Jun 22, 2023 Planning &amp; Zoning Commission

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

WES.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND IT MIGHT HELP IF WE'RE GOING TO TABLE IT.

IT MIGHT HELP THE APPLICANT BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE TABLE IT AND THEY BRING IT BACK.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THESE OR IF THE APPLICANT I MEAN.

I CAN ADDRESS WHATEVER STAFF CAN ADDRESS AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID.

FIRST I JUST WANT TO SAY I SEE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A MANDATORY HOA.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU KNEW.

I'D SAY THAT THE NEXT ITEM THAT I JUST CIRCLED IN YELLOW, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING LAY DOWN CURBS.

I LIVE WHERE THEY'RE LAY DOWN CURBS.

I SEE THAT STAFF HAS HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THOSE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, EVERYBODY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UNLESS YOU HAVE A VERY HIGH RISE VEHICLE, YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THOSE CURBS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE APPLICANT GO WITH I'M NOT SURE THE NAME, BUT YOU SAW THESE COME INTO VOGUE, I THINK AROUND 2000 AND PRIOR TO THAT, YOU HAD A KIND OF A SLOPE THAT YOU COULD GET UP INTO YOUR DRIVEWAY.

SO I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION.

I'M A LITTLE IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.

I WAS READING ABOUT GARAGES AND OFF STREET PARKING.

I KNOW WHAT OUR READS.

THE APPLICANT TALKS ABOUT A THREE CAR GARAGE.

IS HE TALKING ABOUT A THREE CAR GARAGE? OR IS HE TALKING ABOUT A THREE CAR GARAGE TANDEM? THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

IS THE APPLICANT OPEN TO HAVING NO ON STREET PARKING OTHER THAN GUEST? OKAY.

THAT'S A QUESTION.

IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET AT THAT SUBDIVISION, NICE HOMES.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE BUILDER BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A PARKING LOT THIS TIME OF THE DAY.

I WALKED IT THE OTHER DAY.

SETBACKS.

I WENT OUT THERE AND GOT MORE BURRS I'VE HAD ON ME SINCE I'VE BEEN A KID BECAUSE THE GRASS IS CHEST HIGH.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING.

NOW IT'S VERY HARD ONCE YOU GET BACK IN THAT WOODS TO KIND OF TELL WHERE YOU'RE AT.

BUT THERE'S SOME NICE HOMES BACK THERE.

SO GENTLEMAN WITH A POOL, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WITH A POOL.

AND IF WE'RE TALKING FIVE FOOT SETBACKS AND TWO STORY HOMES ON THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD WANT TO BE THAT GENTLEMAN OR THOSE POOLS.

I'M JUST MAKING THAT STATEMENT.

THIS ISN'T THE GENTLEMAN, BUT I WAS ALSO CONTACTED BY A GENTLEMAN WHO'S A COMMERCIAL PILOT.

WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME.

I THINK WES HAS TALKED WITH HIM.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S OUT OF THE HE'S FLYING RIGHT NOW.

HE CAN'T BE HERE.

I'M GLAD IT'S BEING TABLED BECAUSE I THINK HE'D LIKE TO COME IN THE FUTURE AND SPEAK.

TALKED ABOUT PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

LET'S SEE.

OH, THE LEGACY TREE.

BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THEY MEANT.

I'VE SEEN THE LEGACY TREE.

IT'S ONE HECK OF A TREE.

IS THAT MEANT TO BE JUST A PARK FOR THOSE RESIDENTS? OR IS THAT A DETENTION POND? AND IF IT'S A DETENTION POND, I'VE GOT SOME REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S A POST OAK IN THERE.

AND IF, YOU KNOW, POST OAK AND BLACKJACK OAKS AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM, THEY'RE TOUGH AS HECK, BUT THEY DO NOT LIKE TO BE DUG AROUND, SOIL CHANGED WHATSOEVER.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DRAIN INTO THAT, I'D HATE TO LOSE THAT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TREE.

I MEAN, THE TERM LEGACY TREE REALLY HITS IT.

SO I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT FOR THE APPLICANT'S CONSIDERATION.

I'M TRYING TO THINK SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I MARKED UP.

WE MENTIONED.

IS IT REVIEWING THE ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION? IS IT APPROPRIATE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? ARE WE TALKING THE CURRENT OR WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE AN ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CURRENT.

CURRENT? YES, SIR.

SO WE KNOW SOME OF THE, I GUESS IT'S FAIR TO SAY, SOME OF THE SHORTCOMINGS ON THE CURRENT PLAN.

AND EVEN THOUGH OUR SOON TO BE ADOPTED TREE ORDINANCE, THERE'S A LOT OF HACKBERRY TREES BACK THERE AND THEY BORDER MAYBE THIS GENTLEMAN'S I DON'T KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN BUT BUT THEY'RE LINED WITH TREES.

IT'S HEAVY.

AND I WOULD HOPE THE APPLICANT DEPENDING ON THE SETBACK TRY EVEN THOUGH HE

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DOESN'T HAVE TO SAVE THOSE TREES WOULD CERTAINLY DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY PRIVATE BACK I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I WALKED IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE I SPENT, MY WIFE AND I PICKING OFF BURRS.

BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE APPLICANT'S ATTENTION.

I STILL HAVE CONCERN ABOUT INGRESS AND EGRESS OFF OF CHEEK SPARGER WE ALL KNOW THE PLAN IS TO WIDEN IT TO THE THREE LANES.

I'VE TALKED TO SOME BEDFORD OFFICIALS.

THEY'VE HEARD NOTHING.

THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S THE PILOT WHO COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING, WHO LIVES ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, HE'S TALKED TO THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE.

THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME.

AND HE INDICATED THAT COLLEYVILLE HASN'T EVEN DRAWN UP PLANS.

BEDFORD PUT OUT A NEWS RELEASE THAT I BELIEVE CAME FROM COLLEYVILLE THAT ANY CITIZENS WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE WIDENING OF CHEEK SPARGER TO THREE LANES, THERE WOULD BE I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS TAKING PLACE.

SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE I REALIZE WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER WAY IN AND THAT'S OFF OF CENTRAL.

BUT IN ONE OF THE LETTERS FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENTS MENTIONED MAYBE ENTER OFF A CHEEK SPARGER AND ONLY EXIT OFF OF CENTRAL I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND DON'T PLAN TO BE ONE, INGRESS AND EGRESS ESPECIALLY THE CHEEK SPARGER PIECE AND AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE APPLICANT WAS HERE, HE KIND OF INDICATED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE.

WELL, HE KNOWS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD DOESN'T KNOW.

AND COLLEYVILLE AT LEAST IS NOT TELLING PEOPLE, AT LEAST US, WHAT THE PLANS ARE.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

SURE.

IF I CAN JUST REAL QUICK ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR THE ROLL TOP CURBS, THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE IF YOU LOOK AT NOTE NUMBER FOUR, IT DOES SAY THAT THE CURBS WILL BE BUILT TO CITY STANDARDS.

SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, AT LEAST UNDER THIS ASPECT.

AND WHEN YOU SAY CITY STANDARDS.

CITY STANDARDS.

IT'S.

A SIX, IT'S A SIX INCH CURB.

SO WITH REGARD TO THE FIVE FOOT SETBACK, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT.

AND WHILE, AGAIN, THIS IS PREMATURE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THAT SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU, THEY HAVE SAID THEY'RE OPEN TO INCREASING THAT FIVE FOOT SETBACK, ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL.

SO THERE IS SOME TALK AND SOME HOPEFULLY SOME CHANGES COMING WITH THAT.

AND THEN WITH THE LEGACY TREE, THAT IS THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT I.

BELIEVE THAT IS A COMMON SPACE AND DRAINAGE LOT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE APPLICANT TO HAVE IT AS A DETENTION BUT I'VE MADE A NOTE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THE APPLICANT WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE.

BECAUSE IF THERE'S GRADE CHANGES ON THAT, LIKE I UNDERSTOOD, IF IT'S JUST A PARK, THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT THAT WAS.

THE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT, THAT WAS THEIR INTENTION.

AND THEY CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT, I'M SURE, BUT THAT'S AT LEAST WHAT WE WERE INFORMED.

GOOD.

EXCUSE ME, I HAD SOME SIMILAR QUESTIONS.

ONE WAS I DIDN'T SEE ANY REFERENCE TO THE BACK FENCING FACING THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.

WAS THERE ANY SPECIFICATION AS TO THE TYPE OF FENCING FOR THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD? I BELIEVE LET ME LOOK HERE.

THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN OF MINE, GIVEN THAT A WELL, I'M WITH COMMISSIONER GALLENSTEIN.

A FIVE FOOT SETBACK SEEMS UNREASONABLE, CERTAINLY FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE FENCING STILL SEEMS TO BE A REQUIREMENT OR AN ISSUE FOR AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE APPLICATION WITH RESPECT TO THE TYPE OF FENCING.

I BELIEVE IF I'M READING HERE.

NOTE NUMBER SEVEN TALKS ABOUT A SIX FOOT BOARD ON BOARD CEDAR FENCE.

I WANT TO KEEP READING BEFORE I GIVE YOU THAT AS AN ANSWER.

SAW THAT ON THE CHURCH SIDE.

I DIDN'T SEE IT.

YES, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

NEIGHBORHOOD EXISTING.

THAT TALKS PRIMARILY ABOUT THE EXISTING.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN THAT STAFF WILL TALK TO THE APPLICANT ABOUT.

TYPICALLY IN THESE TYPES, UNLESS WE UNLESS THE APPLICANT WANTS TO DO IT.

AND SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS, THE REAR FENCE OR THE INDIVIDUAL LOT FENCES ARE BUILT BY THE BUILDER WHEN THE HOUSE COMES BUT BUT TO PUT IN SOME STANDARDS FOR THAT, THOSE FENCES, I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO ME THE FIRST RULE OF A NEW ZONING PROPOSAL SHOULD BE LIKE THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH.

FIRST, DO NO HARM.

AND IN THIS CASE, I THINK WITHOUT AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE, YOU WOULD BE INTRUDING ON THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT.

AND THE OTHER ISSUE ROGER HAD BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT.

I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION AS TO THE ON STREET PARKING.

THESE HOMES ARE GOING TO, LOOKS LIKE THE AVERAGE IS GOT A 60 FOOT FRONTAGE.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE MANDATORY OR NO ON STREET PARKING, BUT FOR GUESTS,

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THAT STREET IS GOING TO BE CLOGGED AND HAVE ISSUES FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, IN MY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED.

I JUST WANT TO CAUTION YOU WHEN YOU SAY WE ONLY ALLOW ON STREET PARKING FOR GUESTS, IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT CITY CAN ENFORCE IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN AN ORDINANCE.

AND HOW AM I GOING TO KNOW WHO'S A GUEST AND WHO'S A RESIDENT? I'M, WELL AND I'M NOT.

POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

AS TO THE SIZE OF THE GARAGE, THE SIZE OF THE PARKING LOT, WHETHER, IN FACT THREE VEHICLES COULD FIT IN.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND I APPRECIATE IT'S JUST IT'S SOMETHING IF WE PUT IT IN THE ORDINANCE, WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE IT.

WELL AND THE CC&R IS, WES, IT CAN CERTAINLY BE PUT IN THERE.

AND THEN TWO, I STILL NOT REALLY SURE.

THAT'S ONE.

I SAW THREE CAR GARAGE AND THEN I SAW TWO CAR GARAGE DOOR.

IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING AND I THINK.

THE APPLICANT CAN ANSWER THAT.

YEAH, I THINK THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT.

KEEP IN MIND ALSO AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, WE DON'T ENFORCE AND WE DON'T EVEN LOOK AT CC&RS.

SO, YEAH, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

THINKING ABOUT COMMENTS, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL, FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONSIDER, IS IT POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE DO WANT TRANSITION HOUSING, YOU ZONING TO ANOTHER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE ON THE SIDE.

THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT SIDE.

LIKE COULD THEY JUST DO THOSE MAYBE THINKING ABOUT A SINGLE STOREY SO THAT IT'S NOT OVERLOOKING PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, WHICH ARE THEIR CONCERN, BUT IN THE SMALLER FRAMEWORK TO FIVE FOOT SETBACK EITHER ON EITHER SIDE TO DO A SMALLER HOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT COULD BE THE TWO STOREY.

SO KIND OF LIKE LITTLE MINI ROW HOUSES IN THEIR OWN SPACE THAT THEY'RE ALSO KIND OF BLOCKING THEM BECAUSE WHEN ALL THOSE TREES GO DOWN, I WOULDN'T BE SO HAPPY IF I'M LIKE, I'M LOOKING AT THE BACK OF THE, YOU KNOW, SENIOR APARTMENT HOMES, LIKE I LIKED MY TREES.

SO HOW CAN WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KIND OF MAKE THIS TRANSITION SPACE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING? I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF THAT WAS SOMETHING, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REGULATE.

IF THAT'S IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

PERFECT.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF STAFF? AGAIN, WE I KNOW THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION IF YOU'LL ALLOW THEM TO DO THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN I'LL JUST IF THE COMMISSION IS OKAY WITH IT, JUST ASK FOR IT TO BE TABLED TONIGHT TO ALLOW STAFF TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES YOU ALL BROUGHT UP TONIGHT.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? JOHN DYKSTRA OF BLOOMFIELD HOMES, 1050 EAST HIGHWAY 114, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS.

FIRST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THE COMMENTS BEFORE I GET UP HERE, BECAUSE IT GIVES ME A CHANCE TO ADDRESS A BUNCH OF THEM AS WE GO WE GOT A QUICK POWERPOINT.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

OH, PERFECT.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE IN BEDFORD.

WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT IN THE MID CITIES AND WE'RE INVOLVED WITH SIX STONES.

I'VE ALSO GOT JOHN WESTROM, WHO IS ONE OF THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS IS HERE, AS WELL AS PASTOR MIKE COSGROVE FROM WOODLAND HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH.

WE BECAME AWARE OF MR. ZONING WITH YOU, BUT STILL HAD, I THINK, QUITE A FEW ISSUES ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW TO MAKE DRAINAGE WORK, HOW TO DO A CUL-DE-SAC AT THEN ALSO THE ON OFF GETTING IN AND OUT OFF THE CHEEK SPARGER.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY, WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY MAKES IT WORK FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS L, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, GOT WITH THE OF THEIR PROPERTY, TOO.

I THINK THEY HAD LOOKED PREVIOUSLY AT SELLING SOMETHING IN THE BACK AND THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH ZONING THAT SO THIS WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY COULD SELL AND THEN USE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PRODUCT, THIS ONE'S A TWO AND A HALF CAR GARAGE.

SO WHAT WE'VE GOT IS A BLEND OF LOTS TO GO FROM 50FT WIDE TO 65FT WIDE.

AND WE CALL IT THE BLOOMFIELD BLEND.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT GIVES US A REAL CUSTOM LOOK AS YOU GO DOWN THE STREETS.

IT'S SOMEWHAT SUBLIMINAL BECAUSE THE LOTS ARE DIFFERENT WIDTHS AND THE HOUSES ARE DIFFERENT WIDTHS.

IT ALSO LETS US DO TWO CAR GARAGES, TWO AND A HALF CAR GARAGES AND SOME THREE CAR GARAGES.

SO PEOPLE TEND TO BUY WHAT THEY NEED.

IF YOU'RE AN EMPTY NESTER, YOU'RE PROBABLY HAPPY WITH TWO CARS AND TWO PARKING.

THE TWO AND A HALF CARS ARE REALLY POPULAR.

THAT EXTRA HALF CAR GIVES YOU ENOUGH STORAGE FOR GENERALLY LAWN MOWERS, BICYCLES, THAT KIND OF STUFF, WHICH HELPS YOU GET TWO CARS ACTUALLY INTO THE GARAGE INSTEAD OF OUT SO WE DEFINITELY WILL HAVE FOUR SPACES OFF STREET, TWO IN THE GARAGE AND TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY, ALTHOUGH IT SAYS THREE IN THERE.

FLIP IT TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

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PRETTY HARD TO SEE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF AN AERIAL.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT SITS.

BUT THIS IS AN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE RESIDUAL PROPERTIES THAT AREN'T, THERE'S NOT MUCH VACANT LAND LEFT IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

SO ALL THE ONES YOU GET HAVE GOT CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE OF SIZE, BECAUSE OF TOPO, BECAUSE OF ACCESS, BECAUSE THE LAND IS WORTH SO MUCH.

SO YOU'RE PAYING A HIGH PRICE FOR IT.

SO THAT IMPACTS WHAT YOU CAN PHYSICALLY DO ON IT.

THIS AGAIN, IS PRETTY SMALL.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLOT, THOUGH, WHICH WE ARE WAY DOWN THE ROAD AS FAR AS ENGINEERING GOES, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT A LOT OF THIS STUFF AS WE WENT AND A LOT OF THE LOT AROUND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE SITE.

SO FOR INSTANCE, THE REAR SETBACKS IN OUR BOX, IT'S DONE TO MINIMUMS, WHICH SAYS FIVE FEET.

HOWEVER, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO STIPULATE THAT IT WOULD BE 20 FOOT REAR SETBACKS AGAINST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

SO WHICH IS THE SAME SETBACK THAT'S ON THE R-15, THAT'S TO OUR EAST.

SO WE COULD ALSO DO A 20 FOOT REAR SETBACK ON ALL THE PROPERTIES ON THAT EASTERN LINE THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE TO THE RESIDENTIAL.

BUT WHERE YOU GET ON THE SOUTHERN PART, WE'RE SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE EXISTING CHURCH PARKING LOT AND BETWEEN THE OFFICE PARK AND TO GET A DOUBLE LOADED MAKE THE ECONOMICS WORK, WE NEED TO DO A 100 FOOT DEEP LOT, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A FIVE FOOT MINIMUM ON A FEW OF THE THE OTHER LIMITATION IS TO DO ONE STOREY HOUSES, WHICH I'M HEARING SOME DESIRE FOR THAT ALSO THERE WILL BE BUYER NESTERS.

A ONE STOREY HOUSE TAKES A BIGGER FOOTPRINT TO PUT ON THE PROPERTY TWO STOREY HOUSE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING UP.

SO THAT FIVE FOOT SETBACK GIVES US SOME ABILITY TO DO MORE ONE STORIES.

IT'S THE ENTRY WAY.

WE WOULD DO SOMETHING WITH MASONRY CAPS, KIND OF LOOKING AT THE BRICK THAT'S ALREADY ON THE CHURCH AND TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S CONSISTENT.

WE'RE NAMING IT GRACE PARK, WHICH WE THINK IS REFLECTIVE OF THIS PROPERTY WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING ALONG THE CHURCH AND THE THIS MASONRY COLUMNS WITH THE BOARD ON BOARD FENCE ON THAT AREA, ON THE FENCING AGAINST THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL.

WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WE BUILD AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ON THE PROPERTY LINE, A METAL POST STAIN, GOOD SIDE TOWARD THE EXISTING NEIGHBORS.

WHAT WE DO FIND, THOUGH, IS WE END UP WORKING KIND OF LOT BY LOT.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND BUILT REALLY NICE FENCES THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO KEEP THERE.

OTHER PEOPLE HAVE FENCES THAT THEY'RE NURSING ALONG IN HEALTH AND MIGHT BE HAPPY TO GET A NEW FENCE.

SO YOU DO ALMOST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT LOT BY LOT.

ALSO, THERE'S QUITE A FEW TREES ON THAT TREE LINE WHICH WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO SAVE.

SO TO AN EXTENT, YOU MAY BE BOXING FENCES AROUND TREES, MAYBE SETTING IT A FOOT OR TWO OFF PROPERTY LINE COMING TOWARD US.

BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS BUILD A FENCE SIDE BY SIDE WITH ANOTHER FENCE, WITH A NO MAN'S LAND IN BETWEEN.

WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT.

THE LEGACY TREE, IT'S QUITE A TREE.

YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS YOU GO OUT THERE, IT'S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE CHURCH SIDE.

IT IS NOT A DETENTION AREA.

IT IS NOT A DRAINAGE AREA.

THE THOUGHT IS WE WOULD DO A CONNECTING SIDEWALK TO THE CHURCH SO PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR WERE WALKING WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH WITHOUT HAVING A BUSIER STREET AND THEN PROBABLY PUT A BENCH OR SOME KIND OF PASSIVE USE.

BUT THE IDEA IS IT'S MAYBE MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, A REFLECTIVE, JUST A QUIET PLACE, BUT IT WOULD BE OPEN SPACE MAINTAINED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WOULD BE BUT AS YOU SAID, TREES, YOU'VE GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITH THESE.

YOU CAN'T LET ANYBODY NEAR IT AND YOU CAN'T MESS WITH THE GRADE OR THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IT'S GETTING.

ALL THE PICTURES IN HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL BLOOMFIELD NEIGHBORHOODS OR BLOOMFIELD HOUSES, SO IT'S REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE.

I'M USUALLY VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE GO BUILD A MODEL HOME THAT WE'LL BUILD ONE THAT ACTUALLY IS IN ONE OF OUR PICTURES.

SO PEOPLE WILL SAY, OH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO.

THESE ARE PICTURES OF ACTUAL ELEVATIONS.

WE WILL HAVE A MIX OF J.

SWING PLANTS.

SO THE DRIVEWAY IS FACING THE SIDE.

WE'LL HAVE A MIX OF TWO CARS, TWO AND A HALF, THREES.

AGAIN, THE IDEA IS YOU'RE GOING TO GET A VARIETY OF HOUSES, ELEVATIONS.

SO WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN THE STREETS, IT'S GOT A CUSTOM FEEL.

IT'S NOT A COOKIE.

COOKIE CUTTER TRACT HOME, I THINK.

CLINT, DID YOU HAND OUT BROCHURES? YEAH.

SO HERE'S A BOOK OF OUR PRODUCT.

THE FIRST SERIES IS OUR CLASSIC PRODUCT, WHICH ARE THE FIRST SET OF PLANS.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING TO OFFER HERE.

WE DO A MIX OF STONE ELEVATIONS, BRICK.

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I MEAN, THE MARKET IS DEFINITELY EVOLVING.

I MEAN, IT'S MOVING TOWARDS LIKE LIGHTER COLORS IN THE STONE AND THE BRICK AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, WHICH WE DO.

WHAT DISTINGUISHES OUR HOUSES IS MOST PEOPLE WHEN YOU ASK WHAT THEY WANT IN A HOUSE, THEY WANT SOMETHING THAT'S LIGHT AND OPEN.

OUR AVERAGE HOUSE HAS SOMETHING LIKE 27 WINDOWS IN IT, WHICH IS A LOT MORE IN PRODUCTION BUILDERS.

YOU CAN ALSO TELL LOOKING AT THESE ELEVATIONS THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SIZES SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN ALL THE STREETS THAT ALL HAVE HOUSES, ALL HAVE 3050 WINDOWS.

IT'S PRETTY BORING.

SO, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A REAL VARIETY.

UM, LIKE I SAID, ARCHITECTURE.

THESE ARE INTERIOR SHOTS.

OPEN FLOWING PLANTS.

LOTS OF WINDOWS.

YARDS ARE COMPLETELY SODDED.

IRRIGATION, LANDSCAPING.

WE DO STONE BORDERS STANDARD ON OUR FRONTS.

LED LIGHTING RADIANT BARRIER LOW E, R-38 ON THE ATTIC.

EVEN THE GARAGE DOORS ARE INSULATED.

IT'S ALL ZONED HVAC.

MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY MOVE INTO A NEW HOUSE LIKE THIS, THEY'LL SAY, I GOT MY UTILITY BILLS ARE SO MUCH CHEAPER THAN MY OLD HOUSE, SOMETIMES EVEN CHEAPER THAN WHAT THEY WERE THE ENERGY IS SO MUCH BETTER NOWADAYS.

WE GOT GRANITE AT QUARTZ STANDARD, LED LIGHTING, OUR CABINETS ARE ALL MEASURED ON SITE CUSTOM.

THEY DON'T COME IN CONTAINER FROM OVERSEAS.

SO ARCHITECTURAL SHINGLE.

SO IT'S THAT 30 YEAR LIFE PROBABLY SIMILAR TO WHAT MOST OF YOU HAVE ON YOUR HOUSES.

IT'S GOT WIRELESS AND ENERGY.

I MOST PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE HOUSES GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING TO COST? YOU'VE SEEN WHAT THE HOUSES LOOK LIKE.

I WOULD SAY OUR SALES PRICE IS PROBABLY BE IN THE 600 TO 8 HUNDREDS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING A CHANCE TO MOVE IN AND BE CLOSER TO OUR OFFICE.

WE HAVEN'T BUILT A SUBDIVISION THIS CLOSE TO OUR OFFICE IN QUITE A WHILE.

WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW BUILDERS THAT WILL ACTUALLY ROUTE THE SALES TAX TO THE CITY.

MOST BUILDERS THAT GETS PAID LIKE AT THE LUMBER YARD OR AT THE BRICK YARD OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO ROUTE IT TO THE CITY WHERE IT'S BEING UTILIZED.

SO YOU'LL SEE QUITE A BIT OF SALES TAX COME IN, TOO.

WE WOULD DEVELOP THIS AS A SINGLE PHASE.

LET ME SEE IF I MISSED ANY QUESTIONS.

SO WE CAN GO WITH THE STANDARD SAME 20 FOOT SETBACK THAT'S ON THE AR 15.

WE WOULD GO WITH THAT AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL.

WE'RE FINE WITH THE SIX INCH CURBS.

I THINK YOU CAN DO ROLL DOWNS, RIGHT? AND I LIKE ROLL DOWNS BECAUSE YOU DON'T GO OUT AND CUT UP THE STREET AS SOON AS YOU BUILT IT TO CUT CURB CUTS.

BUT WE CERTAINLY REFLECT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY 30, 40% OF THE CITIES WE BUILD IN ARE INSISTENT ON HAVING THE STANDARD SIX INCH CURB.

AND WE HONOR THAT.

AND WE'LL WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

WOULD BE A MANDATORY HOA.

NO TANDEM.

NONE OF THE GARAGES ARE TANDEM.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

AS FAR AS THE ON-STREET PARKING, I'M WE'LL GIVE THEM AT LEAST FOUR SPOTS.

IF THEY DO A THREE CAR GARAGE, THEY GET SIX.

IT'S HARD TO IT'S HARD TO CONTROL.

PEOPLE TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF NOWADAYS AND IT TENDS TO ACCUMULATE MORE OVER TIME.

SO NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, PROBABLY THERE'S EVEN MORE, SOMETIMES MORE PEOPLE PARKING IN.

I'M WILLING TO PUT NO RESIDENT ON STREET PARKING IN THE CORNERS, BUT I KNOW THAT'S A HARD THING TO SO I SHARE THE THE OPINION ON THAT.

BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO PUT PUT IT IN THE CORNER.

SO WITH THAT, I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.

MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN.

IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING.

SO BASICALLY YOU WILL HAVE FOUR PARKING SPOTS BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A MINIMUM TWO CAR GARAGE, MAYBE TWO AND A HALF, MAYBE THREE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO PARKING SPOTS ON THE DRIVEWAY AND GOING BACK TO THE TO THE STREET PARKING, YOU'LL BE THE YOU'RE THE DECLARANT, YOU'RE THE DEVELOPER.

YOU'LL BE WRITING UP THE CC&RS.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'LL TRANSFER IT OVER TO THE MANDATORY HOA, PROBABLY AT 80% BUILD OUT.

CORRECT.

SO IT WILL BE THEIRS TO TO MANAGE.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE FROM SOUTH LAKE.

IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, BEDFORD HAS A RELATIVELY NEW ORDINANCE LIMITING PARKING TO 24 HOURS ON THE STREET.

AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THIS CITY THAT IF YOU WROTE UP THE CC&RS I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE EASIEST TO ENFORCE.

WE DO IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I CAN TELL YOU, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, BUT THAT WAS IN THERE.

AND AND THE RESIDENTS ALL KNOW IT.

SO THEY THEY THEY ABIDE BY IT.

NOW, IF SOMEBODY HAS A PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CARS.

I'VE SEEN THE FRONT ELEVATION OF YOUR HOMES AND THEY'RE VERY NICE AND THEY APPEAR TO BE ALL BRICK AND ALL STONE ARE THE BACK SIMILAR ARE USING HARDIE BOARD BACK THERE OR WHAT AM NO, WE'RE GOING TO BE BASICALLY MASONRY ON ALL, WE'D CALL MASONRY AREAS, BUT

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IT RUNS NORTH OF 85%.

THE ONLY PLACES YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NON MASONRY LIKE YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, AT THE PEAK OF THE ONE OVER THE GARAGE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT.

SO GENERALLY YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT MASONRY OVER WOOD.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PLACE.

BUT IT'S DONE AS AN ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL, NOT AS A WAY TO SAVE MONEY.

AND CERTAINLY AT THIS PRICE POINT, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

AND WE BUILD THIS SAME PRODUCT IN FRISCO.

IT'S IN PROSPER.

IT'S IN IT'S.

I NOTICE ALL OF THEM HAVE CARRIAGE LIGHTS.

I'M GOING TO JUST BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT I SAW THAT IN THE PLANS OF ALL OF THEM ALSO HAVE UP LIGHTING AS DEPICTED IN THIS PICTURE.

WE OFFER IT AS AN OPTION.

CAN MAKE IT STANDARD.

ONE THING WE HAVE JUST INCORPORATED THAT I'M KIND OF PROUD OF IS INSTEAD OF JUST DOING THE STANDARD COACH LIGHTS ON EVERY PLAN, WE HAVE LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT ONES AND THEY VARY BY AGAIN, YOU'RE TRYING TO GIVE THAT CUSTOM LOOK.

SAME THING WITH LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT CHOICES.

YOU MIGHT DO SOME DIFFERENT GARAGE DOOR THINGS.

WE COULD DO A LOT OF CEDARS.

AGAIN, YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE DIFFERENTIATION IN THESE HOUSES.

YOU WANT THE GUYS WHEN THEY PLANT THE TREES IN THE FRONT YARD, YOU DON'T WANT TO STICK THEM ALL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YARD, IN FRONT OF THE GATE, IN FRONT OF THE MAIN YOU WANT THEM SITTING AT DIFFERENT PLACES ON DIFFERENT LOTS.

YOU KNOW, THE WAY YOU WOULD IF YOU HAD A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DO YOUR HOUSE.

ON YOUR FENCING.

I THINK I SAW AT LEAST WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING TO POSSIBLY PUT THE NEIGHBORS THAT ADJOIN YOU WERE LOOKING TO GO WITH CEDAR FENCING AND TOWARDS THE STREET YOU WERE LOOKING TO GO SIMILAR WITH BASICALLY BRICK POST.

I REALIZE THAT THERE IS A COST OF BRICK, BUT ARE YOU OPEN TO MASONRY PANELS THAT LOOK LIKE BRICK? SO WHEN THAT HOMEOWNER IS IN THAT HOME OR THAT HOA HAS THAT HOME 15 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'RE NOT FACED WITH THE COST OF REPLACING ALL THAT WOOD FENCING THAT HAS SO WE CAN DO.

I THINK WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE PROPOSAL IS SIX FOOT BOARD ON BOARD ADJACENT TO THE CHURCH.

AND I'M GUESSING IT'S MASONRY ON CENTRAL AND CHEEK SPARGER, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.

AND THEN WHAT I WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST IS AGAINST THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL, WE DO EIGHT FOOT BRICK.

I'M A LITTLE WORRIED WITH THE SLOPES AND EVERYTHING ELSE UP THERE.

AND LIKE THOSE CONCRETE PANELS THAT SLIDE IN, THOSE ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE, ESPECIALLY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER.

IF THEY MOVE OR IT STARTS OR THEY START EVOLVING.

SO I THINK WE'LL END UP WITH A IF YOU BUILD THE FENCE, RIGHT, AND YOU STAIN IT TO START WITH, IT'S GOT METAL POSTS, IT'S GOT A LONG ISN'T LONGER THAN THE MASONRY PANELS.

SO RATHER NEW TO THIS.

WHAT'S A FIVE FOOT SETBACK? SO A FIVE FOOT SETBACK WOULD SAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE STRUCTURE.

SO BASICALLY IN A LOT OF THESE HOUSES, NO BACKYARD.

WELL, THE FIVE FOOT SETBACK IS WE WOULD IT'S IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE AS A MINIMUM, BUT I WOULD RESTRICT IT TO ONLY AREAS THAT DON'T BACK TO RESIDENTIAL LET ME GO BACK.

SO ON THE YOU CAN TELL REALLY THE SMALLER LOTS ARE ADJACENT TO THE CHURCH.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE LIMITED BECAUSE IT'S ONLY I THINK IT'S 255FT WIDE THERE, WHICH GIVES YOU A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND ABOUT 102 FOOT LOT ON EACH SIDE.

SO A FIVE FOOT SETBACK WOULD LET THERE BE SOME ONE STORIES.

IF WE MAKE THAT SAY LIKE A 15, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO GET ALL TWO STORIES AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE OF A SIMILAR LOOK.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD THEM ALL TO THE FIVE FOOT ON THOSE LOTS.

BUT IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO IF SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, I WANT A BIG ONE STORY AND I DON'T WANT A BACKYARD.

WELL, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THE LAYOUT AND I THINK YOUR STRUCTURES ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT I SEE TOO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH PARKING FOR TODAY'S FAMILY.

AND IF YOU'RE TALKING A TWO CAR GARAGE AND THE DRIVEWAY ONLY ALLOWS TWO MORE CARS, ULTIMATELY CARS ARE GOING TO END UP IN THE STREET BACKYARD, ALL OF A SUDDEN I START WORRYING ABOUT WHAT'S THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THIS FAMILY MOVING IN TO YOUR WE DON'T WANT IT TO EVOLVE INTO A RENTAL NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THE FIRST FAMILY LIVED THERE FOR A OR THEY GOT TIRED OF OF

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NAVIGATING THE STREET FULL OF CARS.

ANY THOUGHT TO NOT HAVING 40 OR SO LOTS OF HOUSES? I MEAN, YOUR HOUSES ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEY'D EVEN BE MORE BEAUTIFUL ON A LITTLE BIT MORE LAND.

WE BUILD ALL OVER THE METROPLEX.

WE BUILD ON EVERYTHING FROM ACRE LOTS TO SMALLER LOTS.

THIS PARTICULAR SITE HAS GOT THE CONSTRAINTS IT HAS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE SITE.

BUT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT BEDFORD.

SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CITY.

BUT OKAY, SO OUR AVERAGE SALES, THESE SALES HOUSES WILL SELL FOR 600 TO 800,000.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TURN INTO RENTALS.

I COULD DRIVE YOU, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO, I COULD DRIVE YOU ALL OVER EULESS AREA WHERE WE BUILT INFILL.

I THINK WE DID SEVEN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I CAN TELL YOU THEY ALL LOOK GREAT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS TURNED INTO A RENTAL.

THIS WAS BUILT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

SO WHAT'S YOUR AVERAGE PRICE OF THESE HOUSES? OR WHAT'S YOUR RANGE OF PRICES? 600-800,000.

