[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.]
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WELCOME TO THE CITY OF ANNA PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING FOR JULY 6TH, 2023.
ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT, SO QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING.
LORD, I WISH ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND EVERYONE HERE HEALTH AND HOPE EVERYONE STAYS COOL AS WE'RE IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, AND THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS YOU PROVIDE EVERY DAY.
EACH PERSON WILL BE ALLOWED UP TO THREE 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 NEIGHBOR'S INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS TO BE READ? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY.
[P&Z Annual Organizational Review]
IN JULY OF EACH YEAR, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO ELECT A CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY TO SERVE FOR ONE YEAR BEGINNING IN THIS MONTH.SO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO ELECT A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHAIRMAN.
I MOTION FOR MISS KELLY TO BE THE COMMISSIONER.
I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NYLEC AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR, IT'S UNANIMOUS, MOTION PASSES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS FOR THE VICE CHAIRMAN.
I'LL NOMINATE DOUGLAS HERMANN.
I'LL SECOND IT. [CHUCKLING] WE HAVE A RACE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLEMENS.
ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS MOTION PASSES.
NUMBER SEVEN IS TO ELECT A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER SECRETARY.
STAFF HAS SERVED AS THE COMMISSION SECRETARY IN OUR TENURE.
I WILL MOTION TO KEEP THAT GOING.
I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT REVIEW AND DISCUSS ACTION ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THIS ITEM.
IT'S REALLY OPEN FOR THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF IS HERE.
LET'S GO WITH THE. CAN YOU READ THE CHARTER ATTENDANCE POLICY? FOR THE RECORD. YOU WANT US TO READ IT OUT LOUD? DID YOU HAVE IT? WHAT PAGE IS THAT ON IN THE AGENDA?
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I DIDN'T PRINT THAT. PAGE EIGHT.I DON'T SEE IT. I CAN READ IT.
I FOUND IT FROM THE CITY SECRETARY.
WHAT PAGE IS IT ON? THIS IS MY EMAIL FROM THE CITY SECRETARY THAT I FORWARDED.
SORRY. ANY MEMBER OF A BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE WHO IS ABSENT FROM THREE CONSECUTIVE REGULAR MEETINGS OR 25% OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS DURING THE 12 MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING AND INCLUDING THE ABSENCE IN QUESTION WITHOUT EXPLANATION ACCEPTABLE TO A MAJORITY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS MUST FORFEIT HIS OR HER POSITION ON THE BOARD, COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE.
THAT'S BEEN THE WAY FOR A WHILE NOW, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT HAS YEAH, IT'S BEEN MONITORED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I UNDERSTOOD. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TIME OF THE MEETING, TOO.
WE'LL DO THAT. WE'LL DO THAT IN THIS ORDER.
THEY'LL MAKE A PHONE CALL OR A TEXT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DO WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY KNOW THAT IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE PHONE CALL OR YOU HAVE TO DO A TEXT, FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL TO STAFF, INCLUDE THE CHAIR SO THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF IT, AND IT CAN BE NOTED FOR THE RECORD, CAN WE GET EVERYBODY'S NUMBERS BY ANY CHANCE? BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE.
WE CAN EXCHANGE PHONE NUMBERS.
THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT ATTENDANCE POLICY? OKAY. THE NEXT IS THE 2024 CALENDAR.
THERE ARE TWO HOLIDAYS THAT FALL ON.
DAYS. OUR MEETINGS ARE THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, JANUARY.
STAFF HAS TENTATIVELY PUT THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY GO OUT OF TOWN AND HAVE VACATIONS PLANNED ALREADY.
I WOULD SUGGEST POSSIBLY THAT THURSDAY, THE FOURTH FOR OUR MEETING IN 2024.
I'M GOOD WITH IT. JANUARY 24TH.
NO, THE FOURTH. [INAUDIBLE] CORRECT. YES. THAT MAKES SENSE.
THEY HAVE IT TENTATIVELY SET FOR THE FOURTH, WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY.
2024? LABOR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER.
YEAH, IT'S ON A WEDNESDAY. THIS FOURTH FALLS ON A WEDNESDAY.
CAN WE PROPOSE THE SAME AS THURSDAY? I'M GOOD WITH THURSDAY. SURE.
WEDNESDAYS MAY BE BETTER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
THE REASON? NO, I TAKE THAT BACK.
WEDNESDAYS MAY BE BETTER THAN THURSDAYS.
DO THEY MEET IN CHAMBERS, OR DO THEY MEET? NO, BUT THERE'S THE RECORDING IS THE ISSUE.
THEY MEET IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM BEHIND THE CHAMBERS, BUT RECORDING THE MEETINGS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WOULD WEDNESDAYS BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE? WE DON'T NEED A CONFLICT.
IT'S RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
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I MEAN, WE CAN TRY. YEAH, THAT'S FINE.OKAY, SO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3RD AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? [INAUDIBLE] JANUARY 3RD. [INAUDIBLE] UNDERSTOOD.
OKAY. SO BOTH WEDNESDAYS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
YEAH, SHE'LL SEND OUT AN UPDATED ONE.
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S CHANGING IS FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY ON JANUARY.
OKAY, AND CAN I CAN I JUST GET CLARIFICATION ON ONE THING? SO ON THE MEETING FOR THIS SEPTEMBER, WHEN IS THE MEETING FOR THIS SEPTEMBER GOING TO BE? IT'S ON WEDNESDAY.
BUDGET HAS A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING THAT FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THE WEDNESDAYS AND 2024.
OKAY. NOW TO THE TIME OF MEETINGS.
P&Z HAS BEEN MEETING AT SEVEN.
EVERY OTHER COMMISSION AND BOARD MEETS AT 5:30 OR 6.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT MEETS THAT LATE.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS THINKING OF IS MOST DEVELOPERS ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT CITIES.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS WITH THEM COMING FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, GRAPEVINE, IRVING? [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW WE'RE HAVING A MEETING, BUT I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE TIME.
SO IS SIX GOOD? EVERYBODY AMENABLE TO THAT? I THINK WE SHOULD START IT IN SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE I KNOW AUGUST IS A GOOD IS A MONTH OF SCHOOL STARTING.
I THINK THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS THE 7TH OF AUGUST AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO ANYBODY.
SO IF WE DO THESE CHANGES AND CHANGE IT TO SIX, CAN WE START IN SEPTEMBER? IS THAT AMENABLE TO EVERYONE? AGREED. SO IN SEPTEMBER, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT WEDNESDAY AT 6 P.M.? YES. OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. OKAY.
THEN I WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS.
[Consent Items]
DOES ANY COMMISSIONER WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? I DO. I WISH TO PULL NUMBER 22.I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NINE THROUGH 21.
I'LL SECOND. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HERMANN.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[22. Consider/Discuss/Action on the Zee Addition, Block A, Lot 1, Final Plat. Applicant: Zeeshan Hameed & Sharon Carroll Smith.]
AND SHARON CAROL SMITH.MY QUESTION REALLY IS FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION SAYS THAT THIS SUPPORTS THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ANNA.
I FIND THAT CONTRADICTING IT DOESN'T CONFORM WITH THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, AS THIS IS WITHIN THE ZONES OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN AND SHOWS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CIVIC AND INSTITUTIONAL, WITH IT BEING RESIDENTIAL AND A HOME.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT.
SO IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE STRATEGIC CONNECTION IS MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN ADVANCING THE UNIQUE OUTCOME.
