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WELCOME, EVERYONE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023.

[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.]

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN OPEN SESSION ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM AND TURN IT IN TO STAFF.

I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:59 P.M.

ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.

QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

LET'S PRAY FATHER.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN TOGETHER THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS AND MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE'RE FREE TO WITH ALL THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE LORD TO WORSHIP AS WE CHOOSE TO PURSUE INTERESTS IN LIFE AS WE CHOOSE.

FATHER, WE ARE SO BLESSED AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

FATHER, I PRAY FOR HEALTH.

I PRAY FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE SICK IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

OKAY. ITEM NUMBER THREE NEIGHBOR COMMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, A PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING AN ITEM ON THIS MEETING AGENDA THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

ALSO, AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION REGARDING AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS MEETING AGENDA.

EACH PERSON WILL BE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING ON ITEMS LISTED 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? NO. I WILL CLOSE ITEM NUMBER THREE AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS.

[Consent Items]

DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO. IS THERE A MOTION ON CONSENT ITEMS 5 THROUGH 13.

I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND. AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[Items for Individual Consideration]

ITEM NUMBER 14 CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON THE COYOTE MEADOWS PHASE TWO FINAL PLAT APPLICANT TFCC COYOTE LLC, MS. MECKE. THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR PHASE TWO OF COYOTE MEADOWS.

THE REASON WHY IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEM IS BECAUSE OF ONE OF THE ROADS THEY ARE REQUESTING TO GET A WAIVER FROM THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF A BLOCK OR STREET SEGMENT. THE LENGTH OF THE ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 70FT LONGER THAN THE MAXIMUM OF 1200FT.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS, NEITHER OF THEM HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS WAIVER, WITH THE ELBOW AT THAT CURVE, THAT HELPS WITH IF SOMEONE WERE TO NEED TO TURN AROUND.

OTHERWISE THE PLAT IS MEETING ALL OTHER REGULATIONS.

SO UPON CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE WAIVER REQUEST, IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS OR ALTERATIONS TO THE ENGINEERING PLANS AS REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 14.

I'LL SECOND. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER 15 CONSIDER.

DISCUSS ACTION ON TEXT AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 9.02 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND ARTICLE 9.05 SIGNS OF THE CITY OF ANNA CODE OF ORDINANCES APPLICANT CITY OF ANNA, MR. ALTOBELLI. YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

SO FINALLY, THE LAST BIT OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR A RECOMMENDATION.

THOSE INCLUDE THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE SIGNAGE REGULATIONS.

YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT WE'VE UPDATED THE ZONING AS WELL AS OUR TREE PRESERVATION.

SO THIS IS THE LAST PUSH THAT WE HAVE STILL FREESE AND NICHOLS HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS TIRELESSLY WITH CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT OUR

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REGULATIONS OF HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ONE, STREAMLINE THE APPROVAL PROCESS, BUT ADDITIONALLY HELP THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND OUR REGULATIONS, LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS ALLOWED, WHAT THEY'RE PERMITTED TO DO.

THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS IT RELATES TO THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY.

THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR PLATS WILL BE THAT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UNLESS A WAIVER IS REQUESTED, THEN IT STILL REQUIRES A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE P&Z.

COUNCIL IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY.

WE HAVE CREATED A NEW PLAT AS RELATES TO A CONVEYANCE PLAT.

IT'S NOT A DEVELOPMENT PLAT, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO SELL A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE NOT INTENDING TO DEVELOP OR SUBDIVIDE A TRACK OF LAND AND NOT HAVE A REMAINDER LEFT OVER.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE BENEFICIAL FOR US AS WE HELP PLAN THE FUTURE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

AS IT RELATES TO SIGNAGE, AND AGAIN, I'LL DEFER TO FREESE AND NICHOLS ON MANY OF THESE THINGS, BUT THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK EITHER MYSELF OR OUR CONSULTANT TEAM THAT ARE HERE.

BUT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL LET THE CONSULTANT GO OVER IT.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU, ROSS. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST TAKE YOU REAL QUICKLY THROUGH THE SIGNS AND THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

MY NAME IS DANIEL HARRISON I'M WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS ON THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE UPDATE.

WITH ME TONIGHT IS RHYS WILSON.

HE IS THE LEAD PLANNER ON THE REVISING THE SIGN CODE AND ALSO WILSON KERR, THE LEAD PLANNER FOR HELPING ON THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

AND SO WE'LL SPEND JUST FIVE MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND FIVE MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE SIGN REGULATIONS AND THEN JUST SORT OF NEXT STEPS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

SO TALKING ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, THERE'S NINE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.

BUT REALLY, WE JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON DIVISION TWO AND THREE.

THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MOST OF THE EDITS AND REVISIONS.

SO AS SORT OF ROSS SORT OF LED INTO UPDATING THE APPROVAL PROCEDURES FOR THE PLAT TYPES, CONFERRING THE AUTHORITIES FOR SPECIFIC PLATS TO BE ALIGNED WITH STATE LAW P&Z WOULD BE THE APPROVAL BODY FOR PLATS.

AS ROSS MENTIONED, THE WITH AN APPEAL OR WITH WAIVER.

BUT THE OTHER CRITICAL PART WAS STAFF BEING ABLE TO APPROVE MINOR PLATS WOULD BE I TOUCHED ON THE CONVEYANCE PLAT, HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES ABOUT THAT.

WE ALSO DID ADD FLOW CHARTS SO PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW THAT PLANNING PROCESS WORKS AND WHERE YOU NEED TO GET YOUR APPROVAL AND THE PROCESS FOR THAT.

SO THAT CONVEYANCE PLAT, THERE'S SORT OF A PICTURE THERE JUST SORT OF SETTING THE EXAMPLE OF DEVELOPING ONE ONE, YOU HAVE A LARGE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT, ONE PROPERTY, YOU'RE NOT DEVELOPING THE OTHER, SO YOU CAN DO A CONVEYANCE PLAT FOR THAT.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A USEFUL TOOL FOR THE FOR THE CITY.

