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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 6TH, 2023.

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

IT IS NOW 6 P.M..

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

WE ARE MISSING COMMISSIONER CLEMENS AND COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

WE DO HAVE QUORUM.

I WILL OPEN THE MEETING AT 6 P.M..

COMMISSIONER BLANSCET, WILL YOU DO THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU.

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL FALL WEATHER THAT WE HAVE, LORD, AS WE HEAD INTO THIS SEASON OF THANKSGIVING.

LORD, LET US ALL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TIME AND REFLECT ON WHAT ALL WE'RE THANKFUL FOR.

LORD, WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY AND A STATE AND A CITY WHERE WE ARE, OUR FREEDOMS ARE ARE BOUNDLESS.

FATHER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, LORD, WE, BUT LET US ALL TAKE TIME TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE FAMILY THAT WE HAVE, THE JOBS WE HAVE, THE FRIENDS WE HAVE, AND JUST THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.

LORD, LET US MAKE DECISIONS TONIGHT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLANSCET.

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

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? NOW I WILL CLOSE ITEM THREE AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS.

[Consent Items]

DOES ANY COMMISSIONER WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO. I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS FIVE THROUGH 14.

I SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.

UNANIMOUS. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15.

[Items for Individual Consideration]

CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACTION ON THE CEDAR RIDGE ESTATES PHASE TWO PRELIMINARY PLAT.

APPLICANT IS SAGINAW, 106 LTD.

MISS. MECKE. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN BETWEEN THE SWEETWATER CROSSING, CAMDEN PARK AND PHASE ONE OF OF CEDAR RIDGE ESTATES.

IT IS A UNIQUE SHAPED PROPERTY AND THEREFORE THEY HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WITH DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY.

THE FIRST CHALLENGE IS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER FROM THE NEW MINIMUM CUL DE SAC LENGTH OF 400FT.

WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS 356FT, 44FT SHORT OF THE MINIMUM 400FT.

THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR MINIMUM LOT DEPTH AND MINIMUM LOT AREA FOR SEVERAL LOTS.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO APPROVE VARIANCES UNLESS THE PART OF A ZONING REQUEST THAT THEY COULD MODIFY THEIR ZONING.

SO THIS HAS GONE BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEY TABLED THE REQUEST TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER TO SEE IF THEY COULD MODIFY THE AREA OF SOME OF THE LOTS. IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE WAIVER REQUEST.

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, GRANTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A REDUCED LOT DEPTH AND REDUCED LOT AREA, AND ADDITIONS IN OR ALTERATIONS TO THE ENGINEERING PLANS AS REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING FOR US TO DO OTHER THAN APPROVE.

TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 15.

I SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 333-2021 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER

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323-2007 ON 205 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE TRACTS OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST, AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF LEONARD AVENUE, WHICH IS COUNTY ROAD 422, AND EAST FOSTER CROSSING, WHICH IS COUNTY ROAD 421.

I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:05 P.M..

MISS MACKEY.

MADE IT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU.

SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A ZONING AMENDMENT.

THIS IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 2007.

AND THEN IN 2021, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME BACK TO ADJUST THEIR ZONING DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF SO MANY CHANGES THAT HAD HAPPENED BETWEEN 2007 AND 2021.

AND SO NOW THEY ARE COMING BACK BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE BEFORE THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD AND THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD ONLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ONE OF THE PARK PROPERTIES THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING.

AND IN THE STIPULATIONS IN 2021, WE WERE VERY STRICT ON YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO PARKS, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE NEED TO OPEN UP THE ZONING AND MODIFY THAT.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE BEFORE YOU, THEY HAVE THE PARKLAND ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO SHIFT THE TOWNHOME LOTS, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, ATTACHED TO THE EAST, AND THEN HAVE COMMERCIAL ON THAT HARD CORNER.

ADDITIONALLY, PART OF THE REASON WHY THE PARK'S ADVISORY BOARD DID NOT WANT THE SOUTHERN PIECE IS BECAUSE JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PROJECT, THERE'S A VERY LARGE PARK PROPERTY THAT THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR.

ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE ZONING IS INCREASES IN THE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, WITH ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AND TREE REQUIREMENTS IF ADJACENT TO THE TOWNHOMES.

