Apr 21, 2026 Planning &amp; Zoning Commission Work Session

UM, QUESTION.

SO WHEN YOU DO STATUS UPDATES MM-HMM .

UM, DO YOU OR WILL YOU INCLUDE UPDATES ON PRIOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BUT AREN'T NECESSARILY, UM, LET ME, UH, TRAMMELL CROW FOR EXAMPLE.

OR COBALT.

SO GIVING US A SENSE OF, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

I MEAN, IS THAT PART OF THE DRILL HERE? SO TYPICALLY IS WHAT WE DO IS WE GIVE ANY, UH, ANY UPDATES THAT HAVE BASICALLY THAT YOU HAVE, UM, THAT P AND Z WHEN I SAY YOU, YOU AS PNZ HAVE TOUCHED IN SOME WAY THAT HAVE THEN GONE TO COUNCIL, UM, AND THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT ON TYPICALLY, UM, AT THIS TIME WE DON'T PROVIDE A LOT OF UPDATES AS FAR AS, UM, ONGOING DEVELOPMENT.

UM, BUT IT PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU WANT UPDATES ON ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO ASK AND I WILL PROVIDE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION YOU WOULD NEED TO KNOW.

UM, PRIMARILY WE DO THAT FOR THE SAKE OF EXPEDIENCY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF ONGOING PROJECTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

UM, AND THEN ALL A SHAMELESS PLUG, WE DO HAVE OUR DEVELOP ONLINE DEVELOPMENT MAP, WHICH, UM, HAS UPDATES FOR THOSE, THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, SHARE ANY UPDATES ON, UH, IF, OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED ? OKAY.

UM, I'LL GO TO, I'LL GO TO THE DEVELOPMENT SITE, , YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO EMAIL, UH, STAFF AS WELL.

PARDON ME? YEAH.

UH, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? THE PRINCETON ZONING REQUEST, IS THAT FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WE SAW SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO? YES, I BELIEVE.

UM, SO THEY DID HAVE A PRIOR APPLICATION IN IT CAME FORWARD IN THE TIMEFRAME OF AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.

UM, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL, RIGHT? THEY DID NOT APPEAL THAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL.

SO THEN IT

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WAS DEEMED DENIED.

UM, THEY HAVE RESUBMITTED, UM, THEY RESUBMITTED IN FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME, UM, AND WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPLICATION, IT'S, UM, SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME, BUT THEY'VE ADDED 10, UM, LIKE CONDO FEE, SIMPLE TOWN HOMES ONTO THE SITE AS WELL.

UM, AND THEY'VE DONE SOME OTHER ENHANCEMENTS, BUT IT'S SUB, IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME, UM, IN TERMS OF THE MULTIFAMILY ACCESS AND SO FORTH.

AND WE'LL SEE THIS NEXT, UH, NEXT MONTH IF THEY STAY ON THEIR ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE.

YES.

ALRIGHT, WE GO ON TO ITEM TWO.

[2. Discussion regarding items on the agenda for the April 21, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting: February 17, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes Development Plan Approval for construction of speculative office at 15500 Wright Brothers Drive (Case AZR2025-0069). Planned Development Amendment for Village on the Parkway to modify the Permitted Use and Development Standards for indoor recreation facility (Case 1948-Z) Planned Development Amendment for Trinity Christian Academy to modify the Permitted Use and Development Standards and Development Plans for athletic facility improvements (Case 1943-Z)]

PERFECT.

UM, SO TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE C CONSENT AGENDA, THE FIRST BEING THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING, ANY UPDATES OR MODIFICATIONS TO THOSE? ALRIGHT.

UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS A DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL, AND THAT'S FOR A SPECULATIVE OFFICE AT, UM, IT'S 15 500, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, IS THAT THE WRONG SUNBELT? EXCUSE ME.

UH, THE, IT'S FIFTH 42 0 1 SUNBELT DRIVE.

UM, THIS IS FOR SPECULATIVE OFFICE.

UM, THIS IS A, CURRENTLY A VACANT PROPERTY AND THEY ARE DEVELOPING BY RIGHT UNDER THE, UM, CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I'LL MISS THE COWS.

ALRIGHT.

UM, THE NEXT REQUEST IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT AT VILLAGE.

ON THE PARKWAY.

