Jan 06, 2025 Planning and Zoning Commission

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THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

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

THE TIME IS NOW 6:04 P.M..

ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

AT THIS TIME WE ASK THAT YOU ALL RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH HUMBLE HEARTS AND MINDS.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE PROVIDED US IN THIS NEW YEAR.

WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE US WITH WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO BETTER SERVE THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.

AMEN. 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.

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

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

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

PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP HERE IT'S ONLY THREE MINUTES AND WE WILL BE TIMING.

NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A NEIGHBOR'S INQUIRY, OR RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.

AT THIS TIME, WE NOW WELCOME STEPHANIE SCOTT SIMS FOR A DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR AN

[4. Director's Report.]

HAVE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS? NO.

MIC] GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I AM JUST GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE RECAP OF SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER.

YOU MAY RECALL ON DECEMBER 10TH, WE HELD A JOINT COMP PLAN UPDATE WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL AT RATTAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

KIMLEY-HORN WILL BE BACK ON JANUARY 28TH TO PROVIDE YOU AND THE COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATE OR KIND OF A REHASH OF WHAT WAS WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THAT MEETING AND TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES GOING FORWARD.

A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

ON DECEMBER 17TH AT COUNCIL THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE LAKEVIEW ESTATES ZONING AMENDMENT.

YOU MAY RECALL THAT'S THE DAYCARE THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF RATTAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIGHT NEXT TO RATTAN ELEMENTARY ON SOUTH FERGUSON PARKWAY, SOUTH OF WHITE STREET. THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING FOR THE CITY PARK HEIGHTS EAST AND CITY PARK HEIGHTS WEST DEVELOPMENTS. AND THEY ALSO APPROVED ENTERING INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH SHERLEY FOR THE SHERLEY FARMS DEVELOPMENT. THE TELLUS GROUP IS ACTUALLY HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THAT DEVELOPMENT TO YOU.

JUST A NOTE ON UPCOMING ITEMS. AGAIN ON JANUARY ON JANUARY 28TH, WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD MEMBER RECOGNITION, RECEPTION AND CEREMONY FROM 5 TO ABOUT 6:30 P.M.

HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL CENTER.

ALSO ON THE 28TH, WE WILL HAVE A THAT JOINT COMP PLAN UPDATE MEETING WITH COUNCIL, THE ONE I JUST REFERRED TO.

THAT WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO ACTUALLY RIGHT AFTER THE VOLUNTEER RECEPTION SO AROUND 06:30 IS WHEN THAT WILL START.

FEBRUARY 3RD WILL BE THE NEXT REGULAR P&Z MEETING.

TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 6TH.

IS THE COMP ANOTHER COMP PLAN UPDATE THIS TIME SORRY COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE.

SO AGAIN, SORRY FEBRUARY 6TH IS THE COMP PLAN UPDATE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE AND THE

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I'LL LET YOU KNOW AT A LATER DATE WHERE THAT WILL BE AT.

AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 21ST I BELIEVE LAUREN SENT THIS OUT TO YOU.

THE FOCUS NORTH TEXAS 2025 CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE WESTIN GALLERIA IN DALLAS.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, WHICH WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO IT'S JUST A ONE DAY CONFERENCE.

PLEASE LET ME OR LAUREN KNOW.

AND THEN ALSO TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED IS THE FEBRUARY 25TH JOINT P&Z COUNCIL COMP PLAN UPDATE MEETING.

AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSION FOR SHERLEY FARMS PRESENTATION.

[Work Session]

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS.

TONIGHT WE HAVE THE TELLUS GROUP HERE TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE SHERLEY FARMS DEVELOPMENT. WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM? HI. ANDRE FERRARI, 2091 BRYN MAWR, PROSPER, TEXAS, 75078.

HI THERE, JUSTIN CRAIG 883 BLOOMFIELD ROAD, VALLEY VIEW, TEXAS.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO TELLUS GROUP IS, HOW WE DEVELOP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CURRENT COMMUNITIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS GOING INTO THE PROJECT VISION FOR SHERLEY FARMS RIGHT HERE IN ANNA.

WE ARE MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS, WE ONLY DO MASTER PLANS, AND OUR FOCUS IS ON AMENITY RICH, LIFESTYLE DRIVEN MASTER PLANS RIGHT HERE IN DFW.

AND REALLY KIND OF OUR OUR MAIN FOCUS AND REALLY THE DRIVER ON ALL THE DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS WE MAKE IS CREATING PLACES THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT BOTH THE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THE BROADER COMMUNITY, AND REALLY HONOR THE LAND ON WHICH OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BUILT.

SO GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AND HOW WE APPROACH OUR DEVELOPMENTS, WE HAVE A HUGE FOCUS ON ESTHETIC DESIGN.

SO IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU'LL SEE ICONIC ENTRIES, CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE PRESERVE NATURAL FEATURES ANYWHERE WE CAN GET AWAY FROM A BORING STRAIGHT LINE AND HAVE BEAUTIFUL CURVILINEAR SIDEWALKS, TRAILS, ROADS.

WE'LL DO DEEPER LOTS WITH VARYING SETBACKS TO REALLY CREATE A REALLY UNIQUE SENSE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF HOW WE LOOK AT COMMUNITY BUILDING, IT'S A LOT OF IT IS THROUGH OUR WELL-PLANNED PUBLIC SPACES, REALLY PARTNERING WITH THE MUNICIPALITY AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE SERVING THROUGH OUR DEVELOPMENTS.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF BUILDING THE COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE TAKE AN APPROACH OF HAVING A LOT OF EVENTS AND DEDICATED LIFESTYLE DIRECTORS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF AS A CRUISE SHIP DIRECTOR ON A CRUISE.

GOING INTO THE LIFESTYLE DRIVEN SIDE OF THINGS A LOT OF IT IS THROUGH DESIGN, AND THEN A LOT OF IT IS THROUGH PROGRAMING.

SO THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL KNOW US BEST FOR IS WINDSONG RANCH OUT IN PROSPER.

IT'S THE MOST AWARD WINNING COMMUNITY IN DALLAS.

IT HAD THE FIRST LAGOON HERE IN DFW.

AND WE STARTED DEVELOPING IT BACK IN 2012, PUTTING THE FIRST LOTS ON THE GROUND, AND WE JUST WRAPPED UP DELIVERING THE LAST LOTS HERE VERY RECENTLY. EVERY TIME WE PUT UP THE SLIDE, THE NUMBERS ARE WRONG.

WE ARE NOW UP TO ON THE HIGH END SALES OF HOMES ARE AT $3.1 MILLION IN WINDSONG RANCH.

THEN RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IN THE CITY OF CELINA, WE HAVE OUR MOSAIC PROJECT.

WE ARE CURRENTLY DELIVERING OUR SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT, IT WILL BE ABOUT 1,600 HOMES AND KIND OF FOLLOWS A LOT OF THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES

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THERE YOU CAN SEE OUR ENTRY MONUMENT THAT STANDS 50FT TALL, HAS LED LIGHTS FOR WHEN THE LOCAL TEAMS WIN THEIR GAMES AND IS JUST IN LINE WITH REALLY OUR WAY OF REALLY GOING OVER THE TOP ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

HERE'S A FEW RENDERINGS.

THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE A LAGOON, IT'LL HAVE A LAZY RIVER, BUT WE REALLY FOCUS ON KIND OF HAVING CREATING UNIQUE AMENITIES THAT REALLY DIFFERENTIATE OUR COMMUNITIES FROM OTHER PROJECTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE MERAKI, WHICH IS OUT IN FORNEY, AND WE ARE WORKING ON DELIVERING OUR FIRST PHASE OF THAT PROJECT.

THAT ONE WILL BE ABOUT 3,000 HOMES AS WELL.

SO GOING MORE SPECIFICALLY INTO THE PROJECT VISION FOR SHERLEY FARMS HERE IN ANNA.

SO WE TOOK A VERY CONCERTED APPROACH ON KIND OF OUR INITIAL DEFINITION OF WHAT THE VISION FOR THIS PROJECT WAS.

AND HERE'S A FEW OF THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES WE CAME UP WITH WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND WORKING WITH TASHA SHERLEY ESCOTO, THE LANDOWNER WHO'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

CONNECTING TO THE CITY OF ANNA AND THE HISTORY OF THE LAND ITSELF, CULTIVATING AN AGRICULTURAL FORWARD COMMUNITY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY KIND OF UNIQUE TO THE AREA TYPE COMMUNITY CALLED AN AGRIHOOD, THAT'S GOING TO INCORPORATE ALL SORTS OF AGRICULTURAL ELEMENTS INTO IT.

EMBRACING GLOBAL WELLNESS INSTITUTE'S FRAMEWORK.

THEY ARE A GROUP THAT IS FOCUSED ON PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS GLOBALLY, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME OF THEIR THEIR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY EXPERTS ON REALLY INTEGRATING A WELLNESS FORWARD COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR DESIGN.

REIMAGINING THE TYPICAL MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY WHERE SHERLEY FARMS IS A PLACE EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT.

WE HAVE REALLY HIGH HOPES FOR SHERLEY FARMS AND REALLY VIEW IT AS AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE EXPECT TO BE KNOWN NATIONALLY AND SERVE AS A MODEL THROUGHOUT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR INCORPORATING INCORPORATING THE WELLNESS AND THE AGRICULTURE ELEMENTS.

AND THEN CREATING A COMPLETE COMMUNITY THAT GIVES PEOPLE PLACES TO WALK AND BLEND SEAMLESSLY WITH THE MIX OF HOMES.

SO GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, ITS APPROXIMATELY 01,000 ACRES, WITH ENTITLEMENTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 03,000 HIGH QUALITY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH STRICT GUIDELINES AND RENTAL RESTRICTIONS.

AND A BIT ABOUT US, WE WE DON'T DO POT SALES.

WE DON'T BREAK UP THE COMMUNITY.

WE START WITH THE FIRST LOTS AND WE SELL THE LAST LOTS.

AND SO FOR US, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND QUALITY OF THE COMMUNITY FROM START TO FINISH.

AND THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE 150 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, INCLUDING A SWEEPING CENTRAL GREEN, WHICH IS THAT KIND OF BIG GREEN AREA YOU SEE THROUGH THE CENTRAL OF THE COMMUNITY.

THINK OF IT LIKE A A HOLE AT A GOLF COURSE WITHOUT THE GOLF.

AND REALLY, THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS BEING ABLE TO HAVE EASILY ACCESSIBLE GREEN SPACE FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE, WHERE EVERYONE CAN WALK TO IT THROUGH THE EXTENSIVE TRAIL SYSTEM.

WE'LL HAVE TWO UNIQUE AMENITY CENTERS AND WE'LL HAVE A 65 ACRE WORKING ORGANIC FARM WITH SUBSTANTIVE AGRITAINMENT COMPONENTS, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER.

JUST LIKE ALL OUR COMMUNITIES, THERE'LL BE SIGNIFICANT LIFESTYLE PROGRAMING THAT WILL BE PRIMARILY CENTERED AROUND HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AS WELL AS THE AGRIHOOD CONCEPT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TEACH ANYONE TO BECOME A FARMER.

THE IDEA IS EXPOSURE.

IT'S COME TO A CLASS AND LEARN ABOUT GROWING TOMATOES.

COME LEARN ABOUT HOW BEES ARE IMPORTANT WITHIN THE ECOSYSTEM, AND REALLY GIVING EXPOSURE IN AGRICULTURE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'LL ALSO BE A CIVIC EMERGENCY SERVICES SITE PROVIDED TO THE CITY, A WATER TOWER SITE.

WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH AISD FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE.

AND THEN ONE OF THE PARTS WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS HAVING A SUBSTANTIVE CONNECTION THROUGH GEER PARK INTO DOWNTOWN ANNA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WE WERE DESIGNING A VERY A VERY WALKABLE COMMUNITY, AND WE ENVISION THE RESIDENTS OF SHERLEY FARMS BEING ABLE TO WALK TO GEER PARK INTO DOWNTOWN ANNA, WHICH WITH ALL THE THOUGHT THAT HAS GONE INTO THE MASTER PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN ANNA, WE THINK THAT BRINGING A COMMUNITY LIKE SHERLEY FARMS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP CATALYZE THE GROWTH OF THAT PLAN.

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AND THEN THERE'LL BE APPROXIMATELY 70 NET ACRES THAT WILL BE RETAINED BY SHERLEY PARTNERS TO BE DEVELOPED LATER INTO A MIXTURE OF USES PRETTY FAR DOWN THE ROAD.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO THERE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AT THAT TIME.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE MORE DETAILED THAN WE'LL GO INTO BUT POINTS I WANTED TO HIT ON REALLY THE DIVERSITY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING TYPES.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.

TYPICALLY, WITHIN EVERY PHASE OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE'LL HAVE A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT LOT SIZES AND DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES.

AND A BIG PART OF IT THAT WE'VE SEEN PLAY OUT THROUGHOUT WINDSONG RANCH HAS BEEN YOU HAVE A YOUNG COUPLE THEY JUST GOT MARRIED THEY WANT TO MOVE TO ANNA, AND THEY HAVE THEIR STARTER HOME AND SAY IT'S A TOWNHOME.

