[CALL TO ORDER ]
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          MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 602. OUR APOLOGIES FOR STARTING LATE. WE HAD A COUPLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT WE ARE ON AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ITEM ONE, WHICH IS THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CURTIS DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER IF YOU WILL. LORD, BEFORE WE GO INTO THIS MEETING, PLEASE GUIDE OUR HEARTS AS WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS. HELP US TO LISTEN BEFORE SPEAKING. MAY WE ALWAYS BE MINDFUL OF OUR BUSINESS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR CITY STAFF, AND THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ASK THAT YOU HELP STRENGTHEN US, RESTORE US, AND INSPIRE US AS WE JOURNEY ONWARD TONIGHT AND MAKE DECISIONS WITH THE LOVE AND GRACE FOR OTHERS. AMEN. AMEN. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE AMERICAN FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. TEXAS. FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE. STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. AT THIS 
          [3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM ]
TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, WHICH ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM. MR. MAGNA. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE'RE WE ARE NOT MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 4 P.M. DEADLINE. HOWEVER, I'M AWARE OF THREE SPEAKERS, SO I'LL READ SOME INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS TONIGHT 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. IF THERE'S TIME LEFT DURING THIS INITIAL 30 MINUTES, THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS A VISITOR'S FORUM OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. IF THE FIRST 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS REACHED, THEN SPEAKERS HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD, MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITORS FORUM SCHEDULED AT THE END OF THE MEETING. ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE 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 TIMER. WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE 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 MEETING 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 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER. AFTER THE MEETING, 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 THEIR CELL PHONES FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP RANDY EISENACH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. EISENACH. IF YOU'LL TURN ON THE MICROPHONE, APOLOGIES. THANKS SO MUCH FOR A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RANDY EISENACH. I'M AT 2661 HONEYSUCKLE DRIVE, THAT'S IN CROWLEY PARK. I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME CROWLEY PARK RESIDENT FOR 28 YEARS, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE CROWLEY PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. SO ON THURSDAY, I SENT EVERYONE AN EMAIL. I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION, BUT I WANTED TO BRIEFLY COVER THAT IN SUMMARY TONIGHT AND KIND OF SHOW YOU HOW IT TIES INTO ALL THE OTHER INFORMATION I PROVIDED THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS. SO IN JANUARY, THERE WAS A MEETING BETWEEN OUR MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER AND AMAZON REPRESENTATIVES, I THINK JANUARY 6TH, TO TRY TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS TO THE ONGOING CITIZEN COMPLAINTS. AND AT THAT MEETING, I BELIEVE IT WAS SAM BAILEY. ONE OF THE THINGS AMAZON COMMITTED TO DOING WAS TO FLY THEIR OUTBOUND DRONE FLIGHTS AT 225FT. AND THAT WAS PART OF SAM'S PRESENTATION. 
          THAT WAS IS NOW INCLUDED IN THE MARCH 9TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING ARCHIVE. SO MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT NEIGHBOR, THE NEIGHBORS ARE IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE DRONE PORT, ARE NOW MONITORING AND TRACKING FLIGHTS USING SOMETHING CALLED DRONE SITE RECEIVERS. THEY MONITOR THE REMOTE ID MESSAGES THAT THE FAA REQUIRES THE DRONES TO TRANSMIT ONCE PER SECOND AND INCLUDING THE FLIGHT ALTITUDE. SO I DECIDED TO TAKE ONE DAY'S WORTH OF DATA AND LOOK AT EACH OUTBOUND FLIGHT TO ENSURE THAT AMAZON WAS MEETING THEIR COMMITMENTS AND AGREEMENT TO FLY THE OUTBOUND FLIGHTS AT 225FT. AND I SIMPLY CHOSE AT RANDOM. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, AND 95% OF AMAZON'S FLIGHTS VIOLATED THE 225 FOOT LIMIT. SO IF YOU HAD A HANDFUL OF FLIGHTS 
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THAT DIDN'T QUITE MEET THE 225FT, YOU MIGHT SAY THAT'S ACCIDENTAL. OR IF YOU HAD A HANDFUL BELOW AND A HANDFUL ABOVE, YOU'D SAY THE AVERAGE ALTITUDE 225. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE 95%, 5% THAT ARE VIOLATING THEIR OWN AGREEMENT TO FLY AT 225FT, THAT IS WILLFUL MISCONDUCT ON THEIR PART. NOW, THERE'S A REASON THAT I WANTED TO SEND THOSE THURSDAY SLIDES, BECAUSE IT TENDS TO TIE EVERYTHING TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT REVOKING ZONING ENTITLEMENTS IS TOUGH TO DO, AND IN MANY CASES, A BUSINESS CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS GRANDFATHERED UNDER THEIR PREEXISTING ZONING LAWS. BUT THERE IS AN EXCEPTION TO THOSE RULES. AND ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS, I BELIEVE, IS WHEN A BUSINESS VIOLATES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN AGREEMENT THEY HAD WITH THE CITY. AND IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE AMAZON VIOLATE WILLFULLY AND REPEATEDLY VIOLATING THEIR 225 FOOT OUTBOUND FLIGHT LIMIT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. NOW, MANY PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, RANDY, THIS WAS A ONE OFF. IT WASN'T A ONE OFF. I COULD HAVE PICKED ANY DAY OF THE WEEK, ANY DAY OF THE MONTH. I WOULD HAVE GOT THE SAME RESULTS. I DECIDED TO TAKE A SECOND DAY WORTH OF DATA ON SATURDAY AND LOOK AT ALL OF SATURDAY'S OUTBOUND FLIGHTS, AND I GOT THE EXACT SAME RESULTS. 95% OF THOSE FLIGHTS WERE VIOLATING THE 225 LIMIT THAT THEY AGREED TO IN THE SPRING OF 2026. SO AS I MENTIONED IN SEPTEMBER, NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT. NOT 30 DAYS FROM NOW, NOT 60 DAYS FROM NOW, NOT 90 DAYS FROM NOW. NOW IS THE TIME TO REPEAL THE THREE ZONING AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ENACTED IN JUNE OF 2025, SEEK A SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATION WITH AMAZON TO CLOSE THE DRONE PORT AND PROHIBIT THEM FROM OPERATING UNDER A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN WILL, ONGOING AND REPEATED AND WILLFUL DISREGARD OF THEIR OWN AGREEMENT TO FLY AT 225FT ON THEIR OUTBOUND FLIGHTS. AND WE HAVE THE DATA IN THE PROOF TO PROVE THAT. MR. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. EISENACH. LAUREN. PEKKA. HELLO, MY NAME IS LAUREN PEKKA AND I LIVE AT 3009 SUN VALLEY DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75082. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON SOME SYSTEMIC STORMWATER FLOODING THAT IS HAPPENING IN MY AREA, BOTH IN MY SUBDIVISION, THE KNOLLS OF BRECKENRIDGE, AND THE SUBDIVISION IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF US GREENFIELDS. I PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY COME AND SPOKEN AT CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS, BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION AND ASK FOR SOME MORE INFORMATION IN RETURN. I'VE PROVIDED A PACKET TO THE COUNCIL THAT HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS IN IT. THE FIRST ONE YOU'LL SEE IS A PHOTO FROM MY BACKYARD. THE SECOND PAGE IS GOING TO BE A PHOTO OF TWO DRAINS THAT WHERE WATER EXITS MY BACKYARD. THE THIRD DOCUMENT IS A OFFICIAL COPY FROM THE COLLIN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE OF A. THE DEFINITION AND DEDICATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND A SLOPE EASEMENT THAT IS ALONG THE PROBLEM AREA WHERE THIS FLOODING IS HAPPENING. THE NEXT DOCUMENT IS GOING TO BE A MAP THAT I HAVE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER TO SQUISH THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS TO AGAINST EACH OTHER. SO THAT WAY IT'S VERY OBVIOUS, LIKE THE BORDER BETWEEN THEM AND HIGHLIGHTED CERTAIN PIECES OF IT. FOR THE COUNCIL'S INFORMATION, THE YELLOW PORTION IS THE PORTION WHERE THE SLOPE EASEMENT IS DEFINED. NOTABLY THE SLOPE EASEMENT IN ITS DEFINITION SAYS THAT IT WAIVES THE ASSESSMENT AND REQUIREMENT OF DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE WITHIN THE AREA OF THE EASEMENT ITSELF. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, SO I GUESS I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR SURE HERE, BUT THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I'VE READ. SO COMING BACK TO THE PICTURE, YELLOW IS THE SLOPE EASEMENT. 
          THE RED COLOR IS THE ADDITIONAL PERIMETER OF GRADING AROUND THE SLOPE EASEMENT THAT IS THE SAME HEIGHT AND IS MAKING IT SO THAT WAY THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY FOR WATER TO EXIT INTO ITS 
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INTENDED PATH TO ENTER THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT IS JUST OUTSIDE THIS AREA. SO. I'VE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE THE PATH THAT THE WATER ACROSS THESE TWO SUBDIVISIONS, AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, TAKES. AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT EVERY BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE THING THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE IS WATER THAT PASSES INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS INSTEAD OF EXITING TO THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT. AND IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL UNTIL IT FINALLY CAN EXIT FROM MY YARD THROUGH THOSE GRATES. ON THE SECOND PAGE THAT YOU SEE IN THE IMAGE, NOTABLY, I DO NOT I GRANTED, I DO NOT KNOW THIS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO PROVE IT, BUT I WAS JUST TOLD ON FRIDAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF MY HOA THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE OTHER HOA SAYS THAT THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS THE ENTITY THAT IS MAINTAINING THE LANDSCAPING INSIDE THIS SLOPE EASEMENT. SO I AM TRYING TO GATHER INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT IS TRUE. AND I HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT REALLY FACTORS INTO THIS SITUATION. AND IT'S KIND OF NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE ALL THE VERY BIG COMPLICATIONS HERE. 
          THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE LETTER I RECEIVED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SIX UNANSWERED EMAILS FROM THAT I HAD SUBMITTED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON VARIOUS DETAILS OF THIS, OF THIS PROCESS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THIS SLOPE EASEMENT, AS WELL AS A RECORD OF THE 24 TIMES THAT I CALLED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, TRYING TO GET AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTIONS, MOST OF WHICH WENT UNANSWERED. AND THE ONE CALL THAT I RECEIVED BACK FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY TOLD ME THAT SLOPE EASEMENTS DO NOT EXIST. AND I RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO SQUARE ALL OF THIS. I'M JUST KIND OF TRYING TO BEG FOR SOME HELP HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS BECKER. 
          CHRISTY GRAHAM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M CHRISTY GRAHAM AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR OVER 26 YEARS NOW. I LIVE AT 3518 BRADFORD DRIVE IN WOODS OF SPRING CREEK. YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WILL TREASURE YOUR PEACE AND QUIET IN AND AROUND YOUR HOME UNTIL IT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM YOU. THIS IS HOW HUNDREDS OF US FEEL IN RICHARDSON. WE FEEL THAT FOR OF YOU,UR FELLOW CITY NEIGHBORS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOUR OF YOU VOTED AND CHOSE TO SATISFY THE GREEDY CORPORATE GIANT AMAZON OVER PROTECTING THE PEACE AND QUIET OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS. THE LOCATION OF A DRONE OPERATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED, SINCE THE FACILITY IS SO EXTREMELY CLOSE TO NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IS LESS THAN A HALF A MILE FROM MY HOME, AND THERE ARE OTHER HOMES THAT ARE EVEN CLOSER TO THE AMAZON FACILITY ON BRECKENRIDGE BOULEVARD. YOU DIDN'T CONSIDER HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THE NEARBY DAYCARE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR PARKS LOCATED DOWN THE STREET FROM AMAZON, WHERE THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS ARE OUTSIDE ON THE PLAYGROUNDS EVERY DAY WITH A MULTITUDE OF DRONES FLIGHTS PASSING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU SHOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED A TRIAL PHASE BEFORE ALLOWING A PERMANENT ZONING CHANGE LIKE THIS. THE INFURIATING PART IS THAT AMAZON KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING, BECAUSE THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS IN COLLEGE STATION, AMAZON REPRESENTATIVE SAM BAILEY STOOD BEFORE ALL OF YOU LAST YEAR AND STATED OVER AND OVER THAT AMAZON WOULD FLY BETWEEN 200 AND 400FT. HE LIED. AMAZON NEVER INTENDED TO FLY 200FT OR ABOVE. WE HAVE PROOF THE DRONES FLY WELL BELOW THIS, BECAUSE MANY OF US NOW HAVE RECEIVERS IN OUR HOMES THAT TRACK THE DATA ON ALL DRONES FLYING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PROVIDING SPEED, ALTITUDE, DATE AND TIME. AND THE COMPANY THAT OPERATES THE DRONE, AMAZON LIES. AND THEY DON'T EVEN CARE THAT WE ALL KNOW IT. IT SEEMS NO ONE CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. DO YOU KNOW THE FAA DOESN'T EVEN HAVE REGULATIONS FOR HOW LOW A DRONE CAN FLY OVER OUR HEADS? I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE FAA INVESTIGATORS SEVERAL TIMES OVER MY COMPLAINTS. AMAZON KNOWS THIS AS WELL, AND THEY FEEL THEY ARE 
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UNTOUCHABLE AT THIS POINT. AMAZON IGNORES US WHEN WE COMPLAIN. I HAVE NEVER ONCE RECEIVED A REPLY FROM THEM. WE ARE FIGHTING THIS AND HAVE BEEN MAKING OUR VOICES HEARD TO THE LOCAL NEWS STATIONS, NATIONAL NEWS, AND NOW WE EVEN HAVE INTERNATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS CONTACTING US TO COME AND SEE THE DRONE HIGHWAY THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO FLY OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT IT FEELS AND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LIVE THERE. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS MAKES RICHARDSON, TEXAS, LOOK TO THE REST OF THE WORLD? PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU HAVE SPECIFICALLY COME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND WHAT IS HAPPENING. BUT WE HAVE MANY NEWS OUTLETS THAT HAVE SPENT HOURS WITH US, AND THEY FILM ALL OF THE DRONES FLYING BACK AND FORTH AND TALKING TO US. WITHIN AN HOUR, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AGREE THAT IT IS UNBELIEVABLY IRRITATING AND FRUSTRATING, AND THEY WONDER HOW WE'RE LIVING LIKE THIS. BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 8 P.M. DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT HAS BEEN EIGHT MONTHS SINCE WE CAME TO YOU AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS PAST MARCH VOICING OUR CONCERNS, BUT IT HAS ONLY GROWN WORSE. DRONE FLIGHTS HAVE INCREASED AND WE NOW HAVE HUNDREDS FLYING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY DAY. ALL YOU DO IS POINT THE FINGER AT AMAZON AND THE FAA AND INSTRUCT US TO CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IF WE FEEL THREATENED. IS THAT REALLY WHAT YOU WANT FOR US TO CALL RICHARDSON FIRE AND POLICE AND WASTE THEIR VALUABLE TIME? THERE ARE TIMES I WATCH THESE DRONES AND I DO FEEL THREATENED. LAST WEEK I SAW TWO DRONES CROSSED SIDE BY SIDE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ON THE SAME LEVEL OF ALTITUDE, VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, RIGHT OVER OUR HOMES. YOU DECIDED IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST AMAZON. THE CITY JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND ON THAT. YOU BASICALLY SHRUG YOUR SHOULDERS AND SAY, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, SO LIVE WITH IT. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT SOUNDS TO US? IF YOU HAVEN'T COME TO THE CONCLUSION YET, I WILL SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU. WE ARE FURIOUS. WE INSIST THAT YOU RETRACT THE ZONING APPROVAL, WHICH WOULD COMPLETELY RESOLVE THIS TERRIBLE SITUATION THAT YOU HAVE CREATED. AMAZON CLAIMS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT FLIGHTS HAVE INCREASED BY THE HUNDREDS, STILL FLYING TOO LOW AND AFFECTING OUR WELL-BEING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OUR HOMES. ON A RECENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN MY BACKYARD ABOUT 1:00, I HEARD AND WITNESSED SIX DRONES FLY NEAR ME IN INSIGHT AND IN HEARING RANGE IN FIVE MINUTES TIME. YOUR LACK OF DESIRE TO ACT ON OUR BEHALF IS COMING THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR. AS FOR THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED YES AND ALLOWED AMAZON TO BRING THIS NIGHTMARE TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS SPEAK VOLUMES. IN CLOSING, WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL SEATS WILL BE UP FOR REELECTION IN 2027, AND IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. THANK YOU, MISS GRAHAM. GARY MARTINI. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M HERE ALSO TO TALK ABOUT THE AMAZON DRONE PORT AND AGAINST IT. I'M A NEIGHBOR OF RANDY THAT RANDY SPOKE EARLIER. HE'S IN A ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S WITHIN A, YOU KNOW, A CLOSE RADIUS TO THE PORT, I'LL CALL IT. AND I'M A NEIGHBOR OF CHRISTIE'S. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SPEAKER ALSO THAT IS IN THE WOODS OF SPRING CREEK, WHICH IS WHERE I AM. I LIVE AT I DIDN'T STATE MY NAME, DID I? GARY MARTINI, 3411 WHITE OAK DRIVE, AND IT'S IN THE WOODS OF SPRING CREEK. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS CHRISTY MENTIONED, I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF THE OF THE PORT, SO WE GET LOTS OF THE OVERFLIGHTS AND THE OUTBOUND TRAFFIC CONSISTENTLY. SO WE KNOW FIRSTHAND BETTER THAN ANY BETTER THAN ANYBODY WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S NOT GOOD. WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR OVER TEN MONTHS NOW SINCE THE THE FIRST FLIGHTS CAME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON UNANNOUNCED TO US. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS THIS? YOU KNOW, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? SO THAT STARTED THE FRUSTRATION AND HAS GOTTEN NOT GOTTEN ANY BETTER. IT'S BECOME UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BECOME ROUTINE. BUT I DON'T MEAN TO SAY A GOOD ROUTINE. IT'S BEEN A, IT'S A BAD NORMAL THAT'S TAKING PLACE NOW. AMAZON WANTS IT TO BE NORMAL. AND JUST FOR US TO GO AWAY. BUT THE THE DETRIMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LET GO OF. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP PUSHING BACK. CHRISTY MENTIONED THE THE REPORTERS THAT HAVE COME, I'VE PARTICIPATED IN MANY 
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OF THOSE. AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, EVERY TIME, LIKE SHE SAID, THERE'S A THERE'S AN MOMENT BEFORE TOO LONG WHEN THE WHEN THE REPORTER AND THE VIDEOGRAPHER. THAT'S USUALLY WITH THEM. RECOGNIZE AND CONFIRM THAT, WOW, THIS IS A THIS IS A BAD SCENARIO. THIS IS THIS IS NOT GOOD. SO AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT MANY CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. NOW, WE KIND OF KEEP THE PULSE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES. AND MANY OF THE MANY CITIES ARE PUSHING BACK NOW. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALIZING THIS, THEY'RE DOING THEIR ANALYSIS AND THEY'RE PUSHING BACK. SO I JUST ASK THE CONSIDERATION FOR, YOU KNOW, HELP PUSH BACK AGAINST AMAZON AND CLEAN THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DETRIMENT TO THE, PARTICULARLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE WITHIN A MILE OF RADIUS OF THE, OF THE PORT AND THE OVERFLIGHT TRAFFIC THAT GETS CONCENTRATED IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. MARTINI. SCOTT BRACHER. GOOD EVENING. SCOTT BRACHER, 3505 DEERWOOD COURT. I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE A FEW BULLET POINTS HERE ON THE AMAZON. I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THEY SAY THEY WERE GOING TO DO. BECAUSE SAM BAILEY DID LIE TO ALL OF US. THAT'S ON RECORD. I HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT WHAT AMAZON'S DOING HERE IN RICHARDSON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S DOING FOR US OTHER THAN PROPERTY TAX. I WOULD THINK A CHICK FIL A WOULD BE BETTER THAN THAT BECAUSE WE'D GET SALES TAX OFF OF IT. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE THE RIGHT BUSINESS WE WANT HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING THEY'RE NOT WITH US. AS PREVIOUS SAID, OTHER CITIES ARE FIGHTING BACK. THERE'S A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY SAID NO. SOME OF THEM WE'VE CONTACTED AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES THAT HAVE SAID YES, AND THEY'RE SAYING THE EXACT SAME THINGS WE ARE. AMAZON HAS LIED. THEY'RE COMING IN. 
