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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS 6:30 TOLD ME TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE
[ Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting Agenda City Hall Council Chambers 141 W. Renfro Burleson, TX 76028 ]
BURLESON PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021.CHRIS, DO YOU MIND GIVING US OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT? THANK YOU.
YOU, LORD. I PRAY THAT YOU BE WITH THE CITIZENS OF BURLESON LORD, THE PEOPLE THAT PROTECT IT. I PRAY THAT YOU JUST WATCH OVER US HERE TONIGHT.
FORGIVE US WHERE WE FAILED YOU IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN. AMEN. STAND FOR THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO ON FIRST TO THE CITIZEN APPEARANCE.
THIS IS IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AT THIS POINT, I WOULD IMAGINE EVERYONE IS HERE FOR ONE OF THE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, IF NOT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND THIS GOES FOR LATER ON IF YOU COME UP TO SPEAK, IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE SURE THE RED LIGHT IS ON AND THEN PUT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME UP AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
BUT IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO DO SO AT THIS POINT, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY MOVING FORWARD, SO LET'S JUST GO ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[2. Consent Agenda All items listed below are considered to be routine by the Planning and Zoning Commission and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of the items unless a Commissioner or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence. Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the Development Services Director to place each item on the City Council agenda in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendations.]
THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT ARE ROUTINE IN NATURE THAT ARE USUALLY HANDLED AT THE STAFF LEVEL. AND I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THESE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE FINAL PLAT IS GOING TO BE POOLED. THAT IS CORRECT.THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN, CASE 21116.
OK, SO ITEM 2B, CASE 21116 IS WITHDRAWN, SO WE'RE JUST NOW APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE WE CAN, OTHERWISE, IF SOMEONE MAKES A MOTION, WE CAN HEAR THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE THE MOTION MADE BY JASON AND A SECOND BY DAN ALL IN FAVOR IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND AND THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
[A. Jasco Car Wash located at 236 E Renfro Street (Case 21-084): Hold a public hearing and consider a Commercial Site Plan with a waiver to Chapter 5 Section 5.4C1c of the Design Standards Manual for a Car Wash. ]
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM THREE A.A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JASCO CAR WASH, LOCATED AT 236 EAST RENFRO, CASE 21084 TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN WITH A WAIVER TO CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION 5.4C1C. THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL FOR A CAR WASH.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD, J.P.
DUKE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SENIOR PLANNER PRESENTING CASE 2184 THE JASCO CAR WASH SITE PLAN WITH A WAIVER TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL.
THE OWNER AND APPLICANT IS JIMMY PURSELLEY WITH JASCO CONSTRUCTION, AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT FOUR ONE ACRES, LOCATED AT 236 EAST RENFRO STREET.
SO THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SITE PLAN WITH A BASE ZONING OF GENERAL RETAIL, AND IT'S ALSO LOCATED IN THE I-35 OVERLAY SPECIFIC PLAN AREA ONE OR THE SPHYNX AREA OF THE OVERLAY.
AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF HISTORY OF OF THE SUBJECT SITE FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH IT. OR MAYBE WE'RE NOT ON THE COMMISSION WHEN SOME OF THESE PREVIOUS REQUESTS CAME FORWARD.
SO ON AUGUST 19, 2019, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE REQUEST TO SHIFT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ZONING FROM INDUSTRIAL TO SITE PLAN.
THIS ALSO INCLUDED A REQUEST OF GENERAL RETAIL AS A BASE ZONING DISTRICT, AND THE REASON FOR THIS REQUEST IS THAT THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT WANTED TO OPEN UP A CIGAR LOUNGE AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE LAND USES DID NOT INCLUDE CIGAR LOUNGE AS A PERMITTED USE.
IT DIDN'T REALLY MENTION CIGAR LOUNGES AT ALL WHATSOEVER, AND SO THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT REQUESTED CIGAR LOUNGE AS AN ADDITIONAL PERMITTED LAND USE WITHIN THE NEW ORDINANCE OF THE SITE PLAN ZONING DISTRICT.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS WAS APPROVED.
HOWEVER, THE CIGAR LOUNGE WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED, BUT THE ORDINANCE REMAINED TIED TO THE PROPERTY, AND A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, THE CURRENT APPLICANT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TO CONSTRUCT A CAR WASH.
HOWEVER, THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN ORDINANCE HAD A BASE ZONING OF GENERAL RETAIL, WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE CAR WASH AS A PERMITTED USE.
AND SO THE APPLICANT HAD TO OR REQUESTED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN ZONING DISTRICT ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE CARWASH AS AN ADDITIONAL PERMITTED LAND USE.
THIS REQUEST WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 21 OF THIS YEAR, AND SO ULTIMATELY THE USE OF AUTO LAUNDRY CAR WASH IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
AFTER RECEIVING THE NECESSARY ZONING FOR A CAR WASH, THE APPLICANT THEN BEGAN TO PREPARE A SITE PLAN, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY, AND THE SITE PLAN IS PROPOSING A FOUR
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THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINE SQUARE FOOT AUTOMATIC CAR WASH.IT WILL BE A SINGLE STORY AND IT'LL HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 20 FEET, AND IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE TWENTY SEVEN TOTAL PARKING SPACES, 15 OF WHICH WILL BE A COVERED CANOPY STATION AREAS WHERE YOU CAN GO AND DRY OR VACUUM OR CLEAN OUT YOUR CAR BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH THE CAR WASH OR AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THE CAR WASH.
AND THIS SITE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A WAIVER TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL, WHICH I WILL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED, THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE OVERLAY, AND WHEN IT COMES TO ELEVATIONS AND MASONRY MATERIALS, THE OVERLAY REQUIRES THAT 80 PERCENT OF EVERY ELEVATION BE MADE UP OF APPROVED MASONRY MATERIALS, AND THE I-35 DESIGN STANDARDS ALSO SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT OR AT LEAST STATES THAT CITY COUNCIL IS ALLOWED TO CONSIDER CEMENTITIOUS FIBER CLAPBOARD WITH AT LEAST A 50 YEAR WARRANTY AS A PART OF THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION.
AND THE ONLY REASON I NOTE THIS IS BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SOME CEMENTITIOUS FIBER CLAPBOARD ON TWO OF THE ELEVATIONS AND THE EAST BUILDING ELEVATION, WHICH IS THE ONE ON THE SCREEN WHICH WILL BE FRONTING EAST RENFRO STREET, IS ONE OF THOSE ELEVATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE FIFTY SEVEN PERCENT OF THIS ELEVATION WILL BE CEMENTITIOUS FIBER CLAPBOARD AND THIRTY THREE PERCENT WILL BE SPLIT FACE CONCRETE AND THEN THE REMAINING FIVE PERCENT WILL BE BRICK. THIS TOTALS TO ABOUT NINETY FIVE PERCENT PERMITTED MASONRY MATERIALS FOR THIS ELEVATION. IT IS IN COMPLIANCE, AND THEN FOR THE SOUTH BUILDING ELEVATION, THIS WILL BE THE CAR WASH ENTRANCE YOU COULD SEE SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT SPLIT FACE CONCRETE AND EIGHT PERCENT BRICK. EIGHTY SIX PERCENT PERMITTED MASONRY MATERIALS IS ALSO IN COMPLIANCE.
HERE IS THE WEST BUILDING ELEVATION.
THIS WILL FRONT THE ONSITE PARKING LOT AND AGAIN, I ADDED THAT NOTE BECAUSE THERE IS SOME CEMENTITIOUS FIBER CLAPBOARD.
MAKING UP ROUGHLY 52 PERCENT OF THIS ELEVATION AND THEN THEIR SPLIT FACED CONCRETE, WHICH IS 38 PERCENT, AND THEN BRICK, WHICH IS FIVE PERCENT AGAIN TOTALING NINETY FIVE PERCENT, IT IS IN COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN FOR THE FINAL ELEVATION, WHICH IS THE NORTH BUILDING ELEVATION, THIS IS THE CAR WASH EXIT. IT WILL BE MADE UP OF 80 ONE PERCENT SPLIT FACE CONCRETE AND SIX PERCENT BRICK. AS FOR LANDSCAPING, THE LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE REQUIRES 20 PERCENT OF THE SITE TO BE LANDSCAPED AND 40 PERCENT OF THAT LANDSCAPING TO BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE I-35 STANDARDS REQUEST, TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OPEN SPACE TO BE PROVIDED AS WELL.
AND SO YOU COULD SEE THE APPLICANT PROVIDE A TWENTY FOUR PERCENT TOTAL LANDSCAPING, 60 PERCENT OF THAT LANDSCAPING TO BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD AND TWENTY SIX PERCENT OPEN SPACE OR AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA.
AND A MAJORITY OF THAT SPACE, YOU CAN SEE, IS AT THE REAR OR THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU COULD SEE THE KIND OF PAVEMENT, THE PAVING AREA WITH THE THREE TREES.
FOR PARKING, CAR WASH IS NOT AN APPLICABLE RATIO.
THE PARKING ORDINANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE OR DOES NOT MENTION CAR WASHES OR PROVIDE A CAR WASH RATIO, AND SO STAFF APPLIED THE RETAIL OR PERSONAL SERVICE RATIO OF ONE SPACE FOR EACH TWO HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
AND THIS AFTER APPLYING THIS RATIO, IT TOTALED A REQUIREMENT OF TWENTY THREE SPACES AND YOU COULD SEE THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING TWENTY SEVEN AND SO THE PARKING REQUIREMENT IS BEING ACCOMMODATED AT THE SITE.
AS FOR A SITE CONFORMANCE, THE SITE IS IN COMPLETE CONFORMANCE WITH ALL GENERAL RETAIL AND I-35 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
FOR UTILITIES, THE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE IS PROVIDED BY THE CITY AND SHALL BE EXTENDED AS REQUIRED BY THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL FOR DRAINAGE AND ANALYSIS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW INDICATED DETENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
STORM WATER RUNOFF WILL EXIT THE SITE AND TXDOT'S RIGHT OF WAY AND CAN BE CONVEYED TO THE NORTHWEST WITHIN THE EXISTING BARROW DISHES.
FOR TRAFFIC, THE APPLICANT'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER PROVIDED A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT LETTER INDICATING THE PROPOSED CAR WASH USE DOES NOT MEET THE CITY'S THRESHOLD FOR A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND THERE ARE NO IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED TO THE CITY'S ROADWAY NETWORK AS A PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
A NEW DRIVEWAY CONNECTION IS PROPOSED FOR ACCESS OF THE SITE FROM EAST RENFRO STREET.
