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I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER THESE STAND UP THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
[1. Present and Discuss an Update on the Sam's Club Special Area Study.]
AGAIN, CAN YOU NAME GOOD EVENING? MARRIED CITY COUNCIL, KEN SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TIME I ASKED HIM.
UH, SO IT WAS ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO, TONIGHT, OR, UH, LAST VISITING WITH YOU, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, SAM'S CLUB SPECIAL AREA STUDY.
UH, DURING THAT MEETING, UH, YOU APPROVED OUR, UM, UH, SCOPE OF WORK AND CONTRACT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STUDY.
AND THEN YOU ALSO APPOINTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, TO, UH, ADVISE THAT PROCESS.
UH, SO, UH, SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, THEY, UH, COMMITTED, UH, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK, UH, TO GET US TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO, UH, WITH THE PRESENTATION TODAY, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE OUTCOMES OF THAT PROCESS AND REALLY PRESENT THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UH, THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, WORKED WITH STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM TO DEVELOP ON THAT, UH, PENDING COUNCIL FEEDBACK.
WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, IN THE FORM OF A DRAFT FOR COURT AND CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL HERE IN THE EARLY SUMMER.
UM, SO BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, A LITTLE HISTORY, AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE IS SOME HISTORY ON THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY BORN OUT OF THE 2013, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, THAT THE TOWN DEVELOPED, UH, WITH THAT PLAN.
UM, THE TOWN MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AREAS TO STUDY IN GREATER DETAIL WITH APPOINTED ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
AND REALLY THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WHEN THAT, UH, STUDY, UH, COMMENCED IN 2014 AND WAS ULTIMATELY COMPLETED IN 2015, UH, THERE WAS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE FORMALLY ADOPTED FOR A PORTION OF THE STUDY AREA, AND ALSO GENERALLY THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BELTLINE AND MIDWAY.
THEY ARE IN NOW KNOWN AS ADDISON GROVE, UH, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE STUDY AREA, WHERE AT THIS TIME IT EXTENDED SOUTH, UH, TO THE READING TRAIL.
UH, THERE WAS, UH, SOME, UH, WORK AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ADVANCED BY THE, UH, SPECIAL PROJECT COMMITTEE.
BUT AT THAT TIME THEY ULTIMATELY WERE NOT ADOPTED BY THE TOWN.
SO THERE WAS NO, UH, LONG RANGE PLANNING DIRECTION FOR THOSE AREAS BEYOND WHAT IS ALREADY PROVIDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS FAIRLY LIMITED.
UM, SO WITH THE PANDEMIC, UH, GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END, UM, THE MIDWAY ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND, UH, OUR ANTICIPATION THAT AREAS LIKE THIS WE'LL SEE INTEREST OR, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT AND REUSE.
UH, SO THE MANAGEMENT, UH, DIRECTED MY TEAM TO, UH, UH, PRESENT THIS PLAN OR A PLAN FOR COMPLETING THE PLAN, UH, TO COUNCIL, WHICH ULTIMATELY, UH, UH, IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
UM, SO WITH THAT ACTION, THE COUNCIL APPOINTED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, COMPRISED OF 14 NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES TO WHICH OUR P AND Z COMMISSIONERS AND THREE STUDY AREA PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND WHEN I SAY THAT BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, THEY ALSO EXPANDED, UH, THE STUDY AREA, UH, EXTENDING SOUTH, UH, FROM THE READING TRAIL TO TAKE IN, UH, ALL THE BUSINESS PROPERTIES, UH, NORTH OF HORNET ROAD, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE GREEN HILLS SCHOOL.
MOST NOTABLY THAT TAKES IN THE CROWN PLAZA, UH, SITE, WHICH, UH, STILL REMAINS VACANT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UH, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED, UH, TO REALLY COMPLETE THAT STUDY OF THE DEFINED AREA, UH, WITH THAT THEY WERE TASKED WITH ANALYZING, UH, SITE AND MARKET DATA THAT THE PROJECT TEAM, UH, PRESENTED, UH, SERVING AS A SOUNDING BOARD AND VOICE FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE LOCATED, UH, ADJACENT OR WITHIN THE STUDY AREA.
AND THEN WORKING WITH THE PROJECT TEAM TO, TO CALIBRATE AND STRENGTHEN AND REFINE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF THAT PROCESS.
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WHAT I WOULD SHARE IS THAT, UM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A STRONG AND COMMITTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE.UH, WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULT, UH, CONVERSATIONS, UH, BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE NEEDED.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT PLANNING IS ABOUT HAVING THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, IDENTIFYING THE ISSUE AND, AND WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR A CONSENSUS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'VE LANDED HERE TONIGHT.
UH, SO WITH THE PROCESS, ONCE AGAIN, IT, IT REALLY KICKED OFF, UH, UH, QUITE QUICKLY IN JUNE.
UH, WE MET WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE STARTED TO PRESENT AS PART OF THAT FIRST PHASE, UH, SITE AND MARKET DATA AND, UH, REALLY TO START DISCUSS POTENTIAL VISIONING CONCEPTS, UH, WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THEN ULTIMATELY WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHERE WE HELD OUR FIRST, UH, COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, UH, AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, FOLLOWING THAT OPEN HOUSE, UH, WE MET SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH THE COMMITTEE, CONTINUED TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT TEAMS, PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE PRESENTED A MORE REFINED AND MORE DETAILED, UH, PLANNING CONCEPTS, ENVISIONING CONCEPTS AT A SECOND, UH, COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, UH, FOLLOWING THAT COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, WE HAD A VERY FRANK, UH, BUT VERY NEEDED DISCUSSION, UH, WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND REALLY THEY, UM, UH, UH, SUGGESTED AND, AND, UH, STRONGLY DESIRED, UH, TO, UH, HAVE A BROADER DIALOGUE, UH, AS FAR AS WHERE WE STOOD AT THAT TIME, UH, WITH THIS PROCESS AND WHAT WAS BEING RECOMMENDED.
SO, UH, WE TOOK THAT FEEDBACK TO HEART, UH, AT THE STAFF LEVEL, UH, AND, UH, REALLY WE, WE TRANSITIONS THE PROCESS TO BE MORE OF A DISCUSSION BETWEEN, UH, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, GIVING THEM, UH, THE, UH, TIME AND RESOURCES TO, TO HAVE A MORE OPEN-ENDED DIALOGUE.
AND THEN FOCUSING THAT DISCUSSION MORE WITH CITY STAFF.
SO MYSELF, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, AND OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT DIALOGUE.
AND WE HAD A SERIES OF FOUR MEETINGS THAT, UH, WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND IN TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS WERE AND WHAT WAS INFLUENCING THOSE AND THE HISTORY OF THE AREA AND HOW IT INFLUENCES HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE WORKED TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THIS 10 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, TO, UH, REALLY SERVE AS THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK.
SO PENDING YOUR FEEDBACK TONIGHT, WE WOULD THEN TRANSITION INTO THE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS, UH, FOR, UH, THIS STUDY.
AND THAT WOULD, UH, INVOLVE THE RELEASE OF A DRAFT REPORT, WHICH WE PUBLISH ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, AND, UH, PROVIDE, UM, UH, UH, OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION.
SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S OUT THERE AND THEN BRINGING THAT THROUGH A FORMAL PUBLIC MEETING PROCESS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH P AND Z AND ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION.
SO WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK, REALLY, IT'S WHAT, UH, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE TOWN USES TO GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, AND REUSE IN THIS AREA OVER TIME, IT'S A GUIDING DOCUMENT.
IT'S NOT A ZONING ORDINANCE AND THAT IT'S A REGULATION, BUT IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT, UM, CITY LEADERSHIP, PRIMARILY P AND Z CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND AN EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS STAFF WOULD USE TO EVALUATE, UH, PARTICULARLY REZONING REQUEST AND ENSURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE, UH, WITH THIS, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK.
SO IT HAS SEVERAL LAYERS, UM, AT THE UPPER END OF THAT SPECTRUM, YOU HAVE MORE BROAD, UH, UH, OBJECTIVES AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT ARE REALLY, UM, MORE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS, BUT THEN AT THE LOWER END OF THAT SPECTRUM, YOU GET FAR MORE GRANULAR AND YOU GET TO, UH, DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES AND PHYSICAL MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS THAT REALLY STAFF WOULD USE, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS IN, AND TO NEGOTIATE WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS, UH, AS THEY COMMUNICATE INTEREST IN THIS AREA.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES.
AND THAT FIRST ONE IS REALLY KEY HERE, UM, WITH THIS PLANNING FRAMEWORK AND WITH THE NEW INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA, UH, WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ANY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, UH, VERY
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MUCH WANT THIS TO BE A PLACE THAT IS DISTINCTIVE.UH, IT DOESN'T NEED TO RECREATE EXISTING AS A NEIGHBOR CODES.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE ITS OWN FLAVOR, UH, SCALE AND FEEL AND CHARACTER.
UH, IT, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT JUST LOOKS LIKE THE REST OF THE MIDWAY ROAD CORRIDOR OR, OR LIKE THE REST OF THE BELTLINE CORRIDOR.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE UNIQUE, BUT UNIQUE DOESN'T, UH, NECESSARILY CONNOTATE A CERTAIN FORM OR A DENSITY, BUT, UH, IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE UNIQUE CHARACTER.
UM, AND THE OTHER BIG THING THAT I WOULD SAY I WOULD MOST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS SLIDE IS THAT SECOND BULLET, UH, SUPPORTING NEW DEVELOPMENT, THAT RESPECTS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST PROMINENT THEME OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, MUCH OF OUR TIME WAS SPENT DISCUSSING HOW A CHANGE IN THIS AREA.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
CHANGE, UH, COULD, UH, POSITIVELY IMPACT OR POTENTIALLY NEGATIVELY IMPACTING DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE OF COURSE WANT TO, UH, MITIGATE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
SO WE FOCUSED A LOT OF EFFORT ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE STUDY AREA, WHERE ORDER'S EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEN ALSO WE FOCUS A LOT OF EFFORT ON CONNECTIVITY, PARTICULARLY STREET CONNECTIVITY, AND WHERE VEHICLE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA WOULD GO OR WHERE IT SHOULD GO.
WE DON'T WANT TO SHAPE A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING I WOULD HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE IS FLEXIBILITY.
THIS IS NOT AN AREA THAT IS LIKELY TO BE ASSEMBLED BY ONE, UH, INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL IT'S 79 ACRES.
UM, GENERALLY THERE'S 15 DISTINCT BUSINESS PROPERTIES.
UH, SOME WAY IN THAT AMOUNT OF LAND IS TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT, SO IT'S NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN, AND IT'S LIKELY TO BE INCREMENTAL.
AND OVER TIME WE HAVE SOME PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA THAT SHOULDN'T CHANGE BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THEY'RE SELF-SUSTAINING, AND THEY'RE RESILIENT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES.
CROWN PLAZA IS AN OBVIOUS ONE WHERE WE WANT CHANGE BECAUSE NEW INVESTMENT IS NEEDED.
SO HAVING A DOCUMENT THAT HAS SUFFICIENT DETAIL, BUT NOT SO MUCH DETAIL WHERE IT'S INFLEXIBLE AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A FEATURE EVOLUTION AND CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA WHERE YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT DEMANDED BY THE MARKET NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IT COULD BE.
SO IT NEEDS TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO CHANGE AS TIMES CHANGE AND ITS CONDITIONS CHANGE.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES, UM, A FEW KEY HIGHLIGHTS HERE, UH, CONNECTIVITY'S UH, IS, UH, A SIGNIFICANT THEME.
AND WHENEVER YOU CONSIDER THE DESIGN OF AN AREA, HOW IT CONNECTS AND WHERE IT CONNECTS IS, UH, IS A KEY COMPONENT, UM, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS, BOTH WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, CONNECTIVITY FOR PEDESTRIANS IS A, IS A IMPORTANT COMPONENT.
AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH OTHER PLANNING PROCESSES, LIKE OUR, UH, TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
SO PROVIDING NEW TRAILS IN THIS AREA THAT CONNECTED EXISTING TRAIL SYSTEMS, NOT ONLY BENEFITS THE, THE BUSINESSES AND IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE RESIDENTS THAT ARE DEVELOPED, UH, THAT OCCUPIED THIS AREA, THEY'VE BENEFITED FROM THAT, BUT ALSO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES THAT SURROUND THE STUDY AREA BENEFIT FROM THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND WITH REGARDS TO VEHICLES, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND IT WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS WORK THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY BALANCED AND CAUTIOUS WITH REGARDS TO VEHICLE CONNECTIVITY IT'S NEEDED FOR SAFETY AND ACCESS, AND THE ABILITY FOR, UH, PROPERTIES, UH, TO HAVE SUFFICIENT ACCESS, TO BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE SO HIGHLY CONNECTED THAT WE'RE CREATING THROUGH STREETS AND REALLY EFFICIENT PATHS TO GET TO THE STREETS THAT WE MAY NOT WANT TO SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON.
SO WE NEED TO CREATE CONNECTIONS, BUT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL TO NOT CREATE CONNECTIONS THAT CAUSE HARM.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE HERE, UH, FLEXIBILITY, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR BUILDINGS FRONTING MIDWAY, THAT'S THE GATEWAY, UH, THIS AREA IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FLEXIBLE TREATMENT OF THAT FRONTAGE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PROMINENT, UH, APPEALING DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT FRONT EDGE.
AND THEN HOUSING WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE, UH, A COMMON DISCUSSION IN THIS STUDY AREA AND OTHER PARTS OF TOWN, UM, WHERE NEW HOUSING IS ACCOMMODATED.
UH, A PRINCIPLE WE WANTED TO CONSIDER IS THAT, UM, WE CONSIDER A BROAD RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES, UM,
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WHERE IT, UM, APPEALS TO A VARIETY OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOUSEHOLD TYPES, UH, ALSO, UM, WHERE SAY PERHAPS, UH, UH, HOUSING TYPES THAT MAY BE OF GREATER DENSITY OR A LARGER IN SCALE.WE NEED TO CAUTIOUSLY APPROACH THOSE CONSIDERATIONS AND ENSURE THAT WHERE IT IS ACCOMMODATED.
UH, IT REALLY SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR BROADER INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA.
SO MOVING ONTO THE POLICIES, THIS IS KINDA WHERE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS PLANNING FRAMEWORK AND THE FIRST POLICY.
UM, WE, UH, PROPOSE AND PRESENT IS THE DEVELOPMENT FORM LAND USE AND HOUSING MIX POLICY.
UM, THAT FIRST STATEMENT, UM, RELATED PEDESTRIAN SCALE BLOCKS, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT RELATES TO THE, UH, CHARACTER AND WALKABILITY THAT'S PRESENTED BY THIS AREA.
CURRENTLY, IT'S AN AREA THAT'S REALLY TAILORED TO AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC, NOT JUST ON THE MIDWAY CORRIDOR, BUT THROUGHOUT THAT AREA, IT'S VERY MUCH COVERED WITH PARKING LOTS AND DRIVE AISLES.
AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE MOST PLEASANT PLACE TO WALK AS WE SEE NEW INVESTMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
AND WE WANT IT TO BALANCE THAT IT STILL NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE THE AUTOMOBILE, BUT IT ALSO NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE THE PEDESTRIAN BETTER.
AND THERE'S A FEATURE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE STUDY AREA THAT WE FEEL WILL, WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS DOING THAT.
WE'LL DISCUSS THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN A BIT.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE ADDRESSED IS THE SCALE AND DENSITY OF THE, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN FOR THIS AREA.
A TERM WE USE IS HORIZONTAL MIXED USE.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE SLIDE, BUT WE COVER IN THE POLICY DOCUMENT IS WHILE WE WANT TO MIX IT USES IN THIS AREA, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A REPLICATION OF VITRUVIAN OR ADDISON CIRCLE NEEDS TO HAVE ITS OWN UNIQUE FIELD, CHARACTER AND SCALE.
IT WILL HAVE A MIX OF LARGER BUILDINGS AND WE RECOMMEND THAT, BUT IT ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE A MIX OF SMALLER BUILDINGS ON SMALLER LOTS THAT HAVE MORE OF A HUMAN SCALE.
UM, HORIZONTAL MIXED USE IS A TERM THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY VERY BROAD AND, AND, UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, MIXED USE AS A WHOLE AND DEFINED IT IN MANY WAYS.
BUT WHEN WE SAY HORIZONTAL MIXED USE, UM, THE, THE, UM, OPPOSITE OF THAT IS VERTICAL MIXED USE.
