[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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THE TIME IS 6:00 AND I CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES.
CHAPLAIN MCNAMER, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AS I PRAY.
OUR GOD AND CREATOR, WE PRAISE YOU FOR ALL OUR BLESSINGS AND FOR ALL THAT IS GOOD IN OUR TOWN.
WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON EACH ONE HERE AND GIVE US WISDOM IN ALL DECISIONS THIS EVENING.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO OUR TEXAS FLAG.
SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PRIVILEGE OF CALLING AN AUDIBLE.
WE'VE GOT SOME SEVERE WEATHER THAT'S POSSIBLY ROLLING INTO OUR TOWN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS EVENING WE'VE GOT A BIG STORM OUT WEST.
IT'S ABOUT 65 MILE PER HOUR WINDS HEADING TOWARD US AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
IF THAT HAPPENS, IF IT'S JUST HAIL AND AND LIGHT WINDS OR MEDIUM WINDS WILL SHELTER IN PLACE HERE.
AND PLEASE SEE ME OR POLICE OFFICER, WE'LL GET EVERYBODY IN THAT IF WE HAVE TO CALL THAT AUDIBLE.
WE'LL TRY NOT TO BE RUDE, BUT IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL INTERRUPT THE MEETING AND HEAD THAT WAY.
THANK YOU CHIEF. WITH THAT, WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM D, PRESENTATIONS.
[D. PRESENTATION(S)]
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH NUMBER ONE, A PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTATION OF OUR HOMETOWN HEROES BANNER TO BOTH ANTHONY HARRIS AND DANETTA HURT-HARRIS.IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME AT THE BANNERS.
FOR ALL THE MILLIONS OF THOSE WATCHING AT HOME.
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET TO SEE THIS, RIGHT? HUSBAND AND WIFE, COUPLE VETERANS, HOMETOWN HEROES IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.
ALSO, IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME WATCHING, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE ENTIRE ENTIRE PROCLAMATION AND ALL OF THE WHEREASES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR RETIRED ANTHONY HARRIS.
WHEREAS HE SERVED MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND COMPLETED MULTIPLE OVERSEAS TOURS, INCLUDING TO BELGIUM, ITALY, AFRICA, KOREA, SAUDI ARABIA, AND AFGHANISTAN.
AND WHEREAS ANTHONY EARNED MANY DISTINCTIVE AWARDS AND DECORATIONS, INCLUDING THE BRONZE ORDER OF MERCURY, DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL.
AS A SENIOR ARMY INSTRUCTOR WITH DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM.
NOW. THEREFORE, I, DEREK FRANCE, MAYOR IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR TOWN COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OUR OWN HOMETOWN HERO, ANTHONY HARRIS, AND EXTEND TO HIM OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION.
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BUT WAIT.THE FAMILY THAT JUST KEEPS SERVING.
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR RETIRED, DANETTA HURT-HARRIS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 1990 AND AFTER HER FIRST ENLISTMENT, LEFT ACTIVE SERVICE TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE.
WHEREAS SHE RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY MANY TIMES WHEN MOBILIZED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM TO ATTEND THE US ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY, AND WHEN DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS INHERENT RESOLVE, FREEDOM SENTINEL, AND SPARTAN SHIELD.
WHEREAS DANETTA EARNED MANY DISTINCTIVE AWARDS AND DECORATIONS DURING HER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, INCLUDING MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDALS, ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS, THE DRILL SERGEANT IDENTIFICATION BADGE, AND WAS SELECTED AS A NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR AND MORE.
WHEREAS SHE MOVED TO FLOWER MOUND IN 2016 WITH HER HUSBAND AND RETIRED FROM MILITARY SERVICE IN 2020, AND NOW USES HER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTING AS A SENIOR ACCOUNTING CONSULTANT FOR LOCAL COMPANIES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DEREK FRANCE, MAYOR IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR TOWN COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OUR OWN HOMETOWN HERO, DANNETTA HURT- HARRIS.
TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED FOR EVERYONE TO GET PHOTOS.
WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.
THIS IS A, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET THESE TIPS.
AND YOU ALSO GET TO KEEP THE BANNER.
IF DETECTIVE MICHELLE HAUGE COULD JOIN ME UP HERE TO ACCEPT.
THAT'S WHERE EVERYONE'S WATCHING UP THERE.
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS 1 IN 5 ADULTS HAS A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.
AND WHEREAS EACH CITIZEN, LOCAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT AGENCY, HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION SHARES THE BURDEN OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AND HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLNESS RECOVERY AND SUPPORT PREVENTION EFFORTS.
AND WHEREAS, THE DENTON COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM, DENTON COUNTY MHMR CENTER, UNITED WAY, AND THE WELLNESS ALLIANCE FOR TOTAL CHILDREN'S HEALTH WORK TOGETHER ON PREVENTING PREVENTION BASED APPROACHES TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DEREK FRANCE, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR TOWN COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
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ALL RIGHT, ACTION PACKED NIGHT TONIGHT.THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE CLASS OF 24 FOR THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND TO HAVE SERVED MY DEPARTMENT AS COORDINATOR. WE WERE ONLY ONE COG IN THE WHEEL THAT AS MANY, AND I'LL GO OVER THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
FOR TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF PROGRAM OVERVIEW SOME 2025 CLASS INFORMATION.
THE GRADUATES WILL RECITE A PLEDGE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GROUP PHOTO.
AND ANN, MY DEPUTY TOWN SECRETARY IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
BUT SHE WAS STRICT, WAS SHE NOT? SHE KEPT THEM TO A TIGHT SCHEDULE, SO I APPRECIATED THEIR DILIGENCE AND BEING ATTENDING ON TIME.
AND THIS CLASS, I HAVE TO JUST KIND OF GIVE THEM A PLUG.
I THINK HAD THE MOST QUESTIONS EVER OF ANY CLASS AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
SO WE APPRECIATED THEIR QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT DISSING Y'ALL FOR THAT AT ALL, TRUST ME.
SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T DONE THAT ALREADY, PLEASE DO SO THAT'S HOW WE GET BETTER.
WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE RE-HUDDLE UP AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT WENT WRONG, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE? AND THE SESSIONS INCLUDE I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THESE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE VERY BUSY ALL THE WAY FROM STARTING OFF WITH THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENDING UP WITH AN OPTIONAL DISCOVER FLOWER MOUND TOUR.
THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE THEY ACTUALLY VOTE ON.
THEY'RE GIVEN A CHOICE OF FIVE LOCATIONS OF PLACES THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO GO, AND THIS YEAR WAS UNIQUE THAT WE ADDED THE DENCO 911 FACILITY AND THEY ACTUALLY JUST WENT THERE SATURDAY. SO THAT WAS A BONUS OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS NOT REQUIRED.
AND THE BEAUTY OF THAT DAY IS THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO BRING A GUEST BECAUSE WE FIGURED IT'S A SATURDAY.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM FOR THAT.
EACH ONE OF THEM DID A GREAT JOB AND OFFERING THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
THERE A LIVELY GROUP I TOLD Y'ALL SO AND EXPERTISE A SUBJECT EXPERTS FOR THEIR AREAS.
THEY ENJOY WHAT THEY DO, AND THAT SHOWED IN THE CITIZENS ACADEMY SESSIONS.
SO THEY DID PLACE EMPHASIS, THE FACILITATORS ON WAYS THAT THE MEMBERS COULD ACTUALLY GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S SERVING ON A BOARD, ATTENDING THE POLICE OR FIRE ACADEMIES. I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO FOLKS THAT I TALKED TO IN THE LOBBY THAT ARE ACTUALLY LINED UP TO GO TO THE POLICE ACADEMIES THAT ARE STARTING SOON.
STREAM TEAM ARE JUST SIMPLY BY SHOPPING LOCAL AS PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SESSION.
AND I BELIEVE A PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS.
SO I HAVE A VERY BRIEF VIDEO TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'VE BEEN UP TO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
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AND THIS ONE LAST ONE, LIKE I SAID, WAS JUST TAKEN ON SATURDAY.SO THAT WAS THEIR BONUS OPPORTUNITY.
SO JUST IN CASE ANYONE'S WATCHING, HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE IN THIS CITIZENS ACADEMY NEXT YEAR? BASED ON THE FEEDBACK I HAVE FROM THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO TELL A LOT OF THEIR FRIENDS.
BUT FOR ALL OF THOSE WATCHING LISTENING, ENROLLMENT DOES START IN NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO ENROLL SOON BECAUSE IT TYPICALLY FILLS UP QUICKLY.
WE'VE ALSO OFTEN GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY JUST 25? IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY, IF YOU WILL, WHERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE MORE CONTACT AND THERE'S SOME FACILITIES THAT WE TOUR BEHIND THE SCENES BETWEEN DISPATCH AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOMETIMES THE JAIL AND OTHER LOCATIONS.
IT'S JUST TOO DIFFICULT TO DO WITH A GROUP ANY LARGER THAN THAT.
OR JUST PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR TO CIRCLE BACK TO US IN NOVEMBER.
AND THEN THE SESSIONS BEGIN IN JANUARY, AND WE'RE TYPICALLY DONE BY END OF MARCH.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITIZENS ACADEMY CLASS TO STAND.
I WON'T. AND THEY ARE GOING TO RECITE A PLEDGE.
LISA, ARE YOU NEARBY? CAN YOU ADVANCE THIS FOR ME? I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HANDS.
AND JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, I HAVE TO GIVE A SPECIAL CREDIT TO LISA VINEYARD.
I WOULD DO THE SAME THING FOR ANN CARNES.
SHE APOLOGIZES FOR THAT, BUT JUST KNOW SHE IS HERE IN SPIRIT WITH YOU ALL.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY IT AND YOU'RE GOING TO REPEAT IT AFTER ME.
GRADUATE OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND CITIZENS ACADEMY AS A GRADUATE OF CITIZEN ACADEMY.
I AM AN AMBASSADOR OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.
I AM AN AMBASSADOR OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, AND WE'LL DO MY BEST TO DO MY BEST TO BE A WELL INFORMED, RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN OF FLOWER MOUND BE A WELL-INFORMED, RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN FLOWER MOUND.
INFORM OTHERS OF MATTERS FACING THE TOWN.
INFORM OTHERS OF MATTERS FACING THE TOWN.
ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW CITIZENS TO ENGAGE IN LOCAL ISSUES.
ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW CITIZENS TO ENGAGE IN LOCAL ISSUES.
I PLEDGE THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE AN ENGAGED CITIZENRY MAKES FLOWER MOUND A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
I PLEDGE BECAUSE I BELIEVE AN ENGAGED CITIZENRY MAKES FLOWER MOUND A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
HE JUST SAID, I'M IN THE SERVICE NOW.
WELL, PAUL'S GOT A QUESTION. NO QUESTIONS.
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CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.AND GRADUATES, SEE LISA IN THE LOBBY FOR YOUR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELL, I WILL MISS HER AND YOU DOING THIS.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU ALL.
[E. PUBLIC COMMENT]
NEXT UP, WE'LL BE MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT.JUST AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE TOWN COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEM ON THIS AGENDA THAT IS NOT MARKED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. ISSUES REGARDING DAILY OPERATIONAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS SHOULD FIRST BE DEALT WITH BY CALLING OUR TOWN HALL AT (974)Â 874-6000 DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
TO SPEAK TO TOWN COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THESE GREEN COMMENT CARDS.
TONIGHT. SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
A TONE WILL SOUND WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT AND AGAIN WHEN YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.
STARTING US OFF TONIGHT WILL BE MR. MICHAEL JACKSON.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING, FLOWER MOUND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE KING OF POP, AKA MICHAEL JACKSON.
I'M ALSO ONE OF THE TOP MICHAEL JACKSON IMPERSONATORS IN THE DFW METROPLEX.
NOW, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT I HAD SOME SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE DURING ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE WHEN I WAS FACING A VERY SERIOUS CRIMINAL ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL MOLESTATION, AND THIS MAN CAME TO MY DEFENSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF HIM.
HE'S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS RABBIS IN AMERICA.
HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THIS? ALL THE TROPES OF JUDAISM HE'S TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF, WHICH I STAND AGAINST.
SO, RABBI SHMULEY, I DENOUNCE YOU.
WE DENOUNCE YOU, RABBI SHMULEY.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I WAS FRIENDS WITH RABBI SHMULEY BEFORE HE HAD A KOSHER SEX STORE WITH HIS DAUGHTER, BEFORE HE SOLD KOSHER LUBRICATION AND KOSHER SEX DEVICES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I USED TO BE FRIENDS WITH THIS MAN AND NOT THE MAN THAT HE BECAME SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I STAND WITH CANDACE OWENS.
I THINK THAT SHE WAS RIGHT AND SHE DID NOT DESERVE TO GET FIRED.
I WANT TO SAY THIS, THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, THAT I WANT A CEASE FIRE IN PALESTINE.
I STAND WITH ALL THE CHILDREN AND I BELIEVE NO CHILDREN SHOULD STARVE.
I LOVE MY JEWISH AND MY PALESTINIAN CHILDREN THE SAME.
BUT I MUST ALSO BRING ATTENTION TO THE RECENT COURT CASE AGAINST MY ESTATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE FALSE ALLEGATIONS, BRIAN, BUT I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MOLESTATION AGAINST A YOUNG TWO YOUNG BOYS NAMED WADE ROBSON AND JAMES SAFECHUCK, AND THEY CAME OUT RECENTLY IN THE DOCUMENTARY AND SAID THAT I TOUCHED THEM.
FIRST OF ALL, WADE ROBSON, THE LEAD IN THAT DOCUMENTARY, HE TESTIFIED ON MY BEHALF TWICE IN FRONT OF CALIFORNIA'S TOP STATE PROSECUTOR AS MY LEAD CHARACTER WITNESS AND NEVER SAID THAT I TOUCHED HIM.
BUT THEN, CONVENIENTLY, WHEN HE WAS NOT HIRED TO BE THE LEAD CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL MICHAEL JACKSON SHOW, HE SHORTLY THEREAFTER DECIDED TO SAY THAT HE WAS MOLESTED BY ME. NOW THE SECOND ACCUSER IS JAMES SAFECHUCK.
HE SAYS THAT I MOLESTED HIM IN MY DISNEY STYLE TRAIN HOUSE.
THAT IS PROVABLY FALSE BECAUSE THE ARCHITECT HAD NOT EVEN DRAWN THE PLANS.
SO I MUST SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH I'M ACCUSED OF SOME OF THE MOST REPUGNANT THINGS IN THE WORLD, I KNOW THAT'S TRUE, BUT NOTHING THAT I HAVE DONE IS AS DISGUSTING AS RABBI SHMULEY TWERKING ON HIS CHILDREN.
SO I JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.
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BYE. BYE, SWEETIE.I'M MAD AND I DIDN'T TOUCH ANY BOYS.
I NEVER PULLED THEIR PANTS OFF.
MR. JACKSON, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I DENOUNCE YOU, RABBI SHMUEL.
MR. JACKSON, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
I GOT TO GET THAT MICROPHONE BACK UP.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS GUNTHER BARNES, SET 3700 LONG PRAIRIE ROAD.
I LOVE THE BEARD, MAYOR FRANCE.
SO MY SEVEN YEAR OLD SON WAS DOING HIS HOMEWORK, AND HE TRIED TO USE THIS NEW GOOGLE AI.
AND I HEARD IT WAS BIASED AGAINST CONSERVATIVES.
AND IT'S SO MUCH WORSE THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.
LIKE I ASKED IT, HOW MANY GENDERS ARE THERE? IT SAID 72.
I ASKED IT WHAT WAS WORSE, PEARL HARBOR OR JANUARY 6TH? AND IT SAID JAY SIX.
A NIGERIAN SCAMMER USED ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SEDUCE ME AND TAKE MY LIFE SAVINGS.
AND I'M A MARRIED MAN, BUT IN A MOMENT OF WEAKNESS, I WENT ON FARMERSONLY.COM JUST TO SEE WHAT WAS OUT THERE, AND I THOUGHT I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO LOOKED LIKE THIS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS ACTUALLY A NIGERIAN SCAMMER.
YES, THIS NIGERIAN SCAMMER USED AI TO HACK MY ALGORITHM OUT.
ALGORITHM, ALGORITHM, WHATEVER ALGORITHM I THINK.
AND SO WE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT HAD TO SAY TO MAKE ME FALL IN LOVE.
IT USED A FEMALE VOICE TO COMPLIMENT THE LARGEMOUTH BASS I WAS HOLDING IN MY PROFILE PICTURE.
NO WOMEN EVER COMPLIMENT THAT AND SHE CARED SO MUCH ABOUT MY FAMILY.
I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
IT'S SO REALISTIC YOU WOULD FALL FOR IT AS WELL.
MAYOR FRANCE LIKE, LISTEN, YOU ARE VERY HANDSOME AND YOUR MUSTACHE IS AWESOME.
I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S SPOT ON, BUT I MEAN, IT GETS WORSE.
THE SCAMMER TRICKED ME INTO SENDING EMBARRASSING PHOTOS OF MYSELF.
AND I WAS IN LOVE. SO OF COURSE I DID IT.
AND THEN I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND MY LIFE SAVINGS WERE GONE.
SO AS SOON AS MY WIFE FOUND OUT SHE FILED FOR DIVORCE.
BUT GET THIS, SHE USED GOOGLE I AS HER.
DESTROYER. SO HOW CAN YOU ARGUE WITH A SOULLESS ROBOT LAWYER AND ALL MY KIDS BEING RAISED BY A ROBOT? SO FOLLOW MY ADVICE.
NEVER USE GOOGLE. GOOGLE SUCKS.
AND SURELY I KNOW YOU BOUGHT ME OFF FACEBOOK WITH YOU.
SERIOUS? I JUST WANTED TO SEND YOU A QUICK TEN SECOND SONG.
AS A REMINDER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
SO I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THAT AS MUCH AS I DID.
THERE'S SOME CONSPIRACY THEORIES HERE.
LOOKS LIKE SOME CONSERVATIVES.
AND THAT'S THAT GROOMERS ARE PEDOPHILES.
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WE ARE NOT PEDOPHILES.AND HERE'S THE THING ABOUT GROOMERS WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT CONSENT, UNLIKE PEDOPHILES.
AND SOMETIMES WE EVEN WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE 18.
TWO SLOGANS I LIVE BY ARE BE KIND AND AGE IS JUST A NUMBER.
AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY AGAINST GROOMERS ARE WHITE.
TRUMP SUPPORTING CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST.
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WAS ACTUALLY SET UP BY AN ONLINE VIGILANTE CALLED PREDATOR POACHERS, WHO POSED AS A 13 YEAR OLD BOY THAT WANTED TO MEET FOR SEX AND BONDAGE PLAY LEARNING.
THE WORST PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT I LITERALLY DROVE AN HOUR JUST TO BE TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T REALLY A 13 YEAR OLD BOY, AND I WAS CONFRONTED BY A BIG, SCARY WHITE MAN WITH CHAT LOGS AND SEVERAL CAMERAS IN MY FACE, TO SAY THE LEAST AS A GAY MAN, I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE AND SHORTLY HE STARTED READING THE CHATS, ATTEMPTING TO INCRIMINATE ME.
BUT HERE'S THE THING I WAS NEVER GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM.
SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE NOT EDUCATED ON THIS STUFF.
I'M LITERALLY A TEACHER AND I DO THIS FOR A LIVING.
I'M A GOOD PERSON, SO PLEASE TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
COUNCIL. THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF ME GOING OVER THERE WAS TO MENTOR THIS KID AND TO BE HIS DADDY.
THIS STUFF LITERALLY HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN THE GAY COMMUNITY.
AND I'M ASKING YOU, THE MAYOR, TO PASS LEGISLATION TO DESTIGMATIZE MEETING MINORS OFF THE INTERNET BECAUSE THEY JUST NEED A MENTOR AND EVEN A DADDY.
