[A. Call to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
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          IT IS 630, AND I CALL TO ORDER. EXCUSE ME. THE. TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2025 PLANNING AND ZONING 
          [B. Approval of Minutes]
COMMISSION. THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT. FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MARCH 18TH, 2025. COMMISSIONERS. QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE. MOTION BY ADAM. SECOND. SECOND. I'M WORKING. THANK YOU. SECOND. BY FRANCESCA. FOR ME, THERE'S ONE MOMENT WHERE WE'RE MISSING A PERSON. GOTCHA. OKAY. THE MOTION BUTTONS ARE NOT SHOWING UP. YEAH, SHE HAD STARTED THE MEETING YET. I HAVEN'T STARTED THE MEETING YET. 
          I APOLOGIZE. THERE WERE. THERE WAS ONE MOMENT. OKAY. OKAY. I RON, HOLD A SECOND. 
          MECHANICALLY. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT ME TO DO SOMETHING? CAN YOU CHECK? ARE YOUR MICROPHONES ON? YEAH. YES. YEAH. WE'RE NOT SEEING GRANITE. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T HEAR. CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? OKAY. MOTION WAS BY ARAM, SECOND BY FRANCESCA. HERE WE GO. 
          AND THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. YOU MAY VOTE NOW. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE HAVE SEVERAL 
          [C. Public Hearings]
PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ACCESSORY BUILDING. ACCESSORY STRUCTURE GREATER THAN 800FT■!S ON 0.54 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TIMBER CREEK ACRES. LOT ONE, BLOCK C, LOCATED AT 1010 TIMBER CREEK DRIVE. ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 18,000FT■!S LOT. DISTRICT 18, AS REQUESTED BY NOEL GALLON, THE APPLICANT, ON BEHALF OF REGINA BLANCO, THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE NUMBER 20 502-2 SUP. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THE ACCESSORY BUILDING IS INTENDED TO BE USED AS A WORKSHOP FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ARE COMMON IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DUE TO THE LARGE LOT SIZES. THE ACCESSORY BUILDING MEETS ALL OF THE STANDARDS REQUIRED BY THE ZONING DISTRICT AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS. ON THIS PROPERTY. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. GOT HIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE READY. COMMISSIONERS. NO. COMMENTS. QUESTIONS? NOT. I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO COME FORWARD MAY COME FORWARD AND SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. COMMISSIONERS. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS PRESENTED. MOTION BY JOSH. SECOND. THANK 
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YOU. YES. IT'S WORKING. SECOND. OH MY GOSH! MOTION BY JOSH. SECOND. BY RICK. SECOND. BY JACK. NO IT WAS IT WAS RICK. MOTION WAS BY. SECOND WAS BY RICK, NOT JACK. WE VOTE NOW. 
          MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MADAM CHAIR, WILL THAT BE CORRECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD? I WOULD IMAGINE SO. THE. OKAY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE. THE SECOND WAS BY RICK LLEWELLYN. OKAY. WE WILL CORRECT THAT IN THE MINUTES. WE WILL CORRECT THAT IN THE MINUTES. COMMISSIONERS, THIS ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. WHO WILL HOLD A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON MONDAY, MAY 5TH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT THREE ITEMS, THREE THROUGH SIX, ARE GOING TO BE READ AS ONE. HEARING BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL VERY VERY SIMILAR. SO WE'LL WE'LL CONSIDER THOSE ONE HEARING. BUT I HAVE I WILL READ ALL SIX. PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7500FT■!S. LOTS ARE 7.5 DISTRICT ON 0.29 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT FOUR E BLOCK TEN MCKENZIE HENRY ADDITION, LOCATED AT 674 HARDY STREET, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. 25 025Z. THAT'S NUMBER THREE. NUMBER FOUR PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7500 SQUARE FOOT. 
          LOT R 7.5 DISTRICT ON 0.11 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE C BLOCK NINE MCKENZIE HENRY ADDITION LOCATED AT 635 WILLOW STREET. AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. THAT WAS PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER FOUR. NUMBER FIVE PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT DISTRICT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7500FT■!S. LOT R, 7.5 DISTRICT N 0.45 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT FOUR, BLOCK THREE MCKENZIE HENRY ADDITION, LOCATED AT 629 HARDY STREET. AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, 20 502-2Z. THAT WAS NUMBER FIVE. NUMBER SIX PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SEVEN. 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT R75 DISTRICT LOCATED ON 0.21 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT ONE D, BLOCK NINE MCKENZIE HENRY ADDITION LOCATED AT 630 WILLOW STREET, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. CITY STAFF IS INITIATING A REZONING ON BEHALF OF FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE MCKENZIE HENRY NEIGHBORHOOD, LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE OLD TOWN CORE. HERE. OH. THANK YOU. 
          LET'S SEE. THERE YOU GO. BUT WE'RE INITIATING A REZONING ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO REZONE THEIR PROPERTIES FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ARE SEVEN FIVE. THESE PROPERTIES WERE REZONED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THE 1970 1974. BUT THE CURRENT OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO REZONE IT BACK TO RESIDENTIAL. TWO OF THE LOTS ARE CURRENTLY VACANT AND TWO OF THEM HAVE HOMES. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE. I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ALSO HERE. IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR THEM. BUT I CAN I CAN TAKE THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS. DO ANY OF THE SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL CURRENT INDUSTRIAL USES POSE A PROBLEM 
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FOR BEING A NUISANCE IN THE FUTURE? FOR A NUISANCE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES? CORRECT. SO, I MEAN, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE ALREADY HOUSES LOCATED NEAR THESE INDUSTRIAL USES. MOST OF THEIR ACTIVITY IS DURING DAYTIME HOURS. SO THAT'S WHEN THE MOST I GUESS ACTIVITY WOULD HAPPEN. BUT AS FAR AS ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUES THAT THIS WOULD POSE, THIS IS MAINLY FOR HELPING MAINTAIN THE CURRENT HOUSES. AND FOR THOSE VACANT LOTS. THE OWNERS HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO DEVELOP LATER ON, BUT I DON'T SEE IT BEING ANY MORE OF A NUISANCE THAN IT CURRENTLY POSES WITH HAVING INDUSTRIAL NEAR RESIDENTIAL NOW. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK MAY COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. I DO HAVE THREE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT. THE FIRST ONE IS, I BELIEVE IT'S ROYCE POWELL. THEN TAMIKA POWELL AND CHASTITY. I THINK IT'S WARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? PLEASE FEEL FREE. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM C3, C4, C5, AND C6. THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? HAVING NO ONE COMING FORWARD, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE DO NEED TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS AS THEIR OWN CASES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE NEED THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX. 
          WE NEED FOUR MOTIONS. I'LL START WITH ITEM THREE. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST AS PRESENTED. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION BY ADAM. SECOND BY AINSLEY OR FRANCESCA. 
          FRANCESCA. YOU GUYS SOUND ALIKE. SOMETIMES. VOTE NOW. ITEM THREE CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ENTERTAINING A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONE. CHANGE REQUEST AS PRESENTED. 
          MOTION BY AINSLEY. SECOND. SECOND BY FRANCESCA. PUBLIC HEARING FOR MOTION IS ADOPTED. 
          ENTERTAINING A MOTION FOR NUMBER FIVE. MOTION TO APPROVE C5. APPROVE THE ZONE. CHANGE AS PRESENTED. MOTION BY RICK. SECOND. SECOND BY AINSLEY. THANKS. MOTION FIVE CARRIES. AND NUMBER SIX. MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONE. CHANGE REQUEST AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. 
          JOSH. MOTION BY JOSHUA. SECOND. I HAD TWO SECONDS. ONE FROM ARAM AND ONE FROM RICK. I WILL YIELD TO ERICA. I'LL TAKE THE SECOND. SECOND BY AARON. AND NUMBER SIX CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONERS. ALL FOUR ITEMS. ITEMS THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHO WILL HOLD A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON ALL FOUR ITEMS. THAT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MAY 5TH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 0428. DASH 22 DASH ZONE TO AMEND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT FIVE. B THE REALM SUBDISTRICT CONCEPT PLAN FOR 7.46 ACRES, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER 
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OF THE INTERSECTION OF WINDHAVEN PARK. EXCUSE ME. PARKWAY AND LADY TESLA AVENUE. ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. MULTIFAMILY THREE PD DASH MF THREE. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS DISCOVERY AT THE REALM ADDITION. PHASE TWO. BLOCK A LOT TWO AS REQUESTED BY MIKE ADAMS ON BEHALF OF THE LAND C H LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE NUMBER 20 501-2. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON THIS, BECAUSE IT DOES SOUND KIND OF STRANGE. THE ZONING STAYS THE SAME, BUT YET WE'RE HAVING A ZONING HEARING ON IT. THIS IS DUE TO THE CASTLE HILLS PD HAS A CONCEPT PLAN ATTACHED TO IT. AND WHENEVER A MAJOR AMENDMENT IS MADE TO THAT CONCEPT PLAN, IT NEEDS TO COME BACK FOR PUBLIC HEARING WITH NOTIFICATION GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE REALM SUBDISTRICT WHERE THIS AMENDMENT IS HAPPENING. AND SO THIS PROPERTY, THE BASE ZONING, IS CURRENTLY MULTIFAMILY THREE. THE BASE ZONING IS REMAINING THE SAME. HOWEVER, THEY ARE CHANGING THE CONCEPT PLAN. AND THEY'RE COMBINING WHAT WERE ORIGINALLY IN THE CONCEPT PLAN. AND HERE'S JUST AN AERIAL SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THAT PROPERTY HERE AT LADY TESLA IN WINDHAVEN. THE CONCEPT PLAN PREVIOUSLY HAD A MULTIPLE SMALL BUILDINGS, A GARDEN STYLE MULTIFAMILY TYPE DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE FORMAT OF THAT, COMBINING THE BUILDINGS INTO ONE, DOING A STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE WITH A WRAP STYLE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE CAP. THESE UNITS WOULD COUNT TOWARDS THE CAP FOR THE REALM SUBDISTRICT IN CASTLE HILLS, AS THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR. SO IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE OVERALL DENSITY OF THE PD. IT'S REALLY JUST A CHANGE IN THE FORMAT OF THE MULTIFAMILY DESIGN. IT IS BEING BUILT BY A DEVELOPER WHO HAS BUILT SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS IN LEWISVILLE AND IN CASTLE HILLS. AND SO THIS IS JUST A LAYOUT CHANGE TO THE BUILDING. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE FAIRLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS. IT'S GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE A HIGHER QUALITY DESIGN WHEN YOU HAVE A STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE AND WRAPPED AROUND IT. AND SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE THIS CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE CASTLE HILLS PD TO THIS REALM SUBDISTRICT FOR THESE 7.46 ACRES. THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONERS. QUESTIONS. BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. JUST ONE QUESTION. DOES THE CHANGE IN CONCEPT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF PARKING OR THE DENSITY? I'M SURE I READ THAT, BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY. YEAH. THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN WAS NOT PARTICULARLY CLEAR ON HOW MANY UNITS WERE SPECIFICALLY GOING AT THIS LOCATION. BUT THE OVERALL DENSITY FOR THIS SUB AREA DOES NOT CHANGE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE. DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. FURTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK. YOU MAY COME FORWARD AND SPEAK. AND, SIR, I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU JUST ONE SECOND WHILE I ADD A NAME WHILE I READ IN A NAME. BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD. I'M READING INTO THE RECORD CHARLES TRAYNOR, WHO IS THE LAKEWOOD HILLS HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, DIDN'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT HE WANTED TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD. THANK YOU. A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. IS THE GARAGE MULTI-LEVEL? YES. HOW BIG? HOW MANY LEVELS WILL THE GARAGE BE? AND IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. SAY THAT AGAIN. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. CHARLES TRAYNOR AT 107 LAKE BEND COURT. IT WILL BE A FIVE LEVEL GARAGE. FIVE LEVEL. AND IS THERE A TRAFFIC STUDY BEEN DONE TO IN THIS AREA BECAUSE OF ALL THE DENSITY? NOW YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS GOING IN, AND THE CASTLE HILLS IS PUTTING IN A ABOUT ALMOST 100 TOWNHOMES IN THAT AREA. YEAH. SO A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE WITH THE OVERALL CASTLE HILLS PLAN DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, THE DENSITY IS NOT CHANGING WITH THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST. IS THAT VIEWABLE THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE CAN SEE. YEAH WE CAN WE CAN YOU CAN SEND A REQUEST TO STAFF AND WE CAN GET YOU THAT. OTHER CONCERNS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS IS THAT THERE'S A OBVIOUSLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THERE WAS ONE CLOSED IN PLANO. ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS WERE MOVED TO MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY. NOW WE'RE PUTTING IN PROBABLY AN ESTIMATED 5 TO 10,000 ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF THAT SCHOOL, WHICH WE WOULD ASSUME THEY'RE PROBABLY MOST OF THEM WOULD GO TO THAT SCHOOL. HAS THAT BEEN LOOKED AT AS WELL? IS THAT A CONSIDERATION? YES. AND 
