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>> ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO ENTER OPEN SESSION AT 6:04.
[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.]
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO ADDRESS ON THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION THIS EVENING? I WILL ADJOURN WORK SESSION AT 6:04 AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR MEETING.WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF ANNA WILL MEET ON 326 AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED 120 WEST SEVEN TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING.
ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE OPINION SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM AND WE WILL GO TO NEIGHBORS COMMENTS HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CALLING ROLL ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL GIVE AN INVOCATION AND FOLLOW WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD, I THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, LORD.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
LORD, I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE INDIVIDUALS UP HERE THIS EVENING AS WE SERVE TOGETHER AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
GOD, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND BLESS THIS GREAT COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN.
[3. Neighbor Comments.]
MOVE ON TO NEIGHBORS COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THIS MEETING THAT'S NOT SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
I DO HAVE SOME SPEAKER FORMS AND IT LOOKS AS IF THEY'RE ALL FOUR NEIGHBORS COMMENTS.
SO AS A REMINDER, WE ALLOW THREE MINUTES FOR SPEAKING AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE UNLESS IT'S A FACTUAL ANSWER TO A QUESTION, WE'RE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE.
FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS LEDON WEBB.
>> HI, THERE. THANK YOU. I'M LEDON WEBB.
I LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 75.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF A RESEARCH PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON CONCERNING THE PERCENTAGES OF MULTIFAMILY HOMES TO POPULATIONS IN CITIES AROUND US.
I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF THE STATISTICS READY TO GO.
I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, BUT I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND POINT OUT THE TWO CITIES THAT I DO HAVE.
THE POPULATION OF FRISCO, AND BY THE WAY, ALL THIS INFORMATION WAS FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITES OR FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY.
FRISCO'S POPULATION IS 236432.
THEY HAVE 25,409 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
IT IS 10% OF THEIR POPULATION.
PLANO, THEIR POPULATION IS 292, 706.
THEY HAVE 44,245 MULTIFAMILY, AND 44,245 MULTI UNIT.
THAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR POPULATION IS 15%.
THE CITY OF ANNA'S POPULATION IS 23,558.
CURRENTLY, THE NUMBERS FOR MULTIFAMILY UNITS, INCLUDING EVERYTHING THAT IS IN PROCESS AND WILL BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR, AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND IS IN THE PIPELINE IS 14,301.
THAT IS 60% OF OUR POPULATION.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING GROWTH.
I DON'T KNOW THE RATE AT WHICH YOU EXPECT TO GROW, BUT MY QUESTION IS AT WHAT POINT, EVEN AT 15% LET'S GO WITH THE HIGHER ONE, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU EXPECT OUR POPULATION TO BE 292,706? WE HAVE WAY TWO MULTIFAMILY UNITS ALREADY APPROVED EITHER IN THE HOPPER OR WAITING TO GO.
I 100% BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING ANY MORE MULTIFAMILY UNITS UNTIL OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN. THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] TERROL COBERTSON.
>> MY NAME IS TERROL COBERTSON.
DO YOU NEED ME TO STATE MY ADDRESS?
>> I LIVE AT 10429 COUNTY ROAD 289, WHERE I HAVE LIVED FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I LIVE IN RURAL AREAS OF ANNA.
I'D LIKE TO PICK UP ON WHAT MRS. WEBB STARTED RECENTLY.
I'VE HAD OCCASION TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND I FOUND IN THE ANNA 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE IS A TABLE THAT SHOWS THAT BY 2050 WE'LL NEED 3,176 MULTI FAMILY UNITS.
AS SHE JUST SHARED WITH YOU, WE'RE ALREADY OVER 14,000 ABOUT OVER THREE TIMES AS MANY AS THE PROJECTED NEED.
THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS TO JUST PLANT A SEED WITH YOU AND ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PLACING A MORATORIUM ON ANY FUTURE PROJECT FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE THAT HAS ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY UNITS IN IT UNTIL THE ADDITIONAL STUDY CAN BE DETERMINED AS TO WHETHER WE ACTUALLY NEED THOSE UNITS OR NOT.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. SEAN SMITH.
>> COMMON THEME HERE. HELLO, MY NAME IS SEAN SMITH, 11089 COUNTY LINE 2, COUNTY ROAD 289.
I'M HERE TO VOICE MY CONCERNS OVER THE NUMBER OF THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, AS IT SEEMS TO BE A THEME.
THE TARGET NUMBER, ONCE AGAIN, WAS THAT 11% WE NOW HAVE OVER THE 10,000 WHICH I WASN'T AWARE IT WAS UP TO 14,000 NOW THAT ARE ONCE AGAIN EITHER AVAILABLE TO BE BUILT OR IN THE PIPELINE.
THE MAP DOESN'T ADD UP, AND I THINK WE JUST HEARD THIS FROM BOTH OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, IS THAT IF WE WERE TO TRY TO GO THROUGH AND DO AN 11% WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND BUILD OVER 90,000 HOUSES IN THIS TOWN, WHICH IS THREE TIMES WHAT IS IN THE 2050 PLAN RIGHT NOW.
SOMETHING IS NOT ADDING UP IN ALL THIS.
NOW THERE'S A CONCEPT PLAN TO GO THROUGH AND ADD MORE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF HURRICANE CREEK WHICH BY NO MEANS IS THERE ANY WAY TO GO THROUGH AND SUSTAIN THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THERE'S LIMITED WATER OUT THERE.
THERE'S NO SEWAGE, THERE'S NO ANNA FIRE, THERE'S NO ANNA POLICE SUPPORT OUT THERE.
THE ROADS OUT THERE ARE IN HORRIBLE SHAPE OR CAN BE IN HORRIBLE SHAPE.
THEY CAN'T SUPPORT LARGE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OR THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
WE ALSO START DEALING WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE OF HOW DO WE GO THROUGH AND GET EMERGENCY SUPPORT OVER TO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHENEVER THERE IS SUCH A PORT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND A RESPONSIBLE CITY, WE REALLY AND TRULY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS BIG PICTURE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE JOBS TO GO THROUGH AND SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS TOWN RIGHT NOW.
A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND COMMUTE MCKINNEY, PLANO, DALLAS.
OUR ROADWAYS TO SUPPORT THIS AND THE SERVICES CAN'T GO THROUGH AND SUPPORT IT.
LOOK AT THE ONCE AGAIN, LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, ALAN MCKENNY, FRISCO, MELISSA ARE ALL ADDING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WHICH IS JUST CONGESTING OUR HIGHWAYS.
IF YOU GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR, EVERYTHING IS BACKING UP AT GEORGE BUSH, AT 121 AT US 380 EXCHANGE.
MELISSA AT 121 AND OF COURSE, OUR FAMOUS 1 455 AND 75 WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO GET THROUGH.
