[5D. Update from the City Council and Management: Financial Position, Major Projects, Operational Issues, Upcoming Dates of Interest and Items of Community Interest.]

THAT YOU MAY HAVE? >> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS FOR

WENDY? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FORETHE REPORT. NEXT ITEM IS UPDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL MANAGEMENT, MAJOR PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES, UPDATED ISSUES AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS. JEFF WILL READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND I'LL

HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER HIM. >> THERE YOU GO.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. SORRY, NOT MANY OPPORTUNITIES COM YOU COULD SAY IT'S YOUR FIRST DAY, BUT IT'S MY FIRST DAY. DID YOU KNOW THAT CITY OF ROWLETT IS B CITY USA, JOIN US ON THIS FRIDAY ON WORLD BEE DAY AS WE CELEBRATE ROITH'S FIRST POLLENATER GARDEN. THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS A GREAT PLACE TO START YOUR SEARCH. THEY ALWAYS HAVE A CAT DOG OR SOMETHING MORE EXOTIC. PLEASE HELP THESE BABIES FIND THEIR FOREVER HOMES, ADOPT DON'T SHOP. NOW'S THE TIME THOUGH FIND OUT HOW YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS, ROWLETT CITY ACADEMY IS OPEN FOR REGISTRATION FOR THIS SUMMER SESSION BEGINNING JUNE SECOND.

THE WET ZONE OPENS THIS SATURDAY, COME THRILL IN THE SPILL FOR AN EVENT FILLED SUMMER. HONORING THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD HELD SATURDAY MAY 28TH AT VETERAN'S PARK FROM 10-11:00 A.M. CITY OFFICES AND SERVICES WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE MEMORIAL HOLIDAY AND WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND ALL OTHER CITY RELATE THE EVENTS, VISIT ROWLETT.COM.

>> COUNSEL, COUNCIL MEMBER WINGET.

>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT MOST OF YOU HERE ARE HERE ABOUT THE REFERENDUM. THE CITY COUNCIL HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS TOPIC EARLIER THIS EVENING WHERE HE WAS ADVISED BY THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY ACCORDING TO LEGAL PRECEDENT TO ACCEPT THAT PETITION FOR REFERENDUM. I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN

THIS FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE. >> DAVID BURMAN?

>> THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS REALLY THAT THE REFERENDUM PETITION POSES TO COUNSEL, THE FIRST IS WETHER OR NOT THEY CAN CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPEAL ORDINANCE 008-02. THE SECOND IS SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER TO REPEAL THAT ORDINANCE. THE PROBLEM IS FIRST OF ALL, STATE LAW DOESN'T ALLOW IT. THERE WERE TECHNICAL DEFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PETITION. BUT IT WOULDN'T MATTER, THOSE COULD BE EASILY OVERLOOKED, THE BASIC RULE IS THAT UNDER STATE LAW, SECTION

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211.015 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE STATUTE ONLY ALLOWS THE USE OF THE REFERENDUM PROCESS TO REPEAL THE CITYS ZONING REGULATIONS IN THEIR ENTIRETY, NOT ONE SPECIFIC BUT THE ENTIRE CODE OR TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD INITIALLY ADOPT ZONING REGULATIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

STATE LAW, THAT STATUTE DOGS NOT ALLOW THAT REFERENDUM THE ISSUE TO OR THE OTHER PROBLEM GOING BACK FOR MANY YEARS THERE ARE TONS OF CASES OUT THERE THAT HAVE ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY SAID THAT IN TEXAS THE PRO HE SAYS OF REFERENDUM CANNOT APPLY TO ZONING ORDINANCES, ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE WHEN THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS CREATED AND ADOPTED GIVES THE OWNER TO USE THE PROPERTY BY THE SPECIFICS ORDERED BY THAT ORDINANCE. TO REPEAL THAT ORDINANCE, IT WOULD DEPRIVE THEM OF THOSE RIGHTS.

FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD PUT US IN A SUBSTANTIAL LIE ABILITY EXPOSURE POSITION ASSUMING THAT THE DEVELOPER CHOSE INSTEAD TO SUE US FOR DAMAGES AS OPPOSED TO FORCE US TO OR DECLARATION TO DECLARE THE REPEALING ORDINANCE INVALID.

SO, WE CAN'T USE REFERENDUM AS A MEANS. WE CAN'T RECOGNIZE THE PETITION. AND I RECOGNIZE THE EFFORT THAT CERTAINLY HAD TO HAVE GONE INTO IT. BUT WE CAN'T USE THAT AS A MEANS TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPEAL THE ORDINANCE. IF THE COUNCIL ITSELF WERE TO CONSIDER REPEALING THE ORDINANCE ON IT'S OWN MOTION, AGAIN, THE PROPERTY OWNER NOW HAS VESTED RIGHTS IN THAT PROPERTY AND CAN USE IT FOR THOSE PURPOSESES, IF WE REPEAL THE ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD STILL DEVELOP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRST ORDINANCE OR SUE US FOR SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE ALL EFFORT WORK THAT Y'ALL DID TO GATHER THOSE 900 SIGNATURES. BUT WE'RE IN A PREDICAMENT HERE WHERE WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION LEGALLY, TO ACCEPT THAT PETITION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS, OR ANY OTHER ITEM FOR

[6. CITIZENS’ INPUT]

UPDATES? >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE CITIZEN INPUT. THIS IS ITEM 6. WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF E-MAILED CITIZEN COMMENT. LAURA, ARE THERE ANY CARDS THERE

FOR IN-PERSON? >> ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU'RE NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.

>> FIRST IS DAVE HALL AND THEN JOHN GILLEN.

>> DAVE HALL, 6809 MILLER ROAD. A CONTINUATION FROM LAST COUNCIL MEETING, CHAPTER TWO. RONNIE O'BRIAN CAME TO MY HOUSE AND TALKED. RONNIE TOLD ME HE TALKED WITH MINUTAL WHO LOOKED AT THE VINEYARDS PLAT. RONNIE'S ADVICE WAS FOR ME TO RELAX AND LET THE STAFF DO THEIR JOBS AND THEY WOULD LEAVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. RONNIE SAID THE CITY WOULD REPAIR ANY DAMAGE MADE TO MY INDRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT DRIVE. THE PROBLEM IS THE 20-FOOT EASEMENT WAS DEEDED TO ME ON MULTIPLE DEEDS GOING BACK AS FAR AS 50 YEARS, RIGHT HERE. CA ROWAN WAS THE ORIGINAL LANDOWNER WHO USED TO OWN THE LAND AROUND MILLER ROAD UNTIL CHARDONNAY WAS RECENTLY BUILT, THIS DRIVE WAS THE ONLY ACCESS TO MY HOUSE AT 6809 AND MILLER ROAD. THE ELECTRIC COMPANY AND THE RESIDENTS OF 6809 MILLER AND 6811. THERE WAS NO SEWER PROVIDED BY ROWLETT, AND ROWLETT'S WATER SERVICE ENDED AT THE WATER METER BOXES AT MILLER ROAD. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE ROWLETT CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE WHICH ALLOWED ME TO USE MY 20 FOOT INGRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT DRIVE TO MOVE KAYAKS WITH MY KAYAK BUSINESS. I'M THE ONLY ONE WITH INTEREST OF THIS INGRESS DEDEGREES EASEMENT. THE DEVELOPERS CONTACT ME EVERY

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OTHER MONTH ASKING ME TO ABANDON MY INTEREST IN THIS EASEMENT SO THAT ANOTHER HOUSE COULD BE BUILT ON A TOO SMALL LOT WHICH WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE VINEYARDS. THE ACTIONS BY THE ROWLETT ARE INEXCUSABLE, TAUNTING OR BULLYING A RESIDENT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. THESE EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE TERMINATED ALONG WITH ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE THAT TAUNTS AND BULLIES A RESERVATION DENT. SHE LACKS THE NECESSARY STAFF TO PROVIDE HER THE INFORMATION THAT SHE NEEDS TO ANSWER ACCURATELY AND TIMELY TO YOU AND THE RESIDENTS. I HAVE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS DATE RAPIDLY APPROACHES ON THE # P 6917 RATE OF WAY. I HOPE IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CITY ATTORNEY GENERAL DID NOT ADVICE YOU TO DRAG YOUR FEET AND GO SLOW TO RUN OUT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS SO THAT THEY WOULD LOSE ANY RIGHTS HE CURRENTLY HAS TO 6917. I DID RECEIVE AN E-MAIL AT 5:00 P.M. TODAY FROM MINAHL AND THERE WERE MANY INACCURACIES IN IT. IN ADDITION, I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS.

THE RESIDENTS ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU.

>> (APPLAUSE). >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT CARD.

>> JOHN GILLEN AND CAROLYN BUREAUS.

>> JOHN GILLEN. AS YOU GUYS KNOW WE DID AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST FOR A LOT OF EMAILS PERTAINING TO JACKSON SHAW. WE PAID THE MONEY AND GOT 300 OR 400 EMAILS BACK. 25% OF THEM WERE ABOUT SAPPHIRE BY. ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND WAS ON JANUARY 10TH, I E-MAILED THE PLANNING AND ZONING CITIZEN'S INPUT STATING RECENTLY RICHARDSON AND SOUTH DALLAS DENIED WAREHOUSES AND I GAVE REASONS WHY. I WAS TOLD LATER ON THAT MY E-MAIL WAS MISSED THAT'S WHY IT WAS NOT MISSED.

MY E-MAIL WAS NOT MISSED. THIS E-MAIL WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER SENT IT TO THE MANAGER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS E-MAIL WAS SENT TO ANGELA AND LIBBY TUCKER WHERE SHE STATED RICHARD SON CITY COUNCIL DENIED 5-2 WAREHOUSES. THE REASON THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE FOR THREE PLAYINGS OF 345,000 SQUARE FEET. THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE INCREASED.

RICHARDSON STATED THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION. SO, RICHARDSON JUST SHOT THIS DOWN. SOUTH DALLAS, ALSO, RESIDENTS DATED OPPOSITION SAYING THERE WERE ENOUGH WAREHOUSES IN THE AREA AND NOT ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THOSE SOUTH DALLAS RESIDENTS NEED MORE EMPLOYMENT, ALSO THEY NEED MORE EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS OTHER THAN WAREHOUSE JOBS, ADDED TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION WERE ALWAYS NOTED. DISAPPOINTED THAT MY E-MAIL WAS COMPLETELY IGNORED AND ON 2-1, CITY COUNCIL RESPONDED THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THE E-MAIL WHEN THEY WERE CLEARLY GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT IT. I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T DO THAT FREQUENTLY, BUT, WHO KNOWS? THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT CARD. >> CAROLYN BORIS 9308 KEYS LETTER DRIVE, FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU MR. MAYOR AND THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A DELIGHTFUL CHANGE IN THIS COUNCIL. WE WANT MEMBERS THAT WILL LISTEN TO US. AND SO, WE'RE STILL HERE. AND IT'S NOT JUST HOMESTEAD, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE CONTACT US FROM ALL OVER ROWLETT, AND ALL OVER THE METROPLEX SAYING, HANG IN THERE, THIS IS WRONG, THIS WAS DONNA WRONG MANNER. AND THEY'RE WITH US. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH RESCINDING IT OR DOING IT OVER AGAIN, I'M SORRY, YOUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL CREATED THAT PROBLEM, NOT US. AND WE AS TAX PAYERS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN FOR THE MISTAKE THEY MADE. TO REZONE THAT PROPERTY WAS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT WAS NOT THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT. THIS COUNSEL CHAMBER WAS PACKED. THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE KNOW THAT.

WE HAD ABOUT FIVE HOURS OF RESIDENTS, TAX PAYING RESIDENTS BEGGING THIS PREVIOUS COUNCIL TO NOT DO THIS TO US. AND THEY

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JUST THUMBED THEIR NOSE AT US AND DID IT ANYWAY. WE DID A PETITION, MAY BE IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT WAY, BUT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PULLING THIS BACK AND MAKING SURE IT'S DONE. AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR AGAIN ABOUT OH, JACKSON SHAW HELD MEETINGS FOR SEASONED INPUT. NO, THEY TALKED AT US. THEY TOLD US WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. AND WHAT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY YOUR CITY PEOPLE. NOT WHAT WE WANTED.