UM, THE ONLY PROPOSED MODIFICATION IS TO AMEND THE PERMITTED USES, UM, TO ALLOW, UM, INDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES.

UM, THOSE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED, UM, EITHER BY RIGHT OR BY APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY.

UM, UNDER THE, UH, PREVIOUS CODE, UH, PRIOR TO THE UDC, THEY WERE, UM, AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PERMIT, UM, PRIMARY INDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES AT VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY.

UM, THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE BAT BOX, FLIGHT CLUB, UM, PUTT SHACK, BUT THOSE ALSO HAVE A RESTAURANT.

THIS REQUEST IS, UM, BEEN MADE FOR AN ESCAPE ROOM, WHICH WILL NOT HAVE ANOTHER COMPONENT TO IT.

IT WILL JUST BE AN INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY.

QUICK QUESTION, LESLIE MM-HMM .

IN THE APPLICANT'S, UH, UH, INTRODUCTORY LETTER, IT MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A, UM, UH, EXCEPTION TO THE OCCUPANCY LOAD CALCS.

THEY ARE, THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT.

THAT WILL BE, UM, HANDLED DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.

HAVE PURVIEW OVER THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE CODE OF ORDINANCE, A SEPARATE CODE, WHICH IS TO INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THAT'S NOT A ZONING, IT'S NOT UNDER THE PURVIEW OF, OF ZONING.

YEP.

LESLIE IS, UM, FOLLOW ON TO THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PART OF THE WORK SESSION OR LATER, BUT MM-HMM .

WE DID GET THE LETTER FROM, UM, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS MM-HMM .

RELATIVE TO THIS.

AND, UM, AGAIN, MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY WHAT IS THE ROLE OF P AND Z RELATIVE TO FIRE CODE AND THINGS LIKE THAT VERSUS FIRE MARSHAL? YEAH, SO, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, AND IT, IT VARIES.

SO, UM, THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL ANSWER TO THAT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR, UM, EXISTING BUILDINGS WHERE THERE'S INFILL AT THIS STAGE IN THE PROCESS BUILDING AND FIRE ARE NOT, UM, ACUTELY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, THEY ARE GENERALLY AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCESS.

UM, SO THERE'S KIND OF A, A SEGMENTED, UM, REVIEW IN THAT SENSE AS WHEN THEY'RE NOT NEEDED, THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED.

IS THAT, LET ME CLARIFY.

SO THERE IS A LETTER THAT CALLS OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION RELATIVE TO VERY SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF A FIRE CODE AND IT REFERENCES A LOT OF THINGS THAT IN THE APPLICANT'S LETTER AND IN YOUR COMMENTS SPEAK TO THE FIRE MARSHAL OPINING ON IT MM-HMM .

SO ARE WE TO ASSUME THEN THAT THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION, THAT WHOLE PROCESS WILL BE HANDLED AT THE RIGHT TIME BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE PURVIEW OVER THE BUILDING CODE AND FIRE CODE EXPLICITLY.

SO THEY

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SO THE DEVELOPMENT, OR EXCUSE ME, THE FIRE CODE AS WELL AS BUILDING CODES ARE EVALUATED DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, WHICH COMES, UM, AT A LATER STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE, WHICH MAKES SENSE TO ME, UM, REGARDING KIND OF LIKE PUBLIC, MAYBE IF NOT INPUT, BUT UNDERSTANDING OF THE FIRE CODES PROCEDURES, HOW WOULD ONE GO ABOUT LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THE FIRE MARSHAL WOULD GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS? YOU MEAN TO ADDRESS THESE REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS OR SO FORTH? YEAH, SAY I, I KIND OF GET, THIS IS OUT OF OUR PURVIEW, BUT IF THE, THE RESIDENT WHO WROTE IS INTERESTED IN KIND OF FOLLOWING UP, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD SHE GO TO TO LEARN MORE? UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.

THAT'S IT.

EASY OR WE HAVE, UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR, WE ADOPT THE FIRE CODE, UM, AS THE TOWN, UM, AS WELL AS BUILDING CODES AND WE ALSO HAVE LOCAL AMENDMENTS AS WELL.

