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CALL THE MEETING OF BEDFORD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR TODAY.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, TO ORDER.
ATTENDANCE, PLEASE. STARTING WITH MR. GALLENSTEIN. PRESENT.
PRESENT, TREASURER FORD PRESENT.
THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT A FULL DAIS TONIGHT.
THIS IS AS A REMINDER TO OUR ALTERNATES BECAUSE WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF REGULAR MEMBERS.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE.
YOU WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN TONIGHT'S VOTING, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE OTHER ITEMS. ALL RISE FOR THE INVOCATION.
WE PRAY FOR GUIDANCE IN THE MATTERS BEFORE US AND ASK YOU.
TO GUIDE US AS WE EXERCISE OUR OFFICIAL DUTIES FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
BLESS THOSE WHO WORK FOR ALL OF OUR BENEFITS AND CITY EMPLOYEES.
OUR FIRST ITEM IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.
[1. Conduct a public hearing and consider approval of a replat of Meadow Wood Addition, Lot 1 and Lot 20, Block 10, and Brisbon Addition Lot 2, Block 1 being a replat of part of Lot A, Block 10 being 7.6662 acres in the City of Bedford, generally located at the northwest of Murphy Drive and Cummings Drive commonly known as 3301 Murphy Drive. (PLAT-22-2)]
CONSIDER APPROVAL RE PLAT OF MEADOWOOD EDITION LOT ONE AND LOT 20 BLOCK TEN AND BASEMENT ADDITION LOT 2 BLOCK ONE BEING A REPLAT.THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
I AM JOSE SIGNS A PLANNER HERE FOR CITY OF BEDFORD.
YES. AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS A RE PLAT OF THE METAL WOOD ADDITION LOTS ONE AND 20 OF BLOCK TEN AND ALSO OF LOT TO BLOCK ONE OF THE BRIDGE BOND ADDITIONS. FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED HERE AT 3301 MURPHY DRIVE WHICH IS THE TRA PUMP STATION.
HERE YOU HAVE OUR LOCATION HERE.
THE PROPERTY HERE JUST LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF CUMMINGS DRIVE AND MURPHY DRIVE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, I INDICATED HERE MARKED IN ORANGE TO THE LOTS. GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS REPLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS A LOT 1 AND THEN LOT TWENTIES DARED LOCATED EAST AND A PORTION OF LOT TWO OF THE RESPOND ADDITION LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY HERE A BACKGROUND IN SUMMARY OF THIS PROPERTY HERE.
THE SUBDIVISION WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED IN JANUARY 1979 AND LATER ON.
THE PUMP STATION AND WATER STORAGE FACILITY BY TRA WAS DEVELOPED HERE.
ONCE AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO MERGE THOSE THREE LOTS.
THEY SUBMITTED. YOU ALSO HAVE A PHYSICAL COPY AS WELL IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO TONIGHT YOU CONDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING HERE.
THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS READ PLAT.
STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS SHOWS QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
WE WILL TAKE A SHORT ADJOURNMENT TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS ITEMS IN RELATION TO NOTICE NOTIFICATION OF THIS ITEM. WE'LL RETURN IN A MOMENT.
GET READY. 6:15 WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR PLAT
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22-2. AND AS OUR PUBLIC HEARING COMMENCES, WE WILL HAVE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF AND THEN WE WILL HAVE FOLKS FROM THE AUDIENCE ARE WELCOME TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION.JOSE PUBLIC HEARING OPENING AT 6:15.
OKAY. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. DO YOUR THING. ALL RIGHT.
BECAUSE. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.
PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE, SIR.
OKAY. I HAVE TO SAY IT OVER, JOSE.
NO. WHEN I OPENED IT AT 6:15, DID YOU NEED TO DO YOUR PRESENTATION? NO PRESENTATION BEFORE ALREADY DO.
GOOD. FEEL GOOD? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OPEN.
YEAH. MY NAME IS PETER BOONSTRA.
