Aug 04, 2026 City Council

OKAY, WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY OTHER REPORTS?

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND ARE GENERALLY ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.

THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE AN ITEM TO SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NO ON ANY INDIVIDUAL ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN ANY.

DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS SEEKING

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TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS? NOPE WITH THAT UM DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS MISS PELHAM WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT EITHER I NOW LOOK FOR A MOTION ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 13 THROUGH 30.

SO MOVED MOTION BY UH MR THACKER SECOND SECOND BY MISS RUMMEL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO WE NOW MOVE ON

[Public Hearing: A request to rescind Specific Use Permit (S-309) for a Licensed Child-Care Center on 1.8± acres on the east side of FM 423, 200± feet south of Frisco Ranch Road. Zoned Planned Development-157-Retail with a Specific Use Permit (S-309) for a Licensed Child-Care Center. Neighborhood #51. Specific Use Permit Case No. SUP26-0004. Applicant: Cross Engineering Consultants, Inc. (Development Services/RR)]

TO THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 31 PUBLIC HEARING.

A REQUEST TO RESCIND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT S-309 FOR A LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER ON 1.8 ACRES ON THE EAST SIDE OF FM 423, 200 FEET SOUTH OF FRISCO RANCH ROAD, ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT 157 RETAIL WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT S-309 FOR A LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER.

NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 51, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CASE NUMBER SUP 26-0004, APPLICANT CROSS ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, INC.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING IT TELLS ME TO OPEN THIS UP FOR YOU CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING MOTION BY MISS PELHAM SECOND BY MISS ANDERSON UH ALL IN FAVOR CAN I HEAR YOU OKAY ANY ANY OPPOSED WE ALL OPPOSED? NO, OF COURSE WE'RE AYES.

PUBLIC OPEN PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I CALL ON STAFF TO PRESENT.

ROLANDRIA RUSSELL, PLANNING SUPERVISOR.

SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING IS FROM THE APPLICANT TO RESCIND THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CHILD CARE FACILITY AS THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DEVELOP AS A CHILD CARE FACILITY.

SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS REQUEST AT THE JUNE 23RD, PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING BY A VOTE OF 6-0.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL, BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MS. BELL, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? YES WE DO WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO HAS INDICATED UM THAT HE'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 31 32 33 AND 34.

MR JESSEN UM ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON ITEM 31 YOU HAVE LISTED IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM MR JESSEN BUT YOU'VE LISTED ITEM 31 ACTUALLY THREE ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON BUT YES SPECIFICALLY TO ITEM 31 DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TO ONE OF THE LATER ONES UNDERSTOOD OKAY THANK YOU ANY OTHERS SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IS THERE CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION MOTION BY MS. KOHLBERG SECOND BY MR. THACKER ALL IN FAVOR ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES 6-0 PUBLIC THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

CALL FOR A MOTION TO RESCIND.

ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY MOTION BY MS. KOHLBERG SECOND BY MR. THACKER ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 6-0.

[Public Hearing: A request to rezone 6.9± acres on the southwest corner of Independence Parkway and Main Street ("Property") from Agricultural to Planned Development-Retail, to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11-04-09, as amended), and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Agricultural. Neighborhood #17. Zoning Case No. Z25-0009. Applicant: Spiars Engineering, Inc. (Development Services/RR)]

ITEM 32 PUBLIC HEARING A REQUEST TO REZONE 6.9 ACRES ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY IN MAIN STREET, FROM AGRICULTURE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT RETAIL, TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-0409 AS AMENDED, AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME, ZONED AGRICULTURAL, NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 17, ZONING CASE NUMBER Z25-0009, APPLICANT SPIRES ENGINEERING, INC., DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

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THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION BY MS. RUMMEL.

SECOND BY MS. KOHLBERG.

I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO STAFF TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ROLANDRIA RUSSELL WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

JUST TO TAKE YOU ALL DOWN MEMORY LANE JUST A LITTLE BIT, AT THE JANUARY 20TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THIS ITEM WAS REMANDED BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH THE DIRECTION TO HAVE COMMUNITY...

CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN OF THE LACK OF NOTIFICATION AND TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS VOICED IN THAT MEETING SITE SURROUNDING INCREASED TRAFFIC.

ACCIDENTS, HOME VALUES, SAFETY, AND ACCESS CONCERNS.

SO SINCE THAT TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, MOST RECENTLY AS THIS PAST SUNDAY WHERE THEY HELD A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING WITH MEMBERS FROM THE GROVE AS WELL AS THE LIBERTY HILL COMMUNITY.

SO TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER HAS PUT TOGETHER A DETAILED RESPONSE REGARDING THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND THE OTHER CONCERNS RELATED TO TRAFFIC THAT WERE CITED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR REPORT THIS EVENING.

AND SO AS STAFF, WHEN WE POSTED THIS AGENDA, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 26 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION AND FOUR LETTERS IN SUPPORT.

UM THIS REQUEST DOES FALL IN LINE WITH OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AND THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING IS TO APPROVE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

AS THE APPLICANT WORKED THROUGH THE SUBMITTAL WITH STAFF OVER APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THE FOCUS WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE THE ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT BACCHUS PARK, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE, WHERE THEY'VE MADE SURE THAT.

THAT THE OPEN SPACE DOES IN FACT OPEN UP TO THE PARK.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO DONE IS PROVIDED A PEDESTRIAN PATH ALONG THE SOUTH THAT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO THE PARK.

THIS DOES ALIGN WITH THE SIDEWALK THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE.

THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THIS EVENING THAT THE PROXIMITY OF THE FIRST RETAIL BUILDING TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT THE SAME AS THE PROXIMITY OF THE FIRST RETAIL BUILDING TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL ACROSS INDEPENDENCE IS OVER 300 FEET.

WITH THAT DISTANCE, THERE IS ALSO THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH SHADE TREES PLANTED 30 FEET DOWN CENTER.

THERE IS ALSO A ROW OF PARKING SPACES WITH OUR WHICH ARE ALL 20 FEET IN DEPTH AND A 24 FOOT FIRE LANE AS WELL AS ANOTHER ROW OF PARKING.

THERE IS ALSO TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE LANDSCAPE FACADE TREATMENT THAT DOES PROVIDE AS A BIT OF BUFFER TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL AT THE JUNE 23RD MEETING AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC? REAL QUICK, SO THIS WAS BASED OFF THE JUNE MEETING AND THEY WENT BACK AND THEY LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COUNCIL.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WAS ADDED, RIGHT? SO THE EXHIBITS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE JUNE MEETING.

BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT ADDRESSED SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED.

BUT IS THE PLAN FOR THE EXHIBITS TO CHANGE OR ARE WE ACCEPTING AS IS? SO WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT RELOCATING THE DUMPSTERS FROM THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? AND YOU SAID THE APPLICANT WAS GOING TO SPEAK.

YES.

CAN WE HEAR FROM THEM, PLEASE?

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DAVID BOND WITH SPIRES ENGINEERING, 501 GEORGE BUSH HIGHWAY IN RICHARDSON, 75080.

HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF RISE COMMERCIAL, AS STEPH MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND RESIDENTS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS TO BRING THIS PROJECT BEFORE.

YOU ORIGINALLY IT WAS A STRAIGHT ZONING FOR RETAIL AND WE'VE TAKEN IT AND AND PARED THAT DOWN TO MORE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE PROUD TO BRING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WE WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED OR MY CLIENT DID PURCHASE THIS TRACK FROM THE LAWLER FAMILY ESTATE.

SO IT'S KIND OF COOL.

WE VIEW THIS AS AN EXTENSION OF THE PARK.

THE BUILDINGS WILL MATCH WHAT YOU SEE AT THE PARK.

YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS YOU FINISH SOCCER, YOU FINISH BASEBALL, TEAM GOES OVER AND GETS MILKSHAKES.

YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE'S, THAT'S SORT OF A SERVICE THERE.

THERE'S A COOL OPEN SPACE.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE VISION FOR THE PARK IS THAT WE'RE COMMUNITY RETAIL FOCUSED.

WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS A PART OF THIS PD.

AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A CULMINATION OF THREE YEARS BACK AND FORTH WITH STAFF.

WITH RESIDENTS, WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

EXCITED TO HAVE IT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL, BOTH FROM STAFF AND FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

DEVELOPER SHIVA KHANDRO IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE, BUT WE'D BE EXCITED FOR YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS AND FOLLOW STAFF AND PNC'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND SHIVA WILL SAY A FEW BRIEF WORDS.

GOOD MORNING MR MAYOR COUNCIL UM LIKE STAFF SAID WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS DESIGNING THIS THAT COMPLEMENTS THE PARK AND ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE MAIN VISION WAS TO BASICALLY HELP THE VISITORS OF THE PARK WHEN THEY WANT TO BUY A SODA WHILE THE GAME IS GOING ON AND PARENTS TO REST, TO SIT AND HAVE LIKE A SODA OR FROZEN YOGURT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE STAFF'S EXHIBIT THAT WE ACTUALLY EXTENDING THE OPEN SPACE TO THE PARK AND ALSO THE FACADES ARE ACTUALLY INTEGRATED WITH THE PARK.

THIS IS NOT LIKE A MODERN BUILDING THAT SEPARATES OUT.

SO IT ACTUALLY INTEGRATES WITH THE PARK.

AND WE HAVE AGREED TO REST.

OVER 30 USES THAT ARE NORMALLY ALLOWED IN THE STRAIGHT RETAIL ZONE.

SO WE HAVE TAKEN OUT ALL DRIVE-THRUS AND GAS STATIONS AND CAR WASHES, AUTO REPAIR SHOPS, ALL THOSE LIKE OVER 30 USES WERE.

PROHIBITED ON THIS PROPERTY.

AND WE AGREED TO A SINGLE PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE HAVE TO BUILD EVERYTHING, NOT LEAVE LIKE BUILD ONE BUILDING AND THEN SELL IT TO SOMEONE AND LEAVE.

SO BEFORE WE GET CVO WE HAVE TO BUILD EVERYTHING.

AND WE ALSO SIGNED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE WAIVER FOR SB 840 AND ALSO AGREED TO THE FOUR SIDE STORE FRONT SO THE BUILDING WILL LOOK SAME, EITHER YOU LOOK AT SIDE OUT OF THE BACK.

WE AGREED TO THAT.

AND WE ARE SPENDING OVER $17 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT.

AND WE ARE CREATING ABOUT 180 TO 200.

JOBS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AND WE ARE GENERATING OVER 200K PER YEAR TAXES TO THE FRISCO CITY AND THE ISD AND QUARTER MILLION SALES TAX DOLLARS TO THE CITY EVERY YEAR SO WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND I APPRECIATE STAFF HAS BEEN VERY PATIENT OVER LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS WORKING ON THE SITE PLAN AND THE DESIGN AND WE PROUD OF THIS QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT? BESIDES, I THINK YOU MENTIONED ICE CREAM SHOPS? NO, YOGURT SHOPS.

WHAT OTHER BUSINESSES ARE YOU LOOKING TO PUT IN THERE? LIKE A PIZZA SHOP, COFFEE, AND A...

ONLY RESTAURANTS? IT'S LIKE A FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT THAT COMPLEMENTS THE PARK MAINLY.

NO PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSES, JUST RESTAURANTS? YES, WE HAVE SPACE.

WE HAVE SOME SPACE FOR THAT.

SO THE AMOUNT OF RESTAURANT IS RESTRICTED BY NUMBER OF PARKINGS WE HAVE.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE MIX OF EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE OFFICE, OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET OFFICE.

AND THEN THE OTHER BUILDINGS CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING.

IT CAN BE USED FOR DENTISTS, OR IT CAN BE USED FOR A SERVICE LIKE A DANCE SCHOOL OR MAYBE AN INDOOR KIDS' PLAY AREA LIKE THAT.

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ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO, YOU KNOW, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I'VE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, AND ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS IS MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO NEON LIGHTING OR FACADES THAT ARE FACING THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE, ETC., AS FAR AS THE RESTAURANTS.

ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR, SAY, ANY THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW SERVICES THAT THAT COMMUNITY WOULD NEED LIKE YOU KNOW ANY HIGHER-END BUSINESSES OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE FOR RETAIL OR YOU KNOW DOCTOR'S OFFICES DENTISTS ANYTHING LIKE THAT YEAH IT'S LIKE THAT AND I COMMITTED LIKE FROM MY SIDE BECAUSE THE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE ONLY LIMITED AS YOU KNOW IN THE ORDINANCE SO I COMMITTED MYSELF THAT I WILL NOT PUT LIKE LIKE A NEON SIGN OR A BAR ON THAT BUILDING FACING.

OKAY, AND NO GAS STATIONS? NO, WE CAN'T DO GAS STATION.

I MEAN, THE DEVELOPMENT HAS TO BE BUILT LIKE HOW IT HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THE PD.

WE CAN'T DEVIATE FROM THAT.

REGARDING TREES AND...

AND IN ESSENCE HEDGES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR PLACING TREES AND BARRIERS ALONG THE SIDE AND ALSO TO? SO WE HAVE TREES RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND ALSO BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THE ROAD.

SO THE EXHIBIT.

YEAH, SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT EACH BUILDING, WHEN WE HAVE THE WALKWAY IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, WE HAVE TREES THERE.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER DOUBLE ROAD TREES ON THE RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THE ACTUAL INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME TREES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY.

AND SOME LEFT BY THE GROWTH DEVELOPMENT, THE MATURE TREES, AND SOME THEY PLANTED RECENTLY.

SO IF I'M SORT OF HEARING THIS CORRECTLY, IT'S NOT THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SMALL, LIKE CONVENIENCE TYPE STORES, ETC., BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? CORRECT.

LIKE IF YOU WANT TO START A, LIKE A REALTOR COMPANY OR, YEAH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST RESTAURANTS OR? NO, WE CAN'T BECAUSE THE PARKING DOES NOT ALLOW US.

SHIVA, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD A COUPLE OF TIMES.

IN 2023, WE SENT YOU BACK AND YOU'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN IN JANUARY, WE SENT YOU BACK AGAIN TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS.

CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT YOU HAVE HAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE HOMEOWNERS IN THIS AREA AND JUST ADDRESS? THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE REGARDING THIS PROJECT.

YES, MA'AM.

SO WE HAVE TOTAL FIVE MEETINGS WHERE THE CITY STAFF WAS PRESENT, AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, MAYBE LIKE 20, 30 ATTEMPTS TO GET TO A MEETING BECAUSE OF THE HOAS ARE INVOLVED BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND US.

WE OUR FIRST COMMUNICATION TO THE HOA COMMUNITIES WAS BACK IN 2022.

SO WE HAD A JOINING IN 2023.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING THESE MEETINGS.

AND YOU'VE HAD SOME RECENT ONES REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.

YEAH, WE HAVE ONE IN JUNE AND ONE LIKE TWO DAYS AGO.

SORRY.

YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HAVE YOU SEEN THE 26? DO WE SHOW THEM THE 26 LETTERS? THE OPPOSITION? HAS HE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE? I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S DIRECTLY RECEIVED THEM, BUT THEY ARE PART OF THE AGENDA THAT IS PUBLICLY POSTED.

SO IF HE HASN'T, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT GIVEN TO HIM DIRECTLY, HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THEM ONLINE.

HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO VIEW THE 26 OPPOSITION LETTERS? I HAVE SEEN MANY OF THEM COPY-PASTE, BUT MAJORITY OF THEM, WHAT I REMEMBER, I MAY NOT BE 100% CORRECT THAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT RETAIL IN THAT CORNER.

THEY WANT THE PARK TO BE EXTENDED.

AND THEY WOULD LIKE CITY TO BUY THAT LAND AND BUILD A PARK, NO RETAIL.

THAT WAS MAJORITY OF CONCERN.

WAS THERE ANY CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK ON WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESSES IN THERE? THEY JUST DON'T WANT ANY BUSINESSES, WHAT YOU SAW.

THE INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT, YES.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A LOT OF, BECAUSE WE WERE COPIED

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ON MANY OF THESE EMAILS, AND A LOT OF THEM WERE BACK FROM JANUARY BEFORE EVEN THE FINAL PRESENTATION HAPPENED.

