Item 7A Agenda Item 7A
Mr. Mayor and members of the City Council,
I am Mike Spinozzi and reside at 915A Emerald Blvd. in Southlake where I have lived with my
family for over 8 years. I am writing with regard to the Southlake Villas development which will
occupy the 3 acres directly south of my home.
My neighbors and I have been working with the developer and his associates to resolve hours
and days of operation for this proposed development. We are very concerned with late hours on
weeknights and any activity on the weekends. I have forwarded an e- mail(below) from Mr.
Jerome Hill, the developer, which was received by me on 11/20. As you can see he is asking for
my support if hours were specified 8 -5 Mon through Friday and 8 -noon on Sat. His e-mail also
indicates 2 small exceptions to these operating hours and his expectation that this office park will
be "dead on the weekends ". This seemed reasonable but then I discovered that as part of the
formal plan submitted on 11/21, the hours language was changed to include an allowance for any
tenant to open from 7 -6 Mon thru Friday and from 8 -2 on Saturdays (not exactly "dead on the
weekends "). This is the proposal before you now which I formally oppose. I am frustrated and
concerned that this developer and his associates continue to push the envelope to get more
concessions to benefit their financial situation. As a reminder, the original SPIN presentation by
this developer asked for 1 building to be medical offices or 25% of the development. At the first
P &Z meeting that number was increased to 3 buildings or 75 %. Currently, it is 2 buildings or 50%
of the development which will increase traffic by 55% vs. the current plan that was approved 6
years ago which called for 4 general office buildings. This is according to Ms. Fletcher on the
P &Z staff. Moreover, how do we rely on this developer to honor his commitments and be
trustworthy with respect to the ordinance. We all know that it is difficult to enforce operating
hours in ordinance language which leaves our neighborhood feeling extremely vulnerable as we
have to rely on the good faith of this developer and his tenants to be in alignment with the
ordinance.
This developer is asking you to approve changes that are materially different from the currently
approved plan and are also inconsistent with the offices that make up the corridor from Carroll to
White Chapel on the North side of Southlake Blvd. These changes will have a negative impact
on the quality of life for the 6 single family residences that are adjacent to the western, northern
and a portion of the eastern border of this property. Also, property values will surely be
negatively affected by the presence of this commercial development and the noise, traffic and
loss of privacy that come with it. Further, there may be legal restrictions on how much this
developer can significantly alter the plan that was approved by the council several years ago.
Building D faces my property along with its doors and windows and is only 70 feet from the
property line. No other commercial building faces or is as close to a residence in the corridor I
described above. Also, the parking and main driveway for this building are between my property
line and the front door - also unprecedented in this corridor where offices face Southlake Blvd.
and parking is on Southlake Blvd. Additionally, hours for the corridor are 8 -5 Monday through
Friday.
I would ask the council to consider the following: Hours /Days of operation for buildings A &B
(medical offices): Monday - Friday 8 -5 and Saturday 8 - Noon. Buildings C &D ( general
office)which have the closest proximity to single family homes : Monday - Friday 8 -5. This is
more consistent with offices currently operating in this corridor and the current plan. It will also
allow the developer to have a successful project and peacefully co -exist with our neighborhood.
appreciate your willingness to listen, your support and the personal involvement of some
members to resolve this in a fair manner.
Sincerely,
Mike Spinozzi
Agenda Item 7A
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jerome Hill
Date: November 20, 2014 11:08:14 AM CST
To: Michael Spinozzi
Cc: felix Blanchard
Subject: Re: Southlake Villas - Neighborhood Meeting
Mike,
Good morning, hope all is well and you are gearing up for a great Thanksgiving week. Checking
with you to see if you and Felix would support our project and remove your opposition if we
specifically stated normal hours of operation 8 -5 M -F and 8 -12 on Sat. No hours of operation on
Sunday. The reality is I expect this to be a sleepy office park after 5pm and dead on the
weekends. I have a CPA that is very interested in one of the back buildings and I expect for
about 3 -4 weeks around tax season he will be working on Saturday, but won't the rest of the
year. On occasion I expect to work some Saturday mornings myself. As far as the other two
buildings in the front, I fully expect they will be consistent with the rest of the general business
corridor you have described.
Additionally, I will strike the dialysis, imaging, and specifically eliminate ALL urgent care and
emergency care facilities. I will also make the other changes to the site plan and building
elevations as requested by counsel. I'd really like to have your support and very much appreciate
your consideration.
All the best,
Jerome Hill
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Michael Spinozzi wrote:
Thanks Jerome,
The big concern is weekend activity. There is generally no weekend or late evening activity in the
offices on this side of Southlake Blvd. from Carroll to White Chapel.
I think you can appreciate the quality of life impact which is why you agreed to not move forward
with 24 hr. businesses.
