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[1. Call meeting to order.]
EVENING.THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, PROPERLY POSTED.
WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OPEN CARRY IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I DO SEE A LOT OF, OF FAMILIES AND GUESTS, UH, IN THIS, UH, ROOM TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IF YOU HAVE INTEREST TO SPEAK DURING CITIZENS FORUM.
WE ALSO DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. SO IF YOU ACTUALLY DO WANNA SPEAK DURING PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT NEED TO FILL OUT A FORM TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE'S A SECTION FOR A CITIZENS FORM.
YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHATEVER SUBJECT MATTER YOU WANT, BUT IF YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, YOU DO NOT NEED TO FILL OUT A FORM.
AND AT THAT TIME, I'LL ASK FOR YOU TO COME UP AND SPEAK DURING THAT TIME.
SO, WITH THAT, I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING ORDER.
IT IS 7:00 PM AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK REVEREND CECIL CORNELIUS.
WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AZI WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
FATHER YOUR WORD, REMIND US IN PSALM 1 33, THAT IT IS GOOD AND PLEASANT FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME THINGS ARE GOOD, BUT NOT PLEASANT.
SOME THINGS ARE PLEASANT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY GOOD.
SO WE ASK OUR GOD THAT YOU'LL BE WITH US TONIGHT AS YOUR PEOPLE.
WE COME, OH GOD, BEFORE YOU KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE COMMANDED US, THAT WE OUGHT TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS WE LOVE OURSELVES.
AND SO WE ARE PRAYING THAT YOU'LL LET YOUR ARMS BE WRAPPED AROUND US BECAUSE WE KNOW GOD AS A UNITED COMMUNITY, THAT IT'LL BE HARD FOR US TO BE SCATTERED.
SO WE PRAY, OH GOD, THAT WE WILL SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF ONENESS.
WE'LL SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY.
WE PRAY, OH GOD, FOR THOSE WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT, THOSE WHO ARE NEIGHBORS, THOSE WHO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET, UH, FROM EACH OTHER, THE GOD AS THEY COME TOGETHER, THAT THEIR VOICES WILL BE HEARD.
WE PRAY FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, THAT, OH, FATHER, YOU'LL GRANT THEM THE WISDOM, THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON GOD TO LISTEN AND TO MAKE DECISIONS, OH GOD, THAT WOULD HOLD US COMMUNITY TOGETHER AS A STRONG UNIT, NOT JUST FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT, BUT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO REPUBLIC, BUT WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE SOCIETY NEED TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
[4. 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. ]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS FORM.THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO TALK ABOUT ANY MATTERS THAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU COULD COME UP AND ADDRESS THE, UH, THE COUNCIL.
UH, WE CANNOT DELIBERATE, UH, DURING THE CITIZENS FORUM, BUT, UM, I DO HAVE, UH, THREE CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK WITH US.
ACTUALLY, ONE OF THEM IS, UH, BOBBY CREIGHTON, BUT I THINK YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IF IT'S OKAY, BOBBY, I'LL HOLD ON TO THIS ONE AND BRING YOU UP FOR THAT ONE.
UM, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP.
FIRST IS MELVIN JOHNSON, AND HIS TOPIC IS EXCESSIVE WATER PRESSURE.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HOW DID YOU KNOW MY FIRST NAME? UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I, I TRIED TO KEEP THAT AHEAD.
YOU MIGHT HAVE MET ONCE OR TWICE, AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL THESE FOLKS COMING DOWN TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
LET ME MAKE SURE I START OUT WITH MY NAME.
AND MAY I FIRST GIVE JUST A LITTLE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM FOR THE CITY'S WEBSITE ON CITIZENS FORUM? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT.
WELL, SIR, YOU DON'T WANT CONSTRUCTIVE S PLEASE, PLEASE GIMME YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SIR.
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UH, LIVE AT 12.I LIVE AT 1200 FOOT, ALL OR MORE FEET OFF THE END OF THE DEAD END OF MOBLEY ROAD AT THE STREET ADDRESS OF 1119 MOBLEY ROAD.
NOW, Y'ALL HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, NINE PAGES THAT I GAVE TO THE CITY SECRETARY, AND I CERTAINLY CAN'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT IN THREE MINUTES.
SO I'M GOING TO HIT THE, UH, EMPHASIZED AREAS THERE.
UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, I BEGAN HAVING A SOMEWHAT MODEST LEAK.
SOME, SOME WOULD SAY IT'S NOT SO MODEST, TWO TO FOUR, SOMETIMES NINE, UH, GALLONS PER HOUR.
BUT I TURNED WATER OFF OF THE STREET REGULARLY, SO THAT DOESN'T GET OUTTA HAND.
UM, LET'S SEE, UH, SOMEWHAT MODEST LEAK AT AN UNKNOWN LOCATION, SOMEWHERE ALONG MY 1200 FOOT, 2.25, UH, OD PVC WATERLINE, BECAUSE I'M ON AN ESCARPMENT, MY LAND IS NINE, UH, MY LAND NINE INCHES DOWN, LOOKS LIKE THE WHITE CHALK THAT ONE SEES FOR TENS OF FEET ON FM 1382 COMING UP THE HILL INTO CEDAR HILL.
AND THE WATER LEAK DOES NOT CAUSE ANY VISIBLE SURFACE FEATURES.
THE WATER GOES THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE LIMESTONE.
SO NOW I'M GONNA SKIP DOWN, UH, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, GONNA PRESUME Y'ALL ARE GONNA TAKE THIS HOME AS BEDTIME READING.
UM, I HAD A NEW PRESSURE GAUGE.
THE PLUMBER CAME OUT AND REPAIRED THE PROBLEM.
IT WAS A BIG LEAK AND WAITED ABOUT 30 MINUTES FOR CEMENT TO DRIVE, WHICH HE IS IN THE HABIT OF DOING.
AND I TURNED THE WATER ON AT THE STREET.
INSTANTLY THAT REPAIR FAILED, AND ANOTHER 2000 GALLONS WENT OUT IN THE YARD.
NOW, THIS IS A REPAIR OF ANOTHER FAILURE THAT HAD HAPPENED JUST THAT DAY.
I HAD A NEW GAUGE PRESSURE GAUGE AND TOLD THE PLUMBER IT WAS READING 96 PSI, HE WAS SHOCKED.
THE WEB IS FULL OF STATEMENTS.
80 P SSIS ABSOLUTE HIGHEST RECOMMENDED.
HE CONSIDERED MY HIGH PRESSURE WAS A LIKELY CANDIDATE, WHY HIS WORK FAILED, AND I HAD A PERSISTENT WATER LEAK.
DOES THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL HAVE ANY PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT THEY DELIVER AT THE STREET? COULD THE PRESSURE BE 150 PSI OR EVEN ONE THANK.
NEXT I HAVE, UH, KARINA ANTHONY, AND HER TOPIC IS, THANK YOU TO PORTER AND IN CHIEF AND MAYOR MASON.
IT'S TO THANK YOU, REPORTER IN CHIEF.
UH, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND I DIDN'T MENTION THIS EARLIER, BUT ONCE YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP, YOU WILL BE MUTED.
UM, GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL AND MAYOR KARINA ANTHONY, UH, LOCATED AT SIX 10 BROOKSIDE DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
AND, UH, I LIVE IN SHADY BROOK, WHICH IS NOT ON TOPIC TONIGHT.
UM, I REALLY WANTED TO FIRST OF ALL JUST COME OUT.
I DON'T COME OUT ENOUGH TO THANK YOU, MR. PORTER, AND I KNOW YOU'RE RETIRING, SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO SWING BY AND SAY HELLO.
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN HERE 16 YEARS NOW, MAYOR.
I'VE BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME, I THINK.
ANYWAY, BUT EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE WITH MY SON RAISING HIM, HAS BEEN AMAZING.
UH, OVERALL WORKING ON ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, OUR SCHOOLS, WORKING WITH OUR WATER DEPARTMENT, UM, CREATING THE FIRST MARCH THAT WE HAD HERE IN CEDAR HILL, WHICH WAS MEMORABLE BECAUSE OUR CHIEF, I THINK IT WAS YOUR FIRST YEAR, BUT THE JUNETEENTH EVENT WAS FANTASTIC.
ANYTIME I NEEDED YOU, I COULD EMAIL YOU OR CALL YOU.
YOU'LL RESPOND THE SAME FOR CHIEF AND THE SAME FOR MAYOR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN TO OUR, OUR CITIZENS HERE.
THANK YOU, ENDURED THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MS. ANTHONY.
UH, THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SECTION FOR THE, UH, CITIZENS FORUM.
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UM, NEXT[a. Case No. PD-620-2024 - Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of Ordinance No. 2024-813 for a change in zoning from “SF-E” (Single Family-Estate) to “PD” (Planned Development District) for detached single-family residential on approximately 299.00 acres, generally located south of Lake Ridge Parkway and west of South Highway 67, with the approximate address being in the 1900-2000 Block of Lake Ridge Parkway. Applicant: Frank Su, Meritage Homes of Texas, Representatives: Reece Bierhalter, Manhard Consulting; Tal Jackson, Talson Design, Property Owner: Doug Donald, Walton Texas, LP.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH EIGHT THREE FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM SFE SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY, UH, RESIDENTIAL ON APPROXIMATELY 2 9 9 0.00 ACRES.
JUNIOR LOCATED IS SOUTH OF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY AND WEST OF, UH, SOUTH WEST.
WEST OF SOUTH HIGHWAY SIX SEVEN WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING IN THE 1900 DASH 2000 BLOCK OF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
APPLICANT, FRANK SUE MEREDITH HOLMES OF TEXAS REPRESENTATIVES REESE, UH, BEER HALTER MANHART CONSULTANT TILE JACKSONS TILE SON DESIGN PROPERTY OWNER DOUG DONALD WALTON, TEXAS LP, UH, I SEE MS. VINCENT IS HERE.
NO, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU YET, MADAM SECRETARY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
CHASTITY BENSON, PLANNING DIRECTOR HERE TO PRESENT PD SIX 20 DASH 2024.
A CHANGE OF ZONING REQUEST FROM SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AGAIN, THE MAYOR HAS MENTIONED THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF LAKE RIDGE, WEST OF HIGHWAY 67.
UH, THE CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS TO CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE CHANGE OF ZONING ON APPROXIMATELY 299 ACRES OF LAND.
SO THIS IS A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING ZONING AND THE SURROUNDING ZONING.
SO, PROPERTIES, UH, IN THE AREA ARE, UH, PRIMARILY ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH, UH, ZONE OF LAKERIDGE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE TO THE WEST WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
ZERO ZERO DASH 19 IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR ONE ACRE LOTS, SFE, AND THEN PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
OH ONE DASH 63 IS A PD FOR R ONE, WHICH IS 22,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
TO THE EAST IS, UH, SINGLE FAMILY 10, WHICH IS FOR 10,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND AGAIN, THE PROPERTY CLOSEST TO 67 IS ZONED LOCAL RETAIL.
UH, THIS IS JUST A, A GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE, UH, OF THE SITE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY.
THERE'S SOME EXISTING EASEMENTS THAT TRANSVERSE THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW THAT COMES INTO PLAY WITH THEIR OVERALL SITE PLAN.
SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND HISTORY.
SO THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, UH, OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WALTON, TEXAS AND THE DEVELOPER, MERITAGE HOMES OF TEXAS, HAVE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY FOR SOME TIME NOW RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT THAT WAS PROPOSED ON THIS SITE, UM, THAT YOU ALL MAY RECALL, UH, THAT HAD A VARIETY OF DENSITIES, INCLUDING MULTIFAMILY AND TOWN HOMES.
AND, UM, THE DEVELOPER OR THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE TIME HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL, UNDERSTOOD THE SENSITIVITY OF THE AREA AND WHAT WAS ENVISIONED AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS COMING ONLINE.
AND SO, UH, WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTION IN 2022, FURTHER REFINEMENT OF THE PLAN TO ALIGN WITH THOSE GOALS AND, UH, OF THE PLAN, UH, WERE DEVELOPED.
AND THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD MULTIPLE JOINT MEETINGS, UH, WHICH ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS WERE POSTED IN OPEN MEETINGS.
AND SO THE, UM, PLAN WAS FURTHER REFINED AND CULMINATING, UH, IN A FINAL JOINT MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD ON APRIL 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
SO AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 299 ACRES.
UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING A MASTER PLAN, SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, DEVELOPED IN FIVE PHASES.
UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF LOT SIZES INCLUDING 30, 40, 50, AND 60 FOOT WIDE LOTS, UH, WITH OVER 56% OF THE LOTS BEING WITHIN THE 50 AND 60 FOOT WIDE VARIETY.
UM, THE APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF THE SITE WILL BE CONSERVED FOR OPEN SPACE.
WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS RELATED TO THE AMENITIES THAT ARE PROPOSING TO BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, BUT THEY INCLUDE AN AMENITY CENTER, SWIMMING POOLS, SPLASH PAD, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, UM, SEATING AREAS WITH FIRE PITS, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, UM, AND A MYRIAD OF TRAILS AS WELL.
UM, THE ESCARPMENT, WHICH MAKES UP, UM, APPROXIMATELY 46 ACRES ON THE WEST AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY, WILL BE, UM, PRESERVED AS OPEN SPACE AND DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
SO HERE IS A CHART OF THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AS IT RELATES TO THE LOT VARIETY THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.
IT GOES OVER THE LOT WITH DEPTH AND MINIMUM SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR THE VARIOUS LOTS THAT ARE PROPOSED, UM, AS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT GO ABOVE AND
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BEYOND WHAT THE EXISTING ZONING WOULD ALLOW FOR.SO THE, AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, SFE.
UH, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THINGS THAT, UM, OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, EITHER THEY MEET OR EXCEED, UM, WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO THE FRONT YARD LANDSCAPING AND TREES ARE PROPOSED.
THEY ARE PROPOSING STREET LINES, TREES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE WILL BE TREES IN ALL OF THE PARKWAYS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND ALL OF THE OPEN SPACE AREAS THAT ARE, UH, BEING DEDICATED WILL ALSO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING.
SO IT'S NOT JUST AN OPEN SPACE LOT, IT'S ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED WITH EITHER SOME KIND OF AMENITY OR, AND, UH, AND OR LANDSCAPING.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF AMENITIES THAT I'VE ALREADY KIND OF MENTIONED.
UM, THERE ARE PRIMARY ENTRIES AT THE, UM, OR ENTRY MONUMENTS AT THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ENTRANCES ON LAKE, UH, LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
UM, THE EXISTING TREE CANOPY AND THE ESCARPMENT TREES WILL BE PRESERVED.
THERE IS A TRAIL HEAD THAT IS BEING PROPOSED NEAR THE CITY'S EXISTING TRAIL ON LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
UH, AGAIN, THE AMENITY CENTER, UM, PLAYGROUND SPLASH PAD.
UH, ALL OF THOSE AMENITIES ARE PROPOSED AS PART OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AGAIN, WITHOUT A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THESE REQUIREMENTS WOULD NOT, UM, BE WITHIN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
BUT THESE ARE BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THE PD.
THERE ARE, UH, DEDICATED TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING A 10 FOOT, UH, GRANITE, UH, DECOMPOSED GRANITE NATURE TRAIL THROUGHOUT THE ESCARPMENT AREA.
A 10 FOOT CONCRETE COMMUNITY TRAIL, UH, EIGHT FOOT COMMUNITY TRAIL THROUGH THE, UH, MIDLOTHIAN EASEMENT THAT KIND OF RUNS NORTH, UH, NORTH SOUTH THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT.
UM, DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A GATED COMMUNITY.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE PROPOSING, UH, TO HAVE THESE MONUMENTS.
UH, AT EACH ENTRANCE, THERE WILL BE A SIX FOOT SCREENING, MASONRY SCREENING WALL WITH LANDSCAPING ALONG LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING IN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO HAVE ROD IRON FENCING ON THE REAR OF THE LOT SET BACK UP TO THE ESCARPMENT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THAT VIEW.
UM, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE BOARD ON BOARD CEDAR FENCING.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT WILL ALSO BE ADDING MEDIAN LANDSCAPING INTO LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY TO MATCH WHAT'S EXISTING THERE.
UH, A TREE SURVEY AND MITIGATION PLAN WERE SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED WITH THE APPLICATION.
A SIGNIFICANT TREE COVER OBVIOUSLY COVERS THE SITE, UM, WILL BE PRESERVED.
UM, TREES WILL BE PRESERVED WITHIN THE ESCARPMENT AREA.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE WILL BE SOME TREE REMOVAL ON THE ACTUAL LOTS, UH, THE AREAS TO BE DEVELOPED, UH, TO MITIGATE THE REMOVAL OF THOSE TREES.
THERE'S A COMBINATION OF TREES PRESERVED AS WELL AS TREES PLANTED WITHIN THE PARKWAYS, PLANTED WITHIN THE HOA LOTS, UM, AND PAVEMENT INTO THE TREE FUND.
AGAIN, THIS IS A CHART JUST OUTLINING THE MINIMUM, UM, DWELLING UNIT SIZES PROPOSED FOR ALL OF THE, THE DIFFERENT LOTS.
UM, SO SINCE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UM, PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION TO THE 40 FOOT WIDE LOT TO, UH, ALLOW FOR 20% OF THOSE LOTS TO BE LESS THAN 1400 SQUARE FEET.
THE APPLICANT HAS REMOVED THAT CONDITION.
UM, SO THEY ARE PROPOSING A MINIMUM, UM, IN A RANGE OF, UM, DWELLING AREA FOR THE 30 FOOT LOT FROM 1600 TO 2,500 FOR THE 40 FOOT LOT, 1400 TO 2,400 FOR THE 50 FOOT, 1800 TO 3,100, AND FOR THE 60 FOOT 2030 600.
AGAIN, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ALSO, UM, PROVIDE FOR SOME DWELLING UNIT DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, CODIFY UNDER OUR EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH THOSE THINGS INCLUDE THINGS LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS, WHICH AGAIN, UNDER HOUSE BILL 24 39, WE CAN NO LONGER REGULATE.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS CONSENTED TO PROVIDE, UM, MASONRY, UH, AND, UM, DESIGN FEATURES RELATED TO THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UM, THERE ARE GARAGE PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS ENSURING THAT THE GARAGES ARE SET BACK FROM THE FRONT FACADE.
THE 30 FOOT LOT PRODUCT IS ACTUALLY A REAR LOADED PRODUCT.
UM, SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE LOTS TO ACTUALLY FRONT ON A MUSE OR AN OPEN SPACE LOT AND BE, UH, ACCESSED FOR THE GARAGE THROUGH THE ALLEY, WHICH THE ALLEYS ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE OVERSIZED TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE, UM, EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS.
UM, THERE ARE ANTI MONOTONY STANDARDS THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A VARIETY OF HOUSING STYLES AND DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, REQUIRED DESIGN FEATURES, SCREENING OF THEIR H-V-V-A-C EQUIPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT ON THE CORNER LOTS.
ON JUNE 3RD, UH, OF 2024, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEAR HEARING AND CONSIDERED THE REQUEST.
UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THE STAFF REPORT FAILED BY A VOTE OF THREE TO THREE.
AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WERE, UM, LOTS OF COMMENTS.
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UM, WE'LL ADDRESS A FEW OF THOSE HERE IN OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.AND AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT, I'M SURE WE'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THEM AS WELL.
BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WERE CONCERNS RELATED TO LOT SIZE DWELLING, UNIT SIZE, DRAINAGE, AND TRAFFIC.
SO AS IT RELATES TO LOT SIZE, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, UM, THE SITE IS PURPOSEFULLY CLUSTERED IN A MANNER AND HIGHLY AMENITIZED IN A MANNER TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE.
I MEAN, THE ESCARPMENT IS OBVIOUSLY, UM, A DELICATE AREA AND PROTECTING THAT IS, IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE.
UM, BUT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 2.98, UM, GROSS ACREAGE.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE EAST, UH, WHICH IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY 10, UM, HAS A, A SLIGHT SLIGHTLY HIGHER, UH, DENSITY YIELD OF FOUR DWELLING UNITS TO ACRE.
AND THE ADJACENT PD OH ONE DASH 63 TO THE WEST, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE 22,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, WOULD YIELD APPROXIMATELY TWO DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, A MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ENVISIONS A, A DWELL DENSITY OF ABOUT 4.5, UH, DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS LESS THAN THAT.
UM, EVEN WITH THE, UM, JUST THE DEVELOPABLE AREA OR THE AREA TAKING OUT THE ASCAR, UM, THERE WOULD STILL BE A DENSITY AROUND 3.5.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED, UM, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, WERE RELATED TO THE DWELLING UNIT SIZES.
AS I'VE MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT HAS MODIFIED THE PD STANDARDS TO ELIMINATE THE EXCEPTION, UM, TO ANY UNITS LESS THAN 1400 SQUARE FEET.
UM, AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MAKEUP OF THE DWELLING UNIT SIZES AS IT RELATES TO THE PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF TOTAL LOTS.
SO ONLY 17% OF THE TOTAL LOTS ARE IN THAT 30 FOOT, UH, 30 FOOT LOT SIZE.
UM, 27% IN THE 40, 38% IN THE 50 AND 19 IN THE 60.
UM, OF NOTE, UM, WHEN YOU ALL, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONCEPT PLAN, THE LOTS CLOSEST TO THE LAKERIDGE SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST ARE IN PHASE FIVE.
AND OUR, UM, ALL PROPOSED TO BE THE 60 FOOT WIDE LOTS WITH A MINIMUM AREA OF 2000 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S THE, THOSE ARE THE CLOSEST LOTS TO, UH, LAKERIDGE.
THERE ARE NO DEVELOPMENT, UH, THERE ARE NO DWELLING UNITS PROPOSED LESS THAN 1800 SQUARE FEET WITHIN PHASE FIVE.
SO JUST WANTING A, TO MAKE THAT PARTICULAR NOTE AS IT RELATES TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST.
UM, DRAINAGE, OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS, UM, A CONSIDERATION AND CONCERN, UM, THAT WE HEAR AS IT RELATES TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
BUT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES INTO THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL MUST COMPLY WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
AND SO OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE PROVIDES THAT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS SERVING NEW DEVELOPMENT SHALL ACCOMMODATE POTENTIAL RUNOFF FROM THE ENTIRE UPSTREAM DRAIN UPSTREAM DRAINAGE AREA UNDER DEVELOPED CONDITIONS, BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THE CONDITIONS ON THEIR SITE AND SHALL BE DESIGNED TO PREVENT OVERLOADING THE CAPACITY OF THE DOWNSTREAM DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF REVIEW BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO ENGINEERING PLANS.
UM, THERE'S, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF A PROJECT.
THERE'S SUBSEQUENT ENGINEERING PLANS AND, AND FURTHER REVIEW OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED, UH, TO CONDUCT AN ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT AFTER EACH PHASE OF THE PROJECT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE DRAINAGE IS FLOWING, UH, IN THE MANNER IN WHICH IT WAS ENGINEERED AND SO, AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES AS NEEDED.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT HAS RESPONDED TO BASED ON THE CONCERNS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED.
UM, TRAFFIC, UM, AGAIN, WAS ANOTHER, UH, COMMENT THAT WAS MADE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
AND, UM, LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY IS LISTED AS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL, WHICH HAS A DAILY VOLUME CAPACITY IN THE RANGE OF 36,000 TO 45,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
IT CURRENTLY FUNCTIONS AS A MINOR ARTERIAL, WHICH IS, UM, A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED, WHICH HAS A DAILY VOLUME CAPACITY OF 20,000 TO 34,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
SO IT'S CURRENTLY OPERATING AT LESS THAN 15% OF ITS CAPACITY ON AVERAGE.
AND THAT'S BASED ON, UM, TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT WERE TAKEN EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE TIA OR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS SUBMITTED AT BUILD OUT, THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD ADD APPROXIMATELY 7,000 DAILY TRIPS TO LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
SO, AGAIN, UNDER THE FULL CAPACITY, UM, THAT ARE, UM, THAT CAN BE HANDLED ON A MINOR ARTERIAL, UM, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO CONDUCT AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AFTER EACH PHASE OF THE PROJECT, AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT TRAFFIC IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS ENGINEERED AS IT RELATES TO THE TIA.
UM, AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THE APPLICANT HELD A MEETING WITH THE POA, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF LAKERIDGE ON JUNE 13TH.
UM, THERE WERE OVER A HUNDRED RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, AGAIN, SOME OF THE SAME TYPES OF QUESTIONS, UM, WERE ASKED, UH, AND CONCERNS EXPRESSED.
AND AGAIN, THESE WERE THE OUTCOMES THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED SINCE THAT TIME.
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JUST TO, JUST TO RECAP, REMOVING THE EXCEPTION FOR THE 40 FOOT WIDE LOTS, ESTABLISHING THE MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT SIZE OF 1400 SQUARE FEET FOR THE 40 FOOT WIDE LOTS, CONDUCTING A DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT AFTER EACH PHASE OF THE PROJECT, AND CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AFTER EACH PHASE OF THE PROJECT.UM, SO AGAIN, AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH SOME DESIGN CRITERIA AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS BEYOND WHAT WE COULD ESTABLISH UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING.
AND THAT ASSURES THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING HIGH QUALITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UM, WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO, AS YOU ALL ARE EVALUATING, UM, THE ZONING CASES, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL WANNA CONSIDER, UM, HOW THE USE, UH, WILL, HOW THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN USE, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, BUT THEN ALSO AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT LOOK AT THIS, UM, FROM A, A NARROW PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AGAIN, ALSO WHETHER THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UM, WITH RELATED TO THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HERE IN A MOMENT.
UM, FACTORS THREE AND FOUR ARE RELATED TO THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, IN THE SAME ZONING CLASSIFICATION AS THE REQUEST, UM, OR VACANTLY AND CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED FOR SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT.
WE DO NOT HAVE, UM, A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TYPE, UM, ZONING IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S WHY THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS COMING FORWARD.
BUT THEN ALSO THERE'S VERY, UH, FEW DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THAT HAVE A MYRIAD OF LOT SIZES AND HOUSING TYPES AND AMENITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THE RECENT RATE AT WHICH LAND IS BEING DEVELOPED IN THE SAME ZONING CLASSIFICATION THERE, AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER ZONING IN THAT PARTICULAR, UM, CLASSIFICATION, THERE'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING COMPARABLE TO THAT IN THE CITY WHEN LOOKING AT CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, IN 2019, THE CITY BEGAN A COMMUNITY-WIDE INITIATIVE TO UPDATE THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH INPUT GARNERED FROM RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, LOCAL INTEREST GROUPS, UH, A DEDICATED THINK TANK, UH, STEERING COMMITTEE STAFF, AS WELL AS ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS, AND ULTIMATELY ADOPTED THE PLAN IN 2022.
AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DOES ALIGN WITH THE PLACE TYPE OF MASTERPLAN, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WITH THE FEATURES OF, YOU KNOW, ONE OF A KIND FEATURES THAT DISTINGUISH IT FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, MONUMENTAL ENTRANCES, ENHANCED LANDSCAPING ALONG STREET FRONTAGES AND ARRAY OF LOT SIZES, LOT SIZES APPEALING TO A CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S DEMOGRAPHIC.
UM, THE COMP PLAN IS REALLY TO BE USED AS A GUIDE IN DECISION MAKING, UM, TO ADVANCE THE VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED.
UM, THE PLAN IS NOT THE ONLY LONG RANGE PLAN THAT IS USED IN THIS EVALUATION.
WE LOOK AT THE WATER WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN, WE LOOK AT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
UM, THEY'RE ALL BASED ON LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, UM, FROM DERIVED FROM THE ADOPTED VISION.
AND SO IN 2020, UH, AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS UNDERWAY, THERE WAS A COMPANION REPORT, THE SCENARIO PLANNING AND LIKELY IMPACTS REPORT THAT WAS PREPARED, UM, AS A COMPANION TO THE COMP PLAN.
AND THAT REALLY MEASURED IMPACTS AND EVALUATED THE TRADE-OFFS ASSOCIATED WITH KEEPING ZONING THE SAME, OR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE GROWTH AND HOW THIS IMPACTS INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW THIS IMPACTS POLICE, HOW IT IMPACTS FIRE, ALL OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
AND SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REALLY WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE ABILITY TO VIEW ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, FISCALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, COMMUNITY DESIRES, COMPATIBILITY, AND A GROWTH PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME INTO THE CITY ALIGN WITH THAT VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED IS PARAMOUNT.
UM, SO THE HOUSING STRATEGY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED, UM, AGAIN, CALLS FOR MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE DESIGNED WITH THE VARIOUS, UM, HOUSING TYPES, LOT SIZES, SHARED OPEN SPACE, BIKE LANES AND AMENITIES.
UH, THIS IS AN IMAGE ON THE LEFT OF A MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD, A KIND OF A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING THAT WAS IN THE COMP PLAN.
AND THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS, UM, THE PROPOSED BALCONES RANCH DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, MIRRORING, UM, THOSE, UM, ELEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING IMPORTANT IN THE MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AGAIN, WHILE THIS MAY NOT BE, UM, A DEVELOPMENT TYPE THAT IS, UM, AVAILABLE CURRENTLY IN CEDAR HILL, UH, IT IS A DEVELOPMENT TYPE THAT IS PRESENT IN EVERY, PRETTY MUCH EVERY, UH, CITY IN THE REGION.
UH, WE'VE INCLUDED A FEW AS A, A FEW EXAMPLES OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS REALLY, UH, DOES LOOK ON THE GROUND.
UH, IT'S A MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
ACTUALLY, MERITAGE HOMES IS A BUILDER IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
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AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE SMALLER LOT SIZES, AGAIN, CLUSTERING TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE AMENITIES, PROVIDE OPEN SPACE, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY, WIDER SIDEWALKS, UM, STREET LANDSCAPING, UM, DEDICATED ON STREET PARKING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS PROPOSED IN BALCON RANCH AS WELL, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, EMERGENCY ACCESS AND, AND FLOW THROUGH THE SITE, UM, ON, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE, UM, SMALLER, UM, LOT FRONTAGES.UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT STREET SECTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT FLOW.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE, UM, THAT IS, UH, IN THE METROPLEX, AND THIS IS VIRIDIAN AT ARLINGTON, A MUCH LARGER, A MUCH LARGER MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME ELEMENTS, THE VARIETY OF LOT SIZES, THE VARIETY OF HOUSING SIZES FROM LARGE.
