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GOOD EVENING.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE FOR MR. DAN BARRIOS TO LEAD US WITH THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE JOIN ME ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH AND TRADITIONS.
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SERVE AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WE LOVE.
AS REMEMBER AS WE REMEMBER THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 22 YEARS AGO.
TODAY WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, AND THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE FOREVER IMPACTED BY THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY.
MAY IT SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE BEST AND WORST ASPECTS OF HUMANITY.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE A HEAD TO PROTECTION OVER THIS BUILDING.
OUR CITY AND ALL OF NORTH TEXAS MAY THIS COUNCIL HAVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL FORTITUDE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS, THAT WE KEEP A MORAL COMPASS, AND THAT WE ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW OUR DECISIONS AFFECT ALL OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING SENIORS, THE DISABLED, THE POOR, AND MARGINALIZED.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY, AMEN.
AND MAYOR, FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WE WILL BE JOINED BY PAC 8, 9 3 REP, REPRESENTING MOHAWK AND KENNY CREEK ELEMENTARY.
THEY'LL PLEASE COME FORWARD AND LEAD US INTO PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW TEXAS P HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I'M GLAD TO LEAVE THE CITY TEXAS ONE STATE HONOR, GOD ONE.
WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING AND JOINING US THIS EVENING.
IT'S ALWAYS SPECIAL WHEN WE CAN HAVE YOUNG MEN COME AND SHARE WITH US.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND WE WILL READ THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 28TH, 2023 MEETING.
MR. MAGNER, OR WHOEVER, MARY, I THINK YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
MAYOR, I'D LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 28TH, 2023 MEETING AS PUBLISHED.
COULD I GET A SECOND, MR. CHU? I WOULD LOVE A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
VISIT VISITORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
UH, MAYOR, WE ARE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE, SO I'LL LOOK TO OUR CITY SECRETARY TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS.
MAYOR, I ONLY HAVE SPEAKERS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[5. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION’S FY24 ARTS GRANTS FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REVIEW, REVIEW, AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSIONS FISCAL YEAR 24 ARTS GRANTS FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.UH, WE ARE, UM, UM, HAPPY TO HAVE AND WELCOME TONIGHT.
HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE.
ANTHONY IS GONNA LEAD THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UH, HE'S GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE VERY GOOD WORK THAT THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION HAS DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, STATEMENT BY THE COUNCIL, BY THE CITY COUNCIL EACH YEAR, UH, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CULTURAL ARTS IN THE ARTS IN, UH, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON IN THIS, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU, ANTHONY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THESE MANY YEARS.
UH, THIS COMMITTEE WORKS VERY LONG HOURS, VERY HARD.
THEY TAKE THIS, UH, THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY, UH, THOUGHTFULLY AND, UH, VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND SO, ANTHONY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.
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UH, WHICH ONE? GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
I'M, UH, PLEASED TO BE HERE, UH, IN FRONT OF Y'ALL.
UH, GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UH, ARTS GRANTS RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO, UH, THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
IT'S MYSELF AND THEN SANDY POLISH, BRIAN BENTLEY, ELIZABETH GONZALEZ, TED KLIA, AMY TAYLOR, AND KEVIN RA.
AND THEN OUR, UH, COUNCIL LIAISON IS MR. CURTIS DORIAN.
AND THEN OUR STAFF LIAISON IS MCKAYLA DOLLAR.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE, WE SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY, UH, INVOLVING THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS IN RICHARDSON.
UM, WE ALSO DO THE BIENNIAL STATE OF THE ARTS THAT WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, UM, ASSESSMENT TO THE CITY OF COUNCIL.
UM, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO THE EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY FUNDS FOR PROMOTING AND SUSTAINING THE ARTS IN THE CITY.
AND THEN WE SERVE AS A REVIEW BOARD FOR THE FUNDING OF VARIOUS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS FOR ALLOCATIONS FROM THE HOTEL AND MOTEL, UH, TAX FUND, WHICH, UM, FANTASTICALLY IS, UH, DOING WELL AND WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY GET OUR FUNDING UP THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WAS, UH, UH, VERY NICE FOR ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRANTS PROCESS.
UM, IT, IT STARTS A LITTLE BIT EVEN BEFORE, UH, THE SPRING AND SUMMER.
WE, UH, WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE GRANTS PROCESS.
SO AFTER THAT, IN OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, ACTUALLY THIS THURSDAY, WE'LL BE REVIEWING THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, UM, QUESTIONNAIRES WITH NARRATIVE RESPONSES.
SO WE ALWAYS GO BACK WHEN IT'S FRESH IN OUR MINDS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE, WHAT WAS EFFECTIVE, WHAT DID WE FIND VALUABLE.
UM, AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THE SPRING AND SUMMER, WE, UH, IN EACH ONE OF OUR, UH, UH, MONTHLY MEETINGS, WE REFINE, UM, THE QUESTIONNAIRE.
WE REFINE THE, THE NARRATIVES, UM, AND, UH, DEBATE IT.
AND SO ALL OF OUR APPLICATION PACKET INCLUDES A, UH, IT'S GOT AN APPLICATION IN IT, WHICH TELLS US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR BOARD MEMBERS, UM, HOW MANY PERFORMANCES THEY'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, UM, PARTIALLY WHERE THEY GET THEIR FUNDING.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY EXHAUSTIVE, UM, APPLICATION.
UH, IT REALLY GIVES US A LOT OF DETAILS AND ALLOWS US TO COMPARE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, THEN ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PARTS IS THE NARRATIVE RESPONSES THAT WE GET.
UM, AND WE CHANGE THOSE EVERY YEAR.
DURING COVID, THERE WAS A LOT OF 'EM AROUND HOW THEY'RE PIVOTING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AS WE'VE COME OUTTA THAT, WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS EVOLVING THOSE TO WHAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND RELEVANT TO THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.
UM, THEN WE GET THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE ASK THEM TO, IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING THAT'S OLD AND STALE.
WE WANT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN AND, AND ALWAYS VERY PURPOSEFUL IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UM, WHICH GREAT, THE, THE CITY STAFF GOES THROUGH THOSE FOR US.
AND, UM, UH, SO WE CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF IS THIS A HEALTHY ORGANIZATION THAT'S GONNA BE AROUND TO, TO, TO, TO PERFORM AND, AND DO THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE FUNDING THEM FOR.
AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY THEIR 5 0 1 C THREE, UM, DETERMINATION LETTER.
UH, AND THEN, UH, SO, UH, THEY, UH, ON AUGUST 26TH, THEY DID THEIR PRESENTATIONS FOR, TO US, THEY ARE 15 MINUTES.
EACH GROUP THAT WE GRANT AN INTERVIEW TO DOES A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION.
IT'S 10 MINUTES OF, OF THEM, UH, TELLING US A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S IN THEIR APPLICATION.
AND THEN FIVE MINUTES LEFT FOR, FOR QUESTIONS AND, AND ANSWERS.
WE, WE'VE DONE THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, UH, RECENTLY, WHERE EACH, WE, EACH GROUP HAS A LIAISON, AND THAT LIAISON IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE GROUP.
SO THEY LEAD THAT PARTICULAR, UH, DISCUSSION AND THEY CAN REALLY GET DOWN INTO SOME THINGS THAT AREN'T IN THE APPLICATION THAT, THAT, UH, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
AND THEN, UM, ON AUGUST 31ST, WE DO DELIBERATIONS AND, UH, TALK ABOUT IT.
WE ALL SUBMIT OUR FUNDING RECOMMENDATION, OUR, OUR, OUR IDEAS BEFOREHAND.
AND WE GET TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS IN THE YEARS PAST, BUT EVERYBODY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT LENS.
AND THAT'S NICE 'CAUSE YOU GET INTO THE ROOM AND EVERYBODY'S VERY RESPECTFUL.
AND WE TALK ABOUT, HEY, WHO KNOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BALLET, WHO, WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT THEATER? AND IT'S A REALLY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION WHERE WE CAN, UH, KIND OF COME TO A CONSENSUS.
UH, SO THIS YEAR WE HAD, UH, 27 APPLICATIONS, UH, RECEIVED, UM, WHICH WAS A GREAT NUMBER FOR US.
UH, WE INTERVIEWED 25, UH, GROUPS.
THERE WERE TWO GROUPS THAT WE, UH, DISCUSSED BEFORE THAT JUST REALLY DID NOT MEET THE, UH, FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE, WE DIDN'T TAKE INTERVIEWS WITH THEM.
UM, BUT WE, UH, WE INTERVIEWED 25, UM, AND, UH, THEN, UH, AND 20 ARTS ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED FUNDING LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE FUNDED, UH, 24 THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAD FIVE NEW APPLICANTS, WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT.
WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN THERE'S NEW ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY.
IT'S FUN, UM, FUN TO SEE NEW GROUPS COMING UP
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AND DOING INTERESTING THINGS.UM, AND THEN AFTER WE ACTUALLY FUNDED 25 INITIALLY, AND THEN ONE, UH, ONE GROUP WITHDREW 'CAUSE THEY WERE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THEIR, UM, THEIR PERFORMANCE.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REQUESTS WAS, UH, UH, $565,321.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THE, UH, REQUESTS, UM, VERSUS WHAT WE'VE AWARDED.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS FOUND IT PRETTY INTERESTING THAT I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, 565 IF WE'RE STILL BE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY 350,000 OUTTA 565.
SOME OF THE REQUESTS GET PRETTY ASPIRATIONAL,
SO WE'RE STILL GIVING A, A BIG PERCENTAGE OF THAT, UH, UM, TO OUR GROUPS.
UM, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS YEAR THAT IT'S, IT WASN'T THE MOST THAT HAVE EVER BEEN REQUESTED, BUT WE WERE AT THE TOP END OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE EVER AWARDED.
UH, SO IT'S VERY, AGAIN, I WILL TELL YOU, WE WERE, WE'VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FROM OUR ARTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS HOW NICE IT WAS TO GET BACK TO WHERE THE FUNDING WAS IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
THEY COUNT ON THIS FUNDING FOR THEIR, UM, UH, FOR EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, THEY WOULDN'T BE ALIVE A LOT OF 'EM WITHOUT THIS FUNDING.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO IT WAS GREAT TO, TO SEE THAT COME BACK UP.
SO THE, UH, 2020, UH, 2 20 23 FUNDING, UH, THE BUDGET INCLUDES, UH, 365,000 FOR ARTS GRANTS, UM, ANNUAL FUNDING FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX FUND.
UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING 348,000, UH, FIVE, UH, $500 FOR THE ANNUAL OPERATIONS GRANTS.
UM, WE WERE, UH, LIKE TO DO 26,500, UH, RESERVE FOR AN ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, DOING IN THE, UH, SPRING.
WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN YEARS PAST.
I'VE BEEN, UH, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, WE'VE DONE IT TWICE.
UM, ONE TIME IT WAS A POPUP FOR THE SYMPHONY.
UM, THEY DID A POPUP AT WILDFLOWER, UM, OR WILDFLOWER.
WAS IT AT, UH, IT WAS COTTONWOOD.
UM, SO, AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER FUNDINGS, UM, WE DID, UH, SEVERAL, WE DID, UH, A, A NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR ONE OF THE THEATERS, I THINK.
AND, AND THAT WAS, UM, MICROPHONES, UM, FOR ONE OF OUR, OUR CORAL GROUPS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES THESE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, THEY'RE JUST TOO MUCH FOR THESE GROUPS TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON.
SO THIS IS A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A, UH, A SPECIAL PROGRAM OR, AND WE'RE KIND OF, UH, NARROWING DOWN RIGHT NOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS ABOUT WHAT THE GUIDELINES WOULD BE FOR THAT.
BUT WE'VE DONE IT FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN THE PAST AND REALLY SPECIAL, UNIQUE OFFERINGS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO OUR EVALUATION CRITERIA, AND THIS IS AGAIN, EVERY YEAR WE, WE LOOK AT THIS AND, UH, WE EVOLVE IT, UH, THE BEST WE CAN.
UH, BUT NUMBER ONE IS THE FOCUS ON RICHARDSON, JUST WHAT IS THEIR IMPACT IN RICHARDSON.
UM, AND THAT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MONETARY IMPACT, BUT HOW ARE WE SERVING OUR, OUR OUR, UH, CITIZENS.
UM, THERE'S, AND THERE AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CORAL GROUPS.
ONE OF THEM IS AN UN AUDITIONED CORAL GROUP, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE VERY HIGH, HIGH-END CORAL GROUPS, LIKE THE RICH TONES.
SO YOU GET THIS WIDE GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, OF OFFERINGS IN RICHARDSON.
SO, UM, THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE SPECIFIC EFFORT EFFORTS TO FURTHER THE CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN, WHICH I THINK YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE REEVALUATING THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.
AND SO THAT'LL BE REALLY NICE TO KIND OF BRING THAT UP TO, TO, TO TODAY.
UM, THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE ART ORGANIZATION, AGAIN, WE WANT TO, THESE ARE NON-PROFITS, SO THEY OBVIOUSLY DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF CASH ON THEIR BALANCE SHEETS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE, GONNA BE THERE TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE PERFORMANCES.
UM, AND THEN WE DO, UH, ART, UH, UH, SEMI-ANNUAL ARTS WORKSHOPS.
SO THEY'RE REQUIRED AT LEAST TO HAVE ONE PERSON ATTEND THOSE.
AND WE, IT'S SOME REALLY GREAT INFORMATION, DIFFERENT SPEAKERS THAT, UH, THAT WE BRING IN.
UH, KAYLA DOES A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
WE SPEND SEVERAL MONTHS THINKING ABOUT IT AND KIND OF DEBATING THAT.
SO THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY, UH, POWERFUL.
AND THEN WE'VE ADDED SOME LUNCH AND LEARN PROGRAMS WHERE WE TOOK THE SPEAKERS THAT WERE IN THOSE, UM, UH, THE WORKSHOPS AND WE, UH, BROKE 'EM OUT INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED FOR WHO WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND INTO THE WORKSHOP.
AND, AND WE MADE THOSE, THE ART, THE LUNCH AND LEARN PROGRAMS ARE OPTIONAL, UM, BUT THE ARTS WORKSHOPS WERE NOT.
UH, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE QUALITY OF THEIR APPLICATION AND THEIR MATERIALS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, HERE, HERE'S A LIST OF WHAT THEY REQUESTED AND, AND WHAT WE AWARDED.
UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST DO SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
UH, ACCOLADE COMMUNITY THEATER WAS ONE OF OUR NEW GROUPS THAT CAME IN THERE AT CHILDREN'S THEATER.
UM, DOING SOME REALLY COOL, NEAT STUFF.
UM, THEN, UH, LET'S SEE, UH, THE KINDER U S A WAS THE GROUP THAT, THAT ENDED UP WITHDRAWING.
THEY WERE DOING AN EVENT, UM, OF
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ART UNDER OPPRESSION AT, UM, AT AT U T D, BUT WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO GET IT TOGETHER, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN TIME.UM, THE TEXANS JAZZ BAND IS A REAL, IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR, THE NEW GROUPS THAT CAME IN.
THEY, UH, ACTUALLY STARTED AT TI UM, REALLY NEAT JAZZ GROUP THAT THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR, UH, OVER 20 YEARS.
UH, THEY DO SOME REALLY NICE STUFF WITH OUR FUNDING.
THEY'RE REALLY GONNA BE HOPING TO BRING IN, UM, LIKE A, THEY BRING IN A GUEST ARTIST TO PERFORM WITH THEIR GROUP.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY DO, THEY'RE, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE BRINGING.
UM, THE S RTT EXCHANGE IS, UH, THE GROUP THAT WAS, UM, FUNDED WITH THE, UH, THE EISMAN GRANT.
UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, REALLY NEAT.
THE, YOU KNOW, KINDA THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND ART.
UH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE, I THINK, FIVE OR SIX WEEKS STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY, UH, AT THE EISMAN.
UM, SO THAT, THEY'RE, THAT SHOULD BE REALLY COOL.
WE DON'T A HUNDRED PERCENT KNOW WHAT IT ALL LOOKS LIKE EXACTLY, BUT, UH, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE SHARING SOME OF THE, THE REALLY NEAT IDEAS THEY HAVE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE, UM, I, I THINK IT'S A REALLY EXCITING THING THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, YEAH, AND THEN CHAMBER MUSIC INTERNATIONAL WILL BE ANOTHER GROUP JUST TO HIGHLIGHT.
THEY'RE, THEY BRING IN AWARD WINNING MUSICIANS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ONE OF THE, THEY, THEY'RE ONE OF THE PREMIER CHAMBER MUSIC COMPANIES.
UM, AND, AND A LOT OF THEIR, UH, UH, MUSICIANS THIS YEAR WILL BE COMING OUT OF, THERE'LL BE PRE PROFESSORS FROM U N T COMBINED WITH THESE WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS.
UM, AND THEY HAVE, I THINK, ONE PROFESSOR FROM SS M U.
SO IT'S A REALLY NEAT GROUP COMING IN, AND THEY DO, UH, THEY'VE REALLY TRIED TO BECOME RICHARDSON CENTRIC, WHERE THEY HAVE MOVED ALL THEIR PERFORMANCES OVER TO ST.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM.
UM, BUT REALLY ALL OF THESE GROUPS ARE AMAZING OFFERINGS.
SO THE NEXT STEPS, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, THE CITY COUNT Y'ALL'S, UH, CONSIDERATION OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.
UM, THE, THEIR FINAL, UH, REPORTS FOR THEIR YEAR ARE DUE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
AND THEN THE CHECKS, UM, ARE DISPERSED IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN WE WORK, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, EACH ONE OF OUR GROUPS, UH, HAS A LIAISON THAT WORKS CLOSELY WITH THEM, ATTENDS BOARD MEETINGS, ATTENDS PERFORMANCES, UM, SUPPORTS THEM IN, IN MANY DIFFERENT FACETS, UH, OF THEIR ORGANIZATION.
EVEN WORKS WITH 'EM ON THINGS LIKE BOARD DEVELOPMENT AND THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, SO WE WORK WITH THE GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND OTHER INFORMATION AND PROMOTING THE ARTS PERFORMANCES IN RICHARDSON.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANTHONY? GREAT PRESENTATION.
BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS, UM, LIAISON, MR. DORIAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE DISCUSSION? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND THANK YOU, ANTHONY, FOR, UH, PROVIDING SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I SERVED MYSELF, UH, EIGHT YEARS ON THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW LONG AND THE TIME IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND THE DEDICATION IT TAKES TO PROVIDE, UM, FEEDBACK.
AND IT TAKES A LOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA DISPERSE THOSE FUNDS.
SO, UM, AND IT'S INVALUABLE, HONESTLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, UM, PROVIDES IS IN ADDITION TO, UM, ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR THE LOCAL ARTS, THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH, UH, PERIODIC COMMITTEES THAT ARE FOR CULTURAL ART PIECES THROUGHOUT RICHARDSON, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THROUGHOUT RICHARDSON AND WE'LL HAVE MORE.
SO THEY ARE PART OF THAT TEAM THAT'S BUILT FROM, UH, SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
AND, UH, THAT'S JUST ONE OTHER THING THAT THEY, UM, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO.
I, UM, PART OF THE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, IS IMPORTANT TO RICHARDSON.
IT'S, UH, AS, AS CORPORATIONS ARE HIRING NEW PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE CITY, WE TEND TO HAVE, UH, MORE POPULATION DURING THE DAY THAN THE EVENING.
AND WE'D LIKE TO RETAIN THEM HERE.
AND BY DOING THAT, UH, IT HELPS PROVIDE PART OF THE CULTURAL ARTS IF SOMEONE WANTS TO STAY AND, UH, SEE A PLAY OR A CONCERT OR SYMPHONY OR, UM, UH, EVEN MAYBE DEALING OR DOING SOMETHING AT THE DALLAS COMMUNITY, UM, CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THE LINE DANCE.
BUT, UH, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT, UM, ARE ENGAGED IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, COMMISSION.
AND, UM, AND ONE I'VE, I, I FIND IT INVALUABLE AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT EVERYONE'S PUT INTO IT.
AND A LOT OF THOSE PERFORMANCES, BY THE WAY, ARE, UH, USUALLY AT THE ICEMAN AND THROUGHOUT RICHARDSON.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, AGAIN, YOUR TIME.
AND THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMISSION.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANTHONY? MR. HUDS RUDDER? I DON'T
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KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION FOR ANTHONY, BUT IT'S JUST MORE OF A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, DON.SO TONIGHT UNDER THE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA, WE APPROVE FOR THE ACTUAL LISTING OF FUNDS, BUT WE DON'T APPROVE THE, WHAT DID YOU WITHHOLD? 26,000, ROUGHLY 26,005.
SO WILL THAT COME BACK TO US? ONCE THAT'S DETERMINED, WILL THAT COME BACK TO US IN THE SPRING? SAY FOR EXAMPLE, YES, SIR.
IF, IF THE, FOR APPROVAL FOR THAT, IF THE COACH HONORS COMMISSION DECIDES IT WOULD LIKE TO AWARD THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, WE'LL BRIEF THE COUNCIL BEFORE THAT BECOMES AS EFFECTIVE.
AND WE'LL HAVE YOU TAKE AN ACTION SIMILAR TO AUTHORIZE THAT.
I, I JUST WASN'T QUITE SURE HOW PROCEDURALLY WE, WE DEALT WITH THAT.
'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER, I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT, UH, IN THE PAST.
SO I JUST, JUST WANTED TO ASK OTHERWISE, JUST GREAT JOB.
I SERVED PRIOR TO CURTIS AS THE LIAISON AND I KNOW ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.
'CAUSE IT'S A FULL SATURDAY THAT YOU PUT IN LISTENING TO ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS COMING IN AND PRESENTING.
SO THANK YOU AND THANK ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO SERVE WITH YOU FOR, FOR THIS.
THANK YOU ANTHONY FOR THIS, UH, GREAT PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
THE COMMISSION, UH, ALL THE STAFFS INVOLVED, UH, FOR PUTTING SO MANY HOURS.
BUT ALSO, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE NUMBER IS NOW ALMOST LIKE PRE COVID LEVEL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, EFFORT, AND PASSION FOR THIS.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU.
[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 825 PRESSURE ZONE WATER CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS UPDATE]
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM SIX, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 8 25 PRESSURE ZONE WATER CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS UPDATE.MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR JIM LAC, OUR DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, GONNA MAKE HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM.
UM, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT G M P NUMBER FOUR.
THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT NOW THAT HAS BEEN LET IN THREE DIFFERENT, UH, SCENARIOS, UH, PHASES PREVIOUSLY.
UH, THIS FINAL PHASE WILL BRING, UH, THE CONCLUSION TO, UH, THE, UH, THE AWARDING, UH, PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
JIM'S HERE ALREADY KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE OVERALL, UH, PROGRESS OF THE PROGRESS AS WELL AS WHAT, UH, THIS FOURTH, UH, G M P INCLUDES.
AND THEN, UH, THIS ITEM IS ON YOUR AGENDA AS WELL, UNDER THE CONSENT, UH, FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
SO, JIM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAGNATE.
GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND CELEBRATE REALLY A, A UNIQUE PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT WE GET TO, UH, BRING ABOUT A, A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF THIS NATURE AND MAGNITUDE.
SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FINAL INS INSTALLATION OF THE PROJECT.
WE DO WANNA JUST GO BACK AND TOUCH ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT.
AND RICHARDSON IS SUPPORTED, UH, IN THREE DIFFERENT PRESSURE PLANES, PRIMARILY.
UH, WATER IS DELIVERED THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF RICHARDSON IN THE 7 67 PRESSURE PLANE AND IN THE UPPER NORTHWEST QUADRANT.
UH, WE ELEVATE THAT PRESSURE TO 8 25 GIVEN THE PRESSURE ELEVATION CHANGES IN THE ELEVATION CHANGE IN THE CITY.
WE ALSO HAVE A, A LOWER PRESSURE RANGE OUT IN THE PANHANDLE, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF STUDYING OF OUR MASTER PLAN FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND ALL OF THAT MASTER PLANNING AND ALL OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING OVER THE LAST FIVE, 10 YEARS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT, REQUIRES ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.
AND SO THIS NEW PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US AND TO SUPPORT CURRENT GROWTH AS WELL AS FUTURE GROWTH IN BOTH THE 8 25, OUR 7 67 PLANE.
AND, UH, WE CONTEMPLATED SEVERAL OPERA SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD, COULD MEET THE GROWTH REQUIREMENTS IN PROVIDING MORE PUMPING CAPACITY IN ONE AREA VERSUS THE OTHER.
UH, WE LANDED ON THE BEST OPPORTUNITY IS FOR US TO GROW THE 8 25 PRESSURE PLANE.
UH, THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, IF YOU WILL.
BY GROWING AND EXPANDING THE 8 25 PLANE, WE SHRINK AND REDUCE THE 7 67 PLANE, TAKING SOME OF THE PRESSURES OFF OF IT, ALLOWING US TO, UH, DELIVER WATER MORE EFFICIENTLY TO THE 8 25 REGION, AND SOME OF THE BUSINESSES CLOSE TO 8 25.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, EXPANSION THAT'S OCCURRING AND, AND THE CAPACITY THAT IT'S GONNA AFFORD US FOR YEARS TO COME.
THE PROJECT AND INCLUDES AND EXPANDING SIDE PUMP STATION BY 15 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FROM ITS PUMPING STATION CAPACITY.
UH, THE NORTH SIDE PUMP STATION, UH, CONSTRUCTION, WE STARTED THIS BACK IN THE SPRING OF THIS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UH, THE GROUND STORAGE TANK WAS, UH, GOING NEXT TO IT.
AND SO IN ORDER TO PUMP THAT CAPACITY, WE HAVE TO DELIVER A LITTLE BIT OF WATER.
AND MUCH LIKE OUR, OUR, OUR WATER TOWERS, OUR GROUND STORAGE TANKS PROVIDE THAT RESERVOIR THAT WE NEED FOR CAPACITY DURING THE DAYTIME AND PEAK HOURS FOR OUR PUMP STATIONS, UH, TO DELIVER THIS WATER INTO THE PUMP, INTO THE STATION.
AND, UH, FROM THE STATION OUT TO THE EXPANDED RANGE, UH, WE'RE INSTALLING ABOUT JUST OVER A MILE OF 30 INCH PIPELINE FROM NORTHSIDE PUMP STATION TO ABOUT WHERE THE VALLEY RIDGE ROAD TERMINATES
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OR WOULD TERMINATE IF IT CONNECTED TO RENNER ROAD.UH, WE FROM THERE, WE'RE CARRYING A 20 INCH LINE ALL THE WAY TO ALMA AND A 12 INCH LINE UP ALMA BOULEVARD.
UH, THE NEW NORTH TEXAS IS ALSO DELIVERING MORE WATER TO US TO MEET THIS DEMAND REQUIREMENT.
THEY'RE INSTALLING A 36 INCH LINE ALONG RENNER FROM CUSTER TO THE PUMP STATION, AND WE'RE MANAGING THAT COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT FOR THEM.
WE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED THE CONTRACT, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT TO ARCHER WESTERN CONSTRUCTION IN JULY OF LAST SUMMER.
UH, THEY HAD PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $325,000 TO HELP US GET THROUGH THE DESIGN AND THE COMPLETION, AND MANAGED THIS PHASING IMPLEMENTATION AND COST ESTIMATING SERVICES FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT.
WE AWARDED THE FIRST GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF $20 MILLION IN NOVEMBER OF LAST FALL.
AND THAT WAS SO THAT WE COULD BEGIN ORDERING THE PIPE AND SOME OF THOSE EARLY LEAD ITEMS FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION WORK.
G M P NUMBER TWO, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE NUMBER TWO WAS FOR ANOTHER $21 MILLION THAT WE AWARDED BACK IN FEBRUARY.
THAT WAS SO THAT WE COULD BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE VERTICAL COMPONENTS OF THE, UH, NORTHSIDE PUMP STATION ITSELF, CONSTRUCT THE GROUND STORAGE TANK AND BEGIN BUILDING THOSE, BRINGING THOSE PROJECTS UP OUT OF THE GROUND.
AND THEN GMP THREE WAS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED IN MAY, AND THAT'S FOR THE NORTH TEXAS WATER LINE THAT I MENTIONED.
THAT'S GONNA DELIVER MORE FLOW FROM CUSTER OVER TO THE NORTH SIDE PUMP STATION.
AND WE, WE AWARDED THAT CONTRACT IN IN MAY FOR $15 MILLION.
CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT ARCHER WESTERN IS MAKING.
UH, THIS PO PHOTO ON THE LEFT HERE IS OF THE TRENCH AND THE DEEP, UH, WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN THE ALLEY BETWEEN THE PUMP STATION AND THE HOMEOWNERS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF CANYON CREEK.
UH, THEY'VE ACTUALLY FINISHED INSTALLING MOST OF THAT WATERLINE NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THAT ALLEY BACK TOGETHER AND RINGING THOSE RESIDENTS BACK INTO THEIR GARAGES VERY SOON.
