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[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.]
GOOD EVENING.GOOD EVENING IS FIVE OH TWO, AND WE'LL CALL THE ORDER OF THIS VIDEO OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER, DECEMBER 10TH, 2024.
WE DO HAVE A FORUM PRESENT WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE THIS AFTERNOON, THIS EVENING, AND WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
CITIZEN COMMENTS ON CONSENT, AGENDA ITEMS. IF ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU CAN, UH, DO DO SO AT THIS TIME FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, CARDS STATING THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON CONSENT ITEMS, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
[3. Council Member Clarification Requests Regarding Consent Agenda Items. ]
COUNCIL MEMBER CLARIFICATION, REQUEST REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UH, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO ASK ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR NEED OR GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY CHRIS FOUR D JUST IN THE CONTRACT ITSELF, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THE WRONG TOWN WEBSITE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE STILL HAVE ADDISON TEXAS.GOV INSTEAD OF X TX.
AND THEN, UM, THE, I DON'T THINK THE LINK WORKED EITHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REALLY MATTERS.
AND THEN I, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON, I GUESS THIS CONTRACT IS BACK FROM 2018.
UM, SHOULD UDR HAVE OUR LOGO ON THEIR WEBSITE AND THE LINK TO VISIT ADDISON? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT WHEN I LOOKED AND I DON'T YOU MEAN A REPLY? YEAH, IF YOU READ THE CONTRACT.
I, I, I THEY SHOULD, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE OF THAT.
ANY OTHERS? I, I CAUGHT A FEW TYPO THINGS THAT, WHO DO I TELL THESE TO? LIKE IT'S, I DON'T KNOW.
SOMETHING SAYS HOSTED, I THINK IT'S SHOULD SAY HOST THING, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
DOES ANYBODY CARE? I'M NOT TY.
I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE TYPOS ON SOME OF THESE DOCUMENTS.
IF YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING, YOU CAN JUST EMAIL IT TO ME AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
CAN I STILL DO IT AFTER THIS? YEAH, IT'S JUST ADMINISTRATION.
YEAH, I JUST, IT LOOKS LIKE A WORD TO IT.
I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, SO I MARKED THEM, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.
YEAH, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL AND THEY'LL MAKE THE CORRECTIONS BEFORE WE, UH, GET SIGNED OFF ATTACHMENT BECAUSE I, YEAH, I FOUND A FEW.
ANY OTHERS? IT WASN'T ANYTHING SERIOUS.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE A, COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
UH, PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, COUNCIL WILL OFTEN SEND QUESTIONS TO STAFF REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
AND THAT RESPONSE IS RECORDED IN A DOCUMENT, UH, ALL IN ONE, UH, ONE DOCUMENT AND SENT TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE DOCUMENT IS ALSO UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE.
SO ANYBODY THAT GOES THROUGH THE AGENDA ONLINE CAN ALSO, THEY'LL FIND THE LINK THERE.
THEY CAN DOWNLOAD THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS FROM THAT DOCUMENT.
[4. Closed Meeting. The Addison City Council will enter a Closed Meeting pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 551-071 through 090 to discuss the following item(s):]
CLOSED MEETING.THE ABSENCE OF THE ABSENT CITY COUNCIL, ENCLO ME PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 51 DASH 0 7 1 THROUGH 0 9 0 TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. AND ITEM FOUR A IS SECTION 5 51 0 8 7, PARAGRAPH ONE AND TWO DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS TO, TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE AND STAY OR EXPAND THE INTERNET OF THE TERRITORY OF THE TOWN OF MADISON, AND WITH WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR CHOOSE TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO SET BUSINESS PROSPECTS OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS.
AND THIS ITEM IS PROJECT RECALL.
AND THEN ITEM FOUR B WILL BE SECTION 5 51 0.07, FOUR A ONE, UH, PERSONNEL MATTERS TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
AND THIS ITEM IS THE ANNUAL CITY MANAGER EVALUATION.
SO IT IS 5 0 7 AND WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME.
[5. Open Meeting. In accordance with Texas Government Code Chapter 551, the Addison City Council will reconvene in an Open Meeting to consider action, if any, on the matters discussed in the Closed Meeting.]
6 33 AND WE WERE COMING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION.AND, UH, THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.
SO WE'LL WRITE IN, MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR WORK SESSION REPORTS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH THE ORDER OF SIX A AND SIX B.
[b. Present and discuss the development of the Addison Circle Park Vision Plan.]
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PRESENT, AND DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CIRCLE PARK FISHING PLAN.JANET TIDWELL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU THIS EVENING TO LOOK AT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VISION PLAN FOR ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT BEGAN IN 2019 WHEN WE FORMULATED THE PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, DEVELOPING A VISION FOR ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOD DEVELOPMENT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A GAME CHANGING INITIATIVE FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON THE HISTORY OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, SORRY, WE'RE ALL DISTRACTED, AREN'T WE? SO, TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND, UM, ON HOW THE PROJECT MOVED FORWARD FROM BEING IN THE MASTER PLAN TO BECOMING A REAL PROJECT DEVELOPED, UM, BY OUR CONSULT CONSULTANT, OJB IS, UM, STAFF IDENTIFIED THIS AS A PROJECT IN THE BUDGET REQUEST, COUNCIL PROVIDED FUNDING TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, AND THE TOWN SENT OUT AN RFQ WHERE WE INTERVIEWED, UM, WE SOLICITED RFQ OR PROPOSALS FROM CONSULTANT TEAMS AND RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS TO REVIEW.
UM, WE INTERVIEWED THREE OF THE TEAMS THAT PROPOSED ON THE PROJECT, UM, AND WERE ABLE TO NARROW DOWN, UM, THE OFFICES OF JAMES BURNETT AS BEING THE MOST QUALIFIED CONSULTANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
WHY OJB ROSE TO THE TOP IN OUR SELECTION AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE TO COUNCIL, UM, IS BECAUSE THEY HAD DEVELOPED, THEY HAD A TRACK RECORD FOR DEVELOPING A SERIES OF OUTDOOR ACTIVATED PARKS THAT WERE SIMILAR TO THE ELEMENTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
AND THEY ALSO HAD STAFF ON HAND THAT HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OPERATING AND ACTIVATED PARK IN DOWNTOWN AREAS, AND ALSO SOME OF GENERATING REVENUE.
AND THOSE WERE THE THREE COMPONENTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, UM, IN HIRING A CONSULTANT TEAM.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT WITH OJB, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A EXTENSIVE SERIES OF INFORMATION GATHERING.
IT'S HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO US FROM DAY ONE THAT THE PROJECT, THE UNIQUE TO ADDISON AND IT BE DEVELOPED FROM THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ADDISON IN WHICH OUR, OUR CITY EVOLVED, OR OUR TOWN EVOLVED.
AND SO I'M GONNA TURN THE, UM, PRESENTATION OVER TO TARA GREEN WITH OJB, AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THE VISION PLAN WAS DEVELOPED.
WE'RE GONNA DIVIDE THIS PRESENTATION INTO TWO PIECES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THE VISION PLAN FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL STOP AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO A SECOND PHASE OF THE PRESENTATION WHERE WE WILL GET INTO KIND OF THE OPERATIONS ASPECT OF HOW DO WE GET, BEGIN TO MAKE THAT VISION HAPPEN.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TARA.
AND, UH, KATIE MARTIN IS HERE WITH ME.
UH, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD, LONG TIME IN THE MAKING, BUT WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC, UH, RESULTS TO SHOW YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR GUIDANCE PASSION, YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH.
DURING THIS ENTIRE PROJECT, JANA AND HER ENTIRE TEAM, WE HAD A GREAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE UP OF CITIZENS, RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, TO GIVE US FEEDBACK TO SHEPHERD IT ALONG THE WAY.
THIS IS THE ENTIRE TEAM AT OJB THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT.
BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, WE ARE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM, URBAN PLANNING.
WE HAVE SIX OFFICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS FOR KALEIDOSCOPE PARK THAT JUST OPENED IN FRISCO, CLYBURN PARK IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
WE HAVE PARKS IN OMAHA THAT JANA AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR AS WELL AS CARRY NORTH CAROLINA.
BUT WHAT ARE WE HERE TODAY? WHAT IS A VISION PLAN? IT'S TO HELP GUIDE, INSPIRE, AND PROVIDE A ROADMAP.
IT IS TO TAKE YOUR PARK MASTER PLAN, A COMPONENT OF WHICH WAS TO REIMAGINE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
THAT'S WHAT THIS VISION PLAN IS INTENDED TO DO, TO START TO SHEPHERD THAT PROCESS.
THE OBJECTIVES WERE VERY CLEAR IN THE RFP PROCESS.
CREATE A COHESIVE UNIT WITH THIS BUILDING AND THE PARK, CREATE THE PARK AS A CENTRAL HUB TO IMPROVE THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE PARK, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING WITH THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, TO PRIORITIZE GATHERING SPACES, TO, TO SUPPORT YOUR SIGNATURE EVENTS AND LOOK AT DAILY ACTIVATION OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WITH THAT, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS LOOK AT WHAT IS AUTHENTICALLY
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ADDISON.AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO KATIE AND LET HER START TO, TO, UH, NAVIGATE THE DESIGN PROCESS.
SO WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AUTHENTICALLY ADDISON? AND THE THREE WORDS THAT KIND OF KEPT COMING UP FOR US WERE, UH, ADDISON IS ABOUT COMMUNITY.
IT DEEPLY VALUES ITS SENSE OF COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT THE PARK TO REPRESENT AND EMBODY THAT ADDISON IS A PLACE OF INNOVATION.
UM, HISTORICALLY IT HAS REALLY LED THE WAY IN URBAN DESIGN INNOVATION.
AND SO WE THINK, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE DNA OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
AND THE NATURE ADDISON PLACES A HIGH VALUE ON NATURE CHAMPION CHAMPIONING, UH, TREE PRESERVATION.
WHEN YOU COME INTO ADDISON, YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE OF THE TREE CANOPY.
AND SO THESE ARE THREE, UM, THREE THINGS THAT WE SAW IN ADDISON THAT WE FEEL SHOULD REALLY, UH, BE EMBODIED IN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
AND SO WHAT ARE THE ADJACENCY OF ADDISON CIRCLE PARK? THIS REALLY MATTERS, UM, TO HELP KIND OF DEFINE WHAT ARE, WHAT'S THE PROGRAM AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PARK.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, WE'VE GOT MIXED USE, UH, DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AROUND IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE, THE CAMPUS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I WILL LET TARA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND PLEASE NOTE, WE REALIZE WE ARE GOING VERY FAST.
UM, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP IF WE'RE GOING TOO FAST.
UH, WE ARE GONNA INVITE QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET THROUGH THE DESIGN PORTION OF IT.
AS SHANNON MENTIONED EARLIER, WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT TOOK PLACE.
UH, WE DID POP-UP EVENTS, WE DID STAKEHOLDER SURVEYS, WE HAD MULTIPLE WORK SESSIONS WITH THE STAFF, AND IT WAS A ROBUST CALENDAR.
WE WANNA THANK YOUR MARKETING TEAM FOR HELPING GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, TO TELL THE COMMUNITY WHAT IS A VISION PLAN, WHAT IS GOING ON, HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE, EVEN SIGNAGE IN THE PARK.
WE LOOKED AT DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES, ANALOG OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE GATHERED A ROBUST AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO HELP INFORM THE DESIGN.
SO WE HAD MULTIPLE SESSIONS HERE IN THIS BUILDING, STARTING WITH OUR VERY FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE WE WERE JUST SIMPLY GETTING INPUT.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? WHAT IS YOUR VISION? WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU THINK COULD BE MAXIMIZED? AND MEETING TWO, WE CAME BACK AND SAID, LET'S START DESIGNING A PARK.
LET'S JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAY IT OUT ON THE TABLE AND YOU, EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED BECOME LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WITH US.
HELP US SHAPE WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.
HELP US BUILD ON THAT AUTHENTICITY OF PLACE.
HELP US PROTECT THE HISTORY, CAPTURE THAT, CELEBRATE IT, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
SO WHAT DID ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK TELL US? BASICALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES, FOOD TRUCKS, PARK CAFE.
THE TOP TWO OPTIONS THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF JAVA HOPS THAT IS NOT IN REPLACE OF THAT IS ADDITIONAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT IS AN ACTIVATION TOOL TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE PARK.
SHADE STRUCTURES, WE HEARD THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
WE WANNA COME TO THE PARK, WE WANNA PICNIC, BUT WE NEED MORE SHADE.
WE NEED MORE PLACES TO SIT, PLAY FOR ALL AGES.
WE TALKED ABOUT CHILDREN'S PLAY, WE TALKED ABOUT ADULT FITNESS, WE TALKED ABOUT RECREATION.
SO PLAY FOR ALL AGES WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE ELEMENTS REFLECTED BACK IN THE DESIGN THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD AS A TRUE JUST A CONCEPT VISION.
THEN WE SAID, WHAT WAS THE TOP PROGRAM? WHAT WERE THE DESIGN MOVES THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE? AND THEN WHAT WAS THE TOP PROGRAMMING THAT VERB, THAT ACTION, THAT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PARK.
FARMER'S MARKETS, CONCERTS, MOVIE NIGHTS.
AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF GETTING STARTED NOW.
THE TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION WAS A GREAT ACTIVATION OPPORTUNITY.
THE BARKS AND BEATS EVENTS, THE YOGA EVENTS, DOING THOSE NOW ARE SHOWING THE COMMUNITY WHAT THIS PARK CAN DO AND HOW IT CAN BE USED IN UNIQUE WAYS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE GAVE THREE DIFFERENT DESIGN OPTIONS.
AND WE SAID, OF THESE THREE OPTIONS, WHICH ONE RESONATED MOST WITH YOU? AND THEN OVERALL, WHEN WE PRESENTED THE FINAL TO THE COMMUNITY, DID YOU LIKE IT? AND OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE GATHER, THOSE COMMENT CARDS, OVERWHELMINGLY THEY SAID, YES, WE LIKE WHAT WE SEE, WE LIKE WHAT WE'RE HEARING, WE LIKE THE DIRECTION THIS IS MOVING IN.
AND SO SOME OF THE COMMENT CARD RESPONSES, UM, THIS IS NOT ALL OF THE COMMENTS, BUT WE CAPTURED AS MANY AS WE COULD.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE A CENTRAL GATHERING
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PLACE IN THE CITY OF ADDISON FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.UM, IT WILL NEED VERY GOOD SIGNAGE.
WHERE TO GO IN THE PARK, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF BLIND SPOTS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SWINGS IN THE PARK.
THINK ABOUT MOVING THE FOOD TRUCKS TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD CONVERSATIONS.
WE HAD ORAL HISTORY THAT WE GATHER.
WE HAD PEOPLE EMAILING US, CALLING US, PULLING US ASIDE AFTER A MEETING.
SAFETY, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE CONCERNS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT ACTIVATION MEANS, HAVING PLACES FOR EVENTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, NOT JUST THE BIG SIGNATURE EVENTS, BUT SMALL THINGS, PERHAPS EVEN WEDDINGS OR RENTALS IN THE PARK.
AND THEN UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE SCALE OF THE DESIGN MOVES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE, WE, ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES WAS CREATE A VISION PLAN STATEMENT.
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR DELIVERABLES.
SO WE TOOK THE INFORMATION, WE CENTERED IT AROUND THOSE THREE OBJECTIVES THAT KATIE MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING.
COMMUNITY INNOVATION AND NATURE.
THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY THEMES THAT ARE WOVEN THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE VISION PLAN.
UH, WE WANNA CREATE ACCESS, MAKE IT AUTHENTICALLY ADDISON, A LOCAL AND REGIONAL DRAW GATHERING SPACES FOR DAILY ACTIVATION AND SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE SIGNATURE EVENTS.
WE WANNA INNOVATE WITH SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
LET'S WORK SMART WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE EVENTS.
REDUCE SOME OF OUR OVERHEAD OPERATING COSTS FOR THE BIG EVENTS BY HAVING INFRASTRUCTURE HERE ALREADY IN PLACE.
BUT WE WANT IT TO BALANCE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE USES.
WE WANT IT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL PARK, AND IT CAN BE ACTIVATED, IT CAN HOST THINGS WHEN IT NEEDS TO, BUT ON DAYS IT'S NOT.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO ENJOY AND EMBRACE NATURE.
PRESERVE THE EXISTING TREE CANOPY.
REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PHENOMENAL VARIETY OF TREES OUT THERE.
YOU HAVE GOOD HEALTH TO MANY OF YOUR TREES.
IN FACT, YOU'RE, UM, UM, I'LL HOLD THAT THOUGHT FOR ONE MINUTE, BUT THE VISION PLAN STATEMENT READS, OUR VISION FOR THE REIMAGINE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK IS TO BUILD UPON THE SUCCESS AND INNOVATION OF THE ORIGINAL PARK FOSTER GROWTH AND EVOLUTION.
WE AIM TO CREATE A WELCOMING AND VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SPACE THAT ENRICHES THE LIVES OF ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
OUR VISION IS TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, EMBRACE INNOVATION AND CELEBRATE NATURE.
AND THAT STATEMENT WAS CRAFTED AND ITERATED WITH THE HELP OF STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
SO IT MEANS WHAT ARE THE GOALS? WHAT DO WE THE COMMUNITY WANT THIS PARK TO BE ABLE TO DO? WE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE ONE OF THE GOALS THAT THE DESIGN SHOULD ALLOW.
YEAR ROUND PROGRAMS AND EVENTS ENHANCE THE EXISTING TREE CANOPY AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE SPECIES.
COMPLIMENT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
VENUES NOT COMPETE WITH ANYONE, BUT RAISE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE RETAIL IN THE AREA, THE FUTURE RETAIL THAT'S COMING, THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE AREA SUPPORT LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
HAVING MARKETS, HAVING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARK TO SHOWCASE SMALL VENDORS AND SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN CREATE A SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL PLAN.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THIS PARK IS SAFE, CLEAN, AND ACTIVE? AND SO HOW DO WE MEASURE AGAINST THOSE GOALS? WHAT ARE OUR METRICS OF SUCCESS? SO COMMITTING TO THAT ROBUST ACTIVATION PLAN, WE CAN DEFINE WHAT ROBUST MEANS IN THE NEXT PHASE.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS AT A SMALL SCALE, A MEDIUM SIZED SCALE, YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THE TOP OF THE ACTIVATION PYRAMID WITH YOUR SIGNATURE EVENTS.
YOU COULD BECOME A LEVEL ONE ARBORETUM CERTIFICATION WITH ADDING A FEW MORE TREE VARIETIES IN THE PARK.
THAT WOULD BE A PHENOMENAL THING TO HANG YOUR HAT ON FOR ADDISON CIRCLE PARK, ACQUIRING A DIFFERENTIATION FOR ADDISON.
COMPLIMENT SURROUNDING VENUES.
LOOK AT THE GROWTH IN FOOT TRAFFIC MOVING FORWARD, ALREADY WORKING WITH PLACER AI.
I COMMEND YOU FOR HAVING THAT RESOURCE IN PLACE THAT CAN MEASURE YOUR EVENT ATTENDANCE, YOUR FOOT TRAFFIC, THAT'S GONNA HELP YOU WITH SPONSORSHIP SALES.
MY MIND ALWAYS GOES TO REVENUE GENERATION.
THAT'S JUST MY BACKGROUND, BUT YOU HAVE SOME OF THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
CREATE RETAIL AND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN YOUR OPERATIONAL PLAN.
WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE REPORT, UH, THAT SPEAK TO THAT.
AND I'LL INVITE KATIE TO SHOW YOU THE GOOD STUFF.
YEAH, SO WE TOOK ALL OF THE RESPONSES FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE TOOK THE PRIORITIES,
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THE VISION PLAN STATEMENT.ALL OF THESE PIECES ARE ALL KIND OF BUILDING UP TO HOW DOES THAT LAND IN THE SPACE, UM, BECAUSE THE DESIGN REQUIRES PHYSICAL SPACE.
AND SO HOW DO YOU TRANSLATE THAT INTO PHYSICAL SPACE? SO IN OUR FIRST COMMUNITY SESSION, WE TOOK IN INPUT.
IN OUR SECOND SESSION, WE GAVE THREE DIFFERENT KIND OF POINTS OF VIEW, THREE DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAT COULD EXIST.
WHAT WERE THE ADJACENCIES? AND WE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
AND SO IN OUR THIRD COMMUNITY MEETING, WE GAVE TWO OPTIONS.
ONE WITH AN A AND A B, UM, TO LOOK AT, UH, HOW ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE GOALS AND ARE WE MEETING THE OBJECTIVES? AND SO FROM THAT, WE DISTILLED EVERYTHING DOWN TO ONE KIND OF FINAL PRESENTATION.
AND SO I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH THIS SPACE, I'M GONNA SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THIS SLIDE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE, THE RENDERINGS THAT WE SHOW A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY TO GET TO THE VIDEO AND WE CAN KIND OF NARRATE OVER THE VIDEO AS WELL.
UM, AND SO I'M JUST GONNA START DOWN HERE AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER, AND I'M JUST GONNA MOVE AROUND THE, THE SPACE, UM, TO KIND OF ORIENT YOU.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW ON THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
UM, ADJACENT TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER, WE HAVE ANNETTE GARDEN AND TERRACE.
IT LEADS OUT INTO A CIVIC LAWN AND A HISTORIC, UM, GARDEN THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE STONE COTTAGE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THIS CONNECTION ACROSS THE STREET.
SO REALLY SYNCING UP THESE TWO PLACES AND PROVIDING FOR A REALLY STRONG ACCESS BETWEEN THE CONFERENCE CENTER, THE PARK, AND IT LEADS TO THE TOD AND THEN ONTO THE DART STATION.
SO CREATING THIS REALLY STRONG AXIS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT BUILDING ON THAT.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SHIFTED THE VEHICULAR DROP OFF TO AGAIN, CREATE THIS REALLY IMPORTANT AXIS AND MAKE IT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND PEDESTRIAN FIRST.
UM, AS WE COME AROUND, YOU CAN SEE IN THE HEART OF THE PARK, WE'VE MAINTAINED THIS REALLY ROBUST EVENT LAWN AND FLEX LAWN.
UM, IT CAN FLEX UP WHEN WE HAVE REALLY LARGE EVENTS.
IT CAN ALSO KIND OF BE BROKEN DOWN WHEN THERE ARE SMALLER OR MEDIUM EVENTS SO THAT EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE IT'S THE RIGHT SCALE.
WE'RE NOT BUILDING THE CHURCH FOR EASTER SUNDAY.
WE'RE FINDING A WAY THAT, UM, EVERYTHING CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AND IT, IT, IT FLEXES TO MEET THE NEED.
UM, AND SO ON THE SIDE HERE, CLOSEST TO UM, THE CONFERENCE CENTER, WE'VE GOT AN ART WALK.
WE HAVE A TERRACE WHERE WE MEET THE CONFERENCE CENTER THAT BRINGS PEOPLE INTO THE PARK AND WE HAVE CHILDREN TO PLAY THAT HELPS ACTIVATE THE SPACE AND CREATE, UM, KIND OF A MOMENT OF INTEREST.
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS DRAWN TO OTHER PEOPLE.
AND SO HAVING AN ACTIVE PLAY AREA RIGHT HERE WILL HELP DRAW PEOPLE INTO THE PARK.
UM, WE'VE GOT PRAIRIE GARDENS THAT COME A WRAP AROUND THE EVENT LAWN, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FLEX UP.
WE'VE GOTTEN EVENT LAWN, BUT DURING EVENTS PEOPLE CAN SPILL INTO THESE PRAIRIE GARDENS, UM, AND TERRACES THAT SURROUND THE EVENT LAWN.
WE'VE GOT THE PERFORMANCE PAVILION.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'VE REORIENTED THAT AND WE'VE MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST.
PART OF THAT IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOR, UH, PROVIDING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAGING BEFORE LARGE EVENTS.
UM, IT WORKS BETTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARKING LOT THAT'S ACROSS HERE, BUT PART OF THAT'S ALSO JUST FOR COMFORT OF CONCERT GOERS.
WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING SOUTH, LIKE WE ARE NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THE SUN FOR SOME PART OF THE DAY.
SO SWITCHING THAT TO A NORTH FACING EVEN NORTHWEST REALLY KIND OF MAKES A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, ATTENDING A PERFORMANCE.
AS WE WRAP AROUND, YOU CAN SEE THE TECH GROVE IS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE, WHICH HAS A GREAT ADJACENCY WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THIS IS REALLY AN AREA THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT QUIETER.
UM, WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK ON IS THIS THE RIGHT SPACE FOR THE TECH GARDEN? AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE DESIGN PHASE, WE CAN KIND OF REFINE HOW MUCH OF THE TECH GARDEN, HOW CLOSE IT GETS TO THE DOG AREA, UM, AND HOW THAT ADJACENCY REALLY WORKS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, WE HAVE CHILDREN'S PLAY ON THE NORTH SIDE, UM, FOR ACTIVATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE WE HAVE A BEER GARDEN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, CAN PROVIDE THAT ACTIVATION AND EXCITING WELCOME ENTRY INTO THE HEART OF THE PARK.
THIS BEER GARDEN ALSO REALLY SERVES FOR A LOT OF THESE EVENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE EVENT, THE BEER GARDEN BECOMES A STRUCTURE THAT'S USABLE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BRING OUT A TENT.
SO MAYBE YOU HAVE, YOU BRING OUT ONE TENT, BUT IT CUTS DOWN ON YOUR OPERATING COSTS BY BECOMING A USABLE SPACE THAT'S ALWAYS THERE.
AS WE MOVE ALONG, WE'VE GOT, UH, THE FLEX GARDEN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT RAIN GARDENS AND NEW TRUCKS AND GAME COURTS THAT ARE HAPPENING CLOSER TO THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE IMAGINE THAT IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY EXCITING AREA.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW FOLKS MOVING HERE.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING A MORE ACTIVE
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SPACE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE, WHERE THE NORTHERN SIDE TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT QUIETER.UM, WE MOVE AROUND, WE'VE GOT WHAT WE'RE CALLING A DOCENT PAVILION.
AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS A SMALL STRUCTURE THAT CITY STAFF CAN USE TO HANDLE SECURITY.
SOMEBODY THAT CAN BE A WELCOMING, UM, INDIVIDUAL, CAN HAVE EYES ON THE PARK, PROVIDE OTHER NEEDS FOR THE PARK.
UM, AND THEN AS WE MOVE AROUND, WE'VE GOT A SHADE STRUCTURE.
WE'VE MAINTAINED THE WATER FEATURE TREE BOS AND ENTRY PLAZA.
UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY SEEN BY THE COMMUNITY AS SOMETHING THAT WAS UM, IMPORTANT.
WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED AN ALTERNATE VERSION OF THIS WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, EAST END TO THE PARK, A DIFFERENT IDEA ABOUT WELCOME ENTRY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE PLACE OVER TIME.
UM, IF THERE ARE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES WITH THE WATER FEATURE AS IT IS.
SORRY, THAT WAS A LONG TIME ON ONE SLIDE, BUT IT'S A GOOD ORIENTING SLIDE.
SO WE'LL MOVE A LITTLE QUICKLY THROUGH THE REST OF THIS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SIDE WE'RE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE PARK LOOKING INTO THE HEART OF THE PARK, AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW LARGE THE EVENT SPACES ARE AND THESE FLEX LAWNS, UH, YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN IMAGINE COMING HERE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, MAYBE YOU'RE HAVING A DRINK IN THE BEER GARDEN WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOUR KIDS ARE PLAYING IN THE CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PARK, THIS IS WHAT A PRAIRIE GARDEN MIGHT FEEL LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE MAINTAINED THIS ALMOST HALF MILE WALKING LOOP.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE AS A PRIORITY THAT THEY ENJOY DOING IN THE CURRENT PART.
AND THE GOAL OF ALL OF THIS IS TO ENHANCE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY, BUT TO ADD TO IT.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE DURING AN EVENT.
THIS IS WHAT IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY.
AGAIN, WHEN WE SAY RAIN GARDEN, IT'S A WAY TO INTRODUCE EVEN MORE DIVERSITY AND MORE TYPES OF NATURE, A BOTANIC EXPERIENCE.
AND AGAIN, WHEN WE SAY DOG AREA, THAT CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
BUT THE IDEA HERE IS EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS REALLY REFLECT THE DESIGN AND STYLE OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
SO HERE IT'S A MUCH MORE NATURAL PLAY AREA.
SAME THING WITH THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, 1990S ORANGE PLAY STRUCTURES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FITS IN WITH THE PARK.
HERE'S WHAT THAT BEER GARDEN SHADE STRUCTURE MIGHT BE LIKE.
AND AGAIN, AS WE HAVE THE IDEA OF GAMES AND MULTI-USE COURTS, IT'S NOT A RECREATION FOCUSED PARK, BUT PROVIDING MOMENTS OF RECREATION, OUR GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS OUR ALTERNATIVE VERSION WHERE THERE'S STILL A TREE GROVE AND A WATER FEATURE, BUT THIS MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUSTAINABLE WATER FEATURE.
UM, THAT COULD HAVE LIKE A TEA HOUSE THAT KIND OF FLOATS ABOVE THE WATER.
AND THAT COULD BE A WATER FEATURE THAT IS JUST A SKIN OF WATER.
AND SO YOU CAN LET IT DRY DURING AN EVENT AND HAVE A WHOLE EVENT PLAZA THAT MIGHT HAPPEN HERE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND COMPARE HOW WE DID WHERE WE ARE NOW VERSUS THE FUTURE.
SO AGAIN, AS TARA MENTIONED, WE ALREADY HAVE 21 TREE SPECIES TO BECOME A LEVEL ONE ARBORETUM, WE ONLY NEED TO ADD THREE TREE SPECIES.
SO WE'D SEE THAT AS A REALLY GREAT BENEFIT.
UM, WHERE WE WERE BEFORE, WE HAD ABOUT 35% CANOPY COVERAGE.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE ACRES OF OPEN LAWN IS DECREASING, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE REARRANGING SOME UNUSED SPACE TO BECOME MORE GARDEN.
AND SO WHILE THE PERCENT OR THE NUMBERS OF OPEN LAWN SPACE ARE DECREASING, THE CAPACITY IS REMAINING THE SAME, IF NOT INCREASING, UM, WITH SOME OF THE DESIGN CHANGES.
AND PART OF THE REASON THE LAWN DECREASES IS NOW WE GO FROM 3.6 AREAS OF ACRES OF UNDERUTILIZED PLANTING TO NOW 4.5 ACRES OF BOTANIC GARDENS.
SO WE'RE GETTING REALLY RICH, DIVERSE, BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SPACES.
AND SO REALLY QUICKLY, I, I'M HOPING WE HAVE TIME TO PLAY THE
AND IF YOU WANTED TO SCAN THIS ON YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUR PHONE.
SO I KNOW THIS QR CODE IS IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS WHILE THE VIDEO PLAYS OR IF YOU WANT WE CAN KIND OF JUST MARRY OVER THE TOP OF THIS.
BUT UM, YEAH, SO WE'RE FLYING INTO THE PARK.
WE'VE GOT OUR AMAZING LAWN THAT FLEXES UP AND HAS DIVID, DIVIDABLE AND SALT OUR GRADING CHALLENGES AND OUR FLOODING CHALLENGES THAT EXIST RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE ADDRESSING SOME, SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES KEEPING PHASE ONE IN PLACE.
SO PEOPLE RECOGNIZE EDISON CIRCLE PARK AS THEY'RE COMING AND BUILDING ON THE, THE BEAUTIFUL PLAN THAT EXISTED WHEN THE PARK WAS BUILT.
WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BALANCE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE USES.
SO LOTS OF PEOPLE CAN USE THE PARK IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S NOT A PRESCRIPTIVE SIT HERE, FACE THIS DIRECTION.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
THE BEER GARDEN IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SHADE
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STRUCTURE PERHAPS, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE A FOOD AND BEVERAGE OUTLET IF YOU WANTED IT TO BE.IT COULD BE A COMMUNITY BUILDING.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS COULD TAKE PLACE UNDER THAT ONE ROOF.
UM, KATIE'S HAD A LOT OF FUN DREAMING ABOUT NATURAL PLAY FOR CHILDREN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN TAKE PLACE.
UM, IT, LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S NOT, UH, IT FITS IN.
AND, AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU HAVE THIS LEVEL ONE ARBORETUM STATUS.
YOU COULD BE TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT THE TREES UP IN THE TREE, CANOPY IN THE BIRD'S NEST.