THIS, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY HAS MULTIFAMILY AND TOWN HOME AND CLUSTER HOMES.
BUT, UM, THE OVERARCHING THEME IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A VARIETY OF HOUSING STOCK TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE VARIETY OF BUYERS IN THE MARKET.
UH, THIS IS INSPIRATION AT ST.
PAUL IN WILEY, AGAIN, A MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THIS IS JUST TO REFLECT HOW, UH, A MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, MONUMENTAL ENTRANCES AND AMENITIES AND, UH, THINGS THAT ARE, UM, VERY SPECIAL TO THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THIS IS, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES.
AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS THE, UH, BALCONES RANCH PLAN DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE, THE ABILITY TO HAVE A VARIETY OF, UH, HOUSING STOCK SIZE, UM, STYLES, UM, REALLY DOES SPEAK TO THE ABILITY TO DRAW IN, UM, THE, THE BROADER CROSS SECTION OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS, AS WELL AS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO AGE IN PLACE.
YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, CATER TO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, YOUNG FAMILIES, UM, THOSE EMPTY NESTERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, EXTEND THE LIFESPAN OF THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO THE PROPERTY, UH, THE CASE WAS NOTICED IN THE FOCUS DAILY NEWS, UH, AS WELL AS A COURTESY NOTICE SENT TO THE, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UM, WE, SINCE THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA, UH, STAFF DID RECEIVE ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION, WHICH WERE SENT TO, UM, THE CITY SECRETARY AND DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE A WRITTEN PROTEST, UH, ASSIGNED BY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA.
UM, IN EVALUATING THAT IT, IT COUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 11% OF THE LAND AREA, WHICH IS LESS THAN 20% OF THE LAND AREA.
THAT WOULD FORCE A SUPER MAJORITY.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE ACTION OF THE PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION, A THREE-FOURTHS VOTE IS STILL REQUIRED, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
SO THE RECOMMENDED ACTION, UH, AGAIN, IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST SUBJECT TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS ALIGNED WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THE ZONING ORDERS, ZONING ORDINANCE FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COUNCILOR HAY? YES, MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, ONE THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY, UH, AGAIN, YOU SAID IT DURING THE PROCESS THERE, UH, THE EXISTING, UM, ZONING, UH, IT AS IS NOW COMPARED TO WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE'RE FIXING TO GO TO OR THINKING ABOUT, GOING TO GIVE US AN, A QUICK OVERVIEW AGAIN AND SHOW THE DIFFERENCES IN THAT AND HOW THE, UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS AND HOW THIS IS REALLY, UH, LESSER OF, UH, OF A, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN THERE.
SO AS IT RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, WE CURRENTLY, AS IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED, WE ONLY HAVE WHAT WE HAVE ALLOWED UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO, UM, IT'D BE MINIMUM LANDSCAPING REQUIRED FOR THE LOTS.
UM, THERE WOULD BE NO, YOU KNOW, MAJOR STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SCREENING WALL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT NO REQUIREMENTS FOR AMENITIES.
UM, THEY DO HAVE PARKLAND DEDICATION, BUT THEY CAN PAY THAT PAY IN LIEU OF DEDICATING OF LAND.
SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY GUARANTEE THAT THERE'D ACTUALLY BE PARKLAND DEDICATED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT TYPE, AS FAR AS THE, UM, LOTS THE CURRENT PROPERTY ZONE, YES.
YOU, YOU HAD A, YOU HAD A CHART IN YOUR SHOWING YES, SIR.
SO THAT IS IN THE, UM, COMPARISON OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE DENSITY, AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT CHART WITH
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ME, UM, BUT THE, UM, EXISTING ZONING IS SFE, WHICH IS ONE LOT, BASICALLY ONE DING UNIT PER ACRE VERSUS A PD.UM, FOR, UM, THE VARIETY OF LOTS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, IT WOULD YIELD ABOUT 2.98 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN THE DEVELOPABLE AREA.
WELL, IT'S REALLY IN, IN, IN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY, IN TERMS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN TERMS OF THE AMENITIES THAT CAN BE PROPOSED AND THE HOUSING STOCK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE.
YEAH, THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. BEN? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, UH, OF THE APPLICANT HERE TODAY? GOOD EVENING, SIR.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR, UH, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UM, DO, DO YOU FORWARD WITH THIS ONE? OKAY.
HI, FRANK SUE, UM, I'M WITH MERITAGE HOMES.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING US TODAY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT OUR PROJECT TO YOU TODAY.
WE THINK IT'S A HIGH QUALITY, UNIQUE, ONE OF A KIND MASTER PLAN.
UM, BESIDES MYSELF, I HAVE TAL JACKSON HERE WHO IS OUR PLANNER SLASH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND ALSO HAVE RE SPIEL HALTER, WHICH IS FROM, HE'S FROM MANHART ENGINEERING.
HE IS OUR ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.
UH, DIRECTOR BENSON DID A GREAT JOB OF KIND OF THE OVERVIEW, UH, OF THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE WANTED TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE BRIEF HISTORY.
I KNOW SHE WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING, SO I'LL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THE KIND OF DIFFERENCES.
UH, SHE SAID, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROJECT ABOUT THREE YEARS.
WALTON HAS BEEN IN THE PROJECT ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
UH, THE LANDOWNER, THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2020.
YOU CAN SEE THE INITIAL LAND PLAN ON THE, ON THE LEFT THERE.
UH, THEY PROPOSED 1500 LOTS WITH MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL, AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL.
IN 2022, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS APPROVED.
UH, THAT'S WHEN WE GOT INVOLVED AS MERITAGE HOMES.
UH, WE REVISED THE SITE PLAN BASED ON STAFF COMMENTS BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, AND THEN CAME TO IN AUGUST OF 22 TO THE FIRST JOINT WORKSHOP, WHERE WE REALLY KIND OF SHOWED THE, THE DESIGN AND, AND HOW IT WOULD, HOW IT CAME FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES.
IF YOU'VE HEARD, DETECT DIRECTOR BENSON, TALK ABOUT PROMOTING WALKABILITY, YOU KNOW, TRAILS WALK, AMENITIES, YOU KNOW, BUFFERING A NATURAL AMENITIES, PRESERVING THE GARMENT AND SHOWCASING THE GARMENT WAS A MAJOR PART OF THIS, OF, OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IS A MAJOR PART OF OUR DESIGN, AS WELL AS, UH, MASTER PLAN DESIGN ELEMENTS, WHICH WE WILL GO THROUGH HERE SHORTLY AS WELL.
IN, IN MARCH OF 23, WE CAME BACK WITH ANOTHER SEC, SECOND CITY WORKSHOP WITH P AND Z AND SECOND COUNCIL, UH, REALLY KIND OF WORKING ON ENHANCED AMENITIES, THE ENTRIES, TRAIL CONNECTIVITY, AND KIND OF REALLY DIVING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN.
UH, IN NOVEMBER, WE MET WITH THE LAKE RIDGE, POA PRESIDENT, APRIL 24.
WE HAD A THIRD WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS THE PI.
AND THEN IN JUNE LAST MONTH, WE HAD OUR P AND Z HEARING, AND AS WELL AS WE HAD OUR LAKE RIDGE POA MEETING.
UH, JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE SITE IS.
I THINK YOU ALL ALL KNOW WHERE THE SITE IS.
ONE OF THE KEY PARTS OF THE SITE IS THAT IT IS SPLIT COUNTY WISE POWER PART IS DALLAS COUNTY, PART'S ELLI COUNTY, AND AS WELL AS THE ISDS SPLIT BETWEEN THE NORTH HALF AND THE SOUTH HALF.
UH, ONE OF THE MAJOR PARTS OF THIS DESIGN WAS REALLY THE, UM, WAS REALLY THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE DESIGN.
THE VERY LEFT, THE VERY LEFT PHOTO IN THE AERIAL, SHOWS YOU THE WATERWAYS THAT ARE ON THE SITE, THE PONDS ON THE SITE.
UH, WE RESPECTED ALL THOSE WATERWAYS, ALL THE CREEKS.
THEY'RE ALL PART OF KIND OF THE WATERS OF THE STRATEGY.
THE EXISTING UTILITY PLANS THAT ARE ON SITE AS YOU AS, UH, YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THERE'S A GAS LINE TRAVERSE SITE, THERE'S A WATER LINE FOR MIDLOTHIAN, INTER TRAVERSES THE SITE.
AND THEN ON THE VERY RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A SCAR AND ZONE THAT PURS WHOLE, THE WHOLE KIND OF WEST SIDE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THOSE WERE ALL THE CONSTRAINTS TOGETHER, CAME WITH THE MASTER PLAN TOGETHER, REALLY COME UP WITH THE DESIGN THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.
UH, WE TALKED A LOT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR BENSON TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I THINK THE MAJOR THEME HERE WAS A MASTER PLAN INCLUSIVE OF THIS INCAR BUFFER, AND REALLY SHOWCASING THAT.
ONE OF THE FIRST THEMES WAS CREATING A UNIQUE MULTIFUNCTIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE SINGLE FAMILY LOT SIZES.
YOU HEARD THAT THE VARIETY OF LOT SIZES IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REALLY CREATING A, A COMMUNITY THAT CAN OFFER HOMES TO A, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING WALKABILITY.
WE ARE, THIS PROJECT IS REALLY, UH, FOCUSED ON WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, WALKING TO AMENITIES, LEAVING YOUR CAR AT HOME, UH, HAVING THE AMENITIES WITHIN YOUR, WITHIN THE SITE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO, UH, GET IN YOUR CAR AND DRIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU KNOW, BUILD TWO LINES NEXT TO SIDEWALKS.
THE WHOLE IDEA IS GETTING STREETS, STREET SCAPES, TREE SCAPES, OUTDOOR AREAS, A SENSE OF PLACE.
THOSE DESIGN ELEMENTS REALLY CREATE A PLACE MAKING, UH, FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE SIZE OF THE ACRES, A THIRD OF THE SITES BEING PRESERVED.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DENSITY AS WELL.
UH, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS MAX DENSITY IS FOUR AND A HALF.
SO WE'RE BELOW THE MAX DENSITY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE TALKED, THERE'LL BE GARMENT, UH, CONSERVING THAT, AS WELL AS JUST ONE OF THE KIND FEATURES YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THIS DESIGN THAT THAT TILE'S GONNA SHOW YOU.
THE ENTRY MONUMENTS, THE STREET SECTIONS, THE THE SIGNS, THE, THE, THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPE THAT'S IN THIS PROJECT.
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OTHER PART IS THIS WHOLE CREATING EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GREEN.UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT PRESERVING THE OPEN SPACE, LIVING THROUGH IT, ENJOYING IT, USING IT, AND PRESERVING THOSE AREAS SO THEY CAN BE USED.
UH, YOU'LL SEE IN OUR DESIGN, WE HAVE THE GARMENT AREAS BEING PRESERVED.
WE HAVE TRAIL PUBLIC TRAILS THAT GO THROUGH THERE.
UH, WE HAVE CENTRAL GREEN AREA, THE HEART OF THE PROJECT, WHICH, WHICH HAS A LARGE GREEN SPACE, AS WELL AS THE AMENITY.
AND THEN JUST GENERAL LANDSCAPING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SITE THAT REALLY ENHANCES AND, UH, SHOWS THE THEME AND THE IDEA OF THE PROJECT.
I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO TAL JACKSON.
HE'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE DESIGN, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ENGINEER, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW YOU AT THE END.
UH, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
UM, AS FRANK TOUCHED ON AND AS DIRECTOR BENSON TOUCHED ON, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN IS REALLY ONE THAT WAS WELL THOUGHT THROUGH A LOT OF TIMES SPENT ON THIS.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE WORKED, UM, COLLABORATIVELY WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL AS P AND Z.
UM, THE MAIN POINTS I'M GONNA TOUCH ON TONIGHT ARE GONNA DEAL WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
UM, AND WE DO KNOW, WE, WE TRIED TO MARRY IT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
THE, UH, AMENITIES THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THROUGHOUT THIS ARE IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF KEY ITEMS BEFORE WE GET TO THE AMENITIES, THOUGH, IS THE DESIGN ITSELF.
UM, THE LAKERIDGE PARKWAY EDGE WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE BUFFERED THAT EDGE FROM LAKERIDGE PARKWAY TO THE BACKSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THERE'S A LANDSCAPE SETBACK THAT, UH, ADHERES ALONG THE SIDE OF LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.
WE HAVE A MASONRY SCREEN WALL.
UM, MUCH OF CEDAR HILL TODAY HAS TWO STILL FENCING BACKING UP, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT OPENS YOU UP TO KIND OF THE NON PRIVACY OF WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR BACKYARD.
THIS PROVIDES PRIVACY TO THE BACKYARDS, MORE SECLUDED, IF YOU WILL.
OUR NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY FALLS TO THE SOUTH, SO THAT WORKS IN OUR ADVANTAGE THAT IT REALLY DOES MAKE THIS MORE OF A SECLUDED NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE HAVE A DESIGN, UH, FOR OUR MAIN ENTRY ROAD ON OUR EASTERN SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY THAT ENTERS IN ITS SERPENT TEAMS ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AS IT ENTERS INTO THE PROJECT, AND THEN WINDS ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT AND THEN BACK OUT THROUGH OUR MAIN ENTRY.
SECONDARY ENTRY TO THE WEST ALSO CONNECTS IN, UH, TO THE PROJECT ITSELF.
UM, EVERY SINGLE STREET WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT IS TREE LINED AS DIRECTOR VINCENT SPOKE ABOUT.
UH, WE HAVE A CENTRAL MEDIAN ISLAND THAT GOES THROUGH THE MAIN, UM, HEART OF OUR PROJECT, WHICH LEADS YOU TO THE CENTRAL CORE, WHICH WE ALSO CALL THE HEART OF OUR PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS OUR, UH, MAIN HUB OF OPEN SPACE WHERE WE SEE THE COMMUNITY COLLECTING.
UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, INSPIRES, UH, SOCIAL INTERACTION.
UM, IT EN, YOU KNOW, ENGAGES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE IDEA OF HAVING A CENTRAL HUB WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS THIS AND, AND BRING THE COMMUNITY INTO THIS CENTRAL SPACE, HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
UM, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, IT'S A WALKABLE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE TOUCHED ON THAT, UM, SEVERAL TIMES.
AND, UM, BUT WITHIN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHERE YOU CAN WALK TO AND DRIVE TO, UM, IN THIS COMMUNITY, UM, IS THE MAIN AMENITY CENTER BUILDING THAT YOU SEE LOCATED HERE AT 62 6200 SQUARE FEET.
WE'LL SHOW A FEW IMAGES OF THIS IN A SECOND.
UM, WITHIN THAT IS A FITNESS SPACE, FLEX OFFICE SPACE, LIVING ROOM SPACE, CATERING STYLE, KITCHEN AND RESTROOM.
SO A HIGHLY AMENITIZED, UH, CENTER BUILDING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS ONE THAT WILL BE LOCKED AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS IT ADDRESSES THE POOL AND RECREATION AREA AROUND IT.
SO WITHIN THE POOL AND RECREATION AREA IS THE POLE ITSELF, SPLASH PAD.
UM, THERE'LL BE OUTDOOR GRILLING.
THERE'S TOT LOTS THERE, SHADE CANOPIES THAT GO WITH THAT.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE KEY ITEMS THERE.
UM, AS DIRECTOR VINCENT SPOKE ABOUT, THERE ARE COMMUNITY TRAILS THAT TIE TO THE PUBLIC, UM, WHERE THERE'S A TRAIL HEAD AT THE SECONDARY ENTRY AS YOU ENTER OFF FOR LAKERIDGE PARKWAY, UH, FOR PARKING THERE, THAT WOULD ALLOW, UM, RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY TO WALK THAT TRAIL.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE ESCARPMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, WE CONNECT TO THE CITY'S TRAIL SYSTEM ALONG LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY AND BRING YOU THROUGH OUR SERPENTINE ROAD, OUR MAIN DRIVE THAT COMES DOWN THROUGH THE PROPERTY, UH, WITH A 10 FOOT SIDEWALK THAT ENGAGES OUR HUB OR, OR OUR HEART OF OUR PROJECT, OUR OPEN SPACE THERE, AND THEN CONTINUES ON SOUTH, AND THEN TRANSITIONS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALKS THAT ARE FIVE FOOT THROUGHOUT EACH STREET.
AND WE DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR ESCAR, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME, OUR EASEMENT AREAS THAT RUN NORTH, SOUTH, WHICH ARE WATER EASEMENT AND OUR EAST WEST GAS EASEMENT THAT RUNS THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
SO WE AMENITIZE THOSE AS WELL WITH SIDEWALKS.
THOSE THEN ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO WALK THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND INTO THESE POCKET SPACES THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE'LL TOUCH ON A FEW PAR IN A FEW MINUTES AND SHOW YOU SOME MORE IMAGERY.
BUT IN THOSE POCKET PARKS, UH, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OVERLOOKED THAT LOOKS OVER AN EXISTING POND THAT WE HAVE TODAY THAT WILL BE ENHANCED AND ENLARGED.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS PART OF OUR DRAINAGE PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAVE 10 ACRES OF POCKET PARKS THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT.
UH, THERE'S TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE
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PROPOSED AND, UH, ADJACENT TO OUR AMENITY CENTER, WE HAVE COMMUNITY GARDENS WITH PLOTS AND GREENHOUSES THAT ARE LOCATED ALONG OUR NORTH SOUTH, UH, WATER EASEMENT.WE HAVE A PUTTING AND CHIP GREEN THAT'S SHOWN TO THE WESTERN, UH, AREA SOUTH OF OUR HUB.
UH, WE HAVE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT, UH, GRAND LAWN FOR MULTI-USE.
RECREATION IS A LARGER HALF MOON, IF YOU WILL, ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF OUR AMENITY CENTER.
UH, THAT WILL BE SHOWCASED BOTH FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE ENVISION A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN CEDAR HILL PRACTICE AREAS WILL HAPPEN WITH SOCCER AND THAT TYPE OF THING OUT THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS WILL BE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE AMENITY CENTER ITSELF.
UM, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE TRAILHEAD AND VISITOR PARKING SPACES WE HAVE, AND THEN 100 ACRES PLUS OF OUR OPEN SPACE, WHICH ARE ESCARPMENT AND EVERYTHING TO THE WEST, WHICH SERVES AS A NATURAL BUFFER TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, TOUCHING ON THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THEME COMMUNITIES AND WE TALK ABOUT DESIGN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TOUCH ON, UM, THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF A PROJECT.
IT, IT REALLY DOES SET THE THEME AS WE ENTER INTO A PROJECT, SO WE TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, OUR THEME HERE IS MORE OF A RANCH, UH, KIND OF A, A REMNANT RANCH ESTATE THAT'S BEEN HERE BEFORE.
AND THE IDEA THAT WE PICKED UP OFF OF THAT AND, AND AMENITIZED IT THROUGHOUT.
SO WE DO HAVE A UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE HERE THAT, UM, SERVES AS THE ENTRY PORTAL TO THE PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS A MAIN ENTRY THAT'S ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, AS YOU ENTER IN ENHANCED, UH, PAVEMENT.
AS WE ENTER INTO THE PROJECT, OUR, OUR SIGNAGE THERE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, A WHAT IS APPEARS TO BE A MILLSTONE WITHIN THE WALL.
AGAIN, PICKING UP OFF THIS IDEA OF AN OLDER RANCH THAT HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE, UH, MAYBE SOMETHING MORE OF A, A WINERY OR THAT TYPE OF IDEA, IF YOU WILL.
FROM THAT WAY, THERE'S A, A BOSQUE OF TREES THAT WE CAN SEE IS KIND OF A REMNANT GROVE OF TREES THAT WERE PLANTED MAYBE AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE TIME WAS A PECAN ORCHARD, THAT TYPE OF THING.
THESE AREN'T PECANS, BUT THAT'S THE IDEAS AS A FORMER ORCHARD IN THAT IDEA.
UH, SECONDARY ENTRY IS REALLY JUST THE BABY, UH, TO THE, TO THE MAIN ENTRY.
I KNOW A QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT HEIGHT OF THIS ELEMENT.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 15 FOOT SIX TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS COULD BE RAISED IF WE NEED TO, BUT PLENTY OF CLEARANCE FOR EVERY TYPE OF VEHICLE.
IT'S TALLER THAN MOST OVERPASSES THAT YOU SEE ACROSS MOST FREEWAYS, SO THAT'S ACCOMMODATE TO, YOU KNOW, FIRE AND ANY EMERGENCY ACCESS THAT WOULD BE, UM, FLOWING THROUGH THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRAILHEAD PARKING ON THE SLIDE TO THE LEFT, JUST ABOVE THIS SECONDARY ENTRY THERE.
FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY, THIS IS OUR MAIN HUB PART OF THE PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DESIGN THOUGHT WENT INTO THIS.
UM, WE WANTED TO BRING FOLKS INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BRING 'EM THROUGH THE MAIN SERPENTINE DRIVE HERE, WHICH HAS, UH, MEDIAN, UH, LANDSCAPE MEDIAN DOWN THE CENTER.
UM, THIS IS SERVES BOTH FROM A, UH, ENHANCED LANDSCAPING, UM, COMPONENT AS WELL AS TRAFFIC CALMING.
THE IDEA IS TO REALLY SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN ALONG THE SERPENTINE ROAD.
UM, YOU ENGAGE THE, UM, THE ESCARPMENT AS WELL AS THIS HUB THAT IT LEADS TO.
UM, WE HAVE ENHANCED CONCRETE PAVING.
IT'LL BE OF SOME TYPE OF PAVERS OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE, UM, THAT IT HITS AT EACH INTERSECTION THAT ENGAGES THIS SERPENTINE ROAD.
AND OF COURSE, THE AMENITY CENTER ITSELF WITH THOUGHTFUL ARCHITECTURE.
UH, WE CALL IT A DOG RUN THAT CONNECTS THE TUBE THAT REALLY INVITES A VISION THROUGH, UH, THE, THE, UH, ARCHITECTURE TO THE POOL BEYOND.
AND THEN THE AXIAL ROAD THAT LEADS OFF OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, VERY IMPORTANT TO US FOR THE WALKABILITY.
SO THIS WILL ENGAGE WHAT WE ENCOUNTER WHEN WE ENCOUNTER FUTURE RETAIL TO OUR YEAST, UM, ALONG 67.
SO A LOT OF THOUGHT GIVEN TO HOW THIS LAID OUT AND, AND WHAT'S, UM, WHAT'S DESIGNED HERE.
UM, THE CENTRAL CORE AMENITY UP THERE ON THE TOP LEFT, OF COURSE, IS ANOTHER VISION TO IT FROM THE POLE AREA ITSELF.
WE DO HAVE SOME TOPOGRAPHY FALLING TO OUR WEST, AND SO WE'LL FULLY ENGAGE THAT AND USE THAT TO OUR ADVANTAGE, UM, TO CREATE REALLY ENHANCED SPACES THAT HAVE VIEWS.
UM, YOU'LL BE ELEVATED IN THE POOL DECK ABOVE THE ROAD THERE, AND SO THAT'LL FEEL MORE RESORT STYLE, IF YOU WILL, FROM THAT AREA.
AND THEN AS WE ENGAGE THE OPEN SPACE TO THE LEFT, UH, WE HAVE SHOWN A, A SLIGHT RETAINING WALL THERE.
WE ENVISION THAT TO BE MORE OF A SEAT WALL, BUT THE IDEA THAT THAT WILL, UM, ALLOW THAT ROAD TO ELEVATE ABOVE THE PLAYING SURFACE TO THE LEFT, UM, FOR THE OPEN SPACE.
AND SO THAT'LL BE A, A, A GREAT, GREAT LAWN, IF YOU WILL, UH, SPACE ALONG THERE.
UM, WE DO HAVE AN OVERLOOK OPPORTUNITY SHOWN UP ON THE TOP RIGHT THAT IS, UM, A BUILDING THAT OVERLOOKS THE EXISTING POND TODAY THAT WILL BE ENHANCED, AND REESE WILL SPEAK MORE TO THIS ABOUT THE DRAINAGE, UM, FOR THAT PROGRAM THERE.
BUT THIS REALLY ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY, INVITES FOLKS TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, CREATES SOCIAL INTERACTION, VERY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU
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KNOW, BROUGHT THERE.YOU CAN SEE IN OUR BOTTOM LEFT, UH, SLIDE, THIS IS PART OF OUR TRA TRAFFIC, CALMING WITH OUR SPEED TABLES, UM, ON THE STREET, AS WE, YOU KNOW, PULL AUTOMOBILES THROUGH THAT AREA.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN THAT AREA.
OBVIOUSLY, THE DESIGN OF THIS IS VERY WALKABLE, SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROMOTING THAT WALKABILITY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THOSE PEDESTRIANS.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE BOTTOM RIGHT SLIDE.
WE DO HAVE COTTAGE PRODUCTS, WHICH ARE OUR 30 FOOT PRODUCT THAT LOOK OUT ONTO THE AMENITY CENTER.
THESE ARE OUR ALLEY LOADED PRODUCT.
THE IDEA IS THIS IS COTTAGE FILL WITH THIS LARGE LANDSCAPE SETBACK.
AND WITHIN THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WALKABLE TRAILS THAT LEAD OUT IN GAUGE OUR NORTH SOUTH TRAIL THROUGH THE WATER EASEMENT AND ALSO OUR 10 FOOT TRAIL ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF OUR HUB.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT THE OVERLOOK.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO BRING IN HUMAN SCALE ARCHITECTURE.
THE IDEA IS TO THEME IT, KEEP IT IN THIS RANCH THEME, IF YOU WILL, KIND OF A MODERN RANCH APPROACH.
UM, THIS IS A, THE VIEW DECK AGAIN, FIRE PITS, THAT TYPE OF IDEA.
YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY JUST A GREAT PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO COME SIT OUT AND ENGAGE AND, AND ENJOY AN EVENING TOGETHER.
UM, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, BREAK OUT FROM OPEN PLAY, UM, AT OUR, UM, LARGE GREAT LAWN ACROSS THE STREET AMENITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK THESE, UM, VERY SERIOUSLY.
UM, THE IDEA OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, A CHIPPING GREEN, SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T SEE EVERYWHERE, BUT PUTTING AND CHIPPING GREEN, UM, ENGAGED WITH, YOU KNOW, A TOT LOT, YOU KNOW, FAMILY CAN COME OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COULD BE CHIPPING AND PUTTING WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS PLAYING ON THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, PLAY EQUIPMENT.
UM, THAT IDEA THAT YOU HAVE THIS INCLUSIVE TYPE, UM, ENGAGEMENT, IF YOU WILL, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, TOP RIGHT IS JUST ANOTHER POCKET PARK AREA WHERE WE HAVE SOME AGE, MAYBE AGE RELATED PLAYGROUNDS WHERE YOU REACH THE MORE OF THE FIVE TO 12, UM, IN ONE SIDE AND MAYBE YOUR YOUNGER TODDLERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PLAYGROUND AREA.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY OVERLOOK AND, AND THE VIEWS THAT IT WOULD EN ENHANCE.
JUST A GREAT SPOT TO, TO, TO TRAVEL TO, UM, COMMUNITY GARDEN AND PICNIC.
THE IDEA OF THESE GREENHOUSES.
UH, I DID A SHADE STRUCTURES AND PICNIC TABLES AND A PLACE THE FAMILY CAN GO FOR A PICNIC.
UM, THAT TYPE OF IDEA THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, STREET SCENES WERE HUGELY IMPORTANT.
UM, SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT I THINK TO, TO CEDAR HILL AND, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IDEA THAT YOU SEE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T, UM, UH, INVITE THE STREET TREE INTO PLAY.
UM, WE LIVE IN A VERY HOT COMMUNITY,
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS KIND OF BOGS THE MIND THAT WE DON'T DO MORE OF THIS.
UM, THESE ARE, UH, PRACTICES THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT WITHIN THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO BRING VALUE.
IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL BEYOND, UH, EUROPE AND OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE REALLY HAD LASTING VALUE HAVE THESE BUILT-IN STREET SCENES.
UM, WHERE STREET TREES PLAY A BIG PART OF THIS.
UM, THEY, THEY JUST MATURE OVER TIME.
THEY PROVIDE THE SHADE THAT'S THERE, IT FRAMES THE STREET ITSELF.
THE ARCHITECTURE THEN ALSO SERVES AS A FRAME TO THE STREET ITSELF.
AND IN THIS CASE, FOR THE 30 FOOT HOME LOTS, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TAKEN CARE TO, UM, PLACE, UH, PARALLEL PARKING WITHIN THESE STREETS.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONS OFF OFTEN WHEN WE HAVE ALLEY LOADED PRODUCTS OF WHERE ARE PEOPLE GONNA PARK.
UM, WELL, WE DO PROVIDE TWO, UH, CARS WITHIN A GARAGE, OKAY? IF THEY DON'T PARK IN THE GARAGE, THERE'S TWO CARS PROVIDED IN THE DRIVEWAY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE PARALLEL PARKING THAT'S DESIGNATED OUT ON THE STREET THAT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
SO EITHER TRAFFIC GOING BY, UH, IS ENCOURAGED WITHOUT HAVING TO MANEUVER AROUND CARS OR WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO COME BY.
SO THAT'S PLANNED IN ALL OF OUR ALLEY LOADED PRODUCT, UM, WHERE WE FACE OUT TO A 40 FOOT PRODUCT OR 60 FOOT PRODUCT.
THIS IS A SH SHOWING AT OUR GREAT LAWN AREA.
ON THE TOP RIGHT WOULD BE ON OUR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS WITH DESIGNATED PARALLEL PARKING FOR THAT AREA.
UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING, YOU KNOW, FOLKS USING THAT AREA A GREAT DEAL.
AND SO OUR 60 FOOT LOTS THAT ARE FRONT LOADED ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD WORK FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT.