UM, SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE LOCAL AMENDMENTS THAT DATE BACK TO THE EARLY EIGHTIES THAT WE'VE CARRIED FORWARD FOR DECADES, UM, THAT ARE ONLY APPLICABLE OR APPLICABLE IN THOSE VERY SPECIFIC MANNER TO ADDISON.

SO.

AWESOME.

LESLIE, A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

WHO WAS THE FORMER TENANT IN THIS SPACE? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH, WHICH LOCATION IT IS.

UM, IT WAS AN OFFICE SPACE PREVIOUSLY.

I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS AT ONE TIME A LEASING OFFICE FOR VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY.

BUT THEY KIND, THEY TEND TO BOUNCE AROUND A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY TEND TO TAKE A SPACE THAT'S VACANT AS OPPOSED TO TAKING A SPACE THAT SOME A TENANT WANTS.

MY SECOND QUESTION, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION.

DID, DID THEY PRESENT THAT? I DO KNOW THE HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, IS ONLY FOR RESTAURANTS LIKE THAT WOULD REQUIRE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR, UH, RECREATION FACILITIES.

UH, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT ALONG THOSE LINES, SO THAT CAN BE OPEN 24 HOURS IN THEORY IF APPROVED.

YES.

I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD BE, BUT IN THEORY, UM, I DO KNOW THAT THIS COMPANY HAS OTHER LOCATIONS.

I CAN LOOK UP THEIR OTHER LOCATIONS AND SEE WHAT THEIR GENERAL HOURS ARE FOR YOU.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE, UM, ONLINE AND PRESENT WITH US ONLINE.

QUESTION, QUICK QUESTION, LESLIE.

THERE'S NO, UM, NO APPLICA.

THE APPLICATION IS NOT LOOKING TO PROVIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGE IN THIS.

CORRECT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? ALRIGHT.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS ANOTHER PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT FOR TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OR TCA, UM, TO MODIFY THEIR PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, A APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THEIR ATH ATHLETIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, THEY HAVE, UM, THIS IS LIKE THEIR NEXT PHASE OF THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEIR MASTER PLAN, UM, INCLUDING SOME AMENDMENTS.

THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL FACILITIES, UM, THAT ARE ALL GENERALLY, UM, ATHLETIC RELATED TO THE ATHLETIC, UM, FACILITIES.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ARE WANTING TO ADD A SECURITY BOOTH AT THEIR EXISTING ENTRY POINT ON THE, WHICH IS THEY'RE FAR NORTHERN ACCESS OFF OF ADDISON ROAD.

UM, SO THE BUILDINGS YOU SEE IN RED ON THIS ARE THE NEW FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROPOSING.

UM, I DO WANNA KNOW SOME OF THEM WERE ALREADY EXISTING ON THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MASTER PLAN, BUT THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

UM, SO THEY'RE COMING BACK IN WITH THE, THE, THE DETAILS OF THOSE PLANS.

UM, THE UPDATES THAT ARE NEW TO THIS PLAN INCLUDE THE SECURITY BOOTH, WHICH IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE 'CAUSE IT'S SO SMALL, BUT IT IS RED, UM, UM, IN THE FAR UPPER, UM, RIGHT HAND CORNER.

AND THEN THE OTHER NEW FACILITIES THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED IN THE MASTER PLAN INCLUDE A BATTING, UM, FACILITY OR A, UM, PRACTICE FACILITY SOUTH OF THE BASEBALL FIELD, UM, AS WELL AS A PRACTICE FACILITY THAT'S EAST OF THE SOFTBALL FIELD AND NEW DUGOUTS FOR THE SOFTBALL FIELD.

SO THOSE ARE THE NEW FACILITIES THAT WERE PROPOSED.

UM, FOR REFERENCE, THIS WAS THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MASTER PLAN.

UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND, BUT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PRO TO THOSE ATHLETIC FACILITIES.

UM, THE ON THE WEST SIDE, ARE THOSE APARTMENTS OR TOWN HOMES OR WHAT ARE THOSE THAT ABUT THE, UM, OH, THOSE ARE, UH, PEACEABLE TOWN HOMES.

YEP.

UH, DID YOU GET ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY WITH PUTTING THE

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BATTING CAGE UP AGAINST THEM? YEAH, SORRY.

YOU DID, WHEN YOU SAY COMMENTS, DID YOU MEAN RESPONSES TO THOSE NEIGHBORS? MM-HMM .

