[1. Call meeting to order.]
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THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE DO HAVE A FULL QUO OF CITY COUNCILS PRESENT.
UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US VIA, UH, STREAM, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, THIS MEETING IS, UH, UH, OPEN CARRY IF, UH, FIREARMS IS PROHIBITED IN WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I HAVE SEVEN 15 AND WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION FROM TOBY SNOWDEN IS PASTOR SNOWDEN HERE, IF Y'ALL WILL PLEASE STAND.
AND, UH, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION WILL BE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY LIGHTS, A LAMP PLACES UNDER BOWL, BUT ON A STAND THAT IT MIGHT GIVE LIGHT INTO THE ENTIRE HOUSE, EVEN SO THAT YOUR LIGHTS WILL SHINE BEFORE PEOPLE, THAT WHEN THEY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS, THAT WILL GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS AND EMPOWER OUR MAYOR, OUR MANAGERS, OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSONS, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR STAFF, THOSE THAT LIVE HERE, THOSE WHO WORK HERE, BLESS OUR SCHOOLS, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR CHURCHES AND OUTREACHES.
AND AS YOUR SON TAUGHT US, AND AS THOSE OF US WHO AGREE WOULD GLADLY PRAY, WE JOIN OUR HEARTS PRAYING OUR FATHER WHO ARE IN HEAVEN, H BE THY NAME BY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER.
FIRST AMERICAN FLAG ON THE TEXAS FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[a. Present a proclamation recognizing High Pointe Baptist Church Pastor Toby Snowden for his 35 years of service to the community. ]
PRESENTED PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING HIGH POINT BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR TUTORIAL SNOWDEN FOR HIS 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.COUNSEL, I'D LIKE TO COME DOWN AND PRESENT THIS OVER.
IS PASTOR TOBY HERE TODAY? COME OVER HERE.
DIDN'T HAVE TO COME DOWN FROM ME.
HOW ARE YOU TWIN? WELL, WE BOTH HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY.
SO SINCE TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY, I GUESS HE COULD TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
BUT, UH, PASTOR SNOW AND I ARE TWINS.
WE HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY ON JUNE 3RD.
WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, AS MAYOR, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THE MAYOR HAS, UM, THE POWER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO, TO MOVE MOUNTAINS.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE BODY OF MY COUNCIL.
UH, BUT ON THIS A FEW SUNDAYS AGO, UH, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THIS 35 YEAR CELEBRATION AT YOUR CHURCH.
SO I SAID, AH, ONE POWER I DO HAVE, I COULD PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.
SO I WANTED TO, UH, GIVE YOU A MOMENT, UH, TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR DUTY OF SERVICE.
THANK WITH THAT I DO HAVE PROCLAMATION, UH, AS THE MAYOR, AND IT BEGINS LIKE THIS.
TOBY SNOWDEN WAS BORN IN SAN BENITO, TEXAS.
SNOWDEN MET HIS WIFE ELLEN IN SAN ANTONIO.
THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 47 YEARS, HAVE THREE GROWN CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDSONS.
SNOWDEN OBTAINED HIS DEGREE IN JOURNALISM FROM BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR TWO YEARS.
HE ACHIEVED HIS MASTER IN DOCTOR DEGREES FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
SNOWDEN WAS A ASSISTANT PASTOR AND MINISTERED TO COLLEGE AND CAREER AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF DALLAS FOR EIGHT YEARS.
SNOWDEN WAS CALLED TO SERVE AS PASTOR OF HIGH POINT BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1988.
THE CHURCH AT THAT TIME STARTED MEETING IN A FRONT IN A STOREFRONT
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AS THEY GREW, MOVED INTO NEW CHURCH BUILDING FOR 22 YEARS.SNOWDEN SERVED AS THE FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MISSION CEDAR HILL.
HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTHWEST CENTER OF CHURCH PLANTING.
SNOWDEN IS A TEAM LEADER FOR THE WORLD CLASS EDUCATION TEAM OF CEDAR HILL, I S D HMM.
SNOWDEN IS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR TEACHING AT DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY IN THE COLLEGE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH.
SNOWDEN IS CELEBRATING 35 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS SENIOR TEACHING PASTOR AT HIGH POINT BAPTIST CHURCH.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE MASON, MAYOR OF CITY HILL DO, UH, HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023, AS DR.
IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, I SUBMIT THIS PROCLAMATION IN FAITH AND APPRECIATION TO ALL THAT DR.
SNOWDEN HAS DONE, UH, HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN 35 YEARS WITH HIGH POINT BAPTIST CHURCH AND ALL THAT HE HAS GIVEN TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
I HAVE HERE SET MY HAND AND IT CAUSED THIS SEAL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL OF TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED ON THE 20TH DAY OF 2023, SIGNED BY ME, STEVE MASON.
AM I GIVING US A FEW WORDS? THAT'LL BE THE DAY
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S A DANGEROUS THING.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS HERE.
RYAN JESPERSON IS HERE ON THE FRONT ROW.
HE IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR DALLAS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
JONATHAN KIM IS THE ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH, WHERE I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING ADJUNCTIVELY STEPHEN ELAINE MADDOX, OUR CHURCH FIRST MET IN THEIR HOME.
AND THEN WE HAVE CHURCH MEMBERS AND FRIENDS BACK HERE, GLEN MAJORS, UH, MEL, UH, RICHARDS AND GONZALO SALAZAR JR.
AND THEN ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND HELPERS, WE JUST SAY THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A DAY OVER 34.
AND, UH, HONESTLY, WE JUST ARE SO GRATEFUL AND WE ESPECIALLY TREASURE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSION CEDAR HILL THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 22 YEARS IN COMMUNITY RESTORATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AND GOD BLESS CEDAR HILL.
TRULY IS AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.
PASTOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING ON COMMUNITY GLORY.
[b. Present a proclamation designating the month of March 2023 as Women's History Month in Cedar Hill.]
PRESENTATION.NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTED, PROCLAMATION, THIS NAME THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2023 AS WOMEN HISTORY MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS PROCLAMATION, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
WHEREAS EACH YEAR DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE HONOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF VISIONARY WOMEN WHOSE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SHAPED OUR WORLD AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO BREAK BARRIERS TO CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY, WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE MADE VOW CONTRIBUTION OFTEN IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE AND UNDUE HARDSHIP.
COURAGEOUS WOMEN MARCHED FOR AND WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE, CAMPAIGNED FOR EQUITY LED EFFORTS DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, REPRESENTED THE UNITED STATES ON THE GLOBAL STAGE IN THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, SHATTERED COUNTLESS BARRIERS AND EXPANDING THE POSSIBILITIES OF AMERICAN LIFE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CITY HILL PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, CREATES EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND HONORS THE IMPACT AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CITY HILL HONORS THE LEGACY OF INSPIRING WOMEN AND SUPPORTS EFFORT TO FOSTER A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE YEAR ROUND
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THROUGH INITIATIVES INCLUDING SPOTLIGHTING WOMEN, AUTHORS, PRESENTERS, AND GUEST SPEAKERS IN PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WOMEN'S HISTORY, MA ACTIVITIES, AND HOSTING MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CERTIFICATION WORKSHOPS AND INFORMAL EVENTS.WHEREAS WOMEN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS SERVING A MULTITUDE OF ROLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING SERVING ON OUR CITY COUNCIL, CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND AT ALL LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE CITY OF CITY HILL, THE LEGACY OF CITY HILL HERE, WOMEN CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND POLICY DECISIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM TO NAME A FEW.
AND WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH BEGAN IN 1978 AS A LOCAL CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY, WE IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, AND WAS EXPANDED TO WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN 1987.
AND WHEREAS DURING HIS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, LET US HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHED AND VISIONARY WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED BILL OUR COUNTRY, INCLUDING THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED.
AND LET US PAY TRIBUTE TO THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM THE RECENT AND DISTINCT PAST FOR DOING TO ENVISION A FUTURE FOR WHICH NO PAST PROTESTANT EXISTED, AND FOR BUILDING A NATION OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES FOR ALL OF ITS WOMEN AND GIRLS.
NOW, THEREFORE, OUR STEPHEN MASON MAYOR OF CEDAR HILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH, 2023 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONK IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, IN WITNESS, WHEREVER I HAVE HEARD HERE TO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CALLED THE SEAL OF THE, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 28TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN AND, AND, UM, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.
I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST HONOR ALL OF THE WOMEN, UM, IN CEDAR HILL.
AND LAST YEAR, COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS HAD ALL THE WOMEN STAND, AND I THINK WE COULD KEEP THAT GOING.
SO IF ALL THE WOMEN CAN JUST TAKE A STAND TODAY, UM, WE ARE WOMEN.
YES, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE LIGHT THAT WE CARRY BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO CARRY THE LIGHT, AND WE HAVE SOME AMAZING WOMEN IN OUR CITY, AND I'M PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE SOME AMAZING LEADERS AS WELL THAT WE'RE SURROUNDED WITH.
WE INVITE YOU, NOT JUST WOMEN MEN AS WELL, YOU CAN CELEBRATE WITH US BECAUSE, UM, WE ALL ARE CONNECTED TO SOME POWERFUL WOMEN.
BUT WE INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE A FULL MONTH OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES PLANNED, INCLUDING SOME THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, WHICH, UH, WE ARE HOSTING A MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS CERTIFICATION CLASS.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE OR IF YOU YOURSELF ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING CERTIFIED OR EVEN LEARNING ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF IT, WE ARE HOSTING THAT AT THE LIBRARY THIS, UH, IN MARCH.
CASSANDRA BRADFORD WILL BE, UH, FACILITATING THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE HOSTING A LOCAL WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS PANEL.
SO COME OUT, MEET AND GREET WITH SOME OF OUR, UM, LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE WOMEN.
WE'RE GONNA LEARN A LOT ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY, WHAT INSPIRED THEM TO BEGIN THEIR BUSINESS, AND WHY THEY CHOSE CEDAR HILL, AND HOW THEY ARE ALSO LEADING IN THEIR SPHERES OF INFLUENCE.
SO, JUST WANNA INVITE EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
TELL A WOMAN THAT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEM, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY STAND ON THE SHOULDER OF MANY STRONG AND POWERFUL WOMEN.
[5. Citizens Forum/Public Comments. Citizens wishing to speak during this time should submit a Speaker Request Form to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. Public comments may also be submitted online at: cedarhilltx.com/publiccomment. All public comments submitted online by 4pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
AGENDA IS THE, UH, CITIZEN'S FORM.THIS GETS OPPORTUNITY FOR A CITIZEN TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY, UH, UH, ITEM ON, ON THE AGENDA IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UH, COUNCIL OF COURSE, CANNOT DELIBERATE ABOUT IT.
UH, I DO HAVE SEVERAL FORMS, UH, UH, THAT I'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
UH, LOOKS LIKE LISA, THREE, YOU FAILED AT A CITIZEN'S FORM, BUT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT IS SO, YES.
SO I'M, UH, I GIVE YOU YOU A MOMENT DURING THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, KELLY SLAUGHTER, ARE YOU HERE? YOU WANNA DO THE EXACT SAME THING? OKAY.
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COME ON UP.YOUR TOPIC IS INVITATION TO CEDAR HILL SENIOR SENATE 2023 DIAMONDS AND, OKAY.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON.
MY NAME IS CAROLYN ANNE WALKER.
CAN YOU MOVE THE MIC CLOSER TO YOU? HERE YOU GO.
MY NAME IS CAROLYN ANNE WALKER.
I LIVE WITH EIGHT 13 APPLEWOOD DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
MY, UM, I AM A SECRETARY OF THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR SENATE.
OUR PRESIDENT IS BEVERLY MOORE, MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TIMM, UM, CITY COUNCIL, MR. PORTER, MS. VALDEZ CUMMINGS, UM, CHIEF REZ, THEY DISAPPEARED.
CHIEF REZ, I'M TALKING TO HIM.
UM, THE CEDAR HILLS SENIOR SENATE IS PRESENTING OUR 2023 DIAMONDS AND DENIM GALA ON FRIDAY, MARCH THE 10TH.
IT WILL BE HELD AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER AT THREE 10 EAST PARKVILLE ROAD HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
THE TIME WILL BE FROM 7:00 PM TO 10:00 PM WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR PRESENCE, THE PEOPLE THAT I CALL THEIR NAMES, WELL ANYONE ELSE AS WELL.
ALTHOUGH THE SENATE HAS DECIDED TO PROVIDE ONE TICKET FOR EACH OF YOU, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS.
THIS IS AN EVENT FOR A FUNDRAISER.
