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TONIGHT WILL BE HEARD ONLY BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND OTHERS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT I WILL ADVISE THE AUDIENCE IF THE CASE WILL GO ON TO COUNCIL, OR WILL BE HEARD ONLY BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AND TURN IT TO INTO A STAFF MEMBER PRIOR TO THE AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED. WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES. YOU MAY ONLY SPEAK ONE TIME ON EACH AGENDA ITEM. THE COMMISSIONERS REQUEST THAT WE ALL TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT. FOCUS ON THE ISSUE AND BE CONCISE IN YOUR COMMENTS. I WANT TO STRESS TO EACH OF YOU THAT YOUR OPINION IS IMPORTANT TO US, AND THEY DO BECOME PART OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC RECORD. WE ALL WANT TO ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NONPUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON NONPUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS SUCH AS THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
OR WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE NONPUBLIC HEARING ITEMS? MOTION TO. OH, I'M SO
[ELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR]
SORRY. SORRY WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A MOTION ON THAT. I'M SO SORRY. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.SO WE'LL CALL FOR THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER WOODARD TO BE NEXT CHAIR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LEBEAU. AND THEN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CRAIG. IF Y'ALL WILL, PLEASE VOTE.
STEVE MIGHT NEED TO HIT HIS MOTION BUTTON. STEVE, NEED TO HIT THE MOTION BUTTON? YES. DID YOU HIT THE MOTION BUTTON? IT'S NOT UP. MY SCREEN IS STILL ON THE WINDOWS. YOU'RE NOT SIGNED IN. OH, YEAH. PUNCH ME IN. GOOD. SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO SIGN YOU IN DOWN HERE TO. LET ME GRAB KEYBOARD. JAMES. ALL JUST UNSCREENED. SO JUST YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH MORE THAN ONE COMMISSION MEMBER, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE VIA HAND? ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER WOODARD AS THE NEW CHAIR FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT IS UNANIMOUS, CHAIRWOMAN WOODARD, I WILL ACTUALLY PASS THE NEXT VOTE FOR THE VICE CHAIR TO YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING AS VICE CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE WITH EVERYONE AT THIS MOMENT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ELECTION OF THE VICE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I NOMINATE RUSS FOR VICE CHAIR. COMMISSIONER LEBEAU HAS NOMINATED RUSS BUETTNER. DO WE HAVE A SECOND OR. ANY OTHER MOTIONS? I SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CRAIG. WALLY. WALLY. WALLY I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER WATLEY. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN CAST OUT OF YOUR TERMINALS ARE UP. MINE'S NOT UP YET, SO I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. OKAY, SO WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LEBEAU AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATLEY.
I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION. I USED TO MAKE A MOTION. I DIDN'T MAKE THEM BEFORE. CAN
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YOU SECOND THAT? NO. MOTION. THERE WE GO. OKAY. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE FIRST AND SECOND MOTION, AND EVERYONE CAN CAST THEIR VOTE. DO YOU NEED US TO REDO THE MOTIONS? DO I NEED TO DO IT AGAIN? JUST WAITING ON THE VOTES TO COME IN. OKAY. IT'S NOT POPPING UP TO VOTE. NOT POPPING UP FOR US. THERE IT IS. COULD YOU REVOTE, COMMISSIONER BAKER? I'LL VOTE FOR MYSELF. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WITH A VOTE OF 7 TO 0. SO, COMMISSIONER BUETTNER, CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.[INFORMATION SHARING ITEMS]
AT THIS POINT, WE'LL MOVE ON THE AGENDA TO THE CALL FOR INFORMATION SHARING ITEMS. ITEM 253266, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. AND WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. LUCAS REILLY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.THANK YOU. LUCAS REILLY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. GLAD TO BE HERE FOR MY FIRST DIRECTOR'S REPORT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO PRODUCE QUARTERLY.
KATE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AND IT IS A REPORT THAT TRACKS THE APPROVAL PROCESS. WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS FROM STAFF, THE DECISION THAT THIS BODY MAKES, AND THEN THE FINAL DECISION MADE BY COUNCIL. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRACK HOW OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING RECEIVED BY THIS BODY AND COUNCIL, AND THE CONSISTENCY OF THOSE ACTIONS, AS WELL AS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT COUNCIL ACTION IS TAKEN. AND SO WE HAVE THIS REPORT FROM JANUARY UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN GENERAL, EVERYBODY IS IS GETTING ALONG AND KIND OF MAKING THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS BEING TAKEN. AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE REPORT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR REILLY REGARDING HIS REPORT? SEEING AS THERE ARE NONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT ITEMS.
