3. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone property legally described as Teeter Garrett Survey, Abstract 1537, Tract 2D01 and Tract 2D, and the east portion of Lot 1, Block 1 of the Woodland Heights Addition, commonly known as 2416 Cheek Sparger Road, Bedford, Texas, and consisting of 8.655 acres, from Single-Family Residential Detached – 15,000 (R-15) and Single-Family Residential Detached – 7,500 (R-75) to Planned Unit Development to allow a medium density age restricted duplex development. The property is generally located on the south side of Cheek Sparger Road, approximately 500 feet east of Central Drive. (PZ-PUD-2021-50046) (Item was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 5-1-0) (Tabled at the December 14, 2021 Council Meeting)

[3. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone property legally described as Teeter Garrett Survey, Abstract 1537, Tract 2D01 and Tract 2D, and the east portion of Lot 1, Block 1 of the Woodland Heights Addition, commonly known as 2416 Cheek Sparger Road, Bedford, Texas, and consisting of 8.655 acres, from Single-Family Residential Detached – 15,000 (R-15) and Single-Family Residential Detached – 7,500 (R-75) to Planned Unit Development to allow a medium density age restricted duplex development. The property is generally located on the south side of Cheek Sparger Road, approximately 500 feet east of Central Drive. (PZ-PUD-2021-50046) (Item was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 5-1-0) (Tabled at the December 14, 2021 Council Meeting)]

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF.

NEXT, WE DO HAVE OLD BUSINESS ITEM THREE.

BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS WITH REGARDS TO SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE DOT ZERO SEVEN ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE.

WE HAVE AN OVERFLOW OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.

SO AS WE CONVENE, THE FIRE MARSHAL IS GOING TO COME UP HERE.

WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN AN EXERCISE WHILE WE'RE IN IN EXECUTIVE.

SO PLEASE LISTEN TO JOEY, AND WE HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT CAPACITY IN THIS BUILDING.

SO APPRECIATE, Y'ALL, IF YOU CAN KIND OF HELP US OUT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY, GREAT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

OK, EVERYONE, I'VE GOT 6:42 WE JUST HAD TO CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE REAL QUICK, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR THEIR PATIENCE.

WE HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HERE, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ACROSS THE STREET OVER AT BUILDING C, I GUESS YOU GUYS CAN'T SEE US, BUT IN SOME SITUATIONS THAT MAY BE BETTER, THAT YOU CAN'T.

I KNOW GOING FORWARD WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS HERE, I'M GOING TO KIND OF STALL A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET WHO MAY WANT TO COME OVER HERE AND SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL'S PATIENT ON THAT AS WE GO FORWARD ON THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. SO NEXT UP, UNDER OLD BUSINESS, WE'VE GOT ITEM THREE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS TEETER GARRETT SURVEY, ABSTRACT 1537, TRACT 2D01 AND TRACT 2D, AND THE EAST PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1 OF THE WOODLAND HEIGHTS ADDITION, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2416 CHEEK SPARGER ROAD, BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND CONSISTING OF 8.655 ACRES, FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED Â" 15,000 (R-15) AND SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7,500 (R-75).

TWO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW A MEDIUM DENSITY AGE RESTRICTED DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT.

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHEEK SPARGER ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET EAST OF CENTRAL DRIVE, AND THIS WAS LAST DISCUSSED ON DECEMBER 14TH, BUT WAS TABLED FOR THIS EVENING.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU ONCE AGAIN PLANNING MANAGER WES MORRISON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS.

I'LL BE BRIEF IN MY STATEMENT, SINCE I KNOW THE APPLICANT ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION AND Y'ALL HAVE HEARD MY PRESENTATION ONCE ALREADY.

SO LOCATION'S ALREADY BEEN DESCRIBED.

THIS USE HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN DESCRIBED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THAT FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER.

THIS IS FOR AN AGE RESTRICTED SIXTY FOUR UNIT ATTACHED DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING USE REAL QUICKLY.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS REASONING FOR THE TABLE AT THE LAST MEETING WAS TO ALLOW STAFF TO REVIEW THE CHANGES THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED SINCE P&Z REVIEWED IT.

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SO WHAT I DID? PUT THIS IN YOUR BACKUP AND IT'S ALSO ON THE SCREEN.

I KIND OF GAVE YOU A COMPARISON OF WHAT P&Z REVIEWED AS COMPARED TO WHAT THE CHANGES ARE THAT THE APPLICANTS PROPOSED SINCE THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

SO REAL QUICK, I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE.

OBVIOUSLY, THE USE WE JUST DESCRIBED, THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THAT.

OVERALL DENSITY IS WENT FROM EIGHT UNITS AN ACRE DOWN TO SEVEN POINT THREE NINE UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF REDUCED NUMBER OF UNITS.

SO IT WENT FROM SIXTY SEVEN UNITS DOWN TO SIXTY FOUR.

OPEN SPACE PROVIDED INCREASE TO FORTY SEVEN PERCENT.

A LOT OF THESE WILL MAKE SENSE TO YOU AS YOU'RE AS YOU DECREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS.

OBVIOUSLY, OPEN SPACE GOES UP, LOT COVERAGE GOES DOWN, BUILDING SETBACKS, WHICH I'VE GOT A BETTER SLIDE THAT'LL SHOW THAT IN DETAIL, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT WENT FROM FIFTEEN FEET SIDE IN REAR YARD DENT OR UP TO, IN SOME CASES, TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY FEET.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE GO FORWARD.

ALSO, PARKING SPACES A MINOR CHANGE.

WE INCREASED ONE PARKING SPACE ALSO IN THE APPLICANT'S GOING TO DESCRIBE THIS IN GREATER DETAIL.

BUT THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING TO GO FROM A SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE TO AN EIGHT FOOT PRIVACY FENCE ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.

SITE PLAN.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.

NOT A LOT OF CHANGES FROM FROM THIS VIEW, BUT I WANT TO DIVE INTO THE SETBACKS.

ALL OF THE SETBACKS, EXCEPT FOR THE BUILDINGS THAT I'VE LISTED HERE, ARE GOING TO BE FIFTEEN FEET TO THE SIDE OR TO THE REAR.

IT'S THE SETBACKS THAT WERE ADJACENT TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL THAT PRIMARILY CHANGED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN BUILDING NUMBER SEVEN AND FIVE THAT WENT FROM FIFTEEN FEET DOWN TO THIRTY OR UP TO THIRTY FEET IN BUILDINGS NINE AND TEN IT WENT TO TWENTY EIGHT FEET.

BUILDINGS ELEVEN OR BUILDING ELVEN WENT TWENTY FIVE FEET ON THE SIDE AND THIRTY FEET IN THE REAR.

AND THEN BUILDINGS TWELVE AND THIRTEEN INCREASED TO TWENTY FIVE FEET.

ALL OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SITE PLAN THAT I SHOWED YOU THAT IS FIFTEEN FEET ON THE SIDE AND REAR.

AGAIN, I WENT THROUGH THIS IN DECEMBER, BUT JUST AS A RECAP PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, THAT'S GOING TO BE R75 ZONING ON THE SOUTH AND THE EAST RELIGIOUS FACILITY AND REHABILITATION AND DAYCARE USES ON THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN THERE IS AN OFFICE SPACE JUST TO THE THE NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY.

AGAIN, SAME PICTURES THAT YOU SAW BACK IN DECEMBER.

AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE LOOK AT HERE IS WE DO THE PUBLIC NOTICES WE PLACE SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.

WE NOTIFIED PEOPLE WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF THE REQUEST THAT RESULTED IN THIRTY FOUR NOTIFICATIONS.

WHEN I SAY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TWO WRITTEN RESPONSES, WE'VE RECEIVED TWO WRITTEN RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT RANGE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEAK AT BOTH P&Z, AND THAT PLAN PROBABLY TO SPEAK TONIGHT, EITHER IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THIS REQUEST.

