SO TJ SAYS. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 615. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL
[Workshop Session - 6:15 P.M. ]
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AGENDA TO ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THIS IS OUR WORKSHOP.AND FIRST THING ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA TONIGHT IS ITEM A TO DISCUSSION OF CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER JONES WITH THE INVOCATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN WITH THE PLEDGES TO FLAGS.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR A NATIONAL CORRECTION OFFICERS WEEK.
ANOTHER ONE FOR NATIONAL DRINKING WATER WEEK AND A THIRD FOR BIKE MONTH.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON ITEM D.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ITEM TWO. ORDINANCE GRANTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM LEE TO SINGLE FAMILY.
THIS IS IN THE MCKENZIE HEMBREE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M E-3 THIS IS ANOTHER LEE TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN MCKENZIE HEMBREE.
FOR A THIRD LEE TO SINGLE FAMILY IN MCKENZIE HEMBREE.
ITEM FIVE IS AN ADDITIONAL LEE TO SINGLE FAMILY IN MCKENZIE HEMBREE.
I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL. SO DO THEY HAVE PLANS RIGHT NOW? IS JUST TRYING TO GET THE TRYING TO GET THE ZONING IN PLACE TO DO SOMETHING.
SO A LOT OF THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALREADY.
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THAT IN THE 70S, THERE WAS A DECISION BY THE COUNCIL TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH HAS CREATED A LOT OF THE ADJACENCY ISSUES. SO YOU'VE SEEN INDUSTRIAL COME UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY THE THE NEIGHBORS WANTING TO TAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BACK AND REZONE THEIR PROPERTIES TO SINGLE FAMILY WHOSE HOUSES ARE WORKING WITH THESE BLOCKS? I BELIEVE SO, BUT I CAN CONFIRM WITH RICHARD.
YES. THAT'S GREAT. ITEM SIX. AMEND THE PD CONCEPT PLAN.
FOR 7.46 ACRES, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WOODHAVEN AND LADY TESLA.
ARE WE GOING TO TITLE THIS? IT'S NOT THIS ONE.
IT'S NOT THIS ONE. IT'S THE NUMBER SEVEN. IS IT? NUMBER SEVEN. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE? NUMBER SIX. YEAH. TO BE HONEST, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE EXHIBITS, AND I WAS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT THE CHANGES WERE VERSUS WHAT IT USED TO BE. SO I WAS HOPING WE COULD HAVE. SURE. I MEAN, RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE THAT YOU SAID EARLIER TODAY.
YOU WANT TO THAT JUST BASICALLY. YEAH. I MEAN I CAN PULL THAT ONE UP IF NEED BE.
YEAH. IF YOU COULD JUST POINT TO WHERE THIS IS WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE IT TO, BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME FOLLOWING IT.
SO IF WE COULD DO THAT DURING DURING THIS ITEM, RICHARD, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT, CAN YOU ALSO BRING UP THE SLIDE THAT YOU PREPARED? THIS SHOWS WHAT WAS DONE BEFORE WITH THIS BECAUSE I HAD DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE ALREADY APPROVED, WHAT WAS WHAT WAS NEW. IF YOU BRING THAT UP AS WELL.
EXACTLY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THIS IS SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE APPROVED LAST TIME.
RIGHT. IT'S JUST IT'S COMING ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE WHOLE BAND REALM.
RIGHT. SO WE SHOWED YOU THE SITE OR THE CONCEPT PLAN BECAUSE IT'S THE ENTIRE REALM SUBDIVISION.
REALLY. THE CHANGE HERE IS JUST GOING FROM MULTIFAMILY, NO STRUCTURED PARKING TO STRUCTURE PARKING.
YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT. ITEM SIX, THIS IS AMENDING THE PD. THAT'S 3.459 ACRES SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF ESSEX AND PARKER.
THIS ONE. THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED US TO PUSH THAT TO MAY 19TH.
SO WE WILL SIGN SEVEN. YEAH. ITEM SEVEN. YEAH.
SORRY. ACCIDENTALLY. MY APOLOGIES. SO, YEAH. I'M SEVEN.
THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED US TO HOLD THIS UNTIL MAY 19TH, SO WE DO HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND PEOPLE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SPEAK, BUT WE WILL END UP HAVING HAVING THE FULL COUNCIL CONVERSATION IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
BRIEFLY LEGAL ON SOME OF THE ISSUES. SURE. ITEM F IS OUR CITIZENS FORUM G.
CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM EIGHT COUNCIL MINUTES.
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ITEM NINE BID AWARD FOR AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FOR MOWING, TRASH PICKUP AND LANDSCAPING SERVICES.THIS IS FOR ZONES FOUR AND FIVE TO READER INDUSTRIES FOR 232,000.
THEY DIDN'T WORK IN THE CITY BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE STACY AREA HERE.
THEY HAVE NOT WORKED. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE. I HAVE I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME EITHER. NO, BUT THEY WE DID REFERENCES AND STUFF, SO AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE STAFF HAS TALKED TO ME A BIT ABOUT THIS AND WE DID A DEEP DIVE TRYING TO FIND OUT, OKAY, THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS THAT JUST DON'T SEEM TO GET HIT. WHY WHY NOT? AND THAT HAS BEEN CAPTURED IN THIS DOCUMENT. WE BELIEVE.
SO I APPRECIATE STAFF TAKING THE EXTRA TIME TO. TO REALLY NARROW THAT DOWN.
ITEM TEN CONSTRUCTION OF OLD TOWN GRAND COURTYARD.
REMODEL OF OLD TOWN AND THE OLD TOWN PARK POCKET PARK.
SO THIS IS THE BID AWARD FOR 1.4 MILLION. COUNCILMEMBER KELLY, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS? I JUST I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC. IT'S A GOOD SIZE SPAN, BUT, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO GET A REFRESHER ON WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH OUT THERE. AND THIS IS ABOUT THE GRAND, NOT THE POCKET PARK. THAT'S FINE. I HAD THOSE PICTURES UP THERE.
SO BASICALLY, THE IDEA OF THE GRAND COURTYARD REMODEL IS ONE TO BRING THE COURTYARD INTO FULL ADA COMPLIANCE IS THE IS ONE OF THE THINGS, BUT ALSO TO ACTIVATE IT AS WELL. SO THIS IS TO DO A SCULPTURE GARDEN WHICH WILL HAVE ROTATING SCULPTURES THAT ARE OUT THERE, AS WELL AS KIND OF A COMMON SPACE AS YOU CAN SEE IN THERE, BUT REALLY WILL MAKE A NICE PAUSE POINT FOR PEOPLE TO END A WELCOME INSTEAD OF JUST HARD CONCRETE. COMING INTO THE GRAND THEATER IS HAVING A MORE SOFT AND ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT REAL QUICK.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. AWESOME.
FOCUSING ON THE ROTATING SCULPTURE GARDEN. BUT WE ARE PUTTING TURF IN THE MIDDLE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE SOFTER AND COOLER OVER TIME, SO. BUT ACTIVATE IT SOMEHOW. MAYBE IT WAS. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A RENTAL SPACE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL ON THE END.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY I MEAN, THEY USED TO BEFORE WE HAD WAYNE FERGUSON PLAZA BUILT, WE WERE HAVING OUR WEEKLY OR MONTHLY, SORRY, WEEKLY SUMMER SERIES FOR MUSIC. IN THAT LOCATION, THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY BE A LOT SMALLER BECAUSE YOU WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE SIGNS ANYMORE.
WE'D DO SONNETS. IT WOULDN'T BE THE WHOLE PLAY.
YOU KNOW, A MORE INTIMATE. YEAH. THE CLIFTON'S VERSION. SO WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS? WELL, I KNOW THEY'RE STARTING IN. IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, THEY'RE GOING TO START. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION MEMO ACTUALLY 240 DAYS AND 40 DAYS. OKAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION DURING WESTERN DAYS.
OKAY. OH, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
YES. YEAH. IT'S TOUGH WITH WESTERN DAYS AND COLOR PALOOZA AND WEATHER IN BETWEEN.
YOU YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE ONE. SO SOMEONE GETS HIT, SOMETHING GETS IT.
OKAY. AND THEN THE POCKET PARK IS. GOT ANOTHER SLIDE FOR THAT.
WE DO. YEAH. SO THAT'S JUST A GENERAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
SO I THINK IS IS SULLIVAN'S. SULLIVAN'S ON TOP? YEAH. SO THIS IS BEHIND SULLIVAN'S. THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY DURING WESTERN DAYS TO TO SAY, HEY, LOOK WHAT'S COMING. BIG CHANGES ARE COMING TO ACTUALLY PROMOTE THIS MAY BRING AWARENESS, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR SEEING THAT MOVING FORWARD I APPRECIATE IT.
ITEM 11 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE AND BSC CHARLES AND ELM, LLC. SOD IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS THE SET OF BUILDINGS BEHIND THE CENTER ON CHARLES KIND OF CADDY CORNER ACROSS FROM THE SALVATION ARMY.
WHY IS THAT EASEMENT IMPORTANT? BACK ON THE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SO WE HAVE A EASEMENT CURRENTLY BEHIND RANDY OWNS PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE THREE STORY OFFICE RESIDENTIAL WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE AN ALLEY BEHIND THERE. THIS WOULD CONTINUE THAT.
NOW, THAT AREA IS A MUCH SMALLER AREA, SO PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO BE A ONE WAY ALLEY EVENTUALLY.
THAT WOULD MEAN WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN, I THINK, ALMOST ALL OF IT, EXCEPT FOR BEHIND KARIM'S PROPERTY, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER, WHICH IS WHICH IS SO WE'RE BASICALLY ASSEMBLING ALL OF THAT OVER TIME.
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JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL SEES THAT AT THE END OF THEIR AGREEMENT, WHICH EXPIRES AT SEPTEMBER 30TH, IS THAT OUR EXPECTATIONS? THEY WILL TEAR DOWN SNEAKY PETE'S. OKAY. ITEM 14 RATIFICATION OF THE EXTENSION CONCESSION AGREEMENT BETWEEN LJ LIMITED AND THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE MAYOR, THIS IS REALLY JUST TO EXTEND THE CURRENT CONCESSIONAIRES AGREEMENT TO ALLOW THE SUN TECHS AND MATTHEW SOUTHWEST TO FINALIZE THE DEAL TO PURCHASE THE ARENA.WE DO GET TO KEEP COUNCIL MEMBER JONES FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
WITH THERE BEING A COUNCIL RUNOFF. SO I TALKED WITH A COUPLE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK I OFFERED THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN TAKE ON IN JUNE.
TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBER MERIDITH. AND HE SAID THAT WOULD BE FINE. SO IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO FILL MY HEAD AND TO TAKE THAT SEAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
I STILL NEED THREE VOTES, MAYBE FOUR. ALL RIGHT.
ITEM I REPORTS AND THAT'S IT FOR THE AGENDA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM B.
WE WILL HAVE ONE EXECUTIVE SESSION. MAYOR. OH.
WE HAVE STACY AND I AND DOCTOR LAUREN FISHER UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO TO PRESENT.
ALL RIGHT. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PARK AND TREE FANS.
WE JUST WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT AND KIND OF A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT YOU ALL HEARD AT OUR EARLIER TODAY WITH WITH THE URBAN WITH THE YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY GRANTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE AND REALLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR CODE IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR TREE CANOPY.
SO REMEMBER, WHEN WE DID THE HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WE HAD WE HAD A TREE STUDY, BUT WE MADE ALL OF THE UPDATES TO THE CURRENT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PRIOR TO THAT STUDY BEING DONE.
SO WE LEARNED A LOT. AT THE TAIL END OF THAT STUDY, AND THROUGH SUBSEQUENT INSPECTIONS AND INVENTORIES AND STUDIES OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY'RE PROTECTING THEIR TREE CANOPY.
SO WE WANT TO BRING SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD TO YOU TO CONSIDER, PERHAPS GOING FORWARD WITH SOME CHANGES AND SOME ALTERATIONS, BEST BASED ON SOME BEST PRACTICES AND STUDIES THAT DOCTOR FISHER AND HER TEAM, WHICH SHE STARTED IT WITH UNT, AND THEN SHE'S NOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO.
SO WE'RE LUCKY THAT SHE RETURNED TO TEXAS TO COME GIVE US THIS PRESENTATION.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I INTRODUCE DOCTOR LAUREN FISHER.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AT THE END. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THANK YOU AT THE END, SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT BACK UP AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A MINUTE LEFT FOR FIVE AND THEN WE'RE DONE. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. GREAT.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU STACEY.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS WHILE I WAS AT UNT, AND JUST REALLY ENJOYED THE WORK. SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP TODAY. SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POLICY RESEARCH THAT WE DID, WHERE WE LOOKED AT MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND SORT OF COMPARE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE REGION AND WHERE LEWISVILLE FELL. AND THEN CHRIS WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE AN UPDATE AS TO HOW PARKS AND REC IS SORT OF GOING WITH THIS, AND THEN A QUESTION AND ANSWER OUR CURRENT POLICY RESEARCH.
SO ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S DURING THIS PRESENTATION OR ANOTHER TIME, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO. SO AS STACEY MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS PART OF OUR FOREST GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM TEXAS A&M.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF SORT OF GOALS THAT WE LAID OUT IN THAT, WHICH WAS TO LOOK AT MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND SORT OF SEE WHERE LEWISVILLE FELL, AS I SAID, ALSO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES BEYOND ORDINANCES THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT IN THE TREE CANOPY.
SO I'M JUST REPRESENTING MY TEAM HERE. THEY ARE IN THE ROOM.
ZACHARY ANDREWS AND CITY POWER ARE BOTH UNDER OUR WORK.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THIS YEAR ON THIS ON THIS PROJECT AND HAVE BEEN GREAT.
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YOU CAN SORT OF SEE FROM OUR SCHEDULE HERE THAT WE DID HAVE SEVERAL POINTS WHERE WE MET WITH DIFFERENT CITY STAFF AND DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND THE PARK BOARD AS WELL, TO SORT OF GET THEIR FEEDBACK. SO WE'VE GOTTEN SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THIS ALREADY. THANK YOU.THINKING ABOUT WHAT I'M ADDRESSING IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON SOME OF THESE HIT GOALS THAT FALL UNDER GOAL FIVE, USING URBAN NATURE AS A CENTERPIECE. SO YOU'LL SEE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN REPLACEMENT OF THOSE HIGH VALUE TREES. HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING YOUNGER TREES SO THAT THEY GROW? AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE ENGAGE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF INVESTING IN TREES? SO WHAT WE STARTED TO DO WITH OUR ANALYSIS WAS WE LOOKED AT MUNICIPALITIES IN THE DFW AREA, SO WE SELECTED 40 MUNICIPALITIES THAT WERE SORT OF COMPARATIVE TO LEWISVILLE IN TERMS OF SIZE AND GROWTH AND BUILD OUT.
AND THEN ALSO A COUPLE OF REGIONAL LEADERS WHO HAD REALLY DONE A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN TREE CANOPY.
WE EVALUATED THERE'S THIS IN POLICIES AND PROGRAMS BASED ON WHAT WAS ONLINE AND WHAT WAS ON THEIR WEBSITES, AND DID SOME OUTREACH AS WELL TO SORT OF GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT FROM THESE 40 CITIES. THERE WE GO. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT AHEAD AND CATEGORIZED THE CITIES THAT WE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF HOW INNOVATIVE OR HOW SUBSTANTIAL THEIR TREATMENT OF TREES WERE, BOTH IN THEIR MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS AND IN THEIR PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL.
SO SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES YOU KNOW, IN THE GREEN HERE WERE REALLY TIER FOUR.
NOT SURPRISING. YOU SEE, FORT WORTH AND DALLAS SHOW UP THERE A LOT OF CAPACITY TO DO THINGS, BUT WE ALSO SAW SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN SOME SMALLER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
AND SO NEXT ONE, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN LEWISVILLE MOVE CLOSER TO BEING A TIER THREE OR A TIER FOUR CITY BY MAYBE ADOPTING SOME DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN USED AROUND THE REGION. SO GETTING INTO OUR ORDINANCE EVALUATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO COVER THESE DIFFERENT ORDINANCES OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS, AND THINK ABOUT HOW THEY RELATE TO OTHER ONES.
WE'LL START WITH LOOKING AT THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'VE SPLIT THESE INTO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND THEN NEW OR REDEVELOPMENT.
NEW OR REDEVELOPMENT IS WHERE MOST OF THE ORDINANCES APPLY.
BUT THESE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE IS ONE THAT IS POTENTIALLY GIVING SOME PAIN TO THE CITY.
AND SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT HERE WAS THE CURRENT ORDINANCE STATES THAT REPLACING DEAD OR DAMAGED LANDSCAPING, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO REPLACE IT WITH THEIR ORIGINAL LANDSCAPE PLAN.
YEAH. RIGHT. WAS TO JUST REFERENCE THAT THE CITY HAS A SHRUB UNDERSTORY AND SHADE TREE LIST.