SO VERTICAL MIXED USE IS WHEN YOU HAVE A NON-RESIDENTIAL USE AND A RESIDENTIAL USE INTEGRATED IN THE SAME BUILDING, AND YOU TYPICALLY HAVE THE NON-RESIDENTIAL USE ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
WE SEE A LOT OF THOSE BUILDINGS IN PLACES LIKE ADDISON CIRCLE AND THE SOMETIMES THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH THAT FORM OF DEVELOPMENT.
HORIZONTAL MAKES USE IS SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE IN THAT YOU HAVE A MIX OF USES AND AN AREA THAT YOU MAY NOT BE INTEGRATED ALL IN THE SAME BUILDINGS.
AND YOU MAY HAVE A TOWNHOME NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO A RETAIL STRIP OR AN OFFICE BUILDING, AND YOU HAVE CONNECTIVITY AND COHESIVE PLANNING THROUGH THE STREETS, TRAIL, SIDEWALKS, STREETSCAPES, AND OPEN SPACES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST PLOPPING A BUNCH OF USES AROUND EACH OTHER THOUGH.
THEY'RE COHESIVELY INTEGRATED AND I A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FORM WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE.
YOU SEE THAT MORE IN LIKE A TRADITIONAL DOWNTOWN AREA VERSUS SAY A LARGE BUSINESS PARK OR A LARGE URBAN CENTER.
UM, THAT LAST BULLET, ONCE AGAIN, HOUSING WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE SPENT QUITE A DEAL A BIT OF TIME, UH, DISCUSSING, UH, WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND, AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY WAS A REAL CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THAT WHEREVER, UH, UH, WHEREVER HOUSING IS PROPOSED OR INTRODUCED, IT'S CRITICAL THAT COMPATIBILITY IS, IS, UH, MAINTAINING, UH, AND PERFECT TIMING.
UM, SO, UH, WE LOOKED AT THAT NOT ONLY FROM A RESIDENTIAL COMPETITIVELY STANDPOINT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE TRADITIONALLY TALK ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO COMPATIBILITY, BUT ALSO, UH, WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE THRIVING AND SUSTAINING THEIR NATE'S WAS A VERY COMMON EXAMPLE OF THAT.
WE DON'T WANT TO ADVANCE A PLANNING FRAMEWORK THAT DISCOURAGES THOSE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE THRIVING IN THIS AREA.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, THAT WESTERN EDGE OF THE STUDY AREA.
SO GENERALLY FROM, UH, BELTWAY, UH, GOING SOUTH FROM THE HORNET ROAD, UM, WE'VE, UH, ESTABLISHED SOMETHING.
WE CALLED THE RESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS DOWN, UH, THAT IS A CORRIDOR THAT IS TO REMAIN, UH, UNDEVELOPED,
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UM, AND, UH, IT'S INTENDED TO SERVE AS NOT ONLY A BUFFER, UH, TO, FROM THIS SITE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO, UH, IS A, UH, AN AMENITY, UH, THE CONCEPT THAT WE USED A LOT WAS TRAIL ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.SO, UH, WITH THAT BUFFER, UH, WE SEE AS IT AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER TRAILS PLAN TO HAVE A TRAIL, UH, WITHIN THAT BUFFER AND TO NOT JUST HAVE THINGS LIKE PARKING LOTS OR THE BACKS OF BUILDINGS ENGAGING THAT TRAIL, BUT HAVING FRONTAGES OF BUILDINGS OR PATIOS FOR BUSINESSES ENGAGING THAT TRAIL.
SO IT'S A REALLY INVITING AND SAFE PLACE TO WALK WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE THERE VERSUS SOMETHING THAT MAY FEEL A LITTLE ISOLATED OR DESOLATE.
YOU SAW AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WITH THE COBALT HOMES PROJECT, WHERE THE TOWNHOMES FRONTAGE WARDS, THE GREEN SPACE AND THE TRAIL VERSUS BACKING INTO IT.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT IS A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY POLICIES, UH, UH, PRESERVATION AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF, UH, BUFFER AREAS, GENERALLY AT THAT WESTERN EDGE OF THE STUDY AREA, THERE IS A ROGUE TREES AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO IMPACT THOSE, BUT, UH, THOSE TREES, SOME OF THEM ARE OLDER.
UH, THERE'S NOT A MAYBE CONTINUOUS COVER, SO WHERE IT'S NEEDED, DEPENDING ON WHAT USES DEVELOPED ADJACENT TO THAT WELFARE.
AND THEY WILL NEED TO BE SOME SUPPLEMENTATION, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR APPROPRIATE SCREENING, UH, AND PRIVACY FOR THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE NEXT POLICY IS MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.
UM, ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WAS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES, UH, DISCUSSION OF THIS POLICY WAS, UM, THE, UH, CURRENT STATUS OF CONNECTIONS TO THE BELTWAY DRIVE, UH, FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STUDY AREA.
UH, MOST NOTABLY THE ADDISON GROVE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE COMMITTEE WAS, UM, UH, VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO ANY, UH, CONNECTIONS FROM THAT AREA GOING SOUTH TO BELTWAY AND GOING EAST THROUGH THE EXISTING BUSINESS PROPERTIES TO MIDWAY.
UM, THEY WERE, UM, UH, THEY WANTED THE LANGUAGE IN THIS POLICY.
YOU SEE, MOST OF THIS LANGUAGE IN THIS POLICY IS MORE LIKE A POLICY OR IT'S USING TERMS LIKE SHOULD, OR ARE MORE ASPIRATIONAL FOR THIS COMPONENT OF THE POLICY.
UH, IT WAS VERY FIRM AND IT USE TERMS LIKE SHALL NOT, UH, THAT WAS A VERY STRONG, UM, DIRECTION.
AND IT WAS A UNIVERSAL DIRECTION THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMITTEE, UH, FULL CONSENSUS.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, IN THE DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE THAT HAS ALL OF THIS FRAMEWORK, UH, SPELLED OUT, THERE'S A NOTE IN THERE THAT GIVES THE COMMITTEE'S, UH, PERSPECTIVE ON THAT ISSUE.
UM, WITH THAT NOTE, UH, IT MAKES REFERENCE TO THE INTENT OF A PREVIOUS COUNCIL WHO, UH, REQUIRED, UH, THE EXISTING CONNECTION TO BE CLOSED, TO ONLY BE ALLOWED FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS.
AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT IT WASN'T INTENT.
UH, IT WAS NOT JUST AN INTENT, THAT IS HOW THEY ACTED.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE MODIFY THAT NOTE TO REFLECT THAT DIRECTION.
DID I COVER THAT APPROPRIATELY? SUE, THANK YOU.
UM, OTHER, UH, CONSIDERATIONS, UM, WITH REGARDS TO MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY, UM, AS YOU GO SOUTH OF THE BELTWAY, UH, IT WAS IMPORTANT, UM, FROM, UH, BOTH THE COMMITTEE'S PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS STAFF TO NOT CREATE CONDITIONS WHERE YOU HAVE A, UH, COLLECTOR STREET THAT REALLY CREATES A HIERARCHY THAT FUNNELS, UH, TRAFFIC NORTH, THERE NEEDS TO BE CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THAT AREA, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A WAY WHERE, UH, YOU'RE NOT CREATING, UH, A FAVORED PATH OR A PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE FOR TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO WHERE YOU'RE DIRECTING TRAFFIC, UH, TO WHERE IT SHOULDN'T GO, WHICH IS THE THOROUGHFARE THAT HAS THE MOST ROADWAY CAPACITY, UH, TO HANDLE TRAFFIC.
AND WE'LL SEE WHEN WE GET INTO THE FRAMEWORK PLAN MAP THAT WE HAVE SOME ILLUSTRATIVE, UH, UH, GRAPHICS THAT KIND OF, UH, UH, EXHIBIT THAT THING, UH, SIMILAR TO MAYBE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN DEVELOPMENT, LIKE THE SHOPS AT LEGACY WHERE
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NONE OF YOU HAVE A LOT OF JOGS IN THE STREETS.THERE'S NO STRAIGHT SHOT COLLECT HERE THROUGH WITH DEVELOPMENT.
YOU HAVE TO TURN AND KIND OF WEED YOUR WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE INTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE THERE, UM, WITH CONNECTIVITY.
UM, A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT IS ECONOMIC, UH, THE ABILITY FOR THIS AREA TO BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.
SO FOR AREAS LIKE THE FRONTAGE OF MIDWAY, WHERE WE SEE THOSE AREAS BEING FAVORABLE FOR RETAIL, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE GOOD CONNECTIVITY, EFFICIENT PARKING, NOT PARKING THAT OVERWHELMS THAT AREA, BUT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ACCESS, UH, TO THAT AREA.
AND THEN ANOTHER MAJOR COMPONENT OF CONNECTIVITY WE'VE TOUCHED ON A BIT ALREADY, BUT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND BLOCK PATTERN, UH, FOR ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO HAVING SIDEWALKS, HAVING SIDEWALKS THAT CONNECT AND HAVING THINGS LIKE ON-STREET PARKING AND STREET TREES THAT MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR THE PEDESTRIANS ON SIDEWALKS, UH, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE, UH, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER NEED DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THIS AREA TO ENSURE THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE OPEN SPACES AND APPROPRIATELY SCALED OPEN SPACES, UH, TO SERVE THIS AREA.
UM, IT'S NOT ONLY FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, BUT IT SERVES AS A PLACE-MAKING TOOL AS WELL TO REALLY CREATE A UNIQUE, UH, UH, PLACE, A UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS THE STINK FROM OTHER AREAS, UM, THAT TRAIL AND CONNECTIVITY, THE WESTERN EDGE AND INTERNAL CONNECTIVITY TO PR, UH, REALLY TO CONNECT OUR KEY TRAIL AMENITIES IN THIS AREA AND THAT'S READY AND TRAIL, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE MIDWAY ROAD TRAIL AT THE MIDWAY ROAD FRONTAGE.
SO HAVING THOSE EAST-WEST CONNECTIONS AND CREATING LOOPS, AND THOSE FEATURES WILL REALLY MAKE THIS A, UH, TRANSITION THAT FROM A VERY DRIVABLE PLACE TO A VERY WALKABLE PLACE AND THEN TRAIL ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
ONCE AGAIN, USING THAT TRAIL TO DRIVE HIGH CO-LEARNING DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S AN AMENITY THAT PEOPLE WANT THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL, WILL NATURALLY GRAVITATE TO, TO USE IT AS A CATALYST.
UH, NEXT POLICY IS PLACEMAKING, UH, THIS ADDRESSES AND REALLY FOCUSES ON, UH, AREAS THAT REALLY, UH, ESTABLISH THE CHARACTER FOR A PLACE OR A NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND MOST PROMINENTLY THAT'S THE STREETSCAPE.
SO ENSURING THAT THE STREETSCAPE IS ATTRACTIVE, IT HAS, UH, AND IS ENGAGED BY BUILDINGS, LIMITED PARKING BETWEEN THE STREET AND BUILDINGS ON HAVING A NICE LANDSCAPE TREATMENTS.
MOST PROMINENTLY STREET TREES ALONG THOSE STREETS IS REALLY CRITICAL.
AND THE MOST CRITICAL IS THE GATEWAYS TO THESE AREAS.
SO, UH, AT THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THIS STUDY AREA, THE BELTLINE FRONTAGE, AND THEN AT THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE STUDY AREA IN THE MIDWAY FRONTAGE, THAT IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO THE, HOW FEED PEOPLE, UH, EXPERIENCE AND FEEL ABOUT THIS AREA, HOW THAT CORRIDOR LOOKS AND HOW IT CREATES A TRUE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF ADDISON.
UM, PARKING IS, IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, DOES BECOME A COMPONENT OF THAT.
UM, IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE TOO LITTLE PARKING AND IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE TOO MUCH PARKING.
IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH PARKING, YOU RISK IT, OVERWHELMING THE SITE AND HAVING TOO MUCH PAVEMENT AND IT NOT BEING WELL CONNECTED OR HAVING, UH, AN, UH, STRONG AESTHETIC APPEAL AND THEN TREE PRESERVATION.
UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE IN THIS STUDY AREA TO HAVE A LOT OF MATURE TREES WHERE WE CAN PRESERVE TREES WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT AND IT WILL CERTAINLY HELP FROM A PLACE-MAKING ASPECT.
SO THE, THE NEXT, UH, LAYER OF THIS POLICY FRAMEWORK IS SOMETHING THAT WE CALLED THE, UH, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK MAP, UH, EARLIER IN THIS PROCESS, UH, IT HAD A LOT MORE DETAIL, UH, ESTABLISH PLACE TYPES, UM, THAT IDENTIFIED, UH, DIFFERENT CLASSES OF REAL ESTATE AND WHERE IT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE.
UM, WHAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE IS THAT WAS TOO GRANULAR.
THERE NEEDED TO BE FLEXIBILITY.
IT'S LIKELY THAT THOSE PLAYS TYPES WILL BE IN DEMAND IN THIS AREA, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A LOT, A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE, UH, THE MARKET RESPOND TO THIS AREA.
SO, UM, WHAT WE ARRIVED AT IS REALLY, UM, UH, FOR, UH, KEY ELEMENTS, UH, TO THIS, UH, MAP.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, PROVIDED AN ILLUSTRATIVE STREET GRID, UH, OVERLAYING ON THE MAP.
UH, I MUST EMPHASIZE THAT THAT STREET PERIOD IS ILLUSTRATIVE GIVEN THAT
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WE DON'T, UH, WE'RE NOT, UM, DEFINING WHERE, AND WHAT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT OCCUR AT SPECIFIC PLACES IN THIS AREA THAT STREET GRID WILL NEED TO EVOLVE.BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SOME DEVELOPMENT MAY REQUIRE A SMALLER, MORE SHALLOW BLOCKS.
SOME MAY REQUIRE A LARGER, DEEPER BLOCKS, AND THAT WILL EVOLVE, BUT THIS IS JUST ONE WAY A STREET NETWORK CAN LOOK FOR THIS AREA.
UM, THE COMPONENTS, UH, THE RED YOU SEE ON THAT MAP, IT STANDS FOR A MIX OF USES.
WE'LL DISCUSS WHAT MAKES UP A MIX OF USES THAT WE, UH, ENVISIONED FOR THIS AREA.
UM, THE RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ZONE IS THE YELLOW DOTTED, UM, UM, UH, TOPOLOGY.
UH, YOU SEE THAT AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MAP, UM, UH, BETWEEN BELTWAY AND HORNET ROAD, THE PRIORITY FRONTAGE ZONE, UH, EXTENDS FROM THE NORTH ALONG THE BELTLINE, UH, TO THE SOUTH, UM, ALONG MIDWAY DOWN TO HORNET ROAD.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE, UH, EXISTING AND PLANNED OPEN SPACES, UH, ILLUSTRATED ON THE MAP IN GREEN AS WELL.
SO THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THE MIX OF USES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICE USES.
AND REALLY THOSE ARE EXACTLY AS IT SOUNDS, THEY PROVIDE WORKSPACE FOR LARGE EMPLOYERS OR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND YOU COULD HAVE SINGLE OR MULTITENANT BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE SOME OF THAT THAT EXISTS IN THIS AREA, AND IT COULD OCCUPY A FREESTANDING BUILDING, OR IT COULD BE IN A MIXED USE BUILDINGS SUCH AS, UH, A BUILDING THAT HAS, UH, VARIOUS CLASSES OF REAL ESTATE, UH, AMONGST ITS VARIOUS FLOORS.
AND WHERE WE SEE THAT BEING MOST EFFECTIVE IS WHERE YOU TRADITIONALLY SEE THOSE TYPES OF USES.
AND THAT'S AT THE CORRIDOR FRONT H YOU KNOW, MOST PROMINENTLY, UH, THE MIDWAY ROAD FRONTAGE AND WHERE YOU COULD HAVE AN ACHIEVE A LITTLE MORE SCALE AND ACCESSIBILITY, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN ACHIEVE SOME BUFFERING AS WELL.
UH, THE NEXT COMPONENT OF OUR MIX OF USES IS RESTAURANT AND RETAIL USES.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME OF THIS IN THE STUDY AREA THAT EXISTS AS WELL.
UM, MOST PROMINENTLY, UH, BETWEEN BELTLINE AND BELTWAY, UH, WITH NATE'S AND LOVE AND TANANA STARBUCKS.
UM, SO THOSE COULD BE LOCATED IN SMALL FREESTANDING BUILDINGS, LIKE WHAT WE SEE IN THE STUDY AREA AND NOW, UH, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE IN THE GROUND FLOOR OF A VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING.
UM, THESE ARE GENERALLY GOING TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING, AND YOU COULD HAVE A DESTINATION TYPE RESTAURANT CONCEPT.
CERTAINLY ADDISON HAS A MARKET FOR THAT.
YOU COULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE, IF THE MARKET ALLOWS FOR IT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR VISIBILITY AND ACCESS, THOSE ARE BEST SITUATED AT THE CORE OR FRONTAGE AS WELL.