BUT WE FOCUS ON WRITTEN REQUESTS OUR WRITTEN RESPONSE BASED ON THAT TWO HUNDRED FOOT RANGE IS WHAT THIS THIS LOT PERTAINS TO.

AND THEN TONIGHT, AS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO CONDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE ACTION, ACTION IS GOING TO BE EITHER TO PROVE YOU CAN'T APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS SINCE THIS IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT REQUEST.

I'M SORRY, I'M LOSING MY VOICE REQUEST AND THEN PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY FIVE TO ONE VOTE.

AS I SHARE WITH YOU ALL AT THE LAST MEETING, THE REASON THE ONE COMMISSIONER VOTED AGAINST THIS IS BECAUSE SHE WAS FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE LAND USE ASPECT OF THE REQUEST.

AND SINCE FUTURE LAND USE DOES DESIGNATE THIS AS EITHER A CHURCH OR SEMIPUBLIC USE OR A LOW DENSITY USE, SHE FELT SHE COULDN'T SUPPORT IT.

SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR HER HER VOTE AGAINST IT.

WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION TO EXPLAIN SOME MORE DETAIL OF THEIR CHANGES, BUT I CAN ASK YOU WHAT YOU HAVE FROM A STAFF.

YEAH.

EXCUSE ME.

APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

YES, GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS MARK [INAUDIBLE] I AM THE FOUNDING PARTNER OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.

AS WES INDICATED, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES.

I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS WITH STAFF HERE FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR, AS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, AND HAVE CONTINUED IN THAT CONVERSATION REALLY UP UNTIL TONIGHT.

SO YOU MIGHT HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.

IT'S ALL BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT, IT'S BEEN OPEN, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND

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WE'VE DONE AS AS GOOD A JOB AS WE THINK WE CAN AND THINK IT'S BEEN AN ACTUALLY EXCELLENT JOB IN MAKING THIS CONDUCIVE FOR EVERYBODY.

SO MY GOAL TONIGHT IS TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION, A RESPONSIBLE OR PROGRESSIVE DECISION, HOPEFULLY ON THIS PROJECT.

AND THE MORE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT IT, THE MORE YOU CAN KIND OF EMBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING, I THINK.

I THINK IT POINTS IN THE DIRECTION TO TO APPROVE US.

SO THREE THINGS THAT THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT.

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE HISTORY OF EMERALD COTTAGE, WHAT WE ARE, WHO WE ARE.

BUT BUT BASICALLY THREE THINGS ONE, THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT THAT WE DO.

SECOND, THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO THE CITY.

AND THEN THIRD, THE ULTIMATE DISPOSITION OF THE LAND THAT'S IN QUESTION HERE.

SO JUST JUST TO STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT ON EMERALD COTTAGE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE, WE ARE A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL STYLE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY.

WE ARE DESIGNED TO EMULATE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SINGLE STORY DWELLINGS, ATTACHED GARAGES, GATED ACCESS FOR SECURITY CALENDARS, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS, CLUBHOUSE WITH FITNESS CENTER AND POOL.

WE'RE AN AMENITY RIDGE AND A KIND OF A AN UPSCALE ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE PEOPLE.

WE DO THIS ALL IN A DISCRETIONARY ENVIRONMENT AS OPPOSED TO THE APARTMENT STYLE COMMUNITIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT REQUIRE THREE MEALS A DAY HOUSEKEEPING A WEEK, ALL EMBODIED IN A LEASE PAYMENT.

WE CREATE ANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLE AND THIS IS THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT THE AVERAGE AGE IN THOSE DEPARTMENT STORE COMMUNITIES IS 86.

THE AVERAGE AGE IN THE EMERALD COMMUNITIES IS 79.

SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE AGE QUALIFIED ARE COMING FROM A 10 MILE RADIUS AROUND OUR PROPERTY.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM, THE REASON THAT THEY COME FROM A CLOSE PROXIMITY IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR DOCTORS, THEIR PHARMACIES, THEIR CHURCH FAMILIES.

AND THE REASON THAT THEY HAVEN'T LEFT YET IS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND AN ACCEPTABLE SITUATION.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND AN ENDGAME THAT'S EXCITING ENOUGH FOR THEM TO SELL THEIR HOME THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WHAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES DRIVE THAT DECISION TO MOVE THESE SENIORS.

IN MANY CASES, THEY'VE GOT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THEIR HOMES.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TO KEEP THEM UP THE WAY THAT THEY NORMALLY KEPT THEM UP WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER AND MORE ABLE.

THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY RESOURCES CONNECTIONS TO DO THAT.

THEY'VE LOST THEM OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO CREATING A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US, IT CREATES A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT ON THE TRICKLE DOWN AND ADDS TO THE GENTRIFICATION PROCESS.

IT GETS THE OLDER PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY OUT OF A HOME THAT'S GOT SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE GETS IN THE YOUNGER FAMILIES.

THEY IMPROVE THEM, THEY HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A TRICKLE DOWN THAT WE HAVE SEEN.

IT'S IMPORTANT IT HELPS NOT ONLY US, BUT IT HELPS THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL.

SO, SO THE QUALITY KIND OF THE UNIQUENESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S IT'S YOU CAN SEE IT FURTHER.

THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CRAZY STUFF HAPPEN.

THE WHOLE COVID THING HAS AFFECTED THE SENIORS MORE THAN ANYBODY.

AND IN GENERAL, THE SENIOR LIVING SPACE HAS HAD A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT.

OCCUPANCIES HAVE BEEN DOWN, RATES HAVE BEEN DOWN.

THERE'S THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEGATIVE IMPACT FROM COVID 19.

FROM EMERALD COTTAGES PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE BEEN 100 PERCENT OCCUPIED THE WHOLE TIME.

WE'VE GOT WAITLISTS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO GROW.

IT'S A GREAT ENVIRONMENT.

IT ATTRACTS A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE AND IT'S AN OPTION THAT IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

SO.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CITY IN THE LAST MEETING.

COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER, COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN, WHO AREN'T HERE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DENSITY OF THE PROJECT AND IT'S IT'S IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I'VE CREATED A SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER, YOU ASK YOUR YOUR STAFF MS. ROY TO COME UP WITH WHAT COULD BE IF IT WAS DEVELOPED AS A SINGLE FAMILY

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RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY BASED ON THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS A COMBINATION BETWEEN R75 AND R15.

YOU ALSO ASK HER TO GIVE YOU THE ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF UNITS IF IT WAS DEVELOPED AS ALL R 75, AND SHE CAME UP WITH SOME INFORMATION THAT THAT I THOUGHT WAS CONSERVATIVE, BUT GOOD.

AND SO WE'LL PULL IT UP RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS THIS IS WHAT SHE CAME UP WITH.

TWENTY EIGHT HOMES UNDER THE CURRENT R 75, R 15 ZONING.

IF YOU ZONE THE WHOLE THING R 75, YOU COULD GET THIRTY EIGHT HOMES ON IT AND EMERALD COTTAGES HAS SIXTY FOUR HOMES OR SIXTY FOUR COTTAGES.

ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU THINK, OH MY GOSH, YOU GET A WHOLE LOT MORE DENSITY IF YOU PUT EMERALD COTTAGES ON THERE.

BUT WHAT ARE YOU REALLY TALKING ABOUT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE, HOW MUCH BUILDING AREA IS GOING ON THE PROPERTY? AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING AREA THAT IS GOING ON THE PROPERTY, BY THE WAY, I SENT ALL THIS TO YOUR STAFF AND THEY AGREED WITH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE COME UP WITH.

SO WHEN YOU COME UP WITH THE BUILDING AREA, THAT'S GOING ON THE PROPERTY AT A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER OF TWENTY EIGHT UNITS, CONSERVATIVE NUMBER OF A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT HOME.

THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BUILDABLE AREA UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING IS A LITTLE BIT LESS.

IT'S ABOUT FOUR.