I LIVE AT 3509 MURPHY DRIVE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS LOT 19, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPOSED NEW ACCESS ROAD. AND WE JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH OUR CONCERNS.
WE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW.
WITH THIS PROPOSED CHANGES HERE.
AND IT'S ONLY LIKE 16 FEET AWAY FROM OUR LOT LINE.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUE THAT THIS MIGHT IMPACTED NEGATIVELY AND ALSO THE HOW DESIRABLE OR SELLABLE THE HOUSE IS.
ONCE THIS IS ALL DONE AND WE'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE LARGER, MORE INDUSTRIAL TYPE OPERATION THAN A SMALL LITTLE ACCESS ROAD. AND THOSE ARE TWO BIG FACTORS.
THIRD, WE'VE ENDURED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, OCCASIONALLY SOME MACHINE NOISE.
AND TO BUILD A BIGGER PUMP STATION, MORE PUMPS OR WHATEVER.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT NOISE ALSO.
AND AS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS, LOCATION OR STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE, I CAN'T ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT BECAUSE THE NEW ACCESS ROAD IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE BUILT FURTHER OUT OR FURTHER BACK.
AND I DON'T KNOW AS FACT, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT APPEARS.
BUT BASICALLY THE MAIN TWO ISSUES WE HAVE IS THE PROPERTY, VALUABLE VALUE AND THE DESIRABILITY OF OUR HOUSE, IN CASE YOU WANT TO SELL IT, AND ALSO THE PRIVACY THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE.
AND ALL THEY GOT RIGHT NOW IS JUST A LITTLE CHAIN LINK FENCE BETWEEN TWO PROPERTIES OR A NICE SEVEN FOOT PRIVACY FENCE THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRAFFIC, BECAUSE OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE OF ALL THE MORE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF VERY ANXIOUS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY AN IMPACT IN OUR HOUSE, PRIVACY, NOISE, ETC..
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. THANK YOU, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 3732 ROLLING MEADOWS.
AND I THINK, YES, I'M PLOT NUMBER FIVE ON ROLLING MEADOWS, MAYBE FOUR.
I'M NOT POSITIVE BY LOOKING AT YOUR MAP.
I'M JUST WEST OF THE PLOT ITSELF.
AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED AS WELL ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUE.
BEHIND ME IS THE THE LOT THAT HAS I COUNTED LIKE 15 OR 16, 30 YEAR OLD OAK TREES OUT THERE.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT IT TODAY, THEY'RE ALL MARKED WITH SILVER TAGS.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CUT DOWN.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE.
IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL LOT AS IT IS.
AND IF YOU CUT THE TREES DOWN AND I'M CONCERNED, IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE BUILT RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE? AGAIN, AS A GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME TO TALK ABOUT A NOISE FACTOR, WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME NOISE.
THAT MACHINERY IS RUNNING OVER THERE PERIODICALLY.
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THERE'S WHEN THOSE COME ON, THERE'S A CONSTANT SMELL OF DIESEL IF THE WIND IS BLOWING OUT OF THE SOUTH.AND SO I COULD GET DIESEL FUMES IN MY BACKYARD AND EVERYTHING.
I MOVED IN THAT HOUSE ABOUT, WELL ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND I INVESTED ABOUT $100,000 INTO THAT HOUSE TO REDO MY BACKYARD, PUT A POOL IN A COVER AND ALL THAT OUTDOOR KITCHEN.
AND I DON'T REALLY WANT ANYTHING TO BE BUILT BACK THERE UNLESS WE HAVE A SAY SO ON IT.
AND I HATE TO SEE THOSE TREES GO BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL.
THE LAND IS VERY BEAUTIFUL THERE.
THEY OFFER A LOT OF GOOD SHADE.
IT'S A GREEN SPACE, SO TO SPEAK.