What can be done about weekends? As I mentioned to Konstantine after the P &Z meeting, this
is the last remaining issue but it is a big one.
let me know your thoughts.
Mike
Agenda Item 7A
On Nov 17, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Jerome Hill wrote:
Mike,
Thanks for your note. I have discussed some viable options with my partners and I sincerely
hope you, Felix, and the rest of the HOA will give your support for the proposed plan (please see
Konstantine's email which contains even further concessions). I feel we have done all we can do
to try and accommodate the adjacent property owners and still have a successful project. I hope
it is clear that we want to be a good neighbor and have demonstrated this with numerous
significant changes in the proposed plan. I look forward to hearing your feedback.
All the best,
Jerome
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From: Michael Spinozz'
Date: November 15, 2014 1:17:19 PM CST
To: Konstantine Bakintas
Cc:
Subject: Re: Southlake Villas - Neighborhood Meeting
Hi Konstantine,
i hope you are well. I wanted to follow up on our conversation following the P&Z meeting on the
6th. I asked you then on behalf of the neighborhood to consider limiting business operating days
to a Monday through Friday week.
You said you would speak with the ownership to consider this.
Could you let me know where we stand on this request?
Regards,
Mike Spinozzi
On Nov 4, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Konstantine Bakintas wrote:
Good morning!
We truly appreciate your taking the time to visit with us yesterday... and believe that Southlake
Villas will be a professional and medical office development that you will be pleased with. Our
complete Site Plan package, as submitted, is available for viewing and download
at https:// bhb.exavault.com /p/2014.711.000 - Southlake Villas
As discussed, and in an effort to address the concerns shared at the P &Z Meeting, we've
incorporated the following modifications to the previous plans:
Reduced medical use to no more than 50 %; so the development will provide 50% medical and
50% professional offices
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• Reduced the number of parking spaces from 133 to 114; so that no more spaces than required
will be constructed
• Increased the landscape buffer by removing 19 parking spaces adjacent the residential
properties
o Increased the landscaping (trees, shrubs, etc.) to comply with landscape requirements
o Provide /construct an 8 -ft tall all masonry wall to screen this development from residential
properties
Selected 20 -ft tall LED site lights, and reduced the Tight levels to absolute minimum; 0.02 foot -
candles at property line
• Maintained the absolute maximum building height to 31 -ft (and not the average height of 31-
ft)
Having learned more about your concerns, we understand the following are items that we shall
consider further:
• Consider limiting the medical use to the front two buildings — will stipulate at P &Z
Consider providing all evergreen trees along the perimeter — will stipulate at P &Z
o Consider limiting hours of operation (no 24 -hr medical use) — will consider and coordinate
w /staff
Consider motion sensing site lighting — will consider and coordinate w /staff
o Consider limiting medical uses (remove high traffic dialysis, imaging, pharmacy) — will consider
• Consider specifying compound pharmacy in -lieu of pharmacy — will consider
If we've missed anything, please let us know; and we will be sure to follow -up on it as well.
Again, thank you for your time and consideration.
KB
Konstantine Bakintas, PE 1 President
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Jerome Hill
Date: November 20, 2014 11:08:14 AM CST
To: Michael Spinozzi _...,,� "`W,,,J,,
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Cc: felix Blanchard
Subject: Re: Southlake Villas - Neighborhood Meeting
Mike,
Good moming, hope all is well and you are gearing up for a great Thanksgiving week. Checking
with you to see if you and Felix would support our project and remove your opposition if we
specifically stated normal hours of operation 8 -5 M -F and 8 -12 on Sat. No hours of operation on
Sunday. The reality is I expect this to be a sleepy office park after 5pm and dead on the
weekends. I have a CPA that is very interested in one of the back buildings and I expect for about
3-4 weeks around tax season he will be working on Saturday, but won't the rest of the year. On
occasion I expect to work some Saturday momings myself. As far as the other two buildings in
the front, I fully expect they will be consistent with the rest of the general business corridor you
have described.
Additionally, I will strike the dialysis, imaging, and specifically eliminate ALL urgent care and
emergency care facilities. I will also make the other changes to the site plan and building
elevations as requested by counsel. I'd really like to have your support and very much appreciate
your consideration.
All the best,
Jerome Hill
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Michael Spinozzi
Thanks Jerome,
The big concem is weekend activity. There is generally no weekend or late evening activity in the
offices on this side of Southlake Blvd. from Carroll to White Chapel.
I think you can appreciate the quality of life impact which is why you agreed to not move forward
with 24 hr. businesses.
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What can be done about weekends? As I mentioned to Konstantine after the P&Z meeting, this is
the last remaining issue but it is a big one.
let me know your thoughts.
