[1. Call Meeting to Order]
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[1. Status update on recent Planning and Zoning Commission cases and planning policy items.]
CAN WE HAVE TWO CASES? ONE OF THEM I KNOW IS GOING TO BE PUSHED OFF, BUT PROBABLY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THAN ANYTHING.UM, I'LL, I'LL AUDIBLE A LITTLE BIT, I'LL START WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, SO, UM, WE'LL START WITH, UH, PINING CASES FROM THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING THAT WENT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, YOU HAD THREE CASES AT YOUR LAST MEETING TO WHICH WING MOSS AND PRESSED JUICERY OUT OF THOSE WERE SUP REQUESTS.
THOSE WENT FORWARD, UH, AT THE SECOND AUGUST CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY APPROVE THOSE REQUESTS MOSTLY.
SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD FURTHER INTO THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS OR MOVING FORWARD WITH OPENING A CASE OF PRESSED JUICERY.
AND THEN ALSO AT THAT MEETING, YOU HAD A MORO ASIAN SMOKEHOUSE.
SO THAT WAS A PD REZONING REQUEST, AS WELL AS AN SEP, UH, AT 30 SEPTEMBER 14TH, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THE COUNCIL ALSO UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THAT.
SO LAURA WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS AND, UH, GET READY TO START WORK AND ULTIMATELY OPEN, UH, IN LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER.
SO A GOOD PROJECT TO SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD.
UM, WE DO HAVE A ONCE AGAIN, A BUSY, UH, UPCOMING, UH, WEEK, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, MONTHS, UH, CLOSING OUT THE YEAR.
SO ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK, WE HAVE AN EVENT FOR THE SAM'S CLUB, SPECIAL AREAS STUDY.
WE'LL BE HAVING OUR SECOND COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE.
UH, THAT WOULD BE AT 6:00 PM AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
UH, WITH THAT OPEN HOUSE, WE'LL BE PRESENTING A DRAFT, UH, STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS, UH, THE PRELIMINARY FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY IF APPROVED, UH, GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT POLICY IN THE 79 ACRE SAM'S CLUB STUDY AREA.
UH, IT IS MY INTENT, UH, FOLLOWING THAT MEETING.
SO YOUR OCTOBER, UH, PLANNING ON A COMMISSION MEETING, I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION ON THAT PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE OUTCOMES OF THAT OPEN HOUSE EVENT.
SO I KNOW MANY OF YOU LIVE IN THAT AREA, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY BE SURE TO LET YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW, AND IF YOU KNOW, ANY BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT AREA, INVITE THEM TO JOIN US AND PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK ON OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
WHEN WILL THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT SAM'S CLUB PROJECT BEGIN? SO, UH, FOR THE ACTUAL STUDY COMPONENT OF THE PROJECTS, UH, IT, AS IT'S CURRENTLY SCHEDULED, UH, IT'S OUR INTENT TO BRING FORWARD THE STUDY FOR PLANNING AND ZONING CONSIDERATION AT YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING, UH, AND, UH, PROVIDED THERE WERE NO, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT REQUIRED FURTHER REFINEMENT BY STAFF.
I WOULD MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, UM, WITH THAT PLAN WILL BE PROVIDED IN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS WILL BE FOR THE POUND TO CARRY OUT.
UH, SOME OF THOSE OF COURSE WOULD BE FOR THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT AREA TO CARRY OUT AS WELL.
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH THAT PLAN IS, IS IT'S TRULY A, A LONG RANGE VISION FOR THAT AREA, BUT YOU WILL HAVE SOME NEAR TERM ACTIONS, BOTH FOR THE TOWN AND FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPER.
SO IF, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, IF THERE, UM, WE DO HAVE VACANT, UH, LAND IN THAT STUDY AREA, WE HAVE, UH, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS UNDER UTILIZED OR VACANT.
UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME NEAR TERM REQUESTS, UH, TO REZONE FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPED.
SO SOME OF THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR TERM, BUT SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE VERY HEALTHY AND WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO BE HEALTHY AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN FOR THAT TO CONTINUE.