REALLY? OKAY.

AND I'M ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT IN THAT.

WE SELL ALL, OUR AVERAGE PRICE ACROSS THE METROPLEX RIGHT NOW IS 530 AND THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE IN EXTREME DEMAND.

WELL, I NOTICED I MEAN, THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN COLLEYVILLE.

AND I LOOKED IN THERE JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE HOUSES, AND THEY WERE 6-800,000, BUT THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH NOW THESE, IT'S NEW AND PEOPLE CHOOSE.

YOU GET ALL THE TIME, WE GET OLDER PEOPLE.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE YARD ANYMORE.

I JUST NEED ENOUGH SPACE FOR MY DOG TO GO OUTSIDE OR THEY DON'T HAVE KIDS.

IF IT'S A FAMILY WITH KIDS WHO WANTS A YARD, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT DESIGNED FOR THEM.

AND THERE'S I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY TO DESIGN THAT ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

BUT I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT A VARIETY OF HOUSES AROUND BEDFORD AND REALLY FOR SOCIETY.

ARE YOU STILL LOOKING ON THE WEST SIDE WHICH FACES AGAINST THAT EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD? YOU'RE STILL LOOKING TO DO TWO STORIES THERE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE YOU'VE INCREASED THE SETBACK OR THE BACKYARD BY 20FT.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT? I THINK IT WOULD BE A MIX BASED ON WHAT BUYERS CHOSE.

BUT I AM WILLING TO DO AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE WHICH GETS RID OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING OVER.

I MEAN, IF IT'S.

I CAN ACTUALLY, IF IT'S LIKE FIVE LOTS THAT SOMEONE'S GOT A POOL AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM AND I CAN COMMIT TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YOU KNOW, AND SOME WILL BE SCREENED MORE WITH TREES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND SOME ARE MORE, SOME ARE MORE OPEN.

I MEAN, IT'S.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TREES ARE YOU LOOKING TO PRESERVE? REALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE ALONG THE TREE LINE, ALONG THE FENCE LINE, WHICH IS THE TREE LINE.

AND THEN THE LEGACY TREE, WE'RE BASICALLY GIVING UP A LOT TO SAVE THAT TREE.

I GUESS THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION BECAUSE ON THE MAP OF THE TREES THAT IS INCLUDED, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY TREE, BUT THE LEGACY TREE IS MARKED TO BE REMOVED.

OR AM I READING IT WRONG? THE STUFF THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY LINE WOULD BE WOULD BE GOOD.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A MASQUERADED SITE.

ARE YOU GOING TO SUBMIT A NEW DRAWING THEN? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IN HERE IS.

SLATED TO BE REMOVED EXCEPT FOR THE OAK.

I HAVE TO GO.

IF WE CAN SAVE A TREE, IT'S GOT VALUE.

IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A RETURN, IF THERE'S A DROP IN SLOPE THERE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A RETAINING WALL, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO WORK AROUND THE RETAINING WALL.

BUT AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE A FIVE FOOT SETBACK IN A LOT OF THESE HOUSES, YOU REALLY AREN'T TALKING MUCH ROOM AROUND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.

THE FIVE FOOT SORRY, THE FIVE FOOT SETBACK WE'RE SAYING WOULD ONLY BE ON THE ONES THE LOTS ON THE SOUTH.

AND THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S A MINIMUM.

THAT'S NOT ALL THE HOUSES.

THAT'S A MINIMUM.

IF WE SAY WE WANT IT TO BE 15FT, WE CAN MAKE IT 15, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT OURSELVES TO AS TWO STOREY HOUSES BECAUSE THAT'S THE PAD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

AND IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, THOSE THOSE HOUSES ON BASICALLY THE SOUTH SIDE, THEY ALL BACK UP TO THE CHURCH, TO THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH.

OR TO THE OFFICE.

OFFICE, RIGHT? YEAH.

WHEN I WALKED IT THE OTHER DAY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU WHERE WE BACK TO THE CHURCH, WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE HOUSES LOOK LIKE, BACKING TO THAT CHURCH.

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AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE YOU REALLY WOULD WANT A BLEND, BUT YOU WOULD WANT WHERE YOU COULD TO DO ONE STORY OR A HOUSE THAT'S A TWO STORY IN THE FRONT AND A ONE STORY WELL, THERE'S NO TREES THERE.

I LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH TREE TREES ON THE CHURCH PROPERTY.

IT'S THE THE LONG PIECE THAT FACES CHEEK SPARGER WHERE ALL THE TREES ARE.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF TREES.

YEAH, IT DOES.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY COME IN AND JUST STRIP THAT LINE CLEAN TO BUILD HOUSES.

QUESTIONS.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

LET'S OPEN.

PUBLIC HEARINGS STARTED BEFORE.

WAS THERE COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOUR NAME? YES.

MY NAME IS JEFF CARTER.

I LIVE AT 2600 TALISMAN COURT.

I'M GOING TO POINT OUT WHERE THAT IS.

THAT LOT RIGHT THERE.

I HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE 1996.

QUITE A WHILE.

ROGER, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU WALKED THAT LAND.

I HOPEFULLY I HOPE THAT YOU NOTICED THAT THAT GRASS IS, LIKE, SIX FOOT TALL.

IT'S UP TO HERE.

IT'S WAY UP, BUT NOW IT'S HIGHER THAN MY FENCE.

ARE YOU THE GENTLEMAN? YOU HAVE A? YOU HAVE A POOL? IT'S A NICE POOL.

IT'S A DIVING POOL.

AND THE THING ABOUT MY POOL IS, IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT, IT IS ACTUALLY HIGHER.

SO I HAVE A I HAVE A SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE BACK THERE.

AND IT IT COMES UP.

SO, YOU KNOW, EIGHT FOOT FENCE WOULD BE GREAT.

TWO STOREY.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE STARING RIGHT AT ME.

AND SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD COUNCIL POINTING OUT THE FACT THAT THE IF IF THIS IS HOUSES, LIMITING THAT TO SINGLE STORY.

AND I'M ALSO APPRECIATIVE ABOUT THE 20 FOOT SETBACK BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT'S A HUGE SHIFT FROM WHAT I'M USED TO.

I KNOW MINE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE THE NORTH SIDE OF MY PROPERTY, THE HOUSE IS ABOUT 4 OR 500FT.

SO I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE COUNTRY SINCE 1996.

AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT I HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE AND I'M JUST GOING TO HAND IT TO HIM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THAT THERE'S A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, THE TYPICAL MODE OF OPERATION IS TO MAIL OUT SOMETHING LIKE BUT THERE'S ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE A SIGN PUT OUT AND I CAN STATE CLEARLY I WAS OUT OF TOWN.

I CAME BACK IN TOWN.

MY NEIGHBOR, MIKE GROSSI, NOTIFIED ME OF WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND I INSTINCTIVELY DROVE UP BY THE CHURCH PROPERTY.

AND ON CHEEK SPARGER I DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNS ABOUT A ZONING HEARING GOING ON.

SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE PHOTOS WALKING UP CHEEK SPARGER OKAY.

SO THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THE PHOTO THAT I HAVE IN TAKEN IN THE LAST TWO DAYS SINCE I BECAME AWARE OF IT WAS THAT SIGN WAS LAYING FLAT.

OKAY, SO THAT'S GREAT THAT, THAT'S LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU CAN ALSO NOTICE THAT THAT SIGN WAS LAYING FLAT.

YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT THAT'S THE SIDEWALK.

AND THAT PHOTO THAT'S GIVEN RIGHT THERE IS WAY AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK.

BUT THE PHOTO THAT I'VE GIVEN TO HIM FOR REFERENCE, IT'S LAYING BY THE SIDEWALK.

SO I HAVE A COMPLAINT THERE ON THAT WHOLE THING.

THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT WHEN WE HAD THE ZONING CHANGE MADE FROM R-1500 TO R-75, MY TIME, IF THEY TRIED TO GO FROM R-1500 TO PUD, IT WOULD BE DENIED.

SO WHAT WE HAVE HAPPENING HERE IS A SALE IS HAPPENING AND NOW ANOTHER SALE IS HAPPENING WHICH IS GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITY TO GO FROM R-75 TO PUD.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS JUST A SLEIGHT OF HAND TO GET WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU GUYS, WE WE WE CAME, WE PROTESTED GOING FROM R-15 TO R-75.

THE ZONING PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED IT TO R-75.

AND NOW YOU HAVE A CHANGE IN HAND.

AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S GOING FROM R-75 TO PD.

AND I THINK THAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY NOT RIGHT.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT LEGALLY INCORRECT, BUT IT IS A SLEIGHT OF HAND.

IF THE PERSON HAD TRIED TO GO FROM R-1500 TO PUD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED RIGHT

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OFF THE BAT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A SALE THAT'S HAPPENED AND NOW ANOTHER TRANSACTION THAT'S HAPPENING THAT'S ALLOWING US, ALLOWING YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER.

PD SO NUMBER ONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE COGNIZANT OF 20 FOOT SETBACK FOR UP AGAINST MY HOUSE AND HOUSE.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT AND I HOPE IT'S HONORED.

EIGHT FOOT FENCE IS GREAT.

YOU CAN TAKE MY WROUGHT IRON FENCE OUT AND YOU CAN PUT UP AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.

THAT'S GREAT.

I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU TO DRIVE TO MY HOUSE.

YOU CAN WALK IN MY BACKYARD AND GO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT ME.

BUT IT DOESN'T AFFECT JUST ME.

IT AFFECTS UZI WHO'S HERE.

IT AFFECTS MIKE GROSSI, WHICH LIVES NEXT TO ME AND IT AFFECTS SOME OTHER PEOPLE.

THE OTHER STUFF IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A FEW POINTS HERE.

I KNOW I GAVE HIM COPIES OF THE PHOTOS, BUT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO SIGN IN UZI CAN PROBABLY I'M SORRY, UZI, HE CAN ZONING CHANGE REQUEST ON CHEEK SPARGER, WHICH IS GOING.

FROM R-75 TO PUD.

AND YES, THERE WAS THAT PHOTO THAT YOU SHOWED.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THE LAST TWO DAYS, THAT SIGN AND I HAVE IT DATED AGAIN, THIS PHOTO IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU LAYING DOWN RIGHT BY THE WHICH WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN THE PHOTO THERE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME VERY MUCH.

WE NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL BEFORE YOU GUYS.

YOU'RE PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, TOO.

MY APOLOGIES.

HOW'S IT GOING EVERYONE? UZIKARA IBRAHIM I'M THE NEIGHBOR ON 24 CHEEK SPARGER.

SO I HAVE THE KIND OF THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF MY PROPERTY FACING I GUESS WAS ZERO NEIGHBORS NOW POTENTIALLY 8 TO 9 AND FOREMOST, I WORK IN A STARTUP, A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND EVERYONE'S PREROGATIVE AS AN ORGANIZATION TO MAXIMIZE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND TO MAKE A GOOD DEAL HAPPEN.

BUT I THINK I WOULD ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENT THAT MY NEIGHBOR JEFF HAS HAD.

IT NOT BEEN FOR HIM INFORMING ME YESTERDAY THAT THIS MEETING WAS HAPPENING.

I WALK THAT PROPERTY EVERY SINGLE DAY ON CHEEK SPARGER AND I DIDN'T SEE THE SIGN.

SO HAD HE NOT INFORMED ME, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN TO COME.

BUT I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ADDRESSED A LOT OF THE CONCERNS, RIGHT? JUST FROM A PRIVACY STANDPOINT, SETBACK STANDPOINT, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PRIVACY BUILT INTO THE NEW PLAN.

LIKE I SAID IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, I'VE NEVER BEEN OPPOSED TO DEVELOPING.

THAT'S EVERYONE'S PREROGATIVE.

