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[1. Call to Order and Establishment of Quorum]
THE TIME IS NOW 7:01 P.M..WE ARE MISSING COMMISSIONER WENZEL.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SHALL WE BOW? OUR FATHER GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION THROUGHOUT THIS PAST YEAR.
OUR CITY IS GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AND SOMETIMES IT GETS A LITTLE HECTIC.
AND WE JUST PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU JUST GUIDE AND DIRECT OUR STAFF HERE AT THE CITY ALL THE DECISIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE. WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR GUIDANCE.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR, A CITY COUNCIL.
AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT REPRESENTS THIS COMMUNITY.
WE PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU GUIDE AND DIRECT US TONIGHT THROUGH EVERYTHING WE SAY AND DO.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THE HONOR AND THE GLORY.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN, AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.
MAYBE SEATED. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER OGAN.
EACH PERSON WILL BE ALLOWED UP TO 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.
NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN'S INQUIRY OR RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.
TO STAFF HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS TO READ.
NO, I WILL NOW CLOSE ITEM THREE AND MOVE ON TO THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY.
[5. The National Community Survey ]
MS. WARNOSKI. GOOD EVENING, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.MY NAME IS KIMBERLY WARNOSKI .
I WORK IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HERE FOR THE CITY OF ANNA.
I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS FOR OUR FIRST NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY.
AS I'M DOING WITH EACH OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO FOR SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, LET'S SEE.
SO WE WORKED WITH POCO TO PUT ON THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY.
THEY DO THIS SURVEY IN ABOUT 500 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S OKAY. WE HAD ABOUT A 12% RESPONSE RATE, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR THEM FOR SURVEYS LIKE THIS.
A SURVEY HAD BOTH A RANDOM MAILED SAMPLE THAT WENT OUT TO RANDOMIZE HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS ANNA, AND IT ALSO HAD A CONVENIENCE SURVEY ONLINE THAT WAS OPEN TO EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN. AND THEN AGAIN, OUR RESULTS WERE COMPARED TO 500 CITIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BOTH VERY BIG AND VERY SMALL.
SO THE SURVEY, IT ASKS ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT FACETS OF COMMUNITY LIVABILITY AND NOT JUST ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THEM, BUT ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM TO RESIDENTS.
SO THE TEN DIFFERENT FACETS ARE THE ECONOMY, MOBILITY, COMMUNITY DESIGN, UTILITIES, SAFETY, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND REC, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, AND THEN INCLUSIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT.
COULD YOU NAME OR WHAT WOULD YOUR GUESS BE FOR EITHER OF THOSE? ECONOMY. THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
MOBILITY. SO MOBILITY WAS ACTUALLY LAST.
REALLY. SO THE TOP TWO WERE THE ECONOMY AND THEN SAFETY.
SO COMPARING THESE OR TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS.
SO IN SOME AREAS WE'RE DOING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
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SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.AND SO IN LOOKING AT THEIR IMPORTANCE, THOUGH, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST ASK NEIGHBORS, WHAT'S WHAT ARE WE DOING? WELL, WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING WELL, BUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO FOR US TO WORK ON? AND SO IMPORTANCE AGAIN, THE ECONOMY AND SAFETY WERE THE TWO TOP THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE RATED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT THE SURVEY ITSELF LOOKS LIKE, THERE'S KIND OF A EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS HAS SUB QUESTIONS, RIGHT? AND SO IT BREAKS THESE THINGS DOWN IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
SO WHAT IS THE ECONOMY MEAN? WELL, THAT INCLUDES PLACES TO EAT, PLACES TO WORK, PLACES TO SHOP.
PUBLIC SAFETY BREAKS DOWN TO POLICE TO FIRE, TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
ABOUT A TEN DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FOR EACH ONE TO LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
MOST RELEVANT MAYBE TO PLANNING, PLANNING AND ZONING COULD BE THE COMMUNITY DESIGN SECTION.
THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE.
