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ALRIGHT, JUST GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[1. Call to Order]
ON.FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING, UH, ONLINE, I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, MY NAME IS, UH, BILLY WALLACE.
I'M THE MAYOR FOR WAXAHATCHEE AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT WAXAHATCHEE.
WHETHER YOU HAVE A, AN AGENDA ITEM ON HERE OR NOT, UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, UH, HERE AND TAKING AN INTEREST IN OUR WONDERFUL CITY.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE INVOCATION.
UH, MS. HATHAWAY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND.
HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT, WE INVITE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO WORK WITHIN US TO CARRY OUT THIS EVENING'S BUSINESS AGENDA FOR THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE.
GOD, LET US HAVE THE HEARTS OF A HUMBLE SERVANT HONORING YOU AS WE HELP OUR NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN NEED.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES WE FACE.
YET WITH YOU, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
LET US PUT OUR FAITH AND OUR TRUST IN YOU FOR YOU.
GOD, MAKE ALL THINGS WORK FOR GOOD.
OPEN OUR HEARTS AND FILL THEM WITH YOUR GRACE AND MERCY.
EMPOWER OUR TOWN'S LEADERSHIP TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL.
BLESS OUR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WATSAHACHEE, A TOWN WE ALL CALL HOME.
BLESS THE RESIDENTS OF WATSAHACHEE AND GIVE EACH OF THEM THE HEART AND MINDSET TO LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AND FINALLY, GOD, MAY ALL THAT WE DO TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THIS NEW YEAR, BRING HONOR AND GLORY TO YOU.
WE OFFER UP THIS PRAYER IN THE NAME OF YOUR PRECIOUS SON, JESUS CHRIST.
IF YOU WOULD JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
[4. Public Comments]
NEXT IS, UH, 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 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE CITY SECRETARY.
HELLO, I'M DARLENE MILLER AND I AM AT TWO 40 PARK SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? MM-HMM
UH, NUMBER ONE 14 WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS.
AND AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I AM THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE NEWLY FORMED NONPROFIT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, THE PET COALITION OF ELLIS COUNTY.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH COUNTY AND CITY LEADERS TOWARDS SOLUTIONS FOR THE ABANDONED AND UNWANTED PETS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
OUR MISSION AND GOAL IS TO REDUCE SHELTER OVERCROWDING AND THE ABANDONMENT OF PETS THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND AFFORDABLE PREVENTATIVE CARE.
BY UNITING A COMPASSIONATE NETWORK OF LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HOPE TO UPLIFT THE LIVES OF ANIMALS AND ENSURE ALL PETS GET THE CHANCE TO FIND AND STAY IN A LOVING HOME.
WE ARE SPLIT INTO FIVE DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER TEAMS, COALITION CREWS.
TODAY I WANT TO MENTION THE TEAM.
I CO-LEAD WITH ELLIS COUNTY RESIDENT SHEILA HOOD.
WE LEAD THE ADVOCACY AWARENESS TEAM.
IT IS OUR DREAM AS WELL AS OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, THE COUNTY AND CITY LEADERS SUCH AS WAXAHATCHEE, NSM MIDLOTHIAN COME TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF COLLABORATING, COLLABORATING ON A ANIMAL SHELTER THAT SERVES ALL OF OUR CITIZENS' NEEDS.
WITH COLLABORATION IN THE VISION OF SMALLER CITIES AND ELLIS COUNTY PARTICIPATING, THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS THAT CAN BE HAD, NOT ONLY TO THE CITIZENS.
THROUGH COMBINED EFFORTS THROUGH, UH, THERE WILL BE COST SAVINGS AND AVOIDANCE FOR OUR ENTIRE COUNTY AND CITIES.
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MANY OTHER BENEFITS TO BE GAINED BY THOSE WHO COLLABORATE.WE ARE HERE TO HELP AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ENTHUSIASM.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.
WE URGE THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY TO JOIN THIS VITAL COLLABORATION, LENDING YOUR SUPPORT TO THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF ALL INVOLVED AS WE RESEARCH, PLAN, AND BRING TO LIFE AN ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WILL SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH EXCELLENCE AND COMPASSION.
YOUR PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKING THIS VISION A REALITY.
ANYONE ELSE? HI, MY NAME IS CAROLYN TAYLOR.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 0 5 DUNKERLEY ROAD.
AND AS TEXAS, PLEASE DON'T DUMP ANY DOGS AT MY HOUSE.
UM, ALTHOUGH I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF WAXAHATCHEE, I AM A A RESIDENT OF ELLIS COUNTY.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FLYING BEE ANIMAL RESCUE AND SANCTUARY.
I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE NEED FOR A SHELTER, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT EVEN GET TO THE SHELTER.
AND THAT IS THROUGH SPAY AND NEUTER.
IF WE DO NOT START PREVENTING THE ANIMALS, IT IS JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO COMPOUND.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY, OH, IT'S IN ENNIS.
YES, WE HAVE OUR FAIR SHARE OF PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, I STARTED THE SNIPPET IN THE BUD PROJECT IN MY FIRST EVENT WAS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
UM, FROM THERE TO THE END OF THE YEAR, I, UH, SUBSIDIZED SPAY AND NEUTER $25 FOR DOGS, $10 FOR CATS.
I ATE THE REST THROUGH FUNDRAISING.
BUT WE DID 117 ANIMALS IN THREE SHORT MONTHS.
40 OF THOSE ANIMALS WERE FROM WAXAHATCHEE, WHICH REPRESENTED 34%.
25% OF THOSE RESIDENTS WERE ON FINANCIAL AID, AND 35% OF THEM HAD INCOMES LESS THAN $35,000.
WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF VETERINARIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF VETERINARIANS IN ELLIS COUNTY.
PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS OR CANNOT AFFORD TO GO TO A VET AND PAY THREE OR $400 TO HAVE THEIR LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOG.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A ADULT GREAT PYRENEES, IT'S $600.
IF WE ARE GONNA CURB THE ANIMAL POPULATION AND GET THIS UNDER CONTROL, WELL, YES, WE DO NEED A SHELTER.
WE DO NEED A, A POST SOLUTION.
WE HAVE GOT TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS PROBLEM WITH SPAY AND NEUTER AND IT'S, IT'S VERY INEXPENSIVE GUYS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT CATS AND DOGS SPLIT UP.
WE, THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT WILL SERVE ELLIS COUNTY.
I JUST NEED, I NEED PROMOTION, I NEED HELP, AND I NEED MONEY.
SO IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE GRANT WRITERS THAT, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW.
UM, THERE ARE JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE ARE NOT TAPPING INTO AND IT CAN'T FALL ON THE SHOULDERS OF ONE PERSON.
WE NEED Y'ALL'S SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS THING MOVE FORWARD.
ANYONE ELSE? I, UH, MY NAME IS VANESSA DEN AND I LIVE AT 3 0 1 SANKA AND I WILL ADD ON TO THIS PROBLEM, UH, MY CONCERNS.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO TRAP NEUTER IN RETURN IN WAXAHATCHEE.
UM, IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING THE NEWS THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE SPCA ELLIS COUNTY LEAVING.
UH, IT'S VERY CONCERNING DUE TO THE LACK OF ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT HELPS ELLIS COUNTY CITIZENS WITH UNWANTED, DUMPED AND LOST ANIMALS BAILING OUT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GO INTO THAT MORE, BUT OF COURSE I ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
SO I'M GONNA GO INTO TALKING ABOUT WHY WE NEED TNR HERE IN LOXAHATCHEE.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF OVERPOPULATED KITTENS AND CATS, UH, FROM 45 TO PAST 35 FROM ALL THE WAY TO LANCASTER, ALL THE WAY PAST, UM, FOREST IN, UH, ITALY.
I'VE WENT TO ALL THESE AREAS AND IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME, JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING KITTENS AND CATS THAT TRY TO HELP OUT ONE CAT.
AND IT TURNS INTO 20, UH, THAT IN FACT TURNS INTO A PROBLEM WITH SPAY, UH, SPRAYING URINE ALL AROUND THE BUSINESSES DUE TO UNALTERED CATS CAUSING ISSUES FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, CAUSING NEIGHBORS TO BE UPSET WITH THE PEOPLE THAT FEED THE CATS.
UM, DECEASED CATS UNDER BUILDINGS DUE TO DISEASE AND INJURIES.
AND THIS CAN A LOT STOP WITH SPAY AND NEUTER.
YOU KNOW, MY PASSION ABOUT THIS.
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I'M NOT GONNA KEEP, YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP KNOCKING UNTIL THE DOOR IS OPEN.I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES.
I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA KEEP COMING HERE.
AND I THOUGHT, I'M GONNA KEEP KNOCKING UNTIL THE DOOR OPENS AND THAT, AND THAT DOOR WILL, SOMEBODY WILL EVENTUALLY, I FEEL WILL LISTEN IF I KEEP KNOCKING.
NOT THAT I'M SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT LISTENING, BUT THIS IS JUST A HUGE PROBLEM.
UM, THE ISSUES THAT COME WITH THIS CAUSE FROM FRUSTRATION, CONCERN, HEARTBREAK FOR THE CITIZENS HERE IN ELLIS COUNTY.
UH, THEY HAVE NO, WE, THEY ALWAYS ARE TELLING ME THEY HAVE NO ANSWERS TO FIX THE GROWING PROBLEM.
UH, THERE CAN BE A BEGINNING TO THIS SOLUTION THOUGH IN ELLIS COUNTY WITH HELP, UH, STARTING WITH A HOTLINE, UH, A WEBSITE TO HELP THE CITIZENS TO COME TO, UH, WAXAHATCHEE SAATCHI'S WEBSITE, POSSIBLY ON, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL WEBSITE SAYING WHERE WE CAN GET LOW COST SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AT, UH, RENT TRAPS.
UH, EDUCATE THE CITIZENS THAT WHEN THEY TAKE ON FEEDING THESE CATS THAT THEY CAN TURN INTO, YOU KNOW, 20 CATS OR MORE IN A YEAR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PROBLEM.
UH, AND I THINK THAT EDUCATION WOULD REALLY BE, UH, A STARTING POINT.
MYSELF, I GET COUNTLESS CALLS FOR HELP.
UH, THE LIST OF CITIZENS NEEDING HELP WITH TNR IS USUALLY ABOUT SIX COLONIES OUT.
UH, SO THAT'S ALWAYS A LIST THAT'S ALWAYS FACING ME.
I FIND INJURED CATS THAT COST MONEY THAT, UH, SOMETIMES RESCUES WILL HELP.
UH, BUT USUALLY IT'S OUTTA MY OWN POCKET.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M, HELLO, I GUESS I'M STILL GOING.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY UPSETTING AS WELL FOR ME TO HAVE TO GO INTO MY OWN POCKET.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CHOSE TO DO, BUT I DO NEED HELP.
I DO HOPE THAT, UH, PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE EDUCATED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM.
AND THAT, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE SAME THING HAS ALWAYS TOLD ME, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
NO ONE IS WILLING TO HELP THEM.
THERE IS A SOLUTION THAT A FEW OF US THAT HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE HERE, UH, LIKE MYSELF AND OTHERS, HAVE MADE A CHANGE IN THIS GROWING PROBLEM.
IT'S JUST SLOW AS MOLASSES, UH, TO HELP WITH UNWANTED AND ABANDONED AND LOST ANIMALS.
BUT I'M HOPING THAT LEADERSHIP AS I COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN, WOULD PULL TOGETHER AND GET SOME KIND OF STARTING POINT TO COMMIT TO HELP IN THIS PROBLEM.
ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NO OTHERS? UH, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
INTRODUCE THE HONORARY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM CHRIS WRIGHT.
[5. Consent Agenda]
AGENDA.ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER ITEM FIVE.
AND THERE'S, UH, JUST THREE ITEMS TONIGHT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
UH, THERE WILL NOT BE SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR OR 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.
COUNSEL, YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND OR MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY.
ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.
[6. Introduce Honorary Council Member]
WE'RE GONNA GET TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL DAVE MCSPADDEN.INTRODUCE HONORARY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TIMM CHRIS WRIGHT.
IT'S MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THE CHOICE FOR THIS MONTH'S HONORARY COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. DAVE MCSPADDEN.
DAVE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS AND ATTENDED SAN ANGELO COLLEGE, WHICH IS NOW ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY.
HE JOINED THE ROTARY CLUB OF WAXAHATCHEE IN NOVEMBER OF 1984 WITH A CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
HE SERVED AS ROTARY CLUB DISTRICT DISTRICT 8 58 10 IN ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IN MANY OFFICES.
HE WAS HONORED TO SERVE THE ROTARY CLUBS OF DISTRICT 58 10 AS DISTRICT GOVERNOR IN 2009 AND 10.
DAVE AND HIS WIFE MARILYN, ENJOYED THEIR WIFE, ENJOYED THEIR TWO, HAPPY TO GET MARRIED, GRANDCHILDREN, AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.
HE BELIEVES THAT ROTARY INTERNATIONAL AND HIS CHURCH ARE THE TWO BEST OUTLETS FOR HIS PURPOSE ON THIS EARTH, WHICH IS TO SERVE GOD BY SERVING MANKIND.
2008, DAVE AND MARILYN WENT ON A ROTARY MISSION TRIP TO MALAWI IN ZAMBIA, AFRICA BETWEEN A NEW WATER WELL IN ZAMBIA AND A CLOSED PIPE WATER AND SANITATION PROJECT IN MALAWI.
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30,000 PEOPLE IN THESE TWO COUNTRIES COMBINED HAVE SAFE DRINKING WATER THEY NEVER HAD BEFORE.THIS EXPERIENCE EMBEDDED A DEEP APPRECIATION AND EMPATHY FOR THE POOR MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY IN AFRICA IS THE TODAY.
DAVE IS THE CEO OF RTC MISSIONS ORG, WHICH SUPPORTS A MISSION MEDICAL MEDICAL CENTER IN WESTERN KENYA.
