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IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDER OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF BENBROOK IS CONDUCTING ITS REGULAR MEETING AT CITY HALL BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC HEALTH GOAL OF LIMITING FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS, ALSO CALLED SOCIAL DISTANCING TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19.
FOR THIS MEETING, I THE PRESIDING OFFICER AND PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
HOWEVER, ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING REMOTELY THROUGH TELEPHONE CONFERENCE, PROVIDING FOR TWO-WAY AUDIO COMMUNICATION FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE PUBLIC TOLL FREE DIAL IN NUMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TELEPHONE MEETING IS 1-866-894-NINE 0 1 1, OR LOCAL NUMBER 8 1 7 4 4 3 6 2 4 8.
THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENTS TELEPHONICALLY AS PROVIDED BY THE AGENDA AND AS PERMITTED BY ME DURING THE MEETING.
THIS MEETING WILL BE RECORDED AND THE RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, I NOW CALL THE APRIL 8TH, 2021 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.
NOW, WE'LL HAVE A CITIZEN COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE MAY COME TO THE PODIUM FIRST TO COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOWING PARTICIPATION VIA TELEPHONE, WE'LL PROVIDE TWO MINUTES FOR CITIZEN CALL CITIZENS TO CALL IN AND COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.
PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND I DO WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THAT TIME, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME AS WELL.
WE ARE AT THE ONE MINUTE MARK, AND THERE ARE NO CITIZEN CALL AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE AT THE TWO MINUTE MARK AND WE'VE HAD NO CITIZEN CALLERS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON MARCH 11TH, 2021.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER WALLACE.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER WALLACE MOTIONS TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL.
COMMISSIONER FARRAR ABSTAIN AND AYE.
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VOTE? YES.[IV.A.1. SP-21-01]
WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SP DASH 21 DASH ZERO ONE CONSIDERATION OF A SITE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A 374 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX ON APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES OF LAND 12.5 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
CURRENTLY ZONED D MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
THE SITE IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF VISTA.
WAY BETWEEN IH 28 20 FRONTAGE ROAD AND MERCEDES STREET WITH THE HAYES CUMMINGTON SURVEY.
CAN CITY STAFF PLEASE GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
UH, ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU SLIDE SIX, UH, WE HAVE, UH, AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE LOCATION OF THE SITE PLAN, UH, AS STATED IN THE, THE, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES OF LAND, UH, LOCATED BETWEEN THE I I 20 FRONTAGE ROAD AND MERCEDES STREET, JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE, OF THE WALNUT CREEK.
IT'S A 374 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX, ALREADY ZONED MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
IF WE MOVE TO SLIDE SEVEN, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
UM, SO BACK IN JANUARY, 2021, UH, A PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THE WALNUT CREEK AT, UH, AT BENBROOK, AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, EVEN MORE, UH, A LITTLE TIME AGO DECEMBER IN 2016, THERE WAS A REZONING THAT TOOK CASE, UH, TOOK PLACE, WHICH REZONED THE PROPERTY FROM A D PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO JUST A D DISTRICT, WHICH IS FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY.
UH, SO THE PD, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DESIGNATION WAS DROPPED OFF IN THAT ORDINANCE IN 1404, UH, JULY OF 2007, UH, DURING ORDINANCE 1239, THAT'S WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED TO A MULTIPLE FAMILY PD DISTRICT.
UH, SO JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT OF, UH, OF THE ZONING ON THAT LAND, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE EIGHT, UH, WE WANTED TO SHOW JUST SOME OF THE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS.
THIS IS VERY MUCH, UH, WHAT THESE VERY, VERY LIKELY THAT THE BUILDINGS WILL LOOK LIKE THIS.
UM, FINAL DRAWINGS WILL BE SUBMITTED, UH, DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA OF, OF WHAT THESE BUILDINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE, PRIMARILY BRICK AND STUCCO, UH, WITH SOME HARDY BOARD, UM, TYPE THINGS OR TYPE MATERIAL.
ON THE, UH, ON THE WALLS, WE MOVE ON TO SLIDES NINE AND 10.
