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[1. Call Meeting to Order]
REGULAR MEETING.THE ADDISON PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER IS TUESDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.
AS WE DO AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME? MISLED RELATIONS.
I WANT TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH, SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE AND IN MATERIAL COLOR, I LIKE TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME OUR NEW PLANNING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
CAN, CAN YOU PLEASE DO THE INTRODUCTIONS? YES, SIR.
SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME LESLIE NIGHT OR ANY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
LESLIE JOINS US AFTER A THREE-YEAR TENURE WITH THE CITY OF MESQUITE, WHERE SHE SERVED IN VARIOUS PLANNING ROLES.
SHE COMES TO US AS A GRADUATE FROM KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY.
SHE HAS A BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN PLANNING.
UH, SHE HAS BEEN WITH US NOW FOR SIX WEEKS AND HAS BEEN A GREAT CULTURAL FIT WITH OUR TEAM.
AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO HER DOING OUTSTANDING WORK WITH THE PLANNING PROGRAM AND WITH THE COMMISSION WELCOME MOSLEY, UH, THIS BEING JUNE 21ST, LONGEST DAY HERE, THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR IS AN OLD DENIZ TRADITION AT SUNSET.
THEY LIGHT BONFIRES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO THE EXTENT DAYLIGHT EVEN FURTHER.
UM, SO IN RECOGNITION, THAT RECOGNITION OF THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED LESLIE TO START A BONFIRE TONIGHT.
IF THE INCLUSION IS MAYBE SHE'LL STICK AROUND UNTIL THE LAST AMBER IS OUT.
[ Consent Agenda: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the Planning and Zoning Commission 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.]
AND ZONING.FIRST SIDE OF THE BUSINESS IS WE HAVE A CONSENTED AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING IN APRIL, 2022.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS ONLY OF THE APRIL 20, 22 MINUTES OR SO SECOND FROM NANCY ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
ALL OPPOSED AND GIBSON, A SANCTIONS MOTION PASSES
[2. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Adopting a Development Plan for Block D of the Addison Grove Addition, including a Site Plan, Landscape Plan, Building Elevations and Floor Plans for 54 townhomes and one open space lot in an existing Planned Development District (PD), through Ordinance O16-003, located on approximately 2.08 acres at the Southwest Corner of Magnolia Street and Runyon Road, approximately 400 feet south of Belt Line Road. Case 1833-Z/Addison Grove, Block D.]
UNANIMOUSLY.NEXT ITEM UP FOR BUSINESS CASE 1833 DASH Z AS A GROVE BLOCK D HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN BLOCK D OR THE ADDISON GROVE ADDITION, INCLUDING A SITE PLAN LANDSCAPE PLAN BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND FOUR PLANS, 54 TOWNHOMES AND ONE OPEN SPACE, LOT IN AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT LEADING THROUGH ORDINANCE OH ONE SIX DASH 0 0 3.
LOCATED ON APPROXIMATELY 2.08 ACRES AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAGNOLIA STREET AND RUNYON ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET SOUTH OF BELTLINE ROAD.
KEN, PLEASE GET US A STAFF REPORT.
DAN, CAN YOU GIVE US A STAT REPORT? YES.
UM, LOVELY NIGHT WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION.
UM, THIS IS THE ASSET GROWTH BLOCK D A APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT CLIENT DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
THIS DOES INCLUDE, UM, THE SITE PLAN LANDSCAPE PLAN BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR FLOOR PLANS, UH, 4 54 TOWNHOMES, UH, INCLUDING ONE OPEN SPACE LOT, UH, IN BLOCK D OF THE ADDISON GROVE EDITION.
UH, HIGHLIGHTED ON A SCREEN, YOU SEE BLOCK D IS IN THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE ASS BRO DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THERE ARE, UM, 54 TOWNHOMES, UH, WITH THE COURTYARD SURROUNDING BY SURROUNDED BY THE ONE, UH, INTERIOR OPEN-SPACE COURTYARD.
SO TONIGHT, UH, WE ASKED THAT THE COMMISSION, UM, TAKE ACTION, CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS, UH, AS THEY MEET OR AS THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UM, PD CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 2016.
UM, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TOWN STANDARDS BEFORE YOU IS THE PROJECT HISTORY, UM, OF THE SAM'S CLUB SITE, FORMER SAM'S CLUB SITE.
UM, THE HOUSING GROWTH PD WAS ORIGINALLY IMPROVED INTO THAT 2016.
UM, SINCE THAT TIME YOU'VE SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE, UM, MULTI-FAMILY AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS
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ALONG THE BELTLINE ROAD.UM, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU'RE SAYING NOW THE DEVELOPMENTS, UH, BLOCK B AND A AND BEFORE YOU IS BLOCK D WITHIN, UH, THE BLOCK D DEVELOPMENT PLANS, THEIR TOTAL OF 13 BUILDINGS, AND THIS INCLUDES FOUR, FOUR STORY BUILDINGS, NINE THREE STORY BUILDINGS.
UM, THESE DO RANGE, UM, ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 1350 SQUARE FEET TO JUST OVER 4,000 SQUARE FEET AND RANGE OF TWO TO FIVE BEDROOMS. UM, THERE IS ONE FIVE BEDROOM UNIT, UM, PROPOSED, THERE ARE 18 FOUR BEDROOM UNITS, 22, 3 BEDROOM UNITS AND 13 TWO BEDROOM UNITS.
EACH TOWN HOME IS WE'LL PROVIDE, UH, A TWO CAR ENCLOSED GARAGE.
ADDITIONALLY, WITHIN THIS BLOCK, THERE WILL BE, UH, JUST OVER A QUARTER ACRE PUBLIC PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME REMAINING ONSITE UTILITIES.
THE, UM, MOST OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND STREETSCAPE IS ALREADY CURRENTLY INSTALLED.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, PARKING STANDARDS WITHIN THE PD, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE TWO OFFICER PARKING, ENCLOSED PARKING SPACES PROVIDED ON EACH TOWN HOME.
UM, AS WELL AS EACH TOWNHOME DOES MEET THE REQUIRED LOT DIMENSIONS AND STANDARDS PROVIDED IN THE PD, UH, THE OPEN SPACE, UH, AND WHICH INCLUDES THE OVERALL SITE LANDSCAPE WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED IN 2016.
UM, BLOCK D DOES COMPLY WITH THAT, UM, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UH, LANDSCAPE PLAN, THE INTERIOR COURTYARD, WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY TOWNHOMES DOES HAVE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON THE PLAN ON THE SCREEN, AS FAR AS THE FACADE OF THE TOWNHOMES, IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM MASONRY REQUIREMENTS OF 80%.
I BELIEVE THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE IS AROUND 88.
SO THEY ALL EXCEED THAT, UH, AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENT FOR LANDMARK BUILDINGS AT, UM, KIND OF PRIMARY INTERSECTION POINTS.
AND THAT HAS OCCURRED, UH, AT RUNYON AND HOLLY AND RUNG IN AND MAGNOLIA STREETS.
AS FAR AS THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED, UM, NOISE MITIGATION COMPLIANCE WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT.
UM, THE RETRACTABLE BOLLARDS WILL BE INSTALLED AT BELTWAY DRIVE.
THIS WILL PREVENT ANY, UM, NON EMERGENCY ACCESS THROUGH FROM WHAT IS MAGNOLIA STREET, SOUTH ONTO BELTWAY DRIVE.
ADDITIONALLY, A NOTICE TO THE TOWN, UH, IS STAFF IS ASKING A CONDITION, BE INCLUDED THAT NOTICE TO THE TOWN, UM, BE PROVIDED PRIOR TO ANY DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SCREENING WALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SITE ALONG BELTWAY DRIVE, UH, ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT STAFF HAS, UM, ASKED YOU ALL TO INCLUDE IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES THAT PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF BLOCK D BUILDING PERMITS A REPLAT AND AIR RIGHTS EASEMENT BE APPROVED AND FILED, UM, THE BLOCK EIGHT PUBLIC PARK IMPROVEMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED.
AND THE EIGHT INCH WATER LINE CONNECTION MUST BE INSTALLED, UH, WHICH IS AN EXTENSION FROM MAGNOLIA STREET TO FELT WAY DRIVE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE, UH, UM, EMERGENCY ACCESS TO THAT WATERLINE PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PROVIDED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE ADDISON GROVE SITE, 116 INDIVIDUALS WERE NOTED OR RECEIVED NOTICE, AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, FOR OR AGAINST OR NEUTRAL TO THIS APPLICATION.
AND IN CONCLUSION, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, WHICH I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, INCLUDING THE RE REPLY AIR RIGHTS EASEMENTS, UM, BE FILED PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE BLOCK.
THE BUILDING PERMITS, UH, THE EIGHT
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INCH WATERLINE BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO BUILDING PERMITS, UM, THE PUBLIC PARK AT BUILDING A BE COMPLETED AND ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN PRIOR TO, UH, THE BLOCK D BUILDING PERMITS AND THAT THE BELTWAY DRIVE SCREENING WALL NOT BE RENEWED, REMOVED WITHOUT NOTICE TO THE TOWN THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS.
I DO HAVE A FEW, UH, LESBIAN WOULD, WERE YOU GETTING ANY INDICATION AS TO, UH, IF THIS APPROACH NINE TINY CONTRACTORS WILL BEGIN DOING ANY OF THE WORK, PARTICULARLY THE H WIND IN THE PARK CAN WALK IN WHEN THEY WOULD DO SHADE, SOMETHING, ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THAT THIS YEAR AND THIS YEAR? NO, BUT WE DO HAVE STEPHEN CLIMATES, HE'S THE PROJECT ARCHITECTS FOR LUBBOCK COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF IN TOWN HOMES THAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT MAY BE A QUESTION AS ADDRESSED BY STEVEN.
UM, ON THE NOTICE TO THE TOWN PRIOR TO DEMO ALL LITERALLY, UH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF TINY WE'LL KIND OF KNOW THIS, UH, YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT WEEKS, DAYS, MONTHS.
AND THE STAFF REPORT IS CURRENTLY REQUESTED TWO WEEK NOTICE, I BELIEVE.
UM, COMMISSIONER'S WELCOME TO RECOMMENDED CHANGE IN THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? I WILL OPEN THE, THIS HEARING FOR PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT EITHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON AND THE APPLICANT HEROES.
STEVEN, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
STEPHEN, DO YOU WISH TO, UH, GIVE A PRESENTATION? UH, NO, I CA I I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO THE COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE? HEY, STEVEN? UH, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT A BLOT.
THE, UM, IS THAT ARE THOSE FRONT ENTRANCE IS GOING TO BE A HOUSE? I SAY THIS, UM, LIKE A GRAVE THAT RURAL.
SO AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN BELTWAY, YOU'D BE LOOKING AT THE FRONT DOOR.
OR WOULD YOU BE LOOKING AT LIKE THE SECOND OR THIRD STORY? UH, YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE FRONT DOOR FOR THOSE UNITS.
AT HAD A QUESTION OF LESLIE AND SHE DEFERRED TO YOU, STEVEN.
