May 12, 2025 Planning and Zoning

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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MAY 12TH, 2025

[1. Call to order.]

[3. Request for a zoning change from SF-13 to a PD Planned Development (Educational Facility) by Brian Nelson, Applicant, representing Life School of Dallas, Owner, for review and (Approval, Approval with Conditions, Denial, or Table) on Keystone Place, Block 1, Lots 1, ACS 6.005, more commonly known as 1600 South Cockrell Hill Road and Nel A Ayers, Abstract 11, Tract 9, ACS 99.265, more commonly known as 1000 East Danieldale Road, in the City of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas.]

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS BRENNAN KANE. I'M A LEAD PLANNER WITH OLSON SERVING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THIS EVENING AS A STAFF MEMBER TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS APPLICATION THIS EVENING, YOU WILL HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM MYSELF THIS EVENING GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERALL APPLICATION THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM WALTER P MOORE THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THEY WERE CONTRACTED IN INDEPENDENTLY TO PROVIDE SOME INDEPENDENT REVIEW FOR THE APPLICATION. WE WILL OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATION AT THAT TIME BETWEEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF MEMBERS. IF THERE ARE ANY CLARIFICATIONS YOU ARE SEEKING FROM OUR PRESENTATIONS, WE WILL THEN ALLOW THE APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. AND AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR PRESENTATION, THEY'LL BE ALLOWED OR YOU'LL BE ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATION CLARIFYING QUESTIONS TO THEM BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH AT THAT TIME, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT IS HERE THIS EVENING WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, HAVE TWO MINUTES AND VOICE THEIR OPINION OR THEIR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE'LL GET STARTED HERE. AS MENTIONED, WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPLICATION 20 2413. AND IT'S A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM SF 13 TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. AGAIN, THIS IS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD. AND ALSO DANIEL DALE ROAD AS WELL. THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO DEVELOP AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY FOR A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WOULD INCLUDE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, ASSOCIATED PARKING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, ALONG WITH ATHLETIC FACILITIES INCLUDING A NEW STADIUM AS WELL. ACCORDING TO SECTION 3.03 OF THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE SF 13 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. HOWEVER, A PLANNED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WAS DETERMINED AS A BETTER OPTION FOR PATH MOVING FORWARD DUE TO SOME INDEPENDENT REVIEWS THAT WERE DONE AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS IN CONCERT. MOVING UP TO THE APPLICATION THIS EVENING, WE WILL GET INTO THAT. SO AS I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING FOR A CHANGE IN THE ZONING FROM SF 13 TO A PD. YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW HAS THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS LOW DENSITY, LOW DENSITY

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MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ADDITIONAL PARKING WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE AS NEEDED. ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE REASON WHY APPLYING FOR THE PD IN LIEU OF THE CEP WAS THAT IT WOULD, WITH THE TWO DIFFERENT CAMPUSES COMING IN, OR TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS COMING IN AT DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICATION INCLUDED BOTH OF THOSE AT THIS TIME FOR AS OF RIGHT USE AS PART OF THE PD PROCESS. OVERALL, AGAIN, 355,000FT■!S OF NEW BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY, A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 36FT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE SITE FOR THE SCHOOL AS WELL, THERE IS STADIUM LIGHTING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE FUTURE FOOTBALL FACILITY AS WELL. AND AGAIN, WE'LL LET THE APPLICANT TALK ABOUT THOSE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICALLY, BUT THEY ARE LIMITING TO NO SPILLOVER TO THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES WITH THEIR PROPOSED LOCATION AS WELL.

THERE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED PARKING RATIOS THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE CONFIRMED WITH OUR CONSULTANT, WALTER P MOORE, THAT THERE IS AMPLE PARKING PROVIDED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE OF THE APPLICANT IN THIS PROJECT AS WELL, BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE APPLICATION, BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE TREE CANOPY THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE NATURAL CHARACTER THAT IS THERE, THEY ARE TRYING TO RETAIN AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LANDSCAPING, IF THIS WAS JUST A STRAIGHT APPLICATION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER. AND

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THERE WAS A IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY THAT WE WOULD NOTIFY EVERYONE WITHIN 1000FT OF THE PROPERTY. TO DATE, AS OF 4 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAVE RECEIVED 14 NOTICES COMING BACK THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THE OF THE PROJECT. WE HAVE RECEIVED 104 RESPONSES THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, AND WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED TWO THAT ARE IN EITHER IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION. I BELIEVE THEY WANT TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS EVENING, BUT THAT IS AS OF 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON THAT WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE LETTER. WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SO JUST BEING VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT PAST THE 4 P.M. NOTIFICATION THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE PUBLIC PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PUBLIC COMMENTARY THIS EVENING AS WELL. SO WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT WE DO NEED TO TABULATE AND INCORPORATE INTO OUR OUR SUMMARY FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, BEING VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. AND JUST BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO WALTER P MOORE FOR THIS APPLICATION, THERE ARE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER FOR THIS APPLICATION. YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS SUBMITTED. YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS. IF THROUGH THIS PROCESS. MY STAFF PRESENTATION. WALTER P PRESENTATION THE APPLICANT OR THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT MAY BE RECEIVED HERE THIS EVENING. IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEEMS THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO APPLY TO THE TO THE PROJECT AND THE PD, YOU MAY STILL DO THAT. YOU MAY ALSO, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, DENY THE APPLICATION BASED UPON IS INCONSISTENCY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR OTHER MATTERS. BUT PLEASE STATE THE FINDINGS OF FACT OR YOU MAY TABLE THIS APPLICATION THIS EVENING OR SEEK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM STAFF, FROM CONSULTANTS OR FOR THE PUBLIC BEFORE RENDERING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION. WITH THAT, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO WALTER P MOORE, ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO ME OR I CAN COME UP AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AFTER WALTER P MOORE'S PRESENTATION? LET'S COMMISSIONERS, LET'S WAIT FOR QUESTIONS TO AFTER WE GET

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THAT'S REALLY YOUR EXISTING CONDITIONS YOUR FULL BUILD OUT CONDITIONS. AND THEN ANY FUTURE YEARS AFTER FULL BUILD OUT IF THAT'S REQUIRED. AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS. THEN FROM THERE YOU MOVE INTO ANALYZING EXISTING CONDITIONS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE ROADWAYS AND AT THESE LOCATIONS AS IT IS TODAY, WHICH REQUIRES, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS BRANCH OFF TO THE SIDE.

THAT REQUIRES LOOKING AT THE EXISTING ROADWAY GEOMETRY, LOOKING AT SITE DISTANCE ISSUES, DETERMINING IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH THE ROADWAY AND THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, AND THEN COLLECTING TRAFFIC DATA, SPECIFICALLY VEHICLE COUNTS, AND THEN ONCE THOSE COUNTS ARE COLLECTED, YOU DO AN ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT. WE PRIMARILY CARE ABOUT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OR THE AMOUNT OF DELAY THAT THE TRAVELING PUBLIC IS EXPERIENCING AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR DAILY COMMUTE. SO ONCE YOU ESTABLISH WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE FIELD NOW AND WHAT WHAT CURRENT CONDITIONS LOOK LIKE, YOU MOVE INTO THE TRIP GENERATION PHASE. SO YOU LOOK AT THE LAND USE OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. THE SIZE AND SQUARE FOOTAGE. THERE'S STANDARDS OUT THERE BY THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS ON TRIP GENERATION. SO IN THIS CASE, THE LAND USE WOULD BE FOR A SCHOOL. AND YOU LOOK YOU CAN YOU'RE PREDICTING HOW MANY VEHICLES PER DAY ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT SITE, AND HOW MANY VEHICLES IN THE PEAK HOUR ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT SITE SO YOU CAN GET AN ACCURATE NUMBER FOR THE CHANGE IN TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING ONCE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETE. THE NEXT STEP IS WHAT WE CALL TRIP DISTRIBUTION. SO THEN YOU YOU GO FROM THE SITE AND YOU ZOOM OUT AND YOU LOOK AT WHERE, WHERE A LOT OF THE TRIPS TO THIS SITE ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERATED FROM. SO IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE WHERE THESE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WILL BE TRAVELING IN FROM AND, AND YOU DISTRIBUTE THOSE TRIPS ON THE ROADWAY NETWORK SO YOU CAN TRY AND GET AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHERE THESE VEHICLES ARE COMING FROM, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO IMPACT THE INTERSECTION TRAFFIC, THE DRIVEWAY TRAFFIC, AND HOW HOW THAT CAN CHANGE THE ROADWAY CONDITIONS AND THE LEVELS OF SERVICE. SO ONCE ALL THE PROJECTED CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, WE LOOK AT THE CAPACITY ANALYSIS AGAIN. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE ANALYSIS FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS. NOW WE LOOK AT IT FOR A FULL FULL BUILD OUT CONDITIONS. SO IN THIS CASE 2026 FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL 2028 PROJECTED FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO WE ADD IN ALL THOSE PROPOSED TRIPS. WE ANALYZE IT. WE LOOK AT THE LEVELS OF SERVICE OR THE DELAYS EXPERIENCED AT THE INTERSECTIONS AND ALONG THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT FROM THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IS ON TRAFFIC. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS DEVELOPING MITIGATION MEASURES. SO WITH LEVELS OF SERVICE. AND I'VE GOT A SLIDE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT LEVELS OF SERVICE THERE'S IT'S A ESSENTIALLY A LETTER GRADE A THROUGH F. AND

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CAN YOU CHANGE THAT LEFT TURN CONDITION TO PUSH PEOPLE TO A SIGNAL AND MAKE A U-TURN? JUST DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THAT. AND THEN SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE SITE CIRCULATION, WHICH WILL COME UP IN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN SIDE OF THINGS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT ROOM ON THE CAMPUS TO HOLD ALL OF THE SCHOOL GENERATED TRAFFIC SO THAT NONE OF IT SPILLS OUT ONTO PUBLIC ROADWAYS, AND THEN FINALLY ADJUSTING PAVEMENT MARKINGS SO THAT THAT MAY BE IN THAT CASE, IT'S IF YOU HAVE THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT, CAN CAN YOU ADD A TURN LANE OR MAKE CHANGES TO THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS. SO WE'LL GET INTO THE ACTUAL TIA THAT THAT LAMBETH ENGINEERING DID. YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY ANALYZED SEVEN EXISTING INTERSECTIONS. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THE MAP.

