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[CALL TO ORDER]

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PM. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025. THE COMMISSIONERS SEATED BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT I WILL ADVISE YOU WHETHER AN ITEM WILL BE HEARD ONLY BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, OR PASSED ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL DECISION. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AND TURN IT IN TO ONE OF THE STAFF HERE BEFORE THE ITEM IS BEING CALLED. WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE FIRST. YOU MAY SPEAK ONLY ONE TIME ON EACH AGENDA ITEM, AND PLEASE SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE AND LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES. THE COMMISSIONERS REQUEST THAT WE ALL BE CONCISE ON THE ISSUES AND TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT. YOUR OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND THEY BECOME PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. ALL OF US WANT TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY. WITH THAT,

[CONSENT ITEMS]

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA WITH THE NON PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT ITEMS, SUCH AS THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, SUCH AS OUR MINUTES? SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? MOTION, PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND. CHARLES. AND SECOND. WOULD YOU? WE HAVE A MOTION BY CHARLES, AND A SECOND BY DEIDRA TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING. THE VOTING IS OFF ON THE IPAD, SO WE'LL RAISE HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL, RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR HAND. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED TO EACH ONE OF THEM. FIRST ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS ITEM 240075 IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT. WE SHOULD HAVE THIS BACK.

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on Design Exceptions to a Site Plan (Mobile Mounting Solutions), Located at 406 Interchange Street.]

ON. THE FIRST REGULAR ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE SITE PLAN 240088 SP SITE. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT THOUGH. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON DESIGN EXCEPTIONS TO A SITE PLAN. MOBILE MOUNTING SOLUTIONS LOCATED AT 406 INTERCHANGE STREET. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. STUAR, STORY PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO GOOD. THERE WE GO. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 406 INTERCHANGE STREET, IS AN EXISTING LIGHT MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE FACILITY WITHIN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A WAREHOUSE EXPANSION, WHICH INCLUDES TWO LOADING BAYS ORIENTED TOWARDS INTERCHANGE STREET AND POSITIONED BACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY ABOUT 366FT. WHEN LOADING BAYS ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND INCREASED STREET BUFFER PLANNING RATIO OF ONE TREE PER 30FT OF FRONTAGE IS REQUIRED. CURRENTLY, THE SITE CONTAINS NINE QUALITY TREES, THE ONES IN RED AS YOU CAN SEE NEAR INTERCHANGE STREET WITH ONLY ONE TREE LOCATED WITHIN THE STREET BUFFER. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DESIGN EXCEPTION TO MODIFY THE STREET CANOPY TREE RATIO TO ONE TREE PER 74FT, RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF THREE STREET BUFFER TREES IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER TREES NEAR THE FRONTAGE OF THE LOT. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES EVERGREEN SHRUBS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW ALONG THE PARKING AREA ADJACENT TO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, AS WELL AS STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED POSITIONING. THE TWO NEW STREET BUFFER TREES AS SHOWN IN GREEN IN A WAY THAT HELPS SCREEN THE LOADING BAYS FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. STAFF ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND TREES ON SITE ALREADY PROVIDE PARTIAL SCREENING FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. FURTHERMORE, THE APPLICANT'S EFFORT TO ENHANCE INTERCHANGE STREET STREETSCAPE WITH STRATEGICALLY PLACED SHRUBS AND CANOPY TREES SHOULD CONTRIBUTE

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TO OVERALL BEAUTIFICATION ON THE SITE. GIVEN THE INDUSTRIAL NATURE OF THE AREA AND THE LIMITED VISUAL IMPACTS OF THE LOADING BAYS, STAFF BELIEVES THE REQUESTED DESIGN EXCEPTION WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE STREETSCAPE. AS SUCH, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED SITE PLAN WITH THE DESIGN EXCEPTION. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS OF STEWART. THANK YOU. STEWART. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SHOULD WE GET THEM UP? I CAN GET THEM UP IF THEY'RE HERE. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. YES, SIR.

IF YOU COME, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR ANSWER QUESTIONS. SAM ELLIS, 1411 RANCHO VISTA. I'M THE ARCHITECT AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE PROJECT. AS HE STATED, STEWART STATED, THE LOADING DOCK IS QUITE A WAYS BACK AND LOWER THAN WHAT THE ELEVATION IS IN FRONT. WE'VE THE INITIAL LANDSCAPE BUFFER. WE UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF IT, BUT EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE HAVE IS A 84 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER FOR OUR FROM THE STREET. IT'S ALMOST PARK LIKE. AND WITH THE INITIAL TREES THERE, THE EXISTING TREES THAT WE HAVE IN THERE, PLANTING MORE WOULD JUST ACTUALLY MAKE IT MORE CLUTTERED AND WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THE PARK LIKE THAT'S EXISTING. I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO ANSWER. SAM, HOW LONG HAVE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS BEEN IN PLACE? AND I BELIEVE SINCE 85. YEAH. OKAY. SO THIS IS JUST AN ADDITION ON THE EXISTING PROPERTY, RIGHT? YES. YEAH. THEY'RE STUFFED INSIDE AND WE'RE ADDING A WAREHOUSE IN THE BACK. THANKS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. ELLIS.

APPRECIATE IT. THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND HEAR IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM AS PER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. BEUTNER AND A SECOND BY MISS WOODWARD TO APPROVE THE ITEM. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM, INCLUDING STAFF CONDITIONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU APPROVE. SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE. MOTION APPROVES. THE SITE PLAN IS APPROVED AT A VOTE OF 7 TO 0. NEXT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 240005 SUPP. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit to Allow a Stealth Telecommunication Structure, Located on the South Side of the Intersection of Stars Avenue and Wellness Way]

TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW STEALTH COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF STARS AVENUE AND WELLNESS WAY. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSION. JAKE BENNETT, PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THIS IS AN SEP FOR A NEW CELL TOWER LOCATED ON A CITY OWNED PROPERTY. TYPICALLY, STEALTH TELECOMMUNICATION STRUCTURES WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, BUT THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN INCREASE TO THE PERMISSIBLE HEIGHT AND A REDUCTION TO THE SETBACKS. THE PROPOSED HEIGHT OF THE TOWER IS 110FT, AND THE SETBACKS WOULD WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE TO MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER. THESE. THE SETBACKS OF THE TOWER ARE MEASURED FROM THE EDGE OF THE SUP BOUNDARY, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS JUST THE LEASE AREA WHICH IS OUTLINED THERE IN YELLOW. AND THEN THERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT FOR THE ACTUAL TOWER LOCATION. THE LEASE AREA IS LOCATED WITHIN THE PARENT TRACT THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY, AND INTENDED TO BECOME A PARK IN THE FUTURE. THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY OF THE PARK PROPERTY EXTENDS WELL BEYOND THE LEASE AREA ON ALL SIDES, AND NONE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES. IN ADDITION TO NOT BEING LOCATED ADJACENT TO ANY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THE PROPOSED TOWER IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 850FT FROM COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 1200FT FROM ALMA ROAD. THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER, WHILE TALL ENOUGH TO REQUIRE AN SUP, IS LOCATED WITHIN CRAIG RANCH, WHICH IS GENERALLY A MORE URBANIZED AREA COMPARED TO OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN MCKINNEY. APARTMENTS TO THE SOUTH ARE OVER 60FT TALL, AND OTHER EXISTING BUILDINGS TO THE SOUTHWEST ARE TALLER. EAST OF THE PROPOSED TOWER IS A DENSELY TREED CREEK AREA WHICH HELPS GREEN AND BUFFER THE CELL TOWER FROM THE ADJACENT SOCCER COMPLEX. STAFF

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UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR BETTER CELLULAR SERVICE ALONG THE STATE HIGHWAY 121 CORRIDOR, AND THE PROPAGATION MAPS SHOW A DRASTIC INCREASE IN SERVICE FOR THE AREA. AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SUP AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THE PROPAGATION MAPS THAT YOU SEE.

THIS IS KIND OF BEFORE THE ADDITION OF THE TOWER, WHICH IS IN THE CENTER, KIND OF WHERE THE RED AREA IS, AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THE SERVICE AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TOWER. THANK YOU JAKE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? JAKE, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO YOU MENTIONED THE TOWER IS 110FT.

HOW WIDE IS IT? SO THE WIDTH OF THE TOWER. WE DO HAVE AN ELEVATION. I'M NOT SURE ON THE EXACT WIDTH. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT. I WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT FIVE FEET. I'LL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT ON THAT. BUT ALL OF THE ANTENNA EQUIPMENT ARE GOING TO BE FULLY ENCLOSED WITHIN THE TOWER ITSELF, SO NONE OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE VISIBLE. THANK YOU. ALL GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? MY NAME IS RAY ROMAN, AND I'M WITH ANTHEM AT 5151 HEADQUARTERS DRIVE IN PLANO, TEXAS. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION. THE WIDTH OF THE ACTUAL. IT'S ACTUALLY FOUR FEET, SIX INCHES. FOUR FEET? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING. LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? RUSHING AHEAD. SEEING AS THERE ARE NONE. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION. YOU PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE. ITEM 240005 SUPP. AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC CLOSED AND MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEIRDRE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM. 24005 SUPP. AND A SECOND BY JAMES. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR HAND. AND SEEING AS THERE ARE NONE, THE ITEM IS APPROVED AND PASSES WITH A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

AND WILL BE FORWARDED ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL DECISION ON MARCH 4TH, 2025. THANK YOU.

