO GO TABLE FOR. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE MEETINGS IN JULY, BUT YOU COULD BE BACK HERE THE 1ST, WHATEVER AUGUST 4TH AND HAVE ALL THAT SQUARED AWAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE THERE ON EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT JUST EXPLAIN THIS, CLEAN THIS UP AND THEN SHOULD BE OKAY. OKAY, OKAY.
WITH TABLING, WE CAN SEE ON AUGUST 4TH.
ALL RIGHT. TOTALLY UNRELIABLE QUESTION. I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE Y', ALL, IS HE THE BUILDER ON ALL THIS OR IS THERE. YOU ARE THE BUILDERS, ARE THEY LOCAL BUILDERS OR.
EXCUSE ME, SORRY, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, ARE YOU THE BUILDER OR THE LOCAL BUILDERS? YEAH, ONE BUILDER.
I'M THE BUILDER AND DEVELOPER.
YOU'RE DOING ALL EIGHT HOMES? WE'RE DEFINITELY DOING FOUR OF THE EIGHT FOR SURE.
OKAY. THE OTHER FOUR WILL BE LOCAL BUILDERS OR.
YEAH, SO I WORK CLOSELY WITH WILLOW TREE, TRAVIS FRANKS, ATWOOD HOMES. I MEAN BUILDING WITH THEM AND SOME OTHER SUBDIVISIONS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO A MOTION TO TABLE 6E TO AUGUST 1ST 4TH.
ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, I MAKE SURE WE TABLE ITEM 6EZ 826 0040. REVISED CONCEPT PLAN FOR BRIDAL GATE ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 2RRD PRICE NUMBER 992. ADDITION LOCATED AT 4000 NORTH WHITECHAPEL BOULEVARD.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? PLEASE CAST A VOTE TO JUNE 4TH TO TRAIN 4. AUGUST 4TH.
AUGUST 4TH. SORRY, IT'S GETTING LATE.
DID WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT ONE? ALL RIGHT, CAST YOUR VOTES ON TABLING 6E. THAT MOTION TO TABLE CARRIES 7 0. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK ON AUGUST 4TH.
ANYONE NEED A BATHROOM BREAK OR
[7.A. Ordinance No. 1269-I, CP26-0006, 1st Reading, Amendment to the City of Southlake Consolidated Future Land Use Plan, an Element of the Southlake Comprehensive Plan, for 3095 Johnson Rd. on property described as a portion of Lot 16, J. G. Allen No. 18 Addition and located at 3095 Johnson Road. Current Underlying Land Use Designation: “Public/Semi-Public”. Requested Underlying Land Use Designation: “Low Density Residential”. SPIN Neighborhood #11. ]
A DRINK BREAK? ALL RIGHT, FIVE MINUTE BREAK. ALRIGHT, WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD.WE'RE GOING TO CALL 7A AND 7B TOGETHER.
ITEM 7A IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1269 I CP260006. FIRST READING, AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE CONSOLIDATED FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR 3095 JOHNSON ROAD. AND 7B IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 480 848. CASE NUMBER ZA26 0035. FIRST READING, ZONING CHANGE OF CONCEPT PLAN FOR 3095 JOHNSON ROW. DIRECTOR TILLO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS ARIEL'S VIEW OF THE SITE. THIS IS FLORENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE,
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CURRENTLY ZONED COMMUNITY SERVICE. SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD DETERMINED THIS NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ACCESS AND HAVE PUT THAT UP TO BID FOR DEVELOPER AND WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, A LITTLE OVER FOUR ACRES FROM PUBLIC, SEMI PUBLIC TO LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY OR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THEN CHANGE ZONING OF THAT PROPERTY FROM CS COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT SF1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.THIS IS FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY FROM JOHNSON ROAD AND A VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HAROLD DRIVE AND JOHNSON ROAD. ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE AND LOOKING ALONG HAROLD PLACE AND NORTH TO WHERE JOHNSON ROAD IS. THIS IS A PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN DEVELOPED UNDER SF1ACING AND FAMILY PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL ZONING. TWO LOTS ARE PROPOSED TO FRONT ON JOHNSON ROAD EACH AT JUST THAT ONE ACRE OF LAND. AND THEN TWO LOTS PROPOSED TO FRONT ON HAROLD DRIVE, BOTH AT JUST A LITTLE UNDER 55,000 SQUARE FOOT EACH.
THIS IS A TREE PRESERVATION PLAN. AND PROPOSED FENCING PLAN. APPLICANT INTENDS TO RETAIN EXISTING ORNAMENTAL FENCING ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY AND RETAIN THE WOOD FENCE OR IRON FENCE THAT IS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY ABUTTING THE SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE PLAN. THIS IS EXISTING DRAINAGE AS IT IMPACTS THE PROPERTY TODAY. THE APPLICANT FOLLOWING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION PROVIDED MORE DETAIL DETAILED INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE PLAN.
AND SOME EXHIBITS SHOWING SOME OF THE DRAINAGE THAT HANDLES SOME OF THIS INTO THE EASEMENT AND STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THAT RUNS THROUGH THE HAROLD PLACE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND INTO THE BEAR CREEK TRIBUTARY AT PEARSON. THIS IS PROPOSED UTILITY PLAN. SANITARY SEWER WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE LOTS.
AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY LOCATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED LOTS 1 AND PLANNING ZONE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MAY 21 MEETING. 5, 0 SUBJECT TO STAFF REPORTS AND ALSO APPROVING THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT AND NOTING THAT THEY MUST PROVIDE A COMPENSATION, DRAINAGE STUDIES, STORMWATER RETENTION, DETENTION DATA AND HAVE PROJECT ENGINEERED TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL RESPONSES WE'VE RECEIVED.
WE HAVE TWO OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA, ONE UNDECIDED IN THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA AND AND ONE IN FAVOR WITHIN THE.
PARDON ME ONE OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION. SORRY, NONE.
NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. GOT THEIR OWN PRESENTATION AND
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WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND PROVIDE ANY DETAIL THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU, SIR. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES.
IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD THEN GO IN.
HELLO AGAIN COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CURTIS YOUNG, 550 SILICON DRIVE HERE IN SOUTH LAKE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE REAL FAMILIAR WITH THIS END OF TOWN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL USED TO BE WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS UP HERE. AND THEY REBUILT THE SCHOOL, MOVED IT TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY THAT THEY OWNED, AND THAT FREED UP THIS PROPERTY FOR SALE. AND IT'S A LITTLE OVER FOUR AND A HALF ACRES IN SIZE. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE THE LAND USE FROM PUBLIC, SEMI, PUBLIC TO RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S AROUND US. WE'VE GOT HALF ACRE LOTS ACROSS THE STREET ACROSS JOHNSON. THIS IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. BUT NOT ALL OF THESE LOTS ARE OVER AN ACRE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE. AND SO OUR THOUGHT WAS TO TRY AND TAKE THE CONSERVATIVE ROUTE HERE AND KEEP WITH LOW DENSITY AND CHANGE THIS TO LOW DENSITY SO WE WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS SOUTH OF JOHNSON. HERE'S THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE SCHOOL WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY.
AND OUR PLAN IS BASICALLY STRAIGHT SF1A. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES OR ANY CHANGES TO ANY OF THE SETBACKS OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, SIMPLE, THAT IF YOU WOULD. OUR ENGINEERS HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM OR WOULD LIKE PRESENTATION. I CAN DO THAT, BUT OTHERWISE THIS IS FAIRLY SIMPLE.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CURTIS? I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, CURTIS. AND THIS LOT, THIS SLIDE WILL DO AS WELL AS ANY.
THAT LINE GOING THROUGH LOT 02, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT'S. THAT'S A FENCE LINE AT THIS POINT. RIGHT. IT'S A RETAINING WALL. IT'S A RETAINING WALL. YEAH. I WAS GONNA SAY THERE'S AN ELEVATION CHANGE, IS THERE NOT? YEAH.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CONTOURS, THE HIGH POINT IS HERE AND IT SLOPES DOWN AND THEN THIS IS A RETAINING WALL PROBABLY BUILT BY THE SCHOOL WAY BACK WHEN.
THAT RETAINING WALL WILL PROBABLY BE REPLACED WITH SOMETHING ELSE, BUT YES.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO GRADE THAT OUT? PROBABLY, YES. OKAY. THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD BECAUSE WHEN I WAS VISITING THE Y, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A GREAT CHANGE THERE, BUT I WASN'T SURE HOW IT WAS GOING TO IMPACT THE LOT. SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR THE ENGINEER WHO'S HERE? YEAH.