Mike
On Nov 17, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Jerome Hill wrote:
Mike,
Thanks for your note. I have discussed some viable options with my partners and 1 sincerely hope
you, Felix, and the rest of the HOA will give your support for the proposed plan (please see
Konstantine's email which contains even further concessions). I feel we have done all we can do
to try and accommodate the adjacent property owners and still have a successful project. I hope it
is clear that we want to be a good neighbor and have demonstrated this with numerous significant
changes in the proposed plan. I look forward to hearing your feedback.
All the best,
Jerome
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Michael Spinozzi _
Hi Jerome,
I hope you are well.
Attached is an e-mail i recently sent to Konstantine and meant to copy you on. I was hoping we
could get your position on not allowing weekend business at Southlake Villas soon so we can
adjust our communications to the city council accordingly.
I believe this is the last remaining issue to be resolved for our neighborhood.
Please let me know when you can.
thanks
Mike
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Lori Payne <Ipayne @ci.southlake.tx.us> Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:57 PM
To: Ken Baker <KBaker @ci.southlake.tx.us >, Holly Blake <hblake @ci.southlake.tx.us>
From: felix Blanchari
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 1:15 PM
To: Michael Spinozzi
Cc: mayorandcitycouncil @ ci.southlake.tx.us; lisaquinn @verizon.net
Subject: Re: Southlake Villas - Neighborhood Meeting
We live at 915B emerald blvd and wanted to voice my opposition tonight but I am out of town. My concerns are
very similar to Mike and that we had an agreement with the property owner and then he changed his mind.
Thank you
Felix & Ellen Blanchard
817 675 - 2400
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On Nov 30, 2014, at 6:38 PM, Michael Spinozzi <mspinozzi @msn.com> wrote:
Mr. Mayor and members of the City Council,
I am Mike Spinozzi and reside at 915A Emerald Blvd. in Southlake where I have lived with my
family for over 8 years.
I am writing with regard to the Southlake Villas development which will occupy the 3 acres directly
south of my home.
My neighbors and I have been working with the developer and his associates to resolve hours and
days of operation for this proposed development. We are very concemed with late hours on
weeknights and any activity on the weekends. I have forwarded an e- mail(below) from Mr. Jerome
Hill, the developer, which was received by me on 11/20. As you can see he is asking for my
support if hours were specified 8 -5 Mon through Friday and 8 -noon on Sat. His e-mail also
indicates 2 small exceptions to these operating hours and his expectation that this office park will
be "dead on the weekends ". This seemed reasonable but then I discovered that as part of the
formal plan submitted on 11/21, the hours language was changed to include an allowance for any
tenant to open from 7 -6 Mon thru Friday and from 8 -2 on Saturdays (not exactly "dead on the
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weekends "). This is the proposal before you now which I formally oppose. I am frustrated and
concemed that this developer and his associates continue to push the envelope to get more
concessions to benefit their financial situation . As a reminder, the original SPIN presentation by
this developer asked for 1 building to be medical offices or 25% of the development. At the first
P &Z meeting that number was increased to 3 buildings or 75 %. Currently, it is 2 buildings or 50%
of the development which will increase traffic by 55% vs. the current plan that was approved 6
years ago which called for 4 general office buildings. This is according to Ms. Fletcher on the P &Z
staff.
Moreover, how do we rely on this developer to honor his commitments and be trustworthy with
respect to the ordinance. We all know that it is difficult to enforce operating hours in ordinance
language which leaves our neighborhood feeling extremely vulnerable as we have to rely on the
good faith of this developer and his tenants to be in alignment with the ordinance.
This developer is asking you to approve changes that are materially different from the currently
approved plan and are also inconsistent with the offices that make up the corridor from Carroll to
White Chapel on the North side of Southlake Blvd. These changes will have a negative impact on
the quality of life for the 6 single family residences that are adjacent to the westem, northern and a
portion of the eastem border of this property. Also, property values will surely be negatively
affected by the presence of this commercial development and the noise, traffic and loss of privacy
that come with it. Further, there may be legal restrictions on how much this developer can
significantly alter the plan that was approved by the council several years ago.
Building D faces my property along with its doors and windows and is only 70 feet from the
property line. No other commercial building faces or is as close to a residence in the corridor I
described above. Also, the parking and main driveway for this building are between my property
line and the front door - also unprecedented in this corridor where offices face Southlake Blvd. and
parking is on Southlake Blvd. Additionally, hours for the corridor are 8 -5 Monday through Friday.
I would ask the council to consider the following: Hours /Days of operation for buildings A &B
(medical offices) : Monday - Friday 8 -5 and Saturday 8 - Noon. Buildings C &D ( general
office)which have the closest proximity to single family homes : Monday - Friday 8 -5. This is more
consistent with offices currently operating in this corridor and the current plan. It will also allow the
developer to have a successful project and peacefully co -exist with our neighborhood.
I appreciate your willingness to listen, your support and the personal involvement of some
members to resolve this in a fair manner.
Sincerely,
Mike Spinozzi
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