Jun 09, 2022 P&Z Commission

HERE WE GO

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[1. Call to Order.]

LET

[2. Roll Call.]

[3. Director’s report to the Planning & Zoning Commission on actions taken by the City Council at the June 2, 2022, meeting.]

UM, GOOD EVENING.

I'M REPORTING ON ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE JUNE 2ND MEETING ON ITEMS THAT WERE FORWARDED FROM THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

UM, THEY COMPLETED THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE, UM, 50 HIGH GABRIEL EAST SONIN CASE AND APPROVED IT AS WELL AS THE CASE ON, ON HERO WAY THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL.

THEY ALSO APPROVED THAT ONE AND 8 0 5 SOUTH BAGHDAD, MINOR PUD.

UM, AND THEY CONDUCTED THE FIRST, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NIGHT PUD.

UM, THEY DID APPROVE THE REQUEST AND THEY DID REMOVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO LIMIT THE USES AS WELL AS, UM, NOT ALLOW THE WAIVER TO THE GARAGE STANDARDS.

AND THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT.

YOU MEAN DAN ALLOWED THE WAIVER FRUIT, THE GARAGE.

I SAID THAT BACKWARDS.

THANK YOU, MRS. GRIFFIN.

I HAVE FORUMS REVIEW THE

[4. Review of meeting protocol.]

IF YOU REFER TO THE WALL, THE MONITOR ON THE WALL, IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE GO ABOUT CONDUCTING OUR MEETINGS.

AND FIVE IS CITIZENS COMMENTS.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I WILL ALLOW ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SENOR, WISHING TO SPEAK.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON ALL IN FAVOR? OH, IT WAS CARPET, SORRY.

COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BASICALLY THAT SAYS COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.

I DON'T WANT HER MAD AT ME, MOVES ONTO KNOW 11

[11. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-012 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to adopt the 500 Heritage Grove Road PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district of HC-4-D (Heavy Commercial) on two parcels of land approximately 44.385 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031642 and R031640; and commonly known as 500 Heritage Grove Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-012 as described above. Staff Presentation Applicant Presentation Open Public Hearing Close Public Hearing Discussion Consider Action]

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCELS ARE 0 3 1 6 4 2 AND R 0 3 1 6 4 0 AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 500 HERITAGE GROVE ROAD, LEANDRA, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS STAFF PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OR TONIGHT IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ZONING PROCESS.

THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION CONCURRENTLY WITH HIS, UH, ZONING REQUEST, UH TONIGHT'S TO CHANGE THE ASSIGNED ZONING DISTRICT OF THEIR PROPERTY IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS HEAVY COMMERCIAL.

UM, THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROHIBITED SEVERAL USES AS THIS IS A PUD AND WE'LL COVER THOSE IN MORE DETAIL, UH, IN, IN A FEW MINUTES.

SO IT WAS SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS, UH, AS STATED THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO, UH, AN ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY IS REQUIRED WHEN THE PROPERTY DEVELOPS AND IS ASSIGNED TO BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF INTERIM S F R ONE B THE ANNEXATION REQUEST 22 8 0 0 4 WILL BE REVIEWED CONCURRENTLY WITH THESE ZONING REQUEST.

UH, SO TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE, UH, THE ZONING REQUEST TO THE NORTH IS ETJ ZONING.

THEY ARE UNDEVELOPED AND LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST IS H C FOUR C AND H I FIVE D.

UM, THAT IS UNDEVELOPED AT THE MOMENT AND WILL BE A FUTURE INDUSTRIAL USE TO THE SOUTH, UH, ACROSS THE STREET.

UM, HERITAGE GROVE IS A PUD WITH A SINGLE FAMILY.

RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO THE WEST IS ALSO SINGLE FAMILY, UH, COMPACT, UH, SFC TO BE.

UM, SO THE SUBJECT TRACK IS PRIMARILY BOUND BY RESIDENTIAL WITH, UH, PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH BEING LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL WITHIN THE ETJ TO THE EAST IS AN UNDEVELOPED FUTURE INDUSTRIAL PROJECT, WHICH WE HAVE SITE PLANS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW TO THE SOUTH ACROSS HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IS THE RESERVE AT NORTH FORK SUBDIVISION AND TO THE WEST IS HAVEN OAKS SUBDIVISION THE PROPERTY WELL, REAL QUICK CHANGE TO AN

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THE PROPERTY DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY FLOOD PLAIN, UH, IN IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD THERE'S HEAVY TREE COVER TO THE NORTH OF THE TRACT AND WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE SITE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROCESS.

THIS PROJECT, UH, WAS KEPT IN THE ETJ WITH A FUTURE ANNEXATION REQUEST AND ZONING ASSIGNMENT AT TIME OF DEVELOPMENT PER THE EXECUTED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO, YOU SAW TWO, UH, ZONING CASES IN JANUARY 14TH, 2021.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONING CASE NUMBER 20 DASH C DASH.

YOU WERE AT THREE FIVE, WHICH REQUESTED A ZONING CHANGE FROM INTERIM SFR, ONE B UH, TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL HC FIVE D THE APPLICANT WITHDREW THE REQUEST, UH, IN JANUARY 21ST, UH, I BELIEVE AT CITY COUNCIL, UM, JULY 22ND, UH, 2021, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARD AN ADDITIONAL REZONING REQUEST ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, AND CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONING CASE NUMBER 21 DASH THE DESK 0 2 1.

AND IT ALSO CONTAINED THE CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT 21 DASH CPA DASH ZERO THREE, WHICH REQUESTED TO DEVELOP THE SITE AS A SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED RESIDENTIAL.

IT WAS A MIXTURE OF SFC TO A SINGLE FAMILY, COMPACT AND SFU TWO, A THE REQUEST WAS DENIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF 2021.

