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[CALL TO ORDER]
FOR COUNCILWOMAN JENNIFER JUSTICE.SHE'LL LEAD US IN THE, IN INVOCATION IN THE PLEDGE.
TONIGHT I BORROWED A PRAYER FROM REVEREND DR.
DWAYNE DAVIS, THE CHAPLAIN OF THE MINNESOTA STATE SENATE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER AS YOUR COMFORTABLE, GRACIOUS, AND GENEROUS PRESENCE, GIVER AND SUSTAINER OF THINGS FOR YOUR GOOD CREATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC DELIBERATION, AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE IN THIS CHAMBER.
GUIDE US GREAT ONE, AND USING THIS GIFT RESPONSIBLY AND RESPONSIBLY IN THE INTEREST OF THOSE THAT HAVE ENTRUSTED US WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO GOVERN IN EXERCISING THIS PRIVILEGE, MAY OUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE ALIGN WITH PROVIDENTIAL CARE, EMPOWERING US TO THE TE TO BE TELLERS OF TRUTH, DOERS OF JUSTICE, AND PURVEYORS OF WISDOM.
AS WE OPEN THIS MEETING, LET OUR FIR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS BE TO DREAM AND TO IMAGINE A BETTER LIFE AND BETTER COMMUNITY FOR EVERY SOUL, OPEN OUR IMAGINATION TO A REDISCOVERY OF DEMOCRAT, DEMOCRATIC DUTY, POWER, AND CONSCIOUSNESS, SUCH THAT OUR GOVERNMENT MAY ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE IN YOUR BOUNDLESS GRACE.
IN YOUR EVERY MOVE, IN OUR EVERY DECISION, HELP US ALWAYS TO CHOOSE WHAT IS GOOD, JUST AND LIBERATING FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED UNITED STATES.
IN TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG BY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
[3. MINUTES OF THE MARCH 25, 2024, APRIL 1, 2024 MEETINGS, AND APRIL 3, 2024 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING]
THREE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 25TH, 2024, APRIL 1ST AND 2024 MEETINGS.SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MR. SHAB.
GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE MR. HUTCHIN WRITER.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE HAVE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM]
FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM.UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE THAT INDICATED SHE DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
THAT'S FROM MS. KELLY MCGARRY OF 1911 NORTH WATERVIEW DRIVE.
UH, HER COMMENTS, UM, WERE, UH, NEUTRAL ON THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE SPEAKER, UH, IN ATTENDANCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
SO I'LL READ THE INSTRUCTIONS DURING THIS PORTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.
30 MINUTES IS ALLOCATED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. UH, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE HEARING, UH, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN TO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS.
IF THERE IS TIME LEFT DURING THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS A VISITOR'S FORUM OPEN FOR ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.
IF THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS REACHED, THEN SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITOR'S FORUM SCHEDULED AT THE END OF THE MEETING, ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY'RE RECEIVED.
WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STOP STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS.
WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THIS SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.
SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS.
SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION SPEAKERS.
SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER.
THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER.
THE MEETING, EXCUSE ME, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.
AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THIS THEIR CELL PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AMY CALL SPEAKERS.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER UNDER AGENDA ITEMS AND ONE UNDER
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COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF CITY MANAGER.MY NAME IS PAM THOMPSON AND I LIVE IN GREENWOOD HILLS.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN ASK THAT THE BRIEFINGS, ESPECIALLY BRIEFINGS AS IMPORTANT TO OUR FUTURE AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BRIEFINGS BE POSTED ON FRIDAY WITH THE COUNCIL PACKET.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE CONSULTANTS OR TO STAFF.
WE HAVE A HARD TIME RUNNING OUR CITY WITHOUT THEIR HELP.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION DONE AND POSTED ON FRIDAY SO THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THEIR WEEKEND WITHOUT HAVING THE PRESENTATION AND ITS FINAL CHANGES HANGING OVER THEIR HEAD AND COMPLETED AT THE LAST MINUTE ON MONDAY.
AS A CONSULTANT MYSELF, I SURE WOULDN'T WANNA BE MADLY SCRAMBLING TO FINISH UP A PRESENTATION ON MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE A SIX O'CLOCK BRIEFING.
THIS SHIFT COULD MOST EASILY BE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE AGENDA PROCESS FOR THE FIRST MEETING AFTER A FIFTH MONDAY, WHEN STAFF HAS A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, THERE'S A SECOND BENEFIT TO POSTING THIS AHEAD OF TIME.
WE ARE A PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY.
WE ASK THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS BE INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS MADE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
I HAVE NEARLY 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE MARKET RESEARCH, HOUSING POLICY, URBAN PLANNING, ZONING, REGULATIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND EQUITABLE CITY POLICY.
EVEN I STRUGGLED TO READ THROUGH AND GRASP THE BRIEFING AND GRASP ITS CONTENT IN THE 30 MINUTES THAT WE WERE ALLOWED PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING.
POSTING THESE PRESENTATIONS 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING EFFECTIVELY CUTS OUT THE VOICES OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO MIGHT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LOCAL DEMOCRACY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO TELL OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT WE THINK.
PRIOR TO THEIR DISCUSSION OF THIS BRIEFING.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I SHOULD LOOK TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES IN OUR REGION DO, BUT RICHARDSON IS NOT THE YOUNGER SIBLING OF OTHER CITIES.
WE WERE FOUNDED ON INNOVATION.
WE CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS COUNCIL CAN ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO ENSURE THAT COUNCIL HAS THE MATERIALS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE COGENT AND LOGIC AND THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF OUR CITY.
THAT SAID, I HAVE ONLY A COUPLE OF INITIAL THOUGHTS BASED ON THIS QUICK SIM SKIM.
I WISH I'D HAD MORE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE PLACE TYPES.
THESE ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR CITY.
THEY HELP US DECIDE WHETHER WE BUILD PLACES THAT SERVE THE CARS DRIVING THROUGH RICHARDSON OR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RICHARDSON.
IF WE ALL HAD MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES TO REVIEW THIS PRESENTATION, WE'D ALSO SEE THAT THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC INPUT AND THE CONSULTANTS' RECOMMENDATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOST POPULAR USES IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND COMPACT RESIDENTIAL ARE THINGS LIKE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, MULTI-FAMILY, MIXED USE, RESIDENTIAL.
THOSE, THOSE USES ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN THE CONSULTANTS' RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ASK THE CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE? I NOTICED THESE INCONSISTENCIES, IF YOU HAD HAD TIME TO LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
SO I HAD NO CHANCE TO LOOK AT MISSING MIDDLE OR, UM, THE, THE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.
ALTHOUGH THOSE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS ARE RIGHT NEAR WHERE I LIVE, AND I'M SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THEM.
UM, I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH MISSING MIDDLE.
WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE HOUSING, AND I HOPE THAT COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH THOUGHTFUL REDEVELOPMENT OF, OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW AND PAYS MORE ATTENTION TO THE PLACES THAT ARE BELOVED PLACES LIKE TONGUE IN CHEEK OR LIKE LOCKWOOD, WHICH IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR TODAY.
BECAUSE THOSE PLACES NEED TO BE SUPPORTED AND CHERISHED EVEN IF THEY'RE IN OLDER BUILDINGS, UM, THAT DON'T MEET THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'LL GIVE YOU BACK A MINUTE AND 20 SECONDS.
I RESIDE AT 2101 LUCERNE COVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 0.
MAYOR DUB AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON JANUARY 26TH OF THIS YEAR, IN A LANDMARK RULING THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, THE HIGHEST, UH, LEGAL LEVEL OF COURT IN THE WORLD DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A PLAUSIBLE CASE THAT ISRAEL WAS COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN GAZA.
LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE WORD PLAUSIBLE.
IT MEANS BELIEVABLE, CREDIBLE, AND HAVING AN APPEARANCE OF TRUTH.
THE ICJ ISSUED SIX PROVISIONAL MEASURES TO AVOID CONTINUED FAMINE AND STARVATION IN GAZA, INSTRUCTING ISRAEL TO IMPLEMENT THEM IMMEDIATELY.
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EVEN THE ISRAELI JUDGE VOTED WITH THE MAJORITY FOR TWO OF THE PROVISIONAL MEASURES.MOST OF THE GLOBAL NORTH HAS IGNORED THE ICJ DETERMINATION AND THE PRESCRIPTIONS THEY LAID OUT.
ISRAEL HAS FAILED TO TAKE MEASURES AND HAS EVEN BLOCKED EFFORTS TO RELIEVE THE SITUATION.
AND NOW GAZA IS SUFFERING A CATASTROPHE.
CHILDREN ARE DYING OF STARVATION.
THE MOST POWERFUL NATIONS IN THE WORLD HAVE IGNORED THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE WORLD.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT UNITED NATIONS REPORT, FAMINE IS IMMINENT IN NORTHERN GAZA WHERE 70% OF THE POPULATION, MAINLY WOMEN, CHILDREN, INFANTS, AND EXPECTANT MOTHERS, IS ALREADY SUFFERING FROM A CATASTROPHIC LEVEL OF HUNGER.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND STARVATION IS A MASSACRE IN SLOW MOTION.
STARVATION IN A FEW WORDS IS WHEN THE HUMAN BODY IS DEPRIVED OF FOOD FOR SO LONG THAT IT SUFFERS AND OFTEN DIES.
IT'S A VERY CRUEL, SLOW DEATH.
ABDEL MANAN, A BRITISH EGYPTIAN PEDIATRICIAN, SAID, YOU BASICALLY JUST WASTE AWAY FOR ETHICAL REASONS.
SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PINPOINT HOW LONG PROLONGED STARVATION TAKES TO KILL.
HOWEVER, BASED ON OBSERVATION, IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE HUMAN BODY CAN ONLY LAST UP TO THREE WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD.
SO WHAT IS THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF STARVATION FOR CHILDREN? INFANTS THAT EXPECT IN MOTHERS, THE YOUNGEST TEND TO BE THE FIRST VICTIMS AS THEIR BODIES BURN BODY FAT AND THEN THEIR ESSENTIAL ORGANS IN ORDER TO STAY ALIVE.
OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE OCCUR AND INFECTIONS ARE WHAT OFTEN CAUSE DEATH.
MEANING THAT EVEN IF AID BEGINS TO COME IN AND AMOUNTS NECESSARY, MANY MORE CHILDREN WILL DIE IN THE COMING MONTHS.
MANY OF THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS FOR THOSE WHO SURVIVE STARVATION ARE IRREVERSIBLE, RESULTING IN POOR, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT.
GIRLS AND BOYS SUFFER FROM STUNTED GROWTH AND THEY FAIL TO DEVELOP FULLY WHEN THEY LACK THE PROPER NUTRIENTS FOR THEIR BRAINS, BODIES AND BONES.
BABIES BORN TO STARVING MOTHERS MAY HAVE SMALLER BRAINS.
THE LONG-TERM PERMANENT IMPLICATIONS INCLUDE LOWER IQS, POOR PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL AND POOR PHYSICAL HEALTH.
AS EACH OF YOU RETURNS TO YOUR SAFE AND COMFORTABLE HOMES THIS EVENING WHERE FOOD IS PLENTIFUL, TRY TO IMAGINE THE HORRORS OF A MILLION WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SLOW STARVATION, NOT KNOWING WHEN OR WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM.
REFUSE TO BE A BYSTANDER AS COMPASSIONATE HUMAN BEINGS DO WHAT YOU MUST KNOW IS MORALLY RIGHT.
CONNECT WITH YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AGREE TO FORMULATE A CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASE FIRING GAZA.
DO THIS FOR THE STARVING CHILDREN, INFANTS AND EXPECTANT MOTHERS IN GAZA.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, DISTRIBUTE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY VENITA GUPTA, WHO IS A, UM, INTENSIVE CARE, UH, SPECIALIST IN NEW YORK CITY WHO RETURNED FROM GAZA.
IT'S, UH, FROM THE JEWISH, UH, PERIODICAL THE FORWARD, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1897, AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWISH PUBLICATIONS.
THE TITLE IS, IF I WERE INJURED THERE, THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO DIE.
[5. NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK AND LIBRARY RECOGNITION]
WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK AND LIBRARY RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.
MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, WE ARE EXCITED TONIGHT TO HAVE, UM, NOT ONLY OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR, JENNY, UH, JENNY DAVIDSON, UM, BUT ALSO, UH, DIANE BASHAW AND KELLY KELLER.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE IN THE LIBRARY AUDIENCE, UH, OR IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE AND YOU'RE FROM THE LIBRARY, RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO WE HAVE A, A BIG, A BIG PART OF OUR TEAM.
THIS IS A, UH, REAL, UM, I THINK A REAL, UM, OPPORTUNE TIME TO HAVE, UH, THE LIBRARY TEAM HERE.
UM, THIS IS, UH, NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, AND UH, SO I WANTED TO JUST ASK JENNY TO COME IN AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO, UM, HAVE JENNY TALK ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE
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AWARD, THAT, THAT THE LIBRARY, UH, JUST RECENTLY WE RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR ASSOCIATION.AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ASK KELLY TO, UH, TALK ABOUT, UH, A UPCOMING PRESENTATION THAT SHE'S GONNA DO, UM, ON ONE OF OUR MOST UNIQUE AND, UH, I THINK, SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS.
SO, UH, THANKS TO THE WHOLE TEAM FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND JENNY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
IT IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, AND WE HAVE ACTIVITIES PLANNED ALL WEEK LONG.
AND THEN, AS MR. MAGNER SAID, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, AN AWARD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN I GET TO THAT SLIDE.
SO, TO START OFF, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL THAT WE FALL UNDER IS TO VALUE, PROTECT AND CREATE A POSITIVE RETURN ON CITY RESIDENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDER INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY.
UM, THE PRESENTATION, AS I ALREADY SAID, WE'LL TALK ABOUT NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, THE T-M-L-D-A AWARD.
AND THEN KELLY WILL GIVE, UM, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HER PRESENTATION ON OUR YOUNG AUTHORS PROGRAM.
SO, READY, SET LIBRARY IS THE THEME THIS YEAR.
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK ALWAYS FALLS IN APRIL, AND THE WEEK KIND OF CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, YEAR TO YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR IT'S THE SEVENTH THROUGH THE 13TH, AND MONDAY TODAY IS THE RIGHT TO READ DAY.
SO WE CELEBRATED THIS BY HAVING DISPLAYS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS, UM, IN THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK.
WE RECEIVE ADVANCED READER COPIES OF BOOKS THAT ARE COMING OUT THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE WRAPPED THEM UP AND PEOPLE CAN COME AND READ THE BLURP AND BLINDLY TAKE ONE HOME, AND MAYBE THEY'LL GET A TREASURE OR MAYBE THEY'LL WANNA RETURN IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE,
AND THEN TUESDAY IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WORKERS DAY.
WE HAVE POSTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURES OF LIBRARY STAFF AND OUR DEPARTMENTS AND EXPLAINING WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT DOES IN THE LIBRARY.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE THE FRONT, UM, THE STORY TIMES AND THE PEOPLE ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES ON IN THE BACKGROUND TOO.
WEDNESDAY IS NATIONAL LIBRARY OUTREACH DAY.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE STAFF MEMBERS HEADING OVER TO THE SENIOR CENTER, AND WE HAVE BAGGIES OF DIFFERENT ITEMS FROM THE LIBRARY TO SHARE WITH THE SENIORS.
AND THEN ALSO WE'LL BE SHARING, UM, LOTS OF PICTURES OF WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR WITH OUTREACH.
AND THEN THURSDAY IS TAKE ACTION FOR LIBRARY DAY.
UM, WE'RE TREATING OUR STAFF AS SUPERHEROES AND ASKING THEM TO SHOW UP.
WE'LL HAVE SCAVENGER HUNTS THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
AND IF YOU COMPLETE THE SCAVENGER HUNT, YOU GET A LIBRARY SUPERHERO BUTTON.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE'LL HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THANKING OUR SUPPORTERS AND THEN ALSO TELLING PEOPLE HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL LIBRARY.
OKAY, SO FOR THE 19TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, WE HAVE WON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES AWARD FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.
WE WERE ONE OF 84 LIBRARIES, UM, THAT RECEIVED IT.
THERE ARE 545 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE STATE.
SO WE'RE IN THE TOP, I THINK IT'S 15%.
UM, THERE ARE 10 CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET TO RECEIVE THE AWARD.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
AND WE DO THIS THROUGH OUTREACH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE UPDATED MARKETING MATERIALS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE RICHARDSON ADULT LITERACY CENTER TO DO LITERACY, UM, PROVIDING LITERACY SUPPORT FOR ALL AGES, UM, DIGITAL INCLUSION WITH, UM, BOTH CLASSES AND OUR COMPUTER RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE BUILDING.
WE SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE CULTURAL TOPICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES.
AND THEN THEY ALSO ASK THAT WE HAVE STAFF TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF, AND WE DO HAVE AN IN-SERVICE DAY EVERY YEAR.
AND SO LASTLY, THERE IS A, THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HAS A CONFERENCE EVERY YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR, KELLY KELLER AND DIANE BASHAW, UM, HAVE SUBMITTED A PROGRAM ON OUR YOUNG AUTHORS PROGRAM THAT WE DO.
AND THEY WERE SELECTED TO PRESENT, I, I THINK THEY'RE PRESENTING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
AND THEY WERE CHOSEN BY THE GROUP AS ONE OF THE HIDDEN GEMS OF TLA.
SO I'M GONNA TURN THE, THE MICROPHONE OVER TO KELLY TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
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SO, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOUNG AUTHORS, IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE DO EVERY SUMMER FOR RICHARDSON RESIDENTS WHO ARE ENTERING GRADES FIVE THROUGH NINE.UM, IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO SEVEN INTENSE WEEKS,
AND I SAY INTENSE BECAUSE THESE KIDS WILL WRITE A PICTURE BOOK FOR, UM, YOUNG CHILDREN, AGES THREE TO SEVEN OR THREE TO SEVEN, UM, FROM START TO FINISH.
THEY WILL WRITE THE BOOK, ILLUSTRATE THE BOOK, AND THEN WE SEND IT OFF TO A BINDERY IN NEBRASKA AND IT COMES BACK AND WE ADD THESE BOOKS TO OUR LIBRARY COLLECTION AND THEY CAN BE CHECKED OUT.
WE'D LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO COME VISIT THEM.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UM, ALMOST 800 BOOKS, UH, FROM OUR YOUNG AUTHORS PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S QUITE A, UM, FEET THIS, THEY RANGE FROM FUNNY TO, UH, SERIOUS.
THERE'S SOME REALLY SERIOUS ONES.
ELABORATE TO SIMPLE, UM, WHICH IS PERFECT FOR KIDS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
WE EVEN HAVE SOME BILINGUAL BOOKS IN OUR COLLECTION, WHICH I THINK IS WONDERFUL.
UM, WE HAVE KIDS THAT COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AND WE'LL ACTUALLY EMBARK UPON WRITING A SERIES OF BOOKS.
I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL
AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SPARK, UM, WRITING INTEREST IN OLDER KIDS.
SO, UM, 2015 MARKED THE FIRST YEAR THAT KIDS WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THEIR, A COPY OF THEIR OWN BOOK.
WE USED TO JUST GET A COPY FOR US.
UM, AND NOW WE DO A SPECIAL, UM, PRESENTATION, UH, LATE FALL.
AND WE ACTUALLY PRESENT THEM EACH WITH A COPY OF THEIR BOOK AS WELL.
SO WE MAKE IT KIND OF SPECIAL AND, UM, THEY ALL GET DRESSED UP AND COME HAVE SOME NICE FOOD IN HERE.
AND WE PRESENT THEM WITH THEIR BOOKS AND GIVE AWARDS FOR BEST OFS AND RUNNER UPS.
UM, WE HAVE THE BEST OF WINNER FROM LAST YEAR IN HERE, AND IT'S A TEAR JERKER.
WE ALSO HAVE A BOOK FROM CLASS OF 1992 YOUNG AUTHORS, AND SHE ACTUALLY WROTE HER FIRST BOOK AS AN ADULT THAT CAME OUT LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR AND SHARE WITH OTHER LIBRARIES HOW WE DO IT AND WHY IT'S BEEN SUCH A, SUCH A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM FOR 31 YEARS.
UM, AND IT'S BECOME A STAPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE IS OUR LIBRARY STAFF FROM OUR LAST IN SERVICE DAY.
SO LIKE, GOODBYE TO THE BUILDING,
ANY COMMENTS BY ANYONE, MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, BEFORE I MAKE A COMMENT, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY, I KNOW YOU, YOU MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS IN LAST SPRING WHEN I JOINED THE COUNCIL, YOU APPOINTED ME TO THE LIBRARY BOARD AS THE LIAISON.
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT.
'CAUSE I'VE TRULY ENJOYED WORKING.
UH, I SAY I SHOULD SAY WORKING, LISTENING TO THEM WORK AND THE AMAZING STORIES THEY SHARE.
'CAUSE I DEFINITELY DON'T DO ANY OF, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SHARE WITH US.
UM, AND YOU CONTINUE TO AMAZE ME, UH, JENNY, AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF, EVERY TIME I COME IN, EVERY TIME I WALK TO THE LIBRARY, EITHER FOR A MEETING OR WITH MY SON, I'M JUST AMAZED AT THE DIVERSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU OFFER AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO 'EM FROM, YOU KNOW, LAP CHILDREN TO SENIORS, TO PROGRAMS IN HERE, TO PROGRAMS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THE FLEXIBILITY IT TAKES AS WE'RE IN THIS TRANSITION PERIOD.