SO AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE, IT'S HARD TO...

IT'S HARD TO TAKE FEEDBACK OF SAYING YOU WANT TO EXPAND IT TO A PARK WHEN YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE FINAL DRAWINGS OF IT.

ADDITIONALLY, I ACTUALLY GOT MORE THAN FOUR EMAILS OF SUPPORT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING TO MAKE SURE.

SURE THAT THOSE GET ADDED AS WELL BUT I PROBABLY GOT 15 EMAILS OF SUPPORT OF THIS AFTER THEY HAD THE MEETINGS WITH YOU WHICH I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO DO IT WE HAD QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS SAYING THAT THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORTED THE PROJECT AS WELL SO I THINK UM THERE'S YOU'VE DONE MORE THAN WHAT MOST WOULD HAVE DONE TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND TRY TO COME TO A GOOD SOLUTION.

AND I THINK ALL OF THE CONCESSIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE AND WORKING WITH BOTH WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INTEGRATED WITH THE PARK ARE EXTREMELY ADMIRABLE.

SO THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT WHILE THERE'S A HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPING IN THE CITY AND ALSO LISTENING TO THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS RIGHT AND ON THE ONE HAND I AM AN INCREDIBLE PROPONENT OF PROPERTY RIGHTS IF YOU PURCHASE LAND AND YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO IS MAKING AN INVESTMENT AND YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES, THAT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

HAVING SAID THAT, THE RESIDENTS ALSO PURCHASED THEIR HOMES NEXT TO THE PLOTS OF LAND.

AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN THEY DON'T WANT A RESTAURANT FACING THEM.

THEY DON'T WANT NEON SIGNS ALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NINE TO FIVE AND NOT EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT SO THEY CAN ADEQUATELY SLEEP THAT CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS AREN'T GOING TO BE GOING IN AND OUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO DISRUPT THEIR LIVES AND IF ANYTHING THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE SO IF YOU NOTICE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS COUNCILMAN ELAD AND I HAVE BEEN ASKING HAVE BEEN IS IT JUST GOING TO BE RESTAURANTS OR IS IT GOING TO BE SERVICES THAT THAT COMMUNITY WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO, IN YOUR OPINION, THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FORCE MULTIPLIERS FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

THERE'S AN ICE CREAM SHOP THAT IS A MILE DOWN THE ROAD.

THERE ARE MANY EATERIES THAT ARE DOWN THE ROAD.

WILL YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CREATE VALUE FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND BE A POINT NOT ONLY WHERE THEY CAN GATHER BUT ALSO WHERE THEY CAN BE EMPLOYED? YES, SIR.

I KNOW WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT LINED UP FOR HERE.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. PELHAM.

YES, WE DO, MAYOR.

FIRST, AND I'LL CALL OUT TWO NAMES.

ONE, IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, IF YOU CAN LINE UP IN THE QUEUE.

BUT THE FIRST NAME I HAVE IS JORDAN PUJOL.

IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, I'M GOING TO DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT READOUT.

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY REVIEW OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE WELCOME PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE TAKING THE TIME TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT REGARDING THE AGENDA ITEM UNDER CONSIDERATION.

TO ENSURE A FAIR AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING, I ASK THAT EACH SPEAKER TO KEEP COMMENTS FOCUSED ON THE AGENDA ITEM BEFORE US, AVOID REPETITIVE REMARKS, AND SPEAK RESPECTFULLY AND OBSERVE THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM.

THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS TO HELP INFORM THE COUNCIL ON THE MATTER BEFORE US.

IT'S NOT INTENDED TO DISRUPT THE MEETING OR ADDRESS UNRELATED TOPICS.

IF COMMENTS MOVE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE AGENDA ITEM, I'LL ASK THE SPEAKER TO RETURN TO THE ITEM UNDER DISCUSSION.

CONTINUED DEVIATION MAY RESULT IN THE LOSS OR THE REMAINDER OF THE SPEAKER'S TIME.

WITH THAT, MA'AM, YOU MAY PROCEED.

OKAY, PERFECT.

MY NAME IS JORDAN PUJOL.

I LIVE AT 14604 WHIPPOORWILL LANE, FRISCO, TEXAS, AND 5035.

IT IS THE CLOSEST CORNER HOUSE WITH THE OPEN COURT FACING TOWARDS THIS BUILDING.

SO CURRENTLY, I CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THERE.

I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT YOU I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUILDERS THE LAST THREE DAYS.

EMAIL, TEXT, PHONE, I CAN FORGE YOU EVERYTHING, WHERE THEY HAVE STATED MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD STATE TONIGHT TO BE ADDED TO THIS, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE LIGHTS, NEON LIGHTING, CHANGING THE TYPE OF TREES, EVERGREEN TREES, THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THEY'RE ALLOWING IN CERTAIN BUILDINGS, AND NONE OF THAT WAS STATED BY THEM.

I WILL CONTINUE.

I SPOKE WITH YOU ALL BACK REGARDING THE OPPOSING BUILDING IN JANUARY.

WHAT WE WOULD REALLY LOVE IS OBVIOUSLY FOR THERE TO BE A PARK, RIGHT, OR AN EXTENSION OF THE PARK IN THAT LAND.

I KNOW REALISTICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO COME TO A MIDDLE GROUND.

WITH THAT BEING SAID,

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I DID ATTEND A MEETING WITH THE BUILDERS ON SUNDAY.

WHEN HAVING THIS MEETING, THE FIRST THING THAT WE KIND OF PROPOSED AS OUR MIDDLE GROUND WAS, HEY, THERE'S THREE BUILDINGS.

THE FIRST BUILDING IS NAMED AS RETAIL.

THE SECOND BUILDING, WHICH FACES MY HOUSE, IS NAMED AS RETAIL, AND THE BACK BUILDING IS FACED AS OFFICE SPACE.

HE TOLD US THAT HE'S ALLOWED TO PUT IN I THINK AROUND 9 000 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANTS OUR WORRY IS IF YOU GO DOWN THE STREET THERE ARE BRIGHT NEON SIGNS THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY BELONG IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND VERY LARGE BUT ARE VERY LARGE RESTAURANTS THAT DON'T SERVE ALCOHOL BUT STILL ARE OPEN TILL 11 12 P.M AND WE DON'T WANT THAT FACING OUR HOUSE SO OUR MAIN GOAL WITH THEM AND WHAT WE PROPOSED WAS HEY CAN WE TAKE BUILDING TWO AND MAKE THAT OFFICE SPACE SPACE.

BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, MOST DOCTOR'S OFFICES, THINGS LIKE THAT, CLOSE AT AN EARLIER TIME.

I HAVE A ONE-YEAR-OLD AT HOME.

I'M CURRENTLY PREGNANT.

MY FRONT WINDOW ACTUALLY FACES DIRECTLY INTO THIS BUILDING.

AND WHEN PROPOSING THAT, THEY SAID NO.

SO I CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS AND WE THREW OUT DIFFERENT IDEAS SUCH AS THE TREES LINING THE FULL STREET ON INDEPENDENCE THAT WOULD FACE TOWARDS OUR HOUSE BEING EVERGREEN TREES BECAUSE THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT.

THAT WAY WE AT LEAST HAVE SOME COVERAGE ALL YEAR ROUND.

AND SOME OPPOSITIONS TO DIFFERENT LIGHTING I SENT OVER AN EMAIL WITH OVER SIX DIFFERENT PHOTOS OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AROUND THE AREA TO THE BUILDERS UM OF IDEAS OF THESE LIGHTS BEING ALLOWED THESE NOT THIS ONE'S BEING NEON BACKLIGHTING SO ON AND SO FORTH UM AS WELL AS COMING TO SOME SORT OF MIDDLE GROUND ON BUSINESSES IN THAT SIDE BUILDING WITH THAT BEING SAID THEY ACTUALLY CAME BACK TO US AND THEY AGREED IN EMAIL TO US BUT HAVE NOT STATED TO YOU GUYS ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEON SIGNS AS WELL AS THE TREES.

SO I CAN STATE RIGHT HERE EXACT EMAILING FROM SHIVA WHO JUST SPOKE.

SIGNS ON BUILDINGS TOO SHALL NOT INCORPORATE EXPOSED NEON TUBING, NEON COLOR TUBES, BACKLIGHTING THAT EMITS A NEON STYLE COLOR OR APPEARANCE.

I ALSO SPOKE WITH ROLANDRIA AND ASKED HER IF THAT COULD BE ADDED AND I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THEM SAYING IF THAT COULD BE ADDED AND SHE SAID THAT HAD TO BE STATED HERE TONIGHT, WHICH THEY HAVE NOT DONE.

SECOND THING HAS TO DO WITH THE TREES.

EVERGREEN TREES WITH SCREENING CHARACTERISTICS COMPARABLE TO LIVE OAK TREES SHALL BE PLANTED ALONG INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY FOR COVERAGE ALL YEAR ROUND.

THAT WAS ALSO STATED BY THEM, AND THEY HAVE NOT STATED THAT HERE TONIGHT.

SOMETHING THEY ALSO SENT US AS AN IDEA FOR BUILDING 2 THAT WE STILL NOT HAVE AGREED ON IS STANDALONE BARS AND ALCOHOL-SERVING RESTAURANTS SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN BUILDING 2.

HOWEVER, BEER AND WINE CAN BE SERVED, BUILDING 2 RESTAURANT RESTRICTIONS.

FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS DEFINED AS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT PROVIDE WAITER AND WAITRESS SERVICE TO SEATED PATRONS SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN BUILDING TWO.

THIS RESTRICTION SHALL APPLY ONLY TO BUILDING TWO AND NOT APPLY TO OTHER PLANS IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

MY IDEA WHEN TALKING TO HIM WAS, HEY, IF WE'RE DOING KIND OF THE FAST GO, CREAMERY, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY'RE NOT SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE EARLIER.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE LESS TRAFFIC, LESS NOISE, LESS LIKELY TO PUT OUT A LARGE NEON SIGN AT NIGHT.

HE ALSO CONTINUED WITH LIMITED SERVICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE FOOD AND BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN BUILDING TWO, INCLUDING ICE CREAM, FROZEN YOGURT, GELATO, BOBA TEA, COFFEE SHOPS, CAFES, SANDWICHES, DELIS, BAKERIES, DONUT SHOPS, COOKIES, CUPCAKE SHOPS, DESSERT SHOPS, SMOOTHIES, JUICE BARS, BAGEL SHOPS, AND SIMILAR USES.

AGAIN, THIS IS THEIR WORDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN STATED TO YOU.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AT SOMEONE WHO WAS TRYING TO COME TO A MIDDLE GROUND, AND NONE OF THIS IS BEING SAID.

MA'AM, CAN YOU WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE? YES, THIS IS RIGHT AT THE END.

ALTHOUGH MY ULTIMATE STANCE WOULD BE TO NOT HAVE ANY BUILDINGS HERE, I ASK THAT IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO APPROVE ANYTHING, THAT THESE THINGS NEED TO BE INCLUDED IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OFFICE SPACE.

SELVA SIVASANKARAJ, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND THEN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THEN AFTER SELVA IS KESHULA RAO.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, MAYBE, YEAH, SECOND TIME ON THIS PODIUM TO GO AGAINST THIS PROJECT.

MAINLY ON THREE THINGS.

ONE IS THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK NEXT TO THIS PARCEL.

IF YOU CHECK ENTIRE CITY OF

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FRISCO, THERE ARE NINE COMMUNITY PARKS, BIGGER PARKS, AND THEN TOTAL 60 PARKS BASED ON, ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE.

IT COULD BE MORE, I DON'T KNOW.

NONE OF THIS NINE COMMUNITY PARKS HAVE A RETAIL ZONE NEXT TO IT.

SO OUR WORRY IS WHY THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK SHOULD HAVE A RETAIL NEXT TO IT, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, I THINK PAST TWO DISCUSSIONS WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND THE ACCIDENTS.

I THINK WE'RE TOTALLY FORGETTING ABOUT THAT AS A PARCEL, NORTH OF THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT PARCEL, 30 PLUS ACRES, ALREADY ZONED FOR RETAIL.

IF THAT COMES UP...

AND TOP UP THAT SIX ACRES OF RETAIL THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION IS GOING TO BE HUGE VULNERABILITY FOR ACCIDENTS AND TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE HUGE AND WILL QUITE AFFECT THE RESIDENTS THAT GROW THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF THE GROVE BOTH SIDES OF MAINE SPAN ACROSS ALMOST I THINK ALMOST THREE SQUARE MILES OF FRISCO AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS WE HAVE BEEN, I THINK WE TALKED TO MR. MAYOR AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL AND WE ARE HAVING BACK AND FORTH COMMUNICATION.

WE WERE TOLD THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND COME TO A MIDDLE GROUND.

SO WE SINCERELY TAKE THAT ADVICE AND WORK WITH THEM.

SO TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THREE BUILDINGS, TWO OF THEM MARKED FOR RETAIL, ONE OF THEM IS OFFICE BUILDING.

SO ALL WE SAY, FIRST...

WE SAID WE DON'T WANT IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO EXTEND THE PARK.

THEN WE'LL COME TO MIDDLE GROUND, OKAY, GO FOR IT, BUT AT LEAST SWAP THAT OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH IS CURRENTLY WEST SIDE OF THE PARCEL, TO THE EAST SIDE.

THAT WAY, ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER HERE DOESN'T HAVE TO REALLY FACE THAT RETAIL BUSINESS DAY IN, DAY OUT.

AND IT ALSO GIVES THE KIDS THE MOST CONFIDENCE AND COMFORT.

SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS CAN EASILY ACCESS A PARK.

SO WITH THIS GROUND, I WILL RECOMMEND OR I REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL TO, YOU KNOW, REJECT THIS REZONING AND PLEASE REQUEST THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH US AND SEE WHAT ARE THE OTHER IDEAS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT THE ENTIRE OFFICE BUILDING IS ANY WAY WE CAN.

YOU KNOW, CHANGE THOSE BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE OUR REQUEST.

HELLO, MY NAME IS KAUSU KELA SITAPATI RAO, KNOWN AS I GO BY KS RAO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AS WELL AS BRITTANY KOHLBERG FOR MEETING US.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY IN THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY MET THE RESIDENTS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.

SO I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO SAY MAY NOT BE PALATABLE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A FEEDBACK.

SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF IT.

I RESIDE AT 14699 WIPPERVILLE LANE.

MY HOME SITS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE PROPOSED RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

WHILE I SHARE THE DEEP CONCERNS OF MY NEIGHBORS REGARDING THIS PROJECT, I WANT TO FIRST ADDRESS THE PROCESS ITSELF, WHICH I BELIEVE.

I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO THOROUGHLY DEBATE THE MATTER AFTER OUR CITIZENS COMMENTS TONIGHT AND RECONVENE FOR A DECISION RATHER THAN USING RUSHING INTO A VOTE AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.

I ASK THIS BECAUSE DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE HEARING IT IS IT WAS FELT AS THOUGH THE COMMITTEE HAD ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS.

BEFORE EVEN HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC THEY CONDUCT AND RESPONSE TO OUR PASSIONATE PLEASE MEET PLEASE MAKE THIS BIAS PAINFULLY OBVIOUS.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE FORMAL APPROVAL PROCESS IS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED, IT HAS CRITICAL SHORTCOMINGS.

BEFORE THE COMMISSION, RESIDENTS SPEAK, BUT MEMBERS SELECTIVELY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

WE ARE GIVEN NO OPPORTUNITY TO INTERRUPT, CLARIFY, OR OFFER A REBUTTAL.

EVEN IN A COURT OF LAW, FORMAL HEARING, INDIVIDUALS ARE GRANTED A RIGHT TO RESPONSE.

INSTEAD, THE COMMITTEE DECIDED OUR FUTURE ON WHAT I FELT LIKE A WHIM WITHOUT A PROPER GRASP OF THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.

SERIOUS MATTERS LIKE THIS WARRANT A DEEP INTROSPECTION AND RIGOROUS DEBATE,

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AND I STRONGLY SUGGEST THE COUNCIL REVIEW HOW THESE APPROVALS ARE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED.