BUT THIS IS THE LIST OFF TO THE SIDE. WE'VE GOT DANIEL DALE AT COCKRELL HILL ROAD, DANIEL DALE AT MEADOW RUN DRIVE, DANIEL DALE AT WILLOW RUN DRIVE, WHICH IS ALSO WHERE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPOSED MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY IS TYING IN ACROSS FROM WILLOW RUN DRIVE. AND THEN WE OR NOT WE. BUT LAMBETH ANALYZED THE SIGNAL SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AT US 67 ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BRIDGES FOR BOTH COCKRELL HILL AND DANIEL DALE ROAD, AND THEN FOR THE FUTURE ANALYSIS. THEY LOOKED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY, LIKE I MENTIONED, ACROSS FROM WILLOW RUN DRIVE AND THE PROPOSED HIGH SCHOOL DRIVEWAY THERE, KIND OF ON THE FURTHEST SOUTH ON THE MAP ON SOUTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD. SO AFTER THEIR EXISTING CONDITIONS AND PROPOSED CONDITIONS ANALYSIS WERE DETERMINED, LAMBETH PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS OR MITIGATIONS FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS. SO AT THE MAIN SIGNAL THERE IN THE MIDDLE, DANIEL DALE AT COCKRELL

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IT'S ALSO RECOMMENDED A NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE ON SOUTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD, EXTENDING THE EXISTING WESTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE ON DANIEL DALE ROAD, AND THEN IMPLEMENTING IMPROVED SIGNAL TIMING. AND THAT'S BASICALLY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, CHANGING THE SIGNAL CYCLE, LENGTHENING IT, MAKING SOME CHANGES THAT ARE SPECIFIED IN THEIR REPORT. AND THEN FINALLY INSTALLING EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND RIGHT TURN SIGNALS. SO THAT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL SIGNAL HEAD ON THE EXISTING SIGNAL TO ALLOW THOSE RIGHT TURNS TO KNOW INSTEAD OF FINDING A GAP, IT'S TELLING THEM WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO GO AND WHEN NOT TO GO. AND SO ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED IN THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH JIM WILL COVER HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED MITIGATIONS BASED ON THEIR ANALYSIS, GET THE LEVEL OF SERVICE UP TO D OR BETTER. AND FOR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LEVEL OF SERVICE, THEY LOOK AT IT ON EACH APPROACH AND THEN ON THE INTERSECTION AS A WHOLE. AND SO WITH THESE MITIGATIONS, MOST OF THE APPROACHES ARE LEVEL OF SERVICE C OR B WITH JUST 1 OR 2 MOVEMENTS MEANING LEVEL OF SERVICE D. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE INTERSECTION IS ACTUALLY EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD. THE NEXT SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SOUTH COCKRELL HILL AT US 67. AND THAT WAS THERE'S AN EXISTING STRIPED GORE AREA FOR NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC TURNING RIGHT, OR I GUESS NORTH EASTBOUND TRAFFIC TURNING RIGHT. AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO RESTRIPE THAT GORE AREA TO BE A TURN LANE AND THEN ADJUST THE SIGNAL TIMING TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE NOT ADDRESSED FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, THE MAIN ONE BEING IN THE EXISTING CONDITION. THIS SIGNAL IS NOT MEETING THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE D AS IT IS, SO THE EXISTING CONDITION IS ALREADY BELOW THE OPTIMAL CONDITIONS.

THE OTHER ONE IS THAT IS TEX-DOT OWNED EQUIPMENT AND TXDOT OWNED ROADWAY. SO IT WOULD REQUIRE GREATER COORDINATION AND REALLY TEX-DOT TO IMPLEMENT. BUT ULTIMATELY THE EXISTING LEVEL OF SERVICE IS BELOW THE THRESHOLD. AND THE SCHOOL IMPACT TO THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION IS PRETTY MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE EXISTING TRAFFIC. SO THE SCHOOL IS NOT REALLY MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO NEXT WAS THE TWO DRIVEWAYS. THE RECOMMENDED MITIGATIONS AT THOSE WERE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. SO WITH THE PROJECTED TRAFFIC FROM THE SCHOOL, BOTH DRIVEWAYS MET TWO OUT OF THE NINE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANTS.

AND SO THEY THEY DO MEET SIGNAL WARRANTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. THE HIGH SCHOOL DRIVEWAY IS BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PLANS. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANS WHEN THEY COME OUT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED INSTALLING NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE ON ON SOUTH COCKRELL HILL AND A SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE ON SOUTH COCKRELL HILL. AND AGAIN, THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PLANS AND THE CIVIL PLANS AT DANIEL DALE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNAL, IT'S EASTBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE AND A WESTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE. AND SO AGAIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TEX-DOT OWNED INTERSECTION, ALL OF THESE ARE BEING ADDRESSED WITH CURRENT OR FUTURE PLANS. ONCE THE BUILD OUTCOMES FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PER THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, IMPLEMENTING THESE MITIGATIONS WILL RETURN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS TO THEIR CURRENT CONDITION, WHICH IS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE D OR BETTER. AND SO NEXT, I WANT TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN. SO THIS IS AN INTERNAL PLAN ON HOW TRAFFIC CAN BE ROUTED THROUGH THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. AND THE THERE ARE A COUPLE PRIMARY GOALS. THE FIRST ONE IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE AS THEY'RE ENTERING THE PROPERTY AND AS THEY TRAVEL AROUND THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THERE'S AS THIS BEING A HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE PARKING AND THEN WALKING INTO THE BUILDING. SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SAFE

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THAT'S WELL IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS. FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE PERIMETER SIDEWALK IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ALONG BOTH SOUTH COCKRELL HILL AND EAST DANIEL DALE ROAD TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PERIMETERS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. THE IMPROVEMENTS ON SOUTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD ARE SHOWN IN THE TEAL COLOR IN THE IN SO THEY PER THE TIA THAT SETH JUST GOT THROUGH TALKING ABOUT, THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE SOUTH COCKRELL HILL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL DRIVEWAY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN ONLY LANE FOR TRAFFIC GOING NORTHBOUND ON SOUTH COCKRELL HILL AND TURNING RIGHT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT. THEY'LL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTING A LEFT TURN LANE FOR SOUTHBOUND COCKRELL HILL TO BE TURNING LEFT AND SHIELDING THOSE CARS AND THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM FROM THAT LEFT TURN MOVEMENT AS THEY MAKE THAT TURN MOVEMENT INTO THE INTO THE PROPERTY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL DRIVEWAY. THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS AT THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY. AS I SAID, THE NORTHBOUND DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE, DECEL LANE, AND THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE, AND THEN THE IMPROVEMENTS ON EAST DANIEL DALE ROAD. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING AND EXTENDING THE LEFT TURN LANE AT SOUTH COCKRELL HILL AND EAST DANIEL DALE ROAD, THE LEFT TURN LANE FOR WESTBOUND EAST DANIEL DALE IS BEING EXTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THAT SETH JUST GOT THROUGH REVIEWING, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE INSTALLING A LEFT TURN BAY AT THE WILLOW RUN INTERSECTION, WHERE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY IS GOING TO BE CONNECTED AT THAT TIME. AND SO THERE WILL NOT BE A CONSTRUCTION OF A SIGNAL AT THAT TIME WITH PHASE ONE. BUT WITH PHASE TWO

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THEY'RE DOUBLE STACKING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AS THEY ENTER. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN THERE. BUT I BELIEVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THEY ARE ALL IN ONE LINE AS THEY'RE ENTERING THE PROPERTY. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION, THE LANES THAT WILL BE CHANGED ON DANIEL DALE AND COCKRELL HILL, LIKE THE ADDITION OF THE LEFT TURN LANE AND THOSE THINGS, WILL THAT ALL BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT WIDENING THE ROAD? YES, I BELIEVE SO. I THINK THE LEFT TURN LANES ARE THERE'S AN EXISTING MEDIAN THERE THAT IS GOING TO BE REPURPOSED AS A TURN LANE AND THE RIGHT TURN LANES. I KNOW AT THE INTERSECTION, THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION IS JUST A RESTRIPING OF AN EXISTING LANE. THERE WILL BE A WIDER SECTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL DRIVEWAY, AND RIGHT OF WAYS BEING DEDICATED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT TURN LANE AND THE DECEL TURNING INTO THAT HIGH SCHOOL, WIDEN THAT WHOLE PAVEMENT SECTION WITHIN THE DISTANCE OF THAT OF THAT RIGHT TURN LANE. THERE WILL BE NO WIDENINGS ALONG EAST DANIEL DALE, I'M SORRY, WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN THAT INTERSECTION IS IMPROVED WITH PHASE TWO, I BELIEVE THERE IS A RIGHT TURN LANE THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH THAT PHASE AND THE INTERSECTION. AND SIMILARLY RIGHT OF WAY IS BEING DEDICATED THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THAT ON THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY OR WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT BUT ON THE SCHOOL SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXCESS RUNOFF, THE WHERE PART OF IT DRAINED INTO THE SIX ACRE. YES. RETENTION POND, I THINK YOU MENTIONED, BUT YOU ALSO NOTED THAT THERE. LET'S SEE. YOU TALKED ABOUT NO CHANGES IN THE BALANCE OF PARTIAL, THAT BECAUSE YOU DID NOT THINK THAT THERE THE EXCESS RUNOFF WOULD BE AN ISSUE JUST IN THE EVENT THERE IS MORE RAIN OR A PROBLEM OVER THERE THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING, A BACKUP PLAN, SINCE THAT WON'T GO INTO THE RETENTION POND. THERE IS SOME RUNOFF THAT I THINK CURRENTLY ON THE VERY EAST EDGE OVER BY THE PROPOSED ATHLETIC FIELDS, THAT ACTUALLY DRAINS TO THE EAST AND INTO THE CITY OF DESOTO. UNDERNEATH THERE'S A THERE'S A CATCHMENT AND AN INLET. THE DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY CAPTURING AND DIVERTING THAT THROUGH THE POND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TREATING EVERYTHING, THAT THEY'RE INCREASING THE RUNOFF ON. IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAD SOMETHING IN EXCESS OF 100 YEAR EVENT STORM, THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN. THAT IS BEYOND THE DESIGN STORM REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE LISTED. SOME OF THAT RUNOFF COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO WHERE IT'S GOING TODAY AND WOULD LIKELY HAVE LITTLE TO NO IMPACT. I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN, BECAUSE WE DID NOT MODEL ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF 100 YEAR EVENT, BUT THERE IS CAPACITY THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING FREED UP BY THE WAY, THAT THIS SITE IS BEING GRADED AND CAPTURING ALL OF THIS RUNOFF THAT IS BEING IMPACTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND ROUTING IT THROUGH THE POND THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING TO THE EAST, THAT ALSO WITHIN THE SITE, EVERYTHING GENERALLY DOES TEND TO DRAIN TO THE SOUTH AS FAR AS THE BUILDING AND THE FACILITIES GOES. I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF 100 YEAR EVENT OR AND, BUT HOWEVER, THAT RUNOFF WOULD OVERLAND FLOW DOWN INTO THE CREEK WITHOUT FURTHER ANALYSIS. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXTENT OF THAT OF THOSE IMPACTS. BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, EVERYTHING WAS COMPLIANT WITH DUNCAN MILLS DRAINAGE CRITERIA. THE ISWAP MANUAL IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD MANUAL AND LOOKS AT MULTIPLE STORMS AND DUNCANVILLE CRITERIAS ARE ARE FAIRLY ROBUST AND COMPREHENSIVE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RYAN, I HAVE A QUESTION. WILL THERE BE AN ESTABLISHED SCHOOL ZONE EITHER WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL OR THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT WAS COVERED IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. AND I BELIEVE THE ENGINEER STATED THAT THAT WAS ONE OF OUR COMMENTS ON THE INITIAL REVIEW WAS TO COMMENT ON WHETHER A SCHOOL ZONE WILL BE REQUIRED, AND THE ENGINEER STATED THAT FOR THE INITIAL BUILD OUT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED, BUT THAT IT WOULD IT WOULD NEED TO BE REVIEWED ONCE THE SCHOOL IS BUILT OUT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, THAT'S NOT IN THE PLANS AT THIS TIME, BUT THE TIA DID MENTION IT AND RECOMMENDED ONCE THE SCHOOL IS BUILT OUT TO BUILT OUT TO REVIEW

