Sep 02, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

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GOOD EVENING.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND

[1. Call to Order]

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, WHETHER YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM OR NOT, THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT WAXAHATCHEE.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES AND CALL HOME.

SO, UH, THANK YOU WITH THAT, UH, IF YOU WOULD STAND, UH, FOR THE INVOCATION, COME ON UP.

PASTOR SHOWMAN.

THANK YOU.

LET US PRAY.

HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN A COMMUNITY THAT DESIRES THE BEST FOR ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE A GOD THAT WANTS TO GIVE US ETERNAL AND ABUNDANT LIFE.

LORD, THANK YOU FOR GUIDING US IN OUR WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU FOR THE APOSTLE PAUL AND HIS PRAYER TO THE CHURCH OF COLOSSIANS, PRAYING FOR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING.

AND WE PRAY FOR THAT TONIGHT.

GOD, FILL US WITH SUPERNATURAL KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR WILL AND GOD, I PRAY FOR OUR WORLD LEADERS THIS WEEK AS THEY DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR PEACE.

GOD, I PRAY THAT, UH, YOUR WISDOM WILL BE UPON THEM AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR LIVES AND THE LIVELIHOOD OF SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

BUT TONIGHT, LORD, I WANT TO LIFT UP OUR MAYOR AND OUR COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THESE WOMEN AND THESE MEN WHO HAVE ANSWERED A CALL TO LEAD OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.

WE PRAY FOR GODLY WISDOM AND ALL THAT WE DO AND ALL THAT THEY STRIVE TO BE AS MEN AND WOMEN OF INTEGRITY, HONOR, OBEDIENCE AS THEY LEAD THIS GREAT CITY.

I PRAY FOR THIS MEETING TONIGHT THAT IN EACH CONVERSATION ALL WILL SEEK TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

I PRAY WE WILL BE MEN AND WOMEN OF HUMILITY AND DIGNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER, RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE ALL CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND WE ALL HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS GREAT CITY AT HAND.

SO, LORD, I PRAY THAT IN EACH AND EVERY DISCUSSION AND DECISION MADE TONIGHT, IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH, UH, THE SUCCESS OF THE PEOPLE OF WAXAHATCHEE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FORGIVENESS.

AND SALVATION IS NOT BASED ON OUR WORKS, BUT ON YOUR AMAZING SACRIFICE IF WE'LL SIMPLY BELIEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE PRAY YOU WILL HELP US BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS OPPORTUNITY OF LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US.

AND WE PRAY ALL OF THIS IN YOUR SON'S NAME.

JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU PASTOR SHOWMAN.

IF YOU WOULD JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE.

PLEDGE, INANCE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INMI WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

DRAW, HONOR, HONOR BY TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU.

MAY BE SEATED.

NEXT WE HAVE,

[4. Announcements/Presentations]

HE WILL READ A PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH BY DISEASE AMONG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES, AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES EVERY YEAR.

AND WHEREAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000 CHILDREN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER EACH YEAR, AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONE IN 285 CHILDREN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BEFORE THE AGE OF 20.

AND WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER TAKES MANY FORMS, INCLUDING LEUKEMIA, BRAIN TUMORS, AND VARIOUS OTHER TYPES OF CANCER.

AND THE EFFECTS OF THESE DISEASES ARE FELT NOT ONLY BY THE CHILDREN DIAGNOSED, BUT ALSO BY THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN IMPROVING SURVIVAL RATES WITH NEARLY 80% OF THE CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER SURVIVING.

BUT THE FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER AND MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIND CURES, IMPROVE TREATMENTS, AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES FACING THESE CHALLENGES.

AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY OF WAXAHATCHEE TEXAS RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT CHILDHOOD CANCER, SUPPORTING RESEARCH EFFORTS AND HONORING THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO BATTLING THIS DISEASE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY

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WHEREAS THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY CHILDHOOD CANCER WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER RECEIVES THE TREATMENT AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THRIVE.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT BILLY WALLACE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DUE HERE, PRIDE PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILDHOOD CANCER, TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES AFFECTED AND TO ADVOCATE FOR CONTINUED RESEARCH AND FUNDING TO FIND A CURE.

PROCLAIM THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025.

BILLY WALLACE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM SUITER.

UH, FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BE ISSUED THIS PROCLAMATION, IF YOU WOULD MEET US UP AND WE'LL GET A PHOTO WITH YOU.

DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE TO ACCEPT? COME ON.

WHOLE GROUP.

IT'S OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PERSONS MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ISSUES.

THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY CONCERN WHETHER ON THIS AGENDA OR NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THE COUNCIL MAY NOT COMMENT OR DELIBERATE SUCH STATEMENTS DURING THIS PERIOD, EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 5 5 1 0 4 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK DURING IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE CITY SECRETARY.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[6. Consent Agenda]

THERE WILL NOT BE SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL MATTERS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM.

ANY ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BY ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

COUNCIL.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEMS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO

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DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SIR? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

ITEM SEVEN IS

[7. Continue Public Hearing on a request by Lexi Cassels, Kimley-Horn, for a Zoning Change from a Commercial (C) zoning district to Planned Development-Multi-Family-2 and Planned Development-Commercial (PD-MF-2 & PD-C) zoning district, for a mixed-use development, located directly east of 2050 Conquest Boulevard, (Property ID 191630 & 191636) - Owner: B&T Realty Services Inc (ZDC-91-2024)]

COUNCIL MEETING.