UM, SO THEY DID, SO TCA DID A, UM, COMMUNITY MEETING ON OCTOBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR.

UM, THEIR, UM, WHICH I ACTUALLY INCLUDED IT IN ONE OF THE SLIDES.

UM, THEIR FIRST SUBMITTAL WAS A, I'M GONNA SAY A SUBSTANTIAL DEVIATION TO THIS PLAN.

UM, IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT, UM, AND IN MY OPINION WAS, AND I WOULD SAY THE OPINION OF THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL WAS MORE INTRUSIVE TO THEM.

UM, AND THAT FEEDBACK WAS VERY WELL HEARD.

UM, AND THEY CAME BACK WITH A, A REVISED PLAN THAT WAS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BACK IN, UM, 2016, UM, WHICH IS THIS PLAN IS WHAT WAS APPROVED IN 2016.

UM, AND SO I BELIEVE BASED UPON HEARING THEIR CONCERNS, THIS GENERALLY ALIGNS WITH MANY OF THE CONCERN OR THIS, THIS CORRECTS AND ADDRESSES MANY OF THE CONCERNS.

NOW.

WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO ADD, THERE WERE SOME, UM, GENERAL CONCERNS.

I WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS, THERE IS SOME NOISE RELATED TO THE ATHLETIC EVENTS.

UM, THERE IS ALSO, IT'S GOING TO BE TALLER.

THE GRANDSTANDS THEMSELVES ARE GOING TO BE TALLER.

SO THIS IS THE NEW GRANDSTAND.

SO THE TOP UM, RIGHT HAND IMAGE IS THE BACK OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE, UM, FROM THOSE, THOSE HOMES IF YOU WERE LOOKING TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS TCA TOWARDS THE EAST.

UM, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TALLER STRUCTURE THERE.

UM, THIS BUILDING IS LESS THAN 50 FEET AT ITS HEIGHT AND THERE IS SCREENING, UM, ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D HAVE A, A TON OF VISIBILITY.

UM, BUT IT, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE INTENSE THAN WHAT'S THERE TODAY.

'CAUSE WHAT'S THERE TODAY IS, UM, I'M GONNA SAY, UM, SOMEWHAT INFORMAL ATHLETIC FACILITIES IN SOME REGARDS.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE CODE.

SURE.

SO THE ORIGINAL ZONING WAS, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER OF THESE CHANGES ARE BEING REFLECTED UNDER THE UDCI BELIEVE.

UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, IS NOW THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS THE, IS THE ZONING OF THIS NOW UNDER THE UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ITS ENTIRETY OR JUST THESE CHANGES? UH, SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE, IN THE PERMITTED USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REFERENCES THAT WERE, UM, REQUESTED TO BE AMENDED TO UPDATE THE REFERENCES BACK TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BECAUSE THEY REFERENCE THEIR OLD CODE.

UM, REGARDLESS, UH, THAT'S MORE OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. REGARDLESS, THEY WOULD REFERENCE THE U, THE UDC, UM, BECAUSE IT'S THAT CODE AS AMENDED.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, THIS WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE PD WHERE APPLICABLE, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT REFERENCED IN THE PD EXPLICITLY WOULD FALL BACK TO OUR BASE CODE.

SO, AND OUR BASE CODE IS NOW THE UDC.

UH, QUICK QUESTION.

SO CAN YOU REMIND ME, SO ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE THERE, THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING FACILITIES.

THERE'S ALSO A BATTING CAGE THAT'S GENERALLY KIND OF ON THAT SIDE TOO.

SO I MEAN, SO THE PRACTICE FIELD WON'T CHANGE AND THEN THERE'S THE SOFTBALL FIELD IS ALREADY THERE, RIGHT? SO BASICALLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE NEW IS THE, ON THAT SIDE WOULD BE THE ACTUAL GRANDSTANDS.

UM, NO, THERE ARE SOME OTHER NEW FACILITIES.

UM, SO DO YOU MIND ZOOMING IN ON THE, JUST THE LEFT SIDE OF WHERE THE, THE FOOTBALL FIELD IS? LIKE THE SOFTBALL FIELD? IF YOU GO TO PRE, OKAY.

GO IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, THE MAGNIFYING GLASS.