THEN THEY GET A DOG, THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST KID, THEY WANT A YARD.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE ANNA.

IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS NOT A STEPPING STONE.

THE COMMUNITY IS NOT A STEPPING STONE.

THEY CAN GO TO A 50 FOOT LOT, AND THEN THEY HAVE A FEW MORE KIDS AND THEY CAN GO TO 70 FOOT LOT.

SO WE'VE SEEN THIS IN WINDSONG RANCH, WHERE THERE'S FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE ON THEIR THIRD OR FOURTH WINDSONG RANCH HOME.

AND SO WE THINK IN TERMS OF OF REALLY TYING THE RESIDENTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT APPROACH TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND FOR DIFFERENT STAGES OF LIFE.

ANOTHER BIG THING ON ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE HAVE VERY STRICT ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND ANTI MONOTONY RULES.

BECAUSE WE ARE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, WE VIEW HOW BEAUTIFUL PHASES ONE AND TWO LOOK AND CONTINUE TO LOOK ARE GOING TO DRIVE HOW WELL WE CAN SELL LOTS IN PHASES SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT.

AND SO WE ARE VERY DILIGENT ABOUT KEEPING THE STANDARDS AND HAVING A ROBUST HOA THAT KEEPS EVERYTHING LOOKING THE WAY IT WAS ALWAYS ENVISIONED AND KEEPS EVERYONE BOUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS KIND OF JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE ZONES THAT THE SELLER, SHERLEY PARTNERS IS RETAINING.

OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS.

THIS JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR ON KIND OF WHAT THE INITIAL VISION IS OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS A VERY WALKABLE COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS STUFF, I THINK SOME PEOPLE JUST JUMP TO, OKAY, SO HEALTHY MEANS I GO TO THE GYM FIVE DAYS A WEEK, AND THAT'S REALLY NOT HOW IT WORKS.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE IPADS, GETTING THEM OUTSIDE, GIVING THEM SOMETHING NICE TO GO EXPLORE, TO GO SEE, TO GO ENJOY AND GETTING THEM ACTIVE THAT WAY.

HERE WE HAVE A FEW RENDERINGS OF KIND OF THE DIFFERENT ENTRY EXPERIENCES AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

AN AMENITY CENTER THAT'S KIND OF BLENDED IN THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREEN.

THIS IS DESIGNATED TO BE, I BELIEVE, THE THE MOST NARROW PART OF THE CENTRAL GREEN, TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSE OF THE SCALE OF HOW BIG THE CENTRAL GREEN WILL BE.

AND THEN THIS IS THE FARM THAT WE WERE MENTIONING, WHICH IS RIGHT UP ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SO THIS WILL BE AT 65 ACRES.

IT WILL BE PRIMARILY A WORKING ORGANIC FARM WITH AN ON SITE FARMER THAT LIVES THERE.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE A COMPONENT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE AMENITY.

AND SO WE ARE WE ARE WORKING WITH A FEW DIFFERENT GROUPS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WE'VE BEEN TOURING A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS LIKE THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHERE IT'S A COMBINATION OF FARMERS MARKETS, A COMBINATION OF ALL SORTS OF THE PROGRAMING I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE LEARNING FROM A REAL FARMER.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BASICS.

AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE EVENTS HERE THAT ARE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE KIND OF MORE HOA SPECIFIC EVENTS.

SO THESE ARE ALL ACTUAL PICTURES OF HOMES WITHIN WINDSONG RANCH AND MOSAIC OUR OTHER TWO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HOMES UP.

AND SO IT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIVERSITY, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE THE BIGGER ESTATE TYPE HOMES, THE 70 FOOT, THE 60 FOOT, AND IT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL

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AND REALLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS ON ON ALL OF THIS COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE LANDOWNER ON HER VISION, THE CITY OF ANNA, ON YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS HAS BEEN LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OVERLAP AND HOW MUCH BENEFIT THERE REALLY IS.

WHEN LISTENING TO THE CITY OF ANNA, OF WHAT WHAT THE CITY WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR IT WAS SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING EXCITING, SOMETHING INNOVATIVE.

AND WE REALLY THINK THAT KIND OF WITH OUR WITH OUR DESIGN, WITH THE DIFFERENT WAY WE'RE DOING THINGS, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER SOMETHING THAT'S JUST TRULY UNIQUE AND IS GOING TO BE WHAT OTHERS ARE GOING TO WANT TO REPLICATE.

AND THEN REALLY, THE BIG FOCUS ON HIGH QUALITY, BUILT TO LAST OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES, REALLY HAVING THE LONG TERM BUY IN OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY INCORPORATING, YOU KNOW, VERY STRICT RENTAL RESTRICTIONS AND MAKING SURE THERE'S THERE'S ONGOING MONITORING OF EVERYTHING, WHICH IS HOW WE OPERATE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND HAS REALLY HELPED KIND OF RETAIN THE LONG TERM VALUE.

AND WE REALLY LOOKED VERY CLOSELY AT THE CITY OF ANNA'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE VISION FOR THE CITY, AND HOW OUR PROJECT COULD FIT INTO THAT.

SO HERE'S JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THAT IN TERMS OF THE UNIQUENESS, THIS NEW AGRIHOOD CONCEPT WITH A WELLNESS FOCUSED COMMUNITY THAT'S LIFESTYLE DRIVEN.

WINDSONG RANCH HAS ABOUT 300 EVENTS A YEAR.

AND EXCELLENCE THE HIGH QUALITY LAND PLANNING, THE PARKS, THE STRICT ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS AND DIVERSITY, AND THE BUILDER PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT ALL OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE UP TO A STANDARD THAT THAT WE BELIEVE MATCHES WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, THE RENTAL RESTRICTIONS ACTIVE, REALLY CREATING OPEN SPACE, CREATING ACCESSIBILITY OF OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THE BIG CENTRAL GREEN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S NOT FLOODPLAIN, THAT'S DEVELOPABLE LAND, WE COULD THROW ANOTHER BUNCH OF LOTS ON.

BUT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS BIG CENTRAL AREA THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD GET OUT AND ENJOY.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, HEAR ANY THOUGHTS.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO BUILD OUT WINDSONG FROM START TO FINISH? SO FROM SHOVEL IN THE GROUND, FIRST SHOVEL IN THE GROUND WAS 2012 AND THEN LAST LOTS DELIVERED WAS KIND OF MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR.

AND THEN THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS STARTED A FEW YEARS BEFORE THAT AS WELL, AND THAT'S 03,100 HOMES.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON PHASING? WOULD IT KIND OF GO SOUTH TO NORTH? HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AT ALL YET? YES. SO THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE KIND OF GOING...

HERE MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO PULL IT UP.

IT WILL BE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SO KIND OF RIGHT.

THE MAIN ENTRY WILL BE WHERE THAT BIG CENTRAL GREEN OPENS UP.

AND SO RIGHT WHERE YOU SEE THE FARM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE THROUGHOUT THAT SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. DEVELOPER AGREEMENT SAYS PID AND TIRZ ARE WE USING BOTH OF THEM? YES, SIR. IT'S A TIRZ OFFSET FOR THE PID.

GOOD. ANY MORE? THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT ITEMS.

[Consent Items]

I MOVE TO APPROVE.

I SECOND. CONSENT ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH NINE.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER HERMANNN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES. COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES. COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

YES. COMMISSIONER LONGMIRE.

YES. COMMISSIONER VOLLMER.

YES. COMMISSIONER BERGERSON.

YES. AND I AM A YES AS WELL.

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MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[Items for Individual Consideration]

OWNER IS THEODORE JEROME HOYT/FRANCISCO.

I'M GOING TO BOTCH THIS NAME.

PICUZO CISNEROS.

SORRY. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A REPLAT.

BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL, IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE PROPOSING TO ADJUST THE LOT LINE IN BETWEEN THEIR PROPERTY SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTH, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE DRIVEWAY THAT WAS BUILT ON THE SECOND LOT.

THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:30 P.M..

DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ARE THEY HERE? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME AT 6:31 P.M.

AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.

THIS ONE SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR CUT.

THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO DIVIDE THE PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY THERE.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY ASKING FOR A REASON.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. I HAVE A FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

ALL IN FAVOR? AND I'M A YES AS WELL.

MOTION PASSES.

ITEM NUMBER 11.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO ZONE 4.9 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY US HIGHWAY 75, 484 PLUS OR MINUS FEET NORTH OF WEST OUTER LOOP FROM THE DEFAULT AGRICULTURE ZONE, DISTRICT, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND REZONE 9.8 PLUS ACRES LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY US HIGHWAY 75, 484 PLUS OR MINUS FEET NORTH OF OUTER LOOP FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LARGE LOT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

OWNERS ONE COMMUNITY CHURCH.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ, AND THE OTHER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED SF-E AND STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THEY REZONE IT TO SF-20, JUST IN THE EVENT THAT IF THE CHURCH DOES NOT CONSTRUCT THAT, IT WOULDN'T ALREADY BE ZONED FOR SOMETHING AND WOULD REQUIRE COMING BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL FOR A NEW ZONING CASE.

RELIGIOUS LAND USES ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

AND THEN THE REASON WHY WE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY REZONE IT TO SF-20 IS BECAUSE THE SF-E DISTRICT IS AN OLD DISTRICT THAT'S NO LONGER ON OUR BOOKS.

THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION, AND NO RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FOR THIS ITEM.

I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:33 P.M..

DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR STAFF? DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION OR ARE THEY HERE? NO. AND YOU SAID THERE'S NO SPEAKER CARDS.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:33 P.M.

AND CONFINE COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.

YEAH, I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THIS.

IT'S CHURCH.

WE'RE GOING TO REZONE IT TO SINGLE FAMILY, SO NO PROBLEMS. I AGREE THEY HAVE THE THE DAM, THE MANMADE DAM THAT'S BACK THERE.

SO I HAD SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT.

BUT WE'LL SEE THAT AGAIN WHEN IT COMES BACK IN FRONT OF US THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT'S GOING TO BE.

AT THIS TIME IT'S SIMPLE REZONE.

SO I'LL SAVE THAT AND TABLE THAT FOR THAT DAY.

IT'S MY MOTION TO APPROVE, I SECOND.

SO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER NYLEC AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LONGMIRE.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE 34.7 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST FOSTER CROSSING 305 PLUS OR MINUS FEET EAST OF

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GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL BASE ZONE TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH A MULTIFAMILY AND LOCAL COMMERCIAL BASE ZONING.

THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF WITH TWO TWO PARTS.

THE PROPERTY IN THE KIND OF MAUVE COLOR UP THERE WHICH IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A MULTIFAMILY TOWNHOME UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH APPROXIMATELY 34 TWO STORY TOWNHOME BUILDINGS CONTAINING A TOTAL OF 261, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE, THERE'S THREE BLOCKS OF DIFFERENT COLORED GREEN, BROWN AND BLUE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THREE BLOCKS, OR A TOTAL OF 11.6 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LOCAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING CHANGES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.

THERE'S TWO MODIFICATIONS THAT THEY'RE SEEKING.

THE FIRST IS AN INCREASE IN DENSITY.

SO THE ZONING ORDINANCE LIMITS TOWNHOME UNIT DEVELOPMENTS TO A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 12 UNITS PER ACRE.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY TO 14 UNITS PER ACRE.

AND SECONDLY, THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES EACH TOWNHOME UNIT TO PROVIDE AN AMOUNT OF USABLE OPEN SPACE OF 600FT² FOR THE FIRST BEDROOM AND AN ADDITIONAL 300FT² PER ADDITIONAL BEDROOM.

THE APPLICANT REQUESTS TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM OPEN SPACE TO 15% OF THE NET AREA OF THE LOT.

I HAVE BROKEN DOWN WITHIN THE PACKET HOW THE REQUESTED CHANGES WOULD AFFECT THE WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR YOUR USE.

THE REQUEST FOR A MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT DOES NOT CONFORM WITH THE PROPERTY'S FUTURE LAND USE PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION OF SUBURBAN LIVING, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL USES.

HOWEVER, THE REQUEST FOR C-1 OR LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT CONFORMS WITH THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED AS IN THE FUTURE LAND USE.

SO PART OF PART OF THE REQUEST COMPLIES WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND PART OF IT DOES NOT.

I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE TOO.

IF SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:38 P.M..

AND I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THOSE.

CAN P&Z TOUCH ON LIGHTING ORDINANCES AND HOW THOSE ARE ALREADY SET IN PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO LIGHT BLEEDING FROM RESIDENTIAL HOMES, FROM A COMMERCIAL OR A MULTIFAMILY AND WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE.

YES. SO THE ZONING ORDINANCE INCLUDES LIGHT.

THERE'S AN ORDINANCE ON LIGHT, REFRACTION OR LIGHT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH LIGHT CAN BE GIVEN OFF BY DEVELOPMENT. SO WE WE ALREADY HAVE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT ADDRESS THAT.

