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WHAT TIME IS 6 P.M? AND THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF LEANDER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
[3. Director's report to the Planning & Zoning Commission on action taken by City Council on the March 6, 2025 meeting.]
IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR. DIRECTOR'S REPORT. GOOD EVENING. KARINA IS LOADING UP OUR POWERPOINT. TAKE YOUR TIME. WE HAVE ALL NIGHT. JUST KIDDING. ALL NIGHT. SORRY. THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO WE ONLY HAD ONE CASE THAT WAS FORWARDED FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE MARCH 6TH MEETING. IT WAS THE SAN GABRIEL PROJECT. MINOR PUD. WE DID CONDUCT THE SECOND READING AND EVERYTHING WAS APPROVED. AND THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT[4. Review of meeting protocol.]
ON THE AGENDA IS OUR MEETING PROTOCOL. TO YOUR RIGHT ON THIS LARGE SCREEN IS HOW WE CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS EITHER ON OR NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS. AT THAT POINT, THERE'LL BE NO BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENTS. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THAT AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS CAN BE PASSED WITH ONE MOTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. I WILL GO AHEAD. A MOTION A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE VICE CHAIR COLON. AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND IT PASSES[10. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Ordinance Case OR-25-0028 to amend the Subdivision Ordinance to update the criteria for Short Form Final Plats and update the application extension process, and to provide for related matters; Williamson & Travis Counties, Texas.
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[11. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0151 to amend the current zoning of SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFS-2-A (Single-Family Suburban) on one (1) parcel of land 10.01 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R318556; and more commonly known as 551 Private Road 920, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. THIS IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z24-0151 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF SFR. DASH 1-B SINGLE FAMILY RURAL TO SFES. DASH 2-A SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, TEN ACRES IN SIZE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON. CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. PARCEL R318556 AND MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 551 PRIVATE ROAD 920 LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. STAFF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONERS MICHAEL TARNOWSKI, PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO THIS REQUEST IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ZONING PROCESS. THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATED ZONING DISTRICT OF THEIR PROPERTY IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ON INTERMEDIATE, SUBURBAN, STANDARDIZED LOTS. THE PROPOSAL DOES COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IS APPROPRIATE FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AREA OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AS IDENTIFIED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I HAVE PULLED UP THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE SCREEN. THE PROPERTY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO RAIDER WAY, WHICH IS A COLLECTOR ROAD PLANNED TO EXTEND NORTH TO FM 2243 AND EVENTUALLY TERMINATING AT SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. THIS PROPOSAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22, DASH
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03100, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 2022 TO LIMIT CONSIDERATION OF ZONING REQUESTS THAT SEEK TO ADD RESIDENTIAL LOTS. HOWEVER, THE RESOLUTION DOES PRIORITIZE LARGE, LOT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS SFR, SINGLE FAMILY RURAL SF SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE AND SFS SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN. THE INITIAL PUBLIC NOTICE INCLUDED A TYPE THREE SITE COMPONENT. THE SITE COMPONENT ALLOWS FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH LARGER ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSE. THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH STAFF TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IS REQUESTING TO AMEND THEIR ZONING REQUEST FROM THE TYPE THREE SITE COMPONENT TO TYPE B, OR I'M SORRY, TO A TYPE TWO SITE COMPONENT, AND THE TYPE B ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENT TO A TYPE A ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENT, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT SUBDIVISIONS. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF RAIDER WAY, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. IT'S IN BETWEEN TWO EXISTING SUBDIVISIONS, THE STEWART CROSSING SUBDIVISION AND THE MARBELLA. SUBDIVISION. AND THE APPLICANT DID CONDUCT A NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH BACK IN JANUARY AT WILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED DURING THAT MEETING HAD TO DO WITH THE EXPANSION OF RAIDER WAY AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION WOULD CAUSE. THE MARBELLA RESIDENTS DID RAISE CONCERNS REGARDING DRAINAGE OF THEIR SUBDIVISION. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES MADE CURRENTLY TO THIS ZONING REQUEST TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO ZONING. THE SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN USE COMPONENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH BOTH EXISTING SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT TO PRESENT OR.GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER. THE STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OUTLINING THE PROJECT, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CARDS HERE THAT I WILL READ YOUR NAME. IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DO SO. SO BE SURE TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. I HAVE A MISS DONNA BEARD. MY NAME IS DONNA BEARD. I LIVE AT 525 GABRIELLE AN WHICH IS IN STEWART CROSSING. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY OFFICIALS AND NEIGHBORS. I'M A RESIDENT OF STEWART CROSSING AND I AM ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER HOA BOARD MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE OASIS DEVELOPMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE CAN BE DIFFICULT AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS OFTEN BRING CONCERNS. HOWEVER, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHY THIS PROJECT IS A POSITIVE ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WHY THE FEAR SURROUNDING IT ARE UNFOUNDED.