THERE WE GO.

PERFECT.

SO ALL THE, ALL THE BUILDINGS YOU SEE HERE IN RED ARE NEW.

UM, SO THERE'S THE TWO DUGOUTS FOR THE SOFTBALL FIELD.

THOSE ARE NEW FACILITIES.

UM, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE, TODAY THEY ARE PROPOSING BETWEEN THE TWO DUGOUTS AT THE, THE BACKSTOP, UM, IS A NEW BLEACHER FACILITY.

UM, THEY DO HAVE BLEACHERS THERE NOW.

THEY ARE REPLACING THEM.

UM, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A COVERED BATTING CAGE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE KIND OF AT THE TOP OF WHERE OUR, THE, THE EXTENT OF THE SCREEN IS NOW.

AND THAT'S FOR THE, THE SOFTBALL FIELD.

SO THOSE ARE THE NEW FACILITIES THAT ARE PROPOSED ON THAT SIDE IN ADDITION TO THE GRANDSTAND.

SO, AND THEN THE OTHER NEW FACILITY, THE COVERED BATTING CAGE FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD.

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AND THEN, UM, I MENTIONED EARLIER THE SECURITY BOOTH UP THERE IN THE CORNER, WHICH IS SO TINY, YOU CAN BARELY SEE IT.

IT'S A 48 SQUARE FOOT SECURITY BOOTH.

IT'S VERY SMALL .

SO THEY'LL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SUBSTANTIAL SCREENING.

I GUESS I JUST THOUGHT THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING BATTING CAGE THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF IN THAT VICINITY OF, OF THE NEW ONE THAT THEY'VE GOT.

THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE COVERED.

UM, AND SO WHAT THEY'VE HAD, WHAT THE, WHY THEY WERE WANTING TO ADD THE CUPBOARD IS TO ALLOW FOR, UM, MORE USE THROUGHOUT INCLEMENT WEATHER.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NOW? ALL I DID WANNA ADDRESS, UM, UM, UH, ONE THING, SO THE, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT MORE, UH, IN THE FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT THE WESTERN, UM, SCREENING CAME IN, UM, TO THE DISCUSSION.

I KNOW, UM, WE OCCASIONALLY WILL GET CODE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS.

UM, THE SCREENING ALONG THIS EDGE, IT'S A LOT OF OVERGROWTH.

SOME VOLUNTEER THAT'S COME UP, IT HASN'T BEEN, UM, WELL MAINTAINED OVER TIME.

AND THEN THIS IS, THESE ARE PHOTOS THAT ARE TAKEN MORE IN THE WINTER MONTHS.

AS YOU CAN SEE DURING THE, UM, ESPECIALLY THE SPRING AND I GUESS LATE FALL IT'S BETTER, IT'S MORE, THERE'S MORE, UM, GREENERY THERE.

BUT THEN IN THE OFF SEASONS YOU GET A LOT OF, UM, VISIBILITY THROUGH THE SCREEN BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF OVERGROWTH.

UM, SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS WHAT WE DID ASK THE APPLICANT TO DO IS TO GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY THE AREAS WHERE, UM, THERE WAS EITHER DEAD TREES THAT WERE POSING A HAZARD, UH, WHICH WAS OUR TOPMOST CONCERN, UM, AS WELL AS AREAS THAT WERE NOT DOING WELL AND NOT PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SCREENING.

UM, SO WHAT THEY DID PROPOSE IS THEY CAME BACK WITH, UM, THIS PLAN, OH, EXCUSE ME, THIS PLAN TO, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE'S, THEY KIND OF TOOK GAPS AND THEY CAME BACK IN AND FILLED THEM, UM, WITH BOTH TREES AS WELL AS, UH, NELLY, R STEVENS HOLLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE LARGE AND IT'S EVERGREEN.

SO IT'S GONNA PROVIDE SCREENING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PLANT THEM AT UM, SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT.

UM, AND ONE AREA THAT'S ESPECIALLY LACKING IS THE FAR NORTH END, UM, ON THE, THE FAR NORTH SIDE.

UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE ADDED MORE THERE.

UM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS THEY DID, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE 12 NON-PROTECTED TREES.

MOST OF THEM ARE HACKBERRIES AND BRADFORD PEA.

