Jun 01, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting

EVERYBODY GETS REALLY

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EVERYBODY GETS REALLY QUIET.

YEAH.

A COUNTDOWN CLOCK.

WELL, IT'S NOT EVEN MOVING IN THE BACK.

THE BENCH IS SITTING.

IT PROBABLY NEEDS A BATTER.

EXACTLY.

[1. Open Meeting.]

TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 2023.

AND THE TIME IS 6:00 PM AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.

CITY SECRETARY

[2. Roll Call.]

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.

HERE.

MAYOR PROM.

ESPIN MACKEY LONGORIA.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS CERNE.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS.

HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELO.

HERE.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE

[3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, to deliberate with legal counsel regarding Meet and Confer. Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding Meet and Confer.]

THE TIME IS 6:00 PM ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:51 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING MEET AND CONFER MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.

YOU STILL LOOKING THIS WAY? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, THEN WE ARE DONE.

WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6 52.

PLEASE BE IN YOUR SEATS IN 10 MINUTES, UH, FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.

[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]

TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 1ST, 2023.

AND THE TIME IS 7:03 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.

PASTOR CHRIS WIMBERLEY OF STELLA HILLS CHURCH WILL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

WELCOME BACK, PASTOR.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNSEL, EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE, IF YOU WOULD ALL BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER WITH ME THIS EVENING.

FATHER, THANK YOU LORD.

WE THANK YOU GOD FOR THE CITY OF LEANER.

LORD, I KNOW MY FAMILY'S SO BLESSED TO LIVE HERE.

LORD, WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO LIVE IN SUCH AN AMAZING PLACE.

AND LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR HAND UPON TONIGHT, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, JUST EARS TO HEAR THE THINGS THAT ARE OF YOU TONIGHT.

LORD, YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE HOLY AND RIGHT AND GOOD FOR OUR CITY.

YOU GIVE THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, UNDERSTANDING AND GRACE IN THEIR HEARTS.

LORD IS GOD.

WE PURSUE, UM, A COMMUNITY OF LOVE AND TRUTH HERE, LORD.

SO WE THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS NIGHT, LORD, WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.

LORD, I PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR JESUS.

LORD, I THANK YOU FOR OUR SALVATION THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CROSS.

LORD, I THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE LORD.

AND GOD I PRAY IF THERE'S ANY HERE TONIGHT, LORD, THAT GOD THAT ARE SEARCHING AFTER YOU, THAT YOU ADMINISTER TO THEIR HEARTS TONIGHT, GOD.

AND SO LORD, WOULD YOU BLESS THIS NIGHT.

WE TRUST THAT YOU WILL IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR.

ITEM NUMBER

[5. Roll Call.]

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.

HERE, MAYOR PRO, TIM ESPIN, MATTHEW LONGORIA.

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON.

PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS SENE.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS.

HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELO.

HERE.

QUORUM IS PRESIDENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS NON-AD AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.

ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ALONG TO

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

ITEM 10 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AND WE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

COUNSEL, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH NINE AND NUMBER 11, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION.

AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU ONTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[12. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Shady Brew Garden Special Use Permit Case Z-22-0043 to allow for a Food Truck Park including minor waivers to the Composite Zoning Ordinance on one (1) parcel of land approximately 0.9373 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R035579; and addressed as 303 W. Broade Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-22-0043 as described above.]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SHADY BREW GARDEN SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE WILDFIRE, UM, GROUP AND UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT

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UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING ON MAY 11TH, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.

UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON IT? ALL RIGHT.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SPECIAL USE PERMIT CASE Z 20 2043 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

COUNSEL, JUST ONE YOU'RE GONNA ASK ONE THING.

GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST GONNA, JUST, JUST CLARIFYING NO PERMANENT STRUCTURES JUST UP TO 10 YEARS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UM, THERE'S CURRENTLY A STRUCTURE ON THE SITE THAT THEY MIGHT NO, UM, REMODEL.

OKAY.

THIS NOT PROHIBIT THEM FROM ADDING PERMANENT STRUCTURES IF THEY WANTED TO, BUT THIS ALLOWS THE FOOD TRUCKS AND IF THEY DO ADD ANY, THEN THEY WOULD'VE TO COMPLY WITHIN, UM, CURRENT ZONING, BUT ALSO, UM, UH, ANY TYPES OF ISSUES WITH LAND OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH, THEY'LL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE OTHER ORDINANCES.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THEIR PLAN TO ADD MORE PERMANENT STRUCTURES.

SURE.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO THE ONE QUESTION I HAD, AND I ASKED THIS TUESDAY, BUT I THINK I'M MISUNDERSTOOD OR ASKED IT THE WRONG WAY, CUZ THIS IS UNDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE SIDEWALK.

SO THERE'S NOT A SIDEWALK BUILT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE.

THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BUILD A, A SIDEWALK WITH THEIR SITE JUST LIKE WILDFIRE AND SMOOTH VILLAGE DID IS THE SIDEWALK ALONG BROAD.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S UNDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.

SO WE'RE APPROVING NOT IT, IT'S A TYPO.

THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE CALL.

OKAY.

WHO IS A TYPO IN THE REPORT.

OKAY.

SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD THAT SO THAT THE SIDEWALK ALONG BROAD.

YES.