THIS PROPERTY HAS ACCESS ONTO HERITAGE GROVE, WHICH IS A COLLECTOR ROAD PER OUR, UH, THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

UH, THIS PROPERTY INCLUDES POTENTIAL RIGHT AWAY, DEDICATION ALONG HERITAGE GROVE ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUATION OF AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK, UH, EASTWARD AT THE TIME OF CONCEPT PLAN SUBMIT ALL THE APPLICANT WILL SUBMIT EITHER A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OR A FEE IN LIEU OF THE TA AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER.

THE PROC PITY HAS ACCESS TO BOTH SEWER AND WATER UTILITIES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IS PROPERLY, IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL AS STATED EARLIER, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH BOTH PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO DISCUSS THE PRESENTED PROJECT TONIGHT.

SO NOTIFICATIONS IN MAY, UH, 19TH PUBLIC NOTICE, UH, TO THE HILL COUNTRY NEWS WAS POSTED, UM, MAY 25TH.

THE MAILING NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET WERE SENT OUT AND PUBLIC HEARING SIGNAGE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY TO ADVERTISE ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING MEETINGS TONIGHT AND FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, TONIGHT WILL BE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND STATED, UM, CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ON THE 7TH OF JULY, UH, THE FIRST, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND, UH, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON JULY 21ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IN ADDITION TO THE NOTICES MAILED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT FELL WITHIN 200 FEET, THE AGENT REACHED OUT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS OF PROPERTY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY OR ANY PROPERTIES USED AS SINGLE FAMILY WITHIN 500 FEET, UH, PER OUR COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE.

ANY HOA, UH, LOCATED IN 500 FEET WERE ALSO CONTACTED.

SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAD AS ATTACHMENT NINE, THERE ARE FOUR REPORT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH.

UH, MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WERE HELD, UH, BY THE APPLICANT AS OUTLINED IN ATTACHMENT NINE.

UH, THERE WAS OPPOSITION TO COMMERCIAL NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION FROM, UH, THE HAVEN OAKS COMMUNITY.

AND THE FOLLOWING CHANGES WERE MADE TO ISSUE, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

UH, THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING A 55 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK, UH, ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE, THERE WILL BE A RESTRICTION OF SEVERAL USES, UH, PER THEIR PUD AND ACCESS WILL BE PROHIBITED WHERE JUDD ALLEN WAY CURRENTLY DEAD ENDS TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY.

THE ZONING REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF EMPLOYMENT CENTER, AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS PLACED THE BELOW HIGHER STANDARDS ON THE TRACK TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH CONCERNS.

THERE WAS AN ADDITION OF PROHIBITED USES AS OUTLINED IN THE PUD, AND WE CAN COVER THOSE IF YOU WISH.

UH, THEY PUT AN ADDITIONAL SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREEN WALL, UH, WITH A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPING BUFFER IN FRONT, ON THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE FACING THE HAVEN OAKS SUBDIVISION.

SO THAT WILL BE RIGHT HERE RUNNING ALONG MODIFICATION OF THE 50 FOOT, UH, OR IT WILL BE 55 FOOT, UH, BUILDING SETBACK PROVIDED ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE, UH, PER COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THIS NORMALLY WOULD BE 50 FEET.

SO THEY'RE GIVING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FOOT THEY'RE PROPOSING A WAZER WAIVER TO THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO NOT EXTEND JUDD ALLEN WAY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE.

THE DEVELOPER IS ALSO PROPOSING, UH, BARRICADES, UH, WITH REFLECTIVE MATERIAL TO BE INSTALLED WHERE JUDD ALLEN

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THERE WOULD BE NO PARKING AL CONNECTION TO THE EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARIES SINCE THE ADJACENT USE WILL BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE INDUSTRIALS.

SO THAT WILL BE OVER ON THIS SIDE.

UH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT PER THE REQUESTED TYPE FOR SITE COMPONENT, UM, OUTDOOR STORAGE AND CONTAINER STORAGE ARE PERMITTED AS ACCESSORY USES WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, SUCH STORAGE DOES NOT EXCEED 60% OF THE GROSS FLOOR AREA OF THE PRIMARY BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE BUSINESS, UH, STORING SUCH MATERIALS, SUCH STORAGE OR CONTAINER IS LOCATED NO CLOSER TO THE STREET FRONTAGE THAN THE PRIMARY BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE BUSINESS STORING SUCH MATERIALS, SUCH STORAGE OR CONTAINER IS SCREENED FROM VIEW FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN ANY STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS OF OUR COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, THE STORAGE OR CONTAINER IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE REQUIRED SETBACKS.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.

WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION AS WELL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'LL HAVE THE AFRICAN PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JOEL'S K NEMA LAND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT WITH ARM AND BROWN.

I'M WORKING WITH IT POTENTIAL DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY AT 500 HERITAGE GROVE.

UH, THEY'VE CURRENTLY GOT THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT, AND THEY'D LIKE TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH A COMMERCIAL USE.

SO WITH ME TONIGHT IS ERIC FRY TAG AND JOHN GO SALLY WHO'S WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN CASE THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT COME UP, UM, AS WAS JUST EXPLAINED.

I'LL TRY NOT TO BE TOO REPETITIVE, BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO ELABORATE ON A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WAS EXPLAINED AND KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY IN THE, AND IT'S ALSO WITHIN THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER DESIGNATION ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

UH, WE'RE REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO DO A CLASS, A BUSINESS PARK, WHICH IS PERMITTED UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER, FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION.

UM, SO I'M SURE SOME OF YOU ARE PRETTY THRILLED TO SEE THIS ONE BACK ON YOUR AGENDA, GIVEN THE LAST FEW ZONING CASES THAT HAVE COME IN.