A TXDOT CONTROLLED FACILITY AND WILL REQUIRE A TXDOT PERMIT.
TXDOT HAS CONCEPTUALLY APPROVED THE LOCATION OF THE NEW DRIVE, AND CIVIL CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY TXDOT.
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NOW FOR THE WAIVER, PER CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION 5.4C1 OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL STATES THAT WATERLINE SERVING COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS SHALL BE LOOPED, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO WAIVE THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT FOR A LOOPING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.AND A PART OF THAT REASONING IS THAT A PART OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL A NEW FIRE HYDRANT.
PER THE REQUIREMENTS, THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL AND A PROPOSED EIGHT INCH WATER LINE WILL BE EXTENDED FROM LOY STREET ACROSS THE PROPERTY PARALLEL TO EAST RENFRO STREET FOR AN EXTENSION AND LOOPING IN THE FUTURE.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS DISCUSSED THE LOOP TO WATER SYSTEM REQUIREMENT WITH ENGINEERING STAFF AND THE FIRE MARSHAL AND BASED ON THE PROPOSED USE OF THE SITE AND THE LOCATION OF THE NEAREST MAIN MAIN LINE THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR LOOPING STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS WAIVER.
PUBLIC NOTICES WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND A NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY INQUIRIES REGARDING THIS REQUEST.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS IN SUPPORT OF THE WAIVER TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL REQUEST, GIVEN THAT THE WATER SYSTEM CAN BE LOOPED IN THE FUTURE FROM MEMORIAL PLAZA BY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
ACTIONS REQUESTED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER A WAIVER TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL AND IF THE DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL WAIVER REQUEST IS APPROVED, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN FOR THE JASCO CAR WASH.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO LET ME OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:41 IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND ASK QUESTIONS.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO AT THIS TIME.
WHILE I WAIT FOR THAT, I'LL ASK THE COMMITTEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO NO INCREASED RISK TO THE CITY OF APPLICANT BY NOT DOING THE LOOPED WATER SYSTEM.
THIS IS JARED WESLEY, SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER, CITY OF BURLESON.
NO, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE NECESSARILY ANY INCREASED RISK.
WE DID CHECK WITH THE THE FIRE MARSHAL AND DOUBLE CHECKED WITH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING THE FIRE HYDRANT REQUIREMENT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY ALREADY PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR BUSINESSES IN THE AREA THAT ARE ON THAT DEAD END LOOP. SO IT'S GOING TO NEED TO GET LOOPED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE ADDED RISK, I DON'T THINK TO THE CITY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FIRE HYDRANTS THAT THE LINE IS SUPPLYING THE PROPOSED FIRE HYDRANT? ARE THEY ANY OF FIRE HYDRANTS ON THAT LINE BEING? SO THEY'RE GOING TO TAP OFF OF THE EXISTING LINE AND PROVIDE A NEW EXTENSION ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY THAT WILL HAVE A BRAND NEW FIRE HYDRANT? AND THEN ON THE EXISTING LINE THAT THEY'RE TAPPING OFF OF, THERE IS ANOTHER FIRE HYDRANT RIGHT OFF OF LOY STREET THAT'S PROVIDED BY THAT LINE, SO THERE'S TWO FIRE HYDRANTS WITH SUPPLIED BY THE SAME WATER.
AND IS THERE AN EIGHT FOOT LINE RUNNING TO THAT OTHER FIRE HYDRANT OR? YES. SO THE EXISTING MAIN IS AN EIGHT INCH AND THEN THE LINE EIGHT EIGHT INCH? YES, SIR. AND THE ONE THAT'S TAPPING OFF OF IT IS ALSO AN EIGHT INCH MAIN THAT'S BEING EXTENDED ACROSS.
OK, BUT THERE'S NO OTHER. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO FIRE HYDRANTS ON THAT SPACE SUPPLIED BY THAT LINE? I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
I'M NOT SURE IF FURTHER TO THE NORTH THERE MAY BE ONE OTHER FIRE HYDRANT, BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE ON THAT, I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD JUST AN EIGHT INCH LINE THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MORE THAN TWO FIRE HYDRANTS SUPPLIED BY THAT ONE LINE.
AND SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO LOOK TO DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS ON THERE BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE.
BUT TYPICALLY, OUR DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL DOES REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF AN EIGHT INCH LINE.
AND THEN, IF LARGER IS REQUIRED, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRESSURE AT THE FIRE HYDRANT IS MET PER OUR DESIGN STANDARD MANUAL.
SO YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THEN WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S IF THERE'S OTHER FIRE HYDRANTS ON THAT PARTICULAR LINE, WHETHER THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER FIRE HYDRANT WOULD THE LINE BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPLY THOSE OTHER FIRE HYDRANTS? CORRECT. YES, WE WOULD REQUIRE THE TESTING THAT'S REQUIRED BY OUR DESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL AS FAR AS PRESSURE, STATIC RESIDUAL PRESSURE, AND THEY'D HAVE TO TEST THAT WHEN THEY'RE
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INSTALLING IT. WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT TEST TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT. IF IT'S NOT, THEN WHAT IF IT'S NOT, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. IT'S THEY CAN'T OPEN UNTIL IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS.DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, LET ME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:45 AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 3A, CASE 21-084.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CASE 21-084.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY CHRIS WITH THE WAIVER AND A SECOND BY ADAM ALL IN FAVOR IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
OK, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS FIFTEEN HUNDRED COUNTY ROADS, 602 STANFORD
[B. 1500 CR 602 (Stanford Farms) located near the intersection of E. Renfro Street and County Road 602. (Case 21-091): Hold a public hearing and consider a zoning change request from the defaulted “A”, Agricultural to “PD”, Planned Development District, to allow for a Single Family residential development on 80.122 acres.]
FARMS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST RENFRO STREET AND COUNTY ROAD.602, CASE 21091 TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM THE DEFAULTED A AGRICULTURAL TO THE PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON 80.122 ACRES.
AND JEN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD.
JENNIFER PRUITT, INTERIM DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PRESENTING ZONING CASE 21-091 STANFORD FARMS. THE APPLICANT IS SKORBURG COMPANY AND THE OWNERS ARE THE STANFORD FAMILY.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1500 COUNTY ROAD 602 AND IS APPROXIMATELY 80.12 ACRES IN SIZE. MR. CHAIRMAN, I DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR YOU.
I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PREPARED A DETAILED PRESENTATION AND WE PROVIDED COPIES AT YOUR SEATS FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
BUT I WILL GO THROUGH AN OVERVIEW FOR YOU REGARDING THE ZONING CASE, AND THEN I ASK THAT THE APPLICANT CAN PROCEED AFTER ME AND DO THEIR PRESENTATION, SINCE THERE MIGHT BE SOME INFORMATION IN THERE THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR DECISION MAKING THIS EVENING.
SURE, THAT WILL BE FINE. THANK YOU, JENNIFER.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF BURLESON AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE REQUIREMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS FOR A ZONE CHANGE, FOR THE DEFAULTED, AGRICULTURAL ZONING, TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A ANNEXATION APPLICATION THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED, AND THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD AT COUNCIL CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ZONING CODE AMENDMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A PREVIOUS ANNEXATION REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT THAT WAS DENIED BY COUNCIL.
THERE ALSO WAS A ZONE CHANGE FOR A SMALL LOT DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS CASE 20, DASH ZERO SIX FIVE, AND THAT PARTICULAR CASE WAS NOT ACTED UPON DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ANNEXATION WAS NOT APPROVED.
SO THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, AS I NOTED, IS FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF NINETY SIX LOTS THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET TO TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, IN ADDITION TO FIVE OPEN SPACE LOTS.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO ENTRANCES ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, ONE OF WHICH IS AT THIS LOCATION, AND THIS IS THE SECOND ENTRANCE THAT'S PROPOSED OFF OF SIX OH TWO.
NOW, REGARDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE NORTHEAST AND WEST IS ALSO PROPERTY THAT IS IN THE BURLESON ETJ.
THE PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH IS IN THE CITY LIMITS AND IS CURRENTLY ZONED S.
WE'VE INCLUDED AN EXHIBIT ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU THAT IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA AND ALSO IDENTIFIES THE AREA THAT IS IN THE BURLESON ETJ.
WITHIN THE PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT EACH HOME WILL HAVE TWO THREE INCH CALIBER TREES AS REQUIRED IN ADDITION TO SHRUBBERY.
THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING THAT THEIR HOA WILL MAINTAIN ALL OF THE PROPOSED OPEN SPACE AREAS, OR HOA LOTS THAT ARE PROPOSED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
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ALSO INCLUDED IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FENCING THAT'S PROPOSED, THEY'RE PROPOSING A MASONRY WALL THAT WILL BE AT THE PERIMETER OF THE SUBJECT SITE IN ADDITION TO TUBULAR STEEL WITH MASONRY COLUMNS AT ALL OF THE AREAS OF OPEN SPACE.AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE PROPOSING A TYPICAL SIX FOOT TALL PRIVACY FENCING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
NOW, REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THAT'S BEFORE YOU, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO NOTICE PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WHICH WE DID DO SO.
IN ADDITION, WE PUBLISHED THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ALSO THERE WERE SIGNS PLACED ON A SUBJECT PROPERTY.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME INQUIRIES REGARDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS IN SUPPORT OR DENIAL OF THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN DENSITY, TRAFFIC, LOT SIZE, COMPATIBILITY AND PREVIOUS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT RENFRO AND ALSO COUNTY ROAD.
SO. SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THOSE FOR THE RECORD.
NOW REGARDING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS THE AREA FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE IS IDENTIFIED AS NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE CORRESPONDING ZONING THAT'S PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT, AS I NOTED, IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, AND THAT DOES MEET THE PRIMARY USES AND IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD, NOW WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU IN THE STAFF REPORT, AS WELL AS IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT IDENTIFIES THE PROPOSAL.
THAT'S BEFORE YOU, AS I NOTED, NINETY SIX LOTS RANGING FROM TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET TO TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE PREVIOUS REQUEST REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT INCLUDED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE LOTS, AND THEY RANGED IN SIZE FROM SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FEET TO EIGHT THOUSAND PLUS SQUARE FEET.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENTS, ALONG 602 IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WILLIAMS POINT TO THE NORTH WITH THEIR RANGE OF LOTS FROM SEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET TO TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
TAYLOR BRIDGE ESTATES, WHICH IS HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR ONE ACRE TO TWO ACRE LOTS.
