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          WELL, WELCOME EVERYONE OUT TO THE SACHSE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. TODAY IS MONDAY,
MARCH THE 3RD, 2025. THE TIME, MS. GRANGER? 6:30 P.M.. WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M.. 
          [A. Meeting Opening]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM TWO, INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. I'VE ASKED MISS
HOWARTH TO OFFER THE INVOCATION AND MR. LINDSEY TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES. IF YOU WILL PLEASE RISE. 
          OUR KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN BE GATHERED HERE
TOGETHER TO COMPLETE THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, AND WE ASK OUR BLESSINGS UPON US THAT WE MAY TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND HEAR EACH
OTHER'S OPINIONS. 
          IN WISDOM AND KINDNESS, WE ASK FOR THY PROTECTION UPON OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AS
THEY GO ABOUT THEIR WORK TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY IN WHICH WE HAVE
TO LIVE, AND WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. 
          YEAH. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE NATIONAL AND STATE PLEDGES. 
          ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU. MAY BE SEATED. AGAIN, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE OUT TONIGHT. 
          THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM B, RECOGNITION. 
          [B. Recognition]
WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT. SO I WILL GO DOWN FRONT AND PRESENT THOSE. 
          ALL RIGHT. IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO DO PROCLAMATIONS. 
          WE'D LOVE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE SPECIAL WORK THEY DO. 
          SO, WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CHRISTOPHER BENTALL AND MARCUS MADRID DOWN FRONT. 
          PLEASE. THERE THEY ARE. THOUGHT I RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS. 
          WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, WE WERE DOING THIS BEFORE. AND IF YOU ALL COULD STAND OVER HERE. 
          SO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THESE ARE GREAT SURVEYORS. 
          AND ALMOST ANY PIECE OF LAND THAT YOU SEE THERE IS OWNED BY SOMEBODY AT ONE POINT,
THE REASON YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR BOUNDARIES ARE BECAUSE THESE GUYS RIGHT HERE. THEY SOMEBODY DID A SURVEY. AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS I'VE EVER
DONE IS BEING OUT IN THE MORE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES AND LOOKING FOR USGS MARKERS ON THE GROUND, AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WAS DONE WAY BACK WHEN TO
ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND EVEN PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE FOUR CORNERS MONUMENT,
YOU KNOW, AND PART I WOULD CALL IT A SURVEY MARKER OF SORTS. 
          AND SO BUT THESE GUYS DO A GREAT JOB. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE
YOU PUBLICLY FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU ALL DO. 
          SO WITH THAT I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLENNIUM,
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF MILLENNIUM SURVEYORS HAVE PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE EPIC SAGA OF AMERICA, HER PEOPLE AND THE LAND THEY LOVE. WHEREAS THREE OF THE FOUR PRESIDENTS DEPENDED
ON DEPICTED ON MOUNT RUSHMORE WERE SURVEYORS, WHICH I DID NOT KNOW THAT INCLUDING THOMAS JEFFERSON,
WHO TASKED TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUS LAND SURVEYS IN U.S. 
          HISTORY, MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK,
TO EMBARK ON AN EXPEDITION THROUGH THE UNCHARTED TERRITORY PURCHASED FROM FRANCE, SOWING THE SEEDS OF MANIFEST DESTINY, AND A SENSE OF PURPOSE THAT WOULD SHAPE THE
TRAJECTORY OF OUR PEOPLE FOR YEARS TO COME. 
          AND WHEREAS TO INSPIRE CONTINUED IMMIGRATION FROM THE UNITED STATES,
STEPHEN F AUSTIN, THE FATHER OF TEXAS, PUBLISHED THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED MAP OF THE REGION IN 1830 AND UPDATED IT IN 1840
TO REFLECT TEXAS'S NEWFOUND STATUS AS A SOVEREIGN NATION. AND WHEREAS SURVEYORS PAVED THE WAY FOR THE MANY GLORIES OF THE PAST AND THEIR
INFLUENCE. 
          IS AS SIGNIFICANT AS EVER IN THE PRESENT, WHETHER CONSTRUCTION,
TRANSPORTATION, CONSERVATION, INDUSTRY OR DISASTER RECOVERY. MUCH OF MODERN LIFE DEPENDS ON OUR TALENTED SURVEYORS. 
          WHEREAS THE FIELD OF LAND SURVEYING IS A SOPHISTICATED SCIENCE THAT INVOLVES PRINCIPLES OF
GEOLOGY. 
          MATHEMATICS. ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION AND MAPPING METHODS RELATED APPLIED IN PHYSICAL
SCIENCES. 
          AND RELEVANT LAWS TO MEASUREMENT, EVIDENCE AND BOUNDARIES. 
          WHEREAS FROM LAND OWNERSHIP TO. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT SURVEYORS MAKE A MEANINGFUL,
TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY. 
          STATE AND NATION. AND WHEREAS THE PROFESSION REQUIRES A BREADTH OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. 
          ASTUTE ANALYTICAL ABILITIES AND GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE,
DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 16TH THROUGH 22ND, 2025 AS SURVEYORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF SACHSE TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AND APPLAUD THESE HARD WORKING PROFESSIONALS FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO, WHICH IS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO US ALL. CONGRATULATIONS,
GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS TO RECOGNIZE ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF SACHSE. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR LEISURE COORDINATOR,
JORDAN BELEW AND CYNTHIA WISEMAN, TO COME ON DOWN. 
          WHO IS AND CYNTHIA IS OUR RECREATION MANAGER. 
          BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT. 
          SO, WE CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY EVERY YEAR, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS TO OUR LEISURE
DEPARTMENT. 
          AND MOST OF WE THINK MOST OF US THINK ABOUT OUR PARKS AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LEISURE SERVICES. 
          BUT WE ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE AN OCCASION,
I SHOULD SAY, LIKE ARBOR DAY. 
          AND MUCH LIKE THE SURVEYORS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT,
ARBOR DAY HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. 
          AND SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT AND CELEBRATE THAT WITH OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST. 
          WHEREAS IN 1872, J. STERLING MORTON PROPOSED TO THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A
SPECIAL DAY BE SET ASIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES, WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS ARBOR DAY AND IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD. 
          WHEREAS TREES CAN REDUCE EROSION OF OUR PRECIOUS TOPSOIL BY WIND AND WATER,
DECREASING HEATING AND COOLING COSTS, CLEAN THE AIR, PRODUCE LIFE SAVING OXYGEN, AND PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. 
          WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE, GIVING US WOOD FOR OUR HOMES,
FUEL FOR OUR FIRES AND PAPER FOR LEARNING, COMMUNICATION AND ENTERTAINMENT. AND WHEREAS TREES BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY,
INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES AND ENHANCE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS, AND WHEREVER PLANTED TREES BECOME A SOURCE OF JOY AND SPIRITUALITY. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE,
DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 29TH, 2025 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND ENCOURAGE ALL TO CELEBRATE BY SUPPORTING
EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS. 
          THANK YOU, LADIES. 
          YES, I ASKED CYNTHIA. SHE WANTED TO TALK, BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT TWO FOR THEM,
SO WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM TALK AFTER THAT. 
          OKAY. IN THAT SPIRIT, THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL. 
          THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP DAY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW,
EVERY YEAR THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM. 
          AND EVERY SPRINGTIME, USUALLY IN APRIL, WE WILL HAVE A CLEANUP. 
          ASK OUR RESIDENTS TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP CLEAN UP THE CITY,
AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT. 
          SO WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND CELEBRATE THAT WITH A PROCLAMATION. 
          AND TO REMIND EVERYONE WITH CYNTHIA, WE'LL HEAR IN JUST A SECOND OF ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT
THIS YEAR'S GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP. 
          WHEREAS KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INCORPORATED,
A NATIONAL, NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HELPING INDIVIDUALS IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT, HAS ESTABLISHED THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP AS ITS SIGNATURE
NATIONAL EFFORT FOR INVOLVING AMERICAN CITIZENS IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF SACHSE IS PROUD OF ITS NATURAL RESOURCES AND NEIGHBORHOODS,
AND SEEKS TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE ACTION OF INDIVIDUALS, SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESSES WORKING TOGETHER. 
          AND WHEREAS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANT
COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH LITTER PREVENTION, BEAUTIFICATION, AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES, AND HAS AND HAS ASSUMED THE TITLE OF HONORARY CHAIR OF
THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL. 
          GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF,
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 29TH, 2025 AS KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL, GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP DAY IN SACHSE AND CALL UPON THE
PUBLIC TO JOIN IN ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND HELP US RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. 
          ALL RIGHT. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO MARCH 29TH. 
          IT IS A DAY FOR ARBOR DAY AND THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP. 
          AND IT'S A GOOD DAY IN SACHSE. WE HAVE A TON OF GROUPS THAT COME TOGETHER. 
          THEY PICK UP TRASH, PLANT TREES, PLANT FLOWERS. 
          THEIR REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN, SO NO GROUP IS TOO SMALL EITHER. 
          IF YOU'RE JUST A FAMILY AND YOU WANT TO COME OUT AND CLEAN,
FILL OUT THE FORM, SIGN UP, WE'LL GET YOU A SPOT TO CLEAN. 
          WE'RE ALSO LUCKY THIS YEAR WE HAVE CHASE OAKS WOODBRIDGE COMING BACK AND THEY SERVE
BREAKFAST TO THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE MORNING. 
          WE'VE GOT FIVE LOAVES COMING OUT TO SERVE COFFEE TO THE VOLUNTEERS,
SO IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD TIME. 
          SO COME OUT. SIGN UP ONLINE. MARCH 29TH. THANK YOU. 
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ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST,
PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS. 
          SO IF I CAN ASK. THERE HE IS. MISTER BALDWIN,
COME DOWN. 
          SO I ALWAYS GIVE MR. BALDWIN A HARD TIME BECAUSE YOU KNOW EVERYBODY. 
          NOBODY LIKES FINANCE UNTIL THEY NEED THEM. AND SO MISTER BALDWIN DOES A GREAT JOB WITH HIS
DEPARTMENT, AND THEIR DEPARTMENT IS A CONSISTENT AWARD WINNER. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          AND YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS GET THE LOVE YOU THINK YOU DESERVE,
BUT BELIEVE ME, YOU GET IT. 
          WE LOVE YOU. BUT SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THE FINANCE
DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT. 
          WHEREAS THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION GFOZ ADVANCES EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT
FINANCE BY PROVIDING BEST PRACTICES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES AND PRACTICAL RESEARCH FOR MORE THAN 22,500 MEMBERS AND
THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. 
          WHEREAS THE GFOA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF 60 HAS RECEIVED THE ASSOCIATION'S
DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR THE 13TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. 
          AND WHEREAS THE AWARD REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT BY THE ENTITY,
REFLECTING THE COMMITMENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY AND STAFF TO MEETING THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETING. AND WHEREAS,
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE BUDGET AWARD, THE ENTITY HAD TO SATISFY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS DESIGNED TO ASSESS HOW WELL AN ENTITY'S
BUDGET SERVICE SERVES AS A POLICY DOCUMENT, A FINANCIAL PLAN AND OPERATIONS GUIDE, AND A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE. 
          AND WHEREAS AWARD RECIPIENTS HAVE PIONEERED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF BUDGETING
AND PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF OTHER GOVERNMENTS THROUGH NORTH AMERICA. 
          NOW. THEREFORE, I, JEFF BICKERSTAFF, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SACHSE,
DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SACHSE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS BEING PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING ACHIEVED THIS DISTINGUISHED BUDGET
PRESENTATION AWARD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PROCLAMATIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT. I GET A DRINK? HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF TALKING. OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM C. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT
ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ANY DISCUSSION ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT
SECTION. 
          THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO
THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER
ADVISEMENT. 
          I WILL SAY WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMENT CARDS FOR AN ACTION ITEM THAT'S ITEM F,
SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THOSE CARDS. 
          SO THIS IS ONLY FOR COMMENTS ABOUT AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          I DO HAVE ONE MARTY HOLBOKE. I'M GOOD. THANKS,
SIR. 
          ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? OKAY, LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM, WE WILL TAKE THOSE COMMENTS AT THAT TIME. ALL
RIGHT. 