ARE THERE ANY PLANS ON THAT WEST SIDE FOR I THINK RIGHT NOW THOUGH, ANY RUNOFF? FIRST OFF, LET ME BACK UP.
CLEARLY THERE'D BE LESS OF A RUNOFF FROM THAT PROPERTY NOW THAN WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS THERE.
BUT THE RUNOFF THAT YOU DO HAVE FROM THERE, I ASSUME IT'S JUST DIRECTED BY.
BY CURB GUTTERS AND SHEEP FLOW ACROSS THE STREET, THE MAJORITY OF IT GOING SOUTH. THERE'S NO, THERE IS NO BAR DITCH OR ANYTHING OVER THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? IT WOULDN'T CROSS. I CAN BRING CLAYTON, UP HERE, IT WOULDN'T CROSS THE STREET.
IT'S ALL POOL THAT HAS PIPES GOING UNDERNEATH THE STREET.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD BE DOING ALONG THE WEST SIDE FOR THAT WATER? OR WE JUST GO INTO THE CURVES THAT ARE THERE NOW? ALSO, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AGAIN.
I'M GONNA GET USED TO COMING UP HERE. CLAYTON REDDINGER. 550 SILICON DRIVE, SOUTH LAKE. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I USED TO BE A STAFF ENGINEER FOR THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE WAY BACK WHEN. I KNOW SOME OF Y', ALL, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL OF YOU, BUT I'VE BASICALLY BEEN WORKING IN SOUTH LAKE EVER SINCE.
BUT THE WATER DOES NOT CROSS THE ROAD. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE JUST LIKE IN A SUBDIVISION WHERE YOU HAVE THE ROAD THAT'S CROWNED.
IT GOES INTO THE GUTTER, AND IT RUNS DOWN THE GUTTER LINE. SO IT STAYS ON OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO A LOW POINT WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE PROBABLY FOR THE ENGINEER, BUT AT PMD, THE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE ON CAROL DRIVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT WATER COMES NOW OVER TO THEM. SO IT DOESN'T STOP ON YOUR SIDE OF THE ROAD.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE REFERRING TO, BUT IT'S. I GUESS I CAN SHOW HERE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT HERE, BUT YOU SEE THIS. THERE'S, LIKE, LITTLE DRAWS HERE. YOU
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KNOW, YOU CAN SEE. SEE, THERE'S DEFINITELY, LIKE, A GUTTER LINE ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET. AND IT GETS PRETTY PRONOUNCED. I MEAN, IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT, YOU COULD SEE THAT THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD IS HIGHER THAN THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.IT'S KIND OF CANTED TOWARD US, ESPECIALLY DOWN HERE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS. SEE HOW THIS CONTOUR RUNS LIKE THIS. THE WATER IS RUNNING ON THIS, INSIDE THIS GUTTER, AND THEN IT DIPS OVER ONTO THIS SIDE. SO OUR WATER OR THE WATER FROM OUR PROPERTY DOESN'T GO TO THE WEST SIDE, BUT I ACTUALLY LIVE UP IN HERE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WATER COMING FROM. OKAY, SO HERE'S OUR SITE RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WATER COMING FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HERE THAT COMES INTO SOME CURB INLETS. IT LETS OUT INTO THIS DITCH. KIND OF SEE IT BLOWING UP HERE.
HERE'S THE TWO CURB INLETS, AND IT COMES INTO THIS DITCH.
THE WATER FROM THIS OTHER ROAD COMES INTO A PIPE HERE. IT ACTUALLY CROSSES THE ROAD AND COMES INTO THIS DITCH. IT'S SALT BAY. SO THIS DITCH TAKES A LOT OF WATER FROM OTHER PLACES, BUT IT'S NOT COMING FROM OUR SITE. AND IT IS, I BELIEVE THE CULVERTS THAT ARE IN THIS DITCH ARE UNDERSIZED TODAY AND THEY KIND OF GET OVERWHELMED BY DRAINAGE THAT'S COME FROM.
FROM OTHER PLACES, BUT IT'S NOT COMING FROM US.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WAS THAT ON THE APPROVAL FROM PNC, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ASKED WAS FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD WAS FOR A MORE DETAILED DRAINAGE PLAN, CORRECT? YEAH. AND THIS IS NOT A COMPLICATED SITUATION, BUT I GUESS THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS ALL THE WATER FROM THIS BIG DASH AREA ENDS UP AT THIS DESIGN POINT ONE RIGHT HERE. IT GOES THROUGH THE CHANNEL AT THE HOUSE. I THINK THERE'S A BETTER PICTURE OF THAT.
SO IT KIND OF GOES, YOU KNOW, OUR SIDE OF THE STREET COMES TO THIS POINT RIGHT HERE AND GOES THROUGH THESE CULVERTS.
IT GOES INTO THIS CHANNEL AND THEN THERE'S BEHIND THAT HOUSE, THERE'S FOUR 24 INCH PIPES THAT ARE IN A 30. AND ON THAT LOT THERE'S A 40 FOOT WIDE EASEMENT. AND IT GETS WIDER IN THE CORNER, ACTUALLY.
BUT THEN THERE'S A 30 FOOT EASEMENT FOR THESE FOUR 24 INCH PIPES. AND THEN IT'S A. I THINK IT'S A 40 FOOT EASEMENT FOR THESE FOUR 27 INCH PIPES WHICH HAS A CHANNEL OVER THE TOP OF IT. SO YOU HAVE THE PIPES AND A CHANNEL OVER THE TOP OF IT, AND THEN THAT ALL COMES DOWN TO PEARSON. AND IF YOU GO LOOK AT PEARSON, THERE'S A HUGE CHANNEL ON THE EAST SIDE OF PEARSON THAT GOES TO THE TXDOT SYSTEM AND THEN TO BEAR CREEK. SO I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS RUN RIGHT HERE. IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF ISSUES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT REALLY CLOSELY. IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST DO FROM THE SKY. SO IN THAT DISCUSSION I COULD SEE THAT, LIKE, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF ISSUES WHERE THAT AND OUR INCREASED DRAINAGE FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TINY, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT. FOUR CFS IN THE HUNDRED. AND IF THERE IS ANY EXISTING CONCERNS HERE THAT ARE WHERE THE WATER GETS OUTSIDE THE EASEMENT OR WHATEVER, THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO DETENTION ON THE SITE.
AND WE COULD EITHER DO IT HERE OR WE'D HAVE TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL, BUT WE THINK WE CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE. AND PART OF WHAT I PROVIDED WAS THIS. I GUESS DENNIS SHOWED IT EARLIER, BUT. WAS LAYING THAT BACK AT YOUR BACK OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT THING? ANYWAY, WE SHOWED THERE'S A CHART IN THERE AND IT SHOWS THE VOLUME OF STORAGE REQUIRED. IF WE. IF DETENTION IS REQUIRED AND IT'S LIKE 6,500 CUBIC FEET OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S NOT A BIG. AND IT WOULDN'T TAKE UP A BIG AREA ON OUR LOT. SO IF WE GET INTO IT AND WE NEED TO DO DETENTION, WE CAN DO IT ON THE LOT OR WE CAN DO IT ON THE SCHOOL. THAT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. SO. BUT WE CAN. WE WILL FOLLOW THE RULES AND THEN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION DURING THE FINAL DESIGN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU, GUYS. I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS 7A AND 7B AND ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THOSE TWO ITEMS BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL NOTE WE SENT OUT 4045 PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS AND WE HAVE THREE RESPONSES. JOHN SCHEIDT AT 2240 HERALD DRIVE IS UNDECIDED. PETER FEGAN AT 600 OVERLAND IS OPPOSED. GREG
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WINSLOW AT 333 NORTH PEARSON IS OPPOSED. THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATIONS. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON FIRST READING ON 7A AND 7B? ALL RIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM SEPARATELY ON 7A FIRST AND THEN 7B.
COMMISSIONARY MOTION. WE APPROVE ITEM 7A. ORDINANCE NUMBER 1269, ICP 260006. FIRST READING. AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLY CONSOLIDATED FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, AN ELEMENT OF THE SOUTH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR 3095 JOHNSON ROAD ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT 16, JG ALLEN, NUMBER 18 EDITION AND LOCATED AT 3095 JOHNSON ROAD. SUBJECT TO STAFF REPORT DATED JUNE 8TH OF 2026 NOTING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED USE PLAN FROM PUBLIC SEMI PUBLIC LAND USE DESIGNATION TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION.
[7.B. Ordinance No. 480-848, ZA26-0035, 1st Reading, Zoning Change and Concept Plan for 3095 Johnson Rd. on property described as a portion of Lot 16, J. G. Allen No. 18 Addition and located at 3095 Johnson Road. Current Zoning: “CS” Community Service District. Requested Zoning: “SF-1A” Single Family Residential District. SPIN Neighborhood #11. ]
SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTES ON THE 7A. THAT MOTION CARRIES.7 0. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON 7B? YES, MR. MAYOR.