SO A LOT OF PROGRAM COULD REALLY DOVETAIL TOGETHER A LOT OF MOMENTS FOR ART THAT COULD BE THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
AND THIS IS JUST A DEPICTION OF ONE VERSION OF A PAVILION.
THE PAVILION IS NOT DESIGNED YET.
THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR, UH, ABOUT THE SIZE AND THE LOCATION THAT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE.
WE JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE STRUCTURE IN SOME WAY, NOT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS SHAPE OR THIS SIZE, WHICH CAN, IT BECOMES A SHADE STRUCTURE WHEN THERE'S NOT AN EVENT.
IT BECOMES A PLACE THAT YOU CAN DO YOGA OR HAVE A PICNIC, YOU KNOW, IN THE REALLY COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT WHEN THERE'S NOT AN EVENT TAKING PLACE.
I FEEL LIKE THE DESIGN MAXIMIZES THE ROI OPPORTUNITIES IN ALL THESE SPACES.
THEY CAN BE USED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND WE COMBINE TOGETHER, HOST YOUR BIG SIGNATURE EVENTS.
YEAH, WE JUST RAN RIGHT THROUGH THAT.
YOU HAVE THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MARK? YEAH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
UM, CAN WE GO TO ONE OF THESE AERIAL VIEW SLIDES? SURE.
UM, IT, IT APPEARS THAT OUR, OUR CURRENT SETUP RIGHT NOW WITH THE ARBOR CUTTING THROUGH THE PARK, IT, IT APPEARS THAT, THAT YOU ALL DON'T LIKE THAT FOR SOME REASON OR WANT TO WANNA MODIFY THAT.
CAN WE KIND OF TALK? YEAH, YEAH.
SO WE, WHAT WE DID WAS WE REDUCED THE LENGTH OF THAT.
PART OF THAT IS TO CREATE THIS REALLY, UH, UH, HAVE A SENSE OF CONTINUITY ACROSS ALL THE LAWNS.
SO WHEN YOU FLEX UP FOR BIG EVENTS.
UM, BUT WE DID WANNA MAINTAIN THE, THE PATH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S A REALLY STRONG ACCESS.
AND WE DID MAINTAIN A PORTION OF THE SHADE STRUCTURE THAT'S AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED IN FURTHER DESIGN STUDIES.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANNA HONOR THAT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT, UH, CONTINUITY ACROSS THE LAWNS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
YEAH, HAVING THAT CENTER SECTION OPEN FOR SITE LINES, FOR EVENTS SET UP, MAXIMIZES YOUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW EVENTS.
AND IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT REVENUE GENERATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OFFSET OR COVER ANNUAL COST, GIVING YOURSELF AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE TO DO AS MANY DIFFERENT SETUPS AS POSSIBLE, IT KIND OF OPENS UP, IT OPENS UP THE THROAT, IF YOU WILL, OF YOUR, OF YOUR CENTRAL.
ONE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS THINK ABOUT KABOOM TOWN.
WHEN, WHEN YOU SHOW UP AT UP AT KABOOM TOWN, RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY KIND OF FIGHTS FOR THAT ELLIPSE AREA ON THE LAWN AND THEN PEOPLE START TO FILL IN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARBOR.
BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARBOR FEEL LIKE THEY KIND OF MISSED OUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET, YOU KNOW, THAT PRIME SPOT.
AND SO REMOVING THE ARBOR MAKES THAT ONE BIG LAWN AND EVERYBODY GETS THAT PRIME SPOT ON THE LAWN.
THEY'RE A PART OF THE GROUP, THEY'RE NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
BUT VALUING THE ARBOR AS AN ENTRY MOMENT, A GATEWAY OPPORTUNITY, HAVING IT SIGNIFY YOU HAVE ARRIVED, WHETHER IT'S COMING FROM THE CONFERENCE AND THEATER CENTER OR COMING FROM THE TOD ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE THINK IS A SPECIAL MOMENT.
SO YOU LIKE HAVING, HAVING IT ON BOTH SIDES, BUT NOT, NOT IN THE MIDDLE.
IT GET CONCEPTS TO SHOW YOU WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH YOUR EXISTING 10 ACRES.
AND THEN THE OTHER, OTHER LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS, UM, CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH MOVING, MOVING THE PERFORMANCE PAVILION TO THE NORTH WITH YOU'VE GOT UP THERE AT THE NORTH? YEAH, SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT KIND OF PLAY INTO THAT.
THE FIRST I WOULD SAY IS JUST ORIENTATION AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS OF DOING THIS, FACING NORTH IS BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, SO FACING, GOING FROM FACING SOUTH TO FACING NORTH AND HAVING THE SUN IN YOUR BACK WILL BE A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR MOST PEOPLE.
UM, THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THE LOAD IN, LOAD OUT AND THE UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED.
SO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH, BUT, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU LOAD IN, LOAD OUT.
BUT IF WE IMAGINE TO WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE WHEN THE TOD COMES AND THIS STREET IS NOW NEEDED FOR ACCESS INTO THE TOD DURING EVENT TIME, RIGHT? THE, THE WHOLE ROAD WON'T BE SHUT DOWN.
IT'S GONNA BE WAY MORE COMPLICATED TO LOAD AND LOAD OUT FROM THAT AREA.
SO IF WE FLIP IT DOWN HERE AND WE CAN LOAD IN, LOAD OUT FROM THE NORTH SIDE AND USE THIS PARKING LOT TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE EVENTS, IT BECOMES A MUCH MORE USABLE, UH, PAVILION AND ALSO LESS CUMBERSOME AND LESS OF A BURDEN ON, UM, OTHER SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS.
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I I LIKE TO POINT OUT TOO, WHERE THE STAGES CURRENTLY ALL THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IS HOUSED UNDER THAT STAGE AND THERE'S A BIG GRAVE DIFFERENCE AND WE HAVE A SERIES OF PUMPS IN THERE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO PUMP THE WATER OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THERE.UM, BUT AT TIMES THEY HAVE FAILED AND THEY'VE IMPACTED EVENTS.
AND SO WE'VE EVEN GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE RENTING GENERATORS AND THINGS TO KEEP, MAKE SURE IF WE HAVE A BIG RAIN EVENT, THAT THAT DOESN'T KEEP US FROM MOVING ON AND HAVING THE EVENT.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS ON THAT SIDE ANYWAY THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT.
AND IF, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE MODIFICATIONS, LET'S GET THE LOCATION RIGHT IF WE'RE ALREADY HAVING TO DO THAT WORK.
JUST A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE LEVEL ONE ARBORETUM.
UH, THE CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA REMINDS ME OF, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE GATHERING PLACE IN TULSA MM-HMM
UM, I, I JUST, MY, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS AT WHAT POINT IS IT OVER PROGRAMMED? BECAUSE WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS AT THE CIRCLE IS THAT IT'S THEIR BACKYARD MM-HMM
AND THE MORE PROGRAMMED IT COULD BE LESS SPACE, IT COULD BE MORE PEOPLE ATTENDING, LIKE YOU SAID, IT COULD BECOME A, A REGIONAL DESTINATION.
SO HOW, HOW WOULD WE KNOW WHAT'S OVER PROGRAMMED? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP A LOT AND I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE USE THE WORD PROGRAM, LIKE ONE OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT BACK IS LIKE, ACTIVATION IS SCARY.
UM, AND SO WE HEAR THAT A LOT AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY AND SAY IS EVEN WHEN WE USE THE WORD PROGRAM, A BOTANIC GARDEN IS A PROGRAM AND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S A QUIET SPACE, IT'S A BOTANIC SPACE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY AND DO IS REALLY BALANCE ACTIVE PROGRAM AND PASSIVE PROGRAM.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO CARVE OUT THESE REALLY QUIET MOMENTS THAT WEAVE THROUGH THE PARK SO THAT FOLKS DON'T FEEL LIKE IF I WANNA COME HERE ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND HAVE A QUIET WALK WITH MY DOG, OR I WANT TO SIT SOMEWHERE IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AND HAVE A QUIET MOMENT, WE'RE PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT SPACE TOO.
BUT IF YOU'RE A FAMILY AND YOU COME AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE ACTIVE THAT NEED TO GET A LITTLE ENERGY OUT, WE'VE PROVIDED A SPACE FOR THAT.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO IS BALANCE IT.
AND SO I, I THINK THE IDEA OF OVER PROGRAMMING A SPACE, UM, IS LIKE I SAID, SOMETHING WE HEAR A LOT, BUT WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE IS IS AS LONG AS WE'RE PROVIDING THE RIGHT BALANCE OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE PROGRAM, MOST PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND IT DRAWS MORE PEOPLE TO THE PARK.
EVEN IF LIKE, IT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE A CROWDED PARK BECAUSE YOU HAVE MOMENTS OF RESPITE THROUGH WOVEN THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE JUST A, A FEW THOUGHTS WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVES IN THE CIRCLE THAT CAME UP AND WAS LIKE, I'M OPPOSED TO ACTIVATING THE PART.
AND I SAID, WELL, LET'S TALK THROUGH IT.
UM, THE, I SAID ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IS THEY'D LIKE FOR US TO CREATE A PLACE THAT WE CAN HAVE A FARMER'S MARKET.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, I'D LIKE THAT.
AND I SAID, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE FITNESS CLASSES LIKE THE YOGA ON THE LAWN THAT WE'RE DOING.
THOSE DON'T BOTHER ME WITH THE RESPONSE.
UM, AND SO THE MESSAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REALLY HIT FORWARD IS THE SIZE OF EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
UM, ONE, WE WANT TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS BY WHAT WE'RE OFFERING OUT THERE.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT GRAPHIC EARLY ON THAT KIND OF SHOWED A PYRAMID FOR EVENTS.
AND YOUR DAILY ACTIVATIONS IN YOUR PROGRAMS ARE YOUR SMALL GROUPS AND THAT BASE OF THE PROGRAM OR THE PYRAMID IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND THOSE ARE JUST BRINGING IN PEOPLE TO DO YOUR YOGA CLASSES AND YOUR CAMP GLADIATORS.
AND WE MAY HAVE AN ART CLASS OR SOMETHING IN THE PARK.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT KIND OF YOUR MID-LEVEL EVENTS, WHICH IS THE MIDDLE OF THE PYRAMID AND THAT'S THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.
WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ONCE A YEAR.
UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
THOSE ARE KIND OF YOUR SEASONAL EVENTS AND THEN AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID OR YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
AND WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO ADD MORE SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID, BUT WE NEED TO BUILD OUR BASE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THOSE SMALL KIND OF COMMUNITY BASED THINGS.
UM, BUT I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY, ARE WE SURE WE WANNA BRING PEOPLE TO THE PARK OR I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD.
SO IN OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT ALLISON CIRCLE PARK IS A DESTINATION PARK.
IT ALREADY IS DRAWING PEOPLE, UM, TO THE PARK.
IT ALSO IS FUNDED BY THE HOTEL FUND.
AND SO THERE, THERE'S A PURPOSE THERE FOR THAT TOO.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS PROVIDE MORE
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QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE CIRCLE SO THEY HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.I'VE HEARD LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR WHERE DOES MY KID GO PLAY BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE STARTING TO, UM, STAY IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO HELP GENERATE THE ECONOMY IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE GOT SOME RESTAURANTS THAT WE ALWAYS HEAR ARE STRUGGLING.
THEY NEED MORE PEOPLE COMING IN THEIR DOORS.
AND IF WE ARE HAVING THESE SMALL PROGRAMS THAT DRAW PEOPLE TO ADDISON, BUT THEY'RE VISITING OUR OTHER BUSINESSES, THOSE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS FOR THE DISTRICT.
BUT WE WANNA DO IT IN A VERY MEANINGFUL AND THOUGHTFUL WAY BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO BE APPROPRIATE BY WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE PARK BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE.
AND THIS IS FOR I GUESS THE TOWN.
WE TAKE IT FROM 3.9 OPEN ACRES TO 2.8.
I MEAN, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO DO AN OUTDOOR FESTIVAL? WE DID YOUR STAGING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES INTO PUTTING ON A WE DID.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT REDUCING YOUR MOWING COST, BUT ALLOWING YOURSELF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE BIG EVENTS.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S A WIN-WIN IN TERMS OF THE CAPACITY IS STILL THE SAME.
WE CAN, WE DID DO, WE DID MEASURE EXACTLY HOW MANY ACRES OF OPEN LAWN WE MEASURED OUR TERRACES AND LIKE OUR BOSQUES THAT ARE PAVED AREAS, BUT THEY HAVE TREES AND THEN, UM, WE, SO WE MEASURED ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND DID A CALCULATION.
SO TARA IS INCREDIBLE AT FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET PER PERSON FOR DIFFERENT SIZE EVENTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE 20,000 PEOPLE, UM, WOULD STILL FIT IN THIS PARK COMFORTABLY.
UM, BUT WE ARE JUST REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF MOAN LAWN BY ADDING THINGS LIKE DECOMPOSED GRANITE TERRACES THAT BECOME SPACES THAT FUNCTION DURING AN EVENT AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE REALLY NICE SHADE OR VIP AREAS, YOU KNOW, AREAS FOR FAMILIES TO SET IN A COMFORTABLE PLACE THAT'S MAYBE AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF THE STAGE, UM, BUT STILL PROVIDE, UH, AND WHEN WE REVIEWED IT WITH, WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS, SHE SAW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE GENERATION SO SHE COULD SELL THOSE TERRACES ON THE SIDE AS SPONSOR HOSPITALITY AREAS OR VI THEY'RE ALL SEATING, THEY ALL HAVE VIEWS OF THE STAGE.
THERE'S SHADE RIGHT NOW FOR YOU TO ENJOY SOME OF THE EVENTS WHEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SHADE FOR OTHERS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, HERE WE'VE REDUCED THE LAWN, BUT WE'RE STILL PROVIDING THE SHADY GROVE THAT CAN STILL BE USED.
SO WE'RE REDUCING LIKE MOAN LAWN, BUT WE ARE KEEPING THE SIZE OF SPACE THAT YOU CAN USE FOR THE CAPACITY AND PROVIDING MORE SHADE THAT MAKES THAT MORE COMFORTABLE.
UH, I SAW A WORD ON THE SCREEN TO GO BACK TO THE AERIAL IS IS SUCH A FUNNY TERM, BUT RESTROOMS,
SO I DIDN'T SEE WHAT THE STRUCTURE LOOKED LIKE.
THE CAPACITIES WAS THAT THOUGHT THROUGH IN TERMS OF LET'S BEERS OVER THERE, LET'S PUT THE RESTROOM ACROSS FROM IT.
SO A THOUGHT IT WAS THOUGHT THROUGH IN TERMS OF LIKE ADJACENCIES AND, UM, ROUGH SIZES BASED ON MANY PARKS THAT WE DO.
BUT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE, LIKE THE EXACT NUMBER OF, UM, STALLS AND ALL OF THAT WOULD, WOULD, UH, BE DETERMINED.
BUT THE IDEA HERE IS WHEN YOU HAVE CHILDREN, IT'S USUALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A RESTROOM NEARBY.
IT'S PART OF WHAT HELPS LIKE FAMILIES BE ABLE TO STAY AT THE PARK LONGER WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCHLEP EVERYTHING UP AND HEAD ACROSS THE PARK.
YOU THINK THAT I MIGHT AS MIGHT AS WELL GO HOME NOW.
AND SO, SO THAT HASN'T BEEN A SET STRUCTURE YET? NO, NO.
WE THINK THAT'LL BE A LATER PHASE, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MAIN, THE TOPICS WE HEARD.
KEEPING THE RESTROOMS AT JAVA HOBBS, ADDING ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS PERHAPS EVEN OVER AT THE BEER GARDEN.
SO WHAT ARE THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE WITH THOSE ROOF LINES? WHAT ELSE CAN WE GET? YEAH.
IF WE'RE GONNA PUT RESTROOMS IN, PERHAPS THAT COULD BE COUPLED WITH STORAGE WITH THE DOCENT PAVILION, WITH THE SHADE STRUCTURE EXACTLY.
YOU'VE DONE RESTROOMS IN INSIDE PARKS, OBVIOUSLY WE THEN FIND THAT WE NEED MORE SECURITY CAMERAS THAN PLACED WITHIN A PARK STRATEGICALLY TO SEE WHO'S USING THEM AFTER HOURS OR FOUR HOURS.
WELL, LOCKING THEM AFTER HOURS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA.