AND THEN JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF THINGS TO WRAP THIS UP.
LET'S SEE. SO WHY DO WE DO THIS SURVEY? SO WE WANT TO GAUGE NEIGHBOR PERCEPTIONS.
WE WANT TO BENCHMARK COMPARISONS TO SEE HOW WE'VE IMPROVED OVER TIME.
DATA IS USED IN DECISION MAKING.
FOR INSTANCE, IN SOME OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE WANT TO SEE IF WE ARE DEDICATING RESOURCES TO THE RIGHT STUFF AT THE RIGHT TIME.
I WOULDN'T WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE SOMEBODY ASK YOU, HEY, HAVE YOU READ THAT SURVEY? AND YOU'RE A COMMUNITY LEADER AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT EACH PERSON ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION DOES IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REFLECTS IN THIS DATA IN SOME WAYS THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL MAKE. SO JUST WANT TO ASK IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? THANK YOU, MR. MIRSKY. THANK YOU.
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS.
[Consent Items]
DOES ANY COMMISSIONER WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO. OKAY.IS THERE A MOTION FOR CONSENT ITEMS SIX THROUGH 12? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
[Items for Individual Consideration]
16.5, GIVE OR TAKE ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 427 530 PLUS OR MINUS FEET FROM COUNTY ROAD 425 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.APPLICANT IS THINK BIG INVESTMENTS LLC.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION. ROSS ALTOBELLI, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THE AREA OF REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNEXATION REQUEST THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 28TH.
WHAT'S BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING IS THE ZONING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ANNEXATION? AS I MENTIONED, THE AREA IN QUESTION IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE ETJ.
THOSE ARE PARCELS THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
OTHER THAN THE ROAD OUT FRONT, IS SURROUNDED BY ADJACENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE ETJ.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO MODIFY SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO THE MF ONE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDE THE HEIGHT PARKING.
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THEY'RE PROPOSING SCREENING TO CONSIST OF A SIX FOOT BOARD ON BOARD FENCING TO BE MORE IN NATURE OF A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN.MULTIFAMILY DOES REQUIRE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY FENCE ALONG ALL PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
WHEN WE MET WITH THE APPLICANT INITIALLY.
THOSE INCLUDED SOMERSET FARMS AND CEDAR RIDGE ESTATES ONE AND TWO.
THOSE ZONING REQUESTS AND AN ANNEXATION REQUEST FOR WERE FOR A BASE ZONING OF SF 72 WHICH MATCHED OR WHICH MET THAT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THE TIME. AND SO WE MENTIONED THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
BUT WE ALSO REALIZED THAT THERE IS SOME EXTENSIVE FLOODPLAIN ON THAT TRACK OF LAND.
SO BASED UPON LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE REQUESTED ZONING IS NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ANNA 2050 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH REQUIRES THAT 50% OF THE TRACK BE OPEN SPACE FOR ANY TYPE OF CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT.
AND AGAIN, THERE WAS RECENT ANNEXATIONS TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST THAT WERE FOR SF 72.
BUT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
ALSO, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ADDRESS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. ALL RIGHT.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7;13 P.M..
EXCUSE ME. WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER AND IT WAS IN OPPOSITION.
I BELIEVE WE PLACED IT ON THE DAIS FOR YOU ALL.
YEP. DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CHUCK BRANCH, VALIANT REAL ESTATE.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
DO COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS OTHER THAN THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT IN? NO. OK SEEING.
THERE'S NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:14 P.M.
AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO COMMISSION AND STAFF.
ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13? I VOTE FOR A DENIAL.
LOOK. I HAVE A MOTION FOR DENIAL FROM COMMISSIONER MARTIN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLEMENS.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
MR. ALTOBELLI. THIS IS CONTINGENT ON ITEM NUMBER 13, CORRECT? YES, IT IS. OKAY, I WILL MOTION FOR DENIAL ON THAT ONE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OGAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.
