May 06, 2024 Planning and Zoning Commission

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WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND TREE BOARD MEETING FOR MAY 6TH, 2024.

THE TIME IS 6:04 P.M..

[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum of the Planning & Zoning Commission and Tree Board]

QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

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

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING.

FATHER, I PRAY FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS AROUND OUR AREA, FATHER, THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

AND I PRAY FOR YOU KNOW, NO DAMAGE GOING FORWARD FATHER.

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU PROVIDE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE ARE FREE AND HAVE NUMEROUS BLESSINGS.

IN JESUS NAME I 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.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

[3. Neighbor Comments]

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 NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A CITIZEN'S INQUIRY, OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.

I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD HERE, MISS MECKE.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION LAUREN MECKE, PLANNING MANAGER.

THE REASON I WANTED TO ADD TO THE NEIGHBORS COMMENTS THIS EVENING IS FIRST, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO EVERETT JOHNSON, OUR NEW PLANNER 1.

SO YOU WILL BE SEEING HIM AROUND.

AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF OUR JUNE 1ST MANDATORY TRAINING.

THAT WILL BE ON A SATURDAY LOCATED HERE.

AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS COMMISSIONER CLEMENS, THIS WOULD BE HER LAST MEETING.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE, SO WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HER SERVICE TO THE CITY.

THANK YOU.

[Consent Items]

I DO. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. I WISH TO PULL CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM FIVE, LAUREN.

AND JUST TABLE IT TO APPROVE IN THE NEXT P&Z MEETING.

OKAY, YOU CONTINUE IT.

CORRECT. DOES THIS CONTINUE? DO WE POSTPONE OR.

IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

A PUBLIC HEARING YOU WOULD CONTINUE IT.

SO JUST POSTPONE IT.

YES. POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING IN JUNE.

OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEMS 6 THROUGH 11? MOTION TO PASS. SECOND.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES. COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES. COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

YES. COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

YES. YES.

YES. AND MYSELF.

YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.

[Items for Individual Consideration]

LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EAST FOURTH STREET AND NORTH SHERLEY AVENUE.

ZONED SINGLE FAMILY.

7.2 APPLICANT IS MARQUIN MILLER HUNN.

I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:08 P.M..

DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM? SORRY FOR ITEM 12.

12? YEAH. NO, THERE ARE NO SPEAKER CARDS.

BUT I WILL GIVE MY PRESENTATION.

THIS PROPERTY IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SHERLEY BROTHERS PROPERTY.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN TO IDENTIFY THE LAND USES.

AND IN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, IT IDENTIFIES THIS PROPERTY AS RETAIL CENTERS AND ADAPTIVE REUSE INFILL.

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NO LETTERS WERE RECEIVED.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.

NOW DO YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:09 P.M.

AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO COMMISSION AND STAFF.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO NO, NO.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 12.

I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BLANSETT AND A SECOND BY MYSELF.

ALL IN FAVOR. COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES, COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES, COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

YES, COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

YES. AND MYSELF.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER 13.

CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION REGARDING THE ANNA ORIGINAL DONATION BLOCK 12, LOT 1 THROUGH 16.

PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPLICANT MARQUIN MILLER HUNN.

THIS IS CONTINGENT ON ITEM NUMBER 12.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY, I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE.

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

WHAT A MINUTE NO, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

ALL IN FAVOR, COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES. COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES, COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

YES, COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

YES. COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

YES. AND MYSELF.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 14, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THESE TWO NEXT TWO ITEMS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO APPEAR LIKE THERE'S ANY POLITICAL ANYTHING GOING ON.

COMMISSIONER HERMANN, PLEASE TAKE OVER.

ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION ON A REQUEST TO REZONE 59.1 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LARGE LOT SFE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF COUNTRY ROAD 423 AND POWELL PARKWAY.

APPLICANT IS ANN WARREN HAYSLETT.

TURN IT OVER TO MISS MECKE.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF SOUTH POWELL PARKWAY, AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 423.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES TO I1 AND C2.

C2 MIXED DENSITY MD AND MULTIFAMILY MF.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL ON THE WEST SIDE OF POWELL PARKWAY AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ON THE EAST SIDE.

STIPULATIONS THAT THE APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVES ARE PROPOSING IS TO EXEMPT THE PROPERTIES FROM THE THOR OVERLAY DISTRICT TO APPLY TREE PRESERVATION CREDITS ACROSS THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL OF MOST PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS.

FOR TRACK 3A, IT WOULD BE A FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL USES, AS WELL AS AMENDING THE STORAGE AREA AND HEIGHT.

FOR THE MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT THEY'RE REQUESTING TO IMPOSE THEIR OWN STIPULATIONS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CITY'S REGULATIONS, SUCH AS INCREASING THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY STANDARDS FROM 45FT FOR THE THIRD STORY ONLY TO 50FT FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING, DECREASING THE BUILDING HEIGHT FROM 70FT TO 50FT AND THREE STORIES DECREASE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY FROM 25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE TO 18 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, AND PROVIDE STRICTER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ON-SITE AMENITIES.

FOR THE MIXED DENSITY DISTRICT THEY ARE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE LOT SIZE FROM 4500 TO 3000FT².

REDUCE THE REQUIREMENT FOR WITH COMMON AREA LOTS.

IN OUR LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS, WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT AT LEAST 50% OF THE REQUIRED TREES HAVE TO BE CANOPY TREES, AND SO THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO THE COMMON AREA LOTS, NOT FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.

REDUCE THE REQUIREMENT FOR ONE TREE IN EVERY FRONT YARD SO THAT IT ALTERNATES BETWEEN WHICH HOUSE HAS A TREE IN THE FRONT YARD, AND THEN ALLOWING A PIER OR

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WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 23 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:14 P.M..

DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ARE THEY HERE? AND COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? THANK YOU. YES.

SAM FRANKLIN 1650 WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAY, SUITE 110 MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

I'M WITH MORPHIC DEVELOPMENT AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT ON THE 57 ACRE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.

SO THIS IS OUR TEAM HERE.

I'M WITH MORPHIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPER ON BOARD.

WE'VE GOT CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES.

THEY'RE PRESENT TODAY TOO TO TALK ABOUT THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION.

THEN WE'VE GOT KLS AS OUR LAND PLANNER AND THEN MANHARD CONSULTING IS THE ENGINEER.

THEY'RE HERE AS WELL. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THE PROJECT ITSELF IS 57 ACRES.

WE'RE LOCATED AGAIN. LIKE, LAUREN JUST WENT OVER ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGHWAY 5, EAST AND WEST.

WE'RE PROPOSING FOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, C2, MF, MD AND C2 AGAIN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THIS AREA IT DOES CALL FOR CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ON THE EAST SIDE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT THIS TRACT THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP JUST FOR FROM THE MASTER PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.

THERE IS A THOR OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT WE ARE A PART OF THAT LIMITS US 500FT OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO TO SUBDIVIDE LESS THAN AN ACRE.

SO WE'RE LIMITED TO ALMOST ONE ACRE TRACTS ON THIS SITE.

IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AG TODAY.

AND BEING IN THE CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL PORTION, ANY OF Y'ALL'S ANYTHING IN THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION, YOU ALL HAVE STIPULATED THAT IF YOU'RE WITHIN 1200 FEET OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY OF A DESIGNATED MAJOR HIGHWAY THAT YOU THERE'S YOU CAN'T DEVELOP SINGLE FAMILY.

SO ANYTHING UNDER THAT RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY OTHER THAN MULTIFAMILY COULDN'T BE DEVELOPED BASED ON Y'ALL'S ZONING ORDINANCE TODAY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THOSE EXEMPTIONS.

IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND COMPLY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN THAT YOU'LL HAVE HERE TODAY, MULTIFAMILY DOES NOT HAVE THAT SAME DESIGNATION OF 1200 FEET AWAY FROM THAT MAJOR HIGHWAY.

AND MOVING INTO JUST OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONSTRAINTS.

I JUST WENT OVER THIS, TO BE HONEST, BUT A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE TRACT, TOO.

YOU'LL HAVE SEEN THIS COME THROUGH P&Z IN THE PAST.

NEXT. METRO CAME THROUGH WITH A PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS LAST YEAR.

I THINK MAYBE IN NOVEMBER OF 2023 IT DID PASS P&Z, BUT THEY WERE PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT PRODUCT ON ONE PORTION, JUST THE NORTHERN PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 423.

