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>> GOOD EVENING, FLOWER MOUND.
[A. CALL TO ORDER ]
THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM.I AM CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
TONIGHT, PLEASE STAND UP, AND WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION PRESENTED BY CHAPLAIN, JERRY SPIT.
THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES.
>> MAY WE PRAY. OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE OUR LOVING GOD.
WE THANK YOU THAT YOU CARE FOR EACH OF US.
WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO PROVIDES WISDOM AS WE ASK FOR IT AND AS WE CONSTANTLY NEED.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE AND FOR WISDOM FOR OUR COUNTRY.
WE PRAY AS WELL FOR THE WISDOM THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, WE PRAY THAT IT WOULD PLEASE YOU.
WE ASK, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR CITY THAT WORK CONSTANTLY FOR OUR PROTECTION, AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST GIVE THEM GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION AND SAFETY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING.
BLESS THE TIME TOGETHER IN CHRIST'S NAME.
>> WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT.
[D. PRESENTATION(S) ]
JAMES AGENSTEIN FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO PRESENT, I BELIEVE.THERE YOU ARE. HE'S GOING TO PRESENT ON THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND OUR WINNERS.
>> THANK YOU, MARY MOORE AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, WE HAD NEARLY 30 BLOCK PARTIES REGISTER FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
THANK YOU TO ALL THAT REGISTERED AND BASED ON HOW GREAT THIS YEAR'S PARTIES WENT, WE HOPE TO HAVE EVEN MORE NEXT YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY HONOR THE THREE PARTIES THAT WON THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PARTY OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
FIRST, IN THE CATEGORY OF INDIVIDUAL PARTY, YOUR WINNERS WERE WAGER ROAD.
NEXT. [APPLAUSE] THERE YOU GO.
NEXT. IN THE CATEGORY OF SMALL HOA PARTY, YOUR WINNERS ARE LAKE MONT.
FINALLY, IN THE CATEGORY OF LARGE HOA, YOUR WINNERS WERE THE VILLAGES OF NORTH SHORE.
[APPLAUSE] AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE WINNING PARTIES IF THEY ARE HERE SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION.
JILL [INAUDIBLE] FROM SHE'S OUR SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER.
SHE IS GOING TO PRESENT ABOUT OUR FALL FESTIVAL.
>> HELLO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
I AM HAPPY TO PRESENT THE RECAP OF OUR INAUGURAL FALL INTO FLOWER MOUND FESTIVAL HELD AT THE RIVER WALK.
THIS EVENT WAS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING, AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT IT WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS.
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THE FIRST YEAR WAS A HUGE WIN.MOST CRITICAL METRICS ARE ON THE SCREEN.
WE WELCOMED OVER 12,000 ESTIMATED TOTAL VISITORS TO THE RIVER WALK OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND.
WE PARTNERED WITH 21 LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CREATE 21 NEW SPONSORSHIPS.
WE SUPPORTED OVER 60 LOCAL VENDORS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS ONE ON ONE IN A CENTRALIZED MARKET LOCATION.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED THIS AS A NEW ANNUAL SIGNATURE TRADITION FOR THE TOWN.
OUR GOAL WAS TO ENGAGE AS MANY RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE AND WE DID ACHIEVE THAT BY OFFERING A DIVERSE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES.
THE HARVEST STAGE PROVIDED CONTINUOUS ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURING POPULAR REGIONAL HEADLINERS LIKE THE EMERALD CITY BAND AND THE WINDBREAKERS ALONGSIDE FOUR OTHER LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ACTS.
NEARLY A THIRD OF THE SITE WAS DEDICATED TO INTERACTIVE FUN FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS FROM A LARGE HAY MAZE TO CARNIVAL ROW, TO A PUMPKIN PATCH PHOTO OPS.
THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
WE ALSO INTENTIONALLY CREATED SPACE FOR COMMUNITY FOCUS AS WELL, FEATURING VETERANS VILLAGE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT DEMONSTRATIONS, AS WELL AS PRIORITIZING PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL GROUPS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ACHIEVED OUR GOAL OF BRINGING AWARENESS AND COMMERCE TO THE RIVER WALK LOCATION.
WE SECURED VENDORS FROM THE FARMERS MARKET THAT ALREADY UTILIZES THE SAME SPACE ON SUNDAYS AND PARTNERED WITH THE RIVER WALK RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT TO BE OUR SOLE ALCOHOL VENDOR FOR THE FESTIVAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS THOSE TWO DAYS OF OUR FESTIVAL.
THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND IDEAS TO EXPLORE THAT WILL INCREASE THE OVERALL VALUE FOR OUR BUSINESSES AS WELL AS ENHANCE THE OFFERINGS AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
YOU CAN SEE A FEW INITIAL THOUGHTS LISTED HERE.
GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THOSE.
I DON'T HAVE TO READ OUT LOUD FOR YOU.
MOVE FORWARD. SO SORRY, I WENT TOO FAR.
HERE WE GO. LAST BUT NOT LEAST CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.
THE FALL INTO FLOWER MOUND FESTIVAL WAS MORE THAN JUST A SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND.
IT WAS AN INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY PRIDE, LOCAL ECONOMY, AND REGIONAL VISIBILITY.
WE'VE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR A LASTING TRADITION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING THE 2026 FALL INTO FLOWER MOUND FESTIVAL A SUCCESS AND EVEN GREATER SUCCESS FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF FLOWER MOUND.
THANK YOU, TOWN COUNCIL, AND THANKS TO THE TOWN STAFF, THE RIVER WALK, OUR SPONSORS, AND OF COURSE, OUR VOLUNTEERS.
WE COULD HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT EVERYBODY'S COMBINED WORK.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.
>> THANK YOU. YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB ORGANIZING THIS IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, DID AN AMAZING JOB ALL THE STAFF.
WE WERE THERE TWO DAYS AND IT WAS A BLAST. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.
>> PERFECT EVENT LOVED IT. KIDS LOVED IT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, OF COURSE, THAT WE PAID FOR IT WITH HOTEL TAX.
THAT'S WHY IT'S A TWO DAY EVENT BECAUSE WE CAN USE OUR HOTEL TAX.
I THINK THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD SYNERGY BECAUSE THE HOTELS ARE RIGHT THERE.
THEY'RE BASICALLY THE ONES PAYING FOR IT AND THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF BENEFIT FROM IT HOPEFULLY.
I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE PARKING WAS REALLY NOT A PROBLEM THE ENTIRE TIME. THAT WAS JUST GREAT.
THE RIVER WALK SEEMS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF HANDLING THESE TYPES OF EVENTS.
I HOPE WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN BETTER NEXT YEAR.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[E. PUBLIC COMMENT ]
MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC COMMENT IS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA THAT IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DO HAVE EDEN RANCH, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMENT CARDS FOR EDEN RANCH.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP.
I'M CHANGING THE ORDER NOT TO PUSH PUBLIC COMMENT OUT JUST TO CLARIFY THIS, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONCENTRATED EFFORT ON DEALING WITH THE FOUR ITEMS ON EDEN RANCH THIS EVENING.
THAT WE ARE JUST COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OTHER ITEMS OUT OF THE WAY AND DO THAT AND THEN PUSH EDEN RANCH OUT TO THE END.
THE ONLY SPEAKER I HAVE NOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS JACKIE NAREL.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
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I RESIDE AT 4801 LS GANE AND FLOWER MOUND.
GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED MAYOR AND DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS CHAIR OF THE FLOWER MOUND HISTORICAL COMMISSION, I AM PLEASED TO SHARE AN IMPORTANT RECOGNITION RECENTLY ISSUED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE ANDY EADES AND THE DENTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, JOINED BY MAYOR PRO TEM, MISS ANNE MARTIN.
THE PROCLAMATION DECLARING OCTOBER 2025 AS DENTON COUNTY ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH.
THE PROCLAMATION HIGHLIGHTS THE VALUE OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN UNDERSTANDING, PRESERVING AND HONORING THE HISTORY BENEATH OUR FEET.
IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE LONGSTANDING STATE OF TEXAS INITIATIVE BEGAN IN 1989 TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, HISTORIC RESOURCES, AND THE ARTIFACTS THAT CONNECT US TO THE EARLIEST CHAPTERS OF OUR REGION.
DENTON COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE OFFICE OF HISTORY AND CULTURE, THE DENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND PARTNERS, SUCH AS THE FLOWER MOUND HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND THE NORTH TEXAS ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY, REINFORCES A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING SIGNIFICANT SITES, SUPPORTING RESEARCH, AND INVITING OUR RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE THAT SHAPES OUR COMMUNITIES.
FLOWERMOUNT HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DIG IT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FAIR ON NOVEMBER 1 AT THE DENTON HISTORICAL PARK, MIRRORED ONGOING SHARED PAST PASSIONS OF OUR NEIGHBORS KEEPING HISTORY ALIVE AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
THIS PROCLAMATION ALSO AFFIRMS THE COUNTY'S ROLE IN CARING FOR AND PROPERLY HOUSING ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS, RECOVERED FROM PUBLIC LANDS, ENSURING THEY ARE PRESERVED RESPONSIBLY AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE FOR EDUCATION AND STUDY.
RECOGNIZING ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH FROM THE COUNTY'S ROLE IN CARING FOR AND PROPERLY HOUSING ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS RECOVERED FROM PUBLIC LANDS, ENSURING THAT THEY ARE PRESERVED RESPONSIBLY AND MADE ACCESSIBLE FOR EDUCATION AND STUDY THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY AND CITY.
RECOGNIZING ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH IS ALSO VERY CEREMONIAL.
IT'S A REMINDER OF THE HISTORY THAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH PROTECTING OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.
AS OUR AREA CONTINUES TO GROW AND CHANGE, THIS AWARENESS HELPS ENSURE THAT OUR STORIES, OUR SITES, AND OUR ARTIFACTS THAT DEFINE FLOWER MOUND AND DENTON COUNTY AS A WHOLE ARE NEVER LOST.
THIS WAS THE CHARGE THAT WE TOOK RESPONSIBLY WHEN WE BECAME THE FLOWER MOUND HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THE VALIANT EFFORTS MADE BY THE FLOWERMOUNT HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THE PARKS AND REC.
MY LOVELY GENTLEMEN, THEY'RE SO EXTRAORDINARY.
WE THINK THE WORLD OF THEM, CHUCK JENNINGS, TRAVIS CONIFF, AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE MRS. CINDY CLARK, MARSHA GABE, ADAM SHEER, SWEETIE BOWMAN, TARA CLARE.
ANYWAY, I OFFER MY SINCEREST HEARTFELT THANKS AND DEEP APPRECIATION. THANK YOU.
MAY GOD BLESS EVERYONE OF SHARING OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE AND PLACE OF HOME IN FLOWER MOUND IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[F. ANNOUNCEMENTS ]
DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL WANT TO MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS?>> I JUST HAVE A QUICK COUPLE OF THEM.
FALL IS A VERY BUSY TIME IN FLOWER MOUND AND ALL OVER.
BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND FRIDAY AT 5:00 AT THE LIBRARY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THE ART PARTY.
I HOPE YOU ALL CAN COME. IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT.
IT'S WONDERFUL. IT HIGHLIGHTS.
YOUNGER ARTISTS AND SOME OLDER ARTISTS TO IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'LL BE THERE.
ONE OF FLOWER MOUND NEWEST NONPROFIT GROUPS, THE FLOWER MOUND ARTS LEAGUE WILL ALSO BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT APPEARANCE THERE.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. THEN OF COURSE, SUNDAY, AM I STEALING FROM ANYBODY ELSE? SUNDAY IS OUR VETERANS PROGRAM.
IT'LL BE AT FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK IT STARTS AT 1:00 O'CLOCK, AND IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY.
I HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US AND HONOR OUR VETERANS.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE ON FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY, THE CELEBRATING THE TEXAS ARBOR DAY WITH A TREE PLANTING CEREMONY AT 4:00 O'CLOCK. AT SHATTER RIDGE PARK.
>> [NOISE] DOROTHY'S DASH IS SATURDAY THE 8TH AT BAKERSFIELD PARK,
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IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME TO THAT.I THINK THAT STARTS IT. IT'S ON MY SCHEDULE.
YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP TO GO OUT THERE.
WE WILL GO ON TO THE TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT, JAMES.
[G. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT ]
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS THIS EVENING, MAYOR. [NOISE]
>> YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE?
>> NO, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SIZABLE CROWD UP HERE.
>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEMS THEY WANT TO ADD AT THIS TIME? WE'LL MOVE ON TO COORDINATION OF CALENDARS.
[I. COORDINATION OF CALENDARS ]
NOVEMBER 17 IS OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING.THEN NOVEMBER 20, WE HAVE A WORK SESSION. CAN EVERYONE ATTEND THAT?
>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE HAVE CONSENT ITEMS ON ITEM J.
[J. CONSENT ITEM(S) ]
DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM OR DO YOU WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION?>> MAYOR, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4 AS PRESENTED.
>> YOU'LL TAKE THE ROLE, TRACY.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL.
>> ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR ON CONSENT ITEMS PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR REGULAR ITEMS. LIKE I SAID, WE ARE GOING TO GO A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER TONIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH REGULAR ITEMS 1, AND THEN WE WILL DO ITEM 2, AND THEN WE WILL SKIP TO ITEM 7, 08, AND 9.
THEN WE WILL GO INTO EDEN RANCH.
DALE CROWN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING [OVERLAPPING]
>> MAYOR, ARE WE SKIPPING THE WORK SESSION ITEM K-1 FOR LIBRARY?
[K. WORK SESSION ITEM ]
>> OH, I'M SORRY. YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DID TOTALLY SKIP THE LIBRARY TONIGHT.
>> IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL SET UP.
>> RACHEL HADIDI, I DID NOT MEAN TO OFFEND.
>> MAYOR, IF I COULD, JUST AS AN INTRODUCTION AS DR. HADIDI COMES UP FRONT.
FOR THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN AT OUR LAST SERIES OF MEETINGS.
WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING A COUNCIL IN A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY FROM OUR FRONTLINE DEPARTMENTS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
AS MANY PEOPLE MAY BE AWARE, WE HAD A VERY CHALLENGING BUDGET YEAR THIS PAST YEAR, AND GOING INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR '27, YOU ALL AS ACCOUNTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CRITICAL DECISIONS ABOUT OUR SERVICE LEVELS, AND WE FEEL LIKE IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO GET OUR DEPARTMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TO SHARE INSIGHTS ON THEIR SERVICE LEVELS.
YOU'RE EQUIPPED. ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE GET TO NEXT SUMMER, WE'RE TRYING TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET TO UNDERSTAND THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND UNDERSTAND THE SERVICE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
I THINK A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING RACHEL IN FRONT OF YOU.
I THINK IT'S OUR FIRST TIME MAKING A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AND SHE AND HER TEAM DO A AMAZING JOB AT OUR LIBRARY, AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON JUST THEIR SERVICE LEVELS AND SOME OF THE COMPONENTS THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR SERVICE LEVELS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. HADIDI.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LIBRARY SERVICES TONIGHT.
THE LIBRARY'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, CREATING YOUNG READERS, FOSTERING SUCCESS IN SCHOOL AND FOSTERING LIFELONG LEARNING.
WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN FLOWER MOUND, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TOWN'S STRATEGIC GOALS.
LAST AUGUST 2024, WE BROUGHT ALL THE STAFF TOGETHER AND WE IDENTIFIED FOUR SERVICE AREAS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON FOR A THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE ACCESS AND CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY SPACE, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
THOSE ARE OUR FOUR AREAS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
WE HAVE A THREE MULTI-YEAR GOAL SYSTEM AND WE'RE IN YEAR 2 OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. THROUGH SOME BASICS.
WE'RE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR 64 HOURS TOTAL.
WE HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH PICK UP WINDOW THAT IS ACCESS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN PULL UP AND THERE'S A BELL THAT THEY CAN RING SO THAT WAY WE CAN BRING THEIR HOLD OUT TO THEM.
WE OFFER PRINTER COPYING AND FAXING.
WE EXPANDED IN 2021, AND TO HAVE SEVEN STUDY ROOMS,
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IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR THAT WE ALREADY HAD.WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN NOW AND TWO COMMUNITY ROOMS. LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY OPENED UP THE COMMUNITY ROOMS SO ANYONE WITH A LIBRARY CARD COULD BOOK IT INSTEAD OF ONLY GOING THROUGH THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.
WE OFFER READERS AND REFERENCE ADVISORY, AND THEN WE ALSO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDE OUTREACH.
WE HAVE 76,000 ITEMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL APPROVED A FEW YEARS AGO WAS OUR SEED LIBRARY, WHICH WE PARTNERED WITH THE DENTON COUNTY MASTER GARDNERS FOR THEM TO COME IN AND VOLUNTEER AND PUT ALL OUR SEED PACKETS TOGETHER.
WE ALSO GOT A GRANT FROM ENSPOT, THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY.
WE HAVE THE FRIENDS OF THE FLOWER MOUND LIBRARY, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A FEW SLIDES, WHO FUND RAISE FOR THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE TWO EBOOK SERVICES THAT ARE HEAVILY UTILIZED LIBBY AND CLOUD LIBRARY AND SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS OVER 320,000 ITEMS. WE HAVE 54 ONLINE DATABASES, AND WE HAVE A CREATION LAB WITH 17 MACHINES THAT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RENOVATION.
THE FRIENDS OF THE FLOWER MOUND LIBRARY, FUND RAISING GROUP, THEY HOST FOUR BOOK SALES PER YEAR.
THEY AVERAGE ANYWHERE $6-10,000 PER WEEKEND THAT THEY HAVE THAT EVENT.
SINCE 2005, THEY'VE DONATED OVER $300,000 TO THE LIBRARY, SO IT IS SUPPORTED EBOOKS, COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, NEW KITS.
REALLY, ANY OF THE NEEDS THAT THE LIBRARY OR LIBRARY STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO BE FUNDED BY THE TOWN AND PILOT PROJECTS, THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR.
ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THEY'RE DOING IS CALLED THE TASTE OF FLOWER MOUND, WHO ARE PARTNERING WITH LOCAL RESTAURANTS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SMALL BITES.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE WEEK BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY.
THESE RESTAURANTS WILL BE COMING INTO THE LIBRARY.
PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE TICKETS THROUGH THE FRIENDS, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TASTE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS.
WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THIS WILL BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESTAURANTS TO GET SOME NEW BUSINESSES, THE FRIENDS TO EXTEND THEIR REACH, AND THIS IS ALSO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE CURRENTLY FUND RAISING FOR THE CREATION LAB EXPANSION, AND THEN THE CHILDREN'S PLAY PATIO, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON THAT BACK PATIO FACING PETER COLONIES MEMORIAL PARK.
WE DEVELOPED THE THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN LAST YEAR.
OUR GOAL WAS REALLY TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY MISSION, THE TOWNS MISSION, AND OUR VISION STATEMENTS BY PROVIDING SPIRIT QUALITY OF LIFE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2025 WAS RFIDED OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION, WHICH WE GOT THIS AUTOMATED HANDLING MATERIALS MACHINE, AND THAT AUTO SORTS ALL OF OUR MATERIALS.
WE TOOK ALL DURING THE SUMMER, IT COULD TAKE UP TO SEVEN DAYS FOR AN ITEM TO GET BACK TO ITS SHELF AND NOW MOST ITEMS ARE RETURNED TO ITS SHELF WITHIN 24 HOURS.
WE ALSO MIGRATED FROM THE NORTH TEXAS LIBRARIES ON THE GO PLATFORM TO OUR OWN LIBBY PLATFORM, SO WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO CUSTOMIZE AND BUY THINGS FOR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AS OPPOSED TO THAT WAS A CONSORTIUM WITH 30 OTHER LIBRARIES AND SO THEY ARE PURCHASING JUST BASED ON DEMAND.
WE CREATED TARGETED PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW LIBRARY CATALOG, WHICH CHECK IT OUT.
[LAUGHTER] THIS PROVIDES BETTER USER EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE TO FIND THINGS AND IT ALSO GIVES SUGGESTIONS.
IF YOU SEARCH FOR A TITLE IT GIVES YOU OTHER SUGGESTED ITEMS YOU MIGHT FIND INTERESTING.
WE DEVELOPED SPACES TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY ARTS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN FLOWER MOUND.
WE HAD LOCAL TEEN ARTISTS COME IN AND THEY PLATED FIVE MURALS IN OUR STUDY ROOMS, AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
I'D HIGHLY RECOMMEND COMING BY AND SEE IF YOU HAVE IT.
WE ALSO PROVIDED STAFF WITH DATABASE TRAINING.
PREVIOUSLY ONLY LIBRARIANS RECEIVED DATABASE TRAINING AND NOW EVERYONE DOES, THAT WE CAN BETTER ASSIST USERS WHEN THEY COME INTO THE LIBRARY.
IN 2026, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A NEW MARKETING SERVICE CALLED PATRON POINT.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO OFFER TEXT MESSAGING, WHICH WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE ALSO CREATING SMALL BUSINESS CLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE GOING TO TELL US WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THE BUSINESSES IN OUR TOWN.
WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY WORK WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY SOME CLASSES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR.
WE ARE ALSO LAUNCHING A LIBRARY OF THINGS THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
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BIRD WATCHING KITS, NATURE BASED KITS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LAUNCH A NEW BRAND IN LOGO, AS YOU SEE AT THE TOP.
IN FISCAL YEAR '25, WE HAD 38,000 CARD HOLDERS.
WE HAD 312,000 PEOPLE VISIT US AND WE HAD 27,000 PROGRAM ATTENDEES.
OVER 474,000 ITEMS WERE CHECKED OUT AND 187,000 DIGITAL ITEMS, AND WE HAD A 92% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.
THIS IS TO DEMONSTRATE OUR PROGRAMMING GROWTH OVER THE LAST YEARS.
2021 WAS OBVIOUSLY THE EXPANSIONS/POST-COVID.
BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE INCREASED OUR PROGRAM ATTENDANCE.
ONE OF THE TWO NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR WAS LEGO ROBOTICS, WHICH IS WHERE THEY LEARN CODING AND COLLABORATION, AND THEY BUILD DIFFERENT LEGO ROBOTS.
WE HAD 412 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT AND THAT INITIATIVE WAS FUNDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
THEN WE HAD 740 PEOPLE ATTEND ART SHOP, WHICH KIDS CAME IN AND THEY GOT $5 TO BUY WHATEVER ART SUPPLIES THEY WANTED, AND SO IT TAUGHT THEM TO BUDGET FOR THEIR ART PROJECT AND SO THEY'D COME IN AND THEY WOULD CHOOSE STUFF AND THEN THEY GO BUILD SOMETHING, THEY'D COME BACK AND BUY MORE, AND SO IT REALLY TAUGHT THEM SOME OF THE BASICS OF MONEY HANDLING.
THE GRAPHIC ON THE SIDE IS ALL OF OUR TOP CHECKOUTS FOR THE YEAR.
WHAT WAS IN THAT COLLECTION? WE HAVE A BOARD GAME COLLECTION AND HUES AND CUES WAS THE TOP CIRCULATING BOARD GAME.
OUR TOP CIRCULATING TONY WAS THIS EARLY LITERACY KIT WITH ERIC CARLE, [INAUDIBLE] CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM.
WE ALSO HAVE STEM KITS AND OUR TOP CIRCULATING ONE WAS A MAKEY MAKEY, WHICH IS LIKE AN EASY RASPBERRY PIE BOARD.
YOU CAN MAKE PIANO KEYS OUT OF BANANAS OR PLATO.
WE ALSO HAVE A VIDEO GAME COLLECTION AND POKEMON LEGENDS: ARCEUS.
I'M TOLD, I HAD THE WRONG PICTURE IN THERE AT FIRST, AND MY STAFF LIKE YOU CAN'T SHOW THAT.
I WAS LIKE, IS IT DIFFERENT? THEY'RE LIKE, YES. I WAS LIKE, OKAY.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR PHYSICAL COLLECTION IS STILL CHECKING ON, OUR DIGITAL COLLECTION IS ALSO INCREASING.
THIS WAS HOW MANY PEOPLE VISITED US.
ALSO INCREASED THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE HAD 920 COMMUNITY ROOM BOOKING, SO THAT'LL BE OUR BIG MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND OUR PROGRAM ROOM.
THEN WE HAD OVER 13,000 PEOPLE BOOK OUR STUDY ROOMS THIS YEAR.
ONE OF THE PICTURES IS ONE OF THE MURALS THAT NOAH KING DID.
THIS IS OUR CREATION LAB METRICS, AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF OUR CREATION LAB IS IT INCREASED OVER 300% IN THIS LAST YEAR, THE USAGE.
SOME OF THAT'S MARKETING, SOME OF THAT IS MORE PROGRAMMING, SOME OF IT IS PEOPLE BECOMING MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE SPACE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE USING THE MACHINES IN THERE.
THIS IS OUR CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
WE DID RECEIVE A PROMOTION FROM ONE OF OUR LIBRARIANS WAS PROMOTED TO A LIBRARY TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER.
ORIGINALLY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WAS DOING A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL SERVICES, WHEN THEY PROMOTED THAT POSITION, 2020, I THINK, 2019, THEY HAD MADE IT A COMBINED POSITION.
WITH ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME DOWN, THERE WAS REALLY A NEED TO HAVE A NEW MANAGER WHO TAKES ON ALL THE TECHNICAL SERVICE AND ASSESSING OUR DATABASES AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW MINI LIBRARY LOCATION AT THE FIRE STATION 6.
WE NEEDED SOMEONE TO MANAGE THAT.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS OUR FORECAST OF WHAT WE EXPECT.
THIS YEAR, WE DID ASK FOR A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR, SO SOMEONE TO COORDINATE ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIP AND OUTREACH REQUESTS THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FULFILL.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE REQUESTING THAT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
WE ALSO EXPECT TO NEED A NEW PROBABLY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN OR ANOTHER ADDITIONAL LIBRARIAN IN A FEW YEARS ALSO.
WE HAVE VARIOUS DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES, BUT OUR BIGGEST ONE IS DEFINITELY THE FRIENDS OF THE FLOWER MOUND LIBRARY.
ON AVERAGE, THEY GIVE ABOUT 10% OF THE LIBRARY BUDGET EVERY FEW YEARS,
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THEY CAN GIVE US UP TO 20% OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET.WE ALSO COLLECT FINES AND FEES FOR PRINTING, COPYING FAXING, 3D PRINTING, LAMINATING, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE RECOUP OUR COST.
THEN WE RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE DENTON COUNTY FOR OUR IN OUR LOCAL LIBRARY SERVICES WHERE WE OFFER LIBRARY CARDS TO ANYONE IN THE COUNTY AND THIS YEAR'S AMOUNT IS 73,800.
OUR BUDGET IS 2.6 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 2.7 OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND THIS YEAR, SO THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST USAGES OF DIGITAL CONTENT, OUR AREA LIBRARIES THAT ARE IN OUR COMPARABLE CITIES.
OUR USAGE IS STILL ABOVE THEIRS, EVEN WHEN THE LIBRARIES PUT IN MORE MONEY TO THEIR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT.
WE JUST HAVE VERY VORACIOUS E-READERS HERE.
WE ALSO REQUESTED AN INCREASE TO OUR PHYSICAL LINE ITEMS JUST BECAUSE AS WE ADDED NEW COLLECTIONS AND WITH THE COST OF BOOKS, THINGS HAVE JUST INCREASED.
THE OTHER THING WE ASKED IS A LIBRARY OUTREACH VEHICLE.
WHEN FIRE STATION 6 IS OPEN, WE'LL NEED A WAY TO TRANSPORT MATERIALS OUT THERE, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE FALLING TO FLOWER MOUND.
THAT WAY, WE HAVE A BRANDED VEHICLE AS WE GO AND DO ALL THESE DIFFERENT OUTREACHES AND POP UP EVENTS.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER?
>> ON THAT LAST PAGE, WAS THAT AN ORDER OF PRIORITY? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
>> RACHEL, I HAVE A QUESTION. REGARDING THE DIGITAL CONTENT, FOR PEOPLE HERE AND AT HOME WHO MAY NOT BE USED TO THE DIGITAL CONTENT, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR THAT AND HOW IT'S STRUCTURED VERSUS A PHYSICAL BOOK THAT WE BUY AND THEN IT'S OURS?
>> OF COURSE. DIGITAL CONTENT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, PARTICULARLY SO IT USED TO BE WHEN ALL THE E-BOOK PLATFORM STARTED, YOU BOUGHT A LICENSE AND IT WAS YOURS FOREVER, PERPETUALLY.
THE PUBLISHERS CHANGED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND SO YOU NOW PURCHASE ITEMS FOR 26 CHECKOUTS OR FOR TWO YEARS, IT SEEMS. THAT SEEMS TO BE THEIR MAGIC NUMBER, AND THEN IF THE ITEM IS REQUESTED, YOU REPURCHASE IT.
YOU JUST CONTINUALLY REPURCHASE IT UNTIL NO ONE REQUESTS IT.
I DID TALK TO SOME OF OUR VENDORS, AND THEY SAID THEY SAW 127% INCREASE FROM 2019 TO NOW IN DIGITAL CONTENT WITH ALSO THE ADDITION THAT YOU HAVE TO REPURCHASE ITEMS INSTEAD OF OWNING THEM AT PERPETUITY.
WE DO OFFER TWO DIFFERENT CONTENT MODELS.
THERE'S LIBBY, WHICH IS VERY POPULAR BECAUSE IT WORKS WITH KINDLES, PAPER WHITE IN PARTICULAR.
BUT ALSO, THEY HAVE MORE PERPETUAL BOOKS THAN CLOUD LIBRARY AND THE PUBLISHERS THEY USE.
BUT CLOUD LIBRARY HAS A REALLY GREAT LENDING PLATFORM, WHERE IF YOU HAVE OUR FLOWER MOUND CARD AND THEN YOU PLACE SOMETHING ON HOLD, YOU GET PRIORITY OVER OTHERS IN THE CONSORTIUM.
I NOTICE YOU HAVE TO KEEP BUYING IT OVER AND OVER.
>> ALONG THOSE LINES BACK ON SLIDE 13, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS LAST YEAR THE DIGITAL CHECKOUTS WENT DOWN COMPARED TO 2024.
IS THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE EXPIRING, OR DO YOU SEE ANOTHER REASON FOR THAT?
>> IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE MID-YEAR WE MOVED FROM A CONSORTIUM-BASED FOR OVERDRIVE LIBBY TO OUR OWN PLATFORM.
WE HAVE TO CATCH UP NOW BECAUSE WE HAD ALL THESE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE, AND NOW WE DON'T.
I THINK IT WAS ONLY DOWN, THOUGH ABOUT 6,000 CHECKOUTS.
WHICH IS LIKE A THIRD OF OUR CHECKOUTS A MONTH.
>> I GOT SOME FEEDBACK THAT SOME OF THE MEETING ROOMS ARE BEING MAYBE ABUSED BY PRIVATE TUTORS, AND THEY'RE SETTING UP IN THERE AND RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS OUT OF THEIRS.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANY OF THAT? IS THAT JUST FEEDBACK THAT WAS INCORRECT?
>> PLENTY OF PEOPLE TUTORS USE OUR STUDY ROOMS. WE DID INSTITUTE BASED ON TOWN POLICIES THEY CANNOT EXCHANGE MONEY ON TOWN PROPERTY.
BUT WITHOUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION OTHER THAN JUST LIKE CONSISTENCY AND NOTING IT.
>> WE'RE AWARE, BUT AGAIN, IF THEY'RE A FLOWER MOUND LIBRARY CARDHOLDER, THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
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>> DOES THE DRIVE-THROUGH WINDOW STILL REQUIRE AN APPOINTMENT?
>> YES. BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY WITH ASPEN, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD IT AS A PICK-UP LOCATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR.
THAT THEY'LL JUST BE ABLE TO CHOOSE, AND THE ITEMS WILL BE THERE, AND THEY'LL JUST BE ABLE TO PULL UP AND RING THE BELL.
>> ONCE THAT'S IN PLACE, YOU WON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, YOU CAN JUST ROLL UP. THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SEE.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 19? I KNOW WE'RE IN A HURRY TONIGHT, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE EMPHASIS ON PHYSICAL MATERIALS.
I WOULD LIKE TO GROSS. WE'RE DOING ALL THESE COOL THINGS.
MAYBE I'M OLD-FASHIONED, BUT THE THING THAT I THINK I WANT TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON IS THE ACTUAL COLLECTION ITSELF, PARTICULARLY BUILDING MORE OF A PERMANENT COLLECTION, THAT AUTHORITATIVE WORKS ON TOPICS.
YOU CAN GO IN THERE ANYTIME AND FIND THE BEST BOOKS ON WHATEVER TOPIC IT IS, NOT JUST THE MOST RECENT, WHICH HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.
DIGITAL CONTENT IS GREAT IF IT'S COST-EFFECTIVE.
BUT WE'RE SPENDING MORE ON DIGITAL MATERIALS THAN WE ARE ON PHYSICAL MATERIALS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT I WANT US TO JUST KEEP REBUYING THE SAME DIGITAL BOOKS SO THAT SOMEONE CAN READ IT ON THEIR KINDLE INSTEAD OF COMING IN.
THAT'S PROBABLY A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE AND UNDERSTAND THE COST IMPACTS, BUT FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE THESE SWITCH, AND I'D LOVE AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT BUDGET, PUT SOME THOUGHT AROUND HOW TO REALLY GROW THAT PHYSICAL COLLECTION AND MAKE IT WORLD CLASS.
IT'S A LONG GOAL I'D LIKE TO SEE.
I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO PUT A PIN IN, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
GREAT JOB. THIS IS A REALLY EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT IS OUR DIGITAL LIBRARY BUDGET? DO WE HAVE?
>> OUR DIGITAL LIBRARY BUDGET IT'S 152,000, ABOUT 40,000 OF THAT IS DATABASES.
OUR DIGITAL CONTENT IS ABOUT 110,000.
>> WHAT IS OUR PHYSICAL CONTENT?
>> IT'S 117,000 THIS YEAR AND SOME CHANGE.
>> I MEAN, ALSO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IS ALSO WE CAN'T GET AS MANY BOOKS ANYMORE, PHYSICALLY.
THEY ARE PUSHING MORE DIGITAL ITEMS, SO IT IS HARDER TO GET SOME OF THOSE CLASSICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY.
>> WHAT IS A SEED LIBRARY? HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> [LAUGHTER] SEED LIBRARY IS SEEDS FOR YOUR GARDEN.
YOU CAN COME IN AND GRAB WHICHEVER ONES, WE ROTATE THEM SEASONALLY BASED ON WHAT YOU SHOULD BE PLANTING IN THE TIME.
THEY COME, AND HOPEFULLY YOU BRING SOME BACK AFTER YOU'VE HARVESTED AT THE END, AND WE CAN SORT THEM OUT.
I THINK I TOOK ZENIA ONE YEAR, AND SO I BROUGHT THEM BACK, AND WE TOOK ALL THE SEEDS OFF THEM, AND WE LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THEM.
>> MY DAUGHTER GOES A LOT, AND SHE COMES OUT WITH SEEDS AND [LAUGHTER] TRIES TO PLANT THEM.
>> I'LL MAKE AN EFFORT TO TRY AND BRING SOME BACK.
>> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S BY ONE OF THE BACK DOORS. ONE OF THE ENTRIES.
>> YES. IT'S BY THE MAIN ART WALL RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S RIGHT THERE, AS YOU COME IN.
>> YOU CAN RETURN ALL YOUR ITEMS. YOU CAN JUST GRAB SOME SEEDS.
>> RACHEL, ONE OTHER COMMENT. THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, SLIDE 18, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE FEES.
LATE FEES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOW DO OUR FEES COMPARE OR HAVE YOU CHECKED TO SEE OUR FEES COMPARE TO COMPARABLE CITIES AROUND US? ARE WE HIGHER? WE LOWER ARE WE ABOUT THEM?
>> I HAVEN'T CHECKED SPECIFICALLY OUR PRINTING AND COPYING FEE.
I WILL TELL YOU A LOT OF OUR COMPARABLE CITIES DO CHARGE FOR COMMUNITY ROOM USE, AND WE DO NOT.
>> AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO POSSIBLY MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF SERVICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE, ARE THERE DIFFERENT FEES THAT WE CAN CHARGE WITHOUT JUST BREAKING THE BACKS OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT UTILIZE THOSE ROOMS, BUT I THINK I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE IF OUR FEES NEED TO BE INCREASED OR ADDED JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP THIS LEVEL SERVICE WHERE IT IS.
>> I'D ALSO BE OPEN TO PAYING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA FOR ACCESS TO THE DIGITAL LIBRARY.
I DON'T USE IT A LOT, BUT OCCASIONALLY, I'M GOING ON A TRIP AND I WANT TO PUT THINGS ON THE KINDLE OR WHATEVER.
BUT I WOULDN'T MIND PAYING A LITTLE BIT OF A SUBSCRIPTION FEE FOR THAT.
>> CHEAPER THAN THE BOOKSTORE?
>> I KNOW THEY HAVE A PLANNED WORK SESSION OR TIME TO ASSESS ALL OUR FINES AND FEES, AND I WOULD IMAGINE THIS WILL COME UP DURING THAT.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I ALSO JUST WANT TO EXPRESS YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
EVERY TIME I GO IN THE LIBRARY, IT'S EXTREMELY BUSY.
KIDS ARE USING IT. I THINK A LOT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS FROM FLOWER MOUND.
>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT DYNAMIC AND A GREAT LOCATION, AND MY KIDS LOVE IT, TOO.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> YEAH, I DO. COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAINING ON THE CREATION LAB? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN COME IN, AD HOC CAN GET TRAINING ON?
>> YES. WE ARE ALWAYS HAVE A STAFF MEMBER IN THERE WHO'S ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH A PROJECT.
WE DO OFFER TRAININGS ONCE A MONTH ON LASER ENGRAVING.
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THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WE DO CRICKET TRAINING.DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEED IS FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE ADD THOSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [OVERLAPPING] I APPRECIATE IT. SORRY I SKIPPED OVER YOU.
>> ME TOO. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD FOR REAL,
[L.1. Design PSA - Denton Creek Reuse - Consider approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the design phase services associated with the Denton Creek Reuse project, in the amount of $1,452,500.00; and authorization for the Mayor to execute same on behalf of the Town. ]
GO TO THE REGULAR ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DALE COME UP, AND HE'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ABOUT THE DENTON CREEK REUSE.
>> THANK YOU, MARY. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
HERE, I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION ON THE DESIGN AWARD FOR THE DENTON CREEK REUSE PHASE 1 PROJECT. JUMPING RIGHT IN.
THIS PROJECT IS PROVIDE WESTERN FLOWER MOUND WITH TREAT WASTEWATER FOR THE PURPOSE OF IRRIGATION.
THIS DESIGN PROJECT CONSISTS OF THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN OUR CIP PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, THE RE-PUMP STATION AND GROUND STORAGE TANK PROJECT, THE REUSE WATER LINES PROJECT AND THE WEST SIDE WATERLINE SOUTH PROJECT.
THE DESIGN SCOPE INCLUDES THE PUMP STATION, 3.5 MILLION-GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK, AND JUST UNDER 20,000 LINEAR FEET OF REUSE AND POTABLE WATER LINES.
HERE'S A MAP SHOWING THE AREA WE'LL BE WORKING IN.
THE PUMP STATION THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT AT THE END OF DUNHAM ROAD, WHICH YOU SEE IN CYAN, THE LIGHT BLUE THERE, THOSE WILL BE THE REUSE WATER LINES THAT WILL BE INSTALLED WITH THIS PROJECT.
WHAT YOU SEE IN GREEN IS ACCOUNTED FOR WITH PHASE 1, BUT WILL BE INSTALLED BY DEVELOPERS.
THE BLUE LINES YOU SEE, THOSE ARE LINES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
THE RED IS PHASE 2, AND THE PURPLE IS BUILD OUT.
IT'S WORTH NOTING, TOO WITH THE WEST SIDE WATERLINE SOUTH PROJECT, WE WILL BE PUTTING A 12-INCH WATER LINE TO GET WATER TO THE PUMP STATION, AND IT WILL, OF COURSE, BE USED LATER ON ONCE THIS AREA DEVELOPS.
THERE WAS A MASTER PLAN DONE FOR REUSE IN THIS AREA A LITTLE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, LAST WINTER.
YOU'LL APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT.
KIMLEY-HORN GOT STARTED ON THAT, THEY'VE COMPLETED TO THIS POINT.
IF APPROVED TONIGHT, THEY'LL START THE DESIGN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE'LL LOOK TO BID NEXT WINTER.
SO WINTER 2026, AND THEN START CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS WE CAN AFTER THAT.
SO EARLY 2027, LOOKING TO BE COMPLETE WITH PHASE 1 BY THE END OF 2028.
THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE SOME KIM HORN STAFF HERE TONIGHT, IF YOU'LL WANT TO GET ONTO THE TECHNICAL SIDE.
>> ARE THE CONNECTIONS GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO LIKE HOAS TO USE FOR IRRIGATION?
>> FOR IRRIGATION? I JUST GO AHEAD.
>> [BACKGROUND] YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] COMPONENT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MICE, PLEASE?
>> STATE YOUR NAME. CAN YOU COME UP?
>> [BACKGROUND] KYLE ANDERSON.
