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ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[ Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting Agenda City Hall Council Chambers 141 W. Renfro Burleson, TX 76028 ]

IT IS 6:30, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE BURLESON PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING FOR JANUARY 25, 2022.

AND ADAM, DO YOU MIND GIVING US THE INVOCATION TONIGHT? PLEASE, BOW YOUR HEAD. DEAR GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY TONIGHT.

WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU BE WITH EVERYBODY IN THE CITY AND STATE IN THE COUNTRY IS CONTINUING TO BATTLE CORONAVIRUS AND WE JUST PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS ABROAD AND AT HOME AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WE ASK THESE IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. IF YOU STAND FOR THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.

ALLEGIANCE] ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE ARE THE CITIZEN APPEARANCES, THIS IS IF SOMEBODY WOULD

[1. Citizen Appearances Other than public hearings, citizens in attendance who desire to speak to the Planning and Zoning Commission may speak during this section. Each person will be allowed three (3) minutes to speak and will not be interrupted by the Commission or staff. If you would like to speak, please fill out a speaker card and give the completed card to the City staff prior to addressing the Commission. Please note that the Commission may only take action on items posted on the agenda. The Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Commission from deliberating or taking action on an item not listed on the agenda. Please also note that speakers who desire to speak on an item listed for public hearing will address the Commission during the public hearing and consideration of that particular agenda item.]

LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO AT THIS POINT.

AND JUST FOR HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.

IF YOU DO WISH TO COME TO SPEAK, EVERYONE WILL HAVE A CHANCE.

IF YOU'LL JUST COME UP TO THIS MICROPHONE AND JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN IT CAN BE ADDRESSED AT THAT POINT.

BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE CITIZEN APPEARANCES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AT THIS POINT. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY MOVING, SO I IMAGINE EVERYONE'S HERE FOR SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, SO I'M GOING TO GO AND MOVE 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.]

WE HAVE THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE USUALLY ROUTINE IN NATURE THAT CAN BE HANDLED AT THE STAFF LEVEL.

IT INCLUDES THE MINUTES AND A REPLAT OF A CLARK'S ADDITION.

IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL THIS OFF, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

OTHERWISE I CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

WAS THAT YOU, CHRIS? YES. OK, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY JASON, EXCUSE ME, A MOTION MADE BY JASON, A SECOND BY CHRIS, ALL IN FAVOR.

IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND, IT'S UNANIMOUS.

WE'RE A TAD SLOW, I THINK, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AFTER LAST TIME WITH THAT PLAT GOING ON THERE. SO.

BUT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3A, WHICH IS THE SHERWOOD FOREST ESTATES ADDRESSED AS 3301 FM

[A. Sherwood Forest Estates addressed as 3301 FM 731 (Case 21-115): Consider a preliminary plat for Sherwood Forest Estates, Lots 1-24, Block 1, with a subdivision waiver to Article 5, Section 5.4 (b) – Street layout requirements to exceed the maximum allowable block length within the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction of the City of Burleson. ]

731 CASE 21-115 TO CONSIDER A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SHERWOOD FOREST ESTATE LOTS ONE THROUGH TWENTY FOUR, BLOCK ONE, WITH THE SUBDIVISION WAIVER TO ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION FIVE POINT FOUR B, THE STREET LAYOUT REQUIREMENTS TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE BLOCK LENGTH WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF BURLESON.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS THE SHERWOOD FOREST PRELIMINARY PLAT.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY TWENTY EIGHT ACRES IN THE ETJ OFF OF FM 731, AS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN.

THE APPLICANT IS MR. ALTON ISBELL. HE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING DUE TO A SICKNESS, BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIM, SO HE'S FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE'RE PRESENTING THE ITEM TONIGHT AND THE ACTION.

AS YOU SAID, IT IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT AND A WAIVER.

THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWENTY FOUR APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE LOTS IN THE ETJ WITH A WAIVER TO THE BLOCK LENGTH.

SO THE CODE ALLOWS A MAXIMUM BLOCK LENGTH OF TWELVE HUNDRED FEET AND HE'S CURRENTLY PROPOSING SIXTEEN NINETY FOUR.