THEY WERE PROPOSING JUST OVER 200 UNITS, I BELIEVE, AND THEY GOT DENIED AT COUNCIL.

AND SO AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHEN WE GOT INVOLVED WITH THE OWNERS.

THE OWNERS, WE'VE KNOWN THE FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SO WE CAME IN AS A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WE TALKED TO Y'ALL'S OLD EDC DIRECTOR AT THE TIME AND ASKED, WHY DID THIS GET DENIED AT COUNCIL? AND WE FELT THE SENTIMENT WAS THAT THEY WANTED INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOTS, NOT SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT ON IT, ON A SINGLE PLAT.

AND SO WE AS A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPER CAME THROUGH AND LOOKED AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE THROUGH THAT LENS.

WE WANTED TO DEVELOP IT FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

AND SO WE DUG INTO THE TRACT, WE LOOKED AT IT, THE TRACT ITSELF, AND I'LL PULL UP A BETTER THIS HAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN AERIAL TO IT.

IT'S A DIFFICULT TRACT TO DEVELOP.

SO IT'S GOT A LARGE TANK ON THERE.

IT'S ABOUT, I THINK ABOUT NINE ACRES.

MIGHT BE SIX ACRES.

THAT COVERS THE FRONTAGE ROAD THERE.

AND THEN COUNTY ROAD 423 DOES NEED TO BE REDESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE SAFER TRAFFIC FLOW.

AND SO THE CONNECTION TO HIGHWAY 5 WOULD BE WE WOULD NEED TO REDESIGN IT AND CONSTRUCT IT AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

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AND REALLY, IT'S LESS THAN THAT WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WE WOULD JUST BE DEVELOPING THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 5 BECAUSE THERE'S NO CLEAR CONNECTION TO, I'M SORRY, THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 5. THERE'S NO CLEAR CONNECTION TO THE EAST SIDE.

IT JUST IT BECOMES A BURDEN TO TRY TO DEVELOP THE FULL ENTIRETY OF THAT TRACT.

GOT TO REDESIGN COUNTY ROAD 423.

YOU GOT TO CONSTRUCT IT.

THE CITY IS HELPING US A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT, WITH IMPACT FEE CREDITS.

BUT THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT NATURAL FEATURES ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT.

WE'VE GOT FLOODPLAIN THAT EXTENDS INTO OUR TRACT ON THE WEST SIDE, AS WELL AS WATERS OF THE US THAT WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND, AND TWO TRIBUTARIES THAT COME DOWN ACROSS 423 AND THEN UNDER 423 AND THEN ALL THE WAY UP ON THE NORTH SIDE AS IT ENTERS COUNTY HIGHWAY 5.

AND SO WITH ALL THOSE THINGS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ON A SMALLER TRACT, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO DIFFICULT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPER TO HANDLE FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE.

NOT TO MENTION THE LAND IN THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR ALONG A MAJOR HIGHWAY.

IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

SO WE WERE PENCILS DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT AND WE THOUGHT, HEY, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK AND STILL ACCOMPLISH EVERYBODY'S GOALS? SO AT THAT POINT, WE WANTED TO DEVELOP SINGLE FAMILY ON A PORTION OF IT.

SO WE BROUGHT IN A PARTNER.

IT WAS CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES.

THEY HELP US TAKE ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE BURDEN.

THEY WILL TAKE ON THE MORE CHALLENGED TRACT TO THE NORTH, ALLOW US TO THEN GET WHAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP THE SINGLE FAMILY TO THE SOUTH.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CREATE ENOUGH DENSITY THERE WHERE WE CAN CREATE SOME COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES OFF HIGHWAY 5 AS WELL.

AND THEN WITH THAT DENSITY, WE THOUGHT, HEY, MOST OF Y'ALL'S COMMERCIAL WILL BE CENTERED IN YOUR DOWNTOWN WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

AND SO IF WE COULD PUT A PRODUCT ON THE GROUND THAT ALSO SUPPORTS Y'ALL'S LONG TERM GOALS OF TRYING TO SUPPORT YOUR DOWNTOWN, THEN IT WOULD BE A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

SO WE DID A FULL MASTER PLAN RATHER THAN JUST DOING A SINGLE PROJECT, ZONING THE ENTIRE THING.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACCOMPLISH EVERYBODY'S GOALS.

WE DO KNOW THAT ANNA IS VERY CONTROVERSIAL FROM A MULTIFAMILY PERSPECTIVE RIGHT NOW.

SO WE DID GO FOR A WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL BEFOREHAND.

WE WE DIDN'T GET ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.

SO WE TOOK THAT AS, YOU KNOW GOOD.

BUT SO SO WE PROCEEDED TO COME TO P&Z.

THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING THAT I'VE GOT SHOWN HERE.

AGAIN. IT'S ALL IN AG.

AND REALLY, WE CAN'T DEVELOP IT AS IT IS TODAY OR THE FAMILY CAN'T.

WE ARE PROPOSING MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL AND THROUGH THAT.

THESE ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT REGS THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE CITY.

LAUREN WENT OVER THOSE IN DETAIL JUST A MINUTE AGO.

AND THIS IS KIND OF TO SHOW OUR TRAFFIC FLOW.

WE ONLY HAVE A RIGHT.

I MEAN, A YEAH, A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT ON HIGHWAY 5 THERE.

AND THEN MOST OF THE TRAFFIC WILL BE FLOWED TO COUNTY ROAD 423 AND THEN HOPEFULLY FILTERED BACK DOWN SOUTH TO MAKE ALMOST A DIRECT CONNECTION TO COLLIN COUNTY OUTER LOOP. SO WE REALLY DO HAVE KIND OF A WAY TO FILTER TRAFFIC AROUND HIGHWAY 5 IF NECESSARY FOR EVERYBODY TO GET BACK OUT TO A MAIN THOROUGHFARE QUICKLY.

AND HIGHWAY 5 DOES APPEAR TO BE A MAIN THOROUGHFARE ON Y'ALL'S MASTER PLAN AS WELL.

SO FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE, WE DO FEEL LIKE THIS AREA CAN HANDLE IT.

THOUGH I DO KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES ON HIGHWAY 5 TODAY, BUT THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO DEVELOP AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN HIGHWAY 5 IS MUCH IMPROVED.

THEN. YEAH.

FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, WE'VE REALLY JUST DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY AND MAKE IT WORK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPER.

HOPEFULLY WE GET A PROJECT FOR US, HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO BE A GREAT PARTNER IN CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF ANNA AS WELL, AND SUPPORT Y'ALL'S DOWNTOWN GROWTH AND MAYBE SOME COMMERCIAL GROWTH ON THE OUTER LOOP AS WELL.

WITH THAT, IF CONTINENTAL WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PRODUCT, I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY PROVIDE AS WELL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS BEN LANG AT 2960 ARROWHEAD LANE, SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN.

I'M WITH CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES HERE TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND HEARING THIS MATTER.

WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHO CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES IS AND OUR GOALS FOR WORKING WITH MORPHIC AND SAM ON THIS PROJECT.

SO THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE OUTLINES EVERYTHING THAT CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES MANAGES AND TAKES ON IN-HOUSE.

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WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN BEING HANDS ON DECK IN EVERY PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

A COUPLE OF THE PHASES THAT I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE ARE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE ARMS. WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN UNDERSTANDING WHO OUR CUSTOMER IS AND TAILORING OUR PROJECTS AND OFFERINGS TO REALLY MEET THEIR NEEDS.

FROM THE AMENITY SELECTION TO HOW WE OPERATE THE COMMUNITY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COLORS THAT WE SELECT FOR THE CABINETS WE'RE SERVING AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS, OFTEN YEARLY.

AND WE'RE TAILORING THAT INTO OUR APPROACH TO MULTIFAMILY DESIGN.

SECONDARILY, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ARM OF OUR COMPANY IS THE LARGEST ARM OF OUR COMPANY WITH MULTIPLE HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES.

SO OUR INTENT HERE IS TO NOT ONLY DEVELOP A PROPERTY, BUT DEVELOP IT AND OWN IT LONG TERM AND BE TRUE RESIDENTS OF ANNA AND A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

HERE IS A MAP OF OUR EXISTING COMMUNITIES TODAY ACROSS THE NATION, WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER 45,000 HOMES AND CURRENTLY OPERATE OVER 20,000 THROUGHOUT THE US. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A RESPECTABLE PORTFOLIO HERE IN TEXAS, WHICH WE HOPE TO EXPAND UPON WITHIN THE DFW AREA.