SO THANK YOU, UH, TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF FOR YOUR SERVICE, UM, AND FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE RICHARDSON TRULY HAS PEOPLE LIKE MAYOR WHO'S BEEN HERE HIS WHOLE LIFE.
THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO LITERALLY JUST ARRIVED TO OUR COUNTRY.
AND YOU HAVE PROGRAMS FOR EVERYBODY, AND THAT IS NO EASY TASK.
UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
MS. MS. JUSTICE, THANK YOU MAYOR.
DIANA, JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
JUST TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN BARRIO SAID, UH, YOU ALL ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, JUST EVERY TIME I'M AT AN EVENT OR, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AT A RANDOM PARK THAT I DON'T EVEN THINK ANY OF US WERE THERE.
AND YOU WERE AT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY, AND I, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE NORMALLY WE SEE YOU OUT AT FESTIVALS, NO SORTS OF THINGS.
AND I SAW THE POSTS THAT YOU WERE THERE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE OUT THERE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH AN AMAZING WAY.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT THAT YOU'RE, YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF PUT FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE LIBRARY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THEY HAVE ABOUT 200 PACKETS OF SEEDS LEFT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO START A GARDEN.
SO GO TO THE, GO TO THE GARDEN, UH, THE GARDEN CATALOG AND GET YOU SOME, UH, SOME SEEDS FOR YOUR GARDEN.
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SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INNOVATION AND ALWAYS BEING CREATIVE AND, AND BRINGING NEW PEOPLE INTO THE LIBRARY.WELL, THANK YOU, JENNY, FOR, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING SO FAR AND ALL THESE YEARS.
UH, ONE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU RECENTLY, YOU ALL HAVE MOVED TO NEW LOCATION, AND EVEN AFTER THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED THAT, UH, AWARD.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT TELLS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, EVEN THOUGH WITH ALL THESE DIFFICULTIES, YOU ARE KEEPING UP ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING ALL THESE YEARS.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU LAST, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO MANY EVENTS.
I THINK I'VE SEEN YOU EVERYWHERE,
SO I WAS TRYING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHICH EVENT WAS IT, BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WAS NOT THAT ONE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND THANK YOU.
THE, UH, ALL THE STAFFS AND, UH, AND OF COURSE THE, THE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT, UH, LIAISON THIS TIME.
WE ALWAYS HAD
I, YOU KNOW, I CORRECTED THAT.
NO, I DID NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT.
SO I KNOW I, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, UH, JOE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT HE, HE NOTICED WHAT I WAS TALKING.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE, MR. CORRY.
I REALLY DID LOVE THE, UH, THE TERM I GOT TO SERVE AS THE LIBRARY BOARD LIAISON, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE ENJOYING IT JUST AS MUCH AS I DID.
COUNCILMAN, IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL GROUP.
UM, AND THE LIBRARY, I MEAN, IT REALLY WOULDN'T BE THE PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IT IS IF IT WASN'T FOR THE STAFF AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN MAKING IT RUN, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE ALL THESE GREAT PROGRAMS, BUT IF THEY'RE HORRIBLY EXECUTED, NO ONE WOULD GO SO
SO Y'ALL ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
AND WHETHER, I MEAN, WHETHER IT'S THE CHAOS OF A NEW PROGRAM AND A BUNCH OF KIDS RUNNING AROUND, OR IF IT'S JUST LONG HOURS IN THE QUIET OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT USED TO BE THE BASEMENT OF THE LIBRARY, UM, THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE IS JUST SO CRITICAL.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL DELIBERATE EXCELLENT EVERY SINGLE TIME ALL THE TIME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
THANK YOU, JOE, MR. HUD RIDER.
SO THIS IS MY FIFTH TIME TO HEAR A BRIEFING.
AND EVERY TIME I THINK TO MYSELF, THERE'S NOT ONE MORE THING THAT YOU CAN TELL ME THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
AND THEN WE HEAR ANOTHER PROGRAM, I'M LIKE, WHERE DO Y'ALL FIND THE TIME? IT'S AMAZING.
SO HUGE, HUGE KUDOS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT'S OVER HERE, TO JENNY, TO YOU, TO ALL THE, ALL THE ENTIRE GROUP.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND, UM, Y'ALL ARE COMING FORTH WITH ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT I, THAT I THOUGHT WE PROBABLY HAD HEARD ALL OF 'EM.
AND DOGGONE IT, YOU SURPRISE US AGAIN.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, HAPPY WEEK.
UM, AND HUGE KUDOS FOR, FOR THE, UM, THE RECOGNITION THAT Y'ALL GOT AT THE, AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I THINK THAT'S JUST HUGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND DON'T FORGET, I MEAN, THIS WASN'T A, YOU WEREN'T LEAVING IT, YOU WERE JUST LIKE, KIND OF JUST STAYING AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE WHILE WE DO A LITTLE CONSTRUCTION.
IT, IT, WE PROMISE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA KEEP HUMAN RESOURCES OR HUMAN RESOURCES OUTTA THERE SO IT DOESN'T BURN.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, BUT NO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UM, TO, TO SEE Y'ALL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND MOVE BACK IN WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE COMPLETE, UH, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, HAPPY WEEK, AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.
I WOULD ADD ONE THING THAT, HEY, EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID, Y'ALL ARE AMAZING.
BUT NUMBER TWO, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CITIZENS REALIZE Y'ALL ARE THE MOST USED FACILITY WE HAVE IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND THAT'S YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
AND FOR Y'ALL TO OPEN YOUR DOORS, YOU HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE, AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR EVERYBODY THAT WALKS THROUGH.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RICHARDSON WAY.
UH, IF THE LIBRARY TEAM WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE COUNCIL AT THE FRONT HERE, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.
WHERE'S GREG? I WAS GONNA SAY, WHERE'S GREG?
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ALRIGHT, READY? 1, 2, 1, 2, 3.[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE STRATEGIC DIRECTION]
REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 2020, EXCUSE ME, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UPDATE STRATEGIC DIRECTION.UM, OUR, UH, CONSULTANT, MARK BOWERS, UH, IS, UH, JOINED, UH, TONIGHT BY, UH, MONICA HYDE OF A FAMILIAR FACE TO THE CITY.
UM, AND, UH, SO HAPPY SHE'S, UH, JOINED MARK ON THIS TEAM.
ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE SAM, KEITH AMBER, AND, UM, UM, ON FROM OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM AS WELL.
UH, THIS, THIS, UH, FULL TEAM HERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF FAMILIAR TO YOU.
NOW AS WE'VE, UH, NAVIGATED, UH, THE FIRST, UH, UH, PORTION HERE OF, UH, THE COMP PLAN UPDATE, I DO WANNA JUST TAKE A SECOND.
AND, UH, I DO WANNA THANK MS. THOMPSON FOR HER COMMENTS.
UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, INPUT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY THE PURPOSE OF, OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UM, WE ALSO AGREE VERY MUCH THAT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, UH, THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE INPUT PORTION OF, UH, THE ENVISION, UH, RICHARDSON UPDATE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND, UM, AND SO I WANNA LET, UH, UH, MS. THOMPSON, THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THE COUNCIL, UH, BE REASSURED THAT, UM, THAT ITEMS THAT YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN STRATEGICALLY AND PURPOSEFULLY, UH, ENTITLED PRELIMINARY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE A FULL VETTING BY THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IT'S PART OF SUMMIT THREE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE OPEN HOUSES.
AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SURVEY, AGAIN, OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT IS, UM, REALLY PART, PART TWO OF THE FEBRUARY 5TH BRIEFING, IF YOU RECALL, UH, WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH IN, IN ONE NIGHT.
AND SO THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THAT BRIEFING IN WHICH, UM, UH, MARK AND HIS TEAM, UM, ARE DOING A, I THINK A VERY GOOD JOB OF, OF, UM, COMPILING THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED IN, UH, THE FIRST TWO SUMMITS, ADDING THEIR, UH, VALUE FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR EXPERTISE.
AND, UH, REALLY, UH, PRESENTING THAT IN, AGAIN, A VERY PRELIMINARY WAY TONIGHT THAT'LL HAVE A FULL PUBLIC VETTING.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE, UH, FULLY AGREE, UM, THAT THEIR, UM, THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PROCESS IS, IS CRITICAL.
AND, UH, WE'LL ALL BENEFIT FROM THAT IN THE END.
AND SO, MARK, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE TIME AND ATTENTION YOU AND MONICA HAVE, HAVE, UH, PUT TO GETTING US READY FOR TONIGHT.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR WHAT I KNOW WILL BE A, A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS MARK BOWERS.
UH, I AM A PLANNER, UH, URBAN DESIGNER WITH THE FIRM KIMLEY HORN AND THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND AS DON SAID, UH, SHARE THE SECOND PART OF WHAT WE, UH, TALKED TO YOU ABOUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION BACK IN FEBRUARY.
UH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW KEY THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DRILL DOWN INTO AND PROVIDE MORE BACKGROUND FOR YOU TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT LAST FALL.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PLACE TYPES.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD A, A PRETTY CLEAR DIRECTION ON PR, UH, PRIMARY USES, UH, WITHIN THOSE PLACE TYPES.
BUT WE, UH, GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SECONDARY USES, UH, THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED, UH, A PART OF EACH OF THOSE PLACE TYPES.
WE WANT TO DRILL DOWN INTO SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD RELATED TO MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, AND AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY THE APPROPRIATENESS WHERE THE COMMUNITY STARTED TO WEIGH IN AND SAY THEY THOUGHT DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, COMMUNITY OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING MADE SENSE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE FEEDBACK WE GOT RELATED TO THE VISION FOR EACH OF THE FIVE REINVESTMENT AREAS.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WITH THIS INFORMATION.
UH, SO THE PURPOSE TONIGHT IS REALLY TO, TO DO TWO THINGS.
WE WANT TO SHARE, UH, THE, THE RAW FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE, THE, THE SUMMARIZED, UH, INFORMATION RELATED TO, UH, THE PLACE TYPES MISSING
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MIDDLE HOUSING, AND THE PREFERRED VISION FOR THOSE REINVESTMENT AREAS.UH, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU, UH, REGARDING SOME PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE SAY, WHEN WE SAY PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAVE TAKEN THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT IN QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL AND STARTED TO, UH, UTILIZE OUR PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT.
IN SOME CASES, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE, UH, GOING TO ELIMINATE ANY OF THE INFORMATION FROM COMMUNITY VIEW GOING FORWARD.
UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING BACK TO DO IS SAY, HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS ON A DIRECTION YOU MAY GO, AND SOME REASONS BEHIND THAT.
IF THE COMMUNITY COMES BACK AND SAYS, NO, THERE WERE SOME THINGS YOU MISSED, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THIS GOING FORWARD.
SO THIS IS REALLY TONIGHT MORE TO SAY, UH, THIS IS, UH, PRELIM PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
UH, WE WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SEE IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND IF YOU THINK WE'RE NOT ON THE RIGHT TRACK, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO HEAR THAT TONIGHT.
SO, UH, BASED UPON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, UM, WE ARE NOW, UH, STARTING THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT PLANNED DRAFTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE NOW IN MAY OF, OR, OR I'M SORRY, MAY, APRIL OF 2024.
AND WE'VE JUST GOT, UH, ABOUT SIX MONTHS LEFT IN THIS PROCESS BEFORE WE'LL BE BRINGING SOME FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD TO YOU, UH, FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION.
UH, SO WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT THOSE PLANNED DRAFTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO MAKE NOTE ON THE SIDE MARGINS OF SOME, UH, IMPLEMENTATION ITEMS THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO START TO PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY, ON THE BRANDING AND, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE DO HAVE THAT THIRD COMMUNITY SUMMIT COMING UP IN THE JUNE AND JULY TIMEFRAME, UH, WHERE WE WILL BE GETTING QUITE A BIT MORE FEEDBACK ON WHETHER WE'VE HEARD THE COMMUNITY CORRECTLY AND WHETHER WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO THE FIRST OF THOSE THREE BUCKETS WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS PLACE TYPES.
I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY TIRED OF SEEING THIS SLIDE, UH, BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS IN THE, IN, UH, THE COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT A PLACE TYPE IS, AGAIN, WE WANTED TO SHARE THIS.
SO, AGAIN, IT, IT REPRESENTS THAT PALLET OF DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT, UH, THAT ARE USED TO, UH, ILLUSTRATE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
IN THE PAST, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WOULD JUST DEVELOP A LAND USE PLAN THAT WAS A SINGLE USE FOR EACH OF THOSE LAND USES.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY COMMUNITIES HAVE, UH, WITH A, A LOT OF RICHNESS HAVE GROWN, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE OTHER SUPPORTING USES THAT ARE, UH, INCLUDED WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THOSE AREAS.
SO IT MAY BE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT IT MAY HAVE A CORNER STORE, UH, THAT'S REALLY SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERY WELL.
AND SO, UH, WHAT WE STARTED TO DO THROUGH THE YEARS IS DEVELOP THIS CONCEPT OF PLACE TYPES TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, IT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE A SINGLE USE, THERE'S A PREDOMINANT USE, BUT THERE'S ALSO SECONDARY USES.
UH, SO THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WERE COVERED ON THE SLIDE.
SO JUST A REMINDER, UH, THE WAY THE PLACE TYPES ARE ALLOCATED, THIS WAS THAT PREFERRED SCENARIO, UH, THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU AS A PART OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION THAT WE WILL BE TAKING BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN, UH, THE JUNE JULY TIMEFRAME FOR THEM TO START TO WEIGH IN ON, OR WE SHOWING APPROPRIATE PLACE TYPES IN THE RIGHT AREAS.
AND IF THERE ARE SOME NUANCES WITHIN THOSE PLACE TYPES WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL.
SO TONIGHT WE WANTED TO FOCUS A BIT MORE ON SECONDARY LAND USES.
SO THINK ABOUT THOSE AS THOSE THINGS THAT I DESCRIBED A FEW MINUTES AGO, LIKE THE CORNER STORE.
THEY, THEY PROVIDE ANCILLARY SUPPORT TO CREATE THAT RICHNESS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND CREATE, UH, THAT THOSE, THOSE PLACES THAT, THAT REALLY BUILD UPON THEMSELVES, THAT CREATE THOSE DIVERSE ACTIVITIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND IS, IS AS YOU DEVELOP THIS PLACE TYPE APPROACH, YOU DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT SOME DESIGN CONTROLS GOING FORWARD.
UH, REMINDER THIS, THIS PLAN IS SETTING, UH, POLICY DIRECTION FOR LAND USE.
BUT AS YOU THINK ABOUT ZONING AND LATER STEPS, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT START TO THINK ABOUT IS HOW DO THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, SECONDARY USES RELATE TO THE PRIMARY USES TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO INCOMPATIBILITIES CREATED.
AGAIN, SOME OF THE EXAMPLES ARE NOT JUST CORNER STORES, BUT SCHOOLS AND PARKS AS SOME OF THOSE ANCILLARY THINGS THAT YOU START TO SEE.
SO AS WE START TO DRILL INTO EACH OF THESE THREE BUCKETS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH A SLIDE OR A SERIES OF SLIDES THAT SHARE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO IN THIS CASE, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS RELATED TO EACH OF THE LAND USES.
SO THE LAND USES ARE, UH, LISTED ON THAT LEFT HAND SIDE AND THEN ARE INCLUDED IN THE ROWS, UH, UH, GOING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, FROM SINGLE FAMILY DETACH, SINGLE
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FAMILY ATTACHED, ET CETERA.AND THEN THE PLACE ARE ACROSS THE TOP.
THEY'RE COLOR CODED BASED ON THE COLORS YOU WERE SHOWING ON THAT, UH,
COULD YOU SEE IF MAYBE YOU ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE MIC? THERE YOU GO.
SO, UH, AS, AS WE GO ACROSS THE, SO AS YOU LOOK AT THOSE BOLD PATTERNS, WE DIDN'T JUST TAKE, UH, THE TOP FIVE AND SAY, THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
NOW WE WILL BE SHARING THAT BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD.
UH, BUT WE'VE ALSO, UH, GIVEN SOME THOUGHT TO IT, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT, UH, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE IN SOME OF THESE.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, I THINK ON IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WERE THAT SOME OF THOSE USES, UH, THAT SHOWED UP AS SOME OF THE TOP FIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
FOR INSTANCE, MIXED USE BUILDINGS DIDN'T NECESSARILY SHOW UP.
YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE ON SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO ASK THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND SAY, DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT? BUT WE WANNA SHARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK.
IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, THE, THE, UH, COMPATIBILITY WITHIN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
KEEP IN MIND ALSO THAT WITHIN EACH OF THESE AREAS, THE THING THAT IS NOT SHOWING UP YET IN SOME OF THESE SECONDARY PLACE TYPES IS THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
THAT'S BEEN ON A SEPARATE PATH FOR DISCUSSION.
SO AS WE DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM THAT, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT INTO THESE PLACE TYPES AS WELL.
UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS ON THE COMPACT RESIDENTIAL, ONE OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS WITH 132 WITH SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.
WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THE RECOMMENDATION, SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY USES THAT'S ALLOWED WITHIN THAT PLACE TYPE.
SO IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO INCLUDE IT IN THAT CASE.
AND THEN THIS IS GETTING INTO WHERE WE'VE STARTED TO LOOK AT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
AND IN MOST CASES, WE FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR, OR THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
FOR INSTANCE, UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE PLACE TYPE DESCRIPTION, THE PRIMARY USE, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, AND THEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE SECONDARY OR ANCILLARY USES THAT WE BELIEVE COULD REALLY SUPPORT THAT.
UH, SEVERAL OF THOSE, THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED THE RETAIL RESTAURANT, UH, WERE INCLUDED IN THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU WILL SEE THAT ON EVERY ONE OF THESE, UH, PLACE TYPES, WE HAVE INCLUDED PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES AND OPEN SPACE, BECAUSE THOSE WE BELIEVE ARE APPROPRIATE WITHIN EVERY PLACE TYPE THAT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A GIVEN ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THEN IN THIS CASE, WE DIDN'T HEAR A LOT OF STRONG, UH, FEEDBACK RELATED TO OFFICE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
BUT AGAIN, AS WE'VE OBSERVED IN COMMUNITIES, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE THE SUPPORTING RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS, OFTENTIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE A SUPPORTING DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR A DENTIST OFFICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, WE WANTED TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT INCLUDING THIS ONE AS WELL WITHIN THAT PLACE TYPE? SO ACROSS THE BOARD, COMPACT, RESIDENTIAL, UH, YOU SEE A LOT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE FEEDBACK WE GOT WITH MIXED USE BUILDINGS, UH, ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATION, UH, UH, OFFICE, UH, AS WE GET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MIXED USE.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE IDENTIFIED, AGAIN, WERE THE ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATION OFFICE AND OPEN SPACE THAT WERE CRITICAL COMPONENTS TO THAT.
UM, CONTINUING ON WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT MIXED USE BUILDINGS, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, UH, AS BEING, SUPPORTING THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WITHIN SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE OR COMMERCIAL AREAS, UH, IN A LIMITED FORM TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, UH, UH, THE ACTIVITIES IN THOSE AREAS AS WE GOT INTO THE MORE INTENSE COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL YOU SEE, ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATION, MIXED USE BUILDINGS, UH, UH, BEING INCLUDED IN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THERE.
AGAIN, BUILDING UPON THAT INPUT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT WERE, UH, THE RETAIL, UH, RESTAURANT, WHICH AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE INNOVATION DISTRICT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED COMING OUTTA THE INNOVATION DISTRICT, AS WELL AS GETTING SOME MIXED USE
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BUILDINGS AND, AND OTHER TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL IN SOME KEY AREAS WITHIN THE INNOVATION DISTRICT WHEN WE DID THE REZONING FOR THAT AREA.AND THEN FINALLY, UH, OR, UH, WITHIN THIS LIST ON THE EMPLOYMENT PLACE TYPES, THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED WERE HOTEL MIXED USE BUILDINGS, MULTI-FAMILY BECOMING MORE APPROPRIATE WITHIN THOSE AREAS.
AS WE GO TO THE TRANSIT VILLAGE, UH, SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THERE THAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT WERE THE ENTERTAINMENT, RECREATION, THINKING ABOUT CREATING DESTINATIONS IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE THE ACCESS TO TRANSIT, UH, AS WELL AS THE HOTEL AND OPEN SPACE, UH, INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS.
UH, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR MULTIFAMILY.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE JUST FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN COMMUNITIES WHERE IF YOU HAVE ONE INSTITUTION THAT MIGHT BE A COLLEGE CAMPUS, AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT THERE.
BUT ALSO THE OTHER PRIMARY USE THAT WE SEE WITHIN YOUR INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS IS, UH, THE HOSPITALS.
AND SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE HOSPITAL, OFTENTIMES THERE ARE WORKERS THERE THAT IF YOU COULD HAVE THE RIGHT HOUSING WITHIN PROXIMITY TO THE, TO THE HOSPITAL, UH, THEN YOU COULD CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE EMPLOYEES COULD BE WALKING TO WORK INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GET IN A CAR AND DRIVE ACROSS TOWN OR ACROSS THE REGION.
AND THEN FINALLY, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THERE WERE PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES.
AND THEN ACROSS THE BOARD IN A LOT OF THESE, UH, UTILITIES, IF YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, UH, SOME OF THE, THE TYPES OF, UH, UTILITY PROVIDERS, SOMETIMES THEY WILL HAVE, UH, FACILITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE SOMEWHERE AND OR FOR INSTANCE, A WATER TOWER SOMETIMES THAT MAY BE OCCURRING WITHIN SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
SO THAT IS THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HEARD RELATED TO THE PLACE TYPES, AND THEN PRELIMINARILY, UH, WHERE WE STARTED TO PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO THOSE.