THIS WILL KIND OF SHOW THE SITE PLAN ITSELF.
UH, I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH JUST A COUPLE POINTS ON THE SITE PLAN.
SO ONE THING THAT WE LOOK FOR IS ACCESS.
UM, DURING THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE, THERE WILL BE AN EXTENSION TO MERCEDES STREET, UH, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A BRIDGE THAT WILL CROSS THE CREEK, UH, AND IT WILL END IN A CUL-DE-SAC, UM, WHICH COULD CONTINUE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, PROPERTY TO THE WEST IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY.
UH, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS INTO THE SITE FROM MERCEDES STREET ONCE THE EXTENSION IS COMPLETE.
UH, AND THIS WILL HELP SATISFY THE FIRE LANE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR CITY.
UH, THERE WILL BE GATED ACCESS.
UM, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY, UH, 11 MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES WITH THE LEASING OFFICE AS WELL.
UM, ON THE SITE, UH, ANOTHER NUMBER THAT IS INTERESTING FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR IS ITS, UH, BILLABLE AREA OF THE SITE.
SO THE BUILDINGS WILL TAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 23% OF THE BUILDABLE AREA, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE INTO THE ACCOUNT THE FLOODPLAIN THAT EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
UM, IT TAKES UP ROUGHLY 11% OF THE ENTIRE SITE, UM, WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE.
UM, THERE'LL BE MEETING PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND THE TRASH RECEPTACLES OBVIOUSLY WILL BE SCREENED WITH MASONRY, UH, AND LOCATED IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS,
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UH, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A BUILDUP OF TRASH AMONG THE RESIDENTS.ON SLIDE 11, I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF THE MIX OF UNITS.
SO THE BUILDING COMPLEX WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 224, UH, ONE BEDROOM UNITS, A HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND 18 THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
UH, THERE IS NO ZONING REQUIREMENT FOR THIS IN OUR ORDINANCE, BUT, UM, UH, MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE, THE MIX OF UNITS, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO BRING THAT UP.
AS FAR AS APARTMENT SIZES, UH, OUR, OUR ZONING ORDINANCE DOES A, REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 550 SQUARE FEET, UM, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 700.
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS SITE WILL BE EXCEEDING THOSE MINIMUMS. UM, THEIR APARTMENT SIZES WILL RANGE FROM 705 SQUARE FEET TO 1,275, AND THEN THE AVERAGE SIDE SIZE OF ALL THE APARTMENTS WILL BE 884.
UH, SLIDE 12 SHOWS THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN.
UM, THIS, WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE OVERALL, UH, THE OVERALL IMAGE HERE.
THEY, THEIR PLANS DO SHOW THAT THEY WILL SUBSTANTIALLY BE MEETING OUR REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AS LISTED IN OUR STAFF COMMENTS, UH, THEY DO HAVE, UH, UH, SOME AREAS WHERE THEY NEED TO SHOW US EXACTLY HOW MANY OF CERTAIN TYPES OF PLANTS ARE BEING PLANTED, BUT THEY'VE SHOWN NO INDICATION THAT THEY WON'T BE MEETING OUR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND WILL BE VER VERIFYING THAT DURING THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
AND THEN ON SLIDE 13, UH, WE ASKED THEM, UH, WITHIN OUR FIRST REVIEW, THE PLAN TO PROVIDE US AN EXHIBIT THAT SHOWCASED WHERE THEY WERE PROVIDING SOME OF THEIR OPEN AREAS, THEIR RECREATIONAL AREAS, UM, THEIR OPEN SPACE.
UH, AS PART OF OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, WE DO REQUIRE PARKLAND DEDICATION, UH, AND THAT IS DETERMINED BY HOW MANY DWELLING UNITS ARE ON SITE.
UM, THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN PRIVATE PARK AREA, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS EXHIBIT ON SLIDE 13 IS SHOWING.
UH, BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, THEY WILL BE, UH, MEETING THEIR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO DEDICATE.
UM, THE REMAINDER OF THE LAND, UH, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CAPTURED IS LESS THAN TWO ACRES.
