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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE WANT TO, UH, WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL NOTICES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY POSTED.
I DO HAVE, UH, FULL FORM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
[1. Call meeting to order.]
OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING MANINO ORDER.I DO HAVE 7:01 PM AND, UH, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OPEN CARRY OF FIREARMS IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I KNOW I SAW COUNCILLOR MCCURDY.
WHERE'S THAT? I THOUGHT HE WAS, I THOUGHT HE WAS UP THERE.
OKAY, WELL, I GUESS HE'LL JOIN US HERE SHORTLY.
WELL, UH, I WANNA GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, ALSO INFORM EVERYONE THAT, UM, I, I SENSE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST FOR COUNCIL, UH, AGENDA ITEM NINE B, SO THAT IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO YOU DO HAVE INTEREST TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT CASE.
PLEASE, UH, GIVE OUR CITY SECRETARY, UH, YOUR CITIZENS FORM COMMENT AS WE WILL, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT ITEM AT THAT TIME.
SO, WITH THAT, I WANT TO BEGIN OUR, UH,
[2. Invocation: Pastor Josh Prince, First Baptist Church Cedar Hill.]
COUNCIL AGENDA INVOCATION.JOSH PRINCE, ARE YOU NEARBY? OH, THERE HE IS.
IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND AND, UH, RECEIVE THE, UM, INVOCATION, ALSO, CUSTOMER HAYDEN.
WOULD YOU MIND, UH, FOLLOWING THAT WITH THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
[3. Pledge of Allegiance.]
I'D LOVE TO.YOU ARE, BE ABLE TO BE ALIVE TODAY TO, UH, I GOT TO BE, UM, KNOWN BY YOU.
LORD, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, IN THIS CITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND LORD, WE PRAY, UH, GOD FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD.
AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A COMMUNITY, UM, LORD, MAY, MAY WE BE, UH, MINDFUL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
MAY WE BE ENCOURAGING OF ONE ANOTHER.
MAY WE WORK TOGETHER, UH, FOR THE GOOD OF THIS CITY, FOR THE GOOD OF ONE ANOTHER.
LORD, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR, UM, THE, UH, BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US AS A CITY, AND WE JUST PRAY FOR MORE, UH, AND GREATER DAYS AHEAD.
UH, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL AND FOR THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT THEY PUT FORWARD, FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE, UH, FOR THE TIME THAT THEY ARE INVESTED, UH, INVESTING TONIGHT AND HEARING FROM THESE CITIZENS.
AND I, I PRAY THAT, UH, GOD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER AS THEY DISCUSS IMPORTANT MATTERS.
UH, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE AND OUR, UH, EMTS AND THE MANY WHO SERVE US IN THOSE WAYS.
LORD, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION OVER THEM THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
AND, UH, LORD, WE PRAY YOU CONTINUE TO LEAD THEM AND GUIDE THEM, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH, UH, THE SUPERIORS GOD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT.
GOD, YOU WOULD HELP THEM TO, UH, TO LEAD, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR PEOPLE.
AND FATHER, WE, UH, JUST, UH, WE PRAY FOR RELIEF OF THIS HEAT.
A GOD THAT YOU WOULD BRING, UH, COOLER WEATHER AHEAD AND MORE, MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD BRING RAIN, UH, GOD AS IS SO NEEDED.
UM, FATHER, WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TONIGHT, GRATEFUL, UH, TO, TO LIVE IN CEDAR HILL.
AND I'M THANKFUL, UH, LORD, THAT I GET TO SERVE A GREAT CHURCH HERE.
THOSE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO REPUBLIC, SUSTAIN ONE NATION, COME TO GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, HONOR GOD, TEXAS, TO BE TEXAS, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, AND TO VISIT.
YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED, YOU KNOW, UH, WANNA, YOU KNOW, PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE A FEW BIRTHDAYS.
BUT TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS THE MONTH OF AUGUST, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MORE INE AND ALSO COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY DANIELS.
SO, UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH A PRESENTATION AND, UH, IT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION PRESENTED
[a. Present a Proclamation designating August 23, 2023 as National Senior Citizens Day and the month of September 2023 as Senior Center Month in Cedar Hill. ]
PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING AUGUST 23RD, 2023 AS NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZEN DAY AND MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2023 AS SENIOR CENTER MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS PROCLAMATION, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH FOR THE UNITED STATES.
AND AUGUST THE 23RD IS NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZEN DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, ACTIVE SENIORS HAVE ACHIEVED A LOT FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR COUNTRY.
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THAT REMAINS TRUE TODAY AND GIVES US AMPLE REASON THIS YEAR TO RESERVE A SPECIAL MONTH IN HONOR OF THE ACTIVE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR LAND.AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CITY HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER SERVES AS A FOCAL PART FOR THE PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER ADULTS THROUGHOUT DALLAS COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE ARRAY OF SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES, THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER EMPOWERS OLDER CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS OF ALL AGES.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY, CITY HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER AFFIRMS THE DIGNITY, SELF-WORTH, AND INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER PERSONS BY FACILITATING THEIR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS, TAPPING THEIR EXPERIENCES, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND ENABLING THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST THE 23RD FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER WILL BE SPONSORING A SENIOR INFORMATION AND WELLNESS EXPLORER AT THE ALLEN EEM CENTER CENTER, CEDAR HILL RECREATION CENTER FOR ALL SENIORS.
NOW, THEREFORE, A STEPHEN MASON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, UH, 2023 AS SENIOR CENTER MONTH AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL TO RECOGNIZE THIS SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE PARTICIPANTS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF THE OLDEST CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITNESS WHEREVER I HEREBY UNTO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CALLED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF CITY HILL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 22ND DAY OF AUGUST, 2023.
MAYOR STEVEN MASON, ON BEHALF OF THE CEDAR HILLS SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, UM, HONORABLE STEVE MASON.
WE, UM, THE SENIOR SENATE THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL SENIOR SENATOR TODAY AND NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
AS WE HAVE STATED BEFORE, WE PUT EMPHASIS ON ACTIVITY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE SENIORS DROP OFF, UH, THE DROPPED OFF AND, UH, WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO WATCH AFTER THEM FOR THE DAY.
I MUST ADMIT, SOME OF US GO JUMPING AND TWISTING AROUND LIKE 20 YEAR OLDS.
SOME OF US ARE WOBBLING, SOME ARE BALANCING ON A CANE, SOME ARE USING THE WALKER AND SOME ARE ROLLING THEMSELVES IN A WHEELCHAIR.
BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN GOLD TONING, ZUMBA, YOGA LINE DANCING, LINE DANCING, LITTLE KNITTING, PLAYING BRIDGE BINGO, QUILTING.
AND OUR QUEEN BEATERS PRODUCE BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY ITEMS. THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER IS A PLACE WHERE SENIORS GATHER FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE EXERCISES AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT IS THEN BEYOND THE WALLS OF THE BUILDING.
OH, SPEAKING OF BUILDING HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROUNDBREAKING OF OUR NEW BUILDING.
WE REALIZE WE HAVE IT BETTER THAN OUR PREDECESSORS AND EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE FACILITY WE HAVE.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS TAKES TIME.
THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THE ONES WHO ATTEND THE ACTIVITY CENTER IN 2023.
YOU SEE, WE ARE ONE DEGREE READY FOR THOSE WHO WILL AGE IN TO THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CATEGORY.
WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE SUCCESSES OF SOME OF OUR PAST, UH, EVENTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, YOUR PRESENCE AND INTERACTION WITH EVENTS, ATTENDEES, AND EVEN SERVING THE SENIORS FOR AT THEIR LUNCHEONS, SHOW YOUR SPIRIT OF SERVANTHOOD.
WE APPRECIATE THE SPECIAL DAILY TIME SLOT YOU ALLOWED FOR THE 55 PLUS TO HAVE USE OF THE LAGOON.
WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME AND MOVE AT OUR PACE AND MAKE GOOD
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USE OF THE POOL, AND ESPECIALLY THE LAZY RIVER.WE WERE THANKFUL FOR THIS IN THE BEGINNING.
HOWEVER, ONE DAY AS WE WERE LEAVING NEAR 12 NOON, WE SAW THE LINE OF TEENAGERS WAITING.
WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE OUR ALLOTTED TIME.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, SEAN RAY AND SHONDA JOHNSON FOR THEIR SUPPORTIVE SENIORS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE, UH, TO OUR SENIOR INFORMATION EXPO.
AS WAS SAID EARLIER, IT WILL BE AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER.
TOMORROW FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM IN CELEBRATION OF THE SENIOR CENTER MONTH, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT EACH, EACH WEEK DURING THE MONTH, WE WILL HAVE CHAIR MASSAGE, A DANCE PARTY, BIRTHDAY PARTY, AND TAICHI CLASS.
WE WILL ALSO HONOR OUR VETERANS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CENTER.
MARCH 8TH, 2024, WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL GALA.
IT WILL BE A SNEAKER BALL WHERE WE WILL WEAR FORMAL ATTIRE, BUT WE'LL WEAR SNEAKERS.
MORE INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED ABOUT THIS.
UH, UH, CLOSER TO THAT DATE, AGAIN, OUR SENATE AND ON BEHALF OF THE CEDAR HILL SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, EXPRESSED OUR APPRECIATION FOR THIS PROCLAMATIONS.
UH, UM, JUST WANNA PROPERLY RECOGNIZE YOU.
I THINK I JUST CALLED YOUR NAME, BUT, UM, YOU ARE SENIOR PASTOR, UH, JOSH PRINCE WITH THE, UH, CEDAR, I'M SORRY.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CEDAR, CEDAR HILL.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST, YOU KNOW ME AND YOU ARE FRIENDS, SO I JUST CALLED YOU BY YOUR NAME.
JUST WANNA PROBABLY RECOGNIZE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THE VOCATION TODAY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, FOR, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND I'M SORRY FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND, UH, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE EXPO.
[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 3pm on City Council meeting dates will be distributed to the City Council and entered into record. ]
AGENDA IS THE CITIZENS FORUM.THIS GIVES AN, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO SPEAK UP ABOUT ANY SUBJECT DURING A CITIZENS FORUM.
UH, OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE, UH, ACTION ON MATTERS THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT ISSUE MAY REFER, BE REFERRED TO CITY STAFF.
UM, SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE FIRST PERSON, UM, THE FIRST, UM, CITIZEN.
AND I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS KENNETH HORTON.
YOU STILL HERE, KENNETH? YES, PLEASE.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR TOPIC IS DUNCANVILLE ROAD FROM BELT MINE TO BEAR CREEK.
SO MY NAME'S KENNETH HORTON, 1202 SOUTH DUNCANVILLE ROAD.
I LIVED IN CEDAR HILL 21 YEARS.
DUNCANVILLE ROAD IS JUST GETTING TORE UP.
IT, IT CAN'T, I DON'T THINK IT CAN WAIT FOR LOOP NINE LOOP NINE'S FIVE TO 10 YEARS OUT, AND THE CITY WILL PATCH THE ROAD ONE WEEK IN TWO WEEKS.
THERE'S THREE DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY, AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE ROAD.
I'M JUST TIRED OF GETTING MY TEETH KNOCKED OUT, GOING DOWN THE ROAD EVERY DAY.
'CAUSE I'M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
HAVE NO, I MEAN, I COULD GO BEAR CREEK, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO JOE WILSON OR BOROUGH HILL, AND IT JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.
SO I JUST NEED THE ROAD LOOKED AT.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY WITH THE THREE DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN ABOVE, I KNOW IT, THEY WERE GONNA WIDEN IT FROM BELTLINE TO ALMOST TO 67 TO THIS.
I I THINK THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE THAT.
IT WAS DONE FIVE YEARS AGO AND Y'ALL WASTED YOUR MONEY.
THEY DIDN'T SLUR IT CORRECTLY.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S FALLING APART.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD TO SAY.
NEXT CITIZEN I HAVE IS ANNA GREEN.
TOPIC IS BRING WAREHOUSES TO COMMUNITIES.
NO, WE HAVE ENOUGH NOT TO BE USED.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MASON.
MY NAME IS ANA GREEN OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS ON SUMMERS DRIVE FOR 29 7, 8 YEARS.
UH, MY COMMENT IS IN REFERENCE TO ONE OF THE AGENDAS ON ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IN REF, IN REFERENCE TO THE WAREHOUSES COMING TO OUR CITY, BASICALLY
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BRINGING WAREHOUSES TO OUR COMMUNITY IS A NO-NO.TAKE 'EM DOWN THE STREET WHERE THE REST OF THE WAREHOUSES ARE, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THEM OR THEY'RE NOT BEING UTILIZED.
AND THE REASON FOR THIS, 'CAUSE THEY ARE COMMUNITIES, THEY ARE ZONED FOR CERTAIN ITEMS. HOWEVER, WAREHOUSES, LET'S LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE DOWN 67 WITH ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE NOT BEING OCCUPIED.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TAKE A STAND NOW, IT'LL BE THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITIES ALSO.
AND WE MOST DEFINITELY DO NOT WANNA SEE IT IN MY COMMUNITY, WHICH IS HIGH POINT.
SO THAT IS MY COMMENT, NO, TO THE WAREHOUSES, PLEASE RECONSIDER THAT.
KEEP 'EM WHERE THE REST OF THEM ARE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT CITIZEN IS, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ROGER BARTON.
AND, UH, TOPIC IS CASE NUMBER SP FIVE SEVEN OH 2023.
I LIVE AT THREE 20, WENDY LANE.
AND THIS IS, UH, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION TO DEVELOP 226,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSES IN PROXIMITY OF 500 FEET WITHIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT LINE CEDAR HILL ROAD AND TAR ROAD.
NOT TO MENTION THE OFFSETTING DEVELOPMENT JUST BEHIND THEM.
THESE, UM, I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE, UH, 98, MOVED HERE WITH MY WIFE AND WE RAISED THREE KIDS HERE.
THAT PROPERTY, UH, AS FAR AS WE CAN REMEMBER, HAS ALWAYS BEEN AGRICULTURE.
AND IT'S HAD A PEACEFUL EXISTENCE WITH THE REST OF US, AND IT'S A VERY, UH, QUIET AREA.
AND RECENTLY THAT QUIET AND PEACEFULNESS HAS COME UNDER ATTACK BY THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
AND I REALIZE NOW, DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME WHEN WE MOVED IN THERE, THAT SURPRISINGLY, THIS AREA, THIS 39 ACRES, IS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL.
AND IF YOU WILL, I INVITE YOU TO, UH, REVIEW THAT ZONING IN RELATION TO THE, UH, TWO LANE ASPHALT ROAD, THAT SERVICES THAT THEY PROPOSED TO SERVICE THIS 126,109 BAY, UH, WAREHOUSES.
THAT, THAT TWO LANE ASPHALT ROAD AT CEDAR HILL ROAD CANNOT SUPPORT EXTENSIVE TRACTOR TRAILER ACCESS.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH RIGHT NOW AS IT IS.
THERE'S KIDS THAT WALK UP AND DOWN THAT, UM, ROAD TO ACCESS SCHOOL, UH, TO GET, UH, TO AND FROM NOT JUST SCHOOL, BUT PRACTICES, ET CETERA.
AND IT'S, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ACCESS.
AND IT'S ABSURD, I BELIEVE THAT TO HAVE TO EVEN COME HERE AND DEFEND THIS BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THOSE HOMES AND THOSE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
SO I WOULD INVITE YOU TO REEVALUATE THE 40 YEAR OLD ZONING OF THAT PROPERTY AND WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO TO THAT, THAT'S GONNA ADVERSELY AFFECT.
YOU'VE GOT ONE PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S ONE WHO'S ONE DECISION, ONE PROPERTY OWNER'S DECISION IS GONNA ADVERSELY AFFECT HUNDREDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS THAT LIVE NOT JUST ACROSS THE STREET DIRECTLY IN, ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE DELIVERING 24 7 365 DAYS A YEAR ACCESS.
BUT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THAT, AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT ROAD TO GET UP TO 67 TO AND FROM THEIR HOMES TO WORK EACH DAY OR TO SCHOOL OR COMMUTE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND I, I WILL SUBMIT TO YOU THAT I BELIEVE THE ZONING IS FLAWED SIMPLY BECAUSE THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, THAT'S THE CITY OWNS, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET JUST SOUTH, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, TIME IS UP.
YES, IT'S RESTRICTED TO HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, TAR ROAD, CEDAR HILL ROAD, RIGHT THERE AT MOUNT LEBANON.
YOU WANNA HAVE THREE MINUTES? I GOT SEVEN.
UH, NEXT CITIZEN IS, UH, PHILLIP IC.
A TOPIC IS OPEN MEETINGS AND VOTING BY PROXY.
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GOOD EVENING.PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'M PHILLIP BAITZ, 1130 NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
I'M HERE ABOUT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT.
THE MAYOR INFORMED US THAT HE HAD A PROXY VOTE AND IF THAT TOOK PLACE, EVIDENTLY THEY HAD A CLOSED MEETING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF DISCUSSION ON THIS.
AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT THE CITY MANAGER TAKE MY PHONE CALL TOMORROW IN REFERENCE TO THIS BECAUSE, UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, UH, WHEN THE MEETING STARTED, IT WAS SO QUICK, THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US FLAG THE AMERICAN, UH, OR TO THE TEXAS FLAG OR EVEN A, UM, PRAYER.
AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
AND ALSO THIS, UM, THE WAY THE ZONING AND STUFF IS GOING HERE RIGHT NOW, UH, I'M JUST, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD PROPERTY IN CEDAR HILL AND THE CITY COUNCIL HERE, IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN PROTECT THE PEOPLE HERE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF THIS COUNCIL, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THIS COUNCIL.
THEY LIVE HERE, BUT DO THEY, DID THEY EARN THEIR LIVING HERE FOR ABOUT 45 YEARS? I'VE MOVED TO CEDAR HILL AND I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT THAT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND I'VE EARNED MY LIVING HERE, AND I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.
AND MY BROTHER AND I, FORMER MAYOR WERE TALKING, A GENTLEMAN TOLD US ABOUT 46 YEARS AGO THAT WE SHOULD MOVE NORTH.
AND I TOLD HIM, NO, MARK, THAT WOULDN'T BE ACCEPTABLE.
AND ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT IT REALLY ATTRACTS IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND THE REASON IT ATTRACTS CODE ENFORCEMENT IS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL VOTED TO DECLARE IT ECONOMICALLY BLIGHTED.
AT ONE POINT, THEY CHANGED THE ZONING TWICE ON IT TO WHERE WE COULDN'T PUT SOMETHING IN THAT WE WOULD WANT IT, THAT WOULD CONFORM AND BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WHEN Y'ALL HAVE THESE MEETINGS, Y'ALL CREATE A BIAS BY HAVING THESE PEOPLE.
Y'ALL DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES, BUT EVERY TIME SOMETHING COMES UP, Y'ALL CHANGE 'EM.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT Y'ALL CHANGE AND RESPECT THESE PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY'VE COME, BECAUSE THEY LIVE HERE AND THAT Y'ALL RE REPRESENT THEM HERE.
NEXT CITIZEN I HAVE IS JIMMY KEITH MILAN, AND THIS TOPIC IS CASE NUMBER SP FIVE SEVEN OH 2023.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S QUITE ALRIGHT.
UH, MY WIFE AND I LIVE AT 5 0 3 EVERGREEN TRAIL.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE ISSUE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, I WAS OF A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MINDSET.