ITEM NUMBER 15, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE 24.3 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF STATE HIGHWAY FIVE AND COUNTY ROAD 423 FROM SFE.
MS. TITTLE. GOOD EVENING, SO THE NEXT METRO FOLKS WHO JUST RECENTLY HAD A PROJECT ON THE WEST PORTION OF TOWN, THIS IS THEIR SECOND PROJECT.
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IT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD, 423 AND STATE HIGHWAY FIVE.SOME OF THE APPLICANTS PD REQUESTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE FROM THE PREVIOUS ONES.
SO FOR LAND USE THEY ARE RECOMMENDING OR SORRY, ASKING FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS MEDIUM DENSITY PARKING TO HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT AND A REDUCTION FROM THE REQUIRED 75% COVERED PARKING TO 50%. THE REFUSE FACILITIES, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR ON ONSITE WITH A VALET TRASH SERVICE FOR SCREENING. THEY ARE REQUESTING A SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG STATE HIGHWAY FIVE.
THAT IS FOR RESIDENTS PRIVACY AND TO CREATE A SOUND BARRIER FOR THE TRAFFIC.
A SIX FOOT BOARD ON BOARD WOOD FENCE WITH MASONRY COLUMNS FOR EVERY 50 LINEAR FEET ALONG COUNTY ROAD 423 ALSO ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE AND THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE AND A SIX FOOT WOOD FENCE ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE.
FOR BUILDING SEPARATION, THE REQUIREMENT IS TEN FEET, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR EIGHT FEET.
AND THE STATEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED UPON AS WELL.
OUR FUTURE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IT LABELS US AS CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL, WHICH STATES THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE SMALLER, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
OUR ZONING REGULATIONS, THOUGH THEY DEFINE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ATTACHED TO BE CONTAINING THREE OR MORE DWELLINGS ON A SEPARATE WHERE EACH DWELLING IS LOCATED ON A SEPARATE PLATTED LOT.
FOR THE DETACHED, IT'S THAT THERE ARE LOCATED ON A LOT OR SEPARATE BUILDING TRACT, HAVING NO PHYSICAL CONNECTION TO A BUILDING ON ANY OTHER LOT.
THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT MEET THE CHARACTER AND INTENT OF THE CLUSTER OF RESIDENTIAL OR AS DEFINED WITHIN OUR CITY OF ANNA ZONING ORDINANCES FOR DETACHED AND ATTACHED DWELLINGS.
IF THE COMMISSION VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE ZONING REQUEST, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVING WITH THE RECOMMENDED RESTRICTIONS AND STIPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. WE DID RECEIVE THREE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION WHICH ONE WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET TO HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU THIS EVENING AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
IS THIS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ONE LOT? IT IS, YES.
OKAY. DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:20 P.M..
DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS JOSH EDDY. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT FOR NEXT METRO COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN WHICH SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, I CAN OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE IT TO YOU.
BUT IT'S ALL ONE PROJECT BEING PROPOSED TOGETHER.
AS YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, HERNDON, THIS IS ALL ONE LOT.
SO REALLY THE BIG SUBJECT OF CONTENTION HERE, WE'VE WORKED A LOT WITH STAFF.
WE'VE BEEN TO TWO WORKSHOPS IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
THE BIGGEST POINT OF CONTENTION HERE IS PLATTING AND LOTS.
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JUST BECAUSE OF UTILITIES ACCESS AND COORDINATION, IT WOULD JUST BE A VERY COMPLICATED APPROACH TO THIS PRODUCT TYPE.SO THEREFORE MULTIFAMILY, ALL OF THESE HOMES ARE THE SAME STYLE AS OUR OTHER PRODUCTS, WHICH IS ALL SINGLE STOREY ONE, ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM HOMES.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ABOUT 8.4 UNITS PER ACRE TO COMPARE THAT TO SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH TENDS TO BE SIX UNITS PER ACRE AND LESS IN MULTIFAMILY, WHICH TENDS TO BE 18 TO 30 UNITS PER ACRE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CLASSIFIED AS.
