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City Council Meeting Minutes September 30, 2019 <br />Development Agreement with Buie Tract. In 2009 a development agreement <br />was created and was modified in 2013 for Capstone Cottages. He provided the <br />breakdown of the Buie Tract which consists of 103 acres of dedicated park <br />land, 5 acres to the Franklin HOA, 33 acres to Capstone Cottages, and this is <br />the remaining 10 acres. 71 units will be assigned to with a limit of three <br />bedrooms per unit. No rent by the bedroom will be allowed. In addition, <br />building heights shall not exceed one story in the portion of the Mixed Use <br />area on the west side of Craddock Avenue that abuts the Franklin Square <br />neighborhood. All buildings must be brought to the street edge of Craddock, <br />and requires ground floor office or retail be included. This requires approval <br />by Council of an assignment. He is requesting a clarification one item and a <br />change in another. They would like to remove the requirement for ground <br />floor retail of every unit and amend the language referring to the Craddock <br />Street edge to allow public easements to be included. He will be here this <br />evening, if Council has any questions. <br />Thea Dake, thanked Council for their due diligence to help our City get out of <br />a lot of messes. She spoke in opposition of the 75 Sylvan CUP. She stated this <br />project has brought problems from the beginning and asked how much student <br />housing do we need? Council subcommittees and citizen boards have issues <br />with this project. She asked that our needs be put before an out of town <br />developer. She stated that San Marcos needs more single family, owner <br />occupied homes that are affordable. She asked that we please deny this CUP, <br />and get this project on the path for reasonable development. <br />Roland Saucedo, thanked Council for their service and spoke on item #20. He <br />asked that the 75 Sylvan CUP be denied. This is a disaster waiting to happen <br />and there is no way the Fire Department would be able to evacuate or get to <br />other floors safely. He reminded council of the fire at Iconic Village. We can <br />not let something like this happen again. This is not compatible to our <br />downtown and does not help the downtown business owners. There is not <br />adequate lighting on our streets. Please think about this and deny this project <br />and CUP. It will save lives. <br />Kelly Stone, spoke on Cape's Dam and was recognized at a sustainable place <br />making event this weekend. She noted that somebody in the lobby commented <br />on her Ray Bradbury story from last week. She said her outreach may be <br />working. The dam is talked about at Commissioner's court and finally we will <br />have a meeting on October 15th during the Work Session. It is to hear a <br />presentation on a rendering of what it could look like if the dam was <br />preserved. Why are we not seeing multiple options? The City of Columbus <br />City of San Marcos page 2 <br />