BUT AFTER I WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND I HEARD WHAT MY NEW NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, UH, ARE EXPERIENCING AND GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY, I SAID, THIS IS JUST FLAT WRONG.
UM, IF HALF THE STUFF I'VE LEARNED, WE'VE ONLY BEEN IN TOWN FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH MY FAMILY, UH, HAS GOT GREAT HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE IN THIS AREA FROM WALKS OF HATCHIE TO MIDDLE OTHE, TO CEDAR HILL, TO GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
AND IF I TOLD YOU THE WHOLE STORY, YOU'D PROBABLY CALL ME A LIAR.
BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE.
UM, CEDAR HILL HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL AND I'VE READ YOUR MISSION STATEMENTS.
I'VE READ THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, MISSION STATEMENT AS WELL.
AND WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS IS LIKE HALF THE STUFF I'VE HEARD RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S TRUE, FOLKS, Y'ALL GOT A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM GOING ON AND THERE'S A HYPOCRISY HAPPENING.
UH, YOUR PREMIER STATEMENTS OF CEDAR HILL IS SAFE.
I'M TELLING YOU, SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD IS NOT SAFE IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION, MUCH LESS WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BRING THESE TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS IN AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC'S GONNA GO THROUGH.
THEN ON MOUNT LEBANON ROAD, YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THERE.
AND THE, THE RAILROAD, UH, THE TRANSIT BRIDGE THAT'S ON THERE RIGHT NOW HAS MAJOR DIPS ON BOTH SIDES OF IT.
THAT THESE TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, IT'S GONNA DESTROY THAT BRIDGE.
AND IF THE RAILROAD GETS WIND OF THIS, Y'ALL GOT A PROBLEM.
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU GOT ONE DEVELOPER COMING IN ONE PROPERTY, IT'S ZONE INDUSTRIAL AND HAS BEEN SINCE 1986.
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PLANNING AND ZONING RIGHT NOW FOR INVITING SPECULATORS AND DEVELOPERS TO COME IN, IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONED AREA AND NOT HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE TO SUPPORT IT.THERE'S A FIX TO THIS, AND I HOPE YOU HEAR ME OUT.
I HEARD THE 67 CORRIDOR IS LITTERED WITH WAREHOUSES.
NOW THERE'S A MAJOR DIVIDING LINE OF THE RAILROAD THERE THAT PERPENDICULAR TO MOUNT LEBANON ROAD BE AN IDEAL SPOT FOR YOU TO ESTABLISH SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES AS FAR AS TO CREATE THAT AS A GREEN ZONE, MAKE THAT A PARK AREA UPGRADE SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD AND TAR ROAD.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ANYWAY, WITH LOOP NINE COMING IN THAT HADN'T EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED.
THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GETTING HOODWINKED.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEVELOPER BROUGHT PUT IN ON HIS PERMIT, HE'S BUILDING WAREHOUSES, BUT IT HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF A DISTRIBUTION CENTER, TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS, UH, OVER, NOT MENTION, I'M SORRY, JIMMY.
THAT'S, THAT'S THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S TIME.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
NEXT, UH, CITIZEN I HAVE IS, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S PAMELA RICHARDSON MOORE.
NO, I DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK ON THAT.
WELL, WITH THE WAREHOUSES, I HAD TWO.
SO I THOUGHT MS. BERT WAS GONNA DO IT.
WHAT WOULD THE WAREHOUSES IT'S, IT'S A NO, AND MY CONCERN IS, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE BIRTH? I'M SO SORRY.
PAMELA ROCHELLE RICHARDSON MOORE.
WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2000 AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAREHOUSES.
CAN YOU PULL THE MIC CLOSER TO YOU? WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN TOO IS WHO'S GONNA BE IN THESE PLACES? I KNOW WE DON'T KNOW.
IS IT GONNA BRING JOBS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA? AND RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST, IT'S IT'S TEARING OUR RESIDENTS UP.
AND RIGHT NOW WE CAN BARELY EVEN GET INTO OUR RESIDENCE.
WE ARE, WE'RE OVER IN CEDAR CREST AND WE'RE, AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE BARELY, WE'RE BARELY MAKING IT OVER THERE.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T WORKING, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, ARE THEY, ARE THEY GONNA PROVIDE JOBS FOR US WHEN THESE PEOPLE COME IN? AND THEN A LOT OF THEM ARE EMPTY? WHO'S GONNA COME IN? SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST THING.
AND I KNOW MS. BERT'S GONNA TALK.
MY OTHER THING IS, BEFORE I HAD COME HERE, I WAS IN MIDLOTHIAN WITH MY DOGS.
AND ARE WE GONNA EVER GET A DOG PARK? I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE LOOSE DOGS THAT WE HAVE.
IN FACT, WE JUST PICKED UP THREE OF THEM THREE DAYS IN A ROW.
SO WE HAD TO CALL ANIMAL CONTROL.
I DIDN'T REALIZE JEREMY WASN'T WITH ANIMAL CONTROL ANYMORE.
WE SEE PIT BULLS, WE SEE, AND OUR PIT BULLS AREN'T BAD, BUT WE SEE DOGS JUST RANDOMLY WALKING.
AND FOR SOME REASON, I GUESS MY HOUSE IS THE, I GUESS I'M THE DOG WHISPERER BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS GETTING DOGS AT MY PLACE AND I LOVE THEM.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE THREE THAT WE'VE HAD, THEY'VE TORN UP THE DOOR.
WE DON'T FILE COMPLAINTS ON DAMAGE, BUT CAN SOMETHING BE DONE? THAT ONE LADY THAT WAS JUST HIRED ON, SHE'S, SHE'S TIRED TODAY.
SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS RUN DOWN.
I WANTED TO HOP IN THAT TRUCK WITH HER.
SO I MAY VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT.
I'VE BEEN IN THE LIBRARY SERVICE FOREVER.
I'VE OWNED A TRUCKING TRUCKING COMPANY THAT I JUST CLOSED DOWN TWO YEARS AGO.
I'M TIRED, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY HURT.
THESE KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND DOGS ARE OUT.
I GET IN MY CAR AND I PUT THESE DOGS IN MY CAR.
CAN WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE HELP? I'LL VOLUNTEER MY TIME.
BUT STILL THAT POOR LADY THAT'S WORKING IT NOW DO DOHA.
DOROTHY, SHE'S, SHE'S WORN OUT AND I HAVE FUR ALL ON ME FROM LEAVING MID LO.
CAN WE HAVE A DOG BARK? OKAY, THAT'S IT.
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THANK YOU ALL.NEXT I HAVE IS BERTHA MIDDLEBROOK.
I'M BERTHA MIDDLEBROOKS, 1221 NUTTING STREET, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, AND THE CHAIRPERSON FOR CEDAR CREST.
YOU GUYS DON'T LIVE WHERE WE LIVE.
ALL OF THESE ARE MY NEIGHBORS.
WE ALL LIVE UP AND THROUGH THERE.
SO TO HAVE 18 WHEELERS TO BE PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY IS WRONG.
WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF THEY BUILT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSES BEHIND YOUR GATES? SO IT IS NOT RIGHT.
THOSE CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO WALK TO SCHOOL, WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL, WALK HOME FROM THEIR PRACTICES, YOU SAY THEY'RE OUR SCHOLARS, YOU SAY YOU LOVE THEM.
WELL SHOW THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS AND THEIR GRANDPARENTS IN SOME CASES HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN WALKING ON CEDAR HILL ROAD BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS.
THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS, THERE'S A DROP OFF.
OKAY? AND I KNOW ABOUT 18 WHEELERS, I DROVE 'EM FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY NINE 16 WITH FUEL IN THEM.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE INSIDE OF THOSE VEHICLES.
SO FOR ONCE, FOR ONCE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OUT HERE, THEY DON'T WANT IT.
DO YOU WANT IT AT YOUR HOUSE? AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW.
Y'ALL WERE FULLY AWARE THAT THEY WERE STRONG TO TRY TO PUT THOSE WAREHOUSES IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO PLEASE, I BEG YOU FOR THOSE KIDS BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ONE OF THOSE KIDS, WE DO HAVE CYCLISTS THAT COME THROUGH THERE.
WE HAVE A, A BOXING TRAINER THAT COME THROUGH THERE.
WE HAVE THE HORSES THAT COME THROUGH THERE.
SO SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
THESE PARENTS AND AND GRANDPARENTS, THEY DON'T WANT YOUR CONDOLENCES, THEY DON'T WANT YOUR PRAYERS, THEY WANT THEIR LOVED ONES.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU DO NOT ALLOW THOSE WAREHOUSES TO COME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
R IS IT WIG TOPIC IS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT CORNER OF MOUNT LEBANON AND CEDAR HILL ROAD.
BEEN HERE FOR 52, NO, 51 YEARS.
MY WIFE AND I BUILT OUR HOME ON FOUR ACRES ON SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
UH, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES POLITICALLY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH, WE KNEW THE LADY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY NOW IS PARENTS, UH, KNEW HER AND HER CHILDREN AND I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD'VE WANTED IT CHANGED.
BUT HASAM EVER, WE KNOW THAT THINGS CHANGE.
UH, OUR FIRST PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR THINGS THAT SOME OF THESE FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED.
IF YOU COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT ZONING.
UH, I HADN'T SEEN ANYBODY HOLD THEIR HAND UP THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO THAT OR TRY IT.
UH, MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE IF NOT, UH, I UNDERSTAND, AND I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, BUT THAT YOU GUYS TURNED DOWN THE PLANNING DEAL RECENTLY AT ANOTHER MEETING.
UH, AND THEREFORE, UH, UNLESS YOU PUT IRONCLAD REGULATIONS IN PLACE ON THAT PROPERTY, THE PEOPLE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT THEY WANT.
IS THAT A FACT OR IS THAT WRONG? CAN YOU, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE CASE COME UP, WE'LL DELIBERATE, SIR.
I SAY WHEN THE CASE, WHEN THE CASE COMES UP ON THE AGENDA, THEN THE COUNCIL
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WILL DELIBERATE.WELL, I'M SAYING WE WOULD DELIBERATE, WE WOULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.
UH, MY BEGGING YOU THIS, IF IT COMES TO THAT, THEN YOU HAVE TO LET THIS GO ON FORWARD.
SO BE IT, UH, WON'T LIKE IT, BUT SO BE IT.
UH, PLEASE AFFORD US THE SAME COURTESY THAT YOUR PREDECESSORS AFFORDED THE OWNERS ON THE OTHER SIDE BY PUTTING UP A SOLID BRICK WALL.
SO AS WE SIT AND LOOK OUT OUR FRONT WINDOW, UH, WE'RE ON 1346, SO WE'LL BE RIGHT UP ON THE END, RIGHT OFF OF, WE'RE THE THIRD HOUSE OFF OF, UH, MOUNT LEBANON.
AT LEAST WE COULD SEE A BRICK WALL AND NOT A BRICK BUILDING OR CONCRETE BUILDING.
UH, IT WON'T HELP OUR PROPERTY VALUES A LOT, BUT AT LEAST IT MIGHT A LITTLE BIT.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE CITIZENS' FORUM.
SO THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO SPEAK ABOUT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UH, ANY ITEMS THAT, UH, IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
OF COURSE COUNSEL CAN DELIBERATE SEEING THAT.
IS IT NINE A, NINE B? IT'S DOWN THERE.
SEEING THAT NINE, UH, ITEM NINE B IS ON THE AGENDA AND MOST OF YOU, UH, ARE, ARE SPEAKING ON THAT.
UH, AT THAT TIME, WHENEVER WE GET TO THAT, UH, PORTION OF THE AGENDA, THEN COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE JUST GIVEN THREE MINUTES FOR THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO COME SPEAK TO COUNCIL.
SO NEXT I HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, IS IT AA, CHENEY? DID I, DID I SAY AA? RIGHT.
UM, AND TOPIC IS NO WAREHOUSES.
I WAS HOPING TO BE FIRST, SO EVERYBODY THAT CAME BEHIND ME WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.
BUT I JUST AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS INA CHENEY.
AND I'M AT 1220 NUTTING STREET, CEDAR HILL, UH, CEDAR CREST SUBDIVISION.
WHEN I FIRST CAME OUT HERE, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE AS LONG AS SOME MISS, MISS, MISS INA.
JUST BEFORE WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL HEAR FROM YOU.
AND ALSO WE GOT, UH, PEOPLE LISTENING, UH, VIRTUALLY.
SO WE CAN PULL THE MIC A LITTLE CLOSER.
AND, UH, I TOOK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 10, 10 SECONDS AWAY FROM YOU.
SO I'LL GIVE IT BACK IF YOU NEED IT.
UH, I AGREE WITH EVERYONE THAT HAS ALREADY SPOKEN.
IN REFERENCE TO THE WAREHOUSES, UM, THE CHILDREN DO WALK TO SCHOOL.
I SEE THEM WALKING FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THE WAREHOUSES WON'T COME THAT CLOSE TO OUR SUBDIVISION.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT CHANGE AND SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BRING MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY, JOBS INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE ASKING NOT TO DO IT AT OUR BACK DOOR.
I KNOW YOU ALL WOULDN'T WANT THAT EITHER AT YOUR BACK DOOR.
UM, THE STREET RIGHT NOW, JUST WITH CARS AND TRUCKS GOING DOWN THE STREET, CEDAR HILL ROAD, IT HAS A BIG HOLE.
THE HOLE GETS FIXED AND ABOUT MAYBE A MONTH LATER, THE HOLE STARTS TO MESS UP AGAIN.
SO I KNOW IF THE 18 WHEELERS ARE COMING IN AND OUTTA THE SUBDIVISION, IT'S GONNA MAKE IT EVEN MORE DAMAGING TO OUR ROADS.
THE WAREHOUSE, WHEN I FIRST SAW IT UP ON MOUNT LEBANON IN 67, I WAS LIKE, OH, GREAT, BRINGING SOME JOBS INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE IN THE WAREHOUSES.
SO THAT BRINGS ANOTHER QUESTION.
AND TO HAVE THEM CLOSER TO OUR HOME AND OUR SUBDIVISION, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT.
UM, JUST FOR THE SAFETY, THE QUIETNESS.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO CEDAR HILL, WE COULD RIDE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE POLICE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE THAT MANY POLICES.
NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THEM.
OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN A WHOLE LOT.
SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, DEVELOPMENTS WE CAN DO, BUT JUST DON'T DO THAT TO US.
AND THE CHILDREN IN OUR AREA THAT DO STILL HAVE TO WALK TO SCHOOL.
MY MOTHER TOOK MY CHILD TO SCHOOL, BUT IF SHE HAD TO WALK, IT WOULD'VE BEEN HARD TO KEEP A JOB BECAUSE I'D HAVE BEEN MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HER GETTING HER SAFETY.
SO LET'S THINK ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AGAIN.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.NEXT, UH, CITIZEN, I HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S JENNIFER HORTON.
AND TOPIC IS NO TWO WAREHOUSES.
MY ADDRESS IS 1306 HAYES STREET.
UM, I CAME TO SPEAK BECAUSE LOOK, I HAVE SACRIFICED A LOT AS A SINGLE PARENT TO PROVIDE A HOUSE FOR MY KIDS.
AND WHAT I DON'T WANT IS WAREHOUSES COMING OUT.
MY SON IS ABOUT TO GET TO THE AGE WHERE HE'S DRIVING.
I, WE ARE HAVING TO GO DOWN TO MOUNT LEBANON 'CAUSE THEY HAVE CEDAR HILL ROAD CLOSED DOWN.
AND THESE ARE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THAT ARE FLYING OUT OUT OF THESE PARKING LOTS.
AND TO HAVE MY SON TO HAVE JUST TO PULL OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND BE EXPOSED TO THAT, IT'S, IT'S UNNECESSARY.
AND YOU DON'T WANT IT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSES.
I DON'T WANT IT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSES.
WE SEE A LOT OF BIKES COME THROUGH, AND IF THAT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT CEDAR HILL WANTS, THEN THAT'S WAREHOUSES ARE GONNA STOP THAT.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT THAT WAREHOUSE THERE.
AND YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TEENAGERS AND A LOT OF YOUNG DRIVERS THAT WILL BE COMING OUT OF CEDAR, UH, REALLY CLOSE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND ALL OF THOSE 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE COMING DOWN AND TEARING UP THE STREETS, THAT'S NOT GOOD.
UH, NEXT I HAVE LARRY BIRDWELL.
AND TOPIC IS BUILDING ON TAR AND MOUNT LEBANON.
LARRY BIRDWELL, 4 35 WIND LANE, CEDARVILLE, TEXAS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE, EVERYBODY'S SAID THINGS ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THIS WAREHOUSE, BUT THINGS TO CONSIDER, JUST LIKE A FENCE THAT THIS GENTLEMAN, UH, SUGGESTED YOU'RE ALLOWED 'EM TO CUT THE TREES DOWN.
YOU KNOW, YOU RALEIGH DURHAM, THEY ALLOW THE TREES TO STAY AROUND THE PROPERTY.
I MEAN, COLOR, YOU PICK COLORS THAT DON'T EVEN BLEND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
TAN AND GREEN MIGHT FIT REAL WELL IN CEDAR TREES.
YOU KNOW, THE SIMPLE FACT IS, IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S NOT THERE.
I MET WITH YOU THREE, THREE MONTHS AGO AT A SPECIAL MEETING AND YOU'RE CLAIMING THE D O T IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ON LEBANON THERE, THAT TAKING CARE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WELL, THIS, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME, NOT AFTER THE FACT.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING IN AND OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES TURN SOUTH TO GO NORTH BECAUSE IT'S BLOCKED.
TRACTOR TRAILERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOST.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO.
YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S CONSIDERED THE NUMBER OF CAR PARTS OR CAR UH, PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THESE BUILDINGS IF THEY FILL 'EM UP, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S PLUGGED.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS HERE THAT YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AESTHETICS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
ONE REASON WHY THESE PEOPLE HAVE IS BECAUSE IT'S BEHEMOTH.
I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T THINK OF THINGS THAT PE OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER CITIES ARE SOLVING.
YOU NEED TO SAY CEDAR HILLS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
GRAND PRAIRIE AT LEAST HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURES IN PLACE BEFORE THEY ALLOW THE BUILDINGS TO GO UP.
AT LEAST WHAT I'VE LIVED IN GRAND PRAIRIE FOR 20 YEARS, OR A LITTLE LESS THAN 20 YEARS.
SIMPLE FACT IS, IS PLANNING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THIS WAY TOO FAST.
THERE'S NOTHING ORGANIZED ABOUT IT.
AND I GALE BACK IT IS JUST, THIS IS NOT WORKING.
UH, NEXT I BELIEVE IT'S ROBERTA.
AND TOPIC IS OPPOSITION TO THE WAREHOUSES ON MOUNT LEBANON AND SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
MY NAME IS ROBERTA CARO KAYWOOD.
I LIVE AT 6 1 8 HIGH DRIVE CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
PREVIOUSLY A RESIDENCE OF CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH FOR 35 YEARS UNTIL THE LIGHT RAIL CAME IN.
AND WE WENT SOUTH WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING NORTH.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA LIVE IN CONCRETE.
I OBJECT TO THESE WAREHOUSES FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE CONCRETE PLAN DEPENDING ON HOW THE WIND'S BLOWING.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT ADDITIONAL LIGHT POLLUTION DAY AND NIGHT.
THOSE WAREHOUSES ARE GONNA HAVE HUGE LIGHTS ON 'EM AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT IN THAT AREA.