THERE'S NO SALES TAX VALUE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE A TRUCK STOP, LET'S FACE IT, YOU COULD PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG, IT'S STILL A PIG, IT'S GOING TO BE A TRUCK STOP. WE DON'T WANT THAT, AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH IS THE VERY CITIZENS THAT YOU WANT TO DRAW TO ROWLETT ARE GOING TO MOVE.

THEY ARE JUST GOING TO MOVE OUT OF ROWLETT. AND MOVE ON UP THE ROAD OR MOVE DOWN THE ROAD OR MOVE NORTH. SO, I'M ASKING TO YOU PLEASE DO WHATEVER YOU CAN IN YOUR POWER AND PER OUR MAYOR WHO VOTED NO, WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT VOTED NO. IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THEREFORE IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND SHOULD BE PULLED

BACK. THANK YOU. >> (APPLAUSE). (CHEERS)

>> SO, I APPRECIATE THE PASSION, I REALLY DO AND THE CLAPPING, I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT, JUST SO WE CAN KEEP THINGS MOVING HERE, IF WE COULD HOLD THE CLAPPING, AT LEAST UNTIL THE END OF ALL COMMENTS, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. NEXT

COMMENT. >> GERMANY SMITH, 6522 LONG GREEN STREET. SO, FROM THE OPEN RECORDS, ON DECEMBER THE 27TH, MICK DONELY SENT A MESSAGE TO LIBBY WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I SAW A NOTICE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR NORTH SHORE, THERE IS A SENTENCE AND A NOTICE ALSO ABOUT CHANGING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MATCH UP TO THE INTENT. I ALWAYS FEEL THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS TERRITORY RATHER THAN SEPARATE TO ACCOMMODATE A REVISION. I'M GOING TO ANSWER WHAT THE ATTORNEY SAID WHAT THEY CAN'T DO. TECHNICALLY, THEY SAID THEY CAN'T DO IT. WELL, YOU GUYS DID SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE EARLIER WHICH WAS CHANGE THAT ZONING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR ROWLETT DOES NOT HAVE A DISCLAIMER THAT SAYS THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT REGULATE THE ZONES.

THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S IN DALLAS, IT'S IN AUSTIN, IT'S IN FATE 1 OR RICHARD SON BUT IT'S NOT IN OUR PLAN BECAUSE THE STATE GIVES US THOSE TWO OPTIONS, DISCLAIMER OR NOT. Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THAT DISCLAIMER BUT Y'ALL STILL DECIDED TO REZONE IT. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CRUCIAL, MINHAL, ALEX, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING TO MICHAEL FLOWERS, ON A JANUARY 7TH E-MAIL.

MICHAEL FLOWERS IS SMART WITH HIS INTENT. HE SAID WE WANT THE COMP PLAN STATEMENT IN THE PD WHICH IS THEIR LEGAL NOTICE, TO HELP GUARD AGAINST ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIM THAT THE PROJECT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE COMP PLAN AND COURTS WILL DEFER TO THE FINDINGS OF A CITY COUNCIL. BUT WAIT, VERMON YOU WERE NOT IN ANY E-MAIL. WHO WAS IN THAT E-MAIL WITH MICHAEL FLOWERS? IT WAS HIS ATTORNEY BUT NOT OUR ATTORNEY. I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT MINHAL AND ALEX. LET'S TAKE LA LOOK AT MINHAL, BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU THROW A LAWYER WITHIN THE CONVERSATION, YOU NEED TO HAVE REPRESENTATION IT TOO. GUYS, Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET SUED BY JACKSON SHAW IF YOU REPEAL IT, BUT Y'ALL WROTE THE LAW IN THE FIRST PLACE BY CHANGING THAT REZONING. CITY COUNCIL, IT'S ON YOU ALL. Y'ALL CAN CHANGE IT. JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY THIS, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE IN THE CROWD THAT HELPED TO GET TO PETITION STARTED. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DID. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS ONE LAST THING, THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DICTATES

THE ZONING. >> JENNY PETERSON AND THEN

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ALBERT SHACKLEFORD. >

>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE

THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION. >> I'M JENNY PETERSON, 105023 BROAD MORE LANE. I KNOW EARLIER TONIGHT YOU MET WITH THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD WHICH IS IN THE MINUTES, AND I'M SURE THAT PART OF THAT DISCUSSION IS THE CONTINUED BEAUTIFICATION OF THE GOLF COURSE. HOWEVER, THAT INVESTMENT CAN BE QUICKLY LOST IF WE BECOME A WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS CERTAINTY. THE PROPOSED ZONE IS 174 ACRES, 70% THE SIZE OF FIRE WHEEL MALL JUST FOR THE INITIAL PLAN. IF IT'S BUILT, THERE'LL BE MORE. I SUPPORT HAVING BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT OUR TAX BASE, I'M A TAX CPA, I GET HOW IT WORKS, BUT THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER. IT ONLY TAKES DRIVING ON 635 AND COPPELL NEAR THE AIRPORT TO SEE THE WAREHOUSE AREA WITH NO COMMUNITIES WITH IT. WHILE YOU SHARED UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN NOT USE OUR PETITION TO REPEAL THE ZONING THEN I URGE YOU TO FIND A NEW PATH FORWARD. FIND THE WAY THAT SHOWS WHAT YOU'RE CITIZENS WANT. YOU ARE A NEW COUNCIL, A NEW MAYOR, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FRESH STARTS, OR TO MAKE CHANGES TO DECISIONS YOU MADE BEFORE. YOU COULD SEE THAT YOUR CITIZENS SUPPORT YOU. YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT FIGURING OUT HOW TO REMOVE THAT ZONING ORDINANCE WHATEVER THAT MEANT, WE HAVE RAISED BONDS, WE HAVE DONE THINGS TO SUPPORT OUR CITY AND OUR CITY IS NOT INTERESTED IN A WAREHOUSE, I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS,

THANK YOU. >> AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK VERY NICELY, IF WE COULD PLEASE HOLD APPLAUSE TO THE VERY END OF ALL CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

>> HELLO, ALBERT SHACKLEFORD, I LIVE IN MARINERS COVE SUBDIVISION HEADING TOWARDS LIBERTY GROVE. I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF ROWLETT, CURRENTLY IN MY HOME FOR 19 YEARS. WHEN OUR HOUSE WAS BUILT, WE WERE INVOLVED WITH THE NTTA AND GOING TO ALL THE MEETINGS, AND WE WENT TO THE NEATING ME GARLAND WHERE THEY HAD THE ANIMATION AND THEY SHOWED THE ROAD HOW IT WOULD GO AND THE SERVICE ROAD BEHIND MY HOUSE IN THE ANIMATION WAS SHOWN TO BE RAISED UP AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE FREEWAY AND SLOPING DOWN TO GO TO MERIT AND ALSO SOUND BARRIERS, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, NONE OF THAT IS ON THAT SIDE, THE SERVICE ROAD IS SLOPING DOWN AND THE SERVICE ROAD IS ABOUT 2 FEET HIGHER THAN MY LOWER BACKYARD. AND, I CAN SEE THE RETAINING WALL FOR THE FREEWAY. THE NOISE POLLUTION THAT CURRENTLY COMES FROM THAT WILL SERVICE ROAD AND THE FREEWAY IS SO MUCH SO THAT MY WIFE AND I INVESTED IN SOUND BARRIER WINDOWS FOR OUR BEDROOM BECAUSE THE NOISE FROM THE 18 WHEELERS AND THE RACING CARS GOING OVER THAT, WE COULDN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT. SO WE'VE INVESTED MONEY. WE SET ON THE PATIO AND THE SMELL OF DIESEL FUEL COMING FROM THE FREEWAY.

AND I WANT TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE. MY PROPERTY IS THE FURTHEST SOUTH OF ANY OF THE HOMEOWNERS IN THAT SUBDIVISION, I'M THE LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY DOWN THERE. SO, IT'S ALL OF THE NOISE COMES THROUGH THAT AREA. SO, PUTTING THIS WAREHOUSE IN WITH ADDITIONAL 18-WHEELERS COMING THROUGH THAT AREA IS JUST GOING TO MAKE THE NOISE POLLUTION EXPONENTIAL THROUGH THERE. THAT'S THE ONE ISSUE. THE SECOND ISSUE IS, IS THERE'S ONLY REALLY ONE ENTRANCE IN AND OUT OF MARINERS COVE. SO, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE NORTH YOU HAVE TO EXIT LAKEVIEW PARKWAY AND CURRENTLY AT RUSH HOUR, YOU SET THROUGH FIVE TO SIX LIGHTS BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE THE U-TURN AND COME BACK DOWN. PUTTING ALL THE 18 WHEELERS THAT COME THROUGH THAT AREA, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE TRAFFIC ON THE NORTHSIDE AND THE SOUTHBOUND ROADS WILL BE. I HEARD THE ATTORNEY SAY YOU CAN'T REPEAL THE PETITION, BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER IS THINK OF SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I

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DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS COMMUNITY BUT IF I HAVE TO LEAVE FOR NOISE POLLUTION AND AIR POLLUTION, I WILL END UP PUTTING UP MY HOUSE FOR SALE AND MOVE, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN PUT UP WITH THAT. PLEASE, RECONSIDER YOUR POSITION ON THIS.

>> TEXT IS TIM BENDER AND JOYCE BRADLEY. IT GOOD EVENING,

WELCOME >> NAME AND ADDRESS?

>> YES, TIM BENDER 9221, CROCKETTE DRIVE, ROWLETT, TEXAS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I APPRECIATE GREATLY ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN STEPPING UP TO BE PART OF OUR CITY. I WILL TELL YOU, MR. THUNDERBIRD ACTED DISINGENUOUSLY, THEY DID NOT ACT WITH TRUTH OR INTEGRITY, WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE NOT ANTIDEVELOPMENT. WE WANT THE LANDOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEY ARE LAND AND PROFIT FROM THAT. WHAT WE'RE ALL AGAINST AND WHAT YOU CON C CONSISTENTLY HEAR IS THAT WE ARE GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS AHEAD OF PLAN ON SALES TAX REVENUE. THERE IS DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT TYPE OF REVENUE TO THE CITY. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WE'RE HEAR AND READY TO PARTICIPATE. WE'RE READY TO BE PART OF A SOLUTION.

WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE UP HERE AND BE THE BUSY BODY GROUP, WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION TO WORK TOGETHER THAT WE CAN JOINTLY FIND THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT TO ADD TAXABLE VALUE TO THE CITY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS HERE. LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR LOTS OF PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE EVERY TIME. PUT US TO WORK.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER. BUT, I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE TO START WITH A STAFF THAT WORKS J GENUINELY THAT HAS TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY. INSIDE OF ALL OF THEIR EMAILS, THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT TO ALL THEY SAY AND DO. THANK YOU.

>> AFTER JOYCE IS KRISTA. >> JOYCE BRADLEY, 1636, TOLLER ROAD. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ROWLETT FOR 30 YEARS AND WATCHED THE CITY GROW. AND I'VE SEEN THE ZONING CHANGES COME AND GO.

I FELT LIKE THE PLAN THAT WE PAID HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DEVELOP WAS GOING TO BE THE PLAN THAT YOU STUCK TO.

NOW I KNOW THIS WAS NOT THE INTENT. YOU CHANGED THE ZONING WHEN WE DON'T WANT IT CHANGED. NO ONE WANTS THIS COMING. YOU HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO REPRESENT US. WHEN THE CITY ATTORNEY TELLS US THE PETITION IS NO GOOD, I UNDERSTAND THAT. HE ALSO SAYS THAT YOU ARE LIABLE. THE CITY WOULD BE LIABLE IF THEY CHANGED THE ZONING. WHAT ABOUT THEIR LIABILITY TO US HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY IS DEVALUED BECAUSE OF A TRUCK STOP IN OUR BACKYARD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

>> KRISTA OSBOURNE. >>

>> KRISTA OSBOURNE, 3114 TOLLER ROAD. AND THESE ARE MY KIDS.