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to allow for Multi-Family Residential, Single-Family Residential, and Commercial Uses, and to Modify the Development Standards, Located on the Southeast and Southwest corner of Custer Road and FM 1461]

NEXT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 240075 Z2. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. GENERALLY TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES, AND TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CORNER. EXCUSE ME. SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CUSTER ROAD AND FM 1461. RODERICK. YES. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON.

COMMISSION RODERICK PALMER, PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THE REQUEST THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 124 ACRES OF LAND FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE PROPERTY. THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY ALLOWS FOR A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY USES. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO EXPAND THE RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL USES ALLOWED TO INCLUDE TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY USES ON THE SITE. THE PROPOSED ZONING INCLUDES AN EXHIBIT WHICH DIVIDES THE PROPERTY INTO THREE TRACKS, WITH THE SPECIFIC REQUEST OF TRACK A, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE 34.44 ACRES FOR COMMERCIAL USES. YOU'LL SEE THAT INSIDE OF THE BLUE ON THE MAP IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.

THOSE USES WOULD ALIGN WITH OUR C-2 ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS LOCAL COMMERCIAL. CURRENTLY, THAT AREA IS I'M SORRY, THE RED AREA. I'M SORRY, NOT THE BLUE. THE RED ON YOUR MAP WOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL AREAS. AND THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH OUR C-2 LOCAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

CURRENTLY, THAT AREA IS ZONED AS BG, WHICH ALIGNS WITH OUR C-2 ZONING DISTRICT. TRACK B, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE BRONZE COLOR ON THE MAP, WOULD BE MULTIFAMILY, IS WHAT THEY'RE

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PROPOSING. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 10.85 ACRES. IN WHICH THAT CURRENTLY IS ZONED AS THE BG.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE THAT, TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED INSIDE OF THE PROPOSED ZONING AND TRACK C, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 79.79 .03 ACRES FOR A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL USES WHICH ALIGN WITH THE R5 AND R8 USES ON THE MAP. SO CURRENTLY THAT'S ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY. ON THE ON THE IN THE CURRENT TRACK AND THE CURRENT ZONING WHICH IF YOU SEE RIGHT HERE THAT'S WHAT THESE CURRENT ZONING ON THE SITE HAVE. THE DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY LOOKS AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO UPDATE IT TO MORE IN LINE RIGHT HERE. AND THOSE NEW UPDATED USES, THE R5 AND THE R8. THEY'RE JUST PROPOSING TO UPDATE THAT SO THAT IT MORE SO ALIGNS WITH OUR CURRENT ZONING STANDARDS. AS PROPOSED, THE CURRENT ZONING ON TRACK C IT KEEPS THE SPIRIT OF THE CURRENT AND EXISTING ZONING, AND IT'S JUST MODERNIZING. LIKE I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE ZONING IN GENERAL ALIGNS WITH THE EXISTING ZONING WHILE INCORPORATING A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES ON A RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION OF THE SITE, AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING SHOULD NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE AREA. GIVEN THESE REASONS, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ZONING, AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. RODERICK. WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THIS, SO MAYBE WE CAN ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IN AHEAD OF TIME. RODERICK OR JENNIFER, COULD WE TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PLAN FOR THE ROADS FRONTIER, ESPECIALLY CUSTER? CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S PLANNED FOR THOSE TWO ROADS? AND AHEAD. SO TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS A PRIMARY CONCERN OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT'S BASED ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. HUM. WHAT WHAT IS THIS INTERSECTION EVENTUALLY DESIGNED FOR? SO THESE TWO ROADWAYS CUSTER ROADWAY IS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL, WHICH WILL BE A SIX LANE ARTERIAL. AND THEN FM 1461 OR FRONTIER, I BELIEVE, IS MAYBE JUST A MAJOR ARTERIAL, WHICH IS ALSO A SIX LANE ARTERIAL. SO THIS IS AT THE HARD CORNER OF TWO MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAYS DESIGNATED WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS IF THERE ARE ANY TURN LANES THAT ARE REQUIRED THAT WILL BE NOTED AND REQUIRED AT THE SITE PLAN LEVEL. AT THIS PHASE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST THE MIX OF LAND USES THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED UNDER THE ZONING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JENNIFER. ANY QUESTIONS? IT MIGHT BE TOO EARLY TO TELL, BUT IN TERMS OF THE MULTIFAMILY TRACK THAT IS PLANNED, WHAT IS ACCESS FOR THAT GOING TO BE? WILL IT BE OFF OF THE NEW CUSTER, OR WOULD THERE ALSO BE ACCESS OFF OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE OLD CUSTER ROAD? SO WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A SITE PLAN FOR THAT ONE. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY FOR THAT AT THE MOMENT. CURRENTLY, THEY'RE KIND OF SHOWING A FEW ACCESS POINTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE. BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A TRUE SITE PLAN. SO WE'RE JUST HERE FOR THE ZONING RIGHT NOW. BEFORE WE'LL GET INTO THOSE SITE PLANS, THE APPLICANT MAY BE ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THEIR PROPOSED OR POTENTIAL DESIGNS. HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT STAGE YET FROM OUR SIDE. THANKS, RODERICK.

I HAVE A QUESTION AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS IS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE EXISTING ZONING, WHAT'S ALLOWED TODAY VERSUS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING. SO EVERYTHING CURRENTLY THAT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY IS ALLOWED IN THE CURRENT ZONING, EXCEPT FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION OF IT. SO THOSE THE COMMERCIAL, THE SINGLE FAMILY, THOSE ARE ALLOWED IN THE CURRENT ZONING AS IT STANDS TODAY. THERE'S A SLIGHT MODIFICATION OF WHERE THOSE AREAS ALIGN FOR THE COMMERCIAL TRACKS, AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE. BUT IN GENERAL, THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE ALLOWED. THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST INCLUDING AN UPDATING TO INCLUDE THE MULTIFAMILY IN THIS EXISTING ZONING WAS DONE WHEN, YOU KNOW THE EXACT YEAR, I DO NOT HAVE IT ROUGHLY. LET ME SEE.

HOLD ON. I MIGHT HAVE THAT FOR 2010, 2010, 2010. SO IT WAS IT WAS GOING TO BE I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY IT WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED REGARDLESS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RODERICK, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE PARKING SPACES THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CITY FOR MULTIFAMILY? YES. SO WE ABSOLUTELY. WE ACTUALLY JUST UPDATED OUR MULTIFAMILY PARKING STANDARDS TO WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO GO WITH THE 1.75 PER PER DWELLING. AND WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO COMPARE IT TO OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO US. EXACTLY. AND I THINK WE

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WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN SOME AND ABOUT THE SAME AS OTHERS. WE WERE WE MIMICKED A LOT OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT OUR SISTER CITIES AND KIND OF MIMIC SOME OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING AROUND, AND WANTED TO UPDATE OURS TO CHANGE FROM THE TWO PARKING SPACES TO THE 1.75 PARKING SPACES. SO THERE'S NO DEVIATION FROM WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND WHAT'S ALIGNED INSIDE OF OUR UDC. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. RODERICK. IS THE APPLICANT HERE THIS EVENING? YES. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID PALMER. I'M A PARTNER WITH WEITZMAN, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE HAGGARD FAMILY TO AMEND THIS PD WITH THE INTENT OF DEVELOPING THE COMMERCIAL ON THIS CORRIDOR.

AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF THE RESIZING OF THE. OH, BY THE WAY, I'M 3102 MAPLE AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS, AS AN ADDRESS. WE'RE GOING TO BRING A GROCERY ANCHORED CENTER TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THIS INTERSECTION. AND IT'S GOING TO BE ORIENTED TOWARD CUSTER, FACING CUSTER, FACING WEST. AND SO WE CAME IN AND ADJUSTED THE RETAIL FROM 14 ACRES TO THE 25 ACRES ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. SIMILARLY, SINCE WE'RE ACTIVATING THE CUSTER ROAD CORRIDOR AND COMMERCIAL, THAT WAS THE KEY TO THE DESIGN. SO WE WRAPPED THE SOUTHWEST CORNER IN EL IN TERMS OF A COMMERCIAL. AND WHAT WHAT'S LEFT OVER IS A RATHER, YOU KNOW, UNIQUELY SHAPED PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS SET UP FOR RESIDENTIAL TO CONFORM TO THAT THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMISSIONER ASKED ABOUT ACCESS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND STAR SOUTH FROM FRONTIER, THAT IS A THAT WILL BE A MEDIAN BREAK ON CUSTER. AND THAT'S WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE SHOPPING CENTER AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO ULTIMATELY THE MULTIFAMILY WILL BE. WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF AND TXDOT TO KIND OF FRAME OUT THE CURB CUT AND MEDIAN BREAKS FOR FRONTIER PARKWAY, SINCE THAT'S SO CRITICAL TO THE ACCESS AND FLOW IN A IN A GROCERY ANCHORED CENTER, OUR INTENT IS TO MOVE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SITE PLAN AND THE PROCESS THROUGH THROUGH P AND Z AND COUNCIL. ONCE WE GET THE ZONING, WE'RE HOPEFUL HAVING A SHOPPING CENTER OPEN HERE IN LATE 2026 OR EARLY 2027. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS AND THE MCKINNEY, WITH BOTH THE COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL. YES. QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. WHERE'S THE NEAREST ANCHOR GROCERY STORE? TO THIS SPOT. WELL, THERE'S THREE MILES. THREE MILES TO THE WEST IS PRESTON. AND A MILE SOUTH OF THAT IS A KROGER. IF YOU GO FOUR MILES TO THE WEST, THAT'S WHERE THE NEW HEB IS BEING BUILT. AND TO THE SOUTH AND EAST, YOU'D HAVE TO GO DOWN TO EAST FRISCO. THE NEW TOM THUMB AT MAIN AND EL DORADO, YOU KNOW, BUT NOTHING SOUTH OF WE'RE ALL. IT'S ALL COMING NORTH OF 380 AT THIS POINT. COMMISSIONER. YOU DO HAVE THE WHOLE FOODS GOING IN AT 380 IN CUSTER. THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YES. THIS IS WE'RE WE'RE COMING HERE WITH A GROCERY ANCHORED DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE OF THE PHENOMENAL AMOUNT OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT'S COMING SOUTH OF THIS, THIS SITE, IT'S.