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SO ITEM 25326 SEVEN MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT ITEMS? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING. COMMISSIONER WATLEY MOVES, MAKES THE FIRST MOTION TO APPROVE VICE COMMISSIONER BUETTNER SECONDS. IF EVERYONE CAN CAST THEIR VOTE. AND THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THAT IS THE END OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit Request for Passenger Vehicle Fuel Sales (7-Eleven), Located on the Southwest Corner of Bloomdale Road and North Central Expressway (US Highway 75) (REQUEST TO BE TABLED)]
AGENDA ITEMS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS. FIRST UP IS ITEM 25009. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR PASSENGER VEHICLE FUEL SALES.7-ELEVEN. LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOOMDALE ROAD AND NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY US HIGHWAY 75. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSION JAKE BENNETT, PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ITEM THAT'S REQUESTED TO BE TABLED. THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST FOR THE TABLING IS DUE TO THE NOTIFICATION SIGNS NOT BEING POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, AND THE CORRECT TIME FRAME BY THE APPLICANT. SO WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED TO THE NEXT PNC MEETING ON 1028. AND THE PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO TO THAT MEETING AS WELL. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. I'M SORRY. SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OH. IT'S TABLED. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. WE WOULD ASK THAT WE WOULD OPEN
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THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST IN CASE ANYBODY DID WANT TO TALK. AND THEN WE WILL TABLE THAT PUBLIC HEARING TO THE NEXT MEETING AND CONTINUE IT. OKAY. SO SINCE THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SEEING AS THERE IS NO ONE, WE WILL NOW REQUEST A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE IT TO THE NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. OKAY. TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE IT UNTIL THE NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING ON OCTOBER 28TH. I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THE ITEM TO THE 1028 MEETING. SECOND, OKAY, FIRST MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONRAD. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. AND THAT MOTION PASSES. AND SO THIS WILL BE CONTINUED AT THE OCTOBER 28TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. NEXT ON THE[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit Request for Auto, Motorcycle, Truck, or Boat, Rental or Sales (DentRX USA), Located at Southeast Corner of Powerhouse Street and Mercury Circle]
AGENDA IS ITEM 25008. SORRY, NEXT 250008 SOUP. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS. ACT ON A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR AUTO, MOTORCYCLE, TRUCK OR BOAT RENTAL OR SALES. DENT RX USA LOCATED AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF POWERHOUSE STREET AND MERCURY CIRCLE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AS MENTIONED, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS FOR AN S U S P, WHICH IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AUTO SALES, SPECIFICALLY AT THIS LOCATION AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF POWERHOUSE AND MERCURY STREET.THE REQUEST IS JUST FOR FOR ADDING AN ADDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS THE AUTO AUTOMOBILE SALES.
THERE'S NO GOING TO BE NO ALTERATION TO THE EXISTING SITE. THIS IS JUST INCLUDING THE USE.
THE THE SITE CURRENTLY MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS THE PARKING BUFFERS ACCESS CIRCULATION. THERE'S NO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AROUND THE SITE, SO THERE'S NO CONCERNS OR REQUIREMENTS FOR MITIGATION ALONG THOSE USES OR ZONING DISTRICTS. AS IT STANDS, THE GIVEN THE PROPOSAL OF MEETING ALL THE APPLICABLE CITY CRITERIA, NO CONCERNS WITH THE IMPACTS OF SURROUNDING PROPERTY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AND I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS PATELLA. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ARACELI? SO THIS IS AN EXISTING BUSINESS THAT'S DOING WHAT AUTO REPAIR. SO THE EXISTING BUSINESS RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE USE IS WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE, BUT IT IS A REPAIR FOR VEHICLES. BUT I'LL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO KIND OF ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BUSINESS. BUT THEY ARE INTEGRATING THE AUTOMOBILE SALES AS PART OF A COMPONENT TO THE EXISTING BUILDING. OKAY.
THANK YOU. AND THE SUV IS BEING WRITTEN SUCH THAT THERE'S NO OUTSIDE STORAGE, VEHICLE STORAGE OR SO THEY, THEY WELL TO THEY WOULD IF THEY HAD ANY STORAGE OR ANY VEHICLE STORED OUTSIDE, THEY WOULD REQUIRE OR TRIGGER THE REQUIREMENT FOR SCREENING. THE INTENT HERE IS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING OR ALLOCATING PARKING INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENT. THERE'S NO OTHER ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SCREENING FOR THEIR SITE. OKAY.
SO LATER, IF THEY COME IN AND WANT TO PUT OUTSIDE SALES, THEY JUST HAVE TO PUT UP SCREENING TO COMPLY. SO WE WOULD REVISIT THE PROPOSED REQUEST DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR LAYOUT IS AND IF IT REQUIRES SCREENING, WE WOULD REQUIRE THE SCREENING IF THEY DO PUT ANY VEHICLE STORAGE OUTSIDE STORAGE, BUT THAT WOULDN'T COME BACK BEFORE US AGAIN IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.
NO, UNLESS THEY'RE DEVIATING OR THERE'S SOME KIND OF DESIGN EXCEPTIONS THAT REQUIRES THEM TO COME BEFORE YOU, THEN YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SALLY? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. I WAS INFORMED. YES, BUT THEY PROBABLY NOT HERE. SORRY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. YES. SHOULD WE LEAVE THIS UNTIL THE APPLICANT ARRIVES OR JUST CONTINUE? YOU CAN CONTINUE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO IF WE CAN GET A MOTION REGARDING THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO WE NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM. ANYONE LIKE TO COME UP? OKAY. SEEING AS THERE IS NO ONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A MOTION REGARDING ITEM 250008SUP, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM. OKAY. MOTION BY VICE COMMISSIONER BUECHNER. SECOND.