AND IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING CHANGES BECAUSE OF BUILDING SOMETHING ON THERE, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE TO ME, IT'S GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO MY HOUSE AND THE PROPERTY VALUE OF MY HOUSE AS WELL. I'VE ALREADY BUILT A PRIVACY FENCE AT MY HOUSE SO THAT I HAVE ALREADY TRIED TO SHIELD MYSELF FROM THAT AREA AS IT IS.
BUT WITH THAT LOCK DIRECTLY BEHIND ME, EVERY TREE ON IT IS I COUNTED AT LEAST A DOZEN.
IT HAS A LITTLE SILVER DOT ON IT NOW THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE.
AND SO THEY'RE MARKED FOR SOMETHING IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE CUT DOWN OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME OUT TO HEAR ME.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES, SIR.
YOU SAID THAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR LOT.
I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE FIVE OR FOUR.
IT'S THE PLOT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
THAT'S THERE'S A HOUSE IN FRONT OF IT, AND THEN THERE'S TREES BEHIND IT.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PLOT THAT IS, BUT THAT'S DIRECTLY WHERE I LIVE.
RIGHT BEHIND THAT, JUST TO THE WEST OF IT, THE ROLLING MEADOWS AND THE FOUR AND FIVE.
YEP. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR.
I LIVE IN LOT FOUR 3736 ROLLING MEADOWS DRIVE NEXT TO TOM.
AND YEAH, I MEAN, ALL, ALL THE CONCERNS ARE ECHOED.
THERE'S A HURRICANE FENCE THERE NOW WE SHARE WITH THE FORMER NEIGHBOR.
THAT'S TENNESSEE OR NOT TENNESSEE.
TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A RESIDENTIAL LOT.
AND NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING THIS CHANGE IN THE ROAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INSIGHT AS TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE LAND.
RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT LAND.
THEY'RE GOING TO CUT DOWN THOSE TREES.
THERE'S A DETRIMENT TO NATURE.
I WOULD SAY ADDITIONALLY, OUR PROPERTY VALUE, YOU KNOW, WE SPECIFICALLY DID A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO WHAT THAT WAS.
WE CALLED THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY.
WE MADE SURE THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE BUILDING THROUGH OUR BACKYARD, THAT THERE WASN'T AN EASEMENT ISSUE BEFORE WE BROUGHT BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND NOW WITH THIS, THAT UPENDS EVERYTHING. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DECLINE FOR ALL OF US THAT ABUT UP TO THIS.
ADDITIONALLY I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN WE ARE POOL IS BACK THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIRECTLY FACING THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA NOW AND I THINK I THINK THAT'S MOSTLY IT.
THIS IS A YOU KNOW IT'S A REALLY SERIOUS CONCERN FOR US PRIVACY, NOISE CONSTRUCTION, PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SEE DIRECTLY IN OUR BACKYARD WHERE WE'RE SWIMMING. IT'S NOT WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE UPSET.
OUR YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS HERE WERE UPSET AND WE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THAT LAND.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE JOINED TOGETHER AS A CONSORTIUM AND BOUGHT IT.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET THAT OPTION.
WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S HOW IT GOES, I GUESS.
BUT WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE NEXT TO AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
SO APPRECIATE IT AND HOPE FOR HOPE WE CAN COME TO SOME SORT OF IMPASSE HERE.
I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT, I GUESS.
BUT I SURE HOPE THAT WE AT LEAST GET TO SAY SO.
AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
SO JUST NORTH OF WHAT WE'LL NOW SHARE AS A FENCE LINE WITH TRINITY RIVER.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS EITHER.
OUR MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE REASON?
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I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL PLANS FOR THIS AREA? AS SOMEBODY THAT LIVES IN THIS AREA, THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN OF OURS.AS OUR NEIGHBOR MENTIONED, THEY HAVE CHILDREN.
AND OUR BACKYARD IS A GREAT GREEN SPACE FOR THEM.
SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A GIANT BUILDING NEXT TO OUR FENCE LINE, THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO OR WOULD SIGN UP FOR.