DAVE IS PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE HIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WORK IN KENYA SO THAT YOU MIGHT CHOOSE TO HELP.
AND I'M GONNA GO OFF OF WHAT HE GOT HERE FOR JUST A SECOND ON THAT.
'CAUSE I'M IN THE ROTARY CLUB WITH HIM AND A GENTLEMAN JUST HAPPENED TO SHOW UP AT OUR ROTARY MEETING FROM KENYA.
HE'D COME TO THE UNITED STATES TO TRY TO GET HELP BECAUSE THIS LITTLE VILLAGE THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IN WESTERN KENYA WAS 60 MILES FROM THE CLOSEST MEDICAL CENTER AND PREGNANT WOMEN WERE HAVING TO GET ON THE BACK OF MOTORCYCLES AND RIDE SIDE SADDLE 60 MILES TO SEE A DOCTOR OR GET ANY KINDA HELP.
AND DAVE WENT TO KENYA AND STARTED JUST TO GET THEM AN AMBULANCE AND WENT THROUGH OUR ROTARY CLUB AND WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
AND WE ENDED UP BUYING A, A AMBULANCE FOR THIS, THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY.
WELL THEN WHILE HE WAS OVER THERE, HE TOOK SOMEONE, THEY MADE ME TROLL FROM WAXAHATCHEE WITH HER, WITH HIM.
AND SHE GOT THERE AND THEY HAD NO WAY TO DO SONOGRAMS OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THE PEOPLE.
WELL, SHE GOT THERE AND SHE WAS WITH HIM AND THEY GOT ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND WHILE THEY WERE THERE RAISING ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY A SONOGRAM MACHINE FOR THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY, NOW THEY'RE BUILDING A HOSPITAL IN THE SAME TOWN.
HE DIDN'T PUT IN HERE THAT WENT TO THAT.
AND THIS IS JUST STUFF HE'S DONE INTERNATIONALLY.
NOT TO MENTION ANY OF THE STUFF, MIRACLE LEAGUE THINGS HERE IN WAXAHATCHEE THAT HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN.
ONE OF HIS DRIVING INSPIRA INSPIRATIONS IS A QUOTE BY ANN FRANK WHO WROTE HOW WONDERFUL IT IS THAT NOBODY NEEDS WAIT A SINGLE MOMENT BEFORE STARTING TO IMPROVE THE WORLD.
DAVE'S A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND HE'S ON THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP TEAM.
HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MISSION TRIP TEAM.
BIBLE STUDY TEACHER SERVES IN THE CHOIR.
HE'S LEAVING NEXT MONDAY FOR A TRIP, A MISSION TRIP TO NORTHERN TRIBAL TERRITORY IN KENYA.
AND HE WAS HONORED, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW IT IN THE PAPER ON DECEMBER 22ND, I BELIEVE IT IS, TO BE THE VERY FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE ELLIS COUNTY EXEMPLARY SERVICE AWARD.
SO IT'S MY HONOR TO TO HAVE DAVE MCSPADDEN BE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE MONTH.
ARE Y'ALL GONNA JOIN ME IN A PICTURE? SURE.
THANK YOU DAVE, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
[7. Public Hearing on a request by Mark Lee for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for an Accessory Structure exceeding seven hundred (700) square feet use within a Planned Development - Single Family-1(PD-SF-1) zoning district located at 181 Aiden Drive (Property ID 300473) – Owner: Mark Lee & Rebekah. J (ZDC-215-2024)]
NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY MARK LEE FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE EXCEEDING 700 SQUARE FEET USE WITHIN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT, LOCATED AT 180 1 AIDEN DRIVE.UH, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 180 1 AIDEN DRIVE.
WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT EXCEEDS 700 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONING WARRANTS.
ANY REGULATIONS WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SF ONE DOES REQUIRE ANY EXCESSIVE STRUCTURE EXCEEDING THIS LIMIT TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING A STRUCTURE TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
A 1,740 SQUARE FOOT, UH, GARAGE SLASH SHOP.
UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, MARK LEE IS
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PROPOSING THAT THIS, UH, GARAGE SHOP, THE PROPOSED DESIGN AND ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.UM, I WILL STATE IN THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION THAT WAS HELD ON, UH, JANUARY 14TH, 2025, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FIVE ZERO OF ITS PROPOSED PLAN.
UH, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP DURING THAT MEETING, UM, ON THE FLOOR PLAN.
UM, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT NOW IN CASE IT DOES COME UP AGAIN.
UM, THE POWDER ROOM IS IN YOUR TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS, UH, FLOOR PLAN.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS HIS WIFE IS MAKING 'EM.
UM, SHE WILL NOT LET HIM BACK IN THE HOUSE UNTIL HE CLEANS UP AFTER WORKING ON HIS, UH, VEHICLES AND VARIOUS ITEMS. SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE POWDER ROOM.
UM, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES WITH THAT PROPOSED USE OF A POWDER ROOM AS PART OF THIS, UM, GARAGE.
UM, IT'S GREAT ADVICE AND, UH, THE SURROUND, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
UM, GENERALLY IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHEN YOU ARE HAVING ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, YOU DON'T WANT TO EXCEED, UM, ANY MORE THAN JUST ONE.
UH, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THIS SITE.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST.
SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[8. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-215-2024]
ITEM EIGHT IS CONSIDERED PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 2 15 20 24.COUNSEL, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 2 1 5 20 24 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE EXCEEDING 700 SQUARE FEET USE WITHIN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SINGLE FAMILY ONE ZONING DISTRICT.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[9. Public Hearing on a request by Susan Jordan, for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a ShortTerm Rental use within a Planned Development – General Retail (PD-GR) zoning district located at 512 North College Street (Property ID 170716) – Owner(s): Legends Real Estate Holdings, LLC (ZDC-207-2024) ]
NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY SUSAN JORDAN FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL USE WITHIN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT.LOCATED AT FIVE 12 NORTH COLLEGE STREET.
OWNER LEGENDS REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS, ZDC 2 0 7 20 24 STAFF.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT FIVE OH NORTH COLLEGE STREET.
UH, THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT GENERAL RETAIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY WAXAHATCHEE, UH, ZONING WARRANT.
IT DOES STATE ANY SHORT TERM RENTAL DOES REQUIRE AN SUP.
UM, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, DID SUBMIT THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, UM, ONCE AGAIN ON THE JANUARY 14TH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, A QUESTION WAS ASKED REGARDING THE HOMESTEAD.
UM, SINCE THAT MEETING, THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED.
THERE IS NO HOMESTEAD ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, SO THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED WITH ELLIS COUNTY WITH THIS, UH, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THE APPLICANT, UH, SUSAN JORDAN, DOES MEET ALL THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
WE DID MOUNT NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN 500 FEET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WAXAHATCHEE, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.
AND IN ADDITION, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, SECTION TWO 11, UH, OF ALL NOTICES THAT WERE MAILED OUT, UH, THREE LETTERS CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION AND A TOTAL OF SIX LETTERS CAME BACK IN SUPPORT.
A TOTAL OF 66 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE PROPERTY HAS A MIXTURE OF USES IN, UH, SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE AS SOON AS I APOLOGIZE.
UM, HOPEFULLY THIS COMES BACK UP.
I'LL KEEP ON TALKING WHILE THIS GOES ON.
UH, THE PROPOSED SEP, THIS DOES, UH, HAVE SEVEN BEDROOMS IN IT.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 4,761 SQUARE FEET.
THEY DO MEET THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS DICTATED IN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL.
UH, THE EMERGENCY CONTACT IS GONNA BE LOCATED FOUR POINT MILES, 4.5 MILES, UH, FROM THE SUBJECT'S
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PROPERTY.UM, ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ONE THING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE AT THIS, UH, AT THAT TIME WAS THE HOUSE RULES.
THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THAT TO CITY STAFF.
AND I HAVE A COPY FOR COUNCIL IF YOU WANNA REVIEW THOSE HOUSE RULES AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, FIVE ZERO, UH, WITH THE CONDITIONS MET, UH, SHOWN FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
ARE THE OWNERS HERE TONIGHT? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[10. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-207-2024]
PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 2 0 7 20 24.COUNSEL, ANY DISCUSSION? I I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MR. I WAS AT PLANNING AND ZONING SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN THIS WENT THROUGH, AND I JUST, SINCE WE'VE ADDRESSED IT BEFORE AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISCUSS REAL SHORTLY OUT HERE.
'CAUSE SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SHORT RETURN RENTALS IN THE AREA.
AND MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THIS AREA IS ZONED RETAIL.
IT'S NOT ZONED, IT'S NOT ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DENSITY, THE NUMBER OF, OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN THIS AREA BECAUSE GENERAL RETAIL JUSTLY, THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE HAVING TO COME ASK US IS BECAUSE WE'VE MADE THE RULE THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
BUT SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT PLANNING AND ZONING, I WANTED TO ADDRESS IT HERE.
JUST, I GUESS TO GET YOU GUYS OPINION ON WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT.
'CAUSE WE HAD DISCUSSED AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS GOING FORWARD IN RE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT WHEN WE'RE IN RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL AREAS, WHAT OUR FEELINGS ARE ON IT.
I, I, LIKE I SAID, I'M GOOD WITH IT PERSONALLY.
YEAH, SEAN? UM, I WOULD LIKE SOME CONSISTENCY THERE BECAUSE, UM, WHILE THERE IS RETAIL IN THAT AREA, UM, THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL, UH, UM, PROPERTIES INCLUDING HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, NOT ONLY ON THAT STREET, BUT ADJOINING STREET.
SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PURELY IN AN AREA WHERE IT'S ALL RETAIL, UM, SEPARATE FROM WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY THERE RATHER THAN US TRYING TO, TO KIND OF, UH, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WRAP THIS AROUND THAT AREA.
IF IT'S NOT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AS IT IS.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
AND WHY ON ITS OWN MERITS? THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS THAT, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T, UH, DISAGREE WITH COUNCILMAN SUITOR.
UM, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ZONED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS ZONED, THEY COULD ACTUALLY PUT A, A GENERAL RETAIL BUSINESS BY, RIGHT? UM, AND YES, THEY DO, THEY DO NEED TO STILL GET THE SUP, UH, FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
BUT, UM, THERE WOULD BE JUST AS MUCH OR MORE TRAFFIC, UH, IF IT WAS A BARBERSHOP OR A, A NAIL SALON OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE TRAFFIC.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT, YES, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND THE STREET HAS GONE RETAIL FOR THE MOST PART, BUT WE'VE DISCUSSED PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS PREVIOUSLY AND IT'S WITHIN THE 500 FEET OF ARVIN.
UM, AND THEN AS COUNCILMAN SUITER DID POINT OUT EVERY OTHER HOME ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS STREET IS RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT THAT, THAT I DON'T, THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, AND THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THIS PROPERTY, BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE LARGER LOTS, WE'RE NOT IDENTIFYING, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT NOTIFYING AS MANY HOMEOWNERS.
SO THE 500 FEET IS GREAT, BUT, BUT WHEN THE LOTS ARE THAT LARGE, WE'RE NOT REALLY TELLING ANYBODY.
UM, WHILE I KNEW THAT, THAT THIS WAS COMING, I'M 16 FEET OUTSIDE OF THE 500 FOOT MARK.
UH, SO OUR WHOLE SIDE OF THE STREET'S OUT.
UH, BUT THAT'S JUST THAT, THAT'S A NOT FOR Y'ALL.
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THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN THE LOTS ARE LARGE, WE'RE NOT TELLING A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS THAT THIS COULD BE COMING.CAN, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MAYOR MAY SAY SOMETHING BEFORE.
UM, MR. JORDAN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING ON THE, UH, UH, GETTING WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND TAKING THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT Y'ALL HAVE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY THIS PAST YEAR.
IT'S THE LAST THING YOU THINK ABOUT AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP AT P AND Z, UH, BECAUSE I SAID IT WOULD COME UP AT COUNCIL.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR, FOR JUMPING ON THAT AND GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
IF SOMEBODY COULD GO TO THE, THE PODIUM.
UH, JENNIFER HINTON, 2176 LOL.
UM, SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOL.
UM, AND THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS RAISED OVER OVER TRAFFICKING AND THOSE THINGS.
UM, WHAT APP DO Y'ALL PLAN TO PRIMARILY USE TO BOOK THROUGH? I'M THINKING, UH, VRBO.
UM, IS THAT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, UM, BACKGROUND CHECK? ANY AND ALL OF THE APPLICANTS? THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
UH, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY, BUT WE NEED TO SINCE THERE IS A SCHOOL THERE.
I, I KNOW THAT AIRBNB PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE.
UM, BUT IS THAT IN YOUR PLAN? IS TO ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU DO HAVE THE CAMERAS ON THE FRONT AND BACK DOOR, CORRECT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I COULD THINK OF THAT WOULD, I'M SURE Y'ALL SEEN THE LONG LAUNDRY LIST OF RULES THAT YES, MA'AM.
GO WITH OWNING AND OPERATING A SHORT TERM RENTAL? YES MA'AM.
AND WE AS COUNSEL, JUST LIKE TO, TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THEM, YOU READ THEM, YOU UNDERSTAND THEM, AND THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, IN AGREEMENT TO, TO FOLLOW THOSE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC DASH 2 0 7 DASH 2024.
A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND OR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.
[11. Public Hearing on a request by Brad Yates, for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a ShortTerm Rental use within a Single-Family-3 (SF-3) zoning district located at 708 South Rogers Street (Property ID 172368) – Owner(s): Graily Holdings, LLC (ZDC-218-2024)]
IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY BRAD YATES FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE WITHIN A SINGLE FAMILY THREE ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED AT 7 0 8 SOUTH ROGERS STREET OWNERS, GRAYLEY HOLDINGS, L-L-C-Z-D-C 2 18 20 24.UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7 0 8 SOUTH ROGERS STREET.