UH, THE NEXT COMPONENT OF OUR MIX OF USES IS THE SOCIAL AMENITIES.
SO, UH, THIS INCLUDES GREEN SPACE, WHICH IS THE AND TRAILS, WHICH ARE MOST PROMINENT SOCIAL AMENITIES THAT WE SEE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IT ALSO CAN INCLUDE, UM, MORE SOLID FEATURES SUCH AS A MURAL OR PUBLIC ART OR AN ENHANCED PAVING TREATMENT THAT, UH, MAKES IT A MORE UNIQUE AREA.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL CRITICAL TO THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA, AND REALLY THEY NEED TO SERVE AS FOCAL POINTS WHERE THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY ELEVATE THOSE AREAS OF SPECIAL PLACES.
AND THE NEXT COMPONENT OF OUR MIX OF USES IS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
SO THAT IS A TERM THAT MY PROFESSION HAS COINED FOR, UM, THE, UM, HOUSING TYPES THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE A GAP AND IN MOST COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S THE RANGE OF HOUSING TYPE ONTOLOGIES THAT GENERALLY FALLS BETWEEN A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOME AND A MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS.
SO THAT INCLUDES TALENT MOMS, WHICH OF COURSE WE HAVE SOME OF AN ADDISON AND WE CERTAINLY ANTICIPATE MARKET FOR THOSE IN THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO IT CAN INCLUDE SMALL LOT DETACHED HOMES, UH, BUILDINGS SUCH AS A TRIPLEX OR FOURPLEX COTTAGE COURTS, UH, LIVE WORK UNITS.
SO SMALLER BUILDING TYPES ON SMALLER LOTS.
SO A DENSER FORM OF PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE, UH, HOUSING TYPES, BECAUSE THEY GENERALLY DON'T HAVE A LARGE YARD SPACE ENSURING THAT THEY'RE NEAR THINGS LIKE TRAIL CORRIDORS AND OPEN SPACE AND REALLY SMALLER, MORE INTIMATE OPEN SPACES.
UM, WE SEE THOSE AS HAVING A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TYPES, UH, BETWEEN, UH, THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE WEST AND, AND, UH, ANY, UH, LARGER SCALE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AT
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THE MIDWAY ROAD FRONTAGE.AND THEN THE LAST COMPONENT OF A MIX OF USES, UH, INCLUDES MULTIUNIT HOUSING.
UH, SO THIS COULD INCLUDE LARGER URBAN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS THAT, UH, COULD INCLUDE RENTAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WHEN UNITS OR CONDO DRAWLING UNITS, OR IT COULD INCLUDE, UH, INDEPENDENT AND ASSISTED LIVING, UH, DWELLING UNITS IN A SIMILAR BUILDING FORM IN SCALE, OR WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE SCALE AND THE FORM THERE, BUT CERTAINLY THOSE BUILDING TYPES KID, UM, UH, SUPPORT A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES.
UM, GENERALLY WE WANT TO SEE THOSE SIMILAR TO THE, UM, UH, EMPLOYMENT, UH, BUILDINGS THAT CAN BE LARGER AND SCALE, UH, FRONTING ON MIDWAY ROAD.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, ENSURE THAT THE GROUND FLOOR OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE ACTIVATED AND THEY HAVE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, AND THEY HAVE THAT NON-RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AT THE GROUND FLOOR.
SO WHETHER THAT BE RETAIL SPACE, SERVICE EMPLOYMENT, UM, UH, CO-WORKING UM, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT AMENITIES ENSURING THAT IT'S NOT DWELLING UNITS FRONTING ON MIDWAY ROAD ON THAT GROUND FLOOR IS IMPORTANT TO THAT CHARACTER.
WE WANT TO ACHIEVE, UM, ACCESS TO AMENITIES, OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT GIVEN THAT, UH, THOSE, UH, BUILDING TYPES ARE TYPICALLY COMPACT AND DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR OPEN SPACE.
UH, THE NEXT COMPONENT OF THAT FRAMEWORK MAP IS THE RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ZONE.
HOW WE DISCUSS THIS IN A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL EARLIER, BUT, UH, THIS IS, UH, WHAT YOU SEE AT THAT WESTERN EDGE OF THE CORRIDOR.
SO, UH, THE, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, ESTABLISHED A GOAL FOR THAT TO BE 100 FEET IN WIDTH.
UM, WE SAW WITH THE TOWNHOME PROJECT THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE PROPERTIES AND THE PROPOSED USE, UH, THERE WILL BE TIMES WHERE, UH, APPLICANTS WILL SEEK ALTERNATIVE DESIGN TREATMENTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO NEGOTIATE THOSE WITH THIS DOCUMENT.
THIS IS A NEGOTIATING POSITION AND HOW THE COMMITTEE IS, HAS REALLY SET THIS POLICY UP.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE A TRAIL CORRIDOR AND IT NEEDS TO BE, UH, REALLY IMPLEMENTING THE TOWN'S TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
SO, UH, A MINIMUM 10 FOOT TRAIL WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR AND HAVING APPROPRIATE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES, SUCH AS LANDSCAPE TREES, UH, PUBLIC ART, UM, FOUNTAINS BENCHES, SOMETHING TO MAKE IT A TRUE PEDESTRIAN AREA IS CRITICAL.
AND THEN THAT LAST COMPONENT, WHICH WE DISCUSSED EARLIER IS MAKING SURE IT'S ACTIVE.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT FEELS INSECURE BECAUSE NOTHING IS ENGAGING IT.
SO HAVING THOSE BUILDINGS FRONTING AND USING IT AS A TRUE AMANTADINE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT CORRIDOR.
AND THEN THAT PRIORITY FRONTAGE ZONE.
UM, SO WE DISCUSS WHERE IT IS IT'S GENERALLY THE ARTERIAL FRONTAGE IS IN THE STUDY AREA.
WE WANT TO HAVE OUR BUILDINGS OF GREATER SCALE WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE BUILDINGS, A GRADE SCALE ALONG THAT FRONTAGE, AND REALLY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE ARCHITECTURE, BUT ALSO THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND THE TREATMENT OF PARKING REALLY CREATES A, UH, A DEFINED UNIQUE, PROMINENT CORRIDOR AND PROMINENT GATEWAY, UH, FOR THIS AREA.
UH, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND WITH THAT, UH, TRAIL THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE MIDWAY ROAD PROJECT, IT WILL BE A HIGHLY CONNECTED AND COMFORTABLE PLACE TO WALK AS WELL.
SO, UM, WITH THAT MOVING FORWARD, UM, OF COURSE WE'RE HERE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, UM, BUT PENDING THAT FEEDBACK, UH, WE'D LIKE TO PUBLISH A DRAFT REPORT, UM, LATER THIS MONTH AND THEN, UH, FOLLOWING PUBLIC REVIEW OF THAT REPORT MOVE FORWARD, UH, FOR P AND Z CONSIDERATION, UM, MOST LIKELY IN JUNE AND THEN CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, DEPENDING ON P AND Z ACTION, UM, MOST LIKELY IN JULY.
UM, I DO HAVE A NOTE HERE ABOUT THE NAME.
UM, WE DISCUSSED IT A BIT, UH, WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THE TAIL END OF OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, I THINK FOR ME TO, TO INSINUATE HERE THAT THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED, IT'S PROBABLY NOT AS RESOLVED AS, AS I THOUGHT IT WAS.
UM, UH, WE DISCUSSED A FEW OPTIONS AND WE WERE PROBABLY, UH, UM, AT A POINT WHERE WE WERE READY TO QUIT FOR THE DAY.
AND, UH, IT MAY MERIT AN ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
UH, WHAT I PRESENTED WAS SOUTH MIDWAY.
UM, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT, IT DESCRIBES THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS AREA.
AND BECAUSE THIS WILL NOT BE A MASTER PLAN AREA WHERE ONE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO SET THE THEME OF HOW THIS AREA WILL EVOLVE OVER TIME.
IT'S CHALLENGING TO, TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING
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THAT SETS THAT THEME WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL EVOLVE OVER TIME AND HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE.SO SOUTH MIDWAY WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS EASY AND DESCRIPTIVE, BUT IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS.
I'LL, I'LL LET THEM ADDRESS THAT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND CERTAINLY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A GOOD GROUP OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, THEY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, THERE WAS HEAVY PARTICIPATION FROM THEM AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE COMMITTED.
CAN YOU ALL THOUGHT OR DETAILED PRESENTATION AND ALSO ALONG THE SAND, ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SPEND SO MUCH TIME, EIGHT MEETINGS TOTAL, THEY COME UP WITH THIS GUIDANCE AND I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, IT TAKE A LOT OF COLLABORATION.
UH, AS I KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT IN THOSE MEETINGS, BUT I ALWAYS GET A BIT BORED.
WHAT WAS THAT A WIDE PROPOSAL? I DO ENOUGH.
SO, UH, I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO COME TO THIS FARM AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S JUST A HARD TO DO, YOU KNOW, GATHER ALL THE PEOPLE'S WISDOM.
AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS AGREE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUCH THINGS NOBODY WILL REACH OUT.
AND THEREFORE, BECAUSE WE GREW UP IN DIFFERENT PLACES IS ONE FAMILY.
SO, BUT IF MY JOY DO PEOPLE AGREE WITH IT, IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD PROJECT.
SO I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU ANY MORE QUESTION YES.
UPON, UM, KEN, CAN YOU GIVE ACCESS TO THE DRAFT? THE TEXT? YES, SIR.
UM, I CAN PULL THAT OFF OUR WEBSITE.
AND CAN WE START WITH PAGE THREE? WE GET BELOW THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIMITING THE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE BELTWAY DRIVE, I, I GET THAT.
UM, BUT I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS IF, IS IF YOU THINK THAT WAY, WHICH, WHICH I TOO, I WOULD ALSO THINK THAT WAY FOR PROTON DRIVE.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT I'D SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
UM, BECAUSE IF, IF NO DOUBT, IF YOU GIVE THEM ACCESS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CUT THROUGH BELMONT.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME WITH PROTON DRIVE.
SO I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD ONE, WE WOULD ADD BOTH.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU COULD GO TO PAGE FIVE ON THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK AND ON THAT BACK, IF YOU COULD BLOW IT UP A LITTLE BIT LARGER, I'M FOCUSED MORE ON THE SOUTH SOUTH END OF THE MAP.
UM, YOU'VE GOT MAJOR NEW TECHNICAL CONNECTIONS.
SO WE'VE GOT, AND THIS MAY BE ASPIRATIONAL, BUT IT STRUCK ME AS ODD.
YOU'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT ONE CUTTING THROUGH THE READING TRAIL BY THE DOG PARK.
IS THAT, UM, REALISTICALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, AND THIS KIND OF, IT PLAYS OFF YOUR, YOUR FIRST STATEMENT AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO CONSIDER, SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT INCREDIBLY CONVENIENT FOR ALL OF THE TRAFFIC TO GO NORTH THE BELTWAY, THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCING POINT IN THAT PENDULUM SWINGING.
WE ALSO NEED TO BE TO NOT HAVE IT SWING TOO FAR TO PROTON EITHER.
SO WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK WHERE YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SPLITTING THE TRAFFICS.
YOU'RE NOT SENDING IT ALL ONE DIRECTION AND YOU REALLY WANT TO SEND IT TO THE EAST.
THE REASON WHY CONNECTIONS TO BOTH BELTWAY AND PROTON ARE IMPORTANT, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THEM THOROUGHFARE IF WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE FOR THEM TO BE A CONNECTION THAT WILL BEAR ALL THE TRAFFICS.
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WITH THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS BEING SIGNALIZED, THOSE ARE TWO OF THE SAFEST POINTS TO ACCESS MIDWAY AT.SO WE WANT TO PRESERVE THAT ASPECT OF IT.
ARE WE INTENDED, ANTICIPATING, TRYING TO CROSS WITH THE ROAD, THE READING TRAIL? YES, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MARKED APPROPRIATELY, AND WE HAVE OTHER INSTANCES OF THAT.
UM, BUT, AND GIVEN IT'S CLOSE TO MIDWAY, UM, IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY AN AREA THAT PEDESTRIANS ON THE TRAIL NEED TO BE PREPARED TO SOON BE ADJACENT TO A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT TO ALLOW FOR A, ONE OF THE SAFER LEFT TURNS OUT OF THIS AREA AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, WE FEEL THAT THAT CONNECTIVITY IS APPROPRIATE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO SEND ALL THE TRAFFIC AND GENERATED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT SOUTH TO THAT ACCESS POINT OR NORTH TO THE BELTWAY ACCESS POINT.
SO HAVING OPTIONS IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE DON'T WANT ONE OPTION TO BE FAR SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER.
YEAH, I'M JUST UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UH, FOR MANY REASONS WITH CUTTING THROUGH THE READING TRAIL, RIGHT BY THE DOG PARK AND THEN THE TRAFFIC FLOW THAT WOULD OCCUR, UM, THROUGH THE LOCK AND OUR MAJOR, MAJOR RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, THE, THE OTHER ONE IS SIMILAR, SIMILAR THING, MAJOR NEW VEHICLE CONNECTIONS.
AND IT'S NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING IN BETWEEN PROTON AND HORNET ROADS.
SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING IS IS THE, UH, THE HOTEL PROPERTY WOULD NO LONGER BE.
THERE IS THAT, IS THAT THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT, THAT TYPE OF CONNECTIVITY? SO THAT, THAT CONNECTION IS VERY ASPIRATIONAL.
HORNET ROAD IS A, IS A PRIVATE STREET, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE BENEFIT OF GIVING PEOPLE ACCESS TO A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THIS AREA.
SO IT MAY NEVER HAPPEN BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM GREENVILLE TO PROVIDE THAT CONNECTION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE PEOPLE OPTIONS, BUT NOT ONCE AGAIN TO, IF YOU, IF YOU ELIMINATE THREE OPTIONS AND YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO OPTIONS LEFT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE THOSE ONE OR TWO OPTIONS THAT ARE LEFT MUCH MORE CHALLENGING.
SO THIS HAVING A LOT OF OPTIONS AND NOT HAVING ONE EASY PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE TO ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS CREATES BALANCE IN HOW THE TRAFFIC IS DISTRIBUTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT.
THAT THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, PUNCHING A HOLE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE BRICK WALL THAT ACTS AS A BOUNDARY IN BETWEEN HORNET ROAD AND NORTH OF THAT IN THE MIDWAY ATRIUM'S BUSINESS COMPLEX SEEMS LIKE, UH, UM, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT.
AND, AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE SPOKEN TO ANYBODY IN GREENVILLE SCHOOLS ABOUT THAT, THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT, THIS IS PURELY AN ASPIRATIONAL CONCEPT, OR THIS IS A VISIONING DOCUMENT.
WE HAD A SIMILAR, UM, SITUATION DURING THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN, AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THIS, WE HAD SOME ASPIRATIONAL STUFF AND WE FIGURED OUT THAT THERE WAS, THERE'S A REASON WHY THAT THEY'VE GOT A HIGH SECURITY GATES AND ALL THESE THINGS AND DO IT FOR A GOOD REASON.
UM, SO THAT POINT, I CAN'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
UM, AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, IN THIS SAME AREA AND I'M TALKING ABOUT AT PROTON ROAD, UM, AND YOU'VE GOT THIS, UH, WHAT DO WE CALL IT? THE TRAILS, THE PROPOSED TRAIL.
UH, IF YOU JUST GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT TO THE WEST PARK, WE'VE GOT A TRAIL FROM PROTON ROAD.
THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT DURING THE TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
AND IT, IT DID NOT MAKE THE CUT FOR A LOT OF REASONS, AND IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH A CITYWIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
SO I HOPE WE WOULD GO BACK AND CONSIDER GETTING THAT ALIGNED.
IT'S LIKE 212 PAGES WHERE THE CITY-WIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
AND THERE'S THREE PAGES IN PARTICULAR THAT GO THROUGH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT, THAT DIDN'T, DIDN'T MAKE THE FINAL CUT FOR THE CITY-WIDE TRAILS MASTER PLAN.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER, UM, LOOKING AT TRAILS MASTER PLAN, AS IT RELATES TO THAT I LIVE, YOU KNOW, LIVE OVER TOWNHOMES OF ADDISON JUST IMMEDIATELY TO THE,
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UM, TO THE WEST THERE.AND, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY HOME OWNER, BUT I THINK IF WE ASKED A LOT OF THEM, WE FIND OUT THAT WE'D LIKE, WE'D LIKE, UM, HAVING MIDWAY ATRIUMS IS A BORDER AND, UM, NEVER HAD SECURITY SAFETY OR ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.
WE'D BE TAKEN OUT A LOT OF PARKING FOR MIDWAY ATRIUMS AND, UH, AND I'VE JUST HOPED THAT THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH OUR CITY-WIDE TRANSMISSION.