SO WHAT'S GOING THERE IS A CONCERN OF OURS.
THE NOISE, THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE WILL CHANGE.
WE RIGHT NOW HAVE A CHAIN LINK FENCE THERE.
SO NO PRIVACY TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE WORKING RIGHT THERE.
AND OUR CHILDREN ARE RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT'S A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM.
THE NOISE, TOO. WE DEAL WITH A NOISE RIGHT NOW THAT GOES ON THERE.
WE WATCHED FOR YEARS WHILE THEY REPAINTED AND SANDBLASTED AND EVERYTHING.
WHAT'S THERE NOW IN EXISTENCE.
AND SO NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY A MUCH GREATER SOURCE OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT IS A CONCERN OF OURS.
SO IT WILL DROP OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
AND NOW THIS HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AS A WHOLE, WHEN WE'RE THIS UPSET ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU CAN SURELY SEE THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE LIVE OUR LIVES TODAY AND THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BUILT HERE IN BEDFORD. WE DON'T LIVE IN OTHER CITIES BECAUSE WE LIKE THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARDSHIP, I THINK, FOR ALL OF US THAT LIVE IN THE AREA.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO SPEAK OR ARE WE HERE IN SUPPORT OF OUR NEIGHBORS? NO OTHER SPEAKERS. SO WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO IN DETAIL.
THE REASON WE WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THAT DUE TO THE ICE STORM.
THE NON DELIVERED FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOTICES DID NOT REACH THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE SENT TO IN THE PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME, ACCORDING TO CITY ORDINANCE AND STATE ORDINANCE. AND THAT ISSUE OBVIOUSLY HAS COME UP.
BUT THE NOTICES WERE NOT IN ENOUGH ADVANCE TIME DUE TO.
WHO KNEW THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE WASN'T GOING TO DELIVER FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW? SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AND RECONVENE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH NINE SO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, NOTICES CAN BE SENT BACK OUT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME AVAILABLE NECESSARY REQUIREMENT TO THEN COME BACK.
WE TABLE OUR PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL MARCH 9TH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF. ALL RIGHT.
YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME BACK AGAIN THEN.
BUT THIS GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO MAKE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEETING SO THAT OTHER FOLKS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING BEFORE THE ACTION IS TAKEN COULD ALSO PARTICIPATE.
SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS AND SAID, OH, I DIDN'T GET A NOTICE.
THIS WAY THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A NOTICE IN THE PROPER LOT OF TIME.
I'M RAYMOND DONALD, AND I LIVE AT, UH, 204 MOUNTAIN VIEW.
AND WE ARE HERE FOR THE ANNUAL RIGHT OUT OF WAR.
STUPID. 23 DEATHS, ONE PUBLIC HEARING.
I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE NOT TO THAT ITEM YET.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE STEPS BEFORE WE GET TO THAT ONE.
WE'RE STILL ON THE REPLAT OF ITEM ONE.
OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE ABOUT TO ADJOURN.
NO. WE WERE JUST CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD. WE GOT MORE TO DO.
WELL, THAT'S FINE. SO JUST AS ANOTHER HOUSEKEEPING ITEM, ANY OF YOU FOLKS THAT ARE HERE FOR ITEM ONE FOR THE REPLAT, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY AND LISTEN TO THE REST OF OUR MEETING, WE'LL ALLOW YOU.
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WELCOME TO GO PUT THE KIDS, FINISH FEEDING THEM OR PUT THEM TO BED OR WHEREVER.BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY WAIT IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO.
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING. YES, SIR.
IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OR ANY PLANS ON SHOWING WHAT THEY ACTUALLY PLAN? THEN THE REPLAN OF THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY? ARE THEY WITH THE BUILDING PLANS OR WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? ANY BUILDING CHANGES? WELL, PETER, IN THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PLAN, IT DOESN'T INDICATE ANYTHING ELSE BEYOND JUST THE PLAN.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY GIANT STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR.