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AGAIN, THE DENSITY HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS NOT CHANGING FROM WHAT WAS CURRENTLY PERMITTED. IT'S JUST REALLY THE STYLE OF THE MULTIFAMILY THAT'S CHANGING. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN IN THE PLANS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HAD ACCESS TO ALL OF THOSE PLANS FOR A WHILE NOW. MY UNDERSTANDING IS MEMORIAL IS PRETTY CLOSE TO CAPACITY, WITH THE ADDITIONAL OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS FEEDING INTO THEM THAT WERE CLOSED, AND THEY HAD ALSO THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE FIRE STATION IS. THEY HAD SOLD THAT WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED TO BUILD ANOTHER SCHOOL. THEY DID SELL A PORTION OF IT, BUT THEY DID NOT SELL ALL OF IT. DO THEY STILL HAVE PLANS OF BUILDING A SCHOOL THERE? I BELIEVE THEY STILL HAVE PLANS TO BUILD A MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE, BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY CONCERNS FROM LISD. AND THEN THE LAKEWOOD HILLS ASSOCIATION OWNS THE GREEN SPACE THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS LOCATION. I SHOWED THE I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT YOUR NAME. I SHOWED HER MULTIPLE VIDEOS OF THE DRAINAGE THAT'S COMING IN FROM THE CASTLE HILLS TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION. LIKE VERY NEAR SEWAGE TYPE ITEMS THAT ARE MOVED INTO OUR GREEN SPACE. AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A BILL FROM FROM THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE TO CLEAN UP THE GREEN SPACE DUE TO ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS THAT WAS COMING FROM THE TOWNHOMES THAT ARE BEING THAT WERE APPROVED TO BE BUILT THERE. THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND ALSO THE OTHER TOWNHOMES THAT ARE ALONG THE LADY OF. SO ALL OF THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LAKEWOOD HILLS, BUT WE ARE RECEIVED A BILL FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO CLEAN UP THAT SPACE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THAT BILL, IF WE CAN GET THAT REIMBURSED TO US. AS. AND SO I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DAVID RUSSELL, WITH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, WITH ANY OF THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE CONTROLS THAT ARE LACKING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWNHOMES TO THE NORTH. OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD HAVE SENT NOTICES TO CLEAN UP ANY PROPERTY. THOSE USUALLY GO TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER. IF THERE'S A DISPUTE BETWEEN WHO'S CREATING THE TRASH, THAT'S REALLY A CIVIL MATTER TO BE SETTLED BETWEEN THE TWO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. MAY I SHOW THE BOARD SOME OF THE QUICK VIDEO I'VE TAKEN OF THE AREA, SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF IT? WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YES, SIR. YOU CAN DRINK WATER AND DARK YELLOW ON THIS. THIS IS ALL GREEN SPACE PRACTICALITIES. OTHER ANIMALS AS WELL. AND SO ALL THE WAY UP HERE. ALL THE WAY UP TO. THANK YOU. WHY DON'T YOU. THANK YOU SIR. LET'S. AND THEN SO I CAN TALK TO DAVID, I GUESS AT THE CITY REGARDING THIS. YES. SO DAVID RUSSELL IS ONE OF OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS. WITH THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE. AND HE IS A GOOD POINT OF CONTACT TO REACH OUT TO ABOUT THOSE DRAINAGE CONCERNS. AND THEN WHO DO WE TALK TO ABOUT THE BILL THAT THE CITY SENT US TO CLEAN THE SPACE REGARDING THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE, DID WE SEND A NOTIFICATION THAT IT NEEDED TO BE CLEANED OR A BILL? SENT US A LETTER SAYING THAT WE HAD TO CLEAN IT BY A CERTAIN DATE TIME. OR I THINK IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, IT WAS PENALIZED. YES. AND SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHOSE NAME IS ON THAT LETTER. IF YOU NEED AN EXTENSION OR IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, THEY'RE USUALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO GAIN COMPLIANCE. AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO WORK WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO RESOLVE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME TO DO THAT. DO YOU KNOW WHO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THAT YOU APPROVED FOR THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE CAN WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. 
          ALSO READING INTO THE RECORD. ERIC STANLEY, WHO IS AVAILABLE TO CLARIFY ANYTHING ON 7 OR 8. 
          ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR NAME, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SAI DURGA AND I AM THE HOA BOARD OF MEMBER PARTNERED WITH BACK THERE. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION SLASH CONCERN. I THINK AND IT CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF. SO THE LAST TIME THERE WAS HEAVY WINDS, I THINK, LIKE CHUCK SAID, OUR PROPERTY IS 
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VERY NEIGHBORING TO THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON IN CASTLE HILLS. AND A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL KIND OF FLOW INTO THE COMMUNITY. IN THE RECENT WIND, AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S EXACTLY ALSO SIMILAR. WE HAVE GOT SO MANY BILLS TO, YOU KNOW, REMOVE THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ON THE SITE. SO I THINK MAYBE FOR THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION HAS TO BE NOTED THAT MAYBE THE OF COURSE WE CAN'T STOP THE WINDS, BUT MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SAFEGUARD OUR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, I GUESS. I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. I JUST HAD A QUESTION. SO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HOW CLOSE IS IT TO THIS SITE? I THINK IT CAN BE CLEARLY VISIBLE. LESS THAN 200. LESS THAN 200M IS WHAT I THINK FROM THE BACK, BACK OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THERE'S A GREEN SPACE IN BETWEEN. SO YOUR CONCERN IS BY BUILDING THIS ADDITIONAL PARKING GARAGE AND SO FORTH, THAT IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE WITH THE MATERIAL AND THE DEBRIS AND STUFF FLOWING INTO THIS GREEN SPACE. YES. WITH FURTHER WINDS, MAYBE, MAYBE BAD WEATHER IN FUTURE IF THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL FLOWS BACK AGAIN INTO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE A BIT OF PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S ONE CONCERN. PROBABLY THAT HAS TO BE RECTIFIED WITH CONSTRUCTION TEAM, I GUESS. SO IF, IF TO ME THAT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF A SEPARATE ISSUE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHETHER THEY'RE BUILDING NEW OR THE EXISTING BUILD OUT THAT THEY'RE DOING. SO YOU'RE NOT ARE YOU OPPOSED TO BUILDING HAVING ANYTHING BUILT THERE, OR IS IT JUST THAT YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING DONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T? YOU'RE AFRAID IT'S JUST GOING TO CAUSE YOU GUYS TO GET MORE BILLS FROM THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE? NO, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ANYTHING STOPPING. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO STOPPING ANYTHING. I'M JUST TAKING THIS AS A CONCERN THAT CAN BE TAKEN CARE BY THE OTHER PARTY, THAT THEY CAN SAFEGUARD THEIR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL WITH. IF THIS GOES FURTHER UNDER THE NEW BUILD. OKAY. I MEAN, EVEN TO BE MORE CLEAR, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS MORE LIKE A SUGGESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER LLEWELLYN. THE SUBJECT SITE THAT IS BEFORE YOU AT THIS TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 500FT TO THE CLOSEST PORTION OF OPEN SPACE WITHIN LAKEWOOD HILLS. AND IT'S REALLY ALMOST DUE WEST OR SLIGHTLY NORTHWEST. FROM FROM LAKEWOOD HILLS, I BELIEVE SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT THEY MAY BE TALKING ABOUT MAY BE COMING FROM SOME OF THE TOWNHOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT TO THE NORTH. ADJACENT TO NOT NOT NECESSARILY ON THIS SITE, BUT SOME ADDITIONAL WHERE THERE'S ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND STAFF WILL BE GLAD TO VISIT WITH THE HOA AND VISIT SOME MORE AND, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT KIND OF OPTIONS WE HAVE AND GIVE THEM SOME GUIDANCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A QUESTION FOR STAFF AS WELL. DOES ANY OF THE CONSTRUCTION FALL UNDER THE GUISE OF THE CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PERMIT THE STORMWATER? IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THE WATER DIVERSION OR SEDIMENT THEY HAVE TO MEET, ALL OF ALL CONSTRUCTION IS SUBJECT TO ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COME FORWARD? COMMISSIONERS. QUESTIONS? HAVE WE HAS THE. BOARD THAT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRASH TALK TO THIS COMPANY THAT'S BUILDING ABOUT THE TRASH? I JUST FEEL LIKE IF IT WAS MY NEIGHBOR WHO WAS THROWING TRASH IN MY HOME, I WOULD GO AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION FIRST WITH MY NEIGHBOR BEFORE BRINGING IT UP TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING. IS THAT VALID TO SUGGEST THAT THAT THEY REACH OUT TO THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO BE BETTER NEIGHBORS AND CLEANING UP THEIR MESS THAT THEY'RE CREATING FOR THE BOARD? YEAH, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM BRITE DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. MY NAME IS ERIC STANLEY. 901 CARLISLE DRIVE, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS. THANK YOU. WE ALL GOT LOVE NOTES FROM CHARLIE BROWN, THE INSPECTOR, AFTER THE TORNADO HIT NORTH OF 121 OR NOT, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CALL IT, THAT RIPPED THE TOP OFF OF THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND BLEW OVER THE TOP OF CASTLE HILLS AND BLEW DEBRIS. AND IT ALSO HIT ONE OF OUR APARTMENT PROJECTS, TORE THE ROOF OFF OF THAT, AND SPEWED DEBRIS ALL OVER US. AND UNFORTUNATELY, ALL OVER MY NEIGHBORS AT LAKEWOOD HILLS THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE 
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WENT AND CLEANED ALL OURS UP. SOME OF THAT DEBRIS WAS FROM THE FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SITES. THAT WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 121 UP IN THOSE WINDS AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THAT HIT US ALL HARD. 
          AMERICAN LEGEND HOMES IS, IN FACT, BUILDING THOSE TOWNHOMES. IT'S NOT. I'VE SOLD THEM THE LOTS, SO I'M NOT PART OF THAT. WE DO STAY ON THEM. CHARLIE IS KIND OF A REGULAR PRESENCE AROUND THE CASTLE HILLS AREA. AND WE TRY TO RESPOND. I HAVE NOT I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE FOLKS AT LAKEWOOD HILLS, BUT I MET THIS GENTLEMAN TONIGHT AND TOLD HIM TO REACH OUT TO ME IF HE HAD AN ISSUE. JPI IS BUILDING THE TWO APARTMENT PROJECTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WINDHAVEN THAT MAY ALSO BE CREATING PROBLEMS FOR HIM. THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE. I KNOW THEM WELL AND CAN HELP HIM WITH THAT IF HE WANTS TO REACH OUT, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF. SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST CLARIFY THAT THAT THAT BIG WINDSTORM WAS BAD ABOUT A MONTH AGO. SIX WEEKS AGO. THANK YOU SIR. IF YOU GIVE YOUR QUESTION. SO THAT CAN CLARIFY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WITH NO ONE COMING FORWARD. NO ONE FURTHER COMING FORWARD, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED. MOTION BY JOSHUA. SECOND. SECOND BY FRANCESCA. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. 
          COMMISSIONERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND A FINAL DECISION ON MONDAY, MAY 5TH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU. RICHARD. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 0428 DASH 22 DASH ZONE TO AMEND THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLAN SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT FIVE. B THE REALM SUBDISTRICT CONCEPT PLAN THERETO FOR. 3.459 ACRES. LOCATED SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF ESSEX BOULEVARD AND PARKER ROAD. FM 544, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS CASTLE HILLS H3. 
          LOT TWO BLOCK A, AS REQUESTED BY PATRICIA FANT OF MCADAMS ON BEHALF OF ERIC STANLEY OF LANDS C, H, LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE NUMBER 20 404-2. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO A REQUEST THAT CAME BACK BEFORE THIS COMMISSION LAST AUGUST. THIS IS ANOTHER CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT. SO SAME THING. THE BASE ZONING IS REMAINING THE SAME. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN THE STYLE AND LAYOUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'VE GOT SOME EXHIBITS HERE THAT JUST SHOW YOU WHERE THAT TRACT IS. AND HERE WE HAVE THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A BUILDING THAT'S GOT ABOUT A 16,000 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT. IT IS FIVE STORIES TALL. IT IS RETAIL RESTAURANT ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH 61 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE. THIS IS A FAIRLY SIMILAR LAYOUT TO WHAT CAME BEFORE YOU. ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IS, THOUGH, THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A VISUAL STUDY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF THIS VISUALLY ON THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK. THAT IS ABOUT A 330, 350 FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN BUILDING TO BUILDING. ABOUT 200 WHEN YOU LOOK MORE PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE. THEY'VE ALSO WE DO HAVE A CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN OF HOW THAT MIGHT END UP BEING LANDSCAPED. AND THEY DID HOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. THE ONLY FOLKS THOUGH, THAT WE KNOW THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING LIVED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 544. SO I'M NOT 100% SURE WHY THAT WAS. BUT THEY SEEM TO BE GENERALLY. THEY SEEM TO BE MORE OPEN TO THE IDEA. THE FOLKS THAT LIVED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FM 544, IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT ESSEX, AND 544 AND THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT BEING WARRANTED. 
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WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL THERE. SO THE USE OF A MIXED USE BUILDING WITH RETAIL AND RESTAURANT AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH RESIDENTIAL ABOVE, IS ALLOWED IN THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CASTLE HILLS PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. SO THIS WOULD BE A CHANGE IN THE LAYOUT FROM WHAT WAS SHOWN IN THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN TO DO A SINGLE BUILDING AS OPPOSED TO IT WAS 5 OR 6 SMALLER BUILDINGS ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS. SO THIS WOULD BE ONE LOT, ONE LARGER BUILDING. AND THAT IS THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS. AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE DEVELOPER IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO I LIKE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. AND WHAT WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET SAID TRAFFIC LIGHT. IS IT NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF TRIPS. WHAT IS THE. DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS? SO FM 544 IS A TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO THEY HAVE A SET STANDARD FOR WARRANTING A TRAFFIC LIGHT. AND ONE OF THEM IS TRIPS AND TURNING MOTIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE PARTICULAR NUMBERS THOUGH ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. BUT THE ONE NOTE THAT THEY HAVE PUT ON THE CONCEPT PLAN IS THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON FM 544 FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS PREPARED BY MCADAMS IN AUGUST OF 2024. MORE QUESTIONS? NO. JUST SENTIMENTS. SURE. I JUST DON'T AGREE THAT THIS IS THE PROPER LOCATION FOR MULTIFAMILY. YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL AND A HIGH. HIGH TRAFFIC ROADWAY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE HIGH TRAFFIC ROADWAY IS NOT THE THING, BUT IT'S THESE PEOPLE BOUGHT NEXT TO THE RAILROAD. BUT THE RAILROAD, YOU DON'T SEE THE TRAIN CARS PASSING 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. THAT MAY BE AN USE. IT MAY NOT BE IN USE, BUT I, I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIKE, LOOK OUT THIS OUT MY BACK DOOR FOR THE REST OF MY TIME IN MY HOME. IF I HAD A CHOICE. I UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE TIMES CHANGE AND WHAT'S WARRANTED FOR BUSINESS AND HOUSING. WHAT IS NECESSARY NOW MAY NOT BE WHAT'S NEEDED OR WANTED IN 20 YEARS, BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE THIS MULTIFAMILY IF IT STAYS. SO I ASKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I LIKE IT BETTER AS A RETAIL SPOT, AND IF THERE'S RETAIL IN THERE, THEN I WONDER. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WOULD GENERATE THE NECESSARY TRAFFIC FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT, BUT MY ORIGINAL FEELING ON THIS STILL STANDS AS IT DID IN AUGUST. SO. 
          BUT TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION OR WHAT'S BEFORE US IS JUST THE CHANGE FROM THE FIVE INDIVIDUAL TO ONE BIG LIKE IT'S HAPPENING. REGARDLESS. I MEAN, IT'S CHANGING. THE USE IS ALLOWED IN THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT. BUT AGAIN, SINCE THIS IS A PD, IT HAS AN ATTACHED CONCEPT PLAN THAT DOES SHOW LOCATIONS OF BUILDINGS. AND THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN IS RATHER VAGUE. I THINK THE DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF HAD, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING CONCEPTUAL THERE WITHOUT GIVING IT A WHOLE LOT OF THOUGHT. AND. LIKE I SAID, THE CASTLE HILLS PD IS QUITE LARGE. 
          AND WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY UNIQUE WHEN IT COMES TO PD. EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL, AND IT IS A RATHER VAGUE. IT APPEARED TO LIKE SHOW KIND OF A CUL DE SAC WITH INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS. SO THAT'S WHAT IS REALLY BEING CHANGED IS THE CONFIGURATION. 
          THOSE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS COULD HAVE RETAIL WITH MULTIFAMILY ON TOP. IT WOULD PROBABLY LOOK KIND OF ODD, BUT SO NOW WE'RE JUST AGAIN THIS IS REALLY AN EXERCISE OF REFINING THE DEVELOPMENT. NOW THAT IT'S COMING FORWARD FOR DEVELOPMENT. AT THE TIME IN 2020, 2021, WHEN ANNEXATION 
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OCCURRED AND THE ZONING WAS APPROVED AGAIN, THERE WAS MORE OF A FOCUS ON SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS OF CASTLE HILLS THAT WERE ACTIVELY UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. AGAIN, WAS NOT TARGETED FOR IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN IMAGE ON THERE, BUT IT WAS NOT A LOT OF CLARITY AS TO WHAT ALLOWED USE FOR THAT BASE ZONING. IT IS THE BASE ZONING IS A GENERAL BUSINESS. TWO DOES ALLOW A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL USES. RETAIL, RESTAURANT SERVICE TYPE USES. PERSONAL SERVICE USES. AND IN THE REALM, THIS IS PART OF THE REALM SUBDISTRICT. ANY COMMERCIAL GROUND FLOOR CAN ACCOMMODATE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS BY BY RIGHT. AS FAR AS THE LAND USE ITSELF. SO THIS CONCEPT PLAN, LIKE I SAID, ONLY ONLY ILLUSTRATES BUILDING LOCATIONS AND CIRCULATION. AND IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE WITH. YES, STAFF TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS AND HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE FACT THAT IT IS ON A VERY HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC VOLUME. ARTERIAL STREET PARKER ROAD FM 544. WHICH IS ALSO BECOMES ELEVATED IN THAT AREA BECAUSE OF THE TEXDOT IN RECENT YEARS, DID CAN CONVERT THE AT GRADE RAILROAD CROSSING TO AN OVERPASS. SO THE 544 GOES OVER. SO IT WAS ELEVATED QUITE HIGH IN THAT AREA. SO THE YOU KNOW, THE ESTHETICS AND THE VIEW OF THAT AREA DID CHANGE JUST DUE TO THE HIGHWAY BEING RECONSTRUCTED IN THAT AREA AND WIDENED. AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS A RAILROAD, BUT THERE'S SEPARATION. YOU KNOW, 350FT. WE ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING. I THINK A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR MINDS WERE ENVISIONING SOMETHING, SOMETHING THE SCALE OF VALOR, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MORE RECENT MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS BUILT IN CASTLE HILLS, A FURTHER UP THE ROAD ON ESSEX. THAT THAT COMPLEX HAS A BUILDING FOOTPRINT OF 165,000FT■!S. IN COMPARISON, THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A BUILDING WITH A FOOTPRINT OF 14,000FT■!S. SO VALOR IS 11 TIMS LARGER THAN THAN THE ONE. SO THOSE FACTORS STAFF CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCES AND WHERE IT IS LOCATED IS A VERY UNIQUE SITE. AND THE FACT THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT WERE DONE SHOWS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD WARRANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. I THINK STAND ALONE RETAIL OR STANDALONE COMMERCIAL WOULD NOT. BUT I WOULD DEFER TO THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER, MCADAMS, TO VERIFY THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MICHELLE, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. OTHER THAN THE PEOPLE YOU SAID THAT CAME TO THE MEETING THAT WERE PRIMARILY TO THE NORTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT. WERE THERE ANY OTHER EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS WITH ANYONE? YES, WE RECEIVED I RECEIVED ABOUT FOUR PHONE CALLS OF PEOPLE INQUIRING ABOUT IT AND STATING PROBABLE OPPOSITION. 
          I'LL SAY IT WASN'T NECESSARILY CLEAR, BUT IT SEEMED THAT WAY. AND TWO THAT WERE CLEARLY IN OPPOSITION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CLARIFY TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY MEETING WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY THE 5TH. THERE WERE ABOUT 25 RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE THERE, AS MISS BERRY CONFIRMED, ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS LIVED TO THE NORTH SIDE. BUT I DID VERIFY WITH THE APPLICANT THAT NOTICES, YOU KNOW, STAFF PROVIDED THEM A COPY OF THE OF THE LIST OR MAILING LIST THAT WE USE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND PART OF THAT LIST IS THE HOA FOR THE GATED SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST. SO THAT HOA WAS WAS NOTIFIED. SO THERE WAS NOTIFICATION TO THOSE TO THOSE OWNERS THROUGH THEIR HOA. THANK YOU. JUST A QUESTION. LOOKING AT THE PLAN VIEW, ARE THERE ANY SCREENING WALLS INCLUDED PERHAPS BETWEEN THE RAILROAD OR THE PROPERTY LINE? I SEE ON THE SITE VIEW THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE. YEAH. SO YOU CAN SEE THE ANGLE THE VIEW SHED HERE. LET'S SEE. OH. DOESN'T WANT TO. THERE ARE NOT THERE IS NOT A SCREENING 
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WALL PROPOSED BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RAILROAD PROPERTY THAT'S IN BETWEEN. THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION I BELIEVE DOES HAVE A FENCE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THEIR ALLEY. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT HERE IN THE AERIAL. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A BIT OF A RETAINING WALL THAT WOULD BE BUILT ALONG HERE. BUT ERIC, WERE YOU PLANNING TO PUT A FENCE THERE OR A SCREENING WALL? EXCUSE ME. WELL, THERE IS A RETAINING WALL, BUT NOT A SCREENING WALL THERE. I'M SORRY. 
          THERE'S A SCREENING WALL AT THE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTHWEST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACK. RIGHT. BUT NOT ON THIS PROPERTY. BUT. YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE RAILROAD. WE'RE NOT. 
          WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED ONE HERE. I'M NOT SAYING I'M DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT. I. I GUESS I'M ERIC STANLEY AGAIN. 901 CARLISLE DRIVE. BUT YOU WANT ME TO WAIT? LET ME OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY, BUT STAY RIGHT THERE. OKAY. I WILL CLARIFY AS FAR AS THE SCREENING WALL THAT WAS MENTIONED, JUST TO CLARIFY ITS EXACT LOCATION, IT IS LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ALLEY, AND LOOKING AT THE AERIAL, THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE, I BELIEVE, SOME VEGETATION BETWEEN THE ALLEYWAY AND THAT MASONRY SCREENING WALL. SO THAT IS ON THE WOULD BE THE NORTH AND EAST NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE ALLEY AND EVEN THE CUL DE SAC. IT DOES KIND OF WRAP AROUND THE CUL DE SAC. I BELIEVE THE IDEA THERE WAS TO CREATE A BUFFER TO THE, TO THE FROM THE, FROM THE RAILROAD. TO THE HOMES. AND THIS IS A GATED SUBDIVISION. SO THERE ARE, ARE PRETTY MUCH MASONRY. 
          THE TRADEMARK MASONRY SCREENING WALLS USED IN CASTLE HILLS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THAT GATED SUBDIVISION. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. AND THEN I'LL BE READY FOR YOU. I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION. I'M READING THEIR NAMES INTO THE RECORD. ALAN, RALPH, PHIL SMILEY, RICK VIDAL. I BELIEVE IT IS SUSAN VIDAL. BILL PRIEST AND GEORGIA SMILEY. AND IF I MISPRONOUNCE ANYONE'S NAME, I'M SORRY. NOW, MR. STANLEY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AS RICHARD. SO ELOQUENTLY SAID WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID THE PD, THIS SITE HAD THE ZONING. IT WAS JUST A SKETCH OF SOMETHING ON THERE BECAUSE THEY WANTED SOMETHING ON THERE. AND 21, WHEN WE GOT ANNEXED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE PD WAS APPROVED IN EARLY 22. THIS PROPERTY WAS THEN REPLATTED INTO ONE SINGLE LOT THAT I'M IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY WITH. AND A SECOND THAT IS THE FLOODPLAIN FOR INDIAN CREEK THAT COMES UNDERNEATH 544, WHICH WAS DONE IN 2023 AS A RESULT OF THAT REPLATTING INTO A SINGLE LOT. WE SPENT IN EXCESS OF A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS IN BRINGING WATER, SEWER AND ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THIS SITE FOR DEVELOPMENT. AS HAS BEEN SAID, THIS IS A ALLOWED USE GIVEN THE PD ZONING. I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME WHO HAVE A AN IDEA IN THEIR MIND THAT THIS IS SOME VERY INTRUSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND IN THEIR BACKYARD ESSENTIALLY. AND SO I HAD MY TEAM GO OUT WITH A DRONE AND ESSENTIALLY GO UP. YOU CAN GET PRETTY CLOSE WITH GPS THESE DAYS AND GO UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THIS PROPOSED STRUCTURE ON THAT SITE AND TAKE A PICTURE BACK TOWARDS THOSE RESIDENCES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD. 
          AND WHILE IT'S NOT IN YOUR PACKET, IT IS HERE. AND IF I CAN, I'LL BRING IT UP AND YOU GUYS CAN HEAR. AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, THIS IS COMING. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. STANLEY? WITH THE REARRANGEMENT OF THE SITE WITH THE CONCEPT, ARE WE DID THE AMOUNT OF PERVIOUS OR IMPERVIOUS PARKING AREA INCREASE OR 
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DECREASE? WELL, I NEVER GOT FAR ENOUGH ALONG WITH THE SKETCH TO TELL YOU, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU. 
          NO. NOT REALLY. IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT HAD A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER AND INDIAN CREEKS. IT'S ALL GOING TO DRAIN INTO THERE AND DRAIN THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE. 
          PORTION. QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. YOU BET. ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. MY NAME IS JUSTIN BIRCHMERE. JUST PURCHASED THE HOME AT 401 GRAIL CASTLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN PULL UP THE AERIAL MAP ON THIS. JUST TO SHOW YOU LIKE THAT ON THAT ONE. PLEASE. SO I JUST BOUGHT THIS HOME ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SEE THE CURSOR HERE. IT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER HERE. I SEE IT. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS. AND EVEN OUR MY NEIGHBORS ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS. EVERYBODY HAS SHARED HERE. THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED. 
          CAN I ASK YOU CLARIFICATION? WERE YOU NOT NOTIFIED OF THE TO TONIGHT'S HEARING? OR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER? I WAS NOT NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS COMING BACK BECAUSE WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED. AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ONLY THE NORTH SIDE WAS INFORMED. THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE FEBRUARY 5TH. YES. OKAY. YES. OKAY. AND I HAVE NEIGHBORS HERE THAT WILL SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT THAT HAVE LIVED THERE. OKAY. SO I BUY THIS HOUSE. WE'RE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOT REALLY MAKE MANY CHANGES IN. THIS THING WAS SHOT DOWN FIVE TO NOTHING. SO WE'RE HERE AGAIN. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FIVE STORY, 60 FOOT BUILDING. 
          I MEAN, I'M SORRY, SIR. YOU DON'T LIVE THERE. YOU CAN TAKE A DRONE UP THERE. THAT'S COOL. BUT I HAVE TO LOOK OUT MY BACKYARD. MY ONLY VIEW IS RIGHT THERE. SO I HAVE TO LOOK IT UP. 60 FOOT. 
          GOLIATH. LOOKING INTO MY BACKYARD. I HAVE ZERO PRIVACY. TO ME. I MEAN, WE GOT A TON OF OTHER ROOM AROUND CASTLE HILLS FOR SOME MULTIFAMILY BUILDING. OKAY. WE TALK ABOUT A STOPLIGHT. 
          I'M SURE CASTLE HILLS NORTH AND EVEN US HERE AT CASTLE HILLS IN THE RESERVE. HELL, WE'D PROBABLY PUT MONEY TOWARDS A STOPLIGHT BECAUSE, YES, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A STOPLIGHT THERE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PEOPLE ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT HAVE TO GO OUT AND GO LEFT. BUT IF WE GO OUT OUR GATE, WE HAVE TO SWERVE AROUND AND TRAFFIC CAN BE KIND OF HECTIC ON 544. BUT TO SAY THEN THAT WE HAVE A WALL. THE WALL IS WHAT, EIGHT FEET? SIX FEET? THAT WALL ISN'T HIDING ANYTHING. YES, THERE'S A WALL THERE AND IT HAS SOME RED TIPITINA'S. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BLOCK US 60 FOOT BUILDING. SO YOU HAVE ME HERE IN THE CORNER LOOKING AT THIS ALL THE TIME. 
          ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS HERE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ALL THE TIME FROM THEIR FRONT YARD. FORTUNATELY, I ONLY GET TO LOOK AT IT. THE ONE SPOT I CAN SIT IN MY YARD. OKAY. BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE NEIGHBORS ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THIS SIX FOOT WALL IS. THEY'RE STUCK WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. I'M IN THE MULTIFAMILY BUSINESS. HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS RESURFACING. IF IT WAS SHOT DOWN AND WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY ALTERATIONS TO THE PLANS, AND WE'RE PUTTING A FIVE STORY BUILDING INSTEAD OF, LIKE, A ONE STORY BUILDING RETAIL SPACE, IF IT WERE RETAIL SPACE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CONVERSATION FOR US. BUT A FIVE STORY BUILDING. I MEAN, JUST IMAGINE SPENDING THREE QUARTERS OF $1 MILLION TO HAVE TO LOOK AT A GOLIATH AND NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. 
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THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. HI, I'M RICK VIDAL. 2801 100 KNIGHTS DRIVE. JUSTIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. AS YOU SAID, HE JUST MOVED IN, AND I STUCK A FLIER IN HIS MAILBOX YESTERDAY TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND SO WELCOME. WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH THE MEMORANDUM, BECAUSE IT HAS SOME THINGS IN HERE THAT NEED TO BE CLARIFIED. AND I'M GOING TO READ FROM IT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. A PREVIOUS REQUEST SIMILAR TO THIS, MADE IN 2020, WAS MADE IN 2020 FOR THIS COMMISSION, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY IT. JUST JUST TO REFRESH MEMORIES KIND OF DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. CITY COUNCIL ALSO VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY IT. LET ME SEE HERE. SINCE THAT DENIAL, THE APPLICANT HAS MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD HE MET WITH. IT WASN'T OURS. WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL I SAW THIS MEMORANDUM, WHICH I PULLED OFF THE WEBSITE. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATIONS OF THIS. OKAY. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATIONS OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT. THE ONLY REASON WE KNEW ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE. THIS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DISTURBING, BECAUSE I HEARD A RUMOR THAT THIS THING WAS COMING BACK AROUND AND THAT THIS TIME IT WAS A DONE DEAL. SO I CALLED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ABOUT MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO. AND MAYBE SOME. A LITTLE LESS. I'M NOT SURE. AND AT THAT TIME, THE ANSWER WAS YES. WE HAVE RECEIVED A, A APPLICATION, BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PLANS YET. AND THEN AFTER A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESSING. WELL, YES, THERE'S BEEN SOME MEETINGS. SO. WELL NO, DON'T WORRY, THAT'S COMING FROM US. THE WITHOUT SEEING THE SIGN, THE RADAR WAS UP. WE WERE ANTICIPATING SOMETHING COMING UP. SURE ENOUGH, WE SAW THE SIGN. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED PLANNING DEPARTMENT AGAIN, AND I SPOKE WITH MICHELLE. AND AT THAT TIME, I FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN NOTICES SENT OUT, 600 NOTICES TO THE REALM. THE REALM IS THE EVERYTHING YOU SEE UP THERE TO THE NORTH OF PARKER ROAD. THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE REALM. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S PHYSICALLY DIVORCED FROM THE REALM. FM 544 WAS REROUTED IN 2018 2019. AS MR. STANLEY POINTED OUT, THEY REPLANTED IT. THEY DID EVERYTHING. AND I RECALL WHEN THEY DID THE UPDATES ON IT TO BRING WATER AND ELECTRIC TO IT. BECAUSE THERE WAS BULLDOZERS AND BACKHOES AND EVERYTHING ELSE RIGHT OUT MY BACK DOOR. SO TO STILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE REALM, I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT STRETCHING. IT'S NOT PART OF THE REALM. IT'S PHYSICALLY PART OF CASTLE HILLS. DIFFERENT PLANNING OR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN THE REALM. SO THAT'S JUST SORT OF WHERE WE'RE STARTING FROM. AS FAR AS THE MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THE RESIDENTS, WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF IT. WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT. DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. WE WERE THE ONES WHO CAME FORWARD IN AUGUST AND REALLY RAISED THIS AS AN ISSUE. 
          AND THE ISSUES ARE STILL THERE. IT'S NOTHING'S CHANGED. IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME. AND I AND I WILL GO THROUGH HERE. THIS IS NOT A ZONING CHANGE. AS AS Y'ALL KNOW, THIS IS A PLANNED USE CHANGE. AND IT'S A MAJOR CHANGE. AND IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE MEMORANDUM THAT REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS PROCESS AND GOING TO CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. BUT IT IS A MAJOR CHANGE BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL USE PLAN WAS THE EIGHT LITTLE GARDEN OFFICE FACILITY, GARDEN, OFFICE 
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BUILDINGS, SINGLE STORY. AND FRANKLY, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE USE PLAN, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO OBJECT TO. EVEN EVEN A STRIP RETAIL CENTER WOULD BE PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE IN THAT LOCATION. THERE'S ONE JUST TO THE WEST, FARTHER DOWN PARKER. IT'S FULLY OCCUPIED. THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE HAVING ANY TROUBLE FINDING TENANTS. THERE'S ONE TO THE EAST, JUST ACROSS JOSE. THIS IS BRAND NEW. IT'S GOT A RESTAURANT. IT'S GOT A BANK. 