UM, AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AGAIN, IS REITERATE THAT WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO IS GO BACK IN JUNE AND JULY WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT TEE UP SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS HEADING THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR IF THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO BE MAKING TO IT GOING FORWARD.
SO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY FEEDBACK FROM YOU SO THAT AS WE DEVELOP THOSE MATERIALS, WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT OR ANY CHANGES TO THIS, UH, BEFORE THE BRIEFING THAT WE GIVE YOU IN JUNE.
I THINK WHAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS IT ALMOST WITH THE SECONDARY PLACE TYPES, IT'S ALMOST INSTEAD OF SAYING, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WANT, IN A WAY BY EXCLUDING JUST A FEW THINGS, WE'RE REALLY SAYING, THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE DON'T WANT IN THIS PART OF TOWN, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
I THINK I JUST HAD A COUPLE, JUST A COUPLE VERY, LIKE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK JUST ONE SLIDE FOR ME? UM, OR FORWARD ONE SLIDE NOW.
SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IN RICHARDSON THAT I WAS, I, I'VE OFTEN WONDERED WHERE IT WOULD FIT IN ARE THINGS LIKE HIGH RISE APARTMENTS, MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS, I DON'T SEE, AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVER A SECONDARY USE THAT WAS ON HERE.
AND SO IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE TO ASK THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE IN THE PLAN HERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD, IF WE ADOPT THIS EXACTLY, LIKE HOW IF SOMEONE WANTED TO COME WITH A HIGHRISE APARTMENT, I MEAN, HOW WOULD WE HANDLE THAT AS PART OF OUR PLAN? HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH.
I'M SORRY IF I INTERRUPT, INTERRUPTED YOU.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THAT, WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IN SOME CASES THAT A HIGH-RISE APARTMENT MIGHT BE A PART OF A MIXED JUICE BUILDING.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE MIXED USE, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SETTING A CERTAIN DENSITY, WHICH WOULD BE SET, SET BY ZONING AT A LATER DATE.
AND THERE'D BE A WHOLE OTHER PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH TO SAY, OKAY, UH, WHAT'S THE DENSITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW ON THESE PARTICULAR SITES? MM-HMM.
UM, SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, IT WOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN EITHER THE MIXED USE OR THE MULTIFAMILY MM-HMM.
UM, AND THEN CERTAINLY AS YOU START TO THINK ABOUT LOCATIONAL CRITERIA, UM, CERTAINLY OFTENTIMES YOU WANT THAT INCREASED DENSITY, UH, NEAR YOUR TRANSIT STATIONS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, OFTENTIMES YOU MAY WANT, UH, SOME OF THOSE ALONG SOME OF YOUR REGIONAL THOROUGHFARES.
UH, SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WAY.
BUT AGAIN, AS YOU START TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFICS OF THAT AND THAT DENSITY, THEN MM-HMM.
UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S THOUGHTS THERE.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THE PLACE TYPE DESCRIPTIONS,
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I SEE A LOT OF VERY SPECIFICALLY SAYING, LOW-RISE RESIDENTIAL.AND SO LIKE, IF WE'RE GOING TO THE TRANSIT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE TRANSIT VILLAGE DESCRIPTION, UM, OH, WELL, IT DOES SAY DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY RANGES FROM MEDIUM TO HIGH.
I THINK THAT THAT COVERS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU JUST ZIPPING AROUND FOR ME THERE.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE REALLY IS, I KNOW THAT, UH, WITH THINGS LIKE WITH INDUSTRY SPECIFICALLY AS A SECONDARY TYPE, THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE ON HERE RIGHT? THAT INDUSTRY IS REALLY ENVISIONED, AND THAT'S THIS INNOVATION INDUSTRY, UH, PLACE TYPE.
AND SO I THINK MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT, IS THAT TOO LIMITING FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT FOR US? RIGHT.
AND MAYBE IF YOU COULD JUST LIKE GO BACK TO THE MAP REAL QUICK FOR ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, I GUESS THERE'S, THAT'S REALLY MORE OF A QUESTION I THINK FOR CITIES, FOR MY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THE CURRENT LIKE SQUARE FOOTAGE? I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE WHERE INDUSTRY COULD BE BASED ON THIS, BUT IS IT TOO LIMITING IN Y'ALL'S MIND TO HAVE IT AS ONE IN ONE PLACE TYPE AS OPPOSED TO OFFERING AS MAYBE A SECONDARY USE FOR SAY, LIKE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT OR SOMETHING? AND I'M THINKING ESPECIALLY FOR LIKE LIGHT INDUSTRY TYPE USES.
THAT MAY NOT FALL INTO LIKE, VERY HEAVY MANUFACTURING.
MAYBE MARK, WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IS IF YOU COULD SHARE YOUR DEFINITION OF INDUSTRY AS IT'S BEING READ, UH, WITH BEHIND THE INNOVATION THERE, BUT JUST, JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL, UH, COUNCILMAN, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND ACRES THERE IN THE IQ MM-HMM.
UH, LIKEWISE, UH, UP IN THE, IN THE PANHANDLE AREA THERE, UM, AROUND SHILOH WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, THE FUJITSU CAMPUSES AND, AND OR CAMPUS AND OTHER CAMPUSES OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT AROUND UT DALLAS WHERE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE SOME R AND D OR SOME BIOMEDICAL MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, MARK, I THINK IF YOU, MAYBE IF YOU COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON, ON INDUSTRY AND, AND KIND OF WHAT THAT'S REFERRING TO.
YEAH, IT REALLY, UH, AS WE LOOKED AT RICHARDSON MM-HMM.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY TRANSITIONED THROUGH THE YEARS FROM THOSE BUILDINGS IN THE INNOVATION DISTRICT, WHICH WAS YOUR REALLY PART OF YOUR INDUSTRIAL CORE.
UH, WHERE ESSENTIALLY, WELL, I, I WANNA BE MORE DELICATE, BUT MANY OF THE FLOOR PLATES FOR INDUS, TODAY'S INDUSTRY BECAME OBSOLETE.
AND SO THE IDEA BEHIND THE INNOVATION DISTRICT IS THAT HOW DO WE REINVENT THOSE AREAS AND REPURPOSE THEM TO BE, BECOME MORE CREATIVE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OTHER MARKETS BEYOND WHAT THEIR IN INITIAL TIP WAS.
BUT THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS YOU ALSO HAVE THE VERY LARGE, UH, THE FLOOR PLATE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE PANHANDLE MM-HMM.
UH, THAT'S PROVIDING THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM.
AND SO, UM, UNLESS YOU WERE TO COME IN AND TOTALLY REDEVELOP SOME AREAS FOR THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE LIMITED IN THE FUTURE.
UH, HOWEVER, IF YOU WERE GOING TO REDEVELOP SOME AREAS FOR THAT, YOU WOULD PROBABLY CARVE INTO SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT HAVE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT, UH, MAYBE, UH, YOU HAVE AN OVERPOPULATION OF TO, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
NO, I THINK, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I MEAN, KIND OF PUT, PUT MORE BLUNTLY THE WAY THAT THE INDUSTRY AND THE WAY, SORRY, THE WAY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ARE RIGHT NOW, REGIONALLY, REALLY THAT PLACE IN THE PANHANDLE IS THE ONLY PLACE WE'RE GONNA HAVE REALLY HEAVY INDUSTRY MOST LIKELY.
AND THE IQ, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NOWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY THAT IS SUITED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ACROSS? YEAH.
SO PART, PART OF THE, IN GENERAL PART OF THE SITUATION IS JUST THE COST OF REDEVELOPMENT.
SO TYPICALLY THOSE BUILDINGS ARE LOOKING FOR A MORE GREENFIELD SITE.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE GREENFIELD SITES AVAILABLE.
UH, THERE, THERE ARE A FEW COMP PLANS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAD REALLY A, A BOOM IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND IT WAS HAPPENING ON THE GREENFIELD SITES.
AND AS MUCH AS WE TRIED TO POSITION SOME OTHER SITES THAT HAD OLDER MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS THAT WERE MORE OBSOLETE, UH, IT'S BEEN THO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE LAST, THE LAST PROPERTIES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
'CAUSE NATURALLY THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, WHICH IS THE CHEAPEST LAND.
THANK YOU FOR GOING AND HUMORING ME AND GOING INTO DEPTH ON THAT
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A LITTLE BIT MORE.SO THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT AREAS, UM, AS WE, AS WE LOOK TO KIND OF REINVENT OUR OFFICE, UM, THE, THE MOST, THE MOST, UH, SUCCESSFUL BUILDINGS MOVING FORWARD WILL BE THE, THE, UH, CLASS A OR HIGH CLASS B BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN GREAT LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN AMENITIZE AND BRING UP TO COMPETE WITH OTHER CLASS A BUILDINGS LIKE YOU SEE IN OTHER AREAS.
TO DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CREATE A MIXED ENVIRONMENT AROUND THOSE BUILDINGS.
'CAUSE WHAT WHAT TENANTS ARE LOOKING FOR NOW IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A TOTAL, TOTAL EXPERIENCE.
THEY WANT WALKABILITY, THEY WANT RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS.
UH, EVEN IF WE TAKE SOME OF THE OFFICE INVENTORY WE HAVE NOW AND ADAPT ADAPTIVELY USE IT OR JUST TAKE IT, TAKE IT DOWN AND, AND REPLACE IT WITH OTHER USES, WE WANT TO CREATE THOSE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE REMAINING OFFICE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND THRIVE.
AND SO INDUSTRIAL'S NOT GONNA REALLY WORK WELL IN THOSE AREAS.
IT'S GONNA NEED TO BE, UM, PLACEMAKING KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, TO, TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES TO OCCUPY THOSE REMAINING BUILDINGS.
AND SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I I GUESS PROBABLY TOO, MARK, I MEAN THE UTD PROPERTY UP UP NORTH, UH, WOULD BE ANOTHER AREA WHERE YOU MAY SEE, UH, WITH UT DALLAS NOWADAYS, I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, A BATTERY, UH, R AND D LAB, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD BE INDUSTRIAL.
YOU KNOW, AND SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, UM, UNIVERSITY LAND OR THE, THE INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS LAND THERE IN BLUE WOULD, ALONG GEORGE BUSH, COULD ALSO LEND ITSELF TO MORE INDUSTRIAL TYPE BUILDINGS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF UNIQUE IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL OVER RIGHT.
BUT WELL, THE, I MEAN, AND THE REASON I'M, I'M JUST, THE REASON I ASKED WAS JUST TRYING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE LIMITING OURSELVES AND IN A WAY KIND OF SEGREGATING THESE TWO GROUPS OUT AND WHY.
AND YOU GUYS ANSWERED THAT VERY WELL FOR ME AND FOR THE PUBLIC.
SO I REALLY, AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU JUST GOING INTO DEPTH ON THAT MORE.
UM, I WOULD JUST, UH, HAVE, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE I WANTED TO, UH, ELABORATE MORE ON, UM, COUNCILMAN COCHRAN'S, UH, COMMENT ABOUT HIGH RISE IS I NOTICED THAT THAT'S NOT ON HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, FIRST I'M, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF CREATING AREAS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN A CERTAIN, UM, AREA OF WORK FROM WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND, UH, TRANSPORTATION.
I, I REALLY LIKE THAT, AND I DEFINITELY SEE THAT AS PART OF THE DIRECTION FOR RICHARDSON AS WE CREATE POCKETS, UM, OR CLUSTERS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, IS, IS IT THOUGHT, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT AT ALL IN AN AREA WHERE WE MIGHT TRY TO START INTEGRATING SOME MID TO HIGHER HIGH, YOU KNOW, HIGH, UM, PROFILE BUILDING SUCH AS A HIGH, HIGH-RISE THAT COULD PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A CLASS A IN THE FUTURE AND CREATE A CLUSTER AROUND THAT? I MEAN, IS THAT, IS THERE ANY SUGGESTED AREAS THAT, THAT YOU THOUGHT OF? SO JUST, JUST LOOKING IN GENERAL AT THE PLACE TYPES AND WHERE THEY STAND TODAY, WE, WE TALK ABOUT THAT INTENSITY BEING HIGHER IN SOME OF THESE TRANSIT VILLAGE AREAS.
SO THINK OF, THINK ABOUT THE AREAS AROUND THE DARK STATIONS AS HAVING THE POTENTIAL FOR, FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
BUT THE OTHER THING I WOULD SUGGEST, WELL, I WENT THE WRONG WAY, SORRY, IS WITHIN SOME OF THESE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT AREAS WHERE YOU, WE, WE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO GET SOME MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE BUILDINGS INTEGRATED INTO SOME OF THESE OFFICE, THESE, THESE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT DISTRICTS.
AND CERTAINLY BASED UPON THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ALREADY HAVE, UH, BUILDINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 16, 18 STORIES TALL, UH, CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITHIN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
UH, BASED ON, I KNOW WE'RE ADDING RESTAURANTS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF RETAILERS, IS THERE A CONSIDERATION TO HAVE A LIMIT OR A PLAN OF ACTION OF WHAT TYPES AND HOW MANY OF A TYPE OF BUSINESSES SUCH IN, IN THE, IN THE RETAIL, UH, ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS RESTAURANTS OR, UH, WELL, ANY TYPE OF RETAILER WE'LL CALL IT.
IS THERE, UH, ANYTHING IN HERE THAT MIGHT SUGGEST THAT WE SORT OF CREATE A DESIGN FOR THAT OR ARE, UH, BE RESPECTFUL OF HOW MANY OF THOSE TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENTS ARE CREATED IN THESE CLUSTERS WITHIN THE SAME POCKET? YEAH.
IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME WHEN WE GET TO THE, UH, TO THE VISION FOR THE REINVESTMENT AREAS, I THINK THAT RATHER THAN SAY, BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IF I, I THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR
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CITIES TO BE ABLE TO REGULATE AND SAY, WE CAN ONLY HAVE THIS MANY, THIS, THIS MANY LA UH, UH, LAUNDRY FACILITIES OR WAS WHATEVER THAT IS, UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU DO IS YOU SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN AN AREA AND WITH THE ZONING.UH, BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T COME IN AND SAY, WITHIN THIS SHOPPING CENTER, WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE OF THIS.
SO, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IS START TO CREATE A VISION FOR, UH, FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS AND SAY, BASED UPON THAT VISION, UH, IT MAKES SENSE.
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE WERE WORKING, UH, ON THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL AREA, WE LOOKED AT THE DFW CHINATOWN AREA AND WE SAID, WELL, WHAT IF RICHARDSON HAD A BRAND FOR THIS AREA OF TOWN AS JUST CHINATOWN AND MEMORIALIZED IT IN THIS PLAN TO WHERE THAT VISION IS SUPPORTING WHAT'S THERE, BUT ALSO ALLOWING OTHER TYPES OF THINGS TO HAPPEN WITH THAT, WITH RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER, OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF USES TO OCCUR WITHIN THAT.
SO WE BELIEVE BY PAINTING THE PICTURE OF THESE VISIONS THAT ARE BUILT UPON WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT, UH, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF POWER IN THE COMMUNITY SAYING, WE WANT TO SEE THIS OCCUR.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN BEING ABLE TO ATTRACT THE TYPES OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS TO THOSE AREAS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN EFFICIENT BY THE COMMUNITY.
I, I APPRECIATE THAT MARK AND I LOVE, AND I LOVE THAT WE HAVE THAT AS WELL.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S REMARKABLE.
AND I, I, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THOSE POCKETS OF, OF, UH, CREATIVITY.
UM, I, I GUESS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T DICTATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMES IN AND HOW MANY, BUT I JUST WANNA HAVE A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A VISION IN THIS CASE, OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN IN POCKETS OR CLUSTERS OR, OR DISTRICTS.
UM, THE OTHER THING, UM, ON TRANSPORTATION, HAS IT, HAS ANYTHING BEEN DISCUSSED ON HAVING ANY SECOND, THIRD DAIRY IN THIS CASE? PROBABLY A THIRD DAIRY TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION, LIKE ANY TROLLEY SYSTEM OR, YOU KNOW, AS YOU DEVELOP THESE CLUSTERS OR DISTRICTS OR, OR WHATEVER, PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO TRAVEL AROUND A LITTLE MORE OVER, OVER AND ABOVE BIKE BIKING AND, UH, CYCLING AND, UM, THE DART RAIL AND SO FORTH.
THERE'S JUST THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD CONNECT THOSE, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN YEAH, SO THE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND IN FACT, WE HAD PRELIMINARILY THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT START TO BRIEF YOU ON SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS TONIGHT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT, YEAH.
UH, WE SET THAT ASIDE FOR PROBABLY THE NEXT BRIEFING.
UH, BUT YEAH, THERE'LL BE FURTHER INFORMATION THERE, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND LAST QUESTION IS, UM, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN HERE THAT ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND VENTURING FORWARD ON A MORE ECONOMIC OR ECO-FRIENDLY STYLE? UM, YEAH.
AS WE WERE SCOPING THE PROJECT, WE WERE INTERESTED IN WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE A STANDALONE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT TO THE PLAN.
AND REALLY THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN, AND WE THINK IT'S, IT'S A VERY, UH, A VERY SMART WAY TO GO ABOUT IT IS SUSTAINABILITY SHOULDN'T BE A COMPONENT THAT IS IN A SILO SEPARATE FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.
SUSTAINABILITY NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO ALL THE PLAN COMPONENTS.
SO THAT'S THE APPROACH WE'RE TAKING.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOME FOCUS OF HAVING SOME STAPLES IN HOW THAT NEW DESIGN IS, UH, DIRECTED, ARE ENCOURAGED, SO, OKAY.
UM, MARK, I LOVE THAT WE'VE INCLUDED SECONDARY USES.
I MEAN, I THINK, UM, SOMETHING MUCH NEEDED WILL ALLOW FLEXIBILITY AND HOPEFULLY CREATE SOME EXCITEMENT, UM, IN AREAS.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING DEFINITIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, ON SLIDE NINE, WHEN YOU WERE DISCUSSING THE DATA AND YOU WERE ADDRESSING HOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED TOP FIVE, YOU MENTIONED OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT JUST TAKING THE TOP FIVE AND APPLYING IT AND, YOU KNOW YEAH.
WE'RE, WE'RE ADDING SOME INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
WE'RE ADDING SOME, YOU KNOW, UH, CITY CULTURE AND SOME, UH, YOUR EXPERTISE, RIGHT.
AS A CONSULTING FIRM, WHAT, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT COMPATIBILITY.
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SO WHEN APPLYING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, LIKE WHAT KIND OF, I GUESS, FACTORS GO INTO CONSIDERING IF SOMETHING'S COMPATIBLE, LIKE, CAN YOU HELP ME KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE MEASURING AGAINST OR WHAT? SO REALLY THE ONE THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST, UH, THE, THE ONE THAT WE LOOK AT THE MOST, UH, CLOSELY IS MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF, UH, SOME OF YOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND INTRODUCING, UH, CERTAINLY WE'VE HEARD VERY CLEARLY THAT THERE'S A DESIRE TO INTRODUCE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING INTO SOME OF THOSE AREAS.UM, AND SO AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT, SOME OF THE KEY THING, AGAIN, THE PRIMARY USE IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.
UH, BUT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED WERE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WAS THE HIGHEST RATED OF WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE AS A SECONDARY USE IN THERE.
AS WE GOT INTO MULTIFAMILY AND SOME OF THE, UH, MIXED USE BUILDINGS, UH, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT FROM THE INTENSITY STANDPOINT, THE DENSITY STANDPOINT, WHILE THEY MAY BE APPROPRIATE, IT MIGHT BE MORE ON THE EDGES OF SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
SO THEN IT, IT BECOMES MORE OF A LOCATIONAL CRITERIA OR THERE MAY BE POCKETS, UH, RATHER THAN WIDESPREAD INCLUSION THROUGHOUT THE AREAS.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A JUDGMENT CALL, UH, AT THIS POINT BASED ON PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE WORKING IN RICHARDSON.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONFIRM WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WE GO FORWARD.
UH, TO GET ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THAT, WAS THERE SOMETHING IN THE DATA THAT, UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS THERE AND LOOKING AT IT, I'M JUST TRYING TO PROCESS WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT.
WAS THERE SOMETHING IN THE DATA THAT WE'D, LOOKING AT IT WITH YOUR EXPERTISE SAYING, WELL, THIS DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE, PARTICULARLY WITH WHAT, WHERE WE'RE AT AS A CITY, WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM WORKING WITH STAFF AND COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT MADE ZERO SENSE FROM WHAT THE DATA SAID? SO, OR LESS SENSE? I SHOULDN'T SAY ZERO SENSE.
SOME OF, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME, WELL, I, I GAVE THE EXAMPLE OF OFFICE, YOU, YOU SEE OFFICE UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO BASED ON IT NOT BEING IN THE TOP FIVE, IT ONLY HAD 30 PEOPLE THAT SAID THEY THOUGHT OFFICE MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE USE.
MY GUT SAYS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AND THINKING OF A MID-RISE OFFICE BUILDING AND NOT NECESSARILY A USE THAT IS AN OFFICE USE, LIKE A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR DENTIST OFFICE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY COMPATIBLE WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEE RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE SAID, LET'S GO ON AND THROW OFFICE IN THERE, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SEE IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT KIND OF ANSWERS MY NEXT QUESTION.