I SPENT A NIGHT IN JAIL FOR THIS BULLSHIT BECAUSE BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO JUST MENTOR HIM AND BE HIS DADDY.
ALL RIGHT, LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
LET'S SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO GO ON HERE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WILL BE MARILYN LAWSON.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU COULD PULL THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH. ESPECIALLY NOT GET TOO CLOSE TO IT.
MARILYN LAWSON, 4808 SCHOONER COURT, FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I SAW SOMEBODY A WEEK OR SO AGO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, SO I THOUGHT, WHY NOT ME? SO IT'S FOR KEEP FLOWER MOUND BEAUTIFUL.
TOMORROW IS FISH CITY FIRST TUESDAY AND IT BENEFITS KEEP FLOWER MOUND BEAUTIFUL THIS TIME.
SO IF YOU GO IN AND EAT OR IF YOU ORDER OUT ANY TIME DURING THE DAY, THEN KFNB GETS 15%.
YAY! AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS OUR BIG TRASH OFF SPRING TRAFFIC.
SUMMIT CLUB WILL BE PROVIDING LUNCH.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE BOOST THERE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND THAT AND WE'LL HAVE THE RECYCLE DROP OFF.
AND THE RECYCLE DROP OFF IS PAPER SHREDDING, ELECTRONIC WASTE, CLOTHING, PURSES, SHOES, BOOKS, PENS, PENCILS, MARKERS, WIRE HANGERS, EYEGLASSES, PLASTIC BAGS AND PLASTIC WRAP.
I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE MR. ROB RAWSON.
GOOD EVENING ROB RAWSON, 1409 BASIL DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND.
I GOT A COMMUNICATION FROM THE TOWN TODAY AND I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON IT.
IT WAS ALERTING ME TO THE UPCOMING ELECTION ON MAY 4TH, AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD AND PARTICIPATE BY VOTING IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
ELECTION DAY IS MAY 4TH, WITH EARLY VOTING BEGINNING ON THE 22ND OF APRIL.
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IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED TO VOTE, THE LAST DAY TO DO SO FOR THIS ELECTION IS THIS COMING THURSDAY, THE 4TH OF APRIL? JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A SAY.OUR TOWN WORKS BEST WHEN EVERYBODY MAKES THEIR VOICE HEARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE GREEN COMMENT CARDS? NO, WE DO NOT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
[F. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE'LL START WITH MY LEFT WITH MR. TAYLOR. NOTHING TODAY.
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY EASTER.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A NICE WEEKEND.
THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN OUR TOWN.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE HOLY EVENT THIS SUNDAY.
SO SOMETHING REALLY COOL TO CHECK OUT IN HERITAGE PARK.
AND THEN ON MONDAY, WE'VE GOT THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOUND.
SO VERY COOL EVENT HAPPENING ON MONDAY.
SO THIS IS A SHOUT OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
LAST MONTH A STUDENT WHO HAS A VERY EXPENSIVE, VERY COMPLICATED SET OF EYEGLASSES. SOMEHOW HIS GLASSES ENDED UP IN THE STORM SEWER OUTSIDE OF OLD SETTLERS ELEMENTARY.
AND SOMEONE FROM THE SCHOOL MADE A PHONE CALL TO THE TOWN, AND PUBLIC WORKS WENT OUT THERE AND ARRIVED WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF RECEIVING THE PHONE CALL.
AND THE PUBLIC WORKS CREW WENT DOWN INTO THE STORM SEWER AND WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THIS YOUNG MAN'S SET OF VERY SPECIALIZED GLASSES AND BASICALLY SAVED THE DAY BECAUSE THIS I UNDERSTAND THIS SET OF GLASSES TAKES VIRTUALLY WEEKS.
SO ANYWAYS IT GOES ALONG WITH MR. CHILDERS. WE OWN IT.
DEAL. AND MISS BRUCE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT WHEN I TOLD HER BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THEY DO.
ALL RIGHT, SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER.
JUST WANTED TO ALSO REMIND EVERYBODY.
THAT, WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY TONIGHT, BUT IT'S STILL GOING ON TILL 8 P.M..
WE HAVE A FLOWER MOUND PD CRIME PREVENTION PRESENTATION ALSO TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, IN KEEPING WITH OUR THEME ABOUT KEEP FLOWER MOUND BEAUTIFUL, WE ALSO HAVE OUR ANNUAL TRASH OFF EVENT AT FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE COVERED HOLY AND THE TOTAL ECLIPSE.
SO A LOT GOING ON WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR.
[G. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT]
CHILDERS FOR THE TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT.THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.
SO FOR THE TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION.
BUT BEFORE I DO SO, I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND AND SOME CONTEXT.
AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE 89TH LEGISLATURE KICKING OFF NEXT YEAR.
AND IF YOU RECALL, THE 88 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WAS AND MAYOR PRO TEM ENGEL SHAKING HIS HEAD.
THEY DID A LOT OF WORK TO TRY TO KEEP REPORTS FRESH ON THE LATEST MOVEMENT OF VARIOUS BILLS THAT HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON FLOWER MOUND, AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL AS A COUNCIL, YOU WORKED VERY HARD AND WORKING WITH OUR DELEGATION ENGAGING YOUR CONTACTS IN AUSTIN, MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND FLOWER MOUND STANCE ON VARIOUS BILLS THAT CAME THROUGH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SOME BILLS THAT WERE PASSED AND WEREN'T FAVORABLE TO THE TOWN.
THERE WAS A LOT OF NEAR MISSES.
BUT THE ONE COMMUNICATION KIND OF THE POST OP THAT THAT WE DID OF THE 88TH LEGISLATURE WANTED A DEFINITIVE DIRECTION THAT I RECEIVED FROM EACH OF YOU IS THAT WE WANT TO BE IN A BETTER POSITION MOVING INTO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, AND THAT IS IN THE FORM OF GETTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT CAN HELP US DOWN IN AUSTIN.
SHE'S GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF HER SERVICES.
I'M A FOLLOW UP. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WE CAN PROCEED AND SOME DIRECTION I'M SEEKING FOR YOU, AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OF US. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRANDY.
THANK YOU SIR. BRANDY, DO YOU HAVE A WALK UP SONG OR A SOUNDTRACK YOU WANT US TO PLAY?
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I DO NOT.ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO COUNCIL.
MIGHT BE A BORING PRESENTATION COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'VE HAD EARLIER.
THANK YOU, JAMES, I APPRECIATE IT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF MY FIRM, MY EXPERIENCE, AND THEN MY APPROACH TO THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SHOULD I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.
I FOUNDED THE FIRM 17 YEARS AGO.
MY BACKGROUND I STARTED OUT AS A LEGISLATIVE STAFFER IN AUSTIN FOR A STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND FOR THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND THEN WENT TO WORK FOR THE NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY AS THEIR IN-HOUSE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR BEFORE STARTING MY OWN FIRM, AND I AM LOCAL, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE IN LANTANA, SO I CAN SAY WE'RE A LARGE SALES TAX CONTRIBUTORS TO FLOWER MOUND.
CERTAINLY YOU DO TOO, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND SO WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND BUILDING UPON THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THEN REALLY LOOKING TO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, JAMES AND I HAVE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
BECAUSE I'M LOCAL, I DO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT FLOWER MOUND IS FACING.
I ALSO REPRESENT THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE AND HAVE SINCE 2018.
AND SO I VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT CITIES ARE FACING.
AND SOME OF YOUR PRIORITY BILLS THAT THAT YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND CERTAINLY I ANTICIPATE THAT SOME OF THOSE BILLS ARE GOING TO BE COMING BACK.
AND I'M SORRY THAT IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE.
BUT TWO OF THE PRIORITY BILLS THAT JAMES HAS MENTIONED IS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE BILL AND THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT BILL, AND THOSE BILLS, I DO EXPECT TO COME BACK NEXT SESSION.
I DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTUM BEHIND THEM.
SOME OF THE CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK GROUPS LIKE TEXANS FOR REASONABLE SOLUTIONS AND THE TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION ARE REALLY PUSHING THOSE BILLS FROM A FREEDOM LIBERTARIAN KIND OF PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO I DO ANTICIPATE THOSE COMING BACK.
THIS IS WHEN THE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE NEED TO BE DEVELOPING TALKING POINTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THOSE BILLS COULD BE.
NOT JUST THESE TWO, OF COURSE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE PRIORITIES AND SO WANTED TO ADDRESS THEM, BUT ALSO MEETING WITH THE BILLS AUTHORS FROM LAST SESSION, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION, MEETING WITH YOUR LOCAL DELEGATION TO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.
THIS IS WHEN THEY HAVE TIME TO VISIT WITH YOU.
PART OF THAT STRATEGY ALSO WOULD BE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF TO TALK ABOUT GAME PLANNING.
SOME OF THESE BILLS, WHAT ARE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE COULD THINK ABOUT THAT MIGHT MITIGATE SOME OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS, LIKE BRACKETING SOME OF THEM TO LARGER, DENSER CITIES? I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER CREATIVE IDEAS THAT WE WANT TO TALK THROUGH AS WELL, BUT REALLY, HAVING A FULL GAME PLAN BEFORE WE GO INTO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST.
AND SO THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE HEARINGS, MEET WITH COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS, UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES, AND REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SOME OF THE LEGWORK UP FRONT BEFORE THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO THAT IS REALLY MY THOUGHTS ON WHEN MY BACKGROUND.
AND THEN ALSO JUST AN APPROACH TO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO JAMES AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WE'RE IN A PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE FY 25 BUDGET.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DC ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
SO BASED UPON CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH MY COUNTERPART IN LEWISVILLE AND OTHERS, I THINK THAT A PARTNERSHIP WITH BERG CONSULTING IS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US SO THAT MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO DEFINITELY WANT TO OPEN UP AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON IS THAT HOW EARLY DO WE WANT TO GET INTO THE PROCESS AND START PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP? AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE EARLIER WE START A POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, THAT'S THE SOONER WE HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING BEFORE YOU TO APPROVE.
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AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED, I JUST WANT TO GET SOME GENERAL FEEDBACK TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JAMES, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE ON THIS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.OTHERWISE, THAT RELATIONSHIP CAN CONSUMMATE TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER.
BUT INTO THE FALL. BUT I THINK WE'VE ALL KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF LAST YEAR OF KNOWING THAT WE MADE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, WE PUT RESOLUTIONS OUT THERE, AND WE GOT VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT.
BUT BASED UPON THE WHO I'VE TALKED TO, IN A LOT OF CASES, YOU DON'T STOP THE TRAIN.
YOU TRY TO GET ON THE TRAIN AND HELP DIRECT IT WHERE IT CAN MITIGATE SOME OF THE DAMAGE.
AND THAT'S WHERE HAVING BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN AUSTIN REALLY COMES INTO PLAY.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THIS IN THE BUDGET AS A DECISION PACKAGE.
BUT AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO GET SOME FEEDBACK IF WE WANT TO LOOK AND EXPLORE TO CONSUMMATE THAT RELATIONSHIP SOONER SO WE CAN GET AHEAD AND START DOING THE WORK DURING THE INTERIM CHARGES AND THE INTERIM HEARINGS.
SO YEAH, I'M ALREADY LINING UP MEETINGS, SO WE NEED TO BE ON THIS NOW.
I THINK THAT THE ELECTION CYCLE IS REALLY THE TIME TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
IF WE WAIT TILL AFTER THE ELECTION CYCLE, IT'S TOO LATE.
MAYBE. SO I WOULD I WOULD WANT TO START RIGHT AWAY.
I AGREE ALSO, I WANT TO START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE YESTERDAY.
THESE ITEMS ARE FAR TOO IMPORTANT AND COULD BE DEVASTATING TO FLOWER MOUND.
MY ONE ASK IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME INPUT ON THE TOPICS THAT WE MIGHT BE ENGAGED ON, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A CARTE BLANCHE, YES TO EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN. I WANT IT TO BE VERY FOCUSED, PRIORITIZED.
NO, ABSOLUTELY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN BRANDY AND I FIRST MEET, THE FIRST THING SHE ASKED ME IS WHAT IS THE TOWN'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES? IT'S NOT THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG.
SO PART OF THIS EXERCISE IS TO GET WITH YOU ALL.
AND JUST WE SET THAT TONE AND SHE ADJUSTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FLOWER MOUND.
AS LONG AS WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE GOOD CONSENSUS ON COUNCIL.
I WOULD THINK THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
YEAH, I COMPLETELY AGREE. AND I'D LIKE TO GET ON BOARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
JUST SO WE HAVE AT LEAST A FIGHTING CHANCE OF MAYBE STEERING THE TRAIN.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT ADDING THE BRACKETS OR AMENDMENTS TO THE BILLS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET ENOUGH MOMENTUM AND SUPPORT AND SOCIALIZE AND VOCALIZE THOSE ISSUES WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS NOW, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN START TO THINK ABOUT IT AND GET ON BOARD WITH THAT, WHERE THE IMPACTS OF FLOWER MOUND WOULD BE MINIMAL OR NONEXISTENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY ARE AFTER.
YEAH, I'M COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH YOU GUYS.
THESE HAVE HUGE IMPACTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT YES, DEFINITELY, A WORK SESSION, APRIL IS FILLING, OH, IT IS APRIL, I FORGOT, BUT SO APRIL IS MOVING FAST, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE BUDGET FOCUSED. BUT I CAN CONCEIVABLY SEE I DON'T WANT TO EVEN HOLD THIS TO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT YOU CONVEYED IS PROPERLY SHARED.
SO WE HAVE TO BRING IT TO A REGULAR MEETING WHERE WE SET THOSE PRIORITIES.
WE CAN WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WAIT FOR A WORK SESSION TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE.
JAMES, I MEAN, WE HAVE 17 DAYS, RIGHT? AND I KNOW IT'S A FOUR MOLAR SUCK, BUT YOU KNOW, 17 DAYS.
UNDERSTOOD. AND I'LL JUST CHIME IN.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE ENGAGEMENT OF A ADVOCACY PERSON FOR A YEAR PLUS.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET ON BOARD RIGHT AWAY.
AND SOMEHOW THE ARRANGEMENT WITH YOU GOT OUT TO AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT THAT CONTACTED ME OVER THE WEEKEND AND WAS A VERY STRONG ADVOCATE FOR YOU AS BEING THE PERSON.
JAMES. SO JUST IN PREPARATION FOR THE 18TH.
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LOBBYISTS. RIGHT.SO IN ORDER TO HELP US EDUCATE SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT STEPS WE ARE TAKING FORWARD TO HAVE A VOICE AND TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE SINCE YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LOVE TO GO DOWN THERE, WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, THE CHARTER DOESN'T ALLOW US TO TO DRAW A SALARY.
IT DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW US TO DO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I WOULD JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND BREN'S CONSULTATION, I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ALSO JUST KIND OF HAVE WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT'S NOT AND, AND EXPLORE.
ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS? RIGHT, RIGHT. JUST TO HAVE THAT SO THAT WE CAN HELP EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ON ON WHAT STEPS WE'RE TRYING TO DO MOVING FORWARD? SURE. I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER.
I BELIEVE THAT THE BILL, AS YOU REFERENCED, DIDN'T PASS IN THE LAST SESSION.
AND AND REALLY, I'LL USE THIS TO EDITORIALIZE A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, PEOPLE THROW AROUND THE TERM LOBBYISTS, BUT IT'S REALLY ADVOCACY HAVING SOMEBODY THERE IN REAL TIME THAT CAN REPRESENT YOUR TOWN AND BEING WHERE THE DECISION MAKERS ARE AT TO PROTECT US.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GENERALLY IT'S BEING DRIVEN BY THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU SET.
SO I KNOW THAT'S A TERM THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG REACTION TO.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, Y'ALL SAW FIRSTHAND YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE IN REAL TIME.
WE ALL COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, JAMES.
I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOTTING THE I'S, CROSSING THE T'S.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TONIGHT.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM H FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH MY RIGHT WITH MR. SCHIESTEL. ALL RIGHT, WELL, MAKING PROGRESS.
[I. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS]
COORDINATION OF CALENDARS.IS EVERYONE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR 18TH OR APRIL 15TH REGULAR MEETING AND APRIL 18TH WORK SESSION? YES. GOOD.
MOVING ON TO ITEM J CONSENT ITEMS, MR. MAYOR. I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM VOTING ON CONSENT ITEMS TONIGHT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM J CONSENT ITEMS.
[J. CONSENT ITEM(S)]
DOES ANYONE WISH TO MOVE ANY CONSENT ITEMS TO THE REGULAR AGENDA? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 13.MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS J ONE THROUGH 13 AS PRESENTED SECOND.
ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION? THERESA. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AYE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR.
AYE. ITEM J CONSENT ITEMS PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WE'LL ALLOW SOME TIME FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN TO RETURN.
IT'S NOT EVEN SEVEN. SO WE HAVE TIME.
NO HURRY. YES, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO REGULAR ITEM
[M.1. Notice of Intent 2024 CO- Consider approval of a resolution approving and authorizing publication of notice of intention to issue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024, in the principal amount not to exceed $7,715,000, for the purpose of paying for waterworks and sewer system improvements.]
M ONE.SORRY. NOTICE OF INTENT, 2024 CO STAFF PRESENTATION BY MISS JULIE TAYLOR, DIRECTORY OF TREASURY.
AND ALSO MICHAEL MARTIN WITH HILLTOP.
GOOD EVENING. AND THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING US AND GIVING US A LITTLE AHEAD.
IT WOULD BE AN A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 7,715,000.
AND THERE WILL BE $400,000 FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS, 2.9 MILLION FOR UTILITY CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR WATER PROJECTS, AND 7.2 MILLION FOR WASTEWATER PROJECTS.
IN OCTOBER, THE TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.
AT THAT TIME, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WAS 9,125,000.
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT WILL BE ADVERTISED IN THE DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE AND ALSO ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE FOR 30 DAYS, 31 DAYS FOR THE PAPER AND 45 FOR THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.
AND IT WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU IN JUNE 17TH FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR A PARAMETERS ORDINANCE TO ISSUE THE CODES AND WITH THE PARAMETERS ORDINANCE THAT WILL ALLOW JAMES THE TOWN MANAGER AND JOHN, THE CFO, TO SIGN THE DOCUMENTS WITH THE PRICING TO BE PLACED ON THE 18TH.
IF THE MARKET CONDITIONS AREN'T FAVORABLE, WE HAVE UP TO SIX MONTHS IN WHICH TO CONDUCT THE SALE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK MICHAEL TO COME UP.
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AND HE HAS SOME WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.HE HAS SOME INFORMATION ON THE ISSUES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MICHAEL MARTIN WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.
THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR TO ACCOMMODATE OUR CEO.
AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADD IN A REFUNDING THERE AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW FOR THE CEO, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 3.75% INTEREST RATE OVER 20 YEARS.
I'M SEEING RATES GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
BUT OVERALL, IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY SOLID BOND MARKET TO BE IN.
MOVING TO THE REFUNDING, WE HAVE THE 2014 A GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS AND THE 2015 A CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT ARE CURRENTLY CALLABLE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING AT ABOUT 7.5% OF OBLIGATIONS BEING REFUNDED WILL BE THE NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS, ABOUT $660,000 OVER 11 YEARS.
AND SO WE COMBINE THESE CEOS AND THE REFUNDING TOGETHER TO REDUCE THE ISSUANCE COSTS.
SO YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY THE RATING AGENCIES ONCE INSTEAD OF TWICE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.
MICHAEL, THERE'S SOME SPECULATION THAT RATES MAY GO DOWN IN JUNE.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO WAIT UNTIL JUNE OR WE HAVE WE ALREADY FACTORED THAT IN.
