[CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING I SHOULD SAY. TODAY IS MONDAY, MARCH 31ST. THE YEAR 2025. WE'RE IN THE NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. IT IS 602 IN THE EVENING, OUR CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY MAJOR ANGEL CALDERON OF THE SALVATION ARMY. AND MAJOR, YOU'LL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION RIGHT AFTER OUR PLEDGE. SO IF YOU WOULD STAY UP, UP HERE AFTER YOUR AFTER THE INVOCATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
JEREMY. PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY. THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, THE WORKING, THE WORKING TO YOU IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE MCKINNEY FATHER, WE NEED YOU. WE NEED YOU PRESENT. WE NEED YOU, HOLY SPIRIT, ABOUT THE CITY FATHERS. WE ARE IN YOUR HANDS. AND WE DECLARE, FATHER, IN THIS MOMENT, VICTORY IN THIS CITY. YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING, LORD. AND WE'RE PUT IN EVERY SINGLE SITUATIONS IN YOUR HANDS. AND WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOUR SON. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. YOU'LL JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US. GOOD EVENING, MAJORS, GOOD EVENING. WE ARE MAJORS ANGEL AND VALERIE CALDERON, REPRESENTING THE SALVATION ARMY OF MCKINNEY. AND IN THIS EVENING, WE WANT TO THANK YOU, MAJOR GEORGE FULLER AND YOUR CITY LEADERS, FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR MAYORAL RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN IN 2020. FOR THE OTHER COMPETING MAYORS THAT PARTICIPATED WERE THE MAYOR FROM ANNA, PETE KANE AND PROSPER MAYOR DAVID BRISTOL. WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, MAYOR FULLER, FOR BEING A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THE SALVATION ARMY DURING YOUR TERM AS A MAYOR, YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS FACING POVERTY, ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN STEADFAST. IN ADDITION, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE MAYORAL CHALLENGE OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE, AND IT SHOWS YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORS HERE THAT ARE FACING SO MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. WE'RE PLEASED IN THIS EVENING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE BELL TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR HELPING THE CHALLENGE RAISE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY OF MCKINNEY. YOU. THIS YEAR, YOUR TEAM RAISED A TOTAL OF $749, OF WHICH $514 WITH $0.52 WAS FROM BELL RINGING. IN DECEMBER, THE SIXTH AND $234 WERE FROM THREE DONORS THROUGH THE RED VIRTUAL KETTLES. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE OWE YOU A HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE BECAUSE OF YOUR EFFORTS, WHICH HELPED INSPIRED FOUR MAYORAL TEAMS THAT COMPETED AND IN TURN INSPIRED SEVEN DONORS TO GIVE A TOTAL OF $3,053, WITH $0.95 IN DONATIONS.
WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S DOING, AND WITH THESE MONIES THAT WE COLLECT, WE USE IT TO HELP SO MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE JUST HAD A WOMAN WHO HAD COME TO OUR OFFICE. HER NAME WAS DONNA, AND HER ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION WAS A SIMPLE BICYCLE. SHE USED TO GO ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS BASICALLY HER IDENTITY HERSELF. HOW SHE FELT EMPOWERED, THAT NOTHING COULD STOP HER WITH HER BICYCLE. AND ONE DAY SHE CAME CRYING BECAUSE THE ONLY MEANS SHE HAD TO GO AROUND THE COMMUNITY WAS STOLEN FROM HER.
AND WITH THESE MONIES, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE A BRAND NEW BICYCLE FOR HER. AND WHEN SHE CAME IN NOT TOO LONG AGO INTO THE INTO OUR OFFICES, SHE LOOKED EMPOWERED. SHE LOOKED HAPPY. SHE WAS WITH A BRIGHT SMILE. AND IT WAS JUST BASICALLY, IT'S NOT BECAUSE SHE JUST GOT BACK A BICYCLE. SHE FELT THAT EMPOWERMENT, THAT NOW SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO FURTHER.
AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS. AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HELPING US WITH THAT IN THIS MOMENT. WE WOULD LOVE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS BELL AND CERTIFICATE.
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THAT A LOT. YOU CAN FIND AT TEN. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU MA'AM.[Proclamation for Child Abuse Prevention Month]
NEXT IS ITEM 252607 PROCLAMATION FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.COME ON IT. YOU'RE WORKING TODAY, AREN'T YOU? ARE YOU? OH MY GOD. I LOVE IT DOWN PEOPLE'S PHONES. CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS CHILDREN THRIVE IN SAFE, STABLE AND NURTURING FAMILIES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. WHILE CRISIS INTERVENTION IS CRITICAL, PROACTIVE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES BEFORE A CRISIS ARISES IS KEY TO PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT. BY BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS THAT LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN, WE CAN FOSTER RESILIENT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE CHILDREN CAN FLOURISH. AND WHEREAS CHILD MALTREATMENT REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, COMMUNITIES WITHOUT ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES FACE INCREASED RISKS. YET WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT, IT CAN BE PREVENTED. AND WHEREAS EACH APRIL, WE RECOGNIZE THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND PREVENT CHILD ABUSE BEFORE CRISIS EMERGES, FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS, FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS, ADVOCACY GROUPS, SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WORK TIRELESSLY TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND PROTECT CHILDREN. WHEREAS PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, BEHIND EVERY THRIVING FAMILY IS A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY THAT EMPOWERS THEM TO SUCCEED. IT IS VITAL FOR EVERYONE TO COLLABORATE, TO BUILD LOCAL SUPPORT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES AND ENSURES CHILDREN'S SAFETY. I URGE ALL MCKINNEY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EFFORTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE HEALTHY, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW. TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY. THEREFORE, I, GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2025 TO BE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, URGING THE APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION WHEREOF WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 31ST DAY OF MARCH, 2025. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CHILD ABUSE IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US, AND IT TAKES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE TO HELP OUR KIDS. SO ALL OF US REPRESENT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. OUR ORGANIZATION, MY ORGANIZATION IS FOSTER FRIENDS AND WHAT WE DO. WE ARE A NONPROFIT. WE WORK TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE THRUST INTO A SITUATION THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE. SO WE PLAN EVENTS FOR THEM, THINGS THAT MAKE THEM HAPPIER. WE HAVE. WE JUST HAD A LITTLE SHOPPING SPREE FOR THEM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR OR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE A BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE, WHERE WE COLLECT SHOES FOR 650 KIDS. SO IF YOU CARE TO JOIN US, WE WOULD LOVE THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MISS REEVES. I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M STANDING BEHIND YOU. I'M DOING WELL. SURE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. MICHAEL JONES AND MYSELF, AS WELL AS MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY STAFF, ATTENDED THE GALA THIS WEEKEND FOR THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. AND I WHEN I LEFT, THEY WERE WELL ABOVE A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY RAISED IN ONE NIGHT. DO ANY OF YOU LADIES HAVE THE TOTAL OF WHAT WAS GIVEN ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN OF COLLIN COUNTY? IT'S ALL GOOD THAT, AS YOU KNOW, I SAW YOU AT AN EARLIER EVENT, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT. WELL, WELL, WELL, BEFORE THE BIDDING CLOSED ON THE SILENT AUCTION, THE NUMBER I RECEIVED WAS $578,000. AND. YOU KNOW, I WON THE CAR. I'LL JUST TELL YOU,
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THEY DIDN'T GIVE IT TO ME TO DELIVER IT TONIGHT, OKAY? NO. SO, SUE, I WANT TO VOLUNTEER MY WIFE, MAYLEE THOMAS, TO HELP ON THE SHOE DRIVE. OH, OKAY. I THAT'S I KNOW YOU APPLAUD FOR ME FOR VOLUNTEERING HER. OKAY. AND ON THAT NOTE, I DO WANT TO THANK LOVE LIFE FOUNDATION FOR BEING A SPONSOR OF THIS WEEKEND'S GALA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. YEAH. WE HAVE.THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. I THINK THAT'S. THANK YOU. EMPRESS, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT
[CONSENT AGENDA]
HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. SO WE WILL MOVE RIGHT TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.THESE ITEMS CONSIST OF NON-CONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH REQUEST PRIOR TO A MOTION AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS, UNLESS THERE IS AN ITEM THAT SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOWN.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON CONSENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT. I'LL SECOND. YOU ALL. WANT TO DO ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS? SEE WHO GOT THAT? I'LL TAKE IT. OKAY. WHERE'S THE BUTTONS AT? GIVE THAT TO MAYOR PRO TEM ON THE SECOND. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. I DON'T KNOW THAT. ALL RIGHT, MOVE TO REGULAR AGENDA, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. THIS
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on Certain Amendments to Chapter 150, Entitled “Unified Development Code,” of the Code of Ordinances, City of McKinney, Texas, to: (1) Correct Typographical Errors and Make Nonsubstantive Editorial Changes to Article 2 (Zoning Regulations), including Appendix 2B (McKinney Town Center MTC); and (2) Make Certain Substantive Changes to Article 2 (Zoning Regulations), Specifically to Section 205 (Use Regulations) and Appendix 2B (McKinney Town Center MTC), and Accompanying Ordinance]
PORTION OF THE AGENDA REQUIRES ITEMS BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY THE COUNCIL. FIRST ITEM IS 2400084. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 150 ENTITLED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS TO CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND MAKE NON-SUBSTANTIVE EDITORIAL CHANGES TO ARTICLE TWO ZONING REGULATIONS, INCLUDING APPENDIX TWO B MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER MTC, C EXCUSE ME AND MAKE CERTAIN SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO ARTICLE TWO ZONING REGULATIONS, SPECIFICALLY TO SECTION 205 USE REGULATIONS AND APPENDIX TWO B MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER MTC AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE. I'M SORRY THAT THAT TITLE WAS SO LONG. IT'S OKAY. SO AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, JENNIFER ARNOLD IS NOW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO YOU WILL BE GETTING TO WORK WITH ME TONIGHT. KATE STRICKLAND, PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO MTC ZONING DISTRICT AMENDMENT TO GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGH LEVEL WHENEVER WE DID THE UDC UPDATE IN 2022, WE ONLY WE ONLY GLANCED OVER THE MTC. WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK. WE KNEW THAT THE MTC NEEDED MORE ATTENTION, MORE LOVE, AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE BACK TONIGHT. SO JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE, I KNOW THAT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE AWARE, BUT MTC IS OUR MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER DISTRICT THAT IS OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN. THAT IS ALL OUR SURROUNDING HISTORIC PROPERTIES, AND IT IS ALSO THE COTTON MILL.IT IS ARRAY OF DIFFERENT CHARACTER DISTRICTS. I WON'T I WON'T BELABOR IT. WE ALL HAVE SEEN OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN, BUT IT IS OUR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CAUSE, OUR DIFFERENT EDGES AND ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE. SO OUR AMENDMENT GOALS, WHENEVER WE WERE DOING THIS, WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS EASIER TO USE.
WE WERE TRYING TO CLEAN UP SOME LANGUAGE, AND WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ACTUALLY MATCHED WITH OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. THERE ARE SOME ITEMS IN THE MTC THAT WERE A LITTLE ANTIQUATED, AND SO WE WERE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING THOSE CLEANED UP, AND THAT THE UDC AND THE MTC ACTUALLY MATCH. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED WITH THE CHANGES BECAUSE IT WILL IMPROVE THE EASE OF USE. SO JUST A REMINDER ON THE TIMELINE, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS IN DECEMBER. YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. WE CAME BEFORE Y'ALL. DECEMBER 17TH CALLED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH P AND Z BACK IN MARCH, AND NOW WE ARE HERE BEFORE Y'ALL WITH THOSE CHANGES THAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANYTHING. SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE HAVE CHANGED. SO YOU GUYS SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. BUT JUST A REMINDER, WE DID THIS IN TWO DIFFERENT TYPES. IT'S FINE TUNING WHICH IS THE NON-SUBSTANTIVE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE TYPOS. THAT'S GOING TO BE CLARIFICATIONS. THAT'S IMPROVING THE EASE OF USE. AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S TRUE MODIFICATIONS WHICH ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MODIFYING OUR LAND USES. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE UPDATING THE STANDARDS, THE CRITERIAS, THINGS THAT WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT HOW PEOPLE CAN DEVELOP AND USE THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE MTC. SO DIFFERENT FINE TUNING THINGS. THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT WE DID. FIXES FOR TYPOS. WE MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING MATCHED FROM THE UDC TO THE MTC. AND IT WAS. IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE. SO WE CAN ALL THANK CAMERON AND WE CAN THANK
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OUR DOWNTOWN TEAM. THEY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE LAND USES MATCHED, AND THAT THERE WERE NO MORE MISSPELLINGS, BECAUSE YOU'D BE SURPRISED AT HOW HOW OFTEN YOU CAN FIND AT LEAST ONE. SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHANGES FOR THE LAND USE. WE DID CONVERSIONS, WHICH IS MAKING SURE THAT THE OLD ANTIQUATED USES ACTUALLY MATCH THE UDC. AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO CONSOLIDATION, WHICH IS WHEN WE'RE TAKING WE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES THAT CAN ALL NOW BE CONSOLIDATED UNDER ONE EASY USE. SO LIKE WE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WINERY, DISTILLERY, BREWERY. AND NOW WE HAVE CRAFT CONSUMABLES. WE'LL WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT'S THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONSOLIDATION THAT WE DID. YOU BREAKOUT IS GOING TO BE USES REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED BY MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ONES. SO WE JUST MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE HANDLED. ADDITION WAS GOING TO BE THE USE THAT'S NOT PRESENT NAME UPDATE. AND THEN RETIRED. SOME OF THEM WERE JUST SO OLD THAT KIND OF LIKE IF YOU LOOK IN OUR OLD ZONING THAT MCKINNEY ORIGINALLY DID, IT WAS AUTO LAUNDRY.SIMILAR TO THAT BECAUSE AUTO LAUNDRY IS A CAR WASH, BY THE WAY, IN CASE NO ONE KNEW.
MODIFICATIONS. SO WE MADE SURE WHENEVER SOME MODIFICATIONS. REMINDER THESE ARE BIG CHANGES.
SO TABLE OF USES WE ADDED COMMUNITY GARDEN. WE ADDED WARMING STATION AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION BECAUSE THOSE WERE ITEMS THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME INTO THE MTC AND THEY WOULD ASK TO BE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE A LOT OF CHURCHES WILL ACTUALLY COME TO UTILIZE WARMING STATIONS, OR PEOPLE WANTED TO COME PUT A ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION DOWNTOWN. AND IT WAS IT WAS TECHNICALLY NOT A USE. SO WE CLEANED THAT UP. AND YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT. NOW. BIGGER CHANGES THAT WE HAD ARE GOING TO BE CRAFT CONSUMABLES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AN ENTIRELY NEW USE. IT IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT WAS THE CONSOLIDATION OF MULTIPLE USES INTO ONE NEW USE, AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT, WHICH IS INDOOR AND OUTDOOR. SO CRAFT CONSUMABLES. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN DECEMBER, BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS GOING TO COVER SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION. THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR CHOCOLATIERS. THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR COFFEE ROASTERIES. THIS IS BREWERIES, WINERIES, ANYONE THAT IS MAKING SOME KIND OF CONSUMABLE PRODUCT AT A SMALLER SCALE. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING, WE'RE NOT TALKING. SOMEONE'S DOING A GIANT MILLER LITE DISTRIBUTION CENTER. WE'RE TALKING OUR GOODY'S CHOCOLATE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME IN AND ROAST COFFEE AND ALSO SELL IT ON SITE. UNION BEAR, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE AS WELL. BUT YEAH, SO WITH THE CONSOLIDATION CURRENTLY IN THE UDC, IT'S MICROBREWERY, DISTILLERY, WINERY, CIDERY, CURRENTLY IN THE MTC, IT'S BREWERY, MICROBREWERY, WINERY. WE HAVE ACTUALLY UPDATED THE UDC AND THE MTC AND THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE TOGETHER AS ONE AS ONE LOVELY CRAFT CONSUMABLE.
THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER SO THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING TO PIECEMEAL. WHENEVER SOMEONE COMES IN AND THEY'RE WANTING TO DO A WINERY AND WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK IT OUT, CRAFT CONSUMABLES WILL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY KEEP IT PRETTY SIMILAR TO HOW IT APPLIES IN THE UDC ALREADY, WHICH IS BUILDINGS THAT ARE ONLY WITHIN THE LESS THAN 2000FT■!S.T CAN GO UP HIGHER IF IT CONTAINS THE RESTAURANT COMPONENT AS WELL AS THE STORE. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL GOING TO MIRROR THAT EXISTING CRITERIA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE UDC. AND SO THIS WILL APPLY TO THE MTC. AND THEN OUR C TWO ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WITHIN THE UDC.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT. SO COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT IS GOING TO BE YOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENTERTAINMENT LIKE OUR AX THROWING. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE HERE WE HAVE A PARTY IN PLAY CENTER. BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW. IT'S BROKEN UP INTO COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT AND RECEPTION EVENT CENTER. AND SO THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR INDOOR COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT AND INDOOR EVENT CENTER. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS ONLY NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN EDGE. IT WILL NOW BE PERMITTED WITH A CRITERIA. AND THEN THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE GOING FROM OUR SPECIFIC USE PERMITS. THEY'LL NOW BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT THAT WILL NOW BE THROUGH CRITERIA. WE DID VERIFY WHENEVER WE DID THE CHANGES THAT WE WOULD NOT BE IMPACTING ANY EXISTING BUSINESSES. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL WERE AWARE WITH THE COMMERCIAL INDOOR PROPOSED, IT SHALL BE LOCATED IN A MINIMUM OF 300. IT SHALL BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 300FT AWAY FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH IS EASY TO DO WITHIN THE MTC SINCE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BLEND OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. AS WELL AS THIS PERMIT PROVISION WILL MAKE SURE IT CAN BE ELIMINATED BY AN SUP. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO 250FT AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL, THEY CAN COME BEFORE YOU ALL AND REQUEST THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. NEXT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT OUTDOOR. THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT CHANGING VERY MUCH. PROPOSED. THE ONLY AREA THAT IS TRULY CHANGING FOR Y'ALL IS
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GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN EDGE. NOT CURRENTLY PERMITTED, BUT IT WILL BE PERMITTED THROUGH AN SUP. SO Y'ALL WILL HAVE THE FINAL VERDICT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT AN SUP WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THE LOCATION FOR THE DOWNTOWN EDGE. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS? I HAD ONE THE 300FT. YOU MADE A STATEMENT. WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE IF YOU WOULD. IT'S 300FT FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL USE. AND THEN YOU MADE THE STATEMENT, AS WE KNOW IN THE IN THIS AREA, THERE'S RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BLENDED THROUGHOUT. YOU KNOW, 300FT CAN BE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, A BLOCK AND A HALF TWO BLOCKS AWAY. ANOTHER STREET BEHIND THAT MID-BLOCK. WHAT OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN COME HERE, BUT WHAT WAS THE THINKING BEHIND 300FT? WHAT WAS THAT? YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION. SO 300FT IS PRETTY. IT'S IN LINE WITH A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR UDC. SO WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE 200FT AND WE ACTUALLY EXTEND IT. I'LL HAVE TO VERIFY WITH CAMERON. BUT WE EXTENDED IT JUST A LITTLE BIT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE MTC, WE WANTED TO PLAY CLOSER ATTENTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THE CLOSER RESIDENTIAL ADJACENT USES. AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE COMPLETELY CORRECT THAT SOMETIMES IT'LL BE A WHOLE BLOCK AWAY. AND THAT IS WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO BUILD IN THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SO THAT Y'ALL WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE A LOOK WHENEVER WE HAVE THOSE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BECAUSE THE BACK OF GATHER, FOR EXAMPLE, IS 300FT, TAKES YOU TO THE OTHER SIDE OF CITY HALL, ALMOST. AND THAT'S THAT'S QUITE A WAYS. AND HATE TO HATE TO THINK THAT THAT TYPE OF USE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EXIST IF THEY WERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF PROXIMITY THAT FAR AWAY.BUT ALL RIGHT. SO THEY'LL COME FOR A SPECIAL USE, CORRECT? YES. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YOU HAD SAID IN REGARD TO ONE OF THE VERY SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT IS BEING PROPOSED, THAT NO BUSINESS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY IT. ARE THERE ANY ON ANY OF THESE CHANGES THAT MAKE AN EXISTING USE A ALLOWABLE NON-CONFORMING USE? YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION. SO GO AHEAD. SO WHENEVER WE WERE REVIEWING IT AND I WILL VERIFY WITH CAMERON.
BUT WE MADE SURE WHENEVER WE WERE MAKING THESE CHANGES THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE CREATING THOSE NON-CONFORMING USES, THERE'S ACTUALLY A STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES THAT IF WE DID THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A SPECIAL NOTIFICATION PROCESS. SO WE WERE VERY, VERY STRICT IN MAKING SURE THAT ANY CHANGES UNDER THIS KIND OF NOTICING WERE NOT GOING TO BE CHANGED THAT WAY. I WANTED TO BE SURE OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT ISSUE ONLY COMES UP WHEN THEY SELL THAT PROPERTY, AND THE NEW BUYER IS GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT THEY ALREADY HAD.
AND SO YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALAN. SO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE ENTERTAIN A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
WHO IS THE SECOND? COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS. THANK. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 250016 RP
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Variance to a Replat for Kostial Addition, Located at 815 North Kentucky Street]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A VARIANCE TO A REPLAT FOR COASTAL ADDITION LOCATED AT 815 NORTH KENTUCKY STREET. I WAS JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK. THAT WAS FOR YOU. KEITH STRICKLAND, PLANNING MANAGER, CITY OF MCKINNEY. THE APPLICANT IS COMING FORWARD WITH FOUR LOTS AND A COMMON AREA FOR THIS LOCATION. IT WILL KIND OF FEEL LIKE A SIMILAR LOCATION FOR Y'ALL, BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY JUST APPROVED A ZONING FOR THE COTTAGE COURTS. AT THIS LOCATION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO SOME DESIGN STANDARDS TO ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF SAID COURTS FOR DESIGN FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY WE REQUIRE THAT LOTS ARE FRONTING ONTO A ROAD. SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COULD YOU GO THROUGH THE VARIANCES REAL QUICK? OF COURSE. SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTING FROM LOT FRONTAGE VARIANCES. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE REQUESTING I AM SO SORRY I HAD IT PULLED UP. AND THEN JUST FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT LOT FRONTAGE AND LOT SHAPE, IF YOU WOULD PULL UP THE PLOT[00:25:02]
ITSELF, THE LOTS ARE A BIT OF AN ODD CONFIGURATION. AND SO THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT BASED OFF OF OUR UDC, WE DO REQUIRE THAT LOTS ARE RECTILINEAR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THIS ONE'S A LITTLE THEY'RE A LITTLE SPECIAL LOOKING IF YOU LOOK AT THEM. BUT IT'S GOING TO CREATE A PRODUCT FOR THOSE COTTAGE COURTS. IT SHOULD BE THE PROPOSED REPLAT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE THEY HAVE THE COTTAGE COURT AND THEN THEY HAVE THESE ODD LITTLE JAGS. I DON'T GET TO SEE WHAT YOU. OH THERE IT IS. SO THEY HAVE THESE ODD LITTLE ZIGZAG LOTS THAT DID NOT QUITE MEET OUR SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS. SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. THESE TWO RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK DO NOT HAVE DIRECT FRONTAGE WHICH IS THAT SECONDARY VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS. NO. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. SEEING WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM SIR. COME ON UP WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND IF YOU'LL FILL OUT A CARD PRIOR TO LEAVING. SIR DUDLEY, 916 NORTH CHURCH. JUST. WE'RE SEEING THIS. WE'RE NEW TO THE AREA, SO WE'RE JUST SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ARE AWARE THAT THEY CLEARED THE LOT.WHAT ARE THE SIZES OF EACH OF THESE LOTS AND HOW MANY ARE THEY WITH THE VARIANCES GOING TO ALLOW ON THIS PLAN. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DETERMINED IN THE LAST THE LAST TIME THEY WERE BEFORE COUNCIL FOR THAT, FOR THE PLAT OF THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION HERE. SO THIS THIS VARIANCE IS GOING TO CHANGE ANY OF THAT. OR IS IT JUST CHANGING THE INGRESS COMING OFF KENTUCKY. YEAH. THE VARIANCE IS THAT SHE JUST DESCRIBED A MINUTE AGO.
WE'RE WE'RE JUST TO THE FRONT SETBACK AREA. I THINK IF YOU REMEMBER HOW SHE SHOWED THE CONFIGURATION WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THAN OTHERS, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT IS ALREADY ZONED NOW TO BE BUILT AS FAR AS SIZE OF UNITS AND NUMBER OF UNITS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MISS, CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 2400182.
[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 Multi-Family Residential Uses and Modify the Development Standards, Located on the South Side of Laud Howell Parkway and Located on the Northeast and Northwest Intersections of Laud Howell Parkway and Trinity Falls Parkway, and Accompanying Ordinance]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. GENERALLY TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOT HOWELL PARKWAY AND LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST INTERSECTIONS OF LOT HOWELL PARKWAY AND TRINITY FALLS PARKWAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF ME TONIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL. SO JUST REITERATING THAT THIS IS AT THE HARD CORNERS OF LOT HOWELL AND TRINITY FALLS. THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSING TO DO A LARGE SCALE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT HERE WITH MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL. THEY'RE WANTING TO BRING A MIXED USE OF OFFICE, RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF COMPONENTS TO THIS AREA. AND I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. HERE. SO PERFECT. SO IT IS GOING TO BE BROKEN OUT INTO THE ZONING INTO FOUR SEPARATE TRACKS. TRACT ONE. THANK YOU JAKE. JAKE BENNETT SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME WITH THE ZONING AND SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK HE DOES. BUT TRACT ONE IN BRIGHT GREEN IS GOING TO BE OUR TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY, SO THAT'S GOING TO FOLLOW OUR MF 30 STANDARDS. THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR TYPICAL STANDARDS OF SETBACKS REQUIREMENTS. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR TYPICAL THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TRACK TWO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING. THAT IS GOING TO BE A PRODUCT IN WHICH WE CALL BROWNSTONE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A TOWNHOME. HOWEVER, THEY ARE GOING TO BE A FOR RENT PRODUCT. AND SO THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE SPECIALTY REQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE SURE THAT AT A MAXIMUM, IT'S 185 UNITS AT THAT LOCATION. AND THEN EACH BUILDING IS GOING TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE UNITS PER STRUCTURE. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE TWOS AND THREES. IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE OR LARGER. WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE BROWNSTONES. THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT FOR HOW THE BUILDINGS ARE ACCESSED. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ACCESSED FROM THE FRONT THROUGH A PATIO OR SOME SORT OF SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT. AND SO ADDITIONALLY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN AMENITIES, THEY ARE GOING TO BE A MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT, AND THEY WILL ALL HAVE THEIR OWN ENCLOSED PARKING TO MEET THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS THERE. TRACK THREE, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BRIGHT YELLOW TRACK THAT IS[00:30:03]
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A MIX OF URBAN, MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL. AND SO I WANTED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE HATCHING AREA. SO THE AREA THAT IS HATCHED IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY COMMERCIAL. SO THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT ANY KIND OF MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT ALONG THE LOT. HOWELL AND TRINITY FALLS HARD CORNER RIGHT THERE. SO THAT WILL BE PROTECTED FOR RETAIL.THAT'S GOING TO BE PROTECTED FOR RESTAURANTS. ANY TYPE OF STANDARD COMMERCIAL THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE. AND SO IN THAT LOCATION THEY ARE GOING TO BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF A 475 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. AND THEN IT'LL BE THE C2 COMMERCIAL THAT THEY WILL BE MIMICKING FROM THE UDC FOR THE COMMERCIAL USES, TRACT FOUR GETS A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING. SO THE HATCHING AGAIN IS ONLY GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL USES. MULTIFAMILY CANNOT BE BUILT IN THOSE LOCATIONS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO PROTECT OUR COMMERCIAL FRONTAGES. AND YOU ALSO SEE THAT THE NEW US HIGHWAY 380 BYPASS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CUTTING THROUGH A PORTION OF THIS. SO THIS TRACT WILL HAVE 380 LOT HOWELL AND TRINITY FALLS FRONTAGE ALONG IT. SO WE WANTED TO PAY CLOSE MIND TO THAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE AS WELL. THAT LOCATION IS ONLY GOING TO HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 775 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON TRACT FOUR. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO SETBACKS, BILL TO AMENITIES, AND IT'S GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 6 STORIES IN HEIGHT FOR THE MULTIFAMILY IN THAT LOCATION. ADDITIONALLY, THANK YOU JAKE.
THIS IS A BETTER DEPICTION OF THE PROPOSED REGULATING PLAN, WITH THE YELLOW BEING FULLY COMMERCIAL AND THE BLUE BEING THE ALLOWANCE FOR COMMERCIAL AND URBAN MULTIFAMILY ALLOWANCES, THEY CAN BUILD COMMERCIAL WITHIN THE BLUE. THEY CANNOT BUILD ANY MULTIFAMILY WITHIN THE YELLOW.
WITH THAT IN MIND, STAFF HAS CRITICALLY REVIEWED IT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THE PROPOSED MIXED USE AT THIS LOCATION WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS, AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ZONING REQUEST, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. CAITLIN, WHAT WHAT CURRENTLY CAN THEY DO? CURRENTLY, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO COMMERCIAL USES ON THIS TRACT. THERE ARE NO MULTIFAMILY ALLOWANCES PERMITTED. AND STAFF'S EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE RESIDENTIAL IS WHAT. SO STAFF IS LOOKING AT IT FROM THE MIXED USE OF HAVING THE RESIDENTIAL BEING A COMPLIMENTARY FOR THE COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE LOCATED THERE TO CREATE A PLACE TYPE AND A DESTINATION. BEING THAT IT'S A PD, ARE THERE. WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW THE ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE AT THIS OR AT A LATER DATE. WILL COUNCIL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO? BUT BEING A PD, WE CAN PUT IN ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES AND RESTRICTIONS WHICH WE CANNOT DO CURRENTLY. CORRECT. IT WAS NOT A PD SO THEY COULD BUILD, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING MATERIAL WISE. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE PD THAT IS GOVERNING WHAT THEY CAN DO ARCHITECTURALLY WITH THIS REQUEST. SO ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS FOR BOTH THE MULTIFAMILY THEY DO HAVE IT NOTED THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT ARE SET FORTH WITHIN OUR UDC. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. YES. SO ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS NOW OUTSIDE OF PD, WE CAN'T REGULATE ANY MATERIAL BUILDING MATERIAL ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. CORRECT. SO I'M ASKING BEING AT PD THOUGH OF COURSE WE CAN. WE COULD WORK THAT INTO. YES, THEY ARE ADDING IN THAT ADDITIONAL COMPONENT TO MAKE SURE THAT HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS. YES. SO THEY WOULD BE FOLLOWING OUR WHEN WE COULD REGULATE 50% MASONRY THAT TYPE OF THING. CORRECT? YES. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS I DO ON THE SLIDE THAT I GUESS WHATEVER YOUNG PEOPLE CALL THIS A POWERPOINT, YOU'VE SHOWN ME FULLY COMMERCIAL ON THE TWO LOWER AREAS THAT ARE IN YELLOW, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO WHAT ABOUT THE TWO ACROSS THE STREET, TRACK ONE AND TRACK TWO. TRACK ONE AND TRACK TWO ARE FULLY COMMERCIAL. SO TRACK ONE IS GOING TO BE OUR TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY. TRACK TWO IS GOING TO BE THE BROWNSTONES. OKAY. BROWNSTONE FOR IS CONJOINED TOWNHOMES. THEY WILL LOOK LIKE TOWNHOMES, BUT THEY WILL BE FOR RENT. ALL RIGHT. SO TRACK TWO IS COMPLETELY TOWNHOMES, CORRECT? YES. ALL RIGHT. AND TRACK ONE YOU SAY IS COMMERCIAL. IS THAT TRACK ONE IS MULTIFAMILY ONE AND TWO ARE COMPLETELY MULTIFAMILY. THREE AND FOUR ARE THE BLEND. SO THE ONLY COMMERCIAL THAT WE'RE GETTING ARE THE TWO YELLOW AREAS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS SOME
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FORM OF MULTIFAMILY, CORRECT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT A NEED FOR MORE RETAIL. AND I THINK THIS DEFINITELY PRESENTS AN OPTION FOR US TO HAVE GREAT RETAIL ON A HARD COMMERCIAL CORNER WHERE THERE'S ACCESS TO WIDE ARTERIALS. I SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT MY OPPOSITION OF MULTIFAMILY IN AREAS WHERE IT'S ON THE INTERIOR AND CAUSING ISSUES WITH CONGESTION, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT COMING THERE. BUT ALSO, CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THE SUCCESS RATE OF A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WHEN RESIDENTIAL IS INCORPORATED VERSUS WHEN IT'S NOT INCORPORATED? SO THAT'S KIND OF A IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION, OKAY. BECAUSE IT REALLY DEPENDS OF COURSE, ON THE MARKET. IT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL BE THE PERFECT BLEND OF THOSE TWO.AND SO I MEAN I LOOK AT DEVELOPMENTS, THERE'S ONE SOUTH OF US WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMERCIAL BUT NOT ENOUGH RESIDENTIAL TO SUPPORT IT. AND THEY REALLY STRUGGLE TO KEEP THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFUL FINANCIALLY. SO YOU SEE A LOT OF THOSE STORES JUST CLOSE AND OPEN AND CLOSE AND OPEN, WHEREAS YOU HAVE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WEST OF US WHERE YOU GET A DENSE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL TO REALLY SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL AND THE RETAIL THERE. SO THIS TO ME MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE GET GREAT RETAIL THAT COMES TO THE AREA, BUT ALSO THAT IT IS FINANCIALLY FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL LONG TERM. SO I APPRECIATE THIS. THANK YOU.
YEAH. ALSO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT I THINK IN DON BLACKWOOD'S PROPERTY, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS IS ALL COMMERCIAL. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN HERE. AND TO YOUR POINT, THE RESIDENTIAL SUPPORTS THAT COMMERCIAL. HOW WAS WHAT WAS THE VOTE IN PNC OUT OF CURIOSITY? THE VOTE AT PNC, IT WAS 7070. YEAH, I DID WANT TO NOTE. I'M SO SORRY. I MEANT TO NOTE IT EARLIER ON THIS SLIDE.
THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING THE COMMERCIAL AHEAD OF TIME. AND SO THERE'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED TRIGGERS WITH THE UNLOCKING OF THOSE MULTIFAMILY UNITS. SO FOR TRACK THREE, THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE 20,000FT■!S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN UNDER TRACT FOUR IT WILL BE 40,000 OF COMMERCIAL BEFORE THE MULTIFAMILY STARTS TO BE UNLOCKED. SO GREAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENCES THAT ARE ALLOWABLE ON ALL FOUR TRACKS. IF YOU DO IT BASED OFF OF THE ACREAGE, IT COMES OUT TO 1756.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT I HATE MULTIFAMILY. IT'S JUST I HATE STEALING THE AMERICAN DREAM FROM OUR YOUNGER GENERATIONS. SO PLEASE DO NOT TAKE MY VOTE AGAINST THIS PROJECT. IS SOMETHING AGAINST THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, RIGHT? NO, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. IT IS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING THAT TRACK TWO COULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR A FOR SALE PRODUCT. YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BROWNSTONES ANYWAY. BUT THE RENTAL COMMUNITY IS KIND OF GROWING IN THIS IN MCKINNEY. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SLOW IT DOWN. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE RENT, THE RENTAL HOMES AND THE RENTAL TOWNHOMES. BUT I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, MISS, GIVEN THE AREA, THE VACANCY OF THE AREA UP THERE TO HAVE SOME SOME MORE FOR SALE PROPERTY FOR YOUNGER FAMILIES THAT, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T AFFORD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT THIS TIME. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, OVERALL THE PROJECT LOOKS GREAT. YEAH, FOR THE RECORD, I LOVE THE IDEA OF FOR SALE PRODUCT FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS, BUT AN AVERAGE PRICE OF ALMOST 600,000, THAT SEEMS TO BE A HARD THING TO DELIVER IN TODAY'S MARKET. YOU KNOW, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, THERE'S A BILL THAT'S GAINING TRACTION RIGHT NOW DOWN IN AUSTIN THAT WOULD, IF IT PASSES, WOULD ALLOW MULTIFAMILY TO BE BUILT ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, PERIOD. SO RIGHT NOW, I THINK IN TERMS OF ALSO TO SOME EXTENT PLAYING DEFENSE, WE HAVE A PD HERE, WHICH WE CAN WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD IN ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT OUTSIDE OF PD, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ABILITY TO REGULATE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. AND IF THIS LAW PASSES, WHICH AGAIN HAS A LOT OF TRACTION, COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTY, MULTIFAMILY COULD BE BUILT BY. RIGHT. SO WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE HEARING THIS. IT WOULD BE BUILT AND IT WOULD BE BUILT WITHOUT IT BEING IN A PD, WHICH WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE OUR ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AFTER HB 20, 40, 24, 39, TO GOVERN THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS IN THIS CASE, HAVE MASONRY AND WHATNOT THAT WE GENERALLY MAY NOT GET NOW. SO AND MR. MAYOR, I'M SURE THE APPLICANT IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO COME UP HERE, BUT I WAS JUST
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GOING TO MAKE THE ONE REMARK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COUNCILMAN JONES SAID IS CERTAINLY NOT LOST ON ME, BUT YOU DO HAVE THE THREE BYPASS COMING IN RIGHT THERE. AND THAT'S NOT A VERY ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD YOUR HOME MORE OR LESS. AND SO THE MULTIFAMILY SEEMS TO BE A GOOD FIT FOR WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT BY HIGHWAY. BUT ANYWAY, I'LL LET YOU MOVE ON. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR TOMMY. MAN 500 WINSTEAD BUILDING, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR FROM MYSELF AS WELL AS ALEX BEZ FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM. IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US IS OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, CIVIL ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE TEAM. SHOULD YOU HAVE MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THEM? BUT WE WON'T MAKE YOU LISTEN TO ALL OF US IN OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION. AT THE OUTSET, I DO WANT TO THANK STAFF. THIS IS A BIG PROJECT. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH THEIR SUPPORT, WITH THE SEVEN ZERO VOTE AND SUPPORT FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, IT'S NOT LOST ON US THAT THEIR COLLABORATIVE ATTITUDE IS A BIG REASON FOR THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE SQUIGGLY MARKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN, BUT YOU CAN IGNORE THOSE. SO WITH THE EXTENSION OF 380 COMING HERE, THIS THIS SITE PRESENTS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. HIGH LEVEL. OUR VISION IS A MIXED USE PROJECT THAT DELIVERS DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESIDENTIAL OFFERINGS, AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIAL OFFICE, BOTH EXPERIENTIAL F AND B RETAIL, WHERE YOU BRING FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SERVING GROCER TYPE RETAIL. AND THEN THAT'S ALL INTEGRATED TOGETHER WITH A SERIES OF OPEN SPACES AND TRAILS AND THINGS THAT WE'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT.WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, MAYBE THESE ARE SOME SITES THAT COME TO MIND AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS. SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS MAKE GREAT SENSE, PULLING THE DENSITY CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAYS, STEPPING THAT BACK A BIT AS YOU GET AWAY, WE CAN LEARN A LOT OF REALLY VALUABLE LESSONS ABOUT THESE SUCCESSES. WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE UPON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN LEARNED AT SITES LIKE THIS. HIGHER LEVEL. WE'RE SEEKING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT DIVIDES THE SITE INTO FOUR TRACKS. THOSE FOUR TRACKS ARE FORMED BY THE TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THAT WILL BISECT IT, JUST TO KIND OF WALK YOU AROUND IT CLOCKWISE. TRACK ONE. IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT A TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY TRACK THREE THIS IS WHAT I WOULD SAY WE SEE AS THE MORE COMMUNITY SERVING RETAIL OPPORTUNITY. WE ANTICIPATE A GROCER HERE, POTENTIALLY SOME URBAN MULTIFAMILY WITH IT AND SOME MORE TRADITIONAL RETAIL. TRACK TWO IS THE TOWNHOME CONCEPT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND TRACK FOUR IS REALLY WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. IT'S THE LARGEST TRACT. IT'S THE MOST PROMINENT TRACT.
THAT IS NO MISTAKE. THE BUILD TO SUIT OFFICE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S PRESENTED UP ALONG THE FRONTAGE THAT YOU SEE THERE, THE STRUCTURED PARKING HOTEL, THE CORE RETAIL HERE CENTERED ON AN OPEN SPACE THAT SORT OF FUNCTIONS LIKE THE LIVING ROOM OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT. AND YOU'LL SEE SOME RENDERINGS OF THAT AND THEN SOME URBAN MULTIFAMILY. FROM A PHASING PERSPECTIVE, THE FIRST PHASE OF A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE IS UNEXCITING. IT IS INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S A LOT OF IT. IT'S ROADS, IT'S WATER, IT'S SEWER. THERE'S SOME FLOODPLAIN RECLAMATION. OUR TEAM IS AT WORK GETTING READY TO SUBMIT THOSE INITIAL DRAWINGS AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH TO YOUR STAFF. AND THAT WILL BE THE FIRST PHASE HERE IS TO READY ALL OF THESE TRACKS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. THEN WE SEE TRACK ONE AND TRACK THREE COMING ALONG FIRST. WE ALREADY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST FROM GROCERS, AND THE FEEDBACK THEY'VE GIVEN US IS ONCE WE SEE THAT MOMENTUM COMING WITH RESPECT TO THE DENSITY, WE'RE READY. THIS IS A GREAT SITE TO BUILD ON. THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BE MARKETED FROM DAY ONE, AND AS SOON AS THAT FISH IS ON THE HOOK, IT COULD DRIVE EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT WE KNOW TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED, THIS IS WHAT OFFICE ISN'T DEAD. DON'T MISREAD THE HEADLINES, BUT THE TYPE OF OFFICE BEING SOUGHT TODAY IS DIFFERENT. THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT IN AN INTEGRATED MIXED USE SETTING, ALONG WITH A HIGHLY DESIRABLE CITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT, WE THINK MAKES THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT OFFICE PIECE. AND THEN NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED. THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATING OPEN SPACES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT TYPES.
EIGHT IS REALLY THE BIG ONE THAT YOU'LL SEE THE RENDERINGS OF. SOME OF THESE MAY FEEL MORE LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. SOME OF THESE ARE JUST ENHANCED URBAN STREETSCAPES THAT YOU CAN EASILY GET A BIKE DOWN OR BIKE PARK A BIKE ON. BUT THEY'RE ALL INTEGRATED AND THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED BY AN INTERNAL TRAIL SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE OVERALL EXTERNAL TRAIL SYSTEM OUTSIDE THE SITE OF THE CITY. AND WE THINK WHEN YOU PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER, I WILL LET ALEX COME UP AND SHOW YOU THE EXCITING RENDERINGS AND DELIVER THE VISION FROM THE DEVELOPER PERSPECTIVE, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF IT. ALEX BAZE, 1280 EAST 11TH STREET.
THANK YOU TOMMY. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO EVERYBODY TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU TO STAFF AS WELL FOR ALL THE PATIENCE AND TIME AND EFFORT. I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS YOUR ADDRESS? 1280 EAST 11TH STREET IN DALLAS, TEXAS. THANK
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YOU. SO HERE IS A 3D AERIAL OF THE ENTIRE SITE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EXCELLENT DISCUSSION HERE SO FAR THAT I THINK WILL TOUCH ON AS WE WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE DESIGN INTENT HERE. BUT TO START, I THINK PROVIDING CONTEXT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THE FIRST CONSTRAINT THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH IS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING ON THIS SITE WAS WHEN THE 380 ALIGNMENT WAS ESSENTIALLY FINALIZED. SO WHAT WE'D BE WORKING WITH WAS, YOU KNOW, A 60 FOOT FLYOVER, THE 375. SO HOW DO WE CREATE AN URBAN, WALKABLE DESTINATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS AMAZING RETAIL AT THE CORE, INSULATE THAT FROM THIS BIG, MASSIVE HIGHWAY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TRY TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AS WE WALK THROUGH THE SITE. THE SECOND THING IS WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE HOST OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO IN ON THE SITE, THE SOUTHERN PORTION, YOU SEE WHERE THE OFFICE BUILDING OUR OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE TODAY. THAT IS ALL CURRENTLY 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN THAT WILL NEED TO BE RECLAIMED. SO AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS, IT WAS HOW DO WE ADD AS MUCH GREEN SPACE? HOW DO WE MAINTAIN AS MUCH TREE PRESERVATION AS WE CAN THROUGHOUT THIS SITE? HOW DO WE ADD AS MANY TRAILS AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE IT FEELS AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE? AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS SCALE.THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SCALE HERE. AND AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, THERE'S SO MUCH GROWTH GOING NORTH ON TRINITY FALLS. WITHIN THE TRINITY FALLS DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A TON OF GROWTH COMING TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST WITH THE HONEY CREEK DEVELOPMENT. SO HOW DO WE CREATE THIS SCALE AT THIS SUPER PROMINENT HIGHWAY INTERSECTION AND THEN APPROPRIATELY TRANSITION THAT SCALE INTO THE LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE POPPING UP AROUND THIS SITE, AND ALSO CREATE AN AMENITY, RIGHT, FOR ALL OF THAT HIGH DENSITY, THAT LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THAT'S GOING TO BE BORDERING THE SITE.
AND ULTIMATELY, THAT'S HOW WE LANDED AT THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU SEE TODAY. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, JUST KIND OF WORKING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN OUT TO THE LEFT, YOU SEE THESE BIG SIX STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS. THESE OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO BE 80 PLUS FEET TALL. THERE'S GOING TO BE EXCELLENT SIGNAGE AND VISIBILITY OPPORTUNITIES. THEY ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A 900 SPACE STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE WHERE ALL TOGETHER, THAT OFFICE OPPORTUNITY WILL BOAST FOUR PER THOUSAND PARKING. AND IN MY OPINION, WITH THIS KIND OF FRONTAGE AND VISIBILITY, THE STRUCTURED PARKING, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO POCKET PARKS ADJACENT TO THE OFFICE BUILDING. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST CORPORATE CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK, IN ALL OF DFW. AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME MORE DETAILED RENDERINGS OF WHAT THOSE OFFICE BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE HERE SHORTLY. JUST AGAIN, STAYING ON TRACK FOR HERE. THE HOTEL IS IN KIND OF THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE PLAN. YOU'RE HEARING. HOTEL IS AND HOSPITALITY IS A REALLY IMPORTANT AMENITY, I THINK, TO ATTRACTING AN OFFICE, A LARGE OFFICE, CAMPUS VISITORS, EMPLOYEES. SO HAVING THAT ABILITY TO DO A HOTEL, I THINK DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE OFFICE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND THEN WORKING OUTWARD IS THE IS THE URBAN RETAIL CORE. YOU'LL SEE TWO TYPES OF RETAIL ON THIS PLAN. ONE IS THE GROCERY ANCHORED RETAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE ON TRACK THREE. BUT ON TRACK FOUR, WE REALLY WANTED TO PROVIDE SOMETHING MORE URBAN.
THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE OFFICE, THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME MORE PICTURES OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE JUMPING IN NOW. I THINK YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT. SO WHAT WE WERE GOING FOR HERE IS THIS ABOUT 30,000FT■!S OF OPN SPACE THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE CENTER. YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF PATIOS. YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE FOR SITTING STAYING. AND YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF PERMEABILITY, THE ABILITY TO COME IN AND OUT OF THIS SITE. SO YOU COULD GET SOMEONE FROM THE OFFICE BUILDING WALKING UP FOR LUNCH WITH THE 900 STALL PARKING GARAGE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT.
PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS CAN COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, COME AND STAY HERE. SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED, I THINK, TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND BRING THIS TYPE OF RETAIL TO THIS TYPE OF LOCATION. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO CALL OUT ABOUT THIS DESIGN TOO, IS THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL HERE. THIS SERVES TWO PURPOSES. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE PRIOR SCREEN ALL THE PARKING GARAGES ARE SET UP AGAINST THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS ALL DESIGNED AGAIN TO INSULATE ALL OF THE ACTIVITY HERE FROM THE HIGHWAY NOISE. BUT WHAT THIS RESIDENTIAL DOES IS ALSO CREATE A REALLY NICE URBAN FEEL, INSULATE THIS POCKET PARK AND FEEL LIKE A TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'VE PROGRAMED A WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT DESIGNS HERE. THE INTENT IS TO MAKE THIS DIFFERENT. WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, RETAILERS ARE GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR MORE BOUTIQUE F AND B DRIVEN TYPE OF RETAIL. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, I THINK, TO BRING THIS STAPLE THE PROJECT, JUST IN TERMS TO SPEAK TO THE PHASING AS WELL. SO WE ARE REQUIRED HERE ON THIS TRACK TO BUILD 40,000FT OF RETAIL ALONG WITH ANY RESIDENTIAL. SO AS I ENVISION BUILDING THIS PROJECT OUT, THE FIRST UNIT, THE FIRST UNITS OF APARTMENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE BUILT WITH THIS RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. AND REALLY, I THINK THE TWO ARE VERY SYNERGISTIC AND FEED OFF OF EACH OTHER. SO JUST A COUPLE MORE EXAMPLES HERE. AGAIN, JUST FOCUSING ON THIS PERMEABILITY,
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JUST A VIEW OF WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW CONNECTED AND TIED IN THE APARTMENTS ARE TO THE RETAIL. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE STOOP DESIGN ON THE APARTMENTS.WE WANTED THIS TO FEEL, YOU KNOW, MORE LIKE A WALKABLE URBAN COMMUNITY, LESS LIKE APARTMENTS JUST DROPPED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. AND WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO CURATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DESIGN HERE. I WANT TO GET DOWN TO THE OFFICE HERE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A REALLY DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCT. ULTIMATELY, I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, AS STAFF MENTIONED HERE, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLEX UP OUR COMMERCIAL SPACES. SO IN THE EVENT WE DO GET A LARGER USER, WE CAN PROGRAM THIS BIGGER 350,000FT■!S SPREAD ACROSS TWO BUILDINGS, SIX STORIES. THIS FELT LIKE A VERY ACHIEVABLE PROGRAM HERE. AND WE TRY TO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS AS URBAN AS POSSIBLE. YOU DON'T SEE A MASSIVE PARKING FIELD OUT IN FRONT OF THESE OFFICE BUILDINGS.
THIS IS VERY URBAN, YOU KNOW, IN DEMAND OFFICE THAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY. AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE BROWNSTONES. SO WE SPENT A TON OF TIME COMING THROUGH AND COMING UP WITH ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR WHAT THESE BROWNSTONES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE THIS FEEL LIKE A MINI NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? THE GOAL IS FOR THIS TO BE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN MCKINNEY, BUT DON'T YET HAVE THE MONEY FOR A DOWN PAYMENT YET. WE TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. THEY WANT MORE OF A SINGLE FAMILY TYPE OF LIFESTYLE. THEY WANT BIG SIDEWALKS. THEY WANT A PARK TO TAKE THEIR KIDS. WE VIEW THIS PRODUCT AS EXACTLY THAT. EACH UNIT WILL HAVE A TWO CAR GARAGE, RIGHT? FOR TWO WORKING PARENTS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREETSCAPE ITSELF, THIS LOOKS MUCH MORE AKIN, I THINK, TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE, YOU KNOW, IN A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD THAN WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN ANY TYPE OF MULTIFAMILY.
SO IT'S A MIX OF TWO AND THREE STORY PRODUCT. WE'VE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO MAKING SURE THESE ARE DESIGNED APPROPRIATELY, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY THIS CAME OUT HERE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU, EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL HEARING ME OUT ON THE DESIGN INTENT HERE.
HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. AND TOMMY AND I ARE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS WELL PRESENTED. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. YES, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WHEN IS THE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS GOING TO BEGIN TIMEWISE? SURE. SO AS TOMMY MENTIONED. SO FIRST FIRST START OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE TO EXTEND TRINITY FALLS. WE'LL BE EXTENDING LOT HOWELL. WE HAVE TO BUILD. SORRY. DID YOU HEAR MY QUESTION? I ASKED YOU WHEN IS THE COMMERCIAL GOING TO BEGIN? YEAH. SO NO SET TIME FRAME OKAY. WE'LL BE ACTIVELY MARKETING FOR COMMERCIAL USERS TO START. BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO NEED TO COME FIRST. WHAT BUSINESSES ARE CURRENTLY COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT AND TO LEASE OR BUILD SPACE IN YOUR COMMERCIAL AREAS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMITTED USERS YET. SET. WHAT ABOUT A HOTEL? WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMITTED HOTEL YET. OKAY, SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU WANT TO BUILD NEARLY 2000 APARTMENTS ON THE CHANCE THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO BUILD COMMERCIAL OUT THERE? SO FIRST I WOULD POINT TO THE COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS. SO ALL OF OUR HIGHER DENSITY MULTIFAMILY IS TIED TO BUILDING COMMERCIAL AS WELL. THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS WE'RE JUST EXTREMELY EARLY IN THE PROJECT, THE ZONING AND MAKING SURE WE GOT THE ZONING RIGHT WAS REALLY OUR OUR FIRST INTENT. AND THAT WAS THE PLACE. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE APARTMENTS? THERE'S NO SET TIME FRAME. ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL? AGAIN, THERE'S NO SET START DATE ON ON THE APARTMENTS OR THE COMMERCIAL YET. WHAT'S YOUR TIMING OF THE CONDOMINIUMS, YOUR TOWNHOMES? WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START ON THOSE? WE DON'T HAVE A SET TIME FRAME. ALL RIGHT. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THIS PROJECT, DID I MISS HERE? I THOUGHT THAT THE COMMERCIAL HAD TO BE DEVELOPED AND THAT WAS THE TRIGGER FOR THE MULTIFAMILY. AM I MISSING THAT 40,000FT I BELIEVE HAS TO BE BUILT, I THINK, ON THOSE TWO TRACKS. BUT ON THE TWO TRACKS TO THE WEST, I DON'T THINK THAT COMES INTO PLAY. IS THAT RIGHT? 40,000. SO IT'S I'LL GO BACK FOR YOU. IT MAY BE EASIER ON THE ONE THAT HAS THEM LABELED. SO THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE ON TRACK THREE AND TRACK FOUR. SO ON TRACK THREE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE 20,000 MINIMUM COMMERCIAL BEFORE ANY MULTIFAMILY. IN TRACK FOUR IT'S ACTUALLY GRADUATED. IT GOES FROM 20 TO 40 TO 60. SO 20,000 IS NEEDED BEFORE WE CAN HAVE ANY MULTIFAMILY 40,000 UNLOCK MORE, 60,000 TO UNLOCK THE FULL AMOUNT ON TRACKS ONE AND TWO. THOSE ARE ENTIRELY RESIDENTIAL. THEY DO NOT HAVE A COMMERCIAL PREREQUISITE REQUIREMENT. HOW LARGE IS YOUR NORMAL GROCER? THAT'S. WELL, THERE'S TWO TYPES. SO YOU'VE LOOKED AT BOTH MORE THAN TWO. YEAH. THE 60,000 OR THE 100 RIGHT. SO WHAT'S LAID OUT ON THE PLAN CURRENTLY IS A 67,000 FOOT FOOTPRINT. SO A GROCER THAT WOULD FIT IN THAT CATEGORY WOULD BE LIKE A TOM THUMB. IF WE GET A LARGER FOOTPRINT USER LIKE A KROGER, YOU KNOW, KROGER WOULD BE ABOUT 120,000FT■!S. THEY WOULD TAKE UP
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THE ENTIRETY OF TRACK THREE. SO I THINK MORE LIKELY THAN NOT FOR THIS LOCATION, IT'S GOING TO BE THE LARGER FOOTPRINT USER THAT WE GET HERE, DEPENDING ON HOW ALL OF IT DEVELOPS. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, MORE LIKELY THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO FLEX THAT COMMERCIAL UP TO GET A LARGER FOOTPRINT GROCER AND MARKET IT THAT WAY WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. WAS GOING TO BE THE COST OF THESE TWO WORKING PARENTS TO RENT ONE OF THESE BROWNSTONE UNITS WHILE THEY'RE SAVING ENOUGH MONEY FOR A DOWN PAYMENT ON A PLACE OF THEIR OWN. YEAH. AGAIN, VERY EARLY TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE, THREE TO 4 TO 5 YEARS FROM NOW, TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR A CALL IT 1500 TO 2000 SQUARE FOOT UNIT LIKE THIS, THAT WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, CALL IT 25 TO $3500 A MONTH AND THAT'S GOT YOUR PARKING INCLUDED ALREADY, WHICH COMPARED TO A MORTGAGE ON, YOU KNOW, 600 TO $800,000 HOUSE WITH 10 TO 15% DOWN FEELS PRETTY GOOD. SO SAME AS A MORTGAGE PAYMENT OR MORE PROBABLY CONSIDERABLY LESS, ACTUALLY. KEEP KEEP IN MIND WITH THE APARTMENTS, YOU'RE NOT PAYING YOUR TAXES, YOUR INSURANCE IS INCLUDED. SO IT'S JUST ONE RENTER PAYING THE ALL IN RENT NUMBER, PLUS UTILITIES AT THE 2500 TO 3200 A MONTH. YOU KNOW, YOUR SAME MORTGAGE, TAXES, INSURANCE, MAINTENANCE ON YOUR HOUSE, ON, YOU KNOW, A HOUSE THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM 600 TO $850,000 UP IN THIS PART OF MCKINNEY IS GOING TO BE WELL NORTH OF THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE NORTH OF $4,000 A MONTH. SOUNDS LIKE A BARGAIN. WHICH ONE ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE INTO? I MY WIFE LIKES THESE QUITE A BIT, SO WHICH ONE? I DON'T WANT TO GET LOST IN, IN THAT I MEAN, WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT ARE WE GOING TO GIVE THEM THE ZONING? AND OF COURSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT OCCUPANTS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THAT. THE REALITY HERE IS, THE WAY I SEE IT IS, IS THAT THIS IS THE PERFECT SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. YOU'VE GOT 75 AND YOU HAVE 380. NO ONE'S LOOKING TO BUILD THEIR HOUSE THERE. YEAH. MY HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH AT 121 AND 75. AND BELIEVE ME, I HAVE ANGST SOME NIGHTS. IT WAS THERE LONG BEFORE THOSE HIGHWAYS WERE THERE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET COMMERCIAL LIKE THIS. ON RECLAMATION OF 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN UNLESS WE GET THE MULTIFAMILY. THESE ARE GOOD PRODUCTS. WHAT I HAVE A HOPE THAT THEY DO IS SCARE AWAY THE DRIVE BY APARTMENT BUILDERS WHO COME IN HERE AND PUT UP THE FOUR STORY STICK CRAP WITH NOTHING, AND WE'LL SUCK UP THE DEMAND. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR A HARD CORNER OF TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN MCKINNEY. I'M CONCERNED THAT ALL THE TRAFFIC FROM ALL THE APARTMENTS IS GOING TO DRIVE. ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF TRINITY FALL UP TO H-E-B, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A GROCERY STORE THAT'S GOING TO COMMIT TO IT. I'M NOT, BECAUSE OUR STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB ON TRAFFIC STUDIES AND GETTING THIS STUFF DONE. THE APARTMENTS DON'T GENERATE AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS MAYBE THEY'RE REPUTED TO DO, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T COME AND GO ALL DAY. THESE GUYS ARE THE ONES PUTTING THEIR MONEY IN. THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY MONEY FROM US, SO THEY CAN'T ACTIVATE THOSE TWO TRACKS UNLESS THEY HAVE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE HONEY CREEK RIGHT OVER THERE, AND HAVING A GROCER NEAR THE HIGHWAY, I THINK IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. TRADER JOE'S CERTAINLY DOESN'T SUFFER FROM THAT IN MCKINNEY. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT CONCERN, BUT I HONOR THAT YOU DO. I WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO ASK US FOR MONEY. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM OUR WORKING CLASS. NO THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEIR OWN MONEY IN AND BUILD THIS. WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY, LET ME LET ME ANSWER A QUESTION. YOU YOU ASKED ABOUT WHAT A MORTGAGE WOULD BE. A MORTGAGE ON A $600,000 HOUSE WOULD BE ABOUT $5,300 IN TODAY'S INTEREST RATE. PROPERTY TAXES ON THAT HOUSE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 12 $1,300 A MONTH. INSURANCE ON THAT HOUSE. YOU STILL HAVE INSURANCE, YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE. SO IT'S WELL, MORE THAN TWICE TO PURCHASE A HOME. AND OF COURSE, TO DO THAT YOU FIRST HAVE TO HAVE YOUR DOWN PAYMENT. IN TODAY'S MARKET, THAT'S PROBABLY ON A FIRST TIME BUYER GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 60 TO $90,000, UNLESS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH A VA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THE IDEA THAT THAT THERE'S AN EQUAL OPTION TO OWN IS, IS JUST JUST NOT ACCURATE BY TWO AND A HALF FOLD. SECONDLY, AS HOW MANY ACRES IS THIS TOTAL FOR 8585.YEAH. YEAH. WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP AND YOU'RE IN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL AND RESTAURANT WHATNOT. THE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DENSITY NEEDS TO BE THERE.
ANYONE THAT'S BEEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT THAT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO DRIVE THE SUCCESS OR THE FAILURE OF YOUR RETAIL. THE LAST THING YOU WOULD WANT TO DO IS, OF COURSE, GO TRY TO BUILD ALL OF YOUR RETAIL AND HOPE THAT IT COMES ON THE PROMISE THAT
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YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT LATER. THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT IS WHAT ACTUALLY DRIVES THE RETAIL. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE AD VALOREM VALUE HAVE YOU I KNOW IT'S VERY, VERY EARLY, BUT HAVE YOU GOT ANY BASIC IDEA OF WHAT THE AD VALOREM VALUE ON THIS 80 ACRES IS TODAY? CURRENTLY, NO, I'M SAYING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OH MY GOSH, I, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. WELL WHAT WHAT IS A TODAY IN YOUR WORLD TODAY AN APARTMENT IS. OH SURE.YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ARE QUAY. HOW MUCH? A QUAY ON AN APARTMENT TODAY ROUGHLY. OH, YEAH. NO, I MEAN, TOMMY AND I ARE TALKING THROUGH IT. I MEAN, THE, THE JUST THE AD VALOREM VALUE OF THE LAND ITSELF. ONCE WE GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN, I WOULD SAY IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, 150 TO 200 MILLION, I THINK MINIMUM AND PER QUAY IN A ROOM THESE DAYS IS OH PER UNIT RESIDENTIAL LAND VALUES LIKE, WELL, NORTH OF 35, $40,000. NO, I'M ASKING A QUESTION. I'M ASKING THE QUESTION HOW MUCH PER QUAY, PER APARTMENT? YOU KNOW THE VALUE. IN OTHER WORDS. OH, STABILIZED VALUE OH ONE 7170 OKAY. MORE THAN 200 300 300. REALLY? TODAY. 300. OKAY. WOW.
SO YOU'RE YEAH, YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HALF $1 BILLION JUST IN THAT PRODUCT ALONE ON THIS 80 ODD ACRES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE. SEEING NONE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. I WILL SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO OUR LAST ITEM. ITEM 240146Z. TO
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “BG” - General Business District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Located at 500 W University Drive, and Accompanying Ordinance]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM BG GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT LOCATED AT 500 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE. THANK. WHY ARE THOSE GUYS. KAITLYN, YOU'RE BACK LAST TIME FOR ME. I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EMPRESS IS ACTUALLY PASSING OUT SOME DOCUMENTS. THE FIRST IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED, AND THEN THE SECOND IS ACTUALLY A PROTEST PETITION THAT WE DID RECEIVE ON FRIDAY. IT DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD OR THE REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTAL. HOWEVER, WE DID RUN THE NUMBERS FOR YOU ALL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID. YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THE LEVEL IN WHICH THE PROTEST PETITION COULD HAVE MET. IT WAS 14%, SO IT DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD OF EVEN IF IT MET AT THE TIME FOR A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE. SO JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO HAVE IT. IT'S APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY. IT IS EXACTLY 67 SIGNATURES ON THAT PETITION. SO I DID WANT YOU ALL SLOWLY COUNTING WHILE I WAS TALKING. SO BUT THOSE ARE SUBMITTED TO Y'ALL AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET STARTED. SO KATE STRICKLAND, PLANNING MANAGER CINDY MCKINNEY MURPHY OIL FUEL STATION REZONE. SO THIS IS AT THE HARD CORNER OF UNIVERSITY 380 AND COLLEGE STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE TRACK TO ALLOW FOR A FUEL STATION AT THIS LOCATION. STAFF IS UNSUPPORTIVE OF THIS REZONE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ASKING TO RETIRE. TO UPDATE THE CRITERIA, OUR STREET BUFFER DESIGN STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY AND THEN DESIGN STANDARD FOR THE CRITERIA FOR FUEL STATIONS AGAINST RESIDENTIAL. SO I WILL BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. SO WHEN IT COMES TO ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPERTY IS ALONG 380, WHICH DOES HAVE QUITE A BIT OF COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE. HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED FUELING STATION IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES, SO IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED. THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE RESIDENTIAL BUFFER REQUIREMENTS AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL THAT'S DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE. THAT IS SHOWN A LITTLE BIT HERE WITH THE STANDARD RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY BUFFER IN BLUE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REDUCE THAT DOWN TO A 16 FOOT BUFFER FOR THEIR PROPOSED FUELING STATION. FOR THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE ITSELF, THE FUEL STATION WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE FUELING PUMPS WOULD BE CLOSER TO 380. THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WOULD BE STANDARD STRUCTURE FOR YOU TO GO IN AND PAY, GRAB, GRAB A SNACK. BUT THE BLUE IS OUR STANDARD RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY BUFFER. YELLOW IS THEIR PROPOSED 16 FOOT.ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE ALSO ASKING FOR A REDUCTION FROM OUR STANDARD STREET BUFFER REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING. SO THE STANDARD BUFFER IS GOING TO BE 20FT. AND THEN THEY ARE
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REQUESTING THAT TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO 5.85FT. I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF GREEN SPACE THERE ON THE HARD CORNER THAT IS ACTUALLY RIGHT OF WAY PROPERTY, SO IT IS UNABLE TO BE LANDSCAPED. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TREES ALLOWED TO BE THERE GREEN CURRENTLY, BUT IT COULD TURN INTO ADDITIONAL TURN LANES. IT COULD BE PAVED LATER. SO STAFF HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE FACT OF GOING FROM A REQUIRED 20 FOOT TO A 5.85 AT THAT LOCATION.ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT ANY FUEL PUMPS ARE REQUIRED TO BE 250FT AWAY FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL USES. THIS IS ACTUALLY A LEGACY REQUIREMENT FROM OUR ORIGINAL 146 ZONING ORDINANCES THAT WE ACTUALLY DID TAKE WITH US INTO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IN 2022. IT WAS A ITEM THAT WE DID FEEL WAS STILL IMPORTANT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING RESIDENTIAL ADJACENT USES. AND SO THAT 250FT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN PURPLE, ALL OF THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL USES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY 250FT OF FUEL STATION. THAT'S THE END. JUST TO REITERATE, STAFF IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED REZONE DUE TO THE CHANGING OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS AND THE CONCERN ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY FROM BOTH THE BUFFER AS WELL AS THE FUEL PUMP STATION. AS SUCH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU DENY THE REQUEST AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE VOTE ON THIS IN PNC? THANK YOU. IT WAS FOUR THREE, I BELIEVE. YES. FOUR IN FAVOR OR IN FAVOR? YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CAITLIN? CAITLIN ON THE 250FT. IS THAT STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE PUMP TO. TO WHAT, A PROPERTY LINE OR.
CORRECT. YES. MR. STRICKLAND, I'M LOOKING AT THIS PETITION THAT YOU HANDED TO ME, AND I'M SEEING A LOT OF ADDRESSES ON INWOOD AND WYSONG DRIVE. AND HAVE YOU OR STAFF DONE AN ANALYSIS OF THESE ADDRESSES THAT ARE LISTED WITH THE NAMES? I BELIEVE YOU SAID THERE WERE 67 WHO SIGNED THIS PETITION AGAINST IT. THE PROXIMITY OF THEIR ADDRESSES TO THIS PROJECT. SO WE RECEIVED THIS. I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE ALL OF THE ADDRESSES. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE SURE TO SEE IF IT QUALIFIED UNDER THE PROTEST PETITION FOR Y'ALL. WE DID NOTE THAT QUITE A FEW ARE FROM ADDRESSES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER AWAY, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE A FULL ANALYSIS OF THEIR LOCATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WITH DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY BACK, IT'S THE LAST RESIDENTIAL STREET THERE I SEE.
