* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY IS JULY 14TH, 2026. I WANT TO OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING [1. Call meeting to order.] TO ORDER. I HAVE 7 0 2. WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OPEN CARRY, UH, OF FIREARMS IS PROHIBITED WITHIN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UM, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION. AND FOLLOWING OUR INVOCATION, WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FROM OUR VERY OWN COUNCILWOMAN PATTY BUSCHARD. SO PASTOR MATT WILKERSON WITH G GALLIAN. AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? GIAN BAPTIST CHURCH, CEDAR HILLS. IS THAT CORRECT, GIAN? THERE YOU GO. YES, SIR. PLEASE COME ON UP. EMBRACE US WITH YOUR INVOCATION. IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND, PLEASE, GOOD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO US. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. YES, SIR. FATHER IN HEAVEN. LORD, WE ARE THANKFUL TONIGHT FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR MERCY TO US. AND GOD, YOU'RE NOT WILLING. ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR PROVING YOUR LOVE TO US ON THE CROSS DIE, ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS BEING BURIED AND RISING AGAIN THE THIRD DAY SO WE CAN HAVE THE HOPE OF HEAVEN. I PRAY TONIGHT, GOD, THAT YOU'LL BE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THEY LISTEN AND, AND GLEAN ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE IN INTERESTED IN TONIGHT. AND THESE THERE I PRAY, YOU'LL GIVE THEM WISDOM. GIVE THEM THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM. GOD, MAY YOUR THEIR EYES BE OPEN TO JUST THE TRUTH AND RIGHT. AND JUST GIVE THEM DIRECTION AS A, A WORD. TONIGHT, WE PRAY FOR THE DECISIONS OF CEDAR HILL TONIGHT. GOD, EACH, EACH OF THESE CITIZENS, LORD, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY, THE ELDERLY, THE ONES THAT ARE TROUBLE TONIGHT, I PRAY THAT GOD, YOU'LL BE WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I PRAY THAT GOD, YOU JUST GIVE US ALL, ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. GOD, JUST HELP. HELP US ALL. HELP US TO PLEASE YOU WITH OUR LIVES. MAY UH, YOU BE WITH OUR CHURCHES TONIGHT, LORD, AS OUR MINISTERS TRY TO MINISTER TO THE PEOPLE, HELP THE CHURCHES LORD, BE ABLE TO, UH, INFLUENCE OUR COMMUNITY. AND GOD, THERE'S A GREAT NEED OF A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING IN OUR LAND. AND GOD, THIS CITY HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT BEING A CITY ON A HILL THAT'S AN INFLUENTIAL PLACE SPIRITUALLY. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL BE THAT PLACE AND JUST USE ALL THE CHURCHES AND ITS LEADERS IN THIS AREA. I PRAY FOR OUR CHILDREN, GOD, AS THEY FINISH UP THE SUMMER AND GET READY FOR SCHOOL AGAIN, I PRAY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT YOU WOULD JUST GRANT THEM, LORD, JUST SPIRITUAL INSIGHT. GOD, JUST A SINCERE DESIRE LORD, TO HELP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN AND BE THE VERY BEST THEY COULD BE. AND SO I PRAY FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. JUST BLESS IT IN EVERY WAY. I PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY AS WELL. I THINK OF, UH, LINDSEY GRAHAM TONIGHT, LORD, HIS FAMILY. I PRAY YOU'LL WATCH OVER HIM. BRING COMFORT THERE. GOD, BE WITH OUR PRESIDENT AS HE'S GRIEVING AS WELL, AND, AND THE NEEDS THAT ARE THERE. I PRAY THAT YOU'LL JUST BLESS OUR COUNTRY, GIVE US PEACE, UH, GIVE OUR LEADERS WISDOM. AND GOD, WE JUST PRAY FOR YOUR FULL BLESSING UPON US. WE PRAY. WE ASK THIS ALL IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG, FOLLOWED BY THAT OF THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. JUSTICE, FRAUD. HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS FORUM. THIS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZENS TO TALK ABOUT ANY TOPIC THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. UH, I DO NOT SEE ANY FORMS THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN PERSON COUNSEL. UH, COUNSEL, YOU DID RECEIVE, I GUESS LAST FRIDAY, A, UH, CITIZENS SUBMITTED AN ONLINE REQUEST AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER RESPONDED IN THE EMAIL ABOUT THAT TODAY. YES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY, UM, OTHER OPEN ITEMS. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT CLOSES OUR ITEM FOR THE CLOSE FOR THE CITIZENS FORUM. SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING. UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CASE NUMBER CUP 7 9 3 [a. Case No. CUP-793-2026 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption in conjunction with a restaurant (Eki Sushi), on property zoned Local Retail (LR) District and within the Uptown Overlay, generally located west of Uptown Blvd., approximately 300 feet south from the intersection of Uptown Blvd. and W. FM 1382, with the address being 649 Uptown Blvd. [former Applebee’s].   Applicant: Meng Yang with Kyoka Groups LLC Property Owner: BNLL ZHU LLC] 2026. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. CUP FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT, IKI SUSHI ON PROPERTY ZONE, LOCAL RETAIL LR DISTRICT WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY GENERAL LOCATED WEST OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD. APPROXIMATE 300 FEET SOUTH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD AND WEST FM 1382 WITH THE ADDRESS BEING 6 4 9 UPTOWN BOULEVARD, FORMERLY APPLEBEE'S, APPLICANT MEANING YANG WITH KAYOKA GROUPS. LLC PROPERTY OWNER B-N-L-L-Z-H-U-L-L-C. DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH US TODAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE THE COUNCIL? OKAY. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, [00:05:01] I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 93 2026? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 9 3 2026? ONE FINAL CALL. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER CUP 7 9 3 2026? NOT SEEING ANYONE APPROACH, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL FOR ANY COMMENTS OR DELIBERATION. ANY COMMENTS? COUNSEL? ANY COMMENTS? COUNSEL, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY, UM, MR. MAYOR HAVE NO, UH, HAVE NO COMMENTS, UM, BUT, UH, IN WELL BEFORE IF, IF YOU'RE ABOUT TO MAKE A MOTION, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, COUNSEL? UM, COULD I PLEASE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE COME UP, PLEASE? YEAH, PLEASE COME UP. I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. WERE YOU ABOUT TO MAKE A MOTION? I WAS. OKAY. UM, YES, PLEASE COME ON UP. YES. UH, PLEASE COME TO THE MIC. UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE CONCEPT. I JUST KIND OF WANNA JUST HEAR FROM YOU. IF YOU COULD KIND OF DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, ABOUT, I GUESS, HOW THE ORGANIZATION WORKS. UH, IF, IF I WAS TO BE A PATRON TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO YOUR ESTABLISHMENT, KIND OF WHAT DO I EXPECT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET, I HEARD ABOUT THIS ROTATING, UM, YOU KNOW, ITEM. UH, SO IF YOU KIND OF TELL US ABOUT THAT. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO ACTUALLY OPEN? OH, WE PLAN TO OPEN ON THE MIDDLE OF, UH, OF THE JULY. OH, OKAY. GOOD. AND, UH, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE CONCEPT? CAN YOU, CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME ABOUT HOW DOES THE CONCEPT WORK? I'VE NEVER BEEN INSIDE, BUT I JUST HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT. OH, YEAH. UH, WE SELL THE, UM, WE DO HAVE A OIL, YOU CAN C AND IT'S LIKE, UH, CHINESE, UH, JAPANESE CUISINE. AND, UH, WE DO, UM, DISPLAY THE SMALL DISH LIKE, UH, SUSIE SESAME SUSHI ROLLED INTO THE SMALL PLATE ON, ONTO THE, UH, K CONVEY BUILD. THAT CUSTOMER COULD DECIDE THAT OKAY. WHAT, WHAT THEY LIKE TO PICK. OKAY. AND SO I'M, I'M SITTING DOWN AT, AT A BOOTH AND THEN THE FOOD IS ROTATING AROUND ME AND I JUST, JUST PICK UP. YEAH, THE FOOD IS ROTATING LIKE, UH, BESIDE YOU. RIGHT. WOW. OKAY. UH, THAT, THAT WAS IT. I'M JUST EXCITED FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, COME AND GET STARTED. SO, UH, WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL, COUNCILOR MCCARTY. THANK YOU. UH, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CASE NUMBER CP 7 93 DASH 2026. WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE DO HAVE A SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COUNSEL? NOT HEARING NONE. HONOR FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOTION TO UNANIM ENEMIES. THANK YOU COUNSEL. AND, UH, WELCOME TO SEAT HILL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. SURE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC HEARING CASE NUMBER PD 7 87 2026. [b. Case No. PD-787-2026 – Conduct a public hearing and consider an application for a change in zoning from “LR” (Local Retail) District and “SF-10” (Single-Family Residential – 10,000 square-foot lots minimum) District to “PD” (Planned Development) District for Retail/Residential Mixed Use (Retail and Multi-family) on approximately 29.283 acres, generally located on the east side of J. Elmer Weaver Freeway south of West Wintergreen Road with the approximate address being 1318 N. J Elmer Weaver Freeway.  Applicant: Reginald E. Jennings II, J Elmer North CH Development, LLC, Property Owner: Rhonda Hughes Monte] CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING. UH, FROM LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT AND SF 10, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, MINIMUM DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL, MIXED USE, RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY ON APPROXIMATELY 29.283 ACRES. GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF J AM. WEAVER FREEWAY, SOUTH OF WEST ROAD WITH THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BEING 1318 NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY, APPLICANT REGIONAL E JENNINGS II, UH, J ELMER NORTH CH DEVELOPMENT, LLC, PROPERTY OWNER RHONDA HUGHES MONTE, DIRECTOR. SHE, HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL, THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU GOT, YOU GOT A PRESENTATION FOR US? I DO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, JONATHAN MOSS, WHO'S HERE FROM MR. FORT. AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS, HE'S HERE AS WELL TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. SO THE SITE IS LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF J ELMER WEAVER, UM, SOUTH OF WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD AT 1318 NORTH J ELMER WEAVER FREEWAY. THE REQUEST IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM LR AND SF 10 DISTRICTS TO A PD DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR RE RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE, A COMBINATION OF RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY. AND SO THAT PROPERTY IS SHOWN IN THE OUTLINE IN YELLOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU MORE ORIENTATION. UM, THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN RECENT YEARS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY. UH, WE HAVE A PD FOR TOWN HOMES THAT WAS ADOPTED [00:10:01] IN 2022. UH, THE BLUE LINE SHOWS THE CITY'S OUTER LOOP TRAIL THAT IS EXISTING. UH, THE RED ALSO SHOWS, UM, I'M SORRY, THE RED SHOWS THE OUTER LOOP TRAIL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, FUTURE VELO WEB THAT'S SHOWN IN BLUE. WE ALSO HAVE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE HERITAGE ON THE HILL, WHICH WAS APPROVED, UH, IN 2025. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PD FOR THE DEALERSHIP FREEDOM DEALERSHIP THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2024. AND THAT JUST GIVES YOU SOME ORIENTATION ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE PLAN IS OVERLAID OVER THE SITE ITSELF, AND SO THE CURRENT ZONING IS LR DISTRICT ALONG THE FRONT. UH, SF 10 IS ALONG THE REAR, AND THE EXISTING LANE USE IS ONE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING, AND THAT IS THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, PLACE OF RESIDENCE TO THE NORTH. AGAIN, WE HAVE LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT, WHICH IS HIGHWAY 67 FRONTAGE TO THE WEST. WE HAVE LR AND SF 10, WHICH IS, UH, INCLUDED WITH ONE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE THAT IS CURRENTLY VACANT AS WELL AS THE ENCORE TRANSMISSION LINES. AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, I'VE MENTIONED THE PDS THAT ARE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST. THEY'RE BOTH UNDEVELOPED. SO THE CONCEPT PLAN, THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES 29 ACRES, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING TO ALLOW FOR THE FOLLOWING. THE RETAIL SUBDISTRICT SHOWN IN RED IS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT ACRES, AND IT PROVIDES FOR ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE FOR RETAIL GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WILL SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING FOR 20% OF OPEN SPACE PER LOT. AND THEN FOR MULTIFAMILY, APPROXIMATELY 21 ACRES SHOWN IN THE BLUE WOULD PROVIDE FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 550 UNITS. THE PD DOES ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF 600 UNITS. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 20% OPEN SPACE, WHICH WOULD BE BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. AND THE PHASING OF THE MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE A PHASE ONE OF 300 UNITS, WHICH IS SHOWN BY THE YELLOW DASH AND THE MARKING OF PHASE ONE. AND THEN PHASE TWO WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 250 UNITS. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF RETAIL WOULD OCCUR DURING PHASE TWO. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PRO PROMOTING, UM, OR PROPOSING THAT ALL LAND USES, UM, INCLUDED IN THE LR DISTRICT AND THE MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WOULD BE INCLUDED. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE LIMIT THE LAND USES IN LOCAL RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY, AND THAT WE REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 4,000 SQUARE FOOT OF RETAIL WITH PHASE ONE. AND SO I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AGAIN WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN, JUST TO SHOW YOU A FEW ADDITIONAL DETAILS. UH, THE ARROWS SHOWING THE ACCESS IN AND OUT ARE SHOWN ONLY ALONG HIGHWAY 67. THERE WOULD BE NO ACCESS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES. THERE WOULD BE AN EIGHT FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL AND EVERGREEN TREES TO THE EAST, ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN WE ALSO SHOW SOME OF THE TRAIL LOOP THAT EXISTS CONNECTING, UH, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTING TO THE REGIONAL VILLA WEB. SO FOR THE RETAIL SUBDISTRICT, THE BUILDING HEIGHTS WOULD BE BETWEEN ONE, ONE STORY TO FOUR STORY, AND THE PARKING REQUIREMENT WOULD BE PER THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY, UH, THERE ARE PROPOSED FOUR BUILDINGS, FOUR STORY MAX TO THE FRONT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITH 12 BUILDINGS, THREE STORY MAX TO THE REAR. THERE IS A PROPOSED LIVING AREA MIX AND UNIT MIX AND PARKING IS PROPOSED PER THE APPLICANT AT 1.5 SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT. AGAIN, OPEN SPACE IS AT 20%. AND RETAIL WOULD INCLUDE SOME OUTDOOR AMENITIES SUCH AS SEATING AREAS AND DINING AREA, DINING AREAS. AND THEN THE MULTIFAMILY WOULD ALSO INCLUDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, UH, AMENITIES PER THE APPLICANT. THAT WOULD INCLUDE AMENITIES SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS, CLUBHOUSE, FITNESS CENTER, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO THE RETAIL, OUTDOOR PATIOS, RECREATIONAL AREAS, AND A DOG PARK. FOR THE PUBLIC AREAS, THOSE WOULD BE CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING TRAILS OR THE REGIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM. AGAIN, I'LL NOTE THAT THERE WOULD BE ONLY VEHICULAR ACCESS ALONG HIGHWAY 67. SO FOR THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS PER THE APPLICANT, NO PROPOSED TENANTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. NO PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. SO THE ELEVATIONS THAT YOU WILL SEE ARE CONCEPTS OF POTENTIAL STOREFRONT PRODUCT, BUT THEY DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. UM, PROPOSED PER THE APPLICANT AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, MASONRY WOULD BE, UH, LIMITED TO BRICK, STONE, CAST STONE AND ARCHITECTURAL CMU FOR THE APPLICANT. THE PROPOSAL IS NON MASONRY. UH, ARCHITECTURAL PANELS, UM, STUCCO, PLASTER AND COUS PANELS AND SIDING WOULD BE PROPOSED AND ONLY ALLOWED ABOVE EIGHT FEET. AND THEN FOR PERIMETER FACING ELEVATION, UH, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 80% MASONRY TO 20% NON MASONRY. AND FOR INTERNAL FACING ELEVATIONS, 20% MASONRY TO 80% NON MASONRY. SO FOR STAFF [00:15:01] RECOMMENDATION, UM, WHERE THIS DIFFERS, UH, NON MASONRY WOULD INCLUDE COMPOSITE ARCHITECTURAL PANELS AND OUR CLADDING SYSTEM. SO METAL, ALUMINUM WOOD OR STONE SIMULATED MATERIALS, NO STUCCO, ONLY ACRYLIC MATRIX OR SYNTHETIC PLASTER AND FIBER CEMENTED SIDING AS DEFINED BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE ONLY ALLOWED ABOVE EIGHT FEET. THE PERIMETER FACING ELEVATIONS WOULD BE 70% MASONRY WITH TWO MATERIALS, MINIMUM ONE BEING STONE, AND THAT REDUCED NUMBER IS TO ALLOW FOR THE ENHANCED PRODUCT WITHOUT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON THE APPLICANT. AND THEN THE SIDE AND REAR BUILDING ELEVATIONS WOULD BE 30% MASONRY WITH TWO MATERIALS, 70% NON MASONRY. THE BUILDING ELEVATION SIDES THAT ARE WITHIN 100 FEET OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE SHALL BE CONSIDERED FRONT PERIMETER ELEVATIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR, UM, THEIR VISUAL, UH, ACCESS. WE, THOSE WOULD BE HIGHLY VISIBLE AREAS. AND SO THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WOULD ALSO INCLUDE PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION WALL ARTICULATION, 30% TRANSPARENCY ON THE FIRST FLOOR TO DESIGN FEATURES ON FRONT ELEVATIONS AND TWO ROOF LINE VARIATION STYLES. HERE ARE ADDITIONAL BUILDING ELEVATION CONCEPTS FOR PROPOSED RETAIL. AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO, UH, DEVELOPMENT ATTACHED TO THESE. SO THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING ELEVATION CONCEPTS PER THE APPLICANT AND STAFF MA MASONRY WILL BE BRICKSTONE CASTSTONE AND ARCHITECTURAL CMU. UH, AGAIN, YOU SEE SOME OF THE SAME MATERIALS, UH, THAT WE'VE MENTIONED FOR OUR RETAIL ELEVATIONS AND THE SAME TYPES OF ARTICULATION DESIGN FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS. AND SO I WON'T READ THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT, UH, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO, UM, ADD SOME ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS, UH, TO THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL. SO THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES TABLES THAT COMPARE, UM, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR RETAIL SUBDISTRICT AND FOR MULTIFAMILY SUBDISTRICT. I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT WHAT I WILL DO IS FOCUS ON SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS. SO I MENTIONED THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ALL LAND USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A REDUCED LIST OF LAND USES, AND THEY ARE ALL LISTED HERE. IN ADDITION, WE ARE REQUIRING OR RECOMMENDING THAT A REQUIREMENT FOR A CUP BE, UM, INCLUDED FOR USES THAT HAVE A DRIVE-THROUGH. AND SO THE GOAL FOR THAT IS THAT IT WOULD, UH, ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN NATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHILE ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF THESE TYPES OF USES. IN ADDITION, THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED BY CUP, AND THAT IS PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE SETBACK, AND THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR STAFF. WE HAVE SOME ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE. AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH POWER LINES. UH, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE TIMING SO THAT THE LANDSCAPING WOULD BE INSTALLED AT THE TIME OF THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS ENHANCED ON DAY ONE AND THAT IT DOES NOT, UM, DELAY UNTIL A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. AND SO I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE TO DEFINE, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. SO WE HAVE, MAINTENANCE SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE PLANT MATERIAL IS INSTALLED PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND WATERED. SO THE NEXT SECTION IS FOR MULTIFAMILY SUBDISTRICT. UM, AGAIN, WITH LAND USES, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ALL USES PERMITTED IN MF DISTRICT AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT ONLY MULTIFAMILY AND OPEN SPACE BE INCLUDED AS USES ALLOWED BY WRIGHT. AND THEN FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT NO BUILDING PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED AND NO CONSTRUCTION SHALL COMMENCE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT UNTIL A MINIMUM, UH, BUILDING PERMIT FOR 4,000 SQUARE FOOT OR MORE OF RETAIL BUILDING HAS BEEN ISSUED. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PD, WE HAVE SOME CONTINGENCIES THAT DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THE SUMMARY OF IT IS THAT, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY COULD CONTINUE, BUT BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND GO VERTICAL, UM, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME COMMITMENT TO THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT FOR MINIMUM OFF STREET PARKING. I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING 1.5 SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT, UH, 30% MINIMUM TO BE COVERED PARKING OR CARPORTS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A LOWER PARKING MINIMUM OF 1.2 SPACES. AND THAT AGAIN, IS TO ENHANCE THE URBAN NATURE AND WALKABILITY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. WE [00:20:01] ARE ALSO, UH, PROPOSING EV CHARGING STATIONS WITH WOULD TALLY TO APPROXIMATELY 26 SPACES. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN OUR MORE RECENT PLAN DEVELOPMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY. AND THEN WE, WE'VE ALSO, UH, CONSIDERED RIDE SHARE AND WHERE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED AND HOW THAT WOULD BE SIGNED FOR OPEN SPACE STANDARDS. AGAIN, UM, THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THE 20%, UH, FOR MULTIFAMILY AND INCLUDING SWIMMING POOL, CLUBHOUSE AND DOG PARK STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, DETAILED, PROVIDES SOME MORE ADDITION, UH, TO INCLUDE ALL OUTDOOR AMENITY AREAS MAY BE COUNTED TOWARDS OPEN SPACE. SO THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION. ALL OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE AREAS MAY COUNT TOWARDS OPEN SPACE EXCEPT FOR PARKING ISLANDS AND LANDSCAPE AREAS, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE MEANINGFUL ACTIVE SPACES, A MINIMUM OF FIVE AMENITIES ARE REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST TWO WITH AT LEAST TWO CONSTRUCTED IN PHASE ONE. AND SO WE DO CALL OUT A LIST OF AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN TYPICALLY INCLUDED FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AS MENU OPTIONS. THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY APPROVE ADDITIONAL COMPARABLE AMENITIES IF THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED, UH, AT THE TIME OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO I'LL WALK THROUGH THE ZONING FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, THAT WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR ZONING CASES. AND THE FIRST IS WHETHER THE USE IS PERMITTED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE WILL BE APPROPRIATE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA CONCERN AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE GENERAL AREA AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE AGAIN FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 67. THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY ABUTS TO A PORTION OF THE STEWART BRANCH AND A PORTION OF THE RECENTLY APPROVED HERITAGE ON THE HILL RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THEREFORE, THE PROPERTY LENDS ITSELF TO USES THAT GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC ALONG THE FRONTAGE. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED LOCAL RETAIL ALONG THE HIGHWAY FRONTAGE WITH SF 10 AND THE PROPOSED RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT. HOWEVER, THE MULTIFAMILY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN EITHER ZONING DISTRICTS, AND SO THERE'S A REQUEST TO REZONE USING THE TOOL OF THE PD, WHICH WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. THE PROPOSED RETAIL USES ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE RETAIL SALES OF GOODS AND SERVICES THAT SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. UH, SIMILAR TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ALONG HIGHWAY 67, KIND OF EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RETAIL IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. AND THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY USES, UH, WOULD PROVIDE THE SUITABLE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE RETAIL, UH, ALONG THE FREEWAY FRONTAGE AND THE LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE COMP PLANS IS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. FACTOR NUMBER TWO, WHETHER THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND ANY OTHER EXISTING OR PROPOSED PLANS FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STREETS, WATER SUPPLIES, SANITARY SEWERS AND OTHER UTILITIES TO THE AREA. THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WILL ONLY BE ACCESSIBLE AGAIN ALONG THE FRONTAGE AND THAT, UM, WOULD BE SUBJECT TO TEXT APPROVAL AND REQUIREMENTS. THE CONCEPT PLAN DOES SHOW TWO ACCESS POINTS, AND THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE HIGHER TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. A FULL TIA WAS REQUIRED AND PROVIDED FOR THIS APPLICATION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 1,200 SQUARE FEET OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 67 AND WEST GREEN ROAD WITH A RAMP ACCESS ONTO HIGHWAY 67 ALONG THE LOWER MID HALF OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE WEST IS CURRENTLY VACANT. SO PER THE TIA, THE SIGNAL TIMING WOULD BE EVALUATED AND, UM, ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, RIGHT TURN DECELERATION LANES WOULD BE BE REQUIRED TO MEET TXDOT GUIDELINES. UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO INSTALL A RIGHT TURN DECELERATION LANE AT BOTH OF THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES. IF THE ZONING REQUEST IS APPROVED, THE DRIVEWAY LOCATIONS WOULD NEED TO BE MODIFIED SO THAT THE ENTIRE STORAGE LENGTH OF EACH OF THESE DECELERATION LANES IS CONSTRUCTED, UH, WITHIN THE FRONTAGE LENGTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. BOTH DRIVEWAYS AND DECELERATION LANES WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITH PHASE ONE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN C-H-I-S-D AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS NOTIFIED AND NO CONCERNS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED TO STAFF. SO FACTOR NUMBER THREE, THE AMOUNT OF VACANT LAND CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED FOR SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT IN THE VICINITY AND ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY. AND ANY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MAY MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF SUCH VACANT LAND UNAVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. THE ONLY LAND THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED, UH, FOR A SIMILAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE WITHIN PD 20 25 865, WHICH IS THE WEST MIDTOWN PD. AND THAT PD HAS APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS WAS A CITY INITIATED, UH, ZONING WITHIN THE UPTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND IT ALLOWED FOR THIS TYPE OF RETAIL RESIDENTIAL MIX OF USE IN A PEDESTRIAN DISTRICT WITH A A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL TYPES AND ARRAY [00:25:01] OF RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT USES. UH, IN THIS CASE, UM, FOR CONNECTIONS TO DOWNTOWN IN THE UPTOWN AREAS, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS MUCH SMALLER WITH NO PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. AND SO IT WOULD NOT, UH, HINDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST MIDTOWN PD. FACTOR NUMBER FOUR, THE RECENT RATE AT WHICH LAND IS BEING DEVELOPED IN THE SAME ZONING CLASSIFICATION AS THE REQUEST, PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE. THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT AN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT CASE FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SAME ZONING CLASSIFICATION AND THE MOST RECENT AND SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS ARE LISTED HERE ALONG WITH THEIR APPROVAL DATES. FACTOR NUMBER FIVE, HOW OTHER AREAS DESIGNATED FOR SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OR, OR ARE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS APPROVED. IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT UPON OTHER AREAS INTENDED FOR SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS AS LONG AS THEY OPERATE WITHIN THE PROPOSED PD REGULATIONS AND EXHIBITS PROVIDED IF THE ZONING CASE, UH, A ZONING REQUEST IS APPROVED. AND THEN FACTOR NUMBER SIX, ANY OTHER FACTORS WHICH WILL SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, OR GENERAL WELFARE. THIS PD WILL NOT IMPACT THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY, MORALS OR GENERAL WELFARE. SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA'S REGIONAL CENTER AND IT QUOTES, IT SAYS, INTENDED FOR MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENTS ALONG HIGHWAY 67 AND LOOP NINE. THEY SERVE AS RE REGIONAL DESTINATIONS FOR RETAIL HOSPITALS, CORPORATE CAMPUSES, OFFICE BUILDINGS, AND SIMILAR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. HOUSING, ART AND CUL ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT USES MAY BE FOUND IN A MANNER THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE TO THESE BUSINESSES. THE CONSERVATION GROWTH MAP PROVIDES GUIDANCE WITH ZONING DECISIONS. AND SO THOSE ARE LISTED HERE AND INCLUDE, UH, THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ONE OF THE LAST UNDEVELOPED LARGE PARCELS OF LAND ALONG HIGHWAY 67 DESIGNATED AS REGIONAL CENTER. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL CONCEPT OF REGIONAL CENTER BY PROVIDING RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES ALONG HIGHWAY 67 WITH MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING SITUATED BEHIND THE RETAIL. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE FUTURE CITY'S OUTER LOOP CORE TRAIL BY PROVIDING AN EASEMENT ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WILL ALSO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS TO THE FUTURE VE WEB TRAIL FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS. IF THE PD IS APPROVED, IT SHOULD BE WITH THE ATTACHED STANDARDS AND EXHIBITS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES. STAFF WAS INFORMED THAT THE APPLICANT COMMUNICATED WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. NO FEEDBACK FROM THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE, UM, NO FEEDBACK WAS PROVIDED. AND SO THAT EMAIL IS INCLUDED HERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE PER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. UM, THE NEWSPAPER NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE RAMBLER, TEXAS MEDIA ON SATURDAY MAY 30TH, 2026, EIGHT. PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED WITHIN 200 FEET. WE ALSO SENT A COURTESY NOTE NOTICE TO THE WOODED CREEK ESTATES, HOA AND AS OF 5:00 PM TODAY, NO LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON JUNE 16TH, 2026. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 6 0 0 SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXHIBITS HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS PRESENTATION. AND THEY INCLUDE LIMITING THE ALLOWED USES IN BOTH THE RETAIL AND MULTI-FAMILY SUBDISTRICTS RATHER THAN ALLOWING ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THOSE DISTRICTS REQUIRING RETAIL WITH PHASE ONE RETAIL STANDARDS, MULTI-FAMILY STANDARDS AND PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION DIRECTION. AS OF THE PNZ MEETING ON JUNE 16TH, 2026, STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE ATTACHED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXHIBITS. ON JULY 3RD, 2026, STAFF RECEIVED OBJECTION OBJECTIONS FROM THE APPLICANT ON ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS DUE TO THIS POSITION. STAFF AMENDS THE RECOMMENDATION TO DENIAL IN RESPONSE TO THE APPLICANT'S CURRENT OBJECTIONS FOR COUNSEL. CONSIDERATION. DENIAL PER AMENDED STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, RECOMMENDED. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. BUT WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, UH, DIRECTOR SELF. UM, I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND IF COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, GOOD EVENING. UM, WHERE DO I START? GOOD EVENING, PARTNER. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD. UH, GIVE YOUR NAME AND UH, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GREAT. REGINALD JENNINGS, UH, 2075 SOUTH OF ORCHARD LANE. [00:30:02] YEAH, AND UM, I, I THINK AT THIS POINT THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN UP, OH, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION UP? MM-HMM. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT, NO PROBLEM. YEAH, NO, THAT'S FINE. I GUESS YOU, YOU GOT THE FLOOR? SURE. THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN COUNCIL, UH, DEFINITELY HEARING US OUT AT THIS POINT. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE ORIGINAL, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A COUPLE OF DISAGREEMENTS AS FAR AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, INTERACTING IN ONE OF THE FIRST ONES. UH, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE MAIN ONE WAS THE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WAS REQUIRING THE PERMITING ON THE FIRST PHASE. WE WERE INITIALLY TRYING TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT ON THE SECOND PHASE, THEREFORE IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US TO MOVE THE ROOFTOPS GOING FORWARD, PARLAYING INTO THE TYPE OF GRADING THAT WE'RE USING. WE HAVE A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY. EVERYTHING'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY PROPOSED THROUGH OUR TIA REPORT, WHICH WE DID, UH, GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT. AND TIA DID ACCEPT, UH, THE ACTUAL INTEREST ENTRANCE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING. UH, SO AS FAR AS THE PROJECT IS CONCERNED, INITIALLY, IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK A COUPLE OF SLIDES BACK ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING, THAT WAS A THIRD LEVEL PROPERTY THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO, UH, SUBMIT THEIR PD HOWEVER THEY WITHDREW, UH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD'VE GIVEN US ADDITIONAL SIDE ACCESS FOR A FUTURE ROAD THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. UM, SO REALISTICALLY WE WOULD'VE HAD ADDITIONAL, BUT WE HAD TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE TIA REPORT BASED ON THE ACTIVE MEASURE THAT WAS THERE. AND THE TIA REPORT ACTUALLY SAID THAT WE ZONED EVERYTHING AND WE FILED IT ALL WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NTTA AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE BUILDING ITSELF, AND I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THAT WE WERE SAYING ABOUT THE REQUIRING OF THE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS IF INDEED THAT IT WAS, UH, PROPOSED OR AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ACCEPTING WITHIN THE, UH, INITIAL APPLICATION, THEN IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE TURNING IN AND WE'RE SUBMITTING OUR PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS, WE'RE HAVING OUR ACTUAL OVERALL ACCEPTANCE OF ALL THE PLANS THAT ARE THERE. NO ONE EVER MADE THE RECOMMENDATION UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO APPROVE SAYING THAT IT WAS REQUIRED TO PUT A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, PERMITTED BUILDING ON OUR SITE PLAN. ONE THAT WILL ALSO DRIVE UP. AND YOU BEING AN ENGINEERING SHOULD KNOW WHAT REQUIRE A LOT OF PRE-COST DEVELOPMENT OF, OF AT LEAST 95 TO $110,000 ADDITIONAL, UH, JUST TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PERMIT SITE APPROVED AND SUBMITTED TO YOU GUYS FOR THE APPROVAL. AND AGAIN, THAT TYPE OF, UH, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IS THE REASON, THE MAIN REASON WHY WE PUSHED BACK ONE ADDITIONAL COST MEASURES TWO, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS MADE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY, UH, WENT TO THE APPROVAL. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO PRESENT IT. THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE SAID WAS, YOU KNOW, THE CHAPTER 2 45 OF THE STATE LEGISLATOR PRETTY MUCH GIVES THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO THE STAGING OF DEVELOPMENT TO THE ACTUAL DEVELOPER AND NOT NECESSARILY TO THE PLANNERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UH, WORKING THE STAGES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAW ITSELF, COULD, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT PART AGAIN? SURE. YES, SIR. CHAPTER 2 45 IS THE, UH, UH, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT ACTUALLY GIVES STAGING, IT ALSO GIVES DEVELOPMENT, UH, FLOW, AND IT ALSO GIVES THE ACTUAL WRITTEN REQUIREMENT UP FOR THE DEVELOPER TO ACTUALLY DO. NOW IT'D BE DIFFERENT IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS UPON, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE FIRST HAD THIS. AND AGAIN, MIND YOU, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN 2024. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SO LONG WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SUBMIT A SECOND APPLICATION, UH, GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, ORDINANCES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE ADJUSTMENTS WERE NECESSARY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT THROUGH DILIGENT SERVICES, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE TEAM, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY TRY TO WORK, UH, WITHIN THE MEASURES THAT WERE ACTUALLY ASKED OF US FROM THE BEGINNING. FIRST ONE IS TO KIND OF GIVE WHAT, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, AN URBAN STYLE DEVELOPMENT. WE LIKE TO KIND OF JOKINGLY CALL IT G BECAUSE IT'S GARDEN STYLE WITH AN URBAN FEEL. UM, BUT THE THING IS, WE AGREED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE FOUR STORIES ALONG THE FRONTAGE TO GIVE IT THAT URBAN LOOK, WHICH WAS FINE FOR US, AND THEY AGREED TO WHERE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THE THREE STORIES ON THE BACK END, UH, WHICH ARE TYPICAL, UH, IN TEXAS. HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF MASONRY. WE HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF, UH, URBAN FIELD THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PRO, UH, PROPERTY ITSELF. AND I GUESS THE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE FLOW WOULD BE, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY CONDUCIVE WITH WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY. LIKE I TRIED TO EXPLAIN ONCE BEFORE, [00:35:01] WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH PZ, WE'RE NOT DENYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE, THE, UH, COMMERCIAL PIECE. WE'RE JUST SAYING THIS IS THE ORDER THAT WE WANTED TO DO IT IN. AND INSTEAD OF, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY DOING THE COMMERCIAL LAST, WE AT LEAST WANTED TO PUT EVERYBODY AT EASE AND SAY, AT LEAST ALLOW US TO GET THROUGH OUR FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS THE FIRST 300 UNITS, AND, AND PRIOR TO GETTING, UH, APPROVAL ON THE SECOND, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, COMPROMISE AND DO THE, UH, 4,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, 4,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT'S DEDICATED TO COMMERCIAL. I THINK THE THING IS COMPROMISE, I THINK IS THE MAIN THEME THAT WE PRETTY MUCH TRY TO, UH, HAVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UH, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY WORK ABOUT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE BACKED OUT OF, OR AT LEAST TRIED TO CHALLENGE, UH, AGAIN, WAS BASED ON ORDINANCES. BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT A PD, WHEN YOU'RE DOING A PD ACTUALLY ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE SOME OF THE VARIANCES THAT ARE THERE AS STATED BY, UH, BY PLANNING AND ZONING THAT THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER. WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE NEXT URBAN KIND OF AREA THAT'S GIVING US A WALKABLE USAGE, THAT'S USUALLY A LARGER PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ADDISON CIRCLE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FRISCO SQUARE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CERTAIN AREAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO MIMIC, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST 50 ACRES AND ABOVE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WALKABILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THOSE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ONE THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT AT MIDTOWN, THAT WAS 40 ACRES, THIS ONE'S 29. SO UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AND WE'RE ALSO DELIVERING ON THE PROMISES TO BRING IN, UH, NOT ONLY THE, UH, THE RETAIL PIECE, BUT AGAIN, THE MIXED USE OF IT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE ACTUAL UNITS ON THE APARTMENTS THEMSELVES. WE DID NOT WANNA GO HIGH DENSITY. WE DID, UH, DO EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL WAS RECOMMENDING, WHICH WAS KEEPING THEM AT MARKET RATE, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DID EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY COULD TO BRING YOU, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, A VERY HIGH-END PRODUCT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING, UH, CAN, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY GO WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF CONTESTANT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I ALWAYS SAY TO THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO, I GUESS, COMPROMISE WITH, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO TO WORK WITH IT. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE SAID PHASE TWO. I CAN MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THE, THE PERMIT APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE PERMITTING FOR THE FIRST 4,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. BUT THAT HELPS US IN PHASES, NOT NECESSARILY OFF THE, UH, OFF THE INITIAL, UH, MOVE. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING HOW WE'RE BUILDING IT, IT'S BACK TO FRONT, NOT FRONT TO BACK. SO IN REALITY, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE PUTTING THE COMMERCIAL IN LAST BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE DESTROYING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING RUNNING TO THE BACK IF WE DO THE COMMERCIAL FIRST. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE INTEGRITY IS. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU ALSO, UH, HAVE HEARD THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING IS NOT NECESSARILY THINGS THAT WE CANNOT COMPROMISE ON THE STUCCO. UH, WE DID NOT CHALLENGE AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL IS CONCERNED. WE ARE WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND WORK ON THE MASONRY CHANGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED AS FAR AS THE, UH, COMMERCIAL ZONING IS, IS, UH, IS STATED WHAT THE FEW CHANGES THAT WE CONSIDER THAT ARE A PRIORITY. FOR AN EXAMPLE, THE HEADS IN PARKING SPACE, THIS IS ACTUALLY TALKING INSIDE THE COMPLEX ITSELF. STATE STANDARD HAS IT AT NINE BY 18. THAT'S THE ACTUAL STANDARD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHERE STAFF IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OF NINE, UH, NINE BY 29 BY 20 IS WHEN IT'S 600 UNITS AND ABOVE, NOT 600 UNITS AND BELOW. SO TO ME, THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE WERE SAYING WE'RE 550. SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IT WITHIN THE ACTUAL STANDARDS. BUT IF WE WERE 600 UNITS AND ABOVE, THEN YES, I CAN UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHERE THE NINE BY 18, I MEAN NINE BY 20 WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT SINCE WE'RE UNDERNEATH THAT NUMBER, WE JUST WANT TO USE WHAT'S IN THE STATE STANDARD THEMSELVES. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MANDATORY EV CHARGING, UH, SPACES. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE SAYING DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT RECENTLY THAT THEY WERE DOING IT ONE EVERY 25, UH, SPACES, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE ORDINANCES THAT WILL PREVENT US FROM TURNING IN ONE PER EVERY 100 STA UH, STAGES, UH, SPACE, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PARKING SPACES ARE AROUND. SO AGAIN, THE EV PURCHASES HAVE NOT, YOU [00:40:01] KNOW, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY DICTATE EXACTLY HOW WE'RE, UH, MOVING THESE SPACES ALONG, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S A COMPROMISABLE, UH, SITUATION IF NECESSARY, BUT NOT A FLAT OUT DENIAL. THEN, UH, AGAIN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNIT MIX WAS ACCURATELY STATED, AND FOR US, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE MINIMUM, UH, AMOUNT OF THE CARPORTS TO 20%, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE MAXIMUM, UH, AMOUNT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM LEVELS. SO IT'S A FEW POINTS THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TRULY WORK OUT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY RESCIND THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. UH, BUT WHEN WE SIT BACK AND SAY THAT WE'RE FLAT OUT NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE, I THINK IS A, IS A BIT MUCH. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF THE QUALITY STANDARDS THAT ARE THERE, ANOTHER ONE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CU STRUCTURAL SOIL, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S THERE IS MAINLY STUFF THAT YOU SEE IN THE, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IT'S NOT EVEN STUFF THAT YOU REALLY SEE AROUND TEXAS. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, STAFF REQUIRES A PARKING LANDSCAPE TO BE FILLED WITH STRUCTURAL SOIL AND ENGINEERING SYSTEM DEVELOPED AT CORNELL. AND THIS IS JUST SOME, A A BRIEF POINT SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM. THEN IT SAYS THE SUBURBAN PARKING ISLAND WITH ADEQUATE TOPSOIL, DEATH, PROPER DRAINAGE. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TYPE OF TOPSOIL THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, IT'S NOT EVEN FOREIGN TO THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO I WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO IMPORT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING IN. SO ALL I'M SAYING IS WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, SMALLER IDEAS THAT WE'RE BUTTING HEADS WITH, IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO STOP THE ACTUAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROJECT, AGAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HIGH END, UH, DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IT WAS ASKED FOR. WE GIVE A, YOU KNOW, BRIEF ENLIGHTENMENT OF WHO I AM AGAIN, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MANAGING PARTNERS THAT ARE, IS MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. TITAN FIDELITY IS THE OVERALL COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY OWNS, UH, J ELMORE NORTH. AND AS FAR AS OUR, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE BUILD IN THE COMMUNITY. ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, AND I THINK WHERE A LOT OF PO FOLKS MAY GET, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OF MISCONCEPTION IS THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUILDING AND DEVELOPING. AND INITIALLY WE BROUGHT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT STANCES WHERE WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT CAN ACTUALLY GO VERTICAL FOR A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS, BUT IN REALITY, UH, WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO BRING IN A SOLID, YOU KNOW, PRODUCT ACROSS THE BOARD. UH, AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT THE SITE VICINITY MAP IS, U UNIT AND URBAN MIX, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AND I APPRECIATE MISS SELF FOR THE DELIVERY. THIS GIVES THE OVERALL PLA AND STRUCTURE FROM THE VISUAL SITE PLAN TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? BUT WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE GATEWAY VILLAGES, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL APARTMENT COMPLEX ITSELF. AND THEN WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE WALKABILITY, UH, AND A LOT OF WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF US AS A DEVELOPER TO BRING IN VERY URBAN STYLE RETAIL, WE WILL DO SO, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT, BUT I DO ASK TO DO IT IN PARTICULAR. ORDER FIRST PHASE WILL ACTUALLY HELP US TO GO AHEAD AND START BRINGING IN GRAVITATING TO THE RIGHT POOL TO GET FOLKS TO COME IN. BUT ONCE WE GET READY TO GIVE YOU THAT PERMITTED BUILDING, THE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT THAT'S IN BETWEEN THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL 250 UNITS, ONCE WE ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND GET THAT BUILDING PERMITTED, WE'LL BE GUARANTEED TO BE ON THE BOARD TO BRING FOLKS FORWARD AND BRING IN THE TYPE OF URBAN STYLE AND URBAN LIFESTYLE THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. ONE THING THAT I AM VERY HONEST AND VERY URGING WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY, WE ARE TAKING ON ONE OF THE LARGEST, UH, PIECES OF LAND THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE TALKED TO OTHER NEIGHBORING AREAS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY TYPE OF, UH, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, COMMITMENT WITH THEIR PROPERTIES. AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE TOOL THAT'S ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, FOUR AND A HALF ACRES, AND THAT HE MAY CONSIDER TO SELL AS WELL, WHICH WILL ALSO GIVE US MORE CARRY OVER FOR THE ACTUAL, UH, FUTURE GROWTH OF THE RETAIL SIDE OF IT ALL. THEN THIS IS WHAT THE TYPICAL APARTMENTS WILL LOOK LIKE. YOU'RE LOOKING, LOOKING AT THE GAME ROOM CENTERS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL WORKSPACES WHERE IF YOU WORK FROM HOME, YOU'LL HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN COME THROUGH AND SIT DOWN, UH, AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE VIRTUAL OFFICES THAT ARE NECESSARY WELL LIT, UH, PATHWAYS AGAIN. AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, AND EXCUSE ME, AMENITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY INSIDE THERE. THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT TYPICAL FOUR STORY FRONT LOOKS LIKE WITH US. YOU'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, THE KITCHEN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUSINESS CENTERS, YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, AGAIN, [00:45:01] LOCAL SEATED AREAS THAT WILL GIVE EVERYBODY THE STRONG, YOU KNOW, URBAN CONCEPT THAT THEY SEE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO BRING A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT TO THE CITY, UH, CITY, EXCUSE ME, CITY OF CEDAR HILL. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE CHANGING, OR THE FEW THINGS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR COMPROMISE IS NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTROL COMPLETELY OF THE PROJECT AND THE PROCESS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SENSE FAVORABLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT MOVES IN A GOOD ENOUGH SPACE. WE PUT TOGETHER A SOLID PROJECT, WE DO CONSISTENT PLANNING, AND WE WANT TO NOT ONLY BE A NEIGHBOR, UH, IN THE CEDAR CITY, UH, CEDAR HILL, BUT WE WANNA CONSISTENTLY DEVELOP HERE. I'VE TAKEN A NUMBER OF RIDES AROUND THE CITY. I'VE SEEN MORE PLACES THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OUR PRESENCE. THIS IS NOT THE ONE AND ONLY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEEK TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING OUR BEST TO BE A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE CAN, UH, WE CREATE THIS PARTNERSHIP MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. BEFORE I GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, I WANT TO CLARIFY JUST A FEW THINGS. SURE. UM, AND I'M NOT DELIBERATING, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, BUT I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY CHAPTER 2 45 STAGING. AM I USING THE WRONG WORD? DID YOU SAY STAGING? WELL, NO, NO, NO, NOT ST WHEN I SAY STAGING, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL, UH, THE DEVELOPER SEQUENCING, HOW PHASING, PHASING OUT. CORRECT. GOT IT. OKAY. YEAH. WELL, WHEN I, WHEN I LOOKED IT UP, IT, IT WAS PHASING. WHEN I, WHEN I HEAR STAGING, I'M THINKING LIKE, NO, PHASING, MY APOLOGIES, GOT IN CONSTRUCTION, STAGING MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. UM, AND THEN I GUESS IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD THEN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE A YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS MEETING IS MOVING FORWARD. SO WHEN I HEAR THE WORD COMPROMISE, ARE YOU SAYING, UM, YOU SAYING YOU ARE WILLING TO COMPROMISE WITH THE CITY OR YOU SAYING THE CITY IS NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE WITH YOU? NO. WHEN YOU SAY COMPROMISE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. WELL, FROM WHAT IS BEING SAID IS THAT, THAT I STILL HAD SOME CHALLENGES THAT I WAS OPPOSING, AND IT'S NOT THAT AN IMPOSE MEAN THAT WE CAN'T BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY TO BRING FORTH WHAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I'M ASKING IS JUST AS A DEVELOPER ITSELF, IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP EVERYTHING ALIGNED AS FAR AS BUSINESS AND PROTOCOLS TYPICALLY ARE. THAT'S IT. GOT IT. AND YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU, UH, TYPICALLY WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT APPLICATION COMES THROUGH THE CITY TO THE COUNCIL, WE DON'T HAVE THIS MANY OF, OF ITEMS TO CONSIDER FROM, FROM STAFF. SO DO WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO NOT CONTINUE DELIBERATING THIS PROCESS AND YOU WANNA GO BACK AND WORKING WITH STAFF, OR ARE YOU READY FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND DELIBERATE? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, I, I'M CLEAR ON WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. IN REALITY, THIS PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ARE THE SAME POINTS, I GUESS, THAT WE'VE BEEN ARGUING. NOT NECESSARILY ARGUING, BUT ACTUALLY GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR THE LAST ALMOST 18 MONTHS. IN REALITY, WE KIND OF KEPT OUR SAME STAFFS STANCE. THE STAFF KIND OF KEPT THEIR SAME STANCE AT THE SAME TIME. SO I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS ACCEPTED, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE MOVING FORWARD. WE REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH OF ANYTHING THAT WE PUT IN HERE EXCEPT A COUPLE OF TWEAKS HERE AND THERE. OKAY. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE WERE SOMETHING THAT I HEARD THAT EVENING BASED ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WE ALREADY RESOLVED. AGAIN, BECAUSE OF WE FILED A PD THAT VARIANCE IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, WHICH IS CONTROL OF THAT PD. SO FOR US, IT JUST MORE OR LESS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING CONSISTENTLY AND CONSECUTIVELY WITH WHAT THE CITY AND STAFF IS ASKING FOR. SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WOULD PROBABLY STILL WANNA MOVE FORWARD ONLY BECAUSE THE POSITION AND THE STANCE THAT WE HAVE IS THE SAME POSITION AND STANCE THAT WE'VE CONTINUED UP UNTIL THIS RECENT APPROVAL. SO NOW BEING ABLE TO HEAR A DENIAL, OR AT LEAST THE RECOMMENDATION, NOT NECESSARILY ACCEPTANCE FOR A DENIAL, IS KIND OF COMING OFF BASIS FOR ME. THE ONLY THING THAT I KNOW THAT I TYPICALLY WANTED TO AT LEAST, UH, MAKE MY TRUE CHALLENGE ON WAS THE ACTUAL PHASING ITSELF. ASKING FOR FIRST PHASE TO BE APPROVED AND THEN WE CAN DO THE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR THE COMMERCIAL, UH, PERMITTING IN ORDER TO GET ENGAGED WITH THE LAST 250. THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD TRULY ANY TYPE OF, UH, ANY TYPE OF, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, UH, BUMPING OF THE HEADS, SO TO SPEAK. OUTSIDE OF THAT, I TALK ABOUT THE PERMITTING AS FAR AS THE PARKING SPACES, [00:50:01] THAT'S A MINUTE THING. UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S USUALLY 600 UNITS AND ABOVE, NOT FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY. WE KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD IS. WE ALMOST, WE ALMOST THERE, BUT YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I JUST DIDN'T WANNA GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING. SURE. UM, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, ONCE I GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING, THEN IT'S OFFICIAL, SO. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. WELL, A, ALLOW ME TO GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN IF COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK UP. YOU CAN SIT DOWN. THANK . ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND COUNSEL, GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO, SORRY. WHAT CASE NUMBER IS THIS? UH, PD 7 8 7 2026. ANYONE WHO WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PD 7 87 2026. AGAIN, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PD 7 87 2026. DO THIS APPEAR? WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY APPROACHING. GOOD EVENING, SIR. UH, IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THE ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JARED BANKS 900, UH, APPLEWOOD DRIVE. UM, I LIKE THE WAY IT SOUNDS. I THINK THAT IT'LL REALLY HELP THAT AREA AND LOOK AT IT, IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A BLIGHT TO ME WHEN I, WHEN I DRIVE PAST AND I'M, AS I'M GETTING ONTO 67. I LIKE THE MIXED USE OF THE MATERIALS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT WOULD GIVE AN URBAN LOOK THAT WOULD BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. UM, AND, UH, YEAH, I REALLY LIKED HOW THEY PUT IT TOGETHER. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE, THE PARKING, THAT THAT SHOULDN'T REALLY BE AN ISSUE TO ME. REALLY. HE'S, HE BROKE IT DOWN AND THE SOIL, I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT NATIVE DETECTIVE, SO THAT SHOULDN'T, SHOULDN'T REALLY BE A BIG DEAL TO ME AS A CITIZEN LISTENING TO, UH, WHAT HE HAD PROPOSED. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE IN FAVOR, CORRECT? YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER PD 7 87 2026. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PD 7 87 2026. ONE FINAL TIME. ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO PD 7 87 2026? NOT SEE ANYONE APPROACH. I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I THINK I SEE A COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEN WATERS FROM DESOTO. GOOD EVENING, SIR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. IS THAT YOUR BRIDE NEXT TO YOU? I GOT A GLARE. SO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING CEDAR HILLS COUNCIL MEETING. UM, SO, UM, COUNCIL, UM, ALLOW ME TO KIND OF GIVE SOME BACKGROUND 'CAUSE IT'S EASY TO COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING, UM, SEE SOME PICTURES, YOU KNOW, VERY NICE DESIGN, BUT NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, A LOT OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THE BACKGROUND. UM, IN 2022, WE ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TOOK ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. IF YOU RECALL, WITHIN THAT TWO YEARS WAS ACTUALLY COVID. UH, SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF OUR, UH, CITIZENS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS DURING COVID. UM, WE HAD TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, DISTANCING AND BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE SAFE. UM, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF WORK THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I BELIEVE I REMEMBER COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM GLOVER, UH, PRIOR TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS WAS CHALLENGING, UH, STAFF AND COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO ENHANCE OUR DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL. THAT WAS NOT JUST FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED OUR COMMERCIAL. UM, I TIPPED MY HAT TO, UH, PRO TIM GLOVER BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T, SINCE THE 2008, UH, YOU KNOW, RECESSION, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A WHOLE LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS GOING ON IN CEDAR HILL. SO WHAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO WHENEVER YOU HAVE A DOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, A SLOW, UH, AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS OF DEVELOPMENT? BEST THING TO DO IS BE ABLE TO GO INTO PLANNING. SO WE PLANNED, WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, DID A WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ACTUALLY GOT AN AWARD FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, NATIONAL AWARD. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY PROUD OF THAT RECOMMENDATION. UM, AS IT RELATES TOWARDS THE PD, UM, YOU KNOW, A PD GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT TO ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE ENHANCEMENTS IN AMENITIES AND ET CETERA. UM, I THINK I'VE SHARED WITH THE, WITH THE DEVELOPER, THE APPLICANT ONCE BEFORE, UH, PROBABLY MORE, MORE THAN A, A YEAR OR SO AGO, PRIOR TO ME BECOMING A MAYOR, THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS, UH, DEVELOPED, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MIXED USE. THAT DEVELOPER SAID SAME THING, YOU KNOW, GAVE, GAVE [00:55:01] A PROMISE. UM, I, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL APPROVED IT. IT WAS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT I THINK, UH, WAS BUILT IN 2016 2017. COUNCIL, IF YOU, UH, IF YOU RECALL, UM, 10 YEARS LATER, WE STILL DON'T HAVE RETAIL IN FRONT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. OKAY? THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS SINCE BEEN SOLD, THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT HAS SINCE BEEN SOLD. THE NEW OWNER HAS NO IDEA THAT HE PURCHASED A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, HAS NO INTENTIONS OF BUILDING RETAIL IN FRONT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. SO COUNCIL, I KNOW THERE'S SOME NEW MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL THAT MAY NOT BEEN AROUND SINCE 2016, 2017. I CAME IN AS MAYOR IN 2019. I'M HEARING MY CONSTITUENTS, MY CONSTITUENTS ARE TIRED OF HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE WHEN I HEAR THAT WE WANT MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE THAN WHEN WE SAY WE WANT MIXED USE, WE WANT MIXED USE. NOW, DEVELOPER SAYS HE'S COMPLYING WITH THE MIXED USE, BUT THIS MAYOR IS SAYING, I'M NOT GONNA PROVIDE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITHOUT MY RETAIL DEVELOPMENT BEING IN PHASE ONE. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND AS IT RELATES TO COMPROMISING, UH, I DID, THERE HAS BEEN ANY, THERE'S BEEN MANY DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, COUNCIL HAS APPROVED WITH THE SAME STANDARDS. SO I FEEL LIKE I'M, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS PRETTY CONSISTENT AND THAT DEVELOPMENT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE ASKED STAFF MULTIPLE TIMES, CAN I PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RETAIL IN PHASE ONE? AND I HAVE NOT BUDGED. SO I, I DON'T WANT TO SEEM, UM, LIKE I'M FAVORING ONE AND NOT THE OTHER. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ANY APPLICANT THAT COMES BEFORE US. AND I THINK STAFF IS SIMPLY JUST, UM, MEETING THE COUNCIL DESIRES WHENEVER THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OR AN APPLICANT COMING FORWARD. SO COUNCIL, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT. UM, WHENEVER AN APPLICANT COMES TO US, UH, THE PREVIOUS MAYOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT APPLICANT, THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED, THE RETAIL IS STILL, IT'S A NICE DEVELOPMENT, BUT RETAIL WAS NOT, UM, WAS NOT EVER DEVELOPED. IT'S A NEW OWNERSHIP. THEY HAVE NO INTENTION TO MOVE FORWARD AND OUR HANDS ARE TIED. WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THEREFORE, COUNSEL, THAT IS MY DESIRE. I STILL STAND FORWARD WITH MOVING WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT POINT, AND I HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY, BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS, I SEE YOU HAVE THE LIGHT ON. YEAH. UM, DIRECTOR SELF, IF, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO, UM, THIS, THIS SITE IS ZONED A PART OF ITS ZONE RETAIL? YES SIR. SO WITH ITS RETAIL ZONING, HOW MANY SQUARE FEET, IF IT STAYED RETAIL, HOW MANY SQUARE FEET, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY BE DEVELOPED ON THE SITE? SO I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER FOR YOU ON SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT THE RETAIL PORTION IS EIGHT ACRES. AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE EIGHT ACRES AVAILABLE FOR RETAIL. SO THAT COULD BE EASILY A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. THAT COULD BE VARIOUS FORMATS, EASILY A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET POSSIBLY, YOU ARE ALLOWED UP TO FOUR STORIES. SO YOU COULD HAVE ATORY BUILDING ON THAT. RIGHT. AND MAYOR, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TWIST. SO, AND, AND, UH, THE NEGATIVE ABOUT BEING AROUND HER WHILE WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE REZONED THE ENTIRE CITY AND WE TOOK OUT A TON OF RETAIL ZONING ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND, UH, PLACED IT ON OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, HIGHWAY 67 13 82 PREDOMINANTLY. AND THOSE, UH, AREAS OF RETAIL ARE LIMITED AND RESTRICTED. AND SO WHEN WE MOVE AWAY FROM THAT RETAIL ZONING, IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT LONG-TERM FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE CITY BECAUSE OF ITS, UH, BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS ACTIONS TAKEN. AND SO FOR ME, WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE CHAFING AT 4,000 SQUARE FEET, FOR ME, THIS SITE WAS ORIGINALLY, I'M ENVISIONING SOMETHING FAR GREATER THAN THAT. AND, UM, AND I THINK TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPACTS FOR THIS CITY IN THE FUTURE. AND I NOTICED WHEN YOU WERE REFERRING TO THIS, UM, ITS SITE, ON THIS SITE NOW, MANY, UH, MANY SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL COULD BE DEVELOPED REGIONAL, UH, REGIONAL [01:00:01] CENTER, HOSPITAL, CORPORATE CAMPUS OFFICE, AND ALL THOSE THINGS. AND, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, THAT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT YOU ENVISION. AND AT THAT, THAT RETAIL ZONING, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS I'M ENVISIONING. AND I ALSO MAYOR LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS, AND I'M NOT HEARING A LOT OF PEOPLE CLAMMING FOR APARTMENTS, BUT I DO HEAR PEOPLE CLAMORING, AS YOU MENTIONED, FOR HIGHER END CER, HIGHER END FACILITIES, AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. AND SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME, THIS PARTICULAR SITE. AND I, THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY. THANK YOU, UH, DIRECTOR SELF, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, UM, I JUST WANNA KIND OF CLARIFY, 'CAUSE YOU GAVE A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION, UH, SO IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN LOST, BUT, UH, THIS CASE WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU RECOMMENDED APPROVAL DURING PLANNING AND ZONING AFTER PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED THAT. UM, THEN I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THE APPLICANT SAYS, OH, WAIT A MINUTE. THANK YOU P AND Z FOR APPROVING THIS, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH ALL YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THEREFORE, NOW YOU'RE SAYING SINCE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UM, SINCE THE APPLICANT IS SAYING HE DON'T AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT P AND Z HAD APPROVED, THEREFORE THAT'S WHY THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS FOR DENIAL. SO I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE DENYING, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT, IT'S JUST THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE A WEEK AGO OR TWO WEEKS AGO FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING CHANGED FROM DENIAL. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. UM, COUNCILWOMAN AZI. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I THINK I'LL START WITH, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'VE, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR YOU DIRECT YOURSELF, THIS IS MY GENERAL COMMENTS, BUT, UH, HAVING OVER 18 YEARS OF, UM, LARGE SCALE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN MY BACKGROUND. AND SO I AM SENSITIVE TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, OUR APPLICANT IS SAYING, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE STAGING AND HOW THE FUNDING HAPPENS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AND HOW IT CAN COST A PROJECT. SO LET ME SAY FIRST I UNDERSTAND, UM, YOUR, UM, THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PHASING, UM, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, WHY IT COULD CRIPPLE YOUR PROJECT AND MAKE IT FINANCIALLY, UM, UNATTAINABLE UNLESS YOU WANTED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES. I TOTALLY GET THAT. UM, THEN THERE'S THE, THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, AND WE, AND WE DO NOT TO COUNCILMAN, UM, SIM'S POINT, HAVE A SHORTAGE OF INTEREST, UM, IN BUILDING MULTIFAMILY. WE'VE JUST BEEN ABLE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE, WE'VE POSITIONED WELL WHERE WE CAN WAIT UNTIL THE RIGHT THING COMES ALONG. AND SO I DON'T THINK, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, BUT I, I, I THINK THAT IT'S NOT THE, THE, THE, THE PROJECT, THE QUALITY DESIGN, ANY OF THOSE, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, IT'S JUST THAT, UM, MANY OF US HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AND I'VE ONLY BEEN ON, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL LESS THAN FOUR YEARS, BUT I WAS ONE, ONE OF THE MAYOR APPOINTED CITIZEN LIAISONS FOR THIS COMP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS LATEST ONE, WHICH REITERATED THAT WHAT WE WANT AS A VISION, OUR VISION FOR HIGHWAY 67 IS RETAIL. AND SO WHAT IS BEFORE US NOW IS DO WE GO AGAINST WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING AND DESIGNING AND OUR FUTURE VISION FOR A PROJECT THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD PROJECT, BUT IN THE, AGAIN, COMING FROM, UH, A DEVELOPER STANCE, KNOWING THAT THERE IS A POINT WHERE WE LOSE CONTROL OVER IF THAT RETAIL ACTUALLY HAPPENS, AND THEN WE'RE SORT OF STUCK IN THE SAME SITUATION AGAIN. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THE PHASING, UM, REALLY CAME INTO THE COMMUNICATION BECAUSE IT'S A PART OF OUR LONG TERM VISION. SO WE'RE ASKING OF YOU, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ASKING OF US, UM, EACH TO GIVE UP. AND SO THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. AND FOR ME, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, JUST THE, THE, THE PLAN IS A GOOD PLAN. THE DESIGN'S A GOOD DESIGN, BUT FOR US AND OUR LONG-TERM VISION FOR WHAT WE WANT THE CITY TO LOOK LIKE, UM, IT'S GOTTA HAVE SOME RETAIL FOR ME TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT. UM, AND WAS THERE SOME, OH, AND, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF MY POSITION. THANK YOU, UH, PRO TIM GLOVER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GO IN THE DIFFERENT DIRECTION JUST SLIGHTLY. UM, [01:05:01] WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PROPOSAL, IT'S 550 UNITS, AND OUR DOCUMENTS SAY THERE'S CAPACITY FOR 600. UM, THE LARGEST MULTIFAMILY IN OUR CITY IS ALREADY WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF FROM THIS LOCATION, AND THAT'S 360 SOME ODD UNITS. SO IF THIS WERE APPROVED, WE HAVE GREATER THAN A THOUSAND UNITS OF MULTIFAMILY IN THIS SECTOR OF OUR CITY. AND I DEFINITELY SEE A NEED FOR MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE OF THE WAY PEOPLE ARE DECIDING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES. NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE IN A HOUSE. NOT EVERYONE WANTS A FRONT YARD OR A BACKYARD. SOME PEOPLE WANT MULTIFAMILY. I AM PERILOUSLY CONCERNED THAT 550 UNITS WITH ONE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, IT'S TOO MANY UNITS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS, OR A CONCEPT LIKE THIS WITH MULTIPLE UNITS, THREE, AT LEAST THREE SEPARATE UNITS, BECAUSE THEN THERE'S GREATER CONTROL IF THAT'S ONE PERSON OR ONE ENTITY CONTROLLING THIS. IF THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH THE PERSONNEL, THEN THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH A THOUSAND PEOPLE. UM, ALSO, THIS IS A SEGMENT OF OUR AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT RELIES UPON A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DUNCANVILLE AND DESOTO FOR FIRE. AND TO PUT AN ADDITIONAL 550 UNITS EVENTUALLY, UH, WITHOUT HAVING ANOTHER INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDED WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING. AND THE RETAIL IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST RETAIL, IT'S MORE IT EITHER ATTAINMENT, BRINGING A THOUSAND PEOPLE TO THIS AREA, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOMETHING TO DO. AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WHEN SOMEONE MOVES IN IN THE FIRST PHASE, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR THEM TO DO, SOMEWHERE TO WALK, SOMEWHERE TO GO PURCHASE. I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO BE ATTACHED TO AN HEB, THAT'D BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. BUT WITH IT BEING A STANDALONE MULTIFAMILY WITH THE HOPES AND PROMISES OF RETAIL, WE HAVE TO BE, I HAD TO LOOK AT OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES WITH DEVELOPMENTS PROMISING RETAIL, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE RETAIL. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A LEVEL OF CONTROL, WE HAVE TO SEE THAT RETAIL, OTHERWISE, BASED OFF OF PREVIOUS PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR, RETAIL'S NOT COMING. SO I, I FIND THIS VERY DIFFICULT TO SUPPORT WITHOUT THE RETAIL, BUT ALSO FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SUPPORT WITH THIS MANY UNITS BEING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ONE ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, COUNCILOR MCCURDY? YES. UH, THANK YOU. SO AS YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION. MOST OF THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT THE, THE TIMING ON, ON THE RETAIL CONSTRUCTION. UM, LISTEN TO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, AND, AND THANK YOU, UH, DIRECT YOURSELF FOR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. BUT AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE, THE APPLICANT'S POSITION STATEMENT THAT, THAT WE RECEIVED VIA, VIA EMAIL, UM, IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, CITING SECTION 2 45 SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DO THIS UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, YOU ALSO LIST ADDITIONAL 30 ITEMS. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE RETAIL, IT, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S EVERY RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF MADE THAT YOU'RE TAKING ISSUE WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, STATING THAT IT'S JUST THE, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE TIMING ON THE RETAIL, IT IS A SLIGHT, YOU KNOW, MISSTATEMENT I, IF, IF I'M READING THIS CORRECT, IS I, YOU KNOW, I READ THROUGH YOUR, YOUR POSITION STATEMENT IS THAT YOU HAVE 30 DIFFERENT ITEMS LISTED, UM, THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE, THAT YOU TOOK DISAGREEMENT WITH OR TOOK ISSUE WITH. SO TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS APPLICATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, WHICH I, I THINK IS WHY THE, THE MAYOR WAS GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, UH, WITH THE OPEN HEARING. BUT 'CAUSE BASED UPON WHAT I'M SEEING, UH, WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT YOU WANT ARE COMPLETELY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, AND I, I JUST, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT AT THIS TIME, BA BASED UPON WHERE, WHERE I SEE THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW. UH, YEAH. THANK YOU, UM, COUNCILOR MCCURDY FOR, UH, FOR, FOR STATING THAT MR. JENNINGS, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP FOR A SECOND, WELL BE, I GUESS BEFORE YOU DO THAT, UM, IF I CAN HAVE [01:10:01] THE ATTORNEY TO COME UP, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA PHRASE THIS WRONG, BUT IF YOU HAVE A COMPLETED APPLICATION AND WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING A PROCESS , WELL, WHAT, WHY DO WE HAVE A COUNCIL? WHY DO WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT? I MEAN, IF, IF YOU HAVE A COMPLETED APPLICATION AND YOU CAN JUST BUILD WHATEVER YOU WANT, SO PLEASE HAVE ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SEX CHAPTER 2 45? CERTAINLY, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A, A BIT OF A, A MISAPPREHENSION OF WHAT, UH, WHAT CHAPTER 2 45 DOES AND, AND WHAT, WHAT IT DOESN'T. UH, CHAPTER 2 45 DEALS WITH VESTED RIGHTS. UH, THAT HELPS A PERSON WHO IS FILING A APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON THE, THE LAW AS IT EXISTED WHEN THEY HAVE FILED THAT PERMIT. THAT WAY THE CITY CAN'T PULL THE RUG FROM OUT, FROM UNDER THEM, CHANGE THE RULES AND THEN DENY THE PERMIT. UM, IN THE SAME WAY IT'S WITH, UH, WITH BUILDING REGULATIONS, RIGHT? WITH, UH, WITH ZONING. UM, IF A, IF WHEN I PUT IN MY, UH, APP, MY BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION, THIS TYPE OF BUILDING IS ALLOWED IN THE ZONE, AND THEN WHILE MY APPLICATION, MY APPLICATION IS PENDING, IT CHANGES, WELL THEN I CAN STILL RELY ON IT. YOU CAN'T NOW DENY MY BUILDING PERMIT BECAUSE WHEN I FILED THE PERMIT, THAT WAS WHAT THE LAW ALLOWED AT THAT TIME. FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENTS, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. PLAN DEVELOPMENTS ARE MEANT FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, AND FOR US CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, A LOT OF INPUT INTO A PLANNING PERMISSION. SO IF YOU, IT ALLOWS YOU VERY BROAD, UM, DISCRETION TO BE ABLE TO FIND THESE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS THAT MAKES SENSE FOR A PARTICULAR SITE. YOU KNOW, IF THESE ARE WAYS FOR A DEVELOPER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, TO COME IN AND SAY, WELL, YOUR ZONING CODE DOES NOT ALLOW THIS, THIS KIND OF, THESE MIXER OF USES ON THIS PROPERTY, SO LET'S WORK OUT SOMETHING TO WHERE FOR THIS PROPERTY, WE CAN, WE CAN REACH SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, BUILDABLE AND THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYBODY. UM, THAT DOES NOT, SO VESTED RICE WOULD NOT APPLY THEN TO, TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. THE WHOLE PROCESS IS BUILT TO ALLOW, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING TO WEIGH IN TO ALLOW YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE SENSE FOR THAT PROPERTY AND FOR YOUR CITY. UM, NOW ONCE, IF A PLAN, IF A PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS APPROVED, THEN VESTED RIGHTS GO IN BECAUSE NOW THIS MIXTURE OF USES HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND SO HE CAN GO AND GET, UM, BUILDING PERMITS BASED UPON THAT. AND THAT'S WHEN THAT, THAT RIGHT WOULD VEST AT THAT TIME. AT THAT THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO VESTED RIGHTS. UM, THAT, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. UM, I MEAN, THIS PROPERTY, UM, IS NOT ZONED FOR WHAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSING HERE TODAY. WE GOTTA CHANGE THAT ZONING, THEREFORE, UM, THERE'S NO VEST, RIGHT? SO THAT, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT. THANK YOU FOR, UH, CLARIFYING THAT. UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY WHILE HE'S UP HERE? OKAY, THANK YOU MUCH. UM, YEAH, UH, I THINK CUSTOMER KIRTI, UH, PRETTY MUCH HIT THE, THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. UM, UH, MS. JENNINGS, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, I'M, I'M, THE COUNCIL'S NOT HERE TO NEGOTIATE THE APPLICATION. UM, I MEAN, WE HAVE, WE HAVE 30 DIFFERENT ITEMS, UH, THAT WE APPEAR NOT TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE ON. AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY HERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST HERE TO JUST REALLY JUST DELIBERATE. UM, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING AT THE VERY BEGINNING. IF WE'RE SO FAR APART, IT'S NOT THE COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND COMPROMISE HERE AT THIS STAGE. THAT'S NOT WHY WE ARE HERE. UH, WE TAKE THE COUNT, WE TAKE THE, UH, THE CASE AND THE DATA THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, AND THEN WE PRETTY MUCH MAKE DECISION. UM, IT HONESTLY, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE THIS ITEM IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION. UM, SO I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF REALLY WHERE WE ARE. I THINK WE JUST SO FAR APART, SO WE WILL TAKE ACTION. UM, COUNSEL, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A MOTION ON, ON HOW YOU, HOW YOU FEEL. UM, I KNOW MY STANCE, YOU KNOW, JUST AS IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO YOU FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVE SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD REALLY DEVELOP PER THE CITY FOR WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE FOR CITY STANDARDS. UM, SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS COUNSEL. UM, IF THERE NO ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTION OR COMMENTS, UH, I OPEN THE FLOOR AND YOU TAKE THAT MOTION. PRO GLOVER. THANK YOU MAYOR. AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE COMPLY WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND DENY CASE NUMBER PD 7 8 7 2 0 2 6. SECOND. WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR DENIAL. DO WE, AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE RIGHT HAND MOVES FORWARD. UNANIMOUSLY, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN CEDAR HILL AND HOPE WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT [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.] AGENDA INCLUDES ROUTINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ACTED UPON WITH ONE SINGLE VOTE. UM, WE, UH, WE CAN PULL ITEMS FROM [01:15:01] THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION. COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT, UH, THAT WE NEED TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M NOT SEEING NONE. I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM JUST FOLLOWS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF JUNE 9TH, 2026 AND JUNE 23RD, UH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THE JUNE 16TH AND 17TH, 2026 AND JUNE 30TH, 2026. SPECIAL CALL MEETING ITEM B, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE, UH, AND IN LOCAL CO UH, COOPERATE COOPER COOPERATION CONTRACT, UT CONTRACT NUMBER R-S-O-C-I-L-C 3 7 6 BETWEEN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN FOR THE USE OF UT AUSTIN REGIONAL SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER, RSOC FOR NO COST CYBERSECURITY SERVICES. ITEM C, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH WEST TEXAS REBAR PLACERS INCORPORATED FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 160,919 50 CENTS FOR CAPRICORN STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. PROJECT ITEM D, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH STOIC SILVER CONSTRUCTION, UH, INCORPORATED FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,834,250 FOR ROBIN ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT AND SUMMIT PLACE REPAIR. ITEM E CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM FOR PERMITTING AND LAND MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. ITEM F, CASE NUMBER FP SEVEN 96,026 APPROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PENN'S ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAN FOR A LAKE RIDGE VILLAGE. THE SECOND, UH, TWO, UH, WILDWOOD SUBDIVISION SECTION ONE LOTS, THREE R ONE AND THREE R TWO BLOCK ONE AND PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD 86 DASH 8 6 2 DISTRICT LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING LOT THREE R BLOCK ONE LAKE RIDGE VILLAGE TWO, PHASE TWO, UH, WILDWOOD SUB SUBDIVISION SECTION ONE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF VALLEY VIEW DRIVE APPROXIMATELY ONE 20 FEET SOUTH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF VALLEY VIEW DRIVE AND SOUTH LAKE VIEW DRIVE WITH THE ADDRESS BEING 2 4 4 2 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE. APPLICANT KIM BOWIE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER HOW CHILD PALM AND KIM EY TY BOWIE. ITEM G CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER R 2 6 7 9 0 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL COLLECTIONS OF SERVICES FOR UNPAID CLOSED UTILITY ACCOUNTS WITH LINEBARGER, GOGGIN, BLAIR, AND SAMSON LLP. THIS ITEM WILL CONSIDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH WRITTEN NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA AND POSTED WITH THE AGENDA MATERIALS. ITEM H CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING RELATED SERVICES AND GOODS FROM SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIES COUNCIL, THOSE ARE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UH, COUNCILWOMAN AZI. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH H AS YOU ATTEND, WE DO HAVE A, UH, MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE DO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. MOTION UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDAS TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. COUNCILMAN MCCURDY. SECOND COUNCILWOMAN ARZ. THAT'S A NON-DEBATABLE MOTION. I HAVE EIGHT 20. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU COUNSEL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.