AND, AND JUST ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A VISIONING DOCUMENT FOR THE LONG-TERM.
IT HAS TO ENVISION, AND I HOPE THIS WON'T BE THE CASE, BUT IF MIDWAY ADRIAN'S GOES AWAY, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER MIDWAY ATRIUM'S TO REPLACE IT.
SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND MAYBE OFFICE, IT COULD BE HOSPITALITY, IT COULD BE OTHER USES, BUT THE THOUGHT IS IF WE HAVE THAT, THAT TRANSITION ZONE, THAT BUFFER, IF WE HAVE IT ALL THE WAY NORTH, THE BELTWAY, WHY WOULD WE NOT HAVE IT ALSO IN THIS AREA? BECAUSE IT'S ALSO AN AMENITY.
WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WHEN WE DID THE CITYWIDE CITYWIDE TRAIL SEMESTER PLAN.
BUT, UM, I, ARE YOU REFERRING TO SOME SCENARIO WHERE WE SCRAPED THAT SOMEBODY WOULD, WOULD TEAR DOWN THE THREE BUILDINGS AND MAKEUP? ANYWAY, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT POSSIBLY COULD HAPPEN IN.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ASPIRATION.
IF, IF SOMETHING CHANGES THERE, WE WANT TO HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE TO WHERE IT GETS A SIMILAR TREATMENT TO THE REST OF THAT FRONT EDGE.
SO ALSO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN COINCIDENTALLY, WITH THE CROWN PLAZA.
SO THIS IS JUST, UH, UH, JUST, JUST NOT JUST VISION, BUT IT'S JUST, JUST HOPE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THE THING WE TRY TO DO.
SO, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE TRAIL ON THE WEST SIDE, BETWEEN HAUNTED AND THE PROTOTYPE BECAUSE JOE AND TOM HOME EDISON.
SO PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT THAT SO CLOSE TO THEM TO EQUATE POTENTIAL VOTER RAISE OR SOMETHING, THAT'S SOMETHING, WELL, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, PRIVACY AND SO FORTH.
THE BRICK WALL THAT WE HAVE THAT SEPARATES THAT IS NOT EXTREMELY HIGH.
THAT'S VERY LOW IN CERTAIN PLACES.
UM, MAYBE GIVE YOUR REFERENCE LIKE FOUR FOOT AT THE LOW END, UM, MAYBE SIX FOOT AT THE HIGH END.
UM, SO, SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST REASON IS WE REALLY LIKE A MIDWAY ATRIUMS. IT'S, UH, UH, I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA LAST FOREVER, BUT I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOR SOMETIMES A COMMERCIAL.
AND I THINK THAT THIS GROUP WANTED ME TO SAY IS LIKE HE WAS SAYING, WAS THAT AS LONG AS EVERYTHING THEY RECOGNIZE THAT NEEDS TO BE A TRANSITION FROM THIS HIGHER DENSITY TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.
AND SO, LIKE HE SAID, WHY WOULDN'T WE PUT IT ON THE PLAN? SO LIKE EIGHT METER ATRIUM GOES AWAY.
IT'S ON THERE, THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR, FOR THIS PLAN.
BUT WE HAVE THIS BUMPERS ON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND
BUT IF THERE'S A NICE DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE, IT WON'T LET YOU KEEP THIS FLUFFY MORE OR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK MIDWAY ADRIAN'S IS A NICE DEVELOPMENT.
I JUST HAD, I HAD A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
I DO LIKE THAT IDEA ABOUT OFFSETTING THE ROADS THAT SLOWS AND SLOWS TRASH, UM, OR IS THE INTENTION, I MEAN, HAVE WE THOUGHT THROUGH, IS, ARE THESE ROADS GOING TO BE PUBLIC ROADS OR PRIVATE ROADS? IS THAT PART OF THIS? I THINK IT WOULD BE INFLUENCED BY THE NATURE OF WHAT'S PROPOSED.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE CHALLENGE OF THAT WHEN WE CONSIDERED THE COBALT HOMES PROJECT, UM, VERY SOME ROADS THAT WE KNOW WILL EXTEND.
THERE WILL SOME V SOME ROADS THAT WILL BE PURELY, CERTAINLY AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS.
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND USE THIS POLICY AS WE CONSIDER, UH, NEW PROJECTS IN THIS AREA TO IDENTIFY WHAT NEEDS TO BE RESERVED AS PUBLIC AND WHAT CAN REMAIN PRIVATE.
I WOULD SAY IF YOU ASKED ME, I THINK IT WOULD BE A MIX,
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UM, JUST CAUSE SOME ROADS WILL, WILL NOT JUSTIFY PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE, BUT MANY CERTAINLY WILL.SO, UH, HAVING THOSE KEY CONNECTIONS, UH, PROPERTIES AND UP TO MIDWAY, UH, AS PUBLIC CERTAINLY WOULD, WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE.
IT'S PROBABLY MORE OF A, YEAH, IT WILL BE A MIX OF PRIVATE PUBLIC ROADS, BUT TO ENCOURAGE THE CONNECTION, LIKE I THINK IN THE DOCUMENT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE SLIP ROAD, COPPER SITUATION ALONG MIDWAY.
AND I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN, THAT WAS ALWAYS A HOPE FOR BELTLINE FOREVER, RIGHT.
THAT WE COULD, BUT UNLESS IT'S ENCOURAGED AND UPFRONT, IT DOESN'T EVER GET DONE AND PEOPLE WANT IT, I'M BLOCKING MINE OFF.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE, LITTLE BITTY SEGMENT.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT, ALL THAT STUFF.
THE ONLY LAST QUESTION I HAD YOU'VE HAD, I DIDN'T NOTICE MAYBE I MISSED MISSED IT.
IS THERE ANY KIND OF HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS? I KNOW THERE'S NOT AIRPORT OR ANYTHING, BUT IT WAS, WAS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT THAT? LIKE MAXIMUM HEIGHTS OF BUILDINGS WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAD MORE GRANULAR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN THE, UM, UH, WITH THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, OUR GENERAL MAX HYPE WAS FLOURISHED OVARIES.
UM, THERE WAS FLEXIBILITY IN THAT LANGUAGE TOO FOR BNZ COUNSEL TO CONSIDER WHERE IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO GO BEYOND THAT.
UM, BUT IT WAS A FOUR-STAR IN MAX, UM, WITH WHAT THE MARKET WOULD LIKELY DELIVER IN THAT AREA.
THAT'S PROBABLY APPROPRIATE OR YOU'LL GET A MIX OF, OF, UH, PROPOSALS FOR BUILDINGS OF THAT SCALE, BUT YOU'LL ALSO GET A FAIR AMOUNT OF LOW-RISE BUILDINGS, 1, 2, 3 STORIES, AND THAT HEIGHT WAS, IT WAS POLAR CLOSER TO THE MIDWAY.
AND GOT CLOSER TO WHEN YOU CAME BACK TO THE RESIDENTIAL, IT'S GOT A SLOPE TO IT.
CLOSER TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT YOU DON'T WANT A HIGH TOO HIGH, SO THEY CAN LOOK SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UNLESS YOU WANT TO REALLY TALK WALL.
NO, MAYBE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE HIM VERY MUCH.
UM, TELL ME YOU FINISHED THAT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, I NOTED THE NOTE ALSO, IF THAT'S THE CAUSE OF SORT OF THE COMMITTEES FELT STRONGLY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND SO WHAT'S THE TAKEAWAY, IS THIS, UH, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING ZONING AND COUNCIL WOULD VIEW THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO SPEAK TO, UH, FOR WE, UH, RESOLVE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR WITH RESPECT TO THE BALLERS AND, AND ONLY PUBLIC SAFETY ACCESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'LL WANT YOU TO GET KIND OF GET YOUR SENSE OF WHAT THE TAKE, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WERE TO, TO COMPLETE WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S ASKING.
SO ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL HAS TO SET POLICY, RIGHT? THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL AND MAYBE EVEN PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DON'T FEEL PER SE, THEY'RE DIRECTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I MEAN, THEY CAN STRONGLY RECOMMEND, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COUNCIL CAN ADOPT WHATEVER LANGUAGE THEY WANT.
AND THE NOTE WAS PUT HERE TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT, THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE STRONGLY FELT STRONGLY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR POINT.
SO THE COUNCIL CAN SAY, YEP, WE AGREE.
WE WANT IT TO SAY EXACTLY THIS.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT CAN BE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE WHATEVER THE, THE DESIRE OF, OF PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL IS THE DESIRED.
SO, YEAH, I ALSO HEARD SOME REFERENCES TO, UH, THIS WAS KIND OF UNIQUE STUDY STUDY AREA STUDY PROCESS CAN SAY THAT TYPICALLY WHAT WE WILL BE ENVISIONED TWO OR THREE MEETINGS, TWO HOURS, UM, LISTEN TO A CONSULTANT, TALK TO YOU AND SAY, SO WHAT, WHAT DOES STAFF WORK HERE? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THIS GOING TO BE THE MODEL FOR FUTURE AREAS, STUDY COMMITTEES GOING FORWARD? OR WAS THIS AN ANOMALY OR WAS THIS A USEFUL PROCESS? I'LL LET YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS MAINLY, BUT THIS IS NOT, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD ONE LIKE THIS BECAUSE OF THE DISTRUST THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH PRIOR DECISIONS.
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SO I WOULD SAY THAT EVERYBODY, UH, EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE ADDISON CIRCLE, SPECIAL STUDY AREA, UH, STAKEHOLDERS, ET CETERA, WE DID A LOT OF STUFF, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE THIS WAY.BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL IN A VERY SUPPORTED EFFORT, RIGHT? SO IT WORKED THERE BECAUSE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THERE WERE DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE HERE.
SO I THINK IN MY OPINION, THE, THE ANSWER IS YOU DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO BUILD THE TRUST, UH, AND, AND BUILD THE SUPPORT THAT'S NECESSARY.
AND IT MAY NOT BE THE SAME IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO I'VE BEEN DOING THE PLANNING IN THIS REGION NOW FOR, FOR 10 YEARS.
AND A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN DOING LONG RANGE PLANNING.
SO STUDIES LIKE THIS, AND, UH, THIS, IT, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE UNIQUE AS COMPARED TO PAST THAT THESE IN ADDISON, BUT, UM, THE LEVEL OF INTEREST AND CONCERN AND, UM, CHALLENGING DISCUSSIONS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT IS PROBABLY PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR REGION.
WE'RE GETTING A LARGE INFLUX OF POPULATION DRIVEN BY THE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN DFW.
AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT, BUT IT ALSO CREATES SOME OUTCOMES, UH, WITH HOW WE LIVE.
IT'S CREATING A LOT OF CHANGE AND PLANNING FOR THAT CHANGE IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DISCUSSION.
AND WE HAD, UM, UH, WITH THIS PARTICULAR AREA, IT'S, IT'S THE, UM, IT'S REALLY A KEY CENTRAL AREA OF ADDISON WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LIVED THERE FOR SOME TIME, AND IT'S A POINT OF PASSION AND PEOPLE CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THIS AREA.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT DROVE, UH, THE, THE DIRECTION OF THIS STUDY.
IT'S, UH, IT'S REFLECTING THE CHANGE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE EDISON GIRL PROJECT.
BUT I ALWAYS WONDER SINCE THIS USE THE NAME SAM'S CLUB AREAS AND THEY GET IT PARTIALLY, AND THEN TRYING TO PUSH THAT APOLOGY, THEN THAT USES THE SAME NAME, COVER ALL THE SELF IS JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU IDEA TO CHANGE THE NAME, TO SELL SOME MADE AWAY ON A SUNDAY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENTIATE THIS TOOL BECAUSE IT'S NOT A VIDEO SOURCE.
SO ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER OFFERED UP THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS SAM'S CLUB.
I WON'T, I WON'T TELL YOU WHO THAT WAS.
YOU KNOW, THIS NIM HAS BECOME SO SATURDAY.
DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I GET MY, THANK YOU.
UH, FIRST TIME, UH, I'LL JUST SAY TO THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THE HISTORY FROM THIS AREA AND UNDERSTAND THE PULLING THAT THE BANDAID AND FOR THIS, UH, THIS AREA.
AND SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR GIVING THE TIME AND REASONING WITH THEM, WITH WHAT YOU WERE GIVEN.
I WOULD HOPE I WOULD LIKE, UH, KEN, CAN YOU DO THIS, DO THIS FAVOR.
I'D LIKE TO REWIND JUST A LITTLE BIT THERE.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU REMIND US OF THE OPTIONS THAT COUNCIL WAS GIVEN MY STAFF WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING THE CONSTITUTION, THIS COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE THERE WERE THREE OPTIONS THAT WE WERE GIVEN.
UM, ONE WAS THE PATH THAT WE CHECKED WITH, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS STUDY.
UH, ANOTHER WAS SIMPLY THE DO NOT ATTAIN AND TAKE A MORE LAISSEZ-FAIRE APPROACH AND, AND LET THE MARKET BRING WHAT THE MARKET WANTS TO, TO BRING IN THIS AREA.
AND, UH, PERHAPS THE CITY MANAGER CAN HELP ME ON THE THIRD ONE, BECAUSE THAT IS, I'M SORRY, YOU GOT ME STUMPED ON THAT.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS A YEAR AGO.
SO CONSTITUTING THE 2014 STUDY STRAIGHT OUT OR DO NOTHING.
AND I THINK MARKET PROOF OR PULLING BACK, OR ACTUALLY PUTTING A COMPLETE GROUP TOGETHER, WHICH IS WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO.
I THINK WE COUNCIL DID THE RIGHT THING HERE WITH THE
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RECOMMENDATION.UM, I'M GLAD WE WENT DOWN THIS PATH AND MADE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT, BUT IT CERTAINLY CERTAINLY HAD TO BE DONE.
THE CHALLENGING PART FROM THE PREVIOUS SALEM'S WAS OF COURSE, PRIVACY THAT WAS BEING LOST OR WOULD BE LOCKED.
WE WERE UNABLE TO KEEP, UH, KEEP THE WALL THAT'S BEING TAKEN DOWN, UH, SLOWLY LAY DOWN.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GUARDIAN FROM, UH, ALLOWING TRAFFIC TO GET ON TO THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT I'M GLAD THAT THAT'S IN THE TRIAL.
CAN, CAN YOU TELL ME THE CUT OFF BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL AND THE VERTICAL THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION AS HIGH, AS FAR AS HYPE IS CONCERNED? SO, UM, ARE YOU SPEAKING TO WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE WITH REGARDS TO MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OR WERE SPEAKING, I'M SPEAKING TO THE, YOU SAID IT'S NEW BLINGO IN HERE AND THE KIDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY OF HORIZONTAL, HORIZONTAL, HORIZONTAL MIXED USE.
SO HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DOESN'T NECESSARILY DICTATE THE HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS.
IT, IT DICTATES HOW USES ARE ORGANIZED IN A DEFINED AREA.
SO VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING WILL HAVE GENERALLY GROUND FLOOR NON-RESIDENTIAL AND UPPER THROWERS IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL OR ANOTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USE HORIZONTAL MIXED USE, UH, PROVIDES DIFFERENT USES IN DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES, UH, ORIENTED, UH, ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER AND USES THE STREETS, THE BLOCKS, THE OPEN SPACES AND THE TRAILS TO CREATE AND CONNECT A, UM, A DEFINED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT COMPRISES THAT MIX OF USES.
SO IT'S, IT'S DELIBERATE AND PLAN, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE BECAUSE USAGE CHANGE OVER THE TIME, UM, UH, VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING.
ONCE YOU DO THAT, IF THAT GROUND FLOOR DOESN'T FIT, FUTURE USES, YOU SEE A LOT OF THOSE SPACES GO VACANT, A HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
IT'S A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE AND MORE SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS CAN BE MORE EASILY ADAPTED TO ALLOW FOR USES THAT ARE IN MORE DEMAND IN THE FUTURE.
ON SLIDE 13, RIGHT? THERE WERE WEIRD.
I JUST WANT TO ASK, I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HORIZONTAL USE.
UM, DON'T, DON'T FORGET THAT I'M GOING TO, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL, BUT IT STILL WAS IMPORTANT WHAT THOSE ADJACENT ZONINGS ARE.
MEANING OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE IT'S LIKE HOUSTON, RIGHT? WHERE YOU, YOU HAVE A CHURCH AND THEN A BAR NEXT TO IT.
AND I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, THAT'S NOT, NO, IT'S NOT OPEN ZONING, BUT IT'S, THEY STILL HAVE TO BE COMPATIBLE ADJACENCIES.
AND I THINK WHEN I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, SORRY, THANK YOU 13 HERE.
I'D LIKE TO FOCUS IN ON THE ENCORE PATH.
