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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO THE SYRIA ROWLETT, TUESDAY 213 2024. IS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THIS MEETING MAY BE CONVENED AS A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ANY AGENDA ITEM HEREIN. THE CITY OF ROWLETT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECONVENE, RECESS OR REALIGN THE REGULAR SESSION OR CALL THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT. PROCESS FOR PUBLIC INPUT. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, YOU MAY COMPLETE THE CITIZEN INPUT FORM ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE BY 3:30 P.M. THE DAY OF THE MEETING.

ALL FORMS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. FOR IN-PERSON COMMENTS, REGISTRATION FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE INSIDE THE DOOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE HAVE A QUORUM. CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER . FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA CITIZENS INPUT AT THIS TIME THREE-MINUTE COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ANY TOPIC. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION DURING CITIZENS' INPUT. IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT THAT PERTAINS TO A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM REQUEST THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL WE CALL THAT COMMENT PERIOD. ANY INPUT ? OKAY. . NONE WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZEN INPUT. FIRST

[3. CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM ON THE -- SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA IN THE MAY BE ACTED UPON IN ONE FOLLOWING MOTION. A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER OR A CITIZEN MAY REQUEST ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

TO BEGIN AT WE WILL GO HEAD REMOVE ITEM 3B, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT. TO THE FIRST ITEM APPROVING THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 23RD 2024 REGULAR MEETING NOW.

COMMISSIONERS? >> SO. TO MR. HERNANDEZ?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE TOP MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 23, 2024, BY ESTHER HERNANDEZ.

MR. WILLIAM SECOND TO CALL THE VOTE.

>> LAUGHTER ] TOM

[3B. Consider approval of a Final Plat]

INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. FIRST ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF FINAL PLANT. WHO WANTS TO TAKE THAT ON THE STAFF FOR ACTION, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED. 30 DAY EXTENSION HAS BEEN REQUESTED TOM TOM . TO TALK WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE TO REMOVE THIS FROM TODAY'S ITEM REQUEST 30 DAY EXTENSION WE DO BEST EFFORT I THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AS WELL AS THE GETS. THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS WHEN IT COMES BACK TO WE WILL NOTE SIX FROM THAT FINAL

PLAT? >> NOTE SIX STATES THE REPAIR ALIGNMENT SHOWN IN THIS EXHIBIT ARE NOT CORRECT. YOU HAVE TO REFER TO THE FINAL PLAT FOR THAT TIME. SHIVER THAT NOTE SHOULD BE REMOVED . THANK YOU TALK ANY QUESTIONS,

COMMISSIONERS? >> WITH THAT I AM WILLING TO HAVE A MOTION. MR. HERNANDEZ? SHARON

>>

>> NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 4A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND

[4A. Conduct a public hearing and make a recommendation to City Council on a request by Tyler Scott, Kimley-Horn, on behalf of property owners Hopewell Development II, LP to amend a Planned Development Standard within an existing Planned Development (PD) with a base zoning of General Commercial/Retail (C-2) District. The property is located northwest of the cul-de-sac of Enterprise Drive, consisting of Lot 6, Block 1, Rowlett Business Park, a portion of Lot 3, Block 1, Boyd & Kneggs Business Park Replat, and Tract 6 of the U Matthusen Abstract 1017 also described as all of Tract 1 to the Doreen Sue LiuzzI & Doreen Sue Luizze Family Trust Inst. No. 201700024931, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON A REQUEST BY TYLER SCOTT, KIMLEY-HORN, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS HOPEWELL

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DEVELOPMENT II, LP TO AMEND A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STANDARD WITHIN AN EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PD, WITH A BASE ZONING OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL/RETAIL, C-2, DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE CULDE-SAC OF ENTERPRISE DRIVE, CONSISTING OF LOT 6, BLOCK 1, ROWLETT BUSINESS PARK, A PORTION OF LOT 3, BLOCK 1, BOYD & KNEGGS BUSINESS PARK REPLAT, AND TRACT 6 OF THE U. MATTHUSEN ABSTRACT 1017 ALSO DESCRIBED AS ALL OF TRACT 1 TO THE DOREEN SUE LIUZZI AND DOREEN SUE LUIZZE FAMILY TRUST. NUMBER 201700024931, IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