THE PROCEEDS WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE ITEMS NEEDED FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FOR THE CRAFTS THAT THE SENIORS DO AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
THERE WILL BE FOOD, A LIVE BAND, PRIZES, AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO COME.
YOU DO NOT NEED A TICKET, BUT YOUR NAME MUST BE ON THE LIST IN ORDER TO ENTER.
THE EVENT IS NOT, UH, NOT ONLY FOR SENIORS, IT'S FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 55 TO BE THERE.
THE INTEREST FEE, OF COURSE, IS $35.
OUR DINNER WILL BE, UH, CATERED BY, LET'S SEE, MY CHEF CARLOS WHEATFIELD OF A DIFFERENT PLATE CATERING.
THE, UH, MENU IS CHICKEN ON CREAM SAUCE, RICE, MIXED VEGETABLES ROLLED AND CHEESECAKE AGAIN.
UM, WE INVITE YOU ALL TO COME OUT.
UH, THE SENIOR SENATE REALLY WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE THERE.
SO YOU HAVE ONE TICKET TO COME TO THE SENIORS SENATE GALA.
THIS IS A FUN TIME FOR THE SENIORS TO COME OUT, AND WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU.
SEE, YOU ALL HAVE SUPPORTED US VERY WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND ALSO, IF ANYBODY ELSE IN HERE YOU WANT TO COME, I, UM, WOULD BE GLAD TO TAKE YOUR NAME AND YOUR $35
IS THIS THE SECOND? I'M SORRY.
IS THIS THE SECOND ONE? WELL, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL.
OH, YOU HAVE HAD SEVERAL? MM-HMM.
BUT THIS ONE WE CALL DIAMONDS AND DENIM.
AND THIS ONE, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A, IT'S A GALA, BUT WE ARE WEARING DENIM, JUST LIKE IT SAYS DENIM.
AND IF YOU HAVE A COWBOY HAT, YOU HAVE COWBOY BOOTS COME ON UP.
YOU KNOW, OUR, IF YOU JUST WANNA BE CASUAL, IF YOU WANNA WEAR, UM, AN EVENING GOWN, A TUXEDO, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE TOO.
BUT OUR, OUR ATTIRE IS ACTUALLY DENIM.
UH, COUNSEL, YOU DID RECEIVE AN ONLINE, UH, CITIZENS FORM, UH, UPDATE.
IT WAS FROM COLIN PARKER, BUT HE IS ACTUALLY HERE WITH US.
CARLIN, THANK YOU FOR GRACE US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU DROVE ALL THE WAY UP FROM AUSTIN, BUT PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M FROM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN'S OFFICE, WHICH IS 1 0 3 NORTH DALLAS AVENUE IN LANCASTER, UH, 75,146.
MY NAME IS COLIN PACKER, AND I'M NEW TO HIS OFFICE AS HIS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
AND JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, UH, NUMBER ONE, BUT ALSO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED, UH, WITH OUR OFFICE AND COMMITTEES AND SO FORTH.
AND JUST QUICKLY KIND OF BRIEF A COUPLE OF BILLS AS WELL, JUST TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT WHATEVER IT MAY BE GOING FORWARD IN THIS SESSION AND BEYOND, UH, THE VALUES OF OUR OFFICE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN, YOU KNOW, AS HAVING BEEN A MAYOR AND A CITY MANAGER, UH, IS ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO VOTE WITH AND LEGISLATE WITH, IS THAT FOCUS.
UH, APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL DO, UH, HERE AND, AND THE GREAT ROLES THAT YOU PLAY HERE IN CEDAR HILL AS AN OFFICE.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT, UH, IS FIGHTING FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH AN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF HUMANITY, DRIVEN BY HOPE, PREPARATION,
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UNITY, AND CONSISTENCY.UH, WE ARE ON THE, THE CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE.
UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HAS BEEN, UH, A FOCUS FOR MANY, UH, YEARS NOW, THE THIRD SESSION, BUT WE'RE ON A NEW COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS LANDON RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WHICH MAY COME IN, UH, WITH SOME INTERESTING, UH, ITEMS, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CITY AS WELL.
AND SO, JUST WANTED TO LET, GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU THINK ABOUT WITH THIS SESSION THAT WE CAN BE AWARE OF AND WE'LL WORK TOGETHER ON, UH, A COUPLE OF BILLS I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE OF.
UH, ONE IS, UH, A MINIMUM SALARY FOR OFFICERS BILL THAT WE ARE HAVE FILED THIS SESSION.
THIS IS FOR MUNICIPALITIES UNDER 5,000.
UH, MANY, UH, OFFICERS ACROSS, UH, THE STATE IN THOSE SMALLER TOWNS MAKE, UH, 20 TO $30,000 NOT NEAR ENOUGH FOR THE RISK THAT OUR OFFICERS TAKE ON.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE PAID A MINIMUM SALARY OF 55,000 WITH A SUPPLEMENT FROM, UH, THE GREAT SURPLUS THAT OUR STATE HAS, UH, THIS YEAR THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF IN THAT WAY.
AND SO THAT'S ONE BILL WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ALSO AN AC IN PRISONS BILL.
UH, WE KNOW THAT IN OUR ANIMAL SHELTERS, WHICH, UH, WE KNOW THERE'S A GREAT TRI-CITY ANIMAL SHELTER HERE, BUT, UH, AC IS REQUIRED IN THOSE ANIMAL SHELTERS.
THAT NEEDS TO BE THE SAME IN OUR STATE PRISONS AS WELL.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND ENSURE THAT HAPPENS.
UH, ALSO LOOKING AT, AT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BILL THAT WOULD HAVE TO DO WITH OUR FOOD DESERTS AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
UH, THAT BILL IS NOT YET FILED, BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON WHAT THAT NUMBER IS AND WHAT WE WILL DO GOING FORWARD.
AGAIN, REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN WOULD LIKE ME TO EXPRESS HIS DEEP GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR EACH OF THE ROLES YOU PLAY, UH, IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IN DISTRICT 1 0 9, AND OUR LEADERSHIP TOGETHER.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SIT IN YOUR SEATS AND IS JUST INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICE YOU PLAY, UH, IN THIS CITY AND BEYOND.
AND IF THERE'S ANY OPINIONS OR ANY ANSWERS YOU HAVE TO GET WITH OUR OFFICE, I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS COLLINS, C O L L I N DOT PACKER, P A C K E R, HOUSE.TEXAS.GOV.
AND, UH, YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR, UH, CAPITAL OFFICE.
I'D LOVE TO SET UP A, A TIME IF YOU HAPPEN TO DO THAT OR PLAN TO, UH, TESTIFY FOR ANY BILLS LATER IN THE SESSION.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE WITH YOU.
UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON HERE, AND, UH, THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, AND PLEASE GIVE THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE OUR REGARDS.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN'S FORM.
[a. Case No. Z-502-2022 - Continue the public hearing to April 11, 2023 for amendments to Chapter 23 entitled “Zoning” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cedar Hill, Texas, pertaining to industrial, storage, warehouse and distribution uses.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO, UM, APRIL 11TH, 2023 FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 23 ENTITLED ZONING OF THE CODE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, OF CITY HILL, TEXAS, PERTAINING TO INDUSTRIAL STORAGE WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION USAGE.
SO, COUNCIL, NO ACTION TAKEN ON THAT WE WILL KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, OPEN.
AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, REVISIT THIS AGAIN IN APRIL 11TH.
SO MAYOR, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, ON CASE NUMBER Z 5 0 2 DASH 2022, THAT WE CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL THE, THE 11TH.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[b. Case No. PD-516-2022 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a change in zoning from “LR” (Local Retail) District to “PD” (Planned Development) District for single-family residential, generally located west of North Cannady Drive at the terminus of Showcase Drive, with the approximate address being 400 Showcase Drive. Applicant: Venkataramana (Reddy) Murari, RedM Infra & PunditZ LLC., Representative: Christopher H. Blevins, HP Civil Engineering, LLC., Property Owner: James Lin, JDI Investors LP.]
516 2022 CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING.FROM ELLA LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL JURY LOCATED WEST OF NORTH KENNEDY DRIVE AT THE TERMINATE OF SHOWCASE DRIVE WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 400 SHOWCASE DRIVE APPLICANT.
UH, I'LL JUST, UH, UH, READY, UM, MA MURRAY MA, UH, RED M INFRA AND, UM, PENANCE, UH, LLC REPRESENTATIVE, UH, CHRISTOPHER H. BLEVINS, HP CIVIL ENGINEERING LLC, PROPERTY OWNER JAMES LYNN JDI I INVESTORS, L P.
SO, UH, IS THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO COME ON AND GIVE A PRESENTATION.
MY NAME IS CHRIS BLEVINS WITH HP CIVIL ENGINEERING, UH, HERE REPRESENTING MR. REDDY MARRA, WHO IS THE DEVELOPER, UM, BRINGING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UM, THE PARKS AT CEDAR HILL WERE REQUESTING THAT YOU CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE REZONING FROM A RETAIL DISTRICT TO, UM, A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, IT IS, UM, 63 LOTS, 50 FOOT WIDE, UM, KIND OF BEHIND THE KOHL'S HOME DEPOT ALBERTSON'S SHOPPING CENTER, UM, IN A VACANT LOT THAT, UM, RESIDES IN BETWEEN THAT SHOPPING CENTER.
AND THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT BEHIND THE PROPERTY'S BEEN HISTORICALLY
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UNDEVELOPED.IT WAS ZONED RETAIL WITH THE OVERALL SHOPPING CENTER, BUT, UM, I GUESS NOBODY'S REALLY WANTED TO COME IN BEHIND THE BIG BOXES AND DEVELOP ANY RETAIL BACK THERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY VISIBILITY AND NOBODY CAN REALLY SEE OR FIND.
SO IT'S BEEN SITTING VACANT FOR SOME TIME.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE, UH, REZONING THIS TO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY TO GET A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE RETAIL TO THIS PROPERTY TO THE LOWER DENSITY.
SINGLE FAMILY IS PROBABLY A GOOD USE FOR THIS PROPERTY AND WOULD ALLOW IT TO DEVELOP AND NOT BE SITTING VACANT ANYMORE.
UM, IT'S GENERALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, INTERSTATE 67 THERE, OUR US 67 AND BELTLINE ROAD.
UM, JUST BEHIND THE HOME DEPOT, UH, THIS IS THE ZONING MAP.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LOCAL RETAIL, UH, ZONED WITH THE REST OF THE RETAIL BIG BOX DEVELOPMENT RIGHT THERE.
AND, UM, ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY, 8.5 RIGHT BEHIND IT.
UM, PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SHARE A FEW OF THEIR SLIDES WITH US.
THIS WAS ONE THAT, UM, SHOWS HOW THE PROPERTY MIGHT DEVELOP AS ITS ZONE TODAY.
UM, IF A RETAIL DEVELOPER WANTED TO COME IN AND BUILD SOMETHING, THEY COULD BUILD IN A BIG BOX RETAIL WITH PARKING AND A 20 FOOT SETBACK TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BEHIND IT.
UM, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT, BASED ON HOW IT'S ON TODAY, IT COULD BE DEVELOPED LIKE THIS.
UM, IT'S A MUCH MORE INCENSE USE.
UM, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE A LOT HIGHER.
UM, AND WE REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE ASKING TO REZONE IT TO A SINGLE FAMILY.
USE THE PROPOSED PLAN KIND OF ZOOMED IN HERE SHOWS, UM, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING UNDER THE PD.
WE HAVE A PARK WITH A PLAYGROUND AND SHELL OVER IN AN AREA IN THE, UH, NORTH CORNER WHERE THERE'S A CURRENTLY LOTS OF TREES IN A WOODED AREA THAT WE WOULD BE SAVING THOSE TREES.
UM, WE'RE PLANTING A SMALLER PARK IN THE MIDDLE WITH SHADE SAIL PICNIC TABLES, A USED SOCCER FIELD, UM, A DOG PARK IN THE SOUTH END WITH AN OPEN SPACE AND A GATED AREA FOR DOGS.
UM, THERE IS AN ENTRY WITH A MONUMENT SIGN.
IT WOULD BE A GATED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE, UM, ENTRANCE ON THE NORTH SIDE IS A CURRENT ACCESS RIGHT ACCESS ROAD COMING THROUGH THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE WOULD USE THAT AS EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY WITH THE MAIN ENTRANCE BEING OFF OF SHOWCASE DRIVE.
AND, UM, ON THE SOUTH END THERE, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING BASED ON, UM, MEETING WITH P AND Z AND THE HOMEOWNERS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD CEDAR FENCE.