          MOVING ON. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM D COUNCIL STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES. ITEM ONE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND 
          [D. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]
LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS. ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME? MR. PRESTENBERG? YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST HAD A FEW ANIMAL SHELTER ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          OUR LAST FEATURE PET, ODIN, WAS ADOPTED. SO WE BROUGHT HIM UP LAST TIME,
AND SOMEONE BROUGHT HOME A GOOD VALENTINE'S DAY GIFT, SO. THAT WAS AWESOME. THIS MEETING'S FEATURE PET IS JOSH,
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THAT'S AWESOME, THANK YOU. MEET JOSH, OUR LATEST FEATURED PET. 
          I FEEL LIKE I'M ON THE NEWLYWED OR WHATEVER. HE FIRST ARRIVED AS A FOUR MONTH OLD PUP IN
FALL OF 23, SPORTING RED FRECKLES AND AN ENDEARING PERSONALITY. 
          JOSH FOUND A HOME THEN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS RETURNED IN SEPTEMBER OF 24 DUE TO A
FAMILY MOVE. 
          NOW A BIG, PLAYFUL CATAHOULA LEOPARD DOG, HE'S NEUTERED,
HE'S FULLY VACCINATED AND HAS EXCELLENT MANNERS. 
          JOSH LOVES OTHER DOGS, WALKS NICELY ON A LEASH,
AND IS HOUSE TRAINED. 
          HE'S EQUALLY HAPPY ROMPING AROUND A BACKYARD OR CURLING UP FOR A NETFLIX MARATHON. 
          BEST OF ALL, THERE'S NO ADOPTION FEE AS PART OF OUR BIG,
FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY DOG SPECIAL. 
          SO COME MEET JOSH AND SEE IF HE'S THE RIGHT COMPANION FOR YOU,
AND I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING LATER THIS MONTH. 
          BUT APRIL, WHEN WE DO MEET AGAIN, I HOPE TO SAY JOSH HAS HIS FOREVER HOME AND WE HAVE A
NEW PET, SO THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT UPDATE TELLING US THAT HE FOUND A NEW HOME,
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. THANK YOU. SO THE COMMUNITY SACHSE THE MICHAEL J. 
          FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER IS HOSTING THEIR FREE CLASS WEEK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          PARTICIPANTS CAN SIGN UP FOR A VARIETY OF FREE CLASSES THIS WEEK. 
          A GREAT WAY FOR THOSE. IF YOU'VE NEVER TAKEN A CLASS,
GO TAKE A CLASS FOR FREE. 
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TRY IT OUT, SEE IF YOU LIKE IT, AND GO TO THE CENTER AND CHECK OUT WHAT THEY ALL HAVE TO
OFFER. 
          IF YOU AREN'T SURE IF IT'S THE RIGHT CLASS FOR YOU,
IT'S ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GO AND VISIT AND SEE IF IT'S THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU. 
          IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER. STILL SPOTS OPEN? CHECK IT OUT. ALSO, THE FIRST POP UP PARK OF THE SEASON IS GOING TO BE THIS WEEK,
MARCH 6TH. 
          I THINK THAT'S THURSDAY. MY CALENDAR IS CORRECT. 
          AT 5 P.M. AT HERITAGE PARK. IT WILL BE OUR FIRST POP UP PARK OF THE SEASON,
MUSIC, GAMES AND MORE. 
          GREAT WAY TO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS, WHETHER DEPENDING ON YOUR RIGHT WAY. 
          ALSO SPRING BREAK CAMPS ARE, REGISTRATION IS OPEN,
SO IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS TEARING UP YOUR HOUSE THE WHOLE WEEK, OR YOU NEED THEM TO GO BURN SOME ENERGY INSTEAD OF BURNING IT IN YOUR HOUSE,
CHECK THAT OUT. 
          AND THE FAMILY ARCADE AND FUND DRIVE IS GOING ON MARCH UNTIL MARCH 27TH AT 7 P.M. 
          AND ALL KINDS OF GAMES, ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY EVENT. 
          THE ADMISSION IS A NEW PACK OF SOCKS FOR TEENS. 
          PER OR PER TEEN OR KID. EXCUSE ME? NOT FOR TEENS. 
          PER KIDS. ALL DONATIONS BEGIN TO FOLLOW THE FOOD PANTRY AS WE GO FORWARD,
SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE. 
          YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ARBOR DAY JUBILEE. YOU GO AHEAD. 
          ARBOR DAY JUBILEE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED UP UNTIL MARCH 29TH. 
          THAT'S THE DAY OF THE EVENT. THE TEEN-UP CLEANUP EVENT WILL BE ALL OVER,
ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN GROUP OR TEAM UP WITH OTHER VOLUNTEERS. 
          AS WE CELEBRATE THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN UP ON MARCH 29TH. 
          THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK AND MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
PLUS, IN HONOR OF ARBOR DAY, WE'RE GIVING AWAY FREE TREES. 
          GO PLANT A TREE. BREAKFAST COFFEE, CITY'S WEBSITE OR ONE OF US FOR MORE DETAILS. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME? MISS NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST A FEW UPDATES. 
          I WANT TO WELCOME TO OUR TEAM A COUPLE OF NEW HIRES. 
          MARGARET TRASK IS A NEW LIBRARY ASSISTANT, PART TIME IN THE LIBRARY,
AND GARRETT PAYNE, A NEW MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN IN OUR SEWER DEPARTMENT. 
          A COUPLE OF PROMOTIONS. MARK SIMONEAU, PROMOTED FROM MAINTENANCE TECH,
ONE IN PARKS TO MAINTENANCE TECH TWO, AND KAYLA CALLAWAY WAS PROMOTED FROM POLICE OFFICER TO SERGEANT AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER
RECOGNITIONS. 
          THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY LAST WEEK DID A ANNUAL SWEARING IN CEREMONY OF SOME
FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US NOW FOR A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM. BRIAN LEE, JONATHAN HUGHES,
SCOTT CASTILLO AND BRAXTON GOMEZ. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. WHEN YOU SAY KEEP THEM,
CHIEF WADE SHOOK HIS HEAD YES. 
          SO, HE GOT CONFIRMATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT CONFIRMATION,
CHIEF. 
          APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ME. 
          THE LATEST ELECTION. THE GENERAL ELECTION, I SHOULD SAY,
IS MAY THE 3RD. 
          IT'S ALSO A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR OUR STREET MAINTENANCE TAX. 
          MORE INFORMATION ON THE STREET MAINTENANCE TAX CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          AGAIN, ELECTION DAY IS MAY 3RD. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED TO VOTE BY APRIL 3RD. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? YOU CAN SEE MISS GRANGER,
OUR CITY SECRETARY. ALSO, WE ARE STILL TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE SACHSE SCHOLARSHIP THAT'S DUE MARCH 25TH. 
          THE SACHSE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE STILL OPEN. 
          IT IS AWARDED TO ONE STUDENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000 AND MUST BE USED IN THE 2526 ACADEMIC
SCHOOL YEAR AT AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION BEYOND THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. 
          WE AGAIN, WE MUST RECEIVE THE APPLICATIONS BY IN PERSON OR POSTMARKED BY MARCH 25TH,
2025. 
          YOU CAN HAVE THE APPLICATION FORM. APPLICATION FORM SCORING SHEET CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY
WEBSITE. 
          YOU CAN CONTACT LOGAN THATCHER FOR MORE QUESTIONS. 
          AND ANOTHER REMINDER ABOUT A GREAT PROGRAM. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS HOUSE CHECKS
AVAILABLE. 
          WE GOT SPRING BREAK COMING UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND WE DO HAVE THAT. 
          WE DO THAT AS A BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR HOUSE CHECKED ON WHILE
YOU'RE GONE, JUST CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 
          ALL RIGHT, THAT'S MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E,
THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE, 
          [E. Consent Agenda]
TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES. 
          ITEM TWO, APPROVED THE FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES. 
          ITEM THREE ACCEPT THE MONTHLY REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY
31ST, 2025, AND ITEM FOUR ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY BUDGET AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. IS THERE ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM AT THIS TIME? MISS BUHLER? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM THREE FOR A BRIEF
DISCUSSION. 
          ITEM THREE. OKAY. ITEM THREE IS REMOVED. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS ONE,
TWO AND FOUR. 
          MISS HOWARTH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE,
TWO AND FOUR. 
          YES, MA'AM. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          YES, MA'AM. I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HOWARTH TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE,
TWO AND FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
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DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBERG? SECOND. SECOND. 
          BY MR. PRESTENBERG. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ONE,
2 OR 4? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, BACK TO ITEM E THREE. 
          [3. Accept the monthly revenue and expenditure report for the period ending January 31, 2025.]
ACCEPTING MONTHLY REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 31ST,
2025. 
          MISS BUHLER, LET ME TURN YOU ON HERE. THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU. THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING IN THE NOTES ON THE FINANCE REPORT. 
          I FEEL LIKE YOU ALL READ MY MIND AND ANTICIPATED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS. 
          SO STARTING ON PAGE 18 AND 19, WHERE THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS THAT ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WENT AHEAD AND ANTICIPATED ALL THOSE NEEDS AND WROTE NOTES. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS ALL GREAT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON ITEM THREE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS. MISS BUHLER. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM E THREE AS PRESENTED. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS BUHLER TO APPROVE ITEM E THREE AS PRESENTED TO HAVE A SECOND. 
          MISS HOWARTH. SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY MISS HOWARTH. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER,
I WOULD ASK RESPECTFULLY, IF YOU HAVE YOUR PHONES, PLEASE PUT THOSE ON SILENT. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM F1. 
          [1. Conduct a public hearing to consider approval of an ordinance amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and map, to grant a change of zoning from Residential-5 District (R-5) to a Neighborhood Shopping District (C-1) on an approximately 1.81± acre tract of land of the Church of Christ addition lot 1, block 1 subdivision, City of Sachse, Dallas County, Texas, more particularly described in Exhibit “A” and located at 5206 Ben Davis Road; providing a conflicts resolution clause; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and providing for an effective date.]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP TO GRANT A ZONING CHANGE OF ZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL R5 DISTRICT TO NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT C-1 ON AN APPROXIMATELY C 1. 
          ONE ACRE TRACT OF LAND OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. 
          ADDITION, LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE SUBDIVISION, CITY OF SACHSE,
DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. 
          MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A AND LOCATED AT 5206 BEN DAVIS ROAD,
PROVIDING A CONFLICTS RESOLUTION CLAUSE. 
          PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE,
PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MRS. NASH MAYOR AND COUNCIL MATT ROBINSON WILL BE
PROVIDING YOU THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ABOUT FIVE
WEEKS AGO. 
          I GUESS IT'S BEEN HE WILL PROVIDE THAT PRESENTATION TO YOU TONIGHT,
GO THROUGH THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND THEN I PROVIDED THE COUNCIL A MEMO BASED ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT
CAME OUT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          I'LL GIVE A SUMMARY OF THAT AND THE FINDINGS FROM SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WERE THAT
HAD COME OUT OF THAT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS NASH. HELLO, MR. ROBINSON. 
          HELLO, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A REZONING REQUEST
FOR THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ADDITION LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1.81 ACRES IN SIZE,
AND IT'S REZONED FROM R5 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO C1 NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING DISTRICT. 
          THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ONE LOT AND IS OPERATING AS A TEMPLE FOR THE AMERICAN IMAMS
ACADEMY. 
          THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2 TO 3
STORY EXPANSION THAT WOULD ADD CLASSROOMS AND MEETING ROOMS ON SITE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION HERE. AND THEN ON THE ZONING MAP HERE THE PROPERTIES IS DENOTED
WITH THE BLUE STAR AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH AND EAST ARE DESIGNATED. 
          OF NOTE ARE THE PROPERTIES TO THE WEST ARE ALL ZONED C-2 IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEN TO THE NORTH, C2 AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THOSE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND THEN
TO THE EAST AND SOUTH. 
          THOSE ARE YOUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS FOR THE SUBDIVISION. 
          AS PROPOSED. THE C1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ALLOWS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THREE AND A HALF
STORIES, OR 44 40FT IN HEIGHT. IT CHANGES THE SETBACKS A LITTLE BIT FROM THE EXISTING R5 SINGLE
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. 
          THE REASON THIS ZONING CASE IS COMING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE
HEIGHT OF THAT OF THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT. 
          SO IT ALLOWS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 25FT OR ONE AND A HALF STORIES,
WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW A FULL SECOND STORY FOR USE. 
          ONE THING TO NOTE, AS NOTED, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE OF THE SLIDE IS CHURCHES ARE
ALLOWED TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT, 
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AS LONG AS THEY ADD ADDITIONAL FOOT TO THEIR SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS FOR EVERY TWO FEET,
THEY GO UP IN HEIGHT. 