UH, AND CAREFUL, UH, CONSIDERATION WENT INTO THE DESIGN OF THE, OF THE, UM, ARCHITECTURE FOR THE, UH, AMENITY CENTER.
UM, THE DOG RUN I SPOKE ABOUT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE THERE, THAT'S MORE OF THE CLEAR GLASS CONNECTIVITY PART BETWEEN DIFFERENT USES WITHIN THE BUILDING, BUT IT PROVIDES THIS WINDOW INTO THE BACK AREA, WHICH WOULD HAVE THE, UH, POOL BEYOND.
AND SO THE IDEA OF A RESORT STYLE, EXCUSE ME, BUILDING WITH POOL IN THE BACKSIDE IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
UM, TRAIL AND SIDEWALK PLAN, UM, SPOKE ABOUT THIS.
YOU GUYS SAW THIS EARLIER, BUT THE, THE COMMUNITY TRAIL, UM, FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UH, WAS THE DECOMPOSED TRAIL SHOWN IN THE LIGHT GREEN THERE, TRAVERSING ALL THROUGH THE, UM, ESCARPMENT AREA.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR CONNECTIVITY
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THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT WITH OUR 10 FOOT AND BELOW, UM, TRAILS.AS FAR AS WIDTH GOES, UH, FENCE AND WALL PLAN, UH, WE DO HAVE THE MASONRY WALL ALONG LAKE RIDGE PARK, WE SAID FOR PRIVACY ALSO THAT WILL BE HEAVILY LANDSCAPED ALONG THAT EDGE.
UM, ALSO TO PROVIDE THAT BUFFER.
UH, WE DO HAVE TUBERS, STEEL FENCING THAT BACKS UP TO OUR ESCARPMENT THAT ALLOWS THIS KIND OF BACKYARD FLOW THAT ALLOWS NATURE TO COME INTO THE BACK OF THOSE HOMES.
AND SO THAT'S HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND THAT OCCURS AROUND THE ENTIRE ESCARPMENT EDGE AND THE PROJECT.
AND THEN ALONG THE SERPENTINE ROAD, LEADING IN AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE WOOD FENCES WITH, UH, MASONRY COLUMN, UH, COLUMNS, UM, FOR THOSE COMBO FENCES.
UM, THROUGHOUT PHASING PLAN, UH, PHASING IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT.
WE WANNA BUILD THE HEART OF THE PROJECT FIRST.
UM, SO PHASE ONE, UH, BRINGS TOGETHER OUR COTTAGE PRODUCT WITH OUR 40 FOOT PRODUCT.
IT ALSO BRINGS IN OUR 60 FOOT PRODUCT TO THE WEST OF OUR MAIN HUB.
THE MAIN HUB'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS FOR OUR AMENITIES CENTER.
WE REALLY WANT RESIDENTS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, UH, AMENITIES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT GETS INTRODUCED IN PHASE ONE AND REALLY STARTS TO BUILD THAT VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY FROM DAY ONE.
SO THAT'LL BE IN THE INITIAL PHASE.
AND THEN WE GO SOUTH AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR AMENITIES TO PHASE TWO, TWO, PHASE THREE, PHASE FOUR, OUR LAST PHASE BEING FIVE UP ON LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.
SO CONSTRUCTION, AS IT HAPPENS, AS WE ARE TERRACING DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SLOPE THERE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT, UM, WE DON'T RETURN BACK UP TO LAKERIDGE PARKWAY UNTIL PHASE FIVE.
AND SO THAT BUFFER, NATURAL BUFFER OF THE ESCARPMENT AND EXISTING TREES UP IN THAT AREA ARE GONNA REMAIN UNTIL WE GET TO PHASE FIVE, AND THEN AT PHASE FIVE, UM, WE'LL IMPLEMENT OUR MISSIONARY WALL AND OUR LANDSCAPE SCREENING ALONG THAT EDGE AS WE IMPLEMENT PHASE FIVE.
UH, AS DIRECTOR VINCENT SPOKE ABOUT, WE ARE, UM, IMPROVING THEM MEDIANS OUT ON LICORICE PARKWAY TO MATCH OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST.
AND SO THERE'S SOME IMAGERY THERE THAT SHOWS, UM, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING TO MATCH LIKE THROUGHOUT.
UM, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO REESE BEER HALTER TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT DRAINAGE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
UH, REESE SPEAR WITH MANHART CONSULTING, UM, AS TAL AND FRANK ALLUDED TO EARLIER ON, UH, WORKING THROUGH A LOT OF THE LAND USE ITEMS, AMENITIES AND WHATNOT, THERE ARE SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT NEED TO BE EXAMINED, UH, TO ENSURE THAT IT'S VIABLE THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE ONSET OF A PROJECT, WE LOOK HEAVILY AT THE EXISTING DRAINAGE CONSTRAINTS AS WELL AS WHAT OUR PROPOSED, UH, DRAINAGE CONSTRAINTS WILL BE.
UM, IN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF SHEET FLOW THAT'S VERY UNCONTROLLED THAT EXITS THE SITE INTO THE ADJACENT, UH, LAKERIDGE SUBDIVISION NEIGHBORS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME, SOME MORE CONCENTRATED DISCHARGES IN SOME EXISTING STREAMS, UM, IN A, IN A PROPOSED MANNER.
WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE WATER'S LEAVING THE SITE, AND WE LOOK AT PROVIDING NO ADVERSE IMPACTS, UH, TO THE DOWNSTREAM, UM, RECEIVING BODIES OF WATER, UH, WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THE WAY WE MITIGATE FOR THAT IS TO PROVIDE FOR, UH, DETENTION OR RETENTION PONDS, UM, TO HOLD BACK THE, UH, INCREASED RUNOFF FOR WATER, UM, BY PROVI, UH, PROVIDING FOR RETENTION PONDS ON THIS PROJECT.
WE WILL, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHIFT A LOT OF THE UNCONTROLLED SHEET FLOW, LEAVING THE PROJECT INTO A MORE, UH, CONTROLLED MANNER, LEAVING THE SITE, UH, IN ALL THE DRAINAGE, UH, LOCATIONS.
UM, UH, AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THE CITY DOES REVIEW EXTENSIVELY ALL THE STUDIES WE PUT TOGETHER AT EVERY STAGE OF THE PROJECT, WHETHER IT BE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, OR, OR LOOKING AT, UH, CONSTRUCTION DRAWING APPROVAL.
UM, AND, AND THEY LOOK TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY ADVERSE IMPACT TO DOWNSTREAM PROPERTY OWNERS AND THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AT OR BELOW EXISTING CONDITIONS IN A DEVELOPED STATE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT, UH, DIRECTOR BENSON MENTIONED, UH, IN REGARDS TO SOME ADDITIONAL STUDIES POST EVERY PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, WE'LL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DO POST-CONSTRUCTION AND POST INSTALLATION, UH, INSPECTIONS AND ENSURE THAT, UH, DRAWINGS WERE ADHERED TO IN THE CONSTRUCTION THAT THAT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WAS IN, UH, INSTALLED PER DESIGN.
WE'LL HAVE TO SUBMIT THOSE TO CITY STAFF FOR SIGN OFF AND, UM, IF THERE'S ANY ERRORS OR ISSUES THERE, WE'LL HAVE TO MITIGATE THEM.
WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE GREEN BUTTON.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE DRAINAGE, WE LOOK AT, UH, TRAFFIC AT INITIAL STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS, THIS PROPERTY BEING ADJACENT TO LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, IT'S CLASSIFIED IN THE CITY'S, UH, MASTER PLAN AS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.
UM, THE CITY SIZES THOSE ROADS IN THE AREA BASED ON THEIR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WHAT THEY SEE AS AS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AND THEY SIDE, SIDE SIZE THOSE ROADS ACCORDINGLY.
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UN, UH, FOUR-LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY.UM, AS, AS PART OF STUDYING THOSE ROADWAYS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO A, WHAT'S CALLED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT'S, UM, PREPARED, SUBMITTED, AND REVIEWED BY THE CITY, AND ULTIMATELY APPROVED WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR CHANGES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
UM, THE BASIS FOR, FOR PREPARING THAT ANALYSIS IS COLLECTING TRAFFIC COUNTS, UH, ON THE EXISTING ROADWAY SYSTEM.
THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE COLLECTED IN AREAS THAT ARE COORDINATED WITH THE CITY AND APPROVED BY THE CITY ULTIMATELY.
UM, AND THEY ALSO, UH, OUTLINE THE, THE PARTICULAR ROADWAY, UH, SEGMENTS OR INTERSECTIONS THAT WE NEED TO STUDY.
LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY HAS A, A VERY LARGE, EXCUSE ME A SECOND.
UH, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE, UH, TIA ONE MORE TIME, UH, IN REGARDS TO, UH, YOU MADE IT, IT SOUNDS, IF, UM, UH, IS THERE A THIRD PARTY DOING THE TIA OR IS THE CITY IS THE CITY DOING THE TIA? SO AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THE, THE DEVELOPER AND THE DEVELOPER'S CONSULTANTS ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE THE TRAFFIC STUDY, UM, BY A LICENSED ENGINEER.
AND, AND THAT'S SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW, UH, AND APPROVAL.
UM, AND SO AS PART OF THAT REVIEW PROCESS, THE, THE CITY WILL ENSURE THAT WE'VE PROVIDED ACCURATE DATA, WE'VE ANALYZED PER, UH, STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS, AND THAT, UH, IF THERE'S ANY IMPACTS TO THE ROADWAY SYSTEM THAT WE'RE MITIGATING THEM PROPERLY.
UM, SO AS I WAS STATING, LAKERIDGE PARKWAY IS, IS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY THAT'S OPERATING AT A FRACTION OF ITS CAPACITY TODAY.
AS DIRECTOR BENSON WAS INDICATING EARLIER, IT'S IDENTIFIED FUTURE AS A POTENTIAL SIX LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY WITH ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT'S GENERATED, UH, BY THESE, UH, ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS, LAKERIDGE PARKWAY PARKWAY'S STILL GONNA OPERATE AT A FRACTION OF ITS CAPACITY.
UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE THAT, UM, TRAFFIC WOULD STILL FLOW SMOOTHLY AT OUR PROJECT SITE, AND THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF, UH, LEFT HAND TURN LANE AND A RIGHT HAND TURN LANE AT EACH ENTRANCE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO INSTALL.
UM, AND REGARDS, I'LL JUST TURN IT BACK OVER TO FRANK TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE, UH, THE PRODUCT OFFERINGS HERE.
UH, I, I'M SORRY, FRANK, BEFORE YOU BEGIN.
UH, CUSTOMER HAYDEN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.
AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE TURN LANES, THE D DECELERATION, THE TURN LANES ON BOTH ENTRANCES THAT WE HAVE, IS THAT PART OF THE PHASE ONE PROJECT? YOU GONNA BOTH OF THOSE SIDES OR, OR HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? YEAH, THE TURN LANES WILL BE INSTALLED AS, AS AN ENTRANCE IS CONSTRUCTED ONTO LAKERIDGE PARKWAY.
SO, BUT SO WE'VE GOT A, A MAIN ENTRANCE.
MM-HMM,
BUT THE ENTRANCE IS GONNA BE THERE.
SO YOU SHOW THAT YOU'RE DOING DECELERATION LANE TURN LANES ON BOTH SIDES, OR BOTH ENTRANCE.
AND, UH, THE INITIAL PHASE WILL PROVIDE FOR A SINGLE ENTRANCE ONTO LAKE RIDGE WITH, UH, A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ACCESS, UH, THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL EGRESS.
AND THEN, UM, IN ONE OF THE MIDDLE PHASES OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO THE SECONDARY CONNECTION TO LAKERIDGE AND, AND ALSO INSTALL THE TURN LANES AT THAT SAME TIME.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE ALL GOING TO EXPENSE TO DO THAT AND ALLEVIATE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH ON THAT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON, ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING OF, OF BOTH OF THOSE ENTRANCES AS FAR AS THE, THE, UH, SO THOSE PARTICULAR TURN LANES THAT WE'RE GONNA INSTALL, THOSE ARE TO SERVE THE PROPOSED ENTRANCES TO THE DEVELOPMENT TO, TO PULL TRAFFIC OFF THE MAIN LANES THAT ARE, THAT ARE GONNA QUEUE TO TURN.
AND SO IF THERE'S NO ENTRANCE TO TURN IN, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A QUEUE CREATED.
AND SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE TURN LANES UNTIL THE ENTRANCE IS INSTALLED.
SO YOU GONNA DO IN PHASES LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S, THE, THE DECELERATION LANES ARE REQUIRED IN THE DA TO BE BUILT BEFORE THE FIRST BUILDING PERMIT IS, IS ISSUED.
IS THAT YOUR QUESTION ON TIMING IS, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
I THINK DIRECTOR BENSON DID A GREAT JOB AT THIS AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS THE REAR LOADED, UH, COTTAGE PRODUCT IS THE 30 FOOT LOT.
THIS IS WHERE THE GARAGE IS ON THE REAR.
THAT'S WHY THE ELEVATIONS ALL SHOW NO GARAGE FRONTS.
THEY'RE ALL ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSES.
UH, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE 1600 TO 2,500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES AVERAGE OF 2200 SQUARE FEET.
SO 142 OF THESE, ABOUT 17% OF THE PROJECT.
UH, THE 40 FOOT LOTS YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE MORE OF A MO KIND OF MODERN TRADITIONAL DESIGN IS WHAT WE CALL IT.
UM, THESE ARE FOURTEEN HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, UH, AND AVERAGE ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FEET TOTAL.
AND THEN 220 OF THESE IN THE PROJECT, ABOUT 27% OF THE PROJECT, THE 50 FOOT WIDE LOTS.
THIS IS KIND OF THE, WHAT WE, THE ELEVATION WE'RE SHOWING TODAY IS, IS KIND OF A MODERN FARMHOUSE LOOK.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS 1800 3100 SQUARE FEET AVERAGE OF 2,600 SQUARE FEET FOR THESE HOUSES.
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OF THESE, ABOUT 38%, WHICH IS THE MOST, UH, THE LARGEST PART OF THE SEGMENTATION OF THE LOTS.UH, AND AS WE SAID, 10% OF THE HOMES CAN BE DOWN TO SIX 10, 1000, 650 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S REALLY JUST TO APPLY FOR OUR SINGLE STORY HOMES.
WE'RE TRYING TO, EVERY ONE OF OUR PRODUCT OFFERINGS EXCEPT FOR THE COTTAGES, WE HAVE A SINGLE STORY HOME.
UM, 'CAUSE IT, WE HAVE, LIKE, WE HAVE FAMILY BUYERS, WE ALSO HAVE MOVE DOWN BUYERS, BUT A SINGLE STORY IS A VERY POPULAR ITEM.
THESE ARE 2000, 3,600 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES.
3000 SQUARE FOOT ELEVATION, WHICH SHOWING IS A LITTLE MORE OF A MODERN TAKE ON THIS ONE.
THIS 160, THESE LOTS, ABOUT 19% OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN ABOUT 10% OF THESE HOMES CAN ALSO BE 1800 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM.
SO THAT'S LIKE 20, THAT'S LIKE 57%.
UH, WHEN YOU PUT THE TWO, UH, THE 60 AND 50, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 57% OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, QUESTIONS WE GET A LOT OF IS KIND OF BUYER DEMOGRAPHIC.
WHO'S BUYING THESE HOMES? WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM?
SO QUESTION WE GET A LOT IS THE KIND OF THE BUYER DEMOGRAPHIC WHO'S BUYING THESE HOMES? SO WE TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE A RANGE OF HOUSING PROBABLY FOR YOUNGER FAMILIES, MOVE UP FAMILIES AS WELL AS KIND MOVE DOWN FAMILIES.
HOME PRICES WE THINK GONNA BE ABOUT, IN TODAY'S MARKET, WE THINK IS ABOUT 400,000 TO $700,000.
IT'S ABOUT $210 A SQUARE FOOT IN TERMS OF THE SALES PRICE.
WE USUALLY TYPICALLY SEE PHASE ESCALATION BETWEEN OUR PHASES WHEN PHASE ONE GETS BUILT WITH ALL THE AMENITIES, WE SEE THE SUBSEQUENT PHASES ESCALATE AS PEOPLE SEE KIND OF THE AMENITIES AND CAN, AND SEE AND ENJOY THEM.
WE DID QUICK ANALYSIS TO NOT LOOK AT BOTH TYPES OF HOMES LIKE A 400,000 HOUSE AND A 700,000 HOUSE, UH, BASED ON MONTHLY PAYMENT, THE PROPERTY TAX, THE BID, WHICH IS THE ASSESSMENT THAT GOES TOWARDS ALL THE, THE CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
THE HOA, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL, YOU KNOW, THAT.
AND THAT TOTAL MONTHLY PAYMENT IS ABOUT $3,500.
AND THAT EQUATES TO, BASED ON A MORTGAGE QUALIFICATION, ABOUT $150,000 A YEAR IN INCOME.
THE $700,000 HOUSE YOU DO THE SAME ANALYSIS IS ABOUT $6,000 A MONTH, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON MORTGAGE STANDARDS, THERE'S ABOUT A $250,000 INCOME REQUIRED.
THAT CHANGES IF YOU DO A 5% OR 20%, UH, SLIGHTLY.
BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT GOES DOWN TO 135.
IT'S 230,000 IF YOU CAN PUT THE WHOLE 20% DOWN.
WE LIKE TO COMPARISON TO KIND OF THE CEDAR HILL AVERAGE AND CEDAR HILL.
AVERAGE HOUSE VALUE RIGHT NOW IS $319,000 AND A MEDIUM INCOME IS ABOUT $84,000.
SO THIS PROJECT WILL, WILL INCREASE BOTH OF THOSE MEDIUMS. UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE GET A LOT IS KIND OF WHAT, WHY THIS PROJECT, WHAT'S THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT? KIND OF WRAP UP OUR PRESENTATION.
WE REALLY THINK IT'S A ONE OF A KIND MASTER PLAN.
IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE LONGEVITY.
UH, IT REALLY EMBODIES ALL THE CEDAR HILL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITEMS THAT WE GOT, THAT WE'VE, THAT YOU'VE HEARD ALL TONIGHT.
UH, THE PRESERVATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OPEN SPACE IS ALL THE WEST SIDE.
THE PROJECT IS THE BUFFERING BETWEEN US AND OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST.
UH, THE HIGHLY MONETIZED REC CENTER, THE PARKS, THE OPEN SPACES, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, THE VARIETY OF HOME TYPES THAT WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT, THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE TREES THAT REALLY FRAME THAT STREET NETWORK.
UH, THERE'S ALSO OBVIOUSLY PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY AND NEW CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL.
UH, WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS WILL USE NEW HOMES WITH THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION TO THE EAST OF THE NORTH WILL SPUR THAT NEW, UH, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS BASICALLY FUTURE RESIDENTS ARE PAYING FOR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE HIKING TRAILS.
A WHOLE CARBON AREA TO THE WEST IS GONNA BE COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO THE CITY AND HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS.
UH, THERE'S NEW DRAINAGE, COAL CONTROLS AS, AS REESA SPOKE ABOUT, HAS REALLY TAKEN THE EXISTING SHEET FLOW AND CONTROLLING THAT AND RELEASING THAT IN AN ENGINEERED FASHION.
WE OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ABOUT $3 MILLION A YEAR TO THE CITY AND AROUND $5 MILLION A YEAR TO ISD ON A YEARLY BASIS, JUST BASED ON PROPERTY TAXES.
UH, WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO KIND OF SHOWS THROUGH THE 3D RENDERING OF THIS PROJECT, KIND OF THE ENTRY SEQUENCE.
UH, DID YOU WANT, OH, YOU WANT ME TO DO, OKAY.
I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY THE ENTRY YOU SEE FROM LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY THAT TASONE BEFORE THE MEDIAS THE IDEA OF THIS RUSTIC, UH, YOU KNOW, VINEYARD, THIS, THIS RANCH STYLE HOME, THIS, THIS, UH, IMPORTANT ENTRY FEATURE THAT DISTINGUISHES ITSELF.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW IS THAT THE SITE DOES SLOPE DOWN FROM HERE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE FROM LAKERIDGE PARKWAY IS GONNA BE THIS MEDIAN, THE, THE, THE SCREENING WALL AND THE SITE GOES DOWNHILL FROM THERE.
SO IT, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT KIND OF ANNOUNCING THE ENTRY, KIND OF SETTING THE THEME AND DESIGN OF THE PROJECT THAT TILES TALKED ABOUT.
THIS PART IS KIND OF A CHANGE IN A CHANGE IN THE, IN THE TEXTURE OF THE ROAD TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE A WOOD BRIDGE.
'CAUSE THERE'S WATER AND A WATERWAY THAT GOES RIGHT UNDERNEATH THIS PART OF THE PROJECT.
ONLY IMPORTANT PARTS IS THAT YOU CAN SEE IS LIKE ESCARPMENTS ON THE RIGHT.
AND THAT'S ALL KIND OF OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVED IN TREES.
AND YOU SEE THE, THE TREES AND THE MEDIAN LANDSCAPING.
THIS IS THE MIDDLE AREA, THE HEART OF THE PROJECT, THE REC CENTER THERE, AND THE AMENITY, THE BIG WALL, OPEN LAWN IN THE MIDDLE.
THE IDEA OF THIS KIND OF CONTINUOUS THEME OF EVERY INTERSECTION, A MAIN INTERSECTION, HAVING THIS CHANGE IN TEXTURE THAT YOU CAN DRIVE OVER IT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
THERE'S PEOPLE HERE, UH, THE DEDICATED PARALLEL PARKING THAT TALL TALKED ABOUT.
THE TREES REALLY CREATE A PEDESTRIAN FEEL AND TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE THE RESIDENTS CAN GATHER, THEY CAN HANG IN ON THE LAWN AND THEY CAN GO TO THE REC CENTER, THEY WALK BACK AND FORTH.
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WHOLE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE A WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE AMENITIES.THIS KIND OF JUST FLIES UP OVER THE, THE CENTRAL CORE AREA THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH HAS THE, THE, UH, THE AMENITY BUILDING AS WELL AS THE SPLASH PAD POOL, OBVIOUSLY CHAIRS AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT GO WITH IT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THAT BLUE AREA.
UM, AND THE WHOLE AREA IS ALL ABOUT HOW THESE, HOW HOMES CAN KIND OF WALK TO THIS AREA, ENJOY THE, THE CENTRAL AMENITY, AND REALLY HAVE A SENSE OF PLACE.
I THINK ALL THE THINGS THAT TAS TALKED ABOUT.
THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS DESIGN IS TO CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE AND FOLKS THAT, THAT BUY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T BUY JUST FOR THE HOMES.
THEY BUY FOR THE, UH, CENTRAL AMENITY, BUY FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY CAN HAVE AND THE, AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN CREATE BY HAVING THIS KIND OF HEART CENTRAL, CENTRAL AREA OF THE PROJECT AND JUST KIND OF CONTINUE TO FLY AROUND HERE AND MAKE IT, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE AXI ROAD, THE TOP THE TOWEL IS TALKING ABOUT, AND THE SCAR TO THE RIGHT KIND OF FLIES OVER TOWARDS THIS GREEN, THE GREEN AREA, AS WELL AS INTO THIS OVERLOOK AREA, WHICH WE THINK IS ONE OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE PROJECT.
REALLY SHOWS OFF THE SCARF, IT SHOWS OFF THE CON AND, UH, HAVE A PLACE TO HANG OUT TO REALLY SEE THAT PART OF NATURE.
UH, AND AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT KIND OF THE VISION AND GOALS ARE FOR THE PROJECT.
AND THIS IS JUST THE BUILT OVERLOOK THAT TALENT'S GOING BEFORE FIRE PITS, YOU KNOW, PLACES TO SIT, UM, KIND OF JUST BASICALLY A GATHERING AREA THAT'S THE EXISTING POND THAT THAT'S THERE TODAY THAT WE'RE GONNA ENHANCE AS WELL AND USE AS PART OF THE DRAINAGE COLLECTION AND CONTROLLING OF THE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA.
UH, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THAT.
OUR, OUR PRESENTATION, THIS IS JUST, SHOWS KIND OF AN OVERALL AERIAL OF HOW THAT FITS INTO THE AERIAL OF THE PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, COUNSEL, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, AT A MOMENT, I WILL ASK FOR, UH, CITIZENS TO COME UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, I WILL ALLOW EACH CITIZEN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, OF COURSE YOU CAN BE ABLE TO STATE YOUR POSITION IF YOU IN FAVOR OR IF YOU OPPOSE.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AFTER THAT, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
IF YOU ARE NOT AT THE PODIUM OUTTA RESPECT TIME, IF YOU COULD JUST RESPECT, UH, THE CITIZEN WHO ARE SPEAKING, UH, WHEN THEY'RE APPROACHING AND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO THEIR SEAT.
TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY AND, UM, WE'LL, UH, GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT MOVING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO TRY TO PREVENT IS THE EXTERNAL NOISE.
SO IF WE COULD REFRAIN FROM THE EXTERNAL NOISE, UH, WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH IT.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
AGAIN, COUNSEL WILL NOT DELIBERATE WILL NOT ASK QUESTIONS.
IT'LL JUST BE YOUR MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST TO COUNCIL.
SO BEFORE YOU COME UP, BEFORE YOU COME UP, I WANT TO ASK ANYONE TO BE ABLE, WHO, WHO'S SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER, ARE WE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS? I ASK TO PLEASE HOLD YOUR COMMENTS AND ALLOW ANYONE WHO WON APPROACH THE PODIUM WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL NOISE.
AND THEN WHILE THEY'RE SITTING DOWN TO PLEASE HOLD ANY COMMENTS.
I'D LIKE FOR ANYONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SPEAK ON CASE NUMBER PD 6 2 0 2024.
ANYONE WHO WILLING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER 6 2 0 2024 TO PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
IF YOU COULD GIMME YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND ALSO, UH, FOR THE RECORD AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 1 1 6 TAR ROAD, CEDAR HILL.
AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT OF OPINIONS TONIGHT.
UH, I'LL BREAK THE ICE AND START.
UH, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, SO BEAR WITH ME.
UH, I ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
I'VE RAISED MY FAMILY HERE, UM, AND I LOVE CEDAR HILL.
UM, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS, UH, AT THIS TIME TO SERVE FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS THE, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
AND I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, UH, A LOT OF THE CITIZENS, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE FARMER'S MARKET AND OTHER THINGS THAT THE CHAMBER PUT ON.
UM, I THINK THAT IT IS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT CEDAR HILL IS AN AWESOME PLACE AND THAT PEOPLE WANNA LIVE HERE.
AND IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE
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HERE, WE NEED HOUSES FOR THEM TO LIVE HERE.UM, AT A PREVIOUS POINT OF POINT IN MY LIFE, I LIVED IN A CITY THAT UNFORTUNATELY SUFFERED FROM SOME POPULATION DECLINE.
UM, HONESTLY, WHILE I WAS THERE, I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT UNTIL I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE DOWN, DOWN HERE.
UM, AND, AND SEE THE STARK DIFFERENCE THAT EXISTED.
WHEN I WAS, UM, LOOKING THROUGH MY PHONE THIS MORNING, I SAW AN ARTICLE THAT WAS, UH, PUBLISHED BY WFFA.
IT WAS A, A REPRINT OF SOME DATA FROM THE DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL.
AND THE ARTICLE IS TITLED POPULATION GROWTH RE IS RESHAPING NORTH TEXAS TOWNS.
AND THE ARTICLE IS PRIMARILY TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE GROWTH.
TEXAS IS ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE HIGHEST, UH, GROWING STATE.
AND, AND WHEN IT COMES TO POPULATION, UM, AND IT TALKS ABOUT NORTH TEXAS AND A LOT OF THE CITIES AROUND HERE.
BUT WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS AT THE VERY END OF THE ARTICLE, UH, AFTER TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND, UH, OUR REGION THAT ARE GROWING, IT SAYS ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM, 20 DFW CITIES EXPERIENCED A POPULATION DECREASE FROM 2020 TO 2023.
DUNCANVILLE SOUTH OF DALLAS LOST AN ESTIMATED 1,822 RESIDENTS TO SHRINK 4.5%.
DALLAS WAS ALSO AMONG THE LOSERS, ALTHOUGH HIS CHANGE WAS VERY SLIGHT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, AND OUR CITY IS VERY GOOD ABOUT TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO SUCCESS.
AND SUCCESS REQUIRES IT, IT IS KINDA LIKE, UH, IT'S KINDA LIKE BEING IN A THANK YOU.
ANYONE WISHING ELSE, WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 2 0 2024.
PLEASE GIVE US NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY NEW, UM, TO CEDAR HILL, I AM FULLY INVESTED IN, UH, ITS POTENTIAL IN GROWTH.
THIS COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED ME.
UM, AND IN SERVICE OF TIME, I'VE JUST, UH, WROTE A STATEMENT, UM, IN SUPPORT OF, UH, TONIGHT'S PROPOSED, UH, UH, ITEM.
UH, FOR, FOR ME, THE CHAMBER'S VISION, UM, IS TO BUILD A THRIVING COMMUNITY THROUGH INNOVATIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP.
AND ONE WAY WE DO THAT IS THROUGH ADVOCACY.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE BALCONES RANCH MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.
AS THE CHAMBER, WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR HOUSING, UM, HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO DRIVE THE ECONOMY AND AND TRULY CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY AND GROWTH FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UM, THE, IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED LOT SIZES IS VERY ADEQUATE FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CALL HOME.
UM, AS OUR BOARD CHAIR SAID, UM, THIS IS A WONDERFUL CITY AND PEOPLE WANNA LIVE HERE.
AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO, WE GROW AND BE INNOVATIVE WITH OUR THINKING.
AND IN STRATEGIC PLANNING CHANGE, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT, CAN BE VERY NE NECESSARY.
UM, AND THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE A VERY POSITIVE EFFECT ON OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ECONOMY.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND, UH, BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
WHAT IS HER ADDRESS? DO YOU LIVE IN SIERRA? DID DID SHE PICK OUT ADDRESS? ADDRESS? THAT'S 300.
HOUSTON IS WHERE WE'RE LOCATED.