UH, THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS A TIE-IN AND A CONNECTION THAT, UH, IS BEING MADE BETWEEN THE 30 INCH WATERLINE AND OUR EXISTING 14 INCH WATERLINE THAT SERVICES THOSE, THOSE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, AND BUSINESSES ALONG RENTER.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS MONTH, ENGAGING THAT 30 INCH WATER LINE OR A PORTION OF IT SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE PUMPING CAPACITY AND DELIVERY OF WITH HIGHER WATER PRESSURES WITHIN A PORTION OF THE PROJECT ALREADY.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN UP AND BY, OR IF YOU'VE BEEN BY AND WONDERED WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE FENCES.
UH, JUST FOR REFERENCE, THERE IS, UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THE, THE LASER POINTER TO, TO WORK ON THIS.
UM, IT'S, UH, THERE'S A PICKUP TRUCK THERE THAT'S JUST KIND OF LOST IN THE, IN THE, SEE IF I CAN GET OUR, OUR LAPTOP HERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE MY HAND THERE.
SO THESE, AND IT'S ALREADY ALMOST EIGHT TO 10 FEET BELOW THE GRADE.
AND SO THIS IS GOING DOWN 20, 30 FEET EASILY INTO THE GROUND HERE.
UH, AND THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE PUMP STATION ITSELF.
UH, THIS IS PART OF THE EXCAVATION FOR THAT GROUND STORAGE TANK THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
SO THESE ARE SOME VERY LARGE HOLES.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FILLING THEM UP, UH, WITH THE NEW, WITH THE NEW FACILITIES, UH, AND GETTING WORK UNDERWAY.
AND GMP FOUR, WHICH, UH, IS, UH, THE LAST COMPONENT AS, AS MR. MAGNER MENTIONED, UH, IT'S JUST UNDER $12 MILLION IN TOTAL, $11.6 MILLION.
UH, THAT WILL BRING THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, UH, FOR ALL FOUR GMPS TOGETHER TO APPROXIMATELY $69 MILLION FOR THIS TOTAL PROJECT.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT AND ONE THAT WE ARE, ARE, ARE REALLY GLAD TO BE PUTTING ON THE GROUND AND BRINGING FORWARD FOR THE FUTURE OF, OF RICHARDSON.
UH, THE NORTHSIDE PUMP STATION TWO, UH, BUILDING TRADE SCOPES ARE INCLUDED.
UH, WE, WE DID THE EARLY OUT SO THAT WE COULD GET THE FOUNDATION ON THE WALLS GOING UP.
THIS PACKAGE WILL ALLOW US TO PUT A ROOF ON IT, BRING IN ALL OF THAT MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND THE ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS, AS WELL AS SECURITY SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS FOR THIS NEW FACILITY.
UH, THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATERLINE COMPONENT IS, HAS A SMALL PORTION, UH, THAT COVERS THEIR LANDSCAPING AND SOME OF THE REDESIGN WORKS AND MODIFICATIONS TO MINIMIZE LANDSCAPE IMPACTS ON THEIR PROJECT.
AND THEN THE LAST COMPONENT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS G M P NUMBER FOUR IS THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION PACKAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING, UH, TO YOU.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LAST FALL TALKING ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING THAT WAS TO BE DONE AROUND THE NORTH SIDE PUMP STATION TWO, AND OUR EFFORTS TO TRY TO ENHANCE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE VISIBILITY AND, AND THE AESTHETICS OF THIS PROJECT ARE PLEASING, AS PLEASING AS THEY CAN BE FOR A PROJECT OF THIS NATURE.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD THIS EVENING TO TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING AND IMPACTS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, MADE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS PROJECT.
AS WE EXPLAINED, A PORTION OF THIS PROJECT, UH, INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT WATER LINES, UH, ALONG RENNER ROAD, AND WE EVALUATED MULTIPLE ALIGNMENTS FOR THE RICHARDSON COMPONENT OF THIS RICHARDSON, OF THE WATER LINE, AS WELL AS THE NORTH TEXAS WATERLINE COMPONENTS.
UH, WE DID CONSIDER OPTIONS OF POSSIBLY RUNNING THIS WATER LINE IN THE DART RIGHT OF WAY.
WE LOOKED AT POSSIBLY INCLUDING IT IN THE ENCORE RIDE OF WAY AND DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF DART LIGHT RAIL AT THE CURRENT COINCIDENT
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TIMING, UH, AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES OF JUST TRYING TO GET THIS LARGE OF A PIECE OF, UH, OF A PROJECT INTO THAT CORRIDOR.UH, AND THEN WORKING WITH ENCORE, UM, THEY'RE OPEN TO ALLOWING US TO CROSS THEIR UTILITIES WITH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, BUT WORKING UNDERNEATH THEIR UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THIS LARGE OF A PROJECT.
AND, AND THE EXCAVATION THAT'S REQUIRED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, UH, IS JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T MIX WELL WITH POWER LINES AND IT'S, IT WAS NOT AN OPTION.
SO WORKING WITHIN THE RICHARDSON, UH, RENTER ROAD CORRIDOR WAS REALLY THE BEST AND FINAL ALIGNMENT THAT WE'D LANDED ON FOR INSTALLING THIS WATER LINE, UH, AS DID, UH, NORTH TEXAS'S COMPONENT.
UM, IT DOES COME WITH IMPACTS, AS YOU KNOW, AND, UH, WE WOULD'VE STRONGLY PREFERRED TO HAVE MINIMIZED THOSE IMPACTS MORE AND CERTAINLY, UM, TRIED TO, TO, TO WORK THIS WATERLINE, UH, INTO, UH, A GOOD LOCATION EAST OF CUSTER.
WE WERE ABLE TO RUN OUR WATERLINE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE ON THE EAST WESTBOUND DIRECTION OF WHAT RENTER ROAD.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO, TO CUSTER ROAD, IT'S VERY CONGESTED.
AND THEN WITH THE NORTH, UH, TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER LINE COMPONENT COMING IN, THEY HAD ACTUALLY LAID OUT THIS ALIGNMENT, UH, BEFORE WE STARTED DESIGN ON OURS.
AND IT LEFT VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR US TO PUT OUR WATER LINE IN.
UH, THIS IS A CROSS SECTION IF YOU ACTUALLY SLICED RENTER ROAD VERTICALLY DOWN THE MIDDLE AND, AND TOOK A A LOOK AT IT, UH, FROM THE SIDE.
UH, THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS SCREEN IS TO THE NORTH, SO THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC IS COMING TOWARDS YOU ON THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS EXHIBIT, EASTBOUND IS GOING AWAY FROM YOU.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS EXHIBIT, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF UTILITIES THAT WE WERE, UH, TRYING TO WORK WITH AND COORDINATE AROUND.
AND WITH THESE LARGE PIPES AND THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WE REALLY DON'T WANT THESE PIPES TO BE VERY CLOSE TO OTHER PIPES.
UM, NORTH TEXAS IS LOCATED THEIR LINE ALONG THE NORTH OUTSIDE LANE OF RENTER, UH, THE WESTBOUND RENTER ROAD.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FIBER OPTIC UTILITIES ALONG THAT SAME CORRIDOR.
WE HAVE A STORM DRAIN LINE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE THAT HAS LATERALS CROSSING AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS.
AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS THE EASTBOUND SIDE, WE HAVE OUR EXISTING, UH, 30 INCH NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER LINE THAT'S DELIVERING WATER TO THE NORTH SIDE PUMP STATION TODAY, AS WELL AS A CRITICAL LINE FOR OUR 14 INCH WATER LINE.
THIS DELIVERING THAT 8 25 PRESSURE TO A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUSINESSES ALL ALONG RENNER.
AND SO NOT GETTING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE OPERATIONS OF THOSE WITH THIS LARGE OF A PIPE AND OUR EQUIPMENT WAS, WAS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC DESIGN DECISIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS, LEAVING US WITH VERY FEW PLACES TO PUT OUR PIPE EXCEPT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE AND TOWARDS THE, THE, THE VERY, UH, INSIDE LEFT LANE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WITHIN THE MEDIAN WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD MATURE, UH, PLANTINGS AND TREES, UH, THAT, THAT WE'LL BE, BE TALKING ABOUT OUR IMPACTS AND MITIGATING THOSE.
BUT, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE LEFT WITH VERY FEW OPTIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE WOULD'VE VERY MUCH LIKED TO HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO THIS MEDIAN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
BUT IT DOES CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPING AND TO TAKE SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTING ON THE EAST SIDE OF CUSTER ALL THE WAY TO RED MOON, RIGHT WAY, UH, GOING BACK AND IMPROVING OUR LANDSCAPING ON OUR MEDIANS USING, UH, NATIVE SPECIES THAT ARE MORE DROUGHT TOLERANT, USE LESS WATER.
UH, IT ALLOWS US TO PUT MULCH AND, UH, GROUND COVERINGS THAT ARE MORE NATIVE TO THE AREA AND ALSO REQUIRE LESS THAT, UH, ALLOW US TO BRING IN AND, AND COVER THAT GROUND A LOT BETTER THAN THE CURRENT TURF AND AND TREE SOLUTION THAT WE HAVE ALONG MANY OF OUR MEDIANS.
UH, IT INCLUDES INSTALLING, UH, FLAGSTONE AND MO STRIPS AND A LOT OF, UH, NATIVE SPECIES.
UH, THIS IS APPROACH IS EASIER FOR US TO MAINTAIN IF WE DO HAVE TO COME IN AND DO WORK ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, IT IS EASIER FOR US TO GO BACK AND REPLANT SOME OF THESE SAME GROUND COVER SPECIES AND TO FIND OTHER, UH, ORNAMENTAL TREES THAT ARE, UH, EASIER TO LOCATE AT, AT NURSERIES AND, AND INSTALL, UH, WITH GREATER, WITH FEWER IMPACTS TO THE AESTHETIC OF A MEDIAN WHEN WE'RE THROUGH WITH OUR PROJECT.
UH, SO THIS APPROACH IS, IT'S EASIER TO MAINTAIN AND REPLACE, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, ALLOWS US TO HOLD ONTO THE SOIL THAT, THAT, UH, WE WERE FINDING FREQUENTLY RUNNING OFF OF THESE MEDIANS WHERE WE COULDN'T MAINTAIN ADEQUATE TURF.
UH, AND SO THESE SOLUTIONS HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED ALREADY BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF CUSTER.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN AND, AND PLANT THESE, THIS STYLE OF MEDIAN ON THE WEST SIDE.
NOW GOING OUT TOWARDS, TOWARDS THE PUMP STATION.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF, OF WHAT WE RENDER THAT TO LOOK LIKE.
AND SO, UH, WE WANTED TO BE SOMEWHAT REALISTIC ON WHAT WE FELT LIKE THE PLANTINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AND SO WE'RE, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT THE, THE ORNAMENTAL TREES ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
UH, BUT YOU'LL SEE ON SUBSEQUENT, UH, RENDERINGS, A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH ENDS FROM, UH, WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND A FEW YEARS, WHAT WE EXPECT THE, UH, THE RENDERINGS TO LOOK LIKE.
UH, THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE OF BEFORE, OF WHAT WAS IMPACTED BY OUR WATERLINE, UH, THIS SUMMER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, UNDERNEATH THE SHADE OF THE TREES, A LOT OF BEARING GROUND.
YOU CAN SEE SOIL ALONG THE CURB
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LINE THAT'S BEEN RUNNING OFF AND WASHING OFF, CREATING STORM WATER POLLUTION.THESE ARE ALL CHALLENGES THAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO, TO RESOLVE FOR, FOR, FOR MANY YEARS NOW, UH, AND HAS COME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN AND, AND IS IMPLEMENTING IT.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING FORWARD A NEW PLAN AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UH, INTRODUCE RIVER ROCK AND, AND NEW LANDSCAPING BEDS, UH, IN THE DESERT WILLOW TREES.
THE, UH, POSSUM HALL HOLLYS AND, UH, VITEX.
OUR, THE THREE PRIMARY ORNAMENTALS THAT WE WILL BE INSTALLING, AS WELL AS WITH THE, UH, THE, THE, THE GROUND COVER, THE, THE RED SALVIA AND THE XENIA ARE THE, ARE THE PRIMARY ONES.
AND THEN THE PINK MULLY GRASS.
UH, WE ARE INSTALLING ABOUT 72 TREES IN TOTAL TO REPLACE THE 43 HARDWOOD TREES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THIS.
UH, AS WELL AS IN ADDITION TO THE EXTRA PLANTINGS AND GRASS, ALONG WITH THE, UH, UH, THE IRRIGATION THAT IS REQUIRED TO, TO MAINTAIN THOSE, IT IS LESS, BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE SPECIES GET ESTABLISHED AND, AND AND THRIVE.
UH, THE NATIVE ORNAMENTAL TREES HAVE SMALLER ROOT STRUCTURES, AS WE MENTIONED.
THEY'RE MORE FRIENDLY TO OUR UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THIS WORK, WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANTING 50 NEW TREES IN AREAS AROUND, UH, THIS PART OF THE AREA OF RENTER THAT WAS IMPACTED BY OUR PROJECT.
UH, WE'VE NO LOCATED FIVE AREAS, UH, THAT ARE A LONG RENTER IN MANY PLACES, UH, BUT ALSO AROUND THE PUMP STATION PROJECT AND OVER IN, UH, CUSTER PARK.
WE INTEND TO PLANT A FEW TREES THERE.
UH, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING THESE 50 SPECIES IN.
WE'RE GONNA VARY THESE SPECIES FROM BUR OAK CHIN, CAPIN, OAK, CEDAR ELMS, AND BALD CYPRESSES.
ALL OF THESE SPECIES ARE, ARE FAIRLY, UH, STURDY SPECIES AND, AND, UH, UH, NOT AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO OAK QUILTS.
AND, AND WE, WE BELIEVE WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE LOCATED IN, IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE, UH, NOT GOING TO BE DISTURBED BY FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OR MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.
THE OVERALL BUDGET, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE, UH, RIGHT AT ABOUT $69.2 MILLION FOR THE GMP FOUR WE HAVE ABOUT INCLUDING OUR FUNDING.
ALMOST $81 MILLION IN TOTAL FOR THIS PROJECT ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN AND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROJECT.
TOTAL APPROXIMATELY $8.5 MILLION.
WE HAVE $72 MILLION, UH, ALLOCATED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE STILL HAVE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS RESERVED FOR CONTINGENCY ON CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE STILL VERY EARLY IN THE PROJECT.
UM, BUT IF WE HAVE ANYTHING, UH, WE DON'T, WE HOPE TO NOT ANTICIPATE
UH, BUT SHOULD ANYTHING COME UP DURING THE PROJECT THAT THAT DOESN'T FIT WITHIN OUR CURRENT G M P, WE WILL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU COUNSEL FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO ANY APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
AS FAR AS OUR OVERALL SCHEDULE UPDATE GOES, I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE, UH, EXCITED TO BE CHARGING AND, AND BRINGING A PORTION OF OUR 30 INCH WATERLINE ON SERVICE THIS MONTH THAT WILL ALLOW US TO IMPROVE PRESSURE DELIVERIES, UH, ALONG RENA ROAD.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMPLETING ALL OF THE 30 INCH WATERLINE, THE 20 INCH AND THE 12 INCH, UH, GOING UP ALMA, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE GROUND STORAGE TANK WILL BE COMPLETE BY THE SUMMER OF 24 AND NEXT FALL, WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETING THE NORTH TEXAS DELIVERY COMPONENTS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN FILLING UP THAT TANK.
AND THEN BY THE SPRING OF 2025, OUR NORTHSIDE PUMP STATION TWO SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL, SAVE AND ACCEPT THE GENERATOR, WHICH WE ORDERED ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO.
UH, AND WE'RE HOPING ARRIVES WITHIN THE TWO YEAR WINDOW THAT WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD ARRIVE IN.
BUT GENERATORS ARE SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT'S OUR BEST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE ORDERED THAT GENERATOR FROM.
SO NEXT STEPS ON THIS PROJECT, UH, WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION OF G M P FOUR THIS EVENING.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC OF OUR KEY MILESTONES.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING THE MEDIUM BEAUTIFICATION WORK INTO PLAY, UH, WORKING ON RESTORING POINT WORTH PARK, AND, UH, BRINGING ALL OF THE PLAYGROUND AND THE, AND THE BALLPARK BACK ONLINE NEXT YEAR WITH THAT, AS WELL AS THE NEW, UH, BALL, UH, PLAYGROUND AND, UH, RENOVATED PLAYGROUND FOR THAT SPACE.
AND THEN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL COUNSEL UPDATES AS NEEDED MOVING FORWARD.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GLAD TO FIELD THEM.
UM, UH, JIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND REALLY FOR, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THIS PROJECT, REALLY ALL THE, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS WHEN, WITH CERTAIN ASPECTS OF LIKE THE TREE REMOVAL OR STUFF AROUND THE PUMP STATION.
I KNOW THERE'S KIND OF A LOT OF, OF MODIFICATIONS MAYBE THAT WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE.
AND, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY THOUGH, IT'S REALLY ENHANCED THE PROJECT, I THINK, AND THE AESTHETICS OF EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA COME OUT WITH A REALLY GOOD END PRODUCT WITH ALL THIS IN ADDITION, OF COURSE TO THE, THE WATER PRESSURE IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
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I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE ALLEY.UH, THE ALLEY RIGHT BY THE PUMP STATION, YOU JUST SAID IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED VERY SOON, JUST IN CASE I GET QUESTIONED ABOUT THAT.
HOW LONG IS VERY SOON? IS THAT AROUND MONTHS? A COUPLE MONTHS YEAR? WE'VE INFORMED ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, OUR GOAL IS TO BE COMPLETED AND HAVE EVERYTHING OPEN, UH, BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO WITH THE WATER LINE, UH, BEING NEARLY COMPLETE NOW, THEY WERE PUSHING PIPE UNDERNEATH POINT NORTH MM-HMM.
AND SO THEY SHOULD BE WELDING UP AND, AND BACKFILLING.
UM, WE ARE HOPING WITH WEATHER YEAH.
PERMITTING AND, AND EVERYTHING GOING FAVORABLY OF DOING BETTER THAN THAT, BUT, BUT LATE OCTOBER IS OUR GOAL.
THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY, I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE HOW FAST IT, IT'S GONE.
AND ACTUALLY, I MEAN, I THINK HONESTLY FOR MORE, BETTER THAN THAN WORSE, THIS PROJECT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN MOVING ALONG AT A PRETTY FAST CLIP, MAYBE RELATIVE TO SOME OTHER PROJECTS.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT OR ARCHER WESTERN'S MAKING VERY GOOD PROGRESS? WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT YES, THEY ARE.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND
I MEAN, I LIVE RIGHT OFF ALMOST.
SO I SEE THAT PART CONSTANTLY.
AND MY PERCEPTION IS THAT IT'S GOING REALLY FAST.
IS THERE SOMETHING WITH THIS PROJECT THAT'S, UM, EITHER WE'RE WE'RE DOING DIFFERENT OR THAT ARCHER WESTERN IS DOING DIFFERENT THAT, UM, THAT IS MAKING IT GO AT A FASTER PACE THAN SOME OTHERS? I THINK THAT OUR CHOICE TO WORK WITH A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK HAS CERTAINLY HELPED US MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE WORK IS PROGRESSING IN A, IN A MUCH MORE, UM MM-HMM.
AND THAT IN THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE, UM, MANAGED THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS THROUGH THE BIDDING, SELECTION AND AWARD PROCESS MM-HMM.
HOW TO, HOW TO PERHAPS, I COULD PROBABLY STATE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT, IT DOES WEIGH IN ON, ON ON THE SIZE AND, AND THE RESOURCES THAT, THAT SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS HAVE TO BEAR.
AND LEMME SEE IF I HAD ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, SO I MEAN, IT'S, I I'M SURE THIS IS LIKE AN EXTREMELY BASIC QUESTION, BUT JUST SO I UNDER MAKE SURE I'M, I CAN CLEAR THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT PIPE PUMPS THE WATER INTO OUR RESERVOIR AND THEN OUR PUMP PUMPS IT OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
KNOW THE PUMP DOES THAT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PUMPS IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK THE TREE AREA E UH, ON KUSTER PARK IS HONESTLY PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST SELECTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL TREES.
THAT PARK DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY NEEDS THEM, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ONCE IT'S DONE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
MR. DORIAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR JIM, THANK YOU FOR A GOOD PRESENTATION.
I REALLY LIKE THE DIRECTION THE MEDIANS ARE GOING AND, AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL AND SUSTAINABLE, UH, ONCE THEY'RE COMPLETE.
I, UH, JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, OUTTA CURIOSITY, IS THERE GOING TO BE, UH, A SOAKER SYSTEM INSTALLED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE MEDIANS FOR THE NEW, UH, SOFTSCAPE, UH, PLANTINGS? OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE SPRINKLER HEADS? HOW, HOW'S THAT WATER DISTRIBUTION GOING TO TAKE EFFECT? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE SPLIT BETWEEN WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GONNA HAVE BUBBLERS OR IRRIGATION.
UH, TRADITIONAL HEADS, UH, SEAN ROGERS IS HERE WITH US FROM OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT THIS EVENING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT, SEAN.
SO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED FOR THAT YET.
WE JUST HAVE THE, THE PLANS FOR THE, THE PLANTINGS, BUT TYPICALLY FOR TREES WE WILL USE BUBBLERS AND THEN IN BED AREAS WE'LL USE SPRAY HEADS.
BUT, UM, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE MIGHT CONSIDER USING LIKE A, UH, DRIP SYSTEM YEAH.
WOULD PROBABLY BE PRETTY, UH, PRETTY EFFECTIVE THERE.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION IS, UH, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR, UH, THE GROWTH OF THE TREE? UH, THE HEIGHT AND SORT OF THE, UH, THE WIDTH OR THE GIRTH OF, UH, OF THOSE INSTALLMENTS? SO THE TREES WE'VE SELECTED SAMA, HOLLY VITEX AND, AND DESERT WILLOW ARE NOT PARTICULARLY FAST GROWING TREES, BUT, UM, ORNAMENTAL TREES LIKE THAT TEND TO GROW A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN A, THAN A HARDWOOD.
THEY'LL GET TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR MAXIMUM SIZE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE MATURE HEIGHTS SOONER.
UM, BUT IT STILL COULD BE, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS, 15 MAYBE, UNTIL THEY FINALLY GET TO AS BIG AS THEY'RE EVER GOING TO GET.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA GROW AT, I MEAN, AT AT DIFFERENT, UH, AT A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT PACE,
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BUT AT, AT DIFFERENT HEIGHT.SO WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME VARIATION.
THEY'RE NOT ALL GONNA HAVE, UH, THE SAME AMOUNT OF GROWTH ALL AT ONE TIME.
IT SHOULD BE PRETTY CONSISTENT.
THEY'RE NOT ALL EXACTLY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIMILARLY SIZED TREES, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH SPECIES WE WILL MATCH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DESERT WILLS WHEN WE PLANT THEM, WE'RE GONNA BE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE.
WE EXPECT THEM TO GROW AT THE SAME PACE.
THE HOLLY'S THE SAME WAY THAT THE VITEX THE SAME WAY.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME VARIATION BETWEEN SPECIES, BUT EACH, EACH SET OF AN INDIVIDUAL SPECIES SHOULD GROW AT THE SAME PACE.
AND THAT VARIATION BETWEEN PIECE AND SPECIES IS REALLY KIND OF A, KIND OF A FEATURE THAT ADDS SOME INTEREST TO THE LANDSCAPE.
WELL, I LIKE THE, UH, I, I LIKE THAT WE'RE ADDING SOME COLOR INTO THE MEANINGS.
I I THINK THAT WILL BE A NICE CHANGE.
UM, AND, AND I DO THINK THE DRIP SYSTEM, UM, TECHNIQUE IS, IS PROBABLY BENEFICIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR SUSTAINABILITY PURPOSES.
AND THANK YOU FOR, AGAIN, NICE PRESENTATION.
UH, DO YOU KNOW HOW DEEP IS THE ROCK UNDER THERE? WE'RE HITTING ROCK ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO SEVEN FEET, GETTING INTO PRETTY, PRETTY SOLID MATERIAL.
IS IT AFFECTING THE CONSTRUCTION? IT IS, IT IS.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A LOT OF THE WEATHERED MATERIAL, AND SO THAT COMES OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT, UH, IN THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO GO UNDERNEATH OTHER UTILITIES AND CONFLICTS, IT CERTAINLY SLOWS THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND ADDS A LITTLE BIT TO THE COST.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE UNKNOWN FACTOR THERE, I GUESS.
UH, AND, UH, IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SCHEDULE.
UH, IS IT SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE OF THAT YOU MIGHT, UH, I MEAN THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU ARE ASSUMING THAT'S THE WORST CASE SCHEDULE OR THAT'S SOMETHING ARCHER WESTERN HAS REALLY MAINTAINED THAT SCHEDULE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WITH US NOW.
I, I, I FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS MATERIAL WELL ENOUGH.
WHAT THEY WERE CHALLENGED BY THE MOST ON THE EXCAVATION WAS ACTUALLY THE TUNNELING UNDERNEATH, UH, CUSTER ROAD AND THEN UNDERNEATH THE CREEKS.
IT, IT TOOK THEM LONGER TO GET OUT OF SOME OF THOSE LANES IN, IN RENTER THAN WE WOULD'VE LIKED.
UH, BUT THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
AND, UM, CERTAINLY THEY HAVE LARGE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO, TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT ROCK IN THE OPEN TRENCHES.
I GUESS WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ROCK BEING SO SHALLOW IN THAT AREA, PROBABLY EVEN SOME OF THE TREES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THAT AREA DIDN'T GROW THAT BIG BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT DID, IT COULD NOT GO MUCH DEEPER, I GUESS.
UH, IT, IT EXPLAINS SOMETHING THERE.
UH, NOW WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER FACTOR THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING, UH, ABOUT LIKE THE, THAT COULD AFFECT THE BUDGET? I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME RESERVE AMOUNT THERE, BUT UM, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD TALK ABOUT SOME UNKNOWN FACTORS, OR YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT? WE'VE GOT MOST OF THE HOLES DUG, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE FIND THE, THE BIGGEST SURPRISES WHEN YOU, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME TRENCHING TO DO A LONG RUNNER.
UH, SO THERE'S STILL, UH, I THINK WORK THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF SUBSURFACE UTILITY EXPLORATION TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH THAT DEPTH AND, AND LOCATING OTHER UTILITIES.
BUT WE'VE BEEN SURPRISED A COUPLE TIMES ALREADY.
UM, AND SO THINGS AREN'T WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU ALWAYS EXPECT THEM TO BE.
AND SO THOSE ARE, THOSE REMAIN TO BE GOOD CHALLENGES FOR US.
AND THEN CERTAINLY, UH, JUST THE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION AND THE NATURE OF GETTING MATERIALS WHEN WE, WHEN WE EXPECT THEM, UH, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT EARLY LEAD ON THE BUYOUT OF, OF THOSE LONG LEAD ITEMS FOR THE PUMPS AND FOR THE GENERATOR.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THOSE THINGS, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, STILL COME TO, TO DELAY THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES WITHIN, FOR THE PUMPS AT LEAST, TO POTENTIALLY SET UP TEMPORARY PUMPS.
UH, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MEET, UH, PRESSURE DEMAND REQUIREMENTS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, UH, AS, AS WE'VE ANTICIPATED THIS GROWTH TO OCCUR.
AND SO WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES IN CASE SOME OF THESE PUMPS ARE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER TO ARRIVE THAN WE EXPECT.
BUT, UM, ARCHER WESTERN SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY CONFIDENT, UH, IN, IN MOST ITEMS. I THINK THE GENERATOR'S PROBABLY THE, THE BIGGEST UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW.
SO I, I GUESS, UH, THAT THEY'RE ALL MAKING THOSE, UH, LIKE, UH, SUPPLY THOSE PIPES IN ADVANCE, THE ORDERING THOSE THINGS SO THAT IT COULD BE DELIVERED ON TIME BECAUSE THERE IS LEAD TIME, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN TIME TO MAKE THOSE PIPES AND THINGS SPECIFIC.
IT TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS FOR, UH, YOU TO GET YOUR ORDER IN YOUR WAITING IN LINE BEHIND A LOT OF OTHER ORDERS, AS YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR MANY WEEKS.
AND THEN IT TAKES TIME TO PRODUCE THAT, THAT ORDER.
SO EVERY LITTLE FITTING AND BEND, IF, IF WE CHANGE OUR ALIGNMENT OR IF, IF WE ENCOUNTER SOME, UH, OF THOSE CHANGES, SOME THINGS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE FIELD, BUT IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FACTORY, THAT THAT CERTAINLY IS A RISK AS WELL.
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SO THOSE ARE ALL FACTORED IN TO THE SCHEDULE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE A BEND ON THE PIPE THAT YOU, YOU DESIGN FOR 22 DEGREE, AND THOSE ARE NOT REALLY STANDARD, 22.5, PROBABLY STANDARD.SO SOME OF THE, JUST AN EXAMPLE, SO IT COULD DELAY THE PROJECT SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO YOU ARE AVOIDING THOSE KIND OF SITUATION, I GUESS, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
NO, IT'S A CHALLENGING PROJECT.
I KNOW THAT I'M, UH, BUT SOMETIMES LARGE PROJECTS GOES REALLY FASTER THAN THE SMALLER PROJECTS BECAUSE OF SO MANY UNKNOWN OUT THERE.