FOR THE ENGINEERING PART, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING THE ROADWAYS TO A RURAL STANDARD. THE COUNTY WILL NOT BE MAINTAINING THESE ROADWAYS, SO THEY'LL BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED. ITS PROPERTY SERVED BY BETHESDA WATER AND EACH LOT WILL CONTAIN ITS OWN, EXCUSE ME, PRIVATE SEPTIC SYSTEM AND THEN DETENTION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ANY DEVELOPMENTS ONE ACRE IN SIZE OR LARGER.

AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED SOME PRELIMINARY DETENTION CALCULATIONS WITH THIS PLAT.

AND ALL THE ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS WILL BE REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF.

WE SENT OUT NOTICES TO TWO HUNDRED FEET AND THIS SHOWING A GRAPHIC TO THE PROPERTIES T HAT RECEIVE NOTICE. THIS IS BASED OFF THE WAIVER.

AT THE TIME OF THIS MEETING, WE'VE RECEIVED NO SPECIFIC INQUIRIES, OR LETTERS OF OPPOSITION. SO THIS ITEM IS IS A LITTLE UNIQUE, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE WAIVER, BUT THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE PUTTING WITH THIS PLAT, OUR ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW US TO APPROVE PLAT WITH CONDITIONS.

THIS HAPPENS SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MEET THE 30 DAY SHOT CLOCK.

AND IN THIS CASE, THERE'S A COUPLE CONDITIONS, ONE THAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO NEED TO ADD A DETENTION EASEMENT ON LOT 12.

THE SECOND CONDITION WOULD BE THAT THE CURVILINEAR REQUIREMENTS, AS THEY SHOWN IN THE PLAT, YOU SAW THAT THEY ARE NOT MEETING OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS.

SO PRIOR TO GOING TO A FINAL PLAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THOSE CITY ENGINEERING CURVILINEAR STANDARDS ARE PROCEED TO ASK FOR A WAIVER FOR THAT SECTION AS WELL, AND THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL PRIOR TO THEM PROCEEDING TO A FINAL PLAT.

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SO ANY MOTION, IF THE MOTION WERE TO BE TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITIONS, JUST REMIND THE COMMISSION YOU'D HAVE TO STATE THAT IT IS AND YOU ACTUALLY STATE THOSE THREE CONDITIONS IN ANY MOTION SHOULD YOU VOTE TO APPROVE THE PLAT.

AND STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAT AS WELL AS THE WAIVER, AND THE THREE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT AND STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAT OR.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:35.

IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP.

WHILE WE'RE WAITING, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK MICHELLE WITH THE CURVILINEAR ENGINEERING.

THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH YOU GUYS ON JUST A STRAIGHT STREET FOR SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FEET? NO. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE CONDITION IS THERE.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO.

IT'S A LONG, NARROW LOT.

REGARDLESS, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK, POSSIBLY IN FRONT OF YOU WITH A WAIVER, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS ON THE WAY THAT THE CURVILINEAR IS CALCULATED, HOW MUCH LENGTH YOU CAN COUNT ON A CUL-DE-SAC SO THEY MAY NOT MAKE IT REGARDLESS. BUT I'M GOING TO WORK WITH THEIR ENGINEER, TRAVIS, AND I WILL.

OK. I MEAN, THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THEY CAN DO.

THERE'S DIFFERENT OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES THEY CAN TAKE.

RIGHT, OK. I HAVE A QUESTION.

WELL, THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE TWELVE HUNDRED FEET MAXIMUM, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT? TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT, HONESTLY, THAT MANUALS FROM 2008. I'M GOING TO SUSPECT IT PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO, POSSIBLY WITH FIRE, BUT WE HAVE A PROPER TURNAROUND.

SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD ANSWER ON THAT.

WELL, THE STREET WOULDN'T BE WIDE ENOUGH FOR A FIRE TRUCK TO TURN AROUND RIGHT? AT THE END, THE CUL-DE-SAC, THAT IS.

BUT YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO DOWN THERE, TURN AROUND AND COME BACK.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A BUNCH OF CARS DOWN THERE OR SOMETHING? I MEAN. IT'S BUILT TO OUR STANDARDS, SO THE FIRE TRUCKS SHOULD BE.

EVEN IF THE CARS ARE PARKED ON THE SIDE, THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE FIRE TRUCK TO GET DOWN. SO YOU DON'T SEE THIS AS AS FAR AS SAFETY GOES, YOU DON'T SEE ANY REASON THAT THIS SHOULDN'T BE SPEAKERS]. SO TO CHIME INTO THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS REVIEWED AND WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE WAIVER ON THIS PLAT. SO THE FIRE MARSHAL REVIEWS ALL PLATS, AND HE LOOKS AT THAT AS PART OF HIS REVIEW FOR OUR DAC.

