Agenda Packet P&Z 08/15/2013Planning & Zoning Commission
Trophy Club Entities
Meeting Agenda
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, Texas 76262
Svore Municipal Building Boardroom7:00 PMThursday, August 15, 2013
CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM
1.2013-470-T Review and approve the minutes of the July 18, 2013, Planning and Zoning
Commission meeting.
MeetingMinutes 071813.pdfAttachments:
REGULAR SESSION
2.2013-473-T Discussion and Recommendation regarding a request for approval of an
Amended Plat for Neighborhood 7, Phase 2G (32.297 acres) located in The
Highlands at Trophy Club. Applicant: Peloton Land Solutions on behalf of High
Trophy Development LLC
Application.pdf
Staff Report - PZ 081513 - NH 7 Ph 2G.pdf
Attachments:
3.2013-486-T Discussion and recommendation regarding a request for approval of a Site
Plan of Lot 2R-1, Block B, Trophy Wood Business Center. Applicant: Mike
Lease, Structures & Interiors on behalf of David L. Crumpton (SP-13-022)
Staff Report - PZ 081513 - Dr Crumpton Site Plan.pdf
Application.pdf
Concept Plan - PD25.pdf
Attachments:
EXECUTIVE SESSION
4.2013-487-T Pursuant to Texas Government Code, Annotated, Subchapter 551, the
Planning and Zoning Commission will convene into closed Executive
Session as authorized by Section 551.074 to deliberate the appointment,
employment evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a
public officer or employee:
1. Appointment of vacant positions for the Planning and Zoning
Commission.
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RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION
5.2013-474-T Discussion and recommendation to Town Council for
appointments/reappointments to Planning and Zoning Commission.
Commission members terms expiring: Dale Forest, Larry Vowell and
Garrett Reed.
Applications.pdfAttachments:
6.2013-471-T Chairman Senelly discussion and summary of the 20th Annual Elected and
Appointed Officials Planning Workshop held on Monday, July 29, 2013, in
Hurst, Texas, and attended by Chairman Senelly and Commissioner Allen.
2013 - TX APA MW Workshop.pdfAttachments:
7.2013-472-T Staff Liaison update: (1) Council action on August 5 of Veranda Avenue
Final Plat; (2) Zoning Change Request for Trophy Wood Commercial
Center; (3) Zoning Change Request for Hillside Pointe; (4) Discussion of
future agenda items.
ADJOURN
*THE BOARD MAY CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS POSTED
ITEMS AS ALLOWED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071.
Notice is hereby given that a quorum of the Town Council may be in attendance at
this meeting.
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CERTIFICATION
I certify that the above notice was posted on the front window of the Svore Municipal
Building, 100 Municipal Drive, Trophy Club, Texas, on Monday, August 12, 2013, by
7:00 P.M. in accordance with Chapter 551, Texas Government Code.
Carolyn Huggins
Community Development Director
If you plan to attend this public meeting and have a disability that requires special
needs, please contact the Town Secretary’s Office at 682-831-4600, 48 hours in
advance and reasonable accommodations will be made to assist you.
I certify that the attached notice and agenda of items to be considered by this Board
was removed by me from the front window of the Svore Municipal Building, 100
Municipal Drive, Trophy Club, Texas, on the __________ day of
______________________, 2013.
________________________________, Title: ___________________________
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Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:12013-470-T Name:
Status:Type:Agenda Item Regular Session
File created:In control:8/4/2013 Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda:Final action:8/15/2013
Title:Review and approve the minutes of the July 18, 2013, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
Attachments:MeetingMinutes 071813.pdf
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Review and approve the minutes of the July 18, 2013, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
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Planning & Zoning Commission
7:00 PM Svore Municipal Building BoardroomThursday, July 18, 2013
CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM
Chairman Senelly called the July 18, 2013, Planning and Zoning Commission
meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and announced a quorum present (7 members).
COMMISSION MEMBERS:
Commissioner Garrett Reed, Vice Chair Larry Vowell, Chairman Richard
Senelly, Commissioner Fred Allen, Commissioner Dale Forest,
Commissioner Mark Sadley, and Commissioner Dennis Sheridan
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STAFF PRESENT:
Carolyn Huggins, Community Development Director
Tom Rutledge, Town Engineer, Teague Nall & Perkins
Karen Moore, Recording Secretary
GUESTS PRESENT:
Brandon Davidson, Corwin Engineering, Inc.
Chip Boyd, Standard Pacific of Texas, Inc.
Travis Bousquet, The Bousquet Group
Tom Jariwala, Trophy Lodging, Ltd.
Aaron Ketchand, Taylor Duncan Development
2013-367-T1.Review and approve the minutes of the May 6, 2013, Planning and
Zoning Commission Meeting.
MeetingMinutes 050613.pdfAttachments:
A motion was made by Commissioner Allen, seconded by Commissioner Reed,
that this Agenda Item be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote.
Aye:Commissioner Reed, Vice Chair Vowell, Chairman Senelly, Commissioner
Allen, Commissioner Forest, Commissioner Sadley, and Commissioner
Sheridan
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2013-375-T2.Review and approve the minutes of the June 20, 2013, Planning and
Zoning Commission Meeting.
MeetingMinutes 062013.pdfAttachments:
A motion was made by Commissioner Allen, seconded by Commissioner Reed,
that this Agenda Item be Approved. The motion carried by the following vote.
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Aye:Commissioner Reed, Vice Chair Vowell, Chairman Senelly, Commissioner
Allen, Commissioner Forest, Commissioner Sadley, and Commissioner
Sheridan
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REGULAR SESSION
2013-420-T3.Consider and take appropriate action regarding a request for approval of a
Final Plat for Right-of-Way Dedication of Veranda Avenue, The Highlands at
Trophy Club, Neighborhood 4. Applicant: Warren Corwin, Corwin
Engineering, Inc. on behalf of Standard Pacific of Texas, Inc.
A. Developer's Agreement - Consider and take appropriate action regarding
a Developer's Agreement between the Town and Standard Pacific of Texas,
Inc. for construction of the Veranda Avenue Bridge and related infrastructure;
and authorizing the Mayor or her designee to execute all necessary
documents.
Staff Report - TC 080513.pdf
Application.pdf
CLOMR Approval Letters.pdf
ClubCorp Permission Letter.pdf
Final Review - TNP - Outstanding Comments.pdf
Developer's Agreement.pdf
Exhibit A - Construction Estimates.pdf
Attachments:
Chairman Senelly asked the applicants to come forward and introduce themselves.
Chip Boyd came forward and introduced himself as the Director of Land
Development for Standard Pacific Homes. Brandon Davidson is the engineer for the
project. Brandon is with Corwin Engineering.
Chip Boyd: We are applying for the right-of-way dedication for the Veranda Avenue
Bridge which would give us access to the last piece of property that we plan to
develop over in that neck of the woods; a beautiful piece. We’re extremely excited
about it, and this plat is the first part of the process for getting us over there so we
can actually get a street in and get it developed.
Chairman Senelly asked for a staff report.
Ms. Huggins: This is a final plat for right-of-way dedication of Veranda Avenue. It is
located in Neighborhood 4 and will connect the existing NH 4 property with a future
phase of NH 4, which will be called Isle of Turnberry. You received a 24 x 36 plat;
unfortunately the outline of what is being platted is very faint. I asked the applicant to
correct that when it goes to Council. There is also a common area that is being
platted. There is a requirement that an applicant must plat all contiguous property
that they own. Since Standard Pacific owns the area beside the bridge, that area is
also being platted and will be designated as common area as part of Neighborhood 4.
Only the right-of-way will be dedicated to the Town.
To give you an idea of a little bit about the bridge, I have a handout showing you what
the bridge is going to look like. Estimated cost is $775,000 and it will become Town
property after construction, inspection and acceptance.
Chairman Senelly: May I point out that this [illustration] is for information only. We
are not here to review the appearance of the bridge or any of that.
Ms. Huggins: That’s correct because the Developer’s Agreement that goes with this
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for the public infrastructure goes to the Council only per the Town 's Code of
Ordinances. The Town Engineer, Tom Rutledge, has reviewed all of the bridge plans
along with this plat, and that bridge will go with this plat to Council for their review and
approval. Like with any plat, you don’t get the rolled set of plans to review that
infrastructure; you are reviewing the plat only. If you have additional questions,
though, the applicant's engineer is available to answer those questions.
The Chairman pointed this out to me a couple of days ago and I did not include this in
the staff report, and should have, the plat you are being asked to approve has
right-of-way that dead ends; there is no turn around. Normally we would not bring
you a plat that has a street that just dead ends. What I forgot to mention in the staff
report is that we are also reviewing the Isle of Turnberry plat which is coming right
behind this, and once the bridge is built construction will begin on the 14-lot
subdivision of Isle of Turnberry. The bridge will connect to the long cul-de-sac for Isle
of Turnberry and so the road will then be complete. Those two plats combined make
the road a complete road.
Commissioner Allen: Does this platting extend over other person’s properties?
Commissioner Reed: Who owns the property under the bridge?
Brandon Davidson: Standard Pacific owns the entire property that is being platted.
Commissioner Allen: What about the golf course? How do you get over the creek if
you don’t go over the golf course?
Brandon Davidson: Standard Pacific owns the 50-ft. wide strip that goes across the
creek.
Commissioner Allen: What about the golf cart path?
Ms. Huggins: Standard Pacific met with the Country Club to get their permission to
relocate the cart path. That has been done and the Country Club has provided
written approval.
Commissioner Allen: Those documents would be helpful. I'd like to see the letter
from the Trophy Club Country Club, the document from FEMA, and has anybody
considered the Corp of Engineers? If we can’t build a bridge to get the fire trucks
across on the north loop how are we going to build a bridge to get pedestrians and
cars into a housing development?
Ms. Huggins: You lost me on the north loop thing, I don’t know what you’re referring
to.
Commissioner Allen: Well, one of the reasons the north loop wasn’t built back in the
nineties was that fact that the Corp of Engineers would not give us any permission to
go across that creek. All I’m suggesting is that if we have that permission we need to
have it documented otherwise that’s going to come back and bite these people who
are making a hell of an investment.
Ms. Huggins: Brandon, you do have approval to put the bridge in, correct, from all
entities?
Brandon Davidson: Yes, all the necessary approvals. We don’t have to have Corp
approval because we’re not in the flowage easement. We are only affecting 50 linear
feet of stream. You have to affect over 300 linear feet of stream before you are
required to submit individually for their approval. There is a standing nationwide
permit that allows you to impact less than three hundred linear feet, and there is also
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a square footage requirement that we are well under.
Commissioner Allen: It would be helpful if those documents were included so that we
can make an intelligent decision.
Town Engineer, Tom Rutledge: There is one other distinction to make, Mr. Allen.
The Corps of Engineer denied a northern loop connector because that area is
designated as an environmentally sensitive area. We couldn’t cross it because of
that designation. With this area for the NH 4 bridge crossing, we’re not in the same
situation. The ESA does not come down this far. The applicant does have to deal
with FEMA because of the flood plain issues, but as Brandon stated, because the
amount of area they are disturbing is small, a limited amount of area, no permit or
anything like that is required from the Corp of Engineers.
Commissioner Allen: Has there been soil sampling with regards to absorption levels
and designated flows and so forth to determine what type of impact building across
that area will have?
Tom Rutledge: They bridge the flood plain. As Carolyn mentioned, a CLOMR was
done because of...
Commissioner Allen: What’s a CLOMR?
Tom Rutledge: Conditional Letter of Map Revisions to the Floodplain.
Commissioner Allen: Sounds like a political acronym to me
Tom Rutledge: It’s a requirement by FEMA. It’s an engineering modeling study that’s
done of the floodplain to confirm that they are not having an impact on the floodplain
either upstream or downstream. That engineering study was done months ago. The
Town reviewed it and the applicant submitted it to FEMA for review. The bridge will
bridge across the new effective floodplain that has been approved as a result.
Commissioner Allen: Again, those documents would be helpful in making the
decision. I don’t think we have enough information.
Ms. Huggins: Typically infrastructure documents like that are not brought before you
because we do not put a plat on the P&Z agenda until the Town Engineer has
reviewed those documents and approved them.
Commissioner Reed: Did you say the cart path is being relocated or has been?
Brandon Davidson: It will be relocated; it hasn’t been yet. Once we start construction
with the bridge it will be relocated to go up over the road. It won’t go under the
bridge.
Commissioner Reed: Who’s paying for that?
Brandon Davidson: The developer
Commissioner Reed: And that’s part of the agreement with the Country Club?
Chip Boyd: It is. Early in the process we met with Golf Corp and showed them the
plan, and wanted to make sure they were comfortable with what we were moving
forward with, and they were. The letter indicates they still have approval rights as to
the exact location, but they are good with the concept and support it.
Commissioner Reed: Okay
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Chairman Senelly: Any other discussion or questions?
Commissioner Sheridan: Chairman, I make a motion that we approve
Vice Chairman Vowell: Second
Commissioner Allen: I would like to open it for discussion on the motion. I think it is
evident that we don’t have the documentation necessary to make a decision on this,
and I would move that we set it on the table until we get that documentation.
Chairman Senelly: How do you all feel about that? Do ya'll feel that we have or do
not have all the information to approve this plat?
Commissioner Sadley: I would say that the Town Engineer has already reviewed the
appropriate documents that we are especially interested in. The Town Engineer is
stating that everything is fine and dandy and that we really don’t have to look into
that.
Chairman Senelly: Comments?
Commissioner Sheridan: I’ll stand by my motion
Commissioner Reed: I think if there is information out there, it doesn’t hurt to have it.
It doesn’t sound like it’s gotta be done today.
Chairman Senelly: Then let’s call for a vote now and if our decision is to put this
aside we can do that.
Commissioner Sheridan: Can we ask the applicant time-wise and pressure-wise
what’s happening?
Chip Boyd: Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I would just like to solicit a little
bit on behalf of moving forward because obviously we have a tremendous investment
here, and time is of the essence. The plat being able to move forward allows us to go
to the next step which is getting the full permit, getting the Developer’s Agreement in
place. When you’re talking about the kind of money we’re investing – every day
matters; it truly does. And to your point, Commissioner Allen, there is definitely more
information here that is not presented tonight, but not only had it been reviewed, it will
continue to be reviewed until we get the full blown permits down to pre-con
[pre-construction meeting] and go start to build. So all of the due-diligence issues
that are valid points and valid questions we have certainly undergone. We wouldn’t
be in this position making the applications that we’re making had we not done that. I
understanding that it’s not available for you to see tonight but I request that we not be
prohibited in our ability to move forward with the process because to delay would be
expensive. I would just humbly request that we get on with the motion to move
forward with it.
Chairman Senelly: Carolyn?
Ms Huggins: Chairman Senelly, as an option the motion could be amended to
require that those documents be presented to Council and to Council’s satisfaction.
They, of course, will get the comments from tonight’s meeting and your motion can
be a stipulation that those documents be included in what goes to Council on August
5th.
Chairman Senelly: Anybody care to amend the motion in that way?
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Commissioner Sheridan: Is that alright? [to Allen]
Commissioner Allen: So amend [to Sheridan]
Commissioner Sheridan [who made the original motion]: I agree to the amendment
Chairman Senelly: Okay, let’s call for a vote. The plat is recommended for approval
by a vote of six for and one against.
A motion was made by Commissioner Sheridan, seconded by Commissioner
Sadley, that this Agenda Item be Recommended for Approval to the Town
Council on August 5, 2013. The motion carried by the following vote.