          THEY'RE JUST THAT'S NOT A BUSINESS PARTNER. CITY RICHARDSON WANTS TO BE WITH. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT AMAZON HAS DONE. THERE'S A CITY ORDINANCE FOR PARKING OVERNIGHT ON STREETS FOR SEMIS, TRAILERS AND TRUCKS. THE SUNUP TO SUNDOWN ON RESEARCH DRIVE. THOSE ARE NOT PART OF THE OTHER CONSTRUCTIONBY AMAZON TRUCKS. I'VE TRIED TO GET THESE REMOVED OFF THE STREET AND HAVE HAD NO LUCK. THEY CONSISTENTLY DO THAT. THEY STAY THERE FOR THREE AND FOUR AND FIVE DAYS, AND IT'D BE NICE TO CLEAN UP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THERE'S MORE CONCERN, BUT SOMETIMES I FEEL THE PANHANDLE IS KIND OF DISREGARDED A LITTLE BIT. I DO HAVE A MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THAT SENT. I'LL READ SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN HERE. IT SAYS, HERE ARE THE FIGURES YOU CAN USE TONIGHT FROM THE REMOTE ID RECEIVERS AT HIS HOUSE. THEY COVER AT LEAST 28 DAYS, OCTOBER 12TH OF NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 8TH, AND THEY COUNT ONLY AIRCRAFT BROADCASTING AS AMAZON PRIME WITHIN 300M, ABOUT 1000FT OF ONE HOME IN WOODS OF SPRING CREEK. THAT'S 3925 FLYOVERS IN THE LAST 28 DAYS, WITH FLIGHTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, 145 FLYOVERS ON A TYPICAL MEDIAN DAY. IF I LEAVE IT OUT TO BAD WEATHER DAYS WHERE WE HAD FEWER DRONES, THE AVERAGE IS 149 A DAY WITHOUT THESE TWO DAYS AND 140 OF A DAY WITH THEM, 68% OF THESE FLYOVERS PASSED WITHIN 164FT HORIZONTALLY. DURING FLYING HOURS, THE MEDIAN GAP BETWEEN FLYOVER IS TWO MINUTES 43 SECONDS. FYI, THE AVERAGE IS FOUR MINUTES FOUR SECONDS, BUT THE MEDIAN IS A BETTER METRIC, AND 54% CAME WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS ONE. ON A TYPICAL DAY, THE LONGEST BREAK IS 31 MINUTES 17 TIMES A DAY. ON AVERAGE, THREE OR MORE DIFFERENT DRONES CAME THROUGH WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. WORST CASE, THAT'S WHAT ONE HOMEOWNER HAS. HE HAS A DIFFERENT TRACKING SYSTEM THAN SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES, BUT VERY SIMILAR RESULTS OF OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING. I DID DECIDE TO COME UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I CAME HOME ABOUT 4:00. I SAT OUTSIDE WITH MY DOGS LETTING THEM GO AFTER BEING LOCKED UP FOR SEVERAL HOURS, AND ALL I HEAR IS DRONES GOING BACK AND FORTH. WE JUST DON'T 
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WANT TO HEAR THIS ANYMORE. I KNOW THINGS CAN BE DONE AND WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE DO NOT WANT AMAZON AS A PARTNER IN RICHARDSON IF THEY'RE GOING TO LIE TO US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BRADSHAW. NO FURTHER CARDS. MAYOR, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE SEEKING TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. I 
          [4. CONSENT AGENDA]
KNOW THERE'LL BE A MOTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VOTE SEPARATELY ON C THREE, IF THAT'S OKAY. DO WE NORMALLY DO THAT FIRST? YES, SIR. SO IF SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A MOTION EXEMPTING C THREE OUT OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU CAN RETURN AND TAKE AN ACTION ON C THREE SEPARATELY. MAYOR PRO TEM SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ABSENT C THREE COUNCIL MEMBER I'VE SECONDED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MAYOR 
          [4.C.3. RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS  CONSIDER FORMALLY NAMING THE SIGNATURE ARCHES OF THE SILVER LINE REGIONAL  RAIL BRIDGE SPANNING U.S. HIGHWAY 75 THE "GARY A. SLAGEL ARCHES".]
PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM C THREE AS PUBLISHED. COUNCILMEMBER DORIAN SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, I'LL HAVE JUST A TINY BIT OF DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT. I FEEL THAT I EXPLAIN THE NO VOTE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT MISINTERPRETED. I THINK THAT MAYOR SLAGLE HAS DONE QUITE A BIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF CELEBRATING HIM. AS I MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, I'D EVEN BE OPEN TO CONSIDERING THE HIGHEST HONOR, WHICH IS THE KEY TO THE CITY THAT WE COULD BESTOW ON ANY RESIDENT. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO BE THE PERSON TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE REASON WHY I'M VOTING NO ON C THREE IS BECAUSE I'M OPPOSED TO US ASKING ANOTHER ENTITY TO NAME THEIR ASSETS AFTER WHAT WE THINK IS THE APPROPRIATE THING THAT WE SHOULD NAME IT FOR. I ALSO THINK IT SETS A REALLY ROUGH PRECEDENT FOR THAT ENTITY, BECAUSE THERE'S 12 OTHER MEMBER CITIES THAT VERY LIKELY COULD BE ASKING FOR THE SAME THINGS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CASES. 
          AND SO IT'S FOR THOSE REASONS THAT I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS, ALTHOUGH I AM A BIG FAN OF MAYOR GARY SLAGLE. SO THAT SAID, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES 6 TO 1 WITH ME VOTING AGAINST MERITS FIVE. SORRY, 5 TO 1 WITH ME VOTING AGAINST. AND I SHOULD, I GUESS, TELEGRAPH THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN OUT 
          [5. PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE THREE EXISTING ENHANCEMENT AREAS (WEST SPRING VALLEY  CORRIDOR, MAIN STREET/CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, AND COLLINS/ARAPAHO TOD AND  INNOVATION DISTRICT) AND THE ASSOCIATED VISION STATEMENTS]
THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS TO PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE THREE EXISTING ENHANCEMENT AREAS WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR, MAIN STREET, CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND COLLINS, ARAPAHOE TODD AND INNOVATION DISTRICT AND THE ASSOCIATED VISION STATEMENTS. MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT IS PART ONE OF WHAT WILL AT LEAST BE A TWO PART BRIEFING TO SATISFY AND TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THIS PARTICULAR TACTIC OF YOURS. SO LET ME KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR THE TWO PARTS. THE THE GOAL OF PART ONE IS TO REVIEW THE VISIONS FOR THE THREE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS, AND THEN THE VISIONS FOR THE SUB DISTRICTS IN EACH OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT AREAS. WE FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TO ENSURE THAT YOUR ALIGNMENT WITH THESE EXISTING VISIONS ARE STILL AT A HIGH LEVEL. BEFORE WE GET INTO ANY OF THE DETAILS AROUND THINGS LIKE USES OR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, IF AT THE END OF TONIGHT'S BRIEFING, WE CAN CONFIRM THAT ALL OF THE VISIONS STILL ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE COUNCIL, THEN WE'LL RETURN FOR PART TWO AND TURN OUR ATTENTION TO WHAT USES ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT TODAY. AND DO THOSE STILL SEEM ACCEPTABLE TO YOU MOVING FORWARD? AND THEN ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT TYPE STANDARDS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS? IF AT THE END OF TONIGHT, THERE IS NOT CONSENSUS AROUND ALL OF THE VISIONS, ANY OF THE VISIONS DON'T STILL SEEM TO BE APPROPRIATE TO YOU. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL EXTEND THIS OUT TO PROBABLY A THREE PART BRIEFING. SAME PURPOSE FOR TONIGHT. PART TWO WOULD BE TO COME BACK AND TO REVISIT THOSE VISIONS WHERE THERE ARE WHERE THERE'S NOT ALIGNMENT. AND BECAUSE REALLY, IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO US TO START TALKING ABOUT THE DETAILS OF USES OR ANY OTHER STANDARDS IF WE DON'T HAVE ALIGNMENT AROUND THE VISION. SO IF AT THE END OF TONIGHT, THERE IS DISAGREEMENT AROUND ANY OF THE VISIONS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO SOLVE 
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THAT PROBLEM TONIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS COME BACK TO YOU WITH ANY OUTSTANDING VISIONS THAT NEED TO BE KIND OF WORKED ON TO GAIN A CONSENSUS AMONGST THE COUNCIL IN A PART TWO. AND THEN THE USES AND AND OTHER STANDARDS WOULD BE MOVED OUT TO A TO A PART THREE. AND SO THAT'S OUR PLAN. AND WHAT WE'VE BUILT THIS FIRST PRESENTATION AROUND THAT APPROACH REGARDING THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT. SO LET ME JUST INTRODUCE OBVIOUSLY, TINA, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CAITLIN STRICKLAND, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE TO YOU CAMERON ROBERTSON, WHO IS OUR NEW PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER. AND THEN KEITH CRUM IS WHO YOU'VE YOU KNOW VERY WELL FROM VISION RICHARDSON AS OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER. TINA CAMERON AND KEITH ARE EACH GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE VERY THOROUGHLY SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WERE CREATED, WHAT THE VISIONS ARE, AND THEN HOW THEY'VE KIND OF PERFORMED, IF YOU WILL, OUT IN THE REAL WORLD. AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH OF THESE SECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR THAT ALIGNMENT ON THAT OVERALL VISION AND THE SUB DISTRICT VISIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA. AND SO THAT'LL BE OUR THAT'LL BE OUR PLAN TONIGHT. 
          GIVEN THE HOPEFUL, HOPEFULLY VERY INTERACTIVE NATURE OF THIS CONVERSATION, MUCH LIKE I ENVISION THE PFC HFC CONVERSATION WAS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST HAVE THE STAFF STAY AT THEIR SEATS SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN HAVE EVERYBODY KIND OF WEIGH IN AND, AND SHARE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION. SO, TINA, TO YOU AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM. AND CHARLES, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION TOGETHER. AND LET ME TURN IT OVER TO TINA TO KIND OF KICK THINGS OFF. AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT STUDY AREAS. THANK YOU, DON. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO TINA FERGUSON'S DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START OFF WITH A FEW REMARKS BEFORE THEN. 
          WE BREAK INTO THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS. BUT IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS THESE THREE EXISTING ENHANCEMENT AREAS AND TO DISCUSS THE VISIONS THAT WERE CODIFIED FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS. HOPEFULLY, THIS SLIDE LOOKS FAMILIAR TO YOU, AS THESE COUNCIL TACTICS WERE APPROVED AS PART OF YOUR 2527 WORK PLAN, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES HERE IN THE CITY. THE PURPOSE OF OUR CONVERSATION THIS EVENING IS TO FOCUS ON TACTIC FOUR ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE EXISTING THREE ENHANCEMENT AREAS. IN THE TACTIC READS REVIEW THE EXISTING SPECIAL REINVESTMENT REINVESTMENT AREAS AND RECONCILE ANY OUTSTANDING DIFFERENCES IN UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING WILL BE AN OVERVIEW OF THE THREE EXISTING ENHANCEMENT AREAS. AGAIN WEST SPRING VALLEY, THE ARAPAHO AND THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL CORRIDORS, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS. EACH OF THESE AREAS, OR EACH OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, WILL ALSO ADDRESS WHY THE AREAS WERE STUDIED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR YOU, GIVEN THAT SOME OF THESE STUDIES WERE DONE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, AND THEN WE WOULD PRESENT THE ADOPTED VISION FOR EACH OF THE AREAS AT THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. AS DON MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO ASK TWO QUESTIONS OF YOU IN WHICH WE'RE SEEKING YOUR FEEDBACK. AGAIN, TYING OUR CONVERSATION BACK TO YOUR COUNCIL TACTIC NUMBER FOUR. SO THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO POSE TO YOU AT THE AT THE END OF EACH OF THESE AREA DISCUSSIONS, THE FIRST BEING IS CITY COUNCIL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL VISION THAT WAS ADOPTED FOR THAT PARTICULAR STUDY AREA. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WILL BE, IS CITY COUNCIL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE VISION FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SUB DISTRICTS THAT WERE LOCATED WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR STUDY AREA? IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT PRIOR TO THESE THREE AREAS BEING STUDIED AND SUBSEQUENTLY REZONED, IT ALL ROOTS BACK TO THE 2009 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE 2009 PLAN IDENTIFIED SIX AREAS THAT WERE IN NEED OF REINVESTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE THREE ENHANCEMENT AREAS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS EVENING. THE CITY WAS EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH TYPICAL FIRST RING SUBURBS, INCLUDING AGING AND AGING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UNDERPERFORMING PROPERTIES DUE TO MARKET DEMANDS, CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL AS CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND AND A DESIRE FOR DIFFERENT BUILDING FORMATS. REDEVELOPMENT AND REINVESTMENT WAS DESIRED BY THE CITY FOR THESE VARIOUS AREAS. HENCE, THE CITY DECIDED TO BE PROACTIVE TO DETERMINE ITS OWN FUTURE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDED THE POLICY SUPPORT TO DO THE SUBSEQUENT VISION STUDIES AND THE REZONING EFFORTS. ADDITIONALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WAS POTENTIALLY MISSING OUT ON NEW DEVELOPMENT OR ADAPTIVE REUSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THESE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. OTHER CITIES WERE BEING PROACTIVE IN TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO DETERMINE THEIR COMMUNITY'S NEW PATH FORWARD. HENCE, WE WERE ASKING OURSELVES, WELL, WHY CAN'T RICHARDSON? RICHARDSON REALIZED THAT NOT HAVING A COHESIVE VISION FOR AN AREA WOULD RESULT IN DEVELOPERS PLANNING THE CITY ONE ZONING ENTITLEMENT PROJECT AT A TIME ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. PIECEMEALING THE CITY OF OUR FUTURE TOGETHER. HENCE WHY THE CITY DECIDED TO BE PROACTIVE AND DETERMINE THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE BY ADOPTING A NEW VISION AND SUPPORTIVE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR EACH OF THE AREAS, THE CITY ALSO DECIDED TO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING AND SUBSEQUENTLY REZONE THE AREAS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED VISIONS. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THAT, COHESIVE ZONING REGULATIONS HAD THAT MORE PREDICTABLE FORM OF DEVELOPMENT. HENCE THE FORM BASED CODES THAT 
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WERE ADOPTED IN EACH OF THE THREE AREAS, AS WELL AS THEN HAVING A COHESIVE VISION IMPLEMENTATION. IN THE END, THE RESULT WOULD BE THE CITY TELLING ITS OWN STORY, DIRECTING THE FUTURE GROWTH AND INVESTMENT IN A MUCH MORE ORGANIZED MANNER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE 2009 OR SINCE THE 2009 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED, AS ILLUSTRATED ON THIS SLIDE. SO IN THE SUBSEQUENT PRESENTATIONS, THE STAFF WILL ADDRESS THE ADOPTED VISIONS AS WELL AS PRESENT THE TWO QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ADOPTED VISIONS. FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, KEITH CRUM IS GOING TO PRESENT THE WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR. I WILL COME BACK AND PRESENT THE MAIN STREET, CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR, AND THEN CAMERON, OUR PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER, WILL PRESENT THE COLLINS ARAPAHOE AREA. AND THEN FINALLY, I WILL WRAP UP WITH OUR NEXT STEPS SLIDE FOLLOWING OUR LAST DISCUSSION AND THEN FOLLOWING EACH OF THE PRESENTATIONS, AS DON MENTIONED, WE WILL HAVE A FACILITATED CONVERSATION TO WORK THROUGH EACH OF THOSE TWO QUESTIONS. WHILE THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS STILL FRESH ON YOUR MIND. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KEITH NOW. 
          THANK YOU TINA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS TINA MENTIONED, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR, WHICH WAS OUR FIRST ENHANCEMENT AREA THAT WE COVERED RIGHT AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE 2009 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHY? WHY DID WE GO STUDY THE WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR? WELL, THERE'S BEEN CONCERN SINCE THE MID 90S ABOUT SUBSTANDARD AND MARGINAL PROPERTIES, ALONG WITH CONCENTRATION OF AGING MULTIFAMILY. THERE'S ABOUT 2000 UNITS BUILT BETWEEN 1955 AND 1981, WITH ABOUT 90 OF THOSE BUILT BEFORE 1980. IN 1995, THERE WAS A REZONING FOR PORTIONS OF THE CORRIDOR INTO NEW MIXED USE ZONING CATEGORY. WHILE MIXED USES IN THE TITLE, IT ALLOWS A VARIETY OF USES BUT DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO COMBINE THE RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL USES ON A SINGLE LOT. AND SINCE THAT MIXED USE ZONING WAS PUT IN PLACE, ONLY ONE PROJECT MOVED FORWARD AND THAT WAS THE SPRING VALLEY. DUPLEXES, WHICH ARE HOME, INCLUDES ABOUT 52 HOMES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THE STRONG DESIRE WAS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OF THE CORRIDOR RATHER THAN ADAPTIVE REUSE. TO GIVE YOU AN ORIENTATION FOR THE CORRIDOR. 
          IT IS JUST UNDER 200 ACRES WITH. LOCATED NORTH OF SPRING VALLEY BETWEEN CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND KUWAIT ROAD, THE COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS AND RICHARDSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOODS ARE JUST TO THE NORTH. THE VISION STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER OF 2010, WITH THE REZONING HAPPENING IN MAY OF 2011. THERE ARE SEVEN SUBDISTRICTS IN THE AREA ALONG THE CORRIDOR NUMBERED A THROUGH G. THE OVERALL VISION FOR THE CORRIDOR IS BASICALLY LOOKS TO DRAW PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND AGES HAVING HIGH QUALITY HOUSING CHOICES, DESIRABLE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS. 
          DEFINITELY A MORE PEOPLE ORIENTED URBAN CHARACTER RATHER THAN SUBURBAN AND CONNECTING RICHARDSON PAST WITH ITS VIBRANT FUTURE, AND MENTIONED THAT REDEVELOPMENT WAS STRONGLY DESIRED IN TERMS OF THE CORRIDOR, THEY. YOU'LL SEE THAT IT KIND OF FALLS INTO THREE ZONES WITH. STARTING FROM THE COYOTE ROAD, YOU HAVE YOUR HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MID AREA BEING PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN MOVING BACK INTO SOME RESIDENTIAL AND YOUR COMMERCIAL ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE CORRIDOR, I WILL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SUBDISTRICTS THESE AREAS. AREA A IS APPROXIMATELY 13 ACRES, IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND FLOYD ROAD. EXISTING LAND USES ARE RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE. THE VISION FOR THIS AREA ENCOURAGES A VARIETY OF USES, LOW TO MID RISE INTENSITY AND HAS THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. AREA B IS JUST WEST OF THAT OF AREA A IS ABOUT 22 ACRES. IT'S NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND SPRING VALLEY ROAD. EXISTING LAND USE INCLUDES RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND MULTIFAMILY. THE VISION IS TO CREATE A GATEWAY TO THE CITY IN THE CORRIDOR. BEING AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, ONE OF THE MAIN CORRIDORS IN THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR A BROAD ARRAY OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES. 
          WITH THAT BEING A ENTRANCE INTO THE COMMUNITY LOOKING FOR LANDMARK POSSIBLE LANDMARK BUILDING. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW STREET THAT IS WEST OF SAINT PAUL, 
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GOING OVER TO WEATHERED, AS WELL AS AN URBAN PARK THAT WOULD SERVE BOTH AREAS B AND C. 
          AREA C IS TUCKED ON ITS JUST SOUTHWEST OF AREA B. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 22 ACRES. SORRY, 15 ACRES. IT'S NORTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL AND SPRING VALLEY. EXISTING LAND USE INCLUDES RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY. THE VISION IS TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN SCALE, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED ON THE NEW STREET AND AN URBAN PARK FOR AREA RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES. AREA D WE'RE MOVING INTO MORE RESIDENTIAL AREA. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES NORTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD CREEK AND SPRING VALLEY ROAD. 
