Sunnyvale Town Council meeting highlighted by public hearings

The Town Council meeting on June 24 began with a request for waiver of impact fees. Pat Wiley requested a waiver based on his economic contribution to the Town of Sunnyvale. Wiley wants to expand his facility that repairs heavy machinery and trucks by another 6,000 square feet.

In spite of this setting a precedent for future developers asking for waivers, Mayor Phaup requested that the waiver be granted because of his contribution to the economy of the town, and to help the small business owner succeed.

Council member David Byrd said, “If we’re going to have impact fees, let’s assess them. I’m all for cutting slack, but what are you going to say to the next guy?”

Pat Wiley said, “Sure you can have your guidelines, but you need to look at the business contribution to the town. Certainly some of these things there are gray areas.”

The council voted to accept the waiver unanimously not to exceed $1800.

Next on the agenda was a site plan and preliminary plat approval for the Sunnyvale Professional Center, a medical complex to be built near the new regional hospital.

The town Planning and Zoning Commission asked for additional engineering requirements to resolve the remaining issues or items.

The council was faced with either having the applicant answer the issues from a Town Engineer letter, and conditionally allow the approval, or deny the application and consider it on the agenda at the meeting on July 14th.

Mayor Phaup wanted a motion to table the site plan and preliminary plat plan until the July 14th council meeting. Karen Hill made the motion to continue the public hearing on July 14th. This would allow the staff time to approve grading with a revised grading plan with approval of drainage by the city of Mesquite.

Mr. DeBaun asked for the council to allow him to do grading for the parking lot.

The Town Attorney, however, recommended not to approve anything until all the drainage issues were resolved.

The Council voted unanimously to table the issue until the July 14 meeting.

The Town’s water quality report was presented to the council and approved unanimously. Sunnyvale City Manager said, “Our water is safe to drink. This test is done each year, and it is tested for nine different things. Maximum contaminant levels were not reached. It was all pretty common items found in drinking water.”

Town Manager, Scott Campbell, also submitted the mid-year budget revision request. Campbell explained that recommending an increase in the mid-year budget was based on the town’s revenue that performed better than expected.

The budget revision was approved by Town Council unanimously.

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