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WITH THE PEDESTRIAN TIMING OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS CROSSING THE STREET FROM NEIGHBORHOODS, OR WITH THE PEDESTRIAN TIMING OF WHAT'S EXISTING. NO, WITH WITH WITH THE PROJECTED TIMING FOR THE NEW SIGNALS, WITH THE BUILD OUT CONDITIONS. YES, MA'AM. SECOND QUESTION BEING THAT THE PROPERTY ADJACENT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY A DEVELOPER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU OR FOR THE CIVIL PLAN. TO WHAT DEGREE ARE THE PLANS DEPENDENT ON THE DEVELOPER ADHERING TO THE PLANS HE CURRENTLY HAS IN PLACE? IF HE IF HE MAKES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, WHAT'S THE IMPACT? HAS THAT BEEN STUDIED? WHICH DEVELOPMENT ARE WE REFERRING TO? I'M SORRY, YOU MENTIONED WHEN COMMISSIONER O'BRIEN WAS ASKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE PLAN. YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A DEVELOPER WHO WAS ALREADY THE HOMES TO THE EAST THAT ARE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED TODAY. ARE THERE EXISTING? YES. THEY'RE EXISTING. YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. FOR TRIP DISTRIBUTION. YES. IS THE PUBLIC IS THE RADIUS FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL VERSUS A CHARTER SCHOOL? IS THAT DIFFERENT? IS THAT THE SAME? HAS THAT BEEN HOW IS THAT CONSIDERED SO IN GENERAL. SO THAT PROCESS IT IS IT'S YOU'RE KIND OF JUGGLING MULTIPLE BALLS. SO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT WHERE YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE. BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC FLOW AS IT IS TODAY. THEY ALSO LOOKED AT THERE'S A LIFE SCHOOL IN WAXAHACHIE. I BELIEVE THAT THEY USED AS KIND OF A GO BY IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT A PREVIOUS MODEL TO LOOK AT WHERE THAT DISTRIBUTION IS COMING FROM TO HELP DISTRIBUTE, HELP DEVELOP THE DISTRIBUTION FOR THIS NEW FACILITY. SO IT'S TRIP DISTRIBUTION IS NOT A PERFECT SCIENCE. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE FLUCTUATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH A CHARTER SCHOOL. BUT BY BEING ABLE TO PULL FROM SPECIFIC EXAMPLES AND LOOKING AT THAT RADIUS, ALONG WITH KIND OF INDUSTRY DIRECTION AND THE PREVAILING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AS THEY ARE TODAY, YOU CAN COME UP WITH A PRETTY ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S COMING UP. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO SEEING, NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME RULES AND SOME CONTEXT. GO AHEAD. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT BEFORE WE GO TO THE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT AND THEIR ARCHITECT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THEIR PROJECT A LITTLE BIT.

HI, MY NAME IS BRIAN NELSON. I AM A PRINCIPAL AT HKS ARCHITECTS AND WE ARE THE ARCHITECTS FOR THIS SCHOOL. WORKING WITH LIFE SCHOOL TO DEVELOP THE PLANS. AND I JUST WANTED TO A COUPLE THINGS. I WANT TO THANK DUNCANVILLE STAFF VICTOR AND WALTER P MOORE AND THE OTHER STAFF ARE BEING VERY RESPONSIVE TO US AND VERY HELPFUL AND WORKING WITH US TO GET TO THIS POINT. AND I REALLY WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP AND SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH. I'LL MAKE THIS PRETTY

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THERE'S THE SCHOOL IS UP AGAINST THE WOODED AREA. WE TRIED TO REALLY LIMIT THE IMPACT OF THE SCHOOL ONTO THE WOODED AREA OF, OF THE SITE. IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SITE WITH ALL THE WOODS AND THE TERRAIN. SO REALLY THE ONLY DRIVE COMING IN OR DISTURBANCE OF THAT IS THE DRIVE COMING INTO THE SCHOOL. AND THEN THERE'S PARKING BEHIND THE SCHOOL, THE CAFETERIA, AND DROP OFF IN THE FRONT SO THAT THE STUDENTS, AS THEY COME OUT OF THEIR CARS EVERY DAY, ARE GOING TO SEE THE WOODED AREA AND GO INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS. OVER HALF THE CLASSROOMS LOOK INTO THE WOODS.

THERE IS A TURF FIELD AND TRACK WITH BLEACHERS AND LIGHTING. AND THEN THERE'S SOME PRACTICE FIELDS TO THE NORTH OF THAT, WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BE PHASE TWO. HERE'S A BLOW UP OF THE SITE PLAN. AND THEN WANTED TO SHOW SORT OF WHAT LED TO THIS, THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING AND OTHER THINGS. THIS IS A GRADING PLAN, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IF SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE LINES IS FIVE FEET OF FALL. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THE SITE TO THE NORTHEAST IS RELATIVELY FLAT. AND THEN IT HAS STEEP GRADING, WHICH A DISTURBS TO DISTURB THAT REALLY DISTURBS THE TREES. IT DISTURBS THE NATURE. IT'S VERY COSTLY AND IS NOT GOOD FOR DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE AND RUNOFF AND NATURAL CONDITIONS. SO THAT IS THE REASON OF THE LOCATING THE FIELD AND THE SCHOOL WHERE IT IS. IT'S THE PRIMARY DRIVER.

THIS IS A SHOW OF THE PARK PLAN. ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THIS CAR QUEUING WAS DERIVED OFF OF FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF LIFE, SCHOOLS, LOXAHATCHEE SITE AND TAKING THE NUMBER OF CARS AT THE FULL LENGTH. DIVIDE BY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE OVER 2 OR 3 DAYS TO GIVE A AN AVERAGE OF HOW LONG THEIR CAR QUEUE IS, AND THEN EXTRAPOLATE IT TO THIS.

SO THIS IS A REAL THIS IS NOT OUT OF A BOOK CALCULATION OF WHAT THE CAR QUEUING WILL BE. IT IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT THEIR OTHER CAMPUS. AND WE ANTICIPATE IT TO BE AT THIS CAMPUS. AND WHILE WE CURRENTLY EVEN HAVE OVER THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CAR QUEUING BY ON THAT BASIS, WHAT WE ARE EVEN NOT SHOWING HERE OR WAS NOT CALCULATED IN OUR PLANS EVEN IS THE LARGE PARKING LOT WOULD BE ABLE TO ALSO ACCOMMODATE CAR QUEUING IF NEEDED. IF IT DOES, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THERE, WE CAN ROUTE SOME OF THE CAR QUEUING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AND CIRCULATE IT IN. WE'VE DESIGNED IT FOR THAT TO ACCOMMODATE EXTRA. IF THERE WAS HAPPEN TO BE SOME ISSUES OF ANY CARS OUT ON THE STREET, JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, THERE'S A THERE'S A LANE IN FOR THE CARS, THERE IS A FIRE LANE THAT WILL BE OPEN AND DEDICATED AT ALL TIMES, AND THEN THERE IS AN EXIT LANE FOR THE CARS AND BUSSES AND THE TO LET YOU KNOW THE PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY FIRE MARSHAL OF THIS PLAN AND THE ROUTING OF ALL OF THIS, THE QUEUING INCLUDED. A COUPLE. THIS HAS BEEN GONE OVER QUITE A BIT, BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD BENEFIT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE IN ALL HOURS, INCLUDING OFF HOURS OF THE SCHOOL AND THE ACCUMULATED BENEFIT OF THIS TO THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SO AT THE CORNER OF DANIEL DALE AND SOUTH COCKRELL HILL, THE SCHOOL IS BUILDING AND PROVIDING THROUGH ITS FUNDS, A

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BUT THE SCHOOL TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND KEEP STUDENTS OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD YARDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS PUTTING UP AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY FENCE, WHICH IS ALSO ALLOWABLE IN THIS LOCATION WITH A 15 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THERE. THE OTHER THING, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WHY WE'RE COMING FOR A PD, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE TO MADE IT ACTUALLY A LAW LAST YEAR IT BECAME LAW, NOT A GUIDELINE THAT ALL FENCES HAVE TO BE EITHER SIX FEET WITH NON CLIMBING ELEMENTS LIKE THINGS POKING UP OR THEY HAVE TO BE EIGHT FEET TALL. SO ANY FENCE AROUND A SCHOOL HAS TO BE EIGHT FEET TALL. SO THAT'S WHY LIKE OUR FRONT YARD FENCE NEEDS THE DIFFERENCE. ONE OTHER THING, I WANT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS BEFORE WE GO ON. I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT THAT I FORGOT.

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ALSO AS IT IS. SO THE TIA AND TMP HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY TWO OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, ONE WALTER P MOORE AND THEN ONE THAT THAT LIFE SCHOOL HIRED ON ON THE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE TO APPROVE. SO IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY TWO PROFESSIONAL OUTSIDE OPINIONATED REVIEWERS. AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE A QUESTION, I BELIEVE ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, IT INDICATED THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE EXPECTED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS EIGHT 800, 812 HUNDRED, 1200 FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND 800 FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THAT THAT'S WHAT OUR TMP AND TIA ARE BUILT AROUND.

HOW FOR HOW HOW LONG IS THAT THE EXPECTATION. SO YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES CHANGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. IS THAT THE MAX THAT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE THE MAX. WE DID WE DID OUR THING AT THE MAX. THEY WOULD THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT MANY STUDENTS, BUT THAT WOULD BE THEIR MAX OF HOW MANY CLASSROOMS AND TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND PARKING THAT THEY WOULD ACCOMMODATE. WE DESIGN OUR STORM SHELTER, EVERYTHING TO THIS MAX AND THE TIA AND TMP TO THAT MAX THEY THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD BE. SECOND QUESTION IS WITH THE LIGHTS. YOU MENTIONED THAT WITH THE LIGHTS BEING SO HIGH THEY POINTED DOWNWARD. I BELIEVE IN ONE OF THE SLIDES. IS IT SAID THAT THERE WAS NO HEIGHT RESTRICTION FOR THE LIGHTS? IS THERE A MINIMUM LISTED FOR THE LIGHTS TO

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ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO. OKAY. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU SIR OKAY. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, I ONE IF YOU DO WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILLED OUT ONE OF THE FORMS. I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL SOME LEFT ON THE BACK TABLE AND TURN TO TURN THEM IN HERE AT THE DESK. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FORMS BASED ON THE NAMES THAT WE HAVE LISTED, AND I'LL CALL YOU OUT. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT. I'M GOING TO ASK. THERE ARE TWO THINGS I NEED YOU TO DO. WE NEED YOU TO DO ONE. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S RECORDED AND TO LIMIT YOUR YOUR SPEAKING TO TWO MINUTES WHEN YOU HIT THE TWO MINUTES MARK. IF YOU CONTINUE TO SPEAK, I WILL SAY VERY NICELY THE FIRST TIME. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THAT. THEN WE'LL PROCEED. I'LL CALL THE NEXT PERSON AND WE'LL PROCEED FROM THERE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS MEETING? SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE TO OPEN. COMMISSIONER. CHAPIN. CHAMPAGNE. VOTE TO OPEN. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. I, COMMISSIONER BROWNING, I. COMMISSIONER O'BRIEN. I COMMISSIONER NGUYEN I. COMMISSIONER COLUMBUS I AS WELL. ALL IN FAVOR. SO NOW NOW THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AND THIS IS JUST THIS IS NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER THERE. THE ORDER THAT'S ON MY DESK OR ON THE DESK IN FRONT OF ME, THE FIRST NAME IS DEBORAH OR DEBBIE LAWRENCE, AND I'M I'LL JUST CALL OUT FIVE. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE LINE UP HERE AT THE SIDE. AT THE SIDE FIRST, DEBBIE LAWRENCE, NEXT WOULD BE VANESSA BERNAL. GEORGE. AND I'M SORRY, I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF I'M READING THE RIGHT CHRISTY. MAYBE. AND HUGH BELTON AND KENDRA PEEBLES. SO DEBBIE LAWRENCE, IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND DO MY TWO MINUTES. START NOW. YES. DEBBIE LAWRENCE 1238 LADY LANE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. THANK YOU. NOW GO. YES, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DUNCANVILLE FOR 26 YEARS AND I OWN TWO HOMES IN THE CITY. I'M SO PROUD OF DUNCANVILLE. I TELL EVERYONE THAT DUNCANVILLE IS THE NOW CITY, THE IT CITY BECAUSE WE ARE DIVERSE, WITH LOW CRIME, FAST EMERGENCY RESPONSE. WE SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. WE DO LOVE OUR TREES SO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THEIR PLANNING. OUR LIBRARY IS THE HEART OF THE CITY. WE HAVE PLACES OF WORSHIP FOR MOST RELIGIONS. IT IS HOME TO MANY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ATHLETES, OLYMPIANS, ACTORS, MUSICIANS AND OUR OWN GOVERNOR. NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE APPROACHING IT SO THOROUGHLY AND TAKING SUCH STEPS. I'M SO COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD HERE TODAY. I HAVE A 15 YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH LIFE SCHOOLS. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN K THROUGH 12, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I THINK I'M GOING TO COME AWAY A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT I WROTE.