RIGHT NOW DURING THE RUSH HOUR, IT ONLY TAKES ME 40 MINUTES CAN GO THROUGH AND TAKE ME ANYWHERE FROM AN HOUR TO AN HOUR IN 15.
WITH THIS MANY MORE PEOPLE, THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME EXACTLY HOW CAN WE GO THROUGH AND KEEP SUPPORTING THIS.
FOR MULTI-FUND FAMILY HOUSING, TYPICALLY THERE'S TWO PRIMARY REASONS PEOPLE WILL MOVE INTO IT.
COST WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE COST OF THESE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE, NOT THAT INFORMATION AND CONVENIENCE.
WELL, WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THEM OVER HERE ON PALE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM WAY OVER THERE ON THE FAR SIDE OF 75 OFF A 455, THERE IS NO CONVENIENCE.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF RESTAURANTS.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO GET TO 75.
GOES BACK TO WHAT GOOD IS A PLAN IF WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH AND IGNORING IT.
ONCE AGAIN, I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE APPROVAL OF ANY ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, AND WOULD LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PNZ TO GO THROUGH AND ISSUE A MORATORIUM ON THESE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKER FORMS THIS EVENING?
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THE LAST CALL ON NEIGHBORS COMMENTS.WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 4 REPORTS.
[4. Reports.]
RECEIVE REPORTS FROM STAFF OR THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.FIRST IS THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMISSION, FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024 MEETING ACTION.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TAYLOR LAW.
BRINGING FORWARD THE ACTION FROM THE FEBRUARY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION HAS TAKEN ACTION TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE MAYOR TO RECOGNIZE PARTICIPANTS OF THE NEIGHBOR ACADEMY IN A PUBLIC WAY, SUCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THIS WAS AN ITEM FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CELEBRATE ANNA'S NEIGHBORS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN ANNA NEIGHBOR ACADEMY.
WE'LL BRING FORTH SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR WAYS TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO, AT THEIR FEBRUARY MEETING, THE COMMISSION IS WORKING TOWARDS NEXT STEPS FOR RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
THIS IS AN EVENT THAT'S HELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED AND LIKELY AT THEIR APRIL MEETING AND ALSO MOVE TO DISCUSS CELEBRATING MORE ABOUT NEIGHBOR ACADEMY STAFF THAT WORKED ON THAT.
THE COMMISSION DID MEET YESTERDAY.
THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH NO ITEMS FOR ACTION, BUT WILL BE MEETING ON THE FOURTH MONDAY IN APRIL.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD TO SAVE THE DATE FOR THE MULTICULTURAL NIGHT, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT ANNA HIGH SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, MAY 7TH, AT 07:00 PM.
THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANNA IST AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD.
WE HAVE SEVERAL BOOTHS, ABOUT 26 BOOTHS, WITH OVER 15 COUNTRIES BEING REPRESENTED AND ALONG WITH SOME ACTS OF PERFORMANCES.
VERY EXCITED FOR THAT, SO MAY 7TH.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANYTHING IN THE REPORTS? MOVING ON ITEM 5,
[5. Work Session.]
WORK SESSION RECEIVER PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FUTURE ANNA IST BOND ELECTION. I BELIEVE, MR. KAMA.>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.
I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ANNA IST WITH REGARDS TO THE BOND ELECTION THAT WAS CALLED FOR, FOR MAY.
IN JANUARY, THIS PAST JANUARY, OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES CALLED FOR A BOND ELECTION FOR A $100 MILLION MULTIPURPOSE STADIUM TO BE BUILT AT ANNA IST.
THIS IS DONE WITH DISTRICT WIDE, HISTORIC AND LONG RANGE PROJECTIONS AS FAR AS ENROLLMENT AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ASSESS THE CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS.
WE GATHERED FEEDBACK FROM BOND COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS FROM AD MEN AND STAFF MEMBERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DID CALL THE ELECTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 MILLION, AND THE ELECTION DAY IS SET FOR MAY THE 4TH.
THIS IS SIMPLY A RENDERING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR ARCHITECTS.
SOME THINGS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE IMAGE.
THE SEATING CAPACITY IN THE STADIUM IS UP TO 12,000 IT INCLUDES A MULTI-TIERED PRESS BOX.
IT INCLUDES CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. IT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY ROOM WHICH CAN BE USED BY THE PUBLIC, WHICH SEATS UP TO 150 PEOPLE, AS WELL AS CONCESSIONS, RESTROOMS ON BOTH SIDES, BOTH HOME AND VISITORS, AND FOUR LOCKER ROOMS. I GAVE YOU THE SCOPE A LITTLE BIT A FEW SECONDS AGO.
IT ALSO HAS OBVIOUSLY A TURF FIELD WITH MULTIPLE LOCKER ROOMS. IT INCLUDES PARKING THE COMMUNITY ROOM FOR UP TO 150 PEOPLE AND THEN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. AS FAR AS WHAT CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CLASSROOMS WE'RE CONSIDERING PUTTING IN THE STADIUM, THE FIRST IS OUR AUDIO VISUAL TECHNOLOGY.
THIS INCLUDES COYOTE VISION AND BROADCASTING.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT STATIONING SPORTS MEDICINE FOR OUR ATHLETIC TRAINERS, HEALTH SCIENCE CLASSES, WHICH WE HOPE TO PROVIDE SOME ROTATION FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IN THOSE PROGRAMS, GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND ULTIMATELY IT WILL ALLOW US TO ADD CULINARY ARTS TO OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY ROOM, WHICH WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN.
THE COMMUNITY ROOM ITSELF WILL BE BANQUET STYLE CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING UP TO 150 PEOPLE.
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY UTILIZING THIS FACILITY, MUCH LIKE THEY UTILIZE THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT CURRENTLY.
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WE'VE GOT THE QUESTION WHY DISTRICT WIDE STADIUM? WE JUST RENOVATED COYOTE STADIUM.WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE THIS BOND IS NOT TO REPLACE COYOTE STADIUM.
WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING AWAY WITH OR REPLACING COYOTE STADIUM.
BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THAT'S GOING ON IN ANNA IST AND IN THE CITY OF ANNA, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE A ONE HIGH SCHOOL TOWN.
WE PROJECT, IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IT WILL BE UPWARDS OF 10-12-14,000 STUDENTS.
THEREFORE, ONE HIGH SCHOOL MODEL WILL NOT WORK FOR ANNA IST.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS STADIUM BEING CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING UP TO FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, EIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND 16 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THIS APPROACH ELIMINATES THE NECESSITY TO BUILD OR REPLICATE COYOTE STADIUM AT EACH ADDITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.
AS MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD, WE'VE RECENTLY BEEN TOLD WE'RE NOW 5-A.