WE TYPICALLY ADD THE UNIQUE OUTCOME TO ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS AND ENSURING THAT THE PROCESS IS BEING MET WITH APPLICANTS COMING FORWARD TO THE CITY, THAT ACTIONS ARE TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION PUTTING IN RESTRICTIONS OR PUTTING IN CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
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UNIQUE. THAT'S WHAT UNIQUE APPLIES TO, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE IT ALMOST ON EVERY EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHERE IT'S NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.AN ITEM THAT'S THE LIBRARY PROJECT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WHERE I THINK IT'S NEIGHBORLY, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING CIVIC SPACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND PROVIDING AREAS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'M GOING TO MOTION TO APPROVE IT SUBJECT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE REDUCED FRONT YARD SETBACK AND ALL THE OTHER VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? CALL] THAT ONE ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUS.
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
[Items for Individual Consideration]
ITEM NUMBER 23, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.CONSIDER OR DISCUSS ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE TWO PLUS ACRES LOCATED 370 PLUS FEET EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 510 PLUS FEET SOUTH OF WEST WHITE STREET FROM C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF SELF STORAGE MINI WAREHOUSE WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THE APPLICANT IS ANNA 31 RETAIL LP.
MISTER ALTOBELLI YES, THANK YOU.
ROSS ALTOBELLI DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT C-2.
WE'LL MAINTAIN THE EXISTING BASE ZONING WHICH IS C-2.
THE AREA OF REQUEST HERE IS OUTLINED IN BLUE.
THE AREA IN RED IDENTIFIES THAT AREA THAT WAS NOTIFIED ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ALLOW THE LAND USE OF SELF STORAGE MINI WAREHOUSE BY RIGHT AS WELL AS TO ALLOW FOR TRUCK AND BUCKET TRUCK AND BUS LEASING AS AN ACCESSORY PERMIT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SELF STORAGE MINI WAREHOUSE.
SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSAL INCLUDE PROHIBITING ANY OUTSIDE STORAGE, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWANCE, REDUCING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
ALSO REQUIRE SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF PARKING FOR THE TRUCK AND BUS, THE TRUCK AND BUS LEASING COMPONENT.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY THAT IS SHARED WITH THE EXISTING TRUCK STOP THERE, LOVE'S.
ALSO, THEY'RE ESTABLISHING HOURS OF OPERATION WHICH THEY AGREED TO, WHICH WOULD BE 6 A.M.
TO TEN EXCUSE ME, IT SHOULDN'T SAY 10 A.M.
IT SHOULD SAY 10 P.M, AND THIS WAS BASED UPON SOME PAST COMMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HAD WITH COUNCIL, WITH THE PREVIOUS REQUEST FOR SELF STORAGE THAT WAS HAD MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, AND ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED LAND USE IS NOT IDENTIFIED AS A RETAIL OR SERVICE LAND USE, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE FOR SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE LAND USES WHERE THEY'LL BE PROVIDING FOR STORAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORS IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY, ESPECIALLY THAT THERE IS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF MULTIFAMILY THAT IS RECENTLY APPROVED AND ACTUALLY GOING TO BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION JUST TO THE SOUTH OF IT.
SO THIS PROPOSED LAND USE WOULD BE ONE IN WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THE SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SOME OF THE ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE FOR A VISUAL BUFFER IN BETWEEN THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY AND THE EXISTING TRUCK STOP. AGAIN, WITH A THREE STORY PRODUCT, IT WILL MATCH THAT OF THE MULTIFAMILY.
THEY'RE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, PROVIDING LIMITED HOURS PROHIBITING OUTSIDE STORAGE.
IT WILL BE A SINGLE BUILDING, A CLIMATE CONTROLLED BUILDING, NOT YOUR STANDARD INDIVIDUAL UNITS, THAT SINGLE STORY SELF-STORAGE COMPONENT.
ALSO, THE APPLICANT IS ENTERING INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE SEEN BY CITY COUNCIL THAT WILL ADDRESS BUILDING MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THAT IT IS A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND ONE THAT MATCHES THAT OF OF THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY, THAT THERE ARE SOME STANDARDS BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE
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PROVIDING A VISUAL BARRIER IN BETWEEN THE LOVE'S AND THE MULTIFAMILY, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT'S JUST NOT A BLANK WALL, THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME ARTICULATIONS, THAT THERE ARE SOME MATERIALS THAT IT FEELS MORE OF A DEVELOPMENT THAT FITS WITHIN AND NOT JUST BASICALLY AN OFFSET.OKAY. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:21.
DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS COMMISSION? HI, MY NAME IS TYLER ADAMS. I'M WITH GREENLIGHT STUDIO.
I'M AT 100 NORTH COTTONWOOD DRIVE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS, SUITE 104.
I'M A DEVELOPER AND PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT, ALONG WITH CONNELL REALTY AND LONE STAR SELF STORAGE.
THE SITE, AS ROSS POINTED OUT, IS BETWEEN OR KIND OF BETWEEN LOVE'S TRUCK STOP AND A MULTIFAMILY SITE THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND THE FIRST TIME THAT I CAME OUT TO THIS SITE THE OWNER'S AGENT WAS WAS OUT HERE, AND HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE MULTIFAMILY AND ALL THIS, AND HE'S LIKE, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH THIS WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL THESE TRUCKS.
IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING. THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON, AND I'M LIKE, I'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WOULD GO WELL, HERE WOULD BE SELF STORAGE, AND I MEAN, THE PRODUCT THAT WE BUILD IS WOULD WOULD WORK HERE MORE THAN ANY OTHER SITE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A LANDLOCKED SITE, AND HE REALLY HAD NO CLUE WHAT TO DO WITH IT, AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE'S THE MULTIFAMILY SITE, LIKE I SAID, DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH.
IT LEAVES A GOOD THREE AND A HALF ACRE SITE AVAILABLE TO THE EAST AND WORKS WELL AS A BUFFER LIKE LIKE LIKE I SAID, BETWEEN THE TRUCK STOP AND THE MULTIFAMILY.
HOWEVER, IT'S LIMITED AND OUR FLOOR TO FLOOR IS 11FT KIND OF FLOOR TO FLOOR, HOWEVER, TO MASK THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND ALL THE OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WE NEED TO PUSH UP THE PARAPET HIGHER THAN THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ASKING FOR THE FOR THE 50FT, AS FAR AS ANY OTHER VARIANTS.
I WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF THAT AND KIND OF THE EXPERIENCE DRIVING DOWN THAT SPINE ROAD THAT'S DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, AND HERE'S JUST AN IMAGE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND OF SHOWS I LAID OUT KIND OF SOME TRUCKS THAT ACTUALLY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS ON THE GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE TO SHOW KIND OF HOW THAT HOW THIS BUILDING ACTUALLY WORKS AS KIND OF A BARRIER FOR BETWEEN THE CALL IT A NOISY USE TO A QUIET USE.
THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST FACILITY.
THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD AND WE LIKE TO SAY THIS IS A BEST IN CLASS FACILITY.
IT'S THREE-STORY, 100% CLIMATE CONTROLLED.
THERE'S NO UNIT ACCESS FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND SO BASICALLY THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS, ONE OF WHICH IS FROM A WHICH IS FROM A COVERED ENTRANCE, AND I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF ONE THAT WE JUST COMPLETED.