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RECENTLY, JACEY WAS HONORED FOR KEEPING ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL. AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF THE FAMILIES THAT CAME OUT AND ALL OF THE GREEN SPACES THAT ARE IN THE PLAN AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND WE'VE ENJOYED THE GREEN SPACES AND EASEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. AND WE'VE ENJOYED RAISING OUR FAMILY HERE. LIVING ON TOLLER ROAD WE'RE CLOSE TO WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE. I UNDERSTAND THAT MONEY TALKS AND JACKSON SHAW HAS QUITE A LOT OF IT. I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AS JACKSON SHAW BUT I HAVE TWO CHILDREN LIKELY THAT THE END UP AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL AS YOUNG DRIVERS. I DON'T WANT TO BE SUING THE CITY OR JACKSJACKSON WHEN MY CHILD IS KILLED BY A 18-WHEELER PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT FROM THE HIGHWAY. IT IS GOING TO IMPACT US GREATLY. WE LIVE HERE AND WE RELY ON YOU TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR US. AS A VOTING CITIZEN, I ASK THAT YOU DO WHATEVER YOU CAN. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU GOT YOURSELVES IN THIS FINANCIAL PICKLE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT YOU SITTING HERE NOW. WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THE MONEY THAT'S THE RIGHT THING. THUNK THANK YOU. SUSAN, AND THEN TE

TERRY MILLIGAN, ADRIENNE RAY. >> HI, MY NAME IS SUSAN HERRRA, AND I LIVE AT 8205. I GUESS, I'M UP HERE TODAY THEY'VE ALL THREE BROKEN THE ZONING LAWS AND THE SUPREME COURT CASE ON SPOT ZONING IN THE SUBURBS, AND SO, THE COMP PLAN WASN'T CHANGED IN A TIMELY MANNER OR STILL HASN'T BEEN CHANGED ON ANY OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. AND, THEN, TODAY, JUST TO BRING IT DOWN TO A GROUND LEVEL, MY NEIGHBORS NEXT TO ME THAT ARE RETIRED THEY'RE GET AGO HUGE TRENCH PUT IN AND THEIR FENCE IS PULLED BACK LIKE TWO FEET MAY BE, FROM THE BOUNDARY, AND HER BACK LINE ISN'T MARKED, SO, THEY PUT THEY COULDN'T GET OUT OF THEIR GATE, SO, I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE TO FIND OUT WHETHER I WOULD BE ARRESTED IF I WENT OUT THERE AND TRIED TO HELP THEM MOVE THAT STUFF SO THEY CAN OPEN THEIR BACK GATE AND THE POLICE SAID NO, THAT WAS OKAY. SO, I WENT OUT THERE AND THE GENTLEMEN WERE NICE, THEY HELPED US MOVE EVERYTHING OFF OF HER PROPERTY THAT THEY HAD THROWN THERE, BUT IF I HADN'T GONE OUT THERE, NOBODY WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING FOR THEM AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR BACK GATE. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS, I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT COMP PLAN AND ZONING, AND THEN, YOU GET DOWN TO THAT. I MEAN, WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? AND HOW DOES THAT HELP ANYBODY WHEN THE DEVELOPER LOCKS SOMEBODY IN THEIR BACKYARD? CARRY MILLIGAN, HIDDEN VALLEY CIRCLE ROWLETT.

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>> I'VE PEP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY BACKGROUND, I'M A RETIRED CIVIL ENGINEER, AND I'VE WORKED AS CITY ENGINEER FOR SEVERAL CITIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS I'VE WRITTEN ZONING ORDINANCES, AND HAVE GOTTEN VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROCESS. I MOVED HERE 40 YEARS AGO, REALLY DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. AND THEN I REALIZED THAT WE HAVE VERY, VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS THAT I HOPE THAT THE NEW COUNCIL WILL ADDRESS. IT ALL TIES IN TO THE LAND PLANNING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY LAND PLANNING. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. WE HAVE A COMP PLAN, NOBODY FOLLOWS IT. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS REZONING APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED SINCE THE COMP PLAN WAS ADOPTED, THERE'S NO AMENDMENTS POSTED ANYWHERE. YOU LOOK AT THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE 2019 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND COMPARE IT TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT, YOU'LL SEE IT'S IDENTICAL. THERE'S NO CHANGES IN THE COMP PLAN. IT JUST NEVER HAPPENED. SO, HERE WE ARE, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMP PLAN WHEN THEY BUY HOUSES. OR AT LEAST THEY SHOULD. THEY SHOULD LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP, OR AT LEAST THEY SHOULD. YOU LOOK AT THE COMP PLAN AND IT'S NOT CONCURRENT WITH WHAT THE PROPOSED CAMP PLAN HAS.

SOMEBODY'S NOT DOING THEIR JOB. WE ALSO HAVE A ZONING MAP. YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP ONLINE, WHAT DOES IT SAY, COMMERCIAL, PD, PD, PD, PD, THERE'S NO DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THESE PDS ARE, YOU JUST SEE ON THE MAP IT SAYS PDS, THAT VIOLATES YOUR OWN ORDINANCES, IT SAYS YOU MUST POST ON YOUR ZONING MAP ALL OF THE CHANGES, THE PDS, THE PD ORDINANCE NUMBER IT WOULD BE NICE TO PUT THE PD ORDINANCE ONLINE BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT.

WHAT I'M FINDING IS THERE IS NO PLANNING. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT JUST RUBBER STAMPS WHATEVER A DEVELOPER WANTS.

THREES NO PLANNING. WHEN THESE THINGS COME UP THAT DON'T COMPLY WITH THE COMP PLAN, THE FIRST WORDS OUT OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE "THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE COMP PLAN WE RECOMMEND DENIAL". THAT'S THE FIRST WORDS YOU SHOULD SEE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANNING IN ROWLETT. IT IS A HODGEPODGE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE...

>> AGREEIAN RAY AND THEN GOTH EM.

>> AGREEIAN RAY, 6109 SAN MARINO DRIVE. AND I ALSO LIVE IN THE MARINERS COVE SUBDIVISION. AND WE CONSTANTLY DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC WITH JUST TRYING TO GET INTO OUR SUBDIVISION DURING A BUSY DAY. AND IT, UM, IT'S KIND OF DISAPPOINTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MESSAGE RECEIVED HERE TONIGHT TO ME AND THE FELLOW HOMEOWNERS, THAT THE LAND DEVELOPERS, ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE 60% OF REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND. OUR LEGAL COUNSEL SHARED THE DIFFERENT POINTS OR FIGURED OUT HOW HE CAN'T ACCEPT THE PETITION. AND THE REASONS WHY WE SHOULDN'T, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, FOCUS THOSE SAME EFFORTS ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MITIGATE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR GETTING OUT OF THIS AND SHOWING THE HOMEOWNERS IN THAT AREA THAT THEY'RE JUST AS

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IMPORTANT AS A TRUCK STOP COMING TO AN ENTER SECTION THAT'S ALREADY A PROBLEM PORTION FOR THE CITY. MY VOICE WAS FILLED WITH PASSION ABOUT THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND COMING HERE AND HEARING ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOW IT'S FILLED WITH DISAPPOINTMENT. IN CLOSING, AGAIN, LET'S GET OUR LEGAL TEAM TO FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD GET OUT OF THIS.

THE SAME WAY WE FIGURED OUT HOW WE COULDN'T ACCEPT THE PETITION, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO MITIGATE THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE HOMEOWNERS WILL SUFFER AND THE CITY WILL SUFFER AND THE GENERAL FUND SHOWING 60% OF REVENUE COMING FROM PROPERTY TAXES, THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE.

>> >> 9005 HOMESTEAD BOULEVARD, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING UP HERE, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GUYS EVEN LISTEN, YOU REALLY DIDN'T LISTEN TO US LAST TIME, ESPECIALLY YOU, MATT, WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD, DUDE?

>> ANYWAYS. WE VOICED OUR OPPOSITION, YOU DIDN'T LISTEN, YOU DIDN'T CARE, AND YOU APPROVED IT ANYWAYS. I REALLY HOPE THAT THE NEW CITY COUNCIL TAKES NOTE, WE'RE HERE DO YOU SEE THAT CAMERA BACK THERE, WORD'S GOING TO SPREAD AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD. WE NEED TO GET A WAY OUT OF THIS.

AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE A NEW WAY TO PUT UP A PETITION SO THAT WE COULD GET OUT OF IT IN A LEGAL WAY. YOU'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY, IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP SPREADING, GUYS, UNTIL WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE ROWLETT RESIDENT IN HERE TELLING YOU THAT YOU GUYS REALLY MESSED UP. SO, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS, YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO GET SUED BY US OR JACKSON SHAW, WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE, YOU'RE FEEING TO GET SUED, THERE'S GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTIONS, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS? THANK

YOU. (APPLAUSE). >> ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO EMAILS CITIZEN INPUT. FIRST ONE IS FROM IS THERE SOMETHING

THAT I MISSED? >> NO?

>> YEAH, FIRST ONE IS FROM ANITA LOPEZ. QUOTE, I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THIS, THE TRAFFIC IN ROWLETT IS HORRIBLE NOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AS WE GROW. SO MANY OF OUR STREETS NEED TO BE WORKED ON NOW AND THEY JUST GET PATCHED UP AND NEVER FULLY REPAVED, A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT WILL ONLY ADD TO THE PROBLEM.

TRUCKS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS WILL DESTROY OUR ROADS AND ADD TO.

PLEASE KNOW A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, KENT ROSS, I AGAIN WANT TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING TO ALLOW THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, PLEASE RESCIND THIS REZONING. JODY YOUNG, I'M FOR THE WAREHOUSES IN ROWLETT, THE PEOPLE AGAINST IT ARE MAINLY THE ONE THAT IS LIVE IN HOMESTEAD, THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT MORE TRAFFIC BUT ARE ALSO THE RUDE PEOPLE THAT THINK THE FOUR-WAY STOP SIGN IS AN INNDY CAR RACE BOUIN LIBERTY GROVE.

MOST OF THE TIME THEY DON'T EVEN COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. SUE SUMMER, FIRST, LIBERTY GROVE HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF ACCIDENTS AND IS CONSTANTLY BACKED UP, AS YOU KNOW IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE PRESENT TRAFFIC ROAD. NEXT, WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN 66 YOU SEE NUMEROUS BUILDINGS AND STILL NO NEW BUSINESSES GOING IN.

MUCH LIKE THE LAKE PROJECT WHICH IS EVER CHANGING, THIS WAS NOT BROUGHT UP FOR PUBLIC VOTE. I REALIZE NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE PUT UP FOR CITY WIDE VOTE. ALL OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES HAVE GONE UP, BUT PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE SUCH AS WIDENING LIBERTY

GROVE. >> JUDY. IN NO WAY WOULD THIS IMPROVE ANYTHING FOR THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. LARGE TRACTOR TRAILERS 24 HOURS ADAY WILL BE A NIGHTMARE. THE ONLY ACCESS TO MANY MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, PLEASE CONSIDER RESCINDING THIS REZONING APPROVAL AND DO NOT APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT SDMRCHLT BRUCE AND BRENDA BREZELLE MY WIFE AND I ARE OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT IN ROWLETT. THERE ARE WAREHOUSES

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IN ARLINGTON, HUTCHINS, DESOTO AND LANCASTER TO NAME A FEW CITIES IN THE METROPLEX. IF WE WANTED TO LIVE IN. OUR ROADS ARE CRUMBLING, LIVE MONSTEROUS APARTMENT COMPLEXING LUNCHING UP OUT OF THE GROUND, EVERYWHERE WE LOOK, HIDEOUS APARTMENT COMPLEXES ON LAKE HUBBARD AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT LEADERS ARE NOT ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF CLOGGING OUR COLLAPSING ROAD WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC AND ANOTHER EYESORE. IT IS MANDATORY TO SUBVERT YOUR COMMENTS, SINCE YOU HAVE BECOME ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL, WE DEMAND THAT THE CITY OF ROWLETT ACT ON THE INTEREST OF TAX PAYING RESIDENTS AND QUIT. GILBERT AND SUE, WE'RE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT PETITION.