UM, AND SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE HISTORY REAL QUICK.

SO I'M GONNA GO BACK ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS, UH, IN 2015, THE CITY FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATED THIS PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE HAVEN OAKS PROPERTY AS INDUSTRIAL, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN DARK PURPLE HERE ON THE MAP IN MARCH OF 2016, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PROPERTY WE'RE REQUESTING ZONING ON, AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, IT REQUIRES THE PROPERTY TO BE ANNEXED AND ZONED IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE REDEVELOPED WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

BASICALLY IN, UH, 2018, THERE WAS A CONTROVERSIAL ZONING CASE THAT WENT IN ON THE HAVEN OAKS PROPERTY FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS A BUDDING, THE SAVANNAH OAKS RESONANT, UM, THAT ZONING WAS NEVER APPROVED.

UM, AND THEN THE CITY, I BELIEVE SUBSEQUENTLY INITIATED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ON THAT PROPERTY.

UM, IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OF THAT SAME YEAR PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO MIXED USE AS SHOWN ON THE MAP AND ON THE LEFT, HOWEVER, COUNCIL ENDED UP APPROVING A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ON THE HAVEN OAKS PROPERTY AND LEFT INDUSTRIAL ON THIS PROPERTY.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP TO THE RIGHT.

SO IN NOVEMBER OF THAT SAME YEAR, THE HAVEN OAKS PROPERTY REZONED TO ALLOW FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT EXISTS TODAY IN 2020 AUSTIN WOOD RECYCLING SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION ON THIS PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST 2 0 4 HERITAGE GROVE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY AN APPLICATION THAT I HELPED WITH.

UM, THE REQUEST WAS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO PUG WITH THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, UM, AND ENDED UP GETTING POSTPONED AT PLANNING AND COMMISSION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT THE APPLICANT ENDED UP WITHDRAWING DUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION.

AND THEN ON APRIL 1ST, 2021, THE CITY ADOPTED THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND, UH, DESIGNATED THE PROPERTY AND THE LAND USE MAP FROM INDUSTRIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL TO EMPLOYMENT CENTER.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE IN PURPLE IN 2021, THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER TRIED TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY TO A SINGLE FAMILY USE.

I THINK THERE'S SFC AND SFU TWO A, UH, WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE FROM EMPLOYMENT CENTER TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.

THEY RECEIVED APPROVAL AT PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT ONCE THEY GOT TO COUNCIL, THEY WERE DENIED UNANIMOUSLY.

AND IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS DENIED BASED ON THE FACT THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE, UM, A COMMERCIAL USE.

THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER DESIGNATION.

SO BASED ON THAT, THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING AND, UM, THAT, THAT SINGLE FAMILY WON'T GET APPROVED ON THIS PROPERTY.

AND SO THAT BRINGS US TO

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BUT THE REASON WE'RE ASKING FOR A POD IS TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND ON THE PROPERTY, SO THAT IT'S, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT AND ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, DOING A POD, GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MODIFY THE SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, TO MAKE US OFFER A TRANSITION FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL.

SO THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION.

THE DEVELOPER ISN'T ASKING FOR ANY DEVIATIONS TO CODE, OTHER THAN THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED TO YOU, UM, CODE DOES REQUIRE THAT JED ALLEN WAY CUTS THROUGH THE PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR A DEVIATION OF THAT CODE REQUIREMENT TO CUT IT OFF.

THAT'S A SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENT.

I BELIEVE ALSO THERE'S A ZONING REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS THIS PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST HAVE TO SHARE DRIVE AISLE.

WE'RE ASKING FOR A DEVIATION OF THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO CONNECT WITH THAT PROPERTY.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THE TWO PROJECTS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THIS PROJECT CAN COMPLY WITH ALL, UM, HEAVY COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS AND EVEN MORE.

SO THERE ARE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL USE.

WE CAN COMPLY WITH ALL THOSE CODE REQUIREMENTS.

UM, BUT WITH THE PUB, WE'RE ALSO LIKE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE DOING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS OF AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FOOT SETBACKS.

SO 55 FOOT BUILDING SET BACK WITH A SIX FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL, ALL ALONG THE RESTROOM PROPERTY LINE AND A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN FRONT OF THAT WALL.

UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL PROHIBITED USES.

WE'RE SUGGESTING SUCH AS BAR COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY VEHICLE SELLS PAWN SHOP, AND SEVERAL OTHER USES OUTDOOR STORAGE, UM, UNDER TYPE FOUR IS LIMITED.

UM, SO DUE TO THE ZONING HISTORY ON THIS SITE, THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE MUCH MORE FORWARD IN THE PLANNING SINCE THE ZONING HAS BEEN SO CONTROVERSIAL.

SO THEY WANT TO KNOW AND GET THE ZONING BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STAGE OF PLANNING.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE IS LIMITED INFORMATION, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY, UM, THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THE ZONING TO ALLOW FOR A QUALITY COMPANY WITH GOOD JOB OFFERS TO OPERATE AT THIS SITE.

THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROPERTY WILL MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT POSSIBLE TO, TO DESIGN THE PROJECT IN A WAY THAT'S MOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT RESIDENTS IN ADDITION TO FOLLOWING ALL THE CODE REGULATIONS.

AND THEN I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SUMMARIZING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH THAT WAS MADE, UM, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP AND WAS GREAT WAY TO SUMMARIZE.

THANK YOU.

UM, WE MAILED LETTERS TO THE FOLKS OUTSIDE HAVEN OAKS WHO LIVE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY TO SHARE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

WE ALSO HOSTED A ZOOM MEETING WITH THE HAVEN OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.