Aye:Vice Chair Vowell, Chairman Senelly, Commissioner Allen, Commissioner
Forest, Commissioner Sadley, and Commissioner Sheridan
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No:Commissioner Reed1 -
PUBLIC HEARING
2013-422-T4.Conduct a Public Hearing regarding a Zoning Change request for an
8.286 acre tract of land located generally to the north of State Highway
114, west of Trophy Wood Drive, south of Valley Wood Court and Hillcrest
Court South from its current zoning of "CG" Commercial General to PD
Planned Development No. 34, Trophy Wood Commercial Center for a
hotel, restaurants, and retail uses. Applicant: Travis Bousquet, The
Bousquet Group, Inc. on behalf of Trophy Lodging, Ltd.
Staff Report - TC 080513 -PD-34.pdf
Ord 2013-18 PZ Trophy Wood Commercial Center.pdf
PD-34 Development Standards.pdf
Application.pdf
Public Hearing Notice 07-03-2013.pdf
Property Owner Notification - Packet.pdf
List of Property Owners.pdf
Resident Email - Opposed.pdf
Attachments:
Let's open the public hearing. Do we have people who have come before us with a
desire to testify today?
Karen Moore, Recording Secretary: There are three people interested in speaking
on this agenda item: Brian Borg, Richard Beaty, and Jill Dominey
Chairman Senelly: Okay, in that order would you present yourselves? Come
forward, tell us who you are, and where you live and all that good stuff; identification.
Brian Borg: My name is Brian Borg. I live at 18 Jamie Court, and for reference
purposes that is located directly behind Hampton Inn and Suites. My wife, my three
year old son and myself have quite a bit of experience pre, post and during
construction of that area. I’d just like to ask a couple of questions. I’m not here to
stop progress; here to just maybe modify it in a way that is livable to those of us that
back up to it. So my first one is, in the documentation that was provided for us in
reference to the Planning and Zoning Commission Staff report for PD-34, on page
three it mentions lots three and four shall allow the following uses and it has a list.
The document I got in the mail for the Public Hearing actually has it worded “the
suggested retail uses to be allowed” and there is a minor but significant difference
between how those two are stated. Is it only that list or is it suggested to that list but
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others can be added at will?
Chairman Senelly: We’re going to ask our Staff to respond to some of these
questions after you have had a chance to speak, and after the two others we’ll have
the applicant come forward and give us whatever information he wants to give
tonight.
Brian Borg: The second question I have for you is because I do live where I live and
do know the wind patterns and do know how things work from a noise level
perspective. The P&Z Commission got two things right with the Hampton Inn, one of
them was the type of lighting you required; I would like to see that continue; the
second was the retaining wall that was built was done great. It created a great
transition. The two things that aren’t working for our residents, for those of us – and I
speak for myself living next to it – living next to the dumpster placement is not
working. Four o’clock in the morning pick up is not a good thing. The other one is I
know quite a bit of time was spent on the landscaping on the property between our
homes, in fact there was a lot of time spent manually replacing bushes and trees to
try to get quite a screen. That didn’t really materialize. The landscaping that is
between our homes and the hotel is, for all intents and purposes, practically
non-existent. There’s just a couple of trees and that’s it. On Trophy Wood Drive
there’s more landscaping along there than there is between our homes, and I don't
believe that was the intent. I’d like to make sure that that gets addressed as far as
that’s concerned. The next question I have is who decides once this property has
been realized for restaurant or retail use what types of businesses can be put in
there? As long as they are classified as “restaurant” is it a go from the committee
completely or does that have to come before the Town Council?
Chairman Senelly: Thank you for your questions. Carolyn, do you have any
additional response to that?
Ms. Huggins: Yes sir, I do. This document that I'm handing to Mr. Borg is the actual
zoning document. If anyone else wants a copy they are available on the table. The
Commissioners all have a copy of this zoning document in their packet. The uses
listed in this document are the only uses allowed. On Lot 1, only a hotel is allowed.
On Lot 2, only a restaurant is allowed. On Lots 3 and 4, only the uses specifically
listed in the zoning document are allowed.
Brian Borg: So this is the list of record?
Ms. Huggins: Yes. As far as the lighting for Hampton Inn & Suites, that was done [is
done] when a site plan is brought forward for consideration. When they bring a site
plan forward to develop the hotel, or restaurant or retail uses, landscaping, lighting,
signage is all part of the site plan consideration. As to whether or not a retaining wall
will be required that’s when it goes through engineering review with the site plan.
Regarding the dumpster at Hampton, if they are picking up the Hampton at four
o’clock in the morning that’s a violation of our town ordinances and Allied needs to be
called about that, and I will call them.
Brian Borg: I think more than the time of day it is more just in general, it’s very noisy.
Based on where it looks like the location of the dumpsters will be it looks like these
inlets they are all still facing the residential piece of it, so that’s something that really
should be considered; even though you might have a masonry wall.
Chairman Senelly: Carolyn, what happened with the landscaping? Did it die?
Ms. Huggins: The Hampton Inn & Suites must have landscaping exactly as required
by the landscaping plan, and I’ll have our Building Official check that. I know that we
required that all of the shrubs be replaced on the front of the hotel. What was along
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Plaza Drive had to be a certain minimum caliper inch, and they were smaller than
what was required, and they had to take all of those out and replant new, bigger
shrubs. I don’t know along the back; I know there was one issue with one tree that
ended up being too close to the easement, and so we moved one tree slightly
because it could not be planted over an easement. The rest should have been
planted exactly according to the landscape plan. I’ll have our Building Official take a
look at it. Any issues like that please call me anytime. You don’t have to wait for a
meeting like this.
Brian Borg: As far as the usage, as far as the restaurants and types of businesses,
how is that?
Ms. Huggins: If it’s listed in this document, and this zoning change request is
recommended for approval this evening, then those uses are what will be allowed if
the Council approves the zoning change request.
Brian Borg: I would like to see sports bar and restaurant drive-in removed from the
list. Living in close proximity to any kind of a drive-in with a box that makes any kind
of noise, I’m going to hear it outside. It’s not practical to think that I won’t. And from a
sports bar perspective, I just have visions of a Hooters being put in my back yard;
and that’s theoretically a permitted restaurant given the types of descriptions you
have here. I don’t want to give instructions to my home by saying, “If you reach
Hooters you’ve gone too far.” Those would be the two I would request to be taken
from the list.
Chairman Senelly: Thank you very much for your comments.
We’re going a little backwards here tonight with this because we only have three
people testifying, and I thought it would be beneficial for everyone, including the
applicants, to hear these things before we heard them; so if you don’t mind we’ll
continue to go backwards. Comments?
Commissioner Reed: You mentioned the dumpster that is currently at the Hampton
Inn; I drive by there but I honestly don’t pay attention to the dumpster. Is it enclosed?
Does it have a gate and things like that; is it open? You mentioned that you might
have had a concern here, and I’m not sure I understood what that concern is. I
understand that it’s loud when it gets dropped, but you said something about how it
was facing.
Brian Borg: Well it looks like from the plan that there is a large indentation behind
pad sites 2, 3 and 4. To me that looks like where they might be planning for the
dumpsters to be placed and it’s that all three of them, no matter what the business is
that might occupy that space, all three of them face the residential side. My concern
is not what you encase it in, obviously if it’s food it’s going to smell regardless, but the
noise is going to be there no matter no matter what.
Chairman Senelly: Thank you. Next.
Richard Beaty: Hi! My name is Rich Beaty and I’m at 18 Hillcrest Court. I’m right on
the end of Hillcrest Court. First I want to thank you gentlemen and you ladies too, for
all the hard work you do on behalf of the citizens of Trophy Club. I just want to get
that out right away. Basically it’s just kind of like a real quick overview to what I think
a good neighbor would be, and probably what you would want to have in your own
back yard. First thing is you want to have somebody that’s going to be safe, have
security and privacy. If you get a neighbor that’s looking over your fence and peeking
into your backyard you can call the police on them and tell them, “Hey there’s a
Peeping Tom over there.” So basically you want safety, security and privacy as a
good neighbor. Secondly you really don’t want to have pollution. Now of course
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most of us think of water pollution, but there are other things such as air pollution;
something that creates smoke that is going to inundate the neighborhood; a smell
such as we were talking about before about having trash cans that are nearby
because the prevailing wind is from the south so all those neighborhoods up in there
will get the results of any kind of noise, which is also pollution, or a light pollution; all
that comes in that direction. Finally whatever plans that are put forward you really
don’t want to have schlup; that’s the best way to describe it , because you know you
don’t want to devalue the largest investment that we, as homeowners, are making in
our lives so you know you don’t want to have anything that is going to be really
cruddy right up next to your home property. That’s why we have Planning and
Zoning -- to make sure that, I don’t want to offend anybody, but you know have a
Mosque right next door or something that is not appropriate for the local area; and
that’s basically it, so if you guys can basically consider safety, security, privacy, the
idea of pollution, and the quality of what’s going in, I think, is important. Also I’ve got
one question: there’s a forty foot easement from the back of our fences to where the
parking lots start, now the way I understand it the builder will build a fence along
there; it’s going to be about an eight foot fence, because I talked to Carolyn, I’m not
sure if this is written in stone, but that’s what’s going on. There are 100 to 200 year
old oaks that are in that area. If you drive by 114 you can look up there and you can
see there are some nice trees. I would hate to see a bulldozer just level the whole
area. Is there some way to work with the builder to save some of those trees? I
know some of them are trash trees and you've got weeds and everything else up
there. There are some really nice trees in that area and I hope there is some way
that we can work with the builder to preserve it. It might cut down on his costs on
whether he has to put in irrigation in that area and put in other trees if there are some
existing. So anyway, thanks a lot.
Chairman Senelly: Any comments or questions for Mr. Beaty? Thank you.
Jill Dominey: My name is Jill Dominey. I live at 6 Valley Wood Court. If the zoning
were to change, a hotel would be allowed that would be directly behind my house and
my next door neighbors. My house represents basically most of my savings and
retirement, and I figure that a four story hotel would be devastating to my property
value and I would ask that the zoning not be changed The hotel is going to be closer
to my house than the Hampton Inn is closer to the houses on Jamie Court, and I’ve
looked at that property a lot. I would ask that the zoning not be changed. That’s it.
Thank you.
Chairman Senelly: Now we’re going to ask the applicant to come forward , introduce
himself and make any statement that they wish or explanation of their project.
Travis Bousquet: Thank you Chairman and fellow commissioners. My name is
Travis Bousquet, 501 South Carroll Blvd., Denton, Texas. I have the honor of
representing Trophy Lodging Ltd on this application. I assume you guys are
obviously very familiar with the location; we’re excited about it because of its visibility;
its location, including having the hotel next door to Baylor Medical Center and then
restaurants next to the hotel. The type of restaurants that we’re looking at I would
consider the higher end sit down restaurant. We’re not looking at any type of
drive-thru or anything like that at this time. We have worked diligently with Staff in
developing the concept plan that you see tonight, as well as the development
standards. I would like to address some of the comments that were mentioned by
the neighbors, and we do appreciate those comments because we want to be
conscious of that and try to develop a plan that is going to work all the way around. I
believe it was Brian that mentioned about the lighting and some of the other items
that will be addressed when we come back in with a site plan and our landscape
plan. I just wanted to mention that we’d be open to look at what Hampton did as far
as lighting and see if we couldn’t incorporate that to try to keep a blend going across
that whole area to help with continuity. We will come in with a landscape plan. We
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want this to be an attractive area. The type of hotels that we’re looking at are listed in
the PD. It will be from one of the brands listed: Hilton, Marriott, Starwood or Hyatt.
The dumpster enclosures -- we want to take into account the neighbors if there is a
way that we can reorient some of those enclosures the way they are shown on that
plan we definitely will work with Town Staff to make that happen . As an engineer I
laid it out what I thought would be good for Allied coming through there on that one
street: pick up, pick up, pick up and leave out kind of a loop area, but we’ll take that
into consideration and see if we can’t improve on that.
Chairman Senelly: Questions for the applicant?
Commissioner Sadley: Where is the dumpster for the hotel?
Travis Bousquet: Typically the dumpster is located at the back of a hotel.
Commissioner Sheridan: The medical facility has the dumpster located in the right
corner.
Commissioner Sheridan: If there is going to be noise, try and put them together?
Commissioner Sadley: My concern is the medical waste going into the corner that
close to the housing is not the same as restaurant waste going that close to the
housing. I Imagine whatever hotel goes in, if we approve this, will have a restaurant.
I’m just wondering if there is a way to mitigate the affect of southern breezes.
Travis Bousquet: If I could just also mention on the dumpster enclosures for those
restaurants on the concept plan, all the restaurants want to be as close to 114 as
possible, so they are pulled up close. The restaurant pad sites are located 200 feet
away from adjacent residential.
Chairman Senelly: How many rooms in the hotel?
Ms. Huggins: 109
Commissioner Reed: Do you have a franchise yet for it? Do you know what flag
you’re going to fly?
Travis Bousquet: Our choice would be Hilton Homewood Suites. The owner has
had discussions with them, but those discussions can only go so far until the Town
approves the request.
Chairman Senelly: As a point of information for those who don’t know, a PD
application does not require a site plan such as this concept plan, but once a concept
plan like this is submitted and made part of the planned development, that’s what you
got to do or you have to come back and amend. This plan becomes more than just a
piece of paper in the approval of the PD. Okay?
Travis Bousquet: Chairman, if I may also address a couple of the other comments
from the residents?
Chairman Senelly: Sure
Travis Bousquet: The issue was safety, security, and privacy. In our site planning,
and through our conversations with Town Staff, we did realize the importance of the
neighbors back behind us, so when we oriented the building we kept it perpendicular
to the residents to attempt to limit any of the sight flow, security or privacy concerns.
I just wanted to point that out that’s the reason why we have it oriented the way we
do.
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Commissioner Allen: If I may? To Mark’s statement with a concern about hazardous
waste and so forth, hospitals and so forth, if it’s considered hazardous in the rules
and regulations as disposal, it is taken care of by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Association, so there are federal regulations. It doesn’t sit out
Commissioner Sadley: Right; my concern was just that the stuff that they bagged up
in plastic and it’s all sealed, and they have thrown in the dumpsters; it's not going to
have the same odiferous affect in the sunlight that a dumpster with a compactor with
food waste in it for a couple days will have. So, that was my concern.
Commissioner Reed: You made a comment about drive-thru's and you said “at this
time.” You want to elaborate on “at this time?” I don’t like at any time. I’m just
curious, you’re talking about some restaurants now, but you’re saying if these don’t
work out it would be your intention to go to Plan B, which would be a QSR or
something like that? Is that the plan?
Travis Bousquet: No, our main goal is the sit down restaurants, the higher end.
Commissioner Reed: But that would be your fall back if you could not get a sit down
restaurant?
Travis Bousquet: We’re open to taking that out or adding a note on there that would
require Specific Use or something like that to give you guys another opportunity to
see, if we do have to go back to that.
Chairman Senelly: An amendment
Commissioner Reed: My other question is this screening and the set back here or
whatever we call it, have y’all put together a plan? Have you visited with the
neighbors? Has that been discussed? What types of trees? Sometimes I hear the
developer is going to put trees up and I drive by and there are little skinny trees. I’ve
got an iron fence so I can see my neighbors so we went and bought these gigantic
Christmas trees, if you will, and stacked them on top of each other – that to me is
screening. Have you had a chance to visit with the neighbors? Have you talked
about what you’re going to screen that with in terms of vegetation and things like
that?
Travis Bousquet: We have not, but we will. We’ll go on record to make that a point to
visit with them before we bring a landscape plan to the commission.
Commissioner Sheridan: Carolyn, current zoning? Does the current CG that is
currently in place allow drive-through restaurants, and does it allow for a hotel?