TRENTON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION

[8. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-91-2024]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU COUNSEL.

THAT TAKES US TO

[9. Continue Public Hearing on a request by Marisa Brewer, McAdams, for a Zoning Change from a Planned Development – Commercial (PD-5-C) zoning district to Planned Development Multi-Family-1 (PD-MF-1) zoning district located at 501 Houston Street (Property ID 189345 – Owner(s): Skanda Investments, LLC and Masina Investments, LLC (ZDC-174-2024)]

OWNER IS SCANA INVESTMENTS, LLC AND MESSINA INVESTMENTS.

THIS IS ZDC 1 7 4 20 24 TRENTON.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

THIS IS A PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR A MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT, UM, AT A GIVEN LOCATION.

WHAT THIS, UH, BASICALLY IT'S A MULTI-FAMILY THAT CONSISTS OF TOWN HOMES.

THIS WILL, UM, REFLECT SIMILARLY TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT LOCATED DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF, UH, THIS PROPOSED SITE.

AND THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 5 0 1 HOUSTON STREET.

THE PROPOSED REQUEST, ONCE AGAIN WILL CONSIST OF TOWN HOMES, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH.

UM, YOU HAVE ZONING, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH AND VACANT LAND TO THE WEST.

THE PROPERTY IS SIMILARLY ZONED, UH, SURROUNDED PROPERTY TO, UH, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE, UH, WITH THE EXISTING TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT.

THE PROPERTIES TO THE, UM, EAST ARE ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USES.

THEY'RE PROPOSING 16 ONE BEDROOM UNITS, 35 2 BEDROOM UNITS, AND NINE THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10.19 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, IT WENT A COUPLE OF TIMES THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THE LAST TIME IT WENT, UH, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 12TH VOTED FIVE ZERO WITH A LIST OF CONDITIONS.

UH, SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONS WERE REGARDING THE AMENITIES ON THE SITE, UH, REGARDING ENHANCING THE PROPOSED PLAYGROUND, UM, ENHANCING SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, THE LIGHTING, AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

AS PART OF THE, UH, DETAIL AS PART OF THE SUBMITTED PLANS, UH, THEY DID GO AHEAD AND MEET, UH, THOSE CONDITIONS, UM, OF, OF THE, OF THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS, UH, SET FORTH BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UH, ONE THING THAT THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON IS THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN, UM, WHICH THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ME AT THE CITY OF, UH, W HATCHES ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS SECTION 6.03 IN REGARDS TO THAT PHOTOMETRIC PLAN.

UM, THE SITE, ONCE AGAIN, UH, MAJORITY OF THE AMENITIES LOCATED ARE IN THE CENTRAL, ARE IN THE, UH, THE CENTER PORTION OF THE SITE.

UM, ONE OF THE AMENITIES THEY WILL BE UTILIZING THAT IS NOT ON THE SITE PLAN IS THE EXISTING SWIMMING POOL IN THE TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT OR TOWN HOME SLASH MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

JUST DIRECTLY NORTH OF THIS, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY A EARLIER PHASE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN DOES MEET THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE MINIMUM STANDARDS, STANDARDS.

UM, THEY DID ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AROUND THE AMENITIES AND FENCING AROUND THE PICKLEBALL COURT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, UM, ET CETERA.

HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE OPEN SPACE PLAN, WHICH DOES INCLUDE THE AMENITIES SHOWING THE PICKLEBALL COURT PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

UM, IT'S A PRETTY TIGHT SITE, SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO DO A LOT MORE IN THIS SITE.

UM, THIS, ONCE AGAIN, THIS DID GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY BROUGHT, UM, TRY TO REALLY UTILIZE THE AMENITIES THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING ON THE SITE.

HERE'S THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE USING VARIOUS MATERIALS IN THE ARTICULATE, IN THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES.

THEY'RE ALSO, UM, USING BOTH, UH, VARIOUS TYPES OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARTICULATION IN THE BUILDING DESIGN TO BREAK UP THOSE FACADES.

UM, SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE'RE NOW REQUIRING

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THE BOTTOM PICTURE YOU CAN SEE IS A STREET VIEW OF WHERE THE AMENITIES WILL BE LOCATED AT.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THAT THEY ADDED ADDITIONAL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO THIS EXISTING OR TO THIS PROPOSED PLAYGROUND, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN, UM, KINDA IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS STREET IMAGE.

IT'S ALSO SHOWN ON THE OPEN SPACE PLAN AND THE SITELINE, UM, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

TRENTON, IN THIS PICTURE BY THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE A WAIST HIGH FENCE ON THE PICKLEBALL COURT SIDE.

MM-HMM .

I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN PLANTING AND ZONING WAS THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BALLS RUNNING OUT INTO THE STREET AND PEOPLE CHASING AFTER 'EM TO GET 'EM.

RIGHT.

THERE'S, THERE'S TWO FENCE, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO BARRIERS THAT THEY'VE INSTALLED.

ONE IS A FENCE BARRIER IN ADDITION TO THE LANDSCAPE BARRIER.

UM, IT, IT IS APPROXIMATELY WAIST HEIGHT, AVERAGE WAIST HEIGHT.

WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE HESITANT TO DO IS A TALLER FENCE, UH, TAKEN AWAY FROM THE ELEVATIONS OF THE STRUCTURES.

UM, I'M NOT A HUGE PICKLEBALL PLAYER, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, MAYBE I'M WRONG, I DON'T GO OUT THAT OFTEN AS TENNIS BALLS DO.