UH, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS UH, CASE THAT WE JUST HEARD, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF GU STATUTE ZONING ORANGES, ALL SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
UH, THAT IS WHY THIS APPLICATION BEFORE ALL OF YOU TODAY, UM, AS PART OF THE JANUARY 14TH, 2025, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY DID VOTE FIVE ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE, OF THIS CASE.
UH, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, WITH THIS PROJECT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS LOCATED SINGLE FAMILY THREE DISTRICT, UH, THE PROPOSED USE.
UH, THEY DO MEET ALL THE, THEY ARE WILLING TO MEET ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE DICTATED AND, UH, NOTATED IN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, STAFF DID MOUNT 68 NOTICES, UH, WITHIN, WITH PROPERTIES LOCATED 500 FEET AS REQUIRED IN SECTION 3.27 OF THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE AND CODE AND TEXT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER TWO 11.
UH, WITH THAT, WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION AND SIX LETTERS OF SUPPORT, UH, THAT WERE LOCATED WITHIN THAT 200 FEET OR LOCATED WITHIN THE 500 FEET.
AND ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION, THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WERE WITHIN THE 200 FEET BUFFER.
UM, THE CONDITIONS, UH, LISTED ON THIS ARE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, OTHER SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UH, IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPERTY IS, UH, SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH A MIXTURE OF USES, UH, SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS CASE THAT WE JUST HEARD.
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BEDROOM ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.THIS SITE DOES MEET ALL PARKING REGULATIONS AS SET FORTH IN THE ORDINANCE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE EMERGENCY CONTACT WILL BE LOCATED ONE POINT, UH, 1.5 MILES FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, UH, THIS PROPERTY IS NOT LISTED AS A HOMESTEAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH ECAT.
UH, HERE'S THE PROPOSED, UH, LAYOUT OF THE FLOOR PLAN.
HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
THEIR PROPOSED USE WILL NOT CHANGE THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES OF THIS HOME, OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THIS, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS IN THIS AREA AND WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGN AND FLOW OF THIS AREA.
I, ONCE AGAIN, PLAIN ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FIVE ZERO AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE COMMENT.
P AND Z MADE A ONE THAT WHEN THEY APPROVED IT, PART OF THEIR CONDITION WAS THERE WAS THREE OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF HAVING EIGHT OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
WE ACCOMMODATE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GUESTS OF EIGHT PEOPLE.
SO AT LEAST I WOULD LIKE TO GO UP AT LEAST ONE SPACE.
SO IF THEY COME IN COUPLES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM THERE.
UH, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW, I THINK CURRENTLY PER THE ORIGINAL, UH, APPROVAL FROM PNZ WAS JUST A MAXIMUM OF THREE CARS.
SO HOW MANY, MANY BEDROOMS DOES IT HAVE? I'M SORRY? HOW MANY BEDROOMS DOES IT HAVE? THERE'S THREE BEDROOMS. THAT'S WHY THEY TOLD YOU THREE.
'CAUSE THE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR ONE CAR PER BEDROOM.
THAT'S NOT THAT WE COULDN'T MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT'S YEP.
SO THERE'S A HOUSE AND THE, AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AS WELL.
SO ANYWAY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DOES IT CURRENTLY HAVE? EIGHT.
SO 87 FEET LONG AND 21 FEET WIDE FLAT WORK IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
WELL, IF IT'S PAVED ALREADY, DON'T TEAR IT UP.
WELL, WELL, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE, THE ORDINANCE TALKS ABOUT ONE SPACE PER PER BEDROOM IS THE MINIMUM.
CORRECT? I DON'T, I DIDN'T READ THAT AS TO BE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
NO, IT'S, IT'S A MINIMUM SPACES.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO A, A DEAL WHERE IT SAYS THAT THIS IS ALL WE APPROVED.
THE IDEA IS TO GET PEOPLE NOT PARKING ON ROGERS, AS WE WELL KNOW.
THAT'S A VERY BUSY THOROUGHFARE.
WELL, AND OUR IDEA WAS JUST TO KEEP 'EM OFF OF THE STREET.
WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE PARKING IN THE STREETS ANYWHERE.
I I BELIEVE THE ORDINANCE SAYS A MINIMUM OF ONE PER BEDROOM, BUT A MAXIMUM OF FIVE.
RIGHT? OR SIX ISN'T, ISN'T THERE A MAXIMUM? 'CAUSE WE CAPPED IT SO THEY COULDN'T HAVE A LARGER HOUSE.
HOW MANY DO YOU PLAN TO RENT IT OUT TO AT A TIME? WE, WE HAVE A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT GUESTS PER NIGHT.
IN EVENT THEY BRING THEIR CHILDREN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU SAID THERE'S AN RESTRUCTURE AND IT HAS BEDROOM IN IT TOO? YES, SIR.
SO YEAH, IN REALITY SOMEONE COULD SLEEP IN THE YEAH.
BUT A TOTAL OF EIGHT ON PROPERTY PERIOD.
BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE THREE BEDROOMS. CORRECT.
THE TWO BEDROOM HOME PLUS A STRUCTURE, BUT A BEDROOM.
I MEAN, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO AN AIRBNB OR ANY, OR THOSE, I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE TWO SETS OF BUNK BEDS IN A ROOM OR A MURPHY BED OR WHATEVER.
I CAN, I CAN FORESEE MORE THAN THREE CARS COMING.
THIS IS, UH, CERTAINLY HELPED SERVING THE GRAYLEY, WHICH IS DIRECTLY BEHIND IT.
GOING BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION WE HAD PREVIOUSLY WITH MS. JORDAN, ARE ALL THREE OF THESE YEARS IN THE SATURATION MAP? YES SIR.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL THREE YEARS.
THEY'RE, I KNOW YOU'RE STILL BUILDING ONE AND ALL THAT.
STILL ONE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS NEAR FINISHING.
I'M HOPING TO GET THIS ONE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
WE'RE AS A COUNCIL, GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS IN THE NEXT MONTH AND I'M SURE ON ONE OF THESE, IF IT'S NOT ON THERE, I'LL ASK THAT WE ADD IT ON THERE WHERE WE DISCUSS THE SATURATION.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME SO YOU CAN GIVE YOUR, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU OWN THE GRAYLEY
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AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA WANT A LOT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS AROUND THERE BECAUSE YOU'VE BROUGHT IT UP MANY TIMES.THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOTELS TO, I'D BE HAPPY TO COME TO DO IT BECAUSE WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA PUT SOME KINDA LIMIT AND YOU MIGHT WANNA START TRYING TO SPACE 'EM OUT.
'CAUSE THOSE LOOK, THEY'RE GETTING REAL CLOSE TOGETHER.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THAT MEETING SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR INPUT.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR INPUT AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHICH MEETING IT'S GONNA BE IN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. YATES? ALRIGHT, UH, WITH THAT, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
[12. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-218-2024]
CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 2 18 20 24.MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 20 18 2 18.
2024 SPECIF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL USE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.
[13. Public Hearing on a request by Iyke Enemo, for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a ShortTerm Rental use within a Single-Family-3 (SF-3) zoning district located at 807 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Property ID 171251) – Owner(s): Iycan Investments, LLC (ZDC-220-2024)]
IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY IKE IN AN EMO FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT WRONG.
FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL USE WITHIN A SINGLE FAMILY THREE ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED AT 8 0 7 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
BOULEVARD OWNER IS EKEN INVESTMENTS, L-L-C-Z-D-C 2 20 20 24.
I'M GONNA KEEP THIS ONE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE AND THERE'S REASONS BEHIND THAT.
UM, THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT THIS LOCATION.
UM, AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, UM, WE DO REQUIRE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AND, UM, CERTAIN PLANS TO BE SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION OR DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, DURING THIS PROCESS, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE APPLICANT MANY TIMES AND WE DID RECEIVE, WE ARE STILL WAITING ON SOME ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION, UH, FOR THIS, UM, WITH THIS LACK OF INFORMATION.
UH, WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ON JANUARY 14TH, THEY DID RECOMMEND TO DENY THIS PROPOSED REQUEST FIVE ZERO.
UM, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST? COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS, SIR? 8 0 7 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AND, UM, I'M SORRY FOR BEING ABSENT FOR THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
I TRAVELED OUT OF THE COUNTRY SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER.
I JUST CAME BACK THREE DAYS AGO FOR FAMILY EMERGENCY.
I LOST A SISTER, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
AND I RESPONDED TO THE EMAIL I GOT THIS MORNING THAT I'LL BE HERE.
UH, MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE 8 0 5, 8 0 7 THE SEATS SIDE BY SIDE.
IT'S NEVER MY INTENTION TO GET INTO A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
IT'S BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING IT LAYING IDLE SINCE JANUARY, 2023, I DECIDED TO USE IT FOR THAT.
UH, OUTSIDE THIS TWO, I HAVE ORDER FIVE ABUSE, SIDE BY SIDE.
I WAS A HATCH DEER, UH, 1 0 7 FAIRVIEW 1 0 5, FAIRVIEW 1 0 3, FAIRVIEW 1 0 1 99 FAIRVIEW.
SO, UM, I WOULD SAY I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE A LITTLE IMPACT IN THIS CITY AS A BUILDER, AN INVESTOR TOO.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU ASKED TO CONSIDER ME AGAIN FOR THIS ONE, I'LL GO AND GET WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE I RUN IT JUST FOR, FOR A SHORT WHILE.
IF I SELL IT, I'LL BE DONE WITH IT.
THEN I MOVE ON TO DO OTHER INVESTMENTS.
DID YOU SAY YOU, YOU HAVE OTHER SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? NO.
IT'S PREVIOUS ONES ARE BUILT, BUT I SOLD ALL OF THEM.
DURING PLANNING AND ZONING, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING THIS AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL WITHOUT A PERMIT AND NOT PAYING SHORT TERM OR HOTEL MOTEL TAXES EITHER, WHICH BOTH ARE AGAINST OUR ORDINANCE AND AGAINST OUR, OUR CITY LAWS.
SO WHY WOULD WE APPROVE LETTING YOU HAVE ONE NOW WHEN YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS PROPERLY BEFORE? I, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME OF
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DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN THE CITY CALLED MY ATTENTION, I APPLIED AND I HAVEN'T PAID $500.YOU STILL OPERATING AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL NOW? YEAH, IT IS.
'CAUSE YOU THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED OPERATING IT.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE PERMISSION.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED AND YOU'RE NOT PAYING THE HOTEL MOTEL TAXES.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GO WITH IT.
I, I DIDN'T, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I, I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH.
SO WHEN I CONTACTED THE CITY, I WENT AHEAD WITH THE APPLICATION AND I PAID 500.
AND I SAID, OKAY, FOR NOW I'M OKAY.
WELL, I HATE TO, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT IGNORANCE OF THE LAW AND THE RULES IS NOT AN EXCUSE NOT TO FOLLOW IT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED OPERATING IT ONCE.
YOU WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE YOU HAD TO PASS AND YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU CONTINUE TO RUN IT EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING IT.
THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING.
WHEN THE CITY NOTIFIED ME, I WENT AHEAD WITH THE PROCESS.
I APPLIED AND IT, IT TOOK ME TO, UH, TO STAGE WHERE I, UH, I WAS ASKED TO PAY THE FEE FOR THE APPLICATION, WHICH I DID.
BUT YOU JUST TOLD ME YOU'RE STILL OPERATING IT AND YOU CAN'T OPERATE IT UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED AND UNTIL YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE PAID A THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU PAID THE FEES TO APPLY, YOU STILL GOTTA GET APPROVED.
YOU CAN'T JUST, I'M, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW IT, BUT IT'S STILL IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PROCESS.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD SOMEONE RENT SPACE THERE? UM, I SAID YESTERDAY SOMEBODY WAS, THERE IT IS.
PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT, YOU KNOW.
SO, SO DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE IN VIOLATION EVERY TIME YOU RENT THAT UNTIL YOU ARE APPROVED THROUGH THE PROCESS? UM, WELL, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS MUCH.
LIKE I SAID, MY ORIGINAL PURPOSE IS TO BUILD AND SELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.
I'VE NEVER DONE ANY RENTAL BEFORE, IS DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DONE TRAINING ECONOMY.
THIS ONE STATES IN JANUARY, 2023.
SO INSTEAD OF LAYING IDLE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
I DIDN'T START TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL, UH, UH, SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND I'VE BEEN PAYING BANKS AND ALL THAT.
SO I SAY, INSTEAD OF WASTING ALL THIS TIME, CAN I JUST TRY A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING BEFORE I'LL BE ABLE TO SELL IT? THAT'S THE REASON.
WELL, MY SUGGESTION IS IF YOU WANT US TO, IN MY OPINION, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE, BUT IF YOU WANT US TO PASS THIS, NUMBER ONE, YOU NEED TO STOP OPERATING IN IT UNTIL IT'S APPROVED.
BUT NUMBER TWO, YOU NEED TO BACK, GO BACK TO WHEN YOU STARTED RENTING IT AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
AND EVERY, EVERY PERSON THAT'S BEEN THERE PAY THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN STAYING THERE DURING THAT TIME AND GET CURRENT WITH THE CITY TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BEING A SHORT TERM RENTAL AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
IT'S THE FACT THAT YOU'RE, AND WE'RE NOT PICKING ON YOU ANYBODY THAT OPERATED THIS.
WE'VE BEEN GIVING 'EM A HARD TIME AND TELLING THEM NO AND TELLING THEM THAT THEY GOTTA GET RIGHT AND DO IT THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE WE WILL LET THEM COME THROUGH.
WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.
THEY'VE ALREADY TURNED YOU DOWN FIVE TO ZERO AT PLANNING AND ZONING.
IT TAKE A SUPER MAJORITY TO OVERRIDE THAT TONIGHT.
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A SUPER MAJORITY 'CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR IT.
SO YOU NEED TO SUPER MAJORITY'S FOR, EXCUSE ME.
BUT YOU MIGHT GET THE SUPER MAJORITY.
