Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving the Draft 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “C2” - Local Commercial District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Located on the West Side of Trinity Falls Parkway and Approximately 3,385 feet North of the Intersection of the Trinity Falls Parkway and Laud Howell Parkway, and Accompanying Ordinance]

25-00172. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM C TO LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. THIS IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRINITY FALLS PARKWAY, 3300FT NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF TRINITY FALLS PARKWAY AND LORD HOWELL PARKWAY.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL KATE STRICKLAND, PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO THE APPLICANT, AS YOU HAVE NOTED, IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY TO PD. IT WILL FOLLOW TYPICAL USES WHICH ARE PERMITTED WITHIN OUR C TWO ZONING DISTRICT WITH THE ALLOWANCE OF A HIGH RISE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER BY RIGHT, WITH SOME ADJUSTED HEIGHT AND SOME ADJUSTED REDUCTIONS. I DID WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. I PUT IT IN FRONT OF Y'ALL. THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996. SO FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT SET FORTH VERY SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS ABOUT WHAT MUNICIPALITIES CAN AND CANNOT REGULATE. I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY NOTE THAT DECISIONS CANNOT BE MADE BASED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ON SUPPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OR HEALTH EFFECTS BASED OFF OF RADIO FREQUENCIES. OUR DESIGN STANDARDS FOR TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS AND THE OTHER FEDERAL ACT REQUIREMENTS ARE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AS WELL. STAFF HAS NO OPPOSITION TO THE COMMERCIAL USES AT THIS LOCATION OR THE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER USE. HOWEVER, STAFF IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING A 30 FOOT INCREASE FROM WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE REQUESTING 155FT, WE NORMALLY ONLY ALLOW 125FT IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. THIS AREA IS SLATED FOR QUITE A BIT OF COMMERCIAL GROWTH, WITH MULTIFAMILY RETAIL RESTAURANT PER OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND FROM PLANS THAT WE'RE TYPICALLY SEEING COMING IN TO STAFF. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE THE REDUCTIONS THERE. LET ME NOTE FOR Y'ALL. SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THAT THE CELL TOWER IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY HERE. THERE IT GOES. PERFECT. IT'S GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY IN THIS LOCATION WITH THE 155FT. THE FALL WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY THROUGH THE SITE. I DID WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THERE IS A FALL LETTER THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THAT IN. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO DISCUSS THE FALL LETTER AND ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. BUT GIVEN THE HEIGHT AND GIVEN THE REDUCTION OF THE SETBACKS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, STAFF IS NOT SUPPORTIVE AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS.

CAITLIN DID HAVE ONE ON THE FALL AND PER YOUR DIAGRAM, YOU'VE GOT A BLUE LINE AND THEN YOU HAVE A BLACK LINE. IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THE SAME OWNERSHIP FOLLOWING THE BLACK LINE DOWN.

SO THE SUBJECT JUST A BLUE FLAG LOT. SO THE FLAG LOT THAT IS CREATED HERE IS THE ONLY PART OF THE SUBJECT PIECE. THIS IS A THIS IS A SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNER SEPARATE FROM THE PROPERTY WHERE THE FALL LINE IS CORRECT. THIS IS A SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNER HERE IN RED. THANK YOU.

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ANYONE CARE TO HEAR FROM MR. SCHNEIDER? TO TALK ABOUT THE FALL? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR IF YOU COULD COME UP. I ASSUME THAT'S HIM. NO. YES. IS THIS HIM? OKAY. SO WE HAVE A LETTER IN OUR FILE UNDER YOUR SIGNATURE. CORRECT? NO. WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE IN A MINUTE.

HERE. THERE? YEAH. NO ONE ELSE SEES THAT BUT ME. I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU GUYS SEE THE. I DON'T HAVE IT UP. IT'S IN THE ITEM. IT'S IN THE LETTER. YEAH, YEAH. MY NAME IS RALPH RALPH WEINGARTEN. ACTUALLY, I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPLICANT. I'M NOT MR. SCHNEIDER OF THE FALL LETTER, SO. OKAY. PRESENTED PRESENTED IT FROM HIM. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, RALPH WEINGARTEN, 1428 TRAIL SITE COURT, NORTHWEST GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, 49504I WORK WITH FALCON FOSTER AND WE'RE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANTS HERE. PROPERTY OWNERS RAINY AND TAMMY ROGERS. WISH THEY COULD BE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL, BUT THEY'RE ON A MISSION PROJECT IN IDAHO FOR THEIR CHURCH, AS WAS MENTIONED, HEMPHILL, TOGETHER WITH THE RANEY'S, HAS SUBMITTED THIS PD REZONING APPLICATION TO ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISE WIRELESS FACILITY. VERIZON WIRELESS WILL BE THE INITIAL OCCUPANT AT 150 FOOT LEVEL, AND IT'S ALSO DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THREE ADDITIONAL FUTURE PROVIDERS, AND THE SERVICE PROVIDED WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE DAILY NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. IT WILL SUPPORT LEARNING AT HOME.