THE LANES ARE NARROW AND A LARGE AREA WOULD NOT FIT. HAVING A LARGE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT CLOSE BY WILL DRIVE OUR PROPERTY DOWN AND WE WERE ATTRACTED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S QUIET FOR THE MOST PART. IF THIS WAREHOUSE DISTRICT HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TO BUY A HOME LAST YEAR, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IN OUR OPINION, THIS WAREHOUSE DISTRICT WILL DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY NOT ATTRACT THEM TO THIS AREA. DURING LATE AFTERNOON THE TRAFFIC NOISE ON BUSH IS LOUD AND THIS WOULD INCREASE THE NOISE MORE. AT RUSH HOUR, THE EXISTING TRAFFIC ON LIBERTY GROVE IS BACKING UP AT LEAST A MILE CREATING A HAZARD. IT TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES TO GET TO THE TURN. THE LARGE TRUCKS WOULD MAKE THIS PROBLEM EVEN WORSE. WE DON'T THINK THAT THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE ARE SET UP FOUR TRUCK STOPS. ALSO THE ENTRANCES, EXITS AND SIDE ROADS ARE NOT CONSTRUCTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE TURNING LANES. MARISSA AND CHAD PAIRRY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AND HUSBAND'S NAME TO THE PETITION.

>> JOHN KILLINGS WORTH, I MOVED TO ROWLETT TWO YEARS AGO, I'VE BEEN A PART OF ROWLETT DATING BACK TO THE 80S, JIVE WATCH IT HAD DRAY, WATCHED CHANGES, SOME GOOD SOME BAD I CHOOSE TO MOVE HERE OUT TO HOMESTEAD BECAUSE IT WAS QUIET, IT WAS DIFFERENT, KIDS PLAYING IN THE STREETS. I CAME FROM GARLAND WHERE THERE ARE TONS OF THESE WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS. WE'RE TALKING 24/7 TRUCK TRAFFIC. I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMISED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, OUR ALREADY OVERLOADED STREETS AND ENTER EX SECTIONS AND NOISE. THE COMMUNITY HAS MADE. I HAVE SEEN BLATANT DISRECORD DISREGARD FOR THE WANTS OF THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN AND NOT JUST THE PEOPLE SET TO MAKE A TON OF MONEY OFF OF THIS. DO NOT LET THIS GO THROUGH, WE DO NOT WANT THIS WAREHOUSE, THE SIGNATURES ON THE PETITION TELL THE STORY.

JAMES ANDREW STEELE, I OPPOSE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE LIBERTY

GROVE AND MUDDY CREEK. >> GRANT, WE'RE WRITING TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE RECENT REZONING OF THE 170 ACRES ALONG PGPT. THE REZONING WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN OUR ABILITY TO TRAVEL INTO OTHER AREAS OF NORTHERN ROWLETT WHICH WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. FROM THE LARGE NUMBER OF POSTINGS ON FACEBOOK AND NEXT DOOR, THE OPPOSITION IS STRONG IT SEEMS THIS OPPOSITION HAS BEEN LARGELY IGNORED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS COMMUNICATION AS SUPPORT FOR RESIGNING THE REZONING APPROVAL ON THE MAY 17TH, CITY COUNCIL

AGENDA. >> JAMES E SPENCER I'M WRITING TO MAKE MY VOICE HEARD IN DISAPPROVAL OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT DISTRICT. HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THE ALREADY LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON THE TOLLWAY IN OUR CITY, CARS ARE ONE THING, SEMIS ARE ANOTHER, WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY TO DEVELOP SOME GREAT IN OUR CITY. DO YOU REALLY WANT A SITE LIKE GARLAND? COURT ANY HUBBARD, I'M WRITING TO SUPPORT THE PETITION NOT TO BRING WAREHOUSE TOSS ROWLETT. THE OPPOSITION OF THE WAREHOUSE

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TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE MAY 17TH MEETING, I'M ENUNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING BUT WANT THE MY VOICE TO BE HEARD. PLEASE BRING MORE SUSTAINABLE, PROFESSIONAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO ROWLETT THAT WILL BE LESS IMPACTFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE OF THE CITIZENS. LEE KENNIMER, I'M VERY MUCH OPPOSED

TO THIS PETITION. >> WE HAVE STRONG OPPOSITION IN THE BUILDING OF WAREHOUSES PROPOSED, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE US AS CITIZENS OF A COMMUNITY AND HEAR US. PLEASE ALSO LET US KNOW THE PROS OF HAVING WAREHOUSES, I'VE HEARD ZERO

POSITIVE THINGS REGARDING THIS. >> JIM GREEN, I'M IN FAVOR OF

THE PROPOSED WAREHOUSES. >> SURE. GREG DUNCAN. I'D LIKE TO GO ON RECORD AS A YES VOTE FOR THE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT ALONG 190 IN ROWLETT, I BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOMESTEAD NEIGHBORHOOD ARE USING FEAR TO INFLUENCE OTHERS INTO OPPOSING THE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT.

>> FOR JENNY POOL, PLEASE ADD MY NAME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RESCIND APPROVAL TO BUILD WAREHOUSES WHICH IS ON THE MAY 17TH AGENDA, I DON'T WANT A WAREHOUSE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS. I'M TOTALLY AGAINST BUILDING OR BRINGING WAREHOUSES TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT. NOLAN BAILEY, NO WAREHOUSES AND NO MORE APARTMENTS. THE CITY NEEDS INCOME PRODUCING BUSINESSES NOT TEMPORARY CITIZENS.

>> JEAN AND GLORIA BARNS, WE MISSED THE PETITION AGAINST THE BUILDING OF WAREHOUSE IN ROWLETT, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON RAHRD THAT WE'RE AGAINST THIS FOR OUR CITY. JAMES AND TRACEY SELLERS, WE'RE SUBMITTING OUR OPINIONS FOR THE MAY 17TH MEETING. WE ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF HAVING A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS RIGHTFULLY SPEAKING OUT ON THIS ISSUE. WE'RE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT AND IT'S UNDUE BURDEN ON OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. IN OUR CITY OVER THE PAST YEARS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN GRID LOCK TRAFFIC RESULTING FROM RAPID ADDITIONS. IT'S TIME TO PAUSE AND THINK AHEAD TO PLAN CAREFULLY. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO RESCIND THE PREVIOUS DECISION REGARDING THE REZONING FOR THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT. ROWLETTS ALLOWING WAREHOUSES TO BE BUILT IN OUR SMALL CITY, VOTE KNOW ON WAREHOUSES.

>> REZONING APPROVAL WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED IN YOUR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 17TH, 2022, I OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THE NORTH SHORE AREA PLEASE CONSIDER RESCINDING THE DECISION TO ZONE THIS AREA AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL RETAIL. MICHAEL LA PRONG I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE AREA CAPTURED THE LIBERTY GROVE INTO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE AREA, I LIVE AT THE FAR EASTERN END OF THE AREA AND AS FAR AS WAY AS WE ARE, CHANGING THE MUDDY CREEK AREA INTO LIGHT COMMERCIAL WILL EXASPERATE THE POLLUTION TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT. I GUARANTY YOU, IF ANY MEMBER LIVED IN OR AROUND. PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF THE CITIZENS, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE VOTING ON ON THE PRESENTATION OR AN ISSUE THAT YOU YOURSELF WOULD NOT CONDONE IF YOU HAD TO LIVE IN THE FALLOUT OF THE CONDITION EVERYDAY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH ZONING CHANGE AND PERSON BEFORE THE COUNCIL. PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS NOW AND DO NOT LET THIS BE ANOTHER APARTMENT DEBACLE. TAMMY LANCASTER, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RAISED TWO BOYS IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1999. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS

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MY PROACTIVE TO OUR PURSUIT OF THE PROGRESS THAT WHICH DESIRE AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO TURN DOWN THE PROGRESS THAT WE DO

NOT. >> FRANCIS, PLEASE REGISTRATION TERRE MY VOTE, NO NO NO TO THE POSSIBLY DEVELOPMENT OF WAREHOUSES IN THE VICINITY OF LIBERTY GROVE AND MERIT GROVE.

SUSAN WATKINS. IN JANUARY THERE WAS A PACKED HOUSE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, CITIZENS SPOKE AND EMAILS WERE RED IN OPPOSITION OF THE AIR HOUSE PROPOSAL. THE CITY PROCEEDED WITH ALLOWING JACKSON SHAW SO CONDUCT SO CALLED PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS TO CONDUCT THE THESE WERE A PRESENTATION BY THE DEVELOPER. UNTIL THE THIRD MEETING WHEN MANY CITIZENS HAD ENOUGH OF THE SHADOW DEALINGS. THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ALL LEFT.

BECAUSE THEY EITHER DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS OR WOULDN'T OR COULDN'T GIVE THEM. IN APRIL, CITIZENS PACKED THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH SUPPORTED FACTS AND DATA, YET YOU VOTED TO GO ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, POINTING OUT THAT P & Z VOTED TO DENY IT. THERE'S NOT ONE THAT MENTIONED. PAGE 47 OF THE PLAN SHOWS FUTURE LAND USE FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COLOR CODED FOR THE WEST OF LAKE VIEW PARKWAY. PAGE 32 OF THE PLAN STATES CLEARLY THAT 76.9 PERCENT IS STILL APPROPRIATE FOR THE FUTURE, THE VISION IS DEFINED AS MAJOR EMPLOYMENT HUB WITH A MIX OF OFFICE COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S NO MENTION OF WAREHOUSE OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. MOST RECENTLY A PETITION WAS CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT ROWLETT WITH MORE THAN 900 NAMES ON IT, MORE THAN NECESSARY TO BE RELEVANT, OPPOSING THIS WAREHOUSE COMPLEX BUT YOU'VE FOUND AS TO TOSS IT

OUT ON TECHNICALITIES. >> SUE AND RICHARD ROBIOWITZ, THIS LETTER DATED MAY 15TH, 2022, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING YOU HONOR THE QUESTION OF THE PETITION TO YOU BY THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. THE ZONING CHANGE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DID NOT FOLLOW THE DECISION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT COMMISSION. RECENTLY HELD HEARINGS ON SIMILAR WAREHOUSE PROJECTS, THE OTHER CITIES HAVE DECLINED THEM. THE LISTEN TO THEIR RESIDENTS' KERBS AND MADE THE RIGHT AT THE SIGNIFICANTSES TO DECLINE THESE KINDS OF DEPOTS TO BE INTO THEIR CITIES. PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF PROPERTY TO CITIZENS. AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN THE PARK IT IS. CITIZENS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MORE. WITH THE SIGNIFICANT PETITION PRESENTED TO YOU IN OPPOSITION, ALONG WITH THE NUMEROUS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS BEFORE YOU ON APRIL 5TH, 2022, OUTLINING THE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS THIS PROJECT BRINGS. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS AND REVERSE THE ZONING MADE APRIL 5TH.

>> THE PURPOSE OF THIS E-MAIL IS TO VOICE OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAS NOT GIVEN THE RESIDENTS ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OPINIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT, EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE SOAKS IGNORE IT HAD THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. AS IT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED. THE VOLUME OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON LIBERTY GROVE, MERIT ROAD WOULD BE ASTRONOMICAL. THIS WOULD RESULT IN TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND ACCIDENTS. WHY WOULD POTENTIAL NEW RESIDENTS TO OUR CITY WANT TO LIVE NEAR A WAREHOUSE? THE HOME HOMESTEAD NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD NO LONGER BE DESIRABLE TO LIVE. IN CLOSING PLEASE RECONSIDER MOVING FORWARD WITH BUILDING OF THESE

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WAREHOUSES AND LISTEN TO THE CITY RESIDENTS.

>> ROBERT VERNON, I'M OPPOSED THE REZONING APPROVAL THAT WILL ALLOW THE WAREHOUSES TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

>> BRANDON CROUL ONE OF THE WRENS WE TURNED THE CITY COUNCIL UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE WE WERE TIRED OF THE ITEMS APPROVED IN SPITE OF OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION. THE REZONING APPROVED IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT TO GREEN LIGHT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PRECISELY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE OKAY KNOWLEDGED THE OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION BY REJECTING THAT OUT RIGHT. I'M NOT ANTIGROWTH HOWEVER WE NEED TO BE SELECTIVE ON HOW WE USE THE REMAINING UNDEVELOPED LAND WE HAVE LEFT.