          EXISTING LAND USE INCLUDES MULTIFAMILY. THE VISION IS TO ATTRACT A VARIETY OF QUALITY HOUSING. THE RESPECTIVE PROXIMITY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH, AND THERE'S ALSO ENCOURAGES THE EXPANSION OF BLUE LAKE AS A NEW OPEN SPACE. CONTINUING THE RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS OF THE CORRIDOR AREA, E IS APPROXIMATELY 26 ACRES. IT'S NORTHWEST OF COTTONWOOD CREEK AND SPRING VALLEY ROAD. EXISTING LAND USE INCLUDES MULTI-FAMILY, TOWNHOME AND INSTITUTIONAL. THE VISION IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH QUALITY HOUSING. A VARIETY OF STYLES, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF SENIOR ORIENTED HOUSING AND ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR OWNERSHIP PRODUCTS. AREA F WE'RE MOVING TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR, AND IT'S AREA F IS APPROXIMATELY 70 ACRES. IT'S NORTHEAST OF COYOTE ROAD AND SPRING VALLEY ROAD, AND THE LAND USE IS MULTIFAMILY. THE VISION TO PROVIDE A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL. UNIT TYPES BUILT AROUND NETWORK OF INTERIOR STREETS, AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXISTING CREEK POTENTIAL TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND PROPOSED CENTRAL OPEN SPACE. FINALLY, THE HARD CORNER OF SPRING VALLEY AND COIT IS AREA G, APPROXIMATELY 26 ACRES. RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY ARE THE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE, SO THE VISION IS TO CREATE A COMMERCIAL ORIENTED CORNER POTENTIAL PRESENT A UNIQUE OFFERING OF RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND SERVICE USES ATTRACT RESIDENTS NOT ONLY FROM WITHIN THE CORRIDOR, BUT FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. DALLAS IS RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BOTH SPRING VALLEY AND COYOTE. IN TERMS OF OTHER KEY RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THE DESIRE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTIES. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE REZONING OF THE CORRIDOR DID MAKE MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AREA NON-CONFORMING, AND THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR EXISTING PROPERTIES ARE RESTRICTIVE TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT. SO MENTIONED THE URBAN CHARACTER. THAT WAS THE GOAL FOR THE CORRIDOR. THAT MEANT BRINGING BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET. SMALLER SETBACKS, LARGER AMENITY ZONES, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IS MORE OF THE SUBURBAN CHARACTER, MAKING THAT STREET CHARACTER WALKABLE AND PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED, AND WAS THE ADDITION OF THAT EAST WEST STREET TO IMPROVE CIRCULATION. WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY AMONG THE COMPATIBLE USES, SO WE HAVE A VARIETY OF USES TO. THAT COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON MARKET DEMANDS, AND THE ZONING DOES ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF PLANS THAT REQUIRE MINOR MODIFICATIONS. AND THOSE ARE PRETTY STRICTLY DEFINED WITHIN THE THE ORDINANCE. IN TERMS OF REINVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. WE HAD A NUMBER OF NON DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES THAT DID HAPPEN AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE REGULATIONS AND THE VISION. WE HAVE THIS CLEAN AND SAFE PROGRAM WHICH MONITORED THE AREA IN TERMS OF NUISANCE ZONING, PROPERTY STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS TO THE CORRIDOR. REALTOR EDUCATION OUTREACH. WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REALTOR CONFERENCE HERE, AND THERE WAS EDUCATION AT THAT. THE EVENT THAT YEAR, WE REBUILT 
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SPRING VALLEY ROAD, WHICH INCLUDED SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, RECONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES ACROSS COTTONWOOD CREEK, WHICH HELPED WITH WATER FLOW, AND THEN THE RICHARDSON RESTAURANT PARK PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR MODIFICATIONS OR SPECIAL PLANS FOR THE AREA WAS APPROVED. ADDITIONAL FACILITIES AT THE LEAVES DEVELOPMENT AND JUST LAST LAST WEEK, THE WESTERN PORTION, THE CENSUS TRACT IN THAT AREA WAS DESIGNATED AS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE. AS I MENTIONED, THE RESTAURANT PARK AND THE LEAVES WERE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN NINE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED TO ALONG THE CORRIDOR, AND SEVERAL OF THOSE RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES AND SITE ELEMENTS. SO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, DESPITE THE ZONING BEING IN PLACE FOR 14 YEARS, MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RESTAURANT PARK, HAS NOT OCCURRED. RICHARDSON ONLY CONTROLS HALF OF THE CORRIDOR. DALLAS IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER SOUTHERN SIDE OF WEST SPRING VALLEY. EXISTING HOUSING IS CONSIDERED RELATIVELY MORE ATTAINABLE COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY, AND WE'RE FINDING THAT THE RESIDUAL LAND VALUE OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES THE PROPERTY VALUE, CASH FLOW, DEMOLITION COSTS THAT CONTINUES TO BE HIGH, THUS MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PROPERTIES TO REDEVELOP. SO THEY EXISTING MULTIFAMILY DOES HAVE HIGHER OCCUPANCY AND COMPETITIVE RENTS. AND WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA THAT HAS HAD SOME REINVESTMENT IMPACTS ON THESE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. THE CODES EMPHASIS ON URBAN FORM, THE ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGH QUALITY AMENITIES, INCREASED DEVELOPMENT COSTS, WHILE CAPITAL COSTS ALSO ARE INCREASING. RICHARDSON DID LOOK AT THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE ENHANCEMENT AREA OR ACTUALLY THE LOOKED AT THE ENHANCEMENT AREA AND FOUND THE VISION REMAINS CONSISTENT, BUT STRATEGIES MAY NEED TO BE REVIEWED. AND THIS SLIDE DOES SHOW THE AREA UNDER RECONSIDERATION THROUGH ENVISION RICHARDSON. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 37 ACRES, WHICH IS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF AREAS B AND C, THE VISION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN ENVISION RICHARDSON IS. A WEST SPRING VALLEY AREA IS ENVISIONED AS A MIX OF HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING, RETAIL, OFFICE AND SERVICE USES, AND VARIOUS LOW INTENSITY HOUSING TYPES. ENVISION RICHARDSON UTILIZES PLACE TYPES IN ITS FUTURE LAND USE, THE PRIMARY PLACE TYPES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR THIS AREA INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD, MIXED USE, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND COMPACT RESIDENTIAL WITH SECONDARY PLACE TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOOD, MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, AND COMPACT RESIDENTIAL. FEEDBACK FROM THE ENVISION. RICHARDSON. 
          PRAGUE. PRAGUE. PRAGUE. PROJECT WAS OPEN TO LESS INTENSE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AREA COMPARED TO WHAT WAS ADOPTED IN THE SPRING VALLEY CODE. AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO GO AND OPEN THAT DISCUSSION. SO THE TWO QUESTIONS ARE, IS THE COUNCIL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL VISION, AND IS THE COUNCIL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE VISION FOR EACH OF THOSE SUB AREAS? OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT, MAYOR. COUNCIL, I FAILED TO MENTION EARLIER. YOU'VE GOT A HANDOUT HERE, KEITH, WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE MAP OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS? YES. AND JUST STAY ON THAT FOR A SECOND. AND COUNCIL, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT YOU COULD USE THIS HANDOUT HERE THAT HAS BOTH THE VISION AND THE VISION FOR EACH SUB DISTRICT TO KIND OF REVIEW. AS YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE MAP ON THE SLIDE THERE TO DETERMINE IF, IF THIS, THESE VISIONS STILL SEEM RIGHT TO YOU OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S ONE THAT JUST, YOU'VE ALREADY ARRIVED AT THE DECISION THAT THIS, THIS NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION. AND FOR THE SECOND BRIEFING THAT WE WOULD DO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, IT'S BEEN 14, 15 YEARS. AND WE'VE NOT, YOU KNOW, HAD THE MOVEMENT WE WANTED ON THIS SPACE. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS NOT TO PUT IT BACK ON STAFF, BUT I MEAN, DO WE DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE VISION OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE VISION IS STILL GOOD AND THE OPPORTUNITIES JUST HAVEN'T PRESENTED THEMSELVES? IS THIS A CHICKEN AND EGG? WHAT IS HOW DO 
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YOU VIEW THIS? YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTARY ON THE VISION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S FOR YOU GUYS TO DO. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE VISION WAS, IF IT WAS LESS ASPIRATIONAL, EVEN THE ECONOMIC AND REAL ESTATE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE. AND SO A DRIVER IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE WE CAN WE'VE SAT DOWN ON THE FRONT LINES HERE AND LITERALLY GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, VARIATION AFTER VARIATION OF A PRO FORMA OR A PROJECT TO TRY TO GET THEM TO WORK FINANCIALLY RIGHT NOW. YEAH. THE RESIDUAL LAND VALUE OF THESE OF THIS CORRIDOR IS EXTREMELY HIGH, BECAUSE THE APARTMENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SPRING VALLEY ARE PRODUCI LOT OF REVENUE FOR THE OWNERS. A LOT OF THESE ARE NOT CORPORATE OWNED. THEY'RE THEY'RE OWNED BY FAMILIES WHO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A CONSISTENT REVENUE PRODUCER FOR THEM. AND SO THE TO, TO, TO BUY THE, AS, AS KEITH MENTIONED, TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, TO RAISE THE BUILDING, ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL, JUST TO GET IT BACK TO A BROWNFIELD, TO DEVELOP THAT RESIDUAL LAND VALUE IS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH, PARTICULARLY FOR WHAT YOU COULD EXPECT TO ACHIEVE IN A RENT IN THIS AREA. AND SO THE VISION I'M NOT AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT SAYING I AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE VISION. 
          THE VISION ISN'T THE ISSUE. IT'S THE ECONOMICS AND THE REAL ESTATE CONSIDERATIONS IN THIS CORRIDOR. AND THEN I WOULD SAY THE OTHER BIG ISSUE THAT WE HEAR CONSISTENTLY WHEN WE SIT DOWN WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IS THERE IS A LOT OF ANXIETY ABOUT THE SOUTH. WE DON'T CONTROL SOUTH OF THE OF THE MEDIAN ON SPRING VALLEY AND EVERYTHING FROM WHAT WILL HAPPEN THERE FROM REAL ESTATE, BUT JUST OTHER THINGS LIKE CRIME AND HOW MUCH ATTENTION IS BEING PAID TO THAT CORRIDOR IS A BIG FACTOR. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE THAT YOU COULD REALLY, YOU COULD REALLY CHALK UP TO WHY PROGRESS HASN'T BEEN MADE IN THIS CORRIDOR MORE, I THINK, THAN THE CURRENT VISION. YEAH. NO, I MEAN, THAT'S HELPFUL. MY OTHER QUESTION TO EITHER TINA OR TO, TO YOU IS WHEN WE DID ALL OF THIS PROCESS IN THE 2009 THROUGH ADOPTION AND. 13 FOR THE VARIOUS AREAS, MY RECOLLECTION AND VIEWING A LOT OF THIS WAS THAT THERE WAS A DECENT AMOUNT OF SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INPUT THAT WENT INTO CREATING THESE VISIONS. AND SO I, I CAME INTO THIS SORT OF THINKING ABOUT THAT. I MEAN. WE, I'M SURE WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT THE VISION, BUT THE VISIONS WERE, WERE DRIVEN BY RESIDENT FEEDBACK. AND SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD RESIDENT FEEDBACK THAT DROVE THESE VISIONS, NOT NECESSARILY SAYING WE MIGHT NOT CHANGE THEM OR SUGGEST CHANGING THEM, BUT TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT. YES. SO I WAS NOT HERE FOR THE VISIONING EFFORT WITH THE WEST SPRING VALLEY AREA. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IN TALKING WITH MY PREDECESSORS AND COLLEAGUES AT THE TIME THAT YES, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DONE IN THE WEST SPRING VALLEY QUARTER, AS WELL AS ALL THREE PROJECT AREAS. NOT ONLY DID WE OBTAIN RESIDENT FEEDBACK, BUT I BELIEVE WE INVITED BUSINESSES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ENGAGEMENT. SO MUCH OF THE VISIONS THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING THIS EVENING IN ALL THREE PROJECT AREAS WERE BASED ON EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AREAS. BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS PARTICULAR IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ITS FUTURE AND WANTED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INPUT REGARDING HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AREA PARTICULARLY REDEVELOP. YEAH, I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S JUST LEVEL SETTING FOR THE CONVERSATION WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE CAN ALL HAVE INDIVIDUAL VISIONS FOR THIS AREA, BUT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE ALL RECALL THAT THIS VISION WAS DEVELOPED WITH SUBSTANTIAL RESIDENTS, RESIDENT FEEDBACK. AND SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DIRECT STAFF TO GO BACK AND GET NEW FEEDBACK. IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS, BUT BEFORE WE SORT OF REPLACE OUR OWN VISION WITH WHAT THE RESIDENTS VISION WAS, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT THAT COMMENT. AND THEN I'LL ALLOW OTHERS TO SPEAK AS I THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I THINK THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER THANK YOU. MAYOR. AGAIN, NOT SURE TINA OR DON WHO WHOEVER WANTS TO FILL THIS QUESTION. DON, YOU POINTED OUT, AND I'VE HEARD THIS FOR THE EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN COUNCIL, IS THERE'S THAT I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD FEAR FACTOR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER WORD TO USE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ONLY CONTROL ONE HALF OF THIS. HAVE WE HAVE WE RUN THIS VISION RECENTLY PAST DALLAS TO SAY, HERE'S VERY MUCH WHAT WHAT OUR VISION IS CURRENTLY. AND AGAIN, IF WE WE CHANGE IT. FINE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT. BUT HAVE WE RUN THAT PAST DALLAS TO SAY, ARE YOU ALL IN AGREEMENT? IS THIS SOMETHING I KNOW WE I KNOW WE'VE TRIED TO WORK COOPERATIVELY, COOPERATIVELY WITH THEM. AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN VARIOUS THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS. BUT HAVE WE TRULY RUN THE ENTIRE VISION PAST DALLAS TO SAY, ARE YOU ALL IN AGREEMENT? CAN YOU GET ON BOARD? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KIND OF TO YOUR POINT, AND WHAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IS ALL THESE QUESTION MARKS ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDIA AND SO TO SPEAK. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HELP ASSUMING. AND AGAIN, I'M JUST SAYING THIS, IF WE'RE STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, THIS IS THE VISION, YOU KNOW, IS THAT AN APPROACH? HAVE 
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WE TAKEN THAT APPROACH? BECAUSE I'M JUST NOT SURE. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, IS IS IT AN ACCEPTABLE? IS IT WOULD IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO TRY AND AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE A, YOU KNOW, BY CITY COMMUNICATION AND, AND WORK THROUGH AND SAY, DALLAS, ARE YOU ON BOARD? IF SO, HOW CAN WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER TO POSSIBLY. I'LL SAY I'LL USE THE WORDS, PUSH THIS VISION FORWARD. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHAT I'M ASKING? ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THE ANSWER IS INITIALLY, ABSOLUTELY. WE INVOLVED AT THAT TIME RANCHO, WHICH IS THE RICHARDSON AND NORTH DALLAS COALITION. WE INVOLVED THE DALLAS PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SINCE THEN, WE'VE I THINK WE'VE SHARED THIS VISION WITH EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S REPRESENTED THAT AREA. I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THE FEEDBACK GENERALLY THAT THEY SEE THIS LESS AS A SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR AND MORE OF A MAYHEM AREA QUESTION. AND SO WHEREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AS THE SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT NORTHERN BOUNDARY BEING PART OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 635. AND BECAUSE THIS THIS IS THIS IS A THAT'S, AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, THAT AREA. IT'S A, IT'S A HEAVILY POPULATED MULTIFAMILY AREA. A LOT OF THE MULTIFAMILY IS STRESSED. THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THEY DEAL WITH ON THE DALLAS SIDE THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T DEAL WITH ON THE RICHARDSON SIDE. AND SO I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY, THEY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ABOUT. BUT TO ME, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. THAT'S KIND OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OVER OVER THE TIME. YOU KNOW, THEY, TH WOULD I THINK THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THE CONDITIONS THAT WE DO AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE PRICE POINTS THAT WE DO ON THEIR SIDE THERE. BUT I MEAN, YOU JUST HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN SPRING VALLEY AND LOOK LEFT AND RIGHT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING. AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN PHYSICALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND SO I YOUR SUGGESTION IS SPOT ON. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE DALLAS. AND WE HAVE TO TRY TO GET THEM TO SOLVE THE TO BE PART OF THE LARGER SOLUTION. BUT THEY HAVE DEFINED THE PROBLEM AS SPRING VALLEY SOUTH, WHEREAS WE'VE DEFINED THE PROBLEM AS SPRING VALLEY OR THE OPPORTUNITY, I SHOULD SAY SPRING VALLEY. GIVEN THAT. I MEAN, I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE HOW TO TO, YOU KNOW, OVERCOME PART OF THE THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BEEN DEFINED OVER THE YEARS. I MEAN, I'VE HEARD THEM ALL EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AND PROBABLY EVEN PRIOR TO THAT, BUT SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY WHILE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL TRYING TO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE DO THIS? BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO GO IN BASED ON OUR VISION AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING, THEY DO WANT SOME KIND OF GUARANTEES TOO STRONG OF A WORD. MAYBE ASSURANCE IS A BETTER WORD OF WHAT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDIAN. SO I'M, I'M PROBABLY ASKING A QUESTION THAT CAN'T BE ANSWERED. AND I REALIZE THAT, BUT I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE HOW WE I DO THINK THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR. AGAIN, IT'S A POTENTIAL LOSS TO BE DISCUSSED BY YOU GUYS, BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOMETHING LIKE A HOUSING FACILITY CORPORATION COULD MOVE THE NEEDLE. THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THE GAP IS MUCH TOO LARGE. AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AND A LOT OF THESE CAPITAL STACKS FOR THESE DEALS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CAPITAL AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PRIVATE EQUITY. AND PRIVATE EQUITY IS PROBABLY WHAT'S MOST ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR ALL THE REASONS WE'VE DISCUSSED. AND SO I THINK WITH AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE WHERE THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE THAT HAVE HAVE NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE BEFORE, OR IF YOU DETERMINE THAT HFC OR PFC IS THE RIGHT KIND OF A TOOL, AND THERE COULD BE OTHER, SOME KIND OF OTHER INCENTIVE. THE GAP IS SO LARGE IN THESE PRO FORMAS RIGHT NOW THAT WE CANNOT WE CANNOT BE THE SOLE SOLUTION. 