THIS IS, UM, WHEN THERE WERE TWO CONCEPTS, THERE'S A, A, A PARK IN BLOCK A AND THEN A WATER MAIN THAT THE WORK NEEDS TO BE COMPLETE ON THOSE BEFORE BUILDING PERMITS TO LOCK D ARE ISSUED.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE TIMING TO BEGIN WORK ON EITHER OR BOTH OF THOSE CONDITIONS IS, UM, I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN PROCESS ON, IN GETTING THOSE DONE.
WE HAD A FEW DEFICIENCIES IN OUR INSPECTIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE CORRECTING, AND, UM, WE DO HAVE BRIAN YEAST BACK ON THE JOB NOW, AND HE HAS BEEN, UM, REALLY DILIGENTLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, UM, PROPER ATTENTION PAID TO THAT AND GET IT BACK ON.
UM, THAT SAID I DO NOT HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE.
UM, HOWEVER, I CAN PROBABLY, UH, I'D LOVE WITH BRIAN AND SEND A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALWAYS COME UP FRONT.
SO THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ON MASS AND GROVE IS PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
AND I NOTICED THE TOWNHOMES AND BLOCK D I THINK HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO CAR GARAGE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE'S SO MUCH ONE GUARD ROGERS, BUT IT'S A SINGLE, BUT THEY'RE DOUBLE STACKED YET.
WHAT'S OVER ALLOWANCES ARE FOR VISITOR PARKING.
I KNOW YOU HAD THE PARKING STRUCTURE, THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH PEOPLE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THAT.
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UH, WHAT SORT OF, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION AS FAR AS COMEDY VISITORS IN LOCK D? UM, WELL, THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, MAGNOLIA STREETS.THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, PARALLEL PARKING THAT'S ALREADY PROVIDED RIGHT ALONG THERE.
UM, THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD BE ADEQUATE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL PARKING AND LET'S SEE ON HOLLY STREET, WHICH IS BETWEEN BLOCK C AND BLOCK D AS WELL AS ALONG RUNYON ROAD.
SO QUALITY WHILE THERE MAY NOT BE ANY INSIDE THE RESIDENTIAL BLOCK ITSELF, UH, THERE IS PLENTY RIGHT AROUND THE PERIMETER AROUND THE SURROUNDING ROADS.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR STATEMENT? YEAH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT JUST THE PIGGYBACK ON THE PARKING ISSUE, UH, THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH PARKING AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TWO CAR GARAGES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE EXPERIENCE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS MOST OF THE PEOPLE DON'T PARK TWO CARS IN THEIR GARAGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE SPILLOVER EFFECT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE CAN CHANGE OR DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, BUT I WANT TO GO INTO THIS EYES WIDE OPEN BECAUSE IT'S POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
WELL, AS I DO WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT IN PERSON OR ONLINE, YOU SHOULD SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
ANYONE SIGNING CARDS, DID YOU SIGN A CARD, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK A GOOD QUESTION.
WE'LL NEED TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL.
UM, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS ONLINE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET PODIUM, PLEASE, IT'S ALL NATALIE, BUT ONE FOR 700 MARSHALL LANE IN EDISON.
UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES IN THE ORIGINAL, UH, CASE INVOLVED THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWNHOMES IN THE HOPES THAT THEY WOULD SHIELD FROM BELTWAY, THE BLANK FACADE OF THE PARKING GARAGE, UH, SAY SOME OF THESE ARE OUR THREE AND FOUR STORY.
THERE'S FIVE STORIES, FOUR STORIES THAT, UH, WITH GIVEN THE GRADE CHANGE IS, WILL THAT PARKING GARAGE BE HIDDEN BY THE TOWNHOMES? UM, I, I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT.
WE COULD PROBABLY DO SOME SIGHT LINE STUDIES TO FIND OUT FOR SURE.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO DOWN THERE, I'M SCHEDULED TO COME BACK UP TO ADDISON, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND I COULD PROBABLY TAKE SOME PICTURES AND DO SOME SIDELINES STUDIES FOR YOU.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT SOME OF THE NEARBY RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE.
AND WOULD IT, WHAT WOULD IT BE SCREENING THE PARKING GARAGE FROM WHICH YOU POINTS? ARE YOU THINKING, OH, FROM BELTWAY? I WOULD IMAGINE THAT FROM BELTWAY, IT, IT, THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS WOULD ACTUALLY, UH, WOULD ACTUALLY HIDE THE PARKING GARAGE AT THAT POINT.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE I WILL NOW CLOSE THE BOOK, THE COURSE OF MAYBE NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS MATTER.
DO I HAVE YOUR EMOTIONS? ANOTHER QUESTION, A FOLLOW UP, UM, BACK TO THE TAKE DOWN OF THE SCREEN WALL.
WE HAVE TWO THAT WE'RE GOING TO OH, OKAY.
BACK TO THE QUESTION ARE THE, UH, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO HAVE TO GIVE A TWO WEEK NOTICE TO TOWN BEFORE THEY START TO THAT WALL? WHAT ELSE EXACTLY IS THAT TIED TO, UM, WHAT ELSE HAS TO BE IN PLACE OR DONE OR PERFORMED OR WHATEVER, BEFORE THEY CAN GIVE THAT TO ME? IS THAT A QUESTION FOR ME? NO, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE THING AND
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THAT IT'S TECHNICALLY THEIR PROPERTY.NOT TECHNICALLY, IT IS IT'S, IT'S NOT A ROAD, IT'S NOT A SIDEWALK.
IT'S NOT A WATER LINE SO THEY CAN, UH, REMOVE IT.
UM, BUT AS, UH, A MATTER OF ADDRESSING THE MANY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT AND ITS IMPACT ON THAT AREA DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, THEY WANT THEM TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND, UM, THEY'VE GENERALLY TRIED TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON THAT WALL AND REALLY, UM, ADDRESSING IT WHEN IT ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO, THEY DID HAVE, UH, A MISTAKE MADE BY A VERY, UH, JUNIOR, UH, PROJECT MANAGERS THAT RESULTED IN SOME OF IT BEING TAKEN DOWN WITHOUT TOWN.
AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY THIS ITEM, UM, IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
UM, AS A CONDITION, UH, WE REINFORCED WITH THEIR TEAM EVERY TIME, UH, WE, WE MEET WITH THEM, GIVE US NOTICE BEFORE YOU IMPACT IT.
UM, BUT THERE IS NOT A STRICT CONDITION.
IT'S NOT A STRUCTURE THAT YOU WOULD EVEN DEMO PERMIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IT'S JUST, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO, TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S, UH, THOUGHTFULLY.
CASE 1833 DASH THE ADDISON GROVE BLOCK B BE APPROVED WITH THE CONDITIONS, ALL THE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, EXCEPT FOR THE BIG SCREEN THAT ASSOCIATE
SO JOHN WOULD MAKE THEM, WE HAD ONE, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM, WHEN ARE YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THIS MOTION BEFORE JONATHAN, WE CAN VOTE ON YEARS.
IT WOULDN'T BE SECOND IN A BOAT ON THAT ONE, BUT HE'S GONNA MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND IT'S DOESN'T FALL ON HER.
DO I HEAR A SECOND FOR JULIE'S MOTION? ALRIGHT, SO PROMOTION IS, SO NOW JOHN, THE ONE, I STARTED A NEW MOTION.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE PLEASE.
NOTICE THE SECOND EMOTION FROM JOHN SECOND FROM, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
NATURALLY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PROBABLY THE NEXT ITEM.
THANK YOU, STEPHEN FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
[3. Present and Discuss the Draft Report for the Sam's Club Special Area Study.]
THAT.UH, NEXT THING IS VERY MUCH STAFF WILL PRESENT THE DRAFT FOR, FOR THE SAM'S CLUB.
AS A REMINDER, WOULD NOT BE BULLYING ON THIS AGENDA.
JEN, THE ITEM TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR IT IN OUR NEXT MEETING CAN BE PRESENT.
UH, ONE MOMENT I'M SHARING R Z U OH, THANK YOU, KEN.
COMMISSIONERS, KEN SCHMIDT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE SAM'S CLUB, SPECIAL AREAS STUDY.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS A LOT OF HISTORY,
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UH, THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE AREA THAT WE'RE SITTING IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF BELTLINE ROAD AND MIDWAY.SO GENERALLY, UM, ALL THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND IN THE CASE OF ADDISON GROVE, FORMER COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UH, THAT REALLY, UH, LINES, THE MIDWAY AND BELTLINE ROAD CORRIDOR, UH, AND EXTENDS, UH, SOUTH TO THE GREENHILL SCHOOL CAMPUS.
THIS IS ALL THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT, UH, IS SITUATED, UH, BETWEEN, UH, THE CORRIDORS, WHICH ARE THE MOST PROMINENT CORRIDORS IN TOWN.
I HAVE SENT TO THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, UH, AND THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SERVE AS THE LARGEST SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL NODE AND ADDISON.
SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF OUR MOST RECENT PLANNING EFFORTS.
SO, UH, BACK IN 2013, UH, THE TOWN UPDATED ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IDENTIFIED SEVERAL AREAS, UH, IN WHICH WE WERE GOING TO DO MORE DETAILED, TARGETED PLANNING, UH, AS IT RELATES TO LAND USE HOUSING BUILDING, FORM TRANSPORTATION, UH, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PLANNING.
AND THE AREA I JUST DESCRIBED, UH, WAS ONE OF THOSE AREAS, UM, WITH THAT STUDY THAT WAS INITIATED, UH, IN 2014, UM, THAT STUDY EXTENDED FROM BELTLINE, UH, TO THE REDDING TRAILER.
UM, WITH THAT STUDY, UM, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED AND, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ULTIMATELY ADVANCED BY THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WERE PARTIALLY ADOPTED.
SO RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ADOPTED FOR WHAT WAS FORMERLY THE SAME'S CLUB AREA, WHICH IS NOW ADDISON GROVE, BUT EVERYTHING TO THE SOUTH OF THAT AREA.
SO SAME SLOPE PARK AND EXTENDING SOUTH, UH, DOWN, UH, ACROSS THE BELTWAY AND DOWN THE MIDWAY CORRIDOR.
UH, NO FOR POLICY, UH, WAS ESTABLISHED, UH, WITH THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIC TO THE SAM'S CLUB SITE.
UH, THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, UH, IDENTIFIED SEVERAL NEEDS.
UM, THAT WOULD BE AT ONE A MIXED USE PROJECT AND THAT IT INCLUDE A RETAIL COMPONENT THAT MAXIMIZES RESIDENTIAL FEE, SIMPLE OWNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE CURRENT PATTERN IN ADDISON GROWTH.
UH, IT CERTAINLY MATCHES, UH, THOSE, UH, IDENTIFIED GOALS, UM, WITH THE ONGOING RECONSTRUCTION OF THE, UH, MIDWAY ROAD CORRIDOR, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, AREA AND THEN EXTENDING NORTH, UH, AND ADDISON, UH, NORTH OF ARAPAHO.
UM, THE TOWN SAW A NEED, UH, COUPLED WITH ONGOING BRENE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN THIS AREA TO COMPLETE THIS PLAN.
SO, UM, BACK IN MARCH OF 2021, UH, TWO MONTHS INTO MY TENURE WITH THE TOWN, I WAS TASKED WITH, UM, UH, UH, UH, BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT AND THEN WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCILS APPOINTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, TO COMPLETE THIS PLAN.