WE APPROVE ITEM 7B, ORDINANCE NUMBER 480. 848 ZA26 0035.
ZONING CHANGE IN CONCEPT PLAN FOR 3095 JOHNSON ROAD ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT 16, J.G. ALLEN, NUMBER 18 ADDITION AND LOCATED AT 3095 JOHNSON ROAD. SUBJECT STAFF REPORT DATED JUNE 8, 2026. CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW SUMMARY NUMBER 2 DATED MAY 15, 2026, NOTING APPROVAL OF A ZONING CHANGE IN CONCEPT PLAN FOR SF1 A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING FOR FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AS PRESENTED TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON 7B. MOTION CARRIES 7 0. THOSE WILL BOTH GO TO SECOND READING IN AUGUST.
NEXT UP WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEM 8A. THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS LAST.
[9.B. Consider a driveway variance to allow 2150 E. Dove Road to construct a single driveway onto E. Dove Road in lieu of constructing a shared driveway required as part of the plat approval for F. Throop No. 1511, Lots 57R and 58R.]
ITEM 9A. WE MOVED FROM THE REGULAR AGENDA TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND APPROVE THAT ITEM THE RESTORATION CHURCH SIGNS. SO NEXT UP WILL BE ITEM 9B.CITY COUNCIL THIS IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE APPROVAL OF A COMMON ACCESS EASEMENT AND DRIVEWAY THAT WAS MADE PART OF THE PLAT. THE ORIGINAL PLAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR TWO LOT SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2150 EAST OF WHICH IS THE DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED THIS EVENING AND THAT SUBDIVISION PLATTE ALSO INCLUDED LOT AT 2117 EAST OF JUST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THIS LOT. THIS IS THAT APPROVED SUBDIVISION PLAT LOT 58R IS2150. LOT 57R IS IS AT 2117. A SINGLE DRIVEWAY WAS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO BOTH LOTS AT THE TIME JUST GIVEN THE FLAG LOT THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THIS SUBDIVISION AND THEN SPACING FROM A COMMERCIAL DRIVE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THIS AND THE PROXIMITY OF POTENTIAL DRIVE ON THE OTHER LOT ALLOCATED FOR FUTURE BUILDING SITE. THIS IS THE COMMON ACCESS EASEMENT THAT WAS PLACED ON THE LOT AND THEN LATER ADJUSTED BY THE AMENDED PLAT THAT IS REFLECTED BY THIS PLAT I'M PRESENTING THIS EVENING. THIS IS THE PLOT PLAN FOR THE LOT LOCATED AT 2117 ON 57R. IT INCLUDED A SINGLE DRIVEWAY ACCESSING THE LOT AND THIS IS THE PLOT PLAN SUBMITTED AND APPROVED FOR LOT 2150 WHICH CONFIGURED A COMMON DRIVE THAT WOULD.
EXCUSE ME, I'M NOT CERTAIN WHY THIS IS SKIPPING AROUND ON ME, BUT IT PROPOSED A COMMON DRIVE THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE EXISTING DRIVE TO THE WEST OF IT, ROUGHLY RUNNING PARALLEL TO EAST DOVE AND MAKING A CONNECTION WITH THE DRIVE CONSTRUCTED TO THE WEST. THE APPLICANT HAS GIVEN SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE WITH WHERE
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THE DRIVE WAS CONSTRUCTED AND HOW. THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED THE DESIGN LAYOUT OF THEIR HOME. THEY FEEL THEY WOULD BETTER BENEFIT FROM A SINGLE DRIVE SERVING THEIR LOT ONLY AND THEREFORE BEFORE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE CONDITION OF THE DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAQUE AND REQUEST APPROVAL OF A SINGLE ACCESS DRIVE SERVING THEIR LOT. THIS IS A PROPOSED EXHIBIT SHOWING THAT THE PROPOSED ACCESS DRIVE WOULD BE ROUGHLY 90FT FROM THE EXISTING DRIVE TO THE WEST OF THEM AND 150FT TO THE COMMERCIAL DRIVE FROM THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.DISTANCE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL DRIVES AND OTHER DRIVEWAYS ON AN ARTERIAL STREET ARE REQUIRED TO BE A MINIMUM OF 100FT.
COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAYS ARE REQUIRED TO BE SEPARATED AT 250FT BETWEEN DRIVEWAYS THIS IS THE AERIAL VIEW SHOWS THE PROPOSED DRIVE LOCATION. AND THESE ARE SOME EXISTING SITE PHOTOS. IF THE COMMON ACCESS DRIVE IS TO BE CONNECTED HERE. THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER AT 2117 HAS CONSTRUCTED SOME GATE IMPROVEMENTS AND FENCES THAT ARE PROHIBITIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONSTRUCT IN THIS LOCATION. THERE ARE ALSO SOME UTILITIES IN THIS VICINITY THAT A PROPOSED COMMON DRIVE WOULD HAVE TO AVOID OR POTENTIALLY RELOCATE AS PART OF THAT CONSTRUCTION. IF IT CANNOT BE AVOIDED. HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AS CONSTRUCTION HAS PROGRESSED ON 2150. THIS IS AN EXHIBIT THE APPLICANTS PROVIDED THAT SHOWS ONE POTENTIAL OPTION FOR CONSTRUCTING THE COMMON USE DRIVE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUIRED WITH THE PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED. AND THIS, THIS CONFIGURATION HERE IS SOMEWHAT REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW THE PLOT PLAN WAS APPROVED. JUST THIS EVENING. PRIOR TO THE MEETING, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED SOME RENDERINGS JUST TO SHOW THE LOOK THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THE FRONT OF THEIR HOME. I WILL ADD FOR CLARIFICATION THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THE FENCING AND GATE WOULD NEED TO BE OUTSIDE THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND ANY GATE CONSTRUCTED IN THIS CONFIGURATION WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT. WE WOULD REQUIRE THAT GATE TO BE SET BACK ENOUGH THAT A FULL SIZE VEHICLE OR DELIVERY TRUCK COULD COMPLETELY GET OFF OF EAST DOVE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT DELIVERY TO THE.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT'S ALSO HERE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
DIRECTOR KILLOUGH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR KILLOUGH? ALL RIGHT, APPRECIATE THAT. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? COME ON DOWN THE OFFICE. STATE YOUR NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOR THE RECORD AND THEN GO AHEAD.
MY NAME IS AVI POONAWALA, 2150 EAST DUFF ROAD. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR VARIOUS REQUESTS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR PERSONAL HOME.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK ERIC SAID HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS, SO WE JUST WANTED TO BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
GO AHEAD. DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS? I GUESS JUST KIND OF A RECONFIRMATION. SO ORIGINALLY, WHEN Y' ALL HAD THE APPROVED PLAT IN THE PERMITS, IT WAS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A SHARED DRIVE, RIGHT? YES, GOT IT.
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PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY BASED ON WHAT WAS GRANTED. THERE'S THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'D BE A SHARED DRIVE, BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY IS KIND OF GOING AGAINST WHAT WAS PROMISED. SO YOU KIND OF MADE A PROMISE THAT YOU UTILIZE THE SHARED DRIVE TO CREATE THAT DRIVEWAY FOR YOUR HOME.BUT TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIRECT CUT TO DUMP ROAD, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND LET ME EXPLAIN KIND OF WHY WE ASKED FOR THIS.
RIGHT. SO, OKAY, SO YOU SEE THIS LIGHT BLUE? SO THAT'S WHAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL. WAS ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WE HAD SUBMITTED.
BUT WHEN WE CAME TO BUILD IT, THERE'S THIS EXISTING GATE THAT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE'S.
THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO BUILD THIS WITHOUT BREAKING THIS DOWN.
AND YOU SEE AT THE BACK OVER HERE, THAT'S WHERE THE NEIGHBOR'S ELECTRIC METER IS MOUNTED. SO FOR US TO BUILD THIS, RIGHT. IF SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, I CAN BREAK DOWN HIS GATE. SO I'M GONNA NEED THEM TO COOPERATE WITH US.