TAYLOR BRIDGE NORTH, WHICH IS UNDER REVIEW BY STAFF AT THIS TIME, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ AND ALSO IS PROPOSED WITH ONE ACRE PLUS LOTS.
PINNACLE PETE, PINNACLE ESTATES, EXCUSE ME, HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WITH TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT LOTS TO TWENTY THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT LOTS, WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE COMPARABLE TO STANFORD FARMS AS IT'S PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.
AND THEN PACELLI FARMS ESTATES, WHICH IS PROPOSED ON THE EAST SIDE OF 602 AT A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE LOTS FOR TWENTY SEVEN LOTS.
AND THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
NOW I ALSO LIKE TO NOTE REGARDING IN THE PACKET.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED A PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT BRIEFLY.
AS I NOTED, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ORDER TO THE ITEMS THAT WILL GO BEFORE COUNCIL, AND IN THIS CASE, THE ANNEXATION WILL BE ACTED UPON FIRST AND THEN A THE ZONE CHANGE WILL BE ACTED UPON. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED AT COUNCIL YET THE ZONE CHANGE IS NOT APPROVED AT COUNCIL.
THE PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT BASICALLY HAS SOME SAFEGUARDS IN IT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT IF THEY DO DECIDE TO DIS-ANNEX, THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE TIAS PROVIDED REGARDING 602 COUNTY ROAD 602. BUT IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF AS WELL AS OUR CONSULTANT.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TIA WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS ALONG 602, SO IT HAS TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, THAT IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT A RIGHT TURN LANE TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED TO INCORPORATE THAT.
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NOW REGARDING UTILITIES, WATER WILL BE SERVED BY BETHESDA FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT BASICALLY THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO A FLOOD STUDY REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND IF IT IS WARRANTED THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO DETAIN THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR DESIGN.SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU TODAY IS APPROVAL, AS PRESENTED BY STAFF FROM THE DEFAULTED AGRICULTURE ZONING TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND THERE ARE REASONS FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS IT'S IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THAT PARTICULAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS RELATIVELY NEW.
WAS BASICALLY ADOPTED DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WHEN IT WAS BEFORE YOU AS COMMISSION AS WELL AS BEFORE COUNCIL, AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION REGARDING TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUMS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THAT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED OR CHANGE THEIR PLAN FOR YOU THIS EVENING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT AS WELL.
AND AS I NOTED, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROVIDED A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY TO ADDRESS SOME MORE SPECIFICS RELATED TO THE SITE THAT CAN PROBABLY AID YOU IN MAKING YOUR DECISION THIS EVENING. AND DO THEY WANT TO COME UP NOW AND DO THAT PRESENTATION? YES, PLEASE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
OFFICES AT 8214 WESTCHESTER DRIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT STANFORD FARMS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE P&Z AND WERE AROUND WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS IN IN FEBRUARY, BUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND EFFORT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND A LOT OF TALK WITH STAFF AND TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT.
AND SO WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU HOPING THAT WHAT WE PRESENT AND WHAT WE SHOW YOU TODAY IS SOMETHING YOU CAN GET BEHIND AND SUPPORT AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER I GO THROUGH MY PRESENTATION.
AND I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK BECAUSE JENNIFER DID TOUCH ON A NUMBER OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE IN THE PRESENTATION ITSELF.
SO BUT JUST TO STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE LOCATION AND THE HISTORY.
THE PREVIOUS ZONING REQUEST THAT WE BROUGHT IN FEBRUARY AND THEN THE CURRENT REZONING REQUEST AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
AND THEN I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE CURRENT ZONING VERSUS YOUR BURLESON SF 10 ZONING CATEGORY GIVE YOU KIND OF SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON AND LET YOU LOOK AT THAT.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT ELEMENTS, THE TRAFFIC AND THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE BENEFIT OF ANNEXATION AND THE PROPOSED ZONING, AND THEN SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSING PRODUCT AND PRICING.
THANKS A LOT. SKORBURG COMPANIES, LOCAL PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANY, WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER THIRTY FIVE YEARS.
WE'VE DONE OVER 120 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN MORE THAN 35 DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND DFW METROPLEX. WE ONLY WORK IN DFW AND WE ONLY DO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.
SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, HAVE A HAVE A PRETTY RICH HISTORY IN THAT FIELD.
WE HAVE MORE THAN 36 CURRENT PROJECTS IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALL OVER FROM MIDLOTHIAN, ALL THE WAY UP TO ANNA, TEXAS, OVER THE ROCKWALL AND THROUGHOUT THE THE CENTRAL PART OF THE DFW CORE AS WELL.
WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM SMALL INFILL LOCATIONS.
THIRTY FIVE LOTS IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS TO LARGE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE GOT A 600 ACRE SUBDIVISION UP IN ANNA, TEXAS, A BIG MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT TWO 400 ACRE SUBDIVISIONS IN ROCKWALL AS WELL THAT WE'RE ON OUR LAST PHASE ON A THOUSAND ABOUT A THOUSAND LOTS AND EACH ONE OF THOSE.
AGAIN IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ROCKWELL AT ALL, IT'S THE TWO PROJECTS THAT I MENTIONED ARE STONE CREEK AND BREEZY HILL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WHERE THE JOHN KING BOULEVARD JUST GOT PUT IN. AGAIN, SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT ACRES BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM ABOUT 1700 LOTS. YOU CAN SEE THERE WHO ARE HOMEBUILDING PARTNERS ARE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME.
I'VE GOT THREE REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS THAT IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT ON THE WEEKEND, YOU
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CAN DRIVE BY AND AND LOOK AT AND FEEL AND TOUCH AND SEE THE QUALITY OF OUR PRODUCT.THE FIRST ONE IS CYPRUS CROSSING IN MANSFIELD.
IT'S AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MATLOCK ROAD AND DEBBIE LANE.
IT'S ABOUT 15 AND A HALF ACRES, 59 LOTS.
OUR BUILDERS ARE WINDSOR HOMES AND PAUL TAYLOR HOMES AND THAT PRICE FROM THE MID 300S TO THE MID FOR HUNDREDS.
THE NEXT ONE SUNSET CROSSING, WE JUST GOT COMPLETED LAST WEEK, I GOT APPROVAL FROM THE CITY ON OUR FINAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
OUR BUILDERS IN THERE ARE GUILLEN HOMES AND WINDSOR HOMES AND PAUL TAYLOR.
IT'S ABOUT TWENTY SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES ZONED FOR ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE LOTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE HIGH 300S TO THE MID TO HIGH FOR HUNDREDS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS MITCHELL FARMS AGAIN OVER IN MANSFIELD THAT'S ONE ON SOUTH HERITAGE PARKWAY ON SOUTH MITCHELL ROAD.
IT'S ABOUT 30 ACRES, 112 LOTS, A MIX OF FIFTIES, SIXTY FIVES AND SEVENTY FIVES.
IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER PRODUCT THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
MEGATEL AND GUILLEN HOMES FROM THE MID 300S.
WELL, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, ITS LOCATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE STANFORD FARMS AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AS JENNIFER SAID, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING TO OUR NORTH, EAST AND WEST IS IN THE ETJ TO OUR SOUTH IS AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION THAT I THINK WAS ZONED SF SEVEN IN 2007, SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK.
TWO DOORS DOWN FROM US IS AN 80 BY ONE 25 SUBDIVISION, SO YOU CAN SEE OUR OUTLINE OF OUR PROJECT. IT'S ABOUT 80 ACRES IN TOTAL, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND IN THE BURLESON ETJ.
AND AS JENNIFER MENTIONED, THE INTENT IS FOR US TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY AND UTILIZE CITY SERVICES. THE STANFORD FAMILY, I PUT THIS SLIDE IN HERE JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHO WE'RE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY FROM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THE STANFORD FAMILY, BUT THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. MR. STANFORD'S FATHER, BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN 1946.
GINA TEAGUE'S HERE SHE REPRESENTS THE FAMILY.
SHE'S GOING TO STAND UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THEY'VE BEEN GOOD OWNERS, GOOD, GOOD NEIGHBORS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IN FACT, YOU KNOW, QUITE A WHILE AGO, THE FAMILY DONATED AN EASEMENT THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN GREEN THERE FOR SANITARY SEWER THAT ALLOWED PURSELLEY ESTATES AND SOME OF THESE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS UP AND DOWN THAT TO GET SEWER IN THAT AREA.
AND SO OUR INTENT IS TO ANNEX INTO THE SUBDIVISION, UTILIZE THAT SEWER EASEMENT FOR SEWER FOR OUR PROPERTY.
THE STANFORD FAMILY WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
YOU SEE THE TWO YELLOW BOXES BOTH THERE'S TWO FAMILY MEMBERS.
THEY WILL BOTH CONTINUE TO LIVE IN AND ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
AND WE'VE BEEN, LIKE I SAID, TALKING, WORKING ON THIS THING FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS WITH THE FAMILY. SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT AND HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. I WON'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS.
THE MAIN POINT THAT JENNIFER MADE IS THAT WE DO COMPLY WITH THE WITH BOTH THE 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE 2020 MIDPOINT UPDATE.
THE SIZE OF THE LOTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING ARE ACTUALLY PROBABLY ON THE HIGHER END OF SOME OF THE CATEGORIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND CALLED OUT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEING TEN THOUSAND TO TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT LAWS.
I WON'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS, BUT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE WE WERE BEFORE IN FEBRUARY AND THEN WHERE WHERE WE'VE COME TO.
JUST SO YOU CAN GET A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON.
SO THIS IS THE PREVIOUS STUNNING REQUEST.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. PREVIOUSLY, WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU A PLAN THAT INCLUDED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
IT WAS A MAJORITY 50 FOOT LOTS, 50 BY 120.
THE 50S ARE IN YELLOW AND THEN THE PINK, WHICH WERE 36 LOTS WERE 70 BY 120.
SO WE AVERAGED ABOUT 7500 SQUARE FOOT ACROSS THE BOARD ON THOSE LOTS.
IN THAT PREVIOUS REQUEST, WHICH WAS 1.6 UNITS PER GROSS ACRE, 2.4 UNITS PER USABLE ACRE AND THEN 3.5 UNITS PER NET ACRE.
AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT BECAME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THAT WAS NOT THE SIZE OF THE LOSS OF BURLESON WANTED.