SO HE HAS REVIEWED THIS AND SIGN OFF.

THE COUNTY'S ALSO REVIEWED IT.

THANK YOU. AND JUST SO LET LET YOU KNOW WE WILL BE STARTING THE UPDATE TO OUR DESIGN MANUAL. IT'S LONG OVERDUE, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE REQUIREMENTS LIKE THAT.

AND ARE THEY STILL VALID? WHY ARE THEY IN THERE OR DO THEY NEED TO BE MODIFIED? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE STILL HAVE AN OPEN HEARING, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? OK, LET ME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:38.

AND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING, I'LL ENTERTAIN IT.

OTHERWISE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 3A.

ON THE WAIVER FOR THE CURVILINEAR.

CAN WE GRANT THAT NOW OR DO THEY HAVE TO ASK FOR IT? SO. SO THE CONDITIONS ARE THERE'S TWO CONDITIONS IS ONE THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO REDESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS.

THE WAIVER IS IF THEY CAN'T DO THAT.

SO THE ACTIONS ON THE PLAT, IF SINCE THEY DIDN'T REQUEST IT AT THE TIME, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DENY THE PLAT.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A CONDITION ON THIS CASE AND WE CAN'T TABLE A PLAT OR ONCE WE SEND OUT A LETTER ON STAFF, SENDS OUT A LETTER THAT YOU GO ON AN AGENDA.

WE'RE ON THE 30 DAY SHOT CLOCK, SO WE EITHER HAVE TO PRESENT IT WITH THAT CONDITION OR DENY THE PLAT. AND IN THIS CASE, WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE CONDITIONS SO THAT HE'S NOT JUST COMING BACK FOR THE PLAT.

UNDERSTANDING, HE PROBABLY THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE HE'LL COME BACK FOR THAT WAIVER BEFORE HE CAN GO TO A FINAL PLAT.

OKAY. IF THIS WERE A FINAL PLAT, THE RECOMMENDATION MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

BUT SINCE IT'S PRELIMINARY PLAT STAFF WAS COMFORTABLE PUTTING THESE CONDITIONS ON THAT PLAT. OK. MAKES SENSE.

THIS IS INTENDED TO STAY IN THE ETJ? YES, THIS WILL STAY IN THE ETJ.

ONE ACRE LOT, IT WILL.

HOA OR NOT? DO YOU KNOW? AT THIS TIME, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE'S PRESENTING A HOA, HE WILL HAVE TO.

THE LOTS WILL GO TO THE STREETS, SO THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECTION IN FRONT OF THEM. BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE HE HAS AN INTENTION ON HOA SINCE HE STILL GOT A LOT OF TIME BEFORE HE'S GOING TO BE READY FOR A FINAL PLAT, THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT HE WOULD, AND IF HE DID, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE ON THE FINAL PLAT AND HE WOULD BE PROVIDING THE DOCUMENTATION TO US.

IS IT INTENDED TO BE GATED? IS NOT INTENDED TO BE GATED.

MAYBE THIS IS JUST A QUESTION OF MY IGNORANCE.

THEN WHY WOULD THE COUNTY NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THAT ROAD? SO ON A PLAT, THEY CAN.

SO ONE GENERALLY BECAUSE OF THE STANDARD IS COUNTY IS JUST NOT GOING TO MAINTAIN IT.

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TWO. IF THE ROADS ARE NOT GOING TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY, THEY'LL BRING THE LOT LINES TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.

THAT'S WHAT HE'S DONE IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THEY'VE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAINTAIN A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE STANDARDS THAT THE STREETS ARE BUILT TO AND TWO GENERALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILDING A HIGHER STANDARD THAN THE COUNTY IS GOING TO MAINTAIN AND SOME OF IT'S JUST FUNDING. WELL, AND WHAT I WILL, YOU KNOW, IS THAT HE WILL HAVE TO HAVE AN HOA IF THEY'RE PRIVATE STREETS.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REQUIRES AN HOA IF IT'S PRIVATE STREETS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MAINTAINED, SO HE WILL HAVE TO DO THAT.

BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GATED.