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SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LEBEAU. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. THIS ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.AND SO THIS WILL NOW GO FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION AT THE NOVEMBER 4TH,
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit Request to Allow for Passenger Vehicles Fuel Sales (7-Eleven), Located on the Northeast Corner of Hardin Boulevard and FM 543]
2025 MEETING. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 250011 SUP. TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES FUEL SALES 7-ELEVEN. LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF HARDIN BOULEVARD AND FM 543. YES.THANK YOU AGAIN. SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A 7-ELEVEN GAS STATION AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF HARDIN AND FM 543 AND CP IS REQUIRED DUE TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED GAS PUMPS TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINES. OF THE THREE UNDEVELOPED CORNERS AT HARDIN AND FM 543, THAT'S. THIS GAS STATION IS PROPOSED ON THE ONLY CORNER WITH IMMEDIATE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY. STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE PROPOSED USE WOULD BE BETTER SUITED ON ONE OF THE OTHER UNDEVELOPED CORNERS, AND THE CRITERIA WOULD LIKELY BE MET DUE TO THE ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS NOT HAVING RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY.
AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE CP AND ALL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
JAKE. WHAT IS THE CURRENT DISTANCE TO RESIDENTIAL FROM THE GAS PUMPS? YEAH. SO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR THE CRITERIA TO BE MET IS 250. WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS ABOUT IT'S APPROXIMATELY 180. OTHER THAN OTHER THAN DISTANCES. DO YOU MIND ELABORATING ON EXACTLY WHY STAFF FEELS LIKE THE FUEL STATIONS WOULD BE BETTER SUITED ON THE OTHER CORNERS? YEAH, IT'S JUST THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY. SO THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS HERE THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED AT THIS. AT THIS INTERSECTION, THE USE ITSELF, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKELY BE IN FAVOR OF AT THIS INTERSECTION, BUT IT'S THE ONLY ONE OF THE THREE THAT HAS THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY AND CAN'T MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE UDC. AND THAT'S THE REASONING FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL. THANK YOU. SO. IS DO YOU KNOW THAT WHETHER OR NOT THIS THESE OTHER CORNERS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THIS DEVELOPER ALL AT THE APPLICANT KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT? I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF DUE DILIGENCE, DUE DILIGENCE THEY'VE DONE ON THE OTHER CORNERS OF THIS. THE THIS LOCATION. LAST QUESTION. HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION? WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FOR THIS. WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER.
IT WAS A NEIGHBOR THAT I HAD SPOKEN TO. HE WASN'T IN OPPOSITION OF IT, BUT HE DID REQUEST THAT THERE BE SOME SCREENING PLACED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THIS. CURRENTLY, THAT ENTIRE PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED, AND I BELIEVE HE LIVES ON THE EAST SIDE OF LANTANA, WHICH IS THAT ROADWAY TO THE EAST OF HERE. HOWEVER, SCREEN WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THAT LOCATION AS THE REST OF THE BUILD OUT AT THE AT THAT CORNER HAPPENS. THANKS. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, THE DELTA BETWEEN THEIR SPACING AND THE REQUIRED SPACING IS 70 TO 70FT, 180 VERSUS 250. THAT'S CORRECT. YEP. OKAY JAKE, WHAT IS THE ZONING ON THE OTHER TWO CORNERS. SO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER I BELIEVE IS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, ETJ.
AND THE OTHER ZONING IS WITHIN PD. I MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE WHAT THE ZONING IS WITHIN THAT PD, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS DESIGNATED AT COMMERCIAL AT THE CORNER. THANK YOU.
SIMILAR TO THIS LOCATION. JAKE. JAKE, LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN THE THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE ALONG FM 543 IS ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. DO THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT OR WHAT'S. YEAH. SO CURRENTLY I BELIEVE THAT PROPERTY LINE DOESN'T EXIST. IT'S PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED THERE. AS WITH ALL COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ALONG ARTERIAL ROADWAYS LIKE THIS, WE DO REQUIRE CROSS ACCESS JUST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE DRIVEWAY SPACING STANDARDS. AND SO TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS THAT ULTIMATELY WE HAVE ALONG THE ROADWAYS, CROSS ACCESS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. SO IT WOULD BE REQUIRED NO MATTER THE LOCATION OF THAT THAT PROPOSED PROPERTY LINE AND THE OPEN SPACE THERE KIND OF AT THE HARD CORNER. IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE A DRAINAGE OR IS THAT SO? THAT IS AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT TOO WELL ON THE AERIAL, BUT THERE'S AN EXISTING MONUMENT KIND OF SIGN OR I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD WANT