UH, IN BETWEEN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, MASONRY WALLS ON THE SOUTH END, AND ALL ALONG THE RETAIL, WE, UH, WOULD HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG THE RETAIL TO TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE NOISE FROM THE, UM, TRUCKS LOADING ZONE AREA AND ALL THAT.
UM, THERE IS WOOD FENCING AND, UM, UM, SIX FOOT TUBULAR FENCING THROUGHOUT THE SIDE IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE'RE FRONT, UM, SIDE FRONTING THE ROAD OR WHERE WE'RE BACKING THE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO ENHANCE THE PROPERTY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO, UM, MAKE IT A NICE ISOLATED GATED COMMUNITY.
UM, THE, THE LAW BREAKDOWN CURRENTLY, THE, UH, MINIMUM SIZE LODGE, ROUGHLY 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
MAJORITY OF THE LOTS, ABOUT 80% WOULD BE BETWEEN 4,000 AND 5,000 SQUARE FEET, WITH A FEW LARGER LOTS BETWEEN 5,000, 6,000, ABOUT 10%, 6,000 TO 7,000, ABOUT 6%.
AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ARE BETWEEN 7,080 100 IS THE, THE LARGEST LOT ON THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE TYPICAL LOT DIMENSIONS RIGHT NOW ARE 50 FOOT WIDE.
THE MINIMUM LOT IS 81 FOOT DEEP.
MOST OF THE LOTS ARE, UH, 95 FOOT DEEP WITH A FEW OF THEM BEING AS MUCH AS A HUNDRED FOOT DEEP.
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UM, THERE WOULD BE TWO CARS BEING ABLE TO PARK IN THE GARAGE, TWO CARS BEING ABLE TO PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND WE WOULD SIT, ORIENT THE DRIVEWAYS AND SUCH THAT THERE WOULD BE ROOM FOR PARKING ABOUT 40 FOOT LENGTH OF PARKING ON THE STREET IF NECESSARY.UM, THERE'S 20 FOOT YARD SETBACK.
UH, THE GARAGES WOULD BE SET BACK 25 FEET TO GIVE SOME SORT OF, UH, RELIEF FROM JUST A FLAT FRONT FACING OF THE STREET TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, SOME CARDIAC DEFINITION TO THIS HOUSE.
SO THE, ALL THE GARAGES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SET BACK FIVE FOOT FURTHER THAN THE FRONT OF THE, THE HOUSE.
IT'S 10 FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK AND FIVE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE 12 VISITOR PARKING SPACES AROUND THE PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, THE PARALLEL PARKING.
UM, WE SUBMITTED BUILDING ELEVATION CONCEPTS, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THESE WERE CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS OF HOMES THAT THE BUILDER, UM, LIKES THE ELEVATIONS, BUT ALSO MET THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS OF THE PD UH, ORDINANCE.
UM, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THE, UH, BUILDER WOULD HAVE THE ARCHITECT GO THROUGH AND DESIGN THE FLOOR PLANS AND THE ELEVATIONS, AND THOSE WOULD BE SUBMITTING AT THE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE.
BUT THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THEY WOULD BE DESIGNING THOSE BASED ON THOSE SUBMITTED.
AND THERE'S MORE OF THOSE HERE AT THE END.
UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 15% MINIMUM OF THE HOUSE UNITS WOULD BE 1800 SQUARE FOOT TO 2000 SQUARE FOOT.
65% MINIMUM WOULD BE BETWEEN 1400 SQUARE FOOT AND 750, 1750 SQUARE FOOT.
AND THEN A MAXIMUM OF 20% COULD BE 1,250 SQUARE FEET.
SO THESE ARE SMALLER HOMES, STARTER HOMES ON SMALLER LOTS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THE GARAGE DOORS WILL BE ORT STYLE, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THEY'D BE FIVE FOOT SETBACK FROM THE BUILDING LINE AND FROM THE FRONT FACE OF THE, OF THE HOME.
UH, PROPOSED BUILDING MATERIALS, A HUNDRED PERCENT BREAKER STONE ON THE FRONT SURFACE, UM, WITH CEMENT SIDING LIMITED TO THE GABLE ROOF SURFACE AREA, ORNAL GARAGE DOORS, 80% BRICK OR STONE ON SIDE AND REAR SURFACES WITH 20% ACRYLIC PLASTER OR CEMENT MATERIAL ON THE SIDES IN REAR.
THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT, UM, WAS APPROVED AT PLANNING AND ZONING.
UH, WERE BASED ON THE SF SEVEN WITH MODIFICATIONS.
UH, OUR PLAN CURRENTLY HAS 63 UNITS.
THE CURRENT MINIMUM LOT AREA IS 4,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT THEY RANGE FROM 4,086 TO 8,098.
LOT DIMENSIONS, MINIMUM 50 FOOT WIDE.
THE SMALLEST LOT IS 81 FOOT DEEP.
MOST OF THE, AS I SAID, ARE 95 TO A HUNDRED FOOT DEEP SETBACKS.
WELL, I TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
UM, ONE DIFFERENCE IS AFTER MEETING WITH SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS, WE AGREED TO A 15 FOOT REAR SETBACK ALONG THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME SET BACK TO, UH, FACE LAVERNE AND BACK TO THIS PROPERTY, UH, A MINIMUM 1,250 SQUARE FOOT OF LIVING SPACE THAT RANGED FROM 1,250 SQUARE FEET TO 2000 SQUARE FEET, MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT, 35 FEET.
AND THIS IS A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THE HOME VALUES.
OF COURSE, THAT'LL BE DRIVEN BY MARKET CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WHEN THEY'RE BUILT.
UH, BUILDING MATERIALS, AGAIN, BRICK GLASS STONE.
TO MEET CITY DESIGN STANDARDS, CONGRESS CENTER FRONT WILL BE BREAKER STONE WITH TWO DISTINCT PATTERNS OF BRICK.
80% OF THE SIDE AND REAR WILL BE BREAKER STONE.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THE BLOCK VARIETY.
THERE WILL BE NO HOME ELEVATIONS THAT ARE SAME WITHIN A 10 LOT GROUPING.
AND THERE'LL BE, UM, NOW HOMES THAT HAVE THE SAME COLOR PALETTE WITHIN THE 10 LOT GROUPING.
SO THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENTIATION DOWN THE STREET.
YOU WOULDN'T SEE THE SAME HOME WITHIN 10 HEARTS OF A ADJACENT ONE.
AND ALL OF THAT IS PER THE PD STANDARDS THAT THE CITY HAS SET FORTH.
UM, EACH HOME WILL HAVE THREE DESIGN FEATURES.
UM, PREDOMINANTLY THOSE WOULD BE SHUTTERS, GABLE ROOF, ENHANCED ROOF LINES, RECESSED ENTRIES.
UM, THERE ARE A FEW WITH COVERED PORCHES THAT WE'VE SELECTED.
UH, THE GARAGES SET BACK FIVE FEET FROM THE BUILDING LINE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
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TWO DRIVEWAY PARKING SPACES.UM, THERE IS ROOM TO PARK ON THE STREET IN BETWEEN DRIVEWAYS IF NEEDED.
AND THERE ARE 12 ADDITIONAL SPACES ALLOWED FOR VISITORS AROUND THE AMENITY AREA.
UM, SCREENING, AS I POINTED OUT BEFORE, WE ARE DOING AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG THE RETAIL DISTRICTS TO TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE SITE AND NOISE.
UH, SIX FOOT TUBULAR FENCE ADJACENT TO HOA LOCKS.
AN EIGHT FOOT BOARD ON BOARD SHOOTER FENCE ALONG THE REAR OF THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND SIX FOOT FLAG, VINYL CHAIN FENCE AROUND THE DOG PARK.
UM, LANDSCAPINGS PER THE PD STANDARDS.
ONE SHADE TREE PER LOT INSTALLED IN THE STREET YARD.
FIVE GALLON SHRUBS INSTALLED AT HOME FOUNDATION, UM, ALONG THE STREET AND DRIVEWAY UP THE FRONT BUILDING LINE.
UM, AMENITIES, AGAIN, THESE ARE STILL PER THE PD STANDARDS.
ONE SHADE TREE PER 700 SQUARE FEET, UM, IMPERVIOUS AREA.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, PRESERVE AS MANY OF THE EXISTING TREES AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY IN THE PARK AREA.
ONE AR ONE OR MILL TREE PER 4,000 SQUARE FOOT OF IMPERVIOUS AREA THAT IS NOT CONTAINING TREES.
ONE SHADE TREE FOR EACH OF THE 12 VISITOR PARKING SPACES, SHRUBS AND GRASSES, AND ALL THE AMENITY AREAS.
AND ALL OF IT WILL BE IRRIGATED.
THE PARK, UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WILL HAVE A SIX FOOT TRAIL SIDEWALK.
THE COUNTER CIRCLES AROUND A PLAYGROUND AREA.
THE AREA WITH THE DOG PARK IS 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OF OPEN SPACE.
THE DOG PARK'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, SO THERE'S ROOM FOR OPEN SPACE.
AND FOR THE FENCED IN DOG PARK, UH, THERE'S AN ENHANCED, UH, MONUMENT SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
WE'RE PROPOSING A SOCCER FIELD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY JUST FOR USE AND PICNIC ARROW, SHADE, SHADE, SALES, GRILLS, TABLES, ET CETERA.
THE PARK ON THE NORTH END IS JUST UNDER AN ACRE IN SIZE WITH THE PLAYGROUND AND TRAILS AROUND THE EXISTING TREES.
UM, THESE WERE SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, FROM THE FIRST P AND Z MEETING.
UM, A LOT OF THESE COMMENTS WERE, UM, RELATED TO TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT CONCERNS.
WE TRIED TO ADDRESS AS MANY OF THESE COMMENTS AS WE COULD, UM, THAT WERE, WE WERE ABLE TO CONCERN, UM, ABLE TO, UH, DEAL WITH WITHIN OUR SIDE PLAN.
A LOT OF THESE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DEAL WITH, BUT MAYBE THINGS THAT THE, UM, CITY COULD DEAL WITH IN RELATION TO TRAFFIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE DID PROVIDE RESPONSES TO EACH OF THESE, TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND TO THE CITY STAFF AS WE WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, SOME OF THESE WE MADE CHANGES TO OUR SITE PLAN.
SOME OF THESE WE JUST KIND OF EXPLAINED WHY WE COULD NOT DO THEM.
WE ALSO MET WITH HOMEOWNERS AFTER THE FIRST PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
UM, WE HAD DINNER WITH THEM, SEVERAL OF THEM SHOWED UP.
THE MAIN ITEMS THAT THEY EXPRESSED CONCERN TO US WERE TRAFFIC THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ADDING KIDS TO THE SCHOOLS.
AND THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT RENTERS BEING IN THIS PROPERTY.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP THEM LIMITING CONSTRUCTION HOURS.
UM, INCREASE LOT SIZES, DECREASE OPEN SPACE.
THEY ASKED FOR THE EIGHT FOOT CEDAR FENCE ALONG THEIR BACK PROPERTY LINE.
UM, REMOVING OR CLEANING UP LESS DESIRABLE TREES ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE.
UH, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE HOA WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTY AND DIDN'T BECOME RUNDOWN, UM, REDUCING THE OVERALL NUMBER OF LOTS.
IF WE COULD INSTALL A SIDEWALK ALONG KENNEDY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY FRONTING, UH, THE CITY PROPERTY THERE THAT'S VACANT.
UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN REALLY DO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THEY BROUGHT TO US.
UH, THERE IS SOME STORM WATER DRAINAGE THAT COLLECTS IN WHERE OUR PARK WOULD BE, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE MITIGATED BY COLLECTING IN THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM FOR THE PROPERTY AND RUNNING THE WATER OUT, UM, INTO THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL BEFORE IT CAN COLLECT THERE IN THE PARK.
UH, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF THAT CONCRETE CHANNEL, WHICH, UH, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO TALK TO THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ABOUT.
THERE WERE SOME MODIFICATIONS WE HAD TO MAKE TO OUR SITE PLAN AFTER PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVAL.
UM, SOME OF THEY APPROVED IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT OUR CURRENT SITE PLAN WOULD NOT MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE INCREASED THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTHS TO 50 FEET.
OUR PRIOR SITE PLAN, ALL THE LOTS WERE
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46 FEET WIDE.UH, WE DECREASED THE OVERALL LOT COUNT TO 63 LOTS, SO WE CUT BACK THREE LOTS.
THE DENSITY FROM THAT WENT DOWN TO 5.25 MINUTES PER ACRE.