UH, THE CITY DOES NOT ACCEPT PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN TWO ACRES.
AND SO THE, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE REMAINDER INTO THE CITY'S PARK FUND.
UM, AND THAT TYPICALLY IS CALCULATED AT $600 PER DWELLING UNIT.
UM, THEY, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING ISN'T DEDICATED TO THE CITY, BUT THEY ARE DEDICATING PORTIONS OF THEIR SITE TO THAT.
UM, SO THEY ARE ALLOWED, BECAUSE IT'S PRIVATE PARK, THEY WILL RECEIVE A 50% CREDIT TOWARDS THEIR PARKLAND DEDICATION.
UH, SO, UH, THAT WILL BE COLLECTED, UM, ONCE THE BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UH, AND THEY'LL BE PAYING FOR THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY PAY FOR THEIR BUILDING PERMITS.
UH, WITH THAT SAID, UH, AGAIN, STAFF FEELS THAT THE, UH, THE SITE PLAN SHOWS THAT THEY CAN AND WILL BE MEETING, UH, OUR ZONING REGULATIONS.
UH, STAFF DOES ASK THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO MOVE TO APPROVE THEIR SITE PLAN, SUBJECT TO STAFF'S ANALYSIS PROVIDED WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, I DO KNOW THE, THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
STAFF, UM, COMMISSIONERS, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE.
UH, IF THE APPLICANT IS ON AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ADDRESS IS 1 0 9 PASADENA IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, UH, CIVIL ENGINEER REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO STAFF'S PRESENTATION, BUT WE WOULD HAPPY TO BE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE,
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UH, DURING YOUR DISCUSSION.NOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE MAY COME TO THE PODIUM FIRST TO COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE ALLOWING PARTICIPATION VIA TELEPHONE, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW, PROVIDE TWO MINUTES FOR CITIZENS TO CALL IN AND COMMENT ON THE ITEM.
UH, WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND AT THIS TIME, IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU'LL PLEASE NA.
UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY ADDRESS IS 39 12 HARTWOOD DRIVE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 7 6 1 0 9.
HIS NAME IS ALSO HAROLD JOHNSON.
AND, UM, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE OWN ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, UH, GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE TEAM RANCH.
WE OWN IT ALONG WITH MY FATHER'S SISTER AND HER, HER, UH, KIDS.
AND, UM, SO NATURALLY WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S DEVELOPED NEW, BIG OR LARGE, UH, ANY TYPE OF LIABILITY OR, OR ISSUES THAT MIGHT AFFECT US TO THE NORTH.
AND OUR GENERAL CONCERN IS, OF COURSE, BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR FAMILY RANCH AND, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE BEST DEVELOPMENT FOR BENBROOK, TEXAS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
AND WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT, UM, THE DEVELOPERS AT THIS POINT, OR THE OWNERS.
AND, UM, THAT'S REALLY, I THINK AS MUCH AS WE CAN OFFER AT THIS TIME.
I, I'D SAY CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE ZONING MULTIFAMILY.
UH, OF COURSE WE'VE GOT AN ACTIVE RAILWAY THERE.
WE'VE GOT A CATTLE RANCH AND MANY OTHER HAZARDS WE THINK, AND MULTIFAMILY IS NOTORIOUS FOR BEING TRANSIT AND ALSO NOTORIOUS FOR, UH, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S A HAZARD FOR CHILDREN AND SO FORTH.
NATURALLY, PARTITIONS AND BARRIERS NEXT TO THE, UH, RAILWAY TO THE NORTH ARE OF CONCERN AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S ADDRESSED THAT.
UM, I'M, MAYBE WE WERE GONNA GET TO IT OR MAYBE THIS IS, UH, SUBJECT TO ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
UH, CATTLE RANCH IS HAZARDOUS, A RAILWAY IS HAZARDOUS, AND, UH, IT'S A VERY ACTIVE, UH, TRAFFIC CONSPICUOUS WITH I 28 20 AND ALL THE CONNECTIONS.
THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S COMMENTS AND Y'ALL'S CONCERNS.