YOU ALL KNOW YOU'VE RETAIL. RETAIL IS DRIVEN BY ROOFTOPS, AND THE ROOFTOPS ARE COMING. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE. MULTIFAMILY. WHAT TYPES OF STRUCTURES HAVE YOU BUILT IN THE PAST. LIKE HOW HIGH HAVE THEY BEEN? KIND OF WHAT HAVE THEY LOOKED LIKE? BECAUSE I'M SURE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING, SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE AND I KNOW THIS IS VERY EARLY BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST HERE FOR THE REZONE, BUT SOME THAT WILL BE SOME OF THE CONCERNS, I'M SURE THAT WILL COME UP WANTING TO KNOW HOW, HOW TALL THE STRUCTURES ARE, WHAT TYPES OF SCREENING WILL BE IN PLACE FOR OLD CUSTER ROAD FOR THE MULTIFAMILY, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT. I CAN SPEAK GENERALLY TO IT, BUT AS YOU'VE CORRECTLY NOTED, IT'S WE'RE VARYING A PRELIMINARY SITUATION THERE. THIS WON'T BE A WRAPPED, WRAPPED AROUND STRUCTURED PARK TYPE. THIS WILL BE A SURFACE PARK WALK UP. YEAH. OR WALK UP THAT MEETS

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YOU, MEETS ALL OF YOUR STANDARDS. AND I THINK IT WILL BE THREE AND FOUR STORIES DEPENDING. BUT IT'S NOT A VERY BIG SITE MULTIFAMILY WISE, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE PLUS OR -300 UNITS. THANK YOU. ARE YOU PLANNING TO USE OLD CUSTER ROAD AS A SECONDARY OR PRIMARY ACCESS ALSO? YES. FOR THE MULTIFAMILY? YES. I THINK IT'D BE A MUST. YES. IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS AND I UNDERSTAND IF YOU CAN'T. BUT WHAT? IN WHAT ORDER ARE THE USES PLANNED TO BE DEVELOPED? IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. I WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THIS SITE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GROCERY ANCHORED COMMUNITY, THE GROCERY ANCHORED CENTER. AND WE'RE WE'RE INTENDING ON MOVING FORWARD IN THAT TO COME BACK FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND WHATEVER THROUGH YOUR PROCESS THIS SUMMER AND BE READY TO BREAK GROUND ON THE 25 ACRE COMMERCIAL SITE BY LATER THIS YEAR. THE COMMERCIAL ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WILL PROBABLY WAIT TO GET ACTIVATED BY BY THE MAJOR GROCER GROCER CENTER. THE SINGLE FAMILY SURROUNDING THE COMMERCIAL SITE THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED BY ONE OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPERS, WHETHER IT'S TOLL OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT. AND THAT'LL THAT'LL BE CHANGE. I THINK THE MULTIFAMILY IS, IS PROBABLY GETS DONE AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GROCERY ANCHORED CENTER. BUT BUT I AGAIN I DON'T IT'S VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY. I GET THE INTENT OF THE LANDOWNERS IS TO ACTIVATE THAT AFTER THE COMMERCIAL IS COMPLETED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OR OUT OF THE GROUND. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S IT'S NOT A SMALL FEAT TO GET A MAJOR GROCER THAT FAR NORTH. SO I'M. IMPRESSIVE. WELL, COMMISSIONER, I BEGAN THIS DAY AT 287, IN BONDS RANCH, THE FAR NORTHWEST PORTION OF THIS GREAT METROPLEX, WHERE I'M. WHERE I'M DEVELOPING A KROGER, AND I'M ENDING THE DAY HERE. I'M NOT SAYING WHO IT IS, BUT TALKING ABOUT A GREAT GROCERY SITE HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE METROPLEX. SO THE ROOFTOPS ARE COMING. YOU ALL KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE HERE WANTING TO SPEAK TONIGHT. WE HAVE SEVERAL. I'LL CALL THESE OUT FIRST.

GRETCHEN DARBY WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? HELLO. MY NAME IS GRETCHEN DARBY. MY ADDRESS IS 1820 CORNET COURT. I LIVE DIRECTLY. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MAP BEHIND THE BOTTOM COMMERCIAL PORTION. THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE AREA. I AM HERE WITH MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS. THERE ARE A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING. SO WE HAVE WE ARE KIND OF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S ABOUT 40 PLUS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES RIGHT THERE. SO I HAD SUBMITTED A LETTER OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE AND JUST WANTED TO HIT A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

DEFINITELY WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT WE I THINK WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT MYSELF, I'M ALSO TALKING ABOUT MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN THE SAME BOAT. BUT WE SEE THE NEED FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ABOUT 8 OR 9 DAYS AGO. WE I CAME HOME FROM A TRIP TO A SIGN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FRONT ENTRYWAY TALKING ABOUT THE REZONING POTENTIAL. SO WE'VE HAD, UNFORTUNATELY, VERY LITTLE TIME TO PREPARE DETAILS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH ARE DEFINITELY THE CONGESTION. Y BEEN TALKING TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT THERE. WITHOUT THIS MULTIFAMILY COMING ON BOARD. SO WE'VE GOT THE INTRODUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING,

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PARTICULARLY AT THE PROPOSED DENSITY, WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER TRAFFIC VOLUMES ALONG CUSTER ROAD AND SURROUNDING INTERSECTIONS. THE AREA IS ALREADY EXPERIENCING CONGESTION, AND ADDITIONAL HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL EXACERBATE THESE ISSUES.

AND JUST ALSO THE SECOND ONE IS THE INSUFFICIENT PARKING STANDARDS. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO REDUCE PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO 1.75 SPACES PER UNIT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUATE PARKING AVAILABILITY. MANY HOUSEHOLDS IN THE AREA HAVE MULTIPLE VEHICLES, AND THIS REDUCED PARKING RATIO MAY LEAD TO OVERFLOW PARKING IN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMERCIAL AREAS, CREATING SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. SO I'LL STOP THERE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS. I THINK ONE THING MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER THIS PLAN AND, AND TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE SURROUNDING AREA. SO THAT WOULD BE A REQUEST WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS DARBY. THANKS. NEXT WE HAVE CARRIE WILLIS WISHING TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CARRIE WILLIS AND I LIVE AT 421 TRANQUILITY LANE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THIS EVENING. TO ADD ON TO WHAT MISS DARBY WAS SAYING. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE ASKING FOR IS FOR TIME. WE WERE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BESIDES THE SIGN OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IMMEDIATELY WE WENT INTO ACTION, CALLED TOWN OF MCKINNEY TO RECEIVE INFORMATION. SO WE HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUR HANDS ON. WE'VE HAD OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES WHO WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAVE ARE ON TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO RE REARRANGE THEIR TRAVEL. BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. WE GET THAT WE KNOW THAT THINGS NEED TO GROW. OUR SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IS REALLY WITH THE MF THREE MULTIFAMILY. THAT IS REALLY WHERE MY FOCUS IS. I KNOW A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THAT IS THEIR FOCUS. ONE THING IS THE MISMATCH WITH COMMUNITY. CHARACTER REALLY IS THE EXISTING ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A BALANCE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACES. THE ADDITION OF HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY. IT'S JUST NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE, WHICH PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THE AREA AND LOWER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS INTENDED FOR LOW DENSITY TRAFFIC THERE. I'M ALSO AGAINST THE R5 AND R EIGHT RESIDENTIAL LOTS WHICH INCREASE, AND ONE THING WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO LOOK AT, BUT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT, WAS THAT SLIDING SCOPE. AND IF THAT EVEN IS IN CONSIDERATION, LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING HOMES AND WHAT CAN GO NEXT TO THE SIZE LOTS LIKE IF THERE ARE ONE ACRE LOTS, CAN MULTIFAMILY GO NEXT TO IT? WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO DO THAT. I KNOW SELENA, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN PLACE THERE THAT IT HAS TO SCALE DOWN. SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND IF ANYONE LATER DOES KNOW THAT AND CAN EDUCATE US ON THAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THE DEVELOPER IS REALLY REQUESTING WAIVERS ON A LOT OF THINGS, AND IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO JAM THIS PROJECT THROUGH WITH A GROCERY ANCHOR. WE'VE GOT THE FUEL CENTER THAT'S COMING IN THE MULTIFAMILY, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND THESE USES AND DENSITY, THEY'RE JUST NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE STRAIN ON PUBLIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT. MCKINNEY AREA, PARTICULARLY IN THIS PART OF COLLIN COUNTY, IS ALREADY EXPERIENCING INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES. I CAN SPEAK TO THE SCHOOL CAPACITY. THIS WILL GO TO PROSPER ISD SCHOOL. CURRENTLY THE SCHOOL THAT MY CHILDREN GO TO AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD TO STOP ENROLLMENT. AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN THE DISTRICT THAT THAT IS THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD TO DRIVE TO ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL. THESE INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MULTIFAMILY, CAN REALLY AFFECT. AND SPEAKING ON THAT, WE DID REACH OUT TO PROSPER ISD. THEY ARE UNAWARE ABOUT THE MULTIFAMILY COMING IN AND THEY AND THAT WOULD INCREASE ENROLLMENT CLEARLY ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY. SO THINGS ON THERE, THE HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. WELL THERE YOU GO. BUT THAT'LL END IT. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU AT LEAST EITHER CAN OPPOSE THIS OR GIVE US MORE TIME TO LOOK INTO IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE KATE CASPER WISHING TO SPEAK. HI. GOOD EVENING, I'M KATE CASPER, 210 COLLIN COURT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US TODAY. I'M OBVIOUSLY HERE AS WELL TO OPPOSE 240075Z2. WE WHILE WE