SHOULD THAT IS A LONG ONE. SHOULD I WILL BE PRESENTED THE ENTERPRISE COMMENT CENTER , BACKGROUND ON THIS. IF YOU WITH IT IT HAD COME IN PREVIOUSLY, HOPE WILL PLAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY IS COMPOSED OF THREE PARCELS OF APPROXIMATELY 4.33 ACRES WITH ACCEPT ENTERPRISE DRIVE. ON JULY 1123 THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT GRADING ORDINANCE 1923 THE CONTENT PLAN WAS CONTAINING A SINGLE APPROXIMATELY 7000 SQUARE FEET. SO WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE THERE WAS CONDITIONS THAT WERE PLACED ON IT FIRST WAS AT THE MINIMUM DIMENSION OF VEHICLE PARKING SPACES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RTC. SECOND WAS SIMILAR ALL PARKING SPACES IN THE BUILDING THE THIRD WAS MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SEMITRAILER FLASHING 2 MILLION TRUCKS COMING AND GOING OUT TO THE SITE SHALL BE NO MORE THAN 20 DAYS. ADDITIONALLY CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REFLECTED TWO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FILE ORDINANCE. ONE WAS THAT INDICATED ALL TRUCK ACESS TO BE FROM THE NORTHWEST EXIT AND NOT BE SOUTH EAST. WILL BE ROUTED TO THE NORTHWEST. THE REQUESTS YOU HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS THAT THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO AMEND THE PD DISTRICT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER SEMITRAILERS FROM TWO PER DAY TO THE EXPERT DAY. ESSENTIALLY THAT IS THE REQUEST MOST OF THE SITE PLAN WILL BE AS IT WAS PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY. THE CAT IS PURSUANT TO AMEND THE PD TO ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN INTENDED USERS OF THE ACCESS POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN THE PROJECT THAT CONDITION

>> AS A RECAP, THE CURRENT CONCEPT PLAN DOES REFLECT 180 VEHICLE PARKING SPACES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT UP THERE IS IN CONTEMPLATION SO ESSENTIALLY TO THE WITH TO HAVE THOSE LOADING BASES, REALLY DOES HAVE TWO OF THE LARGE ONES FOR THE LARGE VEHICLES THEN REMAINING ONE WOULD BE ORIENTED FOR THE SMALLER KARCHER LEGALS -- COMMERCIAL VEHICLES . PROVIDED PRELIMINARY STATEMENT SPLIT ANALYSIS TO HAVE THE ANALYSIS INDICATED IT WOULD BE NO MORE THAN TWO SEMITRAILERS /18 WHEELER TRUCKS DURING PEAK HOURS. WE DID PROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS WE PROVIDED 17 TO THE 223 TO BE 500 WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN OPPOSITION 500, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE PROPOSED PD AMENDMENT BE APPROVED THE PROPOSED PD AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY DOES NOT MATERIALLY CHANGE THE USE OR CHARACTER OR DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE REALLY HAVE COME IN TODAY IS JUST A CHANGE OF COMPANY TRUCKS CRITICAL PER DAY. SO APPROVAL AT THE REQUEST AMENDED PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS BASED ON GENERAL COMMERCIAL RETAIL CT DISTRICT WE DO WANT TO GET APPROVAL AT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THE FIRST WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER SEMITRAILERS /18 WHEELERS COMING IN REPORT FROM THE SITE TO KNOW THAT WAS WHERE THEY. THE SECOND WOULD BE TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE ON THE PROPERTY REQUIRING THE TRUCK ACCESS TO BE FROM THE NORTHWEST EXIT AND NOT THE SOUTH EAST THE TRUCK TRAFFIC BE ROUTED TO THE NORTHWEST WITH THAT SIGNAGE. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, WE HAVE ENOUGH GET HERE AS WELL.