I REMEMBER PARTICIPATING IN AN EVENT AT CITY HALL ON HOW WE WANTED ROWLETT TO HANDLE THE PROBLEMS. I'VE SEEN LITTLE IN THE WAY OF THAT INPUT VALUED BY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. LINDA MORO, I'M WRITING TO ADDRESS THE CITIZEN PETITION ON THE WAREHOUSE ZONING FOR THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND REQUESTING THAT YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS THAT YOU REPRESENT AS THEY DID FLOWERMOUND AND FOREN. THE NOISE IS A HUGE CONCERN AND AFFECTS OUR DAILY LIVES. THIS WAREHOUSE WILL INCREASE AND DISTURB THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. PLEASE REVERSE THE ZONING DECISION MADE ON APRIL 5TH.

>> WORE HOUSE ZONES PETITION. THE ROWLETT PLANNING AND ZONING DO NOT RECOMMEND THE WAREHOUSE. THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT CAME IN A STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD TO SHOW CONCERNS AND IT WAS STILL APPROVED ON APRIL 5TH. PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO DECLINE THE WAREHOUSE. THE NOISE FROM THE HIGHWAY HAS ALREADY NEGATIVELY IMPACTED OUR LIVES, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING.

PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR ORIGINAL VOTE AND REVERSE THE DECISION YOU MADE FOR THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT. JACOB STOLLER, I SAID THIS A MONTH AGO AND I'LL SAY THIS AGAIN. LOWEST DOLLAR PER ACRE, WORST AESTHETICS ARE, WORSE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS BORDERING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. CITY COUNCIL'S JOB IS TO RECRUIT AND ATTRACT THE RIGHT BUSINESSES TO OUR AREA NOT TAKE THE LEAST PATH TO RESISTANCE GETTING OVER IT. ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN APRIL WAS THIS LAND HAS BEEN FOR SALE FOREVER YET THE CITY IS WILLING TO LOSE TAX DOLLARS VERSUS BUYING THE ONE ACRE NEEDED TO ANCHOR A SHOPPING AREA IN THE SAME PLACE, I THINK THAT THE TAX PAYERS WOULD ALL AGREE BUYING THAT ACRE OF LAND IS THE BEST. THE CITY NEEDS TO CREATE IT'S IDENTITY AND CAN NOT BUILD A $1 MILLION ON THE LAKE AND ON THE OTHER SIDE CREATE A WAREHOUSE. WE HAVE NO SPACE FOR THE ISLAND SHOPPING AREA, OR MAY BE SOMETHING LEGACY WEST LIKE. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE 30

MINUTES FOR A DATE NIGHT. >> BILL CORNELL. I LIVE AT HOMESTEAD, AND I'M WRITING TO OPPOSE THE. SURELY YOU COULD SEE THE CITIZENS OF ROWLETT, ONCE THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS PROPOSAL OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSE IT. CONCERNED CITIZENS VOICED THEIR OPINION AT THE APRIL 5TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING BUT THAT COUNCIL SEEMED TO BE UNINTERESTED IN WHAT WE HAD SO SAY. I ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE CITIZENS SAID AND ACT ACCORDINGLY TO THIS MATTER. CONCERNED ENOUGH TO TAKE THEIR TIME TO READ AND SIGN A PETITION THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES AS TO HOW THE CITIZENS FEEL. FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OUR MAYOR. LYNN NAGERA.

THE PURPOSE ON THIS IS TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION. THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT PETITION WAS SUBMITTED AT THE MAY 17TH AGENDA MEETING AND I ISSUE WITH TO SUPPORT THAT PETITION. PLEASE ADDRESS SUPPORTING BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA SUCH AS MEGA FUELLING STATIONS, AND OTHER BUSINESSES SUPPORTING THE TRUCKING BUSINESS. I WONDER IF YOU TRULY CONSIDERED THE IMPACT A DEVELOPMENT SUCH SE A THIS WILL HAVE IN THE CITY, HAVE THE

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FOLLOWING CONDITIONS BEEN CONSIDERED, NOISE, POLLUTION, TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, INCREASE IN EXHAUST. HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE ADDED TO SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC AND TRIFECTA RELATED ACTIVITY, HAVE YOU DONE A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR OR ANY OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY.

HAVE YOU KNOCKED ON THE DOORS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT. I ASK YOU NOT TO ALLOW THIS PROPOSED WAREHOUSE DISTRICT TO BE BUILT IN OUR LOVELY NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M WRITING IN TO EXPRESS MY EXTREME DISGUST WITH THE COUNCIL. I WAS ONE OF MANY SPOKE SPEAK LAST MONTH. YOU ARE CLEARLY NOT SPEAKING FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS WRONG. ANY FUTURE USE OF THIS LAND SHOULD STAY CLOSELY TO THE MIXED USE DESIGN THAT'S BEEN

IN PLACE CLOSELY. >> I'VE BEEN A ROWLETT RESIDENT SINCE 1995. I'VE SERVED THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF MA THAT BROWN TO OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. MARSHA IS WISE, FAIR, BRAVE AND INSIGHTFUL. SHE TAUGHT ME MANY IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT MANAGEMENT AND FAITH, ALTHOUGH THESE TWO IDEAS, MANAGEMENT AND FAITH MAW NOT BE OBVIOUS COMPANIONS OF MARTHA BROWN COMPASSION FOR ALL PEOPLE. SHE UNDERSTANDING THE FUND MENTAL, GOVERNMENTAL TENANTS OF THE DUE PROCESS IN THE COURT SYSTEM AND ENGAGING THE WORK OF THE UNDERSTANDING DUE PROCESS WITH INTEGRITY AND DUE DILIGENCE. I CAN REPORT THAT AT ALL TIMES SHE'S HELD DEEP COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. MARTHA BROWN EXCELLED IN CIVIC LEADERSHIPMENT THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU TOOK TO HARDLINE WHERE IT WAS NEEDED THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND HONORABLE CONDUCT, I FOR ONE AM GRATEFUL FOR HAVING MET YOU AND JOURNEYED WITH YOU THIS PAST SIX YEARS. YOU'RE DEEP WISDOM AND FAITH ARE AN INSPIRATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MARTHA BROWN, YOU'VE BEEN A TREASURE WITHIN OUR MIDST.

>> I LIVE IN WATER VIEW WITH MY HUSBAND AND 7-YEAR-OLD SON WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR SIX YEARS AND LOVED RAISING OUR SON IN THIS COMMUNITY, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE OPPOSED TO THE JACKSON SHAW PROJECT AND HERE'S WHY. THIS PROJECT WILL AFFECT SEEKING A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ISOLATED FROM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

CRIME IS APPARENT. WITH THE KOECHLT OF THE JACKSON SHAW WAREHOUSES THIS WILL NO LONGER BE THE CASE. HOW COULD A PARENT FEEL SAFE KNOWING THAT JUST A FEW MILES AWAY 18 WHEELERS ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE AREA? INDUSTRIAL PARK WOULD BE DANGEROUS, IF I WANTED TO LIVE NEAR WAREHOUSES I WOULD LIVE OFF OF 30, 20 ARE O 35 IN SOUTH DALLAS. NOISE, AIR POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION, HOW COULD THIS BE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. TO CLOSE, THE PRESENCE OF SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS WOULD PROVIDE A BOOST IN VALUE AND BRING BUYER TO THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THIS WOULD ATTRACT RESIDENTS WILLING TO PAY HIGHER PRICES FOR PROPERTIES. AFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE KRIS RE RESIDENTS, CAUSE MAJOR TRAFFIC ISSUES AND POLLUTE OUR BEAUTIFUL SKY WITH UNWANT THE LIGHTS ALL NIGHT LONG. THIS WAREHOUSE WILL HINDER THE GROWTH OF ROWLETT IF PASSED. LET'S MAKE ROWLETT A DESTINATION WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO VISIT NOT WHERE RESIDENTS WANT TO LEAVE.

>> BILL WRIGHT, IN A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING ALL BUT ONE VOTED TO CHANGE THE ZONING FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE WAREHOUSE. THERE WAS A STANDING ROOM ONLY AUDIENCE ON THE REQUEST THAT AUDIENCE SHOULD BE A CLEARLY LOUD. THAT HAS NOT CHANGED IN THE WEEK SINCE THAT MISTAKE WAS MADE, SURELY THERE MISTAKE WILL NOT BE REPEATED. AT THAT TIME MY QUESTION WAS WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ALL OF THE REASONS NOT TO ALOWLY THE

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USE OF THIS LAND. PLEASE DON'T LEND YOUR NAME TO ANOTHER

MISTAKE. >> THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE SO MUCH TRAFFIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND NOISE AND WE JUST MOVED HERE BECAUSE ROWLETT IS A BEAUTIFUL TOWN WITH AMAZING PEOPLE. WE ROAD FROM THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THIS IS GOING TO BE SO UGLY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT THROUGH SEMIS TO GET HOME TO THE KIDS AT NIGHT.

AND THEN AT NIGHT WE'LL WAKE UP TO CONSTANT ENGINE BRAKING. I WORK IN A WAREHOUSE AND KNOW WHAT COMES WITH HAVING ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CONSTANT NOISE, EVEN IF THEY SAY THEY WILL HAVE A SCHEDULE, IT'S NEVER ON TIME, YOU COULD HAVE TRUCKS LATE AT NIGHT LOADED AND UNLOADED FOR THE NEXT DAY. THE TRAFFIC WILL BE BAD AND WE HAVE A DAY CARE, AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALONG WITH THE SOCCER FIELDS. ALL THAT TRAFFIC WILL WREAK HAVOC NOT AREA. PLEASE LISTEN TO OUR PLEA, WE LIVE IN THE AREA, I'M SURE THAT YOU COULD FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO

BENEFIT THE CITY OF ROWLETT. >> JOSE SOTO, I'M OPPOSED TO THE REZONING. CHRIS STINGER IN THE LIGHT OF ALL THE NAMES OBJECT THE PETITION, I FEEL THE NEED TO STILL SEND AN E-MAIL IN REGARDS TO MY VOTE AGAINST THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT AND TRUCKING BEING CHOSEN. I LIVE IN THE WATER VIEW COMMUNITY AND THIS IS UNDESIRED CONSTRUCTION IN THE SITE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS PLAN SHOULD NOT BASS. MY HUSBAND AND I LIVED IN ROWLETT SHINS 1986 I BLEU WE SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN THE DECISIONS MADE IN OUR AREA. I FEEL THE CITY SHOULD RESCIND THE ZONING APPROVAL AND AT THE VERY LEAST ALLOW CITIZENS TO APPROVE WETHER OR NOT THEY WANT THIS. ROWLETT SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY TO DEVELOP THE MASTER PLAN. UNRAVELLING OF ROWLETT'S VOTER APPROVED FUTURE DESIGN PLANS. RESIDENTS OF HOMESTEAD PURCHASED THEIR HOMES BELIEVING THAT THE ROWLETT MASTER PLAN MEANT SOMETHING REAL NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN CHANGED WITHOUT CITIZEN INPUT. ROWLETT SITS WERE SOLD A BILL OF GOODS AND WHAT WAS DELIVERED WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT. THIS LED TO A BAD TASTE IN OUR MOUTHS AND.

>> I HOPE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RESEND THE VOTE TO REZONE THAT LAND FROM COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND MANY CHANGES SHOULD BE PUT TO A VOTE BY THE CITIZENS AND A Q&A SESSION SO CITIZENS CAN ASCERTAIN THE DRAWBACKS OF THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ROWLETT A CITY THAT THE CITIZENS WANT. STUDENT JENNIFER CASTRO THIS EMAIL SERVE AS A VOICE FOR THE MEETING AND TODAY'S AGENDA I ASK YOU A SET RESEND THE ZONING APPROVAL AS ADDITIONAL BUSINESS MOVES INTO HER NEIGHBORHOOD I PURCHASEDMY HOME TWO YEARS AGO IN HOPES OF RAISING MY CHILDREN THERE AND THIS WILL BE A ? AND THIS IS THE REASON MY HUSBAND I HAVE CHOSEN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AS OUR HOME RISK YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DECISION THAT YOU WILL BE MAKING AND PROTECT THE FAMILIES AND RESEND THE APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING.