AND TAKING THE ELECTRIC MEANS METER OUT MEANS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE DAYS OF THEM NOT HAVING POWER IN THEIR HOUSE. I MEAN, IT'S A BIG JOB. AND THEN ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR FOREVER HOME. WE WANT IT TO BE LIKE REALLY BEAUTIFUL. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RENDERING, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THIS WOULD DESCRIBE WOULD LOOK MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL. ALSO THE ORIGINAL PLAN KIND OF LOOKS LIKE ODD, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE A GATE LIKE THAT. IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE A PLAIN IRON THING. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THE REQUEST. AND LIKE TO NOT BREAK THIS DOWN. SO WE TRIED LOOKING AT IT A BUNCH OF WAYS TO MAKE THIS TURN BEFORE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE RADIUS OF THE TURN IS TOO SHORT, SO YOU CAN'T GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE IT. I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT FROM A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. YOU THINK THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO GET TO YOUR PROPERTY. NOT JUST AN AGREE TO A VERBAL, BUT LIKE, WHEN WAS THAT GATE BUILT RELATIVE TO WHEN YOUR HOUSE WAS BUILT? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, 80% DONE. NO, THIS WAS THE HOUSE BEHIND WHEN IT WAS BUILT. THIS WAS THERE LIKE, WELL BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED CONSTRUCTION.
OKAY, SO AT THE TIME OF DESIGNING CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNEW THAT WASN'T AN OPTION. I MEAN, IT COULD BE, BUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IS, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED BUILDING THE HOUSE AND AT ONE POINT WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, LET'S NOW TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE DRIVEWAY.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WELL, JUST LIKE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A WEIRD TURN. AND THEN, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD COME TO THE CITY INITIALLY. HE'S LIKE, THIS IS JUST SO ODD.
LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU MAKE THIS TURN? AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TELLING THEM.
AND THEN I THINK WITH DENNIS, WE REALIZED THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT BUILT TO WHERE THE PLAN SHOWED IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENT OF HOW WE KIND OF FIGURED IT OUT.
WAS THERE A DIFFERENT DRIVEWAY CONFIGURATION OR DID YOU GUYS JUST MAKE THE DRIVEWAY THAT YOU HAVE UP AFTER THE PLANS ARE SUBMITTED? HAS THIS ALWAYS BEEN THE, YOU KNOW, GIANT DRIVEWAY WITH A TOWN CENTER OR WHATEVER STATUE IN THE MIDDLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING? NO.
NO. SO THE INITIAL PLAN WAS THIS ONE OVER THERE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S WHERE OUR CHANGE IS THAT YOU ORIGINALLY HAD SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS OF HOW THE APPROACH WOULD BE.
AND SINCE THEN, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, THAT GOT CHANGED. SO WHEN WAS THAT? I WOULD SAY A FEW MONTHS AGO.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHEN DID WE DECIDE TO CHANGE LIKE THIS PART OR IS IT THIS PART? WELL, NO, WHAT I'M HEARING IS, I THINK IS THAT WHERE THE CURSOR IS NOW, YOUR BIG DRIVEWAY, THAT'S THERE.
THAT WASN'T PART OF YOUR ORIGINAL PLAN OF BUILDING A HOUSE. THERE WAS AN APPROACH THAT WOULD HAVE UTILIZED THE SHARED DRIVEWAY TO APPROACH THE HOUSE.
BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINES, YOU DESIGNED WHAT YOU WANTED FOR DRIVEWAY CHANGED.
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YEAH.SO WHAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW IS WE NEED TO POUR THE CONCRETE TO KIND OF GET THINGS MOVING.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE BUILT IT SO THEN YOU COULD BUILD THE DRIVEWAY HERE.
AND LIKE, WE FULLY KNOW THAT ONE OF THESE IS NOT GOING TO BE CORRECT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN AND CUT IT AND MAKE IT CORRECT. AND WE HAVEN'T BUILT A CONNECTION TO THE ROAD ON EITHER WAYS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO SAY.
WE WERE WAITING FOR AN APPROVAL FROM YOU. SO THAT'S KIND OF. DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? YEAH. SO WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAVE TO DRASTICALLY COULD CHANGE WHAT IT WAS ON THERE.
GO BACK TO THE ONE THAT HAS THE ORIGINAL ON THERE. THIS RIGHT HERE. SO THE DOTTED LINE, THE DOTTED LIGHT BLUE LINE IS WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY.
DENNIS, IS MAYBE FOR YOU OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT WHAT. GO BACK TO THAT. IT MOVES BY ITSELF.
THE DOTTED LINE IS THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE. THE EASEMENT, HOW IT PLOTS OUT IN PROXIMITY TO THE LOT BOUNDARIES. AND THAT'S WHAT THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER WHERE THEY PLACED THAT EASEMENT. AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR THEY CONSTRUCTED THEIR DRIVEWAY WITHIN THE CENTER OF THAT EASEMENT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO, BUT NOW THEY DID. THEY SHOULD HAVE. THEY SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THIS AND BACKED THEIR GATE UP AND BACKED THEIR ELECTRICAL UP. LIKE, LITERALLY. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO GET WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT YOUR PROBLEM.
IT'S REALLY YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROBLEM. THEY SCREWED UP. THEY PUT THAT GATE. THEY PUT THEIR ELECTRICAL BOX RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EASEMENT.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT LEGAL ACCESS TO THAT. YOU'VE BUILT YOUR DRIVEWAY THE WAY YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BUILD IT. LOOKS LIKE NOW YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT. AND I THINK JUST WE AS ACCOUNTS HAVE TO DECIDE DO WE MAKE HIS NEIGHBOR TEAR UP HIS GATE AND FIX IT AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, OR DO WE GET ONE OFF AND DONE? IS THAT A PRETTY GOOD SUMMARY OF WHAT LIFE IS? AND I HAVE TO SAY, MY PERSONAL FEELING IS THAT THIS IS WHAT WAS APPROVED. AND DENNIS, CAN YOU GO FORWARD TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW? NOT TO. NOT TO THE RENDERING, BUT.
NO, I WANT TO SEE WHERE THE ACTUAL SLAB IS POURED.
THERE. DON'T GO BACK HOME. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING TO GET A DRIVEWAY OFF DOVE.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY PREPARATION FOR DRIVEWAY OFF WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT.
OKAY. OKAY. BUT IS THAT OUR PROBLEM? BUT I MEAN, THIS. THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW. I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS NEIGHBOR? NO.
AND SO WHEN. WHEN I'D ASKED HIM, IT WAS QUITE.
QUITE A WHILE AGO, AND HE'S LIKE, WELL, GATE IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
YEAH, BUT AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T HAVE DRAWINGS OR.
SO THIS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS APPROACH THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS TO BE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
THAT'S IF YOU HAVE TO FIX IT AND NOT TEAR DOWN THE GATE IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE, RIGHT? YES. SO EVEN IF WE DID.
EVEN IF WE DID THIS. SO ACTUALLY WHERE THAT LITTLE ENTRY IS HERE.
I THINK YOU'RE POURING RIGHT THERE. OR YOU POURED RIGHT THERE.
SO, I MEAN, THE POOR. WE GET IT NO MATTER WHAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO IT WITH ALIGNMENT, BUT REDO REDOING IT TO WHICHEVER PLAN WE DECIDE. I THINK WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
JUST IMAGINE US TRYING TO ASK NEIGHBORS TO TAKE DOWN THEIR GATE. I CAN'T BREAK IT.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE QUITE A MESS. WELL, THEN IT'S IN AN INSTANT.
I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE THEIR PROPERTY, BUT IT'S YOUR RIGHT BUILDER BE.
THEY CAN TELL YOU NO ALL DAY LONG, AND SOMEONE CAN DRIVE THERE AND JUST TAKE A SKETCH OF YOUR DAY OUT THEIR GATE. I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE THE INTERNET IS.
I'M GOING TO BE HONEST TO ME, IT'S A SINGLE HOME. WE'RE NOT GIVING ACCESS. THE TRAFFIC DOESN'T CHANGE THE TRAFFIC IN AND OFF OF DOVE 1OZ WHERE IT COMES IN OR ANYTHING. I'M FINE WITH THE EASEMENT AND JUST
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PULLING OFF DUB BEING DONE, BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT WITH THE OTHER GUY THAT. HEY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN IN THE FUTURE, I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT I'M OKAY WITH. WELL, AND I SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, I SAID I WAS OKAY WITH THAT.NOT JUST. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE TIMELINE, THIS WAS A SINGLE OWNER AND THEN THEY REPLATTED IT AND THEY PUT THE LOT, THE FLAG LOT IN THE BACK. SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU BOUGHT THIS LOT, BUT THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THEY DID. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY ENDED UP WITH.
AND NOW I LOOK AT THIS EVEN WORSE BECAUSE OF THE POINT THAT HIS NEIGHBOR DIDN'T EVEN PUT THE DRIVEWAY IN THE COMMON ACCESS EAST. SO THAT MEANS MORE CONCRETE HAS TO REPORT. ALL THAT STUFF HAS TO BE TORE OUT. UTILITIES HAVE TO BE TORN OUT. SO I MEAN, TO ME, THE EASY BUTTON IS TO LET HIM EXTEND HIS DRAFT ON THE TUBES. AND I'M IN YOUR CAMP.