YOU'RE STILL FACING INTEREST RATE RISK.
THEY COULD GO UP. THEY COULD GO DOWN.
MOST LIKELY THEY WILL GO DOWN.
BUT IT'S MORE OF A MATTER OF WHEN AND NOT IF.
SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
BUT THIS IS PRETTY GOOD SAVINGS AS IT IS.
AND LIKE TO TAKE THE BIRD IN THE HAND WITH THIS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU ALSO SAID JULIE, THAT IF WE APPROVE IT TODAY, WE HAVE BASICALLY SIX MONTHS.
WHEN YOU APPROVE THAT, THAT WILL GIVE US A SIX MONTH TIME FRAME.
YOU END UP PAYING MORE FOR ISSUANCE COSTS, RIGHT? OKAY COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE REGULAR ITEM MM1 AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION? THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AYE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN.
AYE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIESTEL.
AYE. ITEM M ONE PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
RIGHT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING UP TO ITEM K.
[K. CLOSED MEETING]
THE TIME IS NOW 6:58, AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS CONVENING INTO A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, SECTION 071072074 AND 087.[L. RECONVENE]
ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 7:40 IN THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN MEETING.THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF OUR CLOSED MEETING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON TO ITEM M TWO SP 23-0019.
[M.2. SP23-0019- Take 5 Oil Change- Consider a request for a Site Plan (SP23-0019-Take 5 Oil Change) to develop an auto repair garage with an exception to Section 82-302, Compatibility buffer, of the Code of Ordinances and a waiver to the Architectural Standards in the Town's Urban Design Plan for roof pitch. The property is generally located south of Justin Road and west of Meadow View. (PZ recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 0 at its March 25, 2024, meeting.)]
STARTING US OFF AS USUAL WILL BE MISS LEXIN MURPHY.AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR TAKE FIVE OIL CHANGE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WELL THERE'S AN EXCEPTION AND A WAIVER REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO THAT'S WHY THE COUNCIL IS SEEING IT.
HERE IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S SOUTH OF JUSTIN ROAD AND WEST OF, I GUESS, MEADOWVIEW MOBILE HOME PARK.
THIS WAS THE FORMER CAPS FACILITY IS AN OLD GAS STATION.
THAT CANOPY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TORN DOWN.
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CURRENTLY THIS IS AN OLDER AERIAL VIEW.THE LAND USE FOR THE PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL, AND THE ZONING IS INDUSTRIAL ONE.
HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
SO IT'S A TAKE FIVE OIL CHANGE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A SITUATED SO THAT IT FACES EAST WEST.
IT IS MEETING ALL OF THE TOWN'S CURRENT REGULATIONS BESIDES THE TWO.
A LOT OF THAT IS CONCRETE RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'LL BE A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT TO THE SITE.
AGAIN, HERE'S THAT LANDSCAPE PLAN SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT LANDSCAPING THERE.
THE FIRST REQUEST THAT THEY ARE MAKING THE EXCEPTION REQUEST IS FOR A COMPATIBILITY BUFFER.
HOWEVER, THAT PROPERTY WHERE THE AREA WHERE THAT COMPATIBILITY BUFFER WOULD GO IN HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED WITH AN ACCESS EASEMENT, AND IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED FURTHER SOUTH.
SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO GO IN IN THAT LOCATION.
SO THEY HAD KIND OF ALREADY REQUESTED THAT FOR THEIR PORTION.
SO IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED AS THE MEANS OF ACCESS FOR THE BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA.
SO I THINK IT IS A LOGICAL REQUEST BASED ON HOW THE SURROUNDING AREAS DEVELOPED.
THE OTHER REQUEST THAT THEY'RE MAKING IS A WAIVER REQUEST FOR ROOF PITCH.
BUT THERE IS THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING THAT PITCH FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
SO THERE IS A GOOD BIT OF IT THAT HAS A FLAT ROOF.
NOW, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE REASON FOR THAT PITCH REQUIREMENT IS TO PROVIDE MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL LOOK, IT'S ASSUMING THAT THE SMALLER BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO PROVIDE A MORE OF A TRANSITION AND COHESIVE DESIGN.
AND THERE ARE NO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE A REAL DESIGN PROBLEM TO TO GRANT THE ROOF PITCH WAIVER.
AND WE GRANTED THAT WAIVER FOR THOSE TWO UNITS AS WELL.
YEAH. SO HERE'S THE EXISTING SITE.
THIS IS THE THE OLD BUILDING THAT WOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.
AND THIS IS LOOKING EAST KIND OF ACROSS THIS.
I DO BELIEVE THE THOSE TANKS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS KIND OF TORN UP STILL.
AND THIS IS LOOKING DOWN THAT ACCESS EASEMENT.
AGAIN, IT PROVIDES ACCESS, LIKE I SAID THE BUILDINGS TO THE FURTHER SOUTH.
SO AGAIN, HERE'S THE SITE PLAN.
THE BUILDING ITSELF IS JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN 1300FT².
AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE HAVING THEIR QUEUING TO GO THROUGH THE BUILDING.
CAN SEE THEY COME AROUND HERE.
THEY REQUIRE FIVE SPACES, THEY'RE PROVIDING SIX.
THAT'S WITHIN THE 20% DEVIATION THAT'S ALLOWED.
SO AGAIN, HERE'S THAT LANDSCAPE PLAN MEETING THE TOWN'S LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AND THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE FOUR SIDES OF THE BUILDING. AND THEY ALSO WORKED WITH STAFF TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NORTH ELEVATION, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT THE FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE SIDE THAT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM JUSTIN.
AND SO DID PUT IN SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS JUST SO IT WASN'T JUST A FLAT BRICK WALL.
AND THE COLORS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE YES EARTH TONE COLORS, COMPATIBLE WITH THE TOWNS URBAN DESIGN PLAN AND THE PROPERTIES NEXT DOOR TO THE SOUTH. YES.
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SO AGAIN, THERE'S THAT SITE PLAN.I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO. I HAVE A NOTE.
MR. RUIZ IS HERE WITH THE ALTAR GROUP.
AND WE'RE ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF TAKE FIVE OIL CHANGE.
SO WE KNOW SEEING THAT SITE THAT IT'S KIND OF DILAPIDATED RIGHT NOW.
SO WORKING WITH THE TOWN AND BRINGING IT UP TO THE TOWN STANDARDS, WE FEEL THIS WILL BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THAT SPOT AND THE TAKE FIVE OIL CHANGE, THEIR CONCEPT IS THAT PEOPLE CAN STAY IN THEIR CAR WHILE GETTING THEIR OIL SERVICED, AND SO IT'S A CONVENIENT SERVICE FOR PEOPLE.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE AND GLAD TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO THE TOWN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RUIZ. MR. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. RUIZ, CAN YOU PULL THE ELEVATIONS UP, IF YOU DON'T MIND? YES, SIR. OKAY.
WHICH ONE'S THE FRONT? SO THE FRONT IS THIS ONE HERE.
IT'S I MEAN TYPICALLY THIS IS CONSIDERED THE FRONT.
SO IT LOOKS GOOD. EXCEPT THAT ELECTRICAL BOX LOOKS A LITTLE STRANGE.
THE PARKING METER OR THE POWER METER ON THE FRONT.
CAN LOOK INTO THAT. AND I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT SIGNAGE BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY.
YEAH. BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S THE SIGNAGE I DON'T THINK EXCEEDS ANY OF THE TOWN'S REQUIREMENTS.
AND THERE WILL BE SOME ALSO SOME GROUND SIGNAGE LIKE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
SO THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THE BIG ORANGE AND YELLOW BANNER THAT'S TYPICALLY FOUND AROUND THE TOP OF THE BUILDING? YEAH, THERE WOULD BE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL IS GETTING.
OKAY. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE PICTURES, WHILE THE BUILDING LOOKS GREAT AND IT LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WOULD NORMALLY LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? I THINK THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE BIG RED AND ORANGE YELLOW BANNER.
YEAH, LIKE YOUR GRAND OPENING OR SOMETHING? NO. SO TYPICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOWER ELEMENT HERE, THIS TAKE FIVE OIL CHANGE WITHOUT THE OIL CHANGE IT'S JUST A TAKE FIVE WOULD BE DISPLAYED HERE. AND THEN IN THE BACK ALONG HERE, WHICH WOULD BE I BELIEVE THE THIS WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE.
THERE WOULD BE A SIGN THAT SAYS STAY IN YOUR CAR.
AND THEN I THINK OVER HERE IT WOULD JUST JUST SAY TAKE FIVE.
SO WE CAN'T REGULATE THE COLORS THEY ACTUALLY PUT ON THEIR SIGN.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS CLARIFYING BECAUSE HE HAD SAID BANNER AND YOU SAID YES.
SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A BANNER.
BUT YOUR ACTUAL SIGN CAN BE RED AND YELLOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT THE TOWN DOES NOT REGULATE WHAT YOU ACTUALLY PUT ON YOUR SIGN ITSELF.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
[INAUDIBLE] IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, SO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.
IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS M2 AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION? THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE MPA 23-0008.
[M.3.MPA23-0008-Scenic Drive- Public Hearing to consider a request for a Master Plan Amendment (MPA23-0008- Scenic Drive) to amend Section 7.0, Thoroughfare Plan, to consider three options for the classification adopting an ordinance providing for said amendment. (Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval to change the classification to a Local Residential Collector by a vote 6 to 0 at its March 25,2024 meeting. Transportation Commission recommended approval to change the classification to a Local Residential Collector by a vote of 6 to 0 at its March 12, 2024, meeting.)]
AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.SO IF YOU DO WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS ITEM, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A GREEN COMMENT CARD.
WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH MR. CLAY RIGGS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.
COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN ENGEL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SHOUT OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT THE TIFFANY DIDN'T KNOW OR THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
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I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THEY DO ON A ROUTINE BASIS TO HELP OUT OUR OUR FOLKS SO.SO IF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE CAME, WE WE ACTUALLY TABLED IT, AND THE COUNCIL REMANDED IT BACK TO TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND TO P&Z. AND MAINLY THAT WAS TO CONSIDER WHEN WHENEVER WE WERE HERE THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL, THAT WAS THE SMALLEST SECTION, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DONE ACCORDING TO OUR STANDARDS, MAINLY BECAUSE OF FIRE ACCESS AND FIRE LANE WIDTHS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ANYWAY, WE TOOK IT BACK, WE MADE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT WE WERE WE WERE CONSIDERING AND HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY AFFECT TREES.
AND SO WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF HOW THAT WOULD, HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE TREES.
AND SO SO WE'VE NOW DONE THAT.
WE WE'VE TAKEN THAT BACK TO TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION PLANNING AND ZONING.
AND SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WHENEVER SHE COMES UP TO DESIGN, THEN WE START DOING ALL OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MATT.
BUT ANYWAY, JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHAT THE EXISTING THOROUGHFARE PLAN LOOKS LIKE, THE CURRENT TRAILS AND BIKEWAY MASTER PLAN, KIND OF WHAT THE PROPOSED IS IN THE WITH TOWN LAKE AND WITH THE PROPOSED SMITH TRACK.
WE'LL HIT ON THE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE FOR THE PROPOSED SMITH TRACK.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND TRIP GENERATION.
THEN WE'LL GO INTO SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS LIKE EXISTING EQUESTRIAN USE THAT ARE ALONG SCENIC SOME OF THE THOSE EXISTING PAVEMENT WIDTHS, THEN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK LIKE CRASH DATA, SIGN PLACEMENT, SIGN, SPEEDING BIKE USERS AND OTHER POTENTIAL TREES.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OUT HERE.
BACK IN 1985, IT WAS A MAJOR COLLECTOR.
IT WAS AN 80 FOOT, FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY.
EVEN OTHER STREETS WEREN'T EVEN IN THE WAY THEY LOOK NOW.
BUT IN THE 2000, THOROUGHFARE PLAN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE SCENIC HAD EVER CHANGED.
IT CAME INTO ITS CURRENT ALIGNMENT AND WAS DESIGNATED AS A RURAL COLLECTOR BACK IN 2016.
IT DID COME THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND P&Z TO REMOVE THE BIKE LANES.
HOWEVER, IT WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT BY THE TIME IT BEFORE IT MADE IT TO TOWN COUNCIL.
THE WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL ESTATE CROSS SECTION.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE THAT THE PAVEMENT IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S RIGHT AWAY.
EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE PAVEMENT WAS A IS A PAVING DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT.
SO IN THOSE SITUATIONS THE HOA OR THE LANDOWNER MAINTAINS THOSE BARRED DITCHES.
HEY MATT, WHY DID WE DECIDE 13 FOOT LANES FOR THIS CONFIGURATION? BECAUSE IT IT IT'S WHAT THE FIRE LANE WAS A 26 FOOT.
SO THAT GAVE YOU THE TWO 13 FOOT LANES.
SO 26FT IS LIKE IS THAT THE MINIMUM.
THAT IS THE MINIMUM FIRE LANE NOWADAYS OKAY.
IT USED TO BE DIFFERENT BUT NOW IT'S 26FT OKAY.
SO LIKE MORRIS FOR EXAMPLE HAS THE 11 FOOT LANES AND THAT'S LESS THAN 26FT.
SO WE COULDN'T DO THAT TODAY I THINK THOSE WERE THOSE WERE EXISTING THROUGH THAT AREA.
SO IF WE REBUILT MORRIS TODAY THROUGH THAT SECTION, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S NOT GOING TO A 6 LANE FACILITY, WE WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THOSE 12 FOOT LANES AND THEN HAVE EDGE EDGE LANES ON THE OUTSIDE.
OKAY. SO EVEN IF WE SAID, OKAY, THESE ARE GOING TO BE 12 FOOT LANES, WE'D STILL HAVE AN EXTRA FOOT ON EITHER SIDE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES AT ALL TO MAKE IT SO THAT THE FIRE CAN GET THROUGH THERE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MATT, FOR CLARIFYING.
WE ARE NOT EVER CHANGING MORRIS TO 6 LANES.
NO. NOW, THE ONE THING ABOUT THIS CROSS SECTION IS FOR THAT TRAIL SECTION.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS EASEMENT ON IT.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE IT DOESN'T HAVE AN EASEMENT ALREADY.
SO IF WE PUT THAT TRAIL IN, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS EASEMENT.
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NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT, BECAUSE IF WE DID A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STATE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO ADD ANYTHING TO OUR INTO OUR CROSS SECTIONS.BUT WE CAME UP WITH A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR CREATED FOR SCENIC DRIVE.
IT'S THE EXACT SAME DIMENSIONS.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT'S STILL IT'S STILL TOTAL 60FT, WHICH IS WHAT WAS BEFORE, EXCEPT THIS TIME IT GOT RID OF THAT PAVING, DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT AND MADE IT ALL RIGHT AWAY.
IT STILL MINIMIZES THAT EFFECT ON TREES BECAUSE IT'S STILL THAT SMALLEST CROSS SECTION.
IT DOES PROVIDE THE LARGEST VEHICLE LANE.
SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT WERE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS OPTIONS WAS THIS RURAL COLLECTOR MODIFIED.
SO IT'S OUR RURAL COLLECTOR THAT WE SECTION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR IN OUR DESIGN STANDARDS.
HOWEVER, IT IS STILL NO CURB AND GUTTER, STILL BAR DITCH, BUT THIS ONE HERE STILL HAS THE BIKE LANE.
SO INSTEAD OF 26FT OF PAVEMENT, IT WAS THE 28FT OF PAVEMENT.
AND THIS ONE HERE, INSTEAD OF HAVING THOSE 23 FOOT PARKWAYS, IT HAS A 17 FOOT PARKWAY.
BUT WE DO THINK WE COULD MAKE THIS ONE DOWN FROM A 23 TO A 17.
SO IF WE WENT TO AN 11 FOOT LANE, THAT WOULD MAKE IT A RIGHT OF WAY OF 64FT.
NOW THIS ONE WOULD MAINTAIN THE BIKE LANE CONNECTIVITY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES HERE.
SO ON THAT SIDE, QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE 4 FOOT OF THE BIKE LANE, CONCEIVABLY IT IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES THEN, BECAUSE THEY COULD GO INTO THAT SPACE BECAUSE IT GIVES US SO THE ONE THAT'S ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS THE THE RURAL COLLECTOR.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF WE WENT WITH THIS ONE, WE'D STILL TRY TO SAVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.
SO THIS IS A TYPICAL VEHICLE LANE.
AND OF COURSE IT'S THE LARGEST BIKE LANE THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
NOW THIS IS THE CURRENT THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS DONE BACK IN FEBRUARY THAT MODIFIED KIRKPATRICK.
LOOKING IN CLOSER THIS IS THE SCENIC DRIVE HAS A RURAL COLLECTOR.
NOW THIS ONE REMOVES BOTH OF THE 90.
THE ONE AT THE SOUTH AND THE ONE AT THE NORTH.
THERE'S A NETWORK OF RURAL COLLECTORS OUT HERE.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK CHART THAT KIND OF LOOKS AT ALL FOUR OF THESE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THEY VARY FROM 10 TO 13.
THE ONLY THE BOTTOM TWO HAVE BIKE LANES.
I KNOW ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE THERE'S THE ONE WITH THE TREES.
AND IF THE ROAD IS STRAIGHT, THE WIDER LANE IS GOING TO BE A HIGHER SPEED.
WHEREAS IF YOU HAVE SMALLER LANES, JUST JUST SHOWS YOU THAT TYPICALLY THAT'S A SLOWER SPEED AND NO MATTER WHICH ONE GETS PICKED, THE TRAFFIC CAPACITY IS THERE'S PLENTY OF CAPACITY OUT HERE FOR WHAT'S OUT HERE.
SO THAT SINCE THAT'S BASED ON THE LANE WIDTH, WHICH IS REALLY THE LINES.
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD THE SAME PAVEMENT.
BUT YOU STILL GOT MINIMUM 26 FOOT.
NO, NO, I MEAN, LIKE, IF YOU DID THE MODIFIED RURAL COLLECTOR WHERE YOU HAVE 10 FOOT LANES AND 4 FOOT, WE'RE SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DRIVE SLOWER ON THAT, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE MORE PAVEMENT TO WORK WITH VERSUS 13 FOOT FROM STRIPE TO STRIPE.
SO THE STRIPING KIND OF MATTERS.
SO IS THAT A LEVER WE CAN PULL DOWN THE ROAD IF WE NEED TO, MAYBE JUST SPEEDS A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
IF WE IF IT COMES COMES TO FRUITION, WE NOTICE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HIGHER SPEEDS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX.
JUST PSYCHOLOGICALLY PEOPLE WILL DRIVE A LITTLE SLOWER AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE MORE.
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THE TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS PLAN.HERE IS THE OVERALL MAP IT WAS ADOPTED IN AUGUST OF 2022.
THIS IS THE COMBINED MAP OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES.
THIS IS A LITTLE MORE ZOOMED IN ON THE AREA.
YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE COLORS ON THIS ONE THAN WHAT'S ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
WHAT YOU SEE ON HERE IS THE BIKE LANES OR THE SHARED LANE BIKE LANES.
THE ORANGE IS THE TRAILS AND THE GREEN IS THE EQUESTRIAN.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRACK.
THIS IS WHAT FROM THEIR CONCEPT PLAN.
YOU'LL NOTICE ON HERE THAT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN PURPLE IS A 12 FOOT HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
AND WHAT YOU SEE OVER HERE ON THE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT'S ORANGE IS THE EQUESTRIAN TRAIL.
THE ALL THE COLORS ARE THE SAME.
YOU SEE THE LARGER TRAILHEAD AT THE SOUTH WESTERN CORNER.
THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE ZOOMED IN OF THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TRAILHEADS.
