Mar 28, 2023 City Council Briefing Session

GOOD EVENING, LADIES

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THIS

[1. Call the meeting to order.]

IT IS SIX O'CLOCK AND LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

UH, PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT.

UM, AND, UM, FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE MAYOR IS OUT OF TOWN TRAVELING ON BUSINESS, AND WE WANT TO KEEP COUNCIL MEMBER GLOVER IN OUR PRAYERS FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY.

UH, FIRST ITEM

[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]

UM, I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, MEET, UH, JENNIFER FUN, BUT JUST FOR FORMALITY PURPOSES, I'D LIKE JENNIFER TO STAND.

UH, JENNIFER IS OUR INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR.

SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE JOB FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS ALREADY AND IS ALREADY, UH, GOING GREAT GUNS IN TERMS OF, UH, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FINANCE TEAM AND ALSO KEEP ALL OF THE THINGS GOING THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT MOVING FORWARD.

SO I LIKE TO, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO, UH, JENNIFER FOR COMING AND WORKING WITH US.

SHE COMES VERY WELL SHAPED FOR THE JOB.

SHE'S BEEN DOING INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR ROLES FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.

SHE HAS SERVED PREVIOUSLY AS, UH, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF HALCOMB CITY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES, AS WELL AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.

SHE'S ALSO BEEN A PROFESSOR OF ACCOUNTING, UH, AND TEACHING ACCOUNTING IN COLLEGE.

SO SHE'S, UH, A TEACHER AND A DIRECTOR OF MANY LEVEL, UH, DIFFERENT LEVEL AND POPULATION SIZE CITIES, AND COMES VERY WELL SUITED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT US DURING THIS PERIOD.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR YOU, JENNIFER.

WELCOME ABOARD.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

AND THEN I SEE, UH, LAUREN MCCARTY AND THE AUDIENCE.

SHE IS OUR CONTROLLER.

AND SO BETWEEN JENNIFER AND LAUREN AND THEN REALLY OUR REALLY SUPER SOLID FINANCE TEAM, THEY'RE, UH, THEY ARE KEEPING ALL THE BALLS IN THE AIR AS WE'VE PROGRESSED THROUGH THIS VERY BUSY SPRING, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE HAVE A, A NUMBER OF, UH, PRETTY HIGH LIFTS FROM OUR FINANCE IN OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PURSUIT OF, UH, AGAIN, OUR STRATEGIC, UH, PLAN.

SO WELCOME, WELCOME ABOARD, JENNIFER, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

UM, WANNA MOVE OVER TO THE, UH, THE CALENDAR FOR THIS MONTH.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS DURING OUR UPDATES, BUT WE ARE VERY HEAVY IN THE ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR THIS SPRING AS WE ENGAGE WITH OUR CITIZENS, UH, DELIVER BOND PROJECTS, AND THEN TAKE INPUT ON REMAINING BOND PROJECTS.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

SO THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH, WILL BE OUR ANNUAL BOARDING COMMISSION APPRECIATION DINNER.

IT'S AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM OBVIOUSLY, YOUR, UH, ATTENDANCE IS, UH, IS CORDIALLY REQUESTED.

THE MAYOR HAS WORKED WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO REFORMAT THIS EVENT AS WELL AS WE HAD DONE THE STATE OF THE CITY EARLIER.

AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT A, UH, A VERY ENGAGING OPPORTUNITY TO APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY HELP AND, UH, DELIVER YOUR OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY ALL THE REST OF THE YEAR.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT GATHERING.

UM, EACH OF YOU IS, UH, BEING REQUESTED TO PLAY A ROLE, AND SO, UH, OUR STAFF WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU VERY SHORTLY WITH THE ROLE THAT, UH, THAT YOU'LL BE ASKED TO PLAY IN SUPPORTING THE MAYOR IN COMMUNICATING AND APPRECIATING OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION TEAMS. UM, ON SATURDAY, APRIL, THE FIRST, UH, THE CEDAR HILL IA SD EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS HOSTING A MURDER MYSTERY.

IF YOU HAVE A, A DESIRE TO ATTEND, PLEASE LET US KNOW AS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR RSVPS TUESDAY, APRIL 4TH, THIS IS JUST NEXT WEEK, UH, A BIG, UH, MILESTONE IN OUR PROCESS OF DELIVERING THE 2017 BOND.

UH, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE LIBRARY TOPPING OUT OUT CEREMONY.

SO THIS IS AN EVENT WITH THAT INVOLVES THE FOLKS WHO'VE SAT ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LARGELY IN THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROJECT FOR US, AND AS A MILESTONE FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF.

CAUSE NOW YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE STRUCTURE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE NOW THAT THE ROOF'S IN PLACE AND MUCH OF THE STEEL IS IN PLACE.

AND SO THINGS WILL PROGRESS VERY RAPIDLY FROM THIS POINT FORWARD AS THEY REALLY START TO BRING DEFINITION AND BRING IN WALLS AND THE OTHER KINDS OF THINGS TO, TO BRING THIS BUILDING TO LIFE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

SO THAT'S 1130 TO 1:00 PM NEXT TUESDAY, APRIL THE FOURTH.

IS THAT, IS THAT GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR IS IT CLOSED? NO, IT'S REALLY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF AN INVITATION ONLY KIND OF AFFAIR, UH, LARGELY SO THAT THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE DELIVERY OF IT HAVE A CHANCE TO SORT OF SEE IT WHILE IT IS NOW.