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THEY'RE REALLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH EVERYTHING SOCCER, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, CHOIR, THEATER. IT'S JUST AWESOME TO BE. AND THE STAFF ARE SO EASY TO WORK WITH. YOU CAN TALK TO A TEACHER ANYTIME AND YOU WILL GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM THAT DAY OR THE NEXT DAY.

VERY, VERY STRICT ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE RUN. FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT SECURITY WITH THEM. AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THERE SEEMS TO BE SO MUCH CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC. SO LET ME TELL YOU, FOR 15 YEARS, I KIND OF KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE OUT IN WAXAHACHIE, LIFE SCHOOL, RED OAK, AND THEN WAXAHACHIE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WAXAHACHIE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THIS MORNING I JUST HAPPENED TO TAKE NOTE OF IT. YOU ENTER THE CAMPUS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS OFF HERE, AND YOU'LL DRIVE STRAIGHT AHEAD TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS A RIGHT LANE. THEY PEEL OFF AND GO TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL KEEPS GOING. AND THERE IS A SIGNAL FROM 77 INTO THE CAMPUS. AND THEN THERE IS A POLICEMAN TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AT HIS PERIL SOMETIMES I THINK. SO WE ENTERED THE CAMPUS THIS MORNING AT 727. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STARTS AT 725. HIGH SCHOOL STARTS AT 740. I ENTER THE. SO I'M I'M ENTERING WHEN THE TAIL END OF MIDDLE SCHOOL IS HAPPENING AND HIGH SCHOOLS STARTING TO PICK UP. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OKAY. ANYWAY IT WAS 727 AND ENDED AT SEVEN. I WAS BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AT 736. JUST SO YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.

THANK YOU. VANESSA BERNAL, PLEASE STATE YOUR YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IN THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. IT'S VANESSA BERNAL AND IT'S 6719 CEDAR SHADOW IN DUNCANVILLE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE SON. WE'VE BEEN IN LIFE SCHOOL SINCE HE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN AT LIFE MOUNTAIN CREEK. HE IS NOW A JUNIOR AT LIFE WAXAHACHIE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN ANY OTHER SCHOOL. I'M HERE JUST TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A PARENT THAT HAS A STUDENT IN WAXAHACHIE. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF ZONING THINGS, BUT THAT'S NOT ON MY AGENDA THERE. HE IS A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT. HE IS A STUDENT WITH AUTISM, AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK ON ALL THE BENEFITS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER WITH LIFE SCHOOL, WE WENT FROM MOUNTAIN CREEK TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WAXAHACHIE, AND WE'RE NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL. WAXAHACHIE I LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE, I WORK IN COPPELL, AND WE DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO WAXAHACHIE TO ENSURE THAT HE GETS THERE. THERE WAS NEVER ANOTHER OPTION FOR ME, MEANING THAT I NEVER WANTED TO GO OUTSIDE OF LIFE, HIGH SCHOOL OR MIDDLE OR ELEMENTARY. IT WAS ALWAYS LIFE THAT WE STUCK WITH.

I BELIEVE THAT HE'S GREATLY BENEFITED FROM BEING THERE WITH LIFE SCHOOL, HAVING THE IDEA OF PREPARING FOR LIFE. IT CERTAINLY BENEFITS HIM MORE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEBODY WITH AUTISM. HE DOES GET A PROPER EDUCATION THAT WAY. IT DOES PREPARE HIM FOR THE REAL WORLD WHEN HE GOES OUT THERE. I REALIZE A LOT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY BE SET UP THAT WAY. I DO BELIEVE THAT WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS, SINCE IT IS SMALLER. I THINK THEY MENTIONED 1200 STUDENTS IS THE MAX THAT ON SOME OF THESE, I BELIEVE THAT BENEFITS A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WAY, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS SPECIAL NEEDS. I REALIZE THAT WITH IT BEING 2026 THAT THIS IS A PROPOSED OPENING FOR IT. HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT, BUT I'M STILL HERE TO VOUCH FOR IT, AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD STILL BE A GOOD THING TO OPEN IT FOR FUTURE STUDENTS. I DO HAVE A NIECE AND A NEPHEW IN LIFE. ELEMENTARY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY. THANKS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GEORGE CHRISTIE. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT NAME, HUGH BELTON. HELLO. MY NAME IS HUGH BELTON. I LIVE AT 1530 HALSEY DRIVE IN DUNCANVILLE. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THROUGH MY WORK LIFE AND RETIRE, AND I LIVE AT THE MEADOWS OF DANIEL FARMS AT NO. AT NO POINT DID I EVER HAVE A DESIRE TO BE ADJACENT TO OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITY, LET ALONE A SPORTS STADIUM, WHICH THERE IS NO WAY THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE NON-DISRUPTIVE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I OPPOSE THE SCHOOL. THANK

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS WILLIAM T. MAY I LIVE AT 1515 MACARTHUR DRIVE IN DUNCANVILLE.

EXCUSE ME. I AM IN THAT ZONE OF 200FT OR 1000FT, JUST LIKE MY NEIGHBORS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS

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THIS IS MY WIFE. SHE'S SHE PULLS MY COAT. SO. ARVIS MILLER, 1510 HALSEY DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. I WENT TO LIFE SCHOOL MYSELF WHEN IT WAS AT OAK CLIFF ASSEMBLIES OF GOD AS A SEVENTH GRADER. SO I HAVE ATTENDED THE SCHOOL, BUT WE DO NOT WANT THE SCHOOL WHERE THEY PROPOSED IT TO BE. AND I KNOW I WISH THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE FROM LIFE SCHOOL HERE THAT LOOK LIKE ME THAT WOULD TRY TO SELL ME TO COME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I WISH THAT WAS THE CASE, BEING THAT 86% OF LIFE SCHOOL IS ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AND 57% ARE ON LUNCH AID. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR TAKING CARE OF MY PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME. I WISH THERE WAS MORE HERE FROM THE SCHOOL THAT LOOK LIKE ME COMING TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. DON'T LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND 85% OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO COME, IT'S GOING TO BE BUSSED IN TO THE SCHOOL, 15% GOING TO BE DRIVEN OR DRIVE IN, AND THE REMAINING 10%. WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE.

DUNCANVILLE HAS GREAT SCHOOLS. I HAVE TWO GIRLS THAT GRADUATED FROM DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN 22 AND 20, AND THEY BOTH ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN THROUGH DUNCANVILLE

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NOTHING FINANCIALLY. THEY COME IN, THEY GO OUT. I BLESS THEM, FINDING THEIR PLACE. BUT WE DID NOT BUILD OUR HOME. ALL THESE HOMES WHERE I LIVE, DUNCANVILLE, DESOTO AND BACKED UP TO A THORN TREE ARE $500,000 HOMES AND UP. WE DID NOT BUILD THESE HOMES TO HAVE A SCHOOL TWO SOCCER FIELDS.

TOM UP. SHE DIDN'T. SHE DIDN'T SAY IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COREY JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS COREY JOHNSON. I AM A CLASS OF 1995 GRADUATE OF DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. I MY ADDRESS IS 1502 MARSHALL DRIVE. MY WIFE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL DUNCANVILLE 1996 TO MY KIDS HAVE GRADUATED FROM DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. MY YOUNGEST OLDER SISTER GRADUATED IN 88. I'VE LIVED IN DUNCANVILLE SINCE 1982, AND I'VE BEEN A LITIGATOR SINCE 2004. I REPRESENT COMPANIES LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME, AND THE BEST QUESTION YOU ASK THEM, WHICH THEY DIDN'T ANSWER, WAS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY. THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE HERE. THEY DID NOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. WHAT THEY SAID WAS THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT AFTER THEY BUILD IT. WE ARE ALREADY THERE. LISTEN CLOSELY TO WHAT THEY SAID. I REPRESENT COMPANIES LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME, AND I'M REALLY UPSET THAT THEY WOULD COME IN MY BACKYARD AND SELL THIS NONSENSE FOR A SCHOOL THAT WILL NOT WORK UNLESS THE TRAFFIC WORKS. THEY ARE NOT PREPARED TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL, MUCH LESS A SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW. I HEARD ALL OF THAT. THAT'S NONSENSE. IF THEY WANTED. IT IS NOT EXPENSIVE TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY. WHAT THEY SAID WAS, WELL, WE WENT AND LOOKED AT ANOTHER SCHOOL AND OBSERVED THERE. THAT'S NOT AN INDEPENDENT STUDY. THAT'S NONSENSE. THAT'S NOT EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING. AND I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, AS A LITIGATOR, I REPRESENT COMPANIES LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME. THESE GENTLEMEN, THEY WILL NOT BE HERE AFTER THIS DEAL IS DONE. THEY'LL GO ON TO THEIR NEXT SCHOOL. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DEALS. WE WILL BE HERE. LIFE. THE LIFE COULD BE SOLD TO ANOTHER COMPANY AT ANY TIME. THESE. WE LIVE HERE. THEY DON'T. THEY HAVE NO INVESTMENT. LONG TERM OR NOT, IN THIS AREA.

WE DO. THANK YOU. THANK. LORRAINE. JACK. SORRY. MY NAME IS LORRAINE HOOD. JACK, 1502 HALSEY DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE. I'M A 13 YEAR RESIDENT OF DUNCANVILLE, AND THE QUESTION I'VE HAD SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS WHOLE IDEA IS, WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR DUNCANVILLE EAST WEST ON DANIEL DALE? RIGHT NOW, YOU NEARLY HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO GET TO 67. IT'S BEEN COMPLAINED ABOUT AND NOT REPAIRED FOR OVER A YEAR, SO WE'VE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT ANY TAX BENEFIT OR ANY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TURN LANES, WHICH WE DIDN'T ASK FOR. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WHICH WE DON'T NEED, BUT WE'VE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS A DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, BEING A CLIENT OF MINE, THAT IS A GOOD SCHOOL. WE ARE PRODUCING GOOD NURSING STUDENTS EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. SO WHY ARE WE DOING SOMETHING TO DIMINISH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS US? IN NO WAY. THANK YOU. CHANDLER. MEGAN MCGAHN. CHANDLER MCGAHN 1118 BRADLEY

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THE HOMES TO THE EAST ARE NOT BUILT, BUT THEY ARE APPROVED AND THEY'RE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO.

THE STREETS EVEN HAVE NAMES. THE LOT SIZES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED, AND NONE OF THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE SLIDESHOWS. I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ADD MORE LANES WITHOUT WIDENING THE ROADS. HOW DOES THIS PLAN ACCOMMODATE THE FEDERAL FEDERALLY FUNDED AND APPROVED BIKE LANES THAT ARE NOT YET INSTALLED? SO THERE'S BIKE LANES THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T SEE ON DANIEL DALE THAT ARE ALREADY APPROVED WITH FEDERAL MONEY THAT WASN'T EVEN MENTIONED. I THAT'S MY TIME. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GETTING WARMED UP. I HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES. DONATE OUR TIME TOGETHER. THE THIS NEXT CARD. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR HELP FROM COMMISSIONER BROWNIE. MAYBE.