THE OVERALL OPEN SPACE ALSO WENT DOWN FROM 2.17 ACRES TO TWO ACRES, ABOUT 1.5%.
UH, WE INCREASED THE LENGTH, UM, BY INCREASING THE LOT WIDTH.
WE INCREASED THE LENGTH OF THE PARKING ON THE STREET, UM, GIVING MORE ROOM BETWEEN THE DRIVEWAYS, AND WE ALSO INCREASED THE HEIGHT TO THE MASONRY WALL ALONG THE RETAIL TO EIGHT FEET AFTER THAT MEETING.
THIS IS SOMETHING PLANNING ASKED US FOR, JUST TO GIVE, UM, SOME EXAMPLES OF STREET DECORATIVE, STREET LIGHTING, DECORATIVE STREET SIGNS, UM, THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE.
SO TO GIVE THE PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, AN ENHANCED LOOK, UH, MORE OF DECORATIVE MAILBOXES WITH ALL BOXES NEED TO BE CLUSTERED.
NOW, SINCE THEY DO NOT DELIVER DIRECTLY TO THE HOMES ANYMORE.
WE DID A MOCKUP OF THE MONUMENT SIGN.
OF COURSE, THIS WOULD BE DESIGNED AT A LATER DATE AND GIVEN A LOT MORE DETAIL.
BUT IT WOULD, THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF WHAT THE MONUMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE, MONUMENT SIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE THERE AT THE ENTRY.
AND THEN WE PROVIDED QUITE A FEW HOME ELEVATION EXAMPLES AS WELL.
UM, BOTH SINGLE STORY AND TWO STORY.
UM, ONE THING I DIDN'T MENTION IS WE ALSO AGREED WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS ALONG LAVERNE, THAT WE WOULD NOT DO TWO-STORY HOMES ALONG THAT ROW OF LOT SLIP BACK TO THEIR PROPERTY.
WE WOULD KEEP ALL THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, A LOT OF THESE HAVE THE GABLE ROOFS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE PORCHES, RECESSED ENTRIES.
SHUTTERS WOULD BE ADDED TO A LOT OF THESE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THREE DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE TO MEET THE PD STANDARDS.
AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE CITY STAFF BEFORE WE COULD GET A BUILDING PERMIT.
AND I'M HERE AND THE DEVELOPERS HERE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY.
WELL, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK UP.
AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PD 516 2022.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PD 516 2022? GOOD EVENING.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT THIS EVENING, MAYOR AND UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'VE BEEN UP HERE SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO OUR AREA.
AND THEY STILL EXIST BECAUSE WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS.
THE SITUATION IS, IS THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS COMING IN TRYING TO BUILD 60 SOME ODD NU NUMBER.
NOW HE'S SAYING 63 HOMES INTO THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING BUILT RIGHT THERE AT JOE WILSON AS WELL, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT WILL BE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA WILL BE FEEDING INTO THE SAME SCHOOLS, OVERWHELMING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS ALREADY OVERWHELMED IN A TIME WHEN WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN ENOUGH BOND MONEY TO COVER WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THEY'VE ALSO TURNED AROUND AND CLAIMED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE A TRAFFIC, UH, UM, SURVEY DONE.
BUT I ASSERT TO YOU THAT, AGAIN, GIVEN TIME, IF YOU ARE COMING DOWN CANADA AND YOU'RE TRYING TO TURN RIGHT, EVEN TO TURN LEFT ONTO BELTLINE, YOU HAVE A LINE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING FOR THOSE LIGHTS TO CHANGE.
THEY, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THREE NEW STRUCTURES THAT ARE ALSO BEING BUILT THERE ON 1382 THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR AS WELL, A LARGE RESTAURANT, ANOTHER CHICKEN PLACE, AND, UH, A FISH PLACE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASED TRAFFIC ALREADY FROM THOSE DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN.
BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A TRAFFIC, UH, UM, UH, SURVEY DONE.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE HAVING THIS EXIT BUILT BETWEEN THE HOME DEPOT AND THE COALS, WHICH WILL FEED TRAFFIC INTO THAT PARKING LOT, WHICH IS ALREADY OVERWHELMED BY JACK THE BOX AND CHICK-FIL-A AND HOME DEPOT WHEN YOU'RE DOING GARDENING.
ANYWAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A LOT
THEY'VE REPRESENTED THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE A GREAT PLACE FOR HOMES BECAUSE
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A COMMERCIAL, PRO COMMERCIAL BUSINESS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SEEN FROM THE HIGHWAY, AND THEREFORE IT COULDN'T BE USED FOR ANYTHING CUZ NO RETAILER WOULD BE THERE.I ASSERT TO YOU THAT THAT IS NOT INNOVATION.
THINK ABOUT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT COULD SURVIVE AND WOULD WANT TO BE OFF THE HIGHWAY.
PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT A CHILD'S DAYCARE TO BE ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE ANYBODY COULD SWOOP THROUGH, SNATCH MY CHILD FROM THE PLAYGROUND AND TAKE OFF ON 67.
IT'D BE A GREAT PLACE FOR THAT.
WE ALSO COULD BE REALLY INNOVATIVE AND BEAT THE SOTO, PUT A SPA THERE WITH A LITTLE GOLF COURSE, A LITTLE BIT FLATTER THAN WHAT DESOTO IS.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE PLACED THERE THAN A HUGE BIG BOX RETAILER.
LIKE THEY'RE CONTINUALLY SAYING THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THERE.
NO AMAZON, AS THEY REPRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING, WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO IN THAT SPACE AND PROBABLY WOULDN'T.
CONSIDERING HOW LARGE THEY ARE, THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT COULD SIT THERE.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE US CHANGING THE ZONING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
IT REQUIRES US TO BE INNOVATIVE AND FIND THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD WANT TO BE IN THAT SPACE.
WE EVEN HAVE THE OPTION OF REBUILDING THE SKATING RINK THAT'S DOWNTOWN AND PUTTING IT THERE.
AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT YOUR CHILDREN RIGHT THERE ON THE SERVICE ROAD.
YOU WANT THEM TO BE SOMEPLACE A LITTLE BIT TUCKED AWAY.
SO FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE HIGHLY CONCERNED THAT THE ISSUES WITH THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT MAY COME IN WITH CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE TO JUST INFLATE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
HAVE THEY ACCOUNTED FOR THE OTHER HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT JUST A MILE AWAY FROM US ON JOE WILSON WHEN THEY'RE SAYING, OH, IT'S OKAY TO BRING THIS IN.
I THINK NOT, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM.
AND THEN TO NOT HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY IN AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY HIGHLY POPULATED BECAUSE WE HAVE A POST OFFICE THERE, WE HAVE A WALGREENS THERE, WE HAVE THREE NEW STRUCTURES GOING IN.
IT'S JUST A GREAT INJUSTICE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO OUR CITY.
SO I URGE YOU TO DENY THIS MOTION TO CHANGE THAT PROPERTY FROM COM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE TRAVELING IN, IN AND OUT ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT COMMERCIAL, THERE'S A CUTOFF.
AND IF THE RIGHT COMMERCIAL THING IS THERE, YOU MAY EVEN EVEN HAVE MORE LIMITED USE OF THAT ROAD ROADS GETTING TO AND FROM THE FACILITY.
WERE YOU FOR OR AGAINST? I'M SORRY.
WERE YOU FOR OR AGAINST? OH, TOTALLY AGAINST IT.
YOU DIDN'T GET THAT
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PD 516 2022
HI, MY NAME IS LISA THREE AND, UH, MAYOR, YOU SAID MY LAST NAME CORRECTLY.
THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING FOR ME TO HEAR.
NO ONE EVER GETS MY LAST NAME CORRECT.
SO, UM, MY NAME IS LISA THREE.
I LIVE AT SEVEN, UH, 96 LAVERNE STREET IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
AND KELLY HAS JUST TAKEN ALL OF MY TALKING POINTS, BUT I DID WANNA FOCUS ON WHAT I, UH, CAME OUT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS WE HAD WAS THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FROM THE 632 TRIPS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE PRESENTATION, THEY SAID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS AWARE AND THEY HAD NO CONCERNS.
BUT THAT'S A VERBAL, THAT'S A VERBAL STATEMENT, A WRITTEN STATEMENT, A WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION THAT THE SCHOOL HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT IT.
WHETHER IT'S GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT.
I FEEL FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, YOU NEED TO HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT THEY'VE REVIEWED IT AND THEY HAVE, UM, LOOKED AT ALL THE AVENUES.
SO EVEN IF IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT, WE AT LEAST HAVE A REFERENCE TO KNOW THAT THEY SEE IT, THEY DON'T FEEL IT'S A PROBLEM, THEY DO FEEL IT'S A PROBLEM.
BUT JUST TO SAY AT A, AT THE MEETING THAT THEY, THEY KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY HAVE NO CONCERNS.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A BEST PRACTICE TO ME.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WRITTEN RESPONSE THAT I FEEL WHEN YOU HAVE THIS TYPE OF IMPACT TO OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE MORE CHILDREN ARE GONNA COME IN.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA HANDLE IT? WHAT IS CEDAR HILL SCHOOL DISTRICTS GAME PLAN FOR THE INFLUX OF THESE NEW, OF THESE STUDENTS? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY ONLY RESPOND IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A CATASTROPHE.
IN ALL DUE RESPECT, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD HAVE ANY MORE OF A CATASTROPHE FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DID GET ITS BOND PACKAGE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH C UH, TEACHERS, POOR FACILITIES, UNDERTRAINED TEACHERS, AND OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY.
SO YOU HAVE TO RESPOND WHEN YOU HAVE NEW BUILDINGS OR NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN THAT ARE BRINGING IN, IN CHILDREN.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE CEDAR HILL GAME PLAN IS.
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THERE HAS TO BE TRANSPARENCY IN THAT.AND SO, AGAIN, DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS, YOU JUST CAN'T SAY THEY KNOW ABOUT IT AND JUST THINK THAT'S ENOUGH FOR US TO GO BY BECAUSE IT'S NOT SECOND, THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THEY ASSOCIATED 632 TRIPS WITH THIS TRAFFIC STUDY IN THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, WHERE DID THAT NUMBER COME FROM? HOW WAS IT CALCULATED? HOW OLD IS IT? HOW OLD IS IT? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TRANSPARENCY ON WHERE IT CAME FROM.
I GREW UP ON LONG DIVISION AND TIMES TABLES.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW ME HOW YOU GOT TO 632 TRIPS.
IF THE RULE IS, UH, LESS THAN A THOUSAND TRIPS, DON'T REQUIRE A A TRAFFIC STUDY.
HOW'D YOU, HOW'D YOU CALCULATE THE 6 32? I CAN SURMISE THAT THAT 6 32 CAME FROM OLD HISTORICAL DATA HAS TO BE PLUS 20 YEARS OLD ESTIMATE JUST SURMISING, BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DATA CAME FROM BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I BELIEVE THAT 6 32 IS, IS ROLLED OVER FROM WHEN HOME DEPOT WAS BEING BUILT AND ALBERTSONS, ITS OLD HISTORICAL DATA AND YOU CANNOT USE HISTORICAL DATA THAT IS 20 PLUS YEARS OLD.
SO IN 2000 TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN 2023, CEDAR HILL HAS GROWN, THE TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED.
I'M ON THE CORNER OF LAVERNE CANADA DAY.
IT IS A, IT IS A SPEEDWAY EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THE TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED.
I'VE BEEN THERE 21 YEARS IN MY HOUSE.
SO I'VE SEEN THE INCREASE OF TRAFFIC AND THE INCREASE OF, UM, CITIZENS TO OUR AREA.
SO A TRAFFIC STUDY IS WARRANTED, GOOD, BETTER, INDIFFERENT, IT'S WARRANTED SO WE CAN GET SOME VALID INFORMATION.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 6 32 CAME FROM.
IF THERE'S OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS I CAN MAKE AND YOU GUYS CAN SHOW ME WHERE IT IS, THEN FINE.
BUT THE TRANSPARENCY HAS TO BE THERE.
YOU JUST CAN'T SLAP NUMBERS ON SOMETHING AND EXPECT US TO JUST SAY, OH, OKAY, WHEN WE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE SEE THE TRAFFIC.
SO YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, LET'S PEE IN OUR LEG AND TELL US IT'S RAINING AND JUST THINK OF SAY, OH YEAH, 16 6 32, LET'S SURE WE BELIEVE THAT YOU, YOU GOTTA SHOW US.
YOU GOTTA LET US KNOW WHERE THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM.
AND I
IT'S IMPEDING ON THE TRANQUILITY OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE BEST FOR WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THAT AREA.