SEVERAL OF THEM ARE DEAD OR IN VERY, VERY POOR CONDITION.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH THEM ACTUALLY FALLING ONTO HOMES 'CAUSE THEY'VE BROKEN OFF.

UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE FEEL LIKE IS A GOOD MIDDLE GROUND.

UM, THIS, FOR REFERENCE, THIS UM, PROPERTY LINE EDGE IS NEARLY 700 FEET IN LENGTH.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SUBSTANTIAL, UM, INTERVENTION TO GET THIS BACK TO MEET MINIMUM CODE.

UM, AND TODAY OUR MINIMUM CODE WOULD BE A SCREEN, A MASONRY SCREENING WALL.

UM, HOWEVER THE SCHOOL WAS ACTUALLY BUILT MANY, MANY DECADES AGO PRIOR TO THE TOWN HOMES BE EVER BEING CONSTRUCTED.

UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD MIDDLE GROUND TO REVITALIZE THAT SCREENING BUFFER, UH, WITHOUT PUTTING UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE SCHOOL.

UM, AND I THINK OVER TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK AT THIS TO, TO IMPROVE IT.

UM, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE, UM, BALANCE FOR WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UM, INTENSITY THERE'RE ADDING FOR THE FACILITIES.

WELL, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE, THE NEW TREES WILL MUFFLE SOME OF THE SOUND MORE THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

POTENTIALLY, YES, I THINK SO.

'CAUSE WHAT, LIKE I SAID, WHAT YOU AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN SOME OF THESE PHOTOS, UM, THEY'RE JUST HACKBERRIES AND THEY'RE DEAD AND THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY FOLIAGE ON THEM BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE BUT BREACHES.

UM, AND SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS SOME HIGH-RISE LIVE OAKS.

SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, NOT QUITE AS WIDE OF A CANOPY SPREAD, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE TALLER, UM, AND BE A MORE VERTICAL UM, CANOPY.

SO, AND I ALSO THINK WITH THE NEL R STUDENTS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A MORE SOLID BUFFER, WHEREAS NOW, I MEAN YOU CAN SEE THESE PHOTOS.

THESE WERE FROM MARCH FROM STREET VIEW MARCH, 2025.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OF BUFFER THERE.

HOW TALL IS THE FENCE? THAT FENCE I BELIEVE IS FIVE FEET IN HEIGHT.

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PERFECT.

WELL, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA.

SO WE WILL GIVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION HERE SHORTLY.

[ Citizen Comments: At this time citizens will be allowed to speak on any matter other than personnel matters under litigation, for a length of time not to exceed three minutes. No P&Z action or discussion may take place on any matter until such matter has been placed on an agenda and posted in accordance with law.]

LESLIE, DO I NEED TO OPEN IT UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? OKAY, PLEASE.

UH, WE'LL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OTHER THAN PERSONNEL MATTERS.

UNDER LITIGATION FOR A LENGTH OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED THREE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AS A REMINDER, NO COMMISSION ACTION OR DISCUSSION MAY TAKE PLACE ON ANY MATTER RAISED DURING THIS TIME UNTIL IT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? HELLO? SORRY, I, MY NAME IS I'M 1 7 3 MM-HMM .

SORRY, SORRY.

UM, AND I DIDN'T THINK THIS STARTED TILL SIX 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE LITTLE LETTER I GOT SAID, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED, UH, LIKE THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.

UM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW, I ACTUALLY, MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO THAT FENCE.

YOU WERE JUST, UM, TALKING ABOUT, UM, SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I GOT, I RECEIVED THIS LATEST LETTER, BUT I SOMEHOW I MISSED THE, THE LETTER BEFORE THAT.

SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP.

UM, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GONNA ADDRESS WHAT ALL IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT AREA OR IF YOU, IF I JUST MISSED IT BECAUSE I WAS, CAN I RESPOND? OKAY.

THE MEETING THE WORK SESSION.

SO I'M GOOD.

THEN THERE'S A FULL PRESENTATION THAT WILL HAPPEN DURING THE REGULAR SESSION.

ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN I'M DONE.

AND, AND, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE THEN TOO.

YEP.

SO IF THERE'S UPDATES BASED ON WHAT YOU HEAR, YOU'LL BE WELCOME TO SPEAK AGAIN.

THANK YOU MS. TYLER.