THE COTTAGE COURT STYLE COMMUNITY THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO OUR PRODUCT TYPE.
AND AS AS SELINA MENTIONED, WE'RE PROVIDING 2.14 SPACES PER HOME.
SO WE ASKED FOR TWO SPACES PER HOME.
BUT THE SITE PLAN INCLUDES 436 SPACES, SO IN EXCESS OF THAT.
ALSO, A BIG PORTION OF OUR PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT IS THE REROUTING OF COUNTY ROAD 423.
THE CURRENT GEOMETRY OF THAT ROAD IS REALLY POOR.
IT'S JUST NOT GOOD FOR TRAFFIC FLOW AS THE CITY EXPANDS SOUTHWARD.
AND THEN THAT ROAD IS CURRENTLY A POORLY DILAPIDATED ASPHALT ROAD.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND MET WITH COUNSEL AND PRESENTED OUR CASE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A CONCRETE ROAD WITH A STORM GUTTER SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT'S THERE TODAY.
THERE'S A WATERLINE AT NORTH THAT WILL BE PULLED DOWN SO WE CAN LOOP THE WATERLINE AS WELL.
IT'LL ALL BE A PART OF OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THESE ARE THE SAME ELEVATIONS THAT YOU ALL SAW FOR OUR FIRST PROJECT.
THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH GOING ON HERE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT TWO YEARS TO GET A SECOND PROJECT.
WE WON'T BUILD BOTH OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME.
IT WILL THEY WILL STACK AFTER ONE ANOTHER IN TERMS OF ABSORPTION.
BOTH PROJECTS ARE OUR TYPICAL PRODUCT.
THESE ARE PRIVATE GATED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH FIRE LANES, OPEN GREEN SPACES AND COMMUNITY AREAS.
AGAIN, ONE LOT TO PUT OTHERWISE LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND SO WE'VE HAD A GOOD SUCCESS WITH THESE PROJECTS.
THIS WILL BE OUR 15TH PROJECT IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH.
WE'RE SPREAD ACROSS ALL THE COUNTIES OF DFW.
SOME OF THE PICTURES FROM THE BOTTOM ARE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES IN CELINA.
WE HAVE SOME IN JUSTIN, SOME IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, ARLINGTON, GRAND PRAIRIE, MELISSA MCKINNEY, FORNEY, WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE JUST ABOUT SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THIS THIS PRODUCT TYPE, WHICH IS ALSO COVERED IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL.
AND THEN WE THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION IN THEIR LIFE.
SO EITHER SENT THEIR KIDS OFF TO COLLEGE, SOLD THEIR DREAM HOME, LOOKING TO DOWNSIZE, NEW TO THE AREA, TAKING A JOB, WANTING TO STICK AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS PRIOR TO BUYING A HOME AND PUTTING DOWN AN EQUITY INVESTMENT.
AND GENERALLY OUR RESIDENTS STAY WITH US FOR 28 MONTHS.
AND SO STRONG INCOMES THERE AS WELL.
AND THAT'S REALLY EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ADDRESS, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DO YOU HAVE ANY PICTURES OF THE HOMES YOU'VE DONE IN MELISSA? THEY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME ELEVATIONS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE.
AND I SAY THAT THEY'RE DIFFERENT COLORS.
THAT SIDING IS ACTUALLY A CEMENTITIOUS FIBER CEMENT BOARD.
ALL OF THIS GETS DIFFERENT COLORS.
SO OUR PROJECT IN MELISSA THAT'S GOING TO DELIVER NEXT MONTH IS WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION.
WHICH ONE OF THE PICTURES YOU SHOWED BEFORE WAS THE ONE FROM CELINA?
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THE TOP TWO LEFT.SO THE TOP CENTER AND TOP LEFT, THOSE ARE BOTH CELINA.
THAT'S OUR TYPICAL BACKYARD SIZE WITH SOD AND A PATIO.