AND SO TALKING TO THE TO THE MAYOR AND AND BEING AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, BOTH FOR THE ANNEXATION AND THE ZONING, IT WAS MADE PRETTY CLEAR TO US THAT IF WE COULD COME BACK WITH A 10000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOT SIZE, THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD SUPPORT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT PLAN
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HERE SHORTLY. NEXT SLIDE.NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE CURRENT ZONING PROPOSAL IS, AGAIN, WE HAVE 80 ACRES, YOU CAN SEE THERE ABOUT HALF OF IT.
WE'RE USING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, THE BALANCE OF IT IS GOING TO BE JUST OPEN SPACE. SO WE'VE GOT 38 ACRES WHERE WE'VE CLUSTERED THE LOTS ON THE ON THE EASTERN SIDE.
THE BALANCE OF IT IS OPEN SPACE.
SOME OF THAT IS FLOODPLAIN, BUT THERE IS SOME STILL SOME USABLE ACREAGE TO THE WEST OF THAT FLOODPLAIN AS WELL.
BUT OUR INTENT IS TO KEEP IT OPEN.
WE DO HAVE 96 LOTS MINIMUM LOT SIZE TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FOR ALL THE LOTS AGAIN PER STAFF AND COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION.
OUR AVERAGE LOT SIZE IS ABOUT ELEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE SQUARE FEET VERSUS PREVIOUSLY WE HAD SEVENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MINIMUM HOME SIZE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED OVER OUR PREVIOUS REQUESTS.
ORIGINALLY, WE WERE AT SIXTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
WE'RE NOW PROPOSING A MINIMUM HOME SIZE OF TWO THOUSAND.
AND WE ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S CURVILINEAR REQUIREMENT ON THE SUBDIVISION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS GIVES YOU A QUICK SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON OF OUR PREVIOUS ZONING REQUEST VERSUS THE CURRENT.
YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT WE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED IN EVERY CATEGORY FROM 6000 TO 10000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS DECREASED OUR LOTS FROM ONE THIRTY THREE TO NINETY SIX, AVERAGE LOT SIZE FROM SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TO ELEVEN THOUSAND ONE THIRTY THREE.
A LOT WITH SIZE OF THE HOMES AND JUST THE DENSITY CATEGORIES ARE ALL DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT. AND THEN THIS IS THE COMPARISON TO YOUR SF 10 CATEGORY, YOUR CURRENT ZONING CATEGORY. IT'S THE ONLY CATEGORY.
IT'S THE LARGEST SINGLE FAMILY CATEGORY YOU HAVE BESIDES ONE ACRE LOTS IN THE CITY.
AND SO THAT'S I WANTED TO SHOW A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON TO SHOW THAT WE NOT ONLY MEET BUT EXCEED, YOU KNOW, MOST EVERY CATEGORY COMPARED TO THE SF 10 AS WELL.
SOME OF THE PROJECT ELEMENTS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IF GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE SLIDE FORWARD, JENNIFER PLEASE IS A PROPOSED SCREENING.
SHE WENT INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN HER PRESENTATION, BUT THIS SHOWS YOU KIND OF A COLOR DIAGRAM THAT IS IN THE PACKET ON YOUR DESK AS WELL.
THE YELLOW, SIX FOOT ORNAMENTALS SCREENING FENCE ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH PORTION OF THE SOUTH, AND THEN A SIX FOOT SOLID MASONRY SCREENING WALL ADJACENT TO CR 602 AND THEN SIX FOOT CEDAR PRIVACY FENCE SURROUNDING THE GAS WELL AND THE GAS WELL ACCESS DRIVE.
AND THEN I MISSED ONE THE SIX FOOT DECORATIVE METAL FENCE THAT BACKS UP TO THE COMMON AREA WITH MASONRY COLUMNS.
THE OPEN SPACE IN PART, PLANNED STANFORD FARMS IS GOING TO INCLUDE ALMOST FORTY THREE POINT EIGHT SIX ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS FIFTY FOUR POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.
THAT'S A I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S A DRAMATIC NUMBER, AND A LOT OF THIS IS FRANKLY AND TRANSPARENTLY IS FLOOD PLAIN.
BUT THERE IS A LOT THAT COULD BE RECLAIMED THAT WE'RE NOT.
WE ARE RECLAIMING A SMALL PORTION OF IT.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE HATCHED AREA THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE FLOODPLAIN IN YELLOW.
AND SO THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND WE WILL BE GRADING AND BRINGING THAT OUT OF THE FLOOD. A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL BE FORMED A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FILED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE FILED PROVIDED THE CITY TO REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING.
WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT AT ONE POINT, I THINK BACK IN FEBRUARY, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT DONATING THIS ACREAGE BACK THERE TO THE CITY FOR A PARK THAT DIDN'T GET A LOT OF TRACTION. AND SO WE'VE JUST SAID WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT IN THE HOA, LET THE HOA MAINTAIN IT.
IF AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO US RELINQUISHING CONTROL OF THE DECLARATION, THE CITY STILL WANTS IT FOR A PARK, THEN WE COULD PROBABLY WORK SOMETHING OUT.
BUT AS FAR AS THE FEELING WE GOT AND WHERE THE COUNCIL CHANGES THEIR MIND OR SOMETHING, WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT IN THE HOA AND MAINTAIN IT WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS EASEMENT, WHICH THEY'VE REQUESTED. I THINK THERE IS AN INTENT EVENTUALLY TO HAVE A LONG LINEAR PARK OVER IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND HAVE THAT THAT TRAIL ACCESS GO FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND CONNECT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S PRIVATE, WE WILL BE PUTTING A HIGH QUALITY PLAYGROUND IN PLACE WITH A SHADE STRUCTURE, JUNGLE GYM AND SWING SET SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AT CENTENNIAL PARK.
IF YOU'VE IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT AND THEN WALKING, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE LONG LINEAR WALKING TRAIL THAT CONNECTS WHERE THE PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO BE AROUND THE BACK OF THE SUBDIVISION AND KIND OF TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
I WANT TO TALK THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG, BIG DISCUSSION POINT, IS THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND
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IMPROVEMENTS OUT IN THAT AREA.GO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JENNIFER.
AS JENNIFER MENTIONED, A TIA HAS BEEN DONE.
IN FACT, MULTIPLE TIAS WHEN WE DID THE PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL, WE DID A TIA WHEN WE CAME BACK WITH THE REVISED PLAN.
WE UPDATED THE TIA AND SO IT'S A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.
IT DOES REQUIRE US TO DO A SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE INTO THE SUBDIVISION ON OUR FIRST ENTRANCE THERE. AND SO THAT WILL BE DONE AS PART OF OUR CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL HELP GET THE TRAFFIC OFF THE STREETS AND INTO THE SUBDIVISION MUCH QUICKER.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE THE NECESSARY RIDE AWAY FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION IN SIX OF TWO.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU KIND OF SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW THERE.
AND AGAIN, THIS JUST TALKS ABOUT CAPACITY ON 602 AND PART OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT STREET CAN HANDLE A CAPACITY OF 635 PEAK HOUR, PEAK DIRECTION, CAPACITY TRIPS AND THEN THE FUTURE CAPACITY EVEN AFTER THIS SUBDIVISION AND ALL OTHER SUBDIVISIONS IN THAT AREA ARE DEVELOPED OUT.
WE STILL DON'T TOUCH THE CAPACITY OF THAT ROADWAY, WHICH IS SHOWING IT TO FOUR POINT FIFTY FOUR AND TO 260.
SO EXISTING AM AND PM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN I KNOW I WAS TALKING TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS, AND IT WAS RIGHT WHEN SCHOOL GOT IN SESSION AND THERE WAS A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS INTERSECTION AND THE UNSAFENESS OF THAT INTERSECTION, WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT? AND AND FRANKLY, THAT'S A LONG PROCESS.
AND TO GO THROUGH TXDOT AND GET THE PERMITS AND GET THE SIGNALIZATION IF IT WARRANTS IT.
AND. AND SO AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS SUBDIVISION, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP AT LEAST KICKSTART THAT, GET THE PROCESS ROLLING.
AND SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH STAFF IS JUST AS UPON ANNEXATION AND ZONING.
AND ONCE WE CLOSE OUR ON THE LAND AND THE DEVELOPMENT LOAN, WE WOULD CONTRIBUTE $100000 TOWARD THE PROJECT.
WE'VE WRITTEN THAT INTO OUR DEVELOPER AGREEMENT THAT GOES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE WOULD WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN THERE THAT MONEY IS EARMARKED TOWARDS THAT INTERSECTION SO THAT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN USE THAT FOR YOUR TRAFFIC STUDIES, WHATEVER GETS THE BALL ROLLING TO HOPEFULLY START THE PROCESS TO MAKE THAT A MUCH SAFER INTERSECTION.
IN ADDITION, IF WE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AND DEVELOPED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, THERE'S QUITE A FEW BENEFITS THAT YOU DON'T GET IF A PROJECT STAYS IN THE ETJ.
AND ONE OF THOSE ARE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES.
THIS IS THOSE IMPACT FEES ARE JUST JUST SHY OF $2000 A LOT WHEN YOU HAVE 96 LOTS OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
NOW, THE WAY THAT THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES WORK, THEY CAN'T BE DESIGNATED TOWARDS A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR LOCATION, BUT IT IS ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT'S THE CITY WILL HAVE IN THEIR COFFERS THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE IF WE WERE NOT TO ANNEX AND DEVELOP IT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SOME OF THE BENEFITS, OBVIOUSLY TAXES, IF WE'RE IN THE CITY, WE DEVELOP WITHIN THE CITY. THIS IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE PRICE OF A FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS HOUSE, WHICH I THINK IS ABOUT WHERE THIS THING IS GOING TO TUMBLE OUT WHEN WE END UP FINISHING THE SUBDIVISION AND SELLING THE HOMES, THAT'S A FORTY THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF OF VALUE ON THE GROUND.
ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE AT THE CURRENT CITY TAX RATE, IT'S AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BENEFIT TO THE CITY OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
THAT'S ABOUT SIX POINT ONE MILLION.
AND YOU'VE GOT A GREAT LITTLE WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN PLUG IN A HOUSE PRICE AND IT TELLS YOU KIND OF WHERE THE BENEFIT OF THAT OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT.