          AND SO THESE OTHER TOOLS ARE EXCITING. AND THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE BE THE THING THAT WOULD MOVE THE NEEDLE FAR ENOUGH OR MOVE THE NEEDLE FAR ENOUGH THAT ONE OF THESE DEALS COULD GET DONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE CRITICAL AND COMPLICATED LOCATION FOR RICHARDSON. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SPRING VALLEY, MARKET CONDITION DEFINITELY IS NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS KIND OF VISION MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT EVEN WITH WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TOOLS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLES WE CAN WISH. BECAUSE THIS THING, YOU KNOW, PRODUCING INCOME, AS YOU SAY, AND WHEN, WHEN IT PRODUCE INCOME, THE ANYTHING HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO EVEN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW CONSTRUCTION COST HUGE, HUGE GAP AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE NO MATTER WHAT. WHO COMES. AND, 
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YOU KNOW, ALL THE FORMULA THAT I HAVE SEEN IS NOT GOING TO TRICKLE DOWN TO THE ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT THEY NEED SUPPORT. IS MOST OF THE COST. WHATEVER IT COMES IS GOING TO GO TO THE MIDDLEMAN. SO I WISH, YOU KNOW, I COULD SAY THAT THERE IS A SOLUTION IMMEDIATE AND I DON'T THINK. AND THE DALLAS SIDE, THEY'RE GONE. I HAVE HEARD THEIR VISION. SOME OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW, IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE THINK. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, NIGHT AND DAY. AND THEY ARE TRYING TO SOLVE A BIGGER PROBLEM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS A SMALLER CITY, THAT WE CAN REALLY SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE THAT NEED TO BE REALLY LOOKED AT REGIONALLY. DALLAS PLANO IS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY DO THAT MUCH AS A SMALLER CITY. SO THIS VISION NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. WHAT DALLAS HAS VISION IN THAT AREA. IF IF THE MARKET CONDITION WAS RIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED ON OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, I HAVE SEEN DEVELOPMENT IN ONE PART OF THE STREET. HUGE. IT JUST BREAKS EVERYTHING AWAY. SO BUT IT'S THE MARKET CONDITION IS NOT THERE. SO. AND IF IT IS NOT PROFITABLE OR ANYTHING, NOBODY'S GOING TO COME AND MAKE ANY INVESTMENT. IT'S ALL WRITTEN OFF THE INVESTMENT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. IF IT IS NOT FULL, YOU KNOW, VISIT BUT SOME KIND OF VISIT, WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT'S PRACTICAL, THE OVERALL VISION. I SEE IT VERY, YOU KNOW, LOOKS REALLY GREAT ON THE PAPER, BUT ONLY IF WE CAN DO IT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T EVEN PRINT THOSE MONEY THAT HERE INTERNALLY. SO END OF THE DAY IS THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT. SO I THINK I WOULD LOOK FOR SOME EXPERT ADVICE OR SUGGESTION FROM THE STAFF, SEE WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY DO AND WHAT ARE REALLY HOLDING US. INSTEAD OF WRITING THOSE BIG BULLET POINTS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME STRAIGHTFORWARD BULLET POINTS THAT SAYS, THIS IS THE THINGS CAUSING THIS AND THIS WOULD HELP. THIS MIGHT HELP SOME WISHFUL. SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO KEEP OUR VISION ALIVE. DEFINITELY. BUT YOU NEED TO BE MORE PRACTICAL. SAY HOW LONG WE CAN WAIT. THAT WOULD BE MY APPROACH. I THINK MAYOR WAS HERE IN THE PAST, SO I'M SURE MAYOR HAS A LOT MORE DETAIL. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I THINK STILL HE REMEMBERED A LOT. IT'S NOT EASY TO FORGET. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME OF HIS THOUGHTS AND THEN MAKE SOME, YOU KNOW, GO FORWARD WITH THAT. COUNCILMEMBER BURDETT. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE DETAILED PRESENTATION. I, I, I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VISIONS AS THEY'RE STATED. OBVIOUSLY, THE CONCERNS RAISED. IT FEELS LIKE THE MOST THE AREAS WE OR SUB AREAS, WE HAVE THE PERHAPS THE MOST LIKELIHOOD OF THE VISION COMING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ARE MAYBE A, B, C, AND THEN PERHAPS WITH OPPORTUNITY ZONE DESIGNATION NOW AROUND THE G AREA, MAYBE SOME MOVEMENT THERE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE D AND E BEING MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE WHAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE MEDIAN THERE MAYBE MORE MORE CHALLENGING. BUT I DO LIKE THE VISION. I THINK I THINK THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR MUCH OF THAT TO COME TRUE. AGAIN, WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL THE NUMBERS THAT THAT GET PUT ON, ON PAPER TO TRY TO, TO ENTICE A DEVELOPER, ASIDE FROM THE POTENTIALS, WITH THE, WITH THE TAX CREDITS AND OPPORTUNITY ZONE DESIGNATION. BUT. I THINK WE'RE STILL ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH AND ESPECIALLY THE STUFF, LIKE I SAID IN A, B AND MAYBE EVEN C, WHERE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE MORE SAY AND OR MAYBE THERE'S LESS CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET. YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD SHOULD STICK WITH IT. AND I'M CURIOUS THAT THE LAST BULLET POINT BEFORE WE WENT TO THE QUESTIONS MENTIONED IN SOME OF THE RESIDENT OR NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK WAS OPEN TO LESS INTENSE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AREA COMPARED TO THE 2011 STUDY. IN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY, THAT THE MORE RECENTIDENT FEEDBACK WAS MAYBE LESS OPTIMISTIC OR LOOKING FOR MAYBE A SLIGHTLY LESS AGGRESSIVE REDEVELOPMENT THAN WHAT HAD BEEN STATED IN THE 2011. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO I THINK THE COMMUNITY TOOK MAYBE A STEP BACK IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF DENSITY COMPARED TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED WITH THE WEST SPRING VALLEY STUDY, WHICH OF COURSE MAKES THE ECONOMICS THAT MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GRAVITATE TO A VISION THAT'S LESS DENSE, THE ECONOMICS GO ROI IS EXACTLY THE WRONG 
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DIRECTION. RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU. I AM. KEITH DUSTY, A STAKE IN L PRINT ON THAT ONE OF THOSE MAPS. I'M KIDDING. I'M NOT KIDDING. I ACTUALLY DID SEE ONE. SO BUT I LIKE IT. THANK YOU. MY COMMENT IS ONE I, I STILL LIKE THE VISION AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE CHOSE. NOW. IS IT PRACTICAL NOW AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN COME TO FRUITION CONSIDERING THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH SIDE OF OF SPRING VALLEY? PROBABLY NOT. AND MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED A COMBINATION OF THE HIGH DENSITY, MAYBE PART OF THE IFC AND POTENTIALLY, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO CREATE A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH DALLAS AND TO SEE IF WE COULD SOMEHOW GET IN SYNC WITH A VISION BEFORE WE DECIDE WHETHER WHAT DIRECTION THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AT ALL, AND IF WE DON'T MAKE CHANGES, WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPERS ARE WE GOING TO GET TO COME IN AND DEVELOP THE THINGS THAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING FOR WHEN WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO BRING THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO, TO KEEP THAT THAT VISION ALIVE. YES. I MEAN, WE, WE ENGAGE WITH DALLAS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH DALLAS. BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ENGAGEMENT WOULD BE NECESSARY. BEFORE YOU GUYS DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO EITHER CONFIRM OR REVISIT THESE VISIONS, I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS NO PLANNING EXERCISE CURRENTLY IN DALLAS FOR THIS AREA. I MEAN, THERE ARE THERE ARE STRATEGIES THAT AT BOTH AT THE CITY LEVEL AND THE COUNTY LEVEL, MAYBE MORE PRODUCTIVELY AT THE COUNTY LEVEL RECENTLY THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE AREA. BUT NOTHING AS STRATEGIC OR AS A FORMAL AS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN ABOUT IN THE PAST AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD WE COULD DO IF AS PART OF THE ENVISION RICHARDSON RELOOKING AT THE, THE EASTERN PART OF THIS. SO I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I'M HAPPY WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO KIND OF CONSIDER. BUT BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH DALLAS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTANT. YEAH. I MEAN, I, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO. I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY GOING ALREADY HAVING DISCUSSIONS. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TIME BEFORE WE HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE DECISIONS, BUT DO WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS NOW ON THE DIRECTION? I MEAN, CAN WE DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND MAYBE, AGAIN, CREATE A MORE STRONG APPROACH FOR A MEETING WITH DALLAS SIDE? AND JUST AGAIN, AS COUNSEL OR HUTCHENRIDER? YEAH. AGAIN, IF THEY IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO, TO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE WITH DALLAS BEFORE AND REPORT BACK BEFORE YOU GUYS DECIDE IF YOU'RE ALIGNED WITH THESE VISIONS OR, OR IF YOU WANT TO REVISIT THEM. WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. JUST, JUST NEED THAT DIRECTION. WELL, I MEAN, FOR ME, I JUST FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP EXHAUSTING OR BEATING A DEAD HORSE. I JUST, I DON'T, I LIKE THE DIRECTION AND THE VISION THAT WE CREATED. NOW, DO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME TWEAKS AND CHANGES DUE TO THE FACT OF WHAT'S BEEN STATED HERE TONIGHT? PROBABLY SO. AND DOES THAT INCLUDE HIGH DENSITY, A COMBINATION OF MIXED USE AND SOME OTHER. AND SOME OTHER INTEREST, ESPECIALLY IN A AND G, THE CORNER G AND A AND B, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME POSSIBILITIES THERE THAT THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, STAY CREATIVELY UP ELEVATED SLIGHTLY. 
          BUT I WILL I DO THINK IF WE'RE AT THIS POINT, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH DALLAS, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A JUST MAYBE A MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THESE ARE CHANGES WE'RE CONSIDERING. HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM BECAUSE, I MEAN, AGAIN, TO THE TO THE POINTS THAT WERE MADE, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 40FT ACROSS FROM ONE ANOTHER. SO WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF COLLABORATION BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE, YOU KNOW, TRUE FIRM DECISIONS. BUT AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO MAKE IT AS ELEVATED AS POSSIBLE IF WE COULD STILL ACHIEVE THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE. YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO PICK UP ON THAT POINT. I MEAN, WE'VE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ATTEMPTING TO COLLABORATE WITH DALLAS ON THIS. I MEAN, JANET, WHEN SHE WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, HAD CONSTANT COMMUNICATIONS. AND THERE WAS AN ESPERANZA GROUP THAT MET ALL THE TIME TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE TO IMPLEMENT THIS 
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VISION. I KNOW DAN PICKED UP ON SOME OF THAT WHEN HE WAS ON THE COUNCIL. AND THEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER ZIMMERMAN, WHO'S DOING THINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ESPERANZA DISTRICT. AND SO THINGS ARE STARTING TO MOVE IN SOME AREAS OVER THERE IN DALLAS. 
          AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS OF COORDINATING WITH DALLAS. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO TIE OUR DESTINY TO HOPING THEY COME ALONG AND, YOU KNOW, BUY INTO OUR VISION OR THAT WE NEED TO CREATE A NEW VISION. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT THERE TO BE, AND I DON'T THINK YOU WERE SUGGESTING THIS, BUT THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EFFORT BY PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THAT AREA OF RICHARDSON AND OUR CITY STAFF TO TRY AND BRING DALLAS ALONG TO TRY AND BRING THIS, THIS VISION TO FRUITION. SO IT'S IT'S NOT BEEN IGNORED. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. AND THEN, MAYOR, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN YET. KEITH, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, YOU HAD MENTIONED MIXED USE NOT BEING ALLOWED ON THE SAME PLOT, I THINK. COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT? I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS ZONING BEFORE WE DID. YES. IT WAS A PREVIOUS ZONING THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 1995. 
          OKAY, OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE MIXED USE. THAT WASN'T QUITE MIXED USE. EXACTLY. WE DO ALLOW MIXED USE IN THIS. OKAY, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD THAT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I GOT A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED THERE. SO AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, MY THINKING IS THIS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG AT ALL WITH THE VISION. AND FRANKLY, NO MATTER WHAT THE VISION IS. AND I THINK TO SOME DEGREE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HEARD IT FROM OUR CITY MANAGER AS WELL. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE VISION IS, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE SOME GAP ASSOCIATED WITH ANY KIND OF INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA. I THINK A COUPLE OF YOU, IN MY OPINION, ARE RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE UP THERE ON THE WEST END OF THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A LIKELIHOOD OF MOVING THE NEEDLE. I'M VERY BULLISH ON THAT AND BELIEVE THAT IT WILL, WITHOUT US NECESSARILY HAVING TO DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY, ALTHOUGH WE MAY PARTICIPATE, WHETHER IT'S SOME OF THESE NEW TOOLS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON THE REST OF THIS KIND OF WEST SPRING VALLEY AREA, AND FRANKLY, WITH ANY OF THE NEXT ANY OF THESE VISION AREAS, THE VISION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL. AND SO IF THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL IS TO BE JUST SUPER SERIOUS ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE THE ENTIRE WEST SPRING VALLEY ACHIEVE THE VISION. WELL, WE'VE SEEN WHAT OTHER CITIES DO WHEN THEY'RE THAT SERIOUS AND WHEN THEY'RE THAT SERIOUS, THEY PUT UP BOND DOLLARS THAT SAY, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVES THAT WILL HELP US GET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS WE WANT. THAT'S WHAT CITIES DO WHEN THEY'RE SERIOUS. AND THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT A STATEMENT AGAINST OUR LEVEL OF SERIOUSNESS PER SE. BUT I IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY PROGRESS ON WEST SPRING VALLEY IF WE HAVEN'T DECIDED TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE REALLY HEAVY INVESTMENTS. 
          NOW, WE DID POINT OUT SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE THERE. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE LIGHT OF THOSE. WE REDID THE ROADS. WE DID DO SOME BRIDGE ENHANCEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK ARE CONSEQUENTIAL. IT IS NIGHT AND DAY DRIVING WEST SPRING VALLEY COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS IN 2009. SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DID MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE, AT LEAST IN DRIVABILITY OF THE SPACE. BUT IF IF WE WANTED AND IF WE DECIDED AND I DIDN'T, I I'M NOT POSITIONING MYSELF IN THIS EITHER. BUT IF WE DECIDED AS A COUNCIL THAT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT THERE WAS A MARKET RATE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS OR ONE OF THESE PLOTS OF LAND AND BEGIN TO BUILD OUR STAKE THERE, THEN WE COULD. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE COULD MOVE THE NEEDLE IN A WAY THAT WE WANTED TO. IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE, YES, BUT AGAIN, WE SEE OTHER CITIES DOING IT. SO AS I LOOK AT THE OVERALL VISIONING OF THIS TO ME, I HAVEN'T REVISITED THIS SINCE, YOU KNOW, 2010, AT LEAST NOT IN THE DEPTH THAT WE JUST GOT PRESENTED. AND IT HOLDS UP TO ME. I MEAN, I THINK IN MANY OF THE WAYS THOSE THINGS MAKE SENSE, I THINK THAT AT SOME POINT, IF WE DECIDE THAT THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT SHOULD BE, BUT IF WE DECIDE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT REDEVELOPMENT AREA, IF WE WANT TO SAY, HEY, OPPORTUNITY ZONE PLUS WE WANT TO THROW IN EVERYTHING WE CAN, I THINK WE CAN DIRECT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO START CALLING ON THE KIND OF DEVELOPERS THAT DO THIS AND ASK THEM TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND WE'LL FIND PEOPLE WHO WILL BE INTERESTED IN THIS, AND THERE WILL BE A GAP. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THOSE GAPS BROUGHT TO US IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRIEFING OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, SO WE CAN DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY THIS HAPPENS. THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SAY HERE IN 
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THE 47 SECONDS I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WITH THE MEANS TO DO THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AROUND HERE, THERE IS A VERY SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATION ON THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER WHERE, WHERE THE DALLAS SIDE IS. RIGHT. ALL OF WHICH IS ALSO CURRENTLY REVENUE GENERATING AND ALL THAT. 
          BUT YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WITH DEEP ENOUGH POCKETS THAT HAVE A BIG ENOUGH VISION THAT WANT TO TAKE THAT. AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT ASKING THEMSELVES IS, GOSH, WHAT'S RICHARDSON GOING TO DO? AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO DO IT RIGHT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY THESE THINGS HAPPEN. SO THAT'S MY $0.02 ON ALL THIS. I'M I'M FINE WITH THE VISION. COUNCILMEMBER. I SEE YOUR LIGHTS ON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DRIVE ALONG, SHERMAN, JUST ALONG SHERMAN ON SPRING VALLEY ON BOTH SIDES, THINGS ARE CHANGING A LOT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE MARKET CONDITION, INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR, INDIVIDUAL BUYER, THEY ARE COMING IN. THEY ARE CHANGING THE FACE. SOME OF THE AREA WAS DEAD. I JUST WENT THERE TODAY FOR BREAKFAST IN ONE OF THE LOCATION. YOU'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE? MANY. I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE THAT THAT AREA HAS CHANGED, TOTALLY CHANGED. AND THAT WAS DONE NOT BY THE CITY BECAUSE THEY COULD DO IT INDIVIDUAL AND THEY JUST CHANGED THE FACE. I THINK CHANGE NATURAL WAY IS THE BEST WAY TO DO. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PUT THE MONEY AND FORCE IT. 
          THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. WHEN YOU FORCE THINGS AND IT'S NOT READY. OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE LOTS OF MONEY, YOU CAN DO IT. AND THEN LIKE IT OR NOT, IT IS GOING TO BE THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, BEFORE PUTTING IT BEFORE EVEN THINKING ABOUT BOND MONEY, I MEAN, DEFINITELY CITY. 
          EVERYONE IS VERY SERIOUS, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, CAREFUL ABOUT PROMISING SOMETHING THAT WILL PROBABLY EVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN'T DO AND THAT WILL SLOW DOWN A LOT MORE. SO I WOULD, I WOULD RATHER SEE THE VISION AND TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN LET THIS THING HAPPEN MORE LIKE SMALLER SCALE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING VISION IS GREAT. YOU CAN YOU CAN DO THE VISION, YOU CAN ALWAYS DREAM THE BIG. BUT THE QUESTION IS LIKE, IF YOU DON'T TAKE ANY STEP, THEN IT STAYS AS A, AS A VISION AND DREAM, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I THINK WE, WE NEED TO SEE NOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN MORE PRACTICAL WAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE, DALLAS SIDE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM, CONVERT SOME OF THE THINGS I DON'T. I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK THEIR DREAM AND VISION. THOSE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL IS GOING TO TAKE FOR THEM EVEN TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTION EVEN MUCH, MUCH LONGER. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT, I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ON OUR SIDE, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SOLVE OUR THINGS. AND, AND I'M SURE WE CAN DO DEFINITELY SOMETHING. WE CAN MAKE THIS PLACE LOOK BETTER THAN WHAT'S TODAY. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALWAYS A RED COLOR, BLUE COLOR OR GREEN COLOR. COLOR IS COLOR. WE CAN MAKE IT PRACTICALLY MAKE THIS PLACE VERY ATTRACTIVE. DIFFERENT WAY. INK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. LOOK AT THIS WITHIN THE VISION THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER VISION. JUST REFOCUS AND SEE HOW WE CAN REALLY TIE ALL THOSE THINGS DOWN TOGETHER. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. YES. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE A FEW OF MY COMMENTS BEFORE, AND I ALSO WANT TO AGREE ABOUT SUPPORTING THIS VISION AS IS. I KNOW WHEN I WAS ELECTED ORIGINALLY, I, JANET DEPEW AND MARILYN FREDERICK HANDED ME ABOUT TWO FOUR INCH BINDERS TO GO THROUGH AND READ ON EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN SPRING VALLEY AND BROUGHT ME UP TO DATE. AND THAT VISION REMAINED THEN, AND I FEEL LIKE IT REMAINS THE SAME NOW. YES. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SPRING VALLEY. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE RICHARDSON DEVIATE FROM THE DIRECTION AND THE ELEVATED AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, WHEREVER THAT MAY LIE AND HOWEVER WE DO IT, BUT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT THIS. WILL THERE BE SOME TWEAKS ALONG THE WAY AND SOME THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER POTENTIALLY, BUT I DO I DON'T WANT TO DEVIATE FROM IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO TRY TO SUPPORT THIS. AND KEITH, ON SLIDE NUMBER 21, IF YOU ZOOM IN RIGHT THERE AT SAINT PAUL, THERE'S A STAKE IN ELENA COCO'S RESTAURANT. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I SAY IT IN A 
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FUNNY WAY, BUT WE NEED A STEAK AND ALE HERE. SO BUT THERE IS ONE RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF SAINT PAUL. IF YOU ZOOM IN. WE KID ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY. ANYWAY, I HOPE THAT HELPS. I, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS TONIGHT ALSO. AND I THINK THAT WE JUST HAVE TO AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO AGREE THAT ARE WE GOING TO STICK TO THE VISION AND FIND WAYS TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, BRING IT TO FRUITION? OR ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, MAKING ALTERATIONS NOW? I FEEL LIKE THE COLLABORATION NEEDS TO CONTINUE WITH DALLAS, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON. BUT I, I AGREE, SOME OF THE THINGS SAID THAT WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE DIFFERENT ON, ON, ON THE NORTH SIDE. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO STICK TO OUR PLAN AND, AND FIND WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. I SEE THE OTHER LIGHTS ON. SO WE'LL GO TO THOSE TWO LIGHTS. SO FAR I THINK WE'VE GOT AT LEAST THREE OF US SAYING KIND OF HANG ON TO THE VISION, BUT IT'LL BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THE VISION FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT'S SPEAKING. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU. MAYOR. NO, I'M STILL GOOD WITH THE VISION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I WANT TO CLARIFY. I, I WAS NOT SUGGESTING AND MAYOR, I THINK YOU SLIGHTLY TWISTED WHAT I WAS THINKING. I WAS SAYING. SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THIS. I WAS NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE NEEDED TO FOLLOW DALLAS LEAD. IT'S JUST WE'VE CONSISTENTLY, OVER THE EIGHT YEARS HEARD ABOUT THE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEDIAN AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT WHATEVER LEVEL THAT WE CAN EITHER WORK WITH OR PUSH OR DO WHATEVER TO TRY AND HAVE DALLAS DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. I'M NOT I WAS NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM SAYING THAT WE NEEDED TO FOLLOW DALLAS LEAD. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. BUT I'M I'M STILL GOOD WITH THIS VISION. YEAH, I DIDN'T TAKE IT THAT WAY, BUT I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. COUNCILMEMBER. JUSTICE. YEAH, I HINTED AT IT, BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, FOR STAFF SAKE, I'M IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THE VISION. 
          YEAH. PURSUANT TO THE FEEDBACK WE GOT. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN MOVE ON TO VISION NUMBER TWO. OKAY, SO MAIN STREET CENTRAL. SO WE FIRST START WITH WHY. WHY WE STUDIED THE MAIN STREET, CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          SO THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY PROJECT AREA INCLUDES BOTH THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR EXTENDING FROM ARAPAHOE ROAD DOWN TO OUR SOUTHERN CITY LIMIT LINES. AND IT PRETTY MUCH PICKS UP BOTH SIDES OF THE CORRIDOR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A LITTLE NOTCH IN THERE. THIS PROJECT AREA, COUPLED WITH THE CITY'S ORIGINAL DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE PURPLE THERE OF WHAT MADE UP THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR. 