I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING TO TALK TO US.
UM, DOUG, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THOSE COMMENTS? I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR TO, TO ADD, BUT, UH, WITH THE APPLICANTS BEING ON THE LINE, UM, PERHAPS IF THEY WANTED TO GO THROUGH WITH, WITH WHATEVER BARRIERS OR FENCING OR ANYTHING THEY PLANNED ON DOING AGAINST THE RAILWAY, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE APPROPRIATE.
THIS IS SEAN GRAHAM, CIVIL ENGINEER AGAIN.
UM, ALONG OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY, WHICH IS, WHICH ABUTS THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY.
WE ACTUALLY, FROM, FROM THE GRADING OF THE SITE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RETAINING WALL, UH, THAT THAT CUTS DOWN.
SO AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE COMING INTO THE PROPERTY FROM THE, FROM THE RAILROAD, UH, RIGHT OF WAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, IF YOU, ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A, A ROW OF, UH, LANDSCAPE SHRUBS THAT WILL BE ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE WALL.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, A, A WALL THAT VARIES IN HEIGHT, BUT GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, ON AVERAGE LET'S, LET'S SAY TWO TO FOUR FEET THAT WILL COME DOWN.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, A, THE ROW OF PARKING, FIRE LANE AND, AND ROW PARKING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY THERE'S A, A, A PRETTY GOOD BUFFER, OR, I MEAN, NOT BUFFER, BUT UH, UH, RESTRICTION THERE WITH, WITH THE RETAINING WALL ON THE ROAD SHRUBS TO TRY AND LIMIT, UH, ANYONE, YOU KNOW, HEADING NORTH, UM, TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF, UH, RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY.
UM, SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, SO ON THAT NORTH WALL YOU MENTIONED THE, THE, THE WALL BEING MAYBE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR FEET TALL.
UM, DID YOU GUYS AND I, AND AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT, I GUESS FOR EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A SITE PLAN, SO THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF THE DRAWINGS AND EVERY, AND WHAT THIS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE AS STAFF KIND OF ALLUDED TO HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED.
UM, BUT HEARING, UM, SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS MIGHT BE SOMETHING, UH, TO CONSIDER.
UM, IS THERE, ARE THERE SOME WAYS TO
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MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE RISKS OR POTENTIALLY MITIGATE SOME OF THE, UM, SOUND OR BEAUTIFICATION CONCERNS? UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR OWNERS THIS YEAR.UH, I WOULD THINK CONSIDERABLE RISK.
CONSIDER THE OF NATURE OF THE POPULATION WILL BE THERE.
I JUST EXPRESSED WERE, WERE YOU GUYS ABLE TO HEAR THAT COMMENT, UM, ON THE PHONE? YES.
THIS IS SEAN AND GRAHAM AND YES, I DID.
AND, AND THE POINT IS NOTED, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE, WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO TO, TO, TO STRENGTHEN THAT BUFFER AS WE GET THROUGH OUR FINAL, UH, CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A PRETTY, PRETTY ROBUST ROW SHRUBS ON TOP OF THAT RETAINING WALL, WHICH SHOULD BE A PRETTY TWO FEET PRETTY, UH, LIMITING, UM, YOU KNOW, HINDRANCE THERE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, A CONCERN THAT WE, WE TAKE SERIOUSLY AND THAT WE WILL, UH, LOOK INTO FURTHER AS WE FINALIZE OUR PLANS.
YEAH, I THINK HE WAS SAYING SHRUBS ON TOP OF THE TWO FOOT RETAINING WALL, SO IT EXTEND THAT, BUT AGAIN, I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE SUBMITTING
THEY'LL BE SUBMITTING THESE PLANS TO THE CITY ACTIVE HAZARD FOR CHILDREN.
UM, QUESTIONS AND ON A RANCH MM-HMM
RANCHES, RAILROADS ARE DANGEROUS.
TRAFFIC IS DANGEROUS AND IT'S A BUSY PLACE AROUND THAT AREA.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE'LL DO AS STAFF, UH, BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVE IS WE'LL, WE'LL TOUCH BASE WITH, UH, WITH THEIR GROUP AND, AND TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME OPTIONS THAT THEY COULD HAVE.