AND SO AGAIN, I JUST PULLED THIS STRAIGHT OFF THE WEBSITE DROPPED IT ON THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE TOUCHED BY A HOUSE THAT GETS BUILT WITHIN YOUR CITY LIMITS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. A COUPLE OF OTHER BENEFITS IS WE TALK ABOUT ETJ OR COUNTY DEVELOPMENT VERSUS CITY AND OBVIOUSLY OUR INTENTS TO ANNEX WITH ANNEX INTO THE CITY AND UTILIZE CITY SERVICES. BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DO THAT, WE USE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM VERSUS PRIVATE SYSTEMS, WHICH I THINK IS AN ADVANTAGE.
NOT QUITE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE THE MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
WE BUILD STREETS WITH FULL CURB AND GUTTER.
THE FULL STREET SECTION OF THE CITY REQUIRES.
AND IN LIEU OF, YOU KNOW, PLUS STORM SEWER IN LIEU OF OPEN SWALE AND CULVERTS, WHICH CAN BE A MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE OVER THE YEARS.
CITY BUILDING PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS VERSUS JOHNSON COUNTY INSPECTIONS.
EVERY HOUSE THAT'S IN YOUR CITY LIMITS, OBVIOUSLY, YOU FILE A PERMIT FOR AND AND YOU HAVE INSPECTORS COME OUT.
IF WE STAY IN THE ETJ OR OUR PROJECTS DEVELOP IN THE ETJ YOUR CITY INSPECTORS AREN'T DOING THAT. AND THEN ROADWAY IMPACT FEES AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES VERSUS NO FEES PAID
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IN THE COUNTY. SO A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO THE ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. AND THEN WE'LL JUST KIND OF QUICKLY GO THROUGH HERE.THESE ARE REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCTS WHICH YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE.
WINDSOR HOLMES IS OUR SISTER HOMEBUILDING COMPANY, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF THE ON THE SIZE LOTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY'VE BUILT OVER THE YEARS.
THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF SLIDES, JENNIFER, YOU CAN KIND OF JUST SLOWLY GO THROUGH THOSE.
NEXT SLIDE. COMBINATION OF FRONT ENTRY AND SIDE ENTRY GARAGES THERE, WHICH THESE LOTS ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE, NEXT SLIDE AND THEN I'LL LEAVE YOU ON THIS, IT'S KIND OF THE PROJECTED HOUSING INFORMATION.
AGAIN, WE THINK THIS WILL BE STARTING THE LOW FOUR HUNDREDS TO THE HIGH 400S, THE PRICE POINT RANGE WITH HOMES RANGING FROM 2000 TO 3500 SQUARE FEET.
AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE BANDWIDTH THERE FOR BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHAT THE PRICE POINTS WOULD BE. AND THEY COULD GO HIGHER, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON OPTIONS THAT THE BUYER SELECTS AT THE DESIGN GALLERY.
SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THERE.
YEAH. SO THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COME BACK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER YOU'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE.
OK. LET ME GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DO THAT, AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE YOU BACK UP TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF LISTEN TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE GOT. ALL RIGHT.
SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:16, AND I'VE GOT SEVERAL CARDS UP HERE, SO I'LL JUST CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU'LL COME UP TO THE SAME PODIUM AND I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK HERE.
BUT THE FIRST ONE I'VE GOT IS GINA TEAGUE.
GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS GINA TEAGUE, I AM THE REALTOR FOR THE STAMFORD FARM FAMILY AND MY, DO YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? 7416 OVERLAND TRAIL IN COLLEYVILLE.
BILL STANFORD AND LINDA REID ARE BROTHER AND SISTER.
THEY REPRESENT THE STANFORD FARM.
THEIR GRANDFATHER PURCHASED THE FARM IN 1946.
THEY RAISED THEIR KIDS ON IT AND THEIR PARENTS WERE ABLE TO LIVE ON THE FARM UNTIL THEIR PASSING JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
I'M GINA TEAGUE. I'M THE FAMILY'S REALTOR, AND I'M ALSO THEIR FRIEND.
I'VE KNOWN THE STANFORD'S SINCE 1994, AND I CAN TELL YOU, BILL AND LINDA, JUST THEY DON'T WANT TO SELL THE FARM, BUT THEY'VE COME TO A POINT IN THEIR LIVES WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN IT AND THERE'S NO ECONOMIC BENEFIT IN KEEPING IT.
THEY SOLD THE CATTLE YEARS AGO, AND SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN A HAY PRODUCTION, WHICH BRINGS IN VERY LITTLE INCOME.
THEY BOTH HAVE CHILDREN WHO ALSO LOVE THE FARM, BUT THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO BE ACTIVE IN MAINTAINING IT EITHER.
THE STANFORD FAMILY BILL AND LINDA, THEY'RE NOT LEAVING THE FARM.
MANY PEOPLE SELL...MS. TEAGUE, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
I FORGOT TO SAY WITH THE TIMER.
I WAS JUST INFORMED THE TIMER NEEDS TO START.
WE HAVE A THREE MINUTES FOR EACH SPEAKER.
SO JENNIFER, CAN WE START THAT? SO BEING AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE I WAS SPEAKING FOR ACTUALLY FOR BILL.
YOU CAN SPEAK FOR WHOEVER, BUT BECAUSE I'VE GOT SEVERAL CARDS, SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO KEEP IT ON A TIME LIMIT.
SO WE'LL START THE THREE MINUTES AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU. THEY'RE NOT LEAVING BURLESON.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH HAVING NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY ADJACENT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT ALL THE LOTS WILL BE OVER 10000 SQUARE FEET.
ANOTHER POSITIVE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE INTERSECTION OF CR, THE COUNTY ROAD 602, 602 AND RENFRO GETTING SOME NEEDED ATTENTION.
SKORBURG IS WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED OF THEM TO GET THE BALL ROLLING. THE STANFORD FAMILY IS STAYING RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE.
THAT'S WHAT MADE IT IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO VET THE SKORBURG COMPANY AND SINCE THEY'LL BE LIVING RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THEY WANTED TO BE SURE THE QUALITY OF HOMES THERE WOULD BE GOING IN NEXT DOOR. THEY'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM FOR A WHILE NOW AND HAVE FOUND THE SKORBURG TEAM TO BE VERY OPEN AND HONEST.
BILL AND LINDA BOTH SAID THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO WELCOME THESE NEW NEIGHBORS IN THIS QUALITY DEVELOPMENT.
HE SAID THAT THEY VIEW THIS AS THREE WINS.
THEY KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY THE FARM WILL BE DEVELOPED.
THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS NOW AND NOT PUT THE BURDEN ON THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEY'RE GONE.
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THIS WILL BE A QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY HOPE FAMILIES THAT MOVE IN ENJOY THE FARM AS MUCH AS THEY DID.THE STANFORD FARMS WILL, STANFORD FARMS WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH ALMOST 50 PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE TREES AND CREEK BEING MAINTAINED AS COMMON AREA.
IT'LL BE BEAUTIFUL AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A PARK ON THE FAMILY'S PROPERTY FOR GENERATIONS OF BURLESON CITY CITIZENS TO ENJOY.
ONE OF THE REASONS THEY MOVE FORWARD WAS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE GATHERING THE DENSITY ON 38 ACRES AND KEEPING THE BALANCE FOR THE PARKS AND TRAILS, SO THE PARK AREA WILL BE LARGER THAN THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE MAY HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS HERE THIS EVENING SPEAKING AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND HE FEELS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO THAT, THEIR RIGHT TO THEIR OPINION AND ALL BUT THE SKORBURG FAMILY HAS I MEAN, THE SKORBURG COMPANY HAS BEEN WORKING HARD FOR THIS WITH THE CITY OF BURLESON FOR OVER A YEAR TO MAKE THIS WORK, AND WE'RE ASKING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, MISTY. NEXT, I HAVE IS BRIAN HOLLAND.
HE ALREADY SPOKE. I'LL SKIP OVER YOU THEN.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS JIMMY PURSELLEY.
GOOD EVENING THINK MY NAME IS JIMMY PURSELLEY, I OWN THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE STANFORD FARMS. I CURRENTLY HAVE 85 ACRES THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THE SOUTH FORTY THREE TO FORTY FOUR ACRES, WHICH MAKES UP THE PURSELLEY FARMS. THAT'S BETWEEN ONE ACRE AND FOUR ACRE SIZE LOTS, THE HOUSES WITH A MINIMUM OF 3500 SQUARE FEET TO START THOSE HOUSES ON THOSE LARGER STYLE LOTS.
I WILL NOT NEED ANY CITY SERVICES, AS WAS SAID EARLIER.
WE DO NOT NEED TO TIE INTO SEWER, NOT EVEN A CAN'T EVEN REACH PROBABLY TO IT ANYHOW.
BUT FOR ME TO BUILD A FACILITY LIKE THAT, ANOTHER CUSTOM HOME NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE WHAT TAYLOR BRIDGE IS.
I CURRENTLY LIVED IN TAYLOR BRIDGE FOR THREE YEARS.
I KNOW THE TAXES THERE WERE VERY LARGE TO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER ONE ACROSS THE STREET AND TAYLOR BRIDGE NORTH.
IT'S GOING TO BE ALL CUSTOM HOMES TOO.
I THINK THAT MULTIPLE HOUSES OF A TRACK HOME STYLE OR WHAT THEY BUILD BOXES, IT'S GOING TO DEVALUE EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY AROUND THERE.
ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE.
EVEN MY PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET.
ALSO, THE IMPACT OF THE CARS THAT'S GOING TO ADD TO 602.
I KNOW THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO HELP $100000.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT $100000 ISN'T A DROP IN A BUCKET OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET 602 AND RENFRO TO A SAFE MANNER.
SO FOR ME, I WOULD SAY I WISH THEY WOULD KIND OF BUILD A LITTLE LARGER BUILDING, LARGER TRACKS, LARGER HOUSES JUST TO KIND OF UPKEEP WHAT'S AROUND THERE CURRENTLY.
THERE'S ENOUGH SMALL HOUSES ALREADY GOT BUILT IN PINNACLE THAT KIND OF DIDN'T HELP EVERYBODY'S PROPERTY VALUES AROUND THERE.
SO I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT THEY CHANGE THEIR PLAN TO GO TO A LARGER FOOTPRINT RATHER THAN THE SMALLER TRACT HOMES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING TO BUILD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PURSELLEY. NEXT, I HAVE, ROBERT SCHIRRA.
I RESIDE AT 1100 COUNTY ROAD, 602 IN BURLESON.
GOOD EVENING P&Z MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF, I'M OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANFORD FARM DEVELOPMENT ON SEVERAL ISSUES.
