Apr 28, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting

[B. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER]

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TO APRIL 28TH, 2026. REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER

[A. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMISSIONERS PRESENT TONIGHT. COMMISSIONER EDWARDS, COMMISSIONER LEROUX, COMMISSIONER DEWBERRY AND MYSELF, VICE CHAIR GRAHAM. WE HAVE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, AND WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE MEETING. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO CITIZEN APPEARANCES. THIS IS THE TIME

[C. CITIZEN APPEARANCES The Planning and Zoning Commission invites citizens to address the Commissioners on any topic not already scheduled for Public Hearing. Citizens wishing to speak should complete a "Citizen Comment Card" and return it to the table prior to the meeting. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Planning and Zoning Commission cannot take action on items not listed on the agenda. However, your concerns may be addressed by City Staff, placed on a future agenda, or responded to by some other course. Anyone desiring to speak on an item scheduled for a Public Hearing is requested to hold their comments until the Public Hearing on that item.]

UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE COMMISSION CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT STAFF MAY FOLLOW UP OR PLACE ITEMS ON A FUTURE AGENDA. ARE THERE CURRENTLY ANY COMMENT CARDS THAT ARE NOT SPEAKING TO SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA? OR DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING? IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED OUT A COMMENT CARD YET? SO IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE SO FAR IS COMING FOR THE AGENDA ITEM. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO

[D. CONSENT AGENDA Any item may be withdrawn from the consent agenda and acted on separately. Approval of the Consent Agenda authorizes the approval of each item in accordance with Staff Recommendations.]

ITEM D1 IS APPROVAL TO THE MINUTES FOR. FROM THE MARCH 24TH, 2026 REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. COMMISSIONERS, HAVE YOU HAD ANY CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AS IS. MOVE TO APPROVE AS IS. SECOND. THAT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DEWBERRY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LEROUX. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE

[E. PUBLIC HEARING]

APPLICANT JOSH EDDY, OWNER, EQUITY TRUST COMPANIES. WILL NOW MOVE TO THE ITEM E ONE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PLAN DEVELOPMENT 202 WITH A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF MULTIPLE FAMILY WITH DEVIATIONS ON APPROXIMATELY 24.274 ACRES, LOCATED AT 214, 220 AND 300 NORTH WESTMORELAND ROAD. ZONING CASE NUMBER IS Z 154826. I'M NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:03 P.M. OKAY, WE'LL LET STAFF GO FIRST.

GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THIS EVENING I BRING FORWARD TO YOU ALL A REQUEST FOR YOU TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 202 THAT IS REGARDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF. 24.274 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF WEST BELTLINE ROAD AND EAST SIDE OF THE WEST.

WESTMORELAND. NEXT UP WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, WHO IS MR. JOSH EDDY, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS EQUITY TRUST COMPANY. THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. 202 WITH A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF MULTIFAMILY M F, WHICH PROPOSES A SITE PLAN, ELEVATION PLAN AND A LANDSCAPE PLAN WITH CERTAIN DEVIATIONS TO DEVELOP A SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF DUPLEXES AND DETACHED HOMES FOR RENT. SO THIS CASE WAS NOTICED IN THE DAILY COMMERCIAL RECORD ON APRIL 10TH, AND THE STAFF MADE A TOTAL OF 44 LETTERS, 24 OF WHICH WERE IN THE 200FT RADIUS, AND THE REST 20 WERE IN THE 400FT RADIUS, OF WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. WITHIN THE 200FT RADIUS, WE HAVE FOUR LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, AND WITHIN THE 400FT RADIUS, THERE

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THE SAME IS WITH THE NEXT THAT WE SEE THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AS WRITTEN IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE 202. NEXT IS THE LIST OF PROPOSED DEVIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE MULTIFAMILY, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED AND LISTED A TOTAL OF SIX OF THESE DEVIATIONS THAT THEY ARE DEVIATING FROM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS. NEXT IS THE DEVIATIONS LISTED FOR THE TWO ZONING DISTRICT. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. IT STATES THAT THERE IS A SPECIAL REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS THAT IT MUST CONFORM WITH THE TWO F AND THE SF TEN ZONING REQUIREMENTS. SO THESE ARE THE DEVIATIONS FROM THE TWO ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS. OKAY. SO THE 2024 COMP PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT HOUSES THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. AND IT DOES DESIGNATE THAT IT IS FOR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

AND THIS DESIGNATION, THE STAFF CAN SUPPORT THIS REQUEST. AND IT ALIGNS WITH THE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THE FUTURE IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE. SO ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL TO THE CITY. CITY OF DISORDER COUNCIL AS THIS CASE IS PRESENTED. THAT'S ALL FROM MY END. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE DEVIATION SLIDE? CAN YOU REPEAT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS LIST AND THAT SECOND SLIDE? OKAY, SO THIS APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE MULTIFAMILY BASED ZONING DISTRICT. SO THE THEY ARE DEVIATING FROM CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE THERE IN THE MULTIFAMILY, BUT ALSO IN THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING REGULATIONS.

IT STATES IN A SPECIAL REQUIREMENT THAT THEY NEED TO ALSO CONFORM WITH THE TWO F AS WELL AS THE SF ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS. SO THAT'S THE REASON. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THEY HAVE THE TWO ZONING DISTRICT REGULATION DEVIATIONS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS PATEL. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN THAT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH THAT'S PROPOSING DUPLEXES AND SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED STRUCTURES UNDERNEATH THE WITHIN THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING REGULATIONS. IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED OR DUPLEX STRUCTURE, IT HAS TO ABIDE BY THE REGULATIONS FOR THE TO F OR SF TEN ZONING DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE DEVIATIONS FOR BOTH. BUT THE BASE, THE TRUE BASE ZONING DISTRICT IS MULTIFAMILY. AND COMMISSIONERS, IF I MAY JUST ADD TO THAT, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T REALLY COMPLY WITH THREE ZONING DISTRICTS IN ONE. SO WHAT THAT CAVEAT ACTUALLY MEANS IS IT'S MORE TO DO WITH THE BUILDING REGULATIONS RATHER THAN ALL THE ZONING REGULATIONS OF TWO S AND F, TWO F AND SF TEN. SO THE BASE ZONING WOULD BE THE MULTIFAMILY THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH. THERE'S DEVIATIONS OBVIOUSLY TO THE MULTIFAMILY AS WELL. BUT THE THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS ZONED MULTIFAMILY WITHIN THAT MULTIFAMILY. THIS PD ALLOWS THEM TO BUILD TWO F AND WHAT WOULD KIND OF BE AN SF TEN STRUCTURE. OBVIOUSLY YOU, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN'T COMPLY WITH THREE ZONING DISTRICTS IN ONE. SO THE MAIN ZONING DISTRICT IS THAT MULTIFAMILY. AND THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF GOVERN THE WHOLE LOT AND WHAT'S