AND SO ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SECOND HALF OF OUR REPORT WAS LOOKING AT OPERATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, LOOKING AT ACTIVATION RECOMMENDATIONS AND REVENUE GENERATION.
SO SECURITY IS A MULTI-LAYERED APPROACH AND ACTIVATION IS A SECURITY STRATEGY.
UM, HAVING PEOPLE IN THE PARK, DEDICATED TEAM THAT'S OUT THERE HANDLING THE MAINTENANCE OR DOING THE ACTIVATION, EVEN PRIVATE SECURITY THAT'S EYES ON THE PARK ALL THE TIME.
UNARMED ADDISON PD IS THE FIRST AND YOU KNOW, PRIMARY DEFENSE FOR THE PARK, BUT THEN SUPPORTING THEM WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ON IN THE PARK ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THEN YOU'RE RIGHT, IF THERE ARE, IN OUR EXPERIENCE HAVING SECURITY CAMERAS THAT NOT NECESSARILY ARE MONITORED, BUT THERE IS A RECORDING AND THE DURATION OF THAT TIME THAT YOU SET
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TO ALLOW THAT RECORDING TO BE HELD.UM, BUT IT'S LIGHTING, IT'S THE DESIGN APPROACH, IT'S THE SECURITY CAMERA APPROACH, IT'S ACTIVATION AS A, AS A STRATEGY.
SO A LOT OF LAYERS TO HELP MAKE SURE THE PARK FEELS SAFE.
IT'S JUST MORE VIDEO MONITORING, BASICALLY LIKE A BRAIN APP.
SO THAT WAS ONE QUESTION I HAVE TO THINK FOR THAT.
AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE VIDEO OF THE DOG AREA MM-HMM
AND IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE IT WAS OFF LEASH AND ON LEASH AND IT WAS SORT OF SEMI FENCE IN WHAT WAS THE THINKING? IS IT GOING TO BECOME A DOG PARKISH? IT'S AN OFF LEASH DOG PARK.
WITH A FENCE, A FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.
WE TRY TO MINIMIZE THE VISIBILITY OF THE FENCE, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA LOOK LANDSCAPING.
IT KIND OF BECOMES PART OF THE PARK.
DID YOU SAY THE PEOPLE AT THE EVENTS WOULD BE FACING NORTH? YES.
THE THE, THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY'D BE FACING WEST.
THEY FACE NORTHWEST, THEY'RE CURRENTLY FACING SOUTHWEST AND WE WOULD BE TURNING THEM NORTHWEST.
SO IN AN, IN AN EVENING YOU WOULD BE FACING NORTHWEST, SO YOU WOULD GET SOME WESTERN SUN.
YOU WOULDN'T GET ANY MORE THAN YOU GET WHEN YOU FACE SOUTHWEST.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A STAGE ALMOST ORIENTED LIKE FOR TASTE.
IT WAS ORIENTED ACTUALLY MORE WEST THAN THIS.
AND WE, WE TESTED IT AND THERE WAS A SMALL WINDOW OF TIME THAT YOU DID GET SOME SUN AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AND IF YOU ANGLED IT, WE WENT OUTSIDE AND LOOKED AT IT AND IF YOU ANGLED IT A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH, THAT WOULD'VE REALLY STARTED TO BE THAT SWEET SPOT THAT UM, GOT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
AND THEN IT REALLY MINIMIZED THE IMPACT FROM THE WEST IF THAT, YOU KNOW, LATE AFTERNOON TIME.
I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT, BUT IF YOU PUT IT ON THE OTHER END OF THE PARK, WOULD EVERYBODY BE FACING EAST? AND THEN IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE BEHIND.
SO WE, THAT'S PART OF WHY WE HAVE THIS SMALLER SHADE STRUCTURE ON THE EAST END OF THE PARK.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE A MOMENT, BUT YOUR MAJOR PERFORMANCES BEING ON THE WEST SIDE, WE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS EAST SIDE OF THE PARK WAS TO THEM.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE SENSITIVITY OF KEEPING THE, THE NOISE AND THE EVENT SPACE ON THE WEST SIDE AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE AND THE VIEWING DIRECTION FOR KABOOM TOWN, KEEPING EVERYBODY ORIENTED IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND THEN THE SETUP, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE TAKING AN 18 WHEELER ALONG THE STREET, BUT THEN A BOX TRUCK INTO THAT, THAT SHADY STRUCTURE, THAT SHADE STRUCTURE AREA, IT IS A MUCH EASIER INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR EQUIPMENT TO ON THE WEST BRING IT WHERE IT IS.
BUT YOU COULD STILL HAVE EVENTS, SMALLER EVENTS FACING THIS EASTERN SIDE WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE THINK THAT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BALANCE.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A FESTIVAL WITH SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE SHADE STRUCTURE, A SMALLER CONCERT, AND THEN THE MAIN STAGE AND BE ABLE TO JUST MOVE BACK AND FORTH.
DID YOU TELL US THE PRICE? WHAT THE PROCESS OR DO WE HAVE? SO THAT'S A LATER PHASE.
UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE VISION AND THE PLAN FOR OPERATIONS.
AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS THAT COME WITH DOING A SITE SURVEY, UM, UNDERSTANDING ALL THE UTILITIES THAT NEED TO BE RELOCATED AND ALL THE IMPACTS TO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THERE'S SOME UPGRADES OUT HERE THAT NEED TO HAPPEN THAT PROBABLY AREN'T EVEN IN THIS VISION THAT NEED TO BE ROLLED INTO THAT.
AND SO THE NEXT STEP AFTER, UM, WE WANNA TOUCH BASE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION WOULD BE TO COME AND WE'VE GOT THIS ON A SLIDE, BUT TO COME BACK NEXT BUDGET HERE WITH FUNDING, A FUNDING REQUEST TO GO INTO CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
AND AT THAT TIME IS WHEN WE'LL DEVELOP AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT, THAT BUDGET NUMBER.
JIM, DO YOU EXPECT AT AT THAT POINT THAT, THAT THIS WOULD BE PHASED IN? THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
SO THAT'LL BE ONE OF OUR NEXT STEPS IS FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
WE CAN, WE CAN GO IN AND BUILD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALMOST DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS AND WE CAN BUILD A SECTION AT A TIME IF WE WANTED TO.
UM, OR WE COULD COME BACK AND DO THE WHOLE PARK AT ONCE.
I, BASED ON SOME OF THE FUNDING DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WANNA HAVE WITH THE MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN USE, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HAVE THE DESIGN BECAUSE THERE'S POTENTIAL TO DO SOME CORPORATE GIVING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND I THINK HAVING THOSE TOOLS WILL HELP US WHEN WE DO CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, BUT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION WHETHER WE WANT TO BUILD THIS IN PHASES OR WE WANT TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
THERE, THERE ARE OPTIONS, THERE ARE THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE PRICE.
IT'S HI, IT'S GONNA AND THE REASON
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HOW MANY FIGURE YEAH.SO WE COULD COME OUR, WE COULD COME UP WITH A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE FOR YOU, BUT WHAT WE, WE WOULD BE DOING YOU A DISSERVICE BECAUSE THAT NUMBER HERE IS WHAT WE BRIAN GONNA WALK IN ON.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT, OKAY, HERE'S THE HIDDEN OBJECTS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT EXPLORATION YET.
AND SO WE COULD BE GETTING OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, AHEAD.
SO WE WANNA WAIT TO GET THAT NUMBER.
TO TRY
I TOLD MAKE ONE COMMENT, THEN WE'LL GO AND WRAP UP AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THANKS FOR MOVING THROUGH IT.
UM, ONE THING I SEE ABOUT THIS IS, IS IT'S KIND OF REMINDS ME OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE EVENTS NOW BECAUSE I THINK FROM A LOT OF US, ABSENT CIRCLE PARK USED TO BE THE WALKING TRAIL AND EVERYTHING INSIDE THE WALKING TRAIL.
NOW IT'S EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE WALKING TRAIL.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE PARK AND ADDED ALL THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT WE JUST DID USED TO WALK PAST TO GET TO THE PARK MM-HMM
AND SO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S REALLY GENIUS AND REALLY SOME GREAT IDEAS THERE AND, AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXPENSIVE, BUT, UH, I JUST, I I LOVE SO MUCH OF IT, YOU KNOW, UM, SO I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WHAT COMES NEXT.
WELL WE COMMEND YOU ON YOUR VISION TO RECOGNIZING YOUR OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING AND OPTIMIZING YOUR ASSET.
OKAY WITH THAT, WE ARE AT SEVEN 20 AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO SIX A WE'LL DO AT THE END OF OUR REGULAR MEETING LIKE WE'VE DONE FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND RECESS NOW AT SIX 20 FOR 10 MINUTES, EIGHT MINUTES THEN UM,
IT IS SEVEN 30 AND WE WILL, UH, RE UH, REJOIN THE, UH, THE MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT TONIGHT WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT IN THE ROOM.
AND WE AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE TO BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE.
I PLEDGE THE LEAD TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
WE RAN A LITTLE BIT LONG ON OUR WORK SESSION.
WE HAD A LOT OF IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF AND I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB WITH ALL THAT.
ALRIGHT, GOING TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, PROCLAMATIONS AND
[2. Proclamations / Presentations]
PRESENTATIONS TWO A IS CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN TWO B IS EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.TWO C IS ADDISON POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESERVATION OF LIFE AWARDS.
SO WE'LL LET THOSE RUN ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
UH, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT FOR HOLIDAY IN THE PARK AND THE ADDISON CIRCLE TREE LIGHTING EVENTS.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO TOWN STAFF AND OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED MAKE THESE EVENTS SO MEMORABLE.
THEY REALLY WERE GREAT EVENTS AND I HOPE EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THEM.
UH, NEXT, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF HOLIDAY THEMED ACTIVITIES PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER IN THE ADDISON, UH, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, INCLUDING A SIP AND PAINT EVENT, A DINNER MURDER, MURDER MYSTERY, A GROOVY CHRISTMAS INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION, AND A PERFORMANCE BY THE PLANO SYM SYMPHONY OR ORCHESTRA.
YOU CAN GET MORE DETAILS AT VISIT ADDISON SLASH HOLIDAYS.
AND FINALLY, JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS WILL BE OUR ONLY CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN DECEMBER DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS.
ALSO, TOWN OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24TH AND WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 25TH, AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1ST.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS AND I'LL BRING CHIEF FREEZE UP.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK OFFICER RYAN CLOSIER TO COME UP AND JOIN ME.
I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OFFICER RYAN CLOSTER, A DEDICATED AND EXEMPLARY MEMBER OF THE ADDISON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RYAN'S JOURNEY WITH THE TOWN BEGAN IN JULY, 2014, AND SINCE THEN HE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
RYAN GREW UP IN GARLAND AND ALLEN, GIVING HIM A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE LOCAL AREA.
HE GRADUATED FROM ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT ON TO EARN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM SAM HOUSTON STATE.
THIS ACADEMIC FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING HIS CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM A YOUNGER, FROM A YOUNG AGE.
RYAN ASPIRED TO SERVE AS A POLICE OFFICER IN A COMMUNITY CLOSE TO HOME.
AFTER EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES IN VARIOUS NEARBY CITIES, HE
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FOUND ADDISON TO BE UNIQUELY WELCOMING.THE SMALL TOWN CHARM, COMBINED WITH THE GENUINE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION ON HIM.
RYAN RECALLS FEELING VALUED AS AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE MOMENT HE WALKED INTO HIS INTERVIEW STATING I FELT LIKE A NAME AND NOT JUST A NUMBER.
THIS EXPERIENCE SOLIDIFIED HIS DECISION TO BUILD HIS CAREER IN ADDISON, WHERE HE NOW SERVES AS OUR NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER.
BEYOND HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, RYAN IS A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN.
HE MARRIED HIS WIFE EMILY IN 2022, AND THEY WELCOMED THE FIRST CHILD ROWAN IN AUGUST, 2023 IN HIS FREE TIME.
RYAN IS AN AVID DALLAS STARS FAN, DRAWN TO THE SUPPORT FOR ITS FAST-PACED, NONSTOP ACTION.
AN INSPIRING ASPECT OF RYAN'S JOURNEY IS HIS RESILIENCE.
HE'S A CANCER SURVIVOR, A TESTAMENT TO HIS STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE AND OVERCOMING CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADDISON WAY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION.
RYAN IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO FOSTERING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.
HE MAKES A PERSONAL GOAL TO CHANGE AT LEAST ONE PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE OF THE POLICE IN A POSITIVE WAY, ENSURING EVERY INTERACTION LEAVES A LASTING AND MEANINGFUL IMPRESSION.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING RYAN LIKE TO UH, CONTINUE ON AND, UH, RECOGNIZE THREE OF OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO ASK OFFICER JOHN SIDWELL AND SHELBY TING YOU TO STAND UP ON JULY 25TH, 2024, OFFICER SIDWELL AND TING, YOU WERE PATROLLING THE 4,200 BLOCK OF BELTLINE ROAD WHEN THEY OBSERVED AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE OUTSIDE THE LOCATION.
SINCE THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA WERE CLOSED, THEY CONTACTED THE SOLE OCCUPANT FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES.
UPON CONTACT, OFFICERS OBSERVED A FEMALE SLEEPING IN THE VEHICLE'S DRIVER'S SEAT.
THE FEMALE WAS SLURRING HER WORDS, AND THEY BELIEVED SHE WAS INTOXICATED.
ONCE THE FEMALE WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE, HER LEVEL OF ALERTNESS CONTINUED TO WORSEN.
SHORTLY AFTER SHE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS, OFFICERS QUICKLY REMOVED NARCAN FROM THEIR PATROL BAG AND ADMINISTERED IT IN HER NASAL CAVITY.
THE OFFICERS OBSERVED AN IMMEDIATE SEMI-CONSCIOUS RESPONSE FROM HER.
THE FEMALE SOON RECEIVED, A SECOND DOSE OF NARCAN, WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
OFFICER SIDWELL AND TING YU'S PROACTIVE POLICING AND AWARENESS SAVED THIS FEMALE'S LIFE.
HAD OUR OFFICERS NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO INVESTIGATE A SEEMINGLY BENIGN SITUATION, THE FEMALE MOST LIKELY WOULD'VE DIED IN HER VEHICLE ALONE.
WE ALL OWE GRATITUDE TO OFFICER SIDWELL AND TING YU FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE.
IF OFFICER SIDWELL COULD CONTINUE STANDING, UH, AND OFFICER, UH, SHELBY CARLOCK COULD STAND UP, YOU'LL NOTE THE DATE IS THE EXACT SAME ON BOTH OF THESE AWARDS.
ON JULY 25TH, 2024, OFFICER SIDWELL AND CARLOCK WERE DISPATCHED TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT MOTEL SIX, THE 9 1 1 CALLER REPORTED THAT SHE WAS PERFORMING CPR ON AN UNCONSCIOUS MALE.
SIDWELL AND CARLOCK ARRIVED ON SCENE, GRABBED THEIR NARCAN DEVICES AND SPRINTED INTO THE HOTEL ROOM.
ONCE INSIDE, OFFICER SIDWELL LOCATED THE UNCONSCIOUS MALE AND IMMEDIATELY DELIVERED THE FIRST DOSE OF NARCAN, WHICH HAD LITTLE EFFECT.
OFFICER CARLOCK ASSISTED IN DELIVERING THE SECOND DOSE, AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS, THE MALE BEGAN TO REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS AND COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS.
IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE MALE HAD INGESTED FENTANYL AND HAD OUR OFFICERS NOT ADMINISTERED NARCAN, THAT MOST LIKELY WOULD'VE DIED.
OFFICER SIDWELL AND CARLO'S ACTIONS SPEAK VOLUMES OF THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF ADDISON, AND WE'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, MAYOR, IF I COULD ASK TO COME DOWN, WE'LL TAKE PHOTOS, UH, PRESENTING THEIR AWARDS, AND THEN AFTER THE PHOTOS, FAMILY MEMBERS, IF Y'ALL WANNA COME UP, WE'LL TAKE SOME QUICK PHOTOS AS WELL.
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WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY AFTER THAT? OH MY GOSH.I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY ANYTHING, BUT, UH, ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT SERVE US SO WELL.
AND, UM, THE LIVES THEY CHANGE EVERY DAY.
