Jan 21, 2025 Town Council Archive

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GOOD EVENING, FLOWER MOUND. IT IS NOW 6 P.M..

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

THIS IS OUR FLOWER MOUND TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AND OUR CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING.

WELCOME TONIGHT. WE WILL START WITH THE INVOCATION.

AND CHAPLAIN MIKE LILES IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.

RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SHALL WE STAND? OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN WE'RE SO THANKFUL WE CAN APPROACH YOUR THRONE THIS EVENING AND CALL YOU FATHER. AND YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE TO LISTEN TO US AND HEAR US.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR BEING OUR GOD AND OUR FATHER.

AND FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THE BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS.

WE ENJOY LIVING IN THIS TOWN, THIS TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL, FATHER, FOR THE NEW YEAR 2025.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE BLESSINGS THAT WILL BE FLOWING FROM YOUR THRONE TO US AND FOR EVERYONE.

WE SAY THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR TOWN COUNCIL .

WE THANK YOU FOR THE TOWN STAFF AS THEY WORK DILIGENTLY, FATHER, TO MAKE OUR TOWN THE GREAT PLACE THAT IT IS.

AND FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS EACH ONE THAT'S A PART OF THIS MEETING, AND BLESS THEM AND BLESS ALL OF US AS WE LOOK TO YOU EVERY DAY.

FATHER, WITH YOU WE HAVE IT ALL. WITHOUT YOU WE HAVE NOTHING.

SO, FATHER, WE CLING TO YOU EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND WISDOM AND POWER.

AND FATHER, WE LOVE YOU. BLESS EACH OF US HERE.

AND, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WE ASK IT IN YOUR NAME.

WE ASK IT IN YOUR SON'S NAME, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.

AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU ALL. OKAY, WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT.

[D. PRESENTATION]

SO SHE'S GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE FLOWER MOUND PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE DONATION THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING.

DO YOU WANT ME TO COME UP? YEAH.

OKAY.

IT'S ON. OKAY. IT'S ON. OKAY, SO WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF ROWS.

THESE ARE THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE FLOWER MOUND LIBRARY. IF YOU ALL WOULD COME UP HERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND OUR DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES, RACHEL, IS HERE, TOO. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO THE REASON I'M DOING THIS PRESENTATION IS I'VE BEEN SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE FLOWER MOUND LIBRARY FOR A LONG TIME, AND VOLUNTEER EVEN BEFORE THAT.

SO I HAVE THE WONDERFUL HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH ALL OF THESE FOLKS.

AND OUR MISSION, BASICALLY, IS TO RAISE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO AUGMENT THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET AND PROMOTE READING AND LEARNING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND TONIGHT, WE'RE DOING A VERY SPECIAL CHECK PRESENTATION.

BUT I DID WANT TO SAY SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT OUR BOARD.

SO PROBABLY SOME OF YOU SERVE ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS FOR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

THIS ONE IS EXTRA SPECIAL, I THINK, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DO ALL THE WORK.

SO WE CALL OURSELVES A WORKING BOARD, WHICH MEANS THEY PUT IN THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND ONCE IN A WHILE A FEW TEARS.

TAKING DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS MOSTLY BOOKS, SOME CDS, SOME DVDS, SPECIAL COLLECTION ITEMS. AND THEY CATALOG THOSE AND THEY SORT THOSE, AND THEN THEY PUT THEM ALL OUT FOR SALE, WHICH WE HAVE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THAT'S OUR MAJOR FUNDRAISER.

SO BECAUSE OF ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND THE GENEROUS DONATIONS OF OUR PUBLIC, WE ARE ABLE TO PRESENT TONIGHT A CHECK FOR $37,000 TO THE LIBRARY.

[APPLAUSE] OOPS. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND I DON'T WANT TO BLOCK ANYBODY IN THE PICTURE. SO ARE WE GOOD? WELL, ANGELA, STEP UP TO GO SIDEWAYS IN FRONT, I THINK.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. OH, RICHARD, DO YOU WANT A PICTURE? OH, SURE. OKAY. QUICK, QUICK. OKAY. WHO TOOK THE PICTURE?

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NO, THIS IS THE BIG HIT IN ACTION. OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT HIM.

SO COOL. AND THEY'RE ALL HERE, BOY. THANKS, EVERYBODY.

OKAY, I MIGHT AS WELL JUST STAY DOWN HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION.

ONCOR HAS GENEROUSLY DECIDED TO GIVE US A DONATION.

AND, ERIC WHO WAS GOING TO. SORRY. ERIC MONTOYA, I ALWAYS FORGET YOUR LAST NAME. ERIC MONTOYA IS GOING TO PRESENT FOR THIS GENEROUS DONATION.

HE'S GOING TO HE'LL BE PRESENTING A CHECK TO THE TOWN TO ASSIST IN COMPLETING THE TOWN'S ANNUAL TREE PLANTING PROJECT.

THIS IS ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND OUR OUR PURPOSE IS TO START DOING MORE TREE PLANTING.

SO IF ERIC MONTOYA, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND PRESENT THIS AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

NORMALLY I'M NOT. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WORDS, BUT I WILL GO, SO I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME.

YOU KNOW, ONCOR EMPLOYEES LIVE AND WORK IN ALL THE IN THE SERVICE AREAS FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US THAT ONCOR BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, ME BEING A RESIDENT OF FLOWER MOUND MYSELF, I DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE THAT TREES PLAY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND SO THE DONATION IS HERE TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED PLANTING OF TREES SAFELY AWAY FROM POWER LINES, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SAFELY SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S SO GENEROUS OF YOU TO DO THAT.

AND THIS IS THE CHECK. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ONCOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND SO THIS IS WONDERFUL THAT THEY'RE HELPING TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE TOWN.

[APPLAUSE] MIC].

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENT]

AND JUST REMEMBER, WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON YOUR TOPIC. WE HAVE PRIYANKA.

WARRIOR. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.

I THINK PRIYANKA WARRIOR. OKAY. I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, AND I'M FIRST ON THE AGENDA, SO. YEAH, YOU JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

AND IN THREE MINUTES YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK NOW.

WHEN YOU HEAR A BEEP OR A BUZZER, YOU HAVE 30S LEFT.

OKAY. DON'T WORRY. THAT'S NOT YOUR END. SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH.

SO, PRIYANKA WARRIOR. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PRIYANKA WARRIOR.

SHE'S MY DAUGHTER. SHE GREW UP HERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN ALL THE WAY TILL HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE IS A GOLD AWARD RECIPIENT GIRL SCOUT. BUT RIGHT NOW, SHE IS A SENIOR IN UT.

SO SHE WROTE AN EMAIL TO THE FLOWER MOUND TOWN COUNCIL .

SO MR. SCHIESTEL, IF I SAY YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, DID RESPOND.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M JUST READING HER EMAIL OUT LOUD.

SO HER EMAIL BASICALLY IS ABOUT I'M A PROUD GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD RECIPIENT FROM FLOWER MOUND, AND MY GOLD AWARD PROJECT FOCUSED ON PLANTING TREES.

AS PART OF MY INITIATIVE, I ORGANIZED WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

GIVEN THE INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES WE FACE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RECENT WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA, I FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE FOSTERING SUSTAINABILITY IN FLOWER MOUND.

WITH THIS IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN INITIATIVE FOR 2025 CALLED PLANT A TREE.

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ENSURING THAT EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT.

NOT ONLY WOULD THIS INITIATIVE HELP BEAUTIFY OUR TOWN, BUT IT WOULD ALSO MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR ENVIRONMENT BY INCREASING THE TREE CANOPY AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY. MY FAMILY AND I ARE EAGER TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE IN ANY WAY WE CAN, WHETHER THROUGH ORGANIZING EVENTS, ASSISTING WITH OUTREACH, OR HELPING WITH LOGISTICS.

I TRULY BELIEVE THIS PROJECT COULD PUT FLOWER MOUND IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS A COMMUNITY THAT TAKES PROACTIVE STEPS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, WHILE ALSO CREATING A LASTING IMPACT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE TOWN COUNCIL WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER.

I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS FURTHER AND EXPLORE HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. SO POINT OF FACT.

MRS. WARRIOR. WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT ABOUT TREE PLANTING, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THIS WAS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND STICKING AROUND. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE HAVE ROBERT WATERS.

ROBERT WATERS, 5109 SADDLE DRIVE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. MY NAME IS ROBBIE WATERS.

I AM HONORED TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FLOWER MOUND YOUTH FOOTBALL ACADEMY, FMYFA.

DO I GET A [INAUDIBLE] AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS UP OR.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE GROWTH AND FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR ORGANIZATION, WHICH PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN FOSTERING THE ATHLETIC AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FLOWER MOUND YOUTH.

AS MR. KLARICH WILL SHARE, FMYFA HAS HAD A REMARKABLE INAUGURAL YEAR WITH 11 TEAMS, 221 PLAYERS AND 54 CERTIFIED COACHES.

WE PROVIDE AN INCLUSIVE, SAFE AND ENRICHING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUNG ATHLETES.

IN JUST ONE YEAR, WE HOSTED 250 PRACTICES AND NEARLY 50 GAMES WHILE FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

THIS SUCCESS, HOWEVER, HAS COME WITH SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES.

OUR GAMES AND PRACTICES RELIED HEAVILY ON THE GRACIOUS SUPPORT OF LISD, PARTICULARLY DOCTOR LORI RAPP, WHO ALLOWED US TO USE DIXON FIELD AND EVEN RENT FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL FOR OUR CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

THESE FACILITIES WERE CRITICAL TO OUR SEASON'S SUCCESS, BUT THEY CAME AT A COST.

NEARLY 25% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENSES OR OVER 25% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENSES.

WHILE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH LISD, THIS FINANCIAL STRAIN HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FIELD AVAILABILITY AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE WE CAN FOCUS MORE ON OUR KIDS, RATHER THAN LESS ON THE LOGISTICS OF SECURING FIELDS.

AT THIS TIME, FMYFA IS AT CAPACITY IN OUR FIRST YEAR, ADDING EVEN ONE MORE TEAM WOULD REQUIRE US TO DOUBLE OUR RESOURCES.

WE ARE ALREADY STRETCHED THIN. TO ADDRESS THIS, WE ARE SEEKING IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT IN TWO REGULATION GRASS FIELDS, ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN AND ONE ON THE SOUTH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR PLAYERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THESE FIELDS WOULD PROVIDE A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION, REDUCING OUR RELIANCE ON RENTED FACILITIES AND ALLOWING US TO FOCUS MORE ON ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ATHLETES. LOOKING AHEAD, OUR VISION INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-SPORT, STANDALONE FACILITY WITH AMENITIES SUCH AS LIGHTING, RESTROOMS, PARKING, STORAGE AND CONCESSIONS.

THIS FACILITY WOULD NOT ONLY SUPPORT FMYFA'S LONG TERM GROWTH, BUT ALSO ENHANCE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES IN FLOWER MOUND BY PROVIDING A DEDICATED SPACE FOR VARIOUS SPORTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

A FACILITY LIKE THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH ATHLETICS ACROSS MULTI SPORT DISCIPLINES, ENSURING WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE.

NOW LET ME ADDRESS THE BROADER CONTEXT, AND THIS IS WHY THIS INVESTMENT IS SO CRITICAL ACROSS FLOWER MOUND AND ACROSS MARCUS AND FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL INCLUDES OVER 500 ATHLETES, SECOND ONLY TO BAN, MAKING THIS THE LARGEST SPORT BY PARTICIPATION.

HOWEVER, THIS ALSO MEANS THE LARGEST SPORT HAS THE LATE HAS THE LEAST PREPARATION.

YOUTH FOOTBALL SERVES AS THE PRIMARY PIPELINE FOR DEVELOPING ATHLETES TO SCALE, YET IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE FEWEST RESOURCES OTHER THAN WITH SMALLER PARTICIPATION NUMBERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE FRANK KLARICH.

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I'M KIND OF THE YIN TO ROBBIE'S YANG. I WAS PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO GO FIRST AS FAR AS WITH COMMENTARY AND ALL THAT.

SO HE WENT INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.

MINE IS MORE OF THAT HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF HOW THE SEASON WENT. BUT GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL STAFF AND GUESTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FLOWER MOUND YOUTH FOOTBALL ACADEMY. MY NAME IS FRANK KLARICH, AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THIS VERY IMPACTFUL AND RELATIVELY NEW ORGANIZATION.

THIS PAST SPRING. ROBBIE WATERS, PRESIDENT OF THE FMYFA SPOKE BEFORE THIS BODY TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER. OUR GOAL IS OUR GROUP IS VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT IT'S ONLY FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE.

THE FMYFA HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL FALL FOOTBALL SEASON.

WITH OVER 200 FLOWER MOUND FAMILIES REPRESENTED, 221 OF OUR LOCAL YOUTH BATTLED IT OUT ON THE GRIDIRON JUST UP THE ROAD AT DIXON FIELD. WE EVEN HAD THE PLEASURE OF MAYOR MOORE AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIESTEL DOING A COUPLE OF THE OPENING COIN TOSSES FOR OUR GAMES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOWEVER, FOR THE OTHERS WHO DID NOT PARTAKE, LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE NEXT YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN A COIN TOSS AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO SIMPLY PLAYING GAMES, WE ARE ALSO VERY PROUD OF HOW WELL ORGANIZED AND IMPACTFUL THE EXPERIENCE WAS FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.

WE HAD PROFESSIONAL OFFICIATING, EXCELLENT LOCALLY PROVIDED FOOD SAFETY PERSONNEL, VIDEO STREAMING, SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE PINK OUT, HOMECOMING, VETERANS DAY AND SO MUCH MORE.

HOWEVER, AS WITH ANY FIRST YEAR OF ANYTHING, WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES AS WELL.

THE MOST GLARING CHALLENGE AS ROBBIE WENT INTO WAS WITH FINDING FIELDS THAT WE COULD USE.

NOW, IN A FOOTBALL OBSESSED STATE LIKE TEXAS AND A TWO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TOWN LIKE FLOWER MOUND, YOU'D THINK IT WOULDN'T BE TOO DIFFICULT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

WE'RE HOPING THAT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BROUGHT FORTH BY THE BLUE RIBBON BOND COMMISSION, ALONG WITH EXISTING TOWN FACILITIES, WILL HELP OPEN UP SUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO FIND FIELDS NOT JUST FOR GAMES, BUT PRACTICES AS WELL. FORTUNATELY, THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THINGS WORK OUT, BUT NOT WITHOUT EXPERIENCING HIGH COSTS AS ROBBIE SPOKE ABOUT, AND VERY FEW LIMITED OPTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

NOT A SUSTAINABLE MODEL GOING FORWARD. WE WILL NEED THE HELP OF THE TOWN IF WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS TERRIFIC ORGANIZATION AND REACH EVEN MORE FAMILIES AND YOUTH IN OUR CITY. OUR HOPE IS WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE TOWN IN FINDING AMPLE AND SUITABLE SPACES FOR US TO PRACTICE AND PLAY OUR GAMES.

AGAIN, WE FEEL THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BROUGHT FORTH BY THE COMMISSION, ALONG WITH EXISTING TOWN FACILITIES, CAN MEET THAT NEED ALONG WITH THE NEEDS OF OTHER VERY DESERVING ORGANIZATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

THANK YOU. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO THESE MEETINGS, DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT COUNCIL AND MYSELF, WE CANNOT MAKE COMMENT IN RESPONSE. BUT DURING AGENDA ITEMS, SOMETIMES COUNCIL DECIDES TO MAKE COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[F. ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THE FLOWER MOUND TOWN CITIZENS ACADEMY STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AND AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM, THE MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP HAVE TO COME TO ONE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SO WE HAVE SEVERAL HERE TONIGHT, IF YOU WOULD MIND STANDING SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.

WOW. WE GOT A LOT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

[APPLAUSE]THIS IS A THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM TO DO BECAUSE IT REALLY ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH HOW OUR TOWN IS RUN. THEY VISIT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THEY COME TO MEET STAFF, AND IT'S HOW MANY MONTHS? TEN. EIGHT MONTHS? YEAH. IT'S LIKE OVER THIS THE COURSE OF, LIKE.

YEAH, ALMOST A YEAR THAT THEY DO THIS ONCE A MONTH, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE 11 WEEKS.

IT FEELS. HOW LONG IS IT? I'M GETTING IT CONFUSED WITH.

IT'S 11 SESSIONS. 11 SESSIONS. SO YOU'RE CLOSE IN THE COUNT? JUST. IT SEEMS LIKE IT. NO. IT'S GREAT. NO, IT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL GROUP THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.

I DIDN'T EXPECT ALL OF YOU TO COME ON THE SAME NIGHT, SO THIS IS GREAT.

BUT I DO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SIGN UP FOR THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE TOWN IS RUN.

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SO IF YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY SIGNED UP FOR THE NOTIFY THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM JUST PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR TO CHECK NOVEMBER 1ST TO SEE IF THAT APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN.

YEAH. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THERE'S THERE'S WE HAVE A CITIZENS ACADEMY AND THEN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AND THAT ONE IS ABOUT 10 OR 11 MONTHS. I'VE DONE THAT ONE.

THAT IS ALSO A VERY GOOD PROGRAM TO DO THIS ONE.

THE CITIZENS ACADEMY IS 11 WEEKS, NOT 11 MONTHS OR 11 SESSIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN THIS OVER TO JAMES.

HE'S GOING TO DO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS.

OH. OH YOU GUYS DON'T GET ANNOUNCEMENTS DO YOU.

YEAH I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT I FORGOT YOU GUYS.

SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BY BRIAN. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE THAT IS PARTICIPATING IN CITIZENS ACADEMY.

I DID THAT A FEW YEARS AGO. IT IS A TIME COMMITMENT, BUT THE INFORMATION YOU LEARN ABOUT HOW OUR TOWN OPERATES IS INVALUABLE.

WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL STAFF AND THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB WALKING YOU THROUGH EACH OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, EACH OF THE DIVISIONS SHOWING HOW THE TOWN OPERATES, AND IT REALLY GIVES YOU A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF OUR TOWN.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T DONE IT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO IT IN THE FUTURE. SECONDLY LAST WEDNESDAY, I FILED MY APPLICATION TO RUN FOR REELECTION.