Ms. Huggins: The current commercial zoning does not allow a hotel. That’s one of
the main reasons the applicant is requesting a PD, for a hotel use. Also in
commercial zoning you can have a restaurant, but you cannot have a restaurant with
alcohol beverage sales unless a specific use or conditional use permit is obtained
which means going before the Planning and Zoning Commission and Town Council
for an SUP or CUP. A drive-in is not allowed by the current CG zoning. So hotel and
a drive-in restaurant would not be allowed. Restaurant with alcohol sales would
require a specific use permit brought to P&Z and Council.
Commissioner Sheridan: Okay. Across the street on the other side, PD-25, does
that allow drive-in restaurants and a four story hotel?
Ms Huggins: On three different tracts in PD 25 hotels are allowed. Value Place is
one of them, Hampton is the second, and Holiday Inn is the third – and Holiday Inn is
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currently under review, and you’ll see the plat and site plan pretty soon.
Commissioner Sheridan: So as a whole in this area, not just this particular tract, but
the basic part, commercial down there, drive-throughs are allowed in certain
circumstances.
Ms. Huggins: In PD 25 restaurants are allowed but not drive-through.
Commissioner Sheridan: Not drive-through
Commissioner Reed: So currently there is no drive-through allowed? They are
asking for a zoning change to include drive-throughs now?
Ms. Huggins: Correct. That is part of this PD
Commissioner Reed: So they are asking to have the ability to do three QSR?
Ms. Huggins: I don’t believe the applicant intends to market...
Commissioner Reed: I’m not talking about intentions; I’m asking what they are asking
to do
Ms. Huggins: The zoning would allow it
Commissioner Reed: That’s what matters to me because these guys can sell it to
anybody – they can have a contract right now and sell it to anybody that wanted it
Ms. Huggins: Yes sir and it would be an allowed use with the PD as currently written.
Commissioner Allen: I thought when I reviewed this document that there was a list of
the hotels that were under consideration. I can’t find it now
Ms. Huggins: On page...
Commissioner Sheridan: Thirty-two
Chairman Senelly: Thirty-two
Ms. Huggins: Thirty-two, where it says Planned Development 34, the third
paragraph, “…a hotel on lot…
Commissioner Allen: Oh, okay, I got it
Ms Huggins: shall be only from the following brands: Hilton, Marriott, Starwood or
Hyatt. That is part of the PD document.
Commissioner Allen: It’s buried in prose.
Ms. Huggins: and they must have the amenities listed: 24-hr front desk, daily
housekeeping, sit down lobby -- those items listed as part of the PD document.
Chairman Senelly: It’s my understanding that you are willing to forgo the option of
drive-in/drive-through eateries?
Travis Bousquet: Yes; thank you Chairman.
Chairman Senelly: How about sports bars?
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Travis Bousquet: Can we define the difference? I’m just picking a restaurant so
please be open, is like an Applebee’s with a bar inside considered a sports bar?
Commissioner Reed: I wouldn’t consider that a sports bar.
Commissioner Allen: A gentleman of concern is shaking his head no.
Brian Borg: Red Dog Right is a sports bar. The City of Southlake had to actually add
tables to create a more family environment so that it wasn’t just a bar. So Red Dog
Right or anything that focuses on that.
Tom Jariwala, Trophy Lodging Ltd: Our intention is a high-end sit down restaurant
with a bar. We don’t want to sell where it’s only alcohol. The restaurants will help the
hotel development because we want our guests to walk to a couple of high end
restaurants and drink safely and walk back to their hotel.
Chairman Senelly: Any other discussion items here before we close the public
hearing?
Commissioner Sadley: Are you willing to modify the one to get rid of the drive-in and
modify sports bar to state sports bar and sit down restaurant?
Travis Bousquet: That would be fine because that is more of our intent; we would just
use the city’s definition
Chairman Senelly: Carolyn?
Ms Huggins: There is a requirement in the town ordinances that restaurants and
sports bars must sell a certain amount of food, sixty percent versus forty. I don’t know
if that comes into play with what restaurants they were planning to possibly market
and recruit, but they would have to abide by that town ordinance that there is sixty
percent food sales.
Commissioner Reed: I like that. I think the concern is that a place like Hooters
probably sells sixty percent food. I’m sure they can reach that threshold.
Chairman Senelly: That's a lot of chicken wings.
Commissioner Reed: Exactly; got to buy a big bucket of wings. My only other
comment is you said you would meet with the residents. I want to make sure the
screening is addressed. If I lived there I’d want to make sure I had a stack of trees
and some stuff behind me.
Tom Jariwala: It will be part of the site plan approval with the city/
Chairman Senelly: It is our understanding that you intend to meet with the residents
who are affected or adjacent in order to come up with that plan, is that correct?
Tom Jariwala: We would meet with the city and I’m sure city would let us know when
we are doing the site plan what the requirements are.
Commissioner Sheridan: Mr. Chairman? They still have to submit a formal site plan
with the correct documents so at that time we get to review how much landscape, the
type of wall – not only the type of wall – the screening that is going to be back there.
We have another shot with the site plan.
Chairman Senelly: You have a question for Staff?
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Commissioner Sadley: Yes. If we get to the next step, to the site plan, and a 150
year old oak is twenty-five feet out in the parking lot are there options available to be
able to work with the builder to say we need this tree preserved?
Ms. Huggins: He would not be required to save any trees in the building or parking
footprint. It is not required by ordinance to preserve a tree in the middle of a parking
lot. Typically, with developments like this, it is very difficult to save existing trees; the
developer ends up removing all of them and having to mitigate. A tree survey will be
required with the site plan approval. They will have to do a survey of the site and
mitigate per our tree ordinance.
Vice Chairman Vowell: Does Trophy Lodging have other hotels?
Tom Jariwala: We have a Hampton Inn and Suites in Greenville, Texas, and a Hilton
Garden Inn in Denton, Texas, a Hampton Inn and Suites in Gainesville, Texas, a
Hampton Inn and Suites in Lufkin, Texas, and multiple properties in Corpus Christi.
Chairman Senelly: We have overrun the public hearing, and have gotten into the
discussion with the commissioners, which is okay. I think with this small group it is
fine to do that. At this time we will close the public hearing. We are now officially in
discussion. Commissioners, if you have any further questions or comments, now is
the time. I know we have covered a lot of ground. Yes Dennis?
Commissioner Sheridan: I have several. Are we going to have the other Public
Hearing after this?
Chairman Senelly: Yes
Commissioner Sheridan: Okay. On page thirty one and forty of your site plan, is it
possible/desirable to improve the circulation of the hospital by having a drive cut
between your property and them, especially up in the front where it wouldn’t interfere
with their parking? I didn’t get out and measure, but they’ve got an area that could
possibly go through.
Travis Bousquet: We are open to that idea. The reason why we don’t show it right
now is because of the drastic elevation change that is between that area and our
area; it drops real quick. We are open to it, but it may be cost prohibitive. We’ll
investigate it
Chairman Senelly: Do you have any idea what the grade change, what the
differential is?
Commissioner Sheridan: Oh, it’s significant, eight to ten feet. Obviously they’re
going to need permission/cooperation from their neighbor, but to me it would be
desirable, in my opinion, if it could work. On page thirty-three, the height sixty-five
feet. Wanted to note that shielding could add another six to eight feet on top of that,
shielding room material. On page thirty-five, on the submittals for the site plan
approval, in the past we have seen line of sight from roof tops and stuff like that, and
I’d like to have that specified. Carolyn is that normal? Besides normal, is it written
somewhere?
Chairman Senelly: Can we request line of sight drawings that would indicate from
adjacent residents to the hotel, for example, what would be seen?
Ms. Huggins: You can make that a stipulation in your motion that you want that
added.
Commissioner Sheridan: Will there be a property association between the different
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groups? Totally independent; each tract is totally independent except for as written
here, restricted here?
Travis Bousquet: Yes, that is correct.
Commissioner Sheridan: Okay. Although you haven’t gotten to the point of
construction details, I personally object to having EIFS [Exterior Insulated Finish
System] as not allowed. Did you request that?
Travis Bousquet: Yes, that was discussed with Town Staff.
Commissioner Sheridan: I want it pulled out. The Town Ordinances say other
materials of equal or similar characteristics may be allowed upon approval of the
Planning and Zoning Commission. So if this got pulled out of here and you want to
use it, you would have to come back to P&Z for approval. Stucco and EIFS have
very similar appearances but they are different structurally – some of this is for the
audience – I know people up here already know this. EIFS is recognized by the
International Building Code which we follow. It has superior energy efficiency versus
Stucco and the US Department of Energy has funded a research center at the Oak
Ridge National Laboratory and they have declared EIFS better than Stucco as far as
the energy efficiency goes. May I point out that Stucco has similar problems to EIFS
as far as hairline cracking, minute cracking, which I think is a problem that staff has
brought up in the past. As a principle, I think EIFS ought to be available for them to
consider.
Chairman Senelly: Any other questions or comments? We have a short list of things
we’d like you to consider and that then could form an amendment to any motion that
is made.
Commissioner Sheridan: Mr. Chairman I’d like to make a motion to approve with four
changes: (1) delete drive-through restaurants, (2) Sports Bar must meet town
definition of a sports bar with food sales in the restaurant, (3) the site plan require a
line of sight plan, and (4) remove the ban on EIFS.
Chairman Senelly: Before we go ahead with that motion and ask for a second, I’ll just
ask right now if the applicants are still in agreement with those provisions?
Travis Bousquet: We are in agreement
Chairman Senelly: Do I hear a second to that motion?
Commissioner Allen: Second
Chairman Senelly: Thank you. Any other comments or questions? Let’s call for a
vote: all in favor of approval of this PD. Unanimous.
to the Town Council due back on 08/05/2013
2013-424-T5.Public Hearing regarding a request for a zoning change from “PD” Planned
Development No. 26 for a hospital use to "PD" Planned Development No. 33
(PD-33), Hillside Pointe, for single family residential development. Applicant:
Corwin Engineering, Inc., on behalf of TC Hospital, L.P. Aaron Ketchand on
behalf of prospective buyer.
Application.pdf
Public Hearing Notice.pdf
Public Hearing Continuance Notice.pdf
Attachments:
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to the Town Council due back on 08/05/2013
REGULAR SESSION
2013-423-T6.Consider and take appropriate action regarding Ordinance 2013-18 P&Z
amending the Town’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and the Town's
Official Zoning Map by changing the zoning on a 8.286 acre tract of land
located generally to the north of State Highway 114, west of Trophy Wood
Drive, south of Valley Wood Court and Hillcrest Court South from its
current zoning of "CG" Commercial General to PD Planned Development
No. 34, Trophy Wood Commercial Center; providing a penalty not to
exceed $2,000 for each violation; providing for publication; and providing
an effective date.
A motion was made by Commissioner Sheridan, seconded by Commissioner
Allen, that this Agenda Item be Recommended for Approval to the Town
Council with the following stipulations:
1) delete drive-thru restaurants,
2) Sports Bar must meet town requirements or town definition of a sports bar
which gives us the eating in restaurant,
3) Site plan require a line of sight plan
4) remove ban on EIFS
The Council will hear this request on 08/05/2013. The motion carried by the
following vote.
Aye:Commissioner Reed, Vice Chair Vowell, Chairman Senelly, Commissioner
Allen, Commissioner Forest, Commissioner Sadley, and Commissioner
Sheridan
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2013-425-T7.Consider and take appropriate action regarding an Ordinance amending
the Town’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and the Town's Official
Zoning Map by changing the zoning on a 5.596 acre tract of land located
generally along Trophy Wood Drive to the south of Hanna Ct. from its
current zoning of "PD" Planned Development No. 26 for a hospital use to
"PD" Planned Development No. 33 for single family residential, providing
a penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each violation; providing for
publication; and providing an effective date.
Chairman Senelly asked the applicant to come forward.
Aaron Ketchand, Taylor Duncan Development; 12400 White Road in Dallas came
forward representing the owner/applicant who is purchasing the property. The
builder will be Harmony Homes. Mr. Ketchand stated: The tract is a little over five
and a half acres, and the desire for the client was to find a tract that would be suitable
for empty nester housing. The site is heavily treed and we are well aware of the
mitigation requirements that are going to be required. We have tried to preserve as
many trees as possible at the site plan. Given the topography of the site, we will be
cutting into the hill to flatten the site and dropping the pads, especially on the northern
boundary, anywhere from 8-ft. to 1-ft. So the neighborhood to the north will have
privacy as these homes will be at a lower finished floor elevation. The desire was to
try to create a gated community with somewhat of a Tuscan feel. We have submitted
a concept plan rendering for the community. We will have a commercial use, a hotel,
to the south. Our client is aware that there will be commercial use to the backs of our
residents, but typically for empty nester communities,they are usually smaller in both
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lot size and house size. The price per square foot, however, is significantly higher
generally than the surrounding housing stock. That is expected here, given its
location. We think it is advantageous for that, but also provides logical density
transition use from the medium density single family residential to the north and the
commercial to the south. We are willing to take on the four story hotel that we are
going to be backing up to. Our civil engineer is present to answer any technical
questions along those lines. I’ll be glad to answer any questions you might have.
Commissioner Reed: What is the average value of these homes? What is the price
range that you project to be?
Aaron Ketchand: We don’t anticipate very many single stories. Frankly, the pad
sizes just aren’t big enough. The range could be anywhere from upper $200,000 to
$500,000 depending on spec level. These will be highly amenitized houses where
the purchasers are going to have distinct desires as far as finish out.
Commissioner Reed: So upwards of $500,000? I don’t think you’re building a
$200,000 house in there.
Aaron Ketchand: It's a function of lot price -- the dirt price and construction price. Lot
prices are pretty significant here, but the finish house price is going to be a function of
what the buyer wants to put into the house. It’s going to be a pretty nice product.
Chairman Senelly: Do we have a staff report on this project, Carolyn?
Ms. Huggins: This request is for a zoning change from what right now is zoned PD
26, a planned development for a hospital use, and the request is to change it to a
planned development for single family residential. The property has historically been
zoned commercial. In 2003 the property was rezoned from commercial to PD 26,
Hospital use. Trophy Club Physician’s Hospital, the owner decided to go elsewhere
with the hospital, and so has had the property for sale and a buyer is now interested
in this development as single family residential. It’s a five and a half acre plot of land
and the applicant wishes to develop thirty-seven lots. Lots will be a minimum of
3,600 sw. ft. with 15-ft. front yards and 5-ft. rear yards. The applicant will provide a
six foot stone wall along Trophy Wood Drive, and this will be a gated community with
private streets. This project does not comply with the Comprehensive Land Use
Plan which calls for commercial/professional development on this property, but the
development of this land as high-density single family residential is compatible with
the intent of land use as stated in the 1997 Comp Plan. This will provide buffering of
the residential to the north from the commercial development to the south, and as
already mentioned, that is a Holiday Inn hotel that is currently under review and will
be brought forward as a site plan to P&Z in the near future.
Commissioner Allen: It seems to be an exclusive type of project, which is good. Do
you plan to have an HOA, and how do you plan to maintain the common areas?
Aaron Ketchand: Yes, there will be an HOA. Those assessments will be levied
against each lot to maintain both the walls and the common areas.
Commissioner Allen: Are you looking towards the city to provide police and fire
protection, I would assume?
Aaron Ketchand: Yes
Commissioner Allen: Are we prepared to do that?
Ms. Huggins: Yes. This was reviewed by Danny Thomas, the Fire Chief, and has
been given approval.
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Commissioner Reed: Do hospitals generate any sales tax?
Ms. Huggins: Not unless there is something inside the hospital.
