Item 7B - SPIN Report
SPIN MEETING REPORT
SPIN Item Number: SPIN2024-03
City Case Number: ZA24-0007
Project Name: Brumlow East
SPIN Neighborhood: 8
Meeting Date: February 27, 2024
Meeting Location: 1400 Main Street, Southlake, TX
City Council Chambers
Total Attendance: 20
Hosts: Tracy Harrow
Applicant Presenting: Martin Schelling
City Staff Present: Madeline Prater, Business Manager
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FORUM SUMMARY:
Property Situation: 1535 Brumlow Ave.
Development Details:
Mixed Use Plan
• Residential
o Lot Sizes
▪ 48 @ 50’ x 137’
▪ 6 @ 60’ x 170’
▪ 2 – Acre+ lots
o Number of Lots: 56
o Density: 2.18 lots/acre
• Commercial
o Office: 9,768 sq. ft. on 44,144 sq. ft.
o Office/Flex Space: 70,567 sq. ft. on 202,271 sq. ft.
Presentation:
Online Comment, Questions, and Concerns Forms:
C: Full support of this project. Relieved it will be residential. Great to see the creek and green
space preserved.
Q: Is the green space going to be public for everyone to use? Or just for the residents to the lots
along the east?
A: We have not gotten that far, but I don’t think the city wants to take this on as public open
space and park.
Q: Land to the southeast, will that remain open green space? This is partially floodplain space.
A: It is in the floodplain, so it will remain.
C: Concerned about the traffic on Brumlow and Continental
A: This might generate 560 trips a day for this project. Brumlow is slated to be widened in the
city’s capital improvements program soon, with expected completion by 2028.
Q: What size homes are these going to be? Zero lot line? Price range for the houses and the
value for surrounding properties?
A: Lots adjacent to Tealwood are 60ft wide. Hart Ct. and commercial backup 50ft wide lots.
Pricing – less expensive than what we typically see in Southlake – but right now they are
programmed for 1.5 million. Minimum of 3,000 – 3,500 sq. ft.
Q: Traffic patterns are a bit of a challenge. Any plans to widen Continental? This proposition
was not warmly received years ago, and I want to make sure this is not warmly received now.
A: Majority of traffic will enter and exit on Brumlow. As far as Continental, I don’t think there are
any plans in the capital improvement project for it.
Q: How big is the floodplain?
A: Open space is 13 acres.
C: So, it’s 56 lots on 12 acres. So, the density is not 2 per acre. This is not a plan that will pass
through the Planning and Zoning Commission. It’s too dense. Might be good to rethink this plan
and lessen the number of units.
Q: Can you reiterate why this type of development is needed in Southlake?
A: We think this provides great variety and diversity of home products in the city.
C: I understand Tealwood, but I don’t understand this. My fear is this sets a precedent in
Southlake for more transitional lots. This doesn’t seem like Southlake.
C: The green space is swamp land right now – I hope plans for this area include proper draining
and turning it into something functional. A true green space.
A: It’ll be functional open space.
C: Make lots sizes bigger – quarter acres lots.
C: I like the concept; I don’t like the density.
Q: Will there be an entrance and exit on the Continental side?
A: Yes, it’ll be functional.
Q: Will there be a stoplight or something out on Brumlow or Continental?
A: No.
Q: Two lots on the right-hand side – how do people access those?
A: The lot on the north will have a private drive. The lot on the south will have a box culvert and
a private road.
Q: Joe Wright’s land on the opposite side of Brumlow – how many acres is that?
A: Maybe 15 acres.
C: Biggest concern is the lots are too small, so if you let this in then it’ll allow this size into other
places.
Q: So, you don’t have to ask for any variances for this project?
A: I’m not sure yet, we have submitted and received comments but there shouldn’t be anything
needed.
App: On the land use plan this is designated as Industrial, so this is a down zoning for the area.
Industrial would be way denser, and higher rates of impervious coverage.
C: This build out would be considered high density
Q: Can you build on the green space?
A: Yes, we could. But we would have to channelize it.
Q: When you calculate the density, you are using the whole space to get 2.18?
A: That is the regulation in the Transitional Zoning District ordinance. That is how you calculate
your density. For mixed use, you can amortize your lots across the property.
App: Amortize 56 lots over the property minus the commercial equals 2.18. We typically
calculate it this way.
Q: Is the Wright Family proposing this development? Or have they sold this property to a
developer?
A: This property is still under the Wright family, since I have a relationship with the family, I’m a
partner in the project and will be taking lead on it.
Q: Have there been instances in the past where the city has required developers to foot the bill
for something the city would do later? Like a reimbursement agreement?
A: Typically, when a developer builds a road, it is through an earned credit with retail (ad
valorem taxes plus sales tax). We don’t qualify to receive this credit.
C: Disappointed with the width size of the lots. Would like to see this less dense.
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SPIN Town Hall Forum Online Question and Comment Forms Received
Southlake Connect Results for the February 27, 2024 SPIN Town Hall Forum