WE WERE REALIGNED IN FEBRUARY AND WE'RE MOVING INTO A 5- A DISTRICT.
5-A SCHOOLS HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF BETWEEN 1,315 AND 2,274 STUDENTS.
THESE SCHOOLS TYPICALLY HAVE BANDS WITH TWO TO 300 MEMBERS AND DRILL TEAMS WITH 40 TO 60 MEMBERS.
CURRENTLY, COYOTE STADIUM WILL SEAT 4,600 TOTAL, WITH 1,600 ON THE VISITOR SIDE.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE ALIGNMENT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STADIUM COMPARISONS FOR THE DISTRICT FOR DISTRICTS 3 AND 4 WHICH ARE OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBORS, I"LL MOVE TO THAT.
YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS PROPOSAL, OUR STADIUM WOULD SEE 12,000.
DENISON IS THE ONLY OTHER SCHOOL REMOTELY CLOSE TO US WITH 5,000.
THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT, THE FRISCO SCHOOLS PLAY IN KIRKENDALL STADIUM, THE STAR AND TOYOTA STADIUM, WHICH SEE 9,000-20,000.
SO AS WE GET LARGER, EVEN WITH ONE HIGH SCHOOL, THE NECESSITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH OUR STADIUM IS THERE.
BUT HOWEVER, WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THAT DOES COME AT A COST.
WE'VE LISTED SOME OF THE STADIUM COST HERE.
ONE THING THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO NOTE IS THAT THE STADIUM COST IS A DIRECT RESULT OF INFLATION.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE SEEN DOUBLE DIGIT GAINS IN INFLATIONARY COST IN CONSTRUCTION IN OUR DISTRICT ALONE.
I'VE ALSO GOT THE QUESTION, IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT COYOTE STADIUM? THE ANSWER TO THAT SIMPLY IS NO.
SO THERE'S NO ROOM TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING.
THERE'S NO ROOM TO GO UPWARD OR ADD ADDITIONAL STANDS, OTHER THAN POTENTIALLY ON THE ENDS OF THE VISITOR SIDE, WHICH WOULD STRETCH THE CROWD OUT TOWARD THE END ZONE.
OUR ENROLLMENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AT SNAPSHOT THIS YEAR WE WERE AT 5,398.
I CAN TELL YOU CURRENTLY AS OF LAST WEEK, WE'RE AT 5,586.
WE'RE ON OUR WAY POTENTIALLY TO 9,000 BY 2029 AND 14,000 BY 2033/2034.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS FORECAST TO ADD 1,200 NEW HOMES ANNUALLY FOR THE NEXT TWO TO FIVE YEARS.
IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHEN A NEW HOME HITS THE GROUND, WE USE 0.65 MULTIPLIER TO TELL US HOW MANY KIDS WE'RE GOING TO GET IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF THAT.
WE WORK WITH DEMOGRAPHERS TO FORECAST THOSE NUMBERS.
NEW HOME RANKINGS. THIS IS, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HERE AT THE CITY.
THE ONE THING THAT I POINT OUT TO ALL OF OUR GROUPS WITH THIS, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE AT NUMBER 17 AND MELISSA'S NUMBER 16.
THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL STARTS AND CLOSINGS ARE VERY SIMILAR ALONG WITH THE INVENTORY.
THE VAST DIFFERENCE COMES IN THE VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS AND ALSO THE FUTURE LOTS, WHICH WE HAVE 10,355 AS OPPOSED TO MELISSA'S 2,961.
WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, HOW CAN YOU PAY FOR A STADIUM LIKE THIS OR ANY FACILITY WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE? THAT'S REALLY A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER.
OUR TAX RATE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO HALVES.
WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SIDE OF THE TAX NOTE, WHICH IS USED TO TAKE CARE OF DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS SUCH AS SALARIES, UTILITIES, SUPPLIES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, REPAIRS, FUEL.
MUCH LIKE ANY OF US OPERATE A PERSONAL BUDGET, ON THE INTERESTING SEEKING SIDE, IT'S MORE LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL PAYING FOR A MORTGAGE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE BORROW MONEY AND PAY BACK OVER TIME.
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OUR TAX RATE IN ANNA IST HAS CONSISTENTLY DECLINED IN THE SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT, BEGINNING IN 2018/2019, WHERE OUR TOTAL TAX RATE WAS $1.67.NOW, CURRENTLY IN 2023/2024, OUR TAX RATE IS AT 1.25750.
WE'VE DROPPED $0.42 IN SIX YEARS.
THAT IS INCLUDING TAKING ON DEBT FROM A $793,000,000 PROPOSITION A FEW YEARS AGO.
THE TAX RATE NOT ONLY HAS REMAINED THE SAME, IT HAS GONE DOWN.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE I&S TAX RATE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT OVER THAT TIME FROM 2018 THROUGH 2024.
THAT INTEREST IN STINKING TAX RATE IS TO PAY FOR DEBT SERVICE.
THE WAY THAT WE CAN PAY FOR ADDITIONAL BONDS THAT WE SELL ARE THROUGH OUR TAX BASE GROWING.
THAT'S HAPPENING THE SAME AS IT DOES FOR THE CITY OF VANNA.
THE BALLOT WILL READ THE ISSUANCE OF $100 MILLION OF BONDS BY AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LEVY IN THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
THIS COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE 2019 LEGISLATURE, WHICH REQUIRES THIS WORDING.
I THINK WHERE PEOPLE GET CONFUSED IS IT IS A TAX INCREASE BECAUSE OUR TAX BASE HAS GROWN.
IT'S NOT A TAX RATE INCREASE, SO AN INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE BOND, THE TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE THE SAME.
IT'S GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME. I WENT OVER THAT.
I WON'T RECOUNT ALL OF THAT UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, HOW CAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAY BONDS BACK WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAXES? IT'S OBVIOUS. IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING.
IF WE DON'T GROW, THEN WE DON'T SELL THE BONDS AND THEN THEREFORE YOU WON'T NEED THEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS AND YOU DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
EARLY VOTING IS FROM APRIL 22 TO APRIL 30.
ELECTION DAY IS SATURDAY, MAY THE FOURTH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT ANNISDBOND.COM.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? BE GLAD TO ANSWER OR I'M GOING TO TRY TO.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KAMA?
COUNSEL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 6, CONSENT ITEMS.
[6. Consent Items.]
THESE ITEMS CONSIST OF NON CONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW.COUNSEL, ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED THIS EVENING? 6C.
>> 6C. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON OTHER ITEMS?
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM 7A AND B.
>> 6A AND B AND D, E. GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
A, B, D, AND E. I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING AT THE OTHER.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAYOR, TIM ON 6A, B, D, AND E FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. BY COUNCILMAN TOTTEN. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, MILLER?