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TO SAY IT, BUT IT'S KIND OF THE ENTRANCE TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH. AND SO THAT IS ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON A SEPARATE LOT. IT'S GOING TO BE WITHIN AN EASEMENT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT, FOR THE HOA, FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY.BUT THAT IS TO REMAIN. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR JAKE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED TO IT. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD. AND IF YOU DO HAVE ONE OF THE YELLOW SPEAKER CARDS, AWESOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS AUSTIN NAVARETTE, 2627 TAYLOR STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS. I'M HERE AS THE APPLICANT ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPER, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. SO WE'RE PREFERRED DEVELOPER FOR 7-ELEVEN. WE DO SITES ALL THROUGHOUT TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY DFW, SOUTH TEXAS, WEST TEXAS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON THIS CORNER AND WHY WE CHOSE THIS CORNER. AS YOU GUYS HAVE KIND OF ALREADY ASKED, WE CHOSE THE THE NORTHEAST CORNER BECAUSE THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS, AS JAKE WAS MENTIONING THAT STAFF WOULD PREFER, ARE UNAVAILABLE TO US AS THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, PUNCH THROUGH FOR HARDIN, WHICH ULTIMATELY WOULD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO IDEA ON WHEN HARDIN WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT FURTHER DOWN TO THE SOUTH. I BELIEVE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S UPWARDS OF 5 TO 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD COME, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE SETTLED ON THAT LOCATION ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER. ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU KIND OF LOOK, THERE'S ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, 16,000 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS THAT ARE EITHER CURRENTLY OCCUPIED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IN THAT THREE MILE RADIUS, WE WOULD BE THE ONLY CONVENIENCE STORE. SO OUR GOAL HERE, RIGHT, IS TO SERVE THOSE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY, PROVIDE THOSE IMMEDIATE GOODS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT IMMEDIATE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND US THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF ESSENTIAL GOODS. JUST A QUICK STOP HOME EITHER, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR WAY HOME FROM WORK, ON YOUR WAY TO THE OFFICE TO GET FUEL, TO GET, YOU KNOW, BEVERAGES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE IN TERMS OF SCREENING, WHICH I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER HAMMOCK, YOU HAD ASKED FOR, SOMEBODY UP HERE HAD ASKED ABOUT IT. WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING A SCREENING WALL ALONG THAT SOUTH, OR I GUESS THE NORTH, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THOSE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, WHICH WOULD BE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE WITH MASONRY COLUMNS, AS PER THE UDC SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE WHAT ELSE FOR THE BUILDING MATERIALS? WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE ELEVATED BUILDING MATERIALS RATHER THAN OUR PROTOTYPE, WHICH WOULD BE MASONRY. SO, YOU KNOW, FULL BRICK MASONRY, REALLY AN ELEVATED BUILDING. THEN YOU WOULD TYPICALLY FIND AT YOUR GENERAL 7-ELEVEN PROTOTYPE. WE WANT TO DO RIGHT BY THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF AND WE'RE ALL PROUD TO DEVELOP. AND THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE SELLER, LENNAR CURRENTLY OWNS THAT WHOLE COMMERCIAL LOT. SO THEY INTENDED ALL THAT TO BE COMMERCIAL, WOULD JUST BE THE FIRST GROUP THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING THERE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE ACCESS EASEMENT, WHICH COMMISSIONER HAMMOCK, I BELIEVE YOU ASKED. YEAH, WE ARE WORKING ON EASEMENT WITH THEM, WITH THE SELLER THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER CROSS ACCESS, YOU KNOW, FURTHER TO THE EAST AND THEN AS WELL AS AN EASEMENT TO THE WEST, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE MONUMENT SIDE THAT'S THERE, AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL PER CITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL OF MY POINTS. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE ME TO ANSWER? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE OPEN SPACE THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT, JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S MUCH LARGER THAN JUST THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE? AND SURE THING. YEAH. SO THAT'S CURRENTLY AN EXISTING DRAINAGE SWALE. SO WE WOULD BE OUR PROPOSAL. I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IT WITH, WITH JACOB AND THE ENGINEERING STAFF TODAY. WE'D IDEALLY BE PROPOSING, YOU KNOW, THAT DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO BE THERE, THAT WOULD BE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S. AND SO THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, RELOCATING THAT INLET JUST A LITTLE BIT SOUTH, MAYBE TEN FOOT OR SO TO ACCOMMODATE OUR DRIVEWAY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ALONG HARDIN. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN LENNAR EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED ALL THOSE PROPERTIES, THEY INTENDED FOR ALL THE DRAINAGE ON THAT COMMERCIAL, THAT'S SEVEN ACRES OR SO TO BE GOING THROUGH THAT DRAINAGE SWALE. SO THAT'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE OVERLOADING IT. I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS 85% IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE THAT THEY INTENDED. I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE FULLY AT 85%. SO IN ADDITION, IT'D BE LANDSCAPED. SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, UGLY OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT BY YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND ANY OF THE RESIDENTS? NO, SIR. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD OUR OUR SIGNS POSTED OUT THERE FOR PROBABLY SIX WEEKS NOW. WE WERE TRYING TO GET ON THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS. WE'RE UNABLE TO DO SO JUST ADDRESSING STAFF COMMENTS, BUT THAT IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD AT THIS TIME. OKAY, I DO WANT TO COMMENT THAT WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM A RESIDENT, AND SO I WOULD LIKE
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THIS TO BE RECORDED ON RECORD, BUT WE DID RECEIVE ONE EMAIL IN FROM A RESIDENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED TO IT. SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE DAIS. I DIDN'T START SPEAKING SO THAT YOU CAN.YES. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN HAVE THIS ONE. THANK YOU. OH, THERE'S SOME UP THERE. OKAY.
GOOD EVENING. I JUST FELT LIKE I. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR US. THANK YOU.
