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OKAY. I JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SCARE ANYBODY AT THIS TIME.
[C. Call Meeting To Order]
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP AND JOIN ME FOR INVOCATION TO BE GIVEN BY MAYOR PRO TEM FINCH? LET'S PRAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU'VE GIVEN US. FATHER, WE LIFT UP OUR CITIZENS DOWN AT THE COASTLINE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE. PRAY FOR THOSE CITY LEADERS THAT ARE HAVING TO MAKE EMERGENCY DECISIONS.PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY'RE DOWN THERE SERVICING THE CITIZENS.
LORD, I PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL THAT AS WE CONSIDER THE AGENDA ITEMS, THAT YOU'D GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION POSSIBLE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TOWN YOU'VE GIVEN US.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT ATTENDANCE WE HAVE TONIGHT AND OUR ENGAGED RESIDENTS.
PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.
PLEASE BE SEATED. NOW. TIME IS 712. LET ME CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF TOWN OF SUNNYVALE FOR JULY 8TH. FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT WITH THE SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
WE HAVE QUORUM. THE FIRST ITEM IS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
[D. Announcements and Acknowledgements]
PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 .0415, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND STAFF MAY REPORT ON VARIOUS ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. SO LET ME BEGIN BY COMMENTING AND THANKING STAFF AND THE VARIOUS SPONSORS WHO ENABLED US TO PUT TOGETHER A PHENOMENAL SUNDAY FEST 2024.WE GOT RED, WHITE AND BOOM! I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITIZENS WHO WERE ABLE TO COME AND PARTICIPATE AND ENJOY THE EVENT AND EVENING AND AND THE STAFF WHO WORKED REALLY HARD FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
OKAY. THERE ARE NONE. STAFF. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO MAKE? WELL, MAYOR, ON THAT NOTE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, WE DO HAVE A QUICK KENNY BELL.
WHO I WANT TO WELCOME TO SUNNYVALE. OH, THIS IS SUNNY FEST.
PARDON THE TECHNICAL. TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION. THIS COMPUTER SYSTEMS FAULT.
BUT ON THAT NOTE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WE DO HAVE A QUICK RECAP VIDEO OF SUNNY FEST.
AND TO THE MAYOR'S POINT. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF OUR SPONSORS AND FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP AND ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORKED REALLY HARD IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER LEADING UP TO THE EVENT. AND SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'D JUST LIKE TO SHOW YOU OUR RECAP VIDEO.
WELCOME TO SUNNYVALE, TO MEGAN, WHO I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO.
WELCOME TO SUNNYVALE. THIS IS SUNNY FEST CELEBRATING SUNNYVALE AND 4TH OF JULY AT THE SAME TIME.
HAVING A GREAT TIME. THIS AFTERNOON TAKING IT SLOW.
WELCOME TO SUNNYVALE. LOTS OF FUN THINGS. MUSIC REALLY AIN'T I POTATO.
TACOS. I ORDERED A CHEESEBURGER. FACE PAINTING.
OH, THAT LOOKS GOOD. BALLOONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
RIDES. TRAIN RIDES. SO THEY'RE HAVING A BLAST.
THIS IS FUN. THIS IS FAR MORE THAN I COULD HAVE EVER ANTICIPATED.
MY KID IS HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME. HE'S FEARLESS.
MAN, THIS. THIS IS WHAT AN AWESOME EVENT. I AM SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
READY? GO! 16 THE POLICE ARE REPRESENTED. WE'VE GOT FIRE REPRESENTED.
WE'VE GOT HELPING HANDS WITH THE FOOD BANK. THIS IS A FREE EVENT, BUT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE THAT DO ATTEND TO BRING A CANNED GOOD, OR SPECIFICALLY PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY TO HELP THOSE IN NEED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WANNA KILL MYSELF SO HARD.
MOMMA, CAN YOU DIE OF A BROKEN HEART? OKAY, Y'ALL TAKE IT AWAY.
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READY? I'MA TAKE YOU BACK FROM A BROKEN HEART.WE LOVE Y'ALL SO MUCH. WE'RE READY. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.
HAPPY FOURTH. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. SO GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU JOINING US TONIGHT FOR THE SUNDAY.
ALL SUCCESS BE NOBLENESS FROM SEA TO SHINE. SHINING SEA. C. O LORD, I THANK YOU, LORD.
I WANT TO THANK DOROTHY AND THE COOKSEY COMMUNICATION FOR PUTTING THIS VIDEO TOGETHER.
THANKS. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENDA TODAY AT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[E. Public Comment]
THIS IS THE TIME MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE MAY COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL.I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON ITEM WHICH IS OUTSIDE, WHICH IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO THAT'S THE PERFECT TIME. AGAIN, ANY ITEMS OTHER THAN LEGAL OR PERSONAL MATTERS OR MATTERS OF ON THE AGENDA ARE WITH SO MANY OF YOU PRESENT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR EVERY ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS.
RACHEL IS GOING TO HELP ME TO KEEP ME ON TRACK.
AND I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK THAT THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FILL UP ONE OF THOSE COMMON CARDS.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF CARDS ON THE TABLE. THE REASON FOR THE COMMON CARD.
THAT WAY WE CAN CAPTURE THE NAME AND THE ADDRESS OF THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL.
SHE WILL CALL OUT THE NAMES SO THAT YOU COULD COME FORWARD ONE AT A TIME AND SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL.
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
MR. MAYOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. AT THE BACK.
RACHEL? YEAH. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST ONE? YES. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. CHARLES HAMPTON, THREE THREE, THREE BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
GOOD EVENING, MR. HAMPTON. THANKS FOR SPEAKING TO US TONIGHT.
YES, SIR. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. MAYOR GEORGE, YOUR WRITE UP ON OUR TOWN WEBSITE STATES THAT WE HAVE A LONG TIME COMMITMENT TO REMAINING A LOWER DENSITY COMMUNITY WITH A FOCUS ON MAINTAINING A STRONG RURAL ELEMENT.
I LOVE THAT. I AM A SUNNYVALE RESIDENT, BUT I HAVE LIVED IN DALLAS PROPER IN THE PAST, AND THE LAST THING I WANT IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BECOME LIKE DALLAS, WHICH IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IF YOU'RE A FORD OR A CHEVROLET, BUT NOT REALLY A GREAT PLACE IF YOU'RE A HUMAN BEING.
I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SUNNYVALE IS A BETTER PLACE FOR.
I'M SORRY. I NEED TO GET CLOSER. YES, SIR. WE'VE GOT LIVE STREAMING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT SUNNYVALE IS A BETTER PLACE FOR HUMAN BEINGS TO LIVE WITHOUT AN AUTOMOBILE.
BRIDGE OVER DUCK CREEK AT BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE HAS OFFERED TO PICK UP MOST OF THE EXPENSE TO REBUILD THE BRIDGE, AND THAT SOME CONSIDER THIS A BARGAIN. TOO GOOD TO PASS UP.
I MEAN, IF SOMETHING'S ON SALE, YOU'VE GOT TO BUY IT, RIGHT? NO, OF COURSE NOT. IF WE DON'T NEED IT, IT IS NOT A BARGAIN AT ANY PRICE.
BUT THE DISTANCE FROM THE SUNNYVALE FIRE STATION TO THE DUCK CREEK CROSSING IS ROUGHLY EQUIDISTANT, WHETHER YOU RUN UP COLLINS OR UP BELTLINE. SO IF WE WANT TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIME TO THIS AREA, THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BRIDGE. IT HAS TO DO WITH CREATING AN AUTOMATIC ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MESQUITE, WHICH HAS A MUCH CLOSER FIRE STATION. NOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MUTUAL AID.
THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING AS MUTUAL AID. MUTUAL AID IS SLOW, CLUNKY, INEFFICIENT.
IT. DALLAS HAS TO DO IT FOR US. WE RELY ON THEM TO MAKE PHONE CALLS.
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EMERGENCY, IT'S FAR SUPERIOR. AND SINCE MESQUITE IS ALREADY DOING OUR DISPATCHING FOR US, THIS WOULD BE FAST, EASY, AND CHEAP TO IMPLEMENT, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WE LOOK IN THAT DIRECTION INSTEAD OF BUILDING OR REBUILDING THAT BRIDGE.FREEDOM AS IN BEING FREE TO WALK DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING KILLED BY AN AUTOMOBILE, AS HAPPENED TO GARY GLICK IN 2004 ON BARGE BRIDGE ALMOST DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
OUR COMMUNITY DOES NOT BELONG TO THE AUTOMOBILE, BUT TO THE HUMAN BEINGS WHO LIVE HERE.
WHEN CHOOSING BETWEEN THE WELFARE OF GENERAL MOTORS VERSUS THE WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE CHOOSE US. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LIMITING TO THREE MINUTES. NEXT ONE.
NAOMI LEDFORD TWO, FOUR, THREE, A BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. HELLO. I'VE LIVED ON 243 A BARNES BRIDGE ROAD FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS. SO I'VE WATCHED THE PROGRESSION OF THINGS.
THERE WAS THE LAKE ENTRANCE THAT YOU ALL HAVE SHUT DOWN BEFORE THAT WAS SHUT DOWN.
WE JUST HAD A LOT OF DRAG RACING GARBAGE IN OUR YARDS.
WASN'T ABLE TO CATCH THAT INDIVIDUAL. BUT SINCE THAT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BETTER.
BUT WHAT I'LL SAY IS IT HAS BEEN WAY MORE PEACEFUL.
SOMETHING TO SLOW THAT TRAFFIC DOWN. I AM RIGHT ON THE STRAIGHTAWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF BARNES BRIDGE, AND I CAN TELL YOU NOBODY'S GOING 3535 IS NOT OBEYED.
AND I WOULD SAY TWO. IT NEEDS TO BE PATROLLED.
THE RIFF RAFF THAT WE WERE GETTING THROUGH THERE JUST LIKE I SAID, THE GARBAGE DRUNK DRIVERS, IT WAS JUST REALLY AN ALT ROUTE FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO AVOID THE MAINSTREAM.
AND I REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS A LOT OF LATE NIGHT PARTY GOERS, PEOPLE DRINKING.
SO WE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY IS OUR COMMUNITY, SINCE THAT BRIDGE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN, HAS BEEN WAY SAFER, MORE PEACEFUL. WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK. WE DO NOT LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS HOA.
IT IS A JUST A RURAL STREET. AND THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GETTING ON THAT ROAD WHEN THAT BRIDGE IS OPEN IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN IT'S CLOSED DOWN LIKE IT IS NOW.
SO THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY. JUST CONSIDER PROBABLY WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR AREA AND FOR THE PEACE AND SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE.
RICHARD SPAZ, 116 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD. GOOD EVENING SIR.
GOOD EVENING. I'LL TAKE LESS THAN A MINUTE. MY NAME IS RICHARD SPIESS.