          IT'S GOT A, I THINK, AN EYE DOCTOR IN THERE. AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE HAVING ANY TROUBLE WHATSOEVER FINDING TENANTS. SO, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THAT'S NOT OBJECTIONABLE AT ALL. A FIVE STORY APARTMENT BUILDING IN MY BACKYARD. AND I'M SORRY. IT'S IN MY BACKYARD. IS JUST. I'M SORRY YOUR YOUR TIME IS UP. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW, THOUGH. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU. OKAY. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. 
          GEORGE SMILEY, 401 CROWN OF GOLD. COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I MAY SAY SOME THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE WERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL LAST AUGUST. WE DISCUSSED THIS SAME ISSUE. THAT WAS DENIED WITH A50 RULING. AND I HEAR THEM SAYING THAT NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED. WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT A POSSIBLE EIGHT STORY BUILDING IN AUGUST I WAS HERE. AND SO IF NOTHING'S CHANGED, I HAVE TO GO BACK. WHY ARE WE HERE IF NOTHING'S CHANGED? BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS IN THE MEMORANDUM FROM MICHELLE BERRY, THE PLANNING MANAGER. DATED TODAY. AND I WILL REITERATE, NOT ONE NEIGHBOR IN THE RESERVE RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF NOTIFICATION. NOW, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT ALL ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THAT NOTIFICATION BASED ON WHERE OUR HOME IS, BUT THOSE HOMES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT LINEAR FEET DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS. THE DEVELOPER DID NOT ATTEMPT TO MEET WITH ANY RESIDENT OF THE RESERVE COMMUNITY, AND WE AS A RESERVE HAVE HAD COMMUNICATION WITH THAT DEVELOPER ABOUT OTHER ISSUES, BUT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED AND HE HAS NOT ATTEMPTED TO MEET WITH US. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE MEMORANDUM THAT I'D LIKE TO REITERATE HERE. ON JANUARY. THIS IS THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT MISS BERRY PUT TOGETHER. ON JANUARY 3RD, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CASTLE HILLS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ORDINANCE NUMBER WHATEVER AND INCORPORATED ALL PROVISIONS OF THE CASTLE HILLS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ALONG WITH VARIANCES TO THE AGREEMENT APPROVED SINCE 1996. THE PD WAS ADOPTED TO ENSURE THE ZONING IN CASTLE HILLS WAS TAILORED TO MATCH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. WE ALL KNOW THIS WAS DENIED. BACK IN AUGUST. 
          OKAY, SAYS THIS LETTER GOES ON BACKGROUND. MISS BERRY GOES ON TO SAY THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED AND THAT WE, THE DEVELOPER, MET WITH US. HE DID NOT. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL? EVERYBODY SAYS THERE'S NOT ANYTHING DIFFERENT. SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN. AND WHO DID MR. STANLEY MEET WITH? HE SAYS HE MET WITH COMMUNICATED MISS BERRY. HE MET WITH PEOPLE WHO WHAT ADDRESSES IN THE RESERVE RECEIVED THAT COMMUNICATION. OKAY. THE MEMORANDUM GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES CONSTITUTE A MAJOR MODIFICATION, BECAUSE THE PROPOSED PROJECT REMOVES BUILDINGS AND CHANGES SITE CIRCULATION AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS THAT IMPACT CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE SITE AND TO THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE SOUTHERN SUBAREA OF THE REALM DISTRICT IS BEING AMENDED IN ITS ENTIRETY PER THIS ORDINANCE, AND NOTICES WERE SENT OUT ACCORDINGLY. WE ALL SAY NO, THEY WERE NOT. DURING THE ADOPTION OF THE ORIGINAL PD, IT WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT WOULD BE BUILT ON IT. THE CONCEPT PLAN SHOWED EIGHT PAD SITES. OKAY, WE'RE ALL GOOD WITH EIGHT PAD SITES, EACH CONTAINING A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, BUT THE SITE HAS SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES, INCLUDING AN ODD SHAPE. IT IS ODD SHAPED. IT'S A FLOODPLAIN. 
          IT'S GOT GREAT ISSUES. LIMITED ACCESS TO 544. LIMITED VISIBILITY ADJACENT TO RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY AND UTILITY EASEMENTS. SO EXPLAIN THOSE COMMENTS TO ME. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN PARKER ROAD WAS REROUTED, HE GOT A SLIVER OF LAND. NOW IT'S AN ODD SHAPE, 
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RIGHT? BUT WHAT RELEVANCE DO THOSE COMMENTS HAVE TO THIS REQUEST? SHOULD THE HOMEOWNERS WHO PURCHASED THEIR HOMES YEARS AGO BE PENALIZED BECAUSE SOMEONE OWNS A PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH THESE ISSUES? SHOULD THE DEVELOPER GET TO BUILD A FIVE STORY BUILDING, WHICH WILL AFFECT THE SURROUNDING HOMES? BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER HAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS LIMITATIONS? IF YOU DRIVE DOWN PARKER ROAD AND I SAY, HEY, TAKE A DRIVE DOWN PARKER ROAD, COME OFF 121, GO DOWN TO SIR TRUMAN DRIVE. THAT'S WHERE TOOTH ACRES PET CEMETERY IS. WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THERE'S A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT BACK UP ONTO PARKER ROAD. THERE'S A SCHOOL, THERE'S A COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS BEING BUILT. THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT SIT ON EACH SIDE OF PARKER ROAD. A FIVE STORY BUILDING IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA. THE ONLY OTHER MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS WITHIN THE AREA THAT SIT ON PARKER ROAD ARE NO MORE THAN TWO STORIES TALL, AND THEY ARE NOT ON AN ELEVATION AS HIGH AS THIS PROPOSED LOT. AND THEY DON'T TAKE AWAY THE PRIVACY FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. THIS LOT IS MUCH HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN ANY OTHER BUILDINGS OR HOMES ON PARKER ROAD WITHIN THE AREA OF CONCERN, AND IT WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT THE PRIVACY OF THE HOMEOWNER. A FIVE STORY BUILDING IS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THIS AREA. IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE STYLE OF RESIDENTIAL THAT IT WILL SURROUND. THERE'S SIGHTLINE ISSUES, BUT AND PASSING BECAUSE I KNOW MY TIME IS UP. IF THIS WERE YOUR HOME THAT YOU PURCHASED YEARS AGO WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE OF A POTENTIAL FIVE STORY BUILDING, AND NOW DEVELOPER WANTS TO PUT A STRUCTURE IN YOUR BACKYARD, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? IF YOU WOULDN'T FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IT? AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE THOUGHT. JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD. AND I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU ARE CHARGED WITH DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND A FIVE STORY BUILDING IS DEFINITELY NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND WHEN HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE VALOR AT 160,000FT■!S AND THIS IS A 16,00 SQUARE FOOT FLOOR PLATE THAT IS APPLES AND ORANGES, AND THAT SHOULD NOT EVEN BE A MATTER OF DISCUSSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR THE CITY, BUT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO US THIS EVENING. CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF OR DO I NEED TO WAIT? WHAT IS THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR NOTICES? SO WITH THE REALM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WE. WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE NOTIFY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE SOUTH SIDE AND WITHIN A 200 FOOT BUFFER. SO PIGGYBACKING OFF OF AINSLEY'S QUESTION, WE KEEP COMING AROUND TO THIS POINT WHERE WE HAVE NOTES, I GUESS PLANNING STAFF THAT THE HOA FOR THIS GATED COMMUNITY WAS NOTIFIED, BUT IT'S VERY OBVIOUS FROM ALL THESE CITIZENS AND HOMEOWNERS HAVE SPOKEN THAT THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED. SO THE ONUS LIES LIKE IS THERE A WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION HAPPENED? WHY THE HOA DID NOT FORWARD THIS FEBRUARY 5TH COMMUNITY MEETING TO THESE AFFECTED HOMEOWNERS THAT OBVIOUSLY ARE WITHIN THAT 200FT BUFFER? LIKE WHERE DOES LIKE ONCE? I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN STAFF SENDS OUT THAT NOTICE AND THEY THEY NOTIFY THE HOA. THEN IS IT JUST ON THE HOA TO THEN DO THEIR JOB AND NOTIFY THE AFFECTED PARTIES? IF I MAY, BECAUSE I'VE GOT MY OWN EDUCATION IN SENDING THESE NOTICES OUT IN WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. SINCE I WAS HERE WITH YOU ALL LAST IN AUGUST AND WE GET THE WE ASK, I MADE THE COMMITMENT TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE PD. WE ASK STAFF TO GIVE US THAT LIST. I DON'T DO IT. THEY COMPILE ALL OF THE REALM AND THEN EVERYBODY WITHIN 200FT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY STAFF SENT THESE LETTERS OUT. THERE'S ONE HOMEOWNER IN THIS SUBDIVISION WHO GOT A NOTICE, AND HE'S THE GUY WHO LIVES ON THE VERY, VERY END CORNER. AND BECAUSE THIS IS A GATED NEIGHBORHOOD, THE STREETS ARE OWNED BY THE HOA. SO THEY COME UP AS A LANDOWNER. THE ALLEY IS OWNED BY THE HOA. AND SO THERE WERE SEVERAL LETTERS SENT TO THE HOA, BUT NOT ANYBODY ELSE. THERE ISN'T ANOTHER HOMEOWNER. THERE IS ANOTHER LOT WITHIN 200FT. PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE PER WHAT STAFF GAVE US. I DIDN'T TRY TO PRECLUDE ANYBODY. I UNDERSTAND, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. SO I'M 
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JUST TRYING TO COMPARTMENTALIZE IN MY BRAIN, LIKE WHERE THAT BREAKDOWN HAPPENED. SO THE HOA SHOULD HAVE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, THEN LET THESE HOMEOWNERS KNOW. AND IN THIS CASE, THIS HOA THAT GOT NOTICE IS NOT RUN BY BRIGHT. IT'S RUN BY THAT THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR OWN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, NOT US. A LOT OF CASTLE HILLS IS US. SO IT WENT TO GOODWIN, THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, AND THAT'S. YEAH. YEAH, I MEAN, I THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF, SIR. I DIDN'T COME HERE WILLING TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS PHIL SMILEY. I'M AT 401 CROWN OF GOLD. I'M A RELATIVELY NEW MEMBER TO THE RESERVE. HOA GOODWIN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT MANAGES OUR HOA. WE OWN THE STREETS AND THE SIDEWALKS. WE DON'T OWN THE RESIDENTS. IF THEY CAN MAIL TO CASTLE'S MASTER ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THEY HAVE MAILBOXES DELIVERED BY THE CASTLE'S MAIL SERVICE, THEY CAN MAIL TO THE RESERVE RESIDENTS AND HAVE IT DELIVERED TO CASTLE HILLS MAIL SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN. I HAVE NO WAY OF PROVING IT. I'VE TEXTED THE PRESIDENT THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME. HE KNOWS NOTHING OF THIS. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS MAIL SERVICE GOES TO BOTH SIDES OF PARKER, BOTH DELIVERED BY THE CASTLE HILLS MAIL SERVICE. POSTAL SERVICE DROPS OFF THE MAIL CASTLE'S MAIL SERVICE HAS ACCESS TO OUR MAILBOXES. IT IS NOT THE HOA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE RESIDENTS. IT IS THE DEVELOPERS. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE REALM, THERE'S APARTMENT COMPLEXES ALL OVER THE PLACE. NONE ARE CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL THERE BY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. 
          ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. EVERYTHING'S FIVE STORY, BUT NONE BACK UP ON THE RESIDENTIAL. 
