[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:10] MERRITT. >> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CITY OF [3. CITIZENS’ INPUT] COUNTER-PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST ITEM. CITIZENS' INPUT AT THIS TIME, THREE-MINUTE COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION DURING CITIZENS' INPUT. >> DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK GENERALLY TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZENS INPUT. I APOLOGIZE. MR. ROBERTS. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? >> NOT PERSONALLY BUT I DO HAVE ONE WRITTEN COMMENT. >> I'M SORRY. YOU HAVE A WRITTEN COMMENT. >> COMMENT FROM SHELLY KIRBY, NO ADDRESS, 9113 MERRITT ROAD REQUEST TO [INAUDIBLE] END OF COMMENT. [4. CONSENT AGENDA] >> THAT'S IT WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZENS INPUT. 4. CONSENT AGENDA THE FOLLOWING MAY BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER OR A CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 4A. CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES. CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 14, 2021 REGULAR MEETING. 4B. CONSIDER APPROVING THE 2022 CALENDAR CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CALENDAR FOR 2022. >> THANK YOU. I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> I WILL SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MANY ALL IN FAVOR, OR PLEASE VOTE. THAT ITEM PASSES 5-0. >> PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE MADE IN PERSON HIM TO IT 3 MINUTE. [5A. Conduct a public hearing and make a recommendation to City Council regarding a request by Brian Abbott, Abbott Consulting & Engineering, LLC, on behalf of property owners Sapphire Bay Marina, LLC, for Major Warrants to Article 2.4, Article 3.1.3.a.2 and Appendix 1.1 to allow a commercial parking lot and Article 2.8.6 to amend landscaping requirements. The approximately 1.787-acre site is located northeast of the intersection of Marina Vista and East Access Drive, situated on lot 1, Block I of the Sapphire Bay Addition, in the City of Rowlett, Rockwall County, Texas.] REGISTRATION INSIDE THE DOOR. 5. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS MAY BE MADE IN PERSON AND WILL BE LIMITED TO >> FOR MARRIAGE OR WARRANTS, ARTICLES AND APPENDIX TO ALLOW A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT AND ARTICLE II.8.6 TO AMEND THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. THE APPROXIMATELY 1.78 ACRE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MARINA VISTA AND EAST ACCESS DRIVE, SITUATED ON LOT ONE BLOCK ONE SAPPHIRE BAY UNTIL ROWLETT, ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS. MR. CONNOR. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. APPRECIATE IT. HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. TWO MAJOR REQUESTS ONE TO ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT AS WELL AS MANY. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAPPHIRE BAMA RINA, THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MARINA VISTA. SOME BACKGROUND FOR YOU, THE FORM BASED SPECIAL DISTRICT FBBS WAS ESTABLISHED TO CREATE THE HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. FINAL PLAT WAS APPROVED BY YOURSELVES THAT DID ESTABLISH PRIVATE STREET NETWORK ON LOT BOUNDARIES FOR VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE PENINSULA, THE EXISTING GRAVEL LOT ON SITE IS EUTHANIZED FOR PARKING AS WELL AS TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION TRAILER AS THAT BUILDS OUT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO ESTABLISH A MORE PERMANENT PARKING SOLUTION ON THAT LOT, TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEMANDS OF BOTH THE EXISTING MARINA FUTURE RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC BOAT RAMP AND THOSE LANDSCAPING COMPONENTS AS WELL THAT WE WILL GO INTO. FIRST WARRANT IS THE PARKING LOT WARRANT, APPENDIX DOES STATE A MAJOR WARRANT IS REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL PARKING FACILITY, SPECIFY SURFACE ONLY NOT TIERED THIS LOT WOULD SERVICE THE PUBLIC BOAT RAMP YOU SEE ON THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE IMAGE THE [00:05:03] BOAT SLIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PARKING AN ACCESSING THOSE BOATS ON THE LOWER RIGHT AS WELL AS FUTURE RESTAURANT AND RETAME COMPONENTS THAT ARE SOUTH OF THE RED BOUNDARY AREA THERE. SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOURSELVES, PER THE ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TOTAL 1005 BOAT SLIPS WILL BE AVAILABLE FULL BUILD OUT PHASE 1-2 INCLUDING 20 PUBLIC PARKING SPACES THAT WILL SERVE THE PUMP RAMP AT RATIO .25 SPACES PER BOAT SLIP PLUS THE REQUIRED 20 PARKING SPACES TOTAL 272 PARKING SPACES. 11 PAYS WILL BE ACCOMMODATED FOR AS PART OF THE PHASE 2 DEVELOPMENT IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR USES ON THAT SITE AS WELL. IS THIS PROPERTY IS SERVED BY ONE ACCESS POINT OFF THE EAST SKWELS THE ACCESS POINTS ON MARINA VISTA. THERE'S AN 8 FOOT WIDE TRAIL THAT CONNECTS TO THE SAPPHIRE BAY TRAIL SYSTEM. SPECIFICS REGARDING FACES 2, PHASE 2 WILL PROVIDE RETAIL COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS CONTINUATION OF THE SHORELINE TRAIL. SOUTHERN LOT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED WITH A TEMPORARY ASPHALT PARKING LOT THAT SERVES THE EXISTING USES AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING PHASE ONE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE MARINA TO STAY OPERATIONAL. SECOND WARRANT LANDSCAPING ARTICLE VI REQUIRES SIX FOOT A PLENTY ZONE. YOU'LL SEE THE STREET AND THE SIDEWALK WITH THE PLENTY ZONE PROVIDED. WHEN PARKING LOTS ARE PERMITTED NEXT TO STREETS AN PLAZAS THERE'S A FURTHER LANDSCAPING BUFFER THAT'S REQUIRED. YOU'LL SEE THAT ON SCREEN AGAIN TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE PARKING STALLS. THIS BUFFER DOES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TREES SPACED 25 FEET ON CENTER AS WELL AS A 40 INCH MASONRY WALL OR CONTIGUOUS FENCE WITH HEDGE ROW THERE. ARE INTERNAL PARKING LOT STANDARDS ONE TREE EVERY 8 SPACES. CONSIDERATIONS IN RELATION TO LANDSCAPE, REQUESTING MAJOR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. ONLY AREA THIS WARRANT WOULD APPLY APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET LENGTH. APPROXIMATELY 10 FOOT GRAIMD DIFFERENTIAL FROM THE STREET TO THE PARKING THAT DOES CREATE A CONDITION FOR THE SIDEWALK WITH SUBSTANTIAL RETENTION WALL AN WORK TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ESSENTIALLY TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIRED SIX FOOT A PLENTY ZONE. YU'LL SEE ON THE LOWER AND A HALF OF THE IMAGE PROVIDED. THAT'S NOT TO SCALE VERSION BEHALF IS BEING PROVIDED HERE. THE PROPOSED CONDITION IS THAT IMAGE DOES REFLECT APPROXIMATELY 5 AND A HALF FOOT OR SO PARKING BUFFER WHICH DOES [INDISTINCT] ALL REQUIRED BUFFER TREES SHRUBS MASONRY WALL WROUGHT IRON FENCE WILL BE PROVIDED. DUE TO THE MINIMAL PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC EXPECTED THIS INTERSECTION AS WELL AS COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER LANDSCAPING EM ELEMENTS OF THAT BUFFER, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THAT REQUEST. SECTION 153 FORM BASE CODE DOES SET FORTH THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE REQUESTED WARRANTS MEET THE GENERAL INTENT OF THE FORM BASE CODE AS WELL AS THE BAY SIDE DISTRICT. THE REQUESTED WARRANT WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED PROJECT WHICH WOULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. [INDISTINCT] MAJOR WARRANTS DO GARNER A PUBLIC HEARING. SO NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE 200-500 FOOT COURTESY, WITH THAT [00:10:13] STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BOTH MAJOR WARRANTS THE PARKING LOT AS WELL AS THE LANDSCAPING POSITIONS ALONG THE PORTION OF THE EAST ACCESS DRIVE DUE TO THE STEEP GRADE FROM THE STREET TO THE PARKING LOT SURFACE. WITH THAT I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION SHOULD THE COMMISSION WANT TO HEAR IT. THEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU MR. ROBERTS. MY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY? DOES THE APPLICANT WANT TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION? >> THANK YOU VICE CHAIRMAN, HOPEFULLY PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, MY NAME IS TONY [NAME] I'M PART OF THE OWNERSHIP GROUP AT SAPPHIRE BAMA RINA. MY ADDRESS IS [ADDRESS]. >> WE ARE HERE TO REVIEW THE WARRANTS BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH A LONGER TERM VIEW OF OUR PLAN FOR THE MARINA DISTRICT SITE, WHICH IS PART OF THE LARGER SAFR YOU'RE BAY DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS WE ARE DEVELOPING NOT ONLY AT THE MARINA BUT ON THE SITE ITSELF AND WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE A FEW PAGES OF WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH YOU AS PART OF THE LARGER DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE ARE JUST VERY EXCITED AND WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS PART OF THIS WARRANT PRESENTATION. OBVIOUSLY THE VISION OF SAPPHIRE BAY JUST TO LEVEL SET THE WHOLE THING IS WE ARE VERY -- WE KNOW THIS IS WANTED TO BE A VERY LUXURIOUS COMMUNITY WHERE WE KEEP USING LIVE WORK PLAY. IT'S ALSO A PLACE IT'S GOING TO BE A REGIONAL DRAW WHERE PEOPLE COME VISIT FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE MET ROADPLEX BUT ALSO DIFFERENT STATES. WE HAVE SEEN VISUALS LIKE THIS ITS UNMATCHED LIFESTYLE AND WE THINK OF IT AS NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE'S GOING TO BE THE LAGOON, THE SURF PARK, THERE'S HOTELS NEIGHBORHOOD MULTI-FAMILY AND IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS WHAT WE ARE NOW CALLING THE MARINA DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES THE MARINA AND THIS PARKING LOT AND A LITTLE AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE A RETAIL CENTER, RESTAURANT RETAIL CENTER AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THAT LITTLE AREA THERE. OUR VISION FOR THAT IS A MODERN VIBRANT SAPPHIRE BAMA RINA DISTRICT SO KIND AFTER MIXED USE FAMILY WATERFRONT PLAYGROUND WITH VIBRANCY PROVIDE WITH BOAT SLIP MARINA BOAT RENTAL CENTER ON THE WATER SALES AND SLASH RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE. SO IT ALL STARTS OFF WITH A GREAT IN RAIN A AND WE HAVE DONE AMAZING THINGS IN THE LAST TEN MONTHS AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A STORM THAT HIT US PRETTY HARD ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO BUT WE HAVE HAD DONE A LOT OF THINGS TO BECOME REALLY THE BEST MARINA IN TEXAS OR ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. BEING THE BEST MEANS PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY SAFETY AND VAL SUE SO WE CAN MAKE EVERY CUSTOMER SMILE AND TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL WE HAVE SPENT CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES TO DO THIS. I WON'T BELABOR THE LONG LIST OF THINGS WE HAVE DONE AT THE MARINA BUT OVER A TEN MONTH PERIOD WE HAVE TAKEN THE OLDER MARINA, KOBLD UTILITIES, NO BROKERAGE, NO MILLION DOLLAR YACHT CENTER ET CETERA AND TODAY YOU HAVE A MODERN SAFE CONNECTED STATE OF THE ART MARINA WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. YOU HAVE 17 DOCKS 10 NEW DOCKS, 10 REFURBISHED DOCKS, A NEW MODERN FUEL SYSTEM WITH DIESEL AND SPECIALTY FUELS, TOTALLY CONNECTED MARINA WITH FIBER OPTIC SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE PROUD OF AND SOMETHING ROWLETT I THINK SHOULD BE PROUD OF AS WELL SO YOU CAN HAVE A WORLD CLASS MARINA ON SITE. OUR GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO MATCH [00:15:01] THE MARIN TO THE DEVELOPMENT BUT CREATE OUR OWN UNIQUE DESIGNATION. PART 2 IS DEVELOPMENTAL TO CREATE SOMETHING EXCITING ON SITE. SO WE MET WITH CONSULTANTS AND THEY KEPT TELLING US THERE WERE 5 OR 6 THINGS THEY SAW IN DEVELOPMENTS LIKE LEGACY WEST AN THE STAR AND THE BOARDWALK OFF OF 121 AND THE TOLL ROAD THAT HAD IN COMMON AND THEY HAD SOME CRITICAL MASS, THEY HAD DAY AND NIGHT CUSTOMERS, THEY HAD APPEAL TO GREATER AUDIENCE, THEY HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINAL DRAW, THEY DROVE TRAFFIC. THEY WANTED TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING YOU COULDN'T EXPERIENCE ONLINE IN THE INTERNET SO WE HIRED THE BEST TEAM OUT THERE OMNI PLAN AND THE LIST GOES ON TO BE DEVELOP THIS PLAN AND WE DEVELOPED A CONCEPT CALLED BAY WALK AT SAPPHIRE BAY AN THIS IS IT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS CONNECTED BY A PASEO OR A WALKWAY, AND IT'S A BOARDWALK THAT JETTIES OUT INTO THE WATER AT DIFFERENT PLACES AND IT CONNECTS BACK TO THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN CONNECTS TO TRAILS THAT CONNOR WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT CONNECT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MARIN A. IT SERVES THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT GO THERE. MANY OF YOU KNOW THE SITE. IT'S LOOKING VERY DIFFERENT EVERY DAY BUT WE ARE REMODELLING IT. THE IMAGERY THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS WHAT WE CALL TEXAS MODERN MEETS LAKE. YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE ALSO DID SUN STUDIES MANY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL WATERFRONT DESTINATION IS NOT HAVING THE SUN COME STRAIGHT INTO YOUR PATIOS AND WE ARE VERY UNIQUELY POSITIONED HERE WHERE WE HAVE A GLANCING VIEW OF THE SUN BUT THE SUN KIND OF SETS TO THE BACK SIDE OF US SO KEY RESTAURANTERS WILL LIKE THAT. WE DID SPRING AND SUMMER SUN STUDIES ON THIS. WE HAD TO CONTEND AS CONNOR MENTIONED TXDOT THE BUILD OUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FREEWAY ON OUR BACK SIDE, LOT OF OVERPASSES, HIGH AND LOW. SO IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR THE SITE ON THE CORNER. SO, WHAT THE ARCHITECTS DID IS THEY ARE TRYING TO DRIVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE FREEWAY, THEIR EYES DOWN TO THE WATER, AND THEY DID THAT BY NOT PUTTING ANY OBSTRUCTION ON THE PARKING LOT SIDE BUT DRIVING THE EYES DOWN THAT LONG DRIVE, IF YOU TWO, THAT PASEO, AND THIS IS KIND OF IF YOU'RE DRIVING THIS IS WHAT YOU TWO LOOK LIKE SO DOWN THE PARKING LOT STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE WATER, DOWN THIS BREEZE WAY, AAND AGAIN THESE AR JUST CONCEPT DRAWINGS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELEVATIONS AN THINGS THAT WE CAN DO OUT THERE. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER SITE THAT HAS A FREEWAY. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF BRANDING FOR IT. THIS IS THE KIND OF MARKETING VIBE WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AT THE SITE AND AT THE END IF WE HAD A FINAL VISION FOR IT, THIS IS IT, RIGHT, TO CREATE WONDERFUL GREAT EXPERIENCES ON THE WATER FOR PEOPLE A CASUAL EXPERIENCE THAT'S GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WOULD GET AT SAPPHIRE BAY AND THIS IS WHAT IT TWO LIKE LIKE, A FULLY DEVELOPED SITE WITHIN THE REST OF THE SITE HERE. SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE CARL COME UP AND CLOSE THE PRESENTATION. CARL. >> CARL CROWLEY [ADDRESS] I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE PNZ RIGHT BEFORE THE TORNADO A COUPLE YEARS. I WAS HIRED BY THE SAPPHIRE BAY PEOPLE. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE MASTER PLAN WHICH IS A LOCAL PLANNING AN ZONING FIRM IN BUSINESS 40 YEARS. I'VE LIVED IN ROWLETT 25 YEARS. I'M JUST HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BORING STUFF THAT CONNOR AND I AND ALEX DO, WHICH IS ZONING AN PLANNING STUFF. YOU HAVE TWO WARRANTS IN FRONT OF YOU. ONE IS THE PARKING LOT OBVIOUSLY. PARKING LOT STAND ALONE PARKING LOT IS ALLOWED IN LOTS OF PLACES BUT NOT FORM BASE DISTRICTS SO [00:20:03] THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR WARRANTS. THIS PARKING LOT IS DIFFERENT THAN A NORMAL PARKING LOT. WE BACK UP TO A THANKFULLY IN TWO YEARS A GREAT SERVICE ROAD CONNECTION BECAUSE I WORK DOWNTOWN AND IT STARTS BACKING UP AT BROADWAY AND WE'VE ALL LIVED THROUGH THAT THE THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE BACK UP TO THAT WHICH IS NOT REALLY AN EXCITING THING. WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS. WE ARE DOING PARKING FOR BOAT SPECIALIST. WE ARE DOING 20 TRAILER PARKING SPACES WHICH PART OF THE AMUSEMENT WATCHING PEOPLE BACK IN AND OUT OF THOSE PARKING SPACES BUT WE HAVE CONSTRAINTS THAT WERE PLACED ON US. ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I DON'T KNOW. LET ME GO FORWARD AND SEE. YOU SEE THAT SORT OF AREA NEXT TO THE PURPLE AND THAT TRIANGULAR PIECE, THAT'S WHAT WE AFFECTION NATALIE CALL THE COP LOT. THAT'S DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE A WONDERFUL METAL BUILDING THERE AND BIG PARKING LOT THAT'S PART OF THE WHOLE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND TRADE OF THE LAND AND EVERYTHING. WE TRIED TO HIDE THAT THE BEST WE CAN AND LET ME SEE. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF LANDSCAPING BETWEEN US AN AN UGLY METAL BUILDING AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS TONY SAID IS GET PEOPLE FROM OUR PARKING LOT WHICH IS WELL LANDSCAPED TO DRIVE THEM DOWN, WALK THEM DOWN TOWARD THE LAKE. DON'T LOOK TO THE RIGHT THERE. DON'T LOOK OVER THERE. THAT'S NOT TO BE SEEN. WE EVEN HAD TO CHANGE THE LANDSCAPING ON THAT BECAUSE YOU SEE A BIG OPEN AREA THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID NO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE LAKE. WE ALL WANT TO SEE THE LAKE. THEY HAVE A VIEW OF THE LAKE. SO THAT'S OUR FIRST MAJOR WARRANT IS THE STAND ALONE PARKING LOT AN IT IS A DIFFERENT SORT OF SITUATION IN THE SENSE WE ARE DRIVING PEOPLE TOWARD THE LAKE. OUR FRONT DOOR IS THE LAKE WHICH IS KIND OF BACKWARDS. YOU'LL BE SEEING IN SIX WEEKS ANOTHER WARRANT RELATED TO PHASE 2 BECAUSE OUR FRONT DOOR IS THE LAKE WHICH IS NOT ON THE STREET WHICH IS A FORM BASETH ISSUE. AND THE OTHER ISSUE THAT CONNOR AND TONY BROUGHT UP WAS THE LANDSCAPING ON THAT EAST SERVICE DRIVE FUTURE. GO OUT THERE THAT DRIVES OUT THERE AND IT'S A ROAD TO NOWHERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO CONNECTION THERE YET AND THE PARKING LOT IS DOWN THE HILL FROM IT AND YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT CONNECTION TODAY SO WE'VE SORT OF HAD TO DESIGN AROUND POINT MARINA VISTA AND POINT TXDOT AND THAT'S THE POINT THAT CONNECTED TWO DOTS. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT. WE NEED TO REARRANGE THINGS. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE FOR THOSE TWO MAJOR WARRANTS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND TONY AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION OR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND PRESENTING. OBVIOUSLY THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO THE AREA THAT'S HIGH QUALITY AND SOMETHING THAT'S HOPEFULLY GOING TO IMPROVE OUR TAX BASE IN THIS AREA. I DID HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE VERY DRIVE THAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING, AND THE INTERFACE WITH THE TXDOT FRONT DAMAGE ROAD, JUST FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, AS MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, TXDOT IS WIDENING INTERSTATE 30 AND PROVIDING NEW CONTINUOUS FRONT DAMAGE ROADS WITH BRIDGES STARTING ON THE GARLAND SIDE BY THE BASS PRO SHOP AND WE ARE WORKING ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO ROCKWALL. AND I NOTICE THAT YOU HAD AN EXHIBIT IN THERE SOMEWHERE. SO THANKS FOR GOING BACK TO THAT. YEAH, SO THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS VERY CONNECTION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THE SIDEWALK THAT'S IN QUESTION THAT YOU'RE MOVING OVER TO BE ABBUTING THE ROADWAY, AWAY FROM THE PLENTY CENTER TO ABUTTING THE BACK CURB ON THAT ROADWAY, IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU MENTION [00:25:02] THAT YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU MAY BE SURPRISED THAT THERE WILL BE MORE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE, BECAUSE THIS EAST TO WEST CONNECTION IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL CONTINUOUSLY ALL THE WAY FROM THE BASS PRO SHOP ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE OF SAPPHIRE BAY AND ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ROAD TO THE HARBOR ON THE ROCKWALL SIDE AND IT'S MASTER PLANNED TO BE EVENTUALLY TO CONNECT TO THE TRAIL SYSTEMS IN GARLAND AS WELL AS THE TRAIL SYSTEM IN ROCKWALL. SO, AND OF COURSE, OUR LITTLE EARLY STAGES OF PEDESTRIAN TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE WILL BE CONNECTING IN THIS AREA, AND SO, MY POINT IS THAT I NOTICED THAT IN ONE OF THE EXHIBITS IN THAT, IN YOUR NORTHWEST CORNER, THAT SIDEWALK SEEMS TO DEAD END, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DUMPSTER OR STORAGE AREA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AM I MISUNDERSTANDING YOUR PLAN OR WILL THE SIX FOOT SIDEWALK CONTINUE AND THEN INTERCONNECT WITH THE TXDOT PEDESTRIAN TRAIL THAT'S EAST-WEST? >> AND THAT DID COME UP AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT THAT TRAIL CONNECTION OR THE SIDEWALK CONNECTION -- I EQUATE THIS AS WE WILL NOW HAVE A NEW BRIDGE TO WALK. WE WALK THE 66 BRIDGE. >> THE HEROES BRIDGE. >> PART OF THE LAKE TO WALK. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF EAST ACCESS DRIVE, WHICH WILL BE CALLED SOMETHING BETTER THAN EAST ACCESS DRIVE SOME DAY OR MAYBE NOT, THE OTHER SIDE WHICH DOESN'T HAVE THE TOPO ISSUES HAS THAT CONNECTION TO THAT TRAILED SYSTEM. >> GOT IT. >> OUR SIDE IS BASICALLY THE SIDEWALK DOES CONTINUE ON. IT REALLY PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO CONTINUE ON SINCE THAT A ACCESSES OVER THERE. OUR ACCESS WOULD FEED THE PARKING LOT FOR PEOPLE GOING TO THE LAKE. THE TRAIL SIDEWALK IS REALLY THE OTHER SIDE. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THE UNFORTUNATE PART OF OUR JOB IS THAT WHEN YOUR CASES COME TO US, WE GET A VERY SPECIFIC REQUEST OR PETITION FOR A VERY SPECIFIC ITEM, AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE LARGER CONTEXT OF HOW YOUR IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO FIT IN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY. SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. >> WE HAVE A WEEKLY STANDING MEETING WITH THE STAFF THURSDAY AT 3:00 TO GO OVER ALL THESE SORT OF ITEMS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE HAD THE T HO PO ISSUES YOU'RE AN EVENING NEAR YOU UNDERSTAND THE TOPO ISSUES IT WAS LET'S MOVE THAT TRAIL TYPE CONNECTION SIDEWALK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. I DON'T THINK, EVEN IF WE DID HAVE AN AN A PLENTY ZONE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING THAT DIRECTION IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. >> YEAH, THING THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION WILL RECEIVER MORE ATTENTION DOWN THE ROAD THAN WHAT YOU EXPECT. >> I THINK IT WILL. >> I HAVE SOME OTHER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS BUT I'LL DEFER TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION. >> SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD. I NOTICED THAT ON YOUR NORTHWEST CORNER, I'M SORRY, YOUR NORTHEAST CORNER THERE'S A LARGE GROVE OF TREES THAT IS BEING LEFT UNTOUCHED, AND A LOT OF THOSE TREES ARE BASICALLY NOT VERY DESIRABLE TREES AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE MOST OF THOSE ARE IN THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY ARE PART OF THOSE ON YOUR PROPERTY, OR ARE THOSE ON THE CITY OF DALLAS PROPERTY AS WELL, AND MY POINT IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT I REALLY -- YOU'RE SPENDING A TON OF MONEY AND PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT AND PUTTING IN SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING, AND THIS PARTICULAR AREA I THINK IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF AN EYESORE AND SO I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE CLEANED UP. AND WHO KNOWS? MAYBE TXDOT WHEN THEY COME IN AND PUT IN THOSE NEW BRIDGES IS GOING TO WIPE THEM OUT ANYWAY. I DON'T KNOW. [00:30:01] YOU MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. >> AS YOU KNOW, TXDOT AND TREES DON'T USUALLY GO TOGETHER SO THEY PROBABLY WILL BUT SOME OF THOSE TREES ARE ALSO IN THE FLUT PLAIN I.E. TAKE LINE OF THE LAKE AND NOT REALLY UP FOR US TO MANEUVER WITH THE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO YEAH, WE ARE THINNING WHAT WE CAN THIN BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. THOSE ARE TREES. >> THERE'S A LOT OF UNDERGROWTH. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE, PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME, THERE ARE TRASH TREES. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HACK BERRIES HERE, NOT OAKS AND BE CANS. >> ANDWARD STORMS AN NOTWARD STORMS AND WE WILL CLEAN UP WHAT WE CAN, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR FRONT DOOR ALTHOUGH IT'S HARD TO SEE US FROM THE SERVICE ROADS, NOTICE ON THE MAP IF YOU LOOK AT IT, NO NOTICE WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE, EVEN WITH THE 500 FOOT NOTICE, NO NOTICE GOT OUT OF THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY EVEN. YOU KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT OF WAY S. WE ARE GOING TO CLEAN UP WHAT WE K. WE ARE HIM EQUATED WE HAD CAN DO. DALLAS OWNS SOME OF THAT AND IT'S IN THE LAKE TAKE LINE. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL -- EXCUSE ME IF I BUTCHER ANYBODY'S NAME. MR. DONNELLY. [SPELLING] THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ALL THREE ITEMS. DOES THAT RING A BELL FOR ANYBODY? OKAY. WELL, MOVING ON. MR. CROWLEY. CARL CROWLEY. YOU ALREADY SPOKE. TONY ALREADY SPOKE TOO. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? >> I DO HAVE ONE RESPONSE. >> MR. ROBERTS. >> STANLEY POLLARD, MY COMMENTS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT THE MEETING, I'M NOT FOR REDUCTION OF LANDSCAPING UNLESS IT IS REALLY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE PROJECT, OTHERWISE THE DEVELOPER SHOULD LIVE UP TO THE AGREEMENT IN THE PLANS HE HAS SUBMITTED AND HAS AND WERE ACCEPTED. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER. ANY COMMENTS? MR. SEGAR. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS WITH THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. FRISBEE? MR. ROBERTS. >> I THINK EVERYTHING FITS PRETTY WELL. >> EXCELLENT. >> CAN I HAVE ONE QUESTION? >> NO. YOU ALREADY HAD YOUR TURN. DEBORAH. >> TELL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS THIS LOOKS REALLY WELL PLANNED OUT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. >> MR. FRISBEE. >> I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE USER. I NOTICE THAT YOU HAD BOAT PARKING ALLOCATED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE AND YOU HAVE DOUBLE ROW PARKING IN THE MIDDLE. WILL PARKING OF TRAILERS OR TRUCKS WITH TRAILERS OR BOATS BE PROHIBITED FOR THOSE METAL SLOTS? OR YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING? YOU'VE GOT A BOAT RAMP RIGHT THERE AND ON THE NORTH SIDE THE DIAGONAL THE SLANTED ONES ARE DEDICATED TOWARDS FOR BOAT PARKING. YES THERE, YOU GO. ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER YOU CAN SEE THERE I'M TALKING ABOUT, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DOUBLE ROWS IN THE MIDDLE WHAT IS TO STOP A FELLOW IN A PICKUP TRUCK WITH A BOAT FROM PULLING IN, AND IS THAT OKAY? >> KURSK AND WHEEL STOPS. >> GOT IT. >> YOU KNOW, IF YOU BAD ENOUGH WANT TO DO SOMETHING I GUESS YOU CAN'T STOP STUPIDITY. >> OKAY. >> WE TRY OUR BEST. >> THE POINT IS THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. >> NO, THEY'RE NOT. >> THANK YOU. >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. MR. CROWLEY. >> YES. >> I NOTICE ON THAT DRAWING THAT YOU HAD UP THERE, IT APPEARS THAT, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A TRAILER PARKING ALONG THE EASTBOUNDARY OF THAT PROPERTY? >> I HAD THINK IT JUST SHOWS SOME THERE. [00:35:03] YOU MEAN NEXT TO THE COP LOT? YEAH, THAT SHOWS ADDITIONAL PLACES WHERE THEY CAN STACK MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE AS THEY'RE LOADING OR SOMETHING. IT'S NOT FOR LIKE LONG-TERM PARKING NO. >> THANK YOU. >> JUST THE WHOLE IDEA WITH THAT, IF NOT FOR THE COP LOT, AAND NOT TO THE POLICE OFFICERS OUR HANDS WERE CUT OFF ON THAT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. WELL, I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. SEGAR. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAJOR WARRANTS. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. >> MR. FRISBEE. A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MAJOR WARRANTS FOR ITEM 5A. PLEASE VOTE. THAT'S APPROVED, 5-0. [5B. Conduct a public hearing and make a recommendation to City Council on a request by Michael Flowers, Jackson Shaw, on behalf of property owners Nathan E. and Ida H. Bush, GWB Cherokee Land, LLC., Larry E. Hester, Homer B. Johnson Estate/Johnson Family Trust, McEntee Family Limited, Roger Dale and Vickie Darlene Trent, and Trent Family Partnership, Ltd., to: 1) Rezone approximately 171.09 acres from Form-Based Commercial Center (FB-CC) District and Form-Based Urban Village (FB-UV) District to Planned Development (PD) District for Light Industrial (M-1) and Limited Commercial/Retail (C-1) District for Mixed Commercial/Office/Residential Uses and approval of a Concept Plan to develop approximately 164.57 acres with light industrial uses; 2) Amend the Future Land Use Map and the Comprehensive Plan; and 3) Amend the Zoning Map of the City of Rowlett. The subject property is located east of the President George Bush Turnpike and north of Liberty Grove Road, situated in the James Hamilton Survey, Abstract No. 544, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.] >> I'LL BE BACK. >> THANK YOU MORE THE WARNING. >> ITEM 5-B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. [READING]. LIMITED TO ONE REZONE APPROXIMATELY 171.09 ACRES FROM FORM BASE COMMERCIAL CENTER DISTRICT AND FORM BASED URBAN VILLAGE DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND LAND COMMERCIAL C 1. [READING]. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN COTE FOR THAT READING THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD THAT THE SORT OF SERVES AS A PRECURSOR FOR THIS ITEM. IT IS COMPLEX, PROJECT, SO THEREFORE, OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND I DO REITERATE, OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING WE ARE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF UNUSUALNESS DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS TO THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN FOR OUR SIDE OF THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL HAVE LIBBY TUCKER, OUR ACTING DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHO WILL BE TAKING THE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, JEFF COHEN, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, WHO THE COMMISSION IS FAMILIAR WITH AS WELL AS MYSELF, SO WE WILL BE HANDLING OFF THIS PRESENTATION A COUPLE THREE TIMES TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE HERE ADDRESSING YOU SO THAT THE BEST INFORMATION GET OUT THERE. AGAIN THIS, REQUEST WOULD REZONE THE SUBJECT PARCELS WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THERE WE CAN RIGHT THERE. FOR TWO DIFFERENT USES THE PRIMARY USE WOULD BE MOST OF THE PROPERTY, 16 A APPROXIMATELY ACRES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE. YOU CAN SEE I ACCIDENTALLY FORGOT TO REMOVE A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION THERE. NO SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS PROPOSAL. AGAIN SHOULD THIS BROOUFD THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ZONING MAP WOULD BE AMENDED. BIT OF BACKGROUND THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN OUR IN ORDER SHORE DISTRICT WHICH IS ONE OF OUR OPPORTUNITY ZONES THAT IS SET ASIDE IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR EMPHASIS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR UPGRADE IMPORTANCE TO THE CITY. FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO THE NORTH SHORE HAS BEEN ENVISIONED AS PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT CENTER FOR THE CITY WHICH WOULD INTEGRATE A DIVERSE EMPLOYMENT BASE AND WITH COMMERCIAL USES RETAIL USES AN RESPONSIVE RESIDENTIAL USES WITH ALSO AMENITIES AN OPEN SPACES. [00:40:01] THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN ONE OF THE SUBDISTRICTS OF THE NORTH SHORE CALLED THE CENTER FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. IT'S FOR MORE INTENSIVELY DEVELOPED WITH COMMERCIAL AN INDUSTRIAL USES THAN OTHER AREAS OF THE IN ORDER SHORE. WE NOTE THAT IT IS ENTIRELY EAST OF THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE ALL THE NORTH SHORE THAT IS EAST OF THE TURNPIKE IS LOCATED WITH THE CENTER FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND GENERALLY BOUNDED BY MUDDY CREEK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE REASON FOR THIS CHANGE FOR THE M-1 DISTRICT AS WELL AS THAT SECOND SOMERHALDER DISTRICT WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT LATER IN THE C-12 DISTRICT IS BECAUSE THE FORM BASE CODE DOES NOT EXPRESSLY PERMIT THE YOU LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE WHICH IS PROPOSED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE. WE REITERATE THE VISION FOR THIS CENTER FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IS DIFFICULT TO REALIZE IF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE DISTRICT. THE FLEXIBILITY IN USES THAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE IS REFLECTING THE CURRENT EMERGING ECONOMIC TRENDS AND LIBBY WILL CERTAINLY TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY TOWARD THAT. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF FIRST OVERVIEW OF THIS SITE PLAN THAT IS THERE OF COURSE. WE WILL BE TALKING MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS PROPERTY, VEHICLES ON THE SITE, LANDSCAPING, WE WILL TALK ABOUT MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE ALSO REQUESTED TO THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS BUT THIS SORT OF GIVES THE OVERVIEW OF THE SITE. WE NOTE THAT THIS SITE IS TURNED ON ITS SIDE SO TO SPEAK, ROTATED COUNTERCLOCKWISE, SO NORTH IS ACTUALLY TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE ON THERE. AND SO LET ME ALSO ILLUSTRATE FOR ORIENTATION, THIS IS MERRITT ROAD, WHICH WILL ALSO BE REFERRED AS THE MERRITT ROAD INTERCONNECTER AGAIN MERRITT ROAD DEAD ENDS THERE CURRENTLY. IF THIS PROPOSAL IS APPROVED IT WOULD BE EXTENDED AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE ALSO THE OUTLINE OF THE 78 PROPOSED INDUSTRY OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE AMENITIES AS W WELL. WTH THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION OVER TO LIBBY TUCKER AND SHE WILL TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO GIVE YOU THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT AND HOW EXCITED WE ARE TO FINALLY HAVE A PROJECT IN NORTH SHORE. AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S BEEN PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. IT'S A GOAL FOR US TO DEVELOP NORTH SHORE AS MIXED USE EMPLOYMENT CENTER AND THE YOU OUTCOME IS TO FOSTER ECONOMIC VITALITY NOT ONLY FOR ROWLETT BUT THE REGION. THAT IS PHOTOGRAPH OF A PICTURE OF SOME OF OUR MARKETING MATERIALS. NORTH SHORE AS ITS OWN WEB SITE BUT YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TARGETED THREE OPPORTUNITY AREAS IF YOU WILL WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT, THE ONE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. TO THE NORTH IS MORE MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THE LARGER PIECE ON THE WEST SIDE OF PGBT SLATED FOR A DENSER KIND OF PROJECT COMMERCIAL OFFICE USES HOTELS THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND THEN SPECIFICALLY ON THIS SIDE WE'VE ALSO MARKET IT AS FLEX INDUSTRIAL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITY SO WHILE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE IS SPECIFICALLY WERE NOT CALLED OUT IN THE NORTH SHORE FORM BASE CODE THIS IS THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, AND MYSELF AND PREDECESSORS HAVE LONE BEEN TALKING TO SITE AND CORPORATE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS ABOUT THIS SITE AND WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED REALIZED 2020 MASTER PLAN THEY CALLED ROWLETT NOW THE EASTERN GATEWAY TO THE METRO PLEX RATHER THAN THE BACK DOOR. THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT THE COMMUNITY SAW THIS PROJECT AND THIS OPPORTUNITY AREA. [00:45:14] THE PROJECT IS BRING IN ANNUAL SALARY ALMOST $41,000 WITH ANNUAL PAYROLL OF $43 MILLION SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY NOT ONLY BRINGING JOBS FOR PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE BUT ANCILLARY SPIN OFF JOBS THAT WILL COME TO SIEVE THE WORKERS THAT WILL BE THERE THROUGH RESTAURANTS, COULD BE HOTELS, RETAIL, OTHER THINGS OTHER JOBS. SO THIS KIND OF SPEAKS TO THAT A LITTLE BIT AN SHOWS THE SPINOFF. SO THIS IS PART OF OUR IMPACT DATA SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT WE UTILIZE TO EVALUATE THESE PROJECTS CASE-BY-CASE BASIS SO IT SHOWS YOU NOT ONLY THE DIRECT JOBS BUT THE SPINOFF JOBS THAT ARE PROJECTED TO BE AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT AND THE WAGES RANGE FROM $17.80 AN HOUR UP TO $62 AN HOUR FOR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS WITH MEAN 19.80 SO VERY GOOD JOBS. THE BREAKOUT THEY PROJECTED WOULD BE 60 PERCENT OF LABOR FREIGHT MATERIALS HANDLERS AND 23 PERCENT OF OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS SO THESE BUILDINGS DO HAVE OFFICE SIGNIFICANT OFFICE COMPONENTS TO THEM. AND THEN 10 PERCENT MANAGERIAL JOBS AND THOSE WAGES BEING FROM $28-62 PER HOUR SO VERY GOOD JOBS. YOU'LL SEE MORE OF SOME OF THESE RENDERINGS LATER BUS A CONCEPT OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THEY'VE DONE ON ANOTHER PROJECT BUT IT'S NOT YOU WHAT THINK OF WHEN YOU SAY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. IT'S CLASS A BUILDING MATERIAL OFFICE SPACE MIRRORED GLASS. IT'S VERY HIGH END AND YOU CAN CAN SEE FROM THIS PROJECT ON THE INTERIOR IT'S VERY CLEAN VERY BRIGHT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HEAVY DIRTY MANUFACTURING KIND OF JOBS. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS PROJECT HERE. WE HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT OUT COMMUTE RATE OF JOBS SO 62 PERCENT OF ROWLETT RESIDENTS DON'T WORK HERE. A LOT OF OUR JOBS ARE IN LOWER PAYING FIELDS, HEAVILY IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, HEALTH CARE IS OUR NEXT HIGHEST EMPLOYMENT AREA. SO THIS WOULD BRING JOBS THAT PEOPLE COULD LIVE AND WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THE PROJECT HERE. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THIS LATEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. >> MR. SEGAR. >> YES, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT FIRST EXAMPLE WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MEDICAL AND SHOW EXACTLY WHAT THE IDEA IS OF THE FUTURE PLAN, LIGHT DOES TRILTD, KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT ONE MORE TIME? >> SO IN THE TOP LEFT WHERE IT SAYS 55-200 ACRES THAT INCLUDES PROPERTY OWNED BY THE GSD, GISD SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SLATED OR EDUCATIONAL MEDICAL OPPORTUNITIES, GISD DOESN'T END UP UTILIZING IT WE ARE TALKING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES AN CREATING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LAND A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR A TECH SCHOOL HERE AND THEN ON THE EASTERN SIDE WESTERN SIDE INTERIOR I CALL IT OF PGBT IS THE LARGER AREA REALLY SOUTHEAST OF HICKOCKS THAT IS COMPLAITD FOR MORE COMMERCIAL USES WE ENVISION OFFICES ALMOST LIKE A CITY LINE TYPE OF PROJECT THERE WITH IT WOULD BE AN OFFICE HEADQUARTERS COULD BE HOTELS RESTAURANTS RETAIL IN THAT AREA. >> IS THERE ANY IDEA OF GETTING DART TO THAT SIDE. >> WE HAVE EXPLORED THAT IN THE PAST BUT IT'S SO EXPENSIVE AND WE DO HAVE THE DART BUS IF YOU WILL THAT'S ALMOST LIKE A NEWBERRY, IT CAN TAKE TO YOU THE CENTER. WE ENVISION ONCE IT DOES BECOME AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER WE WOULD HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH DART THAT WE HAVE SERVICE TO THIS AREA. >> ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANK YOU. EXECUTION -- EXCUSE ME. [00:50:01] FOR THE CITY. >> LET'S GO OVER THE SITE DATA ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE A BIT MORE OF THE OUTLINE OF THE PROPERTY HERE. MULTIPLE PARCELS COMPRISE THIS SITE, SIGNIFICANT FRONT DAMAGE, ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 190 THE PRESIDENT GEORGE TURNPIKE, AGAIN THIS PLAN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS MORE ALIGNED TO THE GEOGRAPHIC REALITY. SO IT SHOULD BE EAST I TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. PRIMARY ACCESS TO MERRITT ROAD IS WHERE THAT APPROXIMATELY IS, TO THE SITE. SECONDARY ACCESS WOULD BE ALONG THE FRONT DAMAGE ROAD. WE ALSO NOTE THAT BOTH LIBERTY GROVE AND OLD MERRITT ROADS DO ABUT THE SITE THERE IS LIMITED AGO ACCESS FOR BUT WE NOTE THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC WILL NOT USE THESE ACCESS POINTS AT THIS POINT. IT'S NOT PROPOSED FOR THAT THERE ARE FEW TREES ON THIS SITE. AS MENTIONED THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED FOR AGRICULTURAL USES. I NOTED IT EARLIER BUT THERE ARE TWO SUBDISTRICT PROPOSED FOR THIS P.D., SUBDISTRICT ONE WHICH IS A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 165 ACRES. THIS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A CONCEPT PLAN WHICH IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AND WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING AS WELL WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. THE SECOND SUBDISTRICT IS SUBDISTRICT 2. GENERALLY WE NOTE THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EXTENDED MERRITT ROAD ABUTTING THE BUSH TURNPIKE THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 6.5 ACHE THERS WOULD BE RESERVED FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER TO BE DEVELOPED WITH THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OFFICE NORTH SHORE IN GENERAL AND NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS. CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE FORM BASE DISTRICT. THE SPECIFICALLY THE FORM BASED COMMERCIAL CENTER AND FORM BASED COMMERCIAL CENTER IS IN DARKER PURPLE AND THIS AREA IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR A DIVERSE EMPLOYMENT BASE FOR THE CITY WHICH HAS HIGH STANDARDS OF BUILDING A DEVELOPMENT. SECONDLY, THE URBAN VILLAGE DISTRICT WHICH I'LL HIGHLIGHT DOWN HERE SIN ATTENDED TOMORROW PROVIDE FOR HIGHER PEDESTRIAN DEVELOPMENT WITH OPEN SPACES FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TYPICALLY THIS WOULD INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL RETAIL OFFICE PERSONAL SERVICES, AGAIN, WOULD NOTE DUDE TO THE CHANGE IN THE ORDNANCE THAT WAS MADE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS ARE ALLOWED WIN BOTH THOSE DISTRICTS THE URBAN VILLAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL CENTER WITH APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SURROUNDING LAND USE PATTERN. THE SURROUNDING LAND USE IS LARGELY UNDEVELOPED OR AGRICULTURE. WE WOULD NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH PHYSICALLY SEPARATED BY THE MUDDY CREEK AREA IT IS WITHIN 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION OR SOME FUTURE PHASES OF THE HOMESTEAD AT LIBERTY GROVE. AGRICULTURE WOULD CERTAINLY STATE THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY LAND USE. HOWEVER, IN THIS CONTEXT OF AN YOU ARE ANNIZING AREA IT'S BETTER VIEWED AS A TRANSITIONAL OR A HOLDING USE UNTIL CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IS SUCH THAT THE USES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR OVER TIME BY THE CITY AS WELL AS ENABLED THROUGH THE ZONING REGULATIONS ARE PRESENT. THE NORTH HAS BEEN PLANNED AS LIBBY ALLUDED TO AND MARKETED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO BE AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER ROWLETT AND THE ZONING AN PLANS HAVE REFLECTED THIS VISION. THIS PROPOSAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WHICH IS ENVISIONED THROUGH THE NORTH SHORE PROCESS AND THE TIN INTENDED LAVEND USE AS IT WOULD PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT BASE FOR THE CITY. MORE INTO DETAILS ABOUT WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR SUBDISTRICT ONE. THERE ARE 8 BUILDINGS FOR OFFICE AN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE WITH A TOTAL OF 1816, ONE MILLION [00:55:10] 816,00032 SQUARE FEET IN THOSE BUILDINGS. THE BREAKDOWN IS SHOWN IN THAT TABLE BELOW WITH THE PROPOSED SIZE OF THOSE BUILDINGS, WE WOULD NOTE THE LARGEST COMES IN ABOUT 638,000 SQUARE FEET, THE SMALLEST, WE WILL GET MORE INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE PARKING CALCULATIONS AS WE CONTINUE THIS PRESENTATION. HERE IS THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN. WE AREWE WILL TALK FURTHER ON IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED BUT AGAIN WOULD NOTE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN INITIALLY REVIEWED AGAINST THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE AS WELL AS WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR MERRITT ROAD THE PLANS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT EXTENDED ROAD. WE WILL TALK HERE A BIT THE RIGHT OF WAY AND PERIMETER BUFFERS. RIGHT OF WAY BUFFERS FOR LANDSCAPING ARE REQUIRED ALONG THE ROADS, SO ALONG THE TRIKE THAT WOULD BE A 20 FOOT WITDZ, LIBERTY GROVE WOULD BE 15 FEET IN WIDTH. MERRITT ROAD WOULD BE IN THE A PLENTY ZONE, WHICH IS A PART OF THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT IS DEDICATED FOR LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS WITHIN THE MEDIAN THAT IS PROPOSED FORWARD THE MERRITT ROAD INTERCONNECTER. THE QUANTITY OF TREES AN SHRUBS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE ROSEMOUNT DEVELOPMENT CODE WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOULD THIS PROPOSAL BE A APPROVED AND VERIFIED. THE PERIMETER BUFFERS AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY REFLECTS CANOPY TREES, AGAIN THE DETAILS WOULD BE DETERMINED DURING SITE PLAN REVIEW, LANDSCAPING IS CERTAINLY PROVIDING ABUTTING THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES, INCOMPATABILITY BUFFER WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ALL INSTANCES WHERE THIS PROPERTY DOES ABUT RESIDENTIAL USES CURRENT AND PLANNED FOR THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT IS IS A 20 FOOT WIDTH OF THE BUFFER ITSELF. THERE ARE PLANTINGS REQUIRED WITHIN THAT AS WELL AS AMAZE HENRI SCREENING WALL. THE PARKING AREAS THAT WERE ALSO SHOWN ON THAT PLAN ARE ALSO TO BE LANDSCAPED PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE WHICH INCLUDE TREES AND SHRUBS IN CERTAIN QUANTITIES, WE WOULD NOTED THE NUMBER OF AREA FREEZE THAT WOULD BE PROCEED VEEDED IN THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN EXCEEDS ONE THOUSAND TREES MANY OPEN SPACE, WE WILL TALK A BIT ABOUT THAT THEY ARE COMMITTING THAT NO LESS THAN 20 PERCENT OF SUBDISTRICT ONE WOULD BE DEDICATED OPEN SPACE OF WHICH 50 PERCENT OF THAT MAY BE FLOOD PLAIN. THERE ARE TWO LARGER OPEN SPACES THAT WE WILL TALK A BIT MORE HERE AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SPACES, SMALLER SPACES THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGH THIS SITE. ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE IS THE FIRST OF THOSE SPACES AND THIS IS BUILDING ONE THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE WHITE. IT IS EAST OF BUILDING ONE AND JOINS MUDDY CREEK. IT IS PROPOSED TO BE LEFT GENERALLY IN A NATURAL CONDITION AS MUCH OF ITS A KNEW PLAIN AND HEAVILY WOODED THERE. IS A PROPOSED POLLINATOR GARDEN WHO ARE BUTTER FLY GARDEN OF 2-3 ACHEERS THAT THE APPLICANT IS SUGGEST TO GO DO THAT. I WILL TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO NOTE, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT COMMISSIONER ENGEN IS HERE, ONE OF HIS PROPOSALS IS KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL THE CITY IS CERTIFIED B CITY AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING POLLINATOR GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAINTAIN AND POLLINATORS SUCH AS BEES AND HUMMING BIRDS AND THE SECOND SPACY WOULD NOTE IS EAST OF BUILDING NUMBER 6 THIS JOINS MUDDY CREEK IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY. THIS AREA HERE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LINES, THOSE ARE CONTOUR LINES THAT IS PROPOSED FOR POTENTIAL DRY DETENTION AREA. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO HAVE A PAVED TRAIL THAT WOULD GO [01:00:02] THROUGH THIS AREA AS WELL AS POTENTIAL CONNECTIONS TO THE FUTURE MUDDY CREEK TRAIL WHICH WOULD HAPPEN WITHIN THE MUDDY CREEK AREA, I WOULD NOTED THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE CURRENT MOST RECENT PARKS TRAILS MASTER PLAN. THESE ARE THE ILLUSTRATIVE BUILDING ELEVATIONS WHICH ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CONCEPT PLAN. I WOULD NOTE THAT THE ENTRY WAYS ARE PROPOSED TO BE DEFINED WITH GLASS WITH WINDOWS WITH CANOPIES TO PROVIDE FOCAL POINTS FOR THE BUILDINGS. THERE WOULD ALSO BE WINDOWS, AND LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE THOSE RIGHT ALONG IN HERE THAT CAN YOU SEE ALSO THAT PROVIDE NATURAL LIGHT AS WELL AS VISUAL INTEREST TO BREAK UP WHAT HONESTLY ARE FAIRLY LONG FACADE WS THAT AND TWO NOTE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TILT WALL CONSTRUCTION. AT THIS POINT I SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE APPLICANT IS THE ONE THAT IS PROPOSING THESE BUILDING MATERIALS, STATE LAW DOES PRECLUDE THE CITY FOR IMPOSING ANY BUILDING MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT. SUBDISTRICT ONE IS PROPOSED TO BE A BASE ZONING OF M DETECTIVES 1, THIS IS THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT. ALL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS HAVE A BASE DISTRICT THAT IS WHERE IS THE STARTING POINT FOR WHAT THE APPLICANT WOULD SUGGEST FOR THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT MOST CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO UPON THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT IS HERE ON THIS SLIDE ARE ALL OF THOSE USES PROPOSED TO BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN SUBJECT DISTRICT ONE. WE WILL POINT OUT THE PRIMARY ONES OF COURSE THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TO DO WOULD BE THE WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION CENTER AS WELL AS THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE TYPE OF USE BUT YOU CAN ALSO GENERALLY SEE THE OTHER KINDS OF USES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ALLOWED ON THIS SITE. I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT SOME OF THOSE USES YOU MIGHT SEE ON HERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN ANY ZONING DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY, SUCH AS A RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY OR I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SCHOOL THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL SO THESE HAVE BEEN A PROPOSED USES REDUCED FROM WHAT IS TYPICALLY PERMITTED BY RIGHT WITHIN THE M1 DISTRICT AND THOSE ARE SHOWN HERE. THEY'VE ALSO TAKEN THAT LIST AND STATED USES THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED WITH THE APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND AGAIN THIS IS ALSO A REDUCED LIST FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY SHOWN IN THE STANDARD M-1 ZONE. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE A COLLEGE UNIVERSITY COMMERCIAL SCHOOL DRY CLEANING PLAN COMMERCIAL LA LAUNDRYELI PORT TOWER FOR EASE OF REFERENCE, THAT IS A TYPICAL CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS TOWER AS WELL AS A TRANSIT STATION OR MAJOR UTILITY FACILITY. SECOND PART THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MOD IF I HAD OCCASION FROM THE M-1 DISTRICT WOULD BE IN REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. >> COULD WE BACK UP ONE OR TWO SLIDES? >> TWO SLIDES. >> THAT IS A LIST OF THE USES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN SUBDISTRICT ONE BUT YOU SAID THEY PEARED IT DOWN? >> IF THE COMMISSION OR THE PUBLIC WISHES TO, WE ARE PREPARED TO SHOW THAT ENTIRE LIST OF WHAT IS PERMITTED IF SO DESIRED. >> THANK YOU. >> SO, WITHIN THAT DISTRICT THERE'S A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE OF 80 PERCENT. THE LOT AREA THE WIDTH AN DEPTH THERE ARE NO REQUIREMENTS FOR [01:05:01] THAT. THE SETBACKS FOR YARDS JOINING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 50 FEET CORNER LOTS 50 FEET RIGHT OF WAY. REAR SETBACKS AND THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR FLOOR AREA. MAXIMUM HEIGHT REQUESTING 60 FEET, MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE IS 36 FEET. THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT IS AGAIN, THEY ARE PROPOSING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES, WITH THAT THE CURRENT BUILDING PLAN SHOWS A SHOWS THE TALLEST BUILDING 50 FEET IN THERE. THEY'RE ASKING MORE THAT ADDITIONAL IN CASE THERE IS A POTENTIAL USER THAT THEY WOULD IDENTIFY DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE A NEED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL 10 FEET. SO BEYOND THE M-1 STANDARDS THERE ARE SEVERAL SPOTS IN THE CODE THEY ARE ALSO SEEKING TO M MODIFY TO SUIT THEY ARE DEVELOPMENTS. THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR NIP APPROVED P.D. AND THE NEIGHBERHOOD AND KPASZ BUILT STANDARDS AND I'LL WALK THROUGH EACH THOSE HERE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE PARKING RATIO FOR THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE SPACE IN SUBJECT DISTRICT ONE TO BE ONE PARKING SPACE PER 2,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPACE RATHER THAN THE 1500 THAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE CODE THAT THE WOULD NOT AFFECT THE OFFICE SPACE WHICH HAS THE RATIO OF ONE PARKING SPACE FOR 300 SQUARE FEET. UNDER THOSE PROPOSED RATIOS THEY WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR 1368 PARKING SPACES BASED UPON THE PROPOSED BUILDING SIZES AS WELL AS THE BREAKDOWN WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE OFFICE AND WHAT THE PROPOSED TO BE THE LIGHT DOES TRILTD AND THERE ARE 1859 PARKING SPACES INDICATED ON THE CONCEPT PLAN AND I'M GOING TO BACK UP A BIT TO THAT FIRST CHART HERE THAT ALSO HAD THE PARKING ON THERE AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED BREAKDOWN. SO THEY ARE AS A PROPOSAL JUST SHOWING 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE FOR EACH OF THOSE BUILDINGS. AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS IN STILL THE MIDRANGE PLANNING PART OF THINGS THOSE OFFICE NUMBERS MAY SHIFT TO BECOME MORE OR LESS AND SO, THAT IS WHY THEY ARE PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT CHANGE AS WELL AS IT GIVES THEM THAT ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY WHEN SEEKING TENANTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. IT'S ALSO BASED UPON THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF YEARS IN DEVELOPING SIMILAR PROJECTS HERE IN THE METROPLEX AND I BELIEVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I WOULD NOTE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ILLUSTRATED ON THE COMPLEX PLAN DOES EXCEED THE NUMBER OF PROJECTED EMPLOYEES WHICH WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN A THOUSAND WHICH SHOULD ADDRESS CONCERNS OF THE PARKING DEFICIT DUE TO OVERLAPPING SHIFTS WITH THAT AS WELL AS IF THERE ARE VISITORS APPLICANTS THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE COMING. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS MODIFICATION AS WE DO BELIEVE IT IS ADEQUATE BASED ON WHAT THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED TO US AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ON THE SITE AS WELL THAT WE FEEL THAT IT WILL BE ADEQUATELY PARKED. SPEAKING TO THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING THEY ARE REQUESTING TO USE WALL PACK LIGHTINGS WHICH ARE LIGHTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING. >> MAYBE I'M FOR SEEING DELAYS [01:11:08] WE HAVE ALL SEEN IN OUR LIVES THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE STAFF IS RESPONSIVE OF THIS CHANGE AS WE BELIEVE THIS USE TYPE IS REASONABLE AND SUITABLE FOR THIS SITE, AND IT SHOULD, THAT P.D. SHOULD REMAIN NOT BE ABLE TO COMMENCE THIS DEVELOPMENT WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THIS APPROVAL, SHOULD IT BE APPROVED. BUILDING AND NEIGHBORHOOD KPATD BUILT STANDARDS. FIRST WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATABILITY STANDARDS. THOSE ARE INCLUDED SECTION 509 AND THEY SPEAK TO ITEMS THAT THE PLANNING AN CITY COUNCIL ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY BE IMPOSED UPON A DEVELOPER REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE OR THAT WOULD MITIGATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE ON ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO WAIVE THESE REQUIREMENTS AS THERE ARE NO PROPOSED REST DEPTH ABUTTING THE DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS A PORTION OF THE FUTURE PHASE OR THE HOMESTEAD AT LIBERTY GROVE WHICH IS, ABUT CONNECTS TOUCHES UPON A SMALL PORTION OF THIS SITE OF WHICH I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND POINT THAT OUT. I WENT FORWARD SORRY I SAID I WOULD DO THAT LATER. THERE'S THE SPOT. ALL RIGHT. SO, THIS BIT OF OPEN SPACE, THIS PANHANDLE HERE TOUCHES ON THAT AREA THERE IS THE FUTURE AREA OF THAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE HOMESTEAD AT LIBERTY GROVE. THAT PORTION THERE, AS YOU MAY SUSPECT BASED UPON THIS BEING WOODED AND FLOOD PLAIN IS ALSO, I'M NOT CERTAIN IF IT'S FLOOD PLAIN BUT IT'S DESIGNATED AS OPEN SPACE AND NOT DEVELOPED WITH HOMES ON THERE. SO THAT WILL AGAIN I WANTED EVERYONE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. GOING THE WRONG WAY AGAIN. SO, BUILDING STANDARD, ANOTHER SECTION, SECTION 507 OF THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE. THEY ARE INCLUDED TO INSURE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE SPECIFIC STANDARD FOR COMMERCIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS OF WHICH THE PROPOSED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. >> THEY WILL ALSO WORK TO INSURE AN ATTRACTIVE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS TO APPLY FOR SUBJECT DISTRICT ONE. WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDINGS THE SUBJECT DISTRICT 2, THAT IS THE [01:15:02] FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL BE A MORE COMMERCIAL IN NATURE AS WELL AS MAY ALSO HAVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS A COMPONENT THAT WOULD APPLY TO NEIGHBORHOOD EXAMS BUILT AND STANDARDS WOULD APPLY TO SUBDISTRICT 2. SPECK SPEAKING OF SUBDISTRICT 2 THIS IS A APPLICANT THE PROPOSING THE DISTRICT OF C-1 WHICH IS THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THIS IS INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPE WITH A COMMERCIAL RETAIL MIXED USE PROJECT OR PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE EMPLOYMENT USES WHICH WOULD BE PROVIDED ON SUBDISTRICT ONE SHOULD THIS BE PROVED AS WELL AS THE NORTH SHORE IN GENERAL. THE APPLICANT DOES NOT AT THIS POINT HAVE A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THIS SITE PER OUR RECOMMENDATION THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WITH THE APPLICANT THEY HAVE AGREED TO LIMIT THE USES TO THE C-1 DISTRICT WITH A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL USES. I WOULD NOTE THAT THE CONVENIENCE STORE GAS PUMPS DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANTS AS WELL AS MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS COULD BE INCLUDED IN A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE WITH THE APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. I NOTE AGAIN ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES DESIGNATE MOST OF THIS PROPERTY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER AND THE REMAINDER AS MIXED USE. SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE BLUE IS THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER AND THAT PINK AREA IS MIXED USE. AGAIN TO GO MORE BROADLY INTO THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT, THE BLUE IS THE EMPLOYMENT AREA AS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN ILLUSTRATES. THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER APPROPRIATE USES INCLUDE OFFICE YOU INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH FACILITIES THE MILK USE WOULD BE VER VERTICAL HORIZONTAL THERE WOULD BE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND HORIZONTALLY THERE WOULD BE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO A VARIETY OF USES. AGAIN WIDE VARIETY OF USES SUCH AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL SERVICES AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT ARE APPROPRIATE WITHIN THERE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S INTENDED TO COMBINE THOSE MULTIPLE LAND USE CATEGORIES. THE PROPOSED OFFICE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS LARGELY IN KEEPING WITH THIS VISION FOR THE NORTH SHOPPER AND THE CENTER FOR COMMERCE AN INDUSTRY AS A HUB FOR EMPLOYMENT. HOWEVER, AGAIN NOTE THESE PROPOSED USES ARE MORE ALIGNED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. AS SUCH, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SHOULD THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED WOULD BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SLATED FOR THAT OFFICE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND SIMILARLY SUBDISTRICT 2 HAS MOTHER BEEN FORMALIZED BUT WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT SHOULD THIS PROPOSAL BE APPROVED, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN BE A AMENDED TO DECEMBER NAIL THAT AS COMMERCIAL AS THAT WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY USE FOR THAT PROPERTY. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GONE ON LONG ENOUGH. I MENTION EVIDENCE JEFF COHEN WOULD BE PROVIDING DETAILS ON THE ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS AND WE'VE REACHED THAT POINT. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE WITH YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF THIS PROPOSAL. I'LL START OFF WITH THE DRAINAGE CONSIDERATIONS. THIS PROJECT DOES LIE ON THE WESTERN BANKS OF MUDDY CREEK AND IT'S ABOUT 4200 FEET AWAY FROM THE MOUTH THAT DISCHARGES INTO LAKE HUBBARD. BECAUSE OF THE MERRITT ROAD INTERCONNECTER WHICH IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THERE IS A FLOOD STUDY UNDERWAY BY THE CITY'S CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT FOR THE BRIDGE AND THE CONNECTOR. AS SUCH, THE APPLICANT IS [01:20:04] WORKING WITH THOSE MODELS TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT ON THE MUDDY CREEK FLOOD PLAIN AND THE CREEK ITSELF. SO, A COMPLETE FLOOD STUDY WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THE TIME THAT WE REVIEW SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND A FLOOD PLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WILL BE NEEDED AT THE TIME THAT WE REVIEW CIVIL PLANS. THE EXISTING FLOOD PLAIN IS PROPOSED TO BE MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATED THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT IS COMMITTED AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE ANY IMPACTS TO THE FLOOD PLAIN BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED THE EXACT NATURE OF THESE MITIGATIONS. WHEN THE PROJECT, IF THIS IS APPROVED AND THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, IT WILL REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL LETTER OF MAP REVISION THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AND AUTHORIZED BY FEMA. WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THE APPLICANT THEN GOES BACK AND SUBMITS A LETTER OF MAP REVISION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A LOMR TO BE SURE THAT THE AS BUILT CONDITIONS DO NOT IMPACT DOWNSTREAM PROPERTIES AN USERS. AS PART OF THE LOMR PROCESS WE THE CITY ARE REQUIRED TO INSURE THAT ALL OTHER CITY STATE AN FEDERAL PERMITS ARE OBTAINED AND THAT INCLUDES AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THIS PROJECT HAS ANY ADVERSE IMPACT TO THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPEESZNESS THE MUDDY CREEK CORRIDOR, ALSO WHETHER THE PROJECT IMPACT ANY JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND IF ANY IMPACTS ARE DETERMINED THE STUDY WILL THEN PROPOSE MEASURES THAT WOULD >> IN TERMS >> THE 2015 MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN CLASSIFIES MERIT ROAD AS A TYPE A ROADWAY WITH 100-FOOT. IT IS KNOWN AS THE MERIT ROAD INTERCONNECTOR. IT WILL SERVE AS A CONNECTOR BETWEEN GEORGE BUSH AND LIBERTY GROVE ROAD WHICH WILL IMPROVE TRAFFIC ACCESS AND CIRCULATION IN THIS REGION. THE CITY HAS CONTRACTED AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT TO DESIGN MERIT ROAD AND THOSE DESIGNS ARE NOW AT 60% COMPLETION. LOOKING AT THE TYPICAL ROAD SECTION, IT IS A FOR -- IT WILL HAVE FOUR TRAVEL LANES SEPARATED BY A MEDIAN. THE TRAVEL LANES WILL BE ABUTTED BY A 5-FOOT BIKE PATH THAT IS LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THOSE TRAVEL LANES. AND WILL AFFORD BIKE TRAVEL IN THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. OUTSIDE OF THE BIKE LANES IS AN AMENITIES ZONE LOCATED BEHIND THE CURB. NEXT TO THE AMENITY ZONE IS A PAVED SIDEWALK WHICH WILL BE FOR [01:25:04] PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL. AND THOSE ZONES AND SIDEWALKS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. AT THE TIME OF SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND CIVIL PLANS REVIEW, THE CONFIGURATION OF THIS BIKE LANE WILL BE STUDIED TO ASSESS THE SAFETY OF LOCATING THE BIKE LANE WHERE IT IS SHOWN THERE BECAUSE WE DO EXPECT THERE TO BE A LARGER INCREASE IN TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THIS SEGMENT OF MERIT ROAD THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. UNTIL THE MERIT ROAD INTERCONNECTOR IS COMPLETE, THIS EXTENSION OF MERIT ROAD WOULD BE THE PRIMARY ACCESS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. I THINK AS ALEX MENTIONED, THERE IS SOME SECONDARY ACCESS FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD SOUTH OF THE MERIT ROAD INTERSECTION. ANY NECESSARY TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO MANAGE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN AND THROUGH THAT AREA WOULD LIKELY BE INSTALLED DURING OR AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE MERIT ROAD INTERCONNECTOR. THE APPLICANT HAS TAKEN CARE TO ENSURE THAT TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MERIT ROAD INTERSECTOR AS IT WAS INITIALLY PLANNED. THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED DETAILS WILL BE REFINED THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS. A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WILL BE CONDUCTED AND SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT AT THE TIME OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS WILL FORM THE BASES FOR A PAVEMENT DESIGN. AGAIN, WE EXPECT THERE TO BE AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THIS SEGMENT OF MERIT ROAD THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR. SO WE WANT THE APPLICANT TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE DESIGN OF THE PAVEMENT AND MAKE THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PAVEMENT DESIGN BASED ON THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC VOLUME. THE TIA WILL ALSO DETERMINE ANY NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT THE MERIT ROAD AND PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE INTERSECTION TO MAKE SURE TRUCKS DON'T STOP AND QUEUE ON EITHER THE TURNPIKE OR MERIT ROAD. THE TIA WILL ALSO DETERMINE THE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO THE BIKE LANE BASED ON THE SAFETY ASSESSMENT THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THAT INCREASE IN TRUCK TRAFFIC. AND THE PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC DATA THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC DATA IN THE FORM OF IT VEHICLE TRIP, INSTITUTE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS. THESE ESTIMATES HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN EXAMINED IN DETAIL. BUT SIMPLY WERE USED TO CONFIRM BASED ON SOME CRITERIA THRESHOLDS THAT A FULL TIA AT THE TIME OF SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED. >> SO FINALLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CIRCULATION AND TRUCK QUEUEING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. THE APPLICANT HAS PREPARED A CIRCULATION PLAN. AND IT INDICATES THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT THEY HAVE ALLOCATED FOR TRUCK QUEUEING ON SITE NOT ON GEORGE BUSH AND NOT ON MERIT ROAD. LET ME ADVANCE A LITTLE BIT ONE SLIDE FURTHER. THIS IS THEIR QUEUEING PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN AREA OF TRUCK STACKING. THIS IS AN AREA OF TRUCK STACKING. THIS IS AN AREA OF TRUCK STACKING, AS WELL AS THIS AND THIS. THEY DIDN'T IDENTIFY THIS BUT IT LOOKED TO ME AS THOUGH THIS COULD BE USED AS AN AREA OF STACKING AS WELL. ONE OF THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS IF THIS PROPOSAL, THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED, IS THAT IT WILL NOT ALLOW TRUCK STACKING OR QUEUEING ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY. THE PROPOSED CIRCULATION AND TRUCK STACKING PLAN DOES SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. THE LENGTHS OF THESE QUEUEING AISLE ARE IN THE SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF FEET LONG. THIS ONE IS ENOUGH [01:30:06] FOR, IF I REMEMBER THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY, FOR ALMOST 30 TRUCKS. 30 SEMI-TRACTOR-TRAILERS TO BE STACKED THERE. THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS. THERE'S DOUBLE STACKING HERE. THERE'S DOUBLE STACKING HERE. THERE'S SINGLE STACKING HERE AND SOME SINGLE STACKING HERE. THE CONCEPT PLAN ALSO IN TERMS OF CIRCULATION, SEPARATES THE LARGE TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM THE PASSENGER AND LIGHT TRUCK TRAFFIC. IT SEPARATES THEM WITH ACCESS POINTS AND WITH PARKING. AND I WILL -- I HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT PLAN THAT THEY'VE SUPPLIED HERE, TOO. THE ARROWS MIGHT BE A LITTLE SMALL FOR YOU TO SEE. BUT BASICALLY, VEHICLES ENTER ALONG THE EXTENSION OF MERIT ROAD. TRUCKS WILL ENTER AT THIS INTERSECTION HERE. AND EITHER GO NORTH OR THEY WILL GO SOUTH. AFTER THE LOADING DOCKS ARE ALONG THESE BUILDING FACADES HERE AND HERE AND HERE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ON THIS SIDE. BUT AT ANY RATE, ONCE THEY HAVE EITHER LOADED OR UNLOADED, THE SAME AISLE IS USED TO EXIT FOR THE TRACTOR-TRAILERS. THERE'S ALSO DRIVE AISLES FROM THE LOADING AREAS TO ACCESS THAT, AND GET OUT ON MERIT ROAD. AND AS WELL OVER HERE, WE HAVE THE EGRESS ROUTES THERE AND THERE. THESE ARE THE TWO SECONDARY ACCESS POINTS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT ARE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION. AND THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY SUMMARY. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS BACK OVER TO ALEX. AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END OF ALEX'S PRESENTATION. >> AS PER STATE LAW, WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET. THERE WERE 14 OF THOSE SENT ON DECEMBER 27, 2021. WE RECEIVED BACK ONE NOTICE RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST, AND ONE RESPONSE IN FAVOR WITHIN THAT 200-FOOT NOTIFICATION RANGE. AND WITHIN THE COURTESY NOTICE WE RECEIVED ZERO IN OPPOSITION AND FIVE IN FAVOR. WE NOTE THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE PACKET WAS PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY. THAT WE RECEIVED ONE NOTICE IN OPPOSITION. WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A NUMBER OF RESPONSES THROUGH THE CITIZEN INPUT THAT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD. SO WOULD WANT TO NOTE THAT. AS WELL AS WE HAVE A NOTE HERE IN THE PACKET IN THE BUILDING HERE THIS EVENING THAT WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO WRAP THIS ALL UP, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM THE FOREIGN BASE COMMERCIAL CENTER AND URBAN VILLAGE DISTRICTS TO THE PLAN DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND LIMITED THE C1 DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY. - AND APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE 164.57 ACRES TO BE DEVELOPED IN THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OF WHICH THERE ARE 12. THAT THE REQUIRED PORTION OF MERIT ROAD WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN PERFORMANCE WITH THE PLANNED CROSS SECTION. AND THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE ANY MODIFICATION TO THE BIKE LANES AS WAS MENTIONED BY JEFF. SO NO SEMI-TRACTOR-TRAILER TRAFFIC WOULD BE ALLOWED TO IDLE OR QUEUE ON ANY PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY OR IN GENERAL ABUTTING THE SITE. ALL STACKING PARKING WILL BE ACCOMMODATED ON THIS PROPERTY ON THIS SITE. AND THE QUEUEING CIRCULATION ON SITE WILL BE IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE QUEUEING AND CIRCULATION PLANS THAT ARE INCLUDED. AGAIN, NUMBER THREE DOES CALL OUT THE BIKE LANES, AS WELL AS THE DIMENSIONS THEREOF AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED DURING THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND CIVIL PLAN REVIEW SHOULD THIS PROJECT [01:35:04] BE REVIEWED, THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED AND DEVELOPMENT MOVE FORWARD. THE USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SUBDISTRICT 1 WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LIGHT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT, WHICH ARE THE CONDITIONS. NUMBER 5, THAT THE OFF STREET PARKING SPACES WITHIN SUB DISTRICT 1 FOR THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE WOULD BE PROVIDED AT A RATIO OF ONE SPACE PER 2,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING AREA USED FOR THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE. SIX, THAT WOULD PERMIT FOR THE WALL PACK LIGHTING MOUNTED AT A HEIGHT OF UP TO 50 FEET. AND LIGHTING STANDARDS OF MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 35 FEET PERMITTED WITHIN THE PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC AREAS IN SUB DISTRICT 1. WOULD WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 805.6 FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPROVED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT -- THE USES PERMITTED WITHIN SUB DISTRICT ONE WOULD ALSO BE AMENDED AS REFLECTED. -- WOULD BE PROVIDED AS OPEN SPACE. AND UP TO 50% OF THAT OPEN SPACE WOULD BE FLOOD PLANE. AMENITIES WOULD BE GARDEN AND TRAIL AS ILLUSTRATED ON THE CONCEPT PLANS. -- WOULD NOT APPLY TO SUBDISTRICT 1. AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE BUILDING STANDARDS FOR SECTION 77507, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS WHICH ARE INCLUDING IN 77509. -- SHALL BE SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT D. AND LASTLY, THAT THE USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SUBDISTRICT 2 WOULD BE GOVERNED BY THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL, RETAIL DISTRICT, AS MODIFIED WITHIN DISTRICT D. WE DO BELIEVE THIS PROPOSED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OFFICE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION OF THE NORTH SHORE AS IT HAS BEEN MARKETED, AS IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO BE AN EMPLOYMENT HUB FOR ROWLETT AND THE REGION. THIS PROJECT WOULD ALSO SERVE TO CAPITALIZE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL JOBS AS WELL TO UNLOCK POTENTIAL OF THE NORTH SHORE TO BROADEN EMPLOYMENT AND TAX BASE OF THE CITY. WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE FOR THE STAFF AT THIS POINT IN TIME? THE APPLICANT ALSO DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION TO FILL IN THE GAPS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE TOUCHED ON IN OUR PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE SPECIFICS OF THIS PROJECT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> DOES THE APPLICANT FORESEE ANY GAPS IN THE PRESENTATION? WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE PRESENTATION? >> -- >> PLEASE. >> ALEX, I'M GOING TO HOLD MY QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION. BUT SOMETHING ON TOP OF MIND SINCE THIS IS PRETTY LENGTHY AND MAYBE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO ZONING. SOME BULLET POINTS FOR US ALL TO PULL IT ALL TOGETHER. WHERE WE WERE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO KIND OF GET IT TO US AND EVERYBODY ELSE LISTENING. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MICHELLE WHEELER. I'M LOCATED AT 4890 ALPHA ROAD IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AND I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY JACKSON SHAW COMPANY. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FIRM. WE ARE A 50-YEAR-OLD PRIVATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. AND WE HAVE DONE OVER $3.6 BILLION IN TRANSACTIONS AND HAVE COMPLETED OVER 62 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENTS. AND THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME. WE BUILD QUALITY PROJECTS. AND WE DO WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE. BRIEFLY, WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY PROVIDING INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS OUR AESTHETICS MEET PUBLIC TESTS. THEY ALSO MEET COMMUNITY TESTS. WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE METRO PLEX, INCLUDING RICHARDSON, COPPEL, THE COLONY, IRVING, PLANO, FORT WORTH, ET CETERA. BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY ULTIMATELY IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT TO US. AND IF APPROVED, WE'D MAKE SURE WE MADE THAT A PRIORITY FOR OUR FIRM. SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH ARE LISTED ABOVE. AND [01:40:03] WE DO THIS IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE DEVELOP. IF APPROVED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF OUR CULTURE AND DNA AND SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO ADD THE CITY OF ROWLETT IN TERMS OF MAKING AN INVESTMENT AND A COMMITMENT TO YOUR CITY. THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO IS WE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM OF EXPERTS TO HELP US EXECUTE ON A BUSINESS PLAN. AND WE HAVE DONE THAT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY. WE WILL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE SLIDES AFTER WE'VE SEEN ARE REPETITIVE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE MICHAEL FLOWERS WHO IS OUR DEVELOPER WHO IS WORKING ON THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> HOWDY, I'M MICHAEL FLOWERS. I'M A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AT JACKSON SHAW, AND WE'RE LOCATED ALPHA ROAD IN DALLAS, TEXAS. IT TAKES A LOT OF COHESION TO DEVELOP A GOOD TEAM, TO CONDUCT RIGOROUS STUDIES THAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING A SITE. WHO WE CONSIDER THE TOP PROFESSIONALS IN OUR INDUSTRY. KIMLEE HORN IS DOING CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. LANDSCAPING ARCHITECTS. WE'VE GOT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENGINEERS ON OUR TEAM. MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH THE RIGOROUS STANDARDS. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND DRAINAGE IMPACT. THERE'S AN ECONOMIC IMPACT CONSULTANT THAT WE'VE HIRED. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE ENGAGED LOCAL MARKET EXPERTS. STEVE KOLDIKE IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE MARKET SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE PROPOSING WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO IT AND TRY NOT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE ALEX COVERED, EVERYBODY COVERED A LOT OF INFORMATION. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES IN TO SITE SELECTION. YOU KNOW, THE TOP THREE FACTORS THAT FIRST COME TO MIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A VIABLE SITE FOR THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IS IS THERE DEMAND IN THE AREA. THERE'S SIGNIFICANT DEMAND IN THE AREA WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A SECOND. IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK TO QUALITY OF LABOR. THIS IS SOME OF THE BEST LABOR IN THE ENTIRE METRO PLEX THAT WOULD BE WELL SUITED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S DIRECT ACCESS TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WHICH MAKES IT EASY TO GET AROUND THE CITY. AND ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE ROOFTOPS OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA. ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS FOR THIS SITE ARE ALSO NATURAL BARRIERS SO WE DON'T DISRUPT AND IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. MUDDY CREEK IS A SIGNIFICANT NATURAL BARRIER. THERE'S OVER 2,000 FEET OF FLOOD PLANE AND FLOOD WAY SEPARATING US. I KNOW ALEX COVERED. THERE IS AN APPENDAGE OF OUR SITE THAT GOES OVER MUDDY CREEK. BUT IT'S IN THE FLOOD PLANE. IT'S UNDEVELOPABLE. AND IF WE CHANGE, WE HAVE TO COME IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. SO THIS IS ORIENTED FACING EAST. THIS IS WHAT THE NEW MERIT ROAD WOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE LANDSCAPING BUFFERS. IT'S MISSING THE BIKE LANE BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THAT TO PROVIDE SAFER BIKE LANE FOR THE RESIDENTS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY MAKING CHANGES TO OUR RENDERINGS. CONSTANTING MAKING CHANGES TO OUR DESIGN TO MAKE THIS A QUALITY VISIBLE PARK. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE HAPPY AND PROUD OF WHERE THEY'RE WORKING. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE HAPPY AND PROUD OF THEIR COMMUNITY. PERSONALLY MY FAMILY IS FROM THE GARLAND AREA, FROM THE ROWLETT AREA. I HAVE A BROTHER THAT LIVES LESS THAN A MILE FROM HERE. I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, EXCEPT FOR ME. THIS PROJECT IS PERSONAL AND WE WANT TO DO A HIGH QUALITY JOB HERE. THIS IS OUR LANDSCAPING PLAN. ALEX COVERED IT EARLIER. THIS IS THAT APPENDAGE THAT REQUIRED US TO ASK FOR MODIFICATION TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL. AGAIN, THIS IS IN THE FLOOD WAY. THIS IS NOT DEVELOPABLE LAND. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AND PROTECT THE NATURE AREA HERE. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ADDING THE POLLENATOR GARDEN. SO THE DISTANCE FROM OUR FIRST BUILDING TO ANY DEVELOPABLE AREA, WHICH ACTUALLY THE FLOOD WAY OR THE FLOOD PLANE IS RIGHT HERE. THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER HERE. BACKING UP REAL QUICK, THERE'S OTHER BARRIERS TO CONSIDER AS WELL. YOU HAVE THE [01:45:01] GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE TO THE WEST. AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE HINTON REGIONAL LANDFILL. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH. ALL THESE PROVIDE WHAT WE CONSIDER IS SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FROM -- OR JUST TO INSULATE THIS PROJECT FROM HAVING AS MINIMAL IMPACT AS POSSIBLE. GOING THROUGH THESE SLIDES. TYPICAL CONCERNS THAT WE TRY TO EVALUATE AND UNDERSTAND ON THE FRONT END OF THIS PROJECT. JEFF DID A GREAT JOB GOING THROUGH THE NUMBER OF STUDIES AND THE LENGTH OF THOSE STUDIES THAT IT TAKES. TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, NOISE. THESE ARE ALL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE APPROACH AND ADDRESS ON THE FRONT END. YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A TIA, WHICH IS A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. HOWEVER, THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING, WE'VE PUT ON THE BOARD. THIS IS THE PROPOSED USES, WHICH WE'RE HERE TO APPLY FOR. VERSUS THE USES ALLOWED BY RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE A MAJOR TRAFFIC CONCERN, THEN YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING BECAUSE THIS WOULD ACTUALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS DAILY DURING PEAK AND REGULAR HOURS BY FOUR TIMES. SO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT SHOULD BE CONSIDERABLY BETTER BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. AGAIN, THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS. IF WE GET BACK TO OUR SITE PLAN, WHICH WE WILL IN A SECOND, WE'LL SEE SMALLER BUILDINGS. THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, TO ACCOMMODATE SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND ALSO THOSE SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO SERVE THE IMMEDIATE RESIDENTS IN THE NEARBY AREA WITH ESSENTIAL GOODS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IN ARLINGTON. THIS IS THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE FROM THAT PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED FOR AT LEAST SIX OUT OF THE EIGHT BUILDINGS. THE TWO LARGER BUILDINGS WILL HAVE 12-20% TRUCK TRAFFIC. SIX OF THE EIGHT BUILDINGS SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS ONCE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS FULLY COMPLETED. AGAIN, THIS IS FROM ANOTHER EXAMPLE PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE WATERSHED WE TALKED ABOUT FOR MUDDY CREEK. OUR PROJECT IS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A MASSIVE RIGOROUS STUDIES WITH THE UGH - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX SMALLER BUILDINGS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THESE ARE GOING TO BE 30,000 TO 40,000 SQUARE FOOT TENANTS. SOME MAYBE THE ENTIRE BUILDING. BUT THEY'RE LOCAL BUSINESSES. OR ACCOMMODATING THE LOCAL ROOFTOPS. WRAPPING UP AGAIN CENTER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. NOW WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THE USE ADDITION. YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH ADDING -- WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE CITY'S VISION. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VISION FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND SERVE AS A MAJOR EMPLOYMENT HUB. HOWEVER, SINCE ADOPTED IN 2014, TO BE FRANK, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED HERE. AND OUR LOCAL MARKET EXPERT STEVE IS GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY. >> STEVE KOLDECK. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF TRENDS WE'RE SEEING IN THE METROPLEX OF NORTH TEXAS AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, RETAIL, INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, COMING OUT OF THE GREAT RECESSION, EVERYBODY, THE SKY WAS FALLING. SO IN 2011, DALLAS, NORTH TEXAS, FORT WORTH WAS REALLY KIND OF THE FIRST ONES OUT. YOU CAN SEE THE TRAJECTORY OF GROWTH, RETAIL, ABSORPTION AND OCCUPANCY. 2016 THROUGH 2019, IT REALLY KIND OF HIT A PLATEAU. WHAT WE CALL THAT AREA RIGHT THERE IS THE AMAZON EFFECT. WHAT IS THE AMAZON EFFECT? IT IS WHAT YOU PROBABLY THINK IT IS. BEST EXAMPLE IN MY FAMILY IS MY 77-YEAR-OLD DAD WHO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ALL HIS HOLIDAY GIFTS ARE SHIPPED TO MY FRONT DOOR AND I END UP WRAPPING THEM FOR MY KIDS. IT STACKS UP. IT'S A LOVE/HATE BECAUSE I HATE THE CARD BOARD THAT COMES OUT OF IT. BUT THAT IS THE AMAZON EFFECT. IT'S THE CONVENIENCE OF SHOPPING FROM YOUR COUCH AND IT'S NOT GOING TO THE BRICKS AND MORTAR RETAIL STORES ANY LONGER. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IS FOREVER CHANGED. WHAT THE RETAIL BRICK AND MORTAR STORES WILL LOOK LIKE. THE BEST BUY FOOTPRINTS ARE SHRINKING. YOU'VE GOT THE WALMARTS, TARGETS. IN SOME INSTANCES, THE GYMNASIUMS. THE KIDS RECREATIONAL STUFF GOING OUT OF BUSINESS RELATED TO YOUR PELOTON OR TONAL THAT I THINK HAS BEEN ACCELERATED HERE WITH COVID. [01:50:04] FOREVER CHANGING WHAT RETAIL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. EVEN BEFORE COVID HIT, WE KIND OF HIT A PLATEAU. YOU SEE THE NEGATIVE ABSORPTION IN OCCUPANCY. SO WHO IS THE BENEFICIARY? 20 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF ABSORPTION ANNUALLY. THIS YEAR POINTING OUT '21. SO WE HIT 39 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF ABSORPTION IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH. WE'RE ALREADY ON TARGET TO BLOW THAT OUT OF THE WATER AGAIN IN 2022. WITH THE PRELEASE ACTIVITY GOING ON. APPARENTLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE METROPLEX, WE ARE 31% PRE-LEASED. A LOT OF IT IS DRIVEN BY POPULATION GROWTH, JOB GROWTH. DALLAS IS BECOMING THE DARLING OF E-COMMERCE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. CENTRAL TIME ZONE. NO SNOW. HUGE AIRPORT AND GREAT LABOR. WHICH MICHAEL HIT ON A LITTLE BIT. >> SO HARD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THESE DAYS WITHOUT BRINGING UP THE COVID WORD, BUT THE BOTTOM LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE TRAJECTORY OF -- OR THE ACCELERATION OF THAT E-COMMERCE SALES. I THINK WE ALL DID IT. I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING. AGAIN, IT PROBABLY SPED UP THE ACCELERATION OF E-COMMERCE BY YEARS IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST 21 MONTHS. I THINK FINDING THE CONVENIENCE OF IT. THE OLDER GENERATION ARE LESS SCARED OF UPLOADING YOUR CREDIT CARD ONLINE. IT'S CONVENIENCE. AND I THINK IT'S FOREVER GOING TO CHANGE WHAT RETAIL FOOTPRINT LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD. SO HERE, JUST COMPARING ALL THREE MAJOR PRODUCT TYPES. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT RETAIL. YOU SEE THE ABSORPTION AND OCCUPANCY GO DOWN. HIT ON THE ABSORPTION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. ESPECIALLY IN DFW, ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT WE CONSIDER A HEALTHY YEAR AND ALREADY ON TRACK TO HIT THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE OTHER PART ABOUT COVID IS 2019, 2020 AND 2021, WHAT THAT REAL TIME EFFECT LOOKED LIKE WITH THE LOCKDOWNS. AGAIN, ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGY. WHETHER ZOOM CALLS, WORKING FROM YOUR HOME AND BEING PRODUCTIVE. I THINK MORE AND MORE EMPLOYERS ARE EMBRACING THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING SOME PEOPLE PUSH TO GO BACK TO WORK. BUT YOU'RE SEEING LIKE AN A-B SCHEDULE OR A SATELLITE OFFICING WHERE TWO PEOPLE WILL SHARE A DESK. ONE PERSON GOES ON DAY A VERSUS DAY B AND THEY ALTERNATE. WE'RE SEEING CREATIVE OUT OF THE BOX SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO KEEP THE CULTURE OF THE COMPANY BUT ALSO KEEP PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME. WITH THE LESSER OVERHEAD, I REALLY THINK THIS IS AN ADOPTION TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AND CONTINUE TO EVOLVE. AGAIN, JUST ZOOMING IN ON WHAT IT'S DONE TO THE OFFICE MARKETS. YOU KNOW, PICKING ON UPTOWN DALLAS, BUT 80% OCCUPANCY IN UPTOWN DALLAS. IN 2020, THE REAL OCCUPANCY OF EMPLOYEES GOING TO THE OFFICE WAS 8% BECAUSE OF THE COVID EFFECT. AGAIN, LAST SLIDE, JUST NOTICING ON SOME OF THE TRENDS. BUT I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT, BUT THEY ARE THE BELL OF THE BALL. INDUSTRY IS REALLY KIND OF TAKEN OFF IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS. CONTINUED SUCCESS. AGAIN, A LOT IS DRIVEN BY JOB GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH AND LOCATION WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE METROPLEX, JUST BEING BUSINESS FRIENDLY. THE DOWNSIDE IS THE TRAFFIC. WE'RE ALL SEEING IT. NORTH TEXAS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED. >> SO STEMMING FROM THE NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE WITH L MARKET EXPERTS, WHAT WE DISCOVERED WITH THIS SITE IS IF THE CITY WANTS TO BRING THEIR IDEA FOR A CITY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND MAJOR EMPLOYMENT HUB TO FRUITION, INDUSTRIAL'S THE LIKELY ONLY SOLUTION AS THE RETAIL MARKETS CONTINUE TO DECLINE. AS THE OFFICE MARKETS SHOW SPACE BEING GIVEN BACK RATHER THAN SPACE BEING ABSORBED. SAME WITH RETAIL. AND IT'S OUT OF NECESSITY. YOU KNOW, MY MOM, SHE'S 73, SHE HAS THE EARLY STAGES OF A SEVERE DISEASE. SO SHE CAN'T WALK INTO A RETAIL STORE. SHE CAN'T GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. SHE HAS TO ORDER EVERYTHING ONLINE. SO [01:55:01] THESE FULFILLMENT CENTERS PROVIDE THAT QUALITY FOR THAT. JUST TO RECAP WHAT STEVE WAS SAYING, IF YOU LOOK FORWARD HERE CHANGE IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. THIS WAS A STUDY PUBLISHED BY ERNST AND YOUNG. 80% OF CONSUMERS ARE CHANGING THE WAY THEY SHOP. THERE'S A 43% INCREASE PEOPLE SHOP MORE OFTEN ONLINE FOR PRODUCTS THEY WOULD HAVE PREVIOUSLY BOUGHT IN STORES. BACKING UP AND TALKING ABOUT DIVERSIFYING WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE CITY'S PRODUCT BASE, AND THEIR INCOME LEVELS. WHAT YOU HAD IN INDUSTRIAL WAS A CONSISTENT INCOME STREAM THAT ACTUALLY GOT BETTER AND THAT WAS RECESSION PROOF THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. CURRENTLY, ROWLETT HAS I GUESS 1% IS CURRENT INDUSTRIALS ZONED LAND. AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN HAS 1.7%. WE ROUNDED UP JUST TO BE CONSERVATIVE HERE. PROVIDING FOR THE ORDERLY AND EFFICIENT USE OF LAND IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY. THE PATTERN OF LAND THAT EXISTS TODAY SHOULD EVOLVE. -- THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL USE TO THE ROWLETT CENTER FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE, MICHELLE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON THE POSITIVE BENEFITS. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY ONE MORE THING AS I GO BACK. -- ALLEN IS ONE OF THE MOST RECENT ONES IN SOUTH LAKE THAT ARE HIGH END CITIES SIMILAR TO ROWLETT THAT ARE ADOPTING THIS FUTURE LAND USE WITHIN THEIR CITIES IN THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AS A RESULT OF THE ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT I JUST COVERED. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MICHELLE. >> YEAH, SO JUST IN CLOSING, WE HAD ENGAGED AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY MARKET RESEARCH FIRM TO GO IN AND EVALUATE ALL OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GENERATE FROM OUR INVESTMENT. THIS IS DONE BY DAVID PETTIT WHO REPRESENTS MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE WOULD BE THAT THE TAXABLE VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ADDED TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 91 MILLION. THE TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED OVER THIS, OVER 20 YEARS WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT OF ALMOST 74 MILLION. JOBS, ALMOST 1,000 NEW JOBS IN THIS AREA AT ESTIMATED ANNUAL WAGES OF $42.3 MILLION. WHAT THIS MEANS IS IT'S SIGNIFICANT TO BRING BUSINESS TO ROWLETT. AND DIVERSIFYING YOUR ECONOMY AND YOUR TAX BASE AND HOW YOU DIVERSIFY THE OVERALL JOB PORTFOLIO IS IMPORTANT, WE THINK THIS IS A MEANINGFUL CATALYST FOR YOUR CITY. SO WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU. BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS AT THE STAND RIGHT NOW, OR PODIUM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DOES COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? >> YEAH, I GOT ONE. >> YEAH, I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU HAD ANY PROSPECTS, BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR THE EIGHT BUILDINGS THAT MAYBE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. >> YES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FROM A NUMBER OF USERS IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO BE APPROVED. NOT JUST DIRECTLY TO US, BUT ALSO THERE HAVE BEEN INQUIRIES SUBMITTED TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER AS WELL FOR ROWLETT. >> THIS IS MOSTLY LIKE A DISTRIBUTION IDEA. MAYBE LIKE I SAY AMAZON, BUT LIKE A WAREHOUSE TO STORE INVENTORY TO SHIP TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS, IS THAT THE IDEA? AM I GETTING TOO -- >> TWO OF THE EIGHT BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNED TO BE FULFILLMENT CENTERS. SO THE LARGER DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. SIX OF THE EIGHT ARE DESIGNED TO HOUSE SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT WOULD DIRECTLY SELL TO THE ROOFTOPS. YOU GOT LIKE A STANLEY POOL SUPPLIER, GOODMAN, THEY DELIVER ACS. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN RIGHT NOW. I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS SEEING DELAYS ON THE STUFF THEY'RE ORDERING ON THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED. SO THIS WOULD WORK TOWARD SOLVING THAT AND PROVIDING A DIRECT SERVICE TO THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. >> MAKES SENSE. TRUCK ACCESS. WHERE WOULD Y'ALL GO WITH TRUCKS? MERIT, TOLL ROAD, 66? WHERE WOULD THESE TRUCKS. >> THEY WOULD UTILIZE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE. YOU'VE GOT TWO ENTRANCE RAMPS. EXIT RAMPS. THEY WOULD ACCESS MERIT ROAD. IF NOT ON MERIT ROAD, THERE'S TWO ACCESS POINTS RIGHT ON THE SERVICE ROAD. WE'D LIMIT TRUCK TRAFFIC TO THAT AREA. >> THAT'S GOOD. I THINK MOST PEOPLE THINK YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD WANT TO USE TOLL ROADS FOR BIG BUSINESS. SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR [02:00:03] THAT LOCAL ROADS WOULDN'T BE USED. >> NO. WE'VE LEARNED THAT LOGISTICS PROVIDERS AND THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE SHIPPING AND RECEIVING GOODS, THE TOLLWAY HAS MINIMAL IMPACT. LABOR IS REALLY HIGH. REAL ESTATE COSTS ARE REALLY HIGH. REALLY LABOR IS THE TOP ONE DRIVING IT. YOU'VE GOT MATERIAL GOODS ON THE CAPITAL STACK. THE PAYING FOR THE TOLL ROADS IS SIGNIFICANTLY AT THE BOTTOM. IT'S DELIVERING THEIR PRODUCT TO THE CUSTOMERS IN THE TIME THAT THEY NEED THEM IS REALLY THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER. >> THE THOUSAND JOBS, ROUGH, IS THERE A PERCENTAGE THAT'S BEING SLATED TO ROWLETT CITIZENS? Y'ALL HAVE ANY AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY? BECAUSE YOU MAYBE NOT HAVE THAT. YOU'RE JUST THE DEVELOPER, MAYBE. I'M GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD. I DON'T KNOW. >> YEAH. THAT WOULD REALLY BE UP -- WE CAN'T ENFORCE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, EVERY EMPLOYER HAS CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS. >> I GOT YOU. >> CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS AND LICENSES, CERTAIN DEGREES WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. THE GOAL WOULD BE HOPEFULLY TO PROVIDE THOSE JOBS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE AS MUCH. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. GOTCHA. >> I'VE GOT A QUESTION PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC. WE'VE ALL BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE. -- I'M TRYING TO PICTURE TRUCK TRAFFIC. YOU SAID YOU'VE DONE A SURVEY. I KNOW YOU'VE ALSO DEVELOPED OTHER DISTRIBUTION AREAS. HOW MANY TRUCKS WILL GO OUT? GIVE ME A BALLPARK JUST SO I CAN KIND OF IMAGINE IT. >> SO THESE ARE THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW. THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS A VERY IN DEPTH, I GUESS, IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT TAKES A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS BACK. SO ON THIS SLIDE ON PAGE 14 OF OUR PRESENTATION, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE DIVIDED UP BETWEEN TRUCK, AND REALLY RIGHT HERE, IF YOU START LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF TRIPS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO YOU HAVE DAILY TRIPS FOR THE WAREHOUSE. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE TOTAL TRIPS HERE. >> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WHAT'S THAT? >> I'LL HAVE QUESTIONS -- >> WE NEED TO CLARIFY THIS IS NOT TRUCK TRAFFIC. THIS IS ACTUALLY TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIPS. SO AS WE POINTED TO IN THE ORIGINAL SLIDE. SIX OF THOSE EIGHT BUILDINGS WILL HAVE 4% TRUCK TRAFFIC. 96% CAR TRAFFIC. THE TWO LARGER BUILDINGS WILL HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 12 TO 20% TRUCK TRAFFIC. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. AND THIS NUMBER IS ALSO A TOTAL OF OFFICE, SHOPPING CENTERS. THIS IS SUBDISTRICT 2 RIGHT HERE. THIS BOTTOM TWO. AND THE TOP PART HERE IS SUBDISTRICT 1. YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT 3,000, 3100, 3200 TRIPS. PEOPLE GOING TO WORK, COMING FROM WORK. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT REALLY 96 TO 4%. 4% TRUCK TRAFFIC. TAKE THAT IN TO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT DAILY TRIPS. THOSE ARE NOT ALL 18-WHEELER TRAFFIC. >> THANK YOU. >> QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? MR. SEGERS, PLEASE. >> I'M GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS AS YOU GUYS. I FEEL LIKE OUR HOSPITAL IS OUR LARGEST EMPLOYER RIGHT NOW. IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TO SAY THAT. SO I'LL GO BACK TO YOU. ARE YOU ALL GOING TO HAVE ANY IDEA, ARE YOU GOING TO PUT ANY STIPULATIONS ON ROUTE CITIZENS GETTING JOB OPPORTUNITIES SLATED TO RATHER THAN OUTSIDE -- IS THERE ANY IDEA AT ALL TO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW SOME CITIES DO DO THAT. >> -- WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THAT BECAUSE TYPICALLY THAT WOULD BE FOR A SPECIFIC USER. AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, TO BE FRANK. SO I MEAN, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. JUST SOMETHING TO PUT OUT THERE. AND SECONDLY, LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER QUESTION. I'M SURE THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE. BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE SUBSIDIES. KICKBACKS WITH THESE BUSINESSES? THAT'S VERY COMMON. HAVE YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT IT? >> WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, CITY COUNCIL, FOR INCENTIVES WITH THIS PROJECT. THOSE ARE STILL IN DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> CAN I MAKE A POINT FOR THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE THAT'S BEING [02:05:01] DISCUSSED AND ON THE TABLE. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND THOSE INCENTIVE PACKAGES, NUMBER ONE, THEY DO HAVE A BURN OFF PERIOD. BUT THEY'RE GOOD TO SUBSTANTIALLY SUPPORT THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE LAND. THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT. THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE UTILITIES THAT ARE ON SITE. THEY'RE FOR STUFF LIKE THE MERIT ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING. THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE LAND. THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE -- >> I JUST WANTED TO GET A BIGGER PICTURE. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >> I HAVE ONE. ALEX, WHERE'S ALEX? IF WE WAIVE 77.805 D 6 WHICH REQUIRES COMMENCEMENT WITHIN TWO YEARS, DOES THAT THEN MAKE THIS APPROVAL BASICALLY INFINITE? THERE'S THEN NO LIMIT? >> I SUPPOSE THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE THE WAY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE PUT THAT OUT THERE, THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE THEORETICALLY YES. IF COMMISSION FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING A SUNSET ON -- >> EXTENDING THAT LIMIT INSTEAD OF WAIVING IT COMPLETELY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD DO. >> THAT IS OF COURSE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. UNDER YOUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT PARAGRAPH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE UNDER YOUR STIPULATION FOR NUMBER 11. IT WOULD BE EXHIBIT D PARAGRAPH 1C. CAN YOU DEFINE TO ME -- DEFINE FOR US WHAT A MINOR ALTERATION WOULD BE. >> I'VE GOT THIS, THANK YOU. OH, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE IN THE -- >> EXHIBIT D. >> EXHIBIT D. %-P. >> OKAY. YOU'RE IN THE ACTUAL EXHIBIT. AS TO WHAT A MINOR -- YES. SO A MINOR CHANGE WOULD AGAIN BE A MINOR SUCH A CHANGE TO THE SPECIFIC LOCATION OF THE BUILDING WITHIN REASON. THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT BUILDING -- >> WHAT'S REASON? >> RIGHT. >> YOU'RE ASKING ME TO SIGN A BLANK CHECK FOR YOU. >> I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO SIGN A BLANK CHECK FOR YOU. BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT WOULD BE THAT ANY TIME STAFF IS GIVEN DISCRETION TO DO THAT, WE REALIZE IT IS GIVEN -- I GUESS THE ADAGE OUT THERE WITH ENOUGH ROPE TO HANG YOURSELF WITH, SO TO SPEAK, ON THERE. SO WE ARE WISE WITH ANY OF THAT DISCRETION THAT IS GIVEN TO US BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO ANYTHING THAT IS APPROVED, AS WELL AS WHAT IS ALREADY AUTHORIZED WITHIN ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE FORUM BASED CODE. I HOPE THAT IS CLEAR BASED UPON OUR FORTHCOMINGNESS AND TRANSPARENCY RECENTLY WITH SOME CASES THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE CHAIR IS KEYING IN ON THAT I'M MENTIONING. SO ANYTHING THAT AGAIN IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LARGELY NOTICEABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR CERTAIN WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR AMENDMENT. BUT LIKE I SAID, THOSE SMALL CHANGES, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE PARKING LOT NUMBERS -- PARKING NUMBERS CHANGE BY A FEW, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO COME FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC REVIEW. BY THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION. >> MAY I ADDRESS THIS QUESTION. >> YEAH. >> SO THE IMPETUS FOR THIS REQUEST IS THE FLOOD PLANE CHALLENGES, WE DON'T HAVE THE STUDIES BACK YET. SO IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME. THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY, SOME AREA THAT WE [02:10:03] MAY LOSE THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD. SO IT MAY DECREASE THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING BY 5,000 SQUARE FEET, 10,000 SQUARE FEET. ANY TIME THAT DOES THAT, WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO COME BACK HERE. OUR INTENT IS OUR INTENT. THAT'S WHY WE DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS WHAT WE WANT TO CONSTRUCT. WE BELIEVE WE CAN. BUT SOME OF IT MAY CHANGE. THERE MIGHT BE MINOR CHANGES. WE MAY LOSE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. WE MAY LOSE SOME PARKING DUE IT THAT. BUT THAT'S WHY WE'VE ASKED FOR THAT. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT JUST LIKE YOU JUST SAID, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PARKING SPACE AND 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING. SO THERE'S NO DEFINITION AS TO WHAT OR WHAT THE CUT OFF IS OR, YOU KNOW. THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HERE. >> COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN. I'M JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS WHY WE ASKED FOR THAT. >> I APPRECIATE IT. >> YES, SIR. >> CONDITION NUMBER 2, ALEX. YOU SAY NO -- AND I'M READING IT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN HERE. NO SEMI TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK TRAFFIC. BUT THERE'S NO PUNCTUATION IN THIS. SO DEFINE TO ME -- FOR ME, SEMI-TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK. CAR VAN. AMAZON DELIVERY. >> PROBABLY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER COMMUNICATED, I SUPPOSE, WITH A SLASH BETWEEN SEMI-TRAC SEMI-TRACTOR-TRAILER -- >> BOBTAILS. >> YES, THE LARGE SEMI TRACTOR-TRAILER TRAFFIC. >> SO YOU WOULD PUT A COMMA IN THERE. >> A COMMA OR A SLASH MARK BETWEEN THAT. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 5B. AND I HAVE ALYSSA WISENER. FOLLOWED BY MARVIN MOSS. FOLLOWED BY CHAD MCINTINE. >> MY NAME IS ALYSSA WISENER. I AM A HOME OWNER AND A MEMBER OF THE -- I'M SURPRISED WE'RE HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO SAY, VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR WHEN THE PROPER STUDIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN DONE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES AND THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS STUDIES ARE ABSOLUTELY PERTINENT TO DECIDING WHETHER A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS OR NOT IS GOING TO BE RIGHT FOR OUR AREA. SO OF COURSE WE HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS M. YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY MYSELF AND SEVERAL HOMEOWNERS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO OUR HOME VALUES. THE OTHER CONCERN IS FIRST OF ALL, THE TRAFFIC FROM THE TRACTOR-TRAILERS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND 24/7 NONETHELESS. AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT THE MUDDY CREEK FLOOD PLANE OFFERS A SOUND BARRIER BUT IT DOESN'T. BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HEAR THE TURNPIKE FROM OUR HOMES. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THIS DEVELOPMENT EVEN CLOSER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN HAVE THESE TRUCK QUEUEING LANES THAT ARE FACING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO DEAL WITH THE NOISE FROM THE TRACTOR-TRAILERS. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ROAD CONDITIONS AND WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE THEY MIGHT POSSIBLY CAUSE THE ROADS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AS FAR AS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, I KNOW THAT PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TO BUILD MERIT ROAD INTERCONNECTOR. WE ARE ALREADY IN NEED OF THAT WITHOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT BEING IN PLACE. SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO ADD TRAFFIC CONGESTION TO OUR AREA. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION FROM THE WALL PACKS AND THE LIGHT POLES COMING IN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN YOU'RE ON THE TURNPIKE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LAND FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT SITS HIGHER THAN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIGHT POLLUTION. AND WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT ELIMINATING THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING HIGH QUALITY WORKPLACES FOR PEOPLE OF ROWLETT. BECAUSE WE FEEL THIS IS REALLY BRINGING IN LOW COST LABOR. AND SO I'M HOPING, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO KEEP IT SHORT, AGAIN, BUT I'M HOPING Y'ALL WILL TAKE MY ARGUMENTS IN TO CONSIDERATION AND AT LEAST DELAY THE VOTING OF THIS UNTIL THE STUDIES ARE DONE. THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [02:15:04] >> MARVIN MOSS. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MARVIN MOSS, 9332 LAMAR, ALSO WITH HOMESTEAD. I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS TO POINT OUT. IT LOOKED LIKE SOME OF THE FIGURES HERE PROVIDED BY THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER TONIGHT WERE TALKING ABOUT $3,400 MONTHLY MEAN WAGE FOR THESE WAREHOUSING JOBS. THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $1,150 RENT PAYMENT OR MORTGAGE PAYMENT. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE RENT OR MORTGAGE PAYMENT IN ROWLETT RIGHT NOW, IT'S $1,400. WHERE ARE THESE EMPLOYEES COMING FROM THAT CAN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND WORK IN ROWLETT. I SUBMIT THEY COME FROM PLACES LIKE GREENVILLE OR MESQUITE OR FORNEY. -- SERVE THEM LIVE. WAREHOUSING IS A TOP FOUR INDUSTRY FOR TURNOVER. SO THESE AREN'T GREAT JOBS. IT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH RETAIL. THESE JOBS AREN'T ONES THAT PROMOTE LONG-TERM LONGEVITY WITHIN COMPANIES FOR THE MOST PART. NOT SAYING THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE. BUT I'M TELLING YOU THE FACTS. I DO AGREE THAT GROWING THE TAX BASE IS IMPORTANT IN ROWLETT. WE'RE A HEAVILY RESIDENTIAL CITY. I MOVED HERE FROM RICHMOND. SO I REALIZED MOVING IN WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST. I REALIZED I WAS GOING TO PAY MORE PROPERTY TAXES AND PROBABLY GET LESS CITY SERVICES FOR IT. NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO PAY MORE PROPERTY TAXES, AND IF AMAZON COMES IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND DEMANDS A TAX ABATEMENT FOR BUILDING A WAREHOUSE, THEN WE WILL SEE NO FINANCIAL BENEFIT IN THE CITY AND WE WILL GET ALL OF -- WE WILL BASICALLY HAVE TO UNDERWRITE ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT, OUR RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO UNDERWRITE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT FOR REALLY NO TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO THE CITY. LET'S SEE. SORRY. MY SPECIFIC -- AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER. BUT I DO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE HEIGHT VARIANCE THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR 80 FEET. IT'S ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT THAT WE CAN SEE OUR OWN HOUSES FROM THE MERIT LIBERTY GROVE INTERSECTION AT BUSH. THEY'RE 25 FOOT TO THE RIDGELINE. THERE'S NO WAY WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE AN 80-FOOT WAREHOUSE LOOKING THE OTHER DIRECTION. I GREW UP IN A TOWN WITH A LOT OF DISTRIBUTION. A LOT OF MY FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL WORKED IN DISTRIBUTION. ACTUALLY, MY PARENTS OWN 160 ACRES. THEY LIVE FIVE MILES FROM A 750,000 SQUARE FOOT DISTRIBUTION CENTER. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE LIGHT GLOW FROM THAT DID TO THEIR -- NOT TO THEIR PROPERTY VALUE, BUT I CAN SEE A LIGHT GLOW FROM FIVE MILES AWAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALMOST THREE TIMES THAT SIZE. AND WE LIVE A MILE AWAY. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. MAC INE. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS CHAD MCINTINE. MY NAME HAS LIVED IN ROWLETT FOREVER. WE FARMED AND WE RANCHED. WE HAD CATTLE ON THIS PROPERTY. AND THEY DECIDED TO BRING 190 THROUGH. THE DOMAIN BROUGHT IT THROUGH SO PEOPLE COULD HAVE IT EASIER TO GET FROM POINT A TO B. IT IS NO LONGER WHERE I CAN RUN CATTLE ON THIS PROPERTY DUE TO THE HIGHWAY AND THE LIABILITY OF IT. THE TRUCK TRAFFIC, I WORK IN CONSTRUCTION EVERY DAY. THERE'S THINGS GOING ON. THESE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO COME TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING JOBS. THEY'VE ALREADY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BRING OVER A THOUSAND JOBS. THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE OR NOT. THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO COME OFF THE HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE ON THE INTERSECTION. THEY'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION. I THINK THIS IS WHAT ROWLETT HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO. I WAS ON THE NORTH SHORE PLANNING DEAL A LONG TIME AGO. AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING. THEY WERE PROPOSING IDEAS LIKE THIS. THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO ROWLETT TO DO [02:20:04] THIS. RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO TAX -- THERE'S NO BIG COMPANIES PAYING TAXES IN ROWLETT. IT'S ALL HOMEOWNERS. AND I THINK THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR ROWLETT. THANK YOU. >> WILLIAM GATEMAN -- I BUTCHERED THIS ONE. GIETEMA. >> BILL. >> BILL. >> HI, MY NAME IS WILLIAM GIETEMA. WE HELP GENERATE THE CODE WITH YOU AND WE DEVELOP SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS UNDER THE CODE IN ROWLETT. BIG FAN OF IT. WE OWN SEVERAL PHASES ADJACENT TO THIS. A THOUSAND FEET AWAY. IT IS UP A HILL. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I LOVE QUITE A BIT AND I KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS DO AS WELL. I WAS ASKED TO COME OUT HERE. A LOT OF FOLKS DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE COVID. SO I DID THAT. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF RULES IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. ONE IS THAT YOU NEVER BAD MOUTH ANOTHER DEVELOPER. -- THE OTHER RULE IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND ZONE SOMETHING, YOU DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND YOU TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOU DO THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SEEM TO BE SNEAKY, AND YOU ALSO DON'T WANT TO CAUSE A LOT OF UPSET PEOPLE. AND SO I'M AFRAID THAT PART OF IT HASN'T ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I'M ACTUALLY AN EX-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER. THAT'S WHERE I STARTED OUT BEFORE I GOT IN TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WHEN I SAW THIS PLAN, AGAIN, WE WERE NOTICED ON THE 27TH OF DECEMBER. AND WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. THANKS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHEN I SAW THE PLAN, WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT IT IS WE'VE GOT 1.8 MILLION SQUARE FEET WITH VERY LIMITED FRONTAGE ON THE ACCESS ROAD EVEN THOUGH IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF FRONTAGE ON TO BUSH. IT'S ALL COMING DOWN TO A VERY NARROW BAND WITH A FEW DRIVEWAYS ON A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED CONNECTOR. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TRAFFIC BASIN, IT EXTENDS FOR MILES ALONG LIBERTY GROVE AND IN TO THE NORTH SHORE AREA. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS TWO FUNNELS THAT MEET. WE BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST GET THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT COMPLETED AND ANALYZED. A UNIT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC IS ROUGHLY EIGHT UNITS OF CONVENTIONAL TRAFFIC. THEY MOVE DIFFERENTLY. THEY COME OFF THE RAMP DIFFERENTLY. AND IF THIS AREA GETS CONGESTED BECAUSE OF TRUCK TRAFFIC, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO FAIL FOR MILES IN EITHER DIRECTION. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IS THE STEP BACK. WE DIDN'T GET THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE DEVELOPER SAYS THERE'S A NUMBER OF STUDIES BEING GENERATED. WE WOULD LIKE THOSE TO BE FINISHED. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE. DISCUSS THOSE, AND DISCUSS THE IMPACTS INCLUDING LIGHT AND SOUND. AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS HAS TO GO INDUSTRIAL, THAT IT'S RIGHT SIZED. AND THERE ARE LIMITS SO THAT THE EVENTUAL BUILD OUT WILL MATCH THE CAPACITY OF THE ROADS, AND THE GEOMETRICS THAT WE FIND AT THE END OF THE LANE ON MERIT SOUTH. WE'RE ASKING YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO DENY IT, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK YOU OUT OF IT. IF YOU'RE THINKING OF APPROVING, I'D ASK YOU TO TABLE AND WAIT FOR THE STUDIES TO COME IN AND WAIT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO -- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO OCCUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? SIR. IF YOU COME FORWARD, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> I THINK WE LOST MY PIECE. OR I DIDN'T FILL IT OUT RIGHT. MICK DONNELY. 4600 -- DO WE HAVE THAT? >> YEAH. >> I ASKED FOR CITIZENS INPUT ON EACH OF THESE UNITS. >> YOU DID, SIR. I CALLED YOU FOR THE FIRST ONE, YOU DIDN'T RESPOND, SO I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONE. BUT PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT. I'VE LIVED IN ROWLETT FOR 26 YEARS. KIDS WERE BORN HERE. NOT AS LONG AS MANY PEOPLE HERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. I'VE TRIED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY. REC SOCCER COACH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, PLANNING [02:25:02] AND ZONING, VARIOUS DIFFERENT BODIES LIKE THAT. CURRENTLY, I'M BLESSED TO BE INVITED TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD IN ROWLETT. WHICH IS MOSTLY A BUNCH OF CITIZENS THAT SIT WERE ALL OF YOU PEOPLE, AND LIBBY AND GISD, AND WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM TAX BASE WHERE IT COMES FROM LITERALLY DOWN TO THE DETAILS. MULTI-FAMILY, WHICH I KNOW IS A HOT TOPIC HERE. EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD EVERY MONTH IN DETAIL FOR HOURS. SO WHAT I SAY, I LIVE IN THIS AREA WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING, AND THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE OF IT THERE. AND I'M FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN ON THE HOMESTEAD AREA AND I'M A CONTRACTOR, I WORK ALL OVER TEXAS. I'VE WORKED ON THREE CONTINENTS: U.S., EUROPE, AND FAR EAST. SO I'VE SEEN A LOT. I'VE SEEN AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. I'VE BUILT OVER A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN FORT WORTH. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THESE DEVELOPMENTS, THAT'S NOT WHAT I SEE. 100,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS NOT A DISTRIBUTION CENTER. EVEN 600,000 IS NOT. AND THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF IT I THINK ARE QUITE REMARKABLE. I THINK THAT THERE'S OBSCENE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVESTED IN JUST GETTING TO THIS POINT. IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF IT. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO KNOCKING ON EVERYBODY'S DOOR AND SAY HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF IT. AFTER THIS, IF IT'S APPROVED, SURE. I THINK THE QUESTION ABOUT ON AND OFF THE TOLLWAY MIGHT LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF YOU -- WIDEN SOMETHING. THE LIGHTS AND SOUND. >> YOUR TIME IS UP. >> BUT I WAS PART OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT TOURED NORTH TEXAS TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT FOR HOMESTEAD. AND IT'S HERE AND IT WORKS WELL. -- ALL OF THIS STUFF -- >> MR. DONNELY. >> I WOULD REQUEST A LITTLE BIT OF TRUST IN ALL YOU MAGNIFICENT PEOPLE WHO MAKE DECISIONS. THE DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO PARTICIPATED. AND YES, INVITE THEM IN. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE. >> MR. DONNELY, YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? YES, SIR, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS KEVIN NICHOLS. 9200 KESSLER DRIVE IN ROWLETT. I'M PRETTY NEW TO THE AREA. I'M NEW TO ROWLETT. A COUPLE OF THINGS I HEARD TODAY WAS A THOUSAND NEW JOBS. WHO ARE GOING TO BE DOING THESE JOBS? DID THE JOBS INCLUDE THE TRUCK DRIVERS. WE START TALKING ABOUT THE TRUCKS, THEY WON'T QUEUE UP. WHERE IS THE ENFORCEMENT GOING TO BE COMING FROM IF THEY'RE ALL QUEUED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I HEARD IN THE BEGINNING SAPPHIRE BAY DOING RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS AND BRINGING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHICH I'M FOR. I'M IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY. AND THEN I HEAR HOW AMAZON AND WAREHOUSES ARE THE WAY TO GO. -- THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. RETAIL IS NOT WORKING BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO BUILD OFFICE BUILDINGS AND RETAIL. THAT'S HOW I TOOK IT. I MAY BE WRONG. -- I THINK IT WILL AN EYE SORE. IT THE IMPACT LIGHT, SOUND, PROPERTY VALUES. WE ALL KNOW CORPORATIONS DON'T PAY A LOT IN TAXES. THE ONLY REASON THEY COME HERE IS TO GET TAX BREAKS. SO THIS -- THROUGH CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESSES ISN'T GOING TO BE WHAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE. BUT IT WILL IMPACT OUR PROPERTY VALUE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION? SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. [02:30:02] >> CHARLES PAPPENIA. FAIRLY NEW TO ROWLETT. BEEN HERE THREE YEARS. THE REASON WHY IS WE LIVED IN MESQUITE. BEFORE YOU VOTE FOR THIS PLAN, I IMPLORE YOU GO DOWN INTERSTATE 80, EXIT AT -- LOOK WHAT'S DONE WITH THAT COMMUNITY. WE WERE PROMISED THE SAME THING WHEN THEY BUILT THOSE WAREHOUSES. LET'S SPEAK HONEST, WE'RE PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG. THESE ARE UGLY WROUSS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO US. WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BUILD -- THERE ENDED UP BEING TEN OF THEM. PLEASE THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING BEFORE YOU VOTE YES ON THIS. I IMPLORE YOU, DO THE STUDIES. TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE. TRUCKS ARE GOING TO GO WHERE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO GO. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN ENTIRE POLICE FORCE TO KEEP THEM FROM COMING DOWN. >> THE OTHER REASON I IMPLORE YOU TO DRIVE ON TOWN EAST, THEY'RE REPAIRING IT FOR THE THIRD TIME. THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ROWLETT. ALL THE MONEY YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE FROM THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE -- I'M SORRY. NOT A PROBLEM. >> HELLO, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CAROLINE BORIS, I LIVE AT 908 KESSLER DRIVE. I JUST MOVED TO ROWLETT ABOUT A YEAR AGO AFTER LIVING 40 PLUS YEARS IN MESQUITE. AT THE TIME THAT MESQUITE DID THIS GIANT EXPLOSION, I SAT IN YOUR CHAIRS. I WAS ON THE P AND Z COMMISSION FOR OVER SIX YEARS. AS I WAS LEAVING MY TERMS IS WHEN ALL OF THE BIG DEVELOPMENT THERE STARTED. AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED AT WHAT I SAW HAPPEN TO MESQUITE. AND IT'S TOO LATE FOR MESQUITE. IT'S ALL NOW -- FROM MESQUITE TO THIS DIRECTION. IT HAS BECOME AN EMPTY WAREHOUSE PLACE. AND MULTI-FAMILY THAT IS SO DENSE NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE THERE. THE SCHOOLS ARE A MESS. SHOPPING IS A MESS. WE HAVE TRUCKS EVERYWHERE. SO I'M JUST -- I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME. PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU DO IT. BECAUSE ONCE THE ZONING IS IN PLACE, THEN I GUARANTEE YOU, THEY WILL BE BACK. THEY WILL WANT TAX ABATEMENTS. THEY WILL WANT VARIANCES. THEY WILL WANT THIS. THEY WILL WANT THAT. WE WON'T KNOW THAT AS CITIZENS. AND IT WILL BE UPON YOU TO GRANT THESE THINGS AND YOU WON'T HAVE OUR INPUT. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU DO IT. THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL -- COMMISSION. PLEASE, SIR, STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RICH FALTO. I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS. AND YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED BY EVERYTHING THAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT. PROBABLY NOT FOR THE SAME REASONS AS MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUB FOR EMPLOYMENT. RIGHT. AN EMPLOYMENT HUB FOR THE CITY. AND I CHALLENGE THAT. AND HERE'S WHY. WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING IS I'M A SUPPLY CHAIN EXPERT. I GO IN AND I WORK WITH COMPANIES TO HELP THEM AUTOMATE THEIR WAREHOUSES. I DO THE EXACT THING THAT MANY OF THEIR TENANTS WILL LIKELY CALL ME, RIGHT, TO HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WAYS TO KEEP THE FEWEST NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THEIR WAREHOUSE. AND THEY'LL DO IT THROUGH AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS. AND WHAT I THINK IS A CONCERN HERE IS THAT OUT OF THE 1,000 JOBS, 66% OF THEM WHICH IS THE FACT THAT WAS STATED ON THE DOCUMENTS THAT WAS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, WERE GOING TO BE WAREHOUSE WORKERS. I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE JOBS MIGHT START, RIGHT, THE FIRST YEAR, MAYBE TWO. BUT AFTER THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO ZERO BECAUSE AUTOMATION. AND THEY MENTIONED IT FOR YOU. IT'S CALLED THE AMAZON EFFECT. AND THAT AMAZON EFFECT IS THAT IN THE AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY BECOME MORE AND MORE AUTOMATED. IF YOU HAVE TOURED ONE, WHICH I HAVE. I'VE PERSONALLY TOURED MANY OF THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE. RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS AS WELL AS IN GERMANY AND OTHER COUNTRIES. WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS YOU COULD HAVE HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE SPACE AND FIVE EMPLOYEES. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. IS THAT WHAT WE WANT? I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF WHAT OUR [02:35:02] OTHER MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE POLLUTION THAT IT WILL LIKELY CAUSE. THE IMPACT TO THE ROADS. OBVIOUSLY THE STUDIES HAVEN'T COME THROUGH. BUT IF WE APPROVE THIS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF JOBS IT'S GOING TO GENERATE, I THINK WE WOULD BE DOING OURSELVES A DISSERVICE. THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? OKAY. MR. ROBERTS, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS TO READ FOR THE PUBLIC. I WANT IT MAKE A QUICK PSA, IF YOU SPOKE THIS EVENING AND DID NOT FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD, PLEASE DO SO PRIOR TO LEAVING THAT WAY WE HAVE THAT IN THE RECORD. AND I WILL BEGIN. JAMES TOBIN. I LIVE IN WATERVIEW AND WANT TO VOICE MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING ON THE SIDE OF PGBH. THE LAST THING WE NEED IS A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION HUB. THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CAUSE MANY DISTURBANCES, INCLUDING LIGHT POLLUTION, SIGNIFICANT 24/7 NOISE POLLUTION FROM IDLING AND MOVING TRUCKS MATERIAL HANDLING. THE BIGGEST DISTURBANCE OF ALL WILL BE THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT EACH OF US WILL HAVE TO ENDURE GETTING TO AND FROM -- WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE 24/7. THE TRAFFIC AND NOISE WILL BE NONSTOP. THE OTHER CONCERN IS -- POTENTIALLY HARMING OUR WATER SUPPLY. USING THIS LAND FOR WALKABLE MIXED USE OR EVEN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FAR MORE FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AND A MORE WELCOME NEIGHBOR TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO KNOW THE CITY WOULD ENTERTAIN -- HEAVILY POPULATED AND IMPORTANT RESIDENTIAL AREA. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CAUSE US HOMEOWNERS TO SUFFER PLUMMETING HOME VALUES AND DELIVERY VAN CAUSE TRAFFIC SNARLS. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. IT SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED A SERIES OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S NOT ONLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS BUT ALSO THE TAXPAYERS IN ROWLETT THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT BE STOPPED. --. HEATHER BRINKLEY, OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT. THE AREA IS NOT PROPER FOR THIS SORT OF DEVELOPMENT. OTHER DALLAS AREAS HAVE -- IT DOES NOT BELONG IN ROWLETT. THE TRAFFIC ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD IS ALREADY EXCESSIVE AND DANGEROUS. ONE WOULD SIT THROUGH A LIGHT TWO OR THREE TIMES JUST TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON THE HIGHWAY. CATHERINE RENTES, 7006 ROWLETT TEXAS. -- THAT'S A CASH COW AND SHOULD BE USED. CITIZENS NEED TO UNDERSTAND DISTRIBUTIONS IN AND OUT WILL BE UTILIZING 190 NOT RESIDENTIAL STREETS. THE DRAW IS THE HIGHWAY. -- ANYTHING THAT UTILIZES THE HIGHWAY JUST CONTINUE WHAT EVERY OTHER CITY HAS DONE. -- PAYTON BODIE. -- FOR YEARS, ROWLETT HAS BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF RETAIL TO SUPPORT IT -- WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF ROWLETT. ROWLETT IS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY BUILT AROUND A BEAUTIFUL LAKE NOT INDUSTRIAL HUB. -- NOT FOR THE SACRIFICE OF MY COMMUNITY. I CAN'T IMAGINE LOOKING AT WHITE BOXES DRIVING OUT -- THAT LOCATION WOULD SEEM RIPE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BUILT AROUND THE CREEK. THANKS FOR THE CONSIDERATION. SUSAN WATKINS. -- AS A HOMEOWNER, I OBJECT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. IT WILL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY -- AND DISRUPT WILDLIFE. IT WILL CAUSE STREET AND ROAD DAMAGE TO LIBERTY GROVE, MERIT, AND THE ON RAMPS, EXIT RAMPS FROM THE TIME ANY CONSTRUCTION BEGINS AND ON WARD THROUGHOUT ANY AND ALL FUTURE OPERATIONS. IT THE DISRUPT AND POSSIBLY DESTROY ALL SMALL BUSINESSES. IT WILL DETRACT ROWLETT AS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE LIVE -- IT MAY PUMP UP THE CITY COFFERS IN THE SHORT TERM BUT THERE'S NO FUTURE BENEFIT OR SERVICE FOR THE CITIZENS IN PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS. ROWLETT [02:40:02] -- QUAINT, QUIET, PEACEFUL LOVELY PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. -- PLEASE DO NOT LET BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL ROWLETT BECOME MESQUITE, FORNEY OR LANCASTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. JESSICA HARP. I HAVE SEEN -- PREVENT THIS CITY FROM BEING SOMETHING GREAT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF ROWLETT WILL BENEFIT FROM ADDING A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION HUB. NOR WHAT IS BEST FOR MUDDY CREEK. WHY NOT ADD TO THE CITY BY BRINGING IN A CENTRAL MARKET OR WHOLE FOODS OR ENCOURAGE MORE SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS. I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE FOR TORCHIES TO BE HERE. WE LOST OUT ON GREAT OPPORTUNITIES -- EVEN ROCKWELL HAS IT MORE TOGETHER THAN WE DO. WE COULD ALSO BE A GREAT PLACE FOR RECREATION. WHY NOT INVEST MORE IN THAT. HEATHER CUMMINGS. I WRITE TO HAVE MY STATEMENT IN RECORD ON JANUARY 11TH -- TO DEVELOP 165-ACRE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION HUB. PLEASE NOTE MY FOLLOWING COMMENTS. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF AND HAVE RAISED MY FAMILY IN ROWLETT OVER 20 YEARS. I AM HIGHLY OPPOSED TO A DISTRIBUTION HUB SO CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S ALREADY THE CONSTANT BUZZING OF TRAFFIC NOISE COMING FROM BGBT AND THIS WILL ADD TO THAT. PLUS ADDITIONAL HEAVY TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT IT WILL BE A HUGE EYE SORE TO OUR COMMUNITY. ROWLETT SHOULD BE A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY THAT IS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE FAMILIES NOT AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES. STANLEY PALLARD. MY COMMENTS TO BE READ IN TO THE JANUARY 11, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING. I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST. I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMMITTEE AND SAY THIS IS NOT COMPLETELY WHAT WE HAD IN MIND BUT PRETTY CLOSE TO IT. WHILE WE KNOW WAREHOUSE LOGISTICAL CENTERS TODAY MAY NOT HAVE THE GREATEST EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS --. SHIRLEY RAGSDALE, ROWLETT, TEXAS. I WISH TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING OF THE LAND LOCATED IN LIBERTY GROVE TO 1.8 MILLION SQUARE FOOT DISTRIBUTION HUB. I WISH TO HAVE MY REMARKS READ IN TO THE PUBLIC RECORD. WITH PROPER CITY OVERSIGHT, THIS -- OUR COMMUNITY MUST GROW AND PROGRESS AND WE CANNOT DO THIS IF THE NIMBY VOICES TAKE OVER. THERE ARE TWO CHOICES FOR CITY GOVERNMENT. THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THOSE WHO INSIST ON COMMUNITY STAGNATION. WE MUST IMPROVE AND GROW OR WE WILL SEE OUR COMMUNITY DIE. MATTHEW STARK. I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND THE HEARING IN PERSON DUE TO WORK TRAVEL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY VOICE IS HEARD THAT I'M IN COMPLETE -- WAREHOUSES DO NOT CREATE ECONOMIC AND RESIDENTIAL PROSPERITY OR COMMUNITY WELLBEING. LOOK AT DISTRICTS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NOW SURROUND THEM. WHO WANTS TO MOVE THERE OR LIVE IN THESE AREAS. FAMILIES MOVE OUT OF THESE AREAS. YES, WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION IS NECESSARY. I WORK IN THIS INDUSTRY. BUT THERE IS A REASON THEY'RE NOT PUT IN -- WHILE THE TEMPORARY TAX GAIN MAY LOOK WELL ON PAPER, IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL HAVE THE ADVERSE EFFECT. CRIME RATES, POLLUTION AND SOCIAL ISSUES FROM WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS. THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY WE MOVED HERE FOR OR CHOOSE TO CALL HOME. -- DENY THIS REZONE TO DO SO FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY --. KELSEY CCARLISLE, TO WHOM IT MA CONCERN -- THAT WILL ALLOW FOR AN UNSIGHTLY AND DISTURBING WAREHOUSE TO ENCROACH IN OUR AREA. I'M HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THIS NEWS. WE PURCHASED OUR HOME BECAUSE OF ITS WONDERFUL FAMILY APPEAL AND ALSO THE CONVENIENCE OF BEING CLOSE TO THINGS WE NEED. I SINCERELY HOPE [02:45:02] THE NEEDS -- BEFORE ALLOWING SUCH AN INVASIVE BUILDING TO BE BUILT IN THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN. -- THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THERE IS A FOLLOW UP MESSAGE. I AM A CONCERNED HOMEOWNER OF WATERVIEW WHO HAS JUST BEEN -- THAT WILL ALLOW FOR AN INSIGHTLY AND DISTURBING WAREHOUSE TO ENCROACH IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA. I'M HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THIS NEWS. TO BE HONEST, IT'S SHOCKING THAT OUR -- BACKING UP TO TWO OF THE LARGEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN TOWN. WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN THIS AREA BECAUSE OF ITS WONDERFUL FAMILY APPEAL. BUT ALSO BECAUSE LIVING CLOSE TO THINGS BUT HAVING THE TRANQUILITY -- WE DIDN'T MOVE HERE TO LIVE IN A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT. I SINCERELY HOPE THE PROPERTY VALUES, FAMILY NEEDS WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT BEFORE ALLOWING SUCH AN INVASIVE BUILDING TO BE MOVED IN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA OF TOWN. IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO THOSE OF US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ROWLETT. -- THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. TIM AND JULIE RYAN. WE ARE OPPOSED TO REZONING THE PROPERTY NORTH OF LIBERTY ROAD. THIS PROPERTY SHOULD REMAIN AS FBCC AND FBUV. OPPOSITION TO YOUR STATED VISION OF A LAKE PLANNED COMMUNITY OF QUALITY NEIGHBORHOODS, DISTINCTIVE AMEN AMENITIES, CHARM. HOMESTEAD IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PREMIERE HIGH END DEVELOPMENTS IN ROWLETT. BUILDING WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT RIGHT NEXT STORE WILL IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. -- SIX-STORIES TALL. OTHER THAN THE WATER TOWER QUITE A WAYS SOUTH OF HERE, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN THIS ENTIRE PART OF ROWLETT THAT STANDS THAT TALL. THE LIGHT POLLUTION FROM THESE LIGHT POLES WILL IMPACT THE VIEWS WEST FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AT NIGHT. ONE OF OUR TREASURES IS TO LOOK WEST AT SUNSET AT THE POND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS WILL SPOIL THAT -- IF THOSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE, THOSE HOMES WON'T BE BUILT. REGARDLESS OF THE REROUTING OF TRAFFIC AS OUTLINED IN THE TASK PLAN. THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC IN AN ALREADY BUSY SET OF ROADS. -- FURTHER, THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD COMPLETELY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THIS PART OF ROWLETT. TODAY, THERE IS MORE OF A RELAXED SUBURBAN OR RURAL FEEL TO ROWLETT. -- WE WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT TAGARLAND OR PERHAPS ROCKWELL FOR OUR HOME. -- IN TO WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT YOU WILL SLAM THE DOOR ON INTEREST OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE. THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY REDUCE THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES AND -- WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR A HOME, IF WE GOT OFF GEORGE BUSH AND SAW THE DISTRICT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND KEPT GOING. THE PROJECTED TAX WILL -- WILL BE DWARFED BY THE LOSS IN TAXABLE VALUE OF HUNDREDS OF HOMES THAT WON'T BE BUILT TO THE NEGATIVE -- THERE ARE MANY OTHER LOCALLY BENEFICIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT COULD BE BUILT ON THIS SECTION OF LAND. TAX BASE AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES BUT ONE WHICH ADDS TO THE CHARACTER OF ROWLETT. RATHER THAN DISTRACTS FROM IT. -- WORTH TAKING THE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT. AND THIS WAREHOUSE PROJECT IS NOT THE RIGHT PROJECT FOR ROWLETT. -- SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED NOW THAT I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR THIS AREA AND WORTH WAITING FOR. TEX FAM. MY NAME IS TEX FAM AND I RESIDE IN ROWLETT TEXAS. I BELIEVE THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD BECOME A CATALYST -- HOWEVER, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS NOT THE BEST PREIMMINENT STRATEGY FOR THE CITY. -- SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE CURRENT ZONING THAT WAS IN PLACE. -- ESPECIALLY TO MUDDY CREEK. THE PROPOSED TRAILS, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND ANY CONNECTIVITY FROM THE WEST AND EAST SIDE OF ROWLETT. THE PROPOSED SMALL PARK UPGRADED [02:50:02] FACADES WHICH APPEARS TO RESEMBLE ANY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IS NOT A BENEFICIAL ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS REZONING. I -- SUGGEST TO THE DEVELOPER TO SET ASIDE SOME LAND THAT BEST FITS THE RIGHT SCALE OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE RESERVED FOR MIXED USE BUILDING TIMES. I ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE P AND Z -- A SUBSTANTIAL AND VITAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. CHRISTINA REESE, I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THE LAND AT GWB AND MERIT ROAD. IF THE DIVISION OF THIS COUNCIL IS STATED LAKESIDE -- DIVERSE EMPLOYMENT AND CULTURAL CHARM. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FITS WITHIN THAT VISION. ALLOWING 60-FOOT TALL INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES TO MAR THE SKY AND INCREASING INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC AND NOISE POLLUTION IS NOT THE LAKESIDE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARM THAT YOU HAVE ENVISIONED, NOR THAT WE HAVE BEEN LED TO EXPECT. I SAY NO TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. THANK YOU. -- PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7400 AND 7600 LIBERTY GROVE ROAD. AS A HOMEOWNER -- WE ARE AGAINST THIS REZONING AND URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE BELOW. -- AND TO SUPPORT AN ON GOING IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS CITIZENS. ARE WE HONORING THIS COMMITMENT. PLEASE CONSIDER BOTH THE SUBJECT AND AS WELL AS THE OBJECTIVE RESEARCH. ACCORDING TO THE 2010 U.S. CENSUS, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL ICOME IN ROWLETT IS 1 BASED ON STANDARD YEARLY HOURS AT 2,080. THIS NUMBER IS LIKELY INCREASED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. -- AS OF UNCOVER 2021, THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS CITIES -- RATHER, SITES, AVERAGE -- NIACS BUSINESS TYPES. THIS IS LESS THAN HALF THE CURRENT AVERAGE FOR MEDIAN WAGE. HALF THE CURRENT ROWLETT AVERAGE MEDIAN WAGE. THIS LEAVES TWO OPTIONS: ONE, EMPLOYEES WILL -- OR TWO, WE WILL SEE A DROP IN THE COST OF LIVING, AND THUS OUR DESIRABILITY OF LIVING IN ROWLETT. IS THE DRAW WORTH RISKING YOUR CURRENT ECONOMY? TAX CONSIDERATIONS. ONE OF THE LARGEST POSITIVES OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE THE TAX REVENUE BROUGHT IN FROM CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND FUTURE PROPERTY TAXES, AS WELL AS -- AND SALES TAX REVENUE. THE STATE OF TEXAS AUTHORIZES TAX ABATEMENTS AND INCENTIVES THAT CAN BE GRANTED AFTER DEVELOPMENT AS COMMENCED -- CHAPTER 312 TAX ABATEMENTS. TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE TAX REFUNDS. THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND DALLAS COUNTY HAVE LONG -- SPECIFICALLY THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAS PROGRAMS IN PLACE -- THAT THEY CAN BE GRANTED AFTER THE PROJECT HAS COMMENCED. THOUGH THESE ARE DISCRETIONARY -- WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE COMPELLING ARGUMENTS TO BE GRANTED AN ABATEMENT FULLY IN THE GUIDELINES ALREADY ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY. -- AS A CPA SPECIALIZING IN THESE ABATEMENTS, WE ADVISE CLIENTS WITH FACTS SIMILAR TO THIS. PLEASE CONSIDER THE ATTRACTION OF -- IF THE ALTERNATIVE IS REDUCED, TAX REVENUE VERSUS AN EMPTY BUILDING, WILL CITY COUNCIL STILL CONSIDER DENYING THE ABATEMENT -- >> THIS MESSAGE WAS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS NOT NAMED. I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN PERSON, BUT AS A RESIDENT IN THE AREA I WANT TO STRONGLY EXPRESS THAT WE DO NOT WANT NOR NEED -- IT WOULD ONLY HURT PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA, MESS UP OUR SCENIC SKYLINE VIEWS, INCREASE POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC. AS TAXPAYERS, WE WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR REPAIRS. -- DISTINCTIVE AMENITIES, DIVERSE EMPLOYMENT AND CULTURAL CHARM. LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DOES NOT [02:55:03] ACHIEVE ANY OF THESE GOALS. I WANT TO HOLD THIS COUNCIL ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR WORDS AND VISION AND ASK THAT THEY PUT A STOP TO THIS IMMEDIATELY. ALYSSA WISENER, IT IS INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING TO KNOW THE CITY WOULD EVEN ENTERTAINMENT THIS DEVELOPMENT -- WHICH IS A PART OF THE NORTH SHORE PLAN CLEARLY SHOWS MIXED USE -- BUILDING DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ATTRACT KNOWLEDGE WORKERS AND SOME RETAIL. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY REQUIRES TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS LAND. SO HOW DID WE GO FROM AN ATTRACTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES LOADING DOCKS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRST FOUR SPACES -- AND A DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL ONLY CAUSE NOISE, LIGHT -- THIS DISTRIBUTION HUB WILL HOLD A LOCAL PROPERTY VALUE AS WELL AS ATTRACT -- SO WHERE'S THE BENEFIT TO THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT? ANOTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT ONE OF THE FIRST STATEMENTS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NORTH SHORE PLAN IN REGARDS TO BGBT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE EAST DEVELOPMENT MUST MATCH THE WEST. SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE WEST SIDE OF THE BGBT WILL BE -- TURNING OUR BEAUTIFUL AREA THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED TO WELCOME MIXED USE RETAIL AND LIVE WORK SPACES IN TO A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION HUB. ALLOWING THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A REAL DETRIMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF ROWLETT. YOU SHOULD BE PROTECTING US AND OUR INVESTMENTS. BARBARA DANIELS, DEAR ROWLETT PLANNING AND ZONING -- NORTHEAST CORNER OF PGBT AND LIBERTY GROVE. I AM AGAINST THE REQUESTED EXCEPTIONS TO THE ZONING CHANGE TO REQUEST TO ALLOW UP TO 60 FEET TALL BUILDING WHILE PACK LIGHTING AND POLE LIGHTS. THE REQUESTED EXCEPTIONS WOULD PUT THESE WAREHOUSES AMONG THE TALLEST. LIGHT POLLUTION HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE A DETRIMENT TO HUMANS IN NATURE -- ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING SHOULD BE LIMITED TO -- PLEASE REJECT THE REQUESTED EXCEPTIONS TO THE ZONING CHANGES. CHASE RODRIGUEZ. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AS A HOMEOWNER I WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE -- THE REZONING OF A 171.9 ACRES OF LAND AT MERIT ROAD AND THE PROVISION TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD 60-FOOT BUILDINGS. -- LIKE MANY HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA, WE CHOSE TO BUILD HERE BECAUSE THE SCENIC VIEW AND CHARM OF THE AREA. THE PROPOSAL TO REZONE IN TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL -- THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION TO CREATE MORE. IT WOULD LOWER THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES, ADD NOTHING TO THE CULTURE AND BEAUTY OF OUR AREA. CREATE UNWANTED NOISE POLLUTION. I DO NOT SEE HOW LIGHT INDUSTRIAL -- WHICH IS STATED A WELL PLANNED LAKESIDE COMMUNITY OF QUALITY NEIGHBORHOODS, DISTINCTIVE AMENITIES AND CULTURAL CHARM. THAT SPACE NEEDS TO BE RESERVED FOR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS THAT -- NOT CREATE A DIRTY, NOISY INDUSTRIAL ZONE. I CALL ABOUT THIS COUNCIL TO SAY NO TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> MR. ROBERTS, HOW MANY MORE DO YOU HAVE? >> 10. >> OKAY. >> TAKE A QUICK BREAK? >> YEAH. >> QUICK BREAK. >> YEAH, AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. AND WE'LL RECONVENE AT 10:05. IT IS NOW 10:06 AND I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR JANUARY 11, 2022. MR. ROBERTS, WOULD YOU CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC. >> I WILL. JUST ANOTHER PSA FOR THE PUBLIC AND AUDIENCE, THAT THESE WRITTEN COMMENTS SUBJECT TO THE 3-MINUTE RULE. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ME LOOKING UP. STEVEN HAGUE, AS A HOMEOWNER IN ROWLETT I WOULD LIKE TO STATE MY OPPOSITION. THE ROADS IN THAT AREA ARE [03:00:01] ALREADY UNEVEN AND RIDDLING WITH CRACKS SPECIAL POTHOLES. NO WAY TO SET UP FOR HIGHER TRAFFIC, PARTICULARLY TRUCKS. IT'S SO NEAR A SCHOOL ZONE -- LASTLY, I LIVE NOT FAR FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT SITE. I'M IN WATERVIEW. MY LIFE WOULD K IMPACTED BY THIS CHANGE MORE THAN MOST. -- THERE ARE SEVERAL BIG COSTS WE WOULD HAVE TO ENDURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN PROPERTY VALUES DECLINE FROM THIS MISGUIDED EFFORT. -- TRAFFIC WE ALREADY DEAL WITH. JOHN SKOLA, ROWLETT, TEXAS, 75088. THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT SHOULD NOT BE SENT TO P & Z FOR CONSIDERATION. WE -- PROPERLY UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEFORE CONSIDERING REZONING. ADDITIONALLY, I'M AGAINST REUSING PLAN DEVELOPMENT -- SPECIFICALLY, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS USING THIS PD AS A WAY TO COMPLETELY WAIVE 77507 AND 77509 OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE. WHAT ARE THOSE CODES, PUBLIC INSTITUTION BUILDING -- BUILDING DESIGN PRO TEKT PROPERTY VALUES. -- SECTION 77509, NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION STANDARDS TO ENSURE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROTECTED BY TRANSITION. IT ALLOWS FOR THINGS LIKE NOISE, LIGHTING AND HOURS OF OPERATION. THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING FOR A WAIVER FOR REQUIREMENTS TO START IN TWO YEARS. WHAT JUSTIFICATION DO THEY HAVE FOR THESE WAIVERS? STEPHANIE HENNING. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE HENNING, IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM 5B AND 5C ON TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA ITEM -- PLANS TO BE A LEARNING NATURE CENTER. IT WILL ADD NOISE POLLUTION TO THE AREA. THE CURRENT LANDOWNER -- THERE ARE CURRENTLY HOMES ON THIS PROPERTY. . IN NIGDA MARUGU, I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING -- PLEASE NOTE THAT I'M OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSAL AND THESE CHANGES. I BELIEVE REZONING WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MY PROPERTY AND INCREASE NOISE POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE DECLINE THE ZONING REQUEST. -- THEY DID PROVIDE TWO INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES BUT ARE LOCATED AT THE SAME ADDRESS. AND THE MESSAGES ARE IDENTICAL AND READ AS FOLLOWS: GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M SENDING THIS EMAIL IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION PROJECT TO BE LOCATED AT PBGT AND LIBERTY GROVE ROAD. -- MY OPPOSITION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING REASONS: ONE, HOME VALUES WILL PLUMMET -- TRAFFIC CONGESTION. POSSIBLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO OUR ROADS AS WELL AS 24/7 NOISE DISRUPTION FROM IDLING AND DISRUPTIVE TRUCKS. THREE, LIGHT POLLUTION FROM BUILDING WALL PACKS AND LIGHT POLES THAT ARE SURE TO ENTER INTO THE HOMES AND COMMUNITY. FOUR, BRINGING LOW WAGE JOBS TO OUR AREA WHICH WILL NOT ADD ANY VALUE TO OUR ECONOMY. FIVE, POTENTIAL RUN OFF HAZARD THAT WOULD -- I HOPE THE CITY OF ROWLETT STICKS TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED WITH THIS PLAN. GAUTUM PODAR. -- PLEASE NOTE THAT I'M OPPOSED TO THESE CHANGES. I BELIEVE THE REZONING WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY AND IT WILL ALSO LEAD TO THE INCREASE OF NOISE POLLUTION AND LIGHT POLLUTION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. TERRY MILLIKAN 3802 HIDDEN VALLEY CIRCLE, ROWLETT, TEXAS, 75088. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, I WAS STARTLED THIS ITEM WAS EVEN ON THE AGENDA -- NO MORE THOUGHT HAS BEEN PUT ON TO HOW THIS DEVELOP -- THE REZONING PROCEDURE DESCRIBED IN THIS AGENDA ITEM DOES NOT GIVE THE PUBLIC A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT IN TO THE PROPOSED MAJOR CHANGE THAT BY LAW THE CITY MUST FOLLOW. -- THE WORDS AMEND THE FUTURE -- [03:05:04] COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. TO WHAT? NO MAPS ARE -- ONE, APPROVE THE PD, AND TWO -- THAT'S EXACTLY BACKWARD OF WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES. THE COMP PLAN SHOULD BE FIRST AMENDED AFTER THE HEARING -- TO MATCH THE USES SHOWN IN THE AMENDED COMP PLAN. BEFORE THAT, THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED. IS THIS THE HIGHEST USE OF THE PROPERTY. WHAT DOES THE MARKET RESEARCH SAY? -- WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP LOOK LIKE? -- HOW IT COMPARES TO THE EXISTING APPROVED COMP PLAN. -- BEEN IN CONTACT REGARDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. AND IF SO, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION. HOW IS LIGHT USE -- A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY WAS SPENT ON ADOPTING THE COMP PLAN. DOES THE CITY INTEND TO BLOW IT AWAY WITHOUT A DETAILED REVISION OF THE PLAN -- HOW IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN WILL ENTAIL SINCE NO ORDINANCE WAS PROVIDED -- FINALLY, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT IS THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THE IMAGE OF ROWLETT THE CITIZENS WANT. DO WE WANT TO SEE FROM BUSH FREEWAY ROW AFTER ROW OF SEMI TRUCKS BACKED UP TO LOADING BAYS. OBVIOUSLY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ATHE THIS POINT WILL -- I BELIEVE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS TWO OPTIONS, ONE, DENY THIS ITEM. OR TWO, TABLE IT UNTIL -- OBTAINING A RECOMMENDATION FROM FRESE AND NIC NICHOLS. REQUIRED BY LAW BEFORE THE TRACT CAN BE REZONED -- I AM TOTALLY OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT IN ITS PRESENT FORM. -- THIS PLAN DOES NOT MEET THAT STANDARD. SCOTT WOODAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS SCOTT WOODAL. I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED -- AS A NEW HOME OWNER IN ROWLETT I ONLY SEE MY AND MY NEIGHBORS PROPERTY VALUES DECLINING. MOST LARGE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN NEED OF WAREHOUSE SPACE LOOK FOR THE CHEAPEST OPTION POSSIBLE AND LOOK FOR ABATEMENTS FOR THEIR PROMISES -- OR THE JOBS THEY CLAIM THEY WILL BRING. LOOK AT SURROUNDING CITIES WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WAREHOUSES YOU WILL SEE A DECLINE IN PROPERTY VALUES AS WELL AS CRIME. PLEASE SQUASH THIS AND NOT LET IT MOVE FORWARD. TIM AND CINDY BENDER. I'M WRITING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION. WE LIVE ON HOMESTEAD OFF LIBERTY GROVE ROAD. -- I FEEL THIS WILL ONLY BRING IN MORE NOISE POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC. WE MOVED TO THIS AREA BECAUSE OF THE RURAL FEEL AND CHARM TO THIS AREA. BRINGING IN WAREHOUSE WILL -- I DO NOT FEEL THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS WILL BENEFIT THE CITY OF ROWLETT, BUT RATHER IN THE LONG RUN HURT THE CITY. OUR CITY REALLY ONLY HAS TOM THUMB AND WALMART. A CITY OF THIS SIZE SHOULD HAVE MORE OPTIONS FOR SHOPPING. I'D LOVE TO SEE A KROGER IF THEY COME OUT THIS WAY. BUSINESSES MUCH BETTER SUITED FOR THIS AREA. SEE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION AT THE DAIS. PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE CITIZENS BEFORE MAKING A DECISION. -- COMMISSION, AFTER REVIEWING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURN PIKE, MY WIFE AND I RESPECTIVELY WISH TO VOICE OUR OPINION -- AS WELL AS THE INCREASE LIGHT AND AIR POLLUTION TO THE AREA. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THE TAX BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS, WE FEEL THE AREA WILL BE BETTER SUITED TO A SCALED DOWN PROJECT. EVEN MORE IDEAL WOULD BE A DALLAS COUNTY COLLEGE OR OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION CAMPUS LOCATED IN THE AREA WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE TAX BASE, BUT ALSO IMPROVE ROWLETT CITIZENS. PROGRESS AND GROWTH IS NECESSARY FOR LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THE CITY. BUT THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT FIT WITH THE CITY OF ROWLETT. AND WE ARE DONE WITH WRITTEN COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS. [03:10:05] DOES ANY -- >> YEAH, THAT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN. I THINK THIS VISION FOR ROWLETT STARTED, I WANT TO SAY 2013, 2012. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. IT'S BEEN ONLINE. IT EXISTED BEFORE HOMESTEAD LIBERTY GROVE. IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION. THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS THE ACTUAL BUSINESS BEING PUT IN PLACE. WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE PUT OVER HERE IS INEVITABLE. SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING BETTER COMPS. I DON'T THINK MESQUITE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK TOWARDS ALLEN OR FRISCO. WE'RE GROWING IN TO SOMETHING NEW. OKAY. SO I'VE HEARD PROPERTY VALUES. THAT'S AN INCORRECT STATEMENT WITH A REDUCTION IN YOUR VALUE. THEY WILL ACTUALLY GO UP BECAUSE YOU'RE CREATING DEMAND. OKAY. MY 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE DOESN'T MATTER. I WAS A REAL ESTATE BROKER. SO I'LL JUST LET THAT SLIDE. EVERYBODY HERE HAS SOLD MORE HOUSES THAN ME. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT THERE. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE DEMAND FOR DIVERSITY OF FOOD CHOICES. ARE YOU TIRED OF DRIVING TO FIREWELL. ARE YOU TIRED OF DRIVING TO ROCKWELL? IT SEEMS WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, EVERYBODY LEAVES ROWLETT AND EVERYBODY DRIVES BACK. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE THAT KEEP THEM ALIVE. SO WE HAVE DIVERSITY OF FOOD CHOICES AND RECREATION. IT'S GOING TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE OVERALL ACTIVITY IN ROWLETT. SO LET'S NOT FORGET THAT. THE HOSPITAL IS OUR LARGEST EMPLOYER. IT'S SAD. I MEAN, ALL IT IS IS SMALL BUSINESS. WE NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE HERE, TO REITERATE THAT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC IS IMPORTANT AND I KNOW IT'S A HOT TOPIC IN THIS CITY. TRAFFIC IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS. IT'S GOOD FOR -- IT BRINGS TAX DOLLARS IN TO HELP FIX OUR ROADS. GIVE, YOU KNOW, IDEAS ON TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS. IT'S A SIGN OF POSITIVE GROWTH. THE AMAZON EFFECT IS REAL, PEOPLE. AND WHEN COVID HIT, IT REALLY STUCK A SHOT OF STEROIDS INTO CONVENIENCE. AND IT'S THE FUTURE AND IT'S NOW. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME DENYING THIS. I'M OKAY WITH THE REDUCTION AND PARKING. THE WAIVER, MAKE IT FIVE YEARS. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD -- I THINK THERE WAS TWO WAIVERS. PROBABLY NEED TO DISCUSS THE SECOND ONE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GO HAND IN HAND. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO TO TARGET, I DON'T GO IN TARGET ANYMORE, IT'S A DRIVE UP. EVERYTHING IS DONE BY APP WHEN I ORDER FOOD. YOU HAVE TO THINK THESE BUSINESSES ARE THE FUTURE. AND YOU TALK ABOUT JOB MARKETS AND NO ONE'S GOING TO WORK. IT'S BECAUSE THE CHOICES ARE UNLIMITED. AND YOU KNOW, THOUSAND JOBS IN ROWLETT. CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE? THIS IS JUST A SMALL PICTURE OF WHAT THE LARGER PICTURE IS. RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT A SMALL SECTION. >> THANK YOU. MR. FRISBEE. >> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN. I WANT TO SAY FIRST THAT ALEX STARTED THIS OFF BY SAYING THIS WAS A COMPLEX ISSUE AND HE WAS CERTAINLY RIGHT ABOUT THAT. THE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT PRESENTED A VERY, I THINK, WELL DONE PRESENTATION. AND AS FAR AS IT WENT, PRESENTS SOME VERY GOOD INFORMATION THERE. BUT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS. IT'S A BALANCING ACT. WE HEAR THE CITIZENS TALK ABOUT WE WANT LESS MULTI-FAMILY HOMES. WE WANT MORE BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T NAIL SALONS AND LIQUOR STORES. THIS FITS THAT. WE TALK ABOUT OUR HIGH TAXES, AND WE WANT TO LOWER THOSE FOR THE RESIDENCES. BUT THEN WE DON'T WANT TO BRING IN THIS BUSINESS OR THAT BUSINESS, YOU KNOW. AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE 3 CITIZEN CONCERNS. THE IDEA OF A [03:15:08] THOUSAND NEW JOBS, $120 MILLION TAXABLE VALUE. THOSE ARE CERTAINLY VERY BENEFICIAL -- WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO ROWLETT. AND I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, THAT THE AMAZON EFFECT IS VERY REAL. BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH MR. FALTO, I THINK IT WAS, WHO DISCUSSED THE EFFECT OF AUTOMATION AND THE FACT THAT WAREHOUSE JOBS ARE DIMINISHING DUE TO ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION AND BEING IN THE TECH INDUSTRY, MYSELF, I KNOW THAT IS A FACT. SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE HERE FIRST AND FOREMOST OF COURSE ARE THE IMPACT OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT WHO FEEL VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS. AND I THINK THAT SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS ARE VERY VALID, AND SOME OF THEM MAY NOT BE QUITE AS VALID. BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, THE DEVELOPERS REQUIRED TO EXTEND THE ROAD, UPGRADE LIBERTY GROVE AND OLD MERIT ROADS, CONSTRUCT WATER DISTRIBUTION WASTE WATER ALONG WITH INTERNAL NETWORK OF LINES. THESE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT TAXPAYERS DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PLAN SEEMS TO BE VERY DETAILED AND WELL THOUGHT OUT. BUT, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A BUT, RIGHT? I DO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS YET. WE DON'T HAVE THAT FLOOD MITIGATION PLAN YET. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T KNOW. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TAX REBATES. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER TAX REBATES WILL BE GRANTED OR NOT. ALEX, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT? SO YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WILL TURN OUT. SO WE'VE BEEN ASKED HERE TO DENY THE REQUEST. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. WE'VE GOT CITIZENS ON BOTH SIDES. WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO TABLE THE REQUEST. THAT'S THE WAY THAT I'M LEANING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY COMMENCE WITHIN TWO YEARS. SO APPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE THEY WANT TO GET STARTED RIGHT RIGHT NOW. SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF TABLING THIS REQUEST UNTIL WE HAD MORE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT AND FLOOD MITIGATION PLAN. >> MR. SWIFT. >> I'LL BE BRIEF. I CAME IN TO THIS THIS EVENING KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS ON PAPER AND I LIKED A LOT OF IT. AND I HEARD EVERYBODY HERE. BECAUSE I LIVE IN ROWLETT, TOO. AND THAT DEFINITELY SKEWED MY VIEW. AND I SAID IT EARLIER, THERE'S JUST A LOT THAT I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THIS ALL THE TIME. AND S I'M IN A POSITION WHERE I DON'T KNOW. SO THAT PUTS ME TOWARDS TABLING IT OR A NO UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION. AND I THINK THAT I HEARD A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS TALKING TONIGHT THAT SEEMED PRETTY SURPRISED ABOUT THIS ONE. I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING SO WE CAN TRY TO COME TOGETHER. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS IF I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS. >> MR. FRISBEE. >> OKAY. THOSE THAT KNOW ME KNOW THAT IT TAKES A LOT TO SHUT ME UP AND MAKE ME STOP AND THINK. AND BOY, THIS ONE SURE DID THAT. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. THIS THING IS SUCH A MASSIVE -- THIS DECISION HAS SUCH MASSIVE IMPLICATIONS TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THIS VERY CAREFULLY. I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT IS DOWN -- UNDEVELOPED LAND. AND I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SO THEREFORE, THE TWO KEY AREAS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT VERY, VERY CAREFULLY IN THIS CITY, ONE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AD NAUSEUM DOWN AT BAY SIDE AND SAPPHIRE BAY. IT WAS DISCUSSED AGAIN JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. BUT THE MORE CRITICAL [03:20:04] ONE I THINK IS THIS, THIS NORTH SHRE AREA HAS SUCH A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR -- TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. AND I'LL PREFACE IT BY SAYING THAT JUST DRIVING AROUND TOWN, AND ESPECIALLY THE FOLKS THAT HAVE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS, YOU DRIVE AROUND THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS TOWN AND YOU LOOK AT HOW THINGS HAVE FALLEN APART AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS ON ALL OF THESE NEW BOND PROGRAMS REPAIRING THE DETERIORATED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 40, 60 YEARS AGO, OUR LEADERS WERE IN A HURRY TO GET WHATEVER WE COULD GET AND HURRY UP AND DEVELOP. AND WE TOOK WHATEVER WE COULD GET. AND LOOK AT US NOW. YOU KNOW, 20, 30, 40 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, LOOK AT OUR BOND PROGRAMS AND THINK ABOUT THE PROPORTION OF MONEY THAT WE'RE DEDICATING OUT OF OUR POCKETS, THESE CURRENT TAXPAYERS TO FIXING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS NOT VERY WELL PLANNED. >> I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND I WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPER FOR COMING FORWARD TO THE CITY AND THINKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AS A POTENTIAL PLACE FOR YOU TO DEVELOP AND BRING BUSINESS AND POTENTIALLY >> I COULD GET BOGGED DOWN IN THE MINUTIA OF THESE THINGS AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC AND I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THAT OF TRAFFIC I CAN PROMISE YOU IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM UNTIL WE LOOK AT THE HOW THE CIRCULATION PATTERNS WILL LOOK AND A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED ROAD ON MARRIAGE IS NOT GOING TO WORK. [APPLAUSE] WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF FEET OF STACKED WB 65 67 TRUCKS AND WHEN THEY ARE DONE QUEUING WE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? [03:25:01] AND COME ON LET'S USE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON SENSE AND YES WE CAN TALK ABOUT AMPM DISTRIBUTIONS AND WHATNOT AND I AM NOT GOING TO GET INTO THOSE DETAILS BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AND I CAN ALSO ASSURE YOU WE HAVE DESIGNED A GOOD ROAD WITH MERIT ROAD WITH NICE LANES ON PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES HEADING INTO A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TRUCKS INTERACTING WITH US AND AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT BICYCLES AND 18 WHEELERS JUST DON'T GET ALONG REALLY WELL. >>. [APPLAUSE] AND ANOTHER POINT, CHANGING THIS TAX LIGHTLY I WON'T TRY TO GET INTO MUCH OF THE DETAILS OF THIS BUT WHEN YOU DISCUSS THE TENSION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THIS A.M. IT'S MENTIONED THAT DETENTION IS NOT REQUIRED OR REVISED LEVEL OF SOME ENGINEERING FIRM THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING THEY'LL SAY MAYBE IT'S NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE WE HAVE APPROVED THE HYDRAULICS LET ME ADD A CAVEAT MAY DETENTION POND DOES ONLY DETAIN OR HOLD BACK WATER TO BALANCE THINGS OUT IN THESE LARGE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ESPECIALLY THESE DETENTION PONDS THEY ACT TO CATCH SEDIMENT AND TRASH AND OTHER KINDS OF DEBRIS BEFORE IT LEAVES THE SITE WHICH MEANS THE CLEANUP AND MAINTENANCE BECOMES A BURDEN TO THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. THINK ABOUT THIS IF YOU DON'T PUT IN A DETENTION POND OR A SERIES OF DETENTION PONDS IN THIS AREA, MAYBE YOU HAVE REGULATED YOU DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE DRAINAGE BUT WHERE IS THAT TRASH GOING TO GO THOSE DIESEL TRUCKS THAT ARE OUT THERE MAYBE THEY WILL HAVE BRAND-NEW ONES AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS BUT 10, 20, 30 YEARS FROM NOW ALL OF THAT STUFF IS GOING TO WASH DOWN AND YOU KNOW WHAT WILL BECOME THEIR DETENTION POND? LAKE HUBBARD. THAT'S OUR BACKYARD, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE KIND OF LITTLE DETAILS AND MAYBE WE SHOULD REVISIT THE ORDINANCE PLANO AND FRISCO HAVE CHANGED THE ORDINANCE PRECISELY TO TRY TO MULTITASK THE USES OF THEIR DETENTION POND SO I AM ASKING THE DEVELOPERS AND OUR ENGINEERING AND ARE PLANNING FOLKS TO THINK THAT THROUGH SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF THE DEVELOPER HAS DONE OTHER KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT OTHER THAN THE OFFICE/WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS I DON'T THINK THAT IF WE ARE TAKING 170 OF THESE ACRES AND MAKING IT OFFICE WAREHOUSE AND ONLY GIVING SIX POINT SOMETHING ACRES TO THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HOPED WOULD COME I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. ITEM ABOUT YOU BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO ME SO I WOULD ASK THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ROWLETT BUT I REALLY WISH IF YOU ARE THAT GREAT OF A DEVELOPER AND I AM SURE YOU ARE, CATCH YOU THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL LOOK BETTER AND WORK BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY? I WISH YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT THAT PLEASE AND I ALSO AGREE WITH I GOT TO TELL YOU OUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT COULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED FOR THE FIRST THREE MINUTES THE LADY THAT COME UP HERE FIRST AND SPOKE NAILED AT THE REST OF YOU COULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME. SHE SAID WE ARE RUSHING INTO THIS WE NEED TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT AND ABSOLUTELY WE REPEATED IT HERE ON THE BOARD WE NEED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WE NEED PAVEMENT ANALYSIS OTHERWISE THESE ROADS WILL FALL APART ON US AND WE OUR KIDS WILL BE PAYING FOR IN THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM OR TO YOU A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO BE PAYING FOR IT WITH A HUGE ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY COST TO OUR [03:30:01] COMMUNITY SO I COULD GO ON BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I CAN'T VOTE FOR IT TONIGHT. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU TABLE IT AND THINK ABOUT IT AND COME BACK WITH A BETTER OPTION. IT'S AN OPEN STATEMENT HONEST AS I COULD BE PRE- >> I'M GOING TO STEP BACK AND ASK ALEX TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE US A QUICK 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF THE PROCESS HOW YOU GET SOMETHING THROUGH OR JOHN BECAUSE I AM HEARING A LOT OF WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THIS OR MORE OF THAT OR LOOK AT THIS HARDER OR LOOK AT THAT HARDER AREA I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL US WHEN SHOULD ALL THAT BE DONE? HOW IS THAT PROCESS FLOW? >> THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT HERE DOES START WITH THE ZONING PROCESS SO TO ADDRESS THE. [INDISCERNIBLE] SETTING THE ZONING AND LAND USE PARAMETERS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS OF THOSE DETAILS AND THOSE STUDIES ARE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS BEFORE ÃFULL FLOAT STUDY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT WILL SHOW THEIR WHATNOT IMPACTS TO ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THE LIKE THE LIGHTING PLAN THAT WOULD SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS REGARDING GLARE AND LIGHT POLLUTION ON THEIR HER AND THIS CASE ALSO WOULD BE INCLUDED THE CIRCULATION PLAN FOR THE SIDE WHICH WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THE CONCERN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT WOULD Q AND STACK ON THE ADJACENT RIGHTS-OF-WAY WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON THEIR THOSE PLANS HAVE BEEN DURING DETAILED PLAN AS WELL AS THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS WHERE WE FINALIZE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO BE SURE THAT THERE ARE NOT THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO FLOODING TO TRAFFIC CIRCULATION THE UTILITIES ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE IN PLACE TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WITH THAT ALSO TO THIS PROCESS BEFORE WE COME FORWARD THIS EVENING IT WAS TOUCHED UPON THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, DONE PRELIMINARY REVIEWS ON WHAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US AND NOT SEEING SOMETHING THAT IS OF CONCERN THAT WE WOULD SAY STOP THIS PROCESS RIGHT NOW. >> WHAT'S THE REASON FOR NOT DOING THESE STUDIES BEFORE TO SEE >> THERE IS SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN ON BY ANY APPLICANT TO DO THOSE STUDIES TO THE HIGHER THE CONSULTING OFFICIALS ENGINEERS PLANTERS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ETC. TO DO THOSE STUDIES OF WHICH EVERY REQUEST IS A INVESTMENT OR A BET UPON YOURSELF WITHOUT HOWEVER WE FEEL IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE OUR TO HAVE THE APPLICANT'S THE ENCUMBERED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF WHICH THOSE REVIEWS WOULD COME LATER ON >> YOU DON'T WANT TO ENCUMBER THEM WITH ADDITIONAL EXPENSE IF THIS PASSES THE ZONING CHANGE AND THE PD IS APPROVED BY THE [03:35:02] CITY COUNCIL, NOT BY US, THEY WOULD INCUR THOSE COSTS ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO THOSE STUDIES AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY CHANGE THE PD DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THOSE STUDIES. >> IF THOSE STUDIES COME BACK WITH A FAIL, DO NOT APPROVE, THEPROJECT WOULD CEASE. ANY PROGRESS WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD UNLESS THERE WAS A SATISFACTORY . [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> I GUESS THE REASON WHY WANTED TO DO THAT WAS BASICALLY TO LET EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO DO THIS. SO I MEAN, IT'S LIKE BUYING A CAR, IF YOU NEED A CAR, YOU WANT TO BUY A CAR BUT BEFORE YOU BUY A CAR YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN HAVE A DOWN PAYMENT SO SOMEBODY WILL SAY YES I WILL GIVE YOU ALONE AND YOU KNOW THAT A CAR HAS FOUR WHEELS AND 4 DOORS AND IS A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT YOU GO THROUGH AND DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BEFORE IT COMES TO FRUITION AND YOU GET YOUR KEYS TO YOUR CAR AND YOU HAVE TO BUY YOUR SHIRTS BUT THE POINT IS, WHAT COMES IN FRONT OF US IS REALLY A REQUEST ASKING US TO ALLOW THIS DEVELOPER TO BANK ON BEING ABLE TO INVEST THIS MONEY BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT HAVING DONE THAT BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO US AND ASKED FOR A CHANGE AND WE COULD SAY NOW ON THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO WASTE THAT'S WHY THE REQUEST GOES IN FRONT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OBJECTION TO AND THOSE OBJECTIONS MAY HOLD UP OR BEAR OUT A NINE ANALYSIS WHICH THE DEVELOPER STOPS UNLESS THEY CAN SOLVE IT AND I FEEL LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT IS THE RIGHT AREA IS NOT THE ENTIRE AREA WHICH IS NICE IT WAS ONE OF THE SMALLER AREAS I THINK IT WOULD ACT AS A CATALYST IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO START IF WE WANT TO GET THE REST OF THAT NORTH SHORE BUILT OUT AND WHAT WAS THE PREFERRED RESTAURANT? >> TORCH EAST SCREEN WITH ONLY WAY WE WILL GET THAT, THE PEOPLE, THE BUSINESSES, WILL HELP THAT RESTAURANT SURVIVE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NOT THE LAST STEP IN THIS PROCESS I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE PROCESS TO CONTINUE WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS AND THAT IS I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS YOU WOULD GO WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT ANY TRUCKS THAT'S JUST NOT JUST TRACTOR-TRAILERS BUT TRUCKS OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY. I AM READY FOR A MOTION. >> I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL COMMERCIAL CENTER DISTRICT AND URBAN VILLAGE DISTRICT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL UNLIMITED COMMERCIAL RETAIL THE CONCEPT PLANS WILL DEVELOP [03:40:04] APPROXIMATELY 1.6475 ACRES LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE AND THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND NUMBER ONE IN MY READING THOSE? NUMBER TWO NUMBER THREE NUMBER FOUR NUMBER FIVE NUMBER SIX NUMBER SEVEN >> I WANT TO KEEP, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? REVISED FROM TWO YEARS TO FIVE YEARS ON NUMBER SEVEN NUMBER EIGHT NUMBER NINE NUMBER 10 11 AND 12 >> TO BE SPECIFIC YOUR MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED ACTION OR TAKE THE RECOMMENDED ACTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 7 AND THAT IS STRIKE WAVING AND THE REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 7-805 D.6 OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF APPROVED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE APPROVAL OF THE REZONING BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THERE IS A MOTION ON IT TO HAVE A SECOND? SEEING NONE THE MOTION DIES. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ANOTHER? >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE ITEM 5B. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 5 WE HAVE A SECOND? >> CAN I INTERJECT? THIS WOULD BE A DEFINITE OR TABLE TO A SPECIFIC TIME AND ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WOULD LIKE TO IMPOSE UPON STAFF FOR THE APPLICANT TO BRING FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION? >> I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE TRAFFIC IMPACT AND THE FLOOD PLANE PLAN AND DRAINAGE PLAN >> I WOULD ASK ALSO YOU SAID MORE INFORMATION COULD YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? ARE YOU ASKING FOR THOSE COMPLETED STUDIES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IN A FUTURE REVIEW SUCH AS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE OR ENGINEERING ARE THERE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSED? >> IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER TO JUST DISAPPROVE THIS REQUEST. >> I AM IN MY MOTION TO DISAPPROVE ITEM 5B. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE ITEM 5B. WE HAVE A SECOND? >> MR. FRISBEE. >> WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET. PLEASE VOTE. AND THAT PASSES. >> BE ADVISED THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THIS RECOMMENDATION GOES TO CITY [5C. Conduct a public hearing and make a recommendation to City Council regarding a request by Matt Pagoria, Core PBSFR Acquisition Vehicle LLC., on behalf of property owners Elaine and Michael Merritt, to: 1) Rezone a portion of the subject property from Form-Based Rural Neighborhood (FB-RN) District to Form-Based Commercial Center (FB-CC) District and FormBased New Neighborhood (FB-NN) District; 2) Amend the Future Land Use Map, the Comprehensive Plan, the North Shore North Framework Plan, and Zoning Map of the City of Rowlett; and 3) Request Major Warrants to increase the Casita dwelling unit area and reduce the minimum Townhome lot width. The approximately 31.24-acre site is located south of the intersection of Merritt Road and Castle Drive, situated in the R. Copeland Survey Abstract Number 229, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.] COUNCIL. MOVING ON. ITEM 5C. [03:45:02] CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCILREGARDING REQUEST BY MATT . [INDISCERNIBLE] CORE PD SFR VEHICLE LLC IF YOU FOLKS WOULD PLEASE EXIT QUIETLY. EXCUSE ME. WE ARE STILL IN A MEETING. PLEASE, IF YOU WANT TO EXIT, EXIT QUIETLY AND CONDUCT YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS LANE AND MICHELLE MERRITT 21 RESOLVE A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT TO THE COMMERCIAL CENTER DISTRICT AND FORM-BASED NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT AND AMEND THE FUTURE LAND-USE PLAYER AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE NORTH SHORE NORTH FRAMEWORK PLAN AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT REQUEST A MAJOR WARRANTS TO INCREASE THE DWELLING UNIT AREA AND REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT WITH THE APPROXIMATELY 31.24 ACRE SITE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF MERRITT ROAD AND CASTLE DRIVE SITUATED IN THE SURVEY ABSTRACT 229 IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS. GENTLEMEN? >> THANK YOU SIR.GAIN THIS REQUEST IS FOR A ZONING APPROVAL TO DEVELOP THIS 31 ACRE SITE WITH THE FOLLOWING 164 SINGLE RESIDENTIAL FAMILY COMPOSED OF 57 TOWNHOMES THAT 157 DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS AND THERE IS A THREE ACRE RESERVATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF CASTLE AND MERRITT ROADS THAT WOULD BE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. SUBJECT PROPERTYAGAIN IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MERRITT ROAD AND CASTLE BY THE SOUTHWEST , SOUTHEAST SOUTH ON THERE BECAUSE THE ROADS GET TRICKY ON THEIR SO IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY A PORTION OF THE SITE WOULD NEED TO BE REZONED FROM THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT TO THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRITHE COMMERCIAL CENTER DISTRICT AND THAT GENERALLY IS DEPICTED BY THE REDLINES THAT YOU SEE THERE. WE WILL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY HAS TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE UPON WHERE IT ROAD THERE IN ADDITION TO FRONTAGE IS 1500 FEET ALONG MERRITT ROAD AND 900 FEET ALONG CASTLE DRIVE IF THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED ACCESS TO THE SITE WOULD BE PROPOSED WITH VARIOUS POINTS ON BOTH MERRITT ROAD AT CASTLE DRIVE AS WELL IS THE FUTURE LIBERTY GROVE ROAD WHICH WILL BE ESTABLISHED ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY AND THAT IS GENERALLY THIS AREA OVER HERE. THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO BE CONDUCTED AND CONSTRUCTED IN TWO PHASES THE PHASE 1 THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 20 1/4 ACRES CONSISTING OF THE INSTALLATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WOULD BE THE STREET UTILITIES AND AS WELL AS AN AMENITY CENTER WHICH I WILL SHOW RIGHT THERE AND 14 PERCENT OF THE SITE IS REQUIRED BY THE FORM-BASED CODE TO BE RESERVED AS OPEN SPACE THAT MAY BE REDUCED TO 10 PERCENT THERE WOULD ALSO BE THE CONSTRUCTION ALONG CASTLE DRIVE OF A EIGHT FOOT WIDE CONCRETE TRAIL THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WOULD BE CAPPED AT 164 UNITS AGAIN CONSISTING GENERALLY OF 57 TOWNHOMES AND 107 DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS THE SITE DENSITY WOULD BE SIX UNITS PER ACRE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE PROJECT THE TOWNHOMES WOULD HAVE A MINIMAL DWELLING SIZE UP 1000 SQUARE FEET THOSE LOTS WOULD BE DEVELOPED UPON THE LOTS SHOWN ON THE PLAN ON THE RIGHT IN YELLOW AND THOSE LOTS ARE PROPOSED BETWEEN 1500 AND VILLAGE LOSS BETWEEN ÃAND THIS IS THE FORM-BASED CODE TO HAVE THE MULTIPLE CATEGORIES OF [03:50:04] RESIDENTIAL ÃWITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PHASE WOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL TRACT AT THE INTERSECTION OF MERRITT AND CASTLE. THERE IS A MAJOR WARRANTS REQUEST THAT WOULD SEEK TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM DWELLING UNIT AREA FOR THE HOME PROJECT FROM 1400 SQUARE FEET TO 1900 SQUARE FEET AND A SECOND WARRANTS WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE LOT FROM TOWNHOME ONE FROM 25 FEET TO 22 FEET IN THE APPLICANT'S EXISTING PROPOSED PLATFORM PRODUCTS THE CATEGORIES PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT WITH THIS PROPOSAL TO ACHIEVE THE DIVERSITY OF WATCH AND DWELLING SIZE STAFF IS IN FAVOR OF THESE ORANGE REQUESTS HERE WE WILL GET MORE INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE LIBERTY EXTENSION WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE FIGURE ON THE RIGHT AND IN THE GREENLINE THIS IS PROPOSED AS A PLAN NORTH SHORE FRAMEWORK PLAN REFLECTS THE LIBERTY ROAD EXTENSION HAVING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROADWAY IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE FORM-BASED CODE THAT WOULD FENCES AND CLOSING THE REAR YARD OF THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE EXPOSED TO THE STREET TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BY USING THE ILLUSTRATION ON THE RIGHT IN THIS HIGHLIGHTER SO THIS IS THE MERRITT VILLAGE PROPERTY OVER HERE AND THESE WOULD BE REAR YARDS, THE ART REAR YARDS THAT WOULD HAVE WOOD FENCES ON THEIR AVENUE THIS IS THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT IS THE FRAMEWORK PLAN SHOWING THERE WOULD BE HOMES RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT STREET AND LET ME GO BACKWARDS THIS IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOR THE REGULATING PLAN FOR THE SITE THEY WOULD HAVE THE LIBERTY GROVE EXTENSION IN THIS LOCATION WHICH AGAIN WE JUST NOTED WOULD HAVE THESE YARDS HERE WITH THE REAR YARD WOULD FENCES BEING VISIBLE TO THE LIBERTY ROAD EXTENSION SHOULD THIS PLAN BE APPROVED WITH LIBERTY ROAD AT THAT LOCATION STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE EXTENSION OF LIBERTY ROAD BE ALIGNED IN SUCH A MATTER ENABLING FOR HOUSE TO BE DEVELOPED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR A BALANCED STREET SECTION OF THIS LOCATION FUTURE LAND USE MAP THIS DOES DESIGNATE Ã >> I AM CONFUSED WITH THAT. >>. [LAUGHTER] >> AND SO AM I. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE AND I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC. SO THIS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ROAD BE REALIGNED IN A MANNER THAT DEVELOPS SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HOW? EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> SO I WILL USE THIS PLAN IN THE CORNER TO ILLUSTRATE THAT IS THAT THE ROADWAY WOULD BE SHIFTED CLOSER TO MERRITT ROAD WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THIS CONDITION TO HAVE LOTS THAT WOULD DEVELOP ON BOTH SIDES RATHER THAN WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING HOMES OF A SINGLE LOADED STREET IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU. THIS WOULD BE A DOUBLE LOADED STREET THAT WE ARE PROPOSING >> MY APOLOGIES FOR INTERRUPTING. YOU ARE SAYING THE DEVELOPER IS DEVELOPING, THAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING THIS AND THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING THE OTHER? SO IF THIS PLAN IS WITH THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING WHICH AGAIN WOULD ONLY HAVE WHICH WOULD DEVELOP HOMES ON THIS [03:55:02] PSIDE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE WOUL BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET WOULD BE THE REAR YARDS AND FENCES OF THE MERRITT VILLAGE PROJECT 'S REMIX WHICH YOU WANT THEM TO DO IS SHIFT THOSE HOMES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT STREET BY MOVING THAT STREET. AND IS HE AMENABLE TO THAT? SOON WITH THAT WILL BE BROUGHT UP DURING THE PRESENTATION. >> OKAY. SUE MY FIST DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY AS THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH BUT AGAIN OFFICE INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES IN GENERAL WOULD BE THE ANTICIPATED DESIRED LAND USES TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CURRENT RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHICH THAT IS THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT FRONTS UPON MERRITT ROAD IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE PROPOSED REZONING WOULD ALSO NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE HARD CORNER OF CASTLE AND MERRITT ROAD IT'S WORTH NOTING AND CONSIDERING THE ADJACENT ENVIRONMENT IS NEARLY DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE FORM-BASED NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT OF WHICH THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED SAW AMONG THOSE WOULD BE THE MAGNOLIA LANDING DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH HAVEN DEVELOPMENT. TO THE NORTH WOULD BE RURAL RESIDENTIAL USE AND THAT IS OWNED THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT TO THE EAST IS ALSO RURAL RESIDENTIAL THAT IS ALSO IN THE DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH IS THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THAT'S IN THE FORM-BASED NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT TO THE WEST IS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND MAGNOLIA LANDING WHICH ARE ZONED WITH THE FORM-BASED NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT SO THE MEDIA ADJACENCIES ARE VASTLY RURAL OR UNDEVELOPED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXISTING MEDIUM DENSITY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD SINGLE-FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS THIS PROPOSED ZONING WOULD SERVE AS CONTINUATION OF THAT EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FABRIC WHICH IS THE SOUTHWEST THE PROPERTY OF THE SOUTH THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED IS ALSO ZONED FOR THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT IS LIKELY TO BE DEVELOPED WITH A SIMILAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. >> THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A HIGHER DENSITY OF BUILDING TYPES WHICH WILL INCLUDE HIGHER DENSITY OF MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL LIFT WORK WITH A MAXIMUM AND THE TWO-STORY MINIMUM UNDER THE FORM-BASED CODES AND IT WOULD NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH MERRITT ROAD AND CASTLE DRIVE WHICH ARE ÃIN NATURE AND FUTURE NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IS ANTICIPATED IN CONCERT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN WHICH IS THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER WHICH IS TO BE A MORE DENSELY DEVELOPED HIGHER INTENSITY LARGER BUILDINGS WITH NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE PHASE 2 WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WITH CONCERT WITH PHASE 1 AND INTEGRATIVE AND COHESIVE PLAN WOULD ALLOW FOR MITIGATING THE POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITIES WITH THE PROPOSED FORM-BASED NEW NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS WHICH HAVE A PIECE TAKEN FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THAT THIS PLACE TYPE DOES FOCUS UPON INCORPORATING A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES SUCH AS FLEXIBLE A HEART SHAPES AND CONFIGURATIONS TO ADD DIVERSITY TO THE COMMUNITY AND ATTRACT A WIDER BASE OF RESIDENTS THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DOES INCORPORATE [04:00:02] THE HOUSING TYPES THE VILLAGE HOUSE WHEN LOTS ARE COMMON AREAS THAT YOU CAN SEE ILLUSTRATED IN GREEN AND YOU HAVE THE CENTRAL AREA NEAR THE AMENITY CENTER AS WELL AS SMALLER SPACES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO ADDITIONAL CONNECTING LIVING OR GREEN SPACES THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THAT FILTER AND THE LARGER SPACE. IN THE WAY OF NOTIFICATION SUITS WERE SENT OUT THE 27TH 2021 THERE WERE EIGHT NOTICES SENT OUT TO PROPERTIES WITHIN 200 FEET RESPONSES THAT WERE RECEIVED BACK ONE IN OPPOSITION AND 2 IN FAVOR AND WITHIN THE 500 FOOT COURTESY NOTICE RANGE THERE WERE NO RESPONSES RECEIVED BACK FROM THE 35 WHICH WERE SENT OUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS REQUEST IS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO RESUME THE PORTION OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FROM A COMMERCIAL BASE DISTRICT TO T NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT IN THE COMMERCIAL CENTER DISTRICT ALSO TO AMEND THE NORTH SHORE NORTH FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OF BEEN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING MAP FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND INCREASE THE WARRANTS TO INCREASE THE CASINO DWELLING SIZE 1400 SQUARE FEET TO 1900 SQUARE FEET AND REDUCE THE MINIMUM TOWNHOME LOT FROM 25 FEET TO 22 FEET WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. FIRST CONDITION WOULD BE TO REALIGN LIBERTY ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND AVOID ÃFENCES AND TO DEVELOP THE FORM-BASED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT CENTER PROPERTY SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHTHE COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE THE APPLICANT IS STILL HERE , YES? AND THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION SO AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION OR HAVE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD ADDRESS THE STAFF. >> TO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE WILL LISTEN TO THE APPLICANT. >> GOOD EVENING THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE AND GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS EVENING MY NAME IS MATT Ã VICE PRESIDENT OF LAND ACQUISITION WITH ME THIS EVENING IS MY COLLEAGUE FROM CHICAGO AND I ALSO HAVE BRIAN MOODY AND TAYLOR HOMES FROM. [INDISCERNIBLE] THANK YOU TO STAFF THEIR PRESENTATION WAS VERY DETAILED SO OUR PRESENTATION I WILL TRY TO SKIP OVER IT NOT BE TOO REPETITIVE. THIS IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FIRM WE HAVE 34 PROJECTS THE SPAN 19 DIFFERENT STATES CURRENTLY WE HAVE DEVELOPED ABOUT $1 BILLION IN REAL ESTATE EARLIER THIS YEAR WE IDENTIFIED 10 DIFFERENT MARKETS WHERE WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE BTR PLATFORM AND IN TEXAS, DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN THREE OF OUR MAJORS AND OUR GOAL IN STARTING OUR PLATFORM WAS TO CREATE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A DIVERSE PRODUCT OFFERING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE HOUSING TO PEOPLE IN ALL STAGES OF LIFE WE PROPOSE A SITE TO THE CITIES NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS AND WILL OFFER MEDICAL ISSUE OF TOWNHOMES, CASINOS AND VILLAGE LOTS. SO THE SITE IS 31.2 ACRES AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CASTLE AT MERRITT DRIVE JUST NORTH OF MERRITT VILLAGE WHICH YOU WILL HEAR NUMEROUS TIMES WE TALK ABOUT THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT AND THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WILL CURRENTLY BE OWNED BY ALAYNA MICHAEL MERRITT CONSISTENT OF THOSE HOMES AND THE REST OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT OUR GOAL WITH THIS PLAN IS TO CREATE A COHESIVE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT WAS COMMERCIAL AT THE CORNER THE REMAINDER BEING RESIDENTIAL ALL TIED TOGETHER [04:05:04] WITH OPEN SPACE IN A CENTRALLY LOCATED AMENITY CENTER SO AGAIN THIS SITE BEGINS AT THE CORNER OF CASTLE AND MERRITT WITH A THREE ACRE COMMERCIAL PARCEL WE HAVE A ROAD NETWORK THAT LEADS DIRECTLY TO OUR FIELDHOUSE THAT CENTRALLY LOCATED AMENITY FUNCTIONS THIS KIND OF THE NUCLEUS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE FROM THIS LOCATION. [INDISCERNIBLE] AND COURTYARDS THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH PEOPLE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH CAN TRAVERSE THESE TO THE CENTRALLY LOCATED AMENITY CENTER AND THE COMMERCIAL SITE AT THE CORNER THIS COMMUNITY WILL BE COMPRISED AS WE TALKED ABOUT OF A VARIETY OF ATTACHED AND DETACHED PRODUCTS WE TALKED ABOUT 57 TOWNHOME 70 CASITAS AND 37 LOTS AND THEN WHAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE IS A LONG WHAT WE CALL THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE THE EXTENSION OF THAT LIBERTY GROVE ROAD. THIS IS OUR TOWNHOME ÃWE WILL HAVE 2 TO 4 BEDROOMS 2 AND A HALF BATHS ALL OF OUR PRODUCT WILL HAVE TWO CAR GARAGES. THE VILLAGE LOTS WILL HAVE PRODUCT THAT'S GOING TO BE NORTH OF 2000 SQUARE FEET THERE WILL BE THREE OR FOUR BEDROOMS, 2 AND A HALF BATHS, TWO CAR GARAGES. ALL OF OUR PRODUCT WILL BE. [INDISCERNIBLE] PRODUCT. THESE ARE OUR CASITAS PRODUCT THIS IS ROUGHLY 14 TO 1900 SQUARE FEET MOVIE THREE OR FOUR BEDROOMS, 2 AND A HALF BATHS, WE ARE PROVIDING A RENTAL PROGRAM BUT ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE DESIGNED AS TRADITIONAL SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS IN YOUR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS THEY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO ALL OF YOUR CITY CODES THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING THAT WE WILL BE OFFERING THIS AS A PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED AND PROFESSIONALLY MAINTAINED COMMUNITY ALL REVOLVING AROUND THE FIELDHOUSE WHICH IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT 5 TO 7000 SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING IT WILL BE STATE-OF-THE-ART IT WILL HAVE HEALTH CLUB SOCIAL LOUNGE KIDS PLAY ROOM RESORT QUALITY POOL, OUTDOOR PLAY AREA, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THIS TO BE A HIGHLY MINIATURIZED AREA. SO WE APPRECIATE, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF FROM OUR FIRST PLAN TO THE ONE THAT YOU SEE TODAY AND WE ARE EXCITED WHERE THIS HAS ENDED WE APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF'S EFFORTS AND THEIR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION HOWEVER WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS CONDITION ONE FURTHER AND ALSO DISCUSS AND CLARIFY CONDITION TWO. CONDITION ONE AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF THE ROADWAY WE UNDERSTAND THE NORTH SHORE FRAMEWORK PLAN AND THE INTENT OF IT AS FAR AS HAVING HOMES, HAVING IT BE A DOUBLE LOADED STREET AND UNFORTUNATELY WHEN MERRITT VILLAGE WAS DEVELOPED, THE NORTH SIDE OF MERRITT VILLAGE, THEY PLANNED FOR FRONTLOADED HOMES AND THEY BACKED INTO AN OPEN SPACE AND IDEALLY THE BEST SITUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THAT ROAD IF THE EXTENSION OF THE ROAD WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO THEIR PROPERTY THOSE UNITS COULD HAVE FRONTED ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN SO WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE ADAPTING TO WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH SO WE ARE PROPOSING IS SHOWING THE EXTENSION OF THAT ROAD IT'S HITTING WHAT I WILL CALL THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE AT A LOCATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE CITY AND HAS THIS ROAD [04:10:04] EXTENDS TO THE NORTH WE THOUGHT THE BEST SITUATION WAS TO PUSH THAT CURVE IS FAR CLOSE TO MERRITT VILLAGE AS WE COULD THE ALTERNATIVE TO THIS BUSINESS ROAD AGAIN CURVING THE OPPOSITE WAY AND HAVING OUR UNITS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ROAD THE ONE ISSUE THAT WE SEE WITH THAT IS WHEN YOU MOVE THAT ROAD THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION BUT IT CREATES IS SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT LOTS THAT WILL BE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT ROAD SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT ACCESSING THE CLUB PASS ACCESSING THE COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE ISSUES FROM OUR SIDE OF IT REALLY WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS SECURITY ISSUES FOR THESE LOTS THAT ARE SEGREGATED FROM OUR OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. OUR IDEA WAS THAT INSTEAD OF LEAVING 6 TO 8 LOTS ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD WE FELT IF EVERYTHING STAYED ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD IT WOULD FEEL LIKE A MORE COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN ALONG MERRITT PROPERTY LINE YOU HAVE A 60 FOOT LANDSCAPED LOT RIGHT NOW SO THERE 60 FEET TO THEIR BACK PROPERTY LINE SET OUT INSTEAD OF HAVING OUR LOTS BACK UP TO THAT HAVING A SINGLE-FAMILY LOT AND 60 FOOT AND THEY ARE A LOT WE FIGURED WE COULD ENHANCE THAT 60 FOOT OPEN SPACE AREA AND MAKE THAT MORE EVENT AMENITY AND IT WOULD BE BURIED BEHIND OUR 6 TO 8 LOTS. SO WITH THAT WE JUST HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD CONSIDER THESE ISSUES AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITHOUT THIS CONDITION. THE SECOND CONDITION IN REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS OUR GOAL IS TO ULTIMATELY DO ALL OF THE ENGINEERING PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK FOR THE ENTIRE SITE AND ALL THE LAND DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCLUDETHE ROADS GRADING, UTILITIES AND WE ULTIMATELY DO NOT SEE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BUT WE ARE TALKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO DO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND OUR ANTICIPATION IS AS WE WILL START CONSTRUCTION OF OUR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT SIDE STARTING WITH OUR PROJECT BUT I DON'T WANT TO TRY TO COMMIT TO THE VERTICAL ASPECT STARTING WHEN WE START IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED.WITH THAT I CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US >> IN REGARDS TO THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT IS THEY ARE IS THIS SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE NOT DEVELOPED IN THE PAST EITHER? ARE YOU DOING THE BUILD TO RENT? >> IF WE ASK YOU TO BUILD SOMETHING SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH? >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? >> PRACTICALLY SPEAKING WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A RENTAL TOWNHOME AND APARTMENTS? >> THE RENTAL TOWNHOME IS GOING TO BE A TRADITIONAL DESIGN NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHER TOWNHOMES IT WILL BE A STANDALONE UNIT WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE THE TOWNHOME BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 UNITS SO THE SIZING OF THE OVERALL UNITS VERSUS AN APARTMENT. >> THEY WOULD ONLY BE 3 TO 6 ATTACHED. >> CORRECT. >> THESE ARE ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY TOWN YOU MAY HAVE IN OTHER PLACES. >> THANK YOU. [04:15:08] >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >> A LITTLE RAIN FOG HERE THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED RIGHT? WE'RE JUST TWEAKING SOME THINGS? THE TOWNHOMES AND? THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT >> THIS IS TO REMIND YOU THE PORTION, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK I CAN BLOW THIS UP THAT YOU SEE THE BLUE PURPLE THING, THERE IS A LINE IN THERE THAT SAYS COME OF THE ZONING LINE THAT IS IN THERE, [INDISCERNIBLE] >> SO THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH MEANS HALF-ACRE LOTS SINGLE-FAMILY HALF-ACRE LOTS AND SO THAT REQUIRES THAT ZONE CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE COMMERCIAL AREA ALSO IS WITHIN THE RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT SO THAT REQUIRES A ZONE CHANGE FOR THIS. SO IT IS BOTH A ZONING CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR THIS REGULATING PLAN TO BE APPROVED AND THE MAJOR WARRANTS AS WELL THEY ARE REQUESTING REGARDING THE WIDTH OF THE TOWNHOME LOTS AND ENLARGING THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE UNITS. >> >> QUESTION TO THE DEVELOPER OWNER DID I UNDERSTAND THIS IS YOUR FIRST DEVELOPMENT FOR REN ? AND COULD YOU PLEASE ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE? >> OUR COMPANY CORE SPACE RIGHT NOW DOES STUDENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP DEVELOPERS IN THE COUNTRY FOR HIGH-END STUDENT HOUSING AND NUMEROUS CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.THE WORLD HAS BEEN CHANGING SUCH THAT A BUILD TO RENT COMPONENT YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IN THE NEWS OR OTHER LOCATIONS, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE BECOMING ANOTHER PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL PLAYBOOK THERE'S GOING TO BE FOR SALE, BUILD TO RENT, AND OUR WORLD IS A TRADITIONAL SINGLE-FAMILY RENTAL AND THERE'S ANOTHER LAYER OF THIS THAT WOULD BE YOUR TYPICAL APARTMENT COMPLEX OR MULTI FAMILY UNIT SO WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING INTO THE BUILD TO RENT SPACE OUR GROUP THAT HAS BEEN CREATED IS COMPRISED OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY FOR SALE SIDE OF THE BUSINESS SO MY PREVIOUS LIFE I SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS WORKING FOR LARGE HOMEBUILDERS ON THE FOR SALE SIDE OF IT WE ARE A COMPANY THAT HAS DONE ONE THING WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO ANOTHER AND TO DO SO WE HAVE HIRED ON STAFF AND THE CREW THAT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. >> THINK YOU PRAYED SO. I WILL JUST SHARE MY CONCERN. I WILL PREFACE IT BY SAYING I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH SMALL HOMES OR TOWNHOMES IN GENERAL ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE DEVELOPED IN AN AREA WITH GOOD AMENITIES, POSITIVE AMENITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. I THINK PART OF THE SPIRIT OF THE FORM-BASED CODE IS THAT WE ALLOW FOR MORE DENSITY BUT WE GET BACK AT WE TRADE THAT WITH GETTING OTHER AMENITIES ENHANCE LANDSCAPING ARCHITECTURAL AMENITIES ETC. MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL IS THE FOR RENT SCENARIO AND IS JUST AND I KNOW YOU ARE FULLY AWARE IN THIS COMMUNITY APARTMENTS ARE TABOO [04:20:01] BUT TO SOME DEGREE RIGHTLY SO BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS THAT COME FROM THAT PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC. MY CONCERN IS WHEN YOU START REDUCING BUILDING WIDTHS AND START INCREASING DENSITIES WE JUST KEEP PUSHING THAT ENVELOPE FURTHER OUT AND AS I SAID IN THE PREVIOUS CASE MY WAY OF LOOKING AT THESE THINGS IS TO LOOK NOT JUST LIKE WHAT IS THIS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THE DAY WE OPEN IT UP AND PEOPLE START MOVING IN BUT HOW IS IT GOING TO LOOK AT HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK, 10, 20, 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD I AM CONCERNED THAT YOUR FIRM IS ON THE, THAT WE ARE A BIT OF A GUINEA PIG HERE PARDON MY EXPRESSION SO I AM JUST TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND THIS I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT APARTMENTS BUT IT IS A RENTAL BUSINESS AND THAT IS THE PART THAT I'M TRYING TO Ã >> FOR THE APPLICANT. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST BRAINSTORMING I APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.MR. DONNELLY. HE WANTED TO SPEAK ON ALL THRE . I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAST NAME IS HERE ANDREW STRIDE? COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> I AM HERE TO SPEAK >> ANGIE STRICK 3414 TULIP LANE IN ROWLETT A RESIDENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN YOU BEFORE. >> I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME IS THE DENSITY ISSUE AND WE HAVE HEARD IT MANY TIMES FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY APARTMENTS AND RENTALS AND I NOW YOU HAVE GIVEN OUT FACTS BEFORE AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES BUT THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT DO NOT WANT ANYMORE RENTALS, THAT'S IT, END OF STORY. I WANT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT IT LOOKS LIKE A WELL PLANNED OUT DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AND ONE OF THEM IS FOR SURE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE FUTURE LIBERTY GROVE EXTENSION, ESPECIALLY THE WAY IT AFFECTS THE PROPERTY DOWN SOUTH I WANT TO APPLAUD THE RESIDENCE OF HOMESTEAD FOR MUSTERING UP THE SUPPORT THEY HAD TONIGHT I DO HAVE A MAJOR COMPLAINT OF THESE PROJECTS COME IN AFTER THE HOLIDAY AND THESE NOTICES WERE SENT OUT THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS SO I APPLAUD HOMESTEAD FOR BRINGING THEIR CREW OUT. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT HERE FOR ITEM 5 THE SEA IT IS ALMOST MIDNIGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS DO AS WELL. I AM RETIRED SIDE OF THE BENEFIT OF STAYING UP LATE SO I APPLAUD THEM FOR BRINGING SUPPORT OUT DURING THE HOLIDAY OF THOSE NOTICES WERE SENT OUT LATE I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THIS ISSUE TO BE BROUGHT UP LATER IN JANUBUT I CAN'T CONTRO THAT. MAINLY I SPEAK IN OPPOSITION AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> JOHN IRVIN PLATE >> JOHN IRVINE 10 WIFE'S Ã57 WATERVIEW PARKWAY 29 YEAR RESIDENT MULTIPLE BUSINESS OWNER HERE FOR THE LAST 23 YEARS. VICE CHAIRMAN COMMISSIONERS WE ARE HOPING YOU WILL RECEIVE WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY THE FIRST [04:25:01] THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO, IS SEE IF WE CAN RESCHEDULE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS ITEM OR TABLE IT SINCE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LINK TO SEE THE ANALYSIS ON THE EXHIBITS LINK WE WERE GIVEN WAS NOTED WE COULDN'T CONTACT ANYONE YESTERDAY AT 11:30 AM WE GOT THE LINK AND BEING CHURCH PEOPLE PEOPLE HAVE JOBS AND PERSONAL LIVES WE CAN EVEN SCHEDULE A MEETING IN TWO OR THREE DAYS NEVERMIND A DAY AND AND A HALF TO REVIEW THIS ENTIRE PLANET COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN SO WE ARE HOPING YOU COULD POSSIBLY DELAY IT LONG STORY SHORT FOR THE RECORD I AM OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED USE, I.E. RENTALS, IF IT WAS GOING TO BE THE PRODUCT WAS GOING TO BE SOLD TO HOMEOWNERS, GREAT, NOT A PROBLEM. THAT POTENTIALLY COULD INCREASE THE NEIGHBORING VALUES HOWEVER I'M SURE NOBODY'S GOING TO RAISE THEIR HAND AND SAY I WANT TO RENTAL HOME NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO MINE. AND I THINK IT WAS MR. FRISBY USE THE WORD GUINEA PIG AND I HAVE JUST WRITTEN IT DOWN ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE HE DID I DON'T THINK THAT ROWLETT SHOULD BE A GUINEA PIG FOR SOMEONE'S EXPERIMENT THE OTHER THING IS, THE LOCATION OF THE GROVE EXTENSION AT THE SOUTH AND UNFORTUNATELY IT APPEARS TO ME BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR HALF THAT ROAD THEN THESE GENTLEMEN WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THE WHOLE THING, JUST HALF OF IT AND IT HAS BEEN MOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION TO THE EAST ONTO THE CHURCH PROPERTY LINE WHICH IS NOT WHERE IT IS ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND IT IS QUITE UNFAIR FOR DEVELOPERS TO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR ROADWAYS AND THE CITY TO ASK THE CHURCH TO PAY FOR HALF OF A ROADWAY IF THEY CHOOSE TO OPEN THE CHURCH. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I GOT FOR YOU AND I HOPE THAT THINGS WILL WORK OUT IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE PRESENT, WOULD ANYONE ELSE PRESENT LIKE TO SPEAK? >> IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM A STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> JAMES BRINKLEY 9214 MERRITT ROAD I AM DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. WHAT I AM SEEING HERE AND THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONLY FIRST GOT THIS LETTER I DID NOT REALIZE THESE WERE BILLED TO RENT I WAS OPPOSED BUT BEFORE THAT LOOKING AT MY FRONT DOOR OF WHAT USED TO BE MIKE'S ASSES GOING TO BE A ROW 27 TOWNHOMS ON 22 ÃLOTS. THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT IN ROWLETT ESPECIALLY RENTALS MAY VARY OPPOSED TO THE 164 HOMES ON 31 ACRES I HAVE JUST OVER THREE ACRES AND BASED ON THAT 19 HOMES ON MY PROPERTY AND I HAVE ANOTHER HOME IN ROWLETT I AM THINKING OF SELLING IT AS WELL I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 40 YEARS AND THIS IS A JOKE BUT THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO AND I HEARD THEM SAY THE PROPERTY ACROSS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS FROM MERRITT ROAD MY PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT I HAVE NOW. AND IT WASN'T FARM-BASED RURAL AND THAT COMES AFTER ÃTHAT TELLS ME THEY'RE COMING AFTER MY PROPERTY IF NOT TOMORROW, THEY'RE COMING I WAS JUST TOLD TONIGHT THERE APARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO REBUILD DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS HICKOK AND THERE HAS BEEN DEAL STRUCK WITHOUT OWNERS AND ALSO I'M FINDING OUT THAT THE CORNER OF CASTLE AND MARRIAGE THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS LOOKING AT APARTMENTS THERE IS A SIGN UP FOR GEORGE BUSH, SIGN FOR APARTMENTS. THIS IS NOT WHAT I MOVED TO [04:30:02] ROWLETT FOUR. AND WE LOVE THE PROPERTY AND WE LOVE THE PEOPLE IN ROWLETT. I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO. THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? I NEED TO STOP ASKING THIS QUESTION. >>. [LAUGHTER] >> STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. >> I SAID YES NOTHING BUT TIME IT'S ONLY 11:38 PM I REALIZE YOU ARE ANXIOUS TO GO. >> JOHN GRANT 3813 HICKOX ROAD MY PROPERTY DOES BORDER THIS DEVELOPMENT IN A SMALL PORTION AND ALSO MERIT VILLAGE AND MAGNOLIA TO THE SOUTHWEST BUT I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS AND I THINK FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS ONE WAS DUE TO THE TIMELINESS OF THE NOTICE IT WAS VERY SHORT NOTICE AND I THINK THE CITY FOR SENDING ME FOUR OF THEM AS I OWN SEVERAL LOTS BUT I GOT BOTH OF THEM WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAY , LESS THAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND SO THE TIMELINESS BOTHERS ME IS SEEMS LIKE IT'S A HURRY UP THING AND NOT IN A GOOD TIME OF YEAR AND IN REFERENCE TO THE HOLIDAY AND SECONDLY I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE BILL TO RENT ÃBILLED TO REP MODEL THAT THEY ARE DISCUSSING I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AND I THINK MR. FRISBY ADDRESS THEM OFF-THE-CUFF BUT I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING SOME OF MY CONCERNS IF WE LOOK IN A LONG-TERM FASHION DOWN THE LINE WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 20 YEARS? I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 23 YEARS NOW IN ROWLETT AND I LIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF A HORSE PASTURE AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THAT ANYMORE I HAVE LOTS OF NEIGHBORS NOW AND THE IDEA OF ADDING ANOTHER HUNDRED 60+ NEIGHBORS IS IT REALLY ENTICING OR WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR SO WITH THAT BEING SAID AT A MINIMUM I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO TABLE AND GIVE US MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THIS AND LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE PLAN AT A MINIMUM IF NOT JUST OUTRIGHT JUST SAYING THIS IS NOT RIGHT FOR US AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? [LAUGHTER] >> MR. ROBERTS. TO HAVE ANY EMAILS? >> JUST A REMINDER PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO AND BRING THAT UP TO STACY AT THE FRONT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH HEATHER BRINKLEY OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT TOWNHOMES ARE NOT THE CORRECT HOUSING STRUCTURE TO PUT O THIS AREA ESPECIALLY NOT MORE THAN WHAT WOULD BE NORMALLY PERMITTED. SUBDIVISION OF ANY KIND DOES NOT BELONG HERE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES DO NOT BELONG HERE YOU ARE ALREADY OVERCROWDING SOME OF THE LAST OPEN LAND LEFT HOUSES INTO STUFF MORE PEOPLE IN THE CROWN BUT CANNOT HANDLE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY CONGESTED AND BEING HELD UP AND MADE WORSENED IN THE STREETS IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE YOU ARE CROWDING THE AREA AND NOT TAKING CARE OF THE STREETS TOWNHOMES IN SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION WILL DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NOISE AND TRUCKS AND ROADBLOCKS WE HAND IT WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC AND NOISE POLLUTION AND INVITE MORE CRIME I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 36 YEARS AND I HAVE WASH THE QUALITY OF LIFE DESTROYED AND I DID RECEIVE 2 WRITTEN COMMENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ THEM BOTH AND I AM PLANNING TO AMEND THE MEETING 21-000302 THE NEIGHBORING HOME ADJACENT TO THIS PROJECT AND. [INDISCERNIBLE] PROPERTY AND THAT JUST MAY BE WHAT THEY OWN [04:35:04] AND I AM HOPING ÃCAN BE MOVED TO THE STREET ABOUT 20 FEET TO ALIGN WITH OTHERS AND THE FORMS AND NOTICES YOU SENT TO KEEP ME INFORMED AND I HAVE WORKED HARD TO KEEP MY DREAM HOME LOOKING GOOD AND I APPRECIATE ÃI PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE WILL BE A DIVIDING WALL. [INDISCERNIBLE] EXPANDED THE FOOTAGE OF THIS PROPERTY FROM THE FENCE LINE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION THE SECOND RESPONSE I RECEIVED I AM HOME TONIGHT WITH A RESPIRATORY INFECTION AND WERE THERE BE A BORDER SOMETIME DOWN THE BRICKWALL SOMETHING TO KEEP WITH FARM ANIMALS AND IF THERE IS ÃWILL THE CITY OR PROJECT BE AN SEPARATING FROM THE ÃI INSTALL FOR MY FARM ANIMALS AND THE CITY IS GROWING AND TREMENDOUS CHANGES I HAVE BEEN RESIDING HERE MY GOAL IS TO KEEP IT AS NICE AND PEACEFUL AREA UNDERSTAND IS FROM WHAT I CALL A BUSINESS HOME AND MY COMMENTS WILL BE READ IN THE RECORD AND MY COMMENTS WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AND I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPREHENSIVE STEERING COMMITTEE I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY AND SAY THIS IS NOT WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS AND THEY ADOPTED IT AND HOPEFULLY THIS UNDERCUTS THE PURPOSE OF THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT AND IF YOU PASSED THIS HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN APPROXIMATELY ÃACRES OF PRIME PROPERTY AND THE NORTH SHORE BUSINESS AREA AND NONBUSINESS CENTER DEVELOPMENT AND WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH ÃNEEDED FOR CORPORATE LOCATION AND MORE BUSINESSES REMEMBER ITEM 5B WAS UNDER 71 ACRES AND WILL ADD WAY MORE TO THE TAX BASE AND DONALD AND BARBARA FELDER AT 3806 REMINGTON DRIVE ROWLETT TEXAS. MY NAME IS DONALD FELDER MY ADDRESS IS 3806 REMINGTON DRIVE ROWLETT TEXAS I'M OPPOSED TO THE LOCATION AS IS NOT LOCATED FOR THE CITY ÃAND 805 HORSESHOE BEND GOOD AFTERNOON I RESIDE AT 8000 ÃIN ROWLETT IN REGARDS TO ITEM 5 BNC PHILA POST OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC TO THE AREA OF A PROPOSED LOCATION IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CITY PLAYER THERE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU MR. ROBERTS. NOT SEEING ANY MORE COMMENTS WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMISSIONERS >> I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER FRISBY >> EVERY TIME WE ARE HERE WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF REZONING AND IT'S A TOUGH DEAL I DON'T LOOK AT IT IS MY JOB BUT RENTAL OR NO RENTAL I LOOK AT THE PROPERTY BEING BUILT AS WELL AND THAT BEING SAID I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. >> SCHNEIDER. >> I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER FRISBY ALSO. I'VE THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPERTY BEING RENTAL IF IT WERE TOWNHOMES AND I WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT IT BUT IT'S REALLY JUST APARTMENTS BY ANOTHER NAME SORT OF KIND OF HIGHER END DEPARTMENTS BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING [04:40:01] >> APARTMENTS BY A DIFFERENT NAME. SO I FEEL THE THING IS THIS CITY'S RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES IF WE WERE TO IMPROVE THIS THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WOULD BE REDEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST PEOPLE I WILL DO THAT HAPPENS AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. FRISBY. >> I WILL KEEP IT SIMPLE AND MAKE A PROJECT TO DENY ÃMOTION TO DENY THE PETITION. >> TO HAVE A SECOND? >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CALL TO VOTE. >> STATEMENT TO CLARIFY, THIS MEANS NO VERY >> PLEASE VOTE. >> AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION OF EVERYBODY HERE IF YOU WOULD WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING IF YOU COULD LEAVE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY SO WE COULD WR * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.