OK. AND THE STREET REQUIREMENTS.

IS THIS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE THAT HYBRID WHERE IT'S WE CAN HAVE TWO INCHES OF ASPHALT OR WHATEVER? NO. THIS ONE IS TO THE CITY'S RURAL STANDARDS.

THE CITY'S RURAL STANDARDS, OK, AND THAT DETENTION EASEMENT, DOES THAT TAKE UP THE ENTIRE LOT? 12.

MOST LIKELY WILL TAKE UP THE ENTIRE LOT OF LOT 12.

OK. SO HOW? HOW DO WE MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? WELL, LET ME PIGGYBACK OFF YOUR QUESTION SURE FIRST.

SO THE HOMEOWNER IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROAD OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THAT HEAR THAT RIGHT? YES. WELL, LET ME FOLLOW THAT UP WITH ANOTHER QUESTION.

MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THEM BOTH.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I'M THAT HOMEOWNER AND THERE'S A POTHOLE THAT YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH AND I'M LIKE, I AIN'T FIXING THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FIRE TRUCK OR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THE CITY HAVE ANY REMEDY.

NOT THE CITY, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ETJ.

SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE COUNTY AND THE, YOU KNOW, THEIR SYSTEM THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY THAT IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE OR THEY CAN'T GET TO IT.

AM I OVERTHINKING THIS? THAT JUST SEEMS KIND OF DANGEROUS THAT.

IT SAYS THE ROADWAYS WILL BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED.

BUT WHAT ASSURANCES WOULD WE HAVE THAT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THE KASON.

YEAH, MAINTAINED SO.

RIGHT. YOU DON'T. BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW OUR ORDINANCE ALLOWS PRIVATE ROADS.

AND IF THEY ARE PRIVATE ROADS, THE PROPERTY LINE GOES TO THE CENTER AND THERE HAS TO BE AN HOA BECAUSE IF IT'S YEAH, OK, BUT THE HOA DOCS CAN DESIGNATE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAINTAIN THAT ROADWAY OR IF IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL TACKLE, BUT THEY ARE STILL IN OUR ORDINANCE TODAY. WE CAN REQUIRE AN HOA, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE ETJ OR IT'S NOT IN THE CITY? BECAUSE WE CAN STILL EXTEND OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND DESIGN STANDARDS OUT TO THE ETJ SO WE CAN REQUIRE IT.

AND HE WOULD HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE US WITH THOSE DOCS FILED.

NOW WE DON'T ENFORCE THEM, WE CAN'T ENFORCE.

ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? NO, BUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WITH AN HOA.

IT CAN BE DISBANDED, BUT THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT TODAY.

AND THERE'S NO INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITY OR COUNTY IN THE CREATION OF THOSE HOA DOCUMENTS EITHER, SO THE HOA DOCUMENTS COULD SPECIFICALLY OMIT ANY.

IT COULD BE WHAT'S IN THERE. YES.

ROAD MAINTENANCE. SO, MICHELLE, GIVE US YOUR KIND OF EXPERT OPINION THEN WITH THE ENGINEER IS THIS? I'M, I FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE AND I ENFORCE THE REGULATIONS IN THE ORDINANCE.

VERY GOOD ANSWER OR NON ANSWER.

OK. I MEAN, I'M JUST SPEAKING, I SEE SOME HEADACHES DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT IF IT'S THE ORDINANCE, I GET THAT AS WELL, SO.

I GUESS BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN, THEN ALSO WHAT WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS HERE? LIKE IF WE WE'RE NOT IN A PUBLIC HEARING OR ANYTHING RIGHT? SO YOUR OPTIONS ARE YOU.

SO IT'S PLAT. IT'S GOT TO BE APPROVED OR DENIED BASED ON THE MERITS OF A PLAT, SO YOU CAN APPROVE THE PLAT WITH THE CONDITIONS AS STATED.

YOU COULD DISAPPROVE THE PLAT, BUT YOU NEED YOU'D HAVE TO STATE WHY.

IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, AS STATED, BUT IT HAS TO BE BASED ON THE MERITS.

IT CAN'T BE ON THE MERITS OF THE DEVELOPER OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT IFS OR WE DON'T THINK.