FIRST, LET'S ADDRESS THE NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THE OASIS IN PRELIMINARY PLANS WILL BE A THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED PROJECT THAT WILL BRING 25 TO 30 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON TEN ACRES OF LAND. THESE ARE NOT COOKIE CUTTER STYLE HOMES. THEY ARE. THEY'LL ADD CHARACTER AND QUALITY TO THE AREA WHILE MAINTAINING A SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT, IN MY OPINION, IS THAT IT'S BEING DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH THE ADJACENT 20 ACRE PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN PURCHASED BY RENAISSANCE ACADEMY. BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING HOSTED AT WILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE DEVELOPERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS DRAINAGE, ROADS AND UTILITY CONNECTIONS ARE PLANNED IN A COHESIVE AND EFFICIENT MANNER. THIS PROACTIVE COORDINATION WILL HELP MITIGATE POTENTIAL ISSUES, AND CONSIDERING WE JUST DEALT WITH ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY STUFF, WE ARE VERY, VERY SENSITIVE FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT US. THE DEVELOPER INVITED US TO TOUR ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS, HORIZON PARK, TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY. THIS IS NOT THE BEHAVIOR OF SOMEONE TRYING TO PULL A BAIT AND SWITCH. THESE ARE SOLID DEVELOPERS, SOLID PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CLAIMS THAT THIS PROJECT WILL SUDDENLY TURN INTO SOMETHING OTHER THAN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING. IT'S NOT TRUE. THE ZONING LAWS DON'T ALLOW IT. THANK YOU ALL. THE CITY OF LEANDER IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OVERSEEING EVERY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND THE LAWS AS THEY STAND WOULD NOT ALLOW COMMERCIAL OR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS TO SUDDENLY APPEAR ON THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. SUGGESTING OTHERWISE IS MISINFORMATION. SOME HOMEOWNERS HOMEOWNERS HAVE VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT LOSING THE GREEN SPACE. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SENTIMENT. MY BACKYARD IS THE 33 ACRES THAT'S OWNED BY GENERATION CHURCH. HOWEVER, I RECOGNIZE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS
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HAVE RIGHTS UNLESS WE PERSONALLY PURCHASE THE LAND TO PRESERVE IT AS GREEN SPACE, WE CANNOT DICTATE HOW PRIVATE OWNERS PRIVATE PROPERTY IS USED AS LONG AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLIES WITH ZONING LAWS. NOW, LET'S PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE. THE ENCLAVE ENCLAVE AT STEWART CROSSING, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ROSS HIGH SCHOOL. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S STILL ACTIVE. THE LOT IS CLEAR. IT'S A 21 ACRE PROJECT WITH 131 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, LEADING TO A DENSITY OF APPROXIMATELY SIX HOMES, SIX UNITS PER ACRE. IN CONTRAST, THE OASIS DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF JUST 30 HOMES, ABOUT ON 30 ACRES, ONLY THREE UNITS PER ACRE. THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER DENSITY, MEANING FEWER CARS IN THE ROAD AND A MUCH SMALLER IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC.SORRY, I SCROLLED DOWN TOO FAR. THE OASIS IS A MODEST DEVELOPMENT. OOPS. IS THAT IT? THAT IS IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. NEXT, I'LL CALL UP A VENKAT. IS THAT TERNARY QUATERNARY MYSELF FIRST. SURE. AND SHE'S SPEAKING. IS THERE A CARD? ARE YOU ANITA? YES. OKAY THEN GO AHEAD. ANITA. THAT'S FINE. IT'S BEEN NEARLY 100 AND MESSENGER OKAY, I HAVE, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. ANITA, 708 PALOMA DRIVE. GOOD EVENING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. MY NAME IS ANITA. I'M WITH THE MARBELLA RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. THE LARGEST GROUP OF PROPERTY OWNERS AFFECTED BY ZONING CASE Z 24 0151. WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD IN REGARDS TO THIS REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP IN THE PACKET, I GAVE OUT 30 OF THE 32 MARBELLA HOUSES THAT ARE WITHIN 200FT OF PARCEL R318556 HAVE SIGNED A PETITION IN HOPES THAT THE BOARD WILL REJECT ANY AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE TWO HOMES WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FOR. ONE IS PENDING A COMPLETION OF SALE AND THE OTHER IS A RENTAL PROPERTY OWNER. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM, WE EXPECT TO HAVE 100% OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN 200FT ON THE PETITION. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SIGNATURES FROM OVER 90 HOMES FROM OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL BE FILING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CAN PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. TONIGHT WITH ME ARE MANY OF THE 32 MARBELLA HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE WITHIN 200FT OF THE PROPERTY. THEY ALL WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO EXPRESS WHY THEY OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE.
BUT WE HAVE AGREED THAT ONLY A FEW OF US WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AS NOT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. THEY HAVE ALL SUBMITTED THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE BEFORE YOU. I BELIEVE THE REASON THERE ARE NEARLY 100% OF THE HOMEOWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF PARCEL R318556 ON OUR PETITION IS BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER WHO SOLD THEM THEIR HOMES ASKED FOR A PREMIUM ON THEIR LOT, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE BACKED INTO THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS ZONED AS SFR ONE B SINGLE FAMILY RURAL, GUARANTEEING A SPECIFIC DENSITY.
SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DECISIONS WERE MADE WHEN BUYING THEIR HOME, WITH THE CURRENT ZONING AS A MAJOR, IF NOT PRIMARY FACTOR. IN ADDITION TO INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER CONCERNS, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT ANY ZONING CHANGES THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE DENSITY IN OUR AREA. THESE CONCERNS ARE HEAVILY TIED TO TRAFFIC AND THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF RAIDERS WAY, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY'S ONGOING ISSUES WITH IMPROPERLY DESIGNED STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND FINANCIAL IMPACT IT'S HAD ON OUR PROPERTIES. MANY OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING MASSIVE STORMWATER DRAINAGE ISSUES, SUCH AS LONG TERM FLOODING IN THEIR YARDS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE IMAGES I INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE, WE ARE HAVING TO USE HOA FUNDS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. WITH CURRENT ESTIMATES OF 41 000 PLUS, WHICH I'VE INCLUDED THE ESTIMATE IN THE PACKAGE AS WELL.