          THIS DOES NOT NEGATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE ONE AND A HALF STORIES,
HOWEVER. 
          THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USES. 
          SO, THIS INCLUDES PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND USES OFFICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES. 
          SO, THIS INCLUDES CHURCHES, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS,
AND THE LIKE. 
          STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT ZONING DECISIONS MUST BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED REQUEST. 
          STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST,
AS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AT THEIR JANUARY 27TH REGULAR MEETING, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID VOTE TO RECOMMEND
DENIAL OF THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST. 
          CONCERNS WERE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS. 
          WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MISS ROBINSON. AS MISS NASH MENTIONED,
I WILL LET HER ADDRESS A COUPLE OF ITEMS AT THIS TIME. 
          SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I SORT OF, AS I SAID, I HAD GIVEN YOU A SUMMARY MEMO OF SOME OF THE
CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          FIRST PARKING ISSUES, OVERFLOW PARKING ON SOUTHRIDGE DRIVE,
HIGH RIDGE DRIVE, BEN DAVIS ROAD DURING LARGE EVENTS BLOCKING INTERSECTIONS AND FIRE HYDRANTS. TRAFFIC CONGESTION INCREASED TRAFFIC ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS,
CREATING POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS, EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS CONCERNS DUE TO PARKED VEHICLES,
NARROWING PASSAGEWAYS AND PROPERTY IMPACTS, POTENTIAL DEVALUATION OF HOMES DUE TO PARKING AND TRAFFIC ISSUES. 
          SO REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS THE ACTUAL PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS. 
          I SPOKE WITH CHIEF WADE, OUR FIRE CHIEF, WHO REVIEWED THE CONCERNS AND NOTED THAT TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED DELAYS OR INABILITY TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES DUE TO ANY
ILLEGAL PARKING OR CONGESTION. 
          ANY INSTANCES OF VEHICLES PARKED IN FRONT OF FIRE HYDRANTS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATELY
ADDRESSED AT THE TIME THAT THEY OCCUR. 
          AND THEN FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF SYLVESTER,
THEY REALLY THEIR OBSERVATIONS WERE PARKING ISSUES OCCUR PREDOMINANTLY DURING HIGH VOLUME FRIDAY SERVICES AND SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE
APPLICANT'S PROPERTY. 
          AND DURING A PRIOR EVENT, AN OFFICER WAS CONTACTED TO ASSIST WITH TRAFFIC AND WAS ABLE TO
ENFORCE PARKING LAWS EFFECTIVELY. 
          BEN DAVIS ROAD DOES ALLOW FOR CURBSIDE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES,
WHILE MAINTAINING AT LEAST ONE OPEN LANE IN EACH DIRECTION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          SOUTHRIDGE DRIVE AND HIGH RIDGE DRIVE ARE WIDE ENOUGH TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF EMERGENCY
VEHICLES, EVEN WITH LEGAL PARKING ON BOTH SIDES, THOUGH,
THIS CAN CREATE AN OCCASIONAL CONGESTION. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH AT 5505 BEN DAVIS MAY ALSO SOMETIMES CONTRIBUTE
TO SOME OVERFLOW PARKING CONCERNS. 
          AND SO THESE WERE REALLY KIND OF THE POINTS THAT I DISCUSSED WITH BOTH CHIEFS. 
          OF COURSE THEY'RE HERE. MAYOR, SHOULD YOU AND THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF
THEM THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS NASH. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR? FROM COUNCIL TO STAFF. MISS HOWARTH. SO THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE. 
          DO WE HAVE A PLAN OF WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO,
OR ARE WE JUST DOING ZONING WITH NO PLAN? THIS IS JUST A STRAIGHT ZONING, SO IT'S JUST TO CHANGE FROM R5 TO C1. 
          THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH A SITE PLAN WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          OKAY. SO IF THEY BUILT A SCHOOL AND A TWO STORY BUILDING THERE,
WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO BUILD ADDITIONAL PARKING? CORRECT. HOW MUCH? IT'S BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE AND THE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE
IN THERE. 
          SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT OFFICE CLASSROOMS. AND THEN IF THERE'S AN AUDITORIUM OR SOMETHING
FOR THE OVERALL CHURCH, IT'S GOING TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES,
BROKEN INTO CATEGORIES. 
          AND THEN LIKE EVERY ADDED PER SQUARE FOOT OR YEAH,
ADD IT ALL UP. 
          SO LIKE FOR A CHURCH, IT'S TYPICALLY ONE SPACE PER EVERY FOUR SEATS IN AN AUDITORIUM. 
          AND THEN CLASSROOMS ARE DIFFERENT. OFFICES ARE DIFFERENT. 
          SO ALL THOSE WOULD BE CUMULATIVE. SO YOU'D ADD EACH ONE OF THOSE,
THOSE SQUARE FOOTAGES OR THE PARKING REQUIREMENT UP. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR TOTAL PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE SITE. OKAY. JUST KIND OF GLANCING
THROUGH SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SUBMITTED. 
          THEY'RE PROBABLY SHORT 60 PARKING SPACES ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          IS THERE IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT MATH IS GOING TO WORK,
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BUILD 60 PARKING SPACES? SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN A LOOK AT THROUGH THE SITE PLAN.
SO THAT INCLUDES PARKING, LANDSCAPING DRAINAGE AND DETENTION ON THE SITE. 
          SO ALL THAT WILL BE THROWN INTO THE MIX THAT WILL ALSO LIMIT THE,
THE INCREASE OF THEIR, THEIR, THEIR DEVELOPMENT. SO IF THEY CAN PROVIDE ENOUGH PARKING,
THEY CAN PROVIDE DETENTION, ALL THOSE THINGS, THEN THEY'D BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT IF THEY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR ALL THOSE THINGS,
THEN IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PARKING 
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THAT WE REQUIRE FOR ANY C1 USE. IT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR ANY CHURCH USE OR CHURCH OFFICE,
CHURCH USE, OR CHURCH OFFICE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MISS BUHLER? WHAT ARE THE CURRENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS ON
THE PROPERTY NOW WITH THIS, WITH THE ZONING STAYING AS IS, THE CURRENT STANDARD WOULD BE THE SAME AS IF IT WAS
PROPOSED TO CHANGE. 
          SO, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ONE SPACE PER EVERY FOUR SEATS IN THE AUDITORIUM. 
          AND THEN IF YOU HAVE OFFICE SPACE, THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR 1 TO 200 OR 1 TO 300 SQUARE
FOOT RATIO. 
          AND THEN CLASSROOM DEPENDS ON THE KIND OF THE AGE OF THE CLASSROOM AND THE BREAKUP OF
THAT. 
          DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CURRENT SPOTS THEY HAVE? I THINK THE APPLICANT HAD SENT IT OUT. IS IT 8,
74 PARKING SPACES. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. AND MATT READING THE REQUEST. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME THE REASON THAT THEY'RE HERE. I GUESS MAYBE YOU COULD ARGUE THE ONLY REASON
THEY'RE HERE IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE R5 DISTRICT ALLOWS THEM TO GO STORY AND A HALF. 
          CORRECT. AND THEN THEY WANT TO GO TO TWO STORIES. 
          AND THE R5 DOES NOT ALLOW THAT WITH A CAVEAT LIKE YOU WERE SAYING. 
          SO BECAUSE CHURCHES CAN GO HIGHER IN R5, BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT TO OCCUPY THAT SPACE
AS OPPOSED TO. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO OCCUPY THAT SPACE,
THEY COULD GO. 
          IT DEPENDS ON THE SETBACK. BUT 30 40FT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. TECHNICALLY, IF THEY WANTED TO GO UP TO 40FT NOW,
THEY COULD DO THAT. 
          WHAT THEY ARE LIMITED BY IS THE ONE AND A HALF STORIES,
WHICH IS THE OCCUPIABLE SPACE ON THE UPPER FLOORS. 
          OKAY. SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING,
BUT IF OBVIOUSLY IF THEY WERE PROPOSING TO HAVE THAT BE UNOCCUPIED SPACE, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE TONIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED A
COUPLE OF TIMES BY MISS HOWARTH AND MISS BUHLER. BUT WE'RE JUST DOING ZONING TONIGHT. 
          WE'RE NOT DOING SITE PLANS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED,
THEN. 
          BUT THE WAY I SEE THIS IS THAT PARKING IF. EVEN IF THE ZONING WAS APPROVED TONIGHT,
IF THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS, THEY HAD TO. ADDRESS ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS IN OUR CODE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S. PARKING OR, YOU KNOW, SLOPE OF THE ROOF OR WHATEVER,
IS THAT IF THEY, FOR WHATEVER REASON COULD NOT MEET THAT IN THE FUTURE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. CORRECT. IN OTHER WORDS,
IF WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT IN C-1 AND JUST PICK A REQUIREMENT AS C-1 THAT THEY COULDN'T MEET, THEN THEY'RE NOT GETTING A PERMIT. CORRECT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EVERY,
EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF USE THAT'S ALLOWED WITHIN THAT ZONING DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE PARKING, THE HEIGHT, THE LANDSCAPING, ALL THE SETBACKS,
DETENTION, DRAINAGE, ALL THOSE KIND OF COMPONENTS. 
          GOTCHA. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. AND I WOULD LIKE THE APPLICANT TO COME UP. 
          OH. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, MR. PRESTENBERG. YES. 
          THANKS, MATT, FOR THE PRESENTATION. WHAT ARE SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF C1 NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL? JUST RIGHT DOWN HERE ON MILES ROAD, WHERE THE LITTLE CAESAR'S STRIP CENTER IS WITH THE
PINNACLE MONASTERY THAT IS THE C1 NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING DISTRICT. 
          THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS,
SO THEY HAVE LESS HEIGHT, MORE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL USES. SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME INTENSITY AS C2,
WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOUR HOTEL, AUTO, AUTO PARTS, AUTO SALES, ALL THOSE KIND OF USES. 
          I'M SEEING THE 40 FOOT OR THREE AND A HALF STORY. 
          I DON'T THINK OF A THREE AND A HALF STORY. LITTLE CAESAR'S RIGHT. THE REASON I ASK THAT IS
BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLAN RIGHT NOW. 
          MY CONCERN IS, LET'S SAY THIS DOES GET APPROVED. 
          WHAT HAPPENS TO IT, RIGHT. IT GETS TURNED AROUND AND GETS LISTED TOMORROW OR WHATEVER FOR
SALE. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE TO FORESHADOW WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE THERE. 
          SO GO AHEAD. GOING TO A C1 NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT,
YOU COULD DO ANOTHER STRIP RETAIL BUILDING JUST LIKE DOWN HERE ON MILES ROAD. SO YOU CAN HAVE A RESTAURANT USE YOU COULD HAVE AN OFFICE TYPE OF
USE, THOSE KIND OF USES IN THAT, IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. 
          AS, AS MENTIONED TO THE MAYOR PREVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET ALL THE PARKING,
LANDSCAPING, ALL THOSE KIND OF REQUIREMENTS. AND ALSO AS MENTIONED,
THESE THIS ZONING DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO BE ADJACENT TO, TO NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDE THAT SMALLER SCALE,
LOWER INTENSITY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USE. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS INSTEAD OF THE REALLY INTENSE STUFF THAT YOU
ACTUALLY WILL SEE ON HIGHWAY 78. 
          OKAY. I'D LIKE TO RESERVE ANY COMMENTS FOR LATER. 
          YEAH, THANKS, MISS BUHLER. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. 
          I NOTICED ON THE MAP THAT THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE C2 ZONED FOR C2. 
          WHAT IS THE HEIGHT? THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR THAT ZONING DISTRICT. 
          90FT. 90FT. SO IF SOMEONE BOUGHT THE FIRST SALE PROPERTY DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR,
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FILL A 90 FOOT BUILDING. 
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CORRECT. TALL. WAS THIS PROPERTY? I KNOW IT WAS A CHURCH FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT WAS IT ORIGINALLY A RESIDENTIAL? WHY? IS IT ZONED RESIDENTIAL CURRENTLY? I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY IT'S ZONED R5 NOW,
BUT IT'S BEEN A CHURCH FOR, I WANT TO SAY, AT LEAST 60 YEARS. OKAY. AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS A C1,
SO IT'S MORE OF A BUFFER BETWEEN THIS AND COMMERCIAL USE INSTEAD OF GOING AHEAD AND ZONING IT TO C2. 