BUT IS THE OTHER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THERE, IS THAT ALSO ALREADY A DONE DEAL? SURE. THE I THINK YOU'RE ALLUDING TO THE PICTURE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YES.
THE PROPERTY IS IN ORANGE, YELLOW, WHATEVER IT MAY PRINT OUT ON THE SCREEN IS GOING TO BE.
THOSE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE TO BE TAKEN IN BY THIS RE PLAT.
RIGHT. BUT HAVE THEY ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED? YES. TORE DOWN THE HOUSE.
WELL, NOW I KNOW THE ONE THAT'S GONE FOR SURE.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[2. Conduct a public hearing and consider making a recommendation to rezone the property described as Lot 3 Block 1 Parkwood Village Addition from Heavy Commercial to Heavy Commercial/Specific Use Permit/Banquet and Meeting Facilities the property is generally located approximately 350 feet north of Harwood Road, approximately 800 feet east of Norwood Drive, commonly known as 201 Harwood Road, Unit 130. (SUP-23-1)]
WE'LL HEAR FROM STAFF AND THEY WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION TO REZONE THE PROPERTY DISGUISED DESCRIBE AS LOT THREE, BLOCK ONE THE PARKWOOD VILLAGE EDITION. THIS IS SUE 23, DASH ONE.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS.
YES, AS INDICATED, THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED BANQUET AND MEETING FACILITY TO HAVE EVENTS HERE AT THIS SITE AT 201.
HARWOOD ROAD, SUITE NUMBER 130.
THE SHOPPING CENTER HERE IS CONTAINS VARIOUS COMMERCIAL USES AND RETAIL.
THIS SHOPPING CENTER IS SPLIT BY THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CITY OF HURST AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS PROPERTY HERE.
AND IT WAS DIVIDED INTO VARIOUS SUITES AND CONTAINS ABOUT 977 PARKING SPACES AS INDICATED AS WELL.
UNDER THE APPLICANT GLORIOUS VILLA, BUT PER SECTION 5.3.
THEREFORE, THE SUP WAS NOT DID NOT GO FORWARD OR WAS NOT VALID.
WITH THIS APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO UTILIZE THE SUITE IN THE EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PARKWOOD VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER FOR THE PROPOSED TO HAVE EVENTS THERE WILL CONSIST OF ABOUT 60 TO 80 GUESTS AND WE'LL HAVE EVENTS DURING THE WEEKENDS HERE.
HERE ARE SOME SIDE PHOTOS OF THE LOCATION NOW HERE WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER.
THEY DO PLAN TO HAVE PORTABLE CHAIRS AND TABLES TO SET UP FOR EVENTS HERE.
AS MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THE SUP.
HERE WE DO HAVE RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT ARE LOCATED NORTH OF THIS SHOPPING CENTER.
WE ALSO HAVE OTHER COMMERCIAL USES.
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RETAIL IS WELL LOCATED TO THE EAST AND ALSO TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY.AND TO THE WEST IS THE CITY OF HURST.
AS A RESULT OF THAT NOTIFICATION, AND THEY ALSO PRESENTED AS WELL BEFORE YOU THERE AND AS YOU INDICATED AS WELL, A LOT OF CONCERNS WERE RECEIVED BECAUSE THE DELAY OF THE NOTIFICATION THAT CITIZENS RECEIVED DUE TO THE STORMS FROM LAST WEEK.
TONIGHT, YOU CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU TAKE AN ACTION TO EITHER TO APPROVE APPROVAL CONDITIONS OR DENY FOR THIS APPLICATION. STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE THEY ACTUALLY MOVING INTO THE CLOCK SHOP? IS THAT. OH, SO YES.
THANKS FOR BEING THAT UP. THERE IS AN ANTIQUE SHOP THAT'S THERE AT THIS SWEET.
AND SO THERE ARE CONTRACTS GOING TO BE UP RENTING THERE THAT SPACE I BELIEVE AROUND JUNE OR JULY.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY DO HAVE SOME SIGNS DURING MY RECENT SITE VISIT.