CURRENTLY, WE OPERATE SPRINGS AT GRAND PRAIRIE AND SPRINGS AT MCKINNEY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN SEEING THOSE COMMUNITIES, WE CERTAINLY COULD MANAGE A TOUR.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF QUALITY OF PRODUCT THAT WE PROVIDE.

EXCUSE ME. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN A LITTLE BIT RENDERED UP FROM THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED HERE TODAY.

BUT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE COMMUNITY.

FIRST BEING THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE AND REALLY USING THOSE TO DRIVE THE DESIGN OF OUR SITE PLAN.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE WETLANDS THAT ARE ON THE SITE.

WE THINK THEY'RE A MAJOR BONUS FOR THE OVERALL INTEGRITY OF THE ENGINEERING AND THE QUALITY OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THIS AREA.

AND SO WE REALLY TOOK CARE IN PLANNING AROUND THOSE AND WORKING WITH OUR ENGINEERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EXACTLY THOSE EXTENTS LIE AND HOW FAR BACK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE TO PROTECT THEM. FROM THERE WE'VE ADDED AMENITIES TO THOSE AREAS TO TRY TO TRULY ENHANCE THEM AND ALLOW RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THEM LONG TERM. AS YOU LOOK THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE CALLED OUT A COUPLE OF THE AMENITIES WHICH I HAVE A FEW PICTURES ON IN THE NEXT SLIDES THAT WE CAN TALK THROUGH THERE.

HERE'S A DIAGRAM OF OUR CLUBHOUSE, WHICH IS ALSO HOME TO OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM.

IN HERE WE HAVE A BUSINESS CENTER OR A SORT OF A WORK FROM HOME PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS WOULD GET FREE WI-FI.

WE HAVE A CAFE AND COMMUNITY ROOM THAT CAN BE RENTED OUT FOR RESIDENTS FOR EVENTS AND PARTIES.

WE HAVE AN OUTDOOR LOUNGE AND GRILL AREA AND WHICH SIMILARLY CAN BE RENTED OUT FOR EVENTS AND PARTIES AND IS CONNECTED TO OUR POOL DECK FOR KIND OF AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THERE.

FURTHER, WE HAVE A 24 HOUR FITNESS CENTER WHICH IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS HERE 24 HOURS AND ALSO OPENS UP TO THE POOL DECK FOR A NICE OPEN AIR EXPERIENCE, WEATHER PERMITTING.

HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS OF THE ARCHITECTURE WE'RE PROPOSING AT THIS SITE HERE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF ARTICULATION AND MODULATION IN THE FACADES.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR RENDERING IS THAT AS A PART OF THE PD STANDARDS, WE'RE PROPOSING TO FURTHER REQUIRE 90% OF UNITS TO INCLUDE PRIVATE OUTDOOR SPACE IN THE WAY OF PATIOS OR BALCONIES, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THE FACADE HERE, WHICH WE THINK REALLY HELPS TO CREATE A BROADER SENSE OF ARTICULATION AND DEPTH IN THE QUALITY OF THE ARCHITECTURE.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE AMENITIES.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY ROOM.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS BUILT IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR REFERENCE.

HERE'S THE FITNESS CENTER FROM GRAND PRAIRIE.

AND THIS IS THE POOL DECK, WITH THE LOUNGE AREA IN THE BACKGROUND THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE FROM GRAND PRAIRIE.

HERE'S THE LOUNGE AREA.

AND THEN HERE ARE SOME CONCEPT PICTURES OF WHAT WE ENVISION THE AMENITIES ON THE SITE TO LOOK LIKE.

SO WE SHOW THE NATURE TRAIL KIND OF WINDING THROUGH THE TREES BY THE FLOODPLAIN.

WE REALLY ENVISIONED THAT TO BE A LOW IMPACT, DEVELOPED TRAIL SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN AS MANY TREES AND EXISTING NATURAL LANDSCAPE ITEMS AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE THE HAMMOCK PARK, WHICH WE INTEND TO BE JUST KIND OF A RESTING, STOPPING OFF POINT AT THAT TRAIL WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GO AND MINGLE, MAYBE READ A BOOK IN THE SHADE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE SPORT COURT, WHICH WE INTEND TO BE EITHER A PICKLEBALL COURT OR A VOLLEYBALL COURT, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES FOR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY.

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF OUR INTERIORS TO WRAP UP HERE.

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AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS NOW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I DO, HAVE A COUPLE.

WHAT IS. I MAY HAVE MISSED IT IN HERE.

WHAT? THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS ON THESE APARTMENTS, IS IT? WHAT IS IT? 1 TO 3 OR.

SURE. YEAH. SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE NUMBER OF EACH OF THOSE? YES, SIR. YEAH.

SO WE, I FORGOT TO TOUCH ON WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY FORMULATED OUR UNIT COUNT TO BE HEAVIEST IN ONE AND TWO BEDROOM HOMES.

WE FOUND THAT THESE ARE THE HIGHEST DEMAND, HIGHEST DEMAND FOR OUR RENTERS.

AND WE ALSO FEEL LIKE HERE THAT LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF THREE BEDROOM HOMES ON THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO ATTRACT MORE OF THAT YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OR EMPTY NESTER AND LIMIT THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHAT STUDIO IS THAT LIKE A I'M NOT I KNOW I'VE HEARD IT.

IS THAT LIKE AN OPEN CONCEPT THING OR? YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'S AN EFFICIENCY UNIT WITH A LIVING ROOM AND A KITCHEN COMBINED WITH A SMALL SLEEPING SPACE OFF TO THE REAR? IT IS LIKE ESSENTIALLY A SMALLER ONE BEDROOM.

BUT OFTEN YOU'LL HEAR THEM CALLED LIKE AN EFFICIENCY UNIT BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY ARE MADE FOR A, A SINGLE PERSON OR MAYBE A COUPLE BUT REALLY NOT FAMILY ORIENTED.

IT'S FOR THAT YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AND TO PROVIDE AN ECONOMICAL OPTION AT A LOWER RENT POINT.

GOTCHA. IS THIS A.

IT'S I'M ASSUMING THIS IS A NON GATED COMMUNITY.

CORRECT. WHAT'S SECURITY.

YES. THIS ONE THIS THIS PROPERTY IS BEING PROPOSED AS NON GATED.

REASON BEING IS JUST SOME OF THE ACCESS CONSTRAINTS.

WE WANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FREE FLOWING WITH THE TRAFFIC SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONCENTRATING IT TO ONE POINT OR THE OTHER.

SO WHAT'S THE SECURITY.

WHAT'S. SO DOWN AT THE.

ARE YOU I DON'T KNOW IF THIS POINTER WORKS.

THE POINTER DOESN'T WORK.

ARE YOU POINTING AT THE GATE AT THE SOUTH END.

I'M SORRY. ARE YOU POINTING AT THE GATE ON THE SOUTH END? I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT HE SAID.

YEAH.

I MEAN, WHAT'S THE.

GOTCHA. GOTCHA. YES.

SO SORRY.

NOT. YES. BUT THERE SO OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IS 24 HOURS.

A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE LEASING STAFF, AND OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF WILL ACTUALLY LIVE ON SITE.

BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, EACH OF OUR BUILDINGS, THE ENTRANCES ARE CONTROLLED BY A SYSTEM CALLED BUTTERFLY MX, WHICH HAS A KEY CODE SYSTEM TO OPERATE TO GET INTO THE STAIRWELL BEFORE YOU EVEN GET INTO THE UNIT.

SO THAT'S ONE LEVEL OF PROTECTION.

AND THEN FROM THERE ONCE YOU GET INTO THE UNIT, A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL ALSO OFFER A SMART LOCK SYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON CERTAIN HOMES.

OKAY. AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS, IS THAT THE PAWN SHOP RIGHT THERE? IT IS THE PAWN SHOP.

OR THAT MULTIFAMILY THAT'S GOING IN THERE NOW.

YEAH, THAT'S MULTIFAMILY.

AND THE SALON. SO TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY IS A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY.

AND THEN NORTH OF THAT IS THE WATERVIEW APARTMENTS.

SO THE PAWN SHOP IS FURTHER NORTH.

GOTCHA. WHAT'S THE IS THIS JUST GENERAL LANDSCAPING THAT Y'ALL ARE PUTTING IN? IS THAT WHAT THOSE GREEN I'M SORRY.

THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

OKAY. BETWEEN ANY RESIDENTIAL WHICH THAT PRIVATE DRIVEWAY WOULD BE CONSIDERED.