          LIKE THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL TO STAFF. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE
APPLICANT IF HE CAN COME UP OR WHEREVER. 
          YEAH. THERE YOU GO. COME ON UP. 
          IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY. YES. HELLO,
THIS IS ADEL YASSIN FROM AMY DESIGNERS. 
          I WILL REPRESENT THE OWNER OF THE LOT. OKAY,
GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. SO I ASKED MR. ROBINSON, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION. 
          YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PARKING ON SITE. 
          IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF GOING C1. 
          SO WE CAN WE GO UP HIGHER TWO STORIES AND WE UTILIZE ALL THE LEFT AREA FOR PARKING. 
          OKAY. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. SO YOU HAVE QUITE A BIT OF LAND. I WOULD SAY TO
THE SOUTH OF WHERE YOUR BUILDINGS ARE CURRENTLY. 
          AND SO YOU'RE PROPOSING A. WELL, THE MAIN REASON YOU'RE HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT
DIFFERENCE I'M ASSUMING. 
          BUT WITH THAT, IF YOU WERE TO GET THAT APPROVED,
THEN THAT DOES, AT LEAST IN Y'ALL'S PLANS ANYWAY, THAT DOES ALLOW YOU TO GET SOME OF THE PARKING THAT'S ON THE STREET ONTO THE PROPERTY. 
          IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? YEAH, ACTUALLY, THAT'S I MEAN,
WE ARE TRYING TO ACTUALLY AFTER WE GET APPROVED, WE GO AND DEMOLISH THE BUILDING ON THE NORTH AND WE USE THAT SPACE FOR THE PARKING. 
          AND IF YOU SEE THE NORTH SIDE, AS YOU SAID IT'S EMPTY LOT. 
          YEAH. THERE WE GO. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO IT'S EMPTY LOT. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY THIS AREA APPROXIMATELY WILL TAKE ABOUT. 
          WE GO AND ADD 84 BY THEN. PROBABLY GOING TO USE FOR THE LANDSCAPING AND THE GREEN AREAS. 
          SO AROUND 84 PLUS TO ADD LIKE THE NEW PARKING SPOTS. 
          SO, THE PARKING I KNOW IT'S HARD TO, WHERE THE BLUE STAR IS YOU GOT PARKING TO THE RIGHT
OF THAT IF YOU WILL, ALONG YOUR PROPERTY EDGE. DO YOU ALL CURRENTLY I'M ASSUMING YOU ALL CURRENTLY UTILIZE THAT
AS WELL. 
          YOU SEE THE PARKING THAT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY THERE? YEAH. OKAY. Y'ALL UTILIZE THAT CURRENTLY, CORRECT? YES THEY ARE. THEY ARE USING RIGHT NOW. AND BUT IF YOU SEE THE GREEN AREA THAT THERE'S
JUST A GRASS THERE. 
          THEY TRYING TO PUT EXTRA PARKING SPOTS THERE. 
          OKAY. GOTCHA. BUT AGAIN IF YOU WERE TO GET APPROVED,
THEN PART OF YOUR I WOULD CALL IT YOUR MASTER PLAN WOULD BE TO OBVIOUSLY. 
          NOT OBVIOUSLY, BUT TO ADD PARKING INTERIOR TO THE SITE. 
          ACTUALLY, YEAH, WE HAVE THE PLAN, BUT I GUESS IT'S NOT HERE. 
          SO IT'S SHOWING THAT WE ARE WE ARE DEMOLISHING THE NORTH BUILDING AND WE'RE ADDING MORE
PARKING LOTS. 
          AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S TO GET THE PARKING. NOT ALL OF IT. 
          OF COURSE WE GET THE PARKING OFF THE STREET. OH,
YEAH. 
          I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE 74 AND THEY GO AND ADD AROUND LIKE 84,
SO THAT'S PLENTY. 
          AND AS ONE OF THE COMMENTS SAID THAT WE NEED AT LEAST 60 EXTRA. 
          WELL, WE HAVE WE GOING ACTUALLY PUTTING 24 PLUS LIKE THE 60,
RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT WELL, I THINK THE FINAL NUMBER IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE,
AS MR. ROBINSON SAID, THE FINAL NUMBER IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED ON EXACTLY WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
BUT YES, BUT ADDITIONAL PARKING ON SITE FOR SURE. 
          YEAH. HOLD ON A SECOND. MISS HOWARTH. THIS QUESTION FOR MATT. 
          IF THIS IS REZONED C1, DO THEY HAVE A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL REQUIREMENT AROUND THE
PROPERTY? TECHNICALLY THEY DO. NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY IS RIGHT HERE ALONG
THIS SIDE, THERE IS A UTILITY LINE ALONG HERE AND PARKING WHICH BASICALLY NEGATES THE ABILITY TO PUT
A WALL. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN ALLEY THAT CUTS THROUGH THE SITE RIGHT HERE. 
          BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PARKING RIGHT HERE AGAINST THIS,
THIS HOME RIGHT HERE. 
          THAT IS PART OF THEIR SITE. THERE'S AN ALLEY THAT THAT KIND OF BISECTS THIS,
THIS PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE WALL RIGHT HERE, SINCE THIS IS AN EXISTING SITE,
THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT ORIGINALLY. 
          THEY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO DO IT UNLESS THEY'RE DOING A COMPLETE SCRAP OF THEIR SITE. 
          OKAY. SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. OKAY. AND MATT,
JUST AS A QUICK FOLLOW UP TO THAT, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. 
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SO IF THE ZONING IS NOT APPROVED, BUT THEY GO FORWARD WITH A AN ALTERED BUILDING PLAN,
YOU COULD SAY AND I KNOW IT'S THE EXTENT OF IT, BUT IF THEY DID NOTHING, THEN WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY? THERE'S NO THERE'S NO VIOLATIONS. CORRECT. OKAY. 
          GOTCHA. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT BEFORE I OPEN THE
PUBLIC HEARING? YES. OKAY. HEARING. NONE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AT THE TIME IS GRANGER 710,
710. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. I HAVE SEVERAL CARDS. 
          SO AS A REMINDER, YOU DO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS AND I WILL CALL THE
CARDS AS I HAVE THEM. 
          FIRST CARD IS MICHAEL JONES. YES, I'M MICHAEL JONES. I CANNOT HEAR YOU ALL BACK THERE. 
          I'M SORRY. I'VE BEEN HERE 40 YEARS. BUILT MY HOUSE OVER ON RIDGE VIEW,
SOUTH RIDGE. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE NOT SEEING HERE. I WAS A DRAFTSMAN BY TRADE IN MY EARLY YEARS. 
          WHERE'S THE PLOT PLAN? WE SEE NO DRAWING OF A PLOT PLAN. 
          WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE BY FAITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUILDING AND A PLOT PLAN. 
          IS IT TOO HARD TO ASK FOR A PLOT PLAN? YOU KNOW,
SO WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          WE WERE REQUIRED WHEN I WAS AN ENGINEER TO ALWAYS HAVE A PLOT PLAN. 
          AND, SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. ANYWAY, I WAS RAISED IN CHURCH. 
          MY DAD DROVE ME TO CHURCH ALL THE TIME, EVEN BUSINESS MEETINGS AND THE BIG STRAIN IN
CHURCH WEDNESDAY NIGHTS BUSINESS MEETINGS WAS WHEN YOU EXPANDED. YOU HAD TO HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING. 
          THAT WAS A BIG DEAL BACK IN THE DAY. I DON'T KNOW IF LAWS HAVE CHANGED,
BUT MOST PEOPLE, MOST CHURCHES NOW ONLY MEET ONE DAY A WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT THREE DAYS A WEEK ANYMORE. 
          AND THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY IS USED DURING THE WEEK. 
          BUT ONE TIME A WEEK THEY MEET AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC. 
          SO, IF IT WAS A ANOTHER CHURCH, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING. 
          BUT WE DON'T KNOW WITHOUT A PLOT PLAN OR A BUILDING PLAN,
HOW COME THERE'S NOT BEEN ANYTHING DRAWN UP. 
          SO WE COULD HAVE A VISUAL OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE BLIND FAITH. WE'RE GOING TO PROVE SOMETHING BEFORE WE EVEN KNOW WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF CONFUSION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IF WE APPROVE IT. 
          ARE THEY GOING TO JUST AND, YOU KNOW, THE LAW APPLIES FOR EVERYBODY. 
          IF YOU BUILD A BUILDING, THEN YOU MUST HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING SPACE,
AND YOU CANNOT BUILD IT TOO TALL BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN ON THE RESIDENTS. I HAPPEN TO BE IN THE CURVE. 
          AND YOU CANNOT, YOU CAN'T BUILD A BUILDING THAT TALL WITHOUT LOOKING DOWN AT SOMEBODY'S
PROPERTY. 
          IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AND WITHOUT A VISUAL OF SOME KIND,
A PLOT PLAN. 
          TAKE THE EXPENSE. SHOW US WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. 
          AND WITHOUT IT, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN IDEA. THEY HAVEN'T SHOWED US ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT
LITTLE MAP. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JONES. NEXT CARD I HAVE IS MARK TATUM. THANK YOU. 
          NAME IS MARK TATUM. I LIVE JUST ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY. 
          IF YOU LOOKED AT THE SITE MAP I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY TO SEE THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH ITSELF. 
          THERE'S THREE HOUSES, HOUSES THERE WITH SWIMMING POOLS,
AND WE'RE ONE OF THEM. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE, IT'S A REAR ENTRY HOMES. 
          MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE HAPPENS THROUGH THE BACK OF THE HOME. 
          SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. 
          NUMBER ONE IS THE TRAFFIC. I THINK THAT WE'VE SPOKEN A LOT ON THAT. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO WILL PROBABLY SPEAK MORE SO ON THAT THAN MYSELF. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO REALLY ADDRESS IS PRIVACY. THERE WAS A MENTION AS FAR AS A RETAINING WALL
OR A PRIVACY WALL BEING CONSTRUCTED, AND THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD THAT WAS,
NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT. 
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WE WALK OUT OF OUR GARAGE OR OUR BACKYARD. WE'RE FACING DIRECTLY. 
          WE HAVE CARS THAT ARE PARKED IN THEIR PARKING LOT FACING DIRECTLY TOWARDS OUR HOUSE. 
          SO WE SEE THE ACTIVITY THERE, THE COMMOTION IT'S GOING ON. 
          SO THE PRIVACY THERE, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR RETAINING WALL OR SOME KIND OF PRIVACY
WALL. 
          THEY SAY THERE'S NO ROOM. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          THEN MAYBE THEY HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY AWAY IN ORDER TO PUT A WALL THERE SO
THAT THEY CAN MEET CODE. 
          AWAY FROM THE POWER LINES THAT SEPARATE US. NUMBER THREE IS LIGHTING. 
          THE LIGHTING THAT'S THERE. I'M SURE IT'S NOT THE CODE RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY'VE GOT SUPER BRIGHT LED LIGHTS THAT SHINE OUT ON THE PROPERTY TRYING TO ILLUMINATE
THE PARKING LOT. 
          I HAVE A PICTURE THAT I SUBMITTED TODAY THAT YOU CAN SEE TAKEN FROM MY BACK PATIO. 
          HOW THOSE LIGHTS SHINE OVER LIGHT. THE BACK SIDE OF MY FENCE UP ENTIRELY ON THE BACKYARD. 
          SO THAT ISSUE HAS TO BE ADDRESSED ALSO. IN CONCLUSION,
I THINK A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT ARE JUST HEARSAY. IT'S WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          I THINK THE CITY OF SACHSE REALLY NEEDS TO DIG DEEP AND CONSIDER WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA IN THE FUTURE. 
          I THINK THAT A SCHOOL LIKE THIS CAN HAVE TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND HOW IS THAT GROWTH GOING TO BE ACCOMMODATED? SO I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE WHAT THE ZONING COMMISSION HAD COME UP WITH AND
VOTED TO DENY THE APPROVAL, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CONTINUE. AND YOU'LL TAKE WHAT THEY THOUGHT. 
          THE EFFORTS THAT WE GAVE TO THE COMMITTEE ON MAKING THIS SOMETHING THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR
THE RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
MR. TATUM. OKAY. AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. PETER CZAJOKSKI. 
          I HOPE I GOT IT CLOSE. OKAY, I'LL TAKE IT. PETER. 