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CHEVRON DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION ONCE AGAIN? NO, BUT THEY WANT TO GO OFF AND THE HAD A QUESTION. ANY

QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? >> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THE TWO PER DAY LIMITATION WAS ACTUALLY , I BELIEVE, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, BROUGHT UP TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE INITIAL ZONING CHANGE .

EVIDENTLY THAT WAS AGREED TO FOLLOWED UP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. MY QUESTION THOUGH WAS IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS AT THE FACILITY THAT YOU KNOW OF? OR WAS THAT JUST SOMETHING BROUGHT UP BY THE PNC THEN

AGREED TO? >> IT WAS OF THE PRODUCT THAT HE CAN SEE THEN AGREED TO. SHOW IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT HAS THE SAME 18 VILLAGE TO THE

FACILITY? >> ON THE SITE. SING WITH INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] CHEVRON VOLUME ]

>> THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT IS UNENFORCEABLE , WE WILL NOT HAVE A POLICE OFFICER OUT THERE THERE IS ANOTHER TRUCK

.. >> .

>> THE OTHER THING I THINK IT IS INTERESTING IS THAT 66 WILL IMPROVE TRUCK ROUTE, ROWLETT ROUTE IS NOT APPROVED ROUTE AND ENTERPRISE DRIVE HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC LOW VOLUME ] IF WE ACTUALLY CONTINUE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 18 WHEEL TRUCK TO ENTERPRISE DRIVE THE SPRINT STRIVE AT A SINGLE CROSSING THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF OR INTO TRAFFIC SO WITH DEBBIE COUNTED AS ATTRACTIVE THAT FACILITY OR WHATNOT? DO WE REALLY NEED TO LIMIT , IS THE QUESTION?

>> JUST A GENERAL QUESTION SEE WHAT

VOLUME ] >> MR. HERNANDEZ, ASKING WHAT THE PEAK HOURS ARE. SURE INSIDE THE LOW VOLUME ] GENERATION BETWEEN THE A.M. AND 70 AM, TO THE 9:00 A.M. AS WELL AS THE EVENING HOURS 7 P.M. UNTIL NINE A CLOCK -- 4:00 UNTIL 6:00? 4:00 TILL 6:00 IN THE EVENING HOURS. THAT TRIP GENERATION ONLY IDENTIFIED 20 VEHICLES OR TIME TO EATING WHEELS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. TWO VEHICLES .

SHOULD ANY OTHER COMMENTS ? NO ?

>> WELL I WOULD BE INCLINED OR I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST WITHOUT STIPULATING ANY NUMBER OF TRUCKS THROUGH THAT SITE.

REALLY SIGNAGE WISE, WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE JUST A SIGN THAT SAYS TRUCK TRAFFIC IS LIMITED TO THE APPROVED ROUTES ACCESSIBLE TO THE SPRINT STRIVE. THAT TAKES CARE OF ANY TRUST IN THAT AREA , BUT THAT IS UP TO YOU GUYS. I CAN ASK

FOR A MOTION. >> YES, SIR ?

>> IF I, THE OTHER CONDITIONS WINTRY INCLUDED AS RELATED TO THE SIGNAGE WERE PARTICULAR TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THEIR INITIAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS MORE OF JUST CLEANUP WORK BY THE CITY STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THE ORDINANCE CORRECTLY REFLECTS

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WHAT WAS VOTED ON INITIALLY WITH THE PLAN SO THAT THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS TECHNICALLY JUST AS IT RELATES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY INITIALLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE

INITIAL REQUEST SHALL >> TRUCKS WERE NOT?

>> CORRECT. >> THEY BASED THE TWO ON THE

RECOMMENDATION, BUT -- >>

OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> MY ONLY COMMENT WAS AS IT RELATED TO THE SIGNAGE KEEPING THE LANGUAGE AS PROPOSED BY STAFF TO 10 CITY COUNCIL'S ORIGINAL .