WORKING AT HOME IT WILL SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY USES, EMERGENCY ALERTS 911 CALLS. ET CETERA. SO IT'S KIND OF CRITICAL IN AN AREA THAT'S PROJECTED TO GROW LIKE THIS, TO HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. IN THIS CASE, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED IT, THEY LOOKED AT THAT NEED, THAT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEY ALSO LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT THIS WAS KIND OF AHEAD OF THE WAVE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING AND KIND OF DREW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN AFTER THE FACT, WHEN YOU'VE GOT BUSINESSES AND HOMES AND FULLY BUILT OUT, WHEREAS IF YOU'VE GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AHEAD OF TIME, USUALLY PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME IN DON'T HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT WHAT'S THERE ALREADY. SO I THINK THAT WAS A FACTOR IN THEIR DECISION AS WELL. WE DID PRESENT SOME COVERAGE MAPS AND SOME EXPLANATION OF ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE CONSIDERED. I CAN GO INTO DEPTH ON THOSE IF YOU WANT. ESSENTIALLY, VERIZON WIRELESS HAS EXISTING SITES ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF TO TWO MILES AWAY IS ABOUT THREE SITES SURROUNDING THIS. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO FILL IN THE GAP IN COVERAGE IN BETWEEN. BUT IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A NEW CAPACITY FOOTPRINT, WHICH WILL OFFLOAD THE BURDEN ON THOSE EXISTING TOWERS. SO THAT WILL FREE UP THOSE EXISTING TOWERS TO HANDLE MORE LOADS IN THEIR AREAS AS WELL. AND THAT'S HOW IT WILL KIND OF PROVIDE FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEMAND IN THIS AREA. WE. I GUESS I CAN LEAVE IT, LEAVE IT THERE. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO GET MORE IN DEPTH ON ANY OF THESE THINGS.

TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, THIS FALL LINE, THEN WHAT THAT MEANS. AND FOR THE FOLKS OUT THERE, WHAT DANGER IT PRESENTS. AND WE GOT THE LETTER THAT WAS PRESENTED FROM RONE MANUFACTURING, WHICH IS THE TOWER MANUFACTURER, AND THEIR ENGINEER. MAKE SURE THAT THE POLE DESIGN WILL COMPLY WITH ALL THE WIND LOADS AND OTHER STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THEY ALSO ADDRESS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT YOU GET CATASTROPHIC WIND OR FAILURE OF THE POLE. AND IN THIS CASE, THEIR DETERMINATION IS THAT THE POLE WOULD FOLD OVER ON ITSELF AND HAVE EFFECTIVELY A ZERO FOOT FALL RADIUS. AND IN THIS CASE, WHERE WE'RE CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE, THEIR DETERMINATION WAS THAT THE TOWER WOULD FOLD ON ITSELF AND NOT IMPACT ANYTHING ACROSS THE PROPERTY LINE. THE REASON WE POSITIONED IT IN THE CORNER IS IN TERMS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T THINK THE ROGERS HAVE ANY PLANS AS OF YET, BUT IT'S LIKELY IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PLACING IT IN THE CORNER DOESN'T LIMIT AS MUCH AS IF YOU WERE TO PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OF THE PARCEL. IN TERMS OF ESTHETICS, WE'VE TRIED TO MITIGATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY

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DESIGNING IT WITH THE ANTENNAS CONCEALED WITHIN THE POLE. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A MASONRY WALL AROUND IT AND LANDSCAPING, INCLUDING CANOPY TREES. THANK YOU. WHAT IS THE HEIGHT DO IN TERMS OF I MEAN, IT ALLOWS YOU TO GO FURTHER AND CREATE A BIGGER RADIUS, BUT IS THAT DIMINISHED OVER TIME AS CAPACITY FILLS IN AND KIND OF BANDWIDTH SLOWS DOWN AND DIMINISHING OVER TIME? AND ALSO THE FOOTPRINT THAT'S ESTABLISHED. THE HEIGHT DEFINES LIKE HOW BIG THAT IS. SO IN TERMS OF CAPACITY OFFLOAD FROM SURROUNDING SITES, THE EXISTING SITES THAT VERIZON HAVE THAT HAS THAT ARE ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF TO TWO MILES AWAY, THOSE CENTER LINES ARE ALL IN THE 100 AND 90S, AND THAT'S WHAT VERIZON WANTED HERE, TOO. THEY WANTED SOMETHING LIKE A 200 FOOT TOWER WHERE THEIR ANTENNAS WOULD BE LIKE, SAY, 195. SO THIS 150 CENTER LINE, WE'RE PROPOSING 155 FOOT TOWER, AND THEIR CENTER LINE OF THEIR ANTENNAS WILL BE AT 150. AND THAT REPRESENTS QUITE A SACRIFICE FOR THEM. IT'S NOT GOING TO CREATE AS BIG A FOOTPRINT AS THEY WANTED. IT'S NOT GOING TO OFFLOAD AS MUCH AS THEY WANTED FROM ADJACENT SITES. BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD LIVE WITH THAT. BUT NO LOWER THAN 150 WAS WHAT THEY INSTRUCTED US. SO THAT 150 CREATES A BIG ENOUGH FOOTPRINT TO DO THE JOB OF OFFLOADING THE ADJACENT TOWERS. BUT LESS THAN THAT WOULD NOT. SO AS POPULATION FILLS IN IN THIS AREA. AND LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA HAS QUITE A BIT OF I THINK SHE MENTIONED A FAIR AMOUNT OF DENSITY IN THIS AREA. DOES THAT DOES THAT SPACE THAT IT SERVES DIMINISH BECAUSE OF BANDWIDTH ISSUES, OR IS IT ALWAYS GOING TO BE AT THAT RANGE THAT IT CAN REACH? I'M NOT A RADIO FREQUENCY ENGINEER. I'VE HEARD THAT IT DOES DIMINISH A LITTLE BIT AS IT GETS LOADED UP, BUT IT'S OUTSIDE OF MY EXPERTISE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT AS YOU GET THE INCREASE IN USAGE, NOT ONLY FROM POPULATION AND FROM ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES, BUT ALSO THE TYPE OF USE LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY OF INTERNET OF THINGS AND STREAMING THINGS. AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE DRAIN ON IT THAN WHEN IT USED TO JUST BE VOICE OR, OR SIMPLE INTERNET. AND AS, AS DEVELOPMENT MOVES IN, THAT DEMAND IS KIND OF EXPONENTIALLY INCREASED, WHICH IS KIND OF THE ISSUE WE'RE FACING WITH THE STAFF IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A RURAL AREA, THIS MAKES SENSE THAT YOU GET THIS TALL, BUT AS DENSITY FILLS IN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET IT TO CONFORM TO OUR CODE. YEAH. BECAUSE YOU YOU REALLY CAN'T GET THAT FAR WHEN YOU TAKE UP ALL THAT CAPACITY. AND, AND THIS WILL KIND OF FILL IN THE EXISTING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

AND, AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE AN ANSWER FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BACK LOOKING FOR ANOTHER TOWER IN BETWEEN IN A YEAR OR TWO. SO I THINK IT WILL CREATE THE SPACE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO FILL IN THERE IN THE FUTURE? OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, ANYONE? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS PROPOSED REZONE, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SEEING NONE, MR. MAYOR, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL APPROVE THIS ITEM. A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM FOR APPLICANT REQUEST. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. COUNCILMAN JONES, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY, MR. MAYOR, THAT THE DISTRICT THAT I SERVE IS THE MOST DENSE DISTRICT IN OUR CITY, AND THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. I GOT A CALL ONE TIME FROM A LADY IN ORANGE COUNTY. I'VE TOLD THIS STORY BEFORE FROM THE DAIS. I'LL TELL IT AGAIN. BUT HER PARENTS LIVED IN MY DISTRICT, AND HER FATHER WAS ON A HEART MONITOR IN AT&T.