LAST QUESTION. WHAT IS THE I MEAN, I KNOW IT DEPENDS ON TIME, BUT WHAT IS THE WHAT'S THE RENT PER SQUARE FOOT EXPECTED TO BE ON THIS PROPERTY? THIS IS ERIC, ALSO WITH CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES.

GOOD EVENING. ERIC I'M WITH CONTINENTAL PROPERTIES WEST 134 NORTH, 8675 EXECUTIVE PARKWAY, MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, IT IS GOING TO BE TIME DEPENDENT.

BUT THE MARKET RATE HOMES FOR THIS PROPOSAL.

AS WE ARE CURRENTLY, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY'S CURRENT RENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT A BUCK 76, $1.76 A SQUARE FOOT $0.70, $1.76 PER SQUARE FOOT.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS?

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IT SHOWS THAT YOU ALL HAVE 19.44 ACRES OF LAND THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THE MULTI FAMILY HOME ON.

HAVE YOU ALL RUN A STUDY TO SEE HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES YOU CAN FIT ON THAT PROPERTY LINE, WITH THE FLOODPLAIN BEING ON IT? ARE YOU JUST ASKING IF WE PLANNED IT OUT TO SEE HOW MANY HOMES? YEAH. JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, IF YOU TRY TO RUN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, I KNOW FLOODPLAINS ARE HARD TO WORK AROUND.

IT'S HARDER TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THERE WITH RETENTION PONDS AND ALL THAT.

BUT HAVE YOU TRIED TO SEE HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES YOU CAN FIT ON THAT PROPERTY? WE DID. WE HAVE A PLAN THAT SHOWED THE ENTIRE THING OF SINGLE FAMILY.

GIVE ME A ROM NUMBER ON HOW MANY THAT IS.

I REALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING YOU A BALLPARK NUMBER.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS SINCE WE STARTED THE PROCESS.

I CAN GO BACK THERE AND PULL IT UP ON MY COMPUTER AND COME RIGHT BACK, THOUGH.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT'S COMPARABLE TO HOW MANY BEDROOMS YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN HERE WITH THESE APARTMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE TRACK, OR JUST THE.

[INAUDIBLE] JUST THE MULTIFAMILY.

I THINK IT PROBABLY COME IN ABOUT ONE ONE THIRD OF.

A THIRD. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.

OKAY. THANKS.

SHE TOOK MY QUESTION PRETTY MUCH.

I WAS CURIOUS, THE SAME, SAME QUESTION WITH THE WHY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY IS NOT MORE PREVALENT THAN THIS APARTMENT.

IS IT BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHIC FLOODPLAIN? AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS THIS IS FOR STAFF.

WE ARE JUST DOING THIS PLOT RIGHT NOW TONIGHT.

ARE WE DOING THE WHOLE.

IT'S THE WHOLE. THE WHOLE.

SO. SO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ACROSS FIVE, THAT'S GOT TO BE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH.

THAT'S A TOUGH PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE.

THE POINT THERE AND EVERYTHING.

YEAH. SO THEY'RE PROPOSING INDUSTRIAL.

INDUSTRIAL. ON THAT ACROSS FIVE IS NOT RESIDENTIAL.

IT SAYS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THOUGH.

THEY'RE CHANGING IT TO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE CURRENT ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL LARGE LOTS WHICH FALLS UNDER THE AG.

OKAY. I GUESS I HAVE NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

GENTLEMEN. WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.

SO WE'LL START WORKING THROUGH THOSE.

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR COMMENTS.

WE WILL BE KEEPING TIME FOR THAT.

PLEASE SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

WE'LL START WITH BECKY GREER.

AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE MR. JOE GREER. I'LL HAVE THE TIME.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS BECKY GREER.

I LIVE AT 1314 SOUTH POWELL PARKWAY IN ANNA.

I AM HERE TO OPPOSE ITEM NUMBER 14.

THE ANNE WARREN HAYSLETT, SPECIFICALLY 22 ACRES, WITH THE PLAN PRESENTED BY MORPHIC DEVELOPERS FOR 312 UNITS.

WE HAVE LIVED ON OUR PROPERTY SINCE 1977.

THE ONLY RESIDENTS NEAR THE HAYSLETT ACREAGE.

WE ARE LANDLOCKED WITH ONLY 60FT OF FRONTAGE ON HIGHWAY 5.

OUR WEST BOUNDARY IS SLATER CREEK.

WE HAVE A SINGLE GRAVEL DRIVEWAY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS, AND THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.

WATERVIEW APARTMENTS 300 UNITS ON 24 ACRES.

DREAMVILLE APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED 252 UNITS ON 11 ACRES.

IF THIS ZONING CHANGE IS ALLOWED, THERE WILL BE OVER 60 ACRES OF APARTMENTS AFFECTING OUR HOMESTEAD AND LIFESTYLE.

864 UNITS CALCULATING ONLY TWO PERSONS PER UNIT WE WOULD HAVE A MINIMUM OF 1728 RESIDENTS SITTING IN OUR LAPS.

ENTERING HIGHWAY 5 IS ALREADY DANGEROUS, AND WE CANNOT HELP BUT BE VERY CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY.

WE FEAR IF MORE MULTIFAMILY UNITS ARE ADDED, WE WILL BE UNABLE TO STAY IN OUR HOME.

ALWAYS OF CONCERN ARE DRAINAGE ISSUES.

IMPROPER CONTROL OF THE ADDED RUNOFF DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING TREE REMOVAL.

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I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO CHOOSE A BETTER USE FOR THIS AND OTHER SIMILAR PROPERTIES.

A POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MIXED USE BUILDINGS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE SHOPS OF LEGACY IN PLANO, BUT OF COURSE ON A SMALLER SCALE.

THE USES COULD BE RETAIL, BISTROS, BOUTIQUES, SALON SERVICES AND SOME OWNER OCCUPIED SPACES ABOVE THE SHOPS.

MORE OF THE MATURE TREES ON THE PROPERTY COULD BE SAVED TO ADD BEAUTY.

NOT LIKE CLEAR CUTTING TO FIT IN MORE BOXES STACKED LIKE DOMINOES.

OUR FAMILY HAS A LONG HISTORY IN ANNA.

JOHN. YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS.

AM I DONE? YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS.

HOW MUCH? 15.

THANK YOU. JOHN FLAVEL GREER SETTLED THE TOWN AND IN 1913 WAS ELECTED THE FIRST MAYOR.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RENOVATING THE 122 YEAR OLD HOME OF JOE'S GRANDPARENTS AS AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A HISTORICAL STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL BE LEASED FOR OFFICES. WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR TOWN.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. JOE GREER.

AFTER JOE, WE HAVE TANA BROWN.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

WELL, I AM JOE GREER, 1314 SOUTH POWELL PARKWAY.

HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THIS HOUSE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

AND IT'S THE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR MOTTO, ANNA MY HOMETOWN.

WELL, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I'M 81 YEARS OLD, SO I'VE BEEN THERE 50 AND GRADUATED FROM ANNA HIGH SCHOOL, PLAYED FOOTBALL, DID ALL THAT STUFF, SAME AS MY FATHER AND SO FORTH.

WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE APARTMENTS AND THIS IS BACKING UP TO OUR PROPERTY, WHICH IS PEACEFUL.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY I CHOSE THIS LITTLE OUT OF THE WAY PIECE OF PROPERTY.

ONE, BECAUSE IT CAME UP FOR SALE.

SECOND OF ALL, I LOST MY NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CROSSING HIGHWAY 5 IN 1975, AND I WANTED OUT OF ANNA PROPER.

WELL, THAT WAS OUT OF ANNA PROPER.

TRUST ME. MY FRIENDS THOUGHT I WAS A NUT AND I'M NOT SURE THEY WEREN'T RIGHT.

BUT ANYWAY, WE DON'T NEED THE APARTMENTS.

WE DON'T. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE OUR LIVES COMPLETELY.

AND WE ARE WHAT THEY, I GUESS THEY CALL AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE.

WHEN WE GOT EVERYTHING STRAIGHTENED UP, IT LOOKS LIKE A PARK.

AND WE ONLY BEEN SHOT THROUGH OUR HOUSE ONE TIME FROM ACROSS THE CREEK.

AND PEOPLE WILL FIRE A GUN.

CHRISTMAS TIME WILL COME.

A PELLET GUN, A RIFLE OF SOME KIND.

SO WE'RE JUST.