UM, WELL, I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MOST, WELL, THE, THE, THE MULTIFAMILY IS ZONED AND IT, IT IS THE ALLOWED, ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS THE ZONING CORRECT.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE, THE CITY CANNOT UN ZONE WHAT IT, WHAT IS IT IS ALREADY DONE NOW THAT THERE'S AN APPLICATION IN PLACE FOR A MULTIFAMILY UNIT WAS CHANGED NO, IN ION TO THE DISEASE, UH, THAT THAT WAS BACK IN 2016.
UM, AND IT THE, BECAUSE THERE'S AN APPLICATION IN PLACE NOW, UH, THE CITY CAN'T REZONE THEM.
EVEN IF THEY DID, THEY'D STILL HAVE RIGHTS TO BUILD THE, THE, UH, THE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX.
UM, SO AS LONG AS THE APPLICANT CONTINUES, THEY HAVE RIGHT TO BUILD THE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX.
UM, THE CITY ONLY HAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEM BUILD THE MINIMUM STANDARDS, UH, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND AS FAR AS OUR REVIEW IS, AS THEY'RE, THEY ARE EXCEEDING LOTS OF THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS.
BUT WE UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT REQUIRE MORE OF THEM THAN MINIMALLY, UH, REQUIRED.
UH, SO WE WILL HOLD THEM TO THOSE STANDARDS, UH, AND WE'LL DISCUSS OPTIONS TO SEE IF WE CAN DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN.
UM, THIS COMMISSIONER WALLACE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO, UH, WE JUST REFERENCED THE 2016 ORDINANCE.
DOES THE 2007 ORDINANCE ALSO, UH, PERMIT MULTIFAMILY? YES.
SO REALLY THE ZONING PERMISSION OR, OR SET UP FOR THIS PROPERTY WAS 14 YEARS AGO, AND AT THAT TIME IT, IT ALLOWED FOR MULTIFAMILY FAMILY TO BE IN THIS LOCATION.
AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO NOW THAT WE'RE HAVE A, THIS PART OF THE PROCESS, I THINK WE MAY HAVE DISCUSSED IT IN, UH, OR ADDRESSED IT DURING, UM, A WORK SESSION, BUT, UH, THAT THE DECISION ON WHETHER THAT THIS WILL BE MULTIFAMILY IS NOT A DECISION THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE TONIGHT, CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
THE, THE ITEM UP FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE SITE PLAN OF THE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX.
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OKAY.WERE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, PEOPLE ON THE PHONE THAT HAD COMMENTS, HAD ANYONE ELSE CALLED IN? NO, SIR.
WE'VE HAD NINE MINUTES AND 49 MINUTES TO ALLOW COMMENTS AND NO ONE HAS CALLED THEM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? I ASSUME THIS IS THE POWER STATION HERE.
COULD YOU BRING UP THAT EXHIBIT AGAIN? WOULD THINK THE POWER STATION IS CONSIDERED, IT'S A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR A MULTIFAMILY? YES.
THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY DISTANCE REGULATIONS FOR DISTANCE FROM MULTIFAMILY TO, TO POWER STATIONS, SITUATIONS IN THE CITY.
UH, IT IT'S UNIQUE AS IN IT'S, YES, IT'S, IT'S THE ONLY MULTIFAMILY WE HAVE NORTH AND WEST OF WALNUT CREEK.
AND I WOULD THINK FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY, THIS IS A PROBLEM TOO.
AND EVEN THE CIRCULATION DOWN HERE, WELL, A-A-T-I-A HAS BEEN REVIEWED, UM, AND IT'S SHOWN TO, TO MEET OUR STANDARDS AGAIN.
UM, THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE ITSELF, UH, WERE, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF BACK IN 2016 AND 2007 AT THIS POINT, THIS, THE, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO BACK AND, UH, AND CHANGE THAT USE.