IT WAS BLATANT TO ANYONE WATCHING.

THE COMMITTEE FAVORED THE DEVELOPER FROM THE START.

WE SPOKE PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE PERILS OF THIS RETAIL OUTLET, EVEN SUGGESTED VIABLE ALTERNATIVES, BUT OUR WORDS FELL.

DEAF EARS.

WHEN WE FINALLY WAITED, BATED BREATH FOR OUR RESPONSE, WE WERE SHOCKED TO HEAR WHAT WE HEARD.

LET ME QUOTE COMMISSIONER WARREN REUSS, OPENED BY SAYING, WHEN HIS TWO SONS PLAYED BASEBALL, THEY WANTED AN ICE CREAM AFTERWARDS, BUT THERE WERE NO RETAIL NEARBY.

IT IS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING THAT AN OFFICIAL IN A RESPONSIBLE POSITION WOULD CENTER A COMMUNITY DECISION AROUND HIS PERSONAL CONVENIENCE.

FURTHERMORE, HIS STATEMENT IS FACTUALLY INCORRECT.

I THINK THE RETAIL, THE ICE CREAM IS MUCH CLOSER THAT SIDE.

JOE KENDALL BEGAN WITH A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK REMARK, DISMISSIVELY NOTING THAT THEY RECEIVED IDENTICAL EMAILS FROM MULTIPLE RESIDENTS.

IT IS STANDARD PRACTICE FOR A UNITED COMMUNITY TO USE A SHARED, WELL-DRAFTED DOCUMENT TO OUTLINE OUR CLEAR ISSUES.

HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO COUNTER EVERY OBJECTION WE RAISED.

WHEN WE BROUGHT UP THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE PROPERTY VALUES, HE SAID RETAIL WILL INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUES.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.

WHEN WE RAISED THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENTS, HE SAID ACCIDENTS HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE DRIVING HABITS, NOT BECAUSE OF THIS.

ON SAFETY ISSUES, OUR CHILDREN PLAY RIGHT ACROSS THE VIPAPURAM.

HE ACKNOWLEDGED SAFETY WAS A CONCERN, YET HE CLAIMED RETAIL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT.

ONE MEMBER DID RAISE A FEW TECHNICAL OBJECTIONS AND HE VOTED AGAINST IT.

OTHER MEMBERS? MAINTAIN STONY SILENCE AND ANOTHER MEMBER MENTIONED PROPERTY VALUES ARE DETERMINED BY PROPERTY TAX AUTHORITY.

OH, WHICH IS A FACT, WE DIDN'T KNOW, OBVIOUSLY.

WHEN ASKED DIRECTLY IF ANY MEMBER HAD ACTUALLY VISITED THE WHIPPOORWILL LANE OR EXACT PROJECTION, NOT A SINGLE MEMBER ADDRESSED IT.

THE SILENCE REFLECTS DEEPLY LACKADAISICAL APPROACH TO A MATTER THAT ALTERED OUR LIVES.

WITHOUT ANY REGARD OF A FATE, THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPER.

IT IS MY...

IT MADE OUR ATTENDANCE AND OPPOSITION FEEL ENTIRELY MEANINGLESS.

THERE IS A WELL-KNOWN SAYING IN ENGLISH, CAESAR'S WIFE MUST BE ABOVE SUSPICION.

THOSE WHO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE MUST ALWAYS DISPLAY THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRITY, FREE OF ANY DOUBT AND BIAS.

MR. MAYOR, IF IT IS WITHIN YOUR POWER, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND INSTITUTING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO THE PRACTICES AND OBJECTIVITY OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THIS IS FAR MORE, THERE IS FAR MORE THAT...

IN IT THAN MEETS THE EYE.

OTHER RESIDENTS WILL DETAIL THE SPECIFIC LOGISTICAL REASONS WHY THIS RETAIL SPACE IS WRONG FOR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING IF THIS PROJECT COMES MOVES FORWARD DESPITE OUR OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION, I CAN ASSURE YOU THE MULTIPLE FAMILIES WILL BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING FINDING A SAFER, MORE RESIDENTIAL FREE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION HOPE WE GET PROPER JUSTICE THANK YOU SHRIKANT BHIMAVARAPU AND JAYJEET MALHOTRA, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSAL.

POST RETAIL CENTER COMING RIGHT ACROSS WHERE I LIVE.

I AM AT 14675 VIPPERVILLE LANE.

IF I STAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY DOOR, LOOK TO THE LEFT, RIGHT, I'M GOING TO BE SEEING THAT PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THAT THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE ROAD.

MY CONCERNS WERE ALREADY EXPRESSED BY SOME OTHERS ALREADY TODAY, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A REPEAT.

BUT I DO BELIEVE YOU KNOW, FOR MR. THAKUR, YOU ASKED, HEY, DO YOU MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY PUT SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT ARE GOING TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER? RIGHT.

THE ANSWER WAS YES.

BUT IN REALITY, IS THAT BINDING? RIGHT.

I'M NOT SURE.

RIGHT.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE.

WHAT'S SAID HERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE BINDING.

SOME OF THESE APPROVALS MIGHT HAPPEN.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE A BOBA SHOP, COFFEE SHOP, ICE CREAM PARLORS, ETC.

BUT IN REALITY, IS THAT ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN? NOBODY KNOWS, RIGHT? NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

YOU COULD PUT RESTAURANTS IN THERE.

THERE COULD BE BIG BOX TRUCKS

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DRIVING THROUGH ALL THESE VEHICLES DRIVING INTO THE PROPERTY.

LOTS OF NOISES.

IT COULD BE ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T CONTROL THAT.

SO YOUR APPROVAL IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE YOU KNOW PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY LIKE THIS IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER RETAIL CENTERS IN FRISCO THE PROXIMITY TO THE HOMES A LOT OF THEM HAVE LIKE LOTS OF TREE COVERAGE, LOTS OF PHYSICAL BARRIERS LIKE WALLS, BUT THE PARTICULAR, I DON'T SEE THE PICTURE UP HERE, BUT I WISH YOU PUT THAT PICTURE OF HOW CLOSE AND IN PROXIMITY IT IS, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT CUL-DE-SAC AGAINST THIS PROPERTY.

THE BUILDER, THE GROVE BUILDER, OBVIOUSLY ON THE OTHER ENDS WHEN THEY PUT, YOU KNOW, SOME SPACE IN BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE HOMES, THEY DIDN'T DO THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SIDE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES US ALL MAD.

YOU KNOW THIS PROPERTY IS RIGHT ABUTTING YOU KNOW OUR HOMES AND THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO DROP AS A RESULT THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS ARE REAL BUT YOU KNOW REALISTICALLY SPEAKING WE'VE GOT ALL THESE CENTERS IN FRISCO IN DIFFERENT SPOTS AND RIGHT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A SERIOUS CONCERN I'M LESS WORRIED ABOUT THAT I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PROPERTY ABUTTING THIS YOU KNOW SET OF HOMES THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S MY BIG CONCERN.

SO I AM IN OPPOSITION.

PLEASE GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY BY REJECTING THIS PROPOSAL TODAY TO WORK WITH THE BUILDER TO FIND BETTER USES FOR THIS PROPERTY TO PUT SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HILL AND MEMBERS OF THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JAGJIT MALHOTRA.

I'M A RESIDENT OF GROVE FRISCO, AND I'M ALSO CHAIR OF THE COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNITY.

I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RESIDENTS TO BUY A HOME IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

I'M ALSO THE ADMIN OF THE FACEBOOK GROUP, WHATSAPP GROUP, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE IS NOT A SINGLE RESIDENT WHO? WHO HAS SPOKEN IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY.

ONLY ONE POST WAS SEEN ON THE WHATSAPP GROUP WHERE AN ARTICLE WAS POSTED THAT THE GOVERNOR, LIKE THERE IS A LEGISLATION AND THIS CAN BECOME ANYTHING.

EXCEPT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 800 MEMBERS ON WHATSAPP GROUP, NOTHING ELSE HAS WRITTEN ANYTHING AGAINST, IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

I WILL ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THERE ARE TWO RESIDENTS WHICH ARE WITHIN THE 200 FEET OF THIS REZONING AND BOTH OF THOSE TWO RESIDENTS THEY ARE PRESENT HERE AGAINST OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT.

ON WHIPPOOR LANE WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS REZONING THERE ARE 14 RESIDENTS WHICH ARE CLOSER AND OUT OF 14 10 ARE PRESENT HERE.

CAN YOU PLEASE STAND UP? SO THESE ARE THE CLOSEST AND THESE ARE AGAINST.

AND FOR YOUR RECORD, I WILL PUT THIS ON THE RECORD SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THIS.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, I WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

FRISCO HAS SEEN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN THE LAST TWO DECADES.

I WILL ALSO LIKE TO MENTION A VERY UNIQUE BACKGROUND.

I'M A PROUD U.S.

CITIZEN AND MY ELDER SON PROUDLY SERVES DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

I ORIGINALLY COME FROM CHANDIGARH.

IT'S CALLED THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S THE ONLY PLANNED CITY IN INDIA.

IT WAS DESIGNED BY A FRENCH ARCHITECT, LEE CARBOUZE, AND THIS CITY IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS THOUGHTFUL URBAN PLANNING AND HARMONIOUS BALANCE OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND RECREATIONAL SPACES.

ALTHOUGH MY EDUCATION BACKGROUND IS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT RATHER THAN ARCHITECT GROWING UP, A CAREFULLY PLANNED CITY TAUGHT ME A LESSON THAT HAS STAYED WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE.

AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

EVERY LAND USE HAS ITS PLACE, BUT NOT EVERY LAND USE BELONG AT EVERY LOCATION.

I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE VIDEOS OF MY CITY, CHANDIGARH, WITH JOHN LETTNER, WHO'S PRESENT HERE.

GROWING UP IN A, AND HE WAS IMPRESSED BY ITS THOUGHTFUL PLANNING.

IT REINFORCED MY BELIEF THAT GREAT CITIES ARE BUILT BY ENSURING.

THAT RIGHT DEVELOPMENT IS IN THE RIGHT LOCATION.

LAST FRIDAY, RESIDENTS OF GROVE AND LIBERTY CROSSING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MAYOR HILL AND COUNCILWOMAN BETTY KOHLBERG.

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DURING THAT MEETING, MAYOR HILL SHARED A MESSAGE THAT RESONATED WITH MANY OF US.

THE BEST SOLUTION IS THE ONE WHERE BOTH SIDES ARE A LITTLE UNHAPPY RATHER THAN ONE SIDE BEING COMPLETELY HAPPY AND OTHER COMPLETELY UNHAPPY.

IF ITS PROJECT IS APPROVED AS IT IS, THIS WILL MAKE ALL THE REASONS VERY UNHAPPY WE I WE WILL AGREE TO APPROVAL OF THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IF BUILDING TWO WHICH FACES THE GROVE SHOULD BE LIMITED TO OFFICE USE ONLY NO RETAIL OR RESTAURANT USE SHOULD BE PERMITTED IN THIS BUILDING ALSO WE WE WANT ENHANCED LANDSCAPING WHICH CAN BE DONE AND ALSO I WANT TO MENTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING RETAIL AT GARDNER AND CUSTER ROLATOR ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES OF RETAIL IS ALREADY JOINED ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND INDEPENDENCE, ANOTHER 52 ACRES ON MAIN AND CUSTER ROAD.

THEREFORE, IF THE COUNCIL IS INCLINED TO APPROVE THE REJOINING, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE PLANNED DOCUMENT BE REVISED AND INCORPORATE THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION, PARTICULARLY LIMITING BUILDING 2 TO OFFICE USE ONLY.

ALONG WITH AGREED BUFFERING LANDSCAPING AND SIGNAGE ENHANCEMENT TO BETTER PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE BELIEVE THIS IS A FAIR AND BALANCED COMPROMISE AS YOU CONSIDER THIS REZONING REQUEST I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO FOCUS NOT ONLY WHAT CAN BE BUILT THERE BUT WHAT SHOULD BE BUILT THERE THE DECISION YOU MAKE TONIGHT WILL SHAPE THIS AREA FOR GENERATION TO COME THANKFUL THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS AND AND AND YOU'RE.

CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING THE QUALITY THAT MAKES FRISCO ONE OF THE FINEST COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANDREA SIEGLING AND AFTER ANDREA WILLIAM SINGER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A RESIDENT WHO REMAINS OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED MULTI-USE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND GROWTH IS INEVITABLE, I BELIEVE GROWTH SHOULD BE THOUGHTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, AND REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IT AFFECTS.

THE PROJECT WILL DEFINITELY INCREASE TRAFFIC AT AN INTERSECTION THAT ALREADY EXPERIENCES FREQUENT CONGESTION AND ACCIDENTS.

IT WILL ALSO BRING ADDITIONAL NOISE, LIGHTING, AND RESTAURANT ODORS DIRECTLY NEXT TO OUR HOMES IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE EVERY DAY WHAT MAKES THIS PROPOSAL EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY IS SURROUNDED BY 21 EXISTING OR RECENTLY COMPLETED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS OFFERING THE VERY SAME TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED HERE MANY OF THOSE SPACES REMAIN VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED WE SIMPLY DON'T NEED ANOTHER STRIP CENTER WITH MORE OF THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER CORNER.

THE PROPERTY SITS NEXT TO A SPORTS COMPLEX SLASH PARK.

IF DEVELOPMENT WERE TRULY NECESSARY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT COMPLEMENTS THOSE FACILITIES, SUCH AS AN INDOOR BATTING CAGE, AN INDOOR TURF FIELD, OR PERHAPS THE BEST OPTION IS TO LEAVE IT OPEN GREEN SPACE.

NOT EVERY AVAILABLE PIECE OF LAND HAS TO BECOME ANOTHER CONCRETE DEVELOPMENT.

THERE IS VALUE IN PRESERVING GRASS BENEATH OUR FEET AND MAINTAINING OPEN SPACES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

ALTHOUGH PLANNING AND ZONING HAS ALREADY APPROVED THIS PROJECT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE DEVELOPER AND THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO HONOR THE REASONABLE CHANGES THAT RESIDENTS HAVE REQUESTED.

WE ARE NOT AGAINST PROGRESS.

WE ARE ASKING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT THAT PRIORITIZES SAFETY, PRESERVES OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND REFLECTS WHAT THIS COMMUNITY TRULY NEEDS.

I CONCUR WITH JORDAN WHEN SHE GOT UP AND SPOKE.

WE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER ON SUNDAY.

HE'S MENTIONED NOTHING THAT WE DISCUSSED AS FAR AS TRYING TO COME UP WITH WHAT MARK AND BRITTANY SAID ON FRIDAY ABOUT A LITTLE BIT UNHAPPY ON BOTH SIDES.

HE COMPLETELY IGNORED ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON SUNDAY, AND IT FEELS LIKE A STAB IN THE BACK THAT WE'RE STANDING HERE TRYING TO PLEAD OUR CASE.

THE OTHER COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT, IF I COULD PUT A GAS STATION HERE, I WOULD SELL IT TOMORROW.

IT'S ONLY ABOUT THE MONEY.

THAT'S ALL IT IS.

AND IF IT'S NOT IN THE ORDINANCES AND HE SELLS IT, THEN THE NEXT PERSON CAN COME IN AND PUT ANYTHING THAT HE WANTS IN ANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS.

WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR WHEN WE BOUGHT THE LEVEL OF HOME WE BOUGHT TO HAVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

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GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS WILLIAM SINGER, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THESE PEOPLE FROM THE GROVE AND THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

TO OPPOSE THE REORDERED REZONING OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY AND MAIN STREET.

ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE INTERSECTION OF INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY AND MAIN STREET IS ALREADY HEAVILY TRAVELED.

ADDING A RETAIL CENTER WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BRING MORE TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS TO AN AREA THAT INCLUDES HAROLD BACKUS PARK, PRESTON TRAIL COMMUNITY CHURCH, A FUTURE ISC SITE.