MY ONLY POINT IS THAT JUST IN GENERAL, IF IT LOOKS LIKE YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT AND YOU DO IT AND THEN YOU GET FORGIVENESS, NOT PERMISSION.
AND ARE WE SENDING THAT MESSAGE OUT TO THE CITY AND THAT.
THAT'S MY CONCERN, WHETHER IT BE THIS GUY OR HE'S ASKING FOR THIS GUY OR THE OTHER GUY.
THE OTHER GUY. THAT'S THAT GUY THAT NEEDS FORGIVENESS. THAT EVEN HERE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS. I'M NOT SURE THAT IS MAKING AS MUCH AS IT WAS SOMETHING HE INHERITED.
THAT'S ALSO PART OF DOING YOUR HOMEWORK TOO.
IS IT REALLY? WELL, I'D CALL FOR A NOTE IF I WERE.
ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON 9B. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 9B? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 9B. COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION ON 9B? I DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR IT, BUT I GET THEIR PAIN, SO I'M IN.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 9C.
I WISH WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 9. WE CONSIDER A DRIVEWAY VARIANCE TO ALLOW 2150 EAST OF ROAD TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE DRIVEWAY ONTO EAST DOVE ROAD IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTING A SHARED DRIVEWAY REQUIRED AS PART OF THE FLAT APPROVAL FOR F THROUGH NUMBER 1511, LOTS 57R AND 58R SUBJECT TO STAFF MEMO DATED 06-08-2026 NOTING THE FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE DRIVEWAY ONTO EAST BATH ROAD IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTING A SHARED DRIVEWAY JOINING TO NOTATE THAT EASY.
ANY GATE MUST BE APPROPRIATE SETBACK FROM DOVE TO ALLOW FULL SIZE.
YEAH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT JUST FOR CLARITY, SINCE THAT WAS ONE OF THE EXHIBITS THEY PROVIDED US THIS EVENING.
YES, I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT ANY GATE MUST HAVE AN APPROPRIATE SETBACK FOR A FULL SIZE VEHICLE TO COME COMPLETELY OFF OF DOVE PRIOR TO REACHING THE GATE ACCESS.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? CAST YOUR VOTES ON 9B.
ONE QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE VOTE. AND FOR DIRECTOR KILO, WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS EASEMENT NOW? DOES IT JUST REMAIN IN PERPETUITY? YEAH, THE EASEMENT CAN REMAIN.
AND IF ONE OR BOTH PROPERTY OWNERS WANTS TO REMOVE WHAT IS WITHIN THEIR LOT BOUNDARY AT THIS POINT, THEY COULD CERTAINLY THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
BUT LET'S SAY LEAVE IT. AND THEY CAN. THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION TO TEAR NON TECHNIQUE IF THEY WANT TO.
RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, CONTINUE VOTING ON 9B FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT. THAT
[10.A. Discuss regulations for e-bikes and motorized scooters. ]
ONE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE. 9B IS APPROVED.CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 10A.
I'LL RECOGNIZE POLICE CHIEF ASHLEY CASEY. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS REGULATIONS FOR E BIKES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP MORE AS THE SUMMER MONTHS HAVE STARTED. AND CHIEF CASEY'S GOING TO BRIEF US ON SOME IDEAS, SOME POSSIBLE REGULATIONS AND WHAT SOME OF OUR NEW NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE DONE ON THIS ISSUE.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS ITEM 10A TO DISCUSS REGULATIONS FOR E BIKES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM TONIGHT IS TO SEEK COUNCIL DIRECTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL REGULATIONS FOR E BIKES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS OPERATING WITHIN OUR CITY. SO SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN RIDERS OPERATING E BIKES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS ON ROADWAYS AND IN PUBLIC SPACES. SOME OF THESE RIDERS ARE ON THE YOUNGER SIDE AND LESS EXPERIENCED. WE'VE ALSO OBSERVED AN INCREASE IN CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT RIDING BEHAVIOR, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND LIMITED PARENTAL OVERSIGHT
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OF THESE YOUNG RIDERS. SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION I WANT TO INCLUDE A COUPLE OF BRIEF DEFINITIONS OUTLINED IN STATE LAW FOR E BIKES AND SCOOTERS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. SO TEXAS LAW DEFINES AN E BIKE AS A BICYCLE EQUIPPED WITH FULLY OPERABLE PEDALS, AN ELECTRIC 750 WATT MOTOR OR LESS, AND THE TOP ASSISTED SPEED OF UP TO 28 MILES PER HOUR. IT ALSO DEFINES CLASSES OF THE E BIKES BASED ON THE TOP ASSISTED SPEEDS AND HOW THE MOTOR INTERACTS WITH THOSE PEDALS. SO FOR INSTANCE, CLASS 1 IS A PEDAL ASSIST ONLY WITH A TOP ASSISTED SPEED UP TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. CLASS 02, THROTTLE ASSIST UP TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. CLASS 3 IS A MOTOR ASSIST AND IT OPERATES ANYWHERE FROM 20 MILES PER HOUR UP TO 28 MILES PER HOUR. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER CAVEAT IN STATE LAW FOR CLASS 3E BIKES, WHICH REQUIRES OR HAS A PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE RIDER TO BE AGE 15 YEARS OR OLDER. THESE BIKES IN PARTICULAR ON THE CLASS 3 ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A SPEEDOMETER WITH THEM. I'LL OUTLINE A COUPLE OF OTHER PROVISIONS FOR THE E BIKES. THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A LABEL THAT LABELS THEM AS AN E BIKE WITH SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS, THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE EBIKE, ETC. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE BIKES OR THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS E BIKES TO US ARE ACTUALLY NOT E BIKES.THEY'RE ACTUALLY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED OTHER WAYS, SUCH AS POCKET BIKES, MINI MOTORBIKES, AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY UNDER STATE LAW, ILLEGAL TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY IN PUBLIC AREAS. SO PUBLIC ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, OTHER PUBLIC SPACES. THE ONLY PLACE THAT POCKET BIKES OR MANY MOTORBIKES CAN BE OPERATED IS ACTUALLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH THE OWNER PERMISSION. SO AS FAR AS OUR ELECTRIC SCOOTERS OR MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTERS, THEY'RE DEFINED AS A SELF PROPELLED DEVICE WITH AT LEAST TWO WHEELS IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND DURING OPERATION. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BRAKING SYSTEM.
THEY'RE EITHER GAS OR MOTOR, ELECTRIC MOTOR NOT EXCEEDING 40 CUBIC CENTIMETERS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DECK DESIGNED EITHER SIDE, STAND OR SIT WHILE THEY'RE BEING OPERATED. AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE PROPELLED BY HUMAN POWER ALONE. AND THERE'S A SPECIFIC CLARIFICATION IN STATE LAW THAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE A POCKET BIKE OR A MINI MOTORBIKE.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE ONLY PERMISSIBLE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO STATE LAW DOES ESTABLISH OTHER PROVISIONS IN ADDITION TO THESE DEFINITIONS, BASICALLY WHERE E BIKES AND MOTOR ESCOOTERS CAN OPERATE IN PUBLIC UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER LOCAL ORDINANCES THAT FURTHER RESTRICT THAT. THEY ALSO OUTLINE THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND HOW E BIKES AND MOTOR ESCOOTERS TO BE OPERATED ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT REGULAR BICYCLES, E BIKES ARE TREATED MUCH LIKE REGULAR BICYCLES WHEN IT COMES TO OPERATING ON THE ROADWAYS.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, YOU HAVE TO OBEY ALL YOUR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. YOU HAVE TO STOP AT STOP SIGNS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, THAT KIND OF THING. YOU ALSO HAVE TO OPERATE ON THE RIGHTMOST SIDE OF THE ROAD. YOU CAN'T IMPEDE TRAFFIC. YOU MUST SIGNAL YOUR INTENTION TO TURN. AND IF YOU'RE OPERATING THESE VEHICLES AT NIGHT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HEADLAMP OR A LAMP ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND AT LEAST A REFLECTOR ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. AS FAR AS MOTORIZED SCOOTERS OR MOTOR SCOOTERS ARE INVOLVED, THEY CAN OPERATE ON BIKE PATHS, SIDEWALKS, AND ON ROADWAYS. THE CAVEAT WITH MOTORIZED SCOOTERS IS THAT THEY CAN'T OPERATE ON ROADWAYS THAT ARE OVER 35 MILES PER HOUR. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE LIKE RESIDENTIAL STREETS FOR THEM. THEY CAN ALSO OPERATE ON YOUR SIDEWALKS. IF THEY'RE OPERATING THE ROADWAY MUCH LIKE BICYCLES, THEY'RE TREATED THE SAME. THEY HAVE TO OBEY ALL OF YOUR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. SO, IN ADDITION TO STATE LAW, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES DO HAVE SOME AUTHORITY TO FURTHER REGULATE E BIKES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS IN PUBLIC AREAS, ALTHOUGH THE SCOPE OF THAT AUTHORITY DIFFERS SOMEWHAT FOR EACH. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAY ENHANCE SAFETY EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT OR DEVICES WHILE OPERATING E BIKES. SO THINK ABOUT HEADPHONES, EARBUDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THEY CAN ALSO ESTABLISH SPEED LIMITS ON PADS SET ASIDE FOR EXCLUSIVE OPERATION OF BIKES. SO DEDICATED BIKE PADS AND OTHER PADS WHERE BIKES MAY BE OPERATED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS TO THAT AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO E BIKES. A LOCAL AUTHORITY MAY NOT PROHIBIT AN E BIKE OPERATION ON A ROADWAY WHERE MOTOR VEHICLES ARE PERMITTED OR IN OTHER AREAS WHERE NON ELECTRIC BIKES ARE ALLOWED. SO THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE SIDEWALKS. IF YOU'RE ALLOWING REGULAR BICYCLES TO OPERATE ON SIDEWALKS,
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YOU CAN'T PRECLUDE AN E BIKE FROM OPERATING ON THE SIDEWALK.FOR MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE A BROADER REGULATORY AUTHORITY. YOU CAN REGULATE OR RESTRICT MOTORIZED SCOOTERS USE ON STREETS, HIGHWAYS, OR SIDEWALKS FOR SAFETY REASONS. IF YOU CAN ARTICULATE THE SAFETY REASONS, YOU CAN ALSO DESIGNATE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE SCOOTER USE IS RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED.