THE HOA AND HOMEOWNERS ARE WORRIED THAT THE CURRENT DRAINAGE ISSUES WILL ONLY BECOME EXACERBATED, AND WORST CASE WILL RESULT IN LONG TERM PROPERTY DAMAGE. A PROPER STORMWATER DRAINAGE PLAN WAS NOT IN PLACE WHEN OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WENT IN, AND THEY CONNECTED OUR RETENTION POND TO THE RETENTION POND ON PARCEL R318556. THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO, I BELIEVE, RON'S PROPERTY. AS HIS LAWYER TOLD US, AND US HAVING TO REDESIGN OURS. WITH SEVERAL MORE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING NEAR RALPHS, WE EXPECT THIS SITUATION TO GET WORSE. I WENT TO THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN MEETING IN NOVEMBER, AND I MET WITH SARVESH AND EDGE ENGINEERING, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF WHY THE MASTER PLAN IS BEING CREATED. THE CURRENT FLOOD MODEL IS OUTDATED, AND THEY ARE STUDYING HOW TO UPDATE STORM DRAIN MITIGATION TO REFLECT NEWER MODELS, WHICH THEY PLAN TO COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HOMEOWNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE FEEL IT'S BEST TO KEEP THE CURRENT ZONING FOR PARCEL R3 18556 UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETE AND BETTER POLICIES ARE IN PLACE. THANK YOU. DO YOU? SHOULD I HAND YOU THE. SIGNATURES? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL GO BACK TO MR. VENKAT. IS THAT PORTINARI? YES. THANK YOU. STATE
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YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. SURE. HI. MY POTANINI.I'M ON 1805 DRIVE. FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL THE HOMEOWNERS FROM THE MARBLEHEAD HOME ASSOCIATION. MANY OF THEM ARE PRESENT HERE. I WANT TO KIND OF ITERATE ON BASICALLY THE FACT THAT, LIKE WHEN WE ALL BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, WE ALL INVESTED OUR LIFE SAVINGS AND THE PAID PREMIUM PURCHASE PRICE. WHEN THE DEVELOPERS PROMISED US THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING OF THE LOTS THAT WE BACK UP INTO IS SINGLE FAMILY RURAL, RIGHT? AND NOW KIND OF CHANGING THE WE UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE OWNERSHIP IS IMPORTANT. AND LIKE THE OWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY. BUT LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER ALL OF US HAVE INVESTED OUR LIFE SAVINGS INTO BUYING THE PROPERTY WITH THE ASSUMPTION WHEN THE DEVELOPER KIND OF MADE SURE THAT, LIKE IT WAS CURRENT, THAT WITH THE CURRENT ZONING IN MIND. RIGHT. SO CHANGING. SO WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE ZONING BOARD TO HONOR THE ORIGINAL ZONING DESIGNATION AND THE VISION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE HOMEOWNERS WHEN WE MADE OUR PURCHASES. ALLOWING THIS REZONING SETS A PRECEDENT THAT ERODES TRUST BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND THE CITY PLANNERS, IMPACTING NOT JUST MY PROPERTY, BUT EVERYONE THAT'S PUT IN THERE. EVERYTHING BOUGHT HOUSES IN MY COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS. THANK YOU. I'LL CALL ON MR. DANIEL READ. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DANIEL READ AT 1929 CABRERA DRIVE. SO THE FINAL PHASE OF RAIDERS WAY. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU DRIVE PROJECT IS STARTING THIS MONDAY. WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS. IT'S MADE THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE SCHOOL MUCH MORE TOLERABLE. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW DEVELOPMENT CAN PROGRESS FASTER THAN PLANNING THOUGH. WITH HEROES WAY SET TO EXTEND VFW POST 10427 BEING CONVERTED INTO A PUD JUST NORTH OF US IN A MASSIVE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX BEING BUILT ACROSS FROM ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL, WE ARE ALREADY FACING INCREASED CONGESTION. WE URGE THE CITY TO REJECT THE ZONING CHANGE UNTIL A THOROUGH DATA DRIVEN TRAFFIC STUDY IS CONDUCTED, AND A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY CAN BE DONE OF WHAT THOSE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS WILL MEAN FOR RAIDERS WAY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE PLANNED AND FUNDED BEFORE MORE DEVELOPMENT IS ADDE, AND TO EXPAND RAIDERS WAY. WE DO NOT WANT A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RAIDERS WAY. IN ADDITION, MANY OF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TURNING RAIDERS WAY INTO A CUT THROUGH IF IT CONNECTS TO 2243. NOT LONG AGO, A CAR LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE INTO SOMEONE'S BACKYARD. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE MANY KIDS AND FAMILIES WHO WALK ALONG TO RAIDERS WAY TO SCHOOL. WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO JUST USE THE ROAD IN GENERAL. I KNOW MY FATHER IN LAW. HE BIKES ON IT ALL THE TIME, SO WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY FOR THAT. OUR FEAR IS WITHOUT THE PROPER PLANNING AND TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT INCLUDE ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN A TRAFFIC. CIP PROJECTS THAT THIS PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY SPACE WILL BECOME A DANGEROUS THOROUGHFARE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN NEXT I HAVE A. IS THAT MR. CHRISTOPHER CLEVELAND? STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, MR. CLEVELAND. THANK YOU. YES, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER CLEVELAND. I'M 1925.