          I'M PETE CZAJKOWSKI. I LIVE AT 1702 BLACKBURN AND TRYING TO FOLLOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING
HERE, LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          AND I THINK THE FIRST SPEAKER HAD MY THOUGHTS IS THAT WE WANT TO GO TO THE C1,
GIVE US THE APPROVAL FOR THIS C1 SO THAT WE CAN GO TWO STORIES. BUT I HEARD THE COMMENT WAS CHURCHES HAVE AN EXEMPTION,
THAT THEY COULD GO HIGHER, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE MICHAEL SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SOLID. 
          IF YOU GIVE THEM THAT C1, THEN IT'S UP TO THEM. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS AND BE SOME GUIDELINES ON THAT,
BUT THAT GIVES THEM AN OPENING TO SAY, OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS OR WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. 
          I WOULD RATHER SEE THEM SUBMIT THIS PLAN AND SAY,
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS A TWO STORY OR WHATEVER, AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. AND THESE ARE ALL THE PARKING SPACES. 
          I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING CONCLUSIVE ABOUT THAT. 
          I JUST HEARD WHAT THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
YOU KNOW? SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN SEE. 
          WHAT IS THEIR PLANS THAT THEY PLAN TO BUILD BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE ON WHETHER THIS
SHOULD GO TO C1 OR NOT. 
          I LIVE ON BLACKBURN, BUT I EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST ANY RELIGION
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT I WAS COMING DOWN THIRD STREET RIGHT THERE WHERE CARTWRIGHT IS AND DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
THE MUSLIM HOLIDAY. 
          BUT I RAN INTO SO MUCH TRAFFIC. THERE WAS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF CARS PARKED IN EVERY
PARKING LOT ALONG THE ROADS. 
          THERE WERE PEOPLE I LITERALLY HAD TO JUST STOP AND JUST WAIT FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE TO WALK
CARS TO PULL UP WHEN THEY WANTED, AND THERE WAS NOBODY THERE GUIDING ANYTHING. AND SO I JUST SIT THERE FOR LIKE TEN,
15 MINUTES UNTIL THEY ALL GOT ACROSS AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO GET ACROSS. 
          IT'S LIKE, DO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT ONE OF THOSE TYPE EVENTS? THEY MAY SAY 74 OR 84 PARKING SPOTS. BUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FACILITY OVER THERE AT
CARTWRIGHT AND THIRD STREET, THERE HAD TO BE HUNDREDS OF CARS BECAUSE THEY PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT OF THIS,
THE PARKING LOT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE PARKING LOT OVER THERE BY THE WHAT WAS THE CHURCH THERE ON 78? THEY HAD EVERYTHING FULL IN ADDITION TO LINING ALL THE STREETS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE, BUT IS THAT THE SAME THING THAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN ON BEN DAVIS? 
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I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS A TRAFFIC JAM AND A
NIGHTMARE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE JUST WALKING EVERYWHERE. 
          NO CROSSWALKS, NO NOTHING. PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED SO EASILY AT THAT TIME. 
          SO I CONCLUDE SAYING, LET'S GET FIRM PLANS ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE YOU PEOPLE
MAKE A DECISION TO GO TO THE C1. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT CARD I HAVE IS ROBERT GUESS. 
          MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS ROB GUESS. 
          AND MY PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2219 SOUTH RIDGE DRIVE. 
          I LIVED HERE FOR 22 YEARS AND HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED THE ZONING BOARD REGARDING THIS MATTER,
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE AND EXPAND ON MY CONCERNS REGARDING THIS REZONE REQUEST. I BELIEVE THIS PARTICULAR REZONING PROCESS POSES SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO
THE EXISTING CHARACTER AND SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          MY PRIMARY FOCUS TODAY IS ON THE INCREASED TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT THIS REZONING WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY GENERATE DURING PEAK HOURS. 
          SOUTH RIDGE DRIVE, WHERE I LIVE, ALREADY EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC VOLUME. 
          MOREOVER, WE MUST CONSIDER THE EXISTING TRAFFIC LOAD ON BEN DAVIS ROAD,
WHICH IS ALREADY MARKED BY THE CITY AS A HIGH ENFORCEMENT AREA. 
          THIS ROAD IS HEAVILY BURDENED, SERVING HUNDREDS OF HOMES,
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NUMEROUS BUSINESSES, AND SEVERAL WORSHIP FACILITIES. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT,
WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS A LARGER FACILITY DESIGNED FOR GROWTH, WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THIS EXISTING CONGESTION,
LEADING TO INCREASED COMMUTE TIMES FOR RESIDENTS, INCREASED NOISE POLLUTION, SAFETY CONCERNS DUE TO INCREASED TRAFFIC FLOW. 
          EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS DIFFICULTIES. THIS IS A CRUCIAL POINT. 
          SOUTHRIDGE DRIVE. AS IT STANDS, ALREADY PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR LARGER VEHICLES DURING
PEAK TRAFFIC AND WORSHIP TIMES. 
          I BELIEVE THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL INCREASE CONGESTION WILL SEVERELY IMPEDE THE ABILITY
OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SUCH AS FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES TO RESPOND PROMPTLY TO EMERGENCIES. 
          LIVING ON SOUTHRIDGE DRIVE, I'M ESPECIALLY CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL PUT MY FAMILY AND
NEIGHBORS AT INCREASED RISK. 
          AND THIS IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. 
          REGARDING MY PREVIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY,
I WANT TO ADDRESS THE INFORMATION THAT CAME TO LIGHT IN THE LAST MEETING REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL EASEMENT ALONG THE ALLEY, WHICH SEPARATES THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND THE
EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT SEEMS THAT IMPLEMENTING A LANDSCAPE BUFFER OR WALL IN THIS AREA IS NOT A VIABLE
SOLUTION. 
          THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE INHERENT INCOMPATIBILITY OF THIS REZONING WITH THE EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA, AND FURTHER ILLUSTRATES THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ON THOSE OF US THAT
LIVE IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THEREFORE, I ASK COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONSIDER THE SEVERE IMPLICATIONS
FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS. 
          CAREFULLY WEIGH THE BENEFITS OF THIS REZONING AGAINST THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR MANY YEARS. 
          AND FINALLY, CONSIDER THE LONG TERM IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENSURE THAT ANY
DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU,
MR. GUEST. NEXT CARD I HAVE IS JANE READ. NO. OKAY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. FOR THE RECORD, WE DID GET YOUR INFORMATION,
AND COUNCIL HAS A COPY OF THAT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT CARD I HAVE IS,
AND I APOLOGIZE. 
          WELL, ALSO TO MACY JONES IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. 
          BUT SHE DID ASK THAT SHE DID SUBMIT A LETTER ADDRESSING THIS ITEM. 
          AGAIN. COUNCIL DOES HAVE A COPY OF THAT. NEXT I HAVE MR. JIM COX. 
          MY NAME IS JIM COX. I LIVE AT 2809 GRANITE AVENUE HERE IN SACHSE. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 27 YEARS. I'VE NEVER SPOKEN IN AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          I DO SO TODAY BECAUSE I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT DENYING THIS ZONING REQUEST. 
          I SUBMITTED A PETITION VIA THE CITY SECRETARY,
ALONG WITH MANY PHOTOS BACKING UP OUR FACTS AND CLAIMS. NOT ONLY AM I OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING REQUEST,
SO ARE THE 66 VOTING CITIZENS OF SACHSE THAT SIGNED THE PETITION. 
          I REMIND YOU THAT YOUR OWN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THIS REQUEST. 
          PARKING AND DRIVING IN THE AREA IS ALREADY A NIGHTMARE. 
          THE STREET OF SOUTHRIDGE DRIVE IS A NARROW STREET. 
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CARS ATTENDING SERVICES REGULARLY PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET,
AND I REALLY, SERIOUSLY DOUBT A FIRE TRUCK OR AMBULANCE COULD MAKE IT THROUGH IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, AS ILLUSTRATED BY MY PHOTOS. 
          CARS ATTENDING THESE SERVICES ALSO LINE UP ON BOTH SIDES OF BEN DAVIS. 
          DRIVERS STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THEY ATTEMPT U-TURNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. 
          THEY PARKED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF FIRE HYDRANTS,
AS WELL AS PARKED DIRECTLY NEXT TO STOP SIGNS BLOCKING THE VIEW OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS CURRENTLY A HAZARD AND WILL ONLY GET WORSE. 
          THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A FOOD TRUCK PERMANENTLY PARKED IN THE FRONT OF THEIR PARKING LOT. 
          IT'S BEEN THERE FOR WELL OVER A MONTH. THEY HAD AN RV PARKED IN THE GRASS. 
          THEY HAVE WOOD AND OTHER DEBRIS LEANING AGAINST THE SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING FOR MONTHS ON
END. 
          THE GRASSY AREA THEY USE IS NEVER CLEANED UP IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          THEY CLEARLY DO NOT TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. 
          WILL AN APPROVED REZONING CORRECT THESE ISSUES? I THINK NOT. I SUSPECT IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE IF YOU APPROVE THEIR REQUEST AND THEY BUILD
A 2 TO 3 STORY IS WHAT I READ ONLINE. BUILDING IT WILL COMPLETELY DEVASTATE THE AREA EVEN MORE. 
          EVEN IF THEY HAVE ROOM FOR A LARGER PARKING LOT,
WHICH THEY CLAIM, CONSIDER THE VAST NUMBER OF VEHICLES TOTALLY CONSUMING THE AREA. 
          THEY STILL HAVE TO GET THERE. THEY STILL HAVE TO LEAVE. 
          THEY WILL HAVE TRIPLE OR MORE THE NUMBER OF CARS AND TRAFFIC TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS,
COMPOUNDING MORE TO THIS UNSAFE NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT. 
          AS I STATED BEFORE, THE PETITION HAS 66 SIGNATURES AND ALL THE HOUSES WE WENT TO. 
          ONLY ONE AGREED WITH THE REQUEST AND DID NOT WANT A SIGN THAT CALCULATES TO 98 OF OUR
CITIZENS THAT YOU REPRESENT DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE APPROVED. PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, LISTEN TO YOUR CITIZENS. I URGE YOU TO VOTE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REZONING REQUEST. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. COX. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS CARDS I HAD. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM THAT DID NOT FILL OUT THE CARD? OH,
SORRY. 
          OH, DID YOU WANT TO TALK? OKAY. COME ON, MS. REED. 
          MY NAME IS JANE REED. 2204 CORNWALL LANE. I DO NOT LIKE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF PEOPLE,
SO AND NOW I'M KIND OF SHAKEN ABOUT. WELL YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO. OH, I KNOW. 
          BUT I DO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS THAT,
I MEAN, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY THAT HAS SPOKEN HERE, AND I ALSO JUST A SECOND. MY NOTES I APOLOGIZE. 
          BUT I DO JUST HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE SPEAKING OF
ON BEN DAVIS, THEY ALSO OWN THE PROPERTY ON THIRD STREET,
THE SACHSE MOSQUE. 
          THE 180 DEGREE ARCHITECTS OWN BOTH BUILDINGS. 
          MY QUESTION IS THE OR POSSIBLE CONCERN OR SOLUTION? THE PROPERTY ON THIRD STREET IS HARDLY UTILIZED,
AND THAT PROPERTY ALREADY HAS MEETING ROOMS, CLASSROOMS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO USE. 
          SO THAT'S I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT OR IF THEY JUST
HAPPENED. 
          THE OWNERS JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE OWN TWO SEPARATE DIFFERENT MOSQUE OR TEMPLES. I'M NOT SURE THE CORRECT WORDING ON THAT. 
          AND I'M ALSO I WAS CONCERNED ON WHICH BUILDING THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO POSSIBLY
TEAR DOWN NORTH BUILDING. WELL, IS THAT THE TALL BUILDING OR IS IT THE SMALL GRAY CHURCH? BECAUSE THERE'S TWO BUILDINGS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE ARE THEY TEARING DOWN? AND ALSO WHEN YOU IT'S BROUGHT UP ABOUT THEY USED THE WORD AUDITORIUM AND FOR THE SEATS. 
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WELL, AND THERE'S NO AUDITORIUM BECAUSE THEY TAKE ALL THE SEATS OUT AND EVERYBODY,
IT'S JUST FLOORING. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S IF THAT'S JUDGED BY THE SPACE IN THE AUDITORIUM BECAUSE THERE'S NO
SEATS AND THAT AUDITORIUM THERE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE ON BEN DAVIS. 
          AND ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY. WELL, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME,
BUT I HAD A COUPLE MORE THINGS, BUT THAT'S OKAY. SORRY. THANK YOU, MS. REED. MISS, DID YOU WANT TO? OKAY, IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          DENISE JOHNSON LIVE HERE IN SACHSE, 2201 VICKSBURG,
NEAR THIS LADY. 