ETHAN MCPEAK, 7032 LANTANA DRIVE. SO I'M. I'M THE ONE WHO SPOKE WITH JAKE. I LIVE IN A HOUSE. I CAN SEE IT ON THERE. I THINK BIGGEST CONCERN FOR US, NO IMMEDIATE OPPOSITION TO THE ACTUAL USE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EVEN THE RIGHT PLATFORM, BUT CONCERN ABOUT SINCE THAT IS UNDEVELOPED OPEN PROPERTY, WE CAN SEE CLEAR ACROSS IT TO HARDEN TO THAT MONUMENT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT. IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THERE COULD BE SCREENING OR SOMETHING OF THE LIKE TO KEEP HEADLIGHTS AND THE ONGOINGS OF THE 7-ELEVEN FROM COMING OVER TO THE HOUSES DIRECTLY FACING THAT, I RECOGNIZE THAT'S MORE OF AN ASK, NOT A STANDARD. AND YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT. YES, SIR. THE SO WE HAVE HARDEN ON THE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE'S LANTANA GOING TO 543 AND THERE'S SIX HOUSES RIGHT THERE FACING THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY. NOTHING MORE THAN A COMMENT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I THOUGHT I'D GET UP AND SAY SOMETHING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD WISH TO COME UP AND SPEAK REGARDING THIS ITEM? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR APPLICANT OR FOR JAKE? CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE SCREENING ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FOR MR. MCPEAK FOR THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY? NOT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THE SELLER ULTIMATELY IS WORKING ON, BUT I WILL SPEAK ON THE LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE ADJACENT TO IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, ALL LIGHTING WILL BE DOWN, DOWN SHIELDED SHIELDED LIGHTING. SO TO PREVENT ANY SORT OF LIGHT TRESPASS ON THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE IN, YOU KNOW, OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL. SO NO IMMEDIATE CONCERNS ON OUR SIDE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE IMMEDIATE HOMES THAT ARE RIGHT BEHIND US HAVING ANY SORT OF LIGHT TRESPASS ONTO THEIR PROPERTY, ESSENTIALLY CUT OFF SIX ZERO FOOT CANDLES AT THE PROPERTY LINE IN TERMS OF LIGHTING LEVELS? EXACTLY. YES, SIR. AWESOME. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. JUST CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE. YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SAID THIS. I APOLOGIZE, BUT THE SCREENING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE CONCERN. AND I THINK INSTEAD OF THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THE EASTERN EDGE OF YOUR PROPERTY. SO, YEAH, MY INTERPRETATION OF THIS WOULD BE THAT ULTIMATELY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF ADJACENT COMMERCIAL USE TO US TO THE EAST. SO IN THE IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM, NONE THAT WE'RE INITIALLY PLANNING. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THAT CONCERN WOULD BE, I GUESS, NECESSARILY ADDRESSED WHEN THERE'S A FUTURE COMMERCIAL USE THAT WOULD WE UNDERSTAND THAT PART. BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IS THAT IN THE SHORT TERM, UNTIL THERE'S AN EXISTING USE THERE, WOULD THE APPLICANT BE WILLING TO PUT UP SOME ADDITIONAL SCREENING TO ALLEVIATE THOSE CONCERNS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S THAT'S SOME SORT OF LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY INCORPORATE, WHETHER THAT'S TREES OR SHRUBS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST TO PREVENT ANY SORT OF TRESPASS OR UNWANTED, YOU KNOW, VISUALS FROM THOSE, THOSE RESIDENTS OVER THERE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR JAKE. LOOKING AT LANTANA DRIVE THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF IT, THERE'S WHAT, SIX HOMES? DO YOU KNOW IF THE IT'S PLATTED TO BE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THERE ON THAT WEST SIDE OF IT? I DON'T BELIEVE I DON'T BELIEVE SO I THINK THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION DESIGNATION WITHIN THAT PD RUNS THAT ENTIRE STRIP THAT'S UNDEVELOPED. YEAH. SO REALLY, THEY COULDN'T EVER DO A FULL SCREENING BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A DRIVE THROUGH THERE OR SOMETHING. THERE MAY BE. SO THERE WOULDN'T TYPICALLY BE SCREENING THERE UNLESS IT IS SCREENING SOME SORT OF SITE FEATURE. TYPICALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FRONTAGE IS IF THERE ARE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHEN THIS IS REPLATTED AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, IF IT IS APPROVED, THEN THAT'LL BE ALL ON A SEPARATE LOT, WHICH WILL BE
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DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. SO IT'LL BE PUSHED IT KIND OF DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT TO WHOEVER DEVELOPS THAT EASTERNMOST PROPERTY. AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE PARKING SPACES ORIENTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEN NO SCREENING WOULD BE REQUIRED. BUT THEN YOU ALSO WOULDN'T HAVE SAID LIGHTS THAT ARE ORIENTED WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE THE CONCERN HERE. OKAY, JAKE, WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO HAVE A SOLID WALL INSTEAD OF THE WROUGHT IRON MASONRY COLUMN TYPE WALL ON THE NORTH SIDE? SO THEY'RE THAT WROUGHT IRON WITH THE MASONRY COLUMNS. IS IS AN OPTION FOR THEM. RIGHT, AS WELL AS A SOLID MASONRY WALL. SO IT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT. THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED WITHIN THE UDC THAT THEY CAN PURSUE WITHOUT A DESIGN EXCEPTION. BUT NO, NO CHOICE OF STAFF AND STAFF SIZE.I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY HAVE YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT COUNCIL APPROVED TO PUT IN THE UDC. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT THEY COULD PURSUE WITHOUT A DESIGN EXCEPTION. THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT THOUGH, IS THE APPLICANT IS NOT PURCHASING THE ENTIRE TRACT AND NOT DEVELOPING THE ENTIRE TRACT. SO EVEN IF WE PUT EVEN IF THEY WERE TO TO OPT TO A MASONRY WALL. YOU'D HAVE TO YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE WALL. AND NO ONE'S GOING TO PUT IN A HALF A WALL. I BELIEVE DOCTOR LOBO'S COMMENT WAS ALONG THE NORTH END, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THAT? WERE YOU ASKING ALONG THE NORTH END? YEAH, JUST THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY THAT THEY WANTED TO DO. 7-ELEVEN. I MEAN, IT COULD BE REQUESTED FROM FUTURE APPLICANTS FOR THE OTHER REMAINING FOUR ACRES. YEAH, AND I BELIEVE THAT COULD BE PART OF Y'ALL'S MOTION THIS EVENING. IF YOU DID WANT TO REQUEST SOME SORT OF SCREENING, EITHER ENHANCED SCREENING OR RECOMMEND THAT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A SOLID WALL ALONG THE NORTH.