UH, NOW THE PICTURES ARE REALLY GOOD.
I WISH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO AND VISIT SOMETIMES COUNCIL, THOSE LARGE PUMP STATION CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE ONCE IT IS DONE AND FILLED, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE THIS THING, UH, A HUNDRED YEARS.
SO, UH, EVEN IF I LIVE THAT LONG, ANOTHER A HUNDRED YEARS
UH, SO YEAH, IF YOU CAN SCHEDULE SOMETHING, I'LL BE VERY HAPPY.
I DON'T NEED THE COUNCIL WOULD BE, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO WATCH, GO AND SEE THAT.
UH, NOW THE LAST QUESTION I, I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THIS, UM, THE ALIGNMENT, UH, THE DART ALIGNMENT.
I KNOW YOU, I, I MISSED THAT, UH MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE THE DART AND THE ENCORE, UH, PARALLELING EACH OTHER ALONG THE DART, THE SILVER LINE ALIGNMENT AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ENCOUNTERED.
THERE ARE CONFLICTS CLEARLY WITHIN THE SUPPORTING OF THE, THE, THE LIGHT RAIL CORRIDOR.
UH, BUT NUMBER ONE IS JUST THE TIMING OF THE PROJECTS AND THE URGENCY THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MEET DEMAND AND, AND, AND, UH, SCHEDULE FOR OUR, OUR WORK THAT'S CRITICAL.
UH, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OVERLAPPING IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING, UH, EFFORT TO TRY TO GET OUR WORK BEING, UH, INSTALLED AT THE SAME TIME OF THE LIGHT RAIL CORRIDOR WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THAT, THAT FACTORED IN SUBSTANTIALLY, BUT ALSO JUST THE CONGESTION, CONGESTION WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR AND THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AND ACCESS TO THAT, THAT PROPERTY.
I MEAN, I'M SURE THOSE ARE THE FACT THERE ARE FACTORS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALL UNDERSTAND.
UH, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID LOOK AT THOSE OPTION, AND I'M SURE YOU LOOKED AT THE OTHER OPTION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN AERIAL VIEW, IT POPS UP SOME OF THE AREA IT LOOKED LIKE WHY NOT THERE, WHY NOT THERE? SURE.
BUT THERE ARE REASON FOR THAT, INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU SEE.
THERE IS A STREET THERE, BUT THIS KIND OF CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THIS, NOBODY WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU PUT THAT IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S HOUSE.
BESIDES THOSE, UH, LOTS OF OTHER UTILITY INTO, INTO THOSE AREA, I THINK THIS IS REALLY THE BEST LOCATION THAT YOU HAD.
UH, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU LOOKED ALL, ALL OTHER OPTION.
MR. CORKER, YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, PLEASE? I'M SORRY, MAYOR.
I DID THINK OF ONE LAST QUESTION I, I NEED TO ASK.
UM, JUST, I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE ONLY TIME WE'VE PLANTED TREES IN ANY SORT OF, LIKE, SIGNIFICANCE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I THINK HAS BEEN DOWN MAIN STREET.
SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, UH, OBSERVING PROJECTS THAT HAVE A SOMEWHAT SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF TREES.
SO, UM, JUST, JUST TO FORGIVE KIND OF THE NAIVETY OF MY QUESTION, BUT FOR THE PLANTING OF, OF THESE, UH, 15 NEW TREES, IS THERE ANY SORT OF RESIDENTIAL OR ANY SORT OF LIKE DISTURBANCE THAT WOULD TAKE, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF HOW I WANT TO WORD THIS, THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AS A RESULT, LIKE DURING THE PLANTING PROCESS.
UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD WE HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN AN ALLEY TO PLANT SOME OF THE TREES OR CLOSE DOWN PART OF A PARK TO PLANT THEM? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I JUST WANT TO KIND OF ANTICIPATE MAYBE WHAT'S COMING AND, AND GET AHEAD OF ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, MINOR DISTURBANCE THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A NORMAL PERSON'S LIFE IN THE AREA.
I DUNNO IF YOU'VE, IF THAT TRACKS OR IF YOU FOLLOW MY QUESTION,
I'M JUST, UH, I'LL LET SEAN WEIGH IN AS WELL, BUT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, I KNOW WE'RE PROPOSING SOME IN CLOSES PROXIMITY TO SOME OF THE TRAILS, AND I CAN SEE MAYBE INTER TEMPORARY, UH, LIMITATIONS ON WHERE WE, IF IT'S TOO CLOSE TO A TRAIL.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF QUESTION.
OR IN THE CU PARK POTENTIALLY.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTING THIS AS WE'RE PULLING UP FENCES AND, AND CLEANING UP AND OKAY.
THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
I MEAN, ALL THESE TREES WE'RE PROPOSING ARE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN PARKS OR, OR ALONG TRAILS.
YOU KNOW, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE WE DIG A HOLE ONE DAY, PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, I MEAN, JUST AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, EXTENT OF THAT HOLE AND COME IN THE NEXT DAY TO PUT THE TREE IN.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GENERALLY DOING THAT ALL IN A DAY.
WHEN WE HAVE TO PLANT A TREE, WE'LL COME DIG THE HOLE AND PLANT IT THE SAME DAY AND STAKE IT AND BE GONE.
SO THERE ARE VERY, VERY LITTLE IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, PLANTING TREES AND PARKS WE DO ALL THE TIME.
SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD SYSTEM FOR THAT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION,
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JIM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CUSTER PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY]
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CUSTER PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY.MAYOR, COUNSEL, UH, UH, JIM'S GONNA REMAIN AT THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CUSTER PARKWAY 2021 BOND PROGRAM PROJECT.
UM, AND, AND, AND, UH, BEFORE HE BEGINS THAT THOUGH, WE WANTED, WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CUSTER PROJECT BETWEEN ARAPAHOE AND CAMPBELL.
UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BRIEFING IN ADDITION TO KIND OF, UH, UH, SETTING, UH, CALIBRATING, IF YOU WILL, UM, EXPECTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMELINE FOR A HORIZONTAL, SIGNIFICANT HORIZONTAL PROJECT LIKE THIS.
WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE ARE IN.
THE INTERESTING PERIOD IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, WE'RE REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH SUBGRADE AND, AND, AND, UH, GRADE LEVEL STREETS AND ALLEYS.
UM, NOT LIKE WE CONSTRUCTED IT ORIGINALLY WHEN IT WAS GREENFIELD.
WE ARE NOW WORKING AROUND A HANDFUL, AT A MINIMUM, A HANDFUL OF, UH, CONSIDERATIONS EVERY TIME WE GO ABOUT REBUILDING ONE OF THESE STREETS.
AND JIM AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, UM, TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THEM AND TALK ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE THOSE TO OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT'LL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.
OR THE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS, LIKE IN THE CASE OF CUSTER, A MAJOR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD COLLECTOR THAT'LL BE IMPACTED THROUGHOUT THE TWO PLUS YEARS OF THIS PROJECT.
AND SO, JIM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND, UH, COUNCIL, WE REALLY WILL LOOK FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU, NOT ONLY ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT WE'LL SHARE FOR YOU, BUT ABOUT, UH, THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH SOME OF THESE IMPACTS, WHICH ARE INEV INEVITABLE WHEN YOU'RE REBUILDING A COMMUNITY LIKE WE ARE.
AS MR. MAGNER MENTIONED, WE'LL BE GIVING YOU A BRIEF UPDATE OF THE CUSTER ROAD.
FIRST FROM ARAPAHOE TO CAMPBELL, THAT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, AND LONG OVERDUE FOR COMPLETION.
UH, TALK ABOUT MANY OF THESE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT OVERVIEW CHALLENGES THAT WE ENCOUNTER.
AND THEN TALK ABOUT CUSTER PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION GOING NORTH OF CAMPBELL THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO EMBARKING ON NEXT YEAR.
CUSTER ROAD, SOUTH OF OF CAMPBELL FROM ARAPAHOE TWO CAMPBELL.
UH, WE STARTED THAT CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY SPRING, LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING LAST YEAR, AND WE STARTED THAT PROJECT IN ADVANCE, EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT AND RELOCATE UTILITIES WHILE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE OFTEN ACCOMPLISH THAT AS, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON OUR OVERVIEW OF CHALLENGES ABOUT OUR EFFORTS TO COORDINATE WITH UTILITIES.
THIS IS A SITUATION UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE, UH, ONE OF OUR UTILITY PROVIDERS ATMOS, UH, SOUTH OF MELROSE, REALLY, UH, IT WAS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IN THE WAY THAT THEY WORKED THAT PROJECT WE WERE UNABLE TO GET IN, OUR CONTRACTOR COULD NOT COMPLETE, UH, SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS ENOUGH OF WORK FOR THEM TO JUSTIFY GOING IN AND WORKING SOUTH OF MELROSE.
SO, UH, IF IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE WORKING ON NORTH OF MELROSE FOREVER LAST YEAR, IT'S BECAUSE THEY, THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND WORK AND FILL IT IN AS BEST THEY COULD.
THEY RAN INTO SOME CHALLENGES OF THEIR OWN WITH, UH, CONCRETE SUPPLY THAT WAS LIMITED AT, AT VARIOUS TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR.
UM, BUT ONCE, ONCE ATMOS GOT OUT OF THE WAY IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THEY'VE, THEY'VE MADE SUBSTANTIAL STRIDES OVER THIS PAST WINTER AND SPRING, THIS SUMMER.
UH, THEY'RE FINALLY STAFFING THE PROJECT WITH MULTIPLE CREWS, BRINGING IN AND INSTALLING THESE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, UH, THAT WERE DELAYED SUBSTANTIALLY BY THE UNDERGROUND WORK THAT HAD TO BE DONE BY OUR FRANCHISE UTILITY COMPANIES.
AND THEN TO FURTHER SLOW THINGS DOWN AND COMPLICATE IT, UH, AT AND T HAD A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF, OF UNDERGROUND CONDUITS AS WELL THAT WERE CONDUCT CONNECTED TO A MAJOR DUCK BANK GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF CUSTER ROAD, UH, UNDER, UNDERNEATH THE PAVING.
SO THOSE ARE, UH, VERY CHALLENGING FRANCHISE UTILITY CONDITIONS THAT OUR CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND.
THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
OUR PLAN IS FORECASTING THAT THEY WILL BE COMPLETING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THESE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, UH, THIS FALL.
AND ARE, THEY'RE, AS SOON AS THEY'RE PUTTING PIPE IN THE GROUND, THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT PAVING ON TOP OF IT.
THEIR GOAL IS TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT WE'RE FORECASTING EARLY NEXT YEAR IN THE JANUARY TIMEFRAME AT THIS POINT FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, WHILE WE ARE NOT REAL THRILLED ABOUT THE DELAYS ON THIS PROJECT BEING ABOUT NINE MONTHS BEHIND SCHEDULE, UH, WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUST THE, THE, THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROJECT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
UH, THE PROJECT WHEN WE STARTED WAS A FOUR-LANE, UH, UNDIVIDED ROADWAY THAT'S FIT IN A VERY TIGHT 60 FOOT RIDE OF WAY WIDTH, SO IT HAD NO MEDIANS OR A LOT OF SPACE.
WE ACTUALLY ARE REALIGNING AND RES STRIPING THE ROADWAY WHEN WE PUT IT BACK SO THAT WE'LL HAVE BIKE LANES, FIVE FOOT BIKE LANES ON THE OUTSIDE OF NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND CUSTER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SINGLE LANES OF TRAFFIC GOING NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND IN EACH DIRECTION WITH A MIDDLE LANE PRIMARILY SET UP FOR LEFT TURNS IN EITHER DIRECTION.
UH, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE SCHOOL TO MAKE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SAFER THERE.
UH, AND WE'VE ALSO WIDENED THE SIDEWALKS OUT TO FIVE FEET IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT'S
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A GRAPHIC SHOWING, UH, A SIMILAR ALIGNMENT AND SETUP, UH, OF WHAT WE EXPECT OUR PROJECT TO LOOK LIKE IN THE END.AND, UH, WE, WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
THE END CAN'T GET HERE FAST ENOUGH, AS I KNOW.
UH, BUT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S PATIENCE AND, UH, EVERYONE ELSE'S PATIENCE.
UH, FOR, FOR OUR WORK AS WE'RE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, JUST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS, UH, AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL, AS MR. MAGNER WAS MENTIONING, UM, WE'RE PUTTING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF STREETS AND ALLEYS ON THE, ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW WITH OUR 21 BOND PROGRAM.
AND A TYPICAL HORIZONTAL PROJECT DELIVERY SCHEDULE TAKES THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS, IN MOST CASES, FOR US TO START AND COMPLETE.
AND THAT'S A SMALL ALLEY PROJECT OR SOME OF OUR WATERLINE PROJECTS.
IF WE ADD SUBSTANTIAL SCOPE TO IT, IT EASILY GROWS TO A TWO YEAR PROJECT.
UH, JUST SELECTING A CONSULTANT, NEGOTIATING SCOPE, MAKING SURE WE ALL ARE CLEAR ON WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, AND THE CORRECT FEE FOR THOSE DESIGN SERVICES CAN TAKE SIX WEEKS.
UH, WE USUALLY BEGIN NOTIFICATION OF PROPERTY OWNERS AT THAT POINT BECAUSE WE WANNA LET THEM KNOW THAT SURVEYORS AND ENGINEERS ARE GONNA BE STUMBLING AROUND THEIR YARDS AND ALLEYS, AND NOT TO BE TOO, UH, TOO ALARMED.
BUT IF YOU ARE AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AT THAT POINT.
IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO US.
UH, GENERALLY ENGINEERING AND DESIGN.
WHEN 10, 15 YEARS AGO I WAS, WE WERE TYPICALLY SEEING ALLY DESIGNS TAKE ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
WE'RE NOW SEEING THINGS TAKE MORE IN THE REALM OF NINE TO 12 MONTHS.
BUT ON THIS CALENDAR, WE SHOW FROM MARCH THROUGH NOVEMBER.
SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO SHOW THAT ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES A A TYPICAL, UH, TIME FROM GO TO ISSUING DRAWINGS FOR, FOR BIDDING, UH, CAN TAKE ABOUT NINE MONTHS.
AND THEN THAT UTILITY RELOCATION EFFORT, WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE IMPACTS ON THE CUSTER PROJECT, AND WE TRY TO IMPLEMENT UTILITY COORDINATION AS EARLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE SURVEY TELLING US WHAT IS ON THE GROUND, UH, WE BEGIN ENGAGING THOSE FRANCHISE UTILITY COMPANIES TO HAVE THEM RESEARCH THEIR RECORDS AND TELL US WHERE ARE YOUR IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW CAN WE AVOID THEM IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
AND WORKING WITH THEM THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS TO MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS AND COORDINATE WITH THEM ALSO TO BEGIN RELOCATING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
IN MANY CASES, OUR FRANCHISE UTILITIES COMPANIES ARE, UH, UH, DON'T BEGIN THAT CONSTRUCTION AS EARLY AS WE WOULD LIKE.
THEY'RE DOING IT WHILE WE'RE OUT TO BID, AND IN MANY CASES, WHILE WE'RE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE, WE SHOW THAT UTILITY RELOCATION BAR ON THIS GRAPH GOING ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, CONTRACT.
ONCE THOSE PLANS ARE DONE, AFTER THAT NINE TO 12 MONTHS OF DESIGN TIMEFRAME, WE GENERALLY SPEND ABOUT THREE MONTHS ADVERTISING THE PROJECT, SELECTING THE LOWEST QUALIFIED BIDDER FROM THAT VETTING, THAT BID AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE, OF THE BIDDER, AND THEN GOING THROUGH A COUNCIL AWARD PROCESS.
AND THEN A CONTRACT EXECUTION TAKES TWO TO THREE WEEKS SOMETIMES TO GET EVERYTHING DOT, UH, THE I'S DOTTED T'S CROSSED, AND, UH, THE BONDS ISSUED, UM, OR THE, THE, THE, UM, THE INSURANCE BONDS, IF YOU WILL, NOT THE, NOT THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, BUT THE, UM, BUT ONCE WE ISSUE NOTICE TO PROCEED, OUR CONTRACTORS, IT'S TAKING STILL, YOU KNOW, SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS SOMETIMES FOR THEM TO GET ALL OF THEIR SUBMITTALS AND PAPERWORK IN FOR MIXED DESIGNS, FOR PIPE SUBMITTALS, AND FOR THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF A PROJECT.
OFTENTIMES, JUST BECAUSE WE ISSUE NOTICE TO PROCEED, CONSTRUCTION WON'T OFTEN RADICALLY HIT THE GROUND UNTIL WE'RE TWO MONTHS INTO THE PROJECT WHEN THOSE MATERIALS START SHOWING UP, STAGING OCCURS, AND CONSTRUCTION ON MOST OF OUR AVERAGE PROJECTS TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
AND SO FROM START TO FINISH, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS TIMELINE THAT WE START IN JANUARY OF 23 FOR A TYPICAL PROJECT, WE CAN EXPECT TO BE WORKING ON IT AND PUNCHING THAT PROJECT OUT, UH, IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY TWO YEARS LATER.
SO IT DOES TAKE TIME FOR US TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
IT IS A CHALLENGING PROCESS, BUT, BUT ONE THAT WE ARE WORKING AS DILIGENTLY AS WE CAN, UH, TO COMPLETE AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON ALL OF OUR WORK.
ALONG WITH THAT DESIGN PROCESS, OUR CO OUR PROJECTS COMMON HAVE COMMON CHALLENGES FROM, FROM ONE PROJECT TO THE OTHER.
UM, STARTING WITH ONCE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT WHOLE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING, THE AGING, WHERE DO THOSE MATERIALS GO WHEN THE CONTRACTOR'S BRINGING THEM INTO THE JOB AND MAKING SURE THAT TRAFFIC CONTROL AROUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND AROUND THE PROJECT, IT CAN BE A, CAN CERTAINLY BE A CHALLENGE.
INTERRUPTIONS TO CITY SERVICES, OUR FRANCHISE UTILITIES, UH, DRIVEWAY PARKING ACCESS, AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED ALREADY, UH, IMPACTS TO LANDSCAPING ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN A BIT.
UH, WE TRY TO BE AS, UM, UH, PROACTIVE AS WE CAN DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THESE CONFLICTS AND MAKE THESE, UH, A PART OF THE DRAWING SO THAT WHEN THE CONTRACTOR IS BIDDING, THEY KNOW THEY'RE THERE AND THEY CAN ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN THEIR SCHEDULE, AND THAT THEY DON'T RECOMMEND OR COME TO US ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FEES FOR THINGS THAT WEREN'T UH, EXPECTED.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE VERY STRONGLY WORDED IN, IN OUR OWNER'S FAVOR TO MAKE SURE THAT DAMAGES TO PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, ARE REPAIRED TO AS GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION AS THEY WERE AT THE START OF THE PROJECT.
AND FURTHERMORE, WITHIN OUR CONTRACTS, WE WITHHOLD RETAINAGE THROUGHOUT THE PAYMENT PROCESS UNTIL THE JOB IS TO COMPLETE,
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TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTOR DOES FULLY COMPLETE THE PUNCH LIST AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY ENCOUNTER DURING CONSTRUCTION.WE TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPING, TREES AND PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, MANY OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE, IN THE RIDE OF WAY.
UM, WE CAN WORK AROUND OR WE CAN REPLACE, I'D SAY THAT WHETHER IT'S IRRIGATION, SMALL RETAINING WALLS, WE WORK WITH OUR OWNERS AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED AND TAKE PRIDE IN THE APPEARANCE OF THEIR YARD AND THEIR HOMES AND THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND SO GENERALLY, WE TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AND THEIR DRAWINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE DISTURBING THEM, THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THOSE OWNERS AND PUT THEM BACK TO AS GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION.
I WOULD SAY THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE CHALLENGED THE MOST BY IN THAT SAY, CASE THOUGH, ARE THOSE MATURE TREES THAT WE ENCOUNTER IN THE, IN THE PROPERTY.
UM, A LOT OF PLANTS AND, AND LANDSCAPING WE CAN REPLACE WITH EQUAL OR IN KIND.
UH, BUT MATURE TREES ARE CERTAINLY THE CHALLENGE THAT WE RUN INTO, UH, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON WE CURRENTLY OFFER.
IF WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THOSE TREES AND WE THINK THAT THEY STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF SURVIVING, WE WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN THE RIGHT TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT AND ARBORISTS TO PRUNE ROOTS, TO TRIM BRANCHES, TO GIVE THOSE TREES THE BEST CHANCE THAT THEY CAN TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
IF IN THE EVENT THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO SAVE A TREE, WE DO WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO TRY TO COMPENSATE THEM.
IN MANY CASES, WE CAN'T COMPENSATE THEM FOR THE FULL SIZE OF A TREE THAT WAS PLANTED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, BUT WE DO WANNA GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A NURSERY OF THEIR CHOOSING, SELECT A TREE THAT THEY CARE FOR AND, AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INSTALLED ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CARRIED WITH A ONE YEAR WARRANTY.
AND WE USUALLY WRITE A, A PAYMENT TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS UPON REQUEST IF THEY'RE SO INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
AND SO WE TRY TO WORK WITH OUR OWNERS AND, AND BE AS, AS, AS HELPFUL AS WE CAN, KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS TO, TO WORK THROUGH.
WE, WE REALLY STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THESE TREES THAT GET CLOSE TO THE, TO THE BACKS OF CURBS AND RIGHT OF WAYS.
UM, AS YOU SEE HERE IN THIS IMAGE ON THE LEFT, UH, WHEN WE GO TO REPLACE A CURB IN A STREET, WE CAN'T JUST SURGICALLY REMOVE THE CURB AND ALWAYS PUT BACK THE CURB EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS.
WE HAVE TO PUT IN FORM BOARDS.
UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SUBGRADE IS COMPACTED IN MANY CASES, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THAT EXAMPLE TO THE RIGHT, UH, THERE'S A LITTLE CROSS SECTION SHOWN WITH THAT PHOTO OF ON THE LOWER RIGHT PORTION OF THAT PHOTO, A, A TRENCHED SEWER LINE OR A WATER LINE, WHATEVER THE UTILITY IS, IF WE HAVE TO CUT THROUGH THOSE ROOTS TO REPLACE THAT SEWER LINE, IT IMPACTS, IF IT'S UNDER THE DRIP LINE OF THAT TREE, UH, IT IMPACTS THE ROOT STRUCTURE AND COULD HARM THE TREE.
UH, WE WILL WORK WITH ARBORISTS AGAIN IF WE THINK THERE'S A, A FIGHTING CHANCE FOR THAT TREE TO MAKE IT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THOSE TREES AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR SURE FOR US TO, TO PROPERLY REPLACE MANY OF OUR STREETS AND, AND ROADWAYS.
HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN ALLEY THAT WE ARE DOING WORK IN.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE OFTEN ENCOUNTER PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS IN WITHIN THE ALLEY TREES, VEGETATION SCREENING WALLS, IN SOME CASES, MASONRY WALLS LIKE THIS ONE.
A LOT OF FENCES, A LOT OF PEOPLE BUILD LITTLE, UH, PATIOS AND BRICK STRUCTURES TO, TO PUT THEIR TRASH ON, WHICH WE TRY TO WORK AROUND AND PUT BACK, AS I MENTIONED.
IF WE CAN WORK AROUND IT AND PUT IT BACK, WE WILL.
UH, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EXCAVATION FOR A 10 FOOT WIDE ALLEY TYPICALLY GOES OUT AT LEAST 12 FEET, UH, SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
AND WE HAVE A 15 FOOT DISTANCE BETWEEN FENCES, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH.
AND TO ACCURATELY, UH, REGRADE AND, AND WORK ON THE SUBGRADE OF AN ALLEY PAVEMENT STRUCTURE, UM, IT TAKES A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DISTURBANCE.
AND, AND IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR US TO WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE TREES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THIS WITHIN OFTENTIMES THE, THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THE ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ACTUALLY ALONG WEST SHORE PROJECT THAT WE'RE UNDER DESIGN OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH TREES THAT, UH, IT IS COMMON.
UH, FORTUNATELY ON WEST SHORE SOUTH ARAPAHOE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO PROPERTIES THAT HAVE TREES, UH, IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION.
BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE ROOTS ARE GROWING OVER, THE, THE CURB WE'RE LEFT WITH VERY LITTLE, UH, CHANGES.
AND, AND IN THIS CASE, ON WEST SHORE, PART OF THE PAVEMENT CONDITION IS DUE TO HOW FLAT THE SLOPES ARE.
WE WANT DRAINAGE TO FLOW OFF OF THESE STREETS AND TO GET INTO THOSE INLETS.
WATER THAT SIT SITS ON THAT PAVEMENT AND SOAKS IN, UH, CAUSES OUR SUBGRADE TO SHRINK AND SWELL AND, AND THINGS TO MOVE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO IS GO BACK AND IF WE CAN INSTALL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ALLOW US TO GIVE THAT NEW SUBGRADE AND NEW PAVEMENT, UH, HOPEFULLY A MUCH LONGER LIFE.
BUT IF WE CHANGE THOSE GRADES, IF WE THICKEN THE SECTION OF PAVEMENT A LITTLE BIT, AND WE CUT DOWN INTO PUT THICKER PAVEMENT IN OR ON A DIFFERENT SLOPE OR ALIGNMENT, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING INTO THOSE ROOTS THAT ARE GOING UNDERNEATH THE SIDEWALK AND UNDERNEATH THE PAVEMENT, UH, AS WELL AS TRENCHING THROUGH THE DRIP LINES OF THOSE TREES WITH OUR UTILITIES.
UH, ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, YOU'LL SEE IT, UH, IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO WITHIN THE, THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, WE HAVE A SECTION WHERE WE HAVE AN 18 INCH PIPE, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED UP TO A 30 INCH PIPE IN ORDER TO
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HANDLE THE FLOW THAT WE'VE CALCULATED COMING TO IT.UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, THAT PIPE, AS WE TRIED TO, TO DRAW IT IN HERE IN THE, TO REPRESENT UNDERGROUND, IT'S GOING UNDERNEATH THE FENCE, A RETAINING WALL, AND THEN THERE'S A ROW OF MATURE TREES THAT ARE ALL ON TOP OF THE EXISTING PIPE.
UH, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK IF AROUND IT.
WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN ALLOW THAT FLOW TO BYPASS DOWN TO ANOTHER INLET OR LOCATION.
CAN WE UPSIZE THE PIPE AT A DIFFERENT SPOT WITHOUT CAUSING FLOODING OR, UH, PROBLEMS AT ANOTHER LOCATION? AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS BEFORE WE REALLY GO TO THESE PROPERTY OWNERS AND, AND TELL THEM WE HAVE FEW CHOICES TO WORK WITH.
AND, AND THIS IS WHY WE, WE, IT TAKES TIME SOMETIMES FOR US TO WORK THROUGH THAT DESIGN PROCESS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THAT PROJECT TIMELINE.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO WORK, AS I MENTIONED, WITH PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY THAT THEY PUT IN THEIR FRONT YARDS AND THEIR LANDSCAPING.
THIS IS, THESE ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF BARRIER FREE RAMPS.
UH, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO WORK AROUND BARRIER FREE RAMPS ON PROPERTY CORNERS, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE RETAINING WALLS AND, AND DENSE VEGETATION THAT'S PLANTED UP TO AND BEYOND SOMETIMES THE PROPERTY LIMITS.
BUT WE, WE STILL WORK WITH OUR PROPERTY OWNERS AND WITH OUR CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADJUST THE IRRIGATION BACK.
WE PULL IT, IT BACK AWAY FROM THE WIDER RAMPS THAT WE'RE INSTALLING.
UH, WE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REPLACE PLANTING AND SAW IT AS BEST AS WE CAN AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS A, A FIGHTING CHANCE TO GET BACK, UH, AND, AND REPLACED, UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
I ACTUALLY INSTALLED THAT RAMP ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO.
AND SO, UH, IT WAS A VERY CHALLENGING RAMP FOR ME WORKING WITH THAT OWNER.
BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT, IT DOES, THOSE WOUNDS DO HEAL AND THINGS DO GET RESTORED AND, AND PUT BACK.
IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
BUT, UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED WHERE WE TRIED TO LEAVE AS MUCH OF THAT RETAINING WALL IN PLACE.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THIS CLEANED UP.
WE WERE PUTTING THEIR DRIVEWAY BACK.
IT WAS AN EXPOSED AGGREGATE DRIVEWAY THAT, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO CONNECT TO AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE TRY TO COORDINATE WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE, WITH THE CONTRACTORS.
UH, IT CERTAINLY DOES ADD TO THE COST WHEN WE'RE ADJUSTING LANDSCAPING AND UTILITIES, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS, UH, ARE TAKEN CARE OF AS BEST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WHILE OUR GOAL IS TO COORDINATE AND ELIMINATE AS MANY OF THESE ISSUES AS WE CAN PROACTIVELY, CERTAINLY AS YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN, AND WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, WE WANT RESIDENTS TO CONTACT US.
WE PUT PROJECT SIGNS ON JOBS, UH, WITH QR CODES NOW THAT THEY CAN CONVENIENTLY SCAN AND, AND TAKES THEM TO OUR WEBPAGE.