AND THEN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS OUR LARGER POOL OUT IN JUSTIN.
SO OUR TWO PROJECTS IN CELINA, ONE IS 112 HOMES, ONE IS 200 HOMES, SO SMALLER AND A BIT LARGER.
SO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY ALL THAT WE WOULD DO FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS OR SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE RENTALS, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO ALL OF THESE ARE OFFERED FROM 12 TO 18 MONTH LEASE TERMS. SO THERE'S A 24 SEVEN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ON SITE.
SELENA MENTIONED ONE OF THE DEPARTURES FOR TRASH AND CLOSURES.
AND SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE EXPERIENCE YOU GET.
WE CUT THE GRASS, WE CHANGED LIGHT BULBS, WE MONITOR THE PARKING, WE DO ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF.
AS A AS A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR THE LAST TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE YOU AWARE OF THE.
EXCUSE ME. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE CITY OF ANNA'S 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? I AM SO CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL WAS THE OVERLAY FOR THIS, WHICH IF YOU WERE TO JUST SOMEHOW IGNORE THE WORD PLATTING, IT TALKS ABOUT DETACHED HOMES AND DETACHED HOMES, WHICH VERY MUCH IS THIS PRODUCT.
NOT SURE WHEN THE 2050 PLAN WAS WRITTEN.
IT DOESN'T FIT A SINGLE FAMILY DEFINITION.
SO WHERE DOES IT LIE IN? SO WHEN WE APPROACH THIS BEFORE WE EVEN SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION, WE DID A WORKSHOP IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL AND TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A WORKSHOP ITEM.
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DISCOURSE, APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF TOWARDS THE GOAL OF PRESENTING THIS PROJECT FOR EVERYONE TO REVIEW IF IT IS APPLICABLE TO THAT. ROSS AND SELENA DID A GREAT JOB OF MENTIONING THE COMP PLAN DEFINITION AS WELL AS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES DEFINITION FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND DETACHED HOMES.
BOTH MENTION PLATTING AND SEPARATE LOTS, AND SO THAT IS THE DEFICIENCY HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. ONE MORE MIGHT BE FOR ROSS.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THESE COULD POSSIBLY BE SOLD AS INDIVIDUAL HOMES DOWN TO, LIKE, PATIO HOMES? NO, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOTS, SO THIS WILL ALWAYS REMAIN UNDERNEATH AN ASSOCIATION.
OKAY, THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF I MAY EXPAND UPON THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION.
DOES YOUR COMPANY, YOU OPERATIONS COMPANY? DO YOU HOLD THESE IN A PORTFOLIO OR DO YOU GUYS SELL THEM AFTER THEY'VE BEEN STABILIZED? SO WE'VE ONLY EVER SOLD TWO PROJECTS IN OUR HISTORY AND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
ONE WAS OUR FIRST PROJECT TO PROVE AN EXIT SO YOU CAN INVEST MORE CAPITAL.
AND ANOTHER ONE WAS DUE TO AN EQUITY PARTNER.
SO I CAN'T SAY WE HAVEN'T EVER SOLD A PROJECT, BUT THESE ARE OUR LONG TERM APPRECIATING ASSETS.
IN FACT, OUR OTHER OLDEST PROJECTS IN TOWN HAVE BEEN RECAPITALIZED AND ROLLED INTO A FUND.
YOU DON'T HAVE COMPLEX MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. THEY'RE BUILT JUST LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
SO WE THINK THESE ARE LONG TERM INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I WOULD SAY ACROSS OUR FIRM'S HISTORY IN THE EIGHT MARKETS THAT WE'RE IN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE'VE RETAINED OVER 90% OF ALL THE ASSETS WE BUILD, PROBABLY CLOSER TO 95%, TO BE HONEST. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS APPLICANT? NO.
OKAY. I DO HAVE SPEAKER CARDS.
STEPHANIE DINGELL, YOU HAVE THREE UP TO 3 MINUTES.