WE, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE SERVE THREE YEAR TERMS. MY FIRST THREE YEAR TERM IS UP THIS YEAR, AND SO I FILED TO RUN FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO REPRESENT ALL THE RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT AGAIN FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS, IF THE VOTERS ARE WILLING.

I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AS COUNCIL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT GOOD WORK GOING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S A BIG DECISION AND I'M VERY HAPPY YOU DECIDED TO THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING AGAIN. I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST DURING THE CAMPAIGN SEASON.

THANK YOU. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS, BRIAN. I THINK THAT THIS COUNCIL IS DOING AMAZING THINGS.

IF I WERE A VOTER VOTING IN THIS ELECTION, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE THIS COUNCIL AS IT IS CURRENTLY MADE UP.

AND I AM A VOTER, SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING FOR YOU AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO SO.

THANK YOU. YES. WELL SAID. I WILL. I'M THRILLED THAT YOU BOTH ARE CONTINUING.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. AND I AM ALSO A VOTER.

AND ALL OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS IN MY FAMILY WILL BE VOTING FOR YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO BE ALONGSIDE YOU.

I'VE ENJOYED THIS EXPERIENCE AND YOU'VE TAUGHT ME A LOT.

AND I'LL BE OUT THERE VOTING FOR BOTH OF YOU GUYS.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE YOU ALL WORKING TOGETHER? IT'S FABULOUS. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ELECTION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO JUST.

CHRIS. YEAH. COME ON. [INAUDIBLE] BRIAN, ON RERUNNING YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

SO BEST OF LUCK. SORRY, MAN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO FORGET YOU.

I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE TOWN MANAGER 'S REPORT.

[G. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT]

GIVE ME A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT WE DO ONCE A MONTH, IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

WE WANT TO USE IT AS A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO MAKE THIS THING GO AND MAKE THIS SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE TWO THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND A SPECIAL RECOGNITION ON THE BACKSIDE.

AND SO FIRST UP, I'M GOING TO ASK JEREMY JENNINGS TO JOIN US UP FRONT.

COME ON UP, JEREMY. AND WHAT Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ABOUT JEREMY IS THAT HE GOT A HAIRCUT.

I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM WHEN HE CAME IN. AND AS A BALD DUDE, I WAS VERY JEALOUS.

YOU JUST GET TO CUT ALL THAT HAIR OFF AND SHOW UP LIKE THIS.

BUT JEREMY SERVES AS OUR UTILITY LINE MAINTENANCE MANAGER.

JEREMY HAS HIS 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, AND HE WAS HIRED ON JANUARY 4TH OF 2010 AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER.

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HE WAS PROMOTED TO AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN JANUARY OF 2012, TWO YEARS LATER.

AND THEN HE MADE SOME INTERESTING JOURNEYS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

AND HE MOVED OVER TO OUR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SIDE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN 2012, DID THAT, AND THEN MADE A RETURN OVER BACK ON THE OTHER SIDE TO ULM, WHICH IS UTILITY LINE MAINTENANCE.

HE WAS CAME BACK AS AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN 2014.

THEN HE WAS RECLASSIFIED TO THE CHIEF DISTRIBUTION OPERATOR IN 2014.

LATER ON THAT YEAR, ULTIMATELY, HE BECAME THE SUPERVISOR IN JUNE OF 2022.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO UTILITY LINE MAINTENANCE MANAGER, SO HE HAS A VITAL ROLE OF WORKING WITH OUR UTILITY MAINTENANCE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

AND SO WHAT WE ALSO DO IS WE ASK PEOPLE TO PROVIDE A FUN FACT ABOUT THEMSELVES.

AND JEREMY, YOU'RE IN THE RUNNING FOR A PRETTY COOL ONE, MAN. JEREMY ENJOYS WATCHING THE WEATHER AND RECENTLY TOOK A NINE DAY STORM CHASING TRIP.

SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL. WHERE'D YOU GO? WELL, WE WE STARTED OFF IN OKLAHOMA.

THAT WAS OUR BASE CAMP, AND WE REALLY WENT. WE WENT FROM OKLAHOMA WE WENT INTO NEBRASKA, COLORADO, KANSAS, AND WE EVEN WENT AND TOOK ONE DAY AND WENT AS FAR DOWN AS DEL RIO HERE IN TEXAS.

AND WE WERE RIGHT ON THE BORDER CHASING THE STORM.

SO WE WERE REALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT'S A LOT OF SITTING AND STARING OUT THE WINDOW, BUT WE SAW SOME PRETTY GOOD SUPERCELLS AND IT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE AND I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. OKAY, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, DID YOU SEE A TORNADO DURING THAT TIME? WE MAY HAVE SAW A RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO, BUT IT WAS HARD TO MAKE OUT. BUT WE DEFINITELY SAW SOME REALLY GOOD SUPERCELLS.

ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, JEREMY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANKS, JEREMY. NEXT UP, I'M GOING TO ASK CURTIS LESTER TO JOIN US UP FRONT.

HEY, CURTIS. HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT, SO CURTIS LESTER IS CELEBRATING HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.

AND THAT'S QUITE A WHILE. AND, CURTIS, YOURS IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER THAN JEREMY'S BECAUSE YOU STAYED IN PARKS.

BUT WE HIRED CURTIS IN JANUARY OF 2000 AS A MAINTENANCE WORKER 1.

IN NOT THAT FAR AFTER A YEAR LATER, IN 2001, HE WAS PROMOTED TO A MAINTENANCE WORKER 2 .

IN 2004, HE WAS PROMOTED TO A CREW LEADER, WHERE HE SERVED FOR 21 YEARS IN THAT POSITION.

AND THAT'S AMAZING CONTINUITY. AND THIS ISN'T SO MUCH A FUN FACT, BUT IT'S A REALLY COOL ONE ABOUT CURTIS IS THAT CURTIS IS AN ARMY VETERAN.

WE APPRECIATE YOU SERVING. [APPLAUSE] HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU SERVE? THREE AND A HALF. AWESOME. AND THIS ISN'T A FUN NOTE, BUT IT'S REALLY COOL.

AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AS A TOWN MANAGER .

IS THAT IT IS NOTED IN HIS LAST EVALUATION THAT CURTIS'S GREATEST STRENGTHS ARE HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS.

AND THOSE ARE VERY, VERY VERY IMPORTANT. SO CURTIS APPRECIATION FOR 25 YEARS MAN.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CURTIS. THANK YOU. AND SO I HAVE A THIRD ONE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS PERSON KNOWS THAT I'M GOING TO DO THIS.

SHE JUST FIGURED IT OUT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER , TOWN ENGINEER TIFFANY BRUCE TO JOIN US UP FRONT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF CASES, WE REACH OUT TO THE EMPLOYEE TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO DO IT AND BE PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED.

I DIDN'T GIVE TIFFANY A CHOICE. SO COME ON UP, TIFFANY.

YOU DIDN'T ASK ME. OKAY. SO SO KNOW YOU THINK OF A FUN FACT, OR I'M GONNA PROVIDE ONE.

SO YOU HAVE UNTIL I GET THROUGH ALL THIS. ALRIGHT, SO OBVIOUSLY TIFFANY SERVES AS OUR ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER /TOWN ENGINEER.

SHE'S CELEBRATED HER 20TH ANNIVERSARY. TIFFANY WAS HIRED ON WITH THE TOWN ON JANUARY 8TH OF 2005.

AND THERE'S AN ASTERISK ON THERE, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY.

IN APRIL 1ST OF 2006, SHE WAS RECLASSIFIED TO A SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER.

SHE WAS PROMOTED TO AN ENGINEERING MANAGER IN 2008, AND THEN FROM THERE IN 2018.

APRIL 2018, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/ TOWN ENGINEER.

AND THEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2021, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER / TOWN ENGINEER.

AND WHY I PUT AN ASTERISK ON THAT, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH TIFFANY HAS SERVED FOR THE TOWN FOR 20 YEARS PREVIOUS, BEFORE BEING HIRED ON THE TOWN, SHE SERVED THE TOWN AS A CONSULTING ENGINEER WITH KIMLEY-HORN, AND SO SHE'S WORKED ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS BEFORE SHE FORMALLY BECAME A MEMBER OF THE TOWN.

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SHE IS MY GSD PERSON AND GSD STANDS FOR GET STUFF DONE AND IF YOU WANT TO BE SPICY, YOU CAN USE A DIFFERENT WORD FOR THE S.

BUT SHE'S SOMEBODY THAT CAN BE COUNTED ON TO GET A LOT OF PROJECTS DONE.

AND WE TALKED QUITE A BIT WHEN WE GO THROUGH VARIOUS PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, TIFFANY HAS SERVED WELL IN MOST OF PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORK AND CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE HER FINGERPRINTS ON IT.

SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING OUR TAXPAYERS COUNTLESS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON STREET PROJECTS, FINDING OTHER SOURCES, AND JUST SERVED WELL. AND SO SHE'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS TEAM.

AND SO WHEN I SAW THIS COME UP, I WAS LIKE, I GOT TO HAVE FUN WITH THIS ONE.

SO I DIDN'T TELL HER ABOUT IT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, TIFFANY, DID YOU COME UP WITH A FUN FACT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S THE THING ABOUT TIFFANY IS, IS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DOS EQUIS GUY, THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD. TIFFANY'S THE MOST INTERESTING WOMAN IN THE WORLD.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY WEEKENDS ARE MOSTLY FILLED WITH BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS AND CLEANING UP AROUND THE HOUSE.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR WEEKENDS, TIFFANY WENT ON A HELICOPTER AND WE JUST DID ALL THESE THINGS THAT SO WE LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH TIFFANY BECAUSE SHE HAS SUCH AN INTERESTING LIFE AND I GOT A BORING ONE. BUT OVERALL, JUST AGAIN, AS A TOWN MANAGER, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE WHEN I CAME ON BOARD THREE YEARS AGO, I INHERITED TWO GREAT ASSISTANTS, TOMMY AND TIFFANY, AND JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT TIFFANY DOES TO MAKE MY JOB EASIER AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

SO JOIN ME AS WE CELEBRATE 20 YEARS FOR TIFFANY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I SURPRISED HER. LOOK AT ME. ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE THING, WHILE I'M DOWN HERE, AND I HAVE THE FLOOR, MAYOR , THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE ON SOME OTHER ITEM.

I WILL STATE THAT IF MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING SOME OF OUR ONGOING COUNCIL MEETINGS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, YOU RECALL THAT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO SETTING UP A GROUP TO EXAMINE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I JUST WANTED TO STATE PUBLICLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING OF THIS GROUP.

IT'S A FOCUS GROUP, IT'S GOING TO BE JANUARY 28TH AT THE LIBRARY FROM 3 TO 5 P.M..

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT INITIAL MEETING. IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED KEY STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THE NONPROFIT WORLD, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND THE OTHER.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR INITIAL MEETING THAT WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ALL EVERYBODY'S DOING, THE RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CATALYST FOR FUTURE CONVERSATIONS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN PROVIDE MORE OF THESE RESOURCES OUT THERE.

SO I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T BRING THAT UP IN THE LIGHT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF THAT MEETING ON JANUARY 28TH AT 3 P.M.

TO 5 P.M. AT THE LIBRARY. SO, MAYOR, THAT IS THE TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. HEY, CHRIS, I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU THIS TIME.

I DON'T HAVE ANY. OKAY. ANYBODY DOWN HERE, Y'ALL? NO. OKAY. IT'S QUICK AND EASY. WE'RE GOING TO DO COORDINATION OF CALENDARS NEXT.

[I. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS]

WILL EVERYBODY BE THERE? OKAY. ALL HEAD NODS.

YES. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT

[J. CONSENT ITEM(S)]

SECOND. OKAY. THERESA, IF YOU'LL CALL THE ROLL.

COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER. AYE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL.

AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER DREW.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR. AYE. OKAY. ALL CONSENT ITEMS PASS BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO REGULAR ITEMS. I ONLY HAVE ONE. YEAH, I KNOW, I ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. HOLD ON. CHUCK, I ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE AGENDA ITEM K3.

IT'S ADAM SHEAR. I KNOW, I KNOW, DO YOU ARE YOU OKAY ON TIME? OKAY, BECAUSE WE CAN MOVE IT IF BUT IF YOU WANT TO.

OKAY. BECAUSE ALL OUR STAFF IS GOING TO BE HERE.

BUT WE ONLY JUST HAVE YOU IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH STAYING.

PERFECT. OKAY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH CHUCK.

[K.1. Blue Ribbon Bond Recommendations - Discuss the Blue Ribbon Bond Committee's recommendation of proposed capital improvements for the May 2025 election (continuation from the January 16 Town Council Work Session).]

YES. THANKS, CHUCK. THIS IS A CONTINUING. JAMES YEAH IF YOU WANT TO LEAD INTO THIS BEFORE CHUCK GETS STARTED.

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SPECIFICALLY, WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT TRAILS AND TRAIL PROJECTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO BOTH CHUCK AND JOHN ARE GOING TO TAG TEAM THIS ITEM.

WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD OUTSTANDING FOR THE TRAILS SPECIFICALLY JUST HOW THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WORKS TOGETHER.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FLOWER MOUND ROAD SECTION OF IT.

WE ALSO HAVE ALL THE PROJECTS ITEMIZED, SO WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO REVISIT SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD ON THAT, TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL. OUR INTENDED GOAL TONIGHT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A COMFORT LEVEL TO US, PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE FEBRUARY 3RD AGENDA TO CALL THAT ELECTION.

SO WE WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THAT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE AND KNOW WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL NEXT.

THE NEXT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 3RD. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHUCK, AND HE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE TRAIL CONVERSATION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JAMES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, CHUCK JENNINGS, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

I'LL KICK THIS OFF AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO JOHN HERE IN A SECOND.

BUT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS, CONCERNS THAT WE HAD ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE WAS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER DREW HAD ASKED ABOUT A KIND OF A MACRO VIEW OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM. AND THIS ONE WITH I GOT TO THANK BRENNAN PELTIER, OUR PARK DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

HE HELPED ME WITH SOME OF THESE SLIDES AND WHAT HE DID HERE IS HE SHOWED WE HAVE THE FIVE DIFFERENT TRAIL SEGMENTS MINUS THE ONE OUT WEST THAT ONE'S NOT ON HERE, BUT WE HAVE THE ONE HERE. THAT WOULD BE THE SHADOW RIDGE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY HERE, THE GREEN ONE AND THEN THE ORANGE ONE IS THE FLOWER MOUND ROAD.

THIS NAVY ONE IS A TIMBER CREEK TRAIL THERE FROM VICKERY UP TO GASTON.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE BLUE, WHICH IS THE LONG PRAIRIE GASTON PARK TO LONG PRAIRIE.

I'M SORRY. THAT SHOULD HAVE SAID RUSTIC TIMBERS THERE AND THEN THE RED ONE IS THE 407.

AND WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ON THIS ONE I KNOW I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT KIND OF CONNECTIVITY AND LOOPS IN WITH THE 407 ONE AND THIS ONE TO POINT OUT SOME RIGHT HERE.

WE IF THIS 407 ONE WAS TO BE IN THE BOND AND PASSED, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THE TRAIL, THE MISSING GAPS AND THINGS ON THIS SEGMENT. AND THAT WOULD CREATE SOME LOOPS HERE WHICH THIS IS ALREADY EXISTING.

IT DOES GO DOWN BELOW EIGHT FEET HERE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THEN YOU COME BY DIXON PARK AND YOU GET TO GO DOWN DIXON AND THEN COME UP STONE HILL FARMS. SO THAT WOULD BE A NICE LOOP THERE. AND THEN IF THE 2499 ONE WENT THROUGH, YOU'D HAVE AN EVEN LONGER LOOP.

I THINK THIS ONE WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR MILES LONG.

WE WOULD NEED THE DEVELOPMENT TO COME IN HERE TO GET THAT FINISHED UP AS WELL.

AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO BE IF WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT COMES THROUGH THERE WILL ALSO BE A NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION THROUGH THERE, CREATING A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOPS IN THIS.

THIS SECTION OVER HERE IS ALREADY DONE. SO WITH THE EXCEPTION, I THINK OF A LITTLE PIECE RIGHT IN HERE.

BUT THERE IS A LITTLE SIDEWALK WHERE YOU CAN GET THROUGH THE HOMEOWNER.

I THINK [INAUDIBLE], HE WAS ONE OF OUR PARKS BOARD MEMBERS, LIVES RIGHT THERE ON THAT CORNER.

BUT ANYWAY AS FAR AS CONNECTIVITY GOES OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL GET YOU TO ONE SIDE OF THE TOWN TO THE OTHER.

OVER HERE IN DOUBLE OAK, COPPER CANYON, AND GET YOU TO CHINN CHAPEL PARK, THESE TRAILS.

IF WE DO THIS TRAIL, IT'S ALSO GOING TO GIVE US ACCESS TO THE WHITE LAZY DAISY AND THEN THE INDIAN BLANKET TRAIL SEGMENTS.

WHITE LAZY DAISY IS GOING TO BE MORE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, AND THE INDIAN BLANKET IS GOING TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE.

ALSO WILL HELP CONNECT FOLKS TO VARIOUS PARKS.

YOU HAVE THE DIXON PARK CHAPEL, WHICH I MENTIONED, PRAIRIE TRAIL, GRAND PARK, AS WELL AS DIXON ESTATES, THE NEW ONE GOING IN. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARK IN THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED BUT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

AND THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE WHYBURN DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'LL BE ABLE TO GET FOLKS TO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PARKS OR TO TRAILS TO THAT WILL LEAD YOU DOWN TO THOSE DIFFERENT PARKS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THIS AREA UP HERE. ONE OTHER THING, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS TO POINT OUT.

IF THIS GETS DONE YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT GOES IN, WE'LL HAVE A NICE LONG, STRAIGHT, CONTINUOUS TRAIL SEGMENT THAT WILL ALSO RUN DOWN THIS WAY, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CUT THROUGH THE RIVERWALK.

THEN GO TO LEONARD AND HELEN JOHNS AND TAKE THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH RUSTIC TIMBERS AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO VICKERY,

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SOME OTHER LOOP STUFF THAT I CAN SHOW YOU HERE.