IT'S QUITE SCREENED, AND THEN ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ENTRANCE ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR LARGER TRUCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND IT HAS A LARGER ELEVATOR.
SO I KIND OF CALL THIS ONE A CONSUMER ENTRANCE AND THE NORTH SIDE OR A PROFESSIONAL ENTRANCE, JUST AS AN AMENITY TO THE AREA, WE'VE ADDED EV CHARGING STATIONS ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A PLUG IN HYBRID, IT'S REALLY HARD.
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OF ONE OF MY THINGS.NO OUTDOOR STORAGE BUT WE ARE ASKING TO HAVE VERY LIMITED I THINK WE'VE GOT 12 SPACES MAXIMUM FOR TRUCK RENTAL.
IT SAID BUS AND TRUCK, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN RENTING OUT BUSSES FOR ANY REASON, AND AS FAR AS BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND WORKING WITH THE MULTI-FAMILY TO THE SOUTH WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE BETWEEN US AND THE AND THE MULTIFAMILY, WHICH THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR THEIR WHOLE ISSUE.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A BOTH LANDSCAPE SCREENING AND A AND A WROUGHT IRON FENCE THERE, WE'VE ELIMINATED THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE REQUIREMENT ON OUR SIDE AND ARE JUST USING LANDSCAPING AS A SOFT BUFFER BETWEEN THE PRIVATE DRIVE AND OUR BUILDING, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OTHER VIEWS OF THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OR THE SOUTH WEST CORNER.
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WOULD BE THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE FOR THE LEASING OFFICE, AND THE SOUTHEAST IS MORE OF JUST A WAY-FINDING , AND THIS IS JUST AGAIN, THE FACADE ALONG THE MULTIFAMILY BREAKING IT UP A BIT, USING KIND OF A SIGNATURE MASONRY APPLICATION TO BREAK THAT UP AND THEN THE MIDDLE GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF ARTICULATION TO KEEP THE THAT WALL FROM JUST BEING A STRAIGHT, BORING WALL, AND THAT'S IT. THIS IS A PRETTY SIMPLE, PRETTY SIMPLE PROJECT WHEN WE LOOK AT FUTURE LAND USE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD ALWAYS ARGUE WITH SELF STORAGE, IS THAT A LOT OF THESE USES GET PUSHED TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY'RE WRITTEN ON THE DRIVE UP GARAGE DOOR, NOT CLIMATE CONTROLLED SORT OF THING, AND OVER THE PAST, SAY 10 OR 5 OR TEN YEARS THE USE OF SELF STORAGE HAS GONE AWAY FROM, SAY, WHAT A LOT OF PLACES CALLED MINI WAREHOUSE TO KIND OF TO A RETAIL SERVICE.
SO WITH THAT, IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IN REGARDS TO THE TRUCKS IN THE SPACES, YOU SAID LIKE TEN SPOTS, IS THAT NORMAL? THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF TRUCKS.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, SOME OF YOUR OTHER FACILITIES, WE DON'T RENT A LOT OF TRUCKS AT OUR FACILITIES AND WE TO ME TENDS NOT A LOT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHAT YOU'LL SEE WITH SOME SOME USERS IS THEY'LL LINE UP 30 TRUCKS IN FRONT OF THE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GOT THOSE SPACES, BUT THEY'RE ALL BEHIND THE BUILDING BETWEEN OUR BUILDING AND THE LOVE'S TRUCK STOP.
YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION.
I LOVE THE PICTURES, EVERYTHING. I JUST DIDN'T SEE WHERE YOU HAD THE SLOTS FOR THE TRUCKS .
REALLY FROM THE FRONT, THERE'S ONLY, LET'S SEE.
YEAH. SO ON THAT UPPER IMAGE, VERY FAR TO THE UPPER LEFT SIDE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ONE TRUCK JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S THERE, BUT ALL THE OTHER SPACES ARE PRETTY WELL HIDDEN FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
GREAT. THANK YOU. SO IT'LL BE DESIGNATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLAN.
NORTH ON THE PROJECT? YES. YES. ON THE SITE PLAN.
WE'VE GOT LIKE A SPECIFIC SIZE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT IT IS.
I WANT TO SAY IT'S 12 BY 22 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT, BUT THEY ARE DESIGNATED.
YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. OKAY, THANKS.
IS THE ONLY ACCESS TO THIS FACILITY FROM THE 75 FRONTAGE ROAD OR IS THERE ANY ACCESS FROM 455? SO FROM 155, THERE'S CURRENTLY AN ACCESS DRIVE THAT GOES FROM WHAT WILL BE OR IS BUDDY HAYES.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S CHANGED YET BUT THAT RIGHT OF WAY AND YOU CAN DRIVE OVER THERE.
WE'VE GOT FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, ONCE THE MULTIFAMILY GOES IN AND ALL THAT, THE SPINE ROAD WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO BUDDY HAYES AND CONNECT ON THE WEST SIDE. SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO, AND THEN AS THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS HERE, WE'LL HAVE A STRAIGHT SHOT
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BETWEEN 75 AND BUDDY HAYES ON THAT [INAUDIBLE] THAT PICTURE THAT'S SHOWING RIGHT THERE ON THE TOP.YES. IS THAT ROAD THAT GOES I'M JUST TRYING TO PICTURE IS THAT THE ROAD THAT GOES FROM.
YES, THIS DOESN'T HAVE A POINTER, BUT YOU CAN SEE LIKE THERE'S HIGHWAY 75, THERE'S THE ACCESS ROAD THAT'S THERE CURRENTLY IN THAT BLUE AREA THAT SAYS C-2 3.6 ACRES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT EXISTING DRIVE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE, BUT THERE'S BUT THAT ROAD THAT CONNECTS TO THE 75 ACCESS WILL END UP GOING STRAIGHT ACROSS ALL THE WAY TO BUDDY HAYES. SO IT'LL EVENTUALLY HAVE THREE POINTS OF ACCESS.
SO THAT ROAD WILL ACTUALLY BE INCORPORATED INTO YOUR PROJECT HERE.
THE ROAD THAT ROAD ALONG OUR PROPERTY LINE WE WILL BUILD, AND THEN THE REST OF IT WILL OCCUR EITHER WITH THE MULTIFAMILY OR IF SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS TO THE NORTH OF THAT SITE.
THAT'S THE ROAD THAT YOU GET TO GET TO POPEYES RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT? IT WILL STAY PUT.
WE WILL NOT PUT A GATE AROUND IT AND YOU'LL HAVE CLEAR ACCESS TO THAT, AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE YOU PUT THOSE TRUCKS, IT LOOKS LIKE, TOO, RIGHT? SORRY. THAT'S WHERE THOSE TRUCKS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO PARK, TOO.
CORRECT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS THE 30 FOOT FIRE LANE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, TO BRING UP ON THE NORTH SIDE AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO MEET CODE.
SO THEY'LL BRING THE 30 FOOT OR 24 FOOT FIRE LANE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE FACILITY TO THE 51FT ACCESS EASEMENTS, BUT THEY WON'T BE CHANGING ANY EXISTING ROUTES UNTIL THE 48 RIGHT OF WAY COMES IN FROM BUDDY HAYES, WHICH WILL BE A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, BRINGING THAT IN.
CORRECT, AND IT WILL HAVE TO ACT AS A FIRE LANE CONNECTING TO THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY.
IT WAS BUILT TO FIRE LANE STANDARDS WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.