MAYBE BY THE ADDRESS. 9394 COURT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAYS DOCTOR SIMMER. YOU READY? I HAVE A TREMOR. SO SORRY ABOUT THE HANDWRITING. THANK YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME IS DOCTOR CHARITY SIMMONS AND I LIVE ON NINE, THREE NINE FAIRWAY DRIVE.

I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR 39 YEARS, AND I'M HERE ALSO LIKE MY NEIGHBORS. TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE ALREADY. EARLY IN THE MORNING YOU ARE TRYING TO GO FOR A WALK. SH. IT. WE DON'T WANT SCHOOL. BY SCHOOL. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SELL US. THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK. WE DON'T NEED IT. THEY DON'T LIVE HERE. WE DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE NOISE. NOISE CARRY. I WANT PEACE WHEN I SLEEP. I DON'T NEED STADIUM. NOW WE HAVE AMBULANCES. THAT'S WHERE I COME IN. AMBULANCES ARE COMING. THE ONLY WAY FROM OVILLA ALL THE WAY TO CHARLTON IS ON COCKRELL HILL. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH MEDICAL EMERGENCIES? OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN. WHAT IS THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE GOING TO DO TO HELP US? WE LIVE HERE. WE'VE BEEN HERE. THIS IS OUR OUR HOME. WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR PAYCHECK TO COME AND TELL US WHAT TO DO WITH THE AREA. I'M SORRY. SHAYLA. BECK. SMITH. GOOD EVENING, I'M SHAYLA SMITH.

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THAT'S AWESOME. BUT TO BUILD IT IN A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T NEED IT, TO BUILD IT IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID THEIR WAY AND PAID FOR THEIR LAND, PAID FOR THEIR HOUSES, AND NOW THEY'RE BEING TOLD, NOW YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO NOISE. I'VE BEEN A BAND, A PART OF THE BAND PROGRAM FOR 12 YEARS, SO BAND NEVER STOPS. I MEAN, IT'S A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM AND I WAS A MAJOR SPONSOR, SO WE HAD TO GET READY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS OR A PROGRAMS OR WHATEVER PARADES. THERE'S GOING TO BE NOISE, THERE'S GOING TO BE LIGHTS, AND I GET THE LIGHTS POINTING DOWN. THAT'S GREAT AND AWESOME. BUT EVEN EVEN THE LIGHTS, THAT THEY STILL CAN BRING AN ISSUE TO THOSE WHO ARE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE STADIUM ITSELF. BUT THE NOISE ITSELF, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF I AND THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF EMOTIONAL. I'VE ONLY WORKED FOR 19 YEARS, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THOSE THAT HAVE WORKED 30 PLUS YEARS TO COME HOME TO PEACE AND QUIET. THAT'S WHY MY HUSBAND AND I, WE WERE YOUNG BUILDERS. WE HAD OUR HOMES BUILT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WAS IN A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WANT TO HAVE KIDS AND RAISE THEM HERE, BUT IF WE KNOW THAT OUR CITY IS NOT WORKING FOR US, WHY WOULD WE STAY? THANK YOU. BRIAN CLARK.

BRIAN. CLARK. SORRY. GOT THE ELBOW ON YOU. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN CLARK, 310 SOUTHWOOD, DUNCANVILLE. FIRST OF ALL, I'M AN EDUCATOR WITH LIFE SCHOOL, AND I LIVED IN DUNCANVILLE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. AND I WISH THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LIFE SCHOOL WHERE I COULD HAVE SENT MY CHILDREN TO. LIFE. SCHOOL IS NOT HERE TO COMPETE WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT RATHER TO ADD TO THE RICH EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF DUNCANVILLE. OUR MISSION IS TO PARTNER WITH FAMILIES, TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO LEARN, LEAD AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE OFFER VALUES DRIVEN, ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS EDUCATION THAT PRIORITIZES CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP, EQUIPPING STUDENTS NOT JUST FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, BUT FOR MEANINGFUL LIVES BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. AND BY SUPPORTING THIS EXPANSION, YOU'RE NOT JUST APPROVING A BUILDING, YOU'RE SUPPORTING A VISION FOR MORE OPTIONS, MORE CHOICES FOR OUR KIDS. AND I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED HERE. I MEAN, TRAFFIC IS BAD ALL OVER DUNCANVILLE. I MEAN, IF YOU DRIVE ANYWHERE IN DUNCANVILLE, TRAFFIC IS BAD. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO WORK ON. SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT FOR LIFE SCHOOL, THE BENEFITS FAR OUTWEIGH ANY NEGATIVE. AND AS AN EDUCATOR AND AS SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVED IN DUNCANVILLE, WISH LIFE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN MY KIDS WERE BEING RAISED.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANDERSON. AND DYLAN ANDERSON, 1526 MACARTHUR DRIVE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO CHOOSE OPTION THREE, WHICH IS TO DENY THE APPLICATION OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN DUNCANVILLE SINCE 2013. WE CHOSE DUNCANVILLE AND DANIEL DALES AT MACARTHUR FARMS TO BUILD ON OUR LAND, TO BUILD FROM THE GROUND UP WITH OUR CHILDREN. WHEN WE SOUGHT OUT DANIEL DALE FARMS, THE COMMUNITY LET US KNOW BEFORE WE EVEN PUT OUR MONEY DOWN THAT THERE WAS AN

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MICHAEL LOFTUS. HELLO, MY NAME IS MICHAEL LOFTUS. I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF DUNCANVILLE, BUT I'M AT 358 WAR EMBLEM LANE, WAXAHACHIE. I'M A TEACHER AT LIFE HIGH SCHOOL, WAXAHACHIE, FINISHING MY FIRST YEAR TEACHING THERE OR MY FIFTH YEAR TEACHING THERE, RATHER. AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING BOTH ENGLISH AND WORLD HISTORY TO STUDENTS GRADE NINE THROUGH 12. I CURRENTLY TEACH WORLD HISTORY TO FRESHMEN AT LIFE HIGH SCHOOL, WAXAHACHIE.

WHILE THERE IS MUCH I COULD SAY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF LIFE SCHOOL TO ITS STUDENTS AND ITS PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO SHARE SOME EXCERPTS FROM STUDENTS WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH ME. THE STUDENTS OF MY CLASS HAVE BENEFITED FROM LIFE SCHOOL. THERE'S PLENTY OF STUDENTS IN DUNCANVILLE THAT WILL DO THE SAME. THE STUDENTS IN MY CLASS, I'M SORRY THEY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INCENTIVE TO SHARE THE THINGS THAT I'M ABOUT TO READ. IT WAS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. I'VE ONLY ALTERED THE STATEMENTS WHENEVER THE STUDENTS DECIDED TO NAME SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. IT'S NOT IN OUR HEART TO CRITICIZE OTHER PEOPLE WITH OUR WORDS. I USED. HERE'S ONE STUDENT I USED TO ATTEND ANOTHER SCHOOL, ANOTHER SCHOOL, AND I JUST RECENTLY SWITCHED TO LIFE SCHOOL. SO FAR IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. MY CLASSES ARE MUCH SMALLER. MY TEACHERS REALLY CARE THAT I LEARN THE CONTENT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH. THE SCHOOL FOCUSES ON ACADEMICS, ACADEMICS, ATTENDANCE, AND SKILLS THAT WILL PREPARE US FOR LIFE. HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC TEACHERS WHO HELPED HIM DEVELOP SKILLS THAT HE'S ABLE TO USE TO MAKE INCOME AFTER HIGH SCHOOL LIFE HIGH SCHOOL. ANOTHER QUOTE LIFE HIGH SCHOOL HAS GIVEN ME. GIVEN ME THE BEST EDUCATION I COULD ASK FOR. MY LAST SCHOOL WAS OVERCROWDED. THERE WERE FIGHTS EVERY WEEK AND THREATS EVERY MONTH, AND REGULAR LOCKDOWNS AT LIFE SCHOOL. I FEEL SAFE AND THE STAFF IS PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES. HERE'S ANOTHER ANOTHER NOTE I'M NOT GOING TO READ IN ITS ENTIRETY, BUT SHE SHARES A STORY ABOUT HOW SHE'S HAD EXPERIENCES BEING BULLIED AND HOW DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS HANDLE THAT DIFFERENTLY. BUT AT LIFE SCHOOL, SHE'S HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE BEING FREE FROM BULLYING. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT ARE NOT RELATED EXACTLY TO THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. BRIAN DAHLBERG. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIAN DAHLBERG. MY ADDRESS IS 845 PROTON. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF LIFE SCHOOLS PD APPLICATION. IN THAT STAFF REPORT THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS A COPY OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT NOTES ABOUT THE PD APPLICATION PROCESS IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT AND OTHER NIGHTS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT OVER A YEAR OF THIS BEING PENDING WITH THE CITY. THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS.

TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD THE MOST ABOUT, ONE IS THAT SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS DIDN'T EXPECT THERE TO BE A SCHOOL BUILT ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT IN THAT STAFF REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE SINGLE FAMILY 13 DISTRICT, A PUBLIC SCHOOL IS A

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BROWN CHARTER SCHOOL. THEY DIDN'T DEVELOP INTO A CHARTER SCHOOL, BUT IT'S BEEN OWNED BY A CHARTER SCHOOL AND BEEN ON THE PUBLIC ROLLS AS SUCH FOR A WHILE. THE OTHER THING I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT OF IS EXISTING TRAFFIC, THAT IS, EXISTING TRAFFIC. THERE ARE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT EXISTING TRAFFIC ISSUES, ACCORDING TO SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENTS. LIVE SCHOOLS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A NET POSITIVE FOR THE TRAFFIC. ON A WHOLE, THEY ARE COMMITTING SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC RESOURCES TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC THROUGH ADDITION OF SIGNALIZATION. THAT IS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE FOR EVERYONE THAT TRAVELS THROUGH THESE THOROUGHFARES. THE GENTLEMAN THAT POINTED OVER HERE AND SAID THAT THE QUESTION WASN'T ANSWERED, NO QUESTION WAS POSED TO LIFE SCHOOLS REPRESENTATIVE, MR. NELSON. THE QUESTIONS WERE POSED TO. DOCTOR BRANT WILSON. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DOCTOR BRANT WILSON, LIFE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. THE ADDRESS IS 132 EAST OVILLA ROAD, RED OAK, TEXAS, 75154. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR HEARING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU AS WELL FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO VISIT AND ASK QUESTIONS, WALK THE PROPERTY WITH US, AND REALLY JUST TRY TO DIG INTO WHAT THIS PROJECT COULD LOOK LIKE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO END BY SAYING OUR INTENT IS TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE AND WITH ITS COMMUNITY. WE ARE ENGAGED. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1998, AND WE'VE SERVED IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA FOR THAT ENTIRE TIME. SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING IN THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALICIA BROWN YOUNG. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALICIA BROWN. YOUNG AND I LIVE AT 1503 HALSEY DRIVE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 19 YEARS. I STRONGLY OPPOSE TO THE REZONING OF SF 13. WHILE I FULLY SUPPORT EDUCATION AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOLS PLACING ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL AREA RAISES VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS. FIRST AND FOREMOST IS TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, AND THE DISRUPTION SCHOOLS BRING HUNDREDS OF CARS, BUSSES AND PEDESTRIANS INTO A SMALL AREA MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.

