[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.] [00:00:07] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF ANNA PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING FOR APRIL 6TH, 2026. THE TIME IS NOW 6:30 P.M.. WE ARE CURRENTLY MISSING COMMISSIONERS MARTIN AND VOLLMER FOR THIS MEETING. IF YOU ALL WILL, PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COMMISSIONER DJ. LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TO THANK YOU FOR OUR TALENTS AND SKILLS AS WE PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING. WE ASK FOR GUIDANCE IN THE MATTERS AT HAND. A SPIRIT OF JOY AND A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON TODAY'S AGENDA, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING AN ITEM ON THIS MEETING AGENDA THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ALSO, AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION REGARDING AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS MEETING AGENDA. EACH PERSON WILL BE ALLOWED UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. NO DISCUSSION OR ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS, A SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A NEIGHBOR'S INQUIRY, OR RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? I DO HAVE ONE. MR. TERRELL CULBERTSON, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 7.B ONLY? OKAY. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4, DIRECTOR'S REPORT. [4. Director's Report.] DIRECTOR KALEB KENTNER. ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS THE UPDATED REPORT ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE UPDATE FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS AND WHERE THEY STAND SINCE YOUR LAST MEETINGS, AND THIS WILL INCLUDE ITEMS ON YOUR MEETING TODAY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS OR WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE? IF NOT JUST MOVING ON FOR TODAY. WE HAVE A COUPLE BIGGER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WITH THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA. WE, SO WE HAVE HELD OFF ON THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PARK PLAN TODAY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, I'M SURE, AS WELL AS ZONING AMENDMENT. AND WE FELT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY LONG MEETING ANYWAY. AND SO WE, WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE NEXT MEETING. SO ANY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. AT THIS TIME, DOES ANY COMMISSIONER WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? [6. Consent Items.] NO. OKAY, CAN I GET A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH G? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER HERMANN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STEWART. AT THIS TIME, ALL COMMISSIONERS PLEASE PASS, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. UNANIMOUS. I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 7. [a. Conduct a Public Hearing/Consider/Discuss/Action for a recommendation regarding a request for a Specific Use Permit for an Auto Repair, Light on 1.2± acres on the west side of US Highway 75, 1,000± feet north of W. Rosamond Parkway. (SUP 26-0002)] ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM A IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING/CONSIDER/DISCUSS/ACTION FOR A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN AUTO REPAIR, LIGHT ON 1.2 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF US HIGHWAY 75. 01,000 PLUS OR MINUS FEET NORTH OF ROSAMOND PARKWAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS ITEM IS AN SUV FOR AN AUTO REPAIR - LIGHT. [00:05:03] MORE SPECIFICALLY, A DISCOUNT TIRE. THIS IS A LOCATOR MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF WHERE IT WILL BE. IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ROSAMOND AND HIGHWAY 75. THEY HAVE INCLUDED A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AS WELL WITH THE SVP. THIS IS A LOOK AT IT RIGHT HERE. A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY. THIS AREA WAS PART OF THE LIBERTY HILLS DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT AREA IS DESIGNATED AS COMMERCIAL. SO IT FITS WITHIN THE SURROUNDING LAND USE. YOU CAN SEE THERE ACCORDING TO THE COMP PLAN, IT'S ALL THAT REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER WHICH IS OUR LARGER SORT OF COMMERCIAL AREA AS WELL AS THE, THEY HAD A CONVEYANCE PLAT, I BELIEVE, A MONTH AGO, LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE TO HAVE THE AREA BE A COMMERCIAL. LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, IT FITS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, I GUESS OF THE REGION OR WHATNOT. THEY'RE JUST, THEY HAVE THE TWO SPECIFICATIONS, THOSE TWO RULES THERE THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW. IT'S ALL AUTO REPAIR FACILITIES DO AND IT WON'T BE WITHIN 150FT OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED. I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN THERE. CAN YOU GO FORWARD ONE MORE PAGE AND THEN GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN? JUST A SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:37 P.M.. DOES ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? AM I THE ONLY ONE TALKING TONIGHT? OH, THERE WE GO. YEAH. SO THE ACCESS DRIVE ON THE WEST SIDE, IS THAT THE FUTURE STANDARDS PARKWAY? NO,. NO? IT WON'T BE. LET ME GO BACK TO THE LOCATOR HERE. IT'S RIGHT ALONG THAT FRONTAGE ROAD FOR 75, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT SORT OF. IC STANDARDS BACK THERE, OKAY. SO GO BACK TO IT PLEASE. SO IT SAYS ACCESS DRIVE BY OTHERS. SO PART OF IT WILL BE ON THEIR LOT THEY'LL BE SHARING IT BETWEEN TWO LOTS WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON TO HAVE THAT DRIVE. SO WILL THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THAT BEFORE THEY CAN PUT THEIR STORY IN? I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE MASTER DEVELOPER. YES, AS HE'S SAYING THAT THE MASTER DEVELOPER. JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MASTER DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IN THE REST OF THE INTERNAL ROADS WHICH YOU SEE THERE. THOSE ROADS ARE THE FIRE LANES, WHICH IN ESSENCE ARE PRIVATE STREETS THAT ARE INTERNAL WITHIN THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THOSE WILL HAVE TO BE INSTALLED. AND THEN THE DEVELOPER WILL BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THEIR PROJECT. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE CURRENT GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS COMPLETING THAT NOW RIDGEMONT THAT'S STILL IN THE KROGER BUILD OUT? NO, THAT'S. ON THE OTHER SIDE. OKAY. CATTY CORNER TO THAT. GO BACK TO THE MAP, PLEASE. YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. YES, IF YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS FILED FOR THIS AREA ORIGINALLY. AND THEN THEY'VE COME IN WITH EACH OF THOSE CONCEPTS. SLOTS WILL BE MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE, SO. ANY MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? DO YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? SURE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND WHO YOU'RE WITH, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JUAN VAZQUEZ WITH VAZQUEZ ENGINEERING. I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR DISCOUNT TIRE COMPANY. ADDRESS IS 1919 SOUTH SHILOH ROAD, SUITE 142, GARLAND, TEXAS 75042. DISCOUNT TIRE. DISCOUNT TIRE IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST RETAIL DEALER IN THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE ALMOST 2000 STORES ACROSS THE US. SEVERAL IN MCKINNEY. SEVERAL IN PLANO. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE HERE IN THE CITY OF ANNA. TO CLARIFY, WE ARE NOT OUT OF REPAIR. WE ARE TIRED DEALER. [00:10:01] SO WE MOUNT WHEELS AND TIRES, THAT'S IT. THERE'S NO BODYWORK. THERE'S NO OIL. THERE'S NO BATTERIES. NOTHING LIKE THAT. YOU'RE JUST NEW TIRES AND WHEELS, AIR CHECKS. THAT'S ALL THEY DO. MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. CLOSED ON SUNDAY. ALL WORK IS CONDUCTED WITHIN WITHIN THE STORE. THERE'S NO WORK CONDUCTED OUTSIDE. THERE'S NO CARS STORED OVERNIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING LEFT IN THE PARKING LOT. THEY ARE A CLEAN NATIONAL BUSINESS, AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE IN THE CITY OF ANNA. AS YOU KNOW, AS A NATIONAL RETAILER, WE GO ACROSS THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR PET SITES. THIS IS A PET SITE IN PART OF A OVERALL MASTER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW HERE WITH THE CITY AT THIS TIME WITH THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AND OF COURSE, YES, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S AROUND US IN ORDER FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUR SITE. BUT WE WANT TO GET IN NOW. YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY. SO WHENEVER THEY'RE DONE, WE'RE READY TO GO. HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU ANY TIMING ON THAT? AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AS FAR AS US, AS SOON AS WE'RE READY TO GO, WE'LL GO. THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU ANY ESTIMATE OF WHEN. THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, SO I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIMING OF IT. ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? NO. OKAY. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:42 P.M.. OH, COME ON DOWN, SIR. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS MATT MOORE ON BEHALF OF DSF STANDARDS, WE'RE THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER AND THE MASTER DEVELOPER. I WANTED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD. WE ARE UNDER REVIEW WITH ENGINEERING RIGHT NOW ON THE MASTER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH INCLUDES UTILITIES AND ALL THE ACCESS DRIVES IN AND AROUND THE DISCOUNT TIRE. WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE APPROVAL OF THOSE PLANS. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME SHARED SITE WORK AS PART OF THE MASTER LIBERTY HILLS DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE WAITING ON WITH ROADS AND UTILITIES, BUT WE'RE ANXIOUSLY TRYING TO GET THESE APPROVALS IN PLACE SO WE CAN GET GOING CONCURRENTLY WITH OUR WORK SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER THESE SITES TO THESE RETAILERS. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? NOPE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO. OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:43 P.M.. CAN FIND ALL COMMENTS TO COMMISSION AND STAFF. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD LOCATION. IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOMETHING FINALLY MAKE ITS WAY OVER TO THE WEST SIDE OF 75 IN LIEU OF THE EAST. I'M A FAN OF DISCOUNT TIRE. NOT THAT THAT REALLY MATTERS AGAINST MY VOTE, BUT, YOU KNOW. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR IT? NO. I THINK YOU SAID YOU WERE A FAN. NO, I AM A FAN. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I'M A FAN TOO. NO, I THINK THIS IS IT MAKES SENSE RIGHT HERE ON THE HIGHWAY BEHIND IT. THEY'VE GOT THOSE HIGH VOLTAGE LINES. SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE ANY RESIDENTIAL OR ANYTHING PUT BACK THERE. SO, MAKES SENSE TO ME. I LIKE THAT IT'S GOING TO GET SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC COMING INTO ANNA. YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SEPARATE THAT OUT FROM ALL THE WHITE STREET TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE. I THINK IT'S A GOOD LOCATION. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I THINK IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY, I'LL SECOND YOURS. THIS MATTER IS NOW OPEN FOR A VOTE. COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING/CONSIDER/DISCUSS/ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR REQUEST TO ANNEX AND AMEND AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO INCORPORATE [b. Conduct a Public Hearing/Consider/Discuss/Action on a recommendation for a request to annex and amend an existing Planned Development (Ord. No. 1111-2024-08) to incorporate an additional 10.8± acres of land located at the southeast corner of County Road 290 and County Road 290/County Road 1101 (future Mantua Parkway) in accordance with the Church Tract Development Agreement (Res. No. 2025-12-1873). (PD 26-0002)] AN ADDITIONAL 10.8 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND LOCATED TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD 290 AND COUNTY ROAD 290/COUNTY ROAD 1101 (FUTURE MANTUA PARKWAY) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH TRACT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THIS ITEM IS FOR 10 ACRES LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF 290 AND 290, WHERE IT CURVES AND INTERSECTS INTO 1101. THIS PROPERTY HAD A DEVELOPMENT OR THIS PROPERTY IS BEING REQUESTED TO JOIN THE LIBERTY HILLS PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2024, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT PART OF THEIR REQUEST INCLUDED A TREE PRESERVATION WAIVER AS THAT WENT [00:15:08] ALONG WITH THE LIBERTY HILLS REQUEST. THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL SUBMITTED AS SUBMITTED. WE RECEIVED FOUR LETTERS IN OPPOSITION WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:46 P.M.. DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE ONE FOR YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO HURL IT OUT THERE SO YOU CAN JOIN THE REST OF US UP HERE. SO YOU GUYS ARE RECOMMENDING TO APPROVE IT, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEARLY GOING AGAINST TREE PRESERVATION THAT THEY'D ALREADY HAD. IS THAT CORRECT? AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND AS PART OF THE LIBERTY HILLS ZONING, IT SPECIFICALLY REMOVES THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN, EXCEPT FOR THE AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED FOR PRESERVATION. IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION, THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING TO PRESERVE ANY OF THE TREES. OKAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE PROPOSING TO SAVE ANY OF THOSE TREES EITHER, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING PER OUR PLAN. CORRECT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALREADY WAIVED THE TREE PRESERVATION. AND WHEN WAS THAT DONE? THAT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER. THIS LAST DECEMBER? CORRECT. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE WITH THE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE YELLOW AND THE PINK. THE REMOVED VERSUS THE EXEMPT. SO THE PINK AREAS ARE THE AREAS WHERE IT'S RIGHT OF WAY. THE RIGHT OF WAY AND SIDEWALKS. ANYWHERE THAT THERE'S PAVEMENT FOR A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OR A SIDEWALK IS EXEMPT IN OUR TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. OKAY. AND THEN SO THE YELLOW IS JUST EVERYTHING ELSE THEY'RE BASICALLY ASKING FOR, OKAY. SO WAS THE PLOT PLAN APPROVED BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY HAD THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY? SO THE CONCEPT PLAN WAS APPROVED. IT WAS A STAFF APPROVAL THAT YES, WAS APPROVED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO SPEAK? PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME, THE COMPANY AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. EVENING COMMISSION. KEVIN LAZARES. FOR THE OWNER/DEVELOPER VERITAS COMMUNITIES. WE'RE AT 3860 WEST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY IN DALLAS, TEXAS 75220. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND STAFF HERE NOW FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS ON THE OVERALL LIBERTY HILLS PROJECT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO FINALLY BREAK GROUND, HAVE BROKEN GROUND IN THE LAST 30 OR 45 DAYS ON THE INITIAL PHASES OF SINGLE FAMILY AND ULTIMATELY THE, ULTIMATELY THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL BE AT DISCOUNT TIRE AND SOME OTHER TENANTS HOOK INTO. WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY EARLIER THIS YEAR FROM THE LANDOWNER, WHICH KIND OF ALLOWS US TO ACQUIRE THE REST OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS FORTUNATE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF FINISH OUT THIS CORRIDOR AND THEN ALSO TIE IN THE, OUR LAND PLAN WITH THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF MAKING THIS ONE KIND OF HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IT. WE WERE ABLE TO, THIS PROPERTY WAS UNDER CONTRACT BY ANOTHER DEVELOPER THAT WAS GOING TO KEEP IT IN THE COUNTY. AND DO METAL BUILDINGS WITH LIKE STORAGE TYPE USES. AND SO WE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT BEHIND OUR SINGLE FAMILY. SO WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE IT FROM THEM INSTEAD FOR THIS, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE A BETTER, MORE COMPATIBLE USE. BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT TEAM HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU. SO A QUESTION, IF I MAY. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REQUESTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT JUST CLEAR CUTTING THIS AND CUTTING DOWN A LOT OF OLD GROWTH TREES. HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND I AND I PERSONALLY AGREE WITH THEM. I THINK THAT THE AREAS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO WHERE THE EXISTING FENCE LINES ARE. UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE MANTUA PARKWAY, THAT ALIGNMENT IS SET, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPER AND VAN ALSTYNE AND ALL THE LIKE THE JURISDICTIONS THAT COME TOGETHER. SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE KIND OF LIKE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. MY GOAL IS TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ASKING FOR PERMISSION AND APPROVAL TO REMOVE EVERYTHING. MY GOAL IS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN IS LIKE A DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS TRYING TO SAVE WHAT WE CAN. ESPECIALLY LIKE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT MAIN COLLECTOR ROAD THAT'S GOING TO COME IN. LIKE OUR GOAL IS GOING TO BE TO SAVE WHAT WE CAN. [00:20:01] BUT REALISTICALLY, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WITH GRADING AND WITH, YOU KNOW, MAKING GRADES AND MAKING THAT INTERSECTION WORK THAT JUST TO GET BACK TO THE EXISTING GRADE, NOT A LOT OF THEM DO SURVIVE. AND WE JUST WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THAT. NOT TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRY AND I KNOW THAT DOESN'T REALLY LIKE ISN'T NECESSARILY WORTH ANYTHING STANDING UP HERE TO YOU, BUT WE DO PRIDE OURSELVES AND WE THINK IT ENHANCES OUR VALUE OF OUR PROJECTS WHEN WE DO KEEP TREES AND WE DO KEEP THEM. INSTEAD OF JUST CLEARCUTTING EVERYTHING. I GUESS THOSE LOTS ARE TOO SMALL FOR SOMEBODY TO END UP WITH A BIG TREE BY CHANCE IN THEIR FRONT YARD OR BACKYARD. TYPICALLY WITH AS MUCH EARTHWORK AS IS NEEDED WITH THE REST OF THE PROJECT. LIKE, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THE EXISTING GRADE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, 2 TO 3IN, ODDS ARE THAT YOU KNOW, THOSE ROOTS, IF THEY IF THEY GET BURIED OR ANYTHING, IF YOU PUT A STREET TOO CLOSE TO THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO END UP, YOU KNOW, GETTING CUT, IT'LL GET DAMAGED A YEAR OR TWO DOWN THE LINE, THEY'LL DIE. I PERSONALLY HAVE MOVED ROADS, REMOVED ROADS AND LIKE TRIED TO DO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, LIKE DURING A PROJECT DURING LIKE MID DEVELOPMENT TO TRY AND SAVE TREES AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES, SOMETIMES IT'S WORTH IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A POST OAK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN USUALLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BREATHE ON IT, SOMETIMES THEY JUST, THEY JUST DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE DO, I, HONESTLY, WE DO, WE DO TRY TO BE SELECTIVE AS SELECTIVE AS WE CAN WITH OUR CLEARING, TO SAVE AS MANY TREES AS WE CAN, BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THOSE ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. HOW MANY TREES HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO SAVE? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER ON COUNT, BUT A LOT. OKAY. HOW MANY OF THOSE TREES, THOUGH, ARE IN RESIDENTIAL HOME LOTS? THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE SURROUNDING THE AREA, CORRECT? THEY'RE NOT IN THE HOME. SO IF THERE'S HOMES SHOWN TO BE BUILT HERE, YOU WILL TAKE DOWN ALL THOSE TREES TO ACHIEVE THE LEVEL THAT YOU NEED TO GET TO, TO GRADE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. AND THEN WE'LL REPLANT THOSE. SO THE ONLY TREES YOU ARE ABLE TO SAVE ARE WHEN YOU GUYS MAKE PARK AREAS OR YOU LEAVE GREEN SPACES. CORRECT. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THIS MIGHT BE A STUPID ONE, BUT OKAY, SO RIGHT BELOW THAT YOU CAN TELL THIS IS A OVER A GOOGLE EARTH. ALL THOSE TREES ARE THOSE ALL PRETTY MUCH STILL STAYING THERE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. GENERALLY, ALL THE CREEK LINES ARE, AND ALL THOSE GREEN BELTS, THOSE ARE ALL STAYING. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST REALLY THE BECAUSE OF THAT ROADWAY AND THAT INTERSECTION SO CLOSE. AND WITH HOW THAT OTHER INTERSECTION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD IS SET, WE WANT IT TO BE SQUARE. SO IT JUST PUSHES SO FAR SOUTH THAT WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE GRADING, WE'RE JUST WORRIED THAT ODDS ARE SOME OF THOSE MIGHT HAVE TO COME OUT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. SO I JUST WANT TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS REAL QUICK. SO THERE WAS ALREADY AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON BACK IN DECEMBER THAT WAIVED THE TREE PRESERVATION ON THIS PROPERTY, CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT WOULD THAT, HOW WOULD THEY GET TO PIGGYBACK IN ON THAT COMING IN AND TYING IN THIS ADDITIONAL SECTION BECAUSE IT WASN'T APPROVED BASED ON THIS SPECIFIC PARCEL? IT WAS THE OVERALL PLAN, CORRECT? SO THE OVERALL. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PD. SO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS IT WAS ADOPTED DID NOT INCLUDE THIS SECTION. BUT AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND PART OF TONIGHT'S REQUEST IS THIS SECTION. AND THEREFORE IT IS INCLUDED TO BE ON THE WAIVER. CORRECT. FOR THE TREE PRESERVATION. CORRECT. OKAY. SINCE THAT'S ON THERE, IS THERE ANY CHANGES OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE, LIKE FOR APPROVAL BASED ON KEEPING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TREES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR IT'S PRETTY MUCH LOCKED OUR HANDS, CORRECT. TO WHERE WE HAVE TO EITHER VOTE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT. YEAH, WITH WHAT THEY HAVE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU, IS THERE IS THERE A CONCEPT PLAN? THE ONLY THING THAT COULD PREVENT THAT IS IF THE DEVELOPER CHOSE TO MODIFY HIS CONCEPT PLAN AND SAY, MOVE, SOME OF THOSE LARGER LOTS THAT YOU SEE ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF IT OVER TO THAT AREA THAT HAS THIS. THAT WOULD GIVE THEM A GREATER CHANCE OF PROBABLY BEING ABLE TO PRESERVE SOME TREES IF THEY WANTED TO DO THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE DEVELOPER AT THIS POINT SINCE THEIR CONCEPT PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED. OKAY. JUST TALKING THROUGH SOME OPTIONS REAL QUICK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAD. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. I DO HAVE SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ONE. FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE TERRELL CULBERTSON. I'M PRETTY SURE YOU KNOW THE DRILL. SO I DON'T HAVE TO REMIND YOU. I SAID I'M SURE YOU KNOW THE DRILL, SO I DON'T HAVE TO REMIND YOU. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. [00:25:07] MY NAME IS TERRELL CULBERTSON. I LIVE AT 10429 COUNTY ROAD 289 ANNA, TEXAS, WHERE I'VE LIVED FOR 32 YEARS. WHEN MY LATE WIFE AND I FIRST PURCHASED OUR PROPERTY. LAUREN, COULD YOU BACK THAT UP TO THE TO THE OTHER ONE? ONE MORE. THAT ONE. WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED OUR PROPERTY ALL OF THOSE ROADS WERE DIRT ROADS OR ROCK ROADS, THEY WERE NOT PAVED. AND ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THAT PROPERTY, THERE WAS A MOBILE HOME AND MR. CHURCH'S PARENTS LIVED THERE. AND LINDA AND I WOULD DRIVE OUR CARRIAGES AND RIDE OUR HORSES ON THOSE ROADS, AND WE WOULD VISIT WITH THOSE FOLKS EVERY TIME WE WENT BY THERE AND THEY WERE OUT ON THE PORCH OR IN THE YARD. THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE PROPERTY HAS HUGE, HUGE, MAGNIFICENT PECAN TREES. IT CURRENTLY HAS A RED METAL BAR IN THEIR GARAGE TYPE BARN. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IS A FAMILY GATHERING CENTER FOR THE FOR THE CHURCH FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. THOSE MAGNIFICENT TREES THERE ARE IRREPLACEABLE. YOU HAVE. I BELIEVE IN YOUR IN YOUR HANDS A DOCUMENT THAT WAS PREPARED BY MY NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND, SEAN SMITH, WHERE HE DID SOME PRELIMINARY WORK AND ACTUALLY MEASURED SOME OF THE TREES ON THAT PROPERTY. ALONG THE, WHAT ON THE TOP OF THIS SECTION OF PROPERTY THERE ARE OVER 30 TREES, 30 TREES, HUGE, MAGNIFICENT, 50FT TALL TREES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE REPLACED IN OUR LIFETIME WITH STICKS THAT THE DEVELOPER PLANTS THERE. I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THE ANNEXATION OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE INCORPORATION INTO THE LIBERTY HILLS DEVELOPMENT THERE AS LONG AS TWO CONDITIONS ARE MET. ONE OF THOSE CONDITIONS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES. AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE PRESERVATION OF THESE TREES. I CANNOT AND WILL NOT OFFER YOU LEGAL ADVICE, BUT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REQUIRE THE PRESERVATION OF THE TREES ON THIS PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN. IT WAS OWNED BY THE CHURCH FAMILY, AND IT WAS DELIBERATELY AND SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY LIMITS. IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT MAP WHERE THAT AREA WAS APPROVED FOR ANNEXATION AND ZONING. THE CITY LIMITS GO AROUND THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE DELL CHURCH AND JOYCE CHURCH DID NOT WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY LIMITS. SO IF THEY WANT TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY, THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. BUT I WOULD LIKE THOSE TWO CONDITIONS BE PLACED UPON THIS. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT. IF YOU'RE UNSURE OF THAT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL BEFORE YOU TAKE FINAL ACTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING TO ME THIS EVENING. THIS IS A, IT IS A TRAGEDY IF THIS PROPERTY, IF THIS DEVELOPER IS ALLOWED TO ANNIHILATE ALL THOSE TREES. THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT ON THE PROPERTY AROUND THE CORNER FROM IT. THERE'S, EVERY TREE HAS ALREADY BEEN BULLDOZED. AND IT'S JUST A BARREN PIECE OF DIRT RIGHT NOW. PLEASE DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO THIS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER CARD, MR. SEAN SMITH. IF YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YES, SIR. YOU TOO. ALRIGHT, COME ON DOWN. HELLO, MY NAME IS SEAN SMITH, 11089 COUNTY ROAD 289 ANNA, TEXAS 75409. I WANT TO START OUT. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE PROCESS HERE IS BROKEN. WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND WE'RE SIGNING A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT'S BINDING THIS CITY BEFORE WE GO THROUGH, HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS ABOUT ANNEXATION AND WHAT THE PROPERTIES CAN BE USED FOR. WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS ALMOST WORTHLESS. I'M WASTING MY BREATH BECAUSE THE CITY AND THE ATTORNEYS ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND SUE US, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY REMEDIES IN THE CONTRACT. THIS IS A FLAWED PROCESS. SECOND POINT ON THIS PROPERTY, I'M THE ONE WHO DID THE MEASUREMENTS AND SENT THAT TO YOU ALL EARLIER TODAY. BUT I THINK ASIDE FROM THE TREES, I THINK THERE'S A BETTER PURPOSE FOR THIS LAND WE GO THROUGH. AND WE LOOK AT THAT SOUTHERN PART WHERE I WAS MEASURING TREES THAT WERE GREATER THAN 30IN IN DIAMETER. WHY CAN'T WE PUT A PARK DOWN THERE? [00:30:06] WE CAN TAKE THAT RED BARN, MAYBE MODIFY IT, TURN IT INTO A PAVILION WHERE IT CAN GO THROUGH AND ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND BE BULLDOZED AND EVERYTHING TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE AS TERRELL JUST SAID DOWN THE STREET ON 290, IT'S BARREN. I MEAN, THEY WENT THROUGH AND IT WAS INTERESTING HOW THEY KNOCKED DOWN TREES ONE DAY. WITHIN TWO DAYS, THEY'RE MULCHED UP AND GROUND. THERE'S NO WAY TO GO THROUGH AND SEE WHAT KIND OF TREES OR ANYTHING THAT WAS DONE THERE. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS, PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE PRESERVATION OF THE COUNTRY, THE PRESERVATION OF THE CITY TO GO THROUGH AND HAVE SHADED SPACES, TO HAVE PARKS TO GO THROUGH, PRESERVE THESE LARGE TREES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MISS SHARPE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT OR ARE YOU JUST COMING TO LISTEN? I DID GET YOUR EMAIL. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. YOU ALL HAVE MY EMAIL. I HOPE YOU WILL READ IT AND UNDERSTAND THAT 5000 TREES CHUMP CHANGE TO DEVELOPERS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:01 P.M. AND CONFINE COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF. MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS, CAN THE DEVELOPER COME BACK AND PRESENT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE USER FRIENDLY WITH THE COMMUNITY? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THIS IS THEIR FIRST GO AT IT, AND I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM TO HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY TO PRESERVING TREES IS TO DENY THEM ANNEXATION. AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S AGAINST THE ANNEXATION PORTION. IT SEEMS TO ME ALL I KEEP HEARING IS THAT THE TREE PRESERVATION IS A BIG THING, THAT WE'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO HAVE THEM IN. BUT CAN THEY WORK WITH US AS WELL AS WE WORK WITH THEM? SO. YEAH, AND IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IF YOU ANNEX IT IN AND THEY BECOME PART OF LIBERTY HILLS, THEY'LL FALL UNDER THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, SO WE CAN'T. YEAH. WE CAN'T MODIFY ANYTHING. NO, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO MODIFY ANYTHING AFTER THAT. SO ONCE THEY'RE ANNEXED, THEY'RE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THAT. AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME OFF OF IT ANYWAY LAUREN. SO THEY ALREADY ARE BOUND BY THE SAME DOCUMENTS. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WORKS, BUT KIND OF SCRATCHING MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW THAT WE ORIGINALLY DID THE ONES BACK IN DECEMBER THAT GAVE AWAY TREE PRESERVATION, BUT THEY'RE NOT ANNEXED IN THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS PLOT. THEY'RE TRYING TO BE. SO HOW DO THEY GET TO PIGGYBACK IN ON THAT? CURRENTLY NO, THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS, IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE LIBERTY HILLS DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ADD THESE TEN ACRES INTO THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PORTION. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TREES, IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME, SINCE THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY ALREADY GOING TO BE PART OF THE LIBERTY HILLS? WELL, YOU HAVE TO. IF WE ACCEPT THE REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION, RIGHT? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. IF WE REQUEST THEIR, IF WE APPROVE THEIR REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION, THEY WOULD PIGGYBACK ON THE EXISTING AGREEMENT AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE TREES. THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS. YES. YES. BUT I DO HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT CURRENTLY THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, THE ETJ. WE DO NOT ENFORCE THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE IN THE ETJ BECAUSE IT'S CALLED A TREE PERMIT. AND STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW US TO ENFORCE PERMITS IN THE ETJ. SO IN THE ETJ, PEOPLE CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT ON THEIR PROPERTY. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER LAND USE, HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS WHETHER OR NOT THEY REMOVE THEIR TREES. THE PROPERTY THAT'S FURTHER UP ONTO 90 THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER ABOUT TREES BEING DEMOLISHED, THAT'S ACTUALLY IN VAN ALSTYNE JURISDICTION. IT'S NOT EVEN IN OUR JURISDICTION. BUT WE CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY TO SOMEONE THAT'S WANTING TO ANNEX IN AND COME OUT OF THE ETJ. THAT'S MY BIG HEARTBURN THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE AGREED TO IN DECEMBER, THAT WE HAD NO FAIR WARNING THAT THIS ONE WAS COMING BEHIND IT. SO WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ALLOW THEM TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WERE OKAY WITH IT ON, BUT THEY JUST AUTOMATICALLY GET TO COME BEHIND THIS ONE AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, OUR HANDS ARE TIED. YEAH, AS FAR AS THEIR THAT IS THEIR REQUEST. IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES NOT TO DO THAT. AND THEN IN THE END THAT WOULD BE THEIR CALL AND THIS WOULD THEN STAY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS TECHNICALLY NOT BEING ANNEXED YET. THEREFORE THE DEVELOPER. THE REALLY BAD PART ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS, IS THE DEVELOPER COULD GO, THEY COULD REMOVE THE TREES TOMORROW AND IT'S OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS AND CLEAR CUT IT BEFORE IT EVER COMES INTO THE CITY LIMITS. AND SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT, EXCEPT BRINGING THEM IN. [00:35:05] BRINGING THEM IN ALLOWS US TO. APPLY SOME OF THOSE THINGS. BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE BRINGING IN THEM AND. THEM IN. AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO BE PART OF THEIR TOTAL SUBDIVISION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, THAT WE HAVE APPROVED THE WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN PERMITTED AND SUBMITTED. THE ONLY OTHER WAY THAT THAT COULD CHANGE IS IF THE DEVELOPER COMES INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED TO AMEND THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH AS SOON AS THAT OPENS UP THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT ALLOWS THE CITY THEN TO READDRESS ANY ISSUE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. BUT UP UNTIL THIS POINT, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY REQUESTS TO DO THAT. IT ISN'T UNCOMMON THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN OR AND DEPENDING ON HOW THEIR PHASING IS WHEN THEY GET TO THIS PARCEL, IS ALSO FALLS INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. I HAVEN'T READ THE TREE AND THE TREE REQUIREMENTS IN QUITE A WHILE. WHAT WOULD 907 SAY THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WAIVER? THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT A TREE SURVEY OF ALL TREES THAT ARE SIX INCHES OR GREATER. ANY TREE THAT IS ON OUR PROTECTED TREE SPECIES THAT IS 18IN OR GREATER WOULD HAVE TO BE PRESERVED OR MITIGATED THE EQUAL NUMBER OF INCHES. ANY TREES THAT ARE WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE THAT ARE 24IN OR GREATER, OR ANY SPECIES THAT ARE 24IN OR GREATER ON THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO BE PRESERVED OR MITIGATED. I'M SORRY, IT'S 18IN, TEN FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. THANK YOU. LET ME I'VE GOT A QUESTION. WHAT? OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF ANNEXATION FOR THE CITY? WE'RE GOING TO GET TAP AND IMPACT FEE. WE'RE GOING TO GET FEES. RIGHT. IS THAT IS THAT IT? AS FAR AS ANNEXATION, THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY, WELL, IT'S MORE OF A BENEFIT TO THE DEVELOPER TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY GET UTILITIES, ALL OF THE CITY BENEFITS THAT COME WITH THAT COMPARED TO IF THEY WERE IN THE COUNTY STATE, IN THE COUNTY AND DEVELOPED IN THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE LARGER LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW IN THE COUNTY. BUT THERE IS NO TREE PRESERVATION THERE EITHER, RIGHT? THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REMOVE OR DEVELOP AS THEY CHOSE. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WHAT IF WE APPROVED THE ANNEXATION WITHOUT THE WAIVER OF THE TREE REQUIREMENTS? SO TONIGHT YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE ZONING SPECIFICALLY. I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. TONIGHT YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE ZONING. THE CITY COUNCIL HANDLES THE ANNEXATION. OKAY. OKAY, BUT WOULD THEY REALLY? SO THE REST OF. THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE CITY. EVERYTHING ELSE THEY'RE DOING, RIGHT. IT'S JUST THIS WOOD. ARE THEY REALLY NOT GOING TO ANNEX THAT IN? I MEAN, WOULD THEY TAKE A CHANCE ON. WELL, UP TILL THIS POINT IT WASN'T, THEY HADN'T PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TO MAKE IT TO COMPLETE THEIR CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED. WELL, SOUNDS LIKE TO ME WE HAVE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO OPTIONS. IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US? WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING OR DENY THE ZONING. AND WE CAN'T DENY WE CAN'T MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IT. CORRECT. THAT WOULD BE YOUR ACTION IS TO APPROVE THE ZONING AS REQUESTED. OR. AND THE ANNEXATION PORTION IS HANDLED THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. SO. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS. THE REASON THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE THE ANNEX ON THERE IS BECAUSE YOU'RE PREEMPTIVELY TAKING ACTION REGARDING THE ZONING BECAUSE OF THEIR REQUEST TO COME INTO THE CITY AND BE ANNEXED AS PART OF THAT, IF THEY DON'T GET THE AS PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT, THEY COULD WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION AT ANY TIME AS WELL. WHY WOULDN'T THEY GET THE ANNEXATION FIRST THROUGH CITY COUNCIL BEFORE COMING IN FRONT OF PLANNING AND ZONING. SO I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SO FIRST OF ALL, THAT IS MY MISTAKE. I USE THAT LANGUAGE FOR THE MAILERS WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAIL OUT ANNEXATION AND ZONING NOTICES AS WELL AS POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER. [00:40:09] TYPICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, I REMOVE THE LANGUAGE ABOUT ANNEXATION. THE REASON WHY WE DO NOT HAVE THE APPLICANTS GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANNEXATION FIRST, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS REALLY MORE OF A PROCESS. IT'S SIMPLY JUST EASIER FOR STAFF AND FOR THE DEVELOPER AND FOR COUNCIL. IF THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING ARE ON THE SAME NIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY WE BRING THE ZONING RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FIRST, AND THEN THE ANNEXATION ZONING SERVICES AGREEMENT. ANYTHING THAT'S PART OF THAT REQUEST TOGETHER. I JUST DON'T LIKE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT IS STILL TANGENT UPON CITY COUNCIL GIVING THEM ANNEXATION. I MEAN, WE'RE AGREEING TO A ZONING CHANGE WITHOUT EVER SEEING IT. AND THEN IF IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED OR NOT. TO ME, THAT'S BACKWARDS. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IT FROM AN INTERNAL STAFF PERSPECTIVE. IT'S EASIER PAPERWORK FLOW FOR YOU ALL, BUT TO ME, IT'S BACKWARDS. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THERE'S A PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT ON THIS REQUEST. CORRECT. SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE OF THAT ANNEXATION AGREEMENT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN WITH THE WITH THE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE ZONING. THAT'S WHY WE TYPICALLY. MOST CITIES DO THE SAME THING, THEY RUN THEM TOGETHER. THIS HAPPENS TO HAVE TO GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BEFORE IT GOES TO THE COUNCIL. AND SO TYPICALLY THIS IS THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON AS FAR AS THE PROCESS GOES. ALL RIGHT, GUYS I FEEL LIKE MY BACK'S AGAINST THE WALL. IT'S EITHER A YES OR NO VOTE TO LET THEM REZONE. I'M NOT AGAINST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. I MEAN, AS LONG AS IT'S GOING TO STAY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, I'M FINE WITH IT. BUT I MEAN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IN FOR ANOTHER REZONE IF THEY WANTED MULTIFAMILY AND THEY'RE ONLY ASKING FOR SINGLE FAMILY, SO. THE ISSUE OR THE CATCH OF IT, I THINK, IS THEY CAN GO TOMORROW. THE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE IS THE TREES. THEY CAN GO AND RIP THOSE TREES OUT TOMORROW. THEY DON'T NEED US TO DO THAT. SO DO YOU GO AHEAD AND ANNEX THEM KNOWING THE TREES ARE GOING TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, IT SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE WE CAN'T. THERE'S NOT. EVEN IF WE WERE TO DENY IT AND SAY, COME BACK TO US AND PROVIDE US A DIFFERENT SITE PLAN THAT PRESERVES SOME OF THESE TREES, THEY CAN JUST GO DOWN WITH THE TREES TOMORROW AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. SO YEAH, ANNEX THEM IN, WE GET SOME FEES. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A BAD SITUATION ALL AROUND. OH, YEAH. ONLY THING WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS FEES, PROPERTY TAXES AND UTILITY PAYMENTS FOR THE EXTRA HOUSES THAT ARE GOING ON THE LOT. YEAH. SO THIS WILL COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. CORRECT. IT WON'T BE STAFF APPROVED, RIGHT? NO. THIS WILL COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THESE FOLKS CAN COME IN AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AGAIN TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CORRECT. OKAY. I GUESS I'LL BE THE BAD GUY. I'M IN A MOTION TO APPROVE IT BASED ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND HOPE THAT CITY COUNCIL IS LISTENING AND WATCHING, AND THAT YOU GUYS COME BACK AND YOU SPEAK YOUR PIECE AT CITY COUNCIL. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. THIS MATTER IS NOT OPEN FOR A VOTE. COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. SO WE HAVE A 3 TO 2 VOTE. THAT'S NOT UNANIMOUS. SO MOTION DOESN'T PASS. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S MAJORITY, YEAH. RIGHT FOR ZONING IT WOULD BE THE MAJORITY VOTE AND SO. OKAY, SO MOTION DOESN'T PASS 3 TO 2. MOVING ON TO ITEM C CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING/CONSIDER/DISCUSS/ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND ARTICLE 9.04 (ZONING ORDINANCE) ADOPTING REGULATIONS AS IT PERTAINS [c. Conduct a Public Hearing/Consider/Discuss/Action on a recommendation to amend Article 9.04 (Zoning Ordinance) adopting regulations as it pertains to drone delivery infrastructure. (TA 26-0002)] TO DRONE DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE. AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, WE DISCUSSED [00:45:01] THE POSSIBILITY OF ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR DRONE INFRASTRUCTURE. OVER AT WALMART, WE HAD AMENDED THEIR PLAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY TO A SITE PLAN, THE DRONE, THE COMMERCIAL DRONE DELIVERY HUB. SO LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE KIOSKS. AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE REGULATIONS ON IT? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE ALLOW TO COME IN? AND THEN IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, HAVE REGULATIONS? SO AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CALLED FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING WE HAVE PREPARED JUST SOME STARTING TEXT. IT WILL NOT HURT MY FEELINGS IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF ANY OF IT. IF YOU LOVE IT OR HATE IT, LET ME KNOW. SO FIRST I WANT TO START WITH THE DEFINITION. SO THAT WAY YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HUB AND THE KIOSKS. SO THE HUB IS FOR THE PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE. FOR THESE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, THE KIOSKS ARE FOR TEMPORARY STOPS WHERE THERE WOULD BE NO OVERNIGHT STORAGE. SO WHAT ZONING DISTRICTS DO WE WANT TO ALLOW THESE IN? DO WE WANT THEM TO BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT BY SUP? DO WE WANT TO PROHIBIT THEM IN THE ZONING IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS? SO WHAT WE HAD IN YOUR PACKET WAS FOR THE HUB TO ALLOW THOSE BY RIGHT IN THE C-2, I-1 AND I-2 ZONING DISTRICTS. AND I'VE PROVIDED A CHEAT SHEET FOR YOU, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE. C-2 IS OUR REGIONAL COMMERCIAL. I-1 IS OUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. I-2 IS OUR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. BY SUP IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND OUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. AS FOR THE KIOSKS WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THOSE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE. AGAIN, THIS IS COMPLETELY OPEN FOR CHANGES. FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME AT ANY POINT. CAN I INTERRUPT? I THINK THE KIOSKS SHOULD BE, I'M OKAY WITH BY RIGHT ON INDUSTRIAL. AND I'M GOING TO SAY NO TO MIXED USE, BUT I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE SPECIAL USE PERMIT BECAUSE IT'S, THEY'RE SO UNIQUE. I THINK IT'S GOT TO BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS. INDUSTRIAL I THINK IS DIFFERENT. YOU CAN PUT THEM IN INDUSTRIAL. IT'S MY $0.02. SO WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR WALMART'S. THEY. WE HAD SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN OUT SOME SETBACKS, SO THESE. FIRST, FOR A, B, C, AND D ARE TAKEN STRAIGHT FROM THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT. NOT REQUIRED. NOT ALLOWING THE HUBS OR THE KIOSKS WITH ANY, WITHIN ANY OF THE BUILDING SETBACKS, REQUIRED LANDSCAPE EDGES, FIRE LANES AND NOT TO OBSTRUCT VISIBILITY POINTS. AND THEN KALEB AND I HAVE KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH ON WOULD WE WANT TO RESTRICT IT IN FRONT OF THE MAIN BUILDING? IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF OUR MAIN THOROUGHFARES, WOULD IT BE TOO DISTRACTING IF THE DRONES ARE COMING DOWN IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING THAT FACES THE STREET? ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE FOR SEVERAL USES IS A DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENT. AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST IDEAS. YOU CAN MAKE THEM BIGGER OR SMALLER. GET RID OF THEM. SO FOR THE DRONE DELIVERY HUB, WHICH IS WHERE THE DRONES ARE CHARGING, WHERE THEY'RE OVERNIGHT THAT WOULD BE 100FT FROM A SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT OR A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING THAT'S IN ANOTHER ZONING DISTRICT. FOR THE KIOSKS 50FT. FROM MULTIFAMILY, 150. AND 50FT, UNLESS IT IS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED ON A MULTIFAMILY SITE. AND THEN FOR THE HUB HAVING A DECENT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE MAJOR HUBS OF 1000FT AND 500FT IF IT'S ON A AGRICULTURAL USE, 500FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH THE WALMART SITE PLAN IS WE HAD IDENTIFIED THE AREA THAT THE STRUCTURES WOULD BE IN. SO DO WE WANT TO RESTRICT THE AREA BASED OFF OF THE SIZE OF THE LOT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CURRENTLY DO WITH OUR OUTDOOR STORAGE. FOR MOST PLACES, WE HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 10% OF THE LOT CAN BE OUTDOOR STORAGE. SO DO WE WANT THAT SAME RESTRICTION FOR THESE? DO WE WANT TO HAVE A CERTAIN AREA? ONE THING I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IS MAYBE IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NOT HAVING THAT RESTRICTION, [00:50:08] BUT IN C-2 BECAUSE THAT IS OUR PRIMARY COMMERCIAL WE WANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE. AND THEN SAME THING FOR HEIGHT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE 300FT PER ACRE. DOES THAT MEAN LIKE THAT? SURE, SO WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ZIPLINE HERE WHO CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THEY CALL ZIPPING POINTS. THOSE ARE A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT, WHEREAS WITH THE WALMART HUB OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS MULTIPLE STRUCTURES IN IT AND IT WAS RESTRICTED TO A MAXIMUM OF 5000FT². SO 300FT IS BIG ENOUGH. IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR TWO KIOSKS BASED OFF OF INFORMATION I WAS GIVEN. OKAY. AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS OBVIOUSLY NO ADDITIONAL PARKING IS NEEDED FOR THESE SINCE THEY'RE AN ACCESSORY USE TO ANOTHER USE. BUT WHAT ABOUT IF THEY NEED TO REDUCE PARKING FOR THESE KIOSKS? SO THIS PARKING REDUCTION IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE KIOSKS ONLY, NOT FOR THE HUBS. OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO REDUCE PARKING WHERE WE NEED PARKING. THERE ARE A FEW OLDER PLACES IN TOWN THAT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING A PLACE TO PARK. SO WE WOULD NOT WANT TO REDUCE PARKING THERE. AND THEN I DID WANT TO ADD THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES ALREADY HAVE THE DISCRETION TO REDUCE PARKING. THIS WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT ON THE SITE PLAN COULD BE STAFF APPROVED. AND THEN ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD FOR THE WALMART WAS SCREENING. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE HUBS REQUIRING FENCING. OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY'RE THERE OVERNIGHT, THEY NEED SOME SORT OF SECURITY. AND SO WE WERE JUST PROPOSING GENERAL HEIGHTS OF THE SCREENING AND FENCING. AND THEN IF WE DO ALLOW THEM IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, DO WE WANT THEM SCREENED FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY? SO BEFORE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE FROM ZIPLINE WHO'S HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION. AND THEN IT HAD PULLED UP ON YOUR SCREENS. THEY WENT THROUGH AND MARKED THIS UP. SO YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MADE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE WAY THAT IT HAS SET UP, YOU'LL HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND WATCH ON THIS MONITOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BRENDAN HUBBARD. I'M ON THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM HERE WITH ZIPLINE AND I'M EXCITED TO TALK FURTHER. JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE HERE. HI EVERYONE, ERIC DANIEL HERE FROM ZIPLINE. I'M ON THE LEGAL TEAM HERE AT ZIPLINE. AND FOR ISSUES RELATED TO LAND USE AND ZONING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS I KNOW WE HAVE A PRESENCE HERE IN AN ALREADY, SO YOU HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY, BUT CONSIDERING THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WORTH COMING IN, GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON ZIPLINE AND OUR OPERATIONS. SO APPRECIATE THE TIME TONIGHT. OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MAY NEED TO DRINK YOUR DECK. WE CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE. OH, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. YES. OKAY, SO THESE VIDEOS ARE ONE MINUTE, SO JUST BEAR WITH US. BUT THEY'RE HELPFUL TO SEE. THERE'S AUDIO RIGHT? THIS IS THE HISTORY OF ZIPLINE TEN YEAR HISTORY IN ONE MINUTE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS OUR PLATFORM TOO. [00:55:15] OKAY. SO WE BEGAN BY DELIVERING MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN RWANDA ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. DURING THAT TIME, WE BECAME A GLOBAL LEADER IN AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY. WE SAFELY MAKE A DELIVERY EVERY 30S AND HAVE MADE OVER 2 MILLION DELIVERIES IN TOTAL, AND THAT NUMBER IS GROWING DAILY. WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE, WHICH YOU SAW, BUT ZIP LINES IN AMERICAN ROBOTICS COMPANY, WE DESIGN AND ASSEMBLE OUR AIRCRAFT AND INFRASTRUCTURE HERE AND CREATE HIGH PAYING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS JOBS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE OPERATE. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE US, WE LAUNCHED PLATFORM 2, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN ANNA ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. IT'S OUR HOME DELIVERY SYSTEM, WHICH IS QUITE FAST, AUTONOMOUS AND DELIVERS TO HOMES IN CITIES AND SUBURBS. P2 IS QUICKLY GROWING, STARTED IN PEA RIDGE IN 2021 AND CAME TO THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT 20 OPERATIONAL SITES YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP HERE. AND WE'LL SOON BE OPERATING IN A NUMBER OF OTHER METROS. OKAY, HOW ZIPLINE HELPS COMMUNITIES? SO RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS OFTEN USE 2000 TO 4000 POUND VEHICLES TO DELIVER 5 POUND PACKAGES. AND ZIPLINE SOLUTIONS IS A DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT'S FASTER, CHEAPER, AND MORE SUSTAINABLE. AND FOR COMMUNITIES, FEWER DELIVERY VEHICLES ON THE ROAD MEANS LESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND LESS STRAIN ON LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SECOND WAY ZIPLINE HELPS COMMUNITIES IS IMPROVED ACCESS. SO IT EXPANDS ACCESS FOR FAMILIES, SENIORS, AND THE UNDERSERVED. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO RUN AN ERRAND. SOMETIMES IT'S TIME TO MAKE DINNER, AND YOU'RE MISSING AN INGREDIENT. YOU NEED A MEDICATION. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WATCHING THE KIDS, YOU'RE RUNNING LATE, AND SOME DON'T HAVE ACCESS AT ALL TO A CAR OR THE ABILITY TO DRIVE ONE. SO ZIPLINE PROVIDES THEM ACCESS TO THE ITEMS THEY NEED. AND IN ADDITION TO ACCESS YOU KNOW, ZIPLINE PROGRAM GIVES BACK THAT TIME TO CUSTOMERS THAT THEY'D OTHERWISE BE SPENDING RUNNING ERRANDS. AND THE THIRD MAIN BENEFIT TO COMMUNITIES IS THAT ZIPLINE'S AIRCRAFT AND OPERATION ARE FULLY APPROVED BY THE FAA. WE HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD OF SAFETY, HAVE FLOWN OVER 125 MILLION MILES. AND OUR DESIGN INCLUDES REDUNDANCIES AND OUR OPERATION INCLUDES REAL TIME AIRSPACE MONITORING. OKAY. YOU CAN STAY HERE FOR ONE SECOND. JUST STAY HERE. HOW ZIPLINE SUPPORTS LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH? IT HELPS OUR BUSINESSES OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS TO REACH MORE CUSTOMERS FASTER AND MORE RELIABLY, TYPICALLY IN UNDER 30 MINUTES. AND WE'RE FINDING THAT THIS DRIVES INCREASED DEMAND FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. NOW JUST ABOUT OUR OPERATION. WE HAVE TWO TYPES OF EQUIPMENT CHARGING POINTS AND ZIPPING POINTS. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO IN ONE SECOND HERE, BUT CHARGING POINTS ARE THE PRIMARY LOCATION FOR DRONE CHARGING, TAKEOFF AND LANDING. ZIPPING POINTS ARE SIMPLY PLACED AT BUSINESS PARTNER LOCATIONS TO HELP WITH PACKAGE PICKUP. OKAY, SO THERE'S NO TAKEOFF OR LANDING AT A ZIPPING POINT. THE DRONE HOVERS ABOVE THE BUSINESS PARTNER SITE AND DROPS WHAT WE CALL A DROID. YOU'LL SEE IN THE VIDEO IN A SECOND HERE, DOWN TO THE PARTNER SITE WHILE THE DRONE REMAINS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR PICKS UP THE PACKAGE FROM THE ZIPPING POINT AND THEN HEADS TO THE DELIVERY SITE WHICH IS TYPICALLY A CUSTOMER'S BACKYARD. AGAIN, DRONE REMAINS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR, IS DROPPING A, THE DROID TO THE GROUND. DRONE DELIVERS THE PACKAGE, AND THE DRONE GOES BACK UP TO THE DRONE. OKAY, SO LET'S GO. IT'S ANOTHER ONE-MINUTE VIDEO GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE OPERATION. SO ONCE AN ITEM IS ORDERED, THE BUSINESS PARTNER PREPARES THE ORDER AND PUTS IT IN THE ZIPPING POINT. CAN RETURN TO WORK. A DRONE LEAVES THE CHARGING POINT GOES TO ITS CRUISING ALTITUDE, WHICH IS, AGAIN, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR AND GOES TO THE PARTNER SITE. DROPS THE DROID HERE, AS I MENTIONED. PICKS UP THE PACKAGE OUT OF THE ZIPPING POINT. DROID IS THEN GOING TO RETURN TO THE DRONE. DRONE THEN GOES TO THE DELIVERY SITE. AND THE DROID DROPS DELIVERS THE PACKAGE. HAPPY CUSTOMERS AND THE DROID RETURNS TO THE DRONE AND THE DRONE RETURNS TO THE CHARGING POINT. [01:00:11] OKAY. AND THEN LET ME JUST SAY A BIT ABOUT THE TWO TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. SO THE FIRST IS CHARGING POINTS. AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE THEY TAKE OFF LAND AND CHARGE. THEY TYPICALLY HAVE 1 TO 4 BALLASTED CHARGING DOCKS, EACH WITH MULTIPLE DRONE CHARGERS, TYPICALLY 12 CHARGERS. THIS PICTURE HERE IS TWO CHARGING DOCKS, EACH WITH 12 CHARGERS. SO PHOTOGRAPH ON THE LEFT, SITE PLAN ON THE RIGHT. THE AREA IS TYPICALLY ABOUT 5,000 TO 10,000FT². IT OCCUPIES BETWEEN 12 AND 36 PARKING SPACE. IF IT'S IN AN EXISTING PARKING LOT THEY'RE ROUGHLY 26FT TALL. WE TYPICALLY USE ORNAMENTAL FENCING, BUT CAN SCREEN IT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. THERE'S NO TRAFFIC, SO THE SYSTEM IS FULLY AUTONOMOUS. SITE VISITS ARE LIMITED TO AN OCCASIONAL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WORKER COMING TO, TO THE SITE FOR, FOR A SPECIFIC ISSUE. SO NO DAILY TRAFFIC. AND THERE'S NO STORAGE ON SITE EITHER. OTHER THAN THE CHARGING DOCKS, YOU'VE GOT A SMALL ELECTRICAL CABINET AND A, WHICH SUPPORTS CONNECTION TO THE ELECTRICAL GRID AND A SMALL NETWORKING CABINET WHICH CONNECTS SUPPORTS CONNECTION TO FIBER. OKAY, AND THEN THE ZIPPING POINT. SO THIS IS AGAIN, THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S LOCATED AT A PARTNER SITE. THESE ARE PREFABRICATED, SO THEY'RE NOT CONSTRUCTED ON SITE. THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED TO THE GRID OR OTHER UTILITIES. THEY'RE NOT ANCHORED SO THEY CAN EASILY BE MOVED OR REMOVED FROM A SITE WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS. YOU CAN SEE THE BASE IS ROUGHLY FOUR FEET BY 3.5FT AND THEY'RE ROUGHLY 14FT TALL. THEY'RE WINDPROOF. THEY'VE GOT A HEAVY 1300 PLUS POUND CONCRETE BASE TO ENSURE THEY CAN'T BE TIPPED. AND THEY'RE ALSO TAMPER PROOF. METAL CONSTRUCTION AND A LOCKED ACCESS PANEL, SO ONLY AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT. SO WITH THAT WE'VE PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED TEXT AND ARE HAPPY TO TALK A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT LET ME PAUSE THERE FOR A MINUTE, SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. NO, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE ZIPPING POINTS DIDN'T HAVE DRONES PHYSICALLY THERE. SO THAT WAS A GOOD CLARIFICATION. APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. JUST ONE COMMENT THEN ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN SUP. YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONES, I'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY ENGAGED WITH JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA ON THAT. I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD MAKE YOU WOULD MAKE THIS LIKE A MORE ONEROUS PLACE FOR US TO DO BUSINESS. IN THAT SENSE, YOU KNOW, MEANS EVERY TIME WE HAVE A BUSINESS PARTNER IN A COMMERCIAL ZONE, WHICH THESE ARE RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO COME GO THROUGH AND YOU DEVOTE RESOURCES AND YOUR TIME AND ENERGY TO, TO A ZIPPING POINT. WHEN WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A VERY SIMILAR APPLICATION OVER AND OVER. AND SO I THINK AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT WOULD BE OUR MAIN RECOMMENDATION. SO THIS WOULDN'T BE AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS LIKE WALMART PUTTING UP A ZIPPING CHARGING POINT. THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING. THE CHARGING POINTS YOU WOULD MANAGE. AND THEN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES WOULD ASK FOR A ZIPPING POINT. AND THAT WOULD RELATE TO THE KIOSK TERM THAT LAUREN USED AND THAT HUB THAT LAUREN USED, RIGHT? YES, WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT MODELS. A LARGE, BIG BOX RETAILER LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE IN ANNA HERE. THOSE ZIPPING POINTS AND THE CHARGING POINTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME SPOT, RIGHT? SO WE'LL BE DELIVERING PACKAGES FROM THE BIG BOX WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO BE CHARGING DRONES AT THAT LOCATION. AND WHAT YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO HERE IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MODEL. IT CORRESPONDS TO THE MAP. THAT. SO THIS IS ANOTHER MODEL HERE. SO IN THIS CASE THE CHARGING POINT WOULD BE A STANDALONE CHARGING POINT. YOU JUST HAVE THE TAKE OFF LOADING AND CHARGING DOCKS IN ONE LOCATION. THE ZIPPING POINT IS GOING TO BE A RESTAURANT, RIGHT? A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A ZIPPING POINT THERE. AND IT'S SIMPLY TO ALLOW, TO FACILITATE LOADING THE DROID. OKAY, SO SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE TO STAND OUT THERE AND WAIT FOR THE DROID TO COME DOWN NECESSARILY. THIS IS A WAY TO SORT OF PAIR THE FOOD, BRING IT, PUT IT IN THIS ZIPPING POINT AND GO BACK TO WORK. SO WE WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE CHARGING POINTS, EXCEPT MAYBE ON LARGE RETAIL OR A SPECIFIC SITE THAT YOU SET UP TO SUPPORT THE ZIPPING POINTS. CORRECT. SO THE MAIN POINT IS JUST HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE ZIPPING POINTS HERE. [01:05:06] IF WE COULD AVOID AN SUP FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE I THINK WOULD BE THE MAIN, THE MAIN FEEDBACK. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER THINGS TO SUGGEST HERE. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SORT OF PROACTIVELY DOING A FULL ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT HERE. YOU COULD WAIT FOR AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL AND CATER TO THE PROPOSAL YOU'RE SEEING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO ACTIVE PROPOSAL HERE TO DO TO DO THIS ANY FURTHER IN IN ANNA. SO THERE'S NOTHING URGENT HERE FOR YOU TO DO THIS. I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ONE THOUGHT WOULD BE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TO UNDERTAKE THIS. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. HOW MANY RESTAURANTS DO YOU LIKE, RIGHT NOW I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE WENDY'S AND CHIPOTLE. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF BUSINESS PARTNERS. I CAN SPEAK GENERALLY IN THE REGION. YOU KNOW CHIPOTLE IS ONE. WENDY'S IS ONE. WE HAVE BUFFALO WILD WINGS, A FEW A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE LITTLE CAESARS. DO YOU SEE A BUNCH MORE COMING? LIKE, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE SITTING THERE NEXT TO PANDA, STARBUCKS AND ALL THESE DRONES TAKING OFF FROM EACH RESTAURANT. IT'S A COOL CONCEPT. I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY WEIRD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. SO THE DRONES AREN'T TAKING OFF. JUST DRONES SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR. YOU'RE BARELY GOING TO NOTICE IT COMING DOWN. THERE'S A SMALL, EXTREMELY QUIET DROID THAT COMES DOWN JUST TO PICK UP THE PACKAGE, BUT. I THINK, YEAH, I THINK TODAY IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, BUT 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK, IT'S GOING TO AND I'LL SAY UNDERSTANDING NOW THAT THE ZIPPING POINTS DON'T HAVE DRONES, I'M LESS WORRIED ABOUT A SUP ON THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. SURE. ARE THERE AREAS THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE THEM REGULATED IN, OR WOULD IT? THE. LIKE COMMERCIAL? YOU WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM GET IN THERE? YEAH. I MEAN MIXED USE. LIKE WHICH ONES WOULD YOU PREFER TO SEE IT IN? SO YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT MODEL, THESE ARE WHEREVER YOU PUT YOUR, YOU KNOW THE REST, THE TYPE OF RESTAURANTS LIKE A WENDY'S OR CHIPOTLE. THAT'S WHERE WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH AN SUP. YOU KNOW, THE MODEL IS EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT IN RESTRICTIONS UNNECESSARILY, BUT CURRENTLY THAT'S THE MODEL. SO HOW DO YOU HANDLE DELIVERIES TO MULTIFAMILY? YEAH, YEAH. SO THE DELIVERY DROID THAT'S ATTACHED TO OUR. SORRY, OUR DELIVERY DROID, IT'S ATTACHED TO OUR AIRCRAFT. IT HAS SENSORS AND THRUSTERS ON BOARD. SO WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO ANY PROPERTY LINE, THAT'D BE SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI-UNIT LIKE APARTMENTS OR TOWNHOMES. IT'S ABLE TO DETECT ALL THE OBSTACLES ON THE GROUND AND THEN ACTIVELY KICK UP ITS FANS AND AVOID ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IT DEEMS TO BE IN THE WAY. SO WHAT WE DO FOR, LET'S SAY, A PRETTY LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT WILL HAVE PRESELECTED DELIVERY LOCATIONS ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THEN JUST SELECT FROM THEMSELVES. THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE CHOICE TO PICK ANY AT LEAST CURRENTLY AS OF TODAY. THEY'LL JUST PICK THE CLOSEST ONE ON A SIDEWALK OR NEXT TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, UNIT AND THEN JUST ORDER AWAY. DO YOU HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT WITH THE, WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES? NO, NOT HISTORICALLY. THERE IF THERE'S WHICH I'M NOT EVEN AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING, BUT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS. SO IF IT'S ALWAYS FROM A SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE STANDPOINT, WE FEEL AS IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT PICKING OUT GREAT SPOTS THAT ARE BOTH SAFE AND GOOD OR CONVENIENT. BUT IF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR, YOU KNOW, OWNERS OF ANY UNITS WOULD REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, THIS DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. WELL, MORE THAN WELCOME TO WORK WITH FOLKS. THANK YOU. WELL, I THINK LAUREN'S DONE A GOOD JOB WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DISTANCE, ESPECIALLY AFTER, ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH CLEARED UP SOME THINGS FOR ME, OBVIOUSLY. I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD BASE TO START WITH. SINCE I DIDN'T DO THIS EARLIER, I'M GOING TO DO IT NOW, BUT I NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:40 P.M. TECHNICALLY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT BEFORE YOU TALK SO THAT THAT GOES ON OPEN RECORD. BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. NOW, DO ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE. SO YOU GUYS STARTED WITH MEDICAL, IS THAT CORRECT? DO YOU FORESEE USING PHARMACIES TO DELIVER PRESCRIPTIONS? AND LIKE TOWNS LIKE THIS OR IS THAT ON THE HORIZON? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE WERE FOUNDED WITH THE ORIGINAL MISSION OF DELIVERING BLOOD AND OTHER LIFE SAVING MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO HOSPITALS AND IN COUNTRIES IN [01:10:06] AFRICA. AND WE'VE SINCE EXPANDED TO NOT ONLY THAT, BUT GROCERIES TO PHARMACEUTICALS AND THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. OUR FIRST LOCATION WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, WE WERE WE HAVE AND ARE TODAY DELIVERING PRESCRIPTIONS OUT OF THAT LOCAL PHARMACY. LAST YEAR AND AROUND SEPTEMBER, WE GOT APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF TEXAS TO START DELIVERING PHARMACEUTICALS AS WELL. WE'RE JUST FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THAT OPERATIONALLY NOW. AND THEN ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, GET ALL THE IRONS, THE KINKS IRONED OUT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING TO TEXAS RESIDENTS, INCLUDING ANNA RESIDENTS IN THE FUTURE. IT'S GOOD STUFF. YEAH, IF IT CAN FIT AND THE FAA SAYS WE CAN SHIP IT. WE'RE LOOKING TO SEND ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, SO. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SINCE YOU ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:41 1 P.M.. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 7.C? I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS WRITTEN. I SECOND. I WOULD MOTION APPROVAL. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT FIRST? SO DANIEL BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE US RELATED TO THIS. SO DO WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS AND PUT SOMETHING INTO PLACE RIGHT NOW, OR SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING COMES? MY THOUGHTS WERE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT. BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO PRESENT TO LAUREN OR PLANNING AND ZONING, THEN THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE STIPULATIONS ARE GOING TO BE. SO IF THEY'RE DOING A NEW BUILD, THEY'LL KNOW THAT THEY NEED A LOT FOR CERTAIN THINGS. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I PROBABLY GAVE ERIC A HEART ATTACK WHEN I FIRST TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHENEVER THERE IS A LAND USE AND WE CHANGE THE ALLOWANCES, IT CHANGES OUR PROCESSES OF NOTIFICATIONS. SO LET'S SAY WE WERE TO ALLOW THIS BY RIGHT, OR JUST WITHOUT CHANGING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AT ALL. AND THEY CAME IN AND STARTED PUTTING THEM ON A BUNCH OF RESTAURANTS AND THEN WE ADOPTED REGULATIONS. THOSE REGULATIONS WOULDN'T BE RETROACTIVE. WE, AND THEN FROM THERE ON, THEY WOULD BE A, A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE. AND THAT KIND OF CHANGES OUR PROCESSES A LITTLE BIT. SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF IT A LITTLE BIT. THAT WAY ONCE THEY ARE READY TO COME, BOOM, THEY CAN GO IN WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE GET TO TALK ABOUT NEW USES. AND I SUPPOSE IF THEY WANTED A WAIVER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY COULD ASK FOR IT. THEN WE COULD ADDRESS THAT AT THE TIME. A VARIANCE OR. VARIANCE, THANK YOU. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE PROPOSED TEXT THAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE LENIENT. I HAVE NO HEARTBURN OVER THAT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS THINK WOULD BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY. EXPLAIN TO ME HOW YOU'RE HANDLING THE NO ADDITIONAL PARKING. HANDLING THE NO ADDITIONAL PARKING. YEAH. YOU'RE SAYING NO REMEDIATION OF ANY EXISTING NONCONFORMING CONDITION WITH RESPECT TO LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS IS REQUIRED. SO YOU'RE SAYING IF THERE, IF YOU'RE TAKING PARKING AWAY, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT PARKING BACK, IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE ALLOTTED. BECAUSE I WON'T AGREE WITH THAT. LIKE IF THEY'RE USING SPACES THAT ARE PART OF THEIR QUANTITY COUNT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS A LITTLE BIT. SO YES, UNDER THE PROPOSED TEXT, WE WOULD NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PARKING. AND IF THEY WANTED TO GO IN SOMEWHERE UNDER THOSE THREE CONDITIONS, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THAT THEY CAN REQUEST A REDUCTION IN PARKING. WE HAVE SEVERAL PARKING REDUCTIONS ALREADY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO A PUBLIC PARKING. IF YOU HAVE A JOINT PARKING AGREEMENT WITH A NEIGHBOR, ALL OF THAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO REDUCE PARKING. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS ERIC'S PROPOSED CHANGES AS IT RELATES TO LANDSCAPE. THAT REQUEST THAT HE WAS ASKING ABOUT WAS IN RELATION TO IF AN OLDER BUSINESS WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LANDSCAPE AND THEY COME IN AND WANT TO DO A ZIPPING POINT THAT WE WOULD NOT REQUIRE THEM TO BRING IT UP TO CODE. SO I HAVE ONE GOOD EXAMPLE. 7/11 AT FERGUSON AND WHITE, THEY DON'T HAVE LANDSCAPING ON THE HARD CORNER. [01:15:04] IF THEY WERE TO COME IN WITH A ZIPPING POINT, WOULD WE REQUIRE THEM TO BRING THAT LANDSCAPE UP TO CODE. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HIS PROPOSED TEXT WAS SAYING. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SEVERAL YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IS IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT US TO ADDRESS, WE CAN TABLE THIS AND, AND STAFF LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND BRING IT BACK. BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A WAIVER VARIANCE TO THE REGULATIONS, IF IT'S NOT BUILT IN, THEN THERE, THERE IS NO VARIANCE AVAILABILITY TO IT. BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS IT'S BETTER TO GET IT CLOSER TO RIGHT THAN ONLY PARTLY RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO THE, THE SUP THE, THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THAT. THEN WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS TO HELP EXPEDITE IT AS AT THE SAME TIME, BUT ALSO HELP MEET YOUR GUYS'S GUIDANCE THAT, HEY, WE WANT IT TO BE SURE TO MEET THESE CRITERIA LIKE CREATING A ZONING USE PERMIT THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT IT STILL FALLS UNDER ALL THESE CRITERIA THAT YOU ADOPT. SO IT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A MEETING TO OCCUR AS LONG AS THEY MEET ALL THESE CRITERIA. AND IT'D BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT IN THAT SENSE. SO THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT. SO JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE ALL THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU. SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION, I EITHER HAVE TO RETRACT IT OR WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE MOTION THAT WAS ALREADY GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND ON IT. SO DO YOU GUYS WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE MOTION WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE TABLE, OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RETRACT IT? I'LL RETRACT MY MOTION AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO DISCUSSION IF YOU WANT. OKAY. I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE TIME. OKAY. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE CAN TABLE IT. YES. YES. SO CAN I GET A MOTION FOR TABLING A MOTION TO TABLE? I'LL SECOND. POINT OF CLARIFICATION. POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THAT IS FOR A DATE SPECIFIC, WHICH WOULD BE THE MAY 4TH MEETING. NO, JUST AS LONG AS YOU GUYS CAN HEAR. WHEN YOU SAID THE TABLE, IT. WE'RE. WE'RE TABLING THAT TO THE MAY 4TH. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO. TABLE TO THE MAY 4TH DATE BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LONGMIRE. SORRY, STEWARD. THIS MATTER IS NOW OPEN FOR VOTE. COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM D, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING/CONSIDER/DISCUSS/ACTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN. MADAM CHAIR, AT THE RISK OF BEING TOLD. I'M OUT OF ORDER. CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON? HIT YOUR MIC FOR ME. THANKS. THIS IS BACK ON ITEM 7A. I'M. I BELIEVE YOU WERE TOLD BY TWO OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT THE ONLY OPTIONS YOU HAD WERE TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED OR DENY. IN FACT, YOUR AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR PACKET STATES THAT YOU HAVE APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED. APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, STIPULATIONS OR DENIAL. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO PUT STIPULATIONS ON THIS APPROVAL. YOUR AGENDA ITEM SAYS YOU HAVE THAT OPTION. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BEFORE. BEFORE THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. I APOLOGIZE, I WAS LATE AND SAID I DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK. MAY I SPEAK NOW? YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. I'LL STAND HERE AND SPEAK BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME. NOT AT ALL. WHY CAN THE CONDITION EVEN A GENTLE ONE, A STIPULATION NOT BE, ASK VERITAS/LIBERTY HILLS TO PRESERVE THE TREES FORMALLY AND MAKE [01:20:06] THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THAT OPTION IN WRITING HERE. YOU CAN MAKE UP WHATEVER CONDITION OR STIPULATION YOU WANT. WHY SHOULD WE GO AGAINST ALL THE WORK, ALL THE CITIZENS WHO SPEAK OUT? WHY CAN'T WE SIMPLY ASK VERITAS/LIBERTY HILLS, AT LEAST NOT TO TAKE DOWN THE TREES? YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE PARK REPORT HERE IN A MINUTE. 881 RESIDENTS, MORE THAN THE CONSULTANTS SAID THEY'VE EVER HAD. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM SAID? TREES SHOW SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WHY ARE WE SO AFRAID TO ASK DEVELOPERS TO DO SOMETHING GOOD? IT'S EITHER ALL FOR THEM OR YOU HAVE TO DENY THEM, WHICH IS NEVER DONE. SO, RESPECTFULLY, I ASK YOU, SEND SOME CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS FOR ALL OUR WORK WE'VE PUT BEFORE YOU. YOU HAVE JANET SMITH'S TREE REPORT. YOU HAVE MR. SMITH'S MEASUREMENTS. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES, WHY WEREN'T THEY GIVEN THE OPTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITION AND STIPULATION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 7.D. [d. Conduct a Public Hearing/Consider/Discuss/Action on a recommendation of the Parks Master Plan.] CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING/CONSIDER/DISCUSS/ACTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN. GOOD EVENING. JEFF FREETH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. BEFORE WE HAVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN. AND BEFORE I BRING UP WILSON KERR FROM FREESE AND NICHOLS, THE FIRM THAT HELPED PROVIDE THIS MASTER PLAN, I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY THAT BROUGHT US TO TODAY. SO IN APRIL, ON APRIL 27TH AND 2021 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ANNA 2050 PARKS, OPEN SPACE, TRAILS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ON JANUARY 14TH, 2025, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THIS UPDATE IN WHICH WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS TO LEAD IN THOSE EFFORTS. FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER OF 2025, WE HAD INTERACTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY INVOLVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SEVERAL BUSINESSES OF THE CHAMBER, VARIOUS COACHES AND NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING A SURVEY, SOME FOCUS GROUPS TO PROVIDE A CULMINATION OF FEEDBACK, WHICH INCLUDED 814 RESIDENTS, I BELIEVE THAT, OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT PROVIDED THAT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN FORM THIS PLAN. WILSON WILL GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTERACTION THAT WE HAD. BUT THEN ON FEBRUARY 17TH, THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD. THERE WERE SEVERAL MEETINGS LEADING UP TO THAT MEETING IN WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO INTERACT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. BUT ON FEBRUARY 17TH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE. SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL IN HOPES THAT ON APRIL 28TH, WE WILL PUT BEFORE COUNCIL THE RECOMMENDATION OR ASKING THEM TO ADOPT THIS PARK'S MASTER PLAN. SO TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE WILSON FROM FRIEZE AND NICHOLS PROVIDE YOU WITH A PRESENTATION ON THE REPORT, OR THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN AND HOPES THAT YOU'LL PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU GUYS GET STARTED, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S 7:54 P.M.. HELLO. I'M WILSON KERR FROM FREETH AND NICHOLS, 12770 MERRIT DRIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY TO COME SPEAK ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JEFF AND HIS TEAM ON. NOW FOR JUST ABOUT OVER A YEAR IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROCESS. WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY VERY WELL. AND WE'VE HAD A REALLY WONDERFUL TIME WORKING WITH, WITH STAFF. SO OVER OUR AGENDA TODAY. SO WE'LL START WITH THE SCHEDULE AND THEN I'LL DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT PARKS PLANNING IS, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT REVIEW, RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN MOVE ON TO A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU ALL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S BEEN A 13-MONTH PROCESS, AND WE'RE IN THAT FINAL PHASE, WHICH IS THE PRIORITIZED ACTION PLAN THAT IS CREATING THE FULL DOCUMENT THAT IS COMING TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION, [01:25:05] THEN TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND THEN ON TO TPWD, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL PROCESS AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE UNDERNEATH, THERE'S THAT ARROW THAT GOES THROUGH THE ENTIRE LENGTH THAT SHOWS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND GOTTEN TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY QUITE WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE SHOWING THE, THE OVERALL TASKS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND WHERE THE STAR IS, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE ALL THE WAY AT THE END OF THE PROCESS FOR THE PLAN. SO WHAT IS A PARK'S MASTER PLAN? SO IT'S A TEN YEAR PLAN FOLLOWED BY FIVE YEAR UPDATES TO PROVIDE ACTIONS AND TO HELP ESTABLISH A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT TEN YEAR PLAN FOLLOWED BY THE FIVE YEAR UPDATES, THOSE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES OF TPWD SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE AS WELL ON THIS. WE ARE FREESE AND NICHOLS, WE'RE A PLANNING AND ENGINEERING FIRM BASED OUT OF FORT WORTH. WE'VE BEEN THE CONSULTANT ON THIS PROJECT, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO FACILITATE THIS PROCESS. AND THEN ALSO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY, AS JEFF MENTIONED, WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS WHERE WE GOT TO SPEAK WITH A LOT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF PARKS, BOARD COACHES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE CHAMBER TO IDENTIFY THOSE ISSUES THAT THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE PARKS RIGHT NOW AND TO SEE HOW WE CAN CREATE A PATH FORWARD. WE ALSO HAD A SURVEY THAT WENT OUT AND WE TABLED AT THE TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT LAST YEAR, AND THEN HAD AN OPEN HOUSE AS WELL. WE ALSO HAD FIVE PARKS BOARD MEETINGS THAT WERE OPEN MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO ANYONE THAT WANTED TO JOIN WERE ABLE TO JOIN. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE WE STATE THE CPAC AND PARKS BOARD ACT AS A SOUNDING BOARD. THE CPAC THAT'S A COMMUNITY PLANNING ACTION COMMITTEE. THE PARKS BOARD ACTED AS OUR ACTION COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE AND THE SAME THERE. AND THEN WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? IT'S TO BUILD A CONSENSUS ON THE WAY FORWARD FOR PARKS. ANNA IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OPEN SPACE AND THE RECREATION AMENITIES ARE FOLLOWING THAT GROWTH AND OUR PRODUCING THE RIGHT OUTCOMES MOVING FORWARD. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE LOOKED AT THE, THE AGE IN POPULATION PROJECTIONS FOR THE CITY OF ANNA. THAT HIGHLIGHTED THIRD COLUMN THERE, THAT'S WHAT WE SAW AS THE MOST LIKELY PROJECTIONS MOVING FORWARD. AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT WE THINK IS BY 2035, SO THAT TEN YEAR HORIZON OF THIS PLAN, YOU WILL MOVE PAST THAT 50,000 RESIDENT MARK, WHICH IT WILL PROBABLY BE EVEN EVEN FARTHER THAN THAT. AND THEN BY 2045, WE THINK YOU'LL BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF 100,000 RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. YOU ALSO HAVE A VERY HEALTHY AGE DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE, THE COMMUNITY WITH AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF PARENTS WITH CHILDREN, THOSE PARENTS OVER THE NEXT TEN, 20 YEARS WILL GROW UP. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THEY'RE GROWING UP AND AS KIDS MOVE OUT, THEY STILL HAVE THOSE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL MOVING FORWARD. SO WE MAPPED OUT THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AREAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE ALSO MAPPED OUT THE EXISTING PARKS WITHIN THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EXISTING PARKS ARE VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED, AND WHERE THAT RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IS HAPPENING IS LOCATED KIND OF ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THAT GROWTH DEMAND AS WELL WITH NEW PARKS THAT ARE COMING IN, AS WELL AS TRAILS THAT CAN CONNECT THE PEOPLE IN THOSE NEWER UPCOMING AREAS TO AMENITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THE FIRST BEING THAT HOA PARKS. WE DID NOT FOCUS ON THAT DURING THIS PLAN. THOSE ARE THE PARKS THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE HOA, WHICH IS WHY WE DID NOT FOCUS ON THOSE. WHILE THEY MIGHT BE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE CODE TO HAVE IN THE HOA. THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINED BY THE CITY. NEXT WE LOOK AT THE LOOKED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY YOUR SMALLER PARKS, 3 TO 10 ACRES WITH A SERVICE AREA OF A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE. SO THE PARKS WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PEOPLE ARE WALKING TO THAT ARE PUBLICLY MAINTAINED. AND THEN COMMUNITY PARKS, THOSE ARE YOUR LARGER PARKS. THOSE ARE YOUR 10 TO 100 ACRES THAT ARE ACTING AS COMMUNITY GATHERING POINTS FOR CITIES OR FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY. THOSE ARE GENERALLY 1 TO 3 MILE RADIUS AREAS. SO ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM THOSE THAT AREA SO PEOPLE CAN WALK TO THOSE OR THEY CAN DRIVE TO THOSE PARKS AS WELL. THEN WE LOOK AT YOUR REGIONAL PARKS. THAT'S LIKE SLATER CREEK. [01:30:03] SO THOSE ARE YOUR PARKS THAT ARE DRIVING IN PEOPLE NOT ONLY FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THERE WHERE YOU'RE HOSTING A LOT OF YOUR EVENTS, YOUR 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS, YOUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HAVE THOSE AMENITIES THAT CAN, THAT CAN HOST EVENTS AND SERVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. WE LOOKED AT GREENBELTS AND LINEAR PARKS. THOSE ARE GENERALLY WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE. GENERALLY TRAIL PARKS THAT HAVE SOME AMENITIES THROUGHOUT THAT CONNECT DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY TO EACH OTHER. AND THEN THOSE SPECIAL USE PARKS. THOSE ARE YOUR SKATE PARKS, YOUR COMMUNITY POOLS OR RECREATION COMPLEXES, TENNIS COMPLEXES, OR A PUBLICLY OWNED GOLF COURSE. SO WE, THE PLAN WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE DISTINCT CHAPTERS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE INTRODUCTION COMMUNITY ANALYSIS OR THE PARKS AND RECREATION INVENTORY TONIGHT. SINCE YOU ALL ARE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU GENERALLY KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. SO WHERE I AM FOCUSING ARE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION MOVING FORWARD. SO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF PARKS AND COMMUNITY, WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO A THREE PART ASSESSMENT, ONE BEING DEMAND BASED. THAT'S WHERE WE ANALYZE THE WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE BASED OFF OF THE NEEDS ADDRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS BASED. THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY AND COMPARE IT TO NATIONAL INDUSTRY TRENDS, AS WELL AS THE LOCATION OF AMENITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OR PEER TO PEER CITIES AND THEN RESOURCE BASE. THAT'S WHERE WE EVALUATE YOUR PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, WHETHER THAT BE YOUR MAN MADE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OR NATURAL RESOURCES THAT YOU ALL CAN PRIORITIZE FOR ACTIVATING, MOVING FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL PARK SPACE. SO AS JEFF MENTIONED, WE HAD FOR OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY, 814 TOTAL RESPONDENTS, A FANTASTIC RESPONSE RATE. WE GENERALLY FOR A PARKS PLAN GET ANYWHERE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, 100 TO 200 AND YOU ALL, IT REALLY JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY IS INVESTED IN THE PARKS MOVING FORWARD. AND WE ALSO HAD A REALLY GREAT BREAKDOWN OF AGE GROUPS THROUGHOUT THIS AS WELL. WE HAD ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR RESPONDENTS BETWEEN 25 AND 34. 33% 35 TO 44. 18% 45 TO 54. AND THEN YOUR, THAT REMAINING ROUGHLY QUARTER OF RESPONDENTS WERE 55 AND 65 PLUS. AND THEN THOSE YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS AS WELL, THOSE 14- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS AND 18- TO 24-YEAR-OLDS. ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAD A GREAT MIX OF RESPONDENTS WITH PARENTS WITH CHILDREN AT HOME AND THEN ALSO EMPTY NESTERS AS WELL. THIS REALLY HELPS US IDENTIFY NEEDS FOR EVERYBODY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHENEVER WE HAVE A RESPONSE RATE LIKE THAT. THE OVERALL RATING, PEOPLE ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH THE WITH THE PARKS IN GENERAL, VERY LOW NUMBER ARE DISSATISFIED. AND THEN IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES, WHICH ARE YOUR MAINTENANCE, YOUR SAFETY, THE APPEARANCE. GENERALLY, EVERY ONE OF OUR CATEGORIES WERE RANKED AS GREAT OR PRETTY GOOD AT 40% OR BETTER. SO PEOPLE ARE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW YOU MAINTAIN YOUR PARKS. THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS COULD BE IMPROVED, SUCH AS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE NATURAL AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THAT OVERALL THE RESPONSE RATE WAS VERY POSITIVE. WE ALSO ASKED PEOPLE, WHAT ARE THE GREATEST ASSETS AND THEN THE GREATEST CHALLENGES. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE SENT THIS OUT DURING JUNE, MAY AND JUNE. SO IT WAS QUITE HOT OUT. SO PEOPLE WERE UTILIZING THE SPLASH PAD WERE YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THE AREAS WITH SHADE THAT THEY COULD USE. AND THEN ALSO PEOPLE WERE WANTING INDOOR ACTIVITIES AS WELL, THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO DURING THE WARMER MONTHS. AND AS MENTIONED JUST NEEDED NEEDING SHADED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS. AND THEN ALSO WE ASKED PEOPLE IF THEY COULD IMPROVE ONLY ONE THING ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? ONCE AGAIN, PEOPLE WERE. IT WAS HOT OUT, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WANTING A POOL. PEOPLE WERE WANTING MORE PARKS. PEOPLE WERE WANTING TRAILS. PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE UTILIZING WHAT YOU HAVE AND WANT MORE OF IT. AND THEN MY FINAL SLIDE ON THIS WERE THE FAVORITE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THESE ARE OUR TOP TEN. PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOVING THE HIKING AND WALKING TRAILS AND WALKING PATHS. PEOPLE WANT TO DO MORE SWIMMING FOR LEISURE. PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO SEE THOSE CONCERTS AND EVENTS COMING TO THE COMMUNITY, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY THOSE, AS WELL AS PLAYING IN PLAYGROUNDS AND SPLASH PADS. [01:35:04] AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ALSO BOOK READING AND BOARD GAMES YOU ALL ARE WITH THE NEW LIBRARY THAT JUST OPENED. A LOT OF THAT IS BEING COVERED WITH THAT, BUT PEOPLE ARE WANTING THAT INDOOR RECREATION AS WELL. NEXT IS THE STANDARDS-BASED ASSESSMENT. SO WE LOOK AT THIS IN TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS. SO ONE IS YOUR SPATIAL LEVEL OF SERVICE. THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE SERVICE RADIUS OF THE CURRENT PARKS. SO WE CAN LOOK AT PRIORITIZING THOSE AREAS FOR FUTURE PARKS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, SO YOUR SMALLER YOUR SMALLER 1-TO-10-ACRE PARKS THAT YOU CAN WALK TO WITH THEIR SERVICE AREAS. WE GENERALLY BREAK THOSE OFF AT MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OR LIKE RAIL EASEMENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. BUT IN THE PINK DASHED LINES, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT OR IN NEED OF NEW PARKS INVESTMENT MOVING FORWARD. NOW, THIS IS FOR COMMUNITY PARKS, THOSE ARE YOUR LARGER PARKS. ONCE AGAIN, THE EDGES ARE IN NEED OF THAT INVESTMENT FOR FUTURE COMMUNITY PARKS AND THEN TRAILS, LEVELS OF SERVICE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE IS A NEED TO CONNECT A LOT OF THE EXTERIOR AREAS TO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF ANNA THROUGH THE TRAIL SYSTEM MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW THIS LOOKS A LITTLE DAUNTING. I'LL GO THROUGH IT AS EASILY AS I CAN. SO WHEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR STANDARDS BASED ASSESSMENT, WE LOOK AT AN ACREAGE LEVEL OF SERVICE BASED OFF OF PEER CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SO WE LOOK AT THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION'S AGENCY REVIEW AND WE LOOK AT THE MEDIAN LEVEL OF SERVICE, PARKLAND ACREAGE, WITHIN CITIES AROUND ANNA SIZE OR WHAT WE THINK YOU ALL WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. AS WE MENTIONED, WE THINK THAT YOU ALL WILL BREAK THAT 50,000 RESIDENT POINT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO WE PUT BOTH THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR YOUR CURRENT YOUR CURRENT SIZE AND THEN FOR YOUR 50,000 PROJECTED SIZE HERE. SO WE THINK THAT WITH THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE PARK SYSTEM THAT YOU ALL SHOULD LOOK AT, AT THE BOTTOM HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT 11.5 ACRES OF PARKLAND PER 1000 RESIDENTS SHOULD BE YOUR GOAL MOVING FORWARD. CURRENTLY YOU'RE AT 9.2 ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS, THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT DEFICITS IN DIFFERENT PARK TYPES. SO COMMUNITY PARKS, YOU'RE ABOUT 100 ACRES IN DEFICIT RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGES AND NATIONAL TRENDS AND INDUSTRY TRENDS MOVING FORWARD FOR CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZES. AND THEN AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, THAT WILL INCREASE AS WELL. SO HERE IT IS ON A LARGER SCREEN TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR YOU ALL TO READ. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT FACILITIES LEVELS OF SERVICE. SO THIS IS ALSO THE TYPES OF FACILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED BASED OFF OF THE INDUSTRY TRENDS AND BASED OFF OF THE POPULATION. SO SIMILARLY, WE USE THAT SAME REPORT TO TO LOOK AT THESE. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC FACILITIES, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE BASEBALL FIELDS, FOOTBALL FIELDS, SOCCER FIELDS, AND WHAT YOU ALL NEED TO MEET YOUR POPULATION GROWTH MOVING FORWARD AND HIGHLIGHTED THE WHERE YOU ALL HAVE A DEFICIT AS OF RIGHT NOW. SO THERE IT IS ON A LARGER SCREEN. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? ABSOLUTELY. SO IF YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE, IF WE DO NOTHING TODAY AT 2035, THAT'S OUR. THAT'S THE DEFICIT. YES. GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND THEN RESOURCE BASE, THIS IS A SHORTER PORTION BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT YOUR FLOODPLAINS AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN ACTIVATE. ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS YOU ALL HAVE, AS YOU'RE CONTINUING TO GROW ON THE WEST SIDE OF 75, A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT STARTS, YOU START TO GET SOME TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES THERE. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN UTILIZING THOSE TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES FOR SOME OUTDOOR HIKING TRAILS OR MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THINGS THAT CAN REALLY DIFFERENTIATE YOU ALL FROM CITIES AROUND HERE BECAUSE I'M PERSONALLY, I'M A CYCLIST. THERE ARE, THERE IS A MAJOR LACK OF MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS IN THIS NORTHERN PART OF THE METRO AREA. SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU FOCUS ON. IT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD. SO SUMMARY OF NEEDS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'VE BROKEN THIS ONE DOWN. I'LL GO OVER A COUPLE OF THE MAJOR POINTS. SO UNDER PARKLAND ACREAGE AND DEVELOPMENT, SO MAKING SURE YOU'RE ADDRESSING THOSE SERVICE AREA GAPS INTO THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AREAS [01:40:04] AND MAXIMIZING THE USE OF EXISTING PARKS THROUGH UPGRADES AND BETTER AMENITIES, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT SERVICES ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. PARKLAND ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY. MAKING SURE WE'RE CONNECTING MAJOR PARK SPACES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH IMPROVING THE TRAIL NETWORK, INCREASING SHADE, CONNECTING PARKS WITH GREEN BELTS AND SAFE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS. AND THEN PARK FACILITIES. ADDRESSING SHORTAGES IN SPORTS FIELDS. WE HEARD A LOT OF, OF THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, YOU ALL ARE HAVING A LOT OF KIDS COME IN, BUT ALSO PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO HAVE REC LEAGUE SOCCER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THERE'S BEEN COMPETING TIMES THAT PEOPLE ARE USING THOSE FACILITIES. SO IMPROVE INCREASING THOSE. AND THEN PROVIDING THINGS LIKE AQUATIC FACILITIES OR AN INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY AND THEN RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AS WELL. SO EXPANDING RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING GEARED TOWARDS TEENAGERS. WE HEARD THAT THAT WAS A, A KIND OF A GAP IN YOUR SERVICE OFFERINGS RIGHT NOW. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, INDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THE PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THEN PROVIDING COACHING AND ROSTER CONTINUITY SO THAT KIDS CAN PLAY ON THE SAME TEAM AS THEY'RE GROWING UP. SO RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M NOT, I'M GOING TO READ JUST THE OVERALL GOAL AND THEN I'LL LET YOU ALL READ THROUGH THOSE. BUT GOAL NUMBER ONE FOR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE HAVE GOALS AND THEN OUR ACTION ITEMS IS HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN. GOAL ONE IS PROACTIVELY ACQUIRE PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE ACREAGE TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL ACCESS TO ALL EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF ANNA. THEN GOAL TWO THIS ONE'S A BIT MORE ROBUST. THIS IS ENHANCE AND DIVERSIFY EXISTING PARKS AND DEVELOP NEW AMENITIES TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS IMPROVING WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO IT GOES TO THERE'S 16 RECOMMENDATIONS THERE. AND GOAL THREE IS IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE, SORRY, THE CITY'S TRAIL NETWORK TO ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS AND DESTINATIONS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE DESIGN STANDARDS, THESE WERE THE DESIGN STANDARDS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED. WE ALSO ADOPTED THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS INTO OURS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS REMAINING CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT. AND THEN ALSO THIS IS THE UPDATED FUTURE TRAILS MAP, THE DASHED BLUE LINE. THOSE ARE THE FUTURE TRAILS IDENTIFIED. THE MAGENTA LINES, THOSE ARE YOUR CURRENT EASEMENTS EITHER ELECTRIC OR RAIL, UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT, THAT YOU ALL CAN POTENTIALLY ACTIVATE MOVING FORWARD FOR TRAIL CONNECTIONS. AND THEN THE RED, THOSE ARE EXISTING TRAILS. AND I DO WANT TO MENTION ON HERE THERE WAS SOME STICKING POINTS OF SOME OF THESE FUTURE TRAIL ALIGNMENTS. WE DID ADD LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT SAYING THAT THESE ARE NOT SET IN STONE. THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. THESE ARE A LOT OF TIMES ADOPTED FROM WIDER PLANS, SUCH AS THE COUNTY TRAILS PLAN OR THE COGS REGIONAL BELLAWEB PLAN THAT WE ADOPTED INTO OURS SO THAT THERE WAS ONCE AGAIN, CONTINUITY THROUGHOUT ALL OF THOSE PLANS MOVING FORWARD, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE ARE 100% SET IN STONE AND THEY'LL BE REEVALUATED ONCE THOSE ARE PUT INTO ACTION. GOAL FOUR IS PROVIDE A DIVERSE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES, ABILITIES, AND INTERESTS. GOAL FIVE IS ENSURE ALL PARKS ARE SAFE, WELCOMING, AND WELL MAINTAINED FOR ANNA RESIDENTS TO ENJOY COMFORTABLY. GOAL SIX IS PURSUE PARTNERSHIPS AND SECURE DIVERSE FUNDING SOURCES TO SUPPORT PARK DEVELOPMENT, UPGRADES AND ONGOING OPERATIONS. SO NEXT IS IMPLEMENTATION. SO I'LL BE SHOWING YOU THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN IN HOW IN OUR TABLE OR IMPLEMENT TABLE IMPLEMENTATION TABLE MOVING FORWARD. BUT THE WAY THAT WE BREAK DOWN OUR IMPLEMENTATION TABLE, FIRST WE LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES. SO WE PRIORITIZE THEM AND RANK EACH ONE OF OUR ACTION ITEMS BASED OFF OF THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS A FIGURE FROM THE PLAN. THESE ARE YOUR TOP PRIORITY FACILITY NEEDS. THIS FIGURE IS NEEDED FOR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL LOOK AT WHENEVER THEY'RE LOOKING AT GRANT FUNDING MOVING FORWARD. AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING AFTER A GRANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY'LL FLIP TO YOUR TOP PRIORITY NEEDS AND THEY'LL SAY, HEY, THIS WAS NOT LISTED HERE, SO WHY WOULD I GIVE YOU THIS GRANT OVER ANOTHER CITY WHO DOES HAVE THAT AS THEIR ONE OF THEIR TOP PRIORITIES? [01:45:08] NEXT, WE LOOK AT THE INITIATION TIME FRAME. SO WE BREAK THESE DOWN INTO OUR PRIORITIES AND THEN OUR TIME FRAMES. SO THOSE CAN BE OUR SHORT TERM OUR MID TERM, LONG TERM AND ONGOING. SO THINGS IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THINGS CAN BE SHORT TERM, MID TERM, LONG TERM AND ONGOING AT THE SAME. SO THINGS CAN BE SHORT TERM AND ONGOING AT THE SAME TIME OR MID-TERM AND ONGOING. THAT'S, THOSE SHORT-TERM MID-TERM, LONG TERM, THOSE ARE YOUR INITIATION TIME FRAMES. AND THEN THINGS CAN BE ONGOING AFTER THAT. AND THEN POTENTIAL COST RANGE. SO WE ADD A ROUGH HIGH-LEVEL ESTIMATE OF WHAT EACH RECOMMENDATION WILL COST. WE ALSO SOMETIMES WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. SO THAT WILL SAY TBD OR SOMETIMES THINGS ARE OUR STAFF HOURS, SO WE NOTE THAT AS WELL. IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE NOTED THAT ALL OF THESE ARE IN 2025 DOLLARS. AND THESE ARE VERY EARLY LEVEL PLANNING COST RANGES AND THEY'LL NEED FURTHER EVALUATION BEFORE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD. SO HERE ARE THE IMPLEMENTATION TABLES. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE GOAL ONE THE, WITH OUR ACTION ITEMS, THOSE ARE BOTH SHORT TERM AND ONGOING AT THE SAME TIME USING STAFF HOURS AS WELL AS WE DIDN'T KNOW WITH THE WE HAD TBD ON THE PARKS ACQUISITION. GOAL TWO BROKEN DOWN THIS WAY. AND THEN GOAL TWO BLEEDS OVER BECAUSE THERE WERE 16 THERE. GOAL THREE IS NEXT, SO THAT'S THE IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE EXISTING TRAIL NETWORK. SO A LOT OF THESE WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT TRAILS. SO A LOT OF THESE ARE PRIORITIZED TO START IN THE SHORT TIME SORRY, SHORT TERM AND ARE IDENTIFIED AS MAJOR NEEDS MOVING FORWARD. GOAL FOUR IS PROVIDE A DIVERSE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND INTERESTS. ONCE AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT PRACTICE FIELDS, THAT WAS A BIG, BIG POINT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. AND THEN HERE'S GOAL FIVE ENSURING PARKS ARE SAFE, WELCOMING, AND WELL MAINTAINED. AND THEN THE FINAL GOAL. GOAL SIX HERE. AND THAT IS THE GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AFTER TONIGHT. HEADING TO THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION MEETING ON THE 28TH. IF YOU ALL DO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. AND HERE IS THE OVERALL SCHEDULE AS WELL. AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. COULD YOU GO BACK A FEW SLIDES, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. ANOTHER ONE. RIGHT THERE. 3.1 IS THAT $1.5 MILLION PER MILE? YES, THAT'S THE GENERAL, GENERALLY WHAT A TRAIL COSTS RIGHT NOW IS, 1.5 MILLION PER MILE. CAN GO UP TO 2.5 IF THERE ARE MAJOR TOPOGRAPHY CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE TO GET OVER OR IF YOU HAVE TO TUNNEL OR THINGS LIKE THAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 08:19 P.M.. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, IT'S A REALLY THOROUGH PLAN. I LIKE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING BACK AT THE PARKS THAT ARE IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK YANK PARK'S ONE OF THEM THAT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL. THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THERE THAT'S NOT UTILIZED THAT COULD BE BETTER UTILIZED FOR WEST CROSSING PEOPLE THERE. THAT'S A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS IN THERE WITH A LOT OF PARK SPACE THAT'S NOT BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. SO I LIKE TO SEE THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THROUGH A LOT. I'M ALL FOR MORE TRAILS. YEAH, THE TRAILS OVER MAYBE MORE PARKS, BUT I ALSO PLAY SOFTBALL, SO I'M PRONE TO WANTING TO SEE MORE. YEAH, SOME MORE PRACTICE FIELDS AND SOME MORE FIELDS THAT HAVE NOT SO MUCH CONFLICT WITH THE TIMING. YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WANT TO PLAY FOR FUN, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WAIT TILL 9:00 AT NIGHT TO PLAY ALL THE TIME, SO. YEAH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOCCER GAMES ARE ADJACENT TO OUR HOME RUNS, SO CAN'T REALLY HIT HOME RUNS BECAUSE THEY'RE FIELD ADJACENT TO US, SO. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM OR ANYTHING? I THINK THEY DID A REALLY GOOD DELIVERABLE. GOOD PLAN I THINK. YEAH. VERY THOROUGH. I'M EXCITED. YEAH. I LIKE TO SEE HOW ALL THE BIKE TRAILS ARE GOING TO CONNECT. [01:50:10] OH, THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT POTENTIAL. ALL RIGHT. WELL I'M GOING TO, I'M, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 7D UNDER INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION A SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DEGENERATE. THIS MATTER IS NOW OPEN FOR A VOTE. COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. [8. Future Agenda Items] SO I'M GOING TO MAKE IT PUBLIC THAT COMMISSIONER VOLLMER HAS STEPPED DOWN AND RELIEVED HIS DUTIES AS A COMMISSIONER. SO THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER JOIN US. HE ALSO WAS MY VICE CHAIR, SO I APOLOGIZE. I WAS SICK TODAY, BUT I'M HERE WITH BELLS ON, BUT I, I'M ASSUMING WE CAN APPOINT A NEW VICE CHAIR STARTING NEXT MEETING. YES, WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. JUST IN CASE JESSICA GETS SICK AGAIN. SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANYBODY THAT YOU THINK IS A GOOD POSITION OR FIT FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, PLEASE HAVE THEM SUBMIT RESUMES TO THE CITY OF ANNA. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE THAT REALLY KNOW THE AREA THAT LIVE HERE, THAT REALLY WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AND HELP US WITH THE CITY OF ANNA GROWS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NO, MA'AM. NO. OKAY, THEN IF I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. OKAY. MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:22 P.M.. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.