UH, SO THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF, UH, FOLKS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, 14 NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES, UH, TO INCLUDE, UH, FORMER PNZ CHAIR, EILEEN RESNICK, AND CURRENT PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION MEMBER NANCY.
AND THEN, UH, THREE STUDY AREA OF PROPERTY, BUSINESS, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, AS WELL, UM, AT THAT TIME, UM, COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND REALLY STILL BEING IN THE PANDEMIC, UM, THE COUNCIL IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO EXTEND THE STUDY AREA FURTHER SOUTH TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE GREENHILL SCHOOL, THE MAJOR DRIVER FOR DOING THAT WAS SEVERAL BUSINESS PROPERTIES THAT WERE VACANT.
AND ONE OF WHICH STILL REMAINS OF AGED IN THE CROWN PLAZA HOTEL.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, UH, INITIATION OF THE STUDY THAT COMMITTEE REALLY WAS TASKED WITH, UH, WORKING WITH STAFF AND A COMMUNITY TO, TO ADDRESS THREE THINGS, ANALYZING THE SITE AND MARKET DATA, UM, THAT IS, UM, UH, UH, INFORMS, UH, THE PAST CONDITIONS, CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FUTURE CONDITIONS FOR THIS AREA, UH, SERVING AS A SOUNDING BOARD AND VOICE FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, IN, UH, AT, AROUND THE STUDY AREA.
AND THEN, UM, REVIEWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY, UM, OUR TEAM, UH, TO INCLUDE THE CONSULTANT TEAM, UH, AND REALLY CALIBRATING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UM, BEST MEET A CONSENSUS OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO ACCOUNTING FOR THE UNIQUE SITE AND MARKET CONDITIONS THAT WILL DRIVE INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA.
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UM, WAS A FAIRLY TYPICAL PROCESS.IT STARTED OFF WITH SITE AND, UH, MARKET ANALYSIS AND LOOKING AT, UH, THOSE, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, AND, UH, UH, SITE CONDITIONS THAT WILL, UH, INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF THIS AREA.
UH, WITH THAT PHASE OF THE PROJECT, UH, WE CONDUCTED STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND MORE OF A FOCUS GROUP TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT, UH, WITH, UH, SOME, SEVERAL RESIDENTS AS WELL AS BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR FIRST WORK SESSION WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT KICKED OFF THE PROJECT, UH, THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PROJECT, TRANSITION TO VISION AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED TO, UM, REALLY, UH, ANALYZE, UH, THOSE, UH, THAT SITE AND MARKET DATA AND START TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO SEE, UH, WHAT FOLKS, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS AREA IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED TO IDENTIFY TRENDS AND PATTERNS.
AND, AND I REALLY POINTS OF CONSENSUS, UH, IN, UH, CONSIDERING THE FEATURE OF THIS AREA WITH THAT.
WE HAD A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, UH, AT THE ADDISON ATHLETIC CLUB, UH, THAT WAS A COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENT.
UH, WE HAD, UH, JUST OVER 70 PEOPLE ATTEND CONSIDERING WE WERE STILL IN, AT THE, UH, UH, IN THE PANDEMIC.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL OTHER, UH, WORK SESSIONS, AS WELL AS A, UH, WEB-BASED SURVEY THAT WE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK.
UM, THIRD AND FINAL PLANNING PHASE, UH, WAS THE BID IT VISION AND STRATEGY REFINEMENT PHASE.
AND THIS PHASE WENT ON PROBABLY, UM, A LOT LONGER THAN, UH, WE ADDITIONALLY INITIALLY SCOPED, UH, THAT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT HELPED US GET TO A BETTER WORK PRODUCT.
UM, BUT THAT PHASE REALLY STARTED WITH A SECOND COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE WHERE WE PRESENTED A DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR A PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES TO GUIDE THE FUTURE OF THIS AREA.
AND THEN IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY AND TOOK A VERY HANDS-ON APPROACH WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PICK THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, SIMPLIFY THEM, MAKE THEM MORE FLEXIBLE, MAKE THEM SOMETHING THAT WERE MORE USABLE FOR THE TOWN AND SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE IN BODIES, A, A CONSENSUS VISION, UH, FOR THIS AREA.
SO, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, WE STARTED BY PRESENTING, UH, THAT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, THAT DRAFT FRAMEWORK THAT THE COMMITTEE WORKED ON TO COUNCIL FOR FEEDBACK.
AND THEN SINCE THAT SESSION I'VE BEEN WORKING ON PREPARING THE DRAFT REPORT THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THAT INCLUDES THAT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UH, BASICALLY VERBATIM TO WHAT THE COMMITTEE, UH, ADVANCED, BUT THEN ALSO INCLUDES A LOT MORE BACKGROUND ON THE PROCESS, WHAT INFORMED SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND REALLY IN THE APPENDICES DOCUMENT OF THIS REPORT, ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT GOT PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PLUS LONG LIFE OF THE PROJECT.
SO FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT THE PROJECT TEAM PRESENTED, THAT'S ALL THERE FOR THEM.
UM, SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO, JUST TO KICK OFF THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMISSION, AND THEN, UH, NEXT MONTH WE WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.
SO, UH, FIRST WE'LL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE SITE AND MARKET ANALYSIS.
SO, UM, THIS IS AN AREA THAT, UH, FOLKS IN TOWN OR ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
IT'S ONE OF THE, UH, COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THAT, UH, DEVELOPED EARLIEST, UH, IN TOWN.
IT HAS A, UH, VERY MATURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, UM, VERY MUCH BUILT OUT.
UH, WE DID HAVE ONE BUILDING LOSS WITH THE SUPER GREAT MOTEL THAT BURNED DOWN, BUT, UH, GENERALLY IT'S BUILT DOWN AND IT HAS A, UH, A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT IS DOMINANT, UM, FOR MORE OF A SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL PATTERN.
SO YOU HAVE, UM, MOST, UH, UH, SINGLE AND TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SINGLE STORIES, STRIP RETAIL, UH, YOU HAVE SOME HOSPITALITY USES AND THE CROWN PLAZA AND THE RESIDENTS IN, UM, YOU HAVE A PRETTY LIMITED, UH, OPEN SPACE WHERE YOU SEE IT REALLY IS, UH, WHERE IT'S BEEN INTRODUCED WITH THE ADDISON GROWTH PROJECT.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, VERY LIMITED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
ONCE AGAIN, WHERE YOU SEE IT AS AN ADDISON GROVE, UM, YOU HAVE DECENT SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY, UM, PRETTY LIMITED BUILDING COVERAGE, BUT YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF PAVEMENT, AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT DOMINATES THIS AREA, UM, THAT APPEARANCE OF PARKING LOTS AND, AND REALLY AGING PARKING LOTS.
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SO HERE YOU SEE SOME IMAGES THAT KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT, UM, GIVEN THAT THIS IS OLDER DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, UH, IN PARTICULAR WITH THE PANDEMIC, UH, IT REALLY HAD A HARSH IMPACT ON SEVERAL CLASSES OF REAL ESTATE AND THAT'S OFFICE AND HOSPITALITY.SO, UM, THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THE STUDY AREA, AND WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF REINVESTMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PROPERTIES THAT, UH, REALLY HAVEN'T REBOUNDED.
AND YOU START TO SEE THAT SHOW UP NOT ONLY IN INTERIOR MAINTENANCE ISSUES, BUT, UH, EXTERIOR INSIGHT MAINTENANCE ISSUES, SUCH AS FAILING PAVEMENT, FAILING SIDEWALKS, FAILING ENTRYWAYS.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT YOU SEE IN THIS QUARTER.
THE OTHER THING YOU SEE THAT I WOULD SAY IS VERY POSITIVE AND IT'S ALSO ATTRIBUTED TO ITS AGE IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF VERY MATURE TREES.
UM, THERE ARE SOME MAINTENANCE NEEDS THERE.
UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CERTAINLY AN ASSET HERE.
UM, WITH THIS ANALYSIS, WE LOOKED AT GENERAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS LAND USE THE EXISTING ZONING THAT'S APPLIED PARCEL OWNERSHIP, AND THEN ALSO THE TALENTS LONG RANGE PLANS AND HOW IT IMPACTS US AREA.
REALLY ONE OF THE DOMINANT THEMES OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMITTEE WAS, WAS PARCEL OWNERSHIP AND FRAGMENTATION.
UM, ANYTIME YOU DO A LONG RANGE PLANNING PROJECT, THAT TAKEAWAY FOCUSES ON REDEVELOPMENT.
ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES YOU FACE IS THE FRAGMENTATION OF OWNERSHIP.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT AND YOU POTENTIALLY HAVE A FRAGMENTATION OF INTERESTS.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE BIG THEMES THAT WE WORKED WITH THE COMMITTEE ON AND THE COMMITTEE REALLY DROVE HOME ON IS THAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS POLICY AS A TOOL TO TRY TO UNIFY INTERESTS AND TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN OF A PLAN.
SO, WHEREAS ONE PROJECT OR ONE PROPERTY MAY BE READY TO REDEVELOP NOW AND HAS MARKET INTEREST IN REDEVELOPMENT.
OTHER PROJECTS ARE DOING QUITE WELL, AND WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO DO TO ENSURE THAT THEY KEEP DOING QUITE WELL.
SO YOU HAVE THAT DYNAMIC, BUT WITH THAT, WHERE THERE IS CHANGE, YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT THAT CHANGE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SITES AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE DOING QUITE WELL.
AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND THE AREA THAT ARE DOING QUITE WELL.
SO THAT WAS A MAJOR THEME OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, ALSO, UM, WITH THIS, UM, STUDY, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE LONG RANGE PLANNING SIDE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TRAIL CONNECTIVITY WAS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION AND INTEGRATING THOSE TRAILS INTO NATURAL GREEN AREAS THAT ARE COMFORTABLE AND SAFE AND INVITING PLACES TO WALK THAT HAVE TREAT COVER THAT HAVE AMENITIES AND PUBLIC ARTS.
SO IMPLEMENTING OUR TRAIL MASTER PLAN, BUT DOING IT IN A WAY THAT ALSO SERVES AS A PLACE MAKING, UH, COMPONENT TO THIS AREA.
UM, LOOKING AT, UH, JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF, UM, UH, OUR POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE METROPLEXES, UH, I THINK THE THING WE ALL KNOW BOTH WITH ADDISON AND PARTICULARLY THE METRO COLLECTS WE'RE IN A REGION THAT IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND IT'S CONTINUING TO GROW RAPIDLY.
AND THE BIG DRIVER FOR THAT IS, UM, JOB GROWTH.
SO YOU SEE WITH ADDISON, UM, FROM 2010 TO 2020, UH, WE SAW, UH, NEARLY 37% GROWTH WHERE WE HAVE A SMALLER POPULATION.
SO THAT GROWTH SEEMS MORE SIGNIFICANT, BUT AS A REGION, WHEN WE'RE NOW AT, UH, NEARLY 8 MILLION PEOPLE EXPERIENCING 23% GROWTH AT THAT SCALE OVER 10 YEARS, IT'S REALLY, UH, A TREMENDOUS CHANGE.