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AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. THAT'S CORRECT. HE HAS A PRESENTATION. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOSH. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, GOOD. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOSH EDDY. I'M THE VP OF DEVELOPMENT WITH NEXT METRO COMMUNITIES, WHERE THE APPLICANT. I DON'T SEE THE PRESENTATION UP JUST YET, BUT I'M HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED. ONE ITEM TO POINT OUT, WE DO HAVE A SITE PLAN ATTACHED, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOCKED INTO BUILDING THAT SET UNIT. SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOVERNED BY THE MAXIMUM DENSITY IN THE MULTIFAMILY. IT'S JUST THAT SITE PLAN. SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. CAN I ADVANCE THE SLIDES OR WILL YOU DO IT FOR ME. I'LL DO IT. OKAY. IF YOU WOULD MIND. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEXT METRO. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 14 YEARS. WE'RE ACTIVE IN SIX MARKETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE'VE BUILT OVER 60 PROJECTS, ALL OF THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT, WHICH, AS THE GENTLEMAN EXPLAINED, IS A SINGLE STORY, SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE. IT IS A DUPLEX WITH THE ONE BEDROOM HOMES ATTACHED BY ONE WALL, AND THEN A TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM HOME THAT ARE FOUR INDEPENDENT WALLS WITH PRIVATE BACKYARDS. THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A SINGLE FAMILY LOT STYLE DEVELOPMENT. BUT ALSO, AS MENTIONED, WE'RE ON ONE LOT. SO THESE HOMES CAN NEVER BE SOLD INDIVIDUALLY, NEVER CARVED OFF.

IT OPERATES AS ONE BUSINESS ENTITY SIMILAR TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT ON ONE STORY. SO EVERYTHING WE BUILD IS ONE STORY. WOULD YOU MIND? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS A MAP OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BUILT OR OWNED IN DFW AND GREATER. SO 16 OF THESE ARE FULLY BUILT. AND THEN THE BALANCE YOU SEE HERE 17, 18, 19 ARE OWNED AND SET FOR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR IS OUR GOAL. AND THIS WILL BE OUR 20TH COMMUNITY AGAIN OF THE SAME TYPE OF PRODUCT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF ACTUALLY ONE IN FORT WORTH. AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE BUILD IS VERY SIMILAR. THEY ARE GATED. THEY HAVE FULL FULL LEASING STAFF MAINTENANCE STAFF, RESORT STYLE AMENITIES, POOL, GRILL, DOG PARK. A FEW HAVE A DIFFERENT AMENITY SET THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL STANDARD INCLUDED. THESE ARE ALL LUXURY FINISHES, GENERALLY AT OR ABOVE AN APARTMENT STYLE COMPLEX. WHAT YOU WOULD SEE GRANITE, STAINLESS STEEL, TEN FOOT CEILINGS, BUT ON ONE STORY WITH DETACHED GARAGES AND CARPORTS AND STORAGE AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AS MENTIONED, 24 ACRES, 200 HOMES.

IT'S ABOUT 8.2 HOMES PER ACRE. THOSE ARE OUR PERCENTAGES ON THE SCREEN OF THE ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM HOMES. THAT'S TYPICALLY THE RANGE THAT WE'VE BUILT AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. BUILDING IN DFW, WE'RE PARKED OVER TWO SPACES PER UNIT. WE ARE GATED. WE DO HAVE CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION FOR MONITORING IN AND OUT OF THE ACCESS FOB, ACCESS FOR ALL AMENITIES, AND THEN THE ZONING CHANGE. AS MENTIONED, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SITE PLAN ELEVATION. SO OUR INTENTION WAS TO LOCK EXACTLY THAT IN SO THAT NOTHING ELSE COULD BE BUILT EXCEPT FOR WHAT'S PROPOSED IN FRONT OF YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

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AND THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE COMPLETED COMMUNITIES. THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER. SO WE'VE UPDATED ELEVATIONS SLIGHTLY. BUT THIS IS A MIXTURE OF MATERIALS AND FACADE THAT YOU WOULD SEE ON ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED ONE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS SOME OF OUR AMENITIES. YOU CAN SEE GARAGES THERE IN THE LOWER LEFT GRILLS, POOL COVERED PAVILION AND DOG PARK. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOMETIMES SOME WALKING TRAILS AND NATURAL GREEN SPACES AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE. HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS AND HAVE MORE SLIDES IF NEEDED.

COMMISSIONERS. NO QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION JUST FOR CLARITY. THESE ARE YOU SAID DUPLEXES BECAUSE OF THEIR SHARING THE WALL. THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE INDUSTRY OF BTR, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. BUILD TO RENT. OKAY. AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY THERE'S THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE LIKE THIS. THEY'RE NONE OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE LIKE YOUR GENERAL MULTIFAMILY.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE BUILT TO RENT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES, TWOS, JUST ONES AND TWOS OR ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM HOMES. YES. SO THERE'S NO MULTI STOREY, NO APARTMENTS.