PUT NOISE, POLLUTION, DAY AND NIGHT
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AS IT IS.WE HAVE FIVE WAREHOUSES SITTING ON 67 BETWEEN MOUNT LEBANON AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE FIRST ONE'S COMPLETE WITH FORT LEE.
THESE FIVE WAREHOUSES WERE BUILT ON SPECULATION WITH LOOP NINE COMING IN.
MIDDLE ELIAN ALSO HAS FIVE WAREHOUSES, THREE OF 'EM ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS WHERE OURS ARE.
AND TWO THAT ARE BEING BUILT ON THE WEST SIDE OF 67.
SURELY CITY OF CEDAR HILL CAN BE CREATIVE ENOUGH TO THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAN BE PLACED IN THAT LOCATION OTHER THAN WAREHOUSES 18 WHEELERS AND, UH, SEVERAL CARS TO PARK ON OUR TWO LANE BLACKTOP, HILLY ROAD THAT TRAVELS UP AND DOWN SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
WE DON'T WANT THAT AND WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT TO BE CONSIDERED.
WE DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA IMPROVE OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
WHAT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO THOSE OF US THAT LIVE THERE, THAT HAVE SUPPORTED CEDAR HILL THROUGH OUR TAXES AND ALL OF OUR EFFORTS OVER THE DECADES? DO WE HAVE ANY CONSIDERATION IN THIS? WE LIKE FOR YOU AS THE POWERS THAT BE IN PEOPLE THAT ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING INTELLIGENT INCISION DECISIONS ALONG THIS LINE TO PLEASE DO SO AND NOT LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
'CAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE SITTING EMPTY AND DON'T TELL 'EM WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO FILL 'EM UP.
SO WE NEED LIKE A FIVE YEAR PLAN, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT.
FIRST, LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
LET'S SEE HOW IT LOOKS IN THE SECOND YEAR.
UH, NEXT, UH, CITIZEN I HAVE IS PASTOR PHILLIPS.
UH, I COME OUT ON THE SAME CONCERN OF MOST OF MY FELLOW CITIZEN.
UH, SOME, A COUPLE OF Y'ALL KNOW ME FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, IF NOT MORE.
UH, AS A CO-OWNER OF A TRUCKING COMPANY WITH MY BROTHER, I DO KNOW WHERE TRANSPORTATION, THIS LEVEL OF TRANSPORTATION WAS DUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AFTER A LONG DAY OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE, I ALSO AN OFFICIAL IN HIGH SCHOOL, FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL COME IN LATE IN THE EVENING.
I LIKE TO RELAX AFTER HEARING SO MUCH NOISE IS ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IS THE 18 WHEEL AT MY BACK DOOR.
UH, OFTENTIMES I WALK MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MY GRANDSON.
I DON'T WANT TO WORRY ABOUT IF SOMETHING GONNA COME THROUGH THERE CRAZY.
I'M DOING SOMETHING I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO DO.
AND I WAS LIVING IN CEDAR HILL.
THE ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT CEDAR HILL, IT'S QUIET.
I INVITE MY COUNCILWOMAN TO COME AND VISIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'LL SEE HOW QUIET IS HOW PEACEFUL IT IS.
SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY AGAINST THIS WAREHOUSE AT MY BACK DOOR.
COULD, COULD I GET YOUR ADDRESS? CAN, CAN YOU LET HER KNOW YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? AD PHILLIPS 8 7 2 9 KING STREET.
UM, NEXT IS, UH, TERRENCE NOBLES OPPOSITION OF THE WAREHOUSES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE AT 6 41 GIBSON STREET, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
UM, I BUILT MY HOME FROM THE GROUND UP IN 2000.
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I'VE BEEN THERE 23 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AND FOR THE WORSE.BUT I RECALL GOING TO MEETINGS WITH THE PREVIOUS MAYOR WAY BACK IN 2000.
AND WE WERE DISCUSSING CITY HILL ROAD THEN, AND HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS FOR PEOPLE WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET THEN.
AND EVEN HOW TIDWELL EXIT IS ONLY TWO LANES IN AND IT SHOULD BE MORE LANES.
A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS, BUT I'M NOT SEEING A LOT OF ACTIONS.
I MEAN, THIS WAS A PREVIOUS MAYOR AND HE MADE ALL THESE PROMISES AND UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAPPEN AND THINGS CHANGE.
BUT I WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN MY HOME.
I WANT MY PROPERTY VALUE TO GO UP.
AND I JUST BEG AND PLEAD THAT YOU ALL TAKE CARE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND KEEP IT SAFE.
I MEAN, I CAN IMAGINE PEOPLE WALKING DOWN CITY HILL ROAD.
PLEASE JUST TAKE CARE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE.
NEXT CITIZEN IS, UH, SANDRA MONT.
TOPIC IS WAREHOUSES ON CEDAR HILL ROAD.
MY NAME IS SANDRA TREMONT AND I LIVE AT 1338 SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
THE NEW ADDRESS OF THIS WAREHOUSE IS 1335 SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 36 YEARS.
I MOVED TO CEDAR HILL BECAUSE ACROSS THE STREET THE CARROLL HAD CARROLL FAMILY HAD CATTLE.
I MOVED THERE TO RAISE HORSES IN MY TWO DAUGHTERS.
I WORK AT TRINITY CHURCH EVERY MORNING ABOUT SCHOOL.
YEAR SEVEN 30, I'M DRIVING DOWN CEDAR HILL ROAD.
I SEE 12 TO 15 STUDENTS WALKING THERE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I COME HOME ABOUT FOUR TO FOUR 30.
YOU CANNOT, NOBODY WATCHES 35, 30 MILES AN HOUR GOING DOWN CEDAR HILL ROAD.
I WILL BE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM A CONCRETE SLAB BUILDING THAT WE DON'T SEEM TO NEED BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM THAT ARE EMPTY.
I WANNA REMIND YOU OF YOUR MISSION STATEMENT OF CEDAR HILL.
WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
THOSE WAREHOUSES ON CEDAR HILL ROAD ARE NOT SAFE AND THEY CERTAINLY WON'T BE CLEAN.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU WOULD WANNA LIVE WHERE I DO.
NEXT SESSION I HAVE IS JOSHUA STANTON.
UM, MY NAME IS JOSHUA STANTON.
I LIVE AT 5 29 CAPRICORN STREET IN CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED HER CHILDHOOD HOME IN 2021 AFTER MY DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ.
UH, SHE'S BEEN IN CEDAR HILL FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, AND WE'RE VERY TIED TO THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, THESE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE PLANNING TO BE BUILT ON CEDAR HILL ROAD AND MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
I DO NOT SEE ANY BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY OTHER THAN MAYBE SOME TAX REVENUE AND MAYBE A FEW JOBS.
WHO KNOWS WHO'S ACTUALLY GONNA WORK THERE? WHO KNOWS WHO'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A TENANT IN THAT BUILDING.
IT'S GONNA DROP OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
IT'S GONNA BRING MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE ROAD OBSTRUCTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S UNSAFE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE TO WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL ON SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD BECAUSE BUSES DON'T COME, UH, TO PICK THEM UP IF THEY'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY OF THE SCHOOL.
AS SOMEONE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THERE'S A BRIDGE ON MOUNT LEBANON ROAD THAT GOES OVER THE RAILWAY.
WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THAT WOULD LAST WITH SEMI-TRUCKS GOING ON THAT BRIDGE.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, SEMI-TRUCKS COMING THROUGH, UM, CEDAR HILL ROAD, UH, AND OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S GONNA TEAR UP THE ROADS.
AND EVEN IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF RULE OR LAW SAYING THAT SEMI-TRUCKS CANNOT GO ON CEDAR HILL ROAD, WHO'S GONNA STOP THEM UNLESS THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER THERE 24 7 TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO SEMI-TRUCKS COMING THROUGH, THERE'S NO WAY TO STOP THAT.
THESE BUILDINGS, AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, THEY'RE GONNA BE VACANT.
THERE'S NO PLANS FOR ANY TENANTS CURRENTLY.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU, WOULD YOU APPROVE THIS CONSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD? WOULD YOU DO IT? NOT SURE.
UM, SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE VOTE NO WITH PREJUDICE
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AND LOOK TO REZONE THIS AREA AS A NON-INDUSTRIAL AREA.NEXT, UH, I HAVE IS, UH, DALE RIDDLE.
UH, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 1 3 5 4 SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
IF YOU CAN TELL BY THE ADDRESS, IT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROAD.
UH, CEDAR HILL ROAD IS ONLY 22 FEET WIDE AND ON EACH SIDE ARE DITCHES THREE TO FOUR FEET DEEP.
YOU CANNOT WALK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE IS NONE THAT GOES DOWN INTO A DITCH.
THERE'S BEEN MANY ACCIDENTS ON THE CORNER OF CEDAR HILL AND M LEBANON STREET.
I SAY STREET 'CAUSE IT'S A STREET.
CEDAR HILL IS A ROAD LIKE A COUNTY ROAD, A A ROAD IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, HERE ARE SOME OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT I'VE SEEN ON THE CORNER WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE BUILT.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY'VE HIT MY MAILBOX FIVE TIMES.
THEY KNOCKED DOWN FIVE TO SIX INCH DIAMETER TREES THREE TIMES, WHICH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NICE ENOUGH TO REPLACE.
A FEDEX TRUCK GOT FORCED OFF THE ROAD AND THE DRIVER HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED.
FORTUNATELY, THE TRUCK DIDN'T TIP OVER, BUT HE STILL GOT HURT.
RUNNING THROUGH THE DITCH, ACTUALLY LANDED ON THE HOOD OF A POLICE CAR.
UH, THERE'S A TWO CAR ACCIDENT.
UH, ONE LITTLE GIRL WAS HOSPITALIZED.
UH, THERE'S AN ACCIDENT WHERE ONE CAR WAS TOTALED AND THE OTHER ONE WAS REPAIRABLE.
BUT THE PERSON THAT TOTALED THE CAR CALLED SOMEBODY AND THEY CAME AND PICKED HIM UP BEFORE THE POLICE ARRIVED.
THESE ARE JUST THE ONES I PERSONALLY WITNESSED BECAUSE OF THE, UH, DITCHES.
PEDESTRIANS MUST USE THE ROAD TO WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
BICYCLES, BICYCLE CLUBS USE THIS ROAD ALMOST EVERY DAY.
NOBODY DRIVES 30 MILES AN HOUR.
NOW I KNOW THE TRUCKS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO DRIVE ON CEDAR HILL ROAD, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA STOP 'EM.
THIS, THIS ONE FIRST WAREHOUSE HAS PARKING FOR 142 CARS.
UH, THERE ARE 11 MORE WAREHOUSES AT THIS TIME, AND THEY'LL HAVE MORE CARS THAN THIS.
NOW, THAT'S GONNA CAUSE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON CEDAR HILL ROAD AND TIDWELL.
IS ALAN LESLIE STILL HERE? UH, TOPIC IS WAREHOUSES.
UH, I LIVE AT 5 21 NORTH LOOP, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
AND I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, 1991.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA ECHO WHAT THE RESIDENTS HERE HAVE ALREADY SAID.
UH, WAREHOUSES ARE REALLY NOT CONSISTENT WITH BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERNS ARE LIKE THEY'VE ALREADY STATED, UH, THE SAFETY OF THESE, UH, TRACTOR AND TRAILERS.
UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A GIGANTIC WAREHOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT GOOD.
UM, THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT IT'S GOING TO BRING, UH, THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES, UH, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IS IT, IS IT GOING TO SUPPORT ALL OF THESE, UH, WAREHOUSES,
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UH, LIVING ON NORTH LOOP? UH, THEY'RE ALREADY TEARING UP THE ROAD ON WINE ROAD AND WILLIS ROAD TO, UH, PUT THE SEWER LINES IN TO SUPPORT THESE WAREHOUSES.AND I MEAN, THEY HAVE TORN OUR ROAD UP.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, IN CLOSING, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'LL VOTE AGAINST THE WAREHOUSES.
TOPIC IS WAREHOUSE NEAR COMMUNITY.
HELLO, I'M JANELLE MCCURDY SULLIVAN, 1448 ATKINS STREET.
UM, AS A RESIDENT OF CEDAR HILL, I'M OPPOSITION OF ANY ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSES BEING ADJACENT TO THE CEDAR CREST NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 20 YEARS AND HAVE ENJOYED THE SMALL TOWN ATMOSPHERE THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITY HAS HAD TO OFFER MYSELF AND TO MY CHILDREN.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SIDE STREETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE WILL NOT SUPPORT ADDITIONAL 18 WHEELERS AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC.
SO ON TODAY, UM, HER BUS BROKE DOWN AND THE BUS BROKE DOWN ON THE CORNER OF CEDAR CREST NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH CEDAR HILL.
SO IF THE BUS WOULD'VE BROKE DOWN ON CEDAR HILL STREET, THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO WALK WHERE THEY HAVE NO SIDEWALKS.
SO I JUST WISH THAT, UM, EVERYONE TAKE HEED TO WHAT WE'RE ALL ASKING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO NOT LET THIS GO FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE.
I REACHED OUT TO, UM, THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK FOR DATA REGARDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE ENGINEERS ACTUALLY SAID THAT THE DATA IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE 18 WHEELERS TO BE RAN.
AND THE LAST TIME THEY SAID THAT THE DATA WAS PULLED WAS IN 1950.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW, AND I ASKED FOR A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, BUT THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T BE HERE IN TIME ENOUGH FOR TODAY.
SO JUST PLEASE CONSIDER OUR THOUGHTS ON TODAY.
NEXT, UH, CITIZEN IS, UM, PAMELA MOORE.
ARE YOU STILL HERE? OH, I DON'T NEED, OH, YOU ALREADY SPOKE.
UH, WELL, COUNSEL, THAT CONCLUDES, UM, OUR CITIZENS FORUM.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADDRESS, UH, YOUR, YOUR QUE YOUR CONCERNS, UH, LATER ON TOWARDS THE AGENDA.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS CASE NUMBER C U P 5 6 5 2023.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AN OBLIGATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT AND COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INDOOR LIMITED TO SALE FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION OF HOOKAH ON PROPERTY.
ZONER LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY.
GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF WEST FM ROAD 1382, WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 6 42 UPTOWN BOULEVARD, SUITE 2 0 2 REPRESENTATIVE, UH, NASIN, UH, UH, MARANI APPLICANT BAIDA CANDA, UH, BONNEY, UH, ONE INCORPORATED.
PROPERTY OWNER PETER PARK, P AND A MANAGEMENT, L L C.
DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE WITH US TODAY? HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, PRESENT ANYTHING TO COUNCIL? SURE.
MY NAME IS ROYAL AND I'LL BE PRESENTING, UM, THE C O P.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATION.
I'M, I CAN ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WELL ALLOW US TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL SURE.
UH, WE'LL ASK YOU PLEASE TO COME BACK UP.
I'LL SAY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL, THEN UH, WE'LL ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP.
SO IF YOU WANT, JUST GO AHEAD, JUST TAKE A SEAT AND, UH, WE GO FROM THERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYONE
[a. Case No. CUP-565-2023 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in conjunction with a restaurant and “commercial amusement (indoor)” limited to sale for on-site consumption of hookah on property zoned “LR” (Local Retail District) within the Uptown Overlay, generally located on the east side of Uptown Boulevard, south of West FM Road 1382 with the approximate address being 642 Uptown Boulevard, Suite 202. Representative: Nazneen Merani, Applicant: Babita Kanda, Baani 1, Inc., Property Owner: Peter Park, P&A Management, LLC.]
WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 6 5 2023.ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER C U P 5 6 5 2023? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT?
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COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY? YES, I RECEIVED A, UH, A COMMENT FROM THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR AT THE, AT THE MED SPA WITH CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE HOOKAH LOUNGE BEING THERE.SHE SAYS THAT THE WALL DIVIDING BETWEEN YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR ESTABLISHMENT AND HER ESTABLISHMENT DOES NOT GO ALL THE WAY TO THE ROOF.
IT ONLY GOES UP TO THE, I GUESS THE, THE DROP CEILING.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S ACCURATE OR NOT.
I I HAVE NO VERIFICATION OF THAT.
BUT YOUR NEIGHBOR IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, THAT DIVIDING WALL NOT BEING COMPLETE UP TO THE ROOF AND THE, THE SMELLS FROM THE, THE HOOKAH LOUNGE COMING INTO HER MED SPA, WHICH SHE THINKS IS GOING TO, UH, INFRINGE ON HER BUSINESS.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU ALL TALK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND IF THAT WALL DIVIDING WALL IS NOT THERE, THAT YOU GET IT BUILT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, UH, AS FAR AS I HAVE SEEN THE WALL FROM INSIDE MYSELF AND, UH, UM, THE FLOOR PLANS I HAVE AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, THE WALL GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CEILING.
IT DOESN'T, UH, EMIT ANY KIND OF SMOKE TO THE ROOF OR ROOF TO THE, TO THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING.
IT'S NOT, NOTHING'S GONNA, UM, SEEP INTO HER SPACE.
BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY COOKING IN THERE.
IF ANYTHING, THE COOKING SMELL SHOULD ALREADY GO IN THERE.
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT, HOOKAH IS NOT EVEN HAVE IN ANY KIND OF SMELL.
AND PLUS IN THE AREA WHERE WE WILL BE SERVING HOOKAH, THOSE THERE ARE FOUR EXHAUST, THERE ARE MORE THAN ADEQUATE, UH, EXHAUST SPACE WHERE THE SMOKE WILL NOT EVEN STAY IN THERE FOR MORE THAN FIVE, SEVEN MINUTES.
SO IF SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT SMOKING, SHE SHOULD ALREADY BE CONCERNED ABOUT SMELL OF, UH, FOOD THAT BEING COOKED THERE.
SO IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THEN I DON'T THINK IT APPLIES THERE.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE ASKING FOR A DIVERSITY OF FOOD OFFERINGS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE, UH, THE, UH, YOUR CUISINE BEING, UH, HIGHLIGHTED AND SHOWCASED HERE.
UM, JUST ONE COMMENT FROM MY OWN STANDPOINT.
UM, YOUR APPLICATION SHOWED YOUR SALES BASED OFF THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
UH, THOSE ARE GREAT PROJECTIONS.
UH, JUST BE MINDFUL THAT THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO A RESTAURANT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, YOU, YOUR APPLICATION DOES NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR A MARKETING PLAN OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
JUST BE MINDFUL THAT WE WANT YOU TO, I WANT YOU TO SUCCEED.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL.
AND SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU BUILD A MARKETING PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN REACH THE COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE THIS IS NEW AND PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE AN EXPOSURE TO IT.
UM, THE ONLY THING I HAVE ABOUT THE, I I'M, I'M ABOUT THE HOOKAH WITH THAT, YOU SAID THAT SEVEN TO 8% OF YOU ANTICIPATE SEVEN TO 8% OF YOUR SALES.
UH, WHAT TYPE OF CUSTOMER COMES TO A RESTAURANT AND PARTAKES OF, OF HOOK OF THE HOOKUP PROCESS? IS THAT, WOULD YOU, WOULD I GO AND NEED A MEAL AND THEN GO INTO THE LOUNGE AND SMOKE AND SMOKE? OR WOULD I SMOKE FIRST AND GO, WHAT? DOES, COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE? SURE.
UM, YOUR QUESTION, UM, SOUNDS LIKE TWOFOLD QUESTION.