SO THERE'S USUALLY NOT THAT MUCH OF A CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO THE FENCE SIDE.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

IF I COULD BE WRONG, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME BEFORE.

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I'LL PLAN ON THAT THOUGH, SIR.

OKAY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MEA BREWER.

I'M A PLANNER WITH MCADAMS. UM, I'M GONNA DO A LITTLE PRESENTATION.

UM, TRENT WENT OVER A LOT OF THE INFORMATION, SO I'LL MAKE THIS KIND OF FAST, BUT, UM, TRENT, WELL, DOES THIS WORK OR WELL, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO, UM, AS TR SAID, HAIR, JUST SQUARE FACE, TWO I, THE EXISTING CONDITION, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S OFF HOUSTON STREET AND YOU HAVE TO THE NORTH THE FIRST PHASE OF THE, UM, TOWN HOMES.

AND THEN AT THE SOUTHERN PART YOU HAVE THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO THE EAST, UH, TO THE WEST SIDE, YOU HAVE JOHNSON BOULEVARD, WHICH IS, UM, OWNED BY THE CITY.

AND SO THAT WILL BE AN EXTENSION AT SOME POINT.

AND THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE VACANT PARCEL, BUT, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE AND KIND OF WHAT THAT IDENTIFIES.

SO LOOKING AT THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, FOR, FOR, UH, THE AREA.

AND SO LOOKING AT AT WHAT THAT MEANT AND WHAT THAT ENTAILED, UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TOWN HOMES, DETACHED, UM, SINGLE FAMILY.

IT KIND OF VARIES ON THE DIFFERENT, UM, TYPE OF USES THAT COULD BE WITHIN THAT.

THE INTENT, UM, WAS TO OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE A GOOD TRANSITION FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER WITHIN THAT MIXED USE.

THAT'S WHAT KIND OF THE PARAGRAPH TALKS ABOUT WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND SO YOU HAVE A NICE TRANSITION FROM THAT SINGLE FAMILY, UM, RESIDENTIAL GOING INTO KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSITY AND THEN TO THAT COMMERCIAL RIGHT ABOVE.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE, UM, HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE.

SO WE THOUGHT IT FELT, UM, IT SUITED THE AREA PRETTY NICE AS FAR AS THE WAY IT WOULD TRANSITION INTO THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AND THEN THE PLAN ITSELF AND KIND OF WHAT THAT SPEAKS TO WITHIN THE PLAN.

UM, THE CURRENT ZONING IS A PD C, SO COMMERCIAL, UM, JUST HIGHLIGHTING KIND OF WHAT THAT MEANS.

UM, AS RIN POINTED OUT, THERE IS A LIST OF PERMITTED USES IN THE CODE THAT CAN BE PLACED THERE.

SO THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, BUT, UM, WE ARE REQUESTING A PD AS A MULTI-FAMILY, BUT REALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE TOWN HOMES.

UM, SO OUR BASE ZONING IS THE MULTI-FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE PLATTED AS ONE SINGLE LOT.

UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE FOR RENT.

SO, UM, JUST AGAIN POINTING OUT, WE ARE, UM, DOWN THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY TO THE SOUTH AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL TO, UM, THE NORTH OF NEAR THE HIGHWAY.

SO TALKING ON OUR CONCEPT PLAN A LITTLE BIT, I WANTED TO, UM, KIND OF JUST TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN A LITTLE BIT.

SO THEY ARE REAR ENTRY, UM, TOWN HOMES.

THEY WILL BE A FENCED IN BACKYARD.

SO, UM, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE PRIVACY FENCE, UM, AND REAR BACKYARD BACK THERE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR, UM, SETBACK.

SO THE CLOSEST SETBACK FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY IS ABOUT 53 FEET, BUT REALLY A MAJORITY OF THE TOWN HOMES ARE ABOUT 98 SET, UM, SETBACK FROM THE RESIDENTIAL.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A DETENTION ON THE SOUTH, UM, SIDE ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL.

UM, THAT IS A REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU TRANSITION FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY TO UH, UM, NON-RESIDENTIAL.

SO THAT SIX FOOT MASONRY

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UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE JOHNSON BOULEVARD CONNECTION.

THERE WILL BE A GATE THERE.

UM, IT'S FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY.

AND THEN, UM, YOU HAVE THE TWO ACCESS POINTS.

AND THEN THE THIRD AMENITY OR THE MANY OF THE, THAT HE WAS, UM, TRAINING WAS POINTING OUT FOR, UM, THE POOL IS SEEN IN THIS LOCATION RIGHT THERE, UM, WITHIN THIS PHASE TWO.

SO WITH THE, UM, WALL AS WELL AS THE DETENTION POND, THERE ALSO WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF LANDSCAPING THERE.

SO WE ALSO PROVIDED, UM, THE TREES SO THAT WAY THAT CAN KIND OF HELP WITH THE NOISE BUFFERING.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, WE ALSO PROVIDED THE TOWN HOMES TO KIND OF WHERE THE LIGHTING WOULD BE FOR THE PICKLEBALL AND THE PLAYGROUND.

THAT TOWN HOME KIND OF BLOCKS THAT IN AROUND THAT AREA.

SO, UM, AND THE LIGHTING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS KIND OF POSITIONED TO WHERE IT WILL GLARE FURTHER DOWN AT THE SITE INSTEAD OF KIND OF GLARING OUT.

UM, AND THEN THE AMENITY CENTER, SO WE DID WORK BACK AND FORTH WITH, UM, P AND Z.

WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION ON WHAT, WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE THERE AND WHAT THEY HAD IDENTIFIED AS A GOOD USE OF THE AREA.

UM, AND SO WITHIN THE CODE THERE REQUIRES FOUR AMENITIES.

UM, WE'RE PROVIDING THE TWO PLAYGROUNDS AND THEN SPORTS COURTS, THE SWIMMING POOL, AND THEN THE ENCLOSED GARAGES.

UM, SO THE, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WILL HAVE A FENCE AROUND IT.

UM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A FENCE THAT IS APPROPRIATE, UM, WORKING WITH STAFF THAT COULD BE THERE.

AND THEN ALSO THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE TO KIND OF ACT AS A, UM, EXTRA BUFFER RIGHT THERE.

THEN WE HAVE THE ELEVATION.

SO JUST TOUCHING ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, UM, WE ARE HAVING THIS, UM, THE PEAKED ROOFS, THE, THE VARIATION WITHIN THE FACADE AND THEN ALSO JUST THE MASONRY REQUIREMENTS PER THE CODE.

WE'RE, WE'RE MEETING THAT.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE OFFERING THE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS THAT ARE ALSO REQUIRED.

UM, WE'RE PROPOSING THIS BASED ON SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD LOOKED AT, UM, WORKING AGAIN WITH P AND Z.

UM, WE WENT AHEAD AND IDENTIFIED THIS AS OUR ELEVATIONS, UM, AND THEN KIND OF KEEPING WITH THAT SCHEME OF KIND OF WHAT IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE CITY.

UM, AND SO FOR THAT, THAT WAS A QUICK GLANCE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK TO ANY SLIDES AND OPEN UP HER DISCUSSION.

OKAY.

LET ME GIVE ANYONE ELSE AN OPPORTUNITY.

ANYBODY ELSE NEED, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY.

SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THEM? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I DO AFTER YOU DO, OH, ACTUALLY I HAVE A QUESTION FOR TRENTON.

UM, GOING BACK TO P AND Z, UM, EACH MEMBER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND AREA, THAT, THAT THERE WAS, UM, SUFFICIENT EQUIPMENT AND SIZE AND EVERYTHING.

UM, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS RENDERING HERE.

CAN YOU TELL ME THAT THIS WOULD FIT WITHIN THE INTENT OF WHAT WE HEARD IN P AND Z AS IT RELATES TO THE AMENITIES OR, AND THE, JUST THE GENERAL OVERALL, OVERALL LAYOUT OF THE, UH, OF THE PLAYGROUND ACCORDING TO THE CONDITIONS THAT THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, UH, DID MAKE ON THE PROPERTY, THIS WOULD MEET THOSE, THOSE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OR THOSE CONDITIONS.

OKAY.

MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

BUT I'M ASKING PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT, THAT THEY WERE, LOOK, 'CAUSE TO ME GOING BACK TO THAT MEETING, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

RIGHT.

SO JUST THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

SO IF YOU CAN SEE RIGHT WHERE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS, THE BACK PORTION OF IT WAS THE PLAYGROUND ORIGINALLY WENT TO APPROXIMATELY RIGHT THERE.

THEY HAD, THEY HAD TABLES HERE, THEY HAD OTHER THINGS THERE.

THEY REMOVED ALL THE TABLES PER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND COMPLETELY PUT ALL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THERE.

SO I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE INTENT OF WHAT PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ASKED THEM TO DO, UM, WITH ADDING ADDITIONAL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THE SITE.

AND SO THOSE, THAT SEATING AREA THAT'S BEEN REMOVED MM-HMM .

UM, WERE SEATING AREA THERE BECAUSE I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UTILIZING THE, THE, THE SEATING AREA THAT WAS THERE TO EXPAND, WHICH, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEEN DONE.

CORRECT.

BUT THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE, WHERE THE PARENTS COULD SIT THERE WITH THE CHILDREN.

RIGHT.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE DISCUSSION, THEY, THEY HAD MENTIONED, UH, BRINGING THE PARENTS WOULD BRING LAWN CHAIRS OR SOMETHING TO THIS AREA BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WOULD RATHER BETTER UTILIZE THAT WITH ADDITIONAL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAN, UH, KEEPING TABLES AND CHAIRS THERE FROM MY STANDING.

OKAY.

I REMEMBER THAT WAS AN OPTION, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THAT THAT WAS, THAT THEY WERE HAPPY WITH IT.

BUT Y'ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT.

YES, THERE ARE BENCHES, UM, IDENTIFIED ON THE PLAN IF YOU COULD ZOOM IN, BUT THERE ARE SOME ON THE EDGE JUST, UM,

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MM-HMM .

THE, THE THREE VERTICAL RECTANGLES RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF, WE HAVE THREE, SIX TO EIGHT FOOT LONG BENCHES IN THAT SPACE.

PERFECT.

THANK Y'ALL COUNSEL.

ANYBODY ELSE? I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THEM AND THEN I, SINCE NOBODY SPOKE FROM THE PUBLIC, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE OWNER.

I THINK THE OWNER'S HERE, BUT THE QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS, AND IT'S AGAIN FROM PNZ, IS IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT, THAT BEING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT BEING CONCRETE AND, AND BRICK BUILDINGS AND ANYBODY THAT'S GONE TO A LITTLE KID'S PLAYGROUND IN TEXAS, HOW HOT EVERY BIT OF THAT'S GONNA BE.

AND I DON'T SEE ANY SHADE CLOTHS AT ALL IN THIS RENDERING.