AND SO JUST CHANGING THAT LANGUAGE, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND FROM PLANNING, IS ALREADY SORT OF BEST PRACTICE THAT THEY'RE PUSHED TOWARD THIS. BUT MAKING THE ORDINANCE CODIFY THAT PRACTICE. DO YOU WANT QUESTIONS HELD TO THE END OR HOWEVER, IS USEFUL FOR YOU GUYS WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING? YEAH. STACY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? OKAY. SO SHE'S SHE'S MY MAMA.
SO CAN THIS CAN THIS BE. MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THIS.
CAN THIS BE MADE TO READ THE MORE AGGRESSIVE OF THE TWO? BECAUSE IF YOU LET YOUR TREES DIE, WE DON'T GET YOU FOR TWO YEARS. AND WE HAVE MUCH MORE ROBUST TREE CANOPY REQUIREMENTS NOW.
I'D RATHER HAVE THEM PLANT TO TODAY'S STANDARDS, NOT THE STANDARDS OF 1983.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO MOVING ALONG TO ORDINANCES THAT RELATE TO NEW OR REDEVELOPMENTS WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR SORT OF CHANGE GOING ON TO THE STRUCTURE, TO THE, TO THE PLOT, WHAT ARE SOME ORDINANCE RULES THAT APPLY HERE? WE CAN SEE THAT THE CITY HAS A REQUIREMENT THAT NEW AND REDEVELOPMENT CONDUCT A TREE SURVEY, AND THAT THEY DO IT FOR EACH TREE THAT IS EIGHT DB OR HIGHER.
WE LOOKED ACROSS THE REGION AND SAW THAT THERE WAS QUITE A VARIETY IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS REQUIRED, WITH SOME COMMUNITIES REALLY SORT OF REQUIRING EVERY TREE AND OTHER CITIES HAVING DIFFERENT WAYS THEY DID IT.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, DO WE REALLY WANT A TREE SURVEY THAT ACTUALLY DOCUMENTS THE MAJORITY OF TREES IN LEWISVILLE, IT MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING LOWERING THAT DB NUMBER POTENTIALLY, SO THAT YOU GET A TREE SURVEY THAT CAPTURES MORE OF THE TREES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST ON THE PLOT. SIMILARLY, SORT OF THINKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT WHEN TREES SORT OF GET GET KNOCKED DOWN OR DISRUPTED.
AND WHAT ARE THE RULES HERE? WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PLACEMENT TREE.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT THAT WE SHOULD MAYBE USE MORE REFERENCE TO THIS LIST IN THE ORDINANCES, SINCE IT IS IT IS VERY THOROUGH. OKAY, I'M THINKING ABOUT PROTECTED TREES.
SO LOTS OF MUNICIPALITIES DEFINE PROTECTED TREES.
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THEY ALL DEFINE THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS IS SORT OF HOW LEWISVILLE IT HAS IT IN THEIR CODE.THESE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED SO THEY GET SPECIAL TREATMENT.
SO RATHER THAN JUST SAYING ABOVE A DB OF 12, WE WANT TO PROTECT A HERITAGE TREE DESIGNATION ALLOWS COMMUNITIES TO SAY THIS IS A 26 DB TREE, OR THIS IS A TREE WHEREBY OUR FOUNDER PICKED UP AN APPLE UNDER OR, YOU KNOW, THESE TREES THAT HAVE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AS WELL.
WHAT WAS INTERESTING IN THIS CASE FROM GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, WAS ALSO HOW THE CLASSIFICATION CAN BE DONE SO CITIZENS OR COUNCIL CAN NOMINATE SPECIFIC TREES TO BECOME HERITAGE TREES, EVEN IF THEY DON'T FIT THE SAME SPECIES OR THE SAME SIZE.
HOW DO THEY DEFINE HISTORICAL VALUE? I JUST LIKE THIS.
IT GOES THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. SO IT'S A CITY COUNCIL.
GOOD QUESTION. GOOD QUESTION. WELL, I DON'T I DON'T NEED JUDGMENT ON MY QUESTIONS.
SO THIS WAS A POTENTIAL NEW TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT IF YOU WANTED TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND SO EXPLORING THAT DESIGNATION, MAYBE FOR SPECIFIC SPECIES, MAYBE FOR SPECIFIC SIZE, AND THEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS MIGHT BE, WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING THAT GOES THROUGH CITY COUNCIL OR MAYBE THE PARK BOARD HAS THIS, THIS POWER OR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT DEEPLY INTO WAS TREE PRESERVATION CREDITS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT AND TREES NEED TO BE REMOVED, THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY GIVES YOU CREDIT OR SORT OF EXTRA POINTS FOR PRESERVING TREES, WHICH THEN ALLOWS YOU TO GET RID OF OTHER TREES.
RIGHT. SO YOU CAN SORT OF THINK OF IT THAT WAY.
THE CHALLENGE IN THE CURRENT TREE PRESERVATION.
OH. YEAH. NO. GO BACK REAL QUICK. OKAY, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH THE TREE PRESERVATION.
THIS IS IN LEWISVILLE'S CODE, RIGHT. THAT FOR POST OAKS AND BLACKJACKS LESS THAN EIGHT INCHES.
IT'S A ONE INCH FOR ONE INCH PRESERVE FOR SOME SORT OF HIGHER DBH.
FOR IT'S TWO INCHES FOR EVERY INCH PRESERVED.
AND THIS SORT OF REGULATION IN THE MIDDLE HERE CREATES SOME CHALLENGES.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY GIVING US THE OUTCOME WE WANT. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND. BUT WE DID WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES DO TREE PRESERVATION CREDITS. SO THIS IS LEWISVILLE. GO TO THE NEXT ONE PLEASE.
SO ONE MORE. NO. THERE WE GO. 0000. SOMETHING'S HAPPENING.
GOING DOWN. ALL RIGHT. GOING DOWN. YOU CAN SEE HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES DO IT.
SO TWO. TWO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO YEAH.
SO THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, AND THIS WAS IN CONSULTATION WITH TALKING WITH PLANNING AS WELL, IS THAT IN PRACTICE, THIS SORT OF PRESERVATION RULE IN THE MIDDLE HERE ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZES THE REMOVAL OF PROTECTED TREES.
AND SO I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
STACY. YEAH. SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE A LOVELY PLOT OF LAND HERE.
WE HAVE EIGHT LARGE POST OAKS. WE HAVE 4 OR 4 LARGE POST OAKS AND FOUR SMALL POST OAKS.
IF WE WERE THEN TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD WORK WITH THE TREE PRESERVATION CREDIT, GO TO NEXT ONE, RIGHT. WE CAN SEE HERE THAT WITH THE CURRENT SORT OF CREDIT SYSTEM, YOU CAN KEEP ONE TREE, BUT GET RID OF TWO. SO THE CREDITS THAT YOU EARN FROM KEEPING THAT ONE PROTECTED TREE ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZE YOU TO GET RID OF TWO TREES, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY, I THINK, WHAT THE GOAL OF THE PROTECTED TREE ORDINANCE WAS, IF YOU GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO SIMILARLY, RIGHT, IF YOU PRESERVE ONE LARGE, YOU COULD GET RID OF FOUR SMALL.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF SORT OF HOW THIS CREDIT SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD CONSIDER IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
ONE MORE. OKAY. SOME COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY HAVE A SYSTEM WHEREBY THEY DO NEGATIVE TREE CREDITS.
IF YOU DON'T PROTECT VERY LARGE TREES OR TREES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO IF YOU SEE HERE IN THE EXAMPLE OF MURPHY AND THE EXAMPLE OF ALAN, FIR TREES THAT ARE VERY LARGE, RIGHT? YOU GET MULTIPLE NEGATIVE CREDITS AS A WAY TO SORT OF INCENTIVIZE THE PROTECTION OF THOSE LARGER TREES.
GO TO THE NEXT ONE. STACEY. RIGHT. SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT A NEGATIVE TREE CREDIT, AND THIS IS JUST USING THE EXAMPLE FROM ALAN, WE COULD SEE HERE THAT IF YOU PROTECT TWO TREES YOU CAN ONLY GET RID OF ONE, WHICH I THINK IS MORE SORT OF THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO THAN PROTECTING ONE TREE AND
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GETTING RID OF TWO. SO A POTENTIAL POLICY TOOL TO ADD AS A NEGATIVE CREDIT.THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE JUST TO REVISIT THIS CREDIT SYSTEM RIGHT HERE.
AND TO THINK ABOUT DOING THAT SORT OF CREDIT A DIFFERENT WAY WITHOUT NEGATIVE CREDITS.
I THINK WHEN WE MET WITH PLANNING, MICHELLE WAS GOING TO REACH OUT AND SEE EXACTLY HOW THESE WERE SORT OF WORKING IN ALLEN AND MURPHY AND GETTING OUR HEADS AROUND THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. TREE MITIGATION FEES WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED AT.
SO THESE ARE FEES THAT YOU PAY IF YOU HAVE TO REMOVE A TREE.
THERE'S CURRENTLY NO ESCALATION IN THESE FEES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPECIES OR FOR DIFFERENT SIZE TREES, AS WE DID SEE IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO THE NEXT ONE.
SO IF WE PUT LEWISVILLE SORT OF IN CONTEXT HERE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, WE CAN SEE THAT IT'S AT THE LOWER PART OF WHAT'S BEING CHARGED IN TERMS OF CALIPER INCH FOR PROTECTED TREES. COMMUNITIES DO DEFINE THEIR TREES ALL QUITE DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF HOW THEY DO MITIGATION FEES.
OVER HERE, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED TO SORT OF COMPARE TO.
SO THINKING ABOUT WHETHER THAT $150 MITIGATION FEE IS REALLY ENOUGH TO MITIGATE THE REMOVAL OF TREES WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I DID WANT TO MAKE A NOTE. I'LL GO BACK TO.
YEP, THAT EVEN WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT YOU KEEP WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS FOR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE A VALUE ESTIMATE AS OPPOSED TO GOING WITH THE CALIPER INCH.
SO THERE IS THAT OTHER OUTLET. IF FOLKS THINK THAT THOSE COSTS ARE A LITTLE TOO EXPENSIVE, IS THAT IS THAT ALSO DESIGNED IF THERE'S A TREE, THIS DISEASE IS MORE THAN JUST 12IN ACROSS OR WHATEVER, BUT THE TREE'S DISEASED. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO THINK THAT DOWN. YEAH I THINK YEAH.
THAT'S THAT'S DEAD OR DAMAGED. YEAH. YEAH YEAH.
SO THAT THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FALL INTO HERE.
THESE ARE FOR HEALTHY TREES. YEAH. YEP. SO THESE WERE THE DIFFERENT ORDINANCES THAT WE COVERED, REVISING THE COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE TO JUST SORT OF CODIFY EXISTING PRACTICES, REFERENCING TO DIFFERENT LISTS, THINKING ABOUT REVISING WHAT HAS TO GO INTO THE TREE SURVEY SO YOU HAVE BETTER DOCUMENTATION OF THE TREE CANOPY, THE HERITAGE TREE CLASSIFICATION, REEVALUATING THE TREE CREDIT SYSTEM LARGELY BY EXPLORING NEGATIVE CREDITS AND THEN INCREASING THE TREE MITIGATION FEE.
SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE WRITING UP IN A LONGER REPORT WITH MORE EXAMPLES, INCLUDING LANGUAGE FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO SORT OF HELP WITH DECISION MAKING GOING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. WE DID THEM RUN INTO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE SORT OF FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A REACH FOR TODAY, BUT THINGS TO CONSIDER AS YOU GO INTO LEWISVILLE 2035 AND WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
DALLAS AND FORT WORTH BOTH USE TREE CANOPY CREDITS.
SO JUST SOMETHING WE'RE TELLING YOU TO SORT OF KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS THINKING ABOUT ZONING AND ZONING OVERLAYS.
DALLAS IN 2019 ADOPTED WHAT'S CALLED A NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST OVERLAY.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THAT.
AND SO IN DALLAS'S CASE, THE FOREST OVERLAY IS SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT FROM CITIZENS WHO WANT TO SORT OF PUT AN OVERLAY INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO PRESERVE TREES AS PART OF THE OVERLAY. THE COMMUNITY CAN PICK WHERE THEY WANT TO HAVE PROTECTED TREES, AND THEN THERE'S GRANTS AND SORT OF OTHER SUPPORT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS.
SO A MAJOR SORT OF INNOVATION HERE. HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES, PARTICULARLY WITH LIKE THE CITIZEN SORT OF BOTTOM UP APPROACH WITH IT, BUT SOMETHING TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON, PARTICULARLY IF IT TURNS OUT BEING PRETTY EFFECTIVE IN DALLAS. WE ALSO LOOKED AT HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING SOME WATER IRRIGATION AND REBATE INCENTIVES. AND SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES IN THERE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT TO INCENTIVIZE SWITCHING TO MORE LOW WATER OR BETTER WATER MANAGEMENT AMONG COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE NEXT ONE. AND THEN WE JUST ASSEMBLED SOME INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, AN EDUCATIONAL SORT OF OUTREACH THAT WE THOUGHT WAS REALLY INNOVATIVE, AND MAKING THAT AVAILABLE TO STACY AND HER TEAM AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG WITH IMPLEMENTING THE HIT.
OH, YES. AND THEN WE WE DID. WE WE TRIED TO DO A SURVEY OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE WORKED WITH THE CHAMBER AND SORT OF SENT IT OUT.
WE DID SOME DOOR TO DOOR CANVASING, HAVING GOTTEN A LOT OF RESPONSES YET.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT COMMERCIAL SURVEY PREPARED.
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DO WHATEVER WHY? IS THAT HOW THAT GOES? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO.YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS. ALL RIGHT.
AND SO FIRST OF ALL, WOULD BE ESTABLISHING AN URBAN FORESTRY WEBSITE.
AND TO DO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE. SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS BENCHMARKING WITH THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT WE DO THAT WE THINK DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT. THAT INCLUDES SOME LOCAL NEIGHBORS LIKE FRISCO, FORT WORTH AND AUSTIN.
BUT EVEN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB AND WITH THE GOAL OF THIS WEBSITE WOULD BE, WOULD BE TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS, TO GIVE THEM SOME RESOURCES AND SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE BENEFITS OF TREES, SPECIFICALLY WITH NATIVE TREES INCLUDING THAT SPECIES LIST THAT WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PROVIDING OUR MANAGEMENT PLANS AS THEY COME TOGETHER AS RESIDENTS CAN SEE THE WORK AND PLANNING THAT GOES INTO HOW WE'RE MANAGING OUR FOREST, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS AND THINGS. I'VE HAD TO PICK OUT A GOOD TREE IF YOU'RE IN THE MARKET FOR ONE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS, AS WE HAVE TREE PLANTINGS, CLEANUPS, THINGS RELATED TO ISSUES THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN BE INVOLVED. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WE'VE STARTED COLLECTING OUR OWN PERSONAL RESOURCES.
WE HOPE BY NEXT MONDAY TO HAVE A DRAFT VERSION OF THIS WEBSITE READY FOR REVIEW BY OUR MARKETING TEAMS, AND HOPE TO GO LIVE BY THE END OF THE MONTH, AND IT'LL LIVE ON THE PLAY WEBSITE, AS MENTIONED.
AND THEN THE OTHER REALLY COOL THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ARE SOME RESIDENTIAL TREE PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK THAT FROM TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE IS GOING TO BE UTILIZING THE PET PROGRAM OR PROPERTY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS IN LEWISVILLE.
AND THEN THE SECOND IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CALLING BRANCH OUT, WHICH WILL BE A MUCH MORE TARGETED PROGRAM. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE. THE PET PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ASHLEY BRYAN AND HER TEAM OVER IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND SO I'M SURE EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE SOME REBATES TO IMPROVEMENTS TO YOUR HOME.
ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS PLANTING OF A NEW TREE.
BRING MORE NOTICE TO IT, AND REALLY EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON WHY NATIVE TREES ARE BENEFICIAL, BOTH TO THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO TO YOU AS A HOMEOWNER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GROW OUR CANOPY, AND ESPECIALLY IN PRIVATE LAND WHERE WE DON'T OTHERWISE HAVE IT AVAILABLE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON SOME ENHANCED MARKETING AND RESOURCES. WE'RE GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, A THREE WEEK CAMPAIGN THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING THAT NEXT WEEK. AGAIN, EDUCATING ON THE BENEFIT OF NATIVE TREES, HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE YOUR PROPERTY AS A HOMEOWNER, AND THEN PROVIDING EDUCATION ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE AND SIGN UP IN THE PET PROGRAM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO BRANCH OUT.
THE GOAL HERE IS STILL TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND OUR CANOPY, IS TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. WE FIRST HEARD OF A PROGRAM CALLED EQUITY THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES.
AND WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL. SO THIS IS KIND OF MODELED AFTER THAT APPROACH.
THE WAY THIS PROGRAM WORKS IS THAT THE TREES ARE PROVIDED COMPLETELY FOR FREE TO THE RESIDENT.