UPDATES TO THE LANGUAGE TO MATCH OUR RECENTLY ADOPTED ZONING ORDINANCE, SUCH AS THE TOWNHOME DISTRICT CHANGED FROM SFTH TO MD, INCLUDES THE STIPULATIONS FOR THE BIKE AND HIKE TRAIL TO MATCH WHAT HOLT CAT DID ON THEIR PROJECT, AND THEN THEY'RE REQUESTING THE CUL DE SAC LENGTH TO BE INCREASED JUST 50FT.

ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, THE CONCEPT PLAN FROM 2021 IS TECHNICALLY EXPIRED, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A NEW CONCEPT PLAN ANYWAYS.

AND THEN AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, THEY ARE EARLIER IN YOUR PACKET, THERE WAS A FINAL PLAT FOR LEONARD AVENUE EXTENSION AND IT WILL BE PART OF THE CIP PROJECT, WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER IS PARTICIPATING IN SO THAT LEONARD AVENUE CAN BE EXTENDED TO COLLIN COUNTY OUTER LOOP PRIOR TO ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

IF THE COMMISSION VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE ZONING REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED WITHIN STAFF'S REPORT.

WE DID RECEIVE FOUR LETTERS, AND I'M SORRY, SIX LETTERS IN OPPOSITION TODAY.

IN. THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM.

DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? LAUREN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE WHERE IT'S THE PARK APPROVED SITE? THIS ONE OR THE PREVIOUS ONE? WHAT ARE THEY PUTTING IN BLOCK E ON THE FAR RIGHT CORNER? IN BLOCK ON THE FAR RIGHT.

YOU MEAN IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER? SO THAT PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PROJECTS, POTENTIALLY A FIRE STATION.

LAWS ARE VERY STRICT ABOUT IF A PROPERTY IS DEDICATED TO PARKS, THAT IT HAS TO BE FOR PARKS, SO THAT DEVELOPER SPECIFICALLY CUT OUT A SMALLER TRACK FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN THE FUTURE.

CAN YOU GO FORWARD THERE? ON THE LEFT, THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

AT THE BOTTOM YOU'VE GOT C TWO 19.4 ACRES.

BUT WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING, WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED IS 21.5 ACRES FOR THAT.

AND THE MULTIFAMILY IS BEING REDUCED FROM 31.8 ACRES TO 26.2, WITH THE ADDITION OF C TWO IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER FACING LEONARD AVENUE.

ARE THOSE REDUCTIONS CORRECT? OKAY. INCREASE FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND REDUCTION OF THE MULTIFAMILY LAND.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND I NOTICED THAT THE AMENITY CENTER THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, IT DISAPPEARED.

SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THE PHASE ONE BUILT THEIR OWN AMENITY CENTER, AND PHASES TWO AND THREE WILL NOT BE PART OF THE SAME HOA.

AND SO WHEN THEY WERE REDESIGNING IT, THAT'S WHY THE LANGUAGE, THE STIPULATIONS SPEAKS ABOUT THE AMENITY CENTER HAS TO BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH

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PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE.

SO THEY INCREASED THE SIZE WITHIN THE TOWNHOME SECTION OF THAT AMENITY CENTER.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JASON STEFFEN.

I'M WITH LJ ENGINEERING 6060 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 400, DALLAS, TEXAS 75206. IT'S THERE.

YES. EXCUSE ME ON THAT.

JUST REPRESENTING HARLAND PROPERTIES.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO ON THE UPDATED ZONING.

AND ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

THOMAS MUIR, OUR WITH OUR OFFICE AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IF SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY AND..

CAN YOU SAY WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS BEING CHANGED? AS FAR AS? UM, AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING, FOR INSTANCE.

AS FAR AS SO ALL THE LANDSCAPING IN THE SINGLE FAMILY, ALL THE LANDSCAPING IS GOING TO MATCH WHAT'S IN THE BASE, WHAT IS REQUIRED PER THE BASE ZONING, SHOULD THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IN THE ZONING THAT SHOULD THE C-2 ADJACENT TO THE OUTER LOOP AND THE MULTIFAMILY GO TO INDUSTRIAL, ADDITIONAL BUFFER AND LANDSCAPING WILL BE REQUIRED.

AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ADJACENT TO THE MIXED DENSITY USE.

SO SPECIFICALLY UP IN THAT AREA, I THINK WE WERE GOING TO PUT A.

20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH 25 FOOT OR 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH CANOPY TREES STAGGERED EVERY 25FT, OR EVERGREEN SHRUBS EVERY COUPLE FEET, ALONG WITH CANOPY TREES EVERY 50FT.

SO THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE INCREASED LANDSCAPE BUFFERING BE REQUIRED IF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL GOES TO INDUSTRIAL.