LOW VOLUME ] >> I GUESS IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY YOU SAY THAT THIS IS. MR. HERNANDEZ?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO INCREASE THE VEHICLES OR APPROVE THE REQUEST TO

LOW VOLUME ]. >> IF YOU MAKE A MOTION THAT'S UP TO YOU, BUT I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT HAVE - LOW VOLUME ] UNENFORCEABLE. REALLY NOT NECESSARY , BUT THAT

IS UP TO YOU GUYS. >> VOLUME ] I WILL MAKE A MOTION. SHOULD MR. CHAIR THIS IS A

POETRY. >> MATURELY CALLING FOR A MOTION SEVEN. SPEAKER, RAY NEEDS SENIOR. SHOULD

>> COMMISSIONER THANK YOU, RAY NEEDS, RECITED 10 006 NORTH , AND ROWLETT . ACTIVE CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY, 44 YEARS. I AM HERE JUST TO TALK BASICALLY I HAVE HAD MY OFFICE ON ENTERPRISE DRIVE, I BUILT THE THIRD PERSONALLY ON THEIR BUILDING ON THE RIGHT. I THERE NEW YEAR'S EVE THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM. BY ONE OF YOU . RUN MY COMPANY OTHER THEIR WE HAVE THE OF THIS PROPERTY OUT OF THEIR. THE CUL-DE-SAC AZ MASSEY TAKING OVER THE STREET QUITE RIGHTLY. DOWN AT THE CLOSE BOARD AND I ACTUALLY PUT -- WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE PREVIOUS PARTY TO GO AHEAD AND JUST PUT ACTUALLY CONCRETE OR GOING INTO TO THE SHOPPING CENTER. WE DID THAT OUT OF THE POCKET OR ARE JUST PART THAT TO HAVE ACROSS THE STREET WHERE. IS NOT STREET, BUT WHAT WE PAID TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. SO THE MAIN THING OF IT IS BEEN A PART OF THAT ACTUALLY THE WHOLE CORNER FOR THE WHOLE 12 ACRES. WE BUILT THE FIRST PHASE, FIRST ROWLETT SEVEN, SECOND PHASE OF THEIR FACEBOOK BROUGHT SUBWAY WELL BASICALLY BROUGHTON ALL OF THEM. I REALLY HERE TO INVEST IN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN OUT FIVE SIGNS ON THAT STREET AND EVERYONE IN THE IS SO FADED YOU CANNOT SEE OR READ THEM. LAST TIME I WAS HERE I MAKE THAT SAME POINT, ONLY WHEN I SAID TO YOU. YOU KNOW I FOR PROGRESS 18 WHEELERS WHEN WE GOT THE ONLY POST OFFICE IN THE CITY BEAR ON THE QUARTER. PEOPLE TOOK MY TYPE THEY BACKED UP GOING OUT ONTO ROWLETT ROAD ALL THE TIME NOW. WE HAVE A DANCE STUDIO THREE. WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM. MR. CHAIR YOU KNOW I COULD UNDERSTAND, BUT WHEN WE PUT HER ON WE HAVE A PROBLEM YOU I WILL BE ONE OF THOSE TESTS WITH THIS IT WILL DO ABOUT IT, BECAUSE SHOULD GUESS WHAT ? WE WILL HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAT WE GOT WHEN THEY LOAD THE TRUCKS RIGHT NOW WITH THE FORKLIFTS.

YOU COMMISSION CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO COUNCIL CAN, BUT ANYTIME IS A MEMBER OF HIS TEAM TAXPAYER RIGHT TO COMPLAIN MAJOR PROBLEM. YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, SERVI. ANY OTHER PUBLIC INPUT ? HEARING FOR THE

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PUBLIC AND I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? CHILDREN INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] IT WORKS. SHOULD

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT TAKING IT OUT, BUT HOW DO WE ENFORCE IT IF WE LIMIT THE TRUCKS? I ARGUE IT IS NOT JOB, BUT WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT IT HAS AGREED-UPON TRUCKS STAFF THAT AS WE KNOW THAT SO I AM INCLINED TO MAKE IT A PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE IT, BUT WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT STAFF MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER CONNECTING CYCLE PARTIES AT LEAST ON THAT WE ARE OKAY WITH IT SO JUST MY THOUGHT PROCESS.

>> THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT NOT A MOTION?

>> NOT A MOTION. WE ARE STILL TALKING . WAITING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE THEN I WOULD BE GLAD TO MAKE A MOTION.

>> COMMISSIONERS, COMMENTS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT WE INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER MEETING WITH THE TRUCKS COMING AND GOING FROM THE SITE SHALL BE NO MORE THAT WAS TODAY, TRIED TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE ON THE PROPERTY REQUIRING TRUCKS ACCESS FROM THE WEST AND NOT SELFIES AND B TRUCK TRAFFIC TO BE ROUTED TO THE NORTHWEST.

SHOULD MOTION ON THE TABLE, A SECOND?

>> MR. HERNANDEZ SECOND . WE HAVE A MOTION ABOUT SECOND TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ? CALLED THE VOTE.

>>

[4B. Consider and make a recommendation to the City Council on a request by Dan Gallagher, P.E on behalf of property owner JSC-CCI Lakeview II, LLC for approval of a Tree Removal Permit on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) for Light Manufacturing (M-1) and Limited Commercial/Retail (C-1). The approximately 171-acre site is located at the northeast corner of the President George Bush Turnpike and Merritt Road, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

>> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, CONSIDERING MAKING RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON A REQUEST BY DAN GALLAGHER, P.E. ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER JSC-CCI LAKEVIEW II, LLC FOR APPROVAL OF A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT ON A PROPERTY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PD, FOR LIGHT MANUFACTURING, M-1 AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL/RETAIL, C-1. THE APPROXIMATELY 171-ACRE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE AND MERRITT ROAD, IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. . RECYCLING?

>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A REMOVAL PERMIT FOR THE LAKEVIEW BUSINESS DISTRICT PROJECT.

THIS VIOLENCE I PLAN WAS THAT MINISTRY APPROVED ON JULY 2720 22. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THIS BODY APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE INITIAL PHASE OF THIS PROPERTY CONTAINING 94 ACRES APPROXIMATELY. ON THE 23RD OF JANUARY. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING, REMOVAL PERMIT FOR THE ENTIRE 171 ACRES IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE SITE FOR DEVELOPMENT . THE SITE IS THERE FOR YOU IN COLOR RED ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. GENERALLY THE INTERSECTION OF THE WROTE INTO CONNECTOR AND BUSH TURNPIKE. THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE ANY HEALTHY TREAT WITH A MINIMUM 8 INCHES AND AND OUTER BREAST HEIGHT, DBH, IF YOU HEAR THAT ABBREVIATION THERE WITH EXCEPTION FOR HACKBERRY TREE SPOKE OF THOSE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE PROTECTED THEY ARE 11 INCHES OR GREATER DBH. DBH IS MEASURED AT 4 1/2 FEET ABOVE GRADE OF THE TRUCK DIAMETER IS ALSO THE ROWLETT POLITICAL RIDES A CALIBER OF ONE INCH PROTECTED TREE SO EVERYONE IN CHILD PROTECTIVE TRAIT THAT IS PRESERVED FOR SAINT IS GRANTED A ONE INCH CREDIT FOR NOT HAVING TO BE MITIGATED. THE PROVIDED A TREE SURVEY FOR US INDICATING THAT THERE WERE HUNDRED 42 PROTECTED TREES OF WHICH THERE WERE TOTAL OF 11,739 CALIBER INCHES .