I WAS GONNA ASK YOU KIND OF THE OP SIMILAR QUESTION, BUT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, UM, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT YOU FELT, HEY, THE DATA DOESN'T SHOW THIS, BUT I, WE STRONGLY FEEL THIS SHOULD BE ADDED TO.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? SO AS WE, AS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE THINGS, WE LOOKED AT THE REALITIES OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S GREAT TO SAY WE ASPIRE TO HAVE MIXED USE BUILDINGS IN OUR EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE LARGER FLOOR PLATE MIXED USE BUILDINGS THAT ARE PREVALENT, UH, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FROM THE STANDPOINT.
NOT ONLY IS THERE THE COMPATIBILITY ISSUE RELATED TO, UH, HOW DO YOU BRING THAT IN TO A NEIGHBORHOOD IN A WAY THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T CREATE A SERIES OF PROBLEMS, WHETHER IT BE TRAFFIC CONGESTION OR WHATEVER THOSE THINGS ARE PARKING.
UH, BUT THEN IT ALSO BECOMES AN ISSUE, UH, WITH THE REALITY OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE MULTIPLE PARCELS AND BE ABLE TO GO INTO A REDEVELOPMENT TYPE OF SITUATION.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE OVER SLIDE 10.
I WAS, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND COMPACT RESIDENTIAL, AND I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, UM, ADUS AND KIND OF WHERE IT FITS IN AND THINKING MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND PLACE THREE AND, YOU KNOW, THE AREA AROUND MY HOUSE AND WHERE, WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE WHEN I LOOK AT A LOT OF THE YARDS, MY HOUSE, MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES MM-HMM.
I MEAN, MY, MY BACKYARD IS MAYBE HALF OF THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE.
UM, I'M A, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU DEFINE THE DIFFERENT, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AND COMPACT RESIDENTIAL? AND I'M TRYING TO THINK IN MY BRAIN, I'M TRYING TO PICTURE, OKAY, WHERE DO
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ADUS FALL INTO THAT? BECAUSE IF I THINK THAT SMALL YARDS SOUTH OF BELTLINE, AND EVEN SOME OF THOSE FIRST FEW BLOCKS JUST NORTH OF BELTLINE ON THE WEST SIDE, WE HAVE SOME PRETTY SMALL BACKYARDS.AND ALTHOUGH WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, WALL TO WALL, THIS, WE'RE KIND OF CLOSER AND MORE COMPACT.
BUT YET, BECAUSE WE'RE MORE COMPACT, THERE'S LESS ROOM IN OUR BACKYARDS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE A DU, BUT YET THINGS NORTH WHERE THERE'S MORE SPACE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ADUS MAY MAKE MORE SENSE.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION THERE AND HOW THAT, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT ISSUE IN THE NEXT SEGMENT.
BUT THE HINT THAT I'LL GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW IS THAT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SOME OF YOUR LARGER SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UH, LARGER LOTS AND SO LESS, LESS DENSITY WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS VERSUS THE COMPACT RESIDENTIAL, WHERE THE COTTAGE HOMES ARE DEFINITELY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, BUT THEY'RE ON VERY SMALL LOTS.
TO THE EXTENT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT NEXT SEGMENT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADU ON THIS, ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE THINK IT MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE IN THE COMPACT RESIDENTIAL, DEPENDING ON THE LOT SIZE.
AND CERTAINLY WHEN YOU GET INTO A TOWN HOME SITUATION OR A, UH, YOU KNOW, LOW RISE APARTMENTS, YOU WOULDN'T TYPICALLY SEE ADUS ON THOSE TYPES WITHIN THOSE TYPES OF SITES.
YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT LATER.
UH, BUT IS THERE A STANDARD AS FAR AS A LOT SIZE SAYING, OKAY, IF YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF SQUARE FEET, IS THERE INDUSTRY STANDARDS THAT REALLY VARY FROM CITY TO CITY? HOW WE DEFINE THE TWO BETWEEN WHAT A COMPACT LOT IS VERSUS A NON-COMP, OR IT TENDS TO, UH, BE DIFFERENT FROM CITY TO CITY.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO DEFINE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UH, IN, IN THE PARAMETERS THAT WE SET FOR THESE, IS WE LOOK AT THE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA FOR THOSE AS WE GO FORWARD.
SO, UH, IT'S, UH, IT, THERE'S A WIDE RANGE THERE.
THERE ARE AMAZING THINGS THAT SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE IN A VERY SMALL, OR SOMETIMES THAT A DU IS, UH, IN THE ATTIC OR IN THE BASEMENT.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT'S STANDING APART.
IT'S JUST A SEPARATE UNIT WITHIN THE MAIN HOUSE.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO EXPLORE FURTHER TO SEE HOW YOU CAN REALLY, AND, AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU, MARK FOR COMING AGAIN.
PRESENTING THIS, UH, IMPORTANT TOPICS.
UH, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO A SPECIFIC SLIDE, BUT, UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH CLEARLY DEFINED WHAT ARE THE DEFINITION OF THOSE AND THOSE, NOW MY QUESTION IS THAT WE HAVE ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TODAY AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE IF WE DON'T ADDRESS IT TODAY.
UH, WE HAVE SEEN SCHOOL CLOSURE AND, AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
SOME HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THAT, SOME DID NOT SEEN THAT COMING.
UH, I WISH WE HAVE SEEN THAT BEFORE.
UH, AND IT'S NOT JUST TIED WITH JUST ONE THINGS, IT'S, IT'S COMBINATION OF LOTS OF THINGS.
IT COULD HAVE IMPACT TO OUR FUNDING, LIKE BUDGET, UH, BECAUSE IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT FOR OTHER THINGS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE BUSINESSES COULD BE IMPACTED BECAUSE OF ONE THING, OTHER THINGS.
I MEAN, GETTING THAT IQ THAT WE HAVE IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE, ON THE PLAN THAT NEED TO BE, THAT NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL VERY MUCH BECAUSE THAT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR CITIES.
SO NOW SAME TIME, WE HAVE WISH WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SEE CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN.
WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENING.
UH, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DICTATE SOMETIMES THE BUSINESS THAT WE WANT THIS THING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S NOT PRACTICAL FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE BUSINESS COMES, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOWS WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO, UH, BRING THE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THEY HAVE TO MAKE PROFIT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS A, YOU KNOW, IF I'M NOT THE BUSINESS OWNER, I'M NOT GONNA KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO RUN THAT BUSINESS.
SO WE CAN WISH CERTAIN THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THOSE MIGHT NOT BE PRACTICAL FOR US.
UH, BECAUSE AS A PLANNER, YOU'RE SEEING THIS THING AS A WHOLE, LIKE WHOLE THING TOGETHER.
UH, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M LOOKING AT CERTAIN THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF ME, AND THIS DOES NOT GIVE US THAT PICTURE.
SO THE REASON I'M SAYING ALL THIS THING IS BECAUSE THAT, ARE YOU GOING TO PUT SOMETHING RECOMMENDATION BASED ON, UH, WHAT'S PRACTICAL, WHAT'S NOT
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PRACTICAL FOR US? UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE, LIKE GROWTH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, REVENUE FROM NEW SOURCES, UH, TO GET OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FIXED.BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SOURCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE ALL THE TIME, WE NEED FUNDING, BUT IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT REVENUE SOURCE COMING UP REALLY STRONG IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEM WITH THIS.
UH, SO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION, YOU HAVE DEFINITION FOR THIS.
SO, UH, ARE YOU GOING TO LIKE, DEFINE SOMETHING THAT THE DENSITY, WHAT MIGHT WE CAN HANDLE AS A CITY? UH, AND, UH, UH, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE BEST FOR WHICH AREA? I'M NOT, I, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MORE SLIDES COMING UP AND I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATION YOU ARE ALREADY, UH, HAVE THERE, UH, BUT ARE YOU GONNA BE MORE LIKE A STRICT THAT THESE ARE THE THING WE SHOULD LOOK MORE? AND, UH, ONE OF THE THING I LIKE THAT YOU ALREADY DEFINE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, UH, THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT THING? THE A OH MY GOSH.
SO YOU ALREADY, YOUR DEFINITION IS ALREADY WIDE OPEN.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST FIXED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURE ADJUST TO THE EXISTING BUILDING.
IT COULD BE WITH THE, WITHIN THE BUILDING.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SOME BOLD RECOMMENDATION, UH, MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR SOME, BUT MIGHT BE SOMETHING PRACTICAL FOR AS A WHOLE CITY? SO, SO I THINK I, I THINK, UH, LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, AND I HOPE THIS IS ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
SO WE, NUMBER ONE, WE TRY NOT TO BE A WET BLANKET.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T WANT TO COME IN AND THE COMMUNITY SAYS, WE WANNA SEE THIS, OR WE WANNA SEE THAT.
WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO DREAM ABOUT WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE, AND THEN WE LIKE TO TRY TO PUT A PROCESS AND A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION.
THAT SAID, WE TRY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY ALONG THE WAY.
SO IN A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, UH, THERE WAS AN AREA THAT WAS A REDEVELOPMENT SITE.
AND THE EXAMPLE I'LL SHARE IS THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS COMING BACK AND IT, IT WAS A HIGH, HIGH DOLLAR LAND.
IT WAS A REDEVELOPMENT SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE TEARING DOWN BUILDINGS WITH A LOT OF DENSITY.
AND THE COMMUNITY CAME BACK AND SAID, WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ON THIS SITE.
AND SO INSTEAD OF SAYING, NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES, WE NEEDED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE MARKET REALITIES.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A PROFORMA ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND BUY THE LAND, AND THEN AT A FAIRLY DENSE LEVEL, BUILD THESE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND WHAT THE PRICE OF EACH HOME WOULD BE.
AND BY SHARING THAT INFORMATION, PEOPLE STARTED SAYING, WELL, THERE'S NO WAY THEY'LL GET THAT, THAT PRICE FOR THAT HOME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY IS NOT TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT, BUT BRING INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHY IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST IDEA.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY MAY COME UP WITH, AND WE'RE LOOKING AND SAYING, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN REALLY HAPPEN, BUT IF IT DID, IT COULD BE AN AMAZING INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY IF THEY COULD ATTRACT THIS.
SO WE TRY TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER AND SAY, LET'S, IF YOU WANT TO GO FOR IT, LET'S GO FOR IT AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK IN A FEW YEARS IF IT'S NOT WORKING, AND EITHER TWEAK THE PLAN OR GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
DOES THAT START TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UH, YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY, I THINK, UH, YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING, DON? WELL, I, I WOULD JUST SAY NO, MARK.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S RIGHT ON.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO BE ASPIRATIONAL AND CREATE A VISION.
AND, UH, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, IF SUCCESS IS DEFINED BY ASPIRATION ONLY, UH, THAT CAN BE REALLY, THAT CAN BE REALLY DANGEROUS.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO THROUGH, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF, UH, LIKE, UH, MARKET REALITY IS THE, THE PERFECT TERM.
UM, BECAUSE IF, IF THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING ASPIRATIONAL, BUT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE BEING ASPIRATIONAL, AND THAT THAT CAN TAKE SOME TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET THERE.
AND OFTEN ASPIRATIONAL PROJECTS OR ASPIRATIONAL VISIONS REQUIRE A LOT OF CITY PARTICIPATION, UM, TO GET THERE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT BASED IN MARKET REALITY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, BOTH, UM, BOTH THE PRIMARY AND THE SECONDARY USES, UM, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE, WHICH, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE MARK'S EXAMPLE IS PERFECT.
I MEAN, IF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HIGH RISES.
WELL, THE REALITY IS, UM, PROBABLY A MID-RISE IS PROBABLY MORE LIKELY IN RICHESON, TEXAS BEFORE A HIGH-RISE.
AND THAT'S BASED IN MARKET REALITY.
THERE'S NO REASON WE SHOULDN'T INCLUDE A HIGH RISE EXACTLY.
AND, AND, AND ASPIRE TO, TO WORK TOWARDS WHERE ONE DAY MARKET, THE MARKET WILL
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BEAR THE KIND OF RENTS THAT'S NEEDED TO CON BECAUSE OF, TO, TO, TO, UH, CONSTRUCT A BUILDING CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A BUILDING LIKE THAT.BUT, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE WITH THE SECONDARY, AND THIS IS, UH, UH, UH, DAN, I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOW OR, OR ACKNOWLEDGING THE SECONDARY USES PROVIDE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY SO THAT, THAT THE PRIMARY USES, WHICH MAY BE THE MORE ASPIRATIONAL VISION, CAN REALLY BE TWEAKED AS WE GO ALONG.
YOU KNOW, IN A 20 YEAR VISION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT KIND OF ECONOMIC CYCLES.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT KIND OF REAL ESTATE CYCLES, UM, WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING TODAY WITH INTEREST RATES AND WITH THE LACK OF CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD, THAT COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW COULD BE EVEN WORSE.
I MEAN, THANK YOU, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION AND ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT SECONDARY USAGE LAND USE, THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GREAT THINGS.
AND ALSO, IF WE, IF WE DON'T MAKE THE DECISION, YOU KNOW, ON TIME, UH, THINGS NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.
UH, IT WAS, I THINK TO ME, IT WAS LITTLE LATE DECISION CAME AND NOW THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE MARKET CONDITION HAS CHANGED.
RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE, YOU KNOW, NEXT, NEXT TIME WHEN THE MARKET CONDITION COME BACK, UH, THOSE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY FORCE THE DEVELOPER TO DO SOMETHING IF IT IS NOT PRACTICAL, PRACTICAL FOR THEM TO DO.
UH, HAVING THE HIGHRISE BUILDING EVENT, YOU KNOW, IF IT GOES OVER SIX STORY, UH, THE DESIGN IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THE COST IS MUCH MORE DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN SIX, UH, SIX STORY BUILDING.
UH, BECAUSE DIFFERENT ELEMENT COMES, DIFFERENT FORCE COMES INTO THAT.
SO THOSE COST IS PROBABLY NOT PRACTICAL, UH, RIGHT NOW, BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE IT'LL BE PRACTICAL.
BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT, I MEAN, UH, UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS, THEY'RE VERY SMART.
I MEAN, IF YOU GIVE THEM INFORMATION, THEY'LL UNDERSTAND MM-HMM.
WE CAN MAKE REALLY, YOU KNOW, DECISION BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE GO WITH THE WISH THAT TIME.
SO, UH, HAVING INFORM, YOU KNOW, DECISION BASED ON THE DATA AND WISHFUL THINKING, THAT HELPS A LOT.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, IF WE, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME INFORMATION, THE, UH, REPORTED RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD HELP THIS COUNCIL AND ALSO ALSO THE FUTURE COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISION AND ALSO THE DEVELOPER TO COME AND MAKE DECISION WHAT, WHAT THEY CAN DO BEFORE EVEN THEY COME TO THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHMAN, WRITER.
BUT I'VE GOT SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OVERALL MAP THAT YOU HAD UP A MINUTE AGO? OKAY, PERFECT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON IT, BUT, UM, I HAVE THE CONCERN, WHEN YOU LOOK OUT TO OUR EAST UP IN OUR PANHANDLE, YOU'VE GOT THE, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS THAT LIGHT PURPLE? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT COLOR IS THAT YOU HAVE OVER THERE.
THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE, UM, IT'S, IT'S THE INNOVATION INNOVATION INDUSTRY.
SO IF I START FROM THE SOUTHERN PART, THE FIRST TWO POP BOXES MAKE SENSE TO ME.
THE THIRD BOX DOES NOT, BECAUSE IN THAT THIRD BOX THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S ACTUALLY NORTH OF RENNER ROAD AND EAST OF SHILOH, THAT'S NOT AN AREA THAT CURRENTLY HAS INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY IN IT.
IT ACTUALLY HAS A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IN IT.
IT HAS WHAT I CALL SECONDARY, UM, MEDICAL SPACES IN THERE AND SUCH AS THAT.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT THAT BOX THAT I THINK THAT BOX SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE REDEFINED AS MOST LIKELY INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS.
SO COULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A MISNOMER OF THAT SPECIFIC BOX.
THE ONE THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S CAT CORNER, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE RED DOT, WHICH IS THE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS THE CURRENT BLUE.
I THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE EXTENDED OUT, AND THAT OUGHT TO BE BLUE THERE.
AND I, I KNOW THAT'S GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE WHERE YOU WOULD WANT INNOVATION GIVEN WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.
AND WE'D END UP WITH A LOT OF NON, NON, WHAT IS IT CALLED AGAIN? NON ALLOWABLE, UM, OR I FORGET HOW I FORGET THAT TERMINOLOGY THAT WE USE.
I'M SORRY, SAY AGAIN? IT'S NONCONFORMING.
THAT'S THE WORDS I'M LOOKING FOR.
SO I THINK THAT BOX NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
SO THAT'D BE QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
QUESTION NUMBER TWO THAT I HAVE IS ON THE INNOVATION INDUSTRY, SHOULD WE PUT IN MY MIND THE WORD INDUSTRY BRINGS A LOT OF, A LOT TO BEAR, AND IN WHAT IS NOW THE, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE DEFINED IN THAT? UH, IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE THIRD BOX, IN THAT SAME KIND OF THREE BOX AREA.
I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD ACTUALLY, INSTEAD OF SAYING INNOVATION INDUSTRY, IF IT SHOULD BE INNOVATION LIGHT INDUSTRY, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT KNOWN FOR HEAVY
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INDUSTRY.AND I DON'T THINK AS A PART OF THIS, WE'D WANT TO INTRODUCE HEAVY INDUSTRY.
SO MY QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE SAY LIGHT INDUSTRY? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT RICHARDSON HAS ALWAYS HAD.
WE HAVEN'T HAD BIG HEAVY INDUSTRY.
AND WHEN WE WENT IN AND, AND APPROVED THE AMAZON SPACE, IT WAS A LOT OF CONSTERNATION FROM, I WILL SAY THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN ABOUT THAT SPACE.
NOW, IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE VERY, WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER, IF YOU WILL, LIGHT INDUSTRY.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF I DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, WHAT IS FOOD JITSU IN THAT AREA THAT'S VERY LIGHT INDUSTRY.
I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THE IDEA OF, OF THE FULL USE OF THE WORD INDUSTRY.
DOES THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, DAWN WHAT I'M SAYING? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, WE LET, LET US, LET US KIND OF RETHINK THAT MARK.
I THINK WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT OTHER, OTHER WAYS TO CHARACTERIZE THAT, UM, TO YOUR, I I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR, UH, HEAVY MANUFACTURING.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING, IT'S MORE R AND D LIGHT MANUFACTURING.
HUNDRED PERCENT ADDED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, SO, SO I'M JUST THINKING THAT, THAT THE WAY WE TRIED TO DO THAT WAS THROUGH THE DEFINITION RATHER THAN IN THE NAME.
IT, IT'S JUST THE WORD MANUFACTURING.
WHEN I, WHEN I READ THAT DEFINITION, MANUFACTURING CAN BE A WHOLE LOT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I JUST FELT LIKE IF WE SAID LIGHT INDUSTRY, THAT'S WHAT RICHARDSON'S ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE WANTING TO INTRODUCE HEAVY INDUSTRY INTO THIS, INTO THIS CITY UNLESS SOMEBODY CORRECT ME.
UNLESS SOMEBODY'S REALLY THINKING THAT.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE LAST, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE COMPONENT.
I MEAN, THAT TO ME, IN MY MIND, IT OUGHT TO, IT OUGHT TO SAY, EXCUSE ME, INNOVATION SLASH LIGHT INDUSTRY.
SO I, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN THIS.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, DON, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A QUESTION FOR YOU AND CITY STAFF, AND IT'S NOT AN ANSWER YOU HAVE TO GIVE TODAY, BUT WE, WE THROW AROUND A LOT THE IDEA OF HIGH RISE, THIS AND HIGH RISE THAT DO WE, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, CURRENTLY TODAY, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVE, THAT THE MARKET EXISTS, THE MARKET IS, IS IN A, IS IN AN EXISTENCE RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD OCCUR.
BUT DO WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT WE NEED THAT IF SOMEONE CAME IN AND WANTED TO BUILD A SIGNIFICANT HIGH RISE, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX? AND, AND WHAT I'M SPECIFICALLY THINKING OF IS, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT THE EXPERT, BUT I, I DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET INTO, INTO HIGH RISE BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT PUTS CERTAIN DEMANDS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I JUST, I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T HAVE IT.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT WE NEED TO BE AS A CITY COUNCIL IF WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES NOW, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.
I JUST WANNA PLAN AHEAD FOR IT.
IF THERE IS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING OF, OR DO WE NEED TO GIVE THE, THE GUIDANCE, IF YOU WILL, TO OUR FIRE CHIEF AND OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OTHER CITY SERVICES THAT I MAY NOT EVEN BE THINKING OF RIGHT NOW, THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO, TO GET MORE INTO 'CAUSE, INTO MORE OF HIGHRISE, BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE HIGHRISE WITH, WITH OFFICES.
BUT HIGHRISE RESIDENTIAL TAKES ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT BEARING.
AND I, I JUST DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
SO I'M, IT'S MORE OF A, OF A QUESTION.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M, EVERYTHING IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS FINE, MARK, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK, DO WE NEED TO, TO GEAR UP AND HAVE A DIFFERENT MINDSET IN SOME OF OUR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE AND OTHER CITY SERVICES? NO, IT'S, IT'S, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
HIGH RISE, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPLETELY.
OUR OFFICE ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
UM, WE ARE, UM, STUDYING THAT RIGHT NOW AS PART OF OUR FIRE MASTER PLAN.