I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1991. 16 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
AND I'VE WATCHED THE TRAFFIC GO UP RATHER ALARMINGLY AT ONE POINT.
AND IT WAS A BLESSING WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS CLOSED.
I GUESS MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS, IF IT'S NOT THERE, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY? VERSUS IF IT IS THERE, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY? I SAY IF IT'S NOT THERE, IT BENEFITS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF SUBSTANTIAL MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
I WAS ALARMED TO. I LOOKED UP A STUDY ONLINE THAT SAID THE TRAFFIC COUNT IN 2011 WAS 700 CARS PER DAY, AND I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED THAT IT WAS THAT LOW.
THEY PROJECT THAT BY 2031, THE TRAFFIC COUNT WILL BE 900.
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NEW BRIDGE. I CAN TELL YOU TO EXPECT IN 20 YEARS THAT THE CARS WILL ONLY ONLY INCREASE BY 200 CARS PER DAY IS PRETTY ABSURD. I THINK MOST OF YOU WOULD AGREE.SO I WOULD SAY, LET'S LOOK BACK AT OUR NUMBERS.
LET'S LOOK AT THE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY OF NOT HAVING THE BRIDGE BACK.
I THINK IT FAR OUTWEIGHS THE BENEFIT OF PUTTING A BRIDGE IN THERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SPEES. RON AND MAUDE HAY 214. TANNER CREEK.
GOOD EVENING. I'M MAUDE HAY AT 214 TANNER CREEK.
I'M ONE OF THE WALKERS ON BARNES BRIDGE, AND I ENJOY MY WALK ON BARNES BRIDGE.
SINCE WE STARTED WALKING WHEN WE MOVED THERE IN 2008.
AND SINCE I'VE WALKED BARNES BRIDGE, I THINK I KNOW JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ON BARNES BRIDGE.
I KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE OF CARS ON BARNES BRIDGE.
I KNOW WHEN THEY'RE PASSING BY ME ON BARNES BRIDGE BECAUSE THEY'LL USUALLY MOVE OVER.
SO I'M LEAVING THE BRIDGE CLOSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.
JERRY JOHNSON 239 HEARTHSTONE DRIVE. RACHEL. THAT MAY BE FOR A DIFFERENT PUBLIC MEETING.
PUBLIC HEARING. OH. YOU'RE RIGHT. SORRY. JERRY, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK.
MARK MCCLELLAN, 245 BARNES BRIDGE. GREAT. MARK, HOW ARE YOU? DOING WELL. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO SUNNYVALE AND YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS MARK MCCLELLAN. I LIVE AT 245 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
I'M A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER AND I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER IN REAL ESTATE.
I'M DATA DRIVEN AND NUMBERS DRIVEN, SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO GIVE A FEW NUMBERS WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF THE BRIDGE ON BARNES BRIDGE, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 2954 PEOPLE. ONLY 181% OR I'M SORRY, ONLY 181 OR 6% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE SUNNYVALE RESIDENTS, 2773 OF THEM, OR 94%, ARE FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND.
WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF BARNES BRIDGE, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 19,590 OR 19,500 RESIDENTS.
ONLY 1906 PEOPLE, OR 10% OF THOSE ARE SUNNYVALE RESIDENTS.
WITH 17,684 PEOPLE OR 90% ARE FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND.
THIS MEANS THAT THE TAXPAYERS IN OUR SMALL TOWN WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL, NOT JUST FOR THE PORTION OF THE COST TO REBUILD THE BRIDGE, BUT ALSO FOR THE ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE TO BOTH THE BRIDGE AND THE INEVITABLE DAMAGE TO BARNES BRIDGE ROAD FROM THE ADDED TRAFFIC.
OUR TOWN AND OUR TAXPAYERS WOULDN'T EVEN BE THE PRIMARY PEOPLE USING IT.
I'VE HEARD THAT A DRIVING REASON FOR COUNCIL TO REOPEN THE BRIDGE IS DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, AS YOU WILL HEAR FROM OTHERS TONIGHT EXPLAINING THIS EVENING THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND NON SUNNYVALE RESIDENT TRAFFIC ON THE STREET FAR OUTWEIGH ANY CONCERNS CAUSED FROM THE BRIDGE REMAINING CLOSED.
THE SUNNYVALE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CLOSER TO THE FURTHEST HOUSE ON BARNES BRIDGE, WITH THE BRIDGE CLOSED THAN IT IS TO SEVERAL OTHER HOMES AND STREETS WITHIN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SUNNYVALE. NOT TO MENTION THE BRIDGE ITSELF ON BARNES BRIDGE ROAD IS EFFECTIVELY EQUIDISTANT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER THEY TRAVERSE NORTH ON COLLINS OR NORTH ON BELTLINE.
SUNNYVALE RESIDENTS HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CARE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR PROPERTY, THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR NEIGHBORS. THAT IS UNMATCHED BY ANY COMMUNITY I'VE EXPERIENCED.
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AND WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT CLOSED, TO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.MY CONTRIBUTION IN THE MEETING NOTES READS AS FOLLOWS.
THANK YOU MARK, APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU.
CHELSEA MCLOON 245 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD. DEAR MISS MACLEAN. MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
HAVE YOU HAVE, AS YOU HAVE HEARD TONIGHT, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO WILL USE THE BRIDGE IF IT IS REOPENED AND WHO WILL DRIVE DOWN OUR CURRENTLY SAFE RURAL STREET, ARE NOT SUNNYVALE CITIZENS. THEY DO NOT UPHOLD THE SAME VISION FOR OUR TOWN THAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN, AND THAT WE ELECTED YOU TO UPHOLD ON OUR BEHALF.
THE VISION IS REFLECTED IN THE TOWN OF SUNNYVALE VISION STATEMENT, WHICH IS SUNNYVALE, IS A UNIQUE RURAL COMMUNITY WITH SMALL TOWN VALUES THAT PROVIDES A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE, WITH SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, APPEALING PLACES TO RECREATE, AND QUALITY BUSINESSES AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
SHOULD COUNCIL CHOOSE TO DENY THIS REQUEST OF ITS CITIZENS TO REOPEN THIS MATTER, AND IF THE BRIDGE DOES NOT REMAIN CLOSED, BARNES BRIDGE ROAD WILL NO LONGER FIT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS SET OUT IN THE TOWN'S VISION.
BARNES BRIDGE ROAD IS A LEGACY OF SUNNYVALE, AND IF THE BRIDGE IS OPEN, OUR ROAD WILL LOSE OUR UNIQUE RURAL COMMUNITY AND OUR SMALL TOWN FEEL. WE WILL BECOME A BUSY, CUT THROUGH STREET FOR THE LARGE CITIES THAT SURROUND US, CITIES THAT DON'T BELIEVE IN THE PRESERVATION OF TOWNS LIKE OURS, CITIES WITH HIGHER CRIME, MORE TRASH, AND NO STAKES IN THE WELL-BEING OF SUNNYVALE.
THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD WE CURRENTLY ENJOY WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST.
OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL BE HUGELY NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN NOISE, LITTER AND TRAFFIC. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE JEOPARDIZED BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN OUR ROAD WILL NO LONGER BE SUNNYVALE CITIZENS.
THEY WILL BE QUICK TO DISREGARD SPEED LIMITS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE THEY DID IT BEFORE THE BRIDGE CLOSED AND THEY DO IT NOW.
FORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T HAPPEN FREQUENTLY BECAUSE THE BRIDGE IS CLOSED.
IF YOU QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF MY CLAIMS, I INVITE YOU TO COME SIT IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR A FEW HOURS.
THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE SPEED LIMIT. THEY DON'T SLOW DOWN AT THE TURNS. THEY DON'T MOVE OVER FOR PEDESTRIANS. THEY TAILGATE RESIDENTS WHO ARE TURNING INTO THEIR DRIVEWAYS. THEY SPEED PAST RESIDENTS COLLECTING THEIR MAIL. THEY DON'T DRIVE LIKE THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES LIVE HERE.
NO MORE CONVERSATIONS AT THE MAILBOXES OR EVEN WALKING ACROSS THE STREET TO RETRIEVE OUR MAIL.
NO FRONT YARD HOLIDAY GATHERINGS, NO DRIVING UTVS OR GOLF CARTS TO VISIT A NEIGHBOR.
THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD AND APPEALING PLACES TO RECREATE THAT WE CURRENTLY ENJOY INCLUDING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR OWN FRONT YARDS AND MAILBOXES WILL BE DISRUPTED AND EVEN DANGEROUS.
SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO PROCEED WITH THE REOPENING OF THE BRIDGE AND SOMEONE IS INEVITABLY INJURED OR, GOD FORBID, KILLED, THIS MOMENT WILL RING IN YOUR EARS.
BUT YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO STOP IT, TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS YOU REPRESENT, TO VOTE LIKE YOUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, KIDS, COACHES, FELLOW CHURCHGOERS DO LIVE HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM. KRIS HOLLOWAY, 200 A BARNES BRIDGE ROAD. GOOD EVENING SIR. GOOD EVENING.
FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE.
TRASH. SINCE THE BRIDGE IS CLOSED, THE AMOUNT OF TRASH IN OUR FRONT YARD HAS DECREASED INCREDIBLY.
WE LOVE THE PEACE AND QUIET. GETTING TO WALK ON BARNES BRIDGE.
BEING ABLE TO MEET NEIGHBORS. JUST THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE UNLEASHED WHEN THAT.
IF AND WHEN THE BRIDGE IS REBUILT. I THINK WE ALL KNOW IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A FREEWAY.
SAFETY IS GOING TO BE FOR ALL THE REASONS PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED VERY ELOQUENTLY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO VOICE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
CHRIS. GARRISON ERWIN, 224 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
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MR. IRVIN, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GARRISON ERWIN AND I LIVE AT 224 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
MY WIFE, STEPHANIE, AND MY YOUNGEST, NATE IS HERE.
AND BRODY'S AT FOOTBALL PRACTICE, SO. BUT I DO HAVE TWO YOUNG BOYS.
AND SAFETY IS MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN WITH BARNES BRIDGE OPENING UP AGAIN.
WE LIVED HERE BEFORE THE BRIDGE CLOSED. SO WE KNOW WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN 2019 OR PRE 2019.
THE BRIDGE CLOSED IN AUGUST OF 2019, AND OCTOBER 14TH OF 2019.
COUNCIL VOTED TO REOPEN THE BRIDGE. THAT WAS 1729 DAYS AGO.
WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN? I THINK A COUPLE THINGS.