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RECOGNIZE OBVIOUSLY THE NEED FOR HOUSING OPTIONS IN OUR GROWING COMMUNITY, THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION FOR THE MULTIFAMILY WE DO NOT FEEL IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE AREA. MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE ACRE LOTS. EVEN WHEN YOU GO UP TO SALINA, THERE'S A LOT OF ONE ACRE LOT HOMES GOING NORTH. THERE ARE MORE DEVELOPMENTS BEING BUILT, SO THE COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTUALLY IS PROBABLY A GOOD SPOT FOR THAT. HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE THE MULTIFAMILY FITS IN WITH THE AREA. LIKE MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, THE PROSPER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHERE THIS MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE LOCATED, WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS IMPENDING ZONING CHANGE, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY OVERCROWDED IN MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS. THIS ADDS A LOT OF A LARGE INFLUX OF RESIDENTS WITH 300 UNITS WITHOUT PROPER PLANNING, AND IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND DETRIMENTAL TO OUR STUDENTS EDUCATION. PUBLIC SAFETY IS ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE. OUR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY STRETCHED THIN AS THEY WORK HARD TO PROVIDE TIMELY RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS GROWING SECTION OF MCKINNEY AND PROSPER.

RESPONSE TIMES MAY INCREASE. RESOURCES CAN BECOME DILUTED. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PLANS FOR NEW FIRE OR POLICE IN THE MCKINNEY AREA, AS THIS WOULD BE PART OF THE MCKINNEY ZONE. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE GROWTH HAPPENS IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE HIGH LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES EXPECT AND DESERVE BEYOND THE STRAIN OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROPOSAL FAILS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THIS HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTION. SO BEFORE TONIGHT, I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS COMMERCIAL SPACE IN THIS L SHAPE AT THE TOP. IN FRONT. I ASSUMED THE WHOLE SECTION WAS GOING TO BE MULTIFAMILY. WE DO THINK THAT IF THE MULTIFAMILY HAD TO STAND, THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER LOCATED ON THE BLUE SECTION WHERE THE FURTHEST STAR IS. THAT WAY, THE COMMERCIAL ZONE WOULDN'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONGESTION, AND THAT THE MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE BETTER PLACED FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. THANK YOU. THREE MINUTES GOES SO QUICKLY. THANK YOU, MISS CASPER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT TURNED IN A CARD SO FAR, MR. TURPIN HAS STATED THAT HE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT DID NOT SAY WHETHER HE SUPPORTS OR OPPOSES. THAT. OPPOSE? NO, I'M JUST INDIFFERENT OR INDIFFERENT. OKAY, WELL, THEN THAT WAS ACCURATE. WE HAVE MICHELLE CAGLE DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. AND WE HAVE TILDA BEASLEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS A YELLOW CARD? THEY'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK IN THE PODIUM, IN THE MICROPHONE. I IMAGINE WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. SO PROBABLY SHOULD JUST CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK, WE CAN DISCUSS THE ITEM. SO CAN WE HAVE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION BY RUSSELL. MOTION BY A SECOND BY CHARLES. IS THAT RIGHT, CHARLES. YES. TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, LET'S GO TO OUR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. THE VOTE IS 7 TO 0. ANYBODY WANT TO OPEN UP ANY DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. CAN YOU CAN YOU TELL US WHEN THE REZONING WAS POSTED BY THE CITY SPECIFICALLY. SO THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO PROVIDE US THE NOTIFICATION, THE AFFIDAVITS BY LAST WEDNESDAY? I THINK THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND PUT THOSE SIGNS OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SO THEY WOULD HAVE WOULDN'T HAVE PUT THOSE OUT AT THE MINIMUM. LAST TUESDAY, I BELIEVE, IS WHEN THEY PUT THOSE OUT. SO JUST TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT OR ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT RODERICK SAID. SO A STATE LAW SETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION. SO TEN DAYS PRIOR

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TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, WE SEND PROPERTY OWNER PROPERTY OWNER NOTICES TO ANY PROPERTY ON THE MUNICIPAL TAX ROLL WITHIN 200FT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THEY DO HAVE TO POST ZONING SIGNS ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS, I THINK, WHAT THE RESIDENTS WERE REFERENCING PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL. A NOTICE WILL BE POSTED IN THE GENERAL CIRCULATION PAPER. SO WE POST IN THE SALINA AND THE MCKINNEY PAPER, WHICH IS A STATE LAW REQUIREMENT. WE DON'T CHOOSE THOSE PAPERS AND THEN THE ZONING SIGNS ARE MAINTAINED. SO THAT'S THE LEVEL OF NOTIFICATION THAT WE PROVIDE FOR ANY ZONING CASE AS OUTLINED IN STATE LAW. AND THE MCKINNEY CODE. THANKS. THANK YOU. JENNIFER. YEAH, I HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION AS IT PERTAINS TO THE MULTIFAMILY, WHAT KIND OF DENSITY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION? IT'S OUR MF 30, SO IT'LL BE 30 UNITS PER ACRE WITH A MAXIMUM IDENTIFIED OF 300. CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS ALLUDED TO. IT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. YES. FOR YES. I'M SORRY. YES. MY ONLY DISCUSSION ON THIS WOULD BE IT SEEMS LIKE THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MULTIFAMILY, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE ASKED TO DO TONIGHT. AND THAT'S JUST THE REZONE. WE DON'T HAVE A SITE PLAN BEFORE US, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE REZONE ON TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A FAVORABLE APPROVAL. AND A MOTION. NO, IT'S JUST DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. OKAY.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE DEALING WITH A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL. HESTER ROAD, FUTURE CUSTER ROAD AND A MAJOR ARTERIAL LIKE FRONTIER. WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL ALMOST MATCHING THE AMOUNT OF OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL. IT SEEMS LIKE I MEAN, FROM A CONCEPTUAL STANDPOINT, WHICH IS ALL THAT WE HAVE TO GO OFF OF TONIGHT, IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD PLAN TO ME. SO WAS THAT A MOTION? I WANT TO INSERT ONE THING BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION. THIS IS GOING TO BE JUST A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IT WILL GO ON TO THEIR MARCH 4TH, 2025 MEETING.

SO THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION, NOT A FINAL ACTION. FURTHER DISCUSSION. ANY QUESTIONS OF RODERICK? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RODERICK. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND THAT. I HAVE A MOTION BY JAMES TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. 240075Z2 REZONING. AND A SECOND BY CHARLES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, COMMISSIONER CHARLES WILEY, IS THERE ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? LET'S HAVE OUR VOTE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR HAND. SAY AYE. THE ITEM PASSES AT A VOTE 7 TO 0. AND WE'LL FORWARD ON TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR FINAL ACTION ON MARCH THE 4TH, 2025. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY SPEAKING TONIGHT. NEXT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to Allow Detached Accessory Structures and to Modify the Development Standards, Located at 2041 Redbud Boulevard]

REGULAR AGENDA. THAT'S 240103Z. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. GENERALLY TO ALLOW DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND TO MODIFY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. LOCATED AT 2041 REDBUD BOULEVARD. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN ORDER TO PERMIT DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS WELL AS TO CONDUCT DRONE DELIVERY OPERATIONS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE EXISTING WALMART WAS DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 2000 USING A NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL MODEL THAT INCORPORATES A NUMBER OF GREEN TECHNOLOGIES AND THE PROPOSED DRONE DELIVERY OPERATIONS FURTHER ALIGN WITH THE INNOVATIVE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT FOR THE SITE. THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ALSO WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA, WHICH OFFERS A LARGE BUFFER FROM

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RESIDENTIAL USES. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURES ARE TO BE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EXISTING WALMART STORE. THIS LOCATION WITHIN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN PARKING LOT FOR THE STORE BEHIND THE FRONT FACADE OF THE BUILDING, AND INCLUDES MATURE TREES BETWEEN THE STRUCTURES AND REDBUD BOULEVARD, WHICH IS TO THE EAST. AN EIGHT FOOT TALL ORNAMENTAL FENCE IS PROPOSED AROUND THE STRUCTURES AND THE EXISTING TREES EAST OF THE DRONE DELIVERY STAGING AREA ARE REQUIRED TO BE PRESERVED FOR THE PER THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, WHICH SHOULD HELP SCREEN THE STRUCTURES FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, THE ZONING EXHIBIT INCLUDES A LAYOUT THAT WOULD BE TIED TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. WITH THIS BEING THE CASE, ALL DEVELOPMENT ON THE ON THE PROPERTY SHALL GENERALLY CONFORM TO THE PROPOSED ZONING EXHIBIT, AND ANY MAJOR DEVIATIONS FROM THE PROPOSED LAYOUT WOULD REQUIRE REZONING IN THE FUTURE. AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REZONING AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. JAY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS REZONING? OKAY. WHAT WHAT ARE WHAT ARE DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES? IS THAT THE IS THAT A BUILDING OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THAT AREA THERE. REALLY. WHAT THOSE DETACHED STRUCTURES ARE WOULD BE KIND OF THE LAUNCHING AREAS, THE LOADING AND LAUNCHING DOCKING STATIONS FOR THE DRONES THEMSELVES. SO THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR WHAT THOSE DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ARE. AND AGAIN, THIS PLAN IS BEING TIED DOWN AS PART OF THE REZONING REQUEST. SO BARRING ANY MAJOR DEVIATIONS, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE SITE. THOSE STRUCTURES THE TOP HOWEVER MANY THAT IS 8 OR 9, THOSE ARE ABOUT I WANT TO SAY THEY'RE A LITTLE LESS THAN 29FT TALL. AND THE TWO AT THE BOTTOM ARE ABOUT 22, 23FT TALL. WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES THE MAX HEIGHT PERMITTED IS 35FT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS EXCEPT FOR MULTIFAMILY, AS WELL AS C-1. ANY HIGHER INTENSE, WHETHER IT'S INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTY, WOULD BE 45FT AND UP.