>> YEAH, YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE ON CAMERA.
>> KYLE ANDERSON WITH KIM HORN. SO YES.
A PORTION OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS HOAS AND COMMON SPACES WITHIN HOAS, AND IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT WE FELT THEY COULD USE IRRIGATION.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT. ALL DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION.
ANY OTHER COUNT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> YEAH. I MOVE TO APPROVE REGULAR ITEM L 1 AS PRESENTED.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL?
>> ITEM L1 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[L.2. MPA25-0003 - Monarch Thoroughfare Plan Amendment - Public hearing to consider an ordinance amending the Master Plan (MPA25-0003 - Monarch Thoroughfare Plan Amendment) to amend Section 7.0 – Thoroughfare Plan. The request is to change Lansdowne from an Urban Minor Arterial to an Urban Minor Arterial Undivided; consider extending it to the north; and remove the Urban Collector north of Denton Creek Boulevard in the Monarch Development Area. The location is generally located east of IH 35W and northwest of the Canyon Falls development. (Transportation Commission recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 0 at its October 14, 2025, meeting.) (PZ recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 1 at its October 27, 2025, meeting.) ]
THIS IS MPA 25-003.THIS IS THE MONARCH THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT.
PRESENTING IS OUR VERY OWN MATT HOTELLING.
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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL. THIS IS THE MONARCH THROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT, MPA 25- 0003.
FOR THIS PROJECT, WE'LL GO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY.
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE VICINITY MAPS WHERE IT'S AT.
WHAT'S ON THE CURRENT THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHAT'S ON THE PROPOSED PLAN, AND THEN FINALLY RECOMMENDATION.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS A LOT OF STUFF YOU'VE ALREADY DID.
YOU DID THE JANUARY MASTER PLAN AND THE MAY 2025 THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
BUT THIS PAST SUMMER, THEY REFINED SOME OF THEIR COMMERCIAL SECTOR USES, AND THEN THEY LOOKED AT A MUCH CLOSER LOOK AT THE TOPOGRAPHY OUT THERE.
THERE ARE SOME STEEP GRADES ON THE NORTH END.
THEN IN SEPTEMBER, THIS INITIALLY WENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
WHEN IT WENT THERE, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WERE IN THE INITIAL ONE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THEN THE COMMISSION POSTPONED IT TO THE OCTOBER MEETING.
IT WENT BACK TO THE COMMISSION IN OCTOBER, AND IT GOT A RECOMMENDED APPROVAL A SIX TO ZERO, AND THEN JUST A WEEK AGO AT P&Z, IT WAS APPROVED FOR SIX TO ONE.
WE KNOW IT'S ON THE FAR NORTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN.
WHERE THE ARROWS ARE POINTING, THE BLUE DASH LINE, AND THEN THE NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST LINE IS THE OTHER ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL.
WHAT'S ON THERE? CURRENTLY, THE URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL, THAT THE GREEN LINE IS A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY, MEANING IT HAS A MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE WITH A 90-FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THEN IT MAKES ANOTHER CONNECTION INTO INC, IT TAKES THAT 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT, AND IT CONNECTS INTO THE FRONTAGE ROADS.
THE NEXT ONE IS SCHMITZ, WHICH IS NORTH OF DENTON CREEK, WHICH IS AN URBAN COLLECTOR, WHICH MEANS IT'S A TWO-LANE UNDIVIDED, MEANING THERE'S NO MEDIAN IN IT, HAS A SMALLER RIGHT-OF-WAY CROSS SECTION OF 60 FEET, AND THEN IT CONNECTED DENTON CREEK UP TO LANDS DOWN.
YOU'LL SEE SOME PLANS OUT THERE THAT CALL IT JUDGE EADS PARKWAY.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE ON HERE THAT THE GREEN LINE THAT WAS GOING NORTHWEST, NORTHEAST -SOUTHWEST IS NOW REPLACED WITH AN URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL UNDIVIDED, WHICH IS A FOUR-LANE ROADWAY, STILL LIKE THE URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, WHEN IT WENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS PROPOSED AS AN URBAN COLLECTOR.
IT WAS A SMALLER RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT IT HAD A TWO-WAY LEFT-TURN LANE IN THE MIDDLE.
IT WAS BASICALLY A THREE-LANE CROSS-SECTION.
BUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE THREE-LANE CROSS SECTION HAD THE SAME CAPACITY AS THE FOUR-LANE SECTION, WHICH BECAME IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN THE OUT YEARS, THAT THREE-LANE SECTION, THE VOLUME OF THE HEAD IN THERE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED WHAT WAS A TYPICAL URBAN COLLECTOR OF THE TWO-LANE CROSS SECTION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON.
WHEN THEY WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT IT, THEY CAME BACK AND PROPOSED A FOUR-LANE CROSS-SECTION.
>> WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, IT GOES FROM THE URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL TO THE URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL UNDIVIDED.
BY DOING THAT, YOU GET RID OF THAT ASSUMPTION THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY MADE AND YOU KNOW THAT THE FOUR LANE MEETS THE FOUR LANE IN SMART GROWTH.
NOW, THE URBAN COLLECTOR, YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED COMPLETELY.
PARTIALLY, IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT STEEP TERRAIN UP THERE ON THAT NORTHWEST SECTION OF IT.
IT'S HARD TO SEE IN THE SMALLER VERSION OF THIS MAP, BUT THERE IS CONTINUED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, SO THAT'S NOT TAKEN AWAY.
AS SOME OF YOU AWARE, THIS WOULD HAVE BROUGHT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT TOWN HOME PROPERTY BACK DOWN TO DENTON CREEK.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT EXTRA COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC, AND WHEN THE UPDATE TO THE TI LOOKED AT IT, IT SAID THAT THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS WAS ENOUGH TO SATISFY THE CAPACITY FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
BY REMOVING IT, WE GET RID OF SOME OF THAT IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, BUT IT'S STILL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
DID MAKE IT MORE NEIGHBORHOOD-FRIENDLY? WHEN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT, IT'LL STILL MEET ALL THE FIRE CODES, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT ACCESS POINTS AND EVERYTHING.
THE OTHER THING THAT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION HAD WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON IS THIS PIECE THAT YOU SEE HERE CIRCLED IN RED.
IN THE INITIAL TRF PLAN AND BACK IN THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN, THEY HAD THAT CONNECTION, THAT MADE THAT CONNECTION FROM WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AS THE URBAN MINOR UP TO THE CITY OF ARGYLE.
THE CITY OF ARGYLE CAME TO THAT SEPTEMBER MEETING, WAS ASKING FOR THIS CONNECTION.
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THEY WENT BACK, LOOKED AT IT, AND NOW WHAT YOU SEE ON THE PLAN IS A RESERVATION OF RIGHT AWAY, WHICH IS THE SAME WIDTH AS THE URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL UNDIVIDED.ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE ARGYLE CONNECTION IS GOING TO BE A LARGE BRIDGE, GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR IT, BUT BY HAVING THIS RESERVATION RIGHT AWAY, WE CAN STILL MAKE THAT CONNECTION IF THE BRIDGE IS EVER COMPLETED.
>> ARGYLE DECIDES TO PUT THAT IN. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
>> IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR CORPORATE LINK.
>> THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT IT'S JUST GOING TO BE MADE SO THAT IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT BRIDGE TO CROSS OVER THAT THEY CAN DO THAT, AND THAT'S ON THEM TO DECIDE ON THAT.
THAT'S NOT ON OUR BUDGET TO DO THAT.
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ROAD IN HERE TO BEGIN WITH.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR PLAN, THEY HAVE DRIVEWAYS THAT COME OFF OF THIS RESERVATION OF RIGHT AWAY, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE AT THE VERY FAR NORTH END.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A ROADWAY THERE, IT MAY NOT BE THE FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY THAT'S SOUTH OF THERE, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME ROAD THERE.
>> YEAH. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT THAT CONNECTION, FOR SURE. THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT.
>> WITH THIS REQUEST, WE'RE NOT REMOVING THAT CONNECTION. THAT'S CORRECT.
>> IT'S JUST THERE TO BE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS HAVE A RESERVATION OF RIGHT AWAY IN THAT LOCATION.
BUT ARE WE APPROVING REMOVING THAT CONNECTION? DOES THE CURRENT MASTER PLAN HAVE THAT CONNECTION? NO. IT DOES NOT HAVE THAT CONNECTION.
WE'RE MAKING THE CONNECTION AVAILABLE IF THEY WANT.
>> THEY WANT. IF THEY WANT THAT SO IT'S LIKE IT'LL [OVERLAPPING].
>> IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. PRESERVES THAT RIGHT OF WAY, SO NOTHING ELSE WILL BE BUILT ON IT THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE FUTURE DECISION TO PUT A ROADWAY THERE.
>> ORIGINALLY, ARGYLE WANTED THE CONNECTION.
THEY DIDN'T WANT THE CONNECTION.
SORRY. THEY DIDN'T WANT THE CONNECTION, AND THEN LATER ON THEY WANTED THE CONNECTION.
THIS ALLOWS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT CONNECTION IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
>> THE DEVELOPER WOULD PAY FOR THE ROADWAY.
>> WELL, THE ROADWAY IN FLOWER MOUND.
>> IS THAT A TERTIARY REIMBURSABLE? THAT SMALL SECTION OF ROADWAY THAT'S NOT IN THE MASTER-PLAN.
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE RESERVED P, SO THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS THAT WENT INTO IT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT BRIDGE IS EVER GOING TO GET BUILT IN ARGYLE.
IF ARGYLE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF OUR REGIONAL ASSET THAT THE COUNTY GETS INVOLVED IN.
THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IS, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF TRYING TO BUILD A PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THAT RESERVATION TO SET THERE FOR HOWEVER LONG THE TOWN'S GOING TO MAINTAIN FOR WE DON'T KNOW.
OTHER OPTION IS TO RESERVE THE RIGHT AWAY SO THAT THAT CONNECTION IS EVER MADE.
WE WOULD THEN GO TO THE PROPERTY AT THAT TIME AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IMPROVING THAT RESERVATION SPACE TO WHAT THE ROADWAY SPEC NEEDS TO BE.
AT THAT POINT, THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE TOWN MAKING THAT IMPROVEMENT.
BUT IT'S A TOSS UP ON, DO YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN A STREET THAT MAY NEVER ACTUALLY NEED TO BE A STREET OR DO YOU WANT TO HOLD A RESERVATION FOR IF THAT BRIDGE CONNECTION IS EVER MADE?
>> GOT IT. THIS IS JUST A QUICK. THIS IS WHERE IT WAS.
I STARTED AT THE COMMISSION FOR THE LATEST RECOMMENDATION OF 14TH AND THROUGH P&Z AND COUNCIL.
I JUST PUT IN BACK IN THE CAPTION, WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA ITEM.
>> IF ARGYLE EVER COMES BACK AND SAYS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS BRIDGE, THEY DON'T SEE THE USE OF THE FUNDING, IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.
COULD MONARCH COME BACK AND RELAY OUT THOSE BUILDINGS? HOW WOULD THAT WORK?
>> SORRY, MY MIKE WASN'T WORKING.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN TOWN, NEW DEVELOPER CAN COME IN, REASSESS THEIR PROPERTY AND LOOK AT CHANGING THEIR SITE PLAN, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
>> THERE'S A APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO REQUEST CHANGES TO THEIR PLAN.
THERE'S A BIG SALES TAX UPSIDE IF THAT GETS DONE.
WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, I'M SORRY, BUT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO PUT THAT ROAD IN AT LEAST TO THE STUB.
THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT BRIDGE BUILT SO THAT THESE SHOPPERS CAN COME AND SHOP.
SO WE WOULD HAVE SOME LEVERAGE TO SAY, I'M SORRY, BUT WE DO WANT THAT ROAD.
>> LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE SCENARIO.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SCENARIO WHEN THE BRIDGE DOES GET BUILT?
>> YEAH. THE REASON WHY WE WANT THAT CONNECTION IS BECAUSE WE WANT ARGYLE RESIDENTS TO COME AND SHOP IN THIS AND SPEND MONEY AND COLLECT SALES TAX.
THERE'S A BENEFIT TO US AND A BENEFIT TO THEM AND CONVENIENCE.
IF THIS IS REMOVED FROM THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THIS CONNECTION AND THE DEVELOPER SAYS, WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO PUT A BUILDING ON IT, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN OPTION FOR THEM.
THEY'LL HAVE TO COME AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH US.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO A DIFFERENT APPLICATION, LEXIN.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, AS MATT HAD SAID EARLIER,
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YOU'RE NOT REMOVING ANY CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACTION TONIGHT.IT'S NOT THERE CURRENTLY BECAUSE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY NOT INDICATED THEY WANTED TO HAVE IT.
THEY'VE NOW REWORKED THEIR PLAN SO THAT EVERYTHING'S DESIGNED SO THAT IT CAN BE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY BENEFIT TO PLACING A BUILDING ON TOP OF THAT.
LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE WORKED IT OUT BEFORE, IT WAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT AND DIDN'T CHANGE THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING PARTIALLY IN THE WAY.
THAT'S WHY THEY DID REDESIGN IT.
THE WAY THEY'VE DESIGNED IT NOW, IT'S GOING TO ESSENTIALLY BE A DRIVEWAY, IT'LL STILL BE AN ACCESS EASEMENT, IT'LL BE DOCUMENTED AS SUCH.
IN THE FUTURE, IT COULD BE CONVERTED TO AN ACTUAL ROADWAY, BUT AT THAT TIME, THE TOWN WOULD LIKELY NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
MYSELF AND STAFF HAVE TALKED TO ARGYLE ON THIS ISSUE.
THEY DID COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, ABSOLUTELY, WE NOW WANT THAT.
LIKE LEXIN SAID, THE DEVELOPERS WENT BACK, REDESIGNED IT AFTER INITIALLY SAID, WE DON'T WANT IT, NOW THEY DO.
I THINK THEY'RE OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM TAKING THAT ON.
>> BECAUSE, IF WE REMOVE THIS, THERE'S NO SOUTHBOUND CONNECTION.
YOU'D HAVE TO GO AROUND THE SURFACE ROAD, TO U-TURN AND THEN COME IN. IT'S BIG.
>> RESERVED TO BE BUILT IN A GOOD WAY.
>> I THINK WHEN IT COMES THROUGH THE SITE, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE IT IN SOME X LOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT ALLOWS THE ROAD TO BE THERE.
THEN THEY'D HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH.
>> THAT'S IT? > ALL THAT I HAVE [LAUGHTER].
>> THIS IS SHORT. THE ENGINEERS ARE HERE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
>> YEAH, IF THE ENGINEERS WANT TO COME ON UP, JUST STATE YOUR NAME.
>> GOOD EVENING. JONATHAN KIRBY, KIMLEY-HORN, 02,600 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS.
>> COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MAY HAVE PULLED YOU UP. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL.
EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT, BASICALLY, YOU CAN REITERATE THAT THAT'S IN FACT, TRUE.
>> A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS TO GET TO THIS POINT.
>> VERY GOOD. ARGYLE IS PRETTY OPEN TO DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO EXTEND THAT.
THE OPTION IS AVAILABLE IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT.
>> YEAH. WE'VE WENT AND MET WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY'RE A GOOD.
>> YEAH. THAT'S IT. SHORT AND SWEET. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE? I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS ITEM, YOU CAN FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD, AND YOU CAN JUST BRING IT UP HERE AND YOU CAN SPEAK.
RIGHT NOW, I ONLY HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
TODD BECK, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
>> GOOD EVENING, TODD BECK, 10845, [INAUDIBLE] FALLS DRIVE IN FLOWER MOUND.
LAST WEEK, THIS THING MOVED THROUGH PRETTY QUICK AT P&Z.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ON THIS, SO I DO WANT TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
AS A RESIDENT OF CANYON FALLS, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS PRESENTED TO US, THE CONNECTION TO THE NORTH WAS PROVIDED.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF THAT STUFF GOING BACK AND FORTH.
I THINK YOU GUYS PROBABLY NAILED THAT PRETTY WELL.
I THINK WITH THE RIGHT AWAY RESERVED, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SOLUTION.
MY ISSUE REMAINS WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE STUFF GOING TO THE NORTH THAT WAS TAKEN OFF ON THE URBAN ARTERIAL, I BELIEVE IT WAS, WAS IT URBAN COLLECTOR? SORRY. I STILL THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A PATH TO THE NORTH THERE.
I UNDERSTAND TOWN STAFF SO THAT PROBABLY [OVERLAPPING]
>> MATT, IS THERE ANY WAY TO PULL UP THE PICTURE OF THAT, JUST SO WE HAVE IT? I THINK A VISUAL WOULD HELP.
>> THE SECTION GOING UP TO THE NORTH, WHICH BASICALLY BE EXTENSION OF SCHMIDT ROAD, THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE.
I UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC AND EVERYBODY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY TO ONLY HAVE THE ONE EGRESS AND WHATNOT GOING THROUGH THAT.
HOWEVER, TRAFFIC AS IT IS ALREADY THEY GO FLYING DOWN DENTON CREEK AS IT IS.
I CAN JUST SEE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE AFTER THE BRIDGE SECTION THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE FLYING DOWN THROUGH THAT PATH.
I COULD TELL YOU AS A RESIDENT OF CANYON FALLS,
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I WOULD BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT WOULD BE BYPASSING GOING DOWN SCHMIDT ROAD TO THE BACK END SIDE THERE.I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT SAFER FOR THE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT.
OTHERWISE, YOU'RE LIMITED TO IN TERMS OF HOW YOU CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THAT AREA.
IT REALLY IS BASICALLY THE SCHMIDT ROAD EXTENSION IS GOING TO BE YOUR MAIN EGRESS IN AND OUT.
I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT THERE FOR SAFETY AND I THINK IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE MORE VALUABLE THERE FOR CONVENIENCE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. TODD, BEFORE YOU GO.
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD HERE AND THEN IT TERMINATES AND THEN THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN.
NOW, THIS IS ON THE AGENDA, SO I CAN ASK HIM QUESTIONS.
THIS IS SO YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD.
IF THERE WAS A CONNECTION FOR VEHICLES TO THE BACK OF THIS AREA, BUT IT WASN'T A THOROUGHFARE PLAN, IT WAS JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD THAT WENT THROUGH THERE AND THEN CONNECTED RIGHT WHERE YOU SEE THAT PEDESTRIAN TRAIL.
WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD SOLVE IT?
>> YEAH. IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
I'LL WAIT FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE I ASK.
>> MATT, CAN YOU SHOW US WHERE THAT EXTENSION IS? CAN YOU SHOW US ON HERE?
>> ON THIS PLAN, IT WOULD BE THIS CONNECTION INTO THE BACK OF THIS BUILD.
>> WHAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL?
>> IT WAS AN URBAN COLLECTOR THAT CAME THIS WAY.
JONATHAN MAY BE ABLE TO TELL BETTER, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE RETAINING WALL.
ALMOST YOU'D BE COMING THROUGH A TUNNEL.
>> BUT DENTON CREEK BOULEVARD, THAT HAS BIKE LANES, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT ROAD HAS BIKER LANES IN THERE, AND IF WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC JUST FEEDING INTO THAT, I WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY THERE WITH THOSE BIKE LANES BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF CYCLISTS GO UP THERE.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO DO ANOTHER ALTERNATE ROUTE TO CONNECT?
>> I THINK IT'S A PROBABLY A BETTER.
>> THE ROAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD GO THROUGH THE TOWN HOMES.
>> BUT THEN THERE'S A GIANT RETAINING WALL AT THE END OF THAT ROAD?
>> YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT SEPARATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY BETWEEN THIS TOWN HOME POD AND WHERE THE RETAIL IS.
WE HAVE A LARGE RETAINING WALL RIGHT HERE, SO IT WOULD BE MAKING THAT CONNECTION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE HOMES DOWN IN A HOLE, SO TO SPEAK, AS THE ROADS CAME IN.
THE THOUGHT WAS, AND WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE TOWN HOME DEVELOPER ON THIS AS WELL, AND MATT MENTIONED IT IN HIS PRESENTATION THAT THE TRAFFIC BEING SELF-CONTAINED FOR THEM.
THEY'LL HAVE THREE ACCESS POINTS THAT COME.
>> THEY ALL FEED OFF INTO DENTON CREEK BOULEVARD.
>> YOU HAVE BIKE LANES ON EITHER SIDE OF DENTON CREEK, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE 12 FOOT WIDE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT'S IN THE PARKWAY?
>> YEAH, BUT STREAK CYCLISTS DON'T GO ON THOSE TRAILS. THEY GO ON THE STREET.
>> THE STREET CYCLIST AND IT DEPENDS ON THE STREET WIDE TRAIL [OVERLAPPING].
>> HAVING ALL THOSE TOWN HOMES POURING OUT ONTO THAT ROAD.
THEN ALL THE OTHER WITH BUSINESSES GOING IN THERE, THAT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BUSINESSES OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE CYCLING OVER THERE AND IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE BUSINESSES OVER THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN ALMOST T-BONED LIKE I HAVE BEEN IN A BUSINESS DISTRICT, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT IS.
>> RIGHT NOW, THE PLAN IS THERE'S AN ACCESS DRIVE HERE, AN ACCESS DRIVE HERE, AN ACCESS DRIVE HERE.
AS WAS MENTIONED, THERE COULD BE A CONNECTION MADE HERE, THE GRADES WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED THROUGH.
IT'S JUST IS THAT A MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN CONNECTION OR IS THAT JUST A FIRE LANE CONNECTION THAT MIGHT BE FOR JUST THE RESIDENTIAL USE.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S PERTINENT TO THIS, BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO, NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT FEEDBACK IN THE FEEDBACK ABOUT CYCLISTS.
IT MIGHT BE WORTH PUTTING A LITTLE THOUGHT INTO MAKING THAT CONNECTION.
THE RETAINING WALLS, SOMETHING I HADN'T CONSIDERED.
MAYBE IT COULD BE COMPATIBLE FOR VEHICLES AS WELL AS WE GO FORWARD AND DESIGN.
WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. ISN'T IT A DEDICATED BIKE LANE? IS THAT NOT, SAY, COULD YOU PUT A CURB ON THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> YOU CAN HAVE A DEDICATED BIKE LANE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC AND NOT ALL DRIVERS.
>> IS THERE A CURB? IF YOU PUT A CURB OR SOMETHING TO ISOLATE IT, WOULD THAT HELP? I'VE SEEN THAT, NOT IN FLOWER MOUNT, BUT IN SOME OTHER.
>> I MEAN, I THINK NEW YORK HAS.
>> THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING [OVERLAPPING].
>> FOR THE CARS TOO, THEY CAN CLIP THOSE CURVE.
I DON'T KNOW, AND THE CYCLISTS.
>> THIS IS THE SAME THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON DENTON CREEK, THAT WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TIE INTO DENTON CREEK.
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I'M ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN CANYON FALLS.I LIVE JUST OFF OF DENTON CREEK, I SEE THE CYCLISTS, I SEE THE TRAFFIC.
THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL ONLY AREA.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN EVER REDUCE THE RISK TO ZERO FOR A CYCLIST.
THESE TYPES OF ROADS ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE CYCLISTS.
I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE USE CASE THAT'S CONTEMPLATED BY THE TOWN.
I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH HOUSE IT'S CURRENTLY DESIGNED.
I THINK ONE OF THE KEY BENEFITS TO DOING IT THIS WAY IS WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE RETAINED WALL OR NOT, I MEAN, THAT FORCES US HERE IN SOME RESPECTS, BUT LET'S SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RETAINED WALL AND WE WANTED TO CONNECT IT TO THAT COMMERCIAL AREA JUST TO THE WEST OF THAT.
I THINK THAT JUST MAKES A PROBLEM WORSE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WHICH CREATES AN EVEN BIGGER ISSUE, JUST COME OFF A HALLOWEEN WEEKEND.
I THINK HAVING THE COMMERCIAL SEPARATE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL IS A SAFER ASPECT OF THIS, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO GO.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU, BRIAN, REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THAT ROAD.
WHAT'S THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT MAP?
>> HOW MANY HOUSES DO WE HAVE THERE?
>> IT'S 30. WOULD IT CONTINUE TO BE 30 AT THAT POINT?
>> YES. DENTON CREEK CONTINUED TO.
>> IS THE INTERSECTION OF SCHMIDT ROAD AND DENTON CREEK BOULEVARD GOING TO BE CONTROLLED BY A TRAFFIC LIGHT?
>> DID ANYTHING WOULD BE CONTROLLED BY AN ALL WAY STOP? PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
>> BASED ON THE VOLUME, IT DOESN'T DICTATE THAT IT'S NECESSARY.
>> IT WOULD START OUT PROBABLY AS A WAY STOP, AND THEN IF ALL THIS TRAFFIC AROUND THE RIM THERE, IF IT DID GROW TO THE POINT WHERE IT MET A SIGNAL WARRANT, THEN IT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME A SIGNAL.
>> I LIKE THE 30 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
I THINK THAT CAN HELP WITH SAFETY TREMENDOUSLY.
THANK YOU. WE STILL HAVE OVER 200 RESIDENTIAL AREAS, TOWN HOMES OVER THERE THAT'LL BE DUMPING OUT INTO THAT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I DID SAY IT MET SARKROVE. YEAH, THAT ONE DID.
THEN MATT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
I SAID IT WAS A DEDICATED BIKE LANE OR IS IT A SHARED?
>> DANGEROUS. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO YOU ALL WANT TO DELIBERATE ON ANYTHING?
>> NOW, I'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE REGULAR ITEM L2 AS PRESENTED.
>> MAYOR, BEFORE WE HAVE VOTE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO DELIBERATE A LITTLE BIT?
[OVERLAPPING] I JUST FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
I KNOW YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE IT'S SAFE, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE ENGINEER, HE SAID HE COULD LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS.
I'D LIKE SOME CONSIDERATION OF THAT.
WELL, I REALLY WOULD. IT'S WORTHY OF LOOKING AT.
ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS DID SAY THEY FLEW THROUGH THAT AT THE P&Z MEETING.
>> TRANSPORTATION AGREED TO IT BY A VOTE OF 6-0.
>> I THINK WITH THE SPEED LIMIT AND THE SMARTGROWTH, IT SEEMS TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR NOW, MAYBE A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THE FUTURE WOULD HELP TO CONTROL THAT, BUT IT'S 30 MILES AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
>> I WANTED TO LOOK AT POSSIBILITIES.
I WOULD WAGER THAT THE TRIPS GOING ONTO DENTON CREEK IN THE TOWN HOME SECTION WOULD BE HIGHER.
MEANING THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES USING THOSE DRIVEWAYS AS INGRESS EGRESS IF IT HAD A CONNECTION TO THE COMMERCIAL VERSUS IF IT DOESN'T BECAUSE NOW I JUST DID MY SHOPPING, WHATEVER, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO CONDENSE ONTO JUDGE EADES AND GET TO DENTON CREEK, SO I MIGHT GO THE BACK WAY, GET THROUGH THE TOWN HOMES AND GET YOU UP TO THE EAST.
I SEE YOUR POINT ABOUT HAVING MORE CONNECTION POINTS TO THE COMMERCIAL, BUT I THINK THAT PROBABLY PUTS MORE TRAFFIC ONTO
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SCHMIDT ROAD THROUGH THE TOWN HOMES THAN IS THERE IN THIS DESIGN.I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT PROBABLY MAKES THE YOUR CONCERN MORE EXACERBATED IF WE HAD THAT CONNECTION TO THE COMMERCIAL.
>> I AGREE ALSO. I THINK IT'S GOING TO DRIVE SOME TRAFFIC THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL.
>> CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, WHICH NOBODY WANTS IN YOUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I FEEL LIKE IT KEEPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ISOLATED FROM ALL THE TRAFFIC ALONG DENTON CREEK BOULEVARD.
>> MAYOR, I THINK YOUR CONCERNS ARE COMPLETELY VALID.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THE MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT IS THE PLACE TO SOLVE THEM.
I THINK THAT AS WE GET INTO THE SITE PLAN DESIGN.
ALL WE'RE DOING TODAY IS SAYING DO WE WANT DENTON CREEK TO BE THIS TYPE OF ROAD AND LANDS DOWN TO BE THAT TYPE OF ROAD.
BUT WE STILL HAVE THIS OUTSTANDING PROBLEM AND NOW THE ENGINEER IS AWARE OF IT.
AS WE GET INTO THE SITE PLAN PHASE, WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO SOLVE THAT.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT, NOT TONIGHT, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE THE ROADS WITH BIKE LANES ARE SAFE FOR CYCLISTS? JUST PAINTING A LITTLE LINE ON THE ROAD IS NOT CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH, MAYBE WE DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HOLD UP THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM FOR US TO LOOK INTO THOUGH.
>> WE'RE GOOD NOW. [OVERLAPPING] WE HAVE A MOTION.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL?
>> THIS ITEM PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER THE EVEN RANCH ITEMS.
[L.7. LDR25-0002 - SMARTGrowth Update - Public Hearing to consider an ordinance amending the Land Development Regulations (LDR25-0002 – SMARTGrowth Update) by amending Article II, “SMARTGrowth Program,” of Chapter 98, “Zoning,” related to amending the organization, duties, and responsibilities for members of the SMARTGrowth Commission and amending evaluation and applicability criteria for projects subject to the SMARTGrowth Program. (PZ recommended approval by a vote of 7 to 0 at its October 27, 2025, meeting.)]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.LEXI MURPHY'S GOING TO DO THAT.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS OUR SMARTGROWTH PROGRAM STANDARDS.
JUST A BRIEF HISTORY SHOWING THE PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 1999.
WE HAVE MADE AMENDMENTS OVER THE YEARS, JUST AS DIFFERENT THINGS COME UP.
TONIGHT, WE'RE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO FOUR SECTIONS, LOOKS AT THE CREATION ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES, THE ANALYSIS, AND THEN THE CRITERIA CATEGORIES.
THIS SECTION REFERS TO THE CREATION MEMBERS AND PROCEDURES OF THE SMARTGROWTH COMMISSION. THREE CHANGES HERE.
FIRST IS REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE INDUSTRY APPOINTED MEMBERS, AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE'VE RECENTLY SEPARATED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMISSION FROM SMARTGROWTH, AND SO THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THE INDUSTRY APPOINTED MEMBERS WAS RELATED TO CIAC OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ALSO, REMOVING THE EX-OFFICIAL STAFF MEMBERS IDENTIFY BECAUSE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN VOTING ON THIS COMMISSION, OF COURSE, STAFF SUPPORTS THE COMMISSION, BUT THAT SEEMED A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
THEN LASTLY, JUST A MINOR AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THAT THE STAFF LIAISON IS THE TOWN MANAGER OR THEIR DESIGNEE.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, AND AS WE'VE CHANGED POSITION, TITLES, AND WHO PEOPLE ARE OVER, THAT POSITION DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST ANYMORE.
NEXT, WHEN WE LOOK AT POWERS AND DUTIES.
AGAIN, REMOVING SUBSECTION 98-52(H), WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT SMARTGROWTH ALSO SERVING AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THEN IN SMARTGROWTH ANALYSIS, THIS DIVISION DEALS WITH HOW SMARTGROWTH IS EVALUATED.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE ADDING SUBDIVISION SITE PLANS TO ALL THE APPLICABLE CATEGORIES.
AS YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN IS A NEW APPLICATION TYPE THAT WE CREATED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE DO A LOT OF THE REVIEW WE PREVIOUSLY DID WITH PLATS WITH THAT STAGE, SO IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO INCORPORATE THAT AS ONE OF THE APPLICATION TYPES THAT TRIGGERS THAT SMARTGROWTH REVIEW THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HAPPENING WITH PLATS.
ALSO, JUST CLARIFICATION ON STATING THAT AMENDMENTS TO PLAT APPLICATIONS WHICH DO NOT INCREASE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OR INVOLVE FOUR OR FEWER LOTS ARE EXEMPT FROM SMARTGROWTH ANALYSIS.
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IT'S BASICALLY JUST PROVIDING A DEFINITION OF MINOR PLATS.THEN A AMENDING SUBSECTION 98-74.
THIS IS TO PUT SOME VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT SMARTGROWTH MEANS.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF STAFF AND THE COUNCIL THAT SMARTGROWTH IS REALLY JUST A PRECURSOR TO TAKING YOUR APPLICATION FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO AT MINIMUM, MEET SMARTGROWTH TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED, BUT BY MEETING SMARTGROWTH, IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT YOUR APPLICATION IS APPROVED.
IT STILL GOES THROUGH ALL THE NORMAL PROCESSES AND STEPS, AND ALL OF THE SAME DISCRETION THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE THERE IS INCORPORATED.
BUT AS RECENTLY, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME PUSHBACK FROM APPLICANTS SAYING, WELL, I ALREADY PASSED SMARTGROWTH, SO MY APPLICATION SHOULD BE DONE OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH LEGAL AND WE'RE PUTTING SOME SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THERE SO THAT THERE'S NO FUTURE CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS FOR AN APPLICATION TO PASS SMARTGROWTH.
THEN LOOKING AT DIVISION 4, THIS REFERS TO THE VARIOUS CRITERION OF THE SMARTGROWTH MANUAL.
AGAIN, WE'RE ADDING SUBDIVISION SITE PLANS TO THE CRITERION SECTION.
WE'RE ALSO JUST BEING MORE CONSISTENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTION.
DID NOT HAVE ZONING AMENDMENTS AND MASTER PLAN AMENDMENTS ON ALL THE CATEGORIES FOR SOME REASON.
I THINK IT WAS AMENDED AT A DIFFERENT POINT IN TIME THAN THE OTHER CATEGORIES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY CREATED, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS FOR SOME REASON A LACK OF CONSISTENCY OF HOW IT IS APPLIED.
THAT'S A CLEANUP ITEM AS WELL.
ALSO, JUST TAKING OUT SOME OUTDATED LANGUAGE FROM THE PARKLAND DEDICATION SECTION.
IT STILL INCLUDED THE DIFFERENT STANDARDS WE WOULD LOOK AT AT VARIOUS TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
IT JUST CUTS THAT OUT, SO WE START WITH WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
IT STILL KEEPING THAT SAME STANDARD OF 10.5 ACRES PER 1,000 POPULATION.
THEN CLARIFYING THAT PARKLAND DOES INCLUDE PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LAND AS WELL IF IT IS USED TO MEET PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS SINCE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALLOWING FOR.
THEN LASTLY, THERE'S JUST SOME CLEANUP ITEMS TAKING OUT REFERENCES TO OLD SPECIFIC SPA REFERENCES, PROVIDING A LINK BACK TO OUR STANDARDS ABOUT OVERHEAD UTILITIES IN THAT PROCESS.
JUST SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S IT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT REMOVING THINGS ABOUT OVERHEAD UTILITIES.
>> NO, NOT REMOVING. IT'S PROVIDING A LINK TO OUR SECTION BECAUSE IT'S IN ANOTHER SECTION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE EXCEPTION THAT CAN BE REQUESTED THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD HAVE TO BURY OVERHEAD UTILITIES AND IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU'D HAVE TO REQUEST AN EXCEPTION.
THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE ALSO IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF SMARTGROWTH THAT TALKS ABOUT ONSITE UTILITY DISTRIBUTION.
IT'S SPEAKING MORE TO WHEN YOU ARE DEVELOPING THE SITE, EVERYTHING THAT'S ABOVE GROUND ON AN ACTUAL LIKE RESIDENTIAL LOT HAS TO GO UNDERGROUND.
IT'S JUST SAYING THAT FOR MORE, THE PERIMETER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, REFER TO THAT OTHER EXISTING SECTION TO LOOK AT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN WITH OVERHEAD LINES.
>> THANK YOU, LEXON. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP.
DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR DO YOU WISH TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> MOVE APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.
>> SECOND. TRACY, IF YOU'LL TAKE THE ROLL.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL.
>> REGULAR ITEM 7 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO REGULAR ITEM 8 AND 9.
[L.8. FY 24-25 Strategic Plan Results - Presentation and discussion of the Town's progress in achieving the goals, objectives, and initiatives in the FY 24-25 Strategic Plan. ]
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN BOTH OF THOSE AT THE SAME TIME.JP, YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON THESE?
>> YES, MAYOR, I AM. GET THIS PULLED UP.
NOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME IMPORTANT ITEMS COMING UP LATER, SO I'M GOING TO FLY THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE ONLINE.
BLAKE MANUAL DID AN AWESOME JOB ON THE POWERPOINT, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE IT.
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BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR 25-26 STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WANTED TO REVISIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR 24-25.AS WE ALL KNOW, I WON'T READ THIS OFF, BUT WE HAVE OUR MISSION/VISION STATEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE START WITH ALL OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH, AS WELL AS OUR CORE VALUES.
THIS WAS OUR FISCAL YEAR 24-25 PLAN WITH OUR EIGHT STRATEGIC GOALS UP ON THE WALL OVER HERE.
REALLY, WE'RE GOING TO HOP INTO EACH OF OUR OBJECTIVES.
THESE OBJECTIVES REALLY CAN BE DESCRIBED OF THESE FOCUS AREAS THAT COUNCIL HAS FOR STAFF AND FOR THE TOWN, ON THESE, WE HAVE INITIATIVES THAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THOSE OBJECTIVES.
FIRST OBJECTIVE IS PROTECT AND EXPAND THE TOWN'S TREE CANOPY.
YOU CAN THINK OF THIS AS A TWO PART STRATEGY.
NUMBER 1 IS AS THE TOWN, WHAT CAN WE DO TO EXPAND AND PROTECT THE TOWN'S TREE CANOPY AS WELL.
HOW CAN WE GET OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS HERE IN TOWN TO DO THAT ON THEMSELVES? YOU COULD SEE WE HAVE 125 3-GAL TREES GIVEN AWAY OVER 1,000 TREE SEEDLINGS.
THEN PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ON HOW TO PROTECT THOSE TREES.
GOING ON TO OUR ANNUAL TREE PLANNING.
ON NOVEMBER OF 2024, WE HAD OUR FIRST ANNUAL TREE PLANNING EVENT AT THE COLONY PARK WITH 50 TREES.
JUST THIS WEEK ON FRIDAY AT 4:00, WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THE SHADOW RIDGE PARK DOING OUR SECOND ANNUAL TREE PLANNING.
THEN FOR 2026, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED VIA SURVEY.
WE WANT TO PUT SOME OPTIONS OUT THERE AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC AND THEN REALLY PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS TO YOU BY JANUARY.
THIS WILL BE ALL IN BEFORE FEBRUARY WHERE WE OFTEN APPLY FOR GRANT MONEY TO ASSIST IN THESE PLANTINGS.
THIS YEAR, IN 2024 WITH THE COLONY PARK, WE GOT GRANT MONEY FOR IT IN 2025.
WE DID NOT GET THE GRANT MONEY FOR IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AGAIN IN 2026.
YES. IF WE DID GET THE GRANT, WE APPLIED FOR TWO SITES, WE DID NOT GET THAT GRANTS, WE WENT DOWN TO ONE.
>> ALSO THIS YEAR, WE HAVE AN AWESOME TREE REBATE PROGRAM THAT JUST STARTED IN OCTOBER.
WE HAVE 10 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED.
THAT IS AN OPTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW.
YOU PLAN A TREE. WE'LL GIVE YOU A REBATE ON IT.
OBJECTIVE 2, IS INCREASE OPEN SPACE PARKLAND AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR STATS HERE AND ACRES OF PARKLAND PER 1,000 RESIDENTS.
THAT'S SOMETHING IN OUR PLAN AND THAT WE ARE ALWAYS TRACKING.
WE'RE WORKING WITH GIS ON PARKS ON AN UPDATED MAP HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, HALF MILE WALKING DISTANCE AND YOU CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON PARKLAND IN TOWN.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PARKLAND.
WE HAVE THE 74 ACRES THROUGH THE LAND SWAP, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FOUR OTHER PARK LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE COMING TO US.
TWO OF THEM ARE RECENTLY IN FRONT OF YOU FOR A PARK NAMING.
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WE GET A LOT OF OUR PARKS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT.
>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST UNDER OBJECTIVE 2.
WE ALSO HAD OUR KEY TRAIL LINKAGES AS A PART OF OUR BOND 2025, WHICH WAS PASSED.
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING THESE AS WELL AS OUR TWIN COVES EXPANSION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR YEARS IS TO TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LAKEFRONT PROPERTY HERE IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.
THEN I WASN'T GOING TO GO TOO FAR INTO THIS BECAUSE JILL MADE AN AMAZING PRESENTATION EARLIER, BUT 12,000 VISITORS TO THAT FIRST FALL INTO FLOWER MOUND FESTIVAL.
LIKE EVERYTHING, SHE ALSO PRESENTED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO GET EVEN MORE PEOPLE OUT.
MOVING ON TO OBJECTIVE 3, TO IMPLEMENT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
REALLY A BIG FOCUS FOR US ON THIS IS SALES TAX.
WE'LL SAY, YOU'LL SEE 23-24 AND REALLY IT'S GOING TO BE IN 25 AS WELL.
I WILL SAY TWO IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT LOCAL VERSE REMOTE.
OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE'RE AVERAGING AROUND 39% REMOTE.
WE CAN ROUND UP TO 40 IF WE LIKE NICE ROUND NUMBERS.
AROUND 40% REMOTE, 60% FROM LOCAL SALES TAX.
THEN OUR ECONOMIC TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE BUSINESS WORKSHOP TOPICS.
ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR ONES WAS AI IN THE WORKPLACE.
YOU COULD SEE A PACKED EVENT THERE.
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YOU CAN SEE THE OCCUPANCY RATES, SO WE ARE ALWAYS TRACKING.I'LL SAY ON THAT THEY'RE FAIRLY IN LINE.
THE RETAIL IS VERY HIGH ON OCCUPANCY RIGHT NOW.
JUST KEEP IN MIND, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS, AND THEY THINK WE WANT 100%.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DID HAVE 100%, IT'S QUITE HEALTHY TO HAVE SOME UNITS OPEN SO THAT NEW BUSINESS CAN MOVE IN, AND IT ACTUALLY HELPS ON RENT PRICES.
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO TRY IN NEXT, THE 90TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE AGAIN TO GET APPROPRIATIONS FOR A HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OUT WEST.
REALLY HOPE THAT THAT CAN BE A CATALYST PROJECT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
OBJECTIVE 4, IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS.
LAST YEAR, WE GOT 64 SIGNALS INSTALLED WITH ANALYTICS CAMERAS, AND THAT MAKES 100%.
WE HAVE 100% ACROSS TOWN, HAVE THOSE ANALYTICS CAMERAS.
WE ALSO SIGNED WAYS INTEGRATION, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE CAN SEND ONE WAY INFORMATION TWO WAYS.
LET THEM KNOW ABOUT CLOSURES, MAYBE BEST ROUTES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR TO SEE WHAT CAN WE PULL IN FROM WAYS? HOW CAN WE USE THAT DATA TO HELP US AND TO ASSIST US? THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING ON NEXT YEAR'S PLAN.
>> JP, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE SIGNALS THAT ARE OUTSIDE TOWN.
I WAS LOOKING AT THIS MAP AS WELL AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION BACK ON YOU ON THOSE.
>> THOSE ARE OURS. WE MANAGED THOSE TWO EVEN ALL THE WAY OUT TO BAR.
>> YES, YOU CAN. THE MAN WITH THE PLAN HERE, MATT.
>> THE ONES THAT YOU SEE HERE ON 407, THOSE USED TO BE THE ONES THAT WE MAINTAINED FOR TEXTILE.
WE'VE GONE BACK THROUGH AND TEXTILE HAS TAKEN THEM BACK, SO WE DON'T MAINTAIN THEM ANYMORE.
>> THANK YOU, MATT. OBJECTIVE 5 ON IMPLEMENTING THE FUTURE FACILITY STRATEGY.
WE DID HAVE PROPOSITION A, WHICH IS GOING TO EXPAND THAT COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER, RENOVATION, AND EXPANSION.
WE ALSO HAD THE TRS 1 EXTENSION, AND DIDON COUNTY IS PARTNERING WITH THE TOWN TO BRING THAT PERFORMING ART CENTER IN THE RIVER WALK AREA, WHICH WE HOPE IS GOING TO BE A CATALYST PROJECT FOR THAT AREA AS WELL.
ON OBJECTIVE 6, IMPLEMENT THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL STRATEGY.
WE HAD A COST ALLOCATION STUDY, LONG-TERM OPERATIONAL PLAN, 10-YEAR CIP SCHEDULE.
THE ONE THING THAT WE STILL NEED TO WORK ON IS EXPANDING OUR TECH AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PLAN, AND SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET.
THEN I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS SLIDE REALLY IS WITH YOU ALL.
REALLY YOU'VE RISEN THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, ALL THE WAY TO THE CAP AT 20%.
WE USED TO HAVE 2.5% FOR YEARS, STARTING IN 2021.
WITH SEVERAL FOLKS ON THIS COUNCIL, WE BEGAN RAISING THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, 2.5% AND 5%, TWO MORE YEARS OF 2.5%, AND THEN THIS YEAR, YOU RAISED IT 5% TO THE CAP.
WE'VE GONE ALL THE WAY FROM 2.5% TO 20% SINCE 2020.
>> JP I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT SINCE IT'S RIGHT HERE.
I SAW SOME CHATTER THAT ARE, WE'RE NOT APPROVING ENOUGH DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OUR BALANCE OF RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL TAX COLLECTIONS IS INCREASING ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR PROPERTY VALUES FOR YOUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING WAY UP.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES ARE NOT GOING WAY UP.
THAT'S WHY THE BALANCE IS SHIFTING, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE INCREASED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO 20% TO PULL THOSE THINGS BACK INTO LINE.
>> I KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO OUR BUDGET, THE PRESENTATION WE SAW THAT SOMEONE WHO'S IN THE SAME HOUSE AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS IS PAYING LESS TAX THIS YEAR THAN THEY DID TWO YEARS AGO.
MORE OR LESS, YOUR RESULTS MAY VARY.
HOPEFULLY, WE'RE ONLY A SMALL PART OF YOUR TAX BILL, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'RE SEEING SOME BENEFIT FROM IT.
>> I'LL ALSO ADD TO THAT TOO IS THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE ON THE SENIOR AND DISABLED AS WELL EXEMPTIONS AND YOU REALLY SEE THAT ONE IN THE DATA.
I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE TOO.
>> THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE LIKE TO SAY, AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM COUNSEL AS, WELL, THIS IS FOCUSED TAX RELIEF TO YOUR POINT 2, THE HOMEOWNER.
OBJECTIVE 7, AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY STAFF.
SOME OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE FOCUSED ON LAST YEAR TO DO THIS WAS TRAINING.
FLOMO GROWTH ACADEMY, WE HAD OUR GRADUATES HERE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BACK.
THIS WAS A GREAT ACADEMY WHERE WE TOOK THEM ON EIGHT DIFFERENT SESSIONS, GOT THEM INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT OPERATIONS IN TOWN, GOT LEADERSHIP, TRAINING, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND WE ALSO LAUNCHED WHAT WE CALL FNU THAT WE HOPE TO EXPAND THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM THROUGH NEOCO.
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AGAIN, ON THE TOP ROW, WE'VE CONTINUED OUR WOI WHERE WE RECOGNIZE STANDOUT STAFF THROUGHOUT TOWN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.YOU CAN SEE SOME FUN PHOTOS OF OUR 2025 EMPLOYEE FIELD DAY BELOW.
I THINK JAMES HAS THROWING A FOOTBALL PRETTY FAR THERE.
OBJECTIVE 8, MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY AND RESILIENCY.
OVER IN PUBLIC WORKS, WE'VE HAD SCADA ASSESSMENT.
WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE AROUND 60% OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS, AND WE LOOK TO FINISH THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR'S PLAN, UPCOMING YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD CONDUCTED A CYBERSECURITY TABLETOP EXERCISE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY FACILITATED BY CISA, WHICH IS SHORT FOR CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY.
OUT OF THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'LL FIND IN NEXT YEAR'S PLAN.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS REALLY TAKE TIME.
THEY TAKE YEAR AFTER YEAR FOCUSING ON IT, AND A LOT OF THESE HAVE FOLLOW UP INITIATIVES IN NEXT YEAR'S PLAN, WHICH I'LL PRESENT AFTER THIS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE ALSO JOINED WITH CISA OF THE CYBER HYGIENE PROGRAM, AND WE ALSO HAD A RISK ASSESSMENT COMPLETED AS A PART OF THAT.
OBJECTIVE 9, PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
PART OF THIS WAS GETTING THAT DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK OUT THERE.
IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO FIND YOUR INFORMATION.
WE ALSO HAD A VERY INTENSE BOND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE WENT OUT THERE WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE TO TRY TO TALK TO TWO RESIDENTS ABOUT THE UPCOMING BOND AND BE INFORMATIVE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, COUNSEL GOT US ON A MONTHLY WEBSITE UPDATE SCHEDULE.
WE'VE DONE 86 WEBSITE UPDATES LAST YEAR.
THEN A CUSTOMER RELATION SYSTEM, THAT'S DECISION PACKAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD SOME FUNCTIONALITY WITH OUR CUSTOMER RELATIONS GROUP TO HELP REALLY HANDLE ALL THE DIFFERENT REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENTS.
THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS OBJECTIVE 10.
THIS FIRST SLIDE, JUST LAST YEAR, CHIEF COLON, ALONG WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MATT.
REALLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY ISSUES ON MAJOR ROADWAYS.
I GOT TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL IN SOME OF THESE MEETINGS, AND IT WAS VERY WORTHWHILE, IN MY OPINION.
IT WAS GREAT TO WATCH POLICE AND THE ENGINEERS WORK, IDENTIFY AREAS, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND SAYING, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS AREA AND THEN HAVING BOTH POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS WORK ON SOLUTIONS.
THESE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS THAT WEST WINDSOR AND LONG PRAIRIE.
DIXON AND LONG PRAIRIE, BUT REALLY SOME OF THE CUT THROUGHS THERE AND OLD SETTLERS IN FLOWER MOUND ROAD.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A BIG FOCUS FOR POLICE IS TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT A LOT FROM RESIDENTS AND REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS GROUP AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT GOING.
I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF THIS GROUP AS THEY MOVE ALONG.
LAST BUT NOT AT LEAST THIS 4TH AMBULANCE HAS REALLY BEEN IN SERVICE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL RESPONSE TIMES, NOT JUST PRIORITY ONE, BUT ALL PRIORITIES.
YOU CAN SEE JUST IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER THE NUMBERS WITH THAT 4TH AMBULANCE.
ALSO, WE'VE HAD 20 CALLS IN DISTRICT 6, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS 4TH AMBULANCE HAS HELPED US WHEN OUR THREE AMBULANCES ON EAST AND CENTRAL PART OF FLOWER MOUND HAVE BEEN BUSY.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL AND FLEX THAT AMBULANCE.
ALL I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
AGAIN, I WILL RUN THROUGH THIS.
PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO GO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THE 2025 STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 31ST AND SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND.
WE HAD SGR, STRATEGIC GOVERNMENT RESOURCES COME IN TO HELP FACILITATE THAT RETREAT.
SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE, THE TOWN STRATEGIC GOAL OF PARKS AND RECREATION HAS CHANGED TO PARKS AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES.
WE HEARD DR. DIDDEE EARLIER TONIGHT PRESENT ON THE LIBRARY.
THIS IS WHERE THEY BELONG RIGHT HERE IN THOSE PARKS AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES.
WE'VE ALSO REPRIORITIZED SOME OF THE TOWN STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED AN OBJECTIVE.
SINCE THAT RETREAT, STRATEGIC SERVICES HAS WORKED WITH STAFF FROM
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ALL DEPARTMENTS TO MEET THE DIRECTION SET BY TOWN COUNCIL.YOU CAN SEE PARKS AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES ON HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO OUR SIGN OVER THERE ONCE THIS IS PASSED.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THEM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE STOP ME.
AN OBJECTIVE 1, STRENGTHEN THE TOWN'S LONG RANGE FINANCIAL STRATEGY.
PART OF THIS IS TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL REVENUE REVIEW, 1.2 IS TO UPDATE FINANCIAL POLICIES.
PART OF THAT IS A COST RECOVERY PLAN.
THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU HAD I BELIEVE IT'S OUR THIRD SESSION OF THESE TONIGHT WITH LIBRARY IS WE'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON THE COST OF SERVICE THAT THE TOWN PROVIDES.
OBJECTIVE 2 IS OUR NEW OBJECTIVE.
IT IS NOT A NEW OBJECTIVE FOR US.
WE'VE BEEN DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON EXTENDING THE LIFESPAN OF ASSETS, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET A FOCUS ON THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
2.1 IS TO STRENGTHEN THAT ASSET MANAGEMENT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
WE RECENTLY DID A CITY WORKS ASSESSMENT THAT LAID OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTI YEAR PLAN TO IMPLEMENT.
PART OF IT AS WELL IS GOING TO BE UPDATING OUR CITY WORKS ONLINE AND AS ENTERPRISE UPGRADES.
OBJECTIVE 3 INCREASE OPEN SPACE, PARKLAND AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES.
THIS IS GOING TO REVIEW AND REFINE THE PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION STRATEGY.
THIS IS TO HOLD A WORK SESSION TO GET MORE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON ACQUIRING LAND THAT MAY BE PARKLAND OR CONSIDERED OPEN SPACE.
3.2, THIS IS OUR BIG MASTER PLAN UPDATES THAT WE'LL HAVE.
WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS TO BEGIN BY NEXT SUMMER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
WE TRY TO DO THIS, I BELIEVE EVERY 5-7 YEARS.
3.3 EXPAND PARKS AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE BEGIN TO BEGIN THE DESIGN OF SEVERAL PROJECTS, BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL TRAIL AND PARKS PROJECTS AND COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PIERCE COLONY MEMORIAL PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF CHUCK AND TRAVIS ARE STILL HERE, BUT PARKS IS GOING TO BE VERY BUSY NEXT YEAR.
OBJECTIVE 4, FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMITEE INVESTMENT.
AGAIN, 4.1 SUPPORT FOR THE TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OUT WEST.
TRY TO BE A CATALYST PROJECT OUT WEST.
DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK FOR IDENTIFYING AND ENGAGING, ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL TO TRY TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR AREAS OF TOWN THAT MAY NEED A TARGETED STRATEGY TO HELP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AND TO HAVE IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SUSTAINABILITY OF THOSE AREAS.
OUR PLAN IS TO PRESENT YOU WITH A FRAMEWORK OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
FROM THERE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ENGAGE THOSE AREAS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE NEEDS.
4.3 IS TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
4.4 IS, AGAIN, EXPAND LOCAL SALES TAX REVENUE.
WE REALLY GOT SOMETHING OUT OF OUR RETREAT AND IS TO CREATE AND LAUNCH MORE INVEST IN FLOWER MOUND INITIATIVES.
I BELIEVE YOU HEARD ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES FROM THE LIBRARY EARLIER TONIGHT TO TRY TO BRING IN SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES AND TO CONNECT WITH SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES IN TOWN.
>>OBJECTIVE 5, PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
THIS CONTINUE OUR WEBSITE UPDATE AND IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL DECISION PACKAGE FOR CUSTOMER RELATIONS, AND IMPROVED WEBSITE SEARCH FUNCTION.
AI HAS MADE MOVES IN THAT AREA.
AND WE ALSO HOPE TO LAUNCH AN UPDATED POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, A STANDALONE WEBSITE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY THIS SUMMER.
5.2 IS TO REFRESH OUR PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTAL METRICS UP THERE.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE IT ALL ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN ABOUT EACH OF THESE OBJECTIVES AND START BRINGING IN SOME OF THE DATA TO SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE ACHIEVING THESE OBJECTIVES.
AND THEN OUR DEPARTMENTS WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THEM ONTO THEIR OWN SINGULAR DASHBOARDS.
AND THEN 5.3 IS TO LAUNCH A TOWN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SERIES AT THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
OBJECTIVE 6, 6.1 ANNUAL TREE PLANNING PROJECT.
I TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
WE LOOK TO GET YOU ALL SITES BY JANUARY, AND WE LOOK TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING BY FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
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THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR TREE PLANNING INITIATIVES.WE JUST STARTED THAT TREE REBATE PROGRAM.
WE NEED TO ASSESS THAT AND REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THAT PROGRESS AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN LAST BUT WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH TEXAS A&M URBAN FORESTRY TO DO OUR TREE CANOPY ANALYSIS.
ON IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS.
THIS IS AGAIN TO CONTINUE OUR REGIONAL COOPERATION ON THOSE CRITICAL ROADWAYS.
BETWEEN WORKING WITH TECH STOT, THE COG, SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, ESPECIALLY OUT WEST ON MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S COMING IN AT THE RIGHT TIME AND THAT WE'RE COORDINATING THESE THINGS.
7.2, AGAIN, IS TO UTILIZE THE REAL TIME DATA ANALYTICS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST OUR NEXT STEP IN THIS AREA IS TO REALLY UPDATE OUR TRAFFIC CENTER.
OBJECTIVE 8, RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY STAFF.
WE'RE GOING TO DO 8.1 IS TO MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION AND STAFFING.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND THEN WE LOOK TO UPDATE OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A WI PROGRAM, BUT OUR FLOWER MOUNT GROWTH ACADEMIES BROUGHT FORWARD SOME PROJECTS THAT WE LOOK TO IMPLEMENT POTENTIALLY IN THIS UPDATE.
AND THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE FOR THIS ONE.
OBJECTIVE 9, MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY AND RESILIENCY.
CRITICAL BACKUP AND DISASTER RECOVERY IS A BIG PROJECT THAT BOTH IT DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO DO IN COORDINATION WITH OUR PD.
9.2 IS CONTINUE THOSE CADA SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THIS IS REALLY TO WRAP UP ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS OUTLINED BY THIS CADA ASSESSMENT REPORT.
9.3 IS WHAT CAME OUT OF OUR TABLETOP EXERCISE, THAT WE NEED TO DO A SERVICE LEVEL BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS.
IF SOMETHING GOES DOWN, HOW DO WE GOING TO BRING IT BACK UP IN THE ORDER TO WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE SYSTEMS BACK UP? THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.
OBJECTIVE 10 PROVIDE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT POLICE FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE.
10.1 IS TO EXPAND OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES AND TO ADVANCE ON WHAT THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE GROUP THAT WE'VE SET UP THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR.
10.2 IS TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN WEST FLOWER MOUND.
WE'VE HAD THAT FOURTH AMBULANCE FOR A MONTH NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK TO IMPROVE THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
10.3, THERE'S TWO BIG PROJECTS IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR TO UPGRADE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CHIEF HENLEY, THIS IS DEFINITELY A BIG ONE ON HIS LIST IS TO MAINTAIN ISO CLASS ONE RATING, WHICH WE DO HAVE IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT AND I RAN THROUGH IT.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE.
WE HAVE A FEW OTHER STAFF MEMBERS HERE AS WELL.
>> NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT JUST ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, GREAT PRESENTATION, JP.
WHEN I STARTED IN 2020 ON COUNCIL, WE HAD NOTHING LIKE THIS.
JAMES, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STAFF.
YOU ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH AS WELL AS THE CURRENT COUNCIL AND COUNCILS SINCE 2021, WHEN I GUESS WHEN YOU CAME BECAUSE WE HAD NOTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, BUT IT SO CLEARLY ARTICULATES OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN SUPPORT OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR BUSINESSES TO ACHIEVE THE THINGS THAT WE UNDERSTAND ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THIS WHILE KEEPING PROPERTY TAXES LOW.
SO SHOP LOCAL, SHOP IN FLOWER MOUND BECAUSE SALES TAX IS HOW WE KEEP YOUR PROPERTY TAXES LOW.
SO THIS IS GREAT, LIKE THE MAYOR PRO TEAM SAID, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN USED TO BE JUST A GLORIFIED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS LIST, AND THIS IS NOW A TRUE STRATEGY, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT, AND I THINK IT REALLY REFLECTS THE CHARACTER OF OUR TOWN. SO GOOD JOB.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO A RETREAT THAT'S A COUPLE DAYS AND STAFF HAS PULLED TOGETHER.
THEY COME BEFORE US TO PRESENT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE DO A LOT OF TEAM BUILDING TO REALLY TRY TO COLLABORATE ON WHAT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO I AM SO GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNCIL THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE ON THIS FOR THE RESIDENTS.
>> SO I DID WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SETTING THAT DIRECTION, VISION IN THE RETREAT.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS TO REALLY TRY TO GET TO WHAT YOU ALL WANT, WHAT YOU ALL SEE AND WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> JUST ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION.
OBJECTIVE 7. YES. FOR TRAFFIC.
IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP?
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WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT WITH AI AND ANALYTIC AIS A BUZZWORD.BUT WITH ACTIVE ANALYTICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> I THINK THAT I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT IF MATT WANTS TO ADD ON.
HE'S MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP HERE AS WELL.
WHAT I'VE HEARD OVER THERE RIGHT NOW, IT'S OUR ANALYTICS CAMERAS GIVE US A LOT OF GREAT DATA AND REALLY INFORMS OUR ENGINEERS TO TOOL THE SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE THAT UPDATED TRAFFIC CENTER.
IF YOU WANTED TO ADD OTHER THINGS TO THAT, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN THAT TRAFFIC CENTER, A DECISION PACKAGE TO ADD ANOTHER ONE, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN START DOING REAL TIME CHANGES.
I DO KNOW, MATT IS ALWAYS ON THE FRONT LINE OF ASSESSING A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S COMING OUT, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT AI IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.
RIGHT NOW, WE RELY ON GETTING OUR ENGINEERS THE BEST INFORMATION, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
BUT I'M SURE IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR ITS ABILITY TO DO THOSE CHANGES.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JV.
SO REALLY, WE JUST HAVE A VOTE ON ITEM NINE, J NINE.
[L.9. FY 25-26 Strategic Plan - Consider approval of the Town of Flower Mound FY 25-26 Strategic Plan.]
AND IF YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT TO APPROVE THE STRATEGIC.>> [OVERLAPPING] I'LL DO IT. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM J.
FISCAL YEAR 25/26 STRATEGIC PLAN AS PROPOSED.
>> TRACY, CAN TAKE THE ROLE ON THAT.
>>DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM SHSTILL?
>> ITEM L9 PASSES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
BEFORE YOU ALL SETTLE IN AND GET COZY ON EDEN RANCH.
LET'S GO TO ITEM M REAL QUICK.
[M. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS (Part 1 of 2)]
WE'RE GOING TO JUST GO AHEAD AND THIS IS REALLY QUICK.IF EACH PERSON WOULD GO AHEAD AND SAY WHO THEY WOULD WANT TO NOMINATE ON A COMMITTEE, WE HAVE THE OUTSTANDING CITIZEN COMMITTEE.
WE WILL APPOINT THAT COMMITTEE THIS EVENING.
SO IF EVERYBODY COULD NAME THEIR PERSON, WE'LL GET THAT OUT THERE.
>> CHRIS. TECHNICAL, YOU WANT TO USE IT, ADAM?
>> I DON'T HAVE A NAME FOR TONIGHT, SO I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK.
>> I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE CLAIRE HARRIS.
>> AND I'M NOMINATING MICHELLE MCMAHON FROM MEALS ON WHEELS, AND SHE WILL SERVE AS CHAIR.
SO LATER THIS EVENING OR TOMORROW, IF YOU'LL GIVE TRACY THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR PEOPLE.
OKAY. WE WILL GO BACK TO REGULAR ITEMS. SO WE GOT A LOT.
WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP SEVERAL ITEMS. REGULAR ITEM L4, L5, L6.
L3, L4, L5 AND L6 WILL BE OPENED AT THE SAME TIME.
SO MAYOR, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I HAVE SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A LEGAL CONSULTATION ENCLOSED.
>> WE WILL RECESS AT THIS TIME,
[N. CLOSED MEETING (Part 1 of 3)]
IT IS 7: 49.WE WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CODE.
>> GOOD EVENING, FLOWER MOUND.
[O. RECONVENE (Part 1 of 3)]
WE ARE RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION.THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED SESSION THAT WE JUST HAD.
WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR REGULAR ITEMS, AND WE ARE ON REGULAR ITEM L3,
[Items 3 - 6 (Part 1 of 2)]
L4, L5 AND L6.I'M OPENING THOSE ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THEY ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND WITH THAT,
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I'M GOING TO ALSO GO A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER FROM WHAT I USUALLY DO.I'M GOING TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK FIRST.
I KNOW I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING SO PATIENT AND WAITING SINCE I'VE MOVED THE AGENDA ALL OVER THE PLACE TONIGHT.
SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE.
SO LATE, I DO WANT TO NAME SOME PEOPLE WHO MADE COMMENTS.
SO FOR RECORD, WE HAVE LAVERNE AMSTERDAM.
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHETHER ITEM FOUR AND FIVE.
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHETHER SHE SUPPORTED OR OPPOSED.
OPPOSED. OKAY. SHE OPPOSES? NO, BUT SHE'S NOT SPEAKING, BUT SHE OPPOSES.
YEAH. CLAYTON FLURY AGENDA ITEM THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.
SHE IS IN SUPPORT OF THE ETON RANCH.
I THINK I GOT THAT NAME RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? LOOK AT THAT. I CAN READ.
SHE IS IN SUPPORT OF EDEN RANCH. CINDY CLARK.
SHE IS IN OPPOSITION OF AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
AND M, YOU'VE FILLED OUT TWO. LET'S SEE.
WELL, YOU FILL OUT TWO IN SUPPORT.
WE UNDERSTAND [LAUGHTER]. SCOTT MORGAN.
AND CYNTHIA MARTIN, DIDN'T I JUST SAY YOUR NAME AS WELL? YOU FILLED OUT TO IN SUPPORT.
MAYBE YOU WERE DOING TWO DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. THOSE ARE THE NON SPEAKING ONES.
I'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK.
BUT I AM GOING TO LIMIT YOU TO TWO MINUTES.
SO I DO WANT YOU TO MAKE YOUR POINT.
WE WANT TO HEAR YOU. BUT THREE MINUTES WITH ALL THESE IS A LONG TIME.
I THINK YOU CAN GET YOUR POINT ACROSS IN TWO MINUTES.
HIGHLIGHT THE MAIN AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT.
I'M GOING IN HOLD ON. LET ME MAKE SURE.
MAY WE HAVE JUST A BRIEF MOMENT TO TRY TO ADJUST THE CLOCK SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE. APOLOGIZE.
>> TO MAKE THIS MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
I'M GOING TO NAME A SPEAKER TO COME UP.
I'LL SAY WHO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS.
IF YOU'LL COME UP TO THE FRONT, HAVE A SEAT, YOU'LL BE READY TO COME UP, THEN WE CAN JUST KEEP DOING THAT.
THE FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL BE BILL KASNER.
YOU CAN COME ON UP, BUT WE'LL WAIT TILL THE CLOCKS ARE RESET.
DO YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU SPEAK, WHEN WE'RE READY? THE NEXT PERSON IS NARENDA JOSHI.
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>> THEY HAVE TO HEAR THE BEEP.
I GO TO HEAR IT. WHEN YOU HEAR THE INITIAL BUZZER, YOU STILL HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT, SO NO WORRIES.
>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE MYSELF THEN.
>> YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START.
>> THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM EDEN RANCH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY, ALL OVER THE YEARS, I'VE KNOWN THAT PROPERTY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.
I WAS INCREDIBLY EXCITED WHEN MR. RADBOURNE PRESENTED TO ME HIS VISION.
IT'S NOT THE COOKIE-CUTTER TYPE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SO PREVALENT THAT HAVE NO VISION AND HAVE NO CHARACTER.
IT WILL BE THE JEWEL OF FLOWER MOUND AND THEY'LL BE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME FROM ALL OVER TO REALLY STUDY THAT DEVELOPMENT.
THE EXCEPTIONS, I KNOW THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PASSED, BUT THE EXCEPTIONS I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.
FIRST OF ALL, MR. RADBOURNE TOLD ME THAT THE TREE ELEMENT HAD BEEN PUT DOWN, THAT IT WASN'T ON THE LIST OF TREES THAT FLOWER MOUND ALLOTTED.
LIST ARE MADE TO BE ADDED TO, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY SUBMIT THAT FRUIT TREES HAD BEEN PART OF FLOWER MEN SINCE FIRST SETTLERS CAME.
THEY ALWAYS PLANTED FRUIT TREES.
I'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THEM ON MY PLACE THAT GO BACK 75-80 YEARS.
I WOULD SUBMIT THAT I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING HIM TO PUT FRUIT TREES ON THE SECOND.
I DEVELOPED I HAD A DEVELOPMENT IN KENTUCKY.
I WAS ABOUT 500 ACRES, AND IT WAS A HIGH-LEVEL DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAD TO HAVE A VARIATION OF THE FRONTAGES THAT WERE THAT MADE SENSE FOR TREES, TAKE OUT A BIG TREE, OR THE ROLE OF THE LAND.
THE FOURTH ONE IS ADUS, THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS.
EVERY ONE OF US WILL HOPEFULLY BE TAKEN CARE OF BY OUR PARENTS AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER.
THIS IS A WAY NURSING HOMES MOTHER WAS IN A NURSING HOME, AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS 10 YEARS.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP. SORRY. I'M STICKING TO THE SCHEDULE THIS EVENING.
WE'VE GOT TO STICK WITH THE TIME.
NARENDA JOSHI NEXT AND THEN WE HAVE ISABELLE READING WILL BE AFTER HIM.
>> HI. MY NAME IS NARENDA JOSHI.
I'VE LIVED IN FLOWER MOUND FOR 25 YEARS.
I LIVE IN WELLINGTON RIGHT NOW, AND I DO HAVE A PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE EATEN RANCH.
I REALLY LIKE THE PLAN BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WELLINGTON, THERE ARE MORE TREES, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER OF DWELLINGS OR THE UNITS ARE VERY SMALL, LIKE THE SIZE IS MUCH SMALLER, BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT MORE TREES.
I THINK THE FRUIT TREES IDEAS.
THAT'S A GREAT PROPOSITION, AND I THINK I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> ISABELLE READING. IF YOU ALL COULD COME FORWARD AND SIT UP FRONT, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, KATIE GROAT WILL BE NEXT.
>> MY NAME IS ISABELLE READING, AND I LIVE ON WISDOM CREEK DRIVE IN FLOWER MOUND.
>> HOLD ON. KATIE, IF YOU COME FORWARD, BE UP HERE.
AFTER KATIE, WE HAVE HEIDI RADBOURNE.
>> WHEN I MET TYLER AND HIS WIFE, AND THEY EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT THEY WERE DOING, INSTANTLY, EVERYTHING THAT I HAD EVER LOOKED FOR JUST SEEMED TO BE A VISION IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'S SOMETHING I NEVER HEARD OF, AND FOR WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH PERSONALLY, BEING DISPLACED FROM FAMILY AND MOVING CROSS COUNTRY, AND MYRIAD OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MAJOR LIFE CHANGES.
THIS COMMUNITY, INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I SAW IT AS A HEART-TO-HEART DEVELOPMENT, AND I THINK IT'S IRONIC THAT THE WORD FLOWERS AND FLOWER MOUND AND FLOWERS COME AND GO, AND THEY FADE.
BUT WHAT LASTS FOREVER? IT'S THE HEART, IT'S THE COMMUNITY.
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IT'S THINGS THAT GO SO MUCH DEEPER THAN JUST INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT'S A KIND COMMUNITY THAT I WOULD BE DRAWN TO, AND I THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE.BE DRAWN TO TOO, ESPECIALLY AFTER EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED FROM 2020 ON, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL IN A COMMUNITY THAN JUST LIKE PEOPLE HAVE SAID, YOUR STANDARD COOKIE-CUTTER, DISTANT COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE SO USED TO SEEING.
>> KATIE GROAT, 165 DOBLE OAK DRIVE.
I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING I WAS DOING INCREDIBLE HAPPY ADVANCES THIS MORNING, OR THIS AFTERNOON WHEN I REALIZED THAT FLOWER MOUND FIRE DEPARTMENT NO LONGER IS REQUIRING THAT EXIT AT SHI AND KINGS, HAVING A 16-YEAR-OLD RIDE OFF KINGS LIVE RIGHT OFF KINGS ROAD, AND THE ROAD BEING SO NARROW AND SMALL, I AM GRATEFUL AND I HOPE THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL GOES AHEAD AND PUSHES THAT SO THAT THERE'S JUST A DEC THERE AND NO ACCESS TO THAT INTERSECTION AS EXIT.
THANK YOU. BUT AS A FLOWER MOUND LONGTIME FLOWER MOON PERSON, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THESE EXCEPTIONS CAREFULLY.
THE ADUS, THE FRUIT TREES, SOME OF THEM MIGHT WORK.
I DON'T KNOW. I JUST KNOW THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NEVER GOING TO BE A COOKIE-CUTTER NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS OUR LAST HUGE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CROSS SIMMERS CONSERVATION.
WE'RE CLOSE, BUT THE OPEN SPACE IS PRETTY CHOPPY IN MY OPINION.
THERE'S A COUPLE ACRES HERE, SIX ACRES THERE.
THE ADUS IS JUST NOT SOMETHING I CAN SEE BECAUSE OF FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.
FUTURE PEOPLE RENTING OUT THEIR HOUSES IN THE FUTURE. WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT.
BUT IF WE GOT A WHOLE ANOTHER HOUSE OUT THERE, WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT.
>> AFTER HEIDI RADBOURNE, WE WILL HAVE SHELDON ANDERSON. GO AHEAD.
>> HEIDI RADBOURNE, 7,100 CUSTOMERS ROAD, FLOWER MOUND, AND I'M NOT GOING TO REVIEW OR SAY AGAIN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING, BUT BASICALLY, EDEN RANCH IS ABOUT PRESERVING OPEN SPACES, SCENIC CORRIDORS, AND IT'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILY CONNECTION, AND IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE, NATURE, AND COMMUNITY CAN REALLY THRIVE TOGETHER.
TODAY, THIS LAND IS PRIVATE, IS COMPLETELY CLOSED OUT BECAUSE IT'S UNUSED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BUT UNDER EDEN RANCH, THEY ARE PROPOSING 9.35 ACRES, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE WHAT THE TOWN REQUIRES.
THIS MEANS FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOMAN FAMILIES CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY THE SPACE AS A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AS A LASTING GIFT FOR THE GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS TO COME.
WE ALL HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENTS CLEAR THE LAND AND COMPLETELY CLEAR OFF EVERY TREE, TREES ARE GONE, LAND IS FLATTEN, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT FLOWER MOUND STANDS FOR.
IT'S DESIGNED AROUND THE LAND, PROTECTING TREES, PRESERVING TOPOGRAPHY, AND KEEPING THE NATURAL BEAUTY THAT THINKS ITS PLACE SO SPECIAL.
FLOWER MOUND IS GROWING, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. THAT'S INEVITABLE.
WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THE BUILDER, THE DEVELOPER BEHIND EDEN RANCH, WANTS TO MAKE IT BETTER, NOT SCRAPE IT FLAT, AND PUT UP TRUCKS TO HOMES.
UNDERSTAND THAT RESIDENTS WANT THE LAND TO STAY UNTOUCHED, AND I RESPECT THAT, BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
ONE THAT RESTORES LAND, CELEBRATES OUR ROOTS, AND GIVES SOMETHING MEANINGFUL BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
EDEN RANCH IS ALSO REQUESTING APPROVAL ON THOUGHTFUL FEATURES.
COUPLE, THOSE ARE VARYING LOT RISKS WHICH DON'T INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOMES, JUST SMARTER PLANNING THAT FOLLOWS.
>> NATURAL CONTROLLERS, PROTECTING TREES AND W PATHWAYS, FRUIT TREES.
THOSE WOULD BE RESTORING FLOWERMOUNDS' ROOTING WITH TEXAS PEACHES AND MORES, PROVIDING FRESH PRODUCE AND NO NONPROFITS.
I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS WHAT FLOWERMOUNDS MEANS.
THIS IS GOOD FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, I THINK WE NEED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. SHELDON, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TIM WIZNOT.
>> SHELDON EDERSON, I LIVE AT 77 HAWK ROAD.
I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF EDEN RANCH.
MY BACKYARD, ABOUT ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILE OF IT ADJOINS THE WHAT WILL BE EDEN RANCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THAT MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR ALL TO KNOW IS THAT HAVING GOT TO KNOW TYLER AND HIS WIFE AND FAMILY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I FIND TYLER TO BE A MAN OF HIGH INTEGRITY.
HE HAS SOME BIG DREAMS AND SOME BIG ASPIRATIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT AS A TOWN THAT ALL SHOULD EMBRACE THAT AND THAT YOU
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SHOULD YOU ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS WILLING TO PUT HIS TIME, EFFORT, LOVE INTO A PROJECT LIKE THIS.IT IS DEFINITELY NOT A COOKIE-CUTTER DEAL, BUT HAVING BEEN IN BUSINESS, WHAT I FIND IS THAT HAVING A PARTNER THAT YOU CAN TRUST AND THAT HAS A HIGH MORAL INTEGRITY IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
SO I WOULD HUMBLY ASK FOR A UNANIMOUS YES TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THEN WE'LL HAVE STEVE BISTROM.
>> TIM WIZNOT AT 2,300 OLYMPIA DRIVE.
I APPRECIATE THAT TYLER REDBOURNE HAS THIS VISION, AND WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THIS THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I'M GLAD TO FINALLY BE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THIS.
I DIDN'T BRING ANY RAINBOWS OR UNICORNS.
THE REALITY IS THESE ADUS, THE GRANDMOTHER APARTMENTS, LIKE NOTHING ELSE WE'VE HAD IN FLOWER MOUND.
NO ONE ELSE HAS GOT THIS RIGHT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION FOR HIM TO HAVE THIS BY RIGHT, BUILD A BUILDING THAT YOU CAN STICK GRANDMOTHER IN THE BACK.
THERE'S NO SEWAGE FOR THESE THINGS.
WE'RE APPROVING SOMETHING THAT IF YOU CALLED THE STATE AND ASKED HIM IF I CAN PUT GRANDMA ON THE BACK IN A BUILDING THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SEWAGE, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? IT JUST SOUNDS SILLY EVEN ASKING THE QUESTION.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THAT.
THE HORSES, ONE HORSE PER LOT.
I'VE HAD FOUR HORSES, I'VE BURIED ONE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S CRUEL TO PUT A HORSE ON A LOT BY ITSELF.
IT'S JUST THEY ARE PREY ANIMALS.
THEY NEED OTHER HORSES TO BE AROUND THEM.
THE PEACH TREES, I'M NOT AGAINST PEACH TREES, BUT THE POST OAKS, THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA.
AND THE PEACH TREES DO HAVE A DISEASE, MELENA, I THINK IT'S CALLED, AND IT KILLS POSTOKS.
THAT'S THE WRONG TREE TO HAVE IN THIS AREA.
THEN I AM OPPOSED TO THE TREE REMOVAL PROCESS.
I WOULD GO WITH THE ECC RECOMMENDATION AS TO THE TREES THAT THEY SUGGESTED.
>> WE'LL HAVE MR. BISTROM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE KIMBERLY BISTROM NEXT.
WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH FLOWER MOUND, WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL ISN'T THE ROOFTOPS. IT'S THE TREES.
THE ROLLING LAND AND THE FEELING OF PEACE.
EDEN RANCH GIVES US A CHANCE TO KEEP THAT.
IT'S THOUGHTFUL, IT'S RESPECTFUL TO THE LAND.
IT IS DESIGNED TO BRING FAMILIES TOGETHER WITH PARKS, ORCHARDS, AND TRAILS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT AGAIN.
THIS ISN'T JUST THE HOMES, IT'S ABOUT THE HEART, IT'S ABOUT KEEPING FLOWER MOUND, A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY STILL MEANS SOMETHING.
I TRULY HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT EDEN RANCH AND HELP PRESERVE ITS KIND TOWN THAT WE ALL FELL IN LOVE WITH IN THE FIRST PLACE. THANK YOU.
>> KIMBERLY BISTROM. THEN WE'LL HAVE JANE WILLIAMS.
>> MY NAME IS KIMBERLY BISTROM, 7,400 CUSTOMERS ROAD.
I HAVE TO SHORTEN IT SO I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT TO FIGURE WHERE I'M GOING TO START. ED'S MENTION IS DIFFERENT.
IT'S NOT ANOTHER SUBDIVISION THAT CLEARS EVERYTHING AND STARTS FROM SCRATCH.
IT'S DESIGNED AROUND THE LAND, PRESERVING TREES, CREATING WALKING TRAILS, AND DEDICATING OVER NINE ACRES OF PUBLIC PARKLAND WHERE FAMILIES CAN GATHER AND CHILDREN CAN PLAY.
IT BRINGS BACK FLOWER MOUND'S AGRICULTURAL ROOTS WITH FOOD ORCHARDS, AND OPEN SPACE FARMING, EVEN PROVIDING FRESH PRODUCE TO LOCAL NONPROFITS.
IT VALUES NATURE, FAMILIES, AND CONNECTION, THE VERY THINGS THAT MADE THIS TOWN SPECIAL IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I HAVE WATCHED MY SON AND HIS TEAM WORK DILIGENTLY AND TIRELESSLY ON MAKING CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE THE REQUESTS OF OTHERS.
APPROVING AG MACH MEANS SAYING YES TO MY SON.
SORRY. I MIGHT LAST VISION THAT WAS PLACED IN THEIR HEARTS BY GOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR CONSIDERING THIS BEAUTIFUL VISION FOR OUR TOWN'S FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL THEN HAVE RICHIE BROWN.
>> JANE WILLIAMS 2810 BLUE WOOD TRAIL FLOWER MOUND.
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AS A PERSON THAT HAS SEEN FIRSTHAND THE DESTRUCTION THAT'S BROUGHT BY TOLL BROTHERS TO GREEN SPACE.IT IS NICE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE E RANCH.
IT IS A PLACE THAT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE LAND, IT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ITS COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED MORE OF THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU LET THE BIG DEVELOPERS COME IN AND DESTROY GREEN SPACE, I HAD A DOG KILLED BY BOBCAT, THAT WAS DISPLACED FROM GREEN SPACE.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED BIG DEVELOPERS.
WE NEED MORE EDEN RANCH AND THE RADBOURNE FAMILY. THANK YOU.
>> THEN WE'LL HAVE MARSHA GAVITT.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS RICHIE BROWN.
I'M A NEW RESIDENT TO FLOWER MOUND.
I'M 2413 GRAMERCY PARK DRIVE FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS, 75028.