BUT IN THE EVENT, OTHER PROPERTIES CHANGE, THE WHOLE INTENT OF HAVING THIS PLAN IS, IS REALLY TO HAVE A VISION TO GUIDE THAT CHANGE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST STAFF AND THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL EVALUATING CASES IN A PIECEMEAL PROCESS AND NOT HAVING A TRUE POLICY FRAMEWORK ENVISIONED TO REALLY COLLECTIVELY GUIDE THAT AREA.
AND HOW MANY OWNERS ARE IN THAT? UH, UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE 15 TO 20 RANGE.
SO IT IS FRAGMENTED OWNERSHIP, SORRY.
AND IT COULD BE DECADES BEFORE SOME OF THAT STUFF.
AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GET BACK TO YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I HATE TO PUT MORE WORK ON YOU,
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BUT COULD YOU ALSO, AS SOME OF THE PG RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MAKE TO COUNCIL, AND THEN THEY GO ON THROUGH BUILD AND THEY'RE FINISHED, CAN YOU ANNOUNCE EACH MONTH THE ONES THAT HAVE OPENED AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY UP AND RUNNING, SO KIND OF FUNDING.I'LL TELL YOU ONE PRESSED JUICERY, I'M GOING AND RUNNING.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE STUDY THAT GOING TO COME TO US IN NOVEMBER, IS THAT A FAIRLY LENGTHY DOCUMENT? ARE WE GONNA HAVE EXTRA TIME OR LOOK AT THAT, OR ABSOLUTELY.
IT WOULD BE OUR INTENT TO NOT PUBLISH IT FOR YOU IN THE TYPICAL TIMEFRAME WE WOULD FOR A PNC PACKET.
IT, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT IN SCALE AND SIZE OF SAY IT TO THE ADDISON CIRCLE, SPECIAL AREAS STUDY, OR THE INGLEWOOD SPECIAL AREAS THAT IS NOT A QUICK READ NECESSARILY, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DIGESTED IN A WEEK OR TWO WHEN YOU HAVE A NEXT EDC.
BUT, UH, THAT IS A GREAT TRANSITION.
UM, SO TODAY I RECEIVED THE DRAFT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, UH, FROM THE CONSULTANT.
UH, SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE STAFF WILL NEED ABOUT 30 DAYS TO REVIEW THOSE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE CONSULTANT AND THE CONSULTANT WILL THEN NEED SOME TIME TO MAKE THOSE ARE FINE MINUTES.
SO NEXT WEEK I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET SOMETHING ON EVERYONE'S CALENDAR, UM, TO HAVE, UH, OUR NEXT ROUND OF JOINT MEETINGS, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT'D BE ONE ROUND FOR ME, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE THE CURRENT CODE DOES NOT HAVE MUCH IN THE FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S TAKEN THE CONSULTANT A BIT LONGER.
UM, BUT, UM, OVERALL IT SHOULD NOT BE IN A, AS SIGNIFICANT AS SAY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD SECTION, WHICH WAS COVERING A LOT OF GROUND.
SO I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ALL NEXT WEEK AND GET SOMETHING ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, THE ONE LAST THING I WOULD SHARE IS, UH, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THEM WITH US TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL FOR FUTURE MEETINGS, THE TOWN HAS ENGAGED A NEW, UH, CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, SO IT WILL BE A TEAM FROM A FIRM CALLED
UH, OUR ATTORNEYS WOULD WAIT, WOULD IS THE LEAD, UH, AND HE WILL SERVE AS CITY ATTORNEY AND THEN HIS DEPUTY NICOLE CORR, UH, WILL BE WHO YOU PRIMARILY ENGAGE WITH.
SO YOU'LL START SEEING NICOLE, UH, AT, UH, P AND Z MEETINGS THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH FOR THAT.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON THE TEAM WITH HIS ALREADY BEEN ENGAGING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF.
AND, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB HERE IN ADDISON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT? WANT TO MOVE INTO THE CASES? WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? OKAY.