SO THIS ACTUALLY LIMITS IT TO 35FT. CURRENTLY PERMITTED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 45. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF JAKE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAKE. I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ON THIS ONE. THEY ARE HERE. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND SPEAK AT THE PODIUM? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE COOK. I'M HERE WITH ZIPLINE AND OUR ADDRESS IS THREE, THREE THREE QUARRY WAY, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. 94080. AWESOME. THANK YOU. GREAT. LOOKS LIKE OUR PRESENTATION IS WORKING. YEAH. SO REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT ON A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR TECHNOLOGY. I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM WALMART INCLUDING THE STORE MANAGER WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. THANK YOU JIMMY FOR BEING HERE. AND THEN ALSO BERNICE ESPINOSA FROM KIMLEY-HORN, WHO IS TECHNICALLY THE APPLICANT SUBMITTING THE SITE PLAN. SO IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING THOSE UP AS WELL. I'M GOING TO ROLL THROUGH THIS. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AT THE END. ALL RIGHT. SO ABOUT OUR TECHNOLOGY. YOU PROBABLY SAW DRONE DELIVERY AND THOUGHT WOW, DIDN'T EXPECT THAT TO BE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. WELL I'M HERE TO SHARE THAT DRONE TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS COMING TO THE DFW METRO AND THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SPEAK ON. HERE ARE A FEW ARTICLES THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY AND KIND OF SOME OF THE LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS. SO YEAH, REALLY JUST EXCITED TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.

SO ZIPLINE WE ARE THE WORLD'S LARGEST DRONE DELIVERY SERVICE TO DATE. WE'VE DONE MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION COMMERCIAL DRONE DELIVERIES AROUND THE WORLD. WE LIKE TO SAY THAT SOMEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD, EVERY DAY SOMEBODY IS RECEIVING DELIVERY. ONCE A MINUTE. WE ACTUALLY STARTED DOING DELIVERIES IN 2016, IN RWANDA. AT THAT TIME, WE WERE SOLVING SOME REALLY CRITICAL LOGISTICS PROBLEMS, AND WE WERE DELIVERING MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND BLOOD AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE ACTUALLY HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT AND WERE ABLE TO REDUCE WOMEN'S IN-HOSPITAL MATERNITY DEATHS BY MORE THAN 51%. AND WE TOOK THAT SUCCESS AND KIND OF SPREAD ACROSS DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS AFRICA AND THEN ASIA AND EUROPE. AND NOW COMING TO THE US AT SCALE, WALMART IS OUR ANCHOR PARTNER. WE HAVE A PILOT GOING WITH THEM ACTUALLY IN PEA RIDGE, ARKANSAS, RIGHT NOW FOR OUR PLATFORM TWO SYSTEM. AND WE'RE COMING TO DFW AT SCALE. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE IN MCKINNEY OF ALL THE CITIES HERE. WE ARE HEADQUARTERED IN CALIFORNIA, BUT WE HAVE JUST OPENED UP A REGIONAL HUB HERE IN THE DFW METRO. SO WE'LL BE

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HAVING A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS HAPPENING HERE. AND THEN, YEAH, GOING INTO KIND OF WHY DRONE DELIVERY? WELL, THIS YEAR ALONE, A CRAZY STATISTIC IS THAT THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 5 BILLION INSTANT DELIVERIES FROM ON DEMAND APPS. AND ALL OF THAT RELIES ON INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS TONIGHT. WE JUST DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE PRIVATE TAXIS FOR OUR ROTISSERIE CHICKENS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE INVENTED PLATFORM TWO. IT'S REALLY TO GET PEOPLE THEIR PRODUCTS, DELIVER THINGS FROM A TO B VERY QUICKLY IN UNDER 30 MINUTES, AND DO THAT VERY QUICKLY, SAFELY AND GET CARS OFF THE ROAD. WE ARE ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS. WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN SHARING WITH US AT OUR PILOT, PARTICULARLY ABOUT ELDERLY PARENTS OR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR. SO OUR DRONE DELIVERY SERVICE REALLY PROVIDES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT AREA AS WELL, WHICH IS EXCITING. SO HERE YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. SO HERE IS A VIDEO SHOWING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE FROM A TO Z. THIS IS ACTUALLY FOOTAGE FROM OUR SITE IN ARKANSAS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DROID IS THAT SMALL ROBOT WHICH WILL GET LOADED WITH A PACKAGE HERE. SO THAT'S THE DROID. THE DROID GETS LOADED DIRECTLY INTO THE ZIP, WHICH IS KIND OF THE LARGER DRONE IF YOU WANT. AND THOSE TWO ARE NESTLED TOGETHER AND THEY TAKE OFF FROM OUR DOCKING STATIONS, WHICH JAKE WAS DESCRIBING EARLIER. THE ZIP TAKES UP DIRECT, GOES DIRECTLY UP TO 300FT, AND IT STAYS AT 300FT AT ALL TIMES. WHILE IT'S MAKING THE DELIVERY, YOU CAN SEE THE DROID BEING LOWERED DOWN ON A TETHER. IT IS ABLE TO DELIVER WITHIN A THREE FOOT RADIUS. SO IT'S HYPER PRECISE, WHICH IS AWESOME. SO CUSTOMERS CAN PICK WHERE THEY WANT THEIR PACKAGES TO BE DELIVERED. AND THEN THE JOY GOES BACK UP TO THE ZIP AT ABOUT 300FT. THIS IS REAL FOOTAGE. AND THEN THE ZIP GOES BACK TO THE WALMART LOCATION. SORRY, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A BUG HERE. IT DOES GO ALL THE WAY BACK UP. ALL RIGHT. SO SOME MORE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE SYSTEM. AS I MENTIONED THERE'S THIS TWO PART ARCHITECTURE WITH THE LARGER ZIP UP ABOVE. AND THEN THAT SMALLER DROID. AND I'LL SPEAK IN A MINUTE ON WHAT KIND OF FITS INSIDE OF IT WE LAUNCH. WE'LL BE DOING ABOUT A TWO MILE RADIUS FROM THE WALMART SUPERCENTER HERE IN MCKINNEY. BUT WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GO UP TO TEN MILES, AND WE'LL BE EXPANDING TO THAT AS WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FAA AND ALSO KIND OF BUILD UP OUR CUSTOMER BASES IN THE AREA. WE CAN DELIVER TEN TIMES FASTER THAN A CAR, AND OUR PAYLOAD IS UP TO 8 POUNDS. SO DIVING INTO KIND OF WHAT FITS INSIDE THE DROID HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS CUTE. OFTEN IT IS MIGHTY AS WELL. IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SMALL COOLER, SO IT'S INSULATED. IT KEEPS HOT PRODUCTS, HOT COLD PRODUCTS COLD, AND IT CAN FIT 24 DONUTS OR 12 EIGHT INCH SANDWICHES. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 8 POUNDS OF BEEF BRISKET IS ENOUGH FOR A GOOD BARBECUE AS WELL. SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO REPLACE THE WEEKLY GROCERY SHOPS. WE'RE REALLY HERE FOR THOSE TOP UP ITEMS. OR MOM WHO'S AT HOME AND INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO OUT, MAYBE ONE OF THE KIDS IS SICK. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO OUT IN THE TRUCK TO THE WALMART CAN ORDER IN WITHIN 30 MINUTES. DINNER IS THERE ON THE FRONT PORCH OR ON THE BACK STEP. SO BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THREE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT COME UP WHEN WE PRESENT ON OUR TECHNOLOGY. AND THOSE RELATE TO SOUND PRIVACY AND SAFETY. SO STARTING WITH SOUND, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE ENGINEERS FOR THE PAST MANY YEARS FOCUSING ON THE SOUND OF OUR SYSTEM. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SCALE AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE METRO, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BLEND INTO THE BACKGROUND OF EVERYDAY LIVES. SO FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU'VE SEEN THIS KIND OF THAT TWO PART TECHNOLOGY, SO THE LARGER ZIP STAYS FURTHER AWAY AND HIGHER UP IN THE SKY, AND IT'S JUST THE CUTE LITTLE JOY THAT COMES DOWN TO MAKE THE DELIVERY. FURTHERMORE, WE'VE ALSO WORKED A LOT ON NOT ONLY THE SOUND INTENSITY, BUT ALSO THE SOUND PROFILE OF OUR ZIP. SO OUR AUTOPILOT. A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IS THAT THE SOUND RESEMBLES MORE SOMETHING OF A FAN, SO WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO WORK ON THAT PROFILE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY THAT IS NOT ANNOYING TO LISTEN TO AND REALLY KIND OF BLENDS INTO THE BACKGROUND.