IF THEY DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE. WE'LL USE A VARIETY OF OUTREACH TOOLS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM, GAIN INTEREST AND WORK WITH THEM TO GET A TREE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND IT ALSO WILL INVOLVE ONSITE CONSULTATIONS SO THAT WE KNOW THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR IN TERMS OF CARING FOR THE TREE, AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOD, BENEFICIAL LOCATION WHERE A TREE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THE FIRST AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OVER IN NORTH EDMONDS.
THAT NUMBER 62 PUTS US IN A HIGH NEED CATEGORY.
IT ACTUALLY COMES OUT AS NUMBER 63 OUT OF 67 OF THE AREAS IN LEWISVILLE.
SO PRETTY FAR DOWN THE LIST SHOWS A GREAT NEED THERE.
THE TREE CANOPY COVERAGE IS ONLY 13% IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT DATA GETS LINED UP WITH CENSUS TRACT DATA THAT ILLUSTRATES THAT THESE PEOPLE NEED TREES LIKE YESTERDAY, AND ALSO IT CONTAINS CENTENNIAL DRIVE.
SO THAT'S COOL THAT IT CAN BE OUR FIRST ONE IN OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR.
THAT WOULD EITHER BE ONE SCANNING A QR CODE AND FILLING OUT AN ONLINE SURVEY, OR A PHONE NUMBER WHERE THEY CAN CALL US IF THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET OR AN INTERNET ENABLED DEVICE. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM OVER THE PHONE AND MAKE SURE THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AGAIN.
AFTER WE GATHER THAT INTEREST, WE'LL DO ONSITE CONSULTATIONS.
EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHAT THEIR DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE.
SEE WHAT THE LOCATION, MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY LEAD THEM TO PURCHASING A TREE THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED BY A CONTRACTOR.
THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS PROGRAM WOULD COME FROM OUR EXISTING TREE MITIGATION FUNDS.
SO THE TIMELINE ON THIS IS WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WORK IN APRIL CREATING SOME MATERIALS.
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WE PLAN TO START ROLLING THOSE OUT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH AND INTO JUNE, TO START COLLECTING THAT INTEREST SO THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ON DOING THOSE ON SITE CONSULTATIONS AND GETTING FURTHER INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE SO WE CAN PLACE THIS ORDER IN SEPTEMBER TO PLANT TREES IN OCTOBER.AND BY THE TIME WE GET TO DECEMBER, WE'LL DO AN EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM AND SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL WE WERE, WHAT CHALLENGES WE RAN INTO, AND HOW WE CAN TWEAK THE PROGRAM FOR YEARS TO COME.
ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION ON THE UPTAKE WAS THAT BASED OFF OF SAN ANTONIO'S PARTICIPATION, WE EXPECT ABOUT 5% OF MATERIALS THAT GO OUT TO TURN INTO A PLANTED TREE.
OKAY. YEAH. GO AHEAD. YOU WRAP IT UP. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE SOME SHORT TERM ACTION ITEMS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.
IF Y'ALL LIKED WHAT YOU HEARD AND ARE IN COMMON, AGREEMENTS WILL START WORKING TOWARDS SOME OF THE SUGGESTED UPDATES FOR THE UDC AND SOME OF OUR OTHER ORDINANCES. IT REMAINS TO TREES.
AND THEN OVER TIME, WE'LL START LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT DOCTOR FISHER TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF ZONING OVERLAYS AND HOW THE TREE CANOPY CREDITS WORK OVER TIME AS THEY EVOLVE AND BECOME MORE COMMONPLACE PRACTICES IN MUNICIPALITIES.
SO IS THE TREE MITIGATION BE IS THAT WOULD THAT BE BAKED INTO THE UDC OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S SEPARATE SO THAT WE CAN UPDATE IT SO THAT THE FEE ITSELF IS LIKE CAN BE WE CAN WE CAN CONSIDER IT PART OF OUR FEE SCHEDULE LIKE WE DO OUR PARK LINE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YEAH. SO IT'S JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TIMING AND PREDICTABILITY.
SO PEOPLE AS THEY PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOP KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR HAS TO BE IT'S A HEALTHY BALANCE BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS YOU DON'T WANT DEVELOPERS SAYING, WELL, I NEED TO TAKE OUT THESE TREES SO YOU GET SO YOU CAN HAVE.
THIS IS YOUR. THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE.
RIGHT. AND WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO START SQUEEZING ALL THEIR TREES TOGETHER SO THAT THEY CAN FIT MORE IN TO EAT DOWN THAT REQUIREMENT OF MITIGATION SO THEY CAN LOWER THEIR MITIGATION FEE. BUT NOW THEY'VE PLANTED ALL THESE TREES THAT ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.
AND THEN OVER TIME, THOSE TREES START DYING. YEAH.
SO THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO THE MITIGATION IS BASED ON TAKING TREES DOWN THAT EXISTS.
26 INCH TREE WITH 26 ONE INCH TREES. RIGHT. AND SO THE MITIGATION IS TRYING TO PRESERVE SOME OF THESE 26 INCH TREES THAT PROVIDE A LARGER CAN IT BE STORMWATER MITIGATION? YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF WE IF I HAD IF I WAS TAKING OUT 50 CALIPER INCHES AND I PUT IN WHAT I WAS REQUIRED TO AND THEN AN EXTRA 25, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY YOUR FOR THE 50. YEAH. YOU STILL PAY FOR THIS.
YES. OKAY. SO THEY'RE HAVING TO REPLACE THE TREES AND PAY THE FEE.
SO THEY IF THEY HAVE THEY TAKE DOWN TREES THAT ARE OVER EIGHT INCHES.
THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERY INCH. THAT'S TAKEN DOWN.
SO IS IT 150 FOR EVERY INCH? YES. SO THIS ALSO MAY BE SOMETHING THAT MAKES I MEAN, IF THAT FEE IS TOO HIGH PER INCH, THEN THAT COULD MAKE SOME PROPERTIES IN THIS CITY UNDEVELOPED.
WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS IS IT COST US ABOUT 200.
PER INCH. TO PLANT A NEW TREE. SO IF YOU WANT JUST REPLACEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT, WE'RE NOT.
WE ARE NOT GETTING THE VALUE OF WHAT WE WILL NEED TO PUT BACK IN ANOTHER PUBLIC OR A PUBLIC SPACE OR SOMETHING ELSE FROM THE MITIGATION AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE OF OUR COST IS GOING UP.
I JUST REMEMBER WE CAN ALSO I MEAN, IF THERE'S A SITUATION LIKE THAT, YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, WAIVERS OF FEES. I WILL SAY THAT WE DON'T. YEAH, RIGHT.
BUT IF THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE A PROPERTY CANNOT BECOME IS DEVELOPABLE, AT THAT POINT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD STILL PROBABLY AGREE. AND THIS GIVES US A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE KEEPING A BETTER STAND OF TREES VERSUS JUNK TREES. LET ME ASK THAT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'VE TARGETED.
WE WENT SO FAR AS TO HIRE A GROUP OF HISPANIC ENGAGEMENT.
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IF WE IF WE IF THAT'S A HISPANIC NEIGHBORHOOD OR IF IT'S SOME OTHER GROUP THAT WE CAN TARGET.I'D LOVE TO DO BETTER THAN 5%. IF IT'S HISPANIC, CAN WE GET OUR OUR FRIENDS TO TRY TARGET THAT GROUP AND GET THEM MORE ENGAGED? YEAH, SURE. OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THIS IS TIMELY.
THIS IS THERE'S NOTHING THAT MAKES THE CITY FEEL MORE ESTABLISHED AND SOLID THAN THE TREE CANOPY.
WE'RE FORTUNATE WHERE WE LIVE WITH A COUPLE OF STREETS THAT ARE 25 YEARS OLD.
AND WE DRIVE DOWN THE STREETS IN THE FALL OR IN THE SPRING. IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
I JUST FEEL LIKE EVEN WHEN YOU GO OUT THROUGH MAINE, YOU HIT INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE REALLY GOOD JOB OF THIS. AND IT'S IT'S NOTICEABLE ACROSS THE ABOUT THIS. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS.
YEAH, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TOUR LIKE THAT. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
HOW DID WE REACH OUT TO FLOWER MOUND? I NOTICED WE DIDN'T HAVE DATA ON WHERE FLOWER MOUND WAS.
THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLY STRUCTURED TREE MITIGATION.
I MEAN, THEY'VE EVEN GOT A ONE OF THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS TREE PRESERVATION.
AND SO THIS IS THE BALANCING ACT THAT I'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH IN MY HEAD IS I WANT A TREE CANOPY.
I KNOW WHAT IT DOES FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. I ALSO KNOW THAT IT CAN BE USED AND TARGETED TO STOP DEVELOPMENT AND CREATE ISSUES LIKE WE'RE SEEING AT THE STATE HOUSE NOW FOR FOUR CITIES. SO I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT LINE.
FLOWER MOUND MAY BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION TO HAVE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE A VERY ROBUST SYSTEM, BUT MAYBE THEY'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR FOR US JUST BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE CLOSE TO THE SAME TYPE OF LANDMASS.
SO I LOVE THE NEGATIVE CREDITS AND POSITIVE CREDITS.
I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A REAL CARROT AND STICK APPROACH TO THIS, WHICH I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND GIVES A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO KEEPING WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP. THE HERITAGE TREE DESIGNATION CONCERNS ME BECAUSE IT'S A LOOSEY GOOSEY DEFINITION.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF I DECIDE THAT THIS WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP THIS PARTICULAR TREE BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY TREE IN THAT PART OF TOWN THAT'S I MEAN, THERE'S I GET THAT YOU GOT TO GET FOUR VOTES, BUT I'VE SEEN FOUR VOTES COME UP FOR CRAZIER STUFF THAN, THAN THAT. MAYBE WE JUST WANT TO KEEP A DEVELOPER OUT. SO WE'VE CREATED THIS ONE.
HACKBERRY SITS OVER HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO GET IT'S NOT MONUMENTAL IN SIZE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S THE ONLY ONE. AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE AN EXCUSE.
SO I WORRY ABOUT THAT. IF IT WASN'T WELL DEFINED.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT I BELIEVE THAT'S IT STAFF.
YEAH. BECAUSE WE'RE DOWN TO 2.5 MINUTES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO THAT.
IT'S NOT. THAT'S A REALLY SHORT TERM. OKAY. SO DO WE WANT TO WHEN WE'RE OPEN AND THEN COME BACK IN THE SHORT TERM? IT'S YOUR DECISION, COUNSEL. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PAUSE THE WORKSHOP AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT AFTER WE OPEN THE COUNCIL MEETING IN TWO MINUTES.
[A. Invocation - Council Member Brandon Jones]
FIRST UP ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, BUT THE INVOCATION WILL BE DONE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDON JONES.PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT CONTEMPLATION AND PRAYER.
IT'S BEEN A VERY TRYING WEEK FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES IN LEWISVILLE.
OUR FRIEND RONNIE CADE AND OUR COMMISSIONER, BOBBY MITCHELL.
SO LET'S KEEP THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES IN OUR PRAYERS.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR GREEN. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE.
[B. Pledge to the American and Texas Flags - Council Member Kristin Green]
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK INTO WORKSHOP SESSIONS.
[J. Return to Workshop Session if Necessary]
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SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SITTING OUT HERE, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO CATCH IT ON THE AUDIO. OR YOU CAN YOU CAN JOIN US IN THE WORKROOM. WE HAVE ITEM C, WHICH IS OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL DENSITY UPDATE CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD IN OUR WORK ROOM.SO COUNCIL WILL GO AHEAD AND GO BACK OVER THERE.
WE WILL BE REJOINING THIS MEETING SHORTLY. THERE WE GO.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT FOLKS. LET'S RESTART THIS.
AND WE HAVE OUR STR WITH CHRIS MCGINN. MAYOR.
THERE WERE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO I'LL, I'LL START OFF MY BY ADDRESSING THOSE.
AND SO WE HAD REACHED OUT TO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DALLAS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD PROVIDE ANY SORT OF STANCE, A VIEWPOINT ON SHORT TERM RENTALS AND MULTIFAMILY.
AND WE RECEIVED NO COMMENT ON, ON THAT PARTICULAR REQUEST.
BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO MANY OF OUR APARTMENTS HERE IN LEWISVILLE.
ABOUT 12 OR 13 OF THEM. AND MOST OF THEM RESPONDED BACK TALKING ABOUT HOW A SHORT TERM RENTAL WOULD WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF OF THE TERMS OF THE LEASE.
ALSO WITH IF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT THAT THAT COULD AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT ARE AFFORDABLE. OTHER RESPONSES WERE THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO ENTERTAIN SHORT TERM RENTALS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, GUEST VEHICLES NEED TO HAVE PERMITS. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO THE PEOPLE ARE ON THE PROPERTY FOR SAFETY REASONS.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME YOU KNOW, THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT WE REACHED OUT TO, YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED IN ENTERTAINING SHORT TERM RENTALS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE OPPOSED TO SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THAT TO BE A SHADOW SUBLEASE, WHICH THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE OPPOSED TO. RIGHT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND LEWISVILLE.
THEY'RE THERE AREN'T OWNERS THAT ARE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GOING THE PATH OF SHORT TERM RENTALS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME LARGER CITIES SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A THING.
THEY MAY EVEN HAVE AN ENTIRE CORE THAT'S DEDICATED TO SHORT TERM RENTALS.
YEAH. THE OTHER QUESTION WAS RELATED TO INFORMATION THAT WE CAN RECEIVE FROM THE TEXAS CONTROLLER REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE CURRENT ON THEIR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES.
AND I REACHED OUT TO TODAY WITH, WITH FINANCE TO TALK TO HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ABOUT THAT.
AND I WAS WONDERING MAYBE IF YOU'D BE ABLE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU FOUND IN YOUR RESEARCH OF GOING TO THE TOP SELLER SIDE? SURE. SO WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS AMONG STAFF ABOUT WHERE WE CAN GET INFORMATION TO HELP SUPPORT WHAT'S BEING REMITTED TO THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL AND THE REMITTANCES.
SO AFTER A DISCUSSION EARLIER, WENT TO TEXAS CONTROLLERS, AND THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF DATA DOWNLOADS THAT YOU CAN GET RELATED TO IT. SO WE CAN GET HISTORICAL INFORMATION.
WE CAN THEN PICK THAT INFORMATION, DOWNLOAD IT, CROSS-REFERENCE IT AGAINST THE INFORMATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE BEING REMITTED TO THE CITY ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S BEING REMITTED TO THE STATE.
AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN CROSS CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT COMPLIANCE.
AND JENNIFER, GO TO SLIDE 14. THERE WAS THERE WAS ONE SLIDE IN HERE THAT I THAT I UPDATED WITH SOME INFORMATION. WE HAD WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON HOW MANY SHORT TERM RENTALS WOULD BE IN LEWISVILLE IF WE WERE LOOKING AT LINEAR DISTANCE FROM A PERMITTED SHORT TERM RENTAL TO THE NEXT.
AND LOOKING AT THE CALCULATIONS, I REMOVED THE AREA OF LAKE LEWISVILLE, I REMOVED CASTLE HILLS, I REMOVED LEILA TO COME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS.
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COULD HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 3240, 49 SHORT TERM RENTALS.AND IF WE WERE LOOKING AT 1000FT THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY OF 841 SHORT TERM RENTALS.
SO WE HAVE HOW MANY, HOW MANY? HOW MANY HOMES DO WE HAVE? 132. NO NO NO NO NO NO. SINGLE FAMILY BUILDINGS.
SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURES DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? JUST OVER 26,000. 26,000. OKAY, SO THEN AND LET ME JUST 500FT.
THAT WOULD BE 12%. 12.5% OF OUR PRODUCT. YEAH.
SO IT WOULD GO TO FROM 3249, IT WOULD GO TO 4096.
AND THEN GOING FROM 841 WOULD GO TO 961. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR SLIDE HERE.
SO THIS COULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE AN HOA THAT PROHIBIT IF WE PUT CASTLE HILLS ASIDE BECAUSE THERE ARE THERE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY? THERE'S A COUPLE AT LEAST.
OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE IN LARGE. OKAY. SO THOSE WOULD STILL BE IN THERE.
SO THE ACTUAL NUMBER WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.
OKAY. AND THEN IS THERE A PERCENTAGE YOU WERE LOOKING AT? IS THERE A PERCENTAGE I'M LOOKING AT. YEAH. NO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT IS.
SO WE HAD PUT THE MAXIMUM LIMIT TO 130. AND WE'VE ALREADY HIT 130 IS THAT WE'RE NOT QUITE AT 130.
AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT WE'RE AT 90 ARE ACTIVE PERMITS.
SORRY 98 ACTIVE PERMITS, 15 APPLICATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 113, 15.
ARE ANY OF THOSE STARS THAT HAVE GONE OFF AND DECIDED TO COME BACK AND BE STARS AGAIN? DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT THEIR PERMITS ARE GOOD FOR FOR A YEAR, AND THEN WHEN THEY COME TIME FOR RENEWAL, THEN WE'LL SEE IF THEY REAPPLY, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT POINT.