SAFETY IS MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN. I'VE HEARD SOME COUNTERPOINTS OF OPENING THE BRIDGE FOR SAFETY REASONS, AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN KIND OF DISPUTED HERE BY OTHERS, SO I WON'T GO INTO THAT. BUT THE SEVERITY OF AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE OPENING IS THE PROBABILITY AND SEVERITY OF SOMEONE DYING IN A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT OR A PEDESTRIAN BEING STRUCK BY A CAR IS MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN, YOU KNOW, A TREE FALLING DOWN AND A RESIDENT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET EMS SERVICES.
WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 2019? SINCE, 1729 DAYS AGO, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REOPEN THE BRIDGE.
WELL, THERE'S THE FIRESIDE COMMUNITY JUST NORTH OF THE POWER PLANT, WHICH IS 300 PLUS ROOFTOPS.
THE D.R. HORTON COUNCIL HAS ENTERTAINED AND IS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS TO REOPEN BARNES BRIDGE PARK BY THE LAKE AND HIGHWAY 190, WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO BE KICKED DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT THERE ARE PLANS TO HAVE AN ON RAMP AND AN OFF RAMP AT BARNES BRIDGE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FREEWAY EXIT ON A TWO LANE COUNTRY ROAD THAT IS A RESIDENTIAL ROAD, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ON RAMP AND AN OFF RAMP THERE.
GOD FORBID HIGHWAY 190 GOES THROUGH OUR OUR SMALL TOWN.
I'D LOOK THROUGH THE TOWN ARCHIVES AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY DATA TALKING WITH FOLKS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HAVING A FEELING OR YOU KNOW, AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE.
YOU KNOW, ALL ALL OF THAT IS GREAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DATA THAT THE TOWN HAS LOOKED INTO.
SO. SO, PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU, TAKE A STEP BACK.
PLEASE JUST KEEP THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY IN MIND.
THANK YOU. THANKS, KIRSTEN. OMAR OBEID, 227 BARNES BRIDGE. GOOD EVENING. OMAR. GOOD AFTERNOON. PARDON ME.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GEORGE AND ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS OF SUNNYVALE TOWN COUNCIL.
I'M HERE. I'M OMAR OBEID FROM 227 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
FURTHERMORE, OUR CURRENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN NEED OF REPAIR.
GIVEN THE STATE OF THESE ROADS, WHICH MAY STRUGGLE TO HANDLE INCREASED TRAFFIC FLOW ADEQUATELY, FREQUENT REPAIRS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL ROAD HAZARDS AND FURTHER COMPROMISE THE SAFETY FOR EVERYONE IN SUNNYVALE.
MOREOVER. MOREOVER, THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ACTIVE TWO WAY TRAFFIC, COUPLED WITH A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE HORIZON AT 244 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD, COULD EXACERBATE EXISTING ROAD CONDITIONS. THIS COULD CHANGE.
ADDITIONALLY, I WISH TO HIGHLIGHT THAT MAIL DELIVERY IS CURRENTLY RECEIVED ON ONE SIDE OF BARNES BRIDGE ROAD, REQUIRING RESIDENTS TO CROSS A TWO WAY, 35 MILE PER HOUR TRAFFIC WITHOUT ADEQUATE CROSSWALKS, SIDEWALKS, OR SPEED DETERRENCE MEASURES. THIS SITUATION POSES A SEVERE DANGER TO PEDESTRIANS GOING TO RETRIEVE THEIR MAIL.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER, AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MAUD. 0227 BARNES BRIDGE. GOOD EVENING SIR.
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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.MY NAME IS. I'M A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF SUNNYVALE ON BARNES BRIDGE.
I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER PLANNED OPENING OF THE NEW BRIDGE.
EXCUSE ME. OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE ON BARNES BRIDGE.
DUE TO SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS. NUMBER ONE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
THE BRIDGE WILL LIKELY INCREASE TRAFFIC IN ALREADY CONGESTED AREA.
NUMBER THREE EMERGENCY RESPONSE DELAYS INCREASED TRAFFIC AND HINDER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, PUTTING LIVES AT RISK DUE TO POTENTIAL BOTTLENECKS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WILLIAM SCOTT DAVIS, 238 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
GOOD EVENING, MR. DAVIS. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.
CITY COUNCIL. LAST WEEK I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH SEVERAL OF YOU, AND IT BECAME PRETTY APPARENT THAT, Y'ALL, THIS IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A BRIDGE.
OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I WALKED AWAY FROM THAT MEETING WITH. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO KEEP THIS PRETTY BRIEF, AND MOST OF MY CORRESPONDENCE IS GOING TO BE IN WRITING GOING FORWARD.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOURSELF. ARE WE GOING TO PUT THE BRIDGE BACK IN AND THEN TEAR THE STREET OUT TO REPLACE OUR MAIN WATER LINE? I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE PUSHED THIS.
WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD WHILE THE MONEY WAS AVAILABLE.
I DON'T THINK A PROPER ECOLOGICAL IMPACT STUDY HAS BEEN DONE.
WE'RE THE LAST THING. WE'RE THE LAST THING IN SUNNYVALE.
THIS SIDE OF SUNNYVALE HAS ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU HAVE RETAIL, YOU HAVE THIS LOVELY BUILDING THAT THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS HELP PAY FOR.
THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS, YOU HAVE WALKING PATHS, YOU HAVE PARKS, YOU HAVE A SCHOOL.
REALLY, ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO WALK DOWN OUR STREET.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS TOO MUCH AS AS YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOU ALL ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO AT LEAST BE CONSIDERED AND CONSIDER THE CHANGE IN LANDSCAPE.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TO RACE TO THE FINISH LINE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT BUILDING A BRIDGE IN A FLOOD FLOODPLAIN IS A GOOD IDEA.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PROBLEM IF I'M CREATING MORE PROBLEMS THAN I'M CORRECTING.
THAT'S BAD GOVERNMENT, THAT'S BAD CITIZENSHIP.
AND I THINK THAT MY MY FELLOW CITIZENS HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF EXPRESSING THAT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER. NO PROBLEM. I WILL TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, A TOWN, TOWNSHIP, CITY EVER THAT PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY COME TO YOUR HOUSE, SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE WAY THAT THEY'D LIKE TO BE GOVERNED.
AND THIS IS HOW WE'D LIKE TO BE GOVERNED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. EDDIE DAVIS, TWO THREE, EIGHT BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
DEAR MISS DAVIS. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, AND ALL OF YOU GUYS IN THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT AND HEARING US ALL OUT.
MY NAME IS EDDIE DAVIS. I'M AT TWO, TWO, THREE EIGHT BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
SO WE MOVED AWAY. WE CAME BACK TO BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
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I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I USED TO LIVE. SO TODAY MY NEIGHBOR GAVE ME MAIL THAT STILL GOES OVER THERE.ALL THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED ALREADY.
THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN RAISED THAT IT'S KIND OF A CUL DE SAC.
WE KNOW TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM. WE KNOW TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER'S ANIMALS.
THE ANIMALS KNOW LIKE OUR RHYTHM AND OUR FLOW OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALL WE WANT IS TO LEAVE OUR STREET THE WAY THAT IT IS, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR LIVES, THE WAY THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN LEFT TO LIVE WITH IT THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
IT'S COMING UP ON FIVE YEARS AND WE JUST LOVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER JUST FROM WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, JUST SEEING EACH OTHER, STOPPING EACH OTHER. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? HEY, WHO ARE YOU? WE LOVE THAT VIBE. AND THAT'S WHAT SUNNYVALE.
WHEN WE HAD TO GET BACK FROM THE LAST TIME WE LEFT, WENT DOWNTOWN.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO GET BACK. AND THE BRIDGE WAS OPEN, AND WE HAD EVERY KIND OF TRASH YOU CAN.
YOU CAN IMAGINE. I HAVE A BIG, WIDE DRIVEWAY.
IT'S JUST BEEN A NIGHTMARE TO HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE RUN THROUGH, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE SO MUCH WORSE NOW, SO MUCH WORSE IF THAT BRIDGE OPENS UP. I'M PLEADING WITH ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THIS WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS, AND KEEP IT THE WAY THAT IT IS.
I'M BEGGING YOU GUYS, PLEASE, PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS OPENING.
IT'S GOING TO RUIN US. IT'LL RUIN US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. MISS. SAM PENDYALA. 243 BARNES BRIDGE ROAD.
HOW ARE YOU? DOING GOOD. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. I AM OPPOSED TO THE BRIDGE REOPENING.
MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS, SOME WITH STATISTICS TO SHARE.
I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE ME.
OF COURSE, THE BRIDGE WAS OPENED AT ONE POINT IN TIME PRIOR TO AUGUST OF 2019.
IT WAS A THOROUGHFARE FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO THE LAKE.
AND I APPRECIATE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME FOR CLOSING THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, THINGS THAT WE FOUND IN OUR PROPERTY DRUNK DRIVERS, ETC.
A NUMBER OF FOLKS BEHIND ME HAD TO REPLACE MAILBOXES AS A RESULT OF MANY OF THOSE FOLKS.
HOWEVER, NOW WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT DID NOT EXIST AND IT IS A GARLAND DEVELOPMENT, D.R.
HORTON, OF COURSE, I'M AWARE ATTEMPTED TO TRY TO RECLASSIFY OR REZONE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, TO GET THOSE CHILDREN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND OF COURSE, THAT WAS REJECTED OR TURNED DOWN.
WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE ON BARNES BRIDGE WILL BE FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY, OR PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH OUR ROAD IS NOT BUILT FOR THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.
IT IS NOT LIKE TOWN EAST. NOR IS IT LIKE TRIP, WHICH TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTWAY.
SOME OF THOSE TURNS ARE 90 DEGREES IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT THAT WAY.
THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS REFERENCE TO SAFETY CONCERNS.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAD A WINTER STORM IN 2021.
THE RESIDENTS OF BARNES BRIDGE CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED EACH OTHER BEFORE THE TOWN EVEN CAME.
OR MAYBE THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, WHOEVER COMES OUT TO LAY SAND TO HELP US TO GET THROUGH THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE THE SPRING STORM OF 24.
THERE WERE TREES THAT FELL DOWN, BUT BEFORE THE TOWN EVEN MADE IT OUT TO CLEAR THE ROADS, MANY OF THESE FOLKS THAT THAT ARE BEHIND ME OWN RANCHES AND FARMS. ARMS. WE HAVE TRACTORS AND HEAVY MACHINERY. WE WERE OUT THERE.
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ACTUALLY. MY SON AND I WERE OUT THERE CLEARING THE ROADS BEFORE THE TOWN COULD GET TO IT.AND I KNOW MANY OF THE FOLKS BEHIND ME DID AS WELL.
EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, MANY OF THE FOLKS ARE.
THIS IS TEXAS. WE'RE HEAVILY ARMED. AND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, WE'VE MANAGED TO SURVIVE AND DO SO EFFECTIVELY. I WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE RUSH? NOW CONSIDER WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE TO KEEPING IT CLOSED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAST ONE. MATTHEW HARTMAN 234 BARNES BRIDGE. MR. HARTMAN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MATTHEW HARTMAN. I'M AT TWO, THREE, FOUR BARNES BRIDGE.