THEY HAVE LIKE A GOING OUT OF BUSINESS KIND OF SALE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES. OH HE'S THE TROUBLE MAKER.
OKAY. BUT DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE? NOT ANYMORE. NO.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE ELSE? WELL, LET ME ASK ON THIS.
WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT COX BECAUSE THAT'S AN INTEREST OF MINE, AND SINCE THE CLOCK DEALER THAT I USED TO DEAL WITH OVER IN HERS HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS, HE WOULD BE MY GO TO PERSON FOR MY ANTIQUE CLOCKS.
SO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT HE IS PLANNING ON EXITING THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THAT FEELING TALKING TO IT'S WHAT I WAS INFORMED AND WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED TO ME DURING THE PROCESS.
THAT THE TENANT PLANS TO MOVE OUT OF HERE AT EARLY SUMMER, SO AROUND JUNE OR JULY.
AND DURING MY RECENT SITE VISIT, THERE WERE SOME SIGNAGE POSTED UP THAT EVERYTHING MUST GO.
SIGNAGE INDICATING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF EVERYTHING TO MOVE OUT OF THAT SUITE.
OKAY. I DIDN'T GET THAT FEELING.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU DIDN'T GET THAT FROM THE CURRENT OCCUPANT.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU. THANK. IT IS 6:38.
I'LL CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM TO ORDER.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? CERTAINLY THE SOUP.
PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY ADDRESS IS 117 MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE.
I JUST RECEIVED MY NOTIFICATION ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY IN THE MAIL.
SO I ALSO HAVE A LETTER FROM THE OWNER OF THE FOUR UNITS NEXT TO ME ASKING FOR THIS TO JUST BE POSTPONED BECAUSE MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS HAD JUST RECEIVED NOTICE EITHER YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE AND REALLY JUST DON'T HAVE TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT.
OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF BAD ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THAT ALLEYWAY IN THE BUILDINGS BACK BEHIND.
WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET THE BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO ANYTHING.
THEY NORMALLY DEFER IT TO HURST.
WE'VE GOT YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND SEE ALL OF THE WHAT WE USED TO CALL DONUTS.
THEY'RE OUT THERE SCREWING THEIR TIRES, DOING THAT KIND OF THING.
LATE AT NIGHT, LOUD MUSIC PARTIES, DRINKING.
AND WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO VIABLE BUSINESSES COMING IN, IT'S WE'RE WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL DRINKING ACTIVITY LATE AT NIGHT.
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IS THIS JUST GOING TO INCREASE IT? I SAW ON THE THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN CONTRACTED SECURITY.BUT IT'S STILL JUST BEEN SUCH A PROBLEM.
SO IT'S JUST A CONSTANT PROBLEM.
AND WITH SUMMER COMING UP, IT BECOMES EVEN WORSE.
SO I'VE JUST RECENTLY PUT UP AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE TO BLOCK THEIR VIEW FROM THE ALLEY TO MY PROPERTY AND MY BACK PORCH. SO, YOU KNOW, MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS WOULD JUST LIKE MORE TIME TO ASSESS THIS AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE WITH MORE INFORMATION.
OKAY. WELL, AND I HAVE SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS HERE AS WELL.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, AS I ASKED THE GENTLEMAN EARLIER, COULD YOU MORE IN MORE DETAIL MENTIONED WHERE YOUR LOT IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE LITTLE RED SQUARE WHERE? I AM.
I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EASEMENT.
SO I'D BE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE DOWN I BACK UP A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE THAT BACK PARKING AREA WHERE THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL IS AND ALL OF THAT.
THERE'S NO SPEED BUMPS BACK THERE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DRIVE ALONG THE BACK ALLEY, THERE'S GANG MARKINGS ON THE BUILDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND TRASH DUMPSTER BACK THERE.