ONE OF THE DOMINANT CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDISON AND WHAT SETS IT OUT AS BEING UNIQUE FROM SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION, REALLY MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION IS OUR HOUSING MIX.
UM, WE TEND TO HAVE A HIGHER, UH, RENTAL OR HIGHER MULTI-FAMILY RATIO TO SINGLE FAMILY.
SO YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED HERE, AND THEN ALSO YOU SEE, UH, TRENDS WITH AGE AND INCOME.
WE TEND TO BE A YOUNGER COMMUNITY, UM, DUE TO, UH, UH, SOME OF THE HOUSING CONDITIONS THAT EXIST HERE, AS WELL AS THE ABUNDANCE SUPPLY OF JOBS THAT ARE WITHIN ADDISON, BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UH, AS A RESULT, YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER INCOME HERE AS WELL, COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE REGION, DFW NSA, CORRECT.
UH, SO HERE, THIS TAKES A DEEPER DIVE INTO OUR HOUSING MIX.
UM, SO BOTH WITH THIS SLIDE, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND THE SIDE SLIDES THAT FOLLOW THE DATA
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THAT YOU HAVE ARE REALLY DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS.WE RECENTLY HAD A CENSUS, UM, 20, 20 CENSUS, UH, OUR POPULATION NUMBERS IN THE 2020 CENSUS ARE LOWER THAN WHAT'S REFLECTED HERE.
UH, THAT COULD BE A REFLECTION OF THE CHALLENGES OF THAT PARTICULAR CENSUS PERIOD, BUT, UH, THIS IS A PROJECTION OF AN, A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
SO, UH, OUR HOUSING MIX, UH, GENERALLY, UH, RANGES, UH, FROM, UH, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED GENERALLY IN THE RANGE OF 18 TO 20%.
UH, AND THEN MULTIFAMILY, UM, BEING IN THE 78 TO 80% RANGE, WHETHER THAT'S THE TALENT'S PROJECTIONS OR WHAT YOU SEE REFLECTED HERE, UH, OUR EMPLOYMENT.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF JOBS LOCATED HERE IN ADDISON, AND WE'RE ALSO SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL COMMUNITIES AND CORRIDORS THAT ARE ALSO, UH, MAJOR EMPLOYMENT NODES.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, JUST OVER 17,000 RESIDENTS, BUT WE HAVE, UM, OVER 110,000 JOBS.
AND THAT REALLY DRIVES OUR DAYTIME POPULATION TO BE MORE LIKE A RICHARDSON, UH, OR A PLANO VERSUS, UH, A SMALLER COMMUNITY WE'RE SMALL IN THE AREA, BUT WE'RE VERY LARGE IN DAYTIME POPULATION.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, EMPLOYMENT IS THE HUGE DRIVER OF, UH, NOT ONLY POPULATION GROWTH, BUT TRENDS AND RETAIL TRENDS IN HOUSING.
UH, OUR REGIONS CONTINUED PROSPERITY OR STATES CONTINUED PROSPERITY, REALLY DRIVES THE LAND, USE CONSIDERATIONS THAT COME BEFORE YOU, THAT JOB GROWTH DRIVES THAT.
AND THEN HERE IS A, JUST A SMALL TAKEAWAY, UM, THE RETAIL FRONT.
UM, SO THE MAP ON THE LEFT OR FLEX OUR TRADE AREAS, OUR TRADE AREAS, NOT JUST ADDISON, UH, IT IS, UH, SEGMENTS OF THE SURROUNDING REGIONS THAT TAKES IN PARTS OF PLANO NORTH DALLAS, CARROLLTON RICHARDSON.
AND GENERALLY WITH THAT TRADE AREA, YOU SEE A VERY PROMISING TREND IN THAT YOU ARE BRINGING IN MORE CONSUMPTION.
SO PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO SPEND MONEY VERSUS PEOPLE LEAVING HERE TO SPEND MONEY.
THAT'S A GOOD THING HERE IN ADDISON, LOOKING AT IT AT THE MICRO SCALE, THE BIG DRIVER FOR THAT IS OBVIOUSLY RESTAURANTS.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS RESTAURANT BASE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A NORTH PARK MALL, BUT RESTAURANTS ARE A BIG DRIVER HERE.
SO FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, THIS IS A, UH, THE TALENT'S MOST PROMINENT RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY AREA.
AND ANY TIME YOU HAVE REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT, UH, ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU GET COMMUNITY INPUT, BOTH WITH THIS LONG RANGE PLANNING PROCESS, BUT ANY PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD THAT COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION, WE WANT TO HAVE A VERY DELIBERATE, UH, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW WITH THE COMO HOMELESS PROJECT.
SO FOR THIS, UH, LONG RANGE PLANNING STUDY, WE HAD THOSE FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS ON THE FRONT END OF THE PROJECT THAT I MENTIONED SEVEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO OPEN HOUSE EVENTS, TWO SURVEYS, AND ONE COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE P AND Z PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING IN THE COMING MONTHS.
SO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, A VERY, VERY COMMITTED GROUP, UH, THEY, UH, ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEY CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND ENSURING THAT IT WAS A TOOL THAT OUR LEADERSHIP COULD USE TO GUIDE THE EVOLUTION OF THIS AREA.
UM, THERE WAS NEVER A HUNDRED PER CENT CONSENSUS ON ANY ONE PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION, AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF LONG RANGE PLANNING THESE DAYS, AND THAT'S HEALTHY, BUT THEY WERE ALL VERY PASSIONATE AND THEY ALL CARED VERY DEEPLY AND THEY WOUND UP WITH A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT BALANCES A LOT OF COMPETING INTERESTS AND USE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES, SUFFICIENT OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, GROWTH AND INVESTMENT, BUT ALSO GIVES GREAT CONSIDERATION TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, BOTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, THIS GROUP WAS VERY HANDS-ON.
UM, THEY WERE FRUSTRATED, UH, AT A POINT IN THE REALLY AFTER THE, UH, SECOND, UH, COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE EVENT.
AND WE HAD A BIT OF A COME TO JESUS MEETING.
AND, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF VERY STRONG OPINIONS SHARED, BUT IT WAS HEALTHY.
AND WITH THAT, WE TOOK A STEP BACK IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, AND THAT LED TO PROBABLY ABOUT, UH, A SIX TO EIGHT MONTH PERIOD WHERE WE WORKED THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES AND, AND, UH, REALLY HAD A POSITIVE DIALOGUE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS THEY EVEN
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WENT OUT INTO THE FIELD AND WALKED THIS STUDY AREA AND LOOKED AT THE TRANSITION ZONE TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST POSSIBLE DESIGN FOR THAT AREA.SO A GREAT PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT WITH THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE EVENTS, UH, THERE WERE TWO OF THEM EACH EVENT HAD OVER 70 PARTICIPANTS.
THE SECOND ONE, UH, CLEAR THE 80.
UM, THERE WAS, UH, A WIDE RANGE OF FEEDBACK RECEIVED.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DETAIL ON THAT IN THE PROJECT REPORT, APPENDICES, UH, INPUT WAS RECEIVED, UH, VIA KEYPAD POLLING AND POLICY STATIONS.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID TEACH SURVEYS, OR WE HAD OVER 240 SURVEY RESPONDENTS.
THE FIRST SURVEY WAS WHERE THE BULK OF THOSE CAME, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS.
UH, SEVERAL KEY THEMES EMERGED THAT I'LL COVER IN A MOMENT.
UH, SO THE FIRST THING, AND I'VE TOUCHED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, THERE WAS FRUSTRATION WITH THE STRUCTURE AND THE PROCESS.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGING STRUCTURE FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, UH, FOR STAFF AND FOR THE CONSULTANT, BECAUSE THIS WASN'T A NEW PROJECT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF HISTORY ON IT, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, FRUSTRATION, NOT ONLY WITH THE PREVIOUS PLANNING PROJECT, BUT WITH THE ADJACENT ZONING CASE AT ADDISON GROVE, UM, THAT LED THIS UP CONCERN ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THIS PROJECT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CORRECT.
MID-STREAM THROUGH A VERY COLLABORATIVE, OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMITTEE.
UM, WITH THAT DISCUSSION, A BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MY TEAM WAS FORWARDING HAD WAY TOO MUCH DETAIL.
THEY REALLY SPOKE TO THE BOB'S POINT EARLIER WHERE THIS IS A 30 YEAR PLAN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AROUND THE CORNER AND SIX MONTHS IN A YEAR, FIVE YEARS, 10, 20, 30 YEARS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING SO GRANULAR THAT IT REALLY PINS DOWN, UM, THE COMMUNITY TO A VERY SPECIFIC VISION.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE PARAMETERS LEFT AND RIGHT LIMITS AND, AND, AND GOALS, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SO LIMITING AND, AND SPECIFIC THAT IT'S JUST ADVANCING ONE SOLUTION.
SO FLEXIBILITY WAS A KEY DESIRE.
AND I THINK WE GOT TO A GOOD POINT WITH THAT.
THE OTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT IS PROVIDING A TOOL THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY USED BY TALENT LEADERSHIP TO INCLUDE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AS WE CONSIDER THINGS LIKE CAPITAL PROJECTS, NEW PARKS, NEW TRAILS, BUT ALSO OF COURSE, UH, THE, UH, REGULATORY PROCESS IN THIS CASE, MOST DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU IN THIS AREA REQUIRES SOME SORT OF ZONING ACTION.
SO HAVING A GOOD TOOL TO, UH, FOR THOSE GROUPS TO USE, BUT TO NOT DICTATE THEIR ACTIONS IS REALLY WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMITTEE.
NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY WAS THE GREATEST POINT OF CONSENSUS ON THIS PROJECT, UM, DUE TO THE OBVIOUS CONDITIONS THAT EXIST HERE, AND YOU HAVE AGING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS LIKELY TO SEE REINVESTMENT ADJACENT TO VERY STABLE, VERY HIGH QUALITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH WHATEVER CHANGE OCCURRED.
SO HAVING A VERY WELL DEFINED TRANSITION ZONE, UM, AND HAVING GUIDELINES FOR HOW THAT'S TREATED WAS A MAJOR EFFORT ADVANCED BY THE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS, UH, I'M SURE IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO YOU, BUT PROBABLY THE, THE POINT OF LEAST CONSENSUS WAS ON HOUSING.
UH, IT'S JUST A CHALLENGING POLICY DISCUSSION THAT IT IS NOT UNIQUE TO ADDISON EVERY CITY STRUGGLES WITH THAT POLICY DISCUSSION.
BUT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A PROSPEROUS REGION, IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT IS STILL GOING TO OCCUR.
THIS GIVES US A TOOL TO HELP INFORM THAT DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S NOT A MAGIC BULLET.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A HARD DISCUSSION, WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN HOUSING PROPOSALS INEVITABLY COME UP, WHICH IT WILL, BASED ON HOW THE MARKET IS REACTING IS ENSURE WE HAVE A VERY VIGOROUS PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON THOSE PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE ACT ON.
IF WE ARE TO APPROVE SOMETHING, IT'S THE HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE, UH, GETTING INTO MOVIES, BUT THEIR MAIN ISSUE WITH SINGLE FAMILY VERSUS MULTI-FAMILY, UH, SINGLE-FAMILY VERSUS MULTIFAMILY RENTAL VERSUS OWNERSHIP.