I DON'T THINK COMMERCIAL WILL BE THAT MUCH DIFFICULT.
I I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAVE IT'S TRAFFIC IS TRAFFIC.
IF IT HAS A TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC AS, UH, KELLY MENTIONED, IT'S GONNA BE LIMITED TRAFFIC NINE TO FIVE.
SO I REALLY WOULD, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS GOING FORWARD.
AND I HOPE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE FOLKS WHO ARE BUILDING THEIR GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW WE WANNA KEEP IT CALM AND PRISTINE AND TO CONTINUE TO LIVE THERE AND ENJOY OUR SURROUNDINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANYONE ELSE LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 516 2022? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PD 516 2022? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH.
I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, COUNSEL, I'LL OPEN, OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DELIBERATION AS WE WERE MADE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THAT TOO.
YOU KNOW, AND SHE WAS, WHEN SHE WAS INDICATING THAT WE HAD 632 TRIPS, WAS THAT SOMETHING PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER OR WAS THAT, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE, WE HAD, UH, UH, HAD IN OUR, FROM OUR STAY? UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR, THE, AS PART OF THE ZONING SUBMITTAL, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUIRES US TO SUBMIT A ITT TRAFFIC FORM.
IT'S THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS AND THEY USE DATA, TRAFFIC DATA TO CALCULATE FOR DIFFERENT USES WHAT THE PEAK HOURLY TRIPS AND DAILY TRIPS WOULD BE FOR A CERTAIN SIZE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS IS A FORM THAT THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT USE, AND WE FILL OUT AND SUBMIT.
AND IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF, WE HAVE THIS MANY SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, IT'S MULTIPLIED BY THIS NUMBER AND IT, IT GIVES US THE NUMBER OF TRIPS AND IT'S BASED ON DATA AS IT IS HISTORICAL DATA.
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THAT FORM.AND I BELIEVE THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IS USING ONE OF THE LATEST, UM, MANUALS FROM THE IT, UM, WE LOOKED AT THAT AS PART OF THE SUBMITTAL.
WE WERE REQUIRED TO INPUT WHAT THE EXISTING USE NUMBER OF TRIPS WOULD BE AND A BASED ON WITHOUT A SITE PLAN OR ACTUAL WHAT IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED AS RETAIL.
WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS AND THEN WE PUT WHAT THE NUMBER OF TRIPS WOULD BE BASED ON THAT FORM FOR A SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE RETAIL USE, DEPENDING ON HOW IT DEVELOPED, WAS GONNA RANGE BETWEEN EIGHT 8,000 TRIPS AND 13,000 TRIPS.
AND THE SINGLE FAMILY USE WAS 630 ROUGHLY, PLUS OR MINUS.
UM, IT'S A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC BASED ON THE USE.
UM, AND IT IS A, WITH THE CITY ORDINANCE, AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE TRAFFIC'S REALLY BAD NOW, BUT THEY LOOK AT IT BASED ON THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IF THIS DEVELOPMENT ISN'T GONNA CONTRIBUTE AN ADDITIONAL THOUSAND TRIPS OR MORE, THEN THEY DON'T REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CAN'T BE REQUIRED BY SOMEBODY ELSE AT SOME POINT, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN OVERALL LOOK AT THE ENTIRE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AND HOMES IN THAT AREA AND WOULD BE MUCH LARGER THAN THE SCOPE OF JUST THIS 12 ACRE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT TH THAT'S WHERE THOSE NUMBERS COME FROM.
SO WHEN YOU SAY HISTORICAL, UM, IS THERE SOME KIND OF IN INDICATOR THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, HOW CURRENT THAT HISTORICAL IS OR HOW, HOW DOES THAT, UM, EVERY YEAR OR TWO OF THE INSTITUTE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS UPDATES THE MANUAL AND THEY UPDATE THEIR SPREADSHEETS FOR THOSE CALCULATIONS.
AND I BELIEVE THE CURRENT ONE IS 2020 OR 2021, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS IS USING ONE OF THE MOST RECENT MANUALS.
SO I, I HAVE SOME OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS.
UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, I THINK FROM WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, AND I THINK OF OUR COMP PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH, UH, WITH, UM, SUBDIVISIONS COMING IN AND HOW WE WANT SCREEN SPACE AND, AND SO FORTH.
THIS ONE HERE SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S REALLY STACKED REAL CLOSE TOGETHER.
UM, YOU'VE GOT SOME AREAS THERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU REDUCED SOME OF THE, UH, UM, SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE.
I GUESS THAT WAS BECAUSE YOU INCREASED THE LOT SIZE.
WAS THAT THE REASON? YEAH, WHEN WE INCREASED THE LOT WIDTHS YEAH.
WE REDUCED A LITTLE BIT OF THE SPACE.
IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM LOSING MORE THAN THREE LOTS.
I I LIKE THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY ADDRESSED THE ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO NOT HAVING MULTI, YOU KNOW, MULTI STORIES BACK THERE.
UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S BUTTING UP TO LAVERNE, YOU KNOW, COURT BACK THERE.
UM, BUT YOU SAID IN THE, IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT COMMERCIAL WAS A 20 FOOT SETBACK AND I THINK IN YOURS IS GONNA BE A 10 FOOT SETBACK.
IT IS A 10 FOOT REAR REAR YARD FOR RESOLUTION.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO 'EM NOW FROM, FROM A RETAIL, FROM A LOCAL RETAIL STANDPOINT VERSUS A A, UH, UM, RESIDENTIAL.
YES, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT THEY KIND OF CONCERNED ME IN THAT, BUT ACTUALLY WE DID, WE DID MODIFY THAT ALONG THOSE REAR LOTS, UM, THE, THOSE EXISTING HOMES TO BE 15 FOOT, WHERE EVERYWHERE ELSE IT'S 10 FOOT.
AND THEN I, THEN I LOOK AT YOUR PERCENTAGES OF WHAT, WHAT THE SIZES OF HOUSES AND THE PRICE RANGE FROM TWO 50 TO, WHAT WAS IT, 300, 3 50.
AND, UH, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THE 1,250 SQUARE FOOTERS HAS GOT TOO MUCH OF A PERCENTAGE IN, IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, IN THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND FOR MY, FOR MY TASTE.
BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEBODY FOR 1200 SQUARE FOOT ONCE IT'S GONNA SERVE OFF A $250,000.
SO JUST, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF MY EXPERTISE.
I'M A CONSULTING ENGINEER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THAT'LL BE MARKET DRIVEN AND THE MARKET'S BEEN GOING UP AND DOWN QUITE A BIT LATELY.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I APPRECIATE ALL THE QUE THE ANSWERS OF THE QUESTIONS.
THOSE ARE JUST MY CONCERNS AS AM I LOOKING AT BECAUSE I'M SORRY.
THANK, UH, YES, I KINDA HAVE, UH, SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS THAT, UH, THE YOUNG LADY HAD ABOUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND I KIND OF MOVE AROUND AND, AND FIRST OF ALL, DON'T MENTION THE SCHOOL.
THAT'S A WHOLE, THAT'S A REAL SOURCE SUBJECT WITH ME.
SO THEY ACTUALLY NEED MORE STUDENTS TO, UH, COME INTO THE DISTRICTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BOND NOT PASSING, THAT'S A TOTALLY, TOTALLY SORE SUBJECT WITH ME.
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IN REFERENCE TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY, I, I AGREE WITH HER.YOU JUST KIND OF THROWING SOMETHING OUT THERE, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN DUTCH BROTHERS WAS BUILT AND THERE WAS A REAL BIG PROBLEM JUST GETTING INTO, YOU KNOW, WHO DUTCH BROTHERS IS, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MEAN, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE, THE RULES.
I I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION AS TO WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A TRAFFIC SURVEY WAS DONE AND YOU SAID 21, 22.
YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT HOMES THAT'S BEING BUILT OVER THERE, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
AND JUST, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR FEELING WITH YOU JUST SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE JUST SURE.
AND AND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY WAS THE, THE DATA THAT'S USED TO CALCULATE THE, THE TRIP GENERATION IS WHAT'S UPDATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND OVERALL TRAFFIC STUDY, I CAN'T SAY WHEN I'M SURE THAT THE LAST ONE WAS DONE WHEN THAT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT CAME IN.
WHAT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT CAME IN WHEN THE BIG BOX WITH COLE'S HOME DEPOT, ALBERTSON'S, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YEARS AGO.
THAT WAS NO, BUT I, MY GUESS IS THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN IT WAS DONE, BUT I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.
SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, THERE ARE CONCERNS AND AS COUNCILMAN HAYDEN SAY, UH, YOU HAVE MORE 1,250 SQUARE FOOT HOMES AND THAT'S WHAT 65% OF THEM THAT'S GOING TO BE IN, IN FIVE UNITS ON THE ACRE.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TRAFFIC STUDY.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A, A PARCEL OF LAND THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A, A LONG, AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS FIT.
UM, EVEN HAVING THE PARK ON THE ONE END, HAVING IT, THE GATED COMMUNITY, HAVING IT ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS, A FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS AND HAVING A HOA TO PROTECT IT.
UM, THERE'S JUST SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT JUST AREN'T ADDING UP FOR ME.
THE HOMES THAT ARE 1,250 SQUARE FEET ARE THOSE TWO BEDROOMS OR THREE BEDROOM HOMES.
WANNA SPEAK TO THEM? BE HARD TO HAVE THREE BEDROOM, NO, FIRST HOUSE, THREE BEDROOM.
UH, MY NAME IS, UH, UH, VAN MOARI.
UH, I'M THE DEVELOPER AND I LIVE AT, UH, THOUSAND 65 ATWOOD DRIVE, FRESCO, TEXAS.
THE, THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY BEDROOMS? THE 1250 IS GOING TO BE THE THREE BEDROOM ONE.
IT'S A SINGLE STORY, THREE BEDROOM HOUSE.
AND, AND THEN THERE'S A RANGE ABOUT 1400 SQUARE FEET TO 1700 SQUARE FEET FOR 65% OF THOSE HOMES.
UM, SO WHEN I'M CALCULATING, IT'S THE POTENTIAL OF YOU'RE ON THE MINIMUM AND THOSE HOMES ARE 1400 SQUARE FEET, AND THEN THE 1200 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S A, A ACCORDING TO THE 66 HOMES THAT WERE IN, THE, OUR, OUR DOCUMENTS, THAT'S 43, THERE'S 56 HOMES.
THAT'S AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF THOSE HOMES.
OF THOSE 66 OR 63 HOMES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE LESS THAN 1500 SQUARE FEET, UM, I'M JUST NOT REALLY SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK IN THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS ALSO OF INDIVIDUALS COMING IN AND OUT THAT GATE, THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE ONLY ACCESS IS GOING BACK UP THROUGH CANDIDATE BACK ONTO BELTLINE.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
THERE'S SOME OF THE OTHER MECHANICS IN THERE WHERE YOU'RE ALLOCATING FOUR CARS AND TWO CARS IN THE, IN THE GARAGE, AND THEN THE DRIVEWAY'S HAVING TWO CARS AND THEREFORE STILL HAVING, UH, THE, THE EASEMENTS OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO USE THE, THE SIDEWALKS.
JUST LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, MOST PEOPLE, IF THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM FOR FOUR CARS, THEY'RE GONNA PUT FOUR CARS THERE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS MOVING INTO A 1200 OR 1400 SQUARE FOOT, UH, SQUARE FOOT HOME, IT'S NOT GONNA USE THAT GARAGE FOR STORAGE, THEREFORE, MOVING FOUR CARS INTO THE STREET.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING TO, TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY.
IT, IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, AT THE MINIMUM, I WOULD REALLY WANT TO SEE A TRAFFIC STUDY AS IMPACT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER.
THE, THE 15%, WHICH IS PROBABLY, UH, AROUND 12 HOMES OR 10 HOMES, IS BETWEEN 12 52 1400 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THAT'S THE ONLY MINIMUM THAT'S, BUT IT COULD BE BETWEEN 1250 TO 1400,
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AND THEN THE REMAINING WAS 65 FROM 1400 TO 1750.AND IF 1400 IS A CONCERN, I DO NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES CHANGING IT TO, UH, 1500 TO 1750 THAT BASICALLY COULD YOU SUPPORT 2000 SQUARE FOOT HOMES IN THE, IN THIS PROPERTY? THERE ARE, UH, UH, AT LEAST 15% OF THEM ARE THERE, UH, FOR THE, UH, 2000 SQUARE FEET.
AND IT IS REQUIRED TO BUILD, UH, TWO-STORY HOMES.