UH, WE PUT 24 HOUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON THERE FOR OUR CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT.
UH, RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED ON A DAILY BASIS, RECEIVE MAIL OUTS, EITHER AT THE BEGINNING OF DESIGN, AT THE START OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE PHASES, THEY'LL GET MULTIPLE MAIL OUTS TO INSTRUCT THEM WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR TRASH OR WITH IN INTER UH, INTERRUPTIONS TO THEIR WATER OR SEWER SERVICES.
SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY OUR PROJECTS KNOW WHO TO CALL.
IT IS IMPORTANT, AS I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, THAT WE WRITE OUR CONTRACTS AND WE WITHHOLD THE FUNDS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTORS ARE THERE, THEY ALL WANNA DO A GOOD JOB.
UM, WE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORK GETS DONE.
UH, WE'VE OFTENTIMES FOUND THAT RESIDENTS GET TO KNOW THE CONTRACTORS AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THOSE CALLS OUT IN THE FIELD OR TALK TO PEOPLE.
UM, IT'S, IT SOMETIMES IT WORKS, BUT WE DON'T ADVISE THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION, OUR, OUR REQUEST IS THAT HOMEOWNERS CALL US, UH, AND NOT TRY TO WORK THINGS OUT OR, OR TALK TO THE CONTRACTORS ANY MORE THAN SAYING GOODBYE AND, UH, SAYING HELLO AND GOODBYE AND BEING POLITE WITH THEM.
UM, WE, WE WANT, UH, WINDOWS DAMAGES OCCUR FOR, FOR THEM TO CONTACT OUR STAFF.
UH, BUT WE HAVE OUR, OUR CORE.NET PROJECTS WEBSITE.
WE HAVE OUR SIGNS, UH, AND WE HAVE THOSE MAILOUTS LETTERS AND, AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS, UH, EFFORTS IN PLACE.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY CHALLENGES AND OVERVIEWS OF OUR TYPICAL PROJECTS.
AND, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GET REALLY, REALLY BUSY AS WE PUT A LOT OF DESIGN WORK OUT TO BID OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CUSTER PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND OUR CURRENT UPDATE AND STATUS ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, IT IS CUSTER PARKWAY NORTH OF CAMPBELL, UH, ALL THE WAY TO ONE 90.
THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT, UH, IS REALLY FULL CURB TO CURB REPLACEMENT FROM CAMPBELL TO RENTER NORTH OF RENNER.
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A, UH, FULL DEPTH CONCRETE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT WHERE WE HAVE FAILED PAVEMENT.
WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE UTILITIES NORTH OF, OF RENTER, BUT FROM RENTER SOUTH TO CAMPBELL, UH, WE ARE, UH, REPLACING ALL OF THE WATER AND SEWER LINES AND MAKING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE REPLACING THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT BOTH CAMPBELL AND RENTER.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT DESIGN AS ABOUT 90% COMPLETE, UH, WHEN WE'RE DONE, THIS IS AN 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
I SHARED WITH YOU THE, THE SOUTH SECTION IS 60 FEET WITHOUT ROOM FOR MEDIANS.
THIS 80 FOOT DOES ALLOW US TO HAVE THE ME THE MEDIANS, UH, WITHIN THIS, UH, SECTION OF CUSTER PARKWAY, UH, WE ARE GOING BACK WITH A DIVIDED ROADWAY WITH STRIPED, UH, IT'LL BE STRIPED FOR BIKE LANES AS IT IS TODAY.
UM, WE HAVE ONE TRAVEL LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, AND WE'RE REALLY NOT CHANGING THE,
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THE LOOK AND FEEL TOO MUCH OF THIS PROJECT.ONCE, ONCE IT'S ALL IS SAID AND DONE, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A SMOOTH RIDE, AND WE'LL HAVE RELIABLE UTILITIES TO, TO SERVICE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT FULL DEPTH REPLACEMENT OF THIS WORK, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE UTILITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED, AND THE LANES OF TRAFFIC THAT ARE IMPACTED BY JUST THE WATER AND SEWER UPGRADES AND REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS THE CONDITION OF THE OVERALL PAVEMENT, AND WHERE WE HAVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE, WE'RE WELL NORTH OF 50% REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THAT OVERALL STREET.
UM, AND SO IT, IT REALLY, GOING BACK AND TRYING TO PUT SOME SORT OF AN OVERLAY, TRYING TO MINIMIZE OUR IMPACTS TO THE CURBS AND THE GRADES ALONG CUSTER REALLY WAS NOT AN OPTION.
IT WOULD'VE COST US A LOT MORE MONEY.
UH, IT'S CHEAPER ACTUALLY FOR US TO GO BACK AND REPLACE ALL OF THE PAVEMENT THAN IT IS FOR US TO COME BACK WITH, LIKE WE'RE DOING ON WEST PRAIRIE CREEK AND, AND DOING, UH, ON WEST PRAIRIE CREEK.
I THINK WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 40% REPLACEMENT, UM, OF THE PAVEMENT UNDERNEATH, UH, THE ASPHALT OVERLAY THERE.
UM, SO WE REALLY WERE LEFT WITH NO OPTIONS FROM A FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY SCOPE PERSPECTIVE.
WE COULD DO THAT, BUT IT JUST WOULD'VE COST US A LOT MORE TO GO BACK, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO, TO REPLACE THIS.
AND WE'RE LEFT WITH A BETTER SECTION.
WE'RE WE'RE REPLACING, UH, MUCH OF THE SIX INCH PAVEMENT WITH, UH, NINE INCH PAVEMENT THROUGHOUT 10 INCHES AT THE INTERSECTIONS.
SO WE'RE GOING BACK WITH, WITH A, A, A BETTER SECTION, PARTIAL PAVEMENT, UH, AND REPLACEMENT WITH AN ASPHALT OVERLAY WOULD'VE COST MORE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE FULL BLOWN REPLACEMENT OF CUSTER FROM CAMPBELL UP TO RENNER.
WE ARE CHALLENGED ON THIS PROJECT, UH, VERY MUCH LIKE, UH, WE WERE DESCRIBING, UH, EARLIER WITH OUR OVERVIEW WITH, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF TRYING TO REMOVE AND REPLACE, UH, CURBS WHERE WE HAVE TREES AND MATURE GROWTH HAPPENING ALONG AND WITHIN THE PARKWAYS.
UM, WE'RE FOLLOWING STRICT CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATERING, PRUNING TREE PROTECTION, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF UTILITY TRENCHES THAT ARE ON THIS THAT ARE IMPACTING DRIP LINES.
SO EVEN IN SOME CASES WHEN OUR BACKUP CURB MAY NOT BE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE TREE, IF THAT DRIP LINE IS GOING OUT INTO AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE A UTILITY, THAT'S FACTORING INTO THE DECISION AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE REQUIRING ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION METHODS WHEN CLOSE TO TREES, USING THINNER FORM BOARDS IF WE CAN, DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN, OR, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO, TO WORK AROUND AS MANY OF THESE TREES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, UH, REMEDIATION IF REMOVAL BECOMES NECESSARY.
AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PARKWAY, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, GOING OUT AND TALKING TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND OFFERING TO COMPENSATE FOR PLANTING A NEW TREE, UH, ELSEWHERE WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, IF IT'S WITHIN A MEDIAN, WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT TREE WITH A TREE FROM ONE THAT'S APPROVED FROM OUR PARKS LIST RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT PLANTING ADDITIONAL TREES IN NEARBY CUSTER AND CANYON CREEK PARKS AS WELL.
UM, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, THE MAP THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU, WE'VE TRIED TO BREAK DOWN ALONG THAT CUSTER PARKWAY RIGHT OF WAY, UH, OF HIGH ME MODERATE AND LOW RISK OF REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE HIGH RISK OF REMOVAL.
AND ON THE LEFT HERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MATURE TREE THAT'S REALLY GROWN RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF THE BACK OF THE CURB.
UH, AN EXAMPLE ON THE RIGHT IS MORE OF A MODERATE RISK REMOVAL THAT BASED ON THE OFFSET FROM THE CURB, UH, THE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE UTILITY TRENCH, UM, AND THE SIZE OF THE TREE AS WELL, IS A BIG COMPONENT.
UM, THAT IF WE, WE THINK IF WE ENFORCE THE STRICT TREE PROTECTION AND WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, THAT THEY HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE THOSE TREES THE, THE BEST CHANCE THEY CAN TO SURVIVE.
THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE PARK PROJECT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE HAVE GREEN DOTS.
THOSE ARE IMPACTS TO LANDSCAPING, UH, IRRIGATION AND, UH, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE BELIEVE CAN BE EASILY REPAIRED, RESTORED.
AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
IN SOME CASES, WE'RE ADJUSTING GRADES AT, AT CAMPBELL.
UM, TO MAKE THAT A D A COMPLIANT, WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE SOME SUBSTANTIAL GRADE ADJUSTMENTS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO, TO FIT THAT IN.
UH, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF ORANGE, AND IN MANY OF THOSE CASES, THERE ARE TREES, AS WE DESCRIBED ON THE LAST SLIDE, WE THINK WE CAN WORK AROUND AND, AND ARE GONNA GIVE THOSE ORANGE LOCATIONS, UH, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE.
MANY OF THOSE ARE WITHIN THE MEDIANS, BUT WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF RED HIGH RISK LOCATIONS.
AND THE PHOTOS ARE THOSE, UH, SHOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS, OF THIS SLIDE ARE THOSE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT SHOW YOU THE ROW OF TREES, UH, IN EACH OF THESE CASES THAT ARE IMPACTED.
AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS STARTING LAST WEEK, AND WE'VE GOT MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH THEM THIS WEEK TO BEGIN.
THOSE NEGOTIATE THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, OUR EFFORTS TO WORK AROUND THEIR TREES AND, UH, THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT OUR PROJECT WILL HAVE.
AND THE MEDIANS ARE VERY IMPORTANT ALONG THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
THE CANYON CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CONTRIBUTED, UH, AND, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE IMPROVEMENTS OF ALL OF THESE MEDIANS.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUT THESE MEDIANS BACK IN AS GOOD
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OR BETTER CONDITION.UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AGAIN TO IDENTIFY, UH, WAYS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE THE EXISTING, UH, MEDIAN BEDS WHERE WE HAVE, UH, POOR VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND SOIL EROSION.
WE'RE GOING BACK WITH THE RIVER ROCK.
WE'RE IMPROVING THE MOST STRIPS.
UM, THIS RED STAMPED BRICK IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, LOOKED GREAT AT THE TIME, BUT I'LL TELL YOU FROM MY YEARS OF DOING PROJECTS, IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MATCH AND REPLACE WHEN YOU GET INTO IT AND TRY TO REPAIR IT.
AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING BACK WITH A, A SECTION OF FLAGSTONE THAT IS A LITTLE MORE FORGIVING AND EASIER TO MATCH IF WE DO HAVE TO MAKE REPAIRS TO IT OVER THE LIFE OF THE MEDIAN, AS WELL AS THE LANDSCAPING IN FRONT AT THE MAJOR ENTRANCES.
SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, TRYING TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE MEDIANS, UH, INTACT AS POSSIBLE AND ENHANCE THEM WITH, UH, WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE, UH, AN UPDATING, A REFRESHING OF THOSE MEDIANS AND MAKING THEM ATTRACTIVE FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
ALL OF THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN A VACUUM, AND WE WANT TO GET THIS PROJECT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PLAN, MULTIPLE ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP OUR COMMUNICATION PLANS, STARTING WITH PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS.
WE'RE GONNA HOST A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, UH, LATER IN NOVEMBER TO INVITE RESIDENTS IN TO REVIEW THE DRAWINGS, TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE SCHEDULE, AND, UM, AND THE IMPACTS THAT THEY'LL HAVE.
WE ARE GONNA SEND OUT MAILERS TO RESIDENTS, UH, BOTH IN ADVANCE OF THE OPEN HOUSE TO ADVISE THEM OF THE OPEN HOUSE AND, AND OUR IMPENDING SCHEDULE.
UH, WE WANNA ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR A NEWSLETTER AND ALSO, UH, WE'LL BE MAILING DIRECTLY TO PROPERTIES ADJACENTS TO THE PROJECT TO KEEP THEM MORE DIRECTLY ABREAST OF THE, OF THE PROGRESS AND EFFORTS UNDERWAY.
UH, WE WILL, LIKE WITH WEST PRAIRIE CREEK AND WITH CUSTER, MAINTAIN A PROJECT WEBSITE, UH, PROJECT EMAIL AS WELL.
UM, PUBLIC EMAILS SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR RESPONSE, ALLOWS THEM TO RESPOND AND ENGAGE IN A MORE QUICK MANNER.
IT'S AN AVENUE FOR PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS OF QUESTIONS, AND IT'S JUST A GENERIC PROJECT EMAIL ADDRESS REQUEST, UH, AS WELL AS A NEWSLETTER THAT'LL BE DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL.
WE'LL ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS OF OPEN HOUSE AND AT ANY TIME TO SIGN UP TO GET ON THIS DISTRIBUTION LIST AND RECEIVE THAT OUTPUT.
THE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, WE'RE SCHEDULING IT TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER.
WE'RE ALSO OFFERING TO ATTEND THE H O A MEETINGS WITH THE CANYON CREEK, H O A, AND AS WE COMMUNICATE AND CONTACT OTHER HOAS, IF THERE WOULD LIKE US TO SPEAK TO THEIRS, WE'LL BE GLAD TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AND TALK TO, TO THEIR RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR PROJECT.
UH, WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING COUNCIL UPDATES, MUCH LIKE TONIGHT'S DESIGN STATUS WHEN WE COME BACK FOR CONSTRUCTION AWARD, I EXPECT WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHO THE CONTRACTOR IS AND THE MORE FIRM SCHEDULE IN PLACE, AS WELL AS OUR CITY OF RICHARDSON PROJECT WEBSITE.
AND IN THAT, IN THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS, WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH BETWEEN NOW AND BIDDING AS WE FINALIZE THESE DRAWINGS.
THERE'S, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE REALLY NOT CHANGING VERY MUCH OF THIS ROADWAY SECTION OF THIS RENTER KUSTER PARKWAY.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY GROUP HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONSIDER ARE SOME MINOR, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS BY PERHAPS CLOSING SOME OF THE LEFT TURN LANES THAT ARE NOT USED VERY MUCH, AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO, TO MAKE THOSE LEFT, LEFT TURNS FROM THE, FROM THE TRAVEL LANE.
THAT'LL SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT, UH, ORGANICALLY, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN WE CURRENTLY HAVE STRIPED, UH, PARKING LANES ALONG THE OUTSIDES IN EACH OF THOSE.
UH, IT'S ACCOMPLISHED WITH PAINTING, AND WE CAN GO BACK WITH PAINT, BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONSIDER ACTUALLY INSTALLING HARD CURB LINES AND ALLOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE VEGETATIVE SPACE ALONG THE BACKS OF CURBS AT, AT EACH OF THESE INTERSECTION LOCATIONS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THESE OPTIONS TO THE H O A TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FEEDBACK AND YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS AS WE CONSIDER SOME MINOR INTERSECTION RECONFIGURATIONS AND THESE CURB INTER, UH, UH, CURB EXTENSIONS.
UM, WHERE WE IMPACT THESE TREES OR WHERE WE, UM, ARE ABLE TO CREATE SPACES TO PUT BACK MORE LANDSCAPING.
UH, WE, WE'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH TREE SPECIES, UH, AND GET INPUT FROM THE HOMEOWNERS IF IT'S A SPECIES THAT'S WITHIN THE PARKWAY ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTIES AS WELL.
OUR OVERALL PROJECT SCHEDULE, AS I SHARED WITH YOU, OUR DESIGN PROCESS, WE'RE GONNA BE WRAPPING THAT UP IN THE JANUARY TIMEFRAME.
UH, WE'LL BE PERFORMING THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH FROM NOW UNTIL, UH, THE BIDDING PROCESS IS COMPLETE AS WE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, UH, WHO'S SELECTED.
AND WHEN WE EXPECT TO START CONSTRUCTION, IT TAKES ABOUT THREE MONTHS, AS I MENTIONED, FOR US TO, UH, BID AND AWARD THESE CONTRACTS.
SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL, AND WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH UTILITY RELOCATION DURING THAT TIME PHRASE, CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC OUTREACH AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SELECTING THAT CONTRACTOR AND GETTING UNDERWAY IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, UH, WHEN THE CUSTER ROAD SOUTH OF GAMBLE IS COMPLETE.
AND WHEN WEST PRAIRIE CREEK IS ALSO COMPLETE.
WE DON'T WANT TO BEGIN THIS PROJECT WITH ALL OF THAT WORK STILL, UH, COM, UH, UNDERWAY AT ONE TIME.
SO NEXT STEPS ON THIS IS WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, SET UP OUR WEBSITE AND BEGIN THAT OPEN HOUSE DIALOGUE ON, IN O NOVEMBER, ATTEND A FEW H O A MEETINGS, UH, AND COMPLETE OUR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SCHEDULE, OUR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ONCE WE'VE
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SELECTED THAT CONTRACTOR AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UP UPDATES, UH, TO COUNCIL AND OTHERS AS NEEDED.COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, MS. TRU AND RUTTER? THANK YOU, MAYOR JIM, GREAT PRESENTATION.
THE ATMO WORK BETWEEN ARAPAHO AND CAMPBELL.
WHAT, WHAT DOES ATMOS, WHAT, WHAT'S THE WORK CONSIST OF? THEY WERE REPLACING THEIR ENTIRE STEEL DISTRIBUTION LINE DOWN ARAPAHOE ROAD AND MAKING ALL OF THE TIE-INS AT THE VARIOUS STREET CONNECTIONS AND ALLEYS.
SO I THINK IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY PRESENTED, I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, I MAY BE WRONG ON THAT, IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WAS TO GET RID OF ALL OF THE STEEL PIPE.
'CAUSE AS I RECALL, THAT STEEL PIPE WAS THE ONE THAT, UM, HAD THE GREATEST CHANCE OF ERODING AND CAUSING POTENTIAL FIRE AND EXPLOSION.
SO I THINK IT'D BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE GET OUT OR PREFERABLY ASK ATMOS TO GET OUT TO, TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING IN.
AND PART OF THE, THE DELAY WAS, IS THAT THEY WERE REPLACING ALL OF THAT STEEL PIPE WITH A NEW, I THINK IT'S, WHAT IS IT? IT'S A COMPOSITE P V C PIPE.
UM, SO I THINK IT'D BE, I THINK IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE GOT THAT INFORMATION OUT, IS THAT, HEY, NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, GRANTED THE ARAPAHOE TO CAMPBELL TOOK A LOT LONGER, BUT AS A PART OF EVEN, UH, IN ADDITION TO GETTING A NICE NEW ROAD, YOU'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ATMOS WAS ABLE TO GO IN AND, AND INCREASE OR ENHANCE, HOWEVER YOU WANNA SAY THAT, THE OVERALL SAFETY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I THINK THAT'D BE ONE COMMUNICATION THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD YET.
SO I THINK IT'D BE REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
AND I, IT'S, PLEASE DON'T ANYBODY, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO, UM, I'M NOT QUITE, AND DON PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS, I WAS LED TO BELIEVE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO THAT, THAT IF SOMETHING IS IN A RIGHT OF WAY, THAT IF A, IF A, IF A HOMEOWNER PUTS SOMETHING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THERE IS THAT THEY'RE DOING IT IN ESSENCE AT THEIR OWN RISK.
AND I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD THAT IF THEY IN FACT DID THAT, THAT THAT NO MUNICIPALITY OF ANY SORT OR ANYONE WHO'S A QUASI MUNICIPALITY CAN RENU OR NOT NUMERATE, WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD I'M LOOKING FOR REIMBURSE, UM, FOR, FOR THAT.
SO, AND AGAIN, THIS IS BASED ON FIVE YEARS AGO INFORMATION, SO I'LL FREELY ADMIT THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME, JIM, IS IF WE'RE TAKING, IF WE'RE, IF WE HAVE TO TAKE TREES OUT OF A RIGHT OF WAY, HOW DO THE, HOW WAS MY INFORMATION WRONG FIVE YEARS AGO? ARE WE, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE DOING THAT.
SO, UH, BECAUSE I, I, I MEAN THERE'S A, THERE'S A BALANCE THERE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE USING CITY FUNDS TO THEN PUT A TREE ON SOMEONE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN, I GUESS I'LL USE THE WORDS LEGALLY DO THAT AND, AND, AND DO THAT, NUMBER ONE.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS, IS IF, IF, IF IT'S THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TREES IN RIGHT OF WAYS AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, COULD WE GET, COULD WE DO A VERY AGGRESSIVE, I GUESS I'LL USE THE WORDS COMMUNICATION PLAN TO, TO ALL OF OUR CITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, PLEASE UNDERSTAND RIGHT AWAYS ARE THERE FOR A REASON AND YOU REALLY SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING THINGS IN RIGHT WAYS BECAUSE YOU RUN THE RISK OF THEM BEING, BEING, I GUESS I'LL USE THE WORDS REMOVED AT A LATER POINT IN TIME.
SO CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH ALL OF THAT? 'CAUSE I REALLY, I'M NOT TRYING TO START WORLD WAR III, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FULLY UNDERSTAND SURE.
BECAUSE FIVE YEARS AGO IT WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT IF IT WAS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT, THAT IT WAS NOT, THAT IT WAS NOT A, UM, IT IT WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AT RISK, IF YOU WILL.
SO CAN YOU, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT? UM, I, I, ABSOLUTELY.
SO I THINK, UM, PROBABLY STARTING BACK WITH THE 2006, UH, OR 2010 AT THE VERY LATEST PROGRAM, IT WAS MORE OF A COURTESY, UM, THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SOME, UM, COMPENSATION TO REPLACE THE TREE THAT'S BEING REMOVED FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD, A GOOD FAITH EFFORT ON THE CITY'S PART TO TRY TO, UM, ALLEVIATE THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME TREES PLANTED, UH, WELL OVER 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO.
UM, IT WAS SIMPLY A, A, A ONE-TIME, UH, COMPENSATION FOR, UM, UM, THE REMOVAL OF THE TREE AND MORE OF THE, THE, UH, PAIN THAT, THAT MIGHT CAUSE TO THE PERSON, TO THE HOMEOWNER FOR THEIR, UH, THE AESTHETICS OR THE, THE, THE, THE VALUE OTHER OTHERWISE VALUE OF THE TREE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE.
YOU'RE RIGHT IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PLANT IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, IT IS PLANTING, YOU ARE PLANTING AT RISK.
UM, AND THAT, THAT GOES, I MEAN, THAT COULD BE FOR A CAR THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE WOULDN'T HIT IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO US HAVING
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TO RECONSTRUCT, UM, MANY OF THESE PICTURES, THESE, THESE ARE DECADE OLD TREES.AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN, YOU KNOW, BOND PROGRAM DOLLARS DEDICATED TO JUST STREETS, BECAUSE WE'RE BLESSED WITH $7 MILLION A YEAR NOW IN PEGO FOR STREETS AND ALLEYS, THIS IS BECOMING MUCH MORE OF A PROBLEM.
THE TREES ARE LARGER, THEIR ROOT SYSTEMS ARE MORE DEVELOPED, THEY'RE CAN, YOU KNOW, THE ROOT SYSTEMS ARE AS DEVELOPED AS THE CANOPY.
IF, IF WHEREVER YOU SEE A CANOPY, THAT'S WHERE THE ROOTS ARE BELOW THE SURFACE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE CONVERGENCE NOW OF SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DOLLARS BEING DEDICATED TO STREET AND ALLEY MAINTENANCE.
THE TREE'S NOW DECADES OLD, AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING, I THINK, AT A LEVEL THAT WE HAVEN'T PREVIOUSLY, UM, THESE ISSUES.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT WAS WHEN IT WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED, THE, THE, THE, THE $1,500 COMPENSATION, IF YOU WILL, OR REIMBURSEMENT IF YOU WILL, FOR A TREE, I THINK IT WAS DONE OUT OF A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TRYING TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE, WE REALIZED THERE'S A LOSS, UM, BUT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO IT WAS JUST TRYING TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE THAT YOU MENTIONED.
I'LL ADD THAT MOST OF THE BENE, MOST OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS STILL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO OUR INVESTMENT IS STILL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT WHERE WE HAVE OFFERED TO TRY TO HELP HOMEOWNERS MITIGATE SOME OF THE, UH, FRUSTRATION AND, AND LOSS, UM, IT'S NOT TOO UNLIKE SOME OF THE, UH, COMPENSATION THAT, UH, I THINK WE'VE CONSIDERED RECENTLY FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVES FOR, UM, AND ALSO FOR SOME OF THE SCREENING THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, THERE ARE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, CAN ALLOW US TO STRUCTURE MINOR, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT, UH, TO HOMEOWNERS AS WELL.
SO IT'S, WE HAVE A FEW MORE TOOLS IN OUR, IN OUR TOOLBOX TODAY THAN WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO TO THAT, TO THAT END, AND ARE CREATIVELY USING THEM.
BUT ALL OF THOSE, WE, WE WILL NOT ALLOW THAT MONEY TO BE PUT TOWARDS ANY TREE TO BE BACK, PUT BACK IN A RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SO WE ARE, EVERY TREE THAT WE'VE HAD TO REMOVE AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THE HOMEOWNER ON, IT'S MOVED THAT TREE OUT OF OUR PRO, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEMATIC AREA ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND, AND I GUESS, I GUESS FROM, FROM MY STANDPOINT IS IT'D BE REALLY NICE IF WE COULD COME OUT, SOMEHOW COME UP WITH A, A GOOD COMMUNICATION ABSOLUTELY.
UM, TO THE CITY, TO ALL HOMEOWNERS, BECAUSE ALL WE'RE GONNA DO, I MEAN, IF, YOU KNOW, IS IF PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT TODAY AND PLANTING TREES, NONE OF US WILL BE ON THE COUNCIL AT THAT POINT IN TIME, MOST LIKELY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE COUNCILS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
SO I THINK IT'D BE, I THINK IT'D BEHOOVE US REGARDLESS OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY TO TRY AND GET THAT EDUCATION AND THAT COMMUNICATION OUT TO, TO EVERYONE TO SAY, HEY, PLEASE DON'T, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, PART OF WHAT UNFORTUNATELY WHAT TEARS UP THE STREETS AS WELL IS, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT ROOT STRUCTURE GOES OUT AND IT STARTS TO TEAR UP THE STREET BECAUSE IT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NOT REALLY WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
SO I, I'M JUST, I'M JUST AT SOME POINT IT'S NICE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET IN, KIND OF, KIND OF STOP THE, THE, THE, THE, THE HURT, IF YOU WILL, AND A FEW FUTURISTIC LOOK AS WELL.
SO IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD COME UP WITH, IF GREG OR WHOEVER COULD COME UP WITH A GOOD COMMUNICATION PLAN, I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
TRY AND GET THAT OUT TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY UNDERSTAND RIGHT AWAY IS NOT, IS REALLY THAT THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR.
AND IT'S, IT'S, AND USUALLY IT'S, WHAT WOULD THAT BE ON THE, THE STREET SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK, I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT? BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK? YEAH.
BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK'S.
AND WE'LL, WE WILL RAISE AWARENESS AND THEN REINFORCE THAT OVER AND OVER.
WELL, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
UH, NOW WHAT'S YOUR OBSERVATION, UH, ANY, ANY NEW TREE BEING PLANTED BETWEEN THE CARVE AND THE SIDEWALK IN THAT THREE FEET CORRIDOR? I MEAN, HAVE YOU OBSERVED ANYONE DOING IT NOWADAYS? NOT RECENTLY.
AND SPEAKING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND TEAMS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ENCOURAGE, UH, IF PLANS COME BEFORE US WITH LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS SHOWN, UH, WE DON'T APPROVE THEM WITH THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVEN'T BEEN, AND WE TYPICALLY DON'T GO OUT AND POLICE TO, TO THAT LEVEL WHERE PLANTS SHOW UP, UH, AND LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE, UH, TO THAT EXTENT.
OKAY, NOW THOSE THREE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PLANT, THOSE ARE SMALL, ONE INCH, TWO INCH TREE, AND IT LOOKS CUTE, BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 YEARS, THOSE TREE IS GONNA BE THREE FEET, FOUR FEET DIAMETER.
SO, AND WE DON'T, SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE PLANTING THE TREE TO MAKE PEOPLE'S LIFE BETTER, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S BECOMING A BURDEN FOR THE PEOPLE.
SO IT IS, UH, IT MIGHT BE PAINFUL FOR THE HOMEOWNERS, BUT IT HAS BEEN PAINFUL FOR MORE THAN ONE HOMEOWNERS IN THE CITY.
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KNOW, BY TAKING, YOU KNOW, BY BEING THE TREE THERE.SO IF YOU TAKE IT OUT, ONE PERSON BE SAD, AND THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE THAT BE REACTING, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL COST BENEFIT OR OTHER BENEFIT, IT'S BEING PAINFUL FOR OTHERS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY THE DAMAGING THE PAVEMENTS, UH, IT'S FIRST DAMAGING THE SEWER LINE, THEN IT'S DAMAGING THE WATER LINE.
