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OH, THE ORDER. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER LANTRIP. BEFORE WE START OUR MEETING, I JUST TRY TO HOLD IT TOGETHER AS BEST I CAN, BUT WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER A FORMER COMMISSIONER. JASON ANDERSON, WHO SERVED SIX YEARS ON THE PNC PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS WAS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BCC, AND PROVIDED A JUST A VALUABLE SERVICE TO OUR CITY. HE PASSED AWAY FROM A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE FROM CANCER OVER THE WEEKEND, AND WE JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN POUR INTO HIS FAMILY IS WELL RESPECTED AND HEARD AND JUST AND RECOGNIZE FOR THE VALUABLE SERVICE THAT HE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED OUR CITY. I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER COLLUM ALSO WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL, SO I'LL LET YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SCOTT. YEAH, I NORMALLY SPEAK JUST SORT OF OFF THE CUFF, BUT I ACTUALLY WROTE SOMETHING JUST TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT. BUT JASON WAS THE KIND OF RESIDENT EVERY TOWN NEEDS AND THE KIND OF FRIEND EVERY PERSON WANTS. HIS COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND VOLUNTEER HEART WERE JUST AMAZING. I VISITED WITH HIM ON THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE SUNDAY THAT HE PASSED THIS PAST SUNDAY, AND HE WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS CITY AND THE BCRA FOR OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, JASON PLAYED BASS GUITAR IN A MUSICAL PROJECT WITH ME AND A COUPLE OF OTHER GUYS, AND ASIDE FROM THE MUSIC WE WERE MAKING, WE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT OUR CITY AND HE SHARED MANY PERSPECTIVES ABOUT SERVICE ON THIS COMMISSION, IN PARTICULAR, THE LOW FREQUENCY NOTES HE DELIVERED ON THE BASS GUITAR WERE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE MUSIC WE WERE MAKING. BUT HIS HUMBLE NATURE AND KINDNESS, EVEN TEMPER, SENSE OF HUMOR AND THOUGHTFULNESS WERE FOUNDATIONAL FOR THE WAY I AT LEAST TRY TO APPROACH MY SERVICE ON THIS COMMISSION, AND I THANK HIM FOR THAT. WHETHER IT WAS MUSIC, HIS PROFESSIONAL WORK, SERVICE ON A BOARD, OR ADVICE TO A FRIEND, WHATEVER JASON WAS INVOLVED WITH, HE MADE IT BETTER. THE COURAGEOUSNESS GRATITUDE AND OPTIMISM WITH WHICH HE LIVED IN THE FACE OF HIS ILLNESS WAS INSPIRATIONAL AND WAS THE AND AS WAS THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE HE HAD FOR HIS FAMILY. PLEASE KEEP HIS WIFE, BETH AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, ANNA AND ELI, IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. IF YOU WERE EVER LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN THEIR PRESENCE OF ALL FOUR OF THEM AT ONCE, YOU COULD FEEL THE LOVE THEY HAD FOR EACH OTHER RADIATING OFF OF THEM. AND IF YOU'RE INCLINED TO CONTRIBUTE, THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY. JASON WAS SUCH A VALUED AND BELOVED PART OF ESTABLISHED A COLLEGE FUND FOR HIS CHILDREN, WHICH YOU CAN FIND AT HIS WIFE'S WEBSITE AT CAROL BETH ANDERSON.COM/DONATE. I HOPE WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR OUR FRIEND, BUT THEN LATER, PERHAPS EVEN MORE TO HIS LIKING. FIX YOUR FAVORITE COCKTAIL OR POUR A GLASS OF WINE OR BEER. PUT ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS ON AND TURN IT UP REALLY LOUD AND GIVE A LITTLE TOAST TO JASON. THANKS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON
[3. Director's report to the Planning & Zoning Commission on action taken by City Council on the February 20, 2025 meeting.]
TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND DIRECTOR GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. I'M REPORTING ON ITEMS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE PUD. THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE SECOND READING. THIS WAS THE CASE WHERE THEY WERE PROPOSING THE PARKING LOT WITHOUT A STRUCTURE. AND LATER A COMMERCIAL USE WILL COME INTO PLAY. AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS THE SAN GABRIEL PROJECT, MINOR PUD. THEY COMPLETED THE FIRST READING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, AND THIS ONE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK FOR THE FINAL READING. AND THEN OUR FINAL ITEM IS THE BURLESON TRACT PRELIMINARY PLAT TREE REMOVAL. AND THEY DID APPROVE THAT REQUEST. AND THAT'S IT FOR MY[4. Review of meeting protocol.]
REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GRIFFIN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO YOUR RIGHT. ON THE SCREEN IS OUR MEETING PROTOCOL. THIS IS HOW WE CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT EITHER IS ON OR NOT ON THE AGENDA WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AT THAT POINT, YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION, AND THERE WILL BE NO BACK AND FORTH DIALOG.DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. ALL
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RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CAN BE PASSED BY ONE MOTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE CHAIR COLON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYDIA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY,[8. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action on Subdivision Case SFP-22-0002 and Variance Case VA-22-0001 to approve the Leander Business Center Short Form Final Plat and Variance on one (1) parcel of land approximately 10.251 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District R031713; generally located at 80 Mockingbird Hill, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 10.251 ACRES IN SIZE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT R031713 AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT 80 MOCKINGBIRD HILL. LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THANK YOU, MR. DALE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL. SO TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THIS REQUEST IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS. PER SECTION 45 OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO BLOCKS ALONG ARTERIAL STREETS AND BLOCKS CONTAINING OR PROPOSED TO CONTAIN PRELIMINARY OR PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USES. SHALL NOT EXCEED A BLOCK LENGTH OF 4000FT■!S. YOU HAD IN YOUR PACKET THIS PERIMETER BLOCK LENGTH EXHIBIT JUST TO KIND OF COVER WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT.THESE ARE THE DIMENSIONS AROUND THE BLOCK. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THERE WAS MEASUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE BLOCK THERE. THE VARIANCE REQUEST THAT'S GOING ALONG WITH THE PLAT TONIGHT IS TO NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING INSTEAD TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE BY PROVIDING RECIPROCAL ACCESS TO A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT OF MOCKINGBIRD HILL. THAT'S THIS BLUE LINE RIGHT HERE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN RED RIGHT HERE. THE BELOW SUBDIVISION HERE IS HOMESTEAD. AND THEN TO THE EAST, OVER HERE IS THE DEERBROOK SUBDIVISION. JUST FOR YOUR BEARINGS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE 50 FOOT ROADWAY EASEMENT OF MOCKINGBIRD HILL AND PROVIDE A SECONDARY EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT TO THE SITE. THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE AND SHORT FORM FINAL PLAT, WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE PROVIDING RECIPROCAL ACCESS TO THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND WEST AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN APPLICATION. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. WE'RE HERE TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE INTO DISCUSSION. I'LL START TO THE COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER MEHAN. YES.
SINCE WE'RE ONLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIANCE. THE VARIANCE MAKES SENSE. I HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS ABOUT THIS IN PARTICULAR, BUT I'LL. I'LL KEEP THOSE TO MYSELF FOR TONIGHT. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER MORALES. YEAH. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VARIANCE, BUT THE FINAL PLAT, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE INTERESTING. IT STATED THERE WERE NO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES DIRECTLY AROUND THE PROPERTY, WHICH IT APPEARS THAT TO THE SOUTH, THERE ARE DUPLEXES ON THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL ON THAT SAME PROPERTY LINE. AND IN LOOKING AT THE PLAT, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO SETBACKS CURRENTLY. AND I KNOW IF I WAS LIVING IN ONE OF THOSE HOUSES AND YOU WERE BUILDING A COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND ME, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE PLAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED A SETBACK. FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. OKAY. CAN I RESPOND TO THAT REAL QUICK? YEAH. GO AHEAD. SO ON PLATS, WE DON'T DEFINE SETBACKS. THE ZONING DEFINES THAT. SO WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THEIR PERMIT WILL TAKE THAT ZONING DISTRICT THAT'S APPROVED. AND WE LOOK AT THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. SO THEY WILL HAVE AN EXTRA SETBACK BY RESIDENTIAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER. LADY. NO COMMENTS FOR ME AND COMMISSIONER CULLUM. NONE FOR ME EITHER. THANKS.