THINKING LIKE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND PROPERTY, DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS, PEDESTRIAN HEAVIER CORRIDORS OR ENVIRONMENTS. AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE'VE DONE VERSUS WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL CITIES ARE DOING.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE FOCUSED ON EDUCATION, OUTREACH TO YOUTH AND PARENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
SOME OF OUR EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDE THINGS LIKE EDUCATIONAL POSTS AND VIDEOS ABOUT EBIKE SAFETY ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
WE ACTUALLY COLLABORATED WITH FORMER COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMSON ON THE SOUTH LAKE CITY SPOTLIGHT ON EVAC SAFETY. WE'VE HOSTED A PARENTAL EDUCATIONAL FORUM ON EVAC SAFETY IN THE FALL OF 2025. WE'VE CREATED A WEBPAGE RESOURCE ON PROTECT SOUTHLAKE. IT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT E BIKES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS AS WELL AS OTHER MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES.
AND WE'VE INCORPORATED E BIKE AND SAFETY SCOOTER EDUCATION INTO OUR ANNUAL POLICE AND FIRE YOUTH ACADEMY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING ON THIS WEEK.
WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS EDUCATION. SO WHEN WE RECEIVE CALLS FOR SERVICE OR IF AN OFFICER INVOLVES UNSAFE RIDING BEHAVIOR, THEY WILL ACTUALLY CONTACT THE RIDER.
AND IF THAT'S A JUVENILE, WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CONTACT THEIR PARENTS AND EDUCATE THEM AS WELL. AS FAR AS WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING OVERALL, MANY ARE APPLYING THE EXISTING STATE LAWS, BUT SOME HAVE ALSO IMPLEMENTED LOCAL REGULATIONS THAT PRIMARILY FOCUS ON HELMET REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH E BIKES AND SCOOTER RIDERS, RESTRICTING THE USE OF HEADPHONES, OTHER DEVICES THAT CAN CAUSE DISTRACTION TO EARBUDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, REGULATION OF THE MOTORIZED SCOOTERS IN CERTAIN PUBLIC AREAS SO PEDESTRIAN HEAVY DISTRICTS, SIDEWALKS, PARKS, WALKING TRAILS, SOME SPEED REGULATION OF E BIKES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS AND THEN ALSO INCORPORATING PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE E BIKE MOTORIZED SCOOTER OR IN THE INSTANCES OF THE MINIBIKES AND POPULATION BIKES THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, INCLUDING SOME PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT KELLER AND COLLEYVILLE ARE DOING WHEN YOU LOOK PREDOMINANTLY AT WHAT THEIR ORDINANCES STATE OR WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON. KELLER'S ORDINANCE FOCUSES MOSTLY ON E BIKES. IT DOESN'T ADDRESS MOTORIZED SCOOTERS.
COLLEYVILLE'S ORDINANCE OVERSEAS OR LOOKS AT BOTH E BIKES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER LOCAL AREAS THAT HAVE SOME OTHER PROVISIONS. SO IF YOUR DESIRE IS TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR LOCAL REGULATIONS THAT WILL FOCUS ON CONSIDERATIONS THAT INCLUDE SAFETY MEASURES FOCUSED ON JUVENILE RIDERS, THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND OUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE LOCAL RULES SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY, THE ROLE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BALANCING SAFETY WITH MOBILITY AND RECREATION OPTIONS TO CONSIDER OPTION ONE INVOLVES NO CHANGES, WHICH MEANS THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE STATE LAW AND REGULATIONS WITH OUR ONGOING PUBLIC EDUCATION. OPTION TWO INVOLVES EXPLORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL REGULATIONS WITH A DEFINED FOCUS AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU IN THE FUTURE. AND AGAIN, THIS PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS TO SEEK YOUR DIRECTION ON YOUR PREFERRED APPROACH AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CHIEF CASEY YEAH, THIS ONE I STRUGGLE WITH. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS, CALLS, TEXTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT E BIKES AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING, OR ALL THE ABOVE. SO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE OVER REGULATING OF IT. I MEAN THERE'S KIDS OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WE WOULD BE RIDING OUR BIKES. AND SO I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD ISSUES WITH THAT. SO I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH OVERDOING THE REGULATION PART AND HOW WE HAVE TO. HOW THEN WE PUT IT ON OUR POLICE TO ENFORCE IT. AND SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT STATE LAW ON IT.
SO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS ONE. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST KIND OF UNDECIDED ON WHAT WE DO NEXT. I REALLY.
AFTER SEEING WHAT KELLER AND COLLEYVILLE DID, IS IT REALLY ADDING TO WHAT THE STATE LAWS ARE? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT COUNCILLOR, WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ON THIS? I KNOW IT'S AT NIGHT.
SOMEBODY SAID TO ME, A CONSTITUENT SAID RECENTLY THAT IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED.
MY PERSPECTIVE IS WHY DON'T WE
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TALK ABOUT THIS AS IF THAT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED? LET'S DO IT SO WE PREVENT IT. MY CONCERN IS WHAT I SEE KIDS DOING IS THEY'RE SO UNAWARE OF TRAFFIC RULES COMBINED WITH YOUTH AND THEY DO SOME OF THE STUPIDEST THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE. FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, BUT THEY JUST DON'T PAY ATTENTION.
IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE BEEN ALMOST HIT.
THAT'S OUR MAIN FUNCTION IS CAN I POP A WHEELIE DOWN THIS ROAD GOING AS FAST AS I CAN GO? I JUST THINK WE NEED TO PUT SOME TEA TO IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK PARENTS ARE NOT THE. AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY LIKE MOST ISSUES LIKE THIS, PARENTS HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION. NOW I DON'T HAVE A TEENAGER, SO I'M SURE OUR TEENAGE FOLKS WANT TO SPEAK HERE. BUT I'M CONCERNED SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET KILLED, TRULY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE COMMON SENSE THAT THEY'VE GOT THE SPEED, UNLIKE A BICYCLE.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH IT. I THINK THE, THE PROBLEM IS YOU'VE GOT KIDS THAT ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 THAT ARE BASICALLY DRIVING A MOTORIZED CAR. MOTORIZED VEHICLE AT THIS POINT THAT I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO MUCH ABOUT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF TEETH WE CAN PUT IN ON THIS DEAL. AND I THINK THERE'S A REASON YOU HAVE TO BE 16 TO DRIVE A CAR BECAUSE I THINK KIDS ARE CRAZY, BUT KIND OF LIKE RON WHITE SAYS, YOU CAN'T PICK STUPID. I MEAN, KIDS ARE GOING TO DO STUPID THINGS, AND I DON'T DISAGREE THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET SEVERELY INJURED.