AND, UH, BUT ALSO IF YOU PLANT THE TREE ON YOUR SIDE, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WHERE YOU PUT THE TREE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SERVICE CONNECTION AND THAT SERVICE CONNECTION, YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT THE ROOTS GET IN THE SEWER LINE AND THE SEWER LINE ARE, THEY'RE NOT REALLY ALL WATERPROOF.
EVEN THOSE TINY JOINT ROOTS GETS INTO THAT.
I HAVE SEEN P V C PIPE FULL OF ROOTS AND, UH, AND THOSE COSTING MONEY, HOMEOWNERS, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE PUT, UH, THE TREES.
UH, IT'S NOT JUST EMOTIONAL THINGS.
UH, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE PLANT THE TREE FOR THE FUTURE.
I LOVE TREES, BUT SOMETIMES TREES ARE IN THE WRONG WAY.
AND, UM, UH, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
BUT HAVE YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THE WATERLINE ALIGNMENT, SHIFTING IT DIFFERENT, UH, DIRECTION? I'M SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED ON SOME OF OUR PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY BORE WATER LINES IN IF WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY CONNECTIONS, UH, TO MAKE TO THAT WATERLINE TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO TREE ROOTS.
AND IF WE CAN, IF WE HAVE ROOM WITHIN THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY AND OTHER UTILITIES ALLOW US TO BUMP THAT WATER LINE OVER TO TRY TO AVOID THE DRIP LINE, WE CERTAINLY EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LIKE 10 FEET, 20 FEET, BO SHORT BO, UH, BUT SAME TIME YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT HOW TO PROTECT THIS WATER LINE DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, DIGGING, PUTTING A NEW LINE AND YOU ARE INVITING THE RULES TO COME INTO THIS NICE SOFT AREA.
UH, SOMETIMES WE TRY TO SAVE TREE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR INSIDE, YOU KNOW, OUR PROPERTIES, BUT THOSE CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE FOUNDATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START PLANTING TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN APPROACH, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU.
UM, WHAT, WHAT, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF THIS PRESENTATION, UM, THAT I REALLY WANTED TO, TO UM, GET ACROSS, UM, IS I THINK GETTING BACK TO MY POINT EARLIER, ALL OF NORTH TEXAS IS, IS KIND OF IN, IS, IS KIND OF, IS, IS, UH, HAVING THIS ISSUE DEVELOP.
AND IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE OF WHEN THE, IT'S WHEN WE DEVELOPED AS A COMMUNITY, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE TREES ARE 30 YEARS OLD, THE STREETS ARE 30 YEARS OLD, THE WATER SEWER IS 30, YOU KNOW, IS 30 YEARS OLD.
UM, IF, IF THERE IS A, IF THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT CAN TAKE THAT PICTURE THAT JIM SHOWED AND EXPLAIN TO US HOW THE EXCAVATE TWO FEET DOWN WITHIN INCHES OF A TREE WHEN THE ROOT SYSTEMS ARE EIGHT AND 10 FEET UNDER THE ALLEY OR THE STREET.
I MEAN, WE ARE, WE WANT TO DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SAME, THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT SAYS PROTECT THE TREES ARE THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT'S SAYING IMPROVE OUR STREETS IN OUR ALLEYS.
AND WE'RE NOT SAYING THEY'RE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS, UM, THERE THERE'S GOING TO BE IMPACTS.
I THINK THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING IS THAT IN THE A 25 PROJECT, IN THIS PROJECT, WE'RE ALREADY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPACTS AND WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON TRYING TO, UM, REPLANT.
WE'RE DOING THAT IN, IN, IN GREAT NUMBERS ON THE A 25 AND THE, AND THE, ON THE CUSTER PROJECT, JIM MENTIONED THE CUSTER PARK REPLANTING.
AND SO IT'S NOT THAT WE, WE ARE JUST SAYING WE'RE THROWING UP OUR HANDS AND SAYING, WELL, WE'VE GOTTA TAKE OUT TREES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REDO THE STREET.
YOU KNOW, SORRY, THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL.
WE'RE WE, BUT WE WANNA BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A, AN ISSUE EVERY TIME WE GO OUT.
I MEAN, WEST SHORE IS GONNA, IS A GREAT EXAMPLE THERE.
THERE'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN STREET AND ALLEY PROJECTS LEFT TO DO IN, IN THE BOND PROGRAM, AND THIS IS GONNA BE A REOCCURRING THEME.
AND SO THIS WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, THE, THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT JIM AND HIS TEAM DID GOING THROUGH AND IDENTIFYING THE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF TREE IMPACT.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING ON EVERY PROJECT.
AND WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO, UH, FULLY APPRECIATING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPACT THE PROJECT WILL HAVE AND THEN MAKING UP FOR THAT IN OTHER CREATIVE WAYS LIKE WE ARE IN 8 25 AND CUSTER.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TAKES AWAY.
UM, WE'RE NOT SAYING THEY'RE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT SAYING WE CAN RECONSTRUCT THE CITY WITHOUT IMPACTS TO THINGS LIKE TREES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
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ONE LAST THING, MR.UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE ONE THING ALSO, WE UNDERSTAND THAT CITY, WE ARE FOLLOWING THE C OMS, UH, E P MANDATED C O M, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.
UH, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, HOPE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE TREE IS BEHIND IT.
SO, AND THIS TREE PROB THIS ROOT PROBLEM IS NOT REALLY JUST IN RESECTION, IT'S EVERYWHERE.
UH, I'VE SEEN THAT IN DALLAS
SO IT'S VERY COMMON, COMMON ISSUE I THINK.
BUT, UH, I THINK WE ARE MANAGING IT VERY CAREFULLY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS SO DETAILED HERE.
JIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 12 TITLED ISSUES AND QUESTIONS DURING CONSTRUCTION RIGHT THERE? SO I WANTED A COMPLIMENT.
I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF THE SIGN, AND IN ALL HONESTY, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN ONE OF THESE UP CLOSE.
'CAUSE LIKE MANY RESIDENTS, I PROBABLY DRIVE BY THEM ALL THE TIME AND DON'T, DON'T REALLY TAKE NOTICE.
UM, I REALLY LOVE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATION, LOOKING AT THIS, THIS MADE ME HAPPY.
I'M GONNA LOOK FOR 'EM NEXT TIME I'M DRIVING ABOUT COUPLE QUESTIONS.
ONE, WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS IN WHICH THIS SIGN GOES UP? IS IT LIKE A PROJECT TAKES OVER A WEEK? IS IT A MONTH? IS IT ONLY BOND DOLLAR? LIKE, LIKE WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT THIS GOES UP? BECAUSE THAT, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS I LOVE.
ONE I WANNA POINT OUT FOR THOSE, UH, WHO, WHO MAY BE LISTENING ARE WATCHING.
IT, IT SHOWS THE EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE CONTRACTOR, UH, CONTACT CAPITAL PROJECTS, CONTACT, AND OF COURSE OUR WEBSITE AND THE QR CODE.
I THINK THAT QR CODE IS, IS GREAT AND NOT JUST THE AESTHETICS OF THE LOOK, BUT IT HAS ALL THIS WONDERFUL INFORMATION THAT, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALWAYS AWARE THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, SO AGAIN, I, I THINK IT'S WHAT I TOOK, TOOK AWAY FROM WHAT KEN'S COMMENT EARLIER WAS, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH RIGHT AWAY WE DON'T HAVE TO, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE WAY I THINK RICHARDSON GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND IN SO MANY WAYS.
UM, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SIGN.
SO I'LL LET YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION.
WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS OF THIS GOING OUT AND WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS, UH, DO THEY GO TO? WE, WE INCLUDE A VERSION OF THIS SIGN.
WE INCLUDE A GRAPHIC FOR THE 21 BOND PROGRAM AT THE TOP IF IT'S BOND PROGRAM DRIVEN.
BUT FOR OUR WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, THE C M OMM PROJECTS THAT, UH, MR. CHU WAS, WAS REFERENCING, UM, THOSE ARE PROJECTS.
IF WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE GOING OUT TO BID, BRINGING IN A CONTRACTOR AND DOING THIS WORK, UH, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE FOR, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, WE GENERALLY GO THROUGH THE EFFORT OF, OF HAVING THESE SIGNS MADE AND, AND PUT, WE USUALLY PUT TWO PER PROJECT, ONE ON EACH END.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER FOR SOME OF OUR MORE REGIONAL PROJECTS LIKE OUR, OUR SIDEWALKS.
YOU'LL FIND THAT THESE ARE ON SKIDS AND THEY KIND OF GET DRUG AROUND WITH THEM FROM STREET TO STREET OR REGION TO REGION IF THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB PER OUR SPECS.
UM, AND SO, UH, BUT GENERALLY ALL OF OUR BOND PROGRAM WORK OR ANYTHING THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR DEBT PROGRAM OR EVEN SOME OF OUR PAYGO WORK AS, AS, UH, MR. MAGNER MENTIONED THAT WE'RE DOING NOW WITH, UH, EXTENDED TIME PERIODS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I HEARD MONTH AND LARGER TYPE PROJECTS.
GENERALLY IF WE DON'T DO IT FOR WATERLINE REPAIRS, WE HAVE SMALLER PROJECT SIGNS THAT, UM, I BELIEVE OUR WATER DEPARTMENT WILL PUT OUT, UH, WITH A LINK TO OUR WEBSITE.
UH, JUST SO THAT THEY CAN GET INFORMATION IF, IF PAVEMENT IS BROKEN AND REMOVED WHILE WE'RE AWAITING REPAIR FROM A WATER MAIN BREAK.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER FORMS OF INFORMATION, BUT NOTHING, UH, TO THIS EXTENT WHERE WE LIST THE CONTRACTOR'S INFORMATION.
AND, UH, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE CORE.NET WEBSITE INFORMATION ON IT FOR OUR PROJECTS.
IS THE QR CODE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING A WHILE? AND IS THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION SOMETHING THAT'S WE'VE BEEN DOING ON A WHILE, OR IS THIS SOMETHING NEW OR MORE RECENT? THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW DESIGN OF OUR BOND PROGRAM SIGN.
WE'VE HAD BOND PROGRAM SIGNS LIKE THIS THAT HAS HAD MUCH OF THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT THE QR CODE IS NEW AND A 24 HOUR CONTACT NUMBER ON THERE.
MAKING THE, THE CONTACT INFORMATION MORE PROMINENT IS, IS CERTAINLY NEW.
AND, UH, WAS THE GOAL OF, OF THE REDESIGN OF THIS SIGN.
I JUST WANNA RESPOND TO SOMETHING THAT, UH, MR. MAGNER SAID REAL QUICK.
JUST THAT THIS IS, I MEAN, I, I TAKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT, THAT I NEED TO RESPOND TO RESIDENTS, SIR.
AND SO MORE OF STUFF LIKE THIS.
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THANK YOU, JIM.THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY AND YOUR EFFORTS TO, UM, ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.
[8. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 23-06, A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 36 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WATERVIEW PARKWAY, GENERALLY EAST OF THE FRANKFORD ROAD INTERSECTION AND BOUNDED BY THE DART SILVER LINE TO THE SOUTH, FROM TO-M TECHNICAL OFFICE AND PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSIT-ORIENTED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT. OWNER: JIM LESLIE, REPRESENTING 3400 WATERVIEW LLC AND DR. CALVIN JAMISON, REPRESENTING UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS.]
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM EIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 23 DASH OH SIX.A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 36 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WATERVIEW PARKWAY, CHER EAST OF THE FRANKFURT ROAD INTERSECTION, AND BOUNDED BY THE DART SILVER LINE TO THE SOUTH.
FROM T O M TECHNICAL OFFICE AND PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSIT ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OWNER, MR. JIM LESLIE, REPRESENTING 3,400 WATERVIEW, L L C, AND DR.
CALVIN JAMESON, REPRESENTING UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS.
UH, SAM CHAVEZ, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, IS GOING TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THIS.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, I THINK, UH, BOTH APPLICANTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARING CARDS THAT I WILL RECOGNIZE AT THAT APPROPRIATE TIME BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE VISITOR.
SO, SAM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR, UH, FURTHER BRIEFING.
UH, TONIGHT'S ITEM IS, UH, ZONING FILE 23 DASH SIX.
AS A MAYOR, UH, OUTLINED THE REQUEST.
IT'S A RE IT'S A REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD AND, AND A TO, UH, TECHNICAL OFFICE DISTRICT, A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A, FOR A TRANSIT ORIENTED ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN, IN A MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT, AS WE DID WITH THE LAST, UH, ITEM, UH, ABOUT, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
UH, WE DO PROVIDE SOME EDUCATIONAL PIECES WITHIN YOUR STAFF REPORT TO HELP YOU KINDA GET REACQUAINTED WITH YOU, WITH, UH, WITH TERMINOLOGY AND PROCESSES AND, AND, AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS. SO TONIGHT, THE REAL ITEM TONIGHT, OF COURSE, IS, UH, A T O D, WHICH, WHICH STANDS FOR, UH, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
SO A REAL KIND OF TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF A, OF A T O D.
AND THAT IS A TYPE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT MAXIMIZES THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL LEISURE SPACE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AND OF COURSE, THE INTENT IS TO, IS TO CREATE A COMPACT, UH, WALK, WALKABLE, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
NOW, SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOU'LL FIND IN A T O D, OF COURSE, IS A, IS A COMPACT, UH, DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT WITH HIGHER DENSITIES, A MIX OF USES THAT DOES HAVE PUBLIC AMENITIES, PEDESTRIAN ZONES, HAS WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT BLOCKS, AND DEFINITELY HAS CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN TRANSIT AND, AND THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOUR TRADITIONAL TYPE OF ZONING ORDINANCES DO NOT TYPICALLY ADDRESS TOD'S NEEDS WITH RESPECT TO HIGHER DENSITIES, MIX OF USES AND UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
AND THESE ARE, UH, THESE ARE CAN, THESE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A CONCEPT PLAN TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY IN THE LOCATION OF ALLOWABLE USES WHILE ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC REALM.
AND THE PUBLIC REALM, UH, IS REALLY THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE, THE STREET NETWORK, OPEN SPACE, AND THE BILL TWO ZONES.
SO THOSE KIND OF SET THE FUNDAMENTAL, UH, ELEMENTS OF A T O D.
AND THE WAY WE, AS THE CITY OF RICHARDSON HANDLE THESE TODS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS IS THROUGH A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
NOW, THIS IS A ZONING METHOD THAT IS, THAT IS ALLOWED FOR IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, THAT ALLOWS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIQUE ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, WITH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, DENSITIES, UH, MIXES OF USES, HEIGHTS, SETBACKS, PARKING STANDARDS, AND OPEN SPACE, AND MANY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND SPECIFIC FOR THE INTENDED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHY WE SEE A LOT OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS OR REQUEST FOR, FOR PDSS, UH, COME FORWARD BEFORE THIS BODY.
UH, AND THESE CAN TAKE A FORM OF A CONCEPT PLAN OR A REGULATING PLAN.
AND THOSE, UH, THOSE GRAPHICS, UH, ON THE RIGHT HAND OF OF THE SCREEN SHOW YOU, UH, THOSE TYPES OF, OF CONCEPT PLANS.
THEY'RE GENERIC IN NATURE, BUT THEY DO ESTABLISH THE BASE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS IN THESE MIXED USE FORM-BASED CODES, UH, T O D UH, DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THE CONCEPT PLAN, OF COURSE, ESTABLISHES THOSE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THE PUBLIC REALM BLOCK LINKS THE STREET NETWORKS, WHILE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS, IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM A CONCEPT PLAN, AND THE FACT THAT IT ESTABLISHES SPECIFIC
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USES ON THE PROPERTY AND INCLUDES DETAILED INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.UH, YOU SEE, WE SEE A LOT OF THESE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS COME FORWARD ONCE THE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS ARE IN PLACE, AND WE START TO ACTUALLY SEE HOW THAT PROPERTY'S REALLY GONNA DEVELOP.
SO MOVING FORWARD, UH, THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS REALLY TWO TRACKS OF LAND.
WE'LL CALL THE DE TRACK OF LAND, AND IT'S 21 ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SUBJECT TRACKS.
UH, THAT IS THE U T D, THE U T D TRACK.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE VUL, THE, THE, UM, WOLVERINE TRACK, WHICH IS ABOUT 15 ACRES OF PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THE SITE IS, IS, IS, IS EITHER A TECHNICAL OFFICE DISTRICT AND DEVELOPED HIS OFFICE WHERE IT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND HAS A, A MIX OF USES.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON, ON, ON THE SUBJECT TRACTS, THE WOLVERINE TRACT, IT'S WESTERN ACRES, UH, 15 ACRES.
IT IS OWNED TO, WHICH IS A TECHNICAL OFFICE DISTRICT.
UH, AND THAT WAS ZONED IN 1997.
UH, THERE IS CURRENTLY AN EXISTING, UH, 209,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING ON THE SITE, WHICH, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN 1998.
THE U T D, THE U T D TRACK, WHICH IS A 21 ACRE TRACK, WAS ZONED PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT IN 2016 TO ALLOW A TRANSIT ORIENTED ORIENTED, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROMOTING A UNIVERSITY ORIENTED URBAN DESTINATION WITH A MIX OF USES THAT INCLUDED RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL, RESTAURANT, OFFICE, AND UNIVERSITY ORIENTED USES.
NOW, THIS SPECIFIC TRACK ITSELF IS PART OF A LARGER TRACK THAT ALSO INCLUDES PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SILVER LINE RAIL LINE.
UH, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, OF ENTIT UNITS ON THE TRACK, WE'RE REALLY SPEAKING ABOUT BOTH TRACKS, THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, THE DARK SILVER LINE, THE U T D STATION, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS, UH, EXPECTED TO BE OPENING IN, UH, IN 20 25, 26.
WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE, UH, OVERALL CONCEPT PLAN AND THE PROJECT SUMMARY FOR, UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S SHOWN AS EXHIBIT B ONE IN YOUR PACKET.
THE PROPOSED USES INCLUDE 4,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND THOSE 4,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS INCLUDE MULTI-FAMILY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, UH, FACILITIES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, AND TOWN HOMES.
SO THAT ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
UH, IN ESSENCE, WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THAT WITH THE UNITS THAT ARE STILL ENTITLED ON THE U T D PROPERTY, REALLY THIS IS MORE OF A NET INCREASE OF ABOUT 2,908 UNITS.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO REQUE REQUESTING, UH, 500,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE.
REMEMBER, THERE IS AN EXISTING, UH, 209,000, UH, SQUARE FOOT OFFICE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE WOLVERINE TRACK.
UH, SO REALLY THIS IS A DECREASE OF ALMOST 511,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE.
THEY'RE REQUESTING 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL FOR A NET INCREASE OF, UH, 28,000 SQUARE FEET, TWO HOTELS WITH UP TO 300 ROOMS EACH, WHICH, UH, RESULTS IN A NET INCREASE OF 312 ROOMS. AND THEN ADDITIONAL USES THAT WOULD INCLUDE UNIVERSITY ORIENTED USES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, EVENT CENTER, MUSEUM, AND THEATERS.
NOW, THE EVENT CENTERS AS, AS PROPOSED IN, IN THE LIST OF USES, WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY TO BE CON CONDUCTED AND, UM, A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR, FOR A PRIVATE EVENT CENTER.
WHAT'S ALSO SHOWN ON THIS EXHIBIT IS REALLY THE RESULTS OF, UH, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
YOU'LL SEE THERE AT THE VERY TOP, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT A RIGHT TURN LANE, UH, WITH CONSTRUCTION IS STREET D, STREET D IS THE EXTENSION, IS THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF REDFORD AVENUE.
AND THEN A DIVERTER, UH, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET E, WHICH IS REALLY, UH, TO ALLOW FOR LEFT TURN LANES INTO BOTH SIDES OF THE SEA OF THE SITES, BUT WOULD NOT ALLOW RIGHT TURN LANES AT OUT OF THOSE SUBJECT PROPERTIES.
THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER KIND OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT, THAT ARE OVERALL INCLUDE
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MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHTS OF 250 FEET.NOW, THAT 200 FOOT, UH, 50 FOOT MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED ON THE U T D TRACK AND THEN THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE, UH, AREA OF 15%.
WHAT'S SHOWN IN FRONT OF YOU, OF COURSE, IS THE, IS THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF REDFORD ROAD.
THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN SHIFTED OVER TO THE EAST IN ORDER TO ALLOW ITS, ITS ALIGNMENT, UH, TO FALL ON THE, UH, WOLVERINE TRACK, UH, AND THEN THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF A TURN OF A, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE AT THE FUTURE INTERSECTION OF WATERVIEW PARKWAY AND REDFORD AVENUE.
THERE WERE SOME ALSO BASED ON THE T I A, THERE WERE ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL OFFSITE TRAFFIC MITIGATION ELEMENTS THAT, THAT WERE RECOMMENDED.
THE FIRST ONE, AND THAT'S AT, THAT'S AT THE VERY TOP, UH, IS A RIGHT TURN AND LEFT TURN LANES FOR WESTBOUND PG BT FRONTAGE ROAD AT INDEPENDENCE.
THIS, OF COURSE, IS IN THE CITY OF PLANO.
SO ALTHOUGH IT WAS RECOMMENDED, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT, THAT THAT OCCUR.
UH, THE SECOND ONE AND THE THIRD ITEM ARE REALLY TIED TOGETHER IN THAT, UH, NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF SYNERGY AND FLOYD ROAD.
UH, THERE IS A SCHEDULED TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THERE.
THERE WAS SOME IMPACT AT THAT INTERSECTION WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT IN LIEU OF THOSE FUNDS GOING, UH, BEING APPLIED TO THAT INTERSECTION, WE ASK THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, PROVIDE A SECOND LEFT TURN LANE FOR SOUTHBOUND WATERVIEW TO EASTBOUND RENTER, UH, IN LIEU OF CONTRIBUTING, UH, FUNDING TO THE COST AT THE SYNERGY.
AND, AND FLOYD WROTE SINCE THAT, UH, SIGNAL LIGHT WAS ALREADY PRO, UH, PROGRAMMED.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THE, THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE FUTURE, UH, WATERWAY, WATERVIEW PARKWAY AND REDFORD AVENUE INTERSECTION.
THIS SLIDE ITSELF, UH, GIVES YOU A GOOD PICTURE OF, OF THE NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN CONS ENTITLED, CONSTRUCTED, AND THOSE THAT, UH, THAT HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR BUILD OUT.
AS FAR AS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ENTITLED UNITS, UH, WE'RE AT, UH, 2,911 UNITS THAT ARE ENTITLED WITHIN THE VICINITY OF, OF THE SITE CONSTRUCTED.
WE'RE AT, UH, 1,221 UNITS, AND THOSE ACCOUNT FOR 313 UNITS AT NORTH SIDE PHASE ONE.
AND THAT'S ALONG, UH, SYNERGY PARKWAY.
WE HAVE 908, 908 UNITS THAT WERE, THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SILVER LINE RAIL LINE, UH, AS PART OF PHASE TWO OF NORTH SIDE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, UH, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL BUILD OUT, UH, BASED ON WHAT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR A TOTAL OF 5,732 UNITS.
SO THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD KIND OF, UH, BALLPARK AS TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT AREA.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA BREAK DOWN THE PARCELS THEMSELVES.
SO WE'LL START ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE, UH, U T D SITE.
SO THESE, THESE FOUR PARCELS RANGE, ANY RANGE, UH, ANYWHERE FROM 2.4 ACRES, UH, TO 4.59 ACRES IN SIZE.
THE APPROXIMATE, UH, LANDSCAPING OPEN SPACE AREA IS 19.1%.
THE AREA THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IS THE, IS THE, IS THE, UH, OPEN SPACE PERIMETER JOGGING TRAIL THAT IS PROPOSED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THAT LARGE CENTRAL SPACE REALLY TIES IN WITH, WITH THE EXISTING, UH, DART LINE, UH, RAIL STATION.
THAT'S, THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THERE ARE BUILT, BUILT TO ZONES THAT ARE COMMON THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, ANYWHERE FROM, UH, ZERO TO 20 FEET ALONG INTERIOR INTERIOR STREETS, AND THEN ZERO TO 60 FEET ALONG WATERVIEW.
SO THOSE ARE THE, THE, THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES IN THE PARKING RATIOS.
UM, THE MULTIFAMILY BEAN 0.8 SPACES PER BEDROOM FOR ONE AND TWO BEDROOMS, AND THEN TWO SPACES PER UNIT FOR THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS. THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, RATIO STAYS THE SAME, WHICH IS, UH, TWO SPACES PER UNIT WITHIN AN ENCLOSED GARAGE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE HOTEL AT 0.75 SPACE PER ROOM, AND THEN OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USES OF ONE SPACE PER, PER 300 SQUARE FEET.
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THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS YOU THE WOLVERINE TRACT.UH, AGAIN, THERE ARE THREE TRACKS.
UH, THOSE, THOSE THREE TRACKS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 2.13 ACRES TO 4.72 ACRES.
APPROXIMATELY 15 POINT 0.3% OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE LANDSCAPED.
AGAIN, YOU SEE THE CONTINUATION OF THAT OPEN SPACE ALONG THE PERIMETER OF, OF THESE, UH, THREE TRACKS AS WELL.
UH, THE BUILT TWO ZONES ARE IDENTICAL, UH, JUROR TO 20 ALONG INTERNAL STREETS, AND THEN THE, AND THEN ZERO TO 60 ALONG WATERVIEW MULTIFAMILY, UH, THE, UH, PARKING RATIOS, UH, SAY THE SAME AS REQUESTED FOR THE OTHER FOR THE U T D TRACK.
NOW, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THIS IN THE, IN THAT EXHIBIT B IS REALLY THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, WHICH, WHICH IS AN ALTERNATE, UH, CONCEPT PLAN.
THE APPLICANT'S INTENT IS TO, UH, MAINTAIN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
IN DOING SO, THEY WOULD REMOVE APPROXIMATELY 700 PARKING SPACES, BUT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT STRUCTURE, THEY WILL, THEY WILL RE RECONSTRUCT AN ADDITIONAL 242 ACRES.
AND THOSE AREAS ARE ALONG THE, UH, ALONG THE PERIMETER OF, OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, THE STREET CROSS SECTIONS THAT ARE LOCATED IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET, REALLY, YOU CAN ALMOST, UM, COMBINE THEM INTO ONE.
A AS WITH REGARDS TO, AGAIN, THAT PUBLIC REALM.
YOU HAVE THE PEDESTRIAN WAY AT 20 FEET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADWAY.
YOU HAVE PARALLEL PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF THE ROADWAY WHERE APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN THE STREET PAVEMENT WIDTH RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 24 FEET TO 30 FEET IN WIDTH.
NOW, THE 30 FEET IN WIDTH, UH, PAVEMENT CROSS SECTIONS REALLY APPLY TO THOSE AREAS WHERE DART WOULD NEED ACCESS, UH, TO, UH, TO PROVIDE THEIR RIDERSHIP ACCESS, UH, TO THE STATION AND, AND THE, AND THE BUS BAYS.
SO THEY'RE PRETTY, THEY'RE REALLY CONSISTENT AS FAR AS THE DIMENSIONAL AND THOSE, THOSE THAT PEDESTRIAN ROUTE.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OF COURSE, OR A FEW THINGS THAT ARE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT ARE ITEMS TO CONSIDER.
OF COURSE, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UH, DESIGNATES THE WOLVERINE TRACK AS REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT.
AND THE, UH, AND THE U T D TRACK IS DESIGNATED AS TRANSIT VILLAGE.
NOW, BACK IN 2009, THE TRANSIT VILLAGE WAS REALLY OUR ATTEMPT TO KIND OF LOOK AT INTO THE FUTURE T O D.
SO IT, BASED ON THAT INFORMATION BACK IN 2009, IF YOU PAY, IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE THE RAIL STATION WAS, WAS SHOWN ON THAT 2009 FUTURE LAND USE PLANT, IT'S REALLY TOWARD THE WESTERN PART OF THE, UH, OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
NOW, AS WE KNOW THAT THAT STATION ITSELF IS MORE CENTERED IN THAT AREA.
SO NOW AS YOU LOOK AT THE TRANSIT VILLAGE AND THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT U UH, LAND USE CATEGORIES, WE FEEL STAFF FEELS THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT BOTH TRACKS ALSO TAKE ON THE TRANSIT VILLAGE USE.
THE OTHER ITEMS TO CONSIDER IS THE PROXIMITY OF, UH, FIRE STATION THREE.
ALTHOUGH WE CAN SERVE THE AREA, UH, THERE IS, UH, A RESPONSE DELAY BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE, UH, TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND INDI AND INDIRECT ROUTES BETWEEN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE.
SO, IN DOING SO, WHAT STAFF HAS DONE, AND THE APPLICANT HAS, HAS AGREED, IS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED THE INCLUSION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AS ALLOWED USE WITHIN THESE, UH, WITHIN THE SUBJECT SITE, WHICH PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF A PUBLIC BUILDING, WHETHER IT BE A, UH, FIRE STATION OR IF WE NEED OTHER SORTS OF, OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THERE.
UH, THE OTHER ITEM IS THE, UM, UTILITY CAPACITIES.