WE ARE NOT GOING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRY TO INTIMIDATE ANYONE WHO WISH TO COME UP AND SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
I LIVE AT 1338 NEWTON DRIVE HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE APPROACHED SEVERAL OF YOU ABOUT THE HOME ISSUE IN OUR CITY AND HOW YOUNG PROFESSIONALS LIKE US.
I'VE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, HAVE HELPED RECOMMEND PROGRAMS AND STUFF TO HELP BUILD OUR COMMUNITY AND BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE HERE.
SO I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS AS A PERSON WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'VE, I'VE SERVED HERE FAITHFULLY.
UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WE DO NEED MORE, UM, BALANCE IN WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR US AS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE, TO MAINTAIN, UM, RESIDENTS IN CEDAR HILL.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I DIDN'T LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN THE SIZES THAT WE NEEDED WHEN
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WE PURCHASED.UM, BUT ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT AFTER REVIEWING WHAT WAS SAID AND SITTING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND BEING SOMEONE WHO HAD SOME INPUT IN THE SESSIONS FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE DEVELOPMENT DOES MEET A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED AS A CITY, AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT AND WE NEED IN THIS CITY.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I FULLY ENCOURAGE THE SUPPORT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE IS HARD, BUT SOMETIMES IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE, WE NEED TO EMBRACE CHANGE.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT COULD BE VERY TOUGH FOR SOMEONE TO COME UP AND SPEAK BEFORE COUNSEL.
SO PLEASE, IF WE COULD EXPECT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO COME UP AND BE ABLE TO GIVE A FEW WORDS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 2 0 2024? PLEASE COME DOWN, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
I'M 25 0 3 SWEEPING MEADOWS, TWO THREE BLOCKS FROM THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN CEDAR HILL SINCE 1990.
AT ONE TIME I HAD THREE PROPERTIES IN CEDAR HILL, TWO IN LAKE RIDGE AND ONE IN HIGH POINT.
AND THESE PURCHASES WERE SIGNS OF MY CONFIDENCE IN CEDAR HILL AS I HAVE AN INTEREST IN WANTING THE BEST FOR CEDAR HILL.
SO DO THOSE WHO OPPOSE THIS DEVELOPMENT, I'D LIKE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.
THE TRAFFIC, THE OBJECTION IS THERE.
YOU SPEAKING IN FAVOR, CORRECT? I AM IN FAVOR, YOUR HONOR.
AND I'M JUST ADDRESSING THE SUBJECT, SUBJECT.
THERE WILL BE MORE TRAFFIC, BUT, BUT, UH, NOT AS MUCH AS, AS BELIEVED.
THE QUESTION IS, IF THE DEVELOPMENT OR ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT EXCEEDS STREET CAPACITY DEVELOPERS PROVIDED A STUDY SHOWING THE IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS, THE STREETS WILL NOT REACH 50% CAPACITY.
AN OPPOSING STUDY NEEDS TO SHOW ITS NUMBERS, THE DRAINAGE THAT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY AND CONSULTANTS.
AND IF THIS OUR CITY IS INCORRECT, THEN ADDRESS PRECISELY HOW THEY ARE WRONG.
IN ADDITION, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROMISED TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT AFTER EACH PHASE.
AND ON THE SUBJECT OF PROMISES MADE BY THE DEVELOPER, THIS IS GOOD NEWS AND IT SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED TO BE LEGALLY BINDING WITH NOTES ON WHAT HAPPENS IF A REASSESSMENT SHOWS AN UNEXPECTED NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE DENSITY.
THE OBJECTION IS THE LOTS AND HOUSES ARE TOO SMALL.
AND THIS WAS AND IS MY CONCERN WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE PLAN.
ON THE PLUS SIDE, THE SMALLEST PROPERTIES ARE A MINORITY OF ALL LOTS.
THE DEVELOPER HAS RECENTLY ADJUSTED LOT SIZE COUNT TO PROVIDE MORE LARGER LOTS AND UP THE MINIMUM HOME SIZE.
AND THIS WAS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
AND THEN FOR REFERENCE, THE DENSITY OF HOMES IN HIGH POINT IS 3.31 HOMES PER ACRE, INCLUDING THE COMMON AREAS.
BALCONES IS 2.9 HOMES PER ACRE, INCLUDING THE COMMON AREAS IN THE ISSUE OF SECURITY.
THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE OBJECTIONS IN THIS, THIS AREA.
ONE IS THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING LOW INCOME RESIDENTS, WHICH BRINGS CRIME.
THE BUILDER SAYS HOMES WILL BE AVERAGING $400,000.
ACCORDING TO A MARCH, 2024 DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARTICLE.
THE AVERAGE DALLAS HOME PRICE IS $366,690.
AND THAT'S LESS THAN THE 400 K.
AND AT THAT PRICE, ACCORDING TO ZILLOW, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE USED THE 28 36 RULE, YOU NEED TO MAKE $121,398 A YEAR.
AND THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE LOW INCOME TO ME.
OBJECTION TWO IS HIGH DENSITY WILL BRING HIGH CRIME.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A DENSITY HIGHER THAN LAKERIDGE WITHOUT HIGH CRIME.
FOR INSTANCE, MANY LOTS IN WILDWOOD ARE LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE AND IS NEXT DOOR TO LAKE RIDGE.
THOSE HOMES ARE VALUED AT FOUR 50 TO 550 K, WHICH ISN'T FAR FROM ALCON'S PRICES.
DENSITY ALONE IS NOT A DETERMINANT FACTOR.
NEWS RESIDENTS WILL BRING NEW POPULATION, WHICH ARE STRANGERS TO LAKE RIDGE.
LAKE RIDGE HOSTS, VALLEY RIDGE PARK AND TANGLE RIDGE GOLF COURSE.
THERE ARE STRANGERS COMING AND GOING ALL THE TIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANYONE ELSE? LISTEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF PD 6 2 0 2024.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 2 0 2024.
ANYONE WISHING TO COME ON DOWN? COME ON DOWN.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 1643 PROMONTORY DRIVE IN THE FIRST GATED COMMUNITY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN CEDAR HILL IN 1998 AND 99.
MY HUSBAND, DR. DAVID HUBLER AND I WERE THE DEVELOPERS OF THE PROMONTORY.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT WITH THOUGHTS ON THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
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PROPOSED BY MERITAGE HOMES OF TEXAS.FROM MY DEVELOPER VIEWPOINT, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE NEW REZONING REQUEST MAY NOT BE THE BEST CHOICE FOR CEDAR HILL FOR THE FUTURE.
THE CEDAR HILL PREMIER STATEMENT MENTIONS THAT CEDAR HILL HAS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, VIBRANT PARKS, TRAILS, AND NATURAL BEAUTY.
CEDAR HILL HAS ALWAYS HAD A DIFFERENT CHARACTER VIBE THAN THE REST OF SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY BECAUSE OF SEVERAL UNUSUAL FEATURES.
THESE INCLUDE JOE POOL LAKE, THE CEDAR HILL STATE PARK, THE AUDUBON NATURE CENTER, AND OUR ABUNDANT FOREST.
IN ADDITION, THE VERY SPECIALIST GARMENT THAT IS PART OF THE B'S FAULT LINE CREATES THE HI HILLY FEELING AS YOU DRIVE AROUND CEDAR HILL BECAUSE OF THE 80 FOOT DEPTH OF ROCK THAT MOST OF THE ESCARPMENT AREA HAS, THE MAJORITY OF OUR TREES ARE VERY OLD.
I HAVE COUNTED THE RINGS ON THE GROWTH RINGS ON THE TREES THAT MOTHER NATURE HAS TAKEN DOWN IN MY PROPERTY.
MOST OF THEM ARE 60 TO A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
THE VISUAL DIAMETER OF THE TREES HAS CHANGED VERY LITTLE IN THE 30 YEARS THAT WE HAVE LIVED IN CEDAR HILL.
IT WOULD BE AWFUL TO HAVE SO MANY REALLY BEAUTIFUL, LARGE OLD ASH TREES, RED OAKS OF VARIOUS KINDS AND CEDAR ELMS JUST CLEAR CUT.
AS THE FOREST IS DEMOLISHED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, IS MERITAGE HOMES GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO JUST CLEAR CUT THE ENTIRE FOREST TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE ROADS AND HOMES ON THESE DINKY LOTS OF 30, 40 FEET.
CEDAR HILL WILL START LOOKING LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER, WHAT I CALL NAKED NO NATURAL TREES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF DALLAS COUNTY.
WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE PROMONTORY, THERE WERE SO MANY STRICT REGULATIONS OF WHAT YOU COULD DO ON THE ESCARPMENT EDGE.
WE COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY HAD TO PAY ATTENTION TO 'EM.
AND LISTENING TO THEIR IDEA ABOUT THE TRAILS, IT MAKES ME WONDER YOU ALMOST HAVE CHANGED THE DIS GARMENT POLICY.
'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE TRAILS MAY NOT BE A GOOD CHOICE.
WE CHOSE TO USE THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY TO ESTABLISH THE LOT LINES FOR THE PROMONTORY INSTEAD OF SQUARES ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
AND IN DOING THAT, THE CITY CODE REQUIRED THAT EACH LOT COULD NOT RUN THE ROOF WATER OR THEIR, UH, DRIVEWAY WATER DOWN THE FRONT OF THE ESCARPMENT.
HOMES GOING TO MANAGE THE WATER FROM THE ROOFS OF 856 HOMES TO COME INTO THE STREETS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CONCRETE IN THE HOUSES THAT ARE TAKING UP ABSORPTION SPACE FOR THE SOIL THERE.
THE RETENTION PONDS ARE GONNA BE FULL ALL THE TIME.
THE CITY SHOULD NOT ALLOW SUCH A HIGH DENSITY SUBDIVISION OF 856 HOMES TO DESTROY ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING GREENBELT AREAS.
142 LOTS HAVE ONLY 30 FOOT FRONTAGES, 228 LOTS HAVE ONLY 40 FOOT FRONTAGES.
I SINCERELY HOPE THAT Y'ALL THINK AND DENY THE REZONING CON REQUEST AND KEEP THE PREVIOUS ZONING.
DAVID HUBLER 1643 PROMONTORY DRIVE, CEDAR HILL.
AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME CERTAIN LOGICAL CONCERNS.
NOW WE'VE HEARD SOME ABOUT TRAFFIC, BUT IN LOOKING AT IT, THERE IS ONE INTERSECTION JUST INSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE THAT IF IT GETS BLOCKED BY AN ACCIDENT, THEN THAT SINGLE ACCESS POINT IS THE ONLY ONE FOR THE FIRE AND AMBULANCE TO 724 HOMES.
MOBLEY ROAD WAS DENIED FURTHER LOT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT ONLY HAS ONE ACCESS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT.
ALL THE TRAFFIC FOR THE 724 HOUSEHOLDS WITH POSSIBLY 1400 CARS, TWO PER HOUSEHOLD WILL TWICE A DAY GO THROUGH THAT ONE INTERSECTION.
AND THIS WILL CREATE A REAL TRAFFIC JAM, ESPECIALLY AT RUSH HOUR.
AFTER THE PROPOSED LOOP NINE ENDS AT LAKE RIDGE AND, UH, HIGHWAY 67, THAT INTERSECTION WILL BECOME EVEN MORE OF A PROBLEM.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH A HIGH DENSITY SUBDIVISION.
THIS CLOSE INSIDE THE BOULDER COUNTY'S DEVELOPMENT, PARKING ON THE STREETS WILL BE A MAJOR PROBLEM.
PARALLEL PARKING AND, UH, PARKING APPEARS TO BE ALLOWED IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT ONLY A FEW AREAS.
KNOWING HUMAN NATURE OF THE MAJORITY OF THESE SMALLER HOMES WILL HAVE THE GARAGES FULL AND THE OWNERS WILL BE UNABLE TO PARK EVEN ONE CAR IN THE GARAGE.
THIS MEANS THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE MULTIPLE CARS OR VISITORS, THEY WILL PARK ON STREETS, NOT DESIGNED FOR OR HAVING SPACE FOR PARALLEL PARKING.
THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS IS TEXAS WHERE, UH, WE DRIVE A LOT OF PICKUP TRUCKS.
CREW CAB PICKUP TRUCKS MEASURE 19 TO 22 FEET, WHICH WON'T FIT ON A 20 FOOT PARKING AREA IN FRONT OF THE HOMES.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE VEHICLES WILL BLOCK PART OF THE SIDEWALKS
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AND THE MOTHERS WILL BE PUSHING THEIR STROLLERS OUT IN THE STREETS.THE SECOND THING IS OVERCROWDING.
THEY TALK ABOUT THE LOW DENSITY, THE 4.5 MAXIMUM.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT ANY ONE ACRE IN THE SUBDIVISION, THE PROPOSED CHANGE WILL ALLOW 14 HOMES IN ONE ACRE SPACE.
SO ELIMINATING THE ASCAR AREA WHERE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD ANYWAY, THEY'RE REALLY OVERLOADING THE OTHER AREAS.
SO THE SUBDIVISION WILL NOT APPEAR, UH, LIKE THEY PR YOU KNOW, PROJECT.
THE THIRD THING IS FUTURE PROBLEMS. AFTER REVIEWING THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND YELP RATINGS OF THE DEVELOP OR MERIT AGE HOMES, WE CANNOT EXPECT THAT THESE HOMES TO REMAIN VA TO MAINTAIN THEIR VALUE.
THE COMPLAINTS DEAL WITH POOR LOT PREPARATION WITH DRAINAGE ISSUES, POOR CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY.
THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU ONE.
UH, MY NAME IS DETECTIVE CARLOS STI.
I LIVE IN SWEEPING MEADOWS IN LAKERIDGE.
UM, MY MAIN, ONE OF MY FEW CONCERNS, AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DISPATCH, THEY'RE OVERLY OVERWHELM, ALREADY ADDING 700 AND SOMETHING HOMES IS GONNA DRIVE THEM CRAZY.
WE HAVE ONE FIRE STATION WITH TWO TRUCKS IN LAKE RIDGE.
DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE.
UH, AND SOMETHING HOMES TIMES THREE CARS PER HOME EQUALS AROUND 2,173 CARS TRAVELING LAKERIDGE AND PLUM ROAD ROAD.
PUT FOUR CARS, THAT'S 2,800 CARS TWO TIMES A DAY ON TOP OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH US.
IF ANY OF THIS, FOUR TH 2,800 CARS PLUS DRIVE OFF INTO ANY OF OUR HOMES, LAND IN SOMEONE'S LIVING ROOM COULD BE A BIG PROBLEM AS WELL.
UM, OUR HOME VALUES ARE DOUBLE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT LAKERIDGE TRIPLE OR MAYBE EVEN QUADRUPLE WHAT THEY'RE SELLING.
UM, WE HAVE CUSTOM HOMES, NOT REGULAR HOMES.
I'M OPEN FOR A COMPETITION TO OUR KIND OF HOMES, LEAVE IT IN ONE ACRE AND COMPETE WITH US.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN B, THAT COMPANY DOES NOT CONSTRUCT CUSTOM HOMES.
SO I HIGHLY, HIGHLY ASK YOU GUYS TO PLEASE DENY THIS IN FAVOR OF US.
THAT LEAVE IN A PEACEFUL PLACE.
MY NAME IS LAURA MARNIA FOREMAN.
I LIVE AT 24 0 1 BRIARWOOD COVE.
I AM RIGHT BY TEXAS PLUME ROAD, THE ROAD THAT ALWAYS HAS POTHOLES AND YES, YOU ALL KNOW AND THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE FEEDING ROADS THAT'S GONNA LEAD INTO THIS NEW HOUSE, THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE AMENITIES 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF QUALITY HOMES THEY'RE BUILDING ACCORDING TO THE BBC, ACCORDING TO THE BBC, THERE ARE 371 COMPLAINTS AGAINST THIS COMPANY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, THERE HAVE BEEN 124 COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM.
THEY HAVE LITIGATION ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2023 COURT OF APPEALS IN AUSTIN, THE THIRD DISTRICT, UH, NUMBER 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 81 MARRIAGE HOMES VERSUS SOPHIE PYA AND CHUCK OI.
THEY WERE FIGHTING BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY HAD STUCCO THAT WAS COMING APART ON THEIR HOUSE.
THIS HOUSE IS NOT EVEN FOUR YEARS OLD.
SO WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
DUNCANVILLE HAD A PART CALLED GREENBRIER AND THAT WAS REALLY QUALITY HOMES NEXT TO THE WOODS THAT WERE BUILT THERE.
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AND ONCE THE WOODS WERE BUILT IN, THEY HAD A HUGE CRIME RATE.THE REASON DUNCANVILLE WENT DOWN IS 'CAUSE EVERYBODY RAN OFF.
THEY MOVED TO CEDAR HILL AND THEY MOVED TO MIDLOTHIAN AND BUILT HOMES THERE BECAUSE A MILLION DOLLAR HOMES DEED.
WE'RE HAVING EXACTLY THE SAME THING HERE.
WE'RE HAVING HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, MR. MEIA, I KNOW YOU LIVE BY ME, YOU LIVE IN LAKERIDGE.
AND FOR AS FAR AS I KNOW, NOBODY ELSE ON THIS BOARD DOES.
BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? MY HUSBAND AND I ARE RETIRED.
WE'RE LIVING IN A HOME THAT WE CHOSE TO LIVE IN BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LIVE IN A QUALITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'RE GONNA PUT ME UP AGAINST THESE HOUSES THAT ARE POORLY BUILT ARE NOT GONNA HOLD THEIR VALUE.
AND THEY'RE GONNA KEEP, THEY'RE GONNA KEEP TALKING ABOUT THESE AMENITIES BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? THE HOMES THEMSELVES ARE POOR QUALITY.
THERE IS A WEBSITE ON HERE, MERITAGE HOMES, AND IT'S, THERE'S, IT'S AGAINST THEM.
AND THEY HAVE, THIS IS LIKE, LEMME FIND IT.
IT SAYS MERITAGE HOMES DOT P****D CONSUMERS.COM.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE QUALITY AND LACK OF QUALITY.
DO YOU KNOW THAT WHENEVER THEY HAVE A POTHOLE IN THESE NEW HOMES ON THEIR DRIVEWAYS, ALL THEY COME IN IS JUST POUR LITTLE CONCRETE AND SAY IT'S GOOD.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY BUILD THEIR HOMES AND THEY PUT IN SHINY FLOOR WOOD WITH FLAT FLOOR WOOD IN THE HOMES, IN, IN THE SAME ROOM AND SAY THAT IT'S OKAY.
DO YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE HOUSES, IF YOU GO LOOK ON YOUTUBE, THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BUILT THESE HOMES.
PEOPLE, THESE ARE FIRST HOME OWNERS.
THESE GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE TO LIVE IN THESE HOMES.
THEY'RE GONNA FALL APART AROUND THEIR EARS.
RIDGE ALREADY HAS BAD ENOUGH, ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, GROUND.
AND TO PUT THESE POORLY BUILT HOMES IN HERE IS HORRIBLE.
YOU NEED TO PUT IN A POLICE STATION BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF IT'S LIKE DUNCANVILLE, THEY HAD TO PUT A POLICE STATION IN TO HANDLE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WOODS.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, HISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT HAPPY.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TOO, MR. MCCURDY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.
YOU GUYS NEED TO PROTECT, YOU NEED TO PROTECT THE LAND.
DEVELOP SOMETHING, DEVELOP SOME NICE QUALITY HOMES.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANTED A CUSTOM HOME THAT WAS SMALL ENOUGH FOR ME TO HAVE IN RETIREMENT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THESE GUYS DON'T BUILD QUALITY HOMES AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ESPOUSE OFF ALL THESE AMENITIES BECAUSE THEIR HOMES ARE POORLY BUILT.
IT'S A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.
I JUST WENT ON AND I DID ALL THIS RESEARCH JUST FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND FOUND OUT THIS STUFF.
I'M LIKE AMAZED THAT YOU GUYS ARE EVEN ENTERTAINING THIS.
THE CITY SECRETARY IS HAVING A HARD TIME OF GETTING THE NAME AND THE ADDRESS BECAUSE OF THE CLAPPING.
SO IF YOU JUST GIVE US A SECOND.
ARE WE READY SECRETARY? ALRIGHT.
GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M AT 91 24 BENT WATER PARKWAY.
MAYOR MASON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MY WIFE AND I, AMITA GARCIA HAVE LIVED IN THE LAKERIDGE SUBDIVISION FOR 25 YEARS.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST FAMILIES TO BUY A LOT THERE AND TO BUILD OUR HOME THERE, WE'VE SEEN LAKE RIDGE GROW AND THRIVE AND BE AN IMPORTANT TAX REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE CEDAR HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EVERY DAY WE SEE NEW LOTS BEING SOLD AND NEW HOMES BEING BUILT.
THE ROLLING HILLS ADJACENT TO JOE POOL LAKE AND THE BEAUTIFUL ESTATE HOMES ARE A PERFECT SETTING TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR.
AND ALL MY NEIGHBORS HERE HAVE GOT BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS.
BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS IN OUR HOMES.
RESIDENTS OF OUR LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY ARE OPPOSED TO THE BALCONES RANCH DEVELOPMENT AND PROPOSED REZONING.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE.
WHEN WE BUILT OUR HOMES THERE, WE EXPECTED THAT ZONING TO BE THERE.
YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF CHANGING THAT ZONING.
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YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHO VOTED NOT TO APPROVE THIS.WHY HAVE A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA FOLLOW THEIR LEAD? WE HAVE A PETITION THAT'S BEEN CIRCULATED WITH OVER 850 SIGNATURES OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT 850.
AND IF WE HAD ANOTHER WEEK, IT WOULD BE OVER A THOUSAND.
SO WHY ARE WE HERE? SIMPLY PUT THE PROPOSED ALCON'S RANCH DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
TOO MANY HOMES SQUEEZED INTO TINY LOTS.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ALL THE CONSTRUCTION ISSUES THAT MERITAGE HAS IN ITS PUBLIC RECORD.
I WONDER HOW LONG THOSE FOUNDATIONS WILL LAST BEFORE THEY START CRACKING.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE RESIDENTS HERE 10 YEARS FROM NOW COMPLAINING ABOUT THOSE TRACTED HOME FOUNDATIONS AND NO ENGINEERING STUDIES DONE WHEN THOSE FOUNDATIONS ARE PUT IN.
MY NAME IS MARGARET BEAL ROSENBAUM.
I LIVE IN CEDAR HILL AT 1713 MUSTANG COURT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE ACTUALLY OWNED THIS PROPERTY SINCE 2001, BACK WHEN IT WAS JUST NON, NON-ST.
STREETS, JUST A LOT OF TREES, A LOT OF WEEDS.
UM, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SHARE THAT NOT ONLY IS THIS OUR FIRST HOME THAT WE'VE EVER BUILT, IT'S OUR ONE AND ONLY AND FOREVER HOME.
IT'S WHERE WE HAVE RAISED OUR CHILDREN, UM, WHO ARE NOW 20 AND 17 YEARS OLD.
AND THE REASON WE CHOSE CEDAR HILL OVER ANY OTHER AREA IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX IS BECAUSE IT WASN'T CROWDED.
IT WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED LAND.
WE WANTED AN ENTIRE ACRE SO THAT OUR CHILDREN AND DOGS COULD RUN AROUND AND HAVE THE KIND OF LIFE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE GROWING UP.
AND WE'VE BEEN SO BLESSED TO HAVE AMAZING NEIGHBORS.
I KNOW THAT THE IDEA IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY IN LAKE RIDGE RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, KYLE MILLER, WHO IS IN FAVOR, IS A VERY DEAR NEIGHBOR TO ME.
UM, AND WE ALL HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ALL THAT WE WANT.
I GET IT THAT THERE'S A, THAT WHOLE LITTLE HUB IN THAT, IN THAT ALCON'S RANCH AREA IS ACTUALLY THE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF OUR ENTIRE CUL-DE-SAC WHERE WE LIVE.
THAT ENTIRE HUB IS THE SIZE OF THREE OF OUR HOMES.
I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SAYING IT SHOULD MATCH WHAT ALREADY EXISTS BECAUSE THOSE OF US, WE ALL CHOSE LAKE RIDGE BECAUSE WE COULD BUILD WHAT WE WANTED.
I I JOKE AROUND AND SAY THAT OUR HOUSE IS THE COTTAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE HAVE THE BIGGEST YARD OF ANYBODY ELSE.
IT'S WHERE WE WANT THEM TO INHERIT.
SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO PLEASE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY WHO LIVES OFF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
I LIVE AT 2 3 0 6 SUMMERBROOK COURT.
MY BACKYARD TOUCHES THEIR ESCARPMENT.
SO I HAVE A REAL PROPERTY, UH, STATEMENT TO MAKE.
I'M GONNA BE LISTENING TO BEEP BEEP BEEP.
THE GRINDING UP OF THE CEDARS.
USING THOSE CEDAR EATERS, ALL THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE OUT THERE.
I GET TO LISTEN TO THAT FOR ONE, TWO, MAYBE THREE YEARS.
AND MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, I HAVE A RIGHT TO QUIETNESS AS PART OF BEING AN OWNER OF A PROPERTY.
NUMBER TWO, WHEN I, UH, WAS SWORN IN AS AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, I SWORE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND WITH THAT IT'S TO ENACT THAT WE, THE PEOPLE ARE THE POWER THAT NOT, NOT THE COUNCIL HERE.
WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE POWER IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO WE, THE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE ARE ASKING YOU TO CARRY OUT YOUR DUTY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
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IS I PAY CEDAR HILL TAXES AND I PAY MIDLOTHIAN.ISD HAS MIDLOTHIAN ISD BEEN CONSIDERED INTO THIS AND THE COST OF BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS AND THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THERE THAT'S GONNA GET INVOLVED IN THIS.
ALL THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, BUT THERE'S ALSO YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS IN MIDLOTHIAN.
MY ADDRESS IS 1611 MUSTANG COURT, CEDAR HILL.
UH, AS I LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION WITH ALL THE CHATS THAT WERE BEING SHOWN, I WAS WONDERING WHETHER THIS IS ALREADY A DUNDEE AND WE ARE JUST HERE, JUST A FORMALITY BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY HAVE MET WITH YOU TWO TIMES ACCORDING TO THE PRESENTATION, IT MET WITH THE CITY, UH, TWO TIMES ALREADY.
WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM IS NOT THAT WE DO NOT WANT HOMES TO BE BUILT AROUND HERE, BUT IF IT'S SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BUILDING SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE HOMES.
LET THEM BUILD SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE HOMES RIGHT THERE.
WHERE I WAS ORIGINALLY FROM HAS INFLUENCED ME SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO ASK, IS ANYBODY PAYING ANYBODY HERE? IS ANYBODY PAYING ANYBODY HERE? BECAUSE TO ME, THIS SEEM TO BE A NO BRAINER.
MY NAME IS LESLIE ELLO AND I AND I LIVE AT 1807 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE AT LAKERIDGE.
WE CAME HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE LOWER INCOME HOUSING BEING PRO PROPOSED ON THIS COUNCIL.
MY FAMILY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DUE TO THE ACT THAT WE MOVED FROM OUR LAST HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE SIMILAR PROPOSAL TO THIS ONE, WHICH WAS APPROVED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CON CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED.
WE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN ALL TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, READING FROM ALL KIND OF THEFT TO THE SELF USE OF DRUGS OR VIOLENT CRIME.
CEDAR HILL IS A SPECIAL, A SPECIAL COMMUNITY ONE WHERE MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HOPING TO START A, A FAMILY UNDER THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE HOMEOWNERS MOM AND POP STORES.
AND THE 500 COMPANIES RUN TO THE RISK OF LIVING CITY HILL DUE TO BEING OVERWHELM OVERWHELMED BY CRIME.
WHILE I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS, I BELIEVE IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT CITY HILL PD IS UNDERSTAFFED MUCH LIKE MOST OF THE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE STATES.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I BEG YOU PLEASE TO CONSIDER HUAI AND THE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE THROUGH THE ONLINE PETITION HAVE SAID, ALL WILL SAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
AND LET'S KEEP MAKING CITY HILL DESIRABLE PLACE TO PEOPLE TO WANT TO MOVE HERE AND START FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.
I LIVE AT 2309 OUT ON RUN COURT IN THE TIMBERS.
I WAS ONE OF THE 36 INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED A LETTER OF THE, OF, OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND AND ZONE.
I WANT TO, MY QUESTION IS, I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT YOU ALL HAVE THIS SIGNED PETITION HERE, THE ZONE AND CUT PETITION OF THE 36 INDIVIDUALS THAT REC THAT RECEIVED THAT LETTER, ALL 17 THAT LIVE IN LAKE RIDGE SIGNED THAT.
AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY AGAINST THIS ZONE CHANGING.
THEY MOVED IN THERE BECAUSE THIS WAS THEIR DREAM HOME OR THEIR RETIREMENT HOME.
I AM LEANING TOWARD WHAT THE, WHAT THE SOMEONE SAID ABOUT IT'S ALREADY A DONE DEAL.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING CONSTANTLY.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL HERE ARE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT LIVE IN LAKE RIDGE, BUT ASSUME THAT YOU LIVE IN LAKE RIDGE.
WOULD YOU WANT WHAT WE SEE AS SNAPPY CAR WASH IN YOUR BACKYARD?
THIS I LIVE IN
MR. CHAD, COUNCILMAN, YOU LIVE IN CITY ALSO.
I WAS TOLD, SO WOULD YOU WANT THIS IN YOUR BACKYARD? THAT'S
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MY QUESTION.AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL GOT THIS BECAUSE 17 OF THE 36TH INDIVIDUAL THAT LIVE IN CEDAR HILL THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET THEM TO SIGN, AND I HAD NOTARIZED, WHICH YOU GOT A COPY OF THAT EVERYTHING IS ABOVE BOARD.
I'M BEING TOTALLY TRANSPARENT.
AND AS, AS PASTOR, AS PASTOR C TO PRAY THIS TODAY.
LET'S FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT CAN WE AGREE UPON? AND EVERYBODY.
AND, AND IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS ATMOSPHERE HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING TONIGHT.