SO THESE, THIS SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS STATING THAT A SIDEWALK SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE TIME LISTED AS A WAIVER IS IN FACT NOT A WAIVER.

CORRECT.

IT IS STILL A REQUIREMENT.

SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, WE'RE APPROVING IT NOT WITH NUMBER TWO.

CORRECT.

SO WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, IT LISTS ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE WAIVERS AND THAT'S WHAT'S, UM, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THEN I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THAT CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'LL SECOND MOTION A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASS THE UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER

[13. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Comprehensive Plan Case CPA-23-0006 to amend the Comprehensive Plan to update the Transportation Master Plan to change Nameless Road to a collector roadway north of the future extension Travisso Parkway to Round Mountain Drive; change CR 267 to a four (4)- lane arterial between Equine Road to Kauffman Loop; change Crystal Falls Parkway to a six (6)- lane arterial roadway between Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard and CR 175; add CR 264 as a collector roadway; add Stamp Iron Avenue as a collector roadway; Leander, Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Comprehensive Plan Case CPA-23-0006 as described above. ]

CHANGE CR 2 67 TO A FOUR-LANE ARTERIAL BETWEEN EQUINE ROAD AND KAUFMAN LOOP CHANGE CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY TO A SIX-LANE ARTERIAL ROADWAY BETWEEN RONALD W. REAGAN BOULEVARD AND CR 1 75.

ADD CR 2 64 AS A COLLECTOR ROADWAY AT STAMP IRON AVENUE AS A COLLECTOR ROADWAY, LEANDER WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND WITH US TONIGHT, SPECIAL GUEST, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, SVE TAKA.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME.

HI.

THANK YOU.

UM, YEAH, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME I'M PRESENTING ANYTHING HERE.

UM, SO, UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE IT QUICK HERE.

I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF, UH, TRANSFER THIS ON, UH, MASTER PLAN AMENDMENTS IN THE PAST.

UH, THIS ONE IS, IS GOT FIVE, UH, ROADS IN HERE.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD MAKE A PRESENTATION HERE.

SO, IN IN GENERAL, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THE MASTER PLAN WAS DONE BACK IN, UH, MAY OF 2021.

UM, WE MADE SOME CHANGES, UM, IN THE, UM, OCTOBER OF 2022, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE HAD LIVE OAK AND I THINK THERE WAS A ANOTHER ROAD THAT WE TOOK OUT.

UM, CR 2 67 WAS, UH, UH, MOVED BACK TO A COLLECTOR TYPE ROAD.

UM, WE WENT BACK AND, UH, LOOKED AT FEW OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY AND SEE IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY, UH, UPGRADES BASED ON, UH, THE NEW LAND USE.

AND, UH, AND, AND WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAS HAPPENED, UH, RECENTLY.

SO WE ANALYZED FEW STREETS AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PUT ON THE SCREEN.

UM, BESIDES THAT, THERE WERE OTHERS THAT, UM, DIDN'T, UH, REQUIRE, UH, UH, THE CONSULTANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.

IT STAYED THE WAY IT WAS, UH, PROPOSED IN THE TMP.

SO THE ONES THAT, UH, WE ARE, UM, UH, KIND OF, UH, PUTTING FORWARD HERE FOR AN AMENDMENT OR REVISION IS GONNA BE, UM, NAMELESS ROAD.

UM, ALSO YOU AS ANOTHER SLIDE IN HERE.

LET ME SEE IF HERE, THERE YOU GO.

SO, UM, THIS IS A BIG, UH, MAP

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UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ, BUT, UH, .

BUT, UM, NAMELESS ROAD IS, UH, BEING AMEND, UH, REVISED, UH, FROM A ARTERIAL ROAD TO A COLLECTOR ROAD, UM, THREE LANE WITH A MIDDLE LANE, TWO THROW LANES, UM, BECAUSE, UH, OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WAS, UM, STUDIED DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF A D T IN THERE.

SO BASICALLY IN THE AREA THAT WE'RE REVISING, UH, IF YOU SEE, UH, SOUTH OF THAT, WE STILL HAVE ARTERIAL, WHICH IS IN PURPLE.

SO THE ONE IN YELLOW IS WHAT WE ARE REVISING CUZ IT HAS, UH, RELATIVELY LESS TRAFFIC AS PER OUR MODELING THAT, UH, KIMLEY HAUNTED FOR US IN THIS, IN THIS ROUND.

SO THAT'S ONE.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, LET ME GO BACK HERE.

UM, SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S NAMELESS, UM, FROM ARTERIAL TO COLLECTOR.

UH, IT'S, UH, THE LIMITS ARE FROM, UH, TRUVISO PARKWAY TO ROUND MOUNTAIN ROAD.

UH, THE NEXT ONE, UH, IS, UH, CR 2 67 CHAINS FROM COLLECTOR TO A FOUR LANE ARTERIAL BETWEEN EQUINE ROAD AND KAUFMAN LOOP.

AND THIS WAS, UM, ONE THAT, UM, GOT DEMOTED TO A COLLECTOR BECAUSE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PREVIOUS CITY, UH, STAFF ENGINEER AT THAT POINT.

AND, UM, BASIS OF THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, LOT OF THE JUDGMENT ON, ON OUR SIDE AS WELL.