>> I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S SESSION A PERSON BUT WISH TO EPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE SAT EMPTY AND MARKETED AND SOLD OFF AND THE DETAILS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED PRESUMABLY NORTH I PRESUME THEY DID NOT ACT IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT ELECTION HOPEFULLY REFLECT THIS BELIEF WITH THE DEFEAT OF THE VICTORY HAVE THEY MUST BE BETTER OPTIONS THAT WILL AMEND THESE JOBS TO THIS LOCATION WITHOUT NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THE NEARBY RESIDENTS THE REASON FOR THE CURRENT ZONING PLAN AND APPROVED MASTER PLAN FOR THE

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AREA I ASK YOU TO PROCEED IN A DIFFERENT PATH FOR THE FUTURE. SOON MY HUSBAND AND I ARE NOT FAVOR THE WAREHOUSE TO BE BUILT WITH BAD ENOUGH WE HAVE A LANDFILL AND TONS OF TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE AREA. ? CONSTANTLY BUILDING THE CITY TO BE MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO THE CITIZENS MEANWHILE ALL THEY WANT TO BUILD? GIGANTIC WAREHOUSE WHY DON'T YOU BUILD A TRADER JOE'S OR A NICE SHOPPING CENTER AND WE HAVE A NICE QUIET LIFESTYLE YOU ALL WANT TO BUILD BUSINESS WAREHOUSE SEE YOU HAVE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. AND WE DO NOT WANT THAT WAREHOUSE INFILTRATED AND EVERY 15 MINUTES A PERSON IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED BY A TRACTOR-TRAILER OR BIG RIGS OR SEMI TRUCKS 500,000 OCCUR WITH 500,000 PER YEAR RESULTING IN DEATH AND IN 2008 ? LARGE TRUCKS AND BUSES WERE INVOLVED IN NONFATAL CRASHES 49,000 LARGE TRUCKS AND 7123 WERE INVOLVED IN INJURY CRASHES 2006 900 TRUCKS AND ? HAZMAT CRASHES TO SIX PERCENT HAPPEN IN RURAL REGIONS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL FATAL ACCIDENTS OCCURRED DURING THE DAY AT 80 PERCENT ON WEEKENDS A MAJORITY OF THE LARGE TRUCK CRASHES OCCUR WHEN THE WEATHER IS LEAR 71 PERCENT LARGE TRUCKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE CRASH THAN PASSENGER VEHICLES AND HIGHWAY SAFETY NOSA CRASH INVOLVING LARGE TRUCKS 90 PERCENT OF FATALITIES OCCUR AND 25 PERCENT OF TRACTOR-TRAILER FATALITIES ARE CAUSED BY TRUCK DRIVER SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE PRIOR SPEEDING CONVICTION FATAL CRASHES CONTINUED TO INCREASE DUE TO DRIVER FATIGUE UNSAFE OR CARELESS DRIVING OF A VEHICLE, IMPROPER LOADING OR POOR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF TRUCK DEFECTS OR PROBLEMS THE TIRES OR WILLS, BREAK RELATED CRASHES, DEFECTIVE STEERING WHEELS, ? TRUCK DRIVERS KILLED EACH YEAR AND 3700 PASSENGERS ARE KILLED IN COLLISIONS WITH HEAVY TRUCKS.

I DID THAT LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. WILLIAM AND JENNIFER WILSON I AM WRITING TO OPPOSE THE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT PLAN MY FAMILY HAS RECENTLY ROOSTER ROWLETT FOR MURPHY WE CHOSE ROWLETT FOR THE SMALL TOWN FEEL AND QUITE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THAT IS IT WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS AND WE WILL

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

BE MOVING ON THESE WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION COUNSEL DID NOT PUT ANY ITEMS FOR ? SO CAN YOU READ THE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD? ESTIMATE CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES 7B CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONTRACT RENEWAL AND 7C CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF INJECTION SERVICES CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WORKSTATIONS AND CONSIDER ACTION APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS FOR

DEBRIS REMOVAL SERVICES. >> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ? >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS READ.

>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BILL.LL OF THOSE IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM'S COUNSEL? SEEING THEN, WE WILL CALL THE VOTE.

[8A. Conduct a public hearing and take action to approve a Special Use Permit for property owners Shelly Bland and Patrick Boux, allowing the construction of an accessory structure covering more than 35 percent of the rear yard, and to amend the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map of the City of Rowlett for a 0.17 +/- acre site located at 8110 Columbia Drive, in the City of Rowlett, Rockwall County, Texas.]

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>> THAT PASSES SEVEN, ZERO. OUR NEXT ITEM IS INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY OWNER ? ALLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRUCTURE RECOVERY 35 PERCENT OF THEIR REAR YARD AND PLANNING AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT 4.0 17 810 COLUMBIA DRIVE IN ROWLETT COUNTY TEXAS AND THIS WILL BE ALEX SPENT GOOD EVENING NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CONTINUING COUNCIL MEMBERS I WILL GO THROUGH THIS FOR YOU. SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT COVERING 35 PERCENT OF THE YARD I WILL POINT OUT THE PROPERTY THERE IS OUTLINED IN RED ON THAT DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT LOCATED AND THIS INTENDED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT A MINIMUM LOT AREA OF 8000 SQUARE FEET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS A FORMAL ZONING ACTION ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC REVIEW AND EVALUATION INTENDED TO MATURE THOSE USERS WILL NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT ON INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION OR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SECTION 77 303 DOES DISCUSS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES SIZE AND NUMBER AND THEY ARE PERMITTED TO COVER 35 PERCENT OF THE YARD WHERE THE MAXIMUM OF WHAT IS PERMITTED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT WHICHEVER IS LESS FOR THE SFA SUBJECT PROPERTIES LOCATED THAT IS 45 PERCENT THE EXISTING REAR LOT COVERAGE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT IS 80 PERCENT THERE IS A PATIO THAT IS THERE.

AND THE PROPOSED PATIO COVER WILL BE PLACED OVER THAT PATIO THEREFORE THE LOT COVERAGE WOULD NOT BE INCREASED ALSO NOTE LIABLE GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES AND THIS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT WOULD INCREASE AND THE LOT THAT IS NOT COVERED AND THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE 12 FEET HIGH AND 25 FEET AND THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE WOULD MAINTAIN EXISTING ? THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE STRUCTURES NOT ANTICIPATED THIS WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY OF THIS TRACK AND SHOULD THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND IN THE GUTTERS TO BE INSTALLED IN REGARD TO THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL WE SENT OUT 200 FOOT NOTICES PER STATE LAW THERE WERE 16 OF THOSE NOTICES SENT OUT AND WITHIN THE 500 FOOT NOTICE AS A COURTESY NOTICE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT CO. THERE WERE 42 NOTICES SENT OUT WITHIN THE 200 FOOT.

THERE WERE TWO RESPONSES RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IS RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND THE RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM ANYONE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AGAIN FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AS INDICATED WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD INSTALL BETTER RUN OFF AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BACK ON APRIL 26 THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID MAKE A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION IN FAVOR OF BUSINESS. WITH THAT I WILL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WAS HER QUESTION? NO? WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE IT, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES COME FORWARD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD PLEASE DO SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

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>> ALAN. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> 7406 SILVERTHORNE STRICTLY THEY ASKED ME QUESTIONS ? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BURTON.

>> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND THAT.

LET'S CALL THE VOTE. >> THAT PASSES 7-0 AND LET'S GO

[8B. Conduct a public hearing and take action to approve an ordinance granting a zoning change for the Crawford Trust, Marilyn Wyrick Ingram, and Phyllis Wyrick Patterson, to rezone the subject property from General Commercial/Retail (C-2), General Manufacturing (M-2) District, and General Manufacturing (M-2)/Industrial Overlay (IO) to Planned Development (PD) District for General Manufacturing (M-2) Uses and approval of a Concept Plan to construct approximately 364,500 square feet of office/industrial space; and to amend the Comprehensive Plan Zoning Map of the City of Rowlett for a 24.5 +/- acre site located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Dexham Road and Lakeview Parkway, situated in the Reason Crist Survey, Abstract Number 225, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

TO THE NEXT ITEM CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CRAWFORD TRUST ? MARILYN GREG INGRAM AND TO RESULT FROM GENERAL RETAIL, GENERAL MANUFACTURING INTERDISTRICT AND INTO ADDITIONAL OVERLAY DEVELOPMENT, PD, GENERAL MANUFACTURING AND APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPT PLAN TO CONSTRUCT THREE OR 64,500 SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL SPACE INTO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT FOR A SITE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER ON DEXTER ROAD AND LINCOLN PARKWAY SITUATED IN A SURVEY ABSTRACT 225 AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS THE APPLICANTS HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING AS THEY GATHER MORE INFORMATION APPARENTLY THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND SEEK SOME MORE INPUT DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO STATE ON THIS? IT'S BEEN A GOOD EVENING THE REQUEST IS A POSTPONEMENT OF THE JULY 19 MEETING

>> WE WILL STILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS BUT WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ACTION ON THAT JULY IT WILL BE BACK ON THE JULY 19 COUNCIL AGENDA WHERE WE WILL TAKE ACTION AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE IT, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COME FORWARD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE A STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD PLEASE DO SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

SOON THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BILL DAHLSTROM.

>> MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER BILL DAHLSTROM 2323. [INDISCERNIBLE] I AM REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND AS YOU STATED WE WANTED TO GET MORE INFORMATION WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WENT TO THIS APPLICATION THEY HAD SOME OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS AND THEIR OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS WE WANT TO DO A FULL TIA COMPILES OTHERS AROUND SALE STUDIES AND LIFE STUDIES PRESENTED TO THEM THAT'S WHY WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST.

[INDISCERNIBLE] POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS LARRY PERKINS AND MARK TEMKIN'S >> ARE RESIDED 4414 DEXTER ROAD WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS WAREHOUSE AND BASICALLY. [INDISCERNIBLE] BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC THERE AND MY QUESTION IS, IF WE CAN FIX IT AS A CITY, WHAT ARE WE WAITING ON? WHY DO WE NEED A DEVELOPER TO COME IN? I SIT IN TRAFFIC ON 66 THERE ARE TIMES IT'S BACKED UP BOTH WAYS PAST MY HOUSE.THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR THIS AND I REALIZE. [INDISCERNIBLE] EITHER BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ATTRACTION OF THE WAREHOUSES ARE BUT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HEARD ALL OF THIS BEFORE BUT AGAIN, WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT CHANGING ZONING TO BRING IN A WAREHOUSE? WE SPENT GOOD MONEY TO BUILD A PLAN, RIGHT? I WOULD PREFER TO SEE ? OUT THERE ON 66 SOMEWHERE CHEAT ON OUR SIDE OF TOWN AND I REALIZE YOU DON'T GET ASKED THE PEOPLE TO PUT SOMETHING THERE BUT

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DON'T SELL OFF THE LAND OR LET SOMEONE COME IN THE PIGEON THAT WAREHOUSE WE COULD HAVE SOME ENTERTAINMENT OR RESTAURANTS OR SOMETHING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> MARK TEMKIN'S AND SUZANNE

HERRERA. >> MARK M PICKENS 6613 PALOMINO DRIVE IN THE DIXON STATES COMMUNITY WE HAVE A 70 HOME COMMUNITY AND WE BOUGHT OUR HOMES AND MOST OF US ARE STILL THERE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO GET WE KNEW WITH THIS PROPERTY UP THERE WAS AND WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS GOING AROUND AND WE KNEW IT WOULD FILL IN SOME GAS STATION LIKE A QUICK TRIP WE KNEW THAT SOMETHING MAY BE MANUFACTURING WOULD GO IN WHICH WE DO HAVE BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW BUT THEY LEFT IT'S OKAY WITH THEY ARE PUTTING HIM THERE'S NO BUILDING CODES WE HAVE A TRUCK DEPOT RIGHT BEHIND WITH THEIR ABILITY TO DO IT. TRUCKS COMING AND GOING.