MR. MERRILL, MY NAME IS GREGORY CAMPBELL AND I LIVE AT 1 3 4 3 OVERLOOKED CIRCLE.
I'M GONNA PROVIDE, I AM OPPOSED, UM, TO THE CHANGES.
I WANNA PROVIDE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AS MANY OF THE SPEAKERS SO FAR HAVE SAID HOW LONG THEY'VE LIVED IN THE CITY.
I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME FOR TWO WEEKS.
I WAS BUILDING THAT HOME FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS.
I HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR OVER 27 YEARS.
I WAS A, I WAS A FEDERAL AGENT.
AND NOT TO IMPRESS YOU, BUT TO IMPRESS UPON YOU, I SERVED MY COUNTRY FOR 27 YEARS AS A FEDERAL AGENT MOVING MY WAY UP TO SECOND IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
I TELL YOU THAT TO ONLY SAY THAT I MOVED MY FAMILY SIX TIMES SERVING THIS COUNTRY.
WE'VE LIVED IN ASHBURN, VIRGINIA, WEST BLOOMFIELD, MICHIGAN.
I CHOSE TO COME TO LAKE RIDGE AND I AM IMPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, MY NEIGHBORS.
I SAID, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THE TYPE OF LOVE CAMARADERIE.
PEOPLE WAVING AT ME SAYING, HELLO.
I LIVED IN HOUSTON NINE YEARS, AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW MY NEIGHBORS.
I HAVE SO MANY NEIGHBORS WAVING AT ME ON OVERLOOKED CIRCLE.
AND IN THIS COMMUNITY, CEDAR HILL IS AN AMAZING PLACE.
WEST BLOOMFIELD IS NICE, ASHBURN, VIRGINIA IS NICE.
ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL PLACES ARE NICE.
AND I MEAN THAT CEDAR HILL, THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE.
I HAVE LIVED IN MULTIPLE HOMES WITH MULTIPLE BUILDERS.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE SEDIMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED HARD AND HAD TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT PAID ATTENTION TO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME UNHAPPY LOW INCOME FOLKS OR FOLKS THAT HAVE HIGHER INCOMES THAT ARE UNHAPPY BECAUSE OF THEIR FOUNDATION ISSUES.
AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT WHERE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO GROWTH, WE NEED GROWTH.
ANYTHING THAT'S PLASTIC, ANYTHING NOT GROWING IS DEAD.
SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO GROWTH, BUT LET'S GROW AT THE SAME PACE THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE CHOSEN AND BUILD ESTATE HOMES IN THAT CITY.
SO, GOOD EVENING, UH, SAMUEL COLEMAN.
I LIVE AT 2 4 2 4 WATERSTONE DRIVE IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, NOW THIS IS GONNA SOUND LIKE A REPEAT, BUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS JUST HERE, UM, ALSO, I ALSO WORKED FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR 42 YEARS.
UM, MOVED A BUNCH OF TIMES, UM, LIVED OVERSEAS, MANY CITIES, WASHINGTON, DC SEVERAL OTHER PLACES.
AND ALSO MOVED TO CEDAR HILL TO BUILD MY DREAM HOME IN LAKE RIDGE.
REASON NUMBER ONE IS I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A PLACE I COULD ACTUALLY COME BEFORE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE SOME LARGER CITIES WHERE YOU NEVER KNOW THE MAYOR, YOU NEVER KNOW THE COUNCIL PEOPLE.
WE KNOW YOU GUYS, SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CHARGE THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
THE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS I LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION.
I ACTUALLY READ A LOT OF THE MATERIAL AND THEY MADE A VERY GOOD SALES PITCH.
BUT SOMETHING I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO, GOOD THINGS SELL THEMSELVES.
I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO STICK WITH THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SELL THESE PRODUCTS.
AS THEY MENTIONED, THE PRICE IS GONNA BE TOO HIGH AND THE BEST ZONING YOU'RE EVER GOING TO
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GET IS THE FIRST TIME YOU VOTE ON IT.THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL WANT TO REDUCE LATER AND THEY'RE GONNA WANT SOME EXCEPTION, SOME CONCESSIONS FROM THE CITY.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO TURN OVER INFERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S GONNA COST US TAX DOLLARS AND EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS NOT A GOOD PROPOSAL.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN AND MY OPPOSITION TO WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCILMAN.
I LIVE AT 2 0 1 2 HIGH RIDGE, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.
SO I'M HERE, I'M HERE TO TALK WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT WHAT'S UPCOMING.
NOW IN MIDLOTHIAN, SD IN MY BOUNDARIES, WE'RE 134 SQUARE MILES.
WE HAVE ABOUT 7,000 LOTS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
THIS IS A NEW ONE FROM THE NORTH THAT WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU, MR. MAYOR, WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I'VE DONE WITH MY CITY COUNCIL IS I HAVE A JOINT CITY COUNCIL BOARD MEETING ON A SEMI-ANNUAL BASIS TO DISCUSS TOPICS OF THIS NATURE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP IN YOUR CITY, WHAT'S COMING UP IN MY AREA.
WE MEET, IF WE HAVE TO MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, WE DO, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S SEMI-ANNUALLY IF NEEDED.
I'M NOT SAYING WE GOTTA DO THAT IMMEDIATELY, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME CREATE A COMMITTEE OF YOU AND TWO OTHER OF YOUR COUNCILMEN THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND STOP TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU NOW, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT COMING HERE.
SO THAT SAY THAT, BECAUSE IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT OF 725 HOMES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT MISD, THERE'S NO SCHOOL HERE.
NOW I GOTTA MAKE THIS QUICK BECAUSE THREE MINUTES HAPPENS FAST.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WE ARE HERE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK WITH THE DEVELOPER.
I'VE CONTACTED YOUR CITY MANAGER, LET HIM KNOW.
AND HE STILL HAS NOT CONTACTED ME.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY SO WE CAN ESTABLISH NEGOTIATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE NEED A POTENTIAL SCHOOL THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO YET, BUT I KNOW THAT WE GROW UP FOUR TO 6% PER YEAR EVERY YEAR.
NOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A DOWN YEAR.
WE'RE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF, BUT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING MORE BUILDING AND BUILDING COMING UP.
SO WE'RE GETTING MORE, AND NOW WE'VE GOT YOU GUYS HERE COMING IN.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS WISELY AND GET IN CONTACT WITH ME SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU, MR. MR. SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.
REGARDLESS IF THIS, UH, IF THIS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS OR NOT, I, UH, I INVITE A PARTNERSHIP, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO KNOW, GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER AND ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, MY NAME IS DEBBIE FULL WEER.
I LIVE AT 25 13 TEXAS PLUME ROAD IN, IN LAKE RIDGE.
I BUILT MY HOME, UM, 20 SOME YEAR, 24 YEARS AGO, AND HAVE HAVE THE SAME STORY EVERYBODY ELSE IS TELLING.
WHAT I DO WANNA DO IS SHARE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF THIS.
I ALSO SERVE ON THE BUILDING APPEALS AND ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE CITY AND HAVE SO FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE ON THAT BOARD IS TO REVIEW PUBLIC NUISANCES THAT HAPPEN WITHIN OUR CITY, AND THAT IS HOUSES THAT ARE DILAPIDATED, ONES THAT NEED REPAIR FENCES, ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
AND, UM, WE PROBABLY SEE EVERY MONTH, MAYBE THREE TO FIVE CASES, WHICH IS WAY TOO MANY FOR THE CITY.
SO I REALLY, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE DENSITY OF THE HOMES, THERE ARE ZERO LOT LINE HOMES.
THAT MEANS THAT THE, THE HOUSE IS RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO THAT HOMEOWNER HAS NO WAY TO MAINTAIN THAT SIDE OF THEIR HOME WITHOUT GOING TO THEIR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY, WHICH COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM AND MAINTAINING THESE HOMES.
AND SO, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT HAVING DI THIS KIND OF DENSITY IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THE HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN.
THE AVERAGE LOT IS ONLY FIVE FEET, AND I'M FIVE FEET.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN ANYTHING AND TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR HOMES.
SO WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT, UM, MAIN ENSURING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY.
AND LAKERIDGE PRIDES ITSELF ON THE QUALITY OF HOMES THAT WE BUILD.
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THEY'RE ALL CUSTOM HOMES.THE FOUNDATIONS ARE ENGINEERED.
I'M ALSO AN ARCHITECT, AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE QUALITY OF A HOME AND I HAVE VERY MUCH CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
AND SO I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WE DON'T CHANGE THE, THE ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.
I LIVE AT, UH, 26 17 RANCH COURT IN CEDAR HILL OUT THERE IN LAKERIDGE.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CEDAR HILL FOR OVER 32 YEARS.
UH, WE'VE LIVED IN LAKERIDGE FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
WHEN WE MOVED OUT HERE, WE MOVED INTO A TRACK HOME.
IT WAS A GREAT HOME, BUT WE WANTED SOMETHING BIGGER.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE MOVED TO LAKERIDGE.
NOW, THE NUMBERS THAT WERE THROWN OUT THERE ARE JUST, THEY JUST AMAZED ME.
A 30 FOOT LOT HOUSE, A HOUSE ON 30 FEET.
YOUR AVERAGE GARAGE IS 20 FOOT WIDE, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 10 FEET LEFT.
OKAY? THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.
AND THAT'S 17% OF THE HOUSES, RIGHT? 142 HOMES.
AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE 40 WATT, THE 40 FOOT LOTS THAT ARE WIDE.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THAT SAYS THAT THE, THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE HAS TO BE 30 FEET.
THAT'S A TWO AND A HALF CAR GARAGE.
AND YOU WANT IT OUT THERE IN LAKERIDGE, RIGHT? SO IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
AND WHEN YOU ADD THOSE TWO UP, AND THEN YOU ADD UP THE 50 FOOT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT NOW YOU CAN'T HAVE A FOUR CAR GARAGE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
THAT'S THE SIZE OF A FOUR 50 FOOT LOT.
THE THE AMOUNT OF SPACE YOU NEED FOR THAT HOUSE.
YOU PUT ALL THOSE TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE 82% OF THE HOUSES THAT ARE GONNA BE BUILT OUT THERE.
SO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE 60 FOOT HOUSES, WE'RE LOOKING AT LESS THAN 20% OF THE HOUSES THAT ARE GONNA BE OUT THERE.
IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T ADD UP.
NOW, THEY THREW OUT A NUMBER OUT THERE, $400,000 THE HOUSE IS GONNA COST AND IT'S GONNA BE $1,300 A MONTH OR WHATEVER.
THE INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I DON'T SEE WHERE THOSE NUMBERS COME UP TO PLAY.
IT, IT DOESN'T MATCH UP, IT DOESN'T WORK.
UM, THE NUMBERS ARE JUST NOT THERE.
LET'S SAY AVERY HOUSE HAS TWO CARS.
THERE'S TWO CARS THAT'S 1700 CARS.
BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE THEY EVEN SAVED THEMSELVES.
IF YOU PARK THE CAR INSIDE THE HOUSE, THE TWO CARS IN THAT SMALL GARAGE, YOU PUT IT INSIDE THE HOUSE AND YOU PUT TWO MORE CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY, RIGHT? THAT'S FOUR CARS.
BUT LET'S NOT ALL, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE PARKING ON THE STREET, BUT HOW MUCH PARKING DO WE HAVE? SO JUST DOUBLE THAT NUMBER.
THERE'S 3,400 CARS COMING THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE TALK ABOUT THE TAXES AND EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT, RIGHT? WELL, IF WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT HAS THEIR OWN SPLASH PAD AND ALL THIS AND THAT, IT SOUNDS GREAT.
BUT THEN DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERYONE'S GONNA GO INTO CEDAR HILL BECAUSE WE JUST BUILT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MALL OVER HERE WITH THE SPLASH PAD.
WE JUST BUILT ANOTHER, UH, THE, THE, THE POOL WHEN WE'RE BUILDING ALL THESE THINGS SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN COME TOGETHER IN CEDAR HILL, NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE ELIMINATING OURSELVES AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SHORT TERM AND WE'RE NOT LOOK AT THE LONG TERM.
AND THEN THE FOUNDATIONS, I KNOW WHEN I BUILT MY HOUSE OUT HERE AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A REGULAR FOUNDATION, A TRACK HOME FOUNDATION.
WELL, I LEARNED REAL QUICK, THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
SO UNLESS, UNLESS YOU WANNA BE PREVIOUS TO THAT, PREVIOUS TO 19 NINE, PREVIOUS TO 1990, UM, ONE, THOSE HOUSES THAT WERE, DID NOT HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY, UH, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND THEY FELL APART.
THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE.
DON, I DIDN'T HEAR THE DAWN MAI.
2226, UH, BECKY LANE, CEDAR HILL.
I CAN, I GUESS IT, UH, I'M GETTING CONFUSED.
OR MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M OLD AS I AM, BUT I KEEP, EVERYONE SEEMS TO THINK THAT THERE'S NO TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
LIKE YOU, I THINK YOU'RE SAYING LIKE IF 21%, THAT'S ALL THAT'S GONNA BE UTILIZED, UH, LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, I HAVE A PROBLEM UNDERSTANDING THAT FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE THIS BIG BRIDGE, IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T NOTICED IT, DOWN THERE, BEING BUILT $24 MILLION BRIDGE TO TAKE THE TRAFFIC FROM 67 TO PUT IT ONTO LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT, YOU SEE ALL THOSE BIG WAREHOUSES OUT THERE? WELL, THE OTHER END OF IT IS THAT BRIDGE IS RIGHT AT THAT DOORSTEP.
SO THOSE 18 WHEELERS ARE GONNA BE COMING DOWN LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
AND IF ANY, IF ANYONE PUT A PENCIL TO THAT TO SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE 18 WHEELERS ARE GONNA BE COMING DOWN LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY.
AND I SUSPECT ALL OF THEM, BECAUSE IT'S A 20 MILE SHORTCUT.
IF YOU CUT ACROSS LAKE BRIDGE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO AROUND 20.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S NOT IN, UH, NOT IN YOU ALL'S, UH, DATA.
SO ACTUALLY, WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT THAT INTO THE DATA? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M AFRAID OF.
MOST OF LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY NOW IS THE TRAFFIC THAT'S FRICTION TO COME TO US FROM THAT BRIDGE
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AND THOSE WAREHOUSES.RON SMITH, 1929, MOUNT MCKINLEY PLACE IN LAKE RIDGE, 1929, MOUNT MCKINLEY PLACE.
SO MY ISSUE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND ADDRESSING YOU GUYS AND MAYOR, I'VE MET YOU MULTIPLE TIMES.
UM, IT'S THE MARKETING OF CEDAR HILL.
AND SO I CHANGED WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY TO YOU GUYS AFTER SOMEBODY DID THEIR IMPASSIONATE PLEA.
I, I UNDERSTAND THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WANT COMMUNITIES AND WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I HAVE TWO YOUNG SONS, A 28 AND A 31-YEAR-OLD THAT WANT THAT SAME THING.
SO LEMME TELL YOU THE STORY ABOUT MY WIFE AND I.
WE CAME TO, JESUS IS JUST A COUNSELOR.
WE CAME TO CEDAR HILL, UH, VERY FIRST CAME TO CEDAR HILL IN 1992.
WE LIVED OVER IN WATERFORD OAKS AND WE USED TO DRIVE TO LAKE RIDGE.
AND WE DRIVE TO LAKE RIDGE EVERY SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH.
AND WE WOULD LOOK AROUND LAKE RIDGE AND SAY, WOW, ONE DAY, ONE DAY THE LORD MAY ALLOW US TO LIVE HERE.
AND WE HAD TO WORK HARD TO GET THERE.
WE STARTED LOOKING AT LAKE RIDGE IN 1992.
WE SAW THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY.
AND WE KEPT COMING BACK TO LAKE RIDGE.
BUT WE ALWAYS SAID ONE DAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO LAKE RIDGE.
WE GOT TO LAKE RIDGE IN 2020, BUILT AND GOT A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE UP THERE, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS LAKE RIDGE IS YOUR MARKETING.
THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.
THAT'S THE MARKETING OF CEDAR HILL.
I I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD TAKE THE MARKETING.
IT'S THE BIGGEST MARKETING PLAY YOU GUYS HAVE AND CHEAPEN IT.
YOU, YOU SEE ALL THE TIME IN MARKETING, YOU SEE MCDONALD'S GO TO GAS STATIONS, YOU SEE SUBWAY AT GAS STATIONS, YOU SEE WENDY'S AT GAS STATIONS.
WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS SALT GRASS AT A GAS STATION.
YOU DEFINITELY DON'T SEE RUTH CHRIS AT A GAS STATION, WHICH YOU SHOULD DO AS A MARKETING, MARKETING YOUR CITY.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BALCONIES PROJECT.
IT JUST SHOULD MATCH WHERE THEY ARE.
AND YOU DON'T TAKE, TAKE A BALCONIES AND PUT A NICK TO LAKERIDGE 'CAUSE YOU'RE CHEAPENING THE BIGGEST PRODUCT IN THE BIGGEST MARKETING BANK YOU HAVE.
UH, MY NAME IS ERIC ROUSH AND I LIVE AT 2303 AUTUMN RUN COURT IN LAKERIDGE.
AND I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THIS LETTER ON MAY THE 17TH, THE, THE LESS THAN 30 PEOPLE WHO ARE ADJACENT TO WHERE THIS PLANNED COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE.
UM, NOW LAST GENTLEMAN STOLE MY THUNDER.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SAY FIRST IS THAT I CAME TO CEDAR HILL, UM, ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WITH MY DAUGHTER WHO HAD A SOCCER TOURNAMENT.
AND I CAME INTO LAKERIDGE AND HER TOURNAMENT WAS AT THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THERE WITH SOFTBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER, FOOTBALL, JUST A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN THERE PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, AND I WAS AMAZED BY THE LOT SIZES, BY THE HOMES, BY THE COMMUNITY, BY THE PEOPLE I MET WHILE I WAS DOING THE GAMES WITH MY DAUGHTER AND SITTING THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE.
AND I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
I HAD TO DO SOME JOBS SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT WHEN I CAME BACK, I CHOSE CEDAR HILL.
I CHOSE LAKERIDGE FOR THAT EXACT REASON.
AS PEOPLE HAVE SAID EARLIER, WHEN WE LOOK AND WE INVEST OURSELVES INTO OUR HOMES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE BLOOD, SWEAT, AND THE TEARS THAT WE'VE ALL PUT IN TO OUR HOMES, WE, WE LOOK FOR THAT TO GENERATE ITSELF AND DEVELOPMENT GOING FORWARD.
BUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT WE'VE CURRENTLY BEEN ZONED FOR AND WHAT WE CHOSE TO LIVE IN, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA COME INTO THIS NEW COMMUNITY, THEY'RE GONNA CHOOSE THAT COMMUNITY.
BUT WE'RE NOT, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SAY, TRY TO SAY AS MY BOTTOM LINE POINT IS, THIS IS A ZONING THING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS WAS ZONED FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
I ASSUME I'VE ONLY BEEN THERE THREE, BUT THIS WAS ZONED FOR THIS TYPE OF ESTATE DWELLINGS AND THIS TYPE OF COMMUNITY.
BUT JUST AS THE LAST GENTLEMAN JUST SAID, THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT AND WE JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE OUR PLACE.
WE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS MAY THE 17TH.
MAY THE 17TH, AND THAT WAS LESS THAN 30 PEOPLE.
WE GOT TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND WE TOOK OUT AND WENT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TRIED TO POST IT EVERY WAY WE COULD TO GET THESE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.
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I'VE HEARD THIS PRESENTATION THREE TIMES.LOVE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO FOR PEOPLE, BUT JUST NOT THIS COMMUNITY.
THE WALTON, THE WALTON COMPANY PURCHASED THIS REAL ESTATE KNOWING WHAT IT WAS ZONED FOR.
I DON'T GET THAT BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY ASKED IN THE, IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD TO THE WALTON REPRESENTATIVE, IS THERE A PLAN B IF YOU CAN'T DO THIS COMMUNITY? AND HIS RESPONSE WAS, THERE IS NO PLAN B.
WE DO NOT BUILD THOSE KINDS OF HOMES, PERIOD.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER, PLEASE CONSIDER THE PEOPLE THAT GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS CECIL SHARP AND I'M HERE TO JUST TO SAY, UH, WHAT? AND MY WIFE, THE METER SHARP, 22, 33, 22, 33 SOUTHERN DRIVE.
UH, BEFORE I MOVED HERE, I SAW ON, UH, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH YOUTUBE AND UH, THEY WERE TELLING ME THEY WERE SHOWING THE TOP CITIES IN TEXAS, THOSE SMALL TOWNS IN TEXAS.
CEDAR HILL WAS RATED NUMBER 10.
AND IN COMING OUT HERE, I I SEEN WHY IT MEAN THAT I SAY, HEY, THIS IS A NICE AREA, UH, UH, TO LIVE.
AND I'VE BEEN HERE SEVEN YEARS, UH, HAD BEEN MOVED HERE, HAD MY HOME BUILT.
SO I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CEDAR HILL NUMBER ONE TOP CITY IN TEXAS.
AND UH, WITH THE PLANS THAT THAT, THAT I'VE HEARD BEFORE, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATCH UP TO MAKE IT NUMBER ONE.
LET CEDAR HILL BE NUMBER ONE IN HITTING CEDAR HILL.
IN CONCLUSION, AS MY HUSBAND STATED, WE BUILT OUR HOUSE SEVEN YEARS AGO.
WE MOVED IN AT SEVEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH.
IN PREPARING AND DEVELOPING OUR HOUSE, WE SPENT OVER A FOURTH, ONE FOURTH OF OUR BUDGET IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOUNDATION WAS SOLID.
THESE HOMES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD, MAYBE YOU ALL DON'T LIVE IN LAKE RIDGE, BUT IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY, BECAUSE OF THE JOE POOL LAKE, THE FOUNDATION IS UNSETTLED IN SO MANY WAYS.
SO IMAGINE I'M A RETIRED TEACHER NOW, BUT AT THE TIME I WAS A TEACHER AND HE WAS RETIRED.
WE SPENT ONE FOURTH OF OUR BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOUSE WAS SAFE.
AND THIS IS NOT WHAT GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE TRACK HOMES BECAUSE ONE THING'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN THEY START BUILDING THEM, CHANGE ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT BEFORE WE CAME TO CEDAR HILL, AND WE WOULD BEG YOU AS WE SENT YOU EACH ONE OF YOU LETTERS REQUESTING THAT YOU DENY THIS, NOT BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE IN LAKE RIDGE, BUT BECAUSE LAKE RIDGE IS A PREMIER AREA TO BE IN.
CAN I GET YOUR NAME PLEASE? DAMITA SHARP, 2233 SOUTHERN OAKS DRIVE.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS IT AGAIN? MRS. HAR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS D-D-E-M-E-T-A-J-O-S-H-A-R-P.
I RESIDE WITH MY HUSBAND, CESA SHARP, AT 2233 SOUTHERN OAKS DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 7 5 1 0 4.
2306 AUTUMN RUN COURT, CEDAR HILL, 7 5 1 0 4.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES AND SCRUTINY THAT COME WITH YOUR ROLES, ESPECIALLY WHEN FACED WITH CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS LIKE THE ONE AT HAND.
TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A RESIDENT OF CEDAR HILL, REPRESENTING A COLLECTIVE VOICE OF CONCERN AND OPPOSITION IN THESE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES.
WHILE I AGREE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CONCERNS OF DENSITY, SIZE OF THE PROPOSED LOT, SQUARE FOOTAGE, TRAFFIC POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED CRIME, ALL OF WHICH DECREASE OUR PROPERTY VALUES IN LAKERIDGE, BY THE WAY, UH, WATER RUNOFF IMPACT DOWNSTREAM, THE NEED FOR A LIFT STATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE NOT MEANT TO REHASH ALL THESE VALID CONCERNS.
MY COMMENTS ARE RATHER FOCUSED ON YOUR CIVIC DUTY TO LISTEN TO AND VOTE ACCORDING TO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU.
OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE WAS EXPRESSED TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RESULTING IN A SPLIT
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VOTE.WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY MADE OUR STANCE CRYSTAL CLEAR WITH I THOUGHT ALMOST 800 SIGNATURES, BUT APPARENTLY OVER 850 SIGNATURES ON A PETITION AGAINST THIS CHANGE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I AM ONE OF THE 35 HOMEOWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND RECEIVED THAT, UH, NOTICE THAT MR. ROUSH POINTED OUT.
AND WE HAVE OVER 20%, WHICH IS THE REQUIREMENT BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING.
WE HAVE ABOUT 50% OF THOSE LANDOWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET THAT HAVE ALSO SIGNED A SEPARATE PETITION AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CHANGES THE APPROVAL REQUIREMENT TO SIX OF SEVEN FOR COUNSEL, BUT I'M NO EXPERT IN THIS AREA.
THIS DEMONSTRATES A SIGNIFICANT DIVIDE AND CONCERN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROPERTY OWNERS DESERVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP THEIR ASSETS, BUT WE FIRMLY BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AS IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY ESTATES.
OUR ISSUE IS NOT WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, BUT WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN ZONING.
THERE'S OTHER LAND IN CEDAR HILL MORE APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH A DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE BUILT.
CHANGING THE ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS A VIOLATION OF TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.
MANY OF US PURCHASED OUR HOMES IN LAKE RIDGE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SURROUNDING VACANT LAND WOULD BE DEVELOPED SIMILARLY AS SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE.
THIS EXPECTATION WAS A KEY FACTOR IN OUR DECISION TO INVEST IN THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA.
OUR AREA NEEDS TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT AREA ZONING AS SINGLE FAMILY ESTATES.
WE URGE YOU TO RESPECT THE EXISTING ZONING REGULATIONS AND COMMITMENTS THAT YOU MADE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CEDAR HILL.
UPHOLDING THESE ZONING LAWS ENSURES THAT THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE PRESERVED.
PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE CONSULTED WITH REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS AND ARE GARNERING SUPPORT FOR LEGAL ACTION.
IF THE COUNCIL VOTES IN FAVOR OF THIS CHANGE, WE, WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY HUSBAND TODAY AND, UH, ALSO MY BIRTHDAY.
SO IMAGINE SPENDING YOUR BIRTH ANNIVERSARY AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, RATHER BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT NONETHELESS, YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE.
I RESIDE AT 2 3 0 6 AUTUMN RUN COURT ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND DAVID, WHO JUST SPOKE.
WE ARE ONE OF THE PROPERTIES AGAIN THAT ABUT THIS 299 ACRES.
AND, UM, I DITTO WHAT EVERYBODY PRIOR TO ME SAID.
I WILL TRY TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
SPOT ZONING, CONTRACT ZONING, WALTON DEVELOPMENTS, BUSINESS MODEL, THE JOE POOL LAKE WATERSHED TO INCLUDE ESPECIALLY THE WATERWAYS OF HOLLINGS BRANCH CREEK.
UM, AND THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS NO DEBATE.
WE KNOW WE'RE CURRENTLY ZONED A SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE ON THE WEST SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE THAT WALTON OWNS SF 10, SF 22.
AND THEIR REQUEST IS TO PUT A PD ZONING RIGHT SMACK IN BETWEEN THAT THE ATTEMPT TO REZONE THIS TRACT OF LAND IN A MANNER THAT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN A MANNER THAT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CITY'S CURRENT ZONING.
UH, WITHOUT REGARD, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE REGARD FOR THE 299 ACRES, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO THE SURROUNDING DESIGNATIONS, NAMELY LAKERIDGE, AS WE'VE HEARD IT'S SFE AND THE OTHER, UH, ZONING DESIGNATIONS AS WELL.
RAISE YOUR HAND, ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WHO HAS POTENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, MADE AN INVESTMENT IN WALTON DEVELOPMENT BROADLY OR PERHAPS MORE NARROWLY, UH, WITH THE LAND WALTON'S BUSINESS MODEL IS TO MONETIZE LAND ASSETS ON BEHALF OF THEIR INVESTORS.
THERE'S NOTHING CERTAINLY ILLEGAL WITH ANY OF US IN THIS ROOM.
UM, INVESTING WITH WALTON OR SPECIFICALLY IN THESE 299 ACRES, I WOULD CHALLENGE THAT IT IS A CONCERN IF ANYBODY IN DECISION MAKING CAPACITY IS A CURRENT INVESTOR WITH WAL WALTON.
UH, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MERITAGE AND THEIR BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU RANKINGS, UM, YELP, YOU NAME IT, DA DA DA.
HAVE YOU TAKEN A LOOK AT WALTON DEVELOPMENTS BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU? HAVE YOU TAKEN A LOOK AT THE COMMENTS INTERNATIONALLY, NOT JUST OUTTA CALGARY, CANADA, BUT HERE IN THE US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ALONE FROM INVESTORS, MOM AND POP PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED, INVEST EIGHT GRAND HERE, 10 GRAND THERE, A HUNDRED GRAND THERE, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SEEING THEIR INVESTMENTS
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BACK.THERE'S A LOT TO LOSE FOR WALTON AND THE INVESTORS FOR THIS PROPERTY TO NOT GO THROUGH.
SO THEIR BUSINESS MODEL IS INTERESTING.
IN FACT, A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY WITH GREENBERG TIG STATED IN HIS 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, IT'S A VERY RARE APPROACH TO INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE GREAT RE RECESSION.
THIS IS A VERY RARE APPROACH, LISA, AT THE TIME OF THAT ARTICLE, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF PD SIX 20 2024? GOOD EVENING.
HELLO, HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS AL ROWE.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 24 17 WATERSTONE DRIVE, UH, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
UH, WROTE MY STUFF DOWN 'CAUSE I'M NOT GOOD.
JUST GOING ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UH, I'M NATIVE OF COMPTON, CALIFORNIA.
UH, I LIVED IN DFW AREA SINCE I RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE OF 21 YEARS, UH, WITH MY WIFE, WHO'S A 12 YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
UH, ALSO A MILITARY VETERAN, UH, WHO NOW WORKS.
I NOW WORK IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
UH, I GREW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ADJACENT TO SOME HOUSING PROJECTS.
UM, BUT GUESS WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE NOW CALLED IN COMPTON.