UH, AND THERE WAS, UH, A NEED OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SEEN TO GET THIS STUDIED, UH, BY A CONSULTANT OR SOMEBODY WHO, UH, CAN RUN THE MODEL.

SO WE DID THAT.

WE WENT BACK AND, UH, HAD THIS, UH, STUDIED WITH AN ACTUAL ED ENTITY, UM, UM, WHICH IS 80 DT MEANS AVERAGE DELETE TRAFFIC.

SO, UM, SO IT SOLD THAT, THAT PERSON WHERE IT SHOWS PURPLE, HE'S STILL GETTING A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

UM, SO WE, UH, RECOMMEND TO GO BACK TO AN ARTERIAL CLASS ON THAT PERSON, UH, WHICH IS BETWEEN EQUINE ROAD TO KAUFMAN LOOP.

UH, REST OF IT IS, IS STILL GONNA STAY COLLECTOR ROAD.

THE NEXT IS CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY, SAME THING.

UH, VERY HIGH TRAFFIC.

UH, AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM UM, UH, KIMLEY HORN WAS TO, UH, CHANGE IT TO A SIX LANE ARTERIAL INSTEAD OF A FOUR LANE.

SO THAT'S FROM RON REAGAN TO 1 75.

AND, UH, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH, UH, ON 1 75 SHOWS THAT THERE IS SOME GROWTH HAPPENING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW, UH, AS WELL.

SO RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE CHANGED WOULD BE TO CHANGE IT TO SIX LINEAR TO OUR, UH, CR 2 64.

IT'S A SMALL ROAD, UM, BUT UH, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN THAT ROAD.

THE LIMITATION HAS BEEN, UM, THE ROAD.

SO, UM, WE, UH, SUGGESTED TO, UH, MAKE IT A COLLECTOR ROAD AND GET THAT STUDIED SO THAT THERE IS A PROPER, UM, THOROUGHFARE DEVELOPED, UM, BETWEEN THESE TWO ARTERIAL, UH, ROADS IN HERE.

AND, UH, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THIS AREA.

RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE LANDLOCKED.

SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, CITIZENS, UH, OWNERS TO BUILD ANYTHING OVER HERE.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, FOR CONNECTIVITY, UH, FROM RON REAGAN TO FUTURE HERO WAY, STAMP IRON, UH, AS WE STUDIED, UH, CR 2 67, UH, STAMP IRON, UH, WAS ALSO INCLUDED, UH, IN THAT MODELING CUZ THAT WAS PART OF THE ANALYSIS WAS TO STUDY ALL THESE OTHER COLLECTOR ROADS.

STAMP IRON, UH, IS BEING, UH, RECOMMENDED TO, UM, UH, FROM RON REAGAN TO BARDO BOULEVARD AS A COLLECTOR ROAD.

UH, SO THESE ARE THE, ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

UM, I'M SORRY, JUMPING AHEAD.

SO I, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU ALL, UM, HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE CPA 23 0 0 6 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

COUNSEL, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL.

SECOND ONE, SECOND MOTION, AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM NUMBER 14,

[14. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Ordinance Case OR-23-0003 to amend the Subdivision Ordinance to clarify the adoption date and definition of the Transportation Criteria Manual, update the Preliminary Plat requirements, update the requirements for Water Utility Improvements and Wastewater Utility Improvements; and to provide for related matters; Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Ordinance Case OR-23-0003 as described above.]

WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES, TEXAS CITY ENGINEER TRUMAN, WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I FEEL

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, I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE MORE INTIMATE.

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UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

EMILY TRUMAN, CITY ENGINEER.

UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.

THE AMENDMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CHANGES MODIFY ARTICLE ONE, SECTION ONE AND ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 42 TO SPECIFY THE CONTINUED USE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL DATED AUGUST 7TH, 2022, IN LIEU OF ADOPTING THE LATEST VERSION, MODIFY ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 43 TO CLARIFY WHEN PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR OVERSIZED REQUIREMENTS.

ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 44 TO CLARIFY WHEN PROPERTY OR DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC WASTEWATER AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR OVERSIZED REQUIREMENTS.

AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ORDINANCE CASE OR 2,303 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

COUNSEL A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION IS SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I AM.

NUMBER 15,

[15. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Ordinance Case OR-23-0004 to amend the Composite Zoning Ordinance to clarify the adoption date and definition of the Transportation Criteria Manual; and to provide for related matters; Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Ordinance Case OR-23-0004 as described above. ]

WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS CITY ENGINEER TRUMAN, WELCOME BACK.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

EMILY TRUMAN, CITY ENGINEER.

THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THE AMENDMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CHANGES MODIFY ARTICLE ONE, SECTION SIX AND ARTICLE SIX, SECTION TWO TO SPECIFY THE CONTINUED USE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL DATED AUGUST 7TH, 2022 IN LIEU, ADOPTING THE LATEST VERSION.

UM, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOBODY'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE ARE NOW DISCUSSING CONSIDER ASHER REGARDING ORDINANCE CASE R 20 3004 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

COUNSEL, MOTION TO APPROVE, I'LL SECOND, BUT WOULD YOU MIND JUST EXPLAINING WHY? JUST FOR I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SURE.

UM, THIS, THE PEOPLE THAT WON'T READ IT, JUST, I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT.