UH, AS WE AGREED TO THE SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY THERE THAT BEHIND THEIR HOMES AND THEY REQUESTED NOT TO BUILD TWO STORY HOMES.
THAT MEANS LIKE AT LEAST 30 TO 50% OF THE HOMES HAS TO BE THE BIGGER LOTS HAS TO BE A ONE STORY HOME.
AND THAT THAT'S WHAT, UH, HAPPENED.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY.
MY QUESTION IS, UH, FIRST QUESTION IS KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES, UM, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR YOU OR FOR STAFF, BUT WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN, UM, REQUESTING OR REQUIRING A TRAFFIC STUDY? HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT OR LASHONDRA, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT.
I THINK IT'S BEST FOR YOUR PUBLIC WORK QUESTION.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU'RE ASKING STAFF TO DO THE TIA OR THE DEVELOPER TO DO THE TIA? WELL, I'M, I'M JUST ASKING IN GENERAL, I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF DELAY WILL, WILL BE TAUGHT THE DEVELOPER, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF, WHAT DOES, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY? YEAH, I THINK THEY CAN PROBABLY GET IT DONE IN TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
IT DEPENDS ON WHO THEIR ENGINEER IS AND THEIR WORKLOAD, BUT IT WOULDN'T TAKE LONG TO DO.
THE, I'M SORRY, IT, AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, TOM JOHNSON IS, IS, IS, IS RESPONDING.
UM, UH, MR. JOHNSON, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, THE NUMBER WAS I THINK 6 53, 6 33, 6 32.
TRAFFIC PER MONTH, TRAFFIC PER YEAR.
WHAT IT'S PROJECT, IT'S PROJECTED TRIPS AND, OKAY.
UM, FIR FIRST OF ALL, UH, THE WORKSHEET THAT WE USE, WE USE ON EVERY DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN, UM, IT IS AN ITT WORKSHEET, UM, THAT WE USE.
AND I, I'D BE GLAD TO SHARE IT WITH OUR CITIZENS IF THEY WANNA COME UP TO OUR OFFICE.
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW WE USE THAT SHEET TO DETERMINE IF THE T I IS REQUIRED.
UM, JUST IN GENERAL, UM, 632 TRIPS.
UM, USUALLY OUR THRESHOLD IS AT A THOUSAND TRIPS IS WHEN WE REQUIRE THE T I.
SO WE DON'T REALLY NEED EVERY DEVELOPER WHO COMES IN TO DO A T I A.
THAT'S THE GUIDANCE WE USE AND THAT'S WHAT WE, UM, SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH THIS DEVELOPER.
UM, SECONDLY, UM, I DON'T DOUBT THAT THIS DEVELOPER OR THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CAUSE MORE CARS TO BE ON CAN, AND IT WILL IMPACT PROBABLY THE SIGNAL LIGHT AT 1382.
UM, 1382 IS OWNED BY TECH STOCK.
UM, SO EVERY PERIODICALLY WE DO WORK WITH TEXTILE ON THE TIMING OF THEIR SIGNAL LIGHTS.
UM, AND THEY CAN BE ADJUSTED BASED ON WHAT THE TRAFFIC IS.
AND THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AROUND, UM, THE, UH, THE COTTAGES AND THE THREE RETAIL, THEY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON 1382.
AND SO WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO TEXDOT AND ASKING EM TO REAR THE REEVALUATE THE SIGNAL TIMING.
UM, THE T I WHEN, WHEN THEY'LL DO IT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF THAT.
UM, IT MAY COME WHERE, HEY, LET'S GET WITH TEXT DOT ON THE SIGNAL AT TIMING.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, RIGHT TURN LANES.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE DEAL WITH SOME HEAVY, UM, TRIP TRAFFIC USERS, UM, WHERE WE END UP ADDING LANES AND SO FORTH.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND THAT, UM, KENNEDY IS A COLLECTOR STREET.
IT'S WORKING AS A COLLECTOR STREET LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
UM, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD MAY HIM OUT OF THE, WOULD COME OUT OF IT IS A REASSESSMENT OF THE TIMING ON THAT SIGNAL LIGHT RIGHT THERE AT KENNEDY IN 1382.
I I THINK THAT THAT ANSWERS THE, THE QUESTION I HAD ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE IS, I MEAN, I, I WORK WITH, WITH RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS EVERY DAY.
SO I KNOW COSTS HAVE, HAVE ESCALATED IN A, A 1,250 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE COULD EASILY COST $250,000, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A, A, A GOOD PRICE POINT FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW.
SO I I'M NOT AS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THE PERCENTAGES SOUND HIGHER BECAUSE YOU'VE ONLY GOT 63, UH, LOTS TOTAL.
SO I'M NOT AS CONCERNED WITH THAT EITHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I, UNDER, I, I'M SYMPATHETIC WITH THE, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M SYMPATHETIC WITH THE HOMEOWNERS.
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I KNOW THAT YOU, YOU'VE LIVED WITH THIS VACANT PROPERTY BEHIND YOUR HOUSE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND I UNDERSTAND THE ANGST OF NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS PROPERTY IS GONNA BE DEVELOPED.UM, I, I LIVED ON THE STREET WHERE I WAS THE ONLY HOUSE ON THE STREET FOR A LONG TIME AND, AND I DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY, ANYBODY WAS EVER GONNA COME BUILD NEXT TO ME.
AND, AND, UH, CERTAINLY IT CAUSED SOME ANGST FOR ME WHEN I SAW 'EM BREAKING GROUND, YOU KNOW, UH, ON, ON THE LOT NEXT TO ME.
AND, UH, IT TOOK SOME ADJUSTMENT FOR ME.
SO, BUT, UM, I, I LIKED THE PROJECT.
UH, I, I KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES TO, TO WORK OUT HERE, UH, FOR SURE.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, UH, THANK YOU, TOM, FOR COMING UP AND INGESTING THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO.
UM, I, I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IF YOU, IF YOU'D COME BACK UP.
SO WE, WE'VE HEARD FROM, UH, THE DEVELOPER'S ENGINEER, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU IS, DO YOU FEEL A TRAFFIC STUDY IS WARRANTED? I MEAN, I, I, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU ANSWER THAT.
I MEAN, I'VE HEARD NUMBERS, AND I KNOW THE THRESHOLD IS A THOUSAND, BUT DO YOU FEEL A, A TRAFFIC, UH, STUDY IS WARRANTY? UH, NO, I DON'T.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH THAT WORKSHEET.
UM, IT'S PROVEN, IT'S BENEFICIAL.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THE TRIPS THAT 62, 63 LOTS AND ACCORDING TO OUR WORKSHEET, UM, COMES EVEN NEAR THE THOUSAND PROJECTED TRIPS THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE TIA.
SO, NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S, SO THE PROJECTION OF THE NUMBER OF TRIPS OR SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS, IS RELATIVELY ACCURATE? YES.
THAT'S, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPER'S ENGINEER, BUT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM MY OWN PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT CARRIES MORE WEIGHT WITH ME.
SECONDLY, UM, I HAVE A REAL CONCERN.
UH, I HAVE A REAL CONCERN WITH, UH, WELL, FIRST LET ME ASK A QUESTION.
THIS, THIS 1,250 SQUARE FEET HOME, WHO ARE YOU MARKETING THIS HOUSE TO THIS HOME, TO THESE HOMES TO 20% IS 1250.
WHO ARE YOU MARKETING THIS TO? SOMEBODY SAID SOME ABOUT FAMILIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ARE, UH, TARGETING TO THE YOUNG FAMILIES WORKING IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS THAT WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE, UH, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THEN TRAVEL AND COME BACK AND YOUNG FAMILIES.
UM, SO I, I JUST, THE REASON WHY I ASK, CUZ FOR A YOUNG FAMILY, 1200 AND 1,250 SQUARE FEET IS, IS A SIZE OF A NICE APARTMENT.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY SMALL.
I HAVE A CONCERN, AND I SHARE THIS WITH CITY MAYOR, MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THIS IS THAT THAT 1,250 SQUARE FEET IS, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S HOPEFULLY SMALL.
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE ONLY NINE HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE 1,250 IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I, I, THE INFORMATION WE HAD WAS 20%, WHICH IF YOU GOT 63 HOMES, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN NINE HOMES.
IF, IF I, MY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN NINE.
SO, UH, I'M SORRY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT 15%, BUT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO, I MEAN, I, THAT THAT'S MY, I MEAN, I THINK MR. JOHNSON, MY PUBLIC WORK HAS, HAS ALLEVIATED MY CONCERNS WITH THE TRAFFIC.
UH, BUT I HAVE A REAL CONCERN WITH THESE 1,250 SQUARE FEET HOMES, UH, FOR FAMILIES.
UH, THAT ONE'S MAKES ME THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE.
I MEAN, SO THEY, WE, WE MENTIONED AS 250 AS MINIMUM, BUT ACTUAL RANGE FOR THOSE LOTS IS 1,250 TO, UH, 1400.
SO WE CALCULATED IN A SUCH A WAY LIKE YOUNG COUPLES LIVING IN AN APPOINTMENT OR PAYING ABOUT RENT BETWEEN TWO TO 2,500.
SO THIS, THESE STARTED HOMES BASICALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN START THEIR FAMILIES, UH, INSTEAD OF LIVING IN A, IN AN APARTMENT, BUT THEY CAN START THEIR FAMILY IN A NEW HOME THAT THEY OWN, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, WE WERE TARGETING FOR THOSE, UH, UH, AND COUPLES AND WHO WANTS TO HAVE A DREAM OF OWNING A HOME.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M JUST AT, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT NUMBER, MR. I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT NUMBER AND IF THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I AM.
UM, I HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, ALLOW ME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH THE, UH, UM, ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE JUST WAITED TO COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE DIRECTION.
YOU, UH, I, I, I ASSUME THAT WAS, UM, A, A SENSE OF PROACTIVENESS.
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YOU TO, UH, OR, OR STAFF ASKED YOU TO MEET WITH THEM, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
SO, UH, THERE WAS ENOUGH, UM, PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, UM, AND INCLUDING THE, THE TWO PEOPLE WE HEARD FROM TODAY.
AND WE MET WITH BOTH OF THEM AND SEVERAL LEVEL OWNERS AFTER THE PLANNING FIRST PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO ALLEVIATE THEIR CONCERNS.
WELL, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO, BUT I, I DO WANNA GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOW HANGING FRUIT, THIS IS THE COUNCIL MEETING, IT'S NOT SCHOOL BOARD.
I WOULD RECOMMEND YOUR CONCERNS TO ACTUALLY BE, YOU KNOW, JUST TOWARDS THE SCHOOL BOARD IF, IF, IF, IF YOU NEED ANSWERS.
UH, THE DEVELOPER SURE CAN'T ANSWER 'EM, BUT I THINK THEY'RE VALID QUESTIONS.
HOWEVER, UM, THERE IS A I S D UH, COMPONENT TOWARDS THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
AND I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION CAUSE I DO KNOW THAT ANSWER, BUT DO YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THAT CONCERN? THE, THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN THE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES? I THINK THAT'S AN EASY ANSWER, BUT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A, WELL, AS PART OF THE ZONING SUBMITTAL, WE HAD TO GIVE NOTIFICATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UM, AS THE PLANNING STAFF HAS INDICATED, UM, THEY'RE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THEY LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS.
AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM PLANNING AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING WAS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENT, BUT THEY HAVE REVIEWED IT AND LOOKED AT IT.
AND JUST TO ELABORATE, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL REVIEW COMMITTEES FOR EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON IN CEDAR HILL, UH, THEY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, ESSENTIALLY.
THEY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SPEED ZONE, IS THERE SIDEWALKS, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT WILL IMPACT OR IMPEDE ON, UH, ANYTHING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SCHOOL BUS ROUTES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN THEY SAY THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH THAT, THEY'RE ACTUALLY REFERRING TO THE FORM THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT COMMENT.
SO I, I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, AND I, AND I KIND OF KNEW WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, THAT WAS RESPONDED TO, UM, UH, THE, UM, I GUESS THE OVERWHELMING OF SCHOOLS, AGAIN, I GUESS YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT TOWARDS THE, THE, UH, THE CITY.
THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT TRANQUILITY.
I'M JUST SPEAKING OUT LOUD AND I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT TRANQUILITY.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S ZONE, UM, YOU KNOW, RETAIL.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, REZONING, UM, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
YOU'RE SAYING IT'S GONNA BE ONE STORY, IT'S NOT GONNA BE TWO STORY.
IF IT IS RETAIL, UM, THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TOWARDS IT.