ABOUT FOUR HOMES LESS THAN WITH THE EMERALD COTTAGES USE, IF YOU GO TO AN R 75 ZONING ON THE WHOLE THING, IT'S MORE AND IT REQUIRES ACTUALLY LESS SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SO FROM A COVERAGE STANDPOINT WERE MORE, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SINGLE STORY, BUT WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING THE CURRENT ENTITLEMENT DOES IS IT PUTS A LOT OF THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

THE OPEN SPACE UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT IMPOSES ON THE NEIGHBORS LOOKING DOWN.

SO THE OTHER THE OTHER THING THAT YOU YOU COMPARE IS THE APPRAISED VALUE GOING FROM THE TWENTY EIGHT UNIT, CURRENT ZONING TO R ZONING, YOU GET $11 MILLION BASICALLY AT THE CURRENT ZONING OF TAXABLE VALUE TO THE ENTITIES, AS OPPOSED TO $17 MILLION TAXABLE VALUE TO THE ENTITIES.

SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE LESS RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAN IF YOU DEVELOPED IT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.

LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CARS WE'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CARS POTENTIALLY THAN THE CURRENT ZONING.

LESS CARS THAN IF YOU ZONED IT ALL R 75 AVERAGE AGE OF OUR RESIDENTS IS 79, A LOT OLDER THAN THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE RESIDENT IN BEDFORD THAT WOULD COME IN, WHICH IS 42.

I CAN PROMISE THAT OUR RESIDENT IS NOT AN EMPLOYED RESIDENT, THEY'RE NOT TRAVELING DURING PEAK TIMES.

COUNCILMAN STEVES, YOU ASK ABOUT TRAFFIC.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL HAVE LESS CARS TRAVELING.

OUR TRIP GENERATION WILL BE LESS REGARDLESS.

BUT THE TRIP GENERATION DURING PEAK TRAVEL TIMES, DURING PEOPLE, TAKING KIDS TO SCHOOL, GOING TO WORK, PEOPLE COMING HOME FROM WORK WILL BE ENORMOUSLY LESS.

OUR PEOPLE DON'T TRAVEL WHEN THERE'S TRAFFIC LIKE THAT.

SO IN MY MIND, THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

SO I I JUST WENT OUT ON A LIMB AND HAD A DESIGNER DO A TWO STORY BUILDING BASED ON THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE, AND THEN I HAD A DRONE GUY GO OUT AND LOOK DOWN ON THE BACKYARDS OF THE RESIDENTS BASED ON A SEVENTEEN FOOT HEIGHT SECOND STORY WINDOW.

AND THEN I HAD THEM DO A ONE STORY DRAWING OF OUR BUILDING AND THEN LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AT AN EIGHT FOOT WINDOW.

FROM OUR FROM OUR DEAL, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

AND WHILE WE WILL HAVE MORE ONE STORY COVERAGE ON THE LOT, THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF THOSE NEIGHBORS HAVING A BUILDING BACKING UP TO THEM.

IF I'M A NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ROLL THE DICE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO THIS AND YOU COULD VERY, VERY WELL LIKELY HAVE A TWO STORY WINDOW STARING DOWN AT YOU.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A A MISCONCEIVED PROJECT FROM A DENSITY STANDPOINT, I BELIEVE IT'S MISCONCEIVED FROM THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC TO BE GENERATED.

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I ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT'S LESS THAN WHAT COULD BE IN A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THERE.

BEDFORD DOES HAVE A NUMBER OF SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES.

THEY'VE GOT SEVEN SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES THAT I'M AWARE OF THROUGH THE [INAUDIBLE] STUDY THAT I GOT.

THEY'VE ONLY GOT ONE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN BUILT WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

IT'S THE HARDEST PROJECT.

IT'S AN 86 UNIT, APARTMENT STYLE, INDEPENDENT LIVING COMMUNITY.

THE REST OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD ARE 20+ YEARS OLD.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL GIVE THE CITY SOMETHING THAT IT NEEDS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO.

YES, MA'AM.

COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER [INAUDIBLE].

THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE OF SQUARE FOOTAGE VERSUS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES VERSUS WHAT YOU PLAN ON PUTTING IN THERE.

AND ALONG WITH THAT, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT YOUR, UM, TAX, THE TAXABLE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTIES THAT ARE THERE.

I ALSO ASKED STAFF WITH CITY MANAGERS PERMISSION BECAUSE THEY DON'T WORK FOR ME TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

BUT THROUGH THEM, I ASKED THEM TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, HOME VALUES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION HAVE DOUBLED AND QUADRUPLED IN TAXABLE VALUE.

MINE HASN'T.

BUT OKAY, YEAH, YOURS HAS NOT.

NO, MA'AM, THEY HAVE NOT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH? PROPERTIES LIKE RENTAL PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

THE THEY BECOME A DEFICIT TO THE CITY.

AND I CAN GO THROUGH HERE WHAT I HAVE LISTED ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND IT'S A CONSTANT DECLINE.

MY VALUES ARE, YOUR VALUES ARE.

YOU HAVE ONE THAT IS IN WACO THAT HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP.

WE FIGHT THOSE TAXES VERY HARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER YES, THERE THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT.

THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT.

BUT BUT MY THING IS THAT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN.

SAY TO US THAT YOUR YOUR PROPERTY VALUES WHAT YOU BRING TO US, VALUE WISE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SERVICE WISE, OKAY, I'M TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY VALUE WISE, OKAY IS EQUAL TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

I'M NOT.

I'M SAYING THAT WE'RE A LOT MORE THAN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT YOU'RE NOT.

NOT ACCORDING TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU HAVE.

THERE IS, I AVERAGE, A TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER UNIT TAXABLE VALUE TO THE CITY IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN BY UNIT.

I'VE DONE IT A HUNDRED TIMES.

AND IF YOU AVERAGE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER UNIT TO SIXTY FOUR UNITS, YOU GET TO $17 MILLION.

THAT'S A STABILIZED VALUE, TAXABLE VALUE TO THE CITY.

AND THOSE TAXABLE VALUES GO UP EVERY YEAR.

CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU SAID, WE FIGHT THEM TOOTH AND NAIL.

OK, THE ONE IN KERRVILLE.

YES, MA'AM.

IN IN 2020, YES MA'AM.

THE VALUE PER UNIT WAS ONE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.

NO, MA'AM.

NO, IT'S ON THE TAX RECORD.

A HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND, MAYBE.

AND I'M SORRY, YOU'RE CORRECT THEN.

BUT THIS YEAR, IT SAID, FOR 2021 OFF OF THE TAX RECORDS.

I SUPPORT THOSE TAX RECORDS.

I KNOW, OK, I'M NOT GOING TO DISPUTE IT WITH YOU ANY FURTHER, BUT THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU.

MS. CULVER.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? SO THERE'S A I GUESS THE PIGGYBACK HERE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE LEAVING THIS OPEN ENDED.

WHERE DID STAFF GET THIS INFORMATION FOR THIS DATA THAT THEY PROVIDED TO COUNCIL? THE INFORMATION THAT I KNOW THAT ANDREW PROVIDED Y'ALL EARLIER WAS A COMBINATION OF

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RESEARCH, AND I KNOW SOME SOME DATA WAS GRANTED GIVEN FROM THE APPLICANT AS WELL.

SO DO WE BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO COUNCIL IS ACCURATE WITH RESPECT TO THE VALUES? AS BEST AS I KNOW, YES, SIR.

OK.

THANK YOU.

OK.

SEEING THAT THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, WE'RE GOOD.

OK, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:04 ANYONE WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IS WELCOME TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO THE PODIUM.

I WILL ALSO ALLOW A FEW MINUTES JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANYONE ACROSS THE STREET HE'D LIKE TO COME ACROSS AS WELL, SIR.

NAME AND ADDRESS, IF YOU PLEASE.

HI, MY NAME IS MICHAEL GROSS.

I LIVE AT 2604 TALISMAN COURT.

I BACK UP TO THE PROPERTY PROPOSED PROPERTY.

I DO HAVE A SLIDE.

I'M SORRY.