LASTLY, WE RANDOMIZE OUR FLIGHT PATTERNS SO WE'RE NOT ALWAYS CREATING THE SAME SOUND EXPOSURES OVER THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL OF THAT TO SAY, WHETHER WE ARE DOCKING AT THE WALMART LOCATION OR DELIVERY AT A CUSTOMER POINT, WE ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 53 TO 64DB, WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, THAT PUTS US SOMEWHERE AROUND CAR TRAFFIC AT ABOUT 300FT. SO SAFETY TO DATE. AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE DONE 1.2 MILLION COMMERCIAL DELIVERIES OVER NOW 95 MILLION MILES SAFELY. AND ALL OF THAT IS THANKS TO, FIRST OF ALL, HOW WE DESIGN. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN CRITICAL SYSTEM REDUNDANCIES, IF ONE MOTOR WERE TO FAIL, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE TO BACK IT UP. ANYTHING THAT'S CRITICAL TO THE SYSTEM, THERE IS A BACKUP TO IT. WE ALSO TEST WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RANCHES ALL OVER THE US. WE'RE TESTING IN SOME REALLY EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO COME TO TEXAS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SIMILAR TO KIND OF ANY MAJOR AIRLINE, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE FAA TO BE CERTIFIED, AND WE HAVE AN EXPERT TEAM THAT TRACKS AND MANAGES THE FLEET 24 OVER SEVEN AT A REMOTE OPERATIONAL CONTROL CENTER IN NORTH CAROLINA. THAT'S WHERE OUR ACC IS CURRENTLY. AND THEN

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FINALLY, HOW WE FLY. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF AUTOMATED PREFLIGHT SAFETY CHECKS THAT GO ON BEFORE ZIP EVEN GOES UP IN THE AIR. AND ALSO OUR ZIPS ARE EQUIPPED WITH FLIGHT IQ. THAT'S OUR AUTONOMY AND PERCEPTION SUITE THAT ENABLES US TO FLY AND MAKE DELIVERIES SAFELY AND SMARTLY.

THE WAY THIS WORKS IS SIMILAR TO KIND OF HOW A CAR HAS BACKUP SENSORS. OUR ZIPS AND DROIDS HAVE FLIGHT IQ, AND IT'S REALLY A COMBINATION OF SENSORS THAT ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE AIRSPACE, BUT ALSO THE GROUND SPACE WHERE WE'RE DELIVERING. SO WHEN THE DROID IS COMING DOWN, IF THERE'S A BRANCH IN THE WAY, A TREE OR A DOG, IT'S ABLE TO DETECT THAT HOLD ON, MAKING THE DELIVERY UNTIL THE AREA IS SAFE AND CLEAR AND THEN MAKING THE DELIVERY. WE ALSO FOLLOW INDUSTRY STANDARD TOOLS TO BLUR FACES. WE CAN'T ZOOM OR BE POINTED IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION. THERE'S NO LIVE FEED. WE DON'T IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS OR READ LICENSE PLATES, AND WE TAKE PRIVACY REALLY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW KEY THAT IS TO INTEGRATING INTO THE COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. AND SO AS JAKE WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, YOU YOU'RE VERY CLOSE WITH THE NUMBERS. AND THAT WAS SPOT ON. SO OUR SINGLE DOCKING STRUCTURES, WHICH THERE ARE TWO OF ON THE SITE PLAN FOR LOADING, THOSE ARE ABOUT 22FT TALL. AND THEN THE DOUBLE DOCKS, WHICH THERE ARE NINE OF ON THE SITE PLAN, ARE 28FT TALL. AND WE KIND OF DESCRIBE THEM AS FANCY LIGHTPOSTS IF YOU WANT, THEY RECEIVE POWER AND DATA AND A FOUNDATION, AND THESE ARE WHERE THE ZIPS WILL TAKE OFF AND LEAVE FROM. SO THEY REALLY CAN ONLY THIS IS WHERE THEY LAND AND THEN LEAVE FROM. SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SEEING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLED ON THE SITE, THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE SEEING IT. SO WE TAKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REALLY SERIOUSLY. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A HUB HERE.

WE'VE GOT A WHOLE TEAM OF LOCAL FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO HOA'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. WE CONNECT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WHEN WE'RE LAUNCHING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IS AWARE OF COMMUNITY IS EXCITED. AND HERE YOU'RE PROBABLY TRYING TO READ WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. THE QUOTE SAYS, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. I LIKE HOW YOU'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE WORLD. AND THAT'S FROM SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE ENGAGED WITH AS WELL. WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE STEM PROGRAM WHERE WE TRY AND INSPIRE AND ALREADY HAVE INSPIRED THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOLKS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN STEM. SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONERS, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS COOK. QUESTIONS. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO TRANSITION FROM THAT TWO MILE RADIUS TO TEN MILE RADIUS? YEAH. GREAT POINT. SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FAA AND THAT REALLY TIES TO DIFFERENT CERTIFICATES THAT WE GET. SO PART 107 IS KIND OF THE FIRST TO FORGET THAT THAT WE GET TO OPERATE WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS. AND THAT ALSO REQUIRES US TO HAVE VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT ON OUR DRONES. AND ONCE WE GET AS WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FAA TO GET OUR PART 135 CERTIFICATION, THAT ALLOWS US TO EXPAND TO THE TEN MILES, AND THEN WE NO LONGER NEED A VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT ON THE DRONE AT ALL TIMES. IS THAT A KIND OF LOCATION BY LOCATION DETERMINATION, OR IT'S PRETTY MUCH DONE BY METRO, SO IT'LL BE KIND OF FOR THE WHOLE METRO OF DFW AS A WHOLE. SO LIKE IN SOME OF YOUR OTHER LOCATIONS, LIKE YOU'VE BEEN IN RWANDA SINCE 2016, WHAT'S YOUR RADIUS OF DELIVERY THERE AND SAY, COMPARED TO WHERE YOU ARE IN PEA RIDGE? GREAT QUESTION. YEAH. SO RWANDA IS ACTUALLY A PLATFORM ONE SYSTEM. SO IT'S A FIXED WING DRONE. IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO PLATFORM TWO. AND FOR THAT SYSTEM PLATFORM ONE WE HAVE PART 135 AUTHORIZATION. AND WE ACTUALLY CAN DELIVER A LOT FURTHER THAN TEN MILES. I'M NOT SURE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER A LOT FURTHER.

AND THEN I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE BASED IN CALIFORNIA. YES. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OPERATIONS THAT YOU'VE LAUNCHED ALONG THE WEST COAST. WHY, ASIDE FROM SEATTLE? YEAH. NOT YET, NOT YET, NOT YET. BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF TEST SITES OUT THERE WHERE WE ARE FLYING. SO WE KIND OF HAVE SOME DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET EXPOSURE TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CLIMATES. TWO OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE. SO FROM THE PICTURE THAT YOU SHOWED OF THE DELIVERY BEING MADE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DESIGNED TO DO JUST A SINGLE DELIVERY TO ONE INDIVIDUAL. DO YOU HAVE PLANS FOR HAVING MAYBE SECURE COMPARTMENTS WHERE IT COULD MAKE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE DELIVERIES AT ALL? GREAT QUESTION. SO YEAH, RIGHT NOW THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO DELIVER TO REALLY WE DESIGN IT MAINLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND TO DIFFERENT USE CASES. BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR MAIN FOCUS. AND THE LAST QUESTION WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS IN TERMS OF LIKE SANITIZING THE EQUIPMENT, LET'S SAY A CAN OF POP? I'M FROM THE MIDWEST. CAN OF POP EXPLODES OR SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY GETS IT AND THEY'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW, THE MEASLES AND THEY'RE TOUCHING THE EQUIPMENT. WHAT WHAT DO YOU GUYS CURRENTLY DO RIGHT NOW? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THE WAY WE SEE OURSELVES IS SIMILAR TO ANY SORT OF DELIVERY DRIVER IN A WAY. AND SO THE PACKAGE THAT THAT OUR DRONE IS GOING TO BE DELIVERED IS SIMILAR TO HOW A DELIVERY DRIVER WOULD GET A PACKAGE FROM A RESTAURANT OR FROM A WALMART. SO THAT PACKAGE IS GOING TO BE SEALED. AND SO WE REALLY ARE JUST THE DELIVERY DRIVER GETTING THE PACKAGE FROM A TO Z. HOW DOES THE PACKAGE COME DETACHED. SO IT WILL BE LOADED BY A BY AN ASSOCIATE ONCE IT'S DELIVERED.

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ONCE IT'S DELIVERED DOWN, LET ME MAYBE TRY AND PULL UP ONE OF THE VIDEOS PICTURE THERE. YEAH. SO THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY LITTLE WINDOWS IF YOU WANT OR LITTLE DOORS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE JOY THAT OPEN UP AND THAT THE PACKAGE DROPS OUT OF. SO SOMEBODY ONCE IT'S LOWERED DOWN AND IT'S SET ON THE GROUND. YEP. HOW DOES THE ZIP LINE DETACH FROM THE ACTUAL PACKAGE? YEAH.

SO LET ME SEE IF THIS WILL SHOW IT. WELL, IN THIS RENDERING I THINK IT MAYBE ZOOMS IN A LITTLE BIT. SO YOU'LL SEE THE JOY DROPS ON THE GROUND OPENS THE DOOR AND THE PACKAGE ESSENTIALLY GRAVITY.

GRAVITY. THE DROID ITSELF IS IT'S, IT'S I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT A HALF AN INCH OFF THE GROUND.