BUT THAT CONVEYANCE PLAT IS NOT AN APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO TO DEVELOP.

YOU STILL HAVE TO COME BACK WE DO HAVE A FLOW CHART SO EVERYONE CAN SEE HOW THAT HOW THAT WOULD WORK, HOW THE CONVEYANCE PLAT WOULD WORK.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S SORT OF REPLACING THE FINAL PLAT FOR THAT INTERIM STEP OF THE PROCESS.

MOVING ON TO DIVISION THREE AND FOUR, DIVISION THREE, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT OUR DESIGN STANDARDS AND DIVISION FOUR, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SITES AND OPEN SPACES.

WE ENSURED OUR GUIDELINES ONCE AGAIN ALIGN WITH STATE LAW AS THOSE ARE UPDATED EVERY EVERY TWO YEARS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT.

WE ALSO OUTLINE LOT AND ALLEY DESIGN STANDARDS EASEMENT GUIDELINES.

WE UPDATED GRAPHICS FOR GREATER EASE OF USE.

JUST SOME SOME EXAMPLES SERVE WITH THE PARK DEDICATION, HOW THOSE PARKS ARE DESIGNED.

WE ALSO UPDATED THE NEIGHBORHOOD POINT SYSTEM FOR NEW SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.

SO HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES WE HAVE AT THE END OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD POINT SYSTEM.

SO JUST PROVIDING WHETHER IT'S ARTS AND SCULPTURES AND THE POINT SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY IN THAT SUBDIVISION DESIGN TO MEET THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE ART AT THE BEGINNING OR SCULPTURES, WATER, OPEN SPACE, THOSE TYPE OF ELEMENTS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER TABLE THERE THAT WE TALK ABOUT PROVIDING LIKE GAZEBO, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.

ONCE AGAIN, THAT MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS A NICE PLACE TO BE.

AND THIS IS OUR GUIDELINES HERE REALLY HELP WITH OUR WITH OUR POINT SYSTEM.

AND THEN LASTLY, JUST SHOWING SOME ENTRYWAYS THAT WE HAVE INTO SOME EXAMPLES WHERE DIVIDED SECOND ENTRY INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD PROVIDING EXTRA LANDSCAPING.

THIS WOULD ALSO COUNT TO THE POINT SYSTEM.

SO THESE TYPE OF THINGS, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND SEE IN OUR SUBDIVISIONS WE DID WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE GRAPHICS,

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WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE THEM TO PROVIDE MOST HIGH RESOLUTION, OF COURSE, BUT WE LOOKED AT THE STANDARDS THAT WENT ALONG WITH THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE VISION THAT WE HAVE AND THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN CROSS-SECTIONS FOR OUR DIVIDED ENTRIES.

JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GRAPHICS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE DOCUMENT.

SO MOVING OVER TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE, TOP THINGS, WE MODERNIZE THE FORMAT.

WE HAVE NEW GRAPHICS THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT.

WE HAVE RECLASSIFICATION OF OUR DIFFERENT SIGN TYPES.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE ARE HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

WE HAVE SIGN REGULATIONS BY DISTRICT.

AND SO I JUST WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY.

AND SO WHAT WE DO WITH THE SIGN DISTRICT, WE GROUP SEVERAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

SO ALL OUR SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS, WE DON'T LIST THEM ALL OUT AGAIN.

THEY'RE ALL INCLUDED IN OUR SINGLE FAMILY SIGN DISTRICT.

SO WE HAVE STANDARDS.

THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE IN TABULAR FORM.

SO IT'S VERY EASY FOR SOMEONE TO UNDERSTAND.

WE STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND WE EXPAND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS AND MADE SURE THOSE ARE COMPLIANT WITH FEDERAL LAWS.

BUT WE DO WANT TO FOCUS ON JUST THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS HERE FOR YOU.

SO OUR SIGN STANDARDS PERMIT PROCEDURES AND WE DID UPDATE THE DEFINITIONS.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DIFFERENT SIGN TYPES, WHAT WE HAVE IS WE PROVIDE OUR SIGN TYPES.

WHEN WE GET INTO SIGNS, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT CASE LAW THAT REALLY SETS THAT UP HOW WE HOW WE TREAT THAT.

SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT.

WE HAVE OUR SIGN REGULATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, ACCORDING TO SIGN DISTRICT, WE GROUP SIGNS INTO FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

WE HAVE DETACHED SIGNS, ATTACHED SIGNS, INCIDENTAL SIGNS, TEMPORARY SIGNS AND SPECIAL SIGNS.

WE'LL HAVE PICTURES AND VISUALS, ALL FOR THOSE HERE IN JUST A FEW SLIDES BECAUSE WE REPRESENT THOSE AND THEN ALL RELEVANT SIGN STANDARDS ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THOSE IN TABULAR FORM.

HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.

IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO SEE IN THE DOCUMENT, BUT ON THE LEFT, THAT'S JUST SHOWING OUR ZONING DISTRICTS AND HOW THOSE TRANSLATE INTO OUR SIGN DISTRICTS.

AND THEN HERE ON THE SECOND TABLE, WHAT WE DO IS WE SHOW THE CURRENT SIGN TYPES WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE ORDINANCE AND THEN WHAT THE PREVIOUS SIGN TYPE WAS CALLED.

SO IF YOU HAD AN OLD SIGN, YOU COULD SORT OF SEE HOW THAT WAS TRANSLATED INTO ONE OF OUR NEW FIVE CATEGORIES.

BUT THEN WE HAVE SUB CATEGORIES AS WELL.

SO OUR FIRST EXAMPLE IS A DETACHED SIGN AND WE CALL THEM DETACHED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ATTACHED TO A BUILDING.

SO YOU COULD SEE A SUBDIVISION ENTRY SIGN OR A MINOR MONUMENT SIGN AS A DETACHED SIGN.

SO WE HAVE STANDARDS FOR THOSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, POLE SIGNS ARE LIMITED TO CERTAIN STREET TYPES.

POLES HAVE TO BE WRAPPED.

