Item 7 - Corridor Committee Meeting Report
Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Meeting Report
Meeting 49 – November 13, 2024
MEETING
LOCATION: 1400 Main St., Southlake, Texas 76092
City Council Chambers
IN
ATTENDANCE:
• City Council Members: Kathy Talley, Amy Torres- Lepp, Frances Scharli
• Planning & Zoning Commission Members: Austin Reynolds, Michael
Springer, Michael Forman
• Parks Board: Magdalena Battles
• Ex-Officio: Chad Patton
• City Staff: Dennis Killough, Jenny Crosby, Madeline Prater, Wayne Powell
AGENDA
ITEMS:
1. Call to Order.
2. Administrative Comments.
3. Review, discuss, and make recommendations regarding a proposed paved
helipad for emergency uses at Methodist Southlake Hospital located at 335
and 421 E. State Hwy 114., located on the west side of hospital.
4. Review, discuss, and make recommendations on the proposed Dakota’s
Steakhouse, event hall and retail located at 1901 W. Kirkwood Blvd.,
generally located at the corner of W. SH 114 and W. Kirkwood Blvd.
5. Review, discuss and make recommendations regarding a proposed
residential development located at 2100 and 2300 W. Continental Blvd.
6. Review, discuss and make recommendations regarding a proposed
residential development located at 2080 E. Dove Rd.
7. Review, discuss and make recommendations regarding a proposed
residential development located at 2665 N. White Chapel Blvd.
8. Review, discuss and make recommendations regarding a proposed mixed-
use, residential and commercial development on approx. 21 acres located
at 1835 Shady Oaks Drive and 400-500 Block of W. SH 114, generally
located along the west side of W. State Highway 114.
9. Review, discuss and make recommendations regarding a proposed
residential development (Miracle Place) located at 173 Jellico Circle and
2740 W. Southlake. Blvd. generally located at the northeast corner of Jellico
Circle (W) and W. Southlake Blvd.
10. Review, discuss and make recommendations regarding a proposed
residential development (Miracle Place) located at 2300 W. Continental
Blvd.
11. Adjournment
MEETING
OVERVIEW:
On November 13, 2024 the Southlake Corridor Planning Committee held
their forty-ninth meeting. The Committee was sent a packet of materials
prior to the meeting that were to be discussed during the session. A
meeting agenda was posted, and the meeting time was advertised on the
City’s website. The following meeting report focuses on discussion points
made during the meeting by members of the Committee, public and City
staff. This report is neither verbatim nor does it represent official meeting
minutes; rather it serves to inform elected and appointed officials, City
staff, and the public of the issues and questions raised by the Committee,
City staff, and any attendees of the meeting. Interested parties are
strongly encouraged to follow development cases through the process.
Please visit CityofSouthlake.com/Planning for more information.
Southlake Corridor Planning Committee Item #3 – Methodist Southlake Hospital Helipad
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ITEM #3 DISCUSSION – Review, discuss, and make recommendations regarding a
proposed paved helipad for emergency uses at Methodist Southlake Hospital
located at 335 and 421 E. State Hwy 114., located on the west side of hospital.
Staff presentation: Dennis Killough
• Future Land Use – Mixed Use
• Zoning – S-P-2
• Site Specific Recommendations – 114 LU5
• Medical Wellness Overlay
o The Medical Cluster category is an overlay category designed and intended for
the concentration of local to regional healthcare and related facilities, including
Medical/Wellness, specialty surgical centers, pediatric care, geriatric care of an
outpatient nature, research and development facilities including those operated in
partnership with a hospital, university, or other similar institutions, and health,
beauty and wellness clinics and facilities. Retail and office should be strictly
limited to uses which support the primary medical facilities. By its nature, the
Medical Cluster is intended to foster collaboration and multiplication of benefits
by locating medical services and disciplines in close proximity to each other,
thereby benefitting both the institutions and the patients they serve. The Medical
Cluster is envisioned to provide the greatest benefits when used in close
proximity to existing medical facilities such as those clustered around the 114
Corridor between N. Carroll Avenue and N. White Chapel Avenue.
• Proposal – paved sidewalk and helipad site
Questions for staff by the Committee: N/A
Questions for applicant by the Committee:
Michael Springer: Transporting people out how? Rolling out on the gurney?
Applicant: Yes, there is a door across from the sidewalk to a driveway, and that takes
patients out. They are rolled out on a gurney – that is why we want to pave.
Chad Patton: That is where the ingress/egress is when you send patients home. Is that
the spot where patients exit the facility, correct?
Applicant: That is the discharge area.
Chad Patton: By right, you have ability to install this right? You’re just looking for the
appropriate location – and this is desired.
Applicant: Yes.
Frances Scharli: Only taking patients out, correct? Not bringing patients in?
Applicant: Correct.
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Frances Scharli: Do you anticipate an increase as needed. Any future plans to
increase the number of patients being flighted out?
Applicant: Not anticipating an increase, it’s for the safety of the patient.
Frances Scharli: And this is where you are landing right not, but it’s not paved?
Applicant: Correct. If it’s muddy, the helicopter has to land closer to the parking lot
where the cars need to be moved.
Amy Torres-Lepp: I don’t have a problem with this. It’s a necessary component for the
hospital.
Magdalena Battles: Same. Seems straight forward and logical.
STAFF PRESENTATION SHOWN TO COMMITTEE:
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