THEY'RE CALLED AFFORD BY HOUSING WITH NEW PAINT, NEW PIECES.
AND GUESS WHAT? NEW PARKS THE SAME PART THAT ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS IN THE CITY, BUT IT HAS NEW GRASS.
UM, THESE PROJECTS WERE TORN DOWN.
THEY BUILDING INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NOW ARE NOW REFERRED TO AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
STILL SAME PROBLEMS, STILL SAME ISSUES.
UM, THOSE SAME INITIATIVES THAT REFLECT BORDER, A RANGE OF HOUSING INITIATIVES AIMED AT PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR QUOTE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND YOUNG FAMILIES.
BUT GUESS WHAT? THAT SAME DESCRIPTION WAS ONCE LABELED AND IT STILL EXISTS.
IN FACT, IT'S CREATED A CYCLE OF DECLINE THAT'S DIFFICULT TO REVERSE IN COMPTON.
WHILE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH ARE VITAL FOR ANY COMMUNITY IS CRUCIAL TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS, UM, THAT SUCH PROJECTS BRING.
HISTORY HAS SHOWN, HAS HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT RAPID LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENTS OFTEN COME WITH LONG-TERM CHALLENGES.
SIMILAR PROJECTS IN OTHER CITIES HAVE LED TO OVERBURDENED SCHOOLS AS MISD AND OFFICIAL MENTIONED, AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AS, AS WELL AS STRAIN ON FIRST RESPONDERS, REDUCING QUALITY OF EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO EXISTING FUTURE RESIDENTS.
THE DECISION DECISIONS MADE IN COMPTON, CALIFORNIA BACK IN THE LATE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES ARE THE RESULTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I FOUGHT TO ESCAPE IN THE LATE SEVENTIES AND EARLY EIGHTIES.
MY HOMETOWN IS STRUGGLING SCHOOLS STREETS, MAINTENANCE CRIME.
I'M SAD TO SAY THEY'RE STRUGGLING, STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T WANT CEDAR HILL TO POTENTIALLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS FOR ALL THOSE FINE PEOPLE HERE, LET ALONE THEIR KIDS OR THEIR GRANDKIDS.
THE CHARACTER OF THE CHARM OF CEDAR HILL IS AT STAKE.
THE CITY IS KNOWN FOR ITS LIKE TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY AND SERENE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
A 800 HOME DEVELOPMENT MARKETED TO YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, COULD ALTER THE SOCIAL FABRIC POTENTIALLY LEADING TO HIGHER CRIME RATES AND REDUCE COMMUNITY COHESION AS TRANSIT POPULATIONS INCREASE.
IN CONCLUSION, WHILE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ARE ESSENTIAL, THEY MUST BE BALANCED AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND FOCUS ON MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE ZONING OF ALCON'S RANCH, UM, AND AT VERY LEAST ENSURE THE COMPREHENSIVE IMPACT STUDIES AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN ARE IN PLACE.
LET'S LEARN FROM THE HISTORY AND PRIORITIZE THE WELLBEING OF CEDAR HILL.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU THAT THE HISTORY DOES NOT, YOU DO NOT WANT HISTORY TO REPEAT ITSELF.
UM, PLEASE, I URGE YOU JUST TO KEEP THE ZONING THE WAY IT IS.
I LIVE AT 2 9 6 3 MUIRFIELD IN LAKE RIDGE.
I'M A RESIDENT OF LAKE RIDGE AND I'M ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE PETITION THAT HAS THESE OVER 800 SIGNATURES FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT LOVES WHERE WE LIVE SO MUCH.
AND I HAVE TO SAY WE GOT THOSE IN JUST A TINY BIT OVER TWO WEEKS.
WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE AND I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WE WILL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SO AS RESIDENTS OF THE LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY, WE IMPLORE YOU NOT TO TO VOTE, TO NOT TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAND WILL BE DEVELOPED ALL OVER THE CITY FOR HOUSING, BUT MOST OF US FEEL THAT A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THIS ONE WOULD BE BETTER PLACED ON LAND ALREADY ZONED FOR THIS PURPOSE WITHOUT THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY.
YES, THE PLAN SHOULD BE REVISED TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING.
CHOOSE A HIGHER END BUILDER OR GROUP OF BUILDERS WHO CAN OFFER A TRUE CUSTOM HOME EXPERIENCE.
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MERITAGE IS NOT KNOWN FOR HIGH END COMMUNITIES AND THERE ARE ACTIVE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM FOR THE LACK OF QUALITY THEY OFFER.SURELY THE LANDOWNER IN THE CITY CAN DO BETTER.
CHOOSE A DEVELOPER WHO WILL KEEP THE PRESERVATION OF MATURE TREES VIA ESCARPMENT AND WILDLIFE AT THE FOREFRONT.
I'M VERY AWARE THAT THESE ARE TALKING POINTS FOR THESE GUYS BACK HERE, BUT THE HIGH DENSITY NATURE OF CONSTRUCTION CANCELS WHATEVER THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING TO PRESERVE ANYTHING THE AMENITIES OFFERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT ARE ATTRACTIVE AS OUR DEVELOPED WALKING TRAILS ALONG THE ESCARPMENT.
WHY NOT OFFER THIS FOR THE HOMES THAT ARE SPACED FURTHER APART? WALTON SURELY BOUGHT THIS LAND FOR WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BARGAIN AT A TIME IN 2020.
LAND HAS ESCALATED IN VALUE AS WE ALL KNOW, THEY COULD STILL STAND AND MAKE A HANDSOME PROFIT BY DEVELOPING THE LAND AND KEEPING IT IN HIS SSFE.
VOTE NO AND FORCE WALTON TO DO BETTER OR SELL THIS LAND.
DO IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OF US WHO WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
DO IT BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL RAPE THE LAND.
DO IT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND THINK ABOUT IT FOR REASONS OTHER THAN MONEY.
I URGE YOU NOT TO TABLE THIS MATTER TONIGHT.
WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT SUCH A TACTIC IS A WAY FOR YOU TO POSTPONE AND VOTE WHEN YOU THINK WE'LL GET TIRED OR WE WON'T CARE.
WE WON'T GET TIRED WHEN YOU VOTE.
THANK YOU JW BURKEY 25 0 7 TEXAS PLUME.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THREE MINUTES.
A FEW OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT HAVE IMPLIED A LACK OF INTEGRITY AMONG THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I OBJECT TO THAT.
THIS CITY HAS SHOWN UP AT ELECTIONS OVER AND OVER AT ELECTED SERVANT LEADERS AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC.
DAVID MINER 24 28 WATERSTONE DRIVE, CEDAR HILL.
UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING US TONIGHT.
UM, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, BEING BUILT.
I WANNA BE ON RECORD FOR THAT.
UH, THE HOLLINGS BRANCH CREEK RUNS THROUGH MY BACKYARD.
I ALREADY HAVE FLOODING ISSUES BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE USING A RETENTION POND TO CONTROL OR TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THE RUNOFF WATER, THAT MORE CONTROL DOES NOT EQUAL CONTROL, AND THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WORSE FLOODING ISSUES THAN I ALREADY HAVE IN THE CREEK.
I ALSO HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE'S OTHER PROPERTY THAT COULD HAVE THIS SUBDIVISION BUILT ON IT, BUT MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT FITS ANYWHERE IN CEDAR HILL.
THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO CREATE TAX REVENUE FROM THE WAY THAT IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED WITHOUT THE LONG TERM POSSIBLE ISSUES THAT COULD COME WITH, UH, THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
I RESIDE AT 10 11 LINE DRIVE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
UM, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ALL THE GOOD STUFF THAT THEY'VE ALL SAID, ALL THE WORDS OF WISDOM.
UM, THE ONE THING I WANT YOU TO
OKAY? I AM HAVING TO POTENTIALLY UPROOT MY FAMILY FOR SOMETHING THAT I HAVE PLANNED FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO BUILD A PLACE THAT WE LOVE.
AND NOW I'M HAVING TO POTENTIALLY MOVE.
I WANT Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM, WE CHOSE TO BE HERE, HERE, WE PLAN TO BE HERE, WE PRAYED TO BE HERE, AND IT IS ALMOST LIKE WE'RE BEING EVICTED.
I, THAT'S HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW.
I FEEL EVICTED OUTTA MY OWN COMMUNITY THAT I CHOSE TO BE IN.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT MIDLOTHIAN, I'VE BEEN BACK IN MANSFIELD.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE REVERSE REACTION OF WHAT THESE 857 POTENTIAL HOMES ARE GONNA BE.
THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL FOR 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS, THEY'RE GONNA BE GONE.
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THEIR LEGACY OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA, THEIR LEGACY OF WHAT THEY WILL POTENTIALLY BE PASSING DOWN TO THEIR NEXT GENERATIONS, THEY'RE GONNA BE GONE.THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT CEDAR HILL IS AND WHY WE ALL CHOSE TO BE HERE, YOU'RE LITERALLY, LIKE THEY'VE ALREADY SAID, YOU'RE RAPING THAT INTEGRITY.
IT IS ERODING JUST LIKE THIS DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
WHEN WE SEE ALL THIS, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE WASHED AWAY.
SO IF WE WANNA WHITEWASH CEDAR HILL FOR WHAT THIS IS, GO AHEAD, APPROVE IT.
BUT I STRONGLY, STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY A PLANET ROOTS AND CHOSE TO BE HERE.
DON'T FORCE US TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS, UH, ERIC RICHARDSON, AND UH, I'M A LANDOWNER AT 900 CEDAR VIEW AND ALSO AT, UH, THERE IN CEDAR HILL AND ALSO AT 29 52, UH, PINEHURST AND LAKE RIDGE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS TO THE YOUNG LADIES FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEY HAD INDICATED THAT THEY WERE WANTING HOUSING.
UM, THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN CEDAR HILL OUTSIDE OF THIS SUBDIVISION THAT WILL, UM, SUFFICE FOR WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
NAR IS BUILDING AND HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'LL BE HERE.
AND THEN, UH, MYSELF, ACTUALLY, I'M ACTUALLY A DEVELOPER AND WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING HOUSES.
YOU'RE ONLY HERE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
SINCE, SINCE I'M ADDRESSING YOU GUYS, UH, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT.
AND THEN I WANTED TO ALSO STATE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN NICE IN SOME OF THE EMAILS WE'VE SENT.
WE'VE CALLED IT MISREPRESENTATIONS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD, BUT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN REPEATED, WE'LL CALL 'EM FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE.
AND SO YOU GUYS, THE DEVELOPER, UH, INDICATED THAT THE HOUSES, THEY'VE CHANGED IT NOW, BUT IT'S 1400 SQUARE FEET.
HE THEN SAID IT WOULD COST ROUGHLY OR THE SALES PRICE IS $210 A FOOT.
BEEN OUTTA SCHOOL A LONG TIME, 1400 TIMES 2 10, 2 9 4, A LONG WAY FROM 400,000.
ANOTHER LIE IS FROM, UH, MS. BENSON, OUR OWN STAFF.
YOU GUYS SAW THE REPORT, YOU SAW THE ZONING FACTOR.
WHAT DID IT SAY? WE'VE CONTACTED MISD AND THEY HAD NO COMMENT.
LIE NUMBER THREE, LET LIE NUMBER THREE IS THIS DENSITY.
MS. CHASTITY BENSON SITS UP HERE AND THEN, OH, WHEN YOU ASK FOR, WHEN YOU ASK FOR THE, UH, THE DENSITY, SHE, OH, I DON'T HAVE THAT PAGE.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT PAGE IT IS.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING PER ACRE, THE DWELLING PER ACRE, THAT'S ONE ACRE IN LAKE RIDGE.
OKAY? NOW AGAIN, IT'S A PRETTY PROPOSAL AND THE PRESENTATION LOOKS GOOD, BUT IT'S ALL LIES.
OKAY? AND SO THAT 2.58, THAT 3.55, THAT'S A LIE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO COMPARE IT TO IN THAT ZONING FACTOR IS PER ACRE, THE DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE.
AND MS. BENSON CASUALLY FORGOT THAT PIECE OF PAPER.
OKAY? SO FOR THOSE REASONS, FOR THAT CLEAR MISREPRESENTATION, THIS DEFINITELY SHOULD BE DENIED.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF PD 6 2 0 2024? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? COME ON DOWN.
I GUESS I WAITED TILL THE END.
BJ PROJA 29 47 BIRDIE HOLLOW IN CEDAR HILL, LAKERIDGE.
AND I HAD MY NOTES THAT I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY SAY MOST OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID IT.
UM, SO I'M GONNA KIND OF SPEAK A LITTLE BIT FROM THE HEART AND KIND OF HUMANIZE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE ABOUT, WELL, IT'S BEEN ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO, AND WE MOVED FROM A TRACK HOME AREA CALLED WESTCHESTER IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
OKAY? REALLY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WERE, IT WAS NEW TO US, IT WAS OUR FIRST HOME.
WE CAME TO LAKE RIDGE BECAUSE OF THE ESTATE LOTS, OKAY? THAT WAS 2,500 SQUARE FEET.
AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A 1500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE? 1414, OH, EXCUSE ME, 1400 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE FOR $400,000 AND THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT IN A HUNDRED.
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I FORGOT HOW MANY THOUSAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSEHOLD MAKES.OKAY? THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FOUR YEARS AND WE JUST NOW HEARD ABOUT THIS.
MY PHONE WAS BLOWING UP AFTER COMING BACK FROM MY OLDEST DAUGHTER HAVING OUR FIRST GRANDCHILD IN FLORIDA AND ALL MY NEIGHBORS.
AND I DIDN'T, I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? THEN I STARTED RESEARCHING MORE.
I WENT TO YOUR JUNE MEETING WHERE I WAS CONCERNED AT.
AND I'M MADDER TODAY BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE A NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW WE LIVE IN THE GREENS, SO IF ANY OF Y'ALL KNOW WHERE TANGLE RIDGE, YOU KNOW, BIRDIE HOLLOW, HENCE OUR STREET.
OKAY? WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE, AND STILL TODAY, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS LIKE 15 YEARS AGO, WE WALKED ON THE STREET.
WE ALL, EVERYBODY KNOWS MY, MY DAUGHTER.
I HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS 23-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT I SHOULD BE WITH TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE REQUIRES 24 7 CARE.
OKAY? EVERYBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS HOPE.
OKAY? WE WERE HOPING AND HOPING TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE FOR HOPE, FOR A PLACE FOR HER TO LIVE.
AND YOU ARE WANTING TO CHANGE IT, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU'RE NOT WANTING TO CHANGE IT.
LET ME REPHRASE THAT, THAT YOU OPPOSE THIS BECAUSE I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT OPPOSED TO THIS.
AND YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP, A LOT OF THEM COULDN'T COME.
I ALMOST COULDN'T COME BECAUSE I, UNFORTUNATELY I HAD, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO STAY WITH OUR CHILD.
SO MY HUSBAND DECIDED TO STAY HOME SO THAT I COULD COME AND DO THIS AND REPRESENT OUR FAMILY, BUT WE WALK ON THE STREET, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NOT WALK ON THE STREET.
ANYONE ELSE SWITCHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? I'M SORRY? IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER 6 2 0 2 0 2 4 EVENING, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALLOWING US NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS FELICIA RICHARDSON.
I LIVE AT 29 52 PINEHURST LANE, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 7 5 1 0 4 IN LAKE RIDGE.
UM, I WON'T BELABOR THE POINTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.
I JUST WANT TO IMPLORE YOU TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE GUIDELINES AND ORDINANCES THAT YOU ALL HAVE SET FORTH FOR A DEVELOPMENT TO GET A ZONING CHANGE OF WHICH MS. BENSON INTRODUCED OR WENT THROUGH THE FACTORS.
SHE LUMPED FACTOR THREE AND FACTOR FOUR TOGETHER AND SKIPPED ANY COMMENT ON THREE.
THE PAPERWORK SUGGEST ARE, IT SAYS ALL FACTORS SHALL BE ANSWERED.
NUMBER THREE WAS NOT ANSWERED IS IT'S A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.
SO IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, EVERYONE CAN PULL IT UP.
AND NUMBER THREE IS WHY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT ADVERSELY IMPACTS THE NEIGHBORING, UH, AMENITIES AND HOUSES AND AREA AROUND IT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT DIDN'T BOTHER TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S WHY IT FAILED.
AND WE IMPLORE YOU TO FOLLOW SUIT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
MY NAME IS JACQUELINE WILCOTT.
I'M AT 1725 HIGH VALLEY LANE, CEDAR HILL, LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY.
UM, HELLO, MR. SIMS. WE MEET AGAIN.
UM, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU GUYS THAT JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WAS OFF THE CHAIN.
UM, MR. SIMS, WE MEET AGAIN AND I HAVE YOUR EMAIL THAT YOU SENT TO ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RESPONDING.
ONLY IF YOU, YOU RESPONDED, YOU ALSO RESPONDED.
BUT I DO WANT TO, I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE EMAIL YOU SENT ME AND YOU SAID, FOR THE RECORD, MANY MAY NOT BE AWARE, I WAS CITY HILL CITY MANAGER FROM 2002, 2 2 15, 15 YEARS.
AND DURING THAT TIME, I WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS, STABILITY, AND VI VIABILITY OF LAKERIDGE IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
THE LONG HISTORY AND REPUTATION I HAVE OF SUPPORTING THE LAKERIDGE COMMUNITY BECAME THE PREMIER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT IS TODAY.
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AND DISAPPOINTED THAT MANY YEARS OF ADVOCACY FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS BEING TAINTED BY UNNECESSARY ATTACKS.UM, I WANNA SAY, UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TAX, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING AND MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A PREMIER COMMUNITY.
AND IN SAYING THAT I CAN'T SEE HOW THE COUNCIL CAN ALLOW SUCH A TAINTED MERITAGE HOME BUILDER BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE STATED THEIR REVIEWS ONLINE AND I WANNA READ A COUPLE OF THEM.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS, BUT THIS ONE WAS MAY OF 2024.
WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING EXPERIENCE WITH MERITAGE HOMES.
AFTER NOTICING OUR FLOOR SWELLING, WE CONTACTED MERITAGE AND THEY SENT AN INSPECTOR TO EVALUATE THE ISSUE.
THE INSPECTOR CLEARLY INFORMED US THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A MISSING MOISTURE BARRIER, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED DURING CONSTRUCTION.
THIS INSPECTION TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 29TH, 2024, AND THE INSPECTOR DOCUMENTED THE MISSING MOISTURE BARRIER WITH PHOTOS AND DETAILED NOTES.
HOWEVER, MERITAGE HOMES IS NOW CLAIMING THAT THE ISSUE IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT WE ARE OUT OF OUR TWO YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD.
WE BOUGHT THE HOME IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.
THIS RESPONSE IS COMPLETELY INACCURATE AND MISLEADING.
ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTION, THE MOISTURE LEVELS WERE WITHIN REASONABLE LIMITS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, AND THE INSPECTOR DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE THAT TRAPPED MOISTURE CAUSED BY THE PLANKS TO SWELL INSTEAD OF THE LACK OF MOISTURE BARRIER CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT BY MERITAGE IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FLOOR DAMAGE.
MERITAGE HOME IS ATTEMPTING TO DENY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES, LEAVING US WITH A DAMAGED FLOOR THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THEIR WARRANTY.
THEIR FAILURE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN THEIR DISHONESTY AND HANDLING ALL HANDLE OUR CLAIMS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
WE EXPECT BETTER QUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM A COMPANY LIKE MERITAGE HOMES.
SO I, WE ALL IMPLORE YOU, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO BUILD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T MIND SOMEONE BUILDING, BUT LET'S GET SOMEONE THAT'S LIKE THE COMPARABLE OF, OF MERRI ARGO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT EVEN COMPARABLE TO ANYONE ELSE.
WISHING TO SPEAK FOR CASE NUMBER PD 6 2 0 2024.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION FOR PD 6 2 0 2024? YES, SIR.
I LIVE AT 1731 PEPPER BEACH LANE SEA LEO, TEXAS LAKE RIDGE.
I MOVED TO LAKEWOOD FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER RETIREMENT AND IT WAS A PERFECT PLACE FOR ME FOR, I'M AN OUTDOOR PERSON.
I LIKE TO BIKE AND JUG AND, AND NOWHERE HAVE I FOUND WHERE I CAN WALK, GET UP IN THE MORNING AND WALK DOWN THE MIDDLE OF MY STREET AND DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NO TRAFFIC.
ONCE I GET TO LAKE RIDGE, IT USED USED TO BE A QUIET PLACE.
THEY CAN PUT A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN THERE.
I JOG FROM MANFIELD HIGHWAY UP TO 67 EVERY MORNING.
AND WHEN I COME BACK, YOU GOT MORE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH LAKE RIDGE NOW THAN EVER BEFORE.
AND THEY GO STRAIGHT THROUGH SOME OF THEM.
THE STOP SIGN, YOU GOT DONUTS BEING TURNED AROUND RIGHT THERE IN LAKERIDGE AND, UH, IN LAKERIDGE, UH, ON THE OTHER END.
NOW I JUST WANT TO READ A LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO EACH ONE OF YOU.
YOU SHOULD GET IT IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU GO AND CHECK YOUR EMAIL.
MY NAME IS FRANKLIN ROSS AND I'M WAITING TO ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSED ZONING CHAIN.
MY WIFE AND I MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO INVEST IN LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY WHEN SELECTING OUR RETIREMENT.
UM, WE HAD BEEN RESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS AND WE LOVED THIS AREA.
ONE OF THE ANONYMITIES THAT WAS MOST IMPRESSED TO US WAS THE SIZE OF THE LOTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THOSE CAME WITH THE ZONING ASPECT WHEN WE PURCHASED THE LOT WAS THE ASPECT OF SAYING WE WANT A LARGE LOT THAT WE HAVE SPACE.
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THAT THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND ITS PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN, A DENSIFICATION WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.WHY HAD THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL COMMUNITY FIRST RECEIVING THE INPUT OF THE RESIDENT? I AM APPALLED BY THIS ACTION.
OUR CITY COUNCILMEN ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPRESENTING THEIR CONSTITUENT, NOT FOR THEIR OWN SELF MOTIVES.
UM, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 2 0 2024? COME ON DOWN.
ROGER WELCH, 26 40 WELS COURT.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, UH, PROPOSAL AND FOR GOOD REASON.
I'M NOT GONNA REHASH ALL THAT.
I HAPPENED TO BE A RESIDENT OF LAKERIDGE AS WELL.
I TOO CHOSE A CEDAR HILL AND I CHOSE LAKE RIDGE AS A PLACE TO RETIRE.
WE CHOSE LAKE RIDGE FOR A LOT OF REASONS, AND I'M GONNA PUT THAT ASIDE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TALKED VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THAT.
LET ME SWITCH GEARS AND JUST ASK YOU A POINT BLANK QUESTION.
DO YOU WANT THIS CITY TO BE A PREMIER CITY? YOU GOT PREMIER ON YOUR PAPERWORK.
IS PUTTING IN A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS NEXT TO A PREMIER COMMUNITY, IS THAT GONNA ENHANCE CEDAR HILL? ARE YOU ATTRACTING THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA MAKE CEDAR HILL A PREMIER CITY? NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG, I KNOW THAT WE NEED THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.
YOUNG FAMILIES, LOWER INCOME FOLKS, THEY NEED A PLACE.
THEY WANNA START THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I WORKED MY WAY UP, PULLED MYSELF UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS AND YEAH, I LIVE IN CEDAR HILL AND I LIVE IN LAKERIDGE.
I'M ALL FOR THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S JUST NOT BEING PROPOSED IN A PROPER LOCATION.
DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT CEDAR HILL TO BE A HODGEPODGE OF DEVELOPMENTS OR DO YOU WANT TO THINK LONG TERM AND THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE UN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS NEXT TO A PREMIER DEVELOPMENT? IT DOESN'T FIT.
I PLAN TO BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
I WANT THIS CITY TO BE PREMIER.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
WE ALL WANT THIS CITY TO BE PREMIER.
WE DON'T WANT PREMIER JUST ON A LETTERHEAD.
WE DON'T WANT PREMIER JUST FLOATED OUT THERE AS SOME KIND OF MARKETING DEVICE.
ADDRESS, THREE 19 GOLDEN POND DRIVE, CEDAR HILL LAKE RIDGE.
RETIRED 20 YEARS AIR FORCE RETIRED 23 YEARS.
MY WIFE AND I MOVED HERE FROM OKLAHOMA.
WE DECIDED TO BUY IN LAKE RIDGE.
THE LAST COUNT I GOT FROM HOA,
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WE HAD 400 LOTS THAT WERE NOT BUILT ON.HAVE WE TAKEN CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE OF LAKE RIDGE WHEN THOSE LOTS GET BUILT ON THE TRAFFIC THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF YOU DRIVE AROUND LAKE RIDGE, IT'S BUILDING UP DAY BY DAY.
WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WHY WOULD YOU BUILD A COMMUNITY LIKE THAT NEXT TO A MILLION DOLLAR A STATE COMMUNITY? THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 6 2 0 2024? GOOD EVENING.
I'M AT 1752 MAGIC VALLEY LANE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU BECAUSE IN ONE SHAPE OR FORM I'VE INTERACTED WITH YOU GUYS, WHETHER IF IT'S SERVING IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S AT CHURCH.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE VERY KIND, UM, WILL DO THE RIGHT THING, ALTHOUGH IT MAY OR MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, WORK OUT FOR US.
YOU GUYS CARE FOR THE POOR, WHICH I LOVE BECAUSE I CAME FROM THE POOR.
AND YOU GUYS ALSO CARE FOR THE HIGHER END.
IF IT WASN'T PEOPLE FOR YOU, LIKE YOU GUYS, I WOULDN'T BE A LAKERIDGE RESIDENT.
SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO COME TO CEDAR HILL.
IT'S A GREAT THING FOR A ISSA THAT WAS 20 BECAUSE I WAS WOWED WHEN I MOVED HERE AT 20.
UM, SO I, I LOVE, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSAL.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, YOU KNOW, REALLY WOULD NOT TO HAVE IN MY BACKYARD.
UM, BECAUSE THE DISTINCTION OF CEDAR HILL IS LAKE RIDGE BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT TOOK ME 20 YEARS, ME AND MY HUSBAND TO EVEN BE OUT HERE.
WE JUST NEVER THOUGHT, IT'S JUST NOT IN THE CARDS FOR US.
YOU KNOW, THEY, PEOPLE THINK HE'S A DRUG DEALER, DON'T LIVING HERE, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUYS THAT GAVE US HOPE.
I LOVE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T FIT THE LAKERIDGE VIBE.
I I KNOW SOMETHING'S GONNA GO THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT A LITTLE MORE LIKE LAKERIDGE, YOU KNOW? UM, ANYWAY, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST STAND FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND YOU KNOW, I JUST, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR BEDTIME.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE SO LATE FOR US.
'CAUSE THAT TRULY, TRULY SHOWS US THAT YOU DO CARE.
YOU, ANYONE ELSE SWITCHING TO SPEAKING OPPOSITION OF PD 6 2 0 2024? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? YOU? IF YOU HAVE SPOKE ONCE, YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE.
I KNOW, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.
I CAN'T RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? NOT SEEN ANYONE APPROACH GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
I'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, COUNSEL, LOOKS LIKE SOME OF YOU TOOK A MOMENT TO, UH, TAKE A BREAK.
UH, GIVE A THREE MINUTE RECESS SO I CAN DO THE SAME.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST GIMME A SECOND FOR RECESS AND I'LL BE BACK IN THREE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECONVENE.
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THE CASE NUMBER PD 6 2 0 2024.WE JUST CONCLUDED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, NOW THIS GIVES COUNCIL TIME TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DELIBERATE.
UH, I FIRST WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO OPEN AND THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING TIME TODAY TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS YOUR PASSION OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE THIS PLATFORM WHERE WE CAN BE ABLE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCERNS AND YOUR LOVE FOR LAKE RIDGE.
JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE VISION IS STILL THE MISSION.
CEDAR HILL IS A PREMIER CITY, SAFE, CLEAN, WHERE BUSINESSES, FAMILIES FLOURISH.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS STILL PART OF OUR CORE VALUES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN CEDAR HILL.
I HAVE SEEN THAT THE VISION MISSION STATEMENT, EVEN AS MAYOR THROUGHOUT ALL DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, SITUATIONS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ESPECIALLY DURING MY TENURE AS MAYOR, TO SEE THAT OUR VISION AND MISSION IS STILL TRUE TODAY.
CHANGE, WELL, SOMEONE MENTIONED IT EARLIER.
WE ARE IN ONE OF THE FASTEST REGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY SAY THAT BETWEEN NOW AND 2050 WE'LL BE, WE WOULD GROW IN ABOUT A RATE OF 55%.
ABOUT 8 MILLION PEOPLE GONNA BE IN OUR REGION.
SUPPOSED TO GO UP TO ABOUT, UH, 12 AND A HALF MILLION.
JUST WANNA GIVE A QUICK HISTORY.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'LL ALLOW COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT DELIBERATE.
IT WAS 1950, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG Y'ALL BEEN IN CEDAR HILL, BUT BY 1950, LUKE NINE WAS ON RECORD TO BE A NEED AROUND CEDAR HILL.
THERE'S NO SECRET THERE'D BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PUBLIC MEETINGS.
I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE 2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AT THAT TIME, NO, I WAS AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL.
I WAS NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT, UH, ON THE COMMITTEE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THEREFORE, WE GOT STARTED ON THAT PLAN IN 2005 FOR COMMITTEES TO GET TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF CEDAR HILL.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED THROUGHOUT, UM, CEDAR HILL GOING BY THE WAY, BACK INTO THE NINETIES.
THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, OF CEDAR HILL.
JUST IMAGINE BACK IN THE 1990, THERE WAS A PLAN OF GROWTH FOR CEDAR HILL.
IT WAS, IT WAS AMAZING TO ME TO LOOK BACK IN 2020 AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CURRENT ONE THAT WE JUST ADOPTED, FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THE 2008 PLAN IN 2020.
AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT WAS WITHIN THAT PLAN, UH, WAS ACTUALLY IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT IT'S AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS AROUND THIS HORSESHOE THAT WAS SOMEHOW INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT CREATION OF LAKERIDGE.