BUT THEY'VE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT SAFETY AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS ON SITE.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT TO A MANAGEABLE NUMBER.

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DO WE NEED TO BRING OUR HARD HATS TO THIS ONE? UH, IT'S NO ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO BRING YOUR HARD HATS AND, UH, WHATEVER ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO BRING, BUT IT OUGHT TO BE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD DAY TO REALLY APPRECIATE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS, AS A LOT OF WORK HAS, UH, GONE INTO WAY TO GET IT OUT HERE.

UH, THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST, THE NEXT, UH, ONE OF THAT IS NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 6TH, UH, BETWEEN SEVEN 30 AND NINE, UM, AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

AGAIN, UM, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED THIS REMINDER ON FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH, AND OBSERVANCE OF, UH, GOOD, GOOD FRIDAY IN THE EASTER HOLIDAY.

THEN OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED, UH, REG CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS APRIL THE 11TH.

UH, SATURDAY, APRIL THE 15TH, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY.

WE'LL BE CELEBRATING EARTH AND ARBOR DAY, UH, FROM NINE TO 2:00 PM HERE AT THE, AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

SO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING THAT.

AND THEN I MEANT TO MENTION TO YOU THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HOSTING A CANDIDATES FORUM, UH, FROM SIX TO SIX 30 ON APRIL.

I WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN, BUT THE DATE I, IT'S APRIL 13TH.

THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT.

AND THAT WILL BE AT THE RECREATION CENTER.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO YOU CAN MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THAT.

UM, ALSO TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH, YOU DO HAVE A, UH, CALENDAR INVITE.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD WHAT I'M CALLING A PRE-BUDGET WORKSHOP ON TUESDAY, APRIL THE 18TH.

THAT'S OUR ONE FREE TUESDAY FOR APRIL.

WE'LL BE SPENDING IT TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY PAY PLAN AND A FEW OF THE OTHER SORT OF LOOMING MAJOR PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

UH, THAT'LL BE AT 6:00 PM AT THE FOURTH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM.

UH, MOVING ON, UH, APRIL 20TH IS OUR NEXT, UH, PARTY IN THE PARK AGAIN FOR, UH, CELEBRATING IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PARK SYSTEM.

THIS ONE WILL BE HELD AT RAMSEY PARK FROM SIX TO 7:00 PM UH, IN THE HIGH POINT SUBDIVISION.

UH, THEN OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS HOSTING A GOLF TOURNAMENT ON MONDAY, APRIL 24TH.

AND THEN OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING IS, UH, APRIL 25TH AT 6:00 PM HERE.

UH, THE ONLY OTHER ITEM I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE NEXT, UH, COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD WALK, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, APRIL THE 29TH.

AND THAT WILL BE HELD IN FOCUSING ON THE HIGHLANDS NORTH SUBDIVISION.

SO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER? YES, MA'AM.

WHAT DAY DID YOU SAY THE FORUM WAS? UH, APRIL THE 13TH.

13TH? YES, MA'AM.

I BELIEVE IT'S AT SIX 30.

6 36 O'CLOCK MEET AND GREET, AND THEN SIX 30 THE FORUM, SIX O'CLOCK MEET AND GREET, AND SIX 30, THE FORUM BEGINS ON APRIL 13TH.

TURN THE MIC ON, UH, AS SOON AS YOU CAN, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO RSP YOU JUST LET US KNOW.

ALL RIGHT.

QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA.

YOU GOT A LOT GOING ON TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE THREE BRIEFINGS.

UH, FORTUNATELY THEY'RE ON THINGS THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF AND THAT WE'RE JUST KEEPING MOVING.

AND OUR BUSY SCHEDULE THIS YEAR.

UH, ONE WILL BE, UH, THE FINAL BRIEFING ON THE WEST MIDTOWN MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN IN A PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT ALL YEAR LONG, ALL OF LAST YEAR, UH, WITH A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND, UH, UPDATES WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION COUNCIL WORKSHOPS.

AND IT'S CULMINATING TONIGHT WITH THE ITEM BEING ON YOUR AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, ALSO, UH, LASHON WILL BE PRESENTING AN UPDATE RELATED TO PROPOSED PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL, BOTH THAT AND THE MIDTOWN MASTER PLAN.

I'LL POINT OUT OUR IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR NEWLY ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO WELL SHAWN'S NOT LETTING ANY GRASS DRILL UNDER OUR FEET IN MOVING FORWARD WITH PUTTING THAT THING IN PLACE.

AND THEN FINALLY, TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DEWEY VU ON THE BEAUTIFICATION PLAN TO ENHANCE, UH, CITY OWN MANAGED TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES WITH COMMUNITY ART.

SO I LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO HIM PRESENTING THAT FOR YOU TONIGHT ON OUR, UH, VERY BUSY, UH, REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING APRIL, UH, 2023 AS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH.

HERE IN CEDAR HILL, WE HAVE ONE PELVIC HEARING.

IT'S ASSOCIATED, UH, WITH A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE WEST MIDTOWN MASTER PLAN.

UH, WE'D HAVE ONE ITEM RELATED TO ELECTION MATTERS TONIGHT, AND THAT'S TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH

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UH, TWO VERY EXCITING BOND MATTERS TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.

SO THEY ARE FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND OUR BOND COUNCIL WILL BE PRESENT, UH, TO DELIVER TO YOU THE RESULTS OF THE BID PROCESS THAT THEY RAN TODAY.