UH, IT'S BEEN A MAJOR THEME AND DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE IN THE TOWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, GOING BACK TO ADD SOME GROWTH THAT, THAT CHALLENGING DISCUSSION REMAINS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN, AND THIS WILL
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BE A TOOL THAT WILL HELP US GET THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE DYNAMICS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING HERE IN OUR REGION.AND ON THAT POINT, LIKE WHEN WE HAD THAT COBOL HOMES DISCUSSION, I THINK YOU WALKED US THROUGH OR READ US THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOUSING POLICY.
AND I REMEMBER I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN, WHEN WE PUT THAT TOGETHER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AWKWARD, THEN DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE.
NOW YOU GIVE ANY THOUGHT TO ME LOOKING AT THAT AND REVISING IT.
I THINK AWKWARD IT, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE USE OF THAT TERM.
IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR US TO HAVE, AND, AND FOR FOLKS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT ISSUE, IT'S A CHALLENGING POLICY FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO I EMPATHIZE WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THAT POLICY.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS REALLY OUTSIDE OF, OF THIS STUDY.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITH SOMETHING MUCH BROADER, LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, BUT, UM, IT, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT'S, UH, THE MARKET AND ASPIRATIONAL POLICIES SOMETIMES ARE VERY FAR APART.
SO, AND THIS GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, UM, IT ILLUSTRATES, UH, SOME OF THE KEY MARKET CONCLUSIONS, UH, COMING OUT OF, UH, THE SITE AND MARKET ANALYSIS, UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE JOB GROWTH AND WHERE OUR REGION IS, AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING SUPPLY, YOU'RE SEEING HIGH DEMAND FOR THE TYPICAL HOUSING PRODUCTS.
SO THAT IS, UM, AN ADDISON, UH, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AS FAR AS LIKE A COMMON HOME, LIKE YOU'D SEE IN ADDISON GROVE OR COBALT HOMES.
UM, WE HAVE SOME MORE ASPIRATIONAL HOUSING TYPES.
AND THEN ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD HERE AS ASPIRATIONAL AS WELL, UM, IN MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, UH, COTTAGE HOUSING, AND I WOULD ADD CONDOS.
UM, WE AREN'T ON THE GROUND IN MY OFFICE SEEING DEMAND FOR THOSE HOUSING TYPES NOW, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEMAND FOR THOSE HOUSING TYPES.
UM, ON THE RENTAL HOUSING FRONT, YOU ARE SEEING DEMAND FOR RENTAL MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL TOWNHOMES, UM, MORE ASPIRATIONAL, UH, I WOULD SAY IN SENIOR HOUSING, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEMAND FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING IT ON THE GROUND.
WE DID HAVE A PROJECT, UH, IN TOWN GETTING TITLED RECENTLY, UH, 2020 THAT COULD NOT GET FINANCING TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
SO MORE ASPIRATIONAL AT THIS POINT, UM, ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL AND RESTAURANT DEMAND IS STRONG.
THIS AREA YOU SEE WITH INVESTMENT SUCH AS JAKE'S BURGERS ACROSS THE CORRIDOR.
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE AS CHANGE OCCURS IN THIS AREA, EVEN MORE INTERESTING REINVESTMENT, UM, IN THOSE CLASSES OF REAL ESTATE OFFICE IS THE BIG CHALLENGE.
UH, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT EVERYWHERE WHERE IT'S MOST CHALLENGING IS IN THE OFFICE PRODUCT THAT YOU SEE IN THIS AREA AS A CLASS B AND CLASS C OFFICE, UM, WHERE YOU SEE OFFICE GROWTH AND WHERE YOU SEE OFFICE CONCENTRATION IS WHERE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT A MOVEMENT, THE QUALITY.
SO YOU'RE SEEING THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING BACK TO THE OFFICE OR DOWNSIZING THEIR OFFICE SPACE, BUT STILL WANT A REALLY HIGH QUALITY OFFICE SPACE.
THEY'RE MOVING TO PLACES LIKE WHAT WE ENVISIONED FOR THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND THEY'RE FLOCKING AWAY FROM CLASS BEING CLASSY OFFICE.
SO THE, THE DEMAND FOR SPACE LIKE OFFICE IN THE PARK, UM, IS, UH, A BIT LOWER IT'S DEPRESSED.
YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE ACTIVITY YOU'RE SEEING IN SOME OF THE MORE PREMIUM OFFICE SPACES IN THE REGION, SUCH AS THE LEGACY AREA, WHERE YOU HAVE A HIGHLY AMENITIZED, UH, OFFICE, UH, ENVIRONMENT AND MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THAT'S THE BIG TREND THERE.
WE DO SEE OFFICE AS A LONGTERM USE IN THIS AREA BECAUSE IT'S VERY LIKELY TO BE A MIXED USE AREA, BUT THE NEAR-TERM DEMAND DUE TO THE, ALL THE OFFICE LOSS IN THE END DAMAGES IS CHALLENGING.
CAN WE, CAN YOU STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THE, THE DIFFICULTY WITH RETAIL AND PARTLY IN ADDISON IS IT'S A LOT OF DAYTIME PEOPLE AND IT'S HARD TO SUPPORT AT NIGHT TIME.
SO WHAT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S KIND OF SUMMARY THOUGHTS COMMENTARY ABOUT THAT? I THINK FROM THE COMMITTEE STANDPOINT, THEY SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESTAURANTS TO
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BE SUCCESSFUL HERE AND MORE NEIGHBORHOODS SERVING RETAIL, NOT NECESSARILY A PLACE THAT YOU'D GO TO GO BUY CLOTHES, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO THE EXISTING POPULATION BASE AND ANY FUTURE POPULATION IS ADDED FOR CONVENIENCE SERVICES.SO SOMETHING AT THE HIGH END IS MAYBE A, UH, SPECIALTY GROCERY STORE OR SOMETHING, NOT LIKE A REPLICATING KROGER, BUT SOMETHING MORE LIKE A, UM, LIKE EAT SEEDS OR SOMETHING SMALLER.
UM, THAT'S AT THE HIGH END, THAT'S A CHALLENGING AND VERY HIGHLY DEMANDED, UH, USE, BUT THINGS LIKE COWORKING SPACE, MORE ON THE OFFICE SIDE, COFFEE SHOP, UM, OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CONVENIENCE AMENITIES, WE ANTICIPATE THERE TO BE DEMAND THERE.
SO WITH THIS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TRANSITION TO THE STREET TJ FRAMEWORK FOR THE PLAN.
SO THERE'S A HIERARCHY TO THIS FRAMEWORK.
UH, IT STARTED AT THE VERY HIGH LEVEL, BROAD, UH, VISIONARY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WITH THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES.
AND THEN AS YOU DRILL DOWN FURTHER IN THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, YOU GET TO MORE, UM, GRANULAR ISSUES THAT FEEL MORE LIKE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
SO WE'LL TRANSITION THROUGH THE OBJECTIVES TO THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES, THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK MAP, AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION AND PRIORITY FRONTAGE ZONES.
SO OVERALL OBJECTIVES, A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
AND I THINK THAT FIRST ONE IS, UH, AND FIRST TWO ARE REALLY KEY THEMES HERE, STRENGTHENED IN THIS AREA AS A DISTINCTIVE ADDISON PLACE.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT FEELS AND IS NOT REALLY DISTINGUISHED.
AT LEAST THE, THE, THE FRONTAGE OF THAT MIDWAY CORRIDOR FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA.
WE FEEL THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A GATEWAY FOR ADDISON, A SOUTHWESTERN GATEWAY THERE REALLY SERVE AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE TOWN AS NEW INVESTMENT OCCURS HERE, PARTICULARLY WITH THAT MIDWAY ROAD PROJECT COMING TO COMPLETION AND THEN SUPPORTING NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT RESPECTS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE GO THROUGH THESE POLICIES.
SO SEE A WHOLE SLEW OF LINE ITEMS THAT TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AND REALLY CULMINATING WITH THAT RESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS OUT.
AND THEN I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS, UH, A KEY THING THAT THE IS BUILDING IN FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW FOR PHASE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST UNLIKELY THAT SOMEONE SWOOPS IN AND BUYS ALL THESE PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPS A UNIFIED MASTER PLAN, UH, THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES, UM, A BIG THING YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING WITH PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES.
SO OPEN SPACES, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS TRAILS, UM, ALLOWING BUILDING HEIGHTS AND USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING AREAS AND THEN ACCOMMODATING, UH, WAREHOUSING IS, IS PROMOTED OR CONSIDERED, UH, HAVING A RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS AND NOT JUST HAVING A MONOCULTURE OF HOUSING.
SO, UH, TYPICALLY LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS GAPS AND NEEDS IN OUR HOUSING INVENTORY AS THE MARKET ALLOWS THAT SUPPORTING THOSE, BUT ENSURING WHAT HOUSING IS CONSIDERED, THAT IT'S JUST NOT A MONOTONOUS PROJECT, UH, DEVELOPMENT FORUM, LAND USE, AND HOUSING MIX.
THIS IS THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF THIS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SMALL PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY BLOCKS, UH, A STREET AND PRIVATE STREET NETWORK.
THAT'S NOT, UH, IT ACCOMMODATES VEHICLES AND BALANCES, THE NEEDS OF VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
IT DOES NOT, UH, OVERLY FAVOR EITHER ONE.
IT NEEDS TO BE FUNCTIONAL, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A REALLY COMFORTABLE PLACE TO WALK AND A REALLY CONVENIENT PLACE TO GET TRAFFIC OUT TO THE CORRIDOR IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE ON.
SO THAT'S MIDWAY THAT'S BELTLINE ROAD.
WE DON'T WANT TO FUNNEL TRAFFIC TO THE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTORS SUCH AS BELTWAY OR PROTON.
WE NEED ACCESS TO THOSE, BUT WE DON'T WANT THROUGH TRAFFIC PUSH THEM IN THOSE CORRIDORS WHERE THAT'S THE CONVENIENT ROUTE.
SO THAT WAS A KEY CONSIDERATION.
UM, WE USED A COUPLE EXAMPLES AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
WE DON'T WANT TO MIMIC, UH, THESE ARE GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS, SO IT'S NOT A CRITIQUE.
WE JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO BE ANOTHER ADDISON CIRCLE.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE ANOTHER PATREON.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE ITS OWN CHARACTER, ITS OWN SENSE OF PLACE ITS OWN SCALE.
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OF TALLER BUILDINGS AND SMALLER BUILDINGS AND A MIX OF BLOCK SIZES, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE WANT TO REPLICATE, UH, EXISTING, UH, UH, HIGH DENSITY, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA, KEN, ALONG THAT LINE, I THINK JUST BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION, IT DOESN'T, IT WARRANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THOSE PLACES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED.THOSE ARE MORE RESIDENTIAL OFF THE BEATEN PATH RATE AT WONDERFUL AREAS.
THIS IS ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE VISIBILITY THAN WHAT THE OTHER PLACES HAVE.