WAS THE WAS THE CELL SERVICE THAT THEY NEEDED. AND SHE COULDN'T GET IT. THEY COULDN'T GET SERVICE. AND HERE SHE IS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND ONLY CHILD WORRIED ABOUT HER DAD AND HE CAN'T GET THE SERVICE TO DO HIS MONITOR. SO WITH THE VERY LACK OF PEOPLE WITH LANDLINES, WITH THE PEOPLE WITH CELL PHONES, AND AS THE APPLICANT INDICATED, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THERE BEFORE ANYBODY COMES OUT AND BUILDS. SO IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THEY CAN BUILD SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HONOR IT

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AND GET THIS INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE BEFORE THE CROWDS COME OUT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I AGREE, COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA, TIMING IS RIGHT TO BUILD SUCH A TOWER. AND BASED ON THE SAFETY RESPONSES WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU TONIGHT, I'M. I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THIS MOTION CARRIES. THE REQUEST HAS BEEN APPROVED. NEXT ITEM ON OUR

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to Allow for Multi-Family Residential Uses and Modify the Development Standards, Located 2901 McKinney Ranch Parkway, and Accompanying Ordinance]

AGENDA IS 25-0078 Z-2 PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM PD TO PD TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY USES AND TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THIS IS AT 2901 MCKINNEY RANCH PARKWAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SO THIS MIGHT FEEL FAMILIAR FOR SOME OF Y'ALL, BUT I WILL GET YOU ALL UP TO SPEED. SO IN 2024, THIS PROPERTY WAS REZONED TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY USES. AND THE APPLICANT IS BACK TO JUST CHANGE ONE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD. SO WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY REZONE, THEY MET OUR TYPICAL STANDARD AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS TWO PARKING SPACES. AND THEY ARE NOW COMING BACK TO REQUEST 1.75. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. STAFF HAS NO OPPOSITION TO ALIGNING WITH OUR CURRENT CODE AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. KATIE, THIS APPLICANT, WE'RE COMING TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS. THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO BE AT THE 1.75, CORRECT? CORRECT. WITHOUT ANY KIND OF VARIANCE OR ANYTHING. 1.75 IS OUR TYPICAL STANDARD. YES, SIR. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE APPLICANT HERE? ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KEVIN KOONTZ 8350 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, DALLAS, TEXAS. THANK YOU TO CAITLIN. I THINK SHE DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. BUT I DID WANT TO JUST PUT THIS VISUAL IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TO HELP ILLUSTRATE. YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. SO ON THE LEFT, WE'VE GOT OUR EXISTING SITE PLAN UNDER THE CURRENT PD REGULATIONS. ON THE RIGHT IS A REVISED SITE PLAN THAT REFLECTS THE 1.75 PARKING RATIO. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGING BETWEEN THE TWO PLANS IS THE SIZE OF THAT PARKING GARAGE IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE. YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT WE'LL STILL BE AMPLY PARKED FOR OUR RESIDENTS AT THE 1.75 RATIO, BUT WE VIEW THIS AS A AN UPGRADE FOR THE SITE PLAN. WE ARE ABLE TO PUT ADDITIONAL TREES IN THE PARKING AREA, CONSTRUCT LESS CONCRETE THROUGHOUT THE SITE, AND THEN ALSO EXPAND THE AMENITY AREA JUST SOUTH OF THAT PARKING AREA THERE. SO YOU KNOW, WE FEEL IT'S A IT'S A WIN WIN. AND YOU KNOW, I WON'T BORE YOU GUYS WITH GOING OVER WHAT CAITLIN ALREADY SAID. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE I THINK THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION IS A LITTLE BIT OBVIOUS, BUT THERE'S SOME PAIN POINTS IN MCKINNEY WITH COMPLEXES HAVE BEEN BUILT AND THEY ARE ON NON ARTERIAL ROADS THAT YOU CAN LEGALLY PARK ON. AND WE SEE THAT. AND THERE'S SOME I THINK THERE'S SOME DANGER THERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON THE ROADWAY. I'VE SEEN PREGNANT MOMS TRY TO GET IN THEIR CAR AVOIDING PEOPLE ON ROCK HILL DRIVERS. AND I HATE IT. BUT YOU'RE ON REALLY TWO ROADS. YOU'RE ON MCKINNEY RANCH AND COLLIN MCKINNEY. AND THOSE STREETS ARE NOT LEGAL TO PARK YOUR CAR ON, SO YOU CAN'T HAVE STREET PARKING HERE. AND THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. BUT IT JUST I JUST WANT THE POINT OUT THERE FOR FOLKS THAT YOU DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS ADEQUATE PARKING FOR YOU, BECAUSE BASICALLY YOU GUYS ARE MARRYING THIS, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOUR LEASE RATES OVER THERE. AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. SO 1.75 IS A GENERAL KIND OF GOAL THAT WE TARGET ON ANY PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE BUILD. BUT THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, LENDS ITSELF IT LAYS OUT REALLY WELL WHERE YOU HAVE THE BUILDING SURROUNDING. IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT PARKING LAYOUT WHERE THAT PARKING IS CONCENTRATED ON THE CENTER OF THE SITE. SO, YOU KNOW, EACH PARKING SPACE IS VERY CONVENIENT TO ANY OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE SITE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET THE BIGGER PARKING RATIOS, THOSE ARE ESPECIALLY HELPFUL ON, YOU KNOW, LONGER SITES WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO LONGER WALKS TO YOUR, TO YOUR BUILDING. BUT ON A LAYOUT LIKE THIS, 1.75 IS SUFFICIENT DUE TO THE EFFICIENCY OF HOW WE'VE LAID IT OUT. ARE THERE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. KOONTZ. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU COME TONIGHT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS PROPOSED REZONE, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. ALL