ITEM 6C, REVIEW MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 18,
[6.c. Review Minutes of the December 18, 2024, Special Called Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Commission Meeting and the January 22, 2024, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Commission Meeting. (Assistant City Manager Taylor Lough)]
24 SPECIAL CALL DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING.IN THE JANUARY 22, '24 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
>> YEAH, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO PULL THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T PROPERLY POSTED WITH THE ATTACHMENTS WEREN'T INVOLVED AND THERE WAS A DATE INCORRECT.
SO WE'LL JUST BRING IT UP NEXT MEETING.
>> JUST TABLE. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT?
>> THE E MAIL WE GOT THIS AFTERNOON, DIDN'T THAT CLARIFY THIS?
>> I JUST THINK THERE'S CONFUSION.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT ANYTHING JUST TO DO IT.
>> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNSEL, BAKER. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY COUNSEL MAN, TOTEN. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. MOTION PASS. MOVING ON TO SEVEN,
[7. Items For Individual Consideration.]
WHICH IS ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.ITEM A IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE FROM AGRICULTURAL AG TO DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT FIVE ACRES PLUS OR MINUS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2862.
>> THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURE TO OUR NEW DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT.
THIS IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SINCE THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT YOU'RE SEEING THIS NEW DISTRICT, I'VE PROVIDED POTENTIAL USES THAT THE APPLICANT COULD DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS.
AT THIS TIME, THEY DO NOT HAVE A DEVELOPMENT.
THEY ARE JUST WANTING TO REZONE SO THAT THEY CAN MARKET THE PROPERTY.
THEY'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TENANT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ZONING IS IN LINE WITH THE COMP PLAN.
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THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE NEUTRAL LETTER.>> OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AT 06:29 P.M. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? LAST CALL. CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, 6:29.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 7A?
>> CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS?
>> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCILMAN TOD?
I JUST WANTED TO READ SINCE LIKE SHE SAID, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING THIS.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I KNOW THE ANSWER.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE AUDIENCE.
WE'RE NOT DOING ANY SPECIFIC ZONING AS IN MULTI-FARMING.
>> YOU MEAN THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT? NO. AT THIS TIME, IT WOULD JUST BE THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
ANY OF THE USES THAT HAVE AN S AT THE END WOULD REQUIRE GOING BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, ALONG WITH A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN OR CONCEPT PLAN.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT AND SAYING IT OUT LOUD.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 7.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLINTON.
I HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PROTEM. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING BEFORE WE VOTE? SURE. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING THAT, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS BUILDING FOR A WHILE NOW AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL DOING A VERBAL ROLL CALL IS EMBARRASSING AND FRUSTRATING TO ME.
I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF AT THIS BUILDING TO WORK ON WHAT WE PAID FOR TO HAVE AN ACTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WHERE WE VOTE ON ONE'S BELIEFS, AND NOT WHAT A COUNCIL PERCEIVES AS ADVANTAGES DUE TO A VERBAL ROLL CALL. THANKS.
ITEM 7B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO RE-ZONE FROM AG DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED SUBDIVISION, MULTIFAMILY LOT, AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON 116 ACRES, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD 371 NORTH POWELL PARKWAY. MS. MALKEIN.
>> THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ON THE CORNER OF 371 IN NORTH POWELL PARKWAY.
THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT HAS TWO DISTINCT AREAS.
THERE'S THE SINGLE FAMILY COMPONENT IN WHICH THEY'RE PROPOSING THREE TYPES OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THESE WOULD ALL BE THE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY, AND THEN THE OTHER PORTION IS A MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL, WITH THE MULTIFAMILY FRONT 371 AND COMMERCIAL FRONTING NORTH POWELL PARKWAY.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS PROPERTY AS RANCHING IN AGRICULTURE.
THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT IS NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
AS FAR AS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THE REQUESTED STIPULATIONS IS REALLY SPECIFYING WHAT THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS IS CALLING FOR IN THE OPEN SPACE FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND NOT REQUIRING OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, BUT JUST RATHER STATING THAT THE OPEN SPACE HAS ENOUGH ON STREET PARKING AVAILABLE.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE REQUESTING A REDUCTION FOR THE MULTIFAMILY OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
SIMILAR REQUESTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR 20%.
PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE CURRENT ZONING THAT THEY ARE PUTTING ON THEMSELVES AS PART OF THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED ONLY, AND IF SOMEONE WERE TO COME BACK WITH A TOWNHOME PRODUCT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUP PROCESS, RESTRICTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS TO 375, PROVIDING A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
THEN ON THE MULTIFAMILY, RESTRICTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS TO 500, PROHIBITING CERTAIN USES IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND INCREASING THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM 10 FEET TO 20 FEET FROM THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE SINGLE FAMILY.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
WE'VE RECEIVED FOUR LETTERS IN OPPOSITION AND ONE IN FAVOR, AND THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION.
> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:34 P.M. ARE THERE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING? ONCE AGAIN, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS THIS ITEM?
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I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:34 P.M. WE'LL HEAR THE PRESENTATION.>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PAUL MCCRACKEN.
I'M WITH KIMLEY-HORN ASSOCIATES HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT TONIGHT.
WE THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT.
I WON'T TRY TO DWELL ON A LOT OF THE DETAILS THAT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO ALREADY IN YOUR PACKAGE, BUT TOUCH ON A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
I THINK, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'VE GOT WHAT I CALL A VERY THOUGHTFUL PLAN.
JAMES KNAPP IS THE DESIGNER PLANNER.
I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR MANY YEARS.
HE'S, I THINK, DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED IS WHAT WE'D CALL A REAL MIXED USE.
INSTEAD OF TAKING THIS THING AS THREE DIFFERENT LAND USES AND PUTTING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THEM, THESE ARE VERY WELL INTEGRATED.
STARTING WITH THE WALKABILITY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY TO THE COMMERCIAL, I'LL TOUCH ON THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS IN A MOMENT, BUT IT'S VERY EASY FOR FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY TO WALK TO THE COMMERCIAL.
IN A SIMILAR FASHION, THE MULTIFAMILY.
THIS ISN'T A MULTI FAMILY THAT HAS A WALL BETWEEN IT AND THE COMMERCIAL.
EVERYBODY HAS TO DRIVE ON THE ARTERIAL SYSTEM JUST TO GO NEXT DOOR TO A RESTAURANT OR THE CONVENIENCE STORE OR SALON OR WHATEVER MIGHT BE LOCATED HERE.
THESE HOLD HANDS WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE TRUE MIXED USE, AND IT ADDS VALUE TO BOTH OF THOSE USES.
THEY BOTH ENERGIZE EACH OTHER, AND THAT MAKES THEM MORE VALUABLE AND SUSTAINABLE.