Chairman Senelly: Gift Shop
Commissioner Reed: So the answer is no
Ms. Huggins: Gift shop or restaurant -- cafeteria -- similar to what is inside Trophy
Club Medical Center.
Commissioner Reed: I was talking about something substantial.
Chairman Senelly: Pharmacy
Audience Member Calling Out: The new private hospital in Southlake generates
sales tax.
Commissioner Reed: Okay
Audience Member Calling out: Hospitals such as Baylor are exempt.
Commissioner Reed: The retaining wall that you talked about that will affect the
residents that live directly behind there. There is a substantial drop off. It looks a
little flimsy to me. Are you going to remove that retaining wall and put in a new
retaining wall? I don’t want to see those houses moving down towards these new
homes.
Aaron Ketchand: A new wall will be put in. Anything over, I believe, 3 or 4-ft. has to
be engineered so it will be structurally designed.
Commissioner Reed: So old wall removed?
Aaron Ketchand: The wall will be on our property; it will not be joint.
Commissioner Reed: So two retaining walls next to each other?
Aaron Ketchand: I don’t have an aerial so I'm not sure what retaining wall you are
referring to.
Commissioner Reed: Maybe I’ll be clear in my question. So you have a retaining
wall there now, and a lot of the residents, I believe, have fences on top of their
retaining wall, or right next to them. My question is are you going to remove those
residents’ retaining wall and fences and put in a new one as you excavate that
property?
Aaron Ketchand: We’ll need to talk to the engineer on the grading plan.
Brandon Davidson: A lot of that will depend on where the retaining wall is actually
located. We have to do a survey to see where it is. We haven’t done a detailed
survey of that yet, but we can’t just go onto someone else’s property and take down
their retaining wall. There may have to be some space between ours and theirs. I
doubt we would be removing the old retaining wall, but I’m not ruling it out.
Commissioner Reed: Then when site plan review comes along that will be
addressed?
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Ms. Huggins: It’s all part of the infrastructure review that is done with the plat .
Chairman Senelly: And this is a perfect time, with your permission Commissioners,
I’m going to ask Secretary Moore if we have folks signed up to speak?
Ms. Moore: There are two: Roger Williams and Greg George
Roger Williams: I’m Roger Williams; I live at 215 Phoenix Drive in Trophy Club. I’m
happy to see all the turnout at a Planning and Zoning meeting. I can tell you when I
was on the board we were lucky to have three people here. I just have some
concerns. The '97 Comprehensive Plan had this as commercial property. Trophy
Club has very little commercial property to start with, and I’m really concerned that
we’re eliminating commercial property to put in housing. I’m also concerned that this
backs up to a potential hotel, and we’re talking about supposedly exclusive homes –
maybe a price point of $350,000 to $500,000. I’m not sure who wants to buy a home
at that price point right behind a hotel. So I would be a little concerned about that.
Also this is supposed to be an empty nester community, and he stated that it would
be mostly two story because of the size of the lot. Well, I can tell you, I’m a empty
nester, and empty nesters don’t want two stories; they can’t walk up and down the
stairs. So you’re not going to get old people to go into this. You might get younger
people to come in, but not older people who are empty nesters, to go into this type of
community. I think the price point is very high for the location. My biggest concern is
we have very little commercial development in Trophy Club. Originally this was
supposed to be a buffer; we already had a development that was set up to be a
buffer, and now we have another buffer? I’m concerned.
Chairman Senelly: Thank you
Vice Chairman Vowell asked the Chairman for permission to ask staff a question.
Chairman Senelly granted permission and Vice Chairman Vowell asked Carolyn if
anyone has ever expressed an interest in that property for commercial use? He
stated that it seems very isolated.
Ms. Huggins: In the six years that I have been the planner for Trophy Club we have
not had any commercial interest in that property. We have had some interested in
pursuing it for residential rezoning site; they have never come forward with an official
submittal until this applicant. So the interest in the past six years has only been for
rezoning it to residential.
Chairman Senelly asked the next resident wishing to speak to come forward.
Greg George: I live on Hanna Ct. There are no retaining walls behind Hanna Court.
Chairman Senelly: Just a fence, right?
Greg George: Well, it’s the old Trophy Wood Drive. For those of you who have lived
in town for a long time, they pinched that off. I’ve lived in my house almost fifteen
years. So, why did we leave Grapevine? Well, the first thing was I wanted to move
to Denton County. You know what happened to Denton County where I live? Who
would have thought that our lawyers in Denton County would have been savvy
enough to lose that one? I was a big fan of the hospital development. And I also
want to say for the people who are residents here that we went into the development
eyes wide open. The back of Hanna Court, my house faces the water tower, and my
neighbor Derrick, who is right next to me, he’s more behind the water tower, but when
we signed to have the house built in ’98 we knew there would be something behind
us, and we also knew that we had to put our trust and faith in the Planning and
Zoning people and the Town Council to do something that would be indicative and
representative of the city. I was a big fan of the hospital. I really don’t have a
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problem with the residential development, but the hospital included a buffer zone
between the back of my fence and their parking lot. Well, if I understood what this
gentleman said, I can walk out to my fence and their house is five feet behind my
fence. Now I’m at the end where there is not going to be a need for much, if any, for
a retaining wall. What’s wrong with taking the old Trophy Wood Drive and making it
the road into their neighborhood? And the second thought, while you’re pondering
that, if you want to know how small these lots really are, go to Hanna Court and go
look at the last undeveloped lot. That is about a 5000 square foot lot. It looks like a
postage stamp. So while I’m in favor of their project, Mr. Holley who developed
Hanna Court and Jamie Court, he put too many homes in too small a space. Now we
all like where we live – there is value there, but I guess my appeal would be if you
want to support the project, I’m with you, but you can’t have this kind of density for
single homes. I would request that there be some sort of a buffer. If you can’t use
the road in the development that’s there, the road bed, that would eliminate the need
for certain kinds of retaining walls too close to our property. The house that I left in
Grapevine, my driveway went up. I had a huge retaining wall. If I wanted to I could
take a running leap off my driveway and jump on his roof. We left that because we
had concerns about the long term structural nature. I’m not a fan of retaining walls in
a place that has a lot of underground springs, which Hanna Court does, and in an
area geographically prone to soil shifting. I see that as a problem. Maybe the
engineers can call me a liar; I don’t know. But I support the project if we could just
get some changes put in as far as the buffer zones behind our properties. I think that
would be very beneficial. A couple other comments, I work as a commercial
underwriter for an insurance company. EFIS is one of the largest sources of
construction defect claims on the face of the earth. Run from it. Most insurance
companies won’t even cover it. The people who install it and work with it, they have
to achieve special certifications just to deal with it. If it came to me to insure
somebody working with EFIS, I wouldn’t do it. So that’s just food for thought.
Restaurant, since that development is part of the agenda tonight, I think you have to
make the distinction between a bar that sells food and a restaurant that serves liquor.
Look at the hours. Nobody is serving food at two in the morning. Last thought, like I
said, we went into this eyes wide open when we bought our property. We have lived
there almost fifteen years; that kind of makes me the gray haired old man for Hanna
Court. We like living there. I think it’s a great entry into our community. We moved
here for all the right reasons. We knew there was going to be development, but if
you have ever been to Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, you get a strip
center, a restaurant, an office building, and they just put it together – kind of cobbled
up. This sure has the feel of that to me. I mean the Value Place kind of got away
from everybody; it certainly doesn’t look representative of what I think we want for our
community. Do we want a high-end development fronted by a hotel? You want to
fork out a half a million dollars to live here? Carillion which is just down the street,
they are building gigantic homes in kind of a similar environment, it’s just bigger, and
they certainly wouldn’t have that kind of an issue.
Commissioner Sheridan: Greg, farther up from where you are there are some stone
retaining walls.
Greg George: Those are fences
Commissioner Sheridan: Fences are on top of them. I walked it today. By the way,
are you down at the bottom where they are putting in the patio?
Greg George: I’m almost at the bottom; Derrick is actually at the bottom.
Commissioner Sheridan: Nice patio you are putting in. Anyway, farther up there are
some stone walls that could be considered retaining walls.
Greg George: Well, I would just say that I feel for my neighbors that live up the hill,
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but where I live I catch the drainage of everyone’s house . I just know that part of the
issue that we have at Hanna Court is, there are a lot of underground springs. I built
my house, so I know what’s underneath it.
Commissioner Sheridan: I’m going to ask about drainage here in the appropriate
time.
Chairman Senelly: Thank you so much for your testimony. We’re going to close the
hearing so as commissioners we can discuss this properly. Alright, let’s open this for
discussion. Commissioners, questions, comments?
Commissioner Reed: Have ya’ll looked at putting the street to this neighborhood
back where the street was before? Was that considered?
Aaron Ketchand: Yes, we laid this out any number of ways. There is a due diligence
process in trying to figure that out. One issue was turn radius’ to try to line up our
entrance with the existing median break. In order to do that and still fit the lots in this
is about as efficient as we could have gotten. We had a minimum number of lots we
were trying to achieve and we barely got there.
Vice Chairman Vowell: What’s the frontage on these lots? Did you say it’s 3500
square feet total? What is the frontage for each?
Aaron Ketchand: Each lot is 40-ft. in width. There is a 15-ft. setback that's actually
20 but we wanted to allow for the option of front porch elevations to be available, so
that would encroach into, but the garages would still need to be 20-ft.
Commissioner Reed: Carolyn, is moving that curb cut an option? If moving the curb
cut to the north allowed them to keep the same number of homes, but yet provided a
buffer for the residents behind there so that the street ran directly behind the houses
is what I think you were getting at, right?
Greg George: Yes, in the back of our property that fronts the fence that is going to
become their property line. I believe there is a ten foot utility easement – I don’t know
how they can get away from it – wouldn’t the easement be the same on both sides of
the line?
Commissioner Reed: I’m not sure about that, but if the curb cut was moved up
further to the north does that resolve your issue? I guess that's my question and can
that curb cut be moved further to the north?
Aaron Ketchand: There is a driveway on the west side of the road that is already
existing, so I think it would be pretty near impossible to move the curb cut. And there
is also one at Hanna Court.
Commissioner Reed: Are you talking about the median break?
Aaron Ketchand: Median breaks, yes.
Commissioner Reed: So your residents would have to take a right, go back up, take
a left and come back down.
Aaron Ketchand: Right, which I think is discouraged.
Ms Huggins: It’s really difficult to answer these questions because we don’t have any
infrastructure documents yet to look at. This is a zoning change, so we don’t require
them at this point. I can’t speak for the Council, but typically they do not want
additional median cuts on the collector roads. Trophy Lake, Trophy Wood, Trophy
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Club, Bobcat Boulevard those collector streets – Latter Day Saints for instance; the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is being built at the corner of Bobcat and
Trophy Club Drive and they requested a median cut to change the location of their
driveway, and that was not approved; and they really wanted it, and it was not
approve. Median cuts -- it’s kind of hard to change those. Impossible? No, but
difficult. There is a driveway to the north which is the entrance to Hanna Court.
Distance from existing streets come into play here. It’s difficult, at this stage of the
project, to answer that question as to where it could be moved to and how. I will tell
you that, if this zoning change request is approved and moves forward, the applicant
will have to figure all of that out, and you will not see the plat (or site plan for the other
commercial project) until it has gone through review and all of those
situations/requirements have been met for distance, for visibility, for topography, for
curb cuts, for median cuts.
Chairman Senelly: Your Chair, Commissioners, has a couple of
questions/comments. (1) The question about the median break. What you’re talking
about, Mark, would require somewhere between eighty and one hundred feet of
additional break, rather than moving it, just extending it to make it a wider break in the
median in order to do what you are suggesting. We have many instances of giant
breaks in medians around town, so I think there is precedent for that. (2) I have a
good friend who protests what he calls the flat world society; he’s a landscape
architect and he takes a lot of issue with people always drawing things using a
computer because it’s so much easier to make it a flat terrain than a realistic terrain.
This is a hill side, and it doesn’t change much from a hundred feet up this hill to
where the break is in the median. It’s all a pretty decent slope, and that is not
accurately depicted in these drawings. Now you didn’t have to submit these drawing
as part of this rezoning request, but since you did, first off it’s not an accurate
depiction. I don’t know how you get those flat structures and all that flat stuff to
happen on that steep slope. Which brings to the forward the question of sight
distance and other things as folks are going in and out of the driveway. Notoriously,
people going through "gates", they dart across to get into the thing, and dart out to
get out once the gate is open. I’m watching what happens up at the infamous Hanna
Court. I know this area very well, and so do a number of other people who walk their
dogs up and down that hill. So as relates to the question of different layout – yeah,
there are probably other layouts that could come close to the same number of lots.
It’s a matter of geometry. (3) On this drawing you have indicated a retaining wall,
which has been a subject of discussion, and you mentioned that there is going to be
a substantial change in grade to cut these lots out of the hillside.
You need flat lots to put these small houses on. I would suggest if you are going to
provide a drawing like this, with an indication of a retaining wall, that you provide at
least a couple of cross sections that indicate where the retaining wall is located and
how high it is. With relation to the houses behind, the fencing that backs up to Hanna
Court homes is original for the most part. I don’t think much of it has been replaced.
Not all of it is in great condition. Notwithstanding the difficulty of working with people,
to make your new retaining wall satisfy their needs I think, given the very tight
borders you have to work with, you are more or less obliged to do that. It’s not
something the town should do for you. I think you have a limited number of people
here from Hanna Court who are going to be affected by that, and your proposal is
going to need something on top here anyway. Whether it is a standard highway
design pipe railing to prevent landscapers from falling off the wall, or whatever it is,
they need to be answered. While this drawing is a concept in your eyes, once we
take action on this PD this becomes part of this PD. I’m going to suggest that there
should be additional consideration for geometric changes, and Engineer, I think you
really need to respond to the question of slope, and sight distance, and how you are
going to make that thing work because it’s a pretty wide gate area, and what the heck
are these sections through this thing anyway? That’s my comments and those are
my questions.
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Commissioner Sadley: Carolyn, I have a question. A comment was made that kind
of raised concern to me. Allegedly these are $200,000 to $500,000 homes. They
are small homes and small lot sizes in the shadow of a hotel. I wouldn’t buy a
$500,000 home in the shadow of a hotel. So I’m wondering what’s going to happen
when nobody wants to buy at that price point? Does that mean we'll have $100,000
to $200,000 homes? So if what we’re acting on today, which is the rezoning, and we
say yes to the rezoning then when it gets to the point of what is going to be built on
this property, is there something that says it has to be these materials, this quality,
this price range, this whatever so that we can insure that what we are getting is a
quality home ompatible to Trophy Club rather than something compatible to a mobile
home park?
Ms. Huggins: What has to be built is the product to the design standards in the PD
document in front of you. It has to be built on a minimum lot size of 3600 square feet,
with a 15-ft. front yard setback, 5-ft. rear yard minimum setback. It has to built to
those specifics in the zoning document. There is not any price range in that
document. It’s only what is specifically in this PD that they have to build to those
standards, or if it’s not addressed in the PD then it reverts to the Town standards.
That does not include price point.
Chairman Senelly: One other question that came up to me about this prior to this
meeting, which I’ll relate to you, is if there is a requirement for aesthetic amenities,
item number six in the Planned Development list of requirements: Aesthetic
amenities may be provided, which are not economically feasible to provide in a
conventional single family project - we don’t know what they are. You have shown
some suggested elevations of these dwellings; with [what] looks like more than ten
feet between them as the plan prescribes, and large trees behind them, not sure
where you got those, but you have shown some features on those buildings that you
might want to include as “these are the things we are going to have here; these are
the aesthetic contributions we’re going to make. Every home shall have some of
these features.” You might want to be specific about that, and I’m going to request
that you do that. We have options with this if we want to make a motion, and I’m just
going to, as your Chair; suggest that we ask for additional information. That’s my
suggestion, and I’ll make a motion to that effect.