THE LOT SIZE WE WOULD LIKE OR I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MATCH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER BEING BIGGER LOT SIZES.
THE TRAFFIC, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE A REAL ISSUE FOR US ON 602, THE LOSS OF TRANQUILITY FROM SO MANY HOMES IN A SMALL AREA.
GOING BACK TO THE LOT SIZE TRASH ALONG THE ROAD, JUST FROM THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
AND ONE ISSUE THAT IS LOOMS LARGE FOR ME IS THE RUNOFF WATER WILL BE PUT IN TO QUIL MILLER
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CREEK AND I HAVE PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF QUIL MILLER AND I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DAMAGE FROM THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.AGAIN, I'M AGAINST STANFORD FARM DEVELOPMENT AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD EVENING, I'M CLAIRE WALLACE, I LIVE 648 CHRISTOPHER LANE, WHICH IS IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RENFRO AND CHRISTOPHER.
MY QUESTION IS IS I LIVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WHERE IT CREST AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE INGRESS AND GOING INTO THIS PROPERTY, IT'S GOING TO BE.
I'VE HAD VEHICLES COME OVER THAT HILL AND HAVE HIT CARS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND COME CLOSE TO HITTING MY HOUSE.
MY CONCERN IS AND PLUS ANY EXPANSION IS GOING TO ENCROACH AND PUT MORE CARS WITH MY HOUSE BEING A TARGET.
AND I'M JUST MY MORE MY QUESTIONS TO THE CITY.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS? OK. AND JENNIFER, I BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE A RIGHT TURN OR WHAT I CALL A SLOW DOWN LANE GOING INTO THAT PROPERTY IS WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHERE'S EXACTLY IS THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PROPERTY? BECAUSE LINDA'S GRANDSON LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, AND THEN THE GRANDPARENTS HOUSE WAS UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN BILL'S HOUSE IS UP THIS WAY.
AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET AN AERIAL SHOT HERE AND SEE IF WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT.
SO THERE ARE TWO ENTRY POINTS TO THE SUBJECT SITE THAT DECEL LANE AREA WILL BE LOCATED IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
SO THERE WILL BE AN ACCESS POINT, NORTHERN ACCESS POINT.
IS THAT GOING TO BE IN BETWEEN WHERE THE GRANDPARENTS USED TO LIVE? SO THIS IS THE NORTHERN PROPERTY WHERE THE STANFORD'S HAVE A HOME.
AND ALSO THERE IS ANOTHER PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION.
SO THERE WILL BE AN ENTRY POINT AT THIS LOCATION AND AN ENTRY POINT AT THIS LOCATION.
AND THESE ARE THE TWO EXISTING HOME LOCATIONS.
THIS IS THE NORTHERN HOME AND THEN THE SOUTHERN HOME IS IN THIS AREA.
OK, WITH ALL THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON, ARE WE EXPAND PLANNING ON EXPANDING OUT 602 AND MAKING IT WIDER? AND MICHELLE, YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE? YES. MICHELLE MCCULLOUGH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS DEVELOPMENT, COUNTY ROAD 602 IS ON THE CITY'S MESSER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP. YEAH, I THINK I TALKED TO YOU BEFORE.
RIGHT. SO IT IS ON THE PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT ON THE FIVE YEAR CIP RIGHT NOW. WE EVALUATE IT EVERY YEAR.
THE INTERSECTION DESIGN IS ON THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR CIP.
I BELIEVE IN YEAR 2023 RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A BOND, POSSIBLY.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT TOMORROW.
BUT CURRENTLY, NO, THERE'S NO PLANS TO WIDEN 602.
WELL, EITHER WAY, IF YOU EXPAND IT, IT STILL PUTS MY HOUSE, SORT OF AS A TARGET.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ALIGNMENT AT THAT TIME.
WHAT ADDITIONAL RIDE AWAY WE WOULD NEED, HOW IT IMPACTS THE NEIGHBORS, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND THAT THAT ALL GOES INTO THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF IT.
OK, WHEN ARE WE PLANNING ON BREAKING GROUND ON THIS? IF THIS IS APPROVED? THAT THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR TIMEFRAME IS.
HE'S HERE NOW ISN'T HE? WELL, WE CAN ONLY GO ONE AT A TIME, SO WE CAN'T JUST FIRE QUESTIONS AT HIM, BUT WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE HIM COME BACK UP HERE AND HE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION
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FOR US. OK, OK, THANK YOU.OK. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT CARD I HAVE IS DALE DEXHEIMER.
DALE DEXHEIMER, 720 CAROL LANE, BURLESON, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M OPPOSED TO THIS ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS NUMBER ONE, INCREASED TRAFFIC ON BOTH COUNTY ROADS 602 AND EAST RENFRO.
BOTH ARE HEAVILY TRAVELED NOW, AND THIS CHANGE WILL COMPOUND AN ALREADY BAD TRAFFIC SITUATION.
I THINK THE LOT SIZE IS TOO SMALL.
SMALLER THAN MOST OTHER HOUSES IN THE AREA.
OF COURSE, IT WAS JOHNSON COUNTY, SIX HUNDRED IN THE OLD ALVARADO HIGHWAY WHEN WE CAME IN NINETEEN SEVENTY EIGHT.
IF I WANTED TO LIVE IN THE CITY, I COULD HAVE GONE TO FORT WORTH WHERE I WORKED, AND CANDLE RIDGE WAS A BIG DEAL IN 1978.
BUT WE WANTED A COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE, AS DID MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE STILL WANT THE PEACE AND QUIET, THE LIGHTER TRAFFIC, THE TREES, THE BIRDS, THE SQUIRRELS, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT GO WITH LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT THE CITY IS CONSTANTLY, RELENTLESSLY MOVING TO PUT HOUSE TOPS, ASPHALT AND CONCRETE ON EVERY AVAILABLE SQUARE FOOT OF LAND.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED SO MUCH HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPERS.
REAL ESTATE FOLKS TELL US THAT SMALLER LOTS ARE MORE DESIRABLE.
FOLKS DON'T WANT TO CUT THE GRASS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SMALLER LOTS ARE MORE DESIRABLE.
LARGER LOTS DON'T SELL, LARGER LOTS DON'T SELL.
BUT THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT THAT STANFORD ACTUALLY BACKS UP TO IS TAYLOR BRIDGE AND TAYLOR BRIDGE IS ALL LIKE TWO ACRES, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT LARGER LOTS DO SELL IF THEY'RE PROMOTED PROPERLY.
I THINK THAT YOU PLANNING AND ZONING WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH MINIMAL CONSIDERATION FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS AND EXISTING HOME OWNER FEELINGS.
WE'VE GOT LIGHT OPPOSITION VOICED HERE TONIGHT FOR SEVERAL REASONS, AND MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS MAYBE A LITTLE OFF THE BEATEN PATH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE MANY FOLKS TURN OUT AND NO ONE. I THINK IT'S APATHY.
WE ONLY HAD 10 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION VOTING POPULATION TURNOUT FOR AN ELECTION.
FOLKS JUST DON'T COME DOWN HERE.
THEY DON'T IF THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN AN ELECTION, THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT INTERESTED IN DEVELOPMENT, WHAT GOES ON.
I HAD TWO FOLKS, I WALK EVERY DAY, I HAD TWO FOLKS STOP ME ON MY OWN STREET THIS WEEK AND ASKED ME WHAT WAS GOING ON BEHIND BENNETT'S.
IT'S A HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD.
THEY DON'T KNOW. IT'S ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX HOUSES, APATHY.
MY MY SECOND REASON FOR HAVING A LITTLE...MR. DEXHEIMER, I'M SORRY THE TIMER IS UP.
IF YOU WANT TO FINISH ONE LAST STATEMENT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO AT THIS POINT.
LAST STATEMENT IF I COULD, SIR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LESS HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, MORE STATUS QUO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT CARD I HAVE IS MR. BILL, BILL GANESH.
BILL JANESH, 117 NORTHEAST CLINTON STREET, I DON'T LIVE IN THIS AREA, BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND ALL THE CUSTOMERS THAT LIVE OUT IN THAT REGION.
I'M JUST GOING TO SCHOOL YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT FOR THE ONES THAT DON'T KNOW.
AN ACRE IS FORTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SQUARE FEET.
A SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT LOT SIZES IS SEVENTH OF AN ACRE, SEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT LESS THAN A SIXTH OF AN ACRE.
SOME OF THESE I KNOW THAT THEY RAISED THE FOOTAGES, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE SMALLER LOT SIZES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE TALKING BEFORE 50 FOOT WIDE LOT, YOU CAN GET ONE CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF THESE HOUSES.
YOU GET ONE NEIGHBOR HAS A FEW FRIENDS OVER AND YOU GOT A PARK AROUND THE CORNER.
RAINWATER, THAT'S MY MAIN TOPIC THAT I COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
I GOT SOME FRIENDS THAT LIVE OFF OF A BOUGHTON CIRCLE ACROSS FROM BENNETT'S.
IT'S BEEN SPOKEN BEFORE AND BEFORE CITY COUNCIL THAT QUIL MILLER DOES NOT FLOOD.
I'VE BEEN IN CROTCH DEEP WATER.
I'M PRETTY TALL, CROTCH DEEP IS PRETTY, PRETTY DEEP.
ONE OF MY LONGTIME FRIENDS, SHE'S BEEN THERE.
WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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I'M 59 NOW. SHE'S BEEN IN CHEST DEEP WATER.SHE'S A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN ME.
BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, SHE'S NOT THE BEST OF HEALTH.
SHE'S GOING TO GET WASHED AWAY AND DROWN.
SOMETIMES THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THEY HAD TO VACATE THEIR HOUSE.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO FLOOD.
BUT WITH THE ADDITION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO BEHIND VENICE, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT DISASTROUS.
WHEN IT'S RAIN. I KNOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 38 ACRES OR SO WHEN IT'S RAINING ABOUT TWENTY FIVE ACRES PER HOUR THAT WHEN IT'S RAIN, CREATES A MILLION GALLONS OF WATER ON THE AVERAGE SIDE, SMALLER LOT SIZES.
ALL THIS IS GOING TO BE GOING INTO QUIL MILLER CREEK.
THEY'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT BUILDING UP SOME OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
IT'S GOING TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS MAKE A LITTLE BIT WORSE.