AND OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, NOT LOOKING FOR EXACT NUMBER MORE OR LESS, DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE TOWNHOMES ALREADY UNDER DEVELOPMENT ARE ALREADY COMPLETED IN ANNA?

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A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED PRODUCT IS WHEN THEY'RE INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED, WHEREAS A TOWNHOME UNIT IS WHEN THEY'RE ALL ON ONE LOT.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HERE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST THING TO IT, WHERE THEY HAVE FOUR UNITS IN EACH OF THOSE BUILDINGS. CAN YOU CONFIRM WHICH MIDDLE SCHOOL? THE ONE AT ROSAMOND AND HIGHWAY 5.

OKAY, THANKS.

SLAYTER CREEK.

AND THEN, GREG, YOU MAY WANT TO ANSWER THIS ONE FOR ME.

CAN YOU DISCUSS AND EXPLAIN TO ALL OF US THE PROCESS OF FERGUSON PARKWAY BEING BUILT BY THE DEVELOPER? AND PERHAPS MAYBE PROVIDE SOME PROS AND CONS TO THIS.

MAYBE TALK ABOUT STAGING OF TIME.

LIKE IF THE ROAD IS BUILT PRIOR, THE ROAD IS BUILT TOWARDS THE END, LIKE, CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT WITH US AND ADDRESS THAT? SURE. SO FERGUSON PARKWAY HAS BEEN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS HAD IDENTIFIED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IT ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO BEFORE I STARTED WORKING HERE, WHICH WAS IN 2019, AND IT GOES BACK YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.

SO IT'S BEEN A PROJECT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR A LONG TIME.

THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH COG, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND TXDOT TO GET STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP BUILD FERGUSON PARKWAY, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

THE UPSIDE TO THAT IS IT'S AN 80/20 MATCH, SO THE CITY IS ONLY PAYING FOR 20% OF THOSE COSTS, WHEREAS THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING THEN COVERS 80%, SO IT'S A HUGE FINANCIAL WIN FOR THE CITY.

THE DOWNSIDE TO THAT IS, IS THAT BECAUSE IT HAS FEDERAL FUNDING, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME VERY SPECIFIC PROCESSES WHICH MAKE THE PROJECT TAKE MUCH LONGER.

SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE WAITING TO GET ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE.

SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY AN AN ENGINEERING DESIGN TO ABOUT 60% PLANS AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUBMITTAL TO TXDOT THAT'S UNDER REVIEW. AND UNTIL THE PROJECT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR, MEANING THAT TXDOT HAS SIGNED OFF ON ON EVERYTHING, WE CAN'T GO OUT AND ACTUALLY ACQUIRE ANY RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE FOR THE PROJECT.

IT WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FEDERAL AND STATE MONEY UNTIL IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR.

SO IF WE WERE TO GO OUT AND SPEND MONEY ON RIGHT OF WAY, WE WOULDN'T BE REIMBURSED.

SO AS FOLKS HAVE LOOKED AT DEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND LOOKED AT THE COMPONENT OF FERGUSON PARKWAY AND HOW THAT WORKS OBVIOUSLY THE CITY OVER THE YEARS WORKED WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ADJACENT LANDOWNERS AND KIND OF CAME UP WITH AN ALIGNMENT THAT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, FELT FELT COMFORTABLE WITH AT THAT TIME.

AND SO THAT'S THE ALIGNMENT THAT THE CITY PROCEEDED DOWN THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH.

HOWEVER WHAT CITY STAFF IS LOOKING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH ANY OTHER PROJECT, IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, A LOT OF TIMES DEVELOPMENT DRIVES THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE ROADS.

SO AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS ROSEMONT PARKWAY AND ANNA CROSSING OR ANNA TOWN SQUARE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE FINDLAY AND LEONARD ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THOSE ALIGNMENTS WERE DETERMINED WHEN THAT PROJECT, WHEN THAT LAND WAS DEVELOPED AND ZONED AND THEY CAME UP WITH THE ROAD ALIGNMENTS.

AND SO FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE THE POSITION THAT WE HAVE REGARDING FERGUSON PARKWAY IS, IS THAT ANY VACANT LAND IN THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR THAT GOES THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, ZONING, PLANNING AND ALL OF THAT THAT WE WILL ADJUST OUR ROAD PROJECT TO MATCH WHATEVER IS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL. SO IF P&Z AND COUNCIL APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT ANYWHERE ALONG THIS ALIGNMENT THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THAT ALIGNMENT, THEN AS STAFF, WE ADJUST, RIGHT? WE SAY, OKAY, YOU'VE SET THAT ALIGNMENT FOR THAT, WHERE THAT'S PLAT, THAT PLAT IS OR WHERE THAT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS, YOU'VE SAID THAT THE ROAD'S HERE FOR THIS SECTION SO THEN WE ADJUST.

SO BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY, THERE'S A LOT OF, OF DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS ABOUT THE ROAD.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A BIG THING.

BUT WITH THIS PROJECT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN OF IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE ZONING POSITION.

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THEY ARE SHOWING IMPROVEMENTS TO FOSTER CROSSING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN FRONT OF THE TOWNHOME PORTION. AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WOULD CERTAINLY BE BUILDING THEIR HALF OF FOSTER CROSSING FOR THEIR ENTIRE FRONTAGE THERE. SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THEY WOULD DO THAT.

WE ALSO HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT PROPORTIONALITY.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THEIR PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF TOTAL ROAD COSTS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO PAY IMPACT FEES IF THEY IF THIS GETS APPROVED AND THEY DEVELOP THEY WILL PAY ROADWAY IMPACT FEES.

AND THEN THOSE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES BY STATE LAW, HAVE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR ANY PUBLIC ROADS THAT ARE IN OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT THEY BUILD.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE PROPORTIONALITY CONVERSATION COMES IN.

SO I CAN'T TELL YOU TONIGHT IF THEIR PROPORTIONAL SHARE WOULD BE ALL OF FOSTER CROSSING PLUS SOME OF FERGUSON, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN THAT DEEP INTO THE DESIGN AND UNDERSTANDING THE COSTS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS TONIGHT IS THAT I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S VERY SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD THEIR HALF OF FOSTER CROSSING FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH IF THIS IS APPROVED ALONG THEIR FRONTAGE, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE RIGHT OF WAY FOR FERGUSON PARKWAY.

BUT IF THEY WERE REQUIRED TO BUILD ANY OF IT AND WHAT THEIR PROPORTIONAL SHARE WOULD BE, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A GOOD ANSWER TONIGHT.

ON THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE REGARDING THE ROADWAY.

GREG, I TAKE IT FROM YOUR COMMENTS THAT THIS PLAN DOES NOT MATCH THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR FERGUSON PARKWAY.

CORRECT. SO WHERE THE ROAD IS SHOWN HERE IS SOMEWHAT TO THE EAST OF THE ALIGNMENT THAT IS IN THE ENGINEERING PLAN SET THAT THE CITY HAS SUBMITTED.

SO ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ENVIRONMENTALLY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT'S IN PROCESS? IT IS IN PROCESS CURRENTLY.

SO WOULD A CHANGE TO THE ROUTE REQUIRE A RESTART ON THAT? NO. SO IT'S UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE A FULL RESTART BECAUSE THIS THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR GOES ALL THE WAY UP FROM NEAR TAYLOR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE OUTER LOOP. AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE SMALL SEGMENT.

SO I THINK MORE THAN LIKELY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE WOULD SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT TO TXDOT, AND THEN THEY WOULD REVIEW THAT AMENDED PORTION RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL CORRIDOR.

SO BUT BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S ALL SUBJECT TO TXDOT REVIEW, SO I CAN'T 100% CONFIDENTLY PREDICT, BUT I THINK THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT TO THAT ENVIRONMENT. HOW MUCH FARTHER EAST IS IT THAN WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN IS? SO WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN DOES IS FERGUSON PARKWAY COMES DOWN AND IT BEGINS TO SWING TO THE WEST.

PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHERE THE PROPOSED DETENTION AREA IS, OR MAYBE JUST ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THAT PROPOSED DETENTION AREA.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF FEET AWAY.

BUT AS THAT ROAD COMES FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, THE, THE THE PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING OFF OF INCLUDES THAT FERGUSON PARKWAY CURVING TO THE TO THE WEST AND THEN HEADING STRAIGHT SOUTH TO HAVE A 90 DEGREE INTERSECTION WITH FOSTER CROSSING.

SO SO I'M SORRY THE ORIGINAL PLAN WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT? THROUGH A PART OF IT YES.

THROUGH A PART OF IT. AND IF YOU'RE MOVING THIS SECTION OF IT TO THE EAST, THE SECTION OF FERGUSON PARKWAY THAT'S PLANNED NORTH OF THERE, HOW BIG IS THE IMPACT ON IT? SO THE IMPACT IS NOT AS BIG TO THE NORTH BECAUSE BECAUSE OUR LAYOUT THAT WE THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON RIGHT NOW ALREADY HAD A CURVE.

THERE'S KIND OF A NARROW A RELATIVELY NARROW GAP TO SHOOT THROUGH AS YOU HEAD NORTH BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CROSS A PRETTY LARGE CREEK THERE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A BRIDGE. AND BRIDGES ARE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER FOOT INSTEAD OF DOLLARS PER FOOT.

AND SO WE TRY TO ALWAYS PLACE THE BRIDGE WHERE THE MOST SENSIBLE NARROWEST CROSSING IS, AS LONG AS THE HYDRAULICS WORK.

SO THE IMPACT ON THE ALIGNMENT IS NOT AS DRASTIC TO THE NORTH, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF LIMITED THERE AND BECAUSE THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD IS THERE ALSO THAT THAT'S NOT SHIFTING SIGNIFICANTLY.

IT'S IT'S REALLY THE MAJOR IMPACT OR CHANGE TO THE ALIGNMENT IS REALLY FROM, FROM WHERE BURL LANE CONNECTS SOUTH.

THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT SHIFT TAKES PLACE MORE SIGNIFICANTLY.

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SO BECAUSE THIS IS AN OFF SYSTEM ROAD AND IT WILL BE OURS TO MAINTAIN AND EVERYTHING ONCE IT'S BUILT.

SO COG HAS NOT EXPRESSED ANY SPECIFIC GOALS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE ROAD ALIGNMENT.

THEY'VE REALLY BEEN MORE HANDS OFF ON WHERE THE ROAD GOES, AS LONG AS IT ACHIEVES A CONNECTION FROM 455 TO THE OUTER LOOP.

THAT'S THEIR MAIN CONCERN BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT, AS YOU KNOW, BIG PICTURE TRANSPORTATION STUFF.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE GET A CONNECTION FROM 455 TO THE OUTER LOOP IN BETWEEN 75 AND 5, AND SO AS LONG AS WE MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, THE COG WILL NOT HAVE HAVE AN ISSUE. WITH TXDOT IT'S MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS OF, YOU KNOW, IS THERE IS THERE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SHIFTING THE ALIGNMENT, AND THAT'S THE PART THAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT.

SO BOTH FOSTER AND FERGUSON ARE ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY OF ANNA.

CAN YOU TELL US WHETHER THOSE ARE MAIN ROADS, THEY'RE FEEDER ROADS, ETC.? SURE. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE BOTH MINOR ARTERIALS.

ACTUALLY, FERGUSON PARKWAY EVENTUALLY WOULD BE A MAJOR ARTERIAL BECAUSE IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE SIX LANE DIVIDED.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE CURRENTLY PLAN TO BUILD, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY WHERE WE CAN ADD TWO ADDITIONAL LANES IF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME NECESSITATES THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND LAST ONE, FOR ME, I PROMISE I'M NOT PICKING ON YOU.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRUE, BUT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE TIME UNDERGROUND UTILITIES LIKE YOUR STORMWATER AND YOUR WASTE ALL THAT RUNS THROUGH THE ROADS UNDERNEATH THEM.

DO WE ANTICIPATE SEEING THAT HAPPEN HERE IF THIS DEVELOPER DOES GET APPROVED TODAY, MAYBE ON FERGUSON PARKWAY, ARE THEY GOING TO PLAN ON RUNNING THEIR UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ON FOSTER OR FERGUSON? SO THERE'S AN EXISTING LARGE DIAMETER WATER MAIN THAT RUNS ALONG FOSTER CROSSING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT'S THERE TODAY.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE UTILITIES IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT THE, THE LINEAR UTILITIES THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO RUN ALONG EITHER FOSTER CROSSING OR FERGUSON ARE PROBABLY FAIRLY LIMITED.

THERE WILL BE SOME DRAINAGE SYSTEM, CONNECTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT AS IT STANDS, I DON'T FORESEE THEM NEEDING TO CONSTRUCT ANY LARGE DIAMETER WATER OR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE KIND OF THAT THOSE LINEAR TYPE PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. STEPHANIE. YES.

STEPHANIE YOU SAID THE THEY'RE REQUESTING TO GO FROM 12 UNITS PER ACRE TO 14 IS 12 THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT OR LIMIT? YES.

UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE, TOWNHOME UNITS ARE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 12 UNITS PER ACRE.

AND THE 15% OF NET AREA VERSUS YOU TALKED ABOUT SO MANY SQUARE FEET PER BEDROOM.

HOW DOES THAT CALCULATE PERCENTAGE WISE? YES. SO I WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT THERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF THAT COMPARES THOSE TWO.

BUT JUST OVERALL THE TOTAL.

THANK YOU. THE TOTAL REQUIRED OPEN SPACE AS I CALCULATED IT ON HOW THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES.

IT IS 247,000FT², OR 5.7 ACRES, VERSUS 15% OF THE TOTAL NET LOT AREA, WHICH IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING.

WHICH EQUATES TO ALMOST 121,000FT² OR 2.78 ACRES.

SO THE REQUEST IS TO CUT IT IN HALF.

CORRECT? BASICALLY.

THANK YOU. DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? THANKS, STEPHANIE AND GREG.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE COMPANY FOR THE RECORD.

BRIAN GRANT.

SORRY. JPI 9001 CYPRESS WATERS BOULEVARD, IRVING, TEXAS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE COMMISSION WHEN WE CAME EARLIER THIS YEAR, OR I GUESS LAST YEAR WE'RE IN 25 NOW.

IN JUNE OF 24, WE CAME BEFORE YOU WITH A THE SAME SAME PIECE OF LAND, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT WAS ULTIMATELY DENIED.

WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THAT THAT PLAN AND THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL, THE NEIGHBORS WHEN WE MET WITH THEM ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE

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AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF ADDRESSING THOSE AND ALTERING IT IN THIS PLAN THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JPI AND WHO WE ARE.

STARTING OFF WITH, WITH JPI, WE'RE A LOCAL DEVELOPER, WE'VE BEEN HERE IN IRVING FOR 35 YEARS PLUS VERY ACTIVE IN DFW.

OUR HEADQUARTERS ARE HERE.

WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE MOST ACTIVE DEVELOPER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER IN DFW FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN A ROW.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IN DFW AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW.

WE'RE IN ANNA TODAY.

ALREADY WE HAVE THREE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TODAY.

WE HAVE ONE OFF OF WHITE STREET SOUTH OF THE WALMART THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR TRADITIONAL 4 OR 3 STORY MULTIFAMILY AND SOME SF-R.

WE HAVE A 55 AND OVER PLUS AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY IN TOWN SQUARE.

AND THEN WE JUST BROKE GROUND ON ANOTHER ONE IN TOWN SQUARE AS WELL AS A TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY DEAL.

WE ARE A FULLY IN-HOUSE TEAM, SO SOMEBODY AT JPI IS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS FROM BEGINNING TO END.

SO FROM THE TIME WE FIND A PIECE OF LAND THROUGH THE INITIAL DESIGN, THE MORE INTENSIVE DESIGN THE CAPITAL RAISE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND THEN THE MANAGEMENT OF IT AS IT LEASES UP WITH RESIDENTS.

SOMEBODY AT JPI IS INVOLVED FROM BEGINNING TO END THROUGH THAT PROCESS, TO MAKE SURE TO ENSURE THE QUALITY AND TO ENSURE THAT IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT EVERYONE CAN BE PROUD OF.

HERE'S SOME EXTERIOR EXAMPLES AS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT, THIS IS THE PREVIOUS PLAN WAS HAD SOME TOWNHOMES AND SOME THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY.

THIS IS ALL TWO STORY SO THE ELEVATIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS ALL SOME EXAMPLE OF TWO STORY PRODUCT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF DFW.

WE'LL HEAD INTO THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR KIND OF THE QUALITY AND THE LOOK AND FEEL OF WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED HERE.

INTERIOR WISE. SO WE ALWAYS ANYTIME WE BUILD, WE WANT TO BE THE NICEST COMMUNITY IN THE AREA AND PRIDE OURSELVES ON THE QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE BUILD.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT OPENINGS IN HALTOM CITY.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S A NICE LARGE GATHERING SPACE, LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT.

THERE'S A POOL TABLE IN THE BACKGROUND.

WE HAVE WI-FI THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO COME IN AND WORK, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY'RE IN THE OFFICE A FEW DAYS A WEEK AND THEY GO.

THEY STAY AT HOME AND WORK A FEW DAYS A WEEK.

SO THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO WORK, HOST EVENTS.

WE HOST DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WATCH PARTIES.

HERE'S ANOTHER, THIS ONE IS IN NORTH LAKE, TEXAS.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WE OPENED LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN WHERE THE KIND OF THOSE FOUR CHAIRS ARE.

ANOTHER POOL TABLE WILL HOST YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE'VE HAD COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WATCH PARTIES RECENTLY AND DIFFERENT SPORTING EVENTS.

AND WE HAVE BREAKFASTS ONCE A MONTH, ONE SATURDAY EVERY MONTH TO KIND OF GET THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND BUILD THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE THREE BLACK CHAIRS YOU SEE IN THOSE THOSE, I GUESS, CIRCLE PENDANT LIGHTS ABOVE THEM, THAT'S A WORKSTATION.

SO WE'LL HAVE PLACES LIKE THAT WHERE RESIDENTS CAN EITHER WORK IN THEIR, THEIR HOME OR COME TO THIS OPEN SPACE.

AND THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, COFFEE AND PRINTERS AND THINGS FOR THEM TO WORK HERE AS WELL.

I GOT TO HAVE A POOL IN TEXAS, IT GETS HOT, SO WE ALWAYS HAVE NICE RESORT STYLE POOLS, LOUNGERS AND PLACES TO PLAY CORNHOLE, GRILLING STATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE AND THEN FITNESS CENTERS IS A BIG ONE.

MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS WILL FOREGO HAVING A GYM MEMBERSHIP IN EXCHANGE FOR BECAUSE OF WHAT WE PROVIDE AS A FITNESS CENTER ON SITE.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE.

AGAIN, THE SAME ONE IN HALTOM CITY WHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME FREE WEIGHTS, PELOTONS, CROSSFIT EQUIPMENT, THOSE GARAGE DOORS YOU SEE IN THE BACK CAN ROLL UP AND YOU CAN HAVE KIND OF AN INDOOR OUTDOOR EXERCISE TIME, WHATEVER IT IS NICE OUTSIDE A FEW DAYS IN TEXAS, AND WHEN WE GET THAT.

THE UNIT AMENITIES AGAIN, THE QUALITY CONTINUES THERE.

WE HAVE SOME STANDARDS THAT WE ADHERE TO, STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES, STONE COUNTERTOPS, WE'LL HAVE TILE BACKSPLASHES SHAKER CABINETS, THE WOOD, THE WOOD SURFACE FLOORING.

WE'LL HAVE GLASS ENCLOSED SHOWERS.

WE PROVIDE WASHER AND DRYERS IN EVERY UNIT AND THOSE TALL CEILINGS.

SO WE'LL ALWAYS DO TWO SCHEMES AS WELL.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE SCHEME WHERE YOU GET THE GRAY CABINETS DARKER FLOORING.

AND THEN WE HAVE INTERIOR DESIGNERS THAT DESIGN THESE SPACES.

AND SO THIS WILL BE ONE THAT YOU DO, AND THEN THIS COULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A DIFFERENT ONE WHERE IT'S WHITE CABINETS DIFFERENT BACKSPLASH DIFFERENT COUNTERTOPS, DIFFERENT FLOORING.

STILL, YOU KNOW, A HIGHER QUALITY HOME TO LIVE IN.

THIS ONE ALSO HAS A DESK, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE, SO AGAIN SPEAKING TO THAT THAT HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WERE WORKING FROM HOME, YOU HAVE HAD THAT BUILT IN SPACE THERE AS WELL.

KITCHEN ISLAND AS WELL SOMETHING WE DO IN OUR HOMES.

LOCATION I KNOW WE'VE HIT ON IT ALREADY, BUT JUST TO BRIEFLY ADD ADD TO WHAT'S ALREADY ALREADY BEEN SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE HEARD IN OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE PAST,

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THE HIGHWAY 75 IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TODAY.

HIGHWAY 5 IS AS WELL.

AND THEN THE OUTER LOOP WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AS IT EXPANDS WEST TOWARDS FRISCO AND CELINA.

I HEARD SOMEBODY COMPARE IT TO, YOU KNOW, DALLAS IN THE PAST WITH 75 BEING THE TOLLWAY.

HIGHWAY 5 BEING PRESTON AND THE OUTER LOOP BEING 635 IN ITS INFANCY STAGES.

I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD COMPARISON FOR WHERE KIND OF THE GROWTH IS IS HEADING HERE.

SO YOU'RE REALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE, THOSE ROADS.

AND THEN AS FAR AS FERGUSON PARKWAY, AS WAS MENTIONED, IT COULD HAVE POTENTIAL TO BE A SIX LANE DIVIDED ROAD AND BE A MAJOR ARTERIAL THAT WOULD BE CUT RIGHT THROUGH THIS SITE.

SO IT COULD BE A VERY BIG SITE WITH LOTS OF EYES AND THINK, THIS IS A GOOD TRANSITION.

WE HAVE DESIGN CAN BE A GOOD TRANSITION FROM THE MORE INTENSIVE USES THAT ARE SURELY TO COME ON THE OUTER LOOP TOWARDS THE SINGLE FAMILY THAT EXISTS TODAY IN PECAN GROVE.

WE ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FERGUSON PARKWAY WITH YOUR QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

SO IT ENTERS THE SITE AT THE SAME POINT TO MINIMIZE AS YOU AS THE QUESTIONS WERE EARLIER, THE IMPACT TO THE NORTH AND THE RED LINE IS WHERE THE ROAD IS CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR TODAY.

ROUGHLY THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A DEVELOPER ROUGH POWERPOINT DRAWING, SO I'M SURE GREG IS ANALYZING IT AND SAYING IT'S ALL WRONG, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO BEING WHAT THE ALIGNMENT IS TODAY.

AND WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS THE MORE STRAIGHT NORTH SOUTH ONE.

WE DO HAVE ENGINEERS HERE AS WELL, BUT I'M TOLD THIS IS A BETTER DESIGN FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT WITH THE WAY THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND IS, IT'S A IT'S A LESS EXPENSIVE DESIGN AS WELL.

AND WE THINK MAKES FOR A GOOD COMMERCIAL TRACT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST WAS THE DESIRE FOR SOME COMMERCIAL HERE.

AND SO THAT RED ROAD, THE WAY IT CURVES, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLOSE TO VERY CLOSE TO THE BACKYARDS OF SOME OF THE PECAN GROVE HOMES.

SO WE THINK THIS IS A BETTER ALIGNMENT FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO WILL BE CLOSE TO THAT ROAD, AND JUST A LOT BETTER ALIGNMENT FOR CONSTRUCTABILITY AS WELL.

THIS IS A PREVIOUS SITE PLAN.

SO THIS IS IT WAS 460 UNITS BEFORE WE HAD MUCH MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE THE NEW PLAN IS.

BUT IT WAS EVERYTHING WEST OF FERGUSON WAS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAD 7 THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS, AND THEN WE HAD 7 TOWNHOME BUILDINGS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER THERE AGAIN, 460 UNITS, AND THEN THERE WAS COMMERCIAL ON THE EAST SIDE OF FERGUSON.

SO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WE HEARD FROM FROM THE COMMISSION, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS, WAS JUST THE AMOUNT OF UNITS ON THE LAND, 460 BEING A LOT.

THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE THREE STORY, THE HEIGHT OF THAT IN RELATION TO THE SINGLE FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IT WAS PUSHED AWAY.

WE LIKED THIS PLAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLAN, BUT DO HEAR THE CONCERNS.

AND SO WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, WE REMOVED ALL OF THE THREE STORY BUILDINGS.

AND THIS IS OUR PLAN TODAY.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED MORE COMMERCIAL AND JUST REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL SPACE COMPARED TO COMMERCIAL.

WE HEARD THAT COMMERCIAL WAS WAS MORE DESIRABLE AS FERGUSON PARKWAY COMES THROUGH IN THE LOOP, CONTINUES TO TO EXPAND.

BUT REDUCE THE ACREAGE OF OF TOWNHOMES.

WE'RE 260 TOWNHOMES TODAY ALL TWO STORY.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FOR THOSE SINGLE FAMILY FOLKS THAT LIVE ALONG BURL, HAVING A TWO STORY TOWNHOME BEHIND YOU FROM A HEIGHT PERSPECTIVE, IS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE FROM A TWO STORY HOME BEING BEHIND YOU, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE BUFFERS LEAVING A TREE LINE THERE AS WELL TO HELP WITH ANY CONCERNS FROM THAT, FROM THAT STANDPOINT AS IT WAS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS EARLIER WAS ABOUT TOWNHOMES WE HEARD IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

IN THE PAST A DESIRE TO HAVE MORE TOWNHOME PRODUCT IN ANNA, AND SO THIS IS 100% THAT THAT PRODUCT TYPE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN ANNA BEFORE AND I DON'T BELIEVE EXISTS TODAY IN TERMS OF THIS RENTAL TYPE OF TOWNHOME PRODUCT.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD A GOOD FIT.