IT'S ALL SINGLE. I THINK AS THE GENTLEMAN POINTED OUT, THE STRUCTURES ARE SINGLE FAMILY IN NATURE, BUT THE ZONING IS MULTIFAMILY TO ALLOW FOR IT ON ONE LOT. AWESOME. AND I'M SORRY, I DO WORK IN THIS INDUSTRY EVERY DAY. SO I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON METERING. HOW WOULD THAT BE METERED ON, ON THE PROPERTY? SO EVERYTHING IS INDIVIDUALLY ELECTRIC METERED.

AND WE WOULD DO A MASTER METER AND THEN WE WOULD DO DIGITAL READ SUB METER. SOUNDS GOOD.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT SIR. I'LL NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:17 P.M.

IS THERE JAMES, IS IT SEALY, SEALY, SCULLY. AND YOU WISH TO SPEAK? YES. JUST STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AS WELL AS YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE AND WILL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. MY NAME IS JAMES SCULLY. I LIVE AT 614 SPOONER ROAD HERE IN DESOTO.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COME AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND SPEAK TO CONCERNS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ONE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW. WAS ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE THAT WE COULD HAVE COME AND GOTTEN IT BEFORE THIS? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO PROCESS THESE TWO PRESENTATIONS. I HAVE SEEN PIECES OF THEM, BUT NOT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.

AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS OR WASN'T, IS IT NOW AVAILABLE TO TAKE AND REVIEW AND LOOK AT FURTHER? GOOD EVENING SIR. PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER, CAMBRIA JORDAN.

SO YES, THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. IT IS STILL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. YOU CAN GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE IF YOU CLICK ON GOVERNMENT AND THEN GO DOWN TO COUNCIL AND LOOK AT AGENDAS, IT'LL ALL BE THERE FOR THE APRIL 28TH MEETING AGENDA FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. THANK YOU. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESOTO. THERE'S IT'S A GREAT CITY TO LIVE IN, AND THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THOSE TO OTHERS. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, AS OFTEN HAPPENS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY IS ALWAYS WAY BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES.

AND WESTMORELAND. THAT SECTION OF WESTMORELAND BETWEEN BELTLINE AND PLEASANT RUN IS

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THE SPEED LIMIT IS 40 MILES AN HOUR. MOST PEOPLE DRIVE 50 AT LEAST, AND THEY'RE JUST NOT LOOKING HERE AND THERE FOR A SIGN. AND THAT SIGN IS REALLY FAIRLY SMALL. SO AS A CONSEQUENCE, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST THEY THEY'VE NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS. AND SILVER CREEK SUBDIVISION. THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED WITH, THERE ARE HARDLY ANYBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ON SPINNER DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. SO I. I JUST THINK THAT I KNOW THAT IT WAS POSTED ON WESTMORELAND, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE POSTED EVERY 400FT ON THE SITE, AND WE DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGNS ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE SUBDIVISION OVER BY THE MOSQUE. WE SAW NO SIGNS THERE, AND THERE WAS JUST ONE SIGN ON WESTMORELAND. AND SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE SILVER CREEK SUBDIVISION AND ON SPINNER ROAD THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE TRAFFIC ISSUE, I THINK A SIGN SHOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE CORNER OF WESTMORELAND AND SPINNER WESTMORELAND AND SILVER CREEK, AND I WANT TO SAY, IF YOU REALLY WANT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO BE ABLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE IN TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE THE SIGN REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE YOU JUST HAVE ONE SIGN ON THAT ON 24 ACRE PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF REASONABLE REASONABLENESS AND FAIR PLAY IN GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE IN THIS CASE, PEOPLE ARE JUST WOEFULLY UNINFORMED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND MISS PHYLLIS, YOU'RE YOU'RE OKAY. THANK YOU. L M. HI. YES, I'M A RESIDENT HERE OF

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IS THERE A REASON WHY THERE WERE NO SIGNS PLACED ON THE SUBDIVISION THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THIS PROPERTY? THERE'S A HOME SITTING NEARLY RIGHT IN ON THIS. THAT'S RIGHT UP TO IT. NO SIGNS.

NO ONE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS ABOUT THIS. WHOSE JOB IS IT TO TO PLACE THE SIGNS? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING THE THE DESOTO RESIDENTS? DO YOU KNOW THE COMMISSION CANNOT RESPOND DIRECTLY? ACTUALLY WE CAN'T. WHO WHO CAN? VICE CHAIR, JUST REMEMBER, JUST AS YOU REITERATED, THIS IS NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. THIS IS FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. WELL, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, AND WE ALL ARE. WHEN WHEN I'M TALKING TO NEIGHBORS THAT CAN LOOK AND SEE AND WALK OVER TO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SOMETHING THIS LARGE, THAT'S AN ISSUE. I'M OPPOSED.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A IS IT RENITA NOT WANTING TO SPEAK? AND YOU ARE OPPOSED. I HAVE AN AD. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ME. HI. HEY, DON. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. MY NAME IS ED LAND, WHERE I LIVE ON. I LIVE AT 700 CORNERSTONE LANE. MY PROPERTY BACKS UP RIGHT TO THIS.

DEVELOPMENT. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE TIME. AND I KNOW THAT THE SERVICE THAT YOU'RE GIVING, AND IT'S JUST THIS ISN'T AN EASY JOB FOR YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU. A LITTLE HISTORY IN MAY OF 21, FIVE YEARS AGO, AN INVESTMENT GROUP PROPOSED TO BUILD 80 HOMES ON 18 OF THE 18 OF THESE ACRES. THAT PLAN WAS SOUNDLY DEFEATED BY THE PLANNING ZONE AND THE CITY. AND THERE WERE THERE WAS NOT ONE, NOT ONE VOTE BY ANY OF THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA. THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL. THE DENSITY WAS WAY, WAY, WAY TOO HIGH. THERE WAS A MASSIVE THERE WOULD BE A MASSIVE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ON WESTMORELAND ROAD. NEARBY HOMES WOULD WOULD BE DEPRECIATED IN VALUE. THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS THAT OF THE ADDED EXPENSE AND AND STRAIN ON THE SCHOOLS. BUT FOR POLICE, FIRE AND CITY SERVICES AND THE WIDENING OF WESTMORELAND ROAD TO FOUR LANES TO BUILD TWO BRIDGES, ADDITIONAL BRIDGES WAS UNATTAINABLE. WHEN YOU. THAT THE. THIS PROPOSAL TODAY IS INSANE. WHEN YOU CURRENTLY LOOK AT THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S THERE TODAY, THE ZONING. YOU CAN GET ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOMES ON AN ACRE OF LAND.

THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT. WITH A FAMILY OF FOUR THAT GETS ABOUT TEN PEOPLE PER ACRE AND WOULD PUT ABOUT FIVE CARS PER ACRE. THE PROPOSAL IN 2021 HAD 4.4 HOMES PER ACRE, 18 PEOPLE PER ACRE AND TEN CARS PER ACRE. THIS PROPOSAL TODAY WAS. IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO GET SOME PERTINENT INFORMATION. IT WASN'T LACKING, WASN'T FORTHCOMING TO EVEN GET THE

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HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE EIGHT HOMES, 33 PEOPLE AND 20 CARS IN YOUR BACKYARD? I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, FOR THIS PROPOSAL, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

AND YOU'RE OPPOSED? CORRECT, SIR. YOU'RE OPPOSED. I'M A YEAH, I'M OPPOSED. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. THANK YOU. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MY TIME. THANK YOU. MARK ALLEN.

GREETINGS, COMMISSIONER, AND THANKS FOR EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING FOR THIS HEARING. MY NAME IS MARK ALLEN. I'M WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER OF THIS PARCEL. CAN YOU STATE YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE? I CURRENTLY LIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I AM FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS WILL ADDRESS SEVERAL FACTORS FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING IN MANSFIELD, DALLAS AND PRINCETON AND SO FORTH. SO WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS FORT WORTH AS A WHOLE. AND HOUSING IS A VERY BIG NEED. HOUSING DRIVES NEW RETAILERS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF DESOTO'S VISION IS TO BE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE THROUGHOUT DALLAS AND FORT WORTH. AND SO TO DO THAT, HOUSING IS ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS THERE. WE'VE WORKED ON OTHER PROJECTS SIMILAR TO THIS, AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THE AVERAGE RESIDENT THAT LIVES IN BUILD TO RENT COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THIS, YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE MILLENNIALS THAT WE CALL THEM AMAZON TENANTS, AMAZON PRIME TENANTS BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO ORDER A BUNCH OF STUFF. AND THEN YOU HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWNSIZING FROM VERY LARGE HOMES, WHICH WE HAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL LARGE HOMES IN DESOTO.

AND PEOPLE SOMETIMES WANT TO SELL THOSE AND HAVE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO YOU MAY LOSE THEM TO SAY, FRISCO. AND SO I'VE SEEN A VARIETY OF BUILD TO RENT COMMUNITIES. I'VE BEEN TO PHOENIX, WHERE NEXT METRO WAS FROM, AND THAT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BEFORE I WAS EVER EVEN WORKING WITH THEM. AND THEY DO BUILD A VERY CLASS A PROPERTY WITH GREAT AMENITIES AND SO FORTH. THEY ACTUALLY ADD VALUE TO COMMUNITIES BECAUSE MOST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE TYPICALLY MAKE ABOVE THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME. THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF WHAT WHAT I'VE SEEN, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM AREN'T IN THE URBAN CORE, AS YOU'VE SEEN ON THE MAP, THEY'RE TYPICALLY IN SUBURBS LIKE DESOTO. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL HELP EXPAND THE TAX BASE FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. IT WILL ALSO DRIVE RETAIL AND MORE RESTAURANTS HERE IN DESOTO. IT SUPPORTS THE HAMPTON ROAD VISION. IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE ATTAINABILITY OF HOUSING IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE HOME HERE IS SOMEWHERE RANGES FROM ABOUT 298 TO AROUND 500 OR SO THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND IT ALSO IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHERE THE STATE OF TEXAS IS GOING. AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE POPULATION GROW, IT TO THE POINT TO WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAS SUPPORTED SB 840, IT ALSO WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL JOBS. THANK YOU, MR. ALLEN. THAT IS YOUR TIME AND YOU ARE IN SUPPORT, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND ALL OF THESE CITIZENS. GET. IS IT A GABRIELLE? OR GABRIEL? I'M SORRY. DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GABRIEL OROZCO. I LIVE AT 512 SPOONER ROAD. WE RECENTLY JUST