SO THEN AMAZING TOD WINSTEAD LIGHT RAIL IS GOING TO BE CALLED.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER TOD TERM THAT WILL INTRODUCE THEM A LITTLE BIT.
SO THE NEXT POLICY IS ADDRESSING NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY.
UM, SO MUCH OF THE FOCUS OF THE DISCUSSION WAS ON THE, UH, WESTERN TRANSITION ZONE, UH, WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY.
BUT, UH, IT ALSO TOUCHES ON NOW ONCE AGAIN, THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT STABLE BUSINESSES REMAIN STABLE, UH, STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS REMAIN STABLE AND WHERE NEW INVESTMENT OCCURS.
WE USE THIS POLICY TO, UH, ALLOW CHANGE TO OCCUR, BUT TO NOT BE STABILIZED THE REST OF THE AREA.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT OF THIS WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT TRANSITION ZONE IS BOTH PRESERVATION OF THE EXISTING TREES AT THAT TRANSITION ZONE, BUT, UH, MAINTENANCE ISSUES AS WELL.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEEPS IN THE ED POINTED OUT THAT, UM, YOU DO HAVE SEVERAL AREAS WHERE THE TREES ARE SO OLD AND HAVE NOT BEEN MAINTAINED WHERE THEY ARE A CHALLENGE FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT AND VIABILITY STANDPOINT.
SO YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
UH, THE NEXT POLICY IS MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, FOCUSING ON PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY STREETS, HAVING TRAILS, HAVING A HIGHLY CONNECTED AREA, BUT NOT HAVING AN AREA SO CONNECTED THAT IT'S EASY TO FLY THROUGH IN A CAR.
UM, WE HAVE A STREET NETWORK AND A LUSTER STEPHEN STREET NETWORK.
AND AS THINGS EVOLVE IN THIS AREA AND THINGS CHANGE, WE WANT TO SHAPE THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STREET NETWORK WHERE YOU'RE NOT HAVING A THREE STREET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT.
LIKE THE LAST STUDY HAD, YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF OFFSETS, UM, TO, UH, ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TOWARDS MIDWAY.
AND ALSO IT CREATES INTERESTING SITE DESIGN FEATURES.
HAVING A LOT OF VISTAS AND TERMINUS IS, UH, ALLOWS YOU TO REALLY CREATE A UNIQUE, UH, ENVIRONMENT.
UM, ONE THING YOU'LL SEE WITH THE MIDWAY ROAD PROJECT, BUT ALSO AS REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS, THERE'S SEVERAL ACCESS DRIVES ON MIDWAY THAT ARE, ARE, UM, HAVE AN INTERESTING DESIGN.
UM, YOU HAVE ACCESS DRIVES THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, THAT IF WE WERE REPLANTING THIS AREA TODAY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THOSE BECAUSE THEY JUST, IT'S NOT A CONVENTIONAL WAY TO PLAN THINGS.
SO MINIMIZING THOSE AND REPAIRING THOSE ISSUES AS REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN THE NEXT POLICY IS TRAILS OPEN SPACE.
UM, WANT THE HAVE TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT EACH PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THERE IS A KEY TRAIL CORRIDOR, UH, ENVISIONED BY THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN, BUT ALSO THIS STUDY ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE, THAT WILL BE, UH, A, UH, PROMINENT AREA AND ARE A REAL, UM, UH, CATALYST, UH, FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS AREA.
SO WE USE THE TERM TOD TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, BUT IN THIS PROJECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAIL ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
WE DON'T WANT TO BACK BUILDINGS TO IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO PUT PARKING IN ADJACENT TO THAT TRAIL.
WE WANT TO FRONT BUILDINGS ON IT, AND WE WANT THE LANDSCAPE AND INPUT, UM, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES SUCH AS BENCHES, UH, AND PUBLIC ART, AND REALLY MAKE IT MORE LIKE THE KATY TRAIL THAN JUST ANY OTHER TRAIL CORRIDOR.
UM, LAST POLICY IS PLACEMAKING, UH, WE INTRODUCED THE PRIORITY FRONTAGE ZONE, UH, AT THE MIDWAY AND BELTLINE FRONTAGE IS THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WHATEVER BUILDING TYPE IS, UH, ENVISIONED THERE, THAT IT, UH, PROVIDES FOR, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES WHETHER THAT BE RETAIL OFFICE, WHETHER THAT BE FREESTANDING BUILDINGS WITH THOSE USES, OR WHETHER THAT BE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED BUILDINGS, WHERE YOU HAVE A GROUND FLOOR, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL USE, UH, AN UPPER FLOOR, WHETHER IT BE RESIDENTIAL OR, UH, A DIFFERENT NON-RESIDENTIAL USE, AND THEN ENSURING THAT WE BALANCE PARKING.
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VERY EASY TO, UH, BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING AND LET THE PARKING CONSIDERATIONS OVERWHELMED SITE DESIGN THE OPPOSITE.YOU DON'T WANT TO UNDER PARK AN AREA.
SO ENSURING THAT PARKING DOES NOT HAVE DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS ON OCCURRENCE OF THAT AREA, BUT STILL OPERATES EFFICIENTLY IS REALLY CRITICAL.
SO THIS IS THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK MAP.
THIS IS THE MAP THAT, UH, WAS, UM, UH, REFINED BY THE ADVISOR COMMITTEE TO USE, TO GUIDE INVESTMENT, UH, AND REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
UH, KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS IS, UH, THEY REALLY WANT IT TO BE FLEXIBLE AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON TWO PARTICULAR AREAS, UM, THE WESTERN BOUNDARY WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THEN THE EASTERN BOUNDARY WHERE YOU HAVE THE FRONTAGE MIDWAY ROAD AND BELTLINE ROAD.
SO THE MOST HIGHLY VISIBLE, UM, AREAS OF THE CORRIDOR, UM, WHAT OCCURS IN THERE, THEY DESIRE TO BE FLEXIBLE.
AND, AND THAT WAS DESIGNATED BY THE, THE PHRASE A MIX OF USES, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT MORE IN A BIT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT OF THAT WAS OF COURSE, TRAIL CONNECTIVITY AND, UH, AAA TRAIL CONNECTIVITY AT THAT WESTERN EDGE IN THAT TRANSITION AREA.
THE STREETS YOU SEE ON THERE ARE REALLY ILLUSTRATIVE, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A FLEXIBLE PLAN AND WE'RE NOT SAYING LAND USE A HAS TO BE HERE AND LAND USE B HAS TO BE THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE STREET NETWORK WILL BE.
WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT BASED ON THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS BECAUSE THAT LENS OF DEVELOPMENT WILL DRIVE DIFFERENT NEEDS FROM A STREET CONNECTIVITY STANDPOINT.
SO THE FIRST COMPONENT OF A MIX OF USES EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICE USES.
SO THIS PROVIDES A SPACE FOR LARGE EMPLOYERS OR SMALL BUSINESSES.
THESE CAN BE SINGLE OR MULTI-TENANT BUILDINGS, MIXED USE BUILDINGS, AND REALLY WHERE WE SEE THESE MOST PROMINENTLY BEING SITUATED IN THE FUTURE IS THAT CORRIDOR FRONTAGE IS, AND REALLY THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR TALLER BUILDINGS AT THAT CORRIDOR OR ON EDGE.
SOME OF THIS WILL BE LONGER TERM IN NATURE, BUT THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES CERTAINLY IN THE NEAR TERM FOR THESE EASES AS WELL.
UH, THE NEXT COMPONENT OF A MIX OF USES IS RE RESTAURANT AND RETAIL USES THESE YOU'LL SEE MOST PROMINENTLY LIKE YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE IN ADDISON MORE OF THE FREESTANDING SINGLE STORY, UH, SIMILAR TO SPRING CREEK BARBECUE, WHICH IS A PRIME REUSE CANDIDATE.
UM, BUT YOU COULD SEE SOME VERTICALLY INTEGRATED AS A GROUND FLOOR IN A, AN A MIXED USE BUILDING AS WELL.
ONCE AGAIN, HAVING THESE AT THE CORRIDOR FRONTAGE AT MIDWAY AND BELTLINE IS WORRIED ABOUT WE MOST SUCCESSFUL.
WE DON'T WANT TO BURY THESE USES AT THE BACK OF A SITE BECAUSE VISIBILITY IS KEY.
AND YOU ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH PARKING AT THE FRONT EDGE TO WHERE IT'S CONVENIENT, AND IT'S NOT A INCONVENIENCE TO VISIT THOSE BUSINESSES.
UH, THE NEXT COMPONENT OF A MIX OF USES AND SOCIAL AMENITIES, THIS RANGES FROM, UH, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, SMALL PARKS, LARGE TRAIL CORRIDORS, PLAZAS, UH, PUBLIC ART AND MURALS.
UM, THESE ARE KEY COMPONENTS, NOT ONLY TO THE SOCIAL ASPECTS, UH, UM, PLACEMAKING ASPECTS OF THIS AREA, BUT, UH, TO THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA AS WELL.
UM, NEXT COMPONENT OF A MIX OF PIECES IS OUR FIRST CATEGORY ADDRESSING HOUSING.
UH, WE'VE UH, USED A COPULAR INDUSTRY TERM AND THE SAME MIDDLE HOUSING.
SO THIS GENERALLY ADDRESSES THE RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES BETWEEN YOUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME AND YOUR LARGER MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
AND THIS INCLUDES TOWN HOMES, LIKE YOU SEE AN ADDISON GROVE, DUPLEX, SMALL DETACHED HOMES, UH, TRY AND PLAY, EXPLORE PLAQUES COTTAGE COURTS, LIVE, WORK UNITS.
SOME OF THOSE THERE'S A MARKET FOR RIGHT NOW AND ADDISON.
SOME OF THOSE WE HOPE TO, UH, UH, MARKET DEVELOPS, UM, WHERE WE SEE THESE, UH, HOUSING TYPES WORKING BEST IS ADJACENT TO THAT TRANSITION AREA AND, AND SURVEYING THAT AS A, UM, FRONTAGE AND ATTRACTIVE FRONTAGE TO THAT TRAIL CORRIDOR AND, UH, AN OBSERVANT FRONTAGE, A SAY FRONTAGE, BUT ALSO, UM, OFFERING TO THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AREA TO THE WEST.
UH, AND THEN THE FINAL CATEGORY, WHICH IS OUR SECOND, UH, TYPE OF, UH, HOUSING, UH, COMPONENT IN THE MIX OF USES CATEGORY, UH, ADDRESSES MULTIUNIT HOUSING.
SO THIS IS MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY HOUSING TYPES.
IT INCLUDES APARTMENTS AND CONDOS.
SO, UH, OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL FORMS OF, UH, MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
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UM, THE VARIOUS FORMS OF SENIOR HOUSING THAT WE SEE, UH, MOST NOTABLY INDEPENDENT AND ASSISTED LIVING, UH, THESE, UH, NEED TO HAVE, IF THEY'RE TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, THEY WOULD BE BEST SUITED TO HAVE A FRONTAGE ON MIDWAY ROAD AND THEN HAVING ACTIVATED USES AT THE GROUND FLOOR.SO IT'S NOT JUST A, UM, A SINGLE USE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, BUT AT THAT FRONTAGE THAT HAS A PROMINENT VIEW AND ACCESSIBILITY FROM MIDWAY ROAD HAVING, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL USES SUCH AS OFFICE SPACE, A RETAIL SPACE OR A RESTAURANT.