MAYBE A DIFFERENT CAPACITY, SOME IN THIS SAME EXISTING, UH, CAPACITY, BUT IT'S JUST FIVE MEMBERS AS, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CREATION OF LAKERIDGE.
MEANING THEY STILL, WE STILL HAVE THE VISION AND THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE LAKERIDGE AS WE GOING THROUGH THESE GROWING TIMES.
LASTLY, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEVELOPER.
WE HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, PLANNING WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR FOUR YEARS.
YOU'RE HEARING FROM ME IT'S NOT TRUE.
YES, DURING THE PANDEMIC, THINGS WERE GOING SLOW.
I WAS AMAZED THE, UH, THE ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS, NOT JUST THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY BUSY KNOCKING ON MY DOOR.
YOU GOTTA IMAGINE HOW OFTEN WE GET, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, OUT OF A HUNDRED, MAYBE ONE MIGHT MAKE IT THROUGH FOR INTEREST.
UH, YES, MARRIED, IT DID COME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR IN 2020.
I AIN'T LIKE WHAT THEY WAS SERVING.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, KICKED HIM OUT THE DOOR AND, YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS GONNA HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN.
BUT I ALSO WANNA PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND LET YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN 2020.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN CEDAR HILL SINCE BEFORE THE RECESSION, 2008.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT IN CEDAR HILL.
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YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE THOSE SAME STILL OLD STANDARDS.SO WHENEVER THEY CAME TO US, UM, AND WE ARE DOING A RE YOU KNOW, THEY HAD PANDEMIC, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, SO DURING THAT TIME, WHENEVER THEY WENT AWAY, WE WENT AHEAD AND JUMPED ON IT, FORMED A COMMITTEE, HAD GATHERED DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, PROBABLY MEMBERS OF ABOUT 50 MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF OR MORE.
THAT WAS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, WHAT'S IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT'S MORE THAN JUST RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT PLANNING FOR MAJOR COLLECTORS, MINOR COLLECTORS, TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, THE NEXT 10, 15, 20 YEARS, WE ANTICIPATE THIS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
SO THEREFORE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THIS TO.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT REFER TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE EACH DEPARTMENT HAS TO BE ABLE TO SET UP THEIR OWN PLAN IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE EFFICIENT COUNCIL, WHENEVER WE LOOK AT BUDGET, WE REFER BACK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SEE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
IF WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A NEW ROADWAY BECAUSE OF PROGRESSIVE, BECAUSE OF PROGRESSION, THEN IT'S ALREADY WITHIN THE PLAN.
UM, SO 2022, WE DID ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, AND IT ACTUALLY WON AN AWARD.
UM, SO VERY PROUD OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THAT.
IF YOU SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT EFFORT.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANNA WATER THAT DOWN.
WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE DO HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
WE PLAN, BUT IN EFFORTS OF WHAT WE DO AS A STANDARD, WE GOT A NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND NATIONAL AWARD FOR IT.
THEY GOT A NATIONAL AWARD AT A STATE AWARD.
NOW LOCAL AWARD IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, UH, IN CEDAR HILL.
UM, SO THE DEVELOPERS CAME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR IN 2020.
THEY WENT AWAY AND NEVER THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE 'EM AGAIN.
AND ABOUT A YEAR LATER YEAR, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, UM, THEY CAME BACK.
I DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT IT WAS A NEW TEAM LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY SAW THAT WE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THOSE STANDARDS.
THERE'S ALSO, IT'S A MOVING TARGET.
WHAT I'M, I'M GONNA BRING THIS TO Y'ALL ATTENTION.
THE LEGISLATOR PASSED A BILL, ALL RIGHT, HOUSE BILL, 24 39.
THEY SAID IF YOU HAVE A ZONING WITHIN YOUR CITY AND IT'S ZONED THAT, THEN YOU, WE CANNOT ENFORCE OR ENHANCE THE DEVELOPER TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE STANDARDS.
SO WHILE WE'RE SAYING IT'S ZONE, YOU KNOW, SF, IF THEY WAS A A, A CUSTOM BUILDER, OR IF THEY WERE JUST A BUILDER AND THEY JUST WANT TO BUILD ONE ACRE LOTS, AND WE AS THE CITY SAY, WELL, WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE THIS, IF IT'S ZONE SF, THEY DON'T HAVE TO REFER TO OUR STANDARDS.
SO PD IS ACTUALLY A TOOL THAT THE CITY CAN ACTUALLY USE AND HAS THE BUY-IN FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO ENHANCE THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO I'M NOT SAYING WE WENT OUT LOOKING FOR THESE DEVELOPERS, AS YOU KNOW, THEY, THE PROPERTY OWNER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DID THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS INTEREST TO BE ABLE TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
THEY CHOSE THESE DEVELOPERS, THESE DEVELOPERS CAME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES.
IF THEY'RE GONNA COME AND TRY TO WORK WITH US, BASED UPON WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TODAY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MEET CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STANDARDS.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SUBDIVISION IN CEDAR HILL, LIKE THIS ONE THAT'S GONNA BE PROPOSED TO US, TO HERE TODAY.
UM, SO I WANNA GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
NO, WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THIS THEM IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
WE REALLY HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 15.
UM, GOT SEVERAL THINGS I WANNA SAY.
BUT I THINK LASTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A MOVING TARGET AS IT RELATES TO THE STATE LEGISLATORS TAKING AWAY SOME OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL.
UM, THIS IS OUR WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY, IF THIS DOES COME BEFORE COUNCIL, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ENHANCE, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF STANDARDS, UH, TO, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THIS CASE, YES, IT DID FAIL PLANNING A ZONING, BUT I WANNA SAY IT WAS NOT DENIED BY PLANNING A ZONING.
IT WAS NOT APPROVED BY PLANNING A ZONING.
UH, THEREFORE, UH, THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, IF THIS WAS TO MOVE FORWARD, COUNSEL, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SUPER MAJORITY.
SO, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS ABOUT THE CASE HERE SPECIFICALLY, UH, BUT THERE ARE JUST SOME COMMENTS OUT THERE ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY, UH, ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING AROUND IT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE GO INTO TO DELIBERATION.
SO, WITH THAT, COUNSEL, UH, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK AND MAKE COMMENTS.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR.UM, HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THE CITIZENS CAN UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THE RULES AND REGS THAT WE HAVE.
FIRST OF ALL, I DO, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS THAT CAME TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CEDAR HILL WAY.
THIS COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL THAT I'VE BEEN ON FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS HASN'T DONE THINGS WITHOUT NOT SEEKING THE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS.
YOU KNOW, I, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT.
I'M GLAD THE MAYOR BROUGHT THAT UP.
SO, THE ONLY THING I'LL PUT IN HERE, ONE IS, IS THAT AT THE END OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT, IT'S TALKING ABOUT CUSTOMERS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES.
TO ME, THAT MEANS A BIG THING.
WE REALLY, WE REALLY CHERISH OUR VALUES AND OUR PEOPLES AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND THAT'S THE CULTURE THAT WE BUILT HERE IN THE CITY, IS TO TREAT OUR PEOPLE WITH RESPECT.
LISTEN TO ALL THE CITIZENS, TRY TO GAUGE THE, UH, THE, THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THE WHOLE CITY AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SET OF, UH, CITIZENS OR THIS ONE OVER HERE OR THIS ONE.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES EVERYBODY DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES IN WITH THIS WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE COMING FORWARD AND TRYING TO, TO OPPOSE THINGS.
SO YOU CHARGE YOUR COUNCIL ELECTED OFFICIALS UP HERE, AND OF COURSE, I HEARD A COUPLE OF THEM IN, IN THE SENSE OF, UH, THREATENING OF SAYING, HEY, WE VOTED FOR YOU.
AND IF, OKAY, WELL, I, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CULTURE HERE IN THE CITY, WE RELY ON OUR CITIZENS' INPUT FOR EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DO FROM THIS GOVERNMENT CENTER TO THE RE TO THE, UH, UH, THE REC CENTER, ALWAYS FROM FEEDBACK, FROM THE, FROM THE PEOPLE.
I HEAR THE EMOTION IN ALL OF YOUR VOICES.
IT'S EMOTIONAL TO THE COUNCIL TO DEAL WITH THIS.
AND SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT.
BUT THE COUNCIL HAS PUT, UH, OR THE STAFF HAS PUT MANY HOURS INTO PUBLIC MEETINGS TO COME UP WITH THE COMP PLAN.
THAT THE UPDATED COMP PLAN THAT THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO, WHICH GUIDES OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR GROWTH DEVELOPERS COME IN AND SEE THAT, AND THEY SEE WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR OUR CITY.
SO WHEN THEY COME IN AND TRY TO PLAN, THEY TRY TO PLAN BASED ON WHAT WE'VE PUT IN THERE.
PART OF THAT, THAT COMP PLAN, AS FAR AS WHAT THE CITIZENS ON THE, THE COMMITTEE SAID FOR THE, THE COMP PLAN IS THE MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT'S A BIG THING ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT SEEMS TO ME NOW THAT SOME OF THE, THE GOALS OF, OF THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL THAT PUT THIS COMP PLAN TOGETHER, WERE TRY TO HAVE A BALANCE OF, OF AVAILABLE HOUSING STOCK.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE MARKET HAS CHANGED SOMEWHAT, WHERE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE IN A HOUSING STOCK, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME TO CEDAR HILL THAT DON'T WANT THE HUGE LOTS OR THE BIG HOUSES, BUT THEY CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ANY VALUE, ANY LESS VALUE IN THAT.
AND I THINK THIS, THIS PROJECT HAS IT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS PUT IN THERE WAS THAT WE WANTED TO, TO, UH, INCREASE OUR, UH, OUR, UH, GREEN SPACE FROM 20% TO 25%.
THAT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY LOFTY GOAL FOR A 36, YOU KNOW, SQUARE MILE CITY.
AND OF COURSE, THIS DEVELOPMENT'S COMING IN AND THEY'RE ONLY UTILIZING 70% OF THEIR LANDMASS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND PUT IN WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO, YOU KNOW, I GO BACK AND TO TELL YOU THAT WE DO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, AND I DO LISTEN TO YOU AND WHAT YOU SAID TODAY, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT UP TO, TO THIS, TO THIS POINT.
THE TRAFFIC, THE DRAINAGE, THE LOT SIZE.
YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE COMMON, THE, THE COMMENTS OF THE POOR PEOPLE COMING IN FOR THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE, UH, THE FIGURES THAT RELATED TO WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND LIVE INTO THIS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW.
WE GAVE YOU THAT RESPECT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT.
SO WE TRIED, I'VE GOT MOUNTAINS WITH STUFF HERE THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE GONE OVER.
WE DEAL WITH, UH, WITH THE DEVELOP.
WE HAVE A PLANNING STAFF, WE HAVE ENGINEERS.
WE PUT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE STAFF THAT, UH, THIS COUNCIL RELIES ON.
SO WHEN I HEAR A LOT OF, OF, UH, EMOTIONAL CONCERNS AND THINGS BROUGHT TO, TO US, SOME OF IT DOES NOT VALID, SOME OF IT IS NOT BACKED UP, SOME OF IT THINKS THAT IS BACKED UP.
WELL THEN YOU CHANGE PART OF THE, THE, UH, THE CALCULATIONS FOR, FOR THIS VERSUS THAT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH TWO SIDES, YOU GOT THIS SIDE THAT'S GONNA WORK ON ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER SIDE'S OVER HERE.
SO WE'VE GOTTA COME TO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT IN HERE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS, THIS COUNCIL HAS DELIBERATED AND STUDIED THIS, YOU KNOW,
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NOT JUST TONIGHT, NOT JUST LAST WEEK, BUT, BUT WE'VE BEEN ONGOING TO THIS PROJECT TO GET IT TO THE POINT WE ARE NOW.WE SENT THE DEVELOP BACK MULTIPLE TIMES TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE WORKABLE.
SO I'M GONNA END IT WITH THIS.
I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR 25 YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
IF I, IF THERE'S A FEW OUT THERE BECAUSE OF THIS, THAT YOU DON'T WANT US ANYMORE OR WANT ME ANYMORE, OKAY, FOR THIS WOMEN DECISION.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THAT I'VE SAT IN HERE AND LISTENED TO A LOT OF THIS MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, FLOODED PEOPLE COMING IN SAYING THEY'RE OPPOSED TO SOMETHING.
AND I'M GONNA EARMARK FOUR ITEMS ON THAT.
I'M GONNA CALL HILLSIDE VILLAGE.
HILLSIDE VILLAGE WAS AN OLD DUMP OVER THERE.
AND WE HAD SOME MAJOR, MAJOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, UH, GOING UP NORTH.
AND IN FACT, WE WERE SO CONCERNED THAT WE STARTED TO EARMARK THANKS TO MAYOR PRO TEM ALLEN HERE AT $250,000, UH, EACH YEAR TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE DRAINAGE FOR THESE PEOPLE.
'CAUSE THEIR PROPERTIES WERE WASHING AWAY.
WELL, WHEN THEY HEARD, WHEN WE WANTED TO DO HILLSIDE VILLAGE, YOU CAN SEE THEY ALL CAME OUT IN DROVES LIKE THIS.
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT DRAINAGE, AND THEY DID NOT WANT THAT.
SO WE SAT BACK AND LISTENED TO THOSE THINGS AND WE SAT BACK AND TALKED TO THE DEVELOPER ON THAT, AND WE CAME TO A CONSENSUS AND THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THAT DRAINAGE PROBLEM FOR US.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
AND SO THEY BUILT A, A FACILITY, A HILLSIDE VILLAGE THAT NOBODY WANTED THAT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW THAT DECISION THAT WE MADE 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO, EVERYBODY LIKES THE DRAINAGE.
POVERTY HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT HADN'T, UH, BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST.
THEN YOU GOT THE BAPTIST CHURCH THAT WANTED TO COME IN OVER HERE ON 67, AND THEY CAME IN AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS THE PART WE WANT.
WE WANNA BE IN TAR WHERE THE TARGET AREA IS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.
BUT THE COUNCIL STOOD STRONG AND SAID, LOOK, THAT'S OUR MAIN ECONOMIC LIFELINE IN 67.
AND IT ULTIMATELY END UP FOR THEM BEING IN THE SPOT THAT THEY LIKE NOW.
AND THEY SAID, OH, WELL, THAT'S THE SPOT WE WANTED TO BE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
BUT A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD TO DELIBERATE OVER THAT AND TAKE A LOT OF FLACK FROM THE, FROM THE CITIZENS THAT NOW YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION.
AND NOBODY WANTED THE TARGET IN THE REC CENTER OR IN THE, UH, RETAIL CENTER OVER THERE.
THE SUBDIVISION NORTH OF THAT WAS THIS, UP IN ARMS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE, THE LIGHTING AND THIS, THE RETAIL, THE TRAFFIC, EVERYTHING.
SO WE SAT DOWN AND LISTENED TO THE, TO THE, UH, TO THE, THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZENS AND TALKED TO THE DEVELOPERS AND DID THE THINGS THAT THE CITIZENS WANT TO DO TO MITIGATE THAT.
AND SO WE BUILT A TARGET AND WE MADE THE DECISION TO DO THAT.
SO THERE'S THREE ITEMS RIGHT THERE THAT I'VE, I'VE HAD TO BE ABLE TO BE, AND THERE'S MULTIPLE MORE.
BUT THOSE ARE PRETTY HEAVY, HEAVY ITEMS AND ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT THE CITY HAD TO DEAL WITH, LISTENING TO SOME PEOPLE AND THEIR CONCERNS AND TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT.
AND THAT'S, AND THERE AGAIN, WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT WE DID HAVE CONTROL WHEN SOMEBODY WANTED TO COME IN AND HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THAT GAVE US THE CONTROL, KIND OF WHAT THE PD DOES FOR US AS FAR AS PLANNING ON WHAT WE WANT IN THAT AREA.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WAS A LOT BETTER OFF.
THE DEVELOPER CAME IN, REDEVELOPED JOE WILSON ROAD.
THEY'RE OVER A HUNDRED FEET TO 200 FEET OFF OF THE BACK LINE, AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN 25 FEET.
ALL THESE DECISIONS THE COUNCIL HAD TO MAKE AT THAT TIME WITH THE EMOTIONS OF LISTEN TO YOU.
AND I'M EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE THING TOO, 'CAUSE I CARE ABOUT CEDAR HILL AND I CARE ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I FULLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION UP HERE, IT'S FOR THE LONG TERM.
IT'S FOR ALL THE CITIZENS IN CEDAR HILL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS, IF THIS GOES THROUGH THAT YOU GUYS DOWN THE ROAD ARE GONNA BE JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONES HERE.
BUT THAT'S MY PIECE AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT.
AND I FEEL EVERYBODY'S EVERYBODY'S, UH, CONCERNS.
NEXT WE'LL SPEAK IS, UH, MAYOR PROTE.
MAYOR PROTE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
UM, I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF.
UM, BUT I HAVE RECEIVED OVER 40 EMAILS FROM LAKE RIDGE RESIDENTS.
I CATALOGED EVERY ONE OF EACH AND EVERY CONCERN.
AND TO LAKERIDGE, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR CONCERNS.
UM, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME EVALUATING EVERY CONCERN THAT I HEARD.
I WANNA ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS 'CAUSE MY NAME WAS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN SOME OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE.
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A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.I RAN INTO CEDAR HILL RESIDENT, UH, MS. JACQUELINE WILCOCK.
AND, UM, WE HAD A CONVERSATION.
AND NOT TOO LONG ON THAT, SOMETHING WAS POSTED ON NEXT DOOR THAT, THAT I SAID, MERITAGE WAS NOT A TRACK BUILDER.
AND MS. WILCOX FOR ANY MISUNDERSTANDING, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU.
'CAUSE IF THERE IS ANYBODY IN THIS CITY THAT KNOWS WHAT A TRACK BUILDER IS, AND MERITAGE IS A TRACK BUILDER, IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THIS CITY THAT KNOWS WHAT A TRACK BUILDER IS, I KNOW WHAT A TRACK BUILDER IS.
I WAS CITY MANAGER HERE FOR 15 YEARS IN THAT TIME, SUPPORTING LAKERIDGE ATON.
BUT DURING THAT TIME, 15 YEARS OVER 2000 HOMES WERE BUILT BY TRACK BUILDERS ALL OVER THE CITY.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TRACK BUILDER IS, HERE'S MY CONCERN, IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES SOMETHING THAT WE WALK THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE ASK NEIGHBORHOODS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE YOUR CITY BETTER? AND WE GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE JUST LIKE YOU, HAVE WORKED HARD TO BUY AND MAINTAIN A HOME AND A TRACK BUILDER, BUY A HOME BY TRACK BUILDER.
AND IN OUR CITY, ALL ACROSS THE CITY, WE HAVE HOMES THAT ARE BUILT BY TRACK BUILDERS THAT ARE SAFE, THAT ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SAFE, THAT ARE CLEAN, THAT HAVE VERY STRONG PROPERTY VALUES, HOMES.
I SPENT MULTIPLE TIMES PULLING UP TRACK BUILDERS ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND THEY HAVE VALUES 400, 500, $600,000 PEOPLE I HEARD BLOOD, SWEAT IN TEARS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT THEIR BLOOD SWEAT IN TEARS INTO, UH, THEIR HOMES.
AND THEY LIVE IN HOMES THAT WILL BUILD BY TRACK BUILDERS, LOW CRIME, STRONG PROPERTY VALUES.
AND I WANNA SAY ALSO, I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH DEROGATORY COMMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN TRACK HOMES.
'CAUSE SOME OF OUR GREATEST CITIZENS IN THE CITY LIVE IN TRACK HOMES.
ALL RIGHT? I HEARD A LOT OF MISINFORMATION AND I MADE A STATEMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION CIRCULATING AROUND HERE INVESTORS.
I READ SOME OF YOUR EMAILS THAT SAID, INVESTORS WILL PURCHASE LARGE NUMBERS OF THESE TRACKS.
WELL, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, AND SOMEBODY WITH WANTED TO KNOW TRUTH, IT'S 100% PROHIBITED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IT IS PROHIBITED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
I HEARD THINGS ABOUT REFERRING TO THIS AS LOW INCOME HOUSING.
JUST ALL I WOULD SAY IS WE GOT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT'S, SELLING 'EM TO THOSE VEST IS PROHIBITED.
THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY, THE GUIDELINES, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PULL UP IN THE INTERNET AND GUIDELINES FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING FOR TWO PEOPLE, 66,000, FOUR PEOPLE, 82,000 FOR THESE HOMES, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE IN A RANGE OF ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO $250,000, DEPENDING ON THE PRICE OF IT.
SO THIS IS NOT LOW INCOME HOUSING.
THIS IS HOUSING THAT IS DEDICATED FOR PEOPLE LIKE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, TEACHERS THAT DON'T MAKE HUGE SALARIES.
THEN I ALSO HEARD, I ALSO GOT SOMETHING, SOME MORE INFO, MISINFORMATION.
I READ AN EMAIL THAT SAID NO CITY HAS EVER APPROVED SMALL LOTS NEXT TO IT.
ONE A STATE LAKE, I MEAN ONE ACRE STATE, NO CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT IN, IN ACREAGE IS CALLED THE FOUNTAINS.
AND IT WAS APPROVED OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
AND I WANNA, I WANNA READ THE DETAILS OF THE APPROVAL OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FOUNTAINS THAT'S IN LAKERIDGE RIGHT NOW.
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OF YOU.I'VE READ EVERY ONE OF YOUR EMAILS.
MINIMUM LOT AREA IN THE FOUNTAINS, MINIMUM LOT AREA IN THE FOUNTAINS THAT WAS APPROVED 20 YEARS AGO.
AND IT'S A PART OF LAKERIDGE 6,000.
THE BALCONIES THAT ARE BACKING UP TO TIMBER RIDGE, 6,901 THING, MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, 50 FEET FOR THE FOUNTAINS, THE ONES THAT BACK UP TO TIMBER RIDGE, 60 FEET FACTS, MINIMUM LIVING AREA, THE FOUNTAINS, WHEN IT WAS APPROVED 20 YEARS AGO, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, 1600 FEET LIVING AREA, THE FOUNTAIN, THE ONES THAT BACK UP TO TIMBER RIDGE.
2000, 2000 FACT, I GOT AN EMAIL THAT, THAT WAS CONCERNED THAT, THAT THERE WAS ONLY 1000 FEET FROM THE FOUNTAINS TO TIMBER RIDGE.
THE, I MEAN, UM, UH, EXCUSE ME, FROM BALCONES RANCH TO TIMBER RIDGE, ONLY 1000 FEET.
THE FOUNTAINS THERE IS ZERO DISTANCE.
IT IMMEDIATELY BACKS UP TO ONE ACRE.
MY STATEMENT, NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO LIVE ON A ONE ACRE LOT.
WE HAVE A, A LETTER, AN EMAIL FROM THE LAKERIDGE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT SAYS THE DEMAND IN LAKERIDGE IS MUCH HIGHER FROM, FOR SMALL, LOTS FROM THE PROP LAKERIDGE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
NOT ONLY THAT, AN EMAIL FROM THE LAKERIDGE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT SAYS THE FOUNTAINS HAS NOT LOWERED PROPERTY VALUES.
ALL I'M GONNA SAY IS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AND FOR ME, I'M NOT READY TO DISPARAGE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN TRACT HOMES.
OUR CITY IS FULL OF THEM AND, AND THEY'RE SOME OF OUR GREATEST CITIZENS.
AND THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY ABOUT THE MATTER.
THANK UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF DECORUM, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT THE OUTBURSTS TO PLEASE STOP.
I'D LIKE THE OUTBURST TO PLEASE STOP, PLEASE.
I, I, I DO NOT WANNA HAVE ANYONE REMOVED FROM HERE.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND DELIBERATE AND, UM, I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE ELSE DOING THAT.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL WHO WISHING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR GLOVER.
AND, AND MY APOLO MY APOLOGIES.
I'M A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, SO MY THROAT IS A LITTLE SCRATCHY, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.
I'M GONNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING AND EXPRESSING HOW PASSIONATE YOU ARE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SENT EMAILS HIGHLIGHTING YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE TANGIBLE ITEMS LIKE TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, AND LOT SIZE SIZES, THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING YOUR OPINIONS.
WE TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING A DECISION.
HOWEVER, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO TOOK IT FURTHER BY QUESTIONING THE CHARACTER IN AND INTENT OF PEOPLE YET TO MOVE TO CEDAR HILL, MANY WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES WILL EXCEED $250,000 TO QUALIFY FOR THESE HOMES.
IT'S ONE THING TO DESIRE SIMILAR HOMES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS AND I UNDERSTAND WANTING TO HAVE A SIMILAR HOUSING STOCK, BUT THE LANGUAGE AND FEAR MONGERING USE TO DESCRIBE AMERICANS AND VETERANS WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE ON SMALLER LOTS WITH HOUSING VALUES, 400, $700,000 IS DEPLORABLE.
ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT TEACHERS, NURSES, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, CEDAR HILLS OWN.
WE JUST HIRED MULTIPLE NEW POLICE OFFICERS, MULTIPLE NEW FIRE PERSONNEL.
THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THEIR SALARIES.
AND THEY ARE WELL PAID, BUT THEY ARE YOUNG IN THEIR POSITIONS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT THEM NEXT TO YOU AND THEY'RE NOT IN LAKERIDGE.
THEY'RE NEXT TO YOU IF THEY CHOOSE TO PURCHASE THAT.
MANY OF CEDAR HILL HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO LIVE ON THE ONE AC LOT OR IN THE 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOME IN LAKERIDGE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO, THAT'S GREAT.
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PEOPLE IN CEDAR HILL HAVE CHOSEN LIKE YOU TO LIVE IN CEDAR HILL.I HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE IN CEDAR HILL.
MANY OF US ALL COULD LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT WE ALL LOVE THE SAME FACTS, THE SAME FEELING, THE SAME CEDAR HILL WAY THAT IS IN CEDAR, THAT IS IN LAKERIDGE, HIGH POINT ME, VISTA, WATERFORD OAKS.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES CEDAR HILL SO SPECIAL.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT ISM IS.
IS IT ELITISM OR DOES IT BORDER ON SOMETHING MORE TROUBLING? FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE INFERRED SOMETHING MORE NEFARIOUS ABOUT COUNCIL, AS A VOLUNTEER SERVANT OF THIS CITY VOLUNTEER.
I MAINTAIN THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF THIS, WHAT I DO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO LIVE QUITE COMFORTABLY.
NONETHELESS, I HAVE HAD MY CHARACTER ATTACKED AND MY MOTIVES QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF YOU VIEW PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN LAKERIDGE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES AND THE CRIME RATE AND WILL NOT BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
THERE ARE SO MANY COMMUNITIES AROUND THE METROPLEX WHERE CATS AND DOGS LIVE SIDE BY SIDE WHERE HIGH VALUE HOMES ARE NEXT TO NOT HIGH VALUE HOMES.
YOU CAN GO INTO DALLAS AND SEE CLEAR LINES OF DEMARCATION WHERE THERE'S A MILLION DOLLAR HOME ON ONE SIDE AND A LESS THAN MILLION DOLLAR HOME ON THE OTHER SIDE, OUR CRIME RATE, MANY PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BEING STRESSED, JUST BEING STRESSED, STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT.
WE HAVE TAKEN THE PLANNING TO ASSURE THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE WELL TRAINED, WELL PAID, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A ALMOST FULLY STAFFED POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR ALL OF CEDAR HILL.
SO I THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, AND I THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING YOURSELF.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WILL BE MATERIALIZED.
WE CAN LIVE TOGETHER AND HAVE HOMES OF DIFFERENT VALUES AND NOT HAVE THIS INFERRED CRIME.
IT IS HARD TO, TO FIND A HOUSE FOR $400,000.
I HAVE GROWN CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR OWN LIFE STRUGGLES AND JUST MATURING IN LIFE.
IT'S NOT EASY TO WALK INTO A NEIGHBOR INTO A BANK AND GET A LOAN FOR $400,000 IF YOU'RE 30 YEARS OLD, MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS, AND BOTH OF YOU ARE ON $150,000.
THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF HOUSING STOCK AVAILABLE.
I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, IT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME, WHO LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE THE SAME VALUES, LOVE CEDAR HILL JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
I CAN TELL THAT YOU LOVE CEDAR HILL.
ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN A MILLION DOLLAR HOME OR A $700,000 HOME TO FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT YOU DO ABOUT CEDAR HILL AND PROTECT CEDAR HILL THE WAY THAT YOU DO.
I DON'T THINK THAT SOMEONE COMING IN AND BEING IN A HOUSE OF $500,000 IS GOING TO COME WITH DRUGS, CRIME, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
GIVE THIS, IF THIS IS APPROVED, GIVE IT THE CHANCE.
THIS IS CEDAR HILL WE LIVE IN.
I LOVE CEDAR HILL BECAUSE OF ITS DIVERSITY, BECAUSE AT KROGER I SEE YOU, YOU SEE ME, WE SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF LIFE AND WE ALL GET ALONG.
I DON'T SEE HOW VISTA DEVELOPMENT OR ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS IN THIS PRICE RANGE IS GOING TO DETRACT FROM YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE OR THE WAY THAT YOU LIVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO EXPRESS HOW I FEEL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA ZEIN, YOU'RE THE FLOOR.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ARTICULATE A FEW THINGS AND SO, AND, AND SOME OF THE THINGS HAVE, UM, ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT I HAVE A, A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, UM, PERSPECTIVE.
UM, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THAT I'VE DONE, I'VE DONE SERVICE AND WORK IN THE CITY FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS.
UM, SO I HAVE A, A PRETTY FULL PICTURE IN VIEW.
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UM, KIND OF HOW THIS ALL WORKS AND WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY THAT YOU DO.'CAUSE I FEEL THE SAME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I WILL START, UM, COUNCILMAN HAYDEN HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT HILLSIDE VILLAGE.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, BUT THERE WERE SIMILAR CONCERNS.
THE REASON I MENTION IT AGAIN, IS BECAUSE I MANAGED HILLSIDE VILLAGE FOR 10 YEARS.