AND THEN ALSO, SINCE THIS DOES CONCERN THE HURST NEIGHBORS, IS THERE A WAY FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY OF THIS? BECAUSE IT DOES DIRECTLY IMPACT THEM AS WELL? I'LL DEFER TO STAFF, BUT WE'RE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR.
YEAH, I KNOW. WE'RE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR US.
COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT FOR US, PLEASE? SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ON PUBLIC NOTICES, BECAUSE WE ONLY MAILED NOTICES TO BEDFORD RESIDENTS, BUT WE ALSO PLACE A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY AND WE PUT A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ONE FOR ONE REASON FOR THAT.
OKAY. WELL, ANYTHING ELSE WAS PRIOR? OH, PROBABLY. BUT THAT'S ALL ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW, SO.
JUST SINCE I WAS OVER THERE TODAY.
NOW, I DIDN'T DRIVE BEHIND THE BUILDING.
AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE TAKING PLACE? I WALKED IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
YEAH, YOU WALKED IN THE FRONT.
AND ALSO THERE IS A DRIVE EASEMENT IN BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY BECAUSE THERE'S IF YOU'VE NOTICED ON IF YOU'RE FACING DUVALL'S AND THE BUILDING TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S ALSO KIND OF A BIG BREEZEWAY.
THERE'S THEY'RE HANGING OUT AND THEY'RE KIND OF COVERED RIGHT THERE WITH THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.
SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR.
THEY'RE WALKING BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS TO GO TO THE THE PARKING LOT DIRECTLY BEHIND ME.
THERE'S MOST OF THESE ARE THESE BUSINESSES.
AND I'M NOT LIKE I SAID, I WAS OVER THERE TODAY, BUT I DIDN'T LOOK AT EVERY BUSINESS.
BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE DUVALL'S AND SO ON.
THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH KIND OF 8 TO 5 ISH.
THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY THEN, SO THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE NONE OF THOSE RELATED TO ONE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE STEMMING FROM BRINGING THAT TYPE OF AUDIENCE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THE BUSINESSES.
IT'S JUST THE LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT AGAINST A BUSINESS COMING IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT WHOLE SHOPPING CENTER FULL AND HAVE GOOD, VIABLE BUSINESSES.
AND THERE JUST BECAUSE IT HELPS ALL OF US.
AND I'M AFRAID IF A BUSINESS COMES IN, THAT IS GOING TO BE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEW BUSINESS HAS GOING TO HAVE AN ALCOHOL PERMIT, IS THERE GOING TO BE DRINKING, IS THERE GOING TO BE ISSUES WITH THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE EVENTS, WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HANGING OUT ALREADY BACK THERE DRINKING?
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WE'VE HAD A GUN INCIDENT BACK THERE WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED AND THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND THEY IT WAS ON THE HIRSCH SIDE OF THE OF THE ALLEY.BOTH THE POLICE WERE CALLED AND PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF ALCOHOL TENDS TO FUEL THINGS.
AND IF THERE'S AN YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S THE PEOPLE HANGING OUT AND SOMETHING ELSE COMING IN WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING OUT LATE, IS IT GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM? THANKS.
ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE RIGHT THERE WHERE ALL THE TEENAGERS AND OTHER PEOPLE LIKE TO SPIN THEIR TIRES AND IT GOES ON SOMETIMES RIGHT AFTER 6:00 AND CAN CONTINUE SOMETIMES INTO FOUR IN THE MORNING IF YOU GO FARTHER IN THE HEARST SIDE, BRONCO'S GRILL AND BAR, WHICH REALLY SHOULD BE BAR AND GRILL IS DOWN THERE. WE GET WE GET PROBLEMS IN THE ALLEY WHERE WHEN THEY CLOSE, PEOPLE COME DOWN THE ALLEYWAY AND CONTINUE THEIR PARTYING THERE.