BUT I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A HAPPY BALANCE RIGHT, BETWEEN THAT NEEDS TO TAKE THE WHOLE THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, BOTH CURRENT AND POTENTIALLY FUTURE RESIDENTS, SO AND THEN FROM A SAFETY CONSIDERATION, TOO, I TAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO CHEEK SPARGER IT'S JUST ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU NEVER KNOW.

I COULD JUST FLIP A COIN.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING, THOUGH, IS THAT WE ARE MAKING CONSIDERATIONS FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE EFFECTIVELY ALSO BUILDING A CUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE CIRCULAR.

BUT SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN.

AND AGAIN, NOT OPPOSED EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PREROGATIVE.

BUT FROM A DENSITY STANDPOINT AND JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY INTO ACCOUNT, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO A SENTIMENT AS THAT WHEN WE WERE HERE, I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PREVIOUS SITE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE ZONING CHANGE FROM 15 TO 75.

I THINK THE DENSITY MADE SENSE.

I THINK IT WAS A NICE LAYOUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN AS A CITIZEN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A VERY DECEPTIVE APPROACH GETTING TO THIS END STATE, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT HAD WE KNOWN UP FRONT THAT THAT WAS THE INTENT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.

BUT I THINK IT'S JUST THE SLOW WALK TO TO WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS TODAY THAT KIND OF HAS US HAVING SOME CONCERN.

SO JUST CLOSING MY STATEMENTS WITH THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

MY NAME IS DAVID FRANKLIN.

I LIVE ON TALISMAN COURT.

2608 TALISMAN COURT.

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A NEIGHBOR OF JEFF.

OUT HERE? YES, UP HERE.

THEY HAVE LOTS.

THAT ARE ON THAT EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND I DID PREPARE A DOCUMENT THAT LISTED SOME OF MY CONCERNS.

AND JOSE WAS SHARP ENOUGH TO EVEN THOUGH I MADE A CHANGE TO IT THIS AFTERNOON.

HE MADE THE THE NEW DOCUMENT AVAILABLE TO YOU.

AND THE REASON I HAD THE NEW DOCUMENT WAS THAT I FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME DIFFERENCES IN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO THAT.

AND SO LIKE A KIND OF REVIEW WHAT MY DOCUMENT SAYS HERE, BASICALLY IT WAS UNDERSTANDING INITIALLY THAT THIS PROPOSAL WAS GOING TO BE FOR SINGLE STOREY HOMES.

BUT IF THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR MULTI-STOREY HOMES, I'D BE STRONGLY AGAINST IT.

I HAVE A NICE EIGHT FOOT FENCE IN MY BACK PROPERTY LINE.

IT'S A NICE WOODEN FENCE AND I WANT TO KEEP THAT FENCE.

SO I'M HOPING THAT ANYTHING THAT IS DONE WILL NOT ALLOW THAT FENCE TO BE TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE I HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT AND I DON'T WANT THE NEW HOMES TO BACK UP DIRECTLY TO THE PROPERTY LINE.

YOU KNOW, I WANT THE DISTANCE TO BE 20 FOOT OR 25 FOOT.

BUT IN READING SOME THINGS ABOUT THE PLANS, IT SAYS IT'S CALLING FOR A FIVE FOOT DISTANCE, BUT THAT'S THAT TO FIVE FOOT.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU ALL WOULD EITHER.

SO ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT I'VE PUT ON HERE, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF PRESENTED IN THE MEETING THOSE FOUR HOMES THAT ARE ON TALISMAN COURT, JEFF, MIKEY, MYSELF AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN EXCEPTION MADE SO THAT ON THOSE.

PROPERTIES WOULD HAVE A 20 FOOT BACKUP OR 20 FOOT AND ALSO MAKE THE HOMES SINGLE STORY THAT FACE ON TO SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE HOMES THAT FACE BACK UP TO TALISMAN COURT.

SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE, THAT WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE.

AND I THINK MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON TALISMAN COURT WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

ANOTHER ITEM THAT I HAD ON THIS LIST WAS I'D LIKE TO SEE EXISTING TREES SAVED FROM REMOVAL.

YOU KNOW, WHICH I KNOW THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO TRY TO DO SOME OF THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

AND ANOTHER CONCERN I HAD WAS THE EXIT ON THE CHEEK SPARGER IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVERS.

AND ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE COMING FROM CENTRAL UP CHEEKTOWAGA, YOU'RE GOING UP HILL AND AS YOU'RE IF YOU TRY TO COME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CARS COMING KIND OF OVER THE HILL, KIND OF A COULD BE A DANGEROUS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

TAKING TIME TO GIVE ME A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU.

AND I THANK YOU FOR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL COSGROVE.

I'M PASTOR OF WOODLAND HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM STRIP DOWN THERE.

THAT'S AT 3712.

I LIVE AT 1521 SIERRA BROOKS DRIVE IN KELLER AND I'VE BEEN THE PASTOR THERE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

AND WE'VE COME BEFORE WITH CONSIDERING SELLING OUR PROPERTY FOR A DEVELOPMENT.

AND I SAID THEN AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN NOW, THE CHURCHES DO NOT SELL THEIR PROPERTY LIGHTLY.

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THEY WANT TO RETAIN THAT SO THEY CAN THINK OF MINISTRY IN THE FUTURE.

WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH BLOOMFIELD HOMES, WE SAT DOWN AND HAD CONCERNS MANY LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS DO AND FOLKS AND THEY WERE GREAT COMMUNICATORS WITH US.

MANY MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS, EMAILS AND WE WERE SATISFIED THAT WE COULD GO BEFORE OUR CHURCH WHO OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.

WE HAD A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS WHEN IT CAME TO DRAINAGE SETBACKS, TREES, THE LEGACY TREE.

WE CALL IT THE FOUNDERS TREE.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF A NEW NAME FOR US BECAUSE WE REALLY NEVER CALLED IT ANYTHING BEFORE, JUST THAT BIG TREE OUT BACK.

AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE TREES ON THAT STRETCH OF PROPERTY.

I MEAN, WE ARE CALLED WOODLAND HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, SO WE WANT TO HAVE SOME WOODLANDS LEFT, JUST LIKE YOU ARE EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERN.

THEY ALSO SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH US ABOUT FENCING AND WALLS, THE AESTHETICS, AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY HELPFUL FOR THAT AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

AND WE HAVE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE LIKE YOU HAVE SEEN THEIR PROPERTIES.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S PLEASING.

AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR, MR. BEING ACCOMMODATING TO CONCERNS BOTH FROM YOU AND ALSO FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS CAN BE WORKED THROUGH.

WE ALSO SEE, OF COURSE, THE NATURAL ADVANTAGE FOR THE TAX BASE OF THE CITY.

AND I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE IN CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PATIENT AND WORKING THROUGH THESE THINGS AND WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE JUST WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER TO SOME NEW FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN.

THESE 40 SOME ODD HOMES ARE GOING TO BE THERE, OF COURSE, NEW FAMILIES, AND IT'D BE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY MOVE IN.

SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU ALL THIS EVENING.

HELLO, I AM MICHELE GROSSI.

I AM MIKE GROSSI'S WIFE AND HE IS TRAVELING.

AND HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH I AM HAPPY TO READ FOR HIM.

I LIVE AT 2604 TALISMAN COURT, WHICH IS BETWEEN ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SPOKEN.

SO I WILL JUST START AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

MR. MORRISON AND MRS. ITS MEMBERS TONIGHT THAT THE APPLICATION FROM BLOOMFIELD HOMES IN HAMILTON DUFFY, IS OUTSIDE THE ORDINANCE FOR PUD ZONING AND SHOULD NOT BE VOTED BLOOMFIELD HOMES WILL PROBABLY BE AND DID PRESENT THEIR HOME DESIGN SUBDIVISION IDEAS COMPANY PHILOSOPHY OF BEING A LOCAL TEXAS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT LIVE AND BREATHE THESE COUNCIL AND ZONING MEETINGS.

THEY ARE EXPERTS AT FIRST DATES, BUT THEY NEVER CALL YOU AGAIN.

BLOOMFIELD HOMES IS A TEXAS BASED COMPANY, BUT THE MAJORITY STAKEHOLDER OF THE COMPANY IS SUMITOMO FORESTRY, A GLOBAL COMPANY THAT IS BASED IN JAPAN.

IN GLOBAL SALES FOR SUMITOMO LAST YEAR WAS $1.7 TRILLION.

LAST YEAR'S REVENUE CAME IN AT 12.5 BILLION.

BLOOMFIELD HOMES REVENUE LAST YEAR WAS A MERE 125 MILLION.

BLOOMFIELD HAS OVER 50 SUBDIVISIONS IN THE METROPLEX, OF WHICH MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ON THE OUTLYING CITIES OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH.

THESE CITIES HAVE LOTS OF LAND AND ROOM FOR DEVELOPMENTAL GROWTH, WHICH BEDFORD DOES NOT.

WHEN TALKING TO BLOOMFIELD REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH WAS MY HUSBAND, THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ADDING 45 TO 50 MORE SUBDIVISIONS.

THE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO STATED THAT BLOOMFIELD IS ONE OF THE LARGEST LANDHOLDERS IN NORTH TEXAS.

OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS GRAPEVINE, COLLEYVILLE, FLOWER MOUND AND SOUTH LAKE DO NOT HAVE ANY BLOOMFIELD HOMES OR LAND OWNED BY THEM.

I'VE PUT IN A RECORDS REQUEST RECORDS REQUEST TO ALL THE CITIES TO SEE IF ANY ZONING OR SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED IN THE PAST.

FROM MY OWN RESEARCH, I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY RECORDS.

WHY IS THAT? THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST DESIRABLE AND SOUGHT AFTER CITIES TO LIVE IN HERE IN NORTH TEXAS.

I'M GUESSING THAT IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CITY ORDINANCES THAT THEY IMPOSE.

I HAVE LOTS OF CONCERNS, AS DO MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, REGARDING PUD 23-4.

WHY PUD ZONING? AT R-75, THEY CAN EASILY BUILD A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY GET APPROVED FOR PUD ZONING AND DECIDE NOT TO BUILD, JUST

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LIKE JOHN WESTROM DID NINE MONTHS PRIOR WITH BLOOMFIELD BEING CONTROLLED BY MARKETS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN NOW.

WE HAVE EIGHT ACRES OF PRIME REAL ESTATE ZONED PUD UP FOR GRABS.

EMERALD COTTAGES LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO PRESENTED A PUD ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY AND IT WAS PASSED BY P AND Z BUT VOTED NO IN CITY WHAT IS TO STOP EMERALD COTTAGES THEORETICALLY FROM PURCHASING THE LAND? THEN IT WOULD BE ZONED CORRECTLY FOR THE COTTAGES TO BE BUILT IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

THIS WENT FROM A RESIDENTIAL 15,000FTÂ² PROPERTY TO POTENTIALLY PUD WITH 5000FTÂ².

LOT SIZES.

WHAT BLOOMFIELD HAS PROPOSED TO YOU TONIGHT WITH 60% LOT COVERAGE SHOULD FALL UNDER MD-3 ZONING, BUT EVEN THAT IS LIMITED TO 50% COVERAGE.

MD-4 HAS A LIMIT OF 60% FOR LOT COVERAGE SIZE.

THEY ARE TRYING TO FIT AN R-15,000 HOME ON AN MD-3 SIZE LOT AND USE LESS THAN MD DASH FOUR THAT'S CALLED HAVING YOUR CAKE AND EATING IT TOO.

A VERY BLATANT MISUSE FOR PUD ZONING REQUEST.

ALSO, THE CITY ORDINANCE OF BEDFORD HAS A FIVE FOOT SETBACK FOR A DUMPSTER.

THAT'S IT.

SO WE'RE WANTING TO PUT A FIVE FOOT SETBACK NEXT TO OUR HOMES, WHICH ARE R-75.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.