SO I, UM, I HAVE A, A VERY STRONG PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THOSE CONCERNS WERE, UM, AND HOW THEY DID NOT MANIFEST.
UM, AFTER THAT, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO SERVE ON OUR PLANNING AND ZONING FOR FIVE YEARS.
A LOT OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FILTER OUR DECISIONS THROUGH, THAT WAS THE PURVIEW OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
PLANNING AND ZONING ONLY LOOKS AT THE CODES THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS AT THE TIME UNTIL SUCH TIME THERE IS SOME VARIANCE APPROVED.
SO THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE THE HILLSIDE VIEW THAT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S, IT'S A PROPERTY, IT'S A PROJECT, IT'S A THING.
AND THEN THERE'S A PLANNING AND ZONING PURVIEW THAT'S JUST FOCUSING ON THE CODES AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE BIGGER PLAN.
AND NOW, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'VE HAD THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY ONLY FOR ABOUT A YEAR TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY AND THE PURVIEW AND THE RESPONSIBILITY IS MUCH MORE BROAD.
SO IT IS NOT JUST A MAJOR PROPERTY OR HUB, IT IS NOT JUST, UM, CODES.
IT IS WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND SO THAT IS WHERE MY, MY FOCUS, UM, ONE OF MY FOCUSES IS LISTENING TO.
I, I THINK I RESPONDED TO ALMOST EVERY EMAIL THAT WE GOT.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE READ THEM OR I'LL, I, I KNOW THAT I READ EVERY ONE.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND THEN WHEN I, I HEARD THE STORIES, LIKE YOUR STORIES ARE MY STORIES.
AND SO OF COURSE I WAS AFFECTED BY YOUR STORIES.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE LAKE RIDGE IN MY MIND AS THE PANACEA FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, BUT I HAVE THE SAME FEELING AND AFFECTION FOR WHERE I DO LIVE IN CEDAR HILL.
SO I HAVE TO TAKE THAT THOUGHT AND APPLY IT BROADLY.
I HAVE TO APPLY THAT THOUGHT TO THE 17,000 OTHER HOUSEHOLDS IN ADDITION TO LAKERIDGE.
THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY ABOUT LAKERIDGE ARE ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
LAKERIDGE IS A SHINING STAR IN OUR CITY.
HOWEVER, LAKE RIDGE IN MY MIND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVED THE CITY FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 30, IS THAT LAKE RIDGE IS ONE IMPORTANT THREAD, ONE VERY IMPORTANT THREAD IN THIS WHOLE TAPESTRY OF WHAT I THINK OUR CITY, WHAT MAKES OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL.
SO YEAH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MARKETING, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY ASSET THAT OUR CITY HAS.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY, UM, FOCUS THAT WE HAVE SITTING HERE.
AND SO, UM, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THAT, THAT OUR PURVIEW IS, IS IT'S BROAD.
UM, BUT WE TAKE THE COMMENTS, UM, VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN COMING, YOU KNOW, EVEN COMING IN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE FIGURING OUT AND WE'RE FINDING OUR PLACE.
UM, AND I JUST, I GUESS THAT, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF IT FOR ME JUST TO KIND OF TELL YOU MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY WAY OF THINKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TONIGHT.
AND IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY PROCESS OR ONE THAT WE TAKE LIGHTLY.
UM, AND SO I JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND SHARING, UM, AND FOR SENDING THE NOTES.
I, THE, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WILL SAY IS, SO WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF POSITIVE, UM, STORIES AND THE STORIES THAT HAD PHRASES LIKE THOSE PEOPLE AND RIFFRAFF, I'M THE RIFFRAFF WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WILL BE MOVING NEXT TO YOU AT LAKERIDGE, THAT'S ME.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS SO SCARY.
SO IT'S SCARY FOR ME THAT THAT'S SCARY FOR YOU.
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THAT'S ALL THAT I WANTED TO SAY.ANY OTHER COUNSEL WANT TO, UH, SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER MCCARTY? YES, SIR.
UM, YOUR HONOR'S, A SAYING, UH, LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT, THAT THE RESIDENTS OF LAKE RIDGE, ALL OF YOU LIKE ME, LOVE, LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND WANNA DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PROTECT IT, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE A SAYING, UM, ALSO ABOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, TO PROTECT THE BABY.
AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS, IS IS PROTECTING THE BABY.
AND SO HOW DO WE ENSURE THE, THE GROWTH OF THE CITY? UM, BECAUSE IF THE, IF THE POPULATION DOES START DECLINING WELL, THEN THAT, THAT PRETENDS VERY BAD THINGS AS WELL.
YOU HA YOU HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE PLACES FOR, FOR YOUNGER COUPLES TO MOVE INTO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES WITH, WITH, WITH CHILDREN.
UM, BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN YOUR CITY STARTS DYING.
UM, AND THERE, THERE ARE PLENTY CITIES AROUND THE, THE STATE OF TEXAS WHERE THAT IN FACT HAS, HAS HAPPENED.
UH, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR JOB IS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS TO DETERMINE, OKAY, DOES THIS, IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE, THE CITY? IS IT GONNA POSITIVELY IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR IS IT GONNA NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CITY NEGATIVELY IMPACT, IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, AND, UH, CERTAINLY WE DON'T, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TO APPROVE ANYTHING THAT IS GONNA HAVE A, A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY, MUCH LESS OR MUCH MORE ON, ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, OF LAKERIDGE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, DEVELOPER HAS PRESENTED A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS TO US.
UH, WE'VE TOLD THEM NO, NO MORE THAN, UH, THAN WE'VE TOLD THEM THEM.
AND, UH, AND, AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THIS, THIS, UH, FINAL PROPOSAL TO US NOW THAT IT CAME THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING.
IT'S NOW AND NOW SITS BEFORE, BEFORE COUNCIL.
UM, THE, THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DENSITY, I, I NEVER REALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT GIVEN THE AMENITIES THAT WERE, THAT WERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I, I SHARED THE CONCERNS WITH THE DRAINAGE.
I SHARED THE CONCERNS WITH THE TRAFFIC AND, AND, AND CRIME AND, AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOUNTED FOR ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND, AND SO THE QUESTIONS IN MY MIND HAS ALWAYS BEEN, OKAY, CAN, CAN WE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD? AND, AND, AND I HEAR, YOU KNOW, WELL, IT'S NOT SINGLE FAMILY ESTATES.
UM, BUT WHEN, WHEN WE RECEIVED THE, YOU KNOW, THE INVENTORY OF LOTS FROM, FROM THE POA, THERE'S 643 LOTS, UM, STILL REMAINING IN, IN LAKE RIDGE.
AND, UH, AS, AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, ACCORDING TO THE POA, THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS SOLD OUT HAS THE SMALLEST LOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN FULLY BUILT.
LAKE RIDGE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE OVER 30 YEARS.
UM, AND THEY EXPECT THAT THERE'S STILL A 10 YEAR INVENTORY OF LOTS.
SO, OKAY, WELL, WHERE DO WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SAY WE NEED MORE SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE LOTS OR MORE SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WHEN, IF THERE'S A 10 YEAR, IF THERE'S IN FACT A 10 YEAR INVENTORY OF, OF LOTS, BUT THAT STILL DOESN'T ALLEVIATE, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, SOME OF MY CONCERNS I HAD ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF.
AND, AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT JUST THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE CHANGES THAT I SEE COMING, UM, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE OVERPASS THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT AT LAKE RIDGE IN 67 CONSTRUCTION ON THAT IS SUPPOSED TO START THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE TRAFFIC IN LAKE RIDGE, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT.
UH, AND I HAVE, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT LOOP NINE COMING IN.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH LAKERIDGE AND, AND NOT JUST LAKERIDGE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE OBSERVED, AND, AND I, I SHARED WITH THE, WITH THE CITY MANAGER THE OTHER DAY ON SEVERAL INSTANCES NOW, YOU KNOW, 18 WHEELERS TRAVELING UP TEXAS PLUME ROAD.
AND, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET A, GET A A TRUCK ORDINANCE, UM, PROHIBITING TRUCK TRAFFIC.
AND, AND I, I, I FOLLOWED ONE TRUCK THAT WENT UP TEXAS PLUME, ALMOST RAN TWO CARS OFF THE ROAD AND THEN WENT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND DROVE THROUGH THE CEDAR CREST NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO NONE OF THAT IS IN, IN MY MIND, IS ACCEPTABLE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S DANGEROUS.
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SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF, OF THE COMMUNITY.UH, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY PERTAIN TO, THAT DOESN'T REALLY PERTAIN DIRECTLY TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE THREATENING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE MINIMUM SELLING PRICE, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY DICTATE MINIMUM SELLING PRICE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS, IS WE LOOK AT, OKAY, WELL WHAT ARE THE AMENITIES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? AND, AND WHAT IS THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMPARABLE VALUE, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT THAT PROVIDES, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT COST TO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS WHAT DOES IT COST TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T HAVE THESE TYPES OF AMENITIES? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SET THEM THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE? UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY GONE BACK AND FORTH, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPER, UH, AND, AND, AND I KNOW WE TALKED, THEY HAVE ELIMINATED THE EXCEPTION FOR THE, IT IT IS, WAS IT, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS 1250 OR 1,225, I THINK IT WAS 1,250 SQUARE FOOT.
AND, AND, AND THAT HAS BEEN, THAT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.
I STILL HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THE 1400 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM.
I, I, I REALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I HATE, I DON'T WANNA SEE, AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, MY NOTES, THERE'S 228 LOTS IN THE 40 FOOT WIDE LOTS.
AND YOU KNOW, THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE IS, IS 1400 SQUARE FOOT ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE LOTS.
WELL, THAT'S, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT 200 TO SEE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT, FOURTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT HOUSES.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE NEIGHBORS IN LAKE RIDGE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE MASS PRODUCTION OF, OF THE SMALLEST HOUSES ON, YOU KNOW, ON THESE LOTS.
AND, AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT TENDS TO CREATE A LOT OF ANXIETY.
UM, THE, WOULD YOU ALL FRANK, ARE, ARE YOU, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO, TO LOOK AT A, YOU KNOW, 1600 SQUARE FEET AS A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE? I MEAN, AND EVEN THAT IN MY MIND IS, IS STILL LOW.
BUT THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO ELIMINATE ANYTHING ON YOUR SMALLEST LOTS.
THAT, AND WE, THE, THE RANGE OF HOUSING IS NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BUILD ALL OF THE LOWEST SQUARE FOOTAGE OF HOUSING, AND IT'S THE RANGE OF, I THINK, 1400 TO HOLD ON A SECOND'S, FOUR 1400 TO 2200 SQUARE FEET ON THE FOUR FOOT WALL, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, OUR, OUR PLAN IS NOT TO BUILD ALL 1400 SQUARE FOOT HOMES.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FROM HOW, HOW WE SELL HOMES.
THOSE ARE SINGLE STORY HOMES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR SINGLE STORY BUYERS.
IT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO DO FOR EVERY PRODUCT LINE IS HAVE A SINGLE STORY HOME.
IF THERE'S A WAY YOU WANT, YOU WANNA LIMIT THE NUMBER OF THOSE FROM FOUR, YOU KNOW, THE SIX, 1400 TO 1600.
UM, IF WE ELIMINATED AT ALL, WE, WE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THAT SMALLER SINGLE STORY HOUSE.
SO THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO OKAY.
TO DO MEET, BECAUSE I, I LOOKED AT, I LOOKED AT SOME OF YOUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, 1600, 1800 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE STORY HOUSES, YOU KNOW, ON, ON, ON SOME OF THOSE 40 FOOT, ON SOME OF THOSE 40 FOOT LINES.
SO I KNOW YOU CAN DO A SINGLE STORY.
YEAH, WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE SIZES.
I MEAN, IF YOU, IF, IF THAT'S THE WILL AND YOU GUYS WANNA HAVE JUST 1600 AS THE MINIMUM, WE'RE OPEN TO DOING THAT.
AND, AND I KNOW THERE WAS A, THERE WAS, UH, A SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE FOUNDATIONS AND, AND THAT HAS BEEN A REAL PROBLEM IN, IN LAKERIDGE, UH, BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE IS FAIRLY HIGH BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE LAKE.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOIL TESTING MANDATES FOR, FOR LAKERIDGE.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOIL TESTING, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD REQUIREMENTS
WE, WE LIKE THIS, WE DO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING.
WE, WE STUDY THE SOILS, WE DO THE BORINGS.
WE HAVE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS THAT DESIGN TO THOSE GEOTECHNICAL STANDARDS.
AND SO, AND THEY ALL REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
AND I, I KNOW ON THE DRAINAGE, I KNOW THERE'S SOME OF, UH, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT THE BACKUP OF THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE, BUT THE, FROM WHAT I, UNDER MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DRAINAGE TODAY IS STRAIGHT SHEET DRAINAGE COMING OFF OF THE, OFF OF THIS, THIS PROPERTY, IT ALL STRAIGHT DRAINS INTO THE, INTO THE CREEK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT DRAW CREATES SOME OF THE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. CORRECT.
AND, AND WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE DOING DIFFERENT IN YOUR, IN YOUR DRAINAGE PLAN THAT'S IT'S, THAT'S GONNA CHANGE THIS FOR THEM? SO, SO THE SITE DOES HAVE, LIKE, AS OUR ENGINEER KIND OF WENT THROUGH IN, IN THE PRESENTATION, THE SITE COLLECTS THE DRAINAGE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF SHEET FLOWING TO WHATEVER DIRECTION IS DOWNHILL, RIGHT? AND IT JUST FLOWS RIGHT OFF THE SITE.
WE'RE COLLECTING IT, IT'S ENGINEERED TO BE COLLECTED INTO THESE RETENTION PONDS, AND IT'S HELD, AND THEN IT'S DESIGNED TO, TO BE
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RELEASED IN A MANNER THAT'S NO, NO, NO GREATER THAN THE CURRENT SITUATION.SO I WOULD SAY IT'S CONTROLLED, CONTROLLING IT IS A BIG PART OF IT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S UNCONTROLLED AND IT'S JUST HAPPENING WHEREVER IS DOWNHILL AND CONTROLLING IT AND, AND COMPARTMENTALIZING AND HOLDING IT.
THAT'S A KEY PORTION OF KIND OF, OF, OF MAKING THAT STORM WATER BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY.
AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN ISSUE BROUGHT UP OF, OF, OF CRIME.
YOU KNOW, CEDAR HILL HAS PROBABLY THE, AND THIS DOESN'T PERTAIN TO YOU, FRANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, CEDAR HILL HAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE LOWEST CRIME RATE IN, IN THE, IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST REGION AND IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME RATES IN NORTH TEXAS.
UH, OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, IS FULLY STAFFED.
I, I DON'T EXPECT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE GONNA SEE A CHANGE IN CRIME BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I I, I WOULD EXPECT THAT, UH, THAT WE DEAL WITH THIS THE SAME WAY WE DEAL WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THAT IS THAT WE WILL, AS NEW RESIDENTS MOVE IN, WE WILL ENGAGE WITH THEM AND, AND, UH, WE WOULD MAKE A PLAN, UH, IF, IF THIS MOVES FORWARD.
SO IF, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT 1600 SQUARE FOOT AS THE, AS THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE, THEN, THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT WITH A 1600 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE.
YOU MADE A MOTION THEN THAT WE WILL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'M, I'M NOT ENTERTAINING THE MOTION.
DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ARE YOU, ARE YOU FINISHED? I'M FINISHED.
I WANT THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.
UM, I THINK OUT OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE TODAY, I AM PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS BEEN ON THE SAME SIDE THAT YOU HAVE PROBABLY TWICE.
UH, BEAR CREEK RANCH, UH, WHEN THAT CAME AROUND, I WAS AT THE, WHERE BABES IS AT.
I CAME OUT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN JUST LIKE YOU.
UH, IT DEFINITELY SHOWS THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CITY.
UM, AND I, LIKE I SAID, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND IT.
EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT STOOD UP TODAY, I FELT YOUR ENERGY.
IT TOOK ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS STANDING AT THAT PODIUM, UM, ALSO ADDISON HILLS THAT CAME ONLINE.
I CAME UP WITH SOME OF MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS, AND WE ALSO CAME UP AGAINST THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, LET ME GO BACK TO BEAR CREEK RANCH THAT WAS ZONED FOR A RANCHETTE COMMUNITY, TWO THREE ACRES.
UH, I AM A RURAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENT OF CEDAR HILL, AND I'M THAT TO MY BONE POINT BLANK.
UM, SO WHEN BEAR CREEK RANCH CAME ONLINE AND STARTED AFTER, WE DID NOT GET IT, UH, WE DID NOT GET IT STOPPED.
IT CAME ONLINE THREE DIFFERENT PHASES.
I WILL SAY THIS, I AM HAPPY THAT BEAR CREEK RANCH IS THERE.
THEY EACH PHASE, AND I'M NOT SAYING FOR, I'M NOT TRYING TO SWAY ANYBODY, I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT I KNOW, AND I FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL ABOUT LAKE RIDGE, BUT UNDERSTAND THIS LAKE RIDGE IS THE ROUTE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF CEDAR HILL.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT COMES AROUND.
LAKE RIDGE IS GONNA TOUCH WHAT LAKE RIDGE IS.
IT IS THAT YOU CAN'T MESS WITH IT.
YOU CAN'T COME UP ALONGSIDE OF IT AND TAKE NOTHING AWAY FROM IT.
IF I DIDN'T WANNA LIVE WHERE I LIVED AT, I WOULD BE IN THERE WITH Y'ALL.
I PROMISE YOU THE, AS BEST AS I COULD.
AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO GET INTO LAKE RIDGE, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, IF I'M HAPPIER WITH BEAR CREEK RANCH BEING WHERE IT'S AT, THEN I WOULD'VE BEEN WITH ANOTHER RANCH AT COMMUNITY.
I THINK BEAR CREEK RANCH WAS A GREAT ADDITION TO MY, UM, AREA.
WE HAVE ADDISON HILLS, LIKE I SAID, I CAME UP AGAINST THAT ONE TOO.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'VE REALIZED, AND ESPECIALLY COMING TO THIS POSITION, THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT THE CITY AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
AND JUST LIKE BEAR CREEK RANCH HAS CAME ONLINE AND HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A BIG, A GREAT ASSET TO OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THE SAME THING WITH ADDISON HILLS.
THESE ARE SMALLER HOUSES IN ADDISON HILLS.
UH, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN, UH, THIS COMMUNITY.
AND AS A NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL, I HAVE HAD TO RESEARCH THIS PROJECT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE BETTER FAIL SAFES IN THIS PROJECT THAN THERE IS IN THE ADDISON HILLS PROJECT.
FROM REAL ESTATE INVESTORS, FROM THE LOW INCOME PEOPLE, UM, THAT I KEEP HEARING SO MUCH TALK ABOUT.
I THINK THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS, UH, DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED BECAUSE WHAT WE GOTTA UNDERSTAND IS THIS, RIGHT NOW, CEDAR HILL NEEDS A STEROID SHOT.
YOU KNOW, WE WENT SINCE 2012, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE HADN'T PASSED BONDS OF INVADERS, AND I'M NOT REALLY TRYING TO GET ON THAT, BUT THAT AFFECTS THE PEOPLE THAT WE BRING INTO THIS COMMUNITY.
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PASS AND YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NOT UP TO PAR, THAT'S THE FIRST THING A FAMILY LOOKS AT, IS HOW ARE YOUR SCHOOLS? AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY LEAVE, THAT AFFECTS OUR TAX BASE.BUT RIGHT NOW, I JUST KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE NEED A STEROID BOOST TO HELP BOOST WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE IN CEDAR HILL.
DO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE PATHWAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO ON? I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND GO FROM THIS AND DO BETTER.
UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CEDAR HILL JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE UP HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING, UM, THAT Y'ALL, YOUR CONCERNS AND, UH, ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
HADN'T RESPONDED TO ALL OF THEM, BUT I READ ALL OF THEM, RESPONDED TO QUITE A FEW.
BUT, UM, IT'S JUST, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE GOTTA HAVE AN OPEN MIND ABOUT THINGS AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT WHERE YOU'RE AT AND WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON IN LAKE RIDGE.
I WAS SHAKING MY HEAD TOO, AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, THEY'RE GONNA PASS IT AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THIS.
I'M TELLING YOU, I SAT IN THOSE SEATS, STOOD AT THAT PODIUM.
BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WE JUST HAD TO REALLY HAVE AN OPEN MIND ABOUT THINGS AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT, IT CAN'T ALWAYS, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE WHOLE CITY, NOT JUST OUR PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
UM, I WANT TO MAKE A, MAKE A COMMENT.
I GUESS TWO THINGS I WANT TO SAY, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE SPECS OF THE DIMENSIONS OF WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED TODAY, UM, I THINK, I THINK A PAGE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BOOK FOR THE FOUNTAINS.
UM, SO SIMILAR TO THE FOUNTAINS, THIS IS THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE LOT SIZE, UH, THAT THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.
UM, THEN NUMBER TWO, UM, WHAT, WHAT, SIMILAR TO LAKE LAKERIDGE, POA, THERE, THERE IS A BOARD CONTRAST TO LAKERIDGE, POA.
UM, THIS WOULD BE NOT ONLY A HOA, BUT IT'LL ALSO BE A, A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
UM, THEY WILL SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL ANNUALLY THEIR PLANS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF WHAT THEIR BUDGET FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR JUST THAT COMMUNITY WILL BE GIVEN INTO THAT COMMUNITY.
THIS GIVES THEM OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS COMMON AREAS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPE OF AMENITIES, UH, OPEN SPACE IF THEY WANNA UPGRADE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BORDER WALLS.
THAT BOARD WILL PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL FOR A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST 30 YEARS.
THAT COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAY ABOUT THE PRESERVE, THE MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENTS OF THIS AREA.
I JUST, JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, POINT THAT OUT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY BEEN MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT HAVING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AGAIN, UNLIKE THE BILL OF TAKING LOCAL CONTROL AWAY, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY VALUE WILL NOT DECREASE.
THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BE ABLE TO GOVERN IN REAL TIME FOR THE NEXT 30 TO 50 YEARS, DEPENDING UPON WHEN THEY BUILD THEIR LAST, UH, PHASE FIVE ON THIS PROJECT.
A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A DECISION ANNUALLY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR FIVE YEAR PLAN.
I JUST WANT TO KIND OF JUST, JUST POINT THAT OUT.
THIS IS NOT JUST A STANDARD NEIGHBORHOOD.
A TRACK HOME BUILDER WILL COME IN AND BUILD AND THEN THEY'RE GONE AND THEY WERE JUST GONNA DEPEND ON THE HOMEOWNER TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
NO, THE WHOLE PLAN, MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE TO SUBMIT TWO COUNCIL ON THE ANNUAL BASIS, JUST LIKE OUR OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
WE HAVE FIVE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
WE'LL HAVE TO SUBMIT TO COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THEIR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE, MAINTAIN THE, UH, DECISIONS, UM, WITHIN THIS MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT PERIOD THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD.
UM, BUT I THINK, AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP, MAINTAIN AND, AND ENHANCE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO I JUST WANNA BRING THAT UP, COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, AS WE MAKE DECISION TONIGHT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS.
COUNSEL COUNCIL, HAYDEN, MAYOR, I, I JUST WANT TO ARTICULATE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD.
AND I'LL, IF THE DEVELOPER OVER THERE IS SAYING, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, GO READ THE,
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THE, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.UH, DAN, CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC UP PLEASE? YEAH, I GUESS I'M NOT TALKING LOUD ENOUGH.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE CONTROL FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT IF THIS DEVELOPER DOESN'T FOLLOW THOSE PD REQUIREMENTS, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PI REQUIREMENTS, THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME IN AND PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE RE UH, REFUND THAT IS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PIT AND THE ASSESSMENT, THE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT THAT'S BEING PUT ON THESE HOMEOWNERS WHEN THEY BUY THE, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY COME IN AND BUY THAT HOUSE.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT DEVELOPMENT PI MEANS AND, AND HOW IT HANDICAPS THESE, UH, UH, DEVELOPERS ON DOING EXACTLY WHAT'S SAID IN THAT PD AGREEMENT.
AND SO, UH, I CAN IMAGINE 'EM THROWING AWAY $30 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOT FOLLOWING SOMETHING.
SO I THINK THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT WITH REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
FIRST THING, THAT FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE CITY.
LAST THING I HAVE TO SAY IS, SOMEBODY SAID THE MATH AIN'T MATH.
UM, IT WON'T MATH, MATH AIN'T GONNA MATH.
UM, IF THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT IS TWO 10, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
IF THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT AT THAT PROPERTY, IT'S AT TWO 10, YOU GOTTA AT LEAST BE ABLE TO AFFORD 2 25.
WHY IS THAT? AGAIN, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE HOA AND THE P, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $4,000 A YEAR JUST TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY AIN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT.
THAT'S THE POINT OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO AFFORD 2 25 BUT LIVE IN A TWO 15.
IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN THE STREET.
ALRIGHT? YOU WON'T LIVE IN THIS SQUARE FOOTAGE.
YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO PAY MORE, BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE AMENITIES AND ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'RE NOT ATTRACTING A TWO 10 DEVELOPERS KNOW THAT PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT TWO 10, BUT YOU GOTTA PAY AN ADDITIONAL $4,000 A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALL RIGHT, SO I GONNA BE ABLE TO SAY COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE ANNUAL UPDATES FROM THIS P PIT BOARD.
IF YOU GOTTA LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT SAY 2 10, 2 2 10 IS THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT, AND THAT'S THE MINIMUM.
YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO PAY ABOUT $15 MORE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THAT SAME HOME.
THAT'S WHY THE MATH AIN'T MATH.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ALL I GOT SAID.
GUESS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN, COUNSEL.
ALRIGHT, SO GIVEN THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WILLING TO AGREE TO A 1600 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM, I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER PD SIX TWO DASH 2024 AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH EIGHT THREE WITH A 1600 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM.
I WANNA REMIND THE COUNSEL WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
WE DO HAVE A SECOND IN ORDER FOR THIS CASE, BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE GOTTA HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY.
THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH EIGHT 13, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CEDAR, TEXAS, ADMITTING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2001 DASH 64 AS AMENDED, CHANGING THE ZONING MA DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF LAKERIDGE PARKWAY AND WEST OF SOUTH HIGHWAY 67 AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS 2 99 0.013 ACRES OF LAND IN THE FRANCIS JONES SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 6, 7 6, AND THE J BOY SENSE SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1 0 8 CEDAR HILL, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS AT THE FRANCIS JONES SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 1351, THE J BOY SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1339 HH BRADFORD SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 93, THE JH MCKNIGHT SURVEY AB, ABSENT ABSTRACT NUMBER 7 34, A MIL SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1225 AND THE GW SHARE SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 10 64 CEDAR HILL, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS FROM SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE SFV DISTRICT TO THE PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
INCORPORATING A DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN RIGHT OF WAY SECTIONS, LANDSCAPE PLAN, AMENITY PLAN, TRAIL AND SIDEWALK PLAN, FENCE AND MASONRY WALL PLAN, OPEN SPACE PLAN, TREE MITIGATION PLAN ENTRANCE, FEATURES, PHASING PLAN, BLOCK VARIETY PLAN,
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ESTABLISHING SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS, ADOPTING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, PROVIDING FOREST SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH A MODIFICATION TO, UH, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE RIGHT HERE.
EVERYONE WHO CAME HERE TO BE ABLE TO VOICE YOUR CONCERNS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIVE IN A PREMIER, PREMIER COMMUNITY.
WHERE, WHERE DID I, CAN WE GIVE IT TO? WE STILL, WE STILL GOT COUNCIL MEETING.
[6. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda includes routine items that may be acted upon with a single vote. Any council member may remove items from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and consideration.]
ITEM ON THE, UH, AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA.THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH A SINGLE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ITEMS FROM CONSENT.
AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT TO BE REMOVED FOR CONSIDERATION? ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 25TH, 2024, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM B, CONSIDER APPROVING A PURCHASE ORDER FOR EMERGENCY DRAINAGE REPAIRS ON SUMMIT PLACED BY CIRCLE H CONTRACTORS, LP IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,710 AND 80 CENTS.
COUNSEL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSIDER AND ITEMS. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENTED CONSENT ITEMS IS READ A THROUGH B.
SECOND WE DO HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ALL THE FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[a. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a Development Agreement with Meritage Homes of Texas, LLC and Walton TX, LP for approximately 291.7 acres of land generally located south of Lake Ridge Parkway, west of J. Elmer Freeway related to the financing of infrastructure and development of the land as a master-planned residential community.]
AGENDA.CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ISH HOMES OF TEXAS LLC AND WALTON, TEXAS LP FOR APPROXIMATELY 291.7 ACRES OF LAND GENERAL LOCATED SOUTH OF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, WEST OF J ELMER FREEWAY RELATED TO THE FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND AS A MASTER PLAN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, COUNSEL BEFORE OPEN MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER? GLOVER, I'LL FAVOR RAISE RIGHT HAND MOVE UNANIMOUS.
[b. Consider approving Resolution No. R24-712 which accepts a petition concerning the creation of the Balcones Ranch Public Improvement District (PID).]
ITEM IS ITEM B.CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH SEVEN 12, WHICH ACCEPTS A PETITION CONCERNING THE CREATION OF THE BOW KUNI RANCH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PID COUNSEL.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
UH, THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, ANYTHING FROM THE APPLICANT? UH, WITH THAT COUNSEL, THE FLOOR IS OPEN.
MAY I MAKE APPROVAL FOR A RESOLUTION NUMBER R 24 DASH SEVEN 12? WE DO HAVE THE MOTION FROM THE PRO TEAM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MALONE.
ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS ON THIS? UH, THE FAVOR, PLEASE.
RAISED RIGHT HAND MOVE UNANIMOUS.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CLOSED SESSION.
UH, COUNSEL, UH, THERE'S NO NEED FOR CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT, SO WE'LL NOT MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION.
SO WITH THAT LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN MOTION.
UR, I DO HAVE THE MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GLOVER.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRAND AZI.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
I HAVE 11:11 PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK COUNSEL.