AS FAR AS AMENITIES ARE CONCERNED, THIS PLAN WILL HAVE 10 FOOT TRAILS ALONG BOTH THE NORTH PERIMETER ARTERIAL AND THE WEST PERIMETER COLLECTOR.
ANOTHER FEATURE ALONG THE NORTH PERIMETER IS, WE HAVE A GAS LINE EASEMENT.
WISH WE DIDN'T, WE DO, SO WE'RE GOING TO EMBRACE IT, AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE AT 60 FEET, THERE'S ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE ON EITHER SIDE OF IT FOR STREET TREES.
YOU'LL HAVE THIS DOUBLE ROW OF STREET TREES WITH THE GRASSY AREA IF YOU WILL, THE GAS EASEMENT IN BETWEEN THAT AFFORDS US A LOT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN THE ARTERIAL AND THE BACK OF THE HOMES.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A FEEL OF OPENNESS.
IT'S GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE TO WALK ALONG THERE TO GET TO THE COMMERCIAL AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
IT'S JUST GOING TO HAVE A NICE OPEN GREEN FEEL ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONT EDGE OF THE PROJECT.
THE OPEN SPACES IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE DISPERSED.
WITH THE PRIMARY ONE FEATURED AT THE MAIN ENTRY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPROPRIATELY PROGRAMMED FOR THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY SO THEY'RE NOT BURDENSOME ON THE RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF COST AND MAINTENANCE.
WE'LL HAVE LARGELY SOFT PROGRAMMING, GATHERING SPACES, PLAYGROUND LANDSCAPING, AND THAT THING.
>> ZOOM IN JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE, I'LL STAY ON THIS ONE, THE MULTI-FAMILY 15%.
WE PICK THAT AS OPPOSED TO THE OPEN SPACE THAT IN YOUR STANDARDS ARE RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. I THINK JUST HAVING A FLAT PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA WILL BE EASIER TO MONITOR, EASIER TO DESIGN TOO, MORE INTUITIVE, AND JUST A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE IT.
[NOISE] THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AT P&Z, THE BASE ZONING ALLOWS FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY TO BE FOUR STORY.
WE ARE QUITE SATISFIED WITH A THREE STORY PRODUCT AS A MAXIMUM, SO INSERT INTO YOUR MOTION TO RESTRICT THE MULTI-FAMILY TO THREE STORIES.
THE MULTI-FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL, WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 10 FEET, 20 FOOT MINIMUM OF OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THE MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL AND ANY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY.
THE COMMERCIAL, YOU SEE THE LIST IN YOUR PACKET.
THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF USES THAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.
THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED, SOME LESS DESIRABLE TYPE USES.
WHAT IS AN ALLOWED USE IS A CONVENIENCE STORE.
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IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT MIGHT BE A VERY DESIRABLE COMPONENT OF THE COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA, SO THAT IS AN ALLOWED.HARD CORNER PROBABLY WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, THE COMMERCIAL ALSO OFFERS THE ADDITIONAL 10 FEET OF OPEN SPACE FOR A 20 FOOT MINIMUM ADJACENT TO ANY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY.
TOUCHING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PERIMETER ROADS.
THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD THE SOUTH TWO LANES OF THE NORTH PERIMETER ARTERIAL CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER.
IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL BE A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY.
BUT THIS PROJECT WILL DELIVER WITH ITS CONSTRUCTION THE SOUTHERN TWO LANES.
THE SAME GOES FOR THE WESTERN COLLECTOR, THAT'S FOUR LANE DIVIDED.
ULTIMATELY, THIS PROJECT WILL DELIVER ITS TWO LANES ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE PROPOSED PROJECTS TO THE WEST WILL LIKELY CONSTRUCT THEIR HALF WITH THEIR PROJECTS.
HIGHWAY 5 IS DESTINED TO BE AT LEAST A FOUR LANE MEDIAN DIVIDED ROADWAY.
THERE'S SOME TXDOT SCHEMATICS THAT DO EXIST WHICH SHOW THE TURN LANE MEDIAN OPENING AND CONFIGURATIONS FOR THAT ROAD.
OUR COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY WILL ACCESS ONLY HIGHWAY 5 IN THE NORTHERN PERIMETER ARTERIAL.
LIKELY TWO INGRESS EGRESS TO EACH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AS A FEATURE OF THE PLAN, THE MULTI-FAMILY AND THE COMMERCIAL WILL SHARE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF THOSE ENTRANCES.
WHAT WE DON'T PROPOSE TO DO IS TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING STREET STUB FROM THE EXISTING COMMUNITY TO THE SOUTH.
DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE CONNECTION TO MAKE.
WE DON'T BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY.
IT IS NOT OUR PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THAT STREET INTO THIS PROJECT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ASKED FOR AS PART OF YOUR ZONING SUBMITTALS.
NOT NECESSARILY THE PLAN, BUT IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO SHOW WHAT THE STANDARDS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED LOOK LIKE IN THE FORM OF A PLAN.
IT IS A PLAN THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS THAT ARE PROPOSED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE PLAN.
IT'S JUST THERE TO HELP SOMEONE, MAYBE IS NOT INTUITIVE WHAT THESE WORDS LOOK LIKE ON A PIECE OF PAPER IT'S TO GIVE A SENSE FOR THAT.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS SOME OF THAT CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND THE MULTIFAMILY THAT I SPOKE TO EARLIER.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN ALLOWED USE.
BRAND LESS ON PURPOSE, BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS BETWEEN A COUPLE THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE LOCATED THERE.
THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS DETAILS IF YOU WILL, THE PERIMETER ROADWAY OBLIGATIONS I SPOKE TO A MOMENT AGO.
THIS IS THAT HIGHWAY 5 SCHEMATIC I SPOKE ABOUT.
ALL OF OUR COMMERCIAL ACCESS WILL HAVE TO BE COORDINATED WITH TXDOT AND APPROPRIATELY SPACED.
THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL COMPARISON OF THE PREFERRED SCENARIO DIAGRAM TAX BASE TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE TAX BASE PROPOSED IS MUCH HIGHER THAN JUST A PURE LOWER DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY USE.
I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
IF I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, I'M SURE SOME OF MY PARTNERS BEHIND ME CAN HELP.
BUT LET ME KNOW WHAT WE CAN TOUCH ON FURTHER.
>> THANK YOU. COUNSEL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? I'VE GOT A COUPLE JUST CLARIFICATIONS AND MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THINGS CORRECTLY.
NUMBER 1, WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT, WE HAVE A MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT, AND WE HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY COMPONENT.
WE ALSO HAVE WHAT IS, IN MY OPINION,
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VERY IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY, 23,000 PEOPLE IS INFRASTRUCTURE.ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR ABOUT MOST IS WHO'S GOING TO FIX THAT ROAD OR WHO'S GOING TO BUILD THAT ROAD.