[INAUDIBLE] THIS IS NEW EQUIPMENT TOO, SO YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU GET A SCREEN AT THIS POINT.

CAN YOU HEAR US? I GUESS THE FIRST ONE.

OK, GREAT.

GREAT.

I APOLOGIZE.

I HAVEN'T SPOKEN IN FRONT OF ANY BIG COMMITTEE SINCE COLLEGE, SO IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT EMERALD COTTAGE IS A 55 YEAR OLD SENIOR ASSISTED OR NOT ASSISTED BUT RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.

IT'S A GOOD CONCEPT.

I LIKE IT.

BUT IS IT RIGHT FOR BEDFORD? IS IT RIGHT FOR CHEEK SPARGER AREA, ESPECIALLY HOW DENSE IT IS? I DO HAVE A SLIDE KIND OF SHOWING WHEN MS. CULVER WAS POINTING ON ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES.

KERRVILLE.

NOTICE THAT THEY'RE ALL FOUR PLACE DWELLINGS BACKS UP TO ZERO RESIDENTIAL ZONED MULTIFAMILY.

THE CITY THERE REQUIRES A TWENTY FIVE FOOT SETBACK FOR MULTIFAMILY, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THERE.

THAT'S THEIR ZONING.

THIRTY TWO DWELLINGS, THEY REQUIRE ACCESS BY FIVE LANE ROAD.

IT SITS ON SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES IT EQUALS ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF DWELLINGS PER UNIT.

THIS IS ON A FLOODPLAIN ZONE, SO THEY CAN'T USE ALL OF THAT.

SO I'M JUST SHOWING YOU KIND OF.

AS OTHER THINGS, WACO BACKS UP TO ZERO RESIDENTIAL ZONE MULTIFAMILY THIRTY TWO DWELLINGS ACCESS BY FIVE LANE ROAD AND ON FIVE POINT FIVE ACRES.

THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE NORTH END OVER THERE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A LAWSUIT PENDING WITH THEM THAT THEY ACCIDENTALLY CUT INTO THE PROPERTY OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO THAT'S PENDING.

NEW BRAUNFELS.

[INAUDIBLE] NOT AT ALL.

OK.

THIS IS TEDIOUS, BY THE WAY.

NEW BRAUNFELS.

THIS ONE'S THE ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S ZONED MULTIFAMILY WITH RESTRICTION 82.

THAT KIND OF GIVES A RESTRICTION OF ITS, YOU KNOW, FOR BED AND BREAKFASTS AND ASSISTED LIVING KIND OF THING.

THIS IS A LARGE DWELLING AS WELL SIXTY EIGHT DWELLINGS BUT THE CITY REQUIRED SIX OR FIFTY FOOT OF SETBACK ON THE THREE HUNDRED FIFTY FOOT OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THERE, AND IS ALSO ACCESSED BY A FIVE LANE ROAD.

ROUND ROCK NOT MUCH INFORMATION ON THERE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

THAT'S A CITY LIMIT LINE RIGHT THERE.

IT'S IN A GOLF COURSE COMMUNITY.

I DID FIND THAT IT IS ON FIVE ACRES.

FIVE ACRES, THIRTY TWO DWELLINGS.

IT'S ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FEET OF RESIDENTIAL ON THE BACK NORTH CORNER AND THE REST IS A GOLF GOLF.

I GUESS IT'S A DRIVING RANGE RIGHT THERE.

I'M NOT SURE.

THE CLOSEST ONE THAT RESEMBLES WHAT'S PROPOSED IN TEXAS IS MCKINNEY.

THIS IS THIRTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENT OR NOT SQUARE FEET.

I'M SORRY.

THIRTEEN HUNDRED FEET OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT BACKS UP AGAINST EMERALD COTTAGES, ITS ZONED MULTIFAMILY AS WELL.

OR IT'S ACTUALLY ZONED PD, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO PUD HERE, BUT WITH CONFORMING TO MULTIFAMILY, SO THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO ALL THEIR CODES.

FORTY FOUR DWELLINGS THE CITY IMPOSE A FORTY FIVE FOOT SETBACK WITH A TWENTY FIVE FOOT LANDSCAPED BUFFER AND ALSO HAS ACCESS TO FIVE LANE ROAD.

ALL IN COMMON, IT'S ALL REGISTERED MULTIFAMILY AVERAGE FOUR DWELLINGS PER UNIT, ALL ACCESS BY A FIVE LANE ROAD OR A HIGHWAY.

AS FAR AS MY RESEARCH GOES, NONE WERE RE ZONED FROM PREVIOUS RESIDENTIAL IT WAS ALL COMMERCIAL OR SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES, AND THEN ANYTHING THAT BACKED UP TO A PROPERTY HAD AT LEAST A FORTY FIVE FOOT SETBACK.

THIS IS OUR PROPOSED [INAUDIBLE] BEDFORD, ITS TWO PROPERTIES AS WES HAS GONE OVER WITH YOU GUYS, IT'S FIVE ACRES OF THE ONE PROPERTY ON CHEEKS SPARGER AND THE CHURCH HAS ABOUT THREE POINT FIVE ACRES.

SURROUNDED BY R 75, R15 IN SOME SPOTS ACROSS THE STREET IN CHEEK SPARGER IT'S MOSTLY R 20 AND R 30.

UH, FORGIVE ME, THIS IS AN OLD OVERLAY, BUT THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN FROM LAST

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MONTH, BUT HE HAS CHANGED THIS.

THIS IS KIND OF JUST SHOWING YOU HOW MANY DWELLINGS ARE ALL ALONG THE WHOLE PROPERTY LINE.

IT'S QUITE A BIT SO IT IS KIND OF DENSE, ZONED OUT, ZOOMED OUT WITH THE REST OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THAT'S NINETEEN HUNDRED FEET OF RESIDENTIAL THAT THIS IS GOING TO BACK UP TO.

THIS IS EMERALD COTTAGE IS TWO DWELLINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROPOSE.

THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THEIR FOUR PLEX THAT THEY HAVE.

IT'S GOING TO BE SIX TO EIGHT OF THESE COMBINED, SO THREE HUNDRED FEET OF ONE LONG BUILDING, WHICH THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SEE THAT.

AND THAT'S ONLY SIX.

SO IMAGINE THE ONE THAT HAS EIGHT.

THIS IS THE CURRENT LOT AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST THE ONE FIVE ACRE LOT.

THAT'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WITH R 15 OVERLAID ON IT.

IS JUST A RENDERING I DID, BUT A LITTLE MORE PLEASING.

WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS ZERO LOT LINE TOWNHOMES BEHIND THERE.

SO THIS IS WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS FEARFUL IS THAT IF WE DENY THIS, THAT NEXT COUNCIL WILL APPROVE MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT THREE STORYS OR TOWNHOMES ZERO LOT LINES.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE FEARFUL OF WHAT CAN GO IN HERE.

THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE I COULD MAKE FIT WITH EMERALD COTTAGES AS THEIR OLD LAYOUT, BUT KIND OF GET THE IDEA.

JUST BUSINESS BUILDING'S.

CONCLUSION IF YOU GUYS DO APPROVE THIS, WE ASK THAT YOU GUYS ADD A TWENTY FOOT SETBACK OR TWENTY FOOT LANDSCAPED BUFFER WITH A FORTY FOOT SETBACK.

JUST GIVE US MORE SPACE BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PROPERTY.

REDUCE THE DWELLINGS TO AT LEAST FORTY FOUR EIGHT FOOT FENCE, WHICH THEY ORIGINALLY AGREED UPON.

AND THEN THE DOG PARK IS A LITTLE SMALL ON HIS THING.

SO MAYBE MAKE THAT BIGGER.

MR. STEVES YOU ASKED ABOUT CHEEK SPARGER AND I HAD THIS LAST MONTH.

CHEEK SPARGER WAS DESIGNED FOR EIGHT THOUSAND CARS A DAY.

IN 2009 IT HAD A TRAVEL OF TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND CARS PER DAY.

THAT'S EAST AND WEST.