WHAT KIND OF CUSTOMER, THEIR KIND OF CUSTOMER, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS ON THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, SAME KIND OF CUSTOMERS.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE KNEW A FEW SMOKES OR NOT, BUT IT'S JUST REGULAR CUSTOMERS THAT, AS WE HAVE BEEN GETTING NOW THE ARRANGEMENT OF IT.
THAT HOW THE HOOKAH COMES BEFORE OR AFTER, UH, FOOD.
HOWEVER THEY WANT IT, HOWEVER THEY PREFER, SOMETIMES THEY JUST, UH, WANNA STOP BY TO HAVE HOOKAH AND MAYBE THEY WANNA HAVE FOOD AT APPLEBEE'S OR RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO IT, IT'S REALLY, IT'S, THERE IS NO SET RULE WHAT COMES FIRST.
SO, UM, UM, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER, I, I, I, I WANNA WISH YOU, UM, GREAT SUCCESS.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT YOU'RE OPERATING IN A PLACE THAT HAS HAD SOME, UM, UNSUCCESSFUL RESTAURANTS, UH, PRIOR TO YOUR, UM, UH, DECISION TO LOCATE THERE.
AND SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO DIFFERENTLY? AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT, I SAW YOUR, UM, FLOOR PLAN AND THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF TABLES.
AND SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO, UM, OPERATE AND BE SUCCESSFUL WITH SUCH A LIMITED NUMBER OF, UM, UM, TABLES AND THE, THE, THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT, THAT SEEM TO WOULD HELP YOUR
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SUCCESS.SOME OF THE TABLES ARE GOING TO BE GOING FOR THE HOOK ASIDE.
SO I'M JUST ASKING, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO DIFFERENTLY? SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, I FEEL SORRY FOR ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL BEFORE US BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A TEAM LIKE WE DO.
UM, SECOND, UM, THE, THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF TABLE WE HAD, THE REASON WHY IT'S ONLY 7% OF THE SALE, OR FIVE TO 7% OF THE SALE, IS THAT OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS NOT BASED ON HOOKAH.
OUR SUCCESS IS NOT BASED ON HOOKAH.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE, UH, PROVIDING, UH, UH, SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITHIN THE, UM, RESTAURANT SETTING ALONG WITH OUR ALCOHOL BEVERAGES.
SO A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF PORTION OF THE RESTAURANT IS BEING DEDICATED TO HOOKAH, AND THAT IS BEING, UM, SEALED OFF WITH GLASS WALLS SO THE SMOKE DOESN'T, UH, COME INTO THE MAIN DINING AREA.
SO WHAT DIFFERENT ARE WE DOING? WE ARE BRINGING MORE INDIAN AUTHENTIC FLAVORS, WHICH I'M ASSUMING THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY LIKING.
UH, IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T SWING BY OUR TO OUR RESTAURANT, PLEASE DO STOP BY TASTE OUR FOOD.
UM, LIQUOR AND HOOKAH IS JUST CHERRY ON THE CAKE.
IT'S NOT THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS.
OKAY? BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GOOD WISHES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER C U P 5 6 5 2 2 3.
I DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNCIL? ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UH, NEXT IS, UH, BUDGET AND TAX MATTERS.
[a. Consider accepting the 2023 certified tax rolls as submitted by the Dallas and Ellis County Chief Appraisers.]
A CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE 2023 CERTIFIED TAX RULES AS SUBMITTED BY DALLAS AND ALICE COUNTY CHIEF APPRAISERS.COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ILLA.
I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL AS SUBMITTED BY THE DALLAS AND EDDIE ELLIS, COUNTY CHIEF APPRAISERS.
I YOU WANNA FINISH THAT? I'M JUST DOING A SEVEN A.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, UNANIMOUS.
[b. Discuss and consider a proposed property tax rate, set a public hearing date for the budget and tax rate, and set date to adopt the budget and a tax rate.]
UH, SEVEN B.I'LL KEEP GOING BACK TO THE CALENDAR.
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE.
SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR BUDGET AND TAX RATE, AND SET A DATE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
UH, DO WE, UH, MAKE ONE MOTION WITH ALL THREE BULLET POINTS? UH, YES, SIR.
UM, I MOVE, DO WE SET A PROPOSED PROPERTY? UM, DO WE, DO WE DO, DO WE DO 'EM SEPARATELY? I NEED A RECORD.
VOTE FOR THE FIRST ONE, HUH? TOGETHER ALTOGETHER.
UM, I MOVE THAT WE SET A PROPOSED, UH, PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE TAX YEAR 2023 AT 0.6 4 6 5 2 5 PER A HUNDRED VALUATION.
UH, I MOVE THAT WE SET THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND PROPOSED 20 23 24 BUDGET ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, 2023 AT SE AT 7:00 PM AND ALSO MOVE TO SET THE DATE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, FISCAL YEAR 2 0 2 4 BUDGET ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM SECOND, I DO HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, I DO NEED A RECORD VOTE.
IS THAT ACCURATE? SO PRO TIM, YOU WANNA GO FIRST? YEAH, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS ACTUALLY A, A DECREASE IN THE TAX RATE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. CITY MANAGER? I WANT A PENNY.
PRO TE PRO TIM, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH YOU, UM, HOW DO YOU VOTE FOR THE, UH, MOTION? AYE,
UH, WE DO HAVE A, UH, UNANIMOUS, UH, VOTE.
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UH, WE'RE JUST SETTING THE TAX RATE AND WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT A LETTER DATE.THAT'S THE ACTION THAT WE DID TODAY.
[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.]
AGENDA IS A CONSENT AGENDA.THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FUTURE, UH, SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA? I WILL PROCEED TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE AGENDA ITEMS. CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM A.
CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 25TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM B, CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR A MATCHING GRANT RE, UH, REIMBURSEMENT TO THE RIDGE AT WINDMILL HILL.
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 23 DASH 6 86, WHICH APPROVES AN ASSIGNMENT OF PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND AUTHORITY TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ON BEHALF OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, EXECUTE A MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE AND MULTI-MODAL ACCESS WITHIN TXDOT RIGHT AWAY, UH, BENEATH FM 1382.
FOR SIGNATURE PARK AND TRAIL ITEM E, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FOOD ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTIONS.
UH, INSPECTION SERVICE ITEM F, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTIONS NUMBER R 23,688, WHICH APPROVES AND NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEE AND ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION MID TEXT DIVISION.
ITEM G, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MERIT EXECUTED AGREEMENT WITH P THREE WORKS, L L C TO CONDUCT A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO CONDUCT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF BIONESS RANCH COMMUNITY COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH G.
I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[a. Case No. FP-571-2023 – Approve in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation, an application for a final plat for the Phillips Properties Addition No. 2, Lots 1-R1 and 1-R2, on property zoned “OT-Sq” (Old Town Square) District located on the southeast corner of West Belt Line Road and South Main Street with the approximate address being 408 West Belt Line Road. Applicant: Luke Keeton, Keeton Surveying, Property Owner: Ari Levy, YAL Properties LLC.]
REGULAR AGENDA, UH, CASE NUMBER, UH, SORRY.ITEM A CASE NUMBER FP 5 71 2023.
APPROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLATT FOR THE PHILLIPS PROPERTIES EDITION NUMBER TWO LOTS.
ONE R ONE N ONE R TWO ON PROPERTY ZONE T SQUARE, UH, SS, OH, SORRY, SQ, OLD TOWN SQUARE DISTRICT LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WEST BELTLINE ROAD AND SOUTH MAIN STREET WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 4 0 8 WEST BELTLINE ROAD.
LUKE KEATON KEATON, SURVEYING PROPERTY OWNER ARI LIVY, Y A L PROPERTIES L L C.
DO WE HAVE A, UH, APPLICANT HERE WITH US TODAY? COUNCILOR MCCURDY? MR. MAYOR, I HAVE, I OWN A PROPERTY THAT IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS, SO I'VE FILED AN AFFIDAVIT AND I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM DELIBERATION OR VOTING ON THIS.
UM, IS THERE AN APPLICANT HERE TODAY? ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS APPEARED TO BE HERE, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? THE FLOOR IS OPEN COUNSEL.
MAYOR, I, I WOULD THAT WE APPROVE, UH, CASE NUMBER P 5 7 1 223.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
UM, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND MOVES.
UH, IT, IT MOVES, UH, FORWARD WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
AND LAST ITEM ON THE, UH, IREG AGENDA
[b. Case No. SP-570-2023 – Consider an application for a site plan on property zoned “I” (Industrial District), generally located on the northwest corner of Mount Lebanon Road and South Cedar Hill Road with the approximate address being 1335 South Cedar Hill Road. Representative: Josh T. Edge, Dynamic Engineering Consultants, Applicant: Daniel Marsicano, Leon Capital Group, Property Owners: Frankie Marie Carrell Lee.]
IS, UH, ITEM B.CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONE I INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MOUNT LEBANON ROAD AND SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1335 SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSH T EDGE DYNAMIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANT APPLICANT, UH, DANIEL, UH, MARCIANO, LEON CAPITAL GROUP, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, FRANKIE MARIE CAROL LEE.
SO DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? GOOD EVENING, SIR.
I'M SURE YOU ENJOYED OUR CENSUS FORUM TODAY, SIR.
I WORK WITH DYNAMIC ENGINEERING.
WE'RE A CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRM REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT.
I DID PREPARE A SLIGHT, UM, A SMALL PRESENTATION FOR THE COUNCIL TODAY, BUT, UH, BEFORE WE JUMPED INTO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, PULL MICROPHONE UP YOUR STAFF.
COULD YOU PUT A, COULD YOU PUT A MICROPHONE? YES.
YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN FANTASTIC AND ASSISTING US THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, MS. PENA, UM, THE, THE PUBLIC
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WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS, HAS REALLY BEEN AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.SO I WANNA GIVE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THEM.
AND I, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR YOU HERE.
SO, UM, MOVING ON, UM, IS CONTROLLER OKAY.
UM, SO AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, TWO INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES AT 1335 SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
UM, THIS IS A SITE LOCATION, NORTHWEST CORNER OF MOUNT LEBANON ROAD AND CEDAR HILL ROAD.
UM, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS A SITE PLAN APPLICATION, UM, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO INDUSTRIAL SHELL BUILDINGS FOR THE WAREHOUSE USE.
CURRENTLY, THIS SITE IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL, WHICH MEANS THAT BY RIGHT, IT IS ALLOWED PER THE ZONING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE SURROUNDING ZONING DESIGNATIONS TO THE NORTH.
WE HAVE THE, THE SAME INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH.
IT'S THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ZONING DISTRICT TO THE WEST.
IT'S ALSO THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
AND THEN TO OUR EAST, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
UM, THE EXISTING LAND USE HERE IS, IS AN UNDEVELOPED, UM, PORTION OF PROPERTY WITH, UH, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FLOODPLAIN THAT DOES, IN FACT, CUT THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IT, IT DOES ADJOIN A LOT OF, UH, SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL HAS PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO WHERE THEY CHOOSE FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO BE.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THE DIFFERENT ZONING DESIGNATIONS, THE DIFFERENT USES THAT THE CITY HAS INCORPORATED OVER TIME.
UM, AND, AND REALLY MOST RECENTLY HAVE REALLY TRIED TO CONTROL, UM, A LOT OF THIS.
AND, AND BASED ON OUR DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE ABIDING BY YOUR STANDARDS.
SO AGAIN, WE, WE PULLED SOME OF THIS INFORMATION FROM STAFF REVIEW AS, AS FAR AS WE GO THROUGH A SITE PLAN PROCESS.
UM, I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT IT'S THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR PROPOSED NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSURANCE, THE COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, THIS IS WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING AT AS THEY REVIEW OUR APPLICATION.
UM, CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY PLAYS A BIG PART IN THIS, AND WE DO, AGAIN, FALL WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, COUPLE OF THE TYPICAL LAND USES, UM, WAREHOUSE OUTDOOR STORAGE, LIGHT AND HEAVY ASSEMBLY, LIGHT MANUFACTURING, ALL ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED WITHIN THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT.
LAND USE IS ALLOWED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FALL WITHIN THE FULFILLMENT CENTER AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER, WHICH YOU'RE ALL WELL, ALL WELL AWARE OF WHAT THAT CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFIES.
UM, AGAIN, JUST A SUMMARY THAT THE WAREHOUSE IS, THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR WAREHOUSE, SO IT'S, UM, IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
UM, A COUPLE OF THE SITE PLAN, WE CAN SKIMM THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH STAFF AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING UP HERE THAT WE WENT THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE ITEMS AS WE REVIEWED OUR SITE PLAN.
AND, UH, STAFF HAS AGREED THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE MET ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE STANDARDS.
UM, THE ONLY ONE THAT MAY STAND OUT AND NEEDED ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION THROUGH THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED WAS IN, IN REGARDS TO VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION.
UM, AND SO AS I GET THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, I'M HOPING TO ADDRESS THAT.
CAN YOU GO BACK ONE, I'M SORRY.
COULD YOU GO BACK ONE? YES, SIR.
UH, THE LANDSCAPING SCREENING, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT LATER AS WELL? YES, SIR.
I, I WOULD LIKE, IF WE GO THROUGH THIS, IF, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ALONG THE WAY, I DON'T HAVE TO PUT THIS, WELL, I, I SEE ON HERE THAT IT SAYS SHALL BE SUBMITTED AND, AND I HEARD YOU SAY VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN BY ANY YES, SIR.
AND, AND ACTUALLY, UM, CITY STAFF DID, WE SUBMITTED THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AS PART, AS OUR SITE PLAN PACKAGE OKAY.
AS WELL AS OUR TREE TREE MITIGATION PLAN.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY CHECKED THAT BOX AND I CAN, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES, WE'LL GO THROUGH MORE DETAIL AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE.
UM, VISUAL, THE SITE PLAN, YES, IT DOES INVOLVE TWO LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, UM, UH, 126,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND 178, APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING REQUIRED PARKING.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE TENANTS HAVE NOT BEEN DEFINED FOR THIS.
UM, WE ARE A ALLOWING, UH, PER CODE, OR WE ARE DESIGNING PER CODE, THE NECESSARY PARKING FOR THE WAREHOUSE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE.
IF WE HAVE A TENANT THAT COMES IN, THAT IS SOMETHING OTHER THAN THOSE TWO USES, WE AS A DESIGN TEAM AND OUR CLIENT AS A DEVELOPER IS FULLY AWARE THAT WILL CON, IT WILL REQUIRE AN UPDATED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND A FURTHER PUBLIC
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HEARING IN REGARDS TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY.
WE ARE GOING WITH THE STRAIGHT ZONING AND STRAIGHT USE AS IT'S LISTED IN THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE SITE ACCESS.
RIGHT? HERE'S WHERE WE START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WILL HOPE TO, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS, UM, FROM STAFF.
UM, CURRENTLY OUR SITE ACCESS IS SHOWN OFF OF CEDAR HILL ROAD AND MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
UM, AS PART OF THE REVIEW OF OUR TRAFFICKED IMPACT ANALYSIS, IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL THAT WE RESTRICT TRUCK ACCESS TO ONLY MOUNT LEBANON.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT IS ACHIEVED HERE FOR THE TIME BEING.
AND THE REASON I SAY FOR THE TIME BEING IS BECAUSE CEDAR HILL ROAD IS ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
AND WE WILL GET TO THAT LATER.
BUT AS FAR AS RESTRICTING TRUCK ACCESS TO MOUNT LEBANON ROAD RIGHT NOW, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
I'VE RAN THE TRUCK TURNING MOVEMENTS ON THIS.
BUT WE TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE CONTROL THAT, RIGHT? HOW DO WE CONTROL THAT ON SITE? WELL, WAY FINDING SIGNS, TRAINING OF, UH, TRUCK DRIVERS AND THE TENDENCIES OF THOSE TRUCK DRIVERS.
MAKING SURE THAT THE TENANTS IN THESE BUILDINGS ARE WELL AWARE OF THE, THE ACCESS POINT TO THIS SITE IS THE SOUTH ACCESS POINT ALONG, I'M SORRY, THE WESTERN ACCESS POINT ALONG MOUNT LEBANON ROAD, WHICH IN, IN THIS SLIDE IS SHOWN AS THE, THE BLUE ARROW, KIND OF ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE, THE IMAGE.
SO, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UM, I, I PUT THIS SLIDE IN HERE BECAUSE I, I WANT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND EVERYBODY LISTENING TO, TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE RAN THE, THE TRUCK CALS.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE SET OUT ACTUAL COUNTERS ON THE ROADWAYS AND IDENTIFIED HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS COMING INTO AND AROUND THIS AREA.
AS PART OF THAT, WE INCLUDED ALSO THE FIVE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAD BEEN MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN, IN, IN THE PUBLIC SPEAKING.
WE TOOK THOSE DEVELOPMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
OUR FULL T I A WAS SUBMITTED TO CITY STAFF AND THEIR THIRD PARTY REVIEWER WHO REVIEWED ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC COUNTS AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS.
ESSENTIALLY, UM, BASED ON THAT BULLET POINT NUMBER FOUR HERE, CITY REVIEW, CITY REVIEWER GENERALLY AGREES WITH THE STUDY FINDINGS THAT THE PROPOSED SITE WILL NOT HAVE A NOTABLE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ROADWAY CONDITIONS IN THE STUDIED AREA.
FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE, IF A TENANT EXCEEDS, WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING IS 0.19 TRIPS PER 1000 GROSS SQUARE FLOOR.
SQUARE FOOT, AN AMENDED T I A ANALYSIS WILL BE PROVIDED AND, AND ANALYZED AT THAT TIME.
TRUCK ACCESS, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, ALLOW, ALLOWING TRUCKS TO ENTER AND EXIT ALONG MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
UM, THIS IS THE INBOUND TRUCK MOVEMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THIS SITE.
UM, AND OUTBOUND, UM, OUTBOUND MOVEMENTS ARE ALSO, UM, AVAILABLE AND CAN BE MADE ONTO MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
CAN I SAY INGRESS AGAIN? YES, SIR.
THESE ARE TRUCKS COMING INTO THE SITE, BACKING INTO DOCK DOORS.
UM, HOW MUCH, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SLIDES YOU HAVE, SIR? UH, NO SIR.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW, HOW MANY BAY DOORS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? WHAT'S THAT? IS, IS IT BAY DOORS? IS THAT, NO, I, I WAS JUST, UH, WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA GO THROUGH YOUR WHOLE PRESENTATION.
DIDN'T WE ASK QUESTIONS OR I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS CURRENTLY.
WHAT, WHAT WILL BE THE, WHAT WILL BE THE ADDRESS OF THIS FACILITY? VERY GOOD QUESTION.
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
'CAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAD IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT I HAVE DONE SOME, I SAY RESEARCH.
UM, I HAVE SET PENS ALL ALONG WHERE ACCESS COULD BE IDENTIFIED.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH, UH, ADDRESSING SO THAT WHENEVER A DRIVER PLUGS IN OUR ADDRESS, IT DOES IN FACT TAKE THEM 67 TO MOUNT LEBANON ROAD AND THEN INTO OUR SITE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS HAS BEEN DEFINED YET, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT COMES THROUGH WITH OUR BUILDING PERMIT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, 'CAUSE I HAVE LOOKED INTO A COUPLE OF THE DIFFERENT ADDRESSES THAT WOULD WORK AND, AND IDENTIFY TRAFFIC COMING THE DIRECTION THAT WE INTENDED FOR IT TO.