UM, SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN CHANGED THEIR TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL LAST YEAR, UM, TO ADOPT MORE URBAN TYPE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES BIKE LANES AND NARROWED ROADS, UM, TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE MORE TRAFFIC AND ENCOURAGE MORE MULTIMODAL OR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.

UM, AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP US IN LEANDER.

UM, SO IN LOOKING AT THAT AND DOING, YOU KNOW, EVALUATING THE, THE NEW ORDINANCE, WE FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER JUST TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE OLDER ORDINANCE, UM, THAT IS, HAS MORE OF THE SUBURBAN TYPE DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

MOTION HAS SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER 16,

[16. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case CP-23-0020 to adopt the Lone Star Landing Concept Plan on one (1) parcel of land approximately 37.01 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031560; generally located north of the intersection of CR 177 and Valley View Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case CP-23-0020 as described above. ]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN, WELCOME BACK.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LONE STAR LANDING CONCEPT PLAN.

UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UM, AT THE CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF CR 1 77 IN VALLEY VIEW DRIVE.

THIS IS THE, UM, FIRST STEP IN THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.

THEY'RE PROPOSING 80 RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST DURING THEIR MEETING ON MAY 25TH.

UM, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

UM, THE FIRST ONE IS MARCUS LAINSON.

I'M SORRY.

GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MARCUS LOG, MONSON, UH, 1 0 1 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE EAST.

YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS, UH, MEETING.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.

NOT COMPLETELY, BUT,

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THAT INTERSECTION IS DANGEROUS EVERY MORNING.

WE ALL HAVE TO GO OUT THAT WAY.

UH, MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL BUS CAN'T GET TO SCHOOL IN TIME, EVER, EVER.

IT'S, SHE'S ALWAYS LATE TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT BUS CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE.

UM, AND ANOTHER THING THAT I REALIZED LOOKING FOR THIS SIGN WE HAD ON HERE USED TO BE A SIGN AT 1 77 AND RONALD REAGAN, AS YOU ENTER INTO 1 77 THAT SAYS NO TRUCKS ABOVE, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 20,000 POUNDS THAT SCIENCE DISAPPEARED.

AND I, I GUESS THE IDEA WAS PARTLY ABOUT THE, THE BRIDGE WE HAVE, BUT WE HAVE A VERY NARROW ROAD THERE ON SIERRA 1 77.

IT'S TWO LANE, LIKE ONE AND A HALF LANES.

THE SHOULDERS ARE REALLY SOFT AND THE PAVEMENT'S BREAKING OFF.

WE'VE HAD 'EM REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY AS WELL.

AND IT'S STILL DETERIORATING MANY PARTS.

1 77, YOU CANNOT PASS TWO CARS, YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER AND LET THE OTHER ONE PASS.

SO THAT'S A BIT OF CONCERN TO ADD ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

UM, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTRANCE TO THIS DEVELOPMENT ON 1 37, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO MY PROPERTY, UM, DOESN'T AFFECT OUR, OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR CENTER LIVING RIGHT NOW, THAT TRAFFIC CAN BACK UP ALL THE WAY PAST LA ROOFS.

THAT'S PRETTY FREQUENT LIKE EVERY MORNING.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE ONE PERSON SITTING AT 1 77 MORNING TO TURN, TURN ACROSS THE TURN LEFT ONTO CRYSTAL FALLS.

LIKE THAT LINE IS, I MEAN, IT GOES DOWN NOT TO JOURNEY, I'M NOT GONNA EXAGGERATE, BUT IT DOES GO WAY PAST THE CROSSING AND PEOPLE JUST PARK RIGHT ACROSS.

YOU CAN'T GET ACROSS INTO RONALD REAGAN AND GO LEFT.

YOU CAN'T GET OVER.

AND OF COURSE, THAT ONE PERSON WHO WANTS TO TURN THERE IS SITTING THERE WAITING AND EVERYBODY ELSE WAITS.

AND THEN IT'S THE NEXT PERSON'S TURN AND YOU WAIT A FEW LINES.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I I WANTED TO MENTION.

UM, I'VE GOT SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS HERE AS WELL, UH, THAT ARE CONCERNED AS, UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BRING UP THEIR OWN POINTS.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

ALEXANDRA LAINSON.

GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

YES.

ALEXANDRA LAINSON, UH, 1 0 1 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE EAST.

UM, I ALWAYS WANNA PREFACE THIS AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE STILL YET TO HAVE THE, UM, DEVELOPER CONTACT US.

WE'RE CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY THAN JUST ABOUT ANYBODY.

WE'RE WITH LESS THAN MAYBE LIKE 60 FEET AWAY, I THINK FROM THE SAID PROPERTY.

AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T CONTACTED US, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

AND I SAY THIS EVERY TIME I'VE COME.

UM, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS WE KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE PROGRESS.

THAT'S TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE.

WE JUST FEEL THAT THE PRUDENT THING WOULD BE TO HAVE CRYSTAL FALLS COME IN FIRST.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE PART OF THE PLAN.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE, WE CAN'T GET OUT, AS I SAID, MY, THAT'S MY DAUGHTER WHO IS LATE 15 TO 20 MINUTES LATE TO SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND THERE'S ONLY LIKE A COUPLE KIDS ON THE BUS.

THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THAT ONE STREET.