OUR STREETS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF CONGESTION, AND IT POSES A VERY INCONVENIENCE TO OUR FAMILIES. SECONDLY, THE NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION AND INCREASED ACTIVITY NOT JUST DURING SCHOOL HOURS BUT EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS DUE TO EVENTS AND SPORTS. THIS WILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE OUR VERY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS ISN'T JUST AN INCONVENIENCE. IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY, FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ALL INVESTED IN WHEN WE MOVED HERE. AND THIRD, I JUST WANT TO SAY THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WITH LIGHT SCHOOL THAT HAS DISTURBED ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I THINK WHEN WE FIRST HEARD OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING, WE WERE ALMOST TOO LATE. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE SEE SOME OF THE INCONSISTENCIES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT OVER THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN VERY DISTURBED BY THAT. I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF, AND WE ARE VERY DISTURBED BY THAT. BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN SO FAR BECAUSE WE SAID 500 AND 504 BALLOTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND 104 OF THOSE ARE OPPOSED, AND ONLY 14 ARE IN AGREEMENT. SO WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT APPEARS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE SPOKEN. I'M VERY, VERY DISHEARTENED BY THIS PROCESS. I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB, NOT WE LIFE SCHOOL HAS NOT DONE A GOOD JOB AND ACTUALLY BEING VERY TRANSPARENT AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS. AND THE MOST OF THE COMMUNITY SAYS WE DO NOT WANT LIFE SCHOOL. IT IS A GOOD SCHOOL, BUT WE DO NOT WANT IT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. BRANDY MORRIS, BRANDY MORRIS. GOOD EVENING. I'M BRANDY MORRIS AND I'M AT THREE, TWO, THREE COVINGTON LANE IN OVILLA, TEXAS. I AM BLESSED THAT MY

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I'M A PROUD PANTHER. CLASS OF 97, BEGAN MY TEACHING CAREER HERE AND BROUGHT BOTH OF MY BABIES HOME TO THIS CITY. MY FAMILY HAS OWNED MANY BUSINESSES IN THIS TOWN, AND BOTH OF MY IN-LAWS ARE RETIRED DUNCANVILLE EDUCATORS LEGENDS. REALLY, SO MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS STILL LIVE IN DUNCANVILLE AND I MISS IT. AND MY MOTHER IN LAW LIVES RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE THIS CAMPUS WILL BE BUILT. DUNCANVILLE WILL ALWAYS BE MY HOMETOWN AND A HUGE PART OF MY HEART. SO WHEN THE PLACE WHERE I LOVE TO WORK WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS LAND, I WAS ECSTATIC. IT WAS AN ANSWERED PRAYER FOR OUR DISTRICT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THIS CITY. I KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE NO BETTER PARTNER FOR MY HOMETOWN THAN LIFE SCHOOL. AT LIFE SCHOOL, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON SERVING OTHERS. WE ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT WE DO THINGS RIGHT AND WE DO THINGS WELL. A CORPORATE ENTITY WHO DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ITS NEIGHBORS COULD HAVE PURCHASED THIS LAND, BUT I'M CERTAIN THAT GOD HAD A HAND IN THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND I ASSURE YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER PARTNER THAN LIFE SCHOOL. WE ARE A GREAT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, AND WE WANT TO BE GREAT NEIGHBORS HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. FEARS AND WHAT IFS ARE REAL, BUT THE HEART OF THE ISSUE IS WHAT IS COMMUNITY. I LOVED THE COMMUNITY PRESENCE THAT I HAD GROWING UP HERE, PEOPLE WITH GROWN KIDS WHO LIVED IN NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD COME CHEER US ON. AND WHILE I'M HOLDING ON TO NOSTALGIA, I ALSO KNOW THAT CHANGE MOVES US FORWARD. SO I HOPE YOU WILL HEED COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT, CONNECT WITH, AND POUR INTO THESE ADDITIONAL GREAT STUDENTS WHO WILL BE PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY. FOCUS ON THESE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WHO WILL SOON BE BLESSED, LIKE ME, WITH DEEP ROOTS IN DUNCANVILLE.

DUNCANVILLE LEGACY IS THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS. WE ARE THIS TO. LANITA, CHAPELL. LANITA.

CHAPELL. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LANITA CHAPELL. MY ADDRESS IS 1141 RICHARD PITTMAN, DESOTO, TEXAS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO COME ON BEHALF TO ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DO NEED A DIFFERENT OPTION. I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS AND THEY ALL ATTENDED OR ATTEND LIVE SCHOOL. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER GRADUATED IN 2024. SHE WENT ON TO GET HER MASTER'S AND SHE HAS RETURNED TO WORK FOR LIFE SCHOOL. BUT WHEN WE STARTED, THE BIGGER DISTRICTS JUST SOCIALLY DID NOT WORK FOR HER, SO SHE DID NEED A DIFFERENT OPTION. AND THEN ALSO FOR MY GIRLS, IT JUST WORKS REALLY WELL. THEY ARE ATHLETES AND THEY CHEER, PLAY BASKETBALL, RUN TRACK. BUT IF WE WENT TO A BIGGER DISTRICT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY'VE HAD AT LIFE SCHOOL. AND SO EVEN LIVING IN DESOTO, OUR DAUGHTERS GIVE BACK TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS OF DESOTO. SO I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT LIFE SCHOOL PRODUCES EXCELLENT STUDENTS AND EXCELLENT CITIZENS, AND IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR ALL STUDENTS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT OPTION, BECAUSE THE BIG DISTRICTS MIGHT NOT WORK FOR ALL STUDENTS. MARK COOK'S, MARK COOK'S. GOOD EVENING. MARK COOK'S 1106 BRADLEY DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS A RESIDENT FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN 20 YEARS, I STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ASKING FOR YOU TO DENY THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE SINGLE FAMILY 13 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT. FOR THE RECORD, I'M A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF DUNCANVILLE MAYOR PRO TEM. I ALSO SIT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS PRESIDENT. THE REASON I BRING THIS UP, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. FOR YOUR RECORD, MY REQUEST IS BASED UPON SEVERAL REASONS IN WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE CITY, MOST OF THE CITY'S REVENUE IS BASED UPON SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX, WHICH COMES FROM HOMES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES OWNERS. IN OTHER WORDS, ROOFTOPS. I REALIZE THE SCHOOL TAXES ARE SEPARATE LINE ITEM, WHICH IS WELL DESERVED FOR EDUCATION, THE STATE FUND EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF LOCAL ISD IS RECEIVED A HIGHER RATE, DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS RECEIVE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO OTHER ISD EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OUR SMALL 11.7 MILES SQUARE IN

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THAT WILL BRING THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE $420,000 IN SALES TAX. HOW MUCH MORE COULD WE USE THOSE FUNDS FOR OUR AMENITIES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NESSA SASSER.

GREETINGS, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE OR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DOCTOR NESSA SASSER AND I RESIDE AT 1531 MACARTHUR IN DUNCANVILLE. AND I REALLY A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS HERE HAVE SAID SOME OF THE THINGS I HAD WRITTEN DOWN. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M ASKING THAT YOU DO NOT REZONE SF 13 TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR SEVERAL REASONS. ONE REASON IS WHY ARE WE WHY ARE WE DOING ALL OF THIS TO REZONE? WE'RE DOING TOO MUCH. IT'S TOO MUCH. EXTENDED LANES, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, ADDED, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, RIGHT TURN. ONLY LEFT TURN, POSSIBLY A SCHOOL ZONE. I MEAN, SOME OF THE INFORMATION WASN'T EVEN PRESENTED AND IT WAS ESOTERIC IN NATURE TO ME. SO WE WANT TO COMPARE OUR LIFE. SCHOOL WANTS TO COMPARE THE WAXAHACHIE CAMPUS AND HAS NO NO ISSUES THERE. BUT IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN EVEN GOOGLE IT. YOU CAN GOOGLE IT. THERE'S NO HOMES IN THAT AREA. IT'S NO HOME. AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AREA, SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT A TOUR YOU ALL TOOK, SOME OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN A TOUR. SO I INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS THERE, NOT JUST THE PROPOSED SITE FOR LIFE SCHOOL OR THE LAND THAT THEY OWN. BUT LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SURROUNDINGS. SO AGAIN, SAY NO TO LIFE. SAY NO TO REZONING AS SF 13 TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. AND JUST A COMMENT REAL QUICK ABOUT SF 13 AND HAVING SOME INNUENDO ABOUT EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. NO MENTION THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE A STADIUM THAT THEY CAN EXTEND LATER ON ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED. IT'S A LOT OF EXTENSIONS THAT CAN BE DONE AFTER AFTER SAID APPROVAL, SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. PLEASE DO NOT REZONE ITSELF 13 TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. E LAWRENCE SMITH. E LAWRENCE SMITH, 1507 HALSEY DRIVE. I'M GLAD I BROUGHT MY KIDS OVER HERE, SO I WANTED THEM TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY, YOU STAND UP FOR THAT COMMUNITY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT A TREASURE THAT'S COMING TO DUNCANVILLE. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE MOVED IN 2022, A TREASURE YOU DON'T DESTROY, A TREASURE WITH THE HOPE OF HAVING A TREASURE. THAT IS NOT THE WAY THAT THIS WORKS, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DO. I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR ACTUALLY SAYING BEST SOUTHWEST THIS TIME, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THAT WE FIRST HAD THIS CONVERSATION, I GUESS THEY DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF LAWYERS, DOCTORS, PHYSICIANS, EDUCATORS.

AND INSTEAD THEY CAME TO US AND TALKED TO US ABOUT US BEING SOUTH DALLAS AND PUTTING A STADIUM RIGHT UP, UP AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS LIKE A SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SKIT. NO ONE WOULD EVER GO FOR THAT. WE ALREADY HAVE A TREASURE. THAT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. NOT, I THINK, THE NUMBER. IF YOU ROUNDED IT UP, IT'S 90% OF US ARE HERE SAYING, NO, YOU DO NOT

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THEY ARE NOT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY DO NOT SPEAK FOR US. SO THANK YOU. SHIRLEY LACY SHIRLEY LACY. YOLANDA GILL'S. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS YOLANDA GILL'S. MY ADDRESS IS 951 FAIRWAY CIRCLE, DUNCANVILLE. I AM OPPOSED TO OR NOT IN FAVOR OF GRANTING THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THE REASONS STATED. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS TOO CLOSE TO MY PROPERTY LINE. I'VE LIVED AT 951 FAIRWAY CIRCLE FOR OVER 34 YEARS. THE THOUSAND FOOT.

BARRIER THAT WAS ENFORCED IS ONLY 333 YARDS. THAT'S ONLY THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS AND A QUARTER. IT'S TOO CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE INCREASED THREATS TO MY FAMILY'S PERSONAL SAFETY. IF THE NATURAL BARRIERS ARE REMOVED. THIRDLY, THE INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CONGESTION DUE TO THE LINE UP AND DROP OFF AND PICK UP OF THE STUDENTS ON DANIEL DALE, COULD POSSIBLY CURVE AROUND TO COCKRELL HILL ROAD AS WELL. MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, PLEASE DO NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ZONING CHANGE. THANK YOU. DERWIN LEWIS. DERWIN LEWIS. MY WIFE. AS USUAL, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DERWIN LEWIS. I LIVE AT 1502 MACARTHUR DRIVE, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR NOW, 11 YEARS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING. AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES. I WANT TO ASK THE COMMITTEE THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T TO PLEASE COME OUT AND SEE THE LOCATION THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD THIS SCHOOL.

I THINK THEY'VE MADE SOME MISLEADING COMMENTS TODAY, RESPECTFULLY, ONE EXAMPLE IS THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE COMPARISON OF THE CAMPUS AT WAXAHACHIE TO THE NEW CURRENT LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD THE SCHOOL. IT'S NOT A FAIR COMPARISON. AS NESSA STATED EARLIER, MISS NESSA, THERE ARE NO RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN WHERE LIFE WAXAHACHIE CURRENTLY EXIST.