UH, WE, UH, WERE VERY STRATEGIC WHEN WE LAUNCHED WITH THE FIRE MASTER PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD GOTTEN DOWN THE ROAD ENOUGH IN THIS EXERCISE SO THAT WE COULD BE ARTICULATE WITH CHIEF VY AND SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE THINKING OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE HIGH-RISE OR MID-RISE.
AND SO, UM, THIS EXERCISE ISN'T SPEAKING TO YOUR, THE QUESTION YOU JUST ASKED, BUT THE FIRE SERVICES PLAN, UM, IS BECAUSE MORE, MORE THAN MORE THAN PD, UH, FIRE WILL NEED DIFFERENT APPARATUS, DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT.
UM, THEN, UH, NOW IT DOES HAVE, IT DOES STILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON PD BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO A, AN INCIDENT ON THE 20TH STORY OF A HIGH RISE BUILDING, IT'S GONNA TAKE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME THAN WHEN YOU'RE WALKING UP TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, AND, AND TRYING TO HANDLE THAT SAME SITUATION.
SO, UM, BUT ABSOLUTELY, UH, COUNCILMAN, WE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND STUDYING THAT AS PART OF THE, THE FIRE MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT'LL BE KIND OF AS WE CONCLUDE THAT IN, IN THIS EXERCISE ALL ABOUT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL BE PREPARED TO SHARE SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS, UH, WATER WASTEWATERS AND OTHER, UH, REALM ERIC HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I'M WORKING ON OUR WATER MASTER PLAN AT THIS TIME.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, FACTORS, UM, THAT SOME OF THIS, UH, NEW, NEW TYPE OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT COULD, COULD, UM, CAUSE US TO HAVE TO RETHINK.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET, SO I DON'T WANNA SAY FORWARD FAITH THINKING 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY, BUT WE'RE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING AN
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EXPECTATION OUT THERE, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE AS A CITY ARE NOT, THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME QUICK RAMP UP, IF YOU WILL, THAT WOULD CAUSE STRESS, IF YOU WILL, ON THE OVERALL SYSTEM.JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE METHODICALLY THINKING THROUGH THAT.
COUNCILMAN HUT, HUTCH, ANDRE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, I THINK WITH THE LAST MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? LIKE, WE NEED TO BE THINKING EVERY TIME WE GET ONE OF THESE, SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UM, I THINK BY RIGHT.
WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR PDS NOW THAT ALLOW FOR HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS.
SO, SO TO YOUR POINT, IT COULD BE HERE TOMORROW.
WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COULD SHOW UP AT SAM'S DOOR AND, AND HAVE, UH, A DEVELOPMENT FOR A HIGHRISE NOW AT CITYLINE OR, OR ELSEWHERE.
I THINK EVERY TIME WE ARE NOW GETTING ANY SORT OF MULTI-FAMILY OR, OR DENSITY BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AS WE, WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, MR. MAGNER, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT IN THE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON, ON SLIDE NINE, UM, FOR THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE JUST REALLY INSIGNIFICANT NUMBERS COMPARED TO THE OTHER CATEGORIES? IS IT THAT WE DID AN, AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE PLAN AND SO WE DIDN'T FOCUS ON GETTING FEEDBACK ON THAT AREA, OR PEOPLE HAD A CHOICE AS TO WHETHER THEY WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON EACH OF THEM OR NOT.
AND SO MY GUT IS BASED UPON THE LIGHT NUMBERS, PEOPLE LOOKED AND SAID, I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED OR RESIDENTIAL WITHIN OUR PARKS.
OR THEY, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING, I GUESS IN OUR PARKS IS WHY THEY WERE SO LOW.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, DID THEY, YEAH.
DID THEY NOT ADVERTISE THAT SECTION FOR FOLKS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON? EXACTLY.
OR THEY JUST REALLY TRULY SAID, LEAVE OUR PARKS ALONE.
I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO COME BACK.
I, I REMEMBER SOME, UM, SOME THINGS I'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE, AND MAYBE, MAYBE HOPEFULLY IT'S A PART OF THIS, IF NOT, MAYBE IT'S, UH, DIRECTED TO THE CITY.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, LIKE ON THE HIGHER DENSITY, UM, AREAS THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, JUSTICE WAS JUST MENTIONING AS FAR AS INTEGRATING THE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THESE FUTURE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, UM, IS SOME OF THE D UH, WELL, AND I DON'T WANNA DIVE INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS, BUT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF INTEGRATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW IT'S FLEXIBLE AND INTEGRATES INTO SOME OF THESE NEW ENVIRONMENTS.
YOU KNOW, UPTOWN LIVING ALL THOSE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD, ALL THOSE OLDER HOMES HAVE BEEN RESTORED, MOST OF 'EM BEEN RESTORED, UM, HOW THEY FLOW AND ARE INTEGRATED INTO A WALKABLE INTEGRATED SYSTEM MM-HMM.
ALSO THE GALLERIA IN HOUSTON NEXT TO TANGLEWOOD AND ALL THOSE AREAS THERE, THOSE ARE ALL WALK OUT, WALK YOUR DOG, GET OUT, AND THERE IT'S AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT WITH BUILDINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AND RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH.
JUST TRYING TO GET A VISION OF IF THAT'S PART OF THIS PROCESS OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE, UM, SO CERTAINLY AS, AS WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF TIMES THE MAJOR SERVICES AND THE ENTERTAINMENT AND DESTINATIONS THAT PEOPLE IN THESE, UH, PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, UH, ARE ATTRACTED TO.
YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF CONNECTIVITY.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THOSE COMPONENTS, THEN YES, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT WITHIN THE, THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SECTION AND WANTING TO MAKE THAT TYPE OF CONNECTIVITY YEAH.
UH, TO THESE DESTINATIONS AROUND THE CITY.
WELL, AND I CERTAINLY LIKE THE WAY BOTH THOSE EXAMPLES I GAVE YOU, LIKE, LIKE I SAID, A, A GALLERIA IN HOUSTON, A PRIME EXAMPLE, THERE WERE ALREADY NEIGHBORHOODS THERE AND THE GALLERIA.
AND AS TIME, UH, WENT ON, THEY FORMULATED ALL THIS WALKABLE INTEGRATED NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU DON'T THINK OF IT AS A, JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD OR JUST ANOTHER DOWNTOWN PORTION OF HOUSTON, OR, AND THE SAME THING WITH UPTOWN AGAIN, IT JUST ALL STARTED OFF AS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOW YOU HAVE ALL THESE THINGS AROUND IT, WHICH THEY DID A GOOD JOB ON IN INTEGRATING IT AND MAKING IT JUST A PART OF IT.
SO IT'S NO LONGER MAYBE SUBDIVISION ORIENTED, BUT IT'S JUST INTEGRATED.
UM, THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, ARE A LOT OF, A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OLDER.
UM, THE ONE, THE HOMES THAT ARE BUILT, UH, LET'S JUST SAY IN THE FIFTIES AND SOME IN THE SIXTIES, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SPENT MANY, MANY YEARS MAINTAINING THEM, KEEPING UP THE HOMES, RENOVATING THEM.
SOME OF THEM HAVE LARGER LOTS AND SOME DO NOT.
BUT, UM, IT'S ALSO BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT, UH, SOME OF THESE MORE BOUTIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE NOT YET, UM, BEEN EXPOSED TO TRANSITION, IN OTHER WORDS, HOMES BEING TORN DOWN AND LARGER, UH, MONSTROSITIES BUILT IN THEIR PLACE.
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UM, IS THERE, AND I GR I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR EVOLUTION IS IN EVERY CITY, AND A LOT OF THE OLDER HOMES ARE VERY NICE, AND SOME OF THEM DO NEED TO BE, OR CAN BE RENOVATED, ARE RENOVATED, OR ARE, OR SHOULD BE.UM, IS THERE SOME WAY OF LOOKING AT HOW SOME OF THAT MIGHT INTEGRATE INTO SOME KIND OF, UH, PRESERVE, UH, UH, SOME, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE PRESERVED? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, AGAIN, THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING CITY RELATED, BUT, UM, SOME RULES AND REGULATIONS OF HOW THAT WOULD LOOK OR, I MEAN, WHAT TYPE OF VISION IS SET FORTH THERE? YEAH.
SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOME OF THE CLUSTERS IN RICHARDSON ARE GETTING TORN DOWN AND, AND LARGER HOMES ARE BEING BUILT AND THEY'RE STILL INTEGRATED WITH SMALLER HOMES.
THEY'RE ARE NOT QUITE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, SOME OF THEM NEED TO GO.
BUT THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE, UH, AND SHOULD REMAIN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE BOUTIQUE ENVIRONMENT.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT YOUR THOUGHT IS.
WHAT I'LL SHARE THERE IS, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HEAR THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS WHAT IS THE FUTURE WITH INTEGRITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS? WHERE DO YOU WANNA SET THE BAR FOR RICHARDSON? WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU? UM, AT THE SAME TIME, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS CREATING VISION AND THERE WILL BE SOME IMPLEMENTATION ITEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED, BUT ANYTHING RELATED TO NEW ORDINANCES, THINGS LIKE THAT TO BE EXPLORED IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN, THOSE ORDINANCES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD COME AS A FOLLOW ON OF THE PLAN, AS PART OF A RECOMMENDATION IN INVESTIGATE THESE TYPES OF ORDINANCES.
BUT AT THAT, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TRYING TO SET THE BAR ON WHERE DOES RICHARDSON WANT TO BE.
AND I KNOW THAT WAS DIVING INTO THE WES, BUT I JUST WANNA PUT IT OUT THERE.
SO, UH, IT'S A THOUGHT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD INTEGRATE.
SO, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY NEW VISIONS, I MEAN, THE VISIONS WE HAVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS NOW, WE HAVE A TOOL CALLED THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY.
AND SO A NEIGHBORHOOD CAN COME TOGETHER AND IF THEY WISH TO HAVE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, UM, CITYWIDE, UH, THEY CAN KIND OF COALESCE.
THEY CAN ORGANIZE AND, AND THEY CAN, UH, PETITION THE CITY, UH, TO DO A, AN OVERLAY OVER THE BASE ZONING SO THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS TOWARDS PRESERVATION, FOR INSTANCE, CAN, CAN BE PUT IN PLACE.
THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL TOOLS, BUT THAT, THAT TOOL, AGAIN, AS, AS REGARDLESS OF HOW THE VISIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE, THAT'S GONNA BE PRIMARILY THE TOOL.
UNLESS THIS COUNCIL, UNLIKE PAST COUNCILS, DECIDE THAT YOU WOULD MANDATE THAT AND NOT LEAVE THAT UP TO INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO KIND OF DECIDE THAT, UH, FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT THAT'S GONNA BE HOW WE'LL ACHIEVE THAT.
IT'LL, IT'LL, IT WON'T BE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, THIS WILL BE A MORE HIGH, HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT WHERE WE WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO, TO, TO GO OR BE IN THE FUTURE.
THE TOOL WILL HAVE TO STILL BE THE OVERLAY AGAIN, UNLESS YOU DECIDE AS A COUNCIL THAT YOU WOULD WANNA MANDATE THINGS THAT OTHER, PREVIOUSLY WE, WE DIDN'T.
I WANTED TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL PART OF WHAT COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER HAD MENTIONED.
I MEAN, JUST SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW, LIKE WHAT IS SOMETHING LIKE TI CONSIDERED, I MEAN, IS THAT REALLY CONSIDERED ON THE HEAVIER SIDE OF INDUSTRY OR LIGHT INDUSTRY? I'M JUST TRYING TO, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS JUST THROUGH THIS PLAN.
I MEAN, I THINK COUNCIL HU HAS A GOOD POINT.
WE NEED TO REALLY DEFINE WHERE WE WANT, WHAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY WE WANT IN OUR CITY IN THESE PLACES OVER THE NEXT 20 OR SO YEARS.
AND, AND SIGNAL THAT THROUGH THE PLAN.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, MARK CAN BUILD ON THIS POINT THAT THAT SPECIFICITY WILL REALLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE ZONING.
WHERE WE CALL OUT HEAVY MANUFACTURING, LIGHT MANUFACTURING, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THIS IS MORE AT, UH, THIS IS AGAIN, MORE TAKING A, A HIGHER LEVEL LOOK, I THINK COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER'S, UH, POINT IS STILL VERY VALID AND WE, WE WILL EXPLORE THAT.
BUT IN, IN, UM, INDUSTRY OR UM, LIGHT INDUSTRY, HOWEVER WE WANT TO KIND OF CHARACTERIZE THIS, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE KIND OF MORE OF A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY WHERE THE ZONING WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD GET TO SAYING, FOR INSTANCE, UM, A IN THE ONE 90 CORRIDOR, YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING LIKE YOU SEE AT TI, WHICH IS GONNA BE, IT'S NOT LIKE MANUFACTURING OBVIOUSLY.
AND, UH, VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE YOU HAVE IN IQ RIGHT NOW WITH 3D ADAPTIVE WHERE THEY'RE DOING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH 3D PRINTERS, THAT TOTALLY DIFFERENT OPERATIONS.
UH, IT'LL BE IN ANY ZONING UPDATES THAT WE DO AS A RESULT OF THIS COMP PLAN THAT THAT WOULD BE ARTICULATED.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO HEAR IS THAT THIS COMP PLAN ISN'T REALLY, THE INTENTION ISN'T REALLY TO HELP US MAKE THAT SORT OF DETERMINATION FOR HOW WE WANT THOSE TYPES OF FUTURE BUSINESSES TO BE IN THE CITY.
THAT'S MORE OF LIKE A CASE BY CASE OR A SPECIFIC BASIS.
THIS IS JUST SAYING IN GENERAL, IN GENERAL, THIS IS THE VISION WE HAVE FOR THESE AREAS.
SO WE, WE, WE WOULD TYPICALLY, WITHOUT GETTING TO THE ZONING LEVEL, TO DON'S POINT,
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TRY TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE COMMUNITY HOW INTENSE DO YOU WANT THAT TO BE? HOW, HOW DENSE IS DENSE, HOW INTENSE IS THAT INDUSTRIAL USE OR THAT MANUFACTURING USE SO THAT WE CAN START TO SET SOME PARAMETERS TO START TO INFORM THAT ZONING THAT'S GONNA BE PUT IN PLACE.BUT TO, TO, TO YOUR POINT, DON, UH, MANUFACTURING CAN BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S INK THAT, THAT, THAT IS, UH, THE JET PRINTER VERSUS UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT TI WAS DOING.
SO WE WANNA START TO SET THE BAR AS TO, AT A HIGH LEVEL, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT LEVEL THAT'S RIGHT FOR RICHARDSON TO SET THE BAR SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO COME BACK TO LOOK AT YOUR ZONING, THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE INPUT, WHAT FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTH HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ON THAT ISSUE SINCE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT TONIGHT.
SAM, WERE YOU GONNA ADD TO THAT? YES, SIR.
UM, MR. MAGNER AND, UH, MR. BARRERS ARE CORRECT IN THAT THE DETAIL IS THE ZONING END OF IT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE CATEGORIES OF, OF MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING FACILITY, WHICH IN MY MIND IS MORE ASSEMBLY.
AND THEN WE HAVE MANUFACTURING HIGH TECH, WHICH IS A HIGH TECH IN MM-HMM.
UH, SO IT'S THROUGH THAT DETAIL, THE ZONING END OF IT THAT WE START TO REALLY DESCRIBE WHAT MANUFACTURING IS AND TO WHAT INTENSITY THAT IS.
SO ONCE WE GET TO THAT PORTION, I CAN SEE, UH, VARIOUS TYPES OF AMENDMENTS TO OUR ZONING TAX.
WELL, AND YOU CAN, I MEAN, I HOPE YOU CAN JUST APPRECIATE FROM MM-HMM,
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF LIKE THIS VERY SPECIFIC ZONING TYPES VERSUS THE DESCRIPTIONS HERE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT YEAH, FOR SURE.
MM-HMM,
UM, ANYWAY, I'LL LEAVE Y'ALL'S CAPABLE HANDS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE ALL THE LANGUAGE AND, AND FIGURE IT OUT IN A WAY THAT THAT WORKS THERE.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME, SOME CLARIFICATION ON, ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THESE ARE GREAT.
I MEAN, BOTH, BOTH THE POINTS THAT YOU'VE MADE, UH, COUNCILMAN HUT AND, AND CORCORAN.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE KIND OF CLARITY WE WILL GET FROM THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS, WE'RE JUST EIGHT PEOPLE OR NINE PEOPLE HERE,
AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT LENSES WILL BE VERY HELP, VERY HELPFUL IN, IN REFINING SOME OF THE WAY WE GO ABOUT TERMING DIFFERENT THINGS.
AR YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THIS? UH, JUST, YEAH, JUST, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION BECAUSE THAT QUESTION CAME, WELL, THAT LIGHT'S BEEN ON LONGER, BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS PIECE GO AHEAD.
THIS PIECE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DEFINITION OF INDUSTRIAL THAT'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE TALKING A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS NOW.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REALLY, HOW DO YOU DICTATE, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, HAVE SOMETHING IN ONE PLACE BECAUSE WE ARE SO TIGHT THE WHOLE AREA.
SO IF YOU, YOU CAN HAVE CERTAIN THINGS IN CERTAIN AREA, BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE CERTAIN THINGS ELSE IS NEXT TO IT.
BECAUSE NOW YOU ARE, YOU CANNOT HAVE CERTAIN HEIGHT NEXT TO SOME BUILDINGS.
YOU CANNOT HAVE CERTAIN BUSINESS NEXT TO SOME OTHER BUSINESSES.
SO, SO THOSE ARE GONNA DICTATE A LOT MORE THAN LIKE, DEFINING INDUSTRIAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I MEAN, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THAT IF WE SAY THAT WE'LL LET A OFFICE BUILDING CONVERT TO APARTMENTS, MULTI-FAMILY.
AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MULTIFAMILY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BUILDING NEED TO BE, THIS R VALUE, THIS KIND OF FIREWALL, THESE KIND OF THINGS.
AND THOSE ARE NOT IN THAT BUILDING.
UH, SO THE DEVELOPER OR THE OWNER CAN'T REALLY CONVERT THAT BECAUSE HE'S NOT MEETING OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
SO, SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE OFFICE BUILDING THE WAY IT IS UNLESS THEY DEMOLISH THE BUILDING AND BUILD A NEW ONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT SMALL AREA, YOU THINK THAT SOME LARGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY WOULD BE INTERESTED TO COME INTO A SMALL AREA HAVING INDUSTRY HEAVY INDUSTRY, LIKE THE INDUSTRY THAT WE ARE SCARED OF? UM, WELL, I MEAN, YOU, SO YOU, YOU, I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE A SCENARIO WHERE A, A LARGE, LIKE TAKE A TI FOR INSTANCE, WOULD COME IN AND ASSEMBLE PROPERTY IN, IN, IN THE THOUSAND ACRES OR SO THAT'S UP THERE, IDENTIFIED AS, AS INNOVATION INDUSTRY IN THE IQ ASSEMBLE A A COUPLE OF PIECES OF PROPERTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A PROJECT LIKE IN OUR FAB, UH, LIKE WE'VE SEEN WHEN IT'S A $6 BILLION BUILDING A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR EVEN A FEW MILLION DOLLARS ISN'T GONNA DETER THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANTED TO LOCATE IN RICHARDSON AND THEY WANTED TO LEVERAGE UTD FOR INSTANCE, THAT'S TOTALLY POSSIBLE THAT THAT, THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN.
SO, UH, BUT IT'S EQUALLY POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, THE DESCRIPTION THAT
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WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, ADAPTIVE 3D WOULD, WOULD WANNA LOCATE THERE.AND SO, UM, YOU MADE A GOOD POINT EARLIER, WHICH IS, I, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LIGHT MANUFACTURING'S GONNA BE IN FIVE YEARS, IF YOU'D HAVE TOLD, IF, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US FIVE YEARS AGO WOULD'VE THOUGHT THERE'S A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT FLOOR AND 1122 ALMA, WHERE YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF 3D PRINTERS, JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURING.
I MEAN, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE.
IT'S TECHNOLOGY'S GONNA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WHAT WE CALL MANUFACTURING OR LIGHT MANUFACTURING OR ADDITIVE IS GONNA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.
UM, BUT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, I, I TOTALLY COULD SEE A LARGE MANUFACTURING, UM, FACILITY LOCATING IN, IN, IN THE IQ UNDER THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S UH, IT'S GREAT EMPLOYMENT, UM, HUB, UH, LEVERAGING UTD, IT JUST JUST TAKES THE RIGHT, RIGHT.
REAL ESTATE CONDITIONS PROBABLY TO GET IT CONVERSATION STARTED.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THAT LIMITING THE DEFINITION TO INDUSTRY IS PROBABLY NOT GOOD IDEA.