CABRERA I'M NOT WITHIN 500FT. SO THANK YOU, MY NEIGHBORS, FOR KEEPING ME INFORMED. I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO INFORM MORE PEOPLE. I KNOW IT'S A GROWING COMMUNITY, BUT OUR OUR LOTS ARE GETTING SMALLER. SO TO KEEP THE PEOPLE INFORMED, YOU'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT WIDER. SO AS MENTIONED DRAINAGE. YES. MARBLE CAUSED A PROBLEM FOR THIS PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR. AND I THINK BY STEPPING BACK AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PROPER WORK IS DONE AHEAD OF TIME, YOU'LL AVOID DOING THAT SEQUENTIALLY BECAUSE THE NEXT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY BRUSHY CREEK. OKAY. THE WORK DONE ON 24, 22, 43 PUT A LOT OF SILT INTO THAT WATERWAY. RIGHT. AND ANY OF THIS TYPE OF WORK WILL ALSO DO THE SAME WITHOUT THE PROPER STUDIES AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS CONCERNED. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU MAKE ANOTHER WAY TO ANOTHER THOROUGHFARE, YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW TRAFFIC TO IT, RIGHT? SOMEONE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT 30 HOUSES ON ON THIS ENTIRE LOT. WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S 30IN JUST THE TEN ACRES. SO IT'S PRETTY IT'S PRETTY DENSE. IT'S DENSER THAN MARABELLA, WHICH IS WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT MAYBE
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NOT SO FAST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I HAVE A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN FAVOR OF THIS, AND THOSE WILL BE THOSE WERE SUBMITTED ONLINE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, SIR. HAVE YOU FILLED OUT A CARD YET? NO. OKAY.ONCE YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING, YOU CAN PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD AND MAKE SURE YOU GET IT OVER. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. GO AHEAD. YES. MY NAME IS MATTHEW LUDLUM. I LIVE AT SIX SIX, ONE FOUR CORPUS CHRISTI DRIVE, AUSTIN, TEXAS. 78729 I'VE BEEN RON DAVIS'S BEEKEEPER FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I THINK. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SINCE THAT WHOLE AREA WAS JUST PRETTY MUCH NOT DEVELOPED. AND I THINK THEY JUST FINISHED THE HIGH SCHOOL AROUND THEN. ONE OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THAT AREA IS THE WILDFLOWERS OUT THERE ARE BAR NONE, JUST SOME OF THE BEST. YOU'LL SEE. YOU'VE GOT FIREWHEEL, YOU'VE GOT BEE BALM, YOU'VE GOT HORSEMEN AND JUST SO MANY WILDFLOWERS THAT SOME OF THE HONEY THAT'S COME OUT OF THERE IS PROBABLY THE BEST, I WOULD SAY, IN CENTRAL TEXAS, BUT I'M A LITTLE BIASED. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AS I WAS TALKING WITH RON, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S STARTING TO GET UP IN AGE AND HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY TO. AND I THINK WHATEVER ENDS UP HAPPENING GOING FORWARD NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS THE MANY YEARS HE'S PUT INTO IT TO REFLECT THE LAND'S BOUNTY THAT IT PROVIDES AND SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE HABITAT THAT IS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING IN THIS AREA. PRETTY SOON, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE WILDFLOWERS, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MANY POLLINATORS THAT CAN VISIT THEM. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH ACREAGE FOR THEM TO GO TO. I MEAN, AND AT SOME POINT YOU NEED TO START TO THINK ABOUT WHERE CAN WE PUT THAT ACREAGE. SO WHETHER IT'S REVISITING WHAT SORT OF PARKLAND YOU WANT TO DO OR THINK ABOUT HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT ACREAGE BEING SUBTRACTED, WHERE IS IT GOING TO COME, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT UP? BUT YEAH, SO GLAD TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENS, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WILL DO RIGHT. BY RON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE THAT CARD. JUST GET YOUR CARD. YEAH. YOU JUST COME OVER AND FILL IT OUT AND SUBMIT IT. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. PLEASE COME UP, MA'AM, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. AND THEN MAKE SURE YOU PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD AND.
HEY, MY NAME IS ASHWINI. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I LIVE IN 1005 ELMIRA AND I'M PART OF THE MARBELLA COMMUNITY. I HAVE TWO SCHOOL AGE GROWING KIDS. BOTH GO TO ROUSE AND WILEY. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. AS THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED, THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS. EVEN THOUGH THE ROADWAY HAS BEEN EXPANDED. WE HAVE TO THINK THAT JUST ONE LANE HAS BEEN ADDED, RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE A BIG EXPANSION. AND WITH THE SCHOOL, WITH THE KIDS GOING WALKING EVERYWHERE, AS MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING, WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY FOR THE KIDS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERN AS A PARENT OF THE STUDENTS. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL MOVE INTO DISCUSSION. I WILL START WITH MY LEFT WITH VICE CHAIR COLON. DID YOU HAVE ONE MORE? I'M SORRY. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. WE WON'T MOVE ON YET. EVENING, EVERYBODY. YEAH. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. SORRY. MY NAME IS ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH AND I LIVE AT 812 MARBELLA VISTA WAY. LEANDER. I SHARE THE SAME CONCERN. WHICH OTHER JUST SHARED REGARDING THE TRAFFIC. AND WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUFFERING FROM LIKE ALMOST TWO YEARS WITH THE HEAVY TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION. AND WE HAVE A SCHOOL GOING, KIDS, ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WALK ON THAT AREA. AND IF WE HAVE LIKE MORE TRAFFIC, IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE FOR EVERYBODY. SO I'LL JUST CONCLUDE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD? YOU DID SAY THAT YOU RECEIVED PETITIONS ONLINE. WE CAN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH. YOU WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, YEAH, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN AND PROVIDED YOUR THREE MINUTES, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS NOT A BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION. SO IF YOU WANT TO PUBLICLY MAKE COMMENTS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AND MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A CARD AND SIGN UP. BUT YOU'LL NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE.