[2. Discussion regarding items on the agenda for the September 21, 2021 Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting, including: August 17, 2021 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting minutes PD Zoning Amendment for 3820 Belt Line Road (1838-Z) PD Rezoning for 4150 Kellway Circle (1831-Z)]
WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST CASE.SO, UH, AS YOU SAW, UH, THAT'S A REQUEST TO REZONE, UH, TWO PROPERTIES, UH, UH, SITUATED ON KELWAY CIRCLE, UH, CURRENTLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL ONE, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THEIR REZONE TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS WITH MODIFIED INDUSTRIAL ONE STANDARDS.
UM, WITH THIS REQUEST, UM, IT WAS STAFF'S THOUGHTS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RESOLVE ALL COMPONENTS OF THEIR APPLICATION, UH, FOR THIS MEETING.
AND THE APPLICANT DID INDEED PUSH TO, UH, BEYOND THIS MEETING AGENDA, BUT DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE APPLICATION, UH, THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO WORK THERE UNLESS THEY, THAT IS WHAT GENERATED THE REQUEST THE TABLE.
UH, YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH DETAIL ON THIS REQUEST, SO I'LL SHARE IT A LITTLE BIT, OBVIOUSLY WHEN THEY DO COME BACK, UH, WITH THEIR APPLICATION READY TO GO, YOU'LL GET THE FULL DETAIL, BUT, UH, THIS IS A FAIRLY UNIQUE CONCEPTS.
UH, SOME THERE'S TWO LOTS, UH, ONE OF WHICH HAS AN EXISTING, UH, WAREHOUSE BUILDING THAT'S CURRENTLY VACANT.
AND THEN ONE LOT, UH, IS NOT DEVELOPED.
UH, IT DOES HAVE, UH, IF YOU LOOK TO THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF IT A LOT, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TERRAIN.
THAT'S ACTUALLY REMNANTS FROM THE ADDISON TOLL TUNNEL.
SO, UM, IT WILL INTERESTING BIT OF HISTORY THERE, BUT, UH, THE APPLICANT FOR THOSE REQUESTS IS AMAZON.
UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING A, UM, GROCERY DELIVERY CONCEPT.
SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS, AND THAT IS WHY IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AS A USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ONE DISTRICT, A BIT UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT STILL VERY
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MUCH A DISTRIBUTION CONCEPT.UM, WHAT'S EVEN MORE UNIQUE ABOUT THE CONCEPT IS IT IS, UM, UH, THEY'RE APPLYING AN UBER MODEL TO THE CONCEPT.
SO THE PRODUCT COMES THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE AND THEN WHEN THE PRODUCT LEAVES THE WAREHOUSE TO GIVE IT TO ITS FINAL END USER, UH, INSTEAD OF SAYING THE TYPICAL AMAZON TRUCK OR VAN DURING THE DELIVERIES, UH, THEY HAVE A CONCEPT WHERE, UH, UH, EMPLOYEES ESSENTIALLY SERVE IN THE UBER LIKE ROLE WHERE THEY'RE USING THEIR PERSONAL CAR AND THEY PICKED UP THE DELIVERY FOR THE DAY AND THEN DELIVER IT TO THE END USER.
UM, SO THE REASON WHY THEY NEED THE VACANT LOT IS, UH, DUE TO THAT MODEL.
UH, SO THEY NEED THAT VACANT LOT TO ESTABLISH A PARKING LOT ON THAT LOT.
AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PURCHASING THE LOTS THEY'RE GROUND LEASING THEM, IF THEY HAD PURCHASED THEM AND SIMPLY REPLANTED, AND IT ALL BEEN ON ONE LOT, THEY COULD HAVE DONE THIS BY, RIGHT.
AND, BUT THEY NEED TO DEVELOP A PARKING FREE-STANDING PARKING LOT, ESSENTIALLY ON A LOT, WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED.