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SHARON GRAY. SHARON GRAY. HI, I'M SHARON GRAY, AND I AM FROM 503 TOWN PLACE, DUNCANVILLE, AND I MOVED TO DUNCANVILLE WHEN MY WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY OLDEST, WHO'S NOW 26. MY, MY KIDS FIRST JOBS WERE HERE. SAM WORKED IN A WAREHOUSE OFF MAIN. ISAAC BUST A CHUBBY'S, AND MY DAUGHTER SERVES YOU COFFEE MOST MORNINGS. I DID START AT LIFE SCHOOL WHEN MY YOUNGEST WAS THREE, BUT I DIDN'T MOVE MY KIDS OVER UNTIL I UNTIL I WAS SURE IT WAS A GOOD PLACE. WELL, THAT WAS 18 YEARS AGO. AND HERE'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT LIFE SCHOOL DOES TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEIR KIDS, AND THAT IS VERY TRUE. BUT LIFE ALSO TAKES GOOD CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY. AS A TEACHER, I CAN TELL YOU THIS THEY ARE FUSSY. FUSSY. THEY THEY WE CLEAN, WE CLEAN, WE PAINT AND WE PREPARE THE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOR THE GETTING READY FOR THE DISMISSAL, THE TEACHERS MEET. IT IS THERE ARE SPREADSHEETS, THERE ARE PLANS. THERE REALLY ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR VERY BEST TO PREPARE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WE DO LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE. I KNOW THIS IS NOT WHAT EVERYONE WANTS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS YOU COULDN'T DO BETTER.

AS FAR AS AS AN ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DO. REALLY CARE. SO. LATANYA JACKSON, LATANYA JACKSON. GOOD EVENING. LATANYA JACKSON, 1516 DUTCHMAN CREEK DRIVE, DESOTO, TEXAS. MY NAME IS LATONYA. MY SON BENJAMIN IS A FIFTH GRADER AT LIFE SCHOOL, CEDAR HILL. PRIOR TO FINDING LIFE SCHOOL, MY SON ATTENDED WINDSOR PARK ELEMENTARY. HE WAS. IT'S A SMALL, INTIMATE, PRIVATE SCHOOL. HE STAYED THERE FOR TWO YEARS, BUT WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO TRANSITION, WE AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH, WE FOUND A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AT LIFE SCHOOL, CEDAR HILL. AS A SHY FIRST GRADER, LIFE SCHOOL GAINED OUR TRUST AS WE NAVIGATED A NEW ENVIRONMENT AND COVID. NOW, AS BENJAMIN PREPARES TO ENTER SIXTH GRADE, HE CONTINUES TO BE NURTURED AND EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE, TRAINING UP A CHILD IN THE WAY THAT HE SHOULD GO REQUIRES PARTNERSHIP, AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT AT LIFE SCHOOL, I CAN APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS OF EVERY HOMEOWNER HERE, AND NEVER WOULD I MINIMIZE THEIR ISSUES THAT THEY'VE RAISED. I ALSO CHERISH THE PRIVACY AND SANCTUARY AWAY FROM THE WORLD THAT MY HOME PROVIDES. BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I MUST TEMPORARILY ALTER MY COMFORT AND THINK MACRO AND NOT MERELY MICRO. THE HARD TRUTH MEANS SUPPORTING A PATH WHERE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ALIGN TO BENEFIT OTHERS, BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE CHOICE ANY EASIER. AS A DESOTO RESIDENT SINCE 2010, LIFE REQUIRES ME TO SPEND EXTENSIVE TIME IN DUNCANVILLE AS WELL AS OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES. THIS AREA HAS BEEN HAS SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH. WE ARE NO LONGER A QUAINT AND QUIET SUBURB. THIS COULD MAKE PEOPLE HAVE AN ADVERSE REACTION TO GROWTH AND CHANGE. HOWEVER, EACH PROJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY, SOLELY ON ITS OWN

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THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE LAST NAME THAT I HAVE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THREE NAMES THAT I REPEATED EARLIER, JUST IN CASE THEY HAD STEPPED OUT AND THEY CAME BACK. ONE WAS SHIRLEY LACY. ANOTHER ONE WAS GEORGE CHRISTIE. THE LAST ONE WAS AMY ADAMS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. HI, MY NAME IS AMY ADAMS, AND I'M THE PROUD MOTHER OF ONE AMAZING CHILD WHO'S CURRENTLY IN THE SIXTH GRADE. MY ADDRESS IS 821 SOUTH POLK, DESOTO, ARKANSAS. MY CHILD HAS BEEN ATTENDING LIFE SCHOOL FOR THE FOR TWO YEARS, AND I CAN HONESTLY CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER FIT FOR OUR FAMILY. WHEN I CHOSE LIFE SCHOOL, I WAS LOOKING FOR MORE THAN JUST ACADEMICS. I WANTED A SCHOOL THAT WOULD NURTURE MY CHILD'S GROWTH SPIRITUALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND INTELLECTUALLY. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE FELT WELCOMED AND SUPPORTED, AND I COULD SEE THAT THE TEACHERS GENUINELY CARE ABOUT EACH STUDENT'S SUCCESS.

LIFE. SCHOOL HAS GIVEN US WHAT I BELIEVE WE WOULDN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, STRONG COMMUNICATION. MY CHILD HAS GROWN IN CONFIDENCE AND IS EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING, AND LOOKS FORWARD TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMING TO DUNCANVILLE. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS.

ABSOLUTELY. DO. EVERY STUDENT IS DIFFERENT AND I CAME FROM PLANO ISD, SO I CAME FROM A REALLY GREAT SCHOOL. JUST MY TEACHERS WERE LEAVING. SO AFTER COVID, BASICALLY THEY WERE LEAVING. AND SO BUT AS A COMMUNITY, I DO SUPPORT YOU ALL'S CONCERNS I DO I NEVER OVERLOOK THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU PURCHASE HOMES FOR HALF $1 MILLION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU DO WANT YOUR PIECE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID ON TODAY.

SO. THAT'S MY WORDS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM, COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR ME? AMY ADAMS 821 SOUTH POLK STREET, DESOTO, TEXAS 75115. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JO HOF. MY APOLOGIES. THAT'S OKAY. I TURNED IT IN EARLIER. I MUST HAVE GOTTEN LOST. I'M JOE HOFFER I'M AT 66 CHAMPION CLIFF IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS A HORRIBLE SUBURB SOUTH OF HERE. I AM AN ATTORNEY FOR LIFE SCHOOL AND ALSO A LITIGATOR. SO WELCOME COLLEAGUE. BUT A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS. THE GENTLEMEN HERE ARE NOT FROM LIFE SCHOOL. THEY REPRESENT THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. THEY WERE HIRED BY THE CITY TO BE INDEPENDENT.

THEY WEREN'T HIRED TO BE ON BEHALF OF LIFE SCHOOLS. SO THESE ARE YOUR INDEPENDENT REVIEWERS THAT WERE DISPARAGED EARLIER, AND THEIR PRESENTATION WAS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. THE LIFE SCHOOL HAS MET ALL OF THE CITY STANDARDS. IT HAS EXCEEDED THE CITY STANDARDS. LIFE SCHOOL IS ALSO NOT AN ENTITY THAT CAN BE SOLD. IT IS A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. IT IS A SISTER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AKIN TO A CITY OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT IT IS A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT, AN ARM OF THE STATE. IT CAN'T BE SOLD. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SOME OTHER ENTITY COMING IN HERE AND TAKING IT AWAY OR BEING SOLD. IT'S A NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT HAS GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY STATUS. ITS BOARD IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD, JUST LIKE YOUR ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THEY'RE JUST NOT ELECTED. THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS. I THIS WOULD BE A TREASURE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. GOOD EDUCATION, MORE GOOD EDUCATION OPTIONS, LIFTS YOUR COMMUNITY UP, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR STUDENTS THAT WILL BLESS YOUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME. I'VE KNOWN THEM FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW, AND I'M ALSO GOING TO SPEAK OUT ON BEHALF OF WHAT I'M TOLD IS OVER 120 STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT HERE WHO HAVE ADDRESSES IN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS, OVER 120 STUDENTS, I BELIEVE, OR MORE HAVE ADDRESSES. DUNCANVILLE.

THEY'RE NOT HERE. YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE PARENTS, OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS, AND THEY DO HAVE AN ENTITLEMENT TO BE HEARD. BUT THERE'S 120 DUNCANVILLE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS SCHOOL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARCIA POTTS, MARCIA POTTS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARCIA POTTS. MY ADDRESS IS 947 FAIRWAY

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SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO OPEN OUR COMMUNITY FOR PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL CONVENIENCES OR DECISIONS THAT PARENTS HAVE MADE TO TAKE THEIR STUDENTS THERE. YES, WE KNOW LIFE SCHOOL IS A GOOD SCHOOL, BUT WHY SHOULD OUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY, BE COMPROMISED BECAUSE OF THEIR DESIRES? SEEING NO MORE COMMENT CARDS WITH THE APPLICANT LIKE TO RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE COMMENTS AND NOT ABOUT. VERY SPECIFIC THINGS, BUT I DID WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW AND THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DEMO PERMIT ISSUED FOR THE PROPERTY AND DEMO SHOULD START. WAS BID OUT AND SHOULD HAS A CONTRACT NOW AND SHOULD BE STARTING THIS WEEK ON THE HOUSE AND THE POOL THAT WAS OWNED BY LARRY JOHNSON. AND THEN A LOT OF THE TRACTORS AND SOME OTHER OUTBUILDINGS ARE ALL THERE. SHOULD BE CLEANED UP WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AND ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WERE THERE BEFORE LIFE SCHOOL PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. THE OTHER THING IS, IS ONE ABOUT SMALL THING ABOUT THE BIKE LANE ON DANIEL DALE. WE ARE BECAUSE OF REQUEST FROM THE CITY PUTTING A TEN FOOT SIDEWALK THERE THAT WAS TOLD TO US BY THE CITY PREVIOUSLY THAT THAT WOULD COULD BECOME PART OF THE BIKE LANE. SO THAT IS A CONCESSION OR A CONCESSION THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S NOT REQUIRED BY THE CODE. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. COULD STAFF. BEING THAT WE ARE AT ABOUT 920 AND THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL TABULATIONS THAT CAN BE DONE BY STAFF BECAUSE THINGS CAME IN TO AT 4:00. AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO MENTIONED THE CLERICAL ERROR WITH THE DATES, I AM AS CHAIR, I'M CONSIDERING ISSUING A CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT MEETING TO MAKE SURE THOSE THE CLERICAL ERROR WASN'T A CONCERN FOR ANY OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS SO WE CAN GET THE CALCULATIONS FROM THE STAFF ON THE THINGS THAT CAME IN AT 4:00 AND EVEN THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT CAME IN AFTERWARDS. WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP. AT SOME POINT. I BELIEVE IT WAS MAYBE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SUGGESTED SUGGESTED THAT MORE

[02:20:04]

[02:25:02]

AND I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING I WASN'T MEANING TO SAY THAT WAXAHACHIE AND LIFE HERE ARE THE EXACT SAME WHAT I WHAT I MEANT PREVIOUSLY TO JUST CLARIFY WAS THAT THE CAR QUEUING WAS MEASURED AT WAXAHACHIE, AND THAT'S WHAT DROVE THIS. NOT THAT THEY ARE THE SAME KIND OF SITE.

THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO I WAS GOING TO SAY FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS EVENING. AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR YOU. AGAIN, YOU CAN YOU CAN CLOSE THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING AND RENDER A DECISION TO APPROVE OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU CAN ALSO RECOMMEND WITH CONDITIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING. YOU CAN ALSO DENY IT, OR ANOTHER OPTION IS TO TABLE IT THIS EVENING AND KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, AND MOVE IT TO A FUTURE PLANNING COMMISSION DATE IN THE FUTURE.