HOW BIG IS YOUR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT YOU NEED AN EXTRA 15FT TO HIDE? [MUMBLING] IT SITS ON A CURB AND WE USE A [INAUDIBLE].
WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS.
SO I GAVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM, BUT BASICALLY YOUR FLOOR TO FLOORS ARE, SAY, 33 TO THE ROOF LINE AND THEN REALISTICALLY, ALL I'M REALLY GOING TO NEED IS ABOUT 6 TO 7FT TO HIDE ALL THE EQUIPMENT.
SO WOULD 40FT BE AMENABLE? YES, AND FENCING.
YOU'VE GOT FENCING ON ONE SIDE OF IT.
CORRECT. WE HAVE FENCING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IT BETWEEN US AND THE AND THE TRUCK STOP.
WHY NOT FENCING ALL THE WAY AROUND IT? WELL, OUR BUILDING AND JUST KIND OF HOW WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THESE MOVING FORWARD IS 100% LOCKED DOWN WITH A SMARTPHONE. ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT IF SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE A SMARTPHONE IS WITH A BLUETOOTH KEY FOB, AND SO WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE BUILDING, THERE'S NO WAY TO GET IN WITHOUT YOUR PHONE OR KEY FOB, AND THEN YOU WALK TO YOUR UNIT, WHICH IS ALSO LOCKED DOWN.
SO AND THERE'S VERY LIMITED MOVEMENT INSIDE THAT BUILDING WITHOUT WELL, YOU CAN'T GET INTO IT, BUT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SLIP IN THERE'S VERY LIMITED MOVEMENT THAT YOU CAN DO WITHOUT ONE OF THOSE PASSES.
SO ON OUR LAST TWO PROJECTS, WE HAVE ELIMINATED THE GATE ALTOGETHER.
CORRECT. BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PUT THEIRS IN ON THEIR PROPERTY.
IF I'M CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. I MEAN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE FENCING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
SORRY? OTHERWISE, THERE WOULD BE FENCING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
CORRECT, AND IT WOULD END UP BEING KIND OF THIS BOWLING ALLEY.
[INAUDIBLE] JUST NEED TO CLARIFY. SO THERE IS NO SCREENING? WELL, NO FENCING ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE QUASI PUBLIC STREET THAT WILL BE GOING EAST WEST, AND AGAIN, STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS A PLAIN BUILDING, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS GOING TO SERVE THAT OF A BARRIER.
THEY ARE PROPOSING NO ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING INSIDE THERE.
I BELIEVE IT'S A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE ROADWAY BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS FIRE LANE OR EXTENDED FIRE LANE IS GOING TO HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES. IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR PEDESTRIANS POTENTIALLY FOR THE MULTIFAMILY AND WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THAT C-2 FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AS WELL AS VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
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NOW TO THE NORTH, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO MODIFY THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, BUT THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE THAT OF THEY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN ADDITION TO THE FENCING, BUT THE FENCING IS GOING TO BE THAT OF IT'S GOING TO HAVE MASONRY COLUMNS EVERY 20FT AND I BELIEVE IT MAY BE WOOD.LET ME JUST MAKE SURE ABOUT THIS.
WE FELT AS IF WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT, THAT'S IT STILL SERVES THE PURPOSE, AND AGAIN, IT'S BETWEEN LOVE'S AND A SELF STORAGE FACILITY AND NOBODY'S GOING TO REALLY SEE BACK THERE ANYWAYS.
THE ONLY SECURITY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IS A SMART PHONE OR A KEY FOB? CORRECT. WELL, I MEAN, I SAY THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS EVERYWHERE, AND AFTER HOURS MONITORING EVERYTHING, EVERY MOVEMENT IS RECORDED , AND DURING THE DAY, IT'S MONITORED BY THE MANAGER ON SITE.
HOW MANY UNITS ARE IN THIS BUILDING? WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY DETERMINED THAT YET.
WE'VE GOT A MAXIMUM NUMBER, I THINK, ON THIS APPLICATION FOR 700.
REALISTICALLY, IT WILL BE LOWER THAN THAT, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH A MARKET STUDY GROUP TO COME UP WITH THAT FINAL NUMBER BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR YOUR REQUEST IS FOR ONE PER 40 UNITS AS FAR AS PARKING GOES, WHERE THE REQUIREMENT IS 1 IN 20.
WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO 1 IN 30? I'M NOT SURE WHERE I WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT THAT.
I MEAN, MOST OF OUR PROPERTIES, WE ACTUALLY, WE'VE OVER PARKED THIS MORE THAN MOST OF OUR PROPERTIES A LOT OF CITIES HAVE KIND OF A MORE SILLY ONE WHERE IT'S LIKE 6 OR 4 PARKING SPACES IN TOTAL BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS DOES NOT GENERATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND WE NORMALLY DON'T SEE A LOT OF NEED FOR A WHOLE LOT OF PARKING FOR THESE FOR THESE SITES.
OUR PAST MULTI EXCUSE ME OUR PAST SELF STORAGE DEVELOPMENTS ONE THAT WE RECENTLY APPROVED OFF OF FIVE AS WELL AS ON THE CORNER THERE OF 455 AND FERGUSON.
SO THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY PROVIDING MORE PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT THAN THOSE OTHERS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, AND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THOSE TRUCK SPACES.
BY THE WAY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THIS.
ARE THE RENTERS NOT ALLOWED TO ACCESS THEIR FACILITY AFTER 10 P.M.? IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS ACCURATE, I BELIEVE.
YES. WILL, OVER THERE, HE'S ON THAT.
THE OFFICE HOURS ARE THEY CAN COME IN AND DO BUSINESS OVER, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO ACCESS THE FACILITY AT 1 A.M., THEY CAN'T DO THAT, CORRECT? IT WOULD BE LOCKED DOWN AT THAT TIME.
WHAT IF THEY'RE ALREADY IN THERE WHEN IT CLOSES? WE'VE GOT PANIC BARS SO THEY CAN GET OUT.
I WILL SAY THAT OUR SYSTEM BASICALLY SAY THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THERE'S NO MANAGER ON SITE, WE DO HAVE A MONITORING SERVICE THAT LOOKS AT THAT STUFF AND THEY WOULD EITHER, WE'VE GOT LIKE A TWO WAY SPEAKER WHERE THEY CAN SPEAK TO THE PERSON AND TELL THEM TO LEAVE, AND IF THEY DON'T LEAVE, THEY WILL CALL THE POLICE.
BECAUSE THE TRUCK STOP THERE IS CONCERNING WITH NO FENCING AND SECURITY OF THAT.
THEY DO HAVE A FENCE ALONG THEIR ENTIRE SOUTHERN BORDER.
WHERE WERE YOUR OTHER FACILITIES LOCATED? WAXAHACHIE AND DALLAS.
WHAT ARE THE HEIGHT OF THOSE BUILDINGS? WAXAHATCHEE IS 38FT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE REQUIREMENT OF WE HAD MORE OF A SIGHT LINE REQUIREMENT THERE OF HIDING THOSE.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BRING THE PARAPET ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THOSE UNITS, AND THEN THE CITY OF DALLAS DID NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO HIDE THE MECHANICAL UNITS.
SO THE PARAPET IS ONLY TWO FEET ABOVE THAT 33 FOOT.
HOW MANY HANDICAPPED SPOTS WILL YOU HAVE? TWO IS WHAT I BELIEVE WE WILL NEED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? ON YOUR DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE.