I THINK WE'VE RESPONDED TO THE SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND SOME OF THE THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD LAST TIME WE CAME THROUGH HERE IN 2024 IN TERMS OF THE REDUCED HEIGHT AND REDUCED DENSITY.

AND I THINK IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD FIT FOR FOR THE AREA.

THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE USE OF BRICK.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE, MAYBE IT'S KIND OF HARD FROM WHERE I'M STANDING.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF BRICK AROUND THOSE WINDOWS AND SOME STUCCO AND CEMENTITIOUS FIBERBOARD SIDING AND SOME WOOD ACCENTS.

SO QUALITY MATERIALS, WE THINK IT'S A GOOD LOOKING PROJECT, VERY RESIDENTIAL, AND COULD BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE PROUD, PROUD TO CALL HOME.

BUT WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE PROPERTY, JPI, OR ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD MENTION.

SORRY. BEFORE YOU HAVE A QUESTION THE COMMERCIAL PIECE WE ARE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CRAIG'S CRAIG INTERNATIONAL.

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VERY SUCCESSFUL TOWARD THE BYRON NELSON HAS HOSTED.

THEY'VE GOT BUSINESSES AND HOMES AND PARKS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON DOWN THERE.

SO REALLY A WORLD CLASS DEVELOPER THAT WE, WE ARE WORKING WITH JAMES CRAIG FROM, FROM CRAIG INTERNATIONALS HERE AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THAT.

BUT THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WOULD BE DOING THE COMMERCIAL PIECE.

SO I THINK YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER.

I THINK WE'RE A VERY HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL BUILDER, AND YOU ALSO HAVE A REALLY HIGH QUALITY I'LL BRAG ON CRAIG INTERNATIONAL, REALLY HIGH QUALITY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER AS WELL THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE STUDIED THIS SITE ALONGSIDE US, HAVE BEEN WITH US SINCE WE CAME LAST TIME AND HAVE REALLY STUDIED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE YOU KNOW, THE VALIDITY OF HAVING COMMERCIAL DISLOCATION AND BELIEVE IN ITS SUCCESS HERE.

SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT CRAIG IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.

WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YOU TOUCHED ON SETBACKS.

I SEE THAT YOU HAVE THEM POINTED OUT FOR NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A 20 FOOT SETBACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN SIDE WHERE THE HOMEOWNERS ARE. AND THEN YOU HAVE LIKE A 25 FOOT SETBACK ON THE SOUTHERN FOR FOSTER CROSSING.

AND THEN ON YOUR LANDSCAPING THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN HERE.

ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING SHRUBS, LIKE, IN THE RENDERING.

ARE YOU THINKING MORE CALIBER TREES? TALLER TREES? I SEE A NOTATE THAT'S GOING TO BE A TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

CAN YOU TOUCH ON WHAT LANDSCAPING YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON ALL NORTH, SOUTH, WEST, EAST SIDES OF THIS PROPERTY? ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE THE NORTH SIDE.

SO WE HAVE A PROJECT IN TOWN SQUARE OFF SHARP AND FINDLAY WHERE WE DID SOME TWO STORY, WHAT WE CALL URBAN FLATS ALONG THOSE HOMES.

AND WITH THAT ONE, WE PLANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE MATURE TREES, AN EVERGREEN TREE, IT WAS A MAGNOLIA OR WHAT SPECIES IT WAS, EXACTLY, BUT AN EVERGREEN TREE THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T SHED ITS LEAVES IN THE WINTER.

THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE NORTH SIDE, BETWEEN US AND THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ALONG FOSTER CROSSING OR KIND OF THE WEST SIDE.

I'M SURE WHATEVER THE ZONING, YOU KNOW, REQUIRES, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE COMPLYING WITH.

SO THE TREES HERE ARE A REALLY BIG THING OVER IN PECAN GROVE.

I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT DOING THE BARE MINIMUM ALL THE TIME, BUT WOULD YOU ALL BE WILLING TO GO ABOVE THE BARE MINIMUM FOR THE TREE REQUIREMENTS IF ASKED OR REQUESTED, AND THAT BEING PART OF YOU GETTING APPROVED TONIGHT OR DENIED? SURE. MAYBE, PERHAPS A DIFFERENT SPECIES AS WELL.

NOT YOUR TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, HACKBERRIES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THROUGHOUT.

YEAH. AND THAT'S.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON THE NORTH SIDE AGAIN.

I CAN'T I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SPECIES SPECIFICALLY.

WE HAVE BUT YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME BEAUTIFUL TREES HERE.

ESPECIALLY. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH OF US, THERE'S THOSE PECAN TREES, WHICH I THINK THEY DO.

FERGUSON KIND OF AVOIDS THOSE COUNTRIES AS WELL.

BUT, YEAH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO A LITTLE BIT [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN.

SO YOU'RE A DEVELOPER, YOU SHOULD KNOW HEIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU COMPARED THE TWO STORY TOWNHOME TO BEING THE EQUIVALENT TO A TWO STORY HOUSE.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE SAME HEIGHT, IF WE WERE TO BUILD A TWO STORY HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO ONE OF YOUR TWO STORY TOWNHOMES? YEAH. OKAY.

AND THEN ONE QUESTION I HAVE LEFT IS YOU'RE PROPOSING 14 UNITS PER ACRE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY AND WHAT BENEFIT OR PRO AND CON THAT GIVES YOU AS A DEVELOPER? SURE. I MEAN, A LOT OF IT IS WE LOOKED AT THIS WE, WERE LOOKING AT THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO I THINK THE 22, 25 WAS THE MAX DENSITY FOR THAT ZONING DISTRICT.

AND SO WHEN WE CAME IN WITH 14, FRANKLY, WE THOUGHT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, COMING IN MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT MULTIFAMILY ALLOWED FOR AND SAYING WE WON'T GO ABOVE 14.

I THINK THE WAY THE ZONING.

PLEASE, LORD, I'M GOING TO BUTCHER THIS PROBABLY.

BUT THE WAY THE ZONING READS, THERE'S A THERE'S A SUBSET WITHIN MULTIFAMILY THAT'S TOWNHOME SPECIFIC THAT'S 12.

AND SO WE WERE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT.

IT IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS.

I THINK THIS IS A $78 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AND SO FOR THAT TO WORK, WE GOT TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK.

AND LANDOWNERS WANT, YOU KNOW, MONEY FOR THIS, THIS PIECE OF LAND TOO, BECAUSE IT IS A HIGH QUALITY PIECE OF LAND.

SO TRUTHFULLY, IT IS JUST A WAY FOR US TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK.

BUT WE ALSO THOUGHT COMPARED TO THE TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY OF 25 UNITS TO THE ACRE, WE WERE COMING IN MUCH, MUCH LOWER THAN THAT AND JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE WHAT THE TOWNHOME ONE IS. THANK YOU.

DOES ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS? SO ARE YOU PLANNING TO BUILD AT A HIGHER ELEVATION ON THE HILL? THE THE FURTHEST NORTHWEST TOWNHOME?

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AND THEN AS YOU WORK IN THE SECOND BUILDING [INAUDIBLE] THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE FAR FURTHEST NORTH BUILDINGS IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO I'M GOING ALONG THAT PORTION FROM WEST TO EAST.

THE FARTHEST NORTHWEST IS HIGHER [INAUDIBLE].

THIS ONE IS 5 OR 6FT HIGHER, AND THIS ONE STARTS OFF AS HIGHER.

AND IT GETS LOWER BY THE TIME IT GETS TO HERE.

AND ALL OF THESE HOMES ARE LOWER THAN THE SAME SO THE ONES IN THE CORNER WILL SIT HIGHER THAN A TWO STORY HOUSE? A TWO STORY HOUSE [INAUDIBLE] THE GROUND IS HIGHER.

SO YES, IF YOU PUT A TWO STORY HOUSE [INAUDIBLE].

RIGHT. OKAY.

IS THERE A BRICK OR MASONRY FENCE AROUND THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD? THERE'S A FENCE TODAY, I THINK [INAUDIBLE] MIGHT HAVE A MASONRY FENCE TODAY [INAUDIBLE].

I BELIEVE THERE'S A MASONRY FENCE ON THE ON, THAT EXIST TODAY FROM PECAN GROVE, AND I THINK THE NEIGHBORS ARE HERE, SO MAYBE THEY CAN CORRECT ME IF THAT'S WRONG.

BUT WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO THAT, AND THEN WROUGHT IRON FENCING IN THE OTHER LOCATIONS WITH MASONRY COLUMNS.

SO YOU BELIEVE PECAN GROVE ALREADY HAS A MASONRY FENCE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? MASONRY WALL.

IS THAT CORRECT? I'M NOT SURE. THERE'S A FENCE THERE.

THAT'S THE BETTER QUESTION.

TREES. JUST TREES.

YEAH. WE WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT A FENCE AGAINST A FENCE AND CREATE KIND OF A WEIRD ALLEYWAY THAT YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN.

SO WITH THAT ALREADY EXISTING TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO LANDSCAPE IT WITH TREES.

I THINK THAT'S A BETTER DEAL EASIER TO MAINTAIN THAN HAVING A FENCE, A FENCE BACK UP TO ANOTHER FENCE.

YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 51% REDUCTION OF THE GREEN SPACE IS BIG.

IS THAT JUST A PART OF THE WHOLE MAKING IT HIT 14? YEAH. AND I THINK THAT WITH OUR THE WAY OURS IS CALCULATED, IT'S REALLY JUST CALCULATING THAT THESE LARGER SPACES ARE NOT COUNTING SOME OF THIS GREEN SPACE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE SMALLER SPACES.

15, REALLY THESE SPACES THAT ARE LARGER ENOUGH, LIKE THIS SPACE HERE IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THE POOL IS.

YES, IT IS, IT IS, IT IS A REDUCTION.

I THINK IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT, FRANKLY, IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING IN THE MULTIFAMILY SPACE.

BUT YES, IT IS.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU GUYS DID IN TOWN SQUARE.

YEAH. I DO NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

IT WOULDN'T. I WOULD THINK IT'S LESS THAN THIS, FRANKLY, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER ON IT.

SO THE 15% IS MORE JUST ARBITRARY NUMBER.

IT'S NOT A FULL CALCULATION GOT IT. THANKS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN.

SO THIS ISN'T ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU MAY BUILD OUT ON THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE IN FRONT OF US JUST TO CLEARLY REZONE THE LAND SO THAT YOU CAN PROGRESS TO A CONCEPT PLAN TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF US FOR APPROVAL.

IS THAT CORRECT? I WAS THINKING, OR AT LEAST THE MULTIFAMILY PLAN WAS A LITTLE MORE LOCKED IN THAN THAT.

AT LEAST THE WAY I HEARD YOU WAS, WE'D COME WITH A I THINK WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IF WE APPROVE TOWNHOMES, BUT WE HAVE TO REZONE IT FOR MULTIFAMILY, THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR YOU TO BUILD APARTMENTS AND SCRATCH THE CONCEPT THAT'S IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.

AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CONCERNING OF EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.

THIS IS A CONCEPT BECAUSE BY ALL RIGHTS, IF WE DON'T LOCK YOU INTO THE TOWNHOMES HERE TONIGHT, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK AND BUILD APARTMENTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU. SO WHAT IT WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WOULD LOCK THEM IN WITH, THIS IS THEIR CONCEPT PLAN THAT WOULD BE

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AND SO THEY WOULD BE LOCKED IN TO, TO BUILDING THIS PRODUCT THAT THEY'RE SHOWING YOU, OR THIS CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY'RE SHOWING YOU TONIGHT.

SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MOTION TO HOLD THEM TO TOWNHOMES IF IT'S APPROVED, THEY'RE ALREADY HELD TO THAT.

CORRECT. OKAY.

JUST ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE OPEN SPACE.

THE RETENTION POND IS PART OF THAT 15% YOU'RE PROPOSING? BUFFER. AND THEN IN THE EVENT OF THE BIG 100 YEAR RAIN, THEN IT WOULD HAVE WATER IN IT.

BUT MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN OPEN SPACE AREA.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER? THANK YOU SIR.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH.

I'LL KINDLY REMIND EVERYONE IT IS THREE MINUTES.

I'LL BE A LITTLE A LITTLE LENIENT ON THAT, BUT I WILL NOT GRANT TEN MINUTES.

WE WILL BE KEEPING TIME.

COMMISSIONER MARTIN WILL KEEP TIME FOR US.

WHEN YOU HEAR THE NOISE GO OFF, THAT MEANS YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE WRAP IT UP.

FIRST SPEAKER CARD WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT I'M GOING TO CALL EDWARD CULLUM.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

HELLO, MY NAME IS EDWARD CULLUM, I LIVE AT 2901 PECAN GROVE DRIVE.

AND BEFORE I START SPEAKING, I HAVE HANDOUTS FOR EVERYONE UP HERE.

MIC] ALL RIGHT.