AND THE MANY RESIDENTS WHO REGULARLY WALK AND BIKE THROUGH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS IS SIMPLY THE WRONG LOCATION TO ADD ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.

SECONDLY, THIS PROJECT IS REALLY UNNECESSARY.

THERE'S ALREADY A SUCCESSFUL RETAIL CENTER A HALF A MILE AWAY THAT SERVES OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND FRISCO HAS VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY INCLUDING THE CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND CUSTER WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN PROPERLY ZONED.

WE'VE ALL SEEN BUSINESSES OPEN ONLY TO CLOSE BECAUSE THE MARKET IS BECOMING OVERLY SATURATED WITH SIMILAR BUSINESSES.

ADDING MORE RETAIL HERE DOESN'T SOLVE A PROBLEM.

IT ACTUALLY CREATES ANOTHER ONE.

LASTLY, PRESERVING THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER.

THE AREA IS SURROUNDED BY ESTABLISHED HIGH-QUALITY NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, CHURCHES, AND SCHOOLS.

FAMILIES INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS PEACEFUL, IT HAS A RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.

IT IS AN OPEN CORRIDOR AND PROVIDES A BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMPLEMENTS HAROLD BACKUS PARK.

REPLACING IT WITH COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS, DELIVERY TRAFFIC, ILLUMINATED SIGNS, WOULD PERMANENTLY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA AND WHAT OUR RESIDENTS VALUE MOST.

INSTEAD OF ANOTHER SHOPPING CENTER, THIS PROPERTY COULD BECOME SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS GENERATIONS OF FISCAL RESIDENTS, AN EXPANSION OF THE PARK, ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL AMENITIES, A COMMUNITY CENTER, OR FACILITIES THAT SERVE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND SENIORS.

FRISCO'S GROWTH IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE, BUT THE GROWTH SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

THIS DECISION IS SIMPLY NOT ABOUT ZONING.

IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY, PRESERVING ONE OF FRISCO'S PREMIER RESIDENTIAL CORRIDORS, AND MAKING A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT THAT TRULY SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.

ON BEHALF OF THE MANY RESIDENTS OF THE GROVE AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES I ALSO ASK YOU RESPECTFULLY TO DENY THE REZONING OF THIS AREA THANK YOU WE CAN HAVE MALIK SHAW COME UP AND GIANTE RAJAR FOLLOW I GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS MALIK SHAH.

I LIVE AT 14764 BIPUWA LANE ON THE GROVE.

I'M JOINED WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE BIPUWA LANE THAT YOU SAW AS WELL.

I ATTENDED THE JANUARY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING EARLIER THIS SUMMER FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING.

I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL DEFER ACTION ON THIS REZONING RATHER THAN APPROVE IT TONIGHT.

WE THE RESIDENTS BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT TIME OR OPPORTUNITY FOR MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT AND DISCUSSION REGARDING SEVERAL IMPORTANT CONCERNS.

BY NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THIS PROPOSAL, INCLUDING ISSUES SUCH AS TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, DENSITY, BUFFERING, EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE OVERALL CHARACTER OF THE AREA.

WHILE CONVERSATIONS HAVE STARTED, WE DO NOT FEEL THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE PROGRESSED ENOUGH FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE A FULLY INFORMED DECISION TONIGHT.

WE CAN'T EVEN SEEM TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE FROM WHAT WE DISCUSSED TWO DAYS AGO.

A DEFERRAL WOULD PROVIDE SEVERAL IMPORTANT BENEFITS.

IT WOULD ALLOW RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS ADDITIONAL TIME TO MEET AND DISCUSS CONCERNS IN A PRODUCTIVE MANNER, HOPEFULLY THAN WHAT WE DID ON SUNDAY.

IT WOULD CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS OR CONDITIONS THAT MAY ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.

IT WOULD HELP BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST.

ENSURING THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS FEEL THEIR VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD, IT WOULD ENABLE COUNCIL TO MAKE A DECISION WITH THE BENEFIT OF A MORE COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

THIS REQUEST IS NOT ABOUT DELAYING FOR THE SAKE OF DELAY.

IT IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT A DECISION WITH LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS MADE AFTER ADEQUATE REVIEW AND MEANINGFUL CONSIDERATION.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COUNCIL DEFER THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING AND ENCOURAGE CONTINUED DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER, CITY STAFF, AND AFFECTED RESIDENTS DURING THAT TIME.

THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO, MANY WHO ARE HERE AND MANY WHO ARE EVEN WATCHING, WHO ARE JOINING ME, THAT SAYING THAT THEIR VOICES MATTER, THAT THE COUNCIL HASN'T ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MIND.

I KNOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL FOR THE DEVELOPER WHO HAVE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

IT'S VERY SAD.

BUT I URGE THE COUNCIL TO ALSO FEEL FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE DELIVERED THE IMPACT OF THE COUNCIL'S DECISION AND WHO HAVE ATTENDED TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN KOHLBERG, WHO STILL SEEMS

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TO GET HER EMAILS EVEN AFTER JANUARY, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE FOR THE OPPOSITION.

NO ONE ELSE SEEMS TO.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, TO CORRECT CITY STAFF AS WELL, THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS, BUT JUST ONE INITIAL ONE THAT'S STARTING ON SUNDAY.

THANK YOU TO THE INITIAL NUDGE BY MAYOR HILL AND COUNCILWOMAN KOHLBERG.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, AND CONSIDERATION FOR THIS REQUEST.

JOSE DUARTE AND PAUL JESSEN AFTERWARDS.

I WAS UP NEXT.

YES, YOU'RE NEXT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JAYANTH, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF 14603 VIPURVILLE LANE.

MY HOME IS CLOSEST TO THE PROPOSED RESORT.

ZONING SITE.

I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT TO EXPRESS STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING REQUEST.

WHEN MY FAMILY PURCHASED OUR HOME, WE CHOSE THIS SPECIFIC CORNER LOT AND PAID A PREMIUM FOR THE QUIET RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF OUR LOCAL PARK.

NOWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY OF FRISCO DO WE HAVE A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY NEXT TO A PUBLIC PARK.

WE INVESTED IN FRISCO BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S HIGH STANDARDS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE, PLACING COMMERCIAL RETAIL DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ESTABLISHED SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO A PARK CREATES SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS FIRST NOISE ODOR AND LIGHT NUISANCE COMMERCIAL RETAIL INTRODUCES EARLY MORNING DELIVERIES LATE NIGHT DUMPSTER SERVICE PERSISTENT OUTDOOR LIGHTING AND FOOD SERVICE ORDERS THESE ELEMENTS DIRECTLY AFFECT RESIDENTIAL LIVING SPACES AND BACKYARDS.

VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS FROM THE PLANNED PARKING SPOTS WILL DIRECTLY BEAM INTO OUR LIVING ROOMS AND KITCHENS.

SECONDLY, PARK SAFETY AND TRAFFIC HAZARDS.

THE PARK IS A DAILY HUB FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION.

INTRODUCING RETAIL TRAFFIC, DELIVERY VEHICLES AND CONSTANT TURNING MOVEMENTS DIRECTLY NEXT TO A PARK CREATES AN UNACCEPTABLE SAFETY RISK.

WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO FRISCO'S GROWTH BUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MUST BELONG IN DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS NOT ENCROACHING INTO ESTABLISHED PARKFRONT RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PRESERVE OUR PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTS, AND DENY REZONING REQUEST Z250009.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LEADERSHIP, AND THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I'M JOSE DUARTE AND I'M A FRISCO RESIDENT.

I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF THE GROVE, BUT I LIVE IN ANOTHER COIT ROAD, BUT I STILL, YOU KNOW, CARE ABOUT FRISCO AND ITS DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE REASON, WELL, FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE POLLY BIRICA. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING HIS NAME RIGHT, BECAUSE, WELL, WHATEVER HE WAS 20 YEARS WORKING RIGHT YEAH SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND I WISH HE STAYED BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HIS OPINION ABOUT THIS I ALSO WANT TO THANK JASON BECAUSE THE RAIL DISTRICT IS LOOKING GOOD UH BUT YEAH I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT FRISCO IS RUNNING OUT OF LAND OUT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND TO BE MORE SPECIFIC SO FRISCO DIDN'T BECOME ONE OF NORTH TEXAS MOST DESIRABLE CITIES BY ACCEPTING DEVELOPMENT THAT MERELY MEETS MINIMUM STANDARDS.

ITS SUCCESS COMES FROM EXPECTING IMPORTANT SITES TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S QUALITY, IDENTITY AND LONG-TERM VALUE.

I AM NOT OPPOSING PRODUCTIVE COMMERCIAL USE BECAUSE I THINK REZONING CAN PUT THIS VALUABLE CORNER TO WORK.

I ALSO RECOGNIZE WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS DONE WELL.

THE PROPOSAL CREATES CENTRAL OPEN GREEN SPACE LIKE A COURTYARD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IMPROVES THE ASPECT OF THE CITY, AND IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS ENJOY.

AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN PATHS THAT CONNECT WITH BACCHUS PARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT, BACCHUS PARK.

ONE RESIDENT MENTIONED COMMUNITY PARKS IN FRISCO DON'T HAVE A RETAIL SPACE NEXT TO IT.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND HIS POINT.

THE THING IS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO THINK MORE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS.

IMAGINE HAVING THE PARK AND THEN HAVING SOME RETAIL SPACE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ICE

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CREAM SHOPS YOU WERE MENTIONING, HAVING THAT PLUS.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT FACING THE PARK.

SO RIGHT AFTER YOU WALK AND YOU JUST HANG AROUND IN THE PARK, YOU CAN JUST WALK AND GO TO THAT RETAIL AREA AND BUY SOMETHING THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO YOUR CAR AND HAVING TO DRIVE.

THIS WILL MAKE THE CITY MORE WALKABLE, WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE SOMETHING FRISCO AIMS FOR BECAUSE IF WE THINK ABOUT IT, THE GREATEST CITIES IN THE WORLD ARE USUALLY WALKABLE.

WE PAY TO GO TO EUROPE, WE PAY TO GO TO DISNEYLAND.

AND THINK ABOUT THAT, LIKE THOSE ARE ALL WALKABLE SPACES.

ALSO, ANOTHER RESIDENT MENTIONS THAT WE ARE NOT HEARD, THAT WE CAN'T EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS, BUT THEN NOTHING HAPPENS.

I THINK YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT.

I WANT TO SAY TO MAYOR MARK HILL THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY HERE BECAUSE THIS WAS A DREAM FOR YOU TO BECOME FRISCO MAYOR AND IMPROVE THE CITY.

SO WORKING TOGETHER WITH RESIDENTS AND ALSO INVESTORS WITH A PRIVATE HAND.

UH TO MAKE THE CITY GREAT I THINK IS WHAT WE SHOULD AIM FOR AS A GREAT CITY IF WE WANT TO COMPETE WITH YOU KNOW OTHER CITIES CAROLTON PLANO WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THEM LIKE SOME SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT STREET MALLS AND I TOTALLY AGREE LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING HERE WHAT WHAT DO YOU SEE YOU SEE HOUSES HOUSES HOUSES A STREET MALL PARKING LOT LIKE PARKING SPOTS AND THAT'S BASICALLY LIKE CONCRETE SO I THINK HERE IN FRISCO WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE THE CITY MORE LIKE USE THE LAND LIKE BE MORE SMART WHEN USING THE LAND WHEN DEVELOPING IT.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THIS TO GET RID OF A BIG PART OF THE PARKING LOTS, I WAS THINKING AND I WAS ANALYZING OTHER EXAMPLES ABOUT A PARKING GARAGE THAT WILL.

KIND OF SQUEEZE THE SPACE INTO A SMALLER AREA SMALLER BUILDING AND HAVE MORE PARKING SPOTS INSIDE OF THAT SO WE CAN HAVE THE REMAINING LAND THAT WE'RE FREEING UP BY BUILDING A PARKING GARAGE AND USE USE THAT TO BUILD MORE GREEN SPACES THAT RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY.

AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE LADY THAT SHE SAID THAT SHE LIVES IN THE CORNER LOT THAT FACES THAT RETAIL AREA, I THINK THAT SHE WILL PROBABLY ENJOY HAVING LIKE A VIEW OF A PLAZA OR SOMETHING REALLY NICE, RATHER THAN JUST STORES AND PARKING SPOTS AND CARS JUST PARKED THERE, PROBABLY.

AND ABOUT THE NEON LIGHTS, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST NOT ALLOW THAT AS A CITY.

I MEAN, IT DEPENDS, OF COURSE, BUT SOMETIMES I SEE SOME STORES THAT HAVE THESE GREEN NEON LIGHTS, REALLY BRIGHT.

THEY LOOK REALLY BAD.

BUT YEAH, I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING THAT...

HOLD ON.

YEAH, JUST A SECOND.

I KNOW MY TIME IS OVER.

SO MY REQUEST IS SPECIFIC.

PLEASE TABLE C25-0009 RATHER THAN DIRECT PREPARATION OF THE ORDINANCE IN ITS CURRENT FORM AND ASK THE APPLICANT AND STAFF TO RETURN WITH A COMPARATIVE CONCEPT EVALUATING STRUCTURE PARKING.

MAYBE A TWO-STORY COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDINGS LET'S LET'S WRAP IT UP PLEASE AND YEAH AND STRONGER PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO BACKERS PARK AND REVISED ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITS THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR GOOD JOB.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I THINK THIS EVENING HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE WONDERFUL UH PIGGYBACK ON THE BIRTHDAY OF AMERICA 250 YEARS WHERE IN THE WORLD CAN YOU GO AND HAVE CITIZENS COME TO THOSE WHO ARE IN POWER SPEAK TO POWER AND SAY HERE HERE THESE ARE OUR CONCERNS AND THEY HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS THEY HAVE BEEN CLEAR THEY HAVE BEEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE AND I WANT TO COME IN I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY IN THE GROVE NEVER MET ANYBODY IN THE GROVE I LIVE THERE NOW WELL DEPENDING ON WHAT BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY DO UM MY CONCERN, I LOOKED AT THIS AGENDA ITEM, I THOUGHT, WOW, I PUT DOWN ALL THESE DIFFERENT NUMBERS BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE SAME THING.

AND IT'S THE CONCEPT OF REZONING, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, ET CETERA.

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AND I'VE WATCHED THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS COMING TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND I'M SEEING A WRESTLING WITH THIS.

AND SOME CITIZENS HAVE SAID, WHAT DOES SUP REALLY MEAN? IS IT REALLY SPECIAL USE PERMIT? OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

IT'S SCREW YOU, PAL.

WE WANT WHAT WE WANT WHEN WE WANT IT, MEANING INVESTORS, POLITICIANS, OTHER PEOPLE.

AND PROBABLY THE BEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS THOSE MAKING THE DECISION, GO TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT I REMEMBER WHEN THE, IT WAS.

ROCK, NO, PLACE WHERE THE BIG WAREHOUSE WAS GOING IN.

AND THEY ASKED FOR A DEFERMENT.

AND THE COUNCIL, WISELY IN MY OPINION, GAVE THE DEFERMENT NOT TO MAKE THE DECISION THEN.

THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SOME CITIZENS IN THE CITY THINK THAT THE SUP AND OTHER KIND OF REZONING THINGS ARE SCREW YOU, PAL, IS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT BEING DONE, AND THESE WERE BROUGHT OUT TONIGHT.

THERE REALLY HAS TO BE CLARITY IN TERMS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

I BOUGHT HOMES DIFFERENT PLACES, AND THE ONE QUESTION I ALWAYS ASKED FIRST WAS, WHERE IS THE 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BUY ANYWHERE IN THAT AREA.

I WANT TO BE ABOVE THE FLOODPLAIN.

SO PEOPLE BUY THIS.

I USED TO LIVE IN THE PHILLIPS CREEK RANCH, AND PEOPLE WERE ASSURED, NO PROBLEM.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT KIND OF THING BACK THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE, OH NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

NEXT THING THEY KNOW, THEY GOT WALMART AS THEIR BACKYARD.

AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY THERE AFTER THAT.

AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT SAID, HEY, WE INVESTED IT BECAUSE OF THIS, AND BECAUSE OF THIS, AND BECAUSE OF THIS.

