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City Council Meeting Minutes April 20, 2021 14,460 square foot, and has made it clear that Lookout Partners will put as many homes as possible on the 2.21 acres already zoned SF -6. He expressed concern with safety related to the access point (Steen Road) and the unsafe condition this will create. Mr. Caldwell would like Council to deny the SF -6 zoning change and that this matter be tabled until a new zoning code between SF -6 and 1 Acre can be enacted. Diane & Randall Osborne, spoke in opposition of the proposed development. Ms. Osborne stated it would be very dangerous for a road to be a main access to the housing development off of N. LBJ (Steen Rd.) that is being proposed. here are also public -school buses, CART vans, Texas State buses, Amazon trucks, UPS, FedEx, moving vans, store delivery trucks, RVs, and large city vehicles (just to name a few) that travel this section as well. Ms. Osborne expressed concern with the extra noise and traffic this will create or the number of accidents or near misses that will be involved since drivers in the cars would not have a very good visual on the hill to pull in or out of here. N. LBJ is already heavily trafficked in this area with so many apartments and houses needing access to their surrounding neighborhoods. Jennifer & Caleb Jensen, spoke in opposition of this project. Mr. Jensen stated the developer did explain that he would develop the roads and lot utility infrastructure for the property but not the houses. If Mr. Seifert was able to provide a plan, neighbors would have a better idea of what the intentions are for the property. Mr. Jensen expressed concern with the traffic impact and safe access, drainage features, steep slopes, significant increase in impervious surface after development and no effort by Mr. Seifert to meeting with the neighborhood residents. Lee Stern, spoke in opposition of rezoning the property for aesthetic, environmental, and economic reasons. Mr. Stern is concern with houses becoming rental properties to students. A new development will be cheaper housing, much of which is bought by people who live elsewhere, for their children to occupy for a few years while attending school. Mr. Stern mentioned the parcel is unique with challenging terrain. It's very steep, and would require drastic digging and leveling. The area is riddled with holes, which may indicate a honeycomb of natural drains leading to the aquifer. Runoff from impervious surfaces would flow to Sink Creek. Marcel Sullivan, spoke in opposition of the rezoning. Concern was expressed about the danger of the road as it is to handle additional traffic and there will be increased noise due to this. The repaved road/hill with surface treatment to City of San Marcos Page 12