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I'M OPPOSED TO I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION FOR THE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT SAFETY, TRAFFIC AND OVERALL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND INCREASE IN DENSITY WILL BRING MORE TRAFFIC. AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE ELSE AND CONGESTING THE ROADS THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE IT, IT RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS FOR RESIDENTS, PEDESTRIANS AND FAMILIES. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRAIN THIS COULD PLACE ON LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICE, FIRE, EMS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. WATER. AND HOW IT MAY CHANGE THE FEEL OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S CURRENTLY CURRENTLY A LOW DENSITY AND QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON EXISTING RESIDENTS AND RECONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL, OR EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES THAT BETTER FIT THE AREA. KIND OF PIGGYBACKING. PIGGYBACKING ON THE LAST GENTLEMAN, HE'S PROPOSING ON BRINGING MORE HOMES TO DESOTO. THAT'S GREAT. HOMES AREN'T EXACTLY SELLING RIGHT NOW. SO TO BRING MORE HOMES WHEN WE'RE IN EXCESS OF HOMES RIGHT NOW IN THE REAL ESTATE, DOESN'T EXACTLY MAKE SENSE. SO EVERYWHERE THAT TYPICALLY THESE SMALLER COMPLEXES HAVE COME, HAVE BROUGHT CRIME BECAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY STACKING PEOPLE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. SO THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS AS FAR AS SAFETY, RIGHT? WITH POLICE, THAT'S GOING TO. SLOWS YOUR RESPONSE TIMES. THAT OBVIOUSLY TIES UP THESE OFFICERS TO DEAL WITH THESE CONCERNS. INSIDE OF A SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS AND MORE FIRE TO DEAL WITH THIS LARGE INFLUX OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO ANOTHER CONSIDERATION TO BRING TO BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU GUYS FOR THIS COMPLEX. I AM IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE JOSH. EDDIE, WHICH WAS THE APPLICANT. WAS THAT JUST A SPEAKER? OKAY. GOT IT. YOU'RE IN SUPPORT. GLENN RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GLENN RODRIGUEZ AND I LIVE HERE IN DESOTO. A SMALL SPEECH, SO I'M STANDING TODAY BEFORE YOU TO OPPOSE THIS PROPOSED ZONING. THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT A MINOR ADJUSTMENT. IT IS A DRASTIC AND DISRUPTIVE CHANGE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WOULD FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER THE CHARACTER, SAFETY AND LIVABILITY OF THIS AREA IN WAYS THAT CANNOT BE UNDONE. THE CURRENT ZONING SUPPORTS A MUCH LOWER DENSITY. WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED WOULD INCREASE THE DENSITY TO THE POINT WHERE UP TO 33 PEOPLE AND 20 VEHICLES COULD OCCUPY A SINGLE ACRE THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THAT IS OVERCROWDING. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. TRAFFIC ALONE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO STOP THIS PROJECT. NORTHWEST MIDLAND ROAD AND THE SURROUNDING STREETS ARE NOT BUILT TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF VOLUME, ADDING THIS LEVEL OF DENSITY WILL FLOOD OUR ROADS WITH CARS MORNING, EVENING AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. RESIDENTS WILL FACE CONSTANT CONGESTION, LONGER TRAVEL TIMES AND INCREASED FRUSTRATION. JUST TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT CREATES A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. MORE TRAFFIC MEANS MORE ACCIDENTS, MEANS INCREASED RISK FOR CHILDREN WAITING FOR SCHOOL BUSSES, FOR FAMILIES WALKING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND FOR ANYONE SIMPLY TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET. THIS IS NOT SPECULATION. IT'S A PREDICTABLE OUTCOME. WHEN DENSITY INCREASES WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES WILL ALSO SUFFER. POLICE, FIRE AND EMS VEHICLES DEPEND ON CLEAR, ACCESSIBLE ROADWAYS. CONGESTION CAUSED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD DELAY LIFE SAVING SERVICES. THAT IS NOT A RISK WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE BEYOND TRAFFIC, THE DEVELOPMENT THREATENS THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE. RESIDENTS CHOSE THIS AREA BECAUSE OF ITS CURRENT CHARACTER, LOWER DENSITY, QUIETER STREETS AND SENSE OF SPACE. THIS PROJECT WOULD REPLACE THAT WITH OVERCROWDING, NOISE AND STRAIN ON UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES. WE ALSO HAVE TO ASK WHO TRULY BENEFITS FROM THIS? IT'S NOT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS WHO WILL DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES EVERY SINGLE DAY. THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIZES SHORT TERM GAIN OVER LONG TERM COMMUNITY STABILITY. ONCE THIS ZONING CHANGES APPROVED, THERE IS NO GOING BACK. THE PRESIDENT IS SET THE DOORS OPEN FOR MORE HIGH DENSITY PROJECTS, AND BEFORE LONG, THE ENTIRE AREA COULD BE TRANSFORMED IN WAYS

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WAYNE BERTOLF. YOU JUST DON'T WISH TO SPEAK. YOU ARE IN SUPPORT. OKAY, COME ON UP. STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE. COMMISSIONERS. WAYNE BURGDORF. CITY OF RESIDENCE IS ARLINGTON, BUT I'M A GRADUATE OF DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL, SO I USED TO LIVE IN DESOTO. I WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW QUICK POINTS. I WAS INVOLVED IN BRINGING THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THIS POINT. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR FOR EVERYONE THAT IT DOES MEET THE 2024 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE STAFF PRESENTATION, THAT THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS SOMETHING I MEAN, I WASN'T INVOLVED, BUT IT'S USUALLY A VERY PUBLIC PROCESS AND USUALLY VERY VISIONARY. AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS AREA WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS MID-DENSITY HOUSING. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS. SO THIS IS A FULFILLMENT OF WHAT WAS ENVISIONED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT DENSITY, I'M AFRAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COUPLE YEARS PAST THE TIME TO TO BE ABLE TO VOICE THAT AND HAVE THAT INFLUENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT STUDIES SHOW THAT THAT ON PROPERTIES LIKE THIS, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO IMPACT THAT I'VE EVEN DONE SOME PERSONAL STUDIES. THERE'S NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SINGLE FAMILY VALUES AROUND IT.

THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON POLICE AND FIRE. THERE'S VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOLS AS NOT MANY OF THESE UNITS HAVE STUDENTS. WHAT THERE IS A BIG IMPACT ON IS AD VALOREM TAXES AS THESE PROPERTIES BEING BEING BRIG BEING BRINGING BIG VALUATION AND BRING BIG TAX BASE TO SUPPORT THE CITY. THIS IS A VERY HIGH DEMAND PRODUCT BY TENANTS THERE. WE HAVE A TERM CALLED RENTERS BY CHOICE. THESE DAYS. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD MUCH RATHER RENT THAN OWN. THEY'RE EITHER DOWNSIZING, MAYBE THEY'RE SENIORS, MAYBE THEY'RE YOUNG ADULTS. MAYBE THEY'RE JUST GETTING THEIR FAMILY STARTED.

THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THE CONVENIENCE AND MAINTENANCE CONVENIENCE OF RENTING A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT THAN OWNING. AND MAYBE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO OWN YET IN TODAY'S, TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT. SO THIS MEETS A LOT OF NEEDS AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT AND I SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK THAT WAS NOT UNABLE TO FILL OUT ONE OF THE CARDS? COME ON UP. OKAY. AND YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD AFTERWARDS, BUT WE CAN GET THAT IN. GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARY RAVENEL, DE SOTO.

COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER SEVERAL THINGS IN YOUR DECISION THIS EVENING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES STATE THAT DE SOTO IS GOING TO BE GROWING IN POPULATION. IT ALSO STATED THAT WE NEEDED A DIVERSITY OF HOMES. AND THIS PRODUCT THIS EVENING THAT I SEE WOULD MEET THAT PARTICULAR NEED. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE GRAPHICS AND EVERYTHING, BUT WHILE I THINK THE CITY NEEDS IT, I'M WONDERING IF THE TIMING IS PERFECT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PLAN. AND I WOULD STATE THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, CONSIDERING THE DENSITY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SAFETY, OUR CITY IS IN NEED OF ANOTHER FIRE STATION, WHICH HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PRIORITIZATION THAT IT NEEDS IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE POPULATION INCREASE. SECONDLY, RELATIVE TO DENSITY AND THE TRAFFIC THAT WE PUT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TODAY, I BELIEVE. WELL, WESTMORELAND IS TRAVELING, AND I DO BELIEVE THEY HAVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO HANDLE THAT, BUT IT'S NORTH NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL. BUT TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, I THINK IS GOING TO BRING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY SHOULD PRIORITIZE INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY SHOULD HAVE THE ROADS AND THE THINGS IN THIS CITY THAT THEY NEED BEFORE THEY TAKE ON BIG PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS. SO I WOULD SAY AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, WHILE I DO BELIEVE THE CITY NEEDS IT, I WOULD BE IN OPPOSITION TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREETINGS, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS JASON ROSS, RESIDENT, FRISCO. I PREVIOUSLY WAS A RESIDENT OF DESOTO WHEN I FIRST

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THE REASON WHY IS THAT TO JUST LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE 2024. I SEE IT AS A VISION OF A WAY TO BRING MORE ROBUST INDIVIDUALS TO THE CITY AT DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS AND HAVE INDIVIDUALS BE ABLE TO COME HERE AND BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE OR JUST BE AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS FOR THE CITY. I KNOW THAT AFTER LIVING HERE, WAS PREVIOUSLY A RESIDENT IN CEDAR HILL AS WELL. SO SPENDING A LOT OF TIME HERE, MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO LIVE HERE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES. SO ONCE AGAIN, I AM FOR A PROPONENT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I SEEING NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:46 P.M. AND COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL. WE HAD A PROJECT THAT CAME BEFORE US A WHILE BACK, AND ONE THING THAT GIVES ME ANGST ON THESE PROJECTS IS WHEN THEY START CUTTING DOWN ON THE WIDTH OF THE SIDE YARDS. I HAVE A BIG CONCERN OF LIFE SAFETY FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ALREADY LIVE HERE. WHEN I SEE SIDE YARDS CUT DOWN, I START THINKING, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PUT 7 POUNDS OF FLOUR IN A 5 POUND BAG. IF THIS PROJECT WAS A LOT LESS DENSE, I COULD SUPPORT IT. BUT WITH THESE KIND OF SIDE YARDS WHERE THESE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE, THESE DWELLINGS ARE GOING TO BE A LOT CLOSER TOGETHER. I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AND I CAN'T SUPPORT IT. GIVE ME A SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

FIRST, I DID WANT TO GIVE STAFF A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THE NOTICE IN THE SIGNAGE. YES.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. I'LL ACTUALLY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. SO PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER CAMBRIA JORDAN.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY OUR ORDINANCE AND OUR IT DOES ABIDE BY THE STATE STATUTE, WHICH DOES REQUIRE THAT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ANY ZONE CHANGE REQUEST HAS TO OR ALL OR ALL INDIVIDUALS OR PROPERTIES WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THAT OF THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST MUST BE NOTICED WITHIN 15 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THAT WAS THAT THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. SO OUR ORDINANCE ALSO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE STATE STATUTE, WHICH JUST SPEAKS TO THE 200 FOOT RADIUS REQUIREMENT. WE WE SEND OUT A COURTESY NOTICE TO RESIDENTS WITHIN THE 400 FOOT RADIUS. GRANTED, IT'S JUST A COURTESY NOTICE, SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE IN ON THOSE LETTERS WE SEND OUT. BUT THEY DO. THEY ARE NOTIFIED. AND I DID WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ALSO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SIGNAGE. SO OUR ORDINANCE SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAS TO BE ONE SIGN POSTED PER 400FT■S, AND THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY OUR OR OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT. THEY POSTED THREE SIGNS FOR US.

WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE LOT. I CAN GET THE EXACT LOCATIONS. I KNOW THEY SHOULD. THEY SHOULD BE VISIBLE. I'M NOT SURE IF MAYBE THEY THEY BLEW OVER, BUT THEY THEY WERE POSTED. THREE SIGNS WERE POSTED IN TOTAL. THERE ARE THREE SIGNS OUT THERE. THANK YOU, MISS JORDAN. NO PROBLEM. SO I DID WANT TO JUST BECAUSE I AM A RESIDENT OF DESOTO, I'M.

I'M GOOD. I AM A RESIDENT OF DESOTO, BUT I ALSO DO WORK IN MULTIFAMILY PERSONALLY, AND THAT IS WHY I JOINED THIS COMMISSION. SO I CAN PROVIDE AT TIMES, SOMETIMES A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THINGS. I WOULD SAY THAT I AM I OVER CONSTRUCTION FOR BTR, WHICH IS THIS DEVELOPMENT BUILD TO RENT. I DO IT ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND STATE OF OKLAHOMA. SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PRODUCT THEY'RE BUILDING AND PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDER THAT IS BUILDING IT AND THE PRODUCT THEY DO PROVIDE. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN MY POSITION AND IN MY SEAT, BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING IN OUR CITY AND THAT'S COMING UP. AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T KNOW SOMETHING OR NEVER EXPERIENCED IT OR NEVER SEEN IT, IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO SINGLE FAMILY LIVING AND THINGS OF SUCH. AND I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR DESOTO. I JUST BELIEVE, AGAIN, THE TIMING AS WELL AS THE DENSITY IS THERE'S A LOT OF