LOVE IT TOUCHES MY HEART, SO THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PUBLIC
[3. Public Comment. The City Council invites citizens to address the City Council on any matter, including items on the agenda, except public hearings that are included on the agenda. Comments related to Public Hearings will be heard when the specific hearing starts. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes, unless otherwise required by law. To address the Council, please fill out a City Council Appearance Card and submit it to a staff member prior to the Public Comment item on the agenda. The Council is not permitted to take any action or discuss any item not listed on the agenda. The Council may choose to place the item on a future agenda.]
COMMENT.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT CARDS, BUT I DO HAVE ONE THAT WAS EMAILED IN JUST, AND I'LL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE RECEIVED THAT.
AND IT CAME FROM LEE AND ROSEANNE HOPWOOD, AND IT WAS REGARDING THE P AND Z APPOINTMENTS.
AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
AND THAT WAS EMAILED TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL.
AND, UH, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANYTHING? ALRIGHT, WE'LL SEE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[4. 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.]
FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR A.IS THERE A MOTION I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THANK YOU CHRIS FOR THE MOTION AND NANCY FOR THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
GOING ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[a. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) for property located at 5100 Belt Line Road, Suite 700, that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), through Ordinance No. O23-03, to allow a restaurant with the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. Case 1926-SUP/5100 Belt Line Road, Suite 700 (La Parisienne). ]
A HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP FOR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 5,100 BELTLINE ROAD, SUITE 700 THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD THROUGH ORDINANCE NUMBER OH TWO THREE DASH ZERO THREE TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION CASE 1926 DASH SU SLASH 5,100 BELTLINE ROAD, SUITE SEVEN, ONE SE 700 LA PARISIAN, LESLIE.LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, THIS REQUEST IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AT VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY.
UM, PROPOSED TO COMBINE TWO EXISTING VACANT SUITES, UM, AND COMBINE THEM INTO ONE FOR A NEW RESTAURANT WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION.
UM, VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY IS AN EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER, UM, REZONED IN THE SIXTIES FROM LOCAL RETAIL TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE TODAY WAS DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME.
IT HAS EVOLVED OVER, UM, TIME INCLUDING THROUGH SEVERAL PLAN DEVELOPMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO THOSE INCLUDING, UM, ONE IN 2012, UM, 2020 AND 2023.
UM, THOSE TO ADDRESS VARIOUS THINGS LIKE MIXED PARKING RATIOS AND, UM, EXTENDED DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CENTER, SUCH AS THE NEW, UM, OFFICE AND RETAIL BUILDING.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS, AS I MENTIONED, FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ALONG WITH THESE MANY OTHER, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR THE OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT EXIST, UM, AT VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY TODAY.
UM, SO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR RESTAURANT, UH, LA PRIEN IS A NEW, UH, WELL, IT'S A, AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING CONCEPT.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION AT THE STAR IN FRISCO THAT OPENED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO.
UM, THIS IS A RESTAURANT THEY OFFER BRUNCH, UH, LUNCH AND DINNER AS WELL AS, UH, DAILY TEA SERVICE AS WELL.
UM, THEY, UH, PROPOSE, AS I MENTIONED, TO COMBINE TWO EXISTING SUITES AND THAT WOULD, UH, PROVIDE THEM APPROXIMATELY 4,800 SQUARE FEET OF INTERIOR AREA.
THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO USE, UM, EXISTING EXTERIOR HARD HARDSCAPE, UM, AND FENCE THAT IN TO BE USED AS A 600 SQUARE FOOT PATIO ADJACENT TO THEIR SPACE AS WELL.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE SEATING FOR 191 PATRONS THAT INCLUDES, UM, UH, 151 INDOORS AS WELL AS 40 SEATS OUTDOORS ON THE PATIO.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE SALE, UH, THE SALE OF ALCOHOL ON FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION ARE PROPOSED TO BE, UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 11:00 AM TO 9:00 PM FRIDAY, 11:00 AM TO 10:00 PM SATURDAY, UM, AND SUNDAY BOTH OPENING AT 9:00 AM AND CLOSING AT 10 AND
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8:00 PM RESPECTIVELY THOSE DAYS.THERE ARE NO PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO PARKING WITHIN VILLAGE ON THE PARKWAY FOR THIS, WITH THIS APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, WITH THE INCREASE OF EXTERIOR PATIO SPACE, UM, THE, UH, DEMAND PARKING REQUIREMENT DOES INCREASE, UM, BY A FEW SPACES.
HOWEVER, UM, THE CENTER STILL CURRENTLY EXCEEDS THE PARKING REQUIREMENT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT IN 2012.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE IS SOME MINOR, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO LANDSCAPING.
SO THERE IS A SMALL PLANTING BED ON THE EXTERIOR.
UM, AT THE EDGE OF THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED PATIO SPACE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO RETAIN THE EXISTING TREE THAT'S LOCATED THERE.
AND THEY WOULD CREATE, UM, A SMALL TREE WELL, UM, THERE FOR THAT TREE TO REMAIN AS IS TO PROVIDE SHADE FOR THE PATIO.
THEY WOULD, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD REMOVE SOME OF THE GROUND COVER THAT IS, UM, ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT TREE, UH, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THIS, UM, LANDSCAPING DEMOLITION PLAN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU.
UM, THE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE OF THE SUITE WOULD GENERALLY REMAIN AS IS.
THEY WOULD, UH, RETAIN THE EXISTING, UM, FACADE, INCLUDING THE AWNINGS.
THEY WOULD ADD NEW SIGNAGE AND THEN THE CREATION OF THE EXTERIOR PATIO, UM, INCLUDING THE FENCING.
AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ADD NEW UMBRELLAS AND SO FORTH FOR THAT PATIO AREA.
STAFF SENT OUT NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE, INCLUDING EIGHT RECIPIENTS.
SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES TO THAT NOTICE.
AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THIS REQUEST AT THE LAST MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.
UM, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, LESLIE, ANY QUESTIONS? NANCY? NO, I'M SORRY.
IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM.
YOU CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
AND SEEING NONE, UH, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
THANK YOU, DAN AND MARLON FOR THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[b. Hold a public hearing, present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance of the Town of Addison amending the Code of Ordinances by repealing and replacing Division 7 “Industrial Wastewater Standards” of Article III “Sewers” of Chapter 82 “Utilities” of the Town of Addison Code of Ordinances in its entirety; adopting new uniform requirements for users of the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs). ]
PUBLIC HEARING PRESENT DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON.AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REPEALING AND REPLACING DIVISION SEVEN INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER STANDARDS OF ARTICLE THREE, SEWERS OF CHAPTER 82.
UTILITIES OF THE TOWN OF ADDISON, CODE OF ORDINANCES IN ITS ENTIRETY, ADOPTING NEW UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR USERS OF THE PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS, POT TW, LESLIE, LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, THIS, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD, UM, REPEAL AND REPLACE, UH, DIVISION SEVEN OF, UH, CHAPTER 82, ARTICLE THREE OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SO THE TOWN WORKS WITH THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OR TRA TO ADMINISTER VARIOUS CODES RELATED TO, UM, PRE-TREATMENT OF, UH, WASTEWATER SPECIFICALLY FOR INDUSTRIAL, UH, PRE-TREATMENT FACILITIES THAT WE MONITOR.
UM, AND THE TOWN CURRENTLY MONITORS FOUR OF THOSE, UH, SITES AND WE WORK WITH, UH, TRA TO DO SO AND, AND ISSUE PERMITS FOR THOSE.
UH, SO THESE STANDARDS, UH, PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR THOSE FACILITIES.
UM, THESE STANDARDS WERE LAST UPDATED IN JANUARY OF 2003.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THESE, UM, INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER STANDARDS ARE TO, UM, OUTLINE VARIOUS PROCESSES RELATED TO PRETREATMENT.
AND THIS ENSURES THAT ANY WASTEWATER THAT IS A BYPRODUCT OF ANY INDUSTRIAL, UM, PROCESSES ARE NOT, UH, DISCHARGED INTO OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY TAKE ANY HARMFUL THINGS SUCH AS HEAVY METAL, HEAVY METALS OR OTHER, UM, HARMFUL THINGS INTO, UM, ULTIMATELY THE TRINITY RIVER.
UM, SO THEY ARE, THE INTENT IS THEY'RE PROCESSED ON SITE BEFORE THEY ENTER INTO, UM, THAT SYSTEM.
SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE UPDATES IS GENERALLY MODERNIZES IT.
SO IT, UM, PROVIDES UPDATED TERMINOLOGY, UPDATED FRAMEWORK.
IT MAKES SOME OF THE STANDARDS MORE STRICT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO BE DISCHARGED.
SO IT, UM, JUST DECREASES THE LEVELS THAT ARE PERMITTED, UM, TO EXIT THE FACILITY OR THE, THE, UM, PRETREATMENT PROCESS.
IT MORE CLEARLY DEFINES ROLES OF BOTH THE TOWN AS WELL AS TRA.
UM, HOWEVER, THE TOWN IS THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH TRA TO ENFORCE THOSE, UM, PRIMARILY THROUGH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.
IT ALSO, UM, PROVIDES VARIOUS UPDATES SO THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO THIS, UH, ORDINANCE THAT IS PROPOSED THIS
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EVENING WAS DRAFTED BY, UH, TRA TO MAKE THOSE UPDATES.IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY BOTH STAFF AS WELL AS, UM, OUR ATTORNEYS.
AND WE ARE, UM, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT MODIFY OR UPDATE ANY FEES RELATED TO THESE PROCESSES.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? DARREN, I HAVE A QUESTION.
HOW MANY BUSINESSES DOES THIS AFFECT IN ADDISON? SO WE CURRENTLY, UM, ISSUE FOUR.
WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT PRETREATMENT SITES IN ADDISON, AND WE CURRENTLY ISSUE ANNUAL PERMITS FOR THOSE.
UM, HOWEVER THAT BUSINESSES COME AND GO FROM ADDISON, I WOULDN'T SAY FREQUENTLY, BUT THEY CAN COME FREQUENTLY MM-HMM
SO WE, WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE MORE COME UP AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
WHAT'S, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS OR, OR DO THEY HAVE NOTICE OF THIS? ARE THEY AWARE OF THIS COMING? IS IT MAJOR IMPACT TO THEM? I KNOW THERE'S NO FEES AS YOU MENTIONED.
YEAH, SO THIS IS NOT A MAJOR IMPACT TO THOSE FOUR FACILITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, THEY'RE VERY AWARE OF THESE OF THE PROCESSES 'CAUSE IT'S A VERY HEAVILY REGULATED, UM, PROCESS TO DISCHARGE HARMFUL ORGANICS INTO THE, THE WATER SYSTEM.
UM, SO THEY'RE AWARE, THEY DO HAVE ANNUAL PERMITS AND WE ACTUALLY DO, UM, PERIODIC AND INSPECTIONS.
SO WE DO THOSE GENERALLY, UH, ONCE OR MORE A YEAR.
SOMETIMES IT'S UP TO IT'S MULTIPLE.
UM, AND THEN THERE ALSO IS RE UM, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S QUARTERLY ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO THEY DO TEST THE PRE-TREATMENT BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY RELEASED SO THEY CAN REPORT BACK ESPECIALLY.
UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF, IF LATER ON, UM, IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE DISCOVER OR TRA DISCOVERS ISSUES AT THEIR TREATMENT FACILITY, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY COME FROM.
OTHER QUESTIONS? HOWARD? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FEES.
YOU SAID THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT CREATE OR MODIFY FEES.
AND I WAS READING ON THE, UM, ORDINANCE AND IT SAYS PART A NUMBER FIVE TO PROVIDE FEES FOR THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE COST OF THE OPERATION.
AND THEN PART B SAYS, PROVIDES FOR THE SETTING OF FEES FOR THE EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.
WHAT, WHAT FEES ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? SO, TRA CHARGES FEES FOR THE PROCESSING OF THE DISCHARGE.
THE TOWN DOES NOT CHARGE THOSE FEES.
SO THE, THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT CREATE ANY NEW FEES THAT THE TOWN CHARGES OR MODIFY ANY FEES, UM, IN A, IN ADDITION TO, UM, WHICH IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UM, RELEVANT TO WHAT WE DO, BUT TRA ISN'T CHANGING THEIR FEES EITHER.
THEIR FEES ARE PRORATED BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE YOU HAVE.
AND THAT IS GETS PAID TO, TO TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, NOT TO NOT TO THE TOWN.
SO THE TOWN DOESN'T PAY ANY FEES TO TRA NOT FOR THIS PROGRAM, NO.
AND NOTHING WOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE BUSINESSES? NO, WE, NO, THEY, THERE'S NO, THEY PAY A PERMIT FEE.
UM, AND THAT, THAT GOES TO TRA, NOT TO US.
OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.
IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, WE CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION, A MOTION TO PASS FIVE B DAN, SECOND, SECOND FROM MARLON.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM FIVE B IS APPROVED.
[a. Present, discuss, and consider action on a request granting a Meritorious Exception to Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances for UDR, located at 3900 Vitruvian Way (Savoy 2), in order to allow a 154 square-foot mural on the northeast facade. (Case MR2024-11/3900 Vitruvian Way - UDR).]
A PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST GRANTING AM MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION TO CHAPTER 62 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR UDR LOCATED AT 3,900 VITRUVIAN WAY SAVO TWO.IN ORDER TO ALLOW A 154 SQUARE FOOT MURAL ON THE NORTHEAST FACADE CASE.
MR 2024 DASH 11 SLASH 3,900 VITRUVIAN WAY, UDR LESLIE LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS A MERITORY EXCEPTION FROM, UH, UDR FOR A NEW MURAL.
UH, ONE OF THEIR EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURES, SAVOY TWO, UH, LOCATED AT 3,900 VI TRIVIAN WAY.
UM, THE PROPOSED MURAL, UH, IS SHOWN HERE.
IT WOULD BE LOCATED ON A EXISTING, UH, BLANK WALL, UM, THAT IS VISIBLE FROM VITRUVIAN WAY.
UH, IT IS 152, UH, SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
UM, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE FOR A, UM, AREA, EXCUSE ME, THE MAXIMUM AREA ALLOWANCE FOR A WALL SIGN IS A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
SO THEY EXCEED THAT REQUIREMENT BY 54 SQUARE FEET.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, WITH THE SIGN CODE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A MURAL, IT STILL WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS AN ATTACHED SIGN,
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THEREFORE, A MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION IS REQUIRED.UM, THERE IS CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION CRITERIA, WHICH ALLOWS STAFF TO CONSIDER SIGNS, UM, THAT MAY EXCEED THE ALLOWANCES.
UM, HOWEVER THEY DO CONSTITUTE ART AND MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT.
UM, STAFF HAS EVALUATED THIS PROPOSAL AND, UM, HAS DETERMINED THERE IS RECOMMENDING THAT IT DOES MEET THE CRITERIA, UH, FOR THE MURAL.
AND SO, UH, AS IT OCCUPIES A CURRENTLY BLANK FACADE AND ALSO, UH, REPRESENTS VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE NEARBY VITRUVIAN PARK, UM, THE MURAL ITSELF SAYS YOU BELONG HERE, AND THEN VITRUVIAN PARK ON THE, UM, NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE MURAL.
AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST QUESTIONS.
UH, MY QUESTION IS MORE ON THE, THE, THE MESSAGING, THE MARKETING OF, UH, YOU BELONG HERE.
IS THAT ALLOWED? UM, DO YOU, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU CONSIDER THAT MARKETING? AND SECOND OF ALL, IF YOU DO, IS THAT ALLOWED AS PART OF A MURAL? YEAH, SO, UM, MY OPINION IS IT'S NOT MESSAGING, I THINK IT'S INTENDED TO BE A, UM, NOTABLE AREA OR A PHOTO, PHOTO APP OPPORTUNITY, LIKE YOU SEE IN A LOT OF AREAS SIMILAR TO, UM, WE HAVE AT, UM, A MURAL AT AMWAY ADDISON THAT SAYS ADDISON AND, AND FEATURES VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF, OF ADDISON.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE SCENARIO 'CAUSE IT SAYS THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE NAME OF OUR TOWN.
UM, BUT IN THIS SENSE IT'S AN, IT'S KIND OF IDENTIFYING THAT YOU BELONG IN VITRUVIAN PARK, WHICH IS A TOWN PARK AND, AND PEOPLE SHOULD FREQUENT THAT AREA AND, AND TAKE IN, UM, I GUESS NATURE IN GENERAL.
SO I, IN, IN MY OPINION, I GUESS TO WRAP UP THE QUESTION IS, UH, IT IS NOT ADVERTISING THE, UM, PRODUCT OR THE COM COMMERCIAL ENTITY THERE, WHICH IS A MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX.