IF THE 3041 WAS TO GO THROUGH, I MENTIONED, I THINK I DID ON THURSDAY ALSO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME THROUGH HERE, GO THROUGH BLUEBONNET PARK, AND THEN IF WE GET THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHADOW RIDGE PARK, ONE THROUGH THAT WOULD ALSO TAKE YOU AND THEN LEAD YOU ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GERAULT PARK , AS WELL AS BAKERSFIELD AND HERITAGE AND ALL THAT, AND BACK UP GARDEN RIDGE. SO IT'D BE A REALLY NICE LOOP THERE AS WELL, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF SOLID LINES ON THE EASTERN SIDE.

THERE ARE STILL SOME DASHES. THE DASHES AREN'T COMPLETE RIGHT NOW.

ANYTHING RED IS SIX FEET AND UNDER SIDEWALK, SO IT'S NOT THE TYPICAL TRAIL WIDTH THAT YOU FIND IN TOWN WHERE WE HAVE THE SOLID LINES.

THOSE ARE GOING TO BE EIGHT FEET OR LARGER. SO BUT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS THESE FIVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WILL DEFINITELY HELP WITH THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE DONE.

AND THEN A LOT OF THE STUFF OUT WEST YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS WAITING ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO COME THROUGH.

THAT'S KIND OF MY UPDATE ON THIS SLIDE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY. LET'S SEE IF I CAN ZOOM OUT HERE. OKAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT FLOWER MOUND ROAD.

AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS THAT WOULD BE REPLACED IF THIS WAS TO GO THROUGH.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT ONE I THINK IT'S 1.9 MILES OF SIX FEET AND UNDER SIDEWALK.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THIS RED THAT YOU SEE HERE GOING ALONG FLOWER MOUND ROAD.

AND THEN WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE TEN FOOT TRAIL HERE.

AND THEN IT'S SIX FEET OR UNDER HERE. WE HAVE A SEGMENT OF TRAIL AND THEN ANOTHER SEGMENT WHERE, OOPS, SORRY, I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF. ANOTHER SEGMENT THAT'S NOT SIX FEET AND UNDER.

AND THEN RIGHT HERE WE HAVE THE TRAIL, AND THEN WE HAVE A SEGMENT HERE AT THE VERY END THAT'S WAITING ON DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR BEFORE THAT WOULD GET BUILT.

SO THERE'S CURRENTLY NOTHING THERE RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S WAITING ON IT.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS SOME PICTURES I TOOK THE OTHER DAY.

THIS MAINLY IS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THAT BIG SEGMENT THAT I WAS SHOWING YOU, CLOSER TO THE MOUND AND EAST.

IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE OVER THERE. IT DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME WORK.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME AREAS GOING BACK TO THE WEST, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUND WHERE WE HAVE SOME SINKING OF THE TRAIL.

AND IT'S A MAINTENANCE ISSUE AND COLLECTS SILT AND STUFF LIKE THAT AFTER HEAVY RAINS.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT OF WHAT YOU GUYS WERE ASKING FOR ON THURSDAY.

SO, CHUCK, I MEAN, I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS, LIKE WE SAID ON THURSDAY, ABOUT USING THE BOND FUNDS TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE AN EXISTING SIDEWALK AND MAKE IT AN IMPROVED SIDEWALK.

I DON'T HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS. SO JUST THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, I THINK WHAT WE GOT TO AFTER THAT DISCUSSION WAS THE BOND IS COULD INCLUDE THESE SEGMENTS THAT YOU'VE SHOWN US, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WE'RE NOT OBLIGATING OURSELVES AT THIS POINT TO USE IT ONLY ON THOSE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS.

WE STILL HAVE MORE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION THAT CAN HAPPEN IF THE VOTERS APPROVE THE BOND ON EXACTLY WHICH PARTS OF THE TRAIL THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS ON.

I BELIEVE SO I WOULD DEFER TO JOHN. YEAH. YES.

AS THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN AND AS WE'RE PUTTING OUT TO VOTERS, YES, WE ARE KEEPING HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE THAT GIVES US THE ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY THERE.

SO THIS ALSO ALLOWS US IF THERE'S GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG REASONS SO THAT WE DON'T TIE OURSELVES TO SPECIFIC NUMBERS AND SPECIFIC PLACES.

OKAY. SO PROCESS WISE, AFTER THE, YOU KNOW, THE VOTERS WILL BE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO INVEST IN TRAILS, PARKS AND THOSE FACILITIES THE CAC. ONCE THAT IF THAT VOTERS APPROVE IT, THEN HOW IS THE PROCESS GOING TO WORK IN TERMS OF MAKING THAT DETERMINATION? SURE. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE ENGINEERING READY TO BID OUT AND DESIGN.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR ANNUAL DEBT ISSUANCES, WE'LL LIST THOSE PROJECTS OUT.

WE'LL GET YOUR APPROVAL FOR THOSE IN THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND ISSUE THOSE BONDS.

AND SO IT WILL HAPPEN IN TRANCHES. SO THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL BRING YOU SO MUCH EACH YEAR THAT'LL BE BASED ON TAX RATE CAPACITY.

AND WE'LL DISCUSS A LOT OF THAT DURING THE BUDGET TIME. SO THERE WILL BE A BUDGET DISCUSSION. AND THEN THERE WILL ALSO BE THE MOTION TO BRING FORWARD THAT BOND PACKAGE AGAIN AND SAY, WE'D LIKE TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR THESE PROJECTS IN THIS AMOUNT.

SO CHUCK, I SEE THE NEED BASED ON THESE PHOTOS 100%.

BUT IS IT BETTER TO USE THIS BOND, OR JUST TO USE OUR SIDEWALK LINKS PROGRAM OR SOME OTHER VEHICLE TO TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM RIGHT HERE? I JUST WANT TO KEEP HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

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SO IT'S OVER 20 YEARS OLD, PROBABLY RIGHT IN THAT 20 YEAR.

THE CORNER IS PROBABLY LATE 90S WHEN ALL THAT WAS PUT IN.

OKAY. SO PROBABLY A PRETTY LARGE PERCENTAGE IS DAMAGED.

YEAH. NOW IF YOU GO FURTHER TO THE WEST, I KNOW THAT WAS PUT IN SEVERAL YEARS LATER, BUT YEAH, IT'S AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME HELP.

YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. IT LOOKS BAD. SO IF WE WERE TO REMOVE THE WESTERN PART COULD WE REDUCE THE BOND REQUEST DOWN A BIT? I WOULD THINK SO. I MEAN, THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF FIGURED OUR ESTIMATES WAS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, LENGTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE COULD LOOK AT DOING THAT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO.

OR WE COULD ADDRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, LATER, AS JOHN MENTIONED, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF IT GETS APPROVED. AND THE THING I WANTED TO ASK IS MORE SPECIFICALLY IS I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WITH THIS SEGMENT.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU'VE COMMUNICATED IS JUST CONTINUE TO ENGAGE AND REPORT AND ULTIMATELY MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.

AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DELINEATE IS, IS THAT IS IS THE FOCUS ENSURING THAT THOSE BOND FUNDS ARE PUT ON MEANINGFUL TRAIL PROJECTS VERSUS ARE WE TRYING TO LOWER THE AMOUNT? AND I THINK THAT CLARITY WILL BE VERY HELPFUL, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A SUBSEQUENT SLIDE THAT HAS SOME ESTIMATES ON THERE, WE CAN START ESTIMATING HOW WE CAN BRING THAT AMOUNT DOWN.

BUT THE IDEA IS THAT IF THERE'S NOT A CONCERN WITH THE NUMBER, JUST HOW IT'S HOW IT'S INVESTED. I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN DO FLOWER MOUND ROAD AND NOT TELL YOU, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ENGAGEMENT AND SOME FOLLOW UP THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH IT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DIRECTION IS CLEAR, BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO LOWER THE NUMBER, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. BUT IF THE CONCERN IS HOW WE'RE THE TRAIL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOADING IN THERE, WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT TOO. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE SOME CLARITY ON FROM THE COUNCIL, IF THE DESIRE IS TO TRY TO BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN VERSUS JUST ENSURING THAT WE PUT THE WE'RE PUTTING DEBT BEHIND THE RIGHT TRAIL PROJECTS.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE I DEFINITELY THE TRAILS ARE MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THIS BOND.

BUT AS A VOTER, I DON'T KNOW THAT I JUST WANT TO UPGRADE SIDEWALK.

I WANT TO MAKE CONNECTIONS INTO NEW AREAS THAT NEED IT.

SO I'M NOT TRYING TO LOWER THE NUMBER. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE INVEST IT IN THE RIGHT PLACES. CHRIS.

YEAH. I MEAN, I AGREE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE LINE ITEMS IN THERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION FOR.

AND I FEEL LIKE THIS ONE IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE SIDEWALK IS QUITE READY TO BE REPLACED.

SO IF WE CAN IDENTIFY OTHER AREAS THAT WE CAN INVEST IN JUST TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE SHOWING IT AS WE'RE REPLACING ALL 30 40 SIDEWALK IS THE BEST APPROACH. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE IT WHEN WE DO GET THESE APPROVED, BUT I JUST WANT TO HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION OF WHAT THE INTENTION OF THE FUNDS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE USED FOR.

AND I THINK THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WE GO INTO THE MEETING ON THE ON THE THIRD AS TO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE SOME SPECIFICITY AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

IT TIES TO WHAT CHUCK PRESENTED ABOUT CREATING THOSE LOOPS AND THOSE CONNECTIVITY AND MORE CONTIGUOUS SEGMENTS.

BUT THEN WE WANT TO JUST PUT AN EMPHASIS THAT WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO OFF STREET TRAILS AND ITEMS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THE GOOD THING IS WE MOVE FORWARD, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND WE HAVE THAT AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

SO THERE'S NOT A COMPONENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME CLARITY ON THAT, THAT IF THIS IS AUTHORIZED THIS MONEY ISN'T SITTING.

WE CAN UTILIZE IT TO GO TOWARDS THOSE INITIATIVES.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN SCHIESTEL, IS THAT THESE SEGMENTS HERE, IF THERE'S A DETERMINATION THAT THERE'S SIDEWALK, THERE'S A MEANS TO ADDRESS THOSE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PERCEPTION THAT SOMEHOW WITHOUT THE BOND, THESE WON'T BE ADDRESSED.

NOW, IT'LL BE FURTHER BACK IN THE QUEUE OVER SOME OF THE TRAILS, BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE SAME CONCERNS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE BOND. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE CLEAR ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT SOMETHING'S NOT GOING TO GET DONE, BUT THE PRIORITIZATION IS GOING TO BE ON THOSE TRAIL SEGMENTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE DICTATED IN OUR OTHER MEANS AND METHODS OF, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT WILL ADDRESS THESE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE LINE.

OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'LL HAND IT OVER TO JOHN. HE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COSTS.

CHUCK AFTER THAT, CAN YOU JUST. CAN WE TALK FOOTBALL JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES? YEAH. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING OVER THIS BOND PROGRAM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ASKED FOR WAS KIND OF A DETAILED LIST OF HOW WE CAME UP WITH ESTIMATES OF COST.

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THIS IS WE HAVE PROP A, PROP B, AND PROP A ROUGHLY $17 MILLION FOR PARKS, $15 MILLION FOR TRAILS, AND ROUGHLY ABOUT $50 MILLION FOR THE CAC ALL IN ONE PROPOSITION.

AND PROPOSITION B IS REALLY STREET RECONSTRUCTION FOR AROUND $30 MILLION.

AND THAT'S A FIVE YEAR FUNDING WINDOW. AND SO THESE ARE HOW WE CAME UP WITH THIS.

AND IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE PRICES AND HOW IT BREAKS DOWN, I CAN PROVIDE YOU A IT IS ZOOMED IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

GIVE ME A SECOND. MY CELL TABLE WENT OFF. DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN.

OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO HERE'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE 112 MILLION.

AND I'M ROUNDING UP JUST A LITTLE DECIMAL THERE HERE.

BUT THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER WAS THE 49, ROUGHLY $50 MILLION.

THIS IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH PARKS. AND AGAIN, THESE WERE ROUGH ESTIMATES WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS AND BUILDING THIS OF HOW WE KIND OF GET THOSE BUCKETS. IT'S BY ADDING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS TOGETHER.

AND SO WHEN WE WERE STARTING THIS OUT IN AUGUST, THESE WERE THE PRICES AS WE WERE PUTTING IT TOGETHER, THAT HELPED US COME TO THOSE NUMBERS. WHEREAS NOW AS WE GET CLOSER AND THOSE PROJECTS BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC, AND WE TALK ABOUT OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, MEANS THE COST IN SOME OF THESE THINGS AND SCOPE OF THESE MAY SHRINK DOWN AND CHANGE, ESPECIALLY AS DEVELOP PACES OUT. SO THESE ARE KIND OF HOW WE GOT THERE.

AND THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU HOW WE GOT TO THE BIG OVERALL NUMBER, WHICH I HOPE THIS PROVIDES ENOUGH DETAIL AND CLARITY. NOW AGAIN, THIS IS A MAP. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, A PLOTTED DRAWING OF EXACTLY HOW WE WHAT WE GET TO IN THE END AND HOW MUCH OF THOSE FUNDS WE USE IN FIVE YEARS. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FOR CHUCK? YEAH. YOU DON'T MIND COMING BACK UP.

SO, CHUCK, WE HAVE FRANK AND ROBBIE HERE, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED THIS YEAR THAT THERE'S SOME UNMET NEEDS.

WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH BASEBALL AND SOCCER, BUT NOT SO GOOD ON FOOTBALL.

AND FROM TALKING TO THEM, I THINK WHAT THEY WERE TELLING ME IS THAT THE REASON WE'RE NOT GETTING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FACILITIES FOR OUR YOUTH FOOTBALL.

SO IF WE CAN JUST SOLVE THIS. SO AFTER THIS, THE BOND INCLUDES A TURF FIELD AT CHINN CHAPEL.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS? DO WE FEEL LIKE JUST LOOKING THIS OVER, OR HOW CLOSE ARE WE GOING TO GET TO HAVING ENOUGH FACILITY? I THINK THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP FOR SURE.

WE HEAR FROM LACROSSE, WE HEAR FROM, YOU KNOW, SOCCER.

EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY SOCCER LATELY WE HEARD THEY'RE PICKING UP A LOT OF STUFF FROM DIFFERENT CITIES OF FOLKS THAT DIDN'T.

I GUESS ORGANIZATIONS MAYBE FELL THROUGH AND THEY'RE PICKING UP ADDITIONAL PLAYERS.

SO THE DEMAND FOR FIELDS IS DEFINITELY HIGH. WE'RE TRYING TO NOW THAT WE GOT GERAULT BACK ONLINE, THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP WITH GETTING THOSE TWO FIELDS RENOVATED.

WE ALWAYS WE HAVE A POLICY WHERE WE DON'T ALLOW PRACTICES ON GAME FIELDS UNLESS IT'S LIKE A SPORT, LIKE LACROSSE OR BASEBALL, WHERE IT'S OBVIOUSLY DANGEROUS TO GO IN.

YOU KNOW, PUT UP CONES AND PRACTICE NEXT TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES OR ROADS NEARBY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT BASEBALLS AND THROW LACROSSE BALLS.

SO WE'VE HAD FOOTBALL LEAGUES, TACKLE FOOTBALL LEAGUES IN THE PAST.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE IT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE THAT HAS 400 PLUS PLAYERS IN THAT.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO SPREAD OUT. THEY HAVE TO GO TO DIFFERENT PARKS TO FIND PRACTICE LOCATIONS.

THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY WE'VE OPERATED, HAVING IF WE ALLOWED THEM ON OUR GAME FIELDS AND WE TRIED TO PLAY GAMES T HEY'RE GOING TO BE YELLING AT ME ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THESE FIELDS. IT'S JUST IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO MAINTAIN THAT AND KEEP UP WITH IT. SO I REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES ON THE CONDITIONS OF OUR FIELDS AND THE WAY THEY LOOK.

AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THAT POLICY THAT WE HAVE.

BUT GOING BACK TO THE SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT AND PUT A LOT MORE USAGE ON THAT.

SO WE COULD LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALLOWING PRACTICES ON THAT.

BUT WE'D ALSO HAVE TO JUGGLE OBVIOUSLY GAMES WOULD BE THE PRIORITY.

SO IF THE BOND PASSES IN THE CERTAINLY THE TURF FIELD WILL MAKE THE CUT.

WHAT'S YOUR SENSE ON HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO RETROFIT THAT FIELD? PROBABLY WE'D HAVE TO DO A DESIGN WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE PROBABLY SIX MONTHS, AND THEN PROBABLY 8 TO 10 MONTHS AFTER THAT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

AND WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS NEW FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION TO WORK WITH THE TOWN ON GETTING AN AGREEMENT SO THEY CAN.

AGREEMENT WITH OUR YOUTH FOOTBALL PROVIDER NEIGHBORHOOD SPORTS EXPIRES IN JUNE OF 26.

OKAY. AND PER OUR YOUTH SPORTS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL BACK IN 2004, EVERY FIVE YEARS WE'LL PUT IT BACK OUT FOR RFP.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE AT THAT TIME.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY'VE BEEN REAL SUCCESSFUL, BEEN GOOD TO WORK WITH.

AND I YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS OR WE COULD PUT IT ALL OUT THERE FOR ONE.

MAYBE THE TWO GROUPS COULD PARTNER UP DIFFERENT IDEAS.

OKAY. THANK YOU CHUCK. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE REGARDING

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THIS IS JUST A TO GIVE DIRECTION. SO I THINK JAMES YOU ALL HAVE ALL THE DIRECTION YOU NEED.

SO WE APPRECIATE. EXCEPT FOR THAT FLOWER MOUND ROAD. YES.

NO. WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED AND WE'LL WE'LL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU FOR FORMAL ACTION ON FEBRUARY 3RD.

PERFECT. PERFECT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM K2.

[K.2. Annual Tree Planting Project - Provide an update regarding the completed tree planting project at Colony Park. Present and discuss options for the FY 2025-26 Annual Tree Planting Project.]

SO SARAH LUXTON OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT ON THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL .

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND PRESENT ON TREE PLANTING PROJECTS.

SO I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE REGARDING A TREE PLANTING WE RECENTLY DID.

AND THEN I'LL DIVE INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS REGARDING OUR NEXT FUTURE TREE PLANTING PROJECTS.