PLEASE SPEAK YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN ALL HEAR YOU.
HI. STEPHANIE DINGELL, 820 ANCOURT.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF DO A SUMMARY OF THE AREA.
KIND OF STICK WITH ME. I'LL KIND OF GET TO THE END THERE.
I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS TONIGHT REGARDING ITEMS 10, 15 AND 16 ARE.
ALL RIGHT. ANNA TOWNSQUARE COMMUNITY IS EASILY DOUBLING IN POPULATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE HAVE A BRAND NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENING UP NEXT YEAR, NEXT TO THE ELEMENTARY INSIDE OUR COMMUNITY.
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THIS IS GOING TO ADD TO EXISTING TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.FINLEY AND LEONARD WERE DESIGNED TO BE THE MAIN TRAFFIC BARRIER ROADS IN ANNA TOWN SQUARE.
MY OTHER CONCERNS ARE THE INTERSECTIONS OF HIGHWAY FIVE AND FINLEY AND THEN HIGHWAY FIVE AND 423.
LAST YEAR WE HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY FIVE AND 423.
WE RECENTLY, I USED RECENTLY USED THIS INTERSECTION, AND IT'S HARD TO GAUGE THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC HAS THAT AWKWARD ANGLE WITH A LIMITED VISIBILITY HEADED SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY FIVE.
THE TIMING OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES TO HIGHWAY FIVE AND 423 FINLEY AND LEONARD NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE TIMING AND THE ADDING TO ADDITIONAL HIGH DENSITY TRAFFIC FLOW TO THESE ROADS AND HIGHWAY.
TRAFFIC IS A KEY SAFETY PIECE FOR THE CITY OF ANNA'S CULTURE.
HOWEVER, WE ARE SEEING THAT PATTERN OF SAME ZONING CHANGES BEING REQUESTED OVER AND OVER TO ALL THE HIGH DENSITY AREAS AND THOSE DEVELOPMENTS OR NEAR THE ANNA TOWN SQUARE AREA, WE'RE SEEING LIMITED PARKING, VALET TRASH AND THEN WE'RE SETTING REDUCING THE SETBACKS AND THE FENCING.
I'M NOT SEEING THE DIVERSITY IN THIS.
I FEEL LIKE THAT THE DIVERSITY IS BEING REPLACED BY HIGH DENSITY IN THAT AREA.
I'M OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF ITEMS 15 AND 16.
THE NEXT SPEAKER WOULD BE JOE GREER.
I'VE BEEN IN ANNA ALMOST 80 YEARS, SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES.
AND IN THE LAST FEW TIMES WE'VE, IT'S JUST MORE AND MORE.
AND WE LIVE ON 1314, WHICH IS RIGHT SOUTH OF WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE GOING IN RIGHT NOW WITH MORE APARTMENTS TRYING TO GO IN JUST TO THE NORTH OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND NOW THIS TO THE SOUTH OF IT, AND IT COMES RIGHT DOWN AGAINST OUR FENCE.
BEEN THERE NEARLY 50 YEARS, RAISED FOUR KIDS THERE.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN A BEAUTIFUL STAY FOR US.
BUT THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY PROBABLY SEND US SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE AND IT'S ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE THAT I WANTED TO LEAVE ANNA, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY TRIED TO PUT IN A RACETRACK ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK RIGHT DOWN HERE.
THIS WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE OUR LIVES FOREVER.
WE CAN'T FIND OUR DRIVEWAY NOW BECAUSE TXDOT HAS JUST ANNIHILATED EVERYTHING WE KNEW AND WE HAVE NO REFERENCE ANYMORE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT WILL NOT BE OUR PROPERTY.
THAT LITTLE QUARTER MILE STRETCH OF GRAVEL ROAD THAT WE'VE BEEN USING WILL NOT BE USED FOR AN EASEMENT, FOR A UTILITY OR ANYTHING ELSE.