UH, THE EXPECTED FLOW FROM THE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED, UH, WITHIN THE OVERALL SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, THE EXISTING, UH, NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT EIGHT INCH ON, UH, ONSITE SANITARY LINE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, CANNOT, CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE FLOW.
THEREFORE, MODIFICATIONS OR REPLACEMENT OF THE LINE WOULD BE REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANT WILL WORK WITH THE CITY IN ORDER TO WORK WITH, UH, THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO, UH, MODIFY THAT LINE.
UH, SO THERE IS A SECTION IN THE, UH, IN THE PD THAT REQUIRES UPGRADE OR REPLACEMENT OF THE LINE, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER.
AND STORM WATER SYSTEM IS AS, UH, DETERMINED BY THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER.
SO WE'LL DO THAT AT THE TIME THAT THEY COME IN FOR THEIR
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DEVELOPMENT PLANS.THE ACTUAL SITE PLANS FOR THE, THE IMPENDING DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND THE LAST OF COURSE, IS PARKING.
UH, AS PROPOSED, A PARKING RATIO FOR THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS IS TWO SPACES, UH, PER UNIT STAFF DID RECOMMEND TO THE COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING AND THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION AGREED OR CONCURRED THAT THE, UH, THAT THE RATIO FOR THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS SHOULD BE AT 0.8 SPACE, UH, PER BEDROOM AS OPPOSED TO PER UNIT.
SO THAT MATCHES, UH, THE, THE PARKING RATIO FOR THE ONE AND TWO UNITS.
SO IN SUMMARY, UH, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, OF COURSE, IS APPROVAL OF A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM A TECHNICAL OFFICE DISTRICT AND A, AND A PD, A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE A TRANSIT ORIENTED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UH, THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS WOULD APPLY, OF COURSE, THE SUBJECT SHALL BE ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN EXHIBITS A, IN EXHIBIT A, WHICH IS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR, UH, IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH ARE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THIS SITE, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, LAND USE, DENSITY, HEIGHT BILL, TWO ZONES BUILT-IN FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS, LANDSCAPING, OPEN SPACE PARKING, SIGNAGE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL STANDARDS, AND ROADWAY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
AND ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS EXHIBITS, WHICH IS EXHIBIT B, THE SITE AND PARCEL, UH, EXHIBITS, EXHIBITS B AND TH UH, B TWO AND B THREE STREET TYPOLOGY CROSS SECTIONS, EXHIBIT C ONE AND C TWO, AND EXISTING.
AND THE, THE EXISTING, UH, STRUCTURE, ALTERNATE EXHIBIT D, WHICH IS THE EXISTING, UH, FOUR STORY, 209,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING.
WITH THAT, I KNOW THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL AS, UH, AS WELL AS STAFF.
AND BEFORE WE ASK THE A APPLICANTS TO COME FORWARD, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR MR. MAGNER? UH, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER.
UM, SAM ON THE, IF YOU GO BACK FOR JUST A MOMENT ONTO THE, UM, UH, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS RIGHT THERE.
UM, HAVE THE APPLICANTS AGREED TO ALL THREE OF THOSE, AND WOULD THAT BE A PART OF THE, THE ZONING FILE? THE ONLY THING THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ZONING FILE IS, UH, THE FIRE STATION, UH, THE, THE, ON HOW TO RESOLVE THE, THE PROXIMITY OF THE FIRE STATION.
NOW, THEY HAVE AGREED, IN THEORY, TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO SEE IF WE CAN LOCATE EITHER AN IN LINE FIRE STATION WITHIN ONE OF THEIR BUILDINGS OR POSSIBLY DESIGN ONE SO THAT IT IS PART OF A PARKING STRUCTURE SUCH AS A, UH, A LINER WITHIN A, UH, A PARKING STRUCTURE.
BUT THAT IS NOT CODIFIED IN THE, IN THE, UH, IN EXHIBIT A, WHICH ARE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
SO, SO, MR. HUTCHER, LET ME, LET ME, UM, JUST KIND OF MAKE A COUPLE POINTS ON THAT FIRST.
UM, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A, UH, FIRE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, RIGHT? AND, UH, SO I, I DON'T THINK WE'D WANT TO BE EXTREMELY PRESCRIPTIVE IN THIS.
I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE TO WORK WITH, UM, EITHER EITHER PROPERTY OWNER OR MASTER DEVELOPER, WHOEVER.
UM, THERE WOULD LIKELY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER, UM, ON, UH, PROJECTS.
AND I THINK ONCE, ONCE WE BETTER APPRECIATED WHAT OUR NEEDS WERE.
IT COULD BE INITIALLY BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, JUST STARTING WITH ACTIVATING AN E M S.
THAT'S REALLY THE ISSUE IS E M S NOT FIRE AS MUCH.
UM, BUT I'VE, I'VE TALKED WITH CHIEF PUY ON THIS QUITE EXTENSIVELY, AND HE'S COMFORTABLE RESERVING THE USE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DECIDE, UM, THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PRO, UH, PURSUE, THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK, UM, AND, AND, AND TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTION.
BUT IT WOULD BE A NEGOTIATION WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE TO, TO, TO DEFINE WHERE, WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL TERMS WOULD, WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, INCLUDED, UM, AND, AND WOULD LIKELY BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
UM, YOU DON'T THINK WE NEED TO PUT ANYTHING? I MEAN, BECAUSE I GUESS, I MEAN, IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THEN IT'S, UH, SO I'M SORRY, OTHER THAN THE EVENT CENTER, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A DONE DEAL AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO JUST NEGOTIATE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, RATHER THAN PUTTING IN SOMETHING TONIGHT
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THAT WOULD CODIFY, BASICALLY WHAT YOU SAID, IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT SAM WAS SAYING, IS THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE AT ALL.SHOULD WE NOT PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT, SOMETHING AS A, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD MORE CODIFY THAT SO THAT WE HAVE A, AGAIN, I KNOW WE WORK EXTREMELY WELL WITH U T D I PERSONALLY DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE DEVELOPER OR THE, THE, WHAT'S IT CALLED, UM, 3,400 WATERVIEW, L L C, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE PERSONALLY.
SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT IMPUNING BY ANY STRETCH, BUT I'M JUST, I GUESS I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, WOULD IT, WILL WE NOT BE BETTER OFF AND PROTECT THE CITY'S RIGHTS BY CODIFYING SOMETHING IN THIS TONIGHT VERSUS LETTING IT GO AND COMING BACK AT A LATER POINT IN TIME AND, AND HAVING TO, TO, TO NEGOTIATE? I REALIZE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO NEGOTIATE ANYWAY, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR POCKET, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO, TO, TO HAVE A MORE, HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER HAND, IF YOU WILL, IN THE, IN THE GAME AS WE NEGOTIATE.
SO WITH, WITH THIS ENT, IF THIS ENTITLEMENT WENT THROUGH THE WAY IT'S PROPOSED, UM, WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY TO UTILIZE ANY PARCEL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE OR EITHER WORK ON A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UH, FOR, FOR THIS PUBLIC, UH, SAFETY, UM, PURPOSE.
UM, SIM IF I, UNDER, IF I'M NOT, UH, AGAIN, I'M, I MAY BE READING INTO THIS, BUT IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO KIND OF LIKE FORCE, UM, THE DEVELOPER OR UT DALLAS TO RESERVE A CERTAIN PIECE OF A CERTAIN PARCEL FOR US, UM, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE AS PART OF THE ENTITLEMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT JUST, THAT'S NOT JUST ZONING.
NOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING, UM, IN TERMS OF REQUIRING THAT, THAT, THAT PARCEL OR WHATEVER THE, THE, THE SITUATION WOULD BE.
UM, I, I FEEL I, I SEE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE.
I THIS KIND OF A, THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAVING DART AS PART OF IT, UT DALLAS, A PRIVATE AND, AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, THEY'LL, THEY, THEY WILL VERY LIKELY BE SOME ASK IN THE FUTURE FROM THE DEVELOPER OR FROM UT DALLAS, UH, PROBABLY AS EARLY AS REDFORD ROAD, REDFORD ROAD
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE I REALLY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE AND TO, TO BETTER, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD BE A WIN-WIN.
ONE OF, ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES WITH TRYING TO INCLUDE SOMETHING RIGHT NOW IS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE WOULD ASK FOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SITE STATION IT'S GONNA BE, SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LAND IT'S GONNA BE, QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT JUST, WE WANNA RESERVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC USE HERE, BUT I'M NOT A, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THIS IS WHERE WE WANT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT OUTPOST TO BE.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LARGE AREA AROUND THE, THE 1200 ACRES OF I EQ, AND WITH A LOT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, WE MAY GO, WE MAY ACTUALLY GO THERE FIRST, THEREFORE FREEING UP FIVE AND THREE, MAKING THREE, ABLE TO, TO RESPOND BETTER.
I THINK THIS WAS, THIS WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT BY HAVING THIS PUBLIC BUILDING DESIGNATION BY RIGHT, IT PROVIDES US WITH THAT, THAT LATITUDE IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENT ACTION.
UM, SECOND QUESTION, SAM, CAN YOU GO TO THE, UM, OFFSITE TRAFFIC MITIGATION SLIDE THAT YOU HAD? THERE WE GO.
SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UM, BASICALLY IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL TAKE CARE OF PUTTING IN THE SECOND LEFT, TURN LEFT, THE SECOND LEFT TURN LANE, UM, THAT'S THERE AT, UH, SOUTHBOUND WATERVIEW, UM, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR SIGNAL THREE, IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY.
SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IS THAT ABOUT A EQUAL COST FOR COST? IT MAY BE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF DE CELL AND TURN LANE THAT THE ACCIDENT NEED TO PUT IN.
NOW, THE IMPACT THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD ON THE FLOYD ROAD AND SYNERGY INTERSECTION WAS VERY MINIMAL.
UH, BUT THEY DID HAVE AN IMPACT.
SO IN LIEU OF PLACING THOSE COSTS ONTO THAT INTERSECTION, AND BECAUSE THERE WAS A DELAY A ALONG SOUTHBOUND WATERVIEW PARKWAY, WE FELT THAT IT WAS A BETTER USE OF THOSE FUNDS AT THAT INTERSECTION.
AND THEN THE, EXCUSE ME, THEN THE, UM, ITEM FOUR, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT FUTURE WATERVIEW PARKWAY IN RUTHERFORD AND REDFORD, SORRY, UM, AVENUE INTERSECTION, IS THAT ON THE CITY OR IS THAT ON THE DEVELOPER, OR IT'S, IT'S A MIXED BAG OF SOURCES, MEANING THAT
I MEAN, THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING, UH, DEVELOPMENTS TO THAT INTERSECTION.
UH, I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, THE WOLVERINE DEVELOPERS OR THE OWNERS OF THE WOLVERINE TRACK, UH, THEY HAVE AGREED TO, UH, COMMIT UP TO 25% OF THE COST OF, OF THE SIGNAL,
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UH, FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $131,000 IF, IF YOU KIND OF CONSIDER WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.THE OTHER, THE OTHER PLAYERS, OF COURSE, ARE, ARE, ARE U T D AND, AND THEY'RE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPERS, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE MULTIFAMILY ON THE NORTH SIDE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS BACK TO, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE SOURCES THAT WE CAN GO TO.
THE OTHER COURSE IS, UH, DART ITSELF.
UH, SO WE HAVE, AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY A MIXED BAG OF SOURCES.
BUT THERE IS, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE TO THINK THERE SOME FUNDING THERE.
NOW, THE, THE ENTIRE, THE, THE IDEA OF A SIGNAL LIGHT AT EITHER THIS IN INTERSECTION OR FURTHER TO THE NORTH AT A SECONDARY INTERSECTION WAS PART OF THE PLAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AGAIN, IT WAS PLANNED BUT NEVER PROGRAMMED.
SO AS, AS PROPERTY STARTS TO DEVELOP, THEN THE NEED FOR THAT ROADWAY, AND IF THAT INTERSECTION MEETS TRAFFIC WARRANTS, THEN THAT'S, THEN THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UH, WILL GO IN.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE, THE ZONING FILE, I KNOW I, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE PARKING AT THE VERY END YES, SIR.
IS THAT ALREADY CODIFIED IN THE, IN THE ZONING FILE, OR WOULD WE NEED TO MAKE THAT AS A SPECIFIC AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, IF WE HAVE, IF THE COUNSEL DECIDES TO APPROVE TONIGHT, DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE, WE CODIFY THAT THAT EDIT IS ALREADY IN YOUR, IT'S ALREADY IN, IN YOUR PACKET.
I, UH, BEFORE I ASK MY QUESTION, I SHARED A, A CONCERNING QUESTION WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN, HUTCHIN RIDER ASKED ABOUT, UH, UM, KIND OF GIVING CARTE BLANCHE, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL AND ALLOWING THEM TO, UM, WITHOUT CODIFYING THINGS.
UM, AND, BUT MOVE ON MY QUESTION.
UTILITIES IN, UH, DO WE KNOW NOW I'M ASSUMING THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE ROLLED OUT IN PHASES OF THIS IS APPROVED, UM, AS, AS FAR AS OUR PIECE OF, UH, TO, TO ADJUST TO, TO THE NEED AND THE FLOW, WOULD WE DO THIS IN, WOULD THIS BE ONE GIANT PROJECT? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY FEET WE'RE TALKING? DO WE KNOW KIND OF SCOPE AND SIZE OF WHAT THAT WORK WOULD REQUIRE IN OUR PART TO PROVIDE WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT? AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DON'T, OTHER THAN WE LOOKED AT FULLY KNOWING THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND, AND WHAT THAT NUMBER OF UNITS WOULD DO AS FAR AS, UH, CAPACITY.
SO WE JUMPED AHEAD OF THIS, WHICH WE SOMETIMES DO BASED ON, ON WHAT THE ZONING, UH, REQUEST IS.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THERE IS A NEED TO INCREASE THAT THE SIZE OF THE EIGHT INCH, UH, SANUR SEWER LINE FROM EIGHT TO APPROXIMATELY, UH, IT COULD BE UP TO 18 INCHES IN, IN SIZE.
NOW WE'LL WORK WITH THE WATER DISTRICT, UH, IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH THAT PERMITTING PROCESS WITH THEM.
AND THEY HAVE ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH US ON THAT, ON THAT, ON THAT PERMIT.
BUT IT WOULD, BUT IT, BUT THAT PERMIT WOULD BE A PERMIT WITH, THROUGH THE CITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPLICANT.
AND THEN AS PROPERTY STARTS TO DEVELOP, THEN WE'LL SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, SEWER.
THAT NEEDS TO BE, OF COURSE, CONSTRUCTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO THE SIZE AND CAPACITY.
SO TO CLARIFY, AT WHAT POINT DOES IT BECOME CITY AND WHAT PART IS THE DEVELOPMENT? I MEAN, DOES OUR RESPONSIBILITY END WHERE IT'S AT NOW AND WE JUST, WE JUST PUT IN A LARGER PIPE FROM WHAT'S THERE NOW, AND THEN EVERYTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THEIRS? IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? THESE WILL BE PUBLIC UTILITIES AS FAR AS WATER AND SEWER GOES.
NOW, THE ONE INTERESTING THING HERE IS THAT THE STREETS THEMSELVES ARE NOT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, JUST LIKE THEY AREN'T, ARE NOT AT U T D.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE WITHIN ACCESS EASEMENTS, AND THEY'RE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IN THE, IN UTDS, UH, RESPECT ARE MA ARE MAINTAINED BY THE ACTUAL DEVELOPER THAT U T D LICENSED THAT PROPERTY WITH.
SO THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN U T D AND THE ACTUAL USER, THE END USER.
UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, UH, FOR THE MAINTENANCE ON, ON THOSE ROADWAYS? SAM, SAM, LET ME POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UM, BUILDING ON COUNCILMAN BARROS, HIS
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QUESTION, WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS AND THE WATER AND SEWER LINES ARE, ARE REQUIRED, THAT IS ON THE DEVELOPER'S DIME, AND THEY WILL DO THAT WORK.BUT THE INCREASING TO THE 15 INCH WOULD BE ON US.
I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S DEBATABLE
I, I THINK, I THINK IT WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD, TRADITIONALLY, WE WOULD, WE WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT'S A PART OF THE DEVELOPER'S COST, UM, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS CREATING THE NEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
AND SO WE WOULD REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO, TO, TO FUND THAT.
NOW, WE MIGHT DO THAT WORK, BUT THEY MAY ALSO DO THE WORK.
WE'LL, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO DECIDE WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET THERE, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
UM, SAM, WILL YOU WALK ME THROUGH, AND I KNOW YOU, YOU MENTIONED IT WAS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE PARKING.
CAN YOU HELP, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UM, BECAUSE I, I LOVE, LIKE MANY PEOPLE THIS IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH DENSITY, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT IT'S EXCITING, RIGHT? IT'S EXCITING, UM, THE FUTURE OF THIS AREA.
UH, BUT WITH THAT IN MIND, IT BEING AROUND, UH, I KNOW THIS WAS A, SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WHEN I WAS LOOKING, DOING MY HOMEWORK FOR THIS, AND THEN JUST READING SOME OF THE COMMENT CARDS.
I KNOW THERE WERE MULTIPLE COMMENT CARDS THAT KIND OF HAD THAT SAME QUESTION, IS WHY WOULD WE GO BACK AND ASK FOR AN INCREASE? I KNOW IT WAS STAFF RECOMMENDATION, SO CAN YOU HELP SO THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND THOSE WATCHING, KIND OF WHY WOULD WE WOULD ASK FOR THAT? AND WHAT WAS THE BIG ISSUE, OR I GUESS THE, UH, SIDE EFFECTS OF NOT INCREASING THAT, THE 0.8 SPACES PER BEDROOM IS A STANDARD THAT WE'VE UTILIZED OVER OTHER PDSS, UH, JUST RECENTLY.
UH, THAT WOULD BE ON THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WATERVIEW.
THAT'S A, THAT WAS ALSO AT A 0.8.
NOW, NORTH SIDE, UH, PHASES ONE AND TWO, THE INITIAL, UH, PARKING RATIO WAS, WAS AT ONE SPACE PER BEDROOM THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND SOME PARKING ANALYSIS THAT WAS, THAT, THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER AT THE TIME.
UH, THEY COULD SUPPORT A 0.8 SPACE PER BEDROOM, UH, PARKING RATIO.
SO A LOT OF THOSE ARE, ARE TYPICAL RATIOS THAT WE USE.
NOW, THE OTHER THING THAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT AS PROPERTIES DEVELOP WITH THIS PARKING RATIO, WE TEND TO SEE VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED OUTSIDE THOSE, THOSE STRUCTURES.
NOW, WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, THERE AREN'T, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF SURFACE PARKING SPACES THAT THOSE RESIDENTS COULD UTILIZE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE CONTAINED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE CONTAINED.
THE 99.9% OF 'EM ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THOSE PARKING STRUCTURES, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENS AT AT AT CITYLINE.
A LOT OF THOSE, UH, MULTI-FAMILIES HAVE, UH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE HIGHER PARKING RATIOS THAN THE 0.8 PER, UH, PER BEDROOM.
NOW, WHERE THE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE, UH, T O D PORTION OF IT COMES FROM IS REALLY IN THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, IT'S REALLY IN THAT PUBLIC REALM WHERE YOU REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO, TO 24 FEET WHEN IT'S ADJACENT TO, TO, LET'S SAY A, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND 30 FEET REALLY TO WHERE YOU NEED IT, UH, WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE DART, UH, STATION, AND IT'S, AND IT'S BUS BAYS.
SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THAT HAPPENS.
I MAY, LET ME CHEW ON THAT A BIT.
I MAY COME BACK TO THAT LATER.
UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE APARTMENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW THE, UH, I WAS STRUGGLING TO FOLLOW ALONG IN ALL HONESTY, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, SLIDE NINE I BELIEVE, OR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ENTITLED VERSUS CONSTRUCTED VERSUS PROPOSED.
BUT I REMEMBER READING OR HEARING POSSIBLY IN THE VIDEO, UH, THE C P C VIDEO.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF I READ IT OR, OR WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO, BUT THE NUMBER THAT WAS POPPING UP WAS A THOUSAND, AND THEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR 4,000.
CAN YOU KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH HOW WE GET THERE AND WHERE, CAN YOU, AND I, I APOLOGIZE THAT SOME OF THIS IS REPEATING WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I WAS STRUGGLING ON THIS, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME CLARIFICATION, UH, UNDERSTANDING.
SO NORTH SIDE PHASE TWO, THAT PROPERTY IS ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE IS SILVERLINE.
AND THAT PROPERTY WAS ENTITLED WITH 2000 UNITS
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ORIGINALLY.SO OUT OF THOSE 2000 UNITS, THERE WERE 908 UNITS CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SILVERLINE, WHICH LEAVES A BALANCE OF 1,092 UNITS STILL UNCONSTRUCTED.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, WHICH IS 4,000 UNITS MINUS THE 12, THE 1092, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE DIFFERENCE OF 2,908 UNITS.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE SAYING WE'RE SHIFTING SOME DENSITY AND THEN ADDING ON TOP OF THAT TO MAKE IT, THAT THAT IS CORRECT, CORRECT.
FOUR TIMES AS DENSE AS CORRECT.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR HIM.
UH, SAM, THIS WAS WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE COMMENTERS AND, AND I KIND OF AGREE, I MEAN, FOR THIS, UM, FOR THIS PD, IS THERE A WAY TO WRITE IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE FORCING THE SPACES FOR DART? I MEAN, IT'S WRITTEN IN A WAY WHERE THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY NEGOTIATE UP TO 240, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO, TO DO THAT IN THE REVERSE AS WELL? WHAT CAN I, I, I APOLOGIZE.
I YOU SAY THE REVERSE IS, WELL, OH, SO, UM, IF, YOU KNOW UPON FURTHER CONSULTATION WITH DART, YOU CAN REQUIRE UP TO 240 SPACES.
OH, DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO BUT THAT, THAT'S PART OF AN I L A, THAT RIGHT, THAT, SO YEAH, THAT'S OKAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
IT'S NO, NO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S A, IT IS PART OF AN I L A BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND AND DART.
UM, SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE RENEGOTIATED BETWEEN DART, IT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING WE WOULD WANT TO I UNDERSTAND.
SO ONE 50 IS ALREADY PART OF THAT I L A AS WELL.
AND SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD THE, UH, 250 FEET ON THE U T E TRACTED BUILDING HEIGHT MAXIMUM THAT THAT IS THERE IS THAT, UH, OH, BLESS YOU GUYS.
IS THAT GENERALLY, IS THAT ALSO THE SAME HEIGHT ON U T D RESIDENTIAL THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS? THAT HEIGHT, I KNOW FOR SURE IS, UH, ALLOCATED TO THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF THE, OF THE DART SILVER LINE.
SO THAT'S A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT.
BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ON DART THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THAT.
I THINK MY THOUGHT IS JUST FOR CONSISTENCY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE U T D COMPLEX MM-HMM.
IF, UM, IF IT'S OKAY TO HAVE HIRE SOMEWHERE ELSE ON CAMPUS, WHY WOULD IT NOT BE OKAY TO HAVE HIRE HERE? I THINK IS MY LINE OF THOUGHT IN ASKING THAT QUESTION.
AND, AND ALSO WE JUST WANT UNIFORMITY RIGHT.
SO, SO ON CAMPUS WE DON'T, ON CAMPUS THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE CAN'T REGULATE ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE CAMPUS.
UM, IF IT'S BEING USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
SO, SO I GUESS I'M, THE RESIDENTIAL ON THE CAMPUS IS GENERALLY FOUR STORIES, MAYBE FIVE STORIES, UH, HERE AND THERE, BUT THAT'S, I THINK THE TWO 50 IS MORE OF A MID-RISE TO HIGH-RISE PRODUCT.
AND, AND THAT APPLIES TO, UH, NORTH SIDE PHASE TWO? CORRECT.
SO THAT, THAT ENTIRE PROPERTY, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 56 TO 60 ACRES IN SIZE, ALLOWS A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 250 FEET.
I THINK I'M REALLY JUST CURIOUS AS FAR AS THE CONSISTENCY, NOT JUST ON THE PROPERTY SHOWN HERE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, BUT MAYBE DR.
I THINK HERE WE HAVE AN, I THINK HERE, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS AT THE STATION, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY PERHAPS FOR A MID-RISE OR EVEN MM-HMM.
AND SO THE DENSER, I THINK THE DENSER PRODUCT IS MORE DESIRABLE HERE THAN IT MIGHT BE INTERNAL TO THE CAMPUS, BUT YEAH.
YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
UM, WHAT ARE THE, AND THEN FINALLY MY LAST QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE, UH, THE EMPTY PARCELS LOCATED? UM, AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU MENTIONED THIS ALREADY LOCATED TO THE, UH, THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF, UH, WATERVIEW AS YOU'RE LIKE UP AGAINST GEORGE BUSH.
WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THOSE TWO, OR WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT CURRENTLY ZONED FOR?
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SO THAT'S, THAT'S UT DALLAS.WELL THEN AGAIN, MAYBE UT CAN YES, SIR.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR WILL THANK YOU, SAM, FOR GREAT PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, DOING LOTS OF DETAILED WORK.
UH, I GOT SOME QUESTION, UH, I GOT LOTS OF ANSWER ALREADY, BUT THE QUESTION, UM, LET'S SEE WHERE TO START FROM FOR THE SEWER CAPACITY.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO, IF THERE'S EIGHT LINE, EIGHT INCH LINE, YOU HAVE TO UPSIZE IT FOR SURE.
BUT I, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THIS NEED TO GO THERE THOUGH, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY LINE HAS, SO THAT NEED TO BE DETERMINED.
UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, WE NEED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT ANYWAY, SO THAT'S, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT AND LOOK AT THAT DETAIL.
SO I DON'T HAVE A CONCERN, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
AND SAME THING WITH THE STORM SEWER DRAINAGE ISSUE.
UH, SINCE THIS IS NOT AT UTD, IT'S OUTSIDE, WE NEED TO FOLLOW CERTAIN RULES, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO THOSE WILL BE ALSO TAKEN CARE.
UH, YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE.
SAME THING WITH THE WATER SERVICE.
YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT, WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE.
NOW, THE ONE ISSUE THAT CAME OUT THAT E M S, THAT, UH, RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SOME OTHER FACILITY OUT THERE, SO WE HAVE TO SERVICE THOSE.
SO ARE THOSE COMING, IS THAT PLANO CLOSE BY OR, OR DALLAS, CLOSE BY NEARBY OR HOW THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT? SURE.
WELL, IF, UH, YEAH, WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH, WITH, UH, ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT SURROUND THE CITY, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION.
SO IF THERE'S A NEED AND OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT ISN'T ABLE TO BE, UH, DISPATCHED, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN CALL ON A, A NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION TO PROVIDE AID.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE TOTALLY, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK I, I JUST TO, JUST TO KINDA REITERATE, I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING HERE IS THAT WE ARE IN, WE, WE WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A, A, A FIRE SERVICES MASTER PLAN.
WE WANTED TO RESERVE THE RIGHT THAT IF THIS, IF THIS IS THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR A FUTURE STATION OF SOME MAKEUP, THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE ENTITLED.
AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT, I DON'T, I, I WOULDN'T GO AS FAR AS SAYING LIKE, WE'RE AT RISK FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE.
I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A OVERSTATEMENT.
UM, I THINK THAT WE WE'RE JUST LOOKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FAR DOWN THE ROAD TO SAY THERE THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT THE UNIVERSITY WOULD FIND IT BENEFICIAL, THE DEVELOPERS WOULD FIND BENEFICIAL, THE CITY WOULD FIND, UH, FIND BENEFICIAL WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOCATE SOME KIND OF FIRE SERVICES WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT MAY NEVER COME TO FRUITION.
IT MAY NOT BE THE CHIEF'S DESIRE AFTER THE STRATEGIC PLAN ANY BETTER, UNDERSTANDS, UM, WHERE THE NEEDS ARE.
SO I THINK, I THINK YOUR CHARACTERIZED CHARACTERIZATION IS RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ENTITLING SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO.
WE WOULD, WE WOULD, WE WOULD, IF THAT WAS THE SITUATION, WE WOULD, WE WOULD MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE DISCUSSED, WHEN WE HAD THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH SIDE.
UH, NOW HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, UM, ROUTE, THE TRAFFIC SITUATION, THE ROUTE ROUTE FORD AVENUE, THE SIGNAL THAT FORD THAT YOU HAVE THERE, THAT, THAT SIGNAL, THERE'S A DARK, UH, SILVER LINE THAT CROSSES, UH, BETWEEN NORTH SIDE AND THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? SO YES, SIR.
THAT CROSSING THAT IS AN AD GRADE CROSSING, ADD GRADE CROSSING.
AND THERE WOULD BE ACCESS, YOU KNOW, FOR VEHICLE TO CROSS, UH, CONNECT TO BOTH SIDE.
UH, NOW, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER THING THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN THAT TRAIN IS GONNA BE RUNNING THERE.
THE SIGNAL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED ON THAT.
UH, I GUESS I'M, I'M, I'M SURE THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT THING IN THE FUTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING MORE SIGNAL, UH, HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE? UH, CAN, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, IS DART ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AT THE, THE, THE DART CROSSING FOR REDFORD, RIGHT? RIGHT THERE.