WELL, THERE WOULD BE A LOT WOULD BE A LOT OF CAR LIGHTS THAT WOULD BE BLOCKED WITH A SOLID WALL VERSUS A WROUGHT IRON. YEAH, RIGHT. THERE WOULD BE EVERGREEN SHRUBS INCLUDED WITH THAT. SO FOR THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, YEAR, COUPLE YEARS, THOSE SHRUBS MAY NOT BE AT THE FULL HEIGHT IN OPACITY. BUT OVER TIME, AFTER A FEW YEARS, THEY WOULD BE HOPEFULLY FULLY OPAQUE. SO THAT THE REST OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S GOING TO BE EAST OF THE PROPOSED 7-ELEVEN SITE, THAT'S COMMERCIAL. YES, THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AS COMMERCIAL. WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY OFFICIAL SUBMITTALS FOR SITE PLANS OR ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME, BUT IT IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USES AS OF TODAY. OKAY, SO IF ON THE NORTH SIDE THEY HAD REACHED THAT, WHAT DID YOU SAY, 250FT. WHAT WAS THAT? SO YEAH, THE 250FT IS FROM THE PROPOSED GAS PUMPS THAT ARE HERE WITHIN THAT KIND OF PINK BOX ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION, TO THE RESIDENCES THAT ARE TO THE NORTH. OKAY. THAT'S THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. SO IF THEY DON'T MEET THAT MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, YOU WOULD PROBABLY SUBMIT THIS FOR APPROVAL. IF THEY HAD MET THAT MINIMUM REQUIREMENT AND CP WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED. THE REASONING BEHIND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL IS BECAUSE IF WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE USE AT THIS INTERSECTION, BUT THIS IS THE ONE OF THE THREE UNDEVELOPED CORNERS THAT HAS IMMEDIATE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY EXISTING TODAY. STAFF. IF IT WAS TO DEVELOP ON EITHER OF THE SOUTHERN CORNERS, IT WOULD MEET THAT, AND IT WOULD LIKELY JUST MOVE STRAIGHT INTO A SITE PLAN SO THERE WOULD BE NO CP REQUIRED. OKAY. THANK YOU JAKE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JAKE? SO BASICALLY ONE OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES LIKE A PD OF SOME TYPE WOULD BE WOULD BETTER INCORPORATE GAS PUMPS. THAT'S WHAT STAFF IS SAYING. WELL IT'S JUST THE IT'S THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE 250 FOOT BUFFER REQUIREMENT. IT WOULD BE MET BY.
RIGHT. YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE CP IS. THAT'S WHY IT'S REQUIRED. THAT'S CORRECT. THEY USE THIS USE AT THIS LOCATION IS PERMITTED AS LONG AS THE CRITERIA IS MET. THE CRITERIA IS NOT MET BECAUSE OF THE IMMEDIATE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY CRITERIA COULD BE MET ACROSS THE STREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JAKE. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE THIS ITEM AND THE PUBLIC HEARING? I MOVE, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COMMISSIONER WHATELY. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAMMOCK.
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SO I GUESS I'LL JUST CHIME IN BY SAYING THAT I DO AGREE WITH THE RESIDENTS CONCERN ABOUT THE LIGHTING, AT LEAST AT LEAST IN THE SHORT SHORT TERM. SO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT TRYING TO REENGINEER THIS PROJECT, I JUST SAY I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A CONCERN. REGARDING THE THE DISTANCE OF THE GAS PUMP TO THE RESIDENTS. I RECALL OTHERS, OTHER PROJECTS BEING APPROVED THAT WERE WITHIN 250FT AND GIVEN THE DISTANCE, GIVEN THE GAS PUMPS BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING FROM ANY RESIDENCES, I MEAN, I MY OPINION IS THAT THAT SHOULD BE OF LESSER CONCERN AND PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE NEED PROBABLY FOR A GAS STATION THERE AND THOSE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH NOT BEING AVAILABLE, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. I JUST TEND TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BÜTTNER'S COMMENTS. I THINK THERE'S SOME SPACE AVAILABLE THERE IN THE FRONT TO TO POSSIBLY EVEN PULL IT A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH OR SOUTH ON THE SITE PLAN, WHERE THERE'S SOME GREEN SPACE ADJACENT TO THAT MUNICIPAL WATER EASEMENT, AND POSSIBLY IMPROVE THAT DISTANCE EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE, OR REDUCE THAT 70 FOOT DISTANCE TO 50 OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN, POTENTIALLY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SITE PLAN MANEUVERING WHERE THE AVAILABLE SPACE IS THERE. YEAH, THAT WAS MY THOUGHT TOO.IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME SPACE THERE THAT IT COULD STILL ALLOW, YOU KNOW, INGRESS EGRESS.