UM, AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS OF THIS FORM OF HOUSING, ENSURING THAT THERE'S GOOD CONNECTIVITY TO OPEN SPACE AMENITIES AND TRAILS, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE THEY NEED THOSE AMENITIES, UH, BASED ON THAT FORM OF HOUSING, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ZONE IS THAT WESTERN BOUNDARY.
UM, SO, UH, BASED ON THE STANDARDS ADVANCED BY THE COMMITTEE, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS QUITE A BIT ON THE COBALT HOMES PROJECT IS, UM, IT, THE BASE STANDARD FOR THAT IS A HUNDRED FEET IN WIDTH.
UM, THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THAT IS, UM, EASIER TO ACHIEVE IN SOME AREAS, UH, IN THE STUDY AREA WHERE IT'S A LITTLE MORE CONSTRAINED, BUT 100 FEET IS THE DESIRED WITH, AND WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN.
UM, WITHIN THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A 10 FOOT PUBLIC TRAIL, LANDSCAPING, PUBLIC ART AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES.
IT NEEDS TO BE HEAVILY AMENITIZED.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A STRIP OF LAND WITH A CONCRETE TRAIL THROUGH IT, BUT IT'S A PARK-LIKE ENVIRONMENT AND A PUBLIC PARK THAT'S DEDICATED TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON, UM, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
AND THE BIG THING IS THAT IT'S ACTIVATED AND SAFE.
SO YOU CAN FEEL SAFE WALKING ON IT ANYTIME OF THE DAY.
SO HAVING THOSE HOMES FRONTING ON IT, OR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS FRONTING ON IT TO REALLY GIVE YOU KIND OF EYES ON THE STREET IN THAT CORRIDOR IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ITS SUCCESS.
OH, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MY SLIDES.
THIS IS THE PRIORITY FRONTAGE.
UM, SO THIS IS THE AREA OF FRONTING MIDWAY ROAD, AND REALLY THIS POLICY SPEAKS TO THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT, UM, ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE TO ALLOW AND SUPPORT BUSINESS SUCCESS IN THIS AREA IS DONE.
SO HAVING APPROPRIATE PARKING, HAVING GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE, UM, HAVING BUILDING DESIGN WHERE THE COMMERCIAL SPACE DOES NOT GET LOST IN A MUCH LARGER BUILDINGS, IT'S VERY DEFINED AND ARTICULATED.
SO YOU CAN EASILY SEE THAT IT IS A RETAIL SPACE, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND HAVING IT BE A WALKABLE AREA WHERE SOMEONE CAN EASILY ACCESS IT FROM THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIAL AS WELL.
SO FOR IMPLEMENTATION, UM, THIS IS ONCE AGAIN A PLAN THAT IS NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE SHORT-TERM, BUT IT ALSO IS MADE FOR THE LONG-TERM AND IT COULD BE A SEVERAL DECADE LONG IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.
AND REALLY OUR BIGGEST PARTNERS IS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA NOW.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THIS AREA NOW, THE BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNERS, THE RESIDENTS, AND THOSE FOLKS IN THE FUTURE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A VOICE IN SHAPING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN.
PARTICULARLY AS WE LOOK AT REZONING REQUESTS, UM, THE PROCESS, UH, THIS WILL BE USED, UM, MOST PROMINENTLY IN CONSIDERATION OF REZONING REQUESTS.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT WITH COBALT HOMES, UH, AND THE SUPER EIGHT MOTEL SITE.
AND YOU WILL SEE THEM BRINGING FORWARD THE REMAINDER OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENTS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
AND THERE WILL BE A RESELLING APPLICATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL SITE IN THE STUDY AREA OFFICE IN THE PARK THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, MOST LIKELY AT YOUR JULY MEETING.
SO THIS WILL BE A TOOL THAT CAN HELP GUIDE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT'S NOT A BLUEPRINT THAT DICTATES YOUR ACTION.
IT'S A TO SUPPORT YOUR POLICY ANALYSIS.
SO THE PLAN IS COMPRISED OF THE DRAFT REPORT, WHICH IS REALLY THE FOCAL POINT OF THE DOCUMENT.
THAT'S THE 40 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT REALLY SUMMARIZES AND INCLUDES WHAT I'VE I'VE PRESENTED TONIGHT.
BUT THEN FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TAKE A REALLY DEEP DIVE ON, UH, THE PROJECT DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT WAS PRESENTED WITH THIS PROJECT IN THE PROJECT DEPENDENCIES.
SO THERE'S FIVE OF THOSE AND IT'S COMPRISED OF A HUNDREDS OF PAGES.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, UH, DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VIEW THOSE DOCUMENTS.
UM, WE ADVERTISE THAT IN THE TOWN NEWSLETTER ON FRIDAY.
UM, WE ALSO SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO FOLKS
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THAT HAD SIGNED UP FOR OUR EMAIL LIST ON MONDAY.SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS AS WELL.
THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, ANYONE WHO HAS FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE ON THIS STUDY, UH, IS WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ME.
IT CAN BE EMAIL, PHONE CALL VISIT AT MY OFFICE, OR COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING IN JULY, JULY 19TH WITH THE PLAINS ZONING COMMISSION, UH, TO SHARE FEEDBACK ON THE REPORT.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, UH, ONE LAST ITEM, UH, WE TALKED REBRANDING A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN THE WORK SESSION.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON REBRANDING.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO VISIT WITH THE COUNCIL ON AS WELL.
BUT, UH, OUR SUGGESTION IS DEFINITELY TO RETIRE AT THE SAME CLUB MONIKER.
UH, IT'S LONG GONE AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON FROM THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE I WOULD SUGGEST THE SOUTH MIDWAY CORRIDOR, UH, BUT UH, DEFINITELY OPENED AN ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THERE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE REACHED CONSENSUS ON YET.
SO I WOULD SAY JUST TO STICK WITH THAT, I WOULDN'T CONFUSE IT WITH THE DIRECTION I WOULDN'T I'D LEAVE SOUTH OUTLET.
I WOULD PUT THE MIDWAY MIDWAY ROAD CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT OR WHATEVER, BUT CAUSE THEN, OH, YOU TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT IS THE SOUTH, BUT SAM'S CLUB.
IT'S A FLASHPOINT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL ANGRY ABOUT WHAT, HOW ALL OF THAT WENT DOWN.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, CAUSE YOU GUYS, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PUDDING AS THEY SAY, AND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE DOWN THE ROAD AND WHAT IT REALLY COMES TO PASS AS WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
BUT I THINK, UH, AND I'M SURE, AS YOU SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, SPIRITED CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, BERRY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SHRINKING VIOLENCE ON THAT GROUP AND IN THE TOWN.
SO, BUT I THINK YOU CAME AWAY WITH A GREAT, UH, A GREAT PRODUCT.
I WOULD FOLLOW UP ON WHAT, WHAT TOM SUGGESTED IN OUR WORK SESSION THAT GOING THROUGH THIS NOW AND LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT IS PRESENTED, IF THERE IS NOT SOME SORT OF PLAN TO REVIEW IT IN A THREE-YEAR FIVE-YEAR WHATEVER THE TIME PERIOD IS THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG SWING IN A MINISTRY.
WELL, LOOK, WE NEVER, IN OUR LIFETIME, NONE OF OUR LIFETIMES IN THIS ROOM EVER WENT THROUGH A PANDEMIC AND THE WORLD CHANGED AFTER THAT PANDEMIC AND SOMETHING ELSE WILL HAPPEN AND THIS PROCESS MIGHT CHANGE AS WELL OR WHAT WE, THIS PLAN MIGHT CHANGE AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BUILD IN AS MUCH STUFF AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO GIVE OURSELVES THE FLEXIBILITY TO PERMANENTLY DIVE IN AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT GREAT JOB, REALLY GREAT JOB.
SO IT NOT GIVE YOU ANY TIME TO REST ON YOUR LAURELS.
BUT A FEW YEARS AGO IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A MORPHINE OR THERE WAS AN END WOULD STUDY TAKING WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED IN SAM'S CLUB, THE INTERACTION, THE NEW IDEAS, THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF IS IT, IT MAY BE TIME TO APPLY THOSE AND DO A NEW INWOOD STUDY.
UM, IT KIND OF MAKES YOU TO SEE WHERE THAT WOULD GO.
UH, A SECOND COMMENT IS, AS I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THIS, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE ANIMAL AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT OTHER AREAS WITH AN ADOLESCENT.
IF I HAD TO GUESS, AS I LISTEN TO WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, OUR BUSINESSES HAVE HISTORICALLY CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 87% OF TAX BASE.
I SEE THAT COMING DOWN, I SEE THIS BECOMING MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL RESTAURANT TYPE COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO THIS, THE BUSINESSES AND MULTIPLE BUSINESSES AND FEWER RESIDENTS.
I SEE OUR RESIDENTS BASE GOING UP THE THINGS YOU'RE TRYING TO, THE THINGS THAT THIS EMPHASIZED, MAKING THIS A LOVELY, GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, EVEN BEYOND WHERE IT IS NOW.
I JUST TEND TO SEE THAT BUSINESSES MAY BE COMING DOWN AS A PERCENT OF OUR TAX BASE.
IS THAT PERCEPTION YOU HAVE, YOU HAD A CRYSTAL BALL OR, OR YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO, IF WE DO THIS EVERYWHERE WITH AN ASS AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF STAY WHERE WE ARE.
I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY, THERE WILL BE CHANGES.
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THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHANGES, PARTICULARLY FROM BUILT OUT COMMUNITIES AND WHERE YOU START SEE AGING DEVELOPMENT, UH, YOU'LL SEE CHANGE, UH, FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT CHANGE ALREADY.
THE VITRUVIAN PARK PROJECT WAS A MAJOR RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, BUT YOU WILL SEE, UH, COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS WELL.
SOME OF THAT WILL STAY COMMERCIAL.
UH, SOME OF IT WILL PROBABLY TRANSITION MORE TO A MIX OF USES.
UM, WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND WHAT I'VE TOUCHED ON EARLIER IS THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT AND RETAIL THAT ARE THE VIEWED BY THE MARKET AS HIGH, AS QUALITY AND THRIVING.
AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY.
AND THEY'LL PROBABLY GROW VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE THAT PRESTON WOULD PLACE.
THAT'S LOCATION IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
UM, BUT WHERE YOU'LL SEE CHALLENGES, AND THIS IS A REGIONAL COMMENT, NOT JUST ADDISON IS, UM, AREAS WHERE YOU SEE DECLINING RETAIL, DECLINING HOSPITALITY, DECLINING EMPLOYMENT, WHERE IT'S, YOU DON'T HAVE THE MARKET CONDITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE REPLACING LIKE WITH LIGHTS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, FOR THOSE DYNAMICS HAVE DECLINED TO CHANGE A CHANGE IN THE LAND USE PATTERN IS PROBABLY NECESSARY.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS WHY WE DO LONG RANGE PLANNING LIKE THIS.
IT NEEDS TO BE BALANCED BY, UH, IT CAN'T JUST BE MARKET DRIVEN.