SO IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, STILL KEEP THAT INQU, NOW IS THE TIME FOR COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL BE TRANSPARENT.
MY, MY VERY FIRST HOME, I, I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, MY VERY FIRST HOME WAS 1100 SQUARE FEET, A THREE BEDROOM.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT WAS MY SCENARIO.
EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WALKS OF LIFE.
UM, HOWEVER, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, MATTER OF FACT, I JUST ASK, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THE PERCENTAGES FOR A MINIMUM SQUARE FEET? UH, COUNSEL, IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER, THEN I'LL SUGGEST THAT YOU'D BE THINKING ABOUT THAT WHENEVER THERE'S A MOTION, UH, TO BE ABLE TO COME UP.
UM, THERE'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, IN THE COMMENTS, I GUESS WHEN YOU MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOMEONE SAID THAT THEY DID NOT LIKE HOA.
I PERSONALLY THINK THAT AN HOA WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE CONTROL TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU, I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT COMMENT WHEN WE MET WITH THEM FOR DINNER.
BUT I, I, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, BUT I THINK THE CONCERN WAS THAT THEY MIGHT BE PULLED INTO THAT HOA, WHEREAS IT'S REALLY JUST FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE.
AND IT WASN'T GONNA AFFECT THEM.
AND KEEPING IT A GATED COMMUNITY.
I GUESS THE ONLY LAST QUESTION IS JUST FOR GENERAL, UH, UM, AUDIENCE.
UM, I THINK SINCE THE 2008, UM, RECESSION, UH, THE LAST SUBDIVISION THAT WAS BUILT WAS PRIOR TO THAT.
UM, EVERYONE KNOWS HERE THAT, UH, THE INVENTORY IN CEDAR HILL, UH, IS PLENTIFUL.
UM, THERE ARE NO, UH, ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.
WE HAD SOME APPLICATIONS FOR SOME DEVELOPMENTS, AND THEN WE HIT ANOTHER RECESSION THIS PAST YEAR.
UH, SO EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH AT A STANDSTILL.
UH, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO SUBDIVISION ACTIVITIES EXCEPT FOR BEAR CREEK PHASE THREE, UH, WITHIN THE LAST 15 YEARS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, NOW OF COURSE, IN THIS CASE, THIS IS A REZONING FOR, UH, SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS GONNA BE POTENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT, DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT, UH, IT IS COMING SOON.
SO, UH, THAT IS KIND OF MY, MY, MY 2 CENTS, UH, THAT
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I'M HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL.AND THEN HEARD FROM, UM, THE CITIZENS WHO SPOKE THAT QUESTIONS I FELT DIDN'T GET ADDRESSED.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, AND THERE'S ONE LAST THING.
I WROTE DOWN THIS LAST COMMENT, THEN I OPENED UP TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER COMMENTS.
UH, THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, LET'S BE INNOVATIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, WE JUST PASSED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN JUST LAST YEAR WITHIN THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE HAVE GREAT INNOVATION, WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ALSO HAVE GREAT, UM, GREEN SPACE TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND NOW WE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO MAKE THOSE ACTIVE, YOU KNOW, UH, OPEN SPACES.
SO THROUGHOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE'S A LOT OF INNOVATION WITHIN THAT.
I JUST FIGURED I'D JUST SHARED THAT WITH YOU AS THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN DILIGENT, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE TO, TO MAKE SURE WE TRY TO KEEP THAT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY COMMENT.
COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF WRAP THIS UP AND TRY TO GIVE SOME TYPE OF DIRECTION.
COUNCIL HAYDEN MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, YEAH, I, I, I, UH, I, I CONCUR WITH, UH, WITH, WITH COUNCILMAN CHAD MCCURDY OVER THERE.
REALLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, UH, OF WHAT'S BETTER USE FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, OUR, OUR ENGINEER IS, HAS SATISFIED ME WITH REGARDS TO A TRAFFIC STUDY.
AND I CAN SAY THAT, UH, FROM A STANDPOINT OF, OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT GOING IN THERE, THE TRAFFIC COUNT WOULD BE SO MUCH HIGHER, ESPECIALLY DURING YOUR HOLIDAYS AND SO FORTH, THAN WHAT WE'D HAVE A RESIDENTIAL.
SO, SO I THINK THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF IT TO ME IS, IS BETTER SUITED FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN THAT AREA.
UH, I'M HAPPY OF NOT HAVING THE, THE TRAFFIC STUDY AT THIS POINT.
I, I WAS JUST KIND OF CONCERNED ON THE SIZE OF THE LOTS.
I THINK THE HOA SIDE OF IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT THAT, UH, BOARD ON BOARD, WOOD FENCE IN THE BACK, IF IT'S EIGHT FOOT, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA TAKE CARE OF IT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN HOA, THEN IT'S GONNA BE FALLING DOWN ON YOU BACK THERE.
SO TO ME, THE HOA COMPONENT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, SO THAT'S JUST WANT TO SAVE THAT.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IN HERE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA.
UM, DOES ANYONE WANT TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE ON THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOT? I JU I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
YOU KNOW, UM, I KNOW THAT THE 1,250 SQUARE FEET SEEMS LIKE A SMALL HOUSE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE NOW, UM, IT, IT IS, IT HAS ESCALATED SO MUCH THAT IF YOU, IF WE INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE, YOU'RE GONNA INCREASE THE PRICE OF THE HOUSE.
AND IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND NEW CONSTRUCTION AT AROUND THE $250,000 PRICE RANGE.
UM, WE ARE, WE ARE DESPERATE FOR NEW HOMES IN THE CITY THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO PURCHASE AND MOVE INTO, ESPECIALLY STARTING FAMILIES.
AND WHILE, YOU KNOW, THIS SIZE SQUARE FOOT HOUSE MAY SEEM, UH, CROWDED TO, TO A LOT OF US, UH, TO SOMEBODY THAT'S TRYING TO START A FAMILY, IT MAY BE JUST WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
UM, AND SO, I MEAN, I, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH, WITH 20%, 20% SOUNDS HIGH, BUT THAT'S 12 HOUSES.
AND SO I, I'M, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THAT CUSTOMER, GLOVER.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, 60, I'M, AND I'M BASING THIS OFF OF THE MATH I DID EARLIER TODAY, WHEN THERE WAS 66 HOMES, UH, 10 OF THOSE HOMES WOULD BE 1800 TO 2000 SQUARE FEET.
43 OF THOSE HOMES WOULD BE FROM FOUR THOU 1400 TO 1750 AND 13 OF THOSE HOMES WOULD BE FROM 12, WOULD BE AT THAT 12, 12 50 SQUARE FEET.
UM, UH, MY FIRST HOME WE COULDN'T AFFORD.
SO WE HAD TO WORK HARDER TO FIND THE MONEY TO AFFORD THE DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE NEXT HOME.
THAT'S JUST BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.
AND GRANTED, IT WAS YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME TO CEDAR HILL BACK IN, BEFORE 2000 AND HOME PRICES WERE VERY DIFFERENT.
BUT JUST SERVING THAT UP THERE, AS I KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOMES REGARDLESS OF YOUR INCOME.
I HAVE YOUNG, YOUNG ADULTS THAT I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE DAD TO, AND ONE OF THEM HAS A HOME, THE OTHER TWO ARE IN THE APARTMENT.
SO I'LL, I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES TODAY WITH TRYING TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I, I, I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER WITH THE SIZE.
I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER WITH, I, I APPRECIATE THAT THAT IS A PARCEL OF LAND THAT HAS JUST NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.
AND IF WE DO NOTHING WITH IT, IT MAY NEVER GET DEVELOPED.
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WILL FIT THERE? AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE HOMES THAT CAN FIT INTO THE COMMUNITY, I THINK MAKES SENSE.I, I, I DON'T SEE THESE NUMBERS MAKING SENSE FOR ME.
SO PRO, SO MAYOR, I'M GONNA TRY TO FLOAT SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE A COMPROMISE HERE.
UM, AND I'M OKAY WITH THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY ASPECT HERE AS OPPOSED TO A REACH.
CAUSE I DO THINK THAT THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT LESS.
I, I MEAN, I'M, AND I'M OKAY WITH HEARING FROM MY, OUR OWN STAFF AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
SO MY CONCERNS ARE, UH, I HAVE NO CONCERNS HEARING FROM MY OWN PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
I WOULD JUST MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH THE ELIMINATION OF THE 1250.
THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, THE 1,250, THOSE 20%, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MOVED INTO THE, WHAT IS IT STARTING AT 1400? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? YES.
SO, UH, I, THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION THAT FOR APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ELIMINATION OF THE 20% OF THE HOMES AT 1250.
AND THAT WOULD GO INTO, UH, THE OTHER MIX.
UM, DO, DO WE HAVE THE OTHER DIMENSIONS? I I'LL SECOND MOTION.
WE, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, SO, SO I'M ASK A QUICK QUESTION MAY APPROACH HIM.
SO ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD BE 1400 SQUARE FEET.
THAT WHAT I'M SAYING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM? 2000.
SO, UM, AND, AND AS, AS FAR AS THE P E RECOMMENDATION, NOTHING CHANGED.
YOU STILL CONTINUE WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY NONE THE SAME.
ONLY CHANGE THAT I'M MAKING A RECOMMENDATION IS THE ELIMINATION OF THE 1,250 AT 20% THE REST OF IT.
SO THE MINIMUM IS 1400 SQUARE FEET.
ALL IN FAVOR BE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
ANY OPPOSITION TO OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT.
MOTION, UH, MOVE, UH, MAJORITY MOVES.
[c. Case No. FP-525-2023 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a final plat for Lot 4-R2R of The Promontory Addition, being a replat of Lot 4-R2 of The Promontory Addition and a portion of Lot 2 of the Garza Addition on property zoned “SF-E” (Single-Family Estate Residential with minimum 1-acre lots) District, generally located at the northern terminus of Promontory Drive, west of Mobley Road with the approximate address being 1643 Promontory Drive. Applicants/Property Owners: David and Nancy Hubler, Hubler Revocable Trust]
HEARING IS CASE NUMBER FP 5 25.CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR OUR FINAL PLAT FOR LOT FOUR R TWO R OF THE PROMONTORY EDITION.
BEING A REPLA OF LOT FOUR R TWO OF THE PROMONTORY EDITION AND A PORTION OF LOT TWO OF THE GARZA EDITION ON PROPERTY ZONE S F E, SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE RESIDENTIAL WITH A MINIMUM LOTS WITH A WIDTH MINIMUM, ONE ACRE LOTS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN TERMINUS OF PULMONARY DRIVE, PRO DRIVE WEST OF MOBLEY ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS.
ADVOCATE PROPERTY OWNERS, DAVID AND NANCY HUBLER.
HUBLER, UH, REVCO REVO REVO, SOMEBODY HELP YOU OUT.
UH, DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? HUBLER, HUBLER HUBER? IS THAT WHAT I SAID? MM-HMM.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU? NANCY, HUB, UM, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO SAY ANYTHING UNLESS YOU I WILL SAY SOMETHING.
MY ADDRESS IS 1643 PROMONTORY.
I MEAN, MY PHONE NUMBER IS NINE SEVENTY TWO EIGHT THREE NINE ZERO ONE SEVENTY FIVE.
SO LISTENING TO WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM THE OTHER GENTLEMAN, WE WENT THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS TO PUT THE PROMONTORY ON THE GROUND AND IT'S JUST FUN BEING BACK IN THIS SAME BUILDING AND TRYING TO GET ALL THE ENGINEERING AND EVERYBODY ORGANIZED.
WE HAD SUCH A LOT OF COOPERATION FROM THE CITY PEOPLE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS.
ALAN SIMS AND GREG PORTER ARE MY GO-TO GUYS AND ROBERT WOODBURY.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE CURRENTLY IS THAT WE WERE ABLE, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY, IT'S THIS GIANT HILL THAT BUTTS UP TO THE STATE PARK.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THE FOUR ACRES OF THE ACTUAL DROP OFF FROM THE SITE SAILORS HERE, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER.
AND INITIALLY, UH, I THINK Y'ALL THOUGHT WE HAD TO HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO IT AND WATER AND ALL THAT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY AT THE CLIFF FACE, SO THERE'S NOTHING, IT'S ALL SCO.
NOTHING'S GONNA BE DONE TO IT.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE SPECIAL, BUT IT EVENTUALLY, ALL OF OUR PROPERTY ENDS DOWN AT THE STATE PARK AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF FUN.
SO IF YOU WANNA HAVE AN AMAZING VIEW, SOMETIME WE SEE LIKE NOBODY ELSE SEES BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS VIEW THAT GOES LIKE THIS BIG.