I'M GETTING OLD, AND I'M A LITTLE MORE SCARED OF LIFE THAN I USED TO BE.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO SAY, PLEASE CONSIDER DON'T ADD ANYMORE APARTMENTS.

FOR GOODNESS SAKES.

WE CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW? AND MELISSA'S BUILDING A JUNIOR HIGH OR SOMETHING JUST UP THERE ON THE ROAD.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU THEY'LL PUT APARTMENTS IN RIGHT THERE.

SO THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE NOTHING BUT HIGHWAY APARTMENT VILLA.

AND RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY.

AND SINCE, AS I UNDERSTAND, THAT'S PART OF A TEXAS THING, THE APARTMENTS NORTH OF US IS A LOW INTEREST THING. I MEAN, IT'S LOW INTEREST OR SHARED RENTAL PROPERTY.

AND I WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION WHERE ARE ALL THESE KIDS GOING? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY EVER TALK ABOUT GETTING SCHOOL BUSSES IN, GETTING SCHOOL BUSSES OUT.

YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT APARTMENT 400 AND SOMETHING.

YOU HAVE 20S.

OKAY. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THEM IN AND OUT? AND FOR GOODNESS SAKES, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET ACROSS HIGHWAY 5? BECAUSE THEY WILL COME ACROSS HIGHWAY 5.

NEXT WE HAVE MISS TANNA BROWN.

GOOD EVENING. TANA BROWN, 2109 ADRIANA DRIVE, ANNA, TEXAS.

I DO LIVE IN ANNA TOWN SQUARE, WHICH IS ACROSS HIGHWAY 5 FROM, I THINK, NUMBER 14.

AND OF COURSE, I LIVE IN FRONT OF NUMBER 15.

AND PARDON ME IF I HAVE THAT FLIP FLOPPED.

SO I HAVE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2010-11-05 IN FRONT OF ME.

TEXAS APPROVING RULES OF PROCEDURE GOVERNING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF CONDUCTING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

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THE GENTLEMAN FROM MORPHIC WE COULD NOT HEAR WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

NUMBER TWO, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT 2.05 THE PETITIONER/APPLICANT WILL STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO DISCUSS THE ITEM.

I BELIEVE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE IN REGARDS TO THIS PETITION, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, DEFINITELY SPOKE OVER THREE MINUTES.

SO I MAY NOT BE INTERPRETING THIS CORRECTLY, BUT I FIND THAT IN VIOLATION OF THE RULES PUT FORTH BY THE CITY COUNCIL, I DO LIVE IN ANNA TOWN SQUARE, WHICH IS WHERE ALL THIS IS TAKING PLACE.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY APARTMENTS.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY RENTAL HOMES BEING BUILT.

IT TAKES US 20 TO 30 MINUTES NOW AT 5:30 WHEN WE EXIT WHERE OUR NEW STOPLIGHT IS.

THANK YOU. TO GET TO WHITE STREET.

SCHOOL BUSSES HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING IN AND OUT DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE SCHOOL GOES LATER NOW.

SO WE'RE HAVING APARTMENTS BUILT WITHIN ANNA TOWN SQUARE.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THE RENTAL PROPERTIES AROUND THEM.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THIS COULD DO TO US TO HAVE ALL THESE APARTMENTS ACROSS THE STREET.

CAN WE NOT GET THE EDC INVOLVED TO FIND OTHER OPTIONS? I LOVE, OF COURSE.

MRS. GREER'S OPTIONS THERE.

BUT I THINK WITH A LITTLE THOUGHT PUT INTO THIS WOULD BE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND I'M SURE THE GREER'S WOULD BE, TOO.

I THINK WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME RESOLUTIONS THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE FAVORABLE TO THE CITY.

AS YOU KNOW, WE GOT, WHAT, AT LEAST 23 COMMENTS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM DEFINITELY PUTTING IN A VOTE TO NO.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE RULES ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE TO FORGIVE ME ON THE NAME HERE.

JEANIE KETZEL.

HOW MANY? HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? HI, MY NAME IS JEANIE KETZEL.

I LIVE AT 616 LILIANA LANE IN ANNA, TEXAS 75409.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ANNA FOR ONE YEAR AND I LOVE THIS CITY.

BUT RIGHT NOW, AROUND ANNA TOWN SQUARE, WE HAVE MORE THAN MORE THAN EIGHT, AT LEAST NINE MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT STRUCTURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING BUILT.

THEY'RE NOT EVEN FILLED OUT YET.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE IMPACT OF ALL IF THEY'RE EVEN GOING TO BE RENTED.

IF THEY'RE NOT, WHAT HAPPENS? RENT LOWERS.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED RENTS.

NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DEPRECIATING PROPERTY VALUES.

IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER PLACE FOR MULTI-UNIT DWELLINGS.

THERE JUST HAS TO BE.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR MORE THAN NINE APARTMENT STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOT EVEN BEING, THAT ARE NOT EVEN COMPLETE, YET TO BE ADDED TO.

TRAFFIC IS ALREADY A NIGHTMARE COMING IN AND OUT OF TOWN SQUARE, AND IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.

IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.

AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO MOVE HERE IT'S WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING TOLD, WE CAN'T REZONE. WE CAN'T REZONE.

THEY'RE ASKING TO REZONE NOW.

MY ANSWER TO THIS WOULD BE NO.

AND YOU GUYS LOOK BORED.

AND I APOLOGIZE IF EVERYBODY IS BORED BY THE COMMENTS, BUT THIS COMMUNITY HAS IS REACHING OUR LIMIT ALREADY.

AND THOSE APARTMENT UNITS AREN'T EVEN COMPLETE YET.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING MORE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS LIVE IN ANNA TOWN SQUARE, BUT I SUGGEST THAT RIGHT NOW, BEFORE THOSE ARE FULLY BUILT, SOME OF YOU GUYS COME DOWN THERE AND JUST SIT OUTSIDE ON ROUTE FIVE OFF OF FINDLAY AT 8:30 IN THE MORNING OR AT 5:00 AT NIGHT AND SEE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET IN AND OUT RIGHT NOW BEFORE YOU EVEN FINISH OUT THOSE APARTMENTS, BEFORE YOU EVEN FINISH THE ONES THAT ARE COMING.

JUST TAKE A LOOK AND SEE HOW HARD IT IS ALREADY.

I WOULD SAY NO.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE KEVIN SAUSI.

HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KEVIN SAUSI.

I LIVE AT 2117 MEADOW DRIVE IN ANNA, AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT THE APARTMENTS WE DON'T WANT THEM.

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JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE GROWN UP AROUND.

AND THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED BUSINESS HERE.

TRYING TO FIT THIS MANY PEOPLE INTO SUCH A SMALL AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STOPLIGHT EVERY EIGHTH OF A MILE FROM HERE TO MELISSA IF THIS KEEPS HAPPENING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR MIXED USE OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL VERSUS APARTMENTS, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL I'M OKAY WITH THE APARTMENTS I'M OUT ON.

I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT VAN ALSTYNE VERSUS ANNA.

VAN ALSTYNE IS SIX MILES UP THE ROAD, AND WHATEVER ANNA HAS BEEN DOING IS KIND OF GOING DOWNHILL.

BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT VAN ALSTYNE, THERE'S WAY LESS CRIME, THERE'S WAY LESS PEOPLE BEING SHOVED IN THERE.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU BUILD HOUSES THAT'S KIND OF WIDESPREAD, TAKES UP MORE SPACE, THE APARTMENTS YOU'RE BUILDING UPWARDS AND JUST JAMMING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THERE AND THEN TRYING TO MOVE EVERYBODY AROUND.

IT'S JUST NOT WORKING.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

EVERYBODY'S ALREADY AGAINST IT, AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS PROBABLY ARE TOO.

SO. THANKS.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE STEPHANIE DINGLE.

HEY ALL, I'M STEPHANIE DINGLE.

I'M 820 ANNE COURT.

ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST WE HAVE THE HOME RULE CHARTER.

THIS IS NOT ON THE 2050 PLAN.

MAYBE I SHOULD STAND BACK HERE.

SINCE WE MOVED TO ANNA TOWN SQUARE.

WE DID DO A RESEARCH WHEN WE MOVED HERE.

WE WERE LIED TO THE BUILDERS, BUT WE ALSO RESEARCHED THE 2050 PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND ALL THAT WAS MEDIUM DENSITY AT THE TIME. AND THE ONLY HIGH DENSITY WAS THE PALLADIUM.