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ON YOUR CONFORMING PLAN, IT SHOWS LIKE A CURB AROUND THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE.IT JUST SHOWS IT AS FLAT CONCRETE.
I'M GOING TO ASSUME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CURB AROUND THAT DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE, CORRECT? NO, I THINK ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, WHAT'S SHOWING IS THE CURVE IS JUST TO GET THE RADIUS FIRE LANE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE DOORS FROM SWINGING INTO THE FIRE LANE AND THEN THE YEAH, THE RENDERING WAS DONE ON AN EARLIER VERSION BEFORE THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE A COMPANY THAT YOU PLAN ON WORKING WITH FOR THE EV CHARGERS LIKE BLINK, TESLA? THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES OUT THERE NOW THAT DO THE EV CHARGERS.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ONE IN MIND THAT YOU PARTNER WITH? WE DON'T HAVE ONE IN PARTICULAR, NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS? NO. OKAY.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:42, AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YEAH, FOR STAFF.
I GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE FENCING, A LOT OF THE WOOD FENCING, WHO'S WHO MAINTAINS THAT? I GUESS THE PROPERTY OWNERS OVER TIME IT WOULD BE SO THE FENCING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO [INAUDIBLE] DOWN [INAUDIBLE], THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT'S ALWAYS ON THERE.
OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT.
THANKS, AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE ZONING.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
IT SEEMED LIKE IN OUR LAST MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL ON THE ZONING OVERVIEW AND EVERYTHING, ARE WE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM PDS? COULD WE ACCOMPLISH THIS WITH LIKE VARIANCES OR IS A PD JUST THE EASIEST WAY TO.
SO WITH THIS BECAUSE OF THE LAND USE? YOU CAN'T GRANT VARIANCES OR YOU SHOULDN'T BE GRANTING VARIANCES ON LAND USE, AND THAT IS THAT'S THE REQUEST.
NOW, YES, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A MODIFICATION TO THE HEIGHT WHERE THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE A VARIANCE COULD BE GRANTED, BUT AGAIN, VARIANCES SHOULD BE MORE RELATED TO IF THERE IS A HARDSHIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LOT OR THE SHAPE OF THE LOT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, NOT BECAUSE IT FITS BETTER WITH MY DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, THANKS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THIS IS REALLY IDEAL FOR THAT LOT ANYWAY.
I THINK ALL OF US HAVE BEEN BY THAT SPOT.
WE ALL KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A DEAD AREA.
I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT WOULD GO THERE.
I'M QUITE PLEASED WITH THE RENDERINGS ON THIS TOO.
WELL, I'D LIKE THE MOTION TO INCLUDE A 40 FOOT LIMIT INSTEAD OF A 50.
SO WHAT'S YOUR ISSUE WITH THE HEIGHT? BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD WANT IS WE WANT HIM TO SHIELD.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE HVAC UNITS.
YOU DON'T WANT THE APARTMENTS TO SEE IT.
HE SAID HE COULD SHIELD THAT WITH 40, BUT AND I'LL ALSO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.
EXACTLY. THAT'S WHERE I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO WITH THAT, TOO.
I KIND OF LIKE THE 50FT BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS.
I HEAR YOU. IF IT WAS ON WHITE, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT I AGREE WITH ALL THAT DOWN THERE.
IF IT WAS, IT'S MORE OF A BARRIER TOO AND I THINK IT'S FROM THE RENDERINGS.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE NICE.
OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY NYLEC YOU MOTION FOR THAT, RIGHT? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER NYLEC AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HERMANN.
ALL IN FAVOR? I DID LIKE THE 40 FOOT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH THE 50.
WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER 24.
THIS WAS CONTINGENT ON ITEM 23.
YES, IT WAS, AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN ON THE NORTH PROPERTY BOUNDARY, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC PARKING SPACES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRUCK LEASING SPACES.
IS THERE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24?
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MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
OKAY. COMMISSIONER CLEMENS MADE A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? CALL] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER 25, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE ONE LOT ON FOUR PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HACKBERRY DRIVE 320 PLUS OR MINUS FEET EAST OF NORTH POWELL PARKWAY FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SF-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO C-J RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW FOR A PROPOSED GENERAL OFFICE USE.
GREER? MISS TITTLE? YES. SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO AMEND THE ZONING OR REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM SINGLE FAMILY SF-1 TO C-1 RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL.
THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.
THERE'S A DOWNTOWN CORE AND A DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOUR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD IS MORE OR LESS THE IN-TOWN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WHERE THE DOWNTOWN CORE IS MORE OF YOUR ADAPTIVE REUSE INFILL AREAS THAT ENCOURAGE MORE OF THE HOME CONVERSION INTO SMALL BUSINESSES. THE GREERS HAVE A HOME THAT HAS BEEN IN THEIR FAMILY FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
WELL OVER 100 YEARS, AS WELL AS HERE IN THE CITY OF ANNA, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONVERT THAT HOME INTO A C-1 JUST A GENERAL OFFICE, VERY LIGHT USE IN THAT AREA, AND THAT WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ACTUALLY ALIGNS WITH THE ADAPTIVE REUSE INFILL DESIGNATION FOR THAT AREA.
THE ZONING REQUEST IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE GENERAL OFFICE TYPE USE, AND THE ZONING REQUEST DOES ALIGN WITH THE ADAPTIVE REUSE INFILL DESIGNATION LISTED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.
I AM ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:48 P.M..
DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ONLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO IS THIS THE HOUSE THAT WAS MOVED OFF? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
SO YOU SENT OUT THE REQUIRED NOTICE TO ALL THE OF NEIGHBORS AND NOBODY REPLIED AT ALL? NO. WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING.
IS THERE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO GO IN THERE? I KNOW IT SAYS GENERAL OFFICE, BUT.
I'M BECKY GREER. COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TYPE OF, WELL, IT'S GENERAL OFFICE, BUT WHAT BUSINESS IS GOING TO COME IN TO THIS? WE ARE GOING TO BE SEARCHING THROUGH OUR BROKER FOR A QUIET TYPE OF PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. WE'RE LOOKING FOR PERHAPS AN ATTORNEY.
PERHAPS A TITLE COMPANY WITH AN ATTORNEY THAT'S ASSOCIATED.
WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH THE HOURS THAT THEY CAN OPERATE NO LATER THAN 6 P.M., IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, AND WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED.
THE LOT AND THE USE OF IT TO BLEND IN CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT IS STILL IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE LOCATED OUR PARKING LOT ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD ROOM IN THE FRONT SO THAT WE COULD LANDSCAPE AND WE MIGHT HAVE A CIRCLE DRIVE IN THE FRONT WHERE PEOPLE CAN PULL UP AND LET SOMEONE OFF, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE SYMPATHETIC WITH WHAT'S AROUND IT AND NOT BE SO DIFFERENT THAT YOU WOULD WONDER ABOUT IT.
IT HAS LONG BEEN IN SERVICE IN ANNA AND OF COURSE, WAS ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AS GREER STATION FOR SINCE THE 1930 TO 1992, AND IT WOULD STILL BE THERE IF WE HAD OUR PREFERENCE, BUT THE HIGHWAY EXPANSION CAUSED THAT TO HAVE TO BE EITHER DESTROYED OR
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MOVED AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE IT AND KEEP IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TYPE OF CLIENT THAT IS IN THERE IS IN NO KIND OF NUISANCE OR A DISTURBANCE EVER.OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NOPE. ALL RIGHT.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:51 P.M, AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO COMMISSION AND STAFF.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
ALL RIGHT. IT'S A DUAL. [CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
ALL IN FAVOR? CALL] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER 26, CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON THE J.A.