          THE 2009 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAD THESE TWO AREAS AS TWO DISTINCT STUDY AREAS. HOWEVER, GIVEN HOW THEY SHARED COMMON BOUNDARIES, THE MARKET TRADE AREAS AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS, THE TWO AREAS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE ENHANCEMENT AREA. SO HENCE WHY WE REFER TO IT AS THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR. AND IT INCLUDES OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. OBVIOUSLY, CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY REPRESENTS THE FRONT DOOR INTO OUR COMMUNITY. GIVEN THE COMMUNITY'S VISIBILITY FROM THE HIGHWAY AND DOWNTOWN REPRESENTS OUR HISTORICAL PAST. GIVEN THE AGE OF MANY OF THE PROPERTIES IN THIS QUARTER, THE CITY WAS CONCERNED THAT A LACK OF INVESTMENT IN PROPERTIES DID NOT PROVIDE FOR A LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR US. ALSO, THE CITY WAS TIRED OF PROPERTY OWNERS CHOOSING TO NOT INVEST IN THEIR PROPERTIES. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING, THE CITY WAS CONCERNED THAT IT MAY MISS OUT ON NEW DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND OR ADAPTIVE REUSE OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CITY'S DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          GIVEN WHAT WE WERE SEEING OCCURRING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO HENCE WHY THE CITY DECIDED TO BE PROACTIVE IN AND TRY TO SET A PATH FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR, UNLIKE WHAT KEITH JUST PRESENTED IN THE WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR, WHICH WAS FOCUSED ON COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING ADAPTIVE REUSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR, SO I THINK THAT'S A KEY DISTINGUISHING FACTOR THAT I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND. I THINK WE WE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE SOME GREATER OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE HAD IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. SO IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT AREA ITSELF, IT'S ROUGHLY 540 ACRES. AND AS I SHARED WITH YOU, IT EXTENDS FROM ARAPAHO ROAD DOWN TO OUR SOUTHERN CITY LIMIT LINES. SO DURING 2013, A VISION STUDY WAS ADOPTED FOR THIS PROJECT AREA. AGAIN, FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE PROJECT AREA WAS ACTUALLY DIVIDED INTO 11 SUBDISTRICTS, EACH SUBDISTRICT HAVING ITS OWN VISION STATEMENT. THE COMMUNITY WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN EACH OF THE SUBDISTRICTS HAVING ITS OWN UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY. SUBSEQUENTLY, IN JANUARY 2015, THE CITY ADOPTED THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY FORM BASED CODE FOR THE THE CORE SUBDISTRICT. SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH OR THE GRAPHIC THAT'S ON THE TOP THERE. AND SO WE REZONED THE CENTRAL PLACE, MAIN STREET, INTERURBAN AND CHINATOWN AREAS 
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AGAIN IN JANUARY 2015. GIVEN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE EXPERIENCED DURING THAT REZONING EFFORT, NOT ONLY WITH THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN THE CORRIDOR, THE QUARTER AREA, THE CITY PURSUED REZONING THE SOUTHERN FOUR SUBDISTRICTS. SO AND THOSE ARE SHOWN IN THE BOTTOM GRAPHIC THERE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE GATEWAY COMMERCIAL, WHAT WE KNOW AS TODAY AS RAIL SIDE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY WITH A DIFFERENT NAME TRAIL SIDE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE CREATIVE CORPORATE AREA AND CENTENNIAL GREEN, WHICH IN THE STUDY WAS ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED AS MCKAMY SPRING, ALONG WITH THE REZONING OF THOSE SOUTHERN FOUR SUBDISTRICTS. WE ALSO REALIZED WE NEEDED TO MAKE SOME REFINEMENTS IN THE NORTHERN FOUR SUBDISTRICT. SO WE TOOK ALL OF THAT ON ALL AT ONCE AND MADE ALL OF THOSE CHANGES AND GOT THAT ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2016. SINCE THE NOVEMBER 2016 CODE ADOPTION, THE CITY HAS MADE SOME MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE, ALLOWING FOR A TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF SOME INDUSTRIAL USES SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN PROPERTIES THAT WERE LOCATED IN THREE OF THE FOUR SOUTHERN SUBDISTRICTS, THAT BEING CENTENNIAL GREEN RAIL SIDE AND MCKAMY SPRINGS. SO BASICALLY THE YELLOW, THE THE LIGHT TEAL AND THE GREEN AREAS ON THAT MAP. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE FLAG AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE. SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT THERE'S AN OVERALL VISION ADOPTED FOR THE QUARTER THAT PROVIDES FOR THE COLLECTIVE FRAMEWORK, OR THE OVERARCHING VISION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SUBDISTRICT VISION STATEMENTS. SO THINK OF THE OVERALL VISION STATEMENT AS THE COLLECTIVE VISION, RIGHT? BUT WE HAD ALL OF THESE, THESE 11 INDIVIDUAL SUBDISTRICTS WITH THEIR OWN VISIONS THAT HELP MAKE UP THE BIGGER VISION, IF YOU WILL. SO SPECIFICALLY IN THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR AREA, THE VISION SPEAKS TO ENHANCEMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD INCLUDE NEW AND RENOVATED OFFICE SPACE, UPGRADED RETAIL CENTERS, ADDITIONAL HOSPITALITY USES SUCH AS LIKE RESTAURANT, HOTEL AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND THAT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT MAY BE APPROPRIATE AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND ADJACENT TO THE SPRING VALLEY DART RAIL STATION THAT WAS IN THE SOUTHERN THAT EXISTS TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, HAVING IDENTIFICATION AND SUPPORT OF THIS UNIQUE AREA COULD HELP STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY IDENTITY OR COHESIVENESS, AND OUR COMMUNITY PRIDE REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DISTRICT WITH A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL USE USES, WITH AN. 
          INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE SCALE AND CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING OLD STREET NETWORK THAT EXISTS TODAY. BECAUSE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT THAT TIGHTER GRID STREET NETWORK ACTUALLY IS A FOUNDATIONAL ASPECT OF HAVING PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. THE VISION ALSO SPOKE TO BUILDINGS SHOULD INCLUDE SMALL SCALE RETAIL USES, THINGS LIKE BOUTIQUES, RESTAURANTS, SPECIALTY STORES, MAYBE SOME ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOPS. AND IF WE HAD MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS SUCH AS TWO OR MORE STORIES, THEN THE GROUND FLOOR SHOULD ACCOMMODATE THOSE COMMERCIAL TYPE USES. BUILDING HEIGHT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO 3 TO 4 STORIES TO ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT, AND RESPECT PROXIMITY OF NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY BACK THEN WANTED TO HAVE MUCH TALLER BUILDING HEIGHTS, BE LOCATED CLOSER TO CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, AND HAVE SHORTER BUILDINGS SUCH AS THREE AND FOUR. STORIES BE LIMITED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT SEE FROM THEIR NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. SO AGAIN, THESE CHARACTERISTICS PROVIDED THE OVERARCHING VISION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SUBDISTRICTS. SO NOW FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SUBDISTRICTS. WE START WITH INTER URBAN. OBVIOUSLY THIS SUB DISTRICT HAS GOTTEN MORE RECENT ATTENTION IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE BASIS OF THE VISION FOR THE INNER URBAN SUBDISTRICT WAS ACTUALLY THE DESIGN DISTRICT. WE TOOK CITY COUNCIL ON A TOUR WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AREAS, ESPECIALLY ON THE ZONING, AND SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT. SO IF YOU SPENT TIME THERE, YOU UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE EXISTING CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOU FIND IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT ACTUALLY REPRESENT THEMSELVES IN OUR INNER URBAN AREA. SO THE BASIS OF THE VISION WAS REALLY, AGAIN, TO CREATE AN EDGY, MIXED USE DISTRICT BUILT UPON THE EXISTING BONES OF THE DISTRICT. WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE UNIQUE FACTORS THAT WE HAD IN INNER URBAN, WE HAVE SOME BUILDINGS THAT ARE CLOSED, PULLED UP VERY CLOSE TO THE STREETS, RIGHT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SIDEWALK. WE HAVE ANOTHER BUILDING THAT KIND OF HAD A JAGGED EDGE. WE REFERRED TO IT AS THE SAWTOOTH BUILDING, BUT WE REALIZED WE HAD SOME UNIQUE PROPERTIES IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. AND SO WE REALLY FELT THAT ADAPTIVE REUSE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS WAS IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN THIS SUBDISTRICT. WE WERE ALSO INTERESTED IN HAVING TARGETED INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT. OF COURSE, EXISTING EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS SHOULD PROMOTE DESIGN CREATIVITY, HELP UNIFY THAT ECLECTIC STYLE OF THE DISTRICT, BUT YET STILL BE PROFESSIONAL AND PARENTS. AND OF COURSE, WE WERE INTERESTED IN QUALITY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IN INNER URBAN AS IS THAT THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AS CODIFIED RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN VARY FROM VERY MINIMAL, WHICH BASICALLY NO STREET TREES AND JUST HAVING A SIDEWALK WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT TO ALSO HAVING MORE ENHANCED IMPROVEMENTS WITH THOSE STREET TREES OR INCREASED LANDSCAPING. I THINK WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE VISION THAT WAS PUT FORTH WITH THIS AREA, ALSO RECOMMEND OR ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAD TO ACCOMMODATE ON STREET PARKING BECAUSE AGAIN, GIVING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF 
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BUILDINGS ON THEIR PROPERTIES, THEY HAD LIMITED PARKING AREAS. THE BUILDINGS HAD A LARGER FOOTPRINT ABSORBING THOSE PROPERTIES. SO BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE ON STREET PARKING WAS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT. SO HENCE THE EDGY AND MIXED USE DISTRICT VISION THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN THIS AREA. SO CHINATOWN. SO THIS AREA IS ESSENTIALLY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF JACKSON STREET AND GREENVILLE. THE THE SUBDISTRICT ACTUALLY IS ON BOTH SIDES OF GREENVILLE AVENUE AND JUST IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. SO THE VISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS TO BUILD A VIBRANT, MIXED USE DISTRICT UTILIZING THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO EVOLVE AS A CENTER FOR TOURISM AND EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF THE ASIAN CULTURES THAT EXISTED IN THIS AREA. WHEN THE VISION WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THE CHINATOWN SHOPPING CENTER WAS WAS AN ANCHOR, IF YOU WILL, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. AND THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS I KNOW WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE REZONING OF THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BUT THE GOAL FOR THE VISION WAS REALLY TO BUILD UPON THAT UNIQUE CULTURAL IDENTITY, HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REUSE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, BUT AGAIN, ALSO BEING SUPPORTIVE OF TARGETED INFILL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT. THE SUBDISTRICT WAS INTERESTED, OR THE VISION FOR THE SUBDISTRICT WAS INTERESTED IN EXTERIOR BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION OF QUALITY MATERIALS, BUT ALSO EMBRACING THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER THAT WAS PRESENTING ITSELF IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. AND SO IT REALLY SUPPORTED ARTICULATED FACADE AND ELEMENTS, ROOFLINES, SIGNAGE, AWNINGS, PUBLIC ART. 
          SO ITEMS THAT WE WERE ALREADY EXPERIENCING, PARTICULARLY AS A RESULT OF THE ANCHOR WITH THE CHINATOWN SHOPPING CENTER AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE BEING MADE TO THAT PROPERTY AT THAT TIME. SO THE MAIN STREET SUBDISTRICT, SO THIS SUBDISTRICT IS LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF BELTLINE MAIN. IT'S EAST OF THE DART RAIL LINE AND EXTENDS OVER TO ABRAMS. SO THIS IS REALLY KIND OF THE HEART OF OUR DOWNTOWN AREA AT BELTLINE MAIN IN GREENVILLE. 
          BUT THE VISION THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS TO CREATE A MULTI GENERAL, MULTI GENERATIONAL, ECLECTIC HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED UPON A MIX OF USES IN THE CULTURES THAT EXISTED, A MIX OF OLD AND NEW ARCHITECTURE STYLES. SO KEEP IN MIND, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THERE WERE SOME IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTED TO DO AWAY WITH THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT WERE ALONG BELTLINE MAIN AND IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCUR, WANTING REDEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANTED TO EMBRACE THOSE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT WERE THERE AND FIND A WAY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THOSE AREAS. IN FACT, WE REVISITED THE CROSS SECTION OF BELTLINE MAIN NUMEROUS TIMES TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO WORK WITHIN THE EXISTING CONSTRAINTS, BEING THOSE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF BELTLINE. SO AGAIN, THE VISION ALSO WAS TO HOPEFULLY CREATE SOME ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY AS PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL CORRIDOR AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO THIS AREA AND BE ABLE TO VISIT BUSINESSES AND BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME NIGHTLIFE ACTIVITY. SAME WITH PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO AGAIN, THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN CREATING THOSE ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY IN THIS AREA. OF COURSE, THE VISION IS ALSO FOCUSED ON A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT BEING DESIRED. SO HENCE A LOT OF THE STUDYING, THE WORK THAT WE DID ON BELTLINE MAIN BEFORE WE DID THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT EXIST TODAY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THAT OLD EXISTING GRID STREET NETWORK THAT EXISTS IN THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT ALSO SUPPORTS THAT PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT. OF COURSE, THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE BICYCLISTS OR PERSONS WHO RODE BICYCLES IN OUR COMMUNITY WERE ALSO INTERESTED IN HOW THEY COULD BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE AREA. AND SO THE VISION SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATING BICYCLISTS ON POLK STREET. AND SO HENCE THAT STILL IS TRUE TODAY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT, AGAIN, LIMITING THE BUILDING HEIGHTS TO THREE AND FOUR STORIES BECAUSE OF CONCERN REGARDING THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT MIGHT BE VIEWED FROM FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TOWARDS THIS AREA. SO THE CENTRAL PLACE SUBDISTRICT. SO HERE WE ARE AT THE CROSSROADS OF BELTLINE, MAIN AND CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY. AND SO THIS SUBDISTRICT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON CREATING IDENTITY FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, WANTING TO HAVE A VIBRANT, MIXED USE DISTRICT THAT SUPPORTED INFILL DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE AN ADDRESS FOR THE REGION. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE OVERARCHING VISION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT REALLY ESTABLISHING A PRESENCE FOR US HERE IN RICHARDSON IN A REGIONAL NAME FOR US HERE, THAT'S WHERE THIS SUBDISTRICTS VISION REALLY TIES INTO THAT. OF COURSE, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, WE WERE AGAIN INTERESTED IN A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT. AND WE AND THE VISION BELIEVE THAT THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED BY HAVING BUILDINGS THAT HELP FRAME THE PUBLIC SPACE. SO THE PUBLIC SPACE BEING THOSE AREA ROADWAYS, BEING ABLE TO PULL OUR BUILDINGS UP CLOSER TO THE STREET, HAVING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE STREETS SUCH AS STREET TREES, WIDER SIDEWALKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT MADE IT MORE SUPPORTIVE OF A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT. OF COURSE, HAVING QUALITY BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. BUT THEN AGAIN, HAVING THAT FOCUS ON STREET ENHANCEMENTS BEING PROVIDED FOR IN THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT. SO NOW WE SHIFT TO THE SOUTHERN FOUR SUBDISTRICTS. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH GATEWAY COMMERCIAL. SO AGAIN THIS IS LOCATED SOUTH OF PHILLIPS STREET. IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND CONTINUES DOWN TO OUR SOUTHERN CITY LIMIT LINES. BUT YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A NOTCH ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OR ON THE WEST SIDE OF CENTRAL. SO THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS THE WEST SPRING VALLEY ENHANCEMENT AREA THAT KEITH JUST SPOKE TO. SO THE VISION THAT WE WERE SEEKING TO ACHIEVE, OR THAT THE 
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COMMUNITY SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA, WAS TO CREATE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY. SO AGAIN, AS YOU'RE COMING UP FROM DALLAS, YOU'RE CROSSING OVER SPRING VALLEY, YOU'RE ENTERING RICHARDSON IS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PROMINENT GATEWAY OPPORTUNITY AS YOU ENTERED OUR COMMUNITY. SO OF COURSE, THE VISION THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE WAS TO BUILD UPON AND SUPPORT AND EXTEND THE VISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE WEST SPRING VALLEY QUARTER. SO KEEP IN MIND, WE HAD ALREADY DONE ALL OF THIS ANALYSIS AND STUDY. WE ADOPTED THE ZONING IN THE WEST SPRING VALLEY AREA. SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO WE CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM? WE TAKE THE VISIONS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED FOR THE HIGHER DENSITIES, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN WEST SPRING VALLEY, AND THEN BRING THAT UP ALONG THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR. SO HENCE, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, WE WERE INTERESTED IN ACCOMMODATING INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL CONTEXTUAL DESIGN. SO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT THESE PROPERTIES DO FRONT ON CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTIES OR THE PLACEMENT OF BUILDINGS MAY BE MORE OF A SUBURBAN CHARACTER NATURE COMPARED TO IN SOME OF OUR MORE WALKABLE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE WE WERE PULLING THE BUILDINGS UP CLOSER TO THE STREET. ALSO, AS PART OF THIS VISION, IT RECOGNIZED THAT MULTIFAMILY USES MAY BE APPROPRIATE, PARTICULARLY WITHIN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT SETTING. AGAIN, CARRYING THAT THEME IN THE IDEAS THAT WERE FROM THE WEST SPRING VALLEY STUDY IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST. SO RAIL SIDE, THE VISION FOR RAIL SIDE. SO ACTUALLY LET ME BACK UP. SO RAIL SIDE IS ACTUALLY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF SPRING VALLEY IN THE DART RAIL CORRIDOR. SO IT'S UNIQUELY POSITIONED BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SPRING VALLEY DART STATION THAT EXISTS TODAY. SO THE VISION FOR THIS AREA, THE PROJECT AREA ACTUALLY WAS A SLIGHTLY SMALLER AREA ON THE NORTHERN END WHEN IT WAS KNOWN AS TRAILSIDE. BUT THE THE FOCUS WAS ON AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THAT EXISTED THERE TODAY, BUT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROBABLY TO TRY AND PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY CONNECTIONS TO THE CENTRAL TRAIL THAT EXISTED WHEN WE WORKED ON THIS, THE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS, BUT ALSO A PLACE FOR PERSONS THAT WERE IN THE ARTIST COMMUNITY. SO BACK AT THE TIME WHEN THE VISION STUDY WAS DONE, ARTISTS WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD LAND AND BE ABLE TO PRACTICE THEIR CRAFT AND BE ABLE TO THRIVE IN THAT AREA. SO THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE ZONING CODIFICATION WAS WORKED ON. WE EXTENDED THE SUBDISTRICT TO THE SOUTH TO SPRING VALLEY TO PICK UP THE PROPERTIES ALONG SHERMAN AND GLENCOE, BECAUSE WE REALIZED WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND UPON. AND THAT WAS THE EXISTING DART STATION THAT WAS THERE. KEEP IN MIND THE SPRING VALLEY STATION CODE THAT EXISTED PREDOMINANTLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE OF THE RAIL CORRIDOR HAD ALL OF ITS RESIDENTIAL ENTITLEMENTS ALREADY USED UP. AND SO WE FELT THAT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD CREATE SOME ENTITLEMENTS AND BE ABLE TO BETTER SUPPORT THE DART STATION THAT EXISTED IN THAT AREA. SO HENCE, ALLOWING FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER TRANSIT SUPPORTED USES OF A HIGH QUALITY URBAN CHARACTER WAS A KEY ASPECT ASSOCIATED WITH THE VISION FOR THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT. SO CREATIVE CORPORATE, SO CREATIVE. CORPORATE IS LOCATED THERE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SPRING VALLEY ROAD AND CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY. THIS IS WHERE THE FOSSIL HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED IN THE EXISTING FOSSIL HEADQUARTERS, I REALLY BELIEVE, WAS PART OF THE IMPETUS BEHIND THE VISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE CREATIVE CORPORATE SUBDISTRICT. SO THE VISION FOR THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT WAS TO FOCUS ON ATTRACTING CREATIVE INNOVATION CORPORATIONS, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CREATIVITY, DESIGN BASED AND KNOWLEDGE WORKERS BEING ABLE TO LOCATE WITHIN THIS AREA, AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO EXPAND ON THE ASSET THAT WE ALREADY HAD IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, AND HAVING THE IDEA OF MAYBE WE COULD DRAW SIMILAR TYPE BUSINESSES TO THIS PARTICULAR SUBDISTRICT OF THE QUARTER. SO HENCE THE VISION WAS TO ENCOURAGE INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. ALSO, AS PART OF THE VISION, IT RECOGNIZED THAT HOUSING USES MAY BE APPROPRIATE, PARTICULARLY WITHIN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT SETTING, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT PERSONS WHO MIGHT BE WORKING WITHIN THE CREATIVE CORPORATE SUBDISTRICT, AS WELL AS EVEN IN THE GATEWAY COMMERCIAL SUBDISTRICT. AND THEN TO THE EAST, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DART RAIL LINE. 