2020 WITH THE ONE PERCENT GROWTH WAS THIRTY ONE THOUSAND CARS PER DAY.

[INAUDIBLE] PUT A ROUNDABOUT IN TO HELP WITH THIS CONGESTION.

IT WAS JUST A FIX UNTIL THEY COULD ACTUALLY GET MONEY AND GRANTS TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC.

THIS YEAR, THE FOUR HUNDRED MILLION TRANSPORT BOND WAS APPROVED.

THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING CHEEK SPARGER BETWEEN JACKSON OR CUMMINGS ALL THE WAY TO MARTIN AS THE SAME WAY THEY DID.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE GONE UP TO GLADE AND SEEN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO JUST ADD LEFT LANES.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIDEN IT ANY, BUT JUST ADD LEFT TURN LANES, WHICH THROWS ANOTHER THREAD IN THERE.

IF THEY BUILD EMERALD COTTAGES, NOW YOU HAVE A I FORGOT WHAT IT 'S CALLED.

OFFSET DRIVEWAY CAUSING CONFLICTS.

THIS IS FROM NATIONAL TRANSPORT THAT LEFT LANE AND RIGHT LANE TURNING.

AND THEN ALSO THIS IS A BLIND HILL, STAFF NOTES, IS WHAT WES HAS ALL GONE OVER.

THIS GOES AGAINST A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

TOO DENSE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND REQUIRED SUCH LANDSCAPING OPEN SPACE TRAFFIC.

YOU GUYS HAVE READ ALL THIS.

AND THEN I HAD I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE PROPOSING THEIR SITE PLAN, BUT I WAS SUGGESTING EMERALD COTTAGE MOVES OVER THERE WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR HOMES UP [LAUGHTER].

SO SORRY.

DO YOU HAVE OPINIONS ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER? WELL, I HAVE YOU, NO WE APPRECIATE THAT ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GROSS? THANK YOU, SIR.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

OK, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TOP THAT SLIDESHOW RIGHT? OK.

ALL RIGHT, SIR.

PLEASE NAME AND ADDRESS, IF YOU PLEASE.

MY NAME IS JEFF CARTER.

I LIVE AT 2600 RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MIKE GROSS, TALISMAN CORP.

BEDFORD.

SO SORRY ABOUT MR. GROSS.

OH, HE'S AWESOME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT HE PUT IN.

IF IT PLEASES, I WOULD LOVE TO HAND YOU GUYS SOME EXHIBITS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE COVID FREE.

[INAUDIBLE] THANKS, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I DO NOT HAVE AS LONG A PRESENTATION AS MIKE DID, BUT I THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CARTER.

I DO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT MIKE TALKED ABOUT.

HE AND I ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30TH.

OF COURSE, I'VE BEEN TO BOTH MEETINGS AT 9:04.

IN THE MORNING, I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING TEXT FROM MARK MATTIS, WHO'S PRESENTING

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THIS WITH EMERALD COLLEGE'S JEFF MORNING.

I JUST RECEIVED AN UPDATED SITE PLAN FROM MY ARCHITECT AND WANTED TO WALK THROUGH IT WITH YOU.

CALL ME WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

I IMMEDIATELY CALLED HIM A MINUTE LATER, SPENT THIRTY SEVEN MINUTES ON THE PHONE WITH HIM DURING THE CALL.

HE EMAILED ME THE SITE PLAN, WHICH I RECEIVED WHILE WE WERE TALKING.

I'VE GIVEN YOU TWO DRAWINGS.

ONE IS MARKED EXHIBIT ONE THAT HAS THE LITTLE RED.

THE OTHER ONE IS EXHIBIT TWO THAT HAS GREEN AND BLUE ON IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE I GO DOWN THE REST OF THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF IT.

MR. MORRISON SHOWED HOW THAT THEY DID A SETBACK FOR ALL THESE HOUSES.

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOWED IS YOU DIDN'T SEE MY HOUSE, SO I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS MY HOUSE.

SO THE SHORT VERSION OF THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MR. MATTIS WAS THAT I WAS REQUESTING HIM TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN TO REMOVE THE TWO BEDROOM UNIT THAT YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IN EXHIBIT ONE AND REPLACE IT WITH A ONE BEDROOM UNIT THAT YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IN EXHIBIT TWO.

SO I MARKED THIS UP THE BEST I COULD AND KIND OF CAME UP WITH A NEW REVISED PLAN.

I WAS REQUESTING THIS AND MR. MATTIS SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE THE SAME SET BACK IN STYLE UNITS BEHIND ALL OF MY PROPERTY, NOT JUST A PORTION OF MY PROPERTY, BUT ALL OF MY PROPERTY, JUST AS MY OTHER NEIGHBORS IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.

THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTED LOTS IS SEEN IN EXHIBIT TWO REPRESENT THE OTHER NEIGHBORS I'M REFERRING TO.

OK, JUST FOR CLARITY.

MR. MATTIS TRIED TO COERCE ME THAT IF I WOULD COMMIT TO COMING TO THE MEETING TONIGHT AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT, HE WOULD MAKE CHANGES ABOVE THAT.

I'VE JUST OUTLINED ACCORDINGLY, BUT NEEDED A RESPONSE FROM ME WITHIN A DAY TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE THE CHANGES.

HE ALSO FALSELY INDICATED TO ME THAT MY NEIGHBOR, MIKE GROSS, WHO JUST SPOKE, WAS GOING TO COME TO THE MEETING TONIGHT IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.

I COMMUNICATED TO MR. MATTIS THAT I WOULD NEED TO SPEAK WITH MY WIFE AND MY NEIGHBOR AND WOULD GET BACK WITH HIM.

I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH MR. MATTIS SINCE THAT CONVERSATION.

YET THIS IS THE TEXT DIALOG THAT I HAD WITH HIM FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING DAY, DECEMBER 30, FIRST STARTING AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING, BASICALLY FROM ME.

I DID SPEAK WITH MIKE AND MY WIFE.

I ALSO LOOKED OVER THE SITE PLAN.

MIKE AND I ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.

I DIDN'T TELL HIM WHAT THAT PAGE WAS, BUT THAT WAS NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT HE TOLD ME THE DAY BEFORE.

MY STANCE CURRENTLY WOULD BE THAT IF THE CITY APPROVES A MULTIFAMILY DWELLING, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY WITH THIS CALLED, BUT WHAT I WHAT I TYPED FOR THE PROPERTY, THEN I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT WITH THE CHANGE DISCUSSED TO SINGLE UNITS BEHIND MY PROPERTY LINE.

HE RESPONDED BACK HIS FIRST RESPONSE WAS THANKS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.

WILL YOU SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF OUR PROJECT ON THE 11TH? I DIDN'T RESPOND.

HIS SECOND RESPONSE WAS A QUESTION MARK AND THEN AT 1:43 IN THE AFTERNOON, SAYS GEOFF.

I'M NOT SURE I WILL HAVE TIME AT THIS POINT TO MODIFY THE PLANS AND INCLUDE IN MY PACKAGE TO THE CITY FOR THE MEETING ON THE 11TH.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL SUPPORT MY COTTAGE STYLE SENIOR LIVING PROJECT IF I MAKE THE MODIFICATION TO THE PLANS THAT WE DISCUSSED, THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SO I'M COMING TO THE CITY STATING THAT IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT IF THE CITY DOES DECIDE TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, THE EMERALD COTTAGES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE CHANGES AS SHOWN BY EXHIBIT TWO THAT I'VE GIVEN YOU GUYS.

THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE BEDROOM UNITS BEHIND MY FULL PROPERTY LINE WITH THE SAME SETBACK THAT ALL MY NEIGHBORS HAVE.

THAT'S THE END OF MY CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CARTER.

OH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARTER? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WISH YOU'D DO A BETTER JOB ON THESE DRAWINGS.

I MEAN, THIS IS JUST REALLY I TRIED TO MAKE IT AS CLEAR AS I COULD.

THIS IS LIKE A PROFESSIONAL JOB HERE, SIR.