THEY CAN GO DOWN DIXON ROAD BUT THEY GO OUT THE OTHER WAY. THIS IS GOING TO HIT A FEW POINTS. WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CURRENT ZONING AND THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT OUR HOMES HERE. WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR THE AIRPORT.

IT'S A 45 FOOT BUILDING AND WE DON'T HAVE THEM GO INTO DETAIL WITH YOU AND THE TRAFFIC IMPACT THIS IS GOING TO COST NOT ONLY ONLY Q PARKWAY BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS AND THEY HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC VERY PROFESSIONAL AND THIS COMPANY THAT'S COMING IN WANTING TO BUILD THIS THEY HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONAL IN WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, WE HAVEN'T GOT AROUND THIS TRAFFIC ISSUE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND THE 45 FOOT BUILDINGS THAT WE WANT TO BUILD IN THE WE ASK OURSELVES WITH THIS IS WHAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE COMING IN FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST AND ROWLETT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 45 FOOT BUILDINGS OF WAREHOUSE SPACE.THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME TRAFFIC DATA AND WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT AREA THAT INTERSECTION I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT, RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SKID OUTCOME OF THE TRUCKS CAN'T COME IN AND YOU HAVE TONS OF UTILITIES HERE AND IT'S A MESS SO I DON'T KNOW WAS GOING TO COME OF THIS I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE IS BECAUSE THEY COULD JUST BRING IT DIRECTLY TO YOU ALL BECAUSE THEY DISAPPROVE THIS AS YOU KNOW. BUT WE ARE CONCERNED AND IS THIS REALLY WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE ENTERING ROWLETT? THIS KIND OF INNER-CITY PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE SHOWING SOME

PROPERTY GIFTING THEM OUT ? >> SUZANNE HERRERA AND TERRY MILLIGAN.

>> SUZANNE HERRERA 8205 MARTHA LANE, ROWLETT TEXAS. SO I GUESS, BASICALLY MY THOUGHTS ARE SIMILAR SHE WAS THE LAST GENTLEMAN SAID, THE TRAFFIC AND THEN AGAIN WE ARE BUILDING MORE WAREHOUSES AND WHY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED SO MUCH WAREHOUSE SPACE AND ROWLETT MOTHER QUESTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD THESE WAREHOUSES, WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO GOES OUT AND BRINGS JOBS INTO ROWLETT ACTIVELY SEEKS OUT, WE HAD THAT ONE PART OF THE WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOR TECHNICAL BUSINESSES ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN, WHY DID ANYBODY GO OUT SEEKING THOSE KINDS OF BUSINESSES WERE LOOKING INTO THAT DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT DOES THAT?

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THAT GOES OUT AND LOOKS FOR THE BUSINESSES TO FILL THESE AREAS? IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO DEVELOP IN ROWLETT, THAT THEY WANT TO DEVELOP ON THESE PROPERTIES.

ARE WE NOT INVITING? WHY NOT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN INVITING OTHER BUSINESSES? RATHER THAN ALL THESE WAREHOUSES. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE MOVED TO THE SUBURBS TO SEE WAREHOUSES. I DON'T AND I DON'T THINK THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE WANT TO LOOK AT WAREHOUSES. SO I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD GIVE SOME THOUGHT INTO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SAPPHIRE BAY ON ONE SIDE OF TOWN AND YOU WILL HAVE WAREHOUSES IN THE TRUCK STOP ON ONE SIDE AND WAREHOUSES ON ANOTHER SPOT. DO YOU REALLY WANT THAT? DO YOU WANT ROWLETT TO LOOK LIKE THAT? WHY NOT DO SOMETHING MORE ATTRACTIVE WHEN THESE PROPERTIES, TIE INTO SAPPHIRE BAY. THERE IS THE TALENT AROUND THE LAKE AND THEY TIE A LOT OF THEIR THINGS THAT THEY DO, INTO THE LAKE.

TOURISM. RESTAURANTS BY THE LAKE, BED-AND-BREAKFAST BY THE LAKE, LIKE THEY ARE DOING, THE HYATT HOTELS ON THE LAKE.SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED THESE WAREHOUSES WHEN YOU HYPE UP THE LAKE A LITTLE MORE UTILIZE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE BY THE LAKE.

CITY COUNCIL GETTING A BRAND-NEW WE HAVE ALL THESE ISSUES IN FRONT OF YOU YOU'RE GOING TO GET TIRED OF THAT AND THE PROBLEM IS NO CITY PLANNING.

WE HAVE BEEN ? WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BUT AGAIN THE CITY IS NOT FOLLOWING IT IT'S LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO JUST THROW THE TRASH CAN AND DO WHAT WE WANT PUBLICITY WITH THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO DO AND WE WILL APPROVE IT AND THE FIRST WORDS OUT OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THIS PROPOSAL DID NOT COMPLY WITH. [INDISCERNIBLE]. GO AGAIN WE HAVE A TRUCK DRIVER THAT DOESN'T COMPLY WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS THING RIGHT AT THE TOP TOWARDS WHERE YOU COME IN FROM THE EAST SIDE OF ROWLETT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT THIS SHOWS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOOKS LIKE THERE IS NO ELEVATION ON THESE BUILDINGS I GUESS THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS SO HERE WE ARE, NO PLANNING. THEY ARE JUST RUBBERSTAMPING WHATEVER THIS DEVELOPMENT ONCE AND PLEASE STOP THIS. WE ARE GETTING COVERED UP WITH DEVELOPER DESIGNS AND THUS NOT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. WE SHOULD KNOW WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS AGAIN.

THIS ? PLEASE GET PROFESSIONAL HELP WILL USE TO US DELIBERATELY.

CHANGE THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN GOING COMPLY WITH ? AND ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT HAPPENED IN OUR PAST WE NEED CITIZENS OF ROWLETT DESERVE BETTER TREATMENT AND I KNOW THIS

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COUNSEL IS BRAND-NEW AND I HOPE WE GET A CHANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND AGAIN, IF THERE IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT IT WILL BE THE JULY 19 DATE.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE JULY 19 MEETING.

>> SECONDS. >> SECOND

>> ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL CALL THE VOTE. AND THAT PASSES SEVEN -02 MOVIE

[8C. Conduct a public hearing and take action to approve Major Warrants under the Form-Based Code for Sapphire Bay Marina, LLC, to Article 2.4 to allow for single-story building, Articles 2.4.1.f and 3.1.3.a.1 to allow parking lots to dominate the street, and Article 2.4.3.b.2.i and Appendix 2.1 to eliminate the requirement for 80% continuous street frontage and allow for buildings to front on the lake shore instead of on the street on a 3.24 +/- acre site located south of the intersection of Marina Vista and East Access Drive, situated on lot 54, Block A of the Sapphire Bay Addition, in the City of Rowlett, Rockwall County, Texas]

ITEM TO THE JULY 19 MEETING. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM AGENCY CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION TO IMPROVE MAJOR WARRANTS FOR SAPPHIRE ? ARENA TO ARTICLE 2.4 TO ALLOW FOR SINGLE-FAMILY BUILDING ARTICLE 2.4.1 POINT F AND THREE .1.3.8.1 TO ALLOW PARKING LOTS TO DOMINATE THE STREET AND ARTICLE 2.4.3.2.5 APPENDIX TO PUT WANT TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUE AND ALLOW FOR BUILDINGS TO FRONT THE LAKESHORE ON A 3.24 ACRE SITE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION EAST ACCESS DRIVE SITUATED ON LOT 54 OF THE SAPPHIRE BAY IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU WAS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT EFFECTIVE AND IN THIS AREA KNOWN AS SAPPHIRE BAY ARENA AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S BY THE LAKE AND AS YOU ARTICULATED REGARDLESS, THE TESTIS WERE THREE DEVIATIONS AND ONE IS TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE STORY BUILDING ALSO TO ALLOW FOR PARKING LOTS TO DOMINATE THE STREET FRONTAGE OR FACING TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN 18 PERCENT CONTINUOUS OF THE BUILDING IN THIS INSTANCE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING ADJACENT TO THE SO THEY COULD CAPTURE THAT TOPOGRAPHY AND I WILL DIVE INTO THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS BEING ? FOR RESTAURANT USES AND THAT IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ARENA DEVELOPMENT THAT MARINA IS ON THE WATER AND AS THEY PREPARE FOR CLOSING THE LOOP ONLY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THIS IS ONE OF THE FILE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBJECT SITE. THE PROPOSED PROJECT HAS 2 BUILDINGS TO ? AND THE USE AND NATURE OF THE SITE, LEADS TO THE PARKING TO BE FRESH THE BUILDING BEHIND. HERE'S THE STREET WE'RE REFERRING TO.THIS IS SHORT-LIVED AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A TRAIL SYSTEM AND IS IN OVER ? THE OUTDOOR AREA HERE AND BEGIN TO CODE THE ASSOCIATE USES OF THE ARENA THE COAST SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT RAILROADS ? THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ONES ARE REQUESTING THESE BUILDINGS HAVE TO BE CONTINUED IN THIS INSTANCE THEY UPDATED NOT JUST ? LASTLY THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.

I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME PERSPECTIVE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS IT RELATES TO AS I MENTIONED THE PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE STORY BUILDING THE BASE CODE SPECIFICALLY STATES A MINIMUM TWO-STORY BUILDING HEIGHT IS REQUIRED IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT HOWEVER THE CODE HAS THE CAVEAT IT WANTS TO REBUILD AND THERE ARE UNIQUE

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CONDITIONS THAT WOULD WARRANT A SINGLE STORY BUILDING DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE ARENA THIS WOULD BOAST PRIMARILY MULTI STORY USES AND THE TOPOGRAPHY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE WITH THE FRONTAGE REDUCING THAT STORY REQUIREMENT FROM A MINIMUM OF TWO TO ONE STORY IS IN CHARACTER WITH THIS AREA TALKING ABOUT DOMINATING PARKING LOTS FORM-BASED CODES STAY THEY HAVE TO BE PRIMARY BEHIND BUILDINGS AND I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER IN MY PREFACE TO MY PRESENTATION THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 295 PARKING SPACES AND TO MITIGATE THE EXPANSIVE CONCRETE THE APPLICANT IS INSTALLING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING TO PROVIDE SOME ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT WOULD ? FURTHERMORE REQUIREMENT FOR A CONTINUOUS BUILDING OF NO LESS THAN 80 PERCENT IN THIS CASE THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING WITHIN THE ZONE THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING THIS BUILDING ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND THAT'S WHY IT WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE IN THIS CONSIDERATION ? TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDED FAVORABLY AND KEEPING IN PUBLIC A 200 FOOT RADIUS AND A 500 FOOT COURTESY RADIUS THE RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED AS I MENTIONED STAFF IS AMENABLE TO THE REQUEST WAS TO ALLOW FOR SINGLE STORY BUILDING AND TO ALLOW BUILDINGS TO FRONT ON THE LAKESHORE INSTEAD OF ON THE STREET WITH THAT I AM OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND WILL TRY TO

ANSWER THEM AS WELL. >> IS THE APPLICANT GOING TO

GIVE A PRESENTATION? >> I WILL WAIT.

>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE THE APPLICANT?

>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE DIAGRAM AND SHOW ME ARE FEW WEEKS AGO THE COUNCIL

CONSIDERED A GAS STATION TO THIS >> I THINK IT IS SOMEWHERE WOULD BE ON THE MAP WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT ALEX. WE ARE SPEAKING OF SOMEWHERE

ALONG HERE. >> ONE OTHER QUESTION THIS

PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE BOAT RAMP RATE >> WHAT CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR BOATS TO BE VEHICLES WITH TRAILERS TO TURN AROUND AND GET INTO THE ?

>> AS I MENTIONED THE PARKING LOT AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION THE DESIGN OF THIS PARKING LOT WOULD ALLOW A FORM OF ACCESS WHERE TRAILERS COULD BACK AND GO IN AND PACK ALONG HERE WITH TRAILER PARKING AND VEHICLE PARKING AND THEY ARE PROVIDED ALONG HERE.