WAS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON WHY THE ANNEXATION ENCOUNTER THAT I WAS NOT PART OF THE CITY WHEN, WHEN THAT WAS ANNEXED? SO I, I DON'T, I DO NOT KNOW.
UM, BUT FORT WORTH, UH, WAS UP EIGHT 20 AND BROOK WAS WEST OF EIGHT 20.
UH, THIS JIM HENDER ROCKER, I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
THAT POWER STATION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS OF BENBROOK.
THAT'S OUTSIDE OF, UH, IS THAT
UH, ACTUALLY THAT'S IN TARRANT COUNTY.
UH, IT'S NOT ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, EITHER.
THE POWER STATION THERE IS A NOT IN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE REST OF THIS IS NOT BENBROOK.
THERE IS A PORTION OF BENBROOK THAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ALETA ROAD.
UH, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE, UH, CAROLINE SHOW ON THE MOUSE THE PORTION THAT IS BENBROOK.
IT'S, IT IS WHERE THE, THE TWO SILOS ARE AT.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARCEL, THAT'S BENBROOK.
THAT THAT'S BENBROOK, BUT THE REST IS NOT BENBROOK.
AND WE WERE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AT WEST OF THEN THEY CHANGED THAT TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
I, I WANT TO SUGGEST TO THE CHAIR IF WE CAN, WE PROBABLY BETTER NOT HAVE A, A DIALOGUE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO COME TO THE MIC AND, AND MORE FORMALLY ADDRESS THAT VERSUS THE CONVERSATION OUTTA RESPECT TO EVERYBODY THAT'S SURE.
TAKING PART OF THE HEARING ARE, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE TO, TO HAVE ADDRESSED HEARING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UM, AT THIS POINT, AGAIN, OPEN IT TO THE COMMISSION IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
WE HAVE, IS THIS IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY MULTIFAMILY IN THIS LOCATION? AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, THAT IS NOT A I ITEM OF DISCUSSION ON THE TABLE.
UM, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED AT, AT A PREVIOUS DATE, WHETHER THIS MULTI-FAMILY IS, UM, IN THE INTEREST OF, OF ANYONE INCLUDING THE SINGLE FAMILY THAT SURROUNDS IT.
THIS, THIS AREA IS, IS ZONED MULTIFAMILY.
AND SO THE OWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY IN THIS AREA AT THIS TIME.
UM, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
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IF WE ARE DONE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING, WOULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE IT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE MOTION? ABSOLUTELY.AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR IF, UM, COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF REAL QUICK.
UM, WILL THE MERCEDES STREET EXTENSION BE COMPLETELY BUILT OUT BEFORE ANY CONSTRUCTION ON THE COMPLEX BEGINS? UH, AS VERY, AS SIMILAR TO MOST SUBDIVISIONS? UH, YES.
THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE MUST BE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMISSION OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SITE PLAN S SP 21 DASH ZERO ONE SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE STAFF'S ANALYSIS PROVIDED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
AT THIS POINT I WILL DO A ROLL CALL FOR VOTING COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.
STAFF, COULD YOU PLEASE WALK THROUGH WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, WHAT THEIR NEXT STEPS ARE? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT CYCLE, UH, WOULD BE FINAL PLAT APPROVAL AND RECORDATION FOLLOWING THAT WOULD BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF MERCEDES STREET EXTENSION, FOLLOWED BY BUILDING PERMIT, APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS.
AT THIS POINT WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[V. COMMISSION MEMBER AND STAFF COMMENTS]
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS AND STAFF TO COMMENT.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, CAN MAKE A COMMENT OR COMMISSION MEMBERS OR STAFF? UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER WALLACE.
UM, I JUST WOULD HAVE A REQUEST THAT SOME FUTURE, UM, WORK SESSION OR MEETING THAT IF WE COULD JUST GET AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, UM, KIND OF THE LEGAL
JUST KIND OF WHAT ARE THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT.
AND JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR AS COMMISSIONERS, KIND OF WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO.
STAFF HAS NOTED YOUR COMMENT AND WE WILL DISCUSS IT IN A FUTURE WORK SESSION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.