Commissioner Sheridan: Can I have my say first?
Chairman Senelly: Absolutely
Commissioner Sheridan: To the applicant, I am known to ask a lot of questions. I
have three pages, six issues. One is that the Town of Trophy Club, on our website,
says that we are on pace to be ninety-nine percent developed by 2017; that’s only a
couple years. On the Town website we only have fifty-five acres of commercial land
left. Twenty-six of that is all in one location up on Trophy Club Drive. You’re taking
out a little bit less than six acres out of that for your proposal. The property has been
commercial since at least the mid to late nineties. As Greg said, he knew it was
zoned commercial prior to buying. Hanna Court was platted back in ’96, so that gives
that relationship. The medical facility had a PD created from commercial to the
medical facility back in 2003. Hanna Court was supposed to be the buffer. This is an
entrance to Trophy Club, a back entrance. This property has access to 114, and
depending upon how it is developed and what is developed in front of it may or may
not have visibility to 114, but it has access to 114. Obviously the owner has been
sitting on it for a long time trying to put a medical facility there. It didn’t work, but
there is no reason why it can’t revert back to a Commercial General. Commercial
typically sits for a long time until the residential is build up, that’s a normal thing. It is
not unusual for commercial land to sit for a long time and to have a variety of different
people look at it for any number of things. Looking around at our current land that is
zoned residential, for example Hogan’s Glen, Hogan’s Glen has a high density zoning
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area called The Villas that is coming up to us . They also have a nice area that is
being developed right now. This property, the subject property tonight, is currently
valued according to the CAD at a million twenty six. That’s two hundred and
something thousand dollars an acre; thirty-six thousand two hundred per lot. By the
way, I calculate your lot cost at ninety-seven thousand. The Villas of Hogan’s Glen,
the lots are forty-three thousand an acre. So it I was a buyer and I bought this
property residential, the next day I would be down at CAD getting my value lowered
significantly and I would have documented proof to do so. Many properties
commercial are slower to develop. We need a long term outlook, not a short term.
Short term is to go ahead and let this develop residential. Long term, which I think is
better for the Town, is to let it idle until it comes up with a commercial use. So I am
against any residential, period, in that location. Do we need an empty nester? I’m
going to use the word “over fifty-five” because you haven’t said that, all you said is
empty nester. This town needs an over fifty-five, but not in this location. The
property itself, Hanna Court, a lot of those lots up the road from where Greg is drain
onto this property; I cannot find an easement or anything that says they drain to the
street. Visibly they drain backwards, and that’s an issue, and you started to address
it. The other thing is, Greg, there is no utility easement on the back of your property;
there is a ten foot tree preservation easement.
Greg George: Maybe that’s what I remember from when the hospital...
Commissioner Sheridan: and it’s on your lot. On the applicant’s land there is a utility
easement, but it goes across the land way away from the property line, and would
obviously have to be moved in some form or fashion. Trees. Based on your layout
and based on our tree ordinance, the trees that you’d have to mitigate would be
minimal because our ordinance allows any tree that’s going to be in your building
pad, and the street, to be just bulldozed down. So with this type of density there’s not
going to be any more trees. If it’s on your property, so be it, but on Hanna Court
there are numerous twelve inch, twenty-four inch trunk trees that are on the property
line that have canopies fifteen to twenty feet in onto your property. Texas law would
allow you to slice it and they aint got a say in it. Now, granted that would be very bad
and you wouldn’t do it because you’re a good neighbor, I’m saying legally you could.
If we left it commercial, then we have that forty foot buffer that is already set on the
plat. Forget the idea that this is higher density; this is not high density, six point six to
an acre is not high density. Is it higher than the four point something that is on Hanna
Court, but Hanna Court is already our buffer. We cannot afford to turn this into
residential. I have other questions on the residential side if it goes that far.
Commissioner Reed: I have a question. If this goes to commercial, it’s medical now,
is that right?
Chairman Senelly: It’s PD Hospital
Commissioner Sheridan: Prior to 2003 it was Commercial General and in 2003 they
came in and rezoned to a hospital PD for this particular one track.
Commissioner Reed: So if it’s commercial, I guess my question is can we wind up
with another hotel?
Commissioner Sheridan: As of right now, Carolyn correct me if I’m wrong, it is
specific for medical. They either have to build a hospital or come back and ask us
again and we would go through a public hearing and we would have to go through a
rezoning issue from scratch.
Commissioner Reed: So a NO vote leaves it
Commissioner Sheridan: where it is
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Commissioner Sadley: Do you retract the motion?
Chairman Senelly: I haven’t made it yet. I said I would make it, and I still could
Ms. Huggins: May I add some information about drainage?
Chairman Senelly: Sure
Ms. Huggins: Because of the hotel being reviewed to the south of this site, the
Holiday Inn that is under review right now, the Town Engineer, Mr. Rutledge, did see
that there were drainage issues with this site that also impact the Holiday Inn, and he
asked Staff for permission to put the Holiday Inn Engineer in touch with the applican's
engineer, and they are already talking about that. Those issues would all have to be
resolved during the review of the infrastructure of this project and they would have to
have a plat coming forward as well.
Chairman Senelly: Carolyn, you understand that there are good reasons why this
property has not already been developed for commercial or hospital use?
Ms. Huggins: I can’t tell you "why" it is or isn’t being developed for commercial. I can
just tell you that in the six years I have been here there has been no interest in
developing it for commercial. There has been other interest in developing it for
residential. I can pull up the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, but I believe by
definition in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan that Hanna and Jamie Court, PD 14,
is considered medium density, and this would be considered high density, I believe.
Commissioner Sheridan: The Comprehensive Land Use Plan considers high-density
to be apartments.
Ms. Huggins: I’m thinking specifically of denisty by acreage.
Commissioner Reed: It’s not desirable for retail, for hospital yeah, maybe so
Commissioner Sheridan: But it could also be office space
Commissioner Reed: Or office, but I don’t ever see that being retail
Commissioner Sheridan: I would agree. The retail is going to be up the street
Commissioner Sadley: Kind of looking at it from just maybe a country way, the
people on Hanna Court bought their property they said this is what the property is,
this is what the zoning is, I know what this is going to be, and I’m going to invest my
money in this property. And the people bought this property that we are discussing
today, they said I know what this property is, I know what the zoning is, I’m investing
my money in here. I don’t think it is right for us to take people who made one
decision up here based on a set of facts, which may or may not have been the right
decision and say Okay, the decision made down here may have been a mistake, so
we’re going to correct his mistake perhaps and circumvent the right decision up the
hill. I totally agree with everything you have said.
Commissioner Sheridan: When Hanna Court was developed and they moved in it
was commercial and we don’t know what it’s going to be, and we have other
properties in town that may or may not have any interest or anybody talking to it. I’ve
been in commercial real estate for a long time, and I’ve managed many hundreds of
acres, and one property that we bought in 1997, HEB just bought it and closed on it
this year. Anyway, the idea being is in commercial property there is a variety of stuff
out there.
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Commissioner Sadley: The other thing you mentioned, Trophy Club is going to be
built out, residentially, very soon. Not just Trophy Club, drive out through Roanoke,
drive up through Argyle, drive up through anywhere, this area is building out like
crazy. There is more development than any place in the world in this area. So, if you
leave the property commercial, if you consider rezoning it some other type of general
commercial or something eventually that is going to increase the value. That will be a
valuable piece of property that will be tax revenue.
Commissioner Sheridan: Of some form or fashion
Chairman Senelly: Gentleman, as an idealist I can agree with everything you are
saying, I just would remind you that Trophy Club must wait; their current way of doing
business for an applicant to come forward with a proposal and then respond to that.
We have no way of marketing this property ourselves for commercial use.
Notwithstanding the fact that it’s actually zoning is as you mentioned PD Hospital, it’s
not Commercial General any more. Until somebody comes in with a Commercial
General application to change the zoning we have no reason to look at that. So, we
have something before us, you may not find it ideal, but it does speak to issues of
buffering between hotel and residential, it may not be what residents had anticipated
and bought Hanna Court to begin with, but it may be better for some of them then
some of the alternatives that could be in that Commercial General or PD Hospital
category. They can speak to that for themselves. Finally, there is tax revenue to be
had from development of residential, and a high density or a medium density or
whatever you call it, just as well as there is from other uses. We continue to permit
things in Trophy Club that are not great sources of tax revenue including churches
and so on. This is not one of those things. This is a source of revenue and it’s also a
source of residence, of people, who then become users of businesses and users of
residence, and good neighbors and all of that. I’m not promoting it I’m just saying we
have something real in front of us to respond to, and we ought to respond to that.
Commissioner Sadley: Is there a motion on the floor?
Chairman Senelly: Not yet
Commissioner Sadley: I’d like to make a motion that we deny the request.
Commissioner Sheridan: Second
Chairman Senelly: Any discussion?
Ms. Huggins: Do you want a chance to say something?
Aaron Ketchand: If possible
Chairman Senelly: Please
Aaron Ketchand: I appreciate the opportunity to just address a couple of the
comments that were made. I for one obviously can’t predict commercial transactions
in the future. I will say, and you are correct, commercial does take time and usually it
involves housetops being built around it first. We are buying this property from the
hospital user that passed up on this property to go build the Southlake hospital down
the street. I don’t know who would be interested down the road, but that is who we
are buying it from, and I don’t know how long it would take for somebody to become
interested in this property, but giving what’s being developed to our immediate south,
along our boundary, I don’t know how much value there would be on a tract like this
for medical office or hospital, so please keep that in mind. I did look at an aerial real
quick as it relates to the road, there is a decel lane off of Trophy Wood, so there is a
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transition in that median that would prevent another median break coming in north of
where we proposed. As for a product offering for over fifty-five, this is housing stock
for my parents. Yes, two stories aren’t the most appealing I guess to some over 55,
and it’s a little bit outside of the scope of the conversation for zoning, but most of
those master bedrooms and living areas are going to be downstairs which is
designed specifically for that buyer. We would be willing to continue the conversation
of materials. You referenced streetscape and what might be included whether it be
carriage garage doors and so on and so forth. We would be more than willing to
entertain continued conversations on those regards.
Chairman Senelly: Further discussion?
Commissioner Allen: I’d like to weigh in. I think that history and experience tells us
that this land for commercial development is what I’d call a pig in a poke. I think it’s a
nice piece of property, but it’s not going to be realistically developed in a commercial
manner that we are accustomed to here in Trophy Club. The only thing I can think of
that it might accommodate would be something like office suites. We’ve already got
office suites. You aren't going to put a dry cleaner up there, that’s for sure. I think
the use of the property acting as a buffer, as well as for Trophy Club in general from
the Holiday Inn hotel, makes a whole heck of a lot of sense. I think the issues that
have been raised can be worked out with the proposed developer and so forth, and
that I would stand to be in favor of allowing it to be developed as a residential area.
Chairman Senelly: We have a motion before us that has been seconded.
Commissioner Allen: Would you repeat the motion please?
Ms. Huggins: A motion to deny by Commissioner Sadley and seconded by
Commissioner Sheridan
Commissioner Allen: So a yes vote is not to accept the proposal
Ms. Huggins: A yes vote is to deny
Chairman Senelly: A yes vote would be to deny. All those in favor? 3 in favor -
Senelly, Vowell, Allen
Opposed? 4 opposed - Forest, Sheridan, Sadley, Reed
Ms Huggins: Now you need a motion to approve
Chairman Senelly: Okay, and so I move to approve the rezoning with the additional
requirements that we have already spoken to: for information that is related to
engineering, including the entrance, the flat world society drawings as well as the
section, is there anything else we’ve asked for?
Commissioner Allen: Buffering
Chairman Senelly: Addressing the issue of how you relate to the Hanna Court in
terms of buffering, acknowledgement of what trees you really intend to save.
Anything else?
Commissioner Allen: I second the motion
Chairman Senelly: There’s a second. Any discussion?
Commissioner Sadley: yes
Chairman Senelly: Go ahead, please
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Commissioner Sadley: If you amend to it the tree plan and everything else does that
mean if it’s presented and it’s not acceptable that we get to say that it’s not
acceptable? The vote for approval is now retracted?
Chairman Senelly: Not exactly. It means that we expect to see a developed concept
plan, plat and infrastructure plan that will address these issues. In our approval of it
we are merely stipulating that be part of the next submittal.
Ms. Huggins: So the zoning change will be as it’s shown in this document. Those
stipulations go to, as Chairman Senelly just stated, the next submittal. This does not
happen between now and when Council considers it. It would be when it comes back
to P&Z. There is not a site plan for residential; there is a plat and infrastructure.
Commissioner Reed: So by approving this we are removing the buffer. I thought
they said there was a ten foot buffer.
Chairman Senelly: I’m a little bit confused about this so called existing buffer. Can
we get some clarity on that?
Ms. Huggins: I’m not aware of a buffer.
Commissioner Sheridan: The current plat has a forty foot landscape buffer. The
Hanna Court properties have a 10-ft. tree preservation easement on their properties.
But according to this document, if approved, there would be zero buffer. I want to
bring up just one thing that the applicants indicated that he’s planning upon doing a
cut of eight feet; this document has a five foot back yard. Eight foot retaining walls
are not straight up and down; they do have a slant to them, even the engineered
ones.
Chairman Senelly: They can be if it’s all concrete, it can be straight up and down.
Commissioner Sheridan: Okay, but they’re not going to be able to lateral it. Are you
putting the house 5-ft. from the retaining wall or 5-ft. from the property line?
Chairman Senelly: Carolyn, do you have any information about the buffer?
Ms Huggins: I’m pulling up the existing plat. This is important to clarify. Aaron, are
you aware of anything on the plat that stated that?
Aaron Ketchand: I believe I remember seeing a setback buffer from the property line
to the proposed hospital. I think it was a based off the previous site plan with TC
hospital, who we’re buying it from, that it was a buffer to that building, but we’re not
building a hospital. But again, please confirm that. To answer your question as far
as the roof setback, that 5-ft. is for building pads. Each house will obviously be a little
different. Any slant or slope to our retaining wall will be all on our property. But those
are building pads we called out on our concept plan. Each footprint of each house
will be product specific, and there will be back porches and different things in the
backs of those houses.
Commissioner Sheridan: When you bring back the information we’re asking I would
want to know how many lots could handle a single story. Seventeen hundred square
foot is extremely small. On a 3,600 sq. ft. lot, the largest single story you are going to
get on there is 1,620 feet. There is a height requirement allowed of 40-ft. That's a
concern architecturally. Thirty-five feet would be more appropriate.
Ms. Huggins: I've pulled up the existing plat and there is a 40-ft. buffer easement
from the Hanna Ct. property line into this property. Also, part of that 40-ft. buffer
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easement is a 50-ft. easement for an old road that provided access to the water
tower before other arrangements were made. That 50-ft. easement has to be
abandoned, and that would be done by plat. The 40-ft. buffer easement would also
be removed when replatting for residential. There is not a 40-ft. buffer required for
this project. And, inf act, any other project that comes forward, commercial or
residential, they would have to replat that easement; that road easement has to go
away for any development.
Chairman Senelly: Thank you
Commissioner Reed: So there isn’t this 10-ft. tree preservation that we keep hearing
about.
Ms. Huggins: I’m sorry; I did mean to address that as well, if I may. That was part of
the platting for Hanna and Jamie Court. Back in ’95 when Hanna and Jamie Cts.
were created there were no drianage easements included on the plat for those
properties which have created problems for those homeowners ever since. As
recently as this year, we’ve had a couple of homeowners have issues with drainage
which were compounded by the fact that there are no drainage easements on their
properties. Drainage easements should have been required and centered on the
rear property lines. The PD-14 developer should have been required to contact and
work with the property owners to the south of PD-14 to create drainage easements.