OTHERWISE WE'RE GENERALLY MATCHING WHATEVER.

YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE MULTIFAMILY SECTION THAT IT'S REDUCING FROM 60 TO 20.

THAT'S STILL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

TYPICALLY, WHEN NON COMMERCIAL OR MULTIFAMILY IS ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY USES, INCLUDING TOWNHOMES, IT'S A TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

SO THIS IS INCREASED.

IT IS INCREASED FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED FOR THE TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT IN ANNA.

UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, IT'S 60FT, BUT THAT'S BASED OFF OF THE OLD ZONING CODE.

THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A 60 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK, AND IT WAS WRITTEN AS A VEGETATIVE BUFFER IN THE 2021 ZONING.

AND SO WE REDUCED THAT TO 20 INSTEAD OF TEN AS ADDITIONAL.

OKAY, CAN YOU GIVE US A MINUTE SO WE CAN READ THESE EMAILS? CAN I ASK A QUESTION TOO? SURE.

GO AHEAD. SO I APOLOGIZE IF THIS WAS ALREADY BROUGHT UP.

IS THIS GOING TO BE PART OF THE ANNA RANCH HOA? YES, IT WILL BE PART OF THE EITHER PART OF THE ANNA RANCH.

WELL, NO, WHEN NOT PHASE ONE HOA, I TAKE THAT BACK.

THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY BRIGHT LAND HOMES.

IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN HOA.

THIS WILL HAVE, IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

YEAH. AND THEN ON.

YES. IT'S LEONARD.

RIGHT. IS LEONARD THE [INAUDIBLE] CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE THAT ROAD, THAT AREA IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S CORRECT, THE..

IT'S A TWO LANE. IS IT BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A FOUR LANE? IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY ADJACENT TO PHASE TWO.

FROM PHASE ONE OF ANNA RANCH DOWN TO EAST FOSTER CROSSING THE WEST SIDE OF LEONARD AVENUE HAS BEEN EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO EAST FOSTER CROSSING. WHEN WE DO PHASE TWO, WE WILL DO THE EAST SIDE AND EXTEND THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EAST FOSTER CROSSING.

NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT CURRENTLY, LEONARD GOES TO FOSTER CROSSING CORRECT? BUT I BELIEVE IT'S A TWO LANE.

IT'S WEIRD RIGHT THERE. IT'S LIKE A LITTLE ZIG ZAG.

I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OFFICIAL ENGINEERING TERM OF THAT IS, BUT ARE THEY WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THAT? SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT HE WAS EXPLAINING.

PHASE TWO IS THE YELLOW LOTS.

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SO THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT THE ADDITIONAL TWO LANES.

AND THEN SOUTH OF FOSTER CROSSING IS A CIP PROJECT.

AND THAT WILL PROBABLY BEGIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE, VERY NEAR FUTURE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE OUTER LOOP.

THEY'RE GOING TO EXTEND LEONARD TO THE OUTER LOOP.

YEAH. TYPICALLY THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS WHENEVER DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD THEIR FRONTAGE OF A NEW ROAD.

AND IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROAD TO GET DOWN TO THE OUTER LOOP, WE BUMPED IT UP AS A PRIORITY RATHER THAN WAITING ON THE INDUSTRIAL OR THE MULTIFAMILY OR THE COMMERCIAL TO DEVELOP.

SO THAT KIND OF BRINGS UP SOMETHING ELSE.

I'M SORRY, I'M KIND OF GETTING OUTSIDE OF MY REALM HERE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO END UP BEING A PRETTY BUSY INTERSECTION.

YES. AND WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.

IS THERE PLANS FOR I MEAN, IS THERE PLANS SIGNAL WISE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS? I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE AT CAPACITY, THAT ELEMENTARY IS ALREADY AT CAPACITY.

A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE NEED TO DO WARRANT STUDIES TO SEE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS GOING THROUGH THIS AREA.

SO AT A MINIMUM, IT'S GOING TO BE A FOUR WAY STOP.

HOWEVER, THEN IT'S BASED UPON TRAFFIC, HOW FAST THAT AREA DEVELOPS AND IF IT IS WARRANTED FOR A SIGNAL.

AND HOW FAR OUT IS THAT? AGAIN, IT'S BASED UPON CONSTRUCTION AND TRAFFIC COUNT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE [INAUDIBLE] ANNA RANCH BEING DEVELOPED.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BEING DEVELOPED.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL AGAIN.

YES, OF COURSE THEY'RE CONTINUOUSLY BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BUSIER THAN IT IS NOW.