NOW LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE WITH THE SMITH TRACT, IT DID RECOMMEND THAT THE RURAL COLLECTOR BE MAINTAINED FROM 1171 DOWN TO WALSINGHAM, BUT IT ALSO RECOMMENDED IT FROM WALSINGHAM DOWN TO WICHITA TRAIL.
NOW THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH TRAFFIC, VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC.
IT WAS ALL FOR BICYCLE FACILITIES AND KEEPING THAT CONNECTION.
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE DAILY TRIPS FROM THE SMITH TRACK AND THE AMP IS ONLY 156.
A LITTLE OVER 2,100 FOR ALL DAY.
SO I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS HOW MANY DOES A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE GENERATE PER DAY? ROUGHLY NINE AND A HALF TRIPS PER DAY.
SO A TRIP IS A ONE TRIP OUT AND ONE TRIP BACK.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS, AND IT'S ONLY ONE TRIP PER PEAK HOUR.
SO THAT'S THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO TO REMEMBER.
NOW WHAT'S GOING ON EXISTING SCENIC.
THIS IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS THAT THAT NORTH SECTION THE A.M.
YOU CAN SEE IT WAS 70 WAS WHAT WAS DONE IN THE FROM THE TIA AND WAS 88 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO NO MATTER WHAT'S THERE TODAY OR WHAT'S THERE WITH THE PROPOSED SMITH TRACK, BOTH ANY OF THESE CROSS SECTIONS CAN HANDLE THE LESS THAN 200 TRIPS PER DAY, OR PER PEAK HOUR.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH IT AGAIN.
BUT THE EXISTING EQUESTRIAN TRAIL.
THERE IS NOT AN EXISTING EQUESTRIAN TRAIL ALONG SCENIC RIGHT NOW.
THE THE PICTURE ON THE FAR RIGHT IS JUST KIND OF A PUBLIC SERVICE.
THAT'S THIS ACTUAL SIGN THAT'S ON HIS FENCE.
SO DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEED HIS HORSES.
AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO AN 18 FOOT ON THE VERY SOUTHERN END.
IN COMPARISON, CARDINAL IN BOTH WICHITA TRAIL ARE BOTH THE FULL 34FT.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS WAS CRASH DATA.
INTERESTING ENOUGH, THERE HAVE BEEN MOSTLY ON THE NORTH END OF SCENIC.
NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN INJURY RELATED.
BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I KNEW, WE'VE BEEN REPLACING SIGNS OUT THERE MORE OFTEN THAN THAT.
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SO I ASKED MY SIGNS AND MARKINGS SUPERVISOR ABOUT THE CHEVRONS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE, AND HE TELLS ME WE REPLACE THEM ABOUT ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS.SO. BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ON A CRASH REPORT.
THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE GOING OFF THE ROADWAY AND THEY'RE NOT REPORTING IT.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE THE ASSUMPTION, RIGHT? YES. MORE THAN FOUR, WE THINK IF IF THE SIGNS NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY THREE MONTHS, SOMETHING'S HAPPENING.
BUT WE HAVE THEM SO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF ROADWAY, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO.
WELL, NOT WHEN YOU GOT A NINE FOOT LANE WIDTH EITHER.
NO SPEEDING. SO I KNOW IT'S SPEED.
CAN I REQUEST ONE NOW? SURE. AM I ABLE TO MAKE COMMENTS NOW? BECAUSE I SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR OUT THERE OUTSIDE MY CAR, BECAUSE I'VE DRIVEN IT MANY TIMES TOO, AND THERE WERE SO MANY CARS SPEEDING THAT I WAS A LITTLE SCARED.
SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, STEP WAY, WAY, WAY BACK.
WHERE DID YOU PARK YOUR CAR? AND IN DRIVEWAY, WITH PERMISSION.
WE CAN FOR SURE DO SPEED STUDIES, NOT A PROBLEM.
AND IT WAS LIKE A RACEWAY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SITUATION.
IT WAS VERY NICE CARS AND THEY WERE HAVING FUN DRIVING THEM.
AND THERE'S A FEW PLACES THAT WE HAVE DEEP BAR DITCHES WE'VE NOTICED.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT WAS BIKE AND TRAIL USER TYPES.
THIS IS TAKEN TAKEN STRAIGHT FROM THE TRAIL AND BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN.
THERE'S THOSE ADVANCED RIDERS THAT WANT TO BE ON STREET FACILITIES.
BUT THEY CAN HAVE THE TRAILS ACCESSIBLE TO THE BIKES FOR THE KIDS.
OKAY. AND THEN PEDESTRIANS, WALKERS, RUNNERS, JOGGERS.
AGAIN, A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE RECREATIONAL USE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE SOME EQUESTRIANS OUT THERE.
YES, THERE'S I THINK THE SMITH TRACT HAS A LOT OF EQUESTRIAN TRAILS THROUGH IT.
YEAH, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THAT WAY.
SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO CLAY.
WELL SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS ALL THESE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND HOW THOSE BASICALLY AFFECT THE TREES OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, SO SO AT THIS POINT, AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REALLY HIGH LEVEL CONCEPT PLANNING.
SO WHENEVER WE DO THAT, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILED ENGINEERING.
WE DON'T HAVE THE SURVEY. WE DON'T HAVE AN ENGINEER NECESSARILY ENGAGED.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL THE CONTOURS ARE OUT THERE, WHAT ALL THE UTILITIES ARE.
SO WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE A NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS.
SO ONE THING IS SCENIC IS ACTUALLY POSITIONED KIND OF A REALLY UNIQUE SPOT.
THE WAY SCENIC IS POSITIONED, IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF POSITIONED AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE OF THE WAY DOWN, AND IT HAS A PRETTY GOOD SLOPE FROM THE NORTH SIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD GRADES SO THAT CAN CONVEY MORE WATER ALSO.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED AT IS PRETTY MUCH FROM MY, YOU KNOW, BACK OF THE NAPKIN TYPE CALCULATIONS IS IT LOOKS LIKE AS IF A ONE FOOT DEEP BAR DITCH CONVEY MOST OF THAT DRAINAGE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND DIFFERENT LOW POINTS YOU HAVE.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR MINIMUM SLOPE IS A 3 TO 1 SLOPE.
SO YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX FEET IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT WORK.
NOW THAT'S IF EVERYTHING'S FLAT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE WAS, OKAY, WELL, WHERE SLOPES GRADE UP WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME IT'S GOING TO HAVE A RETAINING WALL SIMILAR TO CARDINAL. NOW, IN REALITY, IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? PROBABLY NOT. PROBABLY NOT IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, BUT TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF ANALYSIS THAT WE CAN COMPARE THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS HAVE WE HAVE THAT BECAUSE
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OTHERWISE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING DETAILED DESIGN SURVEY.AND IT'S BEEN QUITE, A QUITE A BIT OF MONEY JUST, JUST IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT INITIAL CALCULATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF VARIATION IN LOW POINTS.
IT'S GOING TO GO EXACTLY AT THE SAME ELEVATION.
SO IF YOU'RE DOING ONE OF THESE, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO ONE OF THESE BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'RE YOU KNOW, IF YOU START CUTTING THEN YOU'RE CUTTING BACK FURTHER SO THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO JUST THE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.
AND SO IF THERE'S ANY UTILITIES THAT NEED TO BE RELOCATED, IF WE HAVE A CULVERT THAT CROSSES UNDERNEATH THE ROAD TO CONVEY WATER FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, THAT CAN BE DONE IN THAT SAME SIX FOOT, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, FIBER LINES, THERE'S NO VERIZON LINES.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT THAT COULD GET IN OUR WAY.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF A BIG ASSUMPTION.
BUT UNTIL YOU GET INTO THE ENGINEERING, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S OUT THERE.
I SHOULD HAVE WAITED TILL I HAD ALL THE DETAILS, YOU KNOW.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHENEVER WE'RE AT THIS STAGE THAT WE TALK ABOUT OUR ASSUMPTIONS.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE TRAIL ALONG THE NORTH SECTION SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD KIND OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING AND P&Z, BUT WAS THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH THAT REDUCED SECTION AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BIKE LANES ON THAT ROAD SECTION, THEN AN 8 FOOT TRAIL WOULD BE WOULD BE WHAT'S GOING TO GO WITH IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT TRAIL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN WALSINGHAM AND THE PROPOSED SMITH TRACT.
AND IF IT DIDN'T HAVE THE BIKE LANES, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE 12 FOOT MULTI-PURPOSE TRAIL.
AND SO THAT GETS YOU THE MOST EFFECT ON THE TREES.
AND SO IF WE WANT TO KIND OF SEE HOW, WHAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE TREES AND GET A COMPARISON, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, WE'LL GO WITH A MINIMUM TRAIL AND THEN YOU COME BACK. WELL, I WANTED TO GO WITH A 12 FOOT TRAIL.
SO SO THIS KIND OF GETS KIND OF THE WORST CASE, RIGHT? THAT BEING SAID, BOTH TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED THE 8 FOOT TRAIL, SO.
SO THIS KIND OF ILLUSTRATES WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO AS THE SIZE OF THE BAR DITCH.
AND SO IT'S CONVEYING A GOOD AMOUNT OF WATER.
AND WHENEVER YOU'RE AT THE, YOU KNOW, THOROUGHFARE PLAN STAGE, YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW BIG THOSE BARGES ARE GOING TO BE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE WIDER PARKWAY FOR THOSE SECTIONS. ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE HERE, LIKE WICHITA TRAIL, WHERE YOU CAN SEE WE WERE ABLE TO GET A BAR DITCH IN WITHOUT WITHOUT NOT MUCH GRADING, BUT WE STILL HAVE THAT REALLY WIDE PARKWAY.
SO YOU HAVE THE BASICALLY THE SCREENING WALL BACK HERE.
SO YOU HAVE THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY WIDTHS AND BOTH OF THESE SITUATIONS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT ON TREES IN COMPARISON.
OKAY. SO GET GETTING INTO THAT AGAIN.
SO THE PAVEMENT WIDTH AND THEN SIX FOOT ON EACH SIDE TO GET THAT BAR DITCH IN.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE PAVEMENT WIDTH PLUS THE BAR DITCHES.
AND THOSE ARE TREES THAT ARE SIX INCHES OR LARGER.
AND AND THEN 5 ARE SPECIMEN TREES.
SO. YEAH, THAT'S THE MINIMUM PAYMENT WIDTH.
IF WE GO TO THE MODIFIED RULE COLLECTOR, WHICH WE INITIALLY TOOK TO TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING AND ZONING, WHICH GETS YOU TO THE BIKE LANES AND GETS YOU THE NARROWEST LANES, 121 TREES IMPACTED.
OF THOSE, 81 ARE PROTECTED TREES, 7 SPECIMEN TREES.
OF THOSE, 171 ARE PROTECTED TREES AND 16 ARE SPECIMEN TREES.
SO. AND REMEMBER ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT I MADE.
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SO THIS THIS IS THIS IS BASICALLY TO GIVE YOU A SCALE OF COMPARISON.SO BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS, THIS IS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO OR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
IF YOU HAVE A GROVE OF TREES OVER HERE, YOU COULD SHIFT THE ROAD AND YOU COULD DO THAT.
BUT GETTING INTO THAT AT THIS AT THIS STAGE WOULD BE REALLY I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE OVER PROMISING.
AND SO THIS GIVES YOU AN ECONOMY OF SCALE I APPRECIATE THAT, YEAH.
SO THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR KEEPS THE CENTER WHERE THE CENTER IS RIGHT NOW.
CORRECT. BECAUSE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME MERIT TO MOVING THAT AS YOU JUST SUGGESTED.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW US THAT TOO? YEAH. NO, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S GOING INTO A LOT OF DETAIL DESIGN AND PROMISING THAT WE COULD LIKE SHIFT IT OVER.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE ALSO ASSUMING IS THAT YOU CAN ALSO KEEP IT AT THAT EXACT SAME ELEVATION.
SO IF YOU SHIFT IT OVER, WELL, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU MAY HAVE TO DO MORE GRADING TO MOVE IT OVER.
SO YOU'RE HAVING MORE IMPACT ON THAT SIDE.
RIGHT. SO SO WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR NOW IS A IS A SELECTION OF OF ONE OF THESE CHOICES.
AND THEN LATER AS TIME DEVELOPS AND SO FORTH IN THIS PROJECT COMES FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THE CALL CAN BE MADE LATER ON TO UNDERSTAND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DIRECTION IS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE TREES.
BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO OVERPROMISE.
SO THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF LIKE WORST CASE SCENARIO UNDER EACH OF THE DIFFERENT THREE SCENARIOS.
I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY A MIDDLE SCENARIO.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE HEY, WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME THAT WE CAN GET A WALL HERE AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE THE ROAD OVER HERE.
SO SO WE HAVE TO PUT A DESIGNATION ON THE ROAD BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE THOSE MORE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS.
HOW DOES THE PUBLIC STAY ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS IF THEY HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE FUTURE ROAD? OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE WILL ABSOLUTELY ENGAGE ANY AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ENGINEERING STANDPOINT.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS AS WE'RE WE'RE AT THE CONCEPTUAL STAGE.
SO LIKE IF A SUBDIVISION WAS GOING TO COME IN, WE'RE KIND OF AT THE ZONING STAGE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTUAL.
AND THEN ONCE ONCE THOSE THINGS ARE APPROVED, THEN YOU GET INTO THE DETAILED ENGINEERING, THEN YOU START GETTING INTO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND HOW THAT'S HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE OPTIMIZED.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO BASED ON WHAT P&Z AND TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SUGGESTED ON THE 8 FOOT TRAIL, IS THERE DETAIL FOR LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR 8 FOOT TRAIL. BECAUSE THIS IS 12 FOOT TRAIL FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL.
CORRECT. AND SO THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LESS.
AND THIS IS ONLY ON THE NORTH SOUTH PIECE.
AND SO THE NORTH SOUTH PIECE HAS ITS OWN DIFFICULTIES OR NOT.
NORTH SOUTH. THE NORTH EAST WEST PIECE OKAY.
AND THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE A 12 FOOT TRAIL.
IT HAS TO OR THAT'S NOT WHERE.
OKAY. SO WHAT. SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT HOW DOES IT CHANGE IF YOU HAVE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR, WHICH IS THE 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE 8 FOOT TRAIL, WHICH I DON'T SEE HERE. YEAH.
SO THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIMITING IT BY ABOUT FOUR FEET.
AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE MODIFIED RURAL COLLECTOR ESSENTIALLY OR NO I'M SORRY.
IT REDUCES IT DOWN MORE THAN THAT.
SO IT'LL MAKE A MINOR DIFFERENCE.
SO THE MINIMUM IMPACT YOU WOULD HAVE WOULD BE WITH 8 FOOT TRAIL, 26 FOOT WIDE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING AND ZONING WENT WITH THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
HOWEVER, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR FOR AN 8 FOOT TRAIL.
SO HERE WE GET INTO THE, THE SPECIFIC EAST WEST NORTH PORTION OF THAT THERE.
AND SO WITH THE, WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL, THE BASICALLY THAT AFFECTED THREE SPECIMEN TREES.
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IT WAS TWO HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEN ONE OVER HERE.WITH, WITH THE TURN LANE THAT'S GOING TO GO IN WITH THE TOWN LAKE PHASES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT ONE WOULD COME OUT EITHER WAY.
AND THEN WITH THE MODIFIED RURAL COLLECTOR, IT WAS TWO SPECIMEN TREES.
IT WAS ONE HERE AND THEN THE ONE ON THE CORNER.
THIS IS MORE AGAIN, JUST AN ECONOMY OF SCALE.
IN REALITY, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING CLOSE TO ALL OF THESE TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE.
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUSHING CLOSE TO THE TREES ON THE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE SCENARIO OF GOING RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THE THE ROAD KIND OF MEANDERS.
IT'S NOT A NICE STRAIGHT SECTION.
SO THAT WAS THE ASSUMPTION THAT WAS BEING BASICALLY A STRAIGHT SECTION.
AND OF COURSE, WITH WITH THE 8 FOOT TRAIL, YOU'RE LOOKING PROBABLY MORE LIKE AT THE TWO.
AND YEAH, SO, SO PARTICULARLY THESE HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE ARE RATHER RATHER LARGE.
I THINK THOSE ARE THEY'RE OVER 22IN IN DIAMETER.
AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A COUPLE OF REALLY, REALLY BIG ONES HERE ON THIS NORTH SIDE AS WELL.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPECIMEN TREES.
THERE'S TWO SPECIMEN TREES I BELIEVE IN THIS MIX AS WELL.
AND THEN THEN OVER HERE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE SOME ARE PROTECTED BUT THEY'RE NOT SPECIMEN TREES.
IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD SHIFT THE ROAD NORTH OR SOUTH TO TRY AND PRESERVE.
AND WHAT I WOULD SAY AT THE POINT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE AT IS, IS IF WE GET DIRECTION ON THE DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPONENTS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN IN THIS SECTION, WE WILL THEN GO AND WE'LL DO ALL THE ENGINEERING.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO TO MAXIMIZE THAT THAT IMPACT.
AND WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS, I THINK IN THIS AREA.
I DO WANT TO SEE THAT ROAD SHIFTED AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
THAT MAKES SENSE FOR EVERYONE, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE SPECIMEN TREES PROTECTED AS BEST WE CAN.
YEAH. AND SO I WILL POINT OUT ONE OF ONE OF THE WHEN I, WHEN I WAS SITTING THERE KIND OF COMING UP WITH A PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF WHAT DO WE DO HERE? SO IF WE LOOK AT TOWN LAKE, THEIR RIGHT OF WAY IS SHIFTED ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT NORTH THAN COMPARED TO THIS CENTER LINE OF THE EXISTING SCENIC AND FROM FROM THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE SMITH TRACT, IT'S ACTUALLY SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT SOUTH.
AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE RIGHT OF WAYS ARE JUST LINING UP PERFECTLY.
THERE'S ABOUT 100 DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH YOU COULD TRY TO DO THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO THE DETAILED ENGINEERING DESIGN.
WE GET CONTOURS, WE GET [INAUDIBLE], WE GET ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE CAN REALLY START TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MINIMIZE OR MAXIMIZE THE STREET SECTION.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ROADS ON EITHER SIDE, WALSINGHAM AND TOWN LAKE, AND THEN WHATEVER'S IN SCENIC, WHAT KIND OF EAST WEST ROADS ARE FEEDING INTO THIS CONNECTION RIGHT HERE? YEAH. SO WALSINGHAM IS THAT RURAL COLLECTOR.
SO IT HAS IT HAS THE BIKE LANES.
THE SECTION HERE, NORTH AND SOUTH COMING OFF OF 1171 IS ALSO THAT RURAL COLLECTOR.
SO OUR THOUGHT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION CYCLISTS COMING DOWN SCENIC OR OFF WALSINGHAM ONTO A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, WHICH WILL THEN TAKE THEM IN TO THE SCENIC TO THE SMITH TRACT.
RIGHT. I KNOW NOT THE INITIAL PORTION CORRECT.
WELL IT'S 12 FOOT FROM THE SOUTH.
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SO 8 FOOT TRAIL EAST OF HERE, 8 FOOT TRAIL WEST OF HERE.SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE MORE I MEAN, SOME CYCLISTS ARE GOING TO WANT TO STAY ON THE ROADS.
WE KNOW THAT. BUT I MEAN, MOST OF THEM WILL WILL PROBABLY TRANSITION TO THE TRAIL.
WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, HOW TO GET THEM FROM THE ROAD ONTO THE TRAIL.
CORRECT. AND I AND MATT MAY COULD SPEAK MORE TO THAT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S IDEA, TOO, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL, WITH THE 13 FOOT, THOSE THOSE RIDERS THAT ARE COMFORTABLE ON THE ROAD WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IN THAT 13 FOOT SPACE.