TO THE LONG TERM OF ANY OF THESE 15 THAT WE KNOW OF, ARE THEY? DID THEY COME BACK AND SAY, OH, IT'S OPEN SEASON AGAIN? SO DURING THE INTERIM PROHIBITION ON SHORT TERM RENTALS, WE HAD ABOUT 30.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY STOPPED ADVERTISING OR THEY SET THEIR LISTING TO GREATER THAN 30 DAYS.
WE HAD A LOT OF THOSE COME BACK THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS WHICH, WHICH WE'VE NOW PERMITTED.
OKAY. HOW DO WE KEEP UP WITH THOSE THAT ARE, THAT ARE LIKE SELLING THE HOUSE? BECAUSE I KNOW I'M CLEAR. IS IT CLEAR TO YOU OR THE GIRL THAT ONE OF THOSE IS SELLING? YEAH. SO THERE ON OUR LIST, WE'VE WE'VE I DON'T KNOW, ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE PERMITTED IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE TO SEE IF THEY'RE STILL ACTIVE, BUT THEIR PERMIT STILL STAYS GOOD FOR THAT YEAR AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION ON.
SO IS THAT PERMIT GOING TO FOLLOW THE PROPERTY.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO RENEW AT THE POINT OF RENEWAL.
SO IF WE'RE STICKING WITH THE 130 MAX, THEN SOMEONE ELSE COULD COME IN.
IF SOMEONE PURCHASES THE PROPERTY AND WANTS TO OPERATE AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL IN THAT PROPERTY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GAIN A NEW PERMIT PER THE ORDINANCE.
SO ARE YOU DOWN TO ONE NOW? BECAUSE I THOUGHT ONE HAD ALREADY SOLD THEM THAT ONE.
ANOTHER ONE IS WE HAVE THREE. SO THAT THIRD ONE THAT'S FOR SALE.
NOW THAT CAME A LONG TERM RENTAL RIGHT. AND IT JUST RECENTLY CAME UP.
SO WE'RE WE'RE AT TWO PERMITTED AND TWO EXISTING.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE THOSE WHEN THEY COME UP FOR RENEWAL TO SEE IF THEY'RE STILL ADVERTISING.
SO, JENNIFER, I WANTED TO GO TO BACK TO THAT FINAL SLIDE THAT OCCURRED ON SLIDE 19.
SO, CLAIRE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KIND OF WANTED TO.
SO IF WE HAD PUT WE HAD KNOWN THAT OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING MULTIFAMILY AND ALLOWING THEM, THEY HAVE SOME THEY USUALLY SET SOME TYPE OF LIMIT TO THEM.
MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE ON NUMBER FIVE. SO LET'S SAY WE DID 5% OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
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SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE 27,000 TOTAL MULTIFAMILY UNITS IN LEWISVILLE.IF WE SET IT AT 5%, I THINK YOU SAID THAT WAS ABOUT 1350 MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT COULD.
BUT JUST NOTE THAT'S A LOT OF CAPACITY AND A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE.
LET'S SAY YOU TOOK AWAY THAT 130 UNIT LIMIT AND YOU GOT TO, LET'S SAY, 1000FT.
I MEAN, OUR BLOCK FACES SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT TO FOCUS ON.
CAN WE DENSITY. CAN WE HAVE UNDER MULTIFAMILY, THAT PART OF THE MULTIFAMILY APPLICATION IS THE MANAGEMENT HAS TO SIGN OFF ON IT. IT ALREADY IS. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PREVENTING SOMETHING OKAY. AND HAS WRITTEN DOWN A FEW. BUT WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THE OWNER HAS TO PROVIDE THAT APPROVAL.
SO YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD WORK OUT.
THIS IS ONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
IS THAT THE KIND OF THE NEW WAY THEY'RE BUILDING, LIKE DOWN HERE AT MAINLAND MILL AND OVER HERE ON COLLEGE AURA AND AND THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE BUILDING IN OLD TOWN, THOSE ARE ALL LIKE ONE BIG BUILDING.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PUSH FOR ANYONE AT THIS POINT.
MY WORRY WOULD BE RENTAL COMMUNITIES LIKE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR CONDOS.
A LOT OF THE CONDOS ARE PUT IN LIMITATIONS IN THEIR DEED AND STUFF, THOUGH.
TO SOME. BUT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS. I'M NOT NOT QUITE AS CONCERNED, HAVE YOU? THIS IS DIFFERENT THOUGH. LIKE WHEN I THINK OF APARTMENTS AND VIEW LEASES AND GRANTED PLENTY OF APARTMENTS IN OUR DAY.
BUT IT GETS ME REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS IS THE INVESTMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE.
THE SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT WOULD MAKE WOULD BE IN OUR HOME.
AND TO HAVE THAT IMPACTED BY HOUSING EITHER SIDE OR BEHIND YOU, WHATEVER.
THAT'S AN INVESTMENT. SO THIS IS JUST HOW I THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT NEARLY AS CONCERNED ABOUT MULTIFAMILY AS I AM. I WOULD JUST SAY WE WEREN'T WE WEREN'T CONCERNED ABOUT STRS QUICK ENOUGH. SO I WOULD SAY IT'D BE BETTER TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A GUARDRAIL PLACE.
YEAH. 5%, MAYBE TOO MUCH. WE CAN GO LOWER. RIGHT NOW, THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES DON'T WANT IT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT FLAVOR COULD CHANGE BECAUSE, LIKE, I'M WITNESSING SOME OF THE SENIOR PLACES WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR STATUS OF, LIKE, LOW INCOME, THEY MAY BE TRYING TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE MONEY.
SO WE MAY WANT TO JUST PUT SOMETHING, SOMETHING IN PLACE AS GUARDRAILS.
I LIKE THE CAP SHOULD IT SHOULD COVER IT. BUT JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE SAYING SOMETHING LIKE X NUMBER OF UNITS PER UNIT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE STAFF CAN WORK WITH. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT. AND AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT COVERED.
IT'S THE OR IF THE IF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU KNOW THAT PROHIBITS IT.
WE CONTINUE THAT. SO AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR IT JUST IN CASE THINGS CHANGE. I CONCUR. I'M NOT ARGUING AGAINST IT. I'M JUST SAYING I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. YEAH, I HEAR YOU. I WOULD SAY SO. ON THE MULTIFAMILY UNIT LIMITATION.
THE OTHER THING TO TO WHAT MY ADVICE IS ALSO IS THAT IF WE GET LIKE, LET'S SAY WE SET IT LOWER THAN 5%, LET'S SAY WE SET IT AT 2%, AND WE DON'T EVEN THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR MULTIFAMILY DOESN'T WANT IT.
IF WE HIT 2% OF THOSE UNITS AT SOME POINT AND WE'RE SEEING THAT ISSUE, WE CAN BRING IT BACK.
IF THERE'S IF PEOPLE ARE CLAMORING AND WANTING THAT, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
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ACTUALLY, I WOULD SAY THAT ABOUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE.WHAT I, WHAT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE WE'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT MORE AND MORE DATA.
AND I HONESTLY, I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S A A MARKET THAT IS GOING TO SET REALLY WHAT OUR MAXIMUMS ARE GOING TO BE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY NOT EVERY OTHER HOUSE IS GOING TO TURN INTO AN STR BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH DEMAND FOR THAT MANY.
FOR 13,000 STRS IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE UNTIL THE EQUITY FIRM FIGURES OUT.
RIGHT. SO BUT WHAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, JUST OVER TIME, THE DATA AND WHAT THAT'S LOOKING LIKE, WHAT ARE THE TRENDS AND WHAT ARE WE SEEING AS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL? WE'RE NOT HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF ISSUES WITH VERSUS WHAT, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
BUT I THINK LET'S TALK THE PERCENTAGE NOW WE CAN TALK PERCENTAGE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REEVALUATE THAT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE A PERCENTAGE, LET'S COME BACK AND SAY, I THINK AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME AND SAY, HOW IS THAT GOING? BUT I ALSO THINK THAT STAFF WILL COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS TOO MUCH WORKLOAD.
YEAH. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET REQUESTS FOR FTES AND ALL THAT.
AND IF IF WE PICK A NUMBER, I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY I'M ALREADY BEING TOLD THAT AT 130 WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING STAFF'S CAPACITY. WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A WHOLE WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT OF IT DOES NOTHING BUT STR.
BUT I THINK THAT'S OUR REGULATOR. RIGHT. IS THAT STAFF WOULD BE COMING BACK AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE BURDEN. AND THAT'S WHEN WHEN COUNCIL WOULD COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WELL DO WE WANT TO THROTTLE UP OR THROTTLE DOWN BASED ON BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM STAFF FEEDBACK WE SHOULD BE SEEING? IF, IF, IF IT'S GOING UP THEN IN THERE'S MORE WORKLOAD THAN THEORETICALLY SPEAKING.
THERE'S MORE TAX DOLLARS BEING BROUGHT IN TO HELP COVER THAT COST.
I'M SORRY, DO YOU WANT TO PUSH ON ONE THING, THOUGH, AND THAT IS I DO DISAGREE THAT FUNDAMENTALLY THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS GETTING MORE DATA FOR APARTMENTS AND HOMEOWNERS CAN WORK FOR HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE THEY'RE REGULAR RIGHT NOW FOR APARTMENTS. THE REGULAR APARTMENTS OF THE APARTMENT OWNERS SAY, WE DON'T WANT IT. THERE IS NO REGULATOR OTHER THAN US FOR FOR INDIVIDUAL HOMES.
BECAUSE THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL OF APARTMENTS IS BECAUSE THERE'S A REGULATOR ON THAT, AND THAT'S THE OWNERS OF THE APARTMENTS. SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE, YEAH. AND I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. OKAY, OKAY. WHAT'S THE REEVALUATE? I'M SAYING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO SET SOME. I.
WHAT? BUT I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE DATA, WE CAN REALLY START TO TO HONE IN ON WHAT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR US WITH OUR WORKLOAD WHEN THE NUISANCE THAT IS CAUSED BY IT.
ARE WE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT ARE COMING TO US? IS EVERYBODY KIND OF OKAY WHERE THINGS ARE STANDING? I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO RIGID NOW AND PREVENT SOME PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, GOOD ACTORS FROM BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
SO I JUST WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION NOW.
AND THAT IS IT. IT'S IT IS SET AS SET IN STONE.
YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT MY POINT IS. SO I HEAR YOU.
I WOULD ASSERT THAT IN MY HOUSE. TWO WOULD BE TOO MANY IF I HAD ONE NEAR THE SIDE.
SO I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK LOOKING AT THIS AS A NUMBER AND SAYING, IS IT TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE BASED ON GOOD ACTORS? BAD ACTORS? I'M SAYING, DO I WANT TO LIVE BY 2 OR 3 STARS MYSELF? BUT YOU WON'T BECAUSE YOU HAVE A HOMEOWNER'S WHETHER OR NOT THEY ENJOY IT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO COUNT ON THAT HOA TO ENFORCE THIS STUFF.
WE HAVE A DUPLEX ALREADY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HOA SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE A DUPLEX.
SOMEBODY CONVERTED THEIR HOUSE TO A DUPLEX. SO YEAH.
SO THIS HAS HAPPENED. SO I DON'T COUNT ON ME TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE THIS KIND OF STUFF.
SO I TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE. BUT REGARDLESS THE NUMBER WHAT IS TOO MUCH.
I VIEW THAT AS AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL OF THE CITY LEVEL.
SO WHAT IS DID WE REACH OUT TO GA AS WELL? DO THEY HAVE ANY COMMENT?
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I'M NOT REACHED OUT TO THEIR COMMENT. IS ANYWAY WE WERE GOING TO.I MEAN, TO ME, I FEEL LIKE WITH TRYING TO I THINK WE'RE CLOSE.
IT'S JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.
SO TO ME, IT FEELS LIKE WE WANT TO WE MAY WANT TO REVISIT THIS, BUT I WOULD SAY LET'S CRAWL BEFORE WE RUN OR WALK BEFORE WE RUN, SO THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF SPACING.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW CHRIS IS SAYING, I THOUGHT WE WERE AT 130.
WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT EVEN AT 130 YET. MAYBE WE'RE THE SWEET SPOT AT THIS POINT.
IT'S NOT WHEN WE SET THAT 130. WE'RE STILL RIGHT THERE AROUND WHERE WE WERE.
SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T GROWN. WELL, WE'VE ADDED I THINK LAST TIME I TALKED TO COUNCIL BEFORE THIS LAST PRESENTATION, YOU'RE UP TO 77. AND SO NOW SINCE SINCE THE PROHIBITION AND THE BAN HAD OPENED.
THE I THINK WE ADDED WHEN WE WERE AT 94 YOU KNOW, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO I THINK TO KIND OF PUT A BOW ON THIS, I THINK WE'VE KIND OF PUT A BUNCH OF THINGS OUT THERE.
STAFF IS LOOKING TO SEE IF WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN PURSUING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THESE.
FIRST IS DO WE WANT TO HAVE A BLOCK FACE LIMITATION AND OR A DISTANCE LIMITATION.
WHAT IF WE DID JUST BLOCK FACE. DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
THAT ONE'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. YEAH VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE BLOCK SIZE.
I BACKED AWAY FROM BLOCK BASIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S COMPLICATED. AND IF IT'S DIFFICULT FOR STAFF TO CALCULATE ALL OF THAT AND FIGURE ALL THAT OUT, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE ONE OR NOT, AND I DON'T WANT THAT THE OTHER WAY. THE DISTANCE IS, IS MUCH MORE CLEAR.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. SO THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE LOOKING AT STR DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.
I'VE ALREADY HEARD SEVERAL FOLKS SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DISTANCE. I THINK THE QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE SOMETHING 500 OR 1000 OR SOME OTHER DISTANCE THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN HEADED IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, IS THAT DISTANCE FROM PROPERTY LINE OR PROPERTY LINE OR MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, PROPERTY LINE OR PROPERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE PREFERENCES OF WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE? WE KNOW. WE KNOW THAT THE THOUSAND GETS US 3% OF OUR CITY.
WE KNOW THAT 500 GETS US 12% OF OUR CITY. I LIKE THE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I LIKE THE HOUSE. THANK YOU. SO IF YOU HAVE MY ONLY QUESTION WITH THAT IS THAT IF YOU HAVE WITH THE CURRENT STARS THAT WE HAVE REGISTERED, ARE THERE ANY THAT ARE GOING TO GET KICKED OUT BECAUSE OF THAT REQUIREMENT TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN, THE ONES THAT GRANDFATHER DID? YEAH. AS LONG AS THEY RENEW THEIR PERMIT EACH YEAR.
YEAH. SO IF THEY MESS UP AND MISS A YEAR, THEN THEY'RE OUT AS THEIR PERMIT EXPIRES.
OKAY. OKAY. I THINK YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS ON THAT.
IS THERE AN INTEREST IN A LIMITATION ON MULTIFAMILY? IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS JUST TO BE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE AT THIS POINT.
WHY NOT SET IT WITH AS LOW AS POSSIBLE? WE COULD DO ONE PERSON.
WHAT WAS THAT 800 SOMETHING? 41 EIGHT 4841 SO WHAT PERCENTAGE IS IS THAT 3%? THAT'S 3%. YEAH. 961 CASTLE HILL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY STILL ABOUT 3%. COULD YOU PUT MORE HOUSES? THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING YOU WHAT NUMBER WERE YOU TRYING TO HIT? WELL, I'M, I'M GETTING TRYING TO GET AROUND FIVE. I'M IN MY LOGIC. I'M IN MY BRAIN. I'M THINKING, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW 3% OF THIS ONE AND WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW 3% OF THIS ONE.
OH, YOU MEAN FOR MULTIFAMILY? YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO CONSIDER IN MY HEAD.
YEAH. OKAY. I'VE GOT I'VE GOT A 3% FOR 3%. I'VE GOT A 1%, WHICH I THINK WHICHEVER ONE STAFF CAN.
NOTHING IS PERMANENT. AND IF WE FIND IF WE FIND A RATIONALE TO TO INCREASE IT.
YEAH. GO TO 1.5% FOR MULTIFAMILY 1.5% SOUNDS GOOD BECAUSE IT'S HALF OF THE OTHER.
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AND IT CUTS IT DOWN TO A REAL LOW NUMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY PILED ON EACH OTHER AS IT IS IN OTHER OF OUR SURVEY CITIES.DALLAS AND GRAPEVINE ARE DOING 3%. PLANO IS DOING FIVE, TEN IS DOING TEN OUTSIDE OF OUTSIDE OF THAT IN TEXAS, AUSTIN IS DOING 3%. ROCKWALL IS DOING FIVE. SAN ANTONIO USES 12.5%.
SO I'M HEARING I'M HEARING AT LEAST OTHERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS.
THE 3% SEEMS TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE NUMBER. I'M NOT HEARING ANYBODY GOING LOWER THAN THAT.
I MEAN, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT. YEAH, BECAUSE WE AREN'T THEM.
BUT I LIKE I LIKE PINGING OFF PEOPLE JUST TO SEE.
MY CONCERN IS MY CONCERN IS OKAY, LET'S SAY THE MARKET CHANGES AND I'M GETTING SWAMPED.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I GOT TO PUT FIVE NEW FTES IN.