BUT I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA, LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FULL MASONRY WALL AS OPPOSED TO THE WROUGHT IRON AND THE MASONRY PEDESTALS. I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE MORE IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO THE ADJACENT AND SOME TEMPORARY LANDSCAPING, AT LEAST ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE, TO ADDRESS THE RESIDENT CONCERNS. I AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH, THE BUFFERING WOULD BE IMPORTANT. THE INCREASED BUFFERING. I AGREE WITH GINA ON THAT. AND JESSIE, THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN IF WE WANT TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED ALREADY, THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ON YOUR SCREENS. MR. CRAIG. OH, I APOLOGIZE, YES. COMMISSIONER. OH. OKAY. SO THAT MOTION PASSED. THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AT THIS TIME, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO HAVE THE APPLICANT BACK UP TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RELOCATION OF. YEAH. YES. THE APPLICANT BACK UP, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S ANXIOUS TO COME BACK UP. SO I ALWAYS, ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. YEAH. SO I CAN SPEAK FOR A LITTLE BIT. FIRST OFF ON THE SCREENING WALL. SO THERE IS CURRENTLY AN EXISTING CEDAR FENCE THERE AS WELL, WHICH IN THE MEANTIME WHILE THE SHRUBS, YOU KNOW SAY YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE WITH THE MASONRY COLUMNS IN BETWEEN WITH THE EVERGREEN SHRUBS UNTIL THE EVERGREEN SHRUBS GREW IN TO FULL GROWTH. THERE IS AN EXISTING CEDAR FENCE THERE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT WOULD GO STRAIGHT DIRECTLY INTO THE THE BACKYARDS OF OF THE RESIDENTS HOUSES. IN TERMS OF THE SCREENING, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ON THE EAST SIDE. MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT SOME SORT OF TEMPORARY LANDSCAPING IN. AS LONG AS IT'S ON OUR PROPERTY. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY LINES, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T OWN THAT PIECE. BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE PARKING SPACES AND ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER UP UNTIL THE I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE CROSS ACCESS DRIVE. MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY LANDSCAPE SCREENING OF SOME SORT. AND IN TERMS OF PULLING THAT FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME SITE PLANNING CRITERIA THAT 7-ELEVEN REQUIRES IN TERMS OF SPACING FROM THE FRONT CURB TO THE, I GUESS, THE THE PUMPS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS 39FT OR SO, WHICH IS SHOWN ON, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MINIMUM SPACING THAT WE HAVE. WE CAN TRY TO PULL THAT DOWN AS FAR SOUTH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT ENCROACHING ON THAT WATER EASEMENT. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE CONSTRAINT THERE IS IS THE WATER EASEMENT. AND ALLOWING FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT SPACING BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE PUMPS. SO I KNOW YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC TERM THAT YOU USE, BUT I LIKE THE TERM THAT YOU USE PUMPS. HOW MANY PUMPS ARE YOU PLANNING TO PUT IN. SO THERE'S WE CALL THEM NPDS MULTIPLE PUMP DISPENSERS. SO THERE'S SIX OF THOSE. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF AS A PUMP. THERE WOULD BE 12
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TOTAL BECAUSE THERE'S ONE ON EACH SIDE, BUT SIX, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL DISPENSERS OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND SO DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS IS OR WITH ANY MODIFICATIONS AS IS OR WITH ANY MODIFICATIONS. MODIFICATIONS WE'VE DISCUSSED. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? OKAY. HOW WOULD YOU HOW WOULD BE BEST TO DO THAT WITH THE SINCE WE'RE SAYING SOME, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME SCREENING ALONG THE EAST AND THEN AND ALONG THE NORTH SIDE, ALONG THE NORTH SIDE SO YOU COULD MAKE THE MOTION SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF I MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL ON THE APPLICANT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY VEGETATIVE SCREENING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND A SOLID WALL ON A SOLID WALL ON THE NORTH. CORRECT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION. YES. OKAY.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM GIVEN THE GIVEN THE MODIFICATIONS OF SCREENING ON THE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND ON THE EAST SIDE THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. AND THE SOLID WALL ON THE SOLID WALL ON THE NORTH, I'LL SECOND THAT. SO FIRST MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TURNER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LEBO TO APPROVE THIS ITEM CONTINGENT UPON ADDING SOME VEGETATIVE SCREENING ON THE EAST SIDE, AS WELL AS A SOLID WALL ALONG THE NORTH. AS DISCUSSED, AS DISCUSSED, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. RUSS. WHAT'S THAT? OH, YEAH. OKAY, THIS ITEM DOES PASS UNANIMOUSLY. AND THIS WILL. GO TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION AT THE OCTOBER 21ST 20. NO, IT IS
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “AG” - Agricultural District to “R6” - Residential District, Located Approximately 660 Feet of North Virginia Parkway and Approximately 250 Feet West of Joplin Drive]
AT THE OCTOBER OKAY AT THE OCTOBER 20TH 21ST MEETING AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 250119Z. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM AG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO R-6 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 660FT OF NORTH VIRGINIA PARKWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 250FT WEST OF JOPLIN DRIVE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN AFTERWARDS, I RECEIVED WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM THE APPLICANT WISHING TO WITHDRAW THE CASE. SO AT THIS POINT, THE CASE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. SO NO FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO BE TAKEN ON THIS CASE. OKAY.AND I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED TO IT. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD? THANK YOU. AND DO YOU HAVE YOUR YELLOW OR DID YOU ALREADY TURN IN YOUR SPEAKERS? PERFECT. THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PAUL LEHMAN. I'M AT 5805 NORTH WOOD CREEK CIRCLE HERE IN MCKINNEY.