YEAH. THIS IS MURALI SHANMUGAM. I'M FROM 1908 BANARAS COURT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S RIGHT BY IN THE CUL DE SAC THAT KIDS ARE PLAYING. I JUST WANT TO. I'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED ONLINE, BUT I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY GO OVER THAT. SO MY YARD IS ONE OF THOSE MINE YARD AND THE NEIGHBORING YARDS THAT ARE FACING SIGNIFICANT WATER PONDING AND DRAINAGE ISSUES, BOTH FROM SURFACE WATER AND FROM HEAVY DURING HEAVY STORMS AND GROUNDWATER YEAR ROUND. OUR YARDS ARE SOGGY AND
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WATER IS DRAINING INTO THE STREETS WEEKS AFTER RAIN. WE AND THE HOA ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS, BUT OUR ADJACENT STREET, CABRERA, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, SPOKE FROM THERE AND IT HAD A SINKHOLE RECENTLY. SO THIS WHOLE PLACE, IF I'M NOT READING FOR MY COMMENT HERE, LIKE IF I HAVE TO DO OVER, I WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT MY HOUSE. IT'S BECOMING LIKE A IT'S ONE OF IT'S SUPER HARD TO SEE THAT THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE. THE, THE LOTS AND PLANNING, ESPECIALLY WITH DEALING WITH THE DRAINAGE IN MY HOUSE, I WOULD SAY I PUT MY LIFE SAVINGS IN IT, BUT I WOULDN'T DO IT AGAIN. SO I DON'T WANT THESE NEW 30 LOTS THAT'S COMING UP HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT WE HAD THAT WASN'T IN MY WRITTEN SUBMITTED COMMENT, BUT I'LL CONTINUE WITH THOSE ALSO.SO GIVEN THIS AREA'S SENSITIVE WATER TABLE, TOPOGRAPHY, AND PROXIMITY TO THE BRUSHY CREEK AND THE WATER BODIES, IT'S A LOT MORE CONCERNING TO REZONE A SINGLE FAMILY RURAL LOT INTO MULTIPLE LOTS AT OUR HOMES. I KNOW THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ADJACENT LOT. I'M NOT 100% SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER PLAN FOR EXTENSION TO 2243 OR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SCHOOL. THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE FOR IT. JUST LIKE EVERYBODY MENTIONED, I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC IN THE RECENT WAY. EVEN AFTER THE RECENT EXPANSION. IT WAS JUST A TWO LANE ROAD, ONE LANE FOR EACH, EACH LANE OF TRAFFIC WITH TWO WHICH IS HOSTING TWO SCHOOLS, A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A HIGH SCHOOL AND ALREADY APPROVED. TWO NEW NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE WOODVIEW, WHICH CAUSES TRAFFIC CONGESTION GIVEN THE TERRAIN WITH POOR VISIBILITY. I WELCOME YOU ALL TO COME AND DRIVE FROM MARBELLA OUT OF THIS TERRAIN AND SEE, IT'S SUCH A DIFFICULT TERRAIN WITH POOR VISIBILITY. WHEN WE EXIT MARBELLA ONTO RIGHT OF WAY, SANDWICHING OUR COMMUNITY BETWEEN THIS REZONE LOT AND ROUSE AND EXISTING ROUSE. AND WHILE TRAFFIC CAUSES SAFETY CONCERN FOR SCHOOL KIDS, WALKERS AND CARS ALIKE. LASTLY, JUST LIKE A LOT OF US MENTIONED, I, WE UNDERSTAND WE WANT NEW HOUSES. WE ARE ALL FOR IT. BUT JUST LIKE SOMEONE ELSE SAID, PLEASE PLAN IT WITH GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE. I DON'T WANT ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE 30 FOLKS FROM THESE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HOUSE LIKE ME COMING IN AND SAYING, I WISH I DIDN'T INVEST IN LEANDER AND MOVE HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU THINKING AHEAD. I ENJOYED MOVING TO LEANDER, BUT EXCEPT FOR THE DRAINAGE ISSUES. LASTLY, WE INVESTED OUR LIFE SAVINGS AND PURCHASED THIS PREMIUM PROPERTY LIKE MOST OF US HERE, SO IT WILL CAUSE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, I WILL MAKE A LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS.
IS THAT IT? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW. ARE YOU COMING UP FOR OKAY.
SORRY, SORRY. IT'S OKAY. I HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ONCE AGAIN, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. I HAVEN'T THOUGH, BUT I'M JUST DROPPING IN. MY LORD IS EXACTLY ADJACENT TO IT. I MEAN, JUST BACKING UP THAT WHATEVER THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PLAN, I HAVE A NINE YEAR OLD AND ONE YEAR OLD, ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD BOY, AND WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY AT A PREMIUM PRICE. ASSUMING THAT THE SIMILAR KIND OF HOMES WILL COME HERE. I MEAN, SAME DENSITY RATHER THAN THE LOWER DENSITY. I MEAN, HIGHER DENSITY HOMES. AND WE ARE WHATEVER THE REASONING OF OPPOSING THIS, I HAVE BEEN ALREADY MENTIONED ONLINE. I'M JUST MAKING SURE IT'S REFLECTED OVER THERE. THAT'S THE REASON I'M STANDING HERE AND MAKING SURE I MEAN THE AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN. SAME THING. I'M REPEATING IT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS. I'LL JUST RECOMMEND THIS ALREADY. IT'S BECOMING CLUMSY. THERE ARE 12, 1200 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE COMING EVERY DAY, AND 600 ODD MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ARE COMING. IT'S BECOMING ALREADY A CLOGGING IN THE EARLY MORNING AT LATE NIGHTS. I MEAN LATE IN THE EVENINGS WHILE COMING BACK FROM OFFICE OR GOING TO THE OFFICE. IT'S BECOMING MUCH MORE PAIN. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AS AN ELEMENT, ONE MORE ELEMENT. APART FROM WHAT I HAVE MENTIONED ON THE ON THE LINE, I MEAN ONLINE RECORD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
ANYBODY ELSE GETTING UP? WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU'D LIKE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW. AND I'LL MOVE TO MY LEFT TO VICE CHAIR COLON. FIRST. I REALLY FEEL COMPELLED TO SAY THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST WELL ORGANIZED, WELL DELIVERED. COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS THAT THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THE CONCISENESS, FOR THE DETAIL, FOR THE PACKET THAT YOU PROVIDED. YOU'VE RAISED SOME COMPELLING ISSUES REGARDING SOME CIVIL ENGINEERING ISSUES, THAT IT LOOKED VERY REAL THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY. BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS I HEARD A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT REPRESENTATIONS THAT WERE