HELLO, EVERYONE [INAUDIBLE] ABRAHAM, I AM A BRAND NEW NEIGHBOR.

I NEW RESIDENT HERE IN BEDFORD AND I'M THE FORTUNATE NEIGHBOR OVER

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THERE AT 2416 CHEEK SPARGER.

AS OF DECEMBER 29TH, 2021.

LIKE A WEEK.

OH WOW.

BUT THIS IS A WELCOME WELCOME.

WELCOME TO BEDFORD.

BUT YEAH, I'M JUST HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND AGAIN FOR MY PURPOSES HERE.

I'M JUST TAKING A LOOK.

I'M LEARNING AS I GO AND I'M OBVIOUSLY WELL, IT HAS BEEN TEN DAYS.

YEAH, IT HAS BEEN TEN DAYS, RIGHT? SO I GUESS MY BIGGEST THING IS JUST A MATTER OF THIS COMMUNITY TYPE, AS WELL AS WITH AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITIES, THERE IS A LIFESTYLE EXPECTATION.

SPECIFICALLY, I JUST WANT TO PRESENT TO THE GROUP THAT I HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN.

I'M ABOUT TO HAVE MY FOURTH.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DENSITY HERE WITH TWO BEDROOMS, WE NOW HAVE 10 NEIGHBORS.

I'M JUST KIND OF WITH THAT EXPECTATION IN MIND, IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOUND AND CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS WITH AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITIES, IS CHILDREN CONDUCIVE TO THAT? I'M, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST KIND OF THROWING IT OUT THERE.

BUT I AM ASKING, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? ARE YOU SAYING YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE KIDS? I'M SAYING I CAN'T PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

BUT BUT JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THIS PROPOSED SITE WHEN I AM JUST SIMPLY ASKING TO HAVE THE SAME CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE IN REGARDS TO THE SETBACK DENSITY AND PROPOSED USE, I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO EVERYONE WHO HAS ALREADY HAD A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITH YOU GUYS.

BUT SIMPLY JUST HAVING THAT SET BACK FROM MY PROPERTY LINE TO THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, I'D LIKE YOU TO AT LEAST TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, AS WELL AS JUST ANOTHER POINT OF JUST FROM THE BUSINESS MODEL OF AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITIES.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE IN TERMS OF THE LONG TERM IMPACT AND LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS IN REGARDS TO THIS SPECIFIC LAYOUT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

AGAIN, A LOT OF THE NEW NEIGHBORS ARE MY NEW NEIGHBORS.

I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN REGARDS TO THIS, BUT MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE IF I COULD HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF CONSIDERATION THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THIS PROCESS HAVE HAD ALREADY SO SINGLES OUT.

THANK YOU, MR. ABRAHAMS. WELCOME TO BEDFORD.

I HOPE YOUR NEXT TEN DAYS GOES AS WELL AS THE LAST [LAUGHTER].

YES, SIR.

MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SPEAK HERE TONIGHT.

I WILL BE BACK.

I'M MORE SUPPORTING HERE FOR THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I WANT TO MENTION, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US YOUR NAME? YES.

TIM CLANTON.

ALL RIGHT, [INAUDIBLE] 53 PAINTBRUSH LANE IN BEDFORD IN RUSTIC WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE REVIEWING EVERYTHING THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU ON THIS, I THINK THE KEY HERE IS THIS HAS BEEN ZONED R7500 FOR QUITE A WHILE AND YOU'LL FIND THAT ON THE OTHER PROPERTY TOO.

THAT'S NINE THOUSAND.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BUILT MOVED IN EXPECTING THAT TO BE RESIDENTIAL R 7500.

SO AS A DEVELOPER COMES IN, THAT'S WHERE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING MAY THEY'VE APPROVED IT.

BUT THIS IS WHERE COUNCIL.

PROTECTS THE CITIZENS, AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE.

THE BUILDER NEGOTIATING WITH THE WITH THE RESIDENTS ON WHAT THEY WOULD.

TOTALLY SUPPORT AND GO AFTER IT THAT WAY AND NOT APPROVE JUST CHANGING ZONING, BECAUSE ONCE THE ZONING HAS CHANGED, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REZONED TO FALL BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FUTURE.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE AGAIN, JUST TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S IN HERE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE PROTECTION THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

IS CURRENT ZONING, AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT MORE LATER.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. CLINTON.

SEE THEM PULLING THEIR MASKS OFF.

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MINE'S NOT TO GET A DRINK OF WATER, TO TALK TO YOU GUYS.

MY NAME IS BOB ARNOLD.

WELCOME, MR. ARNOLD.

THANK YOU.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I ARE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S ONLY TWO OF US LEFT.

MY YOUNGER BROTHER, HOYT AND MYSELF.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ATTENTION TO THIS.

WHAT WE WANTED, WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

MY PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THIS IS THAT I WAS WITHIN THE LAND AND RIGHT OF WAY DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF ARLINGTON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SO IT'S NOT MY FIRST RODEO.

BUT THIS IS A PROPOSITION THAT WILL BE A REAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

AND I'VE SEEN IT GO UP AND DOWN ONE WAY AND THE OTHER, AND IT'S ZONED FOR WE COULD HAVE A HOTROD RACETRACK BUILT OVER THIS FIVE ACRES.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU APPROVE THAT OR NOT, BUT IT'S LIABLE TO.

BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD DEVELOPER COMING IN HERE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING SOMETHING IN THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S A SINGLE STORY, YOU'RE NOT TWO STORIES UP WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING OUT OVER.

WE GOT SOME NEIGHBORS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BACKYARD SWIMMING POOLS IN THEM THAT REALLY DON'T WANT SOMEBODY GAZING AT THEM WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE, SUNBATHING OR SWIMMING OR WHATEVER.

SO ALL OF IT IS SINGLE STORY BACKED UP TO THEIR PROPERTY.

ALL THAT I'VE SEEN POINTS TO A REAL GOOD MELDING OF WHAT'S GOING PROPOSED HERE.

SO WE ELECT HAVE YOU GUYS WORK WITH US.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A GOOD PART OF IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. ARNOLD.

MR. MAYOR, HONORABLE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DOUG ADKINS, I'M A RETIRED ATTORNEY IN DALLAS.

I'VE BEEN A FRIEND WITH HIS FAMILY FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

I KNOW THEM INTIMATELY.

AND SO TONIGHT WE'VE HEARD ALL ABOUT SETBACKS AND FEW SQUARE FEET HERE OR THERE OR YONDER.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY FOR A MINUTE.

THE MAN HAD OWNED THIS PROPERTY.

EXCUSE ME.

HE DIED IN JANUARY OF 2006.

THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO SELL THAT PROPERTY SINCE 2006.

THERE'S TWO MEMBERS LEFT OF THAT SEVEN MEMBER FAMILY.

THEY LOST A SISTER LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO.

YET WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS TO DO THEIR BEST TO GET THE BEST BUILDER AND GET THE BEST LOOKING FACILITY THEY CAN FOR THIS FACILITY.

MY BEST FRIEND WAS RICK ARNOLD.

HE DIED TWO YEARS AGO.

HE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST INTELLIGENT MAN I'VE EVER KNOWN.

AND HE REALLY DID A LOT WITH THAT PROPERTY.

HE LOANED TO THE FAMILY.

EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TAKE CARE OF OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPERTY THAT THE CITY MADE.

AND HE SPENNT $80000 FOR THAT.

NOW THAT'S IN ADDITION TO ALL THE MAINTENANCE FEES, AND EVERYTHING HAS HAD TO BE DONE WITH THAT PROPERTY SINCE THEN.

SO WHEN YOU ANALYZE THIS PROPERTY, EVERYONE HAS TALKED ABOUT HIS LOCATION.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.

IT'S LIKE EVERY CITY YOU'VE GOT IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU JUST HAVE TO BUILD BIGGER HIGHWAYS.

TAXPAYERS DON'T LIKE IT.

I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT THEN DON'T LIKE STACKED UP LINES, EITHER.

AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH THE TERRITORY.

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY TO YOU THAT AS YOU ANALYZE THE SITUATION, ALL WE'VE REALLY TALKED ABOUT IS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THIS DESIGN THEY HAVE.

IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD OBJECTIONS TONIGHT.

THEN IF THIS PROPERTY IS NOT APPROVED, THERE'S NO MORE TIME GOING TO BE WASTED ON TRYING TO GET THE VERY BEST FOR THAT PROPERTY.

THEY'RE GOING FOR THE HIGHEST DOLLAR.

THEY'RE NOT YOUNG PEOPLE.

I'M BEING VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH YOU.

THEY'RE GOING FOR THE HIGHEST DOLLAR.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE HIGHEST DOLLAR IS? TWO STORY.

IF YOU, YOU HEARD OBJECTION TONIGHT, YOU WAIT TILL PEOPLE BUILD TWO STORIES AND LOOKING OVER INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S YARDS.

YOU'VE NEVER HEARD SUCH OBJECTIONS.

ALL OF US HAVE BEEN THERE.

WE'VE SEEN WHAT THAT'S LIKE.

WE WANT PRIVACY.

I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF I DON'T REPRESENT AND DID NOT KNOW THIS DEVELOPER UNTIL THIS CAME UP.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I DID MEET WITH THREE.

I GOT A CONTRACT WITH THREE AND I WALKED FROM THREE.

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YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN? THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

DIDN'T CARE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

ALL THEY WANTED TO DO IS TO GET AS MUCH AS THEY COULD ON THE SMALLEST PIECE OF PROPERTY AS THEY COULD.

MANY OF THEM, TWO OF THEM WERE BORROWING THE MONEY.

YOU DON'T DEAL WITH PEOPLE GOT TO BORROW MONEY BECAUSE YOU GET IT BACK IN A MESS.

SO WE REJECTED THAT.

AND THEN ALONG CAME MARK, AND I WENT AND LOOKED AT SOME OF HIS FACILITIES.

THEY'RE FIRST CLASS FACILITIES.

JUST LOOK AT THEM.

YOU CAN CRITICIZE WHAT SIZE, WHAT'S A TAX IS.

LOOK AT THEM.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.

THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT IS BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY, AND HIS PROPERTIES LOOK EXCELLENT.

I'VE BEEN ON THOSE PROPERTIES.

I DID NOT KNOW THEM.

I WANTED TO SEE THEM.

THEIR PROPERTIES ARE MODERN.

THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE A STACK HOUSE, WHICH YOU'LL DO IF YOU HAVE TWO STORIES.

IT IS VERY PLEASANT TO SEE THE PEOPLE ARE PLEASANT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID THAT MAYBE SLIPPED BY A LITTLE BIT.

HE SAID, WE'RE FULLY OCCUPIED.

WELL, HE WAS FULLY OCCUPIED BEFORE THIS GREAT HOUSING CRISIS.

WE HAVE GONE ON IN OUR WHOLE COUNTRY TODAY AND HAD A WAITING LIST.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT AN OPERATOR? IT SAYS HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.

IF YOU'VE GOT A FACILITY LIKE THIS AND IT IS FULLY OCCUPIED WITH A WAITING LIST, THAT'S A GOOD OPERATOR.

YOU GO TO RESTAURANTS, WE HAVE LONG LINES OR A LOT OF PICKUP TRUCKS.

YOU GO TO PLACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND ENJOY, AND THAT'S WHAT HE HAS HAD.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY TO YOU AS YOU ANALYZE THIS, THIS IS NOT JUST THIS PROPERTY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

YOU GOT A CHURCH INVOLVED AND I'M SURE Y'ALL REALIZE THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEALING WITH CHURCHES.

AND THE CHURCH WANTS TO DO THE SAME THING THAT IS BEING DONE WITH THIS PROPERTY.

THEY WANT TO MODERNIZE THEIR CHURCH.

THEY WANT A NEW FACILITY THERE BESIDES WHAT THEIR OTHER FACILITY IS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND YOU MAY HEAR COMMENTS, AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE GENTLEMAN'S COMMENT ABOUT THINGS GOING TO BE REDRAWN TODAY.

LORD KNOWS WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.

YOU CAN'T MOVE THAT FAST.

BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A DEVELOPER THAT MET WITH RESIDENTIAL OWNERS AS MUCH AS HE DID.

THE LAST TIME WHEN YOU TABLED THIS.

IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD MET WITH RESIDENTIAL OWNERS AND AGREED TO MAKE CHANGES THEY WANTED, BUT SOMEHOW IT DIDN'T GET IN THE COMPUTER HERE.

THAT DIDN'T COME FROM HIM.

IT CAME FROM THE PEOPLE.

HE RESPONDED TO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED.

THAT'S WHY HE IS RIGHT NOW FULLY OCCUPIED.

HE RESPONDS TO THE PEOPLE.

HE'S A GOOD MAN.

HE'S A GREAT OPERATOR.

MY, I GUESS, FINAL COMMENT IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS WIN WIN.

A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, A CHURCH THAT GETS TO GET RID OF A STEEL BUILDING AND BUILDS A MORE BRICK AND MORTAR AND LOOK BETTER, A FACILITY THAT RATHER THAN HAVING A FEW TREES AND AN UGLY PIECE OF DIRT OUT THERE, HAVE SOME VERY NICE LOOKING HOMES THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 06.

AND YOU CAN'T SELL IT.

WE NEVER TALK TO ONE PERSON THAT WANTED TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY.

EVERY ONE OF THEM EITHER WANT COMMERCIAL OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING WAY OUT OF LINE.

THIS FAMILY SAID, NO, WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE RESIDENTS.

WE'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE.

AND THEY SAID, NO, BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

THERE ARE DAYS OF SAYING NO.

IF THIS IS NOT ADOPTED, THOSE DAYS ARE GOING TO BE OVER.

THEY'RE NOT YOUNG PEOPLE.

THEY JUST WANT TO SELL THAT PROPERTY.

THEY DON'T CARE HOW IT'S DEVELOPED.

IF THIS DOES NOT GO BECAUSE THEY SPENNT A LOT OF MONEY ON IT FOR A LONG TIME AND BASICALLY DURING THE LIFE OF THIS PROPERTY, THEY HAVE LOST MOST OF THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILY.

SO WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU GIVE CONSIDERABLE CONSIDERATION FOR THESE COMMENTS.

ONE LAST THING.

THE COMMENT ON NEEDING A CHANGE.

HE'S THE ONLY DEVELOPER I'VE EVER SEEN THAT MET WITH INDIVIDUALS AND MADE CHANGES.

HE COULDN'T GET IT DONE THIS QUICK.

YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT HIM TO.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I DO NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC ISSUE, BUT I DO KNOW HE WILL MEET.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HE WILL GO TO WORK OUT SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT'S HIS WAY OF WORKING WITH

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CUSTOMERS.

SO MAY I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU GIVE US SOME FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION? WOULD ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY KINDLY.

THANK YOU, MR. ATKINS.

YES SIR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MICHAEL COSGROVE, I'M PASTOR OF WOODLAND HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN BEDFORD.

THAT'S 3712 CENTRAL.

I LIVE 1521 [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE IN KELLER.

I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF MR. MATTIS'S PROJECT.

MARK HAS WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING US AND WE ARE ONE OF THOSE POTENTIAL NEIGHBORS OF HIS.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO SELL OUR PROPERTY AS WELL TO MAKE THIS HAPPENN.

WE SPENNT TIME IN JULY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS HOSTING A SESSION WITH MARK AS HOSTING AS A CO-HOST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT.

AND EVEN BEFORE THAT MEETING, OUR CHURCH HAD TO HAVE THAT MEETING WITH MR. MATTIS SO THAT WE WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT CUTTING LOOSE OF OUR PROPERTY.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE CHURCHES WITH PROPERTY? A LOT OF THEM DO NOT WANT TO CUT LOOSE IN THIS AREA.