IT TAKES ME ZONING REQUESTS, OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WITH THIS CASE, BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, MODEL, IT WILL HAVE MORE TRAFFIC THAN A TYPICAL INDUSTRIAL OR DISTRIBUTION CONCEPT, OR IT WILL BE A MIX OF TRUCK BRINGING IN THE, THE KIDS AND THEN CAR, UH, DELIVERING THE GOODS.
SO THEY HAD TO DO A TIA WITH THIS REQUEST.
AND THE RESULTS OF THAT TIA, UH, WAS, UH, THAT THE INTERSECTION OF CALLAWAY CIRCLE, THE NORTHERN INTERSECTION FAIRWAY CIRCLE AND MIDWAY ROAD WOULD REQUIRE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO THEY ARE COMMITTED TO, UH, INSTALLING THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
YOU'LL SEE MORE DETAIL ON ALL THE ASPECTS OF THAT CASE WHEN IT'S BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT, UH, DUE TO SOME ITEMS THAT REMAIN TO BE WORKED OUT, THEY'VE REQUESTED THE TABLE AND STAFF SUPPORTS THAT ONE THING WITH THAT NOTICE, UM, THERE WAS SOME ERRORS ON OUR END, UM, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, UM, THE MAP IS CORRECT.
IT SHOWS THE RIGHT PROPERTIES, BUT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP SOME LANGUAGE.
UH, AND THEY ACTUALLY TEXTED THE NOTICE AND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL ANYWAYS, THAT WE NOTICE IT.
SO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE AWARE THAT, UH, THE CASE WAS, UH, MATH, UH, OR THE CASE WAS DELAYED AND WILL BE HEARD AT THE OCTOBER PLANNINGS ON THE COMMISSION MEETING.
IF THE COMMISSION ALEKS, THE TAKE SAT OR RECOMMENDATION ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YES.
IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A PARKING LOT.
WELL, THEY ALSO HERE TOO, ALL OF THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT IS WHAT, UH, ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT THEY NEED TO WORK OUT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS COMPLIANCE, UM, AS IT'S CURRENTLY PLANNED, UH, THAT PARKING LOT WILL BE HEAVILY LANDSCAPED, WHERE THEY RUN INTO ISSUES IS ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER LOGS BECAUSE IT'S LARGELY ALL BUILDING AND PAVEMENT.
AND THEY'RE TRYING NOT TO IMPACT THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THAT BY INTRODUCING NEW LANDSCAPES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT THERE ARE STILL NEGOTIATING CONDITIONS.
AND YOU AGREED NOTICING THIS, BUT HAD YOU RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA ON THE FIRST NOTICE MEDICINE? I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A, JUST, I JUST BIG ABOUT FULL DISCLOSURE, A DIFFERENT DIVISION OF MY COMPANY HANDLES AMAZON'S LEASING.
SO I NEED TO HAVE LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY WEIGH IN, IF THERE'S ANY FORM OF CONFLICT OR GET THEM TO WAIVE THAT THEY DON'T, OR I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, I PERSONALLY DON'T, I JUST, LIKE I SAID, I'M ABOUT FINGERS LIMITED.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE LEASING COMPANIES.
JUST VERY STRANGE ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
LIKE WE CAN'T USE THEIR LOGOS IN OUR PARKING MATERIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE A CORPORATE CLIENT THAT I DON'T WORK ON THAT IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS.
I WOULD NOT NEED THAT AS A CONFLICT, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE A FORMAL DETERMINATION, WE CAN SAY, SO I JUST SEND AN EMAIL TO THAT WINTER.
JUST SNEAK BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
YOU LAID OUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING WORKED THROUGH.
IS THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE ISSUES OR IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY THAT OF CONTENTION THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME WHILE TO WORK THROUGH IT? UH, THE, THE MAIN, THE MAIN ISSUE IS LANDSCAPE.
AND I WOULD SAY A SECONDARY ISSUE IS WHAT HAPPENS TO BOTH PROPERTIES IN THE EVENTS THAT THE CURRENT, UH, OR THE PROPOSED TENANT LEAVES.
HOW, HOW DOES THAT UNRAVEL AND THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, IN THAT, GIVEN THAT IT'S TWO PROPERTY OWNERS PLUS AMAZON.