SO YOU VIEW IT AS, AS YOU BELONG HERE, UH, VISITING THE PARK RATHER THAN YOU BELONG HERE LIVING HERE IN THE APARTMENT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION? NOPE, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
I MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE CASE.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SECOND BY DARREN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL YEAH, MAYOR, I LOVE THE MURAL.
I JUST, I DON'T LIKE THE, THE MESSAGING ON THAT.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT BEFORE WE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX A IS APPROVED.
[b. Present, discuss, and consider action on a request for a Meritorious Exception to Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances for Rainbow Shops, located at 3752 Belt Line Road, in order to allow an attached wall sign to exceed the maximum effective area and maximum letter height on the north facade within the Addison Town Center Special District. (Case MR2024-12/3752 Belt Line Road - Rainbow Shops).]
PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A REQUEST FOR A MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION TO CHAPTER 62 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR RAINBOW SHOPS LOCATED AT 37 52 BELTLINE ROAD.IN ORDER TO ALLOW AN ATTACHED WALL SIGN TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVE AREA AND MAXIMUM LETTER HEIGHT ON THE NORTH FACADE WITHIN THE ADDISON TOWN CENTER.
SPECIAL DISTRICT CASE MR 2024 DASH 12 SLASH 37 52, BELTLINE ROAD, RAINBOW SHOPS, LESLIE LESLIE KNIFE, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, THIS REQUEST IS FOR AN EXISTING, UM, RETAIL, UM, BUSINESS RAINBOW AT, UH, THEY'RE LOCATED AT 37 52 BELTLINE ROAD IN THE ADDISON TOWN CENTER SHOPPING CENTER.
UH, THEY ARE REQUESTING AM MERITORY EXCEPTION FOR AN UPDATED SIGN.
UH, THEY ARE ACTUALLY, UM, EXPANDING INTO THE ADJACENT SUITE THAT WAS FORMALLY OCCUPIED BY DOLLAR TREE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE, UM, THEIR EXISTING SUITE AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, TAKE OVER THE FORMER DOLLAR TREE AND EX EXPAND INTO THAT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, THEY ARE PROPOSING NEW SIGNAGE ON THE FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESS.
UM, AND THE PROPOSED SIGNS, UM, THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING DO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM AREA AS WELL AS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED WITHIN THE ADDISON TOWN CENTER SPECIAL SIGN DISTRICT.
UH, SO THE PROPOSED SIGN, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE PROPOSED, UH, THE DISTRICT THAT IT'S LOCATED IN, WHICH IS THE ADDISON TOWN CENTER SPECIAL DISTRICT, HAS, UM, UNIQUE STANDARDS FROM OUR BASE, UH, STANDARD.
IT SETS FORTH STANDARDS THAT ARE INTENDED TO CREATE UNIFORMITY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS A MULTI-TENANT SHOPPING CENTER, UM, AND CREATE COHES COHESION THROUGH THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, THE MAXIMUM LETTER HEIGHT FOR ALL SIGNS IS SIX FEET IN HEIGHT, AND THERE'S ALSO A MAXIMUM AREA OF 3.5% OF THE TOTAL FACADE AREA.
UM, SO IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, THEY DO EXCEED BOTH THE AREA AND THE LETTER HEIGHT.
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UM, THE TWO SIGNS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE LARGER RAINBOW, UM, ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT AS THEY'RE ALLOWED MULTIPLE SIGNS ON THE FACADE.SO SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE DISCUSSING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE WORD RAINBOW ON THIS PARTICULAR SIGN.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE WALL EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVE AREA.
SO, UH, WHAT THE MAXIMUM AREA BASED ON 3.5% OF THE FACADE IS 121 SQUARE FEET.
AND THERE THE PROPOSED SIGN, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY, OR IT IS, UH, EIGHT FEET THREE INCHES BY 33 POINT, UH, 0.1 FEET, UM, IS 275 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
AND THEN THE MAXIMUM LETTER HEIGHT, AS I MENTIONED, IS SIX FEET.
AND THE PROPOSED HEIGHT OF THE R IN THE TERM RAINBOW IS EIGHT FEET, THREE INCHES.
SO THE APPLICANT, APPLICANT PROVIDED JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS DEVIATION TO MAINTAIN VISIBILITY OF THEIR SIGNAGE AS WELL AS MAINTAIN BRANDING CONSISTENCY.
AND A UNIFORM AESTHETIC STAFF DID EVALUATE THIS BASED UPON THE CRITERIA FOR AMERIT ALREADY'S EXCEPTION, AND THAT INCLUDES THAT THERE IS EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, SURROUNDING THEIR REQUEST, OR THAT THERE IS, UM, UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP PRESENTED.
UM, STAFF DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS CRITERIA IS MET.
THE ADDISON TOWN CENTER DISTRICT CREATED STANDARDS TO BE UNIFORM, ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT A, UM, MULTI-TENANT CENTER OR STRIP OF BUSINESSES.
AND ALSO, UM, THE ADDITIONAL, UM, HEIGHT ALLOWANCE ACCOUNTS FOR THE MORE SUBURBAN STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE SEE AT ADDISON TOWN CENTER.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROPOSED MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION, UM, WOULD BE THE TALLEST SIGN IN, OR EXCUSE ME, THE TALLEST, UH, LETTER IN ANY SIGN WITHIN ADDISON TOWN CENTER.
UH, SO MANY OF THE ANCHOR BUSINESSES THAT YOU SEE IN THAT CENTER, THAT INCLUDES TARGET AND KROGER, THEY ALL, UM, ABIDE BY THIS REQUIREMENT AND MEET THE REQUIREMENT.
SO, UM, THE R IN THIS PARTICULAR SIGN WOULD BE LARGER THAN THE SIGNS THAT WE SEE AT TARGET AND KROGER.
THERE IS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF OTHER ELEMENTS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THEY ARE EXISTING TODAY AND ARE WOULD BE EXPANDING INTO THE ADJACENT SUITE.
THEIR EXISTING SIGN IS MUCH LESS THAN THE ALLOW, WHAT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO BY RIGHT.
UM, SO IN THIS PARTICULAR SIGN, THE UM, R AS YOU SEE IN THIS IMAGE IS THREE FEET TALL.
AND THEN THE OTHER ELEMENTS, UM, SUCH AS THE O AND THE W IN THIS PARTICULAR SIGN ARE 15 INCHES TALL.
WHAT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO BY RIGHT, BOTH COMPLYING WITH THE HEIGHT AS WELL AS THE SQUARE FOOT REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE, UM, THE R BEING FIVE FEET, WHICH IS TWO FEET TALLER THAN WHAT YOU SEE TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY, JUST ANOTHER, UM, COMPARISON.
SO TARGET, WHAT YOU SEE IS ONE OF THE ANCHOR TENANTS.
THOSE ARE SIX FEET LETTERS, UM, WHICH ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
AND THEN I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TYPO ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, THE EXISTING R AND THE EXISTING SIGN IS THREE FEET.
AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING WOULD BE AN EIGHT FOOT LETTER, WHICH IS TALLER THAN ALL OF THE LETTERS IN THE TARGET SIGN.
SO ALL THE ELEMENTS, UH, ONCE AGAIN OF THE TARGET SIGN, INCLUDING THE BULLSEYE, IS SIX FEET TALL.
UM, SO GIVEN THAT THIS WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION FROM WHAT IS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CENTER AS WELL AS THE REGULATIONS AND THIS PARTICULAR, UM, AREA IS NOT AN ANCHOR, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE REQUEST, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE MARLIN? HEY LESLIE, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
UM, UH, ASSUMING WE PASS UDC MM-HMM
SO THIS IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT, SO, UM, A WAY YOU COULD THINK ABOUT THAT, UH, WOULD BE, IT'S A, IT'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR SIGNS.
THE UDC WOULD NOT RE REPEAL AND REPLACE UNLESS THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME FORWARD AND WISHED TO DO SO, SUCH AS THEY WISH TO REMOVE THE SPECIAL DISTRICT AND JUST ALIGN WITH OUR BASE STANDARD.
UH, JUST A QUESTION ON WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO.
UM, YOU SAID THEIR MAXIMUM THERE R CAN BE IS FIVE FEET.
WHY IS IT NOT SIX FEET TO COMPLY WITH THE MAXIMUM AREA, WHICH IS 121? 1 21 AND, AND MAINTAIN THE 'CAUSE BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE APPLICANT, WHICH I DO UNDERSTAND IS THE BRAND CONSISTENCY.
SO THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE R IS, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT PROPORTION TO THE REST OF THE LETTERS.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO
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CONSIDERATION.YOU COULD MAKE THE R SIX FEET, BUT THEN YOU POTENTIALLY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE OTHER LETTER SMALLER TO, OR, YOU KNOW, CHANGE, CHANGE IT UP A BIT TO COMPLY WITH THE MAXIMUM AREA.
THEN YEAH, I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THE APPLICANT WAS HERE.
YEAH, I, I GUESS THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, SIR, IS, UM, IN LOOKING AT THE VISUALS, THE AID THAT YOU WERE SHOWING WITH TARGET SIGN, UM, ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING SORT OF THE SCOPE OF TRYING TO KEEP IT TO FIVE FEET? WAS THERE A CONSIDERATION TO KEEP YOUR SIGN TO FIVE FEET AND THEN PROPORTION THE REST OF YOUR LETTERS? OR DO YOU STRICTLY WANNA MOVE TO EIGHT FEET? I, YES, CORRECT.
WE CAN, WE CAN DO IT AT FIVE TO KEEP THE PROPORTION.
THANK ANY QUESTIONS? UH, HOWARD? SO I WENT AND LOOKED AT THAT.
DID SOMEBODY MEASURE THE LETTERS ON THE TARGET SIGN OR HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY'RE SIX FEET? BECAUSE I HAVE A PICTURE AND THEY LOOK TALLER THAN THE DOORS AND I THINK THE DOORS MIGHT BE EIGHT FEET.
DO, ARE YOU SURE THOSE ARE SIX FOOT LETTERS ON TARGET? SO WE PERMITTED, WE PERMITTED THEM AT SIX FEET.
THAT'S WHAT OUR BUILD OR SIGNED PERMIT SAYS.
AND WE DO, OUR PERMIT PROCESS IS THERE'S A PRE-INSTALLATION INSPECTION.
SO WE, SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE THESE, THESE, UM, DIFFERENT SIGN COMPONENTS, COMPONENTS ON THE GROUND PRIOR TO THEM BEING INSTALLED.
AND THEN WE ALSO DO A FINAL INSPECTION.
SO I DID NOT GET ON A, I'LL SAY I DID NOT GET ON A, A, YOU KNOW, A BOOM LIFT AND GO MEASURE THEM MYSELF.
HOWEVER, ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE, AND BASED UPON THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR PROCESSES, UH, LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE SIX FEET.
THEY LOOK TALLER TO ME, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET UP AND MEASURE 'EM EITHER.
UM, SO I THOUGHT IT, THE RENDITIONS LOOKED GOOD TO ME AND I THOUGHT THIS DRAWING LOOKS PROPORTIONATE, BUT WHEN I WENT TODAY, THE RAINBOW SIGN THAT'S UP THERE IS VERY SMALL.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT TO CODE THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT BIGGER THAN THAT UP TO FIVE FEET.
THEY CAN MAKE IT TWO FEET BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY.
SO TODAY THAT THIS SIGN THAT IS, UM, EXISTS TODAY IS, UM, ONCE AGAIN, WHICH THIS IS WHAT THE BUILDING PER THE SIGN PERMIT SAYS, UH, THAT, THAT IS A APPROXIMATELY 29 SQUARE FEET.
THEY COULD HAVE A SIGN UP TO 120 SQUARE 21 SQUARE FEET.
IS THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE WIDENED THEY TOOK ON MORE SPACE? IS THAT THE REASON? UH, YES.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S THREE AND A HALF PERCENT OF, WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S TWO, TWO ELEMENTS.
THERE'S, IT'S THREE AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FACADE AREA.
SO GENERALLY THIS PHOTO IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THEIR FACADE.
IT'S, IT'S CROPPED A LITTLE BIT OUT, SO IT'S 3.5%.
WHEN THEY'VE DOUBLED THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF FACADE AREA, THEY'VE ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED THE ALLOWABLE SIGN AREA.
CAN WE SEE THE PICTURE AGAIN WITH THE SIGN THEY WANT? SO THAT ONE IS EIGHT FEET TALL.
AND WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED WOULD BE FIVE FEET TALL.
SO IT'S GONNA GET SHORTER AND NARROWER.
BUT THE OTHER TWO SIGNS ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT, THOSE ARE THE RIGHT PROPORTION.
THOSE CAN, THE, THOSE ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT? YES.
IT'S ONLY THIS PARTICULAR ELEMENT, THE RAINBOW ITSELF.
WELL I THINK THE RAINBOW NEEDS TO BE BIGGER THAN THE OTHER TWO SIGNS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF FIVE FEET IS, WE DON'T HAVE A DRAWING OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH WHAT IS PERMITTED.
THIS IS WHAT, UH, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED.
I WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT IT ALSO, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE TARGET IS BIGGER, BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T, UM, UH, COUPLE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
UM, SO YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION OF IT CURRENTLY BEING THREE FOOT, THEY'VE GOT MORE FACADE, SO THEY'VE GOT, UH, A LARGER SPACE AVAILABLE UP TO FIVE FEET THAT SEEMS APPROPRIATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT TO BE MEANT TO SEE NECESSARILY FROM BELTLINE.
UM, SO THAT LOOKS APPROPRIATE TO ME.
YOU'VE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
THE TWO SIGNS ON THE SIDE, THEY WILL STAY, I MEAN, HOWARD JUST ASKED THE QUESTION.
THOSE, SO THOSE TWO SIGNS ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
SO THIS IS, THIS PARTICULAR ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE ENTIRETY OF THE, THE SIGN PACKAGE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE IS THIS PARTICULAR ELEMENT, WHICH IS THE HEIGHT IN THE MA IN THE AREA.
THE TWO SMALLER SIGNS, UM, THAT SAYS JUNIORS AND SHOES AND PLUS SIZE AND KIDS.
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THOSE, UM, THEY COULD GET PERMITS TODAY.OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM, UM, SIX B, SECOND, SECOND FROM HOWARD.
AND ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU SOME DISCUSSION.
UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA VOTE TO APPROVE IT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THE FIVE FOOT SIGN FITS IN AND ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU, I, I MISSPOKE.
SORRY TO DENY, UH, ITEM SIX B.
NO WONDER YOU HAD TO PAUSE MY, MY, MY, UH, MISTAKE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOT DENY ITEM SIX B.
MAYOR, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS MOTION OR HOW DO WE DO THAT? CAN I PULL MY MOTION? YOU JUST AMENDED YOUR MOTION, RIGHT? HIS MOTION.
BUT WE WILL NEED AN AMENDED SECOND FOR THE MOTION TO CARRY.
NEED ANOTHER SECOND THOUGH? I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO, UH, DENY ITEM SIX B.
HOWEVER, DID YOU WANNA STILL WANNA SECOND IT? OKAY.
THANK YOU MARLON, FOR THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I MEAN, I'M, MY DISCUSSION IS I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, BUMP IT UP TO A FIVE FOOT SIGN.
IT'LL SEEMS LIKE THAT'D BE VERY APPROPRIATE AND, AND, UH, WOULD, UH, WOULD FIT RIGHT IN.
SO, UM, ANY OTHER? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[c. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution for appointments to the Addison Airport Master Plan Steering Committee.]
PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE ADDISON AIRPORT MASTER PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE.JOEL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
JOEL JENKINSON, AIRPORT DIRECTOR.
THIS IS OUR FOLLOW-UP ITEM FROM OUR WORK SESSION LAST MONTH, UH, DISCUSSING THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND THE APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE.
THIS RELATES TO THE PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE.
UH, SO THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL.
UH, THEY, THEY WILL REVIEW DRAFT SECTIONS OF THE PLAN ASSISTANT, DEVELOPING COMMUNITY CONSENSUS FOR THE FUTURE, GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT, AND PROVIDE INPUT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE AIRPORT.