AND I THOUGHT THEY SAID THEY WANTED SHADE CLOTHS IN IN THE RENDERING.

IT IS THERE.

IT'S HARD TO TELL BY THE PICTURE.

YEAH, YOU COULD.

I THINK THAT'S, SO IT IS GONNA HAVE SHADE CLOTH AND SIR THAT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE ORDINANCE THAT THEY HAVE A SHADE COVERING OVER THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE IT IN THAT PICTURE.

IT IS KIND OF DARK AND DIFFICULT TO SEE WHAT IT IS.

IT BLENDS IN.

IF YOU LOOK ABOVE THE BLUE, THERE'S A, IT KIND OF ANGLES DOWN.

THERE'S SOME POLES SHOWING WHERE THE SHADE CO THE SHADE COVERING COVERS.

THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND AREA IS WRITTEN INTO THE ORDINANCE THAT THOSE BE MAINTAINED ONLY LAST ABOUT 12, 14 MONTHS IN TEXAS.

SO WE, THE INITIAL OPENING OR THEY HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIME, A FINE RIGHT NOW HOW THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN IS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE SHADE STRUCTURES, BUT WE CAN ADD A, AN ADDITIONAL LINE ON THERE AS PART OF THE MOTION THAT THEY HAVE TO CONTINUALLY BE MAINTAINED IN A, IN A GOOD MANNER FOR THE LIFE OF R THAT OUT, THAT THAT'S BE A LOOPHOLE THAT THEY USED WHILE THEY WERE THERE AND THEN ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTOOD.

NOW, NOW WHEN YOU SAY IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE, ARE YOU MEANING THIS SPECIFIC ZONING ORDINANCE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE WHEN WE DO PLAYGROUNDS? NO, THE SHADE STRUCTURES ARE SPECIFICALLY IN THE ORDINANCE, THE CITY ORDINANCE OR THIS SPECIFIC, IN THIS SPECIFIC PD ORDINANCE FOR THIS SITE.

OKAY.

'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THERE, SO I WANNA MAKE ABSOLUTE CERTAIN THAT IT'S WRITTEN IN THERE THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT CORRECT.

SO YOU'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN THE WRITTEN PART THAT THEY HAVE TO BE THERE.

'CAUSE I DON'T SEE IT HERE WHERE IT SAYS THE CONDITIONS, IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND I DON'T SEE IT, BUT WHERE THE CONDITIONS IT CAME FROM P AND Z, IT'S NOT IN THERE, BUT THANK YOU.

AND THEN IF I COULD ASK THE OWNER IF HE'S HERE, JUST ONE QUESTION.

'CAUSE IT, IT CAME UP AND IT SORT OF GOT BRUSHED OFF AT PNZ, BUT I HAPPEN TO BE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE THAT LIVES IN THE CURRENT FACILITY, BUT THERE WAS A CONCERN BROUGHT UP ABOUT MAINTENANCE IN THE CURRENT FACILITY ONCE IT WAS SOLD TO YOU AND THE MAINTENANCE HAS GONE DOWN.

AND I DON'T WANNA PROVE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GONNA GO DOWNHILL BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT UP, YOU'RE NOT DOING THE MAINTENANCE.

SURE, SIR.

I CAN ADDRESS THAT.

SATYA MESSINA, UH, SO WE BOUGHT THIS IN 2021, APRIL, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IT'S A 19 EIGHT EIGHTIES BUILT PROPERTY.

YES.

UH, SO FAR WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT QUARTER A MILLION DOLLARS ON, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING BASICALLY WHEN WE CAME IN, THE CARPENTRY WAS BAD, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, SO WE'VE, THE, THE FENCES WERE BAD.

SO WE, WE DID A QUITE A BIT OF IMPROVEMENT ON THAT.

AND THEN, UM, ON, ON TOP OF THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THAT THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS UH, CLOSE TO 98 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPIED.

ALL THE TURN WITH, WITH LITTLE TURNS.

THE, WE WE DO, YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE DO AND WE PARTICULARLY LIKE, UH, THE EXISTING PRODUCT AND THE PRODUCT WE ARE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENTIATING FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, STANDARD GARDEN, MULTI-FAMILY, MULTI-STORE.

BECAUSE IN OUR, YOU KNOW, IN OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE OPERATION, THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY, THEY'RE LIKE THE BACKYARD FENCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND, UH, WE, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

UH, I THINK DURING, UH, INITIAL, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AFTER COVID WE HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES, BUT I THINK THE MANAGEMENT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT, THE, THE OCCUPANCY AND THE, UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SATISFIED TENANTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE STAYING THERE FOR, UH, SINCE WE HAVE TAKEN OVER.

SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO ITSELF TO SOME EXTENT AND OKAY.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST, SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT UP AND THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T REALLY DISCUSS IT AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SURE.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET YOUR SIDE OF IT.

'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T ASK YOU TO COME UP HERE AND SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SURE.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WE WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN WAXAHATCHEE AND UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY MAINTAIN IT APPROPRIATELY.

AND ONE LAST QUESTION JUST POPPED IN MY MIND 'CAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT.

HOW'S THE GARBAGE AT THIS PLACE? IS IT DUMPSTERS OR IS EACH INDIVIDUAL TOWN HOME GONNA HAVE THE ROLL UP TRASH CANS?

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TRENTON, THERE'S ONE, ONE DUMPSTER FOR THAT ISN'T GONNA BE ENOUGH.

