* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 19TH MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY PLAN COMMISSION. THE PLAN COMMISSION CONSISTS OF RICHARDSON RESIDENTS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THERE ARE SEVEN REGULAR MEMBERS AND TWO ALTERNATES ON THE COMMISSION. ONLY SEVEN MEMBERS WILL VOTE ON AN ISSUE, ALTHOUGH ALL MEMBERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATION. IN THE CASE OF AN ABSENCE OF A REGULAR MEMBER, A DESIGNATED ALTERNATE WILL VOTE ON THE ISSUE. WE HAVE, UH, SIX MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, SO EVERYONE WILL VOTE. UH, THIS MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND WILL BE CONDUCTED AS SUCH IN THAT REGARD. AS A COURTESY TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, WE REQUEST THAT ALL DEVICES THAT EMIT SOUND BE TURNED OFF OR ADJUSTED NOT AS TO NOT INTERRUPT THIS MEETING. OUR PROCEEDINGS ARE RECORDED, SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE ADDRESS OR YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AT THE, UH, PODIUM. UM, WITH THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA, WE OR WITH, UH, ONE OTHER INSTRUCTION. ACTUALLY, UM, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, SO I NEED TO READ A LITTLE MORE. UH, EACH PUBLIC HEARING IS PROCEEDED BY A STAFF INTRODUCTION OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS THEN PERMITTED 15 MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION. THEY MAY RESERVE ANY PORTION OF THAT TIME FOR A FINAL REBUTTAL. TIME SPENT IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE COMMISSION WILL NOT BE COUNTED AGAINST THE APPLICANT. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST WILL ALSO BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES EACH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. IF THERE ARE ORGANIZED GROUPS IN ATTENDANCE, WE SUGGEST THAT YOU SELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO PRESENT YOUR OBJECTIONS. UH, THE COMMISSION IS INTERESTED IN GATHERING NEW AND RELEVANT INFORMATION. WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN REPETITION. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION, NOT TO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. AFTER A BRIEF REBUTTAL BY THE APPLICANT, THE HEARING WILL BE CLOSED AND NO FURTHER TESTIMONY WILL BE PERMITTED. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA. UH, [1. Approval of minutes of the regular business meeting of November 21, 2023.] TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, UH, THE, WE, WE MUST APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 21ST, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZONING AND FILE 23 DASH 14. UH, ARE THERE ANY, YOU, YOU'VE ALL BEEN GIVEN COPIES OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF NOVEMBER 21ST. ANY ADDITIONS OR, UH, CHANGES COME TO ANYONE'S MIND? ALRIGHT, SO I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. MR. CONSTANTINA. I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. OKAY. AND MS. PONSE A SECOND. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR AND NO OPPOSITION, SO THAT THAT PASSES SIX. OH. ALRIGHT. [2. Zoning File 23-14 PD Planned Development – 75 & Glenville Multi-Family: Consider and act on a request to rezone approximately 4.44 acres located at 2520 N. Central Expressway, at the northeast corner of Central Expressway and Glenville Drive, from C-M Commercial with special conditions to PD Planned Development to accommodate a 5-story apartment development. Property Owner: Steven Bradford, representing 2520 N. Central Expressway L.P. Staff: Chris Shacklett.] NOW WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THIS IS ZONING FILE 23 DASH 14. AND, UH, AT, AT RISK OF, UH, SOME REPETITION FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS ALREADY HERE. UM, IT IS FOR, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT AT THE 75 IN GLENVILLE MULTIFAMILY. UM, WE CAN PROCEED TO, UH, ASKING MR. SHACKLET TO GIVE HIS PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR. UH, SO THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.4 ACRES FROM CMM COMMERCIAL WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE A FIVE STORY APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY IN GLENVILLE DRIVE. UH, PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GLENVILLE DRIVE, AND WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1994 WITH A, UH, 20,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH, UH, AS OF THIS WEEK IS, UH, 100% VACANT. UH, THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST ARE DEVELOPED WITH, UH, VARIOUS OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS INTO THE EAST, UH, IS CITY OWNED OPEN SPACE, UH, TO THE, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DART RAIL AND FURTHER EAST ARE APARTMENTS, UM, THAT, UH, WERE RECENTLY REZONED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. UH, THIS IS AN OBLIQUE AERIAL OF THE SITE LOOKING TO THE EAST. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THERE'S THAT NINE STORY OFFICE DEVELOPMENT THERE TO THE NORTH AND JUST TO THE SOUTH ACROSS GLENVILLE IS A TWO STORY OFFICE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN AGAIN, THOSE APARTMENTS TO THE EAST OF RUTH CREEK PARKWAY. AND THEN, UH, CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY THERE IN THE FOREGROUND. AS WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, THIS [00:05:01] PROPERTY WAS DESIGNATED AS, UH, REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IN THE 2009 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, ALTHOUGH RESIDENTIAL USES WERE NOT LISTED AS A SPECIFIC USE WITHIN THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT, UH, MULTIFAMILY IS ENCOURAGED. UH, COMP PLAN DOES ENCOURAGE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TRANSIT. AND THIS SITE IS, UH, LESS THAN A HALF MILE NORTH OF THE GALLATIN PARK DART STATION, UH, WITH DIRECT CONNECTION THERE, UM, UH, VIA THE CENTRAL TRAIL. UH, MR. KELLER, I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE MAP UP HERE TOO, JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THIS. SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING ON THE EAST SIDE OF 75, GOING ALMOST ALL THE WAY OVER TO PLANO ROAD NORTH OF CAMPBELL AND REALLY ALL THE WAY TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE NORTH END OF THIS PHOTO, ALMOST UP TO THE SPRING CREEK NATURE AREA. ALMOST ALL OF THAT AREA WAS DESIGNATED AS REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT ALONG WITH MUCH OF THE AREA. UM, THAT IS TODAY'S CITY LINE, EXCEPT FOR THAT AREA DIRECTLY AT THE DART STATION, UH, AND MOVING ALL THE WAY EAST, UH, TOWARDS JUPITER AND OVER TO THE CISCO CAMPUS, UH, AS WELL AS SOME REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, UH, ALONG BUSH HIGHWAY WEST OF CUSTER OVER TO THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS. SO THOSE ARE GENERALLY THE AREAS WITHIN RICHARDSON, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THAT, UH, REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT DESIGNATION. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE AREAS HAVE, UH, SINCE THAT TIME BEEN REZONED FOR, UH, VARIOUS USES, SOME WHICH INCLUDE, UH, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. UH, AGAIN, UH, THOSE TWO PROPERTIES TO THE EAST THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF RUTH CREEK PARKWAY WERE REZONED, UH, IN 2014 FROM INDUSTRIAL ZONING TO, UH, PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT DID ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, REZONING WAS DONE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AT LOOKOUT IN GLENVILLE, UH, BACK IN 2021 FOR A MIXED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE AS WELL. IT INCLUDED MULTI-FAMILY AS WELL AS TOWN HOMES AND INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY. UH, AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, THE APPLICANT, UH, DID CONDUCT A TIA, UH, THEY PROVIDED THEIR, UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIPS ANTICIPATED, AS WELL AS PEAK HOUR TRIPS. UH, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY DID NOT CONTRIBUTE, UM, TO THE THRESHOLD, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO MAKE ANY ROADWAY MODIFICATIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY WILL BE MAKING TWO, UH, ONE, WHICH IS TO ALLOW OR IS TO RE UH, REMOVE THAT SOUTHERN MOST DRIVEWAY ALONG CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY. UH, THAT'S JUST NORTH OF GLENVILLE DRIVE. UH, AND THE OTHER IS TO MODIFY THE, MODIFY THE MEDIAN OPENING ON GLENVILLE DRIVE, WHICH WILL ALLOW LEFT TURNS, UH, INTO THIS SITE. UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN, UH, FOR THE PROJECT. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THE, THE PROJECT IS A A FIVE STORY, UH, WRAPPED APARTMENT BUILDING OF A VERY SORT OF TYPICAL, UH, FIVE STORY APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU SEE AROUND THE CITY. UH, THIS WOULD PROVIDE A MAC OR ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF 390 APARTMENT UNITS. AND PARKING FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE BASED ON, UH, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. SO, AS PROPOSED CURRENTLY, I'D BE PREDOMINANTLY STUDIO AND ONE BEDROOM UNITS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE, UM, ONLY ONE SPACE PER UNIT BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE BEDROOM. AND BASED ON THAT MIX, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED A MINIMUM OF 478 PARKING SPACES. UH, CURRENTLY 543 ARE PROVIDED, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE IN THE GARAGE AND A FEW THERE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. UH, PROPOSED DENSITY OF THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT 88 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS, UH, SORT OF IN LINE WITH, UH, OTHER SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN, UM, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN APPROVED. UH, AGAIN, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SESSION, WE'RE UTILIZING A PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT SO THEY CAN CRAFT A UNIQUE SET OF STANDARDS, UM, THAT ARE, UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BY OUR BASE APARTMENT ZONING DISTRICTS, WHICH REALLY DICTATE MORE, UH, LOW DENSITY GARDEN STYLE APARTMENTS, WHICH THIS, UH, THIS IS NOT. UH, ADDITIONALLY THEY'LL BE PROVIDING, UH, APPROXIMATELY 16.5% LANDSCAPED AREA, UH, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE COURTYARD AREAS, UH, AND OTHER OPEN SPACE AREAS ON THEIR SITE AS WELL AS PERIMETER LANDSCAPING. UH, AND 10% WOULD BE REQUIRED. UH, NOTED HERE WITH THE OUTLINE AROUND THE GLENVILLE DRIVE MEDIAN. CURRENTLY, THAT MEDIAN DOES NOT HAVE A, A CUT IN IT TO ALLOW FOR A LEFT TURN LANE, UH, THE STORAGE AND TRANSITION TO MAKE A LEFT INTO THIS PROPERTY, AND IS DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT, UM, PRECLUDES SOMEBODY FROM MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO THIS SITE WHILE GOING EASTBOUND ON GLENVILLE. IT DOESN'T PROHIBIT IT COMPLETELY, BUT THEY WOULD'VE TO SORT OF, UH, MAKE A, MAKE A CLEAR TURN THAT IS NOT, UH, THAT IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR. UH, ADDITIONALLY, THAT MODIFICATION WOULD OPEN UP THE ABILITY FOR THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH TO ALSO HAVE LEFT TURNS IN AND OUT OF THAT SITE. CURRENTLY, THEY CAN HAVE LEFT TURNS INTO THAT SITE, BUT AGAIN, THE DESIGN OF THAT MEDIAN, UH, SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PRECLUDES MAKING A LEFT OUT OF THAT SITE, UH, THE LARGE INSET THERE TO THE, UH, TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTO THAT'S SHOWING THE, OR THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT'S SHOWN THE CONNECTION OF THEIR SIDEWALK AS IT CONNECTS ACROSS THE DART RAIL. UH, AS WE DISCUSSED THOSE AREAS IN RED REPRESENT A, UH, A, UH, FOUR FOOT TALL, UH, TUBULAR STEEL FENCE WITH THE, THE IDEA BEING THERE THAT IF SOMEBODY'S GOING, UH, EASTBOUND FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, AS WE EXPECT MORE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC GOING EASTBOUND TO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, UM, THAT AS THEY WERE, AS IF THEY WERE TO CROSS ON THAT SIDEWALK CROSSING OVER THE DART RAIL, UH, THERE WOULD NOT BE A GATE ARM THAT WOULD COME DOWN ACROSS THE SIDEWALK. UH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD COME DOWN ACROSS THE WESTBOUND LANE OF TRAFFIC, BUT [00:10:01] IT WOULD BE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE DART RAIL. SO THE INTENT HERE IS TO PROVIDE A, A, A FENCING, A STAGGERED FENCE DESIGN THAT REQUIRES A PEDESTRIAN WALKING AND ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY ON A BICYCLE TO SLOW DOWN OR EVEN STOP TO MANEUVER AROUND THAT STAGGERED FENCE, UH, AND JUST SLOW THEM DOWN. PROBABLY WOULD'VE SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE JUST, YOU KNOW, CAUTION OR WARNING THAT THAT IS A, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS A, UH, DART RAIL TRACK THROUGH THERE. UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND WOULD BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. UH, THIS EXHIBIT REFLECTS THE, UH, INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE SITE AND INTO THE PARKING GARAGE AGAIN, UH, THE RED ARROWS REFLECT, UH, THE FACT THAT YOU COULD MAKE A LEFT OR A RIGHT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY OFF OF GLENVILLE DRIVE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU'D HAVE A RIGHT IN ONLY OFF OF THE NORTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD. AND THEN YELLOW REPRESENTS THE MOVEMENTS OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE. AGAIN, A RIGHT OUT ONLY OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE ONTO THE CENTRAL FRONTAGE ROAD, AND THEN AGAIN, ALLOWING LEFT TURNS TO BE MADE, UM, OUT OF THE SITE, UM, COMING SOUTH DOWN ALONG THAT, UH, THAT FIRE LANE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE A LEFT, UH, TO GO EASTBOUND ON GLENVILLE DRIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED TODAY. BUT THEN TO, AND THEN ALSO MAKE A RIGHT OUT ON GLENVILLE, WHICH IS ALSO ALLOWED TODAY. SO AGAIN, WITH THEIR REVISED DESIGN, WHAT IT, THE, THERE'S, THERE'S THREE MOVEMENTS THEY CAN CURRENTLY MAKE TODAY, WHICH IS RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT, AND THEN THEY CAN MAKE A LEFT OUT. THIS REVISED DESIGN WOULD ALSO ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THAT LEFT IN OFF OF GLENVILLE DRIVE. AND THEN LASTLY, THE TWO SORT OF TEAL AREAS REPRESENT THE LOCATION OF THE VE THE VEHICULAR GATES THAT, UH, SECURE THE PARKING GARAGE, UH, ON THE EAST SIDE. IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE GARAGE THERE, UH, NO CONCERN WITH IT BEING OUTSIDE OF THE GARAGE IN THAT AREA. HOWEVER, ALONG THE WEST SIDE, UH, WE DID