          OKAY, SO I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO GO LOOK AT THAT AND THEN GO PULL OFF A PARKER, GO STAND ON THAT PROPERTY, AND THEN GO IMAGINE THAT SITE. IMAGINE THAT LOOKING INTO RICK'S BACKYARD AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT WON'T AFFECT ME, BUT IT WILL AFFECT ALL OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES IN THE RESERVE IF WE DO THAT. SO ANYWAY, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SAY THAT. BUT AGAIN, THE DEVELOPER COULD HAVE MAILED THEM TO THE INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSES AND IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THEY CHOSE NOT TO. THANK YOU SIR. REMIND US AGAIN OF YOUR NAME. JUSTIN BIRKMEYER 401 GRAIL CASTLE. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ECHO WHAT HE JUST SAID. I'M SORRY, BUT IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE, WE ALL HAVE THE INTERNET. WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYBODY'S ADDRESS IN HERE IF WE WANT. IF WE DRIVE BY A HOUSE, WE CAN FIND WHO'S LIVING THERE. SO. AND TO GO WITH WHAT HE SAID, CASTLE HILLS DELIVERS ON BOTH SIDES. SO I DON'T FEEL THAT'S A VALID REASON OR A VALID OUT. 
          SECONDLY, I MEANT TO SAY IT EARLIER. I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE NOW UNDERGROUND, SO THAT MEANS THE ROAD WAS RAISED. SO WHEN THEY PUT THIS BUILDING ON THAT SIDE OF THAT ROAD, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE THE ELEVATION. SO NOT ONLY IS THIS BUILDING 60FT TALL, ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS, I GUARANTEE WE TAKE ELEVATIONS. 
          WE'RE LOWER THAN THEM, A LOT LOWER. SO THAT BUILDING IS GOING TO BE EVEN TALLER THAN 60FT FOR US AS RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COME FORWARD? STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. HI, I'M ELLIOT LESTER. I RESIDE AT 3908 LUCAN LANE. SHOULD OF CAME UP AND SPOKE ON SEVEN. BUT I THINK BOTH OF MY ISSUES ARE ON SEVEN EIGHT. I ACTUALLY SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT THREE FOUR MONTHS AND I'VE NOTICED A LOT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC. AND I REALIZE QUICKLY AFTER I FIRST MOVED IN THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF POCKETS OF LAND. I FIGURED DEVELOPMENT WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD. MY ONLY, I GUESS, IDEA OR CONCERN TOWARDS YOU ALL WOULD BE COMMISSIONER STERLING. IS THAT PRONOUNCED CORRECTLY? YOU MENTIONED THE CONTROLLED TRAFFIC DEVICE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE NEEDED. WHATEVER'S BUILT OFF ESSEX. AND THEN I THINK EVEN WOODHAVEN DOWN THE ROAD WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY IS PROBABLY GOING TO NEED. MAYBE NOT THAT, BUT MAYBE STOP SIGNS, CROSSWALKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I'VE SEEN A LOT MORE PEOPLE ON FOOT WALKING AROUND. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE LIKE WALK TO KROGER AND I'M LIKE, THERE'S ONLY SIDEWALK ON A PORTION OF IT. SO JUST SOME CONCERNS I'VE HAD SINCE I'VE RECENTLY MOVED THERE, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WHAT WAS YOUR ADDRESS? LET'S SEE. 
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OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. GEORGIA SMILEY AGAIN. 401 CROWN OF GOLD. I JUST THEY THEY MENTIONED TRAFFIC STUDIES AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THEY TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC STUDIES TONIGHT. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE IN USE AND REQUESTS TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND STUFF. HOW CURRENT ARE THOSE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND ARE THOSE TRAFFIC STUDIES VISIBLE? BECAUSE THE LAST DISCUSSION WE ALL HAD ABOUT ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT ON THE AGENDA WAS THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IS OUT OF CONTROL ON THE NORTH SIDE. THAT'S AN ISSUE. BUT THEY TALK ABOUT OH, WE'VE DONE TRAFFIC STUDIES. BUT FOR THOSE CURRENT TRAFFIC STUDIES, WITH ALL THIS CHANGE IN USE AND ALL THESE HIGH RISE STRUCTURES GOING IN AND ALL THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I MEAN, WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE TRAFFIC STUDIES? OKAY, LET'S FIND OUT. RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE THAT DATA, THAT STUDY? THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS STUDIES DONE SINCE 1996 WHEN CASTLE HILLS WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED. THE DEVELOPER IS WORKING ON ONE. LAST YEAR WHEN THE LAST AMENDMENT WAS WAS APPROVED. A PART OF THAT WAS A COMMITMENT TO DO AN OVERALL STUDY FOR THE REALM, AND THAT IS UNDERWAY CURRENTLY. SO THERE WAS ONE FINISHED IN 2005, AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CURRENTLY FOR THE ENTIRE REALM. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ONES IN THE PAST FOR VARIOUS PHASES, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING ONE LARGER ONE. LOOKING AT THE LARGER REALM AREA. AND THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A TRAFFIC STUDY, YOU'RE REFERENCING DATA. BUT WHAT WHAT'S YOUR DATA POINT? WHAT'S THE YEAR FOR THE MOST RECENT TRAFFIC STUDY. BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE ABOUT ONE DONE IN 1996 OR WHATEVER. THAT'S IRRELEVANT. WHAT IS YOUR DATA POINT THAT WE TALK ABOUT? WE'VE DONE THE TRAFFIC STUDY. SO WAS THAT TEN YEARS AGO WE DID A TRAFFIC STUDY. AND THAT'S THE DATA POINT WE'RE USING TODAY. OR DID WE DO ONE LAST YEAR? AND THAT'S THE TRAFFIC STUDY WE'RE USING FOR ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION STAFF. DOES IT HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW. BUT I BELIEVE ONE WAS DONE IN 2014 WHEN THE REALM WAS ESTABLISHED. AND THE DENSITY, THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND SO FORTH WAS, WAS ADOPTED AT THAT TIME. OKAY. SO WE'RE USING A TEN YEAR OLD, 11 YEAR OLD DATA. AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE AMENDED THINGS SINCE 2014 TO NOW. AND WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT TRAFFIC STUDY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BACK TO US. SORRY, JUST A CLARIFICATION, RICHARD. I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT GOING ON. WE GOT AN APPROVAL ON ANOTHER PROJECT SOMETIME BACK. PART OF THE CRITERIA OF THAT APPROVAL WAS TO REDO AN OVERALL TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          GET WITH THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE PROVIDED A NUMBER OF PARTICULAR POINTS OF INTEREST, INCLUDING WINDHAVEN AND JOSE AND ESSEX AND 121 OUTSIDE OF NECESSARILY THE REALM ZONE. AND OUR ENGINEERS ARE UNDERWAY. AND THEY JUST TOLD ME WE HAD A COMMITMENT TO HAVE THAT DELIVERED BACK TO THE CITY WITHIN A YEAR OF WHENEVER THAT WAS, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT DONE IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN MAY. THAT'S WHAT THE ENGINEERS ARE TELLING ME ON EXACTLY THE ENTITLEMENTS, THE CONCEPT PLANS, INCLUDING THIS PROJECT. THE OTHER ENTITLED DEPARTMENTS, THE GB2 ZONING AND THE REALM AREA. WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE KROGER SITE? THE ADDITIONAL TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENTS, ALL OF IT. AND WHAT IS IT GOING TO REQUIRE? SO IT IS UNDERWAY AND BEING UPDATED WITH THE MOST RECENT DATA WE HAVE. THANK YOU. RICK VIDAL 2801 HUNDRED NINTH DRIVE. AGAIN, SORRY. IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE GETTING DOUBLE. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE STRONG POINT THAT I'D NEEDED TO MAKE AND THAT IS THAT IF YOU DRIVE AROUND CASTLE HILLS AND YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THERE ARE 14 TO 16 MAJOR COMPLEXES THERE IN CASTLE HILLS OR JUST WITHIN THE AT THE EDGES OF CASTLE HILLS DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE ALL BOUNDED BY EITHER FREEWAY 121 
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, MAJOR POWER LINE EASEMENTS, OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES, OR MAJOR DRAINAGE AREAS THAT CAN'T BE BUILT ON. NONE OF THEM ARE ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOME RESIDENCES. 
          THERE ARE. THERE'S ONE THAT'S AN OLDER COMPLEX, AND IT WAS THERE YEARS BEFORE HOMES WERE BUILT ACROSS THE STREET. SO IN THAT CASE, IT'S THE OLD AIRPORT ANALOGY. YOU KNOW, WHEN I MOVED HERE, THERE WAS NO AIRPORT, BUT NOW YOU WANT TO BUILD AN AIRPORT NEXT TO ME. SO IF THAT AIRPORT WAS ALREADY THERE, I GOT NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. BUT IF I BUILT MY HOME AND THEN YEARS LATER, YOU WANT TO COME BUILD AN AIRPORT NEXT TO ME, I GOT A PROBLEM. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST HERE. I DO FEEL SORRY FOR JUSTIN. POOR GUY. JUST MOVED IN. DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. THE NOTIFICATIONS DID NOT GO OUT. IF WE HAD HAD BETTER NOTIFICATION, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A WHOLE LOT MORE NEIGHBORS IN HERE. WE HAD AN IMPROMPTU MEETING AT MY HOME THIS AFTERNOON. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAD PRIOR OBLIGATIONS. THEY HAD KIDS AND SPORTING EVENTS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS GOING ON. SO WE GOT WHAT WE GOT, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE. AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS I DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE ON THE NORTH SIDE, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 544. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC OVER THERE. AND FRANKLY, I THINK FROM A CULTURAL STANDPOINT, I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW IT'S OKAY TO SAY NO AND THAT IF, YOU KNOW, IF THAT WASN'T THE CASE, I THINK YOU WOULD SEE A WHOLE LOT MORE OF THEM OVER HERE, TOO, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED JUST AS BAD AS WE ARE. AND I THINK EVEN MORE, THERE'S MORE HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE LITERALLY IN THE SHADOW OF A FIVE STORY BUILDING. AND, I MEAN, YOU HAVE NO SON IN YOUR ON YOUR GARDEN EVER BECAUSE OF THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANTED TO FINISH UP SAYING. AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE JUST TO REMEMBER THAT THIS COMMISSION DENIED THIS UNANIMOUSLY IN AUGUST. CITY COUNCIL DENIED IT UNANIMOUSLY IN AUGUST. AND NOTHING'S CHANGED. IT'S STILL THE SAME PROBLEM, STILL THE SAME ISSUES. AND THIS IS JUST NOT THE RIGHT BUILDING FOR THIS PARCEL IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. 
          MR. SMILEY, 401 CROWN OF GOLD. SO I'M GOING BACK TO MY FIRST QUESTION. ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS IS WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? SHE SAID IT VERY ELOQUENTLY. 
          NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED. NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED. SO I STILL AM CONFUSED. WHAT IS CHANGED AND WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN? CAN SOMEBODY ANSWER THAT QUESTION? AND I GUESS I'M LOOKING TO HER MAYBE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHAT WHAT'S CHANGED FROM AUGUST OF LAST YEAR? WHY ARE WE WHAT ARE WE REPRESENTING THAT'S ANY DIFFERENT? OKAY. WE CHANGED THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING. WE ANGLED IT. NOW THAT IT REALLY LOOKS INTO THE RESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD, IS THAT THE CHANGE? THERE'S NO WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT WOULD BRING US ALL BACK HERE TO HASH THIS OUT AGAIN? ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER? I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE STAFF, RIGHT? THE STAFF. CHAIRMAN LOCKE, IF I COULD ADDRESS THAT THE APPLICATION DID PROVIDE OR THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THEY INCLUDED THE LINE OF SIGHT STUDY. THEY DID INCLUDE MORE DETAILED DRAWINGS ON LANDSCAPING AND UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND SO FORTH. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. EVERY PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CITY HAS A RIGHT. WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE IN OUR ORDINANCES, AND EVERY PROPERTY OWNER HAS A RIGHT IN THIS PD DOES ALLOW FOR THIS PROCESS WHEN A CHANGE IS BEING MADE. IT WAS OUTLINED VERY CLEARLY IN THE STAFF MEMO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO AS NOT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. SO NOW WE HAVE A DRAWING THAT SHOWS THE LINE OF SIGHT THAT CLEARLY GOES OVER THE SIX FOOT FENCE. AND 
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IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE THAN 60FT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. BECAUSE IF YOU JUST RUN THE NUMBERS AND I'M NOT A BUILDING CONTRACTOR, BUT YOU GOT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EIGHT FOOT CEILINGS, NINE FOOT CEILINGS, TEN FOOT CEILINGS, AND THEN YOU GOT SUBFLOORING, YOU GOT TO RUN PIPES AND ALL THAT STUFF. THEN YOU GOT MECHANICAL ON THE ROOF. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO SEE 60FT OF ALL THAT SQUISHED IN THERE. BUT AGAIN, I STILL THINK THAT THERE'S NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH. SO HE THREW A LANDSCAPE PLAN TOGETHER. OH THAT'S EXCITING. THROW SOME TREES UP THERE. IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT IN A LINE OF SIGHT. WE KNEW WE'RE GOING TO BE STARING AT 60FT PLUS OF A BUILDING STRUCTURE. SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEN THERE'S NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THIS PLAN. AND THANK YOU. AND I PROMISE I WILL NOT COME UP AGAIN. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT. AND MY COMMENT IS THIS IS THAT I HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAY THIS TO EVERYONE THAT'S IN ATTENDANCE. AND FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE COME UP TO TALK TO US, THANK YOU ALL. FIRST OF ALL, BUT AS I GO ABOUT MAKING MY DECISIONS, WHETHER IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, IN MY PERSONAL ROLE OR IN SERVICE TO OTHERS, I DO MY BEST TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL. ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT I USE AS A ROTARIAN IS THE ROTARY FOUR WAY TEST. IT'S A SIMPLE SET OF QUESTIONS, BUT IT CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT. ONE IS IT THE TRUTH? IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED? WILL IT BE? WILL IT BUILD GOODWILL AND BETTER FRIENDSHIPS, AND WILL IT BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERNED? THESE QUESTIONS HAVE HELPED ME PAUSE AND REFLECT, NOT JUST ON THE OUTCOME I WANT, BUT ON HOW I GET THERE. THEY REMIND ME TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, TO SEEK FAIRNESS, AND TO PRIORITIZE RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE GREATER GOOD. WITH THIS BEING SAID, AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THESE PRINCIPLES, I CANNOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE. THAT'S MY STATEMENT. WHO COULD SAY IT BETTER? NO, I'M THANK YOU FOR I MEAN, I, I AGREE, I FEEL LIKE A BAIT AND SWITCH RIGHT NOW. MISS SMILEY JUST SAID LIKE THEN WHY ARE WE HERE? IT LOOKS TO ME SIGNIFICANT CHANGE BECAUSE THIS WHOLE PAST 20, 25 MINUTES WE'VE BEEN ON THIS AGENDA. IT'S AUGUST 2024 IS NOW STARTING TO COME BACK. I WAS LIKE, OH, OH YEAH, OH, I'M STARTING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY THAT NIGHT AND HOW PACKED THESE CHAMBERS WERE. AND I RECOGNIZE OUR GOOD FRIEND RIGHT THERE ALSO. AND I JUST LIKE FRANCESCA SO ELOQUENTLY SAID, IS IT GOING TO CREATE GOOD GOODWILL IN ALL OF US UP HERE? I THINK ARE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO SERVE FOR EVERYBODY. AND IT JUST I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST LEAVING A VERY BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A FIVE STORY BUILDING ON THAT WEIRD PARCEL SANDWICHED BETWEEN THESE HOUSES MAKES. AND I SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THAT CASTLE HILLS AREA. MY BANK ACCOUNT WOULD TELL YOU, LIKE HARRAH'S COFFEE HOUSE IS LIKE MY NEW OFFICE FROM HOME. I LOVE THAT PLACE. I'M THERE LITERALLY FIVE TIMES A WEEK. SO I'M VERY, VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT WHOLE AREA. AND MY REALTOR BRAIN IS JUST NOT ALSO WRAPPING AROUND THIS. I'M WITH FRANCESCA. I DON'T I'M NOT IN APPROVAL OF THIS CONCEPT. GENTLEMEN, I GOT A QUESTION FOR STAFF, ACTUALLY. CAN YOU CONFIRM FOR ME FOR A POINT OF REFERENCE HERE, THE ORIGINAL EIGHT UNITS ON THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN. IF NO CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE EXISTING ZONING STAYS IN EFFECT, NO CHANGES TO THE CONCEPT PLAN. HOW TALL COULD THOSE EIGHT UNITS BE? WHAT'S ALLOWED? THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT? I DID LOOK THAT UP. IT DOES HAVE SOME CONDITIONS. I'LL, I'LL. I'LL READ FROM THAT SECTION. THIS IS THE GENERAL BUSINESS TO BASE DISTRICT. AND THE HEIGHTS IS A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT SHALL BE LIMITED TO FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS DUE TO PROXIMITY AREA. AIRPORTS ON A LOT ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. NO BUILDING SHALL EXCEED 45FT IN HEIGHT, EXCEPT THAT SET HEIGHT MAY BE INCREASED UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 12 STORIES, OR 180FT AT A RATE OF TWO FEET OF ADDITIONAL HEIGHT. FOR EACH ONE FOOT OF 
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ADDITIONAL SETBACK FROM REQUIRED YARD LINES, AND NO EVENT, HOWEVER, SHALL THE PORTION OF A BUILDING LOCATED WITHIN 150FT OF ANY PROPERTY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES EXCEED THE HEIGHT ALLOWED IN THAT RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY IS NOT WITHIN 150FT OF RESIDENTIAL. IT IS OVER 200FT. OR RIGHT AT ONE PROPERTY THAT WAS AT 200FT. BUT NO, NONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE FALLING IN WITHIN 150 AND IT IS NOT ADJACENT. SO THEREFORE THE FIRST CLAUSE OF THAT PARAGRAPH APPLIES TO HEIGHT. THERE IS NO LIMIT. IT'S ONLY LIMITED BY FAA. AND SO THE ITEM ON TODAY'S THE ITEM ON TODAY'S DOCKET IS TO REQUEST A ZONE CHANGE TO THE CONCEPT PLAN. IF NO CHANGE IS MADE, IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THOSE UNITS COULD BE BUILT WITH NO RESTRICTION. EIGHT UNITS ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO YOU COULD END UP INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE FIVE STORY BUILDING, YOU COULD END UP WITH EIGHT, FIVE STORY BUILDINGS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IN ESSENCE, THAT COULD HAPPEN NOW. NOT THAT YOU COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, PROTEST THAT AND SO FORTH, WHICH I'M SURE YOU WOULD, BUT ANY AGENDA PACKET IS THE ORIGINAL PLAN USES DRAWINGS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. AGAIN, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS, RICHARD, THAT WAS A CONCEPT THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE IN ORDER TO PUT THE DOCUMENT TOGETHER. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TIE THEM TO THAT SPECIFIC. THEY JUST HAD TO PUT IN BUILDING. THEY JUST TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE DOCUMENT. 
          RIGHT. AND THAT IS CORRECT. RIGHT. SO I MEAN. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD WANT THIS BUILDING OUT MY BACK DOOR OR NOT. I'M SURE I WOULD. BUT IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING'S GOING TO GET BUILT THERE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'VE INVESTED MONEY IN THIS LOT. 
          THEY'VE SPENT MONEY GETTING IT READY TO HAVE SOME A STRUCTURE BUILT ON IT. SO I MEAN, THE WAY I, THE WAY I SEE IT IS THIS REALLY LIMITS. I MEAN, I DON'T THIS LIMITS YOUR RISK REALLY HAVING ONE BUILDING VERSUS FIVE OR 6 OR 7 BUILDINGS THAT COULD BE EVEN TALLER. CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF? KIND OF, SINCE THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN, THIS IS LIKE THE WHOLE COMPLETE PACKAGE. CORRECT. THE BUILDING AND THE ZONING AND ALL OF IT. IT'S A IT'S A BUNDLED DEAL. THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS A CUSTOMIZED ZONING FOR THE PARTICULAR SITE. IN THIS CASE, ALL OF CASTLE HILLS HAS BEEN CUSTOMIZED. BUT THIS IS A SUBDISTRICT OUT OF THREE MAJOR SUBDISTRICTS WITHIN CASTLE HILLS. THE BOUNDARY DOES FOLLOW THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THAT'S KIND OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. IT DOES KIND OF GO AT AN ANGLE. THE CITY LIMITS IS BASICALLY THE BOUNDARY TO THE TO THE EAST AND THEN TO THE WEST. AND OF COURSE, HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. HERE IS PRETTY MUCH THE POWER LINE EASEMENT WITH THE LARGE TRANSMISSION LINES. AND THEN IT KIND OF GERRYMANDERS AROUND AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY. SO IT IS QUITE LARGE SUBDISTRICT WITH A VARIETY OF USES THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2014 WITH AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, THE BASE ZONING DISTRICTS WERE WERE ESTABLISHED AS, AS DIFFERENT PARTS WERE, WERE WERE DEVELOPED. 
          BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, THIS IS LIKE THIS ONE BUILDING, THIS PARKING, THIS PLAN AS WE SEE IT IN THE PACKAGE. CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. AT THIS PART OF THE OVERALL CONCEPT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IS I, I DIDN'T LIKE THIS IN AUGUST. I DON'T LIKE IT ANY MORE TODAY. I AM A VERY I, I TAKE NIMBY VERY SERIOUSLY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD TAKE MY RISKS ON 812 STORY BUILDINGS WHEN IT COMES BACK THROUGH THIS. AND I WOULD BE BACK IN THAT AUDIENCE AGAIN PROTESTING. SO AT THIS POINT, I, I AM STILL A PRETTY HARD NO ON THIS. SO. WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN AS AMENDED AS PRESENTED. SECOND MOTION BY FRANCESCA. SECOND BY AINSLEY. 