WE HAVE STANDARDS FOR THAT.

AND WHAT YOU SEE THAT TABLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THOSE ARE ACROSS THE TOP.

THOSE ARE OUR SIGN DISTRICTS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR THOSE SIGNS BECAUSE SIGNS AREN'T TREATED EQUALLY ACROSS THE CITY.

THEY'RE T CONTEXTUAL.

SO IF WE'RE IN A DISTRICT THAT THEY NEED TO BE LESS IN HEIGHT, THAT'S HOW WE TREAT THOSE.

SO THOSE ARE OUR DETACHED SIGNS, ATTACHED SIGNS BECAUSE THEY'RE ATTACHED TO A BUILDING.

SO WE HAVE WALL SIGNS, AWNING SIGNS ATTACHED, CANOPY SIGN.

AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DOCUMENT, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS IS YOU'LL SEE IN THOSE EXAMPLES RIGHT THERE, WE SEE SKYLINE SIGNS.

SO THAT'S JUST SHOWING YOU THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO MEAN SKYLINE SIGNS ATTACHED TO THE TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING.

ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE A TABLE THAT SHOWS OUR STANDARDS FOR THAT.

OUR INCIDENTAL, INCIDENTAL SIGNS.

WE HAVE FOUR SUBCATEGORIES OF THOSE JUST GENERAL, FLAGS, SPEAKER BOARDS, WALK UP BOARDS SO YOU CAN SEE INCIDENTAL.

THESE ARE TYPE OF SIGNS THAT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE ON A PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST PART OF WHAT THAT PROPERTY IS DOING.

SO WE HAVE STANDARDS FOR THOSE AS WELL.

OUR TEMPORARY SIGNS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SEE, NOT NORMALLY, BUT ON A TEMPORARY PURPOSE.

SO WE'D HAVE A SIDEWALK SIGN AN ATTACHED BANNER, DETACHED BANNER FEATHER SIGNS.

SO IF SOMEONE'S HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE OR SELLING A HOUSE, MAYBE YOU'D SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SOMETHING MAY BE ATTACHED TO A BUILDING TEMPORARILY.

SO WE HAVE STANDARDS FOR THOSE AS WELL.

OUR SPECIAL SIGNS WE HAVE AND THIS IS OUR FIFTH CATEGORY.

WE HAVE OUR MURALS, DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, POLITICAL SIGNS.

I WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE BILLBOARDS ONLY ALLOWED ALONG 75, 121, AND THE OUTER LOOP.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME EXTRA STANDARDS FOR THOSE HAVE TO BE SEPARATED 1500 FEET FROM ANOTHER DIGITAL BILLBOARD SIGN.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE OVER THE MONTHS HAS WORKED WITH STAFF GOING BACK AND FORTH ON REVISIONS TO GET ALL THESE CARRIED OUT.

PERMITS AND PROCEDURES JUST REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THERE'S A SIGN COORDINATION PLAN WHEN WE HAVE A LARGER DEVELOPMENT, FIVE ACRES OR MORE, JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE SIGN TYPES ARE COORDINATED AND YOU HAVE THAT AS PART OF PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

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AND THAT'S REALLY THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FOR THE SUBDIVISION AND THE SIGN CODE.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER FOR YOU? ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? I'M CONFUSED WITH THE POINT SYSTEM.

IS THERE? THE POINT SYSTEM? I GUESS I JUST WAS BLANKED OUT ON THAT PART.

YEAH, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

SO IN 2019, BEFORE ROSS AND I CAME ON STAFF THERE AND I GUESS IT WAS BEFORE THAT 2018, THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN COMMITTEE.

AND WHAT CAME OUT OF IT IS CERTAIN REGULATIONS IN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD POINT SYSTEM CAME OUT OF IT, BUT NO ONE HAD EVER REALLY APPLIED IT.

AND SO ROSS AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS THE BEST WAY TO APPLY IT TO THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY'RE OCCURRING.

AND SO THERE WAS JUST SOME THINGS THAT DIDN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE.

SO WE ADDED, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO CLARIFY THINGS AND TRIED TO ADD MORE POINTS AVAILABLE.

I KNOW I'VE HEARD PERSONALLY FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WANTING TO SEE MORE AMENITIES IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD POINT SYSTEM.

OKAY. SO THEY JUST GET A LOT OF POINTS.

THERE ARE A LOT AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POINTS AND THEY DEDUCT AS THEY GO DOWN I SUPPOSE, RIGHT.

YEAH. THERE'S YEAH.

WITHIN THE TEXT IT TALKS ABOUT YOU HAVE TO EARN A CERTAIN NUMBER BASED OFF OF THE ENTRANCE AND THEN A CERTAIN NUMBER BASED OFF OF THE INTERIOR.

SO ANY AMENITIES STUFF.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS? THERE IS A MINIMUM. AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED THAT AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LOTS, THAT IT INCREASES BY 5 POINTS FOR EVERY 50 LOTS.

SO IT'S THE MINIMUM RIGHT NOW IS 35 POINTS FOR 200 LOTS.

AND THEN FOR EVERY ADDITIONAL 50, YOU HAVE ANOTHER 5 POINTS ADDED.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE POINT SYSTEM, CAN WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT IT'S FOR? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO COULD BE WATCHING, WATCHING THIS MEETING, THAT POINT SYSTEM.

WHAT'S THAT? SO AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS UNDER THE SECTION REGARDING SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, THE ACCESS POINTS, THERE'S A MINIMUM OF TWO ACCESS POINTS IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY DEVELOPMENT.

AND IN THERE IS WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN COMMITTEE HAD ADDED A SECTION WHERE EVERY SUBDIVISION FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND TWO FAMILY HAS TO MEET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POINTS BASED OFF OF FEATURES THAT THEY PUT AT THEIR ENTRANCE OR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WITHIN THE DESIGN OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO CERTAIN ONES THAT WE WOULD HAVE SEEN COYOTE MEADOWS, THEY HAD TO PUT TOGETHER AN EXHIBIT SHOWING US HOW THEY WERE GOING TO MEET THESE POINTS.