THAT'S THAT'S MY BIGGER BIGGEST CONCERN, RIGHT? BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET WE'LL GET SOME UPDATE. WE'LL GET A FEEL FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL KNOW. I'LL CALL UNCLE AT THAT POINT.
WELL LET'S, LET'S LET'S LOOK AT 1 IN 3 PERCENT.
I THINK THAT WILL COVER ONE AND 3%. YEAH. JUST ONE MORE.
HE DIDN'T LIKE MY POINT FIVE I LIKE IT. I LIKE MY POINT.
HOW MANY WANT TO GO FOR 1.5 I GOT ONE. YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT NICE.
JUST MAKE IT EASY. ARE WE OKAY WITH THE CURRENT 130 LIMIT? I DON'T THINK WE NEED A LIMIT. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT IN, DO WE NEED A LIMIT? I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP A LIMIT. WHAT'S THE POINT OF DOING A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
I WAS REALLY CLEAR. IT WAS A TEMPORARY LIMIT.
YEAH. IT WAS TEMPORARY BECAUSE WE NEEDED A GAP. WE NEEDED A SOLUTION.
BUT NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S WHEN WE GET THE GAP.
THAT'S RIGHT. UNTIL WE GOT THE OTHER IN PLACE, IT WAS A GAP.
NOT TO SAY WE'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN. IT WAS A GAP BECAUSE WE NEEDED SOMETHING AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND THAT WAS REALLY CLEAR. WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. I'M NOT COMMITTING. I'M NOT COMMITTING TO NOT GOING. I'M NOT COMMITTED TO MOVING THAT AT THE END OF THIS. I WAS I ACTUALLY MADE THAT A POINT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE. RIGHT.
BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US. OKAY. SO. I'M SEEING A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE TO, TO KEEP A LIMIT IN PLACE, WHETHER IT'S 130 OR A DIFFERENT NUMBER.
I'VE GOT CONSENSUS ON I, I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT.
WELL, GIVE ME A. GIVE ME A 150 AND A AND A NONE.
AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. ON ON LIKE 150 OR NO LIMIT.
SHE'S WEARING IT. SHE'S LIKE, SINCE I CAN'T SINCE I CAN'T VOTE ON IT.
AND I HAVE A SPLIT. I HAVE A SPLIT CONVERSATION HERE.
OKAY, WELL, I'LL SPLIT. IS IT THOUGH? I CAN GO.
I CAN LIVE. 151 5150. I GOT AT LEAST I CAN DO 150.
I GOT AT LEAST TEN. WHY DO ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF TO KEEP THEM FROM CLUSTERING IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH, YEAH. IF WE HAVE A LIMIT IN A TOTAL CITY OF 134,000 136,000 PEOPLE OF 150 SHORT TERM RENTALS, IT'S HALF A PERCENT. SO WHY DO WE NEED TO EVEN MESS WITH ALL THIS OTHER STUFF? BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ALL OF THEM TO BE ON YOUR STREET OR ON THE LAKE OR OR ALL OF THEM TO BE IN THE LAKE NEIGHBORHOODS, OR ALL OF THEM TO BE TAKEN OUT. HOUSES HERE IN OLD TOWN.
OH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. HOWEVER LONG AGO.
THEN THAT'S FINE. THAT THAT'S ENOUGH. THAT'S ENOUGH FOR YOU TO TO KEEP THAT THING FROM HAPPENING.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE CAP. YEAH. BECAUSE OF THIS, MY UNDERSTANDING, HER UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WE WENT INTO THIS TO SET A DISTANCE, IT WAS TO GET ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS IN PLACE SO THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THE INFLUX.
WE WERE USING ONE AS A STOPGAP UNTIL WE GOT THE OTHER.
NOT LIKE THE TOLL ROADS WHERE THEY GOT IN THERE.
I, I GET IT. IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S THE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT IT.
YEAH. IT'S I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS NOT NEEDED. I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S HERE.
AND IT WAS NOT AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS.
I CAP I'M WHAT I'M YOU. I WILL NEVER VOTE ON ANOTHER CAP.
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WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS UNTIL WE GET THIS IN PLACE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS IN STONE AND IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.NO, I WILL JUST SAY MY MY FINAL THOUGHT ON THAT IS THAT I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS FOR US TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET THIS DISTANCE THAT WILL ALLOW UP TO 3% OF OUR SINGLE HOUSING STOCK TO BE AN STR, AND THEN PUT A UNIT LIMIT ON IT, THAT THAT LIMITS IT TO HALF OF WHATEVER COMES FIRST.
GOTCHA. WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT 150.
IF WE CAN'T GET TO WE CAN'T GET A CONSENSUS. AND I GUESS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE.
WELL, RIGHT NOW, BARRING ONE PERSON, I THINK I KNOW WHERE THIS WILL GO.
SO. AND IT'S GOING TO GO WITH A CAT. I MEAN, UNLESS WE'RE NOT IN THAT 130 YET.
SO. BUT BY TAKING IT TO 150, YOU STILL GOT ROOM.
IT'S STILL GOING TO BE MODIFIED LATER. AND WE COULD DO REPORTS EVERY YEAR.
THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DATA RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE EVEN AT 130.
AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN DEBATE THAT. AND I CAN SPLIT A VOTE IF THAT NEEDS TO BE.
I'VE DONE IT BEFORE. DO I WAIT TILL THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE WITH THE MULTIFAMILY? ANY SDR IN A MULTIFAMILY COUNTING TOWARDS THE TOTAL OR NOT? SO I THINK IN MOST, MOST CITIES IT'S SEPARATE.
THEY LOOK AT MULTIFAMILY AND THEY LOOK AT PERCENTAGE.
AND THAT WOULD BE I THINK ALL I HAVE Y'ALL HEARD ONE ISSUE FROM ANYBODY IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES BECAUSE THEY HAVE ISSUES ALL THE TIME.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT WOULD CAUSE ANY MORE ISSUES THAN WHAT I CURRENTLY HAVE.
SO I THINK WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S A PREVENTATIVE.
I THINK TO BRANDON'S POINT. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY HASN'T HAPPENED YET. BUT TO BRANDON'S POINT, WE'RE ALSO BEHIND THE CURVE ON SINGLE FAMILY STRS.
YES, EXACTLY. YEAH. ARE WE DONE? I THINK YOU'VE GOT ALL YOU NEED, CHRIS.
AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME THINGS WHERE IT HAS TO GO THROUGH PNC.
SO WE HAVE THAT TIMELINE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, SO.
OKAY. AWESOME. LIZ, DID YOU WANT TO CLOSE? YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU INTO CLOSE. UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION.
WE'RE BACK OUTSIDE. NO, NO, WE CAN DO THAT FROM HERE.
BUT WE JUST NEED PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF THE ROOM, AND THEN WE NEED THE MICROPHONES TO STAY AND.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THIS MEETING IS CHOCK A BLOCK WITH GREAT MUNICIPAL CONVERSATIONS, SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. FIRST UP TONIGHT ON OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION.
[C. Proclamations/Recognitions]
I THINK I NEED TO HAVE CHIEF BROOKE ROLLINS UP HERE.ALL RIGHT. AND THIS THE REST OF MY TEAM UP HERE.
YEAH. YOU CAN BRING ALL OF THEM. COME ON, LET'S GO.
JUST THE POLICE, FOLKS. OH, I JUST. Y'ALL CAN ALL COME UP HERE IF YOU WANT. COULDN'T EVEN SEE THEM. THEY WERE ALL BACK IN THE CORNER. YEAH. THEY'RE HIDING. COME ON, COME ON. IT'S A COMBO. IT'S A COMBO MOVE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO RECOGNIZE THIS WEEK AS FAR AS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT GOES.
SO I'M GOING TO DO A FEW WHERE AZIZ AND YOU ALL CAN APPLAUD WHERE APPROPRIATE OR SAY, WHEREAS IF YOU FEEL SO COMPELLED, KIND OF LIKE CHURCH, THAT'S THE BEST I GOT HERE.
SO HERE WE GO. WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 1.280, I CAN'T EVEN READ ANYMORE ONE.
01,280,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE LEWISVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHEREAS, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS IN TEXAS JAILS AND PRISONS SAFEGUARD OVER 133,000 INMATES, CARRYING OUT A DEMANDING AND OFTEN UNSEEN ROLE THAT REQUIRES VIGILANCE, RESILIENCE, AND THE ABILITY TO MANAGE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL RISKS OF CUSTODIAL CARE.
AND WHEREAS SINCE 1786, OVER 24,000 US LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY, WITH THEIR NAMES HONORED ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C..
AND WHEREAS, IN 2025, 345 NAMES OF FALLEN PEACE OFFICERS ARE BEING ADDED TO THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.
148 FROM 2024 AND 197 FROM PRIOR YEARS. TEXAS LED THE NATION IN 2020 FOR LINE OF DUTY DEATHS, WITH 18 POLICE OFFICERS AND TWO CORRECTIONS OFFICERS LOST.
AND WHEREAS MAY 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF ALL FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND US FLAGS SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF. NOW, THEREFORE, I, T.J.
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2025 AS NATIONAL CORRECTION OFFICERS WEEK. THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH 17TH, 2025 IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND MAY 15TH, 2025 AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO EXPRESS HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVING PEACE AND SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND I CAN TELL YOU, AS A SON OF A CORRECTIONS OFFICER, MY FATHER WORKED IN BOTH THE LOCAL AND STATE JAILS IN ARIZONA, MY AUNT BEING A RETIRED POLICE SERGEANT. THERE WERE MANY A TIME WHEN WE WEREN'T SURE IF PEOPLE WERE COMING HOME.
MY FATHER WAS INJURED TWICE IN HIS JOB, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU ARE A FAMILY OF ONE OF THESE BRAVE FOLKS, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW SOMETIMES. AND SO I CANNOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH PERSONALLY FOR WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY, AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT IN CHIEF. THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR.
AND THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AS WELL TONIGHT.
HELP KEEPING US SAFE. BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT YOU ARE SAFE AND IF SO, HAPPEN TO BE CONFINED, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. SO WE'LL JUST HOPE FOR NEITHER. RIGHT? AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO MOVE FORWARD ANOTHER YEAR.
BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR TAKING TIME TO RECOGNIZE US.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. THAT ONE'S YOURS, CHIEF. YES. THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN AUTOGRAPHED. THANK YOU. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION. IF I COULD HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS CAITLIN HERRON AND DAVID HUNTER.
ALL OF OUR. YEAH. BRING THE TEAM. AND WE GOT THE WHOLE TEAM HERE. AWESOME.
YOU GOT IT ABSOLUTELY. SO I WANT TO PREFACE THIS REAL QUICK WITH STOP WITH THE BOTTLED WATER, BECAUSE THE STUFF THAT COMES OUT OF OUR TAPS IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
AND IF YOU WANT TO DO A LITTLE FILTER, JUST A FLAVOR CHANGE IT, THAT'S FINE.
SO BE LIKE YOUR KIDS CARRY AROUND THE WATER BOTTLES.
AND NATIONAL PUBLIC. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW UPSET I GET WHEN I SEE SOMEBODY TRYING TO SELL WATER FILTERS BY MAKING OUR CITY LOOK BAD, SAYING THAT WE'VE GOT BAD WATER. IT'S JUST NOT TRUE ANYHOW.
WHEREAS OUR WATER IS OUR MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCE.
AND WHEREAS DRINKING WATER SERVES A VITAL ROLE IN DAILY LIFE, SERVING AN ESSENTIAL PURPOSE TO HEALTH, HYDRATION AND HYGIENE NEEDS FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY.
AND WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES ESSENTIAL TO SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE, PUBLIC HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN LEWISVILLE.
AND WHEREAS, THESE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES RELY ON THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS FIRST RESPONDERS IN BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING, REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S VITAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES. AND WHEREAS, IT SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR LEWISVILLE'S RESIDENTS, LEADERS AND YOUTH TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING AND STAY ENGAGED WITH THE VALUE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND RELATED PROGRAMS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, T.J.
GILMORE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, ON BEHALF OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 4TH THROUGH 10TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL DRINKING WATER WEEK AND OF COURSE, MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AND URGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND CIVIC GROUPS TO RECOGNIZE THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S VITAL ROLE IN MEETING THE DAILY UTILITY NEEDS AND SAFEGUARDING OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. LET'S GIVE THESE GREAT WARRIORS A HAND.
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I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WATER MAIN BREAKS NEVER HAPPEN.SO IF YOU'VE SEEN THESE GUYS FIGHT SOME THINGS, IT IS LIKE THERE IS LIKE, THEY'RE WARRIORS.
WE DO A LOT OF VERY THINGS IN PUBLIC SERVICES.
WE DO THINGS FROM. WE MAINTAIN OUR WATER SYSTEM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD DRINKING WATER, WE MAINTAIN THE SEWER SYSTEM, PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE MAINTAIN OUR FLEET. ALL OF THE CITY FACILITIES, OUR STREETS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
I'M LEAVING PEOPLE OUT, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT WE DO A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC THINGS IN ONE TEAM.
THIS GROUP WORKS EXTRAORDINARILY WELL TOGETHER.
AND I'M REALLY JUST HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM.
AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU, GUYS.
THANK YOU. SO WE GOT A PHOTO. OH. HOLD ON. YEAH.
JUST USE AI. IT'LL FIX IT ALL. ALL RIGHT. ONE.
TWO. THREE. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL. RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. JONATHAN. AND WHERE'S MY. WHERE'S MY BIKE? MIC EVENT TEAM. OH, YEAH. OKAY. SHOULDN'T. SHOULD HAVE LOOKED UP.
WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT EASIER. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY HELMET.
DIDN'T EVEN. DIDN'T EVEN PLAN. WELL, NEXT TIME, IT'LL BE MY PADDED SHORTS.
WE'LL BE. WE'LL BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY, THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE WILL CELEBRATE BIKING AND THE SENSE OF WELL-BEING IT FOSTERS IN US, WHILE RECOGNIZING THE TRANSFORMATIVE INFLUENCE THAT A GROWING COMMUNITY OF CYCLISTS BRINGS IN ENHANCING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
AND WHEREAS BICYCLING HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE RESIDENTS HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, ATTRACT LOCAL BUSINESS SPENDING, AND REDUCE POLLUTION, CONGESTION AND PARKING IN OUR STREETS AND ROADS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE PROMOTES THE USE OF THE BICYCLE AS BOTH A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND RECREATION YEAR ROUND TO ATTRACT MORE VISITORS TO ENJOY OUR LOCAL PARKS AND TRAIL SYSTEM, AS WELL AS RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AND CULTURAL AND SCENIC ATTRACTIONS.
AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, CORINTH AND DENTON PROUDLY INVITE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO PARTICIPATE IN A REGIONAL GROUP RIDE EVENT CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION, COMMUNITY PRIDE, AND THE BENEFITS OF BICYCLING.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, T.J. GILMORE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LEWISVILLE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF MAY 2025 AS BIKE MONTH AND MAY 31ST AS BIKE RIDE WITH THE MAYOR'S DAY.
YES, THAT INCLUDES ME IN LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, AND I URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THE OCCASION WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES, ACTIVITIES, AND HEADGEAR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND.
JONATHAN PETERS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DUST OFF THEIR BIKE AND GET BACK OUT THERE TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE CYCLING.
PLEASE CONSIDER EXPLORING LEWISVILLE'S BICYCLE TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THERE'S A BIKE TO WORK DAY. IT'S FRIDAY, MAY 16TH.
AND THEN PLEASE JOIN THE BIKE RIDE WITH THE MAYOR VAN ON MAY 31ST.
EVERYONE UP HERE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT.
IT WILL BE A GREAT RIDE AND IF BIKING ISN'T FOR YOU, YOU CAN SUPPORT CYCLISTS BY WATCHING FOR CYCLISTS BETWEEN TRAILS AND MAKING SURE TO GIVE SPACE ON PASSING CYCLISTS ON THE ROAD. I'M PROUD TO WORK FOR A CITY AND LIVE IN THIS CITY THAT CELEBRATES AND PROMOTES CYCLISTS.
AND WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO RING IN BIKE MONTH.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. OH HOLD UP, HOLD UP ONE MORE TIME HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
THANK YOU. OKAY, THERE WE GO. I'LL JUST STAND STILL.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT.
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IF I COULD HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL JOIN ME DOWN HERE.AND TAMARA, ARE YOU. ARE YOU HERE? WHERE DID I LOSE TO? OKAY. TAMARA. SO WE DO HAVE A RUNOFF
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ELECTION. SO THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE, BECAUSE WE'VE STILL GOT A COUPLE MORE WEEKS WITH HIM, BUT EVERYBODY HERE WANTED TO CELEBRATE. COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDON JONES AS HE BEGINS HIS TIME TO LEAVE THE DAIS AND THEN JUST GIVE US GRIEF ON FACEBOOK. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT.HE'LL CALL US DIRECTLY. WITH THAT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SMALL GIFTS OF APPRECIATION.
TAMARA, WOULD YOU MIND? WE'LL JUST START FROM THAT AND START WITH THE YAK.