AND LEANDER PLANS ON HAVING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF OTHER HOMES UP ON 1 75 AND 1 76 THAT ARE ALL SUPPOSED TO FILTER DOWN OUR LITTLE BITTY ONE LANE ROAD.

UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE IS A, THAT WHEN CRYSTAL FALLS EXTENSION COMES IN, WE WANT CRASH GATES ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO KEEP THEM OFF THE ROAD.

PREFERABLY, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE BRIDGE SHUT DOWN AND JUST FOR EMERGENCY SAKE, WE THINK IT'S SAFER.

THERE'S NO GOOD THAT'S EVER GONNA COME FROM ALL THESE CARS TRYING TO GET ONTO RONALD REAGAN.

WHETHER YOU'RE GOING RIGHT OR LEFT, IT'S A NIGHTMARE.

AND, AND, AND THERE'S NOTHING SAFE ABOUT IT.

IT'S QUITE DANGEROUS.

AND SO THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CONCERN AT THE MOMENT.

ALSO, MY NEIGHBORS STILL DON'T HAVE WATER.

I DO CUZ I'M RIGHT ON THE CORNER.

BUT MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE STILL ON WELL WATER.

UH, WE'RE ALL ON SEPTIC.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE THESE LOTS MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE CUZ I THINK THE, THE SMALLEST ACREAGE IN OUR ENTIRE AREA IS THREE ACRES OR RIGHT AROUND THERE.

AND SO PUTTING THEIR ORIGINAL IDEA WAS TOWN HOMES AND YOU KNOW, THEY SAY ONE ACRE, BUT WE THINK THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE IT AND TRY TO DO NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO DO 70, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GAME THEY'RE PLAYING AND WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH THIS.

WE WANT ONE ACRE LOTS MINIMUM IN THAT AREA.

AND OUR NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WATER AS WELL, WHICH I THINK IS THE ONLY THING FAIR IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT US THROUGH THIS KIND OF HELL.

UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU KATHY HEINZ.

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PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

HI, I'M KATHY HINES.

I LIVE AT 1 0 8 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE EAST LEANDER.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

UM, WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR CAUSE.

OUR BIG PROBLEM WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE, WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE HAVE A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE.

THERE ARE ALWAYS ACCIDENTS AT RONALD REAGAN AND COUNTY ROAD 1 77 ALMOST EVERY MORNING.

COUNTY ROAD 1 77.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN IT.

IT IS BARELY A TWO-LANE ROAD.

I DO NOT SEE HOW 18 WHEELERS, CONCRETE TRUCKS, ET CETERA, ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO SAFELY GO DOWN THE ROAD AND STILL ALLOW US RESIDENTS SAFE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO OUR PROPERTIES, LET ALONE SCHOOL BUSES, TRASH TRUCKS, DELIVERY TRUCKS, EVERYTHING.

IT, IT IS, IS A VERY POOR PLAN TO EVEN THINK IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THAT THAT IS GONNA BE SAFE FOR THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO TRAVEL.

WE WOULD LOVE IT IF THE BRIDGE WERE CLOSED DOWN.

HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER DRIVEN OVER BRUSHY CREEK? OKAY, YOU KNOW THE BRIDGE I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW? YOU CAN GO THERE AND THERE'S WATER BUBBLING UP THROUGH THE CENTER OF THAT BRIDGE.

IT IS IN SUCH DISREPAIR.

THERE ARE UPS TRUCKS THAT GO OFF THAT PRIVATE CARS GO OFF THAT WHEN WE LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IF I LOOK TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S A HILL THAT GOES DOWN.

I'M IN A BIG TRUCK.

IF THERE'S A CAR SPEEDING AND IT'S A SMALL CAR, THAT CAR CAN'T SEE ME AND I CAN'T SEE IT UNTIL IT IS ON ME AS I'M TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN.

SO SOME OF OUR REALLY ACTION PLAN THINGS ARE WE REALLY WANT THE BRIDGE CLOSED.

WE SEE THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN SAFELY GET IN AND OUT OF OUR PROPERTIES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR WHATEVER TOO, TO GET IN.

WE WANT THE DEVELOPER IF THE BRIDGE IS NOT CLOSED, AND WE REALLY HOPE THIS BRIDGE WILL CLOSE.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY FOR THAT.

BUT IF IT DOESN'T, WE NEED A FLAGGER ON THAT ROAD.

WE NEED THE DEVELOPER AND THE CONTRACTOR TO COMMIT FLAGGER ON THAT ROAD AT ALL TIMES DURING CONSTRUCTION SO WE CAN SAFELY ENTER AND EXIT OUR PROPERTIES.

WE WANT A COMMITMENT FROM LEANER PD THAT THEY'RE GONNA ALLOW TRAFFIC IN AND OUT.

THEY'RE GONNA SIT THERE AND PHYSICALLY EVERY MORNING DURING HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC AND EVERY EVENING ALLOW US TO SAFELY GET IN AND OUT OF OUR PROPERTIES.

WE DO NOT WANNA BE A STAGING AREA FOR THESE TRUCKS COMING IN.

WE HAVE A NARROW ROAD ALSO THAT GOES THROUGH OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 16 ACREAGE PROPERTIES.

WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS, WE HAVE MANY CHILDREN.

WE ARE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK DOGS.