I KNOW SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS HERE HAVE HAD WATER ISSUES, SO MY CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN FLOODED OUT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DESTROYING SOMEBODY'S NOT ONLY THEIR PERSONALITY, BUT THEIR WHOLE WELL-BEING WHEN THEY HAVE WATER INSIDE THEIR HOUSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE RETENTION POND IS GOING TO EVER BE ORDERED ON THIS, BUT A LOT OF RETENTION PONDS ROCKED A MILLION MILLION AND A HALF THAT WOULD GET FILLED UP QUICK, QUIL MILLER, LIKE I SAID IT'S BEEN GROWN FAMOUS FOR BREACHING ITS BANKS.
THE CITY OF BURLESON WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FEMA FLOOD STUDY.
THEN I LEARNED IT'S GOING TO BE ON TWO CREEKS AND QUIL MILLER IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
AND I WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTED, MORE PISSED OFF THAN DISAPPOINTED.
THERE'S MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS GOING AROUND.
A LOT OF THESE ARE GOING INTO QUIL MILLER CREEK PRIMARIES WRAPS AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF A CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, ALL THE WAY BACK PAST COURIER ALL THE WAY TO 602.
IT CREATES EROSION AND DAMAGES TO LAND FENCES, ET CETERA, WASH OUTS OF CULVERTS, DRIVEWAYS AND ROADS.
I AM A GENERAL CONTRACTOR RESIDENTIAL.
WE MOVED HERE NINETEEN SIXTY SEVEN.
WHEN I WAS FIVE, I SPECIALIZED IN THE INSURANCE REPAIR CLAIMS. I'VE TESTIFIED MANY TIMES AS EXPERT WITNESSES IN LAWSUITS.
I'VE GOT FORTY ONE YEARS EXPERIENCE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE A MINIMUM IN CITY, LOT SIZE AT TWELVE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT? I'M AGAINST THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE A MINIMUM ONE ACRE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS THE LAST CARD I HAD.
IT'S STILL AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING, WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, SIR. IF YOU'LL JUST COME UP AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS JIMMY WRIGHT, AND I LIVE AT 1701 TAYLOR BRIDGE COURT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US OUT.
I AM DEFINITELY OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED LOT SIZE.
MUCH LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I THINK ONE ACRE LOTS ARE MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
MY WIFE AND I MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT A YEAR AGO, A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
WE MOVED OUT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD JUST LIKE WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THAT. WE WANTED WHAT BURLESON HAD TO OFFER THE ONE ACRE LOTS, THE NICE SIZED HOME.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, THOUGH.
IF THEY ACTUALLY DO PUT IN THE NINETY SIX HOUSES THAT ARE ROUGHLY HALF THE VALUE OF OUR HOUSE, ARE WE GOING TO GET LIKE A TAX CREDIT WHEN OUR PROPERTY VALUES NOSEDIVE? I'M GOING TO GUESS, NO.
SO ANOTHER REASON I AM ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO LOTS SMALLER THAN ONE ACRE.
BUILD WHAT'S IN THE AREA? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, SIR. MY NAME IS JAMES COHEN, I LIVE AT 616 JC COURT, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. I'VE LIVED THERE EIGHT YEARS.
MY WIFE HAS OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR 29 YEARS.
I'M NOT SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
I AM SPEAKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION ON 602 AND ON RENFRO WHEN THE 30 ACRES OF PROPERTY WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF RENFRO AND 602 WAS OK'D ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. IT WAS STATED THEN THAT THAT INTERSECTION WOULD BE IMPROVED BEFORE ANY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS WOULD COME ON STREAM.
SO FAR, THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED.
THE ONLY ENTRANCE TO RENFRO IS OFF 602 OR OFF CHRISTOPHER.
STREET IS JUST ACROSS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE ENTRANCE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS AT J.C.
. THE ONLY OTHER SITUATION ON THE TRAFFIC IS WHERE 602 USED TO MEET THE ACCESS ROAD AT THE VERY SOUTHERN END.
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YOU HAD ACCESS THERE WHERE YOU COULD GO SOUTH TO 35.THAT WAS CHANGED EARLIER THIS YEAR, SO THERE IS NO ACCESS GOING SOUTH.
THE ONLY ACCESS GOING SOUTH IS THROUGH HIDDEN CREEK.
WITH ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON 602.
AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IMPROVE THE ROAD.
IT IS A TWO LANE COUNTRY ROAD.
I KNOW YOUR TRAFFIC STUDIES SAY THAT IT'S SATISFACTORY, BUT IF YOU DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, I CAN SHOW THAT IT IS SATISFACTORY ALL THE TIME.
IF YOU DO IT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE.
YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO POLICEMEN ON DUTY IN THE MORNINGS AND IN THE AFTERNOONS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO DIRECT TRAFFIC.
AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITIONS AND THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.
OK. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? I MR. HOLLAND. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS STILL OPEN, WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK? AND IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE, THANK YOU.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO AND I MADE SOME NOTES IF I MISSED SOMETHING, YOU KNOW YOU ALL PLEASE SHARE WITH ME ANY QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T CATCH.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING I HEARD WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS THE DEVALUING OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS NOT WORKFORCE HOUSING.
THIS IS NOT HIGH DENSITY SUBDIVISION.
THIS IS A EXTREMELY NICE, WELL-PREPARED PROFESSIONAL SUBDIVISION THAT HAS 10000 OR LARGER SQUARE FOOT LOTS HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE VALUED IN THE 450 ON AVERAGE ON UP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. Y'ALL BOUGHT A FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS STARTER HOME.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MOVE UP, SECOND TIME MOVE UP BUYERS.
THESE THIS AREA, WE WE MEET THE COMP PLAN.
WE'VE GONE BACK AND RAISED OUR LOT PRICES TO MEET THE COMP PLAN, WHICH WAS STUDIED JUST A YEAR AGO. SO TO CONTINUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AND AND LOOK AT SOMETHING LARGER THAN WHAT THE COMP PLAN REQUIRES IS DISINGENUOUS.
AND I THINK WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD WITH STAFF TO COME BACK WITH WITH A PRODUCT THAT WE THINK AND HOPE YOU'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF.
A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, THE FROM THE DRAINAGE STANDPOINT, WE'LL YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY DESIGN THIS TO ALL CITY STANDARDS, ALL CITY ORDINANCES, ALL STATE AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO PUT A PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.
WE WOULDN'T BE IN BUSINESS FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS IF WE WENT OUT WILLY NILLY AND DESIGN THINGS THAT DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY.
THERE'S LIABILITY INVOLVED THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR STAFF HERE THAT OVERSEE WHAT OCCURS AND HOW THAT HAPPENS. AND INTENT'S TO FOLLOW EVERY LAW AND DEVELOP IT PROPERLY.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THOSE TRAFFIC STUDIES, THERE'S A COPY OF THEM, YOU KNOW, ON RECORD AT THE CITY. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, THOSE ARE STUDIED AT THE AM AND PM PEAK HOURS. THE AS FAR AS THE CAPACITY ON 602, THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY SAYS.
THERE IS CAPACITY ON 602 TO CARRY NOT ONLY THIS SUBDIVISION, BUT THE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE THAT WERE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS OR DISCUSSED AT THE TIME THAT THE STUDY WAS DONE.
IT DOES SAY THAT 602 AND RENFRO IS A CHALLENGING INTERSECTION.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
AND SO OUR GOAL WITH THIS SUBDIVISION IS TO HELP SPUR THE MOVEMENT OF OF SOMETHING AT THAT INTERSECTION.
IF EVERYTHING DEVELOPS IN THE COUNTY, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY VALUE OR ANY PROPERTY TAXES TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS.
THEN THE CITY HAS GOT A HANDFUL OF HOUSES ON THAT STREET THAT ARE PROVIDING THE REVENUE IS PROVIDING REVENUE TO YOUR TAX COFFERS.
AND SO THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, WE THINK BY GOING THE LARGER LOTS THAT WE'RE DOING, PROVIDING THE VALUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO THE CITY IN THE FUTURE. SO IF I DIDN'T TOUCH SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I BELIEVE THERE IS A QUESTION OF WHEN YOU WOULD BREAK GROUND.
IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, I THINK WE GO TO COUNCIL FROM HERE IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER.
YEAH, BY MID-DECEMBER IS THE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR OUR ANNEXATION AND ZONING.
IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL THERE, WE'LL CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND THEN WE'LL HAVE FULL ENGINEERING DESIGN.
WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT 90 DAYS TO GET THROUGH THE FULL APPROVAL PROCESS AND WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY.
THE CONSTRUCTION TIME FRAME ON A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE WILL PROBABLY TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 15 MONTHS, DEPENDING ON WEATHER AND AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SO FROM THE TIME WE CLOSED TO THE TIME WE DELIVER FINISHED LOTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 16 TO 18 MONTHS AND THEN THE HOUSING WILL START CONSTRUCTION AND YOU'RE
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PROBABLY LOOKING AT A TWO TO TWO AND A HALF YEAR BUILDOUT TIME FRAME.SO FROM THE TIME WE GET APPROVED TO THE TIME THE LAST HOUSE IS CONSTRUCTED AND ASSUMING THE MARKET HOLDS AND NOBODY KNOWS WHO HAS A CRYSTAL BALL ON THAT, BUT ASSUMING THE MARKET HOLDS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A THREE TO FOUR YEAR WINDOW FOR CONSTRUCTION TIME FRAME.
BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? OK, LET ME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SEVEN FORTY FIVE AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMISSION THEN IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE? IT WAS. EXCUSE ME.
IT WAS UPDATED WITH THE SUBMITTAL OF THE PD.
SO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS? OK. THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT BURLESON THAT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH, AND I LEARN A LOT AT THESE MEETINGS, BUT THERE'S A HANDFUL OF AREAS THAT BURLESON I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
FOR THE YEARS I'VE SAT HERE TOO.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND I'M NOT DISCREDITING ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WE USE FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES, BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T, I CAN'T GET PAST.
HOW WE CAN PROPOSE TO ADD THIS, THIS MUCH TRAFFIC TO A ROAD LIKE COUNTY ROAD 602, WHICH IS, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE A TWO LANE COUNTRY ROAD AND IT'S ALMOST ONE LANE BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO THE EDGES OF THE ROAD, IT'S ALMOST UNDRIVABLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING IN FRONT OF LINEMEN EVERY THREE MONTHS IF YOU'RE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT ROAD.
THE INTERSECTION OF RENFRO AND 602, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT MEETING AFTER MEETING AND IT IS. IT IS A NIGHTMARE TOO.