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MADE WHEN IT CAME TO YOUR DECISION TO BUY PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON ON WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS ADJACENT PROPERTY. AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU CAN RELY ON, THAT THOSE REPRESENTATIONS CAN'T REALLY AFFECT THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RIGHTS TO DO WHAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. AND THIS PROCESS, AND WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROCESS, I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF. MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS CAN CAN ADD ON OR AGREE OR NOT AS THEY FEEL FIT, BUT MY DECISION HAS TO BE BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHETHER THIS PROPER DEVELOPMENT COMPORTS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT'S WITHIN IT. NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE I'VE I'VE MADE VOTES ON THIS COMMISSION ON THINGS BASED ON MY PERSONAL VIEW THAT THAT EVEN THOUGH A MAJORITY THOUGHT IT COMPLIED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I DIDN'T. I FELT THAT IT DIDN'T COMPLY WITH SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVEL THINGS WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT IN THIS CASE, I DON'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING THAT THAT DOESN'T COMPLY, DOESN'T COMPORT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS IN DISCUSSION HERE, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE RAISED TONIGHT THAT'S VERY REAL IS THE OBVIOUS CIVIL ENGINEERING ISSUES WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN HEARD BY THE CITY AND HEARD BY THIS COMMISSION. AND I PROMISE YOU THAT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER LISTENS TO EVERY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, ALL OF OUR COMMENTS, ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, AND TAKES THOSE INTO ACCOUNT IN THE DECISION. SO MY HOPE IS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE ARE THOSE THINGS ARE PAID ATTENTION TO THAT. THE RIGHT CIVIL ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS ARE PUT IN PLACE. BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS ME FROM VOTING YES ON THIS THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT, I'M DONE.THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LANTRIP. OKAY, I ECHO COMMISSIONER CALLUM'S COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROMISES MADE BY THE DEVELOPER THAT BUILT YOUR SUBDIVISION. AND AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO HOLD THIS DEVELOPER RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT? SOMEONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PERSON WAS TOLD. AND AGAIN, WE DO WE DO LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA. IF THIS WAS MULTI-FAMILY OR COMMERCIAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE VOTING NO BACKING UP TO YOUR PROPERTY, BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE 33 HOUSES OR 30 HOUSES INSTEAD OF TEN HOUSES, I CAN'T SEE THAT AS A REASON TO VOTE NO. AND THE RIGHT OF WAY ISSUE, THAT ROAD IS GOING TO BE BUILT AND IT'S GOING TO BE PUNCHED THROUGH REGARDLESS. I MEAN, IT'S ON THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO I KNOW GROWING PAINS ARE HARD. I LIVE IN AN AREA WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC AS WELL, AND AT A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK, WORK ON. SO, SO A LOT OF AREAS OF THE CITY ARE HAVING THOSE GROWING PAINS. WE DON'T WANT TO OBVIOUSLY CREATE A PROBLEM, BUT THAT ROAD IS GOING TO COME THROUGH. AND WHETHER THERE WHETHER THE ZONING STAYS LIKE IT IS BECAUSE BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER HAS THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP HOMES RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST ASKING TO DEVELOP MORE THAN AND NOT AN UNREASONABLE NUMBER. MORE IN MY OPINION. SO I DON'T SEE THAT IT'S THAT 20 MORE HOMES IS GOING TO ADD THAT MUCH OF A OF AN ISSUE TO A ROAD THAT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY. IT'S NOT LIKE IF WE VOTE NO, THIS ROAD IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH. SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. MISS GRIFFIN, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE NEXT STEPS IF THIS IS APPROVED AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH REGARDING DRAINAGE AND REVIEWS OF THAT AND ENGINEERING AND SO FORTH? YEAH.
SO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS WOULD BE A CONCEPT PLAN FOLLOWED BY A PRELIMINARY PLAT, A PRELIMINARY PLAT. THAT'S WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. THEN WE'LL DO CONSTRUCTION PLANS. WE'LL HAVE TO DO THE DETENTION AND EXTEND ALL OF THE UTILITIES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LYDIA, I'M I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE SITUATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF YOU SPENT YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS TO BUY YOUR HOMES, AND NOW YOU MAY BE DEALING WITH WHAT WHAT IS AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION, HOWEVER, I ALSO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS IN THAT YOU CANNOT RELY ON THE REPRESENTATIONS OF YOUR DEVELOPER AND THEN HOLD THAT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER. THAT
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WAS IN NO WAY INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND HOWEVER THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IS, IS, I THINK, A SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT NOT ONE FOR THE ZONING COMMISSION TO HANDLE. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE DRAINAGE ISSUES, BUT LIKE MISS GRIFFITH SAID, THERE ARE STEPS THAT WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THE, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING PHASE OF THIS. AND SO ALTHOUGH I FULLY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE ROADWAYS AND WITH THE DRAINAGE, I DO AGREE THAT THIS SQUARELY FALLS IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MORALES. YEAH, THERE'S A FEW THINGS. I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE CHILDREN. AND, YOU KNOW, I MOVED TO LEANDER TO HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE MY FAMILY. SO I DO UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, BUT THERE'S BEEN ONE THING THAT'S BEEN MISINTERPRETED THAT EVERYBODY KEEPS SAYING ABOUT HIGHER DENSITY. SO BOTH MARBELLA AS ZONED SFU, SINGLE FAMILY URBAN, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET IS SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT. WHAT THIS DEVELOPER IS ASKING IS SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN, WHICH IS A LOWER DENSITY THAN BOTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT Y'ALL THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE TODAY. THERE'S A WHOLE WIDER RANGE. WE GOT THIS NICE LITTLE CHEAT SHEET TODAY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD BE BUILT THERE FROM COMMERCIAL TO MULTIFAMILY TO MIXED USE, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER THINGS THAT I WOULD ACTUALLY BE EXCITED FOR, BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE MUCH WORSE. SO I THINK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY VERY APPROPRIATE TO GO BEYOND THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT LEANDER AS A WHOLE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE'RE CLOSE TO LEANDER CENTRAL, CLOSE TO FUTURE EMPLOYMENT AREA. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUILD, YOU DON'T WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA. IT IS PRETTY APPROPRIATE. AND HONESTLY IT COULD ANSWER. BUT YEAH. AND THEN ONE OTHER THING THEY REZONE FOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE A, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR THE CITY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE WANTING TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A GREAT DEVELOPMENT. AND FROM EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY AND TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE HIGHEST ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT WE AS A ZONING BOARD CAN. SO I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE CEMETERY. COMMISSIONER MEHAN. YEAH, I COULD I COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY AS A WHOLE. YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN HAD $350 MILLION IN NEEDS WITHIN THE NEXT. NOW IT'S ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. WE DON'T HAVE $350 MILLION AS A CITY. SO I DEFINITELY FEEL ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS AROUND TRAFFIC AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING SO RESPONSIBLY AS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. SO THAT'S A DEFINITE NEED. BUT I, AS I'VE ALREADY STARTED OFF WITH, I'M A NUMBERS GUY, RIGHT? I. NUMBERS DON'T LIE. AND SO I DID THE MATH UP HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO IT AS WELL AT YOUR LEISURE. BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S 43,560FT■!S IN AN ACRE. WE GOT N ACRES HERE. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT, AS COMMISSIONER MORALES WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE DENSITIES THAT WE HAVE, SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, IS 9000FT■!S LOT MINIMUM, RIGHT? NOT MAXIMUM MINIMUM. AND THAT MEANS THEY COULD PUT 4.8 HOMES ON EACH ACRE. THAT'S IF THERE'S NO ROADS OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT WE GET THAT THE NEXT HIGHEST DENSITY IS SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE, WHICH IS A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUM, WHICH IS 3.63 HOMES PER ACRE. THEY'RE DEVELOPING THREE HOMES PER ACRE ON THIS, WHICH IS MORE AKIN TO THE SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE THAN IT IS THE SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN. BUT IN CONTRAST, AS COMMISSIONER MORALES SAID, THE MIRABELLA DIVISION THAT SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OF THESE GUYS ARE SINGLE FAMILY URBAN WHICH WOULD BE 6.05 HOMES PER ACRE IS ALLOWED THERE BECAUSE IT'S A 7200 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUM. AND THEN TO THE WEST IS SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT, WHICH IS 5500 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUM, WHICH IS 7.92 HOMES PER ACRE. SO AS HE SAID, IT'S MUCH LESS DENSE, BUT[00:40:07]
NOT MUCH LESS. BUT IT IS LESS DENSE THAN WHAT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE. THE ONLY THE ONLY HIGHER DENSITY WE HAVE IS THAT SINGLE FAMILY RURAL, WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS ZONED, WHICH WHAT IT'S ZONED AS, AND THAT'S AN ACRE LOT MINIMUM. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IT IS. I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU WOULD PUT ACRE LOTS AROUND SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT AND SINGLE FAMILY URBAN TO BEGIN WITH, RIGHT? THAT JUST DOESN'T MIX TOGETHER. IT'S NOT A FLOW. IT'S NOT HOW THE CITY IS, IS DESIGNED TO FLOW. SO WHILE I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AND DRAINAGE IS DEFINITELY I'M GLAD COMMISSIONER LANTRIP KIND OF TALKED SPOKE TO THAT PIECE A BIT BECAUSE IT IS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE ARE ADDRESSED. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THOSE UP TONIGHT. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING HERE THAT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA TO BEGIN WITH. AND AS COMMISSIONER MORALES SPOKE VERY WELL ON, IT'S PROBABLY A BETTER PRODUCT THAN WHAT COULD BE OFFERED BECAUSE THEY COULD BE ASKING FOR SINGLE FAMILY URBAN OR SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT BECAUSE THAT'S SURROUNDING THEM. BUT THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE ASKING FOR LESS DENSE PRODUCTS. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EASY ONE FOR ME ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE AND CERTAINLY PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS. I KIND OF WISH WE HAD MORE PEOPLE IN THESE MEETINGS. WE GET A LITTLE LONELY SOMETIMES, BUT IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE A LOT OF SMILING FACES, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF KIND OF LIKE HOW WE COME TO THESE DECISIONS. I DO ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, AND KNOWING THAT ONE, YOU'RE DEALING WITH 9000 TO 12,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, SO YOU HAVE A VERY LOW DENSITY OF HOMES. OKAY. THINK ABOUT LIKE REAGAN'S OVERLOOK. OR IF YOU GO DOWN THE BAGHDAD ROAD TOWARDS LIBERTY HILL, YOU'VE GOT LIKE NORTH WOODS AND SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE USUALLY ALMOST AN ALMOST AN ACRE OR TWO ACRES. THIS IS 25 TO 30 HOMES.OKAY. SO AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED, IT'S NOT GOING TO PROBABLY IMPACT YOUR CURRENT TRAFFIC FLOW. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR HAVING TO DEAL WITH RAIDER WAVE FOR THE TIME IT TOOK TO ACTUALLY EXPAND THAT ROADWAY. I KNOW THAT ROAD. I MY DAUGHTER, IS GOING TO RISE NEXT YEAR. I'M GLAD SHE DIDN'T GO THIS YEAR, BUT NONETHELESS, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU DEALT WITH THROUGH THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO, SO DEFINITELY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH THERE. BUT RIGHT AWAY IS GOING TO GO THROUGH IT'S PART OF THE MASTER PLAN. PART OF OUR MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. I LIVE ON RONALD REAGAN AND I MOVED HERE 12 YEARS AGO. I KNEW RONALD REAGAN WAS AN EXPANDED. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A HIGH DENSITY ROADWAY. HOWEVER, I DID NOT EXPECT TO TAKE 15 MINUTES OUT OF MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOMETIMES I ACTUALLY LEAVE FOR THIS MEETING ABOUT 520 TO GET HERE ABOUT TEN MINUTES EARLY.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW LONG IT TAKES. TRAFFIC IS GROWING HERE. AND AS COMMISSIONER MAHAN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE CITY WITH MORE FUNDING, BUT IT TAKES TIME. THESE DEVELOPMENTS DO ALSO POUR INTO THE CITY AND HELP WITH THAT. THIS IS ALSO I DO KNOW THIS PROPERTY FAIRLY WELL. I DID KNOW THAT ONE OF THE FORMER OWNERS TO THE LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED BY RENAISSANCE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND I KNOW THIS, THIS LAND SLOPES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BRUSHY CREEK. SO I DO EXPECT THAT IN TODAY'S WITH WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS AND SOME OF THE MATURITY OF OUR CITY OVER TIME, I KNOW OUR DEPARTMENT'S GOTTEN REALLY SMART ABOUT HYDRATION AND DEALING WITH SOME OF THE WATER ISSUES WE'VE HAD. I KNOW WITH MY DEVELOPMENT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, ADD, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATIONS, THEIR BACK YARD AND CREATE WATER DRAINAGE ISSUES. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY COME TO THE HOA ASKING IF THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND THE REALITY IS THEY REALLY NEED TO TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBOR AND THEY NEED TO WORK ON MAYBE DOING A FRENCH DRAIN, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER DID OR DIDN'T PUT IN. AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY NO, NO FAULT TO ANYBODY EXCEPT THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES. AND LIKE THEY ECHOED HERE AND SAID BEFORE THE, THE DEVELOPER THAT MAY HAVE PROMISED YOU THAT THIS WAS GOING TO STAY SINGLE FAMILY, URBAN OR SUBURBAN. I'VE GOT A PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS SAID WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED INTO A. LEANDER ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT BEHIND ME THAT'S NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED. LISD STILL OWNS IT, BUT THERE'S NO SCHOOL OR NOTHING OVER THERE. THERE'S APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WENT WENT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US AND THAT ARE RIGHT ON RONALD REAGAN. AND, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY IT WASN'T A BIG ISSUE. BUT THERE'S A BIG PEOPLE WHO BACK UP TO THAT HAVE THIS BIG, GIANT GREAT WALL IN THEIR BACKYARD. AND IT DOES MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM TO SELL THEIR HOMES, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT WAS ALREADY ZONED MULTIFAMILY WHEN THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOUSES. SO THE REALITY IS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN HERE, THAT'S GOING TO COMPLEMENT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THE BEST. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S GOING TO COMPLEMENT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND I KNOW YOU'RE FEELING SOME PAIN WITH WITH POSSIBLY THE TRAFFIC OR THE DRAINAGE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ONE DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GOING TO REALLY BENEFIT YOU ALL THE MOST, BECAUSE IF THEY PUT MULTIFAMILY HERE OR COMMERCIAL, I MEAN, I WOULD
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DEFINITELY BE REALLY SCREAMING A LOT LOUDER. I PROBABLY EXPECT A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN HERE. SO I MEAN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT FOR YOU. RAIDER WAY IS SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DO THINK THAT WITH THE WAY THE CITY IS WORKING AND OPERATING TODAY, WE HAVE A LOT MORE RESOURCES. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THESE PLANS ARE RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DRAINAGE IS GOING TO FLOW A LOT BETTER.AND KEEP IN MIND THAT WATER DOES FLOW MORE DOWNHILL. SO I DO HOPE YOU ALL CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF YOUR DRAINAGE ISSUES WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL FORMS. THE CITY.
ARE THERE ANY RESOURCES WE HAVE AS A CITY TO HELP, OR ANY THINGS THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR DRAINAGE ON THEIR EXISTING HOMES? ARE THERE ANY RESOURCES THAT WE OFFER? I'D HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH ENGINEERING. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY. YEAH, EITHER WAY, I JUST THOUGHT THAT'S SOMETHING BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY LIVING TOGETHER. WE WANT TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT. SO I JUST WANT TO AT LEAST SEE IF THAT'S AN OPTION. BUT WITH THAT, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE CHAIR COLON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LANTRIP. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OKAY. AND IT PASSES. AND EXCUSE ME, CHAIR. AND I WANT TO ECHO COMMISSIONER CLUM EARLIER. I ACTUALLY PUT IT ON MY NOTES HERE THAT I LOVE THE COORDINATED EFFORT AND THE FIVE AND A HALF YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. WE'VE HAD LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE HERE. THIS IS THE BEST, MOST PREPARED GROUP I'VE EVER SEEN, RIGHT? AND THINGS WON'T ALWAYS GO YOUR WAY. WE'RE NOT THE FINAL. WE'RE NOT THE FINAL. SAY IT DOES GO TO CITY COUNCIL. BUT.
BUT YOU ARE BEING HEARD. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND, NOT JUST BY US. AS WAS ALSO MENTIONED, CITY COUNCIL LISTENS TO AND WATCHES THESE MEETINGS TO HELP PREPARE THEM FOR WHEN THEY MEET ON THIS SUBJECT AS WELL. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE BEING HEARD BY YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT AND MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD. YEAH. AND IT WILL. AND TO THAT POINT IT WILL GO TO COUNCIL NEXT. SO DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PASSIONATE TO BE HERE TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS ON THIS, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, ECHO THAT SAME SENTIMENT AT COUNCIL MEETING AND PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO WITH THAT THE TIME IS
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