I HAD TO READ THAT BECAUSE IT'S A NEW ADDRESS.
I'M A BUILDER AND MOVING TO THE COMMUNITY AND MOVING MY BUSINESS HERE TO FLOWER MOUND AND MY WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS.
WE THINK THAT FIRST OFF JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT JOB.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WE'RE QUICKLY FALLING IN LOVE WITH FLOWER MOUND.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I DO, JUST AS A BUILDER, WANT TO SPEAK TO THE LOT FRONTAGE RULE.
I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY EASY TO MISS THE HEART.
THERE'S THE LETTER OF THE LAW VERSUS THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, AND I THINK THE LETTER OF THE LAW WOULD SAY, YOU CAN'T BUILD, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS AMOUNT OF FRONTAGE.
BUT I THINK THE SPIRIT SAYS, WHAT'S THE REASON BEHIND THE CHANGE? I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT ANYTIME YOU'RE CONSIDERING A FRONTAGE CHANGE ANYTIME WE'RE DOING A DEVELOPMENT, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REASON BEHIND IT.
AS I KNOW IT TO BE TRUE, THE REASON BEHIND IT IS TO FLOW HARMONIOUSLY WITH THE LAND, TO TRY TO PROTECT THE TREES, TO TRY TO STAND FOR THE VALUES THAT ME AND MY WIFE SEE FLOWER MOUND STANDING FOR.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING THE FLOW OF THINGS, KEEPING THE SPACE, PRESERVING TREES.
I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW AND THE FRONTAGE SIZES IS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO REALIZE, 120 FEET AS A BUILDER IS STILL VERY GENEROUS IN CUSTOM HOME CONTEXTS.
MOST DFW ESTATE STYLE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 80-100 FEET.
I THINK 120 FEET SUPPORTS LARGE FOOTPRINTS, SIDE GARAGES, DEEP SETBACKS.
SINGLE STORY ESTATES STILL FIT VERY COMFORTABLY ON 120 FOOT, AND 30 FEET IS A VERY MARGINAL DIFFERENCE.
I THINK IT STILL HOLDS TRUE TO FLOWER MOUND ESTATE CHARACTER.
IT STILL CAN FIT CIRCULAR DRIVES.
I THINK IT HAS VERY GOOD ARCHITECTURAL FLEXIBILITY FROM A BUILDING PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK 120 IS PLENTY OF FEET IN AND OF ITSELF.
THAT'S ALL I REALLY WANT TO SAY.
GLAD TO BE HERE IN FLOWER MOUND AND THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF EDEN RANCH.
>> THANK YOU. MARSHA, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ERIN BROWN.
>> MARSHA GAVITT, 6501 MEADOW CREST LANE.
I LIVE TWO AND-A-HALF BLOCKS SOUTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD SINCE 1981.
I'M OPPOSED TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF THIS PROPOSAL.
THE CROSS TIMBERS IS ALSO UNIQUE IN REPLACE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT TO MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL OPEN SPACE.
AD USED BY RIGHT RESULT IN MORE SURFACE DEVELOPMENT.
REALTOR SITES STATE THESE ARE POPULAR FOR GENERATING INCOME.
OTHER CROSS TIMBERS DEVELOPMENT HAVE NO PROBLEMS USING INDIVIDUAL SUPS.
INCREASING LOT COVERAGE TO 35% ALSO DEFEATS PART OF THE PURPOSE OF A CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT CREATING A MORE URBAN LOOK.
THE OPEN SPACE SAYS THAT IT WILL USE HERBICIDES, PESTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, AND RODENTICIDES.
RODENTICIDES HARM WILDLIFE AND PETS, AND RATS ARE ATTRACTED TO ORCHARDS.
BIRDS ALSO FEED ON THE GROUND.
IT SEEMS THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH FOOD CROPS AND WILDLIFE HEALTH.
TEMPORARY LOCATIONS FOR GRAZING COULD RANGE FROM MONTHS TO YEARS FOR GRAZED AREAS TO RE ESTABLISH.
IF PAVED PARKING AND ROADS ARE NECESSARY TO ACCESS ALL THE STRUCTURES IN THE OPEN SPACE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER OR TO CARRY LOADS TO AND FROM, THIS WILL TAKE UP MORE SPACE.
THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT QUITE MEET THE INTENT OF PRESERVING THE NATURAL ASSETS VIA OUR ORDINANCE.
ON ANOTHER NOTE, THE APPLICANT STATED THE CHURCH WOULD BE REMOVED FROM HIS REQUEST.
HOWEVER, IT STILL REMAINS ON PAGE 3 OF HIS SUBMITTED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THANK YOU.
>> THEN WE'LL HAVE ERIC PAYNTER NEXT.
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I'M A NEW RESIDENT TO FLOWER MOUND.I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET, BUT IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE'VE MOVED OUR ENTIRE FAMILY HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE MOMENT WE HEARD ABOUT IT, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING WE'VE EVER HEARD OF.
MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE NFL FOR A FEW YEARS, SO WE TRAVELED A LOT.
LUCKILY, PRE KIDS, BUT THERE WAS NOWHERE LIKE WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE.
EDEN RANCH IS GOING TO STAND ALONE AS A TRADEMARK DEVELOPMENT, AND HOPEFULLY, IT WILL STAND AS A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENTS.
IT WILL SET A NEW STANDARD FOR WHAT A DEVELOPMENT IS AND IT'S NOT COMING IN, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID THIS, BUT IT'S NOT COMING IN AND CLEARING THE LAND.
IT'S NOT COMING IN AND POPPING UP THESE HOMES TO MAXIMIZE PROFIT.
IT'S NOT. WITH TYLER AT THE HELM, HE IS PRESERVING THE LAND.
PERSONALLY, AS A MOM, I WANT MY KIDS TO GROW UP IN A COMMUNITY THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT COMMUNITY IS, UNDERSTANDS HOW TO BE A NEIGHBOR, UNDERSTANDS HOW TO INTERACT WITH HUMANS.
WE'RE LOSING THAT, AND THIS COMMUNITY IS AIMED AT BRINGING THAT BACK.
I THINK THAT FLOWER MOUND SHOULD ALSO BE VERY PROUD THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMING HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE THAT HAS THIS.
A LOT OF WHAT TYLER HAS PROPOSED IS INTENTIONAL, ALL OF WHAT TYLER HAS PROPOSED IS INTENTIONAL.
AGAIN, WE'RE MOVING HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR IT, SO I HOPE THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR WHAT HE HAS HERE, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
>> THANK YOU. ERIC PAYNTER, THEN DEB FITZPATRICK IS NEXT.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, TOWN COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS ERIC PAYNTER, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, 116 THE FARM ROAD.
MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED IN WEATHERFORD FOR 28 YEARS.
IN MY OPINION, OUR PROCLAIMED QUARTER HORSE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IS TEETERING ON LOSING SIGHT OF ITS RURAL ROOTS, GROWING IMPROPERLY AND AWAY FROM WHAT HAS MADE IT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
WEATHERFORD IS TURNING ITS BACK ON ITS RURAL VALUE AND ALLOWING DENSITY THAT IS QUITE FRANKLY VERY SAD.
ALLOWING COMMON GRID STYLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND A DISREGARD FOR THE RURAL LANDSCAPE THAT HAS BEEN THE PRIDE OF LOCAL LAND OWNERS AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS.
I WAS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF A 4,000 ACRE CONSERVATION RANCH DEVELOPMENT IN CLIFTON, TEXAS IN BOSQUE COUNTY.
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE PROPOSED EDEN RANCH IN TYLER RADBOURNE'S CONCEPT, I WAS EXCITED AND INSPIRED FOR FLOWER MOUND, AS I BELIEVE IT IS A VALUABLE AND BENEFICIAL EFFORT, AN EFFORT TO MANAGE THE NEED FOR VALUABLE LAND USE PRESERVATION WITH THE INEVITABLE GROWTH THAT HAS SPAWNED IN NORTH TEXAS AND DFW.
THIS LAND CONCEPT CAN HELP COMMUNITIES THAT WERE ONCE SMALL, QUAINT, AND BEAUTIFUL PLACES TO LIVE PREVENT THEMSELVES FROM CHOKING ON THEIR OWN GROWTH AND PROGRESS.
PROPER USE OF LAND IS A SELF PROMOTION AND IT'S VERY HEALTHY AND VIABLE.
I HAVE SEEN IT IN THE OWN STEWARDSHIP OF BOSQUE COUNTY WHERE LAND IS LEFT UNGRAZED FOR LONG PERIODS OF GENERATIONAL AG USE OR IGNORED.
CERTAIN SPECIES CAN DOMINATE REDUCING OVERALL BIODIVERSITY IN THAT LAND.
TEXAS TOWNS NEED TO EMBRACE SMART MACRO THINKING AND ALTER THE CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL, CHOOSING THE LAND AS AN AMENITY THAT CAN SET A COMMUNITY, A TOWN, AND A CITY APART.
EDEN RANCH WOULD BE CHOOSING TO HELP CARRY THE FINANCIAL BATON AS A CATALYST FOR THE NEIGHBORS OWN VIABILITY.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE EDEN RANCH.
TEXAS NEEDS MORE PROJECTS OF REGENERATING COMMUNITY CONCEPTS.
EDEN RANCH IS PROVIDING FLOWER MOUND WITH AN UNMATCHED BENEFIT THAT CAN PRESERVE AND GIVE BACK. THANK YOU.
>> THEN WE'LL HAVE JULIA RADBOURNE.
>> GOOD EVENING. DEBORAH FITZPATRICK, 2908 RAVEN CIRCLE, FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
I UNFORTUNATELY MISSED THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING A WEEK AGO MONDAY, SO I WANTED TO SHARE MY FEELINGS WITH YOU TONIGHT.
FIRST, THE FRUIT TREES THAT THE DEVELOPER IS TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'RE NOT APPROVED FOR OPEN SPACES IN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, AND THAT'S FOR A REASON BECAUSE THEY DON'T THRIVE IN THIS CLIMATE.
DURING THE MEETING, THE DEVELOPER MENTIONED BONTON FARMS AS HAVING A FRUIT TREE FARM, WHICH, IN FACT, THEY ONLY HAVE NINE TREES AT BONTON FARMS BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ARE VERY CHALLENGING SPECIES TO GROW IN THIS CLIMATE.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND FOR ALL THE OTHER REASONS THAT EVERYBODY HAS BROUGHT UP ALREADY.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OVERGRAZING OF THE LIVESTOCK.
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HE TALKED ABOUT MOVING THE LIVESTOCK INTO TEMPORARY GRAZING AREAS IF THEIR GRAZING AREAS SHOULD BE OVERGRAZED IN DOING SO, HE WAS GOING TO ERECT ELECTRIC FENCES.I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ELECTRIC FENCES IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS PROMOTING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND AND POTENTIALLY GETTING HARMED BY ELECTRIC FENCES THAT ARE BEING PUT UP TEMPORARILY.
EVERYBODY ELSE IN FLOWER MOUND HAS TO GO THROUGH AN SUP IN ORDER TO PUT AN ADU ON THEIR PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THEN I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS LAND WAS ZONED PRIOR TO THE APPLICANT'S PURCHASE.
THE NUMBER OF EXCEPTIONS AND AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED FEELS EXCESSIVE AND UNFAIR TO OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN FLOWER MOUND AND MAY IN THE FUTURE.
I'M AFRAID THAT APPROVING THESE REQUESTS SET PRECEDENT THAT UNDERMINES OUR ZONING STANDARDS AND INVITES FUTURE CHALLENGES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE THE OWNERS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LAND CALLED EDEN RANCH.
WE LIVE AT 7,400 CROSS TIMBERS.
GOD PLACED THIS VISION IN OUR HEARTS YEARS AGO.
WHEN WE FOUND THIS LAND, WE KNEW IT WAS THE PLACE WE WANTED TO GROW AND PLANT OUR FAMILY.
IT'S BEEN QUITE SPECIAL TO US AS OUR BOYS ARE GROWING AND THEY GET TO WANDER AND EXPLORE THE LAND.
WE ALSO GOT TO WELCOME THIS LITTLE ONE, ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A HOME BIRTH AND IT WAS SO SPECIAL TO DO THAT.
BUT THIS PLACE HAS TRULY BEEN THE PLACE GOD HAS LED US TO TO BUILD OUR DREAM HOME.
OUR HEART AND VISION HAS ALSO BEEN TO DEVELOP AN ORGANIC FARM COMMUNITY, ONE THAT HONORS THE LAND, NOT CHANGES IT.
WE WANT TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN LIVE SURROUNDED BY ORCHARDS, GARDENS, BEES, AND MORE TREES, WHERE THE AIR FEELS A LITTLE FRESHER, WHERE KIDS CAN SEE WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM, WHERE NEIGHBORS SHARE MORE THAN JUST DEFENSE LINE, AND WHERE EVERYONE THAT GETS TO LIVE THERE IS IN HARMONY WITH NATURE.
OVER THE YEARS, SINCE WE'VE PURCHASED THIS LAND, WE'VE WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH THE CITY TO SHAPE AND RESHAPE OUR PLANS, MODIFYING DESIGNS, TAKING AWAY LOTS, REWORKING ACCESS POINTS, ADJUSTING LAYOUTS, ALWAYS WITH THE GOAL OF RESPECTING THE CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD.
I JUST WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND REALLY QUICK.
I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU, HONEY, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO KEEPING OUR DREAM ALIVE.
>> WELL, WE'VE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO LISTEN TO COLLABORATE AND TO ENSURE VISION COMPLIMENTS FLOWER MOUND'S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING NATURE AND ITS BEAUTY.
I JUST HOPE TONIGHT YOU CAN SEE THIS FOR WHAT IT TRULY IS, A VISION FOR HOW FLOWER MOUND CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THOUGHTFULLY, BEAUTIFULLY, AND RESPONSIBLY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THEN AFTER TOM CLARK, WE'LL HAVE BRETT CHASE.
>> TOM CLARK, 8704, BALTZ ROLL DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND.
COUNSEL, I'M VERY SUSPECT OF THE EDEN RANCH DEVELOPMENT AS I SEE THE SAME SUSPECT IN THE P&Z STIPULATIONS.
THE TOWN WITHIN A TOWN IDEA THAT EDEN IS PUTTING FORTH CAUSES ME A LOT OF CONCERN WITH THE AREA OF GROWING THEIR OWN FOODS DURING THEIR OWN SCHOOL, MAINTAIN THEIR OWN LIVESTOCK.
THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN WANTING TO DEVIATE FROM THE MASTER PLAN FROM DAY 1.
A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE PLAN THAT'S PRESENTED BY MCADAMS ENGINEERS AND THE P&Z THAT DIFFER FROM WHAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR WEBSITE.
THE PLAN AS IT STATES NOW WITH P&Z CALLS FOR ONE ACRE OR THREE-QUARTER ACRE LOTS.
THEIR WEBSITE CALLS FOR 0.5 ACRE LOTS, WHICH IS NOW BEING EXCLUDED BY P&Z.
P&Z ALSO STIPULATES THAT NO LIVESTOCK WILL BE ON ONE ACRE OR LESS, WHICH MEANS THAT LIVESTOCK WILL HAVE TO EXIST ON COMMON LAND ONLY BECAUSE RANCHETS CANNOT EXIST ON ONE ACRE AND THREE-QUARTER ACRE LOTS.
AS PRINTED IN BEFORE, THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR LIVESTOCK.
THEIR WEBSITE CALLS FOR GREENHOUSES,
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BARNS, SHADE STRUCTURES, KEEPING OF ANIMALS AND CROP CULTURE.MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHO'S GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE CLEANING, MOWING, MAINTAINING, AND ANIMAL SUPERVISION? THE MINIMUM SETBACKS AND MINIMUM WIDTH THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR BY MCADAMS SUGGESTS SMALLER LOTS IN THE FUTURE.
I'M NOT AGREEING WITH THESE VARIATIONS FROM OUR MASTER PLAN TO BE APPROVED.
I THINK THEY'RE SHOOTING FOR SMALLER LOTS IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IDEA OF THE ADUS FOR UP TO 1,000 SQUARE FOOT BEING ADDED BY RIGHT ALSO POINTS US IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SMALLER LOTS AND SMALLER HOMES THAT COULD BE THERE.
I'M SAYING THAT THESE COULD END UP BEING TINY HOMES FOR RENT OR SOLD IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT THE STATED PLAN AND WEBSITE HAS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO WHAT THEY ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT AND THE APPROVAL SHOULD BE DENIED UNTIL THAT IS DONE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THEN WE'LL HAVE RICKY CLARK.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M BRUT CHANCE LEVITT, 3709 OLD MILL DRIVE HERE IN FLOWER MOUND.
EDEN RANCH IS A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY CAPTURES WHAT MAKES FLOWER MOUND SPECIAL.
THAT COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE, OUR HERITAGE, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ALL VALUE WHILE STILL GROWING IN A RESPONSIVE WAY.
IT PROTECTS WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, WELCOMES FRUIT TREES LIKE NORTH TEXAS PEACH TREES THAT FEED BOTH PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE.
IT CREATES SPACE FOR HEALTHY FAMILY LIVING THROUGH OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURE, AND ADUS.
THE FLOWER MOUND'S LOGO SHOWS HORSE GRAZING BEFORE THE DAL SKYLINE.
A PICTURE OF PROGRESS AND HERITAGE WORKING TOGETHER, EDEN RANCH BRINGS THAT VISION TO LIFE.
I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW TYLER IN HIS HEART FOR THIS PROJECT AND FOR FLOWER MOUND.
HE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER DEVELOPER, HE TRULY CARES ABOUT WHAT'S DOING RIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
EDEN RANCH HAS MY FULL SUPPORT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE ALL OF THE REQUESTED MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVE THE REVISED PLAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> AFTER RICKY CLARK, WE'LL HAVE DAVID ARB.
>> RICKY CLARK, 4016 DON DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL? HELLO MAYOR.
I'M FOR THE EDEN RANCH, AS LONG AS WE DON'T GET TOO CARRIED AWAY WITH THE MASTER PLAN AMENDMENTS.
REMEMBER THE TRAFFIC ISSUE HERE, GUYS.
WE'VE GOT SMITH TRACKS GOING TO OPEN UP SOON ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
WE'VE GOT THESE HOMES THAT ARE ABOUT TO POP UP.
WE'VE GOT TOWN LAKE THAT IS BEING BUILT AS WE SPEAK.
ALL OF THOSE FOLKS, IF THEY WANT TO GO TO BARTONVILLE, THEY'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT UP SHILOH ROAD.
HAVE WE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THAT? I SAID WE DID A TRAFFIC STUDY ON SHILOH, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO SERVE THE PURPOSE FOR WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
I'M HOPING BEFORE THIS GOES IN THAT WE MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AND DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.
I WAS OPPOSED TO THE EXIT UP IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER, BUT THAT'S BEEN HANDLED AND I WANT YOU TO STICK TO THE ECC'S RECOMMENDATION ON TREE REMOVAL.
I PARKED A DRONE RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF THOSE TREES AND MADE A HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTO OF IT AND THEY'RE THERE AND THERE'S NOT THAT MANY OF THEM OUT THERE.
I REALIZE THERE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE AN EXCEPTION MADE FOR TWO OR THREE BECAUSE OF THE ROAD, I LOOKED AT THE PLAT AND HIS DEVELOPMENT AND SOME OF THE TREES HE'S ASKING ME REMOVED RIGHT AND SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND I GET IT.
THAT'S OKAY, BUT ORIGINALLY, THE ECC THEY MADE AN APPROVAL FOR EIGHT TREES IN DENIAL OF 22 TREES.
OTHER THAN THAT, DID WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EXIT ON THE SOUTH END? DO WE HAVE A LONG ENOUGH TURN LANE OR ENTRANCE LANE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THROUGH THERE.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
I ASKED HIM EARLIER IF HIS HOMES WERE WHAT COLOR THEY WERE, WERE THEY GOING TO BE WHITE? HE SAID, NO, SO I'M IN.
THAT'S THE TRUTH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GOOD NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. AFTER DAVID ARB WE'LL HAVE KIMBERLY ARB, AND THEN ZACHARY ARB. THE WHOLE FAMILY.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS, COUNCIL.
I'M DOCTOR DAVID ARB, MY WIFE AND I ARE COPPELL RESIDENTS FOR 25 YEARS, WOULD NEVER CONSIDER LEAVING COPPELL UNTIL THAT GUY.
MY WIFE AND I ARE PART OF A COMPANY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED OFFICES, CHIROPRACTIC OFFICES IN 39 STATES, SO WE ARE AROUND CITY COUNCILS A LOT, BUILDING, P&Z, THE WHOLE THING.
I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT MOST OF THOSE THINGS.
I REALLY WANT TO CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE FOR JUST A SECOND.
WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT CLINICS INTO COMMUNITIES, AND OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO MAKE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
WHAT WE ARE INUNDATED WITH ESPECIALLY IN
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THOSE LAST 30 YEARS OF PRACTICE IS REALLY UNHEALTHY FAMILIES.THE MORE THERE IS TECHNOLOGY AND THE LESS THERE IS NATURE, THERE IS LESS HEALTH.
RIGHT NOW, THE AVERAGE TEENAGER HAS MORE ANXIETY THAN AN INPATIENT IN A PSYCH WARD.
ONE IN FOUR WOMEN ARE TAKING AN ANTIDEPRESSANT.
THE MAJORITY OF ALL CHILDREN ARE CRAZY UNHEALTHY OWN ANTIDEPRESSANTS, ADH TWO DRUGS.
THIS IS JUST NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE STATISTICALLY IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LARGER TREE AND AGRICULTURAL THINGS.
YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT LIKE THIS.
THE VISION THAT MY WIFE AND I HEARD WHEN WE GOT TO MEET HIM AND THEN SPENT SOME TIME WITH HIM IS SECOND TO NONE.
AS A PERSON WHO DEALS WITH CITY, CITY PLANNING AND THINGS, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE A BIGGER BLESSING TO A CITY AS HAVING SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT A VISION THAT IS SO UNIQUE TO COME AND BRING SOMETHING NEW LIKE THIS.
I'LL SPEAK TO ADUS JUST THE LAST 30 SECONDS I HAVE.
ONE IN THREE OF US IN THIS ROOM IS GOING TO BE PUT IN A NURSING HOME. THAT'S THE STAT.
NOT ONE OF US WANTS TO GO THERE.
HAVING A VISION FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A COMMUNITY THAT HONORS AND BRINGS IN AND HAS A PLAN FOR AN ELDERLY POPULATION, IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT JUST HONORING.
IT'S A BLESSING TOO, AND IT'S A BLESSING FOR ALL GENERATION.
FULL IN SUPPORT, THE ONLY THING GET ME OUT OF COPPELL IS PROBABLY THIS, SO A GOOD JOB. [LAUGHTER]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DOCTOR KIMBERLY ARB AND JUST LIKE MY HUSBAND SAID, WE LIVE IN COPPELL 479 HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH.
WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND MET THE RADBOURNE'S, WE WERE TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY WITH EXCITEMENT, LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE PROPERTY THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY FINALLY BE EXCITED ABOUT BEING A PART OF.
LIKE MY HUSBAND SAID, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO WELLNESS CENTERS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES SOUTH LAKE AND COPPELL.
THE THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN OUR OFFICE WHERE WE SEE 600 PATIENTS EVERY WEEK.
IN OUR OFFICES WITH PEOPLE WITH OBESITY AND DIABETES AND CANCER AND HEART DISEASE, IT IS OVERWHELMING, FRANKLY, AND WHAT WE SEE IS VERY PREVENTABLE.
KNOWING THAT THERE IS SO MUCH PREVENTABLE WITH THOSE DIAGNOSES WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE NUTRITION AND MINIMIZING THE EXPOSURE OF TOXICITY.
THIS PROPERTY HAS EXACTLY THAT.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE NUTRITION AND THE GROUND AND KNOWING WHERE THINGS ARE BEING GROWN AND NOT SPRAYING THINGS WITH CHEMICALS.
IT'S LITERALLY EXACTLY WHAT THE MAHA MOVEMENT IS TRYING TO DO, BUT WE'RE DOING IT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY YOU CAN DO THAT IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD AND RAISE HEALTHY FAMILIES.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR DESIRE IS AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO EVERY DAY IN OUR OFFICES.
I'LL JUST SAY, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF GROWING YOUR OWN FOODS AND LIVESTOCK AND KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE FREE OF TOXINS.
THE ABILITY TO HAVE YOUR OWN PEACH TREES.
WE HAVE THEM IN OUR OWN BACKYARD IN COPPELL.
THE ABILITY TO DO THAT REGENERATIVE AND HEALTHY.
THAT'S THE HEALTHIEST WAY TO DO IT AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
FOWMAN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE WAY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE HEALTHY PROPERTIES, HEALTHY FOODS, AND HEALTHY FAMILIES, AND EDEN RANCH HAS THE VISION FOR JUST THAT.
I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPERTY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AFTER MR. ARB, WE'LL HAVE STEVEN PRINCE.
IT MIGHT BE PRICE. I'M NOT SURE.
>> HOW SENSITIVE IS MIKE. COOL. HI. MY NAME IS ZACHARY ARB.
I DON'T KNOW A TON ABOUT THE ZONING ISSUES.
SO I'LL SPEAK TO WHAT I DO KNOW ABOUT, WHICH IS FRUIT TREES.
I CAUGHT THE BUG A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, AND I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FRUIT TREES AND BEEN LEARNING ABOUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
ONE OF THE VERY INTERESTING THINGS THAT EDEN RANCH IS ABOUT IS REGENERATIVE FARMING.
THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE THAT'S BEING BROUGHT IN THAT ACTUALLY ENHANCES THE SOIL AND ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALREADY IN PLACE, INCLUDING ALL OF THE WILDLIFE THAT PREVIOUSLY EXISTS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS TO PLANT VERY PARTICULARLY CERTAIN FRUIT TREES, ESPECIALLY WITH GREAT IMMUNE SYSTEMS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT AND HELP CULTIVATE THE SOIL AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT HEALTHY.
WE'RE FINDING A LOT WITHIN A LOT OF OUR SOILS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, IS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHEMICAL RUNOFFS AND
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A LOT OF OUR CREATURES HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THOSE AREAS, WHICH ARE TAKING AWAY RESOURCES FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOIL IN GENERAL.THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO FARM, AS WELL AS SET UP ORCHARDS AND FRUIT TREES IS HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE A NET BENEFIT TO THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM OUT THERE.
ONE THING I HEARD WAS FUNGUS JUST A BIT AGO, I BELIEVE IT WAS AMANITA FUNGUS THAT IS PRONE FOR POSTOK.
WHENEVER YOU MAINTAIN AND ACTUALLY BOOST THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM, AS FAR AS THE SOIL IS CONCERNED, ALL OF THE TREES THAT ARE AROUND THERE, ESPECIALLY FRUIT TREES OR POSTOKS, OR ANYTHING ACTUALLY GET A BOOST TO THEIR OVERALL, I GUESS, IMMUNE SYSTEM WOULD BE THE AREA AND THEIR DISEASE RESISTANCE.
FRUIT TREES IN GENERAL ALSO BRING IN A WHOLE LOT OF BEES AND LOVELY INSECTS AND LOVELY CREATURES, AND THEY HELP MAINTAIN AND FOSTER THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE THE ENTIRE THING MORE HEALTHY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. AFTER STEVEN PRINCE, WE'LL HAVE DAVID STOCKER.
>> STEVEN PRINCE, 4424 GENO DRIVE, LIVE WITHIN SHOUTING DISTANCE WHERE I CAN SEE MR. RADBOURNE'S FIREWORKS HE SHOOTS OFF WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
NOT A REALTOR, NOT A BUILDER, ALSO NOT A CHIRO LOOKING TO PROFIT FROM THIS FACILITY.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON THREE ITEMS, AND WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT HEART AND FEELINGS HERE.
BUT THE THREE ITEMS YOU'RE VOTING ON, LET'S BREAK THOSE DOWN.
NUMBER 1, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NUMBER 4 ON YOUR AGENDA.
I'M ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT THE ROAD FROM THE EXPENSE OF EDEN RANCH, THE THOROUGHFARE.
WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT THAT TO TAXPAYERS.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SHIFT THAT EXPENSE OVER TO SHILOH ROAD.
YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO MAKE SHILOH ROAD BIGGER.
YOU'RE ALSO BEING ASKED TO MAKE SHILOH ROAD HAVE MORE TRAFFIC.
LET'S PUT THAT ON THE MOBILE HOME PARK AND THE BUS STOP OUT THERE.
LET'S SEE HOW EXCITED THEY ARE.
THEY'LL BE LINED UP IN HERE PRETTY SOON.
YOU'VE NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ONE AMAZON TRUCK, ONE UPS TRUCK, ONE PERSON COMING IN TO PUT NEW SHOES ON THESE HORSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SOMEHOW ON ONE ACRE LOTS.
I WANT YOU ALL TO GO HOME AND REALLY PULL IN THOSE AMAZON PACKAGES THIS EVENING AND REMEMBER HOW YOU VOTED ON THE THOROUGHFARE.
NUMBER 2 IS REALLY REALLY, IN MY OPINION, THE EXCESSIVE REQUEST TO ADOPT THE TOWN'S MASTER PLAN, WHICH WHEN I PURCHASED MY ACREAGE, I KNEW OF.
BUT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ADOPT OUR STANDARDS TO HIS PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF MR. ED HORSES ON THESE LOTS.
THERE'S A LACK OF AWARENESS OF LIVESTOCK.
ONE GENTLEMAN I'M PLAYING HIS ZONING SAID HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET ON THE LIVESTOCK TO THE EXTRA GRAZING AREA? EDEN RANCH, WHAT A FITTING NAME? THE GARDEN OF EDEN LASTED TWO CHAPTERS IN THE HOLY BIBLE.
LET'S PRAY THAT IT LASTS A LOT LONGER THAN THAT IN FLOWER MOUND.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.
AFTER DAVID STOCKER, WE'LL HAVE PAUL ALLEN.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS OF LIVING IN BARTONVILLE, SO I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THIS SITE MANY TIMES.
I'M AN ARCHITECT IN DALLAS, I HAVE A RESIDENTIAL DESIGN FIRM AND HAVE BECOME FRIENDS WITH TYLER JUST TALKING ABOUT DOING BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE.
SO TYLER HAS ASKED ME TO BE ON ADVISORY BOARD WORKING ON THE ARCHITECTURE.
DEFINITELY THINKING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE, THAT'D BE THE RIGHT SCALE.
I LOVE THE DIFFERENT VARIETY OF LOT WIDTHS.
IT REALLY IS WHAT HELPS AN ARCHITECT NOT BECOME A COOKIE CUTTER.
CERTAINLY, IT WILL BE FUN AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT COLORS THAT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR THAT.
LOOKING AT WAYS TO HAVE ANY ADU, BUT MAKE SURE THE SCALE DOESN'T CHANGE.
IT'S QUITE A PRIVILEGE, I REALLY FUN TO WORK WITH TYLER.
THIS IS THE MOST INNOVATIVE PROJECT I'VE SEEN IN NORTH TEXAS. THANK YOU.
>> AFTER PAUL, WE'LL HAVE RUTH BROCK.
>> MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING.
I LIVE CLOSE BY, AND DON'T LET THE ACCENT FOOL YOU.
I'M ACTUALLY A TEXAN THAT WAS BORN IN THE WRONG COUNTRY.
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I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS LIVING HERE.>> SIR, DID YOU SAY YOUR ADDRESS?
>> 709, SARATOGA DRIVE, SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS.
ARB THAT SOUTH LAKE IS GREAT IF THERE'S ANY ONE THING THAT WOULD BRING ME TO FLOWER MOUND, IT WOULD BE EDEN RANCH.
I'VE SEEN THE PLANS IN DETAIL.
IT'S BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH ON VERY MANY LEVELS.
IT'S AGRICULTURALLY-BASED WITH OPEN AREAS.
IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT.
MOREOVER, IT LOOKS AT THE WHOLE FAMILY.
IT LOOKS AT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE THAT THE RADBOURNE HAVE SETTLED ON FLOWER MOUND TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
I THINK FLOWER MOUND IS HONORED TO HAVE THIS PLAN BROUGHT TO YOU, AND I'M VERY MUCH FOR THE PROJECT.
IT'LL ATTRACT THE RIGHT KIND OF PEOPLE.
THE SOONER IT'S BUILT, THE SOONER YOU GET TAX REVENUE.
I'M FOR IT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN, AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AFTER, MRS. BROCK, WE'LL HAVE SZE JEAN.
I LIVE AT 6921 HAWK ROAD, FLOWER MOUND.
WE'VE OWNED OUR THREE ACRES ON THAT LITTLE FINGER OF LAND THAT'S SURROUNDED BY THE RANCH ON ALL SIDES.
FOR 48 YEARS, WE'VE SEEN MANY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS COME BEFORE THIS CITY.
>> I WILL CONFESS, I WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED THE FLOWER MOUND POLICE WHEN THERE WAS A HUGE CREW TAKING DOWN HUGE OAK TREES ALL AROUND OUR HOUSE.
I BELIEVE THAT A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT WAS REQUIRED.
WHEN WE WERE OUT ON OUR HILLTOP ONE DAY AND TYLER AND HIS WIFE AND FAMILY GOT OUT OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND SAID, HEY, HERE'S OUR VISION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
YOU GUYS, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW REFRESHING THAT WAS.
HOW THE HEART OF THIS MAN IS DIFFERENT FROM THE TWO DEVELOPERS, AT LEAST TWO THAT I HAVE SEEN BEFORE THAT, WHERE THEIR ATTITUDE WAS A TOTAL AFFRONT TO EVERYTHING TO ME FLOWER MOUND STANDS FOR.
I REALLY BELIEVE THE INTEGRITY.
WHAT HE TOLD ME ON DAY 1 IS WHERE HE IS TODAY, SHORT OF CONCESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO MEET THE TOWNS STANDARDS.
WE HAVE HAD CATTLE SURROUNDING US FOR LOW THESE MANY YEARS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE CATTLE CONTINUE.
WE THINK THAT WOULD PRESERVE THE AGRICULTURAL ATMOSPHERE OF THE AREA.
I ALSO WOULD SAY, I LOVE THE COMMUNITY IDEA OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS BEING REQUIRED FOR THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS, THE SMALLER UNITS.
I THINK THE TOWN CAN CONTROL THAT.
WITH SIZE, I THINK YOU CAN CONTROL SO MANY THINGS, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE TOWN REQUIREMENTS.
BUT BASICALLY, I LOVE THE HEART, AND I THINK IT SUITS FLOWER MOUND. THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU. AFTER, MR. JOHN, WE'LL HAVE MONTE FELTS.
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SUJO JOHN.
ME AND MY WIFE HAVE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER TWO DECADES.
WE WENT THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11 AND WE CAME LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HEAL, AND FROM NEW YORK CITY, WE CAME TO FLOWER MOUND TO HEAL.
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY, RAISED THREE KIDS WHO'VE PLAYED IN THE BALL FIELDS HERE, GONE TO SCHOOLS HERE.
I LIVE IN LANTANA, AND THE STREET IS ACTUALLY SHALLOW TURNS INTO BLANCO, I LITERALLY LIVE ON BLANCO DRIVE.
I PASS THROUGH TYLER'S PROPERTY ALL THE TIME.
MY KIDS, AS I TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL, WE'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THAT PIECE OF LAND AND SAID, WOW, 350 ACRES OF LAND.
FOR SURELY SOMEONE'S GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN A BIG PLOT LIKE THAT? THAT'S JUST COMMON SENSE FOR THOSE WHO DOUBT THIS PROJECT, WHAT ELSE WILL YOU BUILD IN A PROPERTY LIKE THAT BIG AND THEN THE DEMAND OF PEOPLE THAT'S COMING TO TEXAS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THEN AT AN EVENT IN MIDLAND, TEXAS, I SAT NEXT TO TYLER RADBOURNE, SINCE THEN, I'VE BECOME FRIENDS WITH HIM AND JUST GOT TO HEAR HIS HEART.
ESPECIALLY IN A POST COVID WORLD, THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING AT ONE WITH NATURE AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY AND OUR WORLD AND FUTURE THINGS THAT COULD BREAK OUT IN OUR WORLD.
I LOVED HIS CONCEPT OF REGENERATIVE FARMING.
THOUGH I LIVE A MILE AWAY FROM HIM, IF I CAN AFFORD IT, I WANT TO COME AND LIVE ON HIS DEVELOP PEN.
BUT GETTING TO KNOW TYLER HAS BEEN AMAZING
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BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS CHARACTER.IF YOU DOUBT ANYTHING THAT HE'S PROMISED THAT HE WOULD DO, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE I GO DO LUNCH WITH HIM, I DO LIFE WITH HIM WHEN I CAN, AND I LEAVE RESTAURANTS, I SEE HIM TURNING TO THE WAITER AND SAY, CAN I PRAY FOR YOU? HE CAME INTO MY OFFICE TWO WEEKS AGO AND ONE OF THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS TURNING TO MY STAFF AND SAID, CAN I PRAY FOR YOU? HE'S A MAN OF FAITH, HE'S A MAN OF INTEGRITY, AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S PROMISED THAT HE WILL DO.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE WILL STAND THE GROUND AND DO THAT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SERVING FLOWER MOUND.
EVEN TODAY I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND OF MINE, WHO'S ON MY BOARD OF MY CHARITY.
HE'S MOVING FROM ONE CENTRAL PARK WEST, WHICH IS TRUMP INTERNATIONAL TOWER.
HE'S GOT TWO PROJECTS ON HIS MIND.
ONE IS HIS PROPERTY, AND THE OTHER ONE IS LAKESIDE VILLAS, WHICH IS COMING UP HERE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. [OVERLAPPING]
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO PEOPLE LIKE TYLER. THANK YOU.
>> TWO MINUTES IS UP. ASHLEY MOTT WILL BE NEXT.
>> MORNING FELTS, I LIVE AT 6105 GARWOOD CIRCLE IN FLOWER MOUND, AND I'M THE BRANCH MANAGER FOR CROSS COUNTRY MORTGAGE HERE IN FLOWER MOUND.
WE ARE THE BIGGEST RETAIL MORTGAGE COMPANY IN THE NATION, AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE FINANCIALS FOR TYLER AND FOR EDEN RANCH. THEY'RE VERY STRONG.
WE ACTUALLY FLEW ONE OF OUR EXECS IN TO MEET WITH TYLER TO DRIVE THE RANCH, AND THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED.
WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, PIECES OF IT THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.
DOES TAKE INNOVATION THOUGH FROM ALL OF US, AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S REALLY JUST PUSHING US BACK TO OUR ROOTS OF FLOWER MOUND.
EARLIER, HE SAID GOAL NUMBER 5 WAS COUNTRY FEEL.
I FEEL LIKE THAT IS EDEN RANCH TO ITS CORE.
WHEN WE'VE HAD VISITORS COME, THEY CONSTANTLY SAY, WOW, THIS IS SO COOL, YOU'RE IN DFW, BUT IT STILL FEELS LIKE YOU'RE IN THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE LOVE NATURAL BEAUTY, WHICH IS NOT EXACT.
IT'S THE SAME THING THAT TYLER IS PROPOSING ON THE VARYING LOT WIDTHS.
IT'S GOING TO AVOID DESTROYING WHAT GOD'S GIVEN BEAUTY PUT THERE.
I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF HIS INVESTORS, LOT OF HIS BUILDERS, LIKE RICHIE, OTHERS, SOME OF HIS ADVISERS, AND THERE'S A COMMON THEME THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S COME OUT TONIGHT THAT TYLER RADBOURNE'S CHARACTER IS REALLY IMPECCABLE.
THE PEOPLE THAT HE SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH ARE ALSO PRETTY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
HE DOESN'T THINK HE'S THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM.
HE HAS A LOT OF COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHER PEOPLE ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
HE WANTS TO GIVE SOMETHING UNIQUE AND VALUABLE BACK TO FLOWER MOUND.
LUKE 12:48 SAYS TO WHO MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED, AND I THINK TYLER DOES THAT VERY WELL WITH A LOT OF HUMILITY.
I WOULD SAY HE WOULD LISTEN TO ANY OF THE NAYSAYERS AND WORK IT OUT.
IN CLOSING, I'D SAY EDEN RANCH IS THE DEFINITION OF FLOWER MOUND.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH LEAVE A LEGACY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND TO INSPIRE OTHER CITIES TO FOLLOW OUR BOLD LEAD WITH EDEN RANCH AS WE CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE OUR STRATEGIC GOALS. THANK YOU.
>> AFTER ASHLEY MOTT, WE'LL HAVE AUSTIN MORT. OKAY. GO AHEAD.
>> THE ADDRESS IS 6707 CROCKET LANE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JUST GETTING TO KNOW TYLER AND JULIA RADBOURNE.
THEY ARE PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO TRY TO SHORTCUT SOMEBODY OR EVEN THIS TOWN FLOWER MOUND.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT, I EVEN BELIEVE IN AMERICA.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS EDEN RANCH CAN BE MULTIPLIED THROUGHOUT AMERICA.
I BELIEVE AARON SAID THAT TODAY IN SOCIETY, I THINK ABOUT ME AND AUSTIN DON'T HAVE KIDS YET, BUT I THINK ABOUT RAISING MY KIDS AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? ME, I GREW UP IN AN INNER CITY, AND IT WAS A VERY IT WAS LIKE IN THE HOOD.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO RAISE A FAMILY IN A COMMUNITY, IN A COOPS.