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE 476 OF THESE PROTECTED TREES, HAVING A TOTAL 6752 CALIBER INCHES ALSO I WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS SITE DOES HAVE A GOOD PERSON WHICH IS TO BRING UNDEVELOPED WHERE AS OPEN SPACE. THIS SITE INDICATED IN COLOR RED , LOOKS LIKE NO ARROW, INDICATED ON RED ON THE

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DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THAT AREA OF THE PROPERTY IS DENSELY COVERED WITH TREES. SECTION 77 504 A4 B DOES PERMIT DIRECTOR OF COMMITTEE DEVELOPED TO ALLOW FOR USE OF AERIAL TALKINGTO SUBSTITUTE FOR TREE SURVEY AREAS WITH DENTISTRY COVER AND CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH WE BELIEVE TRIES TO THIS PROPERTY OR THIS SECTION OF THE PROPERTY HERE. YOU GET DID A SAMPLE OF 100 BY 100 FOOT AREA SERVING AS A TYPICAL AVERAGE DENSITY FOR THE SITE THEN EXTRAPOLATED NUMBER OF THOSE TREES FOR THE CONSERVATION AREA . THAT WOULD BE -- SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK . THE AREA YOU SEE ON THE DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER THERE IS A TEST SQUARE THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY, THAT IS THE CENTRAL AREA WHICH IS 100 BY 100 SQUARE FOOT AREA. THEN THE AREA THAT IS TO THE PERSON OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS SHADED AND DOTTED, THAT IS THE AREA WHICH IS THE AREA WE CALL THE NON-SURREY AREA WHERE THEY ARE USING THE SAMPLE TO THEN EXTRAPOLATE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF TREES FOR THAT AREA SO BASED UPON THAT SAMPLE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE THAT ADDITIONAL AREA THAT WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED FOR HUNDRED PROTECTED TREES TOTAL OF 6200 CALIBER INCHES AGAIN IN REGAL STREET WILL NOT BE. THEY WILL REMAIN AFTER THE SITE IS DEVELOPED . FOR ALL THIS IS THE GENERAL SITE PLAN AND THE OVERALL TREE REMOVAL PERMIT FOR THE SITE SHOWING ALL OF THE BUILDINGS PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED. AT THIS POINT IN TIME , THEY ARE PLANNING TO CONSTRUCT FIVE OF THE STRUCTURES AND ALSO WOULD INDICATE THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT REMEMBER THESE ONLY K DISTRICT TO, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE BUSH TURNPIKE AT MERRITT ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THAT FUTURE INTERSECTION THAT IS A SITE THAT WILL AT THIS POINT BE UNDEVELOPED RESERVED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. TABULATION FOR THIS TO THE APPLICANT DID A SURVEY 11,739 CALIBER INCHES OF PROTECTED TREES . THERE WILL BE ESTIMATED BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL 6200 CALIBER INCHES WITH A TOTAL OF 17,939 CALIBER INCHES OF PROTECTED TREES. THE IS PROPOSING TO 2752 OF THOSE CALIBER INCHES . THE AMOUNT OF THE TREES TO BE SAVED 11,108 SEVEN CALIBER INCHES OF PROTECTED TREES THAT WOULD REMAIN. BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF INCHES THAT WILL BE SAVED BE GREATER THAN CALIBER INCHES TO BE REMOVED NO MEDICATION IS REQUIRED. I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT LANDSCAPING INSTALLED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE IN REGARDS TO LANDSCAPING DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS EDUCATION . THEY ALSO WILL BE PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CANOPY TREES ALONG THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND ALSO WITHIN THE INTERIOR IS AND PARKING AREAS . AGAIN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT IS DETERMINED THE REMOVAL OF THE TREE IS NOT REASONABLY REQUIRED IN ORDER ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES , BUT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION CAN BE MADE TO OBSERVATORY OR THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS CHAPTER AND SUBCHAPTER IS NOT BEING MET BY THE STAFF RECOMMENDS LET IT TREAT PERMIT IT WE WOULD ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.