IT WAS THE OCTOBER 22ND COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE WOULD INCLUDE 14 ADDISON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THOSE MEMBERS, THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED, UH, 12 AIRPORT BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES TO, UH, BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, STAFF SOLICITED APPLICATIONS FOR VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE RECEIVED 29 APPLICATIONS FROM PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE, AND WE ASK YOUR DIRECTION ON HOW TO PROCEED.
THIS IS THE LIST OF APPLICANTS FOR THE COMMITTEE WITH THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND HOW LONG THEY'VE LIVED IN ADDISON.
UH, THESE ARE THE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE MORE, UH, ESTABLISHED AND, UH, LARGER BUSINESSES ON THE AIRPORT.
WE ALSO INCLUDE TWO INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AIRPORT, OR AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION, AND THE NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION, WHICH ARE BOTH IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCIES FOR THE AIRPORT.
UH, AND WITH THAT, WE ASK YOUR DIRECTION ON, UH, THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
SO JOEL, YOU'VE GOT YOUR FOLKS THAT YOU ALL ARE RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR.
AND THEN, SO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO HAVE TWO APPOINTEES.
TWO TO EACH FROM THIS LARGER LIST.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST MAKE THIS REAL EASY.
WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE'LL START WITH, UH, WITH CHRIS, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, SIR? UH, YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, NOMINATE NEIL RESNICK AND, UH, AMP REED.
AND WHO IS THE OTHER ONE? UH, AMP REED.
I'D LIKE TO ENLIST THE HELP OF ALAN GUANO OR GARINO AND CATHERINE WHEELER.
SORRY, WHO WAS THE OTHER ONE? CATHERINE WHEELER.
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AND IS ANYBODY MAKING A NOTE OF THIS THAT CAN READ THE LIST OFF? THANK YOU, NANCY.I WILL, I WILL, UH, NOMINATE ELIZABETH JONES AND RICHARD TEZA.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND BE LAST, UH, DARREN.
I ALREADY PICKED SOME OF MY CHOICES.
UM, I'LL NOMINATE, UM, MIKE GEL, HAUSEN AND AL CHFI.
IS THAT CORRECT? HOW YOU PRONOUNCE HIS NAME? YES.
I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, DUNNO IF I CAN PRONOUNCE THIS.
BERT SHEIK, S-H-A-I-K-H, AND ALSO SHARON SIMMONS.
AND MARLON, I'D LIKE TO, UH, NOMINATE, UH, THOMAS MELEE.
Y'ALL JUST CLEANED OUT MY LIST.
UM, OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY DOWN, BOTH ENDS.
SO MY TWO NOMINEES WILL BE, UM, JULIO NORIEGA AND KIMBERLY LLOYD.
AND WOULD SOMEBODY READ US THE ENTIRE LIST SO WE CAN, SOMEBODY CAN MAKE THAT INFORMATIVE MOTION.
I'VE GOT NEIL RESNICK AND IS IT HEMP REED? HE REED HEMP REED.
UH, ALAN GUANO AND CATHERINE WHEELER.
ELIZABETH JONES AND RICHARD TEZA.
DOES THAT SOUND, IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
UH, MICHAEL MIKE GIL HAUSER AND AL CHAFFEY.
UH, BERT SHAKE AND SHARON SIMMONS, THOMAS MERRIMAN AND HEATHER SNYDER.
IS, IS AMP REED ON OUR LIST? I CHOSE IT FROM THE, THE AIRPORT BUSINESS RECOMMENDATIONS? WELL, THEY WERE, THEY'RE ALREADY, OH, SO THEY'RE, WE ALREADY ASSUMED TO BE ON THE LIST.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY ELSE? CHRIS, THEN I NEED TO AMEND, UM, UH, CHANEL BLANTON.
SORRY, WHO WAS THAT? CHANEL BLANTON.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE THE LIST OF NOMINEES FROM THE COUNCIL AND WE HAVE THE 12, I THINK IT'S 12 ON THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF.
IS THERE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.
ALRIGHT, I HEARD DAN MOORE THAN I HEARD NANCY ON THE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I TO TELL YOU WHAT, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THIS, IN THIS PROJECT, AND REALLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE TOWN AND, AND THE AIRPORT.
SO, UH, THANK YOU JOEL FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT COMES FROM ALL THIS.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SELECTED ARE STILL VERY WELCOME TO GIVE THEIR INPUT IN THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PARTS OF THIS PROJECT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS GOING FORWARD, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, JOEL.
[d. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution establishing an advisory committee entitled the Community Partnership Committee comprised of three (3) members appointed by the City Council; providing for Committee rules and the appointment of the initial Committee members; and providing an effective date.]
PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.ESTABLISHING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ENTITLED THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDING FOR COMMITTEE RULES AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE INITIAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
PASSION HAYES, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
UH, SARAH LER, CHIEF OF STAFF IS UNDER THE WEATHER THIS EVENING, SO I'M GONNA BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD ON HER BEHALF.
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AS BACKGROUND AT THE NOVEMBER 12TH, UH, COUNCIL MEETING DURING THE WORK SESSION, STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD A DISCUSSION ON AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.THIS ITEM TONIGHT WOULD ESTABLISH THE COMMITTEE TO BE CALLED THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE TWOFOLD.
ONE, TO WORK WITH STAFF ON DEVELOPING A NEW PROCESS AND CRITERIA TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMENDING FUNDING SUPPORT TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND ENSURE FUNDING FOR PERFORMING ARTS, ORGAN PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE THEATER STUDY.
IT WOULD ALSO UPON COUNCIL APPROVAL, THE COMMITTEE WOULD REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AS A PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
AS FOR THE DURATION OF THE COMMITTEE, IT WOULD SERVE AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND COULD BE TERMINATED OR DISCONTINUED BY COUNCIL AT ANY TIME.
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE MADE UP OF THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE COMMITTEE SHALL APPOINT A PRESIDING OFFICER WITH INITIAL APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE RESOLUTION.
SUBSEQUENT APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE ANNUALLY, WHICH ALIGN WITH OTHER COUNCIL LIAISON APPOINTMENTS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY MADE IN JUNE.
WHILE THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET AS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE COMMITTEE'S PURPOSE, WE DO ANTICIPATE THREE TO FOUR MEETINGS IN THE JANUARY TO FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME.
STAFF WILL PREPARE ALL DOCUMENTS AND THE AGENDA FOR THESE MEETINGS TO SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE.
AND WHILE THE COMMITTEE WILL BE AN ADVISORY ONE, UH, STAFF WILL PREPARE AGENDAS AND MINUTES TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS EVENING, STAFF IS SEEKING COUNSEL CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TO ESTABLISH THIS COMMITTEE AND APPOINT MEMBERS.
THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM NANCY CRAIG, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTA FRANCISCO AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARLON WILLISON, THIS CHART WAS PROVIDED TO YOU BACK ON THE MAY 12TH MEETING.
AND JUST TO QUICKLY WALK THROUGH IT AS A REMINDER, UM, THE COMMITTEE WOULD MEET DURING THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
AND ONCE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE PROCESS, WE WILL THEN LAUNCH APPLICATIONS FOR CONS.
THEY WILL THEN LAUNCH APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION IN THAT JUNE, THE JULY TIMEFRAME FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS IN AUGUST.
WITH THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? CHRIS, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING OR YOU'D LIKE JUST LEFT? OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND SO WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE, UH, EXPRESSED INTEREST.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION, I MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE STAFF, UH, TO, UH, ESTABLISH A RESOLUTION OF TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE AND APPOINT THE MEMBERS? UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROAM, NANCY CRAIG, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CHRIS, DAVE FRANCISCO, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIN WILSON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[e. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution nominating three (3) citizens to serve on the Board of Zoning Adjustment for two-year terms commencing January 1, 2025 and providing an effective date.]
AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.NOMINATING THREE CITIZENS TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT FOR TWO YEAR TERMS, COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ASHLEY? HI, ASHLEY SCHROER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
UM, I'D LIKE TO HELP POINT OUT JUST HOW FLEXIBLE PASSIONATE I ARE.
I MEAN, WE JUST JUMP UP HERE AND ACT LIKE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I MEAN, WE ARE GOOD AT IT.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR APPOINTMENT FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, COUNCIL DOES THIS TYPICALLY ONCE A YEAR DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR NOVEMBER 22ND.
UH, COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED A LIST OF ALL THE APPLICANTS AND UM, ALSO A LIST OF WHO IS UP.
SO WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS WITH TERMS EXPIRING THIS MONTH.
COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL SERVE CA MAY SERVE UP TO THREE CONSECUTIVE TWO YEAR TERMS WITH THE NEXT TERM OF OFFICE BEGINNING IN JANUARY AND EXPIRING IN DECEMBER OF 2026.
SO WE HAVE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM GARDNER, UH, NOMINATING FOR CURRENTLY IT IS LARRY BROWN.
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MEMBER D FRANCISCO HAS CURRENT MEMBER TYLER WRIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBER FREE HAS CURRENT MEMBER JIMMY NEIMAN.TO MAKE THE NOMINATIONS, EACH COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER MUST MAKE AN INDIVIDUAL MOTION FOR THEIR NOMINATION.
EACH MOTION REQUIRES A VOTE OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO PASS.
YOU HAVE THE APPLICATIONS AND WE'RE OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS AND A MOTION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DO THE NOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO IN ORDER AS THEY'RE LISTED.
UH, DARREN, I'LL NOMINATE, OH, FIRST OF ALL, CLARIFICATION THAT, UM, UH, A NOMINATION OR, UH, APPOINTING ON THE COMMITTEE CAN SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE BZA COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT, UH, PLAN COMMITTEE.
I'LL NOMINATE, UH, KIMBERLY LLOYD.
IS THAT IN A MOTION? OH, OKAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE DID IT INDIVIDUALLY.
SO, UH, YES, I'LL MOTION TO NOMINATE KIMBERLY LLOYD FOR THE POSITION, UH, UH, VACATED BY LARRY BROWN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UM, CHRISTIE FRANCISCO, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT CURTIS GREEN TO THE BZA.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND FOR MARLON.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
HOWARD FREE AND I MOVE TO, UH, RENOMINATE, JIMMY NEIMAN TO STAY ON AND PLACE THREE.
I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION SECOND FROM DAN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE OUR NEW BZA APPOINTMENTS.
SO THAT'S THE ITEM SIX E, ITEM SIX F PRESENT, DISCUSS
[f. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution nominating three (3) citizens to serve on the Planning & Zoning Commission for two-year terms commencing January 1, 2025, and providing an effective date.]
AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION.NOMINATING THREE CITIZENS TO SERVE ON A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR TWO YEAR TERMS COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ASHLEY, AS I'M SURE YOU WOULD ALL LOVE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID, IT'S THE EXACT SAME PROCESS.
SO YOU HAVE THE APPLICATIONS OF THOSE WHO SUBMITTED TO BE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
WE HAD A RESIGNATION ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, COMMISSION AS OF NOVEMBER, 2024.
AGAIN, IT IS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM GARDNER, COUNCIL MEMBER D FRANCISCO, AND COUNCIL MEMBER FREED, NOMINATING.
AND WITH THAT, IT'S THE SAME PROCESS.
YOU MAKE YOUR NOMINATION AND IT'LL BE A COUNCIL VOTE.
ASHLEY, I ASSUME NO QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THIS.
DARREN GARDNER, I'LL, UH, NOMINATE, UH, DENISE FANSLER TO CONTINUE ON FOR PLACE ONE.
UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE DENISE FANSLER TO CONTINUE ON, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING FOR PLACE ONE.
SECOND, THANK YOU FOR CHRIS FOR THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND CHRIS, DO YOU FRANCISCO, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT, UH, TYLER WRIGHT TO, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND FROM NANCY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OH, DID I SAY IT'S APPROVED? IT'S APPROVED.
I MOVED TO NOMINATE ALAN FINN FOR THE PLACE THAT WAS VACATED BY TYLER SUMMERS, UM, ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT SECOND FOR MARLON.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND THOSE THREE ARE, UH, THOSE THREE ARE APPROVED.
[g. Present, discuss, and consider action to approve a Resolution nominating a Suburban Cities' Representative to the Dallas Central Appraisal District Board of Directors.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTIONS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION.NOMINATING A SUBURBAN CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ASHLEY.
THE TOWN RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, THAT THE NOMINATION PROCESS OF THE BOARD HAS BEEN COMPLETE BY TEXAS STATE LAW.
THE TOWN IS REQUIRED TO VOTE BY OFFICIAL BALLOT RESOLUTION, AND SHOULD THE TOWN CHOOSE TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING, THAT MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING.
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DISTRICT HAS FIVE MEMBERS ON ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING DALLAS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR AS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER, AND THEN REPRESENTING THE FOLLOWING GROUPS.DALLAS COUNTY, THE CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUBURBAN CITIES AND SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THE TOWN HAS BEEN ALLOCATED 25 VOTES AS A TAXING UNIT OR TAXING ENTITY.
UH, THE TOWN MAY CAST ALL 25 VOTES FOR ONE CANDIDATE OR CAN DISTRIBUTE THOSE 25 VOTES ACROSS MULTIPLE CANDIDATES.
I, WE SENT OUT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TODAY WITH, UH, WE SURVEYED CITIES TO SEE WHO THEY VOTED FOR.
WE HAD SEVERAL CITIES THAT EITHER DECIDED NOT TO VOTE OR WERE VOTING TODAY, AND I HAD A REQUEST FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER TO TALLY THOSE VOTES.
SO LET ME, SO IF YOU CHECK IF I SENT AN EMAIL BACK OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT, UM, THE TALLY OF THE VOTES THAT WE KNOW OF HAS TON AT 73 VOTES, PHILLIPS AT 14 VOTES MEDRANO AT 11, MORGAN AT SIX, ODOM AT 11, FRANK'S AT 120, PALMER AT 150 IN CARBO AT 55.
AND I SENT THAT TO YOU AS PART OF THE, UH, Q AND A QUESTIONS.
AND THERE WERE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THEIR VOTES YET EITHER, RIGHT? CORRECT.
DOES AND SOME THAT HAVE THAT CHOSE NOT TO VOTE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? YEAH.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A GENERAL IDEA ON THE VOTES CAST.
I KNOW DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF VOTES, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO DO WE HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW MANY VOTES HAVE COME IN? LIKE 50%? NO, I MEAN, BASICALLY BECAUSE, UM, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE Q AND A DOCUMENT, UH, WE HAD SEVERAL CITIES THAT ARE CHOOSING NOT TO VOTE.
SO NO VOTE IS, IS CHOOSING NOT TO VOTE, NOT THAT THEY HAVEN'T VOTED YET.
SO WE MORE THAN 50% HAVE, HAVE, HAVE, UH, MADE THEIR DECISION.
IS THAT CORRECT? DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH PERCENTAGE OF, OF HOW MANY, UH, OF THE VOTES THAT MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO MATH? I'M SORRY.
YEAH, I JUST, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THE VOTES THAT HAVE COME IN AND, UM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP, UH, CAUSE OUR VOTES TO ELECT WHO WE WANT.
WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT REALLY TOO CONCERNED ABOUT WHO, WHO, WHO'S VOTED AND WHO HASN'T VOTED.
UM, AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
THE, WE, WE HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T GIVEN THIS TOO MUCH CONSIDERATION FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME PERSON, UH, THAT WE, THAT SERVED FOR US FOR I THINK AT LEAST 15 YEARS.
AND, UH, THIS YEAR HE'S NOT UP.
HE, I GUESS, MAYBE DECIDED TO NOT BE INVOLVED ANYMORE, BUT HE WAS INVOLVED FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS, UH, FROM WHAT I LEARNED, LEARNED FROM IRMA LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, SO HE SERVED AS WELL AND HE IS OFF, OFF DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
UH, BUT, BUT I'LL TAKE THIS AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WOULD, UH, CAST ALL OF OUR VOTES FOR CLYDE TON, WHO'S THE MAYOR OF LANCASTER.
UH, WELL CONNECTED IN COMMUNITY, BEEN WELL CONNECTED, UH, FOR A LONG TIME.
AND HE, HE COMES UP TO, TO OUR NECK OF THE WOODS FREQUENTLY.
AND, UH, SO HE'S, HE'S, HE'S PRESENT AND, UH, I THINK HE WOULD BE A GOOD, A GOOD, UH, CANDIDATE FOR US.
ANY DISCUSSION? UH, YEAH, THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA ADD IS I, I DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS LOOKING AT THE CANDIDATES, UM, AND, AND, UM, UM, I'M A FAN OF DAVID PALMER, UM, FROM IRVING.