CAN WE CALL IT THE TRAIL? WE KEEP, WE SEEM TO THINK OF IT AS ADDISON'S.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT OURS.
AND FOR THE 34 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE LIVING RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, IT, IT, IT, IT KEEPS GETTING MORE RESTRICTIVE AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO THERE.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS COULD BE 20 OR 30 YEARS LOOKING FORWARD, MAYBE LESS.
HOW DO YOU SEE ASKING YOU TO LOOK FORWARD? BECAUSE YOU BEING ASKED THAT ARE YOU SEEING THAT SPACE BECOMING MORE FORTRESS, LIKE THAN IT IS ENCORE IS GOING TO KEEP INCREASING THEIR CAPACITY AND THEY KEEP INCREASING THEIR CAPACITY.
WE TRY TO, WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN THE SAME SPACE AT SOME POINT, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY YOU JUST CAN'T GET THEM IN THE SPOT.
I SUSPECT GET CURRENTLY CAN'T GET ACROSS.
UH, CAN YOU EVEN CALL US THERE PROPERTY THAT THAT'S LARGE? THAT IS THAT WHY I SHOULD ASK? UH, I MEAN, CERTAINLY YOU WOULD NEED, UH, ENCORE PERMISSION TO, UH, CROSS THEIR EASEMENT.
UM, THEY HAVE LARGE EASEMENTS THAT COVER AND TRAVERSE UH, SIGNIFICANT CORNERS AND, UH, CITIES,
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UH, THROUGHOUT DFW.SO IT'S A PRETTY COMMON CONDITION, BUT, UH, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
UH, IN THE FUTURE CONDITIONS CAN ALWAYS CHANGE AND THEY CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE ACCESS TO THEIR EASEMENT.
UM, THIS IS A ONCE AGAIN, A FAIRLY COMMON CONDITION, UH, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THROUGH PLANO, BUT THE VERY LARGE, UH, TRANSMISSION LINE CORRIDORS THAT HAVE TRAILS AND THEY'RE TRAVERSED BY NOT ONLY SMALLER STREETS LIKE THIS, BUT MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAYS.
UM, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE AT MIDWAY.
UH, IT'S OUR HOPE THAT THAT TRAIL EXTENDS EAST AND ULTIMATELY, UH, CONNECTS TO INWOOD THAT'S OUR TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
SO, UM, UH, WE NEED A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT AS A CITY.
UH, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH ENCORE AND COLLABORATE AND HAVE PLANNING DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, LIKE A MASTER TRAILS PLAN TO REALLY TELEGRAPH WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
IT'S A LOT EASIER IF THEY KNOW OUR PLANS VERSUS US JUST APPROACHING THEM RANDOMLY, UM, ON THINGS.
I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY WITH THE, WITH THE WESTERN EDGE OF THIS IDEA, BEING PRESENTED HERE TO HAVE THAT BUFFER.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY EMBRACE THIS, THIS IDEA OR THIS AREA I SHOULD SAY, UH, ON PAGE, LET'S SEE IT'S ABOUT TREES.
IT'S PAGE 30 OR THREE IN THE DRAFT, EXISTING MATURE TREES ALONG THE EDGES OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL LANGUAGE MAINTAINED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO CREATE CONTINUOUS GREEN OFFER.
AND IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR MAP AFTER WE SEE THIS NUMBER THREE, RIGHT THERE, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR MAP.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ALONG THAT WESTERN EDGE, THOSE TREES, AGAIN, I'VE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS AND I'VE WATCHED THESE TREES MATURE AND ALL ALONG THAT WESTERN EDGE, THERE'S BEEN MINIMAL MAINTENANCE OF THOSE TREES.
JUST, YOU WERE LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE MATURE TREES.
UH, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SHAPE OF THE TREE, UH, THAT THE, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS REFUSE TO MAINTAIN.
THEY'VE LEFT IT TO THE, UH, TO THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE TO MAINTAIN THEM.
THEY'RE PROBABLY 30 OR 40 YEARS OLD.
I'M GONNA GUESS RIGHT NOW, SOMEWHERE OLDER, BUT IS THERE SOME LANGUAGE WE CAN ADD IN HERE THAT COULD HELP WITH THAT TRANSITION WHERE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING IT SAYS, IS THIS A MATURE TREES? CAN WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE TREES THAT WAS GETTING TO THAT EXISTING QUALITY TREES? YEAH, PROBABLY INSTEAD OF THE CHAIR, MAYBE I MAY NOT BE THE METRIC, MAYBE QUALITY.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MAINTAINING OR LIKE, UH, SORRY, MAKING SURE THAT TREES STAY IN PLACE OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MAINTAIN ACTUALLY HAVING THEM MAINTAINED AND APPROVED? WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO HAVE SOME, SOME VERY NICE TREES THERE, OBVIOUSLY SOME MATURE TREES, BUT THE TREES THERE ARE NOW VERY CHALLENGED BECAUSE THEY WILL MAINTAIN AND THEY'RE BACKING UP JUST COMING AND DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA OF THIS BUILDING.
YOU REGULARLY SEE CHALLENGES WITH TRIPLE TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN AND THE TREES THAT JUST, JUST CHAMPIONS IN THAT AREA.
SO WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SAY BAD TREES.
AND, AND THAT MAY BE MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR STAFF AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
SO WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S PROPOSING ANY TREE REMOVAL.
WE REQUIRE A TREE SURVEY AND THEY HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT WOULD BE REMOVED AND PRESERVED HOW THEY WOULD MITIGATE IT.
AND FREQUENTLY OUR STAFF, WHICH INCLUDES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND ARBORIST, THEY WOULD ABOUT LIKE, SAY SOMEONE HIGHLIGHTED THAT ONE OF THOSE TREES WAS DISEASED OR IN POOR HEALTH.
UM, THEY WOULD EXAMINE THAT PARTICULAR SITE CONDITION AND, UM, WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DETERMINE IF IT COULD BE SAVED OR IT WOULD BE BETTER OFF BEING REPLACED WITH A NEW QUALITY TREE THAT CAN MATURE.
UH, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THIS SCHOOL MASTER, THE HAWK HILL IS HERE, UH,
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SO HAPPENED.YOU HAVE ANYTHING WANT TO MENTION? UH, YEAH.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK, UH, I WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE ON THIS POINT, AND THAT IS, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT STAFF DID, UM, AND REALLY HELPED US ALONG THE PROCESS.
AND EVERYBODY AGREES ON THAT POINT.
UM, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER WALDEN'S POINT, I THINK, UM, I THINK THE PROCESS THAT WE ULTIMATELY CAME TO GREAT, I THINK THE DISCONNECT WAS THAT WE SAW OUR JOB AS CREATING A DOCUMENT, LIKE WHAT YOU SEEN THAT IS FLEXIBLE AND HAS GUIDANCE.
WHEREAS WHAT WE WERE INITIALLY RECEIVING WAS A PARTICULAR VISION AND, UM, JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT VISION.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE DISCONNECT WAS.
AND, AND I THINK WHAT WE ULTIMATELY CAME TO IS WHAT WE PERCEIVED TO BE OUR CHARGE, THAT WE FEEL LIKE THIS GUIDANCE AND THIS TYPE OF A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT IS WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO.
AND SO HOWEVER WE GOT HERE, THE PROCESS WAS GOOD AND STAFF HELPED US A LOT JUST TO A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON'S POINT, UM, WHERE THAT ROAD IS AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM THERE, IT DOES CROSS AN EXTENSION OF THE REDDING TRAIL THAT ISN'T THERE YET.
UM, THAT ACTUAL ROAD TO THE SOUTH IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY SOMEWHAT EAST OF THE DOG PARTS.
UM, AND THERE'S AN OPEN FIELD THERE.
I THINK THE POINT RAISED ABOUT WILL ENCORE AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW US TO USE THESE, UM, THESE AREAS THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROTON TO THE SOUTH.
MAYBE WE HAVE HORNET AT SOME POINT, MAYBE WE'LL SEE.
AND WE HAVE BELTWAY THAT THE NORTH AND FOR THIS TO WORK BELTWAY AND PROTON HAS TO SHARE THE LOAD.
IT'S JUST, IT HAS TO BE THAT WAY.
THERE HAS TO BE A SHARING OF TRAFFIC LOAD TO THE SOUTH.
IF WE WERE TO CUT THAT OFF AT THE EXPANSION EASTWARD EXTENSION OF THE READING TRAIL, THEN THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE PUSHED MORE TOWARDS BELTWAY.
I THINK I MADE THAT VERY CLEAR IN THE DOCUMENT, UM, IN TERMS OF HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, I THINK, UM, NOW HERE I WON'T SPEAK FOR THE COMMITTEE, BUT MY GENERAL SENSE WAS WE WERE THINKING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A FOUR STORY BUILDING ON THE MIDWAY, SOMETHING OF THAT SIZE, BUT CLEARLY GRADUATED BACKWARDS SO THAT THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE, UM, NEAREST TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD NOT BE HIGHER THAN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO.
SO IT WOULD BE A HORIZONTAL MIXED USE, BUT STARTING WITH LOW, LOWER HEIGHT BUILDINGS AND THEN WORKING UP TO BELTWAY, WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS PROVIDES A BUFFER FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON, SOMETIMES NEIGHBORHOODS NEED WALLS TO BUFFER THEM.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, UM, APOLOGIZE.
HOW ARE YOU READING? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT POINT YOU TO HAPPENS.
I BELIEVE DEVELOPER, CAN YOU PUT A NEW WAR? AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE PLAN SOME NEW TREES TO ABILIFY.
THE AREA IS NOT GOING TO BE THE WAY IT IS.
AND TO THAT POINT, MAYOR, UM, REAL VISION FOR THAT AREA.
AND WE, UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A GROUP OF US THAT WALKED THAT AREA AND TALK TO THE BOTTOM.
UM, THE REAL VISION IS TO CREATE A A HUNDRED FOOT BUFFER.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD HAVE TREES AND AMENITIES AND IT WOULD PERHAPS HAVE WORKOUT STATIONS, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, SO, UH, I, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT BUFFER, YOU KNOW? UM, SO THOSE ARE JUST CLARIFICATION, I THINK, COMPENSATED.
IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS, IF NOT, YEAH, I WOULD, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR KEN AND, UM, I GET, WE'VE GOT A BIG AREA THAT NEEDS A LOT OF HELP.
UM, BUT WHEN, WHEN THE COMMITTEE WAS DISCUSSING THESE THINGS AND I GUESS MAYBE YOU'RE CLOSER TO THE END WHEN IT WAS GETTING CLEAR FOCUS
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ON, ON, UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DID YOU CREATE, DID, I MEAN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT APARTMENTS IN THE NEXT TO THE RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ZONE? IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT NOT LIKELY.WE, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT APARTMENTS.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAD IT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ZONE APARTMENT, JUST FROM THE COMMITTEE'S PERSPECTIVE IS NOT THE PREFERRED USE FOR THIS AREA.
THERE'S SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT DO NOT WANT APARTMENTS AT ALL.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THOSE PERSPECTIVES.
THERE'S SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT FEEL IT COULD BE APPROPRIATELY, UM, ACCOMMODATED, UH, MAYBE FRONTING TOWARDS MIDWAY.
AND THERE'D BE THE RECENT BENEFIT FROM A NOISE MITIGATION STANDPOINT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THE ENTIRE CHARACTER, THAT AREA.
UH, AND THERE ARE SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO DON'T NECESSARILY SHARE A PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHERE THEY MAY WORK, BUT SAID DON'T COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THEM IF IT'S THE HIGHEST INVEST USE.
UH, SO IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFICULT DISCUSSION.
UH, I DON'T ANTICIPATE BASED ON THE COMMITTEE'S THOUGHTS AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANSITION ZONE, THAT IT WAS SUPPORTIVE OF APARTMENTS ADJACENT TO THAT.
AND PERHAPS THE COMMITTEE CAN, CAN, UH, IF ANYONE WANTS TO SHARE ANYTHING, UM, ROBIN PROGRESS.
FIRST OF ALL, I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALLOWED ME AS WELL AS THE OTHER MEMBERS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS, GETTING THE OPINIONS AND INPUT OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE FEELING AND HOPEFULLY GET THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE ALL FEEL IN TERMS OF APARTMENT.
YES, JACK DIVE HEAVILY ON THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE TWO, TWO POINTS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE ONE IS ON PAGE TWO, THE PAST EFFORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL, MARCH, 2015, ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS INDICATES MAXIMIZE RESIDENTIAL MAXIMIZE MAXIMIZE MEANS WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO GET SIMPLE FEAT OWNERSHIP AND AVOID APARTMENTS BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN WE'RE HURTING OURSELVES.
I WANT TO QUOTE ALSO AN EMAIL THAT WAS SAID BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO SUSAN ON JULY 2ND, 2020 IN REFERENCE AND HER QUESTIONS.
SHE HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE ALL VERY IMPORTANT AND GOOD.
SHE ASKED HOW WELL, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WILL DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN? THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SERVICE SAFETY AND THE RESPONSE FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
ONE OF OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES IS ADDRESSING THE CLIMBING NON-RESIDENTS AND SNOW IS NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NON-RESIDENTIAL YES, SIR.
I MEAN, WE NEED MORE RESIDENTS.
WE HAE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.
NOT THAT OUR TRANSIENTS AND THAT'S MINE MY OWN.
ANY MORE QUESTION? IF NOT, THEN TWO GRANDMA CAN WAIT JOB.
[2. Present and Discuss the Airport Quarterly Report for the Fiscal Year 2022 Second Quarter Ended March 31, 2022.]
THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, PRESENT, DISCUSS AT THE AIRPORT, A QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 SECOND QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2022.[01:25:18]
OKAY.I'M THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR AND I HAVE MOSTLY VERY GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE AIRPORT FROM THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022, UM, FORMAT OF THE REPORT, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN VERY RECENTLY, ACTUALLY, I'M JUST GETTING CAUGHT UP HERE.
SO THE NEXT ONE YOU'LL SEE WILL ACTUALLY BE THREE MONTHS FROM NOW.
I'M GOING TO GO OVER AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, FUEL FLOW FLOWAGE REVENUE TO THE REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO, AND THEN DISCUSS, UH, SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND PROGRESS GOT GOING ON.
AND, UH, THE IMAGE THERE IS A, THE CUSTOMS RAMP AND, UH, THERE ARE TWO AIRCRAFT THEY'RE CLEARING CUSTOMS AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS SURPRISINGLY A MORE COMMON EXPERIENCE THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
UH, SO THIS IS OUR CHART OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER ONLY, UH, GOING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 18 ON THE LEFT SECOND QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR 22 ON THE FAR RIGHT.
UH, I THINK WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DEFINITIONS AGAIN OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.
UM, THE DARK BLUE AT THE BOTTOM IS THE, UH, INSTRUMENT ITINERANT OPERATIONS, WHICH REALLY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOCUS ON BECAUSE THAT TENDS TO BE THE MORE SOPHISTICATED AND LARGER AIRCRAFT, PARTICULARLY THE JET AIRCRAFT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE UP QUITE A BIT.
UH, AND TOTAL OPERATIONS ARE OUT QUITE A BIT FROM PREVIOUS SECOND QUARTERS.
AND THE NUMBER OF SHARED, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, UH, UH, UP FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR, QUARTER, SECOND, QUARTER 37% AND 26 AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, FYI 20, UH, FOR INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS AND ABOUT 26% FOR TOTAL OPERATIONS AND 14% FROM THE SAME PERIODS THERE.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD, HEALTHY MEMBERS, REALLY STRONG OPERATIONS COUNTS, UH, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS.
UM, I MAY NOT EVEN BE LOOKING AT THE FYE 22.
UH, IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO WE'RE DOING QUITE WELL THERE.
UH, SINCE WE MOVED TO THE NEW FACILITY, UH, JUST TO NOTE THAT, UH, THE REASONS THAT YOU SEE A LOT MORE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES IS, UH, THESE ARE FIGURES REPORTED THROUGH OUR CUSTOMS OFFICER, UH, AND THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT THAT DON'T GO THROUGH HIM.
UH, THEY JUST FILED DIRECTLY ONLINE WITH CUSTOMS WHEN THEY'RE GOING OVERSEAS.
IT'S ONLY THE CHARTERS TYPICALLY THAT HAVE TO DO THESE REPORTS THROUGH THE AIRPORT AT THE KARCHER JOEL QUESTION.
SO IF THEY WANT TO FLY OUT OVERSEAS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPORT TO THE CUSTOMS OFFICE, BUT THEY REGISTER ONLINE DIRECTLY.