THERE WAS CERTAINLY A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO A COMMERCIAL PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED ON THIS PROPERTY.

I ALSO RECENTLY HAD A SEPARATE ZOOM MEETING WITH A FEW OTHER HAVEN OAKS RESIDENTS WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO, BUT THEY WANT TO SEE, UM, ADDITIONAL EFFORTS MADE FROM A SCREENING STANDPOINT AND HAVE UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERNS REGARDING VIEWS, TRUCKS, NOISES, AND LIGHT POLLUTION.

AND SO THE DEVELOPER IS TAKING THOSE CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE'LL WORK WITH, UM, WITH IT TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I DO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WILL COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND YOU WILL ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

UM, IF I GET YOUR NAMES WRONG, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

I'M NOT DOING IT INTENTIONALLY.

TRUST ME.

UM, THE FIRST PERSON HAS TO SPEAK IS ANTHONY GONZALEZ, ANTHONY GONZALES.

HE CAN BRING YOU, BRING YOU UP TO ANTHONY GONZALEZ, 3,800 GOODNIGHT TRAIL.

UM, I JUST WANTED THE COMMISSION TO, UH, SHED LIGHT TO HOW WE CAME HERE TODAY.

UH, I WAS DOING HIS OWN CASE FOR OLD TOWN, UH, THAT RAN CONCURRENT TO THE PREVIOUS ZONING CASE OF THIS APPLICATION.

UM, YOU WERE THERE WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEN WITH CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.

AND AFTER HEARING THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS AND THE CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY VOTING IT DOWN, UM, WE GOT WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND MADE INTRODUCTIONS TO THE DEVELOPER, UM, BECAUSE IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WANTED.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THE CITY WHAT THEY WANT.

UM, I'M A REAL ESTATE BROKER BY TRADE.

I DO A LOT OF TENANT REPRESENTATION.

THERE IS NOTHING IN LEANDER LIKE THIS PROJECT FOR TENANTS.

UM, I REPRESENT A LOT OF BIG BOX TENANTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARKS, AND WE'D HAVE TO GO OUT TO GEORGETOWN OR, UH, OR, UH, BUDA KYLE THINGS LIKE THAT ROUND ROCK.

THERE WAS NOTHING HERE IN LEANDER AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE CURRENT LAND USE PLANS.

YES, THERE'S THAT PROJECT ON 180 3 A, BUT THERE REALLY IS NOTHING PLANNED.

UM, A LOT OF THE LAND'S BEEN GRABBED UP AND, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE FUSE.

THERE ARE A FEW AREAS THAT YOU CAN BUILD A BUSINESS PARK.

SO THEY'LL BRING A LOT OF JOBS TO THE AREA FOR THESE BIG BOX TENANTS.

UM, THAT'LL BRING A LOT OF JOBS

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UM, THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK IN FOR IT.

THANK YOU.

NEXT.

I HAVE KEN.

CARLOS, IS THERE ANY STREET YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

ONCE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, KENNETH CARLOS, 7 37 HAIR JUST GROW GROWTH.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, UH, WE'RE AGAINST MY WIFE AND I ARE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF THE TRAFFIC.

NUMBER ONE, UH, WE HAVE A HARD TIME EVEN BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AT THIS PRESENT TIME.

IT GOES, THERE ARE BIG, BIG TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THERE AS I'LL READ IT.

THE TRAFFIC IS JUST TOTAL AND FOR ANYTHING ELSE TO COME IN, IT JUST, UH, MAKE THINGS WORSE FOR US LIVING THERE AS FAR AS NOISE AND, AND, UH, KIDS IN, IN THE AREA OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE THINK ABOUT THEM.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION HERE.

I'D LIKE TO HOPE THIS THING SHOOTS DOWN.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

NEXT I HAVE RICK FROM KUMAR STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

UH, WE CRUMB KUMAR 7 3 3 HERITAGE GROVE ROAD.

UH, I AM ME AND MY FAMILY WERE AGAINST THIS REZONING.

UH, I'M SURE THAT, UH, WHEN THE INITIAL ZONING WAS MADE IN 2015 ONWARDS WAS MADE BASED ON THE DATA AT THAT POINT OF TIME.

BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, LEANDRA IS CHANGING AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA, THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP THAT SAFE AND A GOOD COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.

UH, NO, IT'S ONLY A ONE IN INGRESS AND EGRESS ROAD, WHICH IS HERITAGE GROW.

AND THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR THE FAMILY THAT ARE LIVING THERE.

THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF, UH, THREE PARKS WITHIN LIKE 300 YARDS OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS AND ALSO AGED PARENTS WHO ARE LIVING THERE AND WALKING AROUND.

SO I I'M, THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD, UH, UH, PROPOSAL FOR THIS, UH, AREA.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M AGAINST THIS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT.

I HAVE ADRIAN SHARP.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS ADRIAN SHARP AND I LIVE AT 2 0 4 AMANDA'S WAY.

WILEY CREEK ESTATES.

I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THIS STONING REQUEST.

HEAVY CONVERT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES DIRECT ACCESS TO A MAJOR ROADWAY.

THERE IS NO GOOD DIRECT ACCESS TO US.

180 3 OR TO SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY FROM 500 HERITAGE GROVE ROAD TURNING OFF 180 3 ONTO HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED IT.

TRAFFIC TRYING TO REACH 180 3 VIA SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY.

WE'LL BE DRIVING PAST THREE SINGLE COMPACT FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENTS WITH CHILDREN'S PETS, FAMILIES, AND YARDS, AND ON SIDEWALKS.

THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

LET ALONE A NOISE AND POLLUTION PROBLEM.

HEAVY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT LOCATED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS NOT BENEFICIAL OR DESIRABLE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR PROPERTY VALUES OR OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

NOISE OF DAILY, HEAVY TRUCKS AND MACHINERY.