AND I THINK I'LL I SHOULD BACK UP AND I START.
I THINK THIS PROPOSAL IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FROM THE LAST ONE.
I'LL BE HONEST, I WAS PERSONALLY, I WAS HOPING IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE TOWARDS WHAT WAS MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT FROM SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS.
I THINK THE AREA WARRANTS A SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE TYPE OF ZONING.
I THINK WHEN WE WHEN THE CITY OF BURLESON REDID THE COMP PLAN, IT WENT TO ALL, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE OF AREA WHERE IT USED TO BE URBAN RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
AND SO USED TO WE WOULD SOMEWHAT TYPE OF PLAN ON WHAT SIZE OF LOTS IT WOULD BE INSTEAD OF JUST NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CORRECT WHEN YOU SAY IT FALLS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT A NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY NOW.
AND I DO THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREA ON 602 IN THAT AREA OF BURLESON, THAT TO ME, I THINK IS UNIQUE TO THE CITY.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF AREAS LIKE THAT LEFT.
AND PERSONALLY, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT MY DECISION.
THIS IS A VOTE HERE AND THEN A VOTE AT COUNCIL.
AND I MEAN, IT'S UP TO IT'S IT'S UP TO TO YOU AND THEM.
BUT I FEEL A STRONG NEED TO PRESERVE THOSE PORTIONS OF THE CITY.
AND SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE NAIVE ENOUGH.
AND I THINK TO STANFORD'S IT IS THEIR RIGHT TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY IF THEY WANT TO.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF P&Z'S HERE AND COUNCILS HERE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY TO PRESERVE SECTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE WAY THEY SEE THAT IT SHOULD STAY AND REMAIN. AND I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE TO THE INPUT FOR THE CITY IN WHAT YOU GUYS WILL BE PROVIDING FOR THE CITY, FOR.
I THINK HOW YOU MENTIONED IT SPUR THE MOVEMENT TO MAKE CHANGES OF AT RENFRO AND 602.
BUT I THINK SPURRING THAT MOVEMENT IS AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYBODY THAT ALREADY LIVES THERE AND SPURRING THAT MOVEMENT MEANS MAKING THAT SITUATION WORSE IN ORDER FOR SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING THERE. AND I DON'T THAT I AGREE WITH THAT AT ALL.
I THINK THE TURN LANE THAT WAS WARRANTED BY THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THAT'S A MUST, BUT THAT ONLY ADDRESSES SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC THAT DOESN'T ADDRESS ADDRESS NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC.
THERE IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BLIND CURVE, BLIND HILL ON COUNTY ROAD 602, AND IT IS, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY A NEAR HEAD ON COLLISION DAILY.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN THE LADY MENTIONED EARLIER OF OVERTURNED CARS IN HER FRONT YARD AND WRECKS THAT HAPPENED THERE ALL THE TIME, AND I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT ADDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC TO THAT ROAD, NO MATTER WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS.
BUT I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS TO ARTICULATE THEIR CONCERNS IN THE THREE MINUTE TIME PERIOD THAT WE GIVE THEM.
I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY, BUT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE VALID.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HANDFUL OF AREAS OF BURLESON THAT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
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FLOODING IS AN ISSUE, AND ESPECIALLY THIS LAST YEAR WITH QUILL MILLER CREEK AND THE RAINWATER AND THE DRAINAGE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ALREADY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT IN. EVEN PINNACLE ESTATES WAS MET WITH MUCH OPPOSITION.SO WAS THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE CORNER OF RENFRO AND 602.
I DON'T IMAGINE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED WITH A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE LOTS WILL BE MET WITH MUCH OPPOSITION.
AS MUCH AS PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THEIR GREEN SPACE, THAT'S NOT THEIRS.
THE OWNERS OF THAT GREEN SPACE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP IT, AND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF TAKING THAT AWAY.
BUT I THINK THE APPROPRIATE NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD BE IN THE APPROPRIATE AREAS AND I FEEL FOR THIS AREA. IT SHOULD IT SHOULD BE ONE ACRE LOTS OR LARGER.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
YES, SIR. DO YOU MIND PUTTING UP THE AERIAL WHERE IT SHOWS THE LOTS AND THEN THE GREEN SPACE? PLEASE JUST.
WELL, SHE'S BRINGING THAT UP THE BACK PORTION, THE THE 44 ACRES THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THE HOA.
YES, SIR, IS THE HOA WILL BE IN CHARGE OF MAINTAINING THAT.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S BEING USED FOR, I GUESS, HAY PRODUCTION.
YES, THAT'S CORRECT. SO I LIVE IN A SUBDIVISION THAT HAS 72 HOUSES AND WE HAVE THREE ACRES OF COMMON AREA AND THE HOA DUES JUST ABOUT EAT THROUGH THAT JUST TO TAKE CARE OF THREE ACRES. SO I WONDER WHAT'S YOU KNOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE FORTY FOUR ACRES IN THE BACK? I'M ASSUMING YOU CAN'T JUST LET IT GROW.
AND YEAH, THE CREEK AREA WILL BE MAINTAINED IN PRIMARILY A NATIVE STATE.
THE OTHER AREAS WILL BE MOWED AND MAINTAINED.
THEY WON'T HAVE IRRIGATION, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO BIG BOX MOWING AND CUTTING AS A AS IT'S DONE RIGHT NOW, SO YOUR COSTS ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED.
YOUR REAL EXPENSE GETS INTO THE SODDED AREAS AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AND THE WALKING TRAIL ON BOTH SIDES OF WALKING TRAIL, AND SO THERE WOULD BE AN EXPENSE.
AND AGAIN, IT SPREAD OVER THE 96 LOTS.
SO THAT HELPS, RIGHT? THE MORE LOT YOU HAVE, THE HIGHER THE OR THE YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN OVER MORE LOTS AND YOUR COSTS GET LOWER PER UNIT.
SO BUT MOST OF THAT BACK THERE IS GOING TO STAY IN RELATIVELY NATIVE STATE, BUT MAINTAINED IN A NICE, CLEAN FASHION.
OK. AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WE'VE GOT THE WELL THIS WELL PAD AND THEN AT THE TOP LEFT, WE'VE GOT THE WELL PAD.
BUT HOW'S THE ACCESS GOING TO BE TO THE TOP LEFT ONE? WE'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM ACCESS THROUGH THE EXISTING CAN DO THAT OTHER WELL PAD.
IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT ACCESSING IT FROM THE WEST AS WELL.
OK, THERE IS AN EXISTING WELL PAD THERE AND THEN GIVING THEM A DIRECT ACCESS POINT OFF OF THAT STREET THERE AND EASEMENT ONTO OUR PROPERTY.
OK. BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE LITTLE OVERVIEW AND IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WAS ACCESS TO IT BASED WITH THE PLAYGROUND AND THINGS, OK? I THINK THAT'S ALL HAD. GREAT.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OK.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. I CAN TAKE A MOTION ON CASE 21091.
ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO MOTION, IT WILL FAIL.
THE I GUESS IS FOR JENNIFER, THE TWO EXTRA DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN THAT ARE UNDER STAFF REVIEW. THOSE AREN'T PLANNING TO COME INTO THE CITY.
TAYLOR BRIDGE NORTH AND THE PURSELLEY FARM ESTATES, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED TO STAY WITHIN THE ETJ.
LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO MEET IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AT THIS
[6. Recess into Executive Session The Planning & Zoning Commission reserves the right to convene in Executive Session(s) during this meeting pursuant to the following Sections of the Government Code of the State of Texas: Pursuant to Sec. 551.071 consultation with its Attorney: The Planning & Zoning Commission may conduct private consultations with its attorneys when the Planning & Zoning Commission seeks the advice of its attorney concerning any item on this agenda or a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the Planning & Zoning Commission under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Government Code. Pursuant to Sec 551.087 Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations The Planning and Zoning Commission may discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information received from a business prospect that the City Of Burleson seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the City and which the City is conducting economic development negotiations or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect; particularly, discussion with economic development specialist regarding potential economic incentive agreement for development of real property.]
POINT. LET'S TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.[01:25:08]
ALL RIGHT, WE YOU'RE COMING BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:08, AND AGAIN, I'LL OPEN IT BACK UP AFTER TALKING BACK THERE, ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE ON THE RECORD AT THIS POINT? COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFYING STATEMENT.WHEN I MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS STATEMENTS WERE, OH, A PERSONAL OBSERVANCE OF MINE, NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST ANYBODY THAT'S DOING THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TIA.
I TAKE THAT DATA FOR FOR HOW IT'S PRESENTED WHEN MAKING THE DECISION.
THE MAIN PART THAT REALLY SWAYS ME, ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER FOR THIS IS THE LOT SIZE HERE. AS I DISCUSSED, I THINK AT LENGTH IN MY COMMENTS AND HOW TAYLOR BRIDGE JUST TO THE SOUTH IS ONE ACRE PLUS LOTS, THE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET, PURSELLEY FARMS WILL BE ONE TO FIVE ACRE LOTS.
TAYLOR BRIDGE NORTH TO THE NORTH OF THIS WILL BE ONE PLUS ACRE LOTS, I BELIEVE ONE TO FIVE ACRES. SO THE MAIN POINT FOR A WAY I FEEL THE WAY I FEEL IS BECAUSE OF THE LOT SIZE, THE DENSITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T I DO NOT FEEL IT MATCHES THE SURROUNDING AREA.
OK. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE CASE 21-091.
OK, WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY ADAM AND A SECOND BY JASON.
ALL IN FAVOR, YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT WE HAD JASON, ADAM AND CASON FOR.
ALL OPPOSED. AND DAN, MICHAEL AND CHRIS.
SO WITH THAT, IT WILL GO TO COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 13TH.
DON'T WE HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ANYWAY? ANYTHING SO WE LIKE BEFORE WE DID A, WE RECOMMEND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE A DENIAL OF A THREE TO THREE.
IT REQUIRES A DENIAL, A MAJORITY VOTE.
OK, SO THAT WILL BE SENT TO COUNCIL FOR DECEMBER 13TH, OF WHICH THEY WILL TAKE IT UP.
IS THAT CORRECT, JENNIFER? THAT'S CORRECT, MR. CHAIRMAN. OK. ALL RIGHT.
THEIR NEXT IS REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO JENNIFER.
THIS WILL BE HER LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I KNOW SHE IS MOVING ON, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
ALL YOU'VE DONE WITH THE STAFF AND WITH US, WE SURE APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8:11. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.