ABSOLUTELY. SO THE TROPHY IS PART OF IT. OKAY, I GOT IT.
WE GOT IT. BUT WE WANTED TO PRESENT YOU WITH AN AWARD FROM THE YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL.
SO MANY OF YOU, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT OUR YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL, IT STARTED IN 2017.
AND COUNCILMAN JONES WAS ACTUALLY A BIG PROPONENT OF THAT.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY GOT IT KICKED OFF FOR US.
SO WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL. WE ARE THANKFUL. THE YAK IS STILL STRONG TODAY.
WE HAD OUR MEETING TODAY, AND AS YOU SEE, THE PROJECT STILL LIVE ON.
I KNOW YOU SAID TODAY THAT I CAN STILL CALL ON YOU.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. YES. CLAIRE, CAN I CAN I HAVE YOU BE NEXT? SEE? THE BRANDON WE AS STAFF HAVE BASICALLY COMBINED A LARGE HISTORY.
AND YOU CAN SEE PICTURES UP THERE BEHIND YOU TOO, FROM THIS BOOK OF YOUR SERVICE.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE FROM 2016 TO 2025.
SO THESE ARE MEMORIES OF YOURS WITH STAFF. THERE YOU GO.
AND ALSO WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR STAFF WROTE YOU THANK YOU NOTES AND PERSONAL TOUCHES IN THERE? YEAH, SHANTE ACCIDENTALLY SENT ME THAT. OH, HEY.
HOLD ON. DID YOU READ THE ONE THAT SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW? AND THEN THIS IS A BAG OF SWAG LEWISVILLE SWAG.
BUT ALSO YOU HAVE ARE GETTING ONE OF OUR CHALLENGE COINS FROM IT.
SO THAT'S IN THERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. AND I ACTUALLY.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A FEW.
I'LL GET IT FOR YOU. BRANDON, I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU ARE SO INTIMIDATING TO SOME.
BECAUSE YOU'RE A BIG TEDDY BEAR TO ME. AND THIS IS FROM FIRE.
CORRECT. AND I AM EXTREMELY HONORED, ON BEHALF OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KELLY, WOULD YOU MIND? SURE. THIS IS A SHOW AND I'LL SHOW AND TELL.
OH. HOW NICE. OH. THAT'S THE CENTENNIAL. NICE.
VERY NICE. NICE. AND HERE'S THE CHALLENGE COIN.
ALL RIGHT. SO, BRANDON, YOU KNOW, WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER.
ACTUALLY, BEFORE I EVEN GOT ON COUNCIL, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS BEFORE, AND I TRIED REALLY HARD TO THINK ABOUT AN APPROPRIATE STORY THAT I COULD TELL. I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO DO SOME OF THE JOKES YOU TOLD ME OVER THE YEARS. I CAN'T DO THOSE EITHER. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU.
WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. I MISS YOU, AND I MISS YOUR FINANCIAL INSIGHT.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE THIS TO YOU. HERE IS YOUR MAYOR PRO TEM PLACARD.
CONGRATULATIONS. AND FROM THE LEWIS. THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO TOWARDS YOUR PROBLEM. ARE YOU SCARED?
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WHOA! THERE YOU GO. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? TO PUT MY CENTENNIAL BADGE.I'LL TAKE A BREAK FROM THE NEW BUILDING OR FROM THE OLD BUILDING.
OKAY. OH. VERY COOL. OH, THAT'S WAY TOO COOL.
OKAY, WE WANT ONE. OKAY. YEAH, I'M READY FOR THAT.
WILLIAM. ALL YOURS. OKAY. BRANDON AND I HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY ON A SIMILAR PATH WE ACTUALLY STARTED.
SEE YOU TOGETHER IN THE FIRST, FIRST CLASS. AND THEN HE.
HE GOT ON COUNCIL AUTOMATICALLY, BUT I STILL KID HIM A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I'M ONLY ONE.
ACTUALLY GRADUATED ON CITY COUNCIL. BUT I DO APPRECIATE BRANDON AND ALL THE MEANS WE'VE HAD.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE IN COUNCIL AND I DEFINITELY WISH HIM WELL.
WE WILL DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO MISS HIM FOR SURE.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE GIFT FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF SWAG. IS THERE A TREE IN HERE STACY.
OH, WOW. OKAY. YEAH. I'M JUST OH, NO. I GOT STILL MORE STUFF I KNOW.
SO MORE SOCKS I WEAR AND I WEAR MY MY OTHER SOCKS.
OH. OH, WOW. OKAY, I GOTTA OPEN IT UP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT, BUT THERE YOU GO.
I WON'T OPEN ALL OF THEM UP BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEM HOME, BUT.
YEAH, I KIND OF HAVE NO PROBLEMS HYDRATING. YEAH, WELL.
OH, NO. APPARENTLY THAT IS AWESOME. YEAH. OKAY.
WHAT'S THIS TIME? OKAY. ARE YOU READY TO WORK AT HOME COLLECTION? I GOTTA GO WITH ROBERT. THANK YOU. OKAY. BRANDON.
BRANDON, I REALLY ENJOYED BEING ON COUNCIL WITH YOU.
WE MET BEFORE COUNCIL. I THINK HE COINED A HE COINED A NAME FOR ME AND MY WIFE, ROXANNE.
SO I THANK HIM FOR THAT. AND I AGREE THAT YOUR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ABILITY WAS HAS BEEN GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE ON COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. AND THIS IS FOR YOU IN THE LIBRARY.
HOW DID YOU GO THROUGH IT? DEFINITELY. I DEFINITELY HAVE TO START WEARING SOME HANDS.
LET'S SEE WHAT I GOT HERE. MY NAME IS A SWEATSHIRT.
OH. THAT'S NICE. I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THERE.
AND. NICE. AWESOME. AWESOME. AWESOME. CUP COZY AND AWESOME.
COUPLE OF THINGS. THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY, BRANDON, I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE SO I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK BACKWARDS THE WHOLE TIME.
SO SO THIS IS ACTUALLY. I'M REALLY JEALOUS OF THIS, ACTUALLY.
FROM. I WANT ONE OF THESE TWO. PRETTY NEAT. SO IT'S DOUBLE SIDED.
THIS IS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR BRANDON JONES WAY.
YEAH. SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. SO I DID WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR SERVICE STARTED BEFORE 2015 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH STARTED ON P AND Z AT THE SAME TIME.
I MET BRANDON WHEN WE WERE BOTH GETTING SWORN IN TO P AND Z AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU WILL BE MISSED. I THINK I'M STILL IN A LITTLE BIT OF DENIAL THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE NEXT YEAR, BUT YOU WILL BE VERY MISSED, AND WE WILL HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE FILL IN FOR YOUR EXCEL SKILLS.
AND WE HOPE AND AND WE HOPE TO SEE A LOT OF YOU STILL.
YEAH. I'LL BE HERE. YEAH. THANK YOU. I WANT ONE OF THESE SMALL GUYS.
I FEEL. LIKE I NEED TO WORK AT A TAX PLACE. YEAH.
THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO SPIN IT, RIGHT?
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RIGHT. I GUESS I'LL STAY UP HERE. I TRIED TO GET THEM TO ADD A ONE WAY TO THAT, BUT ANYHOW SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SMALL THINGS TO GIVE TO BRANDON. AND ONE STAFF CAME UP WITH THIS, I THINK IS A GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER JONES ALWAYS, ALWAYS REMINDED PEOPLE THAT HE HE NEVER GRADUATED CITIZENS UNIVERSITY.I JUST FEEL THAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S MONEY. THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
YOUR LEADERSHIP, VISION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT HAVE LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ON THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL, YOUR TIME AS MAYOR PRO TEM, AND YOUR TIRELESS CONTRIBUTIONS.
THIS IS PRESENTED WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE FROM THE ENTIRE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.
JUNE 2025. THANK YOU. NOW, COUNCIL ALL CHIPPED IN AND WE GOT YOU SOME MAJOR ADDITIONS TO YOUR BIG GREEN EGG, SO I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU OPEN THOSE, BUT ONE IS A WI-FI THERMOMETER THAT MANAGES ALL OF THE TEMPERATURES.
THE OTHER IS THE WI-FI THERMOMETER FOR THE MEAT.
AND THE LAST ITEM IS THE FAN, SO THAT YOU CAN CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF AIR GOING IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM, SO THAT I EXPECT TO HAVE AMAZING BRISKET ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW MY LOVE LANGUAGE. AND LASTLY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING? WOW.
SO NINE YEARS ON COUNCIL AND I FORGET WHAT 2013 WAS WHEN WE STARTED.
YOU KNOW, I THINK BACK TO THE YOU KNOW, THE OLD, COLLEGE COUNCIL WAS LIKE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR FREE? AND LO AND BEHOLD, IT WAS COUNCIL. BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I WAS WORKING FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND OUR GREAT TEXAS CONSTITUTION SAID, IF YOU WORK FOR A SCHOOL TEACHER AND NOT AND YOU'RE NOT A TEACHER, YOU CANNOT ACCEPT THE PAY. SO I DIDN'T. AND THE LAST THREE YEARS I WORKED FOR SMU.
AND SO INSTEAD OF TAKING I WASN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT BIG $50 WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE ANYWAY.
SO I DONATED TO TO THE UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY.
I'VE LOVED THE JOB. I'VE LOVED EVERYBODY I'VE WORKED WITH.
THE STAFF HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. I ALWAYS DEFEND THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME THERE WHEN THEY WHEN THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. BUT OUR STAFF WORKED DILIGENTLY TO GET STUFF DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS PEOPLE EITHER PRAISE OR TELL THE CITY COUNCIL YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS RIGHT.
WELL, AS YOU REMEMBER, COUNCIL, NO, I DON'T. I DON'T REMEMBER.
YOU KNOW, AS A WAY TO KIND OF PROMPT US LIKE, OKAY, GET THE MEMORY STICK BACK GOING. GET GOING.
BUT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL IS REALLY A RELAY RACE, AND YOU RUN YOUR LAPS, YOU RUN YOUR LAPS UNTIL YOUR LAPS, UNTIL IT'S TIME TO HAND THE BATON OFF.
I THINK IT'S ON TAP. AND I LOOKED AT CHRIS AND I'M LIKE, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO SELL THOSE? AND SURE ENOUGH, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING. AND THE CITY HAS JUST GROWN BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BETTER, AND WE'RE OUR OWN CITY. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE ANYBODY ELSE'S CITY. WE'RE TRYING TO BE OURSELVES. WE'RE RESPECTING THE PAST OF WHAT LEWISVILLE WAS AND TRYING TO MANAGE WHAT THE FUTURE, WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. AND I HOPE I'VE DONE PROUD BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
I HOPE I HAVEN'T DRIVEN THE STAFF TOO CRAZY. BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WANT TO THANK MAYOR GILMORE. WE'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL TOGETHER FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
WHEN HE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER. WHEN HE WAS IMPORTANT BACK THEN.
AND I WAS JUST THE MAYOR. BUT. AND I GIVE I GIVE HIM GRIEF ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO MISS THE MOST. YOU KNOW, LET ME GO BACK BEFORE COUNCIL.
LET ME GO BACK TO MY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING THAT I EVER ATTENDED.
I WAS UPSET ABOUT HAVING TO GO OUT WITH MY WIFE.
WELL, THEN MY FIANCE ALL THE TIME. WE HAD TO GO TO DALLAS SOMEWHERE TO GO EAT SOMEWHERE SPECIAL.
AND I CAME TO THE. I CAME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND I SAID, SOMEWHERE RIGHT OVER THERE. AND THE MEETING WASN'T VERY MUCH ATTENDED, AND YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYBODY BACK THERE BECAUSE THEY HAD THE BIG SCREEN BIG SCREENS BACK THERE.
THE ONLY PERSON I COULD SEE WAS MAYOR, BECAUSE HE'S ABOUT SIX, SIX, SEVEN.
ONE, THEY WERE BUILT INTO THREE RESTAURANTS OVER THERE WHERE THE CHURCH IS.
SO THE FIRST THOUGHT I HAD WAS, OH, IT'S A LOT GOING ON.
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MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. MAYBE I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. AND SO I DID.AND SO I CAME UP, I MET WHO WAS ON COUNCIL THEN NEIL FERGUSON, WHO I HELPED WITH HIS CAMPAIGN.
I MET LEROY VAUGHN. AND TAMARA GIVES ME A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL.
BUT THE GENESIS OF THAT IDEA WAS HIS. BECAUSE ONE OF YOUR ONE OF YOUR YAC MEMBERS SAID IT TODAY.
IT'S LIKE IT'S STUFF FOR ADULTS. IT'S STUFF FOR THE LITTLE KIDS, BUT IT'S NOT STUFF FOR US. THOSE ARE LITERALLY THE WORDS THAT LEROY SAID WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL. AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT IDEA AND I'M GOING TO RUN IT. I'M GOING TO GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE BECAUSE LEROY PASSED WHILE HE WAS ON COUNCIL. AND SO I TOOK THAT BATON AND I RAN IT FORWARD. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. I'M NOT LEAVING.
I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I'LL BE HERE. I'LL JUST BE CONVERTING BACK TO RESIDENTS.
SO I WILL BE GIVING THE COUNCIL GRIEF WHEN IT NEEDS IT.
BUT I RESPECT EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL. WE'VE HAD ALL KINDS OF PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS.
I REMEMBER BOB WHEN HE WAS THE ELIGIBLE BACHELOR BEFORE BOXING.
BEFORE SHE TOOK CHARGE. PATRICK IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MOST TRANSPARENCY AND THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THINGS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND HE'S NOT AFRAID TO HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND DO SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO SAY POLITICIANS DON'T DO. HE LISTENS. HE WILL FORMALLY.
HE WILL STILL HAVE HIS OWN IDEAS AND THOUGHTS, BUT HE'LL LISTEN TO IT AND HE'LL HEAL AT THAT END.
YOU KNOW, WILLIAM AND I ACTUALLY GO BACK TO DALLAS ISD.
WELL, HE DOESN'T WORK THERE, BUT WE'VE KNOWN WE'VE WORKED IN THE SAME BUILDING FOR A WHILE, AND ANYTHING CONSTRUCTION RELATED, WILLIAM IS ON IT.
SO THAT'S WHO I TURN TO ALL THE TIME. AND I, I HAD TO MAKE KRISTEN RUN BECAUSE CRYSTAL WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.
BUT KRISTEN, WHEN KRISTEN WAS ON PSC, WE HELD VERY FIRM TO WHAT THE IDEALS OF WHAT THE CITY WANTED TO DO, AND I WOULD, WHENEVER SHE SAID SOMETHING, I WOULD SIT THERE AND LISTEN.
SHE TALKED ABOUT, SHE LISTENED TO. I LISTENED TO CHRISTIAN. I'M LIKE, OKAY, WELL NO, THAT'S THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED HER OR HER OPINION, HER THOUGHTS ON THINGS AND HER HER ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS THAT SOME OF US, MYSELF, MISS SOMETIMES.
RONNI WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT RONNI? IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, DON'T ASK RONNIE CADE, BECAUSE RONNIE'S GOING TO LET YOU KNOW. AND SHE SHE SHE SHE GIVES YOU TO YOU FROM HER HEART.
SHE'S SHE'S A PERSON WHO'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THINGS. AND I RESPECT AND LOVE THAT ABOUT HER.
AND YOU KNOW, I AFFECTIONATELY CALL HER AUNTIE RONNIE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN RONNIE GETS GOING, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, DON'T SLOW DOWN. SHE'S LIKE, NO, NO, NO, I'M GONNA SAY I'M OKAY. BUT BUT NO, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HER. AND LIKE I SAID, TJ AND I GO BACK.
AND WE'RE NOT JUST COLLEAGUES, WE'RE REALLY FRIENDS.
AND I THINK IN A CITY WHERE WE'RE IN A COUNTRY RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE ALL THIS DIVIDE.
EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS HAS DIFFERENT POLITICAL BELIEFS, DIFFERENT BELIEFS IN LIFE, BUT WE ALL HAVE ONE GOAL, AND THAT'S A DO ABOUT RIGHT BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.
WE TAKE WE TAKE THE JOB SERIOUSLY, BUT NOT OURSELVES.
AND SO I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS HONOR. I'M VERY, VERY TOUCHED.
I WILL BE AROUND. I'LL BE COMPLAINING. I'LL FIND SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. BUT BUT NO.
NO, SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU GUYS. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT.
THANK YOU. OH, CLAIRE. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
NO, I'M NOT. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET MUSICIAN NAME THAT YOU'RE TOLD IN KANSAS CITY. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THAT NAME. NO, BUT CLAIRE WAS THE ONE PERSON I HIRED WHO WE HIRED THAT WAS IN THE BAG FOR CLAIRE THE WHOLE TIME.
AND AS LONG AS SHE WANTS TO BE HERE, WE NEED TO KEEP.
WE NEED TO KEEP HER AROUND BECAUSE SHE KEEPS THE CITY GOING.
AND SHE DOES IT WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE. I CAN'T, I CAN'T NOT SAY THAT NOW.
I'M DONE. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.