>> COMMISSIONERS, QUESTION FOR THE STAFF? BACKUP 40 PLEASE ,

ALEX? >> YES. SHARON HUNT DISTRICT CHECK THAT ONE I WANT, BUT DO NOT CONFUSING, BECAUSE LESLIE

DOES OUTWARD BOUND -- >>

OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> PROTECTED TREES BE REMOVED AND THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WOULD HOLD PRETTY LANDSCAPING

PLAN. >> I HAVE BEHIND YOU OR ABOUT YOU THE CHART THAT HAS THE MITIGATION SO THEY WILL BE RARELY 476 PROTECTED TREES . THEN I SHOW THE NUMBER HERE OF THE -- BASED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THE NUMBER TREES THAT WILL BE PLANTED. SHONA ABOUT 712? SHOULD KNOW THE LARGE NUMBER

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ON THEIR, SO 1000 TREES GIVE OR TAKE OR LESSON THAT, PROBABLY. SHARON HUNT 900 AND SOME.

>> OKAY . >> ALEX, WHEN ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES CANNOT BE PERFORMED, BECAUSE OF THE 476 TREES?

>> I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE DEVELOPER TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS TO WHY THOSE SPECIFIC TREES ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR REMOVAL OF THE ANTICIPATED OF COURSE WOULD BE THE SITE GRADING ALSO CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND PARKING AREAS AS WELL AS THE CIRCULATION FOR

THE VEHICLES ON THE SITE. >>

] >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? DID -- WITH THE DEVELOPER LIKE TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ?

>> I AM HERE FOR THE QUESTIONS.

>> IN THE PACKAGE WE HAVE AN ACTUAL SURVEY OR DIAGRAM WHICH SHOWED ALL THE TREES THAT WERE BEING REMOVED. I DO NOT SEE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THAT PULLED UP AND TAKE A LOOK AT, BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING THE TREES THAT WERE I GET ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH WHICH DID NOT APPEAR LIKE THERE WAS ANYTHING BEING CONSTRUCTED ON OR NEAR OR AROUND THOSE TREES YET THEY WERE ALL WORKED TO BE

REMOVED. >> GOT IT.

>> LET ME MAKE SURE I AM LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ONE HERE.

>> >> RIGHT THERE .

>>

>> THIS IS NOT BEING PROPOSED. >>

>> IT WOULD BE ON THE PROPERTY THAT IS ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MERRITT AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD. THE LOT WHICH WILL NOT BE CONSTRUCTED FOR DEVELOPMENT , REMOVAL OF THOSE TREES IS AT

SITE GRADING. >> SUBDISTRICT.

>> MERIT DISTRICT TWO FRONTAGE ROAD. WE ARE CLEARLY ERRORS 500,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DIRT ON THE MOST SITE DEPENDING ON THE ELEVATION SO THEORETICALLY YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO DROP THE ELEVATION 10, 15 FEET THEN HAVE TREES STICKING AROUND IT. INTENT IS TO BE DEVELOPED FOR MEMBER RETAIL SERVICES IN THE FUTURE SO WE ARE JUST GETTING READY.

>>

>> HOW IS THE REMOVAL FOR THE TREES GOING TO AFFECT NOISE

POLLUTION? >> HOW IS IT GOING TO IMPACT

NOISE POLLUTION? >> UH-HUH

>> ISO ASSUME YOUR REFERRING TO THE AREA ON THE NORTHEAST ? I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PLANT THE DOUBLE OF TREES, BUT I SEE IN TIME YOU WILL BE COUNTED INITIAL REACTION. HIGHWAY DAYS WE DETERMINED THE HIGHWAY NOISES CONSIDERABLY MORE NOISE CONTRIBUTION TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS HALF A MILE AWAY VERSUS ANY OTHER NOISE GOING UP DOWN OR BACKING UP THE TRUCK.

WE RAN SOME RELATIONS WITH DOZENS AND DOZENS OF TRUCK . IT NEVER SUPERSEDED ANY SORT THAT YOU WERE HERE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I REALLY THINK IT WILL BE NEGLIGIBLE AND NOT ANYTHING YOU WANT NOW IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. WE DID NOT STUDY SPECIFICALLY THE REMOVAL OF 400+ TREES BUCKET WE WILL

PLANT DOUBLE THE NUMBER. >> THIS AREA WITH THE 476 TREES WHAT ARE YOU THERE ? A PARTICULAR ?