I'M HERE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE OPENING OF THE BRIDGE.
FOR SEVERAL OF THE REASONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STATED THIS EVENING.
I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH MR. DAVIS'S COMMENTS. THE SAFETY, THE EROSION, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT WILL OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGE OPENING ARE GOING TO SEVERELY IMPACT BARNES BRIDGE. I'VE BEEN AT TWO, THREE, FOUR BARNES BRIDGE SINCE 2014.
THE SEVEN YEARS PRIOR, SIX, SEVEN YEARS PRIOR TO THE BRIDGE CLOSING.
HARDLY KNEW ANY NEIGHBORS JUST BECAUSE THE STREET IS SO CROWDED, SO TRAFFIC FROM THE STREET IS SO HIGH AND THE SAFETY FACTOR IS VERY HIGH, OR SAFETY FACTOR IS IS MINIMAL BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT OCCURRED BEFORE THE BRIDGE WAS CLOSED.
SO YOU COULDN'T GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS. NOW THAT THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I NEVER KNEW BEFORE.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS IRRELEVANT. FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING A BRIDGE OPEN.
HOWEVER, THE TRAFFIC, THE SAFETY, IT'S GOING TO.
MAKE ME SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT I WANT TO REMAIN ON BARNES BRIDGE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW I'LL BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH JUST BEING ABLE TO THE PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF LIVING THERE, MUCH LESS BEING ABLE TO GET TO VISIT AND SEE YOUR NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE IT'LL BE IT'LL BE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC. THE MENTION OF ABOUT GOING TO YOUR MAILBOX.
IT SOUNDS KIND OF SILLY, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO GO OUT ONTO THE STREET WHEN CARS ARE A TWO WAY STREET AND THERE'S NO THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR BECAUSE YOU'RE STANDING OUT THERE RIGHT ON THE STREET.
YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR MAIL. CARS ARE PASSING BOTH WAYS, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE BRIDGE WAS CLOSED.
IT WAS CRAZY. YOU HAD TO WAIT. MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC.
SO THAT'S GOING TO. THAT'S GOING TO SEVERELY IMPACT OUR LIVABILITY.
IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PREDETERMINED AND THE DECISIONS ALREADY BEEN MADE, IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING TO BE HERE TO FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS DECISION.
I HOPE YOU STRONGLY RECONSIDER IF THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOU WOULD RECONSIDER AND LISTEN TO EVERYONE THAT'S OPPOSING THIS DECISION. I WOULD HOPE YOU COULD DO SO. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, MR. HARDEMAN. MAYOR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? OKAY. IF NO ONE ELSE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[F. Recognitions]
THAT'S RECOGNITION. RECOGNITION OF THE TOWN FOR BEING AWARDED FOR THE FIRST TIME.TWO EMMY AWARDS, TWO EMMY AWARDS. FIRST PLACE FOR BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
THANK YOU, MR. JONES. MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE TOM BRYSON, VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC SECTOR PRACTICE FOR COOKSEY COMMUNICATION, AND DOROTHY WHITE, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT AND ACCOUNT MANAGER, ALSO IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR PRACTICE DIVISION OF COOKSEY COMMUNICATION.
TOM AND DOROTHY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TOWN FOR.
GOSH, I THINK IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. AS OUR OUTSOURCED COMMUNICATIONS FIRM AND THEY ARE HERE TO PRESENT US TO PRESENT THE TOWN COUNCIL WITH SOME AWARDS THAT THE TOWN RECENTLY EARNED.
AND SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL LET TOM AND DOROTHY KIND OF DESCRIBE THOSE TWO AWARDS.
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AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF PHOTO OPS AFTERWARDS, IF WE CAN.THANK YOU, MR. JONES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PIECES OF HARDWARE HERE THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE REALLY GREAT TEAM EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON HERE FOR THE PAST YEAR. IN PARTICULAR, THE HERMES AWARD IS GIVEN BY THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS.
THIS IMPRESSIVE LOOKING TROPHY IS GOING TO LOOK REALLY GOOD ON TROPHY CASE.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS GIVEN FOR THE STATE OF THE TOWN VIDEO FOR 2023.
AND, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT PLATINUM AWARD IS THERE HIGHEST AWARD? ALSO AT TAMIYA THIS YEAR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS.
TOWN OF SUNNYVALE ENTERED A WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPH OF A PRECIOUS DOG NAMED BEAR, IN HOPES OF CATCHING A LITTLE EXTRA ATTENTION WHILE THE RANGERS WERE PLAYING FOR THE FOR THE WORLD SERIES.
AND THAT PHOTOGRAPH WON TWO AWARDS A FIRST PLACE TAMI AWARD FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY.
BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS A STAFF MEMBER'S IDEA, AND A STAFF MEMBER WENT AND TOOK THE PICTURE.
AND IT'S AN AWARD WINNING PICTURE STATEWIDE. WE ALSO USED THAT PICTURE IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST TO, AGAIN, GET MORE ATTENTION FOR BEAR, WHO DID GET A NEW HOME OUT OF THIS.
AND WE ALSO WERE RECOGNIZED WITH AN AWARD OF HONOR FOR BEST SOCIAL MEDIA POST.
SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND I MUST TELL YOU, IT IS A JOY TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM.
THANK YOU. I BELIEVE I TOOK THAT PICTURE.
I THINK YOU DID. SOMEBODY VOLUNTEERED. ARE YOU OKAY, RACHEL? ELMER CAN TAKE THE PICTURE. OH, AND MARK AND MARK THE PICTURE.
OKAY. WE'LL LET THE MAYOR GET IT. RACHEL CAN GET ON ONE SIDE.
WE CAN TAKE IT WITH MY CAR THAT I CAN DOWNLOAD IT FASTER.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS FUN. THAT WAS.
THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. KIND OF LOPSIDED, AREN'T WE? YEAH. OVER HERE. KEVIN! COME ON. COME ON. KEVIN.
KEVIN'S EATING HIS CANDY. WHERE'D YOU GO? OH.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU. WAITING ON.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, DON'T WORRY. JUST. THERE'S A COUPLE PHOTOS HERE. THREE. TWO.
ONE. HOLD IT. GOOD. ALL RIGHT, HOLD IT. MATT, YOU'RE LOSING YOUR.
YOU'RE LOSING YOUR ASSISTANT TOWN ENGINEER. THREE.
TWO. ONE. A LOT OF PICTURES. HOLD THAT SMILE.
THANK YOU. HE'S SO GOOD AT THAT. ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME, SIR.
SURE. THANKS. THANKS. THANKS, MATT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PICTURE OF THE DOG.
YEAH. NO NO, NO. OH, I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY PHONE.
AND WHEN I GET THROUGH POSTING TO THE WEBSITE ON MY WEBSITE.
OKAY, GOOD. NICE TO SEE YOU, SIR.
OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
AND IT'S PRETTY COOL. THANK YOU. TOM. THANK YOU.
SO GLAD I GOT TO SIT THERE. AND GET SOMEONE.
SO GOOD. OKAY. WE JUST. SO WE TALKED ABOUT NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN. CORRECT? RACHEL? YES, SIR.
OKAY. OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[G. Consent Agenda Items]
WOULD YOU LIKE TO REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA?[00:50:04]
OKAY. IF NOT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM EIGHT AS PRESENTED.MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MR. ELLIOTT. SECONDED BY MR. ALLEN TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSED SEVEN ZERO.
MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM OF THE AGENDA.
[H. Public Hearing Items]
I THINK TOWN COUNCIL. COUNCIL. I THINK I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THE PUBLIC HEARING.I SHOULD ANNOUNCE THE TIME. ALSO, IF THAT IS YOUR POSITION.
ALSO, I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE TIME IS 801. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESIDENTIAL REPLAT OF LOT 14 R LONG CREEK ESTATES TO ABANDON AND RELOCATE CERTAIN EASEMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 408 LONG CREEK ROAD, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 2.35 ACRES.
TRACT OF LAND WITHIN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
THAT WE, MR. RUPERT. GOOD EVENING MA'AM. GOOD EVENING MAYOR.
COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, ITEM NUMBER NINE, IS A REPLAT APPLICATION. IT'S A RESIDENTIAL REPLAT. THE ADDRESS IS 408 LONG CREEK ROAD.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN ON THE AERIAL OVERLAY.
IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY FOR SINGLE FAMILY FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONED LOT, ROUGHLY ABOUT 2.35 ACRES IN SIZE.
IT'S A VACANT PROPERTY. THE OWNER OR THE APPLICANT PLANS TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REPLAT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS REPLAT REQUEST AT THEIR MAY 15TH MEETING, AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PROPOSED REPLAT.
CAN YOU POINT TO SOME OF THE DETAILS HERE, PLEASE? YES. SO THIS IS THE REPLAT ON YOUR SCREEN. IF YOU CAN SEE KIND OF TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT, THERE IS A DASHED AREA OR HASHED AREA A LITTLE BIT GRAY HASH.
THAT'S THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT TRAVERSES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE RESIDENTIAL LOT.
IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS WITH THAT EASEMENT RIGHT NOW LOCATED IN THAT POSITION, IT'S DIFFICULT TO BUILD OR ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD A HOUSE AND MEET THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS OF SF4. SO THE REASON FOR THIS REPLAT IS TO RELOCATE THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
AND A NEW DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED KIND OF ROUGHLY TOWARDS THE.
SO THERE IS A THERE ARE DRAINAGE LINES. IT'S JUST A NATURAL DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
SO THE TOWN. OKAY. YES. SO THE TOWN ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THE DRAINAGE PLAN AND THE GRADING PLAN AND THE PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS RELATED OR ACTUALLY THE FULL CIVIL CONSTRUCTION DESIGN DOCUMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. AND HE HAS APPROVED THE RELOCATION OF THIS DRAINAGE EASEMENT WITHOUT IMPACTING ANY OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORING LOTS.
SO MAYBE MAYBE WE CAN TALK LATER OR YOU CAN TALK NOW.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT. FINISH THIS PRESENTATION.
I'LL COME BACK TO. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN, AS I SAID, IS TO RELOCATE AND ABANDON THIS EXISTING DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND RELOCATE IT WITHIN THIS LOT, RUNNING TOWARDS THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LOT.
IF YOU NOTICE THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL LOT TO THE EAST OF THIS LOT.
EAST. EAST IS THE RIGHT? CORRECT? YES, RIGHT.
SO TOWARDS THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LOT, THERE IS A LEVEL DIFFERENCE.
SO THEY'RE THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT IS BEING RELOCATED ON THE EAST IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE LOTS ACROSS THAT EASEMENT LINE. SO IT'S ALREADY HIGHER GROUND ON THE EAST, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS POINTER WOULD LET ME.