SO AS MANY OF YOU WILL RECALL, IN 2023 AND 2024, WE PASSED A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAD NINE OBJECTIVES.

THE FIRST OBJECTIVE WAS TO PROTECT AND EXPAND THE TREES CANOPY AND THE INITIATIVE 1.2 SO THE SECOND INITIATIVE WAS TO EVALUATE AREAS WHERE WE COULD DO A LARGE SCALE TREE PLANTING.

WE WERE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR AREAS THAT WERE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, THE TOWN'S PROPERTY THAT COULD HOST AT LEAST 30 OR MORE TREES, AND THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED BY TOWN STAFF, WAS VIEWABLE FROM THE PUBLIC, HOPEFULLY OFFERED SOME SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, AND IDEALLY HAD SOME IRRIGATION THAT WE COULD TAP INTO TO REDUCE THE COST OF A TREE PLANTING.

SO IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, I CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED OPPORTUNITIES OR AREAS WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO A TREE PLANTING.

AND YOU GUYS MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO DO COLONY PARK.

SO WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN A TREE GRANT THROUGH TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE TO HELP FUND THIS TREE PLANTING PROJECT, AND THAT WAS WORTH ABOUT $10,000. IT WAS A MATCHING GRANT, SO THE TOWN DID HAVE TO MATCH THOSE FUNDS.

BUT THAT WAS TREE PLANTINGS ARE NOT CHEAP, SO.

THEY GIVE US A BIG CHECK? THEY DID NOT GIVE US A BIG CHECK.

BUT YES, WE HAD THE TREE PLANTING ITSELF COST AROUND $32,000.

BUT WITH THAT MONEY, WE WERE ABLE TO PLANT 50 TREES, TWO OF WHICH WERE POST OAK TREES ALL THROUGHOUT THE PARK, ALONG THE EDGES. AND THEN WE ALSO HOSTED A TREE PLANTING EVENT.

SO I'LL THANK THE MAYOR AND SEVERAL OF THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR COMING OUT THAT DAY TO KIND OF COMMEMORATE THE DAY.

DURING THAT EVENT, WE ALSO GAVE OUT 50 SAPLINGS.

WE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS. MOST OF THOSE RESIDENTS WERE FROM THE NEARBY COMMUNITY, AND THEY CAME OUT, GOT A SAPLING AND CELEBRATED THE TREE PLANTING.

SO HERE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS. I DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE A GREAT KUDOS TO OUR TOWN STAFF, SPECIFICALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OUR PARK AND RECREATION STAFF. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND CARRYING OUT THIS PROJECT, PLANTING THE TREES AND JUST HOSTING THIS EVENT AND JUST HELPING OUT WITH ALL THE LOGISTICS.

OVERALL IT WAS I WOULD DEEM IT A SUCCESS. EVERYBODY HAD FUN AND WE'RE HOPING THAT ALL OF THESE TREES THRIVE.

SO WITH OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN, THIS MOST RECENT ONE, WE CONTINUED THIS OBJECTIVE.

WE OBTAINED Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK DURING OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT OVER THE SUMMER, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO CARRY FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTS.

NOW, I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT I'M COMING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BECAUSE THE TREE GRANT THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR, THEY CHANGED THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT. AND SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY THEY'RE ASKING THAT WE NOTIFY THEM WITH THIS SITE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PLANT AT BEFORE WE APPLY FOR THE GRANT. WHEREAS LAST TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SELECT THE SITE BEFOREHAND.

SO THAT IS WHY I'M COMING HERE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, IS TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHICH SITE WE WOULD LIKE TO PLANT AT.

I WILL SAY THAT THEY HAVE INCREASED THE FUNDING.

SO THIS YEAR IT IS $20,000 THAT WE COULD GO FOR.

SO THAT IS ALWAYS EXCITING. SO WITH THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THE TREE PLANTING FOR THIS YEAR, BUT OR FOR LAST YEAR, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLANT NEXT FALL.

SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE TREE SPECIES, WHICH ARE VERY MUCH THE SAME.

OUR STAFF WILL KIND OF TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR TAKE THE MARKET INTO ACCOUNT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NATIVES.

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SO THE TEXAS RED OAK, THE LIVE OAK, THE CEDAR ELM, THE BALD CYPRESS, THE REDBUD, THE LACE BARK ELM AND THE PINE.

AND AS OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES, IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN ANOTHER POST OAK OR ANOTHER SPECIES THAT WOULD BE OF GREAT VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE WILL OF COURSE PURSUE THAT. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SPECIES? OKAY. LOCATIONS I DID WANT TO NOTE WITH THESE LOCATIONS THAT THESE WE WERE SPECIFICALLY, AGAIN LOOKING FOR SITES THAT ARE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY THE TOWNS PROPERTY THAT IDEALLY HAVE SOME IRRIGATION WE CAN TAP INTO, ARE VIEWABLE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND IDEALLY WOULD SERVE PROVIDE SOME SERVICE TO OUR FACILITIES OR TO THE PUBLIC.

NOW, THESE FOUR SITES WILL NOT COME AS A SHOCK.

GIVEN THE TIME FRAME OF THEM CHANGING THE GRANTS, WE DID NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH THAT WE DID BEFORE TO SELECT SITES. SO THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME FOUR SITES THAT YOU HAD SEEN PREVIOUSLY.

SO WE HAVE THE BAKERSFIELD PARK, WHICH CAN SUPPORT OVER 50 TREES.

THESE TREES WOULD BE SPREAD OUT OVER THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, MOSTLY SHADING AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS TEND TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS.

WE ALSO HAVE SHADOW RIDGE PARK, AND THESE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE FEATURED AROUND THE TRAILS.

WE HAVE GERAULT, WHICH THIS ONE IS MORE OF A MICRO FOREST THEME.

SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS, SITE IN PARTICULAR IS THIS IS AN ENTRYWAY INTO OUR TOWN.

AND SO IT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND SHOW OFF.

AND THEN LASTLY WE HAVE OUR ANIMAL SERVICES. I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT WE PRESENTED TO BOTH THE PARK BOARD AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION AND THEY HAD THE RECOMMENDATION OF GERAULT, BUT AS YOU GUYS SAW EARLIER, WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. SO I THINK THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST DO ONE, BUT MAYBE TWO. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONCOR? YES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS. SO. YES. SO YOU'LL NOTE THAT SHADOW RIDGE JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE $25,000.

AND SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD DO SHADOW RIDGE AND GERAULT, SHOULD YOU GUYS SO CHOOSE.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION SPECIFICALLY FOR TONIGHT, THOUGH, IS WHICH SITE WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PURSUE WHEN APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT? BEFORE WE MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, SINCE THE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ONCOR AND THIS DONATION IS AT LEAST IN PART DUE TO THE TREE REMOVAL THAT WAS DONE ON HIGH ROAD. CAN WE STEER ANY OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO HIGH ROAD TO THAT PART OF TOWN WHERE THOSE RESIDENTS WERE AFFECTED.

I'M GOING TO DEFER TO. YES. SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'LL JUST KIND OF SHARE SOME OF THE BACKGROUND WITH IT.

IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO DECIDE IF THAT INCIDENT WAS A DECIDING FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND OUR CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS, THEY JUST ASKED, IS THERE WAYS THEY CAN SUPPORT THE TOWN MOVING FORWARD? WE TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND THEY DECIDED TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT.

AND AND THEY'VE INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE A LASTING RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY ENGAGE AND PARTNER WITH US OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE HIGH ROAD SITUATION, FOR THE UNINITIATED, THAT IS, THEY DID WORK WITHIN THEIR UTILITY EASEMENT THAT TOOK OUT A LOT OF TREES.

AND THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS WITH ADJACENT TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT WERE IMPACTED.

AS SARAH HAS POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT USE THESE PUBLIC FUNDS TO PLANT IN A UTILITY EASEMENT OR MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND SO IN THAT SITUATION, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN NECESSARILY TIE TO THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.

SO REALLY I THINK IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ONCOR, IT'S JUST A RECOGNITION THAT THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROGRAM OF US IDENTIFYING PROPERTY WE OWN TO PLANT TREES. UNDERSTOOD. THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND CERTAINLY I LIKE THE OPTIONS WE HAVE. BUT MAYBE THE NEXT ROUND WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT AREA THAT MIGHT NEED SOME ATTENTION AS WELL.

CERTAINLY. SO OBJECTIVE 1.3 IN THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN IS ACTUALLY A REBATE PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS TO HELP THEM SUPPORT TREE PLANTING ON THEIR PROPERTY. AND THAT IS SET TO COME BEFORE YOU GUYS A PROPOSAL FOR A TOWN REBATE PROGRAM.

SO THERE MAY BE SOMETHING COMING BEFORE YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY HELP ASSIST RESIDENTS WITH TREE PLANTINGS ON THEIR.

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IS THAT THE PROGRAM? GOLD STAR? SO VERY ACCOMPLISHED.

AND SHE HAD THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY PLANTING A TREE.

AND MAYBE THE TOWN FROM OUR TREE FARM CAN HELP SUPPLY THEM.

SO THAT'S VERY TIMELY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TAKING AWAY FROM THAT IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN GETTING MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PROGRAM IS NOW THERE WAS A TREE PLANTING EVENT.

I SAW SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR THERE. IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED SO THAT THEY.

WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE TO PLANT A TREE? IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S 7 OR $800 A TREE.

THAT SEEMS. WELL, IT'S FOR THE MORE MATURE TREE.

THAT IS TRUE. THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS AT PLAY.

SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IT WASN'T JUST THE TREES THEMSELVES, IT WAS PLANTING, IT WAS IRRIGATION.

AND IT WAS ALSO STAFF HELPING TO PLANT THAT TREE.

SO CLAYTON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU I'M GOING TO PHONE A FRIEND FROM THE AUDIENCE.

YEAH. SO MUCH. AT LEAST A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THAT MONEY IS FOR THE IRRIGATION.

I MEAN, THERE'S IRRIGATION AT THE PARK. THERE'S IRRIGATION EVEN HERE AT GERAULT.

BUT IT HAS TO BE RUN TO THOSE TREES. SO MORE THAN HALF OF THE MONEY IS IRRIGATION.

PLUS, WE TRY TO STICK WITH THE TOWN STANDARDS AND GET FROM A 2.5IN TO A THREE INCH TREE.

THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE TREES. AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM PLANTED.

SO HOW MANY OF THESE TREES ARE COMING FROM OUR OWN TREE FARM AT GREEN ACRE? NONE OF THESE THAT WE PLANTED AT COLONY ARE. THEY'RE JUST NOT THE SIZE THAT WE NEED TO GO THERE.

YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO OUR OWN ORDINANCES, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN SIZE. THOSE ARE MORE SAPLINGS AT THE TREE FARM.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GROW THEM OUT. SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE GIRL SCOUTS INVOLVED IN EITHER THIS PROGRAM OR THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, SARAH? IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE VOLUNTEERING AT THE TREE FARM OR A TREE PLANT, A PUBLIC TREE PLANTING PROJECT. OKAY, SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU FOR CAN YOU PROVIDE ME ANY OF THIS, THESE SUGGESTIONS THAT I CAN THEN FORWARD TO MISS WARRIOR AND WE CAN START TO WORK ON SOMETHING AT THE TREE FARM WOULD BE A GREAT WAY.

I THINK A GOOD A GREAT GIRL SCOUT PROJECT WOULD BE.

YEAH, THEY DID REACH OUT TO HER ALREADY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADD.

IN ADDITION, WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THESE OPTIONS, BUT I HAD TYLER FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES REACH OUT TO MISS WARRIOR AND SHARED SOME INITIATIVES THAT ARE READY MADE THAT SHE CAN PLUG INTO.

SO SHE'LL HAVE A HOST OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE THIS EVENING.

SO SHE HAS SOME OPTIONS BEFORE AND WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH HER.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE GET YOUNG FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO GET ENGAGED, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE THEM A SEAT AT THE TABLE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH US. AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT, IT'S WE AS A COUNCIL GOT TOGETHER AND WE SAID, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR OUR OUR STRATEGY? AND ONE OF THEM, NUMBER ONE WAS PRESERVING AND GROWING OUR TREE CANOPY.

AND THEN WHEN WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT GROWING AND PRESERVING THE TREE CANOPY, IT HELPS.

IT'S REASSURING THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I HOPE WE CAN KEEP WORKING WITH THESE GIRL SCOUTS AND GET THEM INVOLVED.

OKAY. AND THEN. YES, GERAULT AND SHADOW RIDGE.

THANK YOU. THAT'S I LIKE THEM. SO IS JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WOULD THE FEEDBACK BE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT? AND DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR SITE IN MIND? WOULD IT BE GERAULT OR SHADOW RIDGE OR BOTH ? BOTH I THOUGHT YOU SAID MAYBE THERE'S A CHANCE FOR TWO.

YEP. I THINK THE GRANT WOULD BE FOR GERAULT. CORRECT.

AND THEN WE COULD DO SHADOW RIDGE WITH THE MONEY.

WE WERE JUST GIFTED TONIGHT OR WE CAN. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

I'D BE OPEN TO THAT. YEAH I AGREE. DID THE GRANT SPECIFY THAT WE HAD TO DO THE MATCHING FOR THAT SAME SITE.

SO THE BUDGET WOULD BE $40,000? YES. OKAY. SO THE GERAULT IS ONLY $33,000.

WOULD WE THEN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TREES PLANTED THERE? POTENTIALLY. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD. THANKS. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SPLIT THAT THAT GRANT TO ANOTHER PLACE.

RIGHT. SPECIFICALLY TO THAT, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I CAN'T.

I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT. I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN OR CAN'T.

I JUST WOULD NEED TO, I THINK, PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION OF WHERE WE WOULD BE PLANTING THAT.

BUT I'M, I DON'T THINK IT SPECIFIES THAT IT HAS TO BE ONE SITE.

SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY SAY BOTH GERAULT AND SHADOW RIDGE IF WE WANTED TO IN THE GRANT.

OKAY. OKAY. IS THAT WOULD YOU LIKE. I WAS THINKING IF YOU ALREADY USED THE MONEY AT, LIKE, SHADOW RIDGE AND THEN YOU HAD GERAULT YOU HAD SO MANY TREES THERE.

IF YOU HAD A FEW EXTRA, CAN YOU PUT IT AT A THIRD LOCATION?

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I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT CLARIFICATION FROM YOU GUYS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE FUTURE WITH THIS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF THESE LARGE SCALE TREE PLANTING SITES.

AND SO WE WILL BE PROPOSING SOME SMALLER, MORE MEDIUM SITES IN THE FUTURE.

SO THE PLANTS THAT YOU THE TREES THAT YOU PLANTED AT COLONY PARK, HOW LONG DO THOSE TAKE TO GROW TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE SHADE? A LONG TIME YEAH. [LAUGHTER] YEAH, A DECADE AT LEAST.

YES. WHAT. HOW MUCH, I MEAN THEY'RE PUTTING OFF SHADE RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. HOW MUCH SHADE DO YOU WANT? I MEAN MOST TREES ARE VERY SLOW GROWING ESPECIALLY THE NATIVE TREES.

THE OAK TREES. YEAH. VERY SLOW GROWING. YEAH.

BUT I MEAN, IT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA. I MEAN, IT'S SO COSTLY JUST TO GET THESE SMALL, SMALL TREES.

AND IT TAKES FOREVER FOR THEM TO GROW TO THE SIZE.

WE KNOW IT TAKES A WHILE, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S UNBELIEVABLY COSTLY JUST TO GET THESE SMALL, SMALL TREES.

THESE ARE DECENT SIZED TREES. IN FACT, THEY'RE 30 GALLON TREES.

THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE ROOT BALL. THAT'S ABOUT AS LARGE AS MOST PEOPLE CAN HANDLE AS FAR AS GETTING THEM PLANTED WITHOUT REALLY EXPENSIVE TREES.

YEAH. SO. BUT YEAH, THERE'S TREES THAT ARE SLOW GROWING.

WHAT DO THEY SAY? THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE IS FIVE YEARS AGO.

THE SECOND BEST TIME IS NOW, RIGHT? YEAH. AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF THE SPECIMENS.

THE BALD CYPRESS. I KNOW THAT TENDS TO BE MORE OF A SWAMP GROWING TYPE TREE.

WET ENVIRONMENTS. AND THE ROOTS TEND TO BE SHALLOW.

IS THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT WITH, WITH SIDEWALK OR OR EVEN SOME OF THE OTHER TREES? I MEAN, WE'RE PARTICULAR ABOUT WHERE WE PUT THEM AND THEY CAN BUT MOST TREES DO DISRUPT THE SIDEWALK IF THEY'RE TOO CLOSE.

THEY I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'RE SWAMP GROWING. THEY CAN TOLERATE A LOT OF WATER.

THEY GROW WELL WITHOUT BEING IN THE WATER ALSO.

BUT WE JUST HAVE TO BE SELECTIVE WHERE WE PUT EACH TREE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. THANKS, SARAH. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM K3

[Items K.3. - K.5.]

SO LEXIN IS GOING TO PRESENT ON THIS. THIS IS ON THE PINE HILL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND MAYOR WHILE SHE'S PULLING THAT UP CAN I JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE CITIZENS ACADEMY FOLKS? SO YOU ALL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED YOUR REQUIRED ATTENDANCE IN ONE REGULAR MEETING.

BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY, BECAUSE I'M SURE LEXIN HAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE OF VALUE WHEN YOU GO TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ONE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S NO EXTRA POINTS FOR STAYING PAST REGULAR, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO. AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THREE ITEMS, SO I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T LIST THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT ON THIS THE COVER SLIDE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS AS WELL.

THAT TREE REMOVAL PERMIT. SO IT IS A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT AND A ZONING PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

HERE'S THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY OUTLINED HERE IN YELLOW.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS SOUTH OF CROSS TIMBERS AND EAST OF GRACE PEARL LANE.

THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE RECENT SNAPSHOT.

THIS STILL SHOWS ALL THOSE LOTS WITHIN THE GRACE PARK DEVELOPMENT AS BEING UNDEVELOPED.

AND THEY ARE I THINK THEY ARE ALL OCCUPIED NOW.

SO THIS IS STILL ABOUT A YEAR OLD, BUT WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WITH OUR AERIALS.