          THE TRAFFIC HAS BEEN HORRENDOUS AROUND THE THIRD STREET AREA IN THE LAST FEW DAYS,
AND APPARENTLY IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF THE CELEBRATIONS THAT THEY'RE HAVING. AND I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE A REPEAT OF THAT ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY BAD JUST ON THE DAYS THAT THEY MEET ON BEN DAVIS. 
          THE LIGHTS DO NOT ACCOMMODATE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S TRYING TO GET THROUGH THERE. 
          EVEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH THE LIGHTS. 
          I CALL IT THE ETERNAL LIGHT AT BEN DAVIS, AND I KEEP MY HORSES BACK ON THAT ROAD. 
          AND, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST LINES OF THOSE FOLKS LEAVING THEIR MEETINGS. 
          AND THAT'S NOT EVEN DURING RAMADAN RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S JUST IN THEIR NORMAL MEETINGS. AND I IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE THE SIMILAR KIND OF
TRAFFIC COMING FROM NOW THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND THIS WOULD BE FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET. 
          AND LIKE THEY'VE SAID, THE OTHER CHURCH THAT MEETS I MEAN,
THEY HAD A BIG WINGDING THIS WEEKEND. 
          THEY WERE PARKING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I SAW HORSES OVER THERE. 
          I SAW ALL SORTS OF STUFF. BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S ALREADY SO CONGESTED AND THE LIGHTS CAN'T
HANDLE IT. 
          SO I RECOMMEND WHAT THE REST OF THESE FOLKS RECOMMEND THAT YOU DENY THE REZONING. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON. YES, OUR ETERNAL FRIEND TXDOT FOR OUR LIGHTS. 
          YES, SIR. I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. 
          SO MY NAME IS NORMA MARTINEZ AND I LIVE IN SACHSE. 
          AND I LIVE RIGHT OFF THIRD STREET. AND THE TRAFFIC IS JUST HORRIBLE. 
          AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW,
IF I CAN GET YOU TO. 
          OH, SORRY. AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER THAT,
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING SOME EVENT GOING ON. 
          IT'S JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES A DAY AND THEY DON'T REALLY FOLLOW THE SPEED
LIMIT. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE GOING 45 ON A 30 MILE ZONE. 
          I TRY TO LEAVE MY HOUSE AND IT'S I HAVE TO WAIT FOR 30 CARS TO GO BY BEFORE I CAN EVEN
LEAVE. 
          IT'S JUST REALLY AFFECTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT. 
          MY INTENTION WASN'T TO SPEAK, JUST TO LISTEN TO WHAT WAS GOING ON,
BUT I SEEN HOW IT AFFECTED US A LOT BY THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE HAVING ACROSS THE STREET FROM US ON THIRD STREET. SO I JUST DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. 
          SEEING NOBODY, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THE TIME, MS. GRANGER? 7:33 P.M.. 7:33 P.M.. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. ALL RIGHT, AFTER HEARING ALL THAT. 
          SO, TO ME, THIS IS NOT A PLAN ISSUE. THIS IS A ZONING ISSUE. 
          THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BUILDING,
ABOUT PARKING PLACES, ABOUT THE USE OF THE BUILDING. 
          IT'S A, WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING IF WE WANT TO ALLOW THIS SITE TO GO FROM R5 TO C1 OR ONE
AND A HALF STORIES TO 25FT IN HEIGHT TO THREE AND A HALF STORIES OR 40FT HIGH. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON THE THIRD STREET BUILDING,
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SITE IS ABOUT. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY. I'LL LET PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS DO THAT. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON OTHER ASSUMED ISSUES. 
          AND I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES BECAUSE THAT'S ALL OPINIONS AND
ASSUMPTIONS. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS ABOUT A ZONING PROBLEM, NOT A WHAT IS THIS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A BUILDING. 
          THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE. THANKS. 
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OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MISS HOWARD? JUST A QUICK ONE. IS THERE A REASON THAT THIS CAME FORWARD AS A ZONING CHANGE AND NOT A
PD? I BET MR. ROBSON CAN ANSWER THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. TYPICALLY,
PD'S ARE RESERVED FOR FIVE ACRE OR LARGER DEVELOPMENTS. 
          I SAY THIS IS A 1.8 ACRES, AND IT'S A STRAIGHT ZONING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO JUST GO
TALLER. 
          COULD IT BE A PD? TECHNICALLY, YES, IT COULD BECOME A PD. 
          BUT THE ONE COMPONENT HERE IS THE USE IS ALLOWED IN EVERY SINGLE ZONING DISTRICT,
SO THEY CAN STILL DEVELOP THEIR SITE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IF THIS WAS DENIED TONIGHT, THEY COULD STILL DEVELOP ON THEIR SITE. 
          THEY JUST AND THEY COULD STILL GO TO 40FT. THEY JUST COULDN'T HAVE THE EXTRA TWO STORIES. 
          OKAY. AND AGAIN FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S PROPOSED TO BE OCCUPIED SPACE. 
          CORRECT. YEAH. 40FT, BUT NOT BECAUSE IT'S OCCUPIED. 
          AND THAT'S THE REASON THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. AS A COURTESY,
DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY THING YOU WANT TO ADDRESS REBUT OR ANYTHING? YEAH. WE'LL GET YOU THE SITE BACK UP THERE. 
          WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET IT BACK UP. 
          SECOND. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THE WHOLE THE WHOLE POINT OF US GOING TO C1 AND WE GO HIGHER. IF YOU CAN GET THAT MIC DOWN. 
          OH, YEAH. YEAH. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TALLER. 
          BUT SO, YEAH. SO THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE PLAN IS TO DEMOLISH THE LINK ON THE NORTH. 
          AND USE IT FOR THE PARKING, AND THEN WE, WE WANT ACTUALLY THE OWNER,
HE WANTS TO GO A ONE STORY UP FOR OFFICES. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE MAIN OF THE WE ARE HERE ACTUALLY. 
          AND AS, AS YOU SEE WE ARE ACTUALLY USING THE GREEN AREA. 
          WE ADDED MORE PARKING LOTS BUT THAT WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY AND PROBABLY THEY HAVE A FEW
COMMENTS ON THEM. 
          SO, IF, IF THIS GETS DENIED OR APPROVED, I MEAN DENIED,
ACTUALLY IT'S NOT GOING TO FIX ANYTHING. 
          IT'S THE SITUATION OF THE PARKING WILL STAY AS IT IS. 
          SO IF WE CAN GO FOR C1 AND WE CAN USE THE GREEN AREA BECAUSE THE OWNER IS NOT GOING REALLY
PROBABLY INVEST WITHOUT HAVING A CLEAR PLAN FOR HIM TO GO TWO STORIES UP. 
          THE ONE QUESTION I WOULD ASK, BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HAD POTENTIAL WINDOWS
FACING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WHAT'S YOUR STANCE ON THAT? IF YOU IF YOU WERE TO BE APPROVED,
I MEAN, THE DISTANCE, IT'S ABOUT OVER 60FT BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING ON THE ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT'S OVER 60FT, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE WINDOWS IN THAT
WALL. 
          EVEN IF WE DO, THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN SEE TO THE BACKYARD IF THEY HAVE THE FENCE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ON COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. SIR PD IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT,
AND THAT IS A SPECIALIZED ZONING DISTRICT. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MISS BUELLER. 
          OKAY, IF THIS IS REZONED TO C1, WILL A WALL BE REQUIRED? I'M SORRY. NO, IT WILL NOT. OKAY. AND IF THEY WERE TO SCRAPE THE SITE,
THEN THAT'S WHEN ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD COME INTO PLAY. 
          OKAY. AND THAT'S NOT IN THEIR DESIGN. CORRECT. 
          OKAY. IS IT BECAUSE THAT IS NON COMPATIBLE DUE TO THE EASEMENT? THIS IS AN EXISTING SITE. THE CHURCH WAS THERE ORIGINALLY,
SO IT TECHNICALLY IT'S CONFORMING UNDER ITS CURRENT STANDARD. 
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AND THEN THERE IS AN EASEMENT. CAN YOU PULL THE. 
          OOPS. NOT THIS ONE. WELL, I'LL JUST SHOW YOU. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY YOU CAN. I'LL JUST SHOW IT ON THIS ONE. SO WHERE MY CURSOR IS,
THERE IS A UTILITY LINE RIGHT HERE UP AGAINST THE ALLEY. 
          SO THAT PROHIBITS IT FROM BEING ABLE TO BE A WALL TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THAT. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS ALLEY THAT THAT VEERS ACROSS RIGHT HERE. 
          SO THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUILD A WALL THROUGH HERE. 
          THE BEST PLACE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A WALL IS,
IS ALONG THIS FENCE LINE RIGHT HERE. 
          WHICH IS EXISTING. THERE'S AN EXISTING WOOD FENCE RIGHT THERE. 
          OKAY. AND JUST TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN ABOUT THE C1 EXCEPTION FOR CHURCHES GOING HIGHER,
THEY COULD GO HIGHER THAN THE 2 TO 3 STORIES, BUT IT COULD NOT BE OCCUPIED CORRECT. IN C1? IN C1,
YEAH. 
          SO C1 WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF THREE AND A HALF STORIES. 
          ANYTHING ABOVE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OCCUPY. 
          AND THEN AS FAR AS THE HEIGHT GOES, THEY COULD STILL GO TECHNICALLY TALLER IF THEY COULD
SOMEHOW MANAGE IT ON THE SITE. 
          THE REAL ISSUE WITH, WITH WHATEVER THEY'RE PROPOSING HERE,
IT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED ON THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE AND THEN ANY DRAINAGE, DETENTION, LANDSCAPING,
ALL THOSE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY. 
          SO, THEY WILL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN ANY OF THEIR SITE PLAN DRAWINGS AND THE DRAWING
HERE. 
          THE CITY HAS NOT REVIEWED THIS FOR ANY MEETING OF ANY OF OUR STANDARDS,
SO. 
          THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME WORK AROUND ON THIS THIS DRAWING AS IT STANDS. 
          THANK YOU. OR AS I WOULD SAY ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES. 
          YES. YES. OKAY. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES, I HAD A QUESTION ON THIS DRAWING ON THE BOTTOM
RIGHT. 
          THE LITTLE PARKING LOT THERE. I'M LOOKING AT GOOGLE MAPS AND I SEE ALL SORTS OF CARS
PARKED THERE. 
          IS THAT PART OF THE CHURCH PARKING LOT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO,
IT'S ACROSS THE ALLEY, BUT IT'S STILL PART OF IT. OKAY. 
          OKAY. SO FIRST OFF, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS,
THIS TOPIC. 
          IT SHOWS THE PASSION OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. 
          I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE SOUNDS LIKE,
SOUND LIKE INCONVENIENCES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE DEAL WITH INCONVENIENCES AT CHRISTMAS,
JULY 4TH, HALLOWEEN, ALL THE PARADES AND EVENTS WE HAVE. 
          HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THE CONGESTION STANDPOINT IS A CONCERN OF MINE. 
          OF MINE. TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS,
IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          LIGHTING ARE THEY CURRENTLY MEETING THE CURRENT,
THE CURRENT LIGHTING SPECIFICATIONS OR. 
          I CAN'T SAY AT THIS POINT. BUT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE LIGHTING,
WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND DO ENFORCEMENT ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SHIELDS UP ON THE LIGHT. THERE ARE FOOT CANDLE REQUIREMENTS. BASED ON PROPERTY LINE DISTANCE AND ALL THOSE
BALL FIELDS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          WE RECENTLY LOOKED AT ONE OVER OFF OF MURPHY AND BLACKBURN AND THE WALMART SHOPPING
CENTER. 
          WE WERE DEALING WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER AS WELL. 
          SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT ON THIS ONE. OKAY. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS,
IS SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED, WE HAVE NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO,
I MEAN, COULD WE TURN AROUND AND SOLD TOMORROW I GUESS RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT'S WE'VE GOT TO WE GOT TO VOTE ON WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY. 
          RIGHT? BUT IT'S JUST THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANKS. MR. LINDSEY. 
          YEAH. MR. PRESTENBERG WAS STARTED THE THOUGHT THAT I HAD. 
          WHICH IS A QUESTION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THERE. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE
BUILDING OR SOME KIND OF SITE PLAN A REQUIREMENT ON THE ZONING CHANGE? NO, THIS IS ZONING. SO IT'S ZONING IS DISCRETIONARY. 