THEM LEARNING ABOUT LIFE, LEARNING ABOUT NATURE, LEARNING ABOUT THE LORD, LIKE SEEKING WHO THEY REALLY ARE, AND NOT ONLY THAT, WHEN YOU BUILD A STRONG FAMILY, YOU BUILD STRONG MAYORS, YOU BUILD YOUR FUTURE, YOU BUILD FUTURE PRESIDENTS.
I JUST REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO REALLY CONSIDER THIS.
I KNOW THAT IN THE END, ALL NATURAL THINGS ARE GOING TO DIE, BUT THE ONE THING THAT WILL SUSTAIN IS HUMAN BEINGS.
HUMAN BEINGS ARE THE VERY ASSET AND THE VERY THINGS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN WILL BE RAISED UP TO BE THE NEXT WORLD LEADERS.
I BELIEVE IN THAT, AND SO I AM SO FOR THIS COMMUNITY,
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AND I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME IN THIS. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU. AFTER, MR. MORT, WE'LL HAVE ANDREW CAPELA.
>> HEY, COUNCIL. 6707 CROOKED LANE HERE IN FLOWER MOUND.
ASHLEY AND I MOVED HERE FROM FLORIDA.
WE LOVE IT. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY WASN'T BUILT ON ACCIDENT.
IT'S THE RESULT OF GREAT LEADERSHIP, AND SO WE HONOR YOU GUYS AND THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE, THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY BUILD ON THE HEALTH PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS SHARED JUST BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S EASY TO BE DESENSITIZED TO THIS AS WE'RE ALL JUST USED TO OF THE SYSTEM.
WE SPEND MORE ON HEALTH CARE THAN ANY NATION IN HISTORY, AND WE RANK DEADLAST AMONGST DEVELOPED NATIONS.
IT'S LIKE BEING THE HIGHEST PAID FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE LEAGUE AND GOING ON 17 EVERY SEASON.
IT STARTS IN OUR HOMES, IT STARTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND HOW WE DESIGN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS ON SHARK TANK, WHICH WE LOVE, THE SHARKS ALWAYS SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST INVESTING IN A PRODUCT, THEY'RE INVESTING IN THE PERSON, THEY'RE INVESTING IN THE COMPANY, THEY'RE INVESTING IN THE FAMILY.
LEADERS LIKE THE RADBOURNE'S ARE RARE.
THERE'S LIKELY NO ONE IN THIS ROOM WHO KNOWS THE LEVEL OF SACRIFICE THIS FAMILY HAS MADE TO KEEP THIS DREAM ALIVE, AND NOT BECAUSE OF THE CITY OR THE COUNCIL, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO PULL SOMETHING LIKE THIS OFF.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU GUYS HERE UNDERSTAND THAT.
NONE OF YOU ARE STRANGERS TO HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, OR CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU WILL LOOK BACK AND BE THANKFUL THAT YOU CHOSE TO STAND BEHIND THEM WHEN IT MATTERED MOST AND THAT THIS WILL BE A PART OF YOUR LEGACY. THANK YOU.
>> THEN WE'LL HAVE GLENDA SLUGA I DON'T KNOW.
SLUGA. WE'LL HAVE YOU NEXT. YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
>> ANDREW CAPELA 2505 SHORELINE DRIVE.
APOLOGIZE FOR THE POOR PENMANSHIP MAYOR, AND THE FORMER ENGLISH TEACHERS FURIOUS AT MYSELF AND ME.
YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM WATERMERE AT FLOWER MOUND, THE SENIOR COMMUNITY ON DIXON AND LONG PRAIRIE.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO A LOT OF THE NUANCE OF THIS PROJECT.
THAT'S FOR COUNCIL TO DECIDE THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER, I CAN SPEAK TO THE OUTREACH EFFORTS FROM THE DEVELOPER.
MR. RADBOURNE HAS REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES OVER A YEAR. HE AND I HAVE MET.
HE HAS MET WITH STAFF, HE HAS MET WITH RESIDENTS TO START TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS ON HOW OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY AT WATERMERE CAN BE INVOLVED IN WHAT COULD BE THE FUTURE EDEN RANCH.
A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE RURAL ROUTES.
THEY'RE FROM IN AND AROUND FLOWER MOUND.
THE CONCEPT OF BEING INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS VERY EXCITING TO THEM.
AFTER ALL, WE DID HAVE A CATTLE EASEMENT ON OUR FIRST PHASE OF WATERMERE TO HELP FACILITATE THE RADBOURNE CATTLE THAT WE'RE STILL ROAMING AROUND.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE OF THE OUTREACH EFFORTS FROM THE DEVELOPER TO BE A PART OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
>> THEN WE'LL HAVE SHANNON TINSLEY AND THEN FRED VINCENT.
>> MY NAME IS GLENDA SLUGA, 7201 HAWK ROAD, FLOWER MOUND.
I BOUGHT TWO ACRES FROM CHARLIE CUMMINGS BACK IN 2013.
I BUILT MY HOME THERE, I LIVED THERE, AND I HOPE TO LIVE THERE MANY MORE YEARS.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF EDEN RANCH.
MY PROPERTY BOARDERS EDEN RANCH, AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THEM.
AS A VERY CLOSE NEIGHBOR, I LIKE THEIR VISION.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF FOLLOWING THE NATURAL LAND CONTOURS, PRESERVING TREES AND TOPOGRAPHY, AND MAINTAINING SCENIC CORRIDORS AND WILDLIFE PATHWAYS.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING FRUIT TREES AND GARDENS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS.
I AM IN FAVOR OF EDEN RANCH AND I AM ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PLAN. THANK YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. SHANNON TINSLEY, 2509 VALE LANE.
I'M A MOM OF THREE, FLOWER MOUND RESIDENT FOR 18 YEARS.
PERSONALLY, I'M A BUSINESS OWNER.
I HAVE EXPERTISE IN FINANCE, CONSULTING, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
SENIOR LIVING, I'M AN AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER. BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
I ALSO AM AN ADVOCATE FOR SENIORS AND VETERANS.
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FLOWER MOUND VISION IS TO PRESERVE OUR UNIQUE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE, HERITAGE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.WHILE CULTIVATING A DYNAMIC ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, AND EDEN RANCH IS THE RARE PROJECT THAT TRULY FULFILLS AND EXCEEDS THAT VISION.
IT PRESERVES THE LAND'S NATURAL BEAUTY, RESTORES AGRICULTURAL ROOTS, AND STRENGTHENS THE SENSE OF FAMILY THAT DEFINE THIS TOWN.
IT PROTECTS SCENIC CORRIDORS, INTEGRATES HERITAGE FRUIT TREES THAT THRIVE IN THE NORTH TEXAS CLIMATE, SUPPORT POLLINATORS AND REFLECT FLOWER MOUND'S AGRICULTURAL HISTORY.
THESE ARE NOT COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS, BUT THEY'RE SMALL SCALE SUSTAINABLE PLANTINGS THAT ENHANCE BIODIVERSITY AND LOCAL CHARACTER.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND EGRESS WITH THE THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENT.
THOSE CONCERNS POSSIBLY CAN BE MET THROUGH COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, THINGS LIKE A VETERANS CENTER THAT WAS ON THE DOCKET, BIBLE STUDY, AA MEETINGS, GENEALOGY CLASSES, TECH FOR SENIORS, ESTATE PLANNING, VETERAN BENEFIT PRESENTATIONS, CAR SHOWS, AND SEASONAL EVENTS.
THESE GATHERINGS BUILD COMMUNITY NOT CONGESTION, AND THEY WILL HELP NATURALLY MEET THE TX DOT 60 CAR THRESHOLD WHILE ADDING VALUE FOR RESIDENTS.
ADU, SOME HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER THEY CAN BE SUPPORTED DUE TO SEWAGE CAPACITY.
EVERY ADU MUST MEET TOWN UTILITY AND WASTEWATER STANDARDS BEFORE PERMITS ARE ISSUED.
EDEN RANCHES PLAN ALREADY ACCOUNTS FOR THAT.
THESE ARE ALSO NOT RENTAL AIR BNBS.
THESE ARE SMALL DETACHED FAMILY SPACES THAT LET LOVED ONES LIVE NEARBY WHILE MAINTAINING PRIVACY.
THEY ADD CONNECTION AND DENSITY.IT'S A LEGACY PROJECT.
WE PROTECT WHAT IS LEFT OF FLOWER MOUND'S RURAL CHARACTER, SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE TREE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCED PARKLAND AND BRING PURPOSE BACK TO THE LAND.
THIS IS HOW WE KEEP FLOWER MOUND'S HEART BEATING BY BLENDING PROGRESS WITH HERITAGE AND FAITH WITH STEWARDSHIP. THANK YOU.
>> FRED VINCENT, 3933, BARDO CIRCLE IN THE VINEYARD.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, STEFF. I'M JUST SO EXCITED TONIGHT ABOUT EDEN.
EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M ENVIRONMENTALLY CONCERNED, 30 YEARS, ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN WE CAME HERE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, AND I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS WITH TOMMY DALTON, DEREK FRANCIS, OTHER MEETINGS WITH JAMES CHILDERS, JEFF YORK, AND THE CONCERNS WERE TRAFFIC, NOISE, AIR QUALITY, STOP SOIL, WATER RUNOFF, WILDLIFE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
ONE DAY, DEREK FRANCIS GIVES ME CALL IT SAYS, FRED, THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING AROUND.
MAYBE YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IT. MET WITH TYLER.
HE WAS COMING HERE FROM SOUTH LAKE GRAPEVINE AREA.
I TOLD HIM THOSE SAME CONCERNS.
I TOLD HIM WE HAD WORKED ON CONSERVATION, THAT WE WERE STARTING TO WORK ON PRESERVATION.
SOME OF YOU WERE ELECTED TALKING ABOUT PRESERVATION.
ALL OF YOU WERE ELECTED TALKING ABOUT CONSERVATION BEEN GOING ON SINCE 84 CONSERVATION.
TYLER SAYS, WHAT ABOUT RESTORATION? I SAID, WHAT? I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 30 YEARS.
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT RESTORATION.
YOU MUST BE TALKING ABOUT TREES.
HE SAYS, I'M TALKING ABOUT TREES, WATER, WILDLIFE, I SAID, WE NEED TO TALK SOME MORE.
I BECAME HIS PRO BONO CONSULTANT, NO MONEY, JUST HEART.
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HEART BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST TYLER, IT'S HIS WIFE WHO GREW UP, JULIA ON FARM AND RANCH.
SHE'S A SPARK PLUG BEHIND THIS.
SHE DESERVES AS MUCH CREDIT WITH THIS AS HE DOES.
I JUST BEG OF YOU AND PRAY YOU AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS.
BUT ALLOW HIM SOME LATITUDE TO TRY SOME NEW THINGS.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S STILL OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
THEY ARE WELCOME TO THAT HASN'T SPOKEN YET.
>> YOU HAVE TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND HAVEN'T YOU SPOKE DID YOU SPEAK? DID YOU SPEAK EARLIER?
>> NO. BUT YOU MENTIONED MY NAME.
>> YOU WERE NOT SPEAKING? YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK.
>> I AM SPEAKING. I PUT IT IN THE WRONG BOX.
>> THAT'S OKAY. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN AND YOUR ADDRESS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, MAYOR MOORE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I MOVED TO FLOWER MOUND 41 YEARS AGO.
THIS WAS WHEN THE CROSS TIMBERS WAS A TWO-LANE ROAD,
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AND IT WAS COMMON TO SEE RESIDENTS RIDING HORSES ALONG THAT SIDES OF THE ROAD.WILD LIFE, TREES, AND OPEN SPACES.
I'M WELCOMING THIS EDEN RANCH AND ITS CONCEPT.
I LOVE THAT THEY'RE NOT CLEAR CUTTING THE LAND AND THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO SAVE AS MANY HERITAGE TREES AS THEY CAN.
WHY NOT HAVE VARYING LOT WIDTH THAT PROTECT LEGACY TREES, SCENIC QUARTERS AND ALLOW FOR WILDLIFE NEEDS.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT LESS OF A COOKIE CUTTER LOOK AND LESS OF AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOOK.
THE TOWN'S VISION, TO PRESERVE OUR UNIQUE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE, HERITAGE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE, WHILE CULTIVATING A DYNAMIC ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FULFILLED WITH THE EDEN RANCH DEVELOPMENT.
IT PRESERVES FLOWER MOUND'S NATURAL BEAUTY.
EDEN RANCH RESTORES WORKING AGRICULTURAL USES SUCH AS ITS PLAN WITH ITS ORCHARD AND FOSTERS FAMILY CENTERED LIVING.
HOW WONDERFUL IT WILL BE TO HAVE CHILDREN GROWING UP IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AS THIS WILL BE.
TO THE TOWN COUNCIL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND URGE YOU TO PLEASE APPROVE THE EDEN RANCH DEVELOPMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK WITH PROPERTY TAXES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? THEN JUST AFTERWARDS, YOU'LL FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.
I THINK YOU KNOW TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> SCOTT LANGLEY, 800 CARTER COURT.
I LIVE IN A COOKIE CUTTER NEIGHBORHOOD, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
LORI DELUCA, FORMER MAYOR OF FLOWER MOUND, SAID THAT IF YOU LIVE IN FLOWER MOUND, IF YOU DEVELOP OR IF YOU BUY A HOUSE, YOU DON'T LIVE ON AN ISLAND, YOU LIVE IN A COMMUNITY.
PART OF LIVING IN A COMMUNITY IS, WE HAVE ORDINANCES, WE HAVE CODES, WE HAVE BEST PRACTICES.
WE HAVE ALL THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE TO ABIDE BY MOST OF THE TIME.
WE GRANT A FEW EXCEPTIONS, BUT WE DON'T GRANT NINE EXCEPTIONS TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
AT LEAST, WE SHOULDN'T ANYWAY.
I THINK IF YOU DO, YOU'RE SETTING A BAD PRECEDENT, AND I THINK YOU'RE ALSO WORKING AGAINST WHAT YOU DID BY GOING DOWN TO AUSTIN, ADAM, CORYELL, AND ANN TO FIGHT ADUS ON DEMAND.
WE DON'T WANT THAT IN FLOWER MOUND.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN WE'RE GOING TO END UP DOING IT FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CROSS TIMBERS, AND I DON'T THINK YOU WANT THAT.
THAT'S A BAD RESULT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION NOW.
LEXIN, DO YOU WANT TO START OR DO YOU WANT MATT HOTELLING TO START? MATT HOTELLING FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION.
HE'S GOING TO PRESENT ON ITEM NUMBER 3.
>> THIS IS EDEN RANCH, THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT.
AGAIN, LIKE WE DID BEFORE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE VICINITY MAP, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE CURRENT THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHAT WAS IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, SOME OF THE SCENARIOS, THE PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AND THEN HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT DISCUSS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT PLANNING AND ZONING TRAFFIC RELATED, NOT NECESSARILY 100% THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT DEFINITELY TRAFFIC RELATED, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE THOROUGH PLAN.
AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S IN THE CENTER PART OF TOWN.
THE TWO LINES ARE POINTING TO THE TWO ROADS THAT ARE IN QUESTION ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
ONE BEING THE EAST/WEST RURAL COLLECTOR THAT BISECTS THE PROPERTY AND THE OTHER ONE ON SHILOH NORTH OF CROSS TIMBERS FOR ABOUT 1,600 FEET.
HERE'S WHAT THE ACTUAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN LOOKS LIKE UP CLOSE.
THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OR THE TIA, WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY RAN, THE TIA, IT WAS ORIGINALLY RUN ON 223 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE WERE LOOKING AT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AT THE TIME.
THAT WAS WHAT THAT FIRST ROAD NUMBERS THAT RESULTED IN THOSE NUMBER OF TRIPS.
THE LATEST PROPOSAL IS 167, SO YOU CAN READ THERE THAT IT DOES DROP THE NUMBER OF TRIPS.
NOW, THERE WERE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT WERE LOOKED AT.
THERE WAS A GATED WITH AND WITHOUT THE EAST/WEST RURAL COLLECTOR AND THEN WITH OR WITHOUT A MEDIAN OPENING OR A HOODED LEFT THERE ON THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON ONE SIDE.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID LOOK IS THE ROADWAY LINK CAPACITY ANALYSIS.THAT'S ONE THING THAT ALL TIAS DO BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT FOR SMART GROWTH.
UNDER THE CURRENT CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, THE CURRENT CONDITIONS DOESN'T INCLUDE THIS DEVELOPMENT.
EVERYTHING'S RUNNING AT A LEVEL OF SERVICE C OR BETTER.
THE BUILD OUT BACKGROUND CONDITIONS, WHICH AGAIN, DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT IS STILL LEVEL OF SERVICE C. THEN THE TOTAL CONDITIONS WHICH INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT, SHILOH WAS PREDICTED TO GO TO A LEVEL OF SERVICE D. THAT'S WITH THE 193 OR THE 223.
NOW, IF YOU GO WITH THE LOWER NUMBER AND YOU KEEP THE EAST/WEST COLLECTOR, IT DOES BRING IT, IT TAKES YOU RIGHT TO THAT THRESHOLD LEVEL OF SERVICE C FOR SHILOH.
>> HEY, MATT, REAL QUICK. THE CONDITION OF BUILD OUT, DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY THE ADUS PROPOSED?
>> NO. IT JUST TAKES THEM AS INDIVIDUAL LOTS, BUT IT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OF OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT.
TOWN LIKE SMITH TRACK, IT DOES TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION.
>> SHILOH WITHOUT THE EAST/WEST COLLECTOR, IT IS PREDICTED TO BE A LEVEL OF SERVICE D. AGAIN, THOSE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBER OF HOMES.
THIS IS HOW IT WENT THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
NOW, I DID RUN BASICALLY A BACK OF THE NAPKIN WITH THE 167 HOMES AND IT STILL IS A LEVEL OF SERVICE D. I THINK THAT JUST TALKS TO YOU HOW CLOSE SHILOH IS TODAY TO THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE C, LEVEL OF SERVICE D, SO IT'S RIGHT ON THE EDGE.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE MINOR TRIPS.
YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE STUFF ABOUT THE ORCHARD AND SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS.
I THINK THOSE ARE MINOR TRIPS IN COMPARISON TO THE NUMBER OF HOMES.
BUT YOU'RE STILL LEVEL OF SERVICE D FOR SHILOH BASED ON THE HOMES THAT ARE GOING ON THE PROPERTY.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SHILOH LEVEL OF SERVICE C OR BETTER WITHOUT THAT EAST/WEST RURAL COLLECTOR? THE ONLY WAY YOU DO THAT IS TO CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION OF THAT PIECE OF SHILOH.
YOU DON'T NEED IT FOR THE WHOLE LENGTH OF SHILOH BECAUSE YOU BASICALLY NEED IT TO GET ENTRANCE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, IT SHOWS THAT MOST PEOPLE GO DOWN TO 1171, SO THEY'LL COME OUT AND THEY'LL GO SOUTH.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE STUDY FOR ONLY THAT PIECE NORTH OF 1171, BASICALLY, UP TO THEIR ENTRANCE INTO THEIR SUBDIVISION.
GOING TO THIS URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL UNDIVIDED, ANY OF THOSE MINOR TRIPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THAT ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION CAN EASILY HANDLE THOSE MINOR TRIPS.
THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
THERE WAS THE EDEN RANCH WITH OR WITHOUT THE EAST/WEST COLLECTOR.
THE SCENARIO 1 IS WITHOUT IT, BUT THAT CHANGES THE SHILOH TO THE URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL.
THE OTHER ONE, YOU COULD LEAVE IT AS WITH THE EAST/WEST, BUT THAT DEFINITELY DISRUPTS THE CURRENT CONCEPT.
THE CURRENT THOROUGHFARE PLAN DOES PASS SMART GROWTH, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SMALLER LOT COUNT AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE HOODED LEFT ON 1171.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
YOU NOTICE HERE THAT THE EAST/WEST RURAL COLLECTOR IS BEEN REMOVED AND THEN YOU SEE THE YELLOW SECTION FROM 1171, BASICALLY UP TO WHERE THE EAST/WEST RURAL COLLECTOR CONTINUES ON TO THE EAST.
NOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WITH THE P&Z MEETING, I'LL JUST COVER THESE BRIEFLY.
THERE WAS TALK ABOUT A DECELERATION LANE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE THROUGH THE TIA PROCESS, IT LOOKED AT THAT LOCATION.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER IT HAD THE HOODED LEFT OR NOT, STILL IT DIDN'T MEET THE VOLUME REQUIREMENTS IN OUR ACCESS MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR THAT RIGHT TURN LANE.
AGAIN, EVEN TXDOT WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT IF IT DID EVENTUALLY GO IN.
THE OTHER THING IS, THERE'S INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT 1171 AND SHILOH THAT'S OUR CURRENT CIP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLAN.
WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS GIVE YOU AN EXCLUSIVE LEFT AND RIGHT TURN LANES AT THE INTERSECTION IN BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION.
THAT BASICALLY WAS PREDICATED WITH THE SMITH TRACK.
SOME OF THE TALKS ABOUT TONIGHT ABOUT NOT TAKING SOME OF THAT CONSIDERATION.
SOME OF THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CONSIDERATION.
BY DOING THIS IMPROVEMENT TO THE INTERSECTION, NORTH AND SOUTH CAN RUN TOGETHER, WHICH IN THAT CASE, IT DEFINITELY IMPROVES THE OPERATIONS OF THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
THE INTERSECTION OF RED ROCK AND FM 1171, THE TIA DOES SUGGEST THAT WE MONITOR THAT LOCATION.
WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT DOESN'T PUSH IT OVER THAT SIGNAL WARRANT THRESHOLD, BUT IT BRINGS IT CLOSE.
THAT'S WHY IT SAYS YOU NEED TO MONITOR THAT, AND IF IT DOES EVENTUALLY GET OVER THAT THRESHOLD, YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
ONE OF THE OTHER ONES WAS ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON 1171 THE MEDIAN OPENING. IT WAS LOOKED AT.
THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DOES SUGGEST A HOODED LEFT.
THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE GOING EAST,
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BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT LEFT TURN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE.YOU HAVE SIGHT DISTANCE FOR THAT, BUT WHEN THE STUDY WAS DONE, IT DIDN'T RECOMMEND THE FULL MEDIAN OPENING.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WANTING TO GO BACK TO THE EAST, THERE'S A SIGHT DISTANCE PROBLEM TO THE WEST.
THERE'S A HILL AND A CURVE, SO THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T RECOMMEND THE FULL MEDIAN OPENING.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT MEANS THAT COMING OUT OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT ONTO 1171, BUT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT FROM 1171 TO ENTER?
>> THAT'S WHAT THE SUGGESTION WAS.
>> THE HOODED LEFT JUST MEANS IT HAS THAT LEFT TURN, BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO GO THROUGH?
>> JUST MAKING SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT. THANK YOU.
>> ANYBODY LEAVING IT, MOST LIKELY YOU'D END UP ON SHILOH OR ON RED ROCK, SO THAT WOULD DRIVE AGAIN SOME OF THAT VOLUME.
ONE OF THE LAST ONES WAS THE PARK DRIVEWAY.
THERE'S TALKED ABOUT FOR THAT PARK DRIVEWAY.
IT'S EXTERIOR TO THE OUTSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT, SO ANYBODY OUTSIDE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO INSIDE THE GATED COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A DRIVEWAY EXCEPTION REQUEST, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THERE'S A WESTERN DRIVEWAY THAT GOES IN OR COMES OUT OF THE CEMETERY THERE JUST TO THE EAST.
IF YOU GO 360 FEET, WHICH IS OUR DRIVEWAY SPACING, IT PUTS YOU RIGHT AT THE LAKE AREA THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S NOT EXPECTED TO BE REALLY ANY TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THE CEMETERY SO I THINK THAT'S AN EXCEPTION THAT MAKES SENSE.
AGAIN, GOING BACK, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED IN THE CAPTION, WHICH IS ELIMINATING THE EAST/WEST COLLECTOR AND THEN CHANGING SHILOH TO A FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED.
THESE WERE THE TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT THIS WENT THROUGH FROM THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO P&Z.
>> MATT, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? I THINK IT WAS 11, AT HAD THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
IF THIS MODIFICATION GOES THROUGH SO THIS LEAVES THIS ORPHAN PORTION OF THE EAST/WEST COLLECTOR BETWEEN SHILOH AND LUSK.
IF THERE'S CONSENSUS ON COUNCIL TO DELETE THIS PORTION OF THE EAST/WEST COLLECTOR, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE? I SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE. I'M SORRY.
TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION JUST TO MODIFY IT ALL THE WAY TO LUSK THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT PART OF IT EITHER.
>> I THINK IT WILL ALL DEPEND ON HOW THAT CENTERPIECE DEVELOPS, REALLY? THEY WOULD COME IN, WE'D HAVE ANOTHER STUDY JUST LIKE THIS ONE DID THAT WOULD SHOW YOU WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS IT OR DOESN'T NEED IT, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IT.
>> I KNOW SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT LIVE ALONGSIDE THAT ARE NOT VERY KEEN ON HAVING THAT ROAD THERE AND WE HAVE A SIX-LANE ROAD.
I WOULD SAY THAT IF THERE'S CONSENSUS TO DO IT, LET'S JUST GO ALL THE WAY TO LUSK AND THEN THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS EAST/WEST COLLECTOR ANYMORE.
BUT ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO DO IT THIS TIME?
I KNOW WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE IT THAT WAY I THINK WE'D BE A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
>> MATT, YOU SAID, WE COULDN'T TURN LEFT HEADED EAST ON 1171 FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE, SO ALL THE TRAFFIC INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD EITHER HAVE TO EXIT VIA SHILOH OR RED ROCK.
>> OR COME OUT AND THEN U-TURN AT RED ROCK.
>> COME OUT AND DO TURN RIGHT AND THEN A U-TURN, I SEE.
IS THERE A SIGNAL AT RED ROCK RIGHT NOW TO DO A U-TURN? IS THERE A PROTECTED LANE THERE?
IS THERE PROPER VISIBILITY TO EXECUTE THE U-TURN THERE?
>> THAT'S WHY YOU'D HAVE TO GO TO RED ROCK.
>> BUT WHAT I MEAN AT RED ROCK, YOU WOULD BE FACING WEST AND THEN IS THERE VISIBILITY OF THE ONCOMING EAST COMING TRAFFIC TO DO.
>> YOU'RE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CURVE ON THAT SIDE.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING WEST, YOU'RE LOOKING ACROSS THAT MEDIAN WHERE THERE'S NO TREES OR ANYTHING ELSE SO YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN THE LANES WHERE YOU HAVE MUCH MORE OPENING.
THAT'S WHY YOU COULDN'T DO THE ONE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST AS YOU CAN'T SEE BECAUSE OF THE HILL.
>> WOULD YOU POST A NO U-TURN SIGN THERE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE'D POST A NO U-TURN. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL TODAY BECAUSE IT REALLY ONLY SERVES PROPERTY SOUTH AND PEOPLE AREN'T MAKING THAT MANEUVER.
>> WHAT'S THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE OF CROSS TIMBERS RIGHT NOW?
>> I'M SURE IT'S BETTER. I LOOKED UP THE TRAFFIC VOLUME EARLIER TODAY AND THE EASTBOUND DIRECTION DURING, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE PM PEAK, IT WAS ABOUT 1,800, SO AT 600 PER LANE, SO THAT'S WELL UNDER THE LEVEL OF SERVICE C LEVELS.
>> WHAT IS THE LONG TERM OUTLOOK? DO WE HAVE A ROUGH WITH THE FIRST
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GOING ON ON THE WEST SIDE AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OUT THERE COMING EAST?>> I DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> NO WORRIES. WHAT'S THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THAT U-TURN AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE?
>> IF THAT CONNECTOR IS ELIMINATED, IF YOU LIVE INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT, YOU WOULD JUST RELY ON SURFACE STREETS TO GET TO SHILOH OR RED ROCK?
>> THAT YOU TRAVEL THE ROADWAY NETWORK EITHER DIRECTION.
>> IS THAT PARTLY WHAT PUTS IT TO A D FROM A C?
>> PART OF IT. WHEN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS DONE, AND ALSO TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL RUN, SO WE TOOK OUR [INAUDIBLE] MODEL, OUR TRANSPORTATION MODEL, AND THEY RAN THE MODEL BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT IT.
THEN WHEN YOU RAN IT WITHOUT IT, IT RE ROUTED SOME OF THOSE TRIPS.
THAT SOME OF THAT IS WHAT RE-ROUTES TRAFFIC.
>> RE-ROUTED IT TO THE NORTH, TO GO UP SHILOH TO KINGS ROAD. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT?
NORMALLY, YOU WOULD HAVE PEOPLE THAT COULD COME IN, ESPECIALLY GOING WESTBOUND.
YOU'D HAVE THEM COME IN AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE THE MANEUVER TO THE WEST INSTEAD OF TRAVELING ON 1171 IF THAT'S WHERE YOU NEEDED TO GO.
THAT'S SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN RE ROUTED.
>> BUT IT'S ONLY INTERIOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, WELL, OR DELIVERY DRIVERS, OR WORKERS FOR THE FARM.
>> OR OUTSIDE FOLKS THAT WOULD HAVE TO RE ROUTE THEMSELVES.
>> OUTSIDE FOLKS CAN'T RE ROUTE BECAUSE IT'S GATED, BUT IF IT'LL BE GATED, THEY CAN'T DO IT.
>> WHICH IS WHY WHEN THE TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL WAS RUN, IT REROUTED THE FOLKS THAT WOULD HAVE USED IT, IT ROUTE.
>> THAT'S WHY IT ALSO WENT TO A D FOR OTHER PEOPLE FROM A C, WHICH WE DON'T TYPICALLY LOOK TO DO THAT, DO WE?
>> WE DON'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL.
>> DO WE GO AHEAD AND WE WAIT ON THIS TO MAKE A MOTION.
OR SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION?
>> I THINK WE SHOULD GO AND DO A MOTION ON THIS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE DO THE OTHER ONES?
>> BECAUSE IF YOU VOTE ON THIS, ITEM SAY TO APPROVE IT.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PRESERVE THEIR PLAN BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT PLAN MIGHT BE.
LEXIN, IF YOU WANT TO COME AHEAD.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE EDEN RANCH PROJECT, AND I HAVE THE MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT ON HERE AS WELL.
OF COURSE YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT PRESENTATION FROM MAP, BUT THEN THERE ARE THREE OTHER APPLICATION TYPES THAT WILL ALL BE WRAPPED UP IN MY PRESENTATION HERE.
ONE IS THE PROPOSED CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, THE ZONING PROPOSAL.
ALSO THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT, AND JAKE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THOSE TREES.
THEN LASTLY, IS THE PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDATION AND I KNOW I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
THIS IS A NEW APPLICATION TYPE THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED JUST TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S FULL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS BEING SELECTED BY THE COUNCIL FOR HOW THE PARKS BOARD NEEDS ARE BEING MET, AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST GETTING OVERLOOKED BECAUSE YOU APPROVE THE ZONING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A SPECIFIC SEPARATE PROPOSAL OF YES,
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WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OR DENIAL OR WHATEVER OF THIS DEDICATION OF LAND AND THIS AMOUNT OF PARK FEES.IT'S ALSO WILL BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IN THE INSTANCE THAT WE HAD AN APPLICATION THAT WAS ALREADY ZONED, AND SO THEY WERE JUST COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR SUBDIVISION SITE PLAN AND PLAT.
THOSE DON'T NECESSARILY GO TO COUNCIL ANYMORE IF THEY AREN'T ASKING FOR ANY EXCEPTIONS.
WE'D BE IN A WEIRD SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED TO HAVE PARK STUFF APPROVED BY COUNSEL, BUT THEIR APPLICATION TYPE IS STOPPING AT P&Z, AND SO THIS JUST ADDRESSES THAT CONCERN AS WELL.
WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A SEPARATE APPLICATION TYPE THAT WILL GO TO COUNCIL NO MATTER WHAT SO TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT.
>> LEXIN, IS THERE A NATURAL BREAK IN YOUR PRESENTATION WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY DISCUSS ITEMS L3 AND L4 BEFORE GOING ON TO FIVE AND SIX? I WOULD COUNSEL WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT INSTEAD OF HEARING THE WHOLE THING AND WE JUST TAKE IT ONE PART AT A TIME.
>> I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME DELIBERATING ON EXCEPTIONS IF THE ZONING DOESN'T HAVE SUPPORT, SO I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF THE ZONING HAS SUPPORT WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS.
>> THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
>> I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREE REMOVALS, BUT ONLY IN THE CONTEXT.
I'M FIRST BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE OTHER.
>> SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED ARE RELATED TO TREES SPECIFICALLY SO THAT SOME QUESTIONS FROM MATT WHEN THAT COMES AROUND.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO MY PRESENTATION THE WAY IT WAS, AND YOU'LL JUST TELL ME IF YOU WANT ME TO STOP OR TALK ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
HERE IS THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S NORTH OF CROSS TIMBERS BETWEEN RED ROCK AND SHILOH.
THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS RURAL RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE CROSS TIMBERS CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND THE ZONING IS CURRENTLY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT USES, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR A CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE EAST WEST COLLECTOR AND CHANGE SHILOH ROAD.
TO A POINT APPROXIMATELY 1,600 FEET OF NORTH OF 1171 TO AN URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL UNDIVIDED.
HERE IS THE CONCEPT SITE PLAN FOR WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED SO THERE ARE 72 ONE-ACRE LOTS AND 86 THREE-QUARTER ACRE LOTS.
THERE ARE ALSO NINE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT LOTS AND THEN 16 OPEN SPACE LOTS TOTAL.
JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT LOTS, BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE.
THOSE ARE CALCULATED TOTALLY SEPARATELY FROM THE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, WITH A CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE SMALLER LOTS BECAUSE YOU ARE DEDICATING AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE SO IT'S THAT TRADE OFF.
FOR THE AG LOTS, THEY ARE NOT SMALLER.
THEY ARE THE MINIMUM TWO ACRES THAT'S NEEDED FOR AGRICULTURAL ZONING.
BUT THE REASON I KNOW FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO INCLUDE THESE AS PART OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT.
IT AS PART OF THE PD IS BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERNAL TO THIS DEVELOPMENT OR IF THEY'RE NOT INTERNAL, EVEN IF THEY'RE RIGHT ON THE ROAD, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS OFF OF THESE COLLECTOR STREETS RATHER THAN JUST BEING ACCESSED FROM INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S REALLY BETTER FOR THEM TO BE ACCESSED INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE DRIVEWAY SPACING EXCEPTIONS FOR THEM TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS OF THESE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, IT MADE MORE SENSE TO HAVE THEM INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS PD, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT ASKING FOR NECESSARILY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS CHANGING SOME OF THOSE DIMENSIONS RELATED TO THE AG LOTS.
IT WAS STILL A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THEM AS PART OF THIS OVERALL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS.
THEN ALSO, WE'LL TALK SOME ABOUT THE COMPATIBILITY STUFF.
THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME UP.
HERE'S THAT OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, LIKE I SAID NINE AG LOTS AND THIS MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE THEM.
THIS IS FROM THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN, BUT THE AG LOTS ARE THIS DARKER GREEN COLOR.
THEN THE OPEN SPACE IS THE LIGHTER GREEN COLOR AND THIS TEAL COLOR HERE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
THAT IS THE AREA THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE DEDICATED AS A PARK, A LITTLE OVER NINE ACRES THERE.
IT IS INCORPORATING THIS POND HERE AND THE APPLICANT AGREED TO DREDGE THAT POND AND ENSURE THAT THERE WAS
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A FILL LINE CONNECTED TO IT SO THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED ON AN ONGOING BASIS AS AN OPERABLE POND FOR PARKS DEPARTMENTS PURPOSES.I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK IF THIS IS WITHIN THIS GATED COMMUNITY IS THE PARK STILL GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND THE ANSWER IS YES, THE PARK IS NOT GOING TO BE GATED OFF, IT HAS TO BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN HOW THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
THEY CAN EITHER FENCE BEHIND IT, OR THEY CAN LEAVE THIS FENCE WHERE IT IS ALONG THE FRONT, BUT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO CUT OUT A SECTION TO ALLOW FOR THAT DRIVEWAY ACCESS WHEREVER THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE LOCATED.
EITHER WAY, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A GATE.
IT'S GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT PARKS HAVE TO WORK BASED ON OUR REGULATION.
THAT WAS NEVER A POSSIBILITY THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST FOR THIS COMMUNITY SO I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.
>> LEXIN, IT CAME UP A P&Z AND I THINK IT GOT RESOLVED, BUT IT SAYS RIGHT HERE ON THE SIDE GATED ACCESS EQUESTRIAN TRAIL SO SINCE THAT'S A TOWN TRAIL, THERE COULD NOT BE A GATE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CLEAR.
>> YES. THAT WAS RESOLVED AS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT P&Z RECOMMENDED AND THAT THE APPLICANT INSERTED INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A GATE THERE THAT IT WOULD BE JUST CONTINUOUS.
THEY JUST WANTED IT AS LIKE A SWINGING GATE, BUT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, WOULD RIDERS HAVE TO GET DOWN TO OPEN IT AND THE INCONVENIENCE FACTOR.
EVERYONE WAS FINE WITH JUST TAKING THAT CONDITION AWAY.
THERE ARE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE LAND USE DEFINITIONS.
LIKE SAID, THIS IS JUST THE ONE LIST OF EVERYTHING, BUT THEN I'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE SPECIFICS.
ALSO MODIFICATIONS TO THE ADU STANDARDS TO MAKE THOSE THAT ARE 1,000 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER ALLOWED BY RIGHT RATHER THAN WITH THE SUP.
MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS, INCLUDING LOT COVERAGE, LOT WIDTH, AND SETBACKS, EXCEPTION TO TOPOGRAPHICAL SLOPES 5-12%, EXCEPTION TO NOT BENCH LOTS, ONE ACRE IN SIZE OR GREATER, EXCEPTION TO THE DRIVEWAY SPACING STANDARDS, THAT'S AGAIN FOR THE TOWN PARK, EXCEPTION TO RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS, MODIFICATIONS TO THE ACCESSORY DWELLING STANDARDS AS FAR AS THAT COULD BE REQUESTED OR APPROVED FOR LOTS THAT ARE THREE QUARTERS ACRE OR LARGER.
MODIFICATION TO THE KEEPING OF ANIMAL STANDARDS TO ALLOW STRUCTURES WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE, AND MODIFICATION TO ALLOW TREES TO BE PLANTED IN THE OPEN SPACE THAT ARE NOT ON THE APPROVED PLANTING LIST.
IT SEEMED LIKE AT P&Z, WE KEPT WANTING ONE LIST OF EVERYTHING, SO WE MADE THAT A SLIDE THAT'S ONE LIST OF ALL THE THINGS, AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL.
HERE'S SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS.
I DON'T THINK THAT STAFF HAS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS, FACILITIES BARN.
THIS IS JUST EXPLAINING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THE AREA.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL DEFINITION FOR THAT.
IT COULD HAVE JUST BEEN A BARN, BUT FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, COMMUNITY CENTER, ALSO JUST DEFINING COMMUNITY BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE SAID THAT THIS WAS RESTRICTED TO USE BY THE RESIDENTS OR THEIR GUESTS.
OR IT SAID IT WAS RESTRICTED USE BY THE COMMUNITY SO THEN FURTHER DEFINING THAT THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY MEANS IS RESIDENTS OR THEIR GUESTS.
IT'S INTENDED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERN THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE TRUE COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE BRINGING MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE PEOPLE AND MORE OF A MIXED USE TYPE DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
THEIR GOAL IS TO MAKE ANY NON RESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS LIMITED TO ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT COMMUNITY OR PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING THEM THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THE INTENT OF SOME OF THESE MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEFINITIONS IS, IS JUST TO CLARIFY THAT POINT.
KEEPING OF ANIMALS, SO THEY ARE PROPOSING TO THIS WAS WHAT I HAD REFERENCED BEFORE ABOUT THE CHANGING THE 50 FOOT STANDARD.
NORMALLY, THE TOWN HAS A STANDARD THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BARN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT'S USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, THERE CAN BE SMELLS, NOISES, THAT THING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
WE REQUIRE THOSE TO BE 50 FEET FROM ANY ADJACENT PROPERTY LINE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING YOUR NEIGHBORS.
IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANTS INDICATED THIS IS THE WHOLE VISION IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AGRICULTURAL THAT'S EMBEDDED WITHIN THAT.
THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THAT WILL BE A CONCERN OF THE PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE,
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THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE THESE STRUCTURES 50 FEET AWAY FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE.THEY ARE REQUESTING TO CHANGE THAT.
THESE ARE THE PERMITTED USES ON AG LOTS.
THESE ARE USES THAT COULD NORMALLY BE PERMITTED ON AGRICULTURAL LOTS.
IT IS A PAIR DOWN LIST FROM THE FULL LIST OF WHAT COULD BE ALLOWED.
I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY SO THAT IS STILL LISTED AS YOU COULD HAVE A RELIGIOUS FACILITY ON ONE OF THE AG LOTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE LOTS THAT ARE ALLOWING FOR SOME LIMITED NON-RESIDENTIAL USE.