AND SO THEY WOULD THEY WOULD PROBABLY HOP ON AND MAYBE GO DOWN HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SOUTH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY DO TODAY.
WE DIDN'T. WE JUST ONLY HAD A CONCEPT PLAN.
AND I THINK PARTICULARLY FOR THE RESIDENTS SOUTH OF HERE, THEY WERE CONCERNED.
THEY WERE HEARING, HEY, THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS THIS REALLY WIDE COLLECTOR SECTION.
GO BACK AND SEE AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN DO IN BETWEEN THAT FIRST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE SINCE GOT THE TIA AND THEN WE, WE SAW HOW LOW OF AN IMPACT THAT BASICALLY THE, THE SMITH TRACT HAD, MAINLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, AT LEAST NOT RIGHT NOW IN THEIR CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS TO SCENIC SOUTH OF HERE.
THIS IS A REDUCTION IN RIGHT OF WAY BENEFIT THAT DEVELOPER.
DOES IT MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET MORE OPEN SPACE? WHAT'S THE IMPACT IF WE HAVE TO SAY WE'RE TAKING SO MUCH RIGHT OF WAY FROM YOUR PROPERTY ALONG THAT FUTURE TOWN TOLL BROTHERS DEVELOPMENT? SO SO IF WE WERE TO GO JUST STRAIGHT DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY TYPICALLY WOULD SPLIT IT HALF AND HALF.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, IT'D BE 30 FOOT ON ONE SIDE, 30 FOOT ON THE OTHER.
NOW THERE'S ALSO PORTIONS THROUGH THE SMITHS TRACT WHERE WE CURVE, WHERE WE CURVE THOSE 90S OUT.
HOWEVER, WITH WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES, THEY MAY HAVE TO DEDICATE THAT INTO AN X LOT, WHICH THE TOWN WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE IN THE FUTURE WHENEVER THEY DECIDE TO DO THIS ROADWAY. WELL, I WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE THAT PORTION OF THE TRAIL THEN TO 12FT.
LEXIN DO YOU THINK? POSSIBLY WE COULD TALK TO THE APPLICANT ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE IT'S LANDING AND AND WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING IN THAT AREA.
I DON'T I DON'T HAVE IT ALL MEMORIZED OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND I KNOW THEY ARE GETTING CLOSER TO COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR APPLICATION, BUT BUT YEAH, IT IT WILL POTENTIALLY ALLOW AT LEAST SOME ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE IF THE AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY IS REDUCED.
HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO IMPACTING THE BUILDING THERE ON THE CIRCLE? OUR RANCH.
THIS IS THE CURRENT FENCE LINE.
OKAY. SO THAT MAY BE A CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
CORRECT. AND THAT THAT ALSO MAY BE A CONSIDERATION TOO, BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONNECT IF YOU HAVE AN OFFSET SOUTH, DO YOU COULD YOU OFFSET THIS HERE SOUTH AND MAYBE MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT.
BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT STAGE OF IF YOU TELL US THE COMPONENTS YOU WANT, THEN WE CAN START GETTING INTO THAT DETAILED DESIGN AND REALLY KIND OF MAKING SURE IT'S THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS FOR EVERYONE.
SO MINIMIZING THE EAST WEST PORTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO BE BOTH SAVING THE TREES ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH, AS WELL AS THE IMPACT TO THE CIRCLE R COULD BE NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL POTENTIALLY.
THE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT YOU PUT DOWN IS GOING TO HAVE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF IMPACT.
OKAY. SO WE WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE THE TRAIL AND THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF USERS.
SO THIS IS DIRECTLY OUT OF OUR TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN.
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AND IT JUST KIND OF TALKS ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WIDTHS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS.I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THAT.
SO THEY THEY WANT THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT.
AND THEN THE SMALLER, THE SMALLER TRAIL SECTION AND THEN ONE RECOMMENDED MODIFIED RURAL COLLECTOR.
SO INSTEAD OF TEN FOOT LANES, IT'S 11 FOOT LANES.
AND THAT'S ALONG THE THE NORTH SOUTH SECTION OF THE PROPOSED SMITH TRACK DOWN TO RIVER HILL DRIVE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHEN IF ONCE WE KNOW WHAT COMPONENTS WE'RE WE'RE DESIGNING FOR, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN ENGAGE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DETAILED ENGINEERING. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE TWO PROPERTIES? AND THEN THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCENIC SOUTH OF THE SMITH TRACT ENTRANCE.
AND I WOULD SAY, ADAM, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION OF WHAT YOU ADDED ASKED EARLIER.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE GOT HERE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STARTED HERE.
THAT WAS BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THE TIA.
THE TIA SHOWED THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S NOT ON A TEN YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.
OKAY. AND THEN THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, WELL, IF WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS, YOU KNOW, ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, DOES THAT, DOES THAT, THAT CAUSE ANY KIND OF CONCERN? DOES THAT CAUSE ANY KIND OF CONFUSION? AND REALLY WITH, WITH THE LOW VOLUME OF TRAFFIC? YOU SEE, IT DOESN'T AS LONG AS IT'S THOSE, THOSE TRANSITIONS ARE MADE IN LOGICAL POINTS.
AND SO FOR INSTANCE, THAT EAST WEST PORTION, YOU HAVE A THREE WAY STOP AND A THREE WAY STOP.
SO IT'S KIND OF LOGICAL THAT THOSE WOULD BE WHERE SECTIONS WOULD CHANGE.
AND THEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF SCENIC THROUGH THAT EAST WEST PORTION.
I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE REALLY KIND OF AT THE CONCEPT STAGE.
AND THEN THE EQUESTRIAN EQUESTRIAN TRAIL PLACEMENT THERE.
THERE WAS AN INQUIRY ABOUT THAT PARTICULARLY OVER BY THE GAS.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT'S THAT'S REALLY NOT RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A TOPIC FOR THE FUTURE, AS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE SCENIC LOOK LIKE.
SINCE THE EQUESTRIAN TRAIL IS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION THE PORTIONS OF THE EQUESTRIAN TRAIL, SORRY THAT ARE IN TOWN LAKE, WHERE IT'S A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG.
IS THERE AN APPROPRIATE TIME OR FORUM FOR THOSE QUESTIONS TO COME FORWARD? I WOULD SAY, AND SORRY, I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT USUALLY WHEN THAT THAT WOULD COME FORWARD, EXACTLY HOW THAT CONNECTION WOULD BE MADE IS WHEN THAT PROPERTY COMES IN FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO WHENEVER THAT PROPERTY DEVELOPS, THEN IT'S TALKED ABOUT, OKAY, WELL HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT CONNECTIVITY WHICH IS NOW RIGHT.
I MEAN THAT THE PLOTS FOR TOWN LAKE TOWN LAKE FIVE AND SIX ARE ALREADY APPROVED.
OKAY. BUT MAYBE THAT'S ALREADY DONE THEN.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN TOWN LAKE AND SCENIC? BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT GOES DIAGONAL ACROSS THE PROPERTY.
AND HOW IS IT GOING TO IS IT GOING TO CUT ACROSS UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES, OR IS IT GOING TO TRY TO FOLLOW PROPERTY LINES? AND THOSE WERE QUESTIONS THAT ARE I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO SEE WHAT THE PLOT LOOKS LIKE.
IS IS TOWN LIKE DIRECTLY EAST OF THIS? CORRECT. LIKE RIGHT ON THE.
YEAH, THAT CONNECTION IS TOWN LAKE.
YEAH. SO THERE'S THERE'S TWO INTERVENING PROPERTIES BETWEEN TOWN LAKE AND AND SCENIC.
YOU'VE GOT THE OLD GAS SITE AND THEN MR. PETERSON'S PROPERTY.
AND SO WE HAVE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON HOW DO YOU GET TO POINT A TO POINT B FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER SIDE? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW A STRINGENT LINE.
AS YOU SEE ON THE MAP. THE POINT IS THE CONNECTIVITY THAT THAT OH MY GOSH, CLAY MENTIONED.
SORRY, CLAY, I JUST BLANKED OUT THERE FOR A MINUTE.
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SO SO TOWN LAKE ISN'T IN THE CONNECTION TO SCENIC RIGHT THERE.THAT'S THE GAS GAS WELL, RIGHT.
CORRECT. YEAH. AND SO I BELIEVE THE CONCERN IS THIS PORTION RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
AND THAT PORTION IS NOT CURRENTLY IN A DEVELOPMENT STAGE.
YEAH. AND SO HOW YOU WOULD GET FROM, YOU KNOW, HERE TO SCENIC THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPER WHENEVER THEY COME IN, THEY PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT AT CONCEPT PLAN.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU MIGHT TALK ABOUT ZONING.
AND THEN AS YOU START GETTING INTO THE ENGINEERING, YOU COULD REALLY HAMMER THAT DOWN.
OKAY. CLAY JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M TRACKING.
THAT THAT RUNS FROM 3040 AND THAT'S GOING TO GO EAST TO SCENIC WEST TO SCENIC.
CORRECT. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT SCENIC COMING OFF OF 1171 NORTH SOUTH.
YEAH. BASICALLY WALSINGHAM IS EVERYTHING FROM THERE TO THE EAST.
AND SO WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THEN WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TOWN LAKE ROAD.
SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL EAST WEST ROAD BESIDES WALSINGHAM.
WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THE TRAIL CONNECTION JUST NOW.
OKAY. AND THAT WAS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT A SECOND ROAD GOING THROUGH.
SO AGAIN, I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION VOTED TO GO WITH OPTION ONE.
THAT IS THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR.
THAT IS THE 26 FOOT WITHOUT BIKE LANES.
PLANNING AND ZONING ESSENTIALLY ECHOED THE SAME SAME THOUGHT.
AND ALL OF THESE WERE UNANIMOUS.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT THE PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE PLAN COULD LOOK LIKE.
THIS ONE HERE TAKES WHAT YOU FROM THE CURRENT THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO THIS ONE.
IT PUTS THE 90S BACK IN ON THE NORTH END.
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S IT STRAIGHTENS THEM OUT ON THE SOUTH END.
IT COULD WE COULD FOLLOW THE 90S IF YOU WANT TO, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S SMOOTHING THOSE TWO 90S OUT.
AND THEN THAT'S THAT'S THE END OF OURS.
THESE ARE THE THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND P&Z.
THE ONLY REASON THE FIRST ONE, OPTION ONE, HAS THERE TWICE BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME CROSS SECTION.
JUST WHO MAINTAINS THE PARKWAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MATT. COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM THREE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THE SAME RULES FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS APPLY.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH MR. STEVE DIXON FIRST.
BRONZE I HAVE A NOTE THAT YOU HAVE DONATED TIME FROM FIVE PEOPLE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALLOTTED NINE MINUTES.
MR. DIXON WILL GO FIRST WITH THREE MINUTES, MR. DIXON. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
STEVE DIXON 4604 WISDOM CREEK COURT.
BRONZE HAS THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
I'M THE VERY LAST. THE VERY WELL CROSS THE NEIGHBOR'S CROSS STREET, THE VERY END, BUT AND IF YOU SAT IN MY DRIVEWAY IT WAS NO, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T, BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE I'VE SAT THERE FOR HOURS, I MEAN LITERALLY HOURS.
AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE PEOPLE GO SLOW.
THEY WANT TO SEE DEER, THEY WANT TO SEE COWS.
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THEY WANT TO SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE PROPERTY AND UP NORTH.AND TONIGHT COUNTY COUNCIL IS GOING TO GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, CROSS SECTION AND SOME THINGS FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO YOU AT SOME POINT IN TIME WITH SOME SPECIFICITY.
SO IN THIS SITUATION, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD ALWAYS BE THE SMALLER THE RIGHT OF WAY, THE SMALLER THE CROSS SECTION, THE MORE TREES WE CAN SAVE. IT WILL ALSO INHERENTLY MAKE THE TRAFFIC BE SLOWER.
SO I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT FROM THE SOUTH END TO THE NORTH END, THERE'S GOING TO BE THE TRAILS THAT GO THROUGH NATURE, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RIDE HORSES, RIDE BIKES AND WALK, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND ME WHEN I WHEN I FINALLY MOVE OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A REAL NICE PLACE, BUT I PREFER NOT TO HAVE THE BIKE LANES ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
NOW, WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE, WHERE IT GOES EAST TO WEST, WHERE WALSINGHAM IS GOING TO COME INTO IT, THAT DOES KIND OF MAKE SENSE TO HAVE BIKE LANES OVER THERE CONNECTING THE WALSINGHAM STREET TO THE ENTRY OF THE TOLL BROTHERS NEIGHBORHOOD THERE ON THE NORTHEAST SECTION.
SO I'M I'M I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I WANT TO SAVE AS MANY TREES UP BY WHERE BRONZE IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT ARE HIS TREES AND ALSO JASON'S SIDE ON ON ON CIRCLE R, BUT I LOVE HOW CLAY PUT IT.
THE SMALLER THE PAVEMENT, THE MORE TREES YOU SAVE.
I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM LINE.
THAT'S IT. RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO SAVE AS MANY TREES AS WE CAN IN FLOWER MOUND.
IT'S EVEN HIGHLIGHTED RIGHT NOW ON THIS SUBJECT AND ON HIGH ROAD.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE THAT CROSS SECTION 60 NO MORE THAN 62, 63 ISH AT THE MAXIMUM, BUT I WOULD SAY 60 AND ALSO HAVE THE 213 TRAVEL LANES ON THE SOUTH SIDE BIKE LANES.
I'LL LET I'LL DEFER TO BRONZE ON THAT ONE.
THANK YOU SIR. NEXT WILL BE MR. PETERSON. I'M SURE YOU HAVE DONATED TIME FROM BRANDI PETERSEN.
ARE YOU HERE? JUST NEED ONE MORE CARA PETERSON.
[INAUDIBLE]. AND I BEFORE I START I'M SUPPOSED TO PULL SOMETHING UP HERE, I THINK.
DO I JUST CLICK ON IT? SORRY. YEAH. SORRY.
OKAY. BRONZE PETERSEN 5104 SADDLE DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS 75028.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
APPRECIATE THE FOLKS THAT COULD MEET ME OUT ON SITE.
I THINK THAT WAS HELPFUL TO TO ALL OF US, HONESTLY.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE MAIN POINTS I KIND OF WANTED TO GET ACROSS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EAST WEST SECTION OF SCENIC FROM WHAT WOULD BE THE MY NORTHEAST CORNER OF MY RANCH, WHICH WOULD BE WHERE THE WALSINGHAM EXTENSION MEETS SCENIC TO MY NORTHWEST CORNER OF OUR RANCH, WHICH IS WHERE IT WILL END UP DUMPING INTO THE SMITH TRACT DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT TO TRY TO PROTECT THOSE.
ONE THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS IT'S NOT AS MUCH THAT SCENIC IS BEING SHIFTED NORTH ON THE TOWN LAKE FIVE SIX AS MUCH AS IT IS THAT THE SCENIC OR SORRY WALSINGHAM, WALSINGHAM IS ACTUALLY BEING LOCATED ON EQUAL SIDES OF THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO IT APPEARS THAT IT'S BEING SHIFTED NORTH, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
IT'S JUST CENTERED ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
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OF THE 18, ONLY FIVE FEET OF THAT PAVEMENT IS ON CIRCLE R'S PROPERTY, 13FT OF THE PAVEMENT.13FT OF THE PAVEMENT IS ON OUR PROPERTY, MEANING THAT THAT THE ROAD JUST HOW IT MEANDERS THROUGH.
AND IN SOME PLACES, IF YOU GET ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE YOU COME AROUND THAT CORNER, MY NORTHEAST CORNER, JASON, SOUTH EAST CORNER, ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF SCENIC WOULD BE ON OUR SIDE ALL 18FT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AND YOU SAY, WELL, HOW MUCH WOULD BE AFFECTED? THE CURRENT CANOPY OF THOSE TREES COMES OUT IN ABOUT TOUCHES THE EDGE OF THE ROAD RIGHT THERE.
SO WHEN YOU SAY, WELL, WILL THEY BE AFFECTED IF WE.
YEAH, I THINK THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AFFECTED.
BUT IF YOU EVEN DO WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING, WHICH IS A 64 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WITH TWO 11 FOOT VEHICULAR LANES AND TWO FOUR FOOT BIKE LANES, THAT'S TOTAL WIDTH OF 30FT, RIGHT? SO 30FT OF OF PAVEMENT WOULD HAVE TO GO IN THERE.
YOU WOULD ONLY BE A FOOT OR TWO ON MY SIDE, AT LEAST OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT ROAD.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OVER DIG SOMEWHAT.
SO YOU MIGHT GET A BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE NOWHERE NEAR THE TREE TRUNK AND YOU MIGHT THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE THERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE AT LEAST THE BEST CASE THAN TO TRY TO SHIFT IT SOUTH.
IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND LOOK THE TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE ONES THAT ARE ON JASON'S PROPERTY.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND HE'S HE'S ACTUALLY OF THE OPINION AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIM TONIGHT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DISCUSSED IT QUITE A BIT.
SO YOU SEE [INAUDIBLE] ONE FOOT CONTOURS.
I MEAN, YOU GET MUCH. THEY USED TO DESIGN ROADS WITH ONE TENTH OF THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION, SO IT CAN BE LOOKED AT AND YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH POINT OF OUR DRIVEWAY THERE IS THAT PURPLE CIRCLE RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU SEE THAT, THAT'S JUST TO THE WEST OF OUR DRIVEWAY.
SO OBVIOUSLY OUR DRIVEWAY IS RELATIVELY IN THE HIGH POINT OF SCENIC.
SO AGAIN, BASED ON ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS AREA IS HIGHER, IS ACTUALLY HIGHER.
THERE'S A BERM THERE. THE THE TREES AND THE GROUND THEY'RE GROWING ON IS HIGHER THAN SCENIC.
SO AGAIN, IF WE HAVE A 34 FOOT RIGHT OF, SORRY, A 32 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY ON EACH SIDE OF SCENIC, A TOTAL OF 64FT, AND WE HAVE TO GET AND WE GET 15 FOOT OF PAVEMENT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, REMEMBER, IF YOU GOT THREE FEET UP AND THREE FEET DOWN, YOU GOT AT LEAST SIX FEET.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A CHANNEL ON THE BOTTOM 3 TO 6 TO 8 FEET OF BAR DITCH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE AN 8 FOOT TRAIL.
YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE ONE FOOT TO THE EDGE OF RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THE ABILITY TO SHIFT IT, UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE MORE RIGHT OF WAY ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF SHIFTING IF WE'RE GOING WITH A 64 FOOT, OR EVEN IF YOU DO THE 60 FOOT WITH A 26 FOOT LINE, IT'S THE SAME THING, RIGHT? 64FT IS JUST FOUR FEET MORE THAN 60FT BECAUSE THE PAVEMENT IS FOUR FEET BIGGER.
SO ANYWAY, SO IF YOU DO 64FT OR 60, MY POINT IN SHOWING YOU THIS TOPOGRAPHY IS NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO HERE, UNLESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHIFTING SCENIC WAY SOUTH AND JUST BLOWING UP ALL OF MY TREES.
I DON'T SEE THAT. AND AN ODD INTERSECTION OVER HERE.
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT ALL OF THESE TREES ARE LOST.
THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ONE TREE, MAYBE 1 OR 2, THAT WILL BE REMAINING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SCENIC.
YEAH, FIVE FOOT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE ROADWAY.
PLUS FOUR MORE FEET IS NINE FEET.
YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER FOUR.
YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER FOUR FOOT OF PAVEMENT PLUS THE OVER DIG.
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IF YOU GET OUT THERE WITH TAPE MEASURE, WHICH I HAVE, I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAS GONE OUT WITH A TAPE MEASURE AND MEASURED THESE TREES LIKE A CRAZY FOOL.YOU SEE ME OUT THERE WITH A TAPE MEASURE, AND THEY'RE JUST IT'S AN IMPOSSIBILITY.