IT CAN'T BE JUST ASPIRATION GOAL DRIVEN.
SO IT WORKS AND IT'S FUNCTIONAL.
UM, SO I WOULDN'T SAY WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE VERY DOMINANT AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL BEING, UH, THE DOMINANT PART OF OUR TAX BASE.
YOU SEE THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF JOBS THAT WE HAVE, UM, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE DEMAND, WHETHER THAT BE PROJECTS LIKE KOBA HOMES AND LIKE TOD PROJECT, THERE IS DEMAND FOR HOUSING AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT JUST AN ADDISON CONDITION.
AND, UH, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT'S A REGIONAL THING BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHANGE, UH, IN THE FORM OF JOB GROWTH, WHICH IS DRIVING POPULATION MIGRATION.
AND YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
RESIDENTIAL IS B OWNERSHIP AND APARTMENT FALLS INTO THE COMMERCIAL BASE.
THAT'S AN INCOME PRODUCING PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE TOWN POLICY, TRYING TO PROMOTE THESE SIMPLE OWNERSHIP BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT TO YOUR POINT IS I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL EVER GET, WE DON'T HAVE THE LAND MASS FOR IT, THE LAND HERE, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF BASICALLY ALMOST INFILL ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, THE RINGS KEEP GOING OUT FURTHER.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF, UNLESS IT'S HIGH DENSITY, CONDO STYLE, WHATEVER, AND CONDOMS HAVE HISTORICALLY NEVER DONE MORE THAN DALLAS.
ONCE ONE IS, UM, I LOVE THIS CONNECTIVITY.
I LIVE, I LOCKED MY DAD'S ALL THE TIME ON THE PARK.
AND I HAVE A FRIEND WHO MOVED OUT FOR A HOUSE IN DALLAS.
THEY BUILT SOME NICE THINGS BEHIND HER AND SHE GOT HER HOUSE BROKEN INTO AND STARTED GOING AROUND AND SITTING IN HER YARD, YOU KNOW, SO DALLAS DOESN'T HAVE THIS GREAT POLICE, UM, BUT SHE MOVED IN.
AND, UM, I KNOW WHEN WE, WHEN YOU REDO MIDWAY, CAUSE A LOT OF THOSE ARE DEAD PROPERTIES.
IT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR TAX REVENUE.
IS THERE A PLAN OR A CONNECTION OR SOMETHING ABOUT INCREASING THE POLICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SECURE, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, ALSO, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, MARKERS WE HAVE IN FRONT OF THE ART KEEPING STOLEN A BUNNY WAS STOLEN BECAUSE THEY'RE MADE OUT OF COPPER.
UM, BUT SO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OR ADD, OR MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SAFE AND SECURE TO BE BACK IN THERE BECAUSE BY DEFINITION OFF THE MAIN ROAD, RIGHT? SO A COUPLE, UM, COMMENTS I'D SHARE ON THAT.
SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THEMES, OH, IT'S HIDDEN, THAT IS TRAIL ORIENTED DESIGN.
AND THE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT ON THAT IS IT FOLLOWS SOMETHING CALLED THE CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
AND SO OFTENTIMES THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT CRIME IS TO ENSURING THAT THE SITE DESIGN THAT IS ADVANCED, UH, PROMOTES ACTIVITY.
SO PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY LOCKED IN TO COMMIT CRIMES AND AREAS THAT, UM, ARE ACTIVE AND FEEL LIKE THEIR EYES ON THE STREET.
THAT'S A, UH, A REAL COMMON TERM YOU HEAR IN THE PLANNING REALM.
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THAT ARE TUCKED AWAY AND HIDDEN, AND THERE'S NOTHING, EVERYTHING BACKS TO IT AND YOU'VE GOT PARKING LOTS AND, AND IT FEELS LIKE A BACKDOOR AND A FORGOTTEN PLACE.THAT'S A, THAT'S A MORE INVITING PLACE.
SO IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE'S DOORSTEPS FRONTING THE TRAIL AND YOU HAVE PATIO AREAS AND BUSINESSES FRONTING THE TRAIL WHERE IT'S ACTIVE, ENGAGING IN THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE, UM, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT LESS VULNERABLE TO CRIME.
UH, WE HAVE CRIME AND IN VERY SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, VERY SAFE BUSINESS AREAS IN ADDISON.
AND THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM UNIQUE TO ADDISON.
IT'S, IT'S A REGIONAL PROBLEM AS WELL.
IT'S JUST, UH, A GROWING PAIN AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE WERE FORTUNATE AND WE DO HAVE A GREAT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM.
AND OUR CITY MANAGEMENT DOES A GREAT JOB OF WORKING WITH THEM TO PLAN FOR FUTURE NEEDS.
SO THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT STAFFING LEVELS AND, UH, FINANCING THEIR NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE HERE IN TOWN.
AND THE SECOND THING IS, UM, AN ADDISON, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE RESTAURANTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME RESTAURANT CHAINS THAT TEST THEIR CONCEPT HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CHAINS OF ACCOUNTS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE MOM AND POP SHOPS, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKE IT REALLY INTERESTING AND FUN.
SO I'M WONDERING WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS REDEVELOPMENT, IF WE'RE BRINGING IN SOME COMPANIES, THE BIG CHAINS CAN GIVE YOU A LOT OF THESE, YOU KNOW, AMENITIES, REDO THEIR PARKING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A NEW PARKING LOTS ON STUFF, THE MODEL AND POPS THAT ARE KIND OF THERE.
IS THERE ANY, UM, MAYBE FEDERAL GRANTS OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO TO MAYBE SUPPORT THEM, KEEPING UP WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE DON'T PUSH THEM OUT? LIKE NATE'S IS, I'M ASSUMING IT'S, UM, THAT LIKE MY SISTER COMES IN TOWN FROM RALEIGH AND HASN'T LIVED HERE IN 15 YEARS AND SHE ALWAYS HAS TO GO TO NATE'S AND SHE BRINGS HER FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WOULD HATE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BEEN IN A LONG TIME, PEOPLE COME TO BE EDGED OUT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT BIG DEVELOPERS COMING IN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THESE ADDITIONAL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE STARTED TO TOUCH ON THAT ISSUE.
ONE OF NATE'S WAS, UH, UH, A VERY, UH, POPULAR TOPIC IS A ITEM THAT NEEDED TO BE PRESERVED AND CELEBRATED, WHICH WE THINK THAT THE PLAN SUPPORTS THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T, WE NEVER GOT TO THE POINT OF LOOKING AT IT, MAYBE HOW SOME OLDER CITIES ARE LOOKING AT THAT CONSIDERATION.
TYPICALLY IT IS IT'S IN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REALM, BUT ALSO YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE, UM, COMMUNITIES DO IT MORE AS A REVITALIZATION TOOL.
SO LIKE CARROLLTON HAS A, AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN SOME OF THEIR OLDER RETAIL CENTERS WHERE THEY HAVE A FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
AND, AND TYPICALLY THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE LOCAL PROGRAMS. YOU WON'T SEE THAT AT A FEDERAL OR STATE PROGRAM UNLESS IT'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIFIC, BUT JUST A STANDARD FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD PURSUE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY AN ECONOMIC COST TO THAT, BUT THAT'S THE BUILDING OWNER.
I MEAN, NINE TIMES OUT OF 10, THE MOM AND POP ARE NOT THE OWNERS OF THE REAL ESTATE, SO THAT IT'S JUST THE LIFE WE LIVE IN.
SO LIKE MATES, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ARE JUST THE BUSINESS OWNER, THE BUILDING OWNER, UH, AND THE LANDOWNER WAS ON THE COMMITTEE.
THEY OWN NOT ONLY IN THE NATE'S PROPERTY, BUT THE STARBUCKS PROPERTY.
AND THEY GENERALLY DEVELOP FAST-FOOD PAD SITES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
SO THEY HAVE THE, THE FUNDS TO, TO IMPROVE THAT.
AND THEY HAVE DONE AN ED PLAN, SOME ADDITIONAL SITE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A REALLY, OR YOU DON'T HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S A, IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY GOAL.
CITIES CAN DEVELOP POLICIES TO TRY TO INCENTIVIZE DO WE HAVE, UH, WE DON'T, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD, SHOULD BE A POINT OF DISCUSSION IN THE CONFERENCE, A PLAN UPDATE, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG POLICY AND IT COULD BE IMPACTFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, AGING CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT.
I MEAN, YOU ALREADY GOT A COUPLE OF, YOU SAID APPLICATIONS GOING FORWARD.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW, HOW THE STUDY HOLDS UP TO THE SCRUTINY UNDER ACTUAL CONDITIONS.
THE 14, I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT, KIM, I THINK YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THE COMMITTEE WALKED THE SITE, DID THAT HAPPEN ONE TIME, OR IT WAS AT A SERIES OF WALKS THAT YOU DID THE, EACH ONE OF THE PROPERTIES, OR HOW DID THAT WORK? BECAUSE I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING
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LIKE THAT.CAUSE I HAVE A SUPERFICIAL SORT OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE AREA I DRIVE BY IT ALL THE TIME, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET BACK INTO IT, I DON'T, IT WAS TO MY RECOLLECTION AND NANCY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
IT WAS A ONE DAY EVENT, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION.
HOW WAS I ACTUALLY OUT OF TOWN? UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO MISS IT.
UM, BUT IT WAS, UH, MR. WHITE HAD ACTUALLY LED, UH, THAT, UH, UH, DISCUSSION AND, UH, DID A GREAT JOB OF, OF, UM, UH, GETTING TO CONSENSUS WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THAT ISSUE.
UM, BUT YEAH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO WALK THAT AREA, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT WITH YOU BELL.
WE HAD, IF I COULD JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT.
WE HAD ONE WALKTHROUGH WITH EVERYBODY.
I FORGET EXACTLY HOW MANY WERE ON THIS SUB COMMITTEE.
UM, UM, WE WENT THROUGH AND DID A LOT OF CONVERSATION, DID A LOT OF MEASUREMENTS, UM, UH, WALKED OFF A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE AREA, ALL OF IT, ACTUALLY.
AND THEN WE WENT BACK INTO SMALLER GROUPS FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE WE GET KIND OF GOT OUR, UH, THOUGHTS TOGETHER.
UM, BUT IT WAS, UH, IF SOMETHING THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYBODY DO CAUSE YOU DO TAKE ON A DIFFERENT LOOK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY WALK IN AND SEE WHERE THAT SET BACK CR YOU KNOW, WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT, UH, A HUNDRED FEET AND WHERE IT ISN'T AND WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD MEAN.
UH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S VERY WORKABLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE STUFF.
SO WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED IS EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A HUNDRED FEET LOOKS LIKE.
YOU'D HAVE TO MEASURE IT OFF AND LOOK AT IT.
CAN, I THINK I SENT YOU A, ABOUT THE OTHER TRAILS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEING OF SIMILAR DISTANCE AND THINK ABOUT BACK.
WE'RE ALL BEING TOLD THAT'S OKAY.
SO ABOUT A HUNDRED DEGREE DAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT EARLY IN THE MORNING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR KEN? UH, CHRIS, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A QUESTION COMING UP.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I CHEER ON THIS MEETING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK HERE, CHRIS.