That didn't happen and instead the PD-14 developer tried to create an alternative
easement by platting a 10-ft. tree easement solely on the Hanna and Jamie Court
properties, which created a burden for them. Some of them have absolutely no trees
whatsoever in that ten foot tree easement, and yet they can’t build anything in it.
They are minimum 5,600 sq. ft. lots. If they want to build a pool or something else,
they have a tree easement they have to deal with. That was a burden that the
developer put on those homeowners. And, they have no drainage easements on
their properties which creates a burden as well. We will make sure that that doesn’t
happen with this development.
Chairman Senelly: Carolyn, is it conceivable that since water currently passes over
the old roadway bed from Hanna Ct. and proceeds on down the hill through this
subject property that the development of this property may be able to alleviate that?
Ms. Huggins: Yes, the Town Engineer is going to work with this developer and the
Holiday Inn engineer to make sure that happens. One of the reasons you have not
seen The Villas development for PD-22 is we are dealing with drainage and sewer
issues. They are the last development in Hogan’s Glen. Everything around them has
been developed and so they are the catch all for a lot of problems.
Commissioner Reed: Including water
Ms. Huggins: Especially water and they have to deal with it. Their engineer has to
find a solution to those problems. The plat cannot be brought forward to you until
those are resolved. That’s one of the reasons you haven’t seen that yet, because we
are still working on resolving the water and sewer issues for that development.
Chairman Senelly: Are we to understand that the Town Engineer is looking at this
project as well?
Ms. Huggins: He is because of the Holiday Inn project to the south. Because there
is water that comes across this project and drains into the Holiday Inn property, it’s
very important that these two engineers talk to each other and work together to build
the infrastructure that is going to handle both projects.
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Commissioner Reed: Would you consider increasing the size of the lots and having
fewer homes in that area; maybe more one story than two stories? Would that be a
possibility?
Aaron Ketchand: At this point we are minimized out as far as the number of lots. At
this point I would have to say no to that question. These are going to be expensive
as it is, and we’re concerned about the price point that we are going to have to be
charging as it is, so every lot counts.
Commissioner Sheridan: My understanding that you’re going to go ahead and close
on this property assuming the zoning gets changed tonight, or whatever, you’re going
to go ahead and close. So if later on it becomes unfeasible because of some of
these issues or whatever, we’re stuck with this PD.
Chairman Senelly: We’re currently stuck with a PD
Commissioner Allen: Point of understand I think, as opposed to a point of order, we
are recommending to the City Council we’re not making a decision on this property.
Chairman Senelly: That’s right
Commissioner Allen: Okay, I just wanted to make sure that everybody still
understands our role.
Commissioner Sheridan: That’s right, we’re recommending, but if we were to turn it
down it still goes to Town Council and they can override it, but they have a super
majority requirement.
Ms. Huggins: Only if there is a unanimous denial by P&Z is a super majority vote by
Council required.
Ms. Huggins: Then they would need a super majority vote
Chairman Senelly: Alright folks, we have a motion on the table, and did we get a
second?
Commissioner Allen: Yes, I seconded
Ms. Huggins: It’s a motion to approve, and yes sir, Chairman you made the motion
and Commissioner Allen seconded the motion.
Chairman Senelly: Then I call for the vote. show of hands to approve.
3 approved - Senelly, Vowell, Allen
Deny?
4 deny - Forest, Sheridan, Sadley, Reed
Chairman Senelly: It does not pass.
Ms. Huggins: The Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to Council is
to approve, which did not pass.
Chairman Senelly: Thank you. Everybody understand that?
Commissioner Sheridan: Is that legitimate?
Chairman Senelly: Oh yes
Commissioner Sheridan: Alright
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A motion was made by Chairman Senelly, seconded by Commissioner Allen,
that this Agenda Item be Recommended for Approval to the Town Council.
The motion failed by the following vote.
Aye:Vice Chair Vowell, Chairman Senelly, and Commissioner Allen3 -
No:Commissioner Reed, Commissioner Forest, Commissioner Sadley, and
Commissioner Sheridan
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2013-426-T8.Staff liaison update of current and future items; questions and/or discussion.
Ms. Huggins: There is a seminar on Monday, July 29th
Chairman Senelly: Commissioners, do you see this on your table?
Ms. Huggins: and I have had response from three commissioners who are interested
in attending. If the rest of you are interested just let me know and I will get you
registered and the Town will pay for that registration.
There is a new plat that has been submitted, an amended plat of Neighborhood 7,
Phase 2G. You will see that next month. It’s simply a correction. There was a side
lot line that was shown on the plat as a sixteen foot side lot line adjacent to a street.
The correct side lot line should have been fifteen, instead of sixteen. So the
developer has submitted an amended plat, and after Staff review that will come to
you for a recommendation for approval or denial.
I don’t know if all of you are aware or not of something called CTY; which is the city
telephone message to residents. Several times, I don’t know how many times, not
very often, but throughout the year the Town will make a call to residents’ homes to
give them information about events or something going on in the town. For instance,
the July fourth holiday there was a CTY message, we call it CTY, that went out by
voice mail, by telephone to Trophy Club residents. And it’s a nice way to keep in
touch with what’s going on with certain events in the Town. So I would encourage
you to sign up for that if you haven’t already, and you can do that through the
website. You just go on the website and sign up and put in your phone number and
throughout the year you will get phone messages from out Public Information Officer,
April Reiling, and sometimes our Parks Director, Adam Adams. Those are usually
the two who give the information over the telephone.
Chairman Senelly: Is the CIA connected to that? Just a question.
Ms Huggins: It does make you wonder, doesn’t it?
Commissioner Allen: It’s possible we’re already signed up, right, if we are getting the
phone calls?
Ms Huggins: Yes. If you are getting those calls then you’re signed up. I know some
of you are not, so I wanted to mention it to make sure everyone was aware of that.
The Town has just opened up the applications are now available to apply for the
Planning and Zoning Commission or the Zoning Board of Adjustment, or any other
boards where there are openings. One this board, Planning and Zoning,
Commissioner Forest is up for reappointment. Commissioner Vowell and
Commissioner Reed, and so the three of you if you are interested in staying on the
Commission you would need to reapply. Sometime in August you will be making a
recommendation to Council as to who should stay on or be appointed as new if there
are any openings.
Just to quickly go through the existing projects:
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PD 27 The Highlands Isle of Turnbury . We talked about that with the plat that was
approved this evening, recommended for approval. That plat you should see next
month.
PD 22 The Villas is still under review; we have some drainage and water issues with
that; drainage, water and sanitary sewer issues with that project. The sanitary sewer
has to do with other developments around it, Canterbury Hills, specifically that is
being developed and a new lift station being brought in and constructed and installed
that must handle some of the sewer from The Villas. So the engineers have to show
that that infrastructure can handle the additional capacity. And they are still working
on that.
PD 25 By the Value Place Hotel, across the street for the Value Place to the west,
that one lot has been purchased by a local resident who wants to build an office
building there, and you should see that plat and site plan coming forward fairly soon.
The Village Center Medical Office Building with is the two and a half acre piece of
property across from Medlin Middle School, right off of Bobcat Boulevard. That is
undergoing its second review.
Neighborhood 7, Phase 3C, the final phase of Neighborhood 7 in the Highlands is
undergoing its second review and should be fairly close to being ready to be placed
on P&Z agenda.
And finally we have a Medlin Middle School replat and site plan that’s under review
because of the changes that are happening to PD 27, the Village Center Medial
Office Center; that two and a half acre site where they plan to put a medical office
building. Old Parkview Drive was abandoned by the Town and became part of the
NISD school site and also they have to replat and incorporate that into their property,
and also provide a site plan, a current site plan, because they have made changes
over the years to their Medlin Middle School site that didn’t come before P&Z and
Council. I don’t know why, but we did request that they did bring forward a site plan
with this replat when they replat the Parkview Drive abandonment. To also bring a
site plan forward also shows us what is out there, what’s actually built out there, what
does it look like, and so that we have a current, up to date site plan on file and
approved because there have been changes over the years, and I’m talking many
years not recent.
That’s all I have for the moment.
Chairman Senelly: Okay
Commissioner Sadley: Remember a long time ago we approved a gas station at the
Tom Thumb?
Ms. Huggins: Yes Sir
Commissioner Sadley: Did anything ever come of that?
Ms Huggins: They submitted it last week for site plan approval, I’m sorry not for site
plan approval, you guys already approved that. They submitted it last week for a
building permit, so it is undergoing building permit review which takes about three
weeks, and so you should see that be under construction in about two months I
would say, maximum if not sooner.
Chairman Senelly: A couple of things, as you care, we have been sealing with some
things all around what we call the back door to Trophy Club, Trophy Wood Drive. My
way of thinking it has really not gotten the attention it deserves, but we have two
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parcels remaining: one where an office building maybe proposed across from the
Value Place, and the other just downstream from the new Hampton. The strongest
entry feature we have is an overhead power line. I would just suggest as we go
forward, and we have an opportunity to require developers’ impedance to do things
that we do things and that we do that, and let’s get and entrance done there, because
it’s not going to happen after it’s all developed; we’re just going to end up with another
birdbath out there. Did I say that? I think you all know what I’m talking about.
Thank you all Carolyn and Commissioners for good work tonight. It’s not easy doing
this.
ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 9:26 p.m.
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Richard Senelly, Chairman
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Carolyn Huggins, Community Development Director
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Trophy Club, Texas 76262Trophy Club Entities
Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:12013-473-T Name:
Status:Type:Agenda Item Regular Session
File created:In control:8/4/2013 Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda:Final action:8/15/2013
Title:Discussion and Recommendation regarding a request for approval of an Amended Plat for
Neighborhood 7, Phase 2G (32.297 acres) located in The Highlands at Trophy Club. Applicant:
Peloton Land Solutions on behalf of High Trophy Development LLC
Attachments:Application.pdf
Staff Report - PZ 081513 - NH 7 Ph 2G.pdf
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Discussion and Recommendation regarding a request for approval of an Amended Plat for Neighborhood 7,
Phase 2G (32.297 acres) located in The Highlands at Trophy Club. Applicant: Peloton Land Solutions on
behalf of High Trophy Development LLC
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SUBJECT: Discussion and Recommendation regarding a request for
approval of an Amended Plat for Neighborhood 7, Phase 2G
(32.297 acres) located in The Highlands at Trophy Club.
Applicant: Peloton Land Solutions on behalf of High Trophy
Development LLC
REQUEST: Consider a recommendation of approval of an Amended Plat of
Neighborhood 7, Phase 2G, to correct a scrivener error of the side building line
adjacent to a side street on 14 lots:
Block Q, Lots 17, 18 and 30
Block R, Lots 1, 12, 13, and 21
Block S, Lots 1, 12, 13 and 21
Block T, Lot 1
Block V, Lots 1 and 16
and to add Note #6 as an Affidavit of Correction.
The plat was originally filed with side yard setbacks of 16-ft. adjacent to a side
street on 12 of the lots. The remaining two lots (Block R, Lots 12 and 13) were
originally approved and filed in Denton County with a 15-ft. side yard that was
mislabeled as 25-ft. Planned Development No. 27 allows for a minimum 15-ft.
side yard setback for lots adjacent to a side street.
In addition, Plat Note #6 has been added as an Affidavit of Correction to show
that Lots 20 through 40, Block L, exceed elevations of 572.
The applicant made scrivener errors and requests approval of an amended plat
to correct the errors.
LOCATION: This property is located on the north side of Trophy Park Drive
between Enfield Drive and Balmoral Drive.
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
August 15, 2013
Case No. AP-13-018
Amended Plat
The Highlands at Trophy Club
Neighborhood 7, Phase 2G
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ZONING: Planned Development District No. 27 (PD-27). According to the
approved development standards for this neighborhood, there will be a total of
223 single family lots. Of those lots, approximately 222 will be Lot Type 3 with
the remaining lot being Lot Type 1. The 114 single family residential lots on this
plat are Lot Type 3 lots.
LOT TYPE 3 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS :
Minimum Lot Size: 8,400 square feet
Front Yard: 25-ft.
Rear Yard: 20-ft.
Side Yard: 5-ft.
Side Yard Adjacent to Street: 15-ft.
Minimum Lot Depth: 110-ft.
Minimum Lot Width: 70-ft. measured at Front Build Line
Minimum Lot Width adjacent to street: 80-ft. measured at Front Build Line
Minimum House Size: 1,800 sq. ft.
HISTORY: A preliminary plat was approved for The Highlands at Trophy Club
Neighborhood 7 on December 18, 2006. The final plat of Neighborhood 7,
Phase 2G was approved by Council on June 4, 2012 and filed in Denton County
on September 28, 2012, document number 2012-223.
REVIEW: The plat was reviewed in accordance with the Town of Trophy Club
Subdivision Rules & Regulations for amended plats. The corrections are in
compliance with those regulations.
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend approval of amended plat for Neighborhood
7, Phase 2G.
Attachments:
Application
Final Plat, Neighborhood 7, Phase 2G Approved June 4, 2012 (hardcopy)
Amended Plat, Neighborhood 7, Phase 2G (hardcopy)
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 41 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, Texas 76262Trophy Club Entities
Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:12013-486-T Name:
Status:Type:Agenda Item Regular Session
File created:In control:8/12/2013 Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda:Final action:8/15/2013
Title:Discussion and recommendation regarding a request for approval of a Site Plan of Lot 2R-1, Block B,
Trophy Wood Business Center. Applicant: Mike Lease, Structures & Interiors on behalf of David L.
Crumpton (SP-13-022)
Attachments:Staff Report - PZ 081513 - Dr Crumpton Site Plan.pdf
Application.pdf
Concept Plan - PD25.pdf
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Discussion and recommendation regarding a request for approval of a Site Plan of Lot 2R-1, Block B, Trophy
Wood Business Center. Applicant: Mike Lease, Structures & Interiors on behalf of David L. Crumpton (SP-13
-022)
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 42 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
SUBJECT: Discussion and recommendation regarding a request for
approval of a Site Plan of Lot 2R-1, Block B, Trophy Wood
Business Center. Applicant: Mike Lease, Structures &
Interiors on behalf of David L. Crumpton (SP-13-022)
APPLICANT: Mike Lease
Structures & Interiors
1594 Hart St.
Southlake, TX 76092
OWNER: David L. Crumpton
300 Trophy Club Drive #300
Trophy Club, TX 76262
LOCATION: Northwest corner of Trophy Branch Drive and
State Highway 114
ADJACENT ZONING/EXISTING LAND USES:
North: Vacant Land (PD-25)/Plaza Drive
South: Roadway - State Highway 114/Town of Westlake
East: Roadway – Trophy Branch Drive/PD-25/Value Place
Hotel
West: Vacant Land (PD-25)
EXISTING CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY/FLOODPLAIN: This property is
currently vacant. It is surrounded on three (3) sides with existing roadways;
State Highway 114 to the south, Trophy Branch to the east and Plaza Drive to
the north. The property to the west is undeveloped and maintains the same
zoning that exists on the subject property.
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
August 15, 2013
Case No. SP-13-022
Site Plan
Lot 2R-1, Block B
Dr. Crumpton
Trophy Wood Business Center
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 43 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
There are numerous trees located on the property. There are no water courses
or floodplains associated with the property.
ZONING: The property is zoned Planned Development No. 25 (PD-25), with
mixed uses including retail uses, retail and hotel uses and office uses. The
property is shown within Tract 4 of the approved Concept Plan for PD-25.