FOR GIVING ME ONE WITH YOU. OKAY, OKAY. YOU READY? YEP. ONE, TWO. I'M GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE. ONE.
TWO. THREE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
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ALL RIGHT, WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOU OUT HERE WHO WERE NOT EXPECTING TO COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING WITH ALL OF THIS.[E. Public Hearing]
SO WITH THAT BEING KEPT IN MIND, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING.IT'LL BE OUR NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA. SO E7 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 0428220N TO AMEND THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLAN SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT FIVE, BE THE REALM SUBDISTRICT CONCEPT PLAN.
THERE TWO 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 MCADAMS ON BEHALF OF BRICKELL LANDS, LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE NUMBER 24 042 PRS ORDINANCE NUMBER 042822 DASH ZONE ADOPTED A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR CASTLE HILLS, WHICH INCLUDED A CONCEPT PLAN AND REQUIRED A REZONING PROCESS FOR MAJOR AMENDMENTS TO THE CONCEPT PLAN. THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THIS AREA IS VAGUE, BUT INDICATES SEVERAL LOTS OR BUILDINGS AROUND A CUL DE SAC.
A SIMILAR REQUEST WAS DENIED ON AUGUST OF 2024.
SINCE THEN, MORE INFORMATION ON SIGHTLINES, TRAFFIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL BY A VOTE OF 4 TO 3 ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, SINCE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL, AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST THREE FOURTHS OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE CONTINUED TO THE MAY 19TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME TO PREPARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS RELATED TO THE SITE AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE MAY 19TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
NOW, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY SPEAK TONIGHT.
HOWEVER, COUNCIL IS GOING TO MOVE TO PUSH THIS TO THE 19TH, AS REQUESTED BY BY THE DEVELOPER.
SO WE WILL HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN ON THE 19TH.
SO THAT IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU WHETHER YOU WANT TO SAY EVERYTHING NOW AND SAY IT AGAIN NEXT TIME.
IT WILL BE PUSHED OFF UNTIL THE 19TH. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO READ A FEW ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.
JUST SO THAT WE HAVE THEM. LET'S SEE. BEAR WITH ME HERE.
SO I DO HAVE THE FOLLOWING CARDS REQUESTING TO MAKE THEIR OPINION KNOWN, BUT ASKED NOT TO SPEAK.
I HAVE TANYA LYNN, WHO IS IN OPPOSITION. I HAVE HERBERT BARTOK, WHO IS IN OPPOSITION.
I HAVE CHARLES HUMMER IN OPPOSITION. JOYCE LANDRY, OPPOSITION.
WILLIAM PRIEST OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGES. ZEHRA KHAN AND CARLOS RIVERA, OPPOSITION COREY JOHNSON, OPPOSITION. PATRICIA HOFF IN OPPOSITION, CACIQUE RODRIGUEZ IN OPPOSITION, AND SCOTT JOHNSON IN OPPOSITION. THESE WILL ALL BE PLACED INTO THE RECORD, SO WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE, AND COUNCIL WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE YOUR INFORMATION.
SO IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO YOU.
I DO ALSO HAVE WILLIAM HEPBURN, PAM BERGERON, LAWRENCE MCGUIRE.
ALL IN OPPOSITION. BRETT DOCKERY, WILLIAM PALMER.
MY APOLOGIES ON THAT. KAREN HAHN, NANCY HEPBURN, ALL IN OPPOSITION.
RENEE LAWSON, SUZANNE DUNNE, PHIL SMILEY AND JOHN.
ANY OPPOSITION? GARY O'DELL, DONNA VIDAL AND LADONNA PIPER ALL IN OPPOSITION.
I HAVE THE FOLLOWING EMAILS THAT CAME IN. FALCON GARCIA WITH AN E COMMENT IN OPPOSITION. COREY JOHNSON WITH AN E COMMENT IN OPPOSITION.
TRACY JACOBS OPPOSITION. LAWRENCE MAGUIRE IN OPPOSITION.
WILLIAM PRIEST IN OPPOSITION. AND CHRISTIAN GARCIA IN OPPOSITION VIA EMAIL.
WITH THAT, I DO HAVE. MISTER ERIC STANLEY, OF COURSE, IS HERE AND AVAILABLE TO SPEAK IF NEEDED.
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BUT OF COURSE HE HAS ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PUSHED BACK TO THE 19TH.AND THEN I HAVE THE FOLLOWING FOR REQUESTS TO SPEAK IN THE VISITORS FORUM.
ON E7. SO AGAIN, YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO SAY YOUR PIECE OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE 19TH.
MR. TOM ROCHE YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP TO THE AND TAKE YOUR TAKE YOUR.
OKAY. I NEED YOU TO COME TO THE TO THE FRONT AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SORRY. THOMAS ROACH, 28, 1200 KNIGHTS DRIVE.
GOTCHA. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A CARD FROM GEORGIA SMILEY.
SO GEORGIA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US. AND AGAIN, PLEASE NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
GEORGIA SMILEY 401 CROWN OF GOLD. SO WE ARE AS A RESIDENTIAL GROUP, WE ARE GOING TO DEFER ALL OF OUR SPEAKING TO THE MAY 19TH, SINCE YOU WILL NOT BE VOTING ON ANYTHING TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE YOUR TIME EITHER.
BUT I DO WANT I DO WANT TO ASK. THE FIRST QUESTION OF THE COUNCIL IS WE'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY OPPOSITIONS THAT YOU RECEIVED. IF WE COULD HAVE A COUNT OF THAT.
WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT GETS TO YOU. SHOULD THAT? SHOULD THEY GO STRAIGHT TO YOU? I'M SORRY. WHAT? WOULD YOU LIKE THAT SENT TO YOU? AND YOU COULD DISTRIBUTE.
YEAH. SO WE'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY YOU RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.
BUT THEN THE ONLY THING I DO WANT TO SAY TONIGHT IS.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF THE RESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? OKAY, SO WE DO COME IN FORCE.
WE DO ALL OPPOSE THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND WE WILL SPEAK IN DETAIL AT THE MAY 19TH MEETING.
I DO KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. Y'ALL CAN ALL SIT DOWN NOW.
AND I DO THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF WHY WE DON'T LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CASTLE HILLS.
IT'S ALL KIND OF TIED TO THIS ROUND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE A PART OF.
I DO WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE LEARNED THAT IF YOU ALL RECALL, BACK IN THE AUGUST 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT CASTLE HILLS NORTH AREA, THE REALM, AND THE P AND Z STAFF MR. LUEDKE WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND NUMEROUS COMMENTS WERE MADE ABOUT THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT WERE DONE.
BUT IN NUMEROUS SINCE 1996, TRAFFIC STUDIES WERE DONE.
WHAT THE PNC MEETING ON THE 15TH OF APRIL THAT I ATTENDED, WE PINNED THE PNC STAFF DOWN TO FIND OUT.
WHAT IS YOUR DATA POINT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES. WHAT IS YOUR DATA POINT ON THE TRAFFIC STUDIES? AND WHAT WE LEARNED IN THAT APRIL 15TH MEETING WAS THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT THEY'RE USING AND THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IS FROM 2014.
AND I THINK WE ALL BASED PEOPLE BASED DECISIONS ON THAT.
THEY HAVE TRAFFIC STUDIES. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING SOME NEW TRAFFIC STUDIES, BUT I THINK IT'S DECEITFUL THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER ALL KNEW THAT THOSE TRAFFIC STUDIES WERE DONE IN 2014, AND THOSE ARE NOT.
A LOT HAS CHANGED IN 11 YEARS FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES IN AND AROUND THE REALM AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S VERY DECEITFUL. BUT ANYWAY, THE REST OF OUR COMMENTS, WE WILL DEFER TO THE MAY 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND SEE ALL AT MAY 19TH, BUT THANK YOU. WE JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO SEE THAT WE ARE VERY OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT OF THAT THREE AND A HALF ACRES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN CAN CAN I? IS IT TO HER IN SPECIFIC? OKAY. MISS SMILEY, WOULD YOU MIND? ARE YOU OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL? LIKE, FOR EVERYTHING. YOU JUST WANT IT AS IS.
OR ARE YOU OPPOSED TO THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT?
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WE'RE SPEAKING OPPOSITION DIRECTLY TO THE 3.459 ACRES, THE FIVE STORY BUILDING.THAT'S WHAT WE'RE OPPOSED TO. OKAY. SO YOU'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT ACRE.
YOU'RE OPPOSED TO THE FIVE STORY BUILDING. WE'RE OPPOSED TO THE FIVE STORY BUILDING.
WE'RE GREAT. IF HE WANTS TO PUT THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH WE'RE EIGHT SINGLE STORY PADS, EIGHT SINGLE STORY PAD SITES ON THAT. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN THAT HE HAD TO PUT TOGETHER FOR TO GET HIS PD OR WHATEVER THE PROCESS WAS. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE EGREGIOUS.
AND ON THE PRIVACY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE RESERVE CUL DE SAC.
BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FIVE STORY BUILDING THAT WE REROUTED, PARKER ROAD, THE TRAIN GOES UNDER, PARKER ROAD GOES OVER, AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A FIVE STORY BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST 60 FOOT TALL JUST THERE.
TELL ME HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK DOWN ONTO THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE JUST VERY EGREGIOUS AS FAR AS PRIVACY GOES.
SO WE'RE OPPOSED TO THE FIVE STORY BUILDING. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO HIM DEVELOPING SOMETHING ON THERE, BUT NOT FIVE STORIES, NOT WHEN IT'S IN YOUR BACKYARD.
AND KNOWING THAT ALL OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. THAT ELEVATION OF THAT FIVE STORY, THE ALL THE TRAIN GOES UNDER PARKER ROAD WAS BUILT WAY UP AND THAT ELEVATION IS VERY TALL. AND YOU'RE GOING TO STICK A 60 FOOT BUILDING ON TOP OF THAT THAT IS VERY INVASIVE, NOT ONLY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT TO THE NORTH ACROSS.
SO THANK YOU. ANYWAY, I ALSO HAVE REQUESTS TO SPEAK FROM RICK VIDAL.
GOOD EVENING. IT'S RICK VIDAL, 28 OH, 100 NIGHTS DRIVE.
AND I WANT TO THANK GEORGIA FOR HER COMMENTS.
THANK YOU SIR. THAT IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF AN EXISTING HOME AND AN EXISTING FIVE STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE REALM.
JUST OFF OF 121. AND THERE'S NO TRICKERY THERE THAT'S SHOT WITH THE 50 MILLIMETER LENS ON A 35 MILLIMETER CAMERA, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST PERSPECTIVE TO THE HUMAN EYE.
SO IT GIVES YOU A GOOD DEPTH OF FIELD FEEL FOR WHAT THAT IS.
SO YOU'RE DOING THIS AND THEY'RE DOING THAT. SO MAY I ASK YOU SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM. THE GROUND LEVEL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ELEVATION IS EQUAL.
THEY'RE THE SAME. IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE.
SO IT'S THE SAME FROM THE GROUND UP. RICHARD, WHAT IS THE ELEVATION OF THE GROUND LEVEL IN REFERENCE TO THE RAILROAD TRACK AND TO PARKER ROAD AND STUFF? IT'S NOT THE SAME LEVEL. I BELIEVE THE RAILROAD TRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 20FT.
I'M KIND OF GUESSING RIGHT NOW, BUT DOESN'T IT GO DOWN INTO A BOWL? IT GOES DOWN, THEN IT COMES BACK UP. AND THEN PARKER ROAD THAT IS, IS ELEVATED EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT.
SO THIS THIS I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS FIVE STORY BUILDING.
IT'S NOT ON THE SAME PLANE AS THE HOUSES. IT'S DOWN.
NO. IS THAT NOT UP? I THINK IT'S CURRENTLY ABOUT THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER, BUT THE PLANS, YOU KNOW THE SITE WOULD NEED TO BE GRADED AND ENGINEERED.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE DESIGN IS GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT DOWN SOMEWHAT.
AND SO THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE BETWEEN ME AND THAT BUILDING SITE.
THE BUILD THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE ABOUT 15FT DEPRESSED BELOW GRADE.
SO WE DON'T WE DON'T LITERALLY. THE TRACKS ARE FROM ME TO YOU IN, IN MY DRIVEWAY.
I CAN'T SEE THE TRAINS, SO IT'S THAT LOW. BUT THE BUILDING SITE IS 15FT HIGHER THAN ME.
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JUST TO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE. SO THE PLANS ARE TO EXCAVATE THAT IN WHICH WAY THE FINISHED FLOOR WOULD BE BROUGHT DOWN.THE THE THE CURRENT ELEVATION IS THE REMNANTS OF THE OLD ROADBED THAT USED TO GO THROUGH OLD 544, SO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE SITE. AGAIN, THE SITE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ENGINEERING SITE, PLAN TO ESTABLISH A FINISHED FLOOR, AND I BELIEVE SOME PRELIMINARY STUDIES SHOWING THAT FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION WILL BE LOWER THAN WHAT THAT GROUND LEVEL IS TODAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ALSO TOUCHED ON WHAT GEORGE SAID.
WE DON'T OPPOSE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PLOT. I MEAN, IT'S HIS PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SAY NO. YOU CANNOT BUILD THERE.
WHAT WE DO OPPOSE IS BUILDING A FIVE STORY APARTMENT BUILDING LITERALLY IN OUR BACKYARD.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
COUNSEL. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE MAY 19TH COUNCIL.
MOVE TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE MAY 19TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE.
I BELIEVE THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, BUT MY SCREEN HAS DISAPPEARED.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK UP TO ITEM E ONE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION.
LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TIMBER CREEK ACRES LOCK ONE, BLOCK C, LOCATED AT 1010 TIMBER CREEK DRIVE.
ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 18,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.
CASE NUMBER 25 022 SUP. THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 1010 TIMBER CREEK DRIVE, PROPOSES A CONSTRUCTION OF A GARAGE AND WORKSHOP THAT EXCEEDS 800FT², WHICH REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, AND IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE TO SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. MR. RICHARD LUEDKE IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS? COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND COUNCIL. PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN IN THE CAT.
I HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ACCESSORY BUILDING OVER 800FT² ON APPROXIMATELY 0.54 ACRES, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TIMBER CREEK ACRES ADDITION LOT ONE, BLOCK C, LOCATED AT 1010 TIMBER CREEK DRIVE AND ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 18,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT R 18 DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEAL OR SEVERABILITY PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM E TO PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT R 7.5 DISTRICT ON 0.29 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT FOUR E BLOCK TEN MCKENZIE HEMBREE ADDITION, LOCATED AT 674 HARDY STREET, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. CASE NUMBER 20 502-5Z.
THE CITY INITIATED REQUEST IS BASED ON INPUT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS IN THE MCKENZIE HEMBREE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH THE FAMILY OF THE RECORD OWNERS OF 674 HARDY STREET. THE PROPERTY WAS PART OF 28 ACRES REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN 1974.
THE LOT IS CURRENTLY VACANT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, SAID NOTHING ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, AND IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE, WE HAVE MR. RICHARD LUEDKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS IS NOW OPEN. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
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HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCIL IF YOU PLEASE VOTE. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 0.29 ACRES OF LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS MCKENZIE HEMBREE ADDITION, LOT FOUR, BLOCK TEN, LOCATED AT 674 HARDY STREET FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ZONING TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7500 SQUARE FOOT.
LOT R 7.5 DISTRICT ZONING CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.
PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE WELFARE OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEAL OR SEVERABILITY OF PENALTY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ITEM THREE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 2400 SQUARE FOOT LOT OR 75 DISTRICT ON 0.11 ACRES, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE C BLOCK NINE MCKENZIE HEMBREE ADDITION, LOCATED AT 635 WILLOW STREET, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. CASE 25 021Z.
THE PROPERTY WAS PART OF 28 ACRES REZONED FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN 1974. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. MISTER RICHARD LUEDKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IF THERE IS NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND CITY ATTORNEY.
IN ADDITION. SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE. ADDITION LOT ONE, C, BLOCK NINE, LOCATED AT 635 WILLOW STREET FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT DISTRICT ZONING TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT R-7.56 ZONING.
CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP. PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. DETERMINING THAT THE ZONING AMENDMENT HERE AND MADE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY. PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALING SEVERABILITY AND A PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM FOUR PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 2500 SQUARE FOOT LOT DISTRICT ARE 7.51.21 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT ONE, BLOCK NINE MACKENZIE HENRY ADDITION, LOCATED AT 630 WILLOW STREET, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. CASE 20 502-4Z.
THE CITY INITIATED REQUEST IS BASED ON INPUT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS IN THE MACKENZIE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH THE FAMILY OF THE RECORD OWNER OF 630 WILLOW STREET. THE PROPERTY WAS PART OF 28 ACRES REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN 1974.
THE LOT IS CURRENTLY VACANT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AT SEVEN TO NOTHING ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, AND IS RECOMMENDED. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. MR. RICHARD LUEDKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 0.21 ACRES OF LAND, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF MCKENZIE HEMBREE ADDITION, LOT ONE, D BLOCK NINE, LOCATED AT 630 WILLOW STREET FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT DISTRICT ZONING TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT R-7.5 DISTRICT ZONING CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.
PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. DETERMINING THAT THE ZONING AMENDMENT HERE AND MADE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEAL OR SEVERABILITY OF PENALTY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM FIVE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 70 500 SQUARE FOOT LOT R 7.5 DISTRICT 1.45 ACRES. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS A PORTION OF LOT FOUR, BLOCK THREE MCKENZIE HEMBREE ADDITION, LOCATED AT 629 HARDY STREET, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE. CASE 25 0220.
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THE CITY INITIATED REQUEST IS BASED ON INPUT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS IN THE MCKENZIE HENRY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH THE FAMILY OF THE RECORD OWNER OF 629 HARDY STREET. THE PROPERTY WAS PART OF 28 ACRES REZONED FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IN 1974.THE PROPERTY CONTAINS TWO TRACKS AND A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, AND IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. RICHARD LUEDKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, CAN ONE OF US EXPLAIN OUT THERE WHAT ALL IS GOING ON IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? I WILL BUTTON IT UP AT THE END. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND.
COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES.
SIX TO NOTHING. COUNCIL WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
MOVE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY 0.45 ACRES OF LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS MCKENZIE HEMBREE ADDITION, LOT FOUR, BLOCK THREE, LOCATED AT 629 HARDY STREET FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ZONING TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT R-7.5 DISTRICT ZONING CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.
PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. DETERMINING THAT THE ZONING THAT THE ZONING AMENDMENT HEAR AND MADE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY. PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEAL OR SEVERABILITY OF PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
HERE, COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES.
WHY ARE THEY MISSING? THERE WE GO. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT. SO JUST FOR BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM AND THEY WERE ALL VERY SIMILAR.
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAD REACHED OUT BECAUSE THEY WANTED MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WOULD INFRINGE ON THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT GOT CHANGED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. BACK IN 74.
SO THAT'S WHY THE CHANGE GIVES THEM MORE AUTONOMY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR THEIR OUTREACH. AND WE APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK ON CLEANING THAT ALL UP.
ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 042822.
LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WINTER HAVEN PARKWAY AND LADY TESLA AVENUE.
ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT. MULTIFAMILY THREE LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS DISCOVERY AT THE REALM ADDITION.
PHASE TWO, BLOCK A LOT TWO AS REQUESTED BY MCADAMS ON BEHALF OF BRECKLAND LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER.
CASE NUMBER 2501 TWO. THIS REQUEST AMENDS THE CONCEPT PLAN ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 042822 DASH ZONE, TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH A STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE IN LIEU OF A MULTIFAMILY FACILITY WITH SURFACE PARKING.
THE UNITS WILL COUNT TOWARDS A MULTIFAMILY CAP ESTABLISHED IN THE CASTLE HILLS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. THE REQUEST DOES NOT PROPOSE ANY CHANGES TO THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL SEVEN TO NOTHING ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, AND IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. RICHARD LUEDKE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO HAVE MR. ERIC STANLEY AVAILABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE IN SUPPORT IF NEEDED.
COUNSEL. IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH, DID WE HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT DID WE WANT THEM TO SHOW US? WE WANT TO SHOW THAT. SURE. THE COUNCIL WILL BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT.
I DID PULL THREE IMAGES THAT MIGHT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS LAID OUT.
GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. OKAY. ON THIS IMAGE, THIS IS THE THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE THE REALM SUBDISTRICT OF CASTLE HILLS.
THE AREA IN PINK IS THE AREA OF ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE THE SEVEN ACRE SITE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WIND HAVEN PARKWAY AND LADY TASSEL. NOW, THE LARGER AREA IN BLUE IS THE AREA THAT WAS APPROVED FOR A COUNCIL PLAN AMENDMENT ON NOVEMBER 4TH OF 2024. AND WHAT THAT DID THAT ADDED THE TOWNHOME AREA HERE NORTH OF LADY TESLA, AND IT REARRANGED SOME OF THE MULTIFAMILY WITH WITH A MORE DEFINED, FIND OPEN SPACE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF LADY TO SALA, THEN FINALLY IN THE AREA SHOWN IN YELLOW. NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE IMAGE IS WAS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
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THAT WAS CONTINUED TO THE MAY 19TH MEETING. NOW I'VE GOT SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS.SO THE CURRENT CONCEPT. THIS IS A LITTLE GRAINY.
IT IS BLACK AND WHITE. I DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO ANY OUTLINING, BUT THIS IS THE SEVEN ACRE SITE, 7.46 ACRE SITE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ALL SURFACE PARKING.
THIS IS A PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN IN IN CASTLE HILLS, PARTICULARLY THE REALM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WHITE AREAS ARE THE PARKING AREAS, AND IT APPEARS TO BE IN AN ARRANGEMENT OF ABOUT EIGHT GARDEN STYLE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS. AND I WILL CLOSE THIS ONE OUT TO SHOW YOU THE AFTER OR THE PROPOSED.
BLESS YOU. SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED. SO IT'LL BE MORE IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THAT AREA.
AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND MINIMIZE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE SO YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE IMAGE.
SO YOU'LL SEE A A STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE NEAR THE CENTER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A COURTYARD SURROUNDED BY UNITS ON THE NORTHERN SIDE.
SO MORE OF A URBAN, LARGER SCALE BUILDING, MORE WALKABLE REALLY KIND OF CONCEALS THE PARKING.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE AN ARRANGEMENT THAT IS A LOT MORE POPULAR NOWADAYS.
AND SO, RICHARD, WHAT ON THE THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE AND IT HAS THE BUILDING KIND OF HAS TO IS THAT TWO LITTLE COURTYARD AREAS THERE AND. YES, HERE AND HERE. YES. OKAY. THIS IS THE ACTUAL BUILDING RIGHT IN HERE.
OKAY. AND THOSE WOULD BE OPEN COURTYARD AREAS WHERE THE UNITS FACE.
OKAY. SO THIS IS GOING BASICALLY FROM A GARDEN STYLE TO A A FIVE STORY, AN URBAN WRAP.
YES. WITH A IS THAT A POOL? IT COULD BE A POOL.
AND AGAIN, THE CONCEPT PLAN DOESN'T REALLY GET THAT DETAILED.
I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A POOL.
ALMOST ALL OF THESE URBAN WRAP STYLE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE HAVE A POOL AREA AND MULTIPLE OTHER AREAS DESIGNATED FOR THE RESIDENTS AS AMENITIES. RICHARD, I APPRECIATE TREMENDOUSLY YOU PULLING THESE TOGETHER KIND OF LAST MINUTE, JUST SO I COULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO, I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
CAN YOU BRING THAT BACK UP, PLEASE, RICHARD? SURE.
THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. YES, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST CURIOSITY.
AND THERE'S NOT A RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER. I'M JUST CURIOUS. THAT DOG PARK THAT COMES UP FAIRLY OFTEN IN CASTLE HILLS IS THAT A PUBLIC DOG PARK? IS THAT SPECIFICALLY AN AMENITY FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX? TYPICALLY IT'S AN AMENITY, BUT THAT WILL BE UP TO THE DEVELOPER.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY AMENDING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 0428220 AND TO AMEND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLAN SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT FIVE, BE THE REALM SUBDISTRICT CONCEPT PLAN.
PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
DETERMINING THAT THE ZONING AMENDMENT HERE AND MADE PROMOTES THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALING SEVERABILITY, A PENALTY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
COUNCIL, IF YOU PLEASE, VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU, MR. STANLEY. ALL. VISITORS, CITIZENS
[F. Visitor/Citizens Forum]
[02:25:07]
FORUM SPEAKERS MUST ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR, RATHER THAN TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. SPEAKERS SHOULD SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THEIR REMARKS. SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES FOR TESTIMONY. SPEAKERS MAKING PERSONAL, IMPOTENT, PROFANE, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. UNAUTHORIZED REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE. STAMPING OF FEET, WHISTLES, SHIELDS, CLAPPING, AND SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. ACTION CAN ONLY BE TAKEN AT A FUTURE MEETING. I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR THE VISITORS FORUM FOR MR..ERNEST LINDBERG. MR.. NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR.
MY NAME IS ERNEST WEINBERGER, AND I LIVE AT 1701 WEST POINT DRIVE IN CARROLLTON, TEXAS.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I REALLY ENJOYED VISITING WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND SEEING SO MUCH.
IT WAS A LOT MORE THAN THE BUSINESS MEETING THAT I BARGAINED FOR, AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE THE PERSONAL SIDE OF ALL OF YOU, BUT I'LL HOPEFULLY MY REMARKS SHARE SOME OF THAT EMPHASIS.
SO I'M ERNEST WEINBERGER, A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER LIVING IN DENTON COUNTY, A 29 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AND A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR A SEAT IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I HOLD EACH OF YOU IN VERY HIGH REGARD AS OFFICEHOLDERS WITHIN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, AND FOR THE GOOD YOU MANAGE FOR YOUR FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M ON THE BOARD FOR SPANN MEALS ON WHEELS OF DENTON COUNTY.
WITH THESE ACTIVITIES AND OTHERS, I WORK TO PUT PEOPLE'S NEEDS FIRST.
I THINK YOU DO THE SAME. MY INTENTION IS TO BECOME YOUR NEXT CONGRESSMAN IN THE U.S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY WAY OF THE 2026 ELECTION CYCLE.
MY MOTIVATION IS TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO FURTHER MY AWARENESS OF THE SUCCESSES AND NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
MY EARS ARE OPEN. I'M LOOKING AND LISTENING. YOUR INPUT IS WELCOME AND APPRECIATED.
IF I CAN BE OF ANY HELP OR SERVICE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE GROWING DISRUPTION TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND SUPPORT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR SENIORS, VETERANS, THE ECONOMICALLY LESS FORTUNATE, AND THE BASIC FRAMEWORK OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
AS YOU KNOW, BUILDING SOLID INFRASTRUCTURE TAKES MONEY, TIME AND EFFORT.
OUR COMMUNITY IS REACTING AND REJECTING THE ACTIONS THEY SEE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL THAT DEGRADE OUR INTRICATE SOCIAL SAFETY NET AND HARM OUR NATIONAL REPUTATION. I BELIEVE IN SETTING ASIDE PARTY POLITICS AND WORKING TOGETHER TO DO ALL THAT IS IN OUR POWER TO SERVE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, STARTING WITH THOSE LESS FORTUNATE.
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO SERVE IN ORGANIZATIONS WITH HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS AND VALUES THAT MAKE SENSE IN ALL PARTS OF LIFE, NOT JUST WORK, RESPECT AND INCLUSION. HEALTH AND SAFETY.
USING RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION.
AVOIDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND PROVIDING A RESPECTFUL AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
I SALUTE YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO WORK TO THESE STANDARDS.
I'M ERNEST WEINBERGER, A VETERAN, A NEIGHBOR, AN ENGINEER, AND A CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
[G. Consent Agenda]
CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SELF-EXPLANATORY BY THE COUNCIL, AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS, UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WILL REQUEST FOR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF THE ITEM. SPEAKER, CARD OR COMMENT MUST BE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY. I HAVE NO REQUEST FOR REMOVAL, SO COUNCIL I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL IF YOU PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM H REGULAR HEARING NUMBER 15. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
[H. Regular Hearing]
THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS. APPOINTING A PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL TO REPLACE COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDON JONES AND PROVIDING, FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO ALLOCATE SEATS ON THE COUNCIL BY REGION AND CITY POPULATION.[02:30:04]
WHO SERVES ON THE GOVERNING BODY THEY REPRESENT.THIS CLUSTER IS CURRENT PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE RTC IS COUNCIL MEMBER BRANDON JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES DID NOT RUN FOR REELECTION AND THUS SHALL NO LONGER SERVE ON THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL. UPON THE ELECTION OF HIS SUCCESSOR. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING A PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE RTC AS SET FORTH IN THE CAPTION ABOVE. AND THEN WE NEED A DATE FOR THAT.
THAT WOULD BE. WE GOT AN IDEA ON THAT. ARE YOU TALKING? SO WHEN HE HE WHEN HE STOPS BEING ON IT. I'M ASSUMING, COUNCILMEMBER JONES, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP.
YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP ATTENDING UNTIL YOU'RE THE THE LAST.
SORRY. THE LAST MEETING WILL BE THAT I WILL. WHEN IS WHEN IS THE ELECTION TO RUN OFF? ELECTION IN SEVEN. SO THERE WILL BE A MEETING ON THE 12TH SO I CAN STAY ON UNTIL I CAN DO THE MAY MEETING.
THE MAIN MEETING. OKAY, SO THERE'S NO MAIN MEETING FOR RTC.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THERE'S NO MAY. SO REALLY CAN BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
SO IT COULD BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED A DATE.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL I TALKED WITH COUNCILMEMBER JONES OR NOT COUNCILMEMBER JONES.
COUNCILMEMBER GREEN I'M STARING DOWN THAT THAT SIDE AND I GOT YOU TWO MIXED UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID AND COUNCILMEMBER MERIDITH BOTH BOTH HAD EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST, BUT ALSO THERE WAS A LOT OF CALENDAR JUGGLING THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO DO STARTING IN JUNE, SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE THAT ON.
IF IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES. ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? I'M READY FOR A MOTION. OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING MAYOR T.J.
SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND COUNCIL VOTE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, ITEM I REPORTS.
[I. Reports]
REPORTS ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST REGARDING WHICH NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.WE'RE GOING TO START TO MY RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER MERIDITH.
NO REPORTS. COUNCILMEMBER. NO REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK WORD FOR COUNCILMAN JONES.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CITY ATTORNEY SWAG, SO I COULDN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING.
BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN AMAZING WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'VE MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION ON ME, AND I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.
CITY SECRETARY. OFFICER. THANK YOU. NOTHING. ANYTHING.
NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. I KNOW WE GOT A LAKE LEVEL.
WE ABSOLUTELY DO. THANKS TO THE RECENT RAIN, WE'RE BACK UP TO 100% FULL.
OH, WOW. OH, OKAY. NOTHING. GINA. CHIEF. CHIEF, JUST REAL QUICK.
NOT SO MUCH REPORT, BUT ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THE ABOUT EVERY YEAR.
ABOUT THIS TIME. STACY HAS TO WALK ME BACK FROM THE LEDGE REGARDING THE NO MO ZONES.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE ONE OUT ON GARDEN RIDGE.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. SO ANYWAY, TAKE IT, TAKE A LOOK.
MAYBE SOME OTHER PLACE WE GOT TO LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE ONE ON GARDEN RIDGE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO LOOK AT. SO GET OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ONE GOOD CHANCE. I JUST I FEEL LIKE INSTEAD OF DOING BLUEBONNET PICTURES, WE NEED TO DO THE INDIAN BLANKET PICTURES BECAUSE THEY ARE SO AMAZING ON THE NORTH END.
AND I WILL SAY VALLEY RIDGE IS ON ITS WAY TO BECAUSE IT IT IS BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
VERY NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME AND I THINK I'VE REACHED MY WORD LIMIT IN THIS MEETING.
SO NO, NO REPORT. I'VE SAID ENOUGH TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER KATE.
YES. I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
THE LAST 14 DAYS HAVE BEEN LIFE CHANGING AND LIFE IMPACTING FOR OUR DEAR FRIEND MISS MITCHELL AND OTHERS BEHIND THE SCENES. EVERY DAY SINCE THE 21ST, SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO SOMEBODY.
I AM SO PROUD OF THE CITY THAT I LIVE IN. Y'ALL STEPPED UP.
YOU STEPPED OUT. IN THE ADORATION AND PRAYERS AND LOVE THAT WERE SENT.
[02:35:02]
JUST TRULY UNBELIEVABLE. AND SHE VERY MUCH DESERVED THAT.AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED STANDING IN THE GAP IN THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.
HAS IT DOWN TO A WELL OILED MACHINE. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I THINK. IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THAT ONE BECAUSE IT WAS A ROUGH WEEK.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY AND HOW EVERYBODY PULLED TOGETHER.
IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. IT WAS I WAS PROUD, PROUD TO BE A VERY, VERY SMALL PART OF THAT.
SO YES, THE WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
QUITE FRANKLY, MOST OF YOUR PLANTS DON'T NEED ANY WATERING AT THIS TIME OF YEAR ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH OF IT. BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING WHY, THE REASON WHY IS PRETTY SIMPLE. BECAUSE THE LAKE IS NOT AN INFINITE RESOURCE, AND WE HAVE TO MANAGE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO WE WILL HAVE IT TOMORROW. WITH THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[K. Closed Session]
SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SUBCHAPTER D, SECTION 551 .071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ACT, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 394 .01 AND THE ASSOCIATED TAX EXEMPTION, SECTION 551 .072. REAL ESTATE PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND SECTION 551 .087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
WE'RE IN CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK IN A REGULAR SESSION.
[L. Reconvene]
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY OR HER DESIGNEE TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE PROPER APPLICATION OF THE TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ACT AND THE ASSOCIATED TAX EXEMPTIONS. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION.AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. SO THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.