THEN WE NEED TO START THE PROCESS OVER, GET CURRENT ON THE HOTEL MOTEL TAXES AND GET THROUGH THE PROCESS WITHOUT OPERATING IT AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL DURING THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IN OTHER WORDS, STOP OPERATING IT UN UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH THE PROCESS.
OKAY? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IT WILL NEVER PASS.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA BRING OTHER PROBLEMS UPON YOURSELF.
WHEN, WHEN DID YOU SAY THAT YOU LISTED THE PROPERTY FOR SALE? SINCE JANUARY, 2023.
AND WHEN DID YOU, WHEN DID YOU TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET? UM, I THINK AROUND AUGUST.
AND THEN YOU SAID YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR HOME ADDRESS IS WHERE? YOUR ADDRESS, WHERE I LIVE, I LIVE IN ARLINGTON SIX 16 IN A DRIVE.
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EARLIER AND YOU GAVE THIS ADDRESS.OH, UM, IT SHOWS THIS HOME WAS LISTED IN FEBRUARY FOR 3 49, UH, FEBRUARY 11TH AND EXPIRED AUGUST 12TH.
BUT YOU STARTED USING IT AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL IN SEPTEMBER.
I'M GONNA, I MEAN, IT'S, COUNCILMAN WRIGHT SAID IT, IT BEST IGNORANCE OF THE LAW DOES NOT, DOES NOT SAVE YOU FROM HAVING TO FOLLOW SAID THE LAW.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND CONSISTENT WHEN REVIEWING THESE.
UM, AS, AS A BUSINESSMAN, IT KIND OF CONCERNS ME THAT YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS OR HOW THIS WORKS.
UM, AND THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GO INTO BUSINESS, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
THE SHORT TERM RENTAL IS A BUSINESS.
SO TO PUT IT VERY PLAINLY, YOU'RE OPERATING A RESTAURANT WITHOUT HAVING A LICENSE.
IT'S THE EXACT SAME THING HAVING SOMEONE THERE YESTERDAY.
AND SO STILL NOT HAVING THE DOCUMENTS IN.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE EMPHASIZE IN THE APPLICATION IS HAVING A LOCAL CONTACT IN CASE THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARISE.
AND YOU HAVEN'T SUBMITTED ONE YET.
I HAVE, UM, I HAVE A, A, A, A FEMALE THAT RUNS IT FOR ME IN LINE WITH AIRBNB.
I I DON'T EVEN, I'M JUST A CO-HOST MOST OF THE TIME I DO OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, SO, SO IF THERE WERE AN ISSUE WITH THIS HOME, HOW QUICKLY COULD SOMEBODY BE THERE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE? I HAVE A LADY THAT SHE CONTACT ME EVEN ON PHONE AND, UM, I, I GET SOMEBODY DOWN THERE, WHICH I DO MOST OF THE TIME, EVEN WHILE I WAS OUT, OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE LITTLE ISSUE WITH THE BED.
SHE CONTACTED ME VIA TEXT AND I SENT SOMEBODY STRAIGHT AWAY.
I HAVE A STANDBY OR A PERSON THAT TAKES CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE.
I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST IF THAT'S GONNA BE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO OPERATE YOUR BUSINESS, THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO HIRING A PROPERTY MANAGER.
'CAUSE THAT DOESN'T SOUND ACCEPTABLE TO ANY PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'VE PUT FORTH.
I HAVE ONE THAT MANAGES IT FOR ME IN LINE WITH AIRBNB.
THERE'S COMMUNICATION EVERY SECOND AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN THERE, THEY HAVE EVERY DETAIL ABOUT THE PERSON.
SO THIS, THE RECORDS ARE THERE.
WHERE DOES THAT PERSON LIVE? HE LIVES IN ARLINGTON.
SO HAVE YOU READ OUR ORDINANCE? SORRY? HAVE YOU READ THE ORDINANCE AT ALL? NOT, NOT QUITE.
HAVE JUST, UH, BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE STATES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE WITHIN 20 MINUTES OR 20 MILES TO BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
AND ARLINGTON'S NOT WITHIN THAT, THAT TIMEFRAME OR THE DISTANCE APART FROM THAT, I HAVE, UH, ONE GYMS AT LEAST NEXT DOOR.
IT YEAH, BUT WHAT YOU GIVE US WHEN YOU APPLY, YOU HAVE TO GIVE US THE NAME OF THAT PERSON.
WE, THE CITY'S NOT GONNA GO CHASING DOWN EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TO FIND WHOEVER IT IS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
THE ONLY REASON WE'RE SAYING THIS, AND WE'RE GIVING YOU A HARD TIME, IS WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT AGAIN.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO CONTACT SOMEBODY AND SAY, GO TAKE CARE OF IT SO YOUR NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE TO.
WELL, AND AS MR. WRIGHT JUST SAID, IT'S NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GO TRY TO FIND EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY.
HOW WOULD THEY KNOW TO CONTACT WHOMEVER IT IS THAT YOU'VE DESIGNATED? THEY WOULDN'T.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, AND FRANKLY, I FIND IT A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS BECAUSE YOU FILED THE SUP APPLICATION ON NOVEMBER 27TH, 2024.
AND IN THAT, IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAFF, THAT GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO START TAKING STEPS AND YOU CONSCIOUSLY CONTINUED TO RENT THIS THING OUT.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, A CONTACT PERSON.
THE CITY EVEN TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, TO UPDATE YOUR SUP AND COULDN'T GET YOU IN.
I KNOW THAT YOU, AND IT WAS TERRIBLE IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR WHATEVER, BUT, UM, BETWEEN PHONE, HAVING A PHONE, HAVING EMAIL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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WHY WE GOTTA HAVE PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE RULES TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THERE'S A CONTACT PERSON THERE THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW IT.UM, BUT YOU KNEW AS OF NOVEMBER 27TH THAT THERE WAS MORE THINGS TO DO AND YOU CONSCIOUSLY KEPT LEASING THAT OUT UP TO, WHAT WAS IT YESTERDAY? MM-HMM
UM, HE ALSO STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY, HE RECEIVED A TEXT FROM AIRBNB AND THEN GOT HIS GUY TO GO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE BED.
SO COMMUNICATION WAS POSSIBLE WHEN IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH.
ALRIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
YEAH, YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT, SIR.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[14. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-220-2024]
CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 2 20 20 24.MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO DENY WITH PREJUDICE.
ZDC DASH TWO 20 DASH 2 24, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL USE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
COULD I ASK, UH, TERRY, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE PREJUDICE MEANS? SO THE APPLICANT WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PREJUDICE PART MEANS.
IT MEANS, IT MEANS THAT IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR A SUBMITTED NEW APPLICATION FOR SIX MONTHS FROM TODAY'S DATE.
SO ANY APPLICATION WILL BE AFTER.
[15. Public Hearing on a request by Mark Singleton, CNB of Texas, for a Zoning Change from a Commercial (C) zoning district to Planned Development-Mixed-Use Residential (PDMUR) zoning district, for the Highland’s at Bates Drive development, located at directly south of 2001 Bates Drive, (Property ID 191635 & 194998) - Owner: Citizens National Bank of Texas and First Citizens Bancshares Inc (ZDC-171-2024) ]
IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY MARK SINGLETON, CNB OF TEXAS FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE HIGHLANDS AT BATES DRIVE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH OF 2001 BATES DRIVE.OWNER CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS AND FIRST CITIZENS BAND SHARES INCORPORATED.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2001 BATES DRIVE, LOCATED SOUTH 2 87.
UH, WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TODAY IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, DIRECT TO THE SOUTH IS A SINGLE PLAN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
MAJORITY OF THE HOMES ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UH, TO DIRECTLY TO THE, UH, EAST OF THE PROPERTY IS AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING, UM, GAS STATION SLASH RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THROUGH SERVICES.
UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, THE EXISTING ZONING, UH, SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL, UM, WITH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, UH, ALLOWING FOR A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT USES IN THIS AREA.
UM, THIS IS THE PROPOSED USE AND REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
ALSO, THE, UH, FEATURE LAND USE PLAN, UH, THE NORTH PORTION OF THE, UH, FEATURE LAND USE.
UH, THE, THE SOUTH SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE, UH, FEATURE OWNERS PLAN DOES ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.
UH, THAT IS WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT, UH, DUE THE TWO DIFFERENT LAND USE, UH, MODULES THAT THIS PROPERTY DOES FALL WITHIN.
UH, THIS, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMPRISED OF FOUR MIXED USE BUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY FIVE STORIES TALL.
THEY ARE REQUESTING 340 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.
UH, THE APPROXIMATE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IS 29.15, UH, ACRES.
UH, THIS WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.
IT WILL CONSIST WITH, IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A FIVE STORY HOTEL, WHICH WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 110 ROOMS, A DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT, UM, WHICH DOES PROVIDE FOR A STACK OF 12 VEHICLES THAT WAS DESIGNED AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, THE DRIVE THROUGH OF THAT, UH, RESTAURANT WILL BE LOCATED TOWARDS THE INTERIOR OF THE SITE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY ON THE SITE, THEY WILL HAVE A POST CAR, UH, DRIVE THROUGH CAR WASH, UM, WHICH ALLOWS FOR 23 SELF, UH, SERVICE, VACUUM AND DETAIL BAYS.
UM, THE RESTAURANT, I, I FORGOT TO MENTION, THEY DO NOT HAVE A END USER YET FOR THAT RESTAURANT.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT TO BE AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, THE PROPOSED USE AND PROPOSED LAYOUT OF THIS, UH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, THEY DO MEET OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE ATTACHED GARAGE PARKING REQUIREMENT IS NOT MET.
UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CODE AND REGULATIONS, THOUGH IT REQUIRES ALL, UM, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DEVELOPMENTS TO HAVE 50% PARKING, UH, BE ATTACHED GARAGE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY THIS WAS NOT DONE AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
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UM, I WILL SAY THAT THIS PROCESS, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.THIS IS, UH, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
UM, THE, DURING THIS PROCESS, AS THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE DESIGN OF THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT THEY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT OF WHERE THE BUILDINGS WERE GONNA BE LAID OUT AND HOW CAN THEY MAKE THIS MORE OF A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OF HOW THEY WANT IT TO BE LAID OUT AND DESIGNED.
UM, HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THE PARKING IS HIDDEN BEHIND THE PROPOSED STRUCTURES, AND THIS IS DONE PURPOSELY TO INDUCE AND, UH, UH, ENCOURAGE MORE WALKABILITY.
THE AMENITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDE A VARIETY OF AMENITIES.
UH, A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY, YOU'LL SEE IT LIMITED TO A CLUBHOUSE.
THEY DO HAVE A CLUBHOUSE, BUT THEY'RE INCLUDING PICKLEBALL COURTS AND INCLUDING SWIMMING POOL.
UM, THERE'S OTHER DIFFERENT RECREATIONS.
THERE'S PATHS ALONG THIS TO REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT WALKABILITY THROUGHOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS PART OF THOSE MULTIFAMILY, UH, STRUCTURES.
UH, ANOTHER REASON FOR THOSE, FOR ASKING FOR A, A DEVIATION FROM THE ATTACHED GARAGE, UM, REQUIREMENT IS THAT A LOT OF THE FIRST FLOOR IS GONNA BE A MIXTURE OF RETAIL OFFICE USES.
UH, IT IT'S GONNA BE A TRUE VERTICAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WHEN YOU START TAKING THAT BY RE BY USING THIS, UH, BY REQUIRING THE ATTACHED PARKING, THERE'S VARIOUS, UH, GARAGE PARKING.
THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS THAT DO HAPPEN WITH THIS.
IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARD.
IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT THEY HAVE PUT INTO THESE BUILDINGS.
UM, EACH ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED, UM, WHERE THEY'RE LAID OUT TO BE, UH, TO HAVE BETTER FLOW, MORE ARCHITECTURAL, UH, MORE ARCHITECTURAL, UM, ARTICULATION, UH, TOWARDS THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.
IF YOU ADD THE GARAGE, UH, THE GRUDGES, IT CREATES A, IT ALMOST FORMS A WALL AROUND AND TAKES AWAY FROM THEIR ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO DECREASES PEDESTRIAN WALKABILITY.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS.
UH, THEY AREN'T, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A DEVIATION FROM THAT REQUIREMENT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THAT, UM, WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, WHAT THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING AS PART OF THAT DEVIATION IS WHEN YOU HAVE A MIXTURE OF USES IN ONE BUILDING, SUCH AS THE, THE FIRST FLOOR HAVING, YOU KNOW, OFFICE RETAIL, UH, USES AND THEN RESIDENTIAL ON TOP.
THESE ARE USES THAT THESE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE CAN ACTUALLY OCCUPY.
UH, THEY CAN LIVE AND WORK IN THE SAME PLACE.
AND THIS IS WHAT SOMETHING THAT OUR, UH, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES ENCOURAGE THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS FROM OCCURRING.
UH, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE.
UH, THEY HAVE INCLUDED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON THIS SITE TO SOFTEN, UH, TO SOFTEN THE SITE.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THEY'VE MADE SURE TO, UM, INCLUDE LANDSCAPING THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THIS AREA, AND THAT IS CONSISTENT TO WAXAHATCHEE.
HERE'S PROPOSED ELEVATION PLAN, A ONE VIEW OF THE MULTIFAMILY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PARKING IS INTERIOR OF THE BUILDINGS, AND ON THE EXTERIOR, HIDING A MAJORITY OF THE PARKING ADDITION ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
THEY'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL, UM, SPACE ON THIS, ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
THE, THE, THE WALKING AREAS TO ALLOW FOR OUTDOOR SEATING, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THE PE FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CONGREGATE, SET AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE VARIOUS USES THAT WE LOCATED IN THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, HERE'S ANOTHER ELEVATION, UH, SHOWN THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL SAND, UH, ARCHITECTURAL, UH, DESIGNS SHOWN THE BOTH THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION DETERMINE BUILDING MATERIALS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO USE ON THE SITE.
