Item 7B - Spin Report
SPIN MEETING REPORT
SPIN Item Number: SPIN2023-17
City Case Number: N/A
Project Name: 240 N. Carroll Ave.
SPIN Neighborhood: 7
Meeting Date: August 22, 2023
Meeting Location: 1400 Main Street, Southlake, TX
City Council Chambers
Total Attendance: 35
Hosts: Douglas Lies
Applicant Presenting: Curtis Young and Travis Franks
City Staff Present: Madeline Prater, Business Manager and Morgan Barclay, Planning
Technician
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FORUM SUMMARY:
Property Situation: 240 N. Carroll Ave. – Located approximately across the street from Main
St. and Southlake Town Square.
Development Details:
• Proposing a mixed used development that would feature one two-story office building
and 28 residential properties described as luxury villas.
• The two-story office building will front N. Carroll Ave with access to the villas on the
northeastern side of the property with a private gate.
• The two-story office building will either be a high-end restaurant or luxury retail store on
the first floor with the second story reserved for executive offices.
• A percentage of the second story offices have been already designated to
predetermined businesses.
• The luxury villas floor plan will range for 3,000 to 5,300 square feet.
• The luxury villas will be gated on the western side fronting the office building and N.
Carroll.
• Southlake Emergency Services have required that an emergency access gate be
installed on the western side of the property connecting with Cross Lane.
• Developer has stated this gate on Cross Lane will only be accessible in the case of
emergency by Southlake Emergency Services only.
• A small cul-de-sac will be installed prior to the emergency gate on Cross Lane to assist
the Foxborough neighborhood with their ongoing struggle with turn around on the dead-
end street.
• The property line around the residential villas will be screened with an 8-foot-tall
masonry wall.
• A detention pond will be installed on the southwestern corner of the property to improve
drainage in the area.
• Landscaping will feature trees and greenery to match the aesthetics of the neighboring
developments.
Presentation:
Online Comment, Questions, and Concerns Forms:
Question: Are you pre-leased on the office building?
Answer: Yes, a percentage of the office building has been pre-leased.
Question: What is the difference between these villas and a multi-family development?
Answer: These villas will not be multi-family units. It will be one house for one family on one lot.
Question: Is there a Traffic Study?
Answer: Yes, we are conducting a private traffic study and will compare our study to the traffic
study done by the city around 6 years ago and present those finding to the city for review as a
part of the development requirements for potential development.
Question: Where do you stand on your property acquisition?
Answer: We are under contract for the property dependent on the approval of the development
by the City of Southlake.
Question: Regarding the masonry screening walls, how can you ensure that the HOA for the
villas take responsibility for maintenance of the walls?
Answer: As a part of the zoning of the property we can have it written into the ordinance that
the masonry walls must be maintained by the HOA.
Question: What will the emergency gate look like and how can you guarantee that is will only
be used for emergencies?
Answer: We will create the gate in a design that is pleasing to both the development and the
Foxborough neighborhood to make is not only safe but aesthetically appealing. The gate will be
locked and only accessible by Southlake Emergency Services. No other entity will have access
to the gate.
Question: Why is access not being added onto the office properties to the south?
Answer: The owner to that property has expressed his refusal to allow any access to the
residential part of this development on his property.
Question: What is the difference between installing the emergency access gate off of the office
buildings to the south and installing the gate on Cross Lane?
Answer: The office park to the south has fire lanes that are required by the city. The city cannot
require him to allow an emergency access gate on his property as it already meets the fire code.
When Cross Lane was developed years ago it was with the idea the road would one day
connect back into the N. Carroll Ave which is why the road was left as a dead-end street instead
of installing a cul-de-sac as the fire code requires. As such to not only protect the residents of
the Villas but also those residents on Cross Lane the gate is being proposed on Cross Lane as
the Fire Marshall has required.
Question: How do you believe this development will impact the traffic on N. Carroll?
Answer: It is our belief that this development will have little change to the traffic on N. Carroll.
Question: Will you be maintaining or adding trees to assist with screening the property?
Answer: We will be maintaining any of the current trees on the property as we can and be
adding any additional tress as needed.
Question: How are you going to insure the privacy of not only this development but the current
subdivisions?
Answer: The houses will be sufficiently screened by landscaping and the masonry wall and we
will make sure that when the villas are built the backyard will not be able to be visible to other
neighbors.
Question: Has a drainage study be performed?
Answer: Yes, a preliminary drainage study has been performed and will be submitted to the city
as a part of the development case for approval.
Question: Would it be possible to revise the layout of the building to move lot 17 and lot 28 off
of the property line and move the alleyway to where those villas were?
Answer: Yes, we will investigate the possibility of that revision.
SPIN Meeting Reports are general observations of SPIN Meetings by City staff and SPIN Representatives. The report is neither
verbatim nor official meeting minutes; rather it serves to inform elected and appointed officials, City staff, and the public of the issues
and questions raised by residents and the general responses made. Responses as summarized in this report should not be taken as
guarantees by the applicant. Interested parties are strongly encouraged to follow the case through the Planning and Zoning
Commission and final action by City Council.
SPIN Town Hall Forum Online Question and Comment Forms Received
Southlake Connect Results for the August 22, 2023, SPIN Town Hall Forum