UH, AS WELL AS TO UPDATE YOU ON THE CITY'S, UH, BOND RATING INCREASE, WHICH WE RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THEIR REVIEW OF OUR FINANCES AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PUT IN PLACE HERE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO THAT.

I ALSO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE INTEREST RATES ARE VERY FAVORABLE, GIVEN THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN IN.

SO THE TIMING IS REALLY GOOD THERE.

I DO HAVE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WITH A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON IT.

UM, I'LL JUST PASS THROUGH THAT AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END, I'LL, UH, LET YOU ASK THEM.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF REGULAR ITEMS TONIGHT, UH, THAT ARE BIG DEAL OF ONE IS TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF, UM, A PD ORDINANCE.

THIS IS BASICALLY TO PUT AN ORDINANCE FORM, UH, THE, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

THE FOLKS WITH, UH, WITH CROW WILL BE PRESENT TO DELIVER, UH, TO YOU THE RESULTS OF THE, UM, OF THE AUDIT FOR THIS LAST YEAR.

ALSO A BIG WIN AND THE RESULT OF A LOT OF WORK BY OUR FINANCIAL TEAM.

AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR.

UH, WE DO HAVE TWO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS TONIGHT, ONE HAVING TO DO WITH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE OTHER ONE WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION.

AND WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES WHEN WE GET TO THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALL RIGHT, BACK TO YOU, MAYOR PROTO.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

THE NEXT ITEM ON

[3. Briefing on the West Midtown Master Plan.]

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PROAM AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY, UM, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW TO GET THIS WEST MIDTOWN MASTER PLAN BEFORE YOU ALL.

SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TOOK ACTION ON THIS PLAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO GET HERE.

AND SO TONIGHT IT IS ON YOUR AGENDA, UM, AS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AS WELL AS FOR ACTION.

SO, UM, WE STARTED OUT IN JANUARY, 2022.

UM, WE HAD A CONSULTANT WHO I BELIEVE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY, UM, UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL AND WORKING WITH OUR VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

UM, THAT'S DAVID WHITLEY.

AND SO WE STARTED OUT JANUARY, 2022, MEETING WITH THE VARIOUS, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

WE HAVE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS HERE IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO KEY IN, UM, ON SOME OF THE LARGER PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WERE IN THE AREA.

SO WE STARTED OUT WITH THOSE, UM, INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS, AND THEN WE STARTED BRIEFING YOU IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE, UM, HAD OUR FIRSTS JOINT WORKSHOP WITH THE P AND Z IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE THEN PRESENTED THE FIRST DRAFT PRESENTATION TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE GOT SEVERAL COMMENTS BACK FROM THEM, UM, MADE ANOTHER DRAFT, AND THEN WE DID A BISHOP ARTS TOUR WITH YOU BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SEE IF SOME OF THE SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN BISHOP ARTS WAS WHAT YOU ALL WANTED TO SEE.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HAD THAT PARTICULAR, UM, TOUR.

AND SO THEN, UM, WE PRODUCED A SECOND DRAFT.

UM, THERE WAS THAT, THIS WAS THE PUBLIC DRAFT, AND WE PUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND WE ALSO HELD A PUBLIC WORKSHOP WITH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT WAS ALSO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT WAS HELD AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.

THEN WE PROCEEDED AGAIN WITH HAVING THAT P AND Z PUBLIC HEARING LAST WEEK, AND NOW WE ARE HERE TO YOU.

SO YOU ALL HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THIS, BUT, UM, WE ALWAYS THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA JUST TO REMIND YOU OF HOW WE GOT HERE.

SO IN 2008, YOUR 2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTUALLY CALLED OUT.

LET'S SEE IF MY POINTER IS GONNA WORK HERE TODAY OUTSIDE.

SO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTUALLY CALLED OUT WHAT WAS TO BE THE, UM, AT THAT TIME A MIXED USE, PRIMARILY NON-RESIDENTIAL AREA.

BUT ONE THING THAT YOU'LL SEE I WANNA POINT OUT HERE, IS IT ALSO CALLED OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT ASSEMBLY IN THE WAREHOUSE.

SO WE KNEW WE NEEDED A LITTLE WORK TO DO ON THAT AREA.

HOWEVER, WE STILL DID THE NOTE THAT WE WANTED SOME TYPE OF CITY CENTER WITH, UM, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED MIXED USES.

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AND WE WANTED THIS AREA TO BE MULTIMODAL.

SO IN 20 10, 20 14, UM, YOU APPROVED TWO DIFFERENT PLANS, TWO VERSIONS OF THE CITY CENTER PLAN IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THIS IDEA.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY FIRST, UM, BROUGHT ABOUT IN THE 2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THIS IS, UH, A RENDERING THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE, UM, AS PART OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS.

AND YOU SEE, UM, THEY WERE REALLY THINKING OUT, THINKING FORWARD IN TERMS OF DERAIL ACTUALLY BECOMING A LIGHT RAIL STATION.

SO IN 2022 LAST MARCH, YOU APPROVED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE MADE, UM, SOME LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS.

I SAY LITTLE, UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENTS IN TERMS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE CITY CENTER AREA WAS IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE THAT BUILDING HEIGHT CAPPED DURING THAT PROCESS AT FIVE STORIES.

AND SO, UM, THAT FIVE STORIES WAS INTRODUCED DURING THAT PLANNING PROCESS.