The general purpose of PD-25 is to provide locations for local neighborhood
shopping and personal service needs of the surrounding area to accommodate
general retail shopping and to accommodate low intensity businesses or
professional offices that are designed and sited to be compatible with nearby
residential uses and which primarily provide services to residents of the
community.
PD Development Standards exist for any property developed within PD-25.
These standards include guidelines on uses, area building and site regulations,
parking and loading requirements, landscaping, building materials, lighting,
screening/fencing and signage.
Planned Structures
The applicant is proposing to construct a single one (1) story professional office
building for a total of approximately 5,990 square feet of multi-use lease space
proposed for medical and/or dental offices.
Setbacks
PD-25 has an approved Concept Plan as well as approved Final Plat which
provides the following setbacks:
Roadway Frontages: 30-feet
Side and Rear: 10-feet
Building line measurements adjacent to the roads are taken from the existing
thirty seven (37) foot Access Easement.
The plan complies with all setback requirements.
Area and Height Regulations
The Development Standards for PD-25 regulate area building and site
improvements. Building coverage shall not exceed sixty percent (60%) of the
site while maintaining a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the site for open
space. Impervious areas may not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the total site.
The proposed site plan provides approximate area coverage as follows: building
at 14%, open space at 41% and impervious area at 59%.
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Building heights for the site shall not exceed forty feet (40’) or two (2) stories in
height. Building height proposed for the Medical Office building is twenty six feet
and two inches (26’-2”).
Parking Requirements
Approximate square footage of the building is as follows:
Square Footage of Building – Medical Office: 5,990
Based on square footage and use, 45 parking spaces are required. The applicant
has provided 45 parking spaces, two (2) of which are handicap accessible
spaces, which meets the Town's regulations.
Photometrics Plan
The site plan package provides information on exterior lighting for the building
and the parking lot. General details for each of the three (3) light fixture types
has been provided as well as location of fixtures, elevations, lamp type, and
average illumination of each fixture.
While a signed and sealed Photometric Plan has not been provided, a
photometric exhibit has been included indicating minimal spread of light from
proposed fixtures. Foot candle limitations at adjacent property lines were less
than 0.1 foot candle. This appears to be in compliance with the Development
Standards and zoning ordinance.
Exterior lighting fixtures shall not exceed a maximum height of 25 feet. All
lighting shall direct light toward the ground and shall be shielded. Ornamental
street lighting shall have fixtures mounted on twelve (12) foot poles on two foot
concrete bases not to exceed fourteen (14) feet in height.
The plan appears to comply.
Landscape Plan
The Development Standards for PD-25 include the landscape regulations for this
tract. Planting surrounding the building has been provided as well as providing
screening for the Dumpster Enclosure and adjacent neighboring property.
A minimum landscape setback of ten (10) feet is provided adjacent to the private
streets, Trophy Branch and Plaza Drive, as required by the approved Concept
Plan. Additional landscaped areas have been provided to surround and protect
the trees maintained through the tree mitigation process.
Additional requirements regarding plant placement and setbacks have been
provided. The Development Standards require that the front setback areas
contain landscaping to screen the parking areas. With the exception of the
parking entry or open lawn areas, all screening is proposed to include shrub rows
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and trees. Shrubs will be aligned between the trees to provide a screen of a
minimum of three (3) feet in height adjacent to the parking areas.
The applicant’s landscape plan appears to meet the minimum Town
requirements.
Tree Mitigation
This property contains many of the original growth hardwood trees that exist in
this area of northeast Texas. A combination of blackjack and post oaks, as well
as cedar elms account for a total of 769 caliper inches of overall tree width
located on the property. Of the 769 caliper inches, 494 inches require mitigation
and the landscape plan accommodates 150” leaving 344” for mitigation. The
Tree Preservation Plan indicates which trees are to be removed or maintained.
The Tree Replacement Details provided on the plan indicate the total of 344” to
be mitigated at $150 per inch to pay into the tree fund for a total of $51,600 due
prior to issuance of a building permit.
Chapter 13 – Subdivision Rules and Regulations
Article VIII – Tree Preservation and Removal
Section 8.08 Tree Removal and Replacement
“At the discretion of the Town Manager or his designee, monetary
compensation may be paid to the Town instead of providing the
replacement trees as required by this Chapter. Any such payments
shall be deposited in a special account or fund and used by the Town
to provide and/or support supplemental landscape plantings in public
areas of the Town or to support the administration and enforcement of
the Town’s tree preservation regulations. A per-caliper-inch cash value
for replacement trees shall be set annually by the Town Council after
review and recommendation by the Tree Board. The Town Manager or
his designee shall maintain a record of the current per-caliper-inch
cash value of replacement trees.”
The Landscape and Mitigation Plans, as proposed, comply with Town
regulations.
Building Elevations
Building elevations have been provided as required. These elevations provide
details on materials, signage and lighting.
The Development Standards regulate building materials and require all main and
accessory buildings and structures to be of exterior fire resistant construction
having one hundred (100) percent of the total exterior walls, excluding doors,
windows and porches, constructed of brick or stone including the area above the
first floor ceiling plate line. The applicant's plans call for a combination of
manufactured stone, brick and stucco. These materials, as proposed, meet the
Town's masonry requirements.
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Ingress/Egress
Primary access to the proposed project will be from a single driveway located on
Trophy Branch. Access to State Highway 114 is not allowed.
No Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) was required for the proposed project.
Sight Line Study
A sight line study (Sheet A3.3) is included as required by the PD-25 development
standards.
Development Schedule
A development schedule has been provided as an insert to the plans.
Sign Criteria
Specific sign criteria sheets have not been included with the site plan package
other than to show signage on the building elevation sheets. The applicant is
requesting larger signage on the building that is typically allowed as there is not
room on the site for a monument sign. This will require a recommendation of
approval or denial by the Planning and Zoning Commission to the Town Council.
OUTSTANDING ITEMS: The following engineering plan comments are
outstanding and shall be addressed prior to Council consideration of the Site
Plan package.
Landscape/Irrigation Plans
Sheet L2
1. Reference the Utility Plan – C1.03, adjust the tree locations so that they are
not planted on top of the existing public utilities.
2. Provide a note on the plans that “Contractor shall locate all public utilities prior
to installation of trees and landscaping.”
Sheet I1
1. The proposed irrigation layout shows irrigation heads along the state right-of-
way with no coverage within the grassed area of the right-of-way. We concur
with this approach. It is recommended that adjustments be made to the
proposed irrigation system to allow for some irrigation coverage along the
grassed area of the right-of-way.
Site Photometric Plan
Provide a signed/sealed photometric plan.
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STAFF FINDINGS: The applicant is requesting overall site plan approval for a
single-phase project. The development proposed by the applicant is appropriate
for the PD-25 zoning district.
Staff and the Town Engineer have three (3) reviews of the Site Plan submittal.
While several issues remain outstanding, they are minor and can be provided
prior to Council consideration of this request. .
SUGGESTED MOTION: Recommendation of approval to the Town Council of
the Site Plan for Dr. Crumpton’s building with the stipulation that the signage be
approved/denied and that the outstanding comments be met prior to Council
consideration of this item on September 3, 2013.
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Attachments: Application
24x36 Site Plan Package (hardcopy only)
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 48 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
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Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, Texas 76262Trophy Club Entities
Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:12013-487-T Name:
Status:Type:Agenda Item Regular Session
File created:In control:8/12/2013 Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda:Final action:8/15/2013
Title:Pursuant to Texas Government Code, Annotated, Subchapter 551, the Planning and Zoning
Commission will convene into closed Executive Session as authorized by Section 551.074 to
deliberate the appointment, employment evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a
public officer or employee:
1. Appointment of vacant positions for the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Pursuant to Texas Government Code, Annotated, Subchapter 551, the Planning and Zoning Commission
will convene into closed Executive Session as authorized by Section 551.074 to deliberate the
appointment, employment evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or
employee:
1. Appointment of vacant positions for the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 51 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, Texas 76262Trophy Club Entities
Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:12013-474-T Name:
Status:Type:Agenda Item Regular Session
File created:In control:8/6/2013 Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda:Final action:8/15/2013
Title:Discussion and recommendation to Town Council for appointments/reappointments to Planning and
Zoning Commission. Commission members terms expiring: Dale Forest, Larry Vowell and Garrett
Reed.
Attachments:Applications.pdf
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Discussion and recommendation to Town Council for appointments/reappointments to Planning and
Zoning Commission. Commission members terms expiring: Dale Forest, Larry Vowell and Garrett Reed.
Applicants:
Charles "Adam" Broyles (Supplemental Application was not submitted)
Brent Card
Garrett Reed (Supplemental Application was not submitted)
Jared King
Larry Vowell
Three terms expire on September 30, 2013:
Commissioner Dale Forest - appointed October 2007
Commissioner Garrett Reed - appointed April 2013
Vice Chair Larry Vowell - appointed April 2013
Commissioner Forest is not applying for reappointment.
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Town of Trophy Club
BOARD and COMMISSION APPLICATION
Please check the appropriate Board, Commission, or Advisory Groups(s)
o Americans Supporting America 0 Ethics Commission
o Citizen Financial Advisory Board 0 Keep Trophy Club Beautiful Sub-Committee
o Crime Control and Prevention District 0 Parks and Recreation Board
o Economic Development Corporation 4A )I( Planning and Zoning Commission **
o Economic Development Corporation 4B 0 Zoning Board of Adjustment
** Additional Application Form Required
We strongly encourage that a brief resume be submitted along with the application.
Name: E-mail:
Address:
How Long?* / '/..,=---Phone (Home):
----""'~'___I,_.......
Cell Phone:
Registered Voter? ~ Certificate Number:
Occupation, Experience/Degrees Held?
Why do you want to serve on this group?
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Do you have any related experience? _~"""""",,-_~~..!....:..:."""",,"-------.!::(),,-,V'-c....:....---leL.....:a>L-,-Z<----,-N_~_....J____________
What do you feel you have to offer this group?
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TEXAS OPEN RECORDS ACT
Notice to Applicants: Once submitted, information contained in and included with this application is considered public record and
must be released if a request is made. According to Govemment Code Section 552.024 each employee or official of a govemmental
body and each former employee and official of a govemmental body shall choose whether to allow public access to the information
in the custody of the govemmental body that relates to the person's home address, home telephone number, and e-mail address.
Each employee and official and each former employee and official shall state their choice to the Town Secretary's office.
Please indicate with an X your decisions.
ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS
Home Address Yes ~ No
Home Phone Number Yes V"" No
Yes ............-No
Yes ~ No
Official Name (Please Print)
Received by:
*Applicant Requirement for Boards or Commissions
Applicants for boards or commissions must be registered voters and residents for six months. Board and commission members must be
Trophy Club residents for at least six months as well as registered voters prior to their appointment. With the exception of the Planning
and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Economic Development Boards, based upon good cause shown, Council
may waive the voter registration requirement for a person appointed to a Board, Commission, or Citizen Advisory Group that does not
make recommendations for Council approval. The technical expertise of applicants may be a consideration in gaining appointment.
Cell Phone Number
il Address
r IDate Submitted
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 53 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
Home Address Yes No ~X=-=--_
Yes No ~X=-=--_
Yes X No ___
ail Address Yes X No Trophy Club E-mail
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Home Phone Number
Cell Phone Number
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Town of Trophy Club
BOARD and COMMISSION APPLICATION
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Please check the appropriate Board, Commission, or Advisory Groups(s)
Americans Supporting America LJ Ethics Commission
Citizen Financial Advisory Board LJ Keep Trophy Club Beautiful Sub-Committee
Crime Control and Prevention District LJ Parks and Recreation Board
Economic Development Corporation 4A V' Planning and Zoning Commission
Economic Development Corporation 4B LJ Zoning Board of Adjustment
** Additional Application Form Required
We strongly encourage that a brief resume be submitted alona with the aDDlication.
Name: Larry Vowell E-mail: labvowel1@att.net
Address: 2804 Sheffield Drive
How Long?* 1 % years Phone (Home): 723 ' --(Work):
Cell Phone:
Registered Voter? [i] Yes DNo Certificate Number: ,01 7 }lk (, 3lf ~
Occupation, Experience/Degrees Held? Retired; Part Time Consultant ~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------
Why do you want to serve on this group? I am interested in the growth of our town and want Trophy Club
to be a place that people will want to live in
Do you have any potential conflicts of interest? __N:...:.::,o_________________________________________________________________________________
Do you have any related experience? Currently on the Trophy Club P & Z; 5 years on Woodway (Waco)
P & Z Commission
What do you feel you have to offer this group? Five years experience on P &Z; Experience in large
building projects; ability to work with people to find solutions to problems
TEXAS OPEN RECORDS ACT
Notice to Applicants: Once submitted. information contained in and included with this application is considered public record and
must be released if a request is made. According to Govemment Code Section 552.024 each employee or official of a govemmental
body and each former employee and official of a govemmental body shall choose whether to allow public access to the information
in the custody of the govemmental body that relates to the person's home address, home telephone number, and e-mail address.
Each employee and official and each former employee and official shall state their choice to the Town Secretary's office.
Please indicate with an X your decisions.
ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS
Official Name (Please Print)
Received by:
*Applicant Requirement for Boards or Commissions
Applicants for boards or commissions must be registered voters and residents for six months. Board and commission members must be
Trophy Club residents for at least six months as well as registered voters prior to their appointment. With the exception of the Planning
and Zoning Commission. Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Economic Development Boards. based upon good cause shown. Council
may waive the voter registration requirement for a person appointed to a-Board. Commission, or Citizen AdviSOry Group that does not
make recommendations for Council approval. The technical expertise of applicants may be a consideration in gaining appOintment.
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 54 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
Planning and Zoning Commission Supplemental Application
i~ame: Lttr~ Vowel (
Please fill out the following supplemental application and retum to the Town Secretary, along with the Committee
Application.
In order to understand and contribute to issues faced by the Planning and Zoning Commission, members must
have a background knowledge of the govemlng Town Ordinances and some corollary experience. The following
questions are designed to help us identify skills that will be of benefit to the Commission. Please note proficiency
in all of the areas is not required.
1) Please rank your proficiency in the following areas by placing a check mark in the column that best describes
your experience level.
No Somewhat Moderately Very
Experience Proficient Proficient Proficient Ex~ert
Familiarity with Town " /
Ordinances: '\1'/ ..L
Comprehensive Zoning vi'Ordinance
Comprehensive Land Use ~Plan I
Subdivision Regulations -¥ /
Sign Ordinance V/
Fence Ordinance v'/
Pathway Study 1L
Parkland Dedication -11' I
Residential &Commercial ~Planning
Map &Plat Interpretation l
Architectural Drawing ". v:Interpretation " Project Evaluation -. -~
Ordinance Development
(Writing &Content) v'
Ordinance Interpretation ·f(Writing &Content)
Planned Development (Ordinance Interpretation
(Writing &Content)
Once submitted. the information contained in this application is considered
public record, and must be released to the public if request is made. Planning and Zoning Commission Page 55 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
LARRY K. VOWELL
Family
Wife: Brenda Colyer Vowell
Children: Laura Lavender (Married to Greg Lavender)
Julie Vowell (Married to Doug Adkins)
Grandchildren: Garrison, Graham & Alaina Lavender; Sterling & Rowen Adkins
Education
• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas-M.A.
• Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas-B.A.
Employment
• Retired; Part-Time Church Strategist, Texas Baptists Convention
• Team Leader for 9 strategists in Texas
• Director/Church Strengthening, Collin Baptist Association (110 churches)
• First Baptist Church, Grapevine, Texas
Church grew from 700 to 950 in attendance.
• Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, Waco, Texas
Church grew from 1000 to 1500 in attendance
• Mobberly Baptist Church, Longview, Texas
Church grew from 500 to 700 in attendance.
• Waco Baptist Association, Waco, Texas
Worked with 80 churches in McLennan County
• Northway Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas
Church grew from 350 to 800 in attendance.
Denominational Responsibilities
• President-Metropolitan Association Religious Education Directors
• Certified Coach-Coaching 4 Clergy
• Life Member-Southern Baptist Religious Education Association (BACE)
• Chairman-Metropolitan Religious Education Association
• Team Leader-Texas Baptists Association Sunday School Conventions
• President, Texas Baptist Ministers of Education Association
• Moderator-Waco Baptist Association and Gregg Baptist Association
• Conference Leader-Lifeway, Texas Baptists Convention, Southern Baptists of Texas
Convention, Glorieta, Ridgecrest, Green Lake, local churches and associations
• Writer of numerous articles for Southern Baptist and Texas Baptists publications
and have written some Bible Study lessons for churches served
Other Leadership Responsibilities
• Consultant for church growth, church space studies, church administration, capital
fund raising, Sunday School
• Guest lecturer at Baylor University, Southwestern and Golden Gate Seminaries,
Dallas Baptist University
• President -National Dr Peppers Collectors Club 1996-98
• Dr Pepper Museum Board of Directors, Waco TX 1992-97
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 56 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
Town of Trophy Club
BOARD and COMMISSION APPLICATION
Please check: the appropriate Board. Commission, or Advisory Groups(s)
Q CItizen Financial Advisory Board Q Ethics Commission
[J Crime Control and Prevention District CJ Parks and Recreation Board
CJ Economic Development Corporation 46 fii{ Planning and zoning commission ..
Q Zoning Board of Adjustment
*. Additional Application Fonn Required
We strongly encourage that a brief resume be submitted along with the application.
Name: Jared King E-mail: JKingTexas@gmail.com
Address: 106 Panorama CT
How Long?* __3.:...yr_s____ Phone (HOme): 682-237-7498 (WOrk):
Cell Phone: £ &
Registered Voter? ill Yes DNo Certificate Number: ....=!lQ.bi5~2~54:t::4t=!5""'16~___________
Occupation, ExperiencelDegrees Held? Portfolio Specialist I Financial Services I B.S.B.A Finance I U. of AR
Why do YOLI want to serve on this group? I love Trophy Club and I believe that it is important for the
commission to have a new perspective. I would be that new voice.
Do you have any potential conflicts of interest? __~_____________________
Do you have any related experience? __N!..!.><o__________________________
what do you feel you have to offer 1nis group? What r have to offer is my attitude for excellence.
I have a career that requires no travel so I'm comitted to attend all meetings.
TEXAS OPEN RECORDS ACT
Notice to Applicants: Once sUbmitted. information contained in and included with this application Is considered public record and
must be released if a request Is made. According to Government Code Section 552.024 each employee or official of a govemmental
body and each former employee and official of a governmental body shall choose Whether to allow public access to the information
in the custody of the governmental bOdy that relates to the person's home address, home telephone number, and e-mail address.
Each employee and official and each former employee and ()fflCial shall state their choice to the Town Secretary's office.
Please indIcate with an X your decisions.
Home Address
Home Phone Number
Cell Phone Number
ail Address
Official Name (PIe e Print)
Date Submmed Received by:
"Applicant Requirement for Boards or Commissions
Applicants tor boards or commissions must be registered voters and residents for six months. Board and commiSsion members must be
Trophy Club residents for at least six months as well as registered voters prior to their appointment With the exception of the Planning
and ZOning Commission, ZOning Board of ,f\djustment and the Economic DevelOpment Boards. based upon good cause shO\\I1. council.
may waive the voter registration requirement for a person appointed to a Board, commission, or CitIzen Advisory Group that does not
make recommendations for CounCil approval. The technical exPertise of applicants may be a consideraUon In gaining appointment
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 57 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
Planning and Zoning Commission Supplemental Application .
Name: MYM ,J::://Z-qv
Please fill out the following supplemental application and return to the Town Secretary, along with the Committee
Application.
In order to understand and contribute to issues faced by the Planning and Zoning Commission, members must
have a background knowledge of the governing Town Ordinances and some corollary experience. The following
questions are designed to help us identify skills that will be of benefit to the Commission. Please note proficiency
in all of the areas is not required.
1) Please rank your proficiency in the following areas by placing a check mark in the column that best describes
your experience level.
No
Experience
Somewhat
Proficient
Moderately
Proficient
Very
Proficient Expert
Familiarity with Town
Ordinances: ;r
Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance )L
Comprehensive Land Use
Plan )6
Subdivision ReQulations X-
Sign Ordinance X
Fence Ordinance X
Pathway Study )6
Parkland Dedication .x::
Residential & Commercial
Planning X
Map & Plat Interpretation ¥
Architectural Drawing
Interpretation y
Project Evaluation 0
Ordinance Development
(Writing & Content) X
Ordinance Interpretation
(Writing & Content) .xt
Planned Development
Ordinance Interpretation
(Writing & Content) »
2) Please tell us about your other community programs or committees that you have been involved with.
V//!
3) Please tell us about applicable experience or certifications ~ou have relevant to Planning & Zoning.
Once submitted, the information contained in this application is considered
public record, and must be released to the public if request is made.
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 58 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
106 PANORAMA CT
TROPHY CLUB, TX 76262
Jared King
Experience
Portfolio Specialist (PAS) Fidelity Investments Westlake, TX
February 2011 • Present
• Serving as a relationship officer for a book of clients that utilities Fidelity's discretionary money management service~
to achieve long term financial success
• Excellence In Action Award Q3 2012
Client Service Associate (PAS) Fidelity Investments Westlake, TX
June 2008-January 2011
• Supporting Senior Portfolio SpecialistsiP AS Investment Consultants productivity by assisting in service, maintenance
and research items
• Working with clients directly to schedule "Annual Strategic Review" between the SPS and branch SAB
• Assisting SPSs with out-of-office activities such as responding to email correspondence, client voicemails and trading
submissions for PPSIFPP accounts
CMR Representative (PAS)
November 2007. May 2008
Fidelity Investments Westlake, TX
RSR Rep. 1 & n HNW Unstitntionall
Dec 2003 -October 2007
Fidelity Investments Westlake, TX
• Served as a high net worth representative in assisting clients with planning
Individttal Acltiever Award
Individual AcI,/ever Award/Multimillionaire Club
ServicelTradinglRet Rep. (Retail) Fidelity Investments Dallas-Westlake. TX
July 2000-November 2003
• 1001 Presidential Circle Willner
Transfer ofAssets Rep. (Retail) Fidelity Investments Las Colinas, TX
January 1999-July 1999 (College Intern)
Education
Feb 2005-2007 University of DaUas Irving, TX
• Completed the MBA classes to sit fQr the CFP exam
• Series 7, Series 66 , Series 63
August 1996-2000 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
• B.S.B.A. in Financial Management at the Sam Walton College of Business
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 59 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
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Town of Trophy Club
BOARD and COMMISSION APPLICATION
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Please check the appropriate Board, Commission, or Advisory Groups(s)
Citizen Financial Advisory Board 0 Ethics Commission
Crime Control and Prevention District 0 Parks and Recreation Board
Economic Development Corporation 4B ~Planning and Zoning Commission **
o Zoning Board of Adjustment
** Additional Application Form Required
We strong/~encouragJJ that a brief resume be submitted along with the application.
Name: E-mail:
Address:
How Long?* ,,: ::5 ~e.eec.." Phone (Home):
t/ Cell Phone:
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Registered Voter? ~s 0 No Certificate Number:
Occupation, Experience/Degrees Held? 6':f 6U:i4L2'7 4L.,..,'a .... Uz(~,~ /;;"J4~/t?~,.j
t7 ~~"1.
Why do you want to serve on this group? --r ,...-'12\.... ...,.. -te h$ /'0 any hL1:Jf f?ob/& U/
-tv VVl..dce 5Wt3 /0& ko/ 77.. q :J ~I/.ah...c '" rn ..-Q. //h_ e.. \1
What do you feel you have to offer this group? P'&kP4 ...~ 4<,,1 "" Jf;';,'/-e
her' 7/01'1/ ciab qjVC#/I(;,?e £c ~,1.'£ $ I/.-TO
TEXAS OPEN RECORDS ACT
Notice to Applicants: Once submitted, Infonnation contained in and Included with this application is considered public record and
,must be released if a request is made. According to Government Code Section 552.024 each employee or official of a govemmental
body and each fonner employee and official of a govemmental body shall choose whether to allow public access to the lnfonnation
in the custody of the govemmental body that relates to the person's home address, home telephone number, and e-mail address.
Each employee and official and each fonner employee and official shall state their choice to the Town Secretary's office.
Please indicate with an X your decisions.
Home Address
Home Phone Number
Cell Phone Number
E-mail Address
Official Name (Please Print)'"
Received by:
*Applicant Requirement for Boards or Commissions
Applicants for boards or commissions must be registered voters and residents for six months. Board and commission members must be
Trophy Club residents for at least six months as well as registered voters prior to their appOintment. With the exception of the Planning
and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Economic Development Boards, based upon good cause shown, Council
may waive the voter registration requirement for a person appointed to a Board, Commission, or Citizen Advisory Group that does not
make recommendations for Council approval. The technical expertise of applicants may be a consideration in gaining appointment.
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 60 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
Town of Trophy Club
BOARD and COMMISSION APPLICATION
Please check the appropriate Board, Commission, or Advisory Groups(s)
a Americans Supporting America a Ethics Commission a Citizen Financial Advisory Board a Keep Trophy Club Beautiful Sub-Committee
a Crime Control and Prevention District a Parks and Recreation Board a Economic Development Corporation 4A Ii Planning and Zoning Commission .,.
a Economic Development Corporation 4B a Zoning Board of Adjustment
•• Additional Application Form Required
We strongly encourage that a brief resume be submitted along with the application.
Name: Brent Card E-mail:
Address: ~__________________________
How Long?· 2.5 years Phone (Home): (Work):
Cell Phone:
Registered Voter? GJ Yes oNo Certificate Number:
Occupation. Experience/Degrees Held? Senior Portfolio Manager, Masters of Science. Real Estate
Why do you want to serve on this group? To have a say In the direction of my town in a way that fits my skills and
experience best.
Do you have any potential conflicts of interest? _N;..;,o=--___________________
Do you have any related experience? Have been a pari of many planning board meetings and assisted with Whitefish
and KarlSpel., MT growth policies Jmaster plans.
What do you feel you have to offer this group? I can offer this group 13 years in the real estate profession and
experience from different sides of real estate planning and developing.
TEXAS OPEN RECORDS ACT
NoUc. to Applicants: Once submitted, information contained in and included with this application is considered public record and
must be released if a request is made. According to Govemment Code Section 552.02<4 each employee or offiaal of a govemmental
body and each fonner employee and official of a govemmental body shall choose whether to allow public access to the infonnallon
in the custody of the governmental body that relates to the person's home address, home telephone number, and e-mail address.
Each employee and official and each fonner employee and offICial shall state their choice to the Town Secretary's office.
Pleu. indicate with an X your decisions.
ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS
Home Address Yes No xYes __ No "';;x"'--Home Phone Number
Cell Phone Number Yes No x
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Yes No ...:x~_./ )Jt.-~ddress Brent Card
Official Signature Official Name (Please Print)
Date Submitted Received by:
• Applicant Requirement for Boards or CommiSSions
Applicants for boardl or commissions must be rtgisleted ...oters and r"idents for six months. Soald and commission members mutt be Trophy Club
residents for al leasl sill months as well .a regiatered voters priof to their appointment. Wtlh the exception of th. Planning and ZOning Commission,
Zoning Board of AdJuslmllnt and the Economic De....lopmenl Boards, based upon good cause shown. Council may waive the voter registration
requlrem.nt for a person appolnted to a Boald. Commission. or Citizen Advisory Group that does not mak& recommendations for Council appro...al. The
technk:al expertise of applicants may be a consideration in gaining appointment.
Last Revision: October 26. 2012
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 61 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
Planning and Zoning Commission Supplemental Application
Name: Brent Card
Please fill out the following supplemental application and retum to the Town Secretary. along with the Committee
Application.
In order to understand and contribute to issues faced by the Planning and Zoning Commission, members must
have a background knowledge of the goveming Town Ordinances and some corollary experience. The following
questions are designed to help us Identify skills that will be of benefit to the Commission. Please note prOficiency
in all of the areas is not required.
1) Please rank your profiCiency In the following areas by placing a check mark in the column that best describes
your experience level.
I No Somewhat Moderately Very
Exoerience Proficient Proficient Proficient Expert
Familiarity with Town XOrdinances:
I Comprehensive Zoning XOrdinance
Comprehensive Land Use XPlan
Subdivision Regulations Y
Sign Ordinance Y
Fence Ordinance y
Pathway Study y
Parkland Dedication y
Residential &Commercial XPlanning
Map &Plat Interpretation V
Architectural Drawing XInterpretation
Project Evaluation X
Ordinance Development
(Writing & Content) X
Ordinance Interpretation X(Writing & Content)
Planned Development
Ordinance Interpretation X
(Writing & Content)
2) Please tell us about your other community programs or committees that you have been Involved with.
I was a member of the temporary CCPD from December 2012 to March 2013. We constructed an initial budget and
recommended the town adopt a permanent CCPD board funded with sales tax dollars to further enhance crime
prevention in Trophy Club.
3) Please tell us about applicable experience or certificetions you have relevant to Planning & Zoning.
I have been a developer/builder in Whitefish. Montana and have taken three projects of various sizes and zoning from
raw land to zoning changes to infrastructure and dispoSition. I was the first developer in Whitefish to incorporate
workforce housing into a condominium project I developed with no incentive from the town. I have completed my
Masters degree in Real Estate from Univ of Texas. Arlington with a 4.0 GPA. Member of the winning UfA team for the
2013 NAIOP Real Estate Shootout in which we master planned the redevelopment for the Valley Center Mall in N Dallas.
Once submitted. the information contained in this application is considered
public record, and must be released to the public If request Is made.
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 62 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, Texas 76262Trophy Club Entities
Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:12013-471-T Name:
Status:Type:Agenda Item Regular Session
File created:In control:8/4/2013 Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda:Final action:8/15/2013
Title:Chairman Senelly discussion and summary of the 20th Annual Elected and Appointed Officials
Planning Workshop held on Monday, July 29, 2013, in Hurst, Texas, and attended by Chairman
Senelly and Commissioner Allen.
Attachments:2013 - TX APA MW Workshop.pdf
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Chairman Senelly discussion and summary of the 20th Annual Elected and Appointed Officials Planning
Workshop held on Monday, July 29, 2013, in Hurst, Texas, and attended by Chairman Senelly and
Commissioner Allen.
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 63 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 64 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, Texas 76262Trophy Club Entities
Legislation Details (With Text)
File #: Version:12013-472-T Name:
Status:Type:Agenda Item Regular Session
File created:In control:8/4/2013 Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda:Final action:8/15/2013
Title:Staff Liaison update: (1) Council action on August 5 of Veranda Avenue Final Plat; (2) Zoning
Change Request for Trophy Wood Commercial Center; (3) Zoning Change Request for Hillside
Pointe; (4) Discussion of future agenda items.
Attachments:
Action ByDate Action ResultVer.
Staff Liaison update: (1) Council action on August 5 of Veranda Avenue Final Plat; (2) Zoning Change
Request for Trophy Wood Commercial Center; (3) Zoning Change Request for Hillside Pointe; (4)
Discussion of future agenda items.
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 65 of 65 Meeting Date: August 15, 2013