AND I HAVEN'T CHECKED IT RECENTLY, BUT THIS IS NOT ON THE 20 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE EVEN JUST RECENTLY, WHEN I TALKED TO SOMEBODY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVEN CITY MEMBERS WHEN I TELL THEM I'M FROM ANNA TOWN SQUARE, THEY SAY, HEY, YOU'RE SCREWED.

WE HAVE SO MUCH DENSITY COMING IN.

ALSO, WE HAVE PEOPLE.

WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORS. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF MEETINGS, PEOPLE COME ON UP TO THEM AND SAY, WELL, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE? WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE.

WE WANT TO STAY HERE AND WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR WHAT WE'VE INVESTED IN.

GOING BACK, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS TAKEN TWO YEARS TO REALLY GET THAT HIGHWAY LIGHT IN FOR THE INTERSECTION IN WHICH WE LOVE.

AND IT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S, AGAIN, WORKING WITH TXDOT.

WELL, WE HAVE HIGHWAY 5 COMING IN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT AND WORK WITH TXDOT ON THAT ONE.

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TALKING, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE MATH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MAYBE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS BEFORE IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED AND TO HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WAITING, YOU KNOW, ON LEONARD, RIGHT NOW, WE JUST HAVE TWO WAYS TO GET OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND JUST WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TRAFFIC AND JUST A HARD TIME GETTING OUT.

THE APARTMENTS WE HAVE PARMORE PALLADIUM GRAND ONE, GRAND TWO JPI WE HAVE VILLAGE COMMUNITIES, PALLADIUM TWO, TOWN SQUARE VENTURE AND THE CANVAS.

SO THAT'S NINE APARTMENT COMPLEXES RIGHT THERE OFF OF FOSTER, FIVE INSIDE ANNA TOWN SQUARE.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ON THAT ONE ON HIGHWAY 5.

THE APARTMENTS I'M CALCULATING ARE USUALLY ABOUT THREE YEARS TO BUILD.

SO WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMING IN, IT'S JUST IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE IN TIME.

ONCE YOU DO ZONE THE MULTIFAMILY, THERE'S NO GOING BACK.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GO FORWARD, BUT YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK.

AND IF IT COMES TO A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED TO SELL, THAT PROPERTY VALUE IS THROUGH THE ROOF.

YOU CAN'T EVEN BUY IT BACK.

JUST THE TIMING.

WHAT I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU GUYS OF IS JUST THE TIMING AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS EVERYTHING.

AND I THINK THAT'S A HUGE IMPORTANCE TO ALL OF US HERE TONIGHT.

20 SECONDS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DIANE HOPEWELL.

HELLO. OH, SORRY.

I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING, SO I'LL TALK LOUD.

IT'S DIANA HOPEWELL, 1661 ROADRUNNER ROAD, ANNA, TEXAS.

I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THIS IS BEING PROPOSED, AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH THE MULTIFAMILY.

BESIDES THE FACT THAT OUR CITY IS ALREADY POPPING UP APARTMENT COMPLEXES LEFT AND RIGHT, AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN BARELY KEEP UP WITH THE INFLUX OF CHILDREN. IF YOU GUYS DON'T BELIEVE THIS, GO TO THE SCHOOLS.

I SUB THERE AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST.

WE HAVE A GREAT SUPERINTENDENT OVER BUILDING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO REZONE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S AN ISSUE.

THE OTHER ISSUE, TRAFFIC, WILL BE A NIGHTMARE COMING OUT OF THERE ALREADY.

IT IS REALLY HARD GETTING OUT OF 423 AND I KNOW HOW TXDOT WORKS.

THERE WILL BE NO STOPLIGHT UNTIL THERE'S ENOUGH DEATHS.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

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THAT ROAD ON 423 IS A BEAUTIFULLY TREED ROAD WITH OLD, MATURE TREES THAT, IF I'M READING THEIR PLANS CORRECTLY, WILL BE SHREDDED AND DESTROYED. THEY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHICH WILL BE REALLY JUST HEARTBREAKING.

AND I'M ALSO NOT CONVINCED THAT THE FLOODPLAIN WILL DO ITS JOB.

THAT AREA WITH THE LAKE BACK THERE, IT FLOODS UP THERE, AND THAT WHOLE TREED AREA LOOKS LIKE A LOW PLAIN.

AND WITH THEIR PROPOSED AREA IN THE BACK THERE, I WOULD BE VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTIES BEHIND THEM.

OR I GUESS THAT WOULD BE WEST OF WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING BECAUSE OF THAT STRUCTURE BEING BUILT.

AND THAT IS KIND OF MY CONCERNS WITH THIS MAIN THING.

AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO REZONE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

LET'S SLOW IT DOWN.

THAT IS A VERY ODD LOCATION TO THROW UP ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND IT WILL DESTROY A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL NATURAL HABITAT.

MAYBE THE CITY COULD LOOK AT BUYING THAT AND PUTTING PARK TRAILS IN.

I MEAN, IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF THEY DID THAT.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND NEXT WE HAVE MISS BETTY SHARP.

YOU JUST FINE FROM RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU. HOW MANY MORE DO YOU HAVE AFTER THIS? IS IT OKAY? I AM BETTY SHARP.

10282 COUNTY ROAD 288.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE STATEMENTS.

I WAS GOING TO SAY LAST.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? BUT I WANT THESE TO HANG IN THE AIR.

THE FIRST IS THE FIRST SENTENCE OF AN ARTICLE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS PRINCETON GAZETTE FOUR DAYS AGO.

THE GATES ARE STILL LOCKED AT THE PRINCETON LUXURY APARTMENTS, 599 WEST PRINCETON DRIVE, WHERE CONSTRUCTION STOPPED ABRUPTLY A YEAR AGO.

WOW, IS THAT PLACE A MESS? GUESS WHO'S PICKING UP THE BILL? SECOND STATEMENT.

ACCORDING TO SMARTAPARTMENTDATA.COM, 53% OF NORTH TEXAS APARTMENTS MULTIFAMILY RENTAL UNITS IN 2023 STARTED TO OFFER INCENTIVES, INCENTIVES TO KEEP RENTERS. THE THIRD STATEMENT FEBRUARY 24TH, 2024.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE MAYOR OF PRINCETON DID? PUT A FREEZE ON MULTIFAMILY BUILDING.

DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO RESEARCH AND VERIFY.

I ONLY GOT THREE MINUTES.

I'M GOING TO THROW OUT SOME REALLY WACKY IDEAS.

I KEEP HEARING THIS TRACT IS HARD TO DEVELOP.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A BUCK.

NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

BUT THOSE OF US WHO MAKE BUCKS FROM SALARY AND EVEN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THOSE BUCKS IS HAVE A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE, A PEACEFUL PLACE TO LIVE, AND YOU KNOW DARN WELL THAT'S WHY MOST OF THE RESIDENTS MOVED TO ANNA.

THEY WERE SOLD ON SMALL TOWN CHARM, RIGHT? SINGLE FAMILY PRIVACY.

I DON'T NEED TO BE REDUNDANT AND GO OVER ALL THE STUFF YOU'VE HEARD, BUT HERE'S A WACKY IDEA.

MISS HAYSLETT, WHO OWNS THIS PROPERTY AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WANTING TO MAKE A BUCK.

AND THESE GUYS CERTAINLY HAVE A BETTER PLAN THAN THE LAST ONE I DEALT WITH.

RIGHT. BUT MAKING A BUCK, MISS HAYSLETT, IF THERE'S A FLOODPLAIN AND IT'S MATURE TREES AND WILDLIFE, HOW ABOUT WE ASK HER TO DONATE IT FOR AN ANNA CENTRAL PARK? YOU HAVE 30S LEFT.

HOW MUCH TIME? IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I WANT A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS PER 100 RESIDENTS ON COST OF POLICE.

I WANT A DISASTER PLAN.

I KNOW MR. PETER'S BEEN TO FEMA.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF THEY ARE FULL? ALL THESE APARTMENTS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF THEY'RE NOT FULL, THE TAXPAYER IS GOING TO PAY AND WE NEED A REALISTIC COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:59 P.M.

AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS DISCUSSION? I HAVE THE 2050 FUTURE LAND USE IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.

LAUREN, CAN YOU COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL IS WHAT IT'S UNDER THE ORANGE AND RED.