THE ENTIRE CITY IS GOING TO BE A LOT BUSIER.

I GET IT. YEAH.

I GOT A QUESTION ON OH WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

DO WE KNOW WHAT C TIER IS GOING TO BE BY ANY CHANCE? NO WE DON'T. WE DON'T AT THIS TIME.

SO IT COULD BE LIKE A LITTLE STRIP MALL TYPE THING.

YEAH. MORE OR LESS. PIZZA OR WHATEVER.

YEAH. A LITTLE, LITTLE STRIP MALL FOR RETAIL USES.

IT COULD BE AN OFFICE ENTERTAINMENT.

OKAY, THANKS.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONSENSUS OF THESE IS LOWERING THE BUFFER.

BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE MULTI-FAMILY.

THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED WERE IN REGARDS TO REDUCING THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER FROM 60FT TO 20FT, AS WELL AS THE FENCING ALONG LEONARD AVENUE FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY, BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS TEN FEET.

THE REQUIREMENT IS TEN FEET TYPICALLY, SO 20FT IS STILL BEING GENEROUS.

WHERE DID THE 60FT COME FROM? THE WAY THAT WHAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED IS ACTUALLY UNIQUE.

THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT THE TOWNHOMES HAVE A TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT WOULD HAVE ONE TREE PER 40 LINEAR FEET, AND THEN IF DEVELOPED AS MULTIFAMILY, THEY WOULD HAVE A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT ALSO HAS ONE TREE PER 40 LINEAR FEET.

RIGHT NOW, IF OUTSIDE OF ANNA RANCH, IF THIS WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WOULD BE ANY COMMERCIAL PROJECT.

MULTIFAMILY WOULD REQUIRE A TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH ONE TREE PER 40 LINEAR FEET.

AND WHAT WITH THE FENCING.

THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS IN THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT THE WOOD FENCING ALONG LEONARD AVENUE.

THAT IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED IN THE 2021 PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.

THERE WAS COMMENTS IN THOSE LETTERS YOU RECEIVED THAT THEY WERE WANTING MASONRY WALLS, WHICH IS THE TYPICAL REQUIREMENT.

WOULD YOU BE OPPOSED TO DOING MASONRY WALLS THERE? I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ON THAT.

LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IT'S VERY MUCH SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WAS THERE.

SO WHEN THE INITIAL ZONING CAME IN, IF YOU LOOK AT ANNA TOWN SQUARE, MOST OF THE SCREENING ALONG THESE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WERE WROUGHT IRON FENCING.

SO AT THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS BEING RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE, YOU KNOW, WE FELT AS IF WE WANTED TO KEEP IT MORE OF A RURAL SETTING.

AND SO THEREFORE, RATHER THAN THROWING UP MASONRY WALLS, THAT WOULD THEN JUST TRANSITION TO WROUGHT IRON FENCING, THAT WE WOULD DO, YOU KNOW, BOARD ON BOARD WITH MASONRY COLUMNS.

BUT THEN THE APPLICANT, WOULD THAT REQUEST INCREASE THE BUFFER WHERE TYPICALLY WE REQUIRE A AT THE TIME IT WAS ONLY A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

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AND SO IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE SCREENING TO OFFSET THE WOOD REQUIREMENT OR THE WOOD REQUEST THAT THEY WERE ASKING AT THAT TIME.

AND AGAIN, THAT 60 FOOT AND A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.

SO THAT 60 FOOT BUFFERING BEFORE THAT WAS RELATED TO A BUILDING SETBACK, AND THAT WAS FOR ANY STRUCTURE THAT WAS OVER.

ONE STORY REQUIRED A 60 FOOT SETBACK.

AND THIS WAS FOR THE MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT WAS ANTIQUATED ZONING.

THAT'S WHEN MULTIFAMILY WAS ONLY THOUGHT OF BEING TWO STORY BUILDING WHERE HERE THESE ARE GOING TO BE LARGER THAN TWO STORY BUILDINGS WHERE CURRENTLY WE JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED A STEP BACK REQUIREMENT.

SO ANY TIME A STRUCTURE GOES OVER TWO STORIES, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO EVEN INCREASE THAT BUILDING SETBACK EVEN FURTHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SETBACK.

ANY TIME THAT YOU HAVE A MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE THAT'S NEXT TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, IF IT'S OVER TWO STORIES AND AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS INCREASING THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. AND AS WELL THE SINGLE FAMILY WILL HAVE ONE AS WELL.