BLOOMFIELD IF YOU WANT TO SELL THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS, BRING A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN THAT WORKS WELL WITH THE LAND AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

IF IT'S JUST ABOUT PROFIT MARGINS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER CITIES THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

THIS WEEK, JUNE 20TH, THE COLLEYVILLE CITY COUNCIL DENIED A DEVELOPER'S REQUEST TO BUILD 14 HOMES ON 14 ACRES.

THIS IS JUST TWO MILES NORTH OFF THE SAME ROAD CENTRAL, WHICH TURNS INTO POOLE ROAD.

QUOTES FROM THE FORT WORTH REPORT ABOUT THE MEETING.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT WE CAN SEE EVERYWHERE, AND IT IS TAKING EVERY CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS LAND AND CHANGING IT.

IN MY OPINION.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WORKS WITH THE LAND, NOT AGAINST THE LAND.

AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM KELLY RIGNEY SAID COUNCIL MEMBER DOES NOT FIND THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S VISION AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THERE ARE CLEARLY ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY IN A MANNER THAT ARE KEEPING WITH THE CITY'S VISION AND ADDRESS THE NUMEROUS CONCERNS RAISED BY THE NEIGHBORING THIS, HOWEVER, IS NOT IT.

IN CONCLUSION, I HOPE THE CITY OF BEDFORD TAKES CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO THE EIGHT ACRE PROPERTY BEFORE AGREEING TO ANOTHER PUD DEVELOPMENT.

THIS LAND HAS LOTS OF POTENTIAL TO BE SOMETHING IMPACTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND I DO NOT BELIEVE REZONING THE LAND TO PUD IS THE RIGHT CHOICE AT THIS TIME.

I APPRECIATE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY THOUGHTS AND LISTEN TO MY CONCERNS AND THEN JUST MAKING A FEW NOTES ON HIS PRESENTATION.

HE SAID THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NOT BE A HOME IDEAL FOR FAMILIES.

ISN'T THAT WHAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD JUST REMODELED THE BEDFORD BOYS RANCH FOR IS TO INVITE FAMILIES HAVING SEPTEMBER COMING UP WITH THE CONCERTS AND THE JULY BEDFORD IS ALL ABOUT FAMILIES.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RETIRED COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DEVELOP, THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT SPOT.

WE ALREADY DENIED HAVING A RETIREMENT HOME GO BACK HERE.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT THOUGHT, IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT FOR FAMILIES, THEN WHY DO WE NEED TWO STOREY HOMES AT A MINIMUM OF 2000FTÂ²? IT'S NOT NECESSARY.

RETIRED HOMEOWNERS DON'T NEED A TWO STOREY HOME, NOR DO THEY WANT IT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO CLIMB UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS EVERY DAY.

AND THEN REGARDING THE TREES, THERE'S OVER 300 TREES ON THIS PROPERTY THAT IS UP FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN HE SAID, WE'RE WILLING TO SAVE SOME OF THE TREES.

WHICH ONE OF YOU MENTIONED THAT ALL OF THEM ARE MARKED TO BE DONE AWAY WITH? WELL, WE'VE GOT TREES THAT ARE 5 TO 10FT FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO AGREE TO A 20 FOOT SETBACK, WHICH REALLY ISN'T THAT MUCH, ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THOSE TREES WITHIN 20FT OR ARE WE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SAVE LIKE I NEED TO KNOW THE EXACT ON THAT BECAUSE MY PROPERTY HAS TWO TREES IN THE BACKYARD, WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL, WHICH ARE HOME TO A LOT OF AND I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP MANY TIMES, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT GONE.

JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THAT VIEW IS IS GOING TO BE GONE.

AND JUST FROM HIS PRESENTATION IN THE HOMES THAT HE PRESENTED, THERE ARE NO TREES IN THAT.

IF YOU SAW IT WAS A CLEAR SKYLINE AND JUST SOME LIKE LITTLE SHRUBS AROUND THE HOUSE, THAT DOESN'T CUT IT.

AND I REALLY WANT TO SEE LIKE A REVISION OF WHAT A 20 FOOT SETBACK LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE WHEN WE MET WITH THE EMERALD COTTAGES, I BELIEVE THEY AGREED TO DO A 40 FOOT SO 20 FOOT TO ME IS NOTHING.

SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND I DO HAVE MORE THINGS TO PRESENT TO YOU.

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WE WERE ASSUMING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO GET TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, SO WE HAD FURTHER TIME TO GET MORE INFORMATION TO YOU.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

APPRECIATE IT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS JOHN WESTROM.

I LIVE AT 1297 AVENUE HASLET IN FORT WORTH.

I AM THE VICTIM OR THE OWNER OF THE FIVE ACRES THAT HAS THE HIGH GRASS.

SO I'M GUILTY AS CHARGED.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS ON THERE.

YOU CAN TEXT ME ANYTIME, SO I'LL GET HIM OUT ASAP.

SO NO PROBLEM.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST FELT LIKE I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I CAME BEFORE YOU ALL TO GET THIS PROPERTY REZONED BEFORE AND CLEARLY INTENTIONS TO DO ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN TO DEVELOP THIS.

I FELT LIKE WE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS AND.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A 20 LOT SUBDIVISION, 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

AND I THINK THE AVERAGE THEY'RE PROPOSING IS STILL 70 300FTÂ².

SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT.

I THINK THERE ARE A FEW VARIANCES.

I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF BUILDERS LINED UP TO WANT TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO TO HAVE BLOOMFIELD THEY ARE A BLESSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE CITY OF EULESS.

THEY LOOKED AT THIS AND SAID, WE'D LOVE TO DO SOMETHING IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

AND SO I THINK THAT IF YOU DO GO AND LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR SUBDIVISIONS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN CITIES THEY'VE DONE BUSINESS WITH, COMMUNITIES THEY'VE REINVESTED IN AND DONATED THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THEY WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL STREET, BEAUTIFUL HOMES, AND IT WILL BE A TREAT.

THERE'S NO SLEIGHT OF HAND OR SOME TRICKERY GOING ON.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY CAME UP IN SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS THAT THERE WAS THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE DEAD END CUL DE SAC.

HAVING THIS BLOOMFIELD WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW THAT COULD GO INTO THAT CHURCH AND ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT JUST HAPPENED A COUPLE OF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BEFORE THAT WASN'T EVEN ON THE TABLE OR CONSIDERED SO BEFORE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 2020 LOT SUBDIVISION.

SO THE 20 LOT SUBDIVISION IS, IS IS REALLY NOT I'VE DEVELOPED AND BUILT IN BEDFORD AND, AND I JUST HAVE NO PLANS TO TO DO THAT.

I WOULD BRING IN A BUILDER TO TO TO DO THAT.

SO BY DOING THE L AND HAVING IT OFF CENTRAL.

YES I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF WORRY OF TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING.

AND SO IT'S NATURALLY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE THE CENTRAL THE ROUNDABOUT ACTUALLY MAKES IT VERY EASY TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CUT THROUGH STREET EITHER.

SO BECAUSE THERE'S A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN THERE, IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET THROUGH THERE AND PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY JUST GOING TO KNOW IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO EXIT CENTRAL AND THEN THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT.

SO THIS, THIS ACTUALLY SOLVES A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT P AND Z HAD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS THERE.

SO I THINK IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED AND AND BUT I MEAN THERE WAS I THINK WE HAD 20 HOUSES.

WE STILL HAD SOME OPPOSITION.

AND SO THERE'S NO MORE ADDITIONAL HOUSES.

I DON'T THINK GOING BEHIND THEM AT THE R-75 THAN THERE WAS WHEN THERE WAS THE PUD.

THE PD, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME NUMBER OF HOUSES AND THOSE ARE CUL-DE-SAC LOTS AND THOSE HOUSES WILL BE PUSHED BACK AND I THINK BLOOMFIELD IS WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ALL THAT.

SO I SUPPORT BLOOMFIELD DOING THIS.

THIS IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

THE CHURCH, THE CITY AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO SEE THEIR VALUES GO UP WITH AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PRODUCT.

SO YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU STARTED, OR DID YOU? YES, I DID.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? MR. WESTROM, WHEN YOU WERE HERE PRIOR, I REMEMBER ASKING YOU BECAUSE AT THAT TIME IT WAS DESIGNED JUST TO COME OFF OF CHEEK SPARGER.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE WASN'T COMING OFF OF CENTRAL.

YOU LED ME TO BELIEVE, AT LEAST I DON'T HAVE THE TAPE IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT MY MEMORY, I THINK, IS PRETTY GOOD THAT YOU HAD HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF COLLIERVILLE AS PER THE DESIGN.

THAT'S WHAT I LEFT WITH AND THAT THIS WOULD BE NO PROBLEM INGRESSING AND EGRESSING OFF OF CHEEK SPARGER.

DO YOU WANT TO STAND BY THAT STATEMENT? NO.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD, WHAT I RECALL IS THAT I HAVE HEARD THAT THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE IS IN CHARGE OF THIS PROJECT AND THE WIDENING OF IT.

AND IT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE FAVORABLE THAN WHAT IT STANDS TO BE THERE NOW.

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BUT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY THING OR FELT LIKE I'VE EVER CONVEYED THAT I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH CITY OF COLLIERVILLE OR HAVE SOME PLAN OR DESIGN OTHER THAN WHAT'S PUBLICLY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'LL TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'LL PROBABLY GOING TO GET TABLED ANYWAY.

BUT YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS.

I FOUNDED BLOOMFIELD HOMES IN A GARAGE WITH THREE PEOPLE.

20 YEARS AGO, WE DID A BILLION IN SALES.

LAST YEAR WE BUILT 2100 HOUSES, WERE THE THIRD LARGEST BUILDER IN DALLAS, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY THE LARGEST BUILDER THAT ONLY BUILDS IN DALLAS FORT WORTH, BUILDING THIS PRICE HOUSES.

MOST PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF JOINED A RACE TO THE BOTTOM TO TRY TO GET AS LOW AS THEY CAN.

WE'VE BUILT SOME SCATTERED HOUSES IN SOUTHLAKE.

WE'VE BUILT, I THINK, SEVEN NEIGHBORHOODS IN EULESS, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU GO DRIVE ANY OF THEM.

I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU TALK TO MAYOR MCCAMY OR FORMER MAYOR LINDA.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WE'VE GOT TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF SIX STONES.

WE ARE EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WE TRY TO JUST DO THIS QUIETLY.

WE'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO MAKE YOUR CALLS AROUND.

TALK TO US.

CHECK US OUT.

I DON'T GO OUT AND WEAR IT ON MY SLEEVE, BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS KIND OF ATTACKED A LITTLE BIT.

WE ARE 65% OWNED BY A WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH A JAPANESE COMPANY FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.

IT WAS AMAZING WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHO CAN REALLY HAS A LONG TERM VISION, CARES ABOUT QUALITY, CARES ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE, CARES ABOUT ESTHETICS.

IT WAS INTERESTING THAT OUR VALUES ALIGN CLOSER WITH THIS 300 YEAR OLD JAPANESE COMPANY THAN THEY DID WITH A LOT OF THE PUBLIC BUILDERS HERE THAT ARE VERY AND DO WHATEVER WE REALLY DO PRIDE OURSELVES ON LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS AND INVESTING IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

I'VE HAD A PHILOSOPHY OF REALLY ONLY GOING TO CITIES WHERE WE'RE WELCOME AND WE'LL WE'LL JUDGE.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE FEEL LIKE YOU ALL DON'T WANT US, I MEAN, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUSLY LEAVE.

I DO THINK THE EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THOUGHT VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN ON THEIR PROPERTIES.

WE CAN DO IT.

IF THERE'S JUST THE FOUR HOUSES THAT WERE ADJACENT TO THERE ON THAT CUL-DE-SAC, I CAN DEFINITELY COMMIT TO DO AS I SAID, I CAN COMMIT TO DO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ONE STORIES.