THERE ISN'T A LOT HERE TO GO THROUGH.

I'M GOING TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY.

FIRST, THE APPLICANT MUST SHOW ON THE FIRST SLIDE THAT THE PROPOSED TOWNHOMES EITHER COMPLY WITH EXISTING ZONING OR PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT TO JUSTIFY REZONING.

I WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS PROPOSED PLAN FAILS BOTH REQUIREMENTS.

SOME OF THE SLIDES HAVE MORE DETAIL THAN I HAVE TIME TO GO INTO HERE, SO PLEASE GO BACK THROUGH THEM AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.

BUT PLEASE FOLLOW ALONG AS I MENTION EACH SLIDE NUMBER.

SLIDE TWO.

FIRST, TOWNHOMES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.

SLIDE THREE.

THE PROPOSAL IS FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOMES PER THE DEVELOPER SUBMITTED PLANS.

SLIDE FOUR. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, PER THE ZONING MAP.

SLIDE FIVE.

ARTICLE 9.04 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE SHOWS THAT TOWNHOMES, ALSO KNOWN AS SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ATTACHED, ARE NOT ALLOWED IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, DESPITE THE SIMILARITY OF THE NAMES. SLIDE SIX.

THE ONLY TYPE OF DWELLINGS PERMISSIBLE IN THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING ARE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS DETACHED AND INDUSTRIALIZED MODULAR HOMES.

THE PROPOSED PLAN FITS NEITHER DEFINITION.

SLIDE SEVEN.

SECOND, TOWNHOMES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY PER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SLIDE EIGHT. THE 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FUTURE LAND USE PLAN HAS A PROPERTY PLATTED FOR SUBURBAN LIVING, NOT CLUSTERED LIVING, BUT SUBURBAN LIVING.

SLIDE NINE.

FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT SUBURBAN LIVING IS NOT PLATTED FOR TOWNHOMES.

CLUSTERED LIVING IS PLATTED FOR TOWNHOMES, BUT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WHICH IS PLATTED FOR SUBURBAN LIVING, IS NOT PLATTED FOR TOWNHOMES.

THEREFORE, INSTALLING TOWNHOMES HERE WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SLIDE TEN. THIRD, TOWNHOMES DO NOT CREATE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SLIDE 11.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALLOWS ZONING CHANGES THAT CONFLICT WITH IT ONLY IF THEY OFFER SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT.

THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO PROVE THEY WOULD DO SO.

TOWNHOMES DO NOT PROVIDE SUCH BENEFITS, AND IN FACT, THE APPLICANT ADMITTED IN HIS PROPOSAL THAT LOCAL ANNA BUSINESSES WOULD BE HARMED WHEN HE SAID MOST RESIDENTS WOULD FORGO MEMBERSHIP GYM MEMBERSHIPS TO USE HIS FACILITIES.

THIS WOULD LEAD TO NEW RESIDENTS NOT SUPPORTING LOCAL GYM BUSINESSES, CREATING A PUBLIC HARM PER THE DEVELOPER'S PLAN.

SLIDE 12.

CONTRARY TO THE 2050 PLAN'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR ANNA'S DEVELOPMENT, TOWNHOMES DO NOT FOSTER COMMUNITY VALUES OR NEIGHBORLY CONNECTIONS.

OUR OPPOSITION HERE INDICATES CONFLICT RATHER THAN HARMONY.

ADDITIONALLY, THESE TOWNHOMES WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF THE CURRENT RESIDENTS AND THE PECAN GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE UPDATED SLIDE UPDATED SITE PLAN THAT'S UP THERE, THE NORTHWEST TOWNHOME THE APPLICANT SAID SITS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION WILL SIT MUCH HIGHER THAN THE SINGLE FAMILY OR THE SINGLE STORY HOUSE JUST ADJACENT TO THE CORNER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING INTO

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SLIDE 13 PER LU ONE AND TWO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SHOULD CONTROL DEVELOPMENT.

TOWNHOMES VIOLATE THE PLAN'S PRINCIPLES IN SEVERAL WAYS.

THEY ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN, UNWANTED BY ANNA'S RESIDENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE TONIGHT, AND WOULD DAMAGE THE VITALITY OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE DIMINISHING PECAN GROVES. PLEASE WRAP IT UP.

WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY.

APPEAL TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

PLEASE VIEW SLIDES 14, 15 AND 16 AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.

BUT JUST TO SUMMARIZE WHAT THEY BASICALLY SAY THE APPLICANT'S PLAN WOULD HARM EXISTING RESIDENTS WOULD VIOLATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY CANNOT PROOF OF A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT WHICH IS REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE MANI SINGH.

BEHIND HIM WILL BE ALFREDO FERNANDEZ.

SO GET READY.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

HEY EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MANJINDER SINGH.

MANI SINGH. I LIVE AT 1001 HOLLY STREET.

I'M IN THE PECAN GROVE, SECOND DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE REASON WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS I AM JUST HERE TO HUMBLY REMIND YOU GUYS THAT PLANNING AND ZONING HAS PREVIOUSLY REJECTED SIMILAR PROPOSALS IN THE PAST.

WE JUST ASK YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR CONSISTENCY AND STAND BY ZONING ORDINANCES.

THE ANNA 2050 PLAN CLEARLY DESIGNATES THIS AREA FOR SUBURBAN LIVING, AS MENTIONED.

HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL FOR 34.7 ACRES DETAILED IN EXHIBIT TWO, SUGGESTS THE DENSITY OF 14.05 UNITS PER ACRE, OBVIOUSLY EXCEEDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE DENSITY CAP OF 12 UNITS PER ACRE, AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 9418 D9 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THIS SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO A COST PER KEY CALCULATION.

AS A DEVELOPER, I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, BUT ALSO WE HAD TWO VERY STARK DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DEVELOPERS, ON ONE HAND, WE HAD TELLUS, WHICH IS SYNONYMOUS WITH QUALITY, AND ON ONE HAND WE HAVE A HODGEPODGE OF DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER THAT HAVE BEEN REJECTED MULTIPLE TIMES.

ADDITIONALLY, OPEN SPACE IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE SECTION 9429 MANDATES OPEN SPACES, YET THE DEVELOPERS EXHIBIT REQUEST, AND EXHIBIT THREE ONLY SAYS 15%, AS YOU GUYS HAVE NOTED EARLIER, 2.77 ACRES.

SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS LESS THAN WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE UP, WHICH IS 2.89 ACRES OVER A 50% REDUCTION.

ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS TRAFFIC CONSIDERATIONS.

THE NEW ACCESS POINTS IN WEST FOSTER CROSSING COULD INCREASE TRAFFIC BY 50%, IMPACTING SAFETY AND TRANQUILITY AS DESCRIBED IN THE CONCEPT PLAN.

ADDITIONALLY, JPI IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF FOSTER CROSSING ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.

SOME OF THAT WAS ADDRESSED HERE ON THEIR PORTION OF WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE.

KEEP IN MIND ALSO THAT THERE IS NO SET TIMELINE ON THE SURROUNDING ROADS THAT WILL HAVE EXCESSIVE, EXCESSIVE WEAR FROM CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.

THIS LEAVES A PATCHWORK OF ROADS AND ALSO A TWO LANE BRIDGE OVER THAT LITTLE CREEK, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE A MAJOR CONCERN AS WELL.

YOU GUYS HAVE MENTIONED EXISTING UTILITIES, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THEY THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE NEED FOR NEWER SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE NEEDED AND IS NOT ADEQUATELY PLANNED FOR IN THIS PROPOSAL.

ALL WE REQUEST IS THAT THE COMMISSION PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS INTEGRITY, BY RECOMMENDING A REJECTION OF THE ZONING CHANGE WHICH WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL PREVIOUS BOARD DECISIONS. WE REQUEST THAT YOU JUST BE CONSISTENT AND FOLLOW OUR OUR ZONING ORDINANCES, WHAT WE'VE PUT IN WRITING.

THERE'S NO SENSE IN GRANTING EXCEPTIONS IF THERE'S NOT AN OVERWHELMING PUBLIC GOOD.

AND FOR THAT PORTION OF FOSTER CROSSING, IT'S JUST RESPECTFULLY NOT WORTH IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE ALFREDO FERNANDEZ.

PLEASE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

GOOD EVENING. ALFREDO FERNANDEZ, 1806 BURL LANE.

SO I'M SPEAKING OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT CALLED JEFFERSON FOSTER CROSSING ZONE 24-0003 AND JOINED WITH MY OTHER FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THIS RENTAL TOWNHOME PROPOSAL.

THE REASONS ARE TWOFOLD.

THE ANNA 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THIS AREA ZONED AS SUBURBAN LIVING/COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.

WHILE MULTIFAMILY HOMES COULD BE CONSIDERED SUBURBAN LIVING, CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE NOT OKAY WITH TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT SO CLOSE TO OUR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

THE INCREASED POPULATION DENSITY WILL HAVE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY INCREASING TRAFFIC, NOISE POLLUTION AND LIGHT POLLUTION.

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THE SECOND REASON IS TIED TO THE FIRST ONE.

INCREASED TRAFFIC ALONG WEST FOSTER CROSSING.

THIS ROAD IS ALREADY IN BAD SHAPE, PARTICULARLY IN THE SECTIONS BETWEEN PECAN GROVE ONE AND THREE, SO ADDING THE PROPOSED 563 CARS TRUCK TRAFFIC WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN PECAN GROVE.

MOREOVER, ANY EXPANSION PLANS NEEDED TO HANDLE THIS INCREASED TRAFFIC WILL DESTROY ONE OF THE BEST FEATURES OF WEST FOSTER CROSSING ROAD BETWEEN PECAN GROVE ONE AND TWO, WHAT MY KIDS CANDIDLY REFER TO AS THE TREE TUNNEL, A NICE CANOPY OF GREEN TREE SHADE IN THE SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL THAT PROVIDE THAT IS PROVIDED BY ALL TREES PLANTED ALONG THE ROAD.

PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND DO NOT APPROVE THIS MULTIFAMILY REZONING REQUEST.

WE ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS TYPE AROUND THE CITY.

THERE IS NO NEED TO ADD ANY MORE OF THEM ON THIS PART OF TOWN.

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS THE CORRECT ZONING FOR THIS AREA, AND IT BLENDS WELL WITH OUR ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY ALREADY IN PLACE.

KEEP IN MIND, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THE PROPOSAL.

WE NEED MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ANNA, JUST THE MULTIFAMILY REZONE TOWNHOME RENTAL PART OF THE PROPOSAL IS WHAT I DISAGREE WITH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WE'LL HAVE JIM LUSCOMB FOLLOWED BY ROBIN LUSCOMB.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A HANDOUT IF YOU'LL HAND THAT TO LAUREN, AND WE'LL GET THOSE PASSED OUT BEFORE YOUR TIME STARTS.

AND IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU START SPEAKING, PLEASE.

I'M JIM LUSCOMB, I LIVE AT 1303 WEST FOSTER CROSSING.

IN THE HANDOUT THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU IS GOING TO GO TO THE POINT THAT COMMISSIONER LONGMIRE SPENT SOME TIME ON, AND THAT'S THE ALIGNMENT OF THIS FERGUSON EXTENSION.

AND GREG MADE SOME GOOD COMMENTS IN THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, AS I'VE SAID ON THE FRONT COVER HERE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF NEGOTIATION WITH THE CITY, A LOT OF NEGOTIATION WITH THE COUNTY, AND THE FOLKS THAT OWN PROPERTY AROUND THAT AND COME UP WITH AN ALIGNMENT THAT IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE TWO, ACTUALLY SHOWS, AND THIS IS OFF THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS TO WHERE THIS ALIGNMENT IS. AND EVEN THOUGH IT CUTS THROUGH OUR ORCHARD THERE THAT YOU SEE SOUTH OF FOSTER CROSSING ROAD, WE AGREED TO THAT CUT THROUGH BECAUSE THAT WAS THE BEST COMPROMISE THAT WE COULD GET AT THE TIME.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME TREES.

WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT WE KEEP MOST OF THE ORCHARD AND WE'RE ABLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS.

IF YOU GO TO PAGE THREE, I'VE SUPERIMPOSED THE CONCEPT PLAN ONTO OUR OPERATION THERE AND WHERE YOU SEE KIND OF THE DOT, THAT'S OUR IRRIGATION POND WHERE YOU SEE ALL THOSE LITTLE DOTS, THAT'S OUR TREES.

OUR OPERATION IS OUR BARN IS UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, UP TO THE EAST, AND THE RED LINE IS WHERE FERGUSON EXTENSION WILL GO IF THIS IS APPROVED.

AND THAT CUTS US OFF COMPLETELY FROM OUR ORCHARD.

WE'RE IN A BUSINESS OUT THERE.

WE PRODUCE PECANS.

SOME OF YOU HAVE COME AND BOUGHT PECANS FROM US.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'D LIKE TO KEEP OUR BUSINESS GOING.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MY 4020 JOHN DEERE TRACTOR PULLING SPRAY RIG ACROSS FOUR LANES OF DIVIDED PARKWAY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GETTING BUMPED INTO BY SOMEBODY.