THE HIGH PITCH SOUND OF TRUCKS BACKING UP INCREASED EXHAUST FUMES AND POSSIBLE FACTORY POLLUTION ARE NOT WHAT WE EXPECT OR WANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE BELIEVE THE CITY WOULD WANT TO PROVIDE US WITH A DIFFERENT ELEMENT THAT WOULD DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

PRESENTLY LIVING IN THE AREA, SUCH AS RETAIL, PERSONAL SERVICES OR OFFICE USES SOMETHING THAT WOULD CATER TO THE EVERYDAY NEEDS OF THE NEARBY RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE WANT TO KEEP OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

WE WANT CONSISTENT DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING FROM RURAL SINGLE FAMILY TO COMPACT SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.

THE ONLY CURRENT NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN OUR AREA IS THE GOAL DEPOSITORY, WHICH IS QUIET AND UNOBTRUSIVE.

I HEAR THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A PLAN TO CLOSE OFF 180 3 AND IT'S STAN ROAD STREET

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BUT 500 HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IS NOT A SUITABLE LOCATION.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE ITS AWFUL LOCATION AND MAKE HERITAGE GROVE ROAD A SAFE, DIRECT ACCESS TO ANY MAJOR ROADWAY.

PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER THIS APPLICATION.

IT'S NOT VIABLE.

IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO SINGLE FAMILY, COMPACT LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

NO BUFFER PLANS FOR THE RESERVE AT NORTH POINT OR US RESIDENTS AT WILDLY CREEK ESTATES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

THANK YOU.

NEXT.

WE HAVE MARY RICHARDSON.

OH, I'M SORRY.

YOU ARE AGENDA ITEM 13.

SORRY, MR. SENSOR.

UM, FINALLY THEN NORINA MISSOURI.

I FIGURED MORE PEOPLE I'M GOING TO GO UP, BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE ADDITIONAL, I HAVE, I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD WHO, UM, PLEASE COME OH, GREAT.

PUBLIC HEARING.

SO VERY EXCITED.

AND WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL.

SO YOU WILL, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

OKAY, GREAT.

JUST LIKE DEBATE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS NORINA MISERY.

I LIVE AT 7 1 6 MADELINE COURT, AND I'M PART OF THE NEW HAVEN OAKS COMMUNITY.

AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST A ZONING REQUEST FOR THREE REASONS, TWO REASONS PRIMARILY, AND THEY'RE LOGISTICS BASED.

SO MY FIRST, MY FIRST CONTENTION IS THAT JOE ALLEN ROAD IS NOT MADE FOR THIS TYPE OF ROAD ACCESS CHANGE.

AND THEN SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HERITAGE GROVE ROAD AS WELL.

UM, AND PAINT A PICTURE FOR YOU BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS MY FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS ALL VERY CONFUSING IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ZONING TERMS AND THE CODES AND ALL OF THAT.

SO I DO WANT YOU TO HAVE A PICTURE ON MINE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, UM, THIS APPLICATION.

SO, UM, JUST AS AN INTRO, I AM A FIRST-TIME HOMEOWNER IN TEXAS.

WE JUST BOUGHT A WHILE AGO AND WE LIVE IN A WONDERFUL COL-DE-SAC.

AND ONE OF MY FELLOW MOM'S FRIENDS IS HERE WITH ME AND OUR KIDS ACTUALLY PLAY RIDE BY THIS SHUT ALLEN ROAD, EVERY SINGLE DAY, BIKES, UM, SKATEBOARDS, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY MY SON IS ALMOST THREE, SO NOT THERE YET.

UM, BUT JUDD ALLEN ROAD IS THIS TYPE OF ROAD WHERE THERE'S KIDS PLAYING.

THERE'S A PLAYGROUND NEARBY.

THIS IS A VERY NARROW ROAD ABOUT NOT MORE THAN 10 FEET WIDE.

SO THE ACCESS THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO CHANGE IS JUST NOT FEASIBLE.

UM, AND AS A FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER IN TEXAS, UM, WE MOVED HERE THREE YEARS AGO AND I AM SO THRILLED TO SEE THAT LEANDRA IS BECOMING ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE U S HOWEVER, THAT GROWTH IS WONDERFUL, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT HAS TO INFRINGE ON THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING HERE.

THIS PROPOSITION AND CONCEPT PLAN IS WONDERFUL.

I AM ALL FOR BUSINESSES GROWING FAMILY BUSINESSES COMING, BUT NOT HERE.

THIS PLAN DOES NOT MAKE SENSE HERE.

HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IS A LONG ROAD, RIGHT BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE.

AND THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A PROPERTY THAT I ACTUALLY WANTED TO BOARD MY HORSE BE NOT BEFORE WE MOVED IN, BECAUSE IT BELONGED TO A WONDERFUL FAMILY WHO HAD THREE HORSES ON THIS RANCH AND THEY NO LONGER LIVE THERE.

SO WHEN YOU IMAGINE THIS ROAD, I WANT YOU TO THINK OF A NARROW ROAD, NO LANES.

THERE'S FOUR SCHOOL BUSES THAT I PAUSED BY EVERY SINGLE MORNING WHEN I TAKE MY SON TO CHILDCARE IN THE MORNING AT DAYCARE.

SO SEVEN 30 YOU'RE ON THIS ROAD FOR SCHOOL BUSES PASS BY.

AND THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS ACTUALLY A TRAFFIC JAM BECAUSE A FAMILY OF THREE ARMADILLOS WERE CROSSING THE ROAD AND EVERYONE STOPPED.

AND THE SCHOOL BUSES STOPPED AND WE STOPPED.

AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD THIS IS.