I MEAN, THIS ISN'T REALLY THAT UNCOMMON, HONESTLY, FOR AN ETJ PLAT FOR STREETS TO BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, WHETHER IN JOHNSON COUNTY OR OTHER COUNTIES.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON, I WOULD SAY, THAT IT'S JUST GOT TO BE BASED ON THE MERITS OF THE PLAT.

SO IF YOU RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL, WE HAVE TO BE VERY.

YOU'D HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR ON STATING WHY YOU HAVE TO BE BASED OFF NOT MEETING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE A I THINK THAT THESE HOMES ARE ONE ACRE LOTS, AND I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE LIVING THERE WOULD PROBABLY RAISE ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW

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WHAT, IF THE ROAD WASN'T MAINTAINED AFTER THEY'VE SPENT UP-TEEN DOLLARS TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT MYSELF.

RAISED IT TO WHO I GUESS WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OUR BUSINESS OR NOT.

I MEAN, THE ORDINANCE, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO REALLY BACK ON THAT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX OF DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT I MEAN, MICHELLE SAID IT MEETS THE ORDINANCE.

THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN GO UNLESS WE WANT TO SAY WE DON'T LIKE THE CURVILINEAR OR THE LENGTH OF THE STREET OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL.

SO THAT SO BACK TO MY PREVIOUS QUESTION, HOW HOW DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? I'VE GOT AN IDEA.

TAKE IT AWAY, ADAM. OH, WELL, I'M JUST GOING SAY I MOVED TO APPROVE CASE 21-115 WITH THE WAIVER FOR THE BLOCK LENGTH AND THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS SUPPLIED BY THE CITY.

I'LL SECOND.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY ADAM FOR THE PLAT WITH THE WAIVERS AND THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE AND THEN SECONDED BY DAN/ ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT.

RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT.

UNANIMOUS. SO.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM 3B 7001 FM 917 CASE 21-157 TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A ZONING

[B. 7001 FM 917 (Case 21-157): Hold a public hearing and consider a zoning change request from “A” Agricultural, to “I” Industrial District, to allow for the development of a cold storage warehouse and office facility on 37.92 acres.]

CHANGE REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE FACILITY ON THIRTY SEVEN POINT NINETY TWO ACRES.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. SO SO YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROVIDED FOR THIS ZONE CHANGE.

ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED, HE HAS PROVIDED SOME CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS.

JUST SOME NOTE, SINCE THIS ISN'T A COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN, THESE RENDERINGS MAY, AS YOU SEE, NOT MEET OUR CURRENT STANDARDS FOR THAT OVERLAY WHEN THEY ACTUALLY SUBMIT FOR A COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN. IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED, THEY WILL HAVE TO MEET ALL STANDARDS.

THESE ARE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PROPERTY MAY LOOK LIKE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THE CURRENT ZONING OF THIS PARCEL IS AG IN OUR COMP PLAN, IT FALLS UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH CENTER AND THE REGIONAL OFFICE COMMERCIAL.

THE REQUESTED USE OF THE COLD STORAGE DOES MEET THE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, AND THE OFFICE COMPONENT WILL MEET THE REGIONAL OFFICE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.

OF NOTE, ONE OF THE KIND OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF EMPLOYMENT GROWTH CENTER COMP PLAN IS IS JOBS AND THERE SOME VERBIAGE.

SO WE ALWAYS TAKE THESE TO OUR EDC AND SEE HOW DOES THAT MEET WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER FOR THE COMP PLAN FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE? AND THEY HAVE A THEY DO AGREE THAT THIS MEETS THE INTENT OF THE COMP PLAN AS WELL AS THE PLANNING STAFF.

THIS IS ANOTHER PROVIDED LARGER VIEW OF PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU MAY SEE FROM 917.

SO FOR THIS SITE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO DETENTION BECAUSE IT IS ONE ACRE IN SIZE OR LARGER DUE TO IT BEING ALSO IN THE FLOOD PLAINS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS GRAPHIC TO THE NORTH. THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE DETENTION ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS. THEY WILL HAVE TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE DESIGN.

SO AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE GOING FORWARD THE ZONING.

BUT IN THE PLANNING AND COMMERCIAL SITE PLAN AND CIVIL REVIEW PROCESSES, THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET ALL OUR CODES.

THE WATER IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY BETHESDA.

HOWEVER, THERE SHOULD BE NOTED THERE'S NO AVAILABLE SANITARY SEWER, SO THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ENGINEERED, DESIGNED ON SITE SEWER FACILITY THAT'S APPROVED BY TEXAS TARRANT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO ANY SITE PLAN APPROVAL.

IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE SITE PLAN APPROVAL, SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THEIR GATES THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET. ANY PROPOSED CONDENSATE DISPOSAL WILL HAVE TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODES, WHICH THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED AND WILL NOT BE DISCHARGED INTO A STREET, ALLEY, SIDEWALK, ROOFTOP OR OTHER AREAS THAT CAUSE A NUISANCE.

THEIR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO ACCESS OFF AN FM 917, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE THERE EITHER A TIA OR A TRAFFIC EVALUATION LETTER TO BOTH THE CITY AND TXDOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTAINING CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED STREET CONNECTIONS.

WE SENT A PUBLIC HEARING TO ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THIS IS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER. THE ONLY INQUIRIES WE'VE REALLY SEEN IS JUST CALLS.

NOTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, JUST JUST GENERALLY SAW.

USUALLY THEY SEE THE SIGN.

SO AT THIS POINT, THIS IS A STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST.

IT'S NOT A SITE PLAN.

THERE'S NO PLAT THIS TIME.

IT'S JUST A REQUEST TO ZONE FROM AG TO I INDUSTRIAL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THAT ZONING CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURE TO INDUSTRIAL FOR THE PROPERTY AT SEVEN THOUSAND ONE FM

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917, AND I'M STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REQUEST.

WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE PERSONS FROM THE PARTY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:58 IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT, I'LL ASK IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

WHY DO YOU HAVE THE? OH, I"M SORRY, NO, COME ON, COME RIGHT ON UP.

SORRY, ADAM. THAT'S OK. HOLD THAT FOR A SECOND.

IF YOU JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK.

OK. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS WILLIAM RICHARDSON.

MY PHYSICAL ADDRESS OR MY PHYSICAL ADDRESS IS IN CLEBURNE.

I'M IN THE BUFFER ZONE OF THIS PROPERTY THAT'S IN HERE.

SO I WHICH ADDRESS DO YOU WANT JUST, OK? 3309 FM 2280 CLEBURNE, TEXAS 76031.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALLS TIME AND MY FIRST QUESTION I MAY BE IGNORANT TO THE FACT I WAS WHEN Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND THE UTILITIES, MY PROPERTY FOLLOWS THE LINE OF THE FLOODPLAIN OF THAT PROPERTY THAT WAS JUST UP THERE, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PART OF IT WAS MADE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T INCREASE ANY RUNOFF, WATER OR WHATNOT ONTO MY PROPERTY. IF THAT'S PART OF WHAT THAT WAS SAYING, THEN I'M OK.

I WAS JUST NEW TO ALL THIS, AND SO I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD WHILE I HAD THE CHANCE. ABSOLUTELY.

AND I'LL ASK [INAUDIBLE] MICHELLE IF YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER THAT.

YES. SO THIS IS THE ZONING.

THIS IS JUST A ZONING REQUEST.

SO WHEN THEY GO INTO THE PLATTING AND THEIR ACTUAL ENGINEERING SUBMITTALS.

CITY STAFF, THE ENGINEERING TEAM, THEY LOOK AT ALL THE PROVIDED.

IT'S PROVIDED BY THEIR OWN ENGINEERS AND WE REVIEW IT AND THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO CAUSE THEY CAN'T CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO ADJACENT PROPERTY.

THEY CAN'T INCREASE RUNOFF.

SO THIS THAT HASN'T BEEN REVIEWED AT THIS TIME, IT'S JUST THE ZONING, BUT THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY STAFF.

SO YES, SIR.

THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT STEPS AND THIS IS KIND OF STEP NUMBER ONE, SO TO SPEAK, JUST TO GET THE ZONING CHANGE AND THEN THEY'LL START SUBMITTING ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION TO THE CITY. THEY'LL START SECOND LOOKING AT THAT AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK FOR WHAT'S CALLED A SITE PLAN, OF WHICH POINT WE'LL ADDRESS THAT.

AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES WITH RUNOFF, IT'LL BE ADDRESSED AT THAT POINT.

IF THEY CAN'T MEET OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS JUST BECAUSE THEY GET THE ZONING, IF THEY CAN'T MEET THE STANDARDS, THEN THE PROJECT WILL NEVER MOVE FORWARD.