I DON'T CARE HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK THEY COME AND EMPTY IT.

WHAT'S THAT? THERE'S CURRENT ONE ISN'T EVEN COVERED TO KIND A CRUM FENCE AROUND IT.

WELL, I'M JUST ASKING.

'CAUSE WITH THAT MANY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE INDIVIDUAL CANS, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A DUMPSTER AREA SOMEWHERE.

AND I DON'T SEE ONE IN A PLAN.

SO THE TWO, THERE'S TWO LOCATIONS, UM, AT THE END, UM, THERE, THERE'S A LASER POINTER ON THAT RIGHT THERE THAT'S A DUMPSTER AND THEN RIGHT THERE.

BUT YOU REMOVED THE DUMPSTER FOR YOUR CURRENT FACILITY.

BUT THE EXISTING TOWN HOMES IS WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO.

THEY REMOVED THE DUMPSTER AND YOU'RE BUILDING A ROAD WHERE THE CURRENT DUMPSTER IS.

SO WHERE IS THE NEW DUMPSTER GOING WITH THAT FACILITY? UM, WE CAN WORK, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.

WE CAN FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GOT PLENTY OF ROOM FOR TRASH SO IT'S NOT BLOWING ALL OVER THE CREATION.

'CAUSE I MANAGE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND IT'S GOT ONE DUMPSTER AND IT'S ONLY GOT 20 APARTMENTS AND IT'S A LITTLE BITTY PLACE AND TRASH IS EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.

AND I GET PICKED UP THREE TIMES A WEEK.

MM-HMM .

YES.

SO I KNOW TRASH IS AN ISSUE.

MAY I WEIGH IN ON THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE I WOULD KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SHE'S THE PROPERTY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS JASMINE, OR I'M THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR PHASE ONE.

UH, HERITAGE SQUARE TOWN HOMES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR, FOUR YARD CONTAINERS THERE.

THERE ISN'T A FENCE, THEY'RE JUST OUT, UM, THEY'RE NOT FENCED IN OR, YOU KNOW, CRUMMY OR, YOU KNOW, FALLING .

OKAY.

UH, IT'S WHAT'S THERE.

WE'VE MAINTAINED IT TO, TO ITS FULLEST NOW.

IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, EMPTIED OUT, CLEANED AS AS, AS, UH, WE HAVE FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE.

SO THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT.

SO I BELIEVE IF, UH, IT'S BEEN ARRANGED THAT WAY, THEN WE CAN JUST CHANGE THE SIZE OF OUR CURRENT CONTAINERS.

'CAUSE WE HAVE THE MINIMUM, WHICH IS A FOUR FOUR YARD.

THERE'S EIGHT YARDS, UM, THAT ARE TYPICALLY KNOWN TO HAVE IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

WHEN YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE SECTIONS, JUST BRING A LARGER CONTAINER BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SEPARATING THE ACCESSIBILITY.

AND, UH, PER PHASE ONE, WE DO OFFER, UH, VALET TRASH SERVICE.

SO THEY, WE HAVE THAT AS AN EXTRA AMENITY THERE WHERE IT GETS HAUL OFF.

SO THIS, IS THIS PHASE GONNA HAVE VALET TRASH SERVICE? YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD IT.

I, I DON'T THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED IT FULLY, BUT IT WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE WHAT WE OFFER TO ONE.

I MEAN, IS THAT AN EXTRA IN PHASE ONE THAT THEY GOTTA PAY FOR? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST PART OF THEIR RENT? IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S INCLUDED, UH, IN THEIR TRASH FEE.

SO BECAUSE IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALLOCATE THE, THE FEE AND THEN WE JUST GIVE THE VALET TRASH AS AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE.

OKAY.

WELL THEN YOU CAN CONTROL THE TRASH A LOT BETTER.

CORRECT.

.

OKAY.

AND TO ADD TO THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, VALET TRASH HAS BEEN COMMON ACROSS, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SERVICE TO THE PARENTS.

SURE.

COOL.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A LOT, I MEAN, I HAVE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS.

ONE, IS THERE ANYTHING BEING DONE TO PHASE ONE IN THIS? ARE WE JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT AS IS? 'CAUSE THEY AREN'T GONNA MATCH.

I MEAN THE, THE, THE PHASES ARE NOT GONNA MATCH STRUCTURALLY OR IN DESIGN.

SO ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO PHASE ONE IN ADDITION WITH IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED? CORRECT.

SO AT THIS TIME THERE WAS NOT DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING ANYTHING TO PHASE ONE.

SO WHAT ABOUT WITH THAT, WITH, WITH THE, I'M ASSUMING IT'S LIKE THE LEASING HOUSE IN THE FRONT MM-HMM .

ARE WE DOING ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT AT THIS TIME? THERE HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

CAN THE OWNER COME BACK UP? PLEASE, SIR.

CAN YOU TELL COUNSEL WHAT PLANS YOU HAVE? UH, FOR PHASE ONE? YOU SAID YOU'VE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE GOING FORWARD? THE PHASE ONE IS BUILT IN 1980S.

IT'S A SIMILAR KIND OF TOWN HOME PRODUCT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO MATCH, UH, LOOK AND FEEL THAT'S BEEN BUILT IN 1930S.

SO THE, THE, THE PROPERTY WILL, WILL, YOU KNOW, WILL BE DOING ONGOING MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS AS NEEDED.

UH, THE CLUBHOUSE RIGHT NOW, THE OFFICE IS, UH, IS, IS AN IMMACULATE CONDITION.