YEAH. OKAY. COOL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO INCREASE THE 8 POUND LOAD TO HIGHER LOAD? BECAUSE EVERY TIME I GO TO WALMART, IT'S ABOUT 30 POUNDS WHEN I COME HOME. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU DO THAT OBVIOUSLY TECHNOLOGY. GREAT QUESTION. I THINK RIGHT NOW 8 POUNDS UP TO 8 POUNDS IS OUR CURRENT PAYLOAD. IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT MUCH. SO MAYBE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, BUT NOT THAT I, NOT THAT I KNOW OF RIGHT NOW LIMITED TO BRINGING ROTISSERIE CHICKENS, OREOS. YEAH. THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THIS IS MORE OF A THIS IS MORE OF TWO CURIOSITY QUESTIONS. WHO DETERMINES THE DROP OFF POINT.

AND ALSO IS THERE A NOTIFICATION TO THE CUSTOMER THAT IT'S BEEN DELIVERED. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WAS GREAT IS WHEN THE ESSENTIALLY IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO KIND OF PLACING AN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT DO ONLINE OR ON AN APP ON YOUR PHONE. YOU'LL PUT IN YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SELECT THE DELIVERY LOCATION. SO THE CUSTOMER WILL CHOOSE WHERE THEY WANT THEIR DELIVERY MADE, WHETHER IT'S THE FRONT PORCH OR THE BACK PORCH OR WHEREVER THE LOCATION IS. AND THEN YOU'LL RECEIVE REAL TIME DELIVERY ALERTS. SO INSTEAD OF MAYBE LIKE A ANOTHER PACKAGE THAT YOU'LL GET LIKE A 3 OR 4 HOUR WINDOW, YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW WITHIN SECONDS WHEN YOUR PACKAGE IS ARRIVING. SO WE TYPICALLY FIND PEOPLE ON THE APP EXCITED FOR THEIR DELIVERY. BUT ALSO ONCE PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DELIVERIES, THEY KIND OF DON'T CHECK IT ANYMORE AND IT GETS DELIVERED AND IT'S THERE. SO YOU'LL HAVE REAL TIME NOTIFICATIONS. HOW MANY DELIVERIES CAN ONE OF THE DRONES MAKE ON A CHARGE? I NOTICED SOME OF THE STATIONS WERE CHARGING STATIONS VERSUS OTHERS. YEAH, SO IT DEPENDS ON THE RADIUS OF THE DELIVERY RIGHT NOW. YEAH. TWO MILES IS KIND OF OUR INITIAL WHAT WE INITIALLY LAUNCHING IT, BUT THE FULL CAPACITY IS TEN MILES. SO IT'S TECHNICALLY, YOU KNOW, A TEN MILE EACH WAY. SO ABOUT 20 MILE ROUND TRIP. SO TYPICALLY WHAT ALL THE ZIPS WILL DO IS ALWAYS MAKE THE DELIVERY AND THEN COME BACK CHARGE AND THEN MAKE ANOTHER DELIVERY. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. THE REZONING REQUEST IS REALLY ABOUT THE STRUCTURES. CORRECT. SO IN THINKING ABOUT THOSE I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE DIAGRAM. THERE'S IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ACCOMMODATION FOR SOMETHING LIKE 2020 UNITS RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT. DO YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY OPERATIONS ANY CURRENTLY AT THAT SCALE. AND WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS I RECOGNIZE IT'S A COMMERCIAL AREA, BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S IT LIKE WITH 2020 OF THESE DRONES COMING AND GOING ALL DAY LONG? IS THAT BEING IS THAT HAPPENING ANYWHERE? YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. SO THE I GUESS WE WANT NINE DOUBLE DOCKS AND TWO SINGLE DOCKS. SO YOUR MATH IS CORRECT. AND WE HAVE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INSTALLING THIS. WE'RE WORKING WITH WALMART AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS ACROSS THE METRO.

WE'VE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION AT ONE OF THE SITE ALREADY. THE PILOT IN PEA RIDGE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. AND SO AND ON OUR TEST SITES, WE ARE OPERATING AT A MUCH HIGHER VOLUME THAN THIS. WE HAVE A LOT MORE DOCKS. AND SO IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT, WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IS THAT THE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOUND THAT WE DESCRIBED, WHETHER YOU HAVE ONE ZIP OR MULTIPLE ZIPS, IT ACTUALLY IS NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE INCREASE. AND SO THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS THAT THE ZIPS, BECAUSE THEY FLY UP TO 300FT, THEY TRULY ARE ABLE TO KIND OF BLEND INTO THE BACKGROUND OF EVERYDAY LIVES. AND SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE WITH THE AREA, PARTICULARLY THE FACT THAT WE'RE BEING LOCATED AT A WALMART. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M JUST CURIOUS NOW, AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY NUMBERS, BUT HOW MANY NEW JOBS DOES THIS CREATE AS A RESULT OF INDIVIDUALS HAVING TO RELOAD THE DRONES? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW A NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, CREATING A QUANTITY OF JOBS. AND ALSO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HIGHLY SKILLED JOBS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR AS WELL LOCALLY AND KIND OF ACROSS THE METRO, BOTH ON CUSTOMER SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE FOR OUR DRONE OPERATIONS. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT IT WILL BE INCREASING AS WE LAUNCH WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITH WALMART. AND I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT IF THAT'S HELPFUL. YOU DID

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MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT WEATHER CONDITIONS. YEAH. SO IS IT ANY TIME WE DON'T GET A LOT OF SNOW HERE, BUT JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT. YEAH. SO DRONE DELIVERY IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SAFEST KIND OF FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR IN TERMS OF DELIVERING PACKAGES. AND WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER IN A LIGHT ICING, HEAVY WINDS, STRONG RAIN. THEY WILL BE CONDITIONS WHERE WE DON'T DELIVER IN. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AT MEETINGS WHERE FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED TORNADOES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE OBVIOUSLY WILL NOT BE DELIVERING THOSE KINDS OF CONDITIONS. AND SO WE DO HAVE A REMOTE, ALTHOUGH THE DRONES ARE FULLY AUTONOMOUS. SO THEY FLY FROM A TO B WITHOUT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH A LITTLE JOYSTICK IF YOU WANT. WE DO. THE FLEET IS MANAGED HOLISTICALLY. SO IF THERE ARE CONDITIONS WHERE THE WIND IS TOO STRONG OR THERE'S CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT DON'T ALLOW US TO FLY, THAT WILL BE MANAGED ON A SITE BY SITE BASIS.

YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH WALMART IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS. SO THE PRESENTATION TODAY HAS TO DO WITH WALMART ON REDBUD. WILL YOU BE BACK MAKING A SIMILAR PRESENTATION FOR OTHER WALMARTS IN MCKINNEY RIGHT NOW? I BELIEVE THIS IS ALL PLANNED FOR MCKINNEY, BUT POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE. THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MAYBE A QUESTION TO WALMART.

WELL, QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS COOK. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION? PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE. ITEM 240103Z. SECOND, AS PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION. JAMES OR. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 240103Z AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANY FINAL DISCUSSION ON THIS? LET'S HAVE OUR VOTE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. THERE ARE NONE. MOTION PASSES AND WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION ON MARCH 4TH, 2025. THE VOTE WAS 7 TO 0. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE FINAL ITEM ON OUR

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “AG” - Agriculture District to “R12” - Residential District, “C2” - Local Commercial District, and “I1” - Light Industrial District, Located Approximately 900 Feet Northwest of the Intersection of County Road 317 and County Road 325 and on the North Side of County Road 317]

PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA. THAT'S ITEM 240125Z. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO R 12.

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT C2 LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 900FT NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 317 AND COUNTY ROAD 325, AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 317. JAKE. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HEAR FROM ME TONIGHT. SO THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, GENERALLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. CURRENTLY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS PART OF THE CITY LIMITS AND ZONED AS THE AG AGRICULTURE DISTRICT. THE PROPOSED REZONE WOULD INTRODUCE THREE SEPARATE STRAIGHT, ZONINGS AND DISTINCTIVE LOCATIONS ON THE PROPERTY. TWO FUTURE ARTERIAL ROADWAYS ARE PROPOSED TO INTERSECT WITHIN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, SPLITTING THE PROPERTY INTO THREE TRACKS. THE RED AREA ON THE EXHIBIT IS PROPOSED TO BE ZONED AS THE R 12 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AND IS APPROXIMATELY 44 ACRES IN SIZE. THE DISTRICT WOULD ALLOW FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ALIGN WITH THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE. WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS SUCH, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE R 12 ZONING. THE YELLOW AREA ON THE EXHIBIT IS PROPOSED TO BE ZONED AS THE C2 LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND IS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES IN SIZE. THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE HARD CORNER OF THE TWO FUTURE INTERSECTING ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, MAKING IT ONE OF THE OPPORTUNE LOCATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST SECTOR OF MCKINNEY, AND COULD POTENTIALLY SERVE BOTH EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENCES DOWN IN THIS AREA. LOCAL, COMMERCIAL, OR THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED. I'M SORRY. WHILE THIS PROPOSED ZONING DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, STAFF NOTES THAT THE LOCATION LENDS ITSELF MORE TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SHOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. AS SUCH, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED C2 ZONING. AND FINALLY, THE BLUE AREA ON THE EXHIBIT IS PROPOSED TO BE ZONED I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND IS APPROXIMATELY 48 ACRES IN SIZE. THE PROPOSED FM