CAN YOU DEFINE THE ORANGE AS CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL FOR ME, PLEASE? SO CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL IS CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE SMALLER, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

HOME SITES ARE LOCATED ON IN PLATTED SUBDIVISIONS WITH ALL UTILITIES, RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, AND THEN COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL OR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS DEVELOPMENT IS TYPICALLY CHARACTERIZED BY SMALL FREESTANDING BUILDINGS CONTAINING ONE OR MORE BUSINESSES, UNLIKE LARGER SHOPPING CENTERS THAT MAY ATTRACT REGIONAL CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS PRIMARILY PROVIDE SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUSINESS TYPES INCLUDE RESTAURANTS, LOCAL RETAIL, MEDICAL OFFICES, BANKS, AND OTHER RETAIL AND SERVICES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAN YOU REMIND EVERYONE WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS WRITTEN? THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS APPROVED IN APRIL OR MAY OF 2021.

THAT'S WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR THREE YEARS.

CAN YOU REMIND EVERYONE OF WHO WRITES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHO'S INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS? SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WAS CONSISTING OF 23 PEOPLE.

IT WAS A COMBINATION OF AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION COUNCIL, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MAJOR HOME BUILDERS, SOME OF THE LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS, AS WELL AS WE HAD ONE RESIDENT FROM THE ETJ WHO WAS INVOLVED.

THE MS. MECKE THE PROPOSED ZONING THEY'RE PROPOSING ONE OF THE TRACTS, THE ON THE YELLOW HERE, THE MIXED DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

WHAT DOES THAT EXACTLY INCLUDE? I DON'T HAVE THE ZONING CHART OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SO THE MIXED DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WHAT WE DID WAS WHEN WE UPDATED THE ZONING, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WE COMBINED THE SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOME DISTRICT WITH THE PATIO HOME DISTRICT.

SO THIS ZONING DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN PATIO HOMES AND TOWNHOMES THAT ARE INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOTS AS WELL AS THE TWO FAMILY.

THERE'S NOT TOO MANY DUPLEX DEVELOPERS ANYMORE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I KNOW.

TO BE ON RECORD I GUESS.

WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CORRECT? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO.

RIGHT. IT'S A GUIDE. BUT YEAH.

YEAH, THAT'S OUR GUIDE THAT I FEEL LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR US TO FOLLOW.

CORRECT. YEAH. SO THE WAY I SEE IT, MULTIFAMILY IS NOT A GOOD USE FOR THAT PLOT OF LAND, AM I WRONG? YOU KNOW, AS PER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT WOULD NOT FALL IN LINE WITH IT.

I DO ACTUALLY, THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO DO INDUSTRIAL UP AGAINST THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT MAKES SENSE.

ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE THAT'S A WEIRD.

THE SINGLE FAMILY IS NOT GOING TO GO THERE.

YEAH. AND WITH IT GETTING NARROW, I MEAN, MAYBE YOU'LL GET SOME COMMERCIAL, BUT I LIKE THE INDUSTRIAL.

I LIKE THE COMMERCIAL ON HIGHWAY 5.

BUT YEAH I THINK YOU KNOW THAT MULTIFAMILY THE MIXED DENSITY, IT'S NOT IDEAL.

BUT YOU GET MORE OF A SINGLE FAMILY FEEL WITH THAT.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHTS ARE, LOOK, WE HAVE A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS RIGHT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

I UNDERSTAND IF YOU REZONE THIS, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME YOU GET THROUGH ENTITLEMENTS, FULL SET OF PLANS, DEVELOPMENT, IT'S GOING TO DELIVER WITHIN A FEW YEARS.

BUT WE GOT A LOT OF UNITS COMING ONLINE AND I KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, LET'S LOOK AT THE ABSORPTION AND SEE HOW THAT GOES BEFORE WE START.

I AGREE. REZONING STUFF.

WHAT TYPE OF APPROVAL WOULD THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE FROM THE RAILROAD AND ALL OF THAT RIGHT THERE?

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YEAH, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T ENCROACH ON A DART EASEMENT.

YEAH. THE TRAIN HORN, THE TRAIN HORNS GOING TO [INAUDIBLE].

I TO LIVE IN ANNA TOWN SQUARE.

SO I DO KNOW A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THERE.

IS THERE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T DO THE MD WHERE THE MF IS AS WELL FOR TOWNHOMES? IF THAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL? YES. YEAH.

WE COULD APPROVE IT WITH I THINK ONE OF THE OPTIONS CORRECT IS APPROVE WITH STIPULATIONS.

THAT IS CORRECT. CORRECT.

BUT WE COULD ALSO APPROVE IT WITH MIXED USE.

YEAH. YEAH THAT'S TRUE.

THAT'S TRUE. YEAH.

RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME WE'VE HAD DEVELOPERS COME FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ALREADY.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

I JUST WANT TO DO IT RIGHT BECAUSE I DO HEAR EVERYBODY TRUST ME, I DO.

AND IT IS UNIQUE.

EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND, I SEE THE MF.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MD WAS.

NOW YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, THE TOWNHOME THING, I COULD KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE POSSIBLY THAT BEING LOOKED AT FROM THE DEVELOPERS AS WELL.

I'LL MAKE NOTE I ALSO LIVE IN ANNA TOWN SQUARE, SO I DO UNDERSTAND SO SO I.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER NYLEC? OH, BOY.

GOSH. WHILE YOU'RE THINKING, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD OR.

OKAY. YOU GOOD? I'M GOING TO MOTION TO DENY.

ONLY BECAUSE I JUST DON'T THINK ALL THE STIPULATIONS I SAW FROM BEFORE AS WELL.

SOMEONE'S GOT TO COME THROUGH HERE WITH A BETTER IDEA.

SO I'M GOING TO MOTION TO DENY.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY FROM COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

I'LL SECOND. AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION. CAN WE NOT ON THAT? YEAH. CAN WE NOT MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FOR THE MULTIFAMILY? YES, WE CAN, BUT SINCE HE ALREADY MOTIONED, WE HAVE TO RULE ON THAT MOTION.

SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS.

BUT WE COULD DO THAT.

OKAY, SO WE WILL TAKE A VOTE NOW.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER NYLEC, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER MARTIN? YES. COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES. COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

NO. COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

NO. AND I ALSO WILL SAY NO.

AND COMMISSIONER PATTERSON-HERNDON IS ABSTAINING FOR THIS, SO THE MOTION WILL FAIL ON THIS.

SO IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA 14 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MULTIFAMILY BE.

CAN YOU PULL UP THE. CAN YOU CHANGE THE SCREEN FOR ME SORRY WITH THE MULTIFAMILY TO BE MULTIDENSITY.

MIXED DENSITY. MIXED DENSITY.

I'M SORRY. SORRY.

SO LET ME SAY IT AGAIN I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 14 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL THAT THE MULTIFAMILY BE MIXED DENSITY. SORRY FOR CLARIFICATION.

LAUREN CAN YOU STATE FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE WHAT THAT IS, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY. CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? CAN YOU STATE FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE WHAT THAT IS, PLEASE? WHAT THAT WOULD CONTAIN? WHAT THE MIXED DENSITY DISTRICT CONTAINS? SO THE MIXED DENSITY DISTRICT IS A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND TWO FAMILY HOMES, MEANING ONLY ONE DWELLING UNIT PER LOT OR TWO DWELLING UNITS PER LOT.

AND THERE ARE CERTAIN STIPULATIONS.

THE MIXED DENSITY DISTRICT REQUIRES 4500FT² FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, AND FOR A TOWNHOME OR A DUPLEX, IT REQUIRES 2300FT² PER UNIT.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.

WE DO NOT HAVE A SECOND.

THAT MEANS THIS FAILS.

THIS ONE'S NEW.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION?

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I SECOND THAT. YES, I SECOND.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

I'M RUNNING OUT OF ROOM ON MY PAGE HERE.

AND A SECOND FROM BLANSETT.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES, COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES. COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

YES. AND MYSELF AS A YES.

AND COMMISSIONER PATTERSON-HERNDON WILL ABSTAIN AS WELL.

SO MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL PAUSE ONE MOMENT WHILE I BRING HER BACK IN.

WE NEED TO DO ITEM 14 AS WELL.

OR. SORRY 15.

YEAH. 15 CONTINGENT ON 14.

OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 15.

CONSIDER DISCUSS ACTION REGARDING THE POWELL CORNERS BLOCK A LOT ONE CONCEPT PLAN APPLICANT ANN WARREN HASLETT.

THIS IS CONTINGENT UPON ITEM NUMBER 14, MISS HAYSLETT.

IF THIS ZONING CASE IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION AND ZONING ORDINANCES.

THE MIXED USE DISTRICT DOES ALLOW.

CAN YOU GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE? THE MIXED USE DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR THIS LAND USE.