YOU KNOW, THE POOL IS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE, THE POOL SIZE AND THE DECKING IS IN LINE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, 125 UNITS, UH, THAT, THAT POOL WILL SUPPORT THE, UH, COMMUNITY BECAUSE A SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL OUR DATA AND RESEARCH INDICATES THAT, YOU KNOW, UP TO 1 75, 200 UNITS HAVE THE SAME KIND OF POOL.

SO I'M NOT SURE,

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UH, BUT, BUT ALREADY, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE WITH THE FENCING AND THE, THE CARPENTRY ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN LINE WITH THE, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, ONE THING WE, WE DO WANT TO TAKE UP IS THE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT, UH, BOTH IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND THE EXISTING PHASE ONE.

BUT, UH, BEYOND THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE PROPERTIES IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

WE JUST KEEP CALLING IT PHASE TWO.

AND IF IT'S PHASE TWO AND IT DOESN'T MATCH PHASE ONE, THEN IT'S REALLY NOT PHASE TWO OF ANYTHING.

IT'S A WHOLE NEW PROJECT.

YEAH, I, I THINK ORIGINALLY THE DEVELOPMENT WAS INTENDED TO HAVE PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, BUT THE ORIGINAL ONE DID NOT COMPLETE.

SO WE, WHEN WE TOOK OVER, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT'S FROM 1980S TO 2001 AND THEN WE, WE INTENDED TO USE THIS LAND FOR, UH, FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE, WE ARE CALLING IT PHASE TWO, BUT, BUT IT'S ALMOST, UH, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MATCH, UH, THE CURRENT STANDARDS WITH THE WORLD STANDARDS UNLESS WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UH, REDO THE ENTIRE THING.

WE UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T MATCH SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT IN THE EIGHTIES WITH SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT IN 2026.

I GUESS THAT'S WHEN IT'S GONNA BE BUILT.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONVEY TO YOU IS, IS THAT THE LAST THING WE WANT TO APPROVE IS SOME TRASHY TOWN HOMES IN WAXAHATCHEE.

YES, MA'AM.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND, AND WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION TO KEEP THE PHASE ONE, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE STANDARDS OR ABOVE THE STANDARDS, IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE INTACT.

AND THEN THE PHASE TWO OBVIOUSLY WILL BE TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS, BUT, UH, THOSE WILL BE MANAGED, UH, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER.

UH, SO WE WOULD HAVE EFFICIENCIES IN OPERATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, KEEP IMPROVING PHASE ONE, UH, PUT IN MORE MONEY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE DEVELOP PHASE TWO, UH, WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS OF FENCING, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY MAINTAIN IT TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS.

OKAY.

SO THE ELEVATIONS ARE MY BIGGEST CONCERN BECAUSE HONESTLY I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THE LOOK OF THEM AT ALL.

NOW.

WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IT, HOW IT HAS TO LOOK, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND A CHEAP ONE AT THAT.

UM, YOU'VE GOT VENEERS ON THE OUTSIDE.

IT'S NOT EVEN ACTUAL BRICK OR ACTUAL STONE.

WE GOT SHEETS OF THIS THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO ESSENTIALLY GLUE ON THE WALL.

UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE A LONG LIFESPAN EITHER.

SO BACK TO THE, THESE THINGS WILL DETERIORATE.

IT WILL HAPPEN MUCH SOONER THAN IT SHOULD WHEN, WHEN WE APPROVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, WE REQUIRE FOR THE ELEVATIONS TO DIFFER WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.

YOU'RE BRINGING US ONE LOOK FOR THE ENTIRE THING.

THAT'S IT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONE, ONE LOOK SIDE BY SIDE, BY SIDE BY SIDE.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS EVEN CALLED A TOWN HOME BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU, WHEN YOU'VE GOT EIGHT OF THEM RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, WHICH I THINK YOU HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT SPOTS THAT HAVE EIGHT, COUPLE WITH SIX, UM, THAT'S JUST AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

I WOULD LIKE THE ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT WAS THAT THEN, SO THAT WAS, THESE WERE DEVELOPED BASED OFF OF COMMENTS FROM PNZ FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS.

UM, WE CAN MIRROR BUILDINGS, WE CAN CHANGE MATERIALS AROUND.

UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MASON VEER, THAT WILL LAST AS LONG AS THE BRICK.

IT'S NOT A SCREW ON SHEET.

IT IS EMBEDDED IN THE MORTAR ON THE, ON THE EXTERIOR FACADES.

AND IT IS CEMENT, BATTEN BOARD PANELS.

UM, THOSE WILL STAND UP JUST AS LONG AS ANY OF THE OTHER MATERIALS.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, NOT TOWN HOMES.

AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO IT HAS A LOT OF CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE TRUE TO WHAT MAKES WAXAHATCHEE SPECIAL.

SO YOU'RE GONNA PUT, PUT THIS NEXT TO IT AND THAT'S, IT'S NOT GREAT LOOKING.

UM, AND THEN TO ADD ON TO THAT, WE'RE ADDING, WHAT ABOUT 50 UNITS OR SO, IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT?

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60.

SO WE'RE ADDING 60 UNITS PLUS WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.

SO WE'LL JUST ROUND THAT OFF AND SAY IT'S ABOUT 200 VEHICLES AND THEY'RE GOING WHERE AND THEY'RE EXITING ON AT HOUSTON STREET.

AND THAT WAS WORKED THROUGH WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL OF NOT ADDING ANY OTHER ENTRANCES ONTO HOUSTON STREET.