BUT SO THIS AT LEAST DOES SHOW THE HOUSES IN PLACE THOUGH THEY'RE NOT COMPLETED YET.

HERE'S A MORE DETAILED VIEW SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS PROPERTY, BUT IT IS NO LONGER THERE. THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES CURRENTLY, AND THE ZONING IS PD 167 WITH AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT USES AND A NURSING OR CONGREGATE CARE FACILITY.

SO THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT ZONING THAT WAS APPROVED WAS SPECIFIC TO THAT NURSING OR CONGREGATE CARE FACILITY.

IT WAS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND HAD ALL THE ASSOCIATED, YOU KNOW, CONCEPT PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS FOR THAT.

BUT AND THAT PROJECT HAS JUST NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.

SO THEN A NEW DEVELOPER HAS COME IN WITH A DIFFERENT IDEA FOR THE PROPERTY.

SO HERE'S THAT MASTER PLAN EXHIBIT. IT SHOWS THAT THE EXISTING LAND USE IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS MEDIUM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE.

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HERE IS THE PREVIOUS CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN. THIS IS WHAT WENT TO P&Z ON DECEMBER 9TH.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE 15 LOTS INCLUDED ON THIS CONCEPT PLAN.

SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THE APPLICANT RECEIVED FROM P&Z IS THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEE LARGER LOTS.

AND SO WENT IN AND THEY DID WHAT THEY COULD TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

AND SO NOW THEY HAVE REDUCED IT TO 14 LOTS. THESE WERE MINIMUM 7500FT².

THESE ARE NOW MINIMUM 8000FT². SO THEY WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE SIZE A LITTLE BIT AND THEY LOST ONE OF THOSE LOTS.

AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU THE MODIFICATIONS OVERALL EXISTING ZONING PD 173.

AND THIS TWO ACRES FOR MINIMUM LOT AREA AND THE 200FT MINIMUM LOT WIDTH THAT'S A LITTLE MISLEADING BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

BUT WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THERE WAS NON RESIDENTIAL FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING.

BUT YOU KNOW IT WOULD STILL MEET THAT MINIMUM FRONT YARD 40 FOOT SETBACK 25FT SIDE SETBACKS 20FT REAR.

AND THEN ONE ONE STORY WAS WHAT THE ASSISTED LIVING WAS LIMITED TO WITHIN THE PD STANDARDS.

SO THIS THIS IS ASSUMING ALL ONE LOT YOU UNDERSTAND, AS OPPOSED TO BREAKING IT UP INTO MULTIPLE ONES.

SO THEN FOR SF-5 THESE ARE THE STANDARDS FOR SF -5.

THE 5000FT² MINIMUM LOT AREA 50 FOOT MINIMUM LOT WIDTH 20FT MINIMUM FRONT YARD FIVE FEET MINIMUM SIDE YARD 20FT REAR YARD AND THEN THREE STORIES OR 35FT. I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WHILE THESE ARE THE STANDARDS FOR SF -5 THE APPLICANT OR NO FUTURE DEVELOPER, IF THIS WAS APPROVED, WOULD BE ABLE TO REDUCE THESE LOTS TO SMALLER THAN 7500FT² BECAUSE OF THE ASSOCIATED LAND USE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.

THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE A THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE AN SF 7.5, SO IT JUST GOES TO SF -5.

BUT IT WOULD STILL BE HELD BY THE LAND USE TO AT LEAST 7500FT² IN ORDER TO MEET THAT MEDIUM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, TRYING TO THINK OF THE RIGHT WORD, TITLE THAT WOULD BE PUT ON IT ANYWAY, THAT NAME OR THAT ASSOCIATION, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET THAT.

SO IT COULDN'T JUST BE CHANGED TO 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AFTER THE FACT.

I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. SO AGAIN, WITHIN THIS PROPOSED PD 207 STANDARDS WITH SF-5 , AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY GONE TO P&Z WAS 7500FT².

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS 8000. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS A 65 FOOT MINIMUM LOT WIDTH 70FT IS NOW WHAT'S PROPOSED AS THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH.

BEFORE IT WAS A 20 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK, BUT THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR AN ALLOWABLE ENCROACHMENT OF EIGHT FEET FOR FRONT PORCHES THAT'S BEEN REMOVED.

SO NOW IT WOULD JUST BE 20 FOOT FRONT SETBACK WITH NO PORCH ENCROACHMENT.

THE SIDE SETBACKS ARE 7.5FT AS OPPOSED TO FIVE FEET WOULD BE WHAT'S THE MINIMUM FOR SF-5.

THE REAR YARD IS EXTENDED TO 22FT AS OPPOSED TO 20FT, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM FOR SF-5 .

AND THEN THE APPLICANT HAS LIMITED THE HEIGHT WHILE STILL KEEPING IT AT 35FT TO A MAX OF TWO STORIES, SO IT CAN'T GO UP TO THREE STORIES AS RESIDENTIAL.

LEXIN BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE MASTER PLAN CONTEMPLATES UNDER LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL? 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS WOULD BE THE MINIMUM.

THAT'S THE THIRD ACRE. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE SAME AS GRACE PARK AND THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE EXCEPTION REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS FOR A DRY DETENTION POND. THE TOWN STANDARDS WOULD TYPICALLY REQUIRE A WET DETENTION POND.

SO WITH A FOUNTAIN AND THAT SORT OF THING FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT JUST DUE TO THE SMALL NUMBER OF LOTS THE APPLICANT HAD EXPRESSED, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BURDEN OF THAT COST BURDEN ON THOSE RESIDENTS MOVING FORWARD, ONLY 14 RESIDENTIAL FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING COST OF A WET POND.

SO THEY INDICATED THAT'S WHY THEY WERE REQUESTING TO MAKE IT DRY.

ANOTHER RECEPTION EXCEPTION REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS FOR DRIVEWAY SPACING.

BECAUSE CROSS TIMBERS ROAD IS AN ARTERIAL, THERE'S NORMALLY A MINIMUM OF 360FT REQUIRED BETWEEN DRIVE APPROACHES ON THE ROAD.

IN THIS CASE, THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY ON CROSS TIMBERS IS ABOUT 225FT FROM AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY TO THE WEST, AND THAT'S SHOWING YOU THERE THAT DISTANCE. HOWEVER, THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO WHAT'S THERE CURRENTLY.

BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE DRIVEWAY IS MUCH CLOSER TOO IT'S FARTHER WEST ON THE PROPERTY.

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SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO MOVE THE DRIVEWAY LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 103FT FURTHER EAST THAN IT IS TODAY.

SO IT IS BRINGING THEM CLOSER TO COMPLIANCE THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

ANOTHER SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE TOWN'S NORMAL STANDARDS IS THE SUBDIVISION PERIMETER FENCING.

SO THE TOWN WOULD NORMALLY REQUIRE THAT TO BE A MASONRY WALL.

THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO DO IT A PORTION OF IT AS BOARD ON BOARD FENCING.

THEIR REASONING WAS THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE MORE OF THOSE TREES AND THE WITHIN THE FRONT LANDSCAPE AREA AND JUST WITH THE MASONRY WALL.

IT TAKES UP A LITTLE MORE SPACE AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE INVASIVE TO THE ROOT SYSTEMS, THAT SORT OF THING.

I THINK THEY ALSO EXPRESSED THEY THOUGHT IT HAD A NICE LOOK.

THE WOODEN FENCE SURROUNDED BY THE TREES. BUT SO THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS TO DO THE BOARD ON BOARD WOOD.

YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S DISPLAYED HERE AS OPPOSED TO THE MASONRY WALL.

HERE'S SOME PHOTOS FROM THE SITE. SO THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH INTO THE EXISTING PROPERTY.

HERE YOU ARE LOOKING EAST FROM THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST LOOKING ACROSS TO THE ENTRANCE.

HERE WE'RE LOOKING NORTH FROM WITHIN THAT DRIVE, ACTUALLY, ON THE PROPERTY.

AND HERE WE'RE LOOKING WEST TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

LEXIN REAL QUICK. SO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, THEY HAVE THE MASONRY WALL, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT EXTENDING THEIR WALL AS A BOARD ON BOARD WOOD. IT'LL GO FROM THAT MASONRY WALL TO THEN A TRANSITION TO WOOD.

YEAH. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AT QUITE THE SAME PLACE.

SO YEAH I'VE BEEN OVER THERE. THERE'S YEAH IT'S SEPARATED A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'LL BE FACING THAT WALL THAT STREET.

YES. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THE COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO LINE UP QUITE AT THE SAME PLACE BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A DEEPER LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAN WOULD THE TOWN WOULD TYPICALLY REQUIRE ALONG THAT FRONT PORTION. SO WHERE GRACE PARKS WALL IS, IS NOT WHERE THIS WOOD FENCE IS GOING TO START.

BUT YEAH, YOU STILL MIGHT JUST THINK IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.

SURE. HERE IS THAT AGAIN, THAT REVISED CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.

SO THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A PRETTY DEEP LANDSCAPE BUFFER HERE.

IT'S MORE THAN 50FT SET BACK ALONG THAT FRONT AREA.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A LARGE LANDSCAPED AREA TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.

SO THEY ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING ALL OF THE TOWN'S LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE ALREADY WENT OVER THE PROPOSED LOT DIMENSIONS.

SO THE WOOD FENCE WOULD START KIND OF WHERE THE LIGHTER GREEN IS, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THE TREES ARE IN THE FRONT AND THE FENCE IS KIND OF IN THE BACK.

YES THAT'S CORRECT. THAT MAKES SENSE. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

HERE IS THE EXISTING APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO HERE'S THE REVISED CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SO IT SHOWS YOU THE NEW TREES THAT THEY'RE PLANTING.

THE TOWN DOES REQUIRE TREE PLANTINGS AROUND THE DETENTION AREA, WHETHER IT'S WET OR DRY.

SO THEY'RE SHOWING THOSE DETENTION TREES AND THEN THE TREES THAT ARE BEING SAVED THERE IN THE FRONT AREA.

THERE'S ALSO THESE DARK, EITHER GREEN OR RED CIRCLES.

THOSE ARE THE SPECIMEN TREES. AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 12 SPECIMEN TREES ON THE SITE.

THIS WENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION.

THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF SEVEN OF THE SPECIMEN TREES.

ORIGINALLY THE APPLICANT WAS REQUESTING TO TAKE OUT EIGHT.

SO ORIGINALLY THIS TREE HERE WAS GOING TO COME OUT AS WELL BECAUSE THEY HAD PUT IN KIND OF A LANDSCAPED MEDIAN THERE WITH A SIGN ON IT. I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO BREAK IT UP A LITTLE BIT, JUST VISUALLY AND ALSO MAYBE TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM GOING QUITE AS FAST.

SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE ECC RECOMMENDED TO TO SAVE THAT TREE.

AND SO THEY ADJUSTED THEIR DESIGN AND TOOK OUT THE, THE LANDSCAPED MEDIAN WITH THE SIGN SO THAT THEY COULD SCOOT THE STREET IN SOME AND, AND THEN SAVE THAT ADDITIONAL TREE. SO THEY ARE MEETING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ECC WITH SAVING FIVE OF THE 12 SPECIMEN TREES ON THE SITE. AND THE PROJECT ALSO WENT TO THE PARKS BOARD.

AND THE PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDED FEES IN LIEU OF PARKLAND DEDICATION OF $100,800 AND PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES OF $20,820. AGAIN, THERE IS THAT TREE SURVEY. AND THAT IS THE

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IT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT USING SF-5 ZONING SPECIFIC TO THESE PD CRITERIA, ALONG WITH THE EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE DESCRIBED.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THE APPLICANT ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION.

NOW, WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT IN OPPOSITION OF THIS.

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY EMAILS. I DID. DID YOU.

A LENGTHY ONE. YES. OH DID YOU? I DON'T THINK I SAW THAT ONE.

I THINK THE GENTLEMAN MIGHT BE HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT. OH, MAYBE THAT'S IT. YEAH.

OKAY. I WILL SAY THE YEAH, THE DEVELOPER DID HAD ASKED STAFF ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT GRACE PARK BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD THERE'S NOT ESTABLISHED HOA CONTACTS YET.

AND SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT THEY COULD TALK TO.

THEY DID MEET WITH THE OTHER TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NEARBY REGENCY PARK AND I BELIEVE FLOWER MOUND WOODS.

BUT SO THE DEVELOPER DID UPON US LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE GRACE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD HAD SOME QUESTIONS.

WE WANTED TO TALK TO THEM. WE DID PASS ON HIS CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAID IF THEY WANTED US TO PASS ON ANY CONTACT INFORMATION, WE'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION AS WELL. OKAY.

SO LEXIN, IF THIS REZONING FAILS, THEN THERE'S AN EXISTING PD THAT ALLOWS A NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING.

SO THAT'S STILL IN EFFECT. SO THEN THEY COULD STILL COME FORWARD WITH THAT CONCEPT PLAN AND BUILD IT TO THOSE SPECIFICATIONS WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL APPROVALS OR? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? DID THE PREVIOUS APPROVED SITE PLAN HAVE HAVE TREE REMOVAL PERMITS APPROVED AS WELL? IT DID. I BELIEVE THEY WERE TAKING OUT ALL OF THE SPECIMEN TREES.

ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A SPECIMEN TREE ON THIS LOT.

AND SINCE THEN, THE APPLICANT THAT APPLICANT, NOT THIS APPLICANT.

SORRY. THE APPLICANT FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING, THEY BASICALLY GAVE A SECTION OF LAND TO THE PROPERTY OWNER IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THEM SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT TREE AS PART OF THEIR YARD.

SO THAT TREE WAS SAVED. BUT THE OTHER REMAINING TREES THAT ARE NOTED ON THIS TREE SURVEY, I BELIEVE THEY WERE APPROVED FOR REMOVAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL.

SEE THE APPLICANT. YOU WANT TO SEE? YEAH. WE'LL GO.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST? I THINK THE APPLICANT FIRST MAYBE. YEAH.

YOU CAN GO AHEAD. NO. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. JEFF WESTCOTT, 2336 FARRINGTON DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75027. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

STAFF. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST WANT TO START BY INITIALLY THANKING THE STAFF.

LEXIN. I DON'T KNOW IF CHUCK'S HERE. JAKE'S BACK THERE HAVE ALL BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.

EXTREMELY CORDIAL. EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL. YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS WITH A COUPLE DIFFERENT TOWNS BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE. SO THANK YOU LEXIN SPECIFICALLY.

TO START, I JUST WANT TO SAY, LIKE, WE'RE WE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE COULD HELP.

WE SAW WHAT WAS IN PLACE FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE.

WE SAW WHAT WAS DEVELOPED AROUND IT. WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE SAID, OKAY, WELL, WE CAN BRING THIS TO A MORE COMPATIBLE USE.

WE CAN BE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT. WE CAN WORK WITH THE TOWN TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO ADD MULTIPLE BENEFITS TO THIS SITE WHILE IMPROVING IT, REDUCING IMPACT, AND HOPEFULLY ADDING A LOT OF VALUE OVER WHAT'S IN PLACE OR WHAT COULD EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED.

SO I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL HERE WAS TO IMPROVE.

OUR GOAL IS HERE NOT TO COME IN AND TRY TO FORCE DENSITY DOWN EVERYBODY'S THROAT.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL KIND OF START LEXIN ALREADY HIT ON MOST OF THIS, BUT I DO THINK THE THINK THE STORY HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

PRIOR TO 2019, IT WAS A MOBILE HOME PARK. IN 2022, IT WAS APPROVED FOR WAS A 64 BED NURSING HOME, WHICH IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE, AS LEXIN MENTIONED.

AND EARLY LAST YEAR WE GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE WE SAW, JUST LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE SAW WHAT THE ZONING WAS IN PLACE AND WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY IMPROVE IT. SO WE'VE SPENT ESSENTIALLY THE LAST TEN MONTHS WORKING WITH YOU ALL, WORKING WITH STAFF AND WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE COULD MEET WITH TO TRY TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO UNLOCK THIS SITE.

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AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE LANDED HERE TODAY. SO JUST REAL QUICK GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE STARTED.

ON THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING ZONING. SO THAT WAS FROM SEPTEMBER 22ND.

WE INITIALLY CAME TO STAFF WITH A 30 TO 38 UNIT TOWNHOME PROJECT QUICKLY PIVOTED FROM THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT'S NOT WHAT TOWN THAT WASN'T SOMETHING FLOWER MOUND COULD BE PROUD OF OR EXCITED ABOUT.

QUICKLY PIVOTED TO WHAT IS WHAT WAS A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, AND IT MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHICH IS 14, 70 FOOT WIDE, 8000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE COME FROM 64 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 14.

AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH NEIGHBORS, STAFF AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL.

AND I JUST I WANTED TO LAY THIS OUT FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE JUST TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE TOWN. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WHAT THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE OF SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT AND TOWN NEEDS ARE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE'VE LANDED AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO DECREASE THE DENSITY LOW ENOUGH THAT WE CAN ADD A LOT OF THESE BENEFITS THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT ALSO KEEP WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A SUSTAINABLE HIGH DEMAND DEVELOPMENT.

AND A KEY PIECE WITH OH, I'M SO SORRY. DID I MESS SOMETHING UP? IT'S NOT YOU. MAYOR IF WE COULD TABLE THIS ITEM FOR THREE MINUTES, WE HAVE A TECHNICAL GLITCH WITH CHRIS DREW, AND LEGALLY, HE HAS TO BE ON THE SCREEN AND VISIBLE.

THERE WAS SOME LOG IN ISSUES, CHRIS, THAT ADAM IS GOING TO BE COMING UP COMING UP TO TAKE CARE OF IT. CAN WE TAKE A RECESS FROM IT. IT'S OKAY. I CAN DO IT AGAIN.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY. WELL, AT THIS TIME, IT'S 7:31.

WE'LL RESUME. WELL, WE CAN DO WE'LL JUST WAIT.

LET'S JUST LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE. WELL, YEAH, WE'LL JUST TAKE FIVE MINUTES RECESS.

WE'LL RESUME AT 7:38. WELL, LET'S JUST ROUND IT UP TO 07:40.

GOING TO RESUME OUR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PINE HILL PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND LEXIN WAS PRESENTING ON THAT.

WE HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. YEAH. OKAY. AND, JEFF, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.