YEAH. AND MY COMMENTS ARE JUST GOING TO ECHO COMMISSIONER MORALES POINTS ABOUT THE LETTER THAT SAID THAT ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE UNIMPROVED EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHWEST PROPERTIES. SO THEY JUST DIDN'T MENTION THE SOUTH PROPERTY THERE. YEAH. AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER THING WAS WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE READING THE CASE AND REVIEWING IT, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY TIMELINE THAT WAS PROVIDED. SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN KIND OF NICE TO KIND OF SEE WHEN THE ZONING WAS APPROVED AND LIKE WHAT THE ZONING WAS. I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A PUD COMMERCIAL PROPERTY HERE JUST AND IT'S ALREADY APPROVED, BUT THOSE BACKGROUND ARE ALWAYS HELPFUL WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING CASES. SO THAT'S IT. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE BY VICE CHAIR COLON SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEHAN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. IT PASSES. THANK YOU. DO WE DO HAVE TO MAKE ONE MORE MOTION BECAUSE THIS IS THERE'S TWO ITEMS TO APPROVE ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE. SO WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SHORT FORM PLAT. RIGHT. SO TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SHORT FORM PLAT.
MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SHORT FORM PLAT BY
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VICE CHAIR COLON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEHAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND IT PASSES. EXCELLENT.[9. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0154 to amend the current zoning of TOD/PUD-CD (Transit Oriented Development/ Planned Unit Development – Conventional Development Sector) to adopt the McCall Capital Minor Planned Unit Development with the base zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land 4.06 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District parcel R032207; and is generally located east of 183A Toll Road, approximately 270 feet south of Bulbine Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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HERE IS THE CURRENT ZONING RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS THAT CD CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT'S WITHIN THE SMART CODE. AND. HERE IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. THIS IS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DIDN'T REALLY HIT MUCH OF THE BRYSON SUBDIVISION.
RIGHT. RIGHT HERE. THEY DID. BUT IT WAS VERY CLOSE. SO THERE IS A FEW OF THEM THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO REACH OUT TO. AND THEN THE PROPOSED ZONING, THE GC DASH 3-C. ON THIS. IN ADDITION TO THE NOTICES THAT WE SENT OUT FOR EVERYBODY WITHIN 200FT, THEY ALSO SENT OUT 500 NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH TO EVERYONE WITHIN 500FT. OKAY. NO CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATIONS. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE REPORT ON EXHIBIT EIGHT IN YOUR PACKET. AND THEN, YEAH, BASED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY AND ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GC DASH 3-C. AND ACTUALLY THEY CAME IN WITH A TYPE FOUR AND THEY LOWERED IT TO THE TYPE THREE. IT WORKS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. GOOD FAITH ENGINEERING ANTHONY GOOD IS THE AGENT ON BEHALF. AND I THINK SPENCER ACTUALLY IS HERE TODAY. HE'S THE WITH THE APPLICANT OKAY. OR IS THE APPLICANT AND IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO SPEAK OR BE JUST AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
EXCELLENT. OKAY. WITH THAT WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE INTO DISCUSSION.
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I'LL START TO MY LEFT. VICE CHAIR. COLON. YEAH, I GENERALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS, ACTUALLY. BUT I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND, GIVEN THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE AROUND THERE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNICATION, THAT OUTREACH THAT'S GOING TO THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDINGS AROUND THERE, OR DO ACTUAL RESIDENTS GET IT'S ALL IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH IT'S ALL PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED SINGLE FAMILY OR USED AS SINGLE FAMILY. OKAY. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH WOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S THAT WAS MY ASSUMPTION. OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER. COOL. THANKS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER LADY, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THEY HAD DECIDED WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO BE AN OFFICE OR A WAREHOUSE.IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT IT'S SLATED TO BE DEVELOPED AS. BUT THOSE TWO THINGS SEEM VERY