AND THEN ALSO WE WANTED TO, UM, TAKE MORE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPEN SPACES IN THE AREA.

SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING THEN IS SAYING, OKAY, LET'S PUT TOGETHER, UM, A MORE DEFINITIVE MASTER PLAN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR DOWNTOWN COMPLETE STREETS, THAT REALLY, UM, GOT MORE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHERE THE STREETS WOULD BE, WHERE ROADS WOULD BE SIDEWALKS, UM, AND WHERE ALL THESE VARIOUS ACCEPTABLE LAND USES COULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA.

SO WE COME UP, WE CAME UP WITH THIS MASTER PLAN.

AND SO WITHIN THIS PLAN, WE HAVE A ZONING FRAMEWORK, AND I'M GONNA GET TO ZONING LATER BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION PHASES.

HOWEVER, THE IDEA WAS WHAT TYPE OF VARIOUS LAND USES WOULD BE ALLOWED WHERE WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL DID DO IS YOU, UM, DID A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF STACKED OR DWELLING UNITS THAT COULD BE WITHIN THE AREA.

AND THAT CAP WAS A MAXIMUM OF 850.

AND SO THIS WAS THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT RESULTED.

NOW, ONE THING I WANNA SAY IS THERE COULD BE SOME DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE INSTEAD OF HAVING, UM, A MIXED USE BUILDING, YOU COULD JUST HAVE A FIVE-STORY OFFICE BUILDING BECAUSE THE ZONING WOULD ALLOW THAT WITHIN THIS AREA.

AGAIN, THE ZONING IS MEANT TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO HOLD TO ONE OF THOSE BEING, MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS, UM, ACTIVE USES.

AND WHAT WE MEAN BY ACTIVE USES, RESTAURANT, RETAIL OFFICE SPACES ALONG OUR MAIN CORRIDORS.

HOWEVER, THIS WAS, UM, A VISUAL ELEMENT AND A GUIDE FOR WHAT WE WANT THE AREA TO DEVELOP AND HOW TO DEVELOP IT.

AND SO OPEN SPACE, AGAIN, WAS ONE OF THE KEY REASONS WHY WE, UM, OPEN THIS PLAN BACK UP.

SO NOW WE KNOW WHERE OUR SIGNATURE PARK AND WHERE OUR TRAIL ARE GONNA BE.

WE ALSO KNOW WHERE OUR LIBRARY IS GONNA BE AT, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLIMENTARY TO, UM, THOSE TWO USES.

WE ALSO, UM, CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA OF THIS OUTDOOR ORIENTED COMMERCIAL USE, AND THIS USE IS GOING TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PARK AND THE LIBRARY THAT'S WITHIN THE AREA AND ALSO LIVE WORK.

AND SO WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, REDUCED THE HEIGHT OF SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT LIVE WORK UNITS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN CERTAIN AREAS.

AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THESE LIVE WORK UNITS, UM, THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USE ON THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, AND THEN ABOVE THAT, UM, SOME TYPE OF LIVING ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

AND SO THE MOBILITY WAS ALSO IMPORTANT HERE BECAUSE ONE THING, UM, THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE CITY CENTER PLAN IS THERE WERE MANY MORE STREETS WITHIN THE AREA.

AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, TO REDUCE SOME OF THOSE, AND IN RETURN WE ARE GAINING MORE GREEN SPACE.

AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, ONE OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION STEPS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER IS ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER SOME TYPE OF, UM, CONSTRUCTION PLAN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS, TO SPECIFY EXACTLY WHERE THESE STREETS ARE AND THE SIDEWALKS.

SO WHEN DEVELOPERS DO COME IN, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY GOTTA BUILD FROM.

SO HOW DOES THIS PLAN DIFFER FROM CITYCENTER? CAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE SAYING, WELL, YOU DID SEND CITY CENTER.

WHY ARE YOU DOING

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UM, THAT WAS A CONCERN ALSO DURING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

YOU KNOW, THAT HOW MANY STACKED OF WILLING UNITS WOULD YOU HAVE? BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A, A, UM, VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HOUSING OPTIONS.

AND SO, UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE WAYS, UM, THAT WE DECIDED TO DO THAT.

NOW WE'RE STILL REQUIRING COMMERCIAL USES ON THE ROUND LEVEL OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE RUNNING THESE PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR STREETS.

AND SO THOSE PEDESTRIAN STREETS ARE PIONEER TRAIL, CEDAR HILL ROAD, BELTLINE ROAD, AND HASWELL STREET.

AND ALSO WE'RE REQUIRING A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF SURFACE PARKING BECAUSE WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT, UM, HAVING THESE PEDESTRIAN AREAS WORK IS THAT THEY'RE BUILT FOR PEOPLE AND NOT FOR CARS.

NOW OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL DRIVE AROUND HERE, WE DON'T HAVE MASS TRANSIT, SO WE STILL KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME PARKING.

HOWEVER, THE ANTICIPATION HERE IS THAT THAT PARKING WOULD BE, UM, BY PARKING GARAGES.

SO WE'RE CAPPING THE HEIGHT UP FIVE STORIES, AND WE'RE CALLING FOR AN UNINTERRUPTED U CORRIDOR FROM THE LIBRARY OVERLOOKING THE SIGNATURE PARK.

AND SO THAT AREA WOULD BASICALLY BE WITHIN THAT VIOLENCE CIRCLE THAT'S SHOWN ON THE DRAWING.