ASK THAT THEY MOVE THAT VEHICULAR GATE IN AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, AND ALSO PROVIDE AN AREA TO, IF A VEHICLE GETS TO THAT GATE AND CANNOT GAIN ACCESS, THAT THEY CAN CIRCULATE COUNTERCLOCKWISE AS SHOWN BY THE GREEN ARROWS TO GET BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE AND OUT TO THE NORTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD, RATHER THAN, UM, RATHER THAN HAVING TO, UH, FEEL LIKE THEY MAY HAVE TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE. NOW, THERE IS, UH, AS YOU'RE ENTERING THE GARAGE ON 75, THERE'S AN EXIST THAT IS AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY INTO THAT PROPERTY AND AN EXISTING, UH, RIGHT TURN DECELERATION LANE, WHICH WOULD REMAIN. SO THAT DOES ALLOW VEHICLES TURNING INTO THAT GARAGE TO NOT HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, SLOW DOWN TO ALMOST A STOP TO MAKE THAT RIGHT TURN IN THERE. THEY WILL BE IN A DESAL LANE, SO THEY WOULD NOT BE MAKING THAT MOVEMENT IN A, UM, IN A THROUGH LANE ON THE FRONT EDGE ROAD. UH, LASTLY, THIS, UH, EXHIBIT SHOWS AREAS WHERE THE, UM, MINIMUM REQUIRED AMENITIES MAY BE PROVIDED. AGAIN, TWO AREAS IN RED REPRESENT COURTYARDS, WHERE THERE MAY BE SWIMMING POOLS, OUTDOOR SEATING OR PASSIVE RECREATION AREA. IN YELLOW IS THE LEASING AND AMENITY AREA, UH, WHERE THEY MAY HAVE THE INDOOR FITNESS CENTER, CLUBHOUSE, GAME ROOM, COWORKING SPACE AREAS. AND THEN AGAIN, UH, THE AREA AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER IN PURPLE IS A PROPOSED AREA FOR A DOG PARK, WHICH WOULD BE PARTIALLY LOCATED UNDER THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING FOR, UH, SHADED AREA, BUT THEN ALSO EXTENDS OUT TO THE SOUTH TO WHERE IT WOULD, UH, BE UNSHADED AS WELL. UH, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS. THE BUILDING ON ALL FOUR ELEVATIONS WILL UTILIZE, UH, MIX OF BRICK FIBER, CEMENT, PA PANELS AND SIDING ALONG WITH METAL CANOPIES AND METAL BALCONY RAILINGS. AGAIN, UH, MANY OF THE, THE TOP PORTIONS OF THE ELEVATIONS ARE ACCIDENTED WITH A PARAPETS AS SHOWN HERE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION, STARTING WITH THE TOP. THEY'RE MOVING FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING ALONG GLENVILLE DRIVE, MOVING NORTH, UM, TOWARDS THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE. AND KIND OF AT THAT NORTH END IS WHERE THEY START TO GET CLOSE TO THAT MAXIMUM 75 FOOT HEIGHT, UH, REQUIREMENT INCLUDED WITHIN THE PD, UH, EXHIBIT C TWO REPRESENTS THE NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATION. SO AGAIN, THE TOP ELEVATION IS WHAT WOULD FACE NORTH TOWARDS THAT NINE STORY OFFICE BUILDING SOUTHERN ELEVATION THAT FACES SOUTH, UH, TOWARDS GLENVILLE DRIVE. AND LASTLY, THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION. AGAIN, UH, YOU'RE, THIS TIME YOU'RE MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, STARTING AT THE TOP LEFT, GOING TO THE RIGHT. AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, UH, ALONG THE BOTTOM, THIS IS THE ONE PORTION OF THE PARKING GARAGE THAT IS EXPOSED. UH, THE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST SIDES ARE WRAPPED WITH UNITS AND THE COURTYARD AREAS. UM, SO THEY WOULD NOT BE, UH, VISIBLE, BUT THE WESTERN FACADE, UH, PORTION OF THE GARAGE FACADE IS VISIBLE. AGAIN, UH, IT IS, UH, CONSTRUCTED WITH CONCRETE SPANDRELS THAT ARE CLAD WITH BRICK. MANY TIMES YOU JUST SEE PAINTED CONCRETE SPANDRELS, UH, WITH NO CLADDING ON 'EM, SO IT WOULD CLAD THEM WITH BRICK TO MATCH THE BUILDING. AND THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING OR PROPOSING LIGHT SCONCES THERE KIND OF ON THAT, UH, ABOVE THE THIRD LEVEL THERE. UH, AND THEN NOTING AREAS WHERE THEY MAY HAVE, UH, ROOF DECK CARPORTS. UH, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SESSION, UM, STAFF HAD REQUESTED THAT THEY PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, DETAIL OR INTEREST, UH, ON THAT, UH, FACADE AND TO KIND OF, SORT OF TIE, TIE THAT, UH, THAT GARAGE PORTION OF THE FACADE IN MORE WITH THE, UH, REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO EXHIBIT D ONE IS A NIGHTTIME RENDERED VIEW OF THE APPLICANT'S PREFERRED GARAGE FACADE THAT MATCHES UP WITH WHAT YOU SAW IN THAT EXHIBIT. UH, EXHIBIT C ONE, AND I ACTUALLY, I MENTIONED C ONE, UM, IN YOUR, UH, EARLIER, [00:15:01] BUT IT WOULD BE, AND IN THE STATEMENT HERE, BUT IT WOULD BE C3, NOT C ONE IF WE GET THAT POINT IN THE RECOMMENDATION. UM, AND SO THAT'S THE APPLICANT'S PREFERRED GARAGE FACADE IS TO, UM, BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THAT, UM, WITH THE ABILITY, UM, TO HAVE THE OPTION TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL DETAILING IF THEY CHOSE TO DO SO. UM, STAFF PREFERS THAT THEY BE REQUIRED TO PROV, UH, PROVIDE WHAT'S SHOWN IN EXHIBIT D THREE, WHICH AGAIN ARE THE CONCRETE SPANS. SPANDRELS CLOUD WITH BRICK, BUT IT INCORPORATES ANGLED METAL FINS WITH LOUVERS AND THEN INTEGRATED, UH, LIGHTING, UH, INTERNAL LIGHTING IN BETWEEN THOSE, UH, THOSE ANGLED FINS. SO IT PROVIDES SIMILAR, A SIMILAR LIGHTING, UH, ELEMENT THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH THE SCONCES. JUST A DIFFERENT SOURCE THERE. UM, AGAIN, THESE FEW ITEMS TO CONSIDER WE DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SESSION. AGAIN, IT'S JUST THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES DESIGNATE THIS AREA AS REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT. UH, HOWEVER, MULTIFAMILY IS ENCOURAGED WHEN AREAS THAT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TRANSIT, WHICH THIS SITE BEING LESS THAN A HALF MILE FROM THE DART STATION TO THE SOUTH WOULD BE ABLE TO DO, ESPECIALLY WITH ACCESS ALONG THE CENTRAL TRAIL. AND THAT THE, WE ALSO NOTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROPERTIES ELSEWHERE IN THE AREA DESIGNATED AS REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT THAT HAVE BEEN REZONED TO ACCOMMODATE MULTIFAMILY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. UM, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH SPECIFICALLY IS DEVELOPED WITH THE NINE STORY OFFICE BUILDING, AND THERE'S NOT A STREET OR ALLEYWAY THAT, UM, SEPARATES THESE TWO PROPERTIES. THEREFORE, IN THE FUTURE, IF THEY WERE TO REDEVELOP ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THEY MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING, HAVE STRICTER PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. UH, IN THIS PD WE'VE ADDED A CONDITION THAT STATES THIS DEVELOPMENT SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS RESIDENTIAL OR APARTMENT TO DISTRICTS, SO THAT IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON THAT OWNER TO THE NORTH. AND THAT'S TYPICAL OF, UM, NEWER URBAN STYLE RESIDENTIAL THAT'S MIXED IN WITH COMMERCIAL AREAS. AND THEN LASTLY, THE BUILDING ELEVATION STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE GARAGE FACADE SHOWN IN D TWO AND D THREE BE REQUIRED, UH, IN LIEU OF JUST REQUIRING WHAT'S SHOWN IN D ONE. UH, WITH THAT SAID, UM, THE CPC WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT. THEY CAN RECOMMEND APPROVAL, APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS OR RECOMMEND DENIAL, UH, AND THAT CHANGE WOULD BE FOR, UH, A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM CMM COMMERCIAL WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE A FIVE STORY APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT. IF THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, IT WOULD CONTAIN THE CONDITIONS STATING