YEAH. WHERE DO YOU. ON YOUR PRESENTATION. WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK TO? OH, I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN WHAT SLIDE YOU WERE ON, BUT YOU WERE SHOWING HOW YOU HAD GONE DOWN FROM 38 TO 14 LOTS.

YEAH. YOU HAD THE. YES, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.

SO SLIDE THREE. OKAY, CHRIS, YOU'RE GOOD THERE.

DO YOU WANT ME TO CATCH UP ON ANYTHING? YEAH, I SAW IT ALL.

OKAY. IT WAS JUST A SCREEN MIX UP. OKAY. SO JUST TAKING A QUICK STEP BACK.

YOU KNOW, WE USE THIS SITE TO SHOW THAT WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS A 64 BED NURSING HOME.

AND ULTIMATELY, WHERE WE'RE COMING TO IS A 14 LOT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 70 FOOT WIDE, 8000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOTS. SO WE'VE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GET TO THE LOWEST DENSITY WE CAN WITH STILL FEELING COMFORTABLE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP THE SITE. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR FINAL PROPOSAL IS HERE IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

AS FAR AS THE PROPOSAL LEXIN HIT ON THIS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST TOUCH BASE HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF HOW WE'RE ADDING VALUE.

THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING. THESE ARE THE SPECIMEN TREES THAT WERE AGREED TO BE REMOVED.

SO I BELIEVE GRACE PARK IS ADJOINING ON THIS SIDE.

FLOWER MOUND WOODS IS ADJOINING ON THIS SIDE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S FIRE LANE WRAPPING AROUND A PUBLIC BUILDING AND OUTDOOR PUBLIC PARKING ON TOP OF DETENTION.

WE ARE PROPOSING THE ABOVE DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOWS THE 14 LOTS.

SO NOW YOU'RE REPLACING FIRE LANE WITH OUTDOOR OPEN SPACE.

YOU'RE DOUBLING THE BUFFER ON THE NORTH SIDE.

DOUBLING THAT BUFFER IS ALLOWING US TO SAVE ABOUT 350 CALIBER INCHES OF TREES, INCLUDING 12 POST OAKS.

SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE TWO MAJOR SPECIMENS. POST OAKS, SPECIMEN POST OAKS UP THERE.

ONE IS A 34 INCH AND ONE IS A 26 INCH TREE. THOSE ARE THE TWO WE'RE SAVING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THOSE WERE APPROVED TO BE REMOVED IN THE EXISTING PLAN.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE TOTAL OPEN SPACE IN THIS IS 19.2%.

I THINK THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD IS ABOUT 7% OF OPEN SPACE.

THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL STANDARD FOR THE TOWN.

SO WE REALLY AMPED UP HOW MUCH OPEN SPACE WE HAD HERE TO TRY TO COUNTER SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOT SIZE.

AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALSO EXPECTING TO MAINTAIN A VERY HIGH END RESIDENTIAL VALUE FROM A PER FOOT PERSPECTIVE, AND WE'RE TARGETING THAT 35 TO 4500 SQUARE FOOT HOME THAT WE DO THINK CAN BE ON THE SAME LEVEL OF VALUE AS THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS.

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AND THEN THE BOTTOM PART ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS A HALF ACRE OF ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE.

AND THEN AS FAR AS COMPATIBILITY TO GRACE PARK NOW INSTEAD OF THE FIRE LANE AND THE OPEN PARKING WE HAVE REAR YARD NEIGHBOR YARDS ADJOINING A RESIDENTIAL USE. JUST JUMPING INTO THE DENSITY COMPARISON, I THINK ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT HERE THAT ALSO SHOWS THE EFFORT WE'VE PUT INTO TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING CREATIVE IS, IF YOU LOOK HERE, THE APPROVED USE, BASICALLY WHAT THIS CHART IS DOING IS IT'S TAKING YOU FROM YOUR TOTAL AREA OF THE SITE. AND THEN USING THE RIGHT OF WAY AREA AND REDUCING THE BUFFER AREAS TO COME WITH YOUR LOT DEVELOPMENT COVERAGE, WHICH IS BASICALLY SAYING THE IMPERVIOUS AREA.

AND FOR RESIDENTIAL IT'D BE LOTS PLUS RIGHT OF WAY.

SO ON THE APPROVED USE, THE LOT COVERAGE IS ABOUT 87% ON THE STANDARD SF -10 THAT WOULD BE 94%.

AND WE'RE AT 81% TOTAL LOT DEVELOPMENT COVERAGE.

SO WE'RE ALMOST THREE TIMES BETTER THAN THE STANDARDS WOULD REQUIRE.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE ALSO SAVING THE EXTRA SPECIMEN TREES AND PROTECTED TREES.

WE'RE DOUBLING THE NORTH BUFFER, AND WE'RE MOVING THE SOUTH BUFFER FROM 3 TO 6 TIMES LARGER THAN WHAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, AS WELL AS WHAT WOULD BE A STANDARD MINIMUM. THIS IS KIND OF MY FAVORITE SLIDE TO END IT ALL JUST FROM A GREEN SPACE PERSPECTIVE.

SO THE OTHER THING WE LOOKED AT IS TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE SIDE YARDS? WHAT ARE THE YARD SPACES FOR YOUR STANDARD SF -15.

SO WE CALCULATE BASED OFF OF 100 BY 150 LOT. WHAT'S YOUR REAR YARD YOUR SIDE YARD YOUR FRONT YARD SPACE WOULD BE MULTIPLY THAT BY NINE.

IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 69,000FT OF YARD SPACE FOR NINE 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

OURS IS ABOUT 57,000. SO THIS IS WHERE I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF CONCERN COMES WHEN YOU MOVE DENSITY.

OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE LOSING YARD SPACE. THESE ARE DENSER BUILDS.

HOWEVER, ONCE YOU ADD ALL THE ADDITIONAL SPACE, WE'VE ADDED WHICH IS ROUGHLY 24,000FT, WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOW MORE GREEN SPACE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT THAN A NORMAL SF-15 DEVELOPMENT MIGHT SHOW.

AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS COMMUNITY CONCERNS OBVIOUSLY, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

DO YOU MIND GOING BACK ONE SLIDE? SURE. THE 24,000 ADDITIONAL SPACE.

REFRESH MY MEMORY. REPEAT WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? THAT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THE OFFSETS. YEAH, THAT'S THIS ADDITIONAL BUFFER ON THE NORTH SIDE.

AND THEN ALL THIS OPEN SPACE WE'RE ADDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE. OKAY.

THANKS. AS FAR AS COMMUNITY CONCERNS I KNOW GRACE PARK IS HERE WITH CONCERNS AND WE REALLY WEREN'T, DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO MEET. BUT WE'VE MET WITH STAFF, WE'VE MET WITH COUNCIL, I'VE MET WITH ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORS.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE MET WITH P&Z WHO HAD THEIR CONCERNS. SO I DO JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THEM STRAIGHT ON BEFORE OBVIOUSLY LEAVING IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

FIRST ONE WAS THAT DENSITY DOES, YOU KNOW, DENSITY COULD DEGRADE VALUE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY ADAMANT THAT DENSITY HERE IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, IT ABSOLUTELY COULD. AND THIS INSTANCE, WE'VE MODELED IT OFF OF ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS SF-15 AND SF BASICALLY EIGHT, THE EXACT SAME LOT SIZES ON THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS SHOWN HERE. SO YOU HAVE 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS ON THE WEST SIDE.

THESE RANGE FROM 7000 TO ABOUT 9000FT² ON THE EAST SIDE.

AND WE CAN SHOW THAT THE 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS ARE SIMILAR TO SALES PRICING FOR NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING THIS AREA.

AND WE CAN ALSO SHOW THAT THE SF-8, ON A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS, ARE STILL PERFORMING AT OR CLOSE TO EXISTING SALES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AS WELL.

SECOND TO THAT, WE KNOW THERE ARE ALSO MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE EXISTING AREA THAT HAVE SF-15 AND THIS TYPE OF DENSITY ADJACENT.

THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPED ON MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS. SO IT IS AN EXISTING IDEA TO HAVE A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT AND AN 8000 SQUARE FOOT LOT ADJACENT. ONE THING WE WEREN'T WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND THAT WE DO WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS WE COULD NOT FIND A LOW DENSITY HOME ADJACENT TO A NURSING HOME, WHICH IS THE EXISTING USE. SO THIS IS LONG PRAIRIE AND CROSS TIMBERS ROAD, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, THERE'S THREE NURSING HOMES THERE. THEY ABUT TO THE WEST.

2500 SQUARE FOOT SF-5 HOMES OFFICE RETAIL TO THE SOUTH.

AND THIS IS AN OLD RESIDENTIAL LOT THAT'S ZONED FUTURE USES OFFICE CURRENTLY ZONED AG.

THIS IS ANOTHER NURSING HOME ON KARNES ROAD AND OLD SETTLERS TO THE WEST IS A VACANT LAND.

I BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY IN PROCESS OF BEING APPROVED FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S OFFICE TO THE NORTH IS OFFICE TO THE EAST IS DAYCARE, TO THE SOUTHEAST IS HOSPITAL, AND TO THE SOUTH IS A LANDSCAPE STORAGE YARD.

AGAIN, SAME THING'S ON SAGEBRUSH AND MORRIS AND DIXON ROAD.

YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL LOTS, NOT SURROUNDED BY LOW DENSITY, WHICH IS ANOTHER MAJOR POINT THAT WE BELIEVE IS ADDING VALUE FROM A BIT MORE COMPATIBLE PERSPECTIVE.

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I THINK THIS CAME UP IN P&Z. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, AND THIS IS ON ME BECAUSE I WASN'T PREPARED FOR IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION WAS WHAT ARE THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS? SO WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY RANGE EVERYWHERE FROM 6000FT² UP TO THE 15,000FT².

IN TOTAL, WE DIDN'T DO THE FULL STUDY. I STOPPED AT 1500, BUT COUNTED 1500 HOMES AT SF -10 OR LESS SURROUNDING THIS IMMEDIATE AREA, WHICH WOULD SUGGEST ADDING 14 HOMES IS LESS THAN 1% OF AN EXISTING INVENTORY WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS.

COUNTER TO THAT IS, AGAIN, WE COULDN'T FIND ANY LOW DENSITY NEXT TO A NON RESIDENTIAL USE OR A NURSING HOME.

EXCUSE ME. A BIG COMPONENT HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN GRACE PARK WAS DEVELOPED YOU HAD THE EYEBROW LOTS ON THE EAST SIDE.

SO NOW YOU HAVE SIDE YARD ABUTTING COMMERCIAL OR ABUTTING NON RESIDENTIAL.

I THINK THIS IS A VERY ANOTHER VERY KEY PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO CREATE MORE VALUE FOR EVERYBODY IS NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING A SIDE YARD ABUTTING NON RESIDENTIAL WHICH I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IN FLOWER MOUND YOU HAVE SIDE YARD ABUTTING REAR YARD OF FUTURE RESIDENTIAL.

SO IT'S A MORE COMPATIBLE USE. AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW HOW SIDE YARD AND REAR YARD CAN MOVE TOGETHER WITH RESIDENTIAL NOT NECESSARILY WITH COMMERCIAL.

THIS JUST KIND OF LAYS THAT OUT. SO GRACE PARK HOMES, THIS IS THE EXISTING USE WHICH WOULD BE FIRE LANE, OPEN PARK, OPEN SURFACE PARKING AND DETENTION.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED USE. SO IT'S SIX NEIGHBORS.

THIS NEIGHBOR HERE IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE EXTRA BUFFER. THIS NEIGHBOR HERE IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE PLUS OR -150FT OF ADDITIONAL BUFFER WE ADDED HERE.

I SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT THESE ALL GRADE DOWN SO THEY WOULD BE AT A LOWER ELEVATION THAN GRACE PARK WOULD, WHICH WOULD ALSO HELP WITH PRIVACY IN THAT INSTANCE AS WELL. SF- 15, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR SF-15.

I UNDERSTAND THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IT IS A VERY, VERY LOW LIKELIHOOD.

THE BIGGEST COMPONENT TO THAT IS TODAY IT'S ZONED FOR 64 BEDS.

TAKING IT DOWN FROM 64 BEDS TO NINE HOMES IS FIVE CLASSIFICATIONS DOWN I BELIEVE IN YOUR ZONING.

SO THE VALUE DEGRADATION FROM THAT IS SUBSTANTIAL.

THAT REALLY LOWERS THE PROBABILITY OF SOMEBODY TRYING TO MAKE AN SF-15 DEVELOPMENT WORK.

SECONDARILY TO THAT, IF YOU DO SF-15, YOU ARE LOSING THE PRESERVED TREES, A MAJORITY OF THE PRESERVED TREES.

YOU'RE LOSING THE OPEN SPACE AND YOU'RE LOSING THE EXTRA BUFFERS. SO YOU MAY BE GETTING EXTRA LOTS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE, IN MY OPINION, A MORE CROWDED DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUT AS MANY OF THOSE LOTS AS POSSIBLE ON THAT ONE LITTLE SITE. AND LASTLY, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART IS THERE ARE VERY FEW EXAMPLES OF SF-15 WITH LESS THAN TEN LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

I MEAN, THIS IS A VERY KEY PIECE OF THIS, AND THIS IS A BIG REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE SF-15 WORK. WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF SF-15 ON NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE EAST THAT DIDN'T WORK.

AND A BIG REASON WHY IS IT'S JUST A PURE ECONOMIC CALCULATION.

IF YOU HAVE $1.4 MILLION OF COST IN 14 HOMES, IT'S $100,000 A HOME.

IF YOU HAVE SEVEN HOMES, IT'S $200,000 A HOME.

SO IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY REMOVE ONE, HIT A SNAG SOMEWHERE, OR YOU HIT I KNOW THERE'S I BELIEVE THERE'S SEPTIC ON SITE FROM THE OLD MOBILE HOME.

ONE ISSUE FROM THAT, AND YOU'RE ALREADY IN A VERY UNDESIRABLE PREDICAMENT FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK THE OTHER THING HERE IS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE REPUTABLE HOMEBUILDERS ARE THE BIGGER HOME BUILDERS THAT CAN DO THE LUXURY HOMES GENERALLY. DON'T GET SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING LESS THAN TEN.

IT'S A MARGIN BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, BUILDING LESS THAN TEN HOMES IS A NOMINAL PROFIT THING THAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE'VE RUN INTO, AS WE'VE TRIED TO DISCUSS WITH OTHER HOMEBUILDERS ABOUT WHAT AN SF-15 COULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN LASTLY, BEFORE I LEAVE THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE WE'RE ENHANCING THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE REDUCING THE IMPACT ON ALL THE UTILITIES.

SO WATER SEWER STORMWATER DENSITY ARE ALL BEING REDUCED.

AND ALSO ANOTHER BIG FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OTHER NEIGHBORS WAS TRAFFIC. OBVIOUSLY CROSS TIMBERS HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC. WE'RE REDUCING THE TRAFFIC WITH THIS PLAN.

WE HAVE 19.2% OF OPEN SPACE. THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE ROUGHLY AROUND 7 TO 8%.

SO WE'RE WE HAVE MORE OPEN SPACE THAN THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'RE ALSO SAVING 300 CALIBER INCHES. I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO THEM TALK ABOUT THEIR TREE PLANTING, AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GROW TREES.

WELL, THERE ARE PROBABLY, I THINK THE ONE OF THE MEMBERS ON ECC SAID THE TWO POST OAKS ON THE FRONT OF THIS SITE MAYBE 70 TO 80 YEARS OLD, BECAUSE THEY'RE 34 INCHES WIDE. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OTHER PROTECTED TREES THAT ARE IN THAT KIND OF 18 TO 20 INCH ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER.

THAT COULD BE 20 TO 30 YEARS OLD, TEN TIMES WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PLANT AT TWO AND A HALF TO 3.5IN.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT CAN REPLACE THOSE TREES IS TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S INVALUABLE WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT PRESERVING CANOPIES AND BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW YOU CAN PRESERVE TREES.

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I KNOW OUR REQUEST IS FOR AN EXEMPTION TO THE MASONRY WALL.

TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, I THINK, MAYOR MOORE, YOU MIGHT HAVE ASKED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 25FT BEHIND WHERE THE GRACE PARK WALL IS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ROUGHLY 25 MATURE TREES.

PLUS WE'LL PLANT A COUPLE MORE UP THERE. SO THE IDEA IS YOU HAVE THIS VERY NATURAL LANDSCAPE FRONTING CROSS TIMBERS.

AND BEHIND IT IS STAINED CEDAR BOARD ON BOARD THAT KIND OF MORE MATCHES THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN DO SOME MASONRY. BUT WE ALSO LIKE HAVING THE I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE PLAN HERE.

YEAH, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THESE TREES RIGHT HERE.

THESE TWO PINE TREES ARE RIGHT ALONG THAT LINE.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THE FENCE POSTS ON THAT VERSUS THE MASONRY WALL ALSO JUST HELPS KEEP THOSE ROOT BALLS SAFE.

BUT YOU KNOW WE CAN OBVIOUSLY TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A HUGE STICKING POINT FOR US.

IT'S A I THINK IT'S AN ESTHETIC THING THAT COULD HELP.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BIT OF A HELP WITH DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE UP FRONT.

YEAH. JEFF, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE I MISSED ONE OF THE EMAILS ON THAT.

I HAD JUST SEEN SOME EMAILS ON OPPOSITION, BUT I DIDN'T CATCH THAT OTHER EMAIL.

OKAY. IT WASN'T TRYING TO PUSH PEOPLE IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER.

IT'S JUST THAT'S ALL I HAD SEEN. SO I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING IF WE HAD IF I HAD, IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER EMAILS THAT LEXIN HAD RECEIVED OTHER THAN WHAT I SAW. SO I DO LIKE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

YEAH. VERY GOOD. THAT'S REALLY ALL WE HAVE. I HAVE A BUNCH OF APPENDIX ITEMS HERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER QUESTIONS CAME FROM P&Z.

SO HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE ANY.

WELL I WAS WONDERING. I WAS JUST WANTING TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT, OBVIOUSLY WITH 14 EXTRA 14 RESIDENTS, THERE CERTAINLY ISN'T GOING TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC COMPARED TO, SAY, A 64 BED NURSING HOME WITH STAFF RESIDENTS VISITORS EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, WHICH GO IN AND OUT OF THERE CONSTANTLY. I THINK THAT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT THING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT.