WE DO NOT WANT THOSE LARGE TRUCKS STAGING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CHILD HIT OR WORSE EVEN KILLED.

WE EVENTUALLY WANT CRASH GATES THAT WOULD FACE COUNTY ROAD 1 77.

SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE CUT THREE TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LARGER LOTS.

WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NO LONGER HAVE THE WILDLIFE THERE THAT WE USED TO HAVE.

AND AS ANOTHER PERSON IS GONNA POINT OUT, YOU'VE GOT THAT LOVELY SYMBOL FOR LEANDER.

I DON'T SEE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, MAKE BANDAS FRANTI, SORRY.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

MARIA VANES, FRANTI 1 0 7 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE.

SO I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MY EXPERIENCE IN THESE MEETINGS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE MY THIRD ONE.

THE FIRST MEETING I HAD TO SAY WAS VERY EYE-OPENING.

THERE WAS NO SINGLE KNOWLEDGE AT ALL OF ANY OTHER CONCERNS AT THE NEIGHBORS, BRO.

UH, NOT EVEN A SINGLE QUESTION TO THE BUILDERS WERE ASKED AT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TELLING YOU AGAIN AND THINGS WERE APPROVED.

YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT SURE AT SOME POINT IN THIS SI WHO WERE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITIES OF THE BUILDERS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS CELEBRATING AT THE END THAT DECISION.

MY SECOND MEETING WAS LAST WEEK.

AND, UM, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER FIRST PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THIS SI STARTED, UH, BASICALLY TELLING US THAT THEY HAD TO APPROVE DUE TO A TEXAS LAW.

AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS BASICALLY SAID, SO THEY WHY WE ARE HERE.

THEN SOME QUESTIONS FOR REALLY ADDRESS AT THAT POINT.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE CONVERSATION CHANGED.

BUT IT WAS PRETTY SAD TO WITNESS THAT IT STARTED TELLING US LIKE WE HAD TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE OF TEXAS LAW.

SO I, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS PRETTY KIND OF LIKE IN SHOCK OF LIKE, WHAT IS THE ROLE THEN HERE? SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT IN THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT YOU HAVE SOME AUTHORITY TO SOME DECISION MAKING ON ALL THIS SAFETY AND TRAFFIC DECISIONS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

UM, YOU ARE HEARING FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS, IT'S VERY CLEARLY OUT.

EVEN IN THE MEETING LAST WEEK AT THE END EVERYBODY WAS ACKNOWLEDGED, YES, THIS IS A ROAD THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS CONSTRUCTION CAN HAPPEN.

EVEN THE ENGINEER OF THE BUILDER ADMITTED THAT.

SO I'M HOPING I CAN SEE

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UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BUILDER WEBSITE TO REFLECT WHAT YOU GUYS APPROVE.

I REALLY THINK IT'S DISRESPECTFUL THAT WE STILL SEEING A FOOTPRINT THAT IS FOR 50 FEET, YOU KNOW, LOTS WHEN YOU GUYS DIDN'T APPROVE THAT.

SO THAT'S KINDA LIKE TELLING ME A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE, WHERE IS THE AUTHORITY HERE THAT THE BUILDER DOESN'T EVEN REFLECT WHAT IT WAS APPROVED, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE EYE-OPENING FOR ME.

LAST I WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO CHRISTIAN AND I WILL BE, KEEP PRAYING, YOU KNOW, FOR GOD WISDOM THAT YOU ALL WILL DRIVE SOME DECISION TO KEEP SON SOMETHING CLOSE TO THE PICTURE THAT IS IN OUR CITY LOGO AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT ADDRESS THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE ALL KEEP BRINGING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING YOU GUYS SOME OPTIONS.

WE'RE EVEN SADLY SAYING CLOSE THE BRIDGE.

I LOVE DRIVING IN THAT BRIDGE.

IT ACTUALLY REMINDS ME COUNT, LIKE WHAT THE LOGO REPRESENTS.

BUT WE'RE GIVING YOU GUYS OPTIONS TO DO SOMETHING FOR A TRAFFIC TO WE CAN TAKE KIDS TO SCHOOL, THAT WE CAN HAVE A TURN THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN TURN SAFELY AND THERE'S NO BLIND SPOTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE PLUS AND MINUSES THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, THE ZONING THAT WE KNOW DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT'S TO BE CLEARED OUT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND KIDS THAT HAD TO STOP IN THAT ROAD TO GET IN AND OUT OF BOSSES.

SO I HAVE NO IDEA HOW CONSTRUCTION CAN BE ALLOWED IN THIS ROAD WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS BEING ALLOWED.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU JOSH FREEMAN.

GOOD EVENING.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME'S JOSH FREEMAN.

I LIVE AT 1 0 7 EAST VALLEYVIEW DRIVE, UH, VAL, I'M SORRY, 1 0 7 VALLEYVIEW DRIVE EAST IN LEANER.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE THREE MINUTES.

UM, I I I WANNA REITERATE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ALREADY.

OF COURSE, OUR CONCERNS AROUND SAFETY.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT.

WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THAT IN THE CITY.

SO WE WE'RE KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THERE'S THIS CONTINUED, UH, AUTOMATIC ZONING UPDATES THAT OCCUR FROM RURAL TO SUBURBAN OR URBAN, UH, IN THIS AREA.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.

