* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. RIGHT. [00:00:07] EVERYONE [1. Call the meeting to order.] TODAY IS DECEMBER 8TH, 2020. I HAVE SIX OH ONE ON THE CLOCK. WE DO HAVE A CORN, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. AND I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER MR. [2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting] SEEDER MANAGER. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? IT AIN'T EVEN MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAPPY DECEMBER AND, UH, UH, WALGETT. WELCOME TO YOUR LAST OFFICIAL REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF 2020. UH, IT HAS BEEN AN OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT YEAR, BUT WHEN IT HAS HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON, YOU HAVE A VERY PACKED AGENDA TONIGHT. UH, THAT CERTAINLY REPRESENTS THE MANY GOOD THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO IT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. UH, WE HAVE A MAJOR, UH, BRIEFING THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY OUR DEVELOPMENT PULL. IT WORKS TEAM RELATED TO ALL THINGS DOWNTOWN, SINCE WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF IMPORTANT DOWNTOWN ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. SO I WANT TO BEGIN BRIEFLY WITH JUST A FEW ITEMS. ONE, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO, UH, SEAN RAY PARKS DEPARTMENT LIBRARY, REALLY THE WHOLE CITY TEAM FOR THE CHRISTMAS DRIVE-THROUGH EVENT AND FOR THE, UH, VIRTUAL TREE LIGHTING THAT TOOK PLACE. UH, LAST WEEK, IT WAS REALLY VERY SUCCESSFUL. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GLOVER MCHARDY FOR BRAVING THE COLD WITH US AND, UH, HANDING THINGS OUT AND, UH, SAFELY DISTANCING, BUT STILL CELEBRATING COMMUNITY, UH, TO, UH, UH, PREPARE FOR THE CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SEASON. SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT. UM, ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE STARTED MESSAGING TO OUR WATER BILL, OUR WATER CUSTOMERS, OUR BRAND NEW AT WATERVILLE, AND THE FACT THAT FOR SOMEONE TO THEIR REQUEST AND THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, WE WILL INITIATE THE IN-HOUSE PROCESSING OF BILLS. YOU WON'T HAVE TO SEND THEM TO ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT CEDAR HILL, TEXAS BEGINNING IN JANUARY. SO WE, UH, BEGAN THAT COMMUNICATION, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, UM, ON A MUCH HEAVIER NOTE. I DO WANT TO, UH, SAY THAT, UH, TODAY IS THE VERY LAST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF ALAN DICKERSON, OUR ESTEEMED FINANCE DIRECTORS, UH, CAREER HERE IN CEDAR HILL. UH, CEDAR HILL HAS BEEN THE CAPSTONE OF A NEARLY 40 YEAR CAREER. HE'S HERE HAIR SIX YEARS IN CEDAR HILL AND NEARLY 40 YEARS IN PUBLIC FINANCE, UH, THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER AT NUMEROUS CITIES. BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT HIS BEST WORK WAS DONE IN CEDAR HILL. UM, MANY OF YOU WHO WERE ON THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT, UH, ALAN CAME TO US AT A TIME WHEN WE HAD GREAT NEED OF HIM. HE HAD MANY CHALLENGES TO FACE AND NOT ONLY DID HE TAKE THOSE THINGS HEAD ON, BUT BETWEEN HIS, UH, HIS ABILITY TO WORK 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR SIX YEARS TO ATTRACT THE BEST TALENT IN THE FINANCE WORLD AND TO PUT IN PROCESSES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED OUR FISCAL HEALTH AND OUR RESILIENCY, UH, ALLEN HAS HIS FOOTPRINT AND HIS FINGERPRINTS ON OUR CITY AND ITS PROGRESS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. UM, BASED ON THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE, UH, MANY THINGS THAT, UM, I AM MOST PROUD OF, OF HIM AND HIS TEAM WOULD BE THE REFORMATTING OF THE CITY'S BUDGET INTO A VERY CITIZEN FRIENDLY COMMUNICATION DOCUMENT. UH, THE AUDIT PROCESS, WHICH WAS ONE THAT WAS VERY ARDUOUS TO BEGIN WITH IS ONE THAT HE'S AND HIS TEAM ARE WINNING AWARDS FOR NOW. AND WE HAVE BY FAR THE STRONGEST FINANCE TEAM THAT WE'VE HAD IN ALL OF MY TIME HERE AT THE CITY DUE TO HIS LEADERSHIP. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HIM AND HIS, UH, IN HIS REALLY UNPARALLELED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND ALAN BEING ALAN JUST CAN'T LIKE LEAVE AND SAY, THIS IS MY LAST MEETING. HE HAS TO LEAVE US WITH AN ADDITIONAL LASTING IMPRESSION OF HIM, WHICH IS A HISTORIC, UH, INTEREST RATE BENEFIT ON A REFUNDING OF, OF, OF, OF SOME BONDS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH NOT ONLY INCREASES OUR DEBT CAPACITY, BUT ALSO LOWERS OUR DEBT PAYMENTS, UH, FOR MANY YEARS IN THE FUTURE. UH, HE'S ONLY SAVING US THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS ON HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR, AS WELL AS GETTING ALSO A HISTORIC INTEREST RATE ON SOME TAX NOTES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM, AS WELL AS A FRONTLINE PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT. SO THANK YOU, ALAN, AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. WE WILL BE FIGURING OUT HOW TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE, BUT APPROPRIATELY CELEBRATE ALL OF HIS TIME HERE. AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION, UH, SOON, UH, WANTED TO UPDATE YOU JUST QUICKLY ON THE STATUS OF THE CITY'S, UM, UH, RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN THAT AS OF TODAY, THE PROGRAM HAS HELD [00:05:01] 81 FAMILIES TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $300,000. WE ARE AT THE END OF THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, AND NOW THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON SOME POTENTIAL EXTENSIONS TO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON IT. WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THAT WENT, ENDED UP. AND I APPRECIATE MARIE WATTS AND THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THE FOLKS WHO WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE THIS, UH, UH, THIS ASSISTANCE TO OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE IN NEED. ALL RIGHT. SO TONIGHT, UH, THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR WHERE IN ADDITION TO DEALING WITH THINGS WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH BEFORE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNIQUES THAT WE HADN'T UTILIZED BEFORE, AS WELL AS WE ADAPT TO THE, UH, TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS, UH, THAT'S GIVEN TO US. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING YOU WITH A STAFF BRIEFING PARTIALLY OVER ZOOM, AS OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, LASHONDRA STRINGFELLOW NEEDS TO DO THAT BY ZOOM TO, UM, TO, UH, MEET OUR CRITERIA FOR KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE. AND THEN TOM JOHNSON, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WILL DO HIS PART HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I BELIEVE I WILL GO TO THEM, UH, AS THEY'RE BEGINNING TO QUEUE THAT UP, JUST RUNNING TO THE, THE AGENDA VERY QUICKLY. UM, WE DO HAVE A GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD TONIGHT, UH, A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION OF WHY FIRST RESPONDERS MATTER. AND WHILE WE ARE THE PROUDEST TO HAVE THE BEST FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE NATION HERE IN CEDAR HILL TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND DEVELOPMENT ITEMS. MOST OF THEM ARE IN DOWNTOWN AND THAT THEY WILL BE, UH, HANDLED IN THE BRIEFING. THAT'S ABOUT TO OCCUR. UM, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE ANOTHER, A NUMBER OF ITEMS RELATED TO OUR 2017 BOND, INCLUDING A PLAYGROUND, UH, THE PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH THE, UH, SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF OUR STATE LIBRARY AND SIGNATURE PARK. UM, AS WELL AS, UH, A NUMBER OF ITEMS RELATED TO, UM, OUTFITTING OUR DEPARTMENTS WITH EITHER EQUIPMENT AND OR SUPPLIES TO BE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE THEIR PROGRAMS FOR THE 20, 21 YEAR A REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE A CDBG PROJECT, A PLAYGROUND ITEM, AND THEN THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL END WITH A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALRIGHT. IF NOT, I BELIEVE WE WILL TEE UP THE PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST WANT TO KNOW, ARE Y'ALL READY FOR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. [3. Briefing on the implementation of the Downtown Complete Streets Plan and proposed amendments to parking requirements in the Old Town District [Downtown].] GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY ALSO TONIGHT, UM, WHO WILL BE CO-PRESENTING WITH ME IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. UM, JOHNSON, ALWAYS GETTING TO THE SLIDE PRESENTATION REAL QUICKLY HERE. OKAY. SO THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO START OUT WITH IS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE BUILDING DOWNTOWN, UM, IS TAKING A BIG EFFORT AND IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING ON MULTI FACETS. UM, FIRST, UM, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, JUST THE POSITIVE BUSINESSES, UM, AND THE NONPROFITS WHO, UM, ARE DOING THINGS TO HELP US MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT EVEN INCLUDES BUSINESSES WHO, YOU KNOW, UM, INITIALLY SOME OF THEM WERE HESITANT, BUT YOU KNOW, ARE GOING ALONG WITH US ON OUR PLAN THAT IT'S GOING TO REDUCE PARKING IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, UM, IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESSES, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND AS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE NEED. UM, THE CHURCHES, YOU KNOW, DOING A GRAND TO DO A GREATNESS WITH US, SO THAT CAN SHARE PARKING. UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE BEEN AS, YOU KNOW, ROUND UP THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE LAKE MARINO DEVELOPMENT GROUP, UM, WHO HAS BEEN, UM, A BIG CATALYST TO, UH, CONTINUING TO MOVE THINGS IN DOWNTOWN. AND THEN ALSO, UM, SO WE'RE MORE OF THE WILEY FAMILY FOR DOING THE LALACS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE C AND WHAT GOOD HAPPENED ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. AND OF COURSE ON THE PUBLIC SIDE, ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM ARE NOT GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE HER FROM THEM, OR WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THEM IN THE FUTURE ON A PROJECT AS IT RELATES TO DOWNTOWN. UM, OF COURSE OUR EDC, OUR STORE, DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED. UM, IT'S 2017, UM, ON THIS LATEST VENTURE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND TOM IS GOING TO, UM, TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WITH THAT MOST ENCORE AT AND T AND SPECTRUM. [00:10:01] SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY, OUR AGENDA IS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING DOWNTOWN BRIEFLY. OF COURSE, UM, TOM IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF ANOTHER BRIEFING. IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING IN JANUARY, THERE'S GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON CONSTRUCTION DESIGN FOR PHASES ONE AND TWO OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WRAP UP WITH THE BRIEFING ON THREE ITEMS THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM VISIT A CUP FOR THE LAKE MORENO GROUP DEVELOPMENT. AND ANOTHER ONE IS A REZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN OLD TOWN. I'M FROM OLD TOWN WHERE THE DENTAL TO OLD TOWN SQUARE FOR COMMERCIAL USES. UM, MS. ALICE WASH ACTUALLY ALREADY HAS A SPA ON TEXAS STREET. SHE PLANS ON KEEPING THIS OPEN. THIS WILL BE A SECOND LOCATION, BUT THIS LITTLE PATIENT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE TEAS AND THE SHEET TO THE TEA ROOM. YOU KNOW, SHE CURRENTLY SELLS TEA, UM, IN HER SPA. AND SO THIS ONE WOULD BE DEDICATED TO, UM, A TEA ROOM AS WELL AS, UM, SELLING OTHER RETAIL PRODUCTS. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT REDUCING PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OLD TOWN SQUARE. SO DISTRICT, WHICH IS REALLY PIVOTAL TO, UM, MAKE AN ALL OF THIS HAPPEN. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED. SO ONCE WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, DOING A TICK LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, IT, WE'RE LIKE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE. I FORGOT WE'D ALREADY DONE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. SO, UM, OF COURSE, PHILLIPS LUMBERYARD, YOU KNOW, UM, BY US HAVING THAT CUP ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT STEP, NO CEO OF COURSE WOULD BE THE FINAL STEP, BUT THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THAT INTERIM STEP. AND SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENED AFTER, YOU KNOW, CAN ACTUALLY, UM, SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN, WE'LL SEE CONSTRUCTION, UM, STARTING IN FEBRUARY. AND THEN ALSO YOU ADOPTED THE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN AND A PARKING. WE HAVE A PARKING DEMAND ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. AND THAT WAS, UM, FUNDED BY EDC. WE ALSO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PHASE, ONE PLAN THAT IS ABOUT TO BE FINISHED. TOM IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT, AND THAT WAS FUNDED BY EDC. AND ALSO PARTLY BY THE BOND THAT YOU APPROVED. UH, WE APPROVED THE MOVING ARTISTS. WE ALSO DID, UH, DON'T CODE AMENDMENTS FOR A MICROBREWERY AND WINERY THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE ALL PERMITS CONSUMPTION OF THE PRODUCTS THEY MAKE ONSITE. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY ARE, UM, IN SOME FORM OF PRODUCTION. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING, UM, ALL OF THESE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. UM, ONE OF THEM FIRST ONE IS THE STREET FURNITURE, WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, UM, AND THEN DESIGNING OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN, PARTICULARLY THE HOUSTON STREET, LINEAR PARK, UM, AND JUST DOING A REBOOT OF PIONEER PARK. AND THE HDA B IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW HAS ALSO STARTED WORKING ON A FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE. AND WE HAVE ALSO STARTED ON LOOKING AT OTHER CODE INCONSISTENCIES AND DOWNTOWN. WE TRIED TO FIX THEM, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HOPE W WELL, WE ALSO HOPE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO, UM, AMEND THE CODE IN SUCH A WAY SO THAT YOU DON'T NEED AS MANY CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS. UM, LIKE WE'RE DOING TONIGHT WITH THE LAKES. UM, AND THEN OUR TOURISM GROUP IS WORKING ON DOWNTOWN BRANDY AND BANNERS. YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT AT SOME POINT AS WELL. AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT AND AGAIN IN JANUARY IS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR THAT PHASE ONE. UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ADAPTIVE REUSE OF NOT ONLY THE PHILLIPS LUMBERYARD, BUT GET OTHER PROPERTIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND ARE HAPPENING DOWNTOWN AND THEN PARKING SOLUTIONS. AND I'M JUST PARKING SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF REDUCING PARKING, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THAT REDUCTION OF PARKING. SO REAL BRIEFLY, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO MORE DETAILS SPECIFICALLY FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IN JANUARY, BUT JUST A REMINDER OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN THAT YOU APPROVED LAST YEAR DURING OR EARLIER THIS YEAR, JANUARY, 2020, ONE OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT PLAN WERE GIVING US WATER SIDEWALKS. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND PLACES TO ADD MORE LANDSCAPING. WE ALSO PROGRAMMED ON ADDITIONAL ON STREET PARKING. WE ADDED IN A LINEAR PARK, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD INCLUDE US CLOSING A PORTION OF HOUSTON STREET. [00:15:01] AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED BIKE LANE. UM, AND WE HAVE A COOL FOOT HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT WILL BE ON MAIN STREET. THAT AGAIN IS GOING TO PROVIDE CONNECTION TO A LARGER HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. IT IS IN OUR HIKE AND BIKE PLAN. AND THIS IS, UH, THE PHASES THAT WERE IN THAT LAST PLAN THAT YOU WILL APPROVE. SO PHASE ONE IS OF COURSE, UM, THE PROPERTY THAT IS JOINING THE LAKE RHINO DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT IS THAT'S IN YELLOW. UM, THAT DESIGN IS ALMOST COMPLETE, UH, FROM THE ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. AND THEN PHASE TWO WAS WHEN WE ACTUALLY HOPE TO BRING YOU BACK IN JANUARY, WHERE YOU TO APPROPRIATE LENDING TO START THE DESIGN. SO, UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME, UM, VIEWS OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN. UH, THIS IS WHAT THE CORNER OF ROBBINS THEATER. THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE QUILT SHOP. SO THIS IS WHAT, UM, WE EXPECT THAT TO LOOK LIKE WHEN IT IS COMPLETED. THIS IS THE AREA IN FRONT OF SAM'S. SO AS YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU'RE IN FRONT OF SAM'S THE PARKING SPACES OR ANGULAR, BUT IN ORDER TO GET A WATER SALTWATER, WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE SPACES PARALLEL. IN ADDITION, ON HOUSTON STREET, THAT WILL BE CLOSE TO BE A LINEAR PARK. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, HAD AGREED TO DO TO, UH, KEEP SAM ON BOARD WITH THIS PROJECT WAS TO, UM, ADD A PICKUP AND DROP OFF. UM, AND THESE ARE IMAGES OF THE HOUSTON STREET, LINEAR PARK. SO WE DO KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GRAIN IN THE PARK. UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE STORE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD PROGRAM, DEAD, AND, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT LINEAR PARK AREA. SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT ALL OVER TO TOM JOHNSON, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, I DON'T HAVE PRETTY PICTURES TO SHOW YOU THAT LASHONDRA HAS, BUT I'M GOING TO KIND OF EXPLAIN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FROM OUR DESIGN ASPECT, AS SHAWNDRA POINTED OUT, UH, THE DESIGN PLANS ARE 95% COMPLETE. UM, SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, IT WAS, UH, ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO MAKE US MORE WALKABLE AREA, WAS TO PUT ALL THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES UNDERGROUND, UM, REMOVING ALL THE POLES, UM, AND RELOCATING THEM WHERE WE CAN. SO, UM, WITH THE PLANS BEING A 95%, IT GAVE US ENOUGH INFORMATION TO WORK WITH THE LAKES MARINO GROUP, AS FAR AS HOW DO WE SERVE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED? UM, SO THIS PICTURE HAS GOT A LOT OF COLOR ON IT. UM, THE BLUE LINES ON THERE JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE IS WHERE THE OVERHEAD POWER IS ON THE STREETS. UM, AND THE PURPLE LINES ARE WHERE THE NEW STUFF NEEDS TO GO, UM, TO, UH, BASICALLY PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO LAKE MARINA. I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, AS OF TODAY, WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH ALL THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES AND OUR FOCUS FIRST WAS WITH ENCORE. WE GOTTA GET FIGURED OUT WHERE ENCORE IS GOING. SO, UM, THERE IS A, AN AGREED UPON ALIGNMENT, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN FOR ENCORES POWER. AND SO THEIR ENGINEERS ACTUALLY PUTTING THEIR EASEMENT DOCUMENTS TOGETHER. AND HOPEFULLY WHEN LAKE MARINO COMES FORWARD WITH A PLAT, WE'LL CAPTURE ALL THOSE EASEMENTS ON THE PLAT. AND THAT'LL PUT US IN A POSITION THAT WHEN WE GET READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ON THEIR PROPERTY, IN THE RIGHT PLACE. SO A LOT OF WORK WITH ENCORE HAS, UM, TAKEN PLACE, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ATMOS ATMOS HAS GOT A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTION PLAN IN, IN THE FUTURE FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SO WHEN THEY LEARN THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO PHASE ONE, WHICH ISN'T CEDAR ABROAD, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET RID OF THAT REGULAR, REGULAR, REGULAR, REGULAR REGULATORY STATION OR WHATEVER. THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND SAM'S PIZZA. THEY WANT TO GET RID OF THAT. UM, THEY WANT TO GO FROM A LOW PRESSURE THAT WORK TO A HIGH PRESSURE NETWORK AND IN DOING SO, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE ALL THE WAY FROM COOPER ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR PROJECT SITES. SO WE HAD TO ASK THEM TO PUT IT ON HOLE BEFORE WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE ENCORE IS GOING, UM, AND IMPLEMENT ATMOS AS LOCATION INTO OUR PLANS. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT AS WE SPEAK AND OUR MEETINGS, OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS ARE NOW TRANSITIONING [00:20:01] OVER TO AT T AND T AND SPECTRUM. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT THEM IN RELATION TO WHERE OUR LANDSCAPING IS GOING, WHERE THE SIDEWALKS ARE GOING AND SO FORTH. SO I FORESEE PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE'LL TIE ALL THAT DOWN TO PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE, ARE PRETTY COMPLETE. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH SOME CRITICAL MILESTONES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. UM, SO RIGHT NOW, UM, RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE WE'RE AT 95% CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND AGAIN, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES, UM, GETTING THEIR DETAILS, GETTING THEIR, UM, PLANS TOGETHER WHERE THEY NEED TO FIT INTO OURS. UM, JANUARY 12TH, LASHONDRA KIND OF POINTED OUT AT THE WORKSHOP OR AT THE BRIEFING THERE. UM, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO YOU AND DISCUSS, UH, THE NEED TO IMPLEMENT PHASE TWO. WE'RE FINDING OUT FROM THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES, THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THEY MIGHT NEED TO ENCROACH INTO PHASE TWO AREA WHERE THEY MAKE A TRANSITION FROM THE EXISTING AERIAL TO THE UNDERGROUND. UM, AND WE NEED TO TIE THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT BETTER. UM, GO GOING BACK. THANK YOU, SHANDRA. UM, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE CAN TIE THAT DOWN. UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED EASEMENTS ON THE PROJECT. IF YOU REMEMBER FROM, UH, THE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN, WE'RE NOT BUILDING JUST WITHIN OUR RIGHT AWAY. WE'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING FROM BUILDING FRONT TO BUILDING FRONT. AND SO WE NEED COOPERATION FROM ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO I THINK IN THAT PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH MARCH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL THE EASEMENTS THAT WE NEED. AND ACTUALLY WHEN WE HAD OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, UM, BE READY TO TELL EACH PROPERTY OWNER WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE FOR THE PROJECT. AND THEN, UM, W I'LL EXCUSE ME, IN APRIL, UM, OUR CONSTRUCTION PLANS SHOULD BE READY TO GO. HOPEFULLY ALL OF OUR EASEMENTS ARE CLEARED AND I'M ASSUMING WE'LL HAVE WILLING PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, THAT WON'T MAKE THAT DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN, OKAY, THE NEXT LINE AND THEN MOVE INTO OUR CONSTRUCTION PHASE. UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE A NEED TO LET THE STAKEHOLDERS KNOW WHAT OUR PLANS ARE. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE IT TIED DOWN EXACTLY HOW WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. UM, WE DO HAVE A TIMEFRAME FROM APRIL TO JUNE WHERE SOME OF THE FRANCHISE WORK, THAT'S NOT BEING DONE BY US, BUT IT WILL BE DONE BY THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES, GIVE THEM TIME TO DO THEIR WORK AND GET OUT OF THE WAY. AND THEN THEY'LL GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS TO BID THE PROJECT OUT, UH, BRING THE PROJECT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THEN HOPEFULLY START CONSTRUCTION IN THE JULY, AUGUST TIMEFRAME. SO, SO LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN AND FALL IN PLACE FOR US TO BEAT THAT TIMELINE. UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE ENGINEERING STAFF, THE COORDINATION, THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TOGETHER, AND AS WELL AS, UM, OUR COMMUNICATION WITH ALL THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES, UM, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T WORK AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT. UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GET THEM TO MOVE THINGS, BUT, UM, THEY'RE AT THE TABLE THEY'RE WORKING WITH US ON A WEEKLY BASIS. SO I REALLY THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION TO MEET THIS TIMELINE. YES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOM. UM, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON NOW WITH, UM, WITH OUR, OR LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS IN THE AREA. OH, THE UTILITIES THAT TOM HAVE, UM, BEEN RAPING YOU ALL ON THESE, UM, APPLICATIONS, UM, WILL GREATLY IN THE APPLICATIONS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN ADDITION TO THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN THE FUTURE WILL GREATLY BENEFIT, UM, FROM THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE DOWNTOWN CHURCH OF CHRIST, WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT A PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THEM. YOU'LL SEE THAT ALSO IN ANOTHER SLIDE, UM, LIKE TODAY, UM, THAT WAS OFFICIAL TO SHARE PARKING SPACES WITH THEM. UM, THEY'VE OWNED THAT PROPERTY FOR A WHILE AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD PLANS TO, UM, BUILD A NEW CHURCH. AND SO, UM, THEY PLAN ON DOING THAT SOMETIME IT'S STARTING THAT SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. ALSO, OF COURSE, THE LAKE MARINO DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE'D GONE AHEAD AND PUT IT IN, UM, THE TEA ROOM THAT IS ALSO ON YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. UM, YOU MAY ALSO HAVE SEEN THE CEDAR HILL MARKET. SO BEFORE HAND IT WAS THE HOUSTON STREET OUTFITTERS AND CEDAR HILL [00:25:01] MARKET, UM, HAS TAKEN OVER THAT SPACE. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE THE LALACS, THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF, OF CHURCH IN CEDAR. AND THEN OTHER THINGS TOO THAT I THINK WERE EXCITING IS, YOU KNOW, THESE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE SQUARE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK JUST THE BUZZ AROUND THE SQUARE HAVE ALSO LED TO THINGS HAPPENING AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CONSIDER AS THE DOWNTOWN FOR, SO ASHTON UMBER BREWING COMPANY, THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE ON TEXAS STREET, ALSO OLE PRAZOLE LAKE, WHICH IS ALSO OWNED, UM, IN PART BY THE LAKE MARINO GROUP, UM, AND SAVVY ON A WINERY. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE, UM, LAKE MORENO ITEM THAT IS ON FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. AND SO WHAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED, UM, THEY DO PLAN ON HAVING RESTAURANTS, A MICROBREWERY, POSSIBLY A WINERY, AND THEY ARE WANTING TO HAVE, UM, ALCOHOL WITH THOSE USES. SO, UM, THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE THE ALCOHOL IS WHAT REQUIRES A CUP. THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE, UM, A SMALL AREA FOR BOWLING, UM, AND THE CIGAR LOUNGE, THOSE ALSO REQUIRE A CUP AND THEY ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OUTDOOR RETAIL, UM, SALES AND DISPLAY. UM, TYPICALLY WE ONLY ALLOW THAT LIKE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR, HOWEVER THEY'VE REQUESTS THAT REQUESTED THAT IN SOME AREAS OF THAT ENDS UP BEING MORE THAN 20 FEET, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPACE THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. UM, BECAUSE IT'S STILL ON THE SAME SITE. UM, STAFF IS OKAY WITH THAT, BUT IT STILL DOES REQUIRE A CUP AS WELL. UM, ALSO THEY WOULD LIKE A BANQUET FACILITY. UM, STAFF IS, UM, ASKING FOR A LIMITATION ON THAT ONLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS REMAINS THE DEVELOPMENT WITH ACTIVE USES. UM, THEY PLAN ON HAVING A FARMER'S MARKET THAT WILL BE LOCATED. UM, AND ONE OF THE PARKING LOT AREAS ON THE WEEKENDS THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE CUP. AND OF COURSE THEY'LL HAVE SOME RETAIL TENANTS, UM, POSSIBLY SOME PERSONAL SERVICE IN IT. AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HAIR SALONS, NAIL SALONS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ALSO SOME OFFICE SPACE. AND SO, UM, THESE ARE SOME IMAGES TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF LIKE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, AND THEN HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO REPHASE THE OUTSIDE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. SO OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF WORK INSIDE TOO, BUT, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, OF TRYING TO KEEP, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, LID ELEMENTS, CAUSE IT WAS PHILLIPS LUMBERYARD. THEY TRIED TO DO THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE FRONT. UM, BUT AGAIN, ANOTHER THING THAT'S REALLY KEY TO MAKING THESE DEVELOPMENTS WORK IS REALLY HAVING AN OPEN WINDOW SPACE. WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY A LOT, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN THESE DOWNTOWN WALKABLE AREAS. AND SO YOU SEE THEY'RE OPENING UP, UM, A LOT OF THOSE, THE FRONT WALL, IT WALL SPACE WITH GLASS. AND SO, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER IMAGE HERE. THIS IS, UM, WHERE YOU SEE THE PHILLIPS MILLWORK ON RIGHT ON CEDAR STREET AND THEY PLAN ON DIVIDING IT INTO THREE SEPARATE TENANT SPACES. AND THIS IS ALSO ALONG CEDAR STREET. UM, AND THIS SIDE IS PROPOSED TO BE THE, TO BE DIVIDED INTO AN ADDITIONAL THREE SPACES. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER IMAGE OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN EARLIER. AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY THAT IS, UM, ALONE, NOT ALONE, ALONG CEDAR STREET. SO ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE QUILT SHOP. SO THIS IS THE INTERIOR SPACE, UM, WHERE MANY PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T SEE BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE, BUT THIS IS HOW THEY PLAN ON TRANSFORMING THAT INTERIOR SPACE. THEY PLAN ON ADDING THEIR COURTYARD OF TOP AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET, OR ACTUALLY, UM, WHICH WE, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU ANOTHER PICTURE OF ARE ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS. AND SO THE BLUE AREAS HERE, UM, YOU COULD PROBABLY CALL THOSE MORE DUPLEXES, UM, TWO UNITS ATTACHED, AND THEN THEY HAVE A SINGLE UNIT ON EITHER SIDE AND THEN THE BUILDINGS, UM, HERE, UM, OR ALL ATTACHED IN THE CENTER. SO THE ONES IN BLUE ARE ACTUALLY NEW BUILDINGS AND THEN THEY'RE CONVERTING THE STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE OR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS. AND THOSE ALSO REQUIRE A CUP. [00:30:02] AND SO THESE ARE RENDERINGS OF WHAT THOSE WILL LOOK LIKE. AND SO THE PICTURE HERE AT THE TOP IS ACTUALLY AN EXISTING, UM, WAREHOUSE THAT THEY PLAN ON TRANSFORMING INTO THOSE, UM, ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL. YEAH. AND THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE DUPLEX UNITS. SO WHAT THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID, UM, ON THE DUPLEX UNITS HERE TO THE RIGHT IS, UM, THIS DESIGN WAS ACTUALLY AT THE REQUEST OF THE STORE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD. THEY WANTED TO SEE A MORE TRADITIONAL, UM, TYPE RESIDENTIAL UNIT SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE A NOD TO SOME OF THE EXISTING RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. AND SO, UM, THE APPLICANTS, UM, MADE THE DESIGN CHANGE TO THOSE PARTICULAR BUILDINGS. SO AS PART OF THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MEETING TO SEE YOU PAY FOR ALCOHOL. SO THERE IS, THERE ARE THREE SEARCHES THAT ARE IN THE VICINITY AND TABC, UM, MEASURES ALCOHOL BASED UP ON IT'S CALLED FRONT DOOR TO FRONT DOORS. SO IT'S BASICALLY HOW YOU WOULD HAVE TO WALK, NOT INCLUDE YOU. CAN'T JAY WALK, HOW YOU WOULD HAVE TO WALK OUT AND INTERSECTIONS, UM, TO GET FROM ONE PLACE THAT SELLS ALCOHOL TO WHAT THEY CALL A PARTICULAR USE. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS SHOWING YOU AREAS OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUT ON WHERE IF THERE WAS A DOOR THERE, IT WOULD BE WITHIN 300 FEET. NOW THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHERE THESE DOORS ARE GOING TO BE. SO IT WAS HARD TO MEASURE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING YOU, UM, FOR A VARIANCE TO THIS ALCOHOL DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. UM, SO FAR WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR ANY PHONE CALLS OF OPPOSITION. SO THE AREA IN RED IS SHOWING YOU, UM, AREAS THAT WILL BE WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AREAS IN GREEN ARE SHOWING YOU AREAS THAT WILL BE WITHIN 308 OF GOD'S PROMISE WORLD CHRISTIAN CHURCH. UM, THAT'S A MUCH SMALLER STOREFRONT THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET. AND THEN ON THE YELLOW IS SHOWING YOU AREAS THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL BE WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE CHURCH OF GOD'S HOUSE WEST ONE THING THAT WE DID DO. AND, UM, I, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THE SURVEY, BUT WE DID DO A SURVEY JUST TO TRY TO GET AN IDEA. UM, IF OTHER CITIES HAVE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR THESE TYPE OF USES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE KNOWN TOWNS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, PROTECTED USES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE ALL LIKE THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UM, THEY'VE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE REALLY AN ISSUE FOR THE AREA. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE THAT ARE CLOSE TO RESTAURANTS. AND SO WE DID FIND, UM, IN A CITY OF DALLAS CITY OF ARLINGTON I'M IN CITY OF INEZ, UM, IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS LIKE THESE TYPES OF DISTRICTS, UM, THEY HAVE NO DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR ALCOHOL, OTHERS. UM, JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE OTHER ONES DID HAVE A VARIOUS PROCESS WHEREBY THAT, UM, DISTANCE COULD BE REDUCED. SO THESE ARE OUR CONDITIONS. UM, THEIR STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR APPROVAL OF THAT CUP. SO ONE THING THAT IS REALLY KEY IS NUMBER ONE, AND THAT IS THAT THIS CUP IS ONLY VALID FOR LAKE MERINO PARTNERS, LLC. WE KNOW THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE ALCOHOL USES. THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING A, UM, A VARIANTS. AND ONE THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT I DID NOT KNOW IS THEY ALL HAVE THE RESTAURANT, THE MICROBREWERY WILL ALL STILL BE LIMITED TO BE A SALES OF HAVING NO MORE THAN 40% ALCOHOL SALES FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION. SO THIS DEAL DOES NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SAYING, OKAY, NOW YOU CAN HAVE A BAR, YOU KNOW, UM, ACROSS THE STREET FROM A CHURCH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE LIMITED, UM, TO THAT REQUIREMENT AND ALSO TABC LIMITS THEM TO THAT REQUIREMENT OF 40% AS WELL. ALSO, UH, WE'VE STAYED THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ALL THE TENANTS, UM, THAT WILL BE OCCUPYING THOSE SPACES. WE'VE TOLD THEM THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, THE FLOOR PLAN AND ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR STAFF REVIEW BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THOSE ALCOHOL USES. THIS IS A STANDARD WHEN THAT WE PUT NUMBER THREE, UM, NO WALK OF WINDOW EXITS AND NO DROPPING FACILITY RELATED TO ALCOHOL. AND, UM, I TOLD YOU EARLIER ABOUT THE BANQUET FACILITY, WE ARE [00:35:01] ASKING THAT THEY BE LIMITED TO 2,500 SQUARE FEET. UM, AND HOW WE CAME TO THAT NUMBER IS WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL COMMERCIAL OR AREA OR, UM, THE SITE. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UM, POTENTIALLY WHERE THEIR BANQUET FACILITY COULD BE PLACED WITHOUT HAVING, UM, ANY MAJOR FURNITURE ON BROAD STREET, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE CLASSIFYING. AND ALSO WHAT YOU, YOUR CITY CENTER PLANNING YOUR DOWNTOWN PLAN CLASSIFIES AS A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED STREET. SO THEIR STREET NEEDS TO HAVE ACTIVE USES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO NOW GONNA, UM, TALK REAL QUICKLY ABOUT AN ALICE WASHES TEA ROOM. THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING PROBABLY IN THE BEFORE PICTURE. SHE ACTUALLY, UM, CLEANED UP THE FRONT ON QUITE A BIT, BUT THIS IS THE BEFORE PICTURE. AND THEN AFTER IS COMING SOON IF SHE IS REZONING. SO THE PICTURE, UM, IT IS OUTLINED NEAR THIS OUTLINE TO THE NORTH. IT IS YOUR OLD TOWN SQUARE AREA. AND SO OUR PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AND IT IS SEPARATED BY AN ALLEY. SO, YOU KNOW, IF THIS, BUT HAD ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BANK HER MARSHAL, I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THAT WHEN WE DID THE OLD TOWNS PER LINE IN 2001 AT THEIR PROPERTY, ATLANTA PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN FURTHER SOUTH. UM, SO WITH IT BEING, UM, SO ALSO OLD TOWN SQUARE, IT'S SEPARATED, YOU KNOW, BY TWO STREETS IN THE ALLEY, WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH BELLTOWN SQUARE. AND WE ALSO, AGAIN, HAVING NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION ON THIS ITEM AND THE STORE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD, UM, IS ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE, OH, NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG ONE PARKING. SO, YOU KNOW, I DID NOT EVEN CAPTURE ALL THE TIMES THAT I HAVE, UM, TALKED TO P AND D AND EDC ABOUT THIS SPACE BECAUSE I QUITE FRANKLY RAN OUT OF TIME, BUT EDC, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PARKING AND JUST THE DOWNTOWN PLAN IN GENERAL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, P AND Z, WE TALKED ABOUT IN GENERAL, ALL THE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AS WELL, BUT THE STORE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD, IT GOES BACK ALL THE WAY TO 2017. WE STARTED WITH THEM. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I COULD PROBABLY ADD MORE DATES HERE AS WELL, THAT THESE WERE CRITICAL DATES WHERE, UM, KEY DECISIONS WERE MADE BY THEIR BOARD. SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO, UM, SORT OF TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH PARKING, AND WHILE WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING. SO, UM, MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, SO I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT, BUT THIS IS MORE OF A REMINDER THAT THIS IS, UM, THE STREET PATTERN, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF YOUR DOWNTOWN. SO OTHER THAN SOME COMBINATION OF THE TWO BLOCKS BY THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, UM, IT'S STILL IN THIS PATTERN, UM, WHICH ARE SMALL BLOCKS, SMALL LOCKS. IT WAS MEANT TO BE WALKABLE, UM, USES WERE SHARED MAKING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY CARS, UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE 19 HUNDREDS, EARLY 19 HUNDREDS. SO THIS IS YOUR AFTER ZONING. SO WHEN ZONING WAS APPROVED IN 1957, UM, WE HAD SUBURBAN PARKING DEPARTMENT. SO ONE THING I WILL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, THE 1950S ONLY ORDINANCE SORT OF A PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN THEY EVOLVED, YOU KNOW, WHICH MEANS THEY GREW, UM, TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, BUT IN GENERAL IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE SUBURBAN PARKING REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED PARKING TO BE ON THE SAME LOT. SO WITH WHAT I'M TRYING TO REPRESENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR LAYOUT IS THIS THERE'S A LOT AND ALL THE PARKING IS ON THE LINE. AND SO THE PARKING IS NOT HERE ON THE STREET, YOU KNOW, FISHPONDS ROAD, THERE IS NO PARKING HERE. THERE IS NO PARKING ON THE TREE. EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE AND OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS DO NOT GIVE YOU ANY CREDIT, SOME DO, BUT I WAS DON'T GIVE ANY CREDIT FOR ALL THE STREET PARKING SPACES THAT ARE IN THE VICINITY. NOW WE DO ALLOW SHARED PARKING. HOWEVER, THEIR SHARE PARKING IS ONLY ALLOW FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, UH, BUSINESS HOURS, MEANING A CHURCH AND A RESTAURANT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, COULD HAVE PARKING, COULD HAVE A SHARE PARKING AGREEMENT. AND SO, UH, JUST THE DRIVE, THE POINT HOME, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE OF CEDAR HILL, UM, OF HOW OUR SUBURBAN BLACK PATTERNS HAVE EVOLVED. SO THIS IS, UM, ACTUALLY THE TARGET SHOPPING CENTER. UM, AND IT JUST GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, HOW THESE REQUIREMENTS LED TO LARGER LOTS OF BLOCKS. [00:40:01] UM, WE HAVE FEWER BUT LARGER STREETS, UH, SMALLER AND FEWER SIDEWALKS. AND THAT RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS MISS PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. SO IN 2001, UM, WE DID REMOVE THE SUBURBAN ZONING REGULATIONS OR THE OLD TOWN. AND SO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS ENCOURAGE, UM, REDEVELOPMENT, LIKE WE HAD BACK IN 19. UM, WE HAVE BEFORE 1970, SO WE ALSO ALLOW SHARE PARKING, PERMITS THIS, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS FOR MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE HOURS OF OPERATION, BUT IT DIDN'T QUITE GO FORWARD. SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING IS, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BLACK OUT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT BASICALLY COMPRISED NOT, NOT ONLY AN ENTIRE LAB AND IN SOME INSTANCES, AN ENTIRE BLOCK. AND SO THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO ADD PARKING BASED OF ON WHAT ARE CALLED IS REQUIRING ON THOSE SAME LINES. ALSO, UH, ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANY MORE MAJOR STREET FURNITURE TO PARKING LOTS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THAT DESTROYS YOUR DOWNTOWN CARROT. SO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PROPERTY OWNER, IT WAS A RESIDENT AND THE RESIDENTS. UM, SO TO SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO CHEAT ON RESIDENTIAL UNIT TOP AND THEN HAVE OFFICE, UM, ON THE SECOND FLOOR, I BELIEVE IN RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR. SO THE PROBLEM THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED AGAIN WAS PARKING. SO THE SOLUTION IN THEIR CASE WAS THEY ACTUALLY HAD ENOUGH PARKING SPACES ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY THAT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED, THE LILACS. AND SO THEY HAD ENOUGH SPACES TO QUOTE UNQUOTE GIVE TO THEIR PROPERTY. BUT I MEAN, THIS IS THAT RARELY HAPPENS. RARELY DO YOU SEE A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAPPENS TO HAVE TWO HORSES NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO HAVE MORE SPACES THAN THEY NEED? ALSO, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE TEA ROOM AND SO SHE ACTUALLY HAS SPACE IN THE REAR TO PUT IN A PARKING LOT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, UH, ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS IF SHE PUTS IN A PARKING LOT, AGAIN, SOUTH BROAD STREET, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED STREETS WILL BASICALLY BE NOTHING BUT A PARKING LOT. ON ONE SIDE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE NORTH, THERE'S ALREADY A CITY PARKING LOT THAT TAKES UP THAT CORNER ACROSS THE STREET. THERE'S ANOTHER PARKING LOT ON THE CORNER. NOW YOU WOULD HAVE YET ANOTHER PARKING PARKING LOT AS SOUTH. AND SO ALSO, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAKE MARINO, THE PHILLIPS LUMBERYARD. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADAPTIVE REUSE OF OLD BUILDINGS, UM, USUALLY THOSE BUILDINGS IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, WE'RE INDUSTRIAL. SO INDUSTRIAL USES ARE GOING TO HAVE, UM, A LOWER PARKING REQUIREMENT AND WHAT, UM, A RETAIL AND A RESIDENTIAL USE WILL HAVE, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REDEVELOP. THESE USES, YOU KNOW, INTO, UM, MORE, MORE RETAIL ORIENTED USES WITH THE CURRENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE. AND SO WHAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING AND, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST CURRENT STAFF, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PRIOR STEP TWO IS WHEN WE HAVE USES, PARTICULARLY IN THE OLD TOWN SQUARE, WHERE YOU ALREADY ADD A SIMILAR RETAIL USE BEFOREHAND FOR NEW USES. YOU KNOW, WE SAY, WELL, THIS IS NON-CONFORMING. AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM HAVE PARKING. I'LL TELL YOU THAT THAT IS NOT WRITTEN ANYWHERE, AND IT'S JUST INTERPRETATION WE'RE MAKING, BUT I'LL ALSO TELL YOU THAT BUSINESSES DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO SEE IT WRITTEN DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE NEXT DIRECTOR DOESN'T MAKE THAT SAME INTERPRETATION. SO, UM, IN SUMMARY, THE IMPACT OF ON DOWNTOWN WITH OUR CURRENT CODE IS THAT PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED ENVIRONMENTS CANNOT BE REGULATED UTILIZING SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT CODES. AND OUR SUBURBAN PARKING CODES ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE EXISTING 1879 DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT SEVERAL SOLUTIONS. AGAIN, I JUST REDUCING PARKING, BUT OTHER SOLUTIONS, UM, FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR PARKING CHALLENGES. SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, SOME OF THE PARKING IS HAVING TO MOVE INTO THE STREET IN ORDER FOR US TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE SIDEWALKS. AND SO WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH SEVERAL, UM, BUSINESSES, AND SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING AND, AND THE SOLUTION WE'VE COME UP WITH, AND THEY, THEY ACTUALLY HELPED US COME UP TO THIS IS THAT THEY WERE OKAY WITH THAT PARKING BEING AVAILABLE [00:45:01] TO THE PUBLIC OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUSINESS HOURS. AND SO ONE THING THAT ANOTHER THING THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU WITHIN PROBABLY THE NEXT SIX MONTHS IS, UM, AN ORDINANCE TO BE ABLE TO SPECIFY SOME OF THESE PARKING SPACES ONLY AS ONLY BEING AVAILABLE, UM, DURING THE CERTAIN TIME, UM, FOR THESE BUSINESSES. AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT LATER THAT, UM, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATED BICYCLE LANE, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HIKE AND BIKE DOWNTOWN. AND SO IF WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR BIKES DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPACE FOR THEM TO PUT THEIR BIKES. SO THE AREAS IN RED REPRESENT AREAS WHERE WE PLAN ON PUTTING OR INSTALLING BICYCLE RACKS, WE MAY NEED SOME EASEMENTS, UM, FOR A COUPLE OF THOSE, UH, PARTICULARLY ON THE LAKES PROPERTY. BUT, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, WE BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE INTO THE, UH, RIGHT AWAY AREA. WE'RE ALSO DOING PICK UP, DROP OFF ZONES. ONE OF THOSE, THE ONE THAT IS RIGHT ON RIGHT HERE ON STATER, UM, AND AT THE CORNER OF HOUSTON IS IN FRONT OF SAM'S AGAIN, THAT WAS A KEY FOR HIM. UM, SO THAT'LL BE LIKE THE PIZZA PICKUP DROP OFF ZONE. UM, AND THEN ALSO THERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAVE PLANNED, UM, IN FRONT OF, UH, THE LACE PROPERTY. AND THAT'LL BE FOR UBER LYFT, UM, AS WELL AS FOR VALET, UH, FOR FUTURE RESTAURANT, WE HAVE OUR, UH, CIRCULATOR, OUR DOWNTOWN AND CITY CENTER CIRCULATOR. SO, UM, YOU DON'T THINK THIS MAY BE ACTUALLY THAT FAR DOWN THE ROAD. THE IDEA IS THAT THE CIRCULATOR WILL BE, UH, FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO COME TO CEDAR HILL, UM, IT WOULD BE STOP AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE, UM, COME TO DOWNTOWN STATE PARK, UM, IN OUR NATURE CORRIDOR AREA. AND FINALLY WE GET TO THE CODE OF AMENDMENTS. SO THIS IS A TARGET AREA. THEN, UM, AFTER WORKING WITH HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD, WE DECIDED TO FOCUS ANY TYPE OF, UM, PARKING REDEMPTION ON THIS PARTICULAR AREA. AND SO IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OLD TOWN SQUARE PORTION NORTH OF BELTLINE, ONLY SOUTH OF BELTLINE. AND SO JUST A REALLY QUICK SIDEBAR, THE OLD TOWN BOUNDARIES DON'T EXACTLY MATCH THE DOWNTOWN COMPLETE STREETS AREA. UM, PART OF THE NET REASON IS BECAUSE SOME OF THAT PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY, UM, SOME OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS IN THE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN ALL ABOUT EDC IS ACTUALLY ON TOWN RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WE PLAN ON FIXING WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. SO, UM, WE HAD TO DO A PARKING DEMAND, DEMAND ANALYSIS. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING TO START OUT WITH? AND THEN ONCE WE GET ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, WELL WE CONTINUE TO BASICALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE SUPPLY THAN WHAT THE DEMAND IS CALLING FOR. SO WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING AMOUNT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WAS WITH THE EASIER TO TALLY AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE FIVE-YEAR PREDICTED AMOUNT, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT. UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES THE NEW RESTAURANT AND A COUPLE OTHER SITES. UM, NOW WE ALL COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, DEVELOP AS WELL. AND THEN FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT BUILD OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NEVER SEE THIS OCCUR, BUT WE WANTED TO SEE, OKAY, IF EVERYTHING WAS TOTALLY MAXED OUT AND WE SAY, MAX OUT, IF WE WERE TO BUILD EVERYTHING WITH AN OLD TOWN SQUARE TO THREE STORIES, THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THEN IT WOULD THE MEAN, IS THAT LIKE, OH, PARK, THIS IS WHAT PACHECO KOCH FOUND. SO THE AREA FOR PARKING DEMAND IS THEIR OWN YOU'RE LEFT. AND IT'S BASED ON THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN. SO PHASE ONE IS WHEN THE LABOR RHINO DEVELOPMENT IS, IS FULLY OCCUPIED PHASE TWO. THE REASON WHY THAT DEMAND DOES IT CHANGE IS BECAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT THERE REALLY TO BE ANY BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND TWO, IN TERMS OF, UM, HOW THEY, HOW THOSE BUILDINGS ARE BEING OCCUPIED. SO THAT'S WHY I DID THE MAN, UM, STAYS CONSTANT. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS BIG BILL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THREE STORIES ON THOSE PARCELS, UM, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THEN WITH ALL THE ALL SEVEN PHASES OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN BEING DEVELOPED. SO, UM, WE DON'T GET TO A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MUCH MORE DEMAND THAN WHAT'S AVAILABLE UNTIL AT FULL BUILD-OUT. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIPPING POINT AND, [00:50:01] YOU KNOW, WE WILL WATCH THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, IT IT'LL SPEAK TO US. IT WILL BE VERY APPARENT, UH, ONCE WE GET TO THAT TIPPING POINT, I'M CERTAIN, BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. UM, AND PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRIVATE THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC, UM, THE, THE, THE TOTAL PARKING SPACE, YOU KNOW, IS ONE AND A HALF TIMES WITH DEMAND IS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE, IS, UM, PROBABLY PARKING AVAILABLE IS THE SWEET SPOT, THE MIDDLE. AND HE WAS LOOKING AT ME AND HE IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE AREA. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE PRIVATE PARKING SPACES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS OR TURNED, YOU KNOW, PUT THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WANT TO LEASE THOSE PARKING SPACES OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO, NO CONTROL OVER THAT I'LL EVER, UM, IF WE HAVE ENOUGH PUBLIC PARKING SPACES, THEN WE WILL MORE THAN MEET THAT DEMAND. AND WE'RE WHERE THAT BECOMES, UM, POSSIBLE IS HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL EDC PARKING LOT, WHERE THAT WOULD PROVIDE 96 PARKING SPACE. AND SO I SEE THEM ALMOST AT A TIME, SO I WILL TRY TO RUSH HERE. SO, UM, I JUST ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK PICTURE AGAIN, OF SOME OF THE BIGGER LIVES. I'M NOT SHOWING YOU THE OTHER PUBLIC PARKING LOT. I'M JUST SHOWING YOU OTHER POTENTIAL PARKING LOT OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO FOCUS. SO OBVIOUSLY THE LAKE RHINO GROUP THEY'LL HAVE 64 ON THERE THEY'RE ONSITE WITH CURRENTLY, OBVIOUSLY AREN'T AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. SO THEY'LL BE DEVELOPING THOSE AS PART OF THEIR PLAN. UM, WE'RE WORKING ON A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. UM, WE COULD GET UP TO 104 PARKING SPACES WITH THAT AGREEMENT. UM, ALSO, LIKE I SAID, UM, AS OF TODAY, I BELIEVE THE PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THE DOWNTOWN CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE SON. SO WITH THE FEW PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE CITY LIVE IN THE SPACES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US, THAT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 59 SPACES. AND THEN OF COURSE THE PARKING, UM, ON THE EDC PROPERTY, WHICH, UM, WE'RE SHOWING IN PHASE TWO, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE UP INTO CONSTRUCTION WITH PHASE ONE WILL BE 96 MORE SPACES. SO WHEN YOU COMPARE THE PARKING DEMAND, JUST WITH THE CURRENT PARKING CODE REQUIREMENT, WE, UH, ARE ALREADY REQUIRING ABOUT TWICE MORE PARKING SPACES THAN WHAT THE DEMAND IS, AT LEAST FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. SO BEFORE WE MADE ANY DECISIONS ON, UM, WHAT ROUTE WE SHOULD PAY, WE CONSULTED OTHER CITIES. AND AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR HDB WAS, UM, PART OF THIS PROCESS AS WELL. SO THERE WERE FOUR CITIES, UM, THAT HAD SOME TYPE OF REDUCED PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR SPECIAL AREAS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MCCANEY A LITTLE BIT LATER, CAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, UH, MODEL OUR REQUIREMENTS AFTER, AND WE FOUND, UM, MORE STUDIES ACTUALLY, THEY HAD NO PARKING REQUIREMENT AND Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT A FORCED PARKING LOT. YOU KNOW, PARKING GET IS OFF THE STREET. IT HAD NO PARKING LOT REQUIRED ME WHATSOEVER. UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD ALMOST PROBABLY EXPECT IT FOR THE BIGGER CITIES, YOU KNOW, LIKE DALLAS FORT WORTH, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MARKET KINDA ENDS UP ABSORBING THAT, BUT YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT TO FIND IT, UM, WITH THE SMALLER CITIES THAT WE DID. SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, THERE, WE STILL REQUIRE SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT ON SITE, UM, AND NO PARKING REQUIREMENT AT ALL FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. NOW, WHERE WE DIFFER WITH MCKINNEY IS MCKINNEY DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY PARKING. IF YOU'RE CONVERTING A COMMERCIAL BUILDING INTO A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND IT. NOW, WE STILL THINK YOU NEED TO PROVIDE ONE SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT ON THE SITE. AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE OTHER PARKING IN THE AREA WOULD MORE THAN COMPENSATE. AND THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UM, SOMEONE WHO IS DOING ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR ANY TYPE OF REMODEL OR ANY TYPE OF CONVERSION, I WANT TO ADD SOME TYPE OF PARKING WHERE IT'S FEASIBLE ON THEIR SITE AND WHERE THEY HAVE THE SPACE TO DO THAT. I COULD STILL DO THAT, BUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS INSTANCE IS REALLY TRYING TO TAKE THE BUREAUCRACY PART OUT THE WAY WE FEEL LIKE THE DEMAND. UM, WE FEEL LIKE THE SUPPLY IS WAY MORE THAN ENOUGH TO MEET THE DEMAND. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT IN OUR CODE, BUT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SOME HESITATION, ONE THING THAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT, UM, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. I LISTENED [00:55:01] TO, IT WAS A LAND USE ATTORNEY AT A PLANNING CONFERENCE THAT SHE WORKED FOR A SUBURB OUTSIDE OF CLEVELAND. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID IS FOR THEM, IT WAS RICK TRULY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, INSTEAD THERE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD EXACTLY SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE HAVE NOW. AND SO THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S SO FULL. IT, YOU REALLY, OUT OF THE MELAMINE AND REDEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WANTED DOWNTOWN, OR THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE THAT. AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING WOULD APPLY TO US AS WELL. AND SO ALSO AS PART OF THEIR CODE REQUIREMENT, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY NECESSARY FOR US TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET EASEMENTS ON POVERTY, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR ON STREET PARKING SIDEWALKS, UM, THESE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND LANDSCAPING, UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IS IT GOOD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THAT, LET'S GO FOR THE BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR HOW THEY CAN USE THEIR PROPERTY. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. UH, JUST TO RECAP, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE CUP APPLICATION FOR THE LAKE MARINO GROUP. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE REZONING APPLICATION OF, OR THE TEA ROOM. SO ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT AS WELL AS THE PARKING REDUCTION, ALL THESE THREE ITEMS ARE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR ACTION TONIGHT. AND, UM, ON JANUARY 12TH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION, UM, AND A REQUEST, UM, FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH A TWO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LASANDRA THAT WAS A JAM PACKED BRIEFING. YOU GAVE US CHRIS AND I HAVE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR, DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETING FOR ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, PERFECT. I KNOW I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF MYSELF. SO COUNSEL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCLUDE, UH, THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A BRIEFING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DOWNTOWN COMPLETE STREETS PLAN AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT OF DOWNTOWN, UH, COUNCIL THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR BRIEFING SESSION. SO WITH THAT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND? DO I HAVE A SECOND NOW? AND THE BABY EMOTION, UH, ON A FAVORITE FEW DAYS RIGHT HERE, AND WE ARE A JURY OF SIX 59 COUNCIL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.