WE'RE ALLOWING FOR BUILDINGS UNDER THREE STORIES TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE PORTION THAT WAS DESIGNATED AS URBAN CENTER.

SO THAT'S THAT RED AREA THAT'S SHOWN HERE ON THE PLAN.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ALLOWING TOWNHOUSES TO BE BUILT IN AREAS OTHER THAN WHAT WAS DESIGNATED AS URBAN GENERAL HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.

AND THAT'S THAT LIGHTER ORANGE COLOR THAT'S ALONG BELTLINE ROAD TO THE SOUTH.

SO THAT IS A CHANGE BECAUSE CITY CENTER ACTUALLY, UM, STARTED THE HEIGHT AT THREE STORIES.

SO NOTHING UNDER THREE STORIES COULD BE CONSTRUCTED.

SO, UM, WITH THIS PLAN, UM, WE HAVE REDUCED THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE KEPT THE HEIGHT AT FIVE STORIES.

AND FINALLY, THIS IS HOW WE GET THE ADDITIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE.

AND SO I SHOULD, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY POINTER HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MORE, UM, PUBLIC STREETS AND RIGHTS OF WAY THAT, UM, WE'RE PLAYING FOR THE CITY CENTER AREA.

SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS YOU SEE THE GREEN FUND THAT, UM, I GUESS IT KIND OF CRISSCROSSES, UM, THE CITY FROM FM 1382, BUT IT STOPS.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT EXPANDED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HASWELL STREET.

AND WE'VE, UM, TAKEN OUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, ANY SIDE THAT'S TO THE EAST OF THAT PARK AREA.

SO THESE, UM, ARE SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WE, OR THE POINTS THAT WE RECEIVED AS PUBLIC FEEDBACK AFTER WE PUT OUT OUR PUBLIC DRAFT.

AND SO, UM, THERE WAS A CONCERN FROM ONE OF THE, UM, LAND OWNERS THAT THE HEIGHT SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO FIVE STORIES.

AND SO THE REASON WHY H WAS LIMITED IS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS WAS THE CONCERN THAT WE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY DURING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, STAFF WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD, YOU KNOW, UM, A CORPORATE, UM, DEVELOPER COME IN AND SAY THEY WANTED TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT WAS TALLER THAN FIVE STORIES, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THIS COULD BE REVISITED AT THAT TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT THE FIVE STORIES IS SUFFICIENT ALSO.

UM, DENSITY AND MAKING THE AREA TRANSIT READY, UM, IS NECESSARY FOR ITS SUCCESS.

AND, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE THAT IN A WAY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE AND, UM, WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE CALLING FOR.

ALSO, UM, THERE WAS A POINT ABOUT ACCESS, UM, EITHER UNDER THE RAILROAD OR OVER THE RAILROAD SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A POINT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN GET INTO, UM, AT SOME POINT LATER.

WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF THAT WILL BE, UM, A BIG PART OF THAT CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN ALSO BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE BRANDING AND THE WAY FINDING FOR THE AREA, UM, WE'RE THAT ACTUALLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M PROBABLY MOST EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THE SIGNAGE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE OUR CUES FROM THE LIBRARY.

SO IN TERMS OF, UM, THE ARCHITECTURE, THE TYPE OF LIGHTING, BENCHES, THOSE TYPE OF ITEMS, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY FEED OFF OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LIBRARY IN THE SIGNATURE PARK.

AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT LEVERAGING OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

UM, ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE THE PLAN AND BEING STRATEGIC

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SO THEY ACTUALLY HAD NO CHANGES, UM, TO THAT PUBLIC DRAFT.

SO NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION.

SO I TOLD YOU THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO DO IS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION PLANS THAT INCLUDE FOR THE DESIGN FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR OUR, UM, DOWNTOWN COMPLETE STREETS.

NOW DOES THAT MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE ISSUING A BOND? WELL, NOT NECESSARILY.

WE HAVE A TURS AND WE ALSO HAVE DEVELOPERS, HOWEVER, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO BUILD FROM, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT THEM BUILDING IN AN AREA THAT WE REALLY DID NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, ANY TYPE OF PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS ALSO, UM, ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

NOW, HOW DO THOSE COME INTO PLAY? UM, WELL, IT REALLY IS GOING TO DEPEND ON ARE WE GOING TO GET A ZONING APPLICATION TOMORROW OR WILL WE HAVE TIME TO PUT IN PLACE? SO ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, UM, AS SOON AS THIS IS APPROVED, STAFF WOULD START THAT PROCESS.

UM, HOWEVER, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE A PROCESS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID HERE TO GET THE MASTER PLAN.

AND SO IF WE WERE TO GET A DEVELOPER WHO CAME IN BEFORE THEN, WE WOULD JUST WORK WITH THAT DEVELOPER TO INCLUDE, UM, THOSE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

UM, AND THEN ALSO INCLUDING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS IN THE TURS.

UM, WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THOSE REGULATIONS AS A RESULT OF, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, STRINGENT, STRINGENT STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED UPON THE CITY FROM THE STATE.

SO BASICALLY WE ARE, UM, SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN HOW MUCH, UM, WE CAN ENFORCE IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN STANDARDS UNLESS THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR TURDS, WHICH WE DO HAVE FOR THIS AREA.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? MR. HAYDEN? THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR FOR TIM.

MS. SHONDA, GREAT PRESENTATION.