AND WHAT'S BEING SAID TONIGHT, TOO, IS THEY'RE NOT BEING LISTENED TO IN CERTAIN PLACES.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THREE THINGS.

THINGS COULD BE ESTABLISHED.

ONE, CLEAR SPECIFICS THAT BUYING HOMES AROUND AN AREA, THIS AREA WILL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER BE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS SCREW UPAL, I MEAN, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT COMES IN, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED? THEN SECONDLY, TIMING.

I THINK THE TIMING, GREAT REQUEST TONIGHT.

LET'S PUT THIS OFF.

LET'S NOT MAKE THIS DECISION TONIGHT.

THERE'S MORE THAT'S GOT TO BE DONE.

I REALLY THINK THAT THE POOR DEVELOPER, I MEAN...

SAID THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS, AND DIDN'T SHOW UP, DIDN'T DO IT, HASN'T SAID WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE GROVE ARE STUCK WITH THAT.

SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT GETS TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT'S LISTENED TO.

AND THEN OPENNESS.

THE CONCERN FOR SOME THAT I HEARD TONIGHT WAS THE PRE-DECISION OF THE COUNCIL.

A PRE-DECISION NO MATTER WHAT IT SAID NO WHATEVER WHATEVER IT SAID MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND VERY QUIETLY VERY NICELY WONDERFULLY SWEETLY LISTEN TO EVERYBODY AND THEN SCREW YOU PAL SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN SOME GREAT REASONS AND GREAT SITUATIONS.

LET'S NOT DO IT TONIGHT.

LET'S WAIT UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THE PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER.

OKAY, THIS WE CAN DO.

AND THEN MAKE CLEAR IN THE FUTURE, NEVER, THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO HERE AND NOT HAVE THESE THINGS ALL OF A SUDDEN SURPRISING RESIDENTS.

I WANT TO COMMEND THEM.

I THINK THEY SPOKE WELL.

THEY WERE REASONABLE.

I KNOW HOW I VOTE.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO OPPOSE VOTING FOR THAT TONIGHT AND WAITING TILL THE RIGHT THINGS COME TOGETHER BEFORE THAT DECISION IS MADE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

JUST WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

SRIKANTH KROTHAPAS AND BAMSI KADALI.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SRIKANTH KROTHAPAS.

I LIVE AT 5867 AYLWARD DRIVE, FRISCO, TEXAS.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE...

SIR, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? THANK YOU.

I LIVE AT 5867 ELBERT DRIVE, FRISCO, TEXAS.

AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

AND WE FEEL THIS, THE RETAIL NEXT TO THIS PARK WOULD ENHANCE THE PARK USE,

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LIKE THE PARK USERS COMING TO THE, LIKE A FAMILY COMING TO THE PARK WOULD GET THEIR NECESSITY SERVICES OR LIKE GETTING A COFFEE OR ICE CREAM.

AND THIS CREATES A COMPLETE COMMUNITY DESTINATION.

LIKE PARKS ATTRACT THE FAMILIES, LIKE CYCLISTS, WALKERS AND OTHER SPORTS PERSONS.

NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL PROVIDES CONVENIENT PLACES TO GRAB A COFFEE OR ICE CREAM OR A LUNCH OR EVERYDAY NECESSITIES.

INSTEAD OF MAKING ANOTHER VEHICLE TRIP ELSEWHERE, RESIDENTS CAN GET MULTIPLE NEEDS IN ONE PLACE.

SO I THINK THIS RETAIL WOULD BE A VERY GOOD ADDITION TO THE PARK AND IT COMPLEMENTS EACH OTHER.

AND I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS KAMSI KODALI.

I LIVE NEAR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

ADDRESS IS 10967 GRANDSTONE MANOR, FRISCO, TEXAS.

I SUPPORT THIS RETIRED PLANNED OPEN BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WILL BE A POSITIVE ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY, NEARBY COMMUNITIES ALSO.

SINCE IT'S CLOSE TO THE PARK, FAMILIES CAN EASILY WALK OVER TO ENJOY AN ICE CREAM, PIZZA, OR AFTER THE GAME, HANG OUT, OR WHERE THE KIDS ARE PLAYING GAMES.

PARENTS CAN SIT THERE, WAIT FOR THE KIDS TO COME, WALK TO THE RETAIL CENTER, GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT AND THEN GO BACK HOME.

YOU STOP DRIVING A COUPLE OF MILES TRYING TO GET FOOD OR ICE CREAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ALSO, I DO AGREEMENTS, EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE THE PROJECT INCLUDES CLEAR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WILL NOT ALLOW CERTAIN USES WHICH WILL HELP PROTECT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE NO GAS STATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST.

AND OUR FINAL BLUE CARD FOR TONIGHT IS DANIEL ELMER.

IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS DAN ELMER.

I LIVE AT 5589 BROOK HILL LANE HERE IN FRISCO.

SORRY I'M WEARING A HAT TONIGHT.

I GOT A BAD HAIRCUT SO PLEASE DON'T RECORD ME FROM ABOVE TONIGHT.

WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO FRISCO IN 2019, WE LIVED IN A LITTLE HOUSE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF FRISCO.

WHEN YOU WALKED OUT MY FRONT YARD, THERE WAS ONE ROW OF HOUSES, AN ALLEYWAY, AND THEN THE CITY OF LITTLE ELM.

ONE MORNING, I WALKED OUT MY FRONT DOOR, AND THERE WAS A STRIP MALL BEING ERECTED RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ALLEY.

YOU KNOW, I'LL CALL IT SIX MONTHS, I DON'T HAVE A SIX MONTHS, A YEAR LATER, THERE WAS A BIG NEON SIGN THAT SAID LIQUOR KING.

AND IT DROVE ME NUTS EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I WALKED OUT MY FRONT DOOR.

I'M DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT ALL Y'ALL'S FAULT, I'M BLAMING LITTLE ELM ON THAT SINCE THEY APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT.

AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT FROM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ANGLE.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND PLANNING AND THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO AND INVEST IN.

WE LOVE THE CITY OF FRISCO.

MY FAMILY AND I, YOU KNOW, WE MET IN KANSAS CITY.

WE MOVED HERE IN 2019.

WE'VE BEEN DEEPLY ENGAGED IN OUR CITY.

WE'VE INVESTED IN OUR CITY EVERYWHERE WE'VE LIVED.

A DREAM THAT WE HAVE IS TO OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE IN FRISCO.

I WANT TO JUST KIND OF STEP BACK AND REMIND PEOPLE ON THE DAIS TONIGHT OF THE FACTS.

THIS CAME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2023.

PLANNING AND ZONING TURNED IT DOWN.

RECENTLY I FOUND MYSELF SPEAKING PASSIONATELY AT A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, WHICH I OFTEN DO, AND WITH A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS WITH A DEVELOPMENT GOING IN OFF OF 423 AND LONE STAR RANCH.

AND ONE OF THE MAGIC THINGS ABOUT FRISCO IS FROM THE TIME THAT THE MEETING OCCURRED, JOHN AND HIS STAFF DID THEIR THING.

THE DEVELOPER CONNECTED WITH THE RESIDENTS, CONNECTED WITH JOHN, AND THEY FIGURED OUT A WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP AND MAKE THINGS WORK.

IT SHOULDN'T BE LOST ON ANYBODY THAT THAT'S THE REALITY IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WE OPERATE IN FRISCO.

I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE NARRATIVE, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ZONING CHANGES GET A LOT OF ATTENTION AT THE LAST MINUTE ON THE FIVE-YARD LINE I DON'T LIKE THE NARRATIVE THAT I KEEP HEARING IN THE CITY WHICH IS THIS IS A SURPRISE AND IT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IT'S VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS AND IT'S LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT LIQUOR KING SIGN DROVE ME NUTS BUT AS AS AN INVESTOR AS SOMEONE WHO HOPES TO OWN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY HERE

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IN FRISCO WHEN I TALK WITH DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS WHO ARE DECIDING WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE SAMSUNG AT T THOSE THOSE KINDS OF BUSINESSES ONE OF THE THINGS THEY NEED IS PREDICTABILITY AND WHEN YOU ESTABLISH A COURSE OF DEALING WITH AN APPLICANT OVER THE COURSE OF MULTIPLE YEARS AND THEN CHANGE THE GAME.

ON THE FIVE YARD LINE THAT'S A REALLY SERIOUS CONCERN THAT I HAVE AS SOMEONE WHO WHOSE FAMILY HOPES TO INVEST IN THE CITY I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE RIGHT DECISION TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE I'M NOT SAYING THE RIGHT DECISION IS TO DENY BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK COUNCIL TO WORK WITH STAFF AND WITH PLANNING AND ZONING TO LET'S TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT SO THAT THERE'S NOT SURPRISES AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO ARE CONSIDERING THE REAL IMPACT TO THE INVESTABILITY OF THE CITY WHEN PROJECTS GET GET A LOT OF NOISE AROUND THEM AT THE VERY END AFTER MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE YEARS OF DILIGENT WORK BY STAFF WITH THE APPLICANT, A STRAIGHT ZONING APPROVAL IN 2023 WOULD HAVE MEANT A GAS STATION ABSOLUTELY CAN GO THERE.

IT WOULD HAVE MEANT MORE DENSITY.

IT WOULD HAVE MEANT MUCH LESS RESTRICTION.

AND SO ABSOLUTELY GET THIS DECISION RIGHT.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE CREATE A PROCESS THAT'S MORE PREDICTABLE, CONSISTENT, AND STABLE FOR EVERYBODY SO THAT WE MAINTAIN FRISCO AS AN INVESTABLE PLACE FOR FOLKS TO DEVELOP HIGH-QUALITY THINGS.

SALINA'S GOING FAST.

MCKINNEY'S GOING FAST.

PROSPER'S GOING FAST.

AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT FRISCO AS A PLACE WHERE MY INVESTMENT'S GOING TO GET HUNG UP.

AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

Y'ALL ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT TONIGHT.

THIS IS A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION FOR YOU ON THE DAIS, SO I'M REALLY GLAD IT'S YOU AND NOT ME.

THANKS.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

SO WE HAVE OUR FINAL FINAL BLUE CARD FOR TONIGHT, PANKAJ BAMER.

HELLO, HI EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I'M BEING THE FINAL.

SO MY NAME IS PANKAJ.

I LIVE AT A VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE PROJECT, 14899 VIPARUL LANE.

I JUST, I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THE DISADVANTAGE IN EVERYTHING I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE OPPOSITION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION.

LIKE YOU HEARD PEOPLE TALKING HERE, THE ONLY PEOPLE SUPPORTED THIS PROGRAM OR PROJECT, NONE OF THEM IS LIVING EVEN TWO MILES RADIUS OF THIS PROJECT.

THAT CLEARLY SHOWS.

THEY DEFINITELY ARE NOT GOING TO UTILIZE THESE FACILITIES.

SO THEIR INTENTION IS DEFINITELY NOT TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE SOCIETY OR BENEFIT THE FRISCO AS A CITY.

THEY DEFINITELY HAVE DIFFERENT INTENTIONS.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD STILL RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHATEVER WE ALL SPOKE ABOUT IN THE DIRECTION AND AT LEAST GIVE MORE TIME TO...

TO TAKE ACTION TO TO LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE CONVERSATION LIKE SOME OF US ARE COMING HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME OF THEM JUST MADE I THINK RESPECTED MEMBERS BUT AT LEAST WE NEED OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WE NEED OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATION THAT'S ALL WE NEED THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.

I'LL NOW OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

I KNOW MS. ROMMEL.

YEAH.

OH YEAH.

MOVE TO MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY MR. THACKER.

SECOND BY MS. SECOND BY MR. ELID.

MOTION PASSES 6-0 I NOW OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS MISS ROMO UM SHIVA YOU HAD I WAS ALSO UNDER THE SIMILAR IMPRESSION THAT YOU HAD AGREED TO THE EVERGREENS AS WELL AS NO NEON LIGHTS.

CAN YOU JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD YOUR POSITION ON THAT SO WE CAN GET THAT ONE CLEARED UP? YES, MA'AM.

SO THOSE QUESTIONS, WHAT THEY RAISED, COUNCILMAN PAT THAKUR ALREADY ASKED ME, AND I ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT I AM HONORING THOSE.

SO I FELT THAT I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT THOSE AGAIN.

BUT THEY PORTRAYED IT BAD, BUT HE ALREADY ASKED FOR THOSE THREE THINGS.

I THINK, WELL, I THINK HIS QUESTION WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

IF I MAY SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

GO AHEAD.

SO I BELIEVE JORDAN, LOOK, I'M A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

OKAY, I'M JUST GONNA GET RIGHT DOWN TO THE POINT.

SO I AM ALWAYS FOR THE RESIDENTS,

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AND THE DEVELOPER ALWAYS HAS TO JUSTIFY WHY SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT.

OUR PLANNING AND ZONING IS INCREDIBLE.

THEY WORK THEIR TAIL OFF.

I SEE THE HISTORY OF THIS.

LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A DICHOTOMY.

THAT I HAVE, WHICH IS THE LANDOWNER AND THE PERSON WHO IS INVESTING AS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY OR WHATEVER TO DEVELOP LAND HAS THEIR RIGHTS.

HOWEVER, THE HOMEOWNER IS ALSO INCUMBENT.

SO THERE WAS A, I BELIEVE THE GENTLELADY'S NAME WAS JORDAN, HAD BROUGHT UP THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS THAT WERE MADE VIA EMAIL.

WOULD YOU MIND EXPRESSING THOSE, WHAT THOSE AGREEMENTS WERE? YES.

THOSE THREE THINGS, WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED, ONE IS THE EVERGREEN TREES.

ANOTHER IS THE LIGHTING, LIKE NOT HAVING NEON LIGHTS ON THAT ONE BUILDING.

AND THE THIRD THING IS NO BARS.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE MORE THAT WERE.

WAS THERE SOMEBODY FROM PLANNING AND ZONING WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS EMAIL CHAIN THAT WE CAN, LIKE, DISCUSS WHAT ALL AGREEMENTS? SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED AND ALLOWED IN BUILDING 2.

LANGUAGE THAT THE APPLICANT DID ASK IF COULD BE ADDED TO THE ITEM THIS EVENING AND HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE AGENDA PACKET WAS ALREADY PUBLISHED AND MADE PUBLIC TO OUR COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS AND SO THOSE CONCESSIONS IF THAT WAS WHAT THEY AGREED TO NEEDED TO BE STATED HERE TONIGHT.

THERE WERE SOME...

BY THE APPLICANT WOULD THE APPLICANT BE WILLING TO STATE THOSE CONCESSIONS THAT HE AGREED TO ON THE EMAIL AND DO WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE CONCESSIONS UH THAT THEY AGREED TO IS THERE IS THERE SOMEBODY I MEAN IS SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE CAN THEY VERIFY NO NO STOP I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS BUT HOLD ON LET ME LET ME FLATTEN IT OUT IF I CAN MR SHIVA MAKE THOSE STATEMENTS CLEAR NOW THANK YOU THANK YOU MAYOR HILL I APPRECIATE THAT YES MAYOR SO I AM THE ONE SENT THREE EMAILS TO ROLANDRIA OVER THE WEEKEND ASKING THESE THREE ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE PD LANGUAGE IF POSSIBLE.

OKAY, DO THAT NOW.

I DID THOSE THREE REQUESTS.

SO ONE IS THE TREES ALONG INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY BE MADE AS EVERGREEN TREES LIKE LIVE OAK.

AND THE SECOND ITEM WAS THE NEON LIGHTS ON THE BUILDING TOO.

NOT USE NEON LIGHT TUBES EXPOSING, OR NOT THE NEON LIGHT COLORS ON THE BACKLIT OF THE SIGN, THAT'S THE SECOND ONE.

AND THE THIRD ONE WAS NOT TO HAVE BARS, BUT ALL THE FAST FOOD, LIKE FROZEN YOGURT AND COFFEE, ICE CREAM, ALL THAT STUFF, BUT NOT BARS.

OR A FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANT, LIKE A WAITRESS BE THERE, BUT...

RATHER MAKE IT A LIMITED SERVICE RESTAURANT.