I'VE SEEN KIDS. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THEY WANT TO ACT LIKE THEY WANT TO OBEY THE PEDESTRIAN RULES WHEN IT'S EASIEST FOR THEM TO NOT STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR FLY PAST THE INTERSECTION. AND THEY WANT TO OBEY THE CAR RULES WHEN IT LETS THEM GO THE FASTEST AND DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ON THE STREET.
BUT I HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE ALREADY ENFORCING THAT IF YOU SEE IT, BECAUSE THAT'S A STATE RULE.
SO YOU CAN'T, LIKE, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REGULATE WHEELIES. YOU CAN'T TELL THEM THEY CAN'T POP WHEELIES, CAN YOU? I MEAN, IT MAY FALL UNDER RECKLESS DRIVING DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHY THEY'RE DOING THAT.
YEAH, YEAH, IT'S. I MEAN, I'D BE OKAY WITH SEEING WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, BUT I DOUBT ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE PROBABLY.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE DIRECTION I WAS THINKING. I'D LIKE. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOUR. WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT YOU MIGHT RECOMMEND. I MEAN, MAYBE HELMETS FOR UNDER 15 OR 15 AND UNDER WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
MAYBE. MAYBE THAT'S ENOUGH TO SAVE A LIFE. I MEAN, THEY MAKE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, DON'T THE YOUNGER DRIVERS HAVE TO WEAR HELMETS ON A MOTORCYCLE STILL? OR DO THEY GET RID OF THAT? IT JUST.
I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR OPTIONS. I MEAN, TO THE POINT OF IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT AND THAT'S. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU'RE CATCHING THEM. I'VE SEEN THEM ON SHADY OAKS. I SEE THEM ON SEVERAL. 1709. THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE GONE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST ZIPPING DOWN THE ROAD. SOMETIMES FOUR OR SIX OF THEM TOGETHER. SO, YOU KNOW HOW IF I CALL THE POLICE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. SO I SEE YOUR STRUGGLE, BUT I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING WHAT OUR OPTIONS MIGHT BE.
I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING THE OPTIONS AS WELL. I MEAN, I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED A NUMBER OF THINGS. I MEAN, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I'VE SEEN THE WHEELIES GOING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CARS EXITING THE SCHOOL.
AND I'VE SEEN OUR OFFICERS PULL THOSE KIDS OVER AS WELL, WHICH IS GREAT. I'VE SEEN THE STICKERS GET CHANGED FIRSTHAND TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S A 750 WATT BIKE WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY A SAURON. I'VE SEEN PARENTS UPSET THAT THEY BOUGHT A FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR BIKE FOR THEIR KID, IT GOES SIXTY SOMETHING MILES AN HOUR AND NOW THEY'RE ANGRY BECAUSE THEIR KID CAN'T RIDE IT BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN. I'VE EVEN SEEN SEEING FAKE PEDALS PUT ON THE SIDES OF SOME OF THESE BICYCLES TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S A PEDAL TYPE OF BIKE TOO. SO I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME SORT OF OPTIONS. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THEM, BUT IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS COME UP WITH IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN HELP.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS AND WONDERING BY THE CHANCE IF OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO CATCH SOME OF THOSE RIDERS, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO MAKE SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT OR PUNISHMENT MORE SEVERE, NOT ONLY FOR THEM,
[8.A. Resolution No. 26-022, appointing members, chairs and/or vice chairs to various positions on the Capital Improvement Advisory Commission, Building Board of Appeals, Parks and Recreation Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, Southlake Parks Development Corporation, and Zoning Board of Adjustments. (Part 1 of 2)]
BUT ALSO PARENTS AS WELL.SO WE'LL TAKE THIS UP AGAIN AFTER THE SUMMER BREAK AT SOME POINT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS ITEM 8A.
OUR BOARDS AND RES. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, APPOINTMENTS. I THINK SOME OF THEM WERE ALLOWED TO DO IN. WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT TO DO? DO YOU WANT TO DO SOME OF THEM OUT HERE? DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND TAKE CARE OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE
[2.A. Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)]
FOR EXEC SESSION? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HANDLE IT? FRANCIS, YOU'VE BEEN AT THE INTERVIEWS.LET'S DO THE EXEC SESSION ONES AND THEN COME OUT AND FINISH THE REST.
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OKAY. WE WILL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT[2.B. Reconvene: Action necessary on items discussed in Executive Session. (Part 2 of 2)]
TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 5.5.1.075 FORWARD TO DELIBERATE REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS.[8.A. Resolution No. 26-022, appointing members, chairs and/or vice chairs to various positions on the Capital Improvement Advisory Commission, Building Board of Appeals, Parks and Recreation Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, Southlake Parks Development Corporation, and Zoning Board of Adjustments. (Part 2 of 2)]
THERE'S LITERALLY NOBODY HERE.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. WE WERE DISCUSSING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IN THAT REGARD.
THIS IS ITEM 8A. LET'S SEE, THERE'S SOME OTHERS THAT WE CAN ONLY DISCUSS OUT HERE THAT WE NEED TO TO DO HERE ON THE DAIS ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ON THAT ONE, WE ONLY HAD. WE HAD FIVE APPLICANTS, BUT ONE WITHDREW. I'M NOT GOING TO USE NAMES, BUT WE ONLY HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS. NOW. I TALKED TO ALLISON ABOUT THIS. I THINK GIVEN THAT THAT ONE REQUIRES A CERTAIN COMPOSITION WITH PEOPLE FROM CONSTRUCTION OR REAL ESTATE OR BUILDING MATERIALS, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE KICK THAT ONE TO SEPTEMBER TO FILL IT UP BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GO. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FOUR PEOPLE NOW AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET SOME EXCELLENT PEOPLE THAT WE'VE ALREADY FILLED UP.
100% AGREE. THERE'S CONFUSION ON WHERE TO APPLY THE TIMING.
WE'LL DO IT IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE WE HAVE, WHAT IS IT, CEDC IN A COUPLE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER LIKE THE OTHERS. SO LET'S KEEP THE FOUR THAT ARE STILL KIND OF IN THE QUEUE AND TELL THEM IF STAFF WILL LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO DELAY THAT UNTIL SEPTEMBER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH APPLICANTS. JUST SO THEY KNOW THAT WE DID THINK ABOUT IT AND DID STAY WITH US. AND WE'LL RE NOTICE THAT ONE SO THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME MORE APPLICANTS.
THERE'S A LIST OF LIKE NINE ACTUALLY, BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THEM COULDN'T FIND THE LINK OR WAS IT WORKING THAT DAY? WE'LL TAKE THAT UP IN SEPTEMBER WITH CEDC AND THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE SOME CHOICES TO MAKE RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, BE, YOU KNOW, FILLING UP HALF OF IT. SO WE'LL JUST REMOVE THAT ONE UNTIL. OR TABLE THAT ONE UNTIL SEPTEMBER. AGAIN, IF STAFF COULD LET THE EXISTING APPLICANTS KNOW THAT WE'RE TABLING THAT TO SEPTEMBER JUST SO THEY'RE NOT WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS BACK THERE. PARKS BOARD WE CAN DO OUT HERE. LET'S SEE. WE HAVE JOE SANDSTONE IN PLACE. TWO IS UP AND ASKED TO BE REAPPOINTED. AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. FRANCIS, PARKS BOARD, YOU'RE NO LONG. SO WEIGH IN ON THAT ONE.
JOHN THAIN, THAT WAS HIS FIRST CHOICE.
WAIT, WHAT ABOUT JOE SAMSUNG? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO, YEAH, NEXT WAS PATRICK MUNDLIN.
HE HAD THE ISSUE WHERE HE MISTAKENLY MISSED IT AND DID NOT APPLY. HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT? WHAT PLACE? YEAH, WELL, HE.
HE'S UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT, BUT FORGOT TO REAPPLY OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT'S. AND I WILL SAY WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
WELL, TYPICALLY THE PERSON, THE STAFF PERSON WHO HANDLES IT WILL. AND THE CHAIR TENDS TO HERD THOSE PEOPLE UP BECAUSE THEY TEND TO FORGET. AND EVIDENTLY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
THEY DO GET AN EMAIL FROM ME LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEIR TERMS ARE UP AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO REAPPLY AS A.
IF THEY'RE GONNA. IF THEY'RE AN INCUMBENT AND THEY'RE NOT TURNED OUT. SO IT'S UP TO US WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO GIVE HIM. HE'S NOT TURNED OUT. WHETHER WE WANT TO PUT HIM BACK ON BECAUSE HE WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. I MEAN, IT WASN'T THAT HE WASN'T NOTIFIED.