JUST TO CONFIRM, SO YOU'RE GOING TO CONNECT TWO LANES OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION BOUNDARY THERE AND THEN ALSO THE WESTERN PORTION OF 371 UP TO YOUR BOUNDARY?
>> YES. CORRECT. WE'LL CONSTRUCT THE NEW CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER, TWO LANES, THE SOUTH FOR THE NORTH PERIMETER ROAD AND THEN THE EAST LANES FOR THE WEST.
BECAUSE THERE'S EXISTING DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WOULD LIKELY BE A FUTURE CITY BOND PROJECT TO COMPLETE THAT HALF.
THE WESTERN HALF, BECAUSE IT'S ADJACENT TO UNDEVELOPED LAND, EASY TO IMAGINE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE SOMEONE LIKE OURSELVES.
WHEN THAT DEVELOPS, THEY'LL CONSTRUCT THE OTHER TWO LANES AND THEN THAT'S HOW THAT ULTIMATE FOUR LANE ROADWAY WILL BE DELIVERED.
>> THAT WAS MY CONCERN. I'M READING THROUGH THE LETTERS SENT IN AND A LOT OF THEM TRAFFIC.
THIS IS HOW WE HELP THAT TRAFFIC IS TO GET THE ROADS BUILT BY THE DEVELOPERS AND DEVELOPERS ARE BUILDING THE ROADS BEFORE HOUSES ARE EVEN BUILT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'D LIKE TO COMMERCIAL THIS SIDE OF TOWN, BECAUSE THIS SIDE OF TOWN IS BEGGING FOR SOME COMMERCIAL AND HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A GAS STATION, FOR MAYBE A COUPLE OF SMALL RESTAURANTS.
IT DOES HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC WHERE OUR RESTAURANTS AND PLACES YOU EAT CURRENTLY.
THE COMMERCIAL AND BUILDING MATCH AWAY IS HUGE FOR ME ON THIS PROJECT.
>> IF YOU GET THOSE DESTINATIONS CLOSER TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, EACH ONE DOES A LITTLE PART, YOU MAY NOT NOTICE IT, BUT THE MORE THESE CORNERS FILL IN WHERE SOMEONE CAN DRIVE OR WALK FEET TO SHOP AS OPPOSED TO DRIVE SEVERAL MILES, THAT HAS TO HELP TRAFFIC.
THERE'S GROWING PAINS, YOU CAN ESCAPE IT.
BUT I THINK THE APPROACH IS TO, AS YOU GROW, DELIVER SMART PROJECTS, DELIVER BETTER PROJECTS.
>> KNOWING WHO THE DEVELOPER IS, AND WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE DEVELOPING, THEY DON'T BUILD COOKIE CUTTER TYPE HOMES THAT ARE THROWN UP IN A WEEK.
WHAT WE HAVE A LOT OF HERE IN ANNA, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE, YES SMALL LOTS, BUT THEY'RE NICELY BUILT AFFORDABLE HOMES. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> NEW FRESH HOUSING STOCK FOR SURE.
>> I'LL JUST PICK UP WHERE COUNCILMAN TOTTEN LEFT OFF.
HAS A BUILDER BEEN SELECTED YET OR ARE YOU STILL WORKING ON THAT AGREEMENT?
>> I THINK THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SELECTED OR CONTRACTED WITH.
BUT THE ONES THAT THE DEVELOPER ROUTINELY PARTNERS WITH ARE, YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS MOST OF THEM, SOME OF THE LARGER PUBLIC BUILDERS THAT BUILD REALLY NICE PRODUCT.
I CAN LET BRENT SPEAK TO THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY IF HE'S COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BUT NO ONE'S BEEN CONTRACTED WITH, WHICH MEANS HE'S PROBABLY NOT COMFORTABLE SPEAKING ABOUT IT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
WE ARE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS WITH A BUILDER.
IT IS ONE THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH DOWN IN SALINA.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUR CONTRACT FINALIZED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
BUT IT IS A QUALITY BUILDER THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF BUSINESS WITH AND WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH.
THEY DON'T HAVE A POSITION IN ANNA.
THEY REALLY WANT TO BE HERE BAD, WHICH IS GOOD FOR US, BECAUSE WE NEED THEM FOR THIS DEAL.
BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL KEEP NEGOTIATING WITH THEM, BUT WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO UNVEIL WHO THAT IS, HOPEFULLY, IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
>> THE PRODUCT WOULD BE, I'D SAY, ABOVE AVERAGE OR CONDUCIVE TO MAYBE $50,000 INCOME.
IS THAT THE QUALITY YOU'RE GOING FOR?
>> MR. CARVER, I BELIEVE SO. YES, SIR, I DO.
>> BY THE WAY, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
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THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SAID IN P&Z BY THE NEIGHBORS, MAKING MEADOW GREEN A GATED EMERGENCY ACCESS VERSUS A THOROUGHFARE INTO THAT COMMUNITY.I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S NICE WHENEVER OUR DEVELOPERS LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS.
ALSO, ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS, I DO APPRECIATE THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE TYING INTO AND THE SCENIC VIEW YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THE NORTH.
COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A NORTHERN NEIGHBORHOOD OF THAT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION TO PROTECT THE VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY.
AS FAR AS THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED ON THIS PLAN THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, THIS IS JUST CONCEPTUAL, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK IF IT WAS BEING ADDRESSED.
THERE'S A LINE OF SIGHT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY BEING THREE STORIES THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT SOUTHERN APARTMENT BUILDING TO SEE RIGHT DOWN INTO THE BACKYARDS OF THOSE NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT WHAT THEY WANTED WHEN THEY MOVED THERE.
I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU'RE ADDRESSING THAT.
>> YES, SIR, WE ARE. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN APPROACHED BY A VERY REPUTABLE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER, AND WHEN HE SAW THIS CONCEPT PLAN, THE FIRST THING HE POINTED OUT WAS LIKE, WELL, I WOULD TURN THAT BUILDING AND REARRANGE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT ETCHED IN STONE.
A LOT OF WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THAT PLAN TO MAKE IT OPTIMAL, NOT ONLY FOR THE SITE, BUT OBVIOUSLY FOR THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL, WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH WHAT THEIR CONCERNS MIGHT BE.
ONE THING TOO THAT I MIGHT POINT OUT, AND WARREN, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE AS WE SELECT THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROJECT, IT'S NOT COMING NEXT WEEK, IT MAY BE A FEW MONTHS, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH P&Z, I BELIEVE, FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL, WHERE THEY'LL HAVE TO SHOW ELEVATIONS AND THEN ADDRESS THE ACTUAL SITE PLAN, SO WE CAN OPTIMIZE THAT AND MAKE IT BETTER. WE WILL DO THAT.
>> AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION GOES, IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, WHEN DO YOU SEE COMING BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COUNCIL WITH ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND THEN WHAT DO THOSE PHASES LOOK LIKE?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, KIMLEY-HORN IS OBVIOUSLY OUR ENGINEER.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE PLAT FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY PORTION, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE SUBMITTING THE PLAT.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE EIGHTH, LEXI, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. WE'RE SUBMITTING THE PLAT ON THE EIGHTH.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH IN THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
THE COMMERCIAL HAS SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AGAIN, AS WELL AT P&Z.
BUT THE COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY WILL BE LAGGING BEHIND.
AS FAR AS PHASING, THE PRELIMINARY PHASING PLAN WILL BE A TWO-PHASE DEAL.
BASICALLY, THE ROAD THAT COMES IN FROM THE WEST AND DIPS DOWN AND GOES TO THE SOUTH OF THAT GREEN DETENTION AREA.
BASICALLY, THE WHOLE NORTH HALF WILL BE THE FIRST PHASE, AND THAT WILL TRIGGER CONSTRUCTION OF 371 FROM OUR NORTHWEST CORNER ALL THE WAY BACK OVER TO HIGHWAY 5 TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
THEN IN PHASE 2, WE'LL PICK UP BASICALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, CONNECT FROM WHERE WEST CROSSING TERMINATES ON OUR SOUTHWEST CORNER.
WE'LL BRING THAT ALL THE WAY UP TO CR 371.
>> WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT ROUGHLY OVER $5 MILLION JUST ON ROADS. IT'S NOT CHEAP.
>> IMPRESSIVE. YOU'RE AWARE THAT BECAUSE THIS DID FAIL PLANNING AND ZONING, THIS DOES REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY.
>> CLARK, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THAT MEANS? I'VE HEARD 75%, 80%.
PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEIR RESEARCH IS CONFUSING.
CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY FOR THE CITY?
>> WELL, YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE CHANGE WORKS OUT?
>> SPECIFICALLY THE NUMBER OF COUNCILMEN THAT WOULD HAVE TO SAY YES.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING.
THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.
>> I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR THE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
I THINK YOU GUYS DID LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK.
I'M GOING TO ASK A GENERAL QUESTION.
WHY MULTIFAMILY? WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF PUSH-BACK IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND OTHERS.
WHY? TELL ME WHY MULTIFAMILY SEEMS TO BE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH THIS.
LIKE I SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT PARTICULAR THING, BUT FEEL FREE.
>> I SAID NO, THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.
IN MY OPINION, I THINK MULTIFAMILY IN THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION WORKS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
I THINK WHAT PEOPLE DON'T FOCUS ON IS HIGHWAY 5 AND CR 371,
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THAT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR INTERSECTION.IT'S NOT TODAY, AND I GET THAT.
I'VE LIVED IN FRISCO FOR 25 YEARS.
I'M BORN AND RAISED IN DALLAS, BUT HIGHWAY 5 IS PRESTON ROAD FOR ANNA, AND 75 IS THE TOLLWAY.
THIS IS INFILL ON THE EAST SIDE OF ANNA.
HONESTLY, IT REALLY IS. IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON A MAP, IT'S KIND OF A HOLE AND DOUGHNUT.
THE OWNERS KNOW WHAT THEY'VE GOT.
IT'S A GREAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT'S SUPER EXPENSIVE.
QUITE FRANKLY, MR. MILLER, THE PROPERTY FOR A DEVELOPER, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK IF YOU CAN'T MAXIMIZE USING HIGHER USES FOR THE PROPERTY, FOR COMMERCIAL, HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY, OR MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT DOESN'T WORK.
IF IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR ME, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR THE NEXT GUY.
>> I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER. THANK YOU. IT'S ALL I GOT.
>> I'LL JUST COMMENT AND A QUESTION.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CONCEPT PLAN IN A LOCATION.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE LOCATION IS, IT'S NEEDED ALL OVER THE CITY.
I THINK THE REFERENCE THAT YOU MADE IS A PRETTY GOOD.
PRESTON ROAD IS HIGHWAY 5, 75 IS THE TOLLWAY. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN WITH MULTIFAMILY, I THINK SOME COMMERCIAL IN ADDITION TO IT IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED REGARDLESS OF THE LOCATION IN THE CITY.
CAN YOU JUST RE-CLARIFY FOR EVERYBODY'S LISTENING AND MYSELF REAL QUICK ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE PART, AGAIN, WITH THE PHASES.
YOU'RE SAYING PHASE 1, MANTUA ROAD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT COMPLETE BEFORE WE START ANY MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION OR BEFORE YOU START LEASING THE MULTIFAMILY?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT'S GOING TO BE A SAFE BET.
MR. ASHLEY, YES. TO FURTHER CLARIFY-
>> FOR TAX PURPOSES, FOR OUR INVESTORS IN OUR PARTNERSHIP, WE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY HOLD THE MULTIFAMILY IN THE COMMERCIAL FOR A YEARS PERIOD OF TIME.
IN THAT PERIOD, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS, OTHER USERS, TO GET THEM IN ON THE PROJECT.
MEANWHILE, OUR HOME BUILDER WILL HOPEFULLY GET STARTED, ASSUMING WE GET OUR DEAL DONE HERE TONIGHT, WE GET THEM IN OUR DEAL, GET THEM TO CLOSE ON THE LAND.
THEY MAY START CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AS PART OF THEM GETTING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR PHASE 1, THEY'LL MAKE THAT CONNECTION ALL WAY BACK TO HIGHWAY 5.
NOW, COULD THERE THEORETICALLY BE SOME APARTMENT CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS STARTED, BUT NOTHING WOULD BE OCCUPIED? POTENTIALLY, AND THAT MIGHT COINCIDE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DELIVERY OF PHASE 1 OF THE SINGLE FAMILY.
BUT THERE WON'T BE ANY APARTMENT UNITS ON THE GROUND BEFORE THE SINGLE FAMILY.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS IT'S ALREADY A TERRIBLE ROAD.
>> IF WE'RE COMING IN, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IS RIGHTFULLY SO, THAT MULTIFAMILY COMING IN AND CREATING MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE PEOPLE DRIVING THAT ROADS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.
THEN ON THE PHASE 2, THE WEST CROSSING PART, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
>> THAT WOULD BE THE SAME TYPE OF CONCEPT, WE MIGHT BE DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE'RE NOT READY TO OPEN UP THE SINGLE FAMILY UNTIL THAT ROAD IS COMPLETE.
>> WELL, I DO WANT TO MAKE JUST ONE COMMENT, LISTENING TO EVERYBODY.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CONCEPT PLAN. I REALLY DO.