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I HAVE A COUSIN WHO'S A TRUCK DRIVER, AND IF HE'S COMING FROM GEORGIA, HE'S GONNA PUT THE ADDRESS IN.AND WHEN I PUT THE ADDRESS IN FROM MY HOUSE, IT TAKES ME DOWN SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
NOW, IF I PUT AN ADDRESS IN ON TIDWELL ON, NOT TIDWELL ON MOUNT LEBANON YES, SIR.
AND SO THAT YOU, I'M, AGAIN, I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE I HAVE LOOKED INTO THAT AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE ADDRESSING DEPARTMENT TO PICK, UM, PHYSICAL ADDRESSES THAT WORK WITH THE DIRECTIONAL, UM, INFORMATION THAT GOOGLE IS ABLE TO PROVIDE.
SO YOU SAID YOU'VE DONE, UH, A TRAFFIC, UH, IMPACT ANALYSIS, SIR, DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE TRAFFIC METERING DEVICES OUT THERE? NO, SIR.
THEY, THEY GET SET OUT FOR, AND I CAN BACK UP TO THAT SLIDE IF YOU LIKE, OR, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE, UM, A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO, SOMEBODY HAD CONTACTED ME ABOUT SOME TRAFFIC METERING DEVICES THAT WERE, THAT WERE OUT THERE AND THE LINES WERE DISCONNECTED FROM THE BOXES.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE WERE YOURS.
KINDA HARD TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY IF YOU, IF THE LAUNDRY DISCONNECTED.
YEAH, I, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE THE TIMING OF THAT, UM, OF WHEN THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WERE SET OUT, BUT OURS WERE MOST RECENTLY THAT WE SET THOSE OUT AND, UM, THERE'S NOTHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE, IT IT, WAIT, LET ME BACK UP.
I I, IF THE TRAFFIC MONITORING DEVICES WERE DISCONNECTED, UHHUH
UM, MR. ED, YOU, YOU MADE THE COMMENT IN THE VERY BEGINNING ABOUT, FOR NOW THAT YOU PLAN ON UTILIZING MOUNTAIN LEBANON IS YOUR ONLY INGRESS INTO THE, THE, UH, THE SITES.
SO WHEN YOU SAY FOR NOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FOR NOW? AND, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE FUTURE? SURE.
AND MAYBE I SHOULD STEP BACK AND MAYBE CLARIFY THAT COMMENT WHENEVER I SAID, UM, ACCESS, I, I WAS REALLY REFERRING TO THE TRUCK ACCESS.
TRUCK ACCESS WILL BE IN AND OUT ON MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
UM, YOUR SECOND QUESTION, I'M SORRY, WAS NO, THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
SO THE ACCESS THEN FOR EMPLOYEES, ANY OTHER YES, SIR.
NOT DELIVERIES, RIGHT? 'CAUSE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DELIVERED THROUGH AND COME DOWN MOUNT LEBANON.
DELIVERIES WOULD BE ROUTED THROUGH MOUNT LEBANON AS WELL.
OH, YOU HAD, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT FOR NOW RIGHT? THAT THE COMMENT OF FOR NOW.
AND AS I GET THROUGH FURTHER INTO MY PRESENTATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN FOR CEDAR HILL ROAD DOES NOT SHOW IT'S STAYING AS A TWO-LANE ASPHALT ROAD FOREVER.
IT IS ON THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AS A MINOR COLLECTOR.
WHICH MEANS THAT THERE IS MORE CAPACITY THERE TO BE HAD.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THE IDEA IS THAT WE BRING ACCESS FROM MOUNTAIN LEBANON.
SO AT SOME POINT THEN, FOR NOW, I MEAN SOME POINT THEN, UH, WAY DOWN IN THE FUTURE, WHEN, WHEN THAT IS, UH, EXPANDED THEN, THEN THERE MAY BE OPTIONS AT THAT POINT.
BUT RIGHT NOW YOUR INTENT IS, UH, TO ENTER ALL YOUR TRUCK TRAFFIC THROUGH MOUNT LEBANON.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AT CEDAR HILL ROAD HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR THREE WHEEL EX AXLE IS APPROACHING CEDAR HILL ROAD.
IS THAT ACCURATE? OR THAT WAS JUST FOR THE, THE TRUCK TURNING MOVEMENTS COMING IN.
UH, THE TRUCK DOES HAVE TO EXTEND A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE DOCK DOORS OR THE, THE RAMP TO MAKE THAT MANEUVER BACK INTO THAT, THAT LAST BAY DOOR.
UM, SO IT WOULD, IT WOULDN'T GO OUT ONTO, IT WOULDN'T GO OUT ONTO SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
JUST, JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
THREE AXLES IS GOING IN AND OUT ON CEDAR HILL ROAD? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE CAN HAVE ALL OF OUR TRUCK ACCESS WORKING THROUGH MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
AND IF YOU GO FORWARD ONE SLIDE.
UH, SO THE EGRESS, SO THE EGRESS AND INGRESS, WE CAN USE THAT SAME ACCESS POINT? YES, SIR.
UH, KESSEL MCCURDY, IS THERE SOME REASON WHY WE COULDN'T COMPLETELY DISCONNECT THE, UH, TRUCK PARKING LOTS FROM THE PEDESTRIAN PARKING LOTS? UM, EVEN, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT CEDAR HILL ROAD, THE FUTURE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, CAUSE HER TO BE A MINOR COLLECTOR, BUT YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET.
THE SAME CONCERNS ARE STILL GOING TO BE THERE.
AND, AND I REALIZE THAT YOU CAN BUILD THIS BY RIGHT.
UM, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO KEEP THE TRUCK TRAFFIC OFF OF CEDAR HILL ROAD AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A PERMANENT REQUEST.
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YEAH.AND, UH, I REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING GONNA BE PLACED ON THIS DEVELOPMENT PERIOD.
BUT, UM, I, I SEE NO REASON WHY YOU COULDN'T SIMPLY DISCONNECT THE, UH, IN, IN THE INTEREST OF BEING NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, DISCONNECT THE TRACTOR TRAILER PARKING FROM THE, THE PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE PARKING, AND THEN SCREEN IT SO THAT THERE ARE NO TRACTOR TRAILERS VISIBLE PERIOD FROM CEDAR HILL ROAD AND TRY TO PRESERVE THE NATURE OF, OF SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OVER THERE.
AND AS WE GET FURTHER THROUGH, AS WE GET FURTHER THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL, I, I HOPE TO PRESENT TO SHOW HOW WE'VE TAKEN MEASURES TO AND HELP WITH THE SCREENING COMPONENT AND ASPECT OF THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CONTINUE.
RIGHT? HERE'S WHAT WE, WE WERE JUST SPEAKING ABOUT.
UH, THIS IS A SNIPPET OUT OF YOUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD IS AND OUR SITE THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS A MINOR COLLECTOR.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PAVING SECTIONS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE THAT IDENTIFY, UM, ALMOST WHAT CURRENT CONDITIONS ARE WITH THE TWO-LANE ASPHALT, WHAT A POTENTIAL FUTURE, UH, PAVING SECTION COULD LOOK LIKE WITH, UM, TWO LANES AND A MIDDLE TURNING LANE.
AND THEN ALSO IN SPEAKING WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, THIS MINOR COLLECTOR COULD ALSO SUPPORT A, THE, THE 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY COULD ALSO SUPPORT TWO LANE, UH, OR, I'M SORRY, FOUR LANE, TWO LANE IN EITHER DIRECTION.
SO WHAT DOES A MINOR COLLECTOR MEAN? UH, IT MEANS THAT YOUR VOLUME RANGES OF TRIP TRIPS ARE BETWEEN A THOUSAND TO 15,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
UH, A POSTAGE SPEED LIMIT OF 30 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR, AND A PLANNING LEVEL OF SERVICES, A, AROUND A TO B.
AND THAT THEN MATCHES THE MA UM, MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
UH, TREES, LET'S TREES AND SOME OF THE SCREENING.
THIS PLAN THAT I HAVE PULLED UP HERE, UH, IS REFLECTIVE OF CURRENT SITE CONDITIONS.
IF YOU CAN SEE THE, EACH ONE OF THESE SYMBOLS.
THIS REPRESENTS AN EXISTING TREE THAT IS ONSITE TODAY.
SO AS PART OF THIS, THERE ARE TREES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR CURRENT PLANTING PLAN IS, THIS IS OUR NEW PLANTING PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE PROVIDING AMPLE LANDSCAPING, UH, NEW TREES.
WE HAVE THE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, THE FIRST BUILDING THAT ALMOST BECOMES SIMILAR TO A PARK AREA.
UM, THE, THE AREA THAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE IS, IS DEDICATED AS, AS FLOODPLAIN, AND THEREFORE ANY PLANTINGS CAN THAT ARE DONE IN THE, IN THE FLOODPLAIN DON'T COUNT TOWARDS ANY, ANY LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A GOOD IDEA TO BE PLANTING TREES IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO JUST AGAIN, AS A COMPARISON, UM, EXISTING CONDITIONS, PROPOSED CONDITIONS, HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PLANTING, SOME OF THE TREE SPECIES THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING ON OUR SITE.
THESE WILL BE VISIBLE, THESE WILL BE OUT ALONG SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD.
UH, THEY WILL BE IN THE OPEN AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING A BUILDING.
JUST A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT, UM, THE EACH ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS MAY LOOK LIKE IS A CONCRETE TILT WALL BUILDING WITH REVEALS ANDI UH, ARTICULATIONS.
SO THIS IS, UH, SORRY, GOING BACK, BUILDING A, THIS IS THE BUILDING FURTHER ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND THEN BUILDING B IS THE ONE THAT FACES THE LONG MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
I WANTED TO PUT IN ANOTHER BUILDING ELEVATION SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF COMPARE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING IN THE TREES THAT ARE DONE HERE.
THIS IS JUST BASICALLY FROM STREET VIEW.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ELEVATION THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE, ON THE TOP IS THE BUILDING ELEVATION WITHOUT ANY LANDSCAPING.
THE ELEVATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE TREES COULD LOOK LIKE, UM, TO PROVIDE THE SCREENING.
SAME THING ON BUILDING, UH, B WE HAVE SCREENING ON THE, UH, THE EAST FACE AND THE SOUTH FACE ON MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
SO THE TREES ARE SIGNIFICANT IN THE SENSE THAT, UM, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT SIZE CALIPER TREE IS BEING PROPOSED
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TO BE PUT IN, IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, A TREE WILL TAKE A LOT OF YEARS TO GROW.ARE, ARE THOSE TREES, THE, THESE TREES ARE, THESE TREES ARE SHOWN, I WOULD SAY CLOSER TO MATURITY THAN AT TIME OF PLANTING.
SO AT TIME OF PLANTING, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANTING THREE TO FOUR INCH CALIPER TREES THAT ARE MEASURED AT BREAST HEIGHT.
NOT, NOT A SMALL TREE BY ANY MEAN, BUT AS THEY GROW AND MATURE, THAT'S WHEN WE START SEEING THIS.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I, I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH A THREE TO FOUR INCH CALIPER TREE.
UH, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, MAYOR PROTON, WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS IN INCREASING MAYBE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING AND THE TREE SIZES.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, ANYTHING THAT THE DEVELOPER HERE WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, OPPOSED TO IF, IF NEED BE.
BUT WE ARE PLANTING A NUMBER OF TREES.
SOMETHING I'D BE INTERESTED IN TOO, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT ARE RUNNING ACROSS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, 67 NOW.
UH, ARE PROBABLY WHAT, THREE OR FOUR INCH CA CALIPERS.
SO THEY, THEY'RE REALLY SMALL AT THIS POINT, BUT IT'S GONNA LOOK GOOD, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
WE CAN KIND OF SPEED THE PROCESS UP.
UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM LANDSCAPING? OKAY.
UM, OH, UM, OUR, OUR MASTER TRAIL PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR A, A TRAIL TO COME DIRECTLY ACROSS THIS PROPERTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE LANDSCAPING THAT GETS PLANTED ISN'T GOING TO INTERFERE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT TRAIL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE EASIER IF YOU ALL JUST PUT THE TRAIL IN ON YOUR SEGMENT OF THE PROPERTY WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE CONSTRUCTING THIS AND DOING THE LANDSCAPING, WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY GONNA HAVE CONCRETE TRUCKS OUT THERE.
AND, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT IS A SLIDE THAT I WILL GET TO LATER IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
'CAUSE THIS, WE ARE AWARE OF THE, THE, THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN TO HAVE A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL COME THROUGH THIS PROPERTY.
AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THAT THE, THE FLOODPLAIN ACTUALLY SUBDIVIDES THE PROPERTY, LET ME GO BACK HERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE AREA THAT'S IDENTIFIED AN LP ONE, UM, THAT IS ON THE, THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
UM, IN SPEAKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THE IDEA FOR WHERE, FOR THE LOCATION OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IS GOING TO BE RIGHT ALONG THIS, THIS FLOODPLAIN AND, AND WHERE WE WERE PLANNED TO PUT THIS SANITARY SEWER LINE, UM, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO IN, IN ANOTHER SLIDE.
BUT THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE HERE IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME AREA HERE ON SITE WHICH COULD BE UTILIZED FOR ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE FOR, FOR CITY BENEFIT, UM, YOU KNOW, AN, AN ADDITIONAL PARK.
UM, SOMETHING THAT, THAT COULD BE OF BENEFIT THAT, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY MAYBE EVEN GRANT BACK TO THE CITY FOR USE.
UH, I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER AZI, COULD YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO, UM, THIS, THE SLIDE WITH THE ELEVATIONS AND THE BUILDING FACADES? YES, MA'AM.
DID YOU WANT THE ONE IS, IS THIS OKAY OR DO YOU WANT THE ONES WITH THE TREE PLANTING? LET'S, LET'S STAY HERE FOR NOW.
MY, MY QUESTION I THINK IS, UM, A, A SIMPLE ONE BECAUSE IT'S THE, THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, AND THAT IS, IF I AM, LET'S SAY MR. DALE RIDDLE AT 1354 CEDAR HILL ROAD, AND I LOOKED OUT LIKE, WHAT WOULD I SEE? FANTASTIC QUESTION.
I'VE GOT, I'VE, SO WHAT I, WHAT MY TEAM AND I DID WAS WE RAN A LINE OF SIGHT STUDY.
IT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE, THE VIEW FROM THE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STREET WOULD LOOK LIKE.
MAY I, MAY I SKIP FORWARD A FEW SLIDES? YEAH, SURE.
SO THIS WOULD BE YOUR LINE OF SIGHT STUDY FOR THE ADDRESS THAT YOU MENTIONED.
UM, BE BEFORE YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE THE TREES THAT DO COME IN AND SCREEN SOME OF THE BUILDING, BUT I ALSO MAY WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT THE ELEVATIONS OF CEDAR HILL ROAD AND THE RESIDENTS ON THE EAST SIDE ARE GONNA BE ELEVATED AS COMPARED TO THESE BUILDINGS.
THE, THE, THE SITE ITSELF HAS A, A GREAT TOPOGRAPHY FALL FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
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THAT CORNER, OR I GUESS OUR SOUTHEAST CORNER IS MUCH HIGHER.THE INTERSECTION AT MOUNT LEBANON AND SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD IS ELEVATED AS COM COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE SITE.
SO OUR, OUR BUILDINGS WILL HAVE A GRADE DIFFERENTIAL FROM THE STREET TO THE SITE, WHICH AGAIN HELPS WITH SOME OF THIS LINE OF SIGHT.
AND IF I MAY GO BACK ONE SLIDE, I'D LIKE TO SHOW WHAT, JUST TO THE NORTH, WHAT THE BUILDINGS ON, UH, WHAT BUILDING A WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THE RESIDENCE ACROSS THE STREET.
CURRENTLY THE RESIDENCE, UM, FURTHER NORTH ON CEDAR HILL ROAD HAVE AN EXISTING SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREEN WALL ON THEIR PROP AT THE BORDER OF THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THEREFORE, AS THEIR LINE OF SIGHT GETS EXTENDED INTO OUR PROPERTY, IT'S THEREFORE LIMITED.
AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE, THE TREES, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT LINE OF SIGHT BECOMES, I WOULD SAY, AT AT FULL MATURITY OF TREES, WE'RE NOT SEEING MUCH OF THESE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
COUNCIL HAY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I, UH, WAS COMPLETELY CLEAR ON, ON, UH, YOUR ANSWER TO, UH, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY WITH REGARDS TO THAT TRAIL WE HAD PLANNED.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS OF PUTTING THAT IN AS, AS PART OF YOUR PROJECT? OH, THE, THE TRAIL, YEAH.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER RIGHT NOW.
CITY STAFF HAS JUST ASKED THAT WE, UM, IDENTIFY AN EASEMENT ALONG THE FLOODPLAIN BOUNDARY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
IN, IN MY CONVERSATIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS I WITH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN DEFINED OF EXACTLY WHERE THEY, THEY WANT THIS TRAIL TO FIND, TO BE, TO BE LOCATED.
UM, THAT IS THAT CORRECT STAFF? WE'RE NOT REAL SURE OF THE ALIGNMENT.
THE EXACT ALIGNMENT HASN'T BEEN DEFINED.
SO AT THAT POINT THEN, IF IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT REALLY SET FROM ALIGNMENT STANDPOINT NOW, UH, AND YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR PROJECT IN NOW, HOW WOULD WE COORDINATE THAT DOWN THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? IS THAT POSSIBLE? SO THERE WOULD BE AN OR WOULD WE, IF THE DEVELOPER BE OPEN TO AT LEAST IN, IN PROCESS TO THIS DEVELOP TO GO, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT IN, JUST LET US KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA BE.
I DON'T WANNA DISMISS THAT, THAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK THAT IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE COULD HAVE.
IT DOES MAKE SENSE IF THINGS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE PLANNED OUT APPROPRIATELY, I, I'D HATE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO PUT THE TRAIL IN AND THEN WE DECIDE IT NEEDS TO BE IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WELL, AND VICE AND VICE VERSA TOO.
YOU WOULDN'T WANNA PUT IN A BUNCH OF YOUR LANDSCAPE AND THEN TEAR IT OUT, YOU KNOW, SO.
SO IT'S GOT, IT'S GOTTA BE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT OUT.
AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TO, TO THAT REGARD, IF, IF YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF OUR LANDSCAPING IS OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE FLOODPLAIN, WHEREAS THIS HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IS GOING RIGHT THROUGH THIS.
SO ANY, ANY PROPOSED LANDSCAPING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING ON THE SITE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S ONCE THE FINAL ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT, BUT EASEMENTS WILL BE DEDICATED.
SO AT, AT THE TIME THAT THE, THE PATH IS DEFINED, YOU, YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO, TO ACCESS THE SITE AND CONSTRUCT THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
SO, SO IN THE, IN, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S APPROVED AND WE'VE GOT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE THAT CAN BE, DO THE RECOMMENDATION LIST ALREADY GOT AS FAR AS POTENTIAL, UM, DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH EITHER Y'ALL DOING IT ALL OR PARTNERSHIP OR WHATEVER.
I, I THINK THAT COUNCILMAN MCCURDY'S BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT, UH, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT.
YEAH, YOU HAVE MORE PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, NEXT PART, PUBLIC ENHANCEMENTS.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BEING THE GOOD NEIGHBOR? WHAT CAN WE BRING TO THE TABLE IN THIS? WELL NUMBER ONE THAT WE CAN BRING IS ANTICIPATED TO PROVIDE OVER A HUNDRED JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THESE TWO BUILDINGS.