          OPPOSITE THE CREATIVE CORPORATE IS OUR CENTENNIAL GREEN SUBDISTRICT. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A VARIETY OF USES, BOTH INSTITUTIONAL, RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, SOME SELF-STORAGE, SOME UTILITY USES THAT WERE IN THIS AREA. BUT GIVEN THIS AREA AND AGAIN, ITS PROXIMITY TO THE SPRING VALLEY DART STATION THAT EXISTS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF IT. THAT COUPLED WITH THE SIZE OF THE PARCELS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BECAUSE GIVEN THAT THEY WERE SOME OF THE LARGER TRACTS, THE VISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED HERE WAS TO BE FOR AN ULTIMATE BUILD OUT OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, TRYING TO LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN THE NEARBY DART STATION IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF THAT SUBDISTRICT. THE VISION RECOGNIZED HOUSING BEING, OR THE VISION RECOGNIZED THAT PROVIDING HOUSING WITHIN THIS AREA WOULD BE A BENEFICIAL ASPECT. AGAIN, SUPPORTING PERSONS WHO MIGHT WORK WITHIN THE CREATIVE CORPORATE OR BE WORKING WITHIN THE GATEWAY. COMMERCIAL SUBDISTRICTS. NONRESIDENTIAL USES WERE ALLOWED WITHIN LIMITED AREAS, AND THEN ALSO NONRESIDENTIAL USES WERE PROHIBITED AS FREE STANDING BUILDINGS, THUS REQUIRING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO BE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED. AGAIN, TRYING TO LEVERAGE THE DENSITIES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE 
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EXISTING DART STATION IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS PART OF THE VISION, THE FLOYD BRANCH AND LOIS BRANCH WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS THEY COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE ENHANCED PUBLIC SPACE. SO OTHER KEY RECOMMENDATIONS, ITEMS OF SIGNIFICANCE. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN CREATING AN IDENTITY FOR THE STUDY AREA, BOTH DOWNTOWN AND THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR. THE COMMUNITY WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN EACH SUBDISTRICT HAVING ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY. SO HENCE THE STREET FURNITURE THAT'S CODIFIED AS PART OF THE ZONING IS UNIQUE TO EACH OF THE SUBDISTRICTS, AND THEN ALSO EMBRACING SOME BUILDING ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE AT PLAY. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS AN INTEREST AMONGST THE COMMUNITY AND HOW DO WE BETTER ENHANCE THE PUBLIC REALM? HOW DO WE MAKE OUR STREETS MORE WALKABLE, MORE DESIRABLE FOR PEDESTRIANS? HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE BICYCLISTS? WE WERE ALSO LOOKING TO MAKE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN KEY SUBDISTRICT AREAS AND EVALUATE CATALYST SITES. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BELTLINE MAIN STREET AS IT TRAVERSES THROUGH THE HEART OF OUR DOWNTOWN FROM BASICALLY ABRAMS ALL THE WAY OVER TO CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, WAS VIEWED AS BEING A CATALYTIC OPPORTUNITY THAT IF WE WERE TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT AND RECONSTRUCT IN THAT PARTICULAR ROADWAY, THEN THAT HELPS BETTER SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL USES, BEING ABLE TO LOCATE WITHIN THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THAT ROADWAY. SO HENCE WHY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SIGNIFICANT CATALYTIC OPPORTUNITY. AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE CITY ACTED ON THAT. ALSO, THE CITY MADE THE DECISION TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FOUR NORTHERN SUBDISTRICTS. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME. I THINK WE REVISITED THE CROSS-SECTION OF BELTLINE MAIN 3 OR 4 TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING NOT ONLY MOBILITY NEEDS, BUT THE FUNCTIONALITY. AND THEN THE SUPPORT FOR THE ADJACENT LAND USES. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S OCCURRED SINCE THE TIME THE ZONING HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND THE VISION BEING PUT IN PLACE IN THE NORTHERN FOUR SUBDISTRICTS, WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF INVESTMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED HERE, AND WE, THE CITY, HAVE UNDERTAKEN SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND ACTIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BELTLINE ROAD AND MAIN STREET, AS WELL AS MCKINNEY STREET, THE NEW RICHARDSON PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX FOR BOTH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE THERE, THE NEW PUBLIC SPACES THAT WE'VE CREATED, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE INTERURBAN COMMON THAT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF INTERURBAN STREET LAND MAKING. WE WERE VERY STRATEGIC IN OUR EFFORTS WITH LAND MAKING, ACQUIRING PROPERTIES, RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE PROPERTIES COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED FOR OR CONTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          DURING THE INTERIM, THOUGH, WE REALIZED THAT, HEY, THESE PROPERTIES COULD ALSO BE USED FOR SOME PUBLIC PARKING NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE AREA. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED, WE'VE GOT THE BELTLINE, THE BELTLINE, EXCUSE ME, THE BELTON MAIN MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO NOW HAVE THE POLK STREET RESIDENTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND WE, THE CITY AGAIN, HAVE CONTRIBUTED MONIES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF POLK STREET, TEXAS STREET AND A PORTION OF KAUFMAN STREET, THE KAUFMAN BROWNSTONES THAT EXIST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF KAUFMAN AT KAUFMAN AND GREENVILLE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT POST THE ZONING BEING ADOPTED. AND OF COURSE, THEN WE HAD SOME AUTOMOTIVE USES THAT MADE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE TOWN NORTH, MAZDA, CLAY COOLEY, AND THEN I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO THE INVESTMENT MADE BY PROPERTY OWNERS AND EVEN THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS, BOTH IN CHINATOWN, LOCKWOOD AND THE HEIGHTS SHOPPING CENTER. 
          WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN ALL THREE OF THOSE RETAIL AREAS OR DEVELOPMENTS, IF YOU WILL, OVER TIME. AS IT RELATES TO THE SOUTHERN SUBDISTRICTS, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN PROACTIVE WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SHERMAN STREET AND LINGO DRIVE. WE'VE OR EXCUSE ME, WE'VE ALSO SEEN INVESTMENTS IN RETAIL RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS, PARTICULARLY ALONG SHERMAN STREET AND CENTENNIAL BOULEVARD. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THOSE BUILDINGS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT PARTICULAR QUARTER. AND THEN, OF COURSE, LAMBORGHINI OF DALLAS HAS MADE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT IS REALLY VISIBLE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS THE SHERMAN LOFTS THAT HAVE COME ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO ENVISION RICHARDSON. SO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACH COMPARED TO WHAT KEITH HAD SHARED WITH YOU ON WEST SPRING VALLEY. THE PLACE TYPE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ENVISION RICHARDSON PLAN. 
          THOSE WERE ALL FORMULATED BASED UPON THE EXISTING VISION AND ZONING THAT WAS CODIFIED FOR THIS AREA. SO NO FEEDBACK WAS RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING WHETHER THE LAND USE SHOULD CHANGE IN THIS PARTICULAR OR LAND USE STRATEGIES SHOULD CHANGE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOUCHED ON THAT. SO LOOKING AT THE LAST 13 YEARS, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TOWARDS THE VISION BEING ADOPTED, BUT IT HAS REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT CITY PARTICIPATION. I JUST HIGHLIGHTED MANY PROJECTS IN WHICH WE'VE MADE THOSE INVESTMENTS. THE CITY ALSO HAS, IN ADDITION TO THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENTS AND MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED AS PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARRANGEMENTS. IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION. 
          WE'VE ALSO DONE THINGS LIKE EMBRACE THE CORE DISTRICT BRANDING AND BEING ABLE TO HELP MARKET THE AREA. WE CONTINUE TO FIND THAT THERE'S INTEREST WITHIN THE QUARTER, BUT PROJECTS ARE STILL NEEDING SUPPORT, ADAPTIVE REUSE WHILE IT'S ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH DIVISION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IT IS COSTLY, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE AGE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, NOT ONLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BUT ALSO WITHIN THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR COMPARED TO LIKE OUR COLLINS ARAPAHOE AREA, WHERE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE OLDER, BUT THEY'RE NOWHERE NEAR THE AGE OF 
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THE PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND IN THE MAIN AND ALONG THE CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME CONFLICT POINTS BETWEEN MARKET REALITIES AND THE ADOPTED VISION AND ZONING. 
          AND A GOOD EXAMPLE IS SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS HAD LATELY WITH RESPECT TO THE INNER URBAN SUBDISTRICT AND AUTOMOTIVE RELATED USES THAT HAVE PRESENTED THEMSELVES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT NEW INVESTORS IN THE AREA, THEY STILL SEE EVIDENCE OF THE PAST AND THINK THE PAST IS STILL INDICATIVE OF THE CITY'S VISION FOR THE AREA WHEN IT'S NOT. WE HAVE MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND OR BUSINESSES OR NEW INVESTORS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE AREA AND THEY'RE WANTING TO DO SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S A LAND USE OR AN IMPROVEMENT THAT IS MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THEY SEE EXISTING ON SOME OF THE OLDER PROPERTIES THAT HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED INVESTMENT. AND THEY THINK THAT THAT'S STILL THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. AND WE'RE LIKE, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE YEARS AND WHAT THE VISION HAS BEEN FOR THIS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD ADDRESS, WE DID ALLOW FOR SOME ZONING AMENDMENTS TO GRANT AN EXTENSION FOR INDUSTRIAL USES, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE QUARTER, AND OMITTED MENTION OF THOSE IN THOSE SOUTHERN FOUR SUBDISTRICTS PREVIOUSLY. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND LEADS US TO THE QUESTIONS OF IS CITY COUNCIL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL VISION THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR? AND THEN ALSO, IS CITY COUNCIL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE VISION FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SUBDISTRICTAS? SO, MAYOR, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRIFFIN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE VISION LOOK GREAT, BULLET POINT LOOKS GREAT. BUT WHENEVER WE GO ZOOM IN, WE START DOING THINGS. THAT'S WHEN THINGS LOOKS A LITTLE BIT GRAY. AND I CAN REALLY TIE DOWN THE VISION VERSUS WHAT WE ARE DOING SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACHIEVE THE VISION? BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW CONSTRUCTED ALREADY, THEN PRETTY MUCH THE PATIENT HAS A BIG DENT IN IT. AND SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS VISION, ALL THESE THINGS. YOU KNOW, WALKABILITY IS IMPORTANT. YES. 
          AND, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE IF YOU MAKE THE SIDEWALK NARROW, YOU ARE BASICALLY TELLING THE CROWD THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T GO THIS WAY. FIND ANOTHER WAY, BECAUSE THIS IS A NARROW ROAD. 
          YOU CAN'T REALLY WALK THERE FREELY. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, ONE, TWO MULTIFAMILY BUILT AT MAIN GRID DEVELOPMENT. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON OTHER SIDE. BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE, IF YOU COULD YOU GO TO THE SLIDE 31 MAIN STREET. 
          I WANT TO UNDERSTAND VERY CLEARLY THAT WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THIS CURRENT ZONING IN THE FUTURE. I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU A NAME, SAY YUMMY BURGER. IF SOMEBODY BUYS THIS PROPERTY, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, BUT I'M THROWING MYSELF SAY, OKAY, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER. I CAN'T REALLY DO THAT. I'M GOING TO HAVE MR. JOHN JUST A NAME. HE CAME UP AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE THE MONEY. I'M BUYING THIS PROPERTY. I'M DONE. SO I'M GOING TO BE BUILDING A MULTIFAMILY TAKE OUT, YUMMY BURGER TAKE OUT, YOU KNOW, DEL'S BURGER, EVERYTHING MULTIFAMILY. CAN HE DO THAT WITHOUT COMING TO COUNCIL? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE. LET ME IF I CAN. I, I REALLY THINK THAT THAT IS A COMPLETELY. I DON'T THINK WE'RE PREPARED TONIGHT TO ANSWER A SPECIFIC SCENARIO QUESTIONS AROUND ZONING. IF YOU IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE COUNCIL, WE'LL SET A DIFFERENT TIME TO DO THAT. BUT I MEAN, THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. I JUST, I DON'T I'M NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO BE, YOU KNOW, UNHELPFUL. I JUST, I'M, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AND A DIFFERENT SET OF, I THINK, PREPARATORY WORK THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THOSE. BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS YOU GUYS COULD POSE TO US, I DON'T KNOW, I'M TRYING TO KIND OF DRAW A DIRECT LINE BACK TO LIKE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT. SO, COUNCILMAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO YOU AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO JUST, OFF THE CUFF, BE ABLE TO KIND OF ANSWER A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ZONING SCENARIO QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU SAID THAT WE HAVE VISION, WE HAVE THIS ZONING THINGS, WE HAVE THIS. THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE 
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DETAILED THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, THE MARKET, WHAT THE MARKET COMES AND TRY TO DO, AND THEN VISION IS GOING TO BE, IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY THAT I DREAM UP SOMETHING, WHEN I SEE THIS KIND OF THINGS, THEN WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP, I SEE THAT MY DREAM IS NOT REALLY MATCHING. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND I CAN DO A BETTER JOB FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE. AND BECAUSE THIS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IF YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. EXACTLY, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. I THINK THIS IS THE I APPRECIATE I THINK THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER DISCUSSION WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE DOWN THE ROAD IF COUNCIL AGREE. I MEAN, I'M VERY INTERESTED TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHATEVER IT TAKES. BUT OVERALL, YES, I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT, BUT HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS? WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE THINGS IF WE DON'T HAVE CLEAR PATH. THAT'S MY THAT'S MY POINT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I THINK FROM, FROM MY EXPERIENCE ALL THE WAY BACK TO SPRING VALLEY, WHEN THE MAYOR AND I WERE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT. SO PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED CAN BE DEFINED BY DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH, FOR INSTANCE, THE POLK STREET PROJECT. RIGHT. AND SO PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT. THOSE ARE ASPIRATIONAL THINGS THAT I THINK AS, AS STAFF, WHEN WE SIT DOWN WITH TODAY, WHEN WE SIT DOWN WITH THE DEVELOPER, WE'RE SAYING, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE DESIRED. EXPLAIN TO US HOW YOU THINK YOU'RE ACHIEVING THESE THINGS. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY COME TO YOU THROUGH A ZONING CASE, THAT'S THEIR JOB TO CONVINCE YOU THAT IT'S PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AND IT'S MORE WALKABLE OR A ME WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT. BUT THOSE ARE NOT ARTICULATELY DEFINED IN IN A CODE. I MEAN, THOSE ARE ARGUABLY SUBJECTIVE TERMS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE CONFUSION THAT THAT I HEAR, YOU JUST, I THINK MY, MY, MY TAKE IS SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE CLARITY THAT YOU'RE DESIRING AND MIGHT AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT ISSUE IN PAST CASES ARE AROUND DIFFERENT PEOPLE DEFINE THOSE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. NO. 
          YES, EXACTLY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY WALKABILITY, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE MY NEIGHBORHOOD? I WANT TO WALK AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE COME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING AROUND ME, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, DON, IF I MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER A RESPONSE. SO WHEN THIS VISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT TALKS ABOUT A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT IS DESIRED, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. AND PARTICULARLY IN THIS AREA. AND SO THE BUILDINGS PLACEMENT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE STREET IS THE BUILDING SET UP CLOSE TO THE STREET, OR IS IT SET BACK FARTHER THAN THE STREET, OR IS THERE A PARKING LOT THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SIDEWALK? IF THERE'S A BUILDING THAT'S PULLED UP CLOSER TO THE STREET, DOES THAT BUILDING HAVE WINDOWS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT WHEN THE LIGHTS ON? OR IS IT A SOLID BLANK WALL? RIGHT. IS IS THERE A SIDEWALK? THERE IS. ARE THERE STREET TREES THERE? DO WE HAVE ON STREET PARKING THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE CURB TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE ALONG THE SIDEWALK? SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FACTORS FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT THAT GO INTO CREATING THOSE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THAT'S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN COMPARED TO A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO OUR HOUSES SETTING FURTHER BACK FROM THE STREET, WE MIGHT HAVE A 4 OR 5 FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK. MAYBE THERE'S SOME GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE SIDEWALK AND THE BACK OF CURB, BUT THE FEEL IS VERY DIFFERENT. SO THE DESIGN STANDARDS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE, TRYING TO ACHIEVE A MUCH MORE URBAN INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN DESIRED IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. I APPRECIATE. YEAH, CAN WE JUST IF YOU'LL JUST HOLD YOUR THOUGHT AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. I CAN COME BACK WITH FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AGAIN, TRYING TO GET BACK TO WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO HERE TONIGHT. I OVERALL I THINK I'M STILL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS VISION. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID, TINA, THE CREATIVE CORPORATE, IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID WHEN THIS WAS LOOKED AT BEFORE, IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF MY I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH. YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M SAYING THIS WRONG, BUT YOU YOU STATED THAT YOU FELT LIKE IT WAS KIND OF DRIVEN BY THE FACT THAT FOSSIL WAS HERE. AND SO THERE WAS THE BELIEF MAYBE THERE'D BE MORE CREATIVE CORPORATE THAT WOULD COME IN AND KIND OF FORM AROUND SINCE THAT'S NOW NOT THERE. I MEAN, I STILL LIKE THE VISION. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A IF WE NEED TO RETHINK THAT AT ALL. 
          JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE VISION GOT CREATED. I MEAN, I THINK THAT STILL COULD BE A VERY APPROPRIATE. I JUST THINK THAT IT JUST CALLS THE QUESTION GIVEN BECAUSE OUT OF OUT OF EXCUSE ME, I APOLOGIZE OUT OF ANYTHING THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. 
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THAT'S THE ONE THAT I THINK HAD A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, IF YOU WILL, OUT OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PRETTY MUCH ALL NIGHT, WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WHERE THERE WAS KIND OF A VISION BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS THERE. NOW THAT'S GONE, IS THAT VISION STILL APPROPRIATE? I PERSONALLY, I, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO THE CREATIVE CORPORATE THERE. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF DO WE NEED TO RETHINK THAT AT ALL? SO I JUST KIND OF THROW THAT OUT THERE OTHERWISE TO KIND OF JUST SO WE GET, I WOULD SAY I'M STILL THUMBS UP MAYOR ON THIS, ON THIS VISION AS YOU START TO COUNT. COOL. COUNCILMEMBER MURPHY, THANK YOU. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE REQUESTS ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL HELP THE COUNCIL ALSO, BUT IT WOULD HELP ME, YOU KNOW, 75 WE ARE SHOWING THAT ON THE ON THE ON THE MAPS, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN SHOW 75 WITH DIFFERENT COLOR, BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE BARRIER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NICE COLOR THERE, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY BUILD ANYTHING. THIS IS NOT OUR RIGHT OF WAY. I THINK IT WOULD WE WOULD SOMEBODY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT. OKAY, TWO SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU CAN RECONSIDER SHOWING HOW TO SHOW THE GRAPHICS AND AND DOWNTOWN. I MEAN, THIS, THIS, THIS VISION. I GUESS OVERALL I AGREE WITH THE VISION, BUT I THINK MUCH MORE SMALLER. THIS IS THE HEART OF OUR CITY NOT IGNORING THE OTHER PART OF THE CITY. I THINK THIS IS MORE PRACTICAL THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS THING VERY DESIRABLE. IT WILL IT WILL BE MUCH MORE DESIRABLE EVEN MOVING FORWARD. SO I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS THIS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND REALLY DEFINE EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE FROM POINT ONE TO POINT TWO OR POINT THREE. CONNECT THE DOTS EARLY ON. SO WE DON'T CREATE SOME SOMETHING AND THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE OVERALL VISION. I LOVE THIS VISION, BUT LET'S I THINK LET'S WORK ON THIS VISION MORE CAREFULLY AND CLOSELY. COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE, THANK YOU. SO IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR OPENING COMMENTS TO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT WAS YAY OR NAY ON THE VISION, AND IF THAT WOULD DETERMINE WHAT COMES NEXT, IF IT'S YAY ON THE VISION, THE NEXT THING IS YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND HAVE THE EXACT CONVERSATION THAT COUNCILMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE AUTOMOTIVE USES ANYMORE. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE NEXT STEP TONIGHT. ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE VISION? GREAT. I'M GOOD WITH THE VISION. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN THANK YOU. I, I AM TOO I'M I SUPPORT THE CURRENT VISION OVERALL. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THE. THIS DOESN'T LIMIT US INTO HAVING ANY TYPE OF LIKE LOCAL THEATER OR ENTERTAINMENT VENDORS IN THAT AREA, WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN OR INNER URBAN. I MEAN, WE IT'S A. IS THAT ALLOWED WITH THIS VISION? SO SOME OF THE SUB DISTRICTS DO ALLOW FOR THAT USE, BUT I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHICH SUBDISTRICTS I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER WITH, AND WE N DIVE INTO THAT LATER. THAT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR THE NEXT FOR THE NEXT PHASE. 
          BUT BUT ANYWAY, THE SHORT STORY IS IS I SUPPORT THE CURRENT VISION. COUNCILMEMBER BURNETT. 
          THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO MY SUPPORT FOR THE VISION AS AS THEY'VE BEEN PRESENTED. I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE LARGER DISTRICT VISIONS FROM FROM SOME OF THE BACK WHEN I WAS JUST A RESIDENT AND PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE VISION, VISION CONVERSATIONS. BUT, BUT THE, THE SUB DISTRICT DESCRIPTIONS WERE VERY HELPFUL AND I APPRECIATE THOSE IN ADVANCE. SO WE CAN KIND OF READ THROUGH THEM AND GO EXPLORE SOME OF THE AREAS JUST TO REORIENT AND SAY, SEE WHY THAT VISION MAKES SENSE. AND SO YEAH, I DON'T SEE ANY NEEDED CHANGES AS I'VE BEEN PRESENTED. THANK YOU. I TOO AM FINE WITH THE VISION, DEFINITELY, AS WE DO COME BACK FOR THE NEXT ROUND IN PARTICULAR, IN THIS PARTICULAR SET OF, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR STUDY AREA THAT THAT YOU JUST WENT OVER. I THINK THERE IT FEELS TO ME LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PERHAPS LOW COST AND OTHER KIND OF STRUCTURAL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. AND I DON'T MEAN STRUCTURAL AS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THINGS LIKE PARKING POLICIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT MIGHT HELP NUDGE THINGS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND SO MY HOPE IS, IS AS WE START TO GET ANY DEEPER ON THE NEXT LEVEL OF ANY OF THIS STUFF, THAT PERHAPS SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS CAN, CAN COME TO FRUITION. SO, MAYOR, BEFORE WE GO IN THE QUEUE, SO JUST IN TERMS OF HOMEWORK, WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE IN DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          AND REGARDING THE EXISTING ZONING, AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM WILL ALSO TAKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE IN THE THE CORPORATE SUB DISTRICT AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN SOME OF 
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THE DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE KEY TENANTS IN THAT AREA, DOES THAT STILL MAKE SENSE? SO WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE ON THAT WHEN WE DO THE, THE USE DISCUSSION AROUND THE OTHERS. I WOULD INCLUDE INTER URBAN TOO. THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE'VE HAD A TON OF DISCUSSION. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD INCLUDE THAT AS A DEEP DIVE AS EXCELLENT. I WAS LEANING TOWARDS INTERURBAN WHEN IT CAME TO THINGS LIKE PARKING STRATEGY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE. OKAY. I DO ALSO WONDER TO SOME DEGREE, AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A DISCUSSION FOR TONIGHT, BUT JUST TO PLANT THE SEED FOR LATER AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE UP ALONG 75. YOU KNOW, I DO WONDER ABOUT LEVERS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PULL ON THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN HEIGHTS, FOR EXAMPLE. SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT IS MULTIFAMILY, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO SPECIFY CERTAIN KINDS OF VERTICALITY, ESPECIALLY AS WE, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT IN THAT TEN YEARS. AND, AND I THINK THE DEMAND AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE REGION AND ALL THAT STUFF, IT JUST MIGHT BE INTERESTING FOR US TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT POSSIBLE LEVERS WE HAVE THERE. IF WE WANTED TO GO TO A HIGHER DENSITY, WHETHER IT BE LIVING OR, OR CORPORATE OR OTHERWISE. SO REQUIRE A MINIMUM DENSITY, POTENTIALLY. WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MINIMUM DENSITIES IN THE CODE. 
          SO YEAH. AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE ARE, I'D LOVE TO, ONCE WE GET TO THAT, I'D LOVE TO MAYBE EVEN EXPLORE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE HIGH ENOUGH. SO COOL. SORRY I DIDN'T SOUND DIDN'T COME ACROSS AS A TICKLED PLANNER. NO, NO, NO DENSITY. IT WAS. SO IT WAS ENTERTAINING TO WRITE. OUR LAST SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL BE COLLINS, ARAPAHOE OR THE IQ, AND CAMERON'S GOING TO LEAD THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WHY ARE WE LOOKING TO STUDY THE COLLINS ARAPAHOE AREA? SO THE AREA UNDER SAW MASSIVE CHALLENGES WITH THE.COM BUST IN 2001. TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES THAT WERE LOCATED IN AND AROUND THE COLLINS ARAPAHOE AREA AT THAT TIME EITHER HAD TO CONSOLIDATE OR CLOSED. AS SUCH, WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPLIERS AND THAT SUPPORTED THOSE COMPANIES ALONG WITH OTHER BUSINESSES THAT BEGAN TO LEAVE THE AREA, LEADING TO HIGH VACANCY RATES. IN ADDITION TO THOSE BUSINESS DEPARTURES, MANY OF THE BUILDINGS IN THAT STUDY AREA WERE BUILT DURING THE 1970S AND 1980S, SO OVER TIME, THEY'VE BECOME FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE. WE'VE SEEN CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY, WE'VE SEEN USER REQUIREMENTS CHANGE, AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN NEW CONSTRUCTION COME ON THE MARKET IN OUR SURROUNDING CITIES SUCH AS FRISCO AND PLANO, THAT HAVE REALLY PUT WHERE COLLINS, ARAPAHOE AREA WAS NOT REALLY ABLE TO COMPETE. SO JUMPING INTO JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THE AREA, THE LAND AREA FOR THE ORIGINAL DISTRICT WAS APPROXIMATELY 700 ACRES. ITS NORTHERN BOUNDARY WAS THAT EAST COLLINS BOULEVARD. THIS WAS THE BOUNDARY UTILIZED FOR THE BASELINE MARKET ANALYSIS OF 2013, WHICH REALLY FOCUSED ON THE REPOPULATION OF THE EXISTING OFFICE AND FLEX WAREHOUSES IN THE AREA. IN 2017, RICHARDSON'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CREATED THE CHAMBER TASK FORCE, WHICH EXPANDED THAT STUDY AREA TO CAMPBELL ROAD, WHICH WE HAVE TODAY AND SUPPORTED ALSO THE CREATION OF THE INNOVATION DISTRICT. SO WITH THESE EARLY EFFORTS, IT ESSENTIALLY LED TO COUNCIL APPROVING THE VISION STUDY FOR THE COLLINS ARAPAHOE AREA IN 2018, WHICH WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY THAT CITY INITIATED REZONING A YEAR LATER. SINCE THAT REZONING, THE COLLINS ARAPAHOE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION DISTRICT HAS UNDERGONE UNDERGONE TWO AMENDMENTS. THE FIRST, WHICH WAS TO ADD DRONE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE CENTER AS A SPECIAL PERMIT USE. AND THEN THAT SECOND WAS TO UPDATE THE FLAG REGULATIONS. SO LOOKING AT THAT ADOPTED OVERALL VISION, AS TINA HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED, FOR MAIN, MAIN STREET AND CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY. SIMILAR CONCEPT. THE FOUR SUBDISTRICTS THAT MAKE UP THE COLLINS ARAPAHOE AREA KIND OF MAKE OVER CREATE THAT OVERALL VISION. SO THE MAIN VISION FOR THE DISTRICT WOULD BE FOR IT TO BE THE PREMIER TECH HUB OF TEXAS. AND TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION, THE DISTRICT MUST BE A PLACE THAT SUPPORTS A RANGE OF BUSINESSES AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THEIR GROWTH. ADDITIONALLY, THE AREA MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE EXISTING BUSINESSES WHILE ATTRACTING NEW ONES AND REMAIN THAT CENTER FOR INNOVATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE LIVELY AND NOT, BUT NOT ONLY DESIGNED THROUGH PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DESIGN, BUT THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SPACES AND ACTIVITIES. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE STATION AREA, WHICH INCLUDES DART'S ARAPAHO CENTER STATION, WILL SERVE AS THAT MAIN GATEWAY INTO THE DISTRICT. SO JUMPING RIGHT INTO THE FIRST SUB DISTRICT. THAT'S THE EMPLOYMENT SUBDISTRICT. IT IS ROUGHLY 920 ACRES, AND IT MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT'S LAND AREA. IT IS LOCATED ROUGHLY FROM CAMPBELL ROAD TO THE NORTH, PLANO ROAD TO THE EAST, APOLLO ROAD TO THE 
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SOUTH AND GENERALLY EAST OF JL AND ALMA ROADS. THIS VISION SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF MIXED USE AND HIGHLY AMENITIZED DISTRICT THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF DESIGN, CREATIVITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE SUBDISTRICT, AS IT'S STATED IN THE TITLE, IS THE CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT GENERATING USES. SO CONSIDERING OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO CONSIDERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE FUTURE. LASTLY, THE SUBDISTRICT LOOKS TO IMPROVE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE AREA THROUGH STREET STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATION OF PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES AND BICYCLE FACILITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT DOES NOT INHIBIT THOSE EXISTING USES THAT ARE THERE TODAY. THE SECOND SUBDISTRICT IS THE GREENVILLE SUBDISTRICT. THIS AREA IS ROUGHLY 44 ACRES AND IS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF CAMPBELL ROAD AND JL DRIVE. THE VISION FOR THIS SPECIFIC SUBDISTRICT IS TO BRING RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER TO THE GREENVILLE CORRIDOR. THE VISION CALLS FOR A VIBRANT, HIGH QUALITY, MIXED USE DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES A MIX OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, A VARIETY OF TYPES, STYLES, AND DENSITIES. THE AREA WILL CONNECT WITH THE EXISTING EAST SIDE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY JUST WEST OF GREENVILLE AVENUE, BY PROVIDING COMPLIMENTARY, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AND WALKABLE ENVIRONMENTS. THE THIRD SUBDISTRICT IS THE STATION AREA. 
          THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 114 ACRES AND IS LOCATED EAST OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, GENERALLY NORTH OF ARAPAHO ROAD. THE KEY PART OF THIS VISION, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE OVERALL ADOPTED VISION, IS IS TO LEVERAGE THIS. THE CURRENT DART ARAPAHO CENTER STATION. IT SERVES AS THE PRINCIPAL GATEWAY TO THE DISTRICT. WITH THAT STATION, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS ENVISIONED TO BECOME A HIGH DENSITY, TRANSIT ORIENTED, MIXED USE AREA THROUGH COMPACT LAND USE PATTERNS THAT MAKE THE AREA HIGHLY WALKABLE AND BIKEABLE TO JOBS AND AMENITIES. 
          THE VISION ALSO CALLS FOR THE REDESIGN OF GREENVILLE AVENUE AS A MULTIMODAL STREET THAT IS ACTIVATED FURTHER THROUGH GROUND FLOOR USES THAT FACE, THAT DART STATION, AND THIS WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HIGH QUALITY BUILDING DESIGN THAT SUPPORTS EXISTING AND NEW BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS PROMOTES SOME NEW RESIDENTIAL USES AND ACTIVITIES. LASTLY, WE HAVE THE DUCK CREEK SUBDISTRICT. THIS IS JUST UNDER 70 ACRES. IT IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF COLLINS BOULEVARD WITH PLANO ROAD TO THE EAST, ARAPAHO ROAD TO THE SOUTH AND SURROUNDS DUCK CREEK ON EITHER SIDE. THE VISION FOR THIS SUBDISTRICT IS MIXED USE AND TRAIL ORIENTED DISTRICT THAT PROMOTES CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE VISION CALLS FOR THE ACTIVATION OF BUILDING FRONTAGES, ESPECIALLY ALONG THOSE KEY EDGES WITHIN THE SUBDISTRICT. THE VISION ALSO CALLS OUT THE NEED FOR FOCUS ON ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THOSE OLDER EXISTING BUILDINGS ALONG THE DUCK CREEK CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT SITES IN THE AREA THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE DUCK CREEK SUBDISTRICT VISION PROMOTES DESIGN, CREATIVITY AND ENCOURAGES PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CREEK, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVATED OPEN SPACE, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING USES. SOME OTHER KEY ASPECTS OF THE VISION ARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUCK CREEK TRAIL, WHICH HAS OCCURRED, AND THE CREATION OF THE IQ HQ, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THAT GOLD STAR. SOME OTHER KEY RECOMMENDATIONS AND JUST ITEMS THAT I WANT TO COVER IS FOR THE DISTRICT IS. ONE OF THE THINGS WAS TO MANAGE THE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VISION. IT WAS TO MANAGE THE EXPERIENCE AND MARKETING OF THE DISTRICT, BOTH THROUGH BRANDING AND COMMUNICATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE VISION SUPPORTED BUILDING UPGRADES AND MODERNIZATION THAT COULD SUPPORT THE DIVERSE JOBS THAT WERE COMING INTO THE AREA. 
          AND WE STILL SEE THOSE COMING IN TODAY. THE ZONING ALSO ALLOWED FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES, SUCH AS CHANGING BUILDING HEIGHTS OR SETBACKS THAT COULD SERVE AS BARRIERS TO THE AREA. IT ALSO ENCOURAGES ENCOURAGES VIBRANCY THROUGH PLACEMAKING ACTIVITIES WITH HIGH CONCENTRATION OF WORKERS THAT CREATE, FOR EXAMPLE, TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT PROGRAMING. IT ALSO SEEKS TO IMPROVE THOSE DISTRICT EDGES AND GATEWAYS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF SIGNAGE AND ART. LOOKING ONCE AGAIN, AS I KIND OF MENTIONED, LOOKING AT REDESIGNING SOME OF THOSE KEY STREETS. SO GLENVILLE DRIVE, GREENVILLE AVENUE FOR BETTER MOBILITY, CREATING A SHARED INNOVATION SPACE FOR NEW BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORTS COLLABORATION, NETWORKING, STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES LIKE UTD AND RICHLAND COLLEGE, AND ALSO LOOKING TO CREATE NEW OPEN SPACE AMENITIES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN BUSINESSES. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, REDEVELOP KEY OPPORTUNITY SITES SUCH AS THE 
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STATION AREA TO BRING NEW USES AND ACTIVITIES TO THE AREA. SO WHAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE REZONING HAS BEEN ADOPTED? WE'VE OPENED THAT RICHARDSON IQ HQ. SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AS I'VE MENTIONED IN EARLIER SLIDES, WE'VE CREATED THE INSTALLED PROTECTED BIKE LANES ALONG GREENVILLE AVENUE. WE'VE SEEN THE REBUILDING OF THAT GREENVILLE ARAPAHO INTERSECTION TO ENHANCE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'VE SEEN THAT AT GRADE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ALONG GREENVILLE AVENUE TO THE DART STATION AT ARAPAHO CENTER. 
          WE'VE SEEN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF GLENVILLE, WHICH WE KNOW WAS RECENTLY FINISHED EARLIER THIS SUMMER, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUCK CREEK TRAIL. WE'VE ALSO SEEN CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PRIVATE INVESTMENT. WE HAVE A FUTURE MULTIFAMILY THAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE AT ARAPAHO AND GROVE ROAD, BUT WE'VE ALSO CONTINUED TO SEE THAT BUSINESS REINVESTMENT IN THE AREA THROUGH BOTH INCUBATION, EXPANSION AND RELOCATIONS. SIMILAR TO THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL CORRIDOR. AS TINA HAD MENTIONED, NO FEEDBACK WAS RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD CHANGE ITS LAND USE STRATEGY IN THIS AREA. WHEN THE ENVISION RICHARDSON PLAN WAS TAKING PLACE, SO THE ARAPAHO VISION AND ZONING ENTITLEMENTS AT THE TIME WERE INCORPORATED, FORMED THOSE THOSE PLACE TYPE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO JUST KIND OF REFLECTING ON THE ARAPAHO DISTRICT, THE ZONING HAS BEEN STRUCTURED TO ACCOMMODATE NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESSES OF THE AREA, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE PROPERTIES. SINCE ITS ADOPTION, THE CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING THAT CREATION OF THE IQ HQ AND THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I MENTIONED. IN ADDITION, PARTNERSHIPS WITH UTD HAVE BEEN VITAL TO BUSINESS GROWTH AND INCUBATION, AND WE HAVE SEEN NEW BUSINESSES RELOCATE TO THE AREA LIKE TARA HOP AND MICRON, AS WELL AS SEEING EXISTING ONES EXPAND SUCH AS CRESCENT SYSTEMS. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE MORE RESEARCH FOCUSED, THAT WERE INCUBATED IN THE AREA BECOME SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY, WHICH I'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW THERE BELOW, BUT WE HAVE JP ANALYTICAL AND EP START UP RUNWAY PORTFOLIO COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UTD CATALYST COMPANIES. WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT INITIAL THE INITIAL STAGES OF REDEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT AREA, WITH THAT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT'S COMING FORWARD. AND THEN REGARDING THAT ARAPAHO CENTER STATION REDEVELOPMENTS, THOUGH, THOSE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. WE HAD THE TWO RFPS. THEY'VE BEEN SUSPENDED. THERE IS STILL INTEREST IN THAT AREA. AND GATHERING POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT. WHILE THERE'S STILL NO WORK, THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE. WE ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NUMBERS, WE'VE SEEN THAT DECREASE IN VACANCY RATE FROM APPROXIMATELY 25% WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED, TO ROUGHLY 10.2%. WE'VE ALSO SEEN COMPANIES THAT CAN HAVE GROWN WITHIN OR HAVE RELOCATED TO THIS AREA. THAT HAS CONTINUED TO RESULT IN JOB GROWTH. WE'VE CREATED AND RETAINED APPROXIMATELY 2500 JOBS. WE'VE ALSO HAVE INVESTED, WE HAVE SEEN INVESTMENT OR IN THE PROGRESS OF INVESTING, ROUGHLY 2263 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT VALUE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO SIMILAR TO MY COLLEAGUE'S QUESTIONS. MOVING ON TO, IS THE COUNCIL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL VISION FOR THE STUDY AREA? AND THE NEXT QUESTION, IS COUNCIL STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE VISION FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SUBDISTRICTS? AND I WILL HAND IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. THANKS. MAYOR PRO TEM. I'M STILL IN FAVOR OF THE VISION. BEST WAY I'LL SAY IT, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. 
          I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. ALSO. YES, I'M STILL IN FAVOR OF THE VISION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT AND WE'LL DIVE INTO THIS A LITE LATER. BUT AS ON THE DUCK CREEK AREA, I WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT IF WE LOOK AT THE FINISH OUT ON THAT AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ACTIVITY CREATED, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT DOESN'T LIMIT US WITH THE CURRENT VISION, DOES IT? DOES IT ALLOW US TO DO BUILD OUT ON THE DUCK CREEK EVENTUALLY AND HAVE AND MAKE IT AND ACTIVATE IT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BURDETTE, THANK YOU. ALSO IN SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING THE VISION THAT I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE BY THE CITY AND OR OTHER INVESTMENTS. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD, I WAS CURIOUS, THE CUTOUTS THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER, MAYBE SLIDE 45 SHOWS THAT IS THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE ALREADY MORE MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN THOSE KIND OF TWO AREAS NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE AND THE UPPER LEFT, AND JUST SOUTH SOUTH OF COLLINS. 
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OKAY, SO THE CUTOUT IN THE NORTHWEST AREA, I PRESUME YOU'RE REFERRING TO THIS LITTLE AREA HERE. CORRECT. SO THAT IS THE EXISTING EAST SIDE DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS AN OFFICE TOWER THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEN SUPPORTIVE INFILL DEVELOPMENT, MAINLY MULTIFAMILY AND SOME RETAIL COMMERCIAL CAME INTO THAT AREA. SO THAT'S ALL EXISTING. AND THEN THIS AREA HERE, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, THAT IS A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS KIND OF THE ARCHWAY OR THE KEYHOLE IN IT, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. SO LIKELY LED TO THE CARVE OUT. OKAY. SO THEY JUST DIDN'T NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON IN THESE STUDIES BECAUSE THERE WAS ALREADY EXISTING MODERN DEVELOPMENT. THERE NO NEED TO. 
          I THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT TO MAKE. YEAH. THEY HAD THEIR OWN PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO THEY'RE VERY COMPLEMENTARY. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER, I MEAN, THE CAROLINE AND THE MALLORY THAT HAVE DEVELOPED SINCE, IF IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GREENVILLE, IT WOULD BE HIGHLY ALIGNED WITH THE VISION THAT YOU SEE IN THE GREEN THERE. 
          YEAH, I WORK IN THAT BUILDING, SO I KNEW WHAT WAS IN THAT CORNER. I WAS CURIOUS WHY IT WASN'T PART OF THE STUDY, BUT THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRIFFIN. YES, I SUPPORT. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT SUPPORT AND WE CAN DEFINITELY MOVE ON. 
          [6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE NEW CITY HALL ELECTIONEERING REQUIREMENTS  ]
ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE NEW CITY HALL ELECTIONEERING REQUIREMENTS. MR. MAGNER, GREAT MAYOR, AS WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETIME IN LATE. Q1Q2 STARTING THE TRANSITION BACK TO CITY HALL. THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH. ONE IS THE ELECTIONEERING REQUIREMENTS, AS YOU KNOW, ON THE OLD CITY HALL CAMPUS, THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE YOU COULD ELECTIONEER AND THEN THERE WERE CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS. AND SO WHAT AMY'S DONE IS GONE THROUGH OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY VERY FEW CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. 