DO WE EVEN HAVE THAT OPTION? CAN WE PUT SOMEONE ON THAT DIDN'T EVEN APPLY FOR SOMETHING? WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED.
OH, THAT HE'S NOT ONE OF THEM, THOUGH. YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO HE DIDN'T APPLY AT ALL? LIKE, NOT EVEN LATE? YEAH.
DOES HE WANT TO BE, THOUGH? YES.
OKAY. AND WHAT ALLISON IS SAYING IS WE CAN STILL PUT HIM ON EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T APPLY.
DID YOU WORK WITH HIM? DID YOU WORK WITH HIM ON THE PARK SPORTS? WOULD YOU LIKE HIM BACK ON? I DON'T KNOW HIM. NO, WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS TILL THE 11TH HOUR.
I KNOW, I KNOW. BOB INSTEAD, I THINK.
DO WE HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT, OR CAN WE DO IT AT THE AUGUST 4TH MEETING? DOES IT HAVE TO BE DONE RIGHT? WE COULD SKIP IT.
WILL THAT BE A PROBLEM? PROBABLY NOT, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THAT JOINT SBDC AND COUNCIL MEETING. BUT THAT.
WILL THAT BE A PROBLEM? ALLISON? DANIEL.
YOU MEAN PART ONE PERSON? NO, IT'S A JOINT MEETING.
BUT TYPICALLY THEY'RE SERVED UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE
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APPOINTED. SO I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT WITH THE ENABLING ORDINANCE LANGUAGE.BUT THAT IS TYPICALLY THE APPROACH THAT WE TAKE.
OKAY. IN AUGUST, DO WE NOT HAVE A JOINT PARTS SBDC MEETING? NORMALLY THERE IS ONE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE CALENDAR FOR THAT ONE YET, BUT WE DO BECAUSE THEY COME TOGETHER TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION ON THE BUDGET.
SO IT'S USUALLY THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, MAYBE THE SECOND WEEK. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST LET THAT SIT, I GUESS. THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THE PLACES THAT ARE VACANT, THEY WON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THEM IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO COME BACK. BECAUSE PART OF.
WELL, WE COULD PUT. WE CAN PUT JOHN THANE THERE.
OKAY, SO JOHN THING IN PLACE SEVEN, REPLACING PAUL VANESKI.
WHO'S TURNED OUT? PAUL AND I SERVED ON ZBA TOGETHER BACK IN 2010.
GOOD GUY. THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR YOUR SERVICE. HE DIDN'T APPLY FOR ANYTHING.
OH, PAUL BANINSKI. YEAH, HE DID APPLY.
SO IF WE PUT JOHN TH IN PLACE SEVEN, WE COULD REAPPOINT PATRICK PLACE THREE.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND THE OTHER PERSON THAT REQUESTED THAT I HAD PENCILED IN WAS PAUL SIMON.
PAUL SIMON WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PERSON I WOULD HAVE RECOMMENDED.
PATRICK MUNLAND. PAUL SIMON JUST KIND OF HEAR THE PARKS.
IT KIND OF COMES DOWN TO, IS THERE ANY SORT OF CREDIT FOR GETTING THINGS IN ON TIME AND COMING IN SERVICE? YEAH, I KNOW, BUT.
WELL, NOT EVEN THAT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING FRESH BLOOD IN THAT WANTS IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, LIKE, CAME IN, DID EVERYTHING, AND THEN JUST TO BE TOLD LATER, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS OTHER GUY BACK ON.
I'M OKAY WITH PUTTING PAUL SIMON IN.
PAUL SIMON, PLACE THREE, YOU'RE CALLED FRANCIS.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO REAPPOINT JOE SANSONE.
PLACE ONE, PLACE THREE WILL BE PAUL SIMON. PLACE FIVE, THE IS GOING TO BE REAPPOINTED. AND IN PLACE SEVEN, REPLACING PAUL VANESKI WILL BE JOHN THING. GET THAT, RANDY. ALL RIGHT. OH, MAGDALENA BAPTIST REAPPOINTED AS THE CHAIR. AS A CHAIR, PNZ WILL REAPPOINT DAN KUBIAK AND DAVID CUNNINGHAM.
AND IN PLACE OF MIKE FOREMAN, ANOTHER PERSON I SERVED ON ZBA WITH. AND PNZ WILL APPOINT DAVID TRICHLER.
WELL, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE OTHERS. THE OTHERS WE ALREADY COVERED BACK IN THE OTHER ROOM.
SO, RANDY, DO YOU NEED TO CONFIRM ANYTHING WITH US BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THOSE? NO, I'M NOT SCREWED UP AND LOOSE LIVING IN FOR ME FOR TWO YEARS.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE JUST KIND OF PAY ATTENTION. MAKE SURE THAT AT , RANDY GETS IT RIGHT.
NOT WILLIAMSON. ROBBINS. WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 8A.
I'D LIKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8A. RESOLUTION NUMBER 26022. APPOINTING MEMBERS CHAIRS AND OR VICE CHAIRS TO VARIOUS POSITIONS ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS, PART PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SOUTH LAKE PARKS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. NOTING WE ARE SKIPPING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, MOVING TO THE BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS.
IN PLACE TWO, WE WILL NOMINATE VIC MCLEAN THROUGH A TERM OF JUNE OF 2028. IN PLACE FOUR, WE WILL APPOINT KEN GIDDER THROUGH A TERM OF 2028, AS ALTERNATE NUMBER ONE.
REPLACING KEN GIDDER WILL BE SHERRY BRYCE THROUGH JUNE OF 2027. AND IN THE VACANT ALTERNATE SPOT 02, THROUGH JUNE OF 2028, IT'LL BE YANLIN KIEN. AND WE HEREBY NAME PAUL SIEGEL AS THE CHAIR OF BUILDING BOARD OF APPEALS.
PARKS AND REC BOARD. WE WILL REAPPOINT JOE SANSONE FOR PLACE ONE. WE'LL REPLACE PATRICK MUDLIN WITH PAUL SIMON THROUGH JUNE OF 2028. DEANNA QUINAS WILL BE REAPPOINTED THROUGH JUNE OF 2028. AND WE WILL REPLACE PAUL VANESKI, WHO IS TERMED OUT WITH JOHN THAIN THROUGH JUNE OF 2028. AND WE WILL NAME MARY MAGDALENA BATTLES AS CHAIR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. WE WILL REAPPOINT DAN KUBIAK THROUGH JUNE OF 2020. WE'LL REPLACE MIKE FOREMAN WITH DAVID TRICHER THROUGH JUNE OF 2028.
AND WE WILL REAPPOINT DAVID CUNNINGHAM THROUGH JUNE OF 2028. AND WE WILL KEEP. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO CHAIR ON THAT ONE, DO WE? FOR SOUTH LAKE PARKS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE WILL REPLACE
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TAMARA MCMILLAN AS A CITY REPRESENTATIVE WITH DAVID DOWNING THROUGH JUNE OF 2028.REAPPOINT MAGDALENA BATTLES THROUGH JUNE OF 2028.
REAPPORT FRANCIS CHARLIE THROUGH JUNE OF 2028. AND REAPPOINT CHUCK TAGGART THROUGH JUNE OF 2028. AND WE WILL NAME FRANCIS SHIRLEY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH LAKE PARKS DEVELOPMENT CORP.
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. WE WILL REPLACE DAVID TRICHLER WITH RYAN PEABODY THROUGH JUNE OF 2028. WE'LL REPLACE THE HEATHER KING WHO TURNED OUT WITH MARK HARRIS TO JUNE OF 2028.
SINCE WE MOVED RYAN PEABODY UP TO PLACE TWO. WE'LL REPLACE HIM WITH DEAN DE KAVETT AS ALTERNATE THROUGH JUNE OF 2027. FRANK BERNARDO DOES NOT WANT TO BE REAPPOINTED. AND WE WILL APPOINT SHREDEVI VIMALLALAPALLI THROUGH JUNE OF 2028. AND REPLACE MARK HARRIS SINCE HE MOVED UP FROM THE ALTERNATE SPOT WITH KASEEM MUSHTAQ THROUGH JUNE OF 2027. AND WE WILL LEAVE THE FOURTH ALTERNATE SPOT OPEN FOR NOW. WE WILL NAME JEFF MATICI AS CHAIR AND CLINTON SNEED AS VICE CHAIR OF ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
LOOKS GOOD TO ME. ANY CORRECTIONS OR ANYTHING ON THAT, GUYS? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON 8A. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ON BOARDS AND APPOINTMENTS.
THERE WE GO. THAT MOTION TO APPROVE 8A CARRY 78A IS APPROVED. AND THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE. THAT'S OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM. MEETING ADJOURNED.
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