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MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 3. COMMISSIONERS. THIS ITEM WILL GO FOR A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY, MAY THE 5TH AT 7 P.M. NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A 
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PRESENTATION BY THE CITY STAFF OF THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS ON MAY THE 3RD. OH, NO. GIVE ME JUST A SECOND TO GET THE RIGHT PRESENTATION PULLED UP. HERE WE GO. I'M JUST GOING TO STRETCH FOR A SECOND, PLEASE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS EVENING I HAVE FOR YOU A DID YOU CALL THIS ITEM. YEAH. YEAH OKAY. I HAVE AN ITEM ABOUT THE 2025 LEWISVILLE CHARTER ELECTION. SO THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL HAS CALLED A CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY THE 3RD, SO THAT VOTERS CAN DECIDE ON SIX PROPOSITIONS DEALING WITH POTENTIAL GOVERNANCE CHANGES. SO FIRST, WHAT IS THE CITY CHARTER? THE CITY CHARTER IS OUR FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNING DOCUMENT FOR ANY HOME RULE CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO ANY CHANGE TO THE CHARTER DOES HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY A ELECTION, A GENERAL ELECTION WITH THE PUBLIC. SO HOW ARE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SELECTED? WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS A FIVE MEMBER CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, AND THIS COMMISSION MEETS PERIODICALLY. THEY REVIEW THE CHARTER AND THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY MET THROUGH THE FALL AND REPORTED BACK TO COUNCIL IN JANUARY WITH SIX PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. AND WHERE COULD I FIND THE FULL TEXT OF THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS? WELL, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM, BUT YOU CAN FIND THEM ON OUR WEBSITE. CITY OF LEWISVILLE.COM/20 25 CHARTER. SO THE CITY CHARTER WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 1963, WHEN LEWISVILLE BECAME A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY, AND IT ESTABLISHED OUR CURRENT COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THE CHARTER WAS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED IN MAY OF 2021, AND THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MUST BE APPOINTED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT CHARTER ELECTIONS CAN BE HELD NO MORE FREQUENTLY THAN EVERY TWO YEARS. AND IN MAY OF 2021, WE HAVE THAT CHARTER ELECTION IN PREPARATION OF THE ANNEXATION OF CASTLE HILLS, AND IT ADDED A NEW COUNCIL SEAT AND SOME OTHER THINGS. SO THE PROPOSED SIX PROPOSITIONS WILL THEY'RE ALPHABETICAL. WE'LL START WITH PROPOSITION A IS SHOULD THE CHARTER BE AMENDED THROUGHOUT TO CORRECT NON-SUBSTANTIVE ERRORS SUCH AS CAPITALIZATION, PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR, HARMONIZING, HARMONIZING CONFLICTING SECTIONS, AND ELIMINATE REFERENCES TO POSITION TITLES THAT NO LONGER EXIST? SO WHAT THAT MEANS THE NON-SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS ARE PARTICULARLY LIKE REFERENCES TO THE CITY ASSESSOR COLLECTOR. IT'S A POSITION THAT NO LONGER EXISTS BECAUSE THAT ROLE IS PERFORMED BY THE DENTON COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR. HARMONIZATION CLARIFIES THAT, CONSISTENT WITH OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER, AT LEAST FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS MUST VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY TO PASS AN ACTION. HARMONIZATION ALSO CLARIFIES THAT PER THE CHARTER ELECTION IN 2021, THE CITY MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO IF PROPOSITION A PASSED, IT WOULD NOT CHANGE ANY CURRENT PRACTICES OR OPERATIONS. IT WOULD JUST CORRECT NON-SUBSTANTIVE ERRORS. PROPOSITION B SHOULD THE CHARTER BE AMENDED TO ELIMINATE THE READING OF ORDINANCES AT OPEN MEETINGS ON THREE SEPARATE DAYS, ALLOWING THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE AT A SINGLE MEETING WITHOUT THE NEED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY? SO HOW DO WE HANDLE THIS CURRENTLY? SO CURRENTLY, THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARES AN EMERGENCY AS CONSTRUED BY THE CHARTER, SO THAT THE CAPTIONS OF ORDINANCES THEY APPROVE ONLY HAVE TO BE READ AT ONE MEETING. 
          AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION REMOVES THAT REQUIREMENT, SO WE ONLY READ THEM AT ONCE. OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE READ AT TWO SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS. SO THIS WOULD CHANGE OUR PROCESS. WE WOULD NO LONGER BE NEED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY TO READ A CAPTION AT ONE MEETING. HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT PUBLIC INPUT? WELL, PEOPLE WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT ON THOSE ORDINANCES AT THAT PUBLIC MEETING. AND WHAT PROCESS IS USED IN OTHER CITIES? WELL, WE LOOKED AT 17 COMPARISON CITIES, AND 88% REQUIRE JUST A SINGLE READING AND 12% REQUIRE TWO READINGS. NONE OF OUR COMPARISON CITIES REQUIRED THE THREE READINGS. PROPOSITION C SHOULD THE CHARTER BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER INSTEAD OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPOINT, REMOVE AND ASSIGN DUTIES TO THE CITY SECRETARY? SO CURRENTLY THE CITY SECRETARY IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO THE CITY SECRETARY BY THE CITY CHARTER ARE TO GIVE NOTICE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. KEEP MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. KEEP OFFICIAL RECORDS, MINUTES ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, AND THEN PERFORM OTHER DUTIES ASSIGNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY CHARTER. SO IF THIS CHANGES, WOULD IT CHANGE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY 
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SECRETARY? NO. YES AND NO. SO ANYTHING THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THE CITY SECRETARY THROUGH THE CHARTER WOULD STILL BE THE ROLE OF THE CITY SECRETARY. BUT IF THIS IS CHANGED, THEN THE CITY MANAGER AS OPPOSED TO CITY COUNCIL, COULD GIVE THEM OTHER TASKS AND DIRECTIONS. WHAT IS THE PRACTICE IN OTHER CITIES? SO AGAIN, AMONGST THOSE 17 COMPARISON CITIES, 64% OF CITY SECRETARIES ARE SUPERVISED BY THE CITY MANAGER. PROPOSITION D SHOULD THE CHARTER BE AMENDED TO REQUIRE MAYORAL OR COUNCIL MEMBER CANDIDATES TO SUBMIT A PETITION SIGNED BY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR A CANDIDATE PETITION BY STATE LAW, AND TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A LOYALTY AFFIDAVIT. SO WHAT'S THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT IF YOU WANT TO RUN FOR MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL IN LEWISVILLE, CURRENTLY, YOU HAVE TO BE A QUALIFIED VOTER OF THE CITY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE RESIDED FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE ELECTION WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY, OR HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THEIR ELECTION OF ANY TERRITORY NOT FORMERLY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS, BUT WHICH HAS BEEN ANNEXED. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADDITIONALLY SHALL HAVE RESIDED CONTINUOUSLY IN THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE REGULAR FILING DEADLINE, HAVE RESIDED OR AGAIN IN AN AREA THAT WAS ANNEXED. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAYOR AND EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL NOT BE IN ARREARS IN THE PAYMENT OF ANY TAXES OR OTHER LIABILITIES DUE TO THE CITY, AND SHALL NOT HOLD ANY OTHER OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT UNDER CITY GOVERNMENT. WHILE A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE LOYALTY AFFIDAVIT? SO THEY CURRENTLY HAVE TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT SAYING THEY WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF TEXAS, AFFIRMING THEY'RE A CITIZEN, SAYING THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE TO PERFORM THE ROLE AND THEY'RE NOT MENTALLY INCAPACITATED WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THEY'RE AWARE OF NEPOTISM LAWS THEY DON'T HAVE. THEY'VE DISCLOSED ANY PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS AND PROVIDED PROOF, IF THEY'VE BEEN CONVICTED, THAT THEIR PARDON OR OTHERWISE RELEASED FROM THE RESULTING DISABILITIES OF SUCH CONVICTION. AND SO YOU CAN READ THE REST OF THAT ON THE SCREEN. MUCH OF THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SWORN OATH OF OFFICE THAT IS NOT PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL. AND THAT IS TAKEN BY ALL INCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIOR TO TAKING OFFICE. SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF MOVED TO THE OATH OF OFFICE WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS. SO IF PROPOSITION D PASSES, WHAT WILL THE PETITION REQUIREMENT FOR MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES BE? SO FUTURE CANDIDATES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A PETITION CONTAINING THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR A CANDIDATE PETITION. BY STATE LAW. STATE LAW REQUIRES THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES TO BE THE GREATER OF 25, OR ONE HALF OF 1% OF THE TOTAL VOTES RECEIVED BY ALL CANDIDATES. IN THE MOST RECENT MAYORAL GENERAL ELECTION. SO AS OF TODAY, LEWISVILLE CANDIDATES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 27 SIGNATURES. SO WHAT IS THE PRACTICE FOR CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS IN OTHER CITIES? SO 59% OF THE COMPARISON CITIES EITHER REQUIRE A PETITION IN ALL CASES, OR REQUIRE A PETITION IN LIEU OF A FILING FEE. JUST AS REFERENCE. WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED A FILING FEE, BUT SOME CITIES REQUIRE A FEE WITH YOUR APPLICATION TO RUN FOR THE COUNCIL OR MAYOR. WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO DO THAT. AND IN SOME OF THOSE CITIES, IF YOU DON'T PAY THE FEE, THEN YOU CAN SUBMIT A PETITION AND SIT DEAD. 
          NONE OF THE OTHER CITIES REQUIRE A LOYALTY AFFIDAVIT. SO PROPOSITION E SHOULD THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS SERVING ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION FROM 5 TO 7? SO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, AS I MENTIONED, IS POINTED AT A MINIMUM EVERY FIVE YEARS TO CONSIDER THE CHARTER. THEY PROVIDE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL THEN DECIDES WHETHER TO PRESENT THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE VOTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN AGAIN, THE CITY CHARTER CAN ONLY BE AMENDED BY A CITYWIDE ELECTION. THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. A CHANGE FROM 5 TO 7 MEMBERS WOULD RESULT IN THE COMMISSION BEING THE SAME SIZE AS THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN PROPOSITION F SHOULD THE CHARTER BE AMENDED TO INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM $50 FOR EACH MEETING TO $400 PER MONTH FOR THE MAYOR, AND $300 PER MONTH FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER. SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT COMPENSATION? RIGHT NOW THEY GET $50 PER OFFICIAL MEETING. THERE'S TWO REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETINGS PER MONTH. HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO SIMILAR CITIES? SO LOOKING AT 15 COMPARABLY SIZED CITIES. SO A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN OUR 17 COMPARISON CITIES BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN THIS INSTANCE WE WERE LOOKING AT CITIES WITH SIMILAR POPULATION SIZES. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY COMPENSATION IS $697 FOR THE MAYOR AND $469 FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO IF PROPOSITION F PASSES, WILL THIS INCREASE IMPACT THE CITY BUDGET OR RAISE TAXES? SO THE TOTAL COST, IF THIS WERE TO PASS WOULD BE 26,400 PER YEAR. THAT IS AN INCREASE OF LESS THAN $18,000 FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY BUDGET FOR THIS. AND THEN I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF EARLY VOTING TIMES AND LOCATIONS. THOSE ARE COMING UP HERE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, BOTH DENTON AND DALLAS 
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COUNTY. SO IN DENTON COUNTY WE HAVE TWO LOCATIONS HERE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT DENTON COUNTY. DURING EARLY VOTING, YOU CAN VOTE AT ANY DENTON COUNTY EARLY VOTING LOCATION. SO EARLY VOTING HOURS ARE TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND THROUGH SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH FROM 8 A.M. 
          TO 5 P.M. SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH, 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. MONDAY, APRIL 28TH THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. IN DALLAS COUNTY. THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES. EARLY VOTING CAN BE DONE AT ANY DALLAS COUNTY VOTE CENTER. THE CLOSEST ONE TO LEWISVILLE IS THE ONE AT COPPELL TOWN CENTER. THE EARLY VOTING HOURS IN DALLAS COUNTY ARE APRIL 20TH 2ND TO APRIL 25TH, FROM 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M, SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH FROM NOON TO 6 P.M. AND MONDAY, APRIL 28TH AND TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. ELECTION DAY IS SATURDAY, MAY THE 3RD. POLLING LOCATIONS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 7 P.M. LOCATIONS WILL BE SET AND ANNOUNCED BY EACH COUNTY, TYPICALLY ON ELECTION DAY. YOU NEED TO VOTE AT YOUR PRECINCT LOCATION. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO ANY LOCATION WITHIN THE COUNTY, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EARLY VOTING OR ELECTION DAY VOTING LOCATIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO POINT RESIDENTS TO THE CORRECT VOTING LOCATION FOR THEM. SO THIS PRESENTATION IS INTENDED JUST TO INFORM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ABOUT THE ITEMS ON THE UPCOMING CHARTER AMENDMENT. CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SEPARATE PACKET THAT'S BEEN PASSED OUT, WHICH IS JUST SOME GUIDELINES FOR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS DURING AN ELECTION SEASON, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T RUN AFOUL OF ANY ELECTION RULES. NAMELY, WHILE AS AN INDIVIDUAL, WE ABSOLUTELY WANT YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS TO VOTE AND FOR FREE SPEECH WHEN YOU ARE SERVING IN THE ROLE AS A COMMISSIONER OR AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY, YOU SHOULD NOT BE ADVOCATING FOR ANY ONE BALLOT ITEM OR ANOTHER, BUT YOU MAY CERTAINLY GIVE FOLKS GENERAL FACTUAL INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY ON WHERE TO VOTE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO THAT'S OUTLINED. ANY QUESTIONS? NO THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ANNOUNCEMENTS. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS OKAY. IN THAT CASE I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND MOTION BY JOSHUA. SECOND BY AARON.
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