WHAT HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE IMPACTED? DO WE DO A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT THAT IS HIGH DENSITY, HIGHER DENSITY WHEN IN FACT, THE NURSING HOME KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS, THE NURSING HOME ACTUALLY IS HIGHER DENSITY THAN PUTTING IN THESE MORE COMPACT LOTS. SO I THINK THAT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN THIS FOR SURE.

VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. I LIKED IT, I LIKED THE FACT THAT YOU'RE SAVING, PRESERVING THOSE TREES, I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THAT LOT. AND SO THOSE ARE VERY MATURE TREES.

I LOVE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO KEEP THOSE? AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

AND YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROPOSAL. THANK YOU.

BUT ANYBODY. SO YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS NOW BEFORE I OPEN IT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND WE HAVE WERE YOU WANTING TO MAKE A COMMENT.

OKAY. YEAH. GO AHEAD. MAYOR CAN YOU CLARIFY. ARE YOU A PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. I YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT CARD FROM YOU.

DID YOU IS. NO YOU HAVE TO. YEAH, YOU HAVE TO.

I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.

IT'S ONE OF ONE OF THESE. YEAH. YEAH. NO. IT'S OKAY.

SO WE CAN GET YOU ONE. BECAUSE CHIEF HENLEY IS GETTING YOU ONE IN THE BACK.

YEAH. IF YOU'LL JUST FILL THAT OUT BECAUSE I CAN'T JUST RANDOMLY.

I NEED TO LET THE PEOPLE WHO FILLED THESE OUT FIRST AND JUST.

YEAH. IF YOU FILL THAT OUT, THEN WE CAN HAVE YOU DO THAT.

AND, MAYOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MINUTES, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT YOU'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR. AT WHAT TIME? THREE, FOUR AND FIVE. YEAH. YEAH.

SO, YEAH. FOR ITEM K THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, WE'LL JUST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU CAN PUT THAT ON YOUR CARD AS WELL MA'AM.

I HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD SO FAR AND THAT'S FOR ADAM SHEAR.

YOU'VE WAITED ALL EVENING. HELLO, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M ADAM SHEAR. I LIVE AT 3712 ALBERTA LANE. I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 229FT OF THE 274 ON THE SOUTHERN SIDES OF 85% OF IT.

I'M HERE TO ACTUALLY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT.

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BUT YEAH, REALLY, IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF AN OPEN ORPHAN, FOUR AND A HALF ACRE LOT FOR THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS, WHICH ACTUALLY ISN'T THAT BAD. IT'S JUST TREES AND WILDLIFE, BASICALLY. YOU KNOW, JEFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF TALKING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

OBVIOUSLY, HE KIND OF WALKED YOU THROUGH IT. STARTED WITH PRETTY DENSE TOWNHOUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT THIS 14 SITE PLAN IS REALLY THE BEST FIT FOR PURPOSE FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOT.

I STAYED UP UNTIL IT WAS A LATE PLANNING AND ZONING WHEN THEY VOTED ON.

THIS WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT, AND THEY WERE SAYING A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS YOU GUYS WERE. MAN, THIS IS CREATIVE YOU'RE SAVING TREES. WE KIND OF LIKE THAT IT OFFERS MAYBE A DIFFERENT, NOT REALLY A PRICE POINT ON A DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT BECAUSE THAT'S STILL OVER $300 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE] GOING TO GO WITH. SO THAT'S NICE. BUT YOU ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG COUPLES OR YOUNG FAMILIES TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE IN WEST FLOWER MOUND WELL, THIS KIND OF DOES THAT.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE HAMMER METHOD, IF EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE A NAIL, IT MUST HAVE LOW DENSITY ALL THE TIME THAT YOU JUST GET KIND OF MORE OF THE SAME.

SO I GUESS JUST TO QUICKLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE PERCEIVED PROBLEMS THAT I SEE IS OBVIOUSLY YOU HEAR MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY AND YOU KIND OF YOUR KNEES SHAKE.

THIS IS AN ORPHANED LOT. IT'S THE LAST OF ITS KIND.

THE RANCH IS TO THE EAST, ARE ALL ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL.

SO REALLY, ANYTHING THAT'S DONE HERE, IN MY OPINION, DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROFOUND EFFECT ON TONS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND.

YOU KNOW, EVEN AS IT'S SHOWN THERE, SIX OF THESE NEW HOUSES WOULD BE BACKING UP AGAINST GRACE PARK.

I THINK IN THE NINE HOUSE, 15 SP 15, IT'S LIKE FIVE HOUSES.

SO IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR ON WHAT'S GOING BACK THERE.

THE COMPS AGAIN IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT PRICES OF OUR OWN HOMES.

YOU KNOW, THE PRICE POINT OF THESE ACTUALLY IS VERY STRONG.

YOU JUST LOOK AROUND ZILLOW, EVERYTHING IF YOU'RE AT 300, YOU'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. SO THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU'LL BE MARKETED AT OR ABOVE THAT.

A BIG PRO IS THE TREES. YOU KNOW I KNOW WE'RE A BIG TREE TOWN, ADAM I'VE HEARD YOU SAY IT IN THE PAST TOO LIKE PRESERVING THE MATURE CANOPY IN THE HEIGHT OF IT. SO I THINK IF YOU GO TO A LOW DENSITY, IT GOES PRETTY MUCH ALL TREES KIND OF SCORCHED EARTH, I THINK GO AWAY THERE. AGAIN, DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOME FOR SOMEONE TO BUY.

SO I THINK IF IT GOES TO A LOW DENSITY, IT JUST ENDS UP KIND OF LIKE ANOTHER THIRD ACRE TOLL BROTHERS STYLE.

AND YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE BUFFERS IN THE FRONT, BUFFER IN THE BACK KIND OF WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

SO ANYWAY, I ASK THAT YOU KEEP AN OPEN MIND. NOT ALL MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY IS THE END OF THE WORLD.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I'LL TAKE THAT. YEAH. NO. NO PROBLEM.

OKAY. ADITI BANERJEE. OH VERY GOOD. YOU CAN COME ON UP.

JUST SAY REPEAT YOUR NAME AND THEN YOUR ADDRESS.

THANK YOU MAYOR, THIS IS DOCTOR ADITI BANERJEE FROM 3800 GRACE PEARL LANE, FLOWER MOUND.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THIS TIME THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY.

I'M A NEW RESIDENT OF FLOWER MOUND. I MOVED HERE FROM IRVING IN NOVEMBER.

BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE THE GRACE PARK COMMUNITY.

I FELT LIKE THESE LOTS WERE FAIRLY LARGE. AND WE BUILT A VERY BEAUTIFUL HOME WITH TREES.

AND IT WAS SF-15 ALL THE WAY AROUND LOW DENSITY.

SO ME AND MY HUSBAND MADE THIS INVESTMENT HERE.

AND SO DID OUR NEIGHBORS. I MEAN, TODAY I REPRESENT GRACE PARK.

ALMOST 80% OF THE 20 HOMEOWNERS ARE HERE TODAY REPRESENTING GRACE PARK, AND WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE STRONGLY FEEL ABOUT FLOWER MOUND. WE LOVE THIS PLACE, AND WE'RE HERE.

WE LOVE GRACE PARK AND THE SURROUNDINGS. AND WE ALL FEEL THAT LOW DENSITY S- 15, THE WAY THE HOMES ARE BUILT, WITH THE NICE LOT SIZES AND THE TREES THE SIZE OF THE HOMES, THE OPENNESS IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO US.

WE WANT TO BUILD OUR FAMILIES THERE, GROW OUR FAMILIES THERE, ENJOY OUR LIFE AND HELP FLOWER MOUND GROW.

SO THAT'S WE ARE HERE TODAY. BECAUSE WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE PLAN NEXT DOOR, WE GOT CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A MEDIUM LOW DENSITY. IT WAS NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE LOW DENSITY.

SO THAT BECAME A BIG CONCERN FOR ALL OF US. AND WE ALL GATHERED OVER THE WEEKEND AND TALKED ABOUT IT NOW MS. MAYOR, WE ARE VERY NEW IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE FIRST OF US MOVED HERE IN JULY.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IT'S ONLY BEEN SEVEN MONTHS THAT WE HAVE BEEN JUST TRICKLING IN AND MOVING IN.

SO WE ARE STILL GETTING TO LEARN FLOWER MOUND AND WE HAVE NOT MET THE DEVELOPER YET, WHICH WE WILL NOW.

[01:55:05]

BUT WE CAME TO GRACE PARK BECAUSE WE FELT IT WAS OPEN.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL , OUR HOMES HAD LOTS OF LAND AROUND IT AND IT WAS A GREAT COMMUNITY.

BUT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IF THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY BECOMES HOUSE ON HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH SMALL LOTS BACKED UP, THEN THE ESTHETICS WILL GET IMPACTED. AND NUMBER TWO, OUR HOME VALUES WILL GET IMPACTED WHERE WE HAVE INVESTED OUR NEST EGG, ALL OUR MONEY IN THESE HOMES, AND WE EXPECT IT TO APPRECIATE OVER YEARS.

SO AND WE CAME HERE BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS SF-15.

AND WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS SF-15 WHEN WE PURCHASED THESE HOMES.

SO NOW JUST SIX MONTHS IN MOVING IN, IF WE KNOW THAT IT'S A LOW, MEDIUM TO LOW DENSITY, THAT IS A CONCERN TO US.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH SPEAKING FOR ALL THE HOMEOWNERS, THAT THAT IS OUR CONCERN THAT IT'S GOING TO BECOME A MEDIUM HIGH DENSITY AND NO LONGER A LOW DENSITY IF THIS IS APPROVED.

SO WE WANTED TO RAISE THAT UP TO YOU, THE VOICE OF OUR CONCERN HERE.

AND WE ARE HAPPY TO MEET OUTSIDE AND TALK MORE ABOUT IT.

THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNS WITH THE SEWER THE POOLS, THE PRIVACY, WHICH I THINK ARE LESS OF A CONCERN THAN THIS ONE BEING THE MAJOR CONCERN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING.

NOW, THIS IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO COME UP AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT OR YOU AT THIS TIME BEFORE. WHAT'S THAT? YOU'LL HAVE TO COME UP TO THE SPEAKER AND SPEAK AND SAY YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] I ALSO LIVE IN THE GRACE PARK COMMUNITY.

SO WE ALL HAD CONCERNS. OKAY? WE ALL MET TOGETHER, AND ADITI IS REPRESENTING ALL OF US.

OKAY. DO YOU ALL WANT TO SPEAK SEPARATELY AND COME UP? I'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

THEN I'M GOING TO GO. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS AND TOWN COUNCIL , IF YOU WANT TO YOU WILL HAVE TO. YES. YOU CAN. I CAN'T SEE. YEAH.

YEAH. YOU CAN. GO CAN GO AHEAD. I'M GOING TO REOPEN.

SORRY. YEAH. YOU CAN COME ON UP. YEAH. COME ON UP.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S CONCERNS, AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL THE SAME CONCERNS OF ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORS. AND THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE TRY TO ADDRESS WITH THE PRESENTATION. AND JUST ONE THING I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY FROM THE CONCERNS FROM GRACE PARK IS THIS IS NOT LOW DENSITY ZONING.

THIS IS A 64 BED NURSING HOME THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIESTEL POINT COULD BE DEVELOPED BY RIGHT TODAY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THAT IS THE OPTIONALITY BETWEEN THIS SITE, NOT NECESSARILY THE LOW DENSITY FUTURE LAND USE.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE FOCUS HERE OF TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SITE FROM THAT.

SO AND AGAIN, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WE'VE WORKED THROUGH A LOT OF THESE AS LONG AS WE COULD TO GET TO THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

SO. JUST TO CLARIFY, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. SORRY. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO DISCUSS AMONGST THE COUNCIL IF YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

SO FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JEFF, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AND I DO SEE A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT I BELIEVE WERE BASED ON FEEDBACK YOU RECEIVED AND A DESIRE, A GENUINE DESIRE TO REALLY WANT TO PUT SOMETHING APPROPRIATE ON THE LAND FOR THAT LOCATION.

AND GIVEN THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT IT PRESENTS, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF UNFORTUNATE THINGS I THINK THAT DID HAPPEN.

AND THE FIRST ONE WAS THAT BEING THAT GRACE PARK DIDN'T HAVE ALREADY AN ORGANIZED HOA, YOU REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY MEET WITH THEM PRIOR.

AND I THINK LEXIN MENTIONED THAT AS WELL, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE RELATES TO SOMETHING THAT I'VE OBSERVED AND MENTIONED MANY TIMES BEFORE FROM THIS DAIS, AND THAT IS, AS A NEW HOMEOWNER, SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.

AND THIS PROPERTY WASN'T REALLY SET OUT TO BE SF-15, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE DISCONNECT WAS, WHERE THAT IMPRESSION WAS GIVEN. THIS WAS APPROVED BY RIGHT TO BE A 65 BED NURSING HOME.

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AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE GRACE PARK DEVELOPMENT CAME FORWARD WITH A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR THESE KEYSTONE LOTS.

AND HAD THEY NOT WANTED THOSE ADDITIONAL 3 OR 4 HOMES IN THAT LITTLE SEGMENT, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPEN AREA TO CREATE EVEN MORE OF A BUFFER AND CREATE MORE OPEN SPACE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. BUT I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE HOME PRODUCT, YOU SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE. WE LOVE FLOWER MOUND, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU DO AS WELL.

BUT THERE IS A HISTORY OF ZONING DECISIONS ON THAT PROPERTY ADJACENT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT WAS NOT SF-15. SO I AM VERY SORRY THAT YOU HAD THAT IMPRESSION.

IT WASN'T THAT. I THINK THIS DEVELOPMENT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IN MY OPINION, THE INTENSITY OF THE USE IS MUCH LESS THAN A 65 BED NEIGHBORHOOD OR I'M SORRY, NURSING HOME LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MORE DESIRABLE FOR YOUR ADJACENCY THAN A COMMERCIAL APPLICATION. SO IT'S KIND OF GIVING YOU A BUFFER.

IT'S NOT THE SAME DENSITY AS WHAT YOU ALL HAVE.

BUT IT IS, I THINK, MORE DESIRABLE THAN A COMMERCIAL OPERATION, WHICH WOULD BRING MUCH MORE TRAFFIC.

IT WOULD BRING 24 OVER SEVEN STAFFING. IT WOULD BRING LIGHTS, IT WOULD BRING NOISE.

IT WOULD BRING EMERGENCY SERVICES ON A ROUTINE BASIS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE MUCH MORE DISRUPTIVE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT.

AND ALSO, I LIKE THE BUFFERS. THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SAVE MORE TREES THAN IF THEY EVEN DID HAVE AN SF-15, WHICH THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE VERY UNLIKELY GIVEN THE 4 TO 5 ACRES TOTAL SPACE FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SO I DO THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE BETWEEN WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE NURSING HOME AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE HOMEOWNERS TO LIVE IN FLOWER MOUND IN A NICE RESIDENTIAL SETTING.

SO I LIKE IT AND I LIKE THAT YOU'RE SAVING THE TREES AND YOU'VE INCREASED THE OPEN SPACE.

I LIKE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS TOO YOURSELF, AND THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A BETTER IDEA THAN WHAT WAS THERE NOW.

T HIS WOULD THIS WOULD NOT BE A HARD DECISION FOR ME, EXCEPT THAT I DO APPRECIATE THIS APPLICANT, MR. WESTCOTT. HE WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH. HE REACHED OUT A NUMBER OF TIMES.

WE HAD MEETINGS. I GAVE HIM MY FEEDBACK. HE LISTENED.

HE DID MAKE CHANGES. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES THIS A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR ME.

BUT THERE IS SOME HISTORY REGARDING GRACE PARK THAT YOU FOLKS PROBABLY AREN'T AWARE OF.

GRACE PARK CAME IN AND ASKED FOR AN INCREASE IN DENSITY TO SF -10 TO QUARTER ACRE LOTS, AND THEY WERE TURNED DOWN.

WE TOLD THEM THE MASTER PLAN SAYS 3RD ACRE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR IS THIRD ACRE BUILD THIRD ACRE.

AND THEY DID. SO THERE'S AN ISSUE OF FAIRNESS HERE THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.

NOW, WITH THAT SAID, I HATE THE CURRENT ZONING, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CUT DOWN THE.

WE USED TO ALLOW ASSISTED LIVING IN AGRICULTURE ZONING.

IT WAS ONE OF THE ALLOWED USES. SO THIS THEY CAME IN, THEY KICKED OUT ALL THE MOBILE HOMES.

THEY CAME WITH A PLAN TO CUT DOWN EVERY TREE AND PUT A COMMERCIAL USE.

I JUST I DIDN'T LIKE THAT SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T EVEN ALLOW THAT ANYMORE.

BUT THEY GOT THAT APPROVED BEFORE WE CHANGED AND DISALLOWED THAT USE IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.

BUT SO THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN. THEY CAN BUILD THAT IF THEY WANT TO. NOW THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAND TO BUILD WHAT OUR MASTER PLAN ALLOWS.

SO WHEN THEY CAME TO ME, I SAID I WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER ONE STEP UP IN DENSITY TO SF -10 QUARTER ACRE IF YOU KEEP THE TREES, BECAUSE I WILL TAKE THAT TREE. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TREES TONIGHT. SAVING A LOT OF THOSE TREES WOULD BE WORTH A SMALL INCREASE IN DENSITY, BUT IN REALITY IT WOULDN'T REALLY BE AN INCREASE OF DENSITY. IT WOULD JUST BE MORE SPREAD OUT LOTS SMALLER LOTS.

BUT THEN YOU COULD SAVE MORE TREES. SO IF THEY COULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT PLAN FORWARD, I THINK I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN OKAY WITH THAT.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT. THIS MEANS IT REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY OF COUNCIL.

AND TO ME THAT GIVES THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS SOME VETO POWER.

SO I WOULD REALLY WANT TO SEE THE CONSENT OF THE NEIGHBORS BEFORE I WOULD VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAND, AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COMBINE WITH A LARGER PROPERTY AND BUILD WHAT THE MASTER PLAN ALLOWED THAT WAS WHEN GRACE PARK CAME FORWARD.