YEAH. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, IS THE APPLICANT HERE. YES. NOT FOR THE. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JEFF TUCKER WITH MURPHY USA. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ABOUT MURPHY WITH YOU ALL. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ENGINEER AS WELL AS LANDLORD HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WE ARE A GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE BASED IN EL DORADO, ARKANSAS. WE OPERATE ABOUT 1700 LOCATIONS ACROSS 27 STATES. WE ARE CORPORATELY OWNED AND OPERATED, SO WE DO FEEL LIKE WE SET A HIGHER STANDARD OF OPERATION THAN MOST OF THE INDEPENDENT FUEL STATIONS THAT ARE OPERATED AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE DO PROVIDE EXTENSIVE EMPLOYEE TRAINING FOR THE SALES OF AGE RESTRICTED PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS FOR THE SALE OF FUEL AND TRAINING FOR SAFETY OF THE SALE OF THAT FUEL. WE DO HAVE A MULTIPLE CAMERA SETUP, BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, IN ALL OUR STORES TO ACCOUNT FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, AND WE DO COMPLY AND MEET WITH ALL STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE EXTENSIVE INTERNAL RULES THAT THAT WE FOLLOW IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I'LL STAY ON FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I WILL ALSO TURN IT OVER TO OUR ENGINEERS. JM, I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL. THANKS. ALAN PEREZ 1101 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SOUTH ALLEN, TEXAS. APPRECIATE THE
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OPPORTUNITY. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO I HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE PRESENTATION THAT I SUBMITTED TODAY? SHE'S WORKING ON IT. SHE'S WORKING ON IT. OKAY. LET ME BUY YOU A LITTLE TIME FOR A MINUTE WHILE SHE'S WORKING ON IT. CAITLIN, THE 250FT BUFFER, I KNOW I CAN THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEADS. I DRIVE DOWN VIRGINIA EVERY SINGLE DAY PAST THE LAKE FOREST AND VIRGINIA 7-ELEVEN THERE. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT 250FT. SO I KNOW THERE'S EXCEPTIONS TO THIS. WHAT WHAT DICTATES THAT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. BUT MOST OF THE ONES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALONG VIRGINIA OR 380, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SOME OF OUR LEGACY GAS STATIONS. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION LONGER THAN THE 250 FOOT REQUIREMENT WAS THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE IN WHICH THE 250 WAS ENACTED. HOWEVER, THAT 7-ELEVEN IS NOT NOT TOO OLD. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND CIRCLE K, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WOULD I'M SURE BE THAT'S OLDER, BUT THAT 7-ELEVEN IS A FAIRLY NEW. I THINK THAT 7-ELEVEN HAS PROBABLY BEEN THERE 15 PLUS YEARS. BUT TO YOUR POINT, AND I ASKED ONE OF THE APPLICANTS TO LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUES BEHIND THERE, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T EIGHT FEET BETWEEN THAT BUILDING AND THEN THE FENCE LINE OF THAT PROPERTY. AND I INTEND TO SEE IF HE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO US. BUT YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION UP? IF SHE CAN'T GET IT UP, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST ACT IT OUT OVER HERE AND. WELL, I HAVE SOME ATTACHMENTS, BUT. I WANTED TO. KIND OF. CAN YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE A BIT CLOSER TO YOU? YEAH. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE STAFF'S ATTACHMENTS, THAT THEY HAD, EXHIBITS THAT THEY HAD SHOWN, I DID HAVE A SITE PLAN THAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THAT WE HAD WORKED PRETTY CLOSELY WITH ENGINEERING AND FIRE TO DEVELOP A SITE PLAN THAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY THEM. WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH A PD AND THEN RUN INTO HURDLES WITH ENGINEERING AND FIRE TO NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE SITE. SO IN OUR DUE DILIGENCE PHASE, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM, CREATED A SITE PLAN THAT HAD FIRE ACCESS GOING THROUGHOUT THE SITE AROUND THE CANOPY, ACCOMMODATED THE APPROPRIATE TURN RADIUSES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS TYPE OF ENTRANCE AND EGRESS, INGRESS AND EGRESS OFF OF THE SITE. IT ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE CROSS ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR. NOW THAT'S A RESTAURANT THAT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY INTENTION TO REDEVELOP ANYTIME SOON, BUT IF THEY DO, THE ABILITY IS THERE TO HAVE CROSS ACCESS INTERCONNECTIVITY WITH THE WITH THE ADJACENT LOT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REQUESTS BY ENGINEERING AND FIRE. WE HAVE A. NEW MASONRY DUMPSTER WOULD BE PROPOSED FOR THE SITE AS WELL AS MASONRY CLAD BUILDING. HAD A HAVE A RENDERING AS PART OF THE ILLUSTRATION AND THE RENDERINGS. JUST KIND OF THE FIRST SHOT AT IT, BUT IT'S MASONRY UP THE FRONT AND SIDE IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING FOR, FOR SIDE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. FOUR DISPENSERS, SIX DISPENSER CANOPY. THE NEXT POINT THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS THE RESIDENTIAL. IS THIS OURS OR.YEP. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. SO A COUPLE OF STAFF, HERE'S OUR SITE PLAN. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AS I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, THERE'S OUR FIRE LANE RUNNING THROUGH THE SITE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GET COMPLETE FIRE ACCESS FROM COLLEGE TO 380. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT NAVIGATES THE SITE APPROPRIATELY. WE'VE GOT SIX DISPENSERS ON THIS CANOPY AND THEN THE CROSS ACCESS TO THE RESTAURANT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. SO WE'RE USING THE EXISTING ACCESS POINTS. WE'RE NOT CREATING NEW ACCESS POINTS FOR THIS PROPERTY, JUST USING THE EXISTING ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO THAT'S BASICALLY IT. WE'VE GOT, I BELIEVE, 12 PARKING PLACES. I THINK THAT MEETS THE CODE. IT'S A 2800 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, SO IT'S NOT AS BIG AS MOST OF THE CIRCLE K'S AND 7-ELEVEN THAT YOU SEE. IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT HALF THE SIZE AS FAR AS BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE. AND THIS WAS THE RENDERING THAT I WAS REFERENCING. YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT MASONRY FINISHES ALONG THE FRONT, BACK AND SIDES. AGAIN, THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH STAFF TO ENSURE THAT WE GIVE THE CITY WHAT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE ON THIS, THIS MONUMENT SIGN THAT WOULD BE
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PROPOSED OUT FRONT ON 380. ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE MASONRY MONUMENT SIGN. AND THIS IS STAFF'S REPRESENTATION OF THE STANDARD ADJACENCY BUFFER WITH THE PROPOSED ADJACENCY BUFFER. AND WE ARE PROPOSING. ENCROACHMENT WITHIN THE BUFFER. THE EXISTING BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS JUST OVER TEN FEET FROM THE EXISTING FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE BACK. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING WOULD BE A DECREASE OF THAT. WE WOULD GO TO 16FT. SO ACTUALLY INCREASE THE DISTANCE BUT DECREASE THE ENCUMBRANCE INTO THE BUFFER. SO IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT ON WHAT IS OUT THERE. NOW. IT'S A SMALLER BUILDING. IT'LL BE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL.RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE BACK. MURPHY'S CERTAINLY OPEN TO THE IDEA OF MASONRY WALL ALONG BACK FOR SCREENING. IT COULD BE MASONRY LIVING SCREEN. CERTAINLY WORK WITH STAFF WHATEVER THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BACK THERE. THE THIS IS STAFF'S EXHIBIT FOR THE STREET BUFFER ENCROACHMENT. WE ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING A FIVE FOOT ENCROACHMENT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS OTHER EXHIBIT, THE ENCROACHMENT IS WHERE IT'S FIVE FEET IS ONLY ON THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IT. WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN, I GUESS, PINK HERE, THE AREAS WHERE WE ARE ACHIEVING THE STANDARD 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE SETBACKS. SO IN SOME CASES WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXCEED 20FT FOR THE LANDSCAPE. SO IT'S ONLY THAT THAT 25 FOOT SEGMENT OF RADIUS RIGHT THERE. YEAH.
THERE'S AN ENCROACHMENT. WE YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO GET TRAFFIC AROUND THE END OF THE CANOPY.
IT'S A PRETTY TIGHT SITE. BUT IT IS THAT THAT ONE AREA JUST THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WHERE WE'RE SEEKING THE EXCEPTION, I THINK IT'S GOT TO BE APPLIED TO THE WHOLE THING, PERHAPS, BUT TO SAY THAT IT'S FIVE FEET AROUND THE WHOLE THING WOULD BE A MISCHARACTERIZATION. MOST OF THE SITE WILL ACHIEVE THE 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, THE. THIS IS KIND OF A CLUTTERED DRAWING. I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE WERE DISCUSSING THE DISPENSER PROXIMITY TO THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTIES, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, THE ACTUALLY CALLED OUT 103FT, 103.5FT. BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY TO THE CURB LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COLLEGE. THE DISPENSER. IF YOU MEASURE FROM THE DISPENSER TO THE CLOSEST PROPERTY LINE, IT'S 117FT TO THE CLOSEST PROPERTY LINE. EXCUSE ME. AND THEN THE NEXT PROPERTY LINE WOULD BE 120FT, AND ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE 140. AND WHERE ARE THOSE PROPERTIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COLLEGE? THEY TO THE NORTH. YEAH. WELL, THE ONES THAT I WAS INITIALLY SPEAKING TO WERE THE ONES ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLLEGE. SO THE 117FT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLLEGE, 117FT TO THE PROPERTY LINE AT 1802 COLLEGE STREET. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE HAVE 120FT TO THE PROPERTY LINE AT 1804, AND THEN 140FT TO THE PROPERTY LINE AT 1806 COLLEGE STREET. NOW THAT'S FROM DISPENSER TO PROPERTY LINE.
AND THEN IT'S FURTHER TO THE STRUCTURES, THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE NORTH IS FROM AT 801.
WOODLEY IS 146FT FROM DISPENSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE. AND THEN AT 805, WOODLEY IS 126FT FROM THE DISPENSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE. SO IT IS A REQUEST FOR ENCROACHMENT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLEARLY ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE ACTUAL DISTANCES WERE FROM DISPENSERS TO PROPERTY LINES.
AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHER I KNOW THERE'S MORE THAN THIS, BUT I JUST WE JUST WENT AND GRABBED THREE INSTANCES. NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAKE FOREST, VIRGINIA. THERE'S AN EXISTING FUELING STATION THAT MEASURES 135 APPROXIMATELY AND 157 TO THE TO THE BUILDING, BUT 135 TO THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS ON PAR WITH WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RANDY LEE AND VIRGINIA. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DISPENSER, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 146FT TO THE PROPERTY LINE. AND ANOTHER GAS STATION LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHURCH STREET IN 380, WHERE IT'S JUST OVER 100FT FROM DISPENSER TO A PROPERTY LINE. SO THERE THERE ARE INSTANCES AND I JUST GRABBED THREE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IT FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE. JUST WANTED TO FURTHER CHARACTERIZE THE SITE. IN ADDITION TO STAFF'S PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE THAT.
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GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM ON THE BACK SIDE WHERE YOU HAVE THE TEN FOOT BUFFER, WHAT'S GOING TO BE PLACED IN THAT TEN FOOT BUFFER OR IS THAT ALREADY HAVE TREES? WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE, THIS THIS LANDSCAPE BUFFER. YEAH. ON THE VERY BACK. OH ON THE BACK. WELL WE WOULD I THINK MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE NORTH SIDE LIKE A MASONRY WALL IS WHAT WE WERE THINKING INITIALLY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO PLACATE, TO ACCOMMODATE AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SOUND BUFFER. AND AS FAR AS WHAT LANDSCAPE WOULD GO BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED. BUT YOU COULD PUT TREES, YOU COULD PUT SHRUBS. I KNOW IN THE PAST IN MCKINNEY, WE'VE DONE A COMBINATION LIVING SCREEN WITH MASONRY COLUMNS AND LIVING SCREEN IN BETWEEN IT, OR JUST MASONRY WALL. SO WHICHEVER IS PREFERABLE AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR GAS PUMPS AND THE CENTER LINE OF INWOOD DRIVE. NO, THAT'S THE DRIVE TO THE NORTH. CORRECT. TWO STREETS NORTH OF YOU AND WOODLEY IS. LISTEN, I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE YOU HAD THAT. NO, I DON'T I WAS JUST ASKING IF YOU DID. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH MURPHY GAS STATIONS, IS IT? AS FAR AS THE SERVICE INSIDE, IS IT JUST STANDARD CONVENIENCE, OR IS THERE FOOD BEING SERVED LIKE HOT FOOD? IS THERE IS THERE A NEED FOR A GREASE TRAP OR ANYTHING IN THE BACK OF IT? THERE WILL BE A GREASE TRAP, BUT THERE IS NO KITCHEN. MURPHY'S STANDARD DESIGN. THERE'S NO KITCHEN, NO PREPARED FOODS. IN THE PAST, THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO ADD A GREASE TRAP AS PART OF THEIR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE A POTENTIAL KITCHEN AT SOME POINT. BUT OKAY, AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO PLANS FOR KITCHENS. IT'S JUST PACKAGED FOOD. GOING THROUGH THE HEALTH REVIEW, THERE'LL BE NO MENU, OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT WE GET IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, RODENTS AND THINGS BECAUSE OF THE GREASE AND TRASH THAT THAT WOULD CAUSE. YOU CAN SEE ON THIS DRAWING THERE'S AN ENCLOSED TRASH ENCLOSURE. THERE'S A TRASH ENCLOSURE JUST TO THE EAST OF THE BUILDING. METAL GATES, CYBERTECH METAL GATES, MASONRY STRUCTURE ALL AROUND IT SO IT CONFINES AND CONCEALS THE TRASH. I THINK A RESTAURANT COULD BE BUILT THERE NOW. COULD BE. YEAH.AM I CORRECT ON THAT? SO THERE COULD BE A RESTAURANT NOW. JUST SO, IN OTHER WORDS. YEAH, IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING SOMETHING NEW, BUT THE CURRENT ARCHITECTURAL CONTEMPLATION OF THIS GAS STATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY PREPARED FOODS. AGAIN, NO KITCHEN, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SCOTT WOODRUFF 2707. CARRIAGE TRAIL. SO I THINK THE ZONING TODAY GOES FROM BG MAPS OVER TO C2. SO C2 WE WOULD BE PERMITTED TO DO A RESTAURANT. WE COULD DO DRIVE THROUGH. THERE'S A LOT OF RETAIL OPTIONS THAT WE COULD DO HERE. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S LOOKING AT A FUEL STATION WITH THE CONVENIENCE STORE. YEAH. THANKS FOR THE CLARITY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WOULDN'T PUT THE RESIDENTS IN A WORSE POSITION. YOU KNOW, BY ADDING THIS GAS STATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. I MAY HAVE SOME MORE AFTER COMMENTS. YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS OR DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, BECAUSE MINE AREN'T TECHNICAL REGARDING THE ENGINEER. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MR. MAYOR, MY NAME IS JIMMY ROGERS. MY WIFE AND I, KAREN, RESIDE AT 1012 INWOOD DRIVE, AND I'M HERE WITH SEVERAL OF OUR AREA NEIGHBORS ALONG INWOOD, WOODLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS GAS STATION. NOT ONLY WILL IT INCREASE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE AREA, WHICH IS ALREADY OVERWHELMING, IT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AS WELL AS PROVIDE ANOTHER PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO HANG OUT. LOITER PANHANDLE, IF YOU WILL. NOT TO MENTION THE TRYING TO GET THE FUEL STORAGE DELIVERY TRUCKS IN AND OUT OF THAT TIGHT CORNER. ALSO, AS YOU SAW FROM THE APPLICANT THE PLANNING AND ZONING WHEN IT WENT THROUGH THEIR BOARD, THEY HAD TO GRANT AT LEAST THREE VARIANCES
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TO THE TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE BUFFERS TO EVEN GET IT TO FIT INTO THIS CORNER AREA. SO ON FRIDAY AT 1130, I SUBMITTED SOME DOCUMENTS TO THE CITY CLERK. TANISHA WAS THERE AND TOOK THOSE DOCUMENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEETS THE DEADLINE, BUT I DID MAKE COPIES AND GAVE IT TO THE CLERK TO GIVE YOU ALL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE PETITION AND THE MAP THAT I THAT I MADE, BUT I'D LIKE TO BRING THOSE TO YOUR ATTENTION. THE PETITION DOES CONTAIN 76 SIGNATURES FROM FROM LOCAL NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA WHO ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS IF IT GOES THROUGH, IT'S ALREADY HARD ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THIS WILL BE. THERE'S ONLY ONE SIGNAL THERE AT COLLEGE. THEN THE NEXT SIGNAL AVAILABLE IS AT WALL STREET. AND SO BASICALLY WE USE COLLEGE STREET AS, AS A WAY IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOST OF THE TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GOOGLE MAP, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THESE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ME TO SHOW OR NOT, BUT IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE MAP THAT I GAVE YOU, THERE'S ALREADY NINE EXISTING GAS STATIONS ALONG THAT SHORT STRETCH OF 380. AND THEY'RE BOOKENDED BY A RACETRACK ON EACH END. SO WE DON'T REALLY SEE ANOTHER NEED FOR A GAS STATION AT THAT LOCATION. AND WE WOULD WE STRONGLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE THOSE CONSIDERATIONS INTO INTO YOUR CONSIDERATION AND VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? SURE. MR. ROGERS, IT'S NOT MADE UP MY MIND ON THIS ISSUE, AND I'M LOOKING TO YOU TO HELP ME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE. WHERE EXACTLY DO YOU LIVE? I DID NOT SEE YOUR SIGNATURE ON THE. IT'S ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE, SIR. OKAY, THANKS. I LIVE AT 1012 INWOOD.ALSO, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST PAGE OF THAT DOCUMENT, THE PETITION, THE BOTTOM SIGNATURE ON THAT IS FROM THE OWNER OF THE SAN MIGUEL GRILL, WHICH IS JUST ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER ON FRIDAY, AND HE AND HIS EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO AGAINST THIS BECAUSE HE'S HE'S AWARE OF WHAT THE OTHER GAS STATIONS IN THE AREA BRING TO THE AREA AS FAR AS TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH. SO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM, AND HE WANTED ME TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, THAT HE IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE GAS STATION NEXT DOOR TO HIS RESTAURANT. OKAY.
AND MR. ROGERS AND ON THIS ONE ISSUE, I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL. IT'S RARE, BUT I DO. DID ANYONE FROM THE APPLICANT'S OFFICE, MURPHY, OR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, COME AND VISIT WITH YOU OR WITH YOUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS? TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? NO, THEY DID NOT. THE ONLY WAY I KNEW ABOUT THIS WAS I SAW THE PNC SIGN IN THE CORNER. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT OPPORTUNITY? NO. I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO STRONGLY OPPOSE IT AND HOPE THAT YOU'LL VOTE AGAINST IT. OKAY. MR. ROGERS, YOUR ADDRESS IS IN THE 1000 BLOCK. AND I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS SITTING UP HERE WHILE THESE GENTLEMEN WERE TALKING TO US, AND I WAS LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS TO GET THE ADDRESSES. AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WOODLEY IS THE STREET IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THEIR PROPOSED SITE. AND THEN INWOOD IS THE NEXT STREET UP FROM THAT. AND IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THESE HOMES THAT ARE GREATLY AFFECTED BY THIS WITHIN THE 250 FOOT ZONE, WHICH IS A SAFETY REQUIREMENT, ARE ALL EITHER ON WOODLEY OR INWOOD. AND IN LOOKING AT THIS, I SAW THAT THERE WAS FOUR HOMES DIRECTLY ON INWOOD WITHIN THE 800 BLOCK THAT HAD SIGNED THIS PETITION. THERE WERE MORE ON, I'M SORRY, THE FOUR ON WOODLEY, THE FIRST STREET NORTH, AND THERE WERE MORE UPON INWOOD. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR AWAY INWOOD IS, BUT I MAY BE ASKING THESE FOLKS IF THEY WOULD MIND IF WE TABLED THIS ITEM SO THEY CAN FURTHER VISIT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYBE ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS, AND GIVE ME SOME MORE SPECIFIC DATA ON HOW FAR AWAY THESE HOMES ARE.