OKAY. SO SEE THIS IS THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT IS BEING ABANDONED.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THIS DRAINAGE EASEMENT YOU CANNOT REALLY BUILD A HOUSE.
WHAT IS BEING DONE IS IT IS BEING RELOCATED TOWARDS THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE LOT.
AND MATT CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN THIS MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN.
AND THE REASON I'M EXPLAINING ABOUT THESE LAWS.
THESE ARE EXISTING LAWS THAT HAVE HOUSES ON THOSE, BUT THEY ARE ON HIGHER GROUND.
THERE IS A LEVEL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS LOT AND THESE LOTS.
SO RELOCATING THAT DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO THE EAST DOES NOT IMPACT THIS LOT OR THIS LOT.
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BUT THAT ALREADY HAS ITS OWN DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND CULVERT.RIGHT. THIS LOT ON THE SOUTH, DRAINAGE EASEMENTS IN THE FRONT.
RIGHT. SO IS THIS HIGHER GROUND OR IS THIS HIGHER GROUND? SO IF WE LOOK AT THE CONTOURS GO ON.
MATTER OF FACT, YOU SEE THERE'S A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH.
CAN YOU CAN YOU SHOW THAT PICKS UP DRAINAGE FROM THE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES PLANT, AND IT COMES ACROSS THE STREET IN A CULVERT AND RUNS ACROSS THAT LOT TO THE SOUTH BEFORE ENTERING THE SUBJECT LOT THAT'S BEING REPLANTED.
THERE'S ALSO DRAINAGE TO THE WEST OF THAT PROPERTY THAT CROSSES THE STREET.
SO THIS LOT HAS A CONFLUENCE OF OF A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT DRAINAGE DITCHES.
MOST OF THEM ARE FAIRLY SMALL DITCHES. I WOULDN'T CALL THEM A CREEK.
QUITE, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE FEATURES.
THERE'S ALSO LIKE SAID THE LOTS TO THE EAST OF THIS PARTICULAR LOT.
THEY'RE THEY'RE HIGHER. AND THEY DO DRAIN ONTO THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.
THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT'S HASHED, THAT'S BEING ABANDONED HAS BEEN REROUTED BY BASICALLY CUTTING A NEW DITCH THAT MORE OR LESS FLOWS DIRECTLY NORTH SOUTH AND THEN EAST WEST ALONG THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE.
SO DO THEY HAVE TO RAISE, DO THEY HAVE TO RAISE THAT LAND? THE GRAY AREA HATCHED AREA TO, WELL, ABANDON IT.
THEY THAT'S BASICALLY THE HOUSE SITE THAT'S BEING BUILT RIGHT THERE.
SO THERE IS A HOUSE BEING BUILT RIGHT THERE AND REROUTING THAT AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE LOT, INSTEAD OF CUTTING DIAGONAL THROUGH THE LOT, ALLOWED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING PAD FOR THE NEW HOUSE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, IS THE REQUEST TO REROUTE OR THEY ALREADY REROUTED? IT'S ALREADY BEEN REROUTED. THE ENGINEERING PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY 4 OR 5 MONTHS.
A CULVERT HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE NORTH SOUTH DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO ALLOW A CROSSING OF THAT THAT CREEK IN ORDER TO GET TO THE NEW BUILDING PAD. AND HE'S GETTING READY TO BUILD A HOME ON THAT BUILDING PAD.
SO A REPLAT IS REQUIRED TO RELOCATE OR ABANDON ANY EASEMENT.
THE ENGINEERING PLAN HAS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE THE REPLAT CAN COME TO THE COUNCIL.
YES. SO WHEN DOES THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION START? SHOULD START. SO THEY HAVE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DESIGNS ARE APPROVED AND THE PLAT BEING A TECHNICAL APPROVAL.
THAT'S GUARANTEED APPROVAL AS LONG AS IT MEETS ALL THE TOWN CODE AND ORDINANCES.
SO WHAT IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT APPROVE THE PLAT, AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY CAN ANSWER THAT AS PER THE STATE LAW AND THE TOWN'S CODE FOR A PLAT APPLICATION. AS LONG AS IT MEETS ALL TOWN CODE AND ORDINANCES, IT MUST BE APPROVED.
IT CANNOT BE DENIED. BUT IT DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S WHY THEY DID MEET THE REQUIREMENT. SO IF YOU JUST HEARD WHAT MATT EXPLAINED IS IT HAS MEET ALL THE DESIGN CRITERIA OF ENGINEERING DESIGN MANUAL AND OUR UDO IN SUFFICIENTLY REROUTING THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
SO SO SO SURUPA IS CORRECT IF IT HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND THE REGULATIONS THAT THE CITY, AS MARK HAS, AS MATT HAS STIPULATED, THEN THE PLAT MUST BE APPROVED.
AND WHY? WHY BOTHER TO BRING THE PLAT FOR APPROVAL? BECAUSE BUT IT REQUIRES US TO DISCUSS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, OUR UDO ALSO REQUIRES ANY PLAT, WHETHER IT'S A PRELIMINARY PLAT, FINAL PLAT OR PLAT TO BE APPROVED BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL.
BUT THE INTENT IS NOT. THE INTENT IS TO NOT A PENCIL VAPOR.
RIGHT? ITS INTENT IS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND DEBATE AND MAKE A DECISION WHETHER IT'S ACCEPTABLE OR NOT. ACTUALLY, NO, BECAUSE BY STATE LAW, BY STATE LAW, IF IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION,
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THEN IT IS TO BE APPROVED. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.IT'S NOT ZONING. SO ZONING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THOSE ARE APPLICATIONS WHERE TOWN COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAVE DISCRETIONARY RIGHTS TO REVIEW, DISCUSS AND SAY YES OR NO OR A MAYBE TO AN APPLICATION FOR A PLAT APPLICATION.
WE DO NOT HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE CODE, IT GETS TO BE APPROVED.
THE REASON? IT'S A PROCESS. THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS, BY LAW, WHERE THE UDO OR THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, OR A SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN IN A WAY WHERE STAFF CAN APPROVE CERTAIN PLAT APPLICATIONS BECAUSE IT'S A TECHNICAL APPROVAL.
IF YOU NOTICE, ALL OUR PLAT PRESENTATIONS USUALLY COME ON A CONSENT AGENDA.
IT DOES NOT GO ON AN ACTION OR A DISCUSSION ITEM BECAUSE ONLY FOR REPLAY.
OKAY. MR. FINCH. SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THE SUBMISSION, THE ENGINEERING SUBMISSION WAS DONE? LIKE, DO WE KNOW WAS WAS THE CHANGE MADE BEFORE THE SUBMISSION OF THE ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS? BECAUSE I DRIVE BY THIS EVERY DAY, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO CAN YOU GIVE ME A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS ISSUED AND WHEN WE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER WHEN THE BUILDING PERMIT, BECAUSE THE ENGINEERING CIVIL SET IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE BUILDING PERMIT ITSELF, WE ISSUE A PERMIT. BEFORE THAT, WE RELEASED THE CIVIL PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE, BUT IT'S BEEN, I'M GUESSING FOUR MONTHS OR MORE.
AND I CAN FIND OUT THAT DATE SPECIFICALLY AND GET THAT TO YOU, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.
QUITE SOME TIME. YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF. BECAUSE AS MANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN OUR TOWN AND WE, WE ALWAYS WORK ON, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS COULD IMPACT.
I MEAN, I BELIEVE THIS LOT WAS KIND OF UNBUILDABLE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT A LOT OF CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE LANDSCAPE AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THAT LOT.
QUITE SOME TIME AGO. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMELINE AS TO TO THE MAYOR'S POINT IS, WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE APPROVING IF WE SINCE WE HAVE ALL THESE DRAINAGE ISSUES IN TOWN, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR? I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING THIS LOT DOES HAVE A LOT OF LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE CONFLUENCE OF ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE FEATURES THAT ARE OUT THERE, DITCHES THAT CARRY A LOT OF WATER, THAT NORTH SOUTH ONE CARRIES A SUBSTANTIAL FLOW FROM DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF UNDEVELOPED LAND ALSO TO THE WEST OF IT, ACROSS THE STREET THERE THAT ALSO COMES ON, THAT WE'RE REDOING THAT DRAINAGE THAT WENT UNDERNEATH LARKIN RIGHT THERE.
I KNOW WE'RE REDOING THAT WHOLE CULVERT THAT FLOWS INTO, I THINK, MR. JANACEK'S PROPERTY RIGHT THERE AS WELL. THE TOWN STAFF REPLACED THAT CULVERT PRIOR TO IT BEING OVERLAID WITH THE DMAIC PROJECT.
AND THAT'S BEEN REPLACED. THERE'S STILL ADDITIONAL WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE THERE.
THE OLD LEGACY HEADWALL IS STILL IN PLACE, SO THAT HAS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
BUT WE DID LOOK AT ALL THESE DRAINAGE FEATURES.
NOT ONLY IS THE CULVERT HAD TO BE PUT IN FOR THE DRIVE APPROACH, BUT THERE'S EROSION CONTROL MEASURES AND STREAM BANK PROTECTIONS ALONG THAT, A NUMBER OF THOSE STREAMS, ESPECIALLY AT THE VERY NORTH PROPERTY LINE WHERE ALL THESE THESE THREE DITCHES COME TOGETHER THE ENGINEERING PLANS THAT WERE RELEASED FOR CONSTRUCTION SOME TIME AGO, CALLS FOR ARMORING AND CONCRETE RIPRAP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO ARMOR ALL THOSE VARIOUS DRAINAGE DITCHES THAT COME TOGETHER THERE.
SO THE WORK IS NOT FINISHED THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ARE BEING REQUIRED TO DO.
NO, IT HASN'T BEEN. SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I CAN CONFIRM.
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THE SITE PREPARATION SIDE OF IT, AND WE WILL NOT ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT UNTIL THEY GET ALL OF THOSE DONE.SO AT WHAT POINT IN THE PROJECT OF BUILDING A HOME, DOES A BUILDING PERMIT HAVE TO BE ISSUED IN GENERAL BEFORE THEY GO VERTICAL, BEFORE THEY START ANY WORK. SO WHEN YOU DEFINE START ANY WORK, DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE FOUNDATION WORK PLUMBING? YES. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE HAVE NOT ISSUED A BUILDING PERMIT ON THIS PROPERTY YET? THEY HAVE SUBMITTED FOR THE PERMIT, BUT WE HAVEN'T RELEASED THE PERMIT OR ISSUED THE PERMIT FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY START WORKING ON THE HOUSE.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME PLUMBING WORK GOING ON TOO. THERE MIGHT BE SOME PLUMBING.