MM-HMM .

AND THEN, THEN, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING WHERE TO GET ANYWHERE EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH ON HOUSTON STREET.

SO DUMPING THEM ONTO CITY STREETS THAT YOU'RE MAKING NO IMPROVEMENTS ON WITH THE VEHICLES THAT YOU'RE ADDING TO IT.

AND THEN YOU'RE HAVING THEM GO TO A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AT 2 87.

SO, UM, WE DID DO A TRAFFIC MEMO.

WE LOOKED AT WHAT THAT WOULD INCREASE AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT IT.

UM, SO WITH THE TRAFFIC MEMO ITSELF, UM, WE DID A STUDY TO SEE IF THE TIA WOULD BE REQUIRED AND A TIA IS NOT REQUIRED, UM, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T EQUIVALATE TO AS MANY TRAFFIC, UM, UH, TRIPS THAT WAS NEEDED.

UM, WE ALSO LOOKED ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN JUST TO SEE WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS WERE GONNA BE NEEDED FOR HOUSTON AND THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY AS, UM, CURRENTLY BEING NEEDED.

AND THEN ALSO CURRENTLY THE WAY THE PROPERTY IS ZONED, UM, IT'S FOR COMMERCIAL.

AND SO WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT COMMERCIAL USES WOULD LOOK AT FOR TRIP WISE.

UM, AND WE SAW ALMOST DOUBLE IF COMMERCIALS WAS TO BE PUT THERE.

UM, SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST AS FAR FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF TRIP GENERATIONS AND HOW THAT WILL COME OUT.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHEN JOHNSON GETS DEVELOPED, WHICH THE FIRST START BEING A PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP RE AATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC GOING TO THE NORTH A LITTLE BIT.

HOW MANY UNITS ARE IN THE EXISTING COMPLEX? 16.

THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNSEL? MADAM MAYOR? I'D LIKE THE OWNER TO COME UP 'CAUSE I WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ON WHAT HE HAD SAID.

YOU SAID YOU PURCHASED IT IN 2021? YES, SIR.

UM, AND YOU SAID THAT YOU'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO ABOUT $250,000.

YES.

AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THE FENCE OR FENCING AROUND, THAT'S AROUND THE ENTIRE, UH, THERE WAS AN EXISTING FENCING BECAUSE, UH, ALL THE CURRENT TOWN HOMES ALSO HAVE, UH, BACKYARDS.

AND THAT WAS, UH, ONE ISSUE WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PURCHASED, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE OLD, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN SIMILARLY, UH, THE CURRENT BUILDINGS HAVE, UH, SIDINGS, YOU KNOW, UH, CARPENTRY AND SO ON, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NOT, NOT A BRICK.

UH, SO WE, WE HAVE DONE PLENTY OF, UH, FENCING, CARPENTRY IMPROVEMENTS, FULL PAINT, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE POOL, UH, AND SO ON.

SO WHEN YOU SAY CARPENTRY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OUTSIDE SIDING? YES.

SIDING, YES.

OKAY.

SO FENCING, SIDING, UM, YOU HAVE YOU PAINTED THE ENTIRE COMPLEX? YES, WE DID.

UM, MY CONCERN IS, AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED, AND I CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU THAT THERE WERE, THAT THERE ARE RESIDENTS OF PHASE ONE THAT WE'RE CALLING IT, THAT, THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THINGS.

BUT I COUNTED THREE TIMES THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU'LL DO IT THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL WARM AND FUZZY THAT YOU'RE GONNA, THAT'S EITHER THAT YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IT ON THE CHEAP OR THAT THERE'S NOT AN, THAT THERE'S NOT INTENT.

AND THEN YOU HAD SAID ON THE SECOND TIME YOU CAME UP THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT DOING IMPROVEMENTS ONCE PHASE TWO IS COMPLETED.

AND IN MY MIND, I GUESS THAT THAT'S, THAT, THAT, THAT IT'S GENERATING SUFFICIENT REVENUE, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT, AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING REGARDING THE, THE, THE PROJECT ITSELF, BUT AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE DON'T WANT, UM, THINGS THAT MAYBE EVEN GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF DISREPAIR.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT I'M NOT FEELING WARM AND FUZZY WHEN YOU SAY YOU ARE GONNA DO THE BEST YOU CAN.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE COMING IN WITH A REAL ESTATE PROJECT, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE AND THE EXPERTISE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE MEMBERS OF PHASE ONE COMING UP HERE SAYING IT'S, IT'S NOT BEING DONE.

SO I, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL TAKE A STEP BACK.

I DON'T MEAN TO COMBINE BOTH THE PROJECTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OKAY.

PHASE

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UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE POOL AREA AND SO ON.

UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK ONE OF MY, WE WILL DO ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE THE FUNDS REQUIRED.

UH, WE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, MEET ALL STANDARDS FOR WAXAHATCHEE.

UH, BUT HONESTLY THERE'S NEVER BEEN A CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE SO FAR.

UH, AND, AND THE OTHER POINT THAT I WANTED TO RATE WAS THAT WE, WE ARE 98 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPIED COMPARATIVELY WHEN OTHER PROPERTIES ARE, YOU KNOW, LOW ON OCCUPANCY RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS THAT WE, WE, WE ARE OPERATING TO THE STANDARDS AND I, I DON'T MEAN TO, YOU KNOW, DISREGARD ANYBODY IN TERMS OF, UH, ANY COMMENTS, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY ADDRESS.