SO, UH, I WOULD SAY THOSE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT,
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HOW LONG IS THE GROUND LEASE? UH, I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE YEARS, BUT, UH, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.AND ANYTIME YOU CONSIDER A COMPANY THAT EVOLVES AS MUCH AS AMAZON AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, AND THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY, SO THEY CAN PAY FIVE YEARS WORTH OF RENT.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR SECOND REAL QUICK.
UH, THE SECOND CASE IS THE, IS A PRETTY UNIQUE CASE.
THE COMMISSION, UH, HAS A LOT OF HISTORY WITH THIS PROPERTY.
UH, THERE WAS A FAILED REZONING, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF DRIVE THROUGH CONCEPTS.
AND THEN THERE WAS AN IMPROVED REZONING REQUEST, UH, FOR A SMALL INFILL BUILDING, UH, WITH, UH, OFFICE OVER RETAIL, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.
UH, THE ZONING THAT WAS APPLIED WAS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS WITH MODIFIED BELTLINE DISTRICT STANDARDS OR SEVERAL, UM, CONDITIONS, UH, THAT, UH, SERVED AS MODIFICATIONS TO THE BELTLINE DISTRICT STANDARDS.
ONE OF WHICH WAS MINIMUM LOT SIZE, ANOTHER ADDRESS BUILDING MATERIALS, AND THEN A THIRD ADDRESS BLOCK LENGTH.
UM, SO THE ONE IN QUESTION IS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS ON THE STIPULATION THAT STAFF AND ULTIMATELY THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL PUT ON THAT REQUEST IS THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT, UH, OR THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR THAT DISTRICT WAS THE SAME AS THE EXISTING LOT SIZE OF THE, THE ONE BLOCK COMPRISING THAT PD DISTRICT IS 2.03, FOUR ACRES.
WE MET HER IN LOT SIZE IN THAT PD DISTRICT IS 2.034 ACRES.
UM, THE INTENT BEHIND THAT, UH, WAS IN AN EFFORT TO HELP REALIZE THE BELTLINE DISTRICT VISION.
UM, THAT WAS A DISTRICT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2006.
A FRAMEWORK PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN A FORM BASED CODE WAS DEVELOPED TO IMPLEMENT THAT FRAMEWORK PLAN.
UM, CITY HAS, OR EXCUSE ME, THE TOWN HAS ONLY IMPLEMENTED THE BELTLINE DISTRICT ON ONE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND IT'S IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF, UH, THIS AREA.
SO THE ASBURY CIRCLE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BELTLINE CORRIDOR, BECAUSE MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT REALLY HAS REFLECTED REINVESTMENT AND REUSE CONSISTENT WITH A SUBURBAN AUTO ORIENTED CORRIDOR AND NOT THE BOLD URBAN VISION THAT THE BELTLINE DISTRICT PRESENTS.
UH, IT APPEARS THAT STAFF HAS, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO, OR SOLVE THE FEASIBILITY IN FURTHER IMPLEMENTING THE BELTLINE, UM, WHERE IT PERHAPS COULD HAVE BEEN BEST IMPLEMENTED, UH, ADDISON GROVE, UH, AN URBAN INFILL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD NODE.
UM, IT WAS A GUIDED THAT REZONING, BUT IT WAS NOT THE DISTRICT THAT IT REZONED TO.
SO, UM, IT, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR STAFF TO IMPLEMENT.
UH, YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT WHEN YOU TRAVERSE THE BELTLINE CORRIDOR.
IT HAS GENERALLY RETAINED ITS CHARACTER AS A, AS AN AUTO ORIENTED CORRIDOR WITH, WITH RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL THAT ARE, ARE LARGELY QUITE HEALTHY.
UM, SO THIS REINVESTMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED AND ULTIMATELY APPROVED, FOLLOWED THE, THE CURRENT CORRIDOR CONDITIONS VERSUS THE BELTLINE DISTRICT STANDARDS.
UM, IT IS NOT TYPICAL FOR CITIES TO REGULATE LOT SIZE, UM, MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES.