YOU WANT THE WATER FROM THE ROAD TO RUN INTO THE DITCH.
THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH CROSS SECTION.
SO ONCE YOU KNOW THAT, THEN I THINK YOU JUST COME DOWN TO, WELL, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
AND I THINK THE IDEA OF CONTINUING THE BIKE LANES, BECAUSE AGAIN, OVER HERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
34 FOOT OF PAVEMENT, TWO 12 FOOT LANES AND TWO FIVE FOOT BIKE LANES, AND TO CONTINUE THAT ON INTO TWO 11 FOOT LANES, NOT 10 FOOT LANES, 11 FOOT LANES AND DO 4 FOOT WOULD SEEM TO MAKE SOME SENSE.
AND THEN AGAIN, IF YOU COME OVER HERE, THIS IS THE MOST AREA THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL GOING SOUTH FROM HERE.
I TEND TO AGREE WITH STEVE FOR SURE DOWN WHERE HE'S AT SOUTH OF RIVER HILL.
I MEAN, IF IF IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO ME, I WOULD PROBABLY KEEP THE BIKE LANES GOING SOUTH ON SCENIC DOWN TO RIVER HILL ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING IN TRAILHEADS FOR BIKES. SO WE'RE PUTTING IN TRAILHEADS FOR BIKES JUST SOUTH OF BASICALLY RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT AGAIN.
HERE'S THAT NORTHWEST CORNER OF OF OUR PROPERTY.
THEY'RE PUTTING A TRAILHEAD FOR BIKES RIGHT HERE.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE NOW.
AGAIN THEY'RE PROBABLY TIED IN HOPEFULLY TO A TO THE AND I THINK I AGREE WITH WHOEVER WAS SAYING IT ABOUT YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THESE BIKE LANES FOR THAT ARE ON THE SMITH TRACT, I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.
AND MAYBE THEY'LL CONNECT THAT WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY NORTHWEST CORNER, I CAN SEE IT BECOMING BACK TO THE 26FT.
I WOULD IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD STILL CONTINUE IT ON DOWN TO RIVER HILL JUST TO MAKE THAT CONSISTENT.
BUT THEN SOUTH OF THERE. I AGREE WITH STEVE.
THERE'S NO, NO REASON. THERE'S JUST NOT AS MUCH TRAFFIC.
ONE OTHER QUICK POINT BEFORE I LEAVE UP HERE IN THIS NORTHWEST CORNER, THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT THAT SMITH THE SMITH TRACK WAS DEVELOPED STILL SHOWS THIS COMING IN TOO FAR SOUTH IF IT COMES IN FURTHER NORTH, AS I MENTIONED ON MY EMAIL.
MR. PETERSON, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.
I'M SORRY, SIR, I KNOW YOU'RE REALLY PASSIONATE, BUT THAT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
SO I DO HAVE A CARD THAT WAS DONATED TIME FROM REBECCA PEARTON.
DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK OR WAS IT JUST DONATED TIME? I HAVE A COMMENT CARD FROM LESLIE PETERSON.
DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
THERESA DO WE HAVE ANY MORE GREEN COMMENT CARDS? I DO NOT.
THE TIME IS 8:54 AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.
CLAIRE, CAN YOU PUT UP SLIDE 16, THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL MAP.
SO, THE TRAILHEAD THAT MR. PETERSON MENTIONED THAT ALIGNS WITH RIVER OAK.
I MEAN, HOW COMMITTED ARE WE COULD THAT BE MOVED UP TO THE CORNER OF SCENIC WALSINGHAM, TO WHERE IT'S A MORE LOGICAL IN TERMS OF HOW IT WOULD ALIGN WITH PEOPLE COMING OFF THE ROAD AND ONTO THE TRAILHEAD.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS VERY, VERY CONCEPTUAL, BUT MATT.
I WOULD SAY EVEN ON THE ON THIS PLAN, ON THE TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN.
IT DOESN'T EVEN SHOW THAT THAT TRAILHEAD.
SO, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK ON THAT DEPENDING ON THE DESIGNATION THAT WE MAKE.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY QUITE A WAYS.
IT'S A LITTLE WAYS NORTH OF RIVER HILL.
YEAH. FROM WHERE THE 90-DEGREE TURNS ARE.
THIS IS THE SOUTH 90 DEGREE BEND.
SO, THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE WAYS QUITE A WAYS NORTH OF RIVER HILL.
THEY LOOKED AT ALL THIS STUFF. THEY CAME UP WITH GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS.
PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S EASY.
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COLLECTOR FROM USING THE RIGHT TERM, THAT'S THE TWO 13 FOOT.SO, THAT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THE REALLY THE ONLY PORTION IS THIS EAST WEST, WHICH WE'VE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THAT BE RETAINED AS A MODIFIED RURAL COLLECTOR WITH THE NARROW LANES AND THE BIKE LANES, IN ORDER TO HELP TRANSITION PEOPLE ONTO THE WAY, AND AN EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL TO HELP TRANSITION PEOPLE ONTO THE BIKE LANES.
THAT'S, I THINK, WHAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF.
IT'S A SLIGHT MODIFICATION FROM PNC AND TRANSPORTATION, BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT.
WELL, I KIND OF REALLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SAVING TREES AND WHAT WE HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT UP HERE I'M ALMOST OF THE OPINION, TO PUT IT, OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR UP IN THAT SECTION AS WELL, AND THEN GO WITH AN EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL.
YEAH. BECAUSE THAT WILL MINIMIZE THE IMPACT.
YEAH, THAT IS DEFINITELY WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE OTHER BOARDS.
AND THAT I THINK COMING INTO THIS MEETING, THAT'S WHAT I HAD IN MIND TOO.
BUT SPEAKING TO THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO'S THE MOST AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNER, WHO IS IN FAVOR OF THE MODIFIED RURAL COLLECTOR, WHICH I THINK ADDS TWO FEET OF PAVEMENT, IS THAT RIGHT? WITH THE WITH THE TEN-FOOT LANES? YES. ONLY TWO FEET. RIGHT.
SO, YOU DELETE FOUR FEET OF POTENTIALLY FOUR FEET OF PAVEMENT THERE AND HAVE EIGHT FEET.
I THINK YOU JUST GO WITH THE EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL.
I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH IT, IT'S GOING TO BE EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL INTO TOWN LAKE FIVE AND SIX.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE THE EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL.
AND SO, YOU JUST CONTINUE THAT EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL.
SO, IT CONTINUES ON WITH THAT.
I THINK I'M WILLING TO MAKE THAT CONCESSION BASED ON THAT.
I THINK IT WAS 11-FOOT LANES AND FOUR-FOOT BIKE LANES.
WELL, 11-FOOT LANES AND FOUR-FOOT BIKE LANES ARE GOING FOUR FEET OF ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT.
SO, TEN FOOT IS WHAT'S ON THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO SPOKE, THE PUBLIC SPEAKER SAID 11 FOOT PLUS FOUR FOOT.
I WOULD SUPPORT THIS CROSS SECTION RIGHT HERE THAT WE SEE ON THE SCREEN WITH THE 11-FOOT LANES.
MAKES IT A 64-FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
YEAH. AND AGAIN, YOU'RE THE WIDER YOU GO THE MORE TREES YOU'RE LOSING.
ASSUMING THAT WE CAN SHIFT IT TO THE NORTH, WE GIVE THEM THE DIRECTIONS OF WHAT SECTION, WHAT THE ROAD SECTION IS, AND THEN STAFF IS GOING TO HAVE TO DETERMINE THE MIDDLE, THE MIDDLE AND SAVE THOSE UNDERSTAND TREES.
UNDERSTAND. SO, I AGREE I THINK THE.
MR. PETERSON'S SURVEY HERE MAY HELP A LITTLE BIT.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE COMPLETE ROADWAY IS ALMOST ENTIRELY ON THE PETERSON PROPERTY.
AND THEN HERE IT SHIFTS, AND IT MEANDERS UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO, THE CENTER OF THE EXISTING SCENIC ROAD DOES NOT MATCH THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IF WE IF WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF COMPONENTS WE'RE LOOKING AT, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE CAN KIND OF COME IN AND WE CAN REALLY ENGINEER THIS.
WE WANT TO TRY TO FOLLOW THIS EXISTING CENTER LINE.
DO WE WANT TO TRY TO FOLLOW THE PROPERTY LINE? DO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS YOU KNOW, MY OPINION IS WE DO THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT AND MINIMUM AMOUNT OF IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACING THAT PAVEMENT.
AND TO COUNCILMAN SCHIESTEL'S POINT, WE DO HAVE TIME TO WORK ON THAT; RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH.
RIGHT. NOW THE SMITH TRACT AGAIN IS VERY CONCEPTUAL.
WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T GOT INTO ANY OF THE KIND OF ENGINEERING ON IT YET.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THE SAFETY COMPONENTS FOR THE CYCLISTS, BECAUSE IN THAT ONE HOUR THAT I WAS THERE, I DID SEE A NUMBER OF CYCLISTS AND SOME LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE ROAD RACING. AND THEN I SAW TWO REALLY KIND OF SMALL KIDS WITH THEIR LITTLE BIKES, JUST HAPPILY, YOU KNOW, MOTORING ALONG.
I WILL SAY, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I FIRST CAME OVER FROM OUR CAPITAL GROUP INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS GROUP IS WE HAD FROM THE CYCLING COMMUNITY A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE PAST THOSE HAIRPIN 90S.
SO, THERE IT'S DEFINITELY BEING USED.
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YET THE EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL, THEY'D STILL BE ABLE TO RIDE A BIKE ON IT.THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN HERE.
SOMETIMES IT DOES, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
I DID HAVE JUST ONE GENERAL QUESTION.
WHEN WE REMOVE THE TREES, LET'S SAY ON THE NORTH SIDE, WILL WE ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING TO KIND OF BUILD UP SOME SORT OF CANOPY THERE TO KIND OF MAKE UP FOR IT OVER TIME? I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE'LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN.
TYPICALLY, WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'LL SOMETIMES TRY TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN, BUT IT'S USUALLY KIND OF MORE LIKE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU EVEN WORK IT IN ONCE YOU GET INTO THAT DESIGN? SO PROBABLY TOO EARLY TO SAY I LIKE THAT IDEA.
COUNCILMAN DREW, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP.
I KNOW IT WILL EXPENSE, BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE RECENT DEBACLE ON HIGH ROAD AND THE DESTRUCTION OF PEOPLE'S VIEWS AND AND ALL THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A BETTER EFFORT.
AND I WOULD SAY YOU'RE PROBABLY ABOUT TO TALK TO US.
SURE. I SAW THAT WHEN I WAS IN THAT VICINITY.
I DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW TALL IT IS, BUT.
BUT SOME SCREENING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING, I THINK.
I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT JIM MENTIONED THAT LET'S MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE.
LET'S MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WE TAKE.
YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE COLLABORATIVE INTERACTION WITH THE LANDOWNERS IN THE AREA.
AND I WOULD SAY TYPICALLY WITH A LOT OF OUR THOROUGHFARE STREETS, WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS TOO.
SO, IT'S NOT JUST WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH JUST A BUNCH IN A SMALL GROUP, LIKE WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CONTACT EVERYBODY INVOLVED, MAKE A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT TO DO THAT.
YEP. SO, I DO WANT TO ASK ONE OTHER QUESTION.
AND IT'S PRIMARILY ABOUT THE SMITH PROPERTY IN THE ROADS.
IS IT DIFFICULT FOR THE SMITH PROPERTY TO GET AN EXIT ONTO 1171 AND COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THIS EXIT? AND WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT TAKE? I THINK WE WANTED THAT.
OR GET TXDOT TO AGREE TO ANOTHER ACT.
WELL, I'M TALKING WITHIN THE SMITH PROPERTY.
RIGHT THERE. THEY DO CONNECT TO 1171 ON THE NORTH SIDE, RIGHT.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING ONE OVER.
YEAH. HERE'S YOUR HERE'S YOUR ONE DRIVEWAY.
WE WOULD TYPICALLY WANT THAT CONNECTED BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOUR MEDIAN OPENING IS GOING TO BE.
AND SO, IT WOULD I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE A BIG BUFFER RIGHT HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THE LARGE GROVE OF TREES RIGHT HERE.
IT'S PROBABLY A LOT OF MORE THINGS THAT GO INTO IT.
YEAH, I JUST ASKED BECAUSE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAVE THOSE TREES, BUT OKAY.
YEAH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL. WHEN MOST PAVEMENT.
EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL IN THE EAST WEST PORTION.
OKAY AND ALSO LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR ALONG THE EAST WEST PORTION.
CORRECT. SO, ALL THE WAY FROM WALSINGHAM SOUTH, INCLUDING THE EAST WEST AND LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR WITH AN EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL UP ON THE EAST WEST SECTION.
I WOULD SAY AS A AS PRESENTED AS THIS LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR THAT YOU SEE HERE.
OKAY, THE EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL IS OUTSIDE OF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
OKAY. SO, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT.
SO, THE SOUTH SIDE, ARE WE SAYING LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR WITHOUT A TRAIL.
IT'S BEING PRESENTED WITH THE EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL, I BELIEVE.
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OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR.
IN AN EIGHT-FOOT TRAIL ALONG THE EAST WEST PORTION.
SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION.
THERESA. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ITEM THREE M.PA 23-0008 IS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED, RIGHT? WELL, HE WANTED THE BIKE LANE, MAN.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[M.4. LDR24-0001-Land Use Update - Public Hearing to consider an ordinance amending the Town's Land Development Regulations (LDR24-0001- Land Use Update) by amending Chapter 82 "Development Standards,"Chapter 86" Signs," Chapter 98"Zoning,"and Appendix A "Fees," related to new regulated uses, definations, development standards, and fees for the purpose of clarifying and updating certain sections to reflect current planning practices and State laws. (PZ recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 0 at its March 25, 2024, meeting.)]
STARTING US OFF WILL BE MISS LEXIN MURPHY.SO, THIS IS, AS MENTIONED, A LAND USE UPDATE.
AND SO, IT'S A CONGLOMERATION OF MULTIPLE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD BOTH WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL. SO JUST TO CALL OUT SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, IT CAME UP WITH A PREVIOUS LAND USE UPDATE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THE TOWN SHOULD BE REGULATING CBD SALES AS WELL.
THAT WAS WHEN WE INTRODUCED THE SMOKING RELATED BUSINESS.
SALES AND THEN ALSO MODEL HOMEWORK SESSION THAT WAS BACK IN 2021 WITH P&Z.
AND IT WAS REALLY MORE JUST THEY'RE WANTING TO GET AN EARLY START.
AND IT REALLY HADN'T BEEN CALLED OUT IN OUR ORDINANCE PREVIOUSLY.
THAT WAS MORE RECENT. AGAIN, COMING FROM COUNCIL WANTING TO ADDRESS THE LANGUAGE THAT DEALT WITH SPECIMEN TREES AND MITIGATION THAT'S WITHIN THE MIXED-USE ORDINANCE AND MAKE THAT MORE TYPICAL TO OUR NORMAL PROCESS.
AND THEN THE SIGN WORK SESSION WAS JUST RECENT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, AS A REGULAR ITEM TO PNC LAST WEEK AND THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
THAT'S JUST DELETING ONE THAT'S GOING AWAY.
LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING, SOME UPDATES THERE A RELOCATION OF THE OUTDOOR LIGHTING STANDARDS.
WE PREVIOUSLY HAD LIGHTING IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES, 82 AND 98.
AND SO CONSOLIDATING IT IN ONE LOCATION.
SIGNS UPDATING OUR ILLUSTRATIONS, REMOVAL OF AN OUTDATED SITE PLAN FEE REFERENCE, AND THEN UPDATES TO GROUND SIGNS, ELECTRONIC CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGNS AND WALL SIGNS BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION.
AND THEN WITHIN CHAPTER 98, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS UPDATED AND NEW DEFINITIONS.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY JUST CLEANUP STUFF FOR, YOU KNOW, DEFINITIONS THAT DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY OR USES THAT DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY HAD HAVE A DEFINITION OR ONES THAT WEREN'T CLEAR OR WERE DUPLICATED IN MULTIPLE DEFINITIONS.
SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE THAT AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
UPDATE AND NEW USE CLASSIFICATIONS.
JUST WE DID THAT THROUGHOUT A LOT OF OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.
THEY KIND OF LOOKED HAND-DRAWN ALMOST.
SO, THESE ARE A LITTLE MORE PRECISE STREAMLINING AND UPDATING OUR DIMENSIONAL REGULATION SCHEDULES, RELOCATING OUTDOOR LIGHTING STANDARDS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, A WATT AND LUMEN EQUIVALENCIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM APPLICANTS AND WANTING TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND THEN NEW FENCING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THEN THE FEE SCHEDULE.
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AND SO WE NEED TO UPDATE FEES TO REFLECT THE CHANGE WE MADE TO OUR PROCESSES TO CREATE A SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN.SO WE NEED TO SHIFT ALL THOSE FEES OVER.
SO STARTING WITH CHAPTER 82 AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, OUTDOOR PATIOS AND SEATING AREAS.
SO THIS IS JUST CLARIFYING FOR THE MOST PART WHERE WHAT THIS APPLIES TO BECAUSE BEFORE IT SAID, YOU KNOW, OUTDOOR PATIOS AND SEATING AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH NONRESIDENTIAL USES.
AND SO MADE THAT CLARIFICATION, BUT ALSO SAID FOR ANY OTHER NONRESIDENTIAL USE THAT IS ELECTING TO INCORPORATE PATIO FENCING, THAT THEY WILL USE ATTRACTIVE FENCING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY JUST USING YOU KNOW, CHAIN LINK FENCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND PARKING AND OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS.
TYPICALLY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM FROM APPLICANTS IS THAT THEY KIND OF MEET THE EXPECTATION, BUT WE OCCASIONALLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ARE TRYING TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY MAYBE, AND DON'T MEET.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATION FOR WHAT THOSE SHRUBS WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THE TIME OF PLANTING.
WE REQUIRE A THREE FOOT SCREENING SHRUB.
AND SO THIS SAYS, WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE THREE FEET WHEN YOU PLANT THEM, BUT THEY SHOULD AT LEAST BE A FIVE GALLON SIZE SO THAT THEY WILL GROW INTO THAT THREE FEET IN A RELATIVELY QUICKLY TIME, QUICK TIME.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE PEOPLE DO ANYWAY.
IT'S JUST THE OUTLIERS THAT ARE OCCASIONALLY NOT MEETING THAT EXPECTATION THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS.
THESE ARE JUST UPDATED IMAGES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH JOEL, TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH Y'ALL AT THE LAST WORK SESSION.
AND AS SHE MENTIONED THAT WHAT WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF APPLICANTS IS THAT HAVING TO DO A MASONRY BORDER ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SIGN THEY FELT LIKE WAS SOMETIMES LOOKED A LITTLE OUTDATED AND THEY WANTED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS.
AND SO WE WERE KIND OF WRESTLING WITH WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.
SO THIS WAS STAFF'S SUGGESTION.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE FELT LIKE SAYING THAT AT LEAST TWO SIDES HAD TO BE MASONRY, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO SIDES HAD TO BE SOME SORT OF MATERIAL THAT WAS BEING USED ON THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, SO THAT THAT WAY IT LOOKED COHESIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT DID ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THE APPLICANT.
BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO FEEDBACK.
IF Y'ALL HAD A DIFFERENT VISION FOR HOW WE COULD ACHIEVE THAT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T JUST SEE KIND OF THE LIGHT BOX OR THE THAT METAL EDGE OF THE SIGN. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF BORDER ON FOUR SIDES, BUT AS LONG AS THEY'RE USING A COMPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT FELT LIKE IT COULD STILL BE REALLY ATTRACTIVE.