YES, WE HAVE SOME MORE, BUT OUR CHURCH PRAYED LONG AND HARD ABOUT THAT AND HEARD HIS PLAN ENOUGH THAT WE SAW THAT OVERWHELMINGLY IN A VOTE TO TO HIM CONTINGENT ON FAVORABLE HEARING TODAY.

AND WE ALSO THEN HOSTED THE MEANINGLESS LAST JULY.

IT BECAME EVIDENT TO US THAT MR. MATTIS HAD ALREADY HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND HEARD THEIR CONCERNS, AND IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING AND WITNESS THAT WE HAD SEEN HIM SPEAK AND HEARD OF HIM SPEAKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE TALKED TO SOME OF THEM TOO, ABOUT THEIR ONGOING FEEDBACK.

AND HE HAD ANSWERED THOSE.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU AGAIN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THIS AGAIN TODAY.

WITH THE CHANGES, WE BELIEVE IN WHAT MR. MATTIS IS DOING WILL IN CONSCIOUS BE A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

OF COURSE, WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE TAX VALUE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ALREADY.

YOU ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THE IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THE FABLED SORT OF DENSITY THAT IT WOULD PRODUCE ON OUR ROADS AND CONGESTION AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU JUST WON'T BE THERE.

ALSO, THE HEIGHTS OF FENCES AND ROOF HEIGHTS WILL BE REDUCED AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

HE'S MADE ALL THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS AND HEARD THOSE OUT AS A RESULT OF BEING A GOOD COMMUNICATOR.

I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO HEAR ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS SAY THAT MARK HAD HEARSAY SAID SOME THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T SAY.

THAT'S JUST NOT THE CHARACTER OF THE PERSON THAT I'M AWARE OF.

AND HE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT OPEN WITH US AND WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT WOULD GO IN THERE IF THIS DID NOT, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EITHER THIS COUNCIL OR ANOTHER ONE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT ONE DAY, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD CAUSE OUR NEIGHBORS, I BELIEVE, EVEN GREATER CONCERN.

IT WOULD CAUSE US GREATER CONCERN AS WELL.

BUT I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE BEST OPTION BEFORE YOU THAT WILL BENEFIT SENIOR ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

AND THIS WOULD BE, I THINK, SOMETHING GOD WOULD SMILE FAVORABLY UPON.

BUT I JUST THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

EVERYONE UP HERE IS ASKING FOR QUESTIONS.

ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? UNDERSTANDING IS NO ONE ACROSS THE STREET.

OK COUNCIL ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WHILE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS STILL OPEN? OK, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:38.

OK.

MR. MORRISON, I LOST YOU.

THERE YOU ARE.

ANY FINAL COMMENTS HERE? NO, THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO CLARIFY.

MS. CULVER ASKED AND THE MAYOR ASKED AS WELL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE VALUATIONS? AND I VERIFIED WITH ANDREA DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE VALUATION IS GOING TO BE THAT WE FOCUSED ON THE IMPROVEMENTS, WHEREAS WE BELIEVE THE APPLICANT WAS INCLUDING THE LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU.

YES.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK A STUPID QUESTION.

OK.

WHAT SHOULD THE BASIS OF OUR DECISION BE TO DECIDE YES OR NO? FROM FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, AND I MAY LEAN OVER TO BRYN A LITTLE BIT,

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BUT I LIKE TO TELL WHAT I TELL P&Z, WHAT I TELL COUNCILS ARE ALWAYS THAT THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS, IS THIS LAND USE APPROPRIATE? AND AND YOU LOOK AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN YOU DO THAT.

A LOT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED TONIGHT TRAFFIC, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH WE DISCUSSED AS WELL.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT STAFF LOOKS AT WHEN WE'RE DECIDING WHETHER RECOMMENDATIONS COME FORWARD OR THEY DON'T.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT AND THAT'S WHAT I ENCOURAGE P&Z TO LOOK AT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? I CAN SIMPLY ADD QUICKLY THAT THE LEGAL STANDARD IS SOMEWHAT GENERICALLY OFFERED, AS IS THIS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY? OKAY.

BUT IT'S A LAND USE QUESTION.

IT IS A LAND USE QUESTION.

YOU WANT TO NOT BASE YOUR DECISION AT ALL ON THE AGE OF THE PROPOSED OCCUPANTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND I'VE HEARD NO DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

YEAH.

MR. MATTIS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I STILL HAVE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON [INAUDIBLE].

I GUESS MOST OF US HAVE DRIVEN [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT THAT SPOT RIGHT THERE.

I THINK THERE IS A SAFETY CONCERN STILL, THERE'S TWO OFFSET, LIKE YOU SAID, GENTLEMAN SAID.

THERE'S TWO OFFSETTING DRIVEWAYS THERE AND IT'S RIGHT NEAR THAT ROUNDABOUT ON A HILL.

SO I THINK THERE IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE NO ON THIS WHEN THE TIME COMES.

THANK YOU, MR. STEVES, ANYONE ELSE YOU'RE LEANING FORWARD LIKE YOU WANT TO TALK, YOU'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE BUTTON.

COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.

IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT, IT'S NEW AND NOT BEEN PUSHED VERY OFTEN.

YES, I DO AS MR. MATTIS, YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED, BUT I HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH MS. MCMILLAN FROM P&Z AND THAT THIS DOES NOT MEET THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE.

AND SO THEREFORE I'M A NO VOTE AS WELL.

OK, THANK YOU, MS. CULVER.

ANYONE ELSE? OK, SO DO WE HAVE ANYONE INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION HERE? WE HAVE A.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO DENY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.

WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.

LET'S VOTE.

CINDY, SORRY TO PUT YOU FIRST.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THE MOTION TO DENY OR YOU AGREE WITH THE MOTION TO DENY? MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL AGREES WITH THE MOTION TO DENY.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES, MAYOR BOYTER, I AGREE TO DENY.

COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.

DENY.

COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

SO THAT'S A SIX ZERO VOTE.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS VOTE TO DENY THIS MOTION THIS EVENING.

SO OBVIOUSLY, THANK YOU, APPLICANT.

THANK YOU, STAFF.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS WE HAVE ITEM FOUR THAT'S

[4. Public hearing and consider an ordinance to rezone property legally described as Lot A of the Concordia Addition and both North and South Parts of Lot A of Wesleyan Addition, commonly known as 3705 and 3709 Harwood Road, Bedford, Texas, and consisting of 10.268 acres, from Single-Family Residential Detached – 9,000 (R-9) to Planned Unit Development to allow a 53 single-family lot subdivision with the average lot size being 6,400 square feet. The property is generally located on the north side of Harwood Road, approximately 675 feet east of State Highway 121. (PZ-PUD-2021-50073) (Item was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 5-0-0)]

GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT A OF THE CONCORDIA ADDITION IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH PARTS OF LOT A OF WESLEYAN ADDITION, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 3705 AND 3709 HARWOOD ROAD, BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND CONSISTING OF TEN POINT TWO SIX EIGHT ACRES FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, DETACHED R9 TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW A FIFTY THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOT SUBDIVISION.

WITH THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE BEING 6400 SQUARE FEET.

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HARWOOD ROAD, APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE FEET EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 121.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I GIVE YOU PLANNING MANAGER WES MORRISON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, THE REQUEST IS STATED.

THE PROPERTIES ZONED R9, CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH TWO RELIGIOUS FACILITIES.

CHURCHES THAT WILL BE IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED WILL BE REMOVED.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED DEVELOPMENT OF WITH A DENSITY OF A LITTLE OVER FIVE ACRES OR FIVE UNITS PER ACRE, AND FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SEMIPUBLIC.

WE FEEL THAT LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THIS IS JUST A COMMON LAND USE DESIGNATION.

OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY WAS CHURCHES.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS WE FEEL THIS LAND USE DESIGNATION IS APPLIED TO THIS PROPERTY.

APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHOWS THAT ALL ACCESS WILL BE OFF OF HARWOOD ROAD TWO ACCESS POINTS.