THEY COULD HAVE COMBINED AND BEEN PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. INSTEAD, THEY DECIDED TO PURSUE A COMMERCIAL PROJECT THAT COMMERCIAL PROJECT HASN'T WORKED OUT,

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WELL, THAT'S NOT THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GRANT THAT.

THEY MADE A MISTAKE. THEY MISSED THEIR OPPORTUNITY.

IT TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY NEED TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT'S A BETTER FIT THAT CONFORMS TO OUR MASTER PLAN.

AND WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY COMES, WE'LL GET A BETTER PRODUCT. AND I JUST DON'T SEE AN OPPORTUNITY COST HERE. I THINK WE CAN WAIT FOR SOMETHING BETTER. AND WITH THAT SAID, I'LL JUST THROW OUT ONE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONSIDER IF WE WANT TO GIVE THESE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THIS DEVELOPER AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LET THEM GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD A LITTLE BIT, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL ACTION, IN WHICH CASE WE WOULD. WE COULD TABLE IT. TABLE THIS TONIGHT AND TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN AT A FUTURE MEETING.

THAT'S KIND OF UP TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE APPLICANT TO DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO. OTHERWISE, I WOULD NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF. WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR.

I WANT TO ALSO A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THOUGH.

SORRY, MAYOR, BEFORE I FORGET. SO THE PERSON, THE ENTITY THAT CAME FORWARD WITH THE NURSING HOME DOES NOT OWN THE PROPERTY ANYMORE.

IT'S A SEPARATE. IS IT SEPARATE OR WAS THIS ALSO SOMETHING YOU CONSIDERED WHEN YOU FIRST HAD THE PROPERTY? SO WE ARE ACTING AS APPLICANT FOR THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER.

SO WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING AS APPLICANT.

SO THE CURRENT DEVELOPER STILL OWNS THE PROPERTY.

WE ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THAT OWNER. THE NURSING HOME.

REZONE TO THIS SITE THAT WE WILL BUY AND DEVELOP AS SINGLE FAMILY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY IS THE ONE THAT WANTS TO DO THE NURSING HOME. YES.

OKAY. THEY STILL OWN THE PROPERTY. YEAH. OH, SO THEY STILL OWN IT.

AND THEY VERY WELL COULD PUT A NURSING HOME THERE IF THIS IS NOT APPROVED.

THAT IS, IN MY OPINION, THE MOST LIKELY NEXT STEP IS TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

YES. BECAUSE THE ECONOMICS DON'T WORK FOR REALLY THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS THE SF-15, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH LOTS.

YES. AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST ECONOMICS. IT'S ALSO JUST PURE LAYOUT.

IT'S PURE LIKE JUST DESIGN THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU'RE DOWN TO FOUR AND A QUARTER ACRES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A THIRD ACRE LOTS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BUILD A ROAD ACROSS IT, WHAT ULTIMATELY GETS DELIVERED OFTENTIMES DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL.

I THINK THERE'S AN EXAMPLE ON HARRIS ROAD OF TRYING TO FIT AN SF-15 IN 4 .2 ACRES, AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL.

SO THAT WOULD BE OUR MAJOR CONCERN OF TRYING TO GO ANY LOWER THAN WHAT'S IN PLACE TODAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO I SHARE THE SENTIMENTS OF BOTH ANN AND ADAM ON THIS.

THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE. TO THE APPLICANT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MET.

HE HAS BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TAKING OUR FEEDBACK AND COME UP WITH I THINK AS ANN, YOU MENTIONED, A REAL GOOD COMPROMISE FOR THAT LAND. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD REALLY ENHANCE THE VALUE FOR THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY ON THE WEST IS THE REMOVAL OF THAT FIRE LANE.

THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ASSISTED LIVING DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE.

THERE WOULD BE NO BUFFER. AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'D BE TRAFFIC, THERE'D BE EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND I COULD SEE THAT BEING A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

I ALSO ECHO ANN'S CONCERN THAT AS NEW RESIDENTS OF FLOWER MOUND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OPTION ON THE TABLE OF THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, COMMERCIAL FACILITY WITH THE FIRE LANES, WITH THE TRAFFIC WITH NO BUFFER, CUTTING DOWN ALL THE TREES CLEAR, CUTTING THE LOT.

YOU KNOW, ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT HERE IN FLOWER MOUND BUT UNFORTUNATELY WAS APPROVED BEFORE.

YOU KNOW, TO ME, THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE ALL THE SPECIMEN TREES, HAVE THOSE BEAUTIFUL POST OAKS AT THE FRONT.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING. HAVING THAT BUFFER IS A GOOD THING.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE AND WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT BEING LOWER THAN THE EXISTING PROPERTIES, WATER'S GOING TO FLOW AWAY FROM YOU. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO CREATE A POTENTIAL FLOODING OR DRAINAGE ISSUE.

THAT BEING SAID, A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT IS ADAM SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IF THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO TABLE THIS TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS, TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THIS IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

HOPEFULLY GET SOME MORE BUY IN. I'D BE OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.

BUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AT THIS POINT. CHRIS, JANVIER, WHO WANTS TO GO? DO YOU CHRIS. YEAH. I MEAN, I SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS.

I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER DOING SENIOR LIVING AND HAVING FIRE LANES ALONG THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS ALSO DOES SAVE TREES. THAT SAID, THIS IS A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT.

I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE GRACE PARK RESIDENTS.

I SHARED I MEAN, BRIAN AND I BOTH SHARED A SIMILAR SITUATION ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE WE, WE PURCHASED HOMES AND WERE SURPRISED WITH MASSIVE ZONING CHANGES THAT

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SO I'M IN FAVOR OF TABLING IF THE APPLICANT ACCEPTS.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY SAID TONIGHT.

I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW I WAS GOING TO VOTE TONIGHT BECAUSE I GOT YOUR EMAIL.

THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE CLOSELY AFFECTED VERY MUCH ARE WHAT SWAYS MY VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I REALLY DO THINK YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE BUFFERING IN THE FRONT.

THE BUFFERING IN THE BACK I CAN SEE DRIVING BY 1171.

ALL THE TREES HAVE BEEN SAVED. YOU DON'T EVEN SEE THE HOUSES BEHIND THE TREES.

I REALLY LIKE THAT. I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WISH THE CONGREGATE CARE ON ANY OF YOU NEIGHBORS.

BUT AS SEVERAL HAVE SAID, I TAKE MASTER PLAN AMENDMENTS VERY SERIOUSLY.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THIS APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND HOPEFULLY GET SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY WITH. OKAY. YEAH. SO I MEAN, JEFF, YOU DID A GREAT PRESENTATION, I LOVE IT.

I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A CONSIDERATION OF THAT COMPARED TO THE NURSING HOME.

BUT WE DID HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS. WE HAD A LOT OF EMAILS IN OPPOSITION.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL EMAILS THAT ANYBODY ELSE THAT LEXIN HAD RECEIVED THAT I HADN'T RECEIVED.

WE DO HAVE A BIG REPRESENTATION HERE FROM THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY THAT IS CLEARLY IN OPPOSITION OF THIS.

SO JEFF, THE QUESTION IS, IT SOUNDS LIKE TOWN COUNCIL REALLY WANTS TO TO TABLE THIS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE ON ITEM K 3.

BECAUSE THAT IS A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT. AND THEN ITEM K 4 THAT WAS DENIED THAT WAS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT P&Z DENIED THAT A VOTE OF 6 TO 0. SO THAT REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE TOO BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE WE COULD TABLE IT, MAYBE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY, TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF OPTION THAT'S WORKABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

OKAY. CAN I JUST CLARIFY WHAT TABLING WOULD REQUIRE? SO WE'LL. ALICIA, DO WE NEED TO SO WE DON'T HAVE TO NOTICE THIS AGAIN? WHAT'S THE PROCESS OR WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE FOR TABLING? SO SO YOU HAVE HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO YOU'RE OKAY TO TABLE EITHER TO A FUTURE DATE SPECIFIC OR.

I GUESS IF YOU'RE NOT ANTICIPATING BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHEN YOU COULD.

YOU KNOW IF IT CAN'T BE THE NEXT MEETING OR THE FOLLOWING MEETING, YOU MIGHT JUST TABLE TO THE FUTURE.

BUT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STATE WHICH MEETING BUT COMING UP, THAT'S THE BEST OPTION.

SO JEFF, WE CAN EITHER TABLE IT TO A CERTAIN DATE.

LIKE IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET THIS DONE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, OR WE CAN TABLE IT AND THEN YOU CAN WORK WITH LEXIN ON A DATE WHEN YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK. WHEN I COME BACK, IS IT A FULL PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN, BASICALLY THE SAME THING OR IS IT JUST MORE OF A.

I THINK IT WOULD BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FULL PUBLIC HEARING, YOU WOULD NEED TO REOPEN, LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, AND THEN TABLE IT THEN HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK. MAYOR I WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LEAVE IT OPEN SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN COME UP AND SPEAK.

YEAH I WOULD, YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY. BUT IT COULD BE FEBRUARY 2ND IF WE WANTED TO TABLE IT.

SORRY. IS IT THE THIRD? YEAH, FEBRUARY 3RD IS OUR NEXT.

BUT THAT MAY NOT BE. THEY COULD STILL SPEAK UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, EVEN IF IT ISN'T A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SPECIFIC ITEMS, THEY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. IT'S JUST WHEN IN THE MEETING.

SO YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE THE IDEA OF.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. YOU'D HAVE TO NAME WHICH MEETING IT'S GOING TO COME BACK AT. I HAVE A JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ANGST OVER THAT, BECAUSE I'D RATHER GIVE YOU AND THE NEIGHBORS TIME WITHOUT A PRESCRIBED DEADLINE, SO THAT YOU FEEL SO MUCH PRESSURE TO GET IT DONE BY THE NEXT MEETING, FOR EXAMPLE. A SUGGESTION. I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING ANY ITEM.

RIGHT OUT OF WHAT. SO I THINK TO MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN'S POINT, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PICKING A DATE AND THEN WHAT IF IT'S NOT THAT DATE?

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IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. YOU CAN OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER THE ITEM SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, THEN. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR PLAN BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVE.

SO THERE MAY BE A REQUIREMENT THEN TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS.

SO THAT COULD TAKE SOME TIME. POTENTIALLY. IF THERE'S SOMETHING NEW SUBMITTED.

SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW HOW EXTENSIVE ANY CHANGES WOULD BE, HOW MUCH TIME STAFF WOULD NEED TO REVIEW IT.

NOW, IF I WAS JEFF, I WOULD WANT SOME CERTAINTY.

SO IF WE TABLE THIS TO AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE DATE, THEN HOW IS HE GOING TO GET BACK ON AN AGENDA? HE CAN ALWAYS GET BACK ON THE AGENDA WHENEVER HE SAYS HE'S READY, BASICALLY. SO IT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TO A SPECIFIC DATE FOR IT TO GET BACK ON AN AGENDA.

AND WE WOULD JUST PUT IT ON AS SOON AS HE TOLD US, OKAY, WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN.

WE YOU KNOW, WE'VE, COME TO THE BEST PLACE WE CAN.

I MADE THIS SUBMITTAL. THIS IS THE PRODUCT THAT I WANT TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL.

AND WE WOULD PUT IT ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING AFTER THAT.

AND LEXIN WOULD STAFF BE AVAILABLE TO JOIN INTO THE MEETING? JUST BECAUSE I ENVISION DIFFERENT QUESTIONS COMING UP ABOUT THE EXISTING ZONING AND WHAT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT.

AND I THINK IT'S CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, YOU WERE NOT PERHAPS GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE CONGREGATE CARE HOME THAT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT TODAY. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? SURE. WE ALWAYS OFFER TO HOST A MEETING, YOU KNOW, AT TOWN HALL IN OUR LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME UP. BUT THEN ALSO JUST ALLOW MORE OF THAT DIALOG BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE APPLICANT.

GOOD GOOD. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY CRYSTAL.

IT MUST BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN SF-15 DEVELOPMENT COMING IN MY OPINION, IN THE YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL THAT THAT WOULD BE THE REALITY.

I THINK THERE IS A MUCH GREATER CHANCE THAT IT COULD BE CONGREGATE CARE, JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE, AND I WOULD NOT WANT YOU ALL TO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU HAD NO IDEA WHEN YOU PURCHASED YOUR HOMES.

JUST TO ADD TO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, I DO THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE FOR THIS LAND.

I UNDERSTAND THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH YOUR EXPECTATIONS WHEN YOU MOVED INTO YOUR HOUSE AND YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.

I DO THINK IT'S A GREAT USE. THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN GREAT, AS SO MANY HAVE MENTIONED, WORKING WITH THE TOWN STAFF, WORKING WITH COUNCIL, LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS, TALKING TO THE OTHER ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE PROPERTY THAT WERE THERE BEFORE YOU WERE. AND THEY HAD THE CONTACT INFO TO TALK TO THEM.

SO MY SINCERE HOPE IS THAT YOU KNOW, THE HOMEOWNERS, THE APPLICANT WITH TOWN STAFF CAN MEET, TALK THROUGH ALL THE THINGS, UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW TRULY WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE THAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.

BUT AT LEAST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR AT THIS POINT GOING FORWARD.

WE CAN'T UNDO THE PAST, BUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY GOING FORWARD AND WELL, THAT'S MY HOPE.

OKAY, SO WHAT I'M HEARING, JEFF, IS THAT YOU'LL TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED, AND THEN WHEN YOU WANT TO BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA, AS LONG AS YOU GET IN FRONT OF IT EARLY ENOUGH, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA.

IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? YES, FOR THE MOST PART, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE THAT FOR THE LAST TEN MONTHS, SO I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO HELP WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY DEMONSTRATE WHAT I SAID WHEN I STARTED, WHICH IS I'M HERE TO HELP.

I'M TRYING TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A MUTUAL BENEFICIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TOWN.

SO IF WE WANT A TABLE SO I HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS, I'M 100% UP FOR IT.

I'M OKAY WITH TABLING. I WOULD JUST ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM STAFF OR COUNCIL.

IF WE STRUGGLE TO GET A MEETING SET UP IN ITS ENTIRETY RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A WHILE, BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO TABLE AND TRY TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS LEFT WITH GRACE PARK.

OKAY. COUNCIL, ARE WE ABLE TO.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS TO AND OPEN IT REOPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

I CAN REDO THAT RIGHT. CAN I ALICIA? I CAN REOPEN IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

YEAH. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND SAW WHAT WAS IN THE QUEUE.

WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE NEXT 3 OR 4 MEETINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE A MATTER OF FACT ON THE THIRD, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ZONING RELATED ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE.

SO THE THIRD IS WIDE OPEN. WE HAVE SIMILAR FLEXIBILITY IN THE THREE SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.

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IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE OVERTAKEN BY OTHER, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIVE OR BIG ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME.

SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE COMING MEETINGS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD JEFF I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS TO PUBLIC AS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ADITI BANERJEE IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD.

BANERJEE. WELL. I AM GOING TO ALLOW IT. I'M GOING TO ALLOW IT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST THIS WE'RE REOPENING IT, SO I'M JUST GO AHEAD.

YOU GET THREE MINUTES. THIS WILL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE ARE ONLY TWO OPTIONS, EITHER THE NURSING HOME OR THE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TODAY.

BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE ARE LISTENING IN HERE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S SO MUCH THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO OPTIONS, BUT THAT THE NURSING HOME IS TODAY APPROVED BY RIGHT.

SO YOU. WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT IF THE APPLICANT CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS TOO MUCH.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT SF-15.

WE DON'T WANT TO FACE THE MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST CHANGE.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO WITH THE NURSING HOME. WE COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.

BUT YOU KNOW, I REALIZE YOU WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPTION OF THE SF-15, IN MY OPINION, BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT AND WHAT I THINK IS REALISTIC FOR USE OF THAT PROPERTY. I WOULD BELIEVE THE CHANCES ARE VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL THAT THAT WOULD BECOME A REALITY.

BUT IT'S JUST ONE OPINION AND I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.

BUT JUST BASED ON EXPERIENCE, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY LIKELY AT ALL.

THANK YOU. YES. I MEAN THAT MASTER PLAN WAS IN PLACE A LONG TIME AGO.

SO YOU KNOW THAT NURSING HOME COULD VERY EASILY GO INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT.

GOTCHA. THANK YOU. YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO THE CURRENT PLANS OR ANYTHING.

YOU JUST YOU THAT'S FOR THE CONVERSATION. SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO TAILOR THIS TO MEET YOUR NEEDS AND YOU'RE HAPPY WITH IT, WE WANT TO KNOW THAT IF YOU COME OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS AND YOU'RE LIKE, WE GOT NOWHERE.

SF-15 OR BUST, THEN YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR.

I NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT'S YOUR POSITION COMING OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS.

SO I'LL BE LOOKING TO HEAR FROM YOU FOR SURE.

THANK YOU ADAM. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS STILL OPEN.

IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, GIVING YOU A CHANCE.

OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC SESSION FOR JUST COMMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TABLE THIS. ALICIA, ARE YOU OKAY IF I DO ALL THREE ITEMS AT ONCE? TECHNICALLY, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON EACH OF THEM SEPARATELY.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE MPA 24-005 PINE HILL TO A FUTURE DATE UNCERTAIN. SECOND. THERESA, IF YOU WILL CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER DREW.

AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. AYE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL.

AYE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER. AYE. OKAY. ITEM K5 PASSES.

IT WILL BE TABLED. I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ZPD 24-0007 PINE HILL TO A DATE UNCERTAIN.

SECOND. OKAY. IF YOU'LL TAKE THE ROLL AGAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER .

AYE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER DREW. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR.

AYE. OKAY. ITEM K4 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. THAT WILL ALSO BE TABLED.

AND FINALLY, I'LL MOVE TABLING TRP 24-0013 PINE HILL TO A DATE UNCERTAIN.

SECOND. OKAY. IF YOU'LL TAKE THE ROLL AGAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR.

YE. COUNCIL MEMBER DREW. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN.

AYE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL. AYE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARNER.

AYE. OKAY. ITEM K3 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. THAT WILL ALSO BE TABLED.

[M. CLOSED MEETING]

OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW 9:20 AND WE ARE THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN SESSION.

[N. RECONVENE]

SO THE TIME NOW IS STILL 9:20. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.