Ken Baker Final Cover Letter 03292021COOPER
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March 29, 2021
Ken Baker
Senior Director of Planning & Development Services
City of Southlake
1400 Main Street, Suite 310
Southlake, Texas 76092
Re: Southlake Town Square— Block 20, Lot 1
Downtown Residences Site Plan and Plat Revision Request
Dear Ken:
Cooper & Stebbins (Applicant) is requesting approval of its Block 20 Lot 1 Site Plan and
associated Plat Revision, comprised of up to 58 Garden District Residences in two buildings on
approximately 2.2 vacant acres located in the Garden District of Southlake Town Square south
and west of Park Ridge Blvd, east of Central Ave. and north of Meeting St. (the "Property").
The Application and supporting documents have been prepared in substantial conformance
with the 2013 Concept Plan approval, and are available to the City via the following link:
https://www.d ropbox.com/sh/egzy85o01awcr6/AAAb8sTg 5KtLPC[40mzp4FlRa?d I=0 .
We request a waiver from the Traffic Impact Analysis, which has been done several times
previously for this property. The Site Plan use and unit count is less intensive than in any of
those prior studies, and less than allowed under the Concept Plan, so a TIA should not be
required.
A short presentation is included to provide an overview of the Application. This includes two
requests of the City:
• We ask that the City and Parks Board accept the dedication of Stebbins Park and, upon
completion, the newly proposed "The Grove" Park. Stebbins Park already serves the
public and provides an important linear linkage meeting the needs of the City's
residents, businesses and visitors. On completion, The Grove will add to Town Square's
open space amenities and attraction.
• We have proposed that the City reconfigure the intersection of Central Avenue and
Federal Way, for both safety and aesthetic reason. Before he retired, Bob Price and I
talked about the need for crosswalks and stop signs here. To accommodate this, and to
provide a point of visual interest, we ask that the City change the parking on either side
of the intersection from angled to parallel and "meander'the sidewalk away from the
proposed new buildings to provide a larger landscape bed.
We appreciate the City's consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Cooper & Stebbins, L.P.
By: ,\
Frank L. Bliss
President
cc: Dennis Killough
Madeline Oujesky
lerod Potts
Lydia Ruiz
Denise Carino
COOPER AND COMPANY U.S. INC. 351 CENTRAL AVENUE, SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS 76092
T: 8172916148 WWW.000PERANDCOMPANY.ORG