THEY HAVE TO REPORT TO CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IN SOME FORM IN SOME FORM, BUT NOT TO, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHO WAS OUR ASSIGNED CUSTOMS OFFICER, UNLESS THEY'RE A CERTAIN TYPE OF OPERATOR, TYPICALLY PART 1 35 CHARTER, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO JOSE AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING OUT ON THIS DATE, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE JUST A PART 91, KELLY, WE REQUEST THAT REPORT.
WE CAN ASK YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE US A REPORT, EVEN THE DEPARTURE OVERSEAS.
SO IN THIS CASE WE CAN BETTER REPORT.
BUT I WILL CAUTION THAT THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING INFORMATION OUT OF CUSTOMS VOLUNTARILY IS, UH, UH, QUITE DIFFICULT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY, UH, LOOKING TO DO ANYTHING EXTRA THAT THEY AREN'T REQUIRED TO DO BY STATUTE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO AGAIN, A FANTASTIC NUMBERS COMPARED TO THE LAST, UH, TWO YEARS, UH, SECOND QUARTER, UH, UP ALMOST TWO THIRDS, UM, ON THE ARRIVALS, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND YOU JUST LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
WE HAD 92 INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS.
UM, AND THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE TYPICALLY AVERAGE A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE A DAY.
UM, FEBRUARY, MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THOSE ARE THE TWO HIGHEST MONTHS WE'VE EVER SEEN FOR ARRIVALS.
SO THAT'S, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL CONTINUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SUSTAINABLE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY WE'RE OFF TO A VERY GOOD START SINCE WE OPENED THE NEW FACILITY.
UH, I CAN GUARANTEED THAT APRIL IS NOT GOING TO BE AS GOOD BECAUSE WE WERE CLOSED FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.
AND SO THAT ALWAYS PUTS A DENT IN YOUR CLOSED HERE'S THE FUEL FLOWAGE.
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UH, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FYI 22 IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE IN COMPARISON TO THE PRIOR FOUR YEARS.UH, WE DO ABOUT 93 TO 94% OF OUR VOLUME IS JET FUEL THESE DAYS.
UM, ODDLY ENOUGH, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SELLING A LOT MORE JET FUEL.
IT'S NOT, SOMEONE'S MUCH ADD GAS.
WE STILL SELL ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF GAS AS WE ALWAYS HAVE.
IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MORE AND BIGGER JETS.
SO A UP 60% FROM LAST YEAR, SECOND QUARTER 55% FROM
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE THE TOTAL IS SLIGHTLY NICE BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, A HIGHER PROPORTION OF OUR FUEL IS JET THAN HALF GAS.
AND THIS NOTE AT THE BOTTOM IS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, UH, THE RUNWAY 13 LEFT 31, RIGHT AT LOVE FIELD HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE ABOUT THE END OF LAST APRIL.
AND THAT PROJECT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS.
AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT RUNWAY OPEN BEFORE JULY.
CAUSE THAT'S DRIVING QUITE A BIT OF A BUSINESS JET TRAFFIC AWAY FROM LOVEFIELD TO ALTERNATIVES.
AND WE ARE THE ALTERNATIVE OF CHOICE FOR MOST OF THOSE AIRCRAFT.
SO AGAIN, GREATLY BENEFITING US.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THEY HAD DONE A LOT MORE CONSTRUCTION TO DO AFTER THEY FINISHED THE RUNWAY.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CONTINUE.
AND IF IT CONTINUES LONG ENOUGH, THOSE CHANGES CAN BECOME PERMANENT.
SO THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING FOR, TO, UH, HERE'S OUR REVENUES, UH, STATISTICS.
AND YOU COULD SEE AGAIN, WE HAD A VERY GOOD REVENUE QUARTER COMPARED TO THE PRIOR FOUR FISCAL YEARS FOR SECOND QUARTER.
UH, THE TAN AT THE BOTTOM IS THE REAL ESTATE REVENUE.
AND, UH, THAT IS INCREASING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY HARD TO INCREASE VERY RAPIDLY.
I MEAN, THE REAL ESTATE GENERALLY IS WHAT IT IS, IS FAIRLY STABLE, UH, THAT IS REFLECTING, UH, GALAXY FBO, UH, STARTING TO PAY SOME, SOME RENT.
UH, AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THAT INCREASE IS COMING.
AND AGAIN, THE FUEL FLOW, WHICH IS COMMENSURATE WITH THE INCREASE IN FUEL VOLUMES.
SO THAT, THAT REVENUE WAS ALSO UP QUITE A BIT.
SO VERY STRONG, UH, QUARTER FINANCIALLY THERE AND, UH, UH, REAL ESTATE REVENUE UP ABOUT 15 TO 16% OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SECOND QUARTER FUEL FLOW IS FEES AGAIN UP, UH, 50% OR MORE, UH, FOR COMPARED TO THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, SECOND QUARTER AND TOTAL REVENUE JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 20%.
SO THOSE ARE ALL REALLY STRONG NUMBERS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NOTHING TO BE SAD ABOUT THERE AT ALL.
UH, THE REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO, UH, GROUND LEASES.
NOW WE'RE AT 32, WE HAD TWO MORE REVERT TO, UH, AIRPORT CONTROL, UH, IN THE LAST QUARTER, UH, TWO MORE PROPERTIES, WHICH CONVERTED FROM A GROUND LEASE AT THE EXPIRATION TO A COMMERCIAL LEASE.
UH, AND WE ADDED ONE MORE COMMERCIAL LEASE BEYOND THAT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, UH, TO DATE, UH, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH A MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE BUDGET AND MOST CATEGORIES, THERE'S A COUPLE WHERE WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE.
YOU SEE OUR, OUR GROUND LEASE REVENUE IS ONLY ABOUT 91% OF WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED IN THAT IS DELAY GALAXY FBL COMING ONLINE.
UH, BUT WE ARE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN COMMERCIAL RENTALS THAN WE EXPECTED, UH, PATIO HANGERS AND T HANGERS.
WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AT CAPACITY.
THE FUELED FARM IS DOWN FOR THE SAME REASON THAT, UH, THE GROUND LEASES ARE DOWN AND THAT'S JUST GALAXY.
DIDN'T TAKE POSSESSION OF THE TANKS UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.
NOW THEY HAVE TAKEN POSSESSION AT THE TIME.
SO THEY'RE FUELING SOME OF THEIR CHARTER AIRCRAFT, UH, AND WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE OTHER TWO EXISTING FPOS, WE'VE TALKED TO THEM BEFORE WE LET THAT HAPPEN.
THEY'RE NOT DOING LARGE VOLUMES.
NOW THESE AIRCRAFT THAT THEY WOULD TAKE ANYWAY, WHEN THEY DO COME ONLINE.
SO OUR, OUR, UH, TOTAL REVENUE TODAY, UH, WE'RE MEETING THE BUDGET.
WE'RE WHAT, WE'RE WHAT WE'RE LOSING AND BROWN LEASES AND FUEL FARM REVENUE WE'VE MADE UP AND FUEL FLOWAGE FEES.
SO DOING PRETTY WELL, GALAXY FBO IS PROJECTED TO START THEIR OPERATIONS IN JULY.
NOW THEY ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH SOME CONSTRUCTION ISSUES, BUT, UH, PER THE TERMS OF THEIR GROUND LEASE, THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING ADDITIONAL RENT THIS QUARTER.
UH, THAT'S ABOUT 90% OF WHAT THEIR GROUND LEASE WOULD BE.
UM, IT'S KIND OF THING TO SEE EVERY DAY.
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THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING WE SAY EVERY DAY, AND IT'S NOT GOOD TO SEE CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK.AND, UH, UM, WE HAD, DID HAVE A COUPLE OF ICE AND SNOW EVENTS THIS WINTER, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION STAFF GETS OUT THERE AND IT DOES EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE AIRPORT OPEN, WHETHER OR NOT WE GET ANY TRAFFIC IS A, IS ANOTHER MATTER.
AND, UH, OUR GUYS WERE OUT THERE PRETTY MUCH ALL NIGHT AND ALL DAY, UH, DRIVING UP, DOWN AT THE SNOWPLOWS AND, UH, TRYING TO KEEP THE RUNWAY OPEN AND CLEAR.
UH, WE DID GET A FEW AIRPLANES AND THE ONES THAT DID COME IN, UH, ONE IN THAT LOWER LEFT THERE IS BASED HERE AND HE WAS QUITE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK HOME.
SO THAT'S WHY WE STAY UP AND KEEP THE LIGHT ON FOR YOU.
IF YOU'RE BASED HERE AND KEEP THE RUNWAY OPEN TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, OUR CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, UH, FACILITY, UH, HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, THAT WE STARTED OPERATIONS FROM THE NEW FACILITY, UH, FEBRUARY 14TH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, AND IN THE LAST HALF OF FEBRUARY, WE CLEARED 40 INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS AND ANOTHER 92 IN MARCH.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR JC COMMERCIAL HAS COMPLETED ALL THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS AND, UH, THEY, UH, WERE PROVIDED THEIR LAST RETAIN INSTRUCTORS RELEASE FOR PAYING THEM ONCE THEY DID THAT.
UH, WE HAVE A NICE MONUMENT SIGN OUT THERE BY THE ROAD THAT WAS INSTALLED ON APRIL 11TH.
AND WE HAD A GRAND OPENING EVENT.
I THINK I SAW MOST OF YOU THERE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT, REALLY ENJOYED THE EVENT.
I HAD ENOUGH, THE RIGHT-HAND A PHOTO.
THERE IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT, UH, OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM GROUPS HAVE HELPED US PUT TOGETHER, UH, FOR SOME MARKETING MATERIALS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN MARKETING THAT FACILITY, UH, AT, UH, VARIOUS CONFERENCES TO THE KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD HOPE WOULD COME HERE AND BASE THEIR CRAFT HERE AND START USING THE FACILITY.
AND THAT'S NOT A REAL CUSTOMS OFFICER THAT IS ONE OF OUR OWN POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T PHOTOGRAPH THE CUSTOMS OFFICER, BUT SHE'S MORE PHOTOGENIC THAN OUR CUSTOMS OFFICER, ANYTHING UM, AGAIN, GALAXY FBO.
THEY, UH, STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN DECEMBER, 2019, AND THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH CONSTRUCTION DELAYS AND THEY EXPECT THEM TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OR INITIAL OPERATIONS BEFORE, SOMETIME IN JULY IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING NOW, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING THE ADDITIONAL RENT.
AND THE IMAGES YOU SEE ARE, UM, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE ARE INTERIOR SHOTS FROM LATE JANUARY.
THEY HAVE MADE QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS SINCE THEN, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO, AND IT'S NOT GOING AS FAST AS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE ATLANTA GAVE CREATION, JUST AN UPDATE, UH, UH, THAT IN AUGUST, 2020, UH, THEY BROUGHT IN A NEW GROUND LEASE, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, THAT, UH, GROUNDLESS GRANTED THEM BRI UH, LEASE EXTENSIONS WITH A TOTAL INVESTMENT REQUIRED OF AT LEAST 14 MILLION.
AND THEY HAD ANTICIPATED DOING THOSE, UH, EXTENSIONS ON THOSE INVESTMENTS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.
UH, THE ACTUAL INVESTMENT IS NOW PLANNED TO EXCEED $19 MILLION AND THEY JUST WANT TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
A LOT OF THAT IS THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE IN COMPETITION AND THEY'RE UP IN THEIR GAME AND IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY LIKED TO SEE.
AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD AND THEY DID BRING SOME CONCEPTS TO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND STAFF WENT THROUGH THERE AND MADE SOME COMMENTS AND THEY ARE REFINING THEIR PROPOSALS.
AND I THINK THAT THEY WILL, UH, HAVE SOME PLANS COMING BACK PRETTY SOON.
UH, WE HAD A AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS FAA MONEY COMES THROUGH TXDOT AVIATION, THOSE THROUGH THE BLOCK BRAND PROJECT TO, UH, DO SOME PAVEMENT PRESERVATION WORK ON A RUNWAY.
AND THE MAIN PARALLEL TAXIWAY THE ORIGINAL GRANT AMOUNT WAS JUST UNDER A MILLION AND A HALF THAT WAS REDUCED TO JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS AFTER WE GOT BIDS.
ODDLY ENOUGH, OUR BIDS CAME IN WAY BELOW WHAT WAS BUDGETED AND EXPECTED.
UM, WE SAVED TEXTILE, A LOT OF MONEY, HOORAY FOR THEM.
THEY CAN USE IT ON SOME OTHER AIRPORTS.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE, UH, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH A HUNDRED PERCENT FAA FUNDED GRANT FROM, FROM THE PANDEMIC, THEY DID 100% FUNDING THAT YEAR.
SO IT DIDN'T REALLY SAVE US ANY MONEY, BUT THEY WERE HAPPY THAT IT DIDN'T COST MUCH.
AND, UH, WE DID SOME PRACTICE LOADING ON THE RUNWAY, ACTUALLY OFF ON THE TECH IN TAXIWAYS.
WE HAD A FIVE DAY CLOSURE THAT STARTED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH, AND WE REOPENED ON TUESDAY THE 12TH.
AND THEN WE DID AN OVERNIGHT CLOSURE AFTER THAT, JUST TO DO SOME FINISH UP WORK, WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE, UH, CLOSURE OVERNIGHT TO DO THE FINAL PAINT MARKINGS AND, UH, PUT IN SOME, UH, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT MARKINGS.
AND YOU SEE THEM HERE, THE SERIES OF PAGERS, THEY ARE CHANGING OUT THE, UH, UH, RUNWAY HOLDING POSITION
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SIGNS WITH THE NEW RUNWAY NUMBERS GOING FROM THREE, THREE AND ONE, FIVE TO THREE, FOUR, AND ONE SIX.NO, IT WAS KIND OF FUN TO SEE, ALTHOUGH IT'S GOING TO GET IT, TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO, TO, UH, GET USED TO ONE SIX AND THREE FOUR WHEN WE'VE BEEN ONE, FIVE AND THREE, THREE SINCE 1957, WE HAVE TWO MORE, UH, PROJECTS PENDING, UH, DESIGNED FOR KIDS.
IT'S A TAXIWAY BRAVO, UH, THAT IS A
UH, WE ADVERTISED AND SELECTED A ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO HELP US WITH ALL THESE GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS, UH, GARVER WHO HAD BEEN THE INCUMBENT, UH, UH, PUT IN A TREMENDOUS EFFORT AGAINST A LOT OF VERY STIFF COMPETITION.
UH, AND THEY WERE, AGAIN RANKED AS THE TOP.
THEY WERE UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED BY THE STAFF.
THEY ARE NOW IN PHOENIX WITH TXDOT AVIATION AND THEIR FIRST TASK WILL BE TO DO A FULL PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REVIEW FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE FULL LENGTH PARALLEL TAXIWAY TO INCLUDE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING PART OF TAXIWAY BRAVO WAS BUILT IN 1991.
WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE ULTIMATE CONFIGURATION NEEDS TO BE, IDENTIFY ANY PITFALLS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION BEING OVER THREE, UH, MAIN PHASES.
SO FIRST PHASE IS FUNDED IN F 22, AND THAT WILL BE TO EXTEND TAXIWAY BRAVO NORTH FROM TAXIWAY FOXTROT TO THE TAXIWAY GOLF SLIGHTLY ACTUALLY AS WELL AS CONNECTING THE TAXIWAY BRAVO TO THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY, WHICH IT'S NOT CONNECTED THERE NOW.
AND WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF A SERVICE ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF TAXIWAY BRAVO FOR, UH, VEHICLES TO USE GROUND VEHICLES.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL TOWER AND DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE TAXIWAY, WHICH HAS CAUSED ISSUES FOR US.
SO THE CONSTRUCTION GRANT DOES AN F 22 GRANT.
WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT FOR ACCEPTANCE LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT RIGHT NOW IS SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION.
UH, THAT'S 90 10, EXCEPT FOR THE ROAD.
UH, TXDOT WANTS TO GO 50 50 ON THE ROAD.
WE'RE PUSHING FOR 90 10, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY.
UH, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF MONEY.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE TO OFFSET THAT.
SO TECH STOCKS THAT ARE REQUEST LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS AFTER BIDS ARE RECEIVED RIGHT NOW, THAT MATCHING AMOUNT IS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION.
AND WE EXPECT TO START CONSTRUCTION LATE IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
AND THAT IS IT FOR THIS QUARTERLY UPDATE.
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OFF, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST HAVE A ONE GRID COMMENT.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL EPISODE STAFF.
SO I HAD ALMOST ZERO ALL THE IMPROVEMENT SINCE I GOT INVOLVED IN THE CITY.
SO THIS IS A TWO-SIDED THING TO NOW, THIS IS NUMBER ONE, EIGHT PLUS JAIL.
THAT'S THE REASON I WANT TO MENTION.
I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF EDISON.