GREER ADDITION BLOCK A LOT ONE SITE PLAN APPLICANT JOE A.
GREER JR. THIS IS CONTINGENT ON ITEM NUMBER 25, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. I WILL MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THIS.
I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLEMENS.
ALL IN FAVOR? ITEM NUMBER 27 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE ONE LOT ON 3.0 PLUS ACRES LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FUTURE ROSAMOND PARKWAY AND NORTH SHADYBROOK TRAIL TO ALLOW FOR A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER.
WELL, IT'S MAXED OUT AT 65FT IN HEIGHT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO DO A 90 FOOT TOWER.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS A COMMON AREA LOT WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION, AND IT IS ADJACENT TO A COMMON AREA LOT FOR THE VILLAGES OF HURRICANE CREEK, SOMETIMES CALLED SOUTH.
NOWHERE ELSE WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION FOR IT TO BE 90FT TALL, AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TOWER MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF 60FT SETBACK FROM ALL OF THE PROPERTY LINES, BUT THE ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT, THE REGULATIONS ARE NOT EXACTLY CLEAR IF THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME AS THE TOWER ITSELF OR AS THE ZONING DISTRICT.
SO IN THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE SHOWING IT AS THE APPLICANT IS SHOWING IT ON THEIR SITE PLAN, WITH THE ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT BEING SET BACK 22FT FROM THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, AND IT'S MEETING THE 60 FOOT SETBACK ON ALL OTHER SIDES.
ADDITIONALLY, COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS OUTSIDE OF A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT HAVE A HEIGHT REQUIREMENT OR A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY BASED OFF OF THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER, AND THIS WOULD BE 20FT JUST SHY OF THAT.
SO WE'RE SOLIDIFYING THAT IT WOULD BE 140FT FOR A TOWER TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND 80FT FOR THE ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH THE APPLICANT AND STAFF AGREE THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING TREES THAT ARE ON THE SITE AND WOULD GO AROUND THE COMMUNICATIONS TOWER.
IN ADDITION TO LANDSCAPING IN FRONT OF IT.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS IF THE COMMISSION VOTES IN FAVOR IS AS OUTLINED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
OKAY. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:55 P.M..
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BILL BOWMAN.
I LIVE AT 7508 [INAUDIBLE] IN FORT WORTH.
SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING LATER AND EARLIER MEETINGS.
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I DID COME FROM A WAYS AWAY.I DO WANT TO SAY THIS IS A UNIQUE, ALMOST LIKE A UTILITY SERVICE THESE DAYS.
IT'S A COMPLETELY STEALTH DESIGN.
SO THERE WOULD BE UP TO FOUR CARRIERS LOCATED IN THE TANK VERSION OF THE WATER TANK, AND THE TARGET SERVICE AREA IS THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. SO HE WORKED WITH US TO GET THAT IN THIS PROPERTY, AS YOU WILL SEE.
LET ME GO TO THE RIGHT HERE AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE GOT FOUR DIFFERENT VIEWS.
I HOPE THIS COMES OUT RIGHT, BECAUSE ON MY IPAD IT CHOPPED IT.
THIS IS ROSAMOND PARKWAY LOOKING FUTURE.
THAT'S UP CLOSE. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE PAVED THE DRIVEWAY.
WE'RE ADDING THOSE TREES, THE TALL BUSHES THAT LINE THE DRIVEWAY UP TO THE STREET.
HERE WE GO. LOOKING BACK, THIS IS MORE LOOKING BACK TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST, I BELIEVE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DEVELOPER WAS INTERESTED IN PUTTING SORT OF A LANDMARK FEATURE FOR HIS SUBDIVISION BY PUTTING THE NAME OF THE SUBDIVISION ON THE TANK.
THERE'S THE SITE PLAN WITH SHOWING THE TREES, SHOWING THE PARCEL FOR THE FOUR CARRIERS.
THE FIRST CARRIER THAT'S INTERESTED IN GOING IN HERE IS VERIZON WIRELESS.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE REQUESTING WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT THAT'S ALL MY PREPARED REMARKS.
WILL THIS BE A FUNCTIONING WATER TOWER OR JUST VISUALLY? IT'S JUST VISUAL. JUST VISUAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS APPLICANT? I LOVE THE CONCEPT.
I'VE SEEN THIS DONE IN OTHER CITIES BEFORE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH ANY OTHER LIKE AT&T OR ANY OTHER THAN VERIZON? WE DO. NOTHING'S ON PAPER YET, BUT THEY'RE ACTIVELY ON THE PHONE CALL.
OF COURSE, THEY'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE RESULT IS, BUT YES, I BELIEVE THAT.
I KNOW T-MOBILE IS THE ONE THAT'S INTERESTED.
YEAH. NOTHING. NOTHING IN WRITING YET, THOUGH.
ARE YOU GOING TO PARTNER WITH THEM? BECAUSE WHO'S GOING TO UPKEEP AND MAINTAIN IT? CERTAINLY. CERTAINLY.
PROBABLY THE MOST TRAFFIC YOU'LL EVER SEE AT ONE OF THESE IS WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY BEING BUILT.
WE GET ABOUT THREE YEARS WORTH OF TRAFFIC WHEN IT'S BEING BUILT THE DAY OF, AND THEN YOU GET A CELL TECH ABOUT EVERY OH, THEY COME ABOUT MAYBE ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS TO VISIT THE SITE. THEY USUALLY DO A LOT OF GROUNDSKEEPING UPKEEP AT THAT POINT, MAKING SURE IT'S MOWED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS WE GET A LOT OF HEAVY BAD WEATHER COME SUDDENLY, UNEXPECTEDLY.
SO ANYTHING THAT HIGH UP USUALLY WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE WITH THE HAIL THAT WE GET HERE.
SURE. ONE THING ABOUT A CELL SITE IS LIFE AND LIMB DEPENDS ON THESE THINGS.
SO I WOULDN'T SAY THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY DAMAGE TO THIS, BUT ANYTHING THAT WOULD KNOCK ANYTHING OFF THE AIR WOULD GET AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PEOPLE FOR VERIZON OR T-MOBILE OR WHOEVER.
NOW, THIS IS SURROUNDED BY MATURE TREES.
WHEN THESE TREES KEEP GROWING AND THEN THEY BLOCK THE CELLS.
WELL, HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH THAT? WELL, LET ME GO BACK TO THE.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT.
CAN WE DO 120? I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE AS A POSSIBILITY.
SO THE LOWEST CARRIER HERE WOULD STILL BE MAXIMUM TREE TOPS RIGHT NOW.
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IS IT THE HOA, IS IT THE A GROUND LEASE WHERE YOU GUYS WOULD MAINTAIN IT? THE GROUNDS I'M TALKING ABOUT, WE TYPICALLY MAINTAIN WHAT'S INSIDE THE GROUNDS AND CUTTING OUT THE WEEDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.USUALLY THE CARRIERS AND THE CELL SITE MAINTAINS THAT.
OKAY. SO THIS WOULD NOT BE CONTROLLED BY THE HOA.
IT WOULD STILL THE CARRIERS WOULD TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY.