UH, ECONOMIC GROWTH, UH, AND INCREASED TAX REVENUE.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, WE ARE DEDICATING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION TO RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, CURRENTLY WE'D BE DEDICATING 50 FEET OF THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE, UH, TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO CEDAR HILL ROAD.
UM, CURRENTLY PROPERTY LINE IS MIDDLE OF CEDAR HILL ROAD, UM, AND THAT
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50 FEET COMES RIGHT INTO OUR PROPERTY, THE ENTIRE LANE AS WE MENTIONED, HIKE AND BIKE, HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.UM, THE GREEN LINE THAT'S SHOWN ON THIS EXHIBIT WAS JUST THE ONE THAT WAS PRELIMINARY PROVIDED TO US BY STAFF.
UM, THIS COULD GO ANY NUMBER OF DIRECTIONS AND HAVE A MEANDERING PATH AND, AND POINTS ALONG THE WAY, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE THE PATH THAT HAS BEEN DEFINED TO US AND WHAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DEDICATE, UM, BACK FOR, FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF CITY STAFF, UM, CITY STAFF COMMENTS.
WE ALSO HAD THE REQUEST FOR SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WORK.
UH, THERE'S A 20 INCH WATER MAIN, UH, THAT EXTENDS ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF CEDAR HILL ROAD, UM, AS WELL AS A A 12 INCH SANITARY SEWER.
UM, EXISTING FACILITIES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
EXISTING FACILITIES FOR THE SITE WOULD ALREADY SERVICE THE BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
UM, FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT, WE DO NOT NEED THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM US AND CERTAINLY THINGS THAT WE ARE, UM, WILLING AND ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE FOR ARE.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS CLOSE TO MY LAST SLIDE HERE.
UM, CITY STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AND, UH, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THE CONDITIONS AT WHICH, UM, THEY RECOMMENDED ARE BASICALLY THEIR STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS.
AND THROUGHOUT OUR DISCUSSIONS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND WE'VE CHECKED EVERY ONE OF THOSE BOXES.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS ASKED FOR, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE, UM, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, WE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDED A DEMI, A DENIAL DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS ON SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD AS WE WENT BACK AND GAME PLAN FROM LAST WEEK INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
WE, WE ARE WILLING TO RESTRICT OUR ACCESS TO MOUNT LEBANON ROAD FOR THE TRUCK ACCESS, UH, BEING IN AND OUT AT THAT LOCATION.
UM, THEREFORE, FROM WHAT WE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY
I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT ALLEVIATES A LOT OF THE CONCERN THAT WE HAD, WE HAD DEALT WITH.
AND I THINK THE CONCERN THAT THAT PLANNING AND ZONING WAS PRESENTING TO US.
REITERATE THE FACT THAT THIS, THIS SITE IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
UM, AND WE ARE PROPOSED WAREHOUSE AND IS ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
UM, CITY, CITY COUNCIL'S DECISIONS WILL BE BASED UPON THE FINDINGS.
THE SITE PLAN COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE ORDINANCE AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, I'M, I I DID NOT WRITE THAT.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS STRAIGHT FROM, UH, CITY STAFF'S REPORT.
UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
I'LL BEGIN WITH THE CUSTOMER MCCURDY.
AND THEN, UH, I HAVE ONE FOR STAFF AND I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF MAY WANT TO RESERVE THEIR RESPONSE UNTIL AFTER, UH, ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.
SO MY, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, YOU, YOU SEEM TO KIND OF INSINUATE THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO COMMIT THE REMAINDER OF THE, I GUESS WHAT IS FLOODPLAIN NOW TO, WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT AS A PARKLAND DEDICATION? YES, SIR.
BUT LET ME ALSO PREFACE THAT WITH, UM, I, I DON'T MAKE THE DECISIONS, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT, THAT COMES AT FROM THE DEVELOPER.
UM, I CAN SAY IN OUR INITIAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN REGARDS TO THIS, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY TRUCK TRAFFIC GOING TO CEDAR HILL ROAD AT THE, AT THIS TIME IS NOT YOUR PLAN.
I THINK LONGER TERM, I THINK YOUR, YOUR PLAN SHOULD BE THAT ALL TRUCK TRAFFIC SHOULD REMAIN ON MOUNT LEBANON.
I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YOU NEED TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THOSE THAT ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND, AND, AND FOCUS ON THE SAFETY OF THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT, THAT YOU CAN
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BUILD, UH, BY RIGHT.UM, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE TRACK AND THE, THE TRUCK AND, AND TRACTOR, UH, TRAILER PARKING AND THE, AND THE, YOU KNOW, CIVILIAN OR, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE PARKING LOTS.
UM, AND, AND SCREENING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT FROM THE CEDAR HILL ROAD SIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE ACROSS THE STREET FROM, FROM AN OFFICE BUILDING OR SOMETHING.
YOU CAN, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SOFTEN THAT LOOK SO THAT, UM, THEY'RE NOT SEEING THE TRUCKS AND, AND THEY'RE NOT SEEING THE, THE, THE TRAILERS OVER THERE.
AND, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BEFORE I REALIZED GOING BACK, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT AS WELL BEFORE, UM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN CITY CODE THAT DOES IDENTIFY DRIVEWAY ACCESS PER, UH, NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
SO WE, WE NEED THOSE DRIVEWAYS.
WE, YOU COULD REMOVE THE DRIVEWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT BUILDING THAT CONNECTS THE, THE, THE TRUCK PARKING LOT TO CEDAR HILL ROAD TRUCK.
BECAUSE TRUCK, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE THAT ACCESS THERE, EVENTUALLY THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO USE IT WHETHER OKAY.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER, WHETHER YOU'RE TELLING US IF THEY'RE GONNA USE IT OR NOT.
THE TRUCKS ARE GONNA PULL OUT THERE.
YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE, WE MAYBE RESTRICT THAT TRUCK ACCESS GOING OUT TO CEDAR HILL BY, I, I THINK IT'S THE REMOVAL OF THAT DRIVE ON THAT NORTH SIDE POTENTIALLY.
AND THEN MY, MY, MY OTHER QUESTION, THE IS FOR STAFF, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, HOUSE BILL 31 67 CHANGED ALL THE RULES ON, ON HOW WE LOOK AT AND, AND EVALUATE, UH, PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS.
AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO GO OVER KIND OF WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, UM, IN TERMS OF VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS, VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS WITH CONDITIONS.
AND IF WE DENY, IF WE DENY IT, WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, COULD IT BE DENIED WITH PREJUDICE? WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL? YEAH, IF I COULD JUST TO ADD TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY, WHAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IN YOUR INFORMA IN THE INFORMATION YOU SHARED, IF THE COUNCIL CHOSE TO DENY THIS, DOES THAT STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING? I MEAN, I NEED THE LEGAL ISSUE, THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
'CAUSE I NEED TO KNOW, 'CAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING ALLOWED BY, RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL DENYING IT IS ACTUALLY GONNA STOP IT.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.
UM, CITY MANAGER BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, UM, MS. LESTER LIP DELIBERATE COUNSEL, UH, WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, M GLOVER, DO YOU HAVE, UH, ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS? YES, THANK YOU.
UH, COM ONE QUESTION, ONE COMMENT, IF APPROVED, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FROM GROUNDBREAKING TO IF THE BUILDINGS UP AND RUNNING AND AVAILABLE FOR USAGE? UM, THINK FOR CONSTRUCTION, HOW MONTHS? TWO MONTHS.
HERE, HERE'S THAT HOW I, I I SEE THIS, THIS IS YES.
APPROVED, UM, BY ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
THAT LOCATION, YOU CAN BUILD A WAREHOUSE.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT IS THE ALLOWABLE ZONING FOR THAT LOCATION, BUT THAT LOCATION SITS WITHIN OTHER LOCATIONS AND PRI PRIMARILY A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NEXT DOOR WITH CHILDREN WHO WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
SO WHILE THAT PROPERTY IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT, OUR COMMUNITY MAY NOT BE READY FOR THAT.
IF WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE TO WALK ON UNPAVED ROADS, UNPAVED RIGHT.
OF WAYS WHERE THERE IS NO SIDEWALK, A TRUCK OF ANY SIZE COMING DOWN THE ROAD RIGHT NOW MAKES THAT VERY DIFFICULT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ANYONE ELSE WALKING.
SO IF THIS IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE TO MAKE THAT SAFE AND ALLOWABLE FOR BOTH TO COEXIST.
AND I HEAR THE, I HEAR THE CONCERN, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A, A THOROUGHFARE THAT ISN'T, IS ON THE, THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
IT'S GOT PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AGAIN, I, I DON'T MAKE THESE DECISIONS, BUT I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AMONG OUR, OUR TEAM.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS, WAS THROWN OUT AND SUGGESTED WAS MAYBE THE INSTALLATION OF A, OF A SIDEWALK.AND I'M, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A SIDEWALK ON OUR SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A SIDEWALK ON THE RESIDENT SIDE SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW FOR SAFE FOOT TRAFFIC IN A, IN A LOCATION.
AGAIN, THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT I THINK THAT OUR CLIENT HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST OR MAYBE SAID THAT IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UH, THE, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A, UM, IS THERE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WHERE THEN I THINK MAYBE WE, WE COULD MAYBE CONTRIBUTE SOME FUNDS TO HELPING AND TO ALLOW A, A SAFE WALKING PATH FOR, FOR THE KIDS.
AND YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO, TO MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT.
I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT.
OUR DEVELOPER IS HERE AND HE COULD, AND, AND WE MAY EVEN NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT EVEN, EVEN FURTHER.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT.
WELL, I MEAN, EVENTUALLY COUNSEL'S GONNA BE MAKING DECISIONS, SO WE NEED TO KNOW IF, IF THAT'S A CONDITION THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO USE TONIGHT, SIDEWALK.
HEY, YOU GUYS DOING ALL RIGHT, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS? UH, MY NAME IS RAY ABRAHAM, I WORK FOR LEON INDUSTRIAL.
UM, I AM FILLING IN FOR MY COLLEAGUE WHO'S, UH, FRESHLY ON PATERNITY LEAVE.
SO, UH, BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FRESHNESS OF THE PROJECT.
UM, BUT CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION PLEASE? YEAH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SAFE SPACES FOR, FOR KIDS.
UM, UM, I I I GUESS HE WAS MENTIONING THAT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE SIDEWALKS, UM, NOT TO PUT IT ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE, BUT TO PUT IT ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, UH, THAT'S YOUR CALL
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT, UH, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WE WANT TO KNOW, UH, CAN WE PUT THAT IN ONE OF OUR CONDITIONS TONIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
SO ONE OF MY, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS, UH, THIS MORNING, ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS WAS ACTUALLY PUTTING IN A SIDEWALK.
AND THAT'S WHEN, UH, MR. EDGE HAD INFORMANT STABBED IN ONE SIDEWALKS ON OUR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO IF THERE'S ROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WOULD, WE WOULD, WE WOULD DO, UM, ONE, ONE OR THE OTHER, OR BOTH.
ARE YOU SAYING ONE OR THE OTHER OR ARE YOU SAYING BOTH? WELL, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO PUT TO ENCOURAGE FOOT TRAFFIC ON OUR SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO, SO YOU'RE OPEN TO THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE? YES, SIR.
AND, AND THAT WOULD BE FROM WHICH PARAMETERS? BECAUSE CHILDREN LEAVING CAPRICORN WALKING UP TO PARKVILLE ROAD, IT'S APPROXIMATELY A MILE.
IS THAT THE MILE OF SIDEWALK YOU WOULD BE COMMITTED TO? WELL, I MEAN, WITHOUT HAVING THE AERIAL IN FRONT OF ME, THAT'S A, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT IS A TOUGH, THAT IS A TOUGH THING TO, TO, TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH MY COLLEAGUE BEING ON PATERNITY LEAVE.
I JUST HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WE ARE, I AM COMMITTED TO PUTTING SIDEWALKS IN, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T REALLY COMMIT THE ENTIRE 1.2 MILES, 1.5 MILES, BUT I AM, I AM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY TO SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR US.
COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN GLOVER, WOULD IT BE, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT WE WOULD IDENTIFY THE, THE LENGTH ALONG OUR PROPERTY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE SIDEWALK? BEING THAT, AGAIN, IF WE'RE PROPOSING THE SIDEWALKS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT, WE DON'T OWN THAT LAND.
WE ARE NOT, WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCESS THOSE PROPERTIES AND, AND CONSTRUCT A, A SIDEWALK.
SO I'M, I'M THINKING MAYBE WE COULD TALK ABOUT INSTALLING THE SIDEWALK ALONG WHAT OUR FRONTAGE OF SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD IS.
AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT, THAT IS A LONG DISTANCE.
YEAH, I, I THINK THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
UM, IN SOME OTHER CASES WHERE WE DO HAVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO SIDEWALKS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THEM ALONG OUR FRONTAGE.
SO WE EXPECT THAT ON A TYPICAL PROJECT, THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE CITY DOESN'T THINK IT'S THE BEST IDEA TO PUT SIDEWALKS ON OUR SIDE, BUT WE ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEDICATE THAT MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE, THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ON OUR SIDE ACROSS THE STREET.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR COMMITMENT THAT I'M WILLING TO MAKE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, ALLOW ME TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST BEING OPEN, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, I, I TELL YOU, UH, AN OPTION THAT WE MAY DO, AND I MAY JUST REFER TO STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OFFSITE, BUT I GUESS THE, UM, THE LENGTH FROM, FROM
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YOUR PROPERTY FROM ONE END TO THE NEXT, UH, WE COULD JUST TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.UH, I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, MR. RITTER OR THE NEIGHBORS, UH, WOULD WANT A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR NECESSARY PROPERTY, BUT THE PIG WILL PROBABLY WANT IT BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CHILDREN WOULD BE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME OWNER AGREEMENTS THAT WE MAY WANNA PUT IN PLACE, BUT AT LEAST YOU KNOW, THE, THE LENGTH FROM YOUR PROPERTY, UM, MAYBE WE CAN AT LEAST COMMIT TO THAT AND THEN STAFF CAN, CAN SEE WHERE BE THE BEST LOCATION BE ABLE TO ON THAT SIDE.
THE BEST, THE BEST USAGE FOR, FOR, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE STUDENTS ON THAT AREA.
THANK SIR YOU FOR ELISE BEING THAT I KNOW, I KNOW SAFETY WAS, WAS ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, COUNSEL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I, I DO HAVE A A A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION.
UM, I I, I LIKE THAT QUESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS THE RESIDENTS IN THE EVENING TIME, UH, HOW ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE LIGHT POLLUTIONS? I DO KNOW WE HAD TO HAVE A CD ORDINANCE, SIR, TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT IF YOU COULD KIND OF SPEAK ON THAT.
UM, OUR, OUR LIGHTING DESIGN WILL MEET ALL CITY CODE ORDINANCES AND WE WILL HAVE ZERO FOOT CANDLES THAT EXCEED BEYOND OUR PROPERTY LIMITS.
BELIEVE THAT IS THE CITY CODE FOR WHAT WE CONSIDER LIGHT POLLUTION.
UM, SO WE WILL RUN THE STUDY THE ILLUMINATION PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES PHOTOMETRICS, UM, AND, AND PUT SHIELDS ON, ON LIGHTS IF NEED BE.
BUT WE WILL RUN THE FULL STUDY THAT WILL BE ALL INCLUDED IN OUR, IN OUR DESIGN DOCUMENTS TO PREVENT ANY, ANY LIGHT POLLUTION.
AND I'M JUST ASKING QUESTION, BUT, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY PENDING TENANTS, UM, FOR THE PROPERTY OR DO YOU HAVE ANY TARGET TENANTS? NONE THAT I COULD SAY I'M AWARE OF.
AND, UH, MR. ABRAHAM, WHO'S HERE TOO, HE MENTIONED HE'S, HE'S STEPPING IN FOR, UM, ANOTHER ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT LEAD.
SO I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I CERTAINLY CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MY TEAM AFTER THIS MEETING AND WE CAN, WE CAN INFORM COUNSEL OF ANY POTENTIAL DISCUSSIONS.
UM, ONE CLARITY FOR ME, UH, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE CALIPERS ON THE LANDSCAPING IS THAT CAN WE APPROVE WITH, WITH THE, OUR, OUR DENY WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE CALIPERS? UH, AS, AS LONG AS WE YEAH.
IN, IN MAYBE INCREASING THE CALIPER INCH OF THE PLANTINGS THAT GO IN, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE ANY, ANY PROBLEM FOR US.
SO LONG AS WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE PLANTING THE SAME NUMBER OF TREES NOW, BUT WE'RE PLANTING MAYBE MORE SIZABLE TREES NOW.
SO AS LONG AS COUNCIL AND STAFF UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBER OF INCHES BEING REQUIRED, THAT IT STILL REMAINS THE SAME NUMBER, BUT WE COULD, I THINK WE COULD ENTERTAIN THE IDEA SO LONG AS WITHIN REASON.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR, WHAT A NUMBER.
SO, SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE'S SAYING IS WE CAN GET, WE CAN INSTALL LARGER AMOUNT OF BASE TREES, UH, OR WE CAN DO A, A VARIETY, A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF TREES AND THEN ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO GROW OVER TIME.
IT'S STILL GONNA BE THE SAME AMOUNT OF, OF, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, BASE TREES.
I'M TALKING, UH, LIKE A GEOLOGIST, BUT IT'S STILL BE AMOUNT OF BASE TREES.
IT'S JUST WHAT'S GONNA BE INSTALLED.
SO DO YOU WANT MORE OR DO YOU WANT BIGGER UPFRONT PROTE? SO WHEN I'M LISTENING TO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE AND, UH, SMALLER TREES, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE NICEST WAY I SAY IT, DON'T, UM, DON'T, DON'T COVER, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL SEE SOMETHING VERY LARGE PRESENTING A, A PRESENTATION TO THEM, UH, UM, AND SMALLER TREES DON'T HIDE YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO FOR ME, I WOULD THINK THE BETTER WAY TO GO IS TO HAVE LARGER CPER TREES THAT COVER, UH, MORE SHIELD, MORE OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, I AGREE.
AND, AND MAYOR PROTO I THAT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IN LINE WITH I THINK SOME OF THE, THE DISCUSSIONS AND, AND MAYBE WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
I, I DO WANT TO REITERATE, MAYOR SAID, WE MAY NOT, WE MAY NOT HAVE AS MANY OF THOSE LARGE, WE WILL HAVE THE LARGE CALIBER TREES, BUT JUST SO LONG AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE NUMBER OF INCHES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING MEETS THE SAME AMOUNT AS IF WE WERE TO PLANT A LOT OF SMALLER ONES.
AND I, AND I AGREE, DAY ONE, IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THE CANOPY THAT A MORE MATURE TREE WOULD.
BUT I THINK OVER TIME, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING TIME AND WE WANT RIGHT NOW, OVER TIME, THE SMALLER TREES THAT DEVELOP WOULD DEVELOP A MORE, I WOULD SAY A MORE STRUCTURED CANOPY THAN HAVING SOME SPACED IN.
BUT LET ME ALSO SAY, WE ARE WILLING TO, I THINK WE ARE ENTERTAINING THE IDEA TO PLANT SOME LARGER TREES AT INSTALLATION.
I MEAN, IF, IF, IF IT DOES MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THE, THE, THE
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WAY IT'S PROPOSED WILL BE BETTER LONG TERM.'CAUSE THEY WILL BE A BIGGER, THERE'LL BE A BROADER SCREEN, UH, THROUGH TIME.
UH, BUT IF YOU CHANGE IT TO A BIGGER CALIBER NOW, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A SCREENING WALL.