WOULD YOU, UH, I GUESS GO BACK TO THE SLIDES WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE ROADS, LIKE HASWELL BEING, UH, EXTENDED MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

UM, YEAH, ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE, I SEE THE, THE BLUE LINE MM-HMM.

, UM, WHAT, WHAT STREET IS THAT? IS THAT A, AN ADDITIONAL, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH SOUTH, THE NORTH SOUTH ONE OR THE HAS I'M ON THE MOBILITY, THE BLUE, THE BLUE LINE THAT YOU HAVE EAST WEST GOING DOWN FROM, UH, CEDAR HILL ROAD TO HASWELL.

YES.

SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, A NEW ONE THAT, THAT'S A NEW STREET, UM, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

THAT'S THE, UM, ONE OF THE ONLY, WELL, THAT IS THE ONLY NORTH SOUTH STREET THAT WE KEPT FROM, UM, CITY CENTER PLAN.

NOW THERE OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COUPLE DRIVEWAYS, UM, TO ACCESS CERTAIN POINTS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP, IN TERMS OF THE STREET TRAFFIC WITHIN THAT AREA, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT MINIMAL, UM, IN ORDER TO PRESERVE, UM, THAT OPEN SPACE AREA.

RIGHT.

SO WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WE AS THE CITY WOULD CONSTRUCT OR, SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE IN PARTNERSHIP, YES.

THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I YEAH.

FORESEE IT, JUST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDING ACCESS TO, UM, THOSE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER, UM, PARTICIPATING AS WELL AS THERE BEING SOME TYPE OF CITY PARTICIPATION TOO.

BUT IT THEN IT ALSO DEPENDS JUST ON HOW MUCH THAT DEVELOPER IS BUILDING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE MORE, UM, DENSITY THAT THEY BUILD AND THE MORE THEY'RE REQUIRED EXACTLY TO PUT IN.

SO NOW GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, PAST THIS ONE.

IT WAS THERE CLOSER TO YOUR END, THAT ONE THERE.

LET'S SEE NOW MAYBE IT WAS THE NEXT ONE.

GO TO THE NEXT ONE, NEXT ONE.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE RELATIVE TO THAT, AND, UH, BUT MAYBE IT WAS ALSO JUST KIND OF RECREATING THE BLUE, THE BLUE LINE.

SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

ALTHOUGH THIS, THE, THE ROADS THAT AREN'T THERE NOW, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WE WOULD CONSTRUCT, OF COURSE, HASWELL, WE JUST EXTEND.

UH, AND THAT'S REALLY ONLY INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WERE AT LEAST KIND OF POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT.

YES, YES.

THANK YOU.

LASHON, COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTIONS? NO, HE ANSWERED IT FROM ME.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU GUYS PUT INTO THIS PLAN.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT.

UM, AND,

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UM, AND, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH, WITH WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PLANS FOR, FOR THE DOWNTOWN STREETS AND THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT JUST REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BRINGING TO FRUITION AND DELIVERING ON THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF WIC WORK, LIVE IN PLAY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN, IN THE SAME REGION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY DO HOPE THAT WE CAN GET A GROCERY STORE TO, TO KIND OF COME INTO THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN MY, MY HOT BUTTON IS I, I WANNA SEE A GROCERY STORE IN HERE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS GONNA HAVE, UH, THE TYPES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WE ALL WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO HAVE IN THAT AREA.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK AND FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CERTAINLY WE CONCUR WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN MCCURDY.

GREAT JOB.

THIS IS, UH, UM, GOOD STAFF WORK, GOOD WORK IN COORDINATING BETWEEN STAFF, COUNSEL, COMMUNITY, UH, AND IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON

[5. Presentation of the beautification plan to enhance city-owned and managed traffic signal boxes with art.]

UH, AND I, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT WE'VE GOT TWO PRESENTATIONS, UH, COMING UP, SO IF WE COULD KIND OF KEEP THOSE SHORTS, BUT WE HAVE, UM, DEWEY VU, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND THEN FOLLOW BY, UH, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PRESENTATION BEHIND THAT ONE.

I'LL BE QUICK.

I WILL BE QUICK.

WELL, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

OUR ENVIRONMENT IS AN ASSET THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

IT ALIGNS WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES.

IT IS WORTH PROTECTING.

IT'S WORTH KEEPING SAFE.

IT'S WORTH KEEPING CLEAN.

THIS PRESENTATION TRULY IS A REFLECTION OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

LEADERSHIP THAT CREATED A BEAU BEAUTIFICATION BOARD LEADERSHIP THAT EMPOWERED OUR BEST BOARD TO CREATE PROGRAMS THAT BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY AND ENHANCE OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT EN INVITES OUR RESIDENTS, PARTNERS AND NEIGHBORS TO GET UP, GET OUT, ENJOY PLACES LIKE DOGWOOD CANYON, THE STATE PARK, AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND TRAILS, AND OUR AMAZING NATURE CORRIDOR.

OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT EMPOWERS HUMAN CAPITAL TO ITS GREATEST POTENTIAL.

PLACEMAKERS, LIKE THE ESE SIMMONS RECREATION CENTER, THE CEDAR HILL GOVERNMENT CENTER, OUR HISTORIC AND ECCENTRIC DOWNTOWN, AND OUR NEW LIBRARY IN SIGNATURE PARK.

OUR COMMUNITY SHINES WHEN WE COMBINE OUR NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY AND A PARK.