ALL BUILDINGS WILL BE CONSISTENT IN THEIR DESIGN, WILL BE CONSISTENT IN BUILDING MATERIALS.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THESE, THESE SHOW THE VARIOUS ELEVATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.
HERE'S A GREAT, UH, RENDITION OF WHAT THE FIRST FLOOR WILL LOOK, HOW IT BREAKS UP.
THE FIRST FLOOR BEING A VARIETY.
UM, USES WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON THE FIRST FLOOR IS THEY'VE USED A LOT MORE GLASS ON THE FIRST FLOOR TO KEEP IT MORE OPEN.
AS PEOPLE ARE USING THE FIRST FLOOR FOR OFFICE RETAIL, THEY REALLY CHANGED THE DYNAMIC AND MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE.
UM, GOING THROUGH, UM, ONCE AGAIN ALL BUILDINGS, MONUMENT, SIGN, ALL SIGNAGE, CLUBHOUSE, THEY'RE GONNA BE SIMILAR IN DESIGN AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN LAID OUT THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
THE PROPOSED MONUMENT SIGNS, SIGNAGE WILL ALL BE CONSISTENT.
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UM, SO THERE'S CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE DEV, THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND EVEN WHEN THE RESTAURANT COMES IN, THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET THE SIGN REQUIREMENTS AND THE SIGNED PLAN.I WAS PROPOSED BY THE DEVELOPER, UM, WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLAINS ZONING COMMISSION ON THE JANUARY 14TH, UH, MEETING.
UH, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
FIVE ZERO NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AS REQUIRED PER TEXT.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, ZERO CAME BACK.
UH, ONE CAME BACK IN FAVOR, ZERO CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
'CAUSE MY HUNCH IS, IS THAT THE ONLY, MY HUNCH IS THAT THE ONLY PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS NOTIFIED WAS THE BANK.
I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THE HOMEOWNERS THERE AND NONE OF THEM RECEIVED ANYTHING.
IS THAT ACCURATE? IS IT ACCURATE THAT THE HOMEOWNERS DIDN'T RECEIVE NOTICE? MM-HMM
I'M JUST, FROM MY MEMORY, FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, THOSE PROPERTIES THERE TO THE SOUTH DID RECEIVE NOTICE, UH, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THE, THE CONVENIENCE STORE THERE ON THE CORNER.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED, BUT A LOT OF THAT IS STILL OWNED BY THE, THE DEVELOPER OR BUILDER, UH, FOR THOSE RESIDENCES THERE.
ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? UH, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[16. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-171-2024]
PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 1 71 20 24.OH, I'VE, I'VE GOT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME.
UH, MARK CAN, MARK SINGLETON 1 25 WILLOWCREST WALKS OUT YOU TEXAS.
UM, 'CAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT PARKING.
WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OF PUTTING ANY OF THE FULL DISCLOSURE? AND I'VE, AND I'VE TOLD YOU THIS PRIOR, I'M NOT A FAN OF THE, THE BUSINESSES ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO MAKE A APARTMENT COMPLEX, A DESTINATION TO GO TO, RIGHT.
WAS WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION AT ALL TO PUT ANY OF THAT PARKING ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND BELOW, LIKE THEY DO IN A BUNCH OF 'EM IN FORT WORTH? NO.
LET ME, TRAVIS, EXCUSE ME, LET ME BACK UP FOR JUST A SECOND.
SO THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? SO IF WE'D HAVE GONE STRAIGHT ZONING, WE WOULD'VE A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE GARAGES.
THE BEST PROJECT TO KIND OF PUT THIS IN MIND IS THE NORTH GROVE, RIGHT? SO THE PLACE OF NORTH GROVE, WHICH I'VE COMPLETED, IT'S THAT SAME CONCEPT.
WE HAVE COMMERCIAL ON 25% OF THE FIRST FLOOR.
UH, THAT WAS REALLY THE FIRST ENDEAVOR OF WAXAHATCHEE.
MOVING INTO A QUOTE, MIXED USE.
AND IT MIGHT PUT SOME COLOR ON THIS.
SO THE, THE CORE PIECE HERE, GIVEN THE COMMERCIAL NATURE OF THIS LOCATION, WE'VE KEPT THE FIRST FLOORS ON THOSE THREE KEY BUILDINGS.
'CAUSE WE DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A HUGE USE CASE THAT COMES BACK.
UM, AND IF I GO BACK TO THE PLACE AT NORTH GROVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT 250 PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE BUILDINGS.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT ANOTHER 750 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSES AROUND THOSE.
THERE'S A PERFECT USE CASE FOR THE CLEANERS, FOR THE COFFEE SHOP, FOR THE, THE OTHER 40 OR 50 USE.
NOW, LORD WILLING, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE GUYS IN THERE YET.
BUT WE REALLY JUST NOW HAVE COME ONLINE.
WE'RE IN OUR, REALLY, OUR SECOND MONTH OF LEASING.
BUT NO, MOST OF THAT USE IS GOOD COMMERCIAL SPACE.
UH, WE DID ENTERTAIN SOME PIECES, WHETHER IT SHOULD, THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR ACTUALLY SHOULD BE COMMERCIAL OFFICE TYPE SPACE.
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SECOND AND THIRD AND FOURTH BEING RESIDENTIAL.I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY READY FOR THAT HERE.
UH, AND THE COST PIECES, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, FROM THE PARKING PERSPECTIVE, WE DID COVERED PARKING, WHICH WE'VE KIND OF DONE IN THE OTHER.
SO KIND OF A MIX BETWEEN THAT.
THERE'S 110 OR SO SPOTS THAT HAVE A COVERED PARKING OPTION.
BUT REALLY THE, THE, THE USE CASE REALLY AND WHAT'S HELD THIS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY I, I THINK I'VE BEEN INVOLVED, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER AT LEAST THE LAST THREE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR THE CITY.
MAYBE THE LAST FOUR, I'M COMING ON 36 YEARS OR SO NOW.
BUT IN THAT, WE WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE APARTMENTS NOT LOW INCOMEY KIND OF PLACES TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS HOW DO WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN AN AREA A LITTLE BIT MORE, RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE ANY SPACE.
ALL THIS SPACE COULD HAVE A GROCERY STORE, RIGHT? AND THERE ARE OTHER SPACES WHERE THEY'RE 5,000 FEET.
THAT'S NOT A CONDUCIVE, UH, MAYBE A SEVEN 11 OR SOMETHING.
BUT HERE WHERE THERE'S A 10,000 FOOT SPOT OR A 15,000 FOOT SPOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'LL SEE YET.
SO THERE IS A BIT OF A, YOU KINDA HAVE TO TRUST THE FREE ENTERPRISE SIDE OF THE WORLD TO SAY THAT WE THINK THIS WILL WORK.
BUT NO, THERE WEREN'T ANY OF THOSE SPOTS THAT WERE REALLY CONSIDERED FOR, FOR PARKING.
WE DID LOOK AT ONE MEDICAL OPTION A COUPLE, THREE YEARS AGO WHERE WE BUILT A 50,000 FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING ON THAT, AND THEN DID PARKING, BASICALLY A STRUCTURED GARAGE WITH LIVING ON TOP BEHIND IT.
BUT THE METRICS DON'T WORK HERE.
THEY WORK IN A LOT OF THE DALLAS AREA WHERE YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE.
AND WE JUST CAN'T GET THOSE RENT RATES.
HERE IS WHAT'S KEPT US FROM IT.
THAT WAS MY, MY CONCERN WITH THE PARKING ISN'T THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF IT.
IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S, THE RAINWATER HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT'S ON A HILL.
SO I I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMES ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF IT AND JUST THE RUNOFF THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE HEARD, THANKFULLY THERE ISN'T A SCHOOL PLANNED FOR THAT, THAT SPACE.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE COMPLAINTS ALONG BY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BY THE SPORTS COMPLEX OF THE APARTMENTS CAN SEE IN LIKE THE, YEAH, SEE, LIKE IN THE PLAYGROUND, UM, ARE THOSE GONNA BE SITTING LOW ENOUGH TO WHERE, BECAUSE IT DOES SLOPE THERE, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE FULL VIEW INTO EVERY BACKYARD? AND THEY DO.
SO IF YOU CAN BRING THAT SITE PLAN UP, AND I'M SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
SO WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
ONE, TAKING A LOT OF TIME DOING IT, BUT ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY AS A CITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU ALL NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THAT ITERATION OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND GET YOUR HEAD AROUND WHY IT MAKES SENSE, WHY IT DOESN'T, AS I DID AS PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE.
THERE MIGHT BE A, THAT ONE RIGHT ABOVE IT.
SO WHAT WE DID, THE RESIDENTIAL IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
SO WE'VE BASICALLY FACED THE END OF THE BUILDINGS AND THEN REMOVED THE WINDOWS FROM THOSE BUILDINGS.
SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING OVER THEIR NEIGHBORS IN THEIR SWIMMING POOL, RIGHT? UH, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TAKE A, WE'VE PARKING THE DRIVEWAYS HAVE SHIFTED IT AND PARKING HAS SHIFTED IT.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT REALLY EASY FOR SOMEBODY.
I GUESS YOU COULD SIT UP ON THE FIFTH FLOOR DOING A PEE AND TOM THING, OR SOME WEIRD THING.
BUT THERE'S NO BALCONIES ON THOSE SIDES.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE REMOVED LIGHTING ON THOSE ENDS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT EXCESSIVE SAFETY LIGHTING GOING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
REALLY, THE TEAM, TOM AND TOM HELPED ME ON THE FIRST PROJECT.
OUR ARCHITECT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD A PRO, A PROJECT THAT ONE WALKS HATCH'S NEVER SEEN BEFORE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO LAND PLAN.
I DON'T WANNA DO A CAR WASH, BUT I THINK VIRON, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD SPOT FOR THEM TO PUT ONE OF THEIR CAR WASHES.
THERE'S CERTAINLY A SPOT FOR RESIDENTIAL.
SO IN REALLY KEEPING WITH WHAT WE DID WHEN WE AS A CITY TOOK NORTH GROVE ON RIGHT, THAT ENTIRE, THAT ENTIRE ROAD WITH FIVE LOCAL DEVELOPERS, WE BASICALLY SAID, LET'S GO GET THE FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT AND LAND PLAN.
I'M TRYING TO TAKE THAT SAME CONCEPT HERE AND LOOK AT THE 15 AND PLOP IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF, YEAH, WE'VE GOT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'VE GOT THIS, I DON'T KNOW, LOOKS LIKE A DAMN LOGISTICS HUB THAT WE'VE PUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S GONNA BE INFORMATICA OR IT'S SUPPOSEDLY GONNA BE A BUSINESS.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THAT 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OR WHATEVER IT IS SITTING THERE IN 300 LOADING DOCK BAYS.
BUT NET NET, THIS IS A HIGH SPOT IN TOWN.
WE, OH, SPEAKING TO WATER, NO WATER SHEDS OFF THIS SITE.
BASICALLY, IT'S ALL HELD IN THE DETENTION THAT'S THERE ON THE LOWER LEFT CORNER.
AND THEN A UNIQUE THING WE DID TO BREAK THE PARKING LOTS UP IS BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, AND I'M GONNA WALK TO IT BECAUSE I'M, I'M POINTING, BUT THIS, THIS DETENTION AREA, THESE GUYS
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HAVE GOT SOME FAN FANCY LAND PLAN RETURN FOR THAT.BUT THIS IS BASICALLY A GROUND SWELL LANDSCAPING, ALL THAT.
WHENEVER WE FLOOD OR WE GET OUR SIX INCHES OF RAIN, IT FILLS THAT UP TO TWO FEET AND THEN THAT BACK FILLS BACK OUT.
SO AGAIN, REMEMBER, NO SITE IN TEXAS CAN BE DEVELOPED AND PUT THEIR WATER, WATER BURDEN ON THE DOWN ON THE NEIGHBOR.
WE HAVE TO CONTROL ALL OF THAT ON THE SITE.
THAT'S BEEN EXISTENCE FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 17 YEARS, UH, FROM A PLANT PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.
SO, AGAIN, I'M PROBABLY TALKING TOO DAMN MUCH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE NET NET IS WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EVERY POSSIBLE ISSUE.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE BASICALLY PUTTING IN A DEDICATED TURN LANE.
AND ON NOVEA ROAD WE'VE GONE THROUGH TIA AND ALL THOSE PIECES.
THERE'S CLEARLY, THERE'S ALREADY A LIGHT NEEDS TO BE THERE TODAY.
IT ALREADY MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF TXDOT FOR LIGHT, MOST ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PUT THE HIGH SCHOOL TRAFFIC CYCLING ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, AND, AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXTRA, WE HAVE TWO CONNECTIONS TO THE SERVICE ROAD OF THOSE ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED, UH, TEXT, JUST, JUST TO PUT IT ON, ON, I, I GUESS THERE'S JUST THE ONE.
SO WE HAVE THE ONE ON VEA ROAD PROPER, WHICH IS ALREADY A DRIVEWAY, BUT WE, NO, WE'LL HAVE TO GO THE, FOR THE FORMAL TDOT APPROVAL.
AND THEN THE ONE THAT'S UP ON THE SERVICE ROAD, WHICH IS A NEW ONE AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL WITHIN TDOT'S NORMAL REQUIREMENTS OF WHETHER IT'S 500 FEET OR CENTIMETER OR 1200 FEET, THREE FEET OR SOMETHING.
AND AGAIN, THE THING HERE THAT'S INTERESTING, THIS IS A ZONING CASE WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT Y'ALL.