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546, WHICH CUTS THROUGH THE PROPERTY FROM EAST TO WEST, IS THE BOUNDARY FOR THE BUSINESS AND AVIATION DISTRICT TO THE NORTH, AND THEN ALSO THE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, WHICH IS SOUTH OF FM 546 OR FUTURE FM 546. THE PROPOSED OUR PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL ROADWAY IS PROPOSED TO BE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH. THIS PLACE TYPE GENERALLY, WHICH IS EMPLOYMENT MIX NORTH OF HERE, GENERALLY CALLS FOR INDUSTRIAL USES, AND PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND WEST ARE ALREADY ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES AND ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP AS SUCH. AS SUCH, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED I-1 ZONING, WITH ALL OF THE REZONING PREVIOUSLY LISTED. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST TO R 12, C2 AND I-1, AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. JAKE. QUESTIONS, PLEASE. JAKE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE AREN'T THERE ARE NO RESIDENCES ADJACENT TO ANY OF THE AREAS THAT ARE COMMERCIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

JUST LOOKING AT SATELLITE MAP, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF AN OPEN FIELD AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE AERIAL. THERE ARE SOME RESIDENCES ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 317, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTHWEST, RIGHT IN HERE. AND THAT IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THAT IS WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS BEING PROPOSED. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THE R 12 CALLS FOR LOT SIZE. WOULD A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 12,000FT■S ALL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT ON THE SIZE OF LOTS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DEVELOP, BUT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT POTENTIALLY THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE TO OVER AN ACRE AS FAR AS LOT SIZE. BUT AGAIN, THE MINIMUM OR YEAH, THE MINIMUM IS 12,000 AS FAR AS THE R 12 DISTRICT ITSELF. WHAT WOULD WE GENERALLY LOOK FOR IN THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL KIND OF PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YEAH. SO THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL IS TYPICALLY A LARGER LOT SIZE. THE R 12 IS THE SECOND LARGEST AS FAR AS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. THERE'S THAT AND THEN THE R 43 AS WELL. SO THOSE TWO ARE KIND OF THE PRIMARY STRAIGHT ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE LOOK FOR WITHIN THE ESTATE RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE. THANK YOU JAKE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. YES. IS THE APPLICANT HERE THIS EVENING. YES HE IS. SO PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS RYAN JOYCE WITH MICHAEL JOYCE PROPERTIES 767 JUSTIN ROAD, ROCKWALL, TEXAS 75087. I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS HERE THIS EVENING WITH YOU GUYS. JUST A REAL BRIEF PRESENTATION AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE. SO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY. SO WE ARE A SMALL FAMILY OWNED COMPANY IS MY MYSELF AND MY WIFE OWN OUR COMPANY. WE STARTED IN 2018. WE ARE BASED IN ROCKWALL. WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE ABOUT A SIX MINUTE DRIVE COMMUTE FROM OUR HOUSE TO OUR OFFICE, WHICH IS WHICH IS GREAT FOR DEALING WITH KIDS, BUT IT'S HORRIBLE FOR LISTENING TO PODCASTS. YOU DON'T CAN'T REALLY GET INTO THEM IN SIX MINUTES, BUT THIS IS A SNAPSHOT FROM OUR WEBSITE. THIS JUST TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY CORE VALUES.

INTEGRITY IS EVERYTHING TO US. IT'S PARAMOUNT IN EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE. IT'S WHAT DRIVES ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. WE VALUE PEOPLE AND WE STRIVE TO BUILD LASTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYBODY THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH MUNICIPALITIES, CITY STAFF, CITY INSPECTORS, CONTRACTORS, HOMEOWNERS, NEIGHBORS. WITHOUT THOSE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS, YOU REALLY CAN'T CAN'T SUSTAIN IN THIS BUSINESS. FAMILY IS WHY WE BUILT OUR COMPANY. WE WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR FAMILY. WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES NOW THAT WE PROVIDE A REAL, SOLID WORK LIFE BALANCE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR KIDS LIVES. AND SO FAMILY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMPANY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR FAITH, WE FOLLOW CHRIST. WE FOLLOW. I MEAN, WE'RE ALL CHRISTIANS. EVERYBODY WHO WORKS AT OUR COMPANY IS CHRISTIANS. SO FAITH IS A VERY BIG PART OF OUR COMPANY. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON. SO THE PROJECT ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN, THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DID IN MCKINNEY CALLED THE TERRACES. THIS IS IN TOTAL 287 LOTS THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM ANYWHERE FROM 80 FOOT UP TO JUST AT ABOUT A HALF ACRE. SO THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY NEAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WE

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DID OUT THERE. WE WERE ABLE TO PRESERVE THE LAKE THERE. THAT'S ACTUALLY A 13 ACRE LAKE THERE ON THE PROPERTY. THE PROJECT HERE ON THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT HERE IN MCKINNEY THAT WE HELP MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION ON. THIS IS CALLED THE ROW, WHICH IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SILVERADO AND MCKINNEY RANCH PARKWAY. A VERY UNIQUE DESIGN HERE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

CONSTRUCTION OF THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT, JUST GIVEN THE SMALL STATURE OF THE SPACE THAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH. THIS IS A PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN BACK IN DECEMBER, AND SO YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW WELL THE LANDSCAPING HAS KIND OF KIND OF COME, COME IN AND COME TO FRUITION. AND THERE'S JUST A GREAT OVERALL LOOKING SITE AND GREAT FINISHED PRODUCT. SO WE KNOW THAT THE OWNERS OF THIS PROJECT ARE EXCITED TO GET STARTED ON BUILDING THE UNITS THERE AS WELL. SO YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROADWAY. SO IN THIS EXHIBIT HERE, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE 546 AS IT COMES RIGHT THROUGH HERE. IT DOES COME RIGHT THROUGH OUR PROPERTY, WHICH REALLY BISECTS THE PROPERTY NORTH AND SOUTH, WHICH IS WHY WE CHOSE THE SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE THERE. CURRENTLY. THIS SPUR 399 IS GOING THROUGH EXPANSION RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS THE ROAD THAT'S ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. AND THEN THIS 546 WILL WILL CUT DOWN AND GO INTO LOWRY CROSSING. SO NO, NO NEED TO REALLY GO OVER THIS IN SUPER DETAIL. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS WITH THE FM 546 OVERLAY ON IT AGAIN, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT BISECTS THE PROPERTY AND REALLY CREATES THE THREE DISTRICTS THERE. THE NORTH SOUTH ROAD IS PART OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S FUTURE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AND SO WE JUST KIND OF LEFT THAT RIGHT WHERE IT'S SHOWN ON THE FUTURE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF CREATED OUR EAST AND WEST POCKETS THERE. AS FAR AS OUR PROPOSED LAYOUT GOES, THIS IS ONE OPTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YOU DID HEAR THAT. YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL KIND OF WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN QUITE TO THE SITE PLAN PHASE YET OF THE PROJECT. SO WE STILL HAVE SOME THINGS TO WORK OUT FROM A SEWER CAPACITY AS WELL AS A WATER CAPACITY. BUT THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. ALL THESE LOTS DO MEET THE 12 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM, WITH SOME OF THEM GOING UP TO A HALF ACRE IN SIZE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUILDERS AND OUR PROPOSED PRODUCT THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON THERE. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVE PHOTOS OF THE HOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT OUT THERE. ONE OF OUR BUILDING PARTNERS IS PERRY HOMES. YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCTS HERE. WE ANTICIPATE THE PRICE POINTS OF THESE HOMES TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 1.2 TO $2 MILLION. AND THERE ARE ANOTHER ONE OF OUR BUILDING PARTNERS IS SHATTUCK HOMES. SO YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVE PHOTOS HERE OF TYPICAL PRODUCT THAT WOULD BE JUST WITHIN THE SINGLE FAMILY PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PORTION, THAT'S REALLY TOO FAR OUT RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. SO AT A LATER DATE, WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU WITH WITH SITE PLANS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC SITES. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. JOYCE? I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME, BUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JOYCE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THIS EVENING WANTING TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE? SEEING NONE, CAN WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I MOVE, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE. ITEM NUMBER 24, DASH 0125Z SECOND. JESSE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY CHARLES AND SECOND BY JESSE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE. ITEM 240125Z. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S HAVE OUR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. MOTION PASSES AT A VOTE OF 7 TO 0. AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL BE FORWARDED ON TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION MARCH THE 4TH, 2025 MEETING. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA? ANYBODY WISHING TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING? NOT ON THE AGENDA? YES, YOU NEED TO GET YOUR MIC ADJUSTED. I'M SORRY. WHAT YOU NEED TO GET YOUR MIC ADJUSTED. WHEN WE GET TO THE NEW PLACE, WHY DON'T WE JUST GET HIM A WHOLE NEW BUILDING? YEAH, A

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WHOLE NEW BUILDING. THAT'D BE GREAT. ANY COMMISSION OR STAFF COMMENTS? YEAH. GO AHEAD. THAT'S

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AWESOME. JUST A REMINDER FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ON THURSDAY IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL HAVE A TRAINING IN THE NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE NEW EQUIPMENT, NEW PODIUM, NEW DAIS, FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF TOUR OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL CENTER. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. IT SHOULD ALREADY BE ON YOUR CALENDAR. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND ON THURSDAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THERE ARE SOME ALTERNATE DATES THAT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. AND THEN, AS ANOTHER REMINDER, THIS WILL BE THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IN THIS BUILDING. SO STARTING WITH OUR NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 25TH, I BELIEVE IS OUR DATE, WE WILL BE AT THE NEW FACILITY. SO PLEASE DON'T COME HERE BECAUSE THE DOORS WILL BE LOCKED. THANK YOU. JENNIFER, I WANT TO SAY GOOD TO SEE YOU, JAMES. THANKS FOR HELPING US.

AND TIM, WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO BE SEEN. ALL RIGHT. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE LAST ORDER OF BUSINESS. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. SECOND.

RUSSELL. MOTION BY DEIDRA. SECOND BY RUSSELL TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. I ANY OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.