IF THIS IS APPROVED, IT'S GOING TO LIKELY PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO KINDLY ASK YOU TONIGHT TO PUT THIS AWAY.

KEEP SOMETHING COMING.

IF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, KEEP THE ALIGNMENT AS IT IS, AS IT'S AGREED TO.

THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT.

I THINK I NOTED $1.7 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED ALREADY.

YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST DON'T DO A DO OVER.

WE NEED THE ROAD.

WE AGREED TO GIVE THE ROAD TO GIVE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE ROAD.

WORK WITH AND GIVE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE ROAD.

AND THAT WAS OUR PART OF IT.

WE'LL ASK FOR THE CITY NOW TO STAND UP FOR THEIR PART OF IT AND NOT LET A DEVELOPER COME IN AND JUST ARBITRARILY MOVE THAT AND PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS.

AND THEN I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF IF IT DIDN'T MAKE MY POINT THAT RED LINE IS DAMAGING TO US ON FOR FOSTER CROSSING PECANS.

[01:25:04]

NO, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE ROBIN LUSCOMB.

APOLOGIES, MA'AM.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

HI, I'M ROBIN LUSCOMB.

I LIVE WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO DAUGHTERS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN HUSBANDS AND SEVEN GRANDS AT 1303, 1404 AND 1407 WEST FOSTER CROSSING ROAD IN ANNA, TEXAS.

I AM A CO-OWNER OF FOSTER CROSSING PECANS, AND WE SERVE A LARGE AND GROWING NUMBER OF CITIZENS IN NORTH TEXAS AND SURROUNDING AREA AND ARE WELL KNOWN FOR OUR COMMITMENT TO A HIGH STANDARD AND FAMILY.

I ALSO AM THE MANAGER OF MARTHA'S IRIS GARDEN, WHICH IS LOCATED ON FOSTER CROSSING AS WELL AND HOME TO 750 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF IRIS. IN THE SPRING, THE GARDENS ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AND ARE AN INSPIRATION TO MANY, MANY ARTISTS.

BOTH BUSINESSES HAVE MADE FOSTER CROSSING AND ANNA A DESTINATION, AND WE HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN PUBLICATIONS AND TELEVISION FROM D MAGAZINE TO THE WEATHER CHANNEL, AND BRING OUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INTO ANNA.

I AM ALSO A CURRENT I HAVE A PATENT PENDING. PATENT PENDING? I'M A PATENT PENDING TOY INVENTOR.

THIS HAS PUSHED ME OUT INTO A REALM THAT I WASN'T REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING, BUT I AM COMMITTED TO HELPING CHANGE THINGS FOR FAMILIES, YOUNG PARENTS AND CHILDREN, TO HELP THEM TO LEARN ABOUT INTEGRITY AND HONOR AND CORE CHARACTER STRENGTH.

SO I AM [INAUDIBLE] OF SEVEN YOUNG CITIZENS OF ANNA, ALL IN THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS AND ALL UNDERFOOT ON A DAILY BASIS.

IT IS MY JOB AT THIS POINT TO HELP RAISE THESE CHILDREN TO BE THOUGHTFUL, KIND, CONSIDERATE, PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THAT YOU, OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS REZONING.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IT SEEMS TO ME, IS THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO SELL THEIR LAND.

YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT WANTS TO BUY THAT LAND, AND THAT DEVELOPER HAS TO PUT MORE AND MORE AND MORE ON THAT PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF A SINGLE FAMILY ZONE, ZONING TO, TO BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THE PRICE THAT THEY'RE PAYING.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE DONE UPON THE BACKS OR FORCED UPON THE BACKS OF THESE PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS FAMILIES IN THE FOSTER CROSSING COMMUNITY THAT ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO CURRENTLY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND KEEP THEIR HOMESTEADS INTACT.

IT JUST ISN'T RIGHT.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT DOES EVERY TIME WE ARE BROUGHT HERE TO TALK, THIS PLACE WOULD BE FULL.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE FAMILIES ARE HOME WITH THEIR BABIES WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE CALLED UP HERE OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO FIGHT THIS CAUSE, JUST SO THEY CAN LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE, A PEACEFUL LIFE.

I AM OFFENDED THAT A WIDOW WHO HAS ALREADY NEGOTIATED AND AGREED TO THE ALIGNMENT OF THIS NEW HIGHWAY WOULD NOW BE ONCE AGAIN DRAWN INTO THE CONFLICT AND CHAOS CREATED BY YET ANOTHER DESIGN THAT'S JUST PUT FORWARD BY A DEVELOPER, AND THAT CAN BE THROWN AT US AT ANY TIME.

HERE WE ARE. THE FIRST.

DID THE DID THE THING GO OFF YET? YES. TIME IS UP.

OKAY. SORRY.

PLEASE GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR FINAL STATEMENTS.

THE THE RISK, THAT ONE OF THESE OF THE LAND IS LIKE GOING THROUGH AN OCEAN.

THERE'S THERE ARE TIDAL WAVES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES.

AND THESE FAMILIES JUST WANT TO LOVE THEIR CHILDREN.

GRANDPARENTS JUST WANT TO LIVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, LOVE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.

PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A MONEY DEAL OR A LAND DEAL.

WE ARE REALLY UNDER A LOT OF STRESS AND PRESSURE EVERY TIME THIS COMES UP.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE TONY BELFORD.

IS THAT CORRECT? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

OKAY. MY NAME IS TONY BELAFONTE.

I LIVE AT 2934 PECAN GROVE DRIVE.

AND BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, I'D LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE COULDN'T HEAR THE DEVELOPERS.

I JUST FIND IT WHERE I'M NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT YOU CAN ALL HEAR ME PRETTY WELL.

[01:30:06]

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE DAYS AGO THAT I WAS HERE AGAIN SPEAKING AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY TALKED ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO WEST FOSTER CROSSING.

BUT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS DESTRUCTION OF WEST FOSTER CROSSING ROAD.

NOBODY'S TALKED ABOUT THE HUMAN ELEMENT.

IF I HAD SEEN THESE TOWNHOUSES BUILT BEFORE I MOVED IN, THE LIKELIHOOD OF ME MOVING IN WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS.

I WOULD HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND I THINK MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME.

I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT STAINLESS STEEL AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF OR A 50 FOOT TALL TOWER.

I WANT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT I CAME HERE FOR.

IT'S KIND OF FUNNY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHERE PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT THERE'S AN AIRPORT WHERE THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOUSE.

WELL, THE AIRPORT WAS USUALLY THERE FIRST.

AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE AIRPLANE NOISE, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT IT.

BUT THIS IS A WHOLE REVERSE.

WE BOUGHT WHERE IT WAS RURAL OR MORE RURAL, AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO DESTROY THAT PARTICULAR POINT.

WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO GO IN.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, A POST OFFICE.

IT'S ALMOST GETTING AS BAD AS MELISSA.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TRAVEL ON THE ROADS IF YOU GO OUT AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET OFF WEST FOSTER CROSSING AND GET ONTO THE OUTER LOOP. WHEN YOU BRING IN TOWNHOUSES OR ANY OTHER KIND OF BIG BUILDINGS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF TWO CARS. SO YOU PUT THE TWO CARS ON WEST FOSTER CROSSING.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC.

THE IMPROVEMENT TO THE ROADS IS NOT GOING TO BE VERY GOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT SO IT KILLS AND TAKES DOWN THE TREE CANOPIES.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN TAKEN DOWN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF WEST FOSTER CROSSING, WHERE THE SECTION TWO AND THREE WENT IN.

AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OTHER REASONS, COMPELLING REASONS WHY THIS SHOULD BE REJECTED.

THE BUILDING PLAN HASN'T CHANGED.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST IT HAVEN'T CHANGED BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WHEN WE MOVED IN, NOT TOWNHOUSES.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD EVEN BE INVITED.

MR. BELAFONTE, IF YOU COULD WRAP UP, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. I'M JUST ABOUT WRAPPED UP, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME TO VOICE MY OPINION.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CONSIDER ALL OF THE HUMAN THINGS IN ADDITION TO THE TAX BASE, IN ADDITION TO THE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, ANNA IS GROWING, AND WE CAN'T STOP IT.

AND MAYBE THIS DEVELOPMENT OUGHT TO BE PLACED ELSEWHERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THE LAST SPEAKER CARD THAT WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT IS ELECTING NOT TO SPEAK, IT'S FROM BRIANNA GRAFFT AT 2901 PECAN GROVE DRIVE.

SHE JUST WANTS THE COMMENTS TO BE KNOWN THAT I DO NOT WANT RENTAL PROPERTIES GOING BEHIND MY HOME.

I AM FINE WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE ABLE TO BE BOUGHT AND OWNED, BUT I DO NOT WANT RENTALS, ESPECIALLY TOWNHOMES BEHIND MY HOME.

SO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU GUYS GO TO MAKE YOUR VOTE.

THAT WRAPS UP ALL OF OUR SPEAKER CARDS.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:38 P.M.

AND CONFINE ALL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.

ANYBODY WANT TO DISCUSS IT? LET ME. I'LL START.

HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE DO YOU THINK THAT THIS PLAN IS FROM THE ONE THAT WE PREVIOUSLY SAW? I KNOW QUITE A FEW OF US WERE AT THAT ONE.

IT'S NOT. YOU DON'T SEE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE? NO. DOUG.

I MEAN, I LIKE THE TOWNHOMES BETTER THAN THE MULTIFAMILY, THAT BRINGS THE DENSITY DOWN.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT GOES BACK TO ME KIND OF WHAT MY COMMENTS WERE THE LAST TIME WAS THAT SINGLE FAMILY NOW WE WANT TO REZONE TO MULTIFAMILY.

THE CITIZENS BOUGHT THINKING IT WAS SINGLE, IT WAS GOING TO BE SINGLE FAMILY.

AND FOR ME, MULTIFAMILY JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HERE.

SO THE COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR COMMERCIAL AS A GUY WHO DOES RETAIL LEASING.

[01:35:01]

BUT YEAH, I JUST I CAN'T GET ON BOARD WITH THE THE REZONE.

OKAY. IN ADDITION TO THOSE COMMENTS, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE REQUEST TO WAIVE THE NUMBER OF UNITS PER ACRE AND THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE THAT'S REQUIRED.

I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE WAIVING THE UNITS PER ACRE.

FRANKLY, THE FINANCIAL WOES OF THE DEVELOPER IS NOT THE CITY'S PROBLEM.

SO I WOULD NOT APPROVE THIS PLAN AS IS AND THE REZONING.

WITH THAT BEING AN ISSUE, WOULD Y'ALL BE WILLING TO APPROVE WITH A CONTINGENT THAT THAT NOT BE ALLOWED, THAT THEY ARE STUCK TO WHAT'S PER P&Z? NO, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE A GOOD REASON THAT THIS SHOULD BE MULTIFAMILY ANYWAY.

I JUST ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE THAT WAS A COUPLE OF YOU SAID THAT, AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT'S IF THAT'S TRULY A STICKING POINT OR A POINT, AND THEN WE COULD HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE IN ANOTHER WAY, SO.

WELL WE ALSO HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE 50% REDUCTION, 51% REDUCTION OF GREEN SPACE.

RIGHT. MY BIGGEST RUB WITH THAT IS, IS THAT THEY'RE INCLUDING THE RETENTION POND FOR THAT, WHICH TO ME IS REALLY KIND OF UNUSABLE SPACE UNLESS SOMEHOW THEY ACCOMMODATE A WAY TO MAKE IT USEFUL.

I DON'T KNOW I GUESS I'M AN OUTLIER.

I DON'T MIND THE THE WAY THE HOUSING PART OF IT IS.

I DON'T LIKE THE CHANGE OF THE FOSTER OR THE ROAD BEING HEAVILY INVOLVED IN 2019 WITH THE WAY THAT NEGOTIATION WENT AND EVERYTHING WE WENT THROUGH AS WE LOOKED AT IT, THAT'S THE STICKING POINT TO ME.

BUT AS FAR AS THE TOWNHOMES, I LIKE THE IDEA OF IT.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD CONCESSION.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS TOOK FEEDBACK AND IMPLEMENTED THAT.

I DO STRUGGLE WITH THE ROADWAY MOVEMENT.

DON'T WE HAVE ANOTHER SET OF APARTMENTS THAT ARE KIND OF OVER BY BROOKSHIRE'S THAT HAS THEIR DEVELOPMENT SPLIT BETWEEN A MAJOR ARTERIAL ROAD? IS THAT ONE SPLIT? DO Y'ALL KNOW? LIKE THERE WAS A MULTI-FAMILY OR A RENT TO OWN THAT'S GOING OVER BEHIND BROOKSHIRE'S, AND I THINK THE DEVELOPER OWNS BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD LIKE EAST AND WEST.

DIDN'T THEY SPLIT THEIR PROPERTY WITH A MAJOR ROAD GOING THROUGH IT? I'M ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE HAVE YOU ALL EVER SEEN A DEVELOPMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, TOWNHOMES ARE ON ONE SIDE AND THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE SO THAT THE ROAD COULD STAY AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.