THE CARRIERS TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT'S IN THE COMPOUND.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE WALL IS KIND OF LIKE THE PROPERTY LINE, IF YOU WILL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT'S AN ESTIMATED LENGTH OF CONSTRUCTION TIME ON THIS? WHAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION TIME? YOU MEAN LIKE WHAT? APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THESE THINGS CAN USUALLY BE FROM OF COURSE, THERE'S THE GROUND PREPARATION, WHICH TAKES LONGER, BUT ONCE THEY ACTUALLY BRING THE STUFF OUT THERE AND WHAT WE CALL STACK THE STEEL, IN THIS CASE IT'S FIBERGLASS.
BUT WHEN YOU STACK IT, IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT THREE DAYS.
[MUMBLING] WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE VERTICAL PART I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THREE DAYS.
NOW, OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS OUT THERE BUILDING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, BUT YEAH, ONCE THEY BRING THE STEALTH FACILITY OUT THERE, IT TAKES ABOUT THREE DAYS TO BUILD ONE OF THOSE FROM THE GROUND UP.
USUALLY THEY'RE BUILT OFF SITE AND THEN ASSEMBLED ON SITE.
SURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? NO. ALL RIGHT.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:03.
THANK YOU, AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO, I LIKE I LIKE WHAT THEY DID.
AT FIRST I WAS KIND OF LIKE A CELL TOWER.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THIS LOOKS GOOD.
I LIKE THE WAY THAT LOOKS LIKE A LANDMARK, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT.
COMMISSIONER WALDEN YEAH, AND I'VE SEEN LAS VEGAS DO THAT WITH PALM TREES, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU'VE SAID YOU'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON AGENDA NUMBER 27? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BLANSCET.
ALL IN FAVOR? CALL] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THIS IS CONTINGENT ON ITEM NUMBER 27, SO I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ITEM NUMBER 29 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND ZONING ON ONE LOT ON 8.2 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WEST SEVENTH STREET AND SOUTH POWELL PARKWAY TO ALLOW FOR A PROPOSED LIBRARY AND EXISTING CIVIC CENTER USES WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
APPLICANT IS THE CITY OF ANNA.
THANK YOU. THIS ZONING REQUEST IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO HERE IS MODIFY SOME OF THE EXISTING STANDARDS THAT ARE IN PLACE TO ACCOUNT FOR TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIBRARY AND THE PROPOSED LOCATION, WHICH WILL BE BASICALLY JUST ON THE NORTH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
SO AGAIN, SOME OF THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT STIPULATIONS THAT WOULD BE REMOVING WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE 20 FOOT, THE 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE AREA AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF TWO PUBLIC STREETS THAT CALL FOR ALSO MODIFY THE HEIGHT AND FRONT YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS EXEMPT FROM THE 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE ALONG ANY OF OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS AND ALSO EXEMPT THE PROPERTY FROM THE SIGNAGE REGULATIONS.
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PROPOSING ANY TYPE OF SIGNAGE THAT'S GOING TO NEGATIVELY AFFECT ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OR THE CITY [INAUDIBLE].SO THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR THE NEW PROPOSED LIBRARY AS WELL AS FOR THE EXISTING BUILD CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AS WELL AS FOR THE FIRE STATION.
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:06 P.M..
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? I DID. SO THE PARKING THAT YOU GUYS SHOW ON THE NORTH ELEVATION THAT I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING INTO THE PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STREET.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE AREA TO THE NORTH.
SO AGAIN, AS PART OF THE AND AGAIN, I PUT UP THE REVISED SITE PLAN JUST FOR THESE PURPOSES, WE WERE SHOWING THESE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AS EXISTING EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY THEY'RE NOT IN PLACE.
HOWEVER, IT'S THROUGH A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR.
NOW, THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE WITHIN THE RIGHTS OF WAY.
SO THIS ON STREET PARKING WILL BE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IT WILL NOT BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF ANNA AND THE MUNICIPAL CENTER? BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF LAND-LOCKING THIS PROPERTY IN THE MUNICIPAL CENTER AS FAR AS MUNICIPALITY SIDE, BEING ABLE TO GROW THE FIRE STATION GROWING, PD GROWING, AND THEN YOU'RE TAKING AWAY WHAT VALUABLE LAND WE HAVE AND SETTING THE LIBRARY ON IT SO THE BUILDING ITSELF CAN'T GROW ANY FURTHER BECAUSE YOU'RE LAND-LOCKING IT, AND THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE ANYTIME NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, WHETHER IT BE A LARGE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, A LARGE ZONING, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR RESPONSE TIMES FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF ACTUALLY OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT PRIOR TO THEM COMING TO YOU.
WHEREAS, OF COURSE, THEY'RE NEVER LOOKING TO DEDICATE LAND TO THE CITY FOR THESE THINGS, BUT WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL AS THE NISD USUALLY HAVE. DR. DUNCAN IS PRESENT WITH SOME OF THESE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO YES, THIS WILL BUILD OUT THE SITE.
WE DO HAVE FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR A SUBSTATION POTENTIALLY FOR FUTURE POLICE LOCATIONS.
SO AS THE CITY GROWS, WE ARE IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO PUT MUNICIPAL MOSTLY FIRE AND POLICE, NOT FOR CITY STAFF PER SE, BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT.
YEAH, CITY STAFF WAS THE ONE I WAS MAINLY WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE AS THE CITY GROWS, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE CITY STAFF TO MAINTAIN ALL THE AND THE LIBRARY AND PART OF THE LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE AREAS IN THERE THAT ALLOWS FOR AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE COMING IN JULY, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN UPDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE DESIGN AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO THEM AS RELATES TO THE COLORS, THE INTERIOR FINISHING, THE MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROGRESSED, BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHICH WOULD ALLEVIATE POTENTIALLY FUTURE CONCERNS WITH STAFFING WHERE MAYBE SOME DEPARTMENTS COULD MOVE OR MOVE AROUND.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD WAS A LOT OF OTHER LIBRARIES TEAM UP WITH LIKE BLINK FOR CHARGING STATIONS, AND AS THE OTHER DEVELOPERS SAID, THEY'RE BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON EVEN UP HERE IN ANNA THAT YOU SEE ELECTRIC CARS THAT NEED CHARGING AS A PUBLIC LIBRARY.
A LOT OF THOSE PLACES LIKE BLINK WILL PUT THOSE IN FOR FREE.
THEY LIKE TO PARTNER WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND THEY OFFER THOSE AT FREE TO NO CHARGE.
HAS THE CITY CONSIDERED LOOKING INTO THOSE AND ADDING THOSE ON SOME OF THESE PARKING SPACES AT THE LIBRARY? SURE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN BRING UP TO OUR CIP DIRECTOR AND GET BACK TO YOU AS IT RELATES TO THAT, IF THAT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT, BUT IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, WHICH IS REGAN'S THEIR SIGNIFICANT PARKING THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED INSIDE THAT AREA, AND SO IF ANYTHING, I WOULD ASSUME THOSE WOULD BE THE PRIME LOCATIONS AS WELL.
I KNOW WE'RE IN THE AGE OF IPADS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'LL GET THEM THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND NO SPEAKER CARDS, I ASSUME? NO, AND I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES FOR OR AGAINST.
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OKAY. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:11 P.M..ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 29.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BLANSCET.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL MOTION.
SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
THIS IS CONTINGENT ON ITEM 29.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM 30? I MOTION.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLANSCET.