SO ALLOW LIMITED SERVICE RESTAURANT IN THE BUILDING TOO, BUT NOT FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT.

SO I DID TAKE THAT AS A RESPONSIBILITY AND SEND IT TO ROLANDRIA, MODIFYING THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN GETTING THE TEXT FROM JORDAN, HEY, CAN YOU CHANGE THIS? CAN YOU CHANGE THIS? SO THAT WAS MY REQUEST TO ADD TO THAT PD LANGUAGE.

THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO THIS.

DOES THAT SATISFY THE QUESTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE APPLICANT HAD TO STATE THAT? DOES THAT SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THE CITY? JUST A FEW COMMENTS.

WHEN YOU GET IN PLAN DEVELOPMENTS, PLAN DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT TO BE USED TO SECURE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND DEVELOPERS.

SO CHANGING THE TREES TO LIVE OAK TREES, WE CAN GET THAT.

THE NEON SIGNS, I PREFER SHIVA TAKE CARE OF THAT BY DEED RESTRICTIONS.

AND WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO USES LIKE ICE CREAM STORES AND SO FORTH, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE NIGHTMARE.

AND I GUARANTEE IT WILL BE MISSED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE BY STAFF OR THE LANDLORD IS SUBMITTING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE TO...

MANDATE AND WHEN YOU SAY NO FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION FOR THAT SO WHAT DOES THAT EXACTLY MEAN AND WHEN YOU SAY LIKE NO BARS WELL I MEAN THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT LARGE TO BEGIN WITH AND SO RIGHT THERE IS GOING TO LIMIT THE SIZE OF THE USES THAT WILL BE GOING INTO THESE BUILDINGS I GOT A QUICK QUESTION JOHN HE I MET WITH THE BUILDER AND HE GAVE A PRETTY GOOD LIST OF WHAT HE CAN'T BUILD THERE DO YOU HAVE THAT LIST SO HE CAN SHOW PEOPLE WHAT HE'S NOT GONNA BUILD? WELL, IT WAS PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

IT WAS LIKE 30 OR 40

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BUSINESSES THAT HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

OKAY, GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

I KNOW, BUT I WANT TO SHOW THE PUBLIC TO SEE IT.

YEAH YOU TELL ME WHEN TO START IT'S ON MY PRESENTATION OKAY SO WE LEFT OFF WITH THE THREE ITEMS YOU MENTIONED AND THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD MR LETTLER IS THE EVERGREEN REFERENCE WAS SUFFICIENT YEAH THE NEON SIGNS GO AHEAD.

PREFERRED HIM HANDLE THAT BY DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR HIM HANDLING THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY REALLY DO NEON SIGNS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE A LIGHT ORDINANCE.

WE DO HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE THAT APPLIES TO ALL RETAIL.

THIS RETAIL IS ACTUALLY FURTHER AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL.

WE HAVE RETAIL THROUGHOUT.

THEY'RE FOUND AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.

THEY'RE LOCATED NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL.

SOME ARE ACROSS THE STREET, AND SOME ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

AND SO THIS IS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE PROPERTY.

IT IS A SMALL SITE, AND SOMETHING I JUST WANT TO ADD AND BRING SOME CLARITY TO THIS, THEY STARTED OFF WITH A RETAIL ZONING REQUEST, STRAIGHT RETAIL ZONING.

MORE THAN LIKELY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, GET A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS PUMPS ON THE CORNER.

THAT'S VERY LIKELY, 24-7 OPERATION.

AND SECOND, WHAT WOULD BE LESS LIKELY, LEFTOVER WAS PROBABLY SOME FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.

IT'S A SMALL BOX DRIVE-THRU, AND THAT'S PROBABLY ALL YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO ON THIS PROPERTY.

SO WHILE THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT AFFORDS, AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ASKED STAFF TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO DESIGN A SITE THAT DOES THREE THINGS.

BE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE PARK, OPEN SPACE, AND BLEND WITH THE PARK.

THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

AND SO WHEN THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RUSHED THROUGH THEIR DECISION, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

THERE'S PROBABLY MORE TIME SPENT ON THIS ZONING CASE THAN LARGER ZONING CASES.

AND SHIVA HAS TRIED TO MEET WITH HOMEOWNERS.

OVER THE PAST AND THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOW TURNOUT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER I WILL VOUCH FOR THE APPLICANT THEY DID THEY MADE THEIR ATTEMPT TO MEET WITH PEOPLE ROLANDO WAS THAT SEVERAL IN THE MEETINGS AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE MEETING SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT NOBODY SHOWED UP AND SUPPOSEDLY THAT MEETING WAS NEVER CONFIRMED BUT PLANNING IS ON A COMMISSION DID THEIR JOB OF OUCH FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THEY DID THEIR WORK ON IT AND SO IF IT APPEARS RUSH, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WORK THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE SO THIS IS A WELL THOUGHT-OUT PLAN.

MR. LITTLER IF I CAN WE'VE WE'VE COVERED THE EVERGREEN TREE ISSUE.

WE CAN CHECK THAT BOX YOU'RE I BELIEVE THE GUIDANCE HERE IS THE NEON SIGN ISSUE CAN BE COMMITTED TO BY THE DIVOT BY THE OWNER AND THEN INCLUDED INDEED RESTRICTIONS.

YEAH YES, I'LL LET HIM HANDLE THAT.

OKAY, AND THEN NUMBER THREE WAS THE BUILDING RESTRICTION THAT I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS AGREEING TO NO BARS.

AND SO WHAT'S THE PATHWAY TODAY FOR THAT THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT BARS ARE DEFINED AS.

AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE PUSHING BACK, BUT HOW IS THAT? IF YOU'VE GOT LIKE A, YOU MAY HAVE A RESTAURANT AND THEY MAY HAVE A SMALL BAR THAT PEOPLE WALK UP TO.

I MEAN, AT WHAT POINT? I MEAN, IT BECOMES, YOU GET IN SEMANTICS ON THAT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF GOES THROUGH A LOT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT COULD WORK WITH THE CITY, OR WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN SOME TYPE OF DEED RESTRICTION AS WELL? OR HOW WOULD THAT, WHERE WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED TO BEST SERVE THE PURPOSE THAT, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THE APPLICANT IS INTENDING? YOU KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH A FIRM DEFINITION BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT OF ARE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHAT ARE WE NOT THINKING OF THAT WE SHOULD BUT CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE RAIL DISTRICT OH I'M SO SORRY I THOUGHT I DID I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE RAIL DISTRICT SO I'M TRYING NOT TO GET US IN THE WEEDS BUT BEING THAT THERE IS AN ORDINANCE AS FAR AS LIVE MUSIC FOR INSTANCE COULD ANYTHING BE TIED DOWN IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS BUILDING AS FAR AS THE CLOSING HOURS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S THE MOST CONCERN AS FAR AS IF THERE WERE A LIQUOR LICENSE FOR HARD LIQUOR, THAT THERE'S AN ABILITY FOR THEM TO STAY OPEN UNTIL 2 A.M.

COULD ANYTHING BE TIED DOWN IN THAT SORT OF WAY SIMILAR TO THE RILL DISTRICT? AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO

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MAKE SOMETHING OVERLY COMPLICATED.

YEAH, THERE'S NOT LIKE HOURS OR RESTRICTIONS ON THE RILL DISTRICT.

I MEAN, THEY'RE TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHIVA WANTS TO DO ON HIS OWN, HE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT.

THE CITY COULD NOT FORCE LIMITED HOURS.

HOURS ON ANY BUSINESS IN THIS DISTRICT COMPARED TO ANY OTHER DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE CITY IT COULD BE A NOISE ORDINANCE I'M REMEMBERING ABOUT OKAY AND THEN THERE'S A NOISE OR MUSIC CAN'T GO PAST 10 P.M THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I'M THINKING OF RIGHT NOW AS I'M TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION AND BE THE SAME THING THE NOISE ORDINANCE APPLIES TO ALL DEVELOPMENTS AND SO IF THERE'S A CONCERN THEN THE CONTACT UM PLACE DISPATCH AND THEY INVESTIGATE THANK YOU SO ZOOMING OUT, SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AT LEAST THE EVERGREEN TREES THROUGH THE COMMITMENT TODAY FROM MR. SHIVA AND A COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE INDEED RESTRICTIONS OF NO NEON SIGNS.

THE THIRD ITEM SEEMS LIKE A DIFFICULT TASK TO ACHIEVE THROUGH ANY KIND OF COMMITMENT THAT CAN BE ENFORCEABLE.

IS THAT FAIR? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY, SO THAT MEANS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

OKAY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

I WAS GOING TO OPEN IT BACK UP.

DO WE WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH QUESTIONS FROM THERE? MR. THACKER? YES, SIR.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PROCESS, I'M GOING TO BE ADDRESSING YOU ON THIS ONE.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GO OVER THE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SORT OF MEMORIALIZE THAT IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOW WE WE CAN CAPTURE THAT FOR THE BENEFIT NOT ONLY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ALSO FOR THE APPLICANT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE STICKING POINT AND THE SECOND THING WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THAT BUILDING I BELIEVE IT WAS BUILDING TWO HAVING A RESTAURANT OR YOU KNOW POSSIBLY ARE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT ONE TO BE USED AS AN OFFICE SPACE IN LIEU OF A RESTAURANT.

I MEAN, THAT COULD HAPPEN ON DAY ONE, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

THIS IS ON RETAIL, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR...

I'LL BE WELL MY OPINION IS RESTRICTING THE USE IN THE BUILDING THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AND I'M JUST SAYING JUST FAIR IS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF TREATING THIS SITE DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER RETAIL SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE CITY'S POSITION THAT THAT THE APPLICANT HAS FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES BUT THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO AGREED TO ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.

AMENDMENTS AND I THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN ENSHRINED AND MEMORIALIZED.

IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? I WILL SAY THE APPLICANT HAS STEPPED UP WHEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ASKED US TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC PLAN WHICH THIS PLAN ADDRESSES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MS. KOHLBERG.

THERE WE GO.

UM.

JUST SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING THROUGH.

IN 2023, I WAS ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHEN THIS FIRST CAME TO US AS STRAIGHT ZONING.

I WAS ABSENT THAT DAY, BUT RECENTLY WATCHED THE ENTIRE CASE AGAIN.

SO AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS CAME...

BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING AS STRAIGHT RETAIL ZONING, MOST OF THE USES THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THAT WERE PROHIBITED WERE THE KEY THINGS THAT PLANNING AND ZONING WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.

STAFF RECOMMENDED THIS FOR DENIAL.

BECAUSE OF THE KEY PIECE OF THIS BEING STRAIGHT RETAIL ZONING.

AT THAT TIME IN 2023, NO RESIDENTS CAME TO SPEAK AGAINST IT.

I BRING THAT POINT UP BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH ZERO RESIDENTS CAME TO SPEAK AGAINST IT, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL RESIDENTS THAT CAME TO SPEAK FOR IT.

PLANNING AND ZONING STILL RECOMMENDED IT FOR DENIAL, AND OUR STAFF STILL RECOMMENDED IT FOR DENIAL, BECAUSE AT THE TIME, THEY SAW SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A BETTER PLAN.

AND AT THAT TIME, WHAT WE WAS MENTIONED BETWEEN ALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS AS THEY DELIBERATED VERY CAREFULLY WAS IS THERE A MECHANISM TO TIE THIS DOWN BY WAY OF EITHER DEED RESTRICTIONS OR TO ADD IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND AND THEY'RE FLUSHING THROUGH WHAT COULD IT BE AND NORMALLY OUR CITY DOESN'T HAVE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS UNLESS IT'S AT LEAST 15 ACRES THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE THE NET ACREAGE IS ROUGHLY FIVE.

SO BEING SO SMALL, THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION.

AND BEING THAT IT ENGAGES WITH THE PARK.

AND I WAS THINKING IN MY HEAD JUST ABOUT SO MANY THINGS THAT AS A FORMER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER, JOHN WILL ALWAYS GET US TO KIND OF TRY TO PULL OUT AND THINK LIKE BIG PICTURE.

BUT ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS MENTIONED THAT OUR PARKS DON'T HAVE RETAIL NEXT TO IT.

AND BACK BEFORE 2018, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN OUR OFFICES

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DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT AN OFFICE PARK.

AND OUR STAFF WAS CREATIVE ENOUGH TO START THINKING OFFICE PARKS END UP CLOSING AND THEN TRAFFIC GOES AWAY AND THINGS ARE DARK AT NIGHT.

HOW CAN WE ENGAGE THAT OFFICE BETTER? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND CRAIG HALL SAYS, I'LL GO WITH THAT, AND I'M GOING TO REDO HALL PARK, AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD AN ENTERTAINMENT PIECE TO IT, WE'RE GOING TO ADD A RETAIL PIECE TO IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE THIS OFFICE.

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT A PARK, WHAT THEN THE ENGAGEMENT NEXT TO THAT COULD BE IF DONE WELL, THAT'S WHERE, AS A FORMER SOCCER MOM, MY DAUGHTER PLAYED SOCCER FROM...

FOUR YEARS OLD ALL THE WAY THROUGH BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, SIKKIM BEARS, BUT WE WERE AT WARREN SPORTS COMPLEX A LOT, AND WE WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEAVE THAT PARK AND THEN DRIVE SOMEWHERE FAR TO GO EAT OR GO CELEBRATE A GAME, OR IF WE HAD AN EMERGENCY TO RUN, GRAB SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO GET AT A SMALL RETAIL PLACE.

AND SO FOR ME, IN THINKING AGAIN, THE BIG VISION OF FRISCO AND ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING ENGAGING THE PEOPLE AND WE'RE WHERE THIS IS, I SEE AN IDEA HERE TO ENGAGE THE PARK, JUST LIKE CRAIG HALL SAW AN ENGAGEMENT OF OFFICE.

AND SO I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT THE RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND I WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN.

AND I KNOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES HERE GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK, SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT A NOVEL.

BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT AN SUP.

THAT'S A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE WALMART STORY WAS BROUGHT UP AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE WHEN WALMART WAS COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TO SPEAK AGAINST IT AND WALMART MADE CONCESSIONS TO QUOTE FROM MAYOR HILL EVERYBODY LEFT A LITTLE BIT UNHAPPY RIGHT AND NOW IF YOU ASK THOSE RESIDENTS THAT SPOKE SO STRONGLY AGAINST THAT WALMART THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE FREQUENTING THAT WALMART MORE THAN ANYBODY SO IT'S A BIG SUCCESS STORY ON RESIDENTS USING THEIR VOICE TO HELP GET A DEVELOPER TO MAKE CONCESSIONS AND CHANGES BUT THE KEY THING AGAIN FOR ME IS JUST TO GIVE THAT BACKSTORY AND AND AND TO KNOW THAT WHEN PLANNING.

AND ZONING GAVE DIRECTION TO STAFF AND TO THE APPLICANT IS THERE A WAY TO TIE THIS DOWN SO THAT THIS CAN WORK IN THAT DIRECTION HERE WE ARE THREE YEARS LATER THAT WAS JUNE OF 2023 THREE YEARS LATER HERE WE HAVE WHAT IF YOU WATCH THAT CASE THE DIRECTION THAT THEY GET GAVE SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE KIND OF THAT BACK STORY AND I'M SORRY I WENT SO LONG YOU'RE GOOD THANK YOU MR. A LOT OH YEAH I HAVE A COUPLE.

COUPLE THOUGHTS ON THIS AND ONE THING THAT SO I WENT AND I ACTUALLY DROVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I'VE TAKEN PICTURES I TOOK VIDEO I STUDIED IT I SAT IN AT YOUR CUL-DE-SAC AT WHIPPOORWILL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND LISTEN TO TRAFFIC BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO SIX SIX LANE ROADS THAT INTERSECT THERE SO THAT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND AND I LOOKED AT THE PARK AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE PLANS BECAUSE ONE THING THAT I'VE HEARD HEARD FROM EMAILS THAT I RECEIVED AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOPPED ME AND SPOKE TO ME PERSONALLY AND THEY SAID WE ARE IN THAT PARK ALL THE TIME AND WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE PARK AND COME BACK TO THE PARK WHEN WE WANT SERVICES THAT'S ALSO OUR MIRACLE LEAGUE PARK AND THAT BECOMES REALLY CHALLENGING FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE MOVING CHILDREN THAT MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING IT THEY'RE SAYING IT WOULD BE SO GREAT IF WE COULD JUST IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING NEARBY.