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RIGHT. SEEING NONE. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM. AS FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. OKAY. THE LAST

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to Allow for Self Storage and Commercial Uses and Modify the Development Standards, Located at 2250 South Central Expressway, and Accompanying Ordinance (REQUEST TO BE TABLED)]

PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS 24002603. THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD TO PD TO ALLOW SELF STORAGE AND COMMERCIAL USES. THIS IS AT 225 SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, BROOKLYN. LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE ME, MR. MAYOR. SO THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE CLOSED AND THE ITEM TABLED INDEFINITELY, AS THEY ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THEIR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS ITEM WAS REJECTED BY PLANNING AND ZONING BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0. AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? CAITLIN. THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT HERE BY CHANCE? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE. YES OKAY. THIS IS WAS A NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IF YOU COME. YEAH. IF YOU IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT AND MADE THE EFFORT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. ALSO FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, THIS IS GOING TO MORE THAN LIKELY BE TABLED AND CLOSED INDEFINITELY. SO THERE WILL BE NOTIFICATION. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. MOTION ANYONE? WELL. I'LL START OFF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS AGREE WITH ME, BUT I HAVE A MOTION JUST TO DECLINE IT AND NOT TABLE IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MY VOTE'S GOING TO CHANGE IF IT CAME BACK REGARDLESS. SO I'LL HAVE A MOTION THAT WE JUST DECLINE THIS ITEM. OKAY, I. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SECOND IT AND I'LL CAST SOME LIGHT FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, THERE'S A OFFICE BUILDING AT THE TOP OF THE HILL ON THE ACCESS ROAD OF SOUTHBOUND CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY BETWEEN BRANDON, THOMAS, SUBARU AND MITSUBISHI AND COUNTRY CLUB. THIS IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. WE NEED WE NEED MORE STORAGE FACILITIES HERE. I THINK THERE'S A DEMAND FOR IT. HECK, MY KID JUST HAD TO RENT ONE FOR 200 BUCKS A MONTH. I'M THINKING, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I MISSED MY CALLING. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT BUSINESS, BUT I'M NOT. BUT THERE'S PLACES THAT IT CAN WORK. THERE'S PLACES IT SHOULDN'T. AND IN MY MIND, THIS. THIS VISIBLE PART ON A HIGHWAY BACKING UP TO SOME BEAUTIFUL WALKING TRAILS IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A STORAGE FACILITY. AND AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE WHAT THE APPLICANT DID TO MITIGATE THE VIEWS OF IT, I CAN'T EVER IMAGINE VOTING YES. SO I'LL SECOND COUNCILMAN JONES'S MOTION. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST BY COUNCILMAN JONES AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM HAS BEEN DENIED. OKAY. WITH THAT, THAT ENDS OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE FRONT END OF OUR MEETING FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ITEMS, ON OR OFF THE AGENDA.