>> WE HAVE JESSE COMBINATION PARKING CIRCULATION ROSE, MERRITT ROAD SPOKE DIFFERENT UTILITIES THAT HAVE TO GO, PARKING CIRCULATION ROUTES OR A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THE ABOVE SO ANYTHING THAT WE

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CAN SAY WE DID IN, BUT WE HAVE TO PLANT LIST TREES, BUT WE WOULD HAVE QSO TRACES A TREE WE POSSIBLY COULD.

>> WHAT IS THE EFFECT ON DRAINAGE? SHOULD IT HAS ALL

BEEN PART OF THE PROPERTY. >> THIS IS PAUL FREEMAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT

VOLUME ]. >> THE ONLY THING I WOULD POINT I WILL DO THIS QUICKLY, BUT THIS ENTIRE ORDER HERE IN THE EASTERN SITE IS PACKED FULL OF TREES, HOLE HERE SO THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE ARE REALLY ELIMINATING ANY IF THIS PORTION HERE SOME OF THE FEW TREES THAT EXISTED ON THE SITE THE TREE STAND THERE SO THIS PORTION THAT IS OURS PROPERTY WE ARE EFFECTIVELY PRESERVING ALL OF THAT EXCEPT DELETE A TRAILHEAD AND BUTTERFLY GARDENS IN THAT AREA AS WELL SO WE ARE DEVELOPING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FOR THE MOST PART THE GOAL WAS ANYTHING EAST SIDE WE ARE TRYING TO. CONTINUED TO KEEP THAT TO KIND OF STAY OUT OF THAT AREA IS MUCH AS WE COULD. SHOW

IS THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN? >> IT IS I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IT IS WHAT A NOTE WHICH INCLUDES PLANTING TRAILS --

>>

>> REQUIRED TO BE MINIMUM 2000 SQUARE FEET.

>> WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT THIS BUTTERFLY GARDEN TO THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN EXISTING ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY SO THAT IS THE GOAL, THE COMMUNITY TO THAT.

>> SURE . >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THAT IS WITHIN TREES ON YOUR DRYING ON THE SITE, THAT LOT, THAT WAS NOT THE PART I WAS THINKING, IT WAS FURTHER NORTH, THANK YOU . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THEM, APPLICANT ?

>> HAD ONE MORE I NOTICED ON THE LIST OF TREES SEVERAL OF THEM WERE OAK TREES THAT ARE LISTED AS HEALTHY TREES. IS THERE ANY WAY TO POSSIBLY SAVE THOSE HEALTHY OAK TREES?

>> ANYTHING WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL BE INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] WE PROTECT ALL OF THOSE OAK TREES OUTSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT LIMITS WITHIN THE CREEK AREA, BASICALLY NOT TOUCHING ANY OF THOSE.

INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] CANNOT BE DONE, BUT I THINK TO THE POINT OF MILES, , BECAUSE OF THE SACRED IF WE WANT TO SAVE THIS PARTICULAR TREATMENT SO, BECAUSE OF THE DIRT WE ARE BRINGING YOU WOULD END UP HAVING TO CREATE RETAINING WALLS AND ENCUMBRANCES THAT CANNOT MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION. FROM OUR SAID, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PRESERVATION AND AMOUNT OF TREES THAT WE ARE GOING AND REPLACING IT IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY TO DO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. HE CANNOT CHANGE THE SITE TO SEE THOSE TRAGIC WAFFLES TREES EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO IT. TRUST ME I WOULD

LOVE TO, BUT JUST CANNOT. >> COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU. THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. ANY COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? I AM LOOKING FOR EMOTION.

>> MR. HERNANDEZ? >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE TREE

REMOVAL. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE TREE

REMOVAL REQUEST, A SECOND? >> VERY GOOD . CHRIS WILSON

SECONDED IT . CALL THE VOTE. >>

>> THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.