I HAVE NOT SEEN IT IN MY CAREER.
WHAT CITIES DO YOU IS? THEY PRESCRIBED MINIMUM LOT WITH MINIMUM LOT DEPTH AND SETBACKS.
AND REALLY THE INTENT OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO ENSURE THAT, UM, IF SUBDIVISION OF LAND OCCURS, IT'S DONE.
SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL LOTS ARE DEVELOPABLE, A CONCERN ABOUT HAVING A TWO ACRE LOT IS REALLY SOMEWHAT RANDOM.
THE REASON WHY STAFF DID PRESENT THAT AS A STIPULATION WAS THE PERSPECTIVE THAT FURTHER SUBDIVISION AND FRAGMENTATION OF LAND COULD ESSENTIALLY PUR FURTHER INHIBIT THE BELTLINE DISTRICT VISION FROM BEING IMPLEMENTED.
I, I RESPECT THAT POSITION AND THAT DIRECTION, BUT ULTIMATELY IF THAT WAS THE GREATEST CONCERN DEVELOPMENT, LIKE WHAT WAS APPROVED PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED CAUSE THAT THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE BELTLINE VISION.
SO, UM, BEING ABLE TO SUBDIVIDE LAND AND, AND CONVEY IT AS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER.
SO THAT IS WHY STAFF SUPPORTS THE REQUEST, UH, AS A CONDITION TO PLACE ON THAT STAFF DOES REQUEST, UH, THAT, UH, IF IT IS SUBDIVIDED, CROSS ACCESS IS PROVIDED
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THROUGH THOSE PROPERTIES.SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER ACCESS DRIVE TO, OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER ACCESS TO BELTLINE ROAD.
I HAVE ACCESS TO THE TWO SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS CURRENTLY AT BUSINESS AVENUE AND COMMERCIAL DRIVE.
HAVING THAT CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT IN THE EVENT OF SUBDIVISION WOULD RETAIN THAT.
AND THUS, NO NEED TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL DRIVE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT YOU THINK OF ANY, ANYBODY LOOKING AT THAT PROPERTY? DID THEY HAVE A PLAN TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS THIS? UH, I DON'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I DON'T, I HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURE IT WILL EVER BE SUBDIVIDED.
HE DOES HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT PROPERTY, BUT IT CURRENTLY DOES.
IT IS, HAS SOME CHALLENGES, BOTH FROM A TECHNICAL ASPECT AND A, UH, A COMMUNITY SUPPORT ASPECT.
UM, ANYTHING WE DISCUSS HERE RELATED TO THIS? I DON'T THINK IT RELATES FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE TO THAT REQUEST.
IT'S MORE OF A, AN EQUITY ISSUE OF BEING ABLE TO SOME, TO BUY THE PROPERTY.
SO THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
IT WAS JUST TO PROVIDE THE ORDINANCE OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AT FIRST.
HE'S NOT PROPOSING DOING THIS, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOKED AT IT AND THROUGH A VERY, THE LENS THAT THAT STAFF LOOKED AT IT PREVIOUSLY, I, I THINK THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY GETTING BEYOND THE, THE PURPOSE OF, OF GOVERNMENT IN, IN LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION.
IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE, BUT IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO USE ZONING TO ASSEMBLE LAND.
IT'S THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ROLE TO ASSEMBLE LAND.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT'S A BENEFIT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO THE TOWN EITHER.
SO, AND EDUCATE ME HERE, IF, IF THIS IS IN THE BELTLINE VISION AND WE ARE TAKING AN EXCEPTION, THE BELTLINE DIVISION, THIS DIVISION NEEDED TO BE CHANGED, OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLES OF THESE IN THE YEARS, COME UP COMING WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO SUB DIVIDE AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO DO THAT.
SO, BECAUSE SO FEW PROPERTIES, I MEAN, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY TIME REGULATIONS ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, OTHER THAN THIS ONE WHERE WE HAVE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
SO ANYTIME SOMEONE SUBDIVIDES THE LOTS THAT ARE CREATED HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE ZONING REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THIS, WE DO HAVE, UH, A POLICY ISSUE.