WE'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE CHANCE IF YOU CAME TO THE MEETING LATE. SO IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. ALL

[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]

RIGHT. SEEING NONE. COUNCIL COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. NOTHING. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE QUICK HITS. MR. MAYOR, SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THE CITY MANAGER AND I ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR BINARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS AT THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF HARDIN AND MCKINNEY RANCH. I'VE SEEN THAT SIGN OUT THERE FOR A DOG'S AGE.

AND TURNS OUT BINARY CHURCH HAS BEEN IN RICHARDSON, I BELIEVE, FOR 50 YEARS, AND IT'S A KOREAN CONGREGATION. I'VE NEVER SEEN A MORE ENERGIZED CROWD READY TO GET THEIR CHURCH BUILT HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME. AND WE WERE THERE WITH THE GREAT R.J. GRIMES, WHO IS GOING TO BE A RESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS HERE, COMING UP IN THE FALL. AND HE HAD A GOOD TIME, TOO, I THINK I WENT TO DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL, WHICH WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THAT WAS AT THE STADIUM. AND MAN, OH MAN, WHAT A CROWD OUT THERE TO WATCH.

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BASICALLY WHAT'S A BUNCH OF HALFTIME SHOWS. AND THESE PEOPLE GOT SO INTO IT AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE. AND LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT WE'RE IN THE SEASON OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, INTERVIEWS. AND IT IS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE SITTING HERE WATCHING JUST SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED, EDUCATED, WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE BRAIN DRAIN TO MCKINNEY, TEXAS, WANTING TO SERVE OUR CITY. SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO'S COMING OUT. I WISH WE HAD A PLACE FOR ALL OF YOU, BUT IT'S A REALLY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO SIT UP HERE DURING THAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELCOME, MR. LYNCH. ANYTHING? NOTHING. JONES. NO, I THINK I'LL TAG OFF FOR MISS CLAUDIA ABOUT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. TOMORROW IS OUR LAST MEETING.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A LARGER THAN NORMAL PEOPLE THAT ARE ON SERVING ON BOARDS THAT HAVE NOT INTERVIEWED WITH US YET. AND SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'RE WATCHING, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONTACT OUR CITY SECRETARY TOMORROW MORNING AND GET ON THE INTERVIEW SCHEDULE, BECAUSE, YEAH, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOU ON, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF TALENT OUT THERE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN PICK FROM IF WE HAVE TO. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND ALSO THE CHURCH GROUNDBREAKING WITH. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT YOU'RE THERE, MR. JONES. YOU KNOW. YEAH, HE FORGOT BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS SPEAKING KOREAN THERE. SO HE WAS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD CHURCH. THE CONGREGATION THERE WAS GREAT. I EVEN BROUGHT MY SON THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, HE GOT TO LISTEN AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT. SO IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND THEN ALSO, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE HAD A COUNCIL MEETING ACTUALLY. SO WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE AIRPORT SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. AND SO A GREAT EVENT. WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM OUR STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS. SO IT'S MCKINNEY IS MOVING FORWARD. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LOTS TO COME FROM THE AIRPORT. AND THEN LASTLY, IT'S SOME FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. NEXT WEEK IS PROSPERITY STARTS. AND SO BETWEEN THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK ALL KIDS WILL BE BACK IN SCHOOL. SO GOOD. GOOD I GUESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARENTS THAT MADE IT THROUGH THE SUMMER ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JONES. MR. CITY MANAGER, TAKE IT AWAY. YES, SIR. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW IMPORTANT WAYS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR WONDERFUL MCKINNEY. YOU CAN TAKE A SURVEY THROUGH AUGUST 10TH RIGHT NOW FOR THE CDBG PLAN THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED EARLIER THIS EVENING. THAT SURVEY IS GOING THROUGH AUGUST 10TH. MCKINNEY TEXAS.ORG/CDBG PLAN.

AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT SURVEY NEXT. YOU CAN JOIN US FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR UNHOUSED HOMELESS COMMUNITY ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH. THIS WILL BE AN HONEST AND CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT CHALLENGES AND RESOURCES ON HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE IN THE EVENING ON AUGUST 13TH. I BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THIS THIS ROOM. VISIT MCKINNEY, TEXAS.ORG/UNHOUSED. YOU CAN LEARN MORE AND SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THEREFORE THIS COMES TO AN END OF OUR MEETING AND WE DO NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED, MR. LYNCH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BELLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS 724, AND

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Aug 05, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

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