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DIFFERENT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE BECAUSE I'M NEW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF THEY CAN KIND OF JUST PICK ONE. IT JUST SEEMS VERY DIFFERENT. GOTCHA. I CAN HELP YOU WITH OFFICE WAREHOUSE. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DEFINITION IN THE ORDINANCE, AND THEY'LL BUILD A BUILDING AND THEY'LL HAVE OFFICE SPACE. AND THEN THEY HAVE WAREHOUSING FOR GOODS. SO THEY'RE USUALLY ASSOCIATED. BUT WITH THE ZONING THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO DO COMMERCIAL RETAIL. SO IT COULD BECOME SOMETHING DIFFERENT AS WELL. OKAY. GOT IT. YEAH. AND I'LL PIGGYBACK ON THAT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF YOU THINK ABOUT A SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT YOU KNOW WE'RE SCOTTSDALE CROSSING IS AND YOU HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL AND KIND OF INDUSTRIAL KIND OF BUILDINGS BACK THERE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT. YOU HAVE LIKE A RETAIL SPACE, LIKE A LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, RED HORN HAS THEIR COFFEE SHOP, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE KIND OF A WAREHOUSING SPACE WHERE THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR BREWERY THERE AS WELL. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF YOU CAN LOOK AT IT IN THAT PERSPECTIVE, COMMISSIONER MORALES. YEAH. YEAH, I ACTUALLY DO THINK GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU KNOW, IT FALLS INTO RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE ACTIVITY CENTER, MIXED USE. MY ONLY COMMENT, THOUGH, IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AT WE'RE PROPOSING. GC THREE C AND FOR SITE COMPONENT C LIKE THREE, IT'S REALLY INTENDED FOR LESS RESTRICTIVE USE. AND I COULD SEE IF THIS WAS MORE AN NOT SO OFF THE BEATEN PATH OR NOT ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAY, BUT WITH APARTMENTS ON THREE SIDES OF IT, A VERY, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WITH WITH THREE, IT ALLOWS FOR A LOT MORE OUTDOOR STORAGE, OTHER THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE AS PLEASANT AS A CATEGORY TWO. SO I AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENT C IS ALSO IF YOU READ WHAT IT SAYS, IT'S NOT INTENDED FOR A MAJORITY OF LOCAL COMMERCIALS. AND THIS IS A PRETTY VISIBLE LOCATION. AND EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE STARING AT THIS BUILDING, NOT JUST FROM THE FRONT, BUT ALL SIDES PRETTY REGULARLY GIVEN ITS LOCATION. SO I DO THINK THAT IT PROBABLY A GC TO BE WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE BASED ON THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCIES. SO YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEHAN. I'M SIMILAR TO COMMISSIONER MORALES, EXCEPT FOR I DON'T REALLY HAVE HEARTBURN WITH THE TYPE THREE SITE COMPONENT. IT IS THE TYPE C ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENT, THOUGH, GIVEN THE LOCATION OF IT WHERE IT'S AT AND BEING A MAJOR, MAJOR CORRIDOR THROUGH THERE, I TEND TO AGREE. OKAY. YEAH. AND MY COMMENTS FAIRLY SIMILAR I THINK. I THINK THE ZONING MAKES SENSE TO THIS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY AN ISSUE OR A POINT OF CONTENTION. THE ONLY THING IS I WANT TO BE BE MINDFUL OF IS, ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE A HORSESHOE THAT'S SURROUNDING THIS ENTIRE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WITH WITH GC THREE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THESE RESIDENTIAL AREA AROUND YOU. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME SORT OF AT LEAST MASONRY BARRIER BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE APARTMENTS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M GUESSING THERE'S NOTHING OR THERE'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE OR SOMETHING MOST LIKELY. OR IT'S A WROUGHT IRON. OKAY. THAT'S WHICH ESTHETICALLY IS GREAT, BUT I MEAN, EITHER THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER BE REPLACED OR YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD YOUR FENCE AROUND IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON THAT OR. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP HERE. YEAH. LET'S HASH IT OUT. SO I THINK I THINK THE HISTORY OF IT, IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING. THE DEVELOPER THAT PUT IN THE APARTMENTS WENT TO THE WIDOW AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO SURROUND YOU SELL OR ELSE. AND SO I THINK IF WE RESTRICT HER USE, IT'S LIKE ESSENTIALLY THE APARTMENTS GOT THEIR WAY EITHER WAY. AND IN FACT, THEY TOOK ON THE SOUTH END AND ON THE NORTH END, THE ENTRANCES. AND SO BECAUSE THOSE ENTRANCES ARE SO CLOSE, SHE CAN'T GET ANOTHER. SHE HAS A SHARED ENTRANCE WHICH REDUCED HER VALUE. BUT ANYWAYS, BACK TO I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH. THIS TOO IS ON THE SOUTH END AND ON THE EAST END. ALL OF THAT IS PARKING. AND IN FACT, ON THE EAST END, THAT ENTIRE SECTION OF THE EAST END OF THAT PROPERTY ALREADY HAS LIKE A CANOPY FOR PARKING. AND SO IT IT REALLY IS ON THE EAST SIDE. IT'S, IT'S REMOVED KIND OF BY DEFINITION, BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE A CANOPY AND CARS ALL ALONG THE EAST AND THE SOUT. ON THE NORTH WEST SIDE WILL BE THE DETENTION POND. THAT'S WHERE THE WATER FLOWS. AND SO THERE'LL BE NO BUILDINGS IN THE NORTHWEST