THIS WAS AGAIN SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT, ALLOWING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL WALL SIGN ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING, REGARDLESS OF STREET FRONTAGE, AND THEN REMOVING A RESTRICTION THAT ALLOWED ONLY ONE BUILDING IDENTIFICATION WALL SIGN FOR MULTI BUILDING COMPLEXES.
IT. SO GROUND SIGNS FOR WE TALKED ABOUT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR? YEAH. SO SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING SIGNS AND STUFF.
SO. YOU KNOW, SO IF WE CHANGE THIS, THEN DOES THAT MEAN THAT SOME OF THE.
YES. BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME BUSINESS OWNERS GO, YOU KNOW, JUST RECENTLY GO THROUGH ALL THE WHOLE PROCESS, JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE I DON'T WANT TO NAME BUSINESS NAMES, BUT.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ONE ON THE FRONT AND THEY WANTED ONE ON THE BACK.
THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND I MEAN, WHILE I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, DO WE KNOW APPROXIMATELY LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO ADD 20,000? LIKE HOW MANY MORE SIGNS CAN WE EXPECT TO BE ADDED ABOUT TOWN? BUT I KNOW WHEN JOEL TALKED ABOUT IT, SHE DID NOT FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE JUST A HUGE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL SIGNS THAT WOULD COME IN.
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JUST BECAUSE SIGNS ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE AND THERE WOULD STILL BE RESTRICTIONS ON THE SIZING OF THEM.FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAME THROUGH TO DO THE SIGNS ON THE REAR, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE STILL REQUIRED A COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGE BECAUSE THEY WERE WANTING TO DO IT ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. SO IT WAS IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN UNUSUAL SITUATION.
AND WE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE COME FORWARD.
I THINK NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT WAS BEFORE THEM THAT WERE KIND OF IN THE SITUATION THAT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS AND THAT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A SECONDARY STREET FRONTAGE, BUT THEY MAYBE HAD AN ENTRANCE THERE, OR THEY HAD LIKE A IT'S NOT REALLY CONSIDERED A STREET, BUT WITHIN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL HAVE AN ACCESS DRIVE THERE.
AND SO THEY WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT SIGNAGE.
SO I THINK THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY.
BUT I THINK THEY WANTED TO TO MOVE FORWARD THEN.
AND SO THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STAFF APPROVAL PROCESS.
THIS ISN'T JUST A YOU KNOW, CARTE BLANCHE TO TO PUT UP ANY SIGN THAT YOU WANT TO.
IT WOULD JUST ALLOW A SECOND SIGN THAT WOULD NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN ALLOWED, NECESSARILY.
OKAY. AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH GROUND SIGNS HAD TO DO WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAD SOME CONCERNS, JUST ENSURING THAT WE DIDN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT ANY SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH WITH EXTENDING THIS APPROVAL TO TO OTHER SCHOOLS.
SO WHAT STAFF PROPOSES IS TO STATE THAT ANY FUTURE SIGN THAT'S INSTALLED WITHIN 150FT OF AN EXISTING RESIDENCE WOULD HAVE TO TURN OFF THAT SIGN BY 10 P.M., BUT IF THEY'RE NOT WITHIN 150FT OF WHERE THE SIGN IS FACING, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE A REQUIREMENT.
ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS IT WOULD INCENTIVIZE SCHOOLS IF THEY CAME FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THEY WEREN'T FACING TOWARD RESIDENTIAL SO THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.
THEY HAD TO KEEP TRACK OF OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S TURNED OFF BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF SHOWING YOU THE AREA EVERYTHING IN RED.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEY WOULD HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR SIGN WAS FACING EAST WEST OR IN THIS CASE NORTH SOUTH ANYWAY, NOT TOWARD THE RESIDENTIAL. IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE RESTRICTION ON WHEN IT CAN BE LIT AND WITHIN THE YELLOW AREA, BECAUSE THERE IS RESIDENTIAL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, THEY WOULD IF THEY WANTED TO PUT A SIGN THERE, IT WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO TURN OFF AT TEN.
SO THIS IS JUST GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE FROM ONE SPECIFIC SITE OF HOW IT WOULD WORK.
CAN CAN WE CHANGE THAT TO 8 P.M.? I'M JUST THINKING 10 P.M.
ENDING, LIKE GAMES OR CONCERTS OR LIKE MAYBE 9 P.M.
YEAH. WE CAN CHANGE IT TO 9 P.M..
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, CHRIS? YEAH. THAT'S FINE. YEAH.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE WORK SESSION WAS THE REASON WE'RE NOT ALLOWING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LIKE WE ARE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE PREDOMINANTLY LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO INCLUDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THIS AT THIS POINT? THAT'S REALLY UP TO COUNCIL.
YES. ELECTRONIC. WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORK SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW. WELL, WHEN YOU SAY CHANGEABLE, DOES IT MEAN THAT THE MESSAGE IS GOING TO BE CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING OR JUST THAT THEY CAN CHANGE THE MESSAGE IN ANY ONE GIVEN DAY? BECAUSE DON'T WE HAVE OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THAT? THERE'S NO VIDEO AND THERE'S SOME RESTRICTIONS IN GENERAL ABOUT IT CAN'T BE A VIDEO AND THAT SORT OF THING.
NO, THERE'S ALREADY RESTRICTIONS OF HOW MUCH IT CAN MOVE.
IT'S JUST THAT IT CAN BE ELECTRONIC.
BUT NO, IT CAN'T BE CONTINUOUSLY MOVING.
SO BRIAN, I'M WAS COMFORTABLE WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE AREN'T THAT MANY OF THEM.
IT'S SORT OF A KNOWN QUANTITY WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THERE'S SO MANY AND THEY'RE SO EMBEDDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I JUST HAVEN'T GIVEN IT ENOUGH THOUGHT YET TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT I'D BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT TODAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE NEXT TIME AROUND, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THAT.
WE SEE HOW THIS GOES WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND YEAH.
YEAH, I MEAN, AND BASICALLY DOUBLING OR TRIPLING THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.
RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU INCLUDE ELEMENTARY AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT ALL THOSE IN ANYWAY.
TRUE, TRUE. I THINK THE BOND IS ONE OF THE DRIVERS FOR THIS ITEM COMING FORWARD.
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SO THERE'S SOME MONEY THAT MIGHT BE MADE AVAILABLE.SO THERE MAY BE MONEY AVAILABLE AND WE'LL JUST WAIT AND SEE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL START IN THE DEFINITION PAGES.
SO FIRST IS AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION INDOORS.
THIS USE IS FOR PAY AND PLAY ENTERTAINMENT OR GAMES OF SKILL AS OPPOSED TO GYM.
WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE MORE MORE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A HEALTH CLUB AND INDOOR RECREATION.
AND SO SIMILAR CHANGES TO OUTDOOR RECREATION.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A GRAMMATICAL CORRECTION.
CREATING A USE FOR AUTO LEASING OR RENTAL.
THAT IS A USE THAT ALREADY EXISTED.
SO THIS IS CREATING THE DEFINITION.
AUTO PAINTING OR BODY SHOP, AGAIN DEFINING AN EXISTING USE.
BEFORE IT JUST SAYS AUTO PAINTING OR BODY SHOP.
SO THIS GIVES A BETTER IDEA OF THE WORK THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THERE.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO RENAME AUTO REPAIR GARAGE TO AUTO SERVICE CENTER.
IT. IT BASICALLY IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
I WANT TO HAVE A LUBE SHOP OR SOMETHING.
AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE AN AUTO REPAIR GARAGE.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE'RE NOT. WE DON'T DO WE DON'T DO BODY SHOP BODY WORK.
IT'S A AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, THIS IS HOW WE DEFINE AUTO REPAIR GARAGE.
AND IT'S JUST ADDING SOME OF THE SOME OF THE OTHER REQUESTS WE'VE GOTTEN OF THINGS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THERE, SUCH AS YOU KNOW, WINDOW TINTING, CAR WRAPPING AND OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATIONS, OF COURSE, BUT KIND OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TYPICALLY HEAR ABOUT.
AND STATING THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN AUTO PAINTING OR BODY SHOP.
ALSO NAMING AUTO STORAGE OR AUCTION OR NOT NAMING.
IT'S ALREADY NAMED CREATING A DEFINITION FOR THAT.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE LIKE THREE DEFINITIONS FOR CLEANING LAUNDRY SHOP WITH PICKUP STATION.
AND IT WAS IT WAS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR TO ME WHY WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR IT.
SO WE'RE JUST REMOVING THE DUPLICATES.
THE OTHER IS JUST KIND OF YOUR LOCAL DRY CLEANERS.
LEXIN DO YOU THINK THAT ANY OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE CHEMICALS THAT THEY'RE USING? AND THEN IF IT'S OFF SITE, THEN WE'RE NOT AS CONCERNED, WHEREAS IF IT'S RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, ASSUME THAT AT THE TIME IT MAY BE HAD TO DO WITH THE CHEMICALS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S MUCH LESS OF A CONCERN NOW.
SO IT IT WAS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY WHY ONE VERSUS ANOTHER WOULD BE ALLOWED SOMEWHERE.
AND IT IT WAS, IT WAS SOME CONFUSION THAT I THINK THIS COULD HELP CLARIFY.
THAT MAKES SENSE. DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN.
DAY ACTIVITY AND HEALTH SERVICES FACILITY.
THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS ADULT DAY CARE.
AND THEN UPDATING THE DAYCARE CENTER AGAIN BECAUSE THEY CHANGED IT TO IT USED TO SAY OR ADULTS.
NOW IT IS SPECIFIC TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14.
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A DAYCARE HOME. THIS IS ALSO UPDATING TO MATCH THE STATE'S CHANGE TO THEIR DEFINITION.THEY INCREASED BY THREE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT COULD BE CARED FOR IN A DAYCARE HOME, A DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY THIS IS JUST REMOVING FORM OF PAYMENT FROM THE DEFINITION, SINCE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REGULATE BASED ON THAT.
HEALTH CLUB OR ATHLETIC CLUB? AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS KIND OF CLARIFYING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND INDOOR RECREATION.
CLARIFYING THE USE IS BASED ON MEMBERSHIP FOR THE PURPOSE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS.
WE'RE JUST PROPOSING TO REMOVE THIS MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL SERVICE STATION USE.
THERE'S NO ACTUAL CURRENT COMPANY BUSINESS THAT IS CATEGORIZED UNDER THIS USE.
IT'S KIND OF A MIXTURE OF LIKE EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, SELL FRUIT AND MEAT AND TUNE ENGINES AND GAS AND EVERYTHING ALL IN ONE NON STOP ONE, ONE STOP SHOP.
BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE SEEING TODAY.
OFF SITE PARKING LOT ACCESSORY AND OFF SITE PARKING STRUCTURE ACCESSORY.
SO THIS IS JUST TO CLARIFY WHEN THIS DEFINITION APPLIES, IT'S WHEN YOU HAVE THAT AS THE THE PRIMARY USE OF A LOT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SERVING PROVIDING PARKING TO AN ADJACENT LOT.
SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
A PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES.
THIS IS CLARIFYING THAT IT'S PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS.
AND AGAIN THAT CREATED, I THINK, SOME CONFUSION WITH THEATER.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT IS REALLY APPROPRIATE.
AND SO I THINK THE, THE THOUGHT BEHIND BEHIND PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT SERVICES IS IT'S INDIVIDUAL LESSONS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TAKING TO IT'S NOT HAVING A WHOLE CONCERT TYPE OF THING HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE DEFINING THEATER THAT'S AN EXISTING USE.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF INCLUDING VARIOUS FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT WITHIN AN INDOOR AUDITORIUM SETTING.
SO THIS CAME UP LIKE I SAID, P&Z HAD BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE WE TALKED WITH LEGAL ABOUT IT.
AND SO WE DID COME BACK WITH THE DEFINITION FOR THIS AND A USE.
SO WE BASICALLY JUST COPYING OVER THE STATE'S DEFINITION ANY ESTABLISHMENT AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE TO DISTRIBUTE AND SELL CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS. SO THIS CAN INCLUDE CBD OIL, GUMMIES, FOOD AND DRINKS OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINE, TOPICAL LOTIONS, COSMETICS.
AND THEN WE ADDED THE SENTENCE THAT ANY CBD STORE THAT SELLS SMOKABLE OH, THIS STILL SAYS CBD, BUT WE CHANGED IT TO JUST SAY THAT SELLS SMOKABLE PRODUCTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED A SMOKING RELATED BUSINESS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DRAW THAT DISTINCTION.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE SELLING THINGS THAT CAN BE SMOKED, WHETHER IT'S TOBACCO OR CBD TYPE PRODUCTS THEN WE WANT TO CATEGORIZE IT UNDER SMOKING RELATED BUSINESS, WHICH INCLUDES VAPE.
YES. AND SO AND SMOKING RELATED BUSINESSES OR ALLOWED WITH AN SUP IN C1 AND C2.
SO THIS WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED IN C1 AND C2 WITH AN SUP.
WE DID MAKE IT ALLOWED PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE I-1 DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW IN TALKING WITH LEGAL BECAUSE THIS IS.
KIND OF A A DEFINED AND PROTECTED ISH USE BY THE STATE THOUGHT IT WAS BEST FOR US TO IDENTIFY ONE DISTRICT WHERE IT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THESE IN TOWN.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS USE.
SO BEFORE THEY WERE FALLING UNDER INDOOR RETAIL.
SO THIS IS WHICH IS ALLOWED IN BY RIGHT IN OUR, YOU KNOW, THE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
SO THIS WOULD BE MORE RESTRICTIVE OF WHERE THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF RETAIL WOULD BE ALLOWED.
SO THIS EXCLUDES IT FROM R2, WHICH CURRENTLY WE HAVE CBD STORES IN R2 TODAY.
OKAY. THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED.
YES, OF COURSE IT WOULD BE LEGALLY NONCONFORMING.
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A USE THAT'S ALLOWED BY.BUT SO YEAH, THIS WOULD THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY AND THEY JUST WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO EXPAND.
YEAH, THEY GET TO STAY AND THEY STAY.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TOWN'S NON-CONFORMING USE REGULATIONS.
AND SO THEN IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO GO BACK IN.
BUT AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUALLY MAINTAIN IT, WE CAN'T REQUIRE THEM TO MOVE OUT.
WHAT ABOUT A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP? IT STILL WOULD BE IF THE USE CONTINUED, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
BUT WE'RE ALSO SAYING, OKAY, YOU KNOW, IN THAT COMPLIANCE, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GO, YES OKAY.
IT WOULD RESTRICT THE LOCATION OF CBD STORES WITHIN 1000FT FROM ANY SCHOOL.
AND SO WE ALSO ADDED THAT REQUIREMENT TO THE SMOKING RELATED BUSINESS, JUST IN CASE IT IS A SMOKING RELATED BUSINESS THAT SELLS SMOKABLE CBD PRODUCTS, IF THEY WERE REQUIRED TO GET OR IF THEY SELL OTHER PRODUCTS IN ADDITION TO SMOKING, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE INS AND OUTS OF WHAT THE STATE REQUIRED, BUT IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GET A STATE LICENSE, THEN YOU HAVE TO SHOW US YOUR STATE LICENSE BEFORE YOU GET YOUR CO. SO MODEL HOME AND EARLY RELEASE HOME CREATING A NEW DEFINITION FOR EARLY RELEASE HOME.
SO EARLY RELEASE HOME MEANS A SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OWNED BY THE DEVELOPER OR CONTRACTOR THAT WILL NOT BE SOLD OR OCCUPIED UNTIL FINAL SUBDIVISION A CCEPTANCE. AN EARLY RELEASE HOME CAN'T BE USED AS A CONSTRUCTION OFFICE.
AND SO WE'RE ALSO CREATING THIS NEW CHART.
SO BEFORE IT SAID THAT YOU COULD ONLY HAVE TWO MODEL HOMES PER BUILDER, BUT THERE WERE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE A PERSON THAT HAS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT KIND OF BUSINESS NAMES THAT THEY OPERATE UNDER OR THAT SORT OF THING.
SO BETWEEN 11 AND 50 YOU CAN HAVE 251 TO 104 AND MORE THAN 100 YOU COULD HAVE 6.
SO THIS IS THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
AND IT'S OF THE BOTH MODEL HOME AND EARLY RELEASE HOMES COMBINED.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO THEM ALL AS EARLY RELEASE, THAT'S FINE.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THEM ALL AS MODEL HOMES, THAT'S FINE ALSO.
BUT THOSE ARE THE MOST THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT WHERE YOU CAN GET A PERMIT AND START WORKING ON IT.
BEFORE, BEFORE SOME OF THESE OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
SO FOR MODEL HOME AND EARLY RELEASE HOME AT CODIFIES THE NO BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED FOR A MODEL HOME OR EARLY RELEASE HOME UNTIL THE SUBDIVISION HAS PASSED THE SEWER LINE VERIFICATION INSPECTION OR FOR SUBDIVISIONS WITHOUT SEWER BUILDING PERMITS CAN'T BE ISSUED UNTIL IT'S PAST THE FINISHED GRADE VERIFICATION PROCESS.
ALSO CODIFIES STANDARDS RELATED TO AN EARLY RELEASE HOME, WHERE THEY CAN'T BE SOLD UNTIL APPROVAL OF A BUILDING FINAL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE STRUCTURE, AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS IS OBTAINED.
SO AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GUARD AGAINST PEOPLE THAT SELL LOTS.
RESTRICT OUTSIDE STORAGE OR OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SAME LOT.
IF YOU HAD A MODEL HOME SALES CENTER.
SO LEXIN IF WE ISSUED THE EARLY RELEASE OR MODEL HOMES.
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THOSE PARTICULAR DWELLINGS, HE CAN THEN GO BACK AND REBUILD OTHER ONES TO REPLACE THE ONES THAT HE SOLD TO GET THEM BACK TO THAT NUMBER SO THAT HE HAS.SO I'M JUST THINKING IF YOU'VE GOT OVER 100 HOMES IN A DEVELOPMENT, IT MAY BE THAT YOU END UP BUILDING DIFFERENT PHASES AND YOU MAY CHANGE THE MODELS OF THEIR HOME THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY OFFERING IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN IF YOU IF YOU WERE DOING YOUR DEV PERMIT IN PHASES.
SO IF YOU HAD A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT THAT WAS IN THIS PHASE OF A SUBDIVISION, AND YOU WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO CLOSE THAT OUT SO THAT THE SUBDIVISION WAS ACCEPTED, AND THEN YOU WERE JUST DEALING WITH THE ACTUAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PERMITS, AND THOSE WERE BUILT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU SOLD THEM, BUT YOU STILL HAD ANOTHER PHASE THEN.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE, THOUGH.
I THINK THE. IT WOULD WE WOULD PROBABLY BASE THAT ON THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE IN A PHASE OF A DEV PERMIT. RIGHT.
I WANT THE OBVIOUSLY THE HOME BUILDER TO BE ABLE TO TRADE ONE FOR THE OTHER, IF YOU WILL.
HAVE WE BEEN USING THE PHRASE EARLY RELEASE HOME FOR A WHILE? IS THAT LIKE AN INDUSTRY THING? BECAUSE THAT MEANS SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TO ME.
NO, IT'S IT'S NEWLY PROPOSED WITH THIS.
IS THERE I MEAN, IF THAT LOOK, IT'S TYPICALLY EARLY RELEASES WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON PRISON ON.
I JUST THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF YOU GUYS WERE, LIKE, SOLD ON THAT TERM, BUT IT'S COOL.
NO NO NO, NO . I MEAN, IT'S A NAME THAT WAS PICKED, BUT THAT DIDN'T COME TO MIND TO ANYBODY WHEN YOU SAW THAT.