UM, SO ONE THING THAT I REQUESTED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS, UH, FUNDING TO UPDATE THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, LOOKING AT THE BELTLINE CORRIDOR AND THE BELTLINE DISTRICT VISION, AS PART OF THAT, I THINK WOULD BE PRUDENT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SUCH LITTLE SUCCESS IMPLEMENTING THAT VISION.
UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A BAD VISION.
IT JUST MAY NOT BE, UH, IT MAY BE VERY LONG-TERM, BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT CRITICALLY AS WELL, AND, AND SEEK A BETTER WAY TO IMPLEMENT THAT VISION.
I VIEW IT AS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE NODAL AND SHOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE IN AREAS WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO SHAPE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE FOR HEALTHY PARTS OF THE BELTLINE CORRIDOR, WHERE CONDITIONS ARE GOOD, AND YOU WANT THEM TO REMAIN THAT WAY.
I DON'T SEE AS MUCH VALUE IN TRYING TO SHOEHORN THAT DEVELOPMENT INTO THE BELTLINE DISTRICT STANDARDS.
UM, IF WE HAVE A CORNER THAT IS, UH, PERHAPS I'M OR PROPERTIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING, AND YOU HAVE VACANCIES AND CRIME, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY EITHER THROUGH BELL LINE DISTRICT OR ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF STUDY TO, TO REALLY TRY TO SHAPE A COHESIVE PLAN AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT THE BELTLINE DISTRICT IS JUST INCREDIBLY EXPANSIVE.
SO WHEN DOES THAT BELTLINE DISTRICT? UM, PAST 2006.
SO THERE'S GOTTA BE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT TO TOM'S POINT, THEY JUST RUN THEIR COURSE AND WHATEVER YOU HAD IN PLACE 15 YEARS AGO MAY OR MAY NOT BE, IT MAY BE TO BE RE-LOOKED AT AGAIN.
SO TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN, AS THE CITY GROWS OUTWARD, THESE PARTS BECOME MUCH MORE DENSE.
AND SO YOU DO HAVE POTENTIALLY USE THIS FOR SMALLER LOT DEVELOPMENT THAN THAT, BECAUSE IT'S BECOME A MUCH MORE DENSER PLACE THAN IT WAS IN 2006.
SO I, I MET A BUDDY OF MINE THAT I HAD FOR LUNCH AND IRVING AND LAS COLINAS.
FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN THERE 10 YEARS, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ANY OF THEM.
WHAT THEY HAD DONE IS SPECTACULAR
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OVER THERE.AND, UM, AND, AND A GREAT USE OF LAND IMAGE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CROWDED IN THAT AREA TOO, SO, OR NOT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S EXPANSIVE TO PLACES, BUT OTHERWISE THEY'VE DONE A VERY NICE JOB OF THAT.
JUST AN OBSERVATION, THE OTHER PIECES, HOW LONG DOES THAT BUILDING BEEN VACANT 20 17, 20 17 IN AT LEAST ONE ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING.
SO AS FAR AS THE HAITI MUCH COMPLAINT TARGETED, YEAH.
I GET OCCASIONAL WHERE I PRIMARILY GET COMPLAINTS FROM EDISON TOWN CENTER IS OVER NOT OVERGROWN, BUT, UH, TREES BLOCKING THE VIEW FROM BELTLINE.
SO DID THAT CHANGE ANY OF THAT LANDSCAPING PLAN OR NOT? OKAY.
WE DECIDED THAT THE, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, JUST ADS.
I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE, SO MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW IT'S WE HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL, AND IT'S TIME, BUT LIKE ANY COMMUNITY, IT CHANGES AND EVOLVES AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK CRITICALLY AT YOUR POLICIES AND WITH HOW MUCH CHANGE OUR, OUR REGION IS EXPERIENCING IT.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO DO MORE FREQUENT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SIDEBAR FOR ANY OF THESE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, JUST REDO IT.