I DEFINITELY CAN COMMIT TO DO FOUR ONE STORY HOUSES AGAINST THOSE FOUR LOTS.

WE'LL ALSO DO THAT 20 FOOT SETBACK.

AS I SAID, AS MR. ALONG THAT LINE REALLY HASN'T CHANGED.

WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK A PLAN THAT MR. HE'S A DEVELOPER AND HE WAS DOING SOMETHING TO SELL TO A BUILDER.

AND WE SAID, WELL, HOW DO WE REALLY MAKE THIS WORK AS A BUILDER AND MAKE IT FUNCTION INSTEAD OF COMPROMISING TO WHAT THE DEVELOPER KIND OF GUESSED AT WHAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE? I ALMOST REALLY KIND OF APPRECIATE THE GETTING TABLED BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO LET US GO BACK AND ADD A LOT OF THESE REVISIONS TO IT AND REALLY HAVE WRITTEN DOWN THE COMMENTS AND DETAILED PROPOSAL THAT WILL ADDRESS A LOT OF THAT.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU AGAIN.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, SIR.

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE ADVANTAGE OF GOING FROM AN R-75 TO A PUD? THE PUD IS GOING TO LET US DO THINGS LIKE GET AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE STILL NEED TO WORK THROUGH WITH STAFF ON SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES WE'VE GOT.

THE PUD IS GOING TO LET US DO SOME MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSES.

IT'S GOING TO LET US HAVE THE VARIETY OF LOT WIDTHS AS WE GO ACROSS IT.

INSTEAD OF SAYING A 7500 FOOT MINIMUM WHERE THEY'RE TYPICALLY ALL THE LOTS ARE DESIGNED TO THAT 75 FOOT MINIMUM.

WE'VE GOT, I THINK 47%, WE'RE ABOVE 7500.

A BUNCH OF THEM ARE 80 TWOS.

BUT WE CAN DO THAT VARIETY OF LOT SIZE.

WE GO DOWN THE STREET, WHICH IS GOING TO GIVE THAT KIND OF CUSTOM LOOK THAT WE THINK LOOKS BETTER.

IF WE SAID, OKAY, WE JUST WANT ALL THE LOTS TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE.

WE ALSO, IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT LOT, TO SAVE THE FOUNDERS TREE, WE KIND OF SQUEEZED SOME OF THOSE AND WE HAD SIZE TO PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO IT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN WE'RE DOING THE LAND PLANNING.

IT ALSO LETS US DO SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, DO IT, BUT DO IT WIDER SO IT'S A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK INSTEAD OF LIKE A NARROW SIDEWALK THAT CONNECTS TO THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE CHURCH.

SO THERE WAS THERE'S THE PASTOR SAID THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT IT WAS ALL KIND OF JUST GETTING DUMPED AT YOU GUYS TONIGHT.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, SO THAT'S REALLY THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PUD, IS IT

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CREATES FLEXIBILITY TO DO SOME THINGS.

SO I'M NOT DIRECTLY AFFECTED.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].

I LIVE ON HORIZON DRIVE.

I'M HERE OUT OF SOLIDARITY WITH MY ROUND THE CORNER NEIGHBORS.

WHAT'S YOUR.

ADDRESS? SORRY.

WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? 3813 HORIZON DRIVE.

MIKE, I WAS LISTENING TO ALL THE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND SOMETHING CAME UP ON MY MIND.

NUMBER ONE, ON THIS MAP, THERE IS A PHONE ANTENNA CLOSE TO CHEEK SPARGER.

MY QUESTION IS, WHO WOULD LIKE TO LIVE UNDER A HUGE ANTENNA? ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT RADIATION IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM.

WHO WOULD WANT TO BUY A HOUSE THERE? AND NUMBER TWO, DID SOMEBODY ASK THE OTHER BUSINESSES LIKE THE HOME, THE SENIOR LIVING HOME, WHAT THEY THINK OF IT LOOKS LIKE THE BACKYARD.

OF THE HOMES ALONG THE PROPERTY OF THE SENIOR LIVING.

THEY WILL BE, THE HOUSE WILL BE ABOUT FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE FENCE.

AND THE PROPERTY OF THE SENIOR LIVING HOME IS LOWER.

SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE A, LET'S SAY, AN EIGHT FOOT TALL FENCE THERE.

IF YOU HAVE TWO STOREY HOUSES ARE PEOPLE FROM THE NEW RESIDENTIAL HOMES WILL BE LOOKING DOWN INTO THE BEDROOMS OF THE RESIDENTS.

OF THE SENIOR LIVING.

I MEAN, MAYBE THEY LIKE IT, MAYBE NOT.

I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S IT.

ANYBODY ELSE? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO TABLE.

I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT.

NEW PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT 2416 CHEEK SPARGER ROAD.

PUD 23-4.

DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY, WES? I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

UNANIMOUS THE MOTION IS TABLED OR THE ISSUE IS TABLED.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN FOR A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

YOU NEED A I THINK YOU JUST NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

I KNOW.

HOW ABOUT WE ADJOURN FOR A 4 OR 5 MINUTE BREAK.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR? YES.

SORRY.

NUMBER THREE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE WAS THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE GRACE PARK ZONING.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THAT ONE AS WELL OR WE'LL JUST POSTPONE THAT ONE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO OPEN THAT ITEM UP.

SO AND I'LL JUMP AHEAD.

MR. VICE CHAIR, IF I CAN.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

NICOLE COURT THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED THAT THAT BE POSTPONED AS WELL SO WE CAN

[5. Consider making a recommendation regarding an amendment to Appendix B of the City of Bedford Code of Ordinances, entitled Zoning Ordinance, specifically amending Chapter 5, Supplemental District Regulations by adding regulations related to Tree Preservation.]

JUMP RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER FIVE IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

TREE PRESERVATION.

OH, BOY.

UM, WELL, LET ME UPDATE.

LET ME GO.

WHERE ARE WE AT HERE?

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OH, JOSE'S ALREADY GOT ME THERE.

UNLESS I DID IT AND DIDN'T REALIZE IT.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

THIS IS YOUR THIRD TIME SEEING IT.

AND THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR SLIDE.

WHAT YOU SAW THE VERY FIRST TIME.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

IF I CAN GET TO MY TRUSTY LITTLE TABLET HERE AND GET YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION.

WHEN WE MET AT OUR WORK SESSION LAST TIME, WE WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

I THINK THE BULK OF THAT CONVERSATION CENTERED AROUND UNPROTECTED TREES AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS.

AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TONIGHT, YOU KIND OF SAW FIRSTHAND WHEN A ZONING CHANGE COMES IN, WHAT AN UNPROTECTED TREE CAN MEAN.

IT MEANS THAT THEY CAN CUT IT ALL DOWN.

AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD EXERCISE.

SO AND THAT'S CUT IT DOWN WITHOUT ANY PENALTY.

SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

AT THE LAST MEETING YOU ASKED THAT I PROVIDE YOU WITH A LIST OF THE RECOMMENDED TREES FROM THE ARBORIST TO ADD TO THAT.

SO I PROVIDED THAT WITH THEIR JUSTIFICATION AS WELL.

THE OTHER CHANGES THAT WE DID REAL QUICKLY IS WE ON EXEMPTION OF LOTS.

WE KEPT THAT AT TWO ACRES FOR HOMESTEAD LOTS AND THEN THE REPLACEMENT TREES, WE INCREASED FROM 2IN TO 3IN.

WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE WES.

I'M TRYING TO FIND IN.

WE HAD A PENALTY FOR CUTTING DOWN A A TREE THAT NOT A NON DESIRABLE TREE.

AND I'M TRYING TO FIND WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND IT.

AND I ASKED THE QUESTION AT THE TIME, DID YOU FEEL THAT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT IT WOULD PREVENT A DEVELOPER? IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE DOING A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPMENT.

SO WHAT'S A FINE OF X WORTH TO THEM? IT WAS INTERESTING.

THE GENTLEMAN HERE WAS FROM SOUTHLAKE AND I HAPPENED TO BE HAVING BREAKFAST ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A FRIEND OF MINE FROM SOUTH LAKE AND HE MADE THE COMMENT AND HE'S LIVED IN KNOWS THE LAY OF THE LAND.

AND KEEP IN MIND, PROBABLY MOST OF THEIR HOMES THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING ARE $1 MILLION OR MORE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT IN THAT VICINITY.

BUT HE SAID HIS HIS TAKE ON IT WAS THAT THE DEVELOPERS WERE WILLING TO PAY THE FINE.

AND SINCE WE GOT A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION FROM SOUTHLAKE.

IF, I DON'T KNOW, IF WE GOT THAT NUMBER FIGURE WHICH I CAN'T FIND.

SO I GUESS I'M GOING BACK TO THAT SAME QUESTION IS DO YOU FEEL THAT NUMBER FIGURE IS IS LARGE ENOUGH TO KEEP ANY DEVELOPER THAT SAYING I'LL JUST PAY THE FINE AND IS HE TALKING.

IS HE TALKING ABOUT THE PENALTY? YES, I BELIEVE SO.

IT'S ON PAGE 12 OF 14.

IT'S 250 PER CALIPER INCH.

AND I MEAN KEEP IN MIND THAT IS THAT'S THE PENALTY.

THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

SO IF WE WRITE CITATIONS, THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF $2,000 PER DAY.

SO THAT'S AN ADDITION, TOO.

SO, AND THAT'S DON'T JUST THINK 250 PER TREE, IT'S 250 PER CALIPER INCH.

PLUS THE MISDEMEANOR; RIGHT? RIGHT.

YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, I THINK, AT THE MEETING.

RIGHT.

AND I HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT IT JUST CAME UP BECAUSE I THINK YOU INDICATED THAT WE TOOK SOME OF THE TREE ORDINANCE FROM SOUTH LAKE.

WE DID.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY IF THAT CAME FROM THERE OR NOT.

SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

I CAN'T.

ANSWER.

I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THEM TIGHT AS WE.

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY TIGHT.

AND I DON'T YOU DON'T WANT TO GET WELL THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S A LINE THERE AND I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY A LEGAL TERM FOR IT, BUT THERE'S A LINE YOU DON'T WANT TO CROSS WITH AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT.

I WASN'T HERE LAST TIME, SO I WANT TO BE SURE ON PAGE.

THREE OF 14.

THERE'S THE WHOLE LIST OF UNPROTECTED TREES.

YES, SIR.

SO THE ONE THAT'S NOW PROPOSED, THAT'S THE COMPLETE LIST? THAT IS THE COMPLETE LIST.

AND WE AND I'M GOING OFF MEMORY HERE AND I'M GOING TO.

HERE WE GO.

I BELIEVE THAT 16 TREES TOTAL.

AND REALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT WHEN WE SAY IT'S AN UNPROTECTED TREE, THAT MEANS IT CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF MITIGATION.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, USING THE EXAMPLE YOU HAD TONIGHT, IF YOU'VE GOT 300 HACKBERRIES ON A LOT, THEN ALL 300 OF THOSE CAN GO WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF MITIGATION REQUIREMENT WHATSOEVER.

YOUR CLARIFICATION WAS VERY HELPFUL.

BUT NO, I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE, SINCE I MISSED THE LAST TIME, THAT THIS IS THE LIST THAT'S NOW IN.

[01:25:01]

YES, SIR.

AND THE ALSO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU GOT A KIND OF A LARGE SPREADSHEET OF KIND OF COLOR CODED FOR TREES FROM THE ARBORIST.

I READ THAT IN.

IT CONFUSED ME A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE TREES THAT ARE EITHER YELLOW OR GREEN ARE ON OUR THAT'S CORRECT.

I'M WAITING TO SEE IF EVERYBODY ELSE ANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ON SINCE I WASN'T HERE, WHY DID WE DECIDE TO GO STICK WITH TWO ACRES? AND THE MEETING BEFORE THAT WE HAD SAID ONE ACRE.