I MEAN, JUST FOR DISCUSSION, MAYBE, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, WHEN I READ THE WORD INDUSTRY, AND PART OF THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT INDUSTRY THAT IS AS HEAVY AS OIL MANUFACTURING OR REFINING AND, YOU KNOW, SO IN THE WORD INDUSTRY TO ME, AND, AND YOU HAVE THAT BIG, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WHAT, 1, 2, 3, 4 DIFFERENT LARGE SPOTS OF PURPLE ON THE MAP.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A HIGH TECH TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, CREATING THE CHIPS.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT 3D PRINTERS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT IF YOU'RE COMING IN WITH HEAVY, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, SO IF SOMEONE PULLS UP THIS MAP IN A PRESENTATION SOMEWHERE AND SAYS, WOW, WE COULD COME IN AND PUT IN A VERY HEAVY, VERY, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF MANUFACTURING.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
THAT'S NOT, AT LEAST I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN AND THE PEOPLE WHO'VE TALKED TO ME, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN FROM A RICHARDSON PERSPECTIVE.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, TO GUARD AGAINST, IF YOU WILL, THAT THAT'S WHERE I WAS COMING FROM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
I, I TOTALLY, AND YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST SITTING HERE, I MEAN, AS WE'VE BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION, I MEAN, I THINK ONE, WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES AS IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SEE IF WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE TARGET INDUSTRIES TO, TO WORK WITH MARK AND HIS TEAM TO KIND OF TWEAK THAT, WHAT IS THAT SECOND PART OF THE, THAT THE INNOVATION WE GET INDUSTRY, WE CAN KIND OF, WE CAN KIND OF REWORK IT.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT AS GOOD HOMEWORK AND, AND COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, JUST ONE QUICK THING ON THAT.
I KNOW REESE, I WAS JUST, I WAS REMINDED THAT RECENTLY WE APPROVED THE, UH, IS IT MAKEUP OR NATURE? YEAH.
UM, AND THAT'S, I BELIEVE IN THAT AREA, AND I KNOW THAT CAME TO US BECAUSE IT WAS RAW PRODUCTS, AS YOU MENTIONED, RAW CHEMICALS TOO.
SO DEFINITELY I THINK THAT SUPPORTS THAT NEED TO KIND OF, MAYBE WE DEFINE AND UM, AND CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, TO WHAT I THINK KEN, AND THEN I KNOW JENNIFER DEFINITELY, OR COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE, UM, MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT THAT KIND OF HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE APPROVING THINGS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT STUFF, UM, KNOWING WHERE WE ARE, INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, WATER, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE WATER USAGE GONNA BE, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE ELECTRICAL NEEDS FIRE FIRST RESPONDER NEEDS OBVIOUSLY, UM, LOOK AT THINGS IN A MUCH HOLISTIC STANDPOINT.
KEN WAS, UH, COUNCILMAN HUTCHEN WRITER WAS MENTIONING THAT THE, UH, AND DON YOU MENTIONED KIND OF THE NEEDS BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL, YOU KNOW, IS DIFFERENT THAN RESIDENTIAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO ASK ME, YOU KNOW, DAN, WHAT'S, HOW DOES A THREE STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING WATER USE DIFFER THAN A RESIDENTIAL? YOU KNOW, IS IT TWO TO ONE? IS IT THREE TO ONE? IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RATIO THERE IS OR GALLONS USAGE? I DEFINITELY COULDN'T PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION TO THAT.
SO MAYBE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY MOVING FORWARD, MAYBE A PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE IS MAYBE A COMPARISON CHART SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE, YOU KNOW, A X SQUARE FOOT, THIS TYPE OF USAGE, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME INDUSTRY IN THE CITY THAT'S HEAVY WATER USAGE.
THEY, YOU KNOW, RECYCLE WATER AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF, UM, I GUESS, PROCESSES IN PLACE TO CONSERVE SOME OF THAT.
BUT THERE'S SOME INDUSTRIES THAT ARE MUCH MORE WATER, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SOME ARE HEAVIER STAFF VERSUS OTHERS.
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BE GOOD TO KIND OF, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE HOLISTICALLY, NOT JUST FROM THE FIRE, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING WATER LAST WEEK AND I'M JUST USING WATER AS AN EXAMPLE.OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ELECTRICITY, THERE'S FIBER OPTICS, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT GOES INTO THIS, UH, SEWAGE THAT WE KIND OF USE MAYBE A COMPARISON CHART SO WE CAN KIND OF BETTER UNDERSTAND IT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
WHAT ARE WE APPROVING? SO THAT, AS COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN WRITER MENTIONED, WE DON'T JUST HAVE A BUNCH OF STUFF COME ONLINE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE APPROVED SOME STUFF THAT THEY SHOW UP TO SAM'S OFFICE TOMORROW, AS COUNCILMAN JUSTICE POINTED OUT.
UM, I MEAN, LET ME, IF I COULD JUST ADDRESS THAT FOR A SECOND.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT, I, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO, TO, TO, UM, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO, UM, WALK AWAY FROM THIS THINKING.
SO WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE REZONED, UH, UM, MAINE 75 WEST SPRING VALLEY, UH, THE IQ, UM, UM, WE, UH, 2012 ISH CITY LINE, UM, UT DALLAS.
UM, WE ARE CONFIDENT TODAY THAT ALL OF THE, THE PLANNING WORK WE'VE DONE AROUND OUR CORE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, CAN SUPPORT THAT.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS EVEN BEYOND THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT COMES IN THAT'S ZONED TODAY, WE CAN'T, OUR CORE SERVICE, OUR, OUR CORE, UM, SERVICES, WE, WE CAN'T SERVICE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S KIND OF, IF YOU RECALL, THAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE A 25 PROJECT WAS TO REALLY REBALANCE A 25 AND 7 67 MM-HMM
UM, REALLY, UH, SO, SO FROM THE, FROM PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE THE ONE CAVEAT ON THE FIRE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY WITH, WITH THE MASTER PLAN.
SO I JUST WANNA, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO WALK AWAY THINKING AND ANYBODY ON AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY OR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WALKING AWAY THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR OUR CORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY, UM, ENTITLED, UH, THROUGH THOSE, THROUGH THOSE, UM, REALLY FOUR, UH, OR FOUR OR FIVE LARGE, UH, REZONING EFFORTS.
UM, COUNCILMAN DORIAN, UH, TALKED ABOUT PROTECTING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I KNOW, AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE RAN AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S SOMETHING I HEARD A LOT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS WELL LAST, LAST SPRING.
UM, AND I DID LOOK AT SOME OVERLAYS.
I KNOW THIS BIG CITY, THE SOUTH OF US HAS DONE SOME PRETTY NEAT THINGS AND I OVERLAYS, SO THANK YOU DON, FOR MENTIONING THAT.
UM, PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO SELF-EDUCATE DON ON THAT PROCESS THERE.
SO WHEN I GET ASKED, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS BREAKFAST OR SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD, THAT WE KIND OF COULD SOMEHOW FIND A WAY TO WEAVE IT IN THERE SOMEHOW.
UH, SO WE CAN EDUCATE PEOPLE THAT, HEY, THERE IS THIS IN PLACE, THIS IS AN OPTION.
SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS, YOU HAVE THESE OPTIONS TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, I KNOW DOWN IN THE M STREETS IN DALLAS, THEY USE THE OVERLAY.
IT'S WORKED GREAT FOR THAT AREA.
AND THOSE THAT DID TEAR DOWN OR WANTED TO ADD TO, I MEAN, YOU LOOK UP FRONT, YOU HAVE A CRAFTSMAN HOME, BUT THEN IT KIND OF VS OUT AND DOES, THERE'S SOME PRETTY BIG HOMES BACK THERE THAT FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NICELY.
THEY DID SOME CREATIVE STUFF WITH OVERLAYS.
SO, UM, ANYWAYS, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
I JUST WANNA THROW THAT OUT THERE.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADD FEW SIMPLE WORD THAT WHAT, YOU KNOW, DON MENTIONED ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS.
YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED, UH, WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES TO BUILD SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUILD SOMETHING, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA THAT CITY ALREADY HAVE, WHICH IS WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.
I'M SURE OURS, CHAR HAS A MASTER PLAN AND THEY HAVE A MODEL AT THE WATER MASTER PLAN AT THE MODEL.
SO LOOK AT, THEY LOOK AT ALL THOSE INFORMATION AND THEY DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY, ALSO DRAINAGE STUDY.
THOSE ARE PART OF THE THINGS THAT DEVELOPER DO BEFORE THEY EVEN START DOING MAJOR PLAN BECAUSE IT'S A BIG, THEY HAVE TO SPEND LOTS OF MONEY BEFORE THEY MAKE THE PLAN.
EVEN THE CONCEPT PLAN IT TAKES LOTS OF MONEY.
SO THOSE ARE THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
IF THERE IS SOME DEFICIENCY AND CITY MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENT EARLY ENOUGH SO THEY KNOW THAT RETURN IS GONNA BE MORE THAN WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
UH, SO, SO THIS, THIS IS THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT I HAVE SEEN ANY OTHER CITY AROUND THEY TAKE, INCLUDING REJECTION.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE, THE CAPACITIES CITY HAS, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO, AND IF THERE IS SOME, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T STOP DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY IN THE GROUND, AND WE CAN MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENT
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AND THAT WOULD GIVE US HUGE CAPACITY.SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT OUR WATER AND SEWER CAPACITY, UH, AND THAT WE HAVE OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THE STREET, OF COURSE, UH, WE GONNA SEE MORE TRAFFIC SOMETIMES.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
SO, SO I THINK I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT SOME OF THE SIMPLE THING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT, UH, THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED.
I THINK COUNSEL, WE'VE HIT THAT PRETTY HARD.
UM, HOWEVER, I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET TO, UH, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WOULD CAUTION US AS WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON AN EXACT DEFINITION OR WE TRYING TO PUT BRACKETS AROUND ALL THIS.
IS IT INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT HEAVY, WHATEVER? I THINK OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WANNA BE USER FRIENDLY.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE A CITY THAT IS, UH, KNOWN FOR WORKING WITH THE APPLICANTS AND TRYING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES EASY, BUT FUNCTIONAL AND PRODUCTIVE IN WHAT WE DO.
I THINK, AND SAM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK WE'VE GOT AT LEAST THREE CONCRETE PLANTS, YOU KNOW, IN RICHARDSON, IN THE CITY LIMITS OF RICHARDSON, I WOULD CALL THAT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
BUT IF WE'RE BUILDING THINGS IN RICHARDSON, WE NEED THAT CONCRETE AND WE DON'T NEED TO PAY HIGHER PRICES TO GET A, A CONCRETE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO I JUST CAUTION, I'M USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT CAREFULLY, BUT DON'T BOX OURSELVES IN WHILE WE'RE DOING IT.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL ALL AGREES THAT WE WANT TO BE USER FRIENDLY TO DEVELOPERS AND TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AS BEST WE CAN WITHIN THE REALMS OF WHAT OUR GOAL AND WHAT OUR VISION IS.
SO, I, I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
AND, UH, BEFORE I DO THAT, UH, THIS IS PART TWO.
UH, I DO WANNA SHARE THAT THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO US BECAUSE REALLY OUR GOAL TONIGHT IS TO SHARE SOME THINGS WITH YOU, GET SOME FEEDBACK, AND IT'S IF, IF NOTHING ELSE, THAT'S REALLY HELPING US IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN START TO, TO DELVE INTO THINGS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THE BAR ON THIS PLAN WHERE RICHARDSON WANTS IT SET.
AND THESE ARE A LOT OF THE INTRICATE ISSUES THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WE GO INTO MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
AGAIN, UH, JUST GOING BACK TO THAT DEFINITION, WE SHARED WITH YOU SEVERAL TIMES, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS THAT MAY HAVE NOT HAVE SEEN IT, WE'RE REALLY, WHEN WE SAY MISSING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING THAT'S BEEN EXCLUDED BY ZONING REGULATIONS IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES SINCE THE 1940S.
AND IT'S REALLY THAT HOUSING THAT SITS BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND MID-RISE TO HIGH-RISE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, UH, IN, IN THE SCALE OF NUMBER, UH, IN, IN ITS FORM, ITS SCALE, NUMBER OF USE IN USES AND OFTEN AFFORDABILITY.
AND ONE THING I WANNA POINT OUT, UH, RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY, UM, WE WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
THAT IT IS CREATING MORE AFFORDABILITY WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT BY OTHER COMMUNITY STANDARDS THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN AFFORDABLE BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF LAND IN RICHARDSON.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND WE HAVE OUR HOUSING PERSON, OUR MARKET PERSON LOOKING AT THAT IN A LOT MORE DETAIL AS WE GO FORWARD AS WELL.
SO WE, WE NEED TO START TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT MEANS IN RICHARDSON AS WELL.
SO, UH, JUST SOME, SOME IMAGES WE ADDED DUPLEX, UH, PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S TWO UNITS THAT ARE ATTACHED.
BUNGALOW COURTS AND COURTYARD HOUSING HAVE SOME SIMILARITIES.
THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE BUNGALOW COURTS ARE MUCH SMALLER HOMES THAN YOU MIGHT SEE IN SOME OF THE COURTYARD HOUSING, BUT OFTENTIMES THEY'RE ARRANGED AROUND A COURTYARD OR A GREEN SPACE, UH, LIVE WORK.
UH, IT'S THE OLD, UH, UH, HOUSING TYPE THAT YOU SEE IN A LOT OF OLDER COMMUNITIES, UH, WHERE THERE'S A RE A RETAIL OR A COMMERCIAL PIECE ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
AND THEN ATTACHED AND CONNECTED IS A LIVING UNIT UPSTAIRS TO WHERE THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE RESTAURANT CAN LIVE UPSTAIRS FROM IT.
UH, THE FOURPLEX ESSENTIALLY FOUR UNITS WITHIN A SINGLE BUILDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
WE'VE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, ABOUT, UH, WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE, WHERE PEOPLE WANNA SEE IT, UH, UH, THE IMPLICATIONS, THE GOOD, UH, RELATED TO IT, WHAT THEY WANNA SEE.
BUT WE ALSO WANNA HAVE CON SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME PARAMETERS THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT TO SET THE BAR FOR RICHARDSON TOWN HOMES ESSENTIALLY ATTACHED MULTIPLE UNITS SIDE BY SIDE ON AN INDIVIDUAL LOT.
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A DETACHED STRUCTURE, UH, THAT CONSISTS OF FIVE TO 12 D DWELLING UNITS WITHIN THE EXISTING, WITHIN THE ONE STRUCTURE, UH, TYPICALLY WITH A SINGLE ENTRY FROM THE STREET.UH, SO WE HAVE THE, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND I WANNA SHARE SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE, THE TYPES LIKE ACCESS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, IT'S SHOWING 254 PEOPLE WEIGHED IN ON THAT BEING, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROPRIATE IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
AND AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD THERE, YOU SEE THAT THAT WAS THE PRIMARY LOCATION THAT PEOPLE SAID THAT THOSE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UH, UH, SHOULD BE LOCATED.
AND AS WE LOOK AT IT, WITHIN SOME OF THESE OTHER USES, IT MAY BE BECAUSE THE PRIMARY USE IS RETAIL, IT MAY BE THAT, UH, THE PRIMARY USE IS, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, OR IT MAY BE ON THE COMPACT RESIDENTIAL THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, ARE THOSE LOTS REALLY BIG ENOUGH? WHICH, TO YOUR POINT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UH, I THINK THE COMMUNITY STARTED TO INTUITIVELY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OF THEMSELVES, UH, AS THEY LOOKED AT THIS.
THE OTHER THING TO COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE'S POINT EARLIER, THE THING YOU NOTICED ABOUT THE PARKS IN HOW NOT AS MANY PEOPLE WEIGHED IN ON THAT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU SEE WHAT WAS HIGHER RANKED ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, BY THE PLACE TYPES FOR THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
BUT YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT IT STARTS TO DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, IN SOME PLACE TYPES AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WEIGH IN ON IT.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, KEEP IN MIND THAT NOT AS MANY PEOPLE, PEOPLE WEIGHED IN.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A MESSAGE THERE TO US AS WELL THAT WE WANNA KEEP IN MIND AS WE GO FORWARD.
UH, THE THE PRIMARY PLACE TYPE WHERE PEOPLE VOTED THE MOST TO SAY THEY WANTED TO SEE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING WITH A HIGH RANGE OF TYPES, WAS IN THAT COMPACT RESIDENTIAL.
ALTHOUGH TO THE POINT EARLIER, UH, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WHILE IT WAS STILL HIGH, IT WASN'T AS HIGH AS IT WAS IN THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY OR IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
SO THOSE WERE THE RAW RESULTS.
WE FOUND THESE VERY INTERESTING, EVEN MORE INTERESTING THAN THE SECONDARY PLACE TYPES AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT.
UH, AND SO AS WE STARTED MOVING FORWARD, AGAIN, AS WE TALK ABOUT PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'S REALLY SAYING THIS, THIS IS THE INFORMATION.
THIS IS HOW WE WANNA START TO SHOW IT AS A A IN DRAFT FORM AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.
WE'RE GONNA SHARE THE COMPLETE RESULTS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN SAY, NO, WE THINK YOU OVERLOOKED THIS 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, BUT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE, THE TYPES, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UH, BUN BUNGALOW COURTS, COURTYARD HOUSING, DUPLEX AND TOWN HOME.
WERE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO HAVE MORE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
COMPACT RESIDENTIAL, YOU SEE THE LIST THERE WITH, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE, I WANNA POINT OUT THESE ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER FOR PREFERENCE.
THESE ARE ALPHABETICAL ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY COMMUNITY.
UH, AS WE LOOK AT THESE, LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FROM YOU ON, ON WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THESE.
YOU SEE, IT STARTS TO EXPAND QUITE A BIT.
AS WE GET INTO THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED JUICE, WE START TO HAVE, UH, UH, LET'S SEE, I GUESS WE HAD, UH, BUNGALOW, WE STARTED TO SEE MORE DUPLEX IN THERE, UH, THAT WAS STARTING TO BE INCLUDED.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, AGAIN, THE NUMBERS STARTED TO DROP OFF A BIT AS WE GOT INTO SOME OF THE RETAIL PLACE TYPES AND CERTAINLY SOME OF THE EMPLOYMENT PLACE TYPES.
UH, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAW THERE WERE LIVE WORK, WHICH, UH, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF SOME OF THESE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AREAS WHERE YOU MAY HAVE A, A, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS THAT SOMEBODY'S LIVING ABOVE IN SOME OF THE OLDER COMMUNITIES, UH, AROUND TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
BUT THEN YOU ALSO SEE FOURPLEX MULTIPLEX IN TOWN HOME MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
UH, COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL FOURPLEX, LIVE WORK AND MULTIPLEX.
AS WE GOT INTO INNOVATION INDUSTRY, UH, LIVE WORK, MULTIPLEX, FOURPLEX, UH, REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, YOU START TO SEE THE INCLUSION OF LIVE WORK AND TOWN HOME WITHIN THERE.
AND THEN TRANSIT VILLAGE, UH, STARTING TO GET INTO THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AGAIN, FOURPLEX, LIVE WORK, MULTIPLEX IN TOWN HOMES.
AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS ISN'T GOING THROUGH THE COMPLETE DENSITIES OF HOUSING.
THIS IS JUST THE MISSING MIDDLE.
SO ACROSS THE BOARD, WE WANTED TO HAVE MORE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME OF THESE PARTICULAR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES, UH, THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK,
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UH, TO START TO SET SOME PARAMETERS AS TO WHETHER THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE THINK THEY MAKE SENSE, AND IF THERE ARE ANY PARAMETERS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED ON THOSE AS WE GO FORWARD.SO THAT'S A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS AS WELL AS, UH, UH, HOW WE WERE SUGGESTING STARTING TO TEE IT UP FOR DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, MR. BARRIOS.
UH, SLIDE 18, UH, IN 17, IN SLIDE 17, WE SAY ONE IN THREE STORY, BUT THEN IN SLIDE 18 WE SAY TWO TO 2.5 STORY UNDER LIKE FOURPLEX, WHAT'S A 2.5 STORY? UM, SO SOMETIMES IT MAY BE AN ATTIC UNIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
IT MIGHT BE A BASEMENT UNIT, BUT YEAH.
UM, I'M STILL A LITTLE SURPRISED ABOUT THE OPEN SPACES, BUT YOU KNOW, I I I, I ALWAYS FIND THAT IF, IF NO MATTER WHAT USAGE OR DEVELOPMENT, I, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF GREEN OPEN AREAS, WHETHER IT'S JUST SPORADICALLY PLACED THROUGHOUT.
SO, I MEAN, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING STILL THAT CAN BE POTENTIALLY INTEGRATED AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS.
SO LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY THAT NUANCE THERE.
AND WE MAY NOT HAVE PRESENTED IT THE WAY WE, IN A WAY THAT MADE IT CLEAR.
WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANNA SEE OPEN SPACES INCLUDED PARKS AND OPEN SPACE WITHIN EACH OF THESE PLACE TYPES.
CERTAINLY THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY USE THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THAT FIRST SET OF INFORMATION.
IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, AND THE COMMUNITY SAID, WE DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE.
WE, IN FACT, WE, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF WE EVEN ASKED THE COMMUNITY, SHOULD THERE BE HOUSING DEVELOPED IN THESE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES? AND THE ANSWER WAS NO, THERE SHOULDN'T.
AND THEN, UH, THE FINAL PIECE IS THE, THE VISION FOR THE REINVESTMENT AREAS.
AND IT, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN, WHETHER IT WAS WEST SPRING VALLEY OR THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL VISIONING PROCESS, OR THE, THE INNOVATION DISTRICT VISIONING, UH, THINK ABOUT THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT VISIONING PROCESS AND WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A POINT FURTHER ALONG IN THAT FIRST PAY THAT FIRST PHASE THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS.
SO, IN ESSENCE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A PRELIMINARY VISION FOR LAND USE MOBILITY AND OPEN SPACE WITHIN THESE FIVE AREAS THAT YOU HELPED US IDENTIFY IN ONE OF OUR VERY FIRST MEETINGS.