AND THEN AS THE PHASES ARE DEVELOPED, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPING PLANS THAT SHOW WHETHER THEY'RE PROVIDING MORE TREES THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REVIEWED BY STAFF INTERNALLY.

IT'S NOT PROVIDED TYPICALLY TO P&Z OR CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THOSE POINTS.

SO THE POINT SYSTEM IS BASICALLY BEAUTIFICATION OF SUBDIVISIONS? ESSENTIALLY. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST A LITTLE FURTHER.

SO THE RATIONALE OR THE POINT BEHIND THIS COMMITTEE WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WASN'T BEING LED OFF, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY JUST WASN'T COMING IN BUILDING HOMES AND NOT PROVIDING THOSE ENTRY FEATURES, NOT PROVIDING AMENITIES OR NICETIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT WAS MORE OF A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT.

AND AGAIN, WITH THESE BEING CREATED IN 2018, A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE OR DIDN'T HAVE TO MEET THIS POINT SYSTEM.

NOW, THERE WERE SOME THAT BUILT THESE GRAND ENTRANCES, BUT SHADOW BEN WAS ONE IN WHICH THAT FELL UNDERNEATH AND THEY CREATED A SIMILAR POINT SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THEIR ENTRY POINTS AND AND SOME OF THEIR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING THAT THEY PROVIDED.

BUT AGAIN, AS LAUREN HAD MENTIONED, ALL THESE NEW SUBDIVISIONS, WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY'RE USUALLY DURING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT STAGE.

THAT'S WHEN WE ASK THEM TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GET TOO FAR DOWN THE LINE.

AND THEN FOR THEM TO SAY, WELL, YOU NEVER TOLD ME.

AND SO WE ALWAYS HAVE THEM PROVIDE US SOME GENERAL INFORMATION OF THEM, AWARE OF THE POINT SYSTEM, THEM SHOWING THAT THEY CAN MEET IT.

AND THEN WHEN THE CIVILS COME IN, THAT'S WHEN WE LOOK TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S YOUR ENTRY SIGNS.

OKAY, THIS IS THIS POINT, HERE'S YOUR EXTRA LANDSCAPING.

HERE'S WHATEVER IT MAY BE GAZEBOS AND LAUREN DID A GREAT JOB BECAUSE THE INITIAL POINT SYSTEM WAS VERY MINIMAL.

THERE WAS ONLY SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT A DEVELOPMENT COULD ADD.

AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE JUST EXPANDED THAT LIST A LITTLE BIT TO SAY, OKAY, HERE WHAT THE POINTS SHOULD BE WORTH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ADDING SOME

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FLOWERS AT YOUR ENTRY POINT SHOULD NOT GIVE YOU FOUR POINTS, YOU KNOW? SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE AMENITIES THAT WERE BEING PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WERE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY.

AND YOUR POINT SYSTEM IS BASED OFF OF THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT? SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE POINT SYSTEM, THERE'S A MINIMUM THRESHOLD.

HOWEVER, WHAT WE DID, WE MODIFIED THAT TO INCREASE THAT THRESHOLD OONCE A DEVELOPMENT EXCEEDS A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

SO THEY HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL AMENITIES BECAUSE OF THE EXTENT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE 500, 600.

AND IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT FOR STAFF TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, WELL, PHASE ONE IS HERE.

PHASE EIGHT IS OVER THERE AND THEY'VE ALREADY CREATED.

SO WE REQUIRE SUBDIVISION ENTRY SIGNS FROM ANY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE NOW.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED, BUT IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT PHASE EIGHT GETS SOME AMENITIES IS JUST NOT PHASE ONE THAT GETS ALL THE AMENITIES.

AND AGAIN, THESE AMENITIES AREN'T POOLS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IT'S MORE OF JUST, YOU KNOW, NICETIES JUST TO BEAUTIFY IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ON SOME OF THE SIGNAGE CRITERIA THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT TOGETHER.

I NOTICED THAT MURALS ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

AND I'VE SEEN AREAS WHERE IF YOU DO IT IN A MIXED USE PROJECT, YOU CAN TAKE A PARKING GARAGE.

THAT'S JUST A BIG CONCRETE STRUCTURE.

YOU PUT A MURAL ON IT, ADD SOME COLOR TO IT WAS WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT BEHIND JUST HAVING IT FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN? THE THINKING IS WE WOULD HAVE IN THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT IN DOWNTOWN THAT THOSE ARE MOST MOST APPROPRIATE IN DOWNTOWN.

BUT HAD THE DISCUSSION OF, WELL, WHAT OTHER AREAS ARE WE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE MURALS? AND SO WHERE WE'VE LANDED ON RIGHT NOW IS JUST IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.

BUT OF COURSE, WE COULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

ARE THERE OTHER PLACES WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MURALS? BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT JUST JUST IN THAT DOWNTOWN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO BRING IT UP, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE EXPANDING THAT TO, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE OR EVEN SOME COMMERCIAL USES, BECAUSE WHEN IT'S DONE RIGHT, IT CAN REALLY ADD TO A CENTER AND CREATE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GATHER.

SO ALSO OUR REGULATIONS STILL REMAIN THE SAME, WHERE CITY COUNCIL STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO MODIFY THE SIGNAGE REGULATIONS SO THERE CAN BE REQUESTS BEING MADE FROM AN APPLICANT AND THEN JUST JUSTIFICATION WOULD NEED TO BE MADE.

I THINK WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS SAY, WHERE IS IT ALLOWED BY RIGHT? AND THEN THAT WAY A PROPERTY OWNER, YOU KNOW, CAN JUST SAY, I WANT TO DO A MURAL, DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL APPROVALS, JUST, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTING IN THE PAPERWORK.

WHEREAS THE OTHER DISTRICTS, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT MAY COME IN MORE OF A CASE BY CASE.

AND SO WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY WHERE THEY CAN STILL GO TO COUNCIL AND REQUEST THAT BECAUSE, YES, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE YOU THINK OF SELF STORAGE.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LONG BLANK WALLS AND THAT THOSE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, GOOD POINTS WHERE WE COULD BE PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW OR THE DETACHED SIGNS.