IT WOULD JUST BE LANDSCAPING ESSENTIALLY.
UM, COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I, I, I THINK I ASKED, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS.
UM, I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SET THE, SET THE, SET THE STAGE, UM, FOR OUR CHARGE TONIGHT.
UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SEND THE WAREHOUSE DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU, CAN YOU ZONE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE? UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS BOLD, UM, LETTERING HERE ON THE SCREEN, UH, ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
UM, WELL FIRST, LET ME, LET ME PREFACE THIS WAY.
UH, THE, UH, THE STATE LEGISLATOR, UH, THEY CHANGED THE, THEY CHANGED OUR LAWS, RIGHT? IT USED TO BE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN GOVERN
UM, SO IF THIS WOULD'VE CAME UP TWO YEARS AGO, THEN THIS COUNCIL WOULD'VE HAD A LOT MORE, UH, POWER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IN, IN CONTROL OUR DEVELOPERS AWARE OF OUR LIMITATIONS TONIGHT.
SO I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, UH, WITH EVERYONE HERE TODAY.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THE STATE LEGISLATOR, SOME OF THE BIGGER CITIES, NOT SIZES LIKE CEDAR HILL, UH, WAS GETTING THIS SAME SITE PLAN.
UH, IT TOOK THEM TWO YEARS IN ORDER TO GET A SITE PLAN APPROVED.
SO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE COMPLAINING TO THE, TO THE LEGISLATORS ABOUT, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING FIXED, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING FAST.
IT, SO THAT TIMELINE OF TWO YEARS THAT WAS PUTTING ON DEVELOPERS, UH, THE STATE LEGISLATORS SAID, WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE IN TWO WEEKS.
WE HAVE TO, OUR STAFF HAS TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE IN TWO, THREE WEEKS.
I THINK IT'S 15 DAYS, UH, TWO, THREE WEEKS IN ORDER TO TRY TO APPROVE PLANS.
UH, SO WHEN IT SAYS ALLOWED BY, RIGHT, THAT TAKES ALL LIMITATIONS AWAY.
SO COUNCIL HAS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
IF COUNCIL JUST SAYS, WE DENY, AND THAT'S IT.
HE HAS TWO WEEKS TO GO BACK TO THE BARE BONES, UH, OF OUR CITY ORDINANCE AND JUST BUILD IT WITHOUT COUNCIL.
UH, UM, UH, RECOMME WITHOUT COUNCIL'S INPUT TONIGHT, COUNCIL, UH, WE CAN BE ABLE TO APPROVE AND DENY.
WE CAN APPROVE, WE CAN APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, WE CAN APPROVE, WE CAN DENY AND OR WE CAN ALSO DENY WITH CONDITIONS.
SO THAT IS OUR CHARGE TONIGHT, COUNSEL, IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MEET, YOU KNOW, A COMPROMISE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THESE CONDITIONS IN PLACE, LIKE THE SIDEWALKS, LIKE THE CALIPERS, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED TONIGHT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO EXPLAIN TO DEVELOPER WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE.
SO, I, I HOPE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING, UH, ON MY EXPLANATION.
JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS UNDERSTOOD.
THAT SITE PLAN CONSIDERATION IS MINISTERIAL, MEANING THAT THE USE, UH, THE USE IS BY, RIGHT.
THE CONSIDERATION IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE DESIGN STANDARDS SET IN CITY CITY CODES.
NUMBER TWO, THE CURRENT SITE PLAN DOES NOT DO THAT.
THERE ARE 47 DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN ORDER FOR ALL OF THOSE CODES TO BE MET WHEN THAT HAPPENS, UH, STATE LAW DICTATES THE PROCESS FOR CITY COUNCILS, AS YOU SAID, TO APPROVE, TO DENY OR APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS.
THE SITE PLAN, UM, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO DENY THE SITE PLAN, STATE LAW ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER THE OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THE REASONS FOR THE DENIAL, IN WHICH CASE THE, THE APPLICATION IS THEN APPROVED.
OKAY? UM, SECOND, THE APPLICANT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS PROCESS BETTER AND THE SITE PLAN BETTER BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE HEARD.
THE APPLICANT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITHDRAW THE SITE PLAN, TAKE THE INPUT THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED, MODIFY IT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, AND THEN WE SEE IF WE CAN GET CLOSER.
UM, MAYOR, MAY I JUST YES, GO AHEAD.
PLEASE, PLEASE STATE ONE THING INTO THAT.
AND, AND MR. PORTER, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE 47 CONDITIONS THAT HE SPEAKS OF ARE WHAT WE WERE PROVIDED FROM CITY STAFF IS OUR COMMENTS TO THE SITE PLAN, AND WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF GOING THROUGH AND MEETING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE.
BUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT THAT'S NOT ON THAT SITE PLAN CONDITIONS IS THE DEDICATION OF ANY PARK PLAN, THE, THE
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SIDEWALKS, THE ADDITIONAL LARGER CALIBER TREES THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING TONIGHT.SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH DO NOT CURRENTLY FIT WITHIN OUR, OUR CONDITIONS, WHICH ARE THE CITY, CITY COMMONS.
AGAIN, FULL INTENTION OF ADDRESSING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE SITE PLAN AND FULL ENGINEERING PROCESS.
AND, UH, AND AGAIN, I I DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING OPEN TO THAT.
UM, MOST, UM, MOST DEVELOPERS WILL COME IN AND, AND, AND NOT, UH, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATIONS OF THE EMPATHY OF THE RESIDENTS.
SO I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH, MAYOR, I JUST, YES, SIR.
I HAVE ONE THAT, UH, NOW OF COURSE, FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANNA SAY OR QUESTION, HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN ZONED INDUSTRIAL? UH, A VERY, A VERY LONG TIME.
RIGHT? SO IT'S BEEN ZONED IN THE BEFORE.
SO BACK IN THE FIFTIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE PROPERTY'S BEEN ZONED FOR THAT ON YOUR TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, DO THEY NOT JUST LOOK AT TRAFFIC, BUT DO THEY LOOK AT CONDITION OF THE ROADS? UH, LIKE THAT ASPHALT ROAD THAT WE HAVE IN HERE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THAT NOW.
UM, BUT IF THERE WAS, IS THAT ROAD CONDITION ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE HEAVY TRUCKS? THAT WOULD'VE BEEN MY CONCERN ON SERIAL HILL ROAD.
THE TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC, THE T I A DOESN'T ADDRESS THAT, DOES IT? THAT'S, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS TO EVALUATE WHAT THE ADDITIONAL LOAD ON THE CURRENT ROADWAY WOULD LOOK LIKE.
IT, IT DOES NOT DO AN ASSESSMENT OR AN EVALUATION OF THE CONDITIONS OF THAT ROAD.
UM, IT, IT, IT'S IDENTIFIED AS AN EXISTING 24, 22 FOOT ASPHALT ROADWAY.
AND, AND WE RAN THE TRUCKS WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THAT SITE.
AGAIN, WE, WE RESTRICTED THE ACCESS ALONG CEDAR HILL ROAD, BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
SO LET ME SAY A T I A DOES NOT IDENTIFY THE CONDITIONS OF THE EXISTING ROADWAY, JUST THE GEOMETRY ITSELF.
RIGHT, THE ROADWAY WIDTH AND THE DRIVEBYS.
AND, AND I JUST WANTED THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE THAT, SO, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, BECAUSE OF THAT, AND I'VE WATCHED, YOU KNOW, I, I GO AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO TO WORK, I GO DOWN 67 AND SEE ALL OF THE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WAREHOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
SO I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND I SEE THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES AND, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE VERY BEGINNING WITH WIND, IT WAS SO WINDY AND, YOU KNOW, DUST WAS FLYING OVER ON THE SUPERSTAR COLLISION.
SO MY QUESTION HERE IS, IS THAT, UH, THE INGRESS TWO TO DEVELOP THIS PRODUCT, UH, PROJECT, IS IT GONNA BE ALL OFF OF MOUNT LEBANON AND NOT DOWN CEDAR HILL ROAD? SO, AND YES, WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF IS THAT WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, STAFF, CONTRACTORS, EVERYONE WILL ENTER IN FROM MOUNT LEBANON ROAD.
SO AS PART OF OUR FULL DESIGN PLANS, WE WILL, WE WILL DEVELOP AN ENCROACHING CONTROL PLAN MM-HMM.
THEY WILL ALL COME IN FROM MOUNT LEBANON.
UM, I GUESS ONE, ONE OTHER TOOL FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW, UM, IF HE SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE A TENANT, IF HE HAPPENS TO GET A TENANT THAT'S A FULFILLMENT CENTER OR A DISTRIBUTION, HE HAS TO COME WITH A C U P AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL WILL HAVE A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME MORE RESTRICTIONS, UH, OR AMENITIES ON THE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE POWER THEN FOR C U P AS OF TONIGHT, THE SITE PLAN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE MEETS OUR CITY ORDINANCES.
THANK YOU, MR. EDGE, FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
UM, ARE, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THIS FACILITY IN OUR, IN OUR CODES OR IN ORDINANCES? BECAUSE THAT, I MEAN, THAT IS A LITTLE CONCERNING.
I MEAN, I GUESS IF YOU CAN'T REALLY OPERATE, IF AFFILIATE THE CENTER WITHOUT A C U P, WHICH WOULD, UH, REQUIRE YOU TO COME BACK, BUT THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WOULD BE ABOUT E EVEN OPERATING A, A WAREHOUSE THAT, THAT, THAT RUNS 24 HOURS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO AS, AS WE LOOKED AT WHAT TENANTS WE COULD POTENTIALLY OCCUPY THIS BUILDING THAT FIT WITHIN THE USE, WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT FULFILLMENT OR DISTRIBUTION CENTER TYPE.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS SMALLER TENANTS, UM, SUCH AS A WOOD FLOORING COMPANY, UM, SUCH AS A M E P CONTRACTOR, THESE ARE, THESE ARE GOODS THAT ARE STORED IN THIS WAREHOUSE WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THE FINAL DESTINATION IS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE, SO WE'RE STOCK, THESE TENANTS
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IDEALLY UNDERNEATH THE WAREHOUSE USE WOULD STOCKPILE THEIR P V C PIPES AND FITTINGS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF UNTIL THAT M E P CONTRACTOR IS AWARDED A JOB AND THEN THEY WOULD TAKE THAT OUT TO THE JOB SITE.SO THE USE THAT WE'RE PROPO OR NOT PROPOSING, BUT THE USE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING DICTATES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE MATERIAL THAT'S BEING STORED FROM A MUCH LONGER TIME.
SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF IN AND OUT.
AND I WORK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A WOOD FLOORING COMPANY, THEY'RE EIGHT TO FIVE.
THEY DON'T WORK A MINUTE PAST FIVE TO FIVE.
SO, SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO AGREE IS ONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS TO THAT, THAT THERE WILL BE NO INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC AFTER A REASONABLE TIME? YOU SAY EIGHT 8:00 PM AGAIN, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I, I THINK WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
I DON'T, I, I CANNOT MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT.
AND, AND I THINK THAT REALLY NEEDS TO GO BACK TO OUR LEASING GROUP WHO HAS MAYBE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF TENANTS AND IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT THAT, UM, THAT 8:00 PM WORKING HOURS IS, IS, COULD BE ADHERED TO.
I, I MEAN, FOR THE TENANTS THAT WE LOOKED AT, I HONESTLY DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I, I, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO CUFF IN WHAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD BE THERE.
AND, AND PART OF LEASING THESE BUILDINGS IS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, I THINK WE WENT ROUND AND ROUND.
YOU ARE WITH DYNAMIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS AND THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND YOU WHO IS HERE WITH LEON CAPITAL, LEON INDUSTRIAL, YES, SIR.
AND YOU OWN FACILITIES LIKE THESE ACROSS THE METROPLEX, OR WILL YOU OWN THIS FOR THREE YEARS AND LOOK TO, TO SELL IN THREE YEARS? IF I MAY, MR. GLOVER, MAY I, MAY I CALL RAY BACK UP, UH, MR. ABRAMS TO, TO MAYBE ANSWER THAT QUESTION ABOUT THEIR, THEIR OPERATIONS? YES.
SO WE ARE NOT TIED TO ANY TRUST FUND OR ANY REEF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO OUR, OUR INTENTION IS TO OWN THESE PROPERTIES.
IN FACT, WE'VE, WE'VE OPENED UP A NEW PORTFOLIO WITHIN THE LAST YEAR WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY BUYING EXISTING BUILDINGS AS WELL.
UM, SO OUR, OUR PORTFOLIO IS TO BE THE LANDLORD'S FOR, OF THESE BUILDINGS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
WE'RE NOT TIED TO ANY TIMEFRAME.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SELL IT IN THREE YEARS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HOLD IT FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT THAT IS OUR, OUR OUR MAIN BUSINESS MODEL.
I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY I WON'T LET THIS TREE THING GO, BUT RIGHT NOW YOUR PROPOSAL IS TO PUT IN FOUR INCH CALIPER TREES AND, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT LESS TREES, BUT I'M WONDERING IF INSTEAD OF THE SAME NUMBER OF TREES, BUT INSTEAD OF FOUR INCH, THEY WOULD GO TO FIVE INCH.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT LESS TREES, BUT I WANT LARGER TREES.
UM, WELL, AND, AND IF, IF I MIGHT, YOU KNOW, JUST INTERJECT REAL QUICK.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE SHIFTED SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING FROM MOUNT LEBANON TO THE CEDAR HILL ROADSIDE, DID HEAVIER LANDSCAPING ON, YOU KNOW, LARGER CALIPER TREES AND MORTAR OF 'EM ON THE, ON THE CEDAR HILL ROADSIDE AND STILL PUT TREES ON THE MOUNT LEBANON SIDE, BUT NOT AS MUCH, I DON'T THINK THAT THE LANDSCAPING ON THAT SIDE IS AS CRITICAL AS THE, THE SIDE THAT IS FACING THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
'CAUSE THAT IS THE VISUAL IMPACT YEAH.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MINIMIZE IS THE VISUAL IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE.
MIGHT I ASK COUNSEL THAT I WORK WITH STAFF THROUGH THAT BECAUSE WE ARE DEDICATING 50 FEET ALONG OUR PROPERTY FOR CITY RIGHT AWAY.
AND CURRENTLY OUR LANDSCAPING DESIGN DOES NOT SHOW ANY LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY.
WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING THE TREES AND THEN COMING BACK AND THEN TEARING THEM OUT LATER.
SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
BUT WE ARE RESTRICTED SOMEWHAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF BASICALLY AVAILABLE PRIVATE LAND BETWEEN THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE CAN PLANT TREES, WE WILL DO WHATEVER WE CAN, BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF AND, AND MAYBE, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT IF THERE'S ANY NEGOTIATIONS ON THE AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF THAT WE'RE DEDICATING, UM, IT, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE WILLING TO, TO DISCUSS AND OPEN.
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WELL, I WANT SOMETHING DEFINITE, SO, OKAY.CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE WORK WITH STAFF AND IF WE AG IF WE AGREE THAT WE'RE PLANTING LARGER CPER TREES, UM, CAN WE MAYBE, CAN WE DISCUSS THE, WHERE THOSE TREES ARE LOCATED IN RELATION TO THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE? PERHAPS WE UTILIZE SOME OF, OF THE, EITHER WE UTILIZE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR SOME OF OUR PLANTINGS OR WE DEDICATE LESS RIGHT AWAY.
I, I THINK IF, AS LONG AS WE'RE WILLING TO DISCUSS AND MAYBE WORK THROUGH THE BEST OPTION.
NOW MY UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE, THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO, TO LAW IS THAT BY APPROVING AND, AND I, AND I I'M JUST CLARIFYING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SAID, AND, AND, AND WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR, IS THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS WITH CONDITIONS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE GREATER CONTROL OVER KIND OF THE OUTCOME AND DIRECTION OF THIS THAN IF WE DENY IT AT THIS POINT.
IF WE DENY IT, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CURE DEFICIENCIES AND IT'S APPROVED AND THEY GO, IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY.
OTHER ITEMS. SO WHAT ADVANTAGE DOES, DOES APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS GIVE US OVER JUST DENYING IT AND THEN JUST READING THE CONDITIONS IN, WELL ONE, INCLUDE CONDITIONAL CONDITION, YOU CAN TELL YOU.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, SUCH AS DISCONNECTING THE TRUCK PARKING LOT FROM CEDAR HILL ROAD SO THAT IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM THE, THE TRUCK PARKING LOT AND THE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY SHIFTING SOME OF THE TREES AND USING LARGER CALIPERS, POTENTIAL DEDICATION OF PARK PARKLAND.
THOSE THINGS WE CAN INCLUDE IF WE DO A, AN APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
SO WE'LL ADD THOSE CONDITIONS, 47, 5 47, THE 47 PLUS ANY ADDITIONAL ONES THAT YOU MIGHT WISH TO ADD BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, OUR ATTORNEYS WANT THE CONDITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ARE, ARE WE GONNA SHARE THIS? OR, OR
SO YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE MAKES A MOTION AND IF SOMEONE SECOND IT, I'LL ASK THEM TO SPLIT THE TWO.
NEGOTIATING POWER, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AND YOU ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROJECT CANNOT BE STOPPED.
THAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT WITH CONDITIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED ANYWAY.
AND, AND THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA PLACE ON IT MIGHT NOT BE IN WHAT, WHAT YOU FI WHAT WE FINALLY GET.
SO APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, BEGINNING WITH NUMBER ONE PER THE LAND USE.
DO DO THE, DO THE EXTRA CONDITIONS FIRST.
THE EXTRA CONDITIONS BEING THAT THE TRUCK PARKING LOT IS DISCONNECTED FROM ACCESS TO CEDAR HILL ROAD SO THAT NO TRUCKS CAN GO FROM THE, UH, THE LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA TO CEDAR HILL ROAD.
SO THAT, UH, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY, ANY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON CEDAR HILL ROAD, UH, THAT WE INSTALL THE LARGER CALIPER TREES IN WORK WITH STAFF AND, AND WORK WITH STAFF ON THE LOCATION AND, AND QUANTITY ON THAT SIDEWALK.
THE, UH, SIDEWALK TO BE LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE, UM, POTENTIAL DEDICATION OF PARKLAND FOR THE REMAINING LAND THAT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
UH, IS THAT OFF? ARE WE MISSING ONE? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK SO.
I, I DID, YOU KNOW, MAKE A NOTE BESIDE THE, UH, NOTE ON THE DUMPSTER.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DUMPSTERS ARE LOCATED BEHIND THE BUILDING AND NOT VISIBLE FROM CEDAR HILL ROAD.
I, I THINK THAT, I BELIEVE I SAW THAT AS ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM STAFF.
I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR SITE PLAN HAD SHOWN DUMPSTERS, BUT I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT MUST BE SCREENED FROM PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONDITIONS THAT, ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE THAT'S ON THIS LIST OF 47 BEFORE I START READING, WELL JUST DO A MOTION AND SECOND AND THEN WE CAN READ THE CONDITIONS.
SO I, I MADE THE MOTION, UH, THE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS I ALREADY STATED AND SO PER THE LAND USE STATEMENT PROVIDED, YEAH,
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SO SO THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS PLUS THE 47 YES.OH, BEFORE WE, BEFORE I START READING? YES.
WELL I NEEDED THE SECOND FIRST.
SO IF YOU CAN READ THE FIRST, UM, 23, UM, UM, CONDITIONS.
AND THEN YOU CAN READ THE REST.