AND THEN FOLLOWING PLAN ADOPTION, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT THE CITY TAKES TO IMPLEMENT THE, IMPLEMENT THE VISION FOR EACH AREA THAT MAY BE REZONING, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT MAY BE RECOMMENDED, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT VISION IN PLACE AND WE WANT IT TO BE BUILT UPON WHAT WE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE OCCURRED ON WEST SPRING VALLEY AND OCCURRED ON THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL AREA.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, WHEN WE SAY RESULTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE COMMUNITY WEIGHED IN.
SO THEN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SHARE A VERY PRELIMINARY HIGH LEVEL, UH, BEGINNING OF A VISION STATEMENT.
WHERE WE'D LOVE TO GET WITH THIS AT THE END OF THE PROCESS IS A VISION STATEMENT WITH A LOT MORE RICHNESS THAT STARTS TO IDENTIFY, REALLY DESCRIBE THE PLACE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE WITHIN EACH OF THESE AREAS AND WHAT WOULD ATTRACT THEM TO GO TO, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S MAKING IT A DESTINATION.
SO HERE YOU SEE, UH, THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY USES.
THE TOP THREE FOR, UH, UH, WEST CAMPBELL WERE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL AND COMPACT RESIDENTIAL.
BUT THEN THE SUPPORTING USES, YOU SEE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, AND COMPACT RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE TOOK THAT AND BEGAN TO CREATE A EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL AND GENERIC DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TO START TO BUILD UPON.
SO THAT DRAFT VISION WEST CAMPBELL AREAS AND VISION IS A MIX OF LOW INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL USES RETAIL OFFICE AND SERVE AS USES COULD SUPPORT NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
AND THEN STARTING TO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, REFINE AND REALLY HONE IN ON SOME IMAGES THAT START TO SAY WHAT MAKES EACH OF THESE AREAS
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DISTINCT.SO FOR INSTANCE, WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO GO TO WEST CAMPBELL VERSUS GOING TO WEST SPRING VALLEY? WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT? AND THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY HELP US PAINT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO THESE REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES WILL ALSO BE REFINED FOR EACH OF THESE AS WE GO FORWARD.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING THE IMAGES THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE, UH, IN THE VISIONING PROCESS IN THAT FIRST PHASE.
SO WEST ARAPAHOE, AGAIN, THE RESULTS YOU SEE THERE, NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, NEIGHBORHOOD SURFACE, NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW ON WEST CAMPBELL.
AND SO TO MY POINT, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA SAY WHAT MAKES YOU GO TO WEST ARAPAHOE, WHAT'S THE ATTRACTION THERE VERSUS WHAT YOU MIGHT DO IF YOU WENT TO WEST CAMPBELL.
SO THAT WE'RE CREATING THESE PLACES THAT ARE DISTINCT SO THAT ON MONDAY NIGHT YOU GO TO ONE AND TUESDAY NIGHT, YOU WANT TO GO A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO THIS ONE WE SAID WEST ARAPAHO AREAS ENVISIONED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A MIX OF LOW INTENSITY USES THAT CAN TRANSITION TO HIGHER INTENSITIES NEAR US.
THESE COULD INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING, RETAIL OFFICE AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES, AND SUPPORTING PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
THE THIRD ONE THAT, UH, WE STARTED WITH, UH, UH, WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOU SEE AGAIN, BELTLINE PLANO, UH, YOU SEE NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
AND AS WE GET INTO THE, UH, VISION, BELTLINE PLANO IS ENVISIONED AS MIXED USE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL OFFICE AND SERVICE, NEW LOW INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES AND NEW COMMERCIAL USES THAT WOULD SERVE MORE THAN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALSO PART OF THE VISION WEST SPRING VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL AND COMPACT RESIDENTIAL, UH, WAS ENVISIONED FOR THIS AREA.
SO WEST SPRING VALLEY, UH, AREAS AND VISION IS A MIX OF HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL OFFICE AND SERVICE USES IN VARIOUS LOW INTENSITY HOUSING, LOW INTENSITY HOUSING TYPES.
AND THEN, UH, THE BELTLINE BOWSER RESULTS WERE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, COMPACT RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE.
UM, BELTLINE BOWSER AREAS ENVISIONED AS A MIX OF LOW INTENSITY HOUSING TYPES ALONG WITH RETAIL OFFICE AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
SO WE REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY, TELL 'EM THIS IS WHAT IT'S SAYING, BUT WE WANT TO REALLY DELVE INTO THAT TO ADD SOME RICHNESS TO MAKE EACH OF THESE AREAS DISTINCT.
SO AT THIS POINT, THAT IS THE PRELIMINARY DIRECTION OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO GO WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE'D LOVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE FOR US.
MARK, LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THESE AREAS IS PRESENTED THAT THESE WERE AREAS THAT, UM, WE WERE CONSIDERING FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
RIGHT NOW IN YOUR PRESENTATION, I GOT THEM MORE, MUCH MORE A FEEL THAT THESE WERE THE AREAS.
UM, HAS SOMETHING CHANGED? AND MAYBE THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION TO DONNA OR HA HAVE THESE, WHERE ARE WE AT ON DECIDING THESE, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR DECIDING THESE? BECAUSE I DUNNO IF YOU REMEMBER, I KNOW I HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BOWSER AREA, UH, BECAUSE OF DISPLACEMENT, UM, POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT AREA.
UH, AND I'VE GOT SOME TO A LESSER DEGREE ALONG WEST SPRING VALLEY, THERE'S A COUPLE APARTMENTS, UM, THAT WOULD BE DISPLACED AS WELL.
I GUESS HAVE WE MADE A DECISION? WHERE ARE WE AT IN THAT PROCESS TO FINALIZING, SAYING, YES, THESE ARE WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND YEAH, THE, SO MY TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY GIVEN US THAT DIRECTION, THAT THESE ARE THE FIVE STUDY AREAS.
WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT I THINK ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT IS JUST SET A HIGH LEVEL, UH, VISION.
AND THEN, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, BARRIOS, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT, HOW WE ACHIEVE THAT VISION IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED AGAIN, PROBABLY, UM, IF HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AND IT, AND, AND A, AN ENTITLEMENT PROCESS FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD KIND OF TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE BOWSER AREA, THE APARTMENTS AND, AND, UH, THE, THE FUTURE OF THOSE AND, AND, AND HOW THEY COULD POTENTIALLY PLAY A, A, UM, A ROLE IN ACHIEVING THE VISION.
BUT, AND, AND IF I'M, IF I'M MISTAKEN, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BUT WE, WE, WE WERE, WE WERE, UH, FELT CONFIRMED PREVIOUSLY THAT THESE WERE THE FIVE STUDY AREAS.
WE PRESENTED THESE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE SECOND SUMMIT, UH, AS KIND OF THE CONSENSUS.
THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS CORRECT, MR. MAYER.
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JUST GONNA AGREE.YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A DISCUSSION THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA CHOOSE THESE FIVE, BUT I THINK THAT YOUR COMMENT LAST TIME WAS WELL TAKEN ABOUT AS WE PLAN FOR THESE AREAS, WE NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE, THE ISSUES YOU'VE IDENTIFIED.
NOT THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO STUDY THESE AREAS, UM, BUT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, MR. SCHU.
UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, MARKET, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE PREPARE FOR THE MARKET CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
I LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, IDEA THAT PUTTING TOGETHER SOME DRAFT VISION, IF WE NEED TO CHANGE FEW THINGS, WE CAN WORK ON IT, UH, UH, INCLUDING THE BOW AREA, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY DICTATE, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF MARKET BECOME PROFITABLE, WHOEVER OWNS THAT PROPERTY WILL COME AND CHANGE TOTALLY, BECAUSE CITY DOESN'T HAVE CONTROL ABOUT THAT.
BUT IF WE HAVE A VISION FOR THAT AREA, THAT WILL, UH, GIVE US SOME CONTROL, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY THAT WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
UH, ONE QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE THAT LOW INTENSITY HOUSING, I KNOW YOU HAVE DEFINED THIS THING MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT, UH, CAN YOU DEFINE THIS THING AGAIN? ESPECIALLY, I'LL GO TO THE EXAMPLE THAT BAIL LINE AND BUZZER.
SO YEAH, LOW INTENSITY COULD BE IN THAT RANGE OF COTTAGE HOMES AND TOWN HOMES.
UH, UH, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE HOUSING TYPES THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITHIN THE COMPACT RESIDENTIAL AREAS, I, THAT INCLUDES MAKES USE, I SEE THAT.
SO MIXED USE, DEPENDING ON THE DENSITY, UH, THAT'S A PART OF IT.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, IF WE HAVE MORE HOUSING IN THE AREA THAT WILL, THAT WILL HAVE SOME, BECAUSE THAT WILL GIVE MORE SUPPLY TO THE MARKET.
AND MORE SUPPLY MEANS MORE AFFORDABILITY, UH, BECAUSE WE CAN DICTATE AGAIN, WHAT WOULD BE THE, YOU KNOW, PRICE RANGE FOR AFFORDABILITY, BUT IT'S LIKE SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
THAT'S HOW IT DICTATES THE MARKET.
SO IF WE ENSURE THAT THERE IS MORE SUPPLY IN THE MARKET, IN THE AREA, SO THAT WILL GIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK, I THINK AS A DRAFT, I THINK THIS IS GOOD.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, I MEAN, DO YOU, COULD YOU MAYBE JUST EXPLAIN, LIKE, DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO DROP LIKE THE BELTLINE BOWSER AREA AND JUST FOCUS ON THE OTHER FOUR? I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA, SO I FEEL LIKE IF THERE'S A COMPELLING DISCUSSION AND REASON BEHIND IT, I DON'T, I MEAN IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S TOO LATE IN THE PROCESS TO, TO DO THAT, BUT I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER THAT WE EITHER DROP IT OR CONTAIN IT FOR WEST, WHERE IT INCLUDES THAT SHOPPING CENTER IN THE NURSERY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE, UM, HOUSING.
AND WHEN THIS CAME UP, AND I REMEMBER I SHARED THIS WAS RIGHT WHEN THAT DISCUSSION AROUND THE COMA WAS, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO THERE ON THE COMA, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE SOME, UH, GREAT OLDER, MID-CENTURY MODERN TYPE APARTMENTS.
UM, AND IT TRULY IS, WHILE YES, I AGREE, ADDING HOUSING ADDS TO AFFORDABILITY, IT'S A LONG-TERM APPROACH.
REALITY IS THE KIND OF HOUSING WE'RE ADDING AND THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, UM, NOW VERSUS 30, 40, 50 YEARS AGO IS MUCH HIGHER.
EVEN IF WE PUT THE MOST AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS, IT'S GONNA BE MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ALONG IN THAT AREA CAN AFFORD.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE PUSHING WORKFORCE, TRUE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROBABLY WORKING AT SOME OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS THAT WE WERE, UH, THAT WE SO ENJOY, AND WHERE ARE WE GONNA MOVE 'EM? UM, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THIS KIND OF HOUSING IN RICHARDSON.
SO WHILE WE CONTINUE TO ADD HOUSING, WE'RE NOT ADDING IT AT THIS PRICE POINT.
AND THAT JUST CREATES A PROBLEM.
AND IT EVENTUALLY CREATES A PROBLEM FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
'CAUSE SMALL BUSINESSES, THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA MOVE WHERE DOWN AT FOREST IN 75 INTO DALLAS AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES CAN'T AFFORD TO HIRE PEOPLE AT THE RATE AND THEN COME ALL THE WAY TO RICHARDSON TO, UM, TO WORK AT A PLACE FOR 13, $15 AN HOUR ONE DAY, COULD GO WORK AT HOME DEPOT AT FOREST FOR $15 IN FULL BENEFITS.
SO THIS AFFECTS BUSINESS WHEN WE GET RID OF THESE, THIS KIND OF HOUSING.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO THERE? IF WE WANNA CREATE SOME DEVELOPMENT OR COTTAGE HOUSING OR WHATEVER, WE LOOK AT THAT COMMERCIAL SPACE AND WE EMBRACE WHAT WE HAVE THERE.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSING, MY CONCERN IS THE HOUSING
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ALONG HERE AND AT ONE BLOCK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE WEST SPRING VALLEY.BUT AGAIN, IT, IT'S A TRADE OFF LIKE ANYTHING, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS A BIGGER CONCERN OF MINE THAN WEST SPRING VALLEY, JUST 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THIS AFFECTS LARGER PEOPLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THAT HISTORICAL ASPECT AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY REALLY SET UP IN FORCE WHEN, UH, THE COMO CAME UP.
AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL WHEN WE JUST, WHEN THIS COMES BEFORE US IN MANAGER.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION IF I, IF I COULD JUST, IF I COULD JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UM, ONE IS, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT GONNA SUSTAIN FOR ANOTHER 20 OR 30 YEARS.
AND SO NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, I MEAN, WE COULD SHOW YOU CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORTS, WE CAN SHOW YOU BUILDING INSPECTION REPORTS, NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT THE LIFE OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE COMING TO AN END, UM, IN THE HOPES OF KIND OF SUSTAINING OR MAINTAINING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THIS PRICE.
I MEAN, I JUST CHALLENGE YOU TO JUST KIND OF THINK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A WHOLE AFFORDABILITY QUESTION, UH, UH, BRIEFING, AND THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER TACTIC.
SO AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO JUST ASSUME THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE COPY AND PASTE OF WHAT WE DID PREVIOUSLY.
THE COUNCIL CAN SET THE TONE FOR HOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN BE PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ANY OF THESE AREAS.
AND IT CAN BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.
AND IF, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS IS TO, TO MAINTAIN UPGRADED CONTEMPORARY HOUSING AT A SIMILAR STANDPOINT, THAT AT A SIMILAR PRICE POINT, THEN THERE ARE TOOLS TO DO THAT.
NOW WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, I'VE BEEN IN THE BOILER ROOMS OF THESE, I MEAN, I CAN LOOK OVER AT BILL, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE WALKED THESE APARTMENTS, WE'VE SEEN THE LIFELINE THAT THEY'RE ON, AND THERE'S GOING TO COME A POINT JUST LIKE THE ONE ON THE HARD CORNER ON THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, WHERE E EVEN IF IT'S A, EVEN IF IT'S UPDATED, THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR, FOR A REDO.
AND IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE PRICE POINT.
SO I JUST THINK THAT IF WE CAN THINK THROUGH HOW DO WE ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENT THAT YOU DESCRIBED, IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT THAT AS THROUGH REDEVELOPING A BUILDING STOCK THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO SUSTAIN TWO OR THREE OR FOUR MORE DECADES, I DON'T THINK THOSE GOALS HAVE TO BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF HOW WE, HOW WE REDEVELOP AND REINVEST AND STILL, UH, TRY TO ACHIEVE YOUR AFFORDABILITY GOALS.
MAY I, MAY I RESPOND TO THAT MAYOR? SURE.
AND I AGREE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, UH, MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND UH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE TO THE COUNCIL, WHETHER IT'S THIS COUNCIL OR FUTURE COUNCILS AS WE LOOK AT THIS.
UM, PERHAPS THERE'S A WAY, AND AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT AND I'LL MOVE ON.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S LIGHT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER STUFF TO DISCUSS.
BUT PERHAPS THERE'S A WAY TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT THIS IN THE FUTURE.
I JUST DON'T WANNA KICK THE CAN FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
RIGHT? SO, SO I SEE IT, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
I'M NOT GONNA PRETEND TO, TO HAVE THAT ANSWER.
AND, UH, ANYBODY WHO DOES, HEY, YOU HAVE THE GOLDEN TICKET, RIGHT? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T WANT TO KICK THAT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT, BUT THAT SAID, I WILL ALLOW, YEAH, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, I SHARED THAT.
UM, SO I'M CLEAR ON, UH, AT LEAST MY, WHAT I'VE HEARD AND WHAT I'M FEELING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
AND THANK YOU JOE FOR, UM, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN FOR ASKING ME TO CLARIFY.
UH, YOU, YOU KNOW, ON THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS ONE OF THE APARTMENT GUN CLOSE BY THAT WHEN I WAS MANY YEARS AGO AT THE ZBA, UH, WE SAW SOME ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THIS, THIS WAS REALLY, WAS FALLING APART AND IT WAS NOT SAFE TO BE EVEN AROUND THE BUILDING.
SO, UH, BECAUSE BRICK WERE LIKE FALLING, LIKE TILTING AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A FALLING APART.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT WAS A HAZARD, LIKE LIFE THREATENING HAZARD.
SO, AND, AND THE PEOPLE THEY WERE LIVING IN THOSE APARTMENT, THEY DID NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, AIR CONDITION, SOME OF THE UNITS ROOF WAS FALLING.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THAT THE OWNER DID NOT REPAIR THOSE THING ON TIME.
IT WAS LIKE YEAR AFTER YEAR IT WAS CAUSING ISSUE.
SO EVENTUALLY I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INVESTMENT AND THE RETURN OF
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THE INVESTMENT.UH, SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO YOU THAT, HOW YOU CONTROL THAT RETURN TO THE INVESTOR, UH, BEFORE THAT I ASKED, YOU KNOW, I GIVE YOU SOME LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
SO EVENTUALLY THAT PROPERTY, THE OWNER, UH, I DON'T KNOW MUCH DETAIL, BUT I SAW THAT IT HAS BEEN FIXED, TEMPORARY, AND IT'LL GIVE, IT'LL ADD FEW MORE YEARS TO THE LIFE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
UH, IT'S GOING TO FALL APART AFTER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT.
SO, AND NONE OF YOU KNOW, THE OWNER OR INVESTOR, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO DO SOMETHING AS LONG AS THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL ABOUT THAT.
SO, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME VISION FOR THE FUTURE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER 20 YEARS AFTER THIS BREAKS DOWN? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND, UM, UH, WE'RE NOT FORCING THOSE APARTMENT TO BE DEMOLISHED TODAY OR EVEN TOMORROW.
AS LONG AS THOSE ARE SAFE AND THEY'RE MAKING MONEY AND THE OWNER WILL BE MAKING THE DECISION.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU HAVE LOOKED AT IT, I LOOKED AT IT MYSELF TOO.
I SEE THAT, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY LOW END RIGHT NOW, AND THEY CAN, THEY'RE NOT GONNA, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET THIS THING IN THE FUTURE.
EVEN THE PROPERTY THAT WAS CHEAPER, I THINK LESS THAN $500, PROBABLY $600 RENT THE PROPERTY THAT WAS THERE.
AND WHEN THE NEW TENANTS ARE COMING, THOSE ARE GONNA BE DOUBLE AT LEAST BECAUSE WHATEVER THE INVESTMENT THEY MADE, IT WAS PROBABLY CLOSE TO OVER MILLION, FEW MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THEY HAVE TO GET THAT MONEY BACK.
SO HOW DO YOU, I MEAN, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT THAT HOW WE CAN CONTROL THE OWNER OR INVESTOR TO COME AND NOT DEMOLISH? SURE.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO MAKE BUSINESS SENSE, UH, FOR, FOR THE OWNERS AS WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT LOOKING AT SOMEBODY'S PORTFOLIO AND FOR, FOR, IT'S HARD TO SAY, WELL, THIS IS HOW THEY'RE GONNA RECOUP AND GET THEIR ROI, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, MY ROI MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT IF I HAVE 20 PROPERTIES VERSUS, YOU KNOW, JOE WHO MIGHT HAVE A HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK, BOUNCE IT ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO.
SO THAT, THAT'S NOT A FAIR QUESTION I COULD TRULY ANSWER AT THIS POINT.
AND I UNDERSTAND AS A COUNCIL, WE ALSO WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO LIVE IN PLACES THAT ARE SAFE, UH, STRUCTURALLY, BECAUSE I, I KNOW THE BUILDING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I REMEMBER THAT, UH, WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
UH, AND, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF THAT RENT GOES UP $300, THAT MEANS THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE NEXT MONTH.
IS THEIR HOUSE AS COMFORTABLE AS MY HOUSE OR YOUR HOUSE? NO.
IS IT SOMEWHERE WE WOULD WANNA LIVE? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.
AND THE REALITY IS, WHAT'S THE OTHER OPTION? YEAH.
WELL, JUST TO ADD ONE MORE THING TO THAT PROPERTY, THAT PROPERTY WAS BRACKETED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SAFE TO LEAVE.
SO THEY WERE REPLACED ANYWAY, EVEN IF YOU'RE, IT, IT WAS THERE, BUT ALL THE APARTMENT WAS TED.
SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENED LIKE THAT AND THEY GET REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY ANYWAY, BUT I THINK AS A CITY, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF VISION FOR THE FUTURE THAT WHAT COULD COME AND WE CAN HAVE A CONTROL AND NOT HAVE SOME TO SOMETHING THAT TOTALLY, UH, CAUSE TROUBLE FOR THE CITY.
BUT OF COURSE I WOULD, AFFORDABILITY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT IN THE FUTURE.
THAT COULD BE ANOTHER DISCUSSION AND, UH, WE LOT MORE VARIABLE IN IT.
YOU DON'T, YOU, YOU ALL RIGHT? ALRIGHT, MARK.
UH, SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEARING WITH US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
UH, THE COMPLETE SUMMARY OF ALL THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR, UH, IS AVAILABLE@VISRICHARDSON.COM.