IT IS NOT INCLUDED THAT YOU COULD HAVE A RELIGIOUS FACILITY ON THE RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION LOTS CURRENTLY.
ALTHOUGH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING FURTHER, I'M SURE THE APPLICANT WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THERE'S AN EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN RELIGIONS, CORRECT?
>> LIKE I SAID, HERE'S THE OVERALL LIST OF USES.
AGAIN, THE RELIGIOUS FACILITY SCHOOL.
THEY'VE SAID THE SCHOOL WOULD BE LIMITED TO ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S POSSIBLE YOU COULD HAVE A GREENHOUSE THAT'S A PRIMARY USE, SO THAT'S A LITTLE MORE NON-RESIDENTIAL.
THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY NON-RESIDENTIAL USES NOW THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE AGRICULTURAL LOTS.
THE FOOD TRUCK ACCESSORY THAT IT CAN ONLY BE ACCESSORY.
IT WOULD REALLY IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE TO THE SCHOOL, WHICH I THINK THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED IS THEIR INTEREST OR A RELIGIOUS FACILITY LIKE YOU COULD HAVE A FOOD TRUCK THAT CAME ONTO THAT LOT AS WELL AS AN ACCESSORY USE.
>> PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH MEANS RESIDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS SO IF YOU HAD A GUEST, THEY COULD USE THE SCHOOL?
>> NO. FOR THE SCHOOL, IT WOULD REALLY JUST BE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE.
>> THIS WAS THE SPECIFIC DEFINITION THEY WROTE FOR SCHOOL.
RATHER IT GIVES SOME OF THE OTHER SAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE PRIVATE STABLE SAYS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BASED ON THAT DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY, THAT COULD BE GUESTS THAT ARE USING THE STABLE.
BUT THE SCHOOL DEFINITION, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THIS USE IS FURTHER DEFINED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PD, FOR RESIDENT CHILDREN, SUCH AS A HOME SCHOOL COHORT OR PRIVATE SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL IS ONLY FOR CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THE STABLES, A GUEST COULD USE FOR THEIR HORSE THERE?
>> YES. IF YOU HAD SOMEBODY COMING TO VISIT YOU AT YOUR HOUSE AND YOU LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY, I GUESS IF YOU ALL WORKED SOMETHING OUT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE LISTED ALLOWED USES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION LOTS.
IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER CONSERVATION OR CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS.
PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE OPEN SPACE LOTS.
THE APPLICANT DOES NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHERE EXACTLY THEY WANT TO PUT THESE YET, BUT THEY WANTED TO RESERVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME OF THESE WITHIN THE OPEN SPACE.
THEY IDENTIFIED THE NUMBER AND THE MAXIMUM SIZE FOR EACH OF THE STRUCTURES, AND THEN THEY CALCULATED WHAT THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD BE AND SUBTRACTED IT FROM THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IS LISTED FOR OPEN SPACE SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COUNTED TOWARD THAT.
WE DID NOTIFY THE APPLICANT THAT HEY, THIS IS NOT JUST THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, BUT IF YOU MIGHT HAVE A DRIVEWAY TO IT OR PARKING SPACES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE CARVED OUT OF THAT NUMBER.
THAT'S WHEN THEY ACTUALLY INCREASED THIS SIZE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO 50,000 BECAUSE THEY ARE THINKING THAT THEY WILL HAVE A DRIVEWAY AND A PARKING LOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AGAIN, IF THERE IS ANY DRIVEWAY IN THE FUTURE THAT'S ADDED TO GO TO A GREENHOUSE, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COUNT THAT TOWARD THEIR OPEN SPACE.
OTHER USES ALLOWED WITHIN THE OPEN SPACE LOTS, KEEPING OF ANIMALS, CROP AGRICULTURE, AND THE POST OAK RESTORATION AREAS.
>> MODIFICATIONS OF DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS.
ONE THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS MAXIMUM ALLOWED LOT COVERAGE WITHIN THE BASE AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT IS 25.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT TO GO UP TO 30%.
ALTHOUGH THIS SAYS WITHIN THE AG LOTS, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AGREED TO REDUCE THAT TO 25% IN THE AG LOTS, YES.
THEY ARE STILL ASKING TO GO UP TO 30% IN THE CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
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THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS 30% FOR ALL OF THEM.REQUIRED MINIMUM LOT WIDTH WITHIN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS TYPICALLY 150 FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THESE SPECIFIC MODIFICATIONS TO THAT.
THERE ARE SEVEN ONE-ACRE LOTS THAT WOULD HAVE A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF 130, ONE THREE-QUARTER ACRE LOT WITH A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF 100, SEVEN THREE-QUARTER ACRE LOTS WITH 110, 14 THREE-QUARTER ACRE WITH 120, 26 THREE-QUARTER ACRE WITH 130, AND FOUR THREE-QUARTER ACRE WITH A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF 140 FEET.
WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THEY IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC LOT NUMBERS, SO THEY DIDN'T JUST COME UP WITH WE WANT SEVEN OF THIS AND 10 OF THIS, IT'S TIED TO SPECIFIC LOTS AS THEY HAVE SHOWN THEM CURRENTLY ON THE PLANTS IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DESIGNED.
AGAIN, MODIFICATIONS TO THE ONE-ACRE LOTS.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE LOT WIDTH.
THIS IS JUST SHOWING IN THE COLUMNS, AGRICULTURAL IS CURRENT STANDARD, WHAT IT'S ZONE NOW IS AG, AND IF YOU DEVELOPED IT AS TWO-ACRE LOTS, THESE WOULD BE THE STANDARDS.
THEN THE NEXT COLUMN IS SF-E. THOSE ARE ONE-ACRE LOTS.
AGAIN, WHILE THE APPLICANT IS NOT ACTUALLY CHANGING THE ZONING TO SF-E AND HERE IT'S STAYING AG CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, BUT FOR ONE-ACRE LOTS, THIS WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT EXPECTATION.
LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE PROPOSED SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THAT 150 FEET FOR THE LOTS IDENTIFIED.
THEY WANTED TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD TO 30 FEET FROM 40, BUT THEN INCREASE THE MINIMUM REAR YARD TO 30 FEET FROM 20.
>> THE APPLICANT HAS SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY, I THINK, FOR WHERE THE HOUSE IS PLACED ON THE LOT.
THE WAY OUR STANDARDS ARE, IT HAS TO BE PRETTY FAR BACK INTO THE LOT BECAUSE IT'S 40 FEET FRONT SETBACK.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THOUGH A 26-FOOT EASEMENT THAT RUNS ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS WHERE THE BAR DITCHES ARE LOCATED.
IT'S TECHNICALLY PART OF THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY, BUT YOU CAN'T BUILD IN THAT AREA.
IT'S 26 FEET PLUS THE 40, SO YOU END UP BEING PRETTY FAR BACK.
I'M SAYING IT'S WRONG, NOT 26, 17 FEET.
YOU END UP BEING MORE THAN 50 FEET AWAY THERE FROM THE FRONT.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY WANTED TO MOVE IT MORE TO THE CENTER OF THE LOT SINCE THESE WILL ALL BE LOTS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION AS OPPOSED TO FACING OUT TOWARD THE ROADWAY WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT A FAR AWAY LOOK.
ORIGINALLY THEY WERE ASKING TO DO 25-FRONT YARD.
P&Z RECOMMENDED DOING 30 SO THAT IT'S A WASH, AND THEY AGREED TO THAT.
MINIMUM SIDE YARD, TYPICALLY FOR ONE-ACRE LOT, YOU WOULD HAVE 20 FEET.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR 20 FEET, BUT CAN BE REDUCED TO 15 FEET IF IT IS SPECIFICALLY TO SAVE A TREE OR A SLOPE OF GREATER THAN 5%.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDING PERMIT.
IF THEY ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THEY WANT TO PLACE A HOUSE AND THERE'S A TREE RIGHT THERE THAT WOULD BE IN THE WAY, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SHIFT THAT BY FIVE FEET.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED ON SOME OF OUR PRIOR CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, SO WE COPIED THAT SAME LANGUAGE FOR HOW IT WAS WRITTEN IN HERE.
THIS IS AGAIN WHERE THAT LOT COVERAGE THEY ARE REQUESTING TO CHANGE.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR 25% FOR THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND 30% FOR ALL STRUCTURES.
HERE'S FOUR OF THE THREE-QUARTER ACRE LOTS.
AGAIN, WE LISTED SF-30 ZONING IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN.
THERE'S NO PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO SF-30, IT'S JUST THE CLOSEST PARAMETER WE HAVE TO A THREE-QUARTER ACRE LOT.
AGAIN, THEY'RE REQUESTING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE 150 FEET, AND THEY'RE DOING THE SAME 30 FEET AND 30 FEET FOR FRONT AND REAR, ALTHOUGH THE REAR YARD ACTUALLY IS 30 FEET IN SF-30, SO THAT ONE'S NOT CHANGING.
THEN THE SAME THING OF 20 FEET, BUT COULD BE REDUCED TO 15 SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC CONDITIONS IS WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE IS 25%.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR 25 FOR THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND 30% FOR ALL STRUCTURES.
THERE ARE NO 12% SLOPES THAT THEY ARE IMPACTING ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE IS 5-12%.
THERE'S 64.8 ACRES OF 5-12% SLOPE.
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THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 21.8 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THAT AREA.THEN I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS IT FURTHER BROKEN DOWN LOOKING AT 5-8 AND THEN 8-12 TO GIVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO NOT BENCH LOTS THAT ARE ONE ACRE OR LARGER.
THAT IS A CONDITION STAFF TYPICALLY SUPPORTS.
IF IT'S ONE ACRE OR LARGER, YOU HAVE THE ROOM ON THE PROPERTY WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE HOUSE AROUND TO TRY TO SAVE A TREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN YOU GET SMALLER THAN THAT, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT.
IF YOU DON'T BENCH AT THIS TIME, YOU'RE JUST DELAYING THE INEVITABLE AND PUTTING THAT ON THE FUTURE HOMEOWNER AND/OR BUILDER.
BUT THEY ARE ONLY REQUESTING IT FOR THOSE ONE ACRE OR LARGER.
DRIVEWAY SPACING, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST TO PROVIDE AN ENTRANCE TO THE PARK.
RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY, THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY IF THERE WERE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE AG LOTS.
IF THEY DEVELOPED A CHURCH OR A SCHOOL IN ONE OF THOSE LOTS THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL LOTS, THE TOWN'S NORMAL STANDARD WOULD REQUIRE A 60-FOOT BUILDING SETBACK LINE AND ALSO A 25-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AS WELL AS A MASONRY WALL.
THE APPLICANT HAS SAID THE 60 FOOT WOULD NOT REALLY WORK.
SOME OF THESE LOTS WOULD NOT POTENTIALLY BE DEVELOPABLE IF THEY WERE PUTTING A CHURCH RIGHT HERE AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO 60 FEET IN JUST WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK AS WELL THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO MEET, IT WOULD CAUSE SOME CONCERNS.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BUILD A MASONRY WALL BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS THE WHOLE VISION, IT'S ALL PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEY REQUESTED TO ELIMINATE THOSE STANDARDS.
BASED ON DISCUSSION WITH P&Z, THEY WERE WILLING TO PROVIDE THE 25-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN THE TWO JUST TO PROVIDE SOME SEPARATION IN CASE THERE WERE CONCERNS.
THAT'S WRITTEN INTO THE STANDARDS.
THE TOWN CODE REQUIRES THAT THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING IS TWO ACRES.
THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE BE REDUCED TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN ACRE.
WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF PRIOR CLUSTER CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENTS.
THE TOWN CODE STATES THAT THE HABITABLE FLOOR AREA SHALL NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE PRIMARY DWELLING OR 2,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE TOWN CODE REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN SUP FOR ACCESSORY DWELLINGS.
THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING THAT THE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IF THEY DO NOT EXCEED 1,000 SQUARE FEET, AND THAT ANYTHING EXCEEDING 100 SQUARE FEET WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL OF AN SUP.
I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE EVEN A FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THAT THAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
THEN ALSO MODIFICATION OF THE OPEN SPACE TREE PLANTING STANDARDS.
SECTION 94-68 OF THE TOWN CODE CONTAINS THE APPROVED LIST OF TREES THAT CAN BE PLANTED WITHIN THE OPEN SPACE.
IN ADDITION TO THIS LIST, THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING TO PLANT FIG, APPLE, PEACH, APRICOT, AND PEAR TREES.
NOTE THAT PLUM, PERSIMMON, AND PECAN WILL ALSO BE PLANTED, BUT THOSE ARE ALREADY ON THE APPROVED LIST.
HERE ARE ALL THE P&Z COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.
P&Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT EXPLORE THE OPTION OF A WESTBOUND DECELERATION LANE ON CROSS TIMBERS ROAD, THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT, INCREASE THE FRONT SETBACK FOR CONSERVATION LOTS TO 30 FEET, EMERGENCY ACCESS DRIVE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE THE MINIMUM SIZE ALLOWED REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82-16 OF THE TOWN CODE, A COMPATIBILITY BUFFER 25 FEET IN WIDTH IS REQUIRED ON ALL NON-RESIDENTIAL LOTS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN ELIMINATE GATES ON THE EQUESTRIAN TRAILS.
THOSE ARE ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT P&Z RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANT AGREED TO AND ARE INCORPORATED IN THE PROPOSED STANDARDS.
I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT TO GO BACK ON THAT EMERGENCY ACCESS DRIVE.
THAT'S RIGHT THERE. THIS WAS THE DRIVE IN QUESTION.
AGAIN, INITIALLY, FIRE HAD INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED THAT ENTRANCE BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
THEY RE-REVIEWED THE PLANS, AND BASED ON HOW THE APPLICANT HAD REDUCED THE LOTS AND RECONFIGURED THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY SAID THAT FOURTH ENTRANCE COULD GO AWAY.
THE APPLICANT HAD SAID THEY'RE FINE WITH IT GOING AWAY.
BUT AT THE TIME OF P&Z, THE DISCUSSION WAS JUST TO MAKE IT AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE SO THAT IT WOULDN'T, IN THE FUTURE, LIKELY BECOME A TRUE ROADWAY INSTEAD OF JUST AN EMERGENCY ACCESS POINT.
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>> A FUTURE COUNCIL COULDN'T SAY THIS COULD BE A PUBLIC EXIT ENTRANCE?
>> I SAID IF THAT IS WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS JUST THE REMOVAL OF THAT FOURTH ENTRANCE, YOU COULD MAKE THAT A CONDITION, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY SAID WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT, AND THEY'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE WITH THEIR PRESENTATION.
>> BUT THAT IS A CASE WHERE A FUTURE COUNCIL COULD SAY THAT THAT COULD BE AN ENTRANCE, AN EXIT.
THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
IF WE HAVE THAT THERE, IT COULD, IN THE FUTURE, BE AN ACCESS FOR EVERYONE.
>> PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR CHANGES, AND THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THEM AT THAT TIME.
YES, IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY ENTRANCE THERE, IT WOULD BE BUILT TOO SMALL TO BE A TRUE ROADWAY.
BASED ON THE CONDITION WE ALREADY WROTE IN THAT SAID IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE MINIMUM 20 FEET WIDE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING STILL TO CHANGE IT EVEN IF IT WAS APPROVED AS AN EMERGENCY ACCESS POINT BECAUSE IF STUFF IS BUILT AROUND IT.
>> IT COULD BE DONE. IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
>> I JUST WANT TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
>> THESE WERE THE CONDITIONS THAT P&Z RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANT WANTED TO DISCUSS FURTHER WITH COUNCIL.
ONE WAS LIVESTOCK PROHIBITED ON LOTS ONE ACRE OR LESS IN SIZE.
THAT WAS HOW P&Z DISCUSSED IT.
AGAIN, I THINK TO ME IN HEARING THEIR TALK, THEY WERE INTENDING TO MAKE IT TO WHERE THE LIVESTOCK WOULD ONLY BE ON AG LOTS, THE TWO ACRE OR MORE OR IN THE OPEN SPACE AREA.
THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ALLOWED ON ONE-ACRE LOTS ALSO.
I WILL SAY ALSO THE TOWN'S STANDARDS FOR LIVESTOCK DO ALLOW LIVESTOCK ON ONE-ACRE LOTS.
THAT'S OUR NORMAL STANDARD WITHIN CHAPTER 6, IS THAT WE DO USUALLY USE ONE ACRE AS THE CUTOFF POINT.
MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE SHALL BE 25%.
LIKE I SAID, THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL, AGAIN, WHETHER THERE ARE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE GOING TO 30%.
THEY ALSO WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU WHETHER THERE ARE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU WOULD ALLOW SOME 80 USE TO BE PERMITTED WITHOUT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
ALL LOT SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF 150 FEET.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT P&Z ALSO RECOMMENDED.
I WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE THE STANDARDS AND THE PLANS ARE WRITTEN BASED ON THE CURRENT LOT SIZES, SO IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WANTED TO PURSUE TO SAY, NO, I WANT ALL THE LOTS TO BE 150 FEET WIDE, THEN I THINK WE WOULD EITHER NEED TO TABLE IT AND THEN COME BACK TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT OR YOU COULD ALSO APPROVE IT WITH A REQUIREMENT THAT THAT BE ADDRESSED AND THAT STAFF WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW IT AND VERIFY THAT THAT WAS ALL WORKING BECAUSE THEY WOULD BASICALLY HAVE TO REDESIGN THAT PLAN TO SHOW ALL THOSE LOTS TO BE 150 FEET.
WE COULDN'T JUST USE THE PLANS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PACKET, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A MODIFICATION TO THE PLAN TO RECONFIGURE THE LOTS.
THEN LASTLY, ONLY TREES FROM THE TOWN'S APPROVED PLANTING LIST MAY BE PLANTED ON OPEN SPACE LOTS.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT P&Z RECOMMENDED.
THE APPLICANT, AS MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME OF THESE OTHER FRUIT TREES, ORCHARDS THAT ARE NOT ON THE TOWN'S APPROVED PLANTING LIST.
THAT WAS ALL JUST THE PRECURSOR OF THE MODIFICATIONS AND SUCH THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED.
HERE'S SOME IMAGES FROM THE SITE.
THESE ARE LOOKING NORTH ACROSS TIMBERS.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST ACROSS RED ROCK.
THIS IS ALSO LOOKING SOUTH FROM SHILOH, SOUTHWEST.
AGAIN, HERE'S THAT CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.
THERE ARE 72 ONE-ACRE LOTS AND 86 THREE-QUARTER ACRE LOTS PROPOSED AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
HERE IS THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN.
WE'LL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AROUND THE PROPERTY.
THEY DID INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THESE BUFFERS ON THE EDGES TO 40 FEET IN ORDER TO MEET THE OPEN SPACE STANDARDS SO THAT THE LOTS ARE NOT BACKING UP TO THE ROAD.
I KNOW THAT WAS AN ITEM THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL.
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ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THIS LOT HERE IN THE CORNER.THIS IS ACTUALLY CARVED OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, SO IT WAS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS.
JUST SO THAT THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, IN THE FUTURE, IF THE APPLICANT WISHES TO PLAT THAT LOT, THEY WOULD NEED TO ASK FOR AN EXCEPTION FROM THE COUNCIL AND BASICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANOTHER ACCESS POINT.
I KNOW YOU LIKE TO KNOW IF WE'RE SETTING YOU UP FOR ANY FUTURE THINGS.
AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS WOULD HAVE NO OTHER ACCESS BUT OFF OF RED ROCK, IT'S A COLLECTOR STREET IN ORDER TO GET YOUR ACCESS FROM A COLLECTOR WOULD NEED AN EXCEPTION, JUST TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
HERE IS A SUBDIVISION ENTRANCE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE PREVIOUS POINTS THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SESSION WAS THEY'RE WANTING TO DO MORE OF A MASONRY ENTRANCE POINT, AND THEY'VE COME UP WITH THESE TWO OPTIONS INSTEAD, ALTHOUGH THEY APPARENTLY REALLY WANT OPTION 2 BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THEY HAD WITH P&Z.
AGAIN, HERE IS THE OPEN SPACE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE, AND THIS WAS A POINT OF DISCUSSION, THESE AREAS ARE IDENTIFIED AS ORCHARDS.
THERE'S ALSO THIS AREA HERE IN THE CENTER THAT'S IDENTIFIED FOR FENCED GRAZING.
THIS IS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE DOWN THERE CLOSER TOWARD THE ENTRANCE.
BASED ON WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, NOW, I WOULD TALK ABOUT ECC OR PARKS BOARD OR IF Y'ALL WANT TO DISCUSS FIRST THE EXCEPTIONS AND ZONING, WE CAN HOLD OFF ON THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION.
>> WE CAN. RANDY, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? LET'S GO AHEAD, AND THEN WE'LL DELIBERATE, I GUESS. WE MIGHT HAVE TO.
>> I FEEL I SHOULD GO AHEAD AND FINISH MY SLIDES THEN, INSTEAD OF BRINGING THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL OF IT, BUT THEY ARE REQUESTING THE REMOVAL OF 17 SPECIMEN TREES.
THE ORIGINAL NUMBER WAS 30 SPECIMEN TREES THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR, ECC APPROVED EIGHT.
THEY REDUCED THAT NUMBER BY RECONFIGURING SOME OF THEIR LOTS AND ROADWAYS, AND SO THEY'VE GOTTEN THE NUMBER DOWN FROM 30 THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING TO 17.
ALSO, PARKS BOARD, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, PARKS BOARD, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF PARK LAND DEDICATION OF 9.35 ACRES OF LAND AND PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF $233,184.
THEN ALSO THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE THE REMEDIATION OF THE POND ON THE PROPERTY WITH DREDGING AND REFURBISHING TO TOWN STANDARDS.
THESE ARE ALL THE SPECIFIC TREES.
IF YOU ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION, WE CAN GET JAKE UP HERE, ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THAT SO I WAS DONE WITH MINE BEFORE WE BROUGHT THE APPLICANT UP.
>> DOES EVERYBODY NEED TO TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW? FIVE MINUTES. LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECESS FOR 5 MINUTES.
WE'LL COME BACK AT 10:30. HELLO, FLOWER MOUND.
LEXEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTINUATION, OR ARE WE READY FOR THE APPLICANT?
>> NO, I WAS JUST PULLING UP THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION FOR THAT.
>> OKAY. VERY GOOD. RANDY FROM MCADAMS. I WAS GOING TO SAY MONARCH. MCADAMS IS HERE TO PRESENT.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S LATE, AND I'LL TRY TO DO THIS ABBREVIATED AND JUST HIT THE HOT ITEMS. I APPRECIATE THAT THERE WAS TIME.
TIMELINE. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT THERE IT IS.
THE VISION OF EDEN RANCH, YOU HEARD THAT, I THINK TONIGHT, BUT BE HAPPY TO GO OVER ANY OF THOSE POINTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THEM.
WE HAD SOME CASE STUDIES, AGROTOPIA, WHICH IS IN ARIZONA, AND THEN HARVEST, IF WE WANTED TO TALK THROUGH HOW THIS IS WORKING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
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BOTH OF THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSE THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT IF IT'S MANAGED RIGHT THAT THERE CAN BE COMMUNITY FARMS FOR A COMMUNITY.IT ATTRACTS A CERTAIN TYPE OF PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A RIDGE IN THE MIDDLE.
I THINK YOU KNOW IT VERY WELL, YOU SAW IT ON TOPO MAP, A VALLEY ON THE EAST AND A VALLEY ON THE WEST, AND THOSE ARE THE VIEWS.
ANOTHER PART OF SITE CHARACTERISTICS IS THE LONE STAR GAS EASEMENT LINE THAT TRAVERSES THE PROPERTY, 75-100 FEET WIDE. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
THEN THIS PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE UNDERPASS, 1171, ON THE WESTERN POND.
THIS TRAIL FOR THE MULTI-USE TRAIL IS GOING TO COME OUT UNDER HERE AND GO WEST TOWARDS RED ROCK, AND IT WOULD TIE IN RIGHT HERE, AND ALSO THE EQUESTRIAN TRAIL COMES TO THIS POINT TO GET UNDER 1171 AND GO SOUTH.
THIS IS A RENDERING. THAT WAS DONE.
WE ALL KNOW 167 LOTS, AND HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THE LOT NUMBERS FOR AG AND CONSERVATION AND THE LOT TYPES IN THE CONSERVATION FOR BASED ON THE SIZES THAT THEY ARE.
THEN ALTOGETHER, THE PROPERTY HAS 141 SPECIMEN TREES.
EVERY ELEMENT FROM THE LOT LAYOUT TO OPEN SPACE, PRESERVATION, ORCHARDS, AND GRAZING IS ALL CRAFTED TO WORK WITH THE LAND, NOT AGAINST IT.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU SEE THE TOPOGRAPHY, YOU SEE THE SPECIMEN TREES THAT ARE LIGHT GREEN.
THE RED ONES ARE THE ONES COMING OUT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE GREEN IS THE OPEN SPACE, AND THE DARK GREENS, THE AG LOTS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE PONDS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW WE WERE WORKING WITH THE LAND HERE ON THIS LAYOUT, PRESERVING THE STEEP AREAS IN THE SLOPE, THE TREE AREAS, PRESERVING ALL THE TREES IN THE 200-FOOT BUFFER.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE ARE THESE ARROWS, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE BECAUSE THE OPEN SPACE WAS DESIGNED INTENTIONALLY TO CREATE LINKAGES.
LINKAGES ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR OPEN SPACE CONNECTION AND CONNECTIVITY FROM ONE OPEN SPACE LOT TO ANOTHER.
ALSO, FOR THE VISTAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY, AND OBVIOUSLY, TO BE ACCESSIBLE.
NO ONE WANTS THE OPEN SPACE TO BE BEHIND ALL THE LOTS.
THEY WANT IT TO BE UP ALONG THE ROADWAYS SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THEM.
AND THIS OPENS IT UP TO THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THESE OPEN SPACE AREAS, TO USE THEM, TO VIEW THEM, TO ENJOY THEM.
IT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES EDEN RANCH SPECIAL IS THE INTEGRATION OF THIS NATURAL WITH THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
ALSO, THE DESIGN APPROACH ALSO IS INTENDED TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF LOTS ADJACENT TO OPEN SPACE.
WE'RE SITTING AT 94% OF THE CONSERVATION LOTS ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO OPEN SPACE.
THIS DESIGN, OUR MAIN ENTRY HERE UTILIZES THE EXISTING MAIN ENTRANCE THAT CHARLIE USED TO GO TO HIS HOUSE.
IT LINES UP THERE BECAUSE OF THE SIDE LINES, AND THEN IT CREATES THESE LARGER ROUNDABOUTS.
THIS ONE HAS A TREE IN IT, AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT FLOWS VERY WELL BECAUSE EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER THESE FOCAL POINTS AND THEN DISPERSES TO THE WEST OUT TO RED ROCK, AND THEN OVER TO THE EAST IN A LOOP ROADWAY WITH ONE POINT ON SHILO AND THIS ONE WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO CLOSE OFF.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE DESIGN THAT THIS IS WHY IT'S LAID OUT THE WAY IT IS, AND THESE ARROWS ARE REALLY INDICATE THAT THE PURPOSE SO WITH THE TREES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAD TALKED TO P AND Z. I MENTIONED HIGH MEADOW, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT, BUT THIS IS A 20-FOOT FIRE LANE EASEMENT THAT GOES OUT TO HIGH ROAD, AND THERE'S A GATE RIGHT HERE, AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS ONE CUL-DE-SAC SUBDIVISION TO PROVIDE THAT FIRE ACCESS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WE COULD DEFINITELY MINIMIZE IT.
WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT THIS AFTERNOON, THAT INFORMATION COMES IN.
WE ADDED THIS MAROON DOT TO SHOW WE WOULD END THIS IN A CUL-DE-SAC, AND IT'S NO LONGER EMERGENCY ONLY, IT WOULD BE A CUL-DE-SAC.
AFTER TONIGHT OR [NOISE], AFTER WE PROCEED FORWARD, IF WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE APPROVAL, WE WOULD BE UPDATING THESE PLANS TO REFLECT THAT.
I'M SORRY. BEEF JERKY, MY THROAT.
WE ADDED IN THIS COLUMN, EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE PD, AND THEN THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT IS WHAT'S IN AG.
AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH ALREADY WHAT'S IN AG.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DISCUSSION THERE NECESSARILY UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT WE DID LOWER THE LOCK COVERAGE TO 25% INSTEAD OF 30.
HOW CAN THE AG LOTS BE USED? LEXEN TALKED ABOUT THIS? WHAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS IN THE DARK GREEN LOTS, WHICH ARE THE AG LOTS.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THIS RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY,
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BUT THE PRIVATE, HERE IS WHERE THE PRIVATE STABLES WILL BE LOCATED SINCE IT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE GRAZED AREA.THAT MIGHT BE A PRIMARY USE FOR LOT 170.
WE THINK THAT'S IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF EDEN RANCH.
WE THINK THE SCHOOL WOULD BE LOCATED ON LOT 177.
BUT AGAIN, THE REST OF THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN AG ZONING AREAS. CONSERVATION LOTS.
THIS IS SHOWING WHERE ALL THE THREE-QUARTER-ACRE LOTS ARE AND WHERE ALL THE ONE-ACRE LOTS ARE.
HERE, THIS ALSO SHOWS THE SETBACKS.
THESE WOULD ALSO BE UPDATED ON THE APPROVED PLANS IF WE HAVE APPROVAL ON THIS AT SOME POINT.
BUT THIS FRONT SETBACK BECOMES 30 FOR BOTH THE THREE-QUARTER-ACRE AND THE ONE-ACRE.
THAT'S JUST NOT REFLECTING THAT YET.
BUT THIS IS AGAIN WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, SO THE MAJORITY OF THE ONE-ACRE ARE ON THAT WEST SIDE.
AND HOW CAN THEY BE USED? VERY SIMILAR.
AS WHAT LEXEN POINTED OUT, AGAIN, KEEPING OF ANIMALS.
WE WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON PNC'S RECOMMENDATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS TO PROHIBIT LIVESTOCK ON LOTS ONE ACRE OR LESS.
WE BELIEVE THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE LESS THAN ONE ACRE.
THAT A ONE-ACRE LOT COULD HAVE LIVESTOCK CONSISTENT WITH TOWN'S CODE.
BUT A 0.99-ACRE LOT COULD NOT.
THE CONSERVATION LOTS. THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT LEXEN HAD, WANTING JUST TO POINT OUT, WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST THE LOT WITH VARIATION BASED ON THE DESIGN PARAMETERS THAT IS WHAT MAKES EDEN RANCH SPECIAL WITH THOSE OPEN SPACE CONNECTION POINTS.
THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY GET TO THE 150 IS, I HAVE AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE ROADS, BUT IT REALLY SEPARATES THE OPEN SPACE FROM BEING ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ROADWAYS, AND IT PUTS IT BEHIND ALL THE LOTS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THAT.
THE ONLY OTHER WAY WOULD BE TO ADD MORE ROADWAY BECAUSE YOU NEED TO ADD MORE FRONTAGE.
IF YOU MAKE THE LOT WIDER, YOU NEED MORE FRONTAGE OBVIOUSLY, AND THAT WOULD CREATE MORE IMPACT TO TREES AND TOPO AND OPEN SPACE.
HERE WE'RE REQUESTING THE LOT SETBACKS.
NO, WE'RE DOING 30 AND 30, ON HERE, SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, BUT IT IS THE LOT COVERAGE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE HEINZ APPLICATION, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE IT BY 5% FOR ALL THE ACCESSORY USES.
I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT, TOO. OPEN SPACE PLAN.
EVERYTHING IN GREEN, LEXEN SAID THAT ALREADY, BUT THE REQUIREMENTS 45%, WHICH IS 143 ACRES.
THIS PLAN TODAY SHOWS 147 ACRES.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT THREE ACRES AND SOME CHANGE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PLAY WITH, AND WE WILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN AND THINGS LIKE THAT IF WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GO TO THE NEXT STAGE.
HOW CAN THE OPEN SPACE BE USED? THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.
LEXEN TALKED ABOUT IT, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE GREENHOUSES AND THE FACILITY BARN CANNOT BE COUNTED AS OPEN SPACE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
THE SHADE STRUCTURES, BASICALLY ALONG THE INTERNAL TRAIL SYSTEM OF EDEN RANCH, AND SINCE THEY'RE OPEN-WALLED, THAT THOSE COULD BE COUNTED AS OPEN SPACE.
BUT THIS ALSO SHOWS AND DEMONSTRATES THE REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE OF WHAT EDEN RANCH WILL LOOK LIKE.
VERY RANCH AND FARM, PRAIRIE, LOOK, AND FEEL TO THE STRUCTURES THERE IN THOSE OPEN SPACE AREAS.
ORCHARDS. ORCHARDS ENABLE THE PASSIVE RECREATION, COMMUNITY INTERACTION, AND LAND STEWARDSHIP.
SOME OF THAT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT.
IT SUPPORTS THE LOCAL ECOSYSTEM, POLLINATOR HABITATS, AND THEN IT PROTECTS THE SOIL STABILITY.
THAT WAS ALSO MENTIONED TONIGHT.
WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT WE'VE PLACED THE ORCHARDS IN AREAS WHERE IT DOES NOT HAVE IMPACT TO EXISTING SPECIMEN TREES.
BUT ALSO, THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN DICTATES THE STANDARDS FOR HOW THE ORCHARDS SHALL BE MAINTAINED, WHICH IS PART OF THE PD.
THE TREES ARE REQUIRED TO BE SPACED ON 20-FOOT INTERVALS, AND IT HAS TO BE MANAGED BY THE NON-PROFIT.
THE NONPROFIT FOR THIS COMMUNITY WILL HAVE DEDICATED STAFF THAT CAN HARVEST THE ORCHARDS, BUT THE RESIDENTS CAN TOO, IF THEY WANT TO, AND THEY CAN BE HARVESTED BY HAND OR BY SOME SMALL EQUIPMENT.
ALL OF THAT IS SPELLED OUT IN DETAIL IN THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
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GO INTO THAT IN MORE DETAIL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS ADDED TO THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS IF THE COMMUNITY DECIDES, THEY NO LONGER WANT ORCHARDS, THEY DON'T WANT TO MAINTAIN THEM, OR THEY'RE NOT VIABLE.
THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT ALLOWS THE TREES TO BE REPLACED WITH EITHER NEW TREES ON THE TOWN'S APPROVED LIST, OR THAT THEY COULD BE TRANSITION TO NATIVE GRASSLAND.
ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT ABOUT EDEN RANCH AND ITS TYLER'S COMMITMENT TO THE OVERALL COMMUNITY OF FLOWER MOUND IN SOUTHERN DIDON COUNTY IS THAT WITH EXCESS HARVEST THAT COMES FROM THESE ORCHARDS AND CROPS, THE COMMUNITY IS DISTRIBUTING THOSE TO LOCAL NON-PROFITS, CHARITIES, AND FOOD BANKS.
THAT'S PART OF THE SERVANT-MINDEDNESS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THE TREES A LITTLE BIT.
GRAZING. THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND BE HAPPY TO.
RANCH LAND HAS BEEN THE HISTORICAL USE OF THIS PROPERTY SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT INTO FLOWER MOUND, AND WE ARE REQUESTING LIMITED GRAZING IN THESE DESIGNATED AREAS.
THERE'S A PRIMARY GRAZING AREA THAT WILL BE USED MOSTLY THAT'S OUTLINED IN ORANGE THERE.
IT'S LOCATED STRATEGICALLY IN THE VALLEY.
WE THINK THAT'S THE AREA THAT CREATES THE BEST AMOUNT OF GRASSLAND THAT THE LIVESTOCK WOULD NEED.
HOWEVER, IF GRAZING NEEDED TO BE ROTATED, WE CAN ROTATE WITHIN THE ORANGE AREA WITH THE USE OF PADDOCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE COULD ALSO GO OUTSIDE OF THE ORANGE AREA AREA IN A TEMPORARY BASIS, AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE A PICTURE OF THE ELECTRIC FENCING OR OTHER TYPE OF FENCING THAT COULD BE USED FOR THAT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WOOD, RAIL, SPLIT RAIL, THE ELECTRIC FENCING OR PIPE RAIL.
BECAUSE THE TOWN REQUIRES LIVESTOCK TO BE FENCED AND SECURED.
WE WOULD ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 6.
BUT ASKING FOR IN THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN, THAT THESE AREAS WITH A TRIANGLE THAT THEY COULD BE USED FOR A TEMPORARY AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS ONE ISN'T MEANT TO BE IN THE POND, IT'S MEANT TO BE OVER ON THE SIDE, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
BUT ASKING FOR THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE LIVESTOCK AROUND IF WE NEEDED TO, TO HELP RESTORE THE GRASSES IN THAT AREA.
THE OTHER PART OF THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE ALSO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF STOCKING DENSITY OF LARGE ANIMALS.
MEDIUM ANIMAL AND SMALL ANIMAL.
WE GIVE CATEGORIES FOR THOSE LARGE AS HORSE.
MEDIUM IS A DONKEY; IT'S LIKE 0.75 ANIMAL UNIT.
THE TOTAL ANIMAL PRESENCE IN THESE GRAZING AREA CANNOT EXCEED ONE ANIMAL UNIT FOR EVERY TWO ACRES.
WE'RE LIMITING OURSELVES ON WHAT WE THINK IS APPROPRIATE.
THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN ALSO TALKS ABOUT, WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO STANDARDS RECOGNIZED BY TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES.
ONE THING TO POINT OUT, SWINE ARE PROHIBITED.
I KNOW THAT'S IN THE TOWN'S DEFINITION, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWING ANY SWINE.
BEES ARE ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF KEEPING OF ANIMALS, NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS GRAZING AREA, BUT I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
THEN, THE FENCING BEING OPEN IS STILL CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE LAND HAS BEEN USED HISTORICALLY.
IT STILL ALLOWS THE VIEWS THAT IT'S MOSTLY PASTURE LAND.
THE TREES ARE LOCATED IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE SAW EARLIER, BUT IT IS MOSTLY PASTURELAND.
AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THAT PASTURE LAND WITH THAT OPEN FENCING, AND SO WANTING TO STILL KEEP AND MAINTAIN AN OPEN FENCING THAT IS APPROPRIATE HERE WITH THOSE USES, THE PIPE RAIL, THE WOOD RAIL, AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE GRAZING AREA SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO VIEW INTO THAT.
>> THE PARKS PLAN, THIS IS JUST A BLOW OFF OF THAT AREA.
AS LEXEN SAID, A FILL LINE WILL BE ADDED, AND THEN TO MAINTAIN THE POND ELEVATION AND THE POND WILL BE DREDGED.
BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, I GUESS HERE, THAT REQUIREMENTS 2.8 ACRES.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT LOCATION RIGHT ON 11 71 FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS, AND IT'S A SOMEWHAT OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE CROSS TIMBERS CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
I THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY NEAT ADDITION TO THE CROSS TIMBERS FOR THE PUBLIC.
Y CAPE PLAN. I DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY ELABORATE HERE UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
THE 200-FOOT SCENIC BUFFER WANTING TO MAINTAIN THOSE VIEW SHEDS THAT ARE HERE IN THE PICTURES 1, 2, AND 3.
THIS SHOWS THE PROPOSED PLAN TEAMS AND WHERE THOSE WOULD BE,
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SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK IN THE OPEN SPACE AREAS, LOOK INTO THE POND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE ALL ENJOY WHEN WE ARE DRIVING, THE DOWN 1171 IS BEING ABLE TO LOOK IN TO THIS PASTORAL SETTING AND LOOKING INTO THAT OPEN SPACE AND HONORING THESE VIEW SHEDS ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WHILE STILL MEETING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.ALL THE SPECIMEN TREES BEING PRESERVED THERE.
I WILL SAY THIS OPEN SPACE AREA HERE IS ALSO SO THAT THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL CAN CONNECT FROM RED ROCK TO THE UNDERPASS.
I THINK I HAVE THAT ON A FUTURE SLIDE.
BUT YES, LEXEN, WE DO PREFER OPTION 2 WITH THE WOOD SLATS.
WE THINK THAT IS VERY INDICATIVE OF THE STYLE OF EDEN RANCH.
I ALSO THE DESIGN OF THAT ENTRY IS FURTHER PAST THE 200-FOOT BUFFER, AND IT'S AT AN ANGLE.
IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE SUPER VISIBLE FROM 1171.
THAT WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF JUST WHAT'S AROUND THE BEND THING FOR THE RANCH ENTRANCE.
BUT THIS IS THE PREFERENCE THERE FOR OPTION 2.
HERE'S THE TRAIL MAP. THIS SHOWS THE YELLOW BEING THE EQUESTRIAN.
THE PURPLE DASH WOULD BE THE REQUIRED SIX-FOOT SIDEWALK THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED IN THE 1171 RIGHT AWAY.
THEN THE PINK IS THE 12-FOOT MULTI-USE.
WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SLIDE, I THINK I'D ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS BEING THE MAIN ENTRANCE, AND THAT CONDITION OF P AND Z REQUESTING TO EXPLORE THE OPTION OF A DC LANE.
I THINK THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE USED THERE.
THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO WORK WITH THE TOWN, WORK WITH TEXTDOT TO PROVIDE A DC LANE IF IT'S WARRANTED.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IN THE INTERIM, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, IS TO RESERVE THE RIGHT AWAY, SIMILAR TO THAT PREVIOUS APPLICATION TONIGHT, RESERVE THE RIGHT AWAY FOR A DC LANE IF IT IS NEEDED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN PLANNED FOR, AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE PLANS MOVING FORWARD.
IT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE THIS 200 FOOT TO SHIFT BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT IN LOT 174 TO SLIGHTLY ADJUST TO ACCOMMODATE THAT BY OFFSETTING AT 12 FEET.
THE TREE SURVEY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT TOO, BUT THIS IS THE LOCATION OF ALL THOSE TREES.
WE REDUCED THE 30 THAT WERE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED.
WE UNDERSTAND THE ECC RECOMMENDATIONS THERE, BUT WE ARE NOW ONLY ASKING FOR THE 17, AND SO WE'RE PRESERVING 124 OF THOSE SPECIMEN TREES.
THEY ARE LOCATED IN AREAS THAT THE ROADWAY DOES IMPACT, OR THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT.
I WILL SAY WHEN WE INHERITED THE PLAN, WORKING WITH TYLER STARTING IN JULY AND LISTENING TO THE FEEDBACK FROM THE WORK SESSIONS AND THINGS, WE DID SHIFT SOME OF THE LOT LINES SO THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THESE TREES UP HERE COULD FALL ON A SIDE PROPERTY LINE AND NOT BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT.
THAT WAY THAT COULD ALSO HELP ENSURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVATION OF SPECIMEN TREES.
THEN THE BENCHING REQUEST, WE ARE ASKING TO NOT BENCH THE ONE ACRES THAT GIVES WHICH ARE MOSTLY IN THIS AREA.
WELL, WE BELIEVE WE COULD WORK AROUND THESE TREES HERE ON 25, THESE TREES RIGHT HERE ON LOT NUMBER 24, AND SOME AROUND THIS CUL-DE-SAC BECAUSE THEY'RE MOSTLY ON THE PERIMETER EDGES OF EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL LOTS.
BUT JAMISON IS HERE. I DIDN'T MENTION THAT, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THAT IN DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE.
REAL QUICK, RUNDOWN OF THE EXCEPTIONS. HERE'S THE BENCHING.
I JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S COLOR-CODED, SO YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE ONE-ACRE AND THE THREE-QUARTER-ACRE ARE, AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN, IF YOU LIKE.
THEN, THE RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY, WE'RE GOOD WITH THE LIVING SCREEN THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM P&Z.
WE WANTED TO SHOW THIS PICTURE OF A HOUSE NEXT TO A STABLE BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVING INTO EDEN RANCH EXPECT THIS TYPE OF ADJACENCY.
THEY'RE MOVING HERE FOR COMMUNITY FOR THESE SHARED SPACES TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE STABLES, TO COME TO THE SCHOOL WITH THEIR FRIENDS, WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN EDEN RANCH.
THE SCREENING WALL JUST WAS VERY MUCH OUT OF CHARACTER.
BUT ADDING THE LIVE SCREENING, WE WERE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THIS IS AN AERIAL SHOWING WHAT 360 WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THE CEMETERY ACCESS POINT.
THE ACTUAL ACCESS POINT THAT'S THERE TODAY IS RIGHT HERE ON EDEN RANCH.
IN THE DISCUSSION WAS THE FENCING, I THINK THAT QUESTION CAME UP.
YES, THIS PART OF IT WOULD BE FENCED.
IT WOULD BE PROBABLY PIPE RAIL THERE.
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THERE'S AN EXISTING PIPE RAIL, THE TOWN THAT GOES HERE, AND ALONG THE CEMETERY.IF THE TOWN WANTS TO KEEP IT, THAT'S FINE; IF THEY WANT TO TAKE IT OUT, WE CAN DO THAT TOO. ACCESSORY DWELLING.
AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, A LARGE COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING.
IT'S THE ABILITY TO HAVE FAMILIES LIVING TOGETHER AND SHARING AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
IT SUPPORTS FAMILY COHESION, AGING IN PLACE, AND REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
IT ALLOWS CHILDREN TO CARE FOR THEIR PARENTS.
ALSO, GIVING THEIR PARENTS SOME AUTONOMY AND LIVING CLOSE BY TO THEIR CHILDREN, AND NOT NECESSARILY BEING SEPARATED FROM THEM. WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW IT IS WHAT EMBODIES EDEN RANCH.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER ACCESSORY DWELLINGS.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, TOO, AND WE UNDERSTAND.
BUT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES THAT WE ARE ALLOWED THE ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS ON LOTS, ONE ACRE OR LARGER, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO NOT EXCEEDING 1,000 SQUARE FEET.
AN ADU IN THE TOWN'S CODE IS DEFINED AS HAVING SLEEPING, COOKING, AND SANITATION.
IT HAS TO HAVE ALL THREE TO BE CONSIDERED AN ADU: IT'S COOKING, SLEEPING, AND SANITATION.
THESE ARE SOME PICTURES I WANTED TO SHOW.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS IN MONTELCINO.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT'S AN ACCESSORY DWELLING, BUT IT SURE DOES LOOK LIKE IT FROM AN AERIAL, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK WITH BEING ON A ONE-ACRE LOT; IT'S A SEPARATED STRUCTURE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A DWELLING, BUT IT IS ACCESSORY BUILDING.
THEN IN PEPPER CREEK, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR IT ON THE THREE-QUARTER ACRES.
THAT'S JUST THERE TO SHOW YOU THAT ON A THREE-QUARTER-ACRE LOT, THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT ALL WORK.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT TO FIT SEPTIC, AND IF SOMEONE CHOOSES TO HAVE A POOL, AND IT'S PROVIDING THESE OPTIONS TO RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND SAY, I DON'T WANT LIVESTOCK, I WANT A POOL AND AN ACCESSORY BUILDING OF SOME SORT.
MAYBE IT'S JUST A POOL HOUSE, NOT NECESSARILY HAVING ALL THREE OF THOSE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE IT AN ADU, OR THEY COULD SAY, I DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT, I WANT LIVESTOCK, I PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO FIT ALL THAT ON MY LOT AND HAVE SEPTIC.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE INCREASE ALSO IN THAT LOT COVERAGE TO 30% ON THE THREE-QUARTER-ACRE LOTS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR AGAIN TO WHAT WE REQUESTED AT HEINZ.
YEAH, ALL THAT HAS TO BALANCE, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AND PROVIDING THOSE OPTIONS TO RESIDENTS WHEN THEY WORK WITH THEIR ARCHITECT TO DESIGN THEIR HOME ON THEIR LOT, THEY HAVE THOSE CHOICES.
THIS BREAKS DOWN, THESE BULLETS RIGHT HERE, IT BREAKS DOWN THE ANIMAL UNITS IN THE LARGE, THE MEDIUM, AND THE SMALL, AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT I HAD SAID EARLIER.
THEN THE OPEN SPACE, WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE ANIMAL UNIT EVERY TWO ACRES.
WE'RE ALSO ASKING TO ALLOW FOR LIVESTOCK ON LOTS ONE ACRE OR LARGER.
RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 6 TO KEEP PETS AND BEES.
THE ORCHARDS HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.
PLUM PER SIMON, AND WE TOOK PECAN OFF OF HERE. OH, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
THEY'RE ALLOWED PER THE TOWN STANDARDS.
THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO FRUIT TREES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ECOSYSTEM BENEFIT, SOIL STABILITY, ALSO WILD LIFE.
I THINK I GREW UP IN JUST UP THE ROAD, AND WE HAD APRICOT TREES, AND THEY DID REALLY WELL.
IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE THAT IS SOMETHING BEING CONSIDERED ON EDEN RANCH TO MAKE IT A SPECIAL PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE TOWN'S CONSIDERATION TO ALLOW THESE TREES IN THOSE ORCHARD AREAS BASED ON THIS LIST.
JUST SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PEACHES ARE A VERY IMPORTANT REQUEST ON THAT LIST.
I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR PROBABLY WITH FREDERICKSBURG AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES: HAM IS OVER IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, AND THEN PARKER COUNTY IS KNOWN FOR ITS PEACHES AS WELL.
THEY DO TYPICALLY DO WELL TONIGHT, AND I THINK THE DISCUSSION HELPED DEMONSTRATE THAT, AND TYLER WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL AS WELL IF YOU'D LIKE.
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BROKE THIS DOWN TO SHOW THE YELLOW AND THE BLUE.ALL OF THAT THAT'S COLORED IS SLOPES BETWEEN 5 AND 12.
THE YELLOW IS FROM FIVE TO LESS THAN EIGHT, AND THEN THE BLUE IS 8-12%.
IN THESE BLUE AREAS, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS IMPACTING OR WHAT THE IMPACT IS FOR THE BLUE, SINCE THAT'S ADA AND REQUIREMENTS IS 8% AND LESS.
THAT IS ABOUT FOUR ACRES OF TOTAL SLOPE BEING IMPACTED THAT'S BETWEEN 8-12.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DESIGN WAS STRATEGICALLY DONE TO PRESERVE AS MUCH SLOPE AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY THIS RIDGE LINE.
WE'VE HEARD WE'VE BEEN LISTENING.
TYLER IS A MAN OF CHARACTER AND WANTS TO HAVE DISCUSSION AND IS LISTENING, AND IS OPEN-MINDED.
SINCE WE'VE HAD THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THEM STARTING THE SUMMER, THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE RESPONDED WITH.
WE CHANGED THE APPLICATION FROM CLUSTER TO CONSERVATION.
WE'RE ADHERING TO AS MANY CONSERVATION STANDARDS AS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING DENSITY.
WE ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ONE-ACRE LOTS MORE THAN THE MINIMUM; THE MINIMUM IS 25%, WE'RE AT 45, TRIPLING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION BECAUSE IT IS ALLOWED TO ASK FOR A 50% REDUCTION ON CONSERVATION PROJECTS, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY TRIPLING THAT.
PRESERVING 88% OF THE SPECIMEN TREES.
WE KNOW THEY'RE IMPORTANT HERE.
THE CUMMINGS PROPERTY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THAT MANY SPECIMEN TREES WHEN YOU LOOK AT MONTEL CINO OR THE SMITH TRACT.
THOSE ARE COVERED, BUT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN MOSTLY PASTURE LAND.
WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE PRESERVATION THERE, CLARIFYING WHAT'S ALLOWED IN AG LOT AND OPEN SPACE USES, SAFEGUARDING THE SLOPES OF THE VISTAS, AND THEN NOT ALLOWING TRAFFIC AT SHILOH AND KINGS TO ENTER THE EDEN RANCH DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A DECELERATION LANE TO RESERVE THAT.
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A DISCUSSION ON THE ADUS AND THE LIVESTOCK.
WE'RE DOING EMERGENCY ACCESS. WE TOOK THAT OFF.
WE ARE MODIFYING THE SETBACKS.
HERE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET CLARIFICATION ON IS, I THINK THE AG SETBACKS WERE MEANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH AG ZONING.
WHEN PNZ TALKED ABOUT 30 AND 30, I DON'T THINK IT APPLIED TO THE AG LOTS.
AG LOTS HAVE A 40-FOOT FRONT YARD AND A 20-FOOT REAR YARD, AND WE WERE HAPPY TO KEEP THOSE.
JUST WANT TO CLARIFICATION THERE ON THAT ONE.
THEN, INCREASING THE LOT COVERAGE ONLY FOR ACCESSORY USES ONLY ON THE CONSERVATION LOTS, TOOK OFF THE GATES.
WE'RE OKAY WITH COMPATIBILITY.
A BIG IMPACT FOR US WOULD BE IMPOSING THAT 150-FOOT LOT WITH IT CHANGES THE PLAN SIGNIFICANTLY AND IMPACTS THE CHARACTER.
THEN THE TREES ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE ORCHARDS.
I KNOW TYLER WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO EACH TREE SPECIFICALLY.
BUT TYLER AND I ARE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, DIRECTOR OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, AND OUR OTHER PLANNER, MARISSA.
I THINK BETWEEN THE TEAM HERE, WE CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, AND WHICHEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND STAFF HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH AS WELL ON THIS ONE.
>> THANK YOU, RANDY. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ON THIS AND YOU TAKING OVER THIS PROJECT.
I DO ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHIEF HENLEY, PLEASE.
[LAUGHTER] YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THIS ALREADY.
IF WE DENY THAT EMERGENCY ACCESS, AND THERE'S NO ACCESS THERE.
HOW WILL THAT CHANGE THE EMERGENCY SERVICES' ACCESS TO THAT COMMUNITY? > >OUR ONLY CONCERN, IT IS NOT REQUIRED BY CODE BECAUSE, AS IT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED, WE NEEDED THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF LOTS, AND AS IT MORPHED AND CHANGED, AND LOT SIZES AND CHANGED AND HOUSE NUMBERS REDUCED.
WE ONLY NEED ACCESS AND EGRESS TO IN AND OUT.
THAT WAS LEFT THERE, AND IT WASN'T NEEDED FOR ACCESS EGRESS BASED ON CODE.
OUR ONLY CONCERN, IT'S A MINOR CONCERN IS WE MIGHT HAVE AN EXTENDED RESPONSE TIME GETTING THROUGH AND UP.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT IT.
>> BUT WE'RE TALKING 45 SECONDS MAYBE WITH THAT, JUST DEPENDING ON WHERE WE'RE GOING.
OF COURSE, AS OTHER THINGS DEVELOP AROUND IT,
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AND OTHER THOROUGHFARE PLANS GET APPROVED, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ACCESS AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE YET, AS THINGS DEVELOP AROUND IT.STATION 2 IS RIGHT THERE, AND IT'S RIGHT THERE ON SHALLOW AND 1171.
WE'RE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED WITH A HUGE IMPACT ON TOTAL RESPONSE TIME.
OUR ACCESS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> I THINK I HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW-UP, CHIEF. IF YOU DON'T MIND? IF THERE ARE ADUS, HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO YOUR CALCULATIONS FOR RESPONSE TIMES WITH THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS?
>> IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE ACCESS THOSE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO THE FRONT OF THE HOME, AND THERE'S MANY TIMES WHERE IT'S OUT BACK, AND ASSESS THE PATIENT.
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY THAT HAS A LARGE GERIATRIC POPULATION, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WOULD BE COMING INTO THIS BASED ON THE PLAN.
THAT DOES IMPACT SERVICES SOMEWHAT, OR COULD IMPACT SERVICES BASED ON AN AGING POPULATION USUALLY NEEDS MORE MEDICAL CARE.
I COULDN'T QUANTIFY THAT, BUT I CAN JUST TELL YOU IN GENERALITIES THAT CALL VOLUME MAY INCREASE BASED ON THAT POPULATION TYPE.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE, COUNSEL, IT'S 11:04. AT THIS TIME.
[N. CLOSED MEETING (Part 2 of 3)]
WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551 SECTION 071, PLEASE. THANK YOU.>> GOOD EVENING, FLOWER MOUND.
[O. RECONVENE (Part 2 of 3)]
WE ARE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION.IT'S ALMOST THE NEXT DAY. LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.
BRANDY, IF YOU'D COME FORWARD AND PULL UP YOUR LIST COMPLETELY UP. I GOT IT HERE.
[Items 3 - 6 (Part 2 of 2)]
>> YES, MA'AM. THIS IS THE RECAP FROM P&Z.
WAS THAT THE LIST OR WERE ARE YOU WANTING MAYBE LEXENS LIST?
>> NO, THE LIST WHICH HE'S REQUESTING.
LET ME PUT IT ON THE RIGHT SCREEN.
>> LEXENS, THIS IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE LIST OF EXCEPTIONS THAT YOU HAD AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT WHAT P&Z RECOMMENDED AND THEN WE'VE GOT WHAT EDEN RANCH IS ASKING FOR US TO DEVIATE FROM P&Z'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN BEFORE THE MEETING.
>> IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK P&Z WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH, BUT THAT ARE MODIFICATION, AS LONG AS I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE, THEN THIS IS GOOD.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT IF WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND JUST DENY ALL OF EDEN RANCH'S REQUESTS AND JUST GO WITH WHAT P&Z RECOMMENDED, I THINK I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE I THINK I'D LIKE TO PULL BACK FROM WHAT P&Z HAD BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF EXCEPTIONS AND DRILLING DOWN IF WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT THAT THERE IS SOME SCENARIO WHERE WE WOULD BE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD. IS THAT FAIR?
>> YES. I HAVE A SCENARIO, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL IT'LL MATCH UP WITH WHAT YOUR SCENARIO IS BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF WHAT I HAD WAS IN ALIGNMENT WITH P&Z WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M LIKE, OKAY, NO, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS UNWILLING TO APPROVE THIS EVEN WITH P&Z'S RECOMMENDATIONS INTACT? IS ANYONE TOTALLY INFLEXIBLE ON THAT OR IS IT WORTH SPENDING TIME TO DISCUSS?
>> HE WANTED ADUS BY RIGHT, BUT WE DON'T WANT THAT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. [OVERLAPPING]
>> [OVERLAPPING] HE JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE FIRST THAT NOBODY IS A HUNDRED PERCENT IN NO MATTER WHAT.
>> GOOD. WE CAN FIND SOME SCENARIO HERE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S IT.
NOBODY'S AGAINST IT COMPLETELY.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLEAR UP. THEN YES, LET'S GO DOWN THE LIST.
>> WHAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE WENT TO A LEGISLATURE, THREE OF US, ME, ADAM, AND ANN ABOUT THESE ADUS.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION TO HAVE.
IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WENT AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY BY RIGHT TO JUST GO AND BUILD ADUS.
THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT SO MANY THINGS.
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THE POPULATION OVER THERE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, DRAINAGE, SO MANY THINGS.I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, COUNCIL, THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER ON THE ADU SIDE OF IT.
I WANT TO GO DOWN EACH AND EVERY ITEM AND WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 4 IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DELIBERATING RIGHT NOW.
>> I AGREE. I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF ANY ADUS OTHER THAN THOSE THAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY SUP ADHERING TO CURRENT STANDARDS.
>> THERE'S ONE. LET'S GO BACK TO THE EXPLORING THE OPTION OF THE D.
>> WELL, THAT WAS ALREADY RESOLVED.
>> I WOULD PUT THAT WAY LOW DOWN.
>> MAYOR, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE LIVESTOCK AND THE TREES REAL QUICK?
>> THE INITIAL VISION WAS TO HAVE THIS AGRICULTURAL THEMED NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I THINK I STILL WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THAT.
I KNOW THEY HAVE PUT IN SOME CONDITIONS IN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE ORCHARDS FAIL, IT REVERTS BACK TO FARMLAND, OPEN SPACE, GRASSLANDS, SOMETHING REASONABLE.
ONE THING I WOULD PULL BACK ON IS I WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLANT THEIR ORCHARDS AND HAVE THEIR LIVESTOCK AS THEY REQUESTED IN THERE.
>> I WOULD BE OPEN TO THE ORCHARDS AS LONG AS THE NUMBER OF TREES IN THE ORCHARDS DOES NOT TRY TO FULFILL THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT NEED TO BE PLANTED PER THE STANDARDS.
IF THEY WANT TO PLANT ORCHARDS IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED TREES FROM THE LIST, THEN I WOULD BE FLEXIBLE ON THAT.
>> THEN THEY CAN'T SUFFICE THE COMPLY WITH THE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS THROUGH THE ORCHARDS.
>> THEN I WANTED TO ASK OUR TREE FOLKS ONE QUICK QUESTION IF SOMEBODY CAN COME UP HERE.
SINCE WE HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND I DID A LITTLE GOOGLING WHILE WE WERE MEETING, IT WAS ARMILLARIA ROOT ROT.
NOW, I'VE HEARD ABOUT OAK WILT PLENTY OF TIMES.
WHAT GOOGLE SAYS IS IT AFFECTS PEACH TREES SPECIFICALLY AND IT COULD SPREAD TO OAK TREES, BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE IN DENTON COUNTY HAVING THIS PROBLEM.
DO WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ARMILLARIA ROOT ROT WITH PEACHES IF THEY PLANT ANY?
>> IT COULD POTENTIALLY ALREADY BE IN THE SOIL OUT THERE.
IF ANYTHING, THE PEACH TREES WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE THAT'S EXISTING IN THE SOIL.
THEN A COUPLE OF THE ORCHARDS AREN'T EVEN CLOSE TO ANY SPECIMEN TREES, I THINK IT'S JUST THAT ONE AT THE NORTH SIDE.
>> I'M JUST LOOKING FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, LOW RISK, HIGH RISK? DO WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT PEACHES SPECIFICALLY OR ANY OF THE OTHER FRUIT TREES AS A VECTOR FOR DISEASE FOR THESE OAK TREES?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY LOOK AT OPTIONS AS FAR AS SELECTING RESISTANT ROOT STOCKS, AND THEN ALSO JUST NOT PLANTING ANY TREES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DISEASED, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CERTIFIED ARBORIST ALONG WITH THE NONPROFIT THAT CAN HELP GUIDE THEM.
>> IF THIS IS APPROVED IN THE OPEN SPACE PLAN, CAN WE ADD LANGUAGE TO BUFFER ANY VECTORS FOR ROOT ROT FROM YOUR EXISTING STRANDS OF OAK TREES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE?
>> WE CAN ADD LANGUAGE TO THE OP SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY THAT AND WE CAN'T PLANT TREES THAT SHOW SIGNS OF THAT.
>>> YEAH. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A GUY UP HERE WHO SAID HE WAS REALLY INTO HORTICULTURE.
I'VE HAD THAT JOURNEY IN MYSELF AND I'VE NEVER ONCE HEARD OF THIS DISEASE.
I LISTEN TO NEIL SPERRY EVERY WEEKEND.
I'M PRETTY SURE IF IT WAS A PROBLEM.
WE'D BE HEARING ABOUT IT A LOT, SO I PROBABLY OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THAT SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT UP.
>> BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE, IS EVERYBODY?
>> I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION TOO, AND I THINK MAYBE IT WOULD BE LEXEN POSSIBLY.
BECAUSE THIS HAS TO DO WITH OUR CONSERVATION ORDINANCE, THAT IT PROHIBITS REMOVING PROTECTED TREES IN THE OPEN SPACES.
OUR EXISTING CONSERVATION, DOES THIS DA COVER THAT AS WELL?
>> NO. THE PD STANDARDS WOULDN'T PROHIBIT REMOVING PROTECTED TREES IN THE OPEN SPACES.
YEAH, I GUESS WE WOULD ASSUME THEY ARE NOT REMOVING ANY PROTECTED TREES IN OPEN SPACES BECAUSE TYPICALLY, THOSE ARE ALL PRESERVED.
IN THE, SORRY, NOT IN THE PD, IN THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN, IT SHOULD SAY THAT NO PROTECTED TREE CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT A CERTIFIED ARBORIST STATING THAT IT'S DISEASE OR HAZARDOUS.
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>> THAT'S IN THERE. PERFECT. THANK YOU.
>> ARE WE DONE WITH THAT DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THEN REQUIRING THE EMERGENCY ACCESS TO BE MINIMAL ALLOWABLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 82-136 OF THE TOWN CODE.
MY QUESTION TO CHIEF HENLEY WAS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY ACCESS.
>> NO. HE'S OKAY WITH IT THOUGH.
HE'S ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO EMERGENCIES?
I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE TO ENSURE THAT THE CUL-DE-SAC AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER TERMINATES INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> YEAH, I HAVE THAT ON HERE ON MY LIST.
>> THAT'S WHY, YEAH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WITH CHIEF HENLEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE, THAT THE RESPONSE TIME WAS GOING TO BE FINE WITHOUT THAT EXIT INTO DOUBLE OAK.
THEN MODIFYING THE FRONT AND REAR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS TO BE 30 FEET.
>> LEXEN, THAT SAYS AG SETBACK PER AG ZONING.
WAS THERE AN EXCEPTION REQUEST HERE?
>> NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THERE WAS JUST SOME CONFUSION BASED ON THE DISCUSSION OF IT OF WHETHER THE INTENTION WAS FOR PND TO APPLY THAT TO THE AG LOTS ALSO.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS P&ZS INTENTION BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY PROVIDING THE GREATER 40 FOOT SETBACK FOR THE AG LOT, SO I DON'T THINK P&D WANTED THEM TO REDUCE THAT.
I THINK THEY WERE FOCUSED ON THE CONSERVATION LOTS WHEN THEY SAID THE 30 FEET AND 30 FEET.
>> SO THEN MODIFYING THE MAXIMUM LOT SIZE TO BE 30%, SORRY.
NOW OUR STANDARD IN THAT CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS 25%.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION SINCE THE ADU REQUIRES AN SUP.
IF WE LEFT THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE, IT'D STILL BE CAPPED AT 25%, BUT IF THEY GOT THE SUP, THEY WOULD HAVE THE 5%.
I WOULD BE OKAY WITH LEAVING THAT.
>> BUT THE SUP WOULD PRESUME THAT THEY ARE APPROVED SO I WANT THE 25% MAX LOCK.
>> WHAT I MEAN IS THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THE SUP APPROVAL IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
>> WELL, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE 25 AND JUST STATE IT.
MATTER OF FAIR, THE 30% ISN'T FOR ADUS, IT'S FOR POOLS, IT'S FOR POOL HOUSES BUNGALOWS.
>> NO. A POOL HOUSE COVERAGE. ANYTHING COVERED.
>> I THOUGHT THE LANGUAGE WAS 25% UP TO 30% WITH THE 5% BEING FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING, SPECIFIC.
>> ALL ACCESSORIES [OVERLAPPING].
GIVEN THAT, I'M OKAY WITH THE [INAUDIBLE].
>> IF IT DOESN'T HAVE FOUR VOTES, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT, JUST STRIKE IT.
>> 25%. WE'RE ALL GOOD ON THAT ONE.
ELIMINATING THE GATES ON THE EQUESTRIAN TRAIL.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO STATE IT.
YEAH I WANT IT STATED. I'M NOT LEAVING IT.
>> I THOUGHT THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN, THE MOTION DIDN'T REQUIRE US TO STATE THAT.
>> BUT THE PRESENTATION BY MCADAMS HAD THE GATED?
>> THAT'S ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
>> COULD THE NEXT ONE REQUIRING THE COMPATIBILITY BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND NON RESIDENTIAL.
WHERE ARE WE? THE LIVING NATURAL SCREENING MATERIAL, I WANT A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY ON THAT.
>> THAT'S WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH P&Z.
BUT WHAT STAFF WENT AHEAD AND WROTE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH THE APPLICANT AGREED WITH, WAS JUST TO MEET THE NORMAL LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT OF THE COMPATIBILITY BUFFER.
THAT'S ALREADY DETAILED IN OUR ORDINANCE, THAT 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND HOW YOU MEET IT, THEY SAID, YES, WE'LL MEET THE LANDSCAPE PORTION OF THAT, JUST NOT THE MASONRY WALL AND NOT THE 60 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK.
>> SO IT WOULD JUST BE THE MEET ORDINARY OUR STAFF SUGGESTED?
>> AGAIN, THAT'S ALREADY WRITTEN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROPOSE ON MODIFICATION.
>> WE'RE 100% SURE THAT'S IN THERE?
>> WE'RE GOOD. THEN THE NEXT ONE, EDEN RANCH REQUEST WANTS TO HAVE A VARIATION OF LOT WIDTH, AND THEN P&Z IS RECOMMENDING THE MINIMUM STANDARD LOT WIDTH OF 150 FEET.
>> I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I'M OKAY WITH THIS GIVEN THAT THEY'RE LIMITED TO 25% LOT COVERAGE.
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WHAT THE LOT WIDTH ALLOWS THEM TO DO IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE TRAIN AND SAVE SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.>> I THINK THEY WERE WANTING TO DO THAT TO SAY PRESERVE SOME OF THE TREES.
>> BUT SOME OF THE LOTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.
THE FIVE FOOT DEVIATION ON THESE SETBACKS WAS TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM ON SOME TREES THAT MIGHT BE ON THE SIDES.
BUT THE 150 FEET, ACCORDING TO THE CHART, WHICH THERE WOULD BE ONE I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN WHAT SLIDE IT WAS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT SLIDE IT IS, BRANDY, THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOTS? I SAW ONE THAT WAS 110 FEET.
THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE NARROW.
>> LET ME SHOW YOU THIS SLIDE.
WE DID DO A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
HERE IT IS. LET ME WALK THROUGH THIS JUST A SECOND.
BUT THE RED LINES ARE LOT LINES THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT PLAN OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY.
YOU'LL SEE THIS AREA RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS AN OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR.
IF WE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE 150 FOOT LOT WITH, THAT WOULD HAVE TO TURN INTO A LOT.
THIS SHOWS HOW THE LOTS WOULD BASICALLY HAVE TO LINE THE STREETS AND THEN THE OPEN SPACE WOULD BE IN THE BACK.
THESE TREES RIGHT HERE, THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON OPEN SPACE, BUT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT, THEN THAT WOULD CREATE SOME COMPLEXITY THERE ON BEING ABLE TO REMOVE THOSE OR NOT.
>> OR YOU JUST HAVE FEWER LOTS.
WHERE'S THE CHART THAT SHOWED HOW MANY LOTS HAD TO HAVE WHAT WIDTHS TO MAKE THIS WORK ON THIS PLAN?
>> I THINK THAT WAS LEXEN'S THAT HAD A NUMBERS.
>> OH, IT'S AS LOW AS 100, WHICH IS 50% LESS.
>> YEAH. IT'S THE SKINNY ONE RIGHT THERE.
>> ONE THING THAT LEX AND I TALKED ABOUT TODAY WAS SOME SPECIAL LANGUAGE WHERE IN ORDER TO GET THIS MORE NARROW LOT WIDTH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHOW WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE WHAT TREE THEY'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE.
>> THAT'S FOR THE SIDE SETBACKS.
>> ONLY FOR THE SETBACKS, NOT FOR THE WIDTH.
NOW, ONE THING, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ALL ARE GOING WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT I WILL SAY IF YOU WANT THEM TO MEET THE 150 FOR ALL THE LOTS, THEN I DO THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE STANDARD.
THERE'S A CURRENT STANDARD IN THERE THAT SAYS THEY WILL PROVIDE 45% ONE ACRE LOTS RATHER THAN THE 25%, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN ASK THEM TO PROVIDE TO MEET THE 150 LOT WIDTH FOR ALL OF THEM AND ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF ONE ACRE LOTS.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PROVIDING MORE ONE ACRE LOTS, THEY'RE JUST SKINNIER.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAN DO BOTH.
>> BUT WHEN THEY'RE SKINNIER, THE HOUSES LOOK CLOSER TOGETHER.
>> I WASN'T TRYING TO SAY WHAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT'S TOO SKINNY FOR THE HOUSES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOT ON THE GROUND FLOOR HAS TO BE 2,100 SQUARE FEET.
THOUGH THEY'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE TOGETHER.
>> WHICH LOOKS LIKE HIGH DENSITY IN THE CROSS TIMBERS CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
>> THE SF 30 DOES ALLOW FOR A REDUCTION DOWN TO 100 LOT WIDTH, BUT NOT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT HERE, BUT THE SIDE GETS SETBACKS WOULD STILL ADHERE TO CONSERVATION STANDARDS.
EVEN THOUGH THE LOTS ARE A LITTLE BIT NARROWER, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT MINIMAL SO WE DON'T IMPACT THOSE OTHER AREAS, AND IF WE HAVE TO COME IN AND DO 150, I'M AFRAID THAT WE'D HAVE TO ADD MORE STREET FRONTAGE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT WORK AND SELL OF THOSE OPEN SPACE CONNECTIONS.
>. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS HOW MANY OF EACH AT WHICH DIMENSION FOR THE WIDTH?
>> JUST ONE AT 100, AND THERE'S SEVEN THREE QUARTER ACRE LOTS.
THESE ARE ALL FOR THREE QUARTER ACRE LOTS, NONE OF THEM ARE THE ONE ACRES. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THE FIRST BULLET IS FOR SEVEN ONE ACRE LOTS TO HAVE A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 130, AND REALLY THAT'S BETWEEN 130 AND 150.
SOME OF THOSE ARE NOT 130, SOME OF THOSE ARE GREATER THAN 130.
>> THE NARROWER THEY ARE AND THE DEEPER THEY ARE, THAT MEANS IT NEEDS A MUCH LONGER DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE WITH RUNOFF AND DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE SETBACK AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK WITH THE LOT AREA STILL MEETING THE ONE ACRE.
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>> BUT I THOUGHT YOU ASKED FOR 30 FEET SETBACK INSTEAD OF 50 FOR SOME OF THESE?
>> ON THE CONSERVATION LOTS IS A 30-FOOT FRONT YARD AND A 30-FOOT REAR YARD.
THE REAR YARD WAS ORIGINALLY 25 IN THE CONSERVATION, WE'RE ASKING TO INCREASE THAT TO THE 30.
>> IT'S A LOT OF EXCEPTIONS FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET THE CONSERVATION STANDARDS.
REMEMBER, RANDY YOU TOLD ME IT DID.
>> I SAID THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET AS MANY OF THE CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS AS POSSIBLE.
THIS ALLOWS FOR US TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE PRESERVATION OF THE TREES AND THE SLOPES AND THE OPEN SPACE AREAS, AND HAVING THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE VITAL.
THEY'RE CRITICAL TO THE CONNECTIVITY IN CREATING THIS COMMUNITY FOR EDEN RANCH.
WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ADDING OR MAKING A 150 REALLY ADHERES TO THAT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IF THE OPEN SPACE IS BEHIND ALL THE LOTS, THEN WE LOSE THAT CONNECTION WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER.
>> HOW DOES THIS DIFFER IN APPEARANCE FROM THE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A HIGHER DENSITY LOOK? BUT IT LOOKS CLOSER.
IF WE'RE CHANGING THE SIDE CLEARANCES AND WE'RE CHANGING THE SETBACK AND WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER EXCEPTION FOR THE LOT WIDTH, THE HOUSES WILL BE MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER, WHICH WILL APPEAR MORE LIKE THE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT THAN THE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL ENVISIONED.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
CAN I GO BACK TO WHAT'S RIGHT HERE? ON THIS HERE, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS TO THIS IS YOU CAN SPREAD THESE LOTS OUT RIGHT UP HERE.
YOU CAN SPREAD THOSE OUT AND FAN THOSE OUT, BUT THEN YOU'LL LOSE THOSE TREES.
THERE'S BEAUTIFUL TREES THERE.
I DIDN'T TAKE ANY PICTURES, BUT WHOEVER SEEN THE PROPERTY OUT THERE, THERE'S SOME REALLY NICE TREE GROVES.
ALSO ONE OF THE KEY POINTS THAT WE HEARD A LOT FROM COUNCIL AND DURING OUR WORK SESSIONS IS THE SCENIC CORRIDORS AND OPEN VISTAS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRIED MAKING REALLY CLEAR OR MAKING REALLY CLEAR WITHIN OUR STANDARDS INTERNALLY SO THAT AS YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH HERE, YOU'RE SEEING DRIFTS AND GROVES AS WELL.
>> BUT I WON'T BE DRIVING THROUGH THERE, AS I'M NOT A RESIDENT, AND I'LL BE GATED OUT.
THE SCENIC VISTA REALLY ONLY APPLIES TO THE CORRIDOR ON 1171, WHICH ALL OF US HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE TIME.
>> GREAT. BUT THAT'S ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN HERE AND FOR WILDLIFE WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THOROUGHFARES AND PASSAGES AND OPEN VISTAS.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP TO THAT STANDARD.
RATHER THAN FANNING THINGS OUT AND MAKING IT ALL A ROW OF HOUSES, THERE'S VERY FEW NARROW LOTS.
THERE REALLY IS. IF YOU COULD EASILY SPREAD THIS OUT AND MAKE THOSE ALL WIDER, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO GET RID OF SOME TREES AND IT JUST DOESN'T FLOW AS WELL IN OUR OPINION.
>> TECHNICALLY, I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO ADD MORE ROADWAY.
IT'S REALLY A CHOICE OF WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO COUNCIL.
WE CAN ADJUST THE PLAN TO ADD MORE ROADWAY TO TRY TO MEET THAT WHERE WE CAN.
BUT THESE FINGERS OF OPEN SPACE.
>> IT'S JUST FEWER LOTS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MORE ROADWAY.
IT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LOTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE 150 WIDTH.
>> WE'VE ALREADY LOST 10 LOTS TO TRY TO MEET THE CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS.
>> YES, IT IS, AND WE UNDERSTOOD THAT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
BUT I THINK REDUCING LOTS EVEN MORE WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO TYLER'S VISION.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO REDUCE THE LOTS.
WE WOULD TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE 158 LOTS AND MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
>> I'M SORRY. WELL, 158 ARE IN THE CONSERVATION.
>> I'M OKAY WITH SOME OF THE DIMENSIONAL CHANGES.
I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE TREES THAT ARE MOVED ON THAT NORTH SIDE.
THERE'S FOUR TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S VERY STRAIGHT, AND IT SEEMS IF WE ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE TO SOME OF THAT ROAD WE MIGHT BE TO SAVE THREE OF THOSE TREES, WHICH WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO MORE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO DO.
>> YOU SEE THOSE THREE TREES THAT ARE NORTH OF LOT 73? YOU'RE THE ENGINE.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T TAKE THE ROAD FURTHER NORTH, BUT DIPPING IT DOWN TO GO AROUND THEM, AND WE'D GET INTO THAT GRAZING AREA, BUT THERE'S ROOM THERE.
>> MY THOUGHT IS WE'RE STICKING WITH THE 25% LOT COVERAGE.
IF WE CAN SAVE A COUPLE MORE TREES AND KEEP WITH WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US YOU'RE DOING, I'M OKAY WITH.
>> WOULD THOSE BE TREES THAT THE ECC DENIED POSSIBLY? BECAUSE I'M ALSO ON THE ECC RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EIGHT VERSUS THE 17.
>> I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, BUT WE'LL VERIFY THAT.
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>> THEY'RE ALL IN GOOD CONDITION TOO. LET'S SEE HERE.
>> ECC RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THOSE THREE TREES IN THE APPROVAL.
>> THERE ARE THREE OF THE EIGHT THAT THEY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL?
>> WHAT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL 17 THAT ARE STILL BEING REQUESTED? OR IS IT 17 TOTAL?
>> A LOT OF THOSE WERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THERE'S A LOT OF CLUSTERS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.
>> A GROVE. SEEMED A BIT HARDER ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITHOUT IMPACTING OTHER TREES.
THOSE THREE POPPED OUT AS WHERE EXACTLY THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE LOT WIDTHS AND EVERYTHING.
>> I THINK WE COULD DIP THAT ROAD DOWN.
>> THERE'S OPEN SPACE BEHIND IT.
>> ARE WE WILLING TO GRANT THE EXCEPTION IF THEY SAVE ADDITIONAL TREES? IS THAT AN OPTION?
>> I'M OKAY IN GENERAL WITH THE REDUCED LOT WIDTH.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I MET WITH THE APPLICANT WAS I WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY, AND NOT JUST HAVE A CARTE BLANCHE TO FREE AND DO WHATEVER, AND THEY DID DO THAT.
THE ONE THING I DO HAVE A BIT OF A CONCERN WITH IS, I HATE TO HAVE YOU DO THIS, BUT CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT ONE SLIDE?
THE 26 THREE QUARTER ACRE LOTS THAT GO DOWN TO 130, THAT'S A LARGE NUMBER OF LOTS, AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S REALLY STICKING OUT WITH ME.
THE 14 WITH 120, THAT'S GETTING UP THERE AS WELL.
IF WE GAVE YOU SOME OF THESE, THE SEVEN DOWN TO 130 FEET, THE FOUR DOWN TO 140 FEET, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO WITH THOSE 26 PLUS 14 AND THOSE 40 LOTS.
>> I CAN'T DO THE MATH THAT QUICKLY, BUT I THINK WE COULD FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND WHAT YOU ARE LEANING TOWARDS BY ALLOWING SOME FLEXIBILITY.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LOTS, IS IT 59, MISA? SORRY, CONSERVATION IS 52? FIFTY TWO LOTS IN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A DEVIATION.
MAYBE WE COULD SAY ONLY A PERCENTAGE OF THE CONSERVATION LOTS COULD HAVE A REDUCED LOT WIDTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK WE COULD WORK THROUGH THAT TO NOT HAVE IT AS HIGH AS THIS NUMBER.
I THINK IF WE SAID ALL OF THEM HAVE TO BE 150, THAT'S RESTRICTING US GREATLY IN THE DESIGN.
BUT IF MAYBE IT'S HALF OF THEM OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE MORE WIGGLE ROOM.
>> I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE AS AGGRESSIVE AS YOU CAN BE TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER.
I'M OKAY WITH SOME OF THE VARIANTS.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY AS AGGRESSIVE AS YOU CAN BE.
I WANT TO KNOW. COULD YOU SHOW ME THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS HOW MANY THREE QUARTER ACRE LOTS THERE ARE?
>> I WANT THAT NUMBER BEFORE WE APPROVE.
>> FIFTY TWO OUT OF THE 82, WHICH IS MORE THAN 50%.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR EXCEPTIONS ON THOSE.
>> I'M JUST DISCUSSING THE INTENT.
BUT IF THEY START TO REDUCE SOME OF THESE AND WE START TO IMPACT TREES, ISN'T THERE A HAPPY BALANCE HERE?
>> NOT EVERY ONE OF THESE IS GOING TO HAVE TREES ON IT.