SURE YOU CAN. WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU? IT WORKS FOR ME IF YOU WANT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. SURE. LISTEN, I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING ME OUT AND COMING OUT HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. GENERALLY, ACTUALLY, IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE DON'T GO BACK AND FORTH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVID PICASSO AND I
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LIVE AT 809 INWOOD DRIVE. AND TO ANSWER CHARLIE PHILLIPS'S QUESTION ABOUT DISTANCE WERE THAT SAN MIGUEL'S IS IF YOU WERE ABLE TO STAND BEHIND THAT RESTAURANT AND WALK STRAIGHT BACK, I PROBABLY LIVE A DISTANCE, PROBABLY JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS BARN RIGHT HERE. BUT MY CONCERNS ARE. COMING WITH SAFETY AND CONGESTION OF TRAFFIC COMING TO THE GAS STATION. I NOTICED WHEN THEY SHOWED THE GAS STATION AT CHURCH STREET AND THEN THE OTHER ONE AT VIRGINIA AND LAKE FOREST. THE WIDTH OF THOSE STREETS WILL ALLOW FOR CARS TO ACTUALLY BE ON THE ROAD AT THE SAME TIME. THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AT INWOOD OR WOODLEY OR WESTWAY, AND PROBABLY NOT EVEN COLLEGE. THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE WHEN I AM HEADING EAST ON 380 AND I NEED TO TURN NORTH TO GET ON WESTWAY BECAUSE OF THE BAIL BONDS THAT'S NOW IN PLACE, THERE'S A PSYCHIC PLACE. YOU HAVE CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, WHICH ONLY ALLOWS FOR ONE LANE. SO I'M WATCHING THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC GOING WEST. I'M TURNING NORTH. IF THERE'S SOMEBODY TALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT STREET, WHICH DOES HAPPEN A LOT, I CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE. SO I'M NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST, BUT ALSO SEEING IF ANYBODY'S PARKED IN THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND STREET OF WESTWAY. ALSO, THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS OVER THE YEARS SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE, SINCE 1994, IS WITH THE CONGESTION ON 380, WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT, CARS ARE NOW CUTTING THROUGH INWOOD TO GET TO CHURCH, TO EXIT NORTH WHERE THE JOB CORPS IS, TO GET TO HIGHWAY FIVE, AND THEY DON'T GO THROUGH THERE AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THEY'RE IN A HURRY. THEY'RE READY TO GET HOME. THEY'RE TIRED, THEY'RE CRANKY, AND THEY BLOW THROUGH INWOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY HONK THEIR HORN. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOUNG KIDS, YOU KNOW, WE ALL REMEMBER, LIKE, WHEN WE WERE IN OUR 20S AND TEENS. AND THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN BECAUSE WHEN I WAS THERE IN 94, THE EAST SIDE OF INWOOD WAS WHERE ALL THE YOUNG KIDS WERE AND THE YOUNG FAMILIES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS IN 1994. NOW I'M IN THE OLDER GROUP, AND ALL THE YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF INWOOD AND ON WOODLEY AND ON WESTWAY. AND WHEN THESE CARS COME BARRELING THROUGH THERE, AND YOU GOT THESE LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE TEN YEARS AND YOUNGER OR THEY'RE PETS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO GET HIT. IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH THERE IN THAT ONE CONGESTED LITTLE SPOT. AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN YOU'RE TIRED, YOU JUST WANT TO GET HOME. YOU'RE NOT REALLY WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT EVERYBODY TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONES NOWADAYS NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING. I LOOK AT THAT AS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR THAT LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR MURPHY'S GAS STATION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. THE OTHER THING THAT I HAD ALSO NOTICED IS THE HOMELESSNESS THAT'S MOVED INTO THE AREA. THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO GET BEHIND THESE LOCATIONS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE WELL LIT. THERE'S CONCRETE. YEAH. THAT'S OH I'M SORRY. YEAH.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SO, CHARLIE, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT 400FT TO THE PROPERTY LINE OF A HOME THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INWOOD FROM THE PUMP. SO IT'S 400FT TO THE BACK SIDE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE BACKYARD PROPERTY LINE. THANK YOU. KEVIN, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. SORRY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? YES. OKAY. TWO MORE IF YOU'LL COME UP YOU HOWEVER MANY THERE ARE. OKAY.
BUT COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. THERE WILL BE A TIMER UP. AND OF COURSE, YOU'LL HEAR THAT. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO TAG ON WHAT HE SAID. MY NAME IS GINA YODICE. I LIVE ON 1909 WEST WAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. I ACTUALLY AM THAT LADY THAT SITS BY THE WINDOW AND WORKS ALL DAY. AND ONE OF MY PASSIONATE THINGS, AS MY NEIGHBOR WAS SAYING IS THE KIDS PLAY, THEY PLAY B.B, NOT B.B. GUNS, THOSE NERF GUNS, THEY'RE SCOOTERS. SOCCER. YOU CAN EVEN SEE FROM MY HOUSE IF I'M IN A CERTAIN ROOM DOWN WOODLEY. THEY'RE PLAYING BASKETBALL. THEY HAVE TWO HOOPS. THERE'S ABOUT. I WANT TO SAY, WHEN I CAME HERE TODAY, I COUNTED OUTSIDE PLAYING 20 KIDS AND OTHER NEIGHBORS JUST TALKING. RIGHT ON WOODLEY. BUT I'M ON WESTWAY, SO I SEE THEM COMING AROUND. THE TRAFFIC IS CRAZY. THEY SPEED PAST MY HOUSE ALL THE TIME. THE CARS. THERE'S THE OVERFLOW FROM 380, LITERALLY. THEY PARK ON WESTWAY AND THERE'S A HOUSE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CARS, RIGHT? LIKE DIAGONALLY ACROSS FROM ME. SO
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I'M SAYING ALL THIS TO SAY, I'M AFRAID FOR THESE KIDS. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. I MOVED TO TEXAS BECAUSE BECAUSE OF FAMILY. I WANTED TO BE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. NOW I CAN'T EVEN CROSS 380. WE USED TO ALL WALK TO TOWN A LOT. WE CAN'T. THE TRAFFIC IS CRAZY. THERE'S REALLY A DANGER AND A SAFETY ISSUE. AND THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN. I MOVED HERE WITH MY FIVE KIDS. TWO OF THEM WERE LOOKING TO STAY IN THE AREA. THEY WE WORK LIKE I WORK 12 HOUR DAYS. I JUST TOOK OFF TONIGHT TO COME HERE. MY BOYS ARE OUT WORKING NOW. THEY WANTED TO COME BECAUSE WE REALLY LOVE MCKINNEY. WE LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, WAIT, INSURANCE, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT SOME INSURANCE FOR MY OTHER PROPERTY IN NEW YORK. AND IF YOU ARE 300, IF THERE'S 300FT THEY COULD NOT GIVE YOU, AND THERE'S A PROPERTY LIKE THE GAS STATION, THEY COULD NOT GIVE YOU INSURANCE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST A NEW YORK THING OR BUT THAT'S CONCERNING. WHEN THEY WERE TELLING ME HOW MUCH HOW CLOSE WOODLEY IS THAT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE HOUSES BECOMING REINSURED. SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO BRING IT UP. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAY I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, MA'AM? YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CARS SPEEDING UP AND DOWN. WAS THAT WEST WAY ON WEST WAY? THEY COME IN SO. AND IT'S SUCH A LITTLE BLOCK SO THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S LIKE FOUR HOUSES DEEP, LIKE THE WHOLE BLOCK AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SLOW DOWN. I GET NERVOUS BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE PLAYING THERE. THEY HAVE LIKE SOCCER RIGHT ON THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET THAT'S FACING WOODLEY. THEY HAVE LIKE SOCCER NETS SET UP. LIKE IF THAT BALL FALLS INTO WEST WAY WHEN THAT CAR IS COMING, IT'S CRAZY I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS TERRY LOPEZ. I LIVE AT 1010 AND WOOD DRIVE. I WOULD VOICE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED HERE TONIGHT BY MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS. I'M GLAD THAT THE DEVELOPER BROUGHT UP THE FENCE ISSUE ON THE BACK PROPERTY LINE ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT IT DOES. IT WILL NOT TAKE AWAY FROM PEOPLE BEING IN OUR NEIGHBORS BACKYARDS. WE DO HAVE AN INCREDIBLY INCREASED HOMELESS POPULATION IN THIS SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR NEIGHBORS ARE FAMILY. WE WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER. WE DEPEND ON EACH OTHER, PUTTING UP A WALL TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE PEOPLE. GETTING IN YOUR BACKYARD DOESN'T WORK. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, OUR BACK NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY HAD A HOMELESS PERSON CLIMB THE SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE INTO THEIR BACKYARD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. LUCKILY, THE NEIGHBOR HAD A CAMERA. WHAT WE FOUND THE NEXT DAY, AS WE WERE LOOKING AROUND OUR PROPERTY LINE WAS WE DID FIND CLOTHING, BEDDING, BICYCLES, AND A MACHETE. THIS IS IN OUR BACKYARD RIGHT NOW. HAPPENING. WE HAVE LIVED HERE TEN YEARS. I'M GLAD THAT THE DEVELOPER ALSO BROUGHT UP THE SUNOCO STATION AT CHURCH AND 380 WE HAVE. WE DRIVE BY THERE.WE'RE NOT ALWAYS OUT LATE AT NIGHT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE OUT AT 1 OR 2 IN THE MORNING.
SOMETIMES IT'S TEN, 1030. WE'VE SEEN PROSTITUTION, DRUGS AT THAT GAS STATION. AS MISTER ROGERS STATED, THERE ARE NINE GAS STATIONS FROM THE RACE TRACK ON 380 JUST NORTH EAST OF THROCKMORTON TO THE OTHER SIDE OF 75, AND 89 GAS STATIONS. THE SUNOCO STATION IS ONE BLOCK FROM THE PROPOSED MURPHY STATION. I WOULD BEG YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS AND PROTECT OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SECURE. WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR ME? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. MY NAME IS KIM RHODES, AND I
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RESIDE AT 826 INWOOD DRIVE. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO OPPOSE THIS GAS STATION. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE BLUE COLLAR WORKERS, VETERANS, IMMIGRANTS, SENIOR CITIZENS, AND GENERATIONAL FAMILIES LIVING IN THE FORGOTTEN OLD MCKINNEY VALUES WERE NEIGHBORS. TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER. MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN 380 COLLEGE TOWER WADDLE AND AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. WE HAVE ENDURED ENOUGH CHANGE AND THESE ARE THE CONCERNS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. AS WAS MENTIONED, SEVERAL ARE LOCAL BUSINESSES. SICILY AND SAN MIGUEL'S ARE OPPOSED. IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSES THAT THEY MENTIONED APPROVED. WE HAVE SIGNATURES, SIGNATURES ON THAT SHEET FOR COLLEGE AND WOODLEY, THE CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL ZONE OF 1404 AND 1403 80 HIGHWAY BROUGHT MULTIPLE TENANT FAMILIES WHICH RESIDE IN THESE HOUSES WITH CONTINUOUS CITY CODE VIOLATIONS. THE CONSTRUCTION OF KVP AND DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE LOCATED AT 1501 CORPORATE DRIVE. WE WERE PROMISED MANY THINGS. THEY DEMOLISHED OUR TREES IN THE LAND, TRASH AND POLLUTION IN OUR BACKYARDS, NOISE FROM THE TRUCKS AND TRASH DUMPSTERS, INCREASED FLOODING AND TRAFFIC FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION TO WALK IN AND OUT OF OUR BACKYARDS IN HITTING THE STREETS, GETTING THESE SIGNATURES, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS. IT WAS SHOCKING TO ME HOW THEY COME. THE HOMELESS COME AND KNOCK ON THEIR DOORS. THEY COME IN AND OUT OF OUR YARDS. AS I STRESSED EARLIER, WE HAVE VETERANS, WE HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING, AND WE ALSO HAVE FAMILIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CREEK THAT FLOWS THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSES LAND EROSION AND FLOODING DUE TO TRASH. IN THE CITY'S LACK OF MANAGING IT FOR THE RESIDENTS ON INWARDS. IN COLLEGE, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS LOCATED ON TOWER ARE NOT FOLLOWING CODE FOR WATER RUNOFF, AND THIS CAUSES MY NEIGHBORS TO FEAR FOR THEIR HOMES IN THE FLOODPLAIN ZONE. THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS LOCATED ON TOWER AND THE JOB CORPS CAUSED INCREASED TRAFFIC WITH DIESEL TRUCKS, 18 WHEELERS, TOW TRUCKS COMING AND GOING AND PARKED ON OUR STREETS. THESE TRUCKS ENTER FROM CHURCH OR COLLEGE VIA 380 HIGHWAY 380. WE FIGHT A DAILY BATTLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH TRAFFIC. DUE TO CONGESTION ON 380 AND THE LACK OF MONITORING THE 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT BY THE CITY, ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE CAUSED AN INCREASE IN CRIME. OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, TRAFFIC ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, AND 380 TRAFFIC, TRASH, LIGHTING, POLLUTION AND NOISE IN AND OUTSIDE OUR HOMES DAILY. THE PASSING OF ANOTHER GAS STATION WILL NOT BRING ANYTHING POSITIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. INCREASED TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION, LOITERING, ANOTHER HOMELESS HIDEOUT, TRASH, NOISE, POLLUTION, CRIME AND EVEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING. AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ON WOODLEY AND COLLEGE. SO I PLEASE BEG YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE HOMES AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE HOUSES, AND NOT JUST ABOUT THE DOLLAR SIGN.THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELS? WOULD THAT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL SECOND. WE'LL DO THIS ONE VERBAL JUST AS CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. PERFECT. BECAUSE I HAVE A CLARIFYING POINT. OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU CLARIFY FIRST, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE SO MANY RECENT GAS STATIONS. SO I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE. THE LEGACY GAS STATION WAS ACTUALLY BASED OFF OF THE DAYCARE. THANK YOU. WAS ACTUALLY BASED OFF OF THE DAYCARE DISTANCE. SO IN 2022, WE ACTUALLY CREATED THE 250 FOOT. THAT IS WHY YOU SEE SOME OF THE GAS STATIONS THAT ARE CREATED WITHIN THE PAST TEN YEARS, NOT HAVE THE 250 FOOT DISTANCE. THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT IN 2022, CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY ENACTED. AND WITH THE BG ZONING THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY, IT CORRESPONDS WITH THE C-2. THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED TO HAVE A GAS STATION AT THAT LOCATION IF THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET THE DESIGN STANDARDS, AND THE 250 FOOT WITH CRITERIA. THAT WAS MY QUESTION TO YOU WAS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE GAS STATION IS ALREADY AN APPROVED USE TIER. IT IS AN APPROVED USE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY DIDN'T BUILD, SOMEBODY ELSE CAME IN AND DESIGNED IT IN SUCH THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED THE DESIGN VARIANCES. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE. CORRECT. THEY THE 250 FOOT IS A CRITERIA. SO THEY CAN COME BEFORE Y'ALL FOR AN SUP. THE REST OF IT ARE ARE TYPICAL DESIGN STANDARDS. AND WHAT ELSE BY RIGHT ON THIS
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PROPERTY FOR SEE. SO THIS IS BG SO GENERAL BUSINESS. YOU COULD HAVE RETAIL RESTAURANT OFFICE MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL. YOU COULD HAVE WITHIN SCP. YOU COULD DO A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT.BUT IT IS OUR TYPICAL LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. SO I MEAN I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT THIS ISN'T A BINARY CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT IS CURRENTLY AND THIS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. IT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED VERSUS WHAT IS THERE OR WHAT ARE THE USE MAY COME THAT MEETS THAT FITS WITHIN THAT ZONING. AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. I, I WOULD NOT BE ONE TO HAVE THOUGHT THAT A GAS STATION WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN AND OUT IS A HOMELESS MAGNET GENERALLY I WOULD THINK DORMANT OFFICE AND WHATNOT IS WHERE WE GENERALLY GET THE COMPLAINTS OF HOMELESSNESS AND WHATNOT. THAT'S JUST A ANECDOTAL OBSERVATION. APPLICANT. SCOTT, YOU HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY, I THINK. YEAH. SO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THE EXHIBIT APPARENTLY TO NOT DO NOT SHE'S GOING TO SHE'S GOT IT.
THERE YOU GO, MR. MAYOR. MAY I ASK SCOTT A QUESTION BEFORE I GET STARTED? AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I AM ON THIS. IF I WERE THE APPLICANT LOOKING TO DEVELOP THIS PLACE, AND I HAD A 250 FOOT BUFFER, I WOULD GO TALK TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 250FT. AND WHAT I'M DISCOVERING ON MY OWN, AND DON'T TAKE THIS AS GIVEN, BUT MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO SPOKE HERE TONIGHT AND MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED THIS PETITION. DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS PETITION? OKAY. I WILL GIVE YOU MY COPY. WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU IS IF I PROVIDED THIS TO YOU, WOULD YOU AND THE APPLICANT TAKE THE TIME TO GET TOGETHER WITH THESE NEIGHBORS AND VISIT WITH THEM? AND MAYBE YOU CAN QUELL SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. MAYBE THEY'LL TALK YOU INTO LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SITE. BUT WOULD YOU TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO PUT THIS RENDERING UP. WE DID GO MEET WITH EVERYBODY WITHIN 250FT. I UNDERSTAND. SO AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MIXED REVIEWS. AND SO AS YOU KIND OF COME IN, YOU JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THESE DISCUSSIONS WERE WITH THESE HOMEOWNERS. IF YOU START DOWN ON COLLEGE AND AT THE HARD CORNER, THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, WE SPOKE WITH THEM AND THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT. YOU GO TO THE NEXT HOME, YOU GO THROUGH AKER STREET, GO TO THE NEXT HOME. THERE'S THREE HOMES THERE. THE FIRST HOME TO THE SOUTH. THAT GENTLEMAN IS IN FAVOR OF IT AND IS SIGNED A DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED TODAY IN SUPPORT. THE NEXT TWO ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES. THE GENTLEMAN DID COME TO PLANNING AND ZONING. HE WAS OPPOSED TO THIS. HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TONIGHT, BUT I'LL GO ON THE RECORD. HE WAS HE WAS OPPOSED TO IT AT PLANNING AND ZONING. SO NOW NOW WE CAN TURN AROUND AND GO TO HOW YOU PRONOUNCE THE ROAD. WOODLEY.