SO PER LAND USE STATEMENT PROVIDED ON JULY 26TH, 2023 IN SECTIONS 4.12 AND 4.1 POINT 15 OF ZONING ORDINANCE DECIDED IS DESIGNATED ONLY FOR WAREHOUSE USES.
USES SUCH AS A DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND OR A FULFILLMENT CENTER WILL REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT.
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND FULFILLMENT CENTERS USES AT THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE APPROVED GIVEN THE EXISTING USES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A C E P IS OUTLINED WITHIN THE, THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
ALL ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SCREENED FROM ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY PER SECTIONS 5.7 0.9 ZONING ORDINANCE.
AND THE FOLLOWING NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN.
ALL ROOFTOP MOUNTED MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SCREENED PER SECTION 5.7 0.9 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
REMOVE ALL SIGNAGE FROM THE SITE PLAN.
SIGNAGE WILL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY SEPARATE PERMIT PER CHAPTER FOUR, SECTION FOUR DASH 2 37.
CITY CODE DENOTE ALL EXISTING AND PROPOSED EASEMENTS ON THE SITE PLAN IS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2.6 ZONING ORDINANCE.
IF A 10 WANTS TO OCCUPY THE BUILDING WITH AN OPERATION THAT EXCEEDS 0.19 TRIPS PER 1000 GROSS SQUARE FEET.
AN AMENDED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS SHALL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH WOULD NECESSITATE AN APPLICATION OR A REVISED SITE PLAN, TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PLAN AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PER SECTION 2.6 0.1 POINT D 0.9, SECTION TWO 6G AND SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
A DUMPSTER LOCATION SHALL BE ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN PER SECTION AND SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
DUMPSTER DUMPSTERS SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN A DESIGNATED PARKING LOT SPACE.
DUMPSTER LOCATION AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR DUMPSTERS SHALL BE EVALUATED AT THE TIME OF THE ATE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR TENANT SPACES.
AND I ADDED NOT TO BE VISIBLE FROM CEDAR HILL ROAD.
UH, SEVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO 6G AND 2.64 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDE A CIRCULATION PLAN THAT DEMONSTRATES THE FOLLOWING.
THE PROPOSED QUEUING STACKING SPACES FOR THE TRAILER TRUCKS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT INDICATE THE APPROPRIATE DURATION FOR THE STACKING, NO QUEUING STACKING ALLOWED WITHIN A FIRE LANE INDICATED THE DRIVE AISLES ARE BOTH VEHICULAR AND TRAILER, OR ONE WAY OR TWO WAYS.
IF THE TRAILERS ARE ONLY INTENDED TO GO IN ONE DIRECTION, INDICATE HOW IT WILL BE ENFORCED.
INDICATE IF THE PROPOSED ENTRANCES ARE ONE WAY OR TWO WAY FOR BOTH VEHICULAR AND TRAILER ENTRANCES.
NO TRUCK ENTRANCE OR EXIT FROM SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD SHOW IF THERE WILL BE ANY GATES GUARD, SHACKS OR FENCE AREAS ON THE SITE.
IF NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME, AN UPDATED CIRCULATION PLAN WILL BE REQUIRED.
SHOWING THE GATE LOCATION, GUARD, SHACKS AND OR FENCES AND HOW ITEMS A THROUGH B ABOVE WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE TIME OF A CO.
AND, AND I ADDED NO CONNECTOR FROM THE TRUCK PARKING LOT TO CEDAR HILL ROAD.
PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE CALCULATED BASED ON A SPECIFIC USE AT THE TIME OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
REMOVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND ASSOCIATED CALCULATION AND ONLY LEAVE PROVIDED PARKING SPACES FOR BOTH VEHICULAR AND TRUCK PARKING SPACES PER SECTIONS 5.16 ZONING ORDINANCE.
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIRED FOR ZONING ORDINANCES REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREAS BASED ON 20% OF THE STREET YARD AREA THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN SHOWS A 30 FOOT RIDE OF WAY DEDICATION ALONG SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION ALONG SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD SO THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY LINES UP WITH THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MOUNT LEBANON.
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 20 DASH 29 OR THROUGH 29 SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
REMOVE PRELIMINARY FROM THE TITLE BLOCK SO THAT IT READS SITE PLAN PER SECTION 2.6 ZONING ORDINANCE SHOWING LABEL ALL BUILDING SETBACKS AND REQUIRED BY SECTION 2.6 POINT F
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ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION THREE ZONING ORDINANCE LOADING DOCKS AND SERVICE AREAS SHALL NOT FACE AN EXISTING OR FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY PARKER TRAIL UNLESS IT IS A SETBACK, A MINIMUM OF 75 FEET AND SCREENED FROM VIEW.USING A LINE OF SIGHT MEASURED FROM A VERTICAL HEIGHT OF FIVE FEET.
THIS WILL APPLY IF THE FUTURE TRAIL AT THE REAR SITE IS WITHIN 75 FEET, FEET OF THE LOADING AREA.
ALL NEW LANDSCAPING SHALL BE IRRIGATED BY AN UNDERGROUND IRRIGATION SYSTEM AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 5.2 0.2 POINT I ZONING.
THE FOLLOWING IRRIGATION NOTES SHALL BE ADDED TO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
IRRIGATION PLAN TO BE PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDING PERMIT.
UNDERGROUND IRRIGATION PLANS WILL CONFORM TO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL STANDARDS SECTION PER SECTION 2.6 F ZONING ORDINANCE DENOTE ALL EXISTING AND PROPOSED EASEMENTS ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
ADJUST PROPOSED TREES AS NEEDED TO BE OUTSIDE OF ANY EASEMENTS.
JUST SITE PLAN TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM ENCORE DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT REGARDING TREE PLANTINGS.
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EXISTING POWER LINES, STAY AWAY FROM BEING UNDERNEATH POWER LINES.
TALL GROWING CREASE MUST BE PLANTED A MINIMUM OF MINIMUM OF 20 FEET AWAY FROM POWER LINES AND 50 FEET AWAY.
TO AVOID FUTURE PRUNING, PLANTING NEAR UTILITY POSTS MUST MEET THESE RULES.
TREES THAT MATURE TO A HEIGHT OF 20 FEET OR LESS SHOULD BE PLANTED AT LEAST 10 FEET AWAY FROM TELEPHONE OR UTILITY POLES.
TREES THAT GROW 20 TO 40 FEET TALL SHOULD BE PLANTED 20 TO 25 FEET AWAY FROM TELEPHONE OR UTILITY POSTS.
ANYTHING TALLER THAN 40 FEET SHOULD BE PLANTED.
45 TO 60 FEET AWAY FROM UTILITY POSTS ADJUSTED TREE PLANTING TO THE ABOVE ENCORE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO STILL MEET THE STREET YARD COUNT REQUIREMENTS.
THERE IS NO VARIANCE FOR NOT DESIGNING THE SITE TO ACCOMMODATE THE LANDSCAPING REQUIRED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2.6 0.1 POINT F ZONING ORDINANCE.
ADD THE PROPOSED GRADING CONTOUR INFORMATION ON LANDSCAPE PLAN.
TREES ARE NOT RECOMMENDED TO BE PLANTED ON SLOPES GREATER THAN 25%.
CONFIRM IF TREES SHOWN ARE NOT WITHIN THE 25% SLOPES.
STREET YARD AREA IS DEFINED AS THE AREA BETWEEN THE FRONT BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND FOR THE SIDE CORNER OF THE BUILDINGS PERPENDICULAR TO THE SIDE PROPERTY LINES.
SEE LANDSCAPE PLAN MARKUP FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISTRI DISTRIBUTING THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREA AND PLANNINGS, CALCULATE EACH STREET YARD FOR EACH STREET FRONTAGE SEPARATELY.
ALL REQUIRED STREET YARD TREE IS REQUIRED TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE STREET YARD PER SECTION 5.8 ZONING ORDINANCE PER SECTION 5.4 ZONING ORDINANCE STREET, YARD, TREE ARE CALCULATED BASED ON THE STREET YARD AREA AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 5.2 0.3 ZONING ORDINANCE WHEN CONSIDERING EXISTING TREES TO COUNT TOWARDS STREET YARD TREES ONLY PROTECTED TREE SPECIES, LARGE CANOPY AND OR SHADE TREES CAN COUNT TOWARDS STREET YARD TREES AND MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN THE PROPERTY LIMITS AND NOT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AREA THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
THE DRIP LINE OF THE TREES MUST BE UNDISTURBED.
ADD A NOTE THAT PROPOSED EXISTING TREES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN EXISTING OR PROPOSED EASEMENTS, NOR CAN THEY BE WITHIN EIGHT FEET FROM AN EXISTING OR PROPOSED UTILITY LINE PER SECTION 5 0 0 0.02 DESIGN MANUAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO PRESERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON THE SITE AS CITED IN SECTION 23 DASH 2.6 0.1 H TWO ZONING ORDINANCE TREES ALONG SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE RIDE OF WAY DEDICATION AREA SHOULD BE REMOVED.
AS THEY ARE NOT HEALTHY, THESE TREES WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE MITIGATED.
PARKING LOT SCREENING SHALL BE PROVIDED SO THAT NO PARKING SPACE FRONT SIDE OR REAR CAN BE SEEN FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY PER SECTION 5.2 4.4 POINT D ZONING ORDINANCE AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 5.24 POINT A 0.5 ZONING ORDINANCE STREET YARDS THAT HAVE A MINIMUM AREA OF 3000 SQUARE FEET SHALL PLANT AT LEAST ONE GROUPING OF THREE EASTERN RED CEDARS AND A LARGE SCREENING TREE PER 1 150 LINEAR FEET.
TREES MATURE WIDTH MUST CLEAR PARKING SPACES, SIDEWALKS, AND CURBS.
AND I WILL CEASE THERE AND LET, UH, LET LET MY EYES REST AND LET DAN READ AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY COUNCILMAN UH, HAYDEN, WHICH PLEASE CONTINUE.
ALRIGHT, SECTION 5.3 0.3 A ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES A, A WING WALL FROM BUILDING B ALONG THE LOADING DOCK AREA TO SCREEN THE LOADING BASE FROM CEDAR HILL
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ROAD.ADDITIONALLY, SCREENING IS REQUIRED ALONG THE TRAILER AREA FOR BUILDING B TO SCREEN FROM CEDAR HILL ROAD.
UH, UPDATE THE SITE PLAN TO INCREASE THE LANDSCAPE AREA OF 5% OF THE SITE TO 20% OF THE REQUIRED STREET LIGHT YARD TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 5.34 ZONING ORDINANCE.
ALL TREE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET PRIOR TO THE INSURE ISSUANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITS AND OR EARLY RELEASE GRADING PERMITS PER SECTION 13.75 OR 13 DASH 75 AND SECTION 13 DASH 76.
CODE OF ORDINANCES SHOW ALL PROPOSED GRADING OF THE TREE SURVEY TO VERIFY AREA OF DISTRIBUTION AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 13 DASH 74.
CODE OF ORDINANCE REMOVE 25 LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM THE UH, REMOVE 25 FEET LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM THE TREE MITIGATION PLAN AS THIS IS NOT A CITY STANDARD AND CORRECT DESIGNATION UNDER TREE MITIGATION AND OR MITIGATION REQUIRED COLUMNS ON TREE LIST SHOW TREE, UH, PROTECTION FENCE ON THE TREE MITIGATION PLAN AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 13 DASH 85.
CODE OF ORDINANCE TREE MITIGATION SHOULD BE REFLECTED AS ONE, UH, ONE, ONE RATIO PER HOUSE BILL SEVEN, PROVIDE BUILDING MATERIALS BREAKDOWN AND BUILDING DESIGN BREAKDOWN ON THE ELEVATION AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 5.7 0.3 B OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE PER THE TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
FIGURE 5.3, ADD A PLANNED TRAIL THAT COMES DOWN SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD AND GOES THROUGH THE PROPERTY CONNECTING TO MOUNT LEBANON.
TRAIL ACCESS EASEMENT MUST BE PROVIDED FOR FUTURE TRAIL CONSTRUCTION.
TRAIL ACCESS CAN BE COMBINED WITH THE PROPOSED SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT.
THAT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE 12 INCH SANITARY UH, SANITARY SEWER LINE PER THE W UH, W N W WEST.
EXTEND ALL FIRE LANES TO ALL DRIVE APPROACHES TO COMPLY WITH I F C 9 0 5.
A FIRE HYDRANT MUST BE WITHIN 100 FEET FROM THE RISING ROOM OF PER I F C 9 0 5 ALTERING RADIUSS ALONG THE LINE.
THE FIRE LANE MUST BE SHOWN AS 30 FOOT RADIUS PER APPENDIX D UH, 1 0 3 DASH 1 0 3 0.3 0.1.
THE F D C FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION MUST BE A MAXIMUM OF 100 FEET FROM THE RISER ROOM PER I F C 9 0 5 AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 20.
UPDATE THE DRAINAGE MAP TO CAPTURE ALL THE OFFSITE DRAINAGE, UH, DENOTING THAT OUR PRI DENOTING WHAT ARE PRIVATE AND WHAT ARE PUBLIC LINES.
NOTE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC LINES PROVIDE PRE-EXISTING AND POST-DEVELOPMENT DRAINAGE CALCULATIONS FOR ALL DRAINAGE AREAS FOR ONSITE AND OFFSITE.
NO LOCATION OF ANY DETENTION PONDS IS REQUIRED TO CONTROL EXCESSIVE STORMWATER BY DESIGN.
NOTE LOCATION OF DRAINAGE EASEMENT REQUIRED FOR THE FLOODPLAIN TO COMPLY WITH DESIGN MANUAL SECTION 9 0 1 0.03 E THE CREEK IS OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE FLOOD SPAN, UH, FLOODPLAIN.
A STUDY TO REVISE THE FLOODPLAIN LIMITS IS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 20, SECTION 10 CITY CODE PER THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.
FIGURE SEVEN DASH ONE A 20 INCH WATERLINE IS REQUIRED.
NOTE LOCATION OF 20 INCH WATERLINE EASEMENT ALONG SOUTH CEDAR HILL ROAD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEVELOPED PORTION OF THIS PROJECT PER THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.
FIGURE SEVEN DASH TWO NOTE LOCATION OF A 12 INCH SANITARY SEWER SEWER LINE FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH TO AND THROUGH THE PROPERTY TO GENERALLY FOLLOW THE ALIGNMENT AS SHOWN AS THE FIGURE SEVEN DASH TWO AND NOTE EXTENSION OF THE SEWER POWER LINE, UH, PARALLEL TO THE CREEK WHERE THE, WHERE THE STUB OUT IS.
A STATION 33 PLUS 56.66 EXTEND UNTIL NORTH OF WHERE THE CREEK CROSSES THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
NOTE THE TRAIL REQUIREMENT BY THE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT'S TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
FIGURE 5.3 AROUND THE PROPERTY.
THE TRAIL CAN BE FOLLOW THE SEWER LINE AND CAN AND BE IN A COMBINED TRAIL AND SEWER EASEMENT.
STORM SEWER NEEDS TO BE LABELED WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR SIZE AND ANYTHING LONGER THAN 50 FOOT NEEDS TO BE 24 INCH AS REQUIRED BY THE GENERAL NOTES IN THE CITY'S STANDARD DETAILS.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND EFFICIENT VE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SYSTEM AS CITED IN SECTION 23 DASH 2.6 0.1 H FOUR ZONING CODE, THE SITE PLAN SHALL BE REVISED TO REMOVE THE NORTHERNMOST DRIVEWAY ON CEDAR HILL ROAD
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UPON IMPROVEMENT OF THE CEDAR HILL ROAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN.THOROUGH PLAN, MASTER THOROUGH PLAN ACCESS TO CEDAR HILL ROAD MAY BE CONSIDERED WITH SUBDIVISION, UH, SUBMISSION OF A NEW APPLICATION FOR A SITE PLAN REVISION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND EFFICIENT VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SYSTEM AS CITED IN SECTION 23 DASH 2.6 0.4 ZONING CODE.
AND IN ORDER TO COORDINATE USE OF THE STREET SO AS TO ARRANGE A CONVENIENT SYSTEM AS CITED IN SECTION 23 DASH 2.6 0.7 ZONING ORDINANCE, THE TWO DRIVEWAYS ON THE CEDAR HILL ROAD SHALL BE NOTED AND RESTRICTED TO CAR USE ONLY WITH NO TRUCK USING DUE TO THE CURRENT LAYOUT OF THE EXISTING STREETS IN THE AREA.
A TRUCK CIRCULATION PLAN TO REFLECT THE PRO THE PROPOSED DRIVE APPROACHES MUST BE SUBMITTED.
SECTION, UH, C-SECTION TWO 6G ZONING ORDINANCE DUE TO RIGHTWAY RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, THE DRIVE APPROACHES WILL NEED TO BE REVISED AND THE THROAT LENGTH EXTENDED PER DESIGN MANUAL SECTION 300 DASH OR 300.10.
AND THERE ARE SOME INPUT ERRORS.
THERE ARE SOME INPUT ERRORS OR UNDOCUMENTED JUDGMENTS IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS SET FORTH IN THE MEMORANDUM FROM CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANT.
THE TRAFFIC INPUT ANALYSIS MUST BE REVISED AND RESUBMITTED FOR SECTION TWO 6G AND TWO SIX AND 2.6 0.1 0.8 0.4 OF THE ZONING CODE ORDINANCE.
UH, I'D LIKE THE STATE FURTHERMORE, AN EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE MANDATES FOR REVIEW OF THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY DELEGATES ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DENIED THIS SITE PLAN TO THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE WHEN IT IS RESUBMITTED TO COMPLY WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED CONDITIONS.
SO COUNSEL, THOSE THAT IS YOUR MOTION.
YOU HAVE THE SECOND THE, UH, CONDITIONS WAS READ.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE, ONE MORE COMMENT.
UM, I'M VERY SORRY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I WISH WE THAT WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO MORE.
I KNOW THIS, THEY WANT, I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.
UM, AND I WISH WE HAD THE ABILITY TO SAY NO TO THIS PROJECT, BUT THE PROJECT IS GONNA GO WHETHER GO FORWARD, WHETHER WE APPROVE IT OR DENY IT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THE STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING ARE ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE BEST, UH, POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, AND I THANK THE DEVELOPER FOR HIS COOPERATION OR THE, UH, MR. EDGE FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND WILLING TO NEGOTIATE AND TRY TO PUT SOMETHING FORTH AND, AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND.
UH, ANY OPPOSITION MOVES FORWARD? FIVE, TWO.
UM, COUNCIL MCCURDY MADE A COMMENT THAT YOU, WE WISH WE COULD DO MORE.
UH, JUST SO EVERYONE WOULD, WOULD KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL DID GO THROUGH A, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, WE DID, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SERIES OF RESONANCE TO BE A PART OF THAT PLAN.
UH, RECENTLY WE JUST, UH, UPDATED OUR, UM, OUR COMMERCIAL ORDINANCES, UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO CATCH UP WITH THE TREND THAT IS GOING ON.
UH, WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN WITH THE ABILITIES THAT WE CAN IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE C HERE OF THE PREMIER CITY.
SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN TODAY FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND, UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL, IF HE COMES BACK UP FOR C U P OR ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, THEN WE'LL OF COURSE WORK HARDER IN ORDER TO TRY TO MEET YOUR PREFERENCES.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME COUNSEL.
THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, INE, UH, NON ABADA MOTION ON THE FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE RIGHT HAND.