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WE MET WITH THE APPLICANT'S CONSULTANT TRAFFIC ENGINEER THIS MORNING AND WE HAVE DEFINED THE SCOPE OF TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH OF THE INTERSECTIONS WITHIN ONE MILE RADIUS THAT NEEDS TO BE ANALYZED SO THEY WILL COMPLETE THE TRAFFIC COUNT IN THOSE LOCATIONS IN NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND THEY WILL COMPLETE THAT AND SUBMIT IT THE WAY THEY COMMUNICATED WITH US BY THE END OF JUNE, THE T WILL IDENTIFY IMPACTS IN SEVEN DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE VICINITY WITHIN ONE MILE RADIUS. AND IT WILL ALSO IDENTIFY THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE HARD IMPROVEMENTS LIKE ROADWAY, NEW TURNING LANE, OR ANY SOFT IMPROVEMENT LIKE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, TIMING ADJUSTMENT OR ANYTHING.

THE REPORT WILL IDENTIFY ALL THOSE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ENGINEER? SO HAS THE. GOOD EVENING. HAS THE CITY PROPOSED TO ENHANCE OR DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR? SO WITH REGARDS TO WESTMORELAND ROAD, WE ARE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION OF A PROJECT AND YOU MAY BE AWARE OF IT. THAT IS SOUTH WESTMORELAND ROAD FROM BELTLINE TO PARKERVILLE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY TWO LANE, BUT IT WILL BE FULL AND IT WILL BE WIDENED, AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL ACTUALLY START IN THE LAST WEEK OF MAY. BUT THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WESTMORELAND ROAD. THERE WILL BE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT EAGLE DRIVE AND WESTMORELAND, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT PARKERVILLE AND WESTMORELAND. NOW FOR THE NORTH WESTMORELAND ROAD, WHERE THIS IS. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BELTLINE CITY HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY IMPROVEMENTS AS OF NOW. NO INITIATIVES OR PLAN FROM CITY OF DESOTO. HOWEVER, THE TIA WILL IDENTIFY IF ANY IMPROVEMENTS ARE WARRANTED. IF THIS. IN FULL BUILDOUT CONDITION. SO IF ALL THESE 200 DWELLING UNITS ARE BUILT, WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT ON WESTMORELAND ROAD AND BELTLINE ROAD THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED? AND WE WILL ALSO IDENTIFY HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE OF THAT IMPROVEMENTS IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND HOW MUCH IS FROM THE EXISTING TRAFFIC. SO IF IF THE TEE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE HAS TO BE A NEW TURNING LANE, THAT CAN BE A DECELERATION LANE OR ACCELERATION LANE ON WESTMORELAND ROAD. IF THE TEE IDENTIFY NEW LEFT TURN LANE FROM WESTMORELAND ROAD TO INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THOSE CAN BE

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THAT IS VERY UNLIKELY, BUT IT CAN SAY THAT NEW TURNING LANE IS NECESSARY. NEAR THERE ARE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE OR NEW DECELERATION LANE IS NECESSARY NEAR THEIR ENTRANCE. THAT TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT BE IDENTIFIED AS NECESSARY, AND IN THAT CASE THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT WILL BE TIED TO THEIR BUILDING PERMIT OR BUILDING FINANCE FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR FUTURE HOMES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. QUICK, QUICK QUESTION. A COUPLE QUESTIONS. IS THE DEVELOPER RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS? IS THE DEVELOPER RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS? YES. SO WHEN THE TIA IDENTIFIED THESE ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY. IT ALSO IDENTIFIES WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT PERCENT. SO AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WOULD BE AT THE VERY IMMEDIATE LOCATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. A DECELERATION LANE OR TURNING LANE TO ACCESS OR EXIT THEIR DEVELOPMENT. IT CAN BE LIKE 100% OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THAT TIA MAY ALSO IDENTIFY.

ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HAMPTON AND BELTLINE. BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT INTERSECTION. THERE WILL BE ONLY A CERTAIN PERCENT, AND WE WILL IDENTIFY WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY AT BELTLINE AND HAMPTON. I'M JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE, AND WE WILL IDENTIFY HOW MUCH PERCENT OF TRAFFIC IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM THEM, AND THEY WILL HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE. IF WE UNDERTAKE A PROJECT THERE TO IMPROVE. IT'S CALLED A ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY OR OPERATOR SHARE. SO THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A SMALL PORTION FOR THEIR PARTICULAR IMPACT PER SENTENCE FOR ANY OTHER LOCATIONS. THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 100% ONLY IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY, WHERE THEY WILL BE CREATING ANY MAJOR IMPACT. OKAY. AND THEN WILL THE DEVELOPMENT BE PHASED SO THAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONSTRUCTED? LIKE WOULD IT BE PHASED IN? THAT IS ALSO A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. SO THE TIA WILL ALSO IDENTIFY THAT THE INTENSITY OF IMPACT WITH THE NUM WITH THE PHASING. SO PHASE ONE PHASE TWO IF THEY PHASE IT. SO WITH THIS MANY HOMES. WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT IS THAT IMPROVEMENT IS WILL BE WARRANTED WITH PHASE ONE OR WILL THAT IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE NECESSARY WITH PHASE TWO OR AT COMPLETION. SO THE T WILL DICTATE THE TIMING OF THE IMPROVEMENT AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY. CITY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION AS AN OPTION, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE REAL INFORMED DECISION. OKAY. THANK YOU. GIVE ME A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. WE CAN TABLE THIS UNTIL WE GET THAT. SINCE THE TAT IS ALREADY IN PROCESS.

CORRECT. I'LL LET THE CITY ATTORNEY ANSWER BECAUSE WE DID ALREADY BRIEFED THE CASE. SO.