IS IT FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS AS WELL, OR IS THIS JUST FOR NEW BUILD? WHEN A NEW SIGN IS BUILT, IT WOULD CONFORM TO THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED.

IF YOU HAD AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT SOMEHOW DID NOT CONFORM TO THE TO THE NEW REGULATIONS, IT WOULD BE A NON-CONFORMING, A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SIGN, WHICH JUST MEANS IT DOES NOT MEET THE CURRENT STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SIGN REGULATIONS.

AND THOSE ARE ALLOWED TO TO CONTINUE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? NO, I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 15.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER 16 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACT ON AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN OF THE ANNA 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

APPLICANT IS THE CITY OF ANNA MR. GREG PETERS.

THANK YOU, MS. CHAIRWOMAN. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO JUST QUICKLY TOUCH ON OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN WHAT IT IS, WHY WE USE IT,

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AND WHY WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, MAKING SOME SMALL UPDATES.

SO AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE ADOPTED A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BACK IN 2021, AND THAT WAS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.

SO THAT PLAN HAS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN IT MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND THEN PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PLAN AS WELL.

AND SO BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE, WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO THOSE ITEMS, THEY DO REQUIRE US TO COME BACK AND DO IT THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS, WHICH MEANS WE PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL FOR FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BASED ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU PROVIDE.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KIMLEY-HORN AS THE CONSULTANT TO MAKE SOME OF THESE UPDATES TO OUR MAPS. AND IN ADDITION TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH IS PART OF THAT COMP PLAN.

SO IT'S THROUGH THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT.

I'M ALSO GOING TO TOUCH ON WITH THE FOLLOWING, AN ITEM FOLLOWING THIS, OUR WATER AND SEWER MASTER PLANS AS WELL.

SO AS FAR AS THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN ITSELF.

THE CHANGES ARE RELATIVELY MINOR.

I'LL KIND OF TALK FROM THE SOUTH WEST CORNER, KIND OF ACROSS THE CITY, SO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ACROSS THE MAP AND JUST KIND OF POINT OUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE.

SO IF YOU GO DOWN IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER, ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE WAS ALIGNING A FUTURE ARTERIAL ARTERIAL ROAD WITH CHAMBERSVILLE ROAD, WHICH IS OUT IN OUR ETJ.

IT'S DOWN THERE IN THAT FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER.

AND PREVIOUSLY THAT THAT ROAD WAS SHOWN KIND OF CUTTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE THERE AND DIDN'T REALLY FIT VERY WELL WITH WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE.

THERE IS A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN OUT THERE.

IT WILL BE IN MUD, SO IT WILL NOT BE PART OF THE CITY.

AND WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN REFLECTED WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE.

NEXT WHEN YOU GO TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREA, I WOULD SAY JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY FIVE, SOUTH OF FOSTER CROSSING, THERE IS A COLLECTOR ROAD THAT WE'RE SHOWING T HAT MAY OR MAY NOT REMAIN.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR PLANS INITIALLY THAT COLLECTOR ROAD WAS SHOWN AS PART OF A LARGER INDUSTRIAL PARK PROJECT.

THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FROM THE EDC BY A SINGLE ENTITY THEY BOUGHT THE WHOLE THING AND THEY'VE KIND OF MASTER PLANNED IT.

AND SO IT MAY MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BUILD IT AS A PRIVATE ROAD BASED ON THEIR LAND USE INSTEAD OF IT BEING A BUNCH OF SMALLER FACILITIES.

SO AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS STAFF DOES WANT TO DO.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ROADWAYS, WE CONSIDER CONGESTION, WE CONSIDER SAFETY, BUT WE ALSO CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.

AND SO THE LOCATION OF ROADS AND THE SIZE OF ROADS ARE DICTATED BY ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT WHEN A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, WE DO LOOK VERY SERIOUSLY AT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AND THEN SEE WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

SO IF THEY DEVELOP IT AS JUST ONE SINGLE LARGE USER, THEY MAY NOT NEED THAT COLLECTOR ROAD THROUGH THE MIDDLE.

YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY THAT JUST PROVIDES ACCESS TO THEIR SITE, BUT THAT IS STILL SKETCHED IN THERE AS IT STANDS TODAY, JUST UNDER WHERE IT SAYS FOSTER ON FOSTER CROSSING THE GRAY NORTH SOUTH LINE THAT CONNECTS TO THE OUTER LOOP.

BUT THAT MAY BE WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE PULL IT OFF NOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN DISCUSSIONS ON THAT AS WE SPEAK.

EMAILS WERE SENT OUT JUST LAST WEEK AND THEN IN THE NORTH CENTRAL AREA WHERE MANTUA PARKWAY, WHICH THEN PREVIOUSLY CURVED DOWN AND BECAME COUNTY ROAD 371, THERE WAS A LARGE S-CURVE THROUGH THAT AREA AND THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT PROBLEMATIC.

WE STAFF HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO ACTUALLY STRAIGHTEN THOSE TWO OUT.

IT WILL RESULT IN MANTUA PARKWAY, NOT CONNECTING ALL THE WAY STRAIGHT TO FIVE.

BUT WE HAVE TWO MAJOR COLLECTOR ROADS THAT WOULD FUNCTION AS NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIONS TO TO GET THAT DONE.

AND WE FEEL LIKE OVERALL THAT ACTUALLY WILL WORK BETTER FROM A FUNCTIONAL STANDPOINT.

IT DOES RESULT, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE COMING FROM FIVE AND SOME ADDITIONAL TURNING MOVEMENTS.

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BUT THE REALITY IS WHEN WE LOOK AT LAND USE AND A BIG SWEEPING S-CURVE THROUGH THERE AND YOU HAVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THAT ROAD, THERE'S JUST THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS WITH HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK, HOW THAT WAS GOING TO FUNCTION WITH DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE.

OVER FURTHER TO THE EAST, WHERE 455 HAS A LARGE S-CURVE IN IT GOING DOWN AND FINDLAY ACTUALLY TIES IN. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE HOW THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE.