YOU'VE GOT A COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE SITE PLAN SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, AND WE REALLY NEEDED TO DO THAT ONE TO TRY TO GET ALL TO FLESH OUT ALL THE, WHETHER IT'S TRAFFIC, WHETHER IT'S WATER, WHETHER IT'S ALL THE THINGS THAT EVERYONE'S WORRIED ABOUT TO MINIMIZE THAT SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY THEN TRY TO GET IT PUT IN PLACE IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS AND START SOME SORT OF CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S ALL, ALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE APPRECIATED AND IT'S NICE THAT YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT IN DETAIL FOR, SO THAT FOLKS THAT WANT TO KNOW CAN COME BACK AND HEAR.
THEY DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BEING ABLE TO POTENTIALLY SEE INTO ALL OF LIKE THE BACKYARDS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, SO JUST HAVING THE REASSURANCE THERE.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER TWO THINGS I'M JUST GONNA ASK, AND I GUESS MAYBE EVEN PLANT A SEED.
'CAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE ALL OF THE BOTTOM FLOOR COMMERCIAL PERSONALLY, JUST 'CAUSE I WATCHED IT IN FORT WORTH SUCCEED FOR A YEAR OR TWO, AND THEN NOW IT'S ALL EMPTY.
UM, ANY CONSIDERATION FOR MAYBE FIFTH FLOOR COMMERCIAL WHEN FIRST FLIP IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE FOR LIKE A ROOFTOP? I, I'VE GOT A CALL FROM A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING, BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, WE HAVE THE BUILDING OUR TITLE COMPANY AND THE BANK SITS IN THE OTHER BUILDING ON THE FOUR STORY BUILDING, RIGHT? AND THE VIEWS THAT ARE THERE ARE UNBELIEVABLE OR HIGH.
YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT LADY TOOK ME THROUGH THE, OH, YOU'VE GOTTA GET THE F EIGHT TO PROVE, YES MA'AM, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE, BUT WE'RE STILL A LONG WAY AWAY.
BUT THE VIEWS ARE, THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD VIEWS IF THAT CAN BECOME APPEALING TO SOMEONE FROM A COMMERCIAL USE.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY IN A CASE HERE WHERE THOSE THINGS CAN FLIP AND FLOP, RIGHT? WE STILL COME BACK WITH A FULL SET OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND THAT, THAT IS ENTITLEMENT FOR DENSITY, RIGHT? WHICH WE'RE RIGHT ON THE MAX, THE MAX THAT Y'ALL APPROVED, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS 30.
WE'RE SITTING AT 29 POINT SOMETHING.
AND I THINK THAT EVEN TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE HOTEL ROOMS. UH, SO WE ARE, WE'RE ASKING I THINK A LOT FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE REALLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEEDED US TO BE.
YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S KIND OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE I'M USING.
YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE SAT UNDER AND DESCRIBED THIS, BUT WE'RE NOT LOCKED IN YET.
THERE ONE BUILDING COULD GO FULL, FULL BORE, UH, IF THEY WANTED TO, AND WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WELL LET'S TAKE THE BUILDING A, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY WE WERE PROPOSING AN MOB, THAT'S MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.
IT SAID, WELL, HERE'S THE CONSIDERATION, RIGHT? I MEAN, BUT WE GOT ANOTHER BED TOWER UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
AND A, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE OTHER BUILDING IN THE BACK IS ULTIMATELY GONNA BE.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE MEDICAL, BUT, WELL, THAT, I HAVE TO SEE THOSE GUYS.
THAT WAS GONNA BE THE FOLLOW UP WAS THAT IF YOU WANTED TO FLIP FIRST TO FIFTH ON, UM, ON A, ON THE RETAIL SIDE, IS THIS GONNA HANDCUFF YOU? NO.
WHAT'S WE'RE, AND WE'RE IN THE SPOT RIGHT NOW.
SO IF WE GO HARD, RIGHT? AND WE ALREADY START GOING CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, RIGHT? THAT'S, WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
UH, I DON'T, I DIDN'T WANT TO.
THAT IS, I DIDN'T WANT FOR US TO APPROVE THIS AND THEN SOMETHING COME UP THAT YOU COULD CHANGE LIKE THAT AND THEN YOU'D BE HANDCUFFED AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN.
I THINK THE PIECE HERE WAS TO GET SOMETHING TO YOU.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE A COUPLE, THREE YEARS AGO WITH JENNIFER AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
WE HAD SPENT A BUNCH OF TIME WITH EVERYBODY KIND OF FINDING THE
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BEST MIX OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND KIND OF TRYING TO GUESS WHERE THE NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PEOPLE WOULD TAKE US.AND THEY SAID, WELL, LET'S STOP.
WE'RE DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYBODY DOES KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S BETTER TO GET ENTITLEMENT TODAY.
IF I WAS JUST DOING ENTITLEMENT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE DRAWN ALL THIS, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ANSWERS FOR YOU AND IT KIND OF WOULD'VE GOTTEN TABLED.
SO I'M NOT GONNA START CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS TODAY IF I CAN GET THIS THROUGH AND GET Y'ALL APPROVED AND EVERYBODY KIND OF BEHIND THE CONCEPT.
I THINK WE HAD A LADY THAT WAS HERE AT THE OTHER MEETING THAT SAID, HEY, I DIDN'T GET NOTICED.
AND I SAID, MA'AM, NO, YOU'RE ON BROOKSIDE ROAD.
IT'S BEEN ON THE DANG WEBSITE.
I DIDN'T WANT, I'M NOT, I DON'T WANNA ARGUE.
BUT I MEAN THE NET NET IS JUST, AND IT'S NO, WE'RE NOT COVERING ANYTHING UP.
UH, BUT I GOT A QUESTION MARK.
COUNSEL DID RECEIVE EMAIL ABOUT, UH, KIND OF, UH, THE AESTHETICS OF, OF THIS.
HOW IS IT GONNA BE, UH, AESTHETIC WISE IN COMPARISON TO THE, UH, THE ONE YOU JUST FINISHED? IT'S ALMOST EXACT.
WE FLIPPED SOME OF THE COLORS THAT LOOK BETTER AND WE TRIED TO DO THAT.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A FULL 3D AERIAL FLY THROUGH THAT THE CITY HAS THAT LETS YOU LOOK AT OUR COLOR SCHEME AND LETS YOU GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TRYING TO BE SUPER SENSITIVE TO IT SO THAT EVERYBODY COULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU ON OUR DESIGN FOR THE NORTH GROVE IS I SAID, LOOK, HERE'S THE, IT'S ON THE FRONT OF OUR PLANS.
THIS IS WHAT OUR BUILDING'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE TRYING TO USE THAT RIGHT MIX OF RED BRICKS SO THAT WE CAN STILL ACCENT THE, THE HERITAGE THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COURTHOUSE AND ALL THOSE PIECES.
BUT I'VE GOT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS KIND OF, IT'S GOT ITS OWN LITTLE FLAVOR.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT THE OLD BUILDING THAT WAS THERE THAT WE, WE STUCCOED AND IT HAS ITS INTERESTING FLAVOR.
BUT I WOULD STILL SAY THIS IS, SHOULD LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE THE NORTH GROVE OR THE PLACE AT NORTH GROVE BECAUSE I MEAN, NORTH GROVE JUST TURNED OUT REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
IT IT DID AND IT WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME ANOTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, AESTHETIC WISE, WE JUST, WE, WE DON'T, UH, WANT TO END UP NOT THAT YOU WOULD MARK, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO END UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE THERE, FARLEY AND 2 87
YEAH, IT'S, AND AND THERE'S ENOUGH TIGHTNESS IN THE WAY THE CITY WORKS TODAY.
IT'S PAINFUL GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE LITANY OF BLESSING THAT WE NEED TO GET.
THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S, AND THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME FINE BALANCE BETWEEN NECESSITY AND RIGHT.
SO THIS POOR GUY ON THIS, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T SELL THE HOUSE AND THEN TURNED IT INTO A B AND B AND DOESN'T KNOW.
AND YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING WE WANT ANYBODY TO DO IS HAVE THOSE TROUBLES.
THE LAST THING ANY OF US WANT TO DO IS BUILD A PROJECT THAT WON'T LEASE.
YOU KNOW? SO I WILL SAY IT WAS FRUSTRATING.
I'VE GOT MINE AND WE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY ON THAT NORTH GROVE TO GET IT APPROVED.
AND THEN CITY TURNED AROUND AND APPROVED THREE THINGS THAT ARE IN TOWN THAT ARE BUILT RIGHT NOW THAT I'M GOING THAT'S TERRIBLE.
IN FACT, STAFF WOULDN'T LET ME GET ALONG.
THEY WOULDN'T LET ME GET AWAY WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT MICHAEL USED TO CALL 'EM THE COTTAGE THING OR, UH, THE CUTE LITTLE COURT.
THERE WAS A CUTE LITTLE TERM, RIGHT? WE WERE MAKING A DONUT CALLING IT AN APARTMENT AND SWIMMING POOL IN THE MIDDLE.
UH, I REALLY TRYING NOT TO THAT THAT'S NOT THE LIFESTYLE THAT REALLY WALKS THE HATCHEE COMMUNICATES AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ULTIMATELY COMMUNICATE IN THIS PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, I'LL STILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THE BANK OWNS THIS PROPERTY.
THERE'S NOT ANYTHING WE GOT A LOT OF YEARS WE DO, WE DON'T WANT ANY JUNK.
I KNOW THAT AFFECTING POORLY ON US OR OUR FAMILY OR THE FAMILIES THAT, YOU KNOW, CALL THE BANK HOME.
I ACTUALLY THINK THE COMMERCIAL PIECE AT THAT LOCATION MAY DO REALLY WELL.
I'M, I THINK THE OTHER'S GONNA WORK GOOD TOO.
AND IT MAY, BUT I, I FEEL, I AGREE.
TRAVIS IS HITTING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
THE WORLD LOOKS AT THAT AND GOES IN FORT WORTH, MAN, WHEN IT STARTED.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, MAN, YOU CAN'T SEE IN THE WINDOWS FOR THE DUST ON 'EM.
UH, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, WE'RE REALLY DOING LITTLE, I LIKE THE 25% MIX THAT WE DID THERE, AND I WOULD'VE LIKED IT MORE HERE.
BUT THIS IS REALLY A, THIS IS A GREAT COMMERCIAL SIDE.
IT'S GOT TRAFFIC, IT'S GOT A PRESENCE THAT MM-HMM
MARK, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE IS, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF HOTELS ON THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT.
ON THIS PROJECT, YOU REALIZE YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF IT, BUT YOU HAVE ONE ON HERE AND WE'VE GOT ONE THAT WE APPROVED THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THERE.
AND NO HOTEL CAN WE GET A COMMITMENT THAT IF WE DO THAT, THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING REALLY STRONG AND TO TRYING TO GET A HOTEL THERE.
I MEAN, IT WILL, IT WILL BE A NICE HOTEL THAT, AND THAT WE, I KNOW
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THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET THESE GUYS TO COMMIT, BUT TRY TO GET THAT HOTEL IN SO THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH ALL THE APARTMENTS.'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS.
THEY WANNA BUILD THEIR APARTMENTS FIRST.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GET THEIR MONEY BACK AND THEN BUILD ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES.
WE KNOW THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM GETTING A CAR WASH.
AND WE REALLY, AND WE KEPT THAT WAY, CHRIS.
SO EVERYTHING HAS COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT? SO IT FIGHTS THE ABILITY, YOU KNOW, THE PIECE.
SO LET ME JUST GIVE, LEMME DO ALL THE APARTMENTS FIRST.
WE TRIED TO KEEP BOTH THOSE COMPONENTS ALIVE IN THIS SO IT STAYS VIABLE.
I THINK THE HOTEL WILL WORK THERE.
I GROW UP AND WE JUST HAD ONE IN THE CORNER RIGHT HERE BY THE CIVIC CENTER.
AND NOW I GOT ANOTHER BEHEMOTH GOING NEXT TO IT.
BUT AGAIN, WAXAHATCHEE IS A LOT DIFFERENT PLACE 25 YEARS TODAY.
THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IS JUST ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA COST YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT SAVE US A WHOLE LOT OF GRIEF.
OKAY? WHICH WOULD BE ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE WHERE ALL THOSE HOUSES ARE GONNA GO RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
IT MAY BE A COUPLE OF SIGNS IF WE APPROVE THIS SHOWING THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE.
SO IF ANYBODY BUYS ONE OF THOSE HOUSES, IT'S RIGHT ON THAT LINE.
THEY'RE NOT CALLING US HOLLERING WIRE.
DID WE APPROVE AFTER THEY SPENT $400,000 ON A HOUSE? I HAD GOOD COMMUNICATIONS.
WE APPRECI PUT AN APARTMENT BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
'CAUSE WE HEAR THAT NOW EVERY TIME AN APARTMENT GOES UP, THIS WILL STILL BE ONE YOU'RE PROUD OF COMPARED TO WELL I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT INFORMS WHOEVER'S ON THAT OTHER SIDE SO THEY DON'T COME SCREAMING THAT YEAH.
AND THE LAST QUESTION YES SIR.
AND YOU MENTIONED IT AT PNZ AND I REALIZE THIS IS, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET YOU ENTITLED, BUT THE NEXT QUESTION WE'RE GONNA GET AFTER THIS IS SHOWN IN THE NEWSPAPER IS ALL TRAFFIC SUCKS AT THAT AT O VILLA ROAD.
I KNOW YOU HAD TO DO A TRAFFIC THING.
WHAT IS, WHAT WAS I DIDN'T CATCH IT 'CAUSE I HAD TO GO TO THE RESTROOM ABOUT A RED LIGHT THERE TO HELP IT JUST THE TRAFFIC FLOW THAT'S ALREADY THERE MEETS TEX DOT STANDARDS.
AND RIGHT NOW THE CITY'S GOT US CHASING WEEKEND LOADS.
AND I SAID, LOOK, WE WEEKEND LOADS ARE ON OUR PROBLEM GUYS.
OUR LOADS ARE BUSY FIVE DAYS A WEEK WHEN THAT HIGH SCHOOL CYCLE'S IN AND OUT, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH CHANGE CHASING COMMENTS BACK AND FORTH.