WOODLEY. WOODLEY. THANK YOU. THE FIRST HOUSE ON THE CORNER IS A RENTAL PROPERTY. IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR TWO YEARS. SO NOBODY'S NOBODY'S OCCUPYING THAT. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THEM. THE NEXT RESIDENCE IS ACTUALLY A LADY THAT I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL TIMES.
SHE. YOU KNOW, HER PREFERENCE IS TO NOT HAVE ANYTHING COME HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I TOLD HER IN THE END, THIS IS ZONED WHERE WE CAN DO RESTAURANTS. WE CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL USES.
THIS IS A HARD INTERSECTION. HARD CORNER INTERSECTION WITH A SIGNAL LIGHT. SOMETHING'S GOING TO GET DEVELOPED HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR. THIS TO ME IS ONE OF THE MOST LENIENT USES BECAUSE I THINK REALLY WHAT WILL END UP HAPPENING IS GOING TO BE A QSR WITH A DRIVE THRU IN IT ULTIMATELY IS WHAT'S GOING TO END UP HERE IF THIS DOESN'T GET APPROVED. CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? SURE. OUT OF YOUR REPRESENTATION, THE OUTER BLUE DASHED LINE ON HERE, THERE WERE ONLY THREE OF THOSE HOMES THAT SIGNED THIS PETITION. AND EVERYONE WHO SPOKE HERE TONIGHT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT. CORRECT? AND WHAT I'M ASKING IS, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO GO AND TALK WITH THOSE FOLKS SO THAT YOU COULD BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR? THAT'S ALL I WANT. LOOK, WE CAN TALK TO MURPHY. LET ME GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION WITH EVERYBODY, BUT LET ME TALK TO MURPHY ABOUT IT. I THINK I WAS TRYING TO SAVE YOU FROM DOING IT TWICE. IF YOU ACCEPTED MY OFFER. SO, SIR. HOMELESSNESS. I MEAN, WE CAN GET ON THAT DISCUSSION AND LET ME FINISH UP REAL QUICK. SO THE THIRD HOME IN ON WOODLEY IS A RENTAL. THE GENTLEMAN
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DIDN'T HAVE AN OPINION. THE NEXT HOME IS A RENTAL THAT WAS VACANT. SO WE DIDN'T GET TO TALK TO ANYBODY. AND THE FIFTH HOME NOBODY EVER SPOKE TO ME. I MEAN I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES. NEVER HEARD FROM THEM. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WOODLEY, ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE FIRST THREE HOMES WERE ALL IN FAVOR. I DID NOT GO BACK. I MET WITH THEM PRIOR TO PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT I DID NOT MEET WITH THEM SUBSEQUENT. I ACTUALLY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. NOT TRUE. I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR TO THE CARD CORNER ON SUNDAY AND TALKED TO THE MOM I'VE MET WITH. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DAUGHTER OR I'M NOT SURE WHO WHAT I MET WITH THE FIRST TIME. THE SECOND ONE'S A SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE THIRD ONE I MET WITH THE HUSBAND ALL PRIOR TO PNC, AND THEY WERE ALL IN FAVOR.I GAVE THEM ALL MY NUMBERS. IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT, YOU CAN CALL ME IF YOU HAVE A CHANGE OF MINDS. THEY ALL HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER. AND THEN THE LAST CORNER HOUSE UP ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LOT. I MET WITH THAT FAMILY AS WELL AND THEY WERE IN FAVOR. SO WHAT I TRIED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT I GOT WITHIN THE HOMES THAT WERE IN THE 250FT REGARDING THE HOMELESSNESS.
LOOK, I DON'T KNOW THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE AND THE PROBLEM THAT'S AROUND HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I MET WITH SAN MIGUEL OWNER AND HE HAS HOMELESSNESS BACK THERE. I MET WITH THE LADY THAT OWNS THE SECOND HOUSE IN, AND SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT HOMELESS BACK THERE AS WELL. TO ME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NOW A NATIONAL TENANT UP HERE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE LIGHTING 24 OVER SEVEN TO A LEVEL THAT WILL GET REDUCED AT NIGHT. YOU'LL HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS. YOU'LL BE HAVE BETTER PROTECTION THAN AN EMPTY BUILDING JUST SITTING THERE TODAY. HOW HOW DOES THE HOMELESS PROBLEM OVER HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT IN FULL VOLUMES, BUT. YOU KNOW, IS IT THERE? POSSIBLY. BUT I CAN'T I CAN'T, CAN'T DENY IT. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT. SO I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT. AND I DON'T HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THERE TO BE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS ISSUE EXISTS ALL ALONG THE 380 CORRIDOR. IT EXISTS ALL ALONG THE HIGHWAY FIVE CORRIDOR. WE ARE STRAINED. AND JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN MYSELF, I LIVE JUST SOUTH OF HERE. I LIVE AT WHITE AND COLLEGE ESSENTIALLY, SO I, I AM AT THIS INTERSECTION EVERY DAY.
I, I EAT AT SAN MIGUEL ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. MY KIDS MAKE ME DRIVE THROUGH THAT SONIC EVERY CHANCE THEY GET. I USE THIS EXIT FROM COLLEGE, GOING SOUTH TO GO BACK TO MY HOME DOWN ON WIDEN.
SO I'M. I AM DRIVING THIS AREA ALL THE TIME. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A HOMELESS ISSUE THAT HOMELESS ISSUE STEMS FROM, AND WE SEE IT JUST OFF OF THIS MAP. THERE IS A HIGH LINE TRANSMISSION LINE THAT GOES FROM A SUBSTATION AT HIGHWAY FIVE AND RUNS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE INDUSTRIAL PARKS AROUND WALMART AND THOSE, AND IT IS A TRAFFICKED HIGHWAY BACK THERE FROM PEDESTRIANS. AND SO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THIS INFLUENCING HOMELESSNESS, I DON'T THINK IT WILL. I THINK WE HAVE ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. AND I SPOKE WITH A NEIGHBOR ON NORTH WADDELL STREET 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO, THE ONE THAT IS IN YOUR BACKYARD. I SPOKE WITH HER AND WE BROUGHT POLICE OUT THERE. THEY THEY AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ARE ON THAT TRANSMISSION LINE STAYING IN THOSE TREE LINES. AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT HOW THEY KEEP THOSE. BUT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, OF THAT POPULATION BEING ATTRACTED TO. I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. WOODRUFF SAYING, BEING ATTRACTED TO THE WELL LIT, WELL USED AREA, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS OUR ISSUES, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS AREA. THE SUN IS AN ISSUE. THE ONE AT TENNESSEE AND HIGHWAY FIVE IS AN ISSUE. AND THESE ARE ISSUES BECAUSE OF DISINVESTMENT IN THESE AREAS. 380 IS A BEAR RIGHT NOW. HIGHWAY FIVE IS TOUGH AS WELL. BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CREATED A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND WE'VE WE'VE GOT THE ANTIQUATED TEX-DOT SETBACKS THAT MAKE THESE SITES HARD TO DEVELOP. WE CREATED PROPERTY SIZES THAT AREN'T USABLE AS MUCH ANYMORE THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO COME INTO, BECAUSE THEY CAN GO DOWN TO THE OTHER END OF 380 AND GET MORE DEPTH AND GET THE PARKING LOT AND GET THE VISIBILITY THEY WANT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS SITE. THERE ARE BETTER PLACES FOR BUSINESSES TO LOCATE ON THE ON THE NORTH EAST CORNER HERE. SOMEONE CAME IN, BUILT A NICE LITTLE RETAIL STORE. IT HADN'T BEEN OPENED SINCE. I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THAT THESE SITES ARE DIFFICULT
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BECAUSE THEY'RE OLD AND ANTIQUATED, BECAUSE OF THE STRAINING TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE OF THE WEIRD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO GET MORE INVESTMENT INTO 380 AND HIGHWAY FIVE AND DEAL WITH THIS. DISINVESTMENT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE. SO I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A CONVERSATION ON THAT, WHETHER OR NOT THIS SITE IS THE PREFERABLE SITE. I ALSO DON'T DISAGREE WITH HIM. MY CONCERN IS THAT IS NOT THAT THAT SOMETHING ELSE WILL COME HERE. MY CONCERN IS THAT NOTHING ELSE WILL COME HERE, THAT THIS WILL SIT EMPTY AND IT WILL BECOME A, A, A TOUGHER ISSUE TO DEAL WITH. I'M SURE ARTURO WILL LOVE IF NOBODY COMES HERE, BECAUSE I STILL PARK IN THAT PARKING LOT EVERY TIME I GO EAT. I DON'T PULL INTO HIS PARKING LOT BECAUSE I CAN'T WITH MY VEHICLE. AND SO HIS BIGGEST ISSUE ON THIS IS PARKING. BUT I GUESS I. I LIKE CHARLIE'S IDEA, MR. WOODRUFF, OF TALKING TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT INVESTMENT IN THIS SITE IS A GOOD THING. I DO THINK THAT MAKING SURE THAT INVESTMENT IS PROTECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ADDING TO HOMELESSNESS. I'M ALSO NOT THAT CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON LOCAL TRAFFIC. AND I SAY THAT FROM EXPERIENCE. I DRIVE OUT OF THAT INTERSECTION AT COLLEGE AND I COME SOUTH ON THAT INTERSECTION 2 OR 3 TIMES A WEEK. I DID IT TODAY. I MEAN, MY I'VE GOT A DAUGHTER IN FROM COLLEGE. SHE MADE ME GO TO SONIC. WE COME THE BACK WAY ON ARCHER. WE PULL RIGHT THERE. I'VE NEVER SAID IT. THAT LIGHT WITH MORE THAN TWO, TWO OTHER CARS. THAT I DON'T DO IT IN THE MORNING. LIKE. LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE Y'ALL DO. BUT I DO IT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AND I JUST I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO CREATE THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC THAT WOULD, WOULD CREATE A HINDRANCE. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO HOMELESSNESS, BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT WE'VE GOT A REASON TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS WHILE STILL ENSURING THAT WE GET INVESTMENT IN THESE COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON HIGHWAY FIVE AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON 380, WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH GETTING REINVESTMENT IN THESE AREAS. AND SO. I, I, I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE A LIST OF PEOPLE, BUT I GUESS WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT IS HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE TALK ABOUT. WHAT ARE THE THERE ARE PROS TO THIS AND THERE ARE CONS TO THIS. AND WEIGHING THOSE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COME TO A GOOD DECISION BECAUSE I DO I DO SEE THE BENEFITS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE. MY ISSUE IS THAT IF WE IF, IF, IF WE DON'T MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS ON SETBACKS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S A WORSE OUTCOME. SO I, I AGREE WITH YOU JUST MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ALAN, IF THAT'S OKAY, ALAN, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS OFF TOP OF YOUR HEAD, MAYBE YOU RESEARCHED IT, BUT ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS INDICATED THAT IN NEW YORK STATE, IT WAS TOUGH TO GET HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE IF THERE'S A CERTAIN PROXIMITY TO A FUEL PUMP OR STATION, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHETHER THAT'S THE CASE IN TEXAS OR NOT? COUNCILMEMBER I DO NOT KNOW. OKAY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO AND LET YOU KNOW, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. YEAH, MY SENSE IS THERE'S NOT. BUT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY BAD MISTAKE IF IT WAS THAT. I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, 380 IS THE ROAD IN PRINCETON AND FARMERSVILLE AND HOLY COW, HAVE THOSE CITIES DEVELOPED. IT IS NUTS. SO I RESPECT THAT IT'S IMPACTED YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I REALLY DO, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A REASON AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REASON TO DENY A PROPERTY A RIGHT TO DEVELOP, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE REAL ISSUE WITH 380. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A BYPASS FOR 380. BUT THAT'S YEARS AND YEARS AWAY. I SEE NOTHING THAT IS GOING TO DIMINISH THIS TRAFFIC AT ALL. IT'S A IT'S A SYSTEMIC ISSUE THAT THIS WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. MAYOR, MAY I COMMENT ON THOSE COMMENTS? I THINK ALL OF AT LEAST THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE RECENTLY SEEN THE VALUE TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT COME WITH A LOCAL BUSINESS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT IS AT LEAST MY OPINION THAT HAVING THOSE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS COVERING YOUR BUSINESS INTEREST IS GOING TO PROTECT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD MORE FROM HOMELESSNESS THAN IT IS TO DRAW HOMELESSNESS IN. AND[02:00:05]
AS TO COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA'S COMMENTS AS TO THE LAW IN TEXAS, THOSE FOLKS IN NEW YORK GET THEIR OIL AND GAS FROM TEXAS. IT'S A RATHER PROTECTED INTEREST DOWN HERE, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT IN ANY STATUTES THAT I HAVE REVIEWED. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU, MR. WOODRUFF. I TEND TO AGREE WITH MR. PHILLIPS AND MR. BELLER. IT NEVER HURTS TO TRY TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS, REACH OUT TO THEM AND TALK WITH THEM, SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMON GROUND TO GET TO A SOLUTION. AND THEN WE COME BACK AND RECONVENE AND GO FROM THERE. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WHEN I WAS ON PNC, I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, LEND LEAN TOWARD THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS GET THEIR SAY SO. AND I WILL MENTION THAT WHEN MR. WOODRUFF REACHED OUT AFTER PNC, MY COMMENT WAS, TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I KNOW I THINK PATRICK HAD MENTIONED THAT AS WELL. I KNOW YOU'VE DONE THAT. AND THIS LIST IS ENCOMPASSING OF AN AREA FURTHER THAN YOU WOULD EVER BE EXPECTED TO, TO REACH OUT TO, BECAUSE IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION ZONE. IT'S OUTSIDE. I MEAN, THE, THE, THE AREAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, LIKE. ON BEHIND SICILIES AND THOSE AREAS ARE NEVER GOING TO SEE THE SAME IMPACTS FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT THESE AREAS ON WOODLEY AND INWOOD WOULD. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF NAMES THAT, THAT SURELY YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER REACHED OUT TO. BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT I DO WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONCERNS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DISMISSING THOSE CONCERNS AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY WALKING AWAY FROM THOSE CONCERNS THAT WE JUST FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BEST ADDRESS THOSE WHILE STILL GETTING THE GOOD OUT OF INVESTMENT IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A WAY TO DO THAT THROUGH THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. AND SO I SURE, AND WE DIDN'T LEARN UNTIL ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON OF THE LIST. SO IT WAS NEWS TO ME AS WE LEARNED AS WELL. SO WE'RE OPEN FOR IT. THE QUESTION, I GUESS, FOR ALAN IS, IS IT JUST WE'RE JUST GOING TO WE WOULD TABLE IT, TABLE IT. AND SO IT JUST OPENS THIS DISCUSSION BACK UP. WE DON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN AND EVERYTHING ELSE IT WOULD JUST BE TABLED WOULD COME BACK.I WOULD I WOULD SAY THIS TO THE RESIDENTS THAT SPOKE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS IN ANY DISCOUNTING WAY. LISTEN, YOU GOT A LOT OF SIGNATURES ON SIGNATURES ON A PETITION. AND I MEAN NO DISRESPECT BY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, BUT I KNOW THAT IF I WENT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN AMBASSADOR OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I TRIED TO COLLECT SIGNATURES ON SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING 400FT AWAY THAT REALLY HAD ZERO IMPACT, I'D GET MY WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SIGN. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WOULD I REALLY PUT MORE CREDENCE IN IS THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND IN THE 250 FOOT AREA. ALL THAT TO SAY, EVERYONE THAT SIGNED THIS, AT LEAST EVERYONE THAT HAS SPOKEN, REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED THIS, THERE IS NOT BEEN A SINGLE COMMENT THAT IS IN OPPOSITION OR ARTICULATED THAT THAT WOULD BE IN OPPOSITION TO THE VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED.
EVERY STATEMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE HAS BEEN HOMELESSNESS. I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH EVERYONE HERE THAT SAID THAT HOMELESSNESS IS HEIGHTENED WHEN YOU PUT LIGHTS, SECURITY AND ACTIVITY ON THE SITE VERSUS A VACATED OFFICE BUILDING, VACATED OFFICE BUILDING IS GOING TO ATTRACT HOMELESS 100 TIMES MORE EVERY SINGLE TIME, ALL THE TIME. SO I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC, THIS IS NOT A DESTINATION PLACE THAT'S BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
THIS IS THE TRAFFIC ON 380. THOSE ARE STOPPING AT A GAS STATION OR TRAVELING ALREADY.
IT'S JUST IN TRAVELING OUT OF HIS HOUSE RIGHT NOW. HE'S ALREADY TRAVELING THERE. YEAH.
CAN I JUST INTERJECT? YOU'RE MAKING A POINT I MEANT TO MAKE AT MY HOUSE ON WHEATON COLLEGE.