THEREFORE IT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING.

IT'S IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING.

OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON? DO WE NEED A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

ALL IN FAVOR. COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

[INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER HERMANN, IF I COULD JUMP IN.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE.

SO THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AS IT IS SUBMITTED DOES NOT MATCH YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL.

IT MATCHES WHAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED FOR THE ZONING.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS LANGUAGE STATES.

SO SINCE YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS A CHANGE.

IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE THIS SITE PLAN, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF IT WITH CHANGES TO ACCOUNT FOR YOUR PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

JUST SO THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY.

OKAY. BETWEEN THE TWO.

DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON WHAT WAS JUST MOTIONED THOUGH? OR CAN WE MODIFY OUR.

YOU CAN MODIFY IT. YOU CAN MODIFY THE MOTION.

DO YOU WISH TO [INAUDIBLE]. I'LL MODIFY MINE TO APPROVE BASED ON MAKING THE CHANGES.

SECOND. SECOND.

OKAY. VERY WELL.

WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE NOW.

COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES. COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES. COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

YES. COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

YES. COMMISSIONER HERMANN IS A YES.

AND PATTERSON-HERNDON WILL ABSTAIN.

MOTION PASSES.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

CAN WE PLEASE BRING BACK IN COMMISSIONER PATTERSON-HERNDON.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEARING WITH ME ON THAT.

THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

YES, MA'AM. THE MOTION THAT PASSED WAS TO APPROVE THE REZONE WITH A MODIFICATION TO THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION OF THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN TO BE A MIXED USE DISTRICT, AND THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. AND KEEP IN MIND, CITY COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON THIS.

WE JUST PUSH IT THROUGH TO CITY COUNCIL.

SO IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO SHOW UP FOR THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT HAPPENING AS WELL.

NOT THE MAY 14TH.

NO, NOT. YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU'RE RIGHT. SORRY. THANK YOU.

THE FOLLOWING. IT WILL BE THE MAY 28TH.

OKAY. OKAY, THAT LEAVES US TO THE TREE BOARD AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16.

[Tree Board Items]

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THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HAVING YOU GUYS ACT AS THE TREE BOARD.

I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU EVEN KNEW THAT YOU WERE THE TREE BOARD.

SO THIS IS FOR THE NEW CITY PARK THAT IS DEDICATED WITH THE WOODS AT LINDSAY PLACE SUBDIVISION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A VERY HEAVILY FORESTED SITE.

THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND IN THIS SCREEN YOU CAN SEE WE HIGHLIGHTED THE TREE CANOPY THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO PRESERVE.

AS PART OF THIS REQUEST THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, WHAT IT DOES IS IT CLASSIFIES DIFFERENT TREES THAT REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS STAFF APPROVED.

AND I DO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE TREE PRESERVATION PLAN THAT COMES THROUGH.

AND EVERETT HAS ALREADY GOTTEN HIS HAND AT IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A FEW DEFINITIONS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO IT.

A QUALITY TREE IS A TREE ON OUR CITY MAINTAINED LIST OF PREFERRED TREE SPECIES.

A PROTECTED QUALITY TREE IS WHEN THAT TREE IS SIX INCHES OR GREATER.

A SPECIMEN TREE IS ANY TREE THAT IS 24 INCHES OR GREATER, AND ALL OF THESE ARE MEASURED AT ABOUT IT'S 4.4FT HIGH DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT, AND THEN INSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN MITIGATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PROTECTED TREES THAT ARE SIX INCHES OR GREATER, SPECIMEN TREES AND ALL TREES WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE THAT ARE 18IN OR GREATER OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN.

FOR MOST DEVELOPMENT MITIGATION IS ONLY REQUIRED WHEN THOSE TREES ARE THE PROTECTED QUALITY TREES ARE 18 INCHES OR GREATER, SPECIMEN TREES AND ALL TREES WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE. SO I HAVE TO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE TREE THAT SOMEONE IS REMOVING.

AND IN THE TREE PRESERVATION ARTICLE IT TALKS ABOUT TREE CREDITS.

IF A TREE WOULD OTHERWISE BE EXEMPT FROM BEING REPLACED, THEN A DEVELOPER CAN EARN CREDITS FOR PRESERVING THOSE TREES. SO LET'S SAY THERE ARE TEN CRAPE MYRTLES ON A SITE THAT THEY ARE CHOOSING TO PRESERVE, AND IT'S LESS THAN SO A CRAPE MYRTLE IS NOT ON OUR CANOPY TREE LIST.

SO THAT WOULD GENERALLY WOULDN'T BE OVER 18 INCHES.

SO THEY CAN COUNT THOSE AS CREDITS BECAUSE THEY'RE PRESERVING THOSE TREES AND ADD IT AGAINST THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE.

SO THERE ARE CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY.

WE WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS NONRESIDENTIAL EXEMPTIONS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INCLUDE INSTALLING UTILITY LINES, DEDICATING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUILDING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, FIRE LANES.

THINGS THAT ARE NOT EXEMPT IS PARKING SPACES, PICNIC TABLES, SHADE STRUCTURES, PLAYGROUNDS, ANY BUILDINGS OR FENCING.

AND I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT IF THERE IS FLOODPLAIN, THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MITIGATED.

SO WITH THIS REQUEST, WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS TO NOT HAVE TO SURVEY THE WHOLE SITE.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SITE PLAN, IT WOULD BE KIND OF COMPLICATED TO SPECIFICALLY GO TO THE EXACT SPOT THAT WE NEED TO SURVEY EACH OF THOSE TREES. AND BECAUSE IT'S A HEAVILY FORESTED SITE IT WOULD COST A LOT OF MONEY.

AND THIS IS FOR A PUBLIC GOOD.

SO THE TREE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL NEED TO CONSIDER THESE FACTORS WHEN DECIDING TO WAIVE THE TREE PRESERVATION ARTICLE.

LITERAL ENFORCEMENT CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISHED.

AS I SAID, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SELECT THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT HAVE TO BE MITIGATED VERSUS WHAT DOESN'T GET MITIGATED TO THE EXTENT AT WHICH THE APPLICATION MEETS OTHER STANDARDS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WILL BE PRESERVED WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNT OF TREE CREDITS FOR THE AREAS THAT ARE BEING REMOVED FOR THE PARKING SPACES, THE PICNIC TABLES, THE SHADE STRUCTURES POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

IT'S A CITY PARK.

IT'S A CITY PARK. [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN'T SEE ANY NEGATIVES.

THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE WAIVER WOULD BE MITIGATED BY OTHER PROPOSED OR EXISTING LANDSCAPING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF TREES.

THERE IS NO LANDSCAPING THAT CAN REPLACE ALL OF THOSE TREES.

THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ABOVE VIEW? GO BACK TO WHICH ONE OF THE AERIAL? THAT THOSE TWO.

WELL THAT ONE FIRST YOU SEE ON BOTH SIDES.

NOW GO BACK TO THE NEXT ONE OKAY.

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NORTH. YES.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, THAT ONE IS THAT SIDE.

OKAY. SO YOU HAVE THE INDICATION WHERE THE TREES ARE.

YES. HOW ARE THEY GOING IT'S A SITE PLAN.

HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MARK THESE TREES VERSUS THE ONES THAT GET REMOVED.

SO THERE ARE WAYS TO PRESERVE TREES DURING CONSTRUCTION WITH DIFFERENT BARRIERS, DIFFERENT FORMS OF BARRIERS MARKING THEM WITH CERTAIN RIBBONS OR PUTTING A PROTECTIVE TREE BARRIER AROUND IT.

THE ORANGE FENCES. YES.

YEAH. OKAY.

AND THIS WILL THIS SITE PLAN BE FOLLOWED AS IT'S GIVEN TO US? SO IT HAS BEEN WORKED THROUGH WITH THE PARKS PLANNING MANAGER, DALAN WALKER.

AND SO HE'S THE ONE WHO WILL ENSURE THAT IT GETS BUILT AS SHOWN.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. IS THERE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16? I MOTION I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 16.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

ALL IN FAVOR.

COMMISSIONER MARTIN? YES, COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES. COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

YES, COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

YES. COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

YES. AND MYSELF.

MOTION PASSES.

UNANIMOUS. I WILL MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 7:20 P.M..

SECOND. WOW, THAT WAS FAST.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES. COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES, COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

YES, COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

YES, COMMISSIONER BLANSETT.

YES. YES.

AND MYSELF.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:21 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.