BUT TECHNICALLY WE, WHERE O VILLA ROAD IS, IT'S TIME FOR A, IT'S TIME FOR A STOPLIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH MANAGING THE TDOT RELATIONSHIP.
SO YOU GOTTA HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MANAGER IN THAT CASE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BUILT CAME, WHEN WE BUILT THE TARGET AND ALL THESE PIECES, WE NEEDED STOPLIGHTS TODAY, THOSE WENT ON.
BUT TDOT'S POLICY WAS, NO, NOT UNTIL THE CAR'S ALREADY THERE.
SO YOU WANNA WAIT FOR THE ACCIDENTS TO HAPPEN.
TXDOT HAS WARMED UP A LITTLE BIT THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA START THAT CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF, HOPEFULLY SAY, GUYS, WE NEED TO START CYCLING THAT.
AND UH, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE, KEVIN'S NOT HERE, BUT AGAIN, KEVIN'S, WE'RE STILL SPENDING LOTS OF CYCLES WITH COG.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, AND AND MY LAST COMMENT, AND IT'S REALLY TO THE CHIEF RATHER YOU, BUT SWALLOWING BAITS AT PLANNING AND ZONING.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON ABOUT SWALLOWING BAITS THAT GO AROUND THAT GAS STATION, WHICH WILL BE INTEGRAL TO YOUR THING.
THE 18 WHEELERS PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD NOW.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S GOT SIGNS SAYING NO PARKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IF WE CAN START, START THE PROCESS NOW AND TICKETING THOSE GUYS SO THAT THEY GOT, THEY GET USED TO THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T USE THOSE ROADS.
SO EVEN BACK TO EVEN PAUL, BUT MIKE, WE SAID, HEY, CITY'S GOT THE SIGNS UP THERE, GET KNOCKED DOWN.
BUT THERE'S THIS, THAT CONSTANT PIECE.
IT'S TRUCKS ARE, WELL I KNOW THAT'S NOT, THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING ON A MORE DIRECTIVE TO CHIEF, I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ANYTIME WE CALL, WE DO HAVE A SITUATION OUT THERE.
'CAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE ON THE ROAD THAT FOR SOME REASON IT'S A LITTLE HOT SPOT FOR ILLICIT ACTIVITY.
SO IF YOU GOT A CHEVROLET PICKUP WITH A NICE TAILGATE ON IT, THEY'LL STEAL THE DAMN TAILGATE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A CRAZY THING.
I WOULDN'T HAVE NECESSARILY THOUGHT IT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE TRAFFIC THING WILL SLOW THAT DOWN, BUT IT, THAT'S BEEN THAT WAY ALMOST SINCE THE DAY THAT TRON OPENED THEIR STATION ON THE CORNER.
UH, BUT NO, I THINK THEY'RE ON IT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO TRUCKS.
GOSH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING SO LONG.
I JUST WANNA UH, ADD ONE MORE THING TO IT.
UM, AS PART OF HOW THE PD LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN ON THIS, UM, THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS LOCKED DOWN.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET.
UH, SO THE DESIGN, THE LAYOUT, UH, SITE DESIGN IS ALL IN THIS CONCEPT PLAN APPROVED BY THE PD.
UM, WE WOULD NEED, SOME OF THE COMMENTS ARE ADDRESSED ABOUT FLIPPING THE FIRST FLOOR AND THE, THE THE FIFTH FLOOR FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
WE WOULD NEED THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK JUST FOR THAT SIMPLE CHANGE.
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YEAH.IF YOU WANT THAT FLEXIBILITY, MARK, I THINK, AND THIS IS, SO WE'RE, THIS IS SAUSAGE MAKING IN THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? BUT SO THE NET NET YOU'RE KIND OF GOING, IF THAT USE CAME BACK, I WOULD JUST COME BACK TO CITY STAFF AND SAY, HEY GUYS, AND WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE 45 DAY.
AND THE REIFICATION I THINK IS NORMAL.
THERE'S MINOR PLAT THINGS WE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO, BUT I THINK THOSE THINGS HAVE EVEN CHANGED HERE.
BUT IF WE WERE, IF THERE'S LANGUAGE I COULD INSERT IN THAT TODAY THAT WOULD MAKE THAT, IF THAT CASE WORKED, YES.
I'D SAY LET'S PUT IT IN THERE TO SAVE OURSELVES A LOT OF STEPS.
IF NOT, WE'LL COME BACK THE OLD WAY AND GET IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE'LL BE MORE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT COMPLAIN.
YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM'S NOT ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE FROM COMPLAINING.
AND IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO ADDRESS IT, THEN WE TRY TO ADDRESS IT.
IF THERE'S NOT, WE MOVE ON AND EVERYBODY STAYS AMICABLE.
BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'D WRITE THAT IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OTHER THAN SAYING IF THEY WANTED TO SWITCH THE YEAH.
WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE YOU HOPING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS? JUST THE GOOD, THE PROCESS GOING WHERE YOU COULD BREAK GROUND IF YOU, IF PERFECT CASE.
I, I THINK WE'RE A YEAR OUT MINIMUM ON THAT.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A BUNCH MORE CIVIL WORK TO FINISH UP AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THESE PLANS ACTUALLY BID OUT THE WAY WE WANT 'EM TO BID.
AND WE WENT FIVE STORY, WHICH WE REALLY NEEDED THAT EXTRA EVERYTHING ON, ON NORTH COAST'S FOUR STORY.
BUT I MEAN, I JUST DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT DOING THAT OUT THERE.
HERE IT HAS TO BE FIVE, UH, REALLY TO KEEP THE DENSITIES TO WORK AND CASH FLOW, BUT WELL THEN YOU'RE ON THE FREEWAY.
TERRY HAD SOMETHING, LEMME JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.
IF YOU WANT TO USE SWITCH RETAIL IN THE BOTTOM RETAIL THE TOP.
I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO INCLUDE IN THE MOTION WHICH SPECIFIC BUILDINGS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.
SO THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WHERE THEY COULD GO MIXED USE BUILDING A AND B.
ALRIGHT, TERRY, BEFORE I DO THE MOTION, HOW DOES THIS SOUND AS, UH, WITH AN UPDATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ADD LANGUAGE, ALLOWING FOR FLEXIBILITY OF FLOORING, USAGE OF BUILDINGS A AND BI, I THINK WE WOULD'VE PUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE PUT IN THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE ORDINANCE AND ONE OF THE EXHIBITS OF THE ORDINANCE.
WE'D HAVE THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.
THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE THE, WE CAN'T ZONE BY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE, WE CAN ZONE BY THROUGH THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
SO WITH AN UPDATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO ADD THE LANGUAGE.
MAD MAYOR, IF YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION, I'M GONNA GIVE THIS ONE A SHOT.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 1 7 1 20 24.
A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REQUEST FOR THE HIGHLANDS AT BATES DRIVE WITH AN UPDATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO ADD LANGUAGE FOR ALLOWING, SORRY TO ADD LANGUAGE, ALLOWING FOR FLEXIBILITY OF FLOORING USAGE OF BUILDINGS A AND B SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF A STAFF REPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND OR CI CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
IS THAT GOOD? TERRY? STILL WORK? YEAH.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[17. Consider Development Agreement for ZDC-171-2024]
CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 1 7 1 20 24.COUNSEL MAYOR MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 1 71 20 24.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[18. Public Hearing on a request by Kevin Patel, Triangle Engineering, for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a Drive-Through Establishment use within a Planned DevelopmentGeneral Retail (PD-GR) zoning district located at 2932 N US Highway 77 (Property ID 189379) - Owner: Vaquero Highway 77 Waxahachie Partners LP (ZDC-206-2024)]
HEARING ON A REQUEST BY KEVIN PATEL, TRIANGLE ENGINEERING FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE-THROUGH ESTABLISHMENT USE WITHIN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT.LOCATED AT 29 32 NORTH US HIGHWAY 77 OWNER VAQUERO, HIGHWAY 77 WAXAHATCHEE PARTNERS, LP, TRENTON.
UH, THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THROUGH, UH, SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WALK STATUTE, ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT.
UM, THE PROPOSED BUILDING THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
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USES IN THIS BUILDING ARE PERMITTED BY WRIGHT.THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD BE FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE AT THE END OF THE, AT THE END OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE FRONT ROAD, ALLOWING, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE MIXED U UH, MIXED TENANT, UH, RETAIL BUILDING.
PROPOSED ZONING, ONCE AGAIN IS SURROUNDED BY, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, COMMERCIAL OFFICE.
UM, THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL FURTHER OUT, UH, TO THE EAST, UH, BUT IT HAS NO IMPACT ON THIS RENT ON THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UH, IN MAY, 2024, UH, THE APPLICANT DID, UH, RESUBMIT A NEW, A NEW DESIGNED SEP, UH, REQUEST FOR THIS, UH, REQUEST.
UH, THEY, THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD AN SEP AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR STARBUCKS, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY BY CITY COUNCIL.
UPON FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OR FURTHER REVIEW OF THE SITE, THEY DID GO AHEAD AND SHIFT THAT.
AND THEY ARE COMING BACK TODAY WITH THIS REQUEST TO HAVE THE STARBUCKS LOCATED WITHIN A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING ON THE END OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, AS WE WENT THROUGH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, SOME THINGS THAT THEY DID DESIGN FOR IS STACKING.
THAT WAS A CONCERN THE STAFF HAD.
UM, THEY WENT THROUGH AND DESIGN STACKING TO, TO INCLUDE 11 VEHICLES IN THE DEDICATED STACKING LANE.
UM, NOW I I SAY THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL ROOM ON THE SITE PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL STACKING OUTSIDE THE DEDICATED STACKING LANE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, FROM THE POINT OF, UH, THE MEASUREMENT I BELIEVE IS FROM THE POINT OF ORDER TO THE POINT OF PICKUP, UM, ADDITIONAL STACKING CAN BE WRAPPED AROUND, UM, STRUCTURING THEM FURTHER, ALLOWING MORE THAN JUST THE 11 CARS YOU SEE THERE.
UH, ADDITION ADDITIONALLY TO THE 11 CARS STACKING LANE, UM, THERE IS AN, UH, AN EXIT LANE DESIGNED AROUND THAT FOR CARS TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE STACKING LANE IF NEEDED.
UM, ALSO LOST FOR TRAFFIC TO DRIVE AROUND THE BUILDING.
UH, TO AVOID THIS STACKING OF THE DRIVE-THRU, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, LANDSCAPE PLAN DOES MEET OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THEY ARE, UH, PUTTING LANDSCAPE WHERE WE ARE REQUIRING 'EM, UH, PER THE CODE.
UM, THEY HAVE EXCEEDED, UH, SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING TO THE NORTH.
UM, THEY DO MEET ALL OF OUR STANDARDS.
WE HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN.
UH, THE PROPOSED ELEVATION PLAN, THERE'S TWO OPTIONS THAT THEY PROPOSED AT PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL SHOW BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS TO YOU.
YOU HAVE OPTION ONE USING A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF MATERIALS, UH, RANGE FROM BRICK, UH, SECO, UM, AND, AND UTILIZING VARIOUS ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS, UH, IN THE OVERALL DESIGN.
OPTION TWO, SORRY, OPTION TWO, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, THEY'RE USING A LITTLE BIT MORE BRICK AND STONE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
UM, THE END CAP, UM, IS UTILIZING THAT MASONRY PRODUCT MORE THAN IN THE REST OF THE BUILDINGS.
UM, THEY'RE DOING THIS, THEY'RE USING THE, UH, MATERIALS ON OPTION TWO TO HELP, UH, BUILD OUT THE ARTICULATION AND MAKE THE DIFFERENT SUITES STAND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, AT PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THEM, THEY DID SELECT AS PART OF THEIR RECOMMENDATION OPTION TWO FOR APPROVAL.
UM, WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FIVE ZERO WITH OPTION TWO AS THEIR SELECTION.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FOR OR AGAINST? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
UH, TYLER MOORE, 2 6 2 7 TILLER STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
I DID WANT TO ADD, UH, WE UPDATED OUR SIGNED PACKAGE AS WELL, UH, TO MATCH OPTION TWO.
HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO PUT IT IN, UH, THIS AGENDA, BUT WE UPDATED IT TO MATCH, UM, THE CMU BLOCK THAT IS ON THE BUILDING.
THE BASE OF THE SIGN WILL MATCH AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE.
WHAT IS THE FENCE THAT'S BETWEEN THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE MOBILE HO OR THE TRAVEL TRAILER PARK IS? WHAT'S THE FENCE MADE OUT OF? SO IT'S MORE OF A DECORATIVE, A DECORATIVE FENCE.
UM, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING IN THE BACK TO KIND OF CREATE A BUFFER THERE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S SECOND PHASE OF THAT.
IT'S REALLY RIGHT UP ON THE BACK OF OUR PROPERTY.
UM, WE WOULD BE OPEN TO ADDING MORE SCREENING TO THAT IF NECESSARY JUST TO CREATE A BUFFER BETWEEN HIGHWAY 77.
AND THE, HONESTLY, THE REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS SOMEONE BROUGHT IT UP IN PLANNING AND ZONING.
YOU KNOW, OUR WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD AND WALKING PLACES.
AND SINCE THAT'S A REALLY LARGE TRAVEL TRAILER PARK BACK THERE AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A STARBUCKS THERE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE IN THE OTHER.
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ASKED WHETHER THERE COULD BE A GATE IN THAT BACK FENCE SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BACK THERE CAN JUST WALK OVER TO STARBUCKS WITHOUT HAVING TO GET IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND TO GET TO STARBUCKS.YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY, THERE'D BE A POSSIBILITY TO PUT A GATE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET FROM THE RV PARK INTO THE PROPERTY AND JUST WALK.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD DO A GATE, BUT SOMETHING LIKE A PASS THROUGH AN OPENING.