UM, LIKE HIS CREDENTIALS BEING ON THE, ON THE IRVING, PNZ, UM, THEIR, THEIR TAX INCREMENT INVESTMENT, UH, ZONE COMMITTEE, AND ALSO THEIR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHO I'LL BE, THAT'S WHAT CARE TO VOTE FOR.
THAT'S WHO, WHAT, THAT'S WHO I WOULD CARE TO VOTE FOR.
I'M JUST GONNA VOTE ON THE, I'M JUST CHEERING MY THOUGHTS BEFORE WE VOTE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND HEAD OF THE DISCUSSION.
CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN, HOW MANY VOTES DID CLYDE HARRISTON RECEIVE? RIGHT NOW HE HAS 73.
AND THEN I, I'M NEW AT THIS, SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS PERSON DOES AGAIN, I'M NOT CLEAR ON THIS.
DO YOU KNOW THEY SERVE ON THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD.
SO THE DALLAS COUNTY, THE DALLAS APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THESE ARE THE, THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THAT BOARD.
SO WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY FROM MADISON.
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WE, IT DOESN'T MATTER.I MEAN, YOU SAID THIS ONE'S FROM LANCASTER AND YOURS IS FROM IRVING.
THERE ISN'T A CANDIDATE FROM MADISON, SO AND SO.
'CAUSE THESE DON'T, NONE OF THESE HAVE WHAT CITIES THERE ARE FROM NEAR ON THERE, SO THEY, THEY HAVEN'T UNDERSTAND THE APPLICATIONS' IN TO PACKET THOUGH.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND ITEM SEVEN, ACTUALLY WE'LL COME, WE'LL, WE'LL DO ITEM SEVEN AFTER WE DO OUR WORK SESSION ITEM.
HOW ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO OUR WORK
[a. Present and discuss the Town of Addison's legislative priorities for the 89th Texas State Legislative Session.]
SESSION ITEM THAT WE HAD TO, WE, UH, DELAYED UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING.AND THAT'S ITEM SIX A PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE TOWN OF ADDISON'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 89TH TEXAS STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
DAVID GER TAKING THIS, RIGHT? YEP.
UH, AS MENTIONED, SARAH'S, UM, UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY, AND ASHLEY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE VERSATILE.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY CHANGES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE, UM, PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE HAVE PROPOSED FOR COUNCIL, AND THEN WE CAN OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
YOU CAN SEE THE INFORMATION ON THE TEXAS HOUSE AND SENATE.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEADS THE SENATE.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS YET IN TEXAS.
UM, OUR REP, OUR DELEGATION, WE HAVE TAM PARKER IN THE SENATE.
WE HAVE A NEW REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HOUSE.
CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ WON HER ELECTION, SO SHE NOW REPRESENTS US IN THE HOUSE.
UM, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THEY MEET EVERY OTHER YEAR.
AND SO IT STARTS JUST THIS JANUARY FOR THEIR, UM, EVERY OTHER YEAR MEETING.
AND REALLY RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE IN THERE IN HIGH GEAR OF GETTING ALL THEIR BILLS IN.
AND THIS IS A BUSY TIME IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AS A LEAD UP TO JANUARY.
AND SPECIAL SESSIONS ARE A COMMON OCCURRENCE, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, JUST A RECAP OF LAST YEAR.
THEY HAD THEIR REGULAR SESSION FOR 140 DAYS, AND AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL FOUR SPECIAL SESSIONS, UM, FROM THE GOVERNOR, UM, ON THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED THERE, THE NEXT SESSION STARTS JANUARY 14TH.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, UM, PREPARING FOR HERE.
AGAIN, BILL FILING, UH, STARTED IN NOVEMBER.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE, UM, PRIORITIES REALLY TO EXPRESS? WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES AND POLICY, UH, SIGNAL OUR POLICY AREAS, UH, FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON, WHAT'S IN OUR INTEREST? UM, AND IT PROVIDES US A POSITION ON THOSE TOPICS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED.
AND IT GIVES US, IF, IF SOMETHING COMES UP, WHICH IT CAN AS, AS WE ARE CONSTANTLY FOLLOWING BILLS, IF SOMETHING COMES UP QUICKLY, WE CAN REACT QUICKLY FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE AND CAN LEAN ON THE PRIORITIES AND ANY OF THOSE ACTIONS THAT WE WOULD BRING TO COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN OUR EXPECTATIONS FROM STAFF DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
CERTAINLY WE'RE PROMOTING OUR PRIORITIES.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH TML, WHO'S A, A RESOURCE TO MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE, THE COG AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
AND WE'LL CERTAINLY BE GIVEN COUNCIL UPDATES ALONG THE WAY.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PRIORITIES IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA MOSTLY HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES.
WE ONLY HAVE A, WE HAVE VERY FEW CHANGES FROM OUR PREVIOUS, UM, PREVIOUS PRIORITIES.
AND THIS FIRST SLIDE, I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, BUT LOCAL CONTROL IS A PRIORITY FOR US EACH AND EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UM, O REALLY OVER THE PAST, AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, UM, THE STATE HAS BEEN GOING CHIPPING AWAY AT LOCAL CONTROL FOR, FOR CITIES.
AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA ADVOCATE FOR TRYING TO KEEP LOCAL CONTROL SO WE CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN ADDISON.
AND SO THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT YOU SEE REFLECTED HERE.
YOU WILL SEE PIECES OF THAT REFLECTED AS WE GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES THOUGH, BECAUSE, UM, TO BE FRANK, WE'RE USUALLY ON DEFENSE WHEN WE'RE AT THE STATE, UM, AND TRYING TO TO KEEP OUR LOCAL CONTROL.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE LOCAL AUTHORITY.
AGAIN, NO CHANGES OTHER THAN JUST SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES, BUT ALL THE, UM, THE, THE, UM, THE PRIORITIES ARE THE SAME THERE.
SO REVENUE AND FINANCE, AGAIN, THIS, A LOT OF THIS IS LOCAL CONTROL, TRYING TO SUPPORT, UM, US MAKING OUR OWN TAXATION DECISIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THE INTRO, UM, THE, THE NEW ITEM THAT WE PUT HERE, INTRODUCING SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS FROM TAKING ACTION THAT WOULD REMOVE PROPERTY FROM THE TAX ROLLS WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY FOR US.
UH, WE HAVE HIRED A LOBBYIST ON THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE, THAT THE LEGISLATURE TAKES AN ACTION TO CORRECT THIS.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS WILL HAVE A POSITIVE RECEPTION AT THE LEGISLATURE AND WE HAVE GOTTEN POSITIVE
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FEEDBACK TO THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS OUR MOST, UM, MOST PRESSING INDIVIDUAL ITEM THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.UM, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS IT COULD HAVE ON THE ENTIRE TOWN AND CERTAINLY OUR TAX BASE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINDER OF THOSE HAVE NOT CHANGED.
UM, BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THEM TOUCH ON, UH, ALLOWING US TO HAVE LOCAL CONTROL OVER OVER OUR REVENUE DECISIONS.
WE'VE ADDED TWO, AND I'LL JUST SAY HIGH LEVEL, BASICALLY THESE ARE SAYING MAINTAIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AT PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS AT THE LEGISLATURE OF LIMITING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO, UM, HAVE LEGISLATION THAT SUPPORTS OR BE READY TO, UH, SPEAK AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE.
TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, AND AVIATION.
AGAIN, MOST OF THESE ARE THE SAME THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
WE COULD CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE.
YOU'LL SEE WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL ONE THAT IS STATED, OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT IMPEDES LOCAL AUTHORITY FROM ADOPTING, ADOPTING, IMPLEMENTING, OR CONSIDERING ORDINANCES THAT REGULATE TRAFFIC CONTROLS AND SAFETY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ON THE WATCH OUT FOR, UM, THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED AND HOPEFULLY, UM, NOT, BUT THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE COULD LOOK AT LIMITING WHAT WE CAN DO FOR TRANSPORTATION.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THEY SAY YOU CANNOT HAVE SPEED LIMITS AT 25 MILES PER HOUR IN SOME PLACES THERE AS A HIGHER MINIMUM.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE THE LOCAL CONTROL TO SAY WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT SHOULD BE ON CITY ROADS.
UM, SO AGAIN, GOES BACK TO THE LOCAL CONTROL PIECE, WHICH YOU SEE IN ALMOST EVERY ONE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
SO THAT'S IT FOR OUR PRIORITIES.
WE CERTAINLY ARE OPEN TO ANY FEEDBACK TODAY.
UM, BASED ON THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, WE'LL BRING A FORMAL, UM, RESOLUTION FOR COUNCIL TO ADOPT ON JANUARY 14TH.
UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION, WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE A GOOD, UH, PLAN FROM NOW UNTIL THEN, SO OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
TWO LAST QUESTIONS, JUST ONE QUICK ONE, DAVID.
SO THE LOBBYISTS THAT WE'VE HIRED FOR THE TOWN OF ADDISON IS AT THE SAME LOBBYIST THAT OTHER COMPARATOR CITIES WOULD BE USING TO MAKE A FIST.
ARE WE HIRING INDIVIDUAL LOBBYISTS? YEAH, THE LOBBYISTS THAT WE HIRED IS ALSO HIRED BY OTHER CITIES FOR THE EXACT LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD REGARDING HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DAVID? ON, ON STAFF.
IS IT, UH, MOSTLY SARAH THAT, UH, STAYED ON TOP OF OUR LEGISLATIVE, UH, PRIORITIES? CORRECT.
YEAH, SARAH, SARAH WILL BE, UM, STAYING ON TOP OF, BUT I WILL SAY EACH OF OUR DIRECTORS ARE PART OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, SO THEY EACH GET THEIR OWN EMAILS AND THEY'RE ALL FOLLOWING IT.
SO WE HAVE TML FOLLOWING IT EACH, THE ASSOCIATIONS AND SARAH IS OUR POINT PERSON IN THAT EFFORT.
THANKS FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S THE END OF THAT ITEM.
SO NOW WE'LL GO TO THE VERY END OF THE AGENDA FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ITEMS
[7. Items of Community Interest. The City Council will have this opportunity to address items of community interest, including: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the Town of Addison; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event that was or will be attended by an Addison City Council member or an official; and, announcements involving an eminent threat to public health and safety in Addison that has arisen since posting this agenda.]
OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNSEL TO, UH, EXPRESS.
THANKS CON, CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCE, UH, SHARE SOME INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
WELL, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TAKEN, UM, TAKEN CARE OF A LOT OF IMPORTANT BUSINESS TONIGHT.
UM, ONE OF WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO RE-HIGHLIGHT, UH, HAS TO DO WITH HOW FORTUNATE I FEEL WE ARE TO HAVE THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR TOWN, WHICH WAS DEMONSTRATED TONIGHT BY THE SEVERAL PRESERVATION OF LIFE AWARDS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AGAIN.
YES, CHRIS? UH, I'VE GOT TWO THINGS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE TREE LIGHTING LAST FRIDAY WAS FANTASTIC.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO ACTIVATE THIS SIDE OF TOWN.
WE ALL KNOW HOW GREAT, UM, AND HOW, UM, WELL RECEIVED VITRUVIAN IS.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE TREE LIGHTING ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN AND ACTIVATE THIS SIDE OF TOWN FOR CHRISTMAS.
THE SECOND THING I WANNA DO IS, UH, THANK DIANE CHAVEZ FOR HER SERVICE ON OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE.
I THINK SHE SERVED REALLY WELL.
UM, AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THE LAST WE HEAR OF HER.
UH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ECHO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER D FRANCISCO.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE TYLER SUMMERS.
HE DIDN'T GET TO SERVE TOO LONG.
THEY, THEY MOVED TO CARROLLTON.
SO, UH, HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF, OF, UH, BEING IN ADDISON AND, AND SHARED THAT HE'LL BE BACK AND HE'LL SEE US AT SPECIAL EVENTS
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AND OTHER, OTHER TIMES.ALSO, WANT TO THANK A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE, LARRY BROWN.
AND SO LARRY SERVED FOR SIX YEARS.
I INITIALLY APPOINTED HIM TO BZA, AND AFTER THE FIRST TERM, I REMEMBER HE SAID, MARLON, YOU KNOW, I, I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET A CASE, UH, OVER THE FIRST TERM.
CAN YOU PROMISE ME I'M GONNA GET A CASE? AND I SAID, WELL, I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT, BUT I'LL PROMISE YOU, I'LL REAPPOINT YOU.
AND, AND SO LARRY GOT HIS, HIS CASE OR TWO, BUT, UM, SO THANK, THANK ALL THREE OF THEM FOR SERVING, UM, ON THOSE TWO VERY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS NANCY ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE, WE TOOK CARE OF A LOT OF GREAT BUSINESS TONIGHT.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TOOK CARE OF AND, AND EVALUATED WAS OUR CITY MANAGER.
AND, UM, THAT, UH, FOR ME WAS A VERY EASY PROCESS.
UM, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT CITY MANAGER.
SO, UM, UH, WE DID THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I, I THINK I SHARED THE HIGH HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF, UH, OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE CONCLUDED.
SO DAVID, WE'RE ECSTATIC TO HAVE YOU AND RETAIN YOU AND, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF DOING GREAT THINGS IN ADDISON.
AND DAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNA AND HER TEAM, UH, SU CHI FOR THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.
I GOTTA LOOK EXCITED ON STAGE ABOUT SCREAMING SANTA, BUT THEN THE MOVIE ELF CAME INTO PLAY.
SO FOR THOSE THAT GET THE MOVIE, UH, CONNOTATION, UM, CERTAINLY WANNA REITERATE WHAT MARLON AND CHRIS HAVE SHARED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID FOR JOINING THE, THE TEAM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT HAS BEEN SO FAST.
I THINK YOU'RE COMING UP ON TWO YEARS.
SO FOR HIS FAMILY AND HIS HOME HERE IN ADDISON IS AWESOME.
AND THEN TO, UH, TO THE CHAVEZ FAMILY FOR THEIR SERVICE CURRENT AND THE NEW SERVICE THAT DAVID, UH, CHAVEZ IS PROVIDING OUR TOWN.
SO, UM, I DO WANT TO ALSO THANK, UH, AND, UH, CONGRATULATE DAVID ON BEING ON, ON OUR TEAM AND LEADING OUR TOWN, LEADING ALL THE STAFF, UH, JUST REALLY, UH, HELPING ADDISON GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND, UH, I GOT, I, WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL, UH, HAMID, UH, WENT INTO, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU HAMID, FOR THAT STINT.
AND THEN WE WENT ON THE SEARCH FOR THE CITY MANAGER, AND I THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT ON COUNCIL OF THAT GROUP THAT, UH, WAS ABLE TO, UM, INTERVIEW AND SELECT DAVID.
SO I AM VERY PROUD FOR SERVING WITH YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU DO AND, UM, LEAD US ON.
OKAY, THEN I'M GONNA SAY THE SAME THING, EVEN THOUGH YOU ALREADY HEARD IT.
WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY WAS EXCELLENT.
I'M GLAD WE APPROVED THAT AND KUDOS TO OUR POLICE.
SO I ECHO EVERYTHING ELSE, ED.
AND, UH, Y'ALL ALREADY SAID MULTIPLE TIMES EVERYTHING I WAS GONNA SAY AND THEN SOME, UH, BUT I DO WANNA, I WANNA MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT THE, UH, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON OUR MANY COMMITTEES.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMITTEES HERE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, AND, UH, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE GOING AT THE SAME TIME.
AND IT'S, IT TAKES A LOT ON THE STAFF.
UH, BUT I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE, FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT FOLKS ARE JUST, THEY'RE RAISING THEIR HAND AND SAYING, I REALLY WANNA BE PART OF THE, THE GROWTH OF TOWN OF, OF ADDISON AND, AND BEING PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND, AND, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT AND SOME, SO IF YOU DIDN'T GET SELECTED FOR THE, FOR THIS NEXT COMMITTEE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THE NEXT TIME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, STAY IN, STAY IN TOUCH AND STAY, UH, STAY INVOLVED AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET YOU ON SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD.
SO, BUT, UH, REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE IN ADDISON AND, AND, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE POLICE RECOGNITION TONIGHT.
BOY, THAT JUST, THAT GOT MY HEART.
SO, UH, APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO MUCH.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE 8 47 AND WE'RE ADJOURNED FOR TONIGHT.