AND IF YOU ALLOW THIS TO BE CHANGED, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOSING SOMETHING VERY VALUABLE.

THE TRUE RESIDENTS THAT COME HERE THAT DO SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES.

WE JUST DON'T WANT THEM IN OUR BACKYARD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT I HAVE ALLIED BATTISTA.

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YEAH.

UH, ALAN BELL TESA 2004 ALEXANDER OAKS.

UM, I WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT I I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, UH, AMBERSON BROWN.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY COMMUNICATIVE WITH THE H UH, HAVEN OAKS HOA AND THE HAVEN OAKS RESIDENTS.

HOWEVER, I INITIALLY PUT MY POSTURE AS IN SUPPORT, BUT AFTER FURTHER THOUGHT I CAN NOT SUPPORT, UH, AS THERE ARE MANY UNKNOWNS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHILE I DO SUPPORT AND WELCOME A NEW BUSINESS TO THE CITY OF LEANDER.

UH, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES FOR, UM, THIS PROPERTY.

SORRY.

UM, GEEZ.

I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT HERE.

UH, UM, YEAH, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES FOR THIS PROPERTY AND BECAUSE WE ARE A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PART OF THE CITY OF LEANDER PLANNING DOCUMENTS, THIS PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE A REASONABLE TRANSITION SOWN.

UH, SOME OF MY CONCERNS HERE ARE THAT OBREE BRINGING MAJOR TRAFFIC AS MENTIONED BY OTHER NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY WITH HERITAGE GROWTH, NOT BEING FULLY BUILT OUT ROAD, UM, AS WELL AS IT WOULD DISTURB THE PEACE OF NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS, UH, NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IS LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO, UM, 500 HERITAGE GROWTH, UH, IN WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU LISTEN HERE JUST A COUPLE SECONDS AGO, UH, MANY OF OUR CHILDREN DO PLAY THERE DAILY.

UM, AND WOULD YOU KNOW THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS STRUGGLED IN, UM, IN THE PAST WITH ZONING ISSUES AND WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT TRANSITIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONED APPROPRIATELY, UH, AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL, WHICH BORDERS, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY ON THREE OF THE FOUR SIDES, UM, SPECIFICALLY WE ASK AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL SUPPORT ZONING AT GENERAL COMMERCIAL OR MORE RESTRICTIVE AND VOICE STRONG OPPOSITION TO ANY LESS RESTRICTIVE ZONING, UH, INCLUDING HEAVY COMMERCIAL AS REQUESTED IN THIS HEARING.

I ALSO, I'M ALSO ASKING THAT THE, UM, MINING ZONING COMMISSION CONSIDER, UH, HAVING NO THROUGH AXES ON JOHN ALLEN WAY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE CASE BY THE DEVELOPER.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

UM, AND I DO ALSO, UM, WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT I THINK IT IS VERY REASONABLE TO HAVE AN ASK FOR AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE, UH, THAT WOULD, UH, ENSURE PRIVACY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE HAVE 17 NEIGHBORS, UH, ON THAT SIDE THAT THEIR YARDS DO FACE THE WRECKLY, UM, TO THAT END.

UH, AND, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I LIKE TO SEE, UH, MORE HEAVY LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES, UH, WHICH WOULD HELP WITH NOISE REDUCTION, AGAIN, PROVIDING MORE PRIVACY TO OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.

UH, AND AGAIN, I JUST ASKED THAT WE HAVE A REASONABLE TRANSITION ZONE, WHICH IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE LOT AND NOISE AND TRAFFIC THAT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SCOTT FELTON, MR. FELTON, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS SCOTT FELTON.

I AM AT 2021 ALEXANDER OAKS DRIVE IN HAVEN OAKS, A NEIGHBOR OF ALLEN.

UH, BEFORE I GO INTO WHAT I WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE WHAT ALAN SAID ABOUT APPROPRIATE TRANSITION ZONES.

SPECIFICALLY THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER REGULATIONS SAY IF A PROPERTY IS A BUDDING, A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE YOU COMMERCIALS GENERALLY NOT APPROPRIATE, UM, AND TO CONSIDER HAVING APPROPRIATE TRANSITION STAYED IN AT COMMERCIAL OR BELOW.

AND RIGHT NOW WITH THE 55 FOOT BUILDING SET BACK, UM, WHICH WE HAD ASKED FOR AT LEAST A HUNDRED FOOT SETBACK WHEN WE HAD TALKED TO THEM, UM, THAT'S THE, WHAT THE ONE LOT YOU'VE GOTTEN, AS WE'VE ALL SAID, THE PARKS WE'VE GOT, UM, WHAT DOES THAT 1520 HOUSES? AND WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY A SEPARATE TRAIL AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND.

I SEE RUNNERS ALL DAY.

I WORK FROM HOME.

AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TRANSITIONING BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND THAT WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THIS NEED TO YOUR LENDERS GROWING.

DO WE WANT TO HAVE BUSINESSES AND JOBS FOR OUR CITY, BUT, UM, ONE LOT ON A NARROW COMPACT CITY IS NOT ENOUGH OF A TRANSITION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, LARGE TRUCKS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STORAGE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES WITHOUT TIME OF NOISE RESTRICTIONS, UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK PER CODE AGAIN, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE CONCERNED.

UM, MY POINT THOUGH, IS THIS PROPERTY HAS HAD A LOT OF ISSUES IN THE PAST, RIGHT? UM, I WAS THERE FOR THE, UH, WHEN THE WOODCHIP PLANT WAS COMING UP AS WELL.

