Item 6B - 6C ite./
March 1, 2014
Hunter Haas
616 Shady Lane
Southlake, Texas 76092
214 - 755 -5709
hhaas @pgatour.com
Dear Mayor and Council members,
I am writing in opposition of the Remington Estates development. I am not able to
attend the upcoming meeting because my schedule as a professional golfer will have
me in South America for all of March.
Five years ago my wife Lorie and I decided a change in lifestyle was in our families
best interest. After living in Dallas for seven years we were at wits end. Naturally
with young kids we had priorities and desires with this move. We looked at schools,
airport proximity, recreational opportunities, and many other things that might
effect our family environment. I personally wanted an acre+ lot with a shop
building for future hobbies and storage. Lorie was wary but I assured her we would
find it. After six months we found Shady Lane with her large acre lots and no HOA. It
was rural living with the luxury of being minutes from Southlake's Heart and
arteries.
I have in the last six months paid close attention to what is going on around Shady
Lane and what effects it has on not only my family but all the residents of our
neighborhood. I voiced my concerns (Noise, Trash, Traffic, Water Conveyance) at a
Zoning board meeting and I felt they had no effect on the decision to move this
project forward. The neighborhood feeling was the board is pushing this through.
The developer was asked to have a traffic study report compiled.
My guess is he got what he wanted and paid for. Not a true study or survey of what
citizens habits or daily patterns are. My advice to the Council would be don't ever
accept another report from that engineering group, or at least be very leery of this
group in the future.
The future plans of Southlake and preservation of the flora and fauna are a major
concern of mine. With Carrillon and other subdivisions popping up and being
proposed I see these attributes vanishing not flourishing. We need not only think of
2030, but even farther ahead. I know traffic is already a major issue with the
citizens of Southlake, and with the further deterioration of our semi rural low
density to medium or in my opinion high density this is only going to lead to further
issues. This is going to ultimately affect the quality of life we have here in Southlake.
We could have moved anywhere in the DFW area, we chose Southlake for the
quality of life and small town character. We ran from the Concrete Jungles of Dallu ec@iV9d
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and Plano to live here, and quite frankly I can sense it is following us with the
current trend in repainting the town. Patio homes are what developers are
pressuring us with. Homes that are built on quarter to third acre lots 10890sgft-
14520sgft should be left to Plano, Keller and other towns. When you can toss a beer
to your neighbor while flipping a hamburger that to me is way to tight.
Sure I understand growth, but at what expense? Increased classroom sizes and
higher traffic in return for more tax revenue are how some might perceive it.
Please don't take my concerns and my neighbors lightly. We chose Southlake for
what it was and not what it is becoming. Preserve the low density and precious
space that we do have. Please don't allow outsiders to take away what we have for
their profit.
Hold true to values of family and lifestyle, and stick with the 2030 vision.
Sincerely,
Hunter Haas