IT ACTUALLY SHOWED FINDLAY COMING IN STRAIGHT ACROSS EAST WEST, WHICH CREATED A REALLY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.

SO WE'VE WE'RE NOW SHOWING FINDLAY TO CURVE UP SO THAT WE CAN GET AT LEAST CLOSE TO A 90 DEGREE INTERSECTION TO MAKE IT A LOT SAFER SO THAT WHEN FOLKS ARE PULLING UP TO AN INTERSECTION LIKE THAT, THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO LOOK BACK OVER THEIR SHOULDER AT TRAFFIC COMING AT THEM.

THAT WAS A CONCERN THERE.

IN THE FAR SOUTH EAST AREA THERE WAS ALSO A MODIFICATION WHERE 455 AND 121 COMES TOGETHER.

AND REALLY THAT WAS BASED ON HOW THE CONNECTION WAS MADE BY TXDOT SO THEY MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

AND WE'RE SIMPLY SHOWING WHAT MAKES SENSE BASED ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BECAUSE WHAT THEY ENDED UP BUILDING WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN INTENDED.

SO I THINK THE MAIN POINT TO TAKE FROM THIS, THOUGH, IS THAT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT.

AND WITH AS FAST AS WE ARE GROWING, I EXPECT THIS TO BE AN ANNUAL PROCESS THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU, MOST LIKELY AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR.

EVERY YEAR AS WE KIND OF FINISH UP OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND WE SEE WHAT ROADWAY PROJECTS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN OR NOT HAPPEN, AND WE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WE'LL BE BRINGING THEM BACK TO YOU.

THE OTHER THING THAT STAFF IS LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD IS WHEN A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN AND THE PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING THAT AS A COMPANION ITEM TO THE ZONING.

AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A STANDALONE ITEM WHERE A LANDOWNER MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT IN MIND, WHAT THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO HANDLE THOSE MOVING FORWARD IS WHEN AN ACTIVE ZONING CASE COMES THROUGH, IT WOULD COME TO YOU, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND FOLLOWING ITEM ON THAT SAME AGENDA WOULD BE THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN UPDATE IF IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THAT PROJECT.

THAT WAY YOU CAN CONSIDER THE ZONING AND YOU CONSIDER THE CONCEPT PLAN AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ENCOMPASSED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THEN YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN SHOULD BE AMENDED.

THAT WAY IT'S TIED TO THE LAND USE INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING LIKE STANDALONE REQUESTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS TO MOVE ROADS AROUND WITHOUT IT BEING PART OF A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO KIND OF PAUSE HERE WITH THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE.

THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:32.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS? NO. OKAY, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:32 AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.

NO QUESTIONS. NO COMMENTS? NO. OKAY, I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 16.

SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER 17 DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE WATER MASTER PLAN AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN APPLICANT CITY OF ANNA, MR. PETERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THIS NEXT ITEM IS FOR BOTH THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.

AND THE WATER MASTER PLAN CHANGES ARE VERY, VERY MINOR.

ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE HAVE CHANGED IS WE'VE MODIFIED SOME OF THE PHASING RELATED TO GRAYSON PUMP STATION AND SHIRLEY PUMP STATION.

THERE'S BEEN SOME VERY, VERY MINOR LINE SIZE CHANGES THROUGHOUT JUST BASED ON DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND THINGS HAPPENING.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE WATER MASTER PLAN DOES NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY ON THE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN, WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE MAKING A CHANGE WHICH STAFF FEELS LIKE IS FOR THE BETTER.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TIED TO THIS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A THERE'S A NEW COLOR IN THE MAP AND IT'S KIND OF IN THE SOUTH, SOUTH, CENTRAL,

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SOUTHEASTERN PORTION IN BETWEEN 5 AND 121.

IT'S KIND OF A LIGHT GREEN.

AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT IS A NEW BASIN CALLED THE STIFF CREEK BASIN.

AND SO IN THE PAST, THIS AREA WAS EITHER SUPPOSED TO FLOW, THE SEWER WAS SUPPOSED TO FLOW SOME OF IT BACK TO THE WEST INTO THE CLEMENT CREEK SYSTEM, AND THEN THE REST OF IT WAS INTENDED TO FLOW ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE EAST TO OUR FUTURE HARRINGTON BRANCH I NFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS PROBABLY MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AWAY IN WORKING WITH SOME OF SOME DEVELOPERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT PROPERTY IN THE AREA AND THEN MEETING WITH THE CITY OF MELISSA MULTIPLE TIMES TO TALK TO THEM.

THERE'S A GENUINE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE A CONNECTION INTO MELISSA'S SYSTEM THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL THEIR STIFF CREEK SEWER TRUNK SEWER LINE.

AND SO THAT'S THAT NORTH SOUTH THAT COMES OUT OF THAT LIGHT GREEN AND GOES DOWN ACROSS 121 AND DOWN INTO MELISSA.

AND SO IN LOOKING AT THAT, IT'S A COST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE SEWER DEMAND THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE IN THAT AREA.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S A TON OF GROWTH DOWN IN THAT THAT AREA.

BASICALLY, YOU HAVE TOWN SQUARE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.

YOU HAVE THE SCHAUBERG AND RANCH PROJECT COMING ONLINE.

THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT DOING PROJECTS DOWN THERE.

AND SO WITH THAT AND WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THOSE SEWER FLOWS, WE'RE GOING TO BE EXCEEDING WHAT CLEMENT CREEK COULD HANDLE.

SO THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION.

IT DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO PUT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TAKES IT CLEAR ACROSS THE CITY.

AND IT ALSO DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO START WORKING ON THAT FAR EASTERN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, IS JUST NOT FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME.

AND SO WE HAVE A VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENT TO THE FAR SOUTH EAST.

IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE FOR THE CITY TO REACH OUT THERE AND TRY TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE OUT IN THAT RURAL AREA.

SO IT WOULD JUST BE TOO SIGNIFICANT OF A BURDEN ON THE FOLKS WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE AND ARE PAYING TAXES AND WATER AND SEWER RATES TODAY.