          SO THIS IS STEP ONE. YOU DON'T DO THAT UNTIL THE NEXT STEP,
WHICH WOULD BE THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS. 
          THE ONLY EXCEPTION YOU WOULD SEE TO THAT IS IF YOU HAD A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT BEFORE YOU.
BUT THIS DOES NOT MEET THE SIZE NORMALLY THAT YOU USE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR. 
          OKAY. SO THAT CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT WE'VE SEEN IS JUST A CONCEPT,
IT HASN'T BEEN REVIEWED. 
          BEST INTENTIONS WINDOWS MAY FACE A CERTAIN WAY,
BUT WHENEVER IT'S REVIEWED BY A FIRE INSPECTOR OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THINGS WILL SWITCH AROUND. QUITE POSSIBLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ISN'T EVEN GOING TO BE A
GUARANTEE OF WHAT IT IS. 
          THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET BUILDING CODE, ENERGY CODE REQUIREMENTS,
FIRE CODE. 
          SO ALL THOSE WILL COME INTO PLAY AS FAR AS OPENINGS AND PENETRATIONS INTO THE BUILDING
WINDOWS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS . YEAH. SO WITH ALL OF THAT,
THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS, ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON THERE, 
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IT WAS ALREADY MEANT TO ADDRESS THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS . 
          SO IF THIS WAS TO GO FORWARD AND THERE'S FURTHER ISSUES,
IT REALLY REPRESENTS TO ME AN ISSUE WITH OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES AND NOT THIS ONE ZONING CASE JUST IN ISOLATION. CORRECT. AND SAY THE ESTABLISHED ZONING DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY, THEY'RE INTENDED FOR TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR BASED ON THE PARAMETERS OF THAT
SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICT. 
          SO, IN THIS CASE, THE C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL,
IT'S INTENDED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LEVEL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE HEIGHT, THE LANDSCAPING, THE DETENTION PARKING SPACES,
ALL THOSE COMPONENTS COME INTO PLAY WITH THAT. 
          SO AND IT IS JUST ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT WE IF ZONING WAS TO PASS,
THEY PUT PLANS FORWARD. 
          THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO MATERIALIZE. LAND GETS SOLD ONCE THE ZONING CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE,
THEN IT COULD BE IN THE FUTURE A STRIP CENTER OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT FITS THAT PARTICULAR ZONING TYPE. CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. YEAH. SO I'LL GO BACK TO MY COMMENT,
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A SITE PLAN. 
          THIS IS A ZONING CASE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE DEVELOPER SHOWS ME. 
          THE RESTRICTION OR THE RESTRICTIONS IN C-1 ARE UP TO THREE AND A HALF STORIES OR 40FT. 
          THIS IS REALLY ON THE BOUNDARY OF THAT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ALONG 78 THAT I'M COMFORTABLE
WITH. 
          AND I KNOW WE WENT BACK FURTHER ON AT FIFTH STREET,
AND I KNOW WE'VE GONE FURTHER AT THE, BEAR WITH ME. BEARING. YEAH. BEARING. BUNKER HILL,
THANK YOU. 
          BEHIND KROGER. BUT THIS IS THIS IS RIGHT IN THE GRAY AREA OF WHERE I'M COMFORTABLE GOING
BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I WOULDN'T WANT A THREE STORY BUILDING NEXT TO MY. 
          BEHIND MY HOUSE. THAT'S JUST ME. THOSE HOUSES HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. 
          SOME OF THEM LONGER THAN OTHERS, BUT I. IT DOESN'T MATTER,
BECAUSE THE TWO STORY BUILDING THAT WAS PROPOSED TO US, BECAUSE THE EASILY BE A THREE STORY BUILDING BY THE TIME IT GOES TO CONSTRUCTION,
AS LONG AS IT GOES THROUGH ALL THE PLATING AND EVERYTHING. SO THIS IS A ZONING CASE. 
          THIS ISN'T A BUILDING CASE. YEAH, I PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. 
          SO I ASKED YOU BEFORE, OR MAYBE IMPLIED, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY,
IS THAT THE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CRUX OF THIS REQUEST IS THE HEIGHT. YOU KNOW,
THEY COULD DO ONE AND A HALF STORIES NOW WITH THE ZONING WITH THE C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVES, THEY COULD DO TWO IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY JUST WANTED TO STICK TO ONE AND A HALF. 
          BUT WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. NOW, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LEGITIMATE CONCERNS
ADDRESSED TONIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC AND PARKING. B A LOT OF THEM. 
          AND I THINK THE IRONY SOMETIMES THAT WE FORGET ABOUT IS THAT,
YES, AS MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS SAID, IT'S NOT ZONING, IT'S JUST A ZONING CASE. WE'RE NOT DOING A SITE PLAN TONIGHT. 
          THE SITE PLAN WE LOOKED AT IS ILLUSTRATIVE, BUT IF IT WERE APPROVED AND THEY WHETHER IT'S
THEM OR ANYBODY IN THE FUTURE, THEY GET A PERMIT, THEY GOT TO FOLLOW OUR CODE AND REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO THE I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT IS TRAFFIC AND PARKING. 
          AND PART OF THAT IS THEY'RE ALLOWED TO LEGALLY PARK ON THE STREET. 
          THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BLOCK ANYTHING, STOP SIGN,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. BUT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO LEGALLY PARK ON THE STREET. ACCORDING TO THEM, WHICH, AGAIN,
WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S STRICTLY HELD BY THEM. 
          THEY COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE TOTALLY TOMORROW. 
          BUT IF THEY COME BACK AND IF THEY GET TO SEE ONE AND THEY WILL HAVE TO BASICALLY THEY WILL
HAVE TO COMPLY WITH PARKING, WHICH THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT IT WOULD SOLVE. 
          I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM,
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO GO A LONG WAY IN SOLVING PROBLEMS. AGAIN, THAT SITE, THE SITE PLAN WE SAW IS NOT IT'S JUST ILLUSTRATIVE,
BUT I THINK IT BRINGS UP IT'S ILLUSTRATIVE TO A POINT THAT, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS HOW WE COULD GO TOWARDS SOLVING THAT PROBLEM. 
          IF THEY JUST DECIDED, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. 
          WE WITHDRAW EVERYTHING. THEN THE STATUS QUO STAYS THE SAME BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR ENFORCEMENT
TO A POINT. 
          BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IF THEY LITERALLY DON'T DO ANYTHING,
THEN PARKING DOESN'T COME INTO PLAY, LIGHTING DOESN'T COME INTO PLAY, LANDSCAPING DOESN'T COME INTO PLAY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE THAT'S THE CHOICE WE HAVE IN THE WAY I SEE IT. 
          OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION. 
          OR DO WE NOT? AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO BECAUSE IN THE MECHANISM HERE IS
A ZONING REQUEST TO CHANGE. 
          THAT'S WHETHER THE COUNCIL TAKES THAT OR NOT. 
          WE'LL FIND OUT. OKAY. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES. SO,
BEFORE THE MEETING, I KIND OF WROTE OUT FIVE REASONS THAT I SHOULD DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, HOW I WOULD VOTE ON IT,
RIGHT? 
          [01:20:01]
ONE WAS LAND USE AND INCOMPATIBILITY. RIGHT. IS THIS THE PROPER PLACE TO HAVE THIS SIZE OF
A PLACE OR, YOU KNOW, USE WHATNOT? NEXT WAS TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS. 
          THE FIRST ONE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A LAND PLANNER. 
          RIGHT. SO BUT I'LL SAY BASED ON PICTURES, I SEE THAT IT'S BORDERLINE RIGHT. 
          BUT THEY GET TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO WITH THE LAND. 
          AND SO THAT'S NOT ON US. I CAN SPEAK TO THE FIRST ONE. 
          YES. SINCE THIS IS A A CHURCH, IT'S A RELIGIOUS FACILITY. 
          THEY ARE ALLOWED IN EVERY SINGLE ZONING DISTRICT. SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS WAS
COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL, CHURCHES ARE ALLOWED IN EVERY SINGLE. OH, I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, NOISE BASED,
YOU KNOW, LIGHT BASED, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. NEXT IS TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS. WE HEARD FROM,
YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER THAT THE CHIEF HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, I TRUST THE CHIEF, RIGHT, THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN GET DOWN THE STREET. 
          BUT TRAFFIC STILL SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIGHT THERE. I COME DOWN FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EVERY MORNING AND AFTERNOON, AND I KNOW THAT LIGHT'S NO FUN, BUT THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S SOMETHING WE
COULD CHANGE. 
          WE COULD GO AND PETITION THE TXDOT OR WHATNOT. 
          RIGHT. LET ME KNOW HOW THAT WORKS OUT FOR YOU. YEAH,
BUT IT'S A POSSIBILITY. 
          IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES. I HAVE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD DO. 
          YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN INSTANCES WHERE RELIGIOUS THINGS,
YOU KNOW, BRING UP VALUES AND I'VE SEEN WHERE IT'S DECREASED IT AS WELL. 
          BUT FAILURE TO SHOW A HARDSHIP IN THEIR CURRENT ZONING,
YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPE, IF THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ALREADY, THERE'S REALLY NO HARDSHIP, RIGHT? IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. 
          RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE OCCUPIABLE SECOND FLOOR THAT REALLY DRIVES. 
          SO THERE IS A SLIGHT HARDSHIP THERE. OKAY. AND THE LAST ONE WAS,
IS PUBLIC OPPOSITION OKAY. 
          WHICH I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD. SO BUT YEAH I THIS IS,
THIS IS A TOUGH ONE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, YOUR PLACES OF WORSHIP THRIVE, YOU KNOW,
NO MATTER WHAT DENOMINATION. 
          BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR CITIZENS AND WHATNOT. 
          SO, ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE IT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. 
          ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? OR WE CAN ENTERTAIN MOTIONS. 
          OR WE CAN JUST HANG AROUND ON THAT. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. 
          MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY F1 AS PRESENTED. 
          I HAVE MOTION BY MR. FRANKS, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS TO DENY F1 AS PRESENTED. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. WELL, HOLD ON,
MR. PRESTENBERG. SECOND. OKAY, NOW WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE,
PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT. 
          THAT'S A NEW ONE. YOU WANT ME, MR. GORFIDA, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHEN THERE'S A TIE? IT FAILS. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO FOR THE RECORD,
THE MOTION FAILED BECAUSE IT WAS 3 TO 3. 
          BY RULE A MOTION HAS TO CAN ONLY CARRY IF IT'S IN THE MAJORITY. 
          SO, THE MOTION FAILED. LET ME DO THE RECORD. MAYOR BICKERSTAFF VOTING NO. 
          MISS BUHLER VOTING NO. MR. PRESTENBERG VOTING NO,
AGAINST THE DENIAL. 
          SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I GUESS UNLESS SOMEONE CHANGES THEIR MIND, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS ENDLESS LOOP,
I GUESS. JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DENY OR POSTPONE TO ANOTHER MEETING. 
          BUT WE GOT TO DO ONE OF THE THREE. OR WE'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT. MR. MILLSAP. YEAH. NO KIDDING. MS. HOWARTH. 
          I GUESS WE CAN TRY IT AGAIN. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MISS HOWARTH. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBERG. SECOND. HAVE A SECOND BY MR. PRESIDENT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. 
          PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT. AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE. 
          OKAY. MOTION FAILS. MR. FRANKS. EXCUSE ME. MAYOR PRO FRANKS VOTING NO. 
          MISS HOWARTH VOTING NO. MR. LINDSEY VOTE NO. AND MR. 
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PRESTENBERG VOTING NO. SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT JOE? OKAY. MOTION TO. OH LET ME ANNOUNCE THE FIRST. 
          SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ZONING IS DENIED. 
          MR. PRESTENBERG. YEAH AND THAT FIRST ONE, I THINK WAS MY FAULT BECAUSE I MISINTERPRETED
THE LANGUAGE, HOW IT WAS PROPOSED. OKAY. AND SO THAT'S WHY I VOTED NO. 
          OH, I GOT IT. BUT YES. SO MY VOTE HAS STAYED THE SAME. 
          I JUST GOT THE MOTION CHANGED. AND SO I DID NOT. 
          YOU MADE US STAY EXTRA FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION DID YOU. MISS HOWARTH. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION. I WOULD BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH APPROVING
SOMETHING IF WE HAD AN ACTUAL PLAN THAT WAS BINDING. 
          AND I WOULD JUST LET THE APPLICANT KNOW THAT THAT. 