SO IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, PROJECTS THAT HAD A THOROUGHFARE GOING THROUGH IT WOULD BE ANACAPRI, WHERE THEY DONATED TOWARDS THE ISD.

AVERY POINT IS SPLIT BETWEEN FERGUSON PARKWAY WEST CROSSING BOULEVARD, OF COURSE, WEST CROSSING DEVELOPMENT IS SPLIT.

AT THE END OF WEST CROSSING ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IT GOES INTO A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED TOWNHOMES, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF.

WHAT ABOUT LEONARD GOING DOWN THROUGH THERE ON THE WAY TO OUTER LOOP? THAT'S DOING THE SAME THING TOO, RIGHT, ISN'T IT? NOT HOYT? NOT CATERPILLAR, BUT THAT OTHER SIDE OVER THERE, ISN'T THAT DOING THE SAME THING? OH, YES. THAT'S ANNA RANCH THEY HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FOSTER CROSSING IS GOING TO BE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED TOWNHOMES, AND ON THE NORTH SIDE IS THE SINGLE FAMILY.

OKAY. AND THAT WAS AN AMENDMENT FROM A 2007 ZONING.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE BEFORE WE VOTE? SO THIS IS THIS IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RIGHT NOW.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE HAD THEM COME THROUGH ONCE WITH APARTMENTS BECAUSE I WAS HERE.

AND IT'S LIKE THEY MOVED THINGS AROUND A LITTLE BIT, PUT A DIFFERENT BOW ON IT, BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME CONCEPT.

ALTHOUGH I DID LIKE THE COMMERCIAL BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE DO NEED THAT.

BUT I'M WITH I'M WITH YOU KNOW, DOUG HERE, I'M STILL, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S A IT'S A PLOT OF LAND THAT'S EVENTUALLY GOING TO GET DEVELOPED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SO, YEAH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THE DEVELOPER CAN ANSWER IT OR IF STAFF CAN ANSWER IT.

LET'S SAY WE HAVE THE DETENTION POND, WE STRIKE MULTIFAMILY AS A CONCEPT AND WE TRY TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THERE.

ROUGHLY HOW MANY CAN YOU FIT ON THAT PROPERTY GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THE RETENTION POND? YES, SIR. COME ON DOWN.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE COMPANY FOR THE RECORD.

[01:40:03]

JAMES CRAIG, 6850 TPC DRIVE, MCKINNEY, TEXAS 75070.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I ACTUALLY HAD TWO DIFFERENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS LOOK AT THE EXISTING ZONING TO SEE IF IT'S VIABLE.

AND BOTH OF THEM SAID, NO, IT'S NOT.

THE FIRST ONE WAS ABLE TO FIT 80 RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

THE SECOND ONE, PULTE HOMES, WHO HAS A PRESENCE HERE, COULD FIT 105.

IN TODAY'S MARKET THERE IS NO WAY THAT ANY DEVELOPER IS GOING TO DEVELOP ANYTHING TO ONLY YIELD 100 LOTS.

AS IT PERTAINS TO THE TO THE PLAN, WE'RE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNITS BY ALMOST 50% AND CREATING A TON OF AD VALOREM TAX VALUE, THAT FROM EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE IN THE CITY, IS NEEDED, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL TAX VALUE, ANYWHERE EXCEPT 75 AND WHITE.

I MEAN, IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, SO A MINOR, MAYBE A MAJOR FOUR LANES OR SIX LANES EITHER WAY.

HOW COMMERCIAL COULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE THERE IS BEYOND ME.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR TWO YEARS.

WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND HAVE CHANGED THE PLAN SUBSTANTIALLY.

SO TO SAY THAT HARDLY ANY CHANGE WAS MADE AT ALL I GUESS THERE'S JUST A DISCONNECT.

BUT THIS TRACK IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

THINK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES BEFORE YOU.

HOW MANY OF THEM ARE 37 ACRES? NOT VERY MANY, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN MAKE MONEY DEVELOPING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS IN VOLUME.

THIS TRACK DOESN'T HAVE THAT VOLUME, SO IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A MODERATE DENSITY TOWNHOME USE, WHAT'S IT APPROPRIATE FOR? IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR COMMERCIAL? SOME SAY YES. SOME SAY NO.

IF IT'S IF THE ANSWER IS NO.

WELL, IF THE ANSWER IS YES, IT WOULD TAKE YEARS FOR 37 ACRES TO BE ABSORBED WITH ALL COMMERCIAL, DOESN'T HAPPEN.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT HOW SMALL JUST ONE, ONE COMMERCIAL PAD IS.

AND THOSE THAT ARE RIGHT FRONTING THE MAJOR ROAD, YOU KNOW, ONE ACRE, MAYBE AN ACRE AND A HALF TWO, DEPENDING ON THE USE.

NOW MULTIPLY JUST LET'S SAY TWO 16 DIFFERENT PADS, 16 DIFFERENT USES.

IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE 16.5.

BUT REGARDLESS, I THINK PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED FOR ABSORPTION.

LIKE EVEN IN THE BEST OF TIMES, UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, COMMERCIAL CAN ONLY ABSORB SO QUICKLY.

I MEAN, WHEN CRAIG RANCH, WE LIKE TO JOKE THAT WE HAVE A DOCTORATE IN ABSORPTION, AND IT TOOK US OVER 20 YEARS TO TO OR NO, 24 YEARS TO DEVELOP 2,100 ACRES.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR COMMERCIAL OR IT IS, REGARDLESS, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THAT 34 ACRES IS GOING TO BE ABSORBED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES.

I THINK THE BIGGEST I MEAN, THE BIGGEST GRIPE, I THINK, IS THAT IT'S A RENTAL PRODUCT, I THINK.

AND, I MEAN, THE SERVICE INDUSTRY NEEDS PLACES TO LIVE, TOO.

THE IRONIC THING IS THAT OVER 50% OF PECAN GROVE ARE RENTALS, I'VE CONFIRMED THAT, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK ON MLS.

SO IT'S A LOT OF HYPOCRISY UP HERE AND A LOT OF...

KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF, PLEASE.

ANYWAY, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS EVERY WHICH WAY.

WE'VE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WAS VIABLE AND APPEALING TO THE CITY AND TO THE PECAN GROVE RESIDENTS.

WE TRIED TO MEET WITH THEM.

WE DID MEET WITH THEM ON ONE OCCASION.

WE OFFERED SOME SORT OF AN AMENITY.

THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIVE.

WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

WE CHANGED OUR PLANS SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND NOW WE COME BACK BEFORE YOU ALL, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE EXACT SAME THING OVER AGAIN.

WHAT ABOUT THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S LIVED HERE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AND HAS THE RIGHT TO SELL THAT PROPERTY? AND WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE YOU SENDING TO THE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY? WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE YOU SENDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WHEN A SIMPLE TOWNHOME 260 LOTS CAN'T BE DEVELOPED

[01:45:06]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. SO, GREG, EARLIER I HEARD A COMMENT, I THINK, BY JBI, THAT FERGUSON PARKWAY WAS SHOWN AS A COMPARISON TO BE LIKE THE NEXT PRESTON ROAD, HOW IT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER FOSTER BEING LIKE GEORGE BUSH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND HIGHWAY 5 BEING LIKE THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY.

I'M PRETTY SURE I JUST BOTCHED THAT ROYALLY.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, DOES THAT MEAN INEVITABLY, FERGUSON PARKWAY WILL GET BUILT OUT TO FOUR LANES, POTENTIALLY SIX, AS THE CITY OF ANNA CONTINUES TO GROW, EVEN IF THIS IS TONIGHT DENIED TONIGHT BY ALL OF US.

IS THAT PRETTY SAFE BET? YES IT IS.

LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT IS ON A DIFFERENT TIMELINE THAN MOST OF OUR YOU KNOW, FULLY CITY FUNDED ROADWAY PROJECTS OR DEVELOPER AND CITY FUNDED ROADWAY PROJECTS JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE EXTRA STEPS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDING.

BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED A NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR IN BETWEEN 75 AND 5.

FIRST OF ALL, IT HELPS CREATE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN PECAN GROVE AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS A BENEFIT TO THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN PECAN GROVE.

BUT BUT ALSO JUST AS A RELIEF VALVE IF THERE'S A CAR WRECK ON 5 OR ON 75.

I MEAN, WE ALREADY SEE IT NOW WITH FOLKS GETTING PUSHED OVER TO 5.

AS YOU GROW LARGER AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THIS IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES, YOU JUST NEED MAJOR NORTH SOUTH AND EAST WEST ROADWAYS ABOUT ONCE EVERY MILE, KIND OF IN EACH DIRECTION TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THOSE RELIEF VALVES SO THAT YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET IN AND OUT.

AND IT ALSO JUST DIVERSIFIES THE TRAFFIC SO THAT NOT EVERYONE IS FORCED ONTO 455.

NOT EVERYONE IS FORCED ONTO STATE HIGHWAY 5.

IT JUST WILL HELP.

HELP BALANCE OUT OUR TRAFFIC VOLUME.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HEARING ALL THIS AND TOWNS, TOWNHOMES, ALL THAT STUFF, THE ROADWAY IS THE ONLY WAY IT WORKS.

IF IT GOES STRAIGHT RIGHT THROUGH THERE AND YOU TAKE OUT THE CURVE THAT'S IN THERE OR IN THERE AS THE CITY IS PLANNING AND WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

MIC] CAN YOU SPEAK FURTHER INTO THE MIC? KIND OF LEAN FORWARD SO THEY CAN HEAR YOU? SORRY. WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER IS WE CAN MAKE A PLAN WORK.

IF THE IF THE DESIRE WAS TO KEEP THE ROADWAY WHERE IT IS.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT I THINK WE COULD MAKE THAT WORK.

YES, MR. CRAIG.

AS IT'S PRESENTED TONIGHT WITH THE TOWNHOMES AND THE ROAD, KNOWING THE CITY IS WORKING ON DOING THE ROADWAY WITH MORE OF A CURVE AS IT'S BEEN WORKING ON SINCE 2019. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS ABLE TO BE WORKED INTO THIS PRODUCT, OR IS THE COMMERCIAL PIECE AND THE TOWNHOMES ONLY VIABLE IF IT'S STRAIGHT TAKES THAT CURVE OUT? AS FAR AS THE TOWNHOMES ARE CONCERNED, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK, THAT WOULD BE ON HIM.

AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY IS CONCERNED.

I MEAN, NO.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE A ROAD THAT CURVES LIKE THAT AND BE ABLE TO CREATE TWO HARD CORNERS WE LAND PLANNED IT WITH A CVS ON CVS, LIKE WALGREEN ON ONE SIDE AND A RACETRACK, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF GAS STATION ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH OFFICE CONDOMINIUMS AND OTHER RETAIL. IT'S JUST A POOR USE OF LAND.

IT'S A POOR USE OF LAND USE.

IT CREATES UNDEVELOPABLE LAND.

I MEAN, JUST THINK ABOUT THE WAY IT WORKS.

IT'S LITERALLY LIKE 20FT FROM SOME PEOPLE'S BACKYARD.

YOU HAVE LANDSCAPE SETBACKS.

YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT SPACING ELEMENTS.

SO YOU'RE CREATING DEAD ZONES WHERE YOU CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING ON, YOU CAN'T USE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE? I'M NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO THINKS THAT ANYTHING WITHIN REASON IS IMPOSSIBLE.

NEVER SAY NEVER.

BUT IF I HAD TO, TO GIVE AN ANSWER TONIGHT, IT WOULD BE NO.

[01:50:06]

I'LL SECOND IT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER VOLLMER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER MARTIN? NO. COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

NO. COMMISSIONER HERRMANN.

NO. COMMISSIONER LONGMIRE.

NO. COMMISSIONER VOLLMER.

YES. COMMISSIONER BERGERSON.

NO. AND I AM A YES AS WELL.

THE VOTE DOES NOT PASS.

THAT'S TWO TWO FOR.

AT THIS TIME, DO WE NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION? ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE TABLE? I MOTION TO DENY.

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

ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES. NYLEC.

YES. COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

YES. COMMISSIONER LONGMIRE.

YES. COMMISSIONER VOLLMER.

NO. COMMISSIONER BERGERSON.

YES. I AM A NO AS WELL.

MOTION PASSES 2 TO 4 OR 4 TO 2.

[End of Meeting Items]

THE NEXT JOINT SESSION MEETING THAT WE HAVE, WILL, CAN YOU CONFIRM IT'S HERE AT CITY HALL? YES. OKAY.

IS THAT ON THE 28TH? JANUARY 28TH.

OKAY. I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LONGMIRE.

ALL IN FAVOR? COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

YES. COMMISSIONER NYLEC.

YES. COMMISSIONER HERMANN.

YES. COMMISSIONER LONGMIRE.

YES. COMMISSIONER VOLLMER.

YES. COMMISSIONER BERGERSON.

YES. AND I AM A YES AS WELL.

MOTION PASSES.

MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:57 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.