I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK ONE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES.

AND IF YOU HAVE IF YOU GET TOO RESTRICTIVE, THE ORDINANCE GETS TOO RESTRICTIVE.

WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS. WHILE BEDFORD DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TWO ACRE, WE STILL HAVE TWO ACRE LOTS AND WE HAVE MORE ONE ACRE LOTS.

AND I THINK YOU GET REAL, YOU START GOING DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE.

I GUESS, WHEN YOU START RESTRICTING PEOPLE'S HOMESTEAD PROPERTY RIGHTS.

I GUESS THAT PROBABLY ANSWERS MY NEXT QUESTION THOUGH.

BUT WHEN BRUCE WAS HERE THE WEEK BEFORE TOO, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LIKE, WHAT IS TO PREVENT.

A HOMESTEAD FROM CUTTING DOWN A TREE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

SO MY STREET IN THE FALL LOOKS LIKE A HALLMARK STORY.

IT'S GORGEOUS AND THE TREE IS LIKE ARCH OVER THE STREET.

AND NOW THERE'S THREE PEOPLE ON OUR STREET WHO HAVE CUT THE TREES DOWN IN THEIR YARD.

AND NOT ONLY IS IT MISERABLE TO WALK IN THE TEXAS SUN UNDER THOSE IN THAT YARD, IT JUST KIND OF KILLS THE WHOLE VIBE OF THE STREET.

IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING? IT'S LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OR ONE TREE ON YOUR PROPERTY OR SOMETHING, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE LOT, THEN YOU NEED A PERMIT TO CUT YOUR TREE DOWN ELSE IN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE THE NO SHADE THING AND TRYING TO KEEP IT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CITY, I BEDFORD WAS BECAUSE I LIKE THE TREES, THE MATURITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT KIND OF WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK GOES TO THAT MISSION BASICALLY AT THE BEGINNING SAYING LIKE TRYING TO KEEP IN THE CHARACTER OF WHAT BEDFORD I THINK IF WE WERE GOING TO GO DOWN THAT PATH FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DO THAT IS TO SAY, NO HAVE TO GET A PERMIT TO REMOVE A TREE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

WE CAN DO THAT.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST RESTRICTIVE THAT I'VE SEEN OF ANY CITY.

BUT JUST WHEN WE'RE LOOKING DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT OUT THERE.

BUT THAT'S A PRETTY TIGHT RESTRICTION.

BUT IF THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE, WE CAN ADD THAT TO THERE.

WOULD YOU HAVE TO GET A PERMIT TO REMOVE A DEAD TREE? THANK YOU.

I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK IF WE GO THAT PATH, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE ANY TREE, BECAUSE WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO FROM AS RODGERS POINTED OUT IN THE PAST, MR. PAST, I'M NOT AN ARBORIST, JOSE'S NOT AN ARBORIST.

SO WE'D HAVE TO PROBABLY IF SOMEBODY SAID IT'S A DEAD TREE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO REPLACE IT, THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GET AN ARBORIST TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THAT.

COULD THAT BE THE STIPULATION TO SAY, IF YOU'RE SAYING IT'S DEAD, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A REPLACEMENT? SO IT'S A ONE FOR ONE EVEN.

I MEAN.

YEAH, I MEAN, IF THAT'S TRUE, ARE WE GOING TO CHARGE A HOMEOWNER FOR THAT SERVICE? WELL, I MEAN, ANYTHING THE CITY DOES, I MEAN, ANY PERMITS YOU PAY FOR BECAUSE IT'S A CITY SERVICE AND SOMEBODY TOUCHES IT AND SOMEBODY HAS TO GO OUT AND DO A SITE INSPECTION AND.

YES, WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT STAFF TIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SURE.

I MEAN, WE'D HAVE TO IT'S DOLLARS AND CENTS.

I'D SAY WE'D HAVE TO.

I SAID I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO DO TO RECOUP THAT COST.

WELL, I WONDER WHETHER WE HAVE WHETHER WE NEED A LEGAL, LEGAL INTERPRETATION OF THIS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TAKING OF PROPERTY WHEN YOU START REQUIRING PEOPLE TO IT'S YOUR PROPERTY.

WELL, THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON THE HOMESTEAD IS THERE IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S ON A HOMESTEAD, YOU'VE GOT THERE'S MORE RULES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, IN TEXAS, GENERALLY, IF IT'S HOMESTEAD, IT'S YOUR PROPERTY IN TEXAS IS A VERY PROPERTY RIGHTS STATE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK WE'D BE LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE.

THAT'S THAT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION AS TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

ISN'T MOST OF OUR PROPERTY THOUGH HOA ALREADY WHICH IS TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PROPERTY? LIKE I WOULD NOT SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF HOA IN BEDFORD.

BUT BUT IF I CAN CHIME IN ON THAT WES BECAUSE WE GOT INVOLVED WITH THAT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR LOTS.

AND SO WE SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF REVIEWING OUR CCNR'S THAT GOT APPROVED AND FILED

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WITH THE COUNTY AND WE GAVE THE NEIGHBORS MORE LEAST ONE TREE AND IN THEIR IN THEIR FRONT YARD.

AND WE JUST HAD A SITUATION WHERE A NEIGHBOR WANTED TO TAKE DOWN A TREE.

AND THEY WERE THEY WERE TURNED DOWN.

I MEAN, THEY HAD CHOICES.

THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN.

THEY COULD HAVE REPLACED IT.

YOU CAN GO IN WITH WE HAD TEN CHOICES OF ORNAMENTAL TREES THAT ARE SMALLER OR YOU CAN GO LARGE TREES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION WITH OUR CCNR'S THAT EVERYBODY SIGNED OFF ON AND WE FILED.

IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE CITY HAS.

BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE YOUR STREET BECAUSE IT SOUNDS PRETTY.

THAT'S FUNNY.

YEAH, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IS, IS HOW DO WE PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE IDEA? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.

I WORRY ABOUT I THINK BRUCE'S POINT WAS A GOOD POINT AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT'S A POTENTIAL SOLUTION FOR IT.

AND THEN.

SECONDLY, THE TREE REPLACEMENT LIST.

WOULD THAT NOT BE IN THIS? IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE IN A LANDSCAPING THING? RIGHT.

SEPARATELY.

RIGHT.

SO WHEN WE DO THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT REQUIRED OR REPLACEMENT LIST, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO WORD IT.

AND THEN ON 515D, I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT REQUIRING IT TO SAY ARBORIST AS A PROFESSIONAL, OUT AND SAYING LIKE, HERE'S ALL THE TREE SPECIES AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN ARBORIST WHO'S GIVING THE QUALITY OF THE TREES AND WHAT'S THERE AND SURVEY IS THAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT 515 C 515 D I THINK.

D I'M SORRY.

PERMANENT REQUIREMENTS MAKE SENSE? AND ALSO, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE LEFT ON MT.

CEDAR AS A PROTECTED TREE.

THAT'S SO THE TOPIC IS PAGE FIVE OF 14, ITEM NUMBER THREE.

AS TO WHO CAN PERFORM A TREE SURVEY.

SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE, DO THE COMMISSION, DO YOU WANT THAT TO BE STAMPED AND SEALED BY THE STATEMENT OR THE ORDINANCE JUST SAYS QUALIFIED DRAWN TO AN ENGINEERING SCALE? OR DO YOU DO YOU WANT THAT TO SAY A CERTIFIED ARBORIST? IT.

I LIKE THAT IDEA.

I MEAN, AS WES AND JOSE, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT MINE EITHER, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW A LITTLE BIT.

AND IT MIGHT PROTECT YOU IN THE LONG RUN OF HAVING THAT.

AND SO THERE'S NO DEBATE.

I MEAN, WE CHOSE TO GO WITH THE ARBORIST LIST.

CORRECT.

AND TO HAVE SOMEONE YOU'VE INDICATED THAT YOU I MEAN, YOU GOT THIS LIST FROM AN ARBORIST, YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS.

YOU GET INTO THINGS THAT MAYBE AREN'T IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE.

SO YOU GO OUT AND ASK FOR EXPERTISE.

AND IT KIND OF TAKES, IN A SENSE, A LITTLE BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY OFF YOUR SHOULDERS.

IT'S AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION.

WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE.

COMMOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADD A CERTIFIED ARBORIST AS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE TREE.

SURVEY EXPERT ON 5.15 D TREE REMOVAL MITIGATION PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION HAS BEEN GIVEN IN A SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MRS JUST WANT TO.

SO WAS THAT A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE WHOLE ORDINANCE WITH THAT STIPULATION? OKAY.

YOU MEAN WHENEVER THE TERM OF A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL.

WE WANT THAT TO ALWAYS BE A CERTIFIED ARBORIST.

OR IT'S JUST IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS JUST 5.5 15 D.

SO COULD I ASK THIS THEN? BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO GET CONFUSING ON THE MINUTES.

THAT ONE.

OH, YOU'RE JUST OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

IF WHEN YOU'RE READY TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ASSUMING WE ARE, LET'S JUST INCLUDE THAT IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE WHOLE ORDINANCE.

THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF ORGANIZE THE MINUTES A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARER.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, TOO.

IS EVERYTHING IN HERE AND DO YOU KNOW FROM CITY COUNCIL? MY THOUGHT WOULD BE WE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO GO FOR LIKE A TREE CITY USA KIND OF CERTIFICATION FOR BEDFORD.

DOES EVERYTHING IN HERE SET US UP FOR BEING ABLE TO PASS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TREE

[01:35:03]

CITY USA FOR BEDFORD? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT COMPLETELY.

I KNOW SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TREE CITY USA.

I DON'T KNOW.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I KNOW ANDREA, UNLESS SHE'S RUN OUT OF THE ROOM ALREADY, SHE IS BACK THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN A POLICY DECISION FROM ADMINISTRATION OR COUNCIL THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF.

NO.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A DESIRE OF COUNCIL.

I CAN TELL YOU THE BULK OF THIS ORDINANCE DOES.

THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT REQUIRES THAT OR NOT.

PART OF ME THINKS THAT TO BE A TREE CITY USA, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTIFIED ARBORIST ON STAFF.

I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK YOU DO.

AND SO WE WOULD NOT QUALIFY JUST FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

THE WHOLE THING, THOUGH.

OH, DO I HEAR A MOTION THAT WE DON'T MAKE THAT CHANGE? I THINK WE'RE MAKING.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO PROVE IT ALL TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID.

SO.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WITH THE STIPULATION OF CHANGING THE EXPERT FOR THE TREE SURVEY TO BE A ARBORIST.

THINK I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT OUT.

NO, I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RETAINING SOMEONE ON STAFF.

THIS WOULD BE SOMEONE YOU WOULD CONSULT, AM I CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

WELL, NO.

WHAT THIS WOULD BE WOULD WHOEVER PREPARES A TREE MITIGATION PERMIT AND THE DOCUMENTS FOR THAT PERMIT MUST BE A CERTIFIED ARBORIST.

BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE A STAFF MEMBER.

YOU WOULD.

WELL, THE CITY'S NOT GOING TO PREPARE A PERMIT ANYWAY, SO.

NO, IT WOULD NOT BE A STAFF MEMBER.

YEAH, I GUESS I'LL SECOND THAT.

SO I THINK YOU'RE.

OR DEVELOPER OR WHOEVER.

YES, WHOEVER.

SECOND, THAT MOTION.

I'M SORRY.

FUN FOR THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE.

SO, CORRECT.

THAT ONE WITH THE ONE CONDITION.

ALL IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER.

ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX?

[6. Consider making a recommendation regarding an amendment to and amending Ordinance 2325 of the City of Bedford Subdivision Ordinance, amending Chapters 5 (Subdivision Design Standards), Chapter 6 (Public Services Development Policies) and replacing the existing Chapter 7 (Tree Preservation) with a new Chapter 7 (Land Distributing Activities) regulations.]