BECAUSE OUR ENVIRONMENT IS PART OF OUR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER AND REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY VALUES OF STEWARDSHIP, CERTAIN SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, I AM PROUD TO SHARE BEST BOARD'S AMAZING NEW PROGRAM TO BEAUTIFY IT OUR ENVIRONMENT, TO BRING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INTO OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES.

IN 2022, WE IDENTIFIED BOSS LOCATION, SENT OUT A CALL FOR ARTISTS.

IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE WILL HAVE AMAZING ARTWORK ON THREE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES.

WE STRATEGICALLY SELECTED THREE HIGH VISIBILITY SINGLE BOXES THAT ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY DOWNTOWN AT MAIN AND BELTLINE UPTOWN, PIONEER AND PLEASANT RUN AT JOE WILSON.

OUR CALL FOR ARTISTS WAS OVERWHELMING.

IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS WITH 23 SUBMITTALS.

OUR THEME, THE BIRDS IN THE ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE ARTWORK SHOULD REFLECT OUR VALUES.

THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF BEST BOARD THREE ARTISTS WERE SELECTED.

JODY POP, THIS WILL BE AT OUR DOWNTOWN LOCATION, MIKAYLA MOORE.

THIS WILL BE AT OUR UPTOWN LOCATION AND SELENA GUO CRAWL.

THIS WILL BE AT OUR PLEASANT RUN LOCATION.

AND THESE ARE, UH, DRAFTS, UH, THE ARTISTS WILL, WILL THE ARTISTS.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO FINALIZE THE DESIGNS IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.

SO IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WHOOPS.

IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THESE AMAZING, AMAZING ARTISTS WILL FINALIZE THEIR DESIGNS BY JUNE THREE.

TRAFFIC SUIT BOXES WILL SHOWCASE THE TALENTS OF THREE LOCAL ARTISTS.

BY JUNE, WE WILL BRING SOME NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INTO OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

BY JUNE, WE WILL TAKE THREE STEPS CLOSER TO GET ALL OF OUR REMAINING 16 BOXES WRAPPED.

AND WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU.

YES.

YOU, WOW, IT'S EXCITING.

QUESTIONS OF, UH, STAFF? I HAD ONE QUESTION.

ARE THESE GONNA BE PAINTED OR ARE THESE GONNA BE RAPS?

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THEY'RE ALL WRAPS? YES.

OKAY.

IT'S ALL WRAPS.

IT'S, IT'S EASIER TO MAINTAIN AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S BETTER FOR, UH, THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOXES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER DANIELS, UH, DID YOU SAY 16 BOXES? 16 BOXES REMAIN AFTER THESE THREE? OKAY.

ALL PROCEED? THAT'S CORRECT.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE OWN AND MAINTAIN THE ONE THAT WE OWN AND MAINTAIN.

UH, THERE ARE SOME OTHER BOXES THAT ARE OWNED BY, BY, BY TEXTILE AND, AND THOSE WE DO NOT OWN AND MAINTAIN.

OKAY.

HOW DO WE KNOW NEIGHBORHOOD? FORGET IT.

WILL YOU LET US KNOW? YES.

OKAY.

CAUSE I LOVE IT.

YOU THROUGH GRAND PRAIRIE LIGHTS UP THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.

I HOPE, I HOPE HIGH POINT, GET ONE.

OKAY.

YES, I AGREE.

.

SO, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THESE ARE WRAPS.

WILL THESE ARTISTIC RENDERINGS, ARE THEY GONNA BE PERMANENT OR WILL THEY SWITCH OUT FOR EVERY THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS? OR ARE THEY GONNA STAY THAT WAY FOREVER? I MEAN, THEY CAN BE CHANGED OUT.

THEY CAN, UH, BUT THE IDEA IS TO IS TO WRAP ALL OF THEM FIRST.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? EXCITING.

THANK YOU.

YES, THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE

[4. Presentation on proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance related to the off-street parking requirements for industrial uses. ]

I LOOKED AT A GLANCE, SAID A PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

OH, NO, I, NO, I, NO, I, I I SCREWED UP.

NO, NO.

I'M, I, I WASN'T LOOKING.

MAYBE YOU GLASSES THOUGH.

NO, NO.

BUT YOU'RE GONNA TAKE US HOME.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT ME.

SO, UM, I'M GOING TO DO A REALLY QUICK UPDATE.

SO AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE DISCUSSED, OR I, I DISCUSSED IN OUR PRESENTED TO YOU, UM, POTENTIAL CODE AMENDMENTS, UH, FOR PARKING FOR INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

UM, I WANTED TO GIVE, IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO DIGEST, UM, ALL OF THAT DATA.

AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SLEEP ON IT.

WE'VE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS, UM, THREE OF THE INDUSTRIAL, UM, DEVELOPERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

AND SO, UM, I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU, UM, OR WELL FIRST OF ALL REMIND YOU OF SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, READ THEM WORD FOR WORD HERE.

HOWEVER, WE ARE, UM, PROPOSING TO DECREASE, UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR WAREHOUSE SPACE FROM ONE PER THOUSAND TO 0.2 SPACES PER A THOUSAND.

AND, UM, THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHER CDS HAVE DONE, UM, SPECIFICALLY DENTON AND GRAND PRAIRIE.

HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL PROPOSING TO PARK THE OFFICE SPACE AT ONE PER 300 SQUARE FEET.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE, THAT'S THE AREA THAT WILL HAVE THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE.