I'VE ONLY GOT A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME REMAINING UP HERE.
BUT I AM GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
YOUR ANALOGY OF PRESTON ROAD AND THE TOLLWAY IS A GREAT ONE BECAUSE I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS WE GET CAUGHT UP IN OUR MINDS THAT ANNA IS WHITE STREET 75 AND HIGHWAY 5, THAT'S A FIVE MILE RADIUS AND IT HAS AN ETJ AND PLANNING AREA OVER 60 MILES.
THIS IS ALL JUST THE BEGINNING.
I HEAR THE COMMENTS OF DENSITY, MULTIFAMILY, VARIOUS THINGS COMING IN.
BUT THE REALITY IS, THIS IS NOT SLOWING DOWN.
SIX YEARS AGO WHEN I STEPPED IN HERE, WE WERE BEHIND ON WHAT WAS ALREADY COMING.
THE OBJECTIVE WAS PLANNED, MANAGED GROWTH.
NOW THERE'S PAINS THAT COME WITH THAT.
THERE'S PAINS IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE IS NO MEMBER ON THIS DAIS OR ANY DAIS IN COLLIN COUNTY, WITH WHAT IS OCCURRING HERE AND TO THE NORTH OF US, THAT WILL PREVENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS, COMMERCIAL PROJECTS COMING THROUGH.
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WHICH I DID LOOK AT IT AFTER A DENIAL THROUGH THE ZONING COMMISSION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUBLICLY STATE THIS TOO.THEY'RE NOT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE ARE.
WHAT I FIND A LITTLE CHALLENGING IS TO SEE US EVEN IN A POSITION ON A ZONING CASE TONIGHT, WHERE WE'VE GOT A MAJORITY VOTE THAT HAS TO OCCUR ON WHAT I FEEL IS A PRETTY GOOD PLAN, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
BUT I THINK FOR THE FUTURE HAVANA AND FOR THE FUTURE LEADERSHIPS, EVERYBODY BETTER JUST REALLY BUCKLE UP AS TO WHAT IS ABOUT TO OCCUR HERE.
THERE WILL BE A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE.
THAT 2050 PLAN WILL DEVELOP OUT, JUST LIKE FRISCO'S AND MCKINNEY'S HAS.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN ANYTIME.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT NUMBER 1 THAT EVEN CONTAINS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE INTEREST RATES DON'T WORK FOR ANY DEVELOPER TO COME FORWARD ON ANYTHING REASONABLE I THINK IS INCREDIBLE TO BEGIN WITH.
NOT TO MENTION SECONDLY THAT WE ARE ADDING NEW PRODUCT COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS PART OF THIS CONCEPT PLAN TO A TRACT OF LAND THAT TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THEM HAVE TWO OF ANNA'S OLDEST SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT ADDS VALUE TO PROPERTIES, IT DOESN'T TAKE VALUE AWAY FROM PROPERTIES.
IF ANYTHING THAT ENHANCES THOSE NEIGHBORS PROPERTY VALUES.
PLUS, WE ADDRESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN GRIPED ABOUT FOR THE SIX YEARS THAT I HAVE SET UP HERE.
I APPRECIATE SOMEBODY BRINGING FORWARD A PLAN THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN.
COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT.
THEY STILL HAVE TO COME FORWARD WITH A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT AND WORK THROUGH THE ITEMS SUCH AS STANDARDS OF QUALITY.
THAT THREE STORY DISCUSSION THAT WAS JUST PUT IN THERE THAT WE WON'T GO FOR THREE.
YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR MOTION.
ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE PUT IN THE PAPER AND THEN COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT A FUTURE DATE.
>> MAYOR, I DID MAKE ONE OTHER OBSERVATION AS WELL.
THE COMMERCIAL BEING RIGHT THERE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT DEVELOPS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
YOU'VE GOT THE RAILROAD RIGHT THERE. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY COMMERCIAL ON THE EAST SIDE.
>> I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
>> LAST THING I'D LIKE TO ADD, ASSUMING WE GET APPROVED, WHICH I HOPE WE DO, BUT WE INTEND ON NAMING THIS SLATER CROSSING BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT BY SLATER CREEK THAT'S WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND IT SEEMED TO MAKE SENSE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT SLATER ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT DOWN THE STREET IN SLATER PARK, BUT SLATER CROSSING HAD A GOOD BUZZ TO IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STICKING WITH UNTIL WE GET FURTHER CLARIFICATION FROM YOU GUYS IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
>> MAYOR, IF I CAN MAKE A MOTION, I WILL.
>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 7B.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOTTEN.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
>> BEFORE WE VOTE, CAN I JUST BRING SOMETHING UP? BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ALLOW DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE MOTION AND THE SECOND.
I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT.
I HAVEN'T BEEN THE PNC LIAISON HERE, SO I WAS AT THAT MEETING AND THERE WAS PROBABLY A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE HERE, I'M GUESSING JUST EVERY WISTFUL.
THEY WERE PREDOMINANTLY ABOUT 90-95% I'M GUESSING FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ALSO HAD SOMETHING UP THERE AS WELL.
ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST ABOUT IT.
ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENED, EITHER PNC GOT THEIR FACTS WRONG, WHICH WE HAVE TO DISCUSS IF THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT THEIR FACTS WRONG, OR THEY WERE INTIMIDATED.
YOU GOT THE HA PRESIDENT UP HERE BASICALLY WHO BROUGHT ALL OF THAT ON.
THIS IS A SOLID PROJECT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE OTHER ONE WILL BE.
>> BUT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS WE GOT PUT IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE EVERYBODY GOT CAUGHT UP IN A MOOD.
EVERYBODY VETTED THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS A GOOD PROJECT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
ANYWAY, THAT'S WHERE I'M JUST GOING TO JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOTTEN AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER. ALL IN FAVOR?
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>> YES. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7C THAT IS CONSIDERED, DISCUSS ACTION ON A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE COX TRACK CONCEPT PLAN.
>> PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TOOK NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TOTTEN.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER. ALL IN FAVOR?
[8. Closed Session (Exceptions).]
WHICH IS CLOSED SESSION.COUNCIL, ANY NEED FOR CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, MAYOR.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO GO ON CLOSE.
COUNCIL, UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551 CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, DISCUSS ANY ITEMS LISTED OR REFERENCED ON THIS AGENDA.
UNDER THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS, I CONSULT WITH THE LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.071B DISCUSS DELIBERATE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.072C DISCUSS DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.087D DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE PERSONNEL MATTERS.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.074, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION OR THERE WAS A MOTION MADE BY THE MAYOR PROTEM TO GO INTO CLOSED.
I WILL MAKE THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> YES. THE MOTION PASSES AIRING IN CLOSED SESSION 07:00 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.