AND OBVIOUSLY AS THIS IS BEING TABLED, THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE EFFORT HERE. BUT I WANTED TO PASS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ALONG TO YOU AS IT RELATED TO THIS EVENT. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, THE THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STONEBRIDGE ESTATE IN CAMBRIDGE ARE PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHETHER THE REZONING OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND HAD THIS THIS PROCEEDED TO WHERE THE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE WANTED TO FILE A PROTEST. YOU KNOW, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE SAYS THAT THAT PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE 5 P.M. ON THE FOURTH WORKING DAY PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN TONIGHT, GIVEN THAT YESTERDAY WAS A HOLIDAY, THAT MEANS THAT THAT THAT PROTEST WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO HAVE BEEN FILED BY TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK, THE SEVENTH. AND I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THE THAT THE USPS NOTIFICATION OF THIS, OF THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST DID NOT START ARRIVING INTO THE STONEBRIDGE ESTATE NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL THE 10TH. THERE ARE EIGHT NEIGHBORS. THERE ARE EIGHT FAMILIES IN THE THE BUFFER ZONE IN STONEBRIDGE ESTATES. THREE OF THEM RECEIVED IT ON THE 10TH, TWO OF THEM RECEIVED IT ON THE 11TH, AND THREE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE IT. SO AND IN MY COLLEAGUE MATT, OLIVIA WILL HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT CAMBRIDGE. BUT THE KEY THING HERE IS WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, I
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KNOW THAT THE P AND Z IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF FOLLOWING THE WHAT IS IT L THE THE CODE THAT'S 211 FOR THE STATE ON PUTTING THESE THINGS OUT THROUGH THE USPS IN A TIMELY MANNER. HOWEVER, I THINK THAT CODE WAS PROBABLY DEVELOPED WHEN THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE COULD BE DEPENDED UPON TO DELIVER THE MAIL WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS IF IT WAS INTRA CITY MCKINNEY. AND THAT'S NOT REALLY HAPPENING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONES THAT WERE RECEIVED, THEY WERE POSTMARKED ON THE THIRD. THEY WERE NOT RECEIVED UNTIL THE 10TH, 11TH OR LATER.SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. I THINK THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IS MAYBE MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT YOU VOLUNTARILY SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT SOONER THAN THE TEXAS CODE 211 CALLS FOR. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REASONABLE OR NOT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS OCCURRED AND THAT WE FIND A WAY TO DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY SO WE CAN WORK EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TOGETHER THE NEXT TIME THIS COMES UP, BECAUSE IT WILL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MATT OLIVOLO. I'M 608 FORTENBERRY DRIVE IN MCKINNEY, AND I AM THE HOA PRESIDENT FOR THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY THERE, ADJACENT TO THE STONEBRIDGE COMMUNITY WHERE PAUL WAS SPEAKING FROM. WE HAVE 28 HOMES THERE THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE BY THE THE BUILD THERE PART OF THE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AS WELL OF, OF, YOU KNOW, THE THE REQUEST AND THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY START RECEIVING ANYTHING UNTIL THE 10TH AS WELL. SO IT'S, IT'S IN UNISON WITH WHAT PAUL JUST MENTIONED. AND WE JUST ASK AGAIN, KIND OF IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THEY COULD GIVE A LITTLE MORE TIME. THAT WAY, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK TO OUR ATTORNEY ABOUT, THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF APPROPRIATELY CONSULT WITH THEM.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD WISH TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. SEEING AS THERE ARE NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS ITEM? I GUESS WE CAN. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 2501197 AND TABLE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATLEY TO TABLE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 2501190. AND TO TABLE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY. SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONRAD. SECOND CONRAD. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. THE VOTE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SO THIS ITEM WILL BE TABLED INDEFINITELY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
[COMMISSION AND STAFF COMMENTS]
COMMISSIONER STAFF, HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MOST OF Y'ALL MET HER IN THE BACK, BUT I WANTED TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE EMILY BELL, OUR NEW CITY PLANNER, OVER IN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. SO YOU WILL BE SEEING MORE OF HER. WELCOME, EMILY. WELCOME ABOARD. AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? MOVE TO ADJOURN. SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAMMOCK. MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6:50 P.M. OH, SORRY. DO YOU NEED TO DO THAT? TO VOTE BY HANDS. SO, ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND, I. AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. PASSES