UM, AND ONE OF THE ISSUES IS IT'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY NOT THOUGHT THROUGH FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

AND ONE THING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS COLLECTIVE WAY COLLECTIVE WAY RIGHT NOW IS SET TO GO AND BE EXPANDED IN ABOUT THREE YEARS AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY NORTH OF HAVEN ELKS CUTTING THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS PLAN AT THE TIME SHOWS IT TO BE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SIMILAR TO SAN, UH, SAN GABRIEL, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OTHER PARTS OF BLAKE LINE.

IT'S A PRIME COMMERCIAL SPOT.

AND AS WE SAY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR COMMERCIAL AT LEAST.

UM, AND THERE'S IN THE FUTURE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE PRIME OPPORTUNITY WITH SO MUCH COLLECTIVE WAYS IS GOING TO BE THE MAIN WAY IN FROM WHEN THE THREE TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL, TO OUR JUNIOR HIGH, TO ALL THESE EXPANDING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE TO BAGHDAD WAY AND, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF THE FUTURE, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY WANT PEOPLE TO SEE AS THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORING CITIES, FAMILIES, ET CETERA, AS THEY COME INTO THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR HOMES AND THEIR AREAS.

IT MAKES SENSE THAT COMMERCIAL CAN BE QUITE A VIABLE PLACE THERE.

UM,

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AND SO WE'VE TALKED TO THE DEVELOPERS AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY WAYS TO GET SIMILAR THINGS AT COMMERCIAL LEVELS ZONING, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH IN THE FUTURE.

UM, NOT NECESSARILY A BUDDING THESE PROPERTIES, BUT, UM, THAT'S FOR THE GOOD OF LEANDER AND OUR CITIES, UM, TO SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING WE WANT APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS WHAT'S RIGHT FOR LEANDER OVERALL, NOT JUST NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE AS WE DEVELOP OUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

VINAY KUMAR, CHINA.

IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

18, 16 STRANGER PAST.

UH, SO I'M ONE OF THE 17 NEIGHBORS ON, ON THE, UH, PROPERTY THERE ON AVON HOOK SUBDIVISION.

SO MIKE I'M AGAINST THE PROPOSED PLAN AND MY CONCERN IS TRAFFIC TO BE ONE AND THE PRIVACY, BECAUSE I'M RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

AND I'M IN VEN.

I WAS BUYING THE PROPERTY.

THE WHOLE SCENARIO WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOW THE SITUATION COMING BECAUSE OF THE REZONING AND WHATNOT.

SO, UM, I'M JUST STRAIGHTFORWARD AGAINST IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR POSITION READ INTO THE RECORD, BUT THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

THE FOLLOWING ARE AGAINST OLIVIA HAMMER DE SOUZA.

BESIDE PILOT PER READY? THE RASIM HAREDI SOMA HURRY SANTOS ON GOLLY.

THEY L J S C BY THE PSI.

PRISAAD PILOT PERRETTI, BHARATH PARA MASH, RHEA DORIA.

NOW, YES.

BENJAMIN FRIEDRICH GANASH CHU VERO.

IS THERE ANY WAY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.

IF YOU CALL IT, COME UP AND IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WELL, MY NAME IS ROBERT LANGER.

I LIVE AT 2 0 6 AMANDA'S WAY.

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

THERE'S RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDING THIS PARCEL PARCEL, AND IT SHOULD STAY RESIDENTIAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE USE.

HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED A GOAT TRAIL.

THERE'S BARELY ROOM FOR ONE VEHICLE.

YES, THERE MAY BE PLANS ON EXPANDING IT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE QUITE SOME TIME.

UTILIZING A PUD IS JUST AN END RUN AROUND TRADITIONAL ZONING ONLY BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR MORE RESTRICTIONS, BUT YET THE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT VERY RESTRICTIVE.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DETAIL OF WHAT WILL GO IN THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL ONCE IT'S DEVELOPED.

AND THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL OF WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE GOING TO PREVENT.

THE PARCEL ALREADY HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.

UNFORTUNATELY, COUNCIL DENIED IT.

YES, IT'S PART OF EMPLOYMENT CENTER, BUT EMPLOYMENT CENTER DOES NOT REQUIRE HEAVY COMMERCIAL.

LET'S NOT ENCROACH ON THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

AGAIN, SHOULDN'T BE HEAVY COMMERCIAL.

I HAVE ACREAGE BEHIND THIS TRACT.

MY LAND SHOULD NOT BE UTILIZED AS A BUFFER ZONE TO DEVELOP THIS TRACT OF LAND.

THIS TRACT OF LAND IS NOT IN A FLOOD PLAIN, BUT YET IT FEEDS THE ENTIRE FLOODPLAIN.

THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND IT.

SO YOU HAVE A T OR IT POSSIBLY, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS PUT IN, THERE COULD BE A TOXIC WASTE DUMP THAT JUST FLOWS RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF MY LAND.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY ANY OF US WOULD WANT THAT.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE MUCH CLOSER WOULD WANT THAT.

I ALSO FIND IT VERY DISTRESSING AND DISTURBING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH ONLY FOUND ONE ISSUE OF ALL THE OUTREACH THAT THEY DID.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, SEEING NONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE WILL ENTER INTO DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER MAY

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UM, AND I FEEL FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NEXT TO THIS, I'M JUST A FEW MILES DOWN THE STREET AND THEY REZONED MY PROPERTY FROM, UH, COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.

AND THEN ALL THE PEOPLE BOUGHT HOUSES THERE AND THEY COMPLAINED BECAUSE THEY PUT COMMERCIAL RIGHT NEXT TO IT WHEN IT WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL, UM, HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT NOT BEING UP TO STANDARD TODAY.

IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THAT PROBLEM.

UM, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE, UH, THE CUTLERY FACTORY THAT'S GOING IN THERE.

WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CAP, METRO, UH, EXCHANGE STATION OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S ON THE FAR END WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL USE IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THIS AND PUTTING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE EITHER.