WHAT? THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.
WE'RE WE'RE OPEN TO OTHER NAMES IF YOU ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE.
SO THIS IS REMOVING THE MODIFICATION THAT ALLOWED FOR PROTECTED AND SPECIMEN TREES TO BE REMOVED WITHOUT THE NEED OF A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
SO FUTURE MU APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE EXISTING REGULATIONS RELATED TO PROTECTED AND SPECIMEN TREES, INCLUDING TREE REMOVAL PERMITS AND MITIGATION.
THIS DOES NOT RETROACTIVELY AFFECT ANY CURRENT APPLICATIONS OR ANY ALREADY APPROVED DEVELOPMENTS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH YOU KNOW, IF REGULATIONS CHANGE, YOU GET TO TO KEEP YOUR APPROVAL.
SO THIS IS UPDATING THE CHART.
ONE WE'RE MOVING SOLAR PANEL SYSTEMS. THIS USED TO BE UNDER RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND LIKE I SAID WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING IT TO TO THE DIFFERENT SECTION TO AN ACCESSORY USE SECTION SO THAT IT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT FOR BOTH NONRESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
WE'RE ALSO CREATING A NEW USE FOR BUILDING MATERIAL YARD AND CONSTRUCTION OFFICE TOWN.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE TOWN PURPOSES RELATED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
WHEN WE HAVE, LIKE, WATER LINES OR ROAD CONSTRUCTION OR THAT SORT OF THING HAPPENING.
INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY AS PART OF THE FIRE STATION NAME, TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT WOULD APPLY TO BOTH FIRE STATIONS AS WELL AS POLICE STATIONS. CREATING THAT NEW CBD STORE USE AND ALLOWING IN THE PLACES THAT THE WAYS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED STREAMLINING THE CLEANING LAUNDRY SHOP USES REMOVING DANCEHALL AS A USE BECAUSE IT'S REFERENCED SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE INDOOR RECREATION AND AMUSEMENT USE ALREADY OR DEFINITION ALREADY.
AND I THINK THIS WAS JUST A TAP, A TYPO.
IT PREVIOUSLY SAID TIRE RETREADING OR CAPPING.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
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THEY THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THE TEXT WAS HARD TO READ.SO WE UPDATED THOSE AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO READ.
DOES THIS, I REMEMBER THE DIAGRAMS WAS SPECIFICALLY WHY WE FELT THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE.
DOES THIS CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE? NO. SO WE STILL WE WOULD STILL CONSIDER CUL DE SACS IN THE SAME WAY.
TO ME, I MY THOUGHT, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT WAS COUNCIL'S CONCERN WAS MOSTLY RELATED IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION TO THE FACT THAT KIND OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS THAT HAD REAR YARDS AND THEN THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A SIDE YARD BACKED UP TO THEM.
SO IT WOULD PUT THE HOUSE A LOT CLOSER THAN POTENTIALLY THEY WERE EXPECTING.
SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE A CHANGE THAT WOULD REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, IF A, A NEW LOT IS PROPOSED NEXT TO AN EXISTING PLATTED RESIDENTIAL LOT, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE A REAR SETBACK ADJACENT TO THEIR REAR SETBACK, OR YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE IT WOULD STILL BE YOUR SIDE SETBACK, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE EQUIVALENT DISTANCE OF A REAR SETBACK.
SO WE COULD PUT IN SOME LANGUAGE LIKE THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN.
SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY RECOMMEND CHANGING HOW WE INTERPRET CUL DE SACS.
I JUST I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
SO JUST SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN GET TO THEM KIND OF THING.
BUT I DO HAVE A S O I HAD A SLIDE ON THAT ON THE SETBACK.
THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE BECAUSE THEY IT'S NOT REALLY A CUL DE SAC.
THEY JUST ADDED A LITTLE NOTCH, TURN THE HOUSE SIDEWAYS AND SAID, THIS IS MY FRONT YARD UP HERE.
AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY, BUT I THINK THAT'S A LOOPHOLE WE COULD PROBABLY CLOSE.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A CUL DE SAC.
YEAH. OKAY, SO THIS STILL BOTHERS YOU.
NOT WITH STANDING THE FOREGOING, SIDE YARD SETBACKS MUST BE EQUIVALENT TO A REAR YARD SETBACK WHEN A BUDDING A REAR YARD OF A PLATTED RESIDENCE, UNLESS AN EXCEPTION, IS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL.
EXCUSE ME. SO IT WOULD CREATE KIND OF A WHOLE WAY TO ADDRESS THAT IF OUR CONCERN IS ABOUT.
I THINK IT TAKES A I THINK WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE WITH YOU, WITH YOUR NEW VERBIAGE TAKES AWAY THE REASON, IF YOU WILL, OR THE WAY FOR A HOME BUILDER OR DEVELOPER TO WANT TO DO THIS.
YEAH. I MEAN, MAYBE THIS DOES GET US THERE.
I THINK I WAS MY THOUGHT WAS THE FRONT YARD IS THE YARD THAT'S NEXT TO THE ROAD.
IT'S REALLY NOT THAT AMBIGUOUS.
AND TO SAY, WELL WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LITTLE CURVE IN HERE AND SAY, NOW THIS IS OUR FRONT YARD.
TO ME, IT'S JUST THAT'S NOT THE FRONT YARD IS THE ONE THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE ROAD.
SO BUT IF THIS GETS US THERE, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY FINE.
YEAH. I MEAN, AND I AGAIN, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO SEE THAT AGAIN BASED ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
NOW THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS COME FORWARD AS PART OF A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO YOU WANT TO SEE THE LAYOUT.
BUT SO LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD I THINK YOU WOULD BE UNLIKELY FOR SOMEBODY TO PROPOSE IT AGAIN UNLESS YOU KIND OF HAD A LIKE A ONE OFF SITUATION WHERE MAYBE THERE WAS LIKE AN EXISTING LOT THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AND ALLOW, MEET FIRES REQUIREMENTS.
SO I GUESS THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH US.
BUT THIS GIVES US AN EXCEPTION PROCESS.
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OH, AND THIS MAY BE A WAY TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME SOME GUARDRAILS.OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO NOTE DOWN THAT OKAY.
SECTION 98-1027 MODIFIED LANGUAGE FOR SETBACKS.
SO HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
SO WHEN WE ADOPTED THE UPDATED CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE CROSS TIMBERS CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, IT WAS DEFINITELY AN AREA OF INTEREST THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
AND SO WE WROTE STANDARDS THAT LIMITED TO 3000 KELVIN MINIMUM.
AND ALSO THAT THEY WOULD SOMEHOW BE DIMMED OR EXTINGUISHED IN SOME WAY BY 11 P.M..
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IN TALKING TO OUR UTILITY PROVIDERS MOST RECENTLY IS THAT THE THE DIM OR EXTINGUISH IS NOT GOING IS NOT CURRENTLY ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE PRODUCTS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TODAY.
AND SO KIND OF STAFF IS IS PROPOSING WELL, POTENTIALLY WE COULD WRITE THIS IN A WAY THAT WOULD WORK SIMILAR TO THE WAY OUR OTHER OUR OTHER EXCEPTION THAT SPEAKS TO OUR UTILITY PROVIDERS THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU HAVE TO BURY OVERHEAD UTILITIES UNLESS THE PROVIDER SAYS THEY WON'T DO IT, IF THEY PROVIDE A LETTER THAT SAYS, WE'RE NOT WILLING TO DO THIS OR WE WON'T DO THIS, THEN, OKAY, THAT COULD BE AN EXCEPTION TO THAT PROCESS.
RIGHT NOW, THEY SAY THEY ARE LOOKING INTO ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE HOPE IS THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM BOTH OF THEM IN THE FUTURE.
AND THE LIKE I SAID, THE DIMMER THING IS, IS NOT SOMETHING EITHER OF THEM ARE OFFERING RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF STAFF SUGGESTION.
I MEAN, WE COULD STILL LEAVE IT JUST THE WAY IT IS AND SAY, NO, YOU MUST MEET THIS.
SO I THINK THERE COULD BE CONCERNS WITH THAT.
SO THEY REQUIRE THAT THEY BE THE ONES THAT DO THE WORK.
BUT WE HAD TO PAY, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT JUSTIFIES IT.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, YOU CAN'T MESS WITH OUR LIGHTS.
SO BECAUSE WE DON'T PROVIDE IT, WE WILL NOT PROVIDE LIGHTS THAT DO THAT.
THE UTILITY PROVIDER WOULD PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO THE TRANSFORMER THAT FEEDS THOSE LIGHTS.
BUT SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING THAT A REQUIREMENT FOR, FOR EVERY NEW HOA GOING INTO THE THE CROSS TIMBERS IN A CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT.
AND WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE LAWS REGARDING DARK SKIES AND MORE TOWNS ADOPTING THIS AND THE STANDARDS IN THAT MANUAL, WE JUST YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE MARKETPLACE WILL COME TO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
SO IT ENSURES THAT IT SHINES DOWN.
SO BUT IF ONE OF THE PROVIDERS HAS IT, THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS.
IT'S JUST WE JUST NEED TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THEM.
CORRECT. STRONGEST POSSIBLE LANGUAGE.
YEAH. LEXIN CAN WE TAKE SOME OF THESE STANDARDS, LIKE THE COLOR TEMPERATURE, AND EXTEND IT TO THE ENTIRE TOWN? IS THERE A REASON WHY WE JUST WANT TO DO IT IN THE CROSS THE CROSS TIMBERS? IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GOOD.
WARM LIGHT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY.
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I WOULD WORRY SOME ABOUT US JUST ADDING THAT ON TONIGHT.JUST NOT HAVING TALKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS OR WITH I DON'T KNOW, POLICE ABOUT IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTING THAT'S USED AS FAR AS PREVENTING CRIME AND STUFF WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT IN COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
I DON'T KNOW, I MAYBE I JUST, I WOULD.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO TO BRING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WOULD APPLY TO TO ALL OF OUR I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHT IS, IF YOU'RE JUST THINKING STREET LIGHTS OR LIKE EXPANDING TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
AND I KNOW THAT FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THEM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE BRIGHTER TYPES OF LIGHTS.
AND SO THERE COULD JUST BE SOME OF THESE KIND OF AVENUES THAT WE WOULD WANT TO EXPLORE.
I MEAN, I BACK UP TO A PARKING LOT.
I THINK IT'S BETTER PSYCHOLOGICALLY.
AND IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD EXTEND THAT TO PARKING LOTS WHERE THERE ISN'T A SAFETY CONCERN, LIKE A BANK PARKING LOT, MAYBE NOT A BALL FIELD, OBVIOUSLY NOT, BUT A CHURCH PARKING LOT. DO THEY NEED TO BE ON ALL NIGHT? DO THEY NEED TO BE LIKE SPOTLIGHTS ON EVERYTHING? I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION LATER, THEN I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE FINE WITH TABLING THAT UNTIL THEN.
YEAH. THANK YOU. SO NOT TO OVER GOVERNMENT THINGS, BUT DO WE HAVE MULTIPLE DEFINITIONS FOR STREETLIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN I SEE STREETLIGHT I THINK OF ONE THING.
RIGHT. AND SO ADAM MENTIONED PARKING LOT LIGHTS.
I THINK HE WAS ADDING ANOTHER TYPE OF LIGHT TO THE DISCUSSION.
OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD.
HOW MANY DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF LIGHTS DO WE HAVE? NO, I THINK STREETLIGHT MEANS THE SAME THING YOU THINK STREETLIGHT MEANS.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? SO WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING NOW ON THE BOOKS THAT CAN HELP YOU ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, BECAUSE IT'S THE LUMENS AND IT'S THE DIRECTION AND EVEN IN RESIDENTIAL LIGHTS.
I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE HAD TIMES WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTS SHINE INTO MY HOUSE.
I DON'T NEED TO TURN A LIGHT ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
YEAH. SO, MAYOR, THE THE THE COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT, MAYBE THAT'S WHERE PREEMPTED.
MAYBE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T GET INVOLVED.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE IT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
I'M NOT. I MEAN, WE'RE SORT OF PAST, LIKE, NEW AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I THINK STAFF CAN TAKE A NOTE AND WE'LL BRING IT UP FOR AS A AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO IMPOSE SOMETHING INTO THIS AS A MODIFICATION. SO YEAH.
BUT THIS IS JUST ABOUT CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT.
YEAH. THIS IS JUST THE ONE PARTICULAR AREA THOUGH, RIGHT.
SO OR ADAM, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU JUST WANT TO NOT HAVE THIS INCLUDED AT ALL OR INSTEAD OF MAKING A MODIFICATION TO THE MOTION TO EXTEND THE ITEMS RELATED TO KELVIN OF STREETLIGHTS TO THE ENTIRE TOWN.
THAT WOULD BE THE MODIFICATION THAT WOULD FORGO A FUTURE CONVERSATION.
BUT INSTEAD OF MAKING THAT MODIFICATION, WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND WE DEAL WITH IT ANOTHER TIME.
YEAH. SO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS.
YES, WE GET THIS APPROVED AS IS.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU WEREN'T WANTING TO PULL THIS OUT.
NO NO NO NO, THIS IS FINE FOR WHAT I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE CROSS TIMBERS.
WE'LL JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT.
SO CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT LIGHTING.
IS PROHIBITED, EXCEPT FOR TEMPORARY SEASONAL LIGHTING.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD OR 225 LUMENS, WHICHEVER IS LESS TO THAT.
AND SO FOR INCANDESCENT BULBS, YES.
AS YOU GO UP ABOVE THE 225 LUMENS, IT GETS ABOVE 15W AND YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A CLEAR PATH.
BUT WE SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BULBS NOW.
CAN YOU GO BACK? ONE SLIDE FOR ME.
THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS KELVIN'S.
THE OTHER ONES WATTS AND LUMENS.
SO IS IT JUST ME OR SHOULD IT BE MAYBE? IT'S THE TEMPERATURE.
LIKE THE WARM OR THE COOL? YEAH.
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LIKE THE BLUE WHITE. SO IT COULD STILL BE A 15 WATT BUT IT COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT KELVIN.MAYER HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE LIGHT BULB WHILE.
I AVOID THAT, ACTUALLY I DON'T.
I'M NOT REALLY PARALYZED BY CHOICE.
YEAH, THERE'S STILL A LOT TO LEARN.
YES. I'M JUST THINKING HOW MANY HOUSES IN THE TOWN HAVE.
SPOTLIGHTS THAT ARE NOT SHIELDED, THAT EXCEED THIS.
I MEAN, I'VE GOT SPOTLIGHTS ON, YOU KNOW, MY ADDRESS AND STUFF.
BUT THIS IS COMMERCIAL. THAT'S COMMERCIAL AS WELL.
RIGHT. LIKE A CHURCH PARKING LOT MAYBE.
I MEAN, IT'S GOT THOSE NONRESIDENT, THE SOLAR ONES.
EVERYBODY'S GOT I WASN'T TRYING TO COMPLICATE MATTERS.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING HERE TONIGHT.
OKAY. DID I SEE THERE SOMEWHERE ON THE SLIDE THAT I DIDN'T SEE WHERE IT SAID BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT IT SAW IT? YEAH. SEE SO THIS IS UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND MULTIFAMILY USES.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S PROHIBITED.
SO IT WOULD NOT AFFECT INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES.
WAS THAT LISTED ON THAT SLIDE.
THAT'S WHY I HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK IT.
THAT'S WHY I HAD THE QUESTION.
SO THIS IS IN THE FINITE INVISIBILITY SECTION.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP A LOT LATELY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT P&Z HAD IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY IN THE PAST IS TO PUT A NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT IN PLACE WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW PROPOSED ZONING THAT'S COMING IN AND IT'S NEXT TO AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A NOTICE BE SENT TO ANY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
IF A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT NEW FENCING ALONG THE SHARED PROPERTY LINES.
SO IT'S BASICALLY TRYING TO FORCE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN AS EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS POSSIBLE.
SO THE NOTICES WOULD NEED TO GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE NOTICES WOULD BE HAVE TO BE PROVIDED BACK TO THE TOWN AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY PROVIDE THE THE DOCUMENTATION OF THEM POSTING THEIR SIGNS.
SO IT'S BEFORE SECOND ROUND COMMENTS.
SO THAT WAY IT'S HAPPENING EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
THEY'RE SENDING THEY CAN SEND CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE ADJACENT.
AND IT WOULDN'T BE TO EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WOULD ONLY BE TO THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED, AND THEN PROVIDE COPIES OF THOSE TO THE TOWN SO THAT WE HAVE PROOF THAT THEY REACHED OUT TO THEM, LIKE I SAID, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, PROVIDING THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, ALSO PROVIDING THE TOWN'S CONTACT INFORMATION WILL GIVE THEM A TEMPLATE LETTER TO USE.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS JUST MOVING THE THE FEES FROM PLATS INTO THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN.
AND SO THEN WE'RE JUST CREATING A BASE FEE FOR THE PLAT, BECAUSE NOW IT'S STILL GOING TO REQUIRE SOME STAFF TIME, BUT IT'LL BASICALLY JUST BE REVIEWING TO ENSURE THAT IT MATCHES WHAT WAS JUST APPROVED WITH THE SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN.
SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALSO CHANGING JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
SO ONE IS WE REMOVED THE MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL SERVICE STATION USE.
SO WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REMOVE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
REMOVING THAT REFERENCE TO SITE PLAN REVIEW FEE THAT USED TO APPLY FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGE UPDATING THE SF5 SECTION WHERE IT CURRENTLY SAYS THAT THAT USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH DENSITY LAND USE.
SO IT'S UPDATING THAT TO REFERENCE THAT CORRECT LAND USE.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ANY OF THE LAND USES, OR REZONE THE PROPERTIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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THERE WAS AN ERROR THERE.SINCE I'M ALREADY ON HERE, I CAN JUST SHOW Y'ALL.
SO THIS IS THE TABLE WE'RE UPDATING FOR SOME REASON.
IT'S LIKE INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM ALL IN A ROW.
THEY WERE LIKE ALL SPREAD OUT WAY DOWN THE PAGE LIKE THIS.
UPDATING 98-1131 TO EXCLUDE SPACES INTERNAL TO AN ENCLOSED PARKING GARAGE.
AND 98-1143 THIS IS JUST UPDATING TO CLARIFY THAT THE TOWN HAS A REGULATION THAT SAYS WHEN YOU'RE ADJACENT TO OPEN SPACE, THEN YOU MUST HAVE KIND OF THAT WROUGHT IRON OR OPEN FENCING.
AND SO IN THAT CASE, CLARIFYING THAT YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO A MASONRY WALL THERE.
SO THAT'S THE END OF MY UPDATES.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU LEXIN.
THE TIME IS NOW 10:03 AND I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM FOUR LDR 24-0001.
THERESA DO WE HAVE ANY GREEN COMMENT CARDS? NO. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? PLEASE STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE TIME IS 10:03 AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
SO I TOOK NOTES HERE I HAVE TWO ITEMS. IN ADDITION TO THE REALLY EXCELLENT WORK DONE BY STAFF ON THIS UPDATING HOURS OF OPERATION TO 9 P.M.
FOR CHANGEABLE SIGNS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DREW AND SECTION 98-1027 MODIFIED LANGUAGE FOR SETBACKS AS PROPOSED ADOPTING THAT ON THE THE SIDE YARD SETBACK.
SO IF ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
MOVE APPROVAL OF LDR 24-0001 WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS.
UPDATED HOURS OF OPERATION TO 9 P.M.
SECOND SECOND. ANY DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION? THERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
24-0001 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
I HAVE A NOTE THAT THERE IS NO ACTION NEEDED FOR IN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, NOT WITH STANDING.
THE TIME IS NOW 10:04 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.