ANYWAY, IT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, AT WHAT POINT DO WE ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT? IT'S BEFORE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, BEFORE ANY WORK IS DONE.
AND THEORETICALLY BE BEFORE ONCE THIS IS ALL APPROVED.
BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T BUILD UNTIL YOU WENT THROUGH YOUR.
MAYBE NOT THIS APPROVAL BEFORE YOU WENT TO THE PROCESS, RIGHT? TYPICALLY, THE CIVIL WORK IS IN ADVANCE OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING PERMIT BECAUSE THE CIVIL WORKS ARE GOING TO COVER THE SITE PREPARATION, THE GRADING THAT'S NECESSARY.
THINGS LIKE DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES, MAKING SURE THERE'S SERVICES.
WATER. RIGHT. THAT'S MY POINT. IS THAT OKAY THAT OCCURS BEFORE THE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I'VE NEVER BUILT A HOME FROM THE GROUND UP, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD ISSUE THE BUILDING PERMIT BEFORE ANY ACTUAL WORK IS DONE ON THE SITE. THAT'S IN MOST JURISDICTIONS.
EXCUSE ME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I CAN HEAR YOU. FINE.
I'M SURE THEY CAN'T, THOUGH. USUALLY THE CIVIL WORK HAS TO START FIRST TO TO PREP THE SITE, GET THE UTILITIES, DO THE SITE GRADING AND DRAINAGE AND SO FORTH.
TO PREPARE THE SITE FOR THE BUILDING PAD. AND THEN A BUILDING PERMITS TYPICALLY ISSUED EITHER AFTER THE THE CIVIL WORK IS STARTED BUT BEFORE IT'S COMPLETED, IN ORDER TO START NOW ON A LARGE SUBDIVISION.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK THAT DIRECTION.
YEAH. CAN I ASK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE? IS THAT ALLOWED? OKAY. SO I GOT A QUESTION. YES, SIR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
SO THIS WAS EXISTING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN EASEMENT FOR DRAINAGE.
CORRECT. THIS WAS PRIOR EASEMENT THAT THEY WANTED TO GET RID OF.
NO. THAT STAYING IN PLACE THAT THAT ONE, THAT THAT THAT'S A A HE'S DEDICATED AN EASEMENT TO CONTINUE TO CARRY THAT NORTH SOUTH ACROSS THIS PROPERTY. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CULVERTS PLACED.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON ON THE DIAGRAM, THEY'RE ADDING A NEW DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT GOES NORTH SOUTH ALONG KIND OF ALONG THAT EAST PROPERTY LINE AND THEN CUTS ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE ALL THOSE CONVERGE.
THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT. I THOUGHT FOR SOME REASON THEY WERE ABANDONING THIS.
NO NO NO NO NO. LIKE THIS GUY'S GOT A GIANT EASEMENT, THE HASHED ONE THAT'S KIND OF DIAGONAL ACROSS THE BUILDING PAD SITE IS THE ONE THAT'S BEING ABANDONED. OKAY.
CONTINUE MR.. THE REASON, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY, IT ADHERES TO ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE RE PLAT.
THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION PART IS NEW FOR RE PLAT BECAUSE USUALLY WITH YOUR PRELIMINARY PLAT OR YOUR FINAL PLAT, THERE IS NO NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL PLATS ONLY.
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WE HAVE THE APPLICANT PRESENT HERE TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR HIM AND IF THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY.THANKS. MR.. LET ME TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
YOU MAY COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. NO ONE IS COMING FORWARD.
SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE TIME IS 809. LET ME ASK YOU THOUGH, I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM COMING UP.
DO I WAIT FOR THAT? SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. TIME IS 819.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION.
OKAY. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME OR THE APPLICANT? STAFF. MR.. MR.. ALLEN YES, SIR. YES, SIR. I THINK COUNCILMAN FINCH ASKED THAT QUESTION, AND THAT IS IF THERE'S PLUMBING BEING BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY.
NOW, SHOULD THE STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON? WE'LL GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE IT. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLUMBING, BY PROVIDING THE SERVICE LINE UP TO THE PAD SITE, THAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED. THAT'S PART OF THE SITE UTILITIES. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S A FOUNDATION AND THERE'S PLUMBING GOING IN, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROVED AT THIS POINT WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT. SO WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? JUST LET ME EXPLAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. SO COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THE THE MINISTERIAL ACT THAT IS BEFORE YOU IN ORDER TO DENY OR CONDITIONALLY APPROVE A PLAT OR REPLAT, YOU HAVE TO CITE THE CODE THAT HAS THE DEFICIENCY.
AND IF IF NOT, THEN YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR THERE'S A RISK FOR THE CITY.
SO IF IF IT HAS MET ALL OF THE CODES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE UDO AND AND STATUTORILY AND YOU CAN'T CITE THAT, THEN IT IS MINISTERIAL MINISTERIAL FUNCTION AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
OKAY. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS? IF NOT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE? DO YOU WANT IT? YEAH. WHY NOT? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE. SECOND. AS PRESENTED. IS THAT RIGHT? AS PRESENTED. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MISS DANNY.
SECOND BY MR. ELDRIDGE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER NINE.
AS PRESENTED. EVERYONE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS? IF NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED.
SEVEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN, MA'AM, AT THIS TIME? FOR THE SECOND ONE? YES. OKAY. NOW, TIME IS 822.
I'M GOING TO OPEN BACK THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER TEN.
GRANTING A COUNCIL PLAN. AMENDMENT OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE NUMBER 464 AS IT RELATES TO THE HOMESTEAD PHASE SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. ASSOCIATED OPEN SPACE AND TRAIL DEVELOPMENT, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF THE TOWN.
EAST BOULEVARD NEW HOPE ROAD CONSIDERING OF APPROXIMATELY 54.4 ACRES.
TRACT OF LAND WITHIN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD ZONING DISTRICT.
MR.. RUPA. THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TOWN OF SUNNYVALE. THIS IS THE HOMESTEAD PHASE SEVEN CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT.
TWO TRACKS BASICALLY DIVIDED BY NEW HOPE ROAD.
IT'S GOING TO BE A PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
34 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, ALL MINIMUM ONE ACRE AND ABOUT 8.86 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND TRAIL NETWORK.
AS PART OF THIS PHASE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST PHASE OF THE EXISTING HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE THE TWO CONCEPT PLANS ON YOUR SCREEN.
THE RIGHT SIDE, THE ONE HIGHLIGHTED IN AS CURRENT CONCEPT PLAN ON THE LEFT IS THE PROPOSED.
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SO THE EXISTING PD OR PRO FOR 64 HAD THE PHASE SEVEN SHOWN WITH A DIFFERENT LAYOUT AND DIFFERENT NUMBER OF LOT COUNTS.WE ARE CHANGING THAT OR WE ARE PROPOSING A CHANGED LAYOUT.
THAT'S WHY THIS CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT IS BEING PROCESSED THROUGH THIS COUNCIL.
THIS IS A DETAILED VIEW OF THE PHASE SEVEN CONCEPT PLAN.
THERE ARE TWO ENTRY POINTS TO THE SUBDIVISION, ONE THROUGH THE EXISTING NEW HOPE ROAD, AND THERE WOULD BE A NEW ENTRY POINT OR A NEW ROADWAY CONNECTION ON TOWN EAST. FARTHER EAST FROM NEW HOPE ROAD.
CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY BOTH TRACKS ARE UNPLATTED THEY HAVE SUBMITTED.
THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A PRELIMINARY PLAT, WHICH IS UNDER REVIEW AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL. IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, ON SITE SEPTIC SYSTEM IS PROPOSED FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU RECALL, EARLIER THIS YEAR THE APPLICANT CAME AND PRESENTED IN FRONT OF COUNCIL THE PROPOSAL OF DOING ONSITE SEPTIC SYSTEM FOR THIS PROJECT RATHER THAN CONNECTING TO CITY WATER AND CITY WASTEWATER SERVICES DUE TO NATURAL TOPOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS AND OTHER COST PROHIBITIONS.
TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED THE REQUEST, AND THAT'S WHY THIS SUBDIVISION IS BEING DESIGNED THE WAY IT IS, WITH ALL MINIMUM ONE ACRE LOTS, BECAUSE THAT'S A DALLAS COUNTY REQUIREMENT FOR ANY ON SITE SEPTIC SYSTEM.
THIS IS A COLORED RENDERING OF THE CONCEPT PLAN, THE SAME CONCEPT PLAN JUST SHOWN IN COLOR.
THE LOTS ARE SHOWN IN YELLOW. THE GREEN AREAS ARE BASICALLY YOUR OPEN SPACE OR LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
AND THE BLUE AREAS ARE YOUR EXISTING DRAINAGE DETENTION PONDS WITHIN THE HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. PROPOSED SCREENING PLAN.
THIS IS PAGE ONE. AND THEN THE SECOND SLIDE I'LL SHOW A TENTATIVE CROSS SECTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS THE CORRECT PRESENTATION. SO ON THE TOWNEES SIDE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF TOWN EAST BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL 50 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
THERE WILL BE A TEN A 12 FOOT WIDE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
ALSO, A ROW OF SHADE TREES AS WELL AS SOME ORNAMENTAL TREES THAT ARE DEPICTED IN COLORED LIKE RED COLOR, ARE PROPOSED WITHIN THIS LANDSCAPE BUFFER. YOU CAN SEE SOME RED LINES WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
THOSE ARE SIGNIFYING THE VARIABLE HEIGHT ASCENT WALLS.
ALSO, THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO HAVE TWO NEW MONUMENT SIGNS OR ENTRY SIGNS, ONE AT NEW HOPE ROAD AND ONE AT THE NEW ROADWAY, OR THE NEW DRIVE IN TO THIS PROJECT THAT ARE GOING TO SIGNIFY THE HOMESTEAD PHASE SEVEN SUBDIVISION ENTRY.
ALL THE INTERIOR STREET NETWORKS WILL HAVE FOUR FEET WIDE SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES.
AND IF YOU CAN TELL ON THIS CONCEPT LAYOUT, THERE ARE OTHER TRAIL NETWORK WHICH IS GOING TO BE EIGHT FEET WIDE, LOCATED PRIMARILY WITHIN THE OPEN SPACE SOUTH OF THIS PROJECT AND EAST OF THIS PROJECT, THAT'S A EXISTING UTILITY EASEMENT, AND THOSE EIGHT FOOT WIDE TRAIL NETWORK WILL CONNECT WITH THE EXISTING TRAILS.
THAT'S PART OF THE REST OF THE HOMESTEAD. PHASE SEVEN.
AS WE TALK THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY, THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY WITH THIS PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. IT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE NOT ONLY CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE EXISTING HOMESTEAD NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS NEW PHASE, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO WALK ALONG TOWN EAST, WILL PROVIDE THEM A BETTER, SAFER ENVIRONMENT TO WALK WITH.
THIS CROSS SECTION DOES A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING HOW THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THE BERM IS GOING TO WORK ALONG TOWN EAST, WHERE YOU SEE THE CAR DEPICTED ON THIS SKETCH.
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50 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. IT WOULD CONTAIN THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AS WELL AS THE VARIABLE HEIGHT BAR.THE VARIABLE HEIGHT WALL ASCENT WALL IS ALSO SHOWN IN THIS CROSS SECTION IN THE BOTTOM VIEW.
I THINK THIS IS THE WORK SESSION PRESENTATION, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
OTHER THAN THE SITE PHOTOS I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS THE THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON THIS APPLICATION.
HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHEN. CAN THE APPLICANT COME FORWARD? MR. DOUGLAS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, SIR.
IT'S YOUR TIME TO ADD ANYTHING MORE TO THE. SHE PRETTY WELL EXPLAINED EVERYTHING IN GREAT DETAIL.
IT'S BEEN, WHAT, ALMOST TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, JUST THESE 34 LOTS.
BUT WE RECOGNIZE AND THAT'S THAT WAS THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THIS PIECE.
IT IS A VERY VISIBLE PIECE. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE THE CORRECT WAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M I KNOW OUR NEW LAYOUT IS MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN WHAT THE OLD ONE WAS.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU GOT ALL LARGE LOTS. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF EXTRA LANDSCAPING.
WE'RE ADDRESSING TO ADDRESS EVERY NEED, JUST LIKE MR. ALLEN FROM THE EMAIL IS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL THOSE ITEMS, AND WE'VE GONE AND CHECKED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THE DRIVEWAY IN WITHOUT TAKING A TREE OUT ON THAT SIDE. SO AND AS WELL AS THE OTHER ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE CONVERSED WITH YOU, I'VE TALKED TO THE HOA PRESIDENT, WE'VE BECOME QUITE ACQUAINTED.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, IT APPEARS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING THAT WAY.
EXTENDING THE TRAIL, JUST LIKE GETTING THE TRAIL ON TOWN EAST, WHICH THEN THEY ONLY LEAVE THE SMALL SECTION ACROSS THE PARK TO GET TO THE NEW GROCERY STORE THAT'S GOING ON. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CONNECTION POINT THERE, AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU WITH ANY, ANY OF THAT TYPE SITUATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THE STAFF.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S A THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE AN AGREEMENT ON BOTH SIDES, BUT WE BOTH WORK TOWARDS COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER AND WORKING TOWARDS THE COMMON GOODNESS. OKAY.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. STAFF. COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER DOUGLAS AT THIS TIME? WE CAN CALL HIM BACK LATER IF YOU NEED TO. YES, SIR. WE CAN. YES, SIR. COMMENTS. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS.
OKAY, MISTER DOUGLAS, AT THIS TIME WE WILL CALL YOU BACK AGAIN A MINUTE.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, LET ME OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I THINK, RACHEL, WE HAVE ONE. YES. JERRY JOHNSON TWO, THREE NINE STONE DRIVE.
MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. I'M JERRY JOHNSON, 239 HEARTHSTONE.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA AND A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BEFORE I TALK ABOUT HOMESTEAD SEVEN, WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO US SOMETIMES THINGS THAT ARE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TEND TO REAR THEIR HEAD. AND TODAY AT 510, I GOT A CALL AND WENT TO A MEETING THAT HAS BEEN LIFE CHANGING FOR ME.
I RECEIVED THIS FROM MY DAUGHTER. MY FIRST GRANDCHILD IS ON THE WAY.
CONGRATULATIONS. SO I HOPE HOMESTEAD GOES WELL, BUT I HOPE THIS GOES BETTER.
THAT'S AWESOME. SO WHAT A HAPPY MAN TONIGHT. GOING TO BE A NEW RESIDENT OF SUNNYVALE, I HOPE.
I'M TRYING TO GET HIM DOWN HERE. WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO JIM AND HIS SON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE INTEREST AND CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS.
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AND WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS IN SUNNYVALE.AND AS I SAID TO JIM, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE'D ALL LIKE TO SEE THE PASTURELAND STAY THERE, SHUT THE DOORS, AND NOBODY ELSE MOVE IN SUNNYVALE.
AND WE JUST KEEP IT EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS. BUT THAT'S NOT REALITY.
WE CAME HERE AND WHEN SOMEONE ELSE WISHED THE DOOR HAD BEEN SHUT.
SO WE THINK WITH THE OPTIONS THAT ARE POTENTIAL FOR THAT 54 ACRES, THIS IS REALLY A GREAT OPTION FOR US. LARGE HOMES, HIGH MARKET VALUE WITH WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
AND HE'S AGREED TO WE BELIEVE THE ADDITION OF THE WALKING TRAILS AND THE EXTRA GREEN SPACE, PARTICULARLY FINISHING THE WALKWAYS AROUND OUR RETENTION PONDS, IS GOING TO ADD A LOT OF VALUE TO LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE WE AGREE THAT IT'S A GOOD PLAN FOR US.
OKAY. NO ONE ELSE IS COMING FORWARD, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE TIME IS 835 COUNCIL. MR. DOUGLAS, WOULD YOU COME BACK FORWARD, SIR? I KNOW COUNCIL HAS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNCIL? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DOUGLAS AT THIS TIME? YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. I DO. MR. DOUGLAS, THANKS FOR WORKING WITH JERRY. HE SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF YOU IN THE PROCESS. THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DIVISION I TO LIVE THERE. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BLINK HILL WITH THE RED BARNS.
BUT YOU CAN'T SHUT THE DOOR BEHIND US, SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THEY MAY NOT BE A PLUG AND PLAY HERE, BUT I'D LIKE TO THROW THEM OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN SOME THINGS HAPPEN OVER THE, THE TIME THAT WE'VE SERVED ON COUNCIL THAT I WANT TO SEE IF WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE SOMEWHERE AND IF NOT, THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE THOSE.
SO THEY SEEM PRETTY SIMPLE UNTIL THEY'RE NOT THERE.
RIGHT? SO MY FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU IS ARE Y'ALL GOING TO INSTALL INTERNET INTO THAT COMMUNITY? YES, SIR. IT'LL GO ON WITH THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES.
OKAY. AND IS THAT PART. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S THAT INCLUDE INTERNET.
PARDON? GO AHEAD. YEAH. THAT'S THE INTERNET. THE WIFI OR THE INTERNET.
THAT'LL BE CONNECTED. YEAH. OKAY. LET ME SEE HERE ANOTHER QUESTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAD TO DO A TREE SURVEY, AND SO THEY TAG THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT THEM ALL.
THAT'S. THAT'S ALL IT WAS. THAT MEANS THEY WERE COUNTED.
AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REMOVING OR ANYTHING ELSE.
IT WAS JUST PART OF THE SURVEY. YES, PART OF THE SURVEY. THANKS.
I GOT A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THOSE TREES COMING DOWN.
WELL, THAT WAY WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. NOR IS THE THE LOCATION WAS ACTUALLY NOTED.
EXACTLY. SO THAT HELPS US IN PLANNING, IN THE ENGINEERING, TRYING TO AVOID EVERYTHING WE CAN.
OKAY. THE COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE SOME A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
THEY'LL ALL BE TO THE SIDE OR BEHIND. CORRECT.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. IT'LL BE UP TO THE BUILDER. AND THE BUILDER HAS TO GO BY YOUR BY YOUR ORDINANCE.
SO EITHER THE GARAGES HAVE TO BE ON THE SIDE J'S OR TO THE BACK.
IF YOU DON'T ALLOW GARAGE DOORS ON THE FRONT THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
AND THAT'S WHY WE MADE SURE THE LOTS WERE BIG ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU CAN DO SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME AT LEAST INITIAL STARTING POINT. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE SMALLER LOTS, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT. I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND LET ME SEE HERE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DRAINAGE, AND MAYBE I KNOW THIS IS CONCEPT.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RUNNING WATER ARE VASTLY GROWING TOWN.
AND THAT COMMUNITY IS RELATIVELY THAT DIVISION.
PHASE SEVEN IS RELATIVELY HIGH. IT'S ON A HILL.
SO THAT WATER IS COMING DOWN. YES, SIR. AND I'M NOT AN ENGINEER.
THAT'S THE ENGINEER. AND YOU GUYS GOT ENGINEERS, TOO.
BUT THE WATER, VERY PARTICULARLY COMING OFF OF THE ROAD THAT'S GOING TO EXIT ON NEW HOPE OR THEIR DRAINAGE CULVERTS GOING TO BE LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THAT ROAD BEFORE THAT WATER GETS TO NEW HOPE. WELL, THE DESIGN WE'VE DONE A PRELIMINARY LAYOUT FROM THAT.
AND TWO, WITH THE LARGER LOTS, YOU'RE NOT COVERING AS MUCH OF THE LOT.
ALSO WITH CONCRETE EITHER. MR. DOUGLAS, THE. THIS IS WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT HERE.
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THIS IS A HIGH POINT. YES, SIR. THIS WATER IS GOING TO RUN DOWN THE STREET.NO, SIR. NO, IT'S COLLECTED AND GOES DOWN INTO THE DETENTION PONDS.
COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE THE THE DETENTION PONDS ARE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AT? YEAH, IT'S THE BLUE AREAS. OH. THE BLUEBERRIES.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE. OKAY. YEAH, THOSE ARE THE EXISTING POINT.
NOT A NEW DETENTION POINT. NO. THOSE EXISTING.
GOTCHA. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU THAT THERE'S SOME ISSUES ON THE TRAIL IN THE PNC.
MR. HAWKINS, WHO LIVES IN THAT PROPERTY JUST TO THE EAST.
ASK ABOUT THAT TRAIL NOT COMING RIGHT UP TO HIS PROPERTY. YES, SIR. I KNOW THIS IS CONCEPT.
YOU SAID THAT YOU ALL WOULD DESIGN, THAT IT WOULD COME BACK FOR US BEFORE WE HAVE A CHANCE.
WE'LL HAVE IT ADDRESSED ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FORM. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. JUST FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO CALL ME ABOUT THAT, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. WE WANTED THE CONCEPT PLAN. IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT.
SO WE'LL MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR YOU.
AND SO HOW HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING EITHER AS THE BUILDER OR AS OUR TOWN REQUIREMENT TO CAPTURE THAT WATER SO THAT IT'S NOT RUNNING FREELY INTO THOSE? I DIDN'T CALL THEM DETENTION. I JUST CALL THEM PONDS. RIGHT.
SO THAT IT'S NOT ERODING THE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
WELL, THERE'S THERE'S DISPERSAL DISBURSEMENT FACTORS WE CAN USE.
LIKE, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THE PIPE COMING OUT, WE CAN HAVE A PAD THERE, LIKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED AND SOME DISSIPATORS IN THERE TOO, WHICH SLOWS IT BREAKS THE WATER UP. IT'S NOT SHOOTING OUT OF THERE STRAIGHT.
IT SPREADS IT OUT SOME WITH THE DISSIPATORS, EITHER ROCK OR CONCRETE.
DISSIPATORS YOU CAN SLOW THE WATER DOWN. SO IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING OUR STAFF WILL DIRECT YOU ON? WHAT TO PUT THERE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOUR ENGINEERS WILL SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO BENEFIT THE POND COMBINATION OF ALL OF IT. OUR ENGINEERS WILL WORK ON IT. THEN WE'LL WORK WITH MR. HOLZAPFEL TO TO SATISFY HIM. OKAY. THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE.
I KNOW YOU WORK CLOSELY TO WORK THROUGH THOSE, AND I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS OTHER THAN JERRY AND I TALKING FROM TIME TO TIME. SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. I, I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
YEAH. DUDE. I'M SORRY. NO PROBLEM. HEY, THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.
THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE'VE. WE'VE APPROVED IN THE COUNCIL IN FIVE YEARS, I THINK, AS WELL. WE'RE RAISING THE STANDARD FOR YOU. SO THE BAR IS RAISED FOR THE NEXT ONE.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE. WE BUILT HOMES RIGHT BEHIND ME IN PHASE SEVEN WITH NO INTERNET.
ON THE ON THE FRONT OF THE ROAD FOR AN ENTRY INTO HOMESTEAD.
IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH THAT? IS THAT POSSIBLE? NO. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT POWER UP THERE AT YOUR ENTRYWAY ONTO TOWN EAST.
SO WHERE THE DRIVEWAY GOES ACROSS, YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLUGS TO LIGHT THE TREES.
THAT'S WHAT I TALKED TO YOU. OKAY. SO SINCE YOU MENTIONED DRIVEWAY AND ONE MORE QUESTION.
THIS THE ENTRY TO THESE TWO LOTS INTO THIS ROAD.
WILL THEY WILL THEY BE FACING EACH OTHER? WILL THEY BE OFFSET? THEY'LL THEY'LL BE OFFSET. THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY. DRIVEWAY.
GO BETWEEN THE TREES. WE'RE NOT TAKING THE TREES OUT.
YEAH, I GUESS I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE ENTRY POINT TO THESE TWO LOTS.
WOULD IT ALL HAPPENED RIGHT HERE? NO, SIR. OKAY.
NO, IT'LL IT'LL BE THE THE ONE THE SOUTH. I ANTICIPATE IT BEING DOWN AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE.
THE THE FIRST ONE NEEDS TO BE BACK OFF DOWN EAST OBVIOUSLY.
MR. DOUGLAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WORKING WITH OUR TOWN AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. DOUGLAS. ONE MORE QUESTION, MR. DOUGLAS. SORRY. WHAT TYPE OF THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH HOA ON THIS. WHAT TYPE OF HOMEBUILDERS ARE YOU YOU'RE LOOKING AT? ARE YOU DOING CUSTOM? ARE YOU DOING A NATIONAL? AT THIS POINT WE'RE IT'S OPEN. I MEAN, WE EVEN ANTICIPATE MAYBE SOME INDIVIDUALS BUY A HOUSE, WANT TO BRING THEIR OWN BUILDER. WE HAVE NOT SELECTED BUILDERS AT ALL THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TOO FAR AWAY.
I MEAN, THAT CAN CHANGE, RIGHT? OKAY. SO YEAH, WE'RE I MEAN, GOSH, WE'RE PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF,
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TWO YEARS AT AT BEST BEFORE WE'LL HAVE LOTS READY.RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN THE WHITE FENCES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE THOSE.
YES, SIR. EVENTUALLY. OKAY. AND ALSO THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR THE THE STAFF, WHEN DO YOU NAME THE STREETS AND HOW DO YOU NAME THE STREETS.
IS THAT THE WAY WE'VE SUBMITTED STREET NAMES.
YES, SIR. AND SO HE'S GONNA NAME AFTER THE, THE COUNCIL RIGHT.
YES. WELL NO, NO, WE SHOULD NOT DO THAT. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO ASK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SUBMIT NAMES AND BASICALLY THEY CHECK THEM AND SEE IF THEY'VE BEEN DUPLICATED. AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT DUPLICATED, WE GENERALLY GO WITH THOSE.
RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOR THE RECORD, I DO WANT TO BRING OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 1990.
AND I THINK I'M, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH JUST ONLY 34 HOMES.
ACRE SIZE OR MORE. OVER 54 ACRES. SO THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR WORKING AGAIN WITH WITH THE HOA AND WORKING WITH THE TOWN STAFF AND TRYING TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S HIGH QUALITY. WE REALLY WANT HIGH QUALITY HERE, YOU KNOW, HIGH QUALITY, YOU KNOW, STRIVING FOR THE VERY BEST FOR SANIBEL. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ONE MORE TIME, MR. DOUGLAS. I'M SORRY. ONE MORE. THIS IS A QUESTION.
NO PROBLEM. A STATEMENT MORE THAN IT IS A QUESTION YOU DON'T HAVE.
YOU DON'T GET TO PICK WHERE THE MAILBOX CLUSTERS GO.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S THAT'S REGULATED BY WE.
WE PICK WE PICK A LOGICAL PLACE, SUBMIT IT TO THE POSTMASTER AND HE APPROVES IT.
AND IT WON'T BE INDIVIDUALS. IT'LL BE CLUSTERED. IT'LL BE CLUSTERED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. EVEN FOR A ONE ACRE LOT, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A CLUSTER OKAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE FOR MR. DOUGLAS? THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU SIR. OKAY, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. OR DISCUSSIONS AT THIS TIME? STAFF. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, JEFF.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, SIR? OKAY, SO THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING.
SO WITH THAT I CALL FOR A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER TEN.
MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? I'M SORRY. NUMBER TEN, PHASE SEVEN FOR HOMESTEAD.
AS PRESENTED. SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, SIR. I'M SORRY.
AS PRESENTED. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY MR. ALLEN.
SECOND BY MR. ELDRIDGE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TEN, AS PRESENTED.
EVERYONE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU DOUGLAS. THANK YOU.
STAFF. COUNCIL. THIS IS THE FIRST READING. SO THE SECOND READING WILL BE BACK ON THE AGENDA, PROBABLY ON JUNE 22ND. AND THAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO REMOVE ITEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO.
OTHERWISE WE WILL APPROVE IT VIA CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.
[I. Discussion and Action Items]
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE STAFF UPDATES AND AGENDA ITEMS. MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE A FUTURE UPDATE, BUT I DID WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR THE EFFORTS THEY PUT INTO SUNFEST.IT WAS REALLY GOOD WITH A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. THE DRONES, THAT EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS, RACHEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
YOU DID AS WELL WILL ALSO TENANT ON HIS HORSE AND ALL THE OTHER STAFF PEOPLE.
IT WAS JUST IT WAS A GREAT TOWN EFFORT AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.
OKAY. MAYOR, I HAVE A FEW STAFF UPDATES SPECIFICALLY NOT APPRECIATION BUT BUT FUTURE STAFF UPDATES, AGENDA ITEMS. ANY REQUESTS? YES, SIR. I HAVE A COMMENT.
IT'S A REQUEST FOR AGENDA ITEMS. JUST TO COMMENT ON WHAT MR. ALLEN AND THE QUESTION YOU ASKED EARLIER. OKAY.
OKAY. GO AHEAD SIR. BUT IT'S AGAIN, AGENDA ITEM IS JUST TO CLARIFY REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. BUT OKAY GO AHEAD SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT MR. ALLEN SAID. I RECEIVED FEEDBACK ABOUT THE SUNNY FEST.
SOME WERE CONCERNED THAT MAYBE TOO MANY OUTSIDERS WOULD ATTEND, BUT AFTER IT WAS OVER, I RECEIVED NOTHING BUT ACCOLADES AND COMMENDATIONS FOR THE STAFF. AND THEY JUST THINK IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL EVENT THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR.
OKAY, I CAN FUTURE REQUEST COUNCILWOMAN FUTURE STAFF UPDATES AND AGENDA ITEMS. MISS DANNY, START FROM THERE. CAN WE ADD BONDS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AS AN ITEM FOR THE NEXT ONE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
MISS DANNY, WOULD YOU BE OPEN WITHIN A WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM? YES. OKAY, THAT'LL BE FINE. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO HAVE IT DISCUSSED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU MAY WANT TO CLARIFY WITH THE STAFF LATER WHAT EXACTLY YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
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RIGHT. OKAY. THAT WAY STAFF CAN PREPARE FOR IT.SO ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS SIDE? DANNY, I JUST WANT TO THANK ONE PERSON OR ONE OF OUR.
REQUEST FOR FUTURE STAFF UPDATES AND AGENDA ITEMS. SURE. APOLOGIZE. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE? I'M NOT SAYING ANOTHER WORD. OKAY. 22ND, I AGAIN, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A CIP QUARTERLY UPDATE.
ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME? SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS ITEM. MOVING ON TO MR. CLARK. ONE THING. SO WE WILL HAVE A CIP AGENDA ITEM COMING UP.
ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET PROJECT UPDATES.
LIKE A REGULAR REPORT, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT, SIR? SO PREVIOUSLY, WE USED TO GET JUST REGULAR REPORTS ON WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE.
IT WAS MORE OF LIKE A SPREADSHEET. SO WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT BE AVAILABLE THAT WE COULD DO MORE OF A REGULAR? SO THE COUNCIL REQUEST ITEMS OR STAFF FOR COUNCIL REQUESTED ITEMS. IS THIS FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT LIKE THE QUARTERLY REPORT, JUST STAFF UPDATES, MAYBE JUST REGULAR UPDATES, WHETHER IT BE WEEKLY OR JEFF, I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK.
YEAH OKAY. RIGHT. SO IT MAY BE IT MAY BE HELPFUL I THINK FOR THE FOR ME MAYBE OTHERS.
JUST TO HAVE MORE OF A REGULAR PROJECT REPORT UPDATES.
[J. Executive Session]
ATTORNEY STONE CANYON TRAIL. CAN I HAVE MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE? MOTION TO APPROVE AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MR. ELRICH. SECOND BY MR. MR. GEORGE TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551 .071.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY STONE CANYON TRAIL.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
TIME IS 853. WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANKS.
FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS 931.
[K. End of Executive Session]
WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. I CAN CONFIRM THAT AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN WITH THAT.CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND. MOTION MADE BY MR. ELLIOTT. SECOND. BY MR. CLARK. TO ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY. ALL OPPOSED.
MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. TIME IS 932, AND THE MEETING FOR TONIGHT IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.