HAVE AN OPENING PEDESTRIAN POST, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN'T, AND I'M A WHEREVER THE SAFEST PLACE IS.
'CAUSE I REALIZE THE STACKINGS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT THING, BUT WHETHER IT'S AT THE END OR WHATEVER, SO THE PEOPLE COULD WALK.
ESPECIALLY WITH THERE BEING MORE THAN ONE BUSINESS THERE.
ONE THING THAT I DID NOTICE WHEN IT'S ON THE SCREEN THIS BIG AND NOT ON MY PHONE OR THE LAPTOP, THE SIDEWALK.
I THOUGHT WE WERE TAKING SIDEWALKS OFF OF 77 AND HERE WE'RE PUTTING ONE ON THERE.
DID, DIDN'T WE KINDA MAKE THAT DECISION AROUND LIKE COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK IN THAT AREA? WELL, I THINK IT WAS A, A, UH, CATCHALL POLICY OUT THERE, THE CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING TO FOLLOW OUR ORDINANCES.
WAS THERE A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF O'REILLY'S THAT JUST ON YEAH, I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF THERE WAS OR NOT.
I WOULD'VE TO GO BACK AND CHECK.
IS THERE ONE IN FRONT OF O'REILLY'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR? THERE IS.
IS IT, IS IT ON, IS IT ON THE EDGE OF THE DITCH OR IS IT, ISN'T IT BACK SOME FROM PRETTY SURE EDGE OF THE DITCH NEXT? I AM NOT A REAL BIG FAN OF HAVING THE SIDEWALK THAT CLOSE TO 77.
IF THERE'S A WAY TO MOVE IT BACK SOME IS THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
WE KEEP FLYING THROUGH THE PICTURES.
THERE IS, IS IT ALREADY THERE? YEAH, THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT AT THE TIME.
AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANTED REMOVED.
WELL, I WAS JUST THINKING IF YOU COULD FLIP THE TREES ON THE SIDEWALK, LIKE THE GREEN SPACE.
PUT THE SIDEWALK ON THE, THE PARKING LOT SIDE WITH THE TREES IN FRONT.
ANYONE ELSE WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[19. Consider proposed Ordinance approving ZDC-206-2024]
CONSIDER PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPROVING ZDC 2 0 6 20 24 COUNSEL MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ZDC 2 0 6 20 24.A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE-THROUGH ESTABLISHMENT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE STAFF REPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND OR CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY CONSIDER
[20. Consider Development Agreement for ZDC-206-2024]
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR CDC 2 0 6 20 24.COUNSEL MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR ZDC 2 0 6 20 24.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.
WE WILL BE, UH, CONVENING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY IS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, WE MAY GO AHEAD AND, UH, DO
[23. Comments by Mayor, City Council, City Attorney and City Manager ]
THE, UH, COMMENTS, UH, BY MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY, AND CITY MANAGER BEFORE WE DO THAT.AND THEN IT'LL BE UP TO YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANNA STAY UNTIL WE RETURN.
ALBERT, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, TRAVIS? UH, I THINK I'M GOOD.
TRACE MADAM MAYOR, UH, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS AT STATION FOUR, ENGINE FOUR, UH, THIS MORNING ABOUT 2:00 AM WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, UH, YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS RUN OUTTA BATTERY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, BUT IT ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT WAY.
AND SO I WAS VISITED ABOUT, UH, 10 MINUTES AFTER
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TWO.SO I JUST WANT TO TESTIFY THAT, THAT WE HAVE EXCELLENT RESPONSE TIMES AND, AND I WANNA SEND MY SINCERE APOLOGIES OUT TO, UH, LET'S SEE HERE.
UH, FIREFIGHTER, DANNY DRISCOLL, PEYTON GARNER, AND GARY WILDMAN.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S B SHIFT, IS THAT NOT? YES.
'CAUSE MY WIFE HAS, HAS, UH, TASKED ME WITH GETTING THEM SOMETHING FOR GETTING THEM UP AND HAVING TO GET OUT IN THE COLD
SO, UH, AGAIN, I, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND, AND I APOLOGIZE.
AND SEAN, DID YOU AND TR YOU OR TRENTON HAVE ANYTHING? NO, MA'AM.
MICHAEL? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE TO SHARE, UH, SOME GOOD THINGS THAT OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS, IS DOING.
SO I JUST, UH, THIS THURSDAY, UH, WE ARE HOSTING HERE AT, AT THE CIVIC CENTER, A REGIONAL, UH, CITY PROCUREMENT, I GUESS I'LL CALL IT AN OPEN HOUSE WHERE WE PARTNER WITH A NUMBER OF OUR, UM, OUR, OUR REGIONAL, UM, MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE IN THIS AREA.
AND THEY, UH, BASICALLY SOLICIT ALL THE VENDORS THAT THEY WORK WITH TO COME AND, AND, AND HEAR FROM THE CITIES AND KIND OF JUST SHOW THAT WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
SO I GUESS REALLY THE GOAL IS, UH, TO AGAIN, AGAIN, CONTINUE TO GET GOOD COMPETITIVE BIDDING, BUT ALSO HELP PROMOTE REGIONAL, LOCALLY, UM, SOURCE VENDORS.
SO GOOD, GOOD THINGS WE'RE HAVING IN OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT THAT CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO TRY TO MAKE, UM, OUR BIG PROCESS COMPETITIVE AND TO, UH, SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY.
UM, FIRST OFF, UM, OUR HONORARY COUNCIL PERSON, UM, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT'S A SERVANT LEADER, IT'S THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE AND HE PUTS HIS HEART OUT THERE AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE HE DOES IS TO HELP PEOPLE OUT AND, UH, UM, NOT JUST WALKS A HATCHIE, BUT THE WORLD'S A BETTER PLACE FOR SOMEBODY LIKE YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
UM, ALSO JUST WANT TO, UH, UH, THANK CITY STAFF AND, AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE TEMPERATURES AND THE WEATHER THAT WE'VE HAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF GUYS OUT THERE ON THE STREETS, UM, UH, ANSWERING CALLS AND, UM, THEY JUST, JUST KEEP PLUGGING AWAY.
SO THANK, THANK EVERYBODY FROM, LIKE I SAID, STREETS AND UTILITIES TO, UH, POLICE AND FIRE.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE NOT OVER THIS COLD WEATHER.
UM, THINK OF THOSE THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT ARE ELDERLY OR SICK.
UM, AND CHECK ON THEM IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
UM, JUST GO BY, KNOCK ON THE DOOR OR GIVE 'EM A CALL OR SOMETHING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING OKAY UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THESE TEMPERATURES.
MAYOR PRO TIMM WRIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, DAVE, HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SERVING AS OUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE WORLD.
AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
UH, DARLENE AND CAROLYN AND VANESSA AND JENNIFER, THANK YOU.
UH, WE'VE TOLD YOU FROM THE DAY WE'VE, ALL OF US HAVE GOTTEN ON COUNCIL, WE ALL KNOW THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE.
WE'VE ASKED YOU GUYS TO CONTINUALLY COME AND KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT.
AND WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH YOU.
WE DO HAVE THAT ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE WHOLE THING ON OUR WORKSHOP TO TALK TO.
IN THE LONG RUN, IT'LL BE UP TO THE VOTE, THE VOTERS, WHETHER THE VOTERS ARE WILLING TO COMMIT THE MONEY TO BUILD ONE OF THESE THINGS.
WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH THE OTHER CITIES AND HAVE A MULTI-CITY FACILITY WHERE WE COULD ALL SPREAD THE COSTS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING IT.
AND AS ON THAT SAME LINE, THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE I RECOGNIZE THIS COUPLE OVER HERE THAT SHOW UP AT COUNCIL MEETINGS ALL THE TIME AND SHOW UP.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING AND, AND SUPPORTING OR JUST PARTICIPATING BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THIS STUFF WITHOUT THE INPUT.
WE'VE GOT OUR OPINIONS, BUT WE WANNA KNOW WHAT YOUR OPINIONS ARE.
AND MY LAST THING IS THURSDAY AT 9:00 AM AT STAR FIRE STATION.
NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE HAVING A PUSH BACK CEREMONY FOR THE NEWEST ENGINE OR CHIEF STILL HERE.
YOU GOTTA CALL IT A TRUCK OR AN ENGINE.
THEY GOT THEIR OWN NAMES FOR THESE THINGS, BUT WE'RE HAVING A, A PUSHBACK CEREMONY AT FIRE STATION FOUR.
IF ANYBODY LIKED, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC COME AND, AND, UH, CELEBRATE WITH US.
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THANK YOU DAVE MCSPADDEN FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THAT YOU DO.IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU IN ROTARY AND SEE FIRSTHAND, UM, YOUR PASSION, UH, TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOR, FOR BETTER.
AND, UM, UH, MOST OF WHAT EVERYBODY SAID IS WHAT I WOULD SAY AND ECHO AND, UH, ELLIS COUNTY, UH, ANIMAL COALITION, THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
YOU PUT HOURS AND HOURS, UH, YOU PUT YOUR OWN MONEY OUT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE IF Y'ALL WEREN'T DOING WHAT YOU WERE DOING, UH, JUST HOW BAD IT WOULD BE.
IT'S BAD NOW, BUT HOW MUCH WORSE IT WOULD BE.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR CONTINUING TO COME.
GIVE US UPDATES AND UH, WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU AND, UH, WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WANTED TO, UH, SAY THAT FIRST OF ALL, THAT PART OF THE WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN RICE WAS WRIGHT WAS READING IS NOT COMPLETELY ACCURATE.
OF COURSE YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T TELL SOMEBODY'S LIFE STORY IN A, IN A MEETING LIKE THIS.
BUT, UH, I'VE ALSO, SINCE WE MOVED HERE, WE, MY WIFE AND I WERE, UH, CO-CHAIRS OF THE GINGERBREAD TRAIL AND FROM THAT MOMENT OF VOLUNTEERING ON, WE'VE SPENT 40 YEARS TRYING TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER AND WAS SO PRIVILEGED RECENTLY IN THE RECENT PAST.
UM, THAT IN ADDITION, NOW THAT I'M A PRESIDENT OF THE ARTS COUNCIL, I MEAN, UH, THE, UH, I'M ON THE ARTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF THE ELLIS COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION AND I, I SERVED FIVE YEARS ON THE WAXAHATCHEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU LOOK IT UP ON THE WEB CITY WEBSITE.
IT'S A, IT'S A WONDERFUL, UH, BOARD, WONDERFUL CITY VOLUNTEER BOARD.
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TAUGHT ME THAT THE, PROBABLY THE MOST UNAPPRECIATED PEOPLE IN OUR CITY ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO BE ON THE RECORD AS SAYING THAT NONE OF THESE PEOPLE, EXCEPT THIS GENTLEMAN HERE GET AND, AND THE CITY MANAGER AND ALBERT DOWN THERE GET PAID FOR BEING UP ON THIS DAY OFF.
AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST CITIZENS JUST LIKE YOU.
UH, AND NOT ONLY, IT'S NOT ONLY GREAT THAT Y'ALL ARE COMING HERE TO, TO BE AT THESE MEETINGS 'CAUSE THEY DO APPRECIATE PARTICIPATION.
I WATCH IT ONLINE, SO ON VIDEO.
SO I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT HERE EVERY TIME, BUT I PAY ATTENTION AND UH, THESE FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE UP HERE GIVE THEIR PIECE OF THEIR LIFETIME, THEY'LL NEVER GET BACK ONCE GIVEN.
ONCE THEY SPEND THIS NIGHT TONIGHT AND GO HOME AND GO TO BED, THEY'LL NEVER GET THIS TIME BACK.
AND THAT'S THE GREATEST ACT OF LOVE THAT THERE IS BECAUSE IT SAYS IN THE GOOD BOOK THAT TO GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR ANOTHER IS THE GREATEST ACT OF LOVE THERE IS.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A YEAR OR DECADE OR UH, AN HOUR OR TWO, TWICE A MONTH SITTING IN THIS, UH, IN THIS ROOM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE PRAISE ON THIS PANEL.
UH, AT ALL OF THE WORK THEY DO, THEY START ACTUALLY BEFORE THIS MEETING, THEY START THEIR OWN MEETING TO TRY TO GET LINED UP.
AND THEN THERE'S MEETINGS ON TOP OF MEETINGS AFTER THAT AND CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE THING WE ALL DON'T NEED IS ONE MORE MEETING
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT WAXAHATCHEE AND UH, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO
[21. Convene into Executive Session for deliberation regarding real property as permitted under Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code]
EXECUTIVE SESSION.[22. Reconvene and take any necessary action]
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, RECONVENE AND, UH, TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION UH, ON THE ITEMS DISCUSSED.UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR? THERE'S TWO OF THEM MOTIONS.
YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? SURE, WHOEVER.
UM, IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED MOTION FOR THE VOICE FEED LAND PURCHASE, I MOVE TO APPROVE A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE LOXAHATCHEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RESERVE FUND BALANCE TO PURCHASE TWO PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED ON SOUTH SOUTH COLLEGE STREET WITH ECAD PROPERTY IDS OF 1 7 1 1 5 0 AND 1 7 1 1 4 1 FOR A COMBINED PURCHASE PRICE OF $75,000 PLUS ANY CLOSING AND OR SURVEY COSTS AS NECESSARY.
AS WELL AS THE PURCHASE OF 1.309 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 4 41 SOUTH COLLEGE STREET WITH ECAD PROPERTY ID OF 1 7 1 1 4 3
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AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF $199,570 PLUS ANY CLOSING AND SURVEY COST IS NECESSARY.AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.
NEXT, MAD MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH EHG WALKS HATCHEE REALTY LLC OUTLINING THE TRANSFER OF TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE PROPERTY AT TWO 16 NORTH COLLEGE STREET.
PROVIDING INCENTIVES PER THE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY PER THE AGREEMENT.
AND FOR THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ALRIGHT, UM, WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S THE END OF THIS MEETING.