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THERE.SO DART DART IS ALREADY ENGINEERED AND IS DART WILL BE CONSTRUCTING, UH, REDFORD ACROSS THE TRACKS TO THE NORTH SIDE.
AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY STUBBING IT OUT SO THAT, THAT PARTICULAR CROSSING HAS BEEN FULLY DESIGNED, EMBEDDED BY DART.
IT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE SILVER LINE PROJECT.
SO THERE WOULD BE SIGNAL THINGS FOR THE CROSSING, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
NOW, THE SIGNAL THAT YOU HAVE, I THINK THAT WILL HELP THE NORTH SIDE PROPERTY TOO, THAT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.
SO THEY CAN CROSS THE, UH, THEY, THEY CAN CROSS THE STREET AND THEY CAN USE THAT ROAD.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE HOUSING PERSONAL I BELIEVE THAT NEEDED THERE, THE HOTELS ARE NEEDED THERE.
THESE ARE ESSENTIAL THINGS THAT NEEDED IN THAT AREA.
UH, SO TECHNICALLY, YOU KNOW, I AGREE THAT ALL THESE ARE GOOD THINGS, BUT ONLY THINGS IS THAT JUST TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS GONNA WORK.
UH, AND SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING HAPPENING ALSO.
GOOD THING, UH, NOW TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPICS, BUT RELEVANT TO THIS ONE AND MANY OTHERS.
THAT TREE, DO YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A CROSS SECTION FOR THAT STREET? MM, YEAH.
THIS, THIS CROSS SECTION THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS NICE, THOSE TWO TREES ON TWO SIDE, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS.
UH, THERE ARE, UH, BECAUSE THIS TREE, THERE'S GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN A CONTAINER MOST LIKELY, UH, TO PROTECT THE STREET BUILDING STRUCTURES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CONTAINER, UH, TREE LIKE THAT, IT DOES NOT REALLY GROW THAT MUCH.
WE, WE INTENTIONALLY PLANT TREE THAT GOES JUST, UH, FOUR FEET WIDE TALLER, SOME OF THE OAK TREES LIKE THAT.
WE DO THAT JUST TO MAKE, SO THAT SERVICE THAT SERVE ONE THING.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SHED TREE SO THAT WHEN YOU GO AROUND THE BUILDING, WE CAN GET SOME SHED.
RECENTLY I WAS, SOME OF THE AREA THAT LOOKS VERY NICE, HAD A COFFEE, CAME OUT, MAN, THERE'S 107 DEGREE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE.
I WAS LOOKING FOR A TREE TO STAND, AND THAT POOR TREE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH SHADED THAT I COULD STAND THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT TREE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 16 YEARS, BUT STILL DOESN'T HAVE THAT MUCH SHADED.
SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD PLAN SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE, THAT WOULD CREATE SOME SHADE, UH, NOT JUST LOOKING NICE.
THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS NOT GONNA REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING THAT I, I'M JUST BRINGING THAT UP IN GENERAL FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT.
NO, WE WOULD, WE, UH, AT THE, AT THE, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN WE GET TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW STAGE, WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE, UM, WITH, WITH THE DEVELOPER TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT TREE OPTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE, UH, PRETTY INNOVATIVE URBAN TREE PLANTING SYSTEMS. NOW, OUR OWN MAIN STREET USED A, A CHANNEL SYSTEM, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE BO THE, THE MAIN BOX FOR THE TREE TO ALLOW, CREATED A CHANNEL FOR THE ROOT SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO, TO GROW.
AND SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE THAT WITH THE, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPER AS WE GET INTO THE PLAN REVIEW.
I MEAN, THE SECOND MORE TREE THAT YOU HAD PLANTED, I KNOW, I SAW THAT.
AND, UH, IF, IF WE LOOK AT THAT KIND OF OPTION, AND MAYBE EVEN IF THERE IS NEEDED FOR IMPROVEMENT, WE CAN DO THAT.
AT THIS TIME I THINK WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL WHAT THE APPLICANT I WAS GONNA CALL THE APPLICANT UP.
YES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP.
WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT ONE MORE.
MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY MANAGER, MY NAME IS CALVIN JAMESON.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FACILITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS IN RICHARDSON.
AND, UM, TODAY I WANNA TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO JUST TO PULL THIS ALL TOGETHER IN TERMS OF TALKING THROUGH WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS HERE.
AND IN 2016, PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS PRESENTED AS YOU GUYS SEE EARLIER.
AND IN THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT, NORMALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A T O D, THE RAILS COME FIRST AND THEN, AND THEN COMES THE T O D TRANSORAL DEVELOPMENT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE STARTED WORKING ON NORTH SIDE AS WE GREW.
SO THIS FALL WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 3100, 30
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1000 STUDENTS.THOSE STUDENTS, AND I REWIND 16 YEARS AGO, IT WAS ABOUT 14,000 STUDENTS.
IN FACT, SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, UH, WHO, WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS.
SO IN THAT REGARD, AS WE GREW NORTH, WE DECIDED IN 2016 TO DO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE LONG-TERM PROCESS HERE, WE SAID WE HAD OUR 21 ACRES THAT HAD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, WE WERE ALSO COOPERATING AND WORKING WITH DART AS THEY LOOKED AT DOING A PARK AND RIDE AND BRINGING BUSES THROUGH THE SYSTEM, DROPPING INDIVIDUALS OFF.
AND THEN, AND THEN BASICALLY EXITING THE OTHER SIDE, ALSO HAVING A PLACE WHERE PERSONS COULD ACTUALLY COME, PARK THE CARS, GET ON THE RAIL SYSTEM, AND THEN GO TO D F W ALL OVER THE REGION IF THAT'S THE CASE.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS HAVE A CONVERSATION ALL COOPERATING WITH THE CITY DART AND WOLVERINE, WHICH YOU HEAR FROM MOMENTARILY TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE MASTER PLAN THIS AS OPPOSED TO TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES, MASTER PLAN THE WHOLE PROJECT, IF YOU WOULD.
AND THEN FROM THAT, LOOK AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN TERMS OF DOING THAT, THE GOAL WAS TO LOOK AT A T O D, THAT WOULD BE ONE, THE PREMIER TDS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE IT'S ADJACENT TO THE THIRD BEST UNIVERSITY IN TEXAS, AND ONE OF THE TOP ONES IN NORTH TEXAS THAT'S GROWING EVERY DAY.
SO THAT IN MIND, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MULTIMODAL SYSTEM.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN OH SEVEN OF HELPING TO BUILD A CAMPUS ITSELF, WE HAD NO BUSES.
AND OH, AND THEN, AND THEN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD 1.5 RIDERS.
WE'VE ADDED OVER 10,000 PARKING SPACES AS WELL AS OVER, OVER, UM, 5,500 BEDS TO THE CAMPUS ON AND NEAR THE CAMPUS ITSELF.
SO GIVEN US, IF YOU WOULD, ABOUT 8,200 BEDS RIGHT THERE NEAR THE CAMPUS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALLOWING US TO CREATE A MULTIMODAL APPROACH, SOME LIVING ON CAMPUS, WALKING ACROSS OTHERS, COMMUTING, AND THEN OTHERS, UH, OBVIOUSLY BEING TO TAKE THE BUSES AND THE RAIL SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO LONG-TERM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL, AS WE GROW FROM 31 TO POTENTIALLY 35, WE NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT SAYS, LET'S THINK THAT THIS, THINK THROUGH THIS PROCESS HOLISTICALLY, THUS THE REASON BEHIND US COMING FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR T O D ITSELF.
SO AS YOU THINK THROUGH IT, THE REASON BEHIND THIS PROCESS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST SYSTEM IN PLACE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN LONG TERM.
AND EVERYBODY'S ENGAGED IN, SINCE WHAT WE DO, THIS WILL BE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, MEANING THAT THERE WILL BE A COMBINATION OF, UH, UH, RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS, UH, RETAIL RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA, AND OFFICE SPACES.
WE, WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE INNOVATION SIDE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THAT'S THE SUMMARY PIECE OF WHERE WE'RE AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN I'LL ASK, UM, MR. JIM LESLIE, WHO ACTUALLY OWNS WOLVERINE AND WAS A PART OF, UH, WORKING WITH DART TO DO THE MASTER PLAN AND PART OF THE PROCESS.
NOW, BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH DART.
SO THE WAY THAT WORKED WAS THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS THAT DART DID NOT INCLUDE A COURT STATION BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE, INCLUDE A COURT STATION.
THEY ASKED US IF WE WOULD EXPAND OUR PARK AND RIDE.
UH, SO THEREFORE WE AGREED TO DO THAT WITH SURFACE LOTS.
HOWEVER, IN LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT, WE KNOW THAT THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE AND HELPING US TO BUILD A GARAGE THAT WE COULD DO TO PARK AND RIDE ADJACENT TO THIS, UH, STATION.
AND AS YOU LOOK AT IT, THIS STATION WOULD BE ONE OF THE PREMIER STATION IN ON THE ENTIRE TRACK GOING FROM, UM, SHALLOW ALL THE WAY TO, UH, D F W.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS PART OF YOUR QUESTION THERE.
UH, MR. MAYOR, MR. CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME SPEAK WITH YOU.
I'M JIM LESLIE, I'M THE MANAGING PARTNER OF WOLVERINE INTERESTS.
HAD SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR OUTSIDE PROFESSIONALS THAT HELPED US WITH THE MASTER PLAN OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT OF THE OFFICE BUILDING THAT WE PURCHASED.
WE, UH, GOT INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE BUILDING AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT IN OUR PORTFOLIO, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, DART LINE THAT WAS GOING ON BESIDE IT.
AND WE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME GOOD ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THAT, THAT, UH, SUBMARKET OF, UH, DALLAS-FORT WORTH.
I USED TO RUN THE SABO COMPANY.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT DEALS OVER THE YEARS.
WE DID A LOT OF MIXED USE PROJECTS.
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TALKING ABOUT THE TREES EARLIER.IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREES AT ENS CIRCLE, WE WERE INVOLVED WITH ENS CIRCLE, AND THOSE AREN'T IN POTS.
AND THOSE TREES DO PROVIDE A LOT OF SHADE.
AND THEN WE'LL DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE.
AND WE'RE ALSO INVOLVED WITH FRISCO SQUARE, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT WITH A LOT OF OTHER CITIES AROUND THE METROPLEX, AND MOST OF THOSE ARE MIXED USE TYPE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO WE DO BUY, UM, SUBURBAN OFFICE PRODUCT, AND WE DO MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AROUND, UH, THE METROPLEX.
WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE TALKED TO, UH, SAM AND HIS STAFF AND DR.
JAMISON AND HIS STAFF, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOOD FOR THE, UH, UNIVERSITY AS IT WENT FORWARD AND WHAT WAS GOOD FOR THE CITY.
AND IT WAS KIND OF CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT IN OUR PROPERTY AS WELL.
BUT WE DIDN'T WANNA LOSE THE OFFICE BUILDING NECESSARILY.
SO WE SAT DOWN, WE STARTED TO COME UP WITH THE PD THAT MADE SENSE FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY WORLD CLASS FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE UNIVERSITY, AND WOULD BE ALSO WORLD CLASS FOR OUR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE, UM, THE WOLVERINE TRACK.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, I THINK AT THIS POINT.
AND THE CITY'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
THE STAFF'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
JAMESON HAS A TREMENDOUS VISION THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY ADOPTED AND WE BELIEVE IN THE VISION THAT HE'S TRYING TO DO FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND WE THINK THAT, UH, THIS PROJECT WILL BE GOOD FOR WOLVERINE AND FOR BOTH THE CITY AND FOR U T D.
SO, AND THE OTHER QUESTION TOO THAT CAME UP WITH RELATED TO THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT OR E M S CITY MANAGER WAS RIGHT.
WE REALLY CAN'T BUILD THAT INTO THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE THAT YOU TIE 'EM AMOUNT TO A CELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COMMIT TO BUYING THE PROPERTY.
BUT WE ALSO VIEW THAT AS A BIT OF AN AMENITY.
IF THE FIRE CHIEF DOES DECIDE THAT THEY DO WANT TO HAVE SOME PRESENCE IN THAT PLACE, OUR LINCOLN PROPERTY DOES OUR, ALL OF OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LEASING USE THAT AS A POTENTIAL AMENITY FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO LOOK AT LIVING IN THAT COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE.
'CAUSE WE, THEY'LL HAVE SO MUCH ACCESSIBILITY TO, UH, E M S SERVICES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MR. CORCORAN? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
JAMISON JUST MY, CAN YOU MAYBE ANSWER MY OTHER QUESTION THAT I'D ASKED ABOUT THE, THE PLOTS OF LAND THAT U T D OWNS TO THE NORTH OF THIS, THE UNDEVELOPED, THE TWO KIND OF UNDEVELOPED FIELDS ON EACH SIDE OF WATERVIEW? WELL, UM, I THINK AT, AT PRESENT, THE WAY I WAY THE STATE WORKS IS THAT THE UNIVERSITY NORMALLY DOES NOT HAVE A ZONE AS SUCH BECAUSE WE ARE A STATE ENTITY, IT'S ONLY WHEN, WHEN IT HAPPENS THAT WE HAVE TO COME IN AND, AND SOMEONE PRIVATE ENTITY DECIDES TO DEVELOP IT.
I E WHAT WE DID WITH THE, UH, NORTH SIDE AND MADE IT A P THREE THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, NORMALLY IN A PROCESS LIKE THIS ONE, AND I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS, THIS MAY BE AN ENTITY WHERE IT WOULD BE ZONED.
UM, THE OLD ONE, I GUESS IS ZONED SORT OF TECHNICAL COMMERCIAL.
UH, BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE IN AS A, AS AN, UH, AS A UNIVERSITY AND, AND DEVELOP IT AS WE SAW FIT.
WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE SIT-IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE DOWN.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF JUST IN GENERAL, IF THE UNIVERSITY HAD PLANS FOR THOSE TWO OPEN FIELDS AT THIS POINT? UM, WE DO NOT AT PRESENT.
ON ONE PORTION OF ONE, WE DO HAVE, UH, A POTENTIAL TENANT THAT WOULD BE, I SEE POSITIVE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
I SEE ON PART OF THE 26 ACRES THAT ACROSS FROM THE GOLF RANCH.
AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU'VE WORKED WITH ON THE GOLF RANCH IN THE PAST? YES.
AND THEN, UH, MY SECOND QUESTION THAT I ASKED, UM, WAS JUST ON SOME OF THE, THE STUDENT HOUSING THROUGHOUT U T D, UH, I KNOW HOUSING THAT'S ON THE ACTUAL U T D PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED AND MANAGED BY Y'ALL.
WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THOSE BUILDING HEIGHTS? UM, MOST OF THOSE BUILDING HEIGHTS, 50 50 MAX I THINK IS FOUR.
WE MAY HAVE ONE APPROACHING FIVE IF YOU INCLUDE THE ROOFTOP.
I THINK OVERALL I, AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO STAY CONSISTENT.
UH, HOWEVER, WE WILL SAY AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN WE START, UM, TURNING DOWN THE OLD, UH, BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO DO MORE DENSITY.
AND IN THAT CASE, YOU WOULD BE HAVE LITTLE HIGH RISE ENTITIES THERE.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT, UH, IMMEDIATELY THE PORTIONS THAT WOULD BE NORTH OF THE CIVIL LINE WOULD BE IN THAT SIX OR SEVEN STORY, UH, RANGE.
BUT IT HAS THE ABILITY TO GO UP HIGHER.
UH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT COMPLIMENTS THE ENTIRE, UH, ACREAGE.
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MR. CHU.WELL, I HAVE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A MUCH CLEAR VISION THAN I DO.
SO THE QUESTION IS, UH, 250 FEET BUILDING HEIGHT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, OPPOSED TO TALL BUILDING.
SO IN THAT, THAT AREA, I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF, I MEAN, WHICH ARE THE BUILDING YOU'RE LOOKING AT 250 FEET TOP? I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE MULTI USAGE, MULTI BUILDINGS.
UH, IS THAT RESIDENTIAL OR, UH, HOTEL OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE? WELL, I, I'LL BEGIN SOME OF IT AND I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE BY NO MEANS USING A TWO 50 HEIGHT BUILDING, BUT I THINK IN MANY CASES IN CITY, HELP ME HERE THAT A LOT OF PLACES ARE ALLOWED BY.
BUT YOU WOULD NOTICE WE DID NOT DO THAT ON THE, UH, SOUTHERN PART OF THE NORTH SIDE BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUITY.
OFTENTIMES, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO HEIGHT, LARGER HEIGHT BUILDINGS IS TO CREATE THE DENSITY, WHICH IS MANY, WHAT MANY TILDES DO.
AND AS ONE WHO WAS SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE AS A CITY MANAGING ONE OF MY CAREERS, WE WILL LOOK AT THE DENSITY AND AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO LOOK AT HOW WE CREATE GREEN SPACE TO SUPPORT THAT.
RIGHT? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ENTIRE COMPLEX, THE PROPOSAL ALLOWS FOR US TO DO THE DENSITY, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THE GREEN SPACE IS THERE TO CREATE SORT OF A DESTINATION, UH, ENTITY FOR, UH, BOTH PARTIES, I E THE UT DALLAS PORTION, AS WELL AS THE WOL WOLVERINE PORTION.
AND WE UTILIZE OBVIOUSLY, UM, OTHER INDUSTRY HELP US GET THERE.
SO MAY NOT TOTALLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, FROM A HYER PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO DO MORE DENSITY AND THEREFORE YOU CAN, UH, HAVE A HIGH RISE.
NO, I THINK IT DID ANSWER SOME, UH, THE QUESTION THAT I HAD.
UH, YOU KNOW, U T D IS A WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITY.
I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING WORLD CLASS DEVELOPMENT HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT WAS MY INTENTION OF ASKING THAT QUESTION.
UH, THE RETAIL, WHAT KIND OF RETAIL, UH, YOU ARE LOOKING AT.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT, UH, YET TO BE DETERMINED, AND I THINK THE MARKET WILL DRIVE THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL THAT WE WOULD PLACE THERE, BUT IT SHOULD BE RETAIL THAT'S, UH, DESTINATION DRIVEN.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD, UM, HAVE A LOT OF, UH, LIKE WE DID IN THE NORTH SIDE, WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, FOCUS GROUPS TO DETERMINE THE KIND OF RETAIL WE WERE PLACED THERE AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED.
AND OVER TIME WILL WILL DRIVE WHAT DECISIONS BE MADE OR NOT.
AND ALL WHAT WE FOUND IN THE, THE DEALS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, THE TYPE OF RETAIL'S BEEN THE EAT ENTERTAINMENT TYPE STUFF.
WE DON'T GET A LOT OF SOFT GOODS COMPANIES COMING IN, BUT A LOT OF PLACES ARE DESTINATION DRIVEN WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO COME AND HAVE DINNER AND A NICE EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHERE WE THINK WE'LL PROBABLY WIND UP BEING.
INCLUDING, I THINK THE STUDENT NEEDS SOMETHING 24 HOURS OPEN.
THEY CAN HAVE SOME COFFEE PLACE, UH, STUDY WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE.
I'M, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THOSE, UH, TOO.
UH, NOW THE, I'M MOVING REALLY MUCH FORWARD.
THE SCHEDULE, WHAT KIND OF SCHEDULE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO DO THIS PROJECT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE DONE IN THE 2020S.
IT'S GONNA TAKE PROBABLY, UH, BEST CASE, I WOULD SAY IT'S 10 YEARS.
WORST CASE, 20 YEARS TO BUILD IT ALL OUT.
NOW IF THE, IF THE DEMAND IS THERE, IT'LL GO A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
BUT GENERALLY ANYTIME WE START, ONE OF THE PROJECTS YOU SAW IN THERE, THERE'S F BLOCKS OR BLOCKS ALL THE WAY TO F TWO OF THE BLOCKS HAVE OUR BUILDING ON IT.
BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE BLOCKS IS PROBABLY AN 18 MONTH TO TWO YEAR PROCESS.
SO YOU CAN KINDA DO THE MATH AND FIGURE THAT OUT.
NOW I'M TRYING TO DO SOME MATH.
UH, SO YOU WOULD BE STARTING SOME PLANNING AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE PLAN READY, THEN YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE MARKET, HOW THE MARKET IS GOING WITH THE PLAN, ADJUST THE PLAN, THEN, THEN YOU'RE GONNA START THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO PLANNING PART, NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT I'M THE, IT COULD BE NOW THE PLANNING PART, HOW LONG IS GONNA TAKE THE PLANNING PART? I, I WOULD, I WOULD GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE OF PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR TO DO THAT WHOLE THING.
THE HEAVY LIFTING WILL START IF WE GET THE APPROVAL FROM YOU ALL.
'CAUSE UH, THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT HAS THROWN SOME MONEY AND GIVEN SOME MONEY TO THESE TYPE OF TODS, WHICH WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO THEM YET.
BUT YOU SAW IN OUR PLAN, WE HAVE A RING PARK PLAN AND WE EXPECT THE COG TO FUND A BIG PORTION OF THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO 'EM.
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INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THAT ARE GONNA NEED TO BE DONE.SO WE'LL TALK TO THE E D C OF RICHARDSON AS WELL AS SOME OTHER SOURCES OF CAPITAL IN OUR PARTNERS.
AND THEN LINCOLN PROPERTY DOES ALL OUR LEASING AND MANAGEMENT.
IF IT DOES, IF IT IS HOUSING FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE AND WHAT KIND OF MARKET THERE IS FOR THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT.
WE SAW DOWN THE STREET THAT AGE RESTRICTED PRODUCT THAT OVER, OVER AGE 55 HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
AND PERHAPS THAT'S BE ONE OF OUR FIRST PROJECTS WE WIND UP DOING HERE.
'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF OCCUPANTS LIKE BEING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, YOU'RE SEEING IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA.
WHEREAS FOR YEARS NOBODY WENT OVER FOUR OR FIVE STORIES.
NOW YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING UP A LOT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT.
SO IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, THEN YOUR PLAN WOULD BE LIKE MAYBE WITHIN A YEAR OR MAYBE 18 MONTHS, UH, WE DON'T KNOW.
THINGS CAN HAPPEN THEN YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY START CONSTRUCTION INTO PHASES.
MAYBE THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY YOU'D HAVE THE FIRST PHASE IN SOME, UH, DIRT TURNED WITH THE SHOVEL WITHIN 12 TO 15 MONTHS, BUILD THE SITE LIKE ROADS AND OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN FIRST.
AND THEY, THE, THE RING PARK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE AMENITY PARTICULARLY.
'CAUSE THAT GIVES PEOPLE A PLACE TO GO AND GET SHADE AND GET SOME EXERCISE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE MALL AND WALK ANYMORE.
SO YOU'RE VISIONING MAYBE PUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST.
MAYBE THE STREET MAYBE LATER ON BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA BUILD A STREET AND DO THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO, BUT OTHER UNDERGROUND PROBABLY WOULD GO FILES.
THERE'S, YOU GOTTA BE SMART ON WHAT STREETS YOU PUT IN.
BUT THE WAY THIS IS DESIGNED, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF STREETS YOU CAN LEAVE OUT BECAUSE YOU, YOU ALMOST GOTTA PUT ALMOST THE ENTIRE INFRASTRUCTURE IN.
AND THEN SAM TALK, THOSE WILL ALL BE PRIVATE STREETS.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO MAN MAINTAIN THOSE AS WELL, WHICH IS FINE.
SO AGAIN, SOMETIMES IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, PERFECT TIME TO ASK YOU SOME WISHFUL THINKING.
IT'S NOT PART OF THE DECISION MAKING THOUGH, LIKE THE STREET, UH, ARE YOU, HAVE YOU, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING SOME KIND OF SURFACE THAT WOULD PARK ME A WHOLE SURFACE? MORE LIKE SEMI GREEN, SEMI BLOCK? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT LOTS OF CONCRETE, YOU CAN WALK ALSO, YOU CAN PUT LIKE CONCRETE BLOCK THAT WILL HAVE A OPEN, YOU KNOW, CELL, THE GRASS CAN GROW, GROW.
AND THEN THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH DECISION MAKING.
I'M JUST THINKING LIKE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL, EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS CORRECT.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH SAM'S DEPARTMENT AND CITIES AND THEY'LL HAVE SOME SAY IN WHAT THE EVENTUAL DESIGN LOOKS LIKE AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE A REAL VANILLA WHERE IT JUST GOT A LOT OF CONCRETE AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THE, THE AREA WE THINK THIS IS COULD BE A, A VERY SPECIAL T O D NOT ONLY FOR TEXAS BUT PROBABLY FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
SO ALL THOSE IDEAS ARE THINGS THAT WILL KICK AROUND.
THEN OUR ARCHITECT WILL HELP US COME UP WITH THE DESIGN THAT'S MOST COST EFFECTIVE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY STAFF'S GOTTA SIGN OFF ON THE EVENTUAL PLAN.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THEY'RE NOT GONNA ASK YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THE CODE, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT AS A CITIZEN WE WISH
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MANDATORY.
SOME OF THE THINGS, THAT'S WHY I ASK YOU THAT.
UH, I'M SURE THEY'LL FOLLOW THE CODE.
YOU'LL FOLLOW THE CODE, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL BONUS.
I MAY ADD BEFORE YOU GO ON, THAT'S, UM, ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS WE HAVE WITH DART IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE TO PARK AND RIDE BY THE TIME THEY BEGIN.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUSH INTO ONCE THIS IS, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS, PART OF ON AT LEAST OUR PORTION OF IT'S ALREADY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO, UM, BUILD A PORTION THAT ALLOW US TO DO A GARAGE INSTEAD OF THE SURFACE.
UH, THAT WE HAVE THAT AND CREATE THE DENSITY THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THAT PARKING RIDE.
JAMISON, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UH, FOR YOU.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT ON WHAT THE THOUGHTS ON WHAT THAT MIGHT BE? UM, I BELIEVE YOU CALLED IT A PERFORMANCE CENTER, UM, OR EVENT CENTER MAYBE WAS THE WORD THAT WAS USED.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? IF YOU LOOK ON THE PROPOSAL, I THINK IT WAS G THAT, UH, PROPOSED THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EVENT CENTER.
UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT WOULD COME TO FRUITION, BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE AND APPEARED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR INGRESS EGRESS AS YOU LOOK AT, UM, BOTH, UH, FRANKFURT AND
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WATERVIEW AND WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A LOADED UNLOAD AS A PART OF THAT.WE STILL CONTINUE TO BE A CAMPUS WITH SOME, UM, A LARGEST VENUE BEING ABOUT 2,500 FOR WAS, UH, GYMNASIUM.
AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE MOVING TO DIVISION TWO AND NOT TOO DIFF DISTANT FUTURE, BUT FOR A CAMPUS OUR SIZE NOT TO HAVE A, UM, A STRUCTURE OF THIS TYPE ON CAMPUS TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, A STUDENT BODY IS THE REASON WHY IT WAS PLACED THERE.
BUT, UH, THE NUMBERS HAVE TO WORK IN ORDER FOR US TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
UM, ATHLETIC CENTERS, ARENA, GRADUATION, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AGAIN, IF THAT'S, IF THAT SHOULD COME TO FRUITION, WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT UNITS WAS POSSIBLE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
NOW PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING U T D AND YOU GUYS ARE A WONDERFUL PARTNER AND LOTS OF AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING AT UT DALLAS.
UM, AND THE VIBRANCY AND THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED, I'M THINKING ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND THAT DOESN'T EXACTLY COINCIDE WITH UNIVERSITY TO ME.
SO CAN, I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN THIS, IS THAT, ARE Y'ALL SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING PUTTING LIKE A, IS THAT A NURSING HOME? I MEAN, IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? OR WHEN, UM, THE ZONING PRESENTED, IT'S PRESENTED AS POSSIBILITIES MM-HMM.
UH, I THINK THE MORE APPLICABLE ONE, AND I'LL ASK, UH, JIM TO WEIGH IN IT, THE MORE APPLICABLE ONE, WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE IN THAT PORTION OF THE, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT HAS TO DO WITH AGE RESTRICTED.
AND WE KNOW THAT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, A LARGE NUMBER OF RETIREES LIKE THE RETIRE NEAR A COLLEGE CAMPUS BECAUSE OF ALL THE AMENITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM, AS WELL AS BEING CLOSE TO A T O D WHERE YOU HAVE EASY ACCESS, UH, ON THE RAIL TO ANYWHERE IN THE METROPLEX THAT THEY WANTED TO GO, ESPECIALLY TO THE AIRPORT, ET CETERA.
THUS, THE REASONING FOR LOOKING AT THIS AS AN OPTION, OKAY, JUST AS DR.
JAMESON SAID, IT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON ONLY HAVING INDEPENDENT LIVING TYPE FACILITIES THERE IN TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW DOING ANY ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES IN THAT COMPLEX.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE A LOT BETTER THAT AT US THAN US AT DOING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, QUESTION FOR YOU SIR, UH, ABOUT WOLVERINE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH SOME OTHER BIG PROJECTS IN THE AREA.
DO Y'ALL DEVELOP, I MEAN, HAVE YOU DEVELOPED, IS THAT WHAT THE, YOUR EXPERIENCE IS IN? YES.