[ Announcements and Acknowledgments Regarding Town and Council Events and Activities Discussion of Meetings / Events]
I'D LIKE TO INVITE, I'LL SEE THE MANAGER WEST PEARSON TO MAKE ANY LAST MINUTE.AND JUST A FEW, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING.
UM, FIRST AS A REMINDER, EARLY VOTING FOR THE MAY 7TH, UH, LOCAL ELECTION RUNS, UH, THROUGH MAY.
THE THIRD BEGAN ON MONDAY AND RUNS THROUGH MAY THE THIRD DURING YOUR, DURING EARLY VOTING.
AS, AS A RESIDENT, I CAN'T SPEAK ADDISON RESIDENTS CAN VOTE AT LOWE'S FIELD HOUSE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 38, 15 SPRING VALLEY ROAD, OR AT ANY OTHER DALLAS COUNTY FOLKS CENTER.
ANYBODY WHO IS CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE OTHER DALLAS COUNTY VOTE CENTERS ARE, CAN FIND THE COMPLETE LIST OF EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND HOURS@WWWDOTDALLASCOUNTYVOTES.ORG.
ALSO, UH, ADDISON HAS CREATED A SURVEY, UH, SO ELICIT OR SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE BELTWAY DRIVE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, UH, OF, OF A TRAIL AREA.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK ON THE BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS IN GREEN SPACE, ALONG THE BELTWAY ALONG ABOUT WAY DRIVE COMMUNITY INPUT IS INVALUABLE.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH US.
THE SURVEY, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT IT CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW DOT ADDISON, TEXAS.NET.
IT'S ALSO BEEN SHARED, UH, THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND IN THE TOWN NEWSLETTER.
AND THAT SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE INPUT, UH, UNTIL MAY 8TH AT MIDNIGHT.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
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IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT SOMEBODY AT TOWN HALL, AND WE HAPPY TO POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT COWORKING DAY IN THE PARK IS BACK.
AND THEN WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY? MAY THE FIFTH FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CHANGE UP THEIR DAILY WORK ROUTINE AND JOIN OTHERS IN THE ADDISON BUSINESS COMMUNITY THERE AT THE PARK.
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR FOUR LEGGED COWORKERS, UH, PICNIC BLANKETS, AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO DO TO BRING, TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE A DAY IN THE PARK.
UH, WE'LL BE MEETING UNDER THE ADDISON CIRCLE PAVILION AND FREE WIFI WILL BE AVAILABLE CON COMPLIMENTARY COFFEE.
AND, UH, THE SONORAN QUEEN THAT FOOD TRUCK WILL ALSO BE THERE DURING LUNCH AND FREE FITNESS CLASSES ARE ALSO GOING TO BE HOSTED BY AB ADDISON OUTDOORS RELATED, UH, TO OUR PARKS.
UH, ONE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JOIN ADDISON ATHLETIC STAFF AND ADDISON CIRCLE PARK ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH.
THAT'S THIS COMING WEEKEND FOR A POP-UP IN THE PARK EVENT FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON, UM, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HEAD OUT TO THE PARK FOR FOOD GAMES AND FREE YOGA FROM 10:00 AM TO 11:00 AM.
AND THOSE ARE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
UM, AND I'M, UH, I WANT TO TAKE ONE LIBERTY.
UH, TONIGHT IS MY SON'S SIXTH BIRTHDAY.
SO HE'S LISTENING TO HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAM.
[ Consent Agenda All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.]
ALL RIGHT.I'LL SEND THAT AGENDA ITEMS. THREE, FOUR.
DO I HAVE MOTION MOTION?
[4. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on an Ordinance Approving 2022 Standards of Care for the Town's Youth Recreation Programs.]
I ATTENDED FOR CALLED A POVERTY HEARING? PRESENTERS COULD CONSIDER DIRECTIONALITY IN 2022 STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE TOWNS OF USED REVELATION THAT THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, PAT WHITE, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RECREATION, UH, TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCE CODE REQUIRES THAT WE BRING THIS ITEM TO PROMO BY ORDINANCE EVERY YEAR FOR PUBLIC HEARING.UH, THE STANDARDS OF CARE IS A REQUIREMENT TO OPERATE OPERATOR YOUTH PROGRAMS. THIS IS MAINLY INCLUDES THEIR SUMMER CAMPS, BUT CAN ALSO INCLUDE ANY OF THEIR TEAM.
WE OFFER SUCH AS SPRING BREAK, UH, DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS, UH, HAVE THINGS AS FAR AS SUCH DEPARTMENTS, AS HIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS, FACILITY STANDARDS AND INSPECTIONS.
OUR DRILL IS PROGRAMMING, STAFF TRAINING, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING ELSE TO, UM, WE DO PROVIDE A DOCUMENTARY EXPERIENCE THAT SIGNS THEIR CHILDREN UP IS ALSO SO WITH THAT QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTION ON THIS, DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR.
THIS IS THE CLIMATE THAT THEY'RE BASICALLY PROTECTED BY USING THE PUMPS PUBLIC MOTION TO APPROVE THIS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IDENTITY IS LISTED POVERTY.
ANYONE WHO WOULD ME? SO NO IDEA, PROBABLY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
I HEREBY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE
[5. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on an Ordinance Granting a Meritorious Exception to Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances for Pokeworks, a Restaurant Located at 3719 Belt Line Road, in order to Exceed the Maximum Letter and Logo Height for Attached Signs. Case MR2022-05/Pokeworks.]
FOR THAT.NUMBER FIVE IS THAT
SO, UH, POSEY WORKS IS A RESTAURANT THAT'S NEW TO TOWN.
UH, THEY'RE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THEIR OPENING DATE.
UH, YOU SAW THIS, UH, IN THE SUMMER, UH, WHEN YOU PROVED A LAST SUMMER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR PROJECT.
UM, SO, UH, WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, THERE, UH, ASKING HIM TO, UH, RECEIVE A MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION, UH, DUE TO THE LETTER HEIGHT, UH, THAT THEY PROPOSE FOR THEIR ATTACHED
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WALL SIGN, UH, SITE IS LOCATED ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF TOWN.UH, IT IS, UH, JUST NORTH OF BELTLINE AND EAST OF MARSH LANE AND THE S AND CLOSET DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO, UH, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A SITE PLAN, UH, FOR THAT SITE, UH, THE, UH, SETBACK, UH, TO THAT BUILDING FACADE THAT, UH, POKEY WORKS, UH, WILL HAVE THEIR SIGN ATTACHED TO HIS 114 FEET FROM THE CURB LINE OF THE LINE ROAD.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, THERE ARE SIDES RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO LETTERING THAT APPLY TO THAT DISTANCE.
UM, THE SIGN THAT YOU SEE HERE IS REFLECTIVE OF POKEY WORKS IS BRAND, UM, THE CURSIVE, UH, TEXT AND THE, UH, YELLOW LOGO, UH, COMPRISES OF THE SIGN.
THIS SIGN THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, A MAX LETTER HEIGHT OF THREE FEET, NINE INCHES FOR THAT LOGO, AS WELL AS THE, UH, FIRST LETTER, UH, IN THE, UH, POKEY WORKS, BRAND NAME, ALL OTHER LETTERS COMPLY WITH SIGNED CODE.
UM, SO THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY SEEKING RELIEF FROM HIS, UH, LETTER HEIGHT, UM, SO BASED ON THE DISTANCE THAT IT SEPARATED FROM BELTLINE ROAD, UH, THEY CAN HAVE A 24 INCH LETTER, UH, WITH NO MORE THAN 50% OF THE LETTERS OR LOGOS, UH, BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE UP TO 30 INCHES IN HEIGHT.
SO AT JUST UNDER FOUR FEET, UH, THEY ARE WELL OVER THAT.
UH, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS SLIDE IS, UM, WHAT THE SIGN LOOKS LIKE IF THEY WERE TO INSTALL A COMPLIANCE SIGN, UM, WITH, UH, THE NATURE OF THAT CURSE OF LETTERING.
IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO READ, UH, PARTICULARLY FROM A DISTANCE AND WALGREENS, UH, MOVING IN A VEHICLE ON BELTLINE ROAD, UM, IN THIS GRAPHIC.
AND YOU SEE THE COMPLIANCE SIDE, UH, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, AND THEN THE, UM, REQUESTED, UH, EXCEPTION SIGN, UH, AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
UH, ONE IS, UH, QUITE EASY TO READ WHILE STILL REMAINING, UH, COMPATIBLE, UH, IN APPEARANCE WITH THE ADJACENT, UH, SIGNS AND THE OTHER, EVEN THOUGH IT COMPLIES DUE TO THE NATURE OF THEIR LETTERING AND THEIR BRAND, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO READ.
SO, UH, THAT MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION REQUIREMENT, UM, ALLOWS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO BE GRANTED, UH, WITH SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT COMPLYING WITH THE CODE WOULD CREATE A HARDSHIP OR, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT THE SIGN CONSTITUTES ART SUCH AS A MIRROR LIKE WE SAW ON OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, SO BASED ON, UH, THE LEGIBILITY OF THE COMPLYING SIGN, UM, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST DOES MEET THE HARDSHIP CRITERIA.
UH, IT'S CHALLENGING TO READ, AND IT APPEARS LESS COMPATIBLE, UH, WITH THE ADJACENT SIGNS AND RESIGN THE, IN THAT, UH, ADDISON PLAZA, UH, SITE, UH, THEN THE, UH, NONCOMPLIANT SIDE.
UH, SO WITH THAT STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THEIR REQUEST.
WE DO HAVE, UH, ROBERT GARLAND, UH, FROM 99 SIGNED DESIGNS, UH, HE'S REPRESENTING POKEY WORKS.
UH, THEY HOPE TO ACTUALLY OPEN ON THE 28TH.
SO IF HE DOES WHATEVER WAY THIS GOES, HE'LL BE CRANKING OUT A SIGN THAT MOUNTED UP ON POKING WORKS, UH, UH, TOMORROW, THANK YOU CARE.
I DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS.
YOU KNOW WHY IT SAYS MAJORITY OF THE LETTERS THAT ARE SIZE ARE SMALLER.
THE ONLY THING REALLY BIG IS THE 45 INCHES HEIGHT, THE THAN TRAINING, AND ALSO THE PEAT.
SO IT LOOK AUTISTIC, EVEN THOUGH THOSE TWO THINGS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN NORMAL, BUT IT'S NOT AS BULKY AS LAST TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE OTHER RESTAURANT PRESENT.
I DON'T WANT TO THEM, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ALWAYS BIG.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE BE LOOKING AT.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, DO I HAVE MOTION WHILE YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UM, NO, I'VE RECOMMENDED THIS, BUT I AM GLAD THAT TO MY POINT LAST TIME, I LIKED TO LOOK STUFF IN PROPORTION TO WHAT THE FACADE LOOKS LIKE.
SO I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVAL OF THIS EXCEPTION, WHY WE SEND THEM SO EMOTIONS ON TOM RAUL SAID, HE'LL FALL BALL.
AND WE ALSO WANT EVEN FAVOR JOB POOL, THIS VERY TOURIST EXCEPTION FOR YOU SAY, AYE.
[6. Present and Discuss an Update on Taste Addison 2022.]
I DO HAVE A SET SIX[01:55:01]
PRESENT, THEN DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON CASE EDISON 2020 TO FAST APPROACHING.GOOD EVENING, MARY COUNSEL, JASMINE LEE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TASTES ADDISON, UH, COMING UP IN ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF, SIX WEEKS.
SO WE'RE NOT VERY FAR AWAY AT ALL.
UM, SO FIRST JUST SOME FUN MEMORIES FROM LAST YEAR.
SO THESE ARE ALL PICTURES FROM DAY STATUS IN 2021.
AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYBODY HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME AND OUR DATES THIS YEAR WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD AND FOURTH.
UM, AND IT'S THE SAME TIMES THAT IT WAS LAST YEAR THAT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS AND OUR ATTENDEES.
AND WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET PRICES.
THOSE REMAIN THE SAME AS 2021.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS BROUGHT BACK A VIP EXPERIENCE, WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR DUE TO LIMITED CAPACITY.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR THAT VIP PACKAGE.
THE STANDARD VIP PACKAGE IS $50.
IT INCLUDES SINGLE DAY ADMISSION TO DRINK TOKENS, TO TASTE BITES, UM, AND ACCESS TO THE ORANGE THEORY, FITNESS VIP LOUNGE, WHICH I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT LATER, BUT IS IN THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
AND THEN ALSO ACCESS TO OUR MAIN STAGE VIEWING DECK, WHICH I'LL ALSO SPEAK MORE ABOUT LATER.
WE HAVE ADDED A NEW OPTION FOR VIP, WHICH IS B HAVING PE PLUS IT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND ALSO INCLUDES A RESERVED PARKING SPACE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
SO IT GIVES THEM DIRECT ACCESS.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED AN INSURANCE FOR THE FESTIVAL AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE PARKING DIRECTLY NEXT TO A SPECIAL INJURY AND DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE VIP AREA.
UM, THEN WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO DO OUR HOTEL PACKAGE AND AS WE DID LAST YEAR, THAT IS AVAILABLE WITH ANY ADDISON HOTEL.
IT'S NOT LIMITED TO HOTELS WHO OFFER SPECIAL RATES.
SO IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR ESTABLISHMENT.
IT'S HEY, JASMINE CASHIER, REAL QUICK QUESTION ON THIS.
UM, I LIKE THIS ORANGE THEORY, FITNESS NAVY.
THIS IS, IS THIS FOR THE VIP AREA? CORRECT.
IF WE WERE DONE THAT BEFORE, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD A VIP SPONSOR IN 2019, WHICH WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE IP.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH, UM, THE LOCAL ORANGE THEORY FITNESS AND THEY'RE SPONSORING THE VIP LOUNGE ROOM.
SO TO GO OVER SOME OF OUR AREAS OF THE EVENT, WE HAVE THE FAMILY FUND LINE.
NOW THIS WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE IN THE LAWN WHERE THE STONE IS THAT, UM, HISTORICALLY THAT ACTUALLY IS WHERE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, WHERE WE HADN'T DONE THAT FOR SOME YEARS, BUT WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO THAT SAME LOCATION.
ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THE FAMILY FUND LAWN ARE FREE.
IT INCLUDES A PETTING ZOO ROCK CLIMBING WALL, CARNIVAL GAMES, CRAFT ACTIVITIES.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, THE ATHLETIC CLUB TO BRING OUT THE ADDISON OUTDOORS ACTIVITY TRAILER AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE OUR MARKETPLACE AND THE USUAL LOCATION LOCATED NEAR THE FRONT ENTRY OF THE PARK.
WE HAVE A FEW DOZEN VENDORS SET UP THERE, WE'LL BE DOING THE CORE JEWELRY, SPECIALTY FOOD ITEMS AND SUCH, AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER BESTIVAL, BRANDED MERGE.
HOWEVER, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH A VENDOR THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MANAGING OUR MERGE.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT THEY WILL COVER ALL OF THE COSTS OF PRODUCING THE MERGE, UM, SETTING UP THE TENT, STAFFING THE TENT, AND, UH, THEN WE TAKE A CUT OF WHAT IS SOLD AND THEN ANYTHING THAT'S NOT SOLD, IS THERE LIABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF? WE DON'T HAVE THAT COST NOR DO WE HAVE TO STORE BOXES AND BOXES OF SHIRTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEY HAVE A GREAT SELECTION OF ITEMS THAT THEY'RE WORKING TO PRODUCE.
AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME REALLY GREAT APPAREL, AS WELL AS A REUSABLE WATER BOTTLES AND OTHER ITEMS THAT PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE FOR A DIFFERENT TASTES TO ADDISON.
OUR MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT WAS ANNOUNCED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SO ON FRIDAY NIGHT, OUR NATIONAL HEADLINER WILL BE SHOT.
AND PAUL, AND THEN ON SATURDAY, WE'LL HAVE THREE NATIONAL ACTS STARTING WITH LIVING COLOR AND THEN CANDLEBOX AND STONE, TEMPLE PILOTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES ROCK BANDS.
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JAMAICAN REGGAE DANCE HALL ARTIST.SO FAR OUR FULL LINE UP ON BOTH STAGES.
WE WILL HAVE THE MAIN STAGE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY BEING SPONSORED THIS YEAR BY CBS 11.
AND SO THAT WILL KICK OFF ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE'VE GOT TYLER KITCHEN AND THE RIGHT PIECES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A BAND OUT OF NEW ORLEANS.
EVERYONE'S CITY IS SENDING ON A SPECIALTY GROUP.
THEY PUT TOGETHER OF THEIR ALL STAR PERFORMERS LEADING INTO SEAN PAUL.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A VARIETY OF TRIBUTE ACTS AND COVER BANDS THAT WILL PERFORM ALL WEEKEND ON THE LEGEND STAGE.