>> THE QUESTION WAS A SPECIFIC WHEN YOU ARE BACKING INTO THEIR YOU HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND

WHEN I SAW AS THE TIRE TRACKS USING THE PARKING LOT ENTRANCE >> ONCE FULLY DESIGN THE PARKING LOT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE ABILITY TO PARK TRUCKS THAT HAVE VEHICLES THAT HAVE TRAILERS AND THE CIRCULATION PATTERN WHICH I HAVEN'T COMMITTED TO MEMORY WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE ABILITY TO BACK INTO THE LOADING DOCK AREA GOT ONTO THE BOAT DOCK AND

>> CAN REMOVE SEVERELY PART OF THE PRESENTATION WORD IS MORE CLEAR?

>> I CAN SHOW THIS BUT IT WOULD GIVE THE FULL SNAPSHOT SO REALLY BACK IN THIS FORMAT AND

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THE APPLICANT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE INSIGHT? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SCRIMMAGES TO CONFIRM THAT PARKING LOT AROUND THIS AREA IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOWED AND THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU I ASSUME THAT WOULD BE RESTRICTED AND PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> THIS IN THE NORTHERN PARKING LOT AND IT WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO THE CLIENTS.

>> APPLICANTS? FOR MCMASTER PLAN 2595 DALLAS PARKWAY FRISCO TEXAS REPRESENTING SAPPHIRE BAY WE ARE ASKING FOR A FEW MINOR ITEMS IT'S CLEAR WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND FIND RESTAURANTS ON THE BOARDWALK AND THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AND LOSS OF THE PATRONS EXPERIENCE AND TO GET SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS WE ARE GETTING FOR THIS AREA. I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TRY TO I'M TRYING TO DO IT WITH AN OPEN CONCEPT WITH A LOT OF OUTDOOR SPACES AND WITH COVID-19 A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SIT OUTSIDE HERE IS THE BUILDING DESIGN.

THE RESTAURANTS HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED IT. WE LOOK TO POPULATE IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES IT, WE ARE LOOKING TO BE OPEN BY THE END OF 2023 THE REASON WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THESE IS VERY SIMPLE AND THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MEET THE FORM-BASED CODE AND TO GET THE BUILDING UP ON THE LAKE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT PARKING HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE AND WE HAVE LANDSCAPED IT ABUNDANTLY KNOWING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE HIGH AESTHETICS AS YOU ENTER THE PROPERTY A FEW OTHER EXHIBITS WE HAVE A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T INTERFERE IS SEPARATE FROM THE BOARDWALK BOARDWALK HAS A PEDESTRIAN TRAIL AND IT MAKES THEM HAVE AN EXCELLENT PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AREA AND I WON'T GO OVER THESE THERE'S A COUPLE OF RENDERINGS THAT SHOW THE BOARDWALK IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND I COULD BE A DESTINATION RESTAURANT AREA AS PART OF THE MARINA AND I WILL STOP THERE AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

>> SO HOW MANY RESTAURANTS DO YOU THINK YOU CAN FIT IN THAT SPACE?

>> WE ARE SHOWING 4 THERE'S A CHANCE OF SOME RESTAURANTS WITH A LARGER CONCEPT, I WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

>> WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS HE GAVE ME A TRINITY GROVE VIBE ON THE WATER I THINK IT WOULD BE A ? SPOT I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THE PLAN WAS.

>> THIS SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER TO UTILIZE THE LAKE AS AN ASSET I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE BUILDINGS BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING FOOT TRAFFIC AND ACCESS OF PAGES, ARE THEY GOING TO BE PARKING IN THE SOUTHERN PARKING LOT OR CROSSING THE STREET? IF THEY'RE GOING TO PARK IN THE SOUTHERN PARKING LOT HOW WILL THAT IMPACT THE PATRONS FROM

THE RESTAURANTS WE PROPOSE? >> THIS IS ALL PREDOMINANTLY PRIVATE PARKING WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC PARKING ON OUR PORTIONS AND WE DON'T PLAN TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC PARKING ON OUR TRUCK WHAT YOU SEE. SO IS STRICTLY FOR ?

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>> I AM ONE OF THE PARTNERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU CITY COUNCIL AND HONORABLE MAYOR TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THURSDAY TOTAL NUMBER OF SPACES HERE THAT WOULD BE COMBINED 295. AND PATRONS WILL PARK TO THE NORTH OF THERE WILL BE TO ANSWER ALL THEIR QUESTIONS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE ANSWER BOTH OF THE QUESTIONS.

[INDISCERNIBLE] THERE ARE 20 TRUCK TRAILER SPACES TO THE LOWER THEY WOULD BE WELL DESIGNATED A IS GOING TO BE SIGNAGE THAT THERE IS A LOOP WITH A TRAFFIC PATTERN THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GO AROUND AND BACK OUT AND GO DOWN THE RAMP IT WAS PLANNED AND SO MUCH BEING PACKED INTO THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL IN TERMS OF HOW WE PLAY OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC FOR THE MEMBERS WHO ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND DEAR TO US WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SPACES FOR THEM ESPECIALLY DURING VERY BUSY TIMES OF THE YEAR WE ARE ALSO ADHERING TO THE PARTICULAR RATIOS THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRING US TO KEEP TO I BELIEVE IT'S 400 TO 1 IN TERMS OF THE RATIO OF RETAIL SQUARE FEET SOLO THAT IS BEING ADHERED

TO AS WELL. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT SHE WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT A CARD, PLEASE DO SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE. NO COMMENTS I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNSEL ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE I CALL FOR A

MOTION? >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS FOR SINGLE STORY BUILDING AND TO DOMINATE THE STREET AND ILLUMINATE A REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS ON THE LAKESHORE AND THE STREET.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER WIDGET. CALL THE BOAT.

[8D. Conduct a public hearing and consider approval of an ordinance to: 1) rezone the subject property from Limited Commercial/Retail (C-1) District, to Planned Development (PD) District for Limited Commercial/Retail (C-1) and Self-Storage Uses, and approval of a Concept Plan to construct approximately 17,000 square feet of Retail Commercial space and 115,000 of selfstorage space; 2) amend the Comprehensive Plan; and 3) amend the Zoning Map of the City of Rowlett for a 6.94 +/-acre tract of land located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Miller Road and Rowlett Road, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

THAT ITEM PASSES 7-0 WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS ITEM HG CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO RESOLVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR LIMITED RETAIL PROPERTY TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT AND SELF STORAGE USES AND APPROVAL OF A CONCEPT PLAN TO CONSTRUCT 17,000 SQUARE-FOOT OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL SPACE AND ? SELF STORAGE SPACE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND AMEND THE ZONING FOR 6.49 ACTIVE TRADER, ON MILLER ROAD AND ROWLETT ROAD IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT TEXAS.

>> THIS IS A REQUEST THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ROWLETT ROADS THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED C-1 DISTRICT BY COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND SEEKING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE USES AND SUCH AS SELF STORAGE USES WITH THIS REQUEST IS A CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE WOULD CONSTRUCT 17 SQUARE ? 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL'S RETAIL SPACE ? OF SELF STORAGE SPACE. THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS ARE VERY OFTEN RESERVED FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AND ? TO DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMIC BASIS THIS IS LOCATED AT THE SOLE OF ? ENTER OUTDOMINIC ROWLETT ROAD HAVING THE PART CORNER RESERVED FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL USE AND THIS IS JUST SHY OF SEVEN ACRES AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE WILL WALK THROUGH AND KNOWN TO THE

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PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS REQUEST IS THAT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT DOES NOT PERMIT THE USE OF SELF STORAGE SO THEREFORE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD HAVE RETAIL BUILDINGS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SELF STORAGE AND IT WOULD BE WITHIN THAT AREA THAT IS THE REDLINE IN THE ERIE WITH THE SELF STORAGE UNITS ARE LOCATED IN THE EXTERIOR RIGHT HERE ON ? 1400 ROWLETT HER AND THIS BUILDING IS THE OFFICE BUILDING CAN ALSO BE RETAIL THAT WOULD SERVE FOR THE SELF STORAGE AREA AGAIN APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT BLACK THE CHARACTERISTICS ARE ALLOWING FOR THE INTEGRATION OF USES AND THE POSITION OF SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS STRANGERS AND ONE OF THOSE REQUESTS THEY ARE MAKING FOR AN ASSOCIATIVE THE SELF STORAGE USE THE DEVELOPMENT, STIPULATES THERE'S A PARKING SPACE AND THAT WILL YIELD 77 SPACES UNDER THAT RATIO AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF THE SELF STORAGE USE WHICH WOULD BE 18 SPACES JUSTIFICATION PROVIDED BASED ON DATA FROM OTHER STORAGE UNITS AND OTHER FACILITIES WHICH THEY OPERATE WOULD BE UNDER TWO OR THREE VISITORS TO THE FACILITY ON AN HOURLY BASIS ON AVERAGE THE USERS PREFER THE LOADED AND NOT LOAD ADJACENT TO THEIR UNIT AND NOT TO BE PARKING FAR FROM THEIR UNIT.

THEY ACTUALLY COME CLOSER TO THE UNIT AND THE PARKING WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE UNIT OR SPEAKING TO SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE AND ANOTHER STANDARD THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TO CREATE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE IN REGARD TO THE INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER. THE DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES 15 FEET WIDE INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER ADJACENT TO A SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT TYPICALLY INCLUDES A SIX FOOT WALL AND TREES THAT CAN BE SPACED NO MORE THAN 35 FEET APART THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN 18 FOOT MASONRY WALL AND THE WEST SETBACKS AND SOUTH SETBACKS WOULD BE 40 AND 50 FEET RESPECTIVELY WHICH WOULD BE INCREASE SEPARATION WITH THE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL PROVIDING GREEN SPACE AND IT'S ON THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF THE PROPERTY AND WE CAN COME BACK AND TALK MORE TOWARDS THAT. HERE WE HAVE THE BUILDINGS FOR THE SELF STORAGE.

THOSE OF THE REAR WALLS OF THE MOVIE SERVING AS THAT'S CREATING A WALL BUFFER, THE BUFFER WALL PER CHEAT ? BETWEEN WHEN THERE IS NO ABILITY THERE WOULD BE AN EIGHT FOOT TALL WALL THAT WOULD MATCH AND CONTINUE THAT SHE WOULD HAVE IT THIS IS THAT PARK AREA THAT IS SUGGESTED AND AGAIN THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED TO GIVE AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THEY ARE PROPOSING THE BUILDING MATERIALS WOULD BE CONCRETE MASONRY, STUCCO, NEW YEAR'S, AND THE FA?ADES OR THE ?

STORAGE >> YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THERE ON THE RIGHT IT IS COLORED IN RED FOR RETAIL COMMERCIAL OFFICE USES. THAT IS ? WITH THE ZONING STAFF

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DOES THIS PROPOSAL IS COMPREHENSIVE. AT THE APRIL 26, 2022 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING BY FIVE-TO VOTE THEY VOTED TO RECOMMEND ? AND THE ZONING MAP AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT ON APRIL 8, 2022 THERE WERE 73 NOTICES SENT OUT IN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS THERE WERE 59 NOTICES SENT OUT A 500 FOOT RADIUS THERE WERE FIVE RESPONSES RECEIVED BACK THE JUDGE NOTICE AND ONE RESPONSE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND THERE WERE ZERO NOTICES RECEIVED AND WE WERE IN FAVOR AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SELF ? COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN WITH THAT. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT THEY HAVE A PREPARED PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALEX OF THE APPLICANT?

COUNCILMEMBER? >> I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS BECAUSE I WAS ON PNC BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS I WANT YOU TO RECONFIRM THAT THE PERIMETER AROUND THE STORAGE UNITS IS ACTUALLY SECURED AS SEPARATE AND ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE STORAGE UNITS ARE ABLE TO GET IN THERE.

>> WE NEED YOU TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL AS I YOU CAN SEE THIS IS EARLY ENTRY WOULD BE INTO THE SELF STORAGE AREA THIS WOULD BE A GATED ACCESS AVAILABLE TO THOSE PERSONS AND THE APPLICANT WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED OPERATING HOURS OF THE SITE AS WELL WHICH WOULD BE LIMITED.

>> WHAT IS THE WIDTH OF THAT SPACE THAT BUFFERS BETWEEN THE WALL?