I WAS A PARTNER WITH COLUMBUS REALTY TRUST, WHICH WE DID A BUNCH OF PROPERTIES UP STARTING IN UPTOWN EDISON CIRCLE, LEGACY EAST.
I DIDN'T DO, I WAS IN NOT INVOLVED WITH THEM ON THE WEST PART.
FRISCO SQUARE, WE'RE WORKING WITH DOWNTOWN ALLEN RIGHT NOW.
WE DID SOME WORK WITH DOWNTOWN PLANO, SO WE'VE DONE A LOT IN THE AREA.
ALL OF THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, NONE OF THOSE WERE TODS, BUT A LOT, THEY WERE ALL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT TYPE PROJECTS.
WELL, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT, 'CAUSE I HAVE A CONCERN OR A QUESTION WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IF THIS GETS PASSED AS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER AND COME TO US.
'CAUSE I AGREE LOOKING AT IT TOGETHER AS ONE BIG PROJECT IS THE BETTER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
UM, BUT ALSO ONCE WE CHANGE THE ZONING, OBVIOUSLY THE VALLEY OF THAT GOES WAY UP AND I'D AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, FLIP AND DROP TYPE SITUATION, WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD, WOULD YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, BE IT THIS BEING TIED TO WOLVERINE AS THE OWNERSHIP VERSUS IT JUST BEING PASSED ACROSS THE BOARD, I GUESS IS THE WAY OF ASKING THAT.
THE, THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE IS ON THAT, ON OUR SIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER PARTNERS, SO I GOTTA BE SENSITIVE TO THEM AND SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE 800 POUND GORILLA THAN I AM.
AND SO I, I GOTTA BE CAREFUL MAKING A COMMITMENT THAT IS BEYOND REALLY WHAT I CAN LIVE UP TO.
AND I WOULD SAY YES, BUT THEN I DON'T WANNA GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
LET ME JUST A A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
SO, UH, THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
IT CANNOT BE TIED TO ANY SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP.
THAT'S, I THINK A SPEC, SPECIAL PERMIT IS A TOOL THAT WE USE THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT.
SO, JUST, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW.
ONE LAST THING I WANNA MAKE SURE WE BY RIGHT.
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HAD THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE SAID EARLY ON WAS IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE MASTER PLAN THE ENTIRE PROJECT SO THAT THE FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS AND THE RICH AND THE COMMUNITY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HOLISTIC THINKING OF HOW YOU DO THIS.AND THEY WORK WITH DART, WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE A REALLY, UH, GREAT T O D THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT'S THE REASONING FOR US WORKING THROUGH THIS.
BUT, SO THE PD THAT'S BEING PRESENTED, SORT OF A AMENDS, THE ONE THAT WE HAVE, BUT INTO A NEW ONE THAT GOES FORWARD.
BUT WE HAD THAT COM COMPLETED AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS, ALTHOUGH IT'S A COMPLETE, UM, MASTER PLAN OVERALL, THERE'S STILL 15 ACRES AND 21 ACRES OF BEING DEVELOPED AND WE'RE JUST WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT'S MAXIMIZED.
WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT'S TO TAKE A SEAT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY RIGHT NOW, MR. MAYOR.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, MR. ALL RIGHT.
JAMON, THE, I LOVE THE IDEA OF MIXED USE, BUT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, IT'S NOT GUARANTEED THAT IT'S MIXED USE.
AND I HAVE NO REASON NOT TO BELIEVE YOU.
YOU, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YOU'RE AN HONEST MAN AND U T D HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A FABULOUS PARTNER FOR THE CITY.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS BY IT'S 10, 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, I DEFINITELY WON'T BE HERE AS PART OF THIS COUNCIL.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL LIKELY BE RETIRED OR, OR, UH, ENJOYING WHATEVER IS NEXT IN LIFE OR CAREER.
RIGHT? UM, HOW CAN WE GUARANTEE THAT THERE WILL BE, IT WILL TRULY BE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UM, VERSUS JUST APARTMENTS.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK THE MIXED USE PIECE IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE VITALITY OF THE AREA FOR, FOR IT TO MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE, OBVIOUSLY FOR YOU GUYS, BUT FOR THE CITY AS WELL.
UM, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS MORE OF A GUARANTEE AND PERCENTAGE OF RETAIL SPACE TO, TO THE BUILD OUT, UM, GUARANTEEING THAT, UH, TO OUR RESIDENTS, UM, THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME RETAIL SPACE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST A LET'S TRUST DR.
JAMESON AGAIN, NO REASON NOT TO TRUST YOU OR THE VISION YOU'RE SHARING ON BEHALF OF UT DALLAS.
UH, BUT WE NEED SOME GUARANTEE, UH, OR I FEEL THAT WE DO NEED SOME KIND OF GUARANTEE SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WOULD IS THERE ANY NUMBER THAT Y'ALL HAVE EXPLORED AS SAYING, LOOK, WE'RE WILLING TO, TO LOOK AT X AMOUNT OR A SQUARE FOOTAGE DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO RETAIL, THAT WE CAN WRITE IT INTO THIS SO THAT 10, 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN YOU AND I ARE NO LONGER HERE, UM, OUR RESIDENTS AREN'T LEFT WITH NOTHING BUT APARTMENTS IN NO RETAIL SPACE.
UH, TWO THINGS, I THINK, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK IT'S 40,000.
IS THAT WHAT IT'S WRITTEN INTO? THAT'S WRITTEN INTO IT, BUT BEYOND THAT, IF A TRACK RECORD, ALL WE NEED TO DO IS LOOK SOUTH AND PART OF THE NORTH SIDE HAS ABOUT PROPOSED WHEN WE BEGIN, WAS GONNA BE ABOUT 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF RE RETAIL RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY ALSO, WHICH TAKE SOME LOFTS THAT COULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO BUSINESSES IN THAT PORTION AS WELL.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL NEED AMENITIES, AND WE KNOW THAT OUR CAMPUS AND, AND THE STUDENT BODY WILL HAVE, WILL NEED AMENITIES.
AND SO MOST OF RETAILS AND RESTAURANTS AND THE LIKES IS DRIVEN BY, UH, THE DEMAND, UH, FOR THE AMENITIES.
AND WE THINK BEING RIGHT THERE ON A T O D CREATES A DESTINATION LOCATION, UH, FOR US.
SO, UH, WE FEEL GOOD, BUT IT HAS TO FOLLOW, UH, THE, TO THE MAN, IF YOU WOULD, AND BE COMPLIMENTARY.
IS THAT ALL MR. BARRIOS? WOULD THAT BE THE 40,000? AND I'M TRYING TO FIND IT IN HERE.
SO IF SOMEBODY HAS THIS ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, YES SIR, IT IS.
WOULD THAT BE GUARANTEED IN PHASES AS WE GO? PHASE ONE X AMOUNT OF THAT SQUARE FEET HAS TO BE PART OF PHASE ONE X AMOUNT HAS TO BE PART OF PHASE TWO.
SAM, IS THAT A YOU QUESTION? MAYBE? I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, THERE'S NO PHASING PLAN WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S A PLAN, YEAH, BUT THERE IS A CAP AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S, UH, 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL.
WE MAY HAVE TO CALL ON YOU AGAIN.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN.
MS. ER, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS?
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UH, AMY, JUST ONE SECOND.LET ME READ INTO THE RECORD THE CARDS THAT WE RECEIVED IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE, JUST, UH, SO THAT THESE RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS KNOW.
UM, SO MR. UH, HAMER REBAR OF 81 29 SNAPDRAGON WAY, SUBMITTED TWO CARDS IN FAVOR.
UM, MR. TONY, UH, TANG OF 28 79 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, SUBMITTED A CARD IN FAVOR, UH, MR. RASHE CHER OF 1218 WOODLAND WAY.
RICHARDSON, UM, SUBMITTED A CARD IN FAVOR, AND MR. RIVER BLUM OF 400 HALIFAX DRIVE, PLANO SUBMITTED A CARD, UH, IN NEUTRAL.
AND THAT'S ALL THE CARDS WE RECEIVED IN ADVANCE.
MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AMY FOR THANK YOU, OUR SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE BENJAMIN GOODINE.
BENJAMIN, WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I RESIDE CURRENTLY IN THE SOUTHWEST DORMITORY AT UT DALLAS.
UH, THE DRIVE ADDRESS IS 9 31 DRIVE E AND I'M GOING TO BE GOING OVER MY EMAIL THAT I SENT TO, UM, THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL.
SO MY FIRST CONCERN IS, AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE MIXED USE FOR SURE, BECAUSE AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, IS THAT OTHER MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS I'M FROM AUSTIN AND IN AUSTIN, WE DO HAVE A FEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE DOMAIN.
AND AS OF NOW, IT WAS COMPLETED WITHIN FOUR YEARS.
FOR PHASE ONE, IT WAS MUCH FASTER THAN THE 10 TO 20 YEAR TIMELINE THAT THEY PROVIDED.
AND, UM, THE THING IS WITH THE DOMAIN IS THAT BECAUSE IT IS TRANSIT ORIENTED, THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE ABOUT 15% OF THEIR VEHICLES MILES, UH, SORRY, VEHICLE MILE TRAVELS.
SO, UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF VEHICULAR TRIPS AND AUTOMOBILES, UH, PRETTY EFFECTIVELY ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS MIXED USE IF YOU JUST BUILD APARTMENTS.
UM, THE PROBLEM WITH THE DART SYSTEM IS THAT A LOT OF IT GOES ONLY TO DOWNTOWN.
UM, SO ONLY TRIPS TO DOWNTOWN WOULD PRETTY MUCH BE REDUCED, BUT IF YOU BUILD A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UM, MORE VEHICLE TRIPS WILL BE REDUCED AND MORE PUBLIC TRANSIT WILL BE TAKEN, UH, TAKEN AND MORE, UM, OF THE RESIDENTS WILL BE WALKING AND BIKING INSTEAD OF USING ANY KIND OF AUTOMOBILE.
UM, AND ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC, I DO BELIEVE THAT SYNERGY WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE COMING FROM THE APARTMENTS, JUST BECAUSE SYNERGY AS OF NOW IS NOT VERY BUSY AND WATERVIEW IS ALSO NOT VERY BUSY.
UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT THIS KIND OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BRING WOULD BE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
AS OF NOW, THE, UH, RETAILERS WITHIN NORTH SIDE CURRENTLY ARE NOT TOO, LIKE, IT'S NOT AMAZING, BUT THIS KIND OF NEW RETAIL SPACE WOULD BRING A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY AND A LOT MORE GROWTH FOR OTHER COMPANIES.
MY ADDRESS IS 34 0 9 LINDBERGH DRIVE UP IN PLANO.
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT COMMENTS FOR BETTER TRANSIT.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEW HERE SINCE MAY.
WE ARE THE LARGEST POLITICAL STUDENT ORG IN U T D HISTORY WITH OVER 400 MEMBERS AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.
AND OF COURSE, I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT A LITTLE BIT.
NOW, LOOK, I REALLY APPRECIATE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN AND UP TO 4,000 UNITS.
BUT THE THING IS, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH, EVEN 10 TO 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
IF YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR, I'D ALWAYS GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS AS 2200 WATERVIEW, UH, WATERVIEW DRIVE, WHICH WAS ON CAMPUS, BUT THEN I COULDN'T FIND MORE HOUSING.
I COULDN'T FIND MORE HOUSING IN NORTH SIDE, SO I HAD TO MOVE OUTTA THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
LOOK, THERE ARE WAY MORE THAN 2000 APPLICANTS OR WHATEVER WHO CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ON THIS CAMPUS BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A NUMBER WHO TRY TO FIND HOUSING ON CAMPUS.
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT WHO CAN'T FIND HOUSING ON NORTH SIDE.
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT WHO JUST GIVE UP, NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA LIVE ON CAMPUS, BUT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR CHANCES ARE LOW.
SO, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THIS AND I WANT THIS TO BE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER IS NOT JUST TO APPROVE THIS AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE NEED TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR THIS.
WE CAN'T JUST SIT ON THE LAURELS AND SAY THEY'RE GONNA BUILD 4,000 UNITS.
WELL, THAT WAS A SPEECH I WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL.
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BUT THEN I HEARD, UH, SOME OF WHAT THE APPLICANTS HAD TO BRING UP, AND I STARTED HAVING SOME CONCERNS.UM, I HEARD SOME THINGS ABOUT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
UM, I HEARD SOME THINGS ABOUT, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? I HEARD SOME THINGS ABOUT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
I HEARD, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S GOING TO, THERE'S ALREADY ONE DOWN THE STREET ON THE FRANKFURT SIDE OF DALLAS, I HEARD SOME THINGS ABOUT HOTELS, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ALREADY ONE PLAN LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET ON THE DEVELOPMENT WE FOUGHT FOR LAST YEAR.
AND THEN I HEARD THAT 20 TO 20 YEARS NUMBER.
AND I STARTED ASKING MYSELF, ARE THEY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS? LIKE, LOOK, I REALLY WANT THIS TO GET BUILT.
I STILL WANT YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS IN APPROVAL TONIGHT AFTER WE'RE ALL DONE TALKING, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS DEVELOPMENT TO GET DELAYED.
BUT WE'VE SEEN LAST YEAR, EVERY TIME MORE DEMANDS FOR STUDENT HOUSING CAME UP, THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE PEOPLE PARROTING THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, WHICH HAD NEW HOUSING THAT WASN'T BUILT YET.
I DON'T WANT THIS TO BECOME THE NEW VERSION OF THAT.
WE FOUGHT SO HARD TO KILL THAT NOTION JUST BECAUSE THERE'S HOUSING GONNA MASTER PLAN THAT IT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
SO LIKE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS AT THIS POINT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY GETS DONE.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANTS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING A 10 TO 20 NUMBER.
YOU GET FROM, BECAUSE AGAIN, JUST TO REPEAT WHAT BEN SAID EARLIER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GET THAT.
ONCE YOU ACTUALLY GIVE ME A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE PLANNING GOES OR WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION GOES OF WHERE FINDING, UH, POTENTIAL OCCUPANTS FOR BUSINESSES GOES, IT, IT JUST, LOOK, I RESPECT DR.
JAMESON A LOT, BUT THE STUDENT BODY AT LARGE HAS VERY LOW, UM, TRUST IN CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR ADMINISTRATION, AND THIS IS NOT HELPING THAT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I LIVE AT 3 36 MELROSE DRIVE IN RICHARDSON.
UH, I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT I'M EXCITED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT MY CITY IS RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS, UH, THE VALUE OF DENSITY, THE VALUE OF, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING THE LAND THAT WE HAVE BY BUILDING UP INSTEAD OF OUT AND PUTTING PE MORE PEOPLE ON TRANSIT AND LET FEWER PEOPLE ON CARS.
UM, THAT SAID, I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS, UH, BEFOREHAND, UH, BEFORE I CAME INTO THE MEETING THAT I WANT TO, TO BRING UP.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE, UH, 0.8 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT.
IT IS LOW BY NORTH TEXAS STANDARDS FOR SURE, BUT STILL WITH 4,000 UNITS.
UH, I, I DID THIS, THIS, THESE NUMBERS WHEN I ASSUMED IT WAS 0.8 PER UNIT, NOT 0.8 PER BEDROOM, BUT STILL THAT'S 3,200 PARKING SPACES, ASSUMING ONE PER UNIT, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
THAT'S IN EXCESS OF 500,000 SQUARE FEET OF PARKING FOR THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S A LOT OF SPACE DEDICATED TO PARKING FOR A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER COME DOWN.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, I DIDN'T SEE ANY PROVISIONS FOR, UH, MAKING, UH, WATERVIEW IN PARTICULAR MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S THREE LANES EACH WAY, THREE WIDE LANES EACH WAY.
AND THAT ENCOURAGES SPEEDING REGARDLESS OF THE POSTED SPEED.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PROVISIONS THERE FOR PEDESTRIAN THE AREA, MAKING IT MORE FRIENDLY TO PEOPLE ON FOOT AND ON BIKES.
UH, AND ADDITIONALLY, UH, I DO SHARE THAT CONCERN AFTER HEARING THAT 10 TO 20 YEAR TIMELINE.
I KNOW IT'S PROVISIONAL, UM, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS STUFF BUILT NOW.
UH, RENT IS RISING A LOT, ESPECIALLY AFFECTING YOUNGER PEOPLE LIKE OURSELVES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, IT'S SIMPLE SUPPLY DEMAND.
YOU BUILD MORE HOUSING, PRICE COMES DOWN.
SO THE SOONER WE GET THAT DONE, THE SOONER WE MAKE RICHEST AND AFFORDABLE FOR MORE PEOPLE.
UM, BUT REGARDLESS, I AM, I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT MY CITY IS LOOKING INTO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND TRYING TO DEVELOP ITSELF FURTHER IN, YOU KNOW, A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY THAT WE CAN KEEP GOING ON WITH FOR A LOT OF YEARS TO COME.
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HELLO, MY NAME IS CHANDRA LEIKA GATI, AND I LIVE AT 2,800 WATERVIEW PARKWAY.UM, I'M ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMETS FOR BETTER TRANSIT.
SO WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE NEED MORE STUDENT HOUSING, ESPECIALLY STUDENT HOUSING CLOSE TO CAMPUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF CARS ON THE ROAD THAT HELPS PROMOTE PEOPLE WALKING TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, UM, USING THEIR BIKES TO GET TO SCHOOL AND GETTING AROUND IN WAYS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE AND USELESS SPACE THAN CARS.
UM, THAT'S WHY THE AMOUNT OF PARKING, UM, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS ALSO A CONCERN TO MYSELF.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THE, UM, PROVISION THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE 0.8 SPACES PER BED FOR THE THREE TO FOUR BEDROOM, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS, AS OPPOSED TO TWO SPACES PER UNIT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BE TWO SPACES PER UNIT AS OPPOSED TO 0.8, UM, SPACES PER BED.
FIRST OFF, COLLEGE STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE AS MANY CARS AS PEOPLE THINK THEY DO.
FOR A THREE OR FOUR STUDENT GROUP ALL LIVING IN A THREE OR FOUR BEDROOM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TWO CARS OR THREE CARS AS THAT 0.8 RATIO IMPLIES IT'S WAY MORE LIKELY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE CAR AMONG THEM, MAYBE EVEN ZERO CARS.
I WOULD SAY TWO CARS PER UNIT IS A VERY GOOD MAXIMUM, HONESTLY, FOR HOW MANY CARS WOULD REALISTICALLY BE AMONG THAT GROUP.
THAT'S NOT EVEN CONSIDERING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY GOING TO ATTRACT STUDENTS WITHOUT CARS WHO ARE GOING TO WANNA WALK AND BIKE TO CAMPUS JUST BECAUSE OF THAT PROXIMITY TO U T D AS WELL AS THE PROXIMITY TO THE SILVER LINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, COMPLEX WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE SILVER LINE AND NORTH SIDE AND WHATEVER OTHER TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT HA MAY HAPPEN AS WELL AS CAMPUS TO THE SOUTH, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE FLOW IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WALKING THROUGH PARKING LOTS IS NOT ANYBODY'S IDEA OF FUN, RIGHT? UM, OR, AND, AND IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE RUSHING TO CLASS, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE YOUR HEAD ON A SWIVEL LOOKING OUT FOR A CAR TOO.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SPACE PERHAPS GO INSTEAD TO BIKE PARKING, YOU KNOW, MORE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS PERHAPS THAT COULD INVOLVE GREEN SPACE TO THE SIDES AND MAKE IT VERY PLEASANT TO WALK THROUGH JUST LIKE ROCKFORD AVENUE, UM, ON CAMPUS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS ALSO A CONCERN ABOUT FIRE AND E M S ON CAMPUS.
I'M ACTUALLY, UM, PART OF U E M R, WHICH IS THE FIRST RESPONDER SQUAD ON CAMPUS.
UM, VOLUNTEER EMTS WHO RIDE OUT IN GOLF CARTS TO GET TO THESE 9 1 1 CALLS.
AND ALSO, UH, CALLS TO JUST U E M R TO, UM, PROVIDE SOME AMOUNT OF MEDICAL CARE, UM, BEFORE THE AMBULANCE TRUCKS CAN GET THERE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU ALL KNOW KNEW, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE, IS THAT U E M R ACTUALLY USED TO RESPOND TO NORTHSIDE, AND I BELIEVE THAT U E M R COULD PROBABLY TAKE SOME OF THAT E M SS BURDEN OFF OF THE FIRE STATIONS IF THERE WAS MORE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THESE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS AND THE MAIN CAMPUS, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE RESPONDING FROM RIGHT NOW.
NOT TO SPEAK FOR U E M R AT ALL, OBVIOUSLY, JUST MY EXPERIENCES, ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, DRIVES THE GOLF CART TO CALLS, UM, IF SYNERGY PERHAPS WAS MADE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND THERE WAS A LOT MORE PEDESTRIAN AND BI CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN, UM, THE DEVELOPMENTS TO THE NORTH OF SYNERGY AND THE MAIN CAMPUS TO THE SOUTH, UM, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF U E M R COULD HELP WITH THAT BURDEN.
AND THAT JUST TIES BACK INTO MY MAIN POINT, HONESTLY, AS, AS TO WHY THERE SHOULD BE LESS PARKING, RIGHT? BECAUSE THESE PEDESTRIANIZED AREAS, THESE WIDE WALKING PATHS ARE NICE FOR THESE GOLF CARTS TO GO ON BECAUSE THEY DON'T
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HAVE TO NECESSARILY, UM, CONFLICT WITH CARS.YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST, UM, GO TO THE CALL WHERE YOU NEED TO GO WITHOUT NECESSARILY USING A CAR.
I LIVE AT 2 8 0 0 WATERVIEW PARKWAY.
I'M HERE TO TALK IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I'M ALSO LEGISLATIVE FAIRER STUDENT GOVERNMENT.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT SPEAKING FRESH G I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
I HAVE HAD MANY FRIENDS LOSE HOUSING AT U T D, MY, UH, BOYFRIEND.
HE'S ALSO LOST HOUSING, AND MOST OF MY FRIENDS AND BOYFRIEND DO NOT HAVE CARS.
SO THEY HAVE TO LIVE AT LEAST 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM CAMPUS AND HAVE TO USE THE, UH, CURRENT TRANSIT TO GET TO SCHOOL, WHICH TAKES ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
WE NEED MORE HOUSING IMMEDIATELY.
U T D IS GROWING AT SUCH A FAST RATE, AND MOST OF THE HOUSING IS BEING PRIORITIZED FOR FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES, WHICH IS NOT BEING PRIORITIZED FOR SENIORS, JUNIORS, OR MASTER STUDENTS.
THESE STUDENTS HAVE TO GO THEN LIVE OFF CAMPUS, AND AGAIN, IT'S A STRUGGLE TO GET TO SCHOOL.
THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP COMPENSATE THAT NORTHSIDE NEEDS COMPETITION.
MANY STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO PAY EXTREME RATES AT NORTHSIDE COMPARED TO LIVING AT UV.
AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO PUT MORE APARTMENTS, WHICH I'M PERSONALLY IN SUPPORT OF, UM, THAT WOULD HELP COMPENSATE THAT.
NOW I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE 10 TO 20 YEAR MARK BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED HOUSING IN 10 TO 20 YEARS.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, BUT AT LEAST IN FIVE YEARS AT LEAST, I WANT MY SISTER TO BE ABLE TO GO TO U T D AND HAVE HOUSING AND NOT BE KICKED OUT BECAUSE SHE CAN'T RENEW OVER THE SUMMER.
BUT AGAIN, I LIKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF HAVING MULTI RETAIL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT STAYS OPEN TOO LATE, SO THAT WOULD ALSO HELP.
BUT I'M MUCH IN SUPPORT FOR, UH, MORE APARTMENTS.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE, JENNY? NO, I THINK THAT'S IT.
IF ANYONE, COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. HUTCHIN, WRITER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
GOT A, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE.
I'D BE ANXIOUS TO HAVE SOMEONE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. HUTCHER, WRITER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING FILE 23 DASH ZERO SIX AS WRITTEN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
OKAY, WE NOW HAVE A FIVE TO ONE VOTE IN FAVOR.
YOU HAVE A COMMENT, SIR? COMMENTS TO YOUR, YOUR LIGHTS ON? I'M OKAY.
[9. CONSENT AGENDA]
NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE ON THE AGENDA CON.I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION, PLEASE.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS FILED.
COULD I GET A SECOND? MR. SHOUL? I SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[10. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
NUMBER 10.CALL ON COUNSEL TO REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? MR. RUSH? RIDER? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO CELEBRATE.
UM, ON FRIDAY WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THE CHERYL PARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
UM, JUST A HUGE, HUGE POSITIVE DAY.
UM, REALLY WANT TO WANT TO CONGRATULATE RONNIE GLANTON, OUR CHIEF PRO, OUR HEAD PRO.
UM, I SAY CHIEF PRO, HEAD PRO, CHIEF PRO OUT AT CHERYL PARK.
UM, ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE KENT.
UM, DON, UM, THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A, IN A TOURNAMENT AND THEN DINNER, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WARM.
UM, OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
SO I JUST WANNA CELEBRATE, I THINK, I THINK, UM, CHERYL PARK GOLF COURSE IS
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ABSOLUTELY A, AN AMAZING FEATURE THAT WE HAVE AS A PART OF OUR CITY, AND I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND CELEBRATE WITH RONNIE AND JUST HUGE, HUGE THANK YOU.I HOPE, I HOPE THERE'S A CHANCE, MAYBE RONNIE'S LISTENING TONIGHT, BUT IF HE'S NOT, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE HE AND HIS STAFF ON A, AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC EVENT.
AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE GOLF COURSE WAS IN FANTASTIC SHAPE.
SO RONNIE AND TEAM, WELL DONE.
UH, YES, UH, I, I REITERATE THE, UH, GOLF, THE GOLF COURSE LOOKS GREAT.
AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
UM, ALSO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, HAPPENED THIS WEEK.
UH, WE HAD A NEW TENANT, UM, NEW COMPANY MOVE INTO RICHARDSON, UH, CRYOS INTERNATIONAL.
WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY ON THURSDAY TO WELCOME THEM TO THE CITY.
SO THEY, UM, THEY'RE VERY NICE FACILITY, UM, AND VERY NICE, UH, STAFF.
UM, ALSO, UH, WATERVIEW, UH, PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL, UH, LABOR DAY WEEKEND WAS ON, UM, MONDAY.
AND, UH, WE DID A LITTLE CELEBRATION OVER THERE.
THEY HAD WATER SLIDES FOR THE CHILDREN AND A COOKOUT, UM, AND PRETTY MASSIVE HAMBURGERS, I HAVE TO SAY.
AND, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF MY TAKE ON A COUPLE THINGS WE DID THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU MR. DORIAN AND MR. CORCORAN.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO ELABORATE ON THAT.
UH, COUNCILMAN DORIAN AND I HAD A, ACTUALLY I HAD A BLAST THERE, AND IT'S, UH, JUST, I THINK I'M THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY THIS ON A MIC.
IT'S A SPERM BANK LOCATED HERE IN RICHARDSON, AND IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY.
AND ACTUALLY THEY CHOSE US BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING TRANSPORTATION WE HAVE NEARBY AND BECAUSE OF U T D.
SO JUST, UH, AN INTERESTING AND A UNIQUE BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN.
UH, IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY WEEK.
UH, AND, UH, LAST FRIDAY I ATTENDED, UH, THE D R M MC, UH, BOARD MEETINGS.
UH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL MEETING.
I MET, UH, ALL THE MAYOR AND OTHER LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA.
AND, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, YOU KNOW, UPDATE FROM TECHSTAR DART OTHER PLACES AS USUAL.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEET NEXT, NEXT MONTH AGAIN ON THAT.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT WE ATTENDED, UM, UH, PARK AMERICAN BUSINESS FORUM BANQUET, UH, UH, MAYOR YOU ATTENDED, I ATTENDED THAT WITH THE, WITH YOU.
AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS, I THINK THE AM UH, THE AMBASSADOR OF PAKISTAN.
HE ATTENDED WITH SALMAN BNI STATE PREP.
UH, BESIDES ALL THOSE, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD MEETING LAST NIGHT, UH, MADE SOME CONNECTION.
I THINK I'M, UH, AND, UH, AND I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ATTENDED, UH, IN THE AFTERNOON YESTERDAY, WE ATTENDED, UH, UNIVERSITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, HENRY.
UH, THE, WHAT IS THAT THING? IT WAS THREADS.
THE THREADS, THE THREADS THAT, THAT CONNECTS US, THE BOOK, UH, REVIEW.
SO THE, THE AUTHOR REALLY EXPLAINED THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN A AMAZING WAY.
SO, AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS, UH, I'M SURE WE, WE DID, BUT I'LL STOP IT THERE.
I'LL JUST MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UM, NEW YORK FIRE, NEW YORK POLICE IN REMEMBRANCE OF NINE 11.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN RICHARDSON.
UH, THEY DO AMAZING WORK, UH, TIME LIKE THIS ON AN ANNIVERSARY OF SUCH CASUALTIES MAKES US STOP AND THINK AND REMEMBER HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM.
AND, UM, ALL THOSE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE ARE IN OUR PRAYERS AND WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS.
IT IS OFFICIALLY NINE THIRTY FOUR, AND WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.