AND SO IN THAT WAY WE ACTUALLY, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY INCREASED THE REQUIREMENT, BUT DECREASED IT ON THE OTHER END.

AND THIS IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH VARIANCES THAT DBA HAD APPROVED 20 YEARS AGO.

AND THEN WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING FOR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND FULFILLMENT CENTERS.

NOW FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY USES, UM, WHAT WE WERE PROPOSED TO DO IS REQUIRE ONE SPACE PER EMPLOYEE, OR ONE SPACE PER 1000 SQUARE FEET, UM, WHICHEVER ENDED UP BEING LESS.

AND THIS IS REALLY SIMILAR, UM, TO OTHER, OTHER CITIES.

HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT WOULD BE LESS THAN, UM, 10 OF THE 13 SURVEYED CITIES.

HOWEVER, THE REASON WHY WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT IS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY CHANGES WITH INDUSTRIAL WITHIN THE PAST 10 YEARS THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THIS, UM, AMOUNT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS STILL SUFFICIENT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT ROCKWALL WAXAHACHIE IN DENTON.

UM, WELL ACTUALLY ROCKWALL AND WAXAHACHIE ARE ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

AND, UM, WE WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO DENTON, WHICH HAVE MORE UPDATED REQUIREMENTS.

SO, JUST A REALLY QUICK REMINDER, UM, THIS IS THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY STATUS THAT'S CURRENTLY, UM, ON THE GROUND NOW.

SO THOSE CROSSHATCHED AREAS YOU SEE K B C STREAMING, HILLWOOD, RIGHT ON HIGHWAY 67.

THOSE ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

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SO AGAIN, UM, WE'VE MET WITH THOSE THREE DEVELOPERS AND WE'VE BRIEFED THE P AND Z.

AND, UM, P I'LL TELL YOU FIRST WHAT P AND Z'S CONCERNS WERE IN WHICH THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, OR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY NOT ADDRESSED.

AND THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE WAS A WAREHOUSE, UM, AND THE EXAMPLE THAT THEY GAVE WAS, UM, LIVING SPACES.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE BIG FURNITURE STORES, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE THIS HUGE WAREHOUSE AREA WITH SOME OF THEM, BUT THEN THEY'LL ALSO HAVE THE SHOWROOM.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPECIFIC USE CALLED, UM, OFFICE SHOWROOM WAREHOUSE.

WE DIDN'T TOUCH THAT USE AT ALL.

AND SO IF YOU DID HAVE A RETAIL COMPONENT THAT INCLUDED THAT, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO PARK AT THE HIGHER AMOUNT FOR THAT RETAIL PORTION.

SO WE DIDN'T TOUCH THAT AT ALL.

SO THAT ADDRESSED THAT, UH, QUESTION.

AND, UM, THE THREE, UH, LARGEST INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPERS, UM, THEY, THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THEM AND, UM, AS OF TODAY, THEY HAVE NOT EXPRESSED ANY OPPOSITION.

AND SO, UM, THIS IS A TRACK THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR P AND Z PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 4TH AND BRING THIS BACK TO YOU ON APRIL 11TH FOR, UM, A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS ACTION.

UM, AND THEN ALSO ON THAT AGENDA YOU MAY REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAD, UM, POSTPONED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE, UM, INDUSTRIAL USES.

SO ON APRIL 11, BOTH OF THOSE, WHAT MARY UP ON THAT DATE.

SO ANY, ANY FEEDBACK, SIR? COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.

THANK YOU MAYOR LASHONDA.

UM, ON THE AREA THAT YOU HAD INDICATED WHERE THERE WAS EITHER OR LIKE ONE, ONE PER EMPLOYEE OR ONE PER 1000 SQUARE FEET, WHO WOULD MAKE THE DECISION, YOU KNOW, EITHER OR THE DEVELOPER THINKING, HEY, MM-HMM , I KNOW HOW MANY I'M GONNA HAVE BASED ON THAT.

I WANNA DO THE THOUSAND, OR I WANNA DO THE EMPLOYEE.

SO WE ASK THEM.

UM, AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, IS JUST FIND OUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE.

WE ALSO ASK THEM IF, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ALREADY HAVE SIMILAR BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PLEX.

UM, WE ASKED THEM HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DOES THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY HAVE? UM, AND THEN WE COMPARE THAT WITH THE FLOOR AREA THAT IS ON THE, ON THE BUILDING OR ON THE SITE PLAN.

AND THEN WE WOULD SEE WHICHEVER, YOU KNOW, IS LESS IS THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE.

OH, THANK YOU AGAIN, GREAT WORK LOT, LOT OF WORK DONE INTO THIS.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO YEAH, APPRECIATE YOU AND STAFF AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? GO AHEAD.

UH, YOU'VE GOT THUMBS UP FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR WORK IN, UH, UPDATING THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

AND I KNOW THAT IT, IT INVOLVES SOME, UM, INTER SOME INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

AND SO ANYTIME YOU CAN PARTNER WITH THEM AND GET TO A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT, UH, THAT, THAT SHOWS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE CITY AND OUR DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMUNITY.

SO APPRECIATE THAT, THAT WORK THERE.

UM, IF THAT IS IT, UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN, WE, WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THAT'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL MEMBER MCCURDY.

IS THERE.

SECOND.

SECOND.

THEY'RE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVEN.

THAT'S NON DIVABLE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK.

THANK YOU.