UM, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM HERE AND IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE FIX THIS? UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON, UH, DEVELOPING HERE OTHER THAN JUST PARK.

IS IT A 100 FOOT MEGA STORE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A THOUSAND CARS IN IT EVERY WEEK? UM, OR IS IT A, A BUSINESS PARK WHERE YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF SMALL OFFICES? WE DON'T KNOW.

UH, AND THAT, THAT HAS A BIG CONCERN WITH ME RIGHT THERE BEING RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE NEED SOME TRANSITION THERE.

UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE TO SAY ON THAT.

UH, BUT I, AT THE SAME TIME, I DO UNDERSTAND THE LANDOWNER'S RIGHTS TO DEVELOP THEIR LAND.

AND I FEEL THAT THEY'VE BEEN HELD HOSTAGE HERE.

WE THEY'VE HAD, THIS IS THE FOURTH CASE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON PLANNING AND ZONING, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN DENIED, BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR LAND.

AND AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN PUT THERE.

AND IDEALLY, I KNOW EVERYBODY SAYS IDEALLY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE NEXT TO THEIR HOME.

UH, UM, BUT CAN THEY EFFECTIVELY DO THAT THERE? AND SO I, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS WHAT INTENTIONS THEY HAVE, UM, BUILDING THERE'S THAT BIG BOX STORES, IS IT, I, I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION TO GO ON THAT.

YEAH.

I THINK THE BEST THING WE CAN POINT TO AT THE MOMENT IS IF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WE CAN PULL UP GOOGLE MAPS, THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT THERE'S, UM, SCOTTSDALE CROSSING OFF 180 3 IN CEDAR PARK.

THAT'S A BUSINESS PARK.

THAT'S PROBABLY MOST COMPARABLE TO THE GOAL OF WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT THERE'S RESIDENTS AT BUDDING THE PROJECT AS WELL.

I LOOKED INTO IT.

CEDAR PARK OBVIOUSLY HAS DIFFERENT ZONING, BUT, UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST EXAMPLE PROJECT.

SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ANY IMAGES.

UM, AND WHAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHTS IN A BUSINESS PARK LIKE THAT? ROBIN? I, I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT ON HERE AND DIDN'T SEE THAT.

SO THE, THE HEIGHT STARTS AT, UM, IS 35 FEET IS THE LIMIT.

AND THEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUEST, UM, INCENTIVES.

SO IF THE BUILDING IS 85% MASONRY, THEY CAN MAKE INCREASES TO THE HYPE, BUT IT'S BASED ON SETBACK AS WELL.

SO YOU HAVE TO INCREASE YOUR SETBACK AS WELL AS YOUR MATERIALS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

NO, MA'AM, I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER BOSS.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IS BEING SO SMALL RIGHT NOW AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LIKE THE RESIDENTS, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO BUILD IT OUT? AND YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC, HEAVY TRUCKS, NOISE LIGHTS, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS? HOW LONG WILL THAT GO ON TO GET THE PROJECT COMPLETE? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BUILD THERE? I WANT TO KNOW THAT SO I CAN HANDLE THE HERITAGE GROVE ROAD PORTION

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SO THERE'S TWO ROADS ACTUALLY, AND I WISH I HAD IT MAPPED, SORRY, CAMERON GIVEN WITH THIS, UH, ECONOMIC FILM DEPARTMENT, UH, BUT BASICALLY THE HERITAGE GROVE ROADS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLANS.

SO IT IS PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR.

UH, THE DESIGNS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, AND THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY ABOUT NOVEMBER.

UH, THE GOAL OF THAT WITH HERITAGE GROVE ROAD AND THE NEW ROAD, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO FROM HERITAGE GROVE ROAD, KIND OF DOWN BY THE GOAL DEPOSITORY AND THEN CONNECTING TO 180 3.

WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT A 90 DEGREE TURN THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS FOR TRUCKS TO GO IN THERE AND TURN AND PULL OUT.

SO THERE WILL BE A DECELERATION LANE THAT COMES THROUGH ON 180 3, UH, FOR CARS TO SLOW DOWN AND MAKE THAT TURN.

AND THERE WILL BE THAT, UM, BETTER KIND OF EASEMENT INTO THE ROAD FOR TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TURN.

UM, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR BY A PRIVATE DEVELOPER.

SO IT'S ALL RELATED TO THE KING SEAN CUTLERY PROJECT, WHERE, UH, THE PERSON WHO SOLD THAT PROPERTY IS BUILDING THAT ROAD FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT.

BUT WE'RE TIMING THEM TOGETHER WHERE IDEALLY WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS BEFORE THE PROJECTS OPEN FOR KING SEAN.

COLORY THAT PROJECT STARTED AHEAD OF THIS ONE.

SO THAT'LL ALL BE DONE BEFORE THIS PROJECT'S BUILT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THE WA THE ROAD WILL BE EXPANDED OR WHATEVER, UM, PRIOR TO THIS APPLICANT.

OH YEAH, WE ALREADY HAVE A HEADSTART BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER DESIGN AND IT'S IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

UH, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE A PRETTY LONG LEAD TIME TO GET CONSTRUCTION AGAIN, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE.

SO THE GOAL IS TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2023, EARLY 20, 23, SO LESS THAN EIGHT MONTHS OR SO NINE MONTHS.

OKAY.

SO MY OTHER CONCERN IS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO PUT ON THEIR PROPERTY? WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS WILL IT BE? WILL IT BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE OPEN ALL NIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A BUNCH OF TRAFFIC WITH THAT LITTLE ROAD? I MEAN, I, IT SOUNDS GOOD WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I'M A REALIST AND I KNOW THAT THAT THE RESIDENT'S GOING TO BE MISERABLE FOR A LONG TIME AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.