THE OTHER MAJOR ITEM IS A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THAT WHERE OUR SWEETWATER NEIGHBORHOOD IS.

WE ARE REMOVING THE SWEETWATER LIFT STATION.

IT'S A SMALL SEWER LIFT STATION AND THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH LACHLAN HOLDINGS AND ASHTON WOODS TO BUILD A LARGER REGIONAL SEWER LIFT STATION THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT ON THE LACHLAN HOLDINGS PROPERTY.

WE'RE CALLING IT THE COYOTE MEADOWS LIFT STATION.

AND SO THAT IS GOING TO TAKE THE SWEETWATER LIFT STATION OFFLINE.

IT'LL MOVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE INTO A NEW SUBDIVISION.

IT WILL BE BUILT BY THE DEVELOPER THROUGH AN AGREEMENT.

AND IT NOT ONLY PROVIDES SEWER FOR THOSE TWO DEVELOPMENTS, BUT IT ACTUALLY OPENS UP SOME A LARGER AREA AROUND THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HAVE SANITARY SEWERS.

SO USUALLY WHEN YOU SEE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILT LIKE SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY OUT THERE, YOU SEE DEVELOPMENT PRETTY QUICKLY FOLLOW IT BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY A DESIRABLE LOCATION TO PUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PLANNING AHEAD FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE DEVELOPER NOW TO GET THAT BUILT, TO GIVE US THE CAPACITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THAT AREA.

THOSE ARE REALLY ALL THE UPDATES AT THIS TIME.

I AM PLANNING ON COMING BACK TO YOU ALL IN OCTOBER AFTER OUR BUDGET IS FINALIZED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON OUR CIP PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE WORKING WITH ROSS AND LAUREN ON TO GET ON YOUR AGENDA FOR OCTOBER.

WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT AT THE TAIL END NOW OF KIND OF FINALIZING THE FUNDING AND FIGURING OUT WHICH PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO BUILD.

BUT I'LL BE EXCITED TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE NEEDED THAT ARE STARTING TO COME TO FRUITION.

AGREEMENTS HAVE FINALLY STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

SO IT'LL BE GOOD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THAT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. I SEE YOU HAVE THE LIFT STATIONS HERE.

YOU'VE GOT ON THE WEST SIDE OF 75.

YOU'VE GOT TWO RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

YES. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE EXISTING CAMDEN PARK WITH THE NEW COYOTE MEADOWS COMING IN.

AND THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER APART.

ONE WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE FURTHER APART THAN THEY ARE.

WHY DO THEY WORK IN UNISON THIS WAY OR IS THIS? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO THEY'RE AT 455 AND 75.

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THOSE ARE TWO SMALL EXISTING LIFT STATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

AND EVENTUALLY THE GOAL IS FOR THOSE TO COME OFFLINE COMPLETELY.

SO CURRENTLY THEY'RE THEY ARE THE ONLY WAY THAT THE HANDFUL OF THE YOU HAVE THE QT AND YOU HAVE THE TRUCK STOP THERE THAT'S THOSE ARE SEWERING INTO THAT AND THE CALIBER COLLISION THAT JUST OPENED UP THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SEWERING INTO THAT RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THAT IS LIFTING A LOT OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WILL GO AWAY WHEN THE HURRICANE CREEK LINE B SEWER, WHICH WE JUST FINISHED CONSTRUCTION OF AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ALL COMES ONLINE, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT AREA AND SEWER IT DOWN TO THE SOUTHWEST.

AND SO THOSE WILL COME OFF.

BUT THE REASON THEY'RE SO CLOSE TOGETHER IS BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS QT HAD TO GO IN AND BUILD A SMALL PACKAGE LIFT STATION AND THEN YOU HAVE THE EXISTING ONE THAT THE TRUCK STOP HAD THAT WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO TO HANDLE THE QT, AND I'M SURE COMPETITIVE WISE, THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO HELP QT.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TWO RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER THERE.

OKAY. THAT JUST SEEMED WEIRD.

YES, IT IS KIND OF WEIRD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE WATER ONE? SURE. MASTER PLAN.

SO ALL THE ONES IN RED ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMING ONLINE AT A FUTURE DATE.

THE TOWERS? CORRECT. HOW DID YOU GUYS CALCULATE AT WHAT AND WHEN THESE NEED TO BE COMING ONLINE? LIKE WHAT WAS THE CALCULATION FOR BUILD OUT FOR WHEN YOU NEED TO BRING ON EACH ONE OF THESE WATER TOWERS? SO WHAT WE DID IS WE HAVE A WATER MODEL AND WE RUN TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO MEET TCQ REQUIREMENTS.

SO IT'S WE LOOK AT THE THE REQUIREMENT FOR ELEVATED STORAGE VERSUS PUMPING CAPACITY WITH GROUND STORAGE.

AND WE RUN THOSE TWO SCENARIOS TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE AT A GIVEN GROWTH.

SO NOW WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, THOUGH, IS AS YOU GET OUT FURTHER TO THE EAST, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED AS MANY WATER TOWERS OVER TO THE WEST AS WE ACTUALLY NEED TO THE EAST.

BUT THE THE REALITY FOR US RIGHT NOW IS, IS THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR TCQ REQUIREMENTS WITH PUMPING CAPACITY.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ELEVATED.

WE JUST HAVE THE ONE HACKBERRY TOWER, BUT THE LIFT STATION OR THE PUMP STATION UPGRADES WE MADE AT THE COLUMN PUMP STATION DOWN AT FIVE.

AND THE OUTER LOOP THIS PAST YEAR IS REALLY HOW WE'RE MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESSURE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT WITH OUR TOPOGRAPHY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING GENERALLY SLOPES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD PRESSURE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE EXCEEDINGLY HIGH PRESSURE IN SOME AREAS WHERE WE DO HAVE PRVS ON A LOT OF YOUR WATER METERS.