THAT ALL THOSE CONDITIONS IN EXHIBIT A INCLUDING THE CONCEPT PLAN AND BUILDING ELEVATIONS WOULD BE INCLUDED. UH, AND IF THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE STAFF PREFERRED, UH, GARAGE FACADE, THE RECOMMENDATION SHOULD CONCLUDE A CONDITION TO REVISE EXHIBIT. IT SHOULD BE EXHIBIT C3, UM, NOT C ONE, UM, UH, TO REFLECT THE GARAGE FACADE THAT THE GARAGE FACADE DESIGN THAT WAS IN THE STAFF'S, UH, PREFERRED CONCEPT. UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS. YOU DID A GREAT JOB PREVIOUSLY APPARENTLY. ALRIGHT, SO, UM, UH, I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND ASK THE, UH, APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE TO, UH, UH, APPROACH AND MAKE HIS HIS PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. JEFF PATTON, JLB PARTNERS. MY ADDRESS IS 5 8 3 2 GARDENDALE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 8. WANNA FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR WEEK TO GATHER HERE AND REVIEW OUR REQUEST. I WANNA THANK ALSO, UH, CHRIS AND SAM FOR, UH, THE COLLABORATION TO GET US TO THIS POINT. GLB PARTNERS WAS, UH, FOUNDED IN 2007. TO GIVE YOU A, A HISTORY OF, OF OUR, OF OUR COMPANY, UH, FOUNDED IN 2007, ALTHOUGH MANY OF OUR EXECUTIVES HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR, UM, 30 YEARS OR MORE, UH, SINCE 2007, WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 65 DEVELOPMENTS WITH A CAPITALIZATION THAT EXCEEDS $4.5 BILLION. OUR FOCUS IS CLASS A MULTIFAMILY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. UH, MOST OR MOST OF THAT, UH, 65 DEVELOPMENTS HAVE HAPPENED HERE IN TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE DFW AREA. DRILLING INTO OUR, OUR TRACK RECORD, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY HERE IN RICHARDSON. UH, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY. WE HAVE BUILT FIVE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES THERE AT CITY LINE, UH, WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP LASTING FROM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 2 20 14 ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2020. SO AGAIN, SIX, SEVEN YEARS OF ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT HERE, UH, IN RICHARDSON. UH, THOSE, THOSE COMMUNITIES EXCEED A VALUATION OF 300 MILLION AND THE REGISTER, WHICH WAS OUR MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT, UH, IT CURRENTLY, UH, IS STILL ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST PER SQUARE FOOT RENT IN RICHARDSON, UH, WHICH IS VERY INDICATIVE OF THE QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE BRING, UH, AND, AND LASTING QUALITY AS WELL. LOOKING AT THE SITE, CHRIS GAVE US, UM, A GREAT [00:20:01] OVERVIEW OF THE SITE. SO I, I WON'T, UH, DRILL IN HERE TOO, TOO, TOO, TOO MUCH. BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE WE ARE ON CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY. IT IS A LITTLE UNDER FOUR AND A HALF ACRES. CURRENT USE IS A A ONE STORY OFFICE BUILDING, AND WE ARE PROPOSING THE PD TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE BULLET POINTS THAT I'M GONNA, UH, GO OVER IN THIS PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF, WANT TO JUST DISCUSS HOW COVID HAS AFFECTED BOTH THE SITE, UH, NOW AND IN THE LONG TERM. UH, HOW COVID HAS AFFECTED SPECIFICALLY RICHARDSON. UH, AND THEN HOW, UH, THE SITE BEING LOCATED, WHERE IT IS IN BETWEEN RENTER AND CAMPBELL BEING MID-BLOCK, HOW THAT AFFECTS ITS ABILITY TO BE USED FOR RETAIL. UH, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE AVAILABLE RETAIL IN THE, IN THE AREA, BOTH AT CITY LINED AND EAST SIDE. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE IT'S, UH, VISIBLE THERE. UM, LOOKING AT JUST COVID-19 AND, AND THE EFFECTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TEMPORARY EFFECT AND HAS, UH, CHANGED THE WAY THAT, THAT WE ALL WORK, BUT IT DOES HAVE LASTING EFFECTS AS WELL. SO, UH, PULLING FROM A THIRD PARTY, UH, MCKENZIE RESPECTED THERE, UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE, THE TOP RIGHT, UH, BULLET POINT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, CURRENT, UH, IN-OFFICE WORK IS, IS DOWN 30% FROM PRE PANDEMIC NORMS. UH, BUT THEN WHEN YOU DROP DOWN, UH, YOU, YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN IN THE LONG-TERM HORIZON, WHEN THEY LOOK OUT TO 2030, THEY EXPECT OFFICE DEMAND TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 13 TO 38% LOWER THAN PRE PANDEMIC NORMS AS WELL. AND THEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE, THE VACANCY RATE AND SUBLEASE SPACE AVAILABLE, THAT, THAT HAS AFFECTED US HERE IN RICHARDSON. LOOKING AT OFFICE OFFICE VACANCIES IN THE AREA, UH, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICE DEVELOPER WOULD LOOK AT, AT THESE AVAILABILITIES, UH, AS THEY UNDERWRITE THE OPPORTUNITY. AND ALL OF THE ORANGE PINPOINTS, THOSE ARE OFFICES THAT HAVE 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF AVAILABLE SPACE. AND THEN THE RED POINTS, THOSE ARE, UH, WHOLE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE, UH, 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF, OF SPACE AVAILABLE. SO AGAIN, AN OFFICE DEVELOPER WOULD WANT TO SEE THIS, UH, AVAILABILITY FILL UP, UM, AS THEY WERE, WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO FINANCE, UH, A NEW OFFICE BUILDING ON THIS SITE. LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE LOCATED. UH, AGAIN, MID-BLOCK BETWEEN RENTER AND CAMPBELL, UH, ACCESS TO GET ONTO THE SITE, EITHER COMING FROM THE NORTH OR FROM THE SOUTH THERE. UH, COMING FROM THE NORTH, THAT'S THE, THE NAVY LINE. UH, YOU DO, UH, MAKE AN EXIT WHERE I HAVE THAT, UH, WHITE PINPOINT. UH, YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN TO GALLATIN PARKWAY, MAKE A U-TURN AND BACKTRACK TO GET BACK TO THE SITE. AND THEN FROM THE SOUTH, YOU, YOU EXIT DOWN CLOSE TO CAMPBELL AND THEN GET UP THERE, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A RETAIL OPPORTUNITY AND AS A CONVENIENCE RETAIL, THIS WOULD BE VERY CIRCUITOUS TO, TO ACCESS THE SITE AGAIN, LEAVING THE SITE, GETTING, UH, ONTO, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL CORRIDORS. UH, AGAIN, GOING TO THE SOUTH, WE, WE HAVE TO GO UP TO RENTER U-TURN, BACKTRACK, GET DOWN TO 75. AND THEN GOING NORTH, UH, THE ACCESS, IT'S EITHER A COUPLE MILES TO GET ONTO GEORGE BUSH OR, UH, ABOUT A MILE UP TO THE NORTH TO, TO GO NORTH ON 75. SO AGAIN, JUST CIRCUITOUS ACCESS, UH, ALL THINGS THAT, UH, AN OFFICE OR RETAIL DEVELOPER WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS THEY LOOK AT THE SITE. NOW, TAKING THE PERSPECTIVE OF A POTENTIAL RETAIL TENANT, UH, THEY WOULD LOOK AT THIS AND, AND REALLY BE DRAWN TO EITHER THE CITY LINE OR EAST SIDE, UH, RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS AS ARE VIBRANT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ALREADY EXIST. AND THEY WOULD REALLY SEE THAT THERE'S AVAILABILITY THERE. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 42% VACANCY UP AT CITYLINE, 33% VACANCY AT EAST SIDE AND BEFORE A RETAILER WOULD, WOULD WANT TO BE HERE, MID-BLOCK, UH, THEY'D WANT TO BE UP ON, ON ONE OF THOSE MORE MAJOR, UH, UH, AREAS. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT 75 IN GLENVILLE, WHICH, UH, PER TEXT DOT GLENVILLE S DAILY TRAFFIC IS ABOUT 2000, UH, CARS A DAY. WHEREAS, UH, RENTER IS UP IN THE $16,000 RANGE AND CAMPBELL'S DOWN AT 46,000, UH, NOT DOLLARS. TRIP TRIPS, TRIPS PER DAY, EXCUSE ME. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, A RETAILER WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE DRAWN TO TO, TO MORE OF THAT TRAFFIC. NOW I'M GONNA DIVE INTO, YOU KNOW, WHY WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WELL SUITED FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT SINGLE FAMILY ADJACENCY. WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUTDOOR AMENITIES, UH, ACCESS TO REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT. AND THEN LOOKING AT, UH, RICHARDSON CITYWIDE OCCUPANCY RATE, IT IS A VERY HEALTHY 93%. AND SO, UH, WE SEE THAT AND WE SEE, UH, THE RENTS THAT ARE BEING ACHIEVED HERE AS, AS A, UH, A PROVEN, UH, DEMAND HERE FOR, FOR NEW, UH, APARTMENTS IN THE AREA. AND THEN WE BELIEVE THAT JLB IS, IS ESPECIALLY, UH, [00:25:01] EQUIPPED TO, TO DEVELOP THIS FOR MULTIFAMILY. 'CAUSE WE HAVE OUR TRACK RECORD. WE DO PLAN TO BRING ANOTHER, UH, BEST IN CLASS DEVELOPMENT HERE, UH, WHICH WE EXPECT TO, TO RESET THE HIGH WATER MARK FOR RENTS IN THE CITY. YES, SIR. UM, WHATCHA TARGETING YOUR RENT? YOU ESTIMATE? UM, YOUR RENT RANGES. SO THE, THE RENT RANGES WILL GO ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, 1575 FOR OUR SMALLEST, UH, EFFICIENCY UP TO ABOUT 27 50 WITH AN AVERAGE, UH, JUST A NORTH OF $2,000. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE EVALUATE A REZONE, UH, AND, AND EVALUATE A SITE IS REALLY SINGLE FAMILY ADJACENCY. WE KNOW HOW SENSITIVE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE TO NEW MULTIFAMILY. AND SO IN LOOKING AT THIS SITE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY THINK THAT THERE'S SOME GOOD BUFFERS, UH, TO, TO ENABLE US TO DEVELOP MULTIFAMILY HERE. THE CLOSEST SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS OVER A THOUSAND FEET AWAY. IT IS ACROSS 75, SO THAT'S A, A GREAT BUFFER THERE. AND THEN YOUR CLOSEST SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UH, TO THE EAST OF 75 IS OVER A MILE AWAY. AND YOU HAVE, UH, THE NATURE, NATURE PRESERVE, AS WELL AS PLANO ROAD ACTING AS A BUFFER THERE. NOW LOOKING AT THE CONTEXT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST TAKING IT A VERY TIGHT ONE MILE RADIUS, UH, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TWO DARK STATIONS, UH, HERE CLOSE TO THE SITE. YOU HAVE THE SPRING CREEK NATURE AREA, AND THEN YOU HAVE CITY LINE AS WELL AS THE INTERCHANGE OF 75 AND GEORGIA BUSH. SO, UH, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO OUTDOOR AMENITIES, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, VIBRANT RETAIL, UH, AND ENTERTAINMENT THERE AT CITYLINE. UH, CHRIS TALKED ABOUT THIS, SO I'LL, I'LL TOUCH ON IT AS WELL. UH, THIS SITE, IT IS A, A SHORT 10 MINUTE WALK DOWN TO THE GALLATIN PARK STATION. UH, AND HE, HE MENTIONED THIS AS WELL, IT IS THROUGH THE, UH, GALLATIN WOODLAND PRESERVE. AND SO IT IS A, IT'S A WALK THAT YOU'RE NOT ON A SIDEWALK NEXT TO A BUSY STREET, BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON A PATH WITH A TREE CANOPY. AND SO YOU, ON, ON THESE HOT TEXAS DAYS, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY ENJOYABLE WALK COMPARED TO, TO BEING EXPOSED. SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 10 MINUTE, WE REALLY THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE MAKING THIS WALK AND WILL BE USING THIS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. YES, SIR. WHERE DOES SILVER LINE, WHERE DOES THE PLAN FOR SILVER LINE DAR STATION? IT'S THE NORTHERN ART STATION. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO TO ACCESS THE SILVER LINE, UH, IF YOU WERE GONNA WALK IT, UH, YOU WOULD WALK DOWN HERE TO GALLATIN, YOU WOULD GO UP TO CITY LINE, AND THEN YOU WOULD HIT, HIT SILVER LINE. YES, SIR. WHICH HIGHLIGHTED HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS SITE WOULD, WOULD GIVE YOU SOME, SOME GOOD ACCESS TO CITY, UH, SILVER LINE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEN WOULD TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY TO, UH, DFW AIRPORT OR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS, SO YOU REALLY HAVE GOOD ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE METROPLEX. LOOKING AT OUTDOOR AMENITIES AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE FIT INTO THE CONTEXT THERE, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE SITE IS A TRAILHEAD FOR BOTH THE SPRING CREEK AND THE CENTRAL TRAILS. AND SO BOTH OF THOSE TAKE YOU AND CONNECT YOU TO THE RENTER TRAIL AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE UNIVERSITY TRAIL. SO WITHOUT BACKTRACKING, YOU HAVE OVER 14, UH, MILES OF TRAIL SYSTEM AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THIS SITE. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COULD DEFINITELY GET, UH, A LONG BIKE RIDE OR DEFINITELY GET, YOU KNOW, A LONG, LONG JOG OR JUST A PLEASANT WALK. UH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, ADD DENSITY OF HOUSING WHERE IT CAN ACCESS NATURE AND CAN, YOU KNOW, GET OUR RESIDENTS OUTSIDE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM OUTSIDE OF THE UNIT. HERE'S A RENDERING OF, UH, THE SITE. UH, THIS IS LOOKING AT OUR LEASING PLAZA. I'LL SHOW SOME MORE OF THESE, BUT THIS IS, UH, ACTING AS A TRANSITION AS WE, UH, AS I MOVE TO, TO START TALKING ABOUT THE SITE ITSELF RATHER THAN THE AREA. HERE'S THE SITE PLAN, UM, IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CONTEXT THAN WHAT CHRIS WAS SHOWING. AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE UNDER FOUR AND A HALF ACRES, 390 UNITS. OUR AVERAGE UNIT SIZE WILL BE, UH, JUST RIGHT AROUND 825 SQUARE FEET. WE WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF AMENITIES. THOSE ARE INTERNAL AMENITIES UNDER, UNDER ROOF AMENITIES. SO WE WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR AMENITIES AS WELL. AND THOSE WILL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, LEASING OFFICE. WE WILL INCLUDE, UM, CLUB ROOMS, COWORKING SPACES, UH, IN INDOOR FITNESS FACILITY. UH, AND, AND SO IT'LL BE A, A VERY HEAVILY AMENITIZED SPACE IN ADDITION TO OUR TWO COURTYARDS, ONE BEING THE PASSIVE DOWN TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN THE, THE CENTRAL POOL COURTYARD THERE AS WELL. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, UH, THAT IS [00:30:01] WHERE THE CONNECTION TO THE TRAIL WILL BE. UH, YOU KNOW, WORK FROM HOME IS A, IS A HUGE COMPONENT. AND SO IN A THIRD OF ALL OF OUR UNITS, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A FORMAL BUILT IN DESK, NOT JUST A SPACE WHERE SOMEONE CAN PUT THEIR DESK, BUT ACTUALLY A BUILT IN, UH, THAT, THAT HAS A DESK, UH, THAT HAS STORAGE CAPACITY. SO IT'S NOT SOMEONE WORKING ON THEIR KITCHEN ISLAND, IT'S NOT SOMEONE WORKING FROM THEIR BED, BUT IT REALLY GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WORK FROM HOME, UH, IN THEIR UNIT WHILE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COWORKING SPACES AVAILABLE IN THE AMENITIES AS WELL. IN ADDITION, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, PRICE, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME HERE IN DALLAS, AND YOU TAKE ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT AND CONSIDER IT AFFORDABLE, UM, THE, UH, AFFORDABLE COMPONENT FOR AN EFFICIENCY WOULD BE $1,800. AND FOR A ONE BEDROOM WOULD BE CONSIDERED 1930. IF ALL WE DO IS TAKE THE LESSER OF THOSE AND JUST SAY ANYTHING UNDER $1,800 IS GONNA BE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE, WE WOULD HAVE 20 EFFICIENCIES AND WE WOULD HAVE 90 TRUE ONE BEDROOMS WITH A TRUE SEPARATED BEDROOM WITH A FULL WALL, FULL DOOR, COMPLETE PRIVACY THAT WOULD ALL MEET THAT CRITERIA. AND SO WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE HIGH, HIGH, HIGH EARNERS, BUT SCHOOL TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS LIVING IN THIS, THIS, IN THIS BUILDING, WHILE IT IS A MARKET RATE COMPLEX SITE TRAFFIC. CHRIS TOUCHED ON THIS, SO I WILL, UM, I WILL SKIMM OVER THIS. I WILL SAY THAT THAT NAVY LINE SHOWS YOU WHERE, UH, FUTURE RESIDENTS WILL ACCESS THE SITE AND THEY'LL HAVE THAT, UM, ENHANCED PLAZA COR OR PLAZA PARKING AREA THAT, UH, WILL THEN LEAD TO THE MINIS AND THEY CAN INGRESS IN AND OUT OF THAT SPACE. I DO WANNA TOUCH ON, UH, THE SETBACK. I'M GOING TO TAKE A, TAKE A STEP BACK HERE. UH, THAT 10 FOOT SETBACK THAT IS FROM OUR MOST RESTRICTIVE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY LINE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE DECELERATION LANE, WHEN THAT WAS PUT IN RIGHT OF WAY, WAS TAKEN FOR THAT. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S AT THE TIGHTEST POINT, BUT IT IS VARIABLE. AND SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE IF IT'S 10 FOOT THERE, IT'S, IT'S MUCH WIDER AND MUCH, UM, MORE GRACIOUS DOWN, UM, THE SOUTHERN FACADE. UH, AND THEN THAT RIGHT OF WAY LINE DOES INCLUDE SOME GREEN SPACE, ACTUALLY INTERNAL OF THAT AS WELL. HERE'S A ELEVATION. THIS IS, UM, COMING NORTH. THIS IS RIGHT AT GLENVILLE AND 75, YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WE WILL HAVE SIGNAGE COMPONENT. UH, IT IS VERY HEAVY MASONRY. UH, WE THINK OF A VERY HANDSOME FACADE, UH, THAT THAT WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, NICE FIRST IMPRESSION AS YOU COME ONTO THE SITE. MOVING TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THAT RENDERING THAT WAS SHOWN PREVIOUSLY. UH, THIS IS THE, UH, ENHANCED, UH, COURTYARD OR, UM, ENHANCED PARKING COURT THERE FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTS TO ACCESS THE AMENITIES THERE. THIS IS A CONCEPT IMAGE FROM, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT HERE IN DALLAS OR IN NORTH TEXAS. UH, THIS IS, UH, VERY INDICATIVE OF THE TYPE OF QUALITY THAT WE WOULD BRING TO THE AMENITY SPACE, UH, BEING A, UH, LEASING OFFICE, ALSO BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, CLUB ROOM. AND SO THIS, THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A PAST DEVELOPMENT INDICATIVE OF THE QUALITY WE'D BE BRINGING HERE. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE, JUST A DIFFERENT FLAVOR, UM, SO TO SPEAK, OF, UH, A COMMUNITY AMENITY SPACE. AND THEN WE'VE STARTED INCORPORATING DIFFERENT AMENITIES INTO OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES. AND, AND ONE OF THOSE, UH, WE USED TO, USED TO PUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEATER ROOMS IN NOW, THOSE WEREN'T GETTING USED. SO THIS IS KIND OF A REPURPOSE OF A THEATER SPACE, UH, AND HAVING THE GOLF, A GOLF SIMULATOR, JUST SOMETHING MORE ACTIVE TO, UH, HAVE RESIDENTS GATHER AROUND AND COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND, AND MAKE, UH, MAKE RELATIONSHIPS. HERE'S A IMAGE OF A POOL COURTYARD, UH, OF A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE DONE OF SIMILAR, UH, SCALE AND, UM, UH, SPACE. YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST A RECTANGLE. IT'S, UM, MANY DIFFERENT USABLE SPACES. YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE LOUNGING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHILE YOU CAN HAVE A SEPARATE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THAT CENTER SHADE STRUCTURE. AND THEN A, A THIRD GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE IN THE PLUNGE POOL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THESE ARE DEVELOPED IN MIND SO THAT, UH, MULTIPLE GROUPS OF PEOPLE CAN BE USING THIS AT THE SAME TIME AND, AND NOT JUST ONE GROUP DOMINATES, BUT REALLY CREATES A LIVABLE SPACE FOR EVERYBODY. YES, SIR. UM, I THINK YOU PROBABLY HEARD MY COMMENT A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT GROUND LEVEL LIGHTING. YES, SIR. WHAT ARE YOUR GROUND LEVEL LIGHTING PLAN FOR THE INTERIOR COURT AND EXTERNAL? SO ON THE INTERIOR COURT, UH, WE WILL HAVE BALLARDS, UM, GROUND LEVEL BALLARDS THAT, THAT EMIT LIGHT. UH, SO THERE, [00:35:01] UH, THERE WILL BE A, A LIGHTING COMPONENT THERE. AND INSIDE THE COURTYARD WE HAVE, UH, LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS FOR EGRESS. WE HAVE TO MEET A, A CERTAIN CANDLE LEVEL, UH, IN THAT COURTYARD, SO THAT, THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO BE VERY WELL LIT INSIDE THE COURTYARD. I WOULD SAY OUTSIDE THE COURTYARD AND ON THE BUILDING FRONTAGE, IT, IT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD BUSINESS DECISION FOR US TO ENABLE THAT TO BE DARK AND GLOOMY AND UNSAFE. AND SO WE WILL HAVE, UH, WALL PACKS ON THE BUILDINGS AND THOSE WILL EMIT LIGHT DOWN THERE THAT, THAT WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT A SAFE, UH, AVENUE FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OTHERS THAT ARE JUST MEANDERING THROUGH THE AREA. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THIS IS A CONCEPT IMAGE FROM, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS FOR OUR PASSIVE COURTYARD. UM, WE HAVEN'T MADE THE DECISION ON IF WE'RE PUTTING A, PUTTING GREEN IN THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT YET, BUT IT JUST SHOWS HOW, YOU KNOW, WE AMENITIZE EVERY INCH OF, OF OUR COURTYARDS AND REALLY TRY TO, UH, CREATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPACES FOR DIFFERENT USERS, UH, AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, CREATE A, AN ELEVATED LIVING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE, UH, ON THE SITE. THIS IS AN IMAGE FROM A GYM WE'VE BUILT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S QUITE A FEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. UH, THERE'S LOTS OF HEAVY DUMBBELLS. UH, THE, THE INTENTION HERE IS TO, UH, BUILD A FITNESS FACILITY THAT IS ON PAR OR EXCEEDS THE NICEST FITNESS FACILITY IN THE AREA SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN, CAN COME IN, TAKE A LOOK AND SAY, HEY, THAT'S ONE LESS THING I CAN CHECK OFF MY BUDGET. I I CAN WORK OUT HERE AND THIS CAN BE CONVENIENT FOR MY LIFESTYLE. AND THEN HERE ARE SOME IMAGES FROM UNITS THAT WE HAVE BUILT. AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, DIFFERENT COLOR PALETTES, DIFFERENT, UM, COLOR TONES, UH, AND ALL OF THESE, WE REALLY STRIVE TO MAKE THESE UNITS FEEL MORE LIKE A, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR A CUSTOM HOME RATHER THAN AN APARTMENT. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE BY THE, THE ENTRYWAY, YOU HAVE, UM, A LITTLE NOOK WITH A COAT RACK, AND WE CALL THAT OUR URBAN MUD NICHE. AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A WINE NICHE THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE CAN HAVE WINE BOTTLES STACKED THERE, OR THEY CAN PUT THEIR COFFEE MACHINE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE LITTLE, LITTLE BITTY TOUCHES THAT WE PUT INTO THE UNITS, YOU KNOW, GLASS INSERTS ON THE CABINETS, THOSE REALLY ADD UP TO CREATE AN ELEVATED LIVING EXPERIENCE LOOKING AT THE GARAGE. UM, CHRIS TOUCHED ON THIS. UH, I WANT TO FIRST AND FOREMOST SAY WE WANT THIS TO BE COLLABORATIVE. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BRING THE BEST QUALITY PRODUCT TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. WE WANT Y'ALL'S INPUT. UH, I WOULD REQUEST THAT, UH, WE TAKE Y'ALL'S INPUT THIS EVENING AND THAT, UH, WE WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATE THAT, BUT ENABLE US TO, TO THEN PRESENT THIS TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS BOTH OPTIONS BEING OUR, UH, PREFERRED AND RECOMMENDATION AS WELL AS STAFF'S, UH, REQUEST AS WELL. AND SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH OUR THOUGHT PROCESS HERE, UH, WITH THIS GARAGE. YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO EMPHA EMPHASIZE IT BY DEEMPHASIZING IT. SO ADDING THE BRICK TO HAVING THE COLOR TONES OF THE BRICK MATCH THE COLOR TONES OF THE BUILDING. WE ACTUALLY EXPANDED THE HORIZONTAL WALLS TO COMPLETELY SCREEN ANY HEADLIGHTS OR ANY VIEWS OF CARS PARKED THERE. SO, UH, WE REALLY WANTED THIS TO JUST KIND OF BLEND IN WITH THE FACADE. AND SO WE THINK THAT THIS ACCOMPLISHES THAT WE THINK THAT THE LIGHT SCONCES ADD, ADD SOME INTEREST AND ADD SOME DETAIL. UM, HERE'S ANOTHER IMAGE OF, UH, OUR RENDERING. THIS IS OUR BUILDING PUT INTO, YOU KNOW, THE REAL WORLD. AND THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR VIEW COMING SOUTH ON 75, UH, SOUTH ON 75. YOU ARE A LITTLE SET DOWN AT THIS LOCATION. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT CORNER ELEMENT, UH, BEING FULLY BRICK, YOU KNOW, HAVING STRONG, UH, FACADE, THAT REALLY DRAWS YOUR EYES THERE. WHEREAS AS YOU GET PAST THE GARAGE, IT, IT JUST KIND OF BLENDS IN WITH THE REST OF THE FACADE. HERE'S THE ALTERNATE OPTION AGAIN, SHOWING, UM, STAFF'S REQUEST, UH, HERE AND THEN SHOWING THIS IN THE REAL WORLD AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE, UH, THOSE, THOSE FINS DO SHOW UP ON THE, THE GARAGE THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IN OUR OPINION, WE THINK THAT THIS, THIS DOES ADD INTEREST TO THE GARAGE, BUT IT ALSO ADDS ATTENTION TO THE GARAGE. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THAT THIS DRAWS, DRAWS OUR EYE HERE, WHEREAS WE'D RATHER THE EYE BE DRAWN TO, TO THE, THE REST OF THE FACADE. TOUCHING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ESTIMATED TAX VALUE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AT COMPLETION WILL BE AROUND 70 MILLION. THE CURRENT TAX VALUE IS AROUND 3 MILLION. AND SO, UH, WE ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE TAX REVENUE ABOUT 1.2, 1.3 MILLION, AND THEN EVEN, EVEN [00:40:01] MORE THAN THAT. I THINK THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RENTERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, INCORPORATING INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND THE AVERAGE MONTHLY INCOME ARE THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME TO QUALIFY TO LIVE HERE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING IN HIGH EARNERS THAT WILL HAVE EXPENDABLE INCOME. AND WE THINK THAT THIS, THIS WILL BOLSTER THE RETAIL PERFORMANCE IN THE AREA, BOTH AT CITYLINE AND EAST SIDE. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST TAKING 20% OF INCOME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A $5.5 MILLION NUMBER, SO, YOU KNOW, RANGE THAT UP, RANGE THAT DOWN, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT NUMBER IS GONNA BE, UH, A POTENTIAL RETAIL IMPACT HERE. THAT WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION. UH, WOULD BE HAPPY TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AGAIN, I DO REQUEST, UH, YOUR VOTE FOR, UH, APPROVAL HERE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. PATTON. UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I THINK WE'VE SEEN YOUR MARKETING PLAN , SO WE TRIED TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD. YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, IS THERE ANYONE, UH, WE, WE WILL RESERVE SOME TIME FOR A REBUTTAL IF THERE IS ANYONE TO, UH, UH, OBJECT TO THIS. UH, AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK FOR ANY, UH, PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL. YES, THANK YOU. AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ME, UH, MENTION TO, UH, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU SPEAK. YES, THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS, UH, SRI BANA. I OWN THE PROPERTIES OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND I LIVE AT, UH, 2 9 8 5 MODEL LANE IN, AND, UH, I AM HERE. I, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT I SAW THE PRESENTATION, IT'S REALLY GOOD AND I'M, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF IT. OKAY. NOW YOU OWN THE PROPERTY NORTH OF IT OR SOUTH, SOUTH SIDE OF IT. OKAY. SOUTH OF IT. ALRIGHT. IT'S SMALL TWO STORY BUILDING THERE. UM, ONLY CONCERN I HAD WAS THERE, UH, PEOPLE PARK IN MY PROPERTY AND GO TO THE PARK AND THE GLENVILLE ROAD UP, YOU CROSS THE, UH, RAILWAY TRACKS. THERE ARE TWO LANES THERE. IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU CAN MAKE THE RIGHT LANE WHERE THEY CAN PARK SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DO ON THE RUTH CREEK. SO THEY, THEY DON'T TAKE UP PARKING SPACE IN MY SIDE. THAT'S ALL. I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU INFORMATION, I'M NOT SURE THIS IS, NO, YEAH, I GUESS I'M NOT INVOLVED WITH IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU, BUT EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT DEVELOPMENT. YOU MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UH, UH, GO TO COUNSEL AND MAKE THAT KIND OF RECOMMENDATION. I, I, I, NOW I'M BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. I WOULD GO THERE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ANYONE OPPOSED TO THE THIS, UH, ZONING FILE CHANGE? ALRIGHT, UM, PROBABLY IS NOT MUCH NEED FOR A REBUTTAL, BUT YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY . I'LL STAY . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY, THEN, UH, UH, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR ANY, UH, DELIBERATIVE COMMENTS. YES, SIR. MR. CONSTANTINA? YEAH, MY, MY BIGGEST QUESTION, UH, THAT I THINK IS ANSWERED WAS WHY, WHY ARE WE NOT HOLDING THIS OUT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT? AND I THINK JUST BASED ON THE AGE OF THE PLAN, THE MARKET FORCES, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO DO THIS. I, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ASKING ANYTHING SPECIAL IN TERMS OF DENSITY. UM, YOU KNOW, I I I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING, UH, UNUSUAL HERE BESIDES THE FACT THAT THIS WASN'T ZONED FOR IT. UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING OFF A BIG THOROUGHFARE YOU'D PREFER TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN EMPLOYER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT WORKS I THINK, UH, AS, AS AN APARTMENT AND IT'S NOT A, AS THEY PRESENTED, IT'S NOT A A, A PERFECT INTERSECTION FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALRIGHT. MAYBE THE, UH, UH, THE, THE RIDERS OF THE 2009 PLAN DIDN'T ENVISION EVERYTHING THAT WAS GONNA COME UP AND INCLUDING, INCLUDING COVID. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE, UH, HAVE COMMENTS OR WOULD LIKE TO MAKE POINTS? NO, SIR. UH, I'LL JUST KIND OF JUMP IN ON ECHO WHAT, UH, JOE HAD TO SAY ON THAT POINT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP. IT WAS DISCUSSED A LITTLE MORE IN THE BRIEFING SESSION ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS THE, UH, REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT. AND AS JOE TOUCHED [00:45:01] ON, THINGS HAVE CHANGED OBVIOUSLY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, UH, SINCE THAT TIME. UH, AND IT MAKES SENSE, I THINK, UM, TO, UH, HAVE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH, UM, OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED IN THIS AREA. UM, AND AS JOE MENTIONED, IT'S UM, THEY'RE NOT, OTHER THAN, UM, THE CHANGE FROM THE DESIGNATION AS THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, UM, TO THIS PD, UH, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY SIGNIFICANT, UH, VARIANCE HERE. SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF MY THINKING ON THAT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MR. ROBERTS? THIS MAY BE, UH, A LITTLE LATE TO QUESTION THIS, BUT, UH, WE'RE STILL IN SESSION. UM, HAS ANYBODY CALCULATED THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, WITH THIS ADDITIONAL POPULATION? UH, WE, WE DID NOT DO ANY SORT OF CALCULATION WITH THAT. UM, I'M SURE MR. PAT COULD GET UP AND KIND OF SPEAK TO WHAT THEY SEE AS THEIR TYPICAL NUMBER OF, UH, SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN THAT LIVE THERE. UM, WE DID PROVIDE A NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO, UH, PLANO ISD AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THEM. BUT IF HE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, IF THEY HAVE SORT OF JUST ESTIMATES ON THAT, YES SIR, I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO TOUCH ON THAT. UH, AGAIN, IT IS IN PLANO, ISD UM, BUT WE HAVE IN THE PAST HAD DEMOGRAPHERS LOOK AT OUR, UH, OUR SITE PLANS AND OUR UNIT MIX. AND REALLY WHEN YOU PROVIDE ONE BEDROOMS AND TWO BEDROOMS, IT'S NOT VERY CONDUCIVE TO HAVING FAMILIES. AND SO, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE DEVELOPED IN, UM, UH, ISDS THAT ARE JUST SPECTACULAR AND WE PUT IN THREE BEDROOMS AND TOWN HOMES AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE KIDS RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND HAD A HANDFUL. UM, AND SO I WOULD SAY IN A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, UH, WITH, WITH THIS UNIT MIX, I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF WE HAD MORE THAN A STUDENT PER GRADE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES SIR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IT'S, I GUESS I'D MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT THAT SORT OF GOES ALONG WITH, UH, WHAT A COUPLE OTHERS MADE. IF WE TRY TO LOOK AT WHAT THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE OF THIS LAND IS, PRETTY CON COMPELLING ARGUMENT HAS BEEN MADE THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT RETAIL, IT'S, IT'S NOT OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT MAKES IT ALMOST IDEAL FOR THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S TOO SMALL FOR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AND IT'S WELL LOCATED FOR A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I GUESS I'D LOOK FOR A, A MOTION CONCERNING THIS AND, AND I WOULD ASK MAYBE THAT YOU, UH, UM, ADDRESS THE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE, UH, UH, D TWO AND D THREE, UH, THANK YOU GARAGE AREA. WELL, I WASN'T GONNA MAKE A MOTION. I WAS GONNA GIVE A, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DELIBERATIVE, UH, CONSIDERATION. UM, ONE QUESTION I ALWAYS WRESTLE WITH IS, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT'S THE COMPLEXION IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF RICHARDSON CHANGING APARTMENT DWELLERS VERSUS HOMEOWNERS? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SEEM TO BE ON, IN, UH, A MARCH TOWARD, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE APARTMENT DWELLERS AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, UH, A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, I MEAN, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S HAVING BEEN A, OR BEING AS A RESIDENT OF, UH, RICHARDSON FOR 25 YEARS, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT THERE'S A, A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE GOING ON IN TERMS OF THE POPULATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT, UM, YEAH, I GUESS ONE, ONE COMMENT I MIGHT MAKE TOWARD THAT IS RICHARDSON HAS A HIGHER DAYTIME POPULATION THAN A NIGHTTIME POPULATION, UH, INDICATING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO RICHARDSON TO WORK AND MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO FIND, UM, SUITABLE HOUSING FOR THEM IN RICHARDSON. THIS LOOKS LIKE IT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THAT GRANTED. THANKS MS. WALRAVEN. UH, MS. BUNICK. ALRIGHT, UH, I'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN YOUR REQUEST FOR A MOTION. OKAY. UM, AND I ACTUALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF DE-EMPHASIZING THE PARKING STRUCTURE, [00:50:01] UM, WHICH GOES COUNTER TO WHAT THE CITY RECOMMENDED, BUT IF THERE IS THE OPTION TO PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL WITH BOTH, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO OR DO WE NEED TO PICK ONE? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU PICK ONE OPTION AND THEN LET THEM, LET THE APPLICANT, UH, PRESENT THEIR OPTION. UH, OKAY. YEAH. TO COUNSEL. SO I, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION WITH THE DE-EMPHASIZING, UM, PRESENT OR A PROPOSAL FROM THE APPLICANT TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OKAY. TO, TO NOT ADDRESS PUTTING THE, UH, ADDITIONAL LIGHTING CORRECT FEATURE. YES. ALRIGHT. ANYONE WANT TO SECOND THAT OR I'D SECOND THAT MOTION? OKAY. SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, BECAUSE THAT, THAT, UH, UM, MIGHT RAISE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE APPLICANT WOULD PRESENT TO COUNSEL. UM, DOES THAT COMPLICATE ANYTHING IN YOUR MIND, MR. CHAVEZ? I BELIEVE IT DOES IN THE FACT THAT THEY WILL GO FORWARD TO COUNSEL WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WOULD BE TO, TO NOT TO DE-EMPHASIZE THE, THE PARKING ELEVATION, UH, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR COUNSEL TO LOOK AT IT AND, AND, UH, SEEK SOME OTHER ALTERNATE, UH, AESTHETIC TREATMENT OF THAT GARAGE. SO IF I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUGGEST THAT MAYBE YOU, UH, CHANGE THAT RECOMMENDATION. I WAS NOT TRYING TO BE COMPLICATED. OKAY. IN FACT, I WAS TRYING TO GO FOR SIMPLE. CORRECT. SO IF YOU CAN POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, , I, I I'LL TAKE THAT. SOME, SOME GUIDANCE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. YES. YES. OKAY. WITH, UM, SO IF YOU WOULD CARE TO CHANGE YOUR MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT EXHIBIT D THREE, WHICH IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDED ELEVATION, BE RECOMMENDED TO COUNSEL, THAT WOULD STILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO SUGGEST AND, UH, ASK THAT THE COMMISSION CONSIDER THEIR ORIGINAL, UH, OKAY. DESIGN. SO THEN I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IN THERE ON THE ELEVATION. ON THE ELEVATION. ALRIGHT. AND I, I SAW SOME NODDING HEADS. UH, SO DOES YOUR SECOND OF THE MOTION STILL APPLY? YES, I, I SECOND THAT MOTION. ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION NEEDED BY ANYONE? OKAY, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. SO, UH, UH, MR. PATTON, I HOPE, UH, YOU AND YOUR PARTNERS ARE, ARE, UH, AT LEAST, UH, PLEASED WITH THAT, MAYBE NOT OVERJOYED, BUT, UH, GOOD LUCK, UM, IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND, UH, UH, WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEE YOU PROCEED. UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS, I'LL DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.