OUR PROPERTY ON THE BACK SIDE WILL NOT BE USED FOR SEWER LINES, WATER LINES OR OTHERS.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF THEY I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR POWER, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY AND USE IT TO ACCESS FOR SOME OTHER COMMUNITY.
AND JUST REAL SAD THIS IS GOING ON.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS AND THIS, OUR FRIENDS TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ANNA.
IT'S BECOME A STAGING FOR MELISSA, VAN ALSTYNE AND EVERYTHING, I SAID WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? OF COURSE, I'M NOT REAL BRIGHT.
THEY SAID, WELL, YOU GOT ALL THIS RENTAL PROPERTY.
PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND RENT FOR SIX MONTHS A YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT. AND THEN I CAN IN THE MEANTIME GET THEIR HOUSE BUILT IN MELISSA OR VAN ALSTYNE AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU NOW HAVE A TWO STORY STORAGE SYSTEM.
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SO IT'S A PERFECT SETUP TO STAGE FOR BUILDING SOMEWHERE ELSE.THAT'S JUST, THAT'S MY FRIENDS TALKING.
I GOT THE SAME FEELING ABOUT IT.
BUT MY CONCERN IS MY LITTLE DRIVEWAY AND THEY'VE GOT IT ON THE MAP HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND I SCALED IT THE BEST I COULD.
I RESIDE AT 1314 SOUTH POWELL PARKWAY.
I HAVE LIVED ON THAT PROPERTY SINCE MY HUSBAND AND I MARRIED IN 1984.
STARTING MY 39TH YEAR HERE, AS HE SAID, WE RAISED OUR FOUR CHILDREN THERE WITH A WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENT. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS STILL QUITE A BIT OF WATER IN SLATER CREEK AND WE HAD A BOAT DOCK.
THERE WAS ENOUGH WATER WE COULD LAUNCH A BOAT.
WE HAD A GREAT LIFE AND WE HAVE A GREAT LIFE STILL TODAY, WHICH WE VALUE INCREDIBLY.
BUT WE'RE NOT READY TO DO THAT YET.
AND THE DRIVEWAY THAT COMES IN AND OUT, THAT'S BEING REFERRED TO AS AN ACCESS ROAD.
THAT'S A DRIVEWAY THAT WE OWN.
IT'S OUR LIFELINE TO HIGHWAY FIVE.
WE'VE ALREADY SOLD RIGHT OF WAY AT THE HIGHWAY TO TXDOT.
AND THE NEXT STEP WE'RE FACING IS RIGHT AWAY TO THE CITY OF ANNA FOR THE WATERLINE GOING DOWN.
WE STILL HAVE THAT TO CONTEND WITH.
WE LEAD A LOW KEY LIFE AND A PRIVATE LIFE AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY IN THE BACKGROUND IN QUIET WAYS.
AND WE LIKE TO SIT OUTSIDE IN THE EVENINGS WHEN THE WEATHER IS GOOD.
AND I'M NOW GOING TO HAVE, FROM THE LOOKS OF THIS, THE NORTH SOUTH PROPERTY LINE FACING WEST IS RIGHT IN MY FRONT YARD.
LESS THAN 140 FEET FROM MY FRONT DOOR.
I CAN'T IMAGINE IT BEING QUIET ANY LONGER.
TO THE NORTH OF US, WE HAVE WATERVIEW APARTMENTS TO THE DIRECT NORTH OF US VIA OUR DRIVEWAY.
WHEN THEY GET STARTED, IF THEY DO, IT'S THE DREAM VILLE APARTMENTS.
THEN THERE'S OUR TINY DRIVEWAY.
AND THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN A LUXURY FOR US BECAUSE OF THE WILDLIFE THAT LIVES THERE.
IT'S A SMALL SANCTUARY FOR AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THAT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT.
MY FONDEST DESIRE IS THIS IS NOT APPROVED.
THANK YOU, MRS. GREER. OKAY, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER CARD.
SO I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:40 P.M..
AND CONFINE ALL THE COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.