>> AGREED. MAYBE THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM.
>> SOME OF THESE TREES, I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULDN'T ALREADY NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR.
I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED TO WORK THAT OUT AS WELL.
>> WELL, WE'LL GET TO THAT ON ITEM 5 TOO.
>> I UNDERSTAND. BUT WE'RE WONDERING WISHING IT OUT.
>> IT'S MOOT IF WE CAN'T GET TO THIS.
>> NOT TRYING TO PUT A GUN AGAINST YOUR HEAD EITHER.
IF YOU NEED A RECESS OR A BREAK,
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, I'M OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL.>> LOOKING AT THIS PLAN I'M LIKE, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY AT THIS CUL-DE-SAC, FOR EXAMPLE, TO DO THE FIVE LOTS ON EACH SIDE.
THE RED WAS PREVIOUSLY AND THEN THERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THERE'S ROOM TO DO THIS ADJUSTMENT AND STILL HAVE THAT OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR THERE.
THIS ONE MIGHT COME OUT AND THAT ONE MIGHT COME OUT.
IT IS VERY HARD TO SAY UNLESS WE'RE FROM THE COMPUTER DRAWING THIS.
BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT REDUCING IT I WANT TO SAY PROBABLY BY HALF FROM WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY REQUESTING.
>> TWENTY SIX THREE QUARTER ACRE LOTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE LESS THAN 150 FEET OF FRONTAGE WITH THE MINIMUM BEING 100 FEET.
>> YOU CAN'T GO DOWN 75, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> NO. I THINK THAT WOULD WORK BECAUSE WE COULD STILL LENGTHEN A CUL-DE-SAC OR CHANGE THE CURVE IF WE ADD THIS CURVE UP HERE, THAT'LL MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
>> I THINK CHRIS' IDEA, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> ON SAVING THOSE THREE TREES? THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO ADJUST THE WIDTHS ON THOSE?
>> I THINK THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT OUR HEART AROUND THIS IS TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK IN WORKING WITH US ON THIS.
>> FIFTY PERCENT OF THE THREE QUARTER ACRE LOTS MAY BE REDUCED TO 100 FOOT WIDTH, AND IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> NO. ONE HUNDRED FOOT WIDTH?
>> NO. I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE ONE LOT MAYBE 100 FEET WIDE, AND 24 LOTS MAYBE BETWEEN 110 AND 150 FEET WIDE.
WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY ON WHICH ONES, BUT ALSO NOT AT THE DEMISE OF THE TREES.
>> WE'RE SAVING 443, 444, 446.
>> IF WE'LL GO BACK TO THE LIST.
WE'RE ALMOST RIGHT HERE, 444, 443.
>> ALL WERE ON THIS SLIDE REAL QUICK.
I'M TALKING ABOUT TREES, THAT RIGHT-HAND PICTURE.
WHEN WE MET, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOUR WAY.
WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY MOVING THAT ROAD, ADJUSTING IT A LITTLE BIT TO SAVE SOME OF THOSE TREES.
>> WELL, I HAVE A PLAN TO SHOW IF WE WERE TO CHANGE IT, BUT THERE WERE TWO TREES IN HERE.
THERE WERE TWO PREVIOUSLY, I THINK, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT HERE, BUT THEY WERE DECLASSIFIED DUE TO THEIR HEALTH.
THAT HELPED THERE, AND THEN SINCE THIS IS A ONE ACRE LOT WE'RE NOT BENCHING IT.
I DO THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO WORK AROUND THESE TREES.
THEN FURTHERMORE, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT LAYOUT THAT WE DID.
THIS ONE, IT SHOWS PREVIOUSLY THE ROAD WAS COMING DOWN.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLOW BEING VERY COHESIVE AND IT FLOW VERY WELL.
THIS MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DISJOINTED WHERE YOU HAVE TO COME IN AND MAKE THIS TURN AND THEN THERE'S STILL A REQUIREMENT FOR 150 FOOT STREET INTERSECTION OFFSET.
I THINK THIS MEETS THAT, BUT IT STILL RESULTS IN THE SAME NUMBER OF TREES. COMING HERE.
>> YOU ARE NEGATIVE. SINCE THAT CROSSING HAS BEEN THERE FOREVER, YOU'RE NOT MESSING WITH WILDLIFE HABITAT, WHERE THAT CRICK IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF WILDLIFE IN THAT AREA.
BUT WE DID LOOK AT THAT, MR. TYLER, AND THE TREES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY RIGHT IN THE CENTER, THOSE ONES WERE DECLASSIFIED.
I THINK JAKE WENT AND LOOKED AT THEM, I'M GUESSING, BUT THEY'RE DEAD.
>> HERE THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THESE TWO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY, TWO OF THEM WERE DECLASSIFIED.
THIS ONE, JAMISON, YOU MIGHT NEED TO SPEAK TO TREE 2070.
I THINK WE HAD TO SAY IT WAS COMING OUT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE RIGHT IN THE LINE OF THE PUDE EASEMENT, WHERE THE BAR DITCH IS. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> ON THIS PLAN, IT HAS THAT ACTUALLY BEING SAVED THERE.
BUT IT DOES CREATE THAT FRAGMENT STREET FLOW.
>> I'D ALSO LIKE TO DENY THE PERMIT FOR 2206 AND 1408.
THOSE ARE THE TWO PLUS 30 INCH POST OPS. THE REST OF THEM I'M FINE WITH.
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>> IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE, 2206 IS ON THIS LEFT IN THE CENTER.
IT'S IN THE CENTER NEXT TO THE ROAD, SO YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE ROAD.
IT'S RIGHT IN THAT MIDDLE BOX ON THE LEFT IMAGE BELOW THAT.
RIGHT THERE. 1408, LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.
I CAN'T, THESE NUMBERS ARE TOO SMALL.
>> THEY'RE REALLY SMALL, HARD TO SEE.
COUNCIL MEMBER CHI, CAN YOU CONFIRM?
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE TREES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO SAVE.
THEN THE 1408 WAS THE OTHER 30 PLUS INCH POST OP.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I LOOKED AT YOUR LIST, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS TRY TO MAKE SOME EFFORT.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS RIGHT HERE.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS IN A BACK YARD OR SOMETHING.
>> I KNOW THAT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT THAT'S SUCH A BIG TREE THAT IT'S PROBABLY WORTH TRYING.
IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE IMAGE, IT WAS IN A YARD.
>> 4208. THAT'S FOUR THEN THAT MEANS WE'RE AT 15 INSTEAD OF 17.
>> THAT'S STILL THREE MORE THERE.
>> THAT'S 12, BUT WE'RE STILL OFF BY 50% FROM ECC.
>> WELL, THERE'S STILL SOME TREES THAT ECC RECOMMENDED DENIAL ON THAT I'M WILLING TO.
>> I'M NOT. I WANT TO GO WITH IT.
BUT THE TWO THAT I HAD ON MY LIST, ONE OF THEM IS AMERICAN ELM, ANOTHER ONE IS A LIVE OAK.
I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE TREES.
>> THE TWO THAT YOU WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT, WERE THOSE ALSO EXCLUDED BY ECC?
>> YES. THOSE WERE RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL BY ECC.
>> I WANT TO GO WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EIGHT.
>> THAT'S FINE. BUT THEN SINCE CHRIS GOT THEM TO CONCEDE ON THREE TREES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
>> THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT I HAD IDENTIFIED.
THE REST OF THEM I COULD VOTE FOR.
BUT IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THAT LIST, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
>> I JUST WANT TO GO WITH ECC.
>> GREAT. THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE ANALYSIS ON THOSE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN THE PROJECT WENT TO ECC.
ECC DID NOT DO AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THE TREES AND PICK OUT, WE THINK YOU COULD SAVE ALL OF THE OTHER ONES.
AT THE TIME THE PROJECT PREVIOUSLY WENT TO ECC.
THERE WAS A DIFFERENT CONSULTANT ON THE PROJECT AND THERE WAS A DIFFERENT REQUEST.
THEY WERE ASKING TO NOT BENCH ANY OF THE LOTS AT THAT TIME.
THE APPLICANT BASICALLY SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BENCH ANY OF THE LOTS, SO WE THINK WE'LL TRY TO WORK AROUND ALL OF THE TREES THAT ARE ON EXISTING LOTS AND SAVE THEM ALL.
WE ONLY REALLY WANT THESE EIGHT THAT WE KNOW WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN ROADWAYS OR THAT THING.
ECC SAID, OKAY, GREAT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL RECOMMEND.
BUT THEN A CHANGE HAPPENED AND THE APPLICANT HAS A NEW CONSULTANT AND THEY CHANGED THEIR REQUEST TO ONLY NOT BENCH THE LOTS THAT ARE OVER ONE ACRE.
AGAIN, FOR ALL THOSE LOTS THAT ARE THREE QUARTER ACRES SMALLER.
HONESTLY, THE REASON WHY STAFF HAD MADE THEM ALL GO FORWARD, ALL 30, THE PREVIOUS TIME IS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT BASED ON THE PLAN.
ALL 30 OF THEM. THAT'S WHY THEY WERE ASKED FOR.
THEY AGAIN HAVE READJUSTED THINGS SO THAT THE NUMBER THAT STAFF THOUGHT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT HAS GONE DOWN 30-17.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT ECC HAD SAID, NO, WE DEFINITELY THINK YOU CAN SAVE ALL BUT EIGHT OF THEM.
IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAD A DIFFERENT CONSULTANT AND A DIFFERENT REQUEST THEY WERE MAKING.
THEN THEY WERE LIKE, THEY BASICALLY TOLD ECC, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BENCH ANYTHING, SO WE DON'T REALLY EVEN WANT TO ASK FOR THOSE TREES.
>> IF THE LOTS ARE NOT BENCHED, IF ALL OF THEM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE BENCHED, DO YOU THINK WE CAN SAVE MORE TREES?
>> STAFF THINKS THAT THE 17 TREES IDENTIFIED AND NOW THINGS ARE MOVED OR WHATEVER, WOULD NEED TO COME OUT.
THAT'S WHY WE BRING IT FORWARD.
NOW AGAIN, YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THE PLANS LIKE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DREW ASKED ABOUT WHAT IF YOU SHIFT THIS ROAD AND SAY THESE OTHER THREE AND THEY SAID, YES, WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT.
IT'S NOT THAT THERE CAN'T BE SOME CHANGES TO THE PLANS MADE TO SAVE ADDITIONAL TREES, JUST BASED ON THE PLANS AS THEY ARE IN YOUR PACKET, STAFF'S OPINION IS THAT 17 WOULD NEED TO COME OUT.
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NOT TO SAY THAT THE APPLICANT CAN'T MAKE THEIR BEST EFFORT TO TRY TO PRESERVE MORE OF THEM.IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE TO GO AND CUT THEM ALL DOWN IMMEDIATELY.
IT'S MORE OF AN ISSUE OF THEY WOULD NOT BE ON THE HOOK FOR A PENALTY IF THEY DID DIE BECAUSE THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD BE IMPACTED BASED ON THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THOSE 17.
THE 2,206 AND THE 1,408 THEN, CHRIS, WERE YOU ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBERS OF THOSE THREE FROM THE ROADWAY SO I CAN ADD THOSE FOR SPECIFICITY?
>> AND 446. TO DENY THOSE FROM THE LIST OF 17.
>> I THINK THOSE THREE THAT WE JUST MENTIONED WERE ACTUALLY ON THE APPROVED LIST FROM THE ECC RECOMMENDATION. THREE THAT WERE APPROVED.
>> THREE. DEFINITELY AND POSSIBLY.
>> ON THE LIST OF ECC APPROVED.
>> WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IF YOU CAN PULL IT OFF, I LIKE WHAT ADAM SAID. WAS IT CHRIS?
>> YEAH, THOSE ONE. THE BIG ONES ARE THE ONES THAT I WANT YOU TO MAKE THE EFFORT ON, OF COURSE.
THE ONES THAT ARE POSTO SPECIFICALLY, IF IT'S A LIVE OAK, YOU CAN BUY ONE AT CALOYS AND PLANT IT, SO I'M NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE POST OAKS WILL SURVIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOTORIOUSLY SENSITIVE IF THE ROTS ARE DISTURBED BUT WE CAN AT LEAST TRY.
IF THEY DO GO, THEN THERE WOULD BE THE PENALTY.
>> THERE'S ALSO RECALL THAT I KNOW THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TREES, BUT HASN'T TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY.
WE'RE PLANTING GREATER THAN 500 MORE TREES FROM THE LIST IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS REQUIRED.
WE DEFINITELY LOVE TREES, A LOT OF THEM.
THAT'S DEFINITELY AN AREA THAT WE DEEPLY CARE ABOUT AS TREES.
WE'RE NOT JUST PLANTING LITTLE SEEDLINGS, WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY TO BUY GOOD SIZED TREES.
>> I THINK THE ONES THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE NURSERY ABOUT ARE STARTING AT THREE OR FOUR FEET.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT BECAUSE EACH ONE HAS DIFFERENT, IF IT'S THREE FEET HIGH, AND IT'S THIS TYPE OF TREE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SIZE OF IT.
>> THREE FEET IS NOT THAT BIG? IT'S LIKE TWO FEET LOWER THAN ME, AND I'M SMALL.
>> BUT IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL PRICE DIFFERENCE FROM PLANTING THE ONES, I'M JUST TALKING TO WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT CAN YOU HAVE? I'M GOING TO SAYING THAT WE'RE AFTER LARGE AMOUNTS OF TREES.
>> IT'S A WASTE OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
>> SORRY. I WAS TALKING TO THE MAYOR.
>> MAYBE I COULD ASK JAKE TO, WHAT'S THE REQUIRED CALIPER FOR THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS? BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 500 TREES AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ORCHARDS.
BUT WHAT I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IS HOW MANY ARE REQUIRED TO BE PLANTED OF WHAT CALIPER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THE REQUIRED TREES WILL BE SATISFIED BY THE PLANTING OF THE ORCHARD.
>> I DON'T SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT LANDSCAPE PLANTS TOO MUCH, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON THE LINEAR FEET OF THE BUFFER.
THEN THE LANDSCAPE TREES HAVE TO BE TWO AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES UNLESS SOMETIMES THEY'LL APPROVE LIKE THREE SMALL TREES TO TAKE THE PLACE OF ONE TREE IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.
>> IS THAT THE PLAN THERE SINCE YOU'RE PLANTING 500 SMALL TREES TO SATISFY?
>> IF THESE ARE NOT IN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE USED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING.
>> LEXIN, YOU'RE READY TO ANSWER THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE.
>> I WAS JUST TO SAY THAT THEY'RE MEETING OUR NORMAL PLANTING REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE MINIMUM THREE INCH CALIPER.
IT'S GOING TO BE OF THE APPROVED PLANTING LIST THAT'S ALLOWED FOR THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLY ON THAT THE ORCHARD TREES WERE NOT GOING TO BE PART OF THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THEY'RE INTERNAL TO THE SITE.
I THINK HE'S JUST TALKING ABOUT HE LIKES TREES, HE'S PLANTING ADDITIONAL TREES.
THERE'S LOTS OF TREES ON THE SITE, BUT YOU ALL DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER ANY OF THIS OTHER STUFF HE'S DOING, IS IT MEETING OUR STANDARD, THAT SORT OF THING.
WHAT JAKE WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE 3:1.
THAT'S WHENEVER YOU PLANT UNDER POWER LINES.
YOU HAVE TO DO THE SMALLER ONES THAT DON'T GROW AS TALL, SO YOU HAVE TO DO MORE.
YOU HAVE A THREE TO ONE RATIO.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION HERE.
>> OKAY. WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
>> DID WE COVER ALL THE EXCEPTIONS, BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] A FEW OTHER?
>> NO, WE HAVE ONE MORE, I THINK.
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I THINK WE NEED TO GO TO THE LIST.I THINK WE WERE ON THE LAST ONE. NO, WE'RE GOOD.
>> I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT'S 50,000 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S WHAT THE SLIDE SAID?
IT'S 50,000 SQUARE FEET FOR ALL COMBINED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE PARKING, THE DRIVE AISLE, AND THAT CIRCULATION AND THE BUILDING.
>> COULD YOU BRING THAT SLIDE UP FOR ME? I JUST WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
>> THE REPRESENTATIVE PICTURE OR ON THE PLAN?
>> IT SAID 50,000 SQUARE FEET. YES, THAT'S IT.
>> MAXIMUM 50,000 SQUARE FEET INCLUDES ALL THE PARKING AND DID YOU SAY POOL? ARE YOU HAVING TENNIS COURTS OR PICKLEBALL COURTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> THERE ARE SOME COURTS THAT ARE ALLOWED.
>> THAT WOULD WOULD INCLUDE THOSE AS WELL.
>> IT DOES REQUIRE A SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
>> YOUR OPEN SPACE CALCULATION DEDUCTED 50,000 SQUARE FEET TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS FUTURE?
>> YES, SIR, AS WELL AS THE FACILITY BARNS, FOR THE 5,000 SQUARE FEET TIMES THREE, AND THEN THE GREENHOUSES FOR THE NUMBER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THERE FOR FIVE AT 2,400 SQUARE FEET EACH.
THOSE ARE ALL TAKEN OUT. IS BROKEN DOWN ON THE OPEN SPACE PLAN AND THE CHART THAT WE'VE REMOVED THOSE.
>> BUT LEXIN, I ASKED YOU THIS THE OTHER DAY AND I JUST WANT TO REPEAT THIS JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
THE GUARD RAILS THE TOWN HAS, THAT IF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH IT, THE PARKING LOTS AND EVERYTHING, THIS GOING TO BE 52,000 SQUARE FEET.
WHAT'S THE GUARD RAILS FOR THE TOWN TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH OPEN SPACE? THE OPEN SPACE PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENT? CAN YOU TALK THROUGH HOW THAT WORKS?
>> YES. NOW, IT WOULD BE THE 45% REQUIRED MINIMUM OPEN SPACE THAT'S WITHIN THE STANDARD.
RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE MORE THAN 45%.
BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE THEY WANT TO INSTALL A DRIVEWAY THAT LEADS UP TO A GREENHOUSE AND THAT WASN'T PART OF THEIR ORIGINAL CALCULATION OF THE 2,400 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST GOING TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN SPACE AND PEOPLE WERE GOING TO WALK TO THEM, BUT NOW IT TURNS OUT THEY REALLY NEED A DRIVEWAY TO GO UP TO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO UNLOAD AND LOAD PLANTS.
WELL, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBTRACT THAT IMPERVIOUS AREA FOR THAT DRIVEWAY FROM THEIR TOTAL OPEN SPACE, AND THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET THE 45%, NO MATTER WHAT.
THEY COULDN'T GET ANYTHING APPROVED THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS, THEY WOULD CAUSE THEM TO VIOLATE THAT STANDARD OF THE MINIMUM 45% OPEN SPACE ON THE DEVELOPMENT.
>> THANKS. THE ECC HAD DENIED THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT OVERGRAZING, I GUESS, WAS ONE OF THE REASONS.
WAS THAT BEFORE THIS REGENERATIVE THRESHOLDS WERE SET?
>> YES. IT WAS BEFORE WE ADDED THE ANIMAL UNITS AND THEN LANGUAGE ABOUT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ANIMAL UNITS FOR EVERY TWO ACRES, WHICH WAS ONE ANIMAL UNIT FOR TWO ACRES.
THERE'S ALSO LANGUAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT, I MIGHT HAVE TO READ IT, BUT THAT GRAZING CAN BE SUSPENDED IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS EXIST.
THEN WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT ANYMORE UNTIL THOSE CONDITIONS WERE RESTORED.
>> THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE ANIMALS? THEY'RE JUST SENT SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GRAZE, THEY JUST SIT IN THEIR BARN.
>> YOU WANT TO TALK TO WHERE THEY WOULD BE RELOCATED?
>> THAT'S WHERE WE HAD THE TEMPORARY GRAZING, BUT IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A SMALL LIMITED NUMBER OF ANIMALS.
>> WHY DO YOU NEED FIVE BARNS IF YOU'RE ONLY HAVING A FEW ANIMALS?
>> WELL, THE BARNS ARE ONLY FOR ANIMALS, BUT FOR LIKE LAWN MOWERS AND SUCH, AND JUST EQUIPMENT BARNS TO KEEP WITH RATHER THAN CALLING IT A BUILDING BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP WITH THAT COUNTRY FEEL.
>> NOT ALL BARNS ARE STABLES, BUT ALL STABLES ARE BARNS.
>> YES. I GET IT. BUT THE REALITY OF REALLY KEEPING GOOD LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT IS THE STANDARDS THAT WE ADDED HERE AT THE ADVICE OF, WHO WAS IT?
>> YEAH, TEXAS EARNING. HERE YOU WANT TO READ IT, MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT RIGHT.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S THE 30%. COUNCIL HERE.
>> IT CAN BE GRAZING CAN BE SUSPENDED, RELOCATED OR REDUCED.
IF THE GREATER THAN 30% BEAR SOIL IN THE PADDOCKS, THERE'S EROSION OR COMPACTION, INVASIVE OR NOXIOUS PLANT DOMINANCE BEYOND ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDS, NUTRIENT RUNOFF RICKS OR NUISANCE ODOR CONDITIONS AFFECT ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THOSE ARE ALL IN THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
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>> WE HAD A REALLY ROBUST LIST FROM AGRICULTURE EXPERTS OF EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE PRETTY HIGH STANDARD IN WHICH WE'RE GREAT WITH.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RAISE CATTLE FOR A LIVING AND HAVE ANY COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.
THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY, IS FOR KIDS TO LEARN FROM AND BE AROUND ANIMALS.
BUT I GUESS I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY ARE PETS THAT THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY SHELTER NECESSARILY IN THESE GRAZING AREAS.
I'M THINKING OF STORM, SUN, ETC.
>> THERE'S LOAFING SHEDS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE GRAZING AREAS FOR SHELTER AND SHADE.
>> THEN ALSO THIS AREA HERE FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER.
THAT'S WHY WE WANTED THIS TO BE AN EQUESTRIAN AREA.
HAVING THAT STABLE THERE, IF THERE IS TERRIBLE INCLEMENT WEATHER YOU CAN BRING THEM IN.
>> YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUILD THAT THEN?
>> YES. FOR THAT LOT, THAT WILL BE A STABLE THERE.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH GETTING MR. KASNER'S ADVICE ON THAT.
HE'S GOT EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN LIVESTOCK, AND SO HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME AND SPOKE HERE.
>> COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH, A COUPLE MORE. CAN YOU AGREE TO PROHIBIT RODENT SIDES FROM YOUR OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH DOES ACTUALLY HAVE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO USE PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES, RODENT SIDES.
IT'S IN YOUR OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I WILL READ THE LANGUAGE TO YOU HANG ON.
>> IF IT GOT IN THERE, IT WAS [OVERLAPPING].
>> I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT IF IT GOT IN THERE LIKE YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION.
>> LET'S JUST READ THE LANGUAGE. WHAT IT SAYS.
THE USE OF PESTICIDES, BIOCIDES, INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, RODENTICIDES, AND HERBICIDES ON THE OPEN SPACE SHALL BE LIMITED AND MANAGED BY NONPROFIT TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OPEN SPACE.
LIMITED. WELL, THAT MEANS YOU CAN USE IT.
THERE'S NOT REALLY A STANDARD THAT SAYS WHAT LIMITED MEANS.
I KNOW YOU HAD SAID THAT YOUR INTENTION IS NOT TO USE IT.
I KNOW THAT IN SOME CASES, YOU HAVE TO, THERE'S SOME SCENARIOS WHERE YOU REALLY DO HAVE SUCH A BIG PROBLEM THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY, YOU HAVE TO GO NUCLEAR.
BUT I THINK SPECIFICALLY RODENTICIDES BECAUSE OF THE SECONDARY KILL RISK IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU REMOVE.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO REMOVE THAT ENTIRE SENTENCE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU COMPLETELY PROHIBIT YOURSELF FROM SPRAYING SOME ROUND UP ON A PATCH BLUE STEM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF BLUE STEM.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON PAGE 4?
>> THIS IS IN YOUR OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
IT'S IN OUR PACKET ON PAGE 156.
YES, PAGE 4 OF YOUR OPEN SPACE PLAN.
THAT'S RIGHT. PARAGRAPH, LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH?
>> YES. THE VEGETARIAN. IT'S ACTUALLY TWO SENTENCES THAT WE NEED TO COME OUT.
>> PROHIBITED ACTIVITY SECTION, BUT THAT LANGUAGE IS CONFLICTING BECAUSE IT IS SAYING THAT IT IS LIMITED.
THE IDEA IS TO NOT USE PESTICIDES WHATSOEVER.
>> DID YOU WANT TO JUST REMOVE THAT OR CHANGE SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED OR IS THERE A REVISION TO THAT SENTENCE?
>> YES, STRIKING AT ALL. YES, SIR.
>> STRIKE THE SENTENCE THAT REFERS TO PESTICIDES FROM THE OPEN SPACE PLAN?
>> THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO SENTENCES.
THE USE OF SUCH PRODUCTS AND/OR MOWING OF OPEN SPACES NECESSARY TO CONTROL PESTS OR VERMIN MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE NON PROFIT DISCRETION.
>> WE'LL JUST STRIKE ALL SENTENCES THAT REFER TO PESTICIDES FROM THE OPEN SPACE PLAN.
>> RIGHT. BUT IF YOU HAVE A FARM STAND, THERE ARE HEALTH STANDARDS THAT YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, AND IF YOU HAVE RATS RUNNING THROUGH ALL THE FARM.
>> THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO KILL A RAT.
YOU JUST WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT THE POISON OUT.
>> THE RODENTICIDE, SPECIFICALLY.
>> THE EFFECTIVENESS MAY BE IN QUESTION, BUT I ALSO RAT BIRTH CONTROL.
WE'RE USING IT. WE WOULD STRIKE THOSE TWO SENTENCES.
>> THEN THE LAST THING, AND ANN, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, SO LET'S GET IT OUT OF THE WAY.
THE ENTRANCE GATE, WHICH ONE DO WE WANT TO GO WITH ONE OR TWO?
>> I'M NOT A FAN OF EITHER ONE OF THEM.
>> IT'S TOO OBSTRUCTIVE FOR THE SCENIC VISTA.
THE OTHER THING TOO THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE LOCATION OF THE GATE.
I'M NOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> THESE ARE PROPOSED TREES THERE.
>> NO, I THINK IT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THE GROVES OF TREES THAT ARE IN THAT SCENIC VISTA AND THE 200 FOOT BUFFER.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE MAYBE IF IT WENT TO THE EAST A LITTLE BIT,
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IT WOULD BE FARTHER DISTANCE BETWEEN THE GROVES OF TREES OVER HERE VERSUS THIS WHOLE BIG AREA.>> THIS IS THE GATE LOCATION BACK HERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN'T LINE UP BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT U-TURN, SO NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUT OF THIS TO TURN EAST, EITHER.
THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO EAST, BUT THERE WAS A SUGGESTION OF THE HOODED LEFT AND WE'RE WILLING TO RESERVE THE RIGHT AWAY FOR THE DCL.
THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE CURRENT ENTRANCE.
JAMES, WHAT DO YOU [INAUDIBLE]?
>> THE EXISTING PROTECTOR TREES ARE NOTATED IN THE LITTLE GRAY CIRCLES, AND WITH THE EXISTING DRIVE, IT BASICALLY FOLLOWS THE SAME ROUTE THAT [OVERLAPPING], SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IMPACTING ANY EXISTING TREE.
>> THE FENCE, IS IT GOING TO BE THE RAIL FENCE?
WHY ARE THE GATES SO MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN THE FENCE? IT JUST MAKES IT SO IMPERVIOUS LOOKING.
>> THIS GATE WAS PUSHED BACK REALLY FAR IN, SO IT'S, HOW MANY FEET? IT'S 300 FEET IN.
WE MOVED IT WAY BACK RATHER THAN HAVING IT UP THE FRONT WHERE WE USED TO HAVE IT, AND THEN ALSO THE LITTLE BEND IN THE ROAD OR [BACKGROUND] THIS HERE.
SORRY. RIGHT HERE YOU SEE THIS BEND IN THE ROAD.
WE DID THAT SO YOU WOULD NOT BE SEEING THE GATES.
JUST LIKE MONACINO, WHO DOES A GOOD JOB OF SOME NICE LANDSCAPING UP FRONT, YOU CAN'T SEE THE GATE.
YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE IT AT ALL.
THE INTENTION WAS THAT LISTENING TO FEEDBACK FROM OTHER WORK SESSIONS WE'VE HAD IS TO TRY TO MAKE IT DISAPPEAR AND BY PLANTING SOME NICE TREES AND PUTTING A BEND, AND THEN THE GATE AFTER THE BEND, YOU REALLY LOSE THE GATE, SO YOU'RE NOT DRIVING BY AND SEEING IT.
THAT'S THE WHOLE INTENTION. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE YOU GUYS PROUD ON WHAT YOU GUYS ARE [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
>> YOU'RE SAYING NEITHER GATE IS ACCEPTED?
>> I REALLY DON'T LIKE EITHER ONE OF THEM.
BUT I LIKE ONE BETTER THAN TWO, BUT IT SEEMS LESS OBTRUSIVE, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE THE DEAL BREAKER FOR ME.
>> SURE. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO PROPOSE.
>> I HAVE NO PREFERENCE EITHER.
>> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 WAS, ONE HAD WOOD AND THE OTHER ONE WAS METAL.
>> WELL, IT'S HARD TO TELL THAT FROM THIS RENDERING BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE MINIVAN THING THERE.
>> ONE IS METAL, AND TWO IS [OVERLAPPING] WOOD.
>> THE GATES ARE THE SAME IN BOTH [OVERLAPPING] JUST THE MATERIAL.
>> THIS IS A THICK WOOD SLAT, A LOT OF THICKNESS TO IT, BUT THIS IS A THINNER METAL RAIL.
>> BUT AGAIN, THE INTENTION IS TO NOT EVEN SEE THIS. WE [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHAT COLOR IS THE METAL RAIL.
>> WOULD BE PROBABLY EITHER GREEN OR BLACK.
>> IF YOU WANT NATURE TO COME THROUGH THOUGH, YOU DON'T WANT THIS GATE TO BE CLOSED OFF THAT MUCH.
>> THAT'S ONLY JUST A SMALL AREA WHERE THERE'S TRAFFIC.
THERE'S ALL THE OTHER FENCING AROUND THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
YOU DON'T WANT ANIMALS RUNNING INTO THE IT WOULD BE GOING RIGHT ON THE [OVERLAPPING].
ALL THE ANIMALS WILL BE GOING SOUTH WHERE WE HAVE THAT CULVERT THAT HAS THE RIGHT DOWN HERE.
>> THE GATES ONLY ACROSS THIS ENTRANCE HERE.
IT DOESN'T EXTEND EAST OR WEST.
>> IT'S ONLY JUST THAT LITTLE TINY AREA.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE ENTRANCE ON SHILOH? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 'CAUSE THAT'LL BE CLOSER TO THE ROAD?
>> WELL, THEY'RE ALL PUSHED BACK.
>> THAT ONE'S NOT THAT FAR BACK.
>> THIS ONE HAS THIS TURNAROUND, THE GATE WOULD BE RIGHT HERE.
PROBABLY 50 OR SO MORE FEET FROM SHILOH RIGHT AWAY AND IT WOULD LOOK THE SAME AS THE ONE ON [INAUDIBLE].
WHICHEVER OPTION. BUT THIS IS NOT DIVIDED.
>> THAT LOOKS NICE, MORE NATURAL.
>> FINE WITH THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAD ON MY LIST.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE OVERALL LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTY.
>> THAT'LL WORK. IT'S ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, THERE'S A PIECE THAT'S BEEN REMOVED, EXCLUDED FROM THIS.
TO ME, THAT'S NEW. CAN WE TALK THROUGH?
>> YES. THERE WAS A TRACT THERE THAT EXISTS TODAY.
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>> YES. BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT SHAPE AND I WAS GOING TO SEE IF I HAD A BLOW UP OF IT. I GUESS IT'S RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THAT AREA, IT SHOWS IT.
BUT TODAY, THERE'S A TWO ACRE TRACT THAT BASICALLY IT'S THIS RECTANGLE, BUT IT'S ROTATED 90 DEGREES.
BECAUSE THE CURRENT DRIVE FOR THIS HOUSE COMES OUT ON 1171.
THAT TRACK LINE IS BASICALLY RUNNING UP THE EAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
I THINK IT'S SLIGHTLY SHY OF TWO ACRES BECAUSE RIGHT AWAY WAS DEDICATED FOR A CROSS TIMBERS.
BUT PREVIOUSLY, I THINK THE HOME WAS BUILT IN THE 80S.
NOT NOT PLOTTED, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT THE LOT WAS CARVED OUT, I THINK ALSO IN THE 90S, BUT THE HOME WAS BUILT IN THE 80S.
WHAT WE DID LOOKING AT THAT, NOT WANTING TO INCLUDE IT.
CURRENTLY THAT'S WHERE TYLER LIVES NOW, THAT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE PART OF THE EDEN RANCH DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT WAS THAT THIS OPEN SPACE RUNS ACROSS THAT FRONTAGE, AND CURRENTLY THE WAY THAT TRACK SITS, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GOING ONTO THAT TRACT.
WE WANTED TO TRY TO GET THAT CORRIDOR IN HERE.
THERE ARE TWO SPECIMEN TREES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE, AND THEN IT ALLOWS FOR THE MULTI USE TRAIL TO CONNECT FROM RED ROCK OVER TO THE UNDERPASS.
>> THERE'S THE BIG FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD GOTTEN IN ONE OF THE WORK SESSIONS WAS THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT DRIVEWAY RIGHT ON TO 1171 [OVERLAPPING].
JUST MOVING THAT AROUND, ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST ROTATING THAT SECTION BY 90 DEGREES.
>> I THINK LEXIN POINTED OUT TO THAT MIGHT REQUIRE DRIVEWAY SPACING EXCEPTION WHEN THAT [OVERLAPPING] COME THROUGH TO GET PLOTTED AT SOME POINT.
>> THE PLAN HAD ALWAYS HAD THAT CARVED [OVERLAPPING].
BUT EVEN ON I THINK THE VERY FIRST WORK SESSION WE EVER HAD WITH YOU, IT WAS THIS SHAPE.
IT WAS SLIGHTLY CHANGED. WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK.
I COULD BE WRONG. LEXIN, DO YOU RECALL? I THINK IT'S BEEN THAT WAY, BUT WE HAD TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE OF THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I DON'T RECALL. I THINK IT WAS NEW INFORMATION TO STAFF BECAUSE I HADN'T REALIZED THAT THE APPLICANT WAS ACTUALLY LIVING THERE, SO IT WAS SHARED LAND.
WHEN WE REVIEWED IT INITIALLY, WE THOUGHT SOMEBODY ELSE OWNED THAT, WE CAN'T MAKE YOU PULL SOMEBODY ELSE'S LOT INTO YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S A NEW TALKING POINT? WE HAD NOT REALIZED THAT THAT WAS ALSO LAND THAT THE APPLICANT OWNED [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S ACTUALLY MY FOLKS PLACE.
>> WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THAT SO YOU COULD BRING THAT FUTURE AND MAKE IT LOOK MUCH NICER.
IT'S FINE THE WAY IT'S AT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY BETTER FOR EVERYBODY THAT THERE'S NO ENTRANCE THERE.
I THINK IT IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD.
JUST TRYING TO DO WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT. ANY OTHER?
>> I THINK WE GOT THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ON THAT ITEM.
>> BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION, I THINK WE WOULD APPROVE THE MPA FOR THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, APPROVE THE TREE REMOVAL REQUEST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIVE TREES, BUT THE REST OF THEM IN THE APPLICATION WOULD BE APPROVED.
THEN FOR THE ZONING, WE WOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS, ADUS WOULD REQUIRE AN SEP. WE REMOVE THE KINGS ROAD ENTRANCE, ONLY ALLOWED 25% LOT COVERAGE FOR ALL LOTS.
THEY DIDN'T QUITE CAPTURE THE THREE QUARTER ACRE, DO YOU HAVE THAT ONE?
>> ONE, THREE QUARTER ACRE LOT MAY HAVE 100 FOOT FRONTAGE.
UP TO 25, THREE QUARTER ACRE LOTS MAY HAVE 110-150, BUT NOT AT THE DEMISE OF TREES
>> THEN IN ADDITION, I WOULD ASK THAT THEY GO WITH ENTRANCE GATE OPTION 2 AND STRIKE LANGUAGE REFERRING TO PESTICIDES FROM THE OPEN SPACE PLAN AND ADD LANGUAGE IN THE OPEN SPACE PLAN TO BUFFER EXISTING OAKS FROM ROOT ROT POTENTIAL.
>> THE WHOLE PESTICIDE IS INCLUSIVE OF EVERYTHING.
RODENTICIDES BEING A CATEGORY OF PESTICIDE.
THAT WAS WHAT I HAD, WHAT I CAPTURED.
DOES THAT SOUND ACCURATE TO ANY OF THEM [INAUDIBLE].
>> DID WE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT TREES?
>> [OVERLAPPING] WOULD INCLUDE FIVE TREES THAT WE DISCUSSED, WHICH WOULD NOT BE.
WE WOULD DENY THE TREE REMOVAL FOR THE FIVE TREES WE DISCUSSED IN THE [INAUDIBLE].
>> THE PLANTING LESS TREE [OVERLAPPING] ARE WE GOOD THERE? WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE.
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>> LEXIN SAID THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH ALL LANDSCAPING STANDARDS SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE TREE APPROVAL.
THE PROOF TREES IN THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS, BUT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THEIR ORCHARDS IN THE OPEN SPACE.
BUT IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEIR LANDSCAPING STANDARDS.
>> ADAM, DID YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CUL DE SAC AND THE NORTHEAST [OVERLAPPING].
>> A REMOVAL OF THE KINGS ROAD ENTRANCE WAS WHAT THAT WAS REFERRING TO.
>> ALSO ELIMINATE THE GATES ON THE EQUESTRIAN TRAIL, IS THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED, FOR SURE
>> MAYOR, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO FIRST? [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM THREE AS PRESENTED.
>> TRACY, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE ROLL.
THIS HAS TO HAVE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, [INAUDIBLE]?
>> ITEM 3. WHAT IS THIS, L3 PASSES BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
>> MAYOR I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 4, THE ZONING.
>> WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS FROM WHAT'S PRESENTED IN THE PACKET, ADUS WILL REQUIRE AN SUP, REMOVAL OF THE KINGS ROAD ENTRANCE, THAT'S THE EMERGENCY ENTRANCE.
ONE, THREE QUARTER ACRE LOT MAY HAVE A LOT WIDTH OF 100 FEET AND UP TO 253 QUARTER ACRE LOTS MAY HAVE A LOT WIDTH OF 110 TO 150.
THE ENTRANCE GATE OPTION 2, AND THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE'LL STRIKE LANGUAGE REFERRING TO PESTICIDES AND WE'LL ADD LANGUAGE TO PROTECT EXISTING OAKS FROM ROOT ROT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND? WHO'S GOING TO SECOND THAT?
>> BEFORE WE TAKE A ROLL, CAN WE HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION POINT? IN DOING THIS, REDUCING OR CHANGING THE LOT WIDTH.
IS THAT GOING TO REQUIRE A CHANGE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR THE LAYOUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN HANDLE?
>> IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN HANDLE IF THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR MOTION IS THAT THE PLANS WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE STANDARDS AND REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY STAFF.
>> BRAND, IF I MODIFY MY MOTION TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE?
>> I WILL MODIFY MY MOTION TO SPECIFY THAT STAFF CAN APPROVE THE NEW LOT LAYOUT BASED ON THE LOT WIDTH EXCEPTION THAT WE'RE APPROVING.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM [INAUDIBLE]?
>> ITEM 4 PASSES BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
>> MAYOR, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM L5 AS PRESENTED WITH THE FOLLOWING TREES REMOVED OR DENIED, 2206, 1408, 443, 444 AND 446.
>> SECOND. WHO'S GOING TO SECOND THAT?
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM [INAUDIBLE]?
>> ITEM L5 PASSES BY VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
THE FINAL ITEM FOR EDEN RANCH IS L6.
>> MAYOR, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF L6, THE PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDATION FOR EDEN RANCH.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM [INAUDIBLE]?
>> ITEM L6 PASSES BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE.
[05:35:07]
COUNCIL, IT IS[N. CLOSED MEETING (Part 3 of 3)]
NOW 12:32 A.M AND WE ARE CONVENING INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME.THIS IS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 SECTIONS 071, 072, 074 AND 087
>> GOOD EVENING. FLOWER MOUND.
[O. RECONVENE (Part 3 of 3)]
WE ARE BACK AT 12:39 FROM OUR CLOSED SESSIONS.THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED SESSION.
I DO NEED TO GO INTO ITEM M THIS EVENING.
[M. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS (Part 2 of 2)]
SORRY. NO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.LET ME SAY, NOT [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S M1. I NEED TO GO BACK TO M1.
>> TODD BECK WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE.
FOR THE OUTSTANDING CITIZEN COMMITTEE.
[BACKGROUND] THEN DON'T FORGET TO GIVE TRACY THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THAT COMMITTEE.
THE TIME IS NOW 12:40, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, FLOWER MOUND. GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.