TO GO GET SOME WATER OR BAND-AIDS OR WHATEVER WE MIGHT NEED FOR OUR FOR OUR FAMILY WHILE WE'RE BETWEEN GAMES IF YOU'VE EVER HAD CHILDREN WHO PLAY SPORTS A LOT OF TIMES THERE WILL BE TOURNAMENTS AND THEY'LL HAVE GAME AFTER GAME AFTER GAME AND FAMILIES ARE HAVING TO LEAVE AND COME BACK AND SO WHEN YOU SPEAK TO TRAFFIC THAT'S THAT SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO THE TRAFFIC SITUATION BUT THEY'VE WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKED IS YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE SOMETHING HERE THAT IS WELL DESIGNED UM, IT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE A PLACE I CAN GO GET A SANDWICH.

I CAN GO SIT BETWEEN GAMES.

I AM LISTENING TO...

TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO ASKING FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND BRITTANY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT THREE YEARS AGO THIS CASE CAME BETWEEN PLANT BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE DEVELOPER HAS NOW REIMAGINED THE SPACE WHERE IT BECOMES WHAT LOOKS LIKE PART OF THE PARK IT OPENS UP INTO THE PARK IT HAS A GREEN SPACE IN THE CENTER OF IT THERE'S GOING TO BE THE THERE'S THE ONE BUILDING

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THAT'S FOR OFFICE SPACE AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER USE SPACES UM I'M LOOKING AT THE EMAIL THAT YOU SENT SHIVA THAT SAYS UM I KNOW PEOPLE ARE LIKE ASKING OH NOW I HAVE TO PUT A PASSWORD BUT MY COMPUTER WENT TO SLEEP BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE EMAIL YOU SENT THAT SAID YOU WOULD MAKE THE CONCESSIONS THAT YOU SPOKE TO OF ON SUNDAY YOU EMAILED THAT TO STAFF AND SAID PLEASE ADD THIS SO IT'S IN WRITING JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW HE DID HE THAT WAS BEFORE TODAY UM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT I SEE HERE IS A DEVELOPER WHO WAS TOLD TRY AGAIN, AND HE WENT BACK AND HE DID EVERYTHING WE ASKED HIM TO DO.

THERE ARE NO NOISE ORDINANCES, RIGHT? AM I RIGHT, JOHN? WE DO HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE.

BUT WE CAN'T HAVE TRASH PICKING UP AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

THEY'RE GENERALLY NOT GOING TO PICK UP.

THEY'RE PICKING UP TRASH DURING LIKE 7 A.M.

TO 7 P.M.

BECAUSE, RIGHT, THERE'S NOISE ORDINANCES AROUND DELIVERIES AND TRASH COLLECTION AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE THAT WASN'T A CONCERN THAT I HEARD.

THERE'S SIGN ORDINANCES ALSO AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S LIGHT ORDINANCES AND HOW THE LIGHT POINTS DOWNWARD AND YOU KNOW SO I JUST I'M LISTENING TO ALL THE CONCERNS BUT I ALSO AM THINKING OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHO USE THE PARK FREQUENTLY AND WHO ARE ASKING FOR SOMETHING ON THAT CORNER ANYWAY, I THINK THAT I APPRECIATE ALL THE EMAILS WE'VE RECEIVED.

I'VE TRIED TO RESPOND TO ALL OF THEM, BUT SIX OF THEM CAME WHILE I WAS IN A MEETING HERE AT CITY HALL TODAY.

ANYWAY, I JUST APPRECIATE THAT SHIVA HAS SPENT THE TIME TO REORIENT THIS SPACE AND MAKE A GREEN SPACE THAT FEEDS INTO THE PARK WHERE, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE PARK.

AND I THINK THAT THERE'S, ANYWAY, I JUST APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND I HOPE THAT HE'S ADDRESSED ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE EMAILS I RECEIVED TODAY AND YESTERDAY SAID, THAT AFTER YOUR MEETING ON SUNDAY, HE HAD ADDRESSED MANY OF THE CONCERNS.

MS. ROMMEL, ARE YOU DONE? YEAH.

MS. ROMMEL.

I AM SO SORRY GUYS UM I DO WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING UM I DO HOPE THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE TONIGHT THAT WHAT WE WE UNDERSTOOD COMING INTO THIS MEETING DOES GIVE YOU SOME COMFORT THAT SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN MET AND HAVE BEEN HEARD UM THERE WERE THREE SPECIFICALLY THAT I KNOW WE'RE ALIGNED TO ON SUNDAY WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED AGAIN TONIGHT AND SAID YES WE ALIGN TO THOSE SO GUYS, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM VERY CLEAR ON SOMETHING ABOUT PROCESS AND PROCEDURE AND HOW WE HAVE DECORUM HERE.

BECAUSE I DO KNOW A LOT OF YOU, THIS IS YOUR VERY FIRST TIME FOR COUNCIL.

SO WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM YOU.

FROM OUR CITIZENS BUT IT IS IT IS NOT A PUBLIC DEBATE I KNOW THAT AND THOSE WERE THE WORDS THAT WAS USED BY A CITIZEN SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY THAT WE PROCESS THINGS IS WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM STAFF WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE PRESENT CENTER WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE CITIZENS AND THEN WE DELIBERATE AND WE MAKE A DECISION SO I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE NOT BEING HEARD OR THAT THINGS ARE BEING RUSHED OR OUTSIDE OF PROCESS BECAUSE THAT IS THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT IS HOW WE THAT IS HOW WE WORK THAT IS HOW WE EXECUTE ON BUSINESS UM SO AS WE'RE DELIBERATING HERE I HEARD THREE THINGS THAT WERE AGREED UPON ON SUNDAY THAT HE STOOD UP HERE AND SAID THAT WE COULD FIT THAT WE HAVE LOCKED IN EITHER SPECIFIC THROUGH WHAT WE WERE WORKING THROUGH OR THROUGH DEED RESTRICTIONS SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOUR TIME IS WASTED I THINK YOU GUYS DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS COME FORWARD I MET WITH MANY OF YOU WHEN THIS WAS IN FRONT OF IT LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH MANY OF YOU THIS TIME AROUND SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS PROJECT BETTER I KNOW IT'S SCARY WHEN GREEN SPACE BECOMES DEVELOPED UM BUT I DO AGREE WITH SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY I THINK BRITTANY WAS THE ONE WHO'S COUNCIL MEMBER KOHLBERG SAID UM WHEN WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IT'S TYPICALLY NOT AS SCARY AS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR MIND AND THEY END UP BEING PARTICIPANTS IN THAT SO I DO WANT THAT TO BE VERY ENCOURAGING WE SEE THAT VERY FREQUENTLY WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING GREEN SPACE SO UM I DID HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT IN QUESTION OUR TYPICAL ORDINANCE FOR GREEN SPACE IS TEN PERCENT YES WHAT IS THIS PROJECT 10.3 IMPORTANT OKAY SO IT'S

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SLIGHTLY ABOVE OKAY I DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO THE WITH THE LAYOUT AND THE ARCHITECTURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DECIDED TO USE TO INCORPORATE INTO THE PARK I DO EXPECT TO SEE THIS BECOME A PART OF THE PARK AND BE SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLEMENTARY OF IT AND IF THINGS DO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR NOISE ORDINANCES OR LIGHT ORDINANCES THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED WITH US ON OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT THIS IS GOING TO HOLD TRUE HERE AS WELL MISS PELHAM YES AS I THINK ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT A COUPLE OF WORDS COME TO MIND COMPLIMENTARY DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE A PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND AS COUNCILWOMAN RUMMEL JUST STATED I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE RESIDENTS BOTH SHARING YOUR CONCERNS IN WRITING AND COMING OUT TODAY BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU GO BACK TO WHEN WE SENT THE DEVELOPER BACK.

TO THE DRAWING BOARD THERE WERE TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS ONE WAS THE FEAR THAT THIS WOULD BE HIGH INTENSITY RETAIL THE SECOND IS THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN OVER TRAFFIC AS I LOOK AT THE DATA THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US THIS IS NOT A HIGH INTENSITY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT YOU'VE JUST SEEN THE LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE PROHIBITED THAT WILL BE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THESE THINGS THAT...

ARE GOING TO BE BUILT INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMPLEMENTARY IN NATURE AND AND CREATE A PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE AS I LOOK AT THE DATA THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED REGARDING TRAFFIC AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS NOT NECESSARILY A NEED FOR A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO BE DONE FOR THIS LOCATION THERE STILL WAS A LOT OF STUDIES THAT WERE CONDUCTED AROUND THE CRASH INTENSITY OF OF THAT LOCATION AND UM AND AND IT WAS DEEMED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT INCREASE THE TRAFFIC TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT INCREASED CRASHES OR ACCIDENTS AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT.

WE TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PROHIBITED USES.

THERE'S A LIST OF THOSE PROHIBITED USES THAT WE'VE LAID OUT, WHETHER IT'S NO DRIVE-THRUS, GAS STATIONS, BIG BOX RETAILERS, CAR WASHES, SMOKE SHOPS.

I MEAN, THE LIST IS...

PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE AND I KNOW WE HAD A RESIDENT WHO SAID ANYTHING COULD GO THERE BUT WE UM WE HAVE PROHIBITED USES IN THE LANGUAGE HERE AND SO ANYTHING CAN'T GO THERE UM I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW THE PROJECT MUST BE CONSTRUCTED IN A SINGLE PHASE AND NO CO WILL BE GIVEN UNTIL ALL BUILDINGS ARE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION UM YOU KNOW WE'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION UH THINGS LIKE LIKE SCHOOL ZONES, ENSURING THAT CHILDREN DON'T HAVE TO CROSS.

IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS FROM A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY PLANS AND OUR QUALITY STANDARDS.

YOU JUST HEARD COUNCILWOMAN RUMMEL TALK ABOUT OUR OPEN SPACE AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10%, AND WE'RE AT 10.3% IN TERMS OF OPEN SPACE UTILIZATION.

AND THEN FINALLY, I ALWAYS END THESE WITH WHAT'S THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? AND RESPONSIVENESS AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I PERSONALLY HAVE VOTED TO TABLE A VOTE BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER HAD NOT DONE HIS OR HER DUE DILIGENCE WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE DEVELOPER AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I ASKED IS HAVE YOU DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IN TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND I KNOW JOHN YOU JUST STATED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS AND NOT A LOT OF ATTENDANCE THERE.

SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN MY OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, LET'S GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD IF THE DEVELOPER HAD NOT DONE THE DUE DILIGENCE IN ATTEMPTING TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN AND HEARD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OPEN AND COMMUNICATED THROUGH THE HOAS AND EITHER LIMITED ATTENDANCE OR IF WE'VE HAD ATTENDANCE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME AGREEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CODIFYING THOSE AGREEMENTS TODAY.

SO AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE BEEN PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE WITH.

WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY AND AGAIN I THINK THE ADJACENCY OF THESE RETAIL LOCATIONS TO THE PARK JUST CREATES A COMPLIMENTARY PEDESTRIAN WALKABLE UH COMPLIMENTARY EXPERIENCE MR ALLAN THANK YOU YOU KNOW, I MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WE HAD A NICE MEETING.

AND I ASKED HIM A LOT OF TOUGH QUESTIONS MYSELF.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO PUT BACK UP TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS COULD SEE.

THAT THAT PROHIBITED USE LIST

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IT'S PRETTY IT'S PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE IT REALLY IS AND I THINK HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB HE'S BEEN REALLY PATIENT AND I THINK HE'S UM YOU KNOW WORKED WITH PLANNING AND ZONING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES FRISCO A GREAT COMMUNITY IS THAT WE DO TAKE OUR TIME.

THAT'S WHY WE DID SEND IT BACK.

AND WE ASKED HIM TO DO MORE, AND HE CAPITULATED, AND HE DID THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR CONCERNS.

AND WE HAD A CASE, WE HAD SOMETHING COME BEFORE US A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT? IN THAT CASE, THE PROJECT HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR 21 YEARS, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WELL, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE UPSET, AND I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS BEING PRESENTED, OR SOME DID, SOME DIDN'T.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED...

WHEN I RAN FOR ELECTION IS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE RESIDENT SAY, HEY JARED, CAN YOU MAKE SURE WE BUILD MORE STRIP CENTERS? NEVER HAD THAT.

I HAD PEOPLE TELL ME THEY WANT BUSINESSES HERE, BIG CORPORATIONS THAT CAN BRING JOBS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPER.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'D LIKE TO TABLE THIS FOR A VERY DEFINED SHORT TIME, LIKE 30 DAYS.

JUST SO THAT, SHIVA, YOU SEEM LIKE A VERY GOOD DEVELOPER.

I THINK IF YOU ASSUAGE THEM AND SHOW THEM THAT LIST AND REALLY ASSUAGE THEM, I THINK THEY WILL BE.

OKAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

YOU SEEM LIKE A VERY PASSIONATE DEVELOPER, BUT LIKE MR. THACKER SAID, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE CITIZEN, BUT I ALSO WANT BUSINESSES LIKE YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE IF YOU WIN, RESIDENTS WIN, WE ALL WIN, RIGHT? AND WE DO WANT YOU TO WIN, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO GO, I'M HOPING MAYBE YOU'D BE WILLING TO GO AND JUST REASSURE THEM THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO.

WE HAVE IT ON TAPE OR VIDEO OR WHATEVER, AND JOHN'S GOING TO WRITE IT DOWN, AND MAYBE JOHN CAN FIGURE OUT THAT THIRD OPTION, BUT I DON'T WANT THIS TO DRAG OUT EVEN FURTHER.

I JUST, I THINK...

I THINK WE'RE RIGHT THERE AND I THINK BUT I THINK THEY WANT TO JUST FEEL LIKE THEY JUST WANT TO BE REASSURED BECAUSE I DO WANT TO CORRECT NOT IN A BAD WAY BUT I WANT TO CORRECT COUNCILMAN ANDERSON INDEPENDENCE IS ONLY FOUR LANES ON BOTH TWO LANES ON EACH SIDE AND MAINE IS SIX UM IT'S GOT THREE ON EACH UM SO UM I WANT THEM TO UH I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I I I HEAR THEM BUT I HEAR YOU TOO AND I THINK WE I THINK WE'RE RIGHT THERE AT THE FINISH LINE NOT THAT WE WANT TO STOP IT BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO DO A VERY SHORT DELAY THAT YOU CAN JUST TALK TO THEM ONE LAST TIME MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND AND I I THINK YOUR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT MR. THACKER, ANYTHING FINAL? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, THIS IS THE CATCH-22.

I HEARD RESIDENTS SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEND A SIGNAL TO A DEVELOPER, A FORTUNE 50 DEVELOPER THAT'S OUT HERE COMING IN FOR JOBS.

I AGREE WITH THAT ETHOS.

WE SHOULD BE AN EASY CITY TO WORK WITH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE SEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF POPULATION GROWTH.

I THINK WE'RE ALL FULLY AWARE OF THIS.

DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH? FRANKLY IS PRETTY AWESOME.

I REALLY, I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT IT ABUTS TO THE PARK, THE CONCESSIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT YOU'VE PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO IT.

YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN, I THINK, IS PRETTY AMAZING.

BUT ALSO, THERE'S AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY HERE THAT I THINK JUST...

I THINK THE ONE THING BETWEEN THIS AND A PREVIOUS DECISION THAT COUNCILMAN NEAL HAD ALSO SAID WAS THIS NOTION OF HAVING THAT INCLUSIVITY WITH THE COMMUNITY OF THEM, YOU KNOW,

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GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO JUST BE HEARD PUBLICLY LIKE THEY LIKE THEY WERE HERE AND THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO COME BACK.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT WHAT COUNCILMAN ELAD JUST SAID, THAT, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY WANT IT TO BE LESS, MAYBE THAT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO YOU, TO BE ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW HOW AWESOME YOUR DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY IS.