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JUST BECAUSE IF WE TABLE IT NOW, THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED, TECHNICALLY, PEOPLE COULD STILL SPEAK WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT TYPICALLY HOW WE DO IT. I MEAN, SO DO WE NEED DO WE NEED TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S NECESSARY. WE'VE ALREADY HAD IT. EVEN IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO TABLE IT, THE PUBLIC CAN STILL SPEAK NEXT TIME. THE ONLY THING IS, IF YOU DO TABLE IT, WE REALLY WOULD NEED TO TABLE IT TO A CERTAIN DATE. WE COULDN'T JUST SAY TABLE IT FOR NOW AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK. WHENEVER THE TIA IS COMPLETE. WE REALLY NEED TO TELL THE PUBLIC NOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK SO THAT OKAY, THAT WOULD BE THE LIMITER HERE. OKAY. SO WHEREAS IT. YEAH.

CITY ENGINEER OR APPLICANT, I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT IS THERE A SOMEWHAT OF A DATE OR ROUNDABOUT DATE THAT YOU GUYS BELIEVE THAT THE T WILL BE COMPLETE? YEAH. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. JOSH. APPLICANT. I WAS JUST DISCUSSING WITH CAMBRIA.

SO FOR THE TIA WE HAVE TO DO DATA COLLECTION RIGHT. AND SO IF WE WERE TO LEAVE TODAY AND AUTHORIZE THAT, THAT DATA COLLECTION WOULD NOT HAPPEN UNTIL NEXT WEEK. AND THEN IT HAS TO GO TO A REPORT FORM. SO THERE IS SOME LEAD TIME THERE. SO IF THERE WAS ENCOURAGEMENT TO POSTPONE, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE IT BY NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. IT'S IT'S A COST TO US. BUT IF YOU NEED THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT. SO THAT'S SORT OF THE TIME FRAME COMPONENT. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I CAN SAY, WE DO THE T I A'S, ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR US ARE ALL DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT. SO THERE ISN'T US NOT DOING SOMETHING FOR A PHASING. WE CAPITALIZE AND BUILD THE WHOLE THING AS ONE BIG PHASE. SO IF A TURNING LANE IS REQUIRED, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT GOES IN TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SITE. SO WHAT THE RESULTS OF THAT TIA WILL BE, WILL BE DONE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET A PERMIT. I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT IT DID BRING ME TO A QUESTION, THOUGH. YOU SAID HOW YOU GUYS DELIVER IS IN ONE FULL PHASE. SO YOU'RE SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN PHASING AND SEQUENCING, RIGHT. AND SO PHASING IS YOU HAVE A PROJECT, YOU BUILD IT. AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE COMES ALONG DOWN THE ROAD. WE DON'T DO THAT. WE DO SEQUENCE THE PROJECT. SO WHEN WE DELIVER A HOME, THE CLUBHOUSE, THE LEASING CENTER, WE WILL DELIVER TEN HOMES. AND THEN THE NEXT MONTH WE WILL DELIVER 20 HOMES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND SO BY THE TIME WE'RE FINISHING CONSTRUCTION, WE MIGHT HAVE 20 OR 30 RESIDENTS ON SITE LIVING. BUT IT COMES IN STAGES, IF YOU WILL. BUT THAT SAID, BY THE TIME WE HAVE THE LAST CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ON A HOME, ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN PLACE. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COMMISSIONER. YES. SO THIS IS JUST TO STAFF. I KNOW THAT YOU RECEIVED SOME LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, BUT DID YOU RECEIVE ANY EMAILS OR TELEPHONE CALLS EITHER WAY? NO. SO WE RECEIVED NO NO EMAILS OR TELEPHONE CALLS. THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO ADD IN ONE MORE THING. WE DID RECEIVE AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST REQUESTING THE PLAT FOR THIS PROPERTY, BUT THAT WAS THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. SO IT WASN'T A AN OPPOSITION. DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S ALREADY BEEN RESPONDED TO? IT HAS BEEN THERE'S A STATE STATUTE THAT REQUIRES US TO RESPOND TO ALL OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS WITHIN TEN DAYS. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

AND REMEMBER, IF WE DO IF WE ARE TABLING IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO TABLE IT TO AN EXACT DATE.

DO WE KNOW THAT? SO THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE MAY 12TH. MAY 12TH. IS THERE A SECOND MEETING IN MAY BECAUSE HE SAID HE MAY NEED A MONTH. OH. SO NO, THERE'S ONLY ONE MEETING IN MAY

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SECOND BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. ALL ALL IN AGREE SAY AYE AYE AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY INTERESTS. PER

[F. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST Discussion will be limited to the following pursuant to Gov't Code 551.0415: (1) Expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; (2) information regarding holiday schedules; (3) a recognition of an individual; (4) a reminder about an upcoming Planning & Zoning events; (5) announcements involving an imminent threat tithe public health and safety.]

OKAY, SO THE FIRST ITEM OF COMMUNITY INTEREST THAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL IS THE CITY'S BRUSH AND BULK PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO DISPOSE ALL OF THEIR LARGE ITEMS, AND IT DOES NOT NEED ANY APPOINTMENT. YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A CALENDAR FOR IT, AND YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH THAT. THE NEXT ITEM OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IS THE SYMPOSIUM DAY, WHERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETS INNOVATION. SO YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN THAT MEETING.

IT WOULD BE CONDUCTED IN PERSON AT THE ARK AT MCCOWAN, AND THE ADDRESS IS 1400 ACADEMY WAY. IT WOULD BE FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. ON APRIL 30TH. AND IF YOU FLIP THE PAGE OVER, THAT'S THERE.

THE LAST ITEM OF INTEREST IS THE FREE MAMMOGRAM EVENT AT THE CITY HALL. IT WOULD BE ON MAY 5TH, 2026, AND NO APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT. AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THE NUMBER THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED IN THERE. THAT CONCLUDES FROM MY END. THANK YOU. MR. I HAVE ONE ITEM.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. SO NEXT THURSDAY, MAY 7TH, PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION WILL BE HOSTING A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO JOIN. SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

IT'S AT 6 P.M. THANK YOU. WILL YOU BE SENDING OUT A REMINDER NOTICE OR. NO, I SURE WILL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOTHING FURTHER. OKAY. A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR TONIGHT. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.