UM, WE'VE ENGAGED, UH, LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, EVERY FORUM.

UM, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR AT LEAST SOME ACTIONS AROUND THAT.

UH, WE DID TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF ENGAGING THE DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPER'S, REPRESENTATIVES.

I HAVE TWO QUOTES FOR YOU.

ONE IS LIFE IS HARD WHEN WE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DURATION OF TIME PERIOD.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS BECAUSE CRYSTAL FALLS EXTENSION IS GONNA TAKE SO LONG.

THE SECOND ONE WAS, WE HAVE TO HAVE DENSITY FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO MAKE MONEY.

SO IT IT, I KIND OF QUESTIONED THE, THE THE ACTUAL PROCESS HERE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY KNOW WHEN THEY BUY, THEY'RE GOING TO GET LOWER STANDARDS FOR DIFFERENT KIND OF ZONINGS, EVEN THOUGH SOMETHING ZONED A CERTAIN WAY.

SO IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THAT'S IN THEIR EQUATION OR MATH WHEN THEY DO THIS.

AND WE, WE TEND TO, TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LIST OF REQUESTS WE'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER.

I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE DISCREPANCIES THAT WE SEE IN THIS.

THE FIRST ONE IS OF COURSE, POSTING ON TIMES FOR THESE HEARINGS.

THERE WAS A MISTAKE PREVIOUSLY IN THE Z ZONING AND PLANNING ONE.

THANKFULLY THAT WILL RESULT.

THE OTHER DISCREPANCY IS ASSIGNED MAGICALLY DISAPPEARS AROUND WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.

THE NEXT DISCREPANCY IS ACTUALLY IN, IN THE AGENDA.

ONLY ABOUT 20 ACRES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN REZONED, BUT WE KEEP REFERENCE REPRESENTING ALL 37.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT IS BEING APPROVED BECAUSE WHAT ALL WE CAN SEE IN THE DEVELOPER'S WEBSITE IS SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT APPARENTLY REFLECT WHAT IS PROVED THERE.

SO AS WE KNOW, THERE'S STILL THE 20 ACRES NORTH OF THE FU FUTURE.

CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY IS ACTUALLY STILL ZONED AS RURAL SINGLE FAMILY.

BUT ALL THE THINGS WE SEE IS THAT'S GONNA BE ONE USEFUL DEVELOPMENT.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

UM, THAT'S WHAT WE READ IN THE, IN THE, IN THE DOCUMENTS IN THE MINUTES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW IN OTHER AREAS.

THE LAST THING IS, IS, IS, IS SAFETY.

WE GO THROUGH THE LIST OF, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE LIKE THIS TO BE ZONED IN SOMETHING THAT'S MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AREA, REVERT BACK.

WE KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT.

WE LIKE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONTROLS AROUND THE TRAFFIC, BUT WE'D REALLY JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIRST TO HEAR THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR SOME KIND OF PLAN TO DEAL WITH THIS.

UM, THE, THE TRAFFIC IS A REAL ISSUE.

THERE IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE THERE.

AND I WOULD SAY YOU JUST ALL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED GOING TO A SIX LANE FOR CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA AND YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF WHAT'S REQUIRED.

I'D LIKE YOU TO USE THE SAME APPROACH, THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ON THIS LITTLE ROAD WITH ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS TONIGHT.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? GO ON NOW.

YOU'LL HAVE TO FILL OUT A CARD AFTERWARDS.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

UH, RICK KANE 1 0 9 VALLEYVIEW DRIVE.

UM, I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN VALLEYVIEW, UH, WITH MY THREE LITTLE KIDS, MY WIFE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE COMMENTS A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE MADE.

UH, THIS STREET IS VERY DANGEROUS.

1 77 IS A MESS.

IT IS FALLING APART.

THE LOW WATER CROSSING'S FALLING APART.

THERE'S BLIND CORNERS EVERYWHERE THERE'S RISES.

IT IS A CONSTANT DANGER.

I AM ALWAYS SCARED, HONESTLY SCARED GOING IN AND OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

TRYING

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IT IS ALWAYS BACKED UP BOTH ON RONALD REAGAN AS WELL AS UP 1 77.

IT IS A MESS.

AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONSIDER EITHER DELAYING THIS PROJECT UNTIL CRYSTAL FALLS IS AVAILABLE, OR, UM, SHUTTING DOWN SOME OF THE, THE, THE, THE REALLY, REALLY POOR PIECES OF CR 1 77, LIKE THE LOW WATER CROSSING AND TRYING TO CONTROL TRAFFIC.

THERE'S LOTS OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL AND I THINK THAT THE WRONG DECISIONS ARE REALLY GOING TO PUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK.

I REALLY DO.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.

THANK YOU.

WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

A PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ASH REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE CP 2,320 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

COUNSEL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS LIKE AN IN GENERAL, I MEAN SOME OF, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE VALID CONCERNS.

SOME OF THE THINGS ARE NOT ACTUAL FACTUAL THAT WERE, WERE BEING SAID TO.

DO.

WE WANNA GIVE ANY KIND OF QUICK SUMMARY AS FAR AS THE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT? UH, I I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS PROBABLY SAID AT THE P AND Z MEETING WAS BECAUSE THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN.

SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING.

THE ZONING'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, RIGHT? I KNOW THEY WERE ASKING ORIGINALLY, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THEY WERE ASKING FOR A VERY DENSE PRODUCT, UM, CAME BACK AND UM, WERE ONLY THEY, THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD WANNA SAY JUST TO CLEAR UP FOR ANYBODY THAT WAS MAKING COMMENTS OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE? SURE.

AND WHEN AND WHEN THE TRAFFIC STUFF WILL BE LOOKED AT AS FAR AS OUR PROCESS.

SO, UM, IN 2022 THAT'S WHEN WE REVIEWED THE ZONING REQUEST.

UM, THEY STARTED WITH, UH, TOWN HOMES FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT AND UM, THE END REQUEST THAT CAME TO THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL WAS, UM, THE SOUTHERN PORTION.

UM, SO IT WOULD BE THIS, THIS PIECE HERE.

SO THIS IS THE CRYSTAL FALLS EXTENSION.

SO THIS PIECE, UM, WAS ZONED SFS, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN THAT ALLOWS THE 70 FOOT WIDE LOTS.

THEY CHOSE TO LEAVE THE NORTHERN PORTION AS SINGLE FAMILY RURAL.

SO WHEN YOU DO A CONCEPT PLAN, THE CONCEPT PLAN HAS TO INCLUDE ALL THE LAND THAT, UM, IS UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP.

SO THIS CONCEPT PLAN DOES INCLUDE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, BUT THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CRYSTAL FALLS COULD ONLY BE DEVELOPED AS LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL.

SO THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE CONFUSION CUZ THE ZONING REQUEST WAS JUST THE SOUTHERN PIECE.

UM, WITH THE NOTIFICATION ERROR, WE DID PROVIDE SIGNS WITH THE WRONG DATE FOR THE, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I THINK WE HAD SAID TUESDAY INSTEAD OF THURSDAY ON THE SIGN.

UM, WE DID FIX THE SIGN AND SEND OUT NEW NOTICE SO IT WAS DELAYED, UM, TO MEET THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

AND IT IS CORRECT THAT IT'S THE CONCEPT PLAN AND PER THE STATE LAW WE'RE REQUIRED TO APPROVE IT UNLESS THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES FROM THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.

AND ARE THEY ASKING FOR ANY VARI VARIANCES? OKAY.

I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO ENGINEERING ABOUT TIMING OF BUILDING CRYSTAL FALLS.

RIGHT.

I DO KNOW WHEN THEY COME IN THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEDICATING RIGHT OF WAY AND THEN THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR A PORTION OF THE ROADWAY.

BUT WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHERE IT IS ON THE CIP P WOULDN'T THIS MAKE THEM, I MEAN THIS IS SIDE COMMENT, BUT WOULDN'T THIS MAKE THEM DEDICATE WELL FROM WHAT WE JUST APPROVED EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO A WIDER ROAD.

DON'T THEY DEDICATE MORE RIGHT AWAY NOW THAT, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE, I MEAN WITH, WITH, I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE IMAGES THAT WE HAVE UNLIMITED POWER UP HERE AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED THAT, THAT TO, FOR SOMEBODY THAT DOES THIS FOR A LIVING DOC, SO EXPLAIN KIND OF HOW THESE THINGS GET DONE AND WHY THEY HAVE TO GET DONE IN CERTAIN WAYS.

OKAY.

UM, THERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER THING THAT CAME UP THERE TOO WAS, WAS ANYTHING ABOUT THE POSTING OF THE, THE WEIGHT LIMIT ON THE, ON THE STREET? DID WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

UM, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN PROBABLY, IS IT PUBLIC WORKS THAT MAINTAINS THE STREET SIZE? ARE WE AWARE OF ANYTHING THERE OR, I KNOW THERE ARE TWO SIGNS ON REAGAN THAT AS YOU APPROACH 1 77 OKAY.

TO TELL YOU NO TRUCKS OVER 22,000 BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE.

OKAY.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS ONE RIGHT AS YOU TURN ON 1 77, BUT I ACTUALLY JUST SENT AN EMAIL AFTER I HEARD THAT TO MAKE SURE TO GET KNOCKED OUT.

SO WE'VE ALREADY, YOU ALREADY, OKAY.

YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING INTO THAT.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE BRIDGE, WE'RE ACTUALLY OUT THERE THIS WEEK, UM, REPAIRING IT.

SO, AND DO WE HAVE IT'S CLOSED DOWN RIGHT NOW.

IT IS CLOSED DOWN, YES.

AND DO WE, IF, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST CLOSE DOWN THE BRIDGE TOO IF WE WANTED TO? WOULD I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING WE WE'RE NOT.

I'M JUST AT, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR BRIDGE, IT'S OUR ROAD.

OKAY.

SECTION OF THE ROAD.

SO GOT IT.

THAT'S BUT ALL THOSE THINGS WOULD BE ADDRESSED.

THE ROAD IS IT NOT? IT'S A IT, THAT PORTION OF IT.

WE OWN THAT PORTION.

OKAY.

OF THE LOW WATER CROSSING IS, IS LAND? YEAH, I'VE DRIVEN ON THAT.

IT'S PARTS OF IT ARE COUNTY.

OKAY.

YEAH.