SO WE HAVE PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES, YOU KNOW, AT THE METER TO REDUCE THAT THAT PRESSURE BEFORE IT GETS INTO YOUR HOME BECAUSE WE HAVE AREAS THAT ARE OVER 100 PSI. AND SO WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

BUT FOR US, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE ELEVATED STORAGE.

IT'S GOING TO BE MEETING TCQS THEORETICAL REQUIREMENTS, EVEN THOUGH FOR US, TYPICALLY WE DON'T HAVE PRESSURE PROBLEMS. MY BIGGEST CONCERN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IS GOING TO BE STORAGE VOLUME, WHICH IS WHY ONE OF AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING A $4 MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK DOWN AT THE COLLIN PUMP STATION.

AND REALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT'S TO KNOCK THE PEAK DEMAND OFF SO THAT WE CAN HANDLE DEMAND THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

BECAUSE EVEN WITH OUR WELL SYSTEM THAT CAME ONLINE, THAT INCREASED OUR CAPACITY UP 18 ALMOST 20%, WE'RE STILL IN [INAUDIBLE].

LET'S ME KNOW ABOUT IT.

WE'RE WE'RE SUCKING EVERYTHING THAT THEY SEND UP OUT OF MCKINNEY BECAUSE OF ALL OF OUR GROWTH.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH [INAUDIBLE] TO TRY TO BUILD MORE AND MORE CAPACITY FROM THEM.

BUT THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN.

I THINK IN THE FUTURE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS WE'LL PROBABLY BUILD THAT ELEVATED TOWER AT 75 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ON THE WEST SIDE OF 75.

WE'LL PROBABLY BUILD THAT AND NEED TO BUILD THAT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

BUT MORE OF OUR MONEY IS GOING TO BE PUT INTO PUMPING AND GROUND STORAGE TO MEET THE MEET THE TCQ GUIDELINES.

SO I KNOW WE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WE CHARGE IMPACT FEES.

ARE WE GOING TO SEE ANY INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE IMPACT FEES? AND IF SO, HOW FAR OUT ARE WE FROM SEEING THAT? SURE. SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO WE JUST DID A WATER SEWER AND ROADWAY IMPACT FEE UPDATE LAST YEAR.

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SO TYPICALLY IT'S IT'S AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, THIS ACTUALLY IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS IS TYPICALLY WHAT YOU REVIEW THEM BASED ON STATE LAW, I ESTIMATE WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK BEFORE YOU SOONER THAN THAT WITH GROWTH AND THE COMBINATION OF JUST THE VOLATILITY OF COSTS, WE REALLY NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF MAKING SURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT IS PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I THINK OUR COUNSEL HAS IDENTIFIED THAT AS A GOAL OF THEIRS TO HAVE GROWTH PAY FOR GROWTH.

SO WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, TIED TO THE COSTS OF PROVIDING ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEN ALSO TIED TO REALLY THE DEMAND AND THE GROWTH.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HOW BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THE THEORETICAL NUMBER IS THAT WE CAN CHARGE, AND WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE LAST YEAR, WE COULD WE COULD CHARGE OVER $30,000 PER HOUSE IN IMPACT FEES BASED ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED, BASED ON THE COST OF ALL THE PROJECTS.

BUT THERE'S A LINE THERE WHERE YOU SAY, OKAY, NOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY DEVELOPMENT IF YOU GO SO OUTSIDE OF THE NORM.

AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AROUND TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE'RE BASICALLY DEAD IN LINE WITH [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHER ONES.

SO PART OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WILL BE KIND OF DOING A COMPARISON.

NOT ALL CITIES CHARGE IMPACT FEES, SO EVERY CITY KIND OF HANDLES THEIR OWN SITUATION DIFFERENT.

BUT FOR US IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL BECAUSE IF WE DID NOT CHARGE IMPACT FEES, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO BUILD WITHOUT ISSUING A LOT OF DEBT ON THE BACKS OF THE FOLKS WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE.

SO BUT I EXPECT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T DO IT THIS YEAR.

I EXPECT NEXT BUDGET YEAR, IT'LL BE A STRONG CONSIDERATION.

AND SO IT MAY BE IN EVERY OTHER YEAR THING UNTIL PRICES KIND OF FLATLINE OR DEVELOPMENT FLATTENS OUT A LITTLE BIT.

I SAW THAT YALL CHARGE IMPACT FEES.

I COME FROM A CITY THAT DOESN'T IT'S AN OLDER CITY BUT I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY IT HASN'T INCREASED.

SO I WAS WONDERING WHEN Y'ALL WERE GOING TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF IT TO RAISE THAT COST.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I SEE THE TOWERS IN RED ARE NUMBERED.

THE TWO ON THE WEST SIDE, ONE AND TWO, AND THEN BACK ON THE EAST SIDE THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN.

IS THAT THE NUMERICAL ORDER THAT THEY WOULD BE BUILT? GENERALLY, YES.

THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS KIND OF IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE BASED ON WHAT THE WATER MODEL THAT WE DEVELOPED SHOWS. SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT WILL DICTATE SOME OF THAT.

LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE SOME VERY LARGE DIAMETER WATER LINES ON HERE, SOME 24 INCH WATER MAIN, SOME 36 INCH WATER MAINS.

AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S PROBABLY USED TO DEALING WITH LINES THAT SIZE.

IN PLANO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE STUFF THAT BIG HERE RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO WATER LINES.

SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IS IS WORKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO REALLY HAVE A DEVELOPER BUILD A 36 INCH WATER LINE TODAY BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER AGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE DICTATED BY DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT IS THE BEST CHOICE LONG TERM FINANCIALLY FOR THE CITY? DO WE PARTNER WITH THE DEVELOPER AND HAVE THEM OVERSIZE IT? SOME GO ALL THE WAY TO THE 36.

THOSE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

AND YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO USE JUDGMENT AND DO THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN TO MAKE THOSE PREDICTIONS ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOPE. OKAY.

I WILL MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR NUMBER SEVEN.

ITEM NUMBER 17.

I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

ALL RIGHT I WILL MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT AT WELL, I WILL MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:49 P.M..

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THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.