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SIDE, THE ONLY SECTION OF IT THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED WOULD BE THAT NORTH EAST SIDE. BUT EVERYTHING ON THE EAST AND EVERYTHING ON THE SOUTH REALLY IS A PARKING LOT ALREADY. AND OUR LAYOUT IS SUCH THAT OUR BUILDINGS THERE WILL BE THE BUILDINGS WILL BE THE BARRIER, RIGHT? NOTHING'S BETTER THAN A THAN A STUCCOED WALL AS A BARRIER. SO TO PUT A CINDER BLOCK WALL AND THEN A STUCCO, YOU KNOW. YEAH. BUILDING IN MY, IN MY MIND DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE AS LONG AS THERE'S LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THEM. SO YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE TWO WALLS WITH THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE OR THE WALL WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TOGETHER, AND IT REALLY IS A PARKING LOT LIKE IT. NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, I SEE THE PICTURES, YOU SEE THE AERIALS OF IT RIGHT NOW. AND I CAN TELL THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THAT OR HAVING A LANDSCAPING BARRIER AROUND THERE AS WELL, WOULD PROBABLY MAKE MORE SENSE. RIGHT, RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT KIND OF YOU'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW? THAT'S EXACTLY WE'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE WITH THE ZONING A NATURAL BARRIER. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY OF MY PROPERTIES. IT WILL BE WELL LANDSCAPED AND PRETTY. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S MORE ESTHETIC THAN JUST A WALL. BUT THAT'S MY TAKE. AND THEN THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDENTIAL, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PARKING. I GUESS THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL. IF YOU LOOK TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST CORNER, RIGHT, RIGHT. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDENTIAL BACKING UP THERE. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO THE SOUTH, THAT ONE BUILDING. BUT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF PROBABLY A 20 FOOT MAYBE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE WITH THE PARKING LOT AND THE ACTUAL PROPERTY. BUT MY OTHER MY OTHER CONCERN WAS JUST THAT IF YOU'RE DOING A COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE, YOU MAY HAVE TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE. YEAH, THEY HOW ARE YOU ON THE PROPERTY LINE THOUGH AT ALL? THEY WON'T BE.IT'LL BE A U SHAPE WITHIN IT SO THAT THEY WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO SEE A TRUCK IF THEY WANTED TO, BECAUSE THERE'D BE BUILDINGS BETWEEN THEM. GOT IT. OKAY. AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO THE FIRE CONCERNS. NOW, I WANTED TO SAY ONE OTHER THING IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY. LIKE I'VE BEEN BACK THERE A HUNDRED TIMES, RIGHT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. IT DIVES DOWN. AND SO THERE'S A RETAINING WALL AS THERE IS. SO EVEN IF THEY'RE LOOKING OUT, THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT A RETAINING WALL AND THEN ANOTHER WALL OR A BUILDING. SO I REALLY IN MY MIND I'M LIKE, IT'S HARD TO EVEN SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BEYOND BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BELOW. GOT IT? OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT. DOES THAT HELP? YEAH IT DOES. NO. ABSOLUTELY NO. I BELIEVE YOU EXPLAINED THE DESIGN A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAT YOU'RE NOT. EVERYBODY'S NOT JUST STARING AT THE ROAD. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LOADING DOCKS DEFINITELY HELPS. YEAH. AND I WANTED TO MENTION IS THIS ISN'T FOR, LIKE, SEMIS AND LOADING DOCKS AND LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE HEAVY. IT'S NOT INDUSTRIAL.
MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS I OWN ANOTHER PROPERTY ON COUNTY ROAD 270 WHICH IS BEHIND THIS. AND WE HAVE FILLED THAT WITH WITH PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE BUSINESSES IN CEDAR PARK, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT HERE IN LEANDER. AND SO THEY'RE SHIFTING NORTH.
RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S A IT'S A HUGE EMPLOYMENT CENTER. SO WE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 15 BUSINESSES, EACH WITH THREE EMPLOYEES OR SO THERE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT IS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER RIGHT THERE. IT'S SUPER CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN BRYSON SUBDIVISION AND AROUND. SO OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION THERE. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE VOTE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE I WILL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE CHAIR COLON AND SECONDED BY ME JAMES OLIVER. IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH, COMMISSIONER OLIVER? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND IT PASSES. EXCELLENT. WITH THAT. THE TIME IS 623 AND WE
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