THAT QR CODE WILL GET YOU THERE.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING, UH, THE CONSULTANT TEAM WILL TAKE THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED TONIGHT, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS YOU HAD WHERE I, I THINK SOME OF THE DIVERSE DISCUSSION AND OPINIONS THAT YOU'VE SHARED ARE GONNA BE SIMILAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE SOME OF THE, THAT DIVERSITY OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEM TO HELP US SET THE BAR ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
UH, AND WE WILL BE TAKING THAT BACK, UH, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY AT SUMMIT THREE, UH, STARTING IN JUNE.
ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK REGARDING MISS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS ALSO, UH, BEING PREPARED RIGHT NOW FOR, UH, UH, FACILITATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP A WEEK FROM TOMORROW NIGHT, I BELIEVE.
AND THEN COUNSEL WILL BRIEF BRIEFED ON JUNE 3RD REGARDING THE CONTENT AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO TAKE PLACE IN COMMUNITY SUMMIT THREE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 7TH THROUGH JULY 7TH.
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AGAIN, ONCE, ONCE AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 2024 TRASH BASH]
GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON OUR LIST.IT, WE WILL REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 2024 TRASH BASH.
UH, DANNY AND NEWMAN IS GOING TO MAKE HER WAY TO THE PODIUM AND SHE'S GONNA GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT A COUPLE SATURDAYS FROM NOW.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.
THANK YOU COUNCIL AND DAWN FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING.
IT'S MY HONOR TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION OUR ANNUAL TRASH PATCH EVENT.
THIS EVENT HOLDS US SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IN OUR CITY ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING, AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT'S A GREAT WAY WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, TO GET PARTICIPATION IN MAKING RICHARDSON.
SO BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE EVENTS PROCEEDINGS, I'D LIKE TO CAPTURE, REVIEW THE CITY GOAL AND TACTIC THAT THIS EVENT MEETS.
FIRST, THE CO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE RESIDENTS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS CHOOSE RICHARDSON TO BE THE BEST PLACE TO LOCATE AND CONTRIBUTE AND ENGAGE.
AND THE CITY COUNTS A TACTIC IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES.
SO TRASH PATCH EVENT, IT SERVES AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME TOGETHER AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY.
UM, THIS COLLABORATIVE EVENT, IT AIMS TO ADDRESS LITTLE CON LITTER CONCERNS, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE, UH, PROMOTE A SENSE OF PRIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 260 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS.
AND OF THIS, UM, PARTICIPATION 18 WERE COMMUNITY GROUPS.
SO WE DID COLLECT OVER 3,200 BOOKS.
WE DISTRIBUTED A THOUSAND BAGS OF COMPOST AND MULCH.
WE COLLECTED 55 GALLONS OF WASTE COOKING OIL, 30 BAGS OF CLOTHING, AND 711 POUNDS OF FOOD THAT WAS COLLECTED AS WELL.
806 EYEGLASS WERE COLLECTED AND OVER 570 VEHICLES VISITS, OR FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CAMPUS AT OR SECOND CAMPUS.
WE HAD OUR PARTNERS C-P-A-C-P-A-A.
THEY HOSTED THE DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT AND ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT.
SO THEY SHREDDED, UH, OVER ONE 41,000 POUNDS OF DOCUMENTS.
AND THEY ALSO COLLECTED AND DESTROYED OVER 23,000 POUNDS OF ELECTRONICS TO BE RECYCLED.
IT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL THE 20TH.
OUR CLEANUP PORTION OF THE EVENT IS ALL DAY.
PARTICIPANTS ARE ABLE TO PICK UP LATER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY, OR THEY CAN SCHEDULE THEIR CLEANUP, DO AROUND THE, UM, DRIVE-THROUGH EVENTS, AND THEY EVEN HAVE THE OPTION OF GOING OUT AND DOING THEIR CLEANUP ACTIVITY A DAY OR SO AFTER IF THAT'S MORE CONVENIENT TO THEM.
SO THE CITY WILL PROVIDE THE CLEANUP SUPPLIES AND THESE WILL INCLUDE LIKE LITTER, TONGS, TRASH BAGS WITH GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZERS.
AND TYPICALLY AT OR TRASH PATCH EVENTS.
WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS, UM, REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN PICKING UP LATER AND FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND EVEN LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO THIS YEAR WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
ONE OF OUR CAMPUS IS THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PARKING LOT, WHERE WE'LL HAVE THE DRIVE THROUGH EVENT BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 1:00 PM WE'LL HAVE NETWORK COMMUNITY MINISTRIES COLLECTING FOOD AND CLOTHING DONATION.
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SERVICES WILL BE DISTRIBUTING COMPOST AND MULCH.AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, PARTNERED WITH AMERICAN BIO SOURCE AGAIN TO RECYCLE, USE RESIDENTIAL COOKING OIL, AND THEY WOULD, UM, RECYCLE IT INTO BIODIESEL.
THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE WILL BE OUT THERE AS WELL.
DISTRIBUTING PREPAREDNESS BAGS AND MIDDAY LION CLUB WILL BE COLLECTING THEIR, UM, EYEGLASS OR SECOND LOCATION WILL BE AT THE RICHARDSON SQUARE MALL.
AND THIS DRIVE THROUGH EVENT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 2:00 PM OUR PARTNERS CP AA WILL BE DOING THEIR ELECTRONIC RECYCLING AND DOCUMENTATING.
SO I HAVE TO MENTION, OR COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS, UM, THIS, THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF OUR TRASH OR ONE DAY TRASH BASH EVENT.
SO IT IS LITERALLY LITTLE CLEANUP EVENT ON YOUR SCHEDULE.
SO WE HAVE EXTENDED, IT'S AN EXTENSION OF TRASH BASH WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PICK UP LATER ANYTIME.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 32 GROUPS INVOLVED AND THIS INCLUDED OVER, UM, SIX, 600 PARTICIPANTS.
SO IN SUMMARY, WE'LL HAVE OUR TRASH BASH EVENT WITH THE LITTER CLEANUP OCCURRING ALL DAY THAT DAY.
AND, UM, WE'LL PROVIDE THE CLEANUP SUPPLIES FOR PARTICIPANTS.
WE'LL HAVE TWO CAMPUSES FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH ACTIVITIES.
ONE AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CAMPUS, BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 1:00 PM AND THE OTHER LOCATION WILL BE AT THE RICHARDSON SQUARE MALL, WHERE THEY'LL HAVE THE DOCUMENTARY IN ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 2:00 PM.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN TRASH BASH, YOU COULD ALWAYS CALL US OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, OR CLEANUP PROGRAM, WE HAVE A WEBSITE FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, PARTICIPATING IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL VENTURE THAT IS NOT INCLUDING OF PICKING UP LATER, WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP, UM, INITIATIVE.
AND ALL OF THESE ARE JUST GEARED TOWARDS KEEPING RICHARD SOME BEAUTIFUL AND HAVING OUR COMMUNITY TAKE A STAKE IN MAKING OUR PLACE FEEL LIKE BEAUTIFUL AND HOME.
ANY COMMENTS? WE ALL GOOD? FABULOUS.
[8. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 24-01, A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL PERMIT AND SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A WINERY/DISTILLERY ON A 1.5-ACRE LOT CURRENTLY ZONED MAIN STREET/CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (RAILSIDE SUB-DISTRICT) WITHIN AN EXISTING 19,602 SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING LOCATED AT 816 S. SHERMAN ST.]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 24 DASH OH ONE A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL PERMIT AND SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A WINERY SLASH SLASH DISTILLERY ON A 1.5 ACRE LOT WITHIN AN EXISTING BUILDING LOCATED AT EIGHT 16 SOUTH SHERMAN STREET.MR. MAGNER, UH, THANKS MAYOR, DIRECTOR OF UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SHA SAM CHAVEZ IS GONNA, UH, MAKE THE CITY PRESENTATION.
THE, UH, BUSINESS OWNER IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER.
SO SAM, I'LL TURN TO VIEW FOR BRIEFING.
UM, THE SUBJECT SIDE IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF, UH, SOUTH SHERMAN STREET, NORTH OF WEST SPRING VALLEY ROAD.
THE, UH, SITE IS IN THE, UH, MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE RAIL SIDE, UH, SUBDISTRICT OF THAT PD.
THE PHOTOS IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, SHOW YOU THE EL THE NORTH ELEVATION AND THE EAST ELEVATION.
AS YOU CAN TELL, 99% OF THAT LOT IS PAVED, UH, WHICH IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOT OF THE, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, STANDARDS IN THAT, IN THE RAILSIDE SUBDISTRICT.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A WINERY DISTILLERY AS DEFINED IN THAT, UH, SPECIFIC CODE.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE, THE, UH, APPLICANT INTENDS TO BLEND ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS, BOTTLE LABEL AND PACKAGE THESE, THESE PRODUCTS.
UM, JUST A REAL QUICK REMINDER, UH, ON A SPECIAL PERMIT, UH, A SPECIAL PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE OPERATOR, AND OR BUSINESS AND OR SPECIFIED TIME LIMITS IN ANY OF ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE OR REASONABLE CONDITIONS.
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A, UH, PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.UH, THE SITE AREA IS 1.25 ACRES IN SITE.
UH, IT HAS A EXISTING SINGLE STORY BUILDING, UH, AND IT'S ABOUT 19,000 SQUARE FEET IN, IN THE AREA.
THERE'S 49 PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE ON SITE, AND IT DOES PROVIDE ABOUT 4% OF, UH, LANDSCAPE AREA.
THESE ARE THE, THE TOP ELEVATION IS THE PROPOSED ELEVATION.
UH, THEY DO INTEND TO, UH, CONSTRUCT OR IMPLEMENT A, UH, OVERHEAD DOOR THERE ON, ON THAT EAST ELEVATION.
THE BALANCE OF THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS ARE THE EXISTING, UH, CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
THERE YOU SEE THE, UH, NORTH ELEVATION IN THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
THIS REPRESENTS THE LAUNDRY LIST OF ALL THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE RAILSIDE SUBDISTRICT.
THE FIRST FIVE ARE PREDOMINANTLY RELATED TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
UH, I DO HAVE, UH, SUBSEQUENT SLIDES THAT, THAT DESCRIBE WHAT THOSE DEVIATIONS ARE.
UH, BUT, AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THE EIGHT, UH, CONDITIONS ARE RELATED TO SIDE ELEMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE FIRST FIVE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED THERE, UH, ACCOMMODATE THE EXISTING, UH, SINGLE STORY BUILDING WITH REGARDS TO SETBACK, FRONTAGE, REQUIREMENTS, ARTICULATION AND GLAZING.
THE BALANCE OF THEM, OF COURSE, ARE THE MORE OF THE SITE ELEMENTS, THE, UH, THE, UH, SPACING OF DRIVEWAYS, THE REQUIREMENT FOR AMENITY ZONE.
AND YOU CAN TELL, UH, JUST BASED ON THE BALANCE OF THEM, THEY WERE NOT PROVIDING THOSE REQUIRED ELEMENTS, UH, WITHIN THEIR PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.
SO ONE OF THE ITEMS OF COURSE TO CONSIDER ARE THE ITEMS, UH, RELATED TO THE VISION FOR THE RAILSIDE, UH, SUBDISTRICT.
AND THAT IS, UH, TO POSITION, UH, TO POSITION RICH RICHARDSON AS A COMMUNITY CONCERN WITH SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ARTS, FOCUSING ON ADAPTIVE REUSE OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
NEW DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER TRANSIT SUPPORTING USES, ARE ALSO ENVISIONED WITH HIGH QUALITY URBAN CHARACTER.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO THIS REQUEST IS THAT THIS SPECIAL PERMIT AND SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WOULD ONLY APPLY TO A WINERY AND DISTILLERY OPERATED BY LOCKWOOD DISTILLING COMPANY.
THEREFORE, SHOULD WE HAVE ANOTHER USER COME IN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REAPPLY, UM, AND, UH, SEEK FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY BOTH THE, UH, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.
NOW, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION DID VOTE, UH, AT THEIR LAST MEETING.
UH, THEY DID, THEY DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AS PRESENTED BY A FIVE BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.
NOW, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS REQUEST.
UM, SO, SO TONIGHT'S, UH, MOTION FROM COUNSEL, UH, COUNSEL COULD APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, OR AMEND THE CONDITIONS, OR DENY THE REQUESTS OUTRIGHT.
I KNOW THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UH, THEY MAY PROVIDE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, FEEDBACK AS TO HOW THIS FACILITY WILL OPERATE, UH, VERSUS THE FACILITY THEY HAVE AT, ON, ON LOCKWOOD DRIVE.
AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MS. JUSTICE? VERY RANDOM ONE.
THIS IS THE OLD SKATING RINK, RIGHT? LIKE, I'M HAVING A NOSTALGIC MOMENT.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT, BOB? I CAN'T.
SORRY THAT THEY'RE NOT A QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE GOING DOWN THAT LIEN.
OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THIS UP, UH, FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, SIR.
I'M SORRY, SAM, HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND.
UH, AND 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE NOTES, UM, ON THAT ONE DIS DESCENDING VOTE, WHAT WAS THE BIG DIFFERENCE THERE ON WHAT IT'S ALLOWED NOW VERSUS WHAT, AS FAR AS USE WISE? CAN YOU KIND OF REITERATE THAT PART? WHAT, LIKE WHAT, WHAT THE BIG CHANGE IS AND HOW IT'S USE? WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE EX THE, THE USE ITSELF.
IT'S, IT'S THE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS THAT ARE CAUSING OKAY.
IT'S THE, A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE, THE REQUESTED DEVIATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS FROM THE CODE.
SO IT'S A LOT OF THE SMALL DETAILS, NOT NECESSARILY.
NO MORE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MS. AMY? NO CARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'D LIKE TO ADDRESS
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THE COUNCIL? OKAY, SEE YOU.I'D TAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE WANNA HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? DO THEY WANNA COME UP BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? DO WE NEED TO ADD? I THINK WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE CAN BRING THE APPLICANT UP IF HE NEEDS TO.
OR I, I THINK THE APPLICANT INDICATED HE WAS HERE JUST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
IF YOU, IF THE COUNSEL DOESN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO GET A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS PLEASE.
PUBLIC HEARING IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED.
OKAY, MAYOR, IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
OKAY, MR. HUT, RIDERS MADE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING FILE 24 DASH ZERO ONE AS REQUESTED.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE WANNA SECOND THAT MOTION? MS. JUSTICE? SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL WILL SHOW OF HANDS PLEASE.
[9. RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND WATER RESOURCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN]
OKAY.ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NINE, RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND WATER RESOURCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UH, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
ERIC ROBESON IS GONNA PROVIDE AN ABBREVIATED, UH, VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION, UM, FROM LAST WEEK.
AND THEN, UM, MAYOR, THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING PER SE, BUT, UH, MUCH LIKE A VISITOR'S, UH, SECTION, YOU CAN INVITE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM TO DO SO.
THANK YOU, MR. MAGGARD, MAYOR CITY, THE COUNCIL.
IT'S GOOD TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN.
UM, REGARDING OUR WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, UM, AS WE WENT OVER LAST WEEK, OUR 2019 PLAN, UM, IS REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED BY TCQ EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND WE'RE IN THAT FIFTH YEAR CYCLE.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE COORDINATE WITH NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND OTHER MEMBER CITIES TO DEVELOP THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND ALSO NOTE THAT TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 2 88, UH, REQUIRES THAT WE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
UH, QUICK ABBREVIATION GO OVER THE PURPOSE.
AGAIN, THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.
THIS IS, UM, OUR NORMAL EVERYDAY CONSERVATION PLAN IS TO, TO, TO REDUCE THE LOSS OF WATER, IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR WATER USE, MAXIMIZE LEVEL OF RECYCLING, UH, PROTECT AND PRESERVE ENVIRONMENT, UM, AND WATER SUPPLIES.
UM, AND ALSO TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS.
UM, WE HAD SHOWED YOU THESE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE.
UM, THESE WERE RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE IN THE 19 PLAN THAT ARE ALSO IN THE 2024 PLAN.
UM, SO NO CHANGES WERE MADE THERE.
UH, WE DID HOWEVER, UH, TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND WE DID NOT INCLUDE THESE THREE IN THE PLAN IN YOUR DIRECTION.
HOWEVER, WE DID INCLUDE THEM IN SECTION EIGHT AS RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED, BUT THEY'RE NOW IN SECTION EIGHT AS ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO THAT IS IN THE 24 PLAN.
NOW, AS AS RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AGAIN, THE WATER RESOURCE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THIS IS MORE OF A DROUGHT SITUATION WHERE WE PUT RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE, UH, BASED ON THE DROUGHT.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN, AGAIN, SAVE WATER, DOMESTIC USE, SANITATION, FIRE PROTECTION, UH, PROTECT AND PRESERVE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, THAT JUST REDUCE THE LOSS ON WASTE OF WATER.
UM, AGAIN, THESE ARE GENERATED BY, UH, TRIGGERS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE NOR TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BASED ON WATER CONSERVATION LEVELS, UM, AND TIMES OF YEAR, UH, REDUCES THE RESTRICTION AND IT JUST GOES INTO MORE RESTRICTIVE MEASURES DEPENDING ON THE, THE STAGE THAT WE'RE IN OR THE AMOUNT OF, UH, PERCENT COMBINED STORAGE WE HAVE IN OUR LAKES.
UM, AGAIN, WE BROUGHT TO YOU, UM, SOME POTENTIAL, UH, CHANGES TO THE PLAN THAT WEREN'T IN THE 19 PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE PUT IN THE 24 PLAN.
UM, AND THOSE THREE, UM, AT THE BOTTOM THERE IN STAGE TWO, THREE, AND THREE RESPECTIVELY, UM, HAVE NOW BEEN ADDED TO THE 2024 PLAN.
UH, NEXT STEPS, UM, FINAL PLANS WILL BE ON COUNCIL JENNIFER CONSIDERATION ON APRIL 22ND.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL POST THE FINAL PLANS PER PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ON MAY 1ST.
THANK YOU, ERIC, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE THEN I, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THIS FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'RE
[10. CONSENT AGENDA]
GOING TO MOVE ON.FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 10, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MR. MAYOR, I VOTE THAT WE APPROVE THE, OR I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.
MR. HUTCHER WRITER, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR, APPROVING CONSENT AGENDA SHOW HANDS PLEASE.
[11. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]
ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST COUNCIL.MR. CHEN, WRITER MAYOR THIS AFTERNOON.
WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE, UH, RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON
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THEIR PROJECT RIGHT SIZE.UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, SUPERINTENDENT TABITHA BRANHAM AND HER TEAM TO COME AND TALK TO US.
UM, IT WAS A VERY THOUGHTFUL PRESENTATION, UM, VERY OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS A VERY THOUGHTFUL, YET PAINFUL, UH, PROCESS THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH, BUT ONE THAT THEY FEEL VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT.
UM, WE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO RECEIVE THIS REPORT.
UM, AND WHILE THIS HELPS THEM, THIS STILL DOES NOT COMPLETELY BALANCE THEIR BUDGET.
SO WOULD, UM, WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHILE THIS IS A STEP IN THE NEEDED DIRECTION, UM, THAT THERE CERTAINLY IS STILL WORK TO DO WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, LEGISLATORS AS FAR AS, UM, FURTHER FUNDING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE AND, UM, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN WERE WITH ME.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.
APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE, MS. JUSTICE.
ON SATURDAY, SEVERAL OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE ALTRUA KINDNESS AND ACTION EVENT.
IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT THAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR.
UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS BENEFITING, YOU KNOW, VASTLY DIFFERENT GROUPS.
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, AT A STATION FOR, UH, MILITARY CARE PACKETS, UM, UH, TOILETRY PACKETS FOR WOMEN IN, UH, EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND I THINK FOUR OR FIVE OTHER STATIONS.
AND SO ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.
UM, AND THEN A FORWARD LOOKING THING TOMORROW.
JUST A SHOUT OUT AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, FORMER COUNCILMAN MARK SOLOMON, WHO IS TURNING 80 TOMORROW.
UM, AFTER THE ALTRUSA EVENT, AND A COUPLE OF US ATTENDED AN EVENT IN PLANO, UH, BUT IT REPRESENTED ALL OF COUNTY COLLIN COUNTY AND RICHARDSON, GOOD PORTION OF OUR CITY IS IN COLLIN COUNTY TO RECOGNIZE SEXUAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
UM, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO ATTEND THAT WITH YOU MAYOR AND WITH MAYOR PRO TEMEL AS, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM.
AND THE MAYOR PRESENTED A, UM, UM, DECLARATION, UM, AND, UH, TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.
AND THERE SOMEBODY WHO SHARED THE STORY, WHOSE NAME IS, IS, UH, KIND OF MISSING THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT WAS AMAZING STORY AND, UM, TO HEAR ALL THE GOOD AND TO REMIND ME, YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF THE ALTRUSA EVENT, THERE'S SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN RICHARDSON AND SOMETIMES AND THE TIES TO RICHARDSON, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RICHARDSON RUNNING NONPROFITS IN AND OUT THE CITY IN DALLAS COUNTY, COLLIN COUNTY.
JUST 'CAUSE UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER OF THE AMAZING CITY WE LIVE IN ON ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN IT.
AND ON A SIMILAR NOTE TO COUNCIL, UM, JUSTICE'S NOTE TODAY IS MY WIFE AARON'S BIRTHDAY.
SO I'M SURE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WANTS TO KNOW THAT
Y'ALL JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME FOR A FEW HOURS.
UM, I'LL TAKE A RESOLUTION, BUT, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HU.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.0 8, 7 1, AND TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.COUNSEL WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC NEGOTIATIONS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, US HIGHWAY 75 FLOYD ROAD AREA.
THIS TIME IS NOW 8 54 AT 9 0 5.