I'VE HAD I QUIT CALLING BECAUSE I WOULD CALL THE BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WOULD SAY, NO, YOU'RE NOT IN BEDFORD, YOU'RE IN HEARST, YOU NEED TO CALL HEARST POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD CALL HEARST POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY SAY, NO, THAT'S IN BEDFORD.
WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE STREET THERE.
AND RIGHT NEXT TO ME, IT'S GOING TO FALL THERE SOMETIME SOON.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS NO LIQUOR, WHICH IS THE PROBLEM IN THAT CENTER.
NOW, POSSIBLY THIS WOULD WORK.
OR IF YOU INSTEAD OF MIDNIGHT, GO TO 10 A.M.
THEY SET THE BANDSTAND UP RIGHT BEHIND MY NEXT TO MY FENCE.
AND THEN THE BAND WOULD START PLAYING.
I DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, SO I DIDN'T GET A NOTICE.
THANK YOU, DAVID. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
CAN YOU ACTUALLY SHOW US THE FIRST BEDFORD CITY LINE ON THAT MAP? YEAH, IT IS THE BLACK LINE.
DARK LINE. OKAY. I'M TALKING ABOUT BEHIND THE BUILDING.
I COULDN'T SEE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? AS YOU HEARD US TALK BEFORE, WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS PUBLIC HEARING DUE TO THE TIME FRAME ON NOTIFICATIONS AND RECONVENE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE MARCH 9TH MEETING SO THAT THE CITY WILL PUT OUT ADDITIONAL NOTICES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO NOTIFY FOR THAT MEETING SO THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING CAN CONTINUE AND ADDITIONAL FOLKS OR YOU FOLKS CAN RETURN TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
I MEAN, WE TABLE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TABLED THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UNTIL THE MEETING OF THE 9TH OF MARCH AND WILL CONTINUE AT THAT TIME.
THANK YOU, FOLKS, FOR ATTENDING AND EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS.
WEST. YOU HAVE THE UPDATE BEFORE YOU.
[UPDATE ON PLANNING PROJECTS]
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.YES, MA'AM. DID WE FORGET TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST TIME?
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NO. BECAUSE OF THE ICE STORM, WE WERE REALLY I MEAN, CITY HALL WAS SHUT DOWN FOR THREE DAYS LAST WEEK, SO WE JUST DELAYED THOSE TO YOUR NEXT MEETING.AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING FOR OAKWOOD HILLS.
YES, SIR. I GOT A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM FOR THE CHAIRMAN.
IF ANYBODY ELSE DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION, DID WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? NO, WE JUST DISCUSSED THAT.
YES. THE STORM LAST WEEK DELAYED STAFF FROM PRODUCING THEM.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY WERE NOT AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS EVENING.
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOMETHING BE PUT ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS.
FOR THE PEOPLE IN HURST THAT ARE ALSO AFFECTED BY THIS.
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ALSO.
SO, I MEAN. IF THE FIRST COUSINS DON'T COME.
SO THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
WE'LL PASS THAT ALONG TO BECAUSE PEOPLE GET USED TO PAPERS.
SO, I MEAN, REALLY, THAT WAS SILLY SUGGESTION.
THAT'S THE WAY WE LIVE NOWADAYS.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.
IT'S USUALLY JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
THE AGENDA IS ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL.
PEOPLE IN HURST DON'T SEE FIT FOR NOW.
UH. WAS A QUESTION ON OUR UPDATE.
YES. UNLESS THERE WAS AN EXTENSION GIVEN AT THE APPROVAL.
SO THEY HAVE TO EITHER PULL A CO.
PERMIT OR A BUILDING PERMIT TO MAKE THEM VALID MOVING FORWARD.
JUST RUN SOME OF THESE. WE'RE IN THAT TIME.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND TIMETABLE.
IT IS STILL UNDER REVIEW, I WOULD ANTICIPATE.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WAS IT? OH, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE UPDATE, ISN'T IT? YEAH. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
IT STARTED IN APRIL AND IT WENT AGAIN.
ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. 6:53.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.