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ENJOY HAVING Y'ALL COME OUT.WE'RE JUST ADDING FOUR ACRES IN THAT WE BOUGHT FROM THEM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO DISPERSE MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE YEARS OF WORKING WITH YOU, WITH THE CITY COUNSELOR AND A P AND Z AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, CUZ IT'S BEEN A FUN JOURNEY.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, WE'LL GO INTO A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, AND IF COUNSEL HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING YOU UP,
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER FP 5 25 2023? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO FP 5 25 2023? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH.
I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? MAYOR? I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CASE NUMBER FP 5 2 5 2 23.
UH, I THINK I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR? DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? FROM COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS.
ALL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[d. Case No. FP-528-2023 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a final plat for the Garza Addition, Lot 2R being a replat of Lot 2, on property zoned “SF-E” (Single-Family Residential – Estate with minimum 1-acre lots) District, located on the east side of West Belt Line Road and north of Shadyridge Drive, with the approximate address being 2020 West Belt Line Road. Applicant/Property Owner: Tatiana Sala]
ITEM ON PUBLIC HEARING IS CASE NUMBER FP 5 28 2023.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT OF FOR THE GARZA EDITION.
LOT TWO R BEING A REPLAT OF LOT TWO ON PROPERTY ZONE SF E SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE WITH MINIMUM ACRE, ONE ACRE LOTS, UH, DISTRICT LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF WEST BELTLINE ROAD AND NORTH OF SHADY RIDGE DRIVE WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS B IN 2020 WEST BELTLINE ROAD.
APPLICANT PROPERTY OWNER, UH, TATIANA SAUNYA, DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY? HEY, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING TO COUNSEL? UM, OKAY.
MY NAME IS TE SALEK AND MY ADDRESS IS 5 61 DANEN DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
AND THIS ADDRESS IS WEST BELTLINE.
SO, UH, WE SOLD FOUR ACRES OF SECLUDED LAND, WHICH IS SIDE OF THE STEEP HILL TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
IT'S, IT'S FOREST IS BEAUTIFUL, LOTS OF ANIMALS, TREES, BIRDS,
SO WE TOOK GOOD CARE OF IT FOR 30 YEARS.
IT WAS, IT WAS TIME TO PART WITH THE PROPERTY TAXES.
WHEN SKY HIGHLIGHT A LADY, JUST, IT'S, IT STARTED SHUM, YOU KNOW, HIT THE WALLET.
SO WE SOLD THAT YOU ARE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS AND OKAY.
THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT FOR NOW.
WELL, UH, I I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC HEARING AND IF COUNSEL HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK UP.
UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO FP 5 28 2023? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO F P 5 28 2023? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH, I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNSEL, THE FLOOR IS OPEN, MAY MAKE A MOTION.
WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER F P 5 28 20 23.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCG GLOVER, UH, IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[e. Case No. CUP-530-2023 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for “outside storage” on property zoned “IP” (Industrial Park) District, generally located south of Edens Road, between Edgefield Way and High Meadows Way, with the approximate address being 1548 Edgefield Way. Applicant/Property Owner: Matt Ibarguen, Delta Steel Inc.]
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, CASE NUMBER, UH, C U P FIVE THREE 2023.CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE ON A PROPERTY ZONE IP INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT.
SOON LOCATED SOUTH OF EDENS ROAD BETWEEN EDGEFIELD WAVE AND HIGH MEADOWS WAY, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1548 EDGEFIELD WAY.
APPLICANT PROPERTY OWNER IS MATT, UH, IGAN, UH, DELTA STEELE.
YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING? SURE.
I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF DELTA STEEL IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, 5 0 1, UH, ROSE WEST ROSEDALE, FORT WORTH.
UM, WE ARE SEEKING TO USE THE PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY OWN AT THIS FACILITY OR THIS, UH, DES NEED ADDRESS FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN GROWING VERY RAPIDLY.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EMPLOYING MORE, CREATING MORE JOBS.
WE'D LIKE TO USE IT FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE SO WE CAN USE OUR INSIDE SPACE FOR MORE HIGH END MACHINERY, HIGH PROCESSING JOBS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YET.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUE OH, PUBLIC HEARING? SORRY.
IF COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE THE LAST THING I'LL ADD IN THERE IS THAT, THAT THIS MODEL OF STORAGE FOR WHAT WE DO IS PRETTY MUCH OUR INDUSTRY STANDARD.
THERE ARE 10 OF THESE, UH, TYPE OF WAREHOUSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONE CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF CATCH UP WITH OUR BROTHERS AND
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SISTERS OF OUR OTHER LOCATIONS.WELL, WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, TRY NOT TO GO TOO FAR IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, ARE THERE, UH, CASE, UM, I'M SORRY.
UH, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO C U P FIVE 30 2023? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO C U P FIVE 30 2023? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I'LL PROPOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, UH, I JUST A COMMENT BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION.
I'M JUST VERY THRILLED TO SEE YOU EXPANDING.
UH, I'VE, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO BE OUT ON THE PROPERTY.
VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOUR BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
UM, AND SO I I'M VERY MUCH SO IN SUPPORT OF YOU AND I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, UH, EXPANSION.
I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, CASE, UH, C U P 5 30 20 23.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO DO, HAVE A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR, UH, YOU TELL US WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S, UH, REQUIRING IT, REQUIRING THIS CHANGE.
I'M, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT IT TOO.
UM, THE INITIAL PRESENTATION WE HAD, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE MANY OF, OF, OF YOU OUT LAST YEAR, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN CHASING AND ARE STILL ARE CHASING IS SOME ADDITIONAL SOLAR WORK WE RECENTLY HOSTED JUST LAST WEEK.
UM, SOME PEOPLE FROM, UH, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT NAMELESS, BUT A VERY PROMINENT, UH, FINISHING AND COATING, WHATNOT, UH, COMPANY AND LOOKING AT USING POWDER COATING AND, AND PAINTING TREATMENTS FOR SOLAR FIELDS AND WHAT IMPACT THAT CAN HAVE IN, UH, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
AND WHERE WE'RE LOCATED, WE'RE VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED WHERE IT WILL TRAVEL.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT WE KNOW WE HAVE IS, UH, SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE WHERE WE'VE ALREADY BROUGHT IN A, UH, ROBOTIC COPPER TO SEVEN AXIS ROBOT MACHINE.
WE'VE BEEN GREEN LIT FOR ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE WE'VE DONE BETTER WITH IT THAN WE'VE EVER THOUGHT WE COULD.
AND, UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST GROWING AND WE CAN'T FEED IT FAST ENOUGH.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EAGER TO CREATE MORE JOBS, GET MORE INDUSTRY, AND BE ABLE TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE INDUSTRY AND THEN REVENUE OVER THE CITY.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PROTON.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a joint election agreement and service contract with Dallas County Elections to administer and conduct the City of Cedar Hill General Election on Saturday, May 6, 2023.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ELECTION MATTERS.CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT AND SERVICE CONTRACT WITH DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS TO ADMINISTER AND CONDUCT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL GENERAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY MAY 6TH, 2023.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS? UH, YES.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF, UH, CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON? PUSH THE RED BUTTON.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF, UM, YOU AS THE MAYOR WOULD LET THE DALLAS COUNTY ELECTION DEPARTMENT KNOW THAT THE WAY OUR CLERKS AND JUDGES HAVE BEEN TREATED ALL OVER DALLAS COUNTY AND SPECIALIST CEDAR HILL, UH, AND THEY WANT TO INCREASE TRIPLE OUR PAYMENT TO THEM.
AND I'M SAYING THIS FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS NOT FAIR FOR US, FOR HIM, FOR DALLAS COUNTY ELECTION TO CONTINUALLY TREAT OUR JUDGES AND CLERKS THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN TREATED AND EXPECT FOR DALLAS AND EXPECT FOR THESE CITIES TO PAY THEM THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
SO I FEEL IF WE LET THE ELECTION, UH, ADMINISTRATOR KNOW THAT, WHY ARE YOU INCREASING US THIS MUCH, $48,000 OR 42 FROM WHAT WE USED TO PAY, AND THEN TREAT US THE WAY YOU TREAT OUR JUDGES AND CLERKS THAT WE ARE NOT HAPPY.
SO, UH, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT I WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UH, COUNSEL, IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT IN SERVICE CONTRACT TO DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS AND ADMINISTER THE CONDUCT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL GENERAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY MAY 6TH.
WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MCCURY.
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SECOND, SECOND.COUNCILMAN MCG GLOVER? ALL THE FAVOR.
I WILL SCHEDULE A MEETING AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
[8. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]
ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA.UH, CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS OR MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH THIS SINGLE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS TO BE, UH, UH, PULLED FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT TO BE PULLED? NOT HEARING NONE.
CONSIDER, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 24TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM B CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING A PURCHASE OF GENERATORS AND DOCKING STATIONS FOR CEDAR HILL FACILITIES.
ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A MAYOR TO EXECUTE MOWING MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL WITH HOLLAND RIGHT OF WAY, LLC FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 131,000 ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A UH, PURCHASE OF TWO UTILITY CARTS, ONE TRACTOR AND ONE CHEMICAL SPRAYER FROM UH, DEERE AND COMPANY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 114,128.
ITEM E, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A MADE EXECUTED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH FM UTILITIES LLC FOR THE RED OAK SEVEN SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,000,511 $89 AND 25 CENTS.
ITEM F, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A WORK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 23 DASH OH THREE WITH KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN AND CAPITAL IMPACT FEES STUDY.
UH, ITEM G, UH, CASE NUMBER FP 5 29 2023 APPROVING THE ACCORD WITH PENSON COM.
UH, COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT WITH, UH, BROADMORE VILLAGE EDITION ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 49.
JUNE LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTH JOE WILSON ROAD AND SOUTH WATERFORD OAKS ROAD, SOUTH OF EAST BELTLINE ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 2005 SOUTH JOE WILSON ROAD.
APPLICANT PATRICK, UH, MCINTYRE STARLIGHT HOME, TEXAS, L L C, REPRESENTATIVE RYAN HARTMAN, UH, SPIRES ENGINEERING PROPERTY OWNER, UH, STARLIGHT, TEXAS HOME, LLC.
AND LAST ITEM IS H AUTHORIZED TO MERIT EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH AND MUTUAL RELEASE WITH SPECTRUM GULF COAST LLC SETTING, SETTLING A DISPUTE OVER FRANCHISE FEES AND P E G FEES.
COUNSEL THOSE OF YOUR CONSENT AND ITEMS, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL HAYDEN.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MCCURDY.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[a. Case No. FP-531-2023 – Consider and take action on an application for a final plat for the Addison Hills Addition on property zoned Planned Development District No. 2022-751, generally located on the east side of South Duncanville Road, south of Bear Creek Road with the approximate address being 1780 South Duncanville Road. Applicant: Annie Hepner, Lennar, Representative: Rodney Velasquez, Barraza Consulting Group, Property Owner: John Hutchinson, TCL Land BK 4 (2022), LP.]
ONE THE AGENDA, CASE NUMBER FP 5 31 2023.CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR THE ADDITION, I'M SORRY, ADDISON HILLS.
ADDITION ON PROPERTY ZONE PLANNED, I'M SORRY, PROPERTY ZONE, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 2022 DASH 7 51.
GENERAL, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH VILLE ROAD, SOUTH OF BEAR CREEK ROAD, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1780 SOUTHVILLE ROAD, UH, APPLICANT AND E HOEPPNER LUNAR REPRESENTATIVE RODNEY VAL VALEZ.
VAL VALASQUEZ, UH, BARAZZA CONSULTING GROUP AND PROPERTY OWNER JOHN HUTCHINSON, T C L LAND, BK FOUR 2022.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? MR. MEYER? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER F P 5 31 DASH 2023 WITH THE, UH, ADDITION OF THE NOTES, UM, ADDED FOLLOWING THE LAST P AND Z MEETING IS OUTLINED, UH, TO INCLUDE ORNAMENTAL VENTS IN THE GABLES ARCHES, GARAGE DOOR HARDWARE COACH LIGHTING DECORATIVE BRICK PATTERNS, AND ADDITIONALLY, THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO A TIMELINE OF THREE MONTHS FOR SUBMISSION OF THE FORMAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
ALL RIGHT, WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HAW.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
UH, ANY OPPOSITION? WE DO HAVE ONE.
GLOVER NOS UH, MO'S, UH, APPROVAL FOR SIX ONE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THAT IS ALL FOR THE AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ONE MORE ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER'S A DEBATABLE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:00 PM THANK YOU COUNCIL.