          IT'S MORE ABOUT THE MAP OF THE CAMPUS AND AND SOME OF THE SETBACKS. AND SO, AMY, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE, OUR NEXT ELECTION DATE IS MAY 1ST, 2027, WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE OVER FIVE MONTHS AWAY AND POTENTIALLY BEGINNING IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, THE LANDSCAPE WILL BE BLOOMING WITH THAT SPECIAL KIND OF FLOWER. 
          THE POLITICAL SIGN. SO UNLIKE OUR RICHARDSON WILDFLOWERS, WHICH ARE A WELCOME SIGN OF SPRING, POLITICAL SIGNS NEED TO BE PLANTED WITHIN STATE AND LOCAL GUIDELINES. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL REVIEW A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. SO THIS FALLS WITHIN YOUR COUNCIL GOAL OF TO UPDATE TO HAVE CLEAR, EFFECTIVE, CONSISTENTLY APPLIED PROCESSES AND POLICIES FOR OUR STAKEHOLDERS. SO TONIGHT I WILL REVIEW WHAT ELECTIONEERING IS. I'LL GIVE THE HISTORY OF OUR REQUIREMENTS. I'LL REVIEW OUR CURRENT REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL SPEND MOST OF THE TIME REVIEWING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AS WE PLAN TO MOVE BACK TO CITY HALL. AND THEN I WILL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK. SO ELECTIONEERING IS THE POSTING, USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF POLITICAL SIGNS OR LITERATURE FOR OR AGAINST ANY CANDIDATE MEASURE OR POLITICAL PARTY, AND ALSO INCLUDES LOITERING. AND THIS IS DURING THE VOTING PERIOD AND WITHIN 100FT OF A POLLING PLACE OR 20FT OF A PARKING SPOT DESIGNATED FOR CURBSIDE VOTING. THIS DEFINITION COMES FROM THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, SECTION 61.003. AND A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE IS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR MISDEMEANOR. SO THE TEXAS TEXAS ELECTION CODE STATES THAT THE ENTITY THAT OWNS OR CONTROLS A PUBLIC BUILDING BEING USED AS A POLLING PLACE MAY NOT PROHIBIT ELECTIONEERING OUTSIDE OF THE 100 FOOT DISTANCE MARKER. HOWEVER, WE MAY ENACT REASONABLE REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF ELECTIONEERING, AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE 100FT POLLING PLACE, AND THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE ELECTION JUDGE. THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER THAT SPACE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER THE SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE 100 FOOT ZONE. SO THE HISTORY OF OUR REGULATIONS IN 2013, THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE WAS AMENDED DURING THE 83RD LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO ADDRESS THE AUTHORITY OF THE ENTITY BEING USED FOR POLLING PLACE, AND THE CITY ADOPTED ORDINANCE 4036 IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION. PRIOR TO 2013, THE CITY ONLY REGULATED THE SIZE OF SIGNS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY LOCATIONS OF SIGNAGE, AND WE DID THIS UNDER CHAPTER 18 OF THE SIGN CODE. AND CHAPTER 18 DOES STILL APPLY TO POLITICAL SIGNS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY HALL PROPER, WHICH IS USED AS A POLLING SPACE. IN 2022, WE UPDATED OUR CODE TO COMPLY WITH AN UPDATED DEFINITION BY THE LEGISLATURE THAT STATED THAT ELECTIONEERING DOES NOT APPLY TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF A NOTICE OF A PARTY CONVENTION, BUT ALSO AT THAT TIME, WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO AMEND SEVERAL OTHER CITY REQUIREMENTS. WE 
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CLARIFIED THAT THE RUNOFF PERIOD IS A DIFFERENT PERIOD THAN THE THAN THE MAIN ELECTION FOR. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SIGNS, WE ALSO CLARIFIED SIGN DIMENSIONS AND SUPPORTING POLES AND STAKES. WE CLARIFIED THAT SIGNS CANNOT HAVE ILLUMINATED OR MOVING PARTS. TENTS, AWNINGS, AND TABLES ARE NOT PERMITTED. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ESTABLISHED A TIME FRAME FOR THE PLACEMENT AND THE RETRIEVAL OF SIGNS AT THAT TIME AND ALSO AT THAT TIME. AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL, WE LIMITED THE NUMBER OF SIGNS AND THE LOCATION OF SIGNS ON THE PROPERTY. SO THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS STATE THAT SIGNS MAY BE PLACED IN DESIGNATED AREAS 24 HOURS BEFORE THE EARLY VOTING STARTS, AND MUST BE RETRIEVED NO LATER THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE ON ELECTION DAY. WE ALSO PROHIBIT SIGNS IN DRIVEWAYS, PARKING AREAS AND MEDIANS, EXCEPT WHERE DESIGNATED, WE PROHIBIT SIGNS IN LANDSCAPED AREAS AND ON THE BUILDINGS, AND SIGNS CANNOT BE PLACED WITHIN TEN FEET OF A PUBLIC ROADWAY. ALSO, SIGNS CANNOT EXCEED FOUR SQUARE FEET AND STAKES MAY NOT PENETRATE THE GROUND MORE THAN TEN INCHES OR EXCEED ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. NO MORE THAN 12 SIGNS PER CANDIDATE, CAMPAIGN OR MEASURE ARE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY, AND NO MORE THAN TWO SIGNS PER CANDIDATE, CAMPAIGN OR MEASURE ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THE LOCATION IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE 100 FOOT MARKER AND BACK AT THAT TIME. THIS IS A MAP OF THE CITY HALL AT THAT TIME, WHICH SHOWS THE DESIGNATED AREAS, THE HASH MARKED AREAS WHICH ARE IN FRONT OF THE OLD PORTICO. THAT'S THE SPACE THAT WHERE TWO SIGNS WERE LIMITED. THIS IS THE NEW MAP. AND SO THIS MAP SHOWS THE MUNICIPAL CAMPUS, WITH THE RED ZONE BEING WITHIN THE 100 FOOT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, THE YELLOW ZONE BEING WHERE TWO SIGNS PER CANDIDATE, CAMPAIGN OR MEASURE ARE ALLOWED, AND THEN THE GREEN ZONE WHERE THE REMAINING TEN SIGNS PER CANDIDATE, CAMPAIGN OR MEASURE MAY BE PLACED. SO IF THE YELLOW AND GREEN ZONE ARE BOTH USED AT THE SAME TIME, THEN THE TOTAL OF 12 SIGNS WOULD BE ON THE PROPERTY. SO WITH MOVED BACK TO CITY HALL CAMPUS. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW MAP, WE ARE PROPOSING TWO TEXT AMENDMENTS. WE'RE REMOVING REFERENCE TO CITY HALL, CIVIC CENTER AND REPLACING IT WITH MUNICIPAL CAMPUS. AND THEN WE'RE REMOVING THE REFERENCE TO THE HASH MARK AREA TO THE WEST OF THE PORTICO AND REPLACING IT WITH THE REFERENCE TO THE YELLOW ZONE. 
          AND HERE'S ONE FINAL VIEW FOR YOUR REVIEW. AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER ORFINI THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. JUST BRINGING BACK ALL THE. 
          KNOWLEDGE THAT ALMOST FORGETTING. SO I CAN'T REALLY WAIT. I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CITY HALL OPEN FOR POLLING STATION. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. LET ME SEE. 
          ON SLIDE SEVEN. THE LAST POINT THAT YOU HAVE, POLITICAL SCIENCE LITERATURE ARE PROHIBITED IN ALL CITY HALL CIVIC CENTER AREAS. SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE? IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE THIRD PARTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST EDUCATING THE VOTER, NOT NECESSARILY TAKING SIDE. IT'S NOT PARTIZAN, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OR SIMILAR ORGANIZATION. IF THEY WANT TO JUST PLAY SOME MATERIAL THAT'S NOT REALLY GIVING ANY OPINION. IT'S JUST EDUCATING THE VOTERS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT. CAN YOU, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME SO THAT'S NOT ADDRESSED IN THIS IN THIS ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S ADDRESSED CITY POLICY. AND OUR MOST RECENT POLICY IS THAT WE DON'T ALLOW ANY MATERIALS INSIDE OF CITY HALL. AND THAT'S AT THE ADVICE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE IF WE WOULD ALLOW ONE GROUP TO THAT, WE'D HAVE TO ALLOW ALL GROUPS TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO DURING THE ELECTION TIME, HOW CAN THOSE MATERIALS BE PLACED AROUND? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE COVERED WITH THIS POLICY? BECAUSE THIS COVERS LIKE THE CANDIDATES MAINLY OR, OR IT WELL, NOT JUST CANDIDATE ANYONE WANTS TO INVOLVE WITH THE POLITICS. THEY I MEAN, DURING THE ELECTION, 
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THEY CAN PUT SIGN AND OTHER THINGS, BUT THOSE KIND OF MATERIAL, MOST LITERATURE, THOSE ARE MORE NOT ATTACHED TO SOMETHING. THOSE ARE MORE IN A IN A PLACE THAT THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED ELECTIONEERING. SO IT'S NOT COVERED. OKAY. THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT ELECTIONEERING. THAT'S JUST PROVIDING VOTING GUIDELINES AND MATERIALS FOR VOTERS. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BRING BACK THE ORDINANCE FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT. AND THEN WE'LL UPDATE ALL OF OUR ELECTION MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE CANDIDATE PACKETS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE JANUARY 4TH. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE 
          [7. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST  ]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS A REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER MAYOR. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THE CANYON CREEK HOA ANNUAL MEETING. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE CHIEF, GARY TITTEL, FOR SPENDING ALMOST AN HOUR GOING THROUGH AND TALKING THROUGH ALL THINGS RELATED TO CRIME WATCH E-BIKES, GOLF CARTS AND OTHER TYPE OF THINGS THAT HE TALKED WITH THE CITIZENS ABOUT AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A VERY LARGE SHOUT OUT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR HIM TAKING THE TIME AND WALKING EVERYONE THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS AND THOSE THAT ARE STATE AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT HE PROVIDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. IT WAS PRETTY BUSY WEEK FOR ALL OF US. AND MOST OF US ATTENDED SOME OF THESE. I'LL I'LL READ OFF. WE DID HAVE THE HALF RIBBON CUTTING EARLIER THIS WEEK AND AND THEY TOOK US ON A TOUR OF THEIR NEW OFFICES. THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL OVER THE IN THE GALLATIN AREA, WE DID A TOUR OF THE LIBRARY AND CITY HALL THIS WEEK. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. BY THE WAY, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE LIBRARY COME FULLY OPEN. BUT IT'S IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY, REALLY ENJOY IT. AND THE CITY HALL AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S COMPLETELY IN FRAME FINISH OUT AT THE MOMENT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD AND COMING ALONG REALLY WELL. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OR ATTEND THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL, TEXAS LEGISLATION. AND OUR CITY MANAGER, DON MAGNER, SPOKE ON THE PANEL AND DID AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB. SO VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE GROUP. AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR ABOUT COMBINATION OF AI. AND WE DISCUSSED OTHER LEGISLATION ISSUES THAT WERE COMING UP. SO VERY INFORMATIVE. THE OTHER THING I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A MY FRIEND, COLLEAGUE AND ATTORNEY, HIS WIFE, NIKKI HAWKINS, THEY HAD HER EVENT AT THE WOMEN'S CLUB ON SATURDAY. AND IT WAS A HUGE TURNOUT. VERY NICE, WELL ATTENDED. JUST, JUST REALLY NICE GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND IT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION FOR HER AND TO REMEMBERING HER. ONE LAST THING, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO PERIODICALLY, I TRY TO DO IT ONCE A WEEK, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. I TRY TO VISIT WITH, YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS OWNER OF SOME SORT, JUST TO KIND OF GET A FEEL OF HOW THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOW THEIR BUSINESSES ARE RUNNING. 
          AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MY FRIEND JASON CAMPBELL WITH A MOMENT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR RESIDENTIAL DESIGN AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING WITH DEVELOPERS. AND THEY'RE LOCATED TWO CREEKS AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY SEEM TO BE REALLY JUST DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF, OF KEEPING THAT BUSINESS ALIVE. 
          AND THE REPORT BACK IS THAT THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT MARKETS, WHETHER IT BE IN SOUTHLAKE OR LOCAL, ARE DOING EXTREMELY WELL. SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK FROM BUSINESSES BECAUSE ALL BUSINESSES ARE DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND ACHIEVING DIFFERENT GOALS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK DON AND CHARLES FOR TAKING US AROUND AND TO JENNY AND ALL OF HER LIBRARY STAFF THAT TURNED OUT TO GIVE US THE TOUR ON SATURDAY. IT REALLY WAS SPECTACULAR. JUST VERY, VERY EXCITING TO SEE. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. WE'D SEEN PICTURES AND HAD UPDATES ALONG THE WAY, BUT I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY HOW IT FEELS LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUILDING THAN THE BUILDING THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS. IT'S TRULY INCREDIBLE. I DON'T THINK I'M OVERSELLING IT TO THE PUBLIC. I IT'S COLORFUL, IT'S BRIGHT, THERE'S SO MUCH NATURAL LIGHT AND IT'S JUST, IT FEELS LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUILDING THAN, THAN IT WAS BEFORE. AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR EVYONE TO GET TO SEE IT VERY, VERY SOON. SO EVERYBODY COME OUT ON THE 21ST, WHAT TIME? 1:00, 1:00. VERY EXCITING. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. ALSO, 
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CULTURE IN THE CORPS WAS AMAZING. WE CHANGED THE LOCATION THIS YEAR AND I THINK THAT IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO ACTIVATE THE OUR PARK THERE IN OUR COMMONS. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE. I KNOW. CHRIS AND HIS TEAM TOOK OVER THIS YEAR AND THEY DID A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB PUTTING THE FESTIVAL TOGETHER AND GREAT TURNOUT, AMAZING PERFORMERS AS ALWAYS, AND REALLY GOOD FOOD. AND THEN LASTLY, THE SHOW WAS SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL. THEY HAD THEIR GRAND CANYON COUNTRY CONCERT AT THE ICEMAN AND ALWAYS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT JOB AND A NEAT SHOW BECAUSE IT HAD UNIQUE VISUALS THAT WENT ALONG WITH IT, WHICH WAS A REALLY GREAT ENHANCEMENT TO THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. COUNCILMEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, I'LL BE REPEATING A FEW THINGS THAT WAS ALREADY BEEN SAID. 
          FIRST, I'LL GO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EASY ONE AND THEN I'LL SAY THE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY AMAZING THAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THE CULTURE IN THE CORPS. IT WAS GREAT. THE LOCATION IS GREAT THIS YEAR, WHATEVER THE REGION, WHATEVER HAPPENED, I THINK IT HAPPENED FOR GOOD. SO I THINK WE FOUND A GOOD PLACE, PERFECT PLACE FOR THIS KIND OF EVENT. AND THE PROGRAMING WAS GREAT. THE PLANNING WAS GREAT. SO THE FOOD, MUSIC, EVEN I SAW SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, NEVER DANCE, DANCE THIS TIME. SO THAT WAS THIS WAS REALLY AMAZING. I THINK IF NEXT YEAR I THINK THIS, THIS WILL BRING A LOT MORE PEOPLE. AND THANKS DON. HE MANAGED THE TEMPERATURE REALLY WELL THIS YEAR. AND OF COURSE, WHAT I MEANT BY THAT IS THAT THE TIMING WAS REALLY GOOD. SCHEDULING WAS GOOD. INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS THING IN THE SUMMER, THIS IS REALLY GREAT. ONLY THING I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE CAN EXTEND IT, LIKE IN THE EVENING, THAT WILL BRING SOME NIGHT LIGHT AND OTHER ACTIVITY. IT'S ALREADY LANDSCAPED BEAUTIFULLY IN THIS AREA, EVEN THE NIGHT TIME, THAT AREA, PART OF THE AREA IS GREAT. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL. AND THE LIBRARY PART NOW, THIS IS THE AMAZING PART THAT I SAID THAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ALWAYS. I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I TRY TO DO IS LIKE PROMISE LESS. THAN DELIVER A LOT MORE AND MUCH BETTER QUALITY. THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS PERSONALLY FOLLOW, BUT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO BE PROMISING A LOT MORE UPFRONT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND SAY THAT MUCH. THE LIBRARY IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY WHEN IT OPENS. AND ONE THING THAT TEEN AGE YOUTH, THEY WOULD LOVE THIS PLACE. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT LIBRARY AND TEEN. IT'S RARE THAT YOU CAN REALLY HAVE COMBINATION. SO I KNOW THAT THOSE 17, 18 YEARS KID THAT I HAD, THEY'RE NOW BIGGER THAN THAT. NOW. THEY USED TO GO TO CAFE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE SOME NICE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE AFTER COVID, DURING COVID, WE LOST OUR, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF THINGS. SO THIS, THIS KIND OF ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, CITY HAS COME UP WITH THIS PLAN OVERALL, THIS IS GOING TO REALLY FILL THAT GAP. FAMILY WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE THE CHILDREN TO THE LIBRARY. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE HAPPY. BUT IF ONCE THIS OPEN, THIS IS GOING TO BE 100 TIMES MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. SO I JUST CAN REALLY EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH WORD WITHIN THAT. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT FIVE MINUTES, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST CAN'T WAIT. NOVEMBER 21ST. PLEASE MAKE IT TIME. AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES THAT I THINK EVERYONE WOULD LOVE THIS PLACE. RIGHT? LEFT EVERYONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A LONG LIST, BUT I'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM SHORT. I'LL DITTO THE LIBRARY COMMENTS. IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. HALF AN ASSOCIATES. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS. IT WAS NOT ONLY GREAT THAT THEY DID THEIR KIND OF GATHERING AND SHARING THEIR NEW SPACE WITH US, IT WAS NEAT TO SEE THE KIND OF REUSE OF THAT SPACE AND. AND TO HAVE A PRODUCT OF BIRKNER BE THE CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION WAS ALSO VERY EXCITING TO TO SEE THERE WAS SHE BIRKNER OR LAKE HIGHLANDS, LAKE HIGHLANDS, MY APOLOGIES, BUT RISD PRODUCT NONETHELESS WE DID DO WELL. THAT'S RIGHT I JUST I WAS YEAH ON INFOSOFT WAS ANOTHER OPENING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK. I THINK MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER BURDETTE JOINED ME. ONE OF OUR IQ BABIES GROWING UP INTO A BIGGER SPACE, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE TO SEE AND GREAT TO CELEBRATE. THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT DECIDED TO COME FOR THAT OPENING. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT DURING CAREER DAY AT 
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WESTWOOD JUNIOR HIGH. JUST NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE MEOW AMAZING OUR KIND OF NEXT GENERATION IS. ONE EARTH, ONE CHANCE DONATED AND WAS A PART OF PLANTING A NUMBER OF TREES IN ONE OF OUR PARKS THIS LAST THIS WEEK FOR TEXAS ARBOR DAY WAS REALLY COOL SEEING IT. I'LL. 
          I'VE COMMITTED TO DOING A BETTER JOB OF MARKETING IT SO WE CAN GET MORE VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE NEW TREES BEING PLANTED. AND THAT KIND OF WORK ALSO GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ATTEND THE HOSPICE, SOMETHING I HAVEN'T DONE FOR, GOSH, 12 YEARS OR 14 YEARS WAS THE LAST TIME I HAD BEEN TO ONE, BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL'S HOSPITALITY MAGNET THERE. HOTEL MAGNET BE AWARDED. THEY GOT A FEW BUCKS TOWARDS JUST THE GREAT WORK THEY'RE DOING THERE AND SOME NEAT RECOGNITION. I'LL SECOND THE SYMPHONY COMMENTS. THERE WAS ALSO AN EVENT LAST NIGHT AT THE ICEMAN CENTER, THE AGA KHAN MASTER MUSICIANS. YOU KNOW, THE SET DESIGN WAS VERY SIMPLE. NOT THE COOL THREE SCREEN THING THAT WE HAD AT THE SYMPHONY, BUT THE MUSIC WAS EXTRAORDINARY AND I THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, UNDER-PROMISE AND OVERDELIVER MOMENT. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AMAZING. AND THEN EARLIER TODAY, I KNOW A FEW OF US WERE ABLE TO ATTEND KAY EGGLESTON'S RETIREMENT. 
          JUST AN AMAZING BODY OF WORK THERE AT THE RICHLAND CAMPUS OF DALLAS COLLEGE. I THINK ANYONE WHO'S FOLLOWED HER PATH AND THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED THERE COULD ABSOLUTELY ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THE ELEVATION, IF I WERE TO BORROW MY COUNTERPARTS, WORDS OF WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE AT DALLAS COLLEGE RICHLAND CAMPUS HAS REALLY JUST BEEN ASTOUNDING. 
          THE ACCOLADES THEY'VE RECEIVED AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR WORKFORCE IS ALSO JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE. SO KUDOS TO HER AND MAY SHE HAVE AN AMAZING RETIREMENT. ALL RIGHT. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED
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