SO THE MULTIFAMILY THAT'S HERE, THAT'S BEING REDUCED FROM 31.8 ACRES TO 26.2.

IF THEY DECIDE TO PUT A FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDING THERE NEAR THOSE TOWNHOMES, WHAT WOULD THE BUFFER BE? 70FT. OKAY.

AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE BUILDING SETBACK ITSELF.

SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A CONCEPT TO DO A BOARD ON BOARD FENCE.

IS THIS DEVELOPER GOING TO DO A BOARD ON BOARD? SO ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE? YES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE WOOD FENCING WITH MASONRY COLUMNS, I BELIEVE, ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.

AND THIS WOULD BE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.

I DON'T BELIEVE I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REGULATIONS IF THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE OUTER LOOP OR NOT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES.

I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST FOR AS RELATED TO THE SINGLE FAMILY.

TYPICALLY YOU DON'T PUT UP BORDER FENCING WHEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING REQUIRED FOR MULTIFAMILY.

JUST READING THESE LETTERS, THEY MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE HOUSING IS NOT EVEN GETTING THAT.

SO. CORRECT, BUT AGAIN, WHEN THIS INITIAL ZONING CAME IN, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE CREATING THOSE ADDITIONAL BUFFERS TO PRESERVE THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM, YOU KNOW, LEONARD, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE 120 FOOT ROADWAY AND LEONARD WILL BE BUT EAST FOSTER CROSSING, THAT'S AN 80 FOOT.

THAT'S NOT A DIVIDED ROW.

IT WILL BE A FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY.

OKAY, ROSS HAD A QUESTION.

SO IN BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE MULTI FAMILY.

WHAT? ALL IS IN THERE.

SO ANY TIME THAT YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY, THEY ARE REQUIRED.

AND THIS WILL BE SHOWN DURING TYPICALLY WHEN WE GET THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF BUFFERING.

AND SO WE NOW OFFER FOR BEFORE IT USED TO BE MASONRY EVERYWHERE.

THROW UP A MASONRY WALL WHERE NOW WE GAVE AN OPTION WHERE IT CAN EITHER BE MASONRY.

IT CAN BE JUST IRRIGATED LIVING SCREEN THAT HAS TO BE DENSE.

IT CAN BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH.

IT CAN BE WROUGHT IRON IN IN MASONRY, EXCUSE ME, WROUGHT IRON IN IRRIGATION AS WELL AS IT COULD BE BOARD ON BOARD IN IN IN IRRIGATED LIVING SCREEN.

SO THERE'S FOUR OPTIONS THAT ARE THERE.

SO THEY'LL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THEM SOME TYPE OF VISUAL BARRIER.

BUT THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM THAT.

YES. YES MA'AM OKAY.

AND THEN WHAT IS THE THE DISTANCE THAT HAS TO.

SO AS IT RELATES TO THE SINGLE FAMILY TYPICALLY YOU HAVE A 20 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK.

SO FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY BUT FOR THE MULTIFAMILY ALL DEPENDS THE SIZE OF THE THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.

SO AGAIN I THINK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A THREE STORY PRODUCT.

AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

SO IT WILL BE 60.

AND DID YOU DO 60FT.

DO YOU KNOW IT'S 74 FOUR FOOT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE FOR THREE.

I'D HAVE TO DO THAT CALCULATION.

WOULD BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. IT WOULD BE 25, IF IT'S A THREE STORY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? NO. OKAY.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:24 P.M.

AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OR CONCERNS? NO. IS THERE A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16? A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES, UNANIMOUS.

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ITEM NUMBER 17, CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACTION ON THE ANNA RANCH, PHASES TWO AND THREE.

COMMERCIAL. MULTIFAMILY PLUS INDUSTRIAL.

REVISED CONCEPT PLAN.

APPLICANT HARLAN PROPERTIES.

MISS MACKEY.

THIS IS THE REVISED CONCEPT PLAN GOING ALONG WITH THE PREVIOUS ZONING CASE.

RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE ZONING REQUEST.

THIS IS CONTINGENT ON ITEM NUMBER 16, CORRECT? CORRECT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 17? I MOTION FOR..

FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL? APPROVAL, SORRY.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

COMMISSIONER MARTIN, YOU GOT THE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? UNANIMOUS. I WILL MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 6:26 P.M..

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FOR ADJOURNMENT BY COMMISSIONER BLANSCET.

ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES UNANIMOUS.

I WILL CLOSE THE MEETING AT 6:26 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.