THE NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 9TH, WHICH WOULD ALLOW STAFF THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS EVENING, AND ALSO TABULATE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THAT WAS RECEIVED AFTER 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON. SO THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS. JUST AGAIN, AS A AS A GUIDANCE AND REMINDER REMINDER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS EVENING. THANK THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER, COMMISSIONER ZORA, IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE'RE READY TO ENTERTAIN OR I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS ISSUE FOR TODAY AND KEEP THE PUBLIC SESSION OPEN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE MEET AGAIN ON JUNE THE 9TH, 7 P.M. I WOULD SECOND THAT, BECAUSE IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE HAVE SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE COULD BE PRIVY TO AS FAR AS AN ECONOMIC STUDY AND POSSIBLY A TRAFFIC STUDY. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WINE TO TABLE FOR RIGHT NOW. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BROWNING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I ALL OPPOSED. WE

[02:30:01]

SO.

THERE'S A REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION. IF I COULD. AT THIS MOMENT IF YOU WE NEED TO WE HAVE THREE, TWO, TWO MORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO RESPONSIBLE. THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE? SO MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE MOMENT IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION. TO PUT THE QUESTION ON THE RECORD. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? YES. BEING THAT WE'VE ALREADY ENTERTAINED THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO NEXT WEEK, AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER OR NOT NEXT WEEK, NEXT MEETING TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. I LET'S WE'RE GOING

[4. Action Item: Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Frequency]

OVER THE LAST MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF STAFF HAS EVALUATED OTHER COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS ARE AND A LOT OF YOUR COUNTERPARTS IN, IN AND AROUND ADJACENT TO YOU AND WITHIN THE METROPLEX DO HAVE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH ON THE PLANK OR EXCUSE ME, ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION CALENDAR. AGAIN, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF JUST EFFICIENCY, FROM A STANDPOINT OF MOVING APPLICATIONS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES THAT DO COME UP THAT THINGS DO GET TABLED OR WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL CANCELLATION OF A MEETING. WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO GO TO A TWO MONTH SCHEDULE MOVING FORWARD HERE, AGAIN, NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, BUT WITHIN PROBABLY THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. AGAIN, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE EVALUATED, WHAT WHAT STAFF HAS EVALUATED OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, THE FREQUENCY. YES. THERE HAVE BEEN MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CANCELED IN THE PAST, BUT JUST UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH WITH THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD, OTHER TOPICS ON THE AGENDA WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE REESTABLISH THE GOING TO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH AND LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL DATE OF I BELIEVE I PUT IT IN HERE GOING TO THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OR THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AS CONSIDERATION. SO THE SECOND, THE SECOND TUESDAY AND THE FOURTH THURSDAY, IT WOULD WE CAN GO EITHER ONE OF THOSE DATES.

WE'VE LOOKED AT THE CITY CALENDAR AND THE OPTIONS THAT ARE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER FOR MOVING PLAN COMMISSION, MOVING THE PLANNING COMMISSION CURRENTLY MEET ON THE ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH. SO LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY CALENDARS AND IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD ENTERTAIN GOING TO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH, WE WOULD MOST LIKELY NEED TO LOOK AT GOING TO THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS OR THE SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY'S OF THE

[02:35:03]

SO I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK. FOR. THAT. SCHEDULING THAT IS THERE.

IS THERE A BETTER IS THERE? YEAH. I MEAN, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE A PRIMARY DATE, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND OR FOURTH THURSDAY POTENTIALLY IF WE WERE TO GO TO EXCUSE ME, CAN I JUMP IN ONE SECOND? AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SECOND OR FOURTH TUESDAY BECAUSE THURSDAYS ARE ZBA. AND SO FOR CERTAIN IT WOULD BE THE SECOND OR FOURTH TUESDAY IF IT'S AGREED UPON. WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT AS WE LOOK AT THE CALENDARS FURTHER, IF WE ARE TO GO TO THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, YOUR PRIMARY MEETING WOULD BE THE FIRST. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WITH THE OPTION FOR THAT.

IT FROM A FREQUENCY STANDPOINT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE IT ON THE COMMISSION OR EXCUSE ME ON THE CALENDAR WHETHER OR NOT IT GETS CANCELED OR NOT, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW, WE CAN CANCEL OTHER COMMUNITIES, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. BUT WE HAVE FOUND AS WE ON OCCASION, TRYING TO CALL A SPECIAL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS THAT MAY FALL ON AN OPPOSITE DAY OR A WEIRD DAY OR ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE TO GET A QUORUM. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AN ALIGNMENT IN PLACE. HOPEFULLY THAT AT LEAST THERE'S AN ESTABLISHED SCHEDULE OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. AGAIN, YOUR PRIMARY PLAN COMMISSION MEETING WOULD MOST LIKELY, IF WE WERE TO GO TO THE TWO MEET IN A MONTH SCHEDULE, WOULD BE THAT FOR THIS, THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WOULD BE YOUR PRIMARY MEETING.

NOW, AGAIN, IF THERE WAS BECAUSE OF A SCHEDULING CONFLICT, OR AGAIN, A VERY LARGE PROJECT WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO MOVE ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO A FOLLOW UP MEETING INSTEAD OF MAKING APPLICANTS WAIT LIKE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW TO GO TO THE NEXT SCHEDULED, YOU KNOW, SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH, WE WOULD HAVE THAT ALTERNATIVE DATE IN PLACE. AGAIN, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY IN THERE. IF IN THE EVENT THAT A MEETING IS NEEDED, IT'S AT LEAST IDENTIFIED ON YOUR ON YOUR CALENDAR OF HAVING THAT NIGHT AVAILABLE FOR YOU DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING MEETINGS EVERY, EVERY SINGLE, EVERY TWO WEEKS. IT IS REALLY THERE AS A, AS A I'M GOING TO SAY, A COURTESY TO KNOW THAT IF WE IF WE HAVE AN APPLICATION COME UP OR SOMETHING BECAUSE OF A PUBLISHING ERROR OR LATE SUBMITTAL OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AT LEAST A DEFINED MEETING ON THAT, WHICH WOULD BE THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH THAT WE COULD CALL A MEETING AND THERE WOULD HOPEFULLY BE A QUORUM BECAUSE IT'S ON THE CALENDAR. IT'S IN IT'S IN THE REGULAR SCHEDULE, A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. SO THAT IS THAT IS REALLY THE REQUEST IS TO GO THROUGH THAT. AGAIN, WE ARE NOT HERE TO SAY WE WANT TO DO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH. THAT IS AN AS NEEDED BASIS BASIS. WE WOULD STILL MAINTAIN THE PRIMARY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AS YOUR FIRST MEETING, WHERE WE WOULD MOVE MOST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP, WHICH IS GOING TO BE YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENING, AND IT'S 941 TO REALLY WANT TO GET INTO POTENTIAL WORK SESSION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER THINGS COMING UP IN THE FUTURE WITH THE WITH THE ZONING CODE REWRITE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I THINK PROVIDING THAT FLEXIBILITY, BUT KNOWING THAT IT'S ON YOUR CALENDAR WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO AT LEAST EVALUATE THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO THE PLAN WOULD BE SECOND

[02:40:05]

AGAIN, THIS THIS IS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE THAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE COMMISSION ON THAT PART ON THAT SIDE OF IT, OUR ALL. LET ME ASK THE QUESTION, ARE ALL MONDAYS BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT DID WE LOOK AT THE FOURTH MONDAY OR THE. MONDAY? MONDAYS ARE FINE FOR ME. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, ARE OUR MONDAYS MORE SUITABLE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION? AS AS IT IS TODAY, MONDAYS WORK FOR ME. WEDNESDAYS IS THE ONLY DAY THAT DOES NOT. AND WEDNESDAYS WOULDN'T WORK FOR ME. SO MONDAYS WORK FOR EVERYBODY. SO LET US DO THIS. LET US COME BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. LET'S LET US LOOK AT EVALUATE THE FOURTH MONDAY AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION FROM THE CITY CALENDAR PERSPECTIVE, AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT OPTION. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AT LEAST THE ENTERTAINMENT TO GO, AT LEAST TO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND LOOK AT A TWO MONTH SCHEDULE. AT ON, WE CAN LOOK AT THE MONDAYS. SO CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT? AND THIS IS GOING TO SOUND NEGATIVE, BUT I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND IT'S NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. AND SO I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DELAY MEETINGS AND DOUBLE UP ON THINGS AND HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS APPOINTED IS BECAUSE OF ERRORS, SUCH AS THE DATES THAT WERE ON THE MAILINGS AND THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC SURVEY AND A TRAFFIC STUDY AND A TRAFFIC STUDY IN OUR I MEAN, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS. AND THEY WERE NOT IN OUR PACKET. SO I, I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING EXTRA MEETINGS BECAUSE OF ERRORS. AND I THINK I WOULD APPRECIATE A LITTLE MORE CARE BEING TAKEN PERHAPS. AND IF WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE CASES, THAT'S ONE THING. AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PARTIALLY TURN IT OVER, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO YOUR NEW ASSISTANT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT JUST THIS IS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING IS WE HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGES, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE CHANGING. AND SO PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IS NEW PEOPLE GETTING USED TO THEIR ROLES. SO IF WE HAVE AN IF NEEDED MEETING WHILE WE'RE IN THIS TRANSITION PERIOD, I UNDERSTAND. AND I'M COMPLETE. SO YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SIDE NOTE IS WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. AND SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE EXTRA MEETING CAN CAUSE SOME ISSUES. BUT WITH THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF NOTHING ELSE, WE'RE ABLE TO BE GOOD WITH OUR TIME. WE WANT TO DEFINITELY LIMIT THE ERRORS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT SWEET SPOT.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL PARTIES ARE ABLE TO BALANCE THE TIME AND EVERYTHING. AND SO WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT MONDAY'S. AND SO IT WILL PROBABLY INSTEAD OF BEING THE SECOND TUESDAY AND FOURTH TUESDAY, WE'LL LOOK AT THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY. SO THANK YOU. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE PACKETS WERE READY AND THEY WERE DROPPED OFF AT OUR RESIDENT AND THIS PARTICULAR PACKET WAS INCOMPLETE, AND IT WAS READY ON FRIDAY AND I WAS OUT OF TOWN GETTING READY FOR GRADUATIONS. AND I DIDN'T REALLY WASN'T ABLE TO PICK THIS PACKET UP UNTIL THIS MORNING. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. SO ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MUCH INFORMATION TO GO OVER, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER IT THOROUGHLY AND MAKE SOME GOOD NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS ON WHAT'S GOING ON. WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK I'M HELPING AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL THIS HERE, SO WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE ARE RECEIVING THIS EVENING AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. TO MAKE YOUR JOBS EASY AND HELP DEVELOPERS THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE THIS OPEN AND HONEST FEEDBACK. BEING THAT THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, DO DO WE NEED A MOTION TO TABLE THIS? I WOULD LOOK AT JUST I'LL LOOK AT THIS TABLE AND RIGHT NOW WE'LL

[02:45:05]

[5. Discussion: Update to City of Duncanville Comprehensive Plan]

IT WAS MORE OF A JUST KIND OF BRING EVERYONE UP TO SPEED. BUT I CAN ALSO DO THAT VIA VIA EMAIL AND THEN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THE NEXT MEETING. THAT WOULD BE AT IN THE PROCESS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY. SURE. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. SO IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND ROLL CALL. MOTION WAS MADE TO ADJOURN BY COMMISSIONER O'BRIEN. IT WAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BROWNING. OH. WHEN I'M. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I.

I OPPOSE HAVE THE SAME RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. MOTION CARRIED FIVE.

OH,

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.