AND SATURDAY PRIOR TO OUR NATIONAL ACTS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, GREAT AND DIVERSE ART ACTS THAT WE'LL BE PERFORMING.
HAVANA ENERGY HAS A LATIN ORCHESTRA, AND THEN ALL FUNK RADIO SHOW IS A GROUP THAT PERFORMS MOTOWN AND FUNK MUSIC.
AND THEY ACTUALLY PERFORMED AT OUR, UH, ADDISON WEEKEND DRIVE IN SERIES LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THE DRIVE-INS AND WE'RE ARE IN 2020, WE DID THE DRIVE-INS AND WERE REALLY WELL RECEIVED BY THE AUDIENCE FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 24 ADDISON ESTABLISHMENTS THAT'LL BE PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR.
19 OF THEM WILL BE SELLING IN THE PARK IS FULL CONCESSIONAIRES, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE 10 SAMPLING.
AND THE VIP LOUNGE THAT ADDS UP TO MORE THAN 24, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR RESTAURANTS WILL BE DOING BOTH.
UM, WE ALSO WILL HAVE TWO CONCESSIONAIRES SELLING IN THE PARK.
UH, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT IN RECENT YEARS.
THIS IS SOMETHING NEW AND IT'S BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH LINES IN THE PARK AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, BUT WE HAVE ENSURED THAT THOSE TWO CONCESSIONAIRES SELLING ANYTHING THAT COMPETES WITH ANY OF OUR PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE DIVERSITY OF THE RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATING.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE HAVE A RANGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD AND THAT'S NOT EVERYTHING.
I JUST LISTED OFF A FEW OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES WE HAVE.
UH, WE HAVE SOME RESTAURANTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING, NOT NECESSARILY SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SOME HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED IN YEARS, SINCE LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE.
AND SOME OF THE NEW ONES WE'VE GOT BEHIND SEAN KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN, UH, WHY AMBROSE ALMOST BRAZIL AND GETTING THIS GRILL OR COMING OUT.
AND SOMETHING THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PERSONALLY IS THAT TICKS STREETS NOW HAS A TRUCK AND THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR CHECKOUT.
SO THERE'LL BE DOING COOKIES, THE TIP, WHICH SANDWICHES, ALL OF THOSE GOOD TREATS.
SO THAT'LL BE A NICE DESSERT OPTION FOR PEOPLE AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH LOCAL BREWERIES AND DISTILLERIES, UM, TO PROVIDE THE ALCOHOL OR OUR FESTIVAL BEVERAGE DENSE RESTAURANTS ARE STILL PERMITTED TO SELL THEIR OWN ALCOHOL, BUT LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, WE'LL HAVE FESTIVAL BEER AND WINE TENTS.
AND SO MOST OF THE BRANDS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ARE ACTUALLY BASED IN TEXAS.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER JUST FUN ASPECT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE ALCOHOL, AS WE'VE INTRODUCED A NEW AREA CALLED THE GROWTH AND THE GROWTH IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE IN 2020, BUT OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T.
AND SO WE'RE FINALLY BRINGING IT OUT.
IT IS A SPECIAL AREA THAT WILL FEATURE ALL FULL SERVICE BAR.
AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE SPIRITS SAMPLING DURING OUR SAMPLING HOURS.
SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH FRANKLY ORGANIC VODKA, WHICH IS TEXAS BASED.
UM, THEY WERE DOWN IN AUSTIN AND LOCKWOOD DISTILLING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN RICHARDSON, I BELIEVE RICHARDSON.
AND SO BOTH NEARBY HERE IN TEXAS, AND THERE'LL BE SAMPLING VODKA AND RUM AND BOURBON.
AND LIKE, AGAIN, ALL SERVICE DRINKS, WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE GARDEN, WHICH WILL FEATURE BEER AND WINE SAMPLING.
AND SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH CUPCAKE VINEYARDS AS WE HAVE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AS WELL AS FOUR CORNERS GROWING, WE'LL BE DOING SAMPLING THERE AND BUZZ BALLS, WHICH IS BASED RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN CARROLLTON, WHICH WE'LL BE SAMPLING THEIR WINE-BASED COOLERS.
SO WE'LL HAVE SAMPLING ON FRIDAY EVENING, AS WELL AS SELECT HOURS ON SATURDAY FOR OUR GUESTS.
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THAT SAMPLING.
ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE ADMISSION WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
SO BACK TO OUR VIP PACKAGE THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, AS I MENTIONED, IT INCLUDES SINGLE DAY ADMISSION.
UH, THE REASON THAT PEOPLE DO HAVE TO SELECT FRIDAY OR SATURDAY IS SO THAT WE CAN CONTROL CAPACITY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LIMITED SPACE WITHIN OUR VIP LOUNGE AND ARE VIEWING THAT.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE TWO BEVERAGES AND THE TWO CASE BYTES THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE VIP LOUNGE, WHICH IS INSIDE THE CONFERENCE CENTER, AS WELL AS THE LAWN IN FRONT OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
SO THINK SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH ADDISON, THE BOOMTOWN AND INSIDE WE'LL HAVE UNLIMITED PACKAGED SNACKS AND WATER STATIONS, AS WELL AS WE HAVE 10 ADDISON ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE'LL BE DOING PERIODIC SAMPLE.
SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS DURING THE NIGHT, WE'LL HAVE TWO TO THREE RESTAURANTS AT A TIME THAT WE'LL HAVE TAPES TABLE SET UP INSIDE THE CONFERENCE CENTER, AND THEY'LL BE GIVING
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OUT FREE SAMPLES TO OUR, EXCUSE ME, TO OUR VIP GUESTS.AND SO THERE'S NOT A POSTED SCHEDULE.
UM, WE ENCOURAGE OUR GUESTS TO COME BACK AND CHECK IN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
AND SO ON FRIDAY DURING THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, WE'LL HAVE, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
AND THOSE SAMPLES CAN VARY FROM DESSERTS, ENTREE ITEMS, UM, BEVERAGES THAT WILL INCLUDE OUR LOCAL BREWERY.
BETTER SISTERS WILL BE SAMPLING IN THEIR TWIN PEAKS WILL ACTUALLY BE SAMPLING BEER AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ON SATURDAY, AGAIN, THERE'LL BE SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE CAN POP IN THERE AND GET THOSE COMPLIMENTARY SAMPLES.
WE'VE ALSO ADDED A MAIN STAGE VIEWING DECK THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN STAGE.
IT IS NOT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE STILL ALLOW OUR GENERAL AUDIENCE TO LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE STAGE AND GET THOSE BACK GREAT VIBE OF PEOPLE CROWDING INTO THE STAGE.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BACK BEHIND THAT WHERE WE GENERALLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE THE BIG SCREEN IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ELLIPSE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT IS WHERE WE'LL HAVE AN ELEVATED DECK SO THAT THE VIP GUESTS CAN SEE OVER THAT CROWD AND HAVE AN EXCELLENT VIEW OF THE MAIN STAGE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR THIS YEAR? NO QUESTION.
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AND IF I INNOVATE ALL FOR YOU, THE WEATHER PERMITS AND A WAY HAVE A TERMINAL.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW IS THE, WE CUT OFF THE RESTAURANTS, UH, PARTICIPATION IN TASTE OR WAS THAT STILL ON? WE HAVE, WE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH RESTAURANTS THAT REACHED OUT TO US UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, BUT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY PRODUCING THE PROGRAM AND THE MENU ITEMS. AND SO WE CAN'T ADD ANY MORE AT THIS POINT.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY ARE GOING TO HAVE TENTS AND BE OUT IN THE GENERAL WALKING AREA? YES.
19 OF THE RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE BOOTS OUT IN THE PARK, BUT WE'LL BE SELLING FULL SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE 10 MINUTE WE'LL BE DOING THE VIP SALE.
AND HELP ME, IS THAT ABOUT SIMILAR NUMBERS AS LAST YEAR? YES, IT IS ACTUALLY.
UH, SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
IT'S ACTUALLY AN INCREASE OF IN PARK BOOTH.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD 17 AND THIS YEAR 19 OF THAT WILL BE SERVING IN THE PARK.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS REALLY HAPPY TO GET OUT AND CELEBRATE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GREAT PROBLEM.
WE HAD LONG LIVES, SO I HOPE THAT WE'RE PREPPING, PREPPING THESE RESTAURANTS TO BRING ALL THE FOOD THAT THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN WE ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONAIRES ON TOP OF THOSE 19.
SO WE NOW HAVE ONE BOOTH THAT WE'LL BE SERVING VERSUS THE 17 WE HAD LAST YEAR.
I JUST EXPECT A VERY FESTIVE CROWD AND A BIG AND A BIG CROWD.
WE'RE DEFINITELY PREPARING THOSE OFFICIALLY EARLIER TODAY.
BOB JONES, KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN.
AND THEN, UH, HI, ALL KID COMING BACK LAST YEAR, I ASKED THEM TO JOIN THE DINNER.
SO THIS YEAR THEY DECIDED REASON WE HAVE TWO MORE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[7. Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on an Ordinance to Amend the Town's Annual Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2022 to Provide Funding for Stone Cottage Repairs, Metrocrest Services Facility Contributions, Contractual Services for Real Estate Brokerage, Tree Plantings, Consulting Services for the Texas Ambulance Supplemental Payment Program, 2022 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, and Prior Year Encumbrances.]
I PAID HIM SEVEN PRESENT.DISCUSS THE CONSIDERATION ON ORDINANCE TO ABANDON YOUR TOWN'S ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR DON'T COTTAGE REPAIRS, THAT'S REQUEST SERVICES, FACILITY, CONTRIBUTIONS, CONTRACTOR, OR SERVICES FOR REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE TREE PLANTINGS, KIND OF SOUTHERN SERVICES FOR THE TEXAS AMBULANCE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT PROGRAM.
TONY, TONY TO GENERAL OBLIGATION WITH FUNDING BOUNDS AND THE PRIOR YEAR ENCUMBRANCES STEVEN, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, STEVEN LIGNIN, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
AND THIS EVENING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 MAJOR BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE BUDGET AND THE PROCESS THAT THE TOWN USES AND A BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE, UH, UH, AN ACCEPTED PRACTICE.
UH, SO THEY REPRESENT A FEW THINGS, UH, ACTIVE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF OUR FISCAL MEASURES.
ARE THEY HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEY'RE TRANSPARENT.
AND THEN THE TOWN'S A BUDGET AMENDMENT POLICY, OR IS THAT, UH, TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS WITHIN AN APARTMENT CAN BE APPROVED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, UH, TRANSFERS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS HAVE LESS THAN 5%, UH, CAN BE APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS ARE MORE THAN 5% MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO BEGINNING WITH WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
SO ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE A PROPOSED TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL FUND AND THE AMOUNT OF $41,875.
AND IF YOU RECALL, WINTER STORM YURI, THAT HAPPENED, UH, IN, UH, A FISCAL YEAR 2021, UH, THE TOWN
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RECEIVED SOME PROCEEDS RELATED TO DAMAGES, UM, DUE TO THAT SWARM AND A $41,875 OF THOSE PROCEEDS WERE RELATED TO THE STOUGHTON COTTAGE.UH, THOSE WERE RECORDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO TRANSFER THOSE OVER TO HOTEL FUND, UH, WHERE THOSE, UH, CAPITAL, UH, REPAIRS WILL BE, WILL BE FUNDED FROM.
AND THEN THE OFFSET TO THIS ON THE REVENUE SIDE IS A INCREASE IN SALES TAX, UH, THE SAME AMOUNT, WHICH WOULD MEAN A NET IMPACT ZERO TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN IN THE HOTEL FUND, WE ON THE REVENUE SIDE THERE, WE HAVE THE TRANSFER, UH, THAT IS PROPOSED FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN, UH, IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INSURANCE PROCEEDS OF A $14,444 ALSO RELATED TO MS. STELLAN COTTAGE.
AND THE TOTAL OF THOSE TWO ITEMS IS $56,319, WHICH IS EQUAL TO WHAT'S ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FOR THOSE, UH, CAPITAL, UH, UH, REPAIRS OVER AT THE STONE COTTAGE.
SO AGAIN, THE NET, THE NET IMPACT OF THE HOTEL FUND IS $0.
UH, THEN IN THE SELF-FUNDED PROJECTS FUND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE TREE PLANNINGS, EVEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000.
THESE ARE FUNDED FROM, UH, FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN, WERE RECEIVED RELATED TO A TREE MITIGATION.
SO THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
UH, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 AND THIS RELATES TO, UH, CONTRACT AND SERVICES THAT WE USE, UH, IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE FUNDS FROM A PROGRAM CALLED THE TEXAS, TEXAS SUPPLEMENTAL AMBULANCE, UH, PAYMENT PROGRAM.
AND THE TOWN RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $427,000 FROM THAT PROGRAM, UH, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE FEE CHARGED BY THE CONSULTANT FOR THE TOWN TO ACQUIRE THOSE FUNDS.
THEN WE HAVE A $120,000, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO METRO PRESS SERVICES.
A FACILITY CAMPAIGN THAT CONTROVERT CONTRIBUTION WAS ACCRUED BY THE COUNCIL, UH, BACK IN, UH, ON JANUARY 11TH OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WERE RELATED TO CONTRACTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.
AND, UH, THERE'S STILL A BALANCE REMAINING ON THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO WE HAVE A DESIGN OF THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB.
UH, THERE WERE $16,000, UH, THAT THAT WAS NOT EXPENSE, UH, AND SAID THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE CELESTIAL PARK LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 DUE TO SOME SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, ISSUES.
THOSE, UH, LIGHTS ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVED UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2021.
SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, THEN WE HAVE REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICES RELATED TO ME TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $200,000.
THAT'S A CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 BY THE COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UH, IN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.
AND, UH, THE BALANCES OF THOSE FULL CONTRACTS, TOTAL $250,000.
ONE OF THOSE, YOU GOT A PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY OR THE SAM'S CLUB SPECIAL AREA STUDY, AND THERE WAS ALSO A DART ENGINEERING REVIEW, UM, AND A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THEN A TRANSIT OR A, UH, ADDISON CIRCLE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING SERVICES.
SO THE TOTAL OF THOSE FOR A CONTRACT OR REMAINDER OF THOSE TOTAL CONTRACTS IS $250,000.
AND THEN THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THOSE ITEMS IS $686,000.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS FROM THE SELF FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS BACK TO THE TREE.
YOU MENTIONED IT WAS A RESTRICTIVE.
YEAH, SO, SO WE, UH, RE HAD RECEIVED SOME FUNDS RELATED TO TREE MITIGATION.
UH, SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS, WE PLACE THOSE INTO THIS FUND, BUT WE, BUT THEY ARE RESTRICTED THAT THEY CAN ONLY BE USED TO REPLANT TREES.
SO THERE, THE THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 60,000 IN TOTAL RECEIVED, UH, ENTRY MITIGATION FUNDS.
AND THIS IS TO APPROPRIATE 50,000, ANY MORE QUESTION, UH, AND THEN IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, IF YOU RECALL, WE DID A BOND REFUNDING, UH, BACK, UM, EARLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE 2012 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WERE REFINANCED.
AND, UH, AS PART OF THAT, UH, THAT PROCESS, WE RECEIVED BOND PROCEEDS OF $9.6 MILLION AND TURNED AROUND AND PAID OFF THE OLD BONDS THAT WE WERE REFINANCING AND THE AMOUNT OF $9.6 MILLION.
AND THEN THE SAVINGS FROM THAT TRANSACTION WILL BE GENERATED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO THIS WAY, YOUR 2023 TO FISCAL YEAR 2032, UH,
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THE TOWN WILL GENERATE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR IN DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS.SO JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS FROM THAT.
AND THEN THIS AMENDMENT IS JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE, ON PROCEEDS COMING IN AND GOING OUT TO PAY OFF THE OLD ONES, UH, THEN GRAND GENITALS, UH, THE ONLY, UH, EVERY FUND GENERAL FUND HOTEL FUND DEBT SERVICE FUND, UH, THOSE, UH, THE EXPENDITURES ARE EQUAL TO THE REVENUES THERE.
AND THEN IN THE SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND $686,000.
AND THOSE WERE RELATED TO ITEMS THAT EITHER SELF-GENERATING ON THE REVENUE SIDE OR WERE CONTRACTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND SO THE NET TOTAL OF ALL OF THOSE, THE IMPACT ON THE FUND BALANCE IS JUST 686,000, THE SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS.
AND WHEN YOU SAY FUN BALANCE, YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS SELF PROJECT SELF-FUNDED SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND DID NOT FOR EXAMPLE, THE GENERAL FUND FUNDS.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION, THE SECOND FUN TIME, WRONG, ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT? YOU SAY I IT'S WORTH IT.