ALL IN FAVOR? THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 31.
I NOTICED THAT ON THIS AGENDA IT WAS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. ALTOBELLI. YES, AND FURTHER, I THINK THAT'S AN ITEM IN WHICH TYPICALLY AS STAFF, WE REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE PROCESSES THAT I'M USED TO JUST FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
YOU CALL A PUBLIC HEARING, YOU OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS FOR NEIGHBORS, AND WITH THIS BEING A PUBLIC MEETING, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT, OF COURSE, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND OPENING IT UP, IF ANY. THERE'S NO ONE HERE.
[CHUCKLING] IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS ON IT IN THAT WAY, I THINK WE'RE SOLIDIFIED, BUT AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WITH THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING PER SE.
HOWEVER, WE DID NOTIFY IN THE PAPER IT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IF THIS DOES PROCEED FORWARD FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL.
SO ON TO THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.
SO OUR TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IS ONE THAT CITY STAFF HAS FOUND COMPLICATED AT TIMES WHEN REVIEWING IT THERE. THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT REGULATIONS IN THERE.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME CONFLICTING.
THE LAYOUT WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING AS IT RELATES TO THE PROCESSES AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THIS IS ONE WHERE WE DEALT QUITE FREQUENTLY WITH THEM AS IT RELATES TO TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, ALL RIGHT, WELL, THIS IS THE INTENT OF IT OR THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS, OR HERE'S THE PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GONE THROUGH REORGANIZED TO MATCH CLOSELY WITH THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE, THE LAYOUT PER SE, AND THEN WE REALLY WANTED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IS, AND THAT IS, IS TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY PROTECTED QUALITY TREES, WHICH ARE THOSE TREES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN OUR APPENDICES THAT ARE SIX INCHES OR GREATER, AND ALSO TO IDENTIFY SPECIMEN TREES WHICH ARE 24IN OR GREATER, AND IT COULD BE ANY TYPE OF SPECIES FOR THAT, AND AGAIN, THAT'S FOR OLD GROWTH, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS ALSO ADD BECAUSE ONE OF IN OUR MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE GOALS OF CITY COUNCIL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT CLEAR CUTTING ALL OUR PROPERTY AND THAT WE'RE PRESERVING SOME OF THESE TREES, THESE MATURE TREES THAT ARE TYPICALLY SEEN ON THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES THAT WERE USED AS A DELINEATION MARKER FOR SOME OF THE OLD FARMERS, AND GRANTED SOME OF THESE TREES, AS EVERYBODY CALLS THEM, THEY MAY NOT BE THE HIGHEST QUALITY, WHETHER THEY BE HACKBERRY.
SO WE FELT AS IF THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADD A STIPULATION IN THERE THAT REQUIRES THAT TO BE IDENTIFIED AND MITIGATED PROPERLY, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR ANY ANY TREE 18IN OR MORE ALONG THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY THAT ALSO FALL UNDERNEATH THE PRESERVATION, AND SO IF IT IS TO BE REMOVED THAT AT
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LEAST THAT THERE ARE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.AS I MENTIONED, I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WHAT WE'RE ADDING HERE AS WELL IS THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING THAT A MINIMUM OF 15% PRESERVATION OF ANY PROTECTED QUALITY TREE OR SPECIMEN TREE WITHIN DEVELOPMENTS OF 25 ACRES OR MORE.
THIS WAY THEY CAN'T SAY, WELL THE DEVELOPMENT, THE GRADING REQUIRES US JUST TO CLEAR CUT THE ENTIRE [INAUDIBLE] WELL, THAT I THINK THAT AS ANY DEVELOPMENT THEY CAN LOOK AWAY AROUND TO POTENTIALLY REDESIGN IT OR PROVIDE PROTECTION AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TREES OR PRESERVE THOSE TREES ALONG THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHETHER IT BE BY RETAINING WALLS OR GRADING PURPOSES, AND AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR STANDARDS THAT WE ADD TO NEW SUBDIVISIONS THAT COME IN WHERE WE'RE ASKING THAT THEY PRESERVE THAT TEN FOOT TREE PRESERVATION BUFFER ON THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
SO THIS WILL HELP SOLIDIFY THAT WHERE IT WON'T REQUIRE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER FOR US TO REQUIRE THAT AS AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE PROTECTING TREES OF 18IN OF CALIPER OR MORE WITHIN TEN FEET OF ANY PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
ALSO, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THE REGULATIONS DO NOT HAVE A REPLACEMENT COST ASSOCIATED WITH TREES.
SO IF A DEVELOPMENT CHOOSES NOT TO MITIGATE WE'RE NOW HAVE A SECTION THAT IDENTIFIES IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO MITIGATE, WHETHER IT BE ONSITE OR OFFSITE, THAT HERE'S THE FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TYPE OF TREE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING IT, AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, WE REORGANIZED THE LAYOUT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORDINANCE.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THE ORDINANCE IS STILL THE SAME.
IT'S JUST THAT WHAT WE DID IS WE JUST FINE TUNED IT A LITTLE BIT TO ASSIST STAFF IN REGULATING IT, AS WELL AS ADDING IN SOME PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE THING I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CLEAR CUTTING HAPPENING, AND I KNOW THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE CITY, IS TO NOT PERMIT THAT AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING SOME OF THESE THIS OLD GROWTH THAT WE HAVE.
SO THEREFORE, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 9.07 AND THE ASSOCIATED APPENDICES AND FEE SCHEDULE REGULATIONS AS DRAFTED BY STAFF.
I DID HAVE OUR DALAN WALKER, WHO'S OUR HE'S THE PARK'S PLANNING MANAGER, BUT HE'S ALSO A CERTIFIED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OR ARBORIST OR ONE OF THOSE THINGS, BUT ANYWAYS, HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, AND SO HE'S THE ONE THAT WE USUALLY GO TO GO LOOK AT SITES AND IDENTIFY TREES, AND SO HE TOOK A LOOK AT THE REGULATIONS, BUT HE ALSO MADE HE'S THE ONE THAT MADE THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE TREE.
SO BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I JUST HAD ONE ON THE TREE APPENDIX TWO POINT APPROVED PLANT LIST.
WHEN THEY'RE MARKED OUT IN RED, DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED? CORRECT. SO WE MIGHT THE CROSS OUT IS JUST SHOWING YOU THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN ADDED AND IT'S UNDERLINED.
THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT'S BEEN ADDED.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A DROUGHT TOLERANT SPECIES.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT I KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY HE SAID HE REMOVED IT.
NOW THAT'S NOT PROHIBITING SOMEBODY FROM GOING IN AND PLANTING THOSE.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE. THIS IS WHERE WE POINT TO APPLICANTS TO SAY, HERE'S OUR APPROVED IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT SOMETHING OR OR RECEIVE CREDIT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU NEED TO PLANT. I LIKE THE TREE PRESERVATION.
I WATCHED AN OLD TREE PROBABLY A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, NEAR MY COMMUNITY, FIGHT FOR ITS LIFE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO KNOCK THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OVER.
IT WAS FIGHTING HARD AND IT JUST IT KILLED ME TO WATCH THAT HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. IS THERE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 31? I MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLANSCET.
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I WILL MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 8:21 P.M..[INAUDIBLE] I'LL HAVE YOU SECOND.
MOTION FOR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLANSCET.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.