I HAVE SIX GAS STATIONS THAT I. I DON'T GO TO ANY OF THEM. I DON'T GO TO SUNOCO. I DON'T GO TO THE ONE ON TENNESSEE. I NEVER WOULD THE A LINE DOWN CLOSE TO ME ON NORTH TENNESSEE. THOSE AREN'T PLACES THAT I DON'T GO THAT I GO AND I TELL MY KIDS TO AVOID THEM. I HAVE TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS THAT GO GET GAS IN OUR VEHICLES ALL THE TIME. I WANT COMPETITION FOR THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THEY SHOULDN'T EXIST IN THE WAY THEY'RE OPERATING. AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT WITHOUT INVESTMENT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT THAT BECAUSE I, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. AND AGAIN, EVERY COMMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VARIANCE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED. BECAUSE IF YOU WEREN'T REQUESTING THE 200FT, THE VARIANCE ON THE 250FT, YOU ALREADY HAVE A BUY, RIGHT? SO FOR ME, AS MUCH AS LISTEN, I HEAR EVERYONE HERE AND MOTION
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IS, IS HIGH. AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME THERE'S CHANGE WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS I JUST A MATTER OF FACT, I SAID SOMEONE ELSE SAID THIS. YOU KNOW, NO ONE LIKES STATUS QUO AND THEY DON'T WANT CHANGE. SO WHERE DO YOU GO FROM THERE? BUT IT IS. SO EVERY COMMENT I HEARD AGAIN DOESN'T ADDRESS OR ARGUE AGAINST. WHAT'S THE ONE THING REALLY BEING REQUESTED. THERE'S TWO. THERE'S THE BUFFER. BUT AGAIN, AS YOU POINTED OUT, SCOTT, I'M GLAD YOU DID. WHEN I SAW THE EXHIBIT AND I KNOW THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD OR ANYTHING, THEY JUST ARE SHOWING THE FIVE FOOT BECAUSE THAT'S THE VARIANCE IS A FIVE FOOT THAT WOULD PERTAIN TO THE WHOLE SITE. BUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER IS A LITTLE TEENY CARVE OUT OF THAT 20 FOOT TO GO TO FIVE FOOT. CORRECT. AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD BE ARGUING THAT IF THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE, NO ONE HAS MADE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THE 250 FOOT BUFFER. IT'S ALL BEEN ABOUT CHANGE. WHAT'S THIS CHANGE? THE FEAR OF THE CHANGE. WHAT'S THE CHANGE GOING TO BRING? AND I JUST I HAVE HEARD IT ALL THIS QUITE FRANKLY, A MOTION THAT'S NOT REALLY BASED IN, IN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN REALISTICALLY FROM HOMELESS TO, TO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. SO I'M IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS.YOU PROBABLY HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE THIS MIGHT GO. I WOULD THINK THAT THE SMART THING TO DO WOULD BE ASK FOR IT TO BE TABLED. BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, I WOULD APPROACH THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOT LIKE YOU HOLD ALL THE LEVERAGE THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE SIGNATURES THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO SWAY THE VOTE. WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WAS IN THE SHOES IS I WOULD LOOK AT WHAT MIGHT I BE ABLE TO WHAT MIGHT REASONABLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GAIN. YOU'VE MENTIONED POTENTIALLY A, A MASONRY FENCE. THOSE ARE THINGS I'D BE I'D BE THINKING ABOUT. BUT THE ARGUMENTS COMING BACK WHEN THIS COMES BACK, IF WE TABLE IT OF EVERYTHING WE JUST HEARD, AT LEAST FOR ME, I CAN TELL EVERYONE VERY, VERY DIRECTLY. IT WON'T IT WON'T MOVE ME. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S EVERYTHING YOU SAID HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COUPLE VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED. IT JUST DOESN'T. SO AND I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT'S THE SCARE, RIGHT? SO IF WE TABLE THIS WHAT POSITION DOES THAT PUT US BACK IN. BACK IN THIS THIS ROOM IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. DOES IT OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BACK UP. DOES IT. HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, ALAN, WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH. CAN WE, MR. MAYOR? I'VE GOT IT. I'M GOING TO ASK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT MICHAEL QUINN, WHO JUST INDICATED THAT THERE'S HE'S THERE'S SOME NUANCES TO THIS. I WANT TO HAVE HIM ANSWER THAT FOR YOU. IF YOU COULD. TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, WHEN WE'VE TABLED AN ITEM AND WE COME BACK TO A FOLLOWING MEETING, WE REOPEN OR CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR CALL FOR A NEW PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING, WE WOULD NEED YOU TO REOPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT WE CONTINUE IT. IF WE DON'T REOPEN IT, WE NEED PUBLIC NOTICING REQUIREMENTS AND WE'LL BE BACK IN A BASICALLY TWO MEETINGS. SO LET ME UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO. BUT I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT'S A REQUIREMENT. I THOUGHT THAT IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN TABLE OUR DECISION TO THE NEXT MEETING. IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE LAW TO BE.
THE LAW WOULD ALLOW YOU TO TABLE YOUR DECISION TO YOUR NEXT MEETING. SO WE CAN'T TABLE DELIBERATION. YOU CAN YOU CAN TABLE YOUR DECISION. YOU CAN TABLE YOUR DISCUSSION. BUT AS MR. QUINT INDICATED, TYPICALLY WE HAVE TABLED BOTH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE DETERMINATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT IT CAN BE THE PUBLIC HEARING CAN BE REOPENED FOR PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP TO SPEAK, EITHER FOR OR AGAINST. SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WHY WE HAVE DONE BOTH OF THOSE IN CONJUNCTION. AND AGAIN, NOT TO BELABOR IT, I KNOW WHAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE DONE. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S REQUIRED THOUGH. YES, SIR. AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THIS TO BE READ BY THE CITIZENS HERE TO SPEAK AS AN INVITATION TO GO RALLY YOUR TROOPS AND COME BACK, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PROTECT YOU HERE BY DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. AND I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR SHOWING UP. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS FROM MURPHY AND REMIND YOU GUYS THAT THEIR CONCERNS NOW BECOME YOUR CONCERNS. IF THIS IS GRANTED AND YOU GUYS ARE FIGHTING A COMMON ENEMY ON SEVERAL GROUNDS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY YES, THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS TO COME AND EXPLAIN YOUR POSITION ON THIS. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR DOING YOUR PART, BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE DO ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY'VE ENGAGED THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THEY SAY NO. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS THERE. ON THAT NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND TABLE THIS ITEM TILL THE ARE WE GOING TO DO THE APRIL
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15TH, OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHOULD WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE CLOSE IT, BEFORE WE TABLE IT. I'M JUST I'M JUST WANT TO DO I DON'T WANT IT TO, YOU KNOW, DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. WELL AGAIN I DON'T ALAN NOT AGAIN. NOT TRYING TO BELABOR IT, BUT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE REGARDLESS OF WHAT DECISION WE DO MAKE, AGAIN, I KNOW WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO. DOES THE LAW REQUIRE US TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION AS WELL? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TALK ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF TABLING OR NOT TABLING, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. OKAY? I DON'T WANT TO WASTE THAT TIME. LET ME I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT BEFORE BEFORE YOUR MOTION IF YOU WOULD. LET'S LET'S ASK THE APPLICANT BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE THE APPLICANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US IS YOUR PREFERENCE TO ROLL THE DICE.NOW, IS YOUR PREFERENCE TO GO AND TALK TO THE. I MEAN, SECONDS? YEAH. FOR ME YOU YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO EVERYONE WITHIN THE 250FT. SO IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THEIR CHANCE BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE HEARD, THEY SHOULD. I WANT THEM TO DECIDE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT OR WOULD LIKE TO. SO IN TALKING WITH MURPHY, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE TONIGHT, AND THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AS WE PROCEED THROUGH. IF IT PASSES, WE'LL WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS ON ALL THE REST OF THE PLANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. DO YOU RESPECT THAT? I PERSONALLY WOULD RATHER NOT. I'D RATHER TABLE THE ITEM.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ARE GREAT POINTS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REHEAR THOSE POINTS. I WOULD RATHER JUST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EXPLANATION TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS WOULD DO TO THIS CORNER, TO WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT HERE? AND JUSTIN IS YOUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE. HE HAS ALREADY OFFERED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. I'M HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION AS WELL. I'D RATHER SEE IT GO THAT WAY THAN US TO JUST TRY TO MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT THAT CONVERSATION TONIGHT, THAT'S MY PREFERENCE. BUT I WILL YIELD TO THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. I MEAN, WE'RE OPEN TO IT. I MEAN, IT'S FUNNY. WE'RE HERE, RIGHT? YOU'RE HERE. YOU WANT TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT WE'RE WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK WITH THE RESIDENTS. BUT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY BY HAVING SOME VERY OPEN DISCUSSIONS. AND FOR US, IT'S WORKED OUT IN A POSITIVE WAY IN THE PAST. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT A CHANCE AT LEAST. MR. MAYOR, DESPITE THE APPLICANT WANTING A DECISION TONIGHT, WE'RE NOT COMPELLED TO OFFER THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM CAN MAKE A NO NO, SHE CAN MOTION. I WAS JUST WANTING TO GET OKAY BEFORE SHE MADE IT. I WANTED TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AGAIN. SHE, AS YOU STATED, SHE CERTAINLY CAN STILL MAKE THE MOTION. SO I WOULD LIKE AND WE'LL BE OKAY.
WE'LL BE OPEN TO HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM WITH A CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THE APRIL 15TH MEETING. OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC INPUT. WE'RE JUST GOING TO COME BACK IN AND MAKE A DECISION, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS, I'D LIKE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY THEY TALKED TO, WHAT THE RESIDENTS SAID. DID THEY MAKE ANY PROGRESS TOWARD GETTING TOGETHER? IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN DO THAT? THAT IS OKAY WITH ME? I, I THINK THEY'VE MADE VERY GOOD POINTS TONIGHT. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD THAT WOULD SHIFT MY DECISION BASED ON HOW WELL THEY ARTICULATED THEIR POSITION. THAT'S MY THAT'S MY POSITION ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I THINK THAT CAN BE OPEN TO DISCUSSION HERE. I AM GOING TO CALL US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR JUST A QUICK PAUSE, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH COUNCIL ON THIS, THAT SPECIFIC ASPECT OF THIS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOLD ON, PLEASE. I SHOULD KNOW IT BY MEMORY. SECTION 551 .071 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, FOR CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. MR. MAYOR, WHEN YOU USE COUNSEL IN THAT SECTION, ARE YOU SPELLING IT? C O U N S E 17 SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. WE RECORDED. OKAY. I WANT TO RETRACT MY PREVIOUS MOTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COUNSEL, ALAN, ON THIS TOPIC. SO THE CLARIFICATION HERE IS THAT IF WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN'T ASK THE APPLICANT OR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC A QUESTION. SO WE ARE GOING TO NEED SOME OBVIOUSLY, SOME RESULTS OF THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE COMMUNITY. AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT FAIR IS TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MY MOTION IS TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE APRIL 15TH MEETING. I'LL SECOND BEFORE WE VOTE, JUST SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE AN EXPECTATION. AND THE NEXT MEETING I WILL HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE WILL HAVE OPEN FOR PUBLIC
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COMMENTS. SO BE A VERY FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE FOR BOTH SIDES TO HAVE A SPOKESPERSON THAT IS PREPARED TO GIVE THE AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, DELIBERATIONS, AND WHERE YOU ENDED UP BOTH ON THE OPPOSITION SIDE AND ON CONSENT SIDE. IT WILL BE A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE NEXT MEETING. IT'S ONCE A GOOD FAITH BY ALL PARTIES INVOLVED. YOU KNOW I WILL OKAY, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. WE WILL HEAR THIS ITEM NEXT WEEK OR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. THAT IS THE END OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. IS THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO ONE HAS SIGNED[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
UP. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS? SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT GOES FORWARD. TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 4:00, THE DATE SET FOR REDOING WILL BE MONDAY. I BELIEVE THAT IS APRIL THE 8TH, I'M NOT SURE, BUT NEXT MONDAY AND I WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND BECAUSE OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS IN THE COURTHOUSE THAT I HAVE TO GO TO. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY BECAUSE I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR ATHLETES AND STUDENTS AT THE END OF THESE MEETINGS TO LEAVE ON A HIGH NOTE AND SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF. AND THESE ARE MY FAVORITE ATHLETES, PERIOD.AND THEY'RE FROM THE ENTIRE AREA, WILL HOST ABOUT 1000 ATHLETES HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS FROM ALL THE AREA SCHOOLS. PLEASE COME OUT. YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING JUST TRULY REMARKABLE ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TOMORROW MARKS APRIL FOOL'S DAY TOMORROW, BUT IT ALSO IS GIVES US A MONTH AWAY FROM THE BYRON NELSON. SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION TO THE PUBLIC HERE THAT TICKETS ARE STILL ON SALE. THERE'S LOTS OF HOSPITALITY TICKETS TO THE CHAMPIONS CLUB, THE CHOCTAW CLUB. GENERAL ADMISSION, FUN FAMILY EVENT TO ALL COME OUT MAY 1ST THROUGH THE FOURTH. ALSO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CHILD, THE COLLIN COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER GALA THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHICH IS A GREAT CAUSE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPS RAISE MONEY FOR KIDS THAT YOU KNOW, NEED A VOICE AND NEED A HELPING HAND WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND NEED SOMEBODY TO SPEAK IN THEIR ON THEIR BEHALF. A GREAT ORGANIZATION, GREAT GALA WITH THAT. I THINK I'M GONNA PASS ON THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I'LL KEEP MINE SHORT AS WELL. I HAD THE VERY DISTINGUISHED HONOR OF GOING TO THE CANINE OFFICER OSI MEMORIAL SERVICE LAST WEEK. AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE OFFICER OSI JUMPED IN FRONT OF AN ASSAILANT AND WAS ABLE TO SAVE THE LIVES OF MANY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. WE HAD PD FROM ACROSS THE NORTH TEXAS REGION COME AND JOIN US FOR THAT. AND SO WE WANT TO THANK THEM, BUT WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST, DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE MCKINNEY PD. AND ALSO OFFICER BLAIR, WHO WAS CANINE OFFICER, OZZY'S HANDLER AND COMPANION. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED FOR HONORING ME FOR AS WOMAN OF THE YEAR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION. IT IS AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION THAT IS REALLY DEDICATED TO DOING A LOT OF GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE AREA, SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEIR FACES AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO MAKING MCKINNEY A BETTER PLACE, BUT WANT TO THANK YOU. THANK THEM FOR EXTENDING THAT HONOR TO ME. JUSTIN, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
THANK YOU. I'VE GOT THREE BRIEF THINGS PIGGYBACKING ON THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THE OZZY FUNERAL, I SAT RIGHT BEHIND THE FAMILY AND THAT OZZY THING WAS WAS REMARKABLE. HE WAS THE FAMILY PET. SO THE OFFICER LOST HIS PARTNER, LOST THE CANINE TRAINED. AND THE LITTLE KIDS, LITTLE KIDS LOST THEIR FAMILY PET. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. NONE OF US IN MCKINNEY THAT I TALKED TO POLICE CHIEF, CITY MANAGER HAD EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, I WENT TO THE FIRE PROMOTION CEREMONY LAST FRIDAY AND WE HAD FIREFIGHTERS PROMOTE, GRADUATE FROM AND BECOME FIREFIGHTERS. WE HAD PEOPLE PROMOTE TO DRIVER. WE HAD FOLKS PROMOTE TO CAPTAIN AND CHIEF AND AS AND THAT IS A REMARKABLY COMPETITIVE AND RESILIENT AND VERY CAPABLE AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND THAT WASN'T LOST ON ME THERE. LAST THING, JAMEER DABNEY WAS KILLED IN MCKINNEY ON THE 21ST OF DECEMBER. HE WAS KILLED AT LAKE FOREST IN HIGHLANDS. IT WAS A CAR ACCIDENT. AND OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY STEPPED UP
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ON THIS SATURDAY AT WINIFRED PARK, WHICH IS THERE AT THE CORNER OF HIGHLANDS AND LAKE FOREST. THERE'S GOING TO BE A BENCH DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR JAMIR, SO ALL ARE WELCOME. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE AT 10 A.M. THIS SATURDAY MORNING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING ANYBODY, YOU AND EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME AND YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR WHATEVER TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY FOR THE ANNUAL ARTS IN BLOOM FESTIVAL. THE EVENT BEGINS FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH AND FEATURES FINE ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, TEXAS WINERIES, AND FOOD VENDORS. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON ARTS IN BLOOM, TX, ARTS IN BLOOM, TX.COM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE SIR. I JUST ECHO THE COLLIN COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER GALA. THE WORK THEY DO, THE SPEAKER THAT THEY HAD WAS TREMENDOUSLY MOVING. THE WORK THEY DO, HOW THEY REALLY DO SO MUCH IN PROTECTING AND HELPING THOSE KIDS GET THROUGH SUCH HORRIFIC SITUATION. AN OZONE THAT WAS THAT WAS SO TOUCHING. AND TO SEE TO HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO OF WHAT THIS DOG DID WAS TRULY AMAZING.AND YOU CAN ALSO IMAGINE HOW HEARTBREAKING TO WATCH THAT UNFOLD WHEN YOU ARE THE, THE PARTNER, THE, THE, THE FAMILY MEMBER OF THAT DOG AS WELL. BUT LAST THING I'LL SAY IS I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT'S WATCHING NOW THAT WASN'T WATCHING. AT 4:00 WE HAD A POLICE RECOGNITION CEREMONY, NOT CEREMONY, BUT THE EVERY, EVERY SO OFTEN POLICE RECOGNIZED OFFICERS FOR SPECIAL DUTY IN THE OFFICERS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED TODAY, AS THEY ALWAYS ARE, WERE REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE. AND TO HEAR THE STORY OF SOME CHILDREN THAT WERE THAT WERE TRULY SAVED BY THE EFFORTS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORTH TAKING THE TIME TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO. AND YOU MIGHT, MIGHT MAYBE WRITE A LITTLE NOTE AND SEND IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO JUST GIVE YOUR ACCOLADES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THOSE SPECIFIC OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY DID AND HOW THEY REALLY INTERVENED AND SAVED CHILDREN'S LIVES, AND CERTAINLY FROM SOME HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE. SO WITH THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.