SO THE ZONING GETTING THE ZONING DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT THE PROJECT WILL MOVE FORWARD.

THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET ALL OF OUR STANDARDS AND THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION AND PROOF, AND IT'LL BE EVALUATED BY STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. DIDN'T WANT TO BE A FLY IN THE OINTMENT OR ANYTHING.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT IN WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO.

SO, NO, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND ASKING QUESTIONS.

OK, SORRY, ADAM.

THAT'S OK.

WE'LL SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO TALK.

I CAN JUST WAIT TILL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OK? DOES ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS POINT? ALL RIGHT, LET ME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:53.

OK, DO YOU HAVE THE ZONING MAP WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BLOWN OUT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S INDUSTRIAL ALL THE WAY.

I KNOW THAT'S THE COMP PLAN. BUT WE'VE GOT INDUSTRIAL NORTH OF WHERE THE HOUSES ARE, RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BUSINESS PARK EAST.

I THINK. SO A LOT OF THAT BUSINESS PARK IS ACROSS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.

SO THIS MAP SHOWING YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING.

JUST FOR REFERENCE TO THE SOUTH OF THIS IS WHERE THE TEXAS BEST IS AND YOU HAVE THE DOLLAR GENERAL AND THEN IT'S THE ETJ TO THE EAST AND THEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL KIND OF ALONG I-35.

OK. AND IT'S ALL ZONED INDUSTRIAL, WHERE THE BUSINESS PARK IS.

SO OUR BUSINESS PARKS, THOSE BUSINESS PARKS CAME IN A LOT OF TIMES AS PD ZONINGS IN THOSE CASES. THIS REQUEST IS FOR INDUSTRIAL ZONING.

THEY CHOSE AT THAT TIME TO DO PD LOT.

THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE MECHANISM OF HOW WE APPROVED COMMERCIAL SITE PLANS.

SO IT WAS JUST A WAY THAT STAFF AT THAT TIME BROUGHT THOSE CASES FORWARD.

BUT THEY COULD HAVE CAME FORWARD AS STRAIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING AS WELL.

THEY JUST CHOSE TO DO THEM AS PDS.

OK, INDUSTRIAL.

SINCE WE DON'T HAVE IT BROKEN OUT AND LIKE I ONE, TWO AND THREE, I KNOW THAT'S COMING, BUT IT'S SUCH A WIDE OPEN ZONING DISTRICT.

IT IS A ZONING, SO STAFF LOOKS AT THAT.

WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING AS A STRAIGHT ZONING, DOES IT, IT CAN BE ANY ONE OF THOSE USES, POTENTIALLY BASED ON WHERE THIS IS AT AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.

STAFF WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF THE I INDUSTRIAL USES THERE.

IT WOULD BE PERMITTED.

THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE ENGINEERING AND ALL THAT REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS PRETTY COSTLY.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD ZONING FIRST.

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THOSE BUSINESS PARKS DO JUST TO THEY'RE ALSO IN THE OVERLAY, THE BUSINESS PARK OVERLAY.

THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THAT THEY'RE BROUGHT FORWARD AS PD.

THIS ONE IS IN OUR I-35 OVERLAY, SO THEY'LL HAVE TO ADHERE TO THOSE STANDARDS AS WELL.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO MEET THE I-35 OVERLAY STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE INDUSTRIAL.

SO THEY DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MEASURES FOR HOW THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SHAPED AND WHAT'S PERMITTED OR NOT PERMITTED BY THAT.

OK. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AT 917 AND 35 WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR HAVING SOMETHING HERE.

SO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

NO TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS YET, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT ZONING.

AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST THE ZONING, SO IT HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THING.

ONCE IT'S SUBMITTED, IT MAY NOT TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO TELL AND THEY MAY NOT DEVELOP THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE WILL BE REQUIRED STILL TO MEET ALL OUR STANDARDS THEY WOULD OF ANY OTHER PROJECT.

JUST AT THIS POINT, THE ZONING, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING IT.

OK. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 3B CASE 21-157.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 3B CASE 21-157 . SECOND. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY CHRIS AND A SECOND BY JASON, ALL IN FAVOR IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[4. Reports and Presentations]

IF THERE ARE ANY.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

ANY COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS? AND NO REASON FOR EXECUTIVE TONIGHT, SO I CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:57.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL.



* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.