THAT NARROW TRACT OF LAND CONSISTS OF THEIR DRIVEWAY.
SO IT'S NOT AN ACCESS EASEMENT.
THE DEVELOPMENT OR THE PROPOSED ZONING DOES NOT ENCROACH UPON THEIR LAND AREA AT ALL.
THAT'S WHERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DO A BOARD ON BOARD WOOD FENCING WITH MASONRY COLUMNS EVERY 50 FEET.
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THE GREER'S RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LARGE TRACK OF WHICH THIS HAD A IT DOESN'T. BUT AGAIN, IT'S ON THE NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY.THAT IS, THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE ETJ WHERE THEIR THEIR HOUSE IS LOCATED.
WHAT IS THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE FOR MULTIFAMILY? SO THE MULTIFAMILY, IT'S BASED UPON UNITS.
SO EXCUSE ME, FOR ONE BEDROOM UNITS, WE REQUIRE 600 SQUARE FEET, TWO BEDROOM, 1200, EXCUSE ME, TWO BEDROOM, 900, THREE BEDROOM, 1200.
AND SO THE APPLICANT FAR EXCEEDS THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE BASED UPON WHAT IS BEING PRESERVED.
THERE IS SOME SIGNIFICANT AREAS THAT INCLUDE FLOODPLAIN.
NOW, THE FLOODPLAIN CAN COUNT UP TO 50% IF THERE ARE STANDING WATER.
ROSS, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA HOW MANY I WANT TO CALL IT MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE MY CALCULATIONS ABOUT EIGHT OR SO OF THESE APARTMENTS TYPE DEAL GOING ON AND I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THIS BOARD NOT EVEN SIX MONTHS YET, IT SEEMS EVERY TIME WE GET TOGETHER WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE APARTMENTS.
WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW APARTMENTS GOING UP, CORRECT? SO CURRENTLY CORRECT THAT CURRENTLY THERE ARE, THERE'S THREE ACTIVE INSIDE ANNA TOWN SQUARE.
YOU HAVE THE THE AGE RESTRICTED HOUSING AS WELL AS THE GRAND.
AND THEN ALONG FOSTER CROSSING, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME.
ALONG STATE HIGHWAY FIVE, YOU HAVE THE ONE IN WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S STOPPED CONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT'S AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
THE NAME SLIPS ME AT THIS TIME.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO BEHIND WAL MART, THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED THE GRADING ASSOCIATED WITH THERE.
AND THAT, AGAIN, IS A SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE NEARING THE START OF CONSTRUCTION.
YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THESE GOING UP IN ANNA AND THERE IS.
HOWEVER, IF WE ONLY HAVE ONE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK IN MY TIME HERE, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WERE APPROVED IN PRIOR TO MY TIME, A LOT OF ENTITLEMENTS WERE GRANTED.
HOWEVER, NOTHING WAS STARTED TO CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT IS THE CHARACTER AND INTENT FOR THIS AREA? SO THE CHARACTER INTENT FOR THIS AREA IS CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL.
IF IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, IT'S THREE OR MORE UNITS ON AN INDIVIDUAL LOT.
AND THIS IS CORRECT, THIS IS JUST A MULTIFAMILY.
IT IS ONE LARGE LOT UNDERNEATH AN ASSOCIATION.
IT'S NOT INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 15? I MOTION TO DENY.
I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY FROM COMMISSIONER NYLEC AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OGAN.
ITEM NUMBER 16, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON THE NEXT METRO 423 CONCEPT PLAN APPLICANT AND HAZLET.
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THIS IS ALSO CONTINGENT ON NUMBER 15, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.OKAY. I WILL MOTION FOR DENIAL ON THAT TO MATCH THE FIRST ONE.
THE SECOND. THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLEMENS.
I WILL MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 7:46 P.M..
I'M A SECOND BY MR. OGAN. ALL IN FAVOR.
MEETING IS CLOSED AT 7:47 P.M..
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.