AND THEN WE CAN CODIFY SOME OF THESE THINGS AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO...

JUST SQUARE THINGS AWAY, BUT I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD DEVELOPMENT, AND AFTER HAVING MET YOU AND SPOKEN WITH YOU, I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT YOU PUT BEHIND IT, AND THE PERSONAL CAPITAL AND INVESTMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND TO THE CITY GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK IN THIS.

HOWEVER...

THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS ALSO WERE IMPORTANT, AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO BE HEARD AS WELL.

AND SO FOR THAT, I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN ELAN ON THAT ONE.

THANK YOU, MR. THACKER.

BEFORE I CALL THIS UP FOR A MOTION, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I HAVE FOUND THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL ON BOTH SIDES.

ACTUALLY ALL SIDES FROM APPLICANT CITY STAFF AND AND THE RESIDENTS OF JAGS AND SELVA I THINK YOU HAVE DONE YOUR COMMUNITIES WELL IN A VERY RESPECTFUL WAY THAT HAS COMMUNICATED THE DESIRES OF MANY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AND SAME FOR YOU MR. SHIVA I THINK OVER TIME IT HAS SHOWN THAT YOU HAVE MADE A WILLINGNESS TO REALLY COMPROMISE INCLUDING EVEN TODAY AND UH AND CITY STAFF YOU KNOW UM AND THE PNC I YOU KNOW WE WE OBVIOUSLY RECOMMEND WE OBVIOUSLY VALUE YOUR RECOMMENDATION GREATLY AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM MY FIRST EXPERIENCE HERE AND SEEING KIND OF OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE IT'S JUST CLEARLY ISSUES ON ALL SIDES.

I JUST THINK IT WAS A VERY RESPECTFUL DEBATE.

I FRANKLY AM THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION.

AND I ENCOURAGE, HONESTLY, WHENEVER WE HAVE ISSUES LIKE THIS FOR FOR THOSE ON BOTH SIDES TO REACH OUT AND ENGAGE US IN A WAY THAT IS PRODUCTIVE.

I THINK THAT WAS THE MESSAGE I TRIED TO DELIVER.

I KNOW WHEN I GAVE SOME COMMENT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE THERE'S COMMON GROUND AND SEE WHERE THERE ISN'T.

SO WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE THE DEBATE AND THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM ALL.

I AM NOW GOING TO...

ASK FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 32, THE REQUEST OR THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF 6.9 ACRES ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY AND MAIN STREET AS PRESENTED SUBJECT TO THE STIPULATIONS OF THE APPLICANT AS STATED HEREIN, ALONG WITH TO APPROVE AND DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE ON SAME.

I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE'LL SECOND IT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE AYE AYE ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY AND JOHN, QUICK QUESTION.

DO WE NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE DEED RESTRICTIONS TO TIE DOWN THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS ABOUT THE NEON SIGNS AND THE TREES, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE HANDLED AFTER THE FACT? WE'VE GOT THE LIVE OAKS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO THE USES, WE'LL ANALYZE THAT AND GIVE YOU OUR RECOMMENDATION WHEN THE ORDINANCE COMES BACK, BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRYING TO REGULATE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE AND SO WHEN IT BECOMES A GRAY AREA THEN PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTIES AND THEY SAY IT SHOULD BE THIS, SHOULD IT BE THAT.

THAT'S MY CONCERN IS MAKING IT.

IT EASY FOR STAFF WHEN A REQUEST COMES IN FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IT'S AN ALLOWED USE AND SO ANYTIME A LAYER OF COMPLEXITY IS ADDED TO SOMETHING THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY IT WILL GET MISSED AND IT HAS BEEN MISSED ON OTHER EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND EVEN DEALING WITH THE LANDLORD FOR THE PROJECT BECAUSE THEIR JOB IS TO LEASE THE PROJECT AND THAT BECOMES ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

CHALLENGE.

THIS ONE CERTAINLY HAD

[Public Hearing: A request to consider possible amendments to Zoning Ordinance Subsection 1.06, Nonconforming Uses and Structures, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoning Case No. ZA26-0005. Applicant: City of Frisco. (Development Services/JH)]

COMPLEXITIES AND I THINK IT ALSO HAS AN APPLICANT THAT'S WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU.

AND SO WITH THAT MOTION PASSES 4-2.

NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 33, PUBLIC HEARING.

I REQUEST TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE SUBSECTION 1.06, NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES AND TO CONSIDER

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TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONING CASE NUMBER Z A 26-005 APPLICANT CITY OF FRISCO GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL JONATHAN HUBBARD'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS STATED I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO NON-CONFORMITIES SO AS THE CITY APPROACHES BUILD OUT AND WE SEE MORE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THIS THIS IS A TOPIC.

THAT WE FACE MORE AND MORE OFTEN.

UNFORTUNATELY, UNDER OUR CURRENT LANGUAGE, IT HAS ALLOWED FOR SOME TO INTERPRET THAT LANGUAGE DIFFERENTLY.

IT HAS ALLOWED FOR LOOPHOLES TO BE CREATED, AND ULTIMATELY SOME NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES AND NON-CONFORMING USES HAVE ULTIMATELY LASTED LONGER THAN THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE.

SO WE ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE CLARITY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS.

TREATED EQUALLY I'M ALSO LOOKING TO ADD LANGUAGE THAT ADDRESSES NON-CONFORMING SITES THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ADDRESSES NON-CONFORMING USES AND NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES BUT FAILS TO ADDRESS NON-CONFORMING SITES SO THAT LANGUAGE IS PROPOSED AS WELL PROPOSED AS WELL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS JONATHAN, CAN YOU REAL QUICKLY EXPLAIN WHAT A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE IS AND WHAT A NON-CONFORMING SITE IS? SURE.

SO A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE WOULD BE A STRUCTURE THAT WAS MAYBE BUILT, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS AGO UNDER THE ORDINANCES THAT WERE IN PLACE AT THE TIME.

HOWEVER, OUR ORDINANCES HAVE SINCE CHANGED.

SO THE STRUCTURE NO LONGER COMPLIES.

THE BUILDING MATERIAL MAY NOT COMPLY.

IT MAY NOT MEET BUILDING SETBACKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

A NONCONFORMING USE, ON THE OTHER HAND, A USE THAT MAY HAVE GONE ONTO A SITE WAS CONFORMING AT THE TIME.

ONCE AGAIN, ORDINANCE HAS CHANGED.

IT'S NO LONGER ALLOWED.

AND THEN NONCONFORMING SITES.

SO AGAIN, WE HAVE USES.

WE HAVE STRUCTURES.

BUT THE SITES, PARKING.

LANDSCAPE, OPEN SPACE, SCREENING, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO AS NEW USES ARE COMING INTO EXISTING STRUCTURES, STAFF IS ALWAYS AT THAT FINE LINE OF, OKAY, SHOULD THEY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE SCREENING UP TO CODE? DO THEY NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE THE USE? DO THEY NEED A LARGER DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE? IS OPEN SPACE ADEQUATE, ET CETERA? SO THANK YOU.

LOOKING TO INCORPORATE THAT LANGUAGE SO THAT WE'RE NOT KIND OF IN THIS YOU KNOW THIS MIDDLE GROUND OF ENSURING WELL IF WE DID IT OVER HERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT OVER HERE AND THEN SOMEONE'S LIKE WELL THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT WHY DO I HAVE TO DO IT SO AGAIN TRYING TO PROPOSE LANGUAGE SO THAT WE'RE TREATING EVERYONE FAIRLY ACROSS THE BOARD THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER I NEED TO GET A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING MOVED MOTION BY MS. ROMMEL SECOND BY MS. PELHAM ALL IN FAVOR AYE MOTION PASSES 6-0 THANK YOU COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENT MS. PELHAM IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM WITH THAT WE NOW, I'LL NOW SEEK A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO MOVED.

MOTION BY MS. RUMMEL, SECOND BY MS. ANDERSON.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

NOW CALL FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 33 ON THE REQUEST TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE SUBSECTION 1.06 NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF SAME.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 33.

MOTION BY MS. RUMMEL, SECOND BY MS. KOHLBERG.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[Public Hearing: A request to consider possible amendments to Zoning Ordinance Subsection 4.09, Nonresidential Design Standards, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoning Case No. ZA26-0006. Applicant: City of Frisco. (Development Services/JH)]

I THINK I HEARD MR. THACKERAY.

OKAY, GOOD.

REQUEST TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE.

ITEM 34, PUBLIC HEARING.

SUBSECTION 4.09, NON-RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF SAME ZONING CASE NUMBER ZA26-006, APPLICANT CITY OF FRISCO.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.

MOTION BY MS. RUMMEL, SECOND BY MR. ALLOTT.

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NOW TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, FRISCO IS KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY BUILDING MATERIALS AND DESIGN STANDARDS.

BUT OFTEN STAFF RECEIVES QUITE A BIT OF PUSHBACK FROM DEVELOPERS AND CONSULTANTS WHEN IT COMES TO.

APPLYING STANDARDS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE THE ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE TO LEAN ON AND SO A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PUTTING IN OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT STAFF IS PROPOSING TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE SO THAT THOSE STANDARDS WOULD BE APPLICABLE ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THINGS LIKE REQUIRING MULLIONS TO BE DARK IN COLOR JUST TO CLEAR MULLIONS BEING THE AREAS AROUND THE WINDOW SO THAT THOSE WOULD BE DARK IN COLOR CHARCOAL BLACK GRAY BRONZE RATHER THAN SILVER HERE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OVER IN FORT WORTH WHERE YOU ESSENTIALLY DRIVE INTO A DEVELOPMENT YOU HAVE THE EXACT SAME BUILDING ONE ON THE RIGHT ONE ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE SILVER MULLIONS ON THE TOP, YOU HAVE THE DARK MULLIONS ON THE BOTTOM, AND THAT BOTTOM BUILDER JUST HAS A MUCH DARKER, MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING LOOK.

SECOND, PROHIBITING TINTING OF WINDOWS ON THE GROUND FLOOR TO ENSURE WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS, REQUIRING SIDE AND REAR ELEVATIONS THAT FACE STREETS, PUBLIC WAYS, AND OR OPEN SPACE TO HAVE THE SAME.

LEVEL OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND ARCHITECTURAL EMBELLISHMENTS AS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING REQUIRING STAIRS RISERS RAMPS AND LIKE STRUCTURES TO BE CLAD IN BRICK STONE TILE RATHER THAN BARE CONCRETE AND THEN LASTLY BRINGING LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS TO CORPORATE IDENTITY INTO THIS SECTION.

SO THE ZONING ORDINANCE ALREADY SPEAKS TO CORPORATE IDENTITY HOWEVER, JUST ENSURING THAT IT IS BROUGHT TO THIS SECTION SO THAT EVERYTHING IS IN THE SAME PLACE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AS WELL AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT FROM BEING IN THE ORIGINAL WORK SESSION.

THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT YOU ALL PUT INTO THIS, AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER ELEVATED WAY THAT YOU ALL AND YOUR STAFF WORK.

SO KUDOS TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR JUST TYING DOWN SO MANY DETAILS AND CONTINUING TO MAKE FRISCO SO EXCELLENT.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY I REALLY LIKE THE BOTTOM ONE WAY BETTER.

IT DOES LOOK, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE, DID SOMEONE SAY THE SOVIET UNION OR CZECHOSLOVAKIA? NO, I SAID CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA? YEAH, IT DEFINITELY LOOKS WAY BETTER.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'VE NEVER BEEN TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

ME EITHER.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AS WELL.

IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS ABOUT...

BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THIS IS, I'M TIRED OF CITIES LOOKING UGLY, OKAY? AND IT'S LIKE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IS LIKE THE SOUL OF OUR CITY, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING WHATEVER YOU CAN TO BEAUTIFY IT.

IT MAKE IT LOOK COOL YEAH YEAH I WOULD AGREE WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT POINT IS IT'S WE DON'T FULLY APPRECIATE HOW IT'S MOTIONS LIKE THIS THAT OVERRIDE ALL THE OTHER LITTLE MICRO DECISIONS AND YOU ALL BEING THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH TO GET AHEAD OF THAT I THINK THAT'S VERY VERY UNDERRATED I'M GLAD Y'ALL I'M GLAD YOU THREE POINTED THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I ALSO LEARNED WHAT A MULLION WAS THAT'S WHY I PUT THAT PICTURE IN THERE I THOUGHT I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WE MIGHT GET THAT QUESTION.

MS. PELHAM, ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO? WITH THAT, MOVE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION BY MS. KOHLBERG, SECOND BY MR. ALLADE.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 34, STAFF.

[Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance authorizing the issuance of General Obligation Bonds; delegating the authority to certain city officials to execute certain documents relating to the sale of the bonds; approving and authorizing an official statement and instruments and procedures relating to the bonds; and enacting other provisions relating to the subject. (Budget/BP)]

MOTION BY MS. KOHLBERG, SECOND BY MS. RUMMEL.

ITEM 35, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SALE OF THE BONDS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE BONDS, AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP, MS. PELHAM, TO SIGN ON THIS ITEM? THIS WAS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

YEP, YEP.

I NOW TURN IT OVER TO STAFF TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

BRETT PETERSON, DEBT AND TREASURY OFFICER.

TONIGHT WE BRING FORTH THE PARAMETERS ORDINANCE FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUANCE.

THESE GENERAL OBLIGATION

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BONDS ARE VOTED ON BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

APPROVED BONDS THESE BONDS ARE FUNDED BY THE INTEREST IN SINKING TAX RATE OR THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE CAN ALSO BE CALLED WE ARE ASKING FOR ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN POINT EIGHT MILLION THIS REPRESENTS EIGHTY SEVEN POINT EIGHT MILLION IN NEW BOND FUNDS FROM THE 2023 BOND COMMITTEE AUTHORIZATION AND 60 MILLION FOR REFUNDING BONDS FROM THE SERIES 2015 AND 2016 BOND SERIES WITH THIS REFUNDING WE WOULD SAVE A NET PRESENT VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION DOLLARS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF EVALUATING BOND REFUNDING ANYTIME WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS WE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY PROJECTS FOR THE NEW BOND MONEY INCLUDE $28.35 MILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND FIRE EQUIPMENT, $52.47 MILLION FOR STREET AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, AND $7 MILLION FOR PARKS OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS BUILDING.

THE PARAMETERS FOR THIS DEBT ARE FOR THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 147.8 MILLION AND THE TRUE INTEREST COST TO NOT EXCEED 5%.

THESE BONDS WILL BE ISSUED AS 20-YEAR BONDS.

ADDITIONALLY, THESE BONDS HAVE BEEN REAFFIRMED AAA RATED BY BOTH MOODY'S AND S&P GLOBAL.

THESE BONDS MUST BE SOLD AND EXECUTED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE OF APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SHOULD THIS ORDINANCE PASS TONIGHT THAT STAFF WOULD NOT GO TO BID UNTIL AFTER THE AUGUST 10TH BUDGET WORK SESSION.

SO THIS IS A CONSIDER AND ASK AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? MS. PELHAM, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? NOPE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID UM I NOW CALL FOR A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM 35.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 35.

MOTION BY MISS RUMMEL SECOND

[Consider and act upon accepting the resignation of Maher Jallad from Place 2 – Hotel 2 on the Convention and Visitors Bureau – Visit Frisco Board. (CSO/JD)]

BY MISS PELHAM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 36 CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF MEHER JALAD FROM PLACE 2, HOTEL 2, ON THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU VISIT FRISCO BOARD.

IS THERE STAFF TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM? YES, THIS IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.

MR. JALAD HAS SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION, AND WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THAT RESIGNATION.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? NOBODY SIGNED UP TO QUESTION? GET A MOTION? YOU GOT ME? NOPE, YOU'RE GOOD?

[Consider and act upon the appointment of an individual to fill a vacancy for Place 2 – Hotel 2 on the Convention and Visitors Bureau – Visit Frisco Board. (CSO/JD)]

MOTION BY MS. KOHLBERG, SECOND BY MR. ALLAUD.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.