          YEAH. I THINK WHILE I THINK THAT WHAT WAS PROPOSED WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEMS,
THE OTHER OPTION, OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, IS THAT IF THE APPLICANT,
IT'S THEIR CHOICE, IF THEY DO WANT TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER APPLICATION AND IT HAPPENS TO BE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ACREAGE FOR THAT. 
          HOWEVER, AS I TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, THAT THAT IS COUNCIL'S DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER
OR NOT WE WOULD WAIVE, WE COULD WAIVE THE ACREAGE REQUIREMENT. CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. JUST FOR CLARITY, COUNCIL'S SAKE ON A STRICT ZONING CASE,
NOT ADD THAT REQUIREMENT THAT A SITE PLAN OR CONCEPT PLAN BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION. YEAH. TONIGHT IT'S JUST DENIED . CORRECT. YEAH. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM G. DISCUSSION ITEMS. 
          [1. Receive the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and Federal Single Audit Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.]
ITEM ONE RECEIVED THE CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT,
CFR AND FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. WE WILL GIVE MISS. WE'LL LET EVERYBODY HEAD OUT FIRST. 
          AND THEN THE THAT WAY YOU'RE YOU CAN BE HEARD. 
          MR. BALDWIN WILL HELP YOU OUT HERE. OKAY. YOU CAN. 
          COME ON. I'M LOSING ALL MY AUDIENCE MAYOR. YEAH,
YEAH. 
          I APOLOGIZE, MISS NASH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TONIGHT YOU WILL BE GETTING A BRIEF
PRESENTATION. 
          ACTUALLY, DAVID BALDWIN, AWARD WINNING FINANCE DIRECTOR,
WILL BE INTRODUCING OUR NEW AUDITORS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES US TO CHANGE AUDITORS EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          AND SO PATTILLO, BROWN AND HILL IS OUR NEW AUDITOR. 
          AND THEY WILL BE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN AUDIT PRESENTATION ON FISCAL YEAR 2024. 
          MISS MODJESKI. DID I GET IT RIGHT? YES. ALL RIGHT. 
          I PRACTICED, I PROMISE. OKAY. WELCOME. OKAY. PERFECT. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO THE AWARD WINNING FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL THIS YEAR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE AUDIT. 
          HERE WE GO. OKAY. SO, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, MY NAME IS MICHELLE MAJEWSKI. 
          I'M A CPA WITH PATILLO BROWN AND HILL. AND TONIGHT,
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ACFR, DISCUSS THE AUDIT PROCESS, PRESENT OUR AUDIT RESULTS,
AND TOUCH ON SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS. 
          SO TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CFR. 
          SO ON THIS SLIDE I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL,
BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE ACT FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
          AND OUR OPINION RELATES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS DESCRIBED OVER HERE. 
          THAT WAS REALLY ALL I HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT. MOVING ON TO THE AUDIT PROCESS. 
          SO HOW DO WE ARRIVE AT OUR CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE THEN DISCLOSED IN THE OPINION LETTER? SO OUR AUDIT PROCESS, WE LIKE TO THINK OF IT IN TWO DIFFERENT PHASES THE PLANNING PHASE
AND THE FIELDWORK PHASE. 
          DURING THE PLANNING PHASE, WE ARE ASSESSING INTERNAL CONTROLS. 
          SO PERFORMING INTERNAL CONTROL INTERVIEWS, DOING SOME PRELIMINARY INTERNAL CONTROL
TESTING, PERFORMING A RISK ASSESSMENT. SO THAT PRETTY MUCH GUIDES OUR AUDIT PLAN FOR WHEN WE RETURN
FOR FINAL FIELDWORK, WHICH IS WHEN WE TEST MATERIAL BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS IN THE FINANCIALS AND DO SOME
COMPLIANCE TESTING, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. MOVING ON TO OUR AUDIT RESULTS, WE DISCLOSE OUR RESULTS IN FOUR SEPARATE LETTERS TO YOU. 
          AND I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON EACH OF THEM BRIEFLY. 
          SO FIRST WE HAVE OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT OR OUR OPINION LETTER. 
          IN THIS REPORT WE DEFINE BOTH OUR ROLES AS THE AUDITORS AND MANAGEMENT'S ROLES AS THEY
RELATE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
          TO REITERATE, THESE ARE MANAGEMENT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 
          THEY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEM, AND WE'RE JUST ENGAGED TO ISSUE AN OPINION ON WHETHER WE
BELIEVE THEY'RE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT DUE TO FRAUD OR ERROR. 
          [01:30:06]
AND WITH THAT, WE DID ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OR CLEAN OPINION,
WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, MEANING WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING MATERIALLY INCORRECT OR ANYTHING THAT COULD MATERIALLY
AFFECT YOUR DECISION MAKING AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR THAT OF ANY OTHER USERS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. NEXT LETTER THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO ISSUE IS BECAUSE WE ARE
PERFORMING AN AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. WE ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM SOME LIMITED TESTING OVER
INTERNAL CONTROLS AS IT RELATES TO VARIOUS AREAS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND WE'RE NOT OPINING ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERNAL CONTROLS,
BUT RATHER, IF WE COME ACROSS ANY INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND OUR LIMITED TESTING,
WE WOULD DISCLOSE IT HERE. 
          WE DID COME ACROSS A TWO FINDINGS, BUT THEY ARE DISCLOSED IN FURTHER DETAIL IN THE SINGLE
AUDIT REPORT. 
          AND IF YOU READ THROUGH THE NARRATIVE, IT WAS A WEIRD,
LIKE, ONE OFF SITUATION. 
          IN BOTH INSTANCES, AND WE DIDN'T FIND THE ISSUES TO BE ANYTHING PERVASIVE OR ANYTHING THAT
WOULD INDICATE THAT THE REST OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY MISSTATED, AS IS EVIDENCED BY OUR AUDIT OPINION STILL ISSUED A CLEAN,
UNMODIFIED OPINION. 
          NEXT LETTER THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO ISSUE IS THIS REQUIRED COMMUNICATION WITH GOVERNANCE? THE SEPARATE LETTER THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU? IT'S PRETTY STANDARD VERBIAGE THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE SINCE WE'RE WORKING WITH
TAXPAYER MONEY. 
          BUT REALLY THE HIGH POINTS HERE ARE WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL ETHICS
AND INDEPENDENCE REQUIREMENTS. 
          ALL THE MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS OR ANY CORRECTIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED,
MANAGEMENT, MADE THOSE CORRECTIONS. 
          AND JUST TO THROW IN SOMETHING FANCY FOR YOU,
WE DID ADOPT TWO NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S JUST REFLECTED IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE FINANCIALS. 
          THE LAST LETTER THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO ISSUE RELATES TO INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE
OVER YOUR MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. SO IN THIS SCREEN OVER HERE IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL
AWARDS, OR THE CFR, WHICH WE'VE IDENTIFIED ALL OF YOUR MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THE
FEDERAL GRANT EXPENDITURES THAT THE CITY INCURRED DURING THE YEAR. HERE IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR AUDITORS RESULTS AS IT RELATES TO OUR
SINGLE AUDIT. 
          SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TWO INTERNAL CONTROL FINDINGS THAT WE HAD DOCUMENTED. 
          BUT WE DIDN'T FIND ANY ISSUES OF COMPLIANCE AS IT RELATES TO YOUR MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AND HERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF THE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS. 
          BUT HERE WE IDENTIFY THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE TESTED AS PART OF OUR SINGLE AUDIT,
THE ARPA MONEY THAT YOU SPENT, AND THEN TXDOT HIGHWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          I THINK THAT WAS FOR THE MERRITT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS,
BUT. 
          SO JUST TO TOUCH ON SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS HERE IN THIS CHART,
WE'VE KIND OF BROKEN OUT THE FUND BALANCE OF YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGEST CHUNK IS ATTRIBUTED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          BUT GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS ABOUT 12.6 MILLION. 
          LOOKING AT GENERAL FUND BALANCE SPECIFICALLY SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE CITY TRIES TO
MAINTAIN AT LEAST 25 TO 35% OF UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE TO BE SPENT ON OPERATING EXPENDITURES IN THE
FUTURE. 
          SO LAST YEAR, THAT PERCENTAGE WAS ABOUT 69.6%,
AND THIS YEAR IT WAS ABOUT 32%. 
          BUT IN REVIEWING YOUR BUDGET, THAT WAS A PLANNED REDUCTION IN FUND BALANCE. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH THAT DECREASED THAT SHOULDN'T BE OF ANY CONCERN NECESSARILY. 
          AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT YOUR UTILITY FUND. SO THIS FUND IS A SELF-SUSTAINING. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THOSE OPERATIONS. WELL YOUR REGULAR OPERATING INCOME WAS ALMOST
4 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S JUST FROM WATER SEWER SALES AND YOUR NORMAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES OPERATING
EXPENSES. 
          BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WERE SOME CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH INCREASED YOUR
OVERALL UTILITY FUND NET POSITION BY ALMOST $6 MILLION. 
          SO THAT 59.3 MILLION IN UTILITY FUND ENDING NET POSITION IS SPLIT BETWEEN ABOUT $35.7
MILLION IN NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS. SO THAT EQUITY IS JUST TIED UP IN YOUR FIXED ASSETS IN THAT FUND. 
          AND THEN ABOUT 23.6 MILLION IS AVAILABLE TO BE SPENT ON OTHER OPERATIONS OF THE UTILITY
FUND. 
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THAT WAS ALL I HAD. I WAS TOLD TO KEEP IT BRIEF,
AND I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE HIGH POINTS. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO FIELD THEM. 
          THANK YOU, MS. MAJESKI. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. TO MS. MODJESKI OR STAFF. I LOVE THIS. WELL, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A FAIR ASSUMPTION THAT YOU
WOULD, YOU COULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT ALL NIGHT IF YOU WANTED TO. OH,
YEAH. SO. 
          DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 
          NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM H. EXECUTIVE SESSION,
ITEM ONE. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENIENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS 
          [H. Executive Session]
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS REGARDING THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE
MUNICIPAL JUDGE. 
          ITEM TWO. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087. 
          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DELIBERATIONS DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE
RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROJECT, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG RANCH ROAD AND HIGHWAY 78, FOR A PROJECT YELLOWSTONE. THE TIME MS. GRANGER 8:06 P.M.. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:06 P.M.. 
          YOU READY? YES. OKAY. WE'RE NOW RECONVENED BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. 
          [I. Action Resulting from Executive Session]
THE TIME MS. GRANGER 8:55 P.M.. RECONVENED BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 8:55 P.M.. 
          NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM I. ACTION RESULTING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          TAKE ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE
MUNICIPAL JUDGE. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS OR DISCUSSION. MR. PRESTENBERG. 
          THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MUNICIPAL JUDGE ROBERT BEASLEY FOR A TWO YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE
MARCH 9TH, 2025. AND I MOTION A FURTHER MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED AND
RESTATED AGREEMENT FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE SERVICES IN AMENDING SECTION 4.2 B, COMPENSATING THE JUDGE $100 PER WARRANT REVIEW AND PER PRISONER ARRAIGNMENT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PRESTENBERG. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS SECOND. I
HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM I2. 
          TAKE ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR
OTHER INCENTIVE RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT YELLOWSTONE. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER'S CARD. MARTY HOLBOKE. 
          MARTY HOLBOKE, 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE. TOP OF THE HILL. 
          IT SAYS Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DELIBERATE. I GUESS Y'ALL AREN'T GOING TO DO THAT. 
          WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON IN SACHSE? WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE PERSON IN SACHSE? HOW MUCH IS THIS? WHAT'S IT FOR? WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO TO ME? Y'ALL SPEND A LOT OF MONEY THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHERE IT GOES FOR A $500,000 ORGANIZATION
THAT NOBODY CAN QUANTIFY AND TELL WHAT GOOD IT DOES. SO WHEN ARE Y'ALL GOING TO SPEAK UP AND TALK? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOLBOKE. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION OR MOTION FROM COUNCIL. MISS BUHLER. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SACHSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT YELLOWSTONE AND ANY
AMENDMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS RELATED THERETO, SUBSTANTIALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THAT MOTION BY MISS BUELLER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. LINDSEY SECOND. HAVE A SECOND. BY MR. LINDSEY. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE CAST YOUR BALLOT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS VOTING NO. 
          NